M2 MISPRINT IMPRINT, Friday, April 3, 1998

. Feds to add four VP positions Bellabarba heads up new Communications portfolio

by Kudra Alobar Imprint staff

.T he Federation of Stu- dents has added four more vice presidential

positions to its already swelled executive. The fifth such restruc- turing in as many years, the addi- tion of these positions is again intended to fill gaps in the provi- sion of Fed services and provide further on-campus employment opportunities for ex-Feds and their friends.

The four new Feds execu- tive positions are VP Security, VP Communications, VP Hospital, and VP Gaming. The most de- manding new posi&on will un- doubtedly be VP Hospital, but Complee Tamatcur, the first pcr- son appointed to the position seems optimistic about his ability to oversee the full-service hospi- tal.

“I’ve been on the Orienta- tion Committee and Students’ Council and I have taken man- agement science courses, so I don’t think my complete lack of health care experience will hinder my ability to administrate the hospital,” said Tamateur.

A first year student at UW,

neither Tamateur’s position nor any of the others have been rati- fied by council, and students have not been 6onsulted. “We figured that Complee really liked hospi- tals and student medical issues. We originally hired him to run the hospital part-time, but when we realized he would be spending full-time hours doing the job, we made it a full time VP position,” said current VP Administration and Finance Raju Pate].

Current Feds President Mario Bellabarba will be the first to hold the position of Vice Presi- dent Communications. The pur- pose of this position is to handle all media interaction and public statements concerning Feds ac- tivities. Inside sources also say the Feds will take editorial con- trol of the student lifestyle monthly, ACME, instead of just funding it, and eradicate any other competing publications on cam- pus.

When asked to comment on his philosophy for the new Com- munications position, Bellabarba snapped, “It’s none of your damn business!”

In an effort to increase rev- enue to pay for Feds services and all of these additional VP salaries,

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the position of VP Gaming will be added. The position is currently -empty, pending government ap- proval for a permanent casino in Federation Hall, and video lot- tery terminals in all classrooms.

,Members of UW administration have already expressed a desire to share in the profits with one

a,nonymous official stating, Gardner has been appointed to “We’ve squeezed every penny the position of VP Security for the we can out of parking, and we upcoming year. Gardner will be can’t raise tuition any more than responsible for overseeing all the province lets us, so I think we bouncers and door staff at on cam- may start an off-track betting out- pus events, and is currently de- let in South Campus Hall if the signing a training program for all Feds thing flies.” bouncers using his “special flair

Current VP Education Jeff for conflict resolution.”

VP Education a killah Stewart a “real man”

by David Koresh Misprint Staff N

F ederation of Students VP Education elect Robin Stewart was arrested this

past Wednesday for murder in the first degree. The charges stem from an incident ihis past Satur- day night at local bar The Revo- lution, where it is alleged that Stewart beat several bouncers to death.

“The streets will flow with the blood of the non-believers,” observers report Stewart screamed. “They think they can fuck with us, well I showed them what a VP Education who’s a real man can do.” Stewart denies making this comment.

A Waterloo Regional Police spokesperson claimed to have been nauseated by the carnage at The Revolution.

“I have never, ever seen bod- ies twisted and mutilated like this. There were whole bites missing from their necks, for God’s sake!”

Current VPE Jeff ‘Gardner was confident that Stewart would be,cleared of all charges, or so he said after Misprint woke him up. It is Gardner’s opinion that Stewart was incapable of being involved, as his only goal is to be “the best non-smoking VP Edu- cation ever!”

Others close to the Fed of- fice, however, were more re- served. Feds’ Executive Re- searcher Avvey Peters noted that she “never trusted him.. . his jaw is too perfect.”

President-elect Christian Provenzano stated only that Stewart was “innocent until proven guilty,” and that ehe Feds would retain lawyers Johnnie Cochrane and Robert Shapiro to defend him. Further, a trust fund would be set up to find the real killer.

Stewart’s roommate, Presi- dential candidate Andre Cousineau, was cryptic in his com- ments, “Call me Kate,” was all he would say.

