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t was a lovely Friday afternoon: the birds were chirping, the Student Life Centre was gleaming in the sun, and crowds of disilltisioned, debt-ridden young adults gathered to angrily express some vehemently anti-corporate, decidedly democratic sentiment. The Rally for Free Education, organized by Student Unity Power Action (SUPA) , a campus activism collective, was part of the Canadian Federationof Students (CFS) Pan-Canadian Week of Action:

As well as Friday’s rally, SUPA held a debate and a forum on campus democracy, inviting the participation of students, faculty and staff. Narina Nagra, one of the SUPA members who spoke at the rally, deplored the poor attendance at these events, and the general apathy ofthe UWcommunity.

“Why are we not concerned with these issues? They concern all ofus.” Friday’s turnout was more encouraging, however. Despite technical delays, approximately 150 students and staff flocked to the free food and music behind the Student Life Centre, and stayed to hear the rallying cry of prodemocracy. Speakers from SUPA had their chance to bellow, as did local high school students, and opinionated crowd members in response to the open mike invitation. The event was prefaced by a live performance by Matthew Osbourne. and followed by a break-dancing demonstration. While the focus of the rally was freedom and democracy in education, other social issues were also addressed. Food Not Bombs, a pacifist organization bearing bagels, cantaloupe, and buckets of vegetarian confections, proved one of the more popular stops for raliy-

goers, The group encourages food recycling, non-violence and equal opportunity to promote the value of human life over material wealth. WPIRG set up their booth, speak-

dent at Waterloo is “probably not versity] ‘cause money. ” They’re education with

Collegiate (WCI), gonna go [to uniI won’t have the destroying our their cutbacks,” added

drawing their support of the week of action, accusing them of undermining the interests of the UW community. Surrounded by similarly civicminded tictivists, Charney emphasised the breadth of social damage. “We can’t look at education as a specific or narrow issue, because the attack on education is part of a greater, global assault on progressive powers,” he said, mentioning environmental irresponsibility, cuts to women’s shelteis and welfare, anti-union legislation, and discrimination against immigrants. “We need to fight the battle on many fronts.” Charney encouraged community strength and unity from all parts to help realize a vision of free education. “We need to create an activist culture on campus to organize, educate and mobilize.”

“We can’t look at education as a ;:;p”ist specific or narrow issue. . .we ~e~~~~~ need to fight the battle on many fronts,” says Charney ing out against rising tuition fees, the lack of funding for liberal arts, diminished academic freedom and an increasing corporate presence on campus. Various student activism newsletters and pamphlets were distributed todrive home the collapse of democratic education. Over the course of the day, demonstrators created a “‘Wall of Debt,” plastered with red slips bearing the names and debt loads of impoverished students. At the end of the rally, the wall totalled over sixty UW debtor slips, and another eighty-five from the University of Wilfrid Laurier. Withanaveragedebtatgraduationof$ZO,OOOperstudent., those boards were valued at over a quarter of a million dollars, and the stress of destitution has already begun to trickle down into the next generation. Local secondary school students upset by recent edui=ational chaosexpressedaratherbleakview of their future in higher learninE. Rachel Godfrey, a grade ten sti-

Dawson, a UW undergraduate, pointed his embittered finger at deregulation: “it’s just another way we’re getting screwed.” Finances are only part of the problem. SUPA, Nagra said, calls for a tuition freeze; student, faculty and staff control of decision-making; the abolition of deregulation; grants as opposed to loans; no more cuts to staffi student control of the Student Life Centre; and administrative representation of student, staff and faculty needs instead of corporate interests. Davin Charney, another member of SUPA, contributed hisopinion to the anti-corporate atmosphere dti jotir, stressing the rights of students to control of the Student Life Centre. “This is our so-called student space, and we need to reclaim it. Hopefully, we’re doing a bit of that today.” Charney also berated the Feds forwith-

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Final details were discussed at last weekend’s Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance @USA) conference, concerning exchange student applications, grant and loan assessment proce.dures, the relationship to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), and to provincial and federal student loans. OUSA provided feedback to Dr. David Smith, Senior Policy Advisor. for the Canadian Millenium Scholarship Foundation, emphasising the need for an independent and just means of financial support for students. Scholarships should be awarded on the basis of merit, that is, good academic standing and community contributions as well as financial need, said the Alliante, endorsing “assessment criteria currently used for the award-

tudent associations, federal and provincial governmerits, and post-secondary institutions are moving with uncharacteristic swiftness towards the improvement of student aid, The Canadian Millenium Scholarship Foundation will begin distributing its $2.5 billion declining endowment in 2000, helping “thousands of students better afford their education,” says Robin Stewart, UW’s Vice President, Education. Over 100,000 scholarships will be awarded, for an average of $3,000 per year for full-time undergraduate students, for up to four years and up to $lS,a)O. The program will also be open to part-time students.

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photo by Patti Lcnard grams suchas OSAP,encouraging “the Foundation to find an agreement with the province that allows the Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation to be exempt from existing in-study earning regulations,” in order to keep a broad definition of public funding, and avoid penalization of Ontario students. Other improvements to the Millenium Scholarship were an-

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ithout committing himself, Dr. Ian Clark, President of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), reacted favourably to the idea of co-operation between his organization and the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA). Clark spoke to the student delegates at a luncheon address last Sunday, organized as part of OUSA’s annual student conference, held at UW on October 17 and 18. Clark, who is at the beginning of his term as President of the COU, took the opportunity to present the COU’s mandate as well as its response to recent Ontario government policies with respect to post-secondary education. Clark then presented tuition statistics, indicating that the decline in government expenditure on post-secondary education has been steady over the past two decades - “it’s not just a Harris phenomenon,” he argued. In spite of this, Clark did point out that the Ontario government does provide the Iowest percapita grants to education in all of Canada. Further, over the past two years, grants to post-secondary educttion in Ontario have declined the most compared to

Clark indicated that theCOU’s position is that the individual university boards of governors should be allowed to set the tuition fees, indicating that greater tax incentives and saving vehicles would better allow for families to provide for the education of their children. Further, the COU is in favour of loan repayment plans that are sensitive to students’ income following graduation. Anticipating OUSA’s critical questions on the COU’s position, he indicated that the COU’s position was “carefully worded because of the sensitivity I,..I.. -; jiii:,:.:...:.. of the issues, and that iji,,~~ generally our position is one of process right now.” Clark then spoke on what he believed was the initialIy extremely ideological stance the Ontario government took with respect to post-secondary education. “In today’s government, there is a view that the government should play less of a role in regulating and funding universities. It wants to leave more to the students to work things out.” He argued that the Ontario government’s position may be shifting: “now they see that

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UW’s nominations for the position of student director closed Wednesday, with six submissions. The decision about W’s directorial candidates will be announced early next week. ‘UW students Veronica Chau and Dan Mader were selected last week as UW’s nominees for student members. Mader is a second year computer science student, and Chau, also second year, is an economics major. From here, the submissions go to CASA for a preliminary selection, then to the government. Stewart seemed optimistic about UW’s possible place on the board “because we’re strongmembers of CASA. Holding the position is an extreme honour, and a student of UW has a chance to be a part of this organization.” Once the board is formed, hopefully by the new year, Canadian Millenium Scholarship proceedings will go ahead, cash will flow into meritorious student hands, and Kraft dinner will at long last replace no-name brands of orange mush as the post-secondary food of choice.

