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PAGE 10 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2001.
A Young Perspective
Sarah's Side
Meathead takes the fun out of the mosh pit
By Sarah Mann
On Easter Friday I attended a con-
cert in London at the Embassy. The
band, Propagandhi, was one that I
had been very anxious to see live:
Now, don't get me wrong. I had a
lot of fun at the concert but a lot of it
bothered me. What bothered me the
Just my view
most was how there were people
there who were some of the biggest
meatheads I've ever seen (except for
on TV.)
There was one particular person
who seemed to think it was a good
idea to do some sort of karate kick
thing right in the middle of the mosh
pit.
I know, it's a mosh pit, what do I
expect right? This guy almost kicked
me in the face, as well as many oth-
ers.
A mosh pit is a place to go crazy,
but not crazy kung fu style.
On a good note, I asked this karate
master to tone down the kicking and
he did. And he still had fun in the
mosh pit.
On another note, this will be the
last. time I an writing for 'A Young
Perspective'. Writing for The Citizen
has taught me a lot.
It has taught' me about what my
future job is going to be like. I've
also learned from the different arti-
cles that I've written.
Thank you to The Citizen for giv-
ing me this great opportunity and
thank you Elyse for being fun to
work with. Good luck at school.
Adios, bye bye now.
Raver feels parties getting a bit of a bad rap
youth to rave scene. (Photo
By Ashley Gropp
About a year ag,o, something I
have come to love came under fire in
Toronto.
I go to raves. I have grown to love
everything about them, from the -
environment, to the friends I've
made, to a much greater appreciation
for the music.
There are some legitimate argu-
ments for the• side against them. I
will not be one to deny that there is
drug use at these parties. But there is
By Sarah Stoll
I am disturbed that. the Seaforth
District High School may be closed
in the future.
I go to the school and I don't find
anything wrong with it.. Sure our
class size and our population may be
low,, but this way we get one-on-one
help from the teachers. Therefore our
grades are probably higher than city
schools.
Our attendance is probably higher
each week/month too. We all know
each other and get along. We as a
rural school don't have to worry
quite as much as bigger, city schools
where there have been bombings and
killings. I don't believe that any of
my friends are going to walk in with
a gun. We may not all like each other
but we get along.
Our desks may not he all full but
that's not What matters. All that mat-
ters is the desks that are full are filled
with students who are here to learn.
We are not like a lot of schools where
they have up to 12 different teachers
for each subject. I really would not
enjoy those classes.
'We get along with our teachers and
they feel appreciated here. They do
not feel as if the students don't want
to learn.
We as a student body work well
together. Why should we have to lose
the place where we have spent most
of our teenage years?
Everyone who stalled their high
school years here wants to graduate
from Seaforth District High School.
I'm proud to say that I went to
SDHS on my resum'. I'm proud of
the school that I go to. I think I speak
for the student body when I say
that we don't want to see our school
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need someone to dance with. People
are there to have a good time.
This is where the drugs come into
play. The reputation ravers have for
being chronic drug users seems well
founded at first. Kids stay up all
night dancing. Everywhere you look
there are kids drinking water and
chewing on pacifiers, and giving
back rubs. These things are always
portrayed as a side effect to the drug
use in the media.
In my experiences, as with many
of my friends, there is an innocent
side to each of these. When the
music is good, you feel like dancing.
Water is often looked at a sign of
drug use at them because ecstasy is a
dehydrating drug. Constant dancing
is dehydrating too, even for those of
us who are straight.
Several people I know grind their
teeth when excited, and rather than
grind them right down wear pacifiers
to chew on. Others bring gum. But
they don't do E. As for the back rubs,
it's not just drug use that causes stiff
muscles either. Dancing-hard for sev-
eral hours straight will do that too.
Like . anywhere, there are those
who feel they cannot have fun with-
out drugs. As I said before, though,
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prove to the world that raves are
about the music and the atmosphere
and that we don't need drugs to have
a good time. We're happy with good
music and good friends.
And enough room on the floor to
dance.
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a growing number of people growing
sick of the abuse of them, who will
not party any way but sober. I will
also mention that drug use is always
heavy wherever a group of high
school and college age people gather.
Despite media, depictionsof designer
drugs like ecstasy, they are not
exclusive to the rave scene. They
have been found in house parties and
clubs for years.
The side that people don't often
hear is the side for why raves should
be allowed to continued. Particularly
after the incident at Hullabaloo 17 at
the Docks Nightclub, people have
confused that isolated incident of
violence with the violence that hap-
pens in many night clubs.
Raves are usually incredibly pas-
sive environments. The mantra of
PLUR (Peace, Love, -Unity and
Respect) is respected by everyone,
including those who don't particular-
ly believe in it.
Of all the parties I've ever been to,
there has only been one where a fight
has broken out. It was a party with an
age of majority room and two guys
had gone in there and gotten drunk.
They came out into the dance floor
and one tlirted with the other's girl-
friend. A fight began. Almost as soon
as it started though, everyone around
the two broke them apart.
I once heard a security guard say
he'd rather work a rave than any
other event. The kids at them are
more friendly, less violent and a lot
less trouble in general. •
The entire atmosphere of a party is
unlike anything you find anywhere
else. You can find the music at a bar
or a club, but people there are more._
concerned with how they loOk and if
they are picking up, then dancing
and enjoying the music playing.
There is something very asexual
about ravers. Looking at the clothing
at a rave, you see a group of people
whose concerns are more about
being comfortable than if they can
bring someone home for the night.
The closest thing I can think of to
the atmosphere at a rave is the one at
a child's birthday' party. Nobody
thinks to care who they are impress-
ing with the way they look. If you
want to dance, you can. You don's
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Teen fears for SDHS future