Police believe Stewart went to The Revolution “looking for trouble.” While he was there with friends, he cornered several bouncers on his own, daring them to “bounce my ass.” When the ever-friendly and always accom- modating bouncers became in- timidated by Stewart’s “buff bod,” he became irate. Other than eyewitnesses identifying him, the main piece of evidence against Stewart is a bloody glove found at the scene.

Ic is unclear what effect these charges will have on Stewart’s tenure as Vice President Educa- tion. Former VP Education Kelly

Foley fele chat it was too early to tell.

“It’s not like Robin’s the first VPE to get into a fight in a bar,” she noted. “I mean I’ve kicked major ass myself, but the pigs never caught up with me,” she added before asking that the last part of her comment not be printed. “At least he didn’t get beaten like a dusty rug, like some people,” she said as the door closed.

University of Waterloo Presi- dent Downey played up a posi- tive side to the whole thing.

“I certainly think Robin has demonstrated an aptitude for speaking a language Mike Harris will understand. If Robin keeps this up, he may single-handedly turn our funding and tuition situ- ation around.”

When reached for comment by Misprint, Stewart didn’t ex- actly deny involvement, although he stopped short of an admission. “If I was there, and they started talkin’ trash, and if those pussies pissed me off, was I elected to take shie from candy-asses like them?”

When asked what affect these deaths would have, he smiled and put down. his tequila bottle be- fore answering. “Well, the world is once again safe for Cheezer, anyway.”

Feds to open hospital by Kudra Alobm

Misprint staff

I n order to provide medical care to students who can’t find it anywhere else in Waterloo,

the Federation of Students have announced ehe 2000 opening of the Federation Hospital. Billed as the “biggest on-campus hospi- tal on a primarily undergraduate campus without a medical school in North Atierica,” Fed Hospital will be financed completely through the existing Fed fee. Complee Tamateur, a second year math student will run the hospi- tal. The Federation Hospital will be designed around student health needs with extra facilities for Student Issues-related ill- nesses. President Mario Bellabarba would not comment on the possibility that this hospi- tal will be a wasteful duplication

of. services already offered by Health Services, saying pnly, “It’s none of your damn business!”

Local architect,* Preten Schuss has been awarded the con- tract to design the new hospital.

“Where Fed Hall was modeled after a Mennonite barn to reflect regional heritage, the hospital will be ‘styled on a bratwurst, to reflect the K-W Ger- man population, ” said Schuss. “It came to me in a dream. The night before my design proposal was due I had a dream that I was at Octoberfest and I was wearing liederhosen which kept falling

down, so drunk people kept slap- ping my ass.

“Then I was eating these big sausages with lots of sauerkraut and mustard. I woke up and I knew that I had to design a tubu- lar hospital.”

The architect became hos-

tile when asked if a tubular lay- out was the best design for this hospitaf, saying, “I t’s conceptual, so I have no doubt that many people will have a hard time un- derstanding it.”

In order to include all of the facilities of a normal hospital in a structure which is tubular in de- sign, the hospital will need to be over three kilometers in length. The current plan is to have the hospital follow ring road three or four times around, resembling a big sausage ring.

“It’s whimsical, like the Davis Centre,” said Schuss. “It will be difficult to get around in and will be quite unsightly, so it should fit in nicely with the other buildings on campus.”

To cut costs, the Feds will hire physicians from universities without accredited medical I schools.

IMPRINT, Friday, April 3, 1998 MISPRINT M3

Chqrney appointed President Ten days that shook the University

by S, Elle Aut Misprint staff

I n an unprecedented move, the Presidential Nominating Committee appointed Stu-

dent Unity. 1 Power! Action! (SUPA) leader Davin Charney as UW’s fifth president. Eschewing the degree requirements and base competency levels prescribed by policy, the Nominating Commit- tee announced their decision in a press conference early this morn- ing.

Catherine Coleman, member of the Board of Governorsand the

The announcement followed SUPA’s intense ten day campaign to nominatecharney for thePresi- dency.

Nominating Committee, cx- plained that the committee was inexplicably wooed by the haunt- ing sound of Charney’s bongo drums.