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rosperity was not included as one of the goals of the Canadian constitution, but maybe it should have replaced “good government,” suggested UW President, James Downey. Downey addressed student delegates at the Ontario Graduate Student Alliance (OUSA) conference last weekend, discussing the goals of education. On a theoretical and practical level, Downey suggested that the ends of education included self-actualization, social participation, and economic prosperity. If these goals are achieved, people will then simultaneously be “privately happy and publicly useful,” said Downey. Citing Freud as an influence on education policies in the 1960s and Darwin as the influence on the 199Os, Downey suggested that contemporary education goals must not focus only on individual needs, but social needs in the form of economic prosperity.

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Downey argued that he was not as interested in tuition deregulation as he was in economic liberalization, and that deregulation would never mean total freedom from tuition fees. In spite of this, Downey suggested that there is an increasing need for public funding of education in Ontario, primarily toallow Ontariograduates tocompete effectively in the job market. Downey then discussed UW’s negotiations with the Ontario government with respect to deregulation. He noted that he had very little support from within the university to enter into negotiations -students and faculty alike wanted administration to ignore the deregutation policy and refuse to increase enrollment. However, this would “have been an effectless gesture.” In the end, he suggested that, although exceptions to the enrollment requirements for UW have not yet been announced, the negotiations were fruitful and beneficial for both sides. Both the government and UW were forced to alter their position to come to a satisfactory agreement.Downey admitted that he was not sure whether theco-operation between UW and the government was the beginning of a more flexible governmentattitude towards post-secondaryeducation.. He continued, explaining that the government’s attitude towards a more businesslike and costly education is permanent. He suggested that “it’s a flavour that will exhaust itself for practical reasons. We’ll encounter practical diffrculties.“These difficulties revolve around the government’s policies that “anticipate labour market demands. There is a limited shelf-life to this approach, but for now, we have to make the best of it, In the future, however, we have to be prepared to say ‘no, we just can’t play’.”

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he third of three breakout sessions at the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) conference, held at UW last week, gave student delegates the opportunity to discuss election strategy with respect to the 1999 provincial election. Delegates from all seven member universities discussed issues ranging from coalition building to OUSA’s mes, sage to voters. Of primary importance is the building of coalitions in the lead-up to the election. OUSA intends to build coalitions with organizations that are similarly interested in issues relating to post-secondary education. All the delegates agreed that forming coalitions is crucial, but that it is imperative that OUSA does not sacrifice its core principles. for the sake of working with other groups. When asked how this will be achieved, Robin Stewart, Vice President, Education, agrees that “we won’t sacrifice our principles, and of course, coalitions by their very nature sometimes don’t work out. But it’s so difficult to get a message out there as it is, so the more voices the better.” Primarily, the goal of the coa-

lition will be one of raising awareness about education issues, such as student debt and increasing tuition. Rather than focusingspecifitally on targeting party platforms, OUSA will focus on influencing the public - thereby exerting an indirect influence on party platforms. OUSA does anticipate postsecondary education beinga focus of party initiatives in this election. Stewart explains that OtJSA will target demographics, what he

they want their kids to be successful. Second, they want their kids to do what they love. And third, they want their kids to be betteroffthan they are. So the strategy is an emotional one. The increasing tuition costs will prevent their children from having what they want for them. We’ll use the student debt as an emotional appeal.” The logical arguments are equally as important to OUSA’s message, because these form the *‘conceptual underpinnings of OUSA’s message,” says

‘Soccer moms and the 905 stewGese area code are the swing vote in the next election,” ,s;yzp;;;;;1 wsays Stewart. revolve around showing statistitally the cost,

calls the “soccer moms and the 905 area code.” He elaborates, saying that “policy analysts indicate that middle aged women, the soccer moms along with the 905 area code are the swing vote. Middle-aged men are generally conservative and the 416 area code will vote against the conservatives becauseofthe megacity.” But, the fact is that thevotesof middle-aged mothers are of crucial importance in the upcoming election. Stewart explains that “there are three reasons for this. First,

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ondary education. This includes paying for residence, tuition, and entertainment. QUSA will present exponential tuition increases as part of their message, showing how much tuition could cost if these increases continue unabated. Following the conference discussions, several motions were passed. These included the resolution that OUSA would continue to work towards building coalitions for the purpose of developing a united election strategy for the next provincial election, and that the strategyonwouldfocusonraisingpublit awareness of the rising cost of post-secondary education.

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n a news release on October 14, 1998, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) announced the addition of an eighteenth school to its fold Bishops University. The move was in large part prompted by concern over the threat of differential tuition fees for out-of-province students in Quebec. This measure will greatly affect the large number of students from out-of-province staying at the Quebec university. Bishop’s Student Council President Eric Bergeron

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“with Bishops signing on, CASA’s contribution to making Canada’s system of post-secondary education can only get stronger.” Meanwhile, an affiliate organizarion of CASA, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance @USA), has announced the decision of the McMaster Student Union to join as an affiliate member. In this case,‘the desire to combat further tuition increases and seek a fair and effective system of financial aid was the issue. McMaster felt that OUSA membership would expedite this. “It was nice to see MSU take membership in an organization that has realistic goals and a pragmatic approach to lobbying,” said Burke Christian, MSU’s Vice President Internal Affairs. Clearly, with both acquisitions, CASA and OUSA will find themselves better able to help preserve the rights of post-secondary institutions.

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No parking for you! Handling chemical spills on campus by Kerry O’Brien hnpnnts&ilT

been a continual problem for a long time. “The gate was closed last year at one point,” he said. He re-emphasized rhat the park is private property and that the parking lot is for the business’ staff and customers. Measures have also been taken to insure that there would be no unauthorized parking in the Business Park, One staff member noted that the parking lot was regularly patrolled for cars that bore unrecognized licence plates, and that any ars with foreign plates were immediately ticketed. Other measures included lowering the parking gate or creating parking passes for staffers. Other employees said they hadn’t noticed a problem. “I park at the back of the bui,lding, and I haven’t had a problem,” noted one anonymous staff member at the Business Park.

he driving community of UW felt another parking loophole close as another “free” parking place has been cIosed off to students. Director of Police and Parking Services Al MacKenzie received a complaint last week from a business operating in the University Business Park along Columbia and Philip streets. The parking lot is located on the northeast corner of campus and contains a number of businesses that, while they are officially operating on leased UW land, have no connection to the university itself. Therefore, the students and staff of UW are not allowed to park there. MacKenzie said that student parking in the Business Park has

