er THE RACE is on for summer jobs on the North Shore. Many stu- dents have already begun their search for summer work, and the Canada Employment Centre for Students is now open to help. 66 Officers can match hard-working, ‘experienced and enthusiastic students to almost any position. 99 Jean Shepherd, manager of the North Shore Canada Employment . Centre, announced recently that the office will remain open until August 12 at its new location on 233 West Ist Street. ; ' Supervisor Robert O’Brien reports that over 1,300 students . and employers were assisted fast ork summer. He has even greater hopes for this summer. “With the tremendous support shown by jocal employers in 1993, we are confident that even more students will find employ- ment this summer on the North Shore.” Working with employers to help fill summer staff needs, Student Employment Officers can match hard-working, experienced and enthusiastic students to almost any position. Whether an employer needs clerical support, sales staff, or someone to mow the lawn, the Canada Employment Centre for Students is eager to help. Students are encouraged to drop by the office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to get a head start on their summer job search. “With university students already out for the summer, the race is on for summer jobs,” said O’Brien. For more information on the North Shore Canada Employment Centre for Students please call 666-9192. Meeting held today to plan teen dance FRIDAY NIGHT Live presents the kick-off to summer dance, jam and video party. This will be their biggest event yet with 2,400 watts of power, featuring-King and Kong, with special guests, at the North Shore Neighbourhood: House’ on Saturday, May 28. This party will out power, out music, out volume, and will snuff out all youth events to date with- out the use of any alcohol or drugs. Heat new music that will not be heard anywhere else. See a ap sneak preview to the upcoming beach fashion show. LAST WEEK we asked if you thought teen dance clubs were a good idea. €P I think a youth dance club - run like a bar without alcohol All this for only $5 advance or $6 at the door. Limited of tickets are available at the Friday Night Live (FNL) office, 116 East 3rd. St., North Vancouver, or from one of your friends at school. Any teens interested in being a part of the planning for this dance or the beach fashion show, please meet at the FNL office today, May 20, or on Monday, May 23, at 4 p.m. ; All parents are encouraged to drop by the office to find out who and what FNL are all about. For more information please call 986-1321. would be a terrific idea. The community centres already tried to do it and not enough kids showed up, but I think it is a good idea as long as you get proper supervision. We also recently asked about the biggest problems in your school, and how you would solve them. "EP The biggest problem is stealing. Some kids in our school steal from everywhere. I can’t really teli you a solution, but they should stop the kids from stealing. They should be punished. In our school, some kids got suspended. GTI a STATISTICS SHOW an increase in the aum- ber of non-white immigrants moving to the North Shore during the last three years. Do you, or others you know, give them a hard time? Why? Do you think racism is a problem in your school? Are you concerned about it? NORTH VANCOUVER District mayor Murray Dykeman omficially breaks ground on what wl become a new improves bullding for Waldorf School. Things teens consider cheesy examined TODAY’S SOCIETY is con- stantly being polluted by fake and superficial adver- tising, entertain- ment and trendy retail businesses. Acommon word brought up when talking about this topic is cheese. The reek of mouldy “cheese” filled my fami- ly room while I was painfully listening to an Ace Of Base song called All That She Wants. First of all, am I supposed to feel sorry for the lady that wants another baby? Am J meant to cry? “Undeterred by their painfully apparent difficulties with the English language, Sweden’s Ace of Base (surely they mean bass) has the surprise hit of the summer with this jaunty little pop-reggae number with lyrics seemingly addressing the somewhat unlikely topic of one woman's desire to conceive a child. Our rating: semi-hard, with a crust of grape skins and pips instead of the usual rind. A rather bland cheese. The Import Index, Odyssey imports Aug./Sept.’93 There are other such songs exist- ing out there, mainly being brought to us by one specific radio station’ starting with the letter Z. “Z isa sell-out, wanna-be-hip, down-with-nothing radio station,” said Dave, a North Shore student who wishes his last name to be withheld. He also added, “The new music hour is old cheese, and should be kept at room temperature to set free its natural vile odor.” Despite today’s rather cheesy taste in music, there are other tastes that mainstream society has bitten into as well. Coffee houses are palaces for today’s yuppie who tries to main- tain that imaginary down-to-earth 66 From thoughtless songs, to unsavory commercials, cheese will always exist out there... 99 image. but still has that “my-Lexus- will-beat-your-Ford” attitude. Starbucks was mentioned when Lasked a friend what she thought was cheese. This is what she had to say: “Cheese is like fake Euro-style cafes such as Starbucks that cater to the needs of today’s yuppie style trends. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bashing Starbucks at all. It is just the people who invade it that bother me.” Although there are many cheesy stores out there, the thing that sets off that unbelievably awful smell of truly ancient cheese is something | we all have: the television. First off, the all-time winner of . the excellence in cheese award, ahead of Beverly Hills 90210, is that crafty teeny-bop hit TV sitcom Full House (Full Cheese?). This particular show stinks! I didn’t nominate this show for all time cheese just for the dry humor., of the reason that three grown adults still fight over who gets to make the peanut butter and jelly ~ sandwiches. ; I did nominate this show for the obvious elements of cheese near the end of every episode when two members of the household have a so-called emotional “I’m sorry”. chat with that nifty music that seems to piss-off even my mom. Watching crafty TV shows is one thing, but having to sit through an entire Subway ad is pure torture. As if we didn’t already get enough cheese in our subs, for some reason they have to put it in their adver- tising as weil! I'ma loyal Subway customer, but when it comes to advertising, I just don’t get it! From thoughtless songs, to unsavory commercials, cheese will always exist out there and will con- tinue to pollute our children’s minds unless something is done very soon. Please help in any way you can, weather it be by writing letters to your local radio station or broad- casting centre in protest of this hor- tid plague 0’ cheese. : This tasteless piece of cheese was written by Jeremy Jackson, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student at Argyle secondary school who is into sports and music.