Why are you staring at me?
Take a look at yourself
And you may see
The wrongs, the crimes,
Misdeeds and felonies
What do you expect me to be?
Your sheath, your tourniquet
Disguising your scabs?
Think again.
I'm not the moon
Able to eclipse your sins,
Nor am I a godsend,
Able to change your ways.
So, strain your vision elsewhere
And don't throw dust into my eyes
You will only see illusions
If your pupils remain fixated on me
I'm not a Saviour
Frances Nitsis
SAC Funds Paid Out as of March 17, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| Athletics | $11,432.00 |
| Charity | 2,030.00 |
| Chess Club | 200.00 |
| Dances | 3,951.03 |
| Drama Club | 2,000.00 |
| Formal | 1,250.00 |
| Mac Christian Fellowship | 100.00 |
| MacNews | 250.00 |
| Mac Reps | 364.03 |
| Math League, Sr. | 350.00 |
| Math League, Jr. | 120.00 |
| Miscellaneous | 1,145.38 |
| Planners | 6,500.00 |
| School Reach | 330.96 |
| Science Club | 500.00 |
| Semi-Formal | 9,789.19 |
| Service Charges | 297.38 |
| Spirit | 1,808.91 |
| Telephone | 461.11 |
| Teens Talking Together | 200.00 |
TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $43,079.99 |
Last Monday I had the extreme pleasure of observing a protest at Toronto City Hall held against the by-law prohibiting people from lighting up in downtown bars and restaurants. The turnout was excellent for a Monday morning, about 200 angry protestors stormed into the Council Chambers as the preceedings were getting under way.
The crowd remained silent and fairly well behaved until Peter Tabuns entered the chambers (late, as usual). Then they erupted into a chorus of coughing and hacking that reached such a volume that the councilors had to wait until it died down to continue with their business.
For those of you unenlightened people who may be unaware of who the Honourable (?!) Mr. Tabuns is, he is by far the greatest windbag politician in municipal government today. (With the exception of Mayor Barbara Hall, but we'll get to her later.) Mr. Tabuns is also the Councillor responsible for the totalitarian by-law in question.
After the interruption, instead of addressing the issue at hand, Council resumed debating about whether a single tree on a downtown sidestreet should be cut down with tax payers money, or be left to suffer its own demise. Funny how the protesters, mostly restaurant workers facing wnemployment and owners facing bankrupcy due to the by-law, did not seem interested in this hard-pressing and highly controversial tree debate.
More interruptions ensued, as frustrated protesters lost control when they realized the Mayor (good ol' Barbie) was not going to let them voice their opinions. Much yelling and screaming took place, and a half-hour recess was called so Ms. Hall could think of a battle plan.
Now I think many things of Mayor Barbara Hall (most of them obscenities), but I don't think she's stupid. Every stall tactic she used frustrated the "mob" even more. When she resumed council, they demanded a meeting to discuss amendments and a possible revoking of the by-law. She told them she couldn't "fit it into her schedule" for several hours, and to talk to the people at her office, obviously hoping they would give up and go home. But the mob was insistant, so she adjourned council for the meeting... but there was a catch, she would only meet with a delegation of no more than ten people from the group. Game, set, match. Barbie knows that it's a hell of a lot easier to spew bull to ten people than it is to two hundred.
She was then escorted to her office by some very large mafia-type body guards, with the mob in hot persuit. Shouts of "Coward!" and "Get your (blanking) hands off my butt!" echoed through the halls as the mob tried to lynch her.
So upset that the crowd seemed ungrateful and *gosh* "they don't like me!", she promptly cancelled the meeting. Then it was schedualed in another room... two different ones, in fact. That's right. Half the crowd was sent in one direction, and the rest in the opposite direction. Sneaky Ms. Hall used the "divide and conquer" method of attack.
After that, much of the same yelling and screaming, running around City Hall looking for the Mayor (who by now was hiding). Finally, the meeting took place with the ten delegates, and one restaurant owner, Gaston (his restaurant, Gaston's, is on Baldwin street in Toronto, if you would like to support his business which is now choking to death at the hands of the by-law) had to walk out due to frustration from the Mayor's bull. At the end of the day, we accomplished little.
Now my purpose is not to voice my opinion of this dictorial by-law which blatantly revokes the right of choice from these businesses in a supposedly free society. No. Of course not. I just wish to expose the idiocy of those who are responsible for its implementation.
To Peter Tabuns: Just keep your mouth shut for once. No one's interested in your fallacy-infested views.
And to Mayor Barbara "Barbie" Hall, who shunned the protesters for excercising their democratic rights, calling htem a "mob" and declaring that she would not be pressured by a group to change her legislation:
Funny thing, Barbie, that you, yourself, would lead a "Mega mob" to Queens Park when it was your job on the line!
.\\idnight Rain is a political correspondant situated deep in the heat of Scarborough at ASE1.
Michael Bibby and Miles Simon. Enough said. They were absolutely unconscious Monday night (That's a good thing). The fans were pumped, the cheerleaders were cheering, the teams were on fire; Hoop Hysteria ran through evryone's veins in the RCA Dome.
You've read all the newspapers, you've heard the spiel about the game, so I'll just say congrats to Arizona; a fourth seeded team who managed to upset three of the top seeded teams in NCAA basketball. They played with determination and heart, and they truly deserved to win...although, it would have been nice to see Kentucky win; I'm sure most of us want our wallets to be just a bit bulkier.
Indianapolis was a wonderful host city. There was a lot to do there: sightseeing, shopping, museums and of course the games. Bravo Indy!
Can't wait till next March. Hoop Hysteria is one bug I don't mind catching.
L.A. Tzekas
Sports Editor
Letter to the untalented "editors" of MacNews:
You stink! I can pull a better newsletter out of my @#%. You do not print certain articles for reasons I still fail to understand, while printing others that openly insult teachers or use explicit language. By doing this, you are restricting the rights granted to us by the charter of rights which is part of the constitution. By the way, the insults on Ms. Taylor were distasteful and unnecessary. The wrothless "writers" seem to lack intelligence because they insult the "newsletter" they write in.
For these reasons and many others which I don't have the time to mention because I feel that over twenty pages is too long for a letter, I never again will lay my eyes on the piece of trash.
Perry Mason/Angela Landsbury
If you don't like the articles in MacNews that much, then why don't you take your yellow, good-for-nothing, all you can do is criticize, but don't have enough guts to sign a real name to your article, sorry self and show up on Thursday nights to MacNews and write your own "tasteful" and "respectable" articles.
Concerning the infringements (not the restrictions) of your rights, the articles that are not printed in MacNews are usually lacking such quality, that they are unfit for even our "distasteful" publication.
Regarding your point about Mrs. Taylor, she is an intelligent and independent woman who can defend herself. While she may admire your enthusiasm and appreciate your interest, she does not need the assistance of a Perry Mason/Johnny Cochran/Marsha Clarke/Lionel Hutz wanna-be like you.
Reiterating (look it up if you don't know what it means - English major) what was stated aboved, MacNews is held weekly on Thursdays after school and your politically correct articles may be welcomed. (Although we doubt it.)
Four Guys In The Corner