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Then I cried in His presence;
“God, I try every key in the lock;
But heavier come each task;

God, would You help me?”

I looked unto my works;

Tests, homework, and jobs seemed like a long road;
I had to accomplish so many things;

That I didn't have time for my God.

Pressure revealed within me; God gently and lovingly answered

“My child, let me lift the heavy load;

Let delightful heart come unto your heart;
Let every task conceal grateful heart.”

Every task just sapped my joy;
Every hope just fell unto worry soul;
“Why doesn’t sorrow leave me?”

I just wanted weary soul to be restored;

by Maya Fatmawati
David Lam Campus

But the works toiled on gray;
I wondered why God didn't care;
He said, “You lift your burden from day to day.”

 

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PMT ORCHO ACEP AMNION CUAW ORICA CLARITIN UIT INR UA

Does the Treaty create #
a separate Nisga’a nation?

iY The Treaty allows the Nisga’a people to govern __
themselves in a way comparable to a municipal —
government. The Canadian Constitution, the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms, and the Criminal Cor
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Is there a cost to

delaying treaties?

4= Delaying treaties
5 delays economic

certainty. KPMG and Price
Waterhouse — two
national accounting

firms — have found

that the prolonged
uncertainty of

unresolved land

claims has cost B.C.
billions of dollars in

lost investment and jobs.

Dol geta say
in the Treaty?
A free vote by your elected

YE representatives will be held
in the B.C. Legislature. This allows
all members to vote with their
conscience, not along party lines.
A vote will also be held by the
federal Parliament in Ottawa.
The Nisga’a people will hold
their own ratification vote.

FOR YOUR COPY OF THE NiISGA’A FREATY
OR FOR MORE INFORMATION,- PLEASE CALL:

{800-880-1022 ai

http://www.aaf.gov.bc.ca/aaf/

 

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Parents created many rules of restriction;

Those rules are strong, invisible ropes.

Invisible ropes clasp parent's children passionately;
However, the faces of children are filled with unhappy

smiles.

But those children are sleepy sheep;

They are mesmerized by harmonial conjurations.
Those kind, lazy sheep can’t oppose their parents;
They just know how to giggle at them unaggresively.

They feel messily;

And they are stirred by stirrer.
They pretend to enjoy this process;
They only know how unfortunate they are.

They want to jump into the beautiful world of

freedom;

Otherwise, they need to wear the mask of happiness.

So, they smile again;
However, it’s not true.

by Stella Chan
David Lam Campus

The Planet Smashers @
Richards On Richards

Ska Patrol

Court “RAPID-
Hippo” CALDWELL
SKA CORRESPONDENT

year or two ago,
before the new
swing fad started,

Ska music was all the
craze. Lucky for us in
Canada, the industry did
not succeed in milking
all the integrity out of
the scene. On Thursday,
October I, I received a
rich, luscious taste of
Canadian Ska. The show
was at Richard’s on
Richards, and Montreal's
Planet Smashers
headlined.

Although I was only
familiar with several of
this band’s tunes, they
handily sucked me in
and, before the night was
over, blew me away. They
performed their many
catchy, original songs with
silky smoothness.

The night lit up when
the charismatic frontman
lit his entire back on fire
and miraculously survived
unsinged. The band con-
tinued to capture the
audience with a neat little
Rock Steady Rendition
of the “Super Mario
Brothers” theme.

Furthermore, this is a
group with a message and

   
    

integrity. For example,
one of my favorite tunes
has lyrics as follows, I
won't change, I want to be
strange, why would I want to
be like you. Your comments and
opinions don’t mean anything
to me, I like the way I do
things so don’t try to change

me. Five years into their
smashing Ska careers, |
am surprised that a big
record label hasn't already
hooked this band.

Opening for the
Planet Smashers were
Vancouver's own
Malchiks and Toronto's
Flashlight. The Malchiks
have improved immensely
since I first saw them
perform a year and a half
ago. They are still some-
what cluttered and and
discombobulated, with
too much brass, but they
were not half bad.
Flashlight were a little
generic, but were solid
enough so as not to take
away from the skankin’
skatmosphere.

Anyone who would
like to be exposed to
more Ska can listen to
Ska-t’s Scenic Drive,
Fridays from 10pm-
[2am on CiTr FM I01.9
(UBC Radio).

 

The Other Press October 14 1998 Page 8