Charney, also present at this morning’s press conference, an-

Coliman explained, “De- spite having served students as Federation ofstudents’ President and everything I learned about activism in my Environmental Re- sources Studies degree, it was Davin that opened my eyes and made me realize that I had be- come acorporate slave.” Coleman further elaborated chat corporate slavism meant that she had “gotten a full-time job and was a productive member of Canadian society.”

nounced that the Board of Gover- nors would be’dissolved and re- placed by the SUPk junta. The university’s upper administrators have all been dismissed in favour of a communal equality-consen- sus-collective based system which will not be burdened by elected officials.

The student reaction to Charney’s new system can only be described as perplexed.

“But there were more stu- dents on the Board of Governors than there are on SUPA,” said Joe B. Low, 3B Systems Design En- gineering.

Other reactions from around the tiorld have been decidedly more laudatory. In the General Services Complex, a member of

CUPE local 236 was channeling the spirit of Jack Reed, America’s favourite communist. Reed’s in- terpreter declared, “If only Charney had been head of the Commintern, the people’s rule would not have been van- quished!”

Closer to home, Dawn Trod- den, chair of the coalition of Women Who Single Handedly Raise Three Children on $18,000 a Year (WWSHRTCXY) lent her support, “Even though our chil- dren don’t have winter coats or fruits and vegetables, I thankgod for Davin Charney. Now they’ll get free tuition!”

While free tuition has re- mained a goal, Charney acknowl- edged this morning that other

short term objectives would take priority in the early hours of the SUPA administration. After plas- tering the campus with posters, Charney consulted the manual of left-leaning take-avers: Accord- ing to the manual, he explained SUPA would next launch a bloody suppression of subversive thou,ght.

“After that we’ll march on Toronto and fight the multina- tional-controlled legislature!” Charney exclaimed. After report- ers quizzed him on the tactics he will use against the notoriously tough Harris government, Charney declared that if he doesn’t get what he wants,“chen I’ll just take my twister game and go home!”

Misprint Quiz: Smell the Flowers by Chaos, the Robot

and the doped-up, psychotic dolphin

Misprint staff

b) Why would I crack my head open? c) From the Inside, always from the Inside.

1. How do you truck yuurqg? 2. If train A is speeding towma cl@ a) pancakes, give me pancakes, I B at 500 mih perhour, andtain G only work with pancakes. wus ascending cliff B al 5 &es per

Feds sued after 700 eo deaf

Llass action suit claims Bomber sdund -

.

by Raoul-/Duke Misprint staff

M ore than 700 students at the University of Waterloo are part of a

class action suit aimed at the Fed- eration of Students for what the complainants call “a reckless and negligent disregard for human hearing.” Victims say that hun- dreds of hours spent in the Bombshelter Pub listening to its shitty sound system is to blame for their hearing loss.

AAt issue is whether the Fed- eration of Students should have used some of the profits from the* profitable Student Life Center bar to upgrade the sound system. Lawyers for the plaintiffs claim that this failure to reinvest in the Bomber constitutes willing negli- gence, motivated by continuing budget problems.

‘*The Feds knew it was a time bomb just waiting to explode,” said Eva Sive, lead council for the deaf students. “They knew that prolonged exposure to popular music played through scratchy,

how, on which day of the w& wuuld you pidish yoiw does? z) La, la, la, Zip-a-dee-doo-da Day! Ya! x) Idiot, .of course the only ra- tional answer would be Monday! Because, that’s when the milk turns sour. y) Trick question! The owls are not what they seem.

done.” co:* ;;.+. < . . F;;; .-..

“It’s just such a great place to .!

3. It’s Goffee time! cried prufessor Fiptib. A murder, a bo Zt of lighten - ing. Solve! a) Colonel Mustard with Mrs. White, in the bedroom, with the handcuffs. b) Was there a grassy knoll in- volved in this? Hmmm,.. c) Shh, it was the killer bees! No, not the insect. The CULT! But

yelled one of the complainants, Bob Smith, his hearing so im- paired he has no idea of the vol- ume of his own voice.