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hemica Spill Clears Building, reported the September 24 edition of TheGz~~e, the UnivcrsityofWestern Ontario’s student newspaper. “Chemical Spill No Cause for Concern,‘: reported The hhwy, University of Guelph’s staff newspaper, on October 1. “Lab Spill a Wake-up Call,” reportedThlQzleenSJourn&on October 2. There is concern at Queen’s that the university lacks a hazardous materials response team equipped to handle large chemical spills. * They lack both the trained personnel and the equipment that is necessary to handle emergencies. If these universities are experiencing spills, is University of Waterloo next on the disaster list? Can we handle a large spill? UW has had an emergency spill response plan and formal spill team in place since July 1992. ‘*Before 1988 there was nothing except a radioactive spill plan that is required by the government,” says Ian Fraser, the Safety and Environment Health Co-

ordinator in the-Safety Office, According to the current emergency plan, UW Police are the primaryresponseteamintheevent of a large spill that is a possible health hazard. The police close off the affected area and page the sixmember Spill Response Team, which is always on call. The spill team then begins

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large and dangerous spill. Even the Waterloo Fire Department does not have all of the necessary equipment for a large spill. If that qpeofequipment iseverneeded, Team One will be called. Fraser says that we have never needed outside help for a spill so far. The Spills Response Team gets six to eight calls per year, usually at around 200

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the slow process of assessing the spill situation. “I tell the team tosit down and have a coffee before starting to work on the spill,” says Fraser, “Speed is not the essence. You need to move people out of the area [first]. Safety is of more concern.” While the team assesses the situation, plant operations puts the building on 100 per cent clean air to ventilate the area, In the event of a very large spill that the response team cannot handle, UW has a contract with “Team One Environmental” in Burlington, a spill company that, at great expense, will come at any time to clean up a

ter on the floor and, not knowing what it is, will put in a call. “We once had a large oil spill of about 7000 gallons, but it was contained and the team bad plenty of time toclean it up,” says Fraser. “We have [also] been called for radiation, but we handle radiation, biological and chemical spills the same way.” The Spill Response Team trains once a year through both outside companies and inside training. The spill team is not paid extra for their early morning work. The training and materials are the only cost to the university. “We are very pro-active compared to a lot of other people,” says Fraser.

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n a society where human rights have been compromised for centuries, how can the values embodied in South Africa’s constitution be translated into a new social reality? That was the question examined by Billy Modise, South African High Commissioner to Canada, in his keynote address which opened Laurier’s colloquium entitled: “Peace, Justice & Politics: The International Criminal Court,” October 19 and 20. As leader of the youth wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and more decisively, as a black man living under Apartheid, Modise left South Africa following the police crackdown in 1960. Seeking refuge in Sweden, he completed a Masters in Social Sci-

ence and worked extensively with SIDA (Swedish equivalent to CIDA) and the UN. In 1988, Modise became the ANC’s chief representative to Sweden, striving to internationalise the political aspirations of the majority of South Africans. After 3 1 years in exile, Modise returned to South Africa. Modise noted that, although the Nationalist Party’s rule, 194% 1990, had not been the first to violate human rights in South Africa, its regime marked a significant turning point in race relations. The system of Apartheid sparked a mobilisation of consciousness among South Africans which, with the condemnation of Apartheid by the UN in 1960, culminated ina seemingly unending battle. The-stress ofwar combined with the debilitating effects of eco-

nomic sanctions, brought the parties to the table in 1990. In order to facilitate negotiations, the pillars of Apartheid had to be abolished. The parties then agreed to develop a new democratic constitution for South Africa that would institutionalise fundamental*freedoms and a respect for human rights. Modise stressed that a legal document alone could not heal the deeply wounded South Africa. Rather than being based on a punitive model, theTruth and Reconciliation Commission was tstablished to foster the healing process in South Africa. Both victims and perpetrators participated in the proceedings, which aspired to foster an open environment in which forgiveness could develop. Archbishop Tutu will present the findings of the Commission to

South African President Nelson ingnumerouscovenants that have Mandela on October 29. been signed, including the statute An audience member then supporting the establishment of asked Modise whether he felt that the International Criminal Court. One audience member questhe black population had not lost out again, as compensation was not tioned whether the punishmentpart of the “healing” process. oriented ICC is in harmony with Rhetorically, Modise questhe principles embodied in the tioned whether it is possible to put _ Truth & Reconciliation Commission. a monetary value on the crimes of Apartheid and, realistically, In response, Modise stated &at whether or not the moneyrequired punishment is one step on the pathfor such restitution is available in a way to healing and had not been country that can not even feed its entirely ruled out by South Afripopulation. ca’s Truth and Reconciliation A broad definition of human Commission if co-operation was rights combined with an actionnot forthcoming. oriented approach to combat corThe end ofApartheid brought ruption and inequality, have about a tremendous upheaval in driven the institutional, economic South African society. and social transformations in Modise, as a leader, diplomat South Africa. and scholar, provided an idealistic, In addition, Modise emphayet insightful, account of the sised South Africa’s commitment changes that have occurred and of to the international cornunity, citthe challenges that remain.

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ately there have been a number of rumours circulating on campus regaxding the drug Rohypnol. Rohypnol, also known as “rookies” or the date rape drug is an illegal drugwhich is colourless, tasteless and odourless when dissolved in any beverage. When ingested, it can impair judgement, cause drowsiness, dizziness, blackouts, and a loss of coordination and/or memory. Ic can also cause a person to become extremely disoriented and very frightened when they are unaware that they have taken it. The stories circulating on campus mostly involve one or two people who unknowingly consumed Rohypnol and were then taken to the hospital, via ambulance, from a popular nightclub near the university. While this may sound frightening, rhere is some good news for UW students. According to Staff

Seargent Calma of the Waterloo Regional Police there have been no reported incidents of Rohypnol druggings in all of Waterloo Region (which comprises Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and surrounding area). However, he does warn people, particularly females, never to leave drinks unattended when they are out, .ToYiy Earner, the general manager at Loose Change Louie’s where some of the incidents were said to have taken place, also warns people “never to accept a drink from anyone you don’t know.” He says there was an incident involving an ambulance within the past two weeks, but this had to do with a drunk driver in the parking lot. Despite the lack of confirmation on reports of Rohypnol incidents in Kitchener-Waterloo there isstilla possibility that the drug has been in the area, and hence a need for caution. Druggings can be difficult to confirm for a couple of reasons. First, a urine test must be done within seventy-two hours.

Second, people may not realize they have been drugged, particularly if they were only given a small dose. It is for these reasons that Don Matt Iley and Vice President Student Issues Meredith Owen are trying to educate students on Rohypnol and GHB, another drug that produces similar symptoms. While the presentation of information has previously only been for resident students, Iley and Owen are working on a program to educate all studentson how to identify the drugs, their signs and symptoms, how to avoid becoming a victim, and how to deal with a crisis if you or someone you know has been drugged. While incidents are so far unconfirmed, this does not mean there is not ,a need for caution.

Emotiond analogiesat work .

s part of a continuing lecture series entitled %ts Talks Back,” Dr. Paul Thagard spoke on Thursday, addressing the issue of emotional analogies, in a presentation called Wow people use analogies in persuasion, empathy, and humour.” “Arts Talks Back” is a series of lectures aimed to make the public more aware of research occurring on the university campus. Thagard

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merous books, including TAc Conceptrral &z&&n, and a member ofthe UW Philosophydepartment He explained that analogies are used to shape peoples opinions through emotional connections.

