Pink Floyd — to rock? WITH THE recent release of Pink Floyd’s Division - Bell CD, many of my friends have become fans of . Pink Floyd. “decided to ask. around; and. see what people really think about _ Pink Floyd touring again... ~~ : The first person J interviewed “was a 16 year old student attend- ing Windsor secondary school. ‘\. She wished to remain anonymous, Vs but for the article’s sake, she said “that we could refer to her as "Vincent V.G. Artistic, eh? : Lasked Vincent V.G. what she : thought about Pink Floyd invad- “ing B.C. Place on June 25 and 26? . - "Well, it’s not-really Pink "Floyd that i is coming to. .--Wancouver. I mean, since Roger Water has left the band, it’s not ‘really the same, Pink Floyd i isa different group now.” “. I then asked her, if she would “Still like to g0 to the concert even though it’s not really Pink Floyd “that she would be seeing? - “Ya. Sure. The lyrics haven't “. changed, just the band has. And the' laser light show is supposed to . be out of this world.” ~ [asked Vincent V.G. what she thought ‘about the tickets for the two sold-out shows being sold for up to $75.: “Well, Ticketmaster knew that . people would pay for the tickets ‘no matter what the cost. So, I guess they thought that they could make some moncy.” The next person | interviewed was a man by the name of Yoda, age 28. He also wanted to keep his identity a secret. Yoda has bought two tickets to the concert. 1 asked him what he thought about Pink Floyd touring again. “I’s great! This concert will be a once in a lifetime experience. Although, it won’t be the same without Roger Water.” I asked him what he thought about older generation bands such as Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones touring again? “It’s rockin’! 1 mean, all the great bands like the Grateful Dead - and Floyd can still go out and put on an awesome show. The bands are still making money.” The last person I interviewed was Big Al, age 24, who had three different opinions of Pink Floyd. - Lasked Big Al if she thought Pink Floyd was too old to tour? “Ya. Definitely. Soon they will have to be wheeled out on stage -with oxygen masks stuck on their faces. These guys are going to die on stage.” Il asked Big Al why. she thought the concert in Vancouver sold out so fast. “Because, only a bunch of stoners and wannabes would want to go and see Pink Floyd. The only thing that is keeping their concert alive is the laser light ‘show. Without that, they would be dead!” People have many different views on Pink Floyd. Some, say that they are getting too old for rock n’ roll. But, on the other hand, many say that Pink Floyd’s music will never ‘die. Sara Irvine, 16, is a Grade 11 student at Windsor secondary school. She’s into acting, skiing and diving as well as music and good movies. Sara is hoping to become a movie director. Friday, May 27, 1994 - North Shore News - 27 SOME TEENS say that rock bands with aging members are too old to be in touch with young audiences. Others say the music is us good, or better, than ever. Do you think these musicians are too old for rock? Do you like Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones or other older bands? NEWS photo Mike Wakoflaid . THE LOCAL Canada Employment Centre for students officially opened its doors last week by having MP Ted White (left) and West Van. mayor Mark Sager cut the ribbon. The centre, locat-_ _ed at 100-233 West First St, North Vancouver, aims to maich students with summer er jobs. . LAST WEEK we asked if racism is a problem in your school. @ I think it’s great that people come from other countries to live on the North Shore. I have a lot of friends who have moved here in the last couple of years. What I do disagree with is peo- ple who come and can’t speak English. They put a strain in the classroom or don’t try to mix in with other kids and form their own little racial groups. I think everybody should mix in with . each other. There are some ee ee ignorant people whe might make fun of a certain group of people. They probably. just feel threatened. @ It is a problem in our school. I am one of the ones that gets teased. It just drives me nuts sometimes. A friend of mine, who. is black, they call her brown cow. I’m quite ‘con- cerned, but I don’t really know what to do. : ® Racism is definitely an issue in my school. We do give them a hard time. It’s hard not to. . Racism is a very diverse issue. After watching that movie ' Schindler’s List you realize thai” racism is not just whites, it’s everyone, and it can be very hard. @ 1 don’t care how many non- white immigrants come to Canada as long as they bring with them a positive attitude and a willingness to contribute to the growth of the nation. The Fork or spoon? The culinary controversy CAMPBELL’S USED to, ‘':and sometimes still does, run commercials for their . Chunky. soup. These ads sug- gest that half the population uses forks and half the pop- “ulation uses spoons. I have just recently become aware of the untruthfulness of these claims. The truth is, accord- ing to my own survey, only about 4% of the people enjoy their Campbell’s chunky soup with a fork. I, for one, am all for the power of the fork. About 96% of our fine citizens and probably 96% of the world, don’t agree with me. I spent the better part of a day at Park Royal, asking 50 normal (I'm assuming), mentally stable people whether they liked to use a fork, ora spoon to eat their Campbell's chunky soup. As I expected, a vast majority of these people answered spoon. Now for my side of the issue. Guess how many people said fork? Go ahead, guess! Two! A big two of them answered fork! Me and my 4% of the popula- lion are a dying minority and should not be shunned from soci- ely as weare. ~~ Even Campbell’s denies the existence of a problem by portray- ing a 50/50 bajance in their com- nercials, I'm sure that half of a football stadium wouldn’t choose fork, as Campbell’s portrays in their ads. The 96% of the population answered spoon for pretty much the same reasons: For one, you get gravy (I guess you could call it) with every bite. ; Prender this argument invalid > - because when you eat hot gravy with a metal spoon, the intense heat then burns your lips when you ‘ eat the soup. | should know. I, myself, used to be a spooner. Another answer [ got was that you get more soup with every bite using a spoon. ! guess that’s a valid argument. Those are pretty much the only two answers that I got from the spooners of our city. Now it is time for us forkers to redeem ourselves, and try to con- vert some spooners into forkers. Following the great Dave Letterman, my friend Jeremy Jackson and I have come up with a Top Ten list of reasons to use a fork, as opposed to a spoon: 10. You can pierce chunks so that they don’t fall off fork. 9. You can eat the chunks first, save gravy for Jast,. drink gravy from bowl, 8. If on back-country soup-eating excursion, and you get lost, you ' can kill food with fork. 7, Can open can of Campbell's chunky soup with fork. 6. Forks take up less metal, are therefore less expensive. 5. You can choose your chunks! 4. If 96% of households use . people who should be kicked. out of the country are, those who promote racism. against non- whites. - @. I’m an international student studying in Vancouver. Racism is, for.me, not a great problem. I have not had any attacks on . mie because of my skin color. Some of my friends tell me that . _ they:have, when walking. home from school, had glass botties.. thrown at them. 1 think that is really shocking. I’ve been to many countries, and I think that Vancouver. is a relatively safe city. rm glad I Pin ‘Studying ; here. @ I hate racism, ‘it is a really’ bad thing. One of my closest — ‘friends has very dark brown skin, and when we walk down’ the hallway in schosl together, they’ll say. “hey, go back where you came from” er “why do you -- hang out with her.” It bothers: me a lot because I see my friend ‘ being hurt by it. continues spoons, more forks left over for you. ; 3. If you spill chunky soup in toaster, can use fork to fish out chunks. 2. In the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, the Sheriff of Nottingham says to Robin: “IH cut your heart out'with a spoon!” Spoons are therefore evil. 1. You can poke dinner compan- ions who nag to use a spoon. Now that all of you spooners are, no doubt, converted to forkers, my job here is done. And for those of you who can‘t decide, you can always go to KFC and get one of their sporks. This is the opinion of Steve Rasmus, a 16-years-old Grade 11 student at Argyle secondary school. His hobbies include play- ing guitar, snowboarding, and lis- tening to music.