When asked to comment on the lawsuit, Feds President Mario Bellabarba snapped, “It’s none of your damn business!” However, sources inside the Feds say that executive members knew the damage that the Bomber sound system could do because of all the time they spend in there, but did nothing about it.

“All they wanted was to lis- ten to “Salisbury Hill” and “Brown Eyed Girl” over and over again without going-deaf, and they thought they would be safe to do it at the Bomber,” said Sive.

The whole affair has been dubbed “The Tainted Music Scandal” and shows no signs of quieting down.

you can’t tell anyo....Ahhh!!!!!!!!!

4. Just who do you huve to s/tefl with to get on Jeopardy? d) Colonel Mustard with Mrs. White, in the bedroom, only this time with the candlestick. e) Bill Clinton. f) “Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner, then everyone would be in love with me.”

5. “So whut are you duingfoni&lu?9~ “I don ‘t know, whzf do you w&if do do?" k) “Seeing as the moon is orange tonight, my leprechaun and I are sacrificing a baby cow to the moon goddess, Qwert. Wanna come?” r) “Ahh, maybe I’ll see you there. I’m going cow tipping with the

personification of my internal despair. How ‘bout you?” a) “I’m running away to a poetry reading with my date, the spoon. The subject is ‘How the cow jumped over the moon’.”

Mostly reds: Silly rabbit, “Trix” are for kids!

Mostly paper: Always sleep with one eye open when dating a cyclops. It makes them feel better.

Hits of the 70% 8os, 90s Do you like apples7 If Jay Leno and Rhea Perlman had a baby, it’d be a two foot chin with curls. Think about it. Now, how do you like &em apples? l

M4 MISPRINT IMPRINT, Friday, April 3, 1998

Welcome, alien overlords Affirming our allegiance to the new regime

by Gather Halder special to Imprint

T magine, you’ve just arrived at

1 a new planet. You come spreading a message of peace

and joy throughout the galaxy, and you wish only to share with the inhabitants of this ncwly-dis- covered orb. But do the people of this backwater little planet .wel- come you and your superior wis- dom with open arms? Do they treat you with the respect and reverence that is your due? vo. The ugly bags of mostly water respond to your friendly overtures with fear and violence. They are criminally unenlightened; they think that you are a hoax, and those who know the truth wish. only to hide it for fear that they will not be believed.

It is a sad fact that four out of every five non-humans (“alien”

is an ignorant, politically incof- rect, prejudicial term) will be sub- jected to violence and fear as a result of their innocent attempts to become acquainted with the species komo sapiens. So what if a few of your exploratory proce- dures ended with the somewhat- regrettable termination of an earthling life or two? After all, nobody’s perfect.

In this enlightened age, we should all be especially careful of ourassumptions; just becausevisi- tors aren’t human, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t people with thoughts and emotions just like ours. Except for the Vogons, of course. They’re just ornery bas- tards.

The Vogon mother ship crashes our atmosphere.

It’s true we make a lot of these up, but this is actually a real photo bjl Ali Smith

Eat oranges often Exploring the big bad world of

gross sores on your body -

by Eric Rraiden special to Misprint

W ith the growing popu- larity of dedicating weeks or even an en-

tire month to disease and destitu- tion, the Scurvy SocietyofCanada jumps on the bandwagon, declar- ing the week of April 6 to the 13, excluding the 8, as Scurvy Aware- ness Week.

Scurvy is a tragic disease that can affect dozens of people world- wide each decade. Although a sim- ple cure and prevention have been found, scurvy still remains as mysterious and misunderstood as the sun. Scurvy first reared its vile head during the age of discovery, when seamen on ships sailed the seven seas searching for the New World. This dread monger was an equal opportunity for disease, striking down pirate and naval officer alike.

Symptoms of scuny can in- clude the loss of hair and teeth, gingivitis, internal hemorrhaging,

perifollicular petcchiae over the thighs and buttocks, and death. John Woodall (15%1643), bestselling author of A Treutie of Gungrenn: Ch+efl~~ for the Amplstu- tiun or Dismembering of any Member of the mor~+dpart, was the first to discover the cause and cure of sclirvy at the same time “Lemmons, Limes, Tamarinds,

Oranges and other choyce of good helps.” In English, it simply states that a lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy, and ingesting Vitamin C cures scurvy. Common misconseptions about scurvy: you can’t get scurvy from sitting on a toilet seat, not all grandparents suffer from scurvy, getting the salty seadog sickness isn’t cool, nor is it a good way ofgetting time off of school, and scurvy and cooties are not the same afflic- tion.