He also gave examples of how analogies are used in persuasion, empathy and humor. With respect to persuasion, he suggested that the President Clinton scandal was a prime example, explaining that using different analogies would encourage different emotional reactions. If someone believed that Clinton should be impeached, an analogy to the President Nixon/Waterete scandal could be appropriate. On the other hand, if someone wanted an entirely different reaction, a comparison could be made to J.F: Kennedy’s fooling around with women. When giving examples of empathy hestated that, while helping foreign exchange students, he often drew upon his experience as a student in England to help them through the transition.

“Why do psychologists prefer to use lawyers instead of rats for their experiments?” was one of the jokes he used to explain how analogies are used in humour. The answer was “there are more lawyers then rats, the psychologists. tend to get attached to the rats and there are some things even rats won’t do,” Thagard has also created a computer program called HOTCO which will be able to take a group of analogies, study them (this includes emotional reactions) and come out with a result. Thagard hopes that this program will give incite into how the mind works, He also believes it will help people understand better how analogies are used as persuasion techniques.

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his past week the Ontario To ries unveiled the strategy which they hope, will lead them to I second term in office. Mike Harris, thr former school teacher from Nippissing declared war on all labour unions. Thi: week past also marked the one month anniversary of the death of another teacher, Katherine Bosch. Alike only in the fact that they once shared a profession, it is interesting nonetheless to compare their lives. Harris was born in Toronto in 1945, and grew up along the beautiful shore5 of Lake Nipissing. He went from Ontario’s public school system on to teicher’s college. He enjoyed skiing, and became a pro golfer. Bosch was born on a farm in rural Minnesota in 1934. She was educated in a one-room schoolhouse, and, after sec. ondary school, attended the Universit) of Minnesota. She won numerous award5 from the 4-H Club, including a national sewing competition, and travelled tc Greece with the International Farm Youth Exchange. Harris, after his stint as a teacher, undertook various successful business ventures in the Nippissing tourism industry. He left these to enter the world If Ontario Conservative politics. With several cabinet posts under his belt, EJarris rose to the head of the party. He ‘athered the new PC program, the Comnon Sense Revolution. Bosch married a Lutheran minister md travelled with him around the U.S. through his various appointments as pas:or or university chaplain. Eventually :hey ended up here in K-W, At every stop in her life, Bosch set JP new socially-oriented education programs: sexuality, self-esteem, anger manlgement and good parenting techniques. A pioneer in adult education, Bosch ‘arged an alliance here in K-W between KGVCounselling Services and the two local school boards. With the school boards lroviding funding, Bosch offered high school credit courses in parenting. From 1990-96 over 1,000 people per year were :aught better techniques for raising their zhildren. The program became a model ‘or others across the country. Bosch believed that the first step to mproving society was to improve family ife. Her idea of proper teaching was to have pedple come together in small groups o learn from one another. The instructor vas never to stand above thestudentand Ireach. In 1996, Harris’ government :hanged educational funding, and K-W’s node1 parenting program was dismanled. Katherine Bosch devoted her life to ielping others better themselves and to Iringing people together. In addition to Ler educational work, she was a soughtfter speaker and leader of spiritual rerests in the Lutheran church. The political tactic of Harris’ Toies, epitomised by the declared war on Inions, has been the division of Ontario ociety, and the pitting of small groups gainst

each other.

Here we have two teachers and two different paths in life. In the end, which o you think will have left the greater :gacy?

JRaging against prejudice Thinking about hate crimes

atthew Shepard died on Monday, October 12, 1998 from wounds sustained during a cruel beating at the hands of homophobic killers. Matthew was 21 years old, a college student much like ourselves. I have been in a daze since then, wanderingcampus while trying to comprehend the rage I feel. Everywhere Igoin the cafeteria, on the main green, in the halls ofourcampus-people have been going about their business, getting to class, writing papers, chilling out in coffee bars at night. That is good. It is important to all of us that we succeed. But something seems to be missing here. Something seems to be hidden, obscured and undefined. Where is your anger? Where is your rage? I am a Resumed Education student; it is my first semesterat Brown University. Five years ago, my roommate was viciously murdered in our home by two men who targeted him as homosexual. They came one evening when I wasn’t there, tortured him with lit cigarettes, then beat him mercilessly.with a hammer they had brought with them. He bled to death on the floor. Naturally, the vicious murder of Matthew Shepard has really angered me, as it probably did you. Like my roommate’s murder, Matthew Shepard was targeted because of his sexual orientation. We all may have our own ideas concerning

what people

should do in the privacy of their own home, but no rational person would agree that the way in which Matthew Shepard was tortured, then killed, was a reasonable reaction to his sexual orientation. I ask you again: Where is your anger? Where is your rage?

Across this country, people have been talking about Matthew’s murder and condemning this senseless act of violence perpetrated against one of our own; against a college student who had only begun to question himself and his role within the world around him. Though the tendency may be great, we don’t have to look at Matthew and what happened to hiti and say to ourselves, “hey, he was queer. Let the queers deal with it.” Regardless of our orientation, we can offer our support, voice our anger, breathe on the flameofoutrage that has begun to burn over Matthew’s vicious murder. I do not advocate violence; I advocate dialogue. “Why would I want to get involved? I’ve got mid-terms, I’ve got practice, I’ve got a relationship falling down the tubes?” Because it could happen to you too. Which one of us doesn’t have something, some thought or some opinion, some lifestyle or some look, that someone else might find reprehensible and reason to focus their hatred upon us. I am making a controversial argument here, I argue that we all’have something to lose over Matthew’s murder. We all lose our safety. We all lose our ability to w@k in this world freely. We all lose that most precious peace of all, peace of mind. But most importantly, we stand to lose what makes us human, we stand to lose our dignity. I am asking you to do something. I am asking you to do something, despite the fact that you are busy and that mid-terms are here, and that there are so many other fun things to do. I ask you to talk about Matthew. I ask you to speak to your friends and roommates,

your professors and TAs, even with your parents. Speak of it on the steps of your buildings. Find out from each other what your feelings are. Discuss why Matthew died. Discuss what thelossof thisone single life means to the rest of our own lives. Let’s open up the box that must contain your rage. The universities of this great country are filled with some ofthe brightest people in the world. Let’s try to see if there is anything that can be done. I am sure there is. *

APEC Tu the Editur,

.wrote an article in October 9 Imprintabout the APEC issue, and the reaction I got from people who know me was. . . APEC??? Intellectually I think I knew that most people wouldn’t be aware of what was happening, but it was still quite disturbing. This article is for those who had no idea what I was talkingabout in last week’s article. The APEC (Asian-Pacific economic co-operative) summit was help in B.C. last November. The last summit was held in Germany. The president of Indonesia, Suharto attended the summit in Germany. President Suharto is a dictator and when a relatively small island next door to Indonesia, called Timor, declared its independence, Suharto invaded and began systematically slaughtering its inhabitants. I’m not exactly sure (you can find out on the net), but I think the death toll in East Timor is somewhere around f million. Suharto is also directly and indirectly responsible for around one half million more. One of the most glaring offenses against humanity was when the Indonesian military slaughtered 270 east Timorian mourners at a funeral. There were many protestors in Germany, and there were many protest plans for the summit in B.C. last November. President Suharto expressed his concern to PM Jean Chretien that he would be confronted with protestors. Suharto said he would-not attend the summit if he thought he would be embarrassed by having to face protests. Not wanting to face and embarrassment to Canada, Chretien made many assurances that Suharto need not worry about protests. Those are the basics to the story. The important issue is that Chretien told Suharto he wouldn’t have to worry about protestors and then proceeded to control the police in a manner that would insure his political agenda. For people whoare interested in readingabout what’s beengoing, there are two places on the Internet you can visit: CBC and ETAN (East Timorian Action Network). There are numerous documents posted at these sites that confirm Chretien’s involvement. A public commissions inquiry has been called to investigate the excessive use of force by RCMP, and to determine how high up the commands go (i.e. did Jean Chretien tell the RCMP to remove protestors thereby infringing on their basic constitutional rig&s). If you would like to keep up to date, there is live coverage of the .‘ inquiry and the news usu-

ally presents the high-lights of the days testimony, For those of you without TVs, the CBC site on the net can tell you everything you need to know.

