Word: clubs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come to my attention that approximately one week ago, every newly-elected member of the Phoenix, S.K. final club was given a live chicken and instructed by their elders to keep close contact with them while going to classes, going to final club events and so forth. Apparently, most carry the chickens around in boxes that seem to be a little over a foot square. They get jostled around between classes, take up seats (in their boxes) amongst the noisy crowds in the dining halls and are penned-up in student rooms at night (on the floor). They apparently have...
This is a deeply worrying situation. Why do the more senior, and one would imagine wiser, members of the Phoenix club feel that this is appropriate treatment of animals? Would they feel as comfortable treating a human child in this way? Presumably not. But stop and think for a moment why a child would never be treated in this fashion, whereas there is little concern about the well-being of chickens. Perhaps the Phoenix club seniors feel that chickens are like the caricatures in a Gary Larson cartoon--silly beasts doing silly things. If so, why not do what...
...hope this example provides a flavor of what chickens feel and think. What the students in the Phoenix club have done is inexcusable. Not only do they have no right to treat chickens with such horrible care, they have no right to treat any animal in such unthoughtful and uncaring ways. There are complicated issues associated with the use of animals for research, a topic that I am intimately familiar with. But a case such as this is unambiguous. It should never have started and should stop immediately. One hopes that these students will feel remorse concerning their pathetic treatment...
...Entering from the freezing temperatures of Commonwealth Ave. into the Paradise venue was like moving from one frigid environment to another. The club was fairly packed while The World is My Fuse thrashed and moaned, but most just stared blankly at their drink or attempted to participate in the well-worn "I'll scream in your ear, then you can scream in mine" concert conversation technique. Yes, The World was not enough...
...However, this energy was not maintained. Our Lady Peace was once a band that could fire a club up with their heavy riffs, unique vocals, full sound and turbulent lyrics. Now they only dabble pretentiously in gimmicks, creating some amazing singles but never acquiring a sustainable feel...