The Scurvy Society of Cana- da’s Scurvy Awareness Week is sure to be fun and educational at the same time. On Monday, April 6, everyone is asked to observe a

moment of ,silence and ponder the thousands of fearless bucca- neers who gave their lives for the betterment of themselves. On Tuesday, an orange eating con- test is featured in our nation’s capital (Ottawa). Thursday fea- tures a Q &A period with Robert Urich, star of the science fiction epic,lceP+Qres. On Friday, every- one other the age of majority is welcomed to celebrate the hope- ful demise of scurvy, buccaneer style, with a pint in hand and bellowing popular sea chantees such as “What do you do with a drunken sailor ?” Saturday and Sunday activities are-to be an- nounce&Long John Silver’s Res- taurant has graciously supported Scurvy Awareness Week, With the purchase of any “Enchant- ment Under the Sea” meal, you will+get a complimentary glass of orange juice, all week long (ex- cept April 8).

Misprint Never letting facts get in the

way of a good story. - I_

Pro wrestling the most popular

sport in Boston by Dewey Oxburger

Misprint St& match where Taka emerged vic- torious, we suffered without serv- ice.

T he largest box office take in the history of the city of Boston can’t be attrib-

uted to basketball, basebatl, or hockey. Wrestlemania XIV gen- erated well over one million dol- lars in seat sales, setting a new record for Boston. You’d think that if the World Wrestling Fed- eration made that kind of money, fans in attendance would receive decent service, and they prob- ably did.

Unfortunately, thesamecan’t always be said of K-W establish- ments offering WM XIV. The prime example of incompetent customer service must have been the Howl at the Moon Saloon.

The card began with a fif- teen team “Over-The-Top Bat- tle Royal.” As they started intro- ducing the teams vying for a title shot, our table ordered a couple pitchers and some wings. Appar- ently our order was complicated, however, ordering extra hot sauce for the wings. The beer arrived quickly (only halfway through the match). As the referee raised the Legion of Doom’s arms in vic- tory, our wings arrived. . . no hot sauce.

As-we watched Lightweight Champion Taka Michinoku de- fend his belt against: Aguila, we waited for the waitress to return so we could ask about our hot sauce. Also, more pebple wanted to order more food. While watch- ing a high-flying fifteen-minute

The next match saw Euro- pean Champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley successfully defend his belt against Owen Hart. Still we languished.

Midway through the Inter- continental title match between KenShamrock and Rocky Maivia, the waitress reappeaied. As our wings were long-since gone, we told hernot toworryabout the hot sauce. Our friends got to order more food. All was well, or so it seemed. Ken Shamrock made the The Rock submit with the ankle lock, but after he refused to release it and asuplexed several WWF officials, the referee re- versed his decision and let the Rock keep his belt.

After watching Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie defeat the New Age Outlaws for the Tag Team title, and the Undertaker defeat his long-lost brother Kane, we were ready for our food, or- dered more than an hour previ- ously, to arrive. Arrive it did, *midway through the final match,

As Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Champion Shawn Michaels to win the World Heavy- weight title, our waitress came by the table five times in ten min- utes, looking to clear up the mat- ter of the bill.

We reflected on the fact that we’d seen more in ten minutes than we had in the past three hours. Needless to say, we didn’t tip well.

IMPRINT, Friday, April 3, 1998 MISPRINT M5

The new downsized Dana Porter Library. Mispdnt file photo

Budget cuts affecting all

UW Administration employs hideous monster to save on

wrecking costs by WalJy Babcock

Misprint stafT

I n an unprecedent, and shock ing move, outgoing Univer- sity of Waterloo president

James Downey announced that the Dana Porter Library would have the top six floors removed in the ongoing struggle to restruc- ture and streamline the educa- tion system.