- SpencerMhielj Planned Parenthood

ast month, Planned Parent hood was asked to withdraw from avolunteer recruiting fair held at St. Jerome’s University, a Catholic institution. Catholic beliefs, based on the teachings of Christ unapologetically and firmly see human life as sacred in all of its stages. This especially applies to the unborn, who are the most vulnerable human beings. Planned Parenthood, while supposedly stressing “choice” manages to deny boht women and the unborn children their rights, as the following examination of its activities will prove. Planned Parenthood’s involvement in China’s One Child Policy, a program denounced by Amnesty International serves as a good example here. Under the policy, women pregnant without a license are,confined by the authorities, forced to abort their baby and sanctioned for the “unspeakable crime” of wanting more to have more than one child (www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/ china/wom5htm). Planned Parenthood own newsletter details how its Family Planning Associations [FPAs] help the Chinese government: “. . . in South China, the Family Planning Associations. .made an agreement with the local authorities to authorize over 3,000 FPA members to be responsible for monitoring the performance of the family planning programme.” These FPA’s are “participating in the phzning and impieme&ztion of the approved programs, modified according to FPA proposals.” (Taken from “Planned Parenthood Challenges” 1996/l, article title “Backers of the People”). Planned Parenthood’s own “Backers of the People” oversee, plan, and implement government goals in the One Child Policy. What kind of “choice” do Chinese women have, when the pregnancy police are tipped off by a Planned Parenthood volunteer acting as a “monitor”? What kind of “choice” is offered when authorities forcibly confine women, and then force them to abort their “unauthorized” baby? Planned Parenthood’s version of “choice” seems to be defined with a statement of Allan Guttmacher, its past “Each country will president: have to decide its own form of coercion and determine when and how it should be employed. Per-

haps some day a way of enforcing cause abortion makes it easier for compulsory birth control will be “uncommitted and selfish men” available.” (Medical World News, - to “sexually exploit women.” As June 6, 1969). well, Mann blames “pro-abortion An entire essay could be writrhetoric” (I imagine here is where ten about Planned Parenthood’s Fine would situate the Planned biased notion of “choice,” or the Parenthood counsellors) that racist and eugenicist views of its “portrays abortion not as an alterfounder, Margaret Sanger. Hownative to child birth, but as preferever, due to the limited space able to childbirth.” (Did I menavailable, further information tion that “pro-choice” does nut about Planned Parenthood and meon “pro-abortion”?) Mann conMargaret Sanger is available at cludes that “abortion has been (www.hli.org/issues) and sold to women under false (www.hli.org/issues/reports/ premises. We have been lied to, txtwsj.html). manipulated and exploited,” so To conclude, the St. Jerome’s she vows to be silent no more (xidecision denying Planned Parentxii). Mann’s agenda is clear, my hood a recruiting booth on its point should be too. property was not simply a deciFamiliarity with sources, their sion which affirms the right of this biases and limitations is critical to Catholic community to live the any type of responsible analysis. faith it professes. This decision For example, in Aborted Worn&n also affirmed the St. Jerome’s Reardon notes that 1.5 million commitment to human rights: the abortions are performed yearly in right of children to be born, and the U.S. (1987 stastics), yet his the right of women to raise and survey includes only 252 women, love families, with no interferall members of WEBA. Fine’s ence from governments or multimisuse of these skewed statistics nationals such as Planned Parent“would be funny, if it weren’t so hood. 1 serious.” I opt to beiieve that as a “Pure Mathematics” student, - PmlhMjwk Fine was unaware of the need to be critical of her sources. The alternative is to accept that Pine attempted to sway others to her Planned Parenthood own beliefs by knowingly and deTo theEditor, ceptively citing a fundamentally flawed book. If that is the case, n her letter of September 26, then Fine .is as guilty as the Brenda Fine took statistics from Planned Parenthood counsellors A~QZGX? WomenSihnt NO More by she so unfairly maligns. David C. Reardon to criticize On a final note, last year the Planned Parenthood. Suspicious K-W city council awarded of the statistics Fine cited, I Planned Parenthood a financial checked the book out of the lisubsidy, which signifies their recbrary. This monograph was based ognition of the valuable role that on a study of women who were all the organization plays in this commembers ofWomen Exploited By munity. Demonstrative, perhaps, Abortion(WEBA). Inotherwords, that K-W is not “so amazingly this study is biased since it did not sick of Planned Parenthood,” afinclude interviews with any ter all. women who were not members of WEBA. - Shntaotl Stetkef Remorse is common among women who have aborted. AborThe problem with tion is an option a woman chooses morals when she feels she has no better alternative, While it may be the To the Editor, “right” choice at one point in a woman’s life, abortion may not wasn’t aware that advertiseeven be a consideration at anments for Christianity came in other time, when her life circumthe form of Imprint columns. “Anstances are different. What is imtithesis” by Sarah Konrath, dated Oct.16, encourages us to give up portant here is the woman’stig&o choose. Some women who chose to hedonism and become responsiabort previously and have since ble adults, like the hippies, and she become overwrought with grief, backs it up with quotes from the seek comfort in an organization Bible and some analogy about drinking vinegar to cure your thirst. that blames others for their own Firstly, who ever said that livdecisions. Hence, WEBA, But please, don’t take my word for it, ing life by a strict moral code was read the Foreward to Reardon’s either desirable or rewarding? Popular perception looks down on book, written by WEBA’s ‘risky’ activities like sex and drug founder, Nancyjo Mann. In the use. Ifwe enjoy them without killintroduction, Mann asserts “legal ing ourselves, then why can’t we abortion is the most destructive manifestation of discrimination do them? If God, in his wisdom, against women today.” Why? Bemade us crave sex with attractive

members of the human race, and enjoy cocaine more than spectator sports, then why should we shun these? Abstinence is an artificial creation of lowly man, as is spectator sports. Coke and sex are XQZLVral! Everyone wants to be a rich and famous. Why? Because then you can enjoy whatever hedonistic pursuits come to mind. I t’s surprising that the school of theology does not require the highest average to get in at UW. Can I write a column on hedonism? Not likely, considering our university’s obsession with political correctness.