Immediately after Downey’s announcement, the President motioned to eight hundred foot tall monster, Jonzilla, whoquickly disintegrated the top levels of the building with his eye rays.

“We found that most of the students were just too damn lazy to go all the way up to the upper floors,” said Plant Ops official Vert Mann in a candid Misprint inter- view. “And besides, we are facing almost insurmountable heat and electricity bills; The axe has got to fall somewhere.”

Many of the longtime library staff were stunned by the an- nouncement. According to un-

founded reports, several barri- caded themselves in the tenth floor to prevent the wrecking ball from swinging.

Said Jonzilla after disintegrat- ing three men and one woman as well as six floors of library, “Unghhhhhh, Jonzilla smash. Jonzilla kiiiiillll!”

Also part of the controversial restructuring is a planned elimi- nation of the fifth floor of the Math and Computers building{ for sanitary reasons).

“It’s going to be painful,” consoles Downey, “but together we feel we can make this work. Sacrifices will have to be made on all sides, but we’ll get through it. All it takes is a positive, happy attitude.”

Estimated cost for the demo- lition is $1.2 million, which the Federation of Students have of- fered to donate as a “good will” gesture.

“It’s none of your damn busi- ness” said outgoing Feds presi- dent Mario Bellabarba, despite not being asked for comment.

Opinion Incontinent irrelevance

T he most revealing indica- Despite the obvious clarity of higher learning. Although I 1 tor of the general stupidity of this logic, people still choose to could not possibly impart the

of people is their refusal to ac- challenge it. They havg: the gall full extent of my intellect to any cept that someone is smarter to write letters which crit,icize me. other human being, it is my hope than them. I have written col- The arguments they present thatmyinfluencewillruboffon umn after column, and by now I against me are so lame, they a select few, thereby generally think it should be evi- .

dent to everyone, even the primates at this so- .

It is only natural ~~~~~~~~~~~;~ called “institution of higher learning,” that I for lesser am a few hundred IQ points above all of you. It is pure logic.

IQ scores are de- rived from a test which probes free thinking and the abiiity to prob-

individuals to be *’ jective. Therefore mu- sic is logic. So by teach- ing the-highest form of the art, one is teaching the highest form of logic. I have rationally deduced progressive metal to be

jealous of their betters.

lem-solve. Since I am the pinnacle of music, so clearly the only truly free thinker scarcely rate the time it takes for by teaching the theories of pro- around here, all my solutions me to respond. And professors and ideas must therefore be su-

gressive metal, I will bring en- here dare to give me poor grades. lightenment to you, the great

perior. Anyone who disagrees I suppose I should expect it. It is unwashed masses. with me must therefore have a only natural for lesser individuals It is just a matter of time lower IQ, and must be wrong. to be jealous of their betters. Ein- before human civilization col- Anyone who agrees with me is stein suffered the same academic lapses under the weight of its still inferior. Al though they have oppression. own stupidity. At that time I had the good sense to recognize Since the narrow minds of and my progressive metal real genius when they see it, today’s universities only serve to prodigy will start to rebuild a they are still just followers who stifle creativity and original new and better human race. If were incapable of thinking it up thought, I have decided to take you don’t believe it, well, you’re themselves first. my leave and open my own place just stupid too. I

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‘Lbasketballs’ a feast for the senses

by Alistair St. Fitzpatrick Misprint ballet critic

T his past weekend, I had the opportunity .to take in an avant guard pro-

duction by a fledgling group of performers called appropriately enough, “The Warriors of Water- loo, “ in their wonderful produc- tion entitled, “basketball.”

From what I could gather, this production was the combined presentation of two very skilled ensembles: the Warriors and the Marauders. It appears that the Warriors of Waterloo were at- tempting a “Shoot-out” which 1 suppose meant that the produc-

tion was a battle of talent, trying to see who were the better inter- preters of this masculine art that the rowdy gents beside me were calling “shooting hoops”.

The overall depiction was im- peccable, enacted with confi- dence by the entire troupe and furiously enjoyed by the audi- ence. The stage was a theatre in the round type, and the sets were vibrant and almost dadaist in na- ture. The costumes and lighting were realistic and enchanting; yet I found that the Mauraders’ use of maroon undermined the brute strength and power of the piece.

The choreographer Tom Kieswetter, also playing the role

Such grace! Such poise! Bravo!

Imprint file photo

of the “coach,” deftly combined the rawness of men fighting a bat- tle of skill, and the grace of those men using every dance step they knew to show themselves the vic- tor. Truly his choreography was superb. However, none of this could have been pulled off with- out the interpretive movements of the hero of the dance for the Warriors, Mano Watsa.

Watsa strode confidently down the stage, exuding a ma- chismo never seen by this con- cert-goer. He could easily chal- lenge Michael Flattely for the ti- tle of “Lord of the Dance.” At one crucial moment, as the action of the first act came to a tremen- dovs climax, he approached a burly man who was intent on his not making the goal. They danced with slow, yet crisp, movements, until Watsa, a smile on his face and a song in his heart, with hith- erto unseen precision, swirled around the player, and spiritedly moved toward the net. Jette, Pliet, DUNK!!! Th e speed and grace of this step sent shivers do;n my spine.

What struck me as odd in this performance was that the female r&es were entirely of a support- in&nature. This troubled my mind since many large-scale dance per- formances are based upon a very basic love story, with the rest of performance wrapped around. In this piece, there was no traditional love story, but instead, a story of fierce competition and the love for victory.

As a final note, I must: give kudos to Mike Zavershnik, minc- ing and prancing in his sublime, yet understated, role of the “cen- tre,” His forceful mincing and prancing of the oft-misunderstood member of the ensemble was moving, and his buttocks were sublime indeed.

Unfortunately, I have just found Out that the run of this colossal ballet has ended, withthe tro;pe touring their show and per- forming their final step in packed theatres in Halifax. Yet they have promised to return their fabulous interpretive ballet next season. Anyone who is anyone will be there,

A s Imprint’s foremost expert year, plus a bonus of $150,000 for Aon salary caps, it has fallen upon me to comment on the newly instituted cap on professor sala- ries. Created as a joint effort be- tween the Federal government and the nine provinces, alI Cana- dian universities will now have a salarycapof$37million intowhich they must fit the salaries of their educators.

While some hail this as a suc- cess, anyone familiar with the current confusion surrounding salary caps in professional sports must reaiize that this is merely window dressing, and that dirtier business will soon follow.

See, salary caps are a good idea in theory, but in execution are never effective. For evidence of this, let’s examine some case histories, shaI1 we?

every student he amuses. Obvi- ously, these “incentives” are far too easily reached, yet they do not fall under the terms of accept- able salary, thus meaning that he could earn well have earned in excess of $1 million a year, yet would only have counted for $10,000 against the cap.

The simple fact is, salary caps don’t, can’t and won’t work be- cause as soon as they are in place, everyone looks to find, a way around the situation. Only a hard cap will work, one thae takes the total income, divides by the term of the contract and produces the average annual salary that counts against the cap.

In fact, the most dangerous side effect is that Waterloo could tie up most of i ts cap room signing

Downey emphasizes that this cap on professor

salaries will help increase fan interest.

-Larry Smith, an exceedingly popular economics professor, re- cently signed with UW for a re- ported $547,000 over six years, but the contract structure caIls for a signing bonus of $20,000, a de- ferred bonus of $137,000 and an incentive package that guaran- tees him another $200,000 if he teaches in at least fifty per cent of his classes over those six years. All told, that will account for only $50 per year against the so-called sal- ary cap,

-Stan Fogel, recently signed with University of Havana, turned down a shady deal that could have made him the highest-paid pro- fessor in Canadian university his- tory. The package called for a base salary of only $10,000 per

star professors like Smith and Fogel, and filling out the rest of the teaching roster with low-rent has-beens and unproven youth. Such a move could eventually go so far as to cost the school its precious Maclean’s ranking, and remove any possibility we have of winning the Vanier Cup.

While university president Downey continues to emphasize that this cap was designed to place limits onthe grossly inflating staff countsand salaries at most schools, it will also help to increase fan interest.