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o the author of the rant last week concerning the ‘lack of representation’ given by Feds: Shut it. The Feds were not representing students when the stu- . dents voted to leave CFS? The Feds are not representingstudents now when they don’t want to be associated with people who would rather throw eggs at the great satan than try and reason with them? I fully agree that university now is ridiculously expensive, and want either an expanded system of loan-forgiveness or a reasonable system of loan repayment. However, I do not think that the years spent by the CFS making university students look like two year-olds in a playpen have done anything to promote this case. As much as I appreciate how important breakdancing is to the lowering of tuition, I think I’ll stay with the people who can give intelligent arguments. .. 3B

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n response to Lisa Butler’s letter printed in the Friday, October 16, 1998 section of Forum. Regardless of whom the submission is from, it is the job of editor to edit. To quote Ms. Butler, if the “job of an editor is to clean up one’s grammatical and lexical usage in a text, and to pass thevaluable information on to the continued

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reader,” then it is the editor’s job to make the important distinction between ‘its’ and ‘it’s.’ Often times, jobs may be petty, but they are still jobs, and their rules require following. As the editor must follow all of the rules or face claims of deficiency and inefficiency, he must place possibly more relevant matters, such as content-what one has to say, on the same level of importance as the petty jobs. i presume that the charge made in Ms. Butler’s last paragraph that “it is not the editor’s place to ridicule students in his weekly column about the flaws he perceives in student writing” is specifically relating the title of editor to Kieran Green. If that is the case, then I wonder why you change your verb choice from “ridicule” in the above quote to “criticize” in the following: “To criricize students who offer thei; valuable time and energy to this volunteer paper is not only discouraging, but in extremely poor taste.” I wonder this because the words have entirely different meanings. Criticizing is a part of an editor’s job, while ridiculing is not. Does that seem like a petty difference to you? Yes, I love the English language too.

Public opinion

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Daishowa vs. Lubicons.

he affirmation of the democratic right of free expression in this judgment is a badly needed antidote to the growing sense of corporate control and domination of the political agenda that is perceived in the activist communities in which we work.” This quotation from Karen Wristen, of the Sierra Legal Defense Fund, was made in relation to the landmark ruling handed down in April bytheOnrarioCourtintheDaishowa vs Friends ofthe Lubicon lawsuit. Dismissing the claims of forestry multinational Daishowa for a permanent injunction, Mr. Justice James MacPherson observed that the protection of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms must be extended to protect political expression on issues of public importance. We celebrated; it was a great victory for the Cree Nation of northern Alberta, their supporters the Friends of the Lubicon and for environmental and social activists around theworld who participated in the boycott. In May, Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. wrote and announced their commitment “that they would not harvest or purchase timber in your area of concern until your land rights issue is resolved with both levels of government, including harvesting rights, fish, and wildlife concerns.” There was an exchange of letters between Chief Bernard Ominayak and DMI President Tokiro Kawamura toclarify the specific area ofconcern. By June the Lubicon supporters called for an end to the largest successful

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boycott in Canadian history. That should haveended thematter but, alas, the corporate giant stirs from its humiliating defeat to battle the peoples of the land once more. Calling it ‘(a matter of principle,” Daishowa’s Tom Cochran recently announced that the transnational paper company plans to go ahead with an appeal of Justice MacPherson’s ruling that the consumer boycott of Daishowa products is legal. He calls it merely a matter of “fairly technical legal questions.” One “fairly technical legal question” that comes to mind is why Daishowa would

4. I have no readers. This option is a little depressing. But, hey! Can’t have everything in life, now can we? So, if you have anythingto say to me (just show me that you’re breathing out there) write to me. Email address is above. And now that this pathetic display’is done with, on to this week’s column. How to get people to do whziyu WU#f* tip #13 Reading through The G/obeandMail(nothing against 72eRecord, The Globe was just in front of me at the time), I came upon this one article about a play in Manhattan called Co@s CR&i, a play which many think portrays Jesus as a homosexual who sleeps with his followers. Needless to say, religious groups boycotted and barricaded the street in front of the play. That got free speech activists on the street boycotting the religious groups’ boycott of the show. Prayers, hymns, chants and death threats all can be heard on that block and will be heard on that block until the sliow ends. Now, I don’t knowaboutanyofyou, but if I heard people saying that the show is wrong and immoral I’d be the first in line to see what the fuss is about. I could care less what religious groups could say about the

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Sharing a gutter

n the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.” George Orwell, author of 198$ seemed to understand the natural human desire to be moral.. *eventually, but not too moral - for fear of becoming a fanatic, Christianity and morality are actually at opposite ends of the pole. The whole point of Christianity is realizing that you need a Saviour. How can you need someone to save you if you’re already perfect? Have you ever found yourself saying that Christians are a bunch of self-righteous bigots? I’ve heard that one before. What can I say, I used to be a self-righteous bigot. Some of us outgrow that phase; unfortunately, others don’t. Jesus certainly never taught that it was okay to point out people’s sins and tell them how much better we are than them.

The corporate giant tion for an injunction stirs from its against a boycott that humiliating defeat to ~~~~~~~$~~~~~ battle the peoples of S~i~~S,~~~~s~~~ principle” or “fairly technical legal questions,” but instead has everything to do with preparing the way for renewed clear-cutting on Lu bicon territories. ne LubiconCreeand the Friends have always been clear, that as long as Daishowa keeps its written commitment (as above) there will be no further boycott of Daishowa products. For Daishowa to argue before the court that they need to be protected from further boycott activities means they intend to break theircommitment. Or they fear that the Lubicons will insist on environmentally responsible methods ofharvesting post-settlement and simply want the Lubicons out of the way, period.

show (to clarify here: I do believe in Jesus, but I don’t follow any church), I want to see the problem with it. It’s like looking at an accident on the freeway. You don’t want anyone to be hurt, but you want tosee blood anyway. Good story for the kiddies. Does no one understand it’s a play? Art? Fiction? Many say the Bible is fiction too, alongwith Jesus. That’s why there are other religions. One man is quoted in the article as saying that the show’s creators “don’t have a degree of sensitivity toward Christians. [They’ve] got hate in [their] hearts.” Buddy, hate has nothing , .

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using words and outwardly moral behaviour to cover up their selfishness. Jesus himself, who claimed to be God, called them “serpents, broods of vipers, hypocrites - even sons of hell.” And they wondered why, and were insulted that instead of associating with them, he chose to associate with the prostitutes and alcoholics of the day. They weren’t afraid to admit they needed him. Where we judge others by their clothing, appearance or outward actions, God looks at the hidden motives of the heart.You can spend your whole life trying to be good on the surface, and it can be meaningless. Or you can completely screw up your life in every way possible, and find that God still has a purpose for your life. I haven’t reached perfection. You may not find me doing obvious outward sins, but I know what I am, and I know what I am capable of doing. “We are all in the gutter, but some of usare looking at the stars.” The only difference between someone who believes and someone who doesn’t believe in Jesus, is whether we are face up or face down in the gutter. Looking at Jesus gives us a different view of the world.

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he University of Waterloo Campus Response Team (UWCRT) started as an idea between three UW students. After determining that the idea of a campus response team would embellish the already impressive services at UW, the team of three started to gain support from all administrative levels of UW, ranging from the UW Police to Health Services to the Safety Office to Risk Assessment Office to the Student Life Centre. Once the idea was supported, the threesome started to improve their St. John Ambulance contact and boosted interest by placing articles in Imprint, the Daily Bulletin and spreading word-of-mouth

interest as much as seven degrees of separation could reach. After attending a conference at Western, where an impressive campus team already exists, they were ready to start interviewing and selecting a team. After 85 impressive applications and 61 stellar interviews, a strong team of 30 was chosen. ’ The extensive Brigade Training System (BTS) practical scenario-based training was held over two weekends in September and October under the supervision of two local paramedics. The exam, which was held on October 18, proved to be challenging. Now thatithasbeenpassed,theUWCRT is capable of dealing withany first aid requirements on campus. Starting on an events basis for at least eight months, the team will

look to increase its abilities so that it can enter an on-call campus patrolling basis soon. Ifyou are interested in joining the UWCRT, please feel free to visit our offrce in Room 2 1 OS in the SLC, drop off a note in our mailboxat the Turnkey Desk in the SLC, or e-mail Ben at talktoben@hotmail.com. Ben is also available by telephone. You can reach him at 884-1390. Applications for the Winter 1999 team are beingaccepted now. They 4ire also available at the Turnkey Desk from the UWCRT mailbox. Be a part of the most exciting and influential team on campus - the team t~utsd3v~s live.3.

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Scenario: You have just finished cooking your daily dose of Kraft Dinner on the stove. Your rdommate wanders into the kitchen toget to thecookies(chocolate chip) that are above the stove. Without thinking, she pIa+ her hand on the still-hot element while reaching towards the cupNard. Ouch! She has just given h&self a heat burn. ; There are several types of bbrns: heat, chemical, electrical, and radiation burns. We will deal with heat burns. A heat burn can be caused by open flames such as a candle or fiie, hot objects like a stove oi car engine, or hot liquids and steam. ?! i

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ust offyour WATCARD and get ready toexercise your right to vote at next Wednesday’s Annual General Meeting of the Feds. Items on the agenda include the financial statements from last year, and a vote to fill the vacancy on the Board of Directors. All feepaying members of the Feds are eligible to speak at the meeting and cast their vote regarding any and all items on the agenda. Check out the ad on page 19 in this issue for the full agenda. The meeting will be held in the SLC Multipurpose Room at 7:00 p.m. on Oct. 28. If you can’t attend, you can proxy your vote to

another fee-paying member. Just pick up a proxy form from the Feds office (SLC 1102). Other goings-on next week include haunting Hallowe’en fun at both the Bomber and Fed Hall. Friday night the Bombshelter features “House Halloween” for just a twoonie at the door. Saturday nightat Fed is the traditional masquerade eventwith prizes for best costume. Tickets are going fast, so grab your four bucks and head down to the Feds office. While you’re looking ahead to plan your social calendar - start thinking about Homecoming on November 13 and 14. Picture a great weekend of basketball at the Naismith tournament, plus the Big Tent at Fed Hall with swing music Friday night and “Riverworks” on Saturday.

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Recovering from Oktoberfest is difficult. You should get offyour butt and go outdoors, Try jogging or biking or frisbee. That is, when you finally come to. .

Lower your standards, you’re probably not going to marry that perfect person. Head out to a pet store and find a lonely person buying lots and lots of cats.

Your high school days are long behind you. Professors will not accept notes from mommy for late term papers. Grandma’s the only one who can help you now.

The pressure is at an all-time high at this time ofyear. But do not slit your wrists -you’ll probably doitwronganywayandthenyou’ll be left cleaning up all the blood.

Don’t fall victim to social and cultural definitions of “normal.” Remember: there’s no such thing as normal, only average, And weird, definitely weird. And screwed-up.

You are suffering from an extreme case of paranoia. Don’t be afraid, not metybody is out to get you, only the little green men in white coats carrying anal probes.

Sunday, Monday, Happy Days. Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days. Thursday, Friday, Happy Days. Saturday, what a day, groovin’ all week with you.

Your artistic ability will cause you much pain and suffering. Eating paste may be fun, but it can wreak serious havoc on your internal organs.

Your sheer happiness and joy will only piss people off. Try being sarcastic, crabby, and whiny like the rest of the universiv aged people in this world. It works!

Your jealous tendencies will send you over the edge. Just because your cat can lick its own ass doesn’t make her all that much better than you. Get over it.

Your old, worn-in running shoes are as comforting as a good friend. But if they are making their way out the dooron their own, it’s time to throw them away.

This health kick you’re on is doing you more harm than good. No matter what any of the-diet gurus say, it’s probably not a good idea to eat plant fertilizer.

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if burns

Now that you know what to do, here is a list of things NOT to do: 1. Donotcool the casualtytoo much. Once the area is cooled, take action to keep the casualty warm. This limits shock. 2. Do not use adhesive dressings such as Band-Aids. 3. Do not breathe on, cough over, or touch the burned area, This will help fend off infection. 4. Do not use butter, lotions, ointments, or oily dressings on a bum. 5. Do not cover a burn with cotton, wool, or other fluffy material. 6. Do not break blisters 1 this will slow the healing process, as infections may develop. If myons 422s any htdth qiws-

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23, 1998

Stressed out? by Kimberly /mpnmtstaR

ow many Queen’s students does it take to change a light bulb? Just one: he holds it and the world revoives around him. Last weekend, I went to Kingston to see if this was true. Ofcourse I foundout that itwas, butyou have to find just the right Golden Gael; the world doesn’t revolve around al/ of them. On the other hand, I am certain thatitwouldn’tbehard to find a UW student stu&ntsi who could screw in a light bulb with only the help of the earth’s rotation. My hosts were great, and certainly not snobs. The Queen’s cross country team hosted a fine evening out at one of the local bars, which was open to all of the teams. * In line-at one of the bars, I encountered one Queen’s student who was excited and happy to hear that I, like her, was in English. But when I told her I was in English at Wutzdim, she said, “I’m sorry n She meant it, too. If anything, Queen’s students are very proud of their school, Also, they are all conformists. That is not to say that they all follow the same trends in clothes, music, etc. No, they all conform to Queen’s. At Queen’s University, which is in Kingston, there are many traditions and practices on which the students base their allegiance and

superiority. Hardly anyone in Kingston lives in residence after their first year. Only thi: “floor seniors” do and they are branded “losers” immediately, even by frosh. Ifyou live in West Campus, or in “Wally,” two of the many residencesat Queen’s, you are “ostracised,” according to a friend of mine who is now in second year.

Waterloo’s and I found many similarities. We have the SLC, they have the JDUC (John Deutsch University Centre). We have the PAC, they have the PEC. The PEC is, in my opinion, a ze~2y cooler name for a gym, but they ruin it by mistakenlycallingit the PEC Centre, which translates into Physical EducationCentreCentre.Ohwell. They have a bar called Alfie’s that is similar to UW’s own .