Will this salary cap curb ram- pant spending? Only time will tell, but I tell you this, if this school had a bell tower, you’d want to avoid it. Trust me. Or die.

Athletes of the Week

“Sassy” Cindy Schlecl-it Athena Dwarf-Tossing

This 22 year-old blond beauty hails from Newmarket, so she has seen her amount of action. This aspiring Wal-Mart model, while tossing a dwarf for a record 10 meters, says she enjoys long walks on the beach and sensual dancing to Pantera.

“Disco” Darryl Frampton Warrior Falconing

This week, this elusive award goes to “Disco” Darryl. In his own words, he set a personal best of “scoring” a total of 18 times this weekend.

His passions include hairstyl- ing products and shopping for hair styling products.

IMPRINT, Friday, April 3, 1998 IMIZ~~RINT M7

What happens when you send a four year old to cover the CIAU basketball finals?

Something really, really strange.

Girls!

Blackballed

1 am riting to complane about not bein offred a positon with

Imprint pubu pubk. newspaper. I don’t see nothin’ wrong with my englich words and I think that it was mene to not let me work with you‘ guys.

I think this were supposed to be a “stuedent ran paper”, well, me, I’m a student and you ain’t lettin me be part of your special group.

All I want is to be a prufreeder and you won’t even let me do that. Ithinkit’sacomsperacyand I want all Waterloo studants to join me in protesting this not let- ting me in. I am a UW Math/ - Computer studet and even though I didn’t pay the money for Imprint on my tution, I don’t like the way you guys run this stuendt . paper.

I wantd to be the editor, but you won’t let me do that either. Well, to bad for you: I’m not goin

to beg you to let me be a part of your stuff and I just wanted the campus to know about your hir- ing rules.

You guys suck! See you never! - f3e4gr 43+sg~~ Mad Not-Proof- reader

Editior’s note: We have not made any changes to this letter to show why this person did not receive a position as proofreader.

Needin’ Steden

Week after week I madly flip through the pages off mprint, my heart aflutter, searching for one name. It is a name synonomous with delightful, thoughtful and witty prose. Where for art thou, Klaus Steden? What a delightful young man. The world needs e more men like Mr. Steden.

-- Debtie Sandsmith 1B Applied Studies

Needin’ Something

I am writing to complain about sheer abundance of stu- dent apathy on this campus. I know this school is made up mostly of engineers and compu- ter science students, but really, this is ridiculous.

As is my custom, I wore my skankiest tanktop to the Bomber on Wednesday night. I showed a good two inches of cleavage, wore blue metallic eye shadow and was drunk from nine o’clock on. And yet, Istill went home alone. Worse yet - I didn’t even get a perfunc- tory glance, a longing gaze. What’s going on here? What does it take to get laid on this campus? Can’t you CS geeks handle anything but a mouse?

I’m in AHS, and I wear my hospital greens all over campus just to fit in and be different, like everyone else, I even joined AHSUM, for godsakk. Come -on, guys, you don’t known how easy

those hospital scrubs come off - just pull the string, then I’d teach you some real anatomy.

I’m in third year, and if I don’t find a man soon, I’ll have wasted a full three years of my life. If I haven’t found someone by the end of this year, I won’t even bother coming back next year. Why waste my time going to those hard ret classes if it’s not going to help me get laid? I’ll go to Guelph instead-at least there, I know I’ll get picked up by some- one, even if it is a woman.

I really need a man to help support me after university. I spent all my OSAP money on my boob job. But even though I’ve lost all feeling in my breasts, I’ll play with them for you anytime

you want. It’s been two weeks since my

last boyfriend. I don’t know what to do. I can’t stand being alone. I am nothing without a man, He doesn’t even have to like me, as long as he takes me home and has sex with me after he gets drunk with his buddies and watches porno movies all night long. I’m getting desparate here guys. I even wrote my number on the men’s bathroom wall at Phil’s, but no one’s called yet. If things don’t change soon, I don’t know what I’m going to do. Just please, please, please don’t leave me alone.

Misprint Forum Like we give a fuck!