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EiEZETEiiE dent centre, the JDUC. The story behind the bar’s name is an interesting one. There was a homeless man who lived in Kingston and went to all of Queen’s football games. His name was Alfie and when he died they named the campus pub after him. Unfortunately, the memorial has more of a mocking tone than one of reverence from what I’ve been told. I nearly went to Queen’s, but I was lured by Waterloo’s renowned Applied Studies Co-op program. Ironically, I’m not in Co-op anymore, and it was easier getting in than it was getting out.’ Despite that, and even though Queen’s has a famously beautiful campus, I don’t think I could deal with the “unique idiosyncrasies” of that school. Give me UW’s smelly math students and arrogant engineers any day,

screw in a light bulb? You’d be sGprised. He lives in a house right on campus, but he lived at West Campus last year. Fortunately, Pat is a fairly secure guy and he didn’t buy into the residential hierarchy that was being pushed on him. There is a tradition at Queen’s involving their faculty jackets. Nearly everyone gets a Queen’s jacket in their first year, but they aren’t allowed to wear it until they’re done their first term. The punishment for donning your colours too soon is having the sleeves torn off. It sounds like they might beat you over the head with them, too, but I don’t know for sure. In any case, wearingyourjacket early is a near capital offence. I compared their campus to

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veryone experiences a little stress in their lives whether at home, at work., or, well, practically anywhere in today’s society. But some people experience it a little more than others. For example, take university students: essays, midterms, labs, Co-op interviews, exams. Yeah, we knowallabou t scholastic stress. The question is how do we deal with it? Personally, I find pulling my hair out is no longer effective and neither is snapping people in half or stuffing my face with food. So I began my search for an al terna tive which led me to the UW Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP is offering a short seminar to

help manage the stress of everyday life without inflicting pain on yourself or others, “Stregs Management Made Simple,” hosted by Elizabeth Miller, will be held on Wednesday, November 18, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in DWE (EL 1) 1501. This brown bag lunch meeting is a great opportunity to learn a stress reducing technique that enables you to focus on the issues at hand. As a result, you will feel more confident in your abilities to get things done, more relaxed when faced with difficult tasks, and more “in control of your life.” If you are interested, simply pick up a form at Health Services, fill it out, and return it to Johan Reis at HS before Nov. 11. From one student to another, check it out. Your hair will love you for it!

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n Saturday, October 24, at noon, the Portage for Wilderness will take place. Thosewhoareavidcanoers,orjust happen to own a canoe, are invited to show up at Queen’s Park to form a single pine tree made of canoes on the front lawn of the Ontario legislature. For the “portage” part, the canoes will be carried to the Park The event is an opportunity for anyone to show up and voice their support for the protection of the wilderness in Ontario. The portage is being organized by several organizations, including the Partnership for Public Lands, a coalition of World Wildlife Fund Canada, the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, the Wildlands League, as well as 38 other endorsing organizations.

The fate of 40 million hectares ofCrown land in northern and central Ontario is currently in the hands of the provincial government. Through the Lands for Life process, theywili soon decide what to do with the land. You can make a difference by supporting this very worthwhile cause. What the partnership hopes to do is demonstrate the public support for the protection ofthe lands in the Lands for Life area. Protection from what? From industrial land use. The portage is sure to be a fun and exciting event, and the general public is encouraged to come out and be a part of it, whether or

carry their canoes onto the front lawn of the legislature. At that time, the canoes will be organized to represent the shape of a pine tree. This shape was chosen because it is symbolic of Ontario’s remaining wilderness. The event will also feature guest speakers and entertainers. “It is important that the public comes out to Queen’s Park to remind the Premier of his commitment to complete the network of protected areas in Ontario,” said Rio Symmes, Partnership for Public Lands coordinator. “This is especially important since logging and mining companies continue to press for access to all of the

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A rose by any other name by Kimberly h??phltstLa#

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hen I was in elementary school, I felt somewhat unique. I was the only “Kim” in the class from Kindergarten up to Grade Six. I wasn’t even aware of any other “Kims” in the entire school. If someone yelled my name, I was sure it was my attention they were seeking. And I liked it! It made me feel, well.. . special. This all changed when I’ reached high school, though. No matter what grade I was in or what hallway I turned down, there seemed to be a Kim, Kimmy, or Kimberly. I feltcheated! I became selfish. 1 didn’t want to share my name with anyone. The resentment of being named a suddenly common name

increased when I had to share my name with two good friends. And to make matters worse, we were all in the same class. You can imagine the confusion when we were called on or someone was making reference to one of us. I assure.you, I’ve never heard “Which one?” more. in myentire life than I did my OAC year. From that point on, I decided if I ever had children, I would do my best to ensure this never happened to them. I practically went out of my way to find the most unique names I could think of until an old neighbour of mine brought something to my attention that I’ve never personally experienced or even considered. I had mentioned the “cornmon name” problem and my search for originality of names to my neighbour, who works as a secre-

tary for a nearby school. She proceeded to tell me the tale of a little girl attending her school who had an “original” name. The little girl was named “Dorcas.” Yes, that is a real name. Now, I’m obviously all for original names but in this case, “original” would not have been the adjective I would choose to describe this name. Apparently, her parents didn’t think of the girl’s future ahead of time, because one can only imagine the torment to which this innocent child was exposed to among her peers. The teasing in elementary school must have been amplified twelve-fold in high school. Justthinkbackto when you began high school, hoping to fit in and belong somewhere. Now think how that experience would have been if the short form of your name was “Dorc.” Case in point, her awkward years may have extended throughout her whole life. After hearing this tale, not only did I believe that the definition of child abuse should extend to the name you inflict upon your child, but I decided I would find a unique name for my prospective future offspring that wouldn’t possibly get the crap kicked out of them later on in life. So, I turned to the only place I know of that contains unusual names that will still enable a child to survive through their adolescent years with a shred of self-esteem: Good 01’ Hollywood.

Hollywood’s biggest stars often name their children incredibly unique names because, well, they can. I mean, really, who’s going to walk up to Bruce Willis or Demi Moore and say “what the Hell were you thinking ?” (Okay, so maybe some of you would). But who’s goingtowalkup toRumerorScout or Tallulah Belle and make fun of them? Look at their father. Do you real/y want to mess with the likesof Bruce Willis? See, that’s the interesting thing

“Leaving on a ‘Jett’ Plane.” Ron Howard had the unique idea of naming his kids after the cities in which they were conceived: Bryce Dallas and Page Carlyle. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson do not take home first prize for originality, but their kids’ names are still a little off-the-wall. Their boys are named Chester and Truman. Musicians can be just as, er, unconventional. Don’t get me wrong, I happen to love David Bowie’s work, but naming his son Zowie Bowie? And I know I don’t have to mention the Zappas: Moon Unit and Dweezil; or Eddie Van Halen’s son, Wolfgang. I kid you not, they call him “Wolfre.” Speaking of musicians, can you beat the arrogance of Michael Jackson? He named both his childrenafter himself: his son is Prince Michael, and his daughter is Paris Michael. It’s not as though Michael is all that original of a name to begin with. You’d think with all the money that Hollywood’s greatest make, they could afford to look into a good baby name book. After looking at all the aforementioned names, I have decided that having a common name like “Kim” isn’t really so bad. And I guess Hollywood isn’t the ideal place to turn to after all. Maybe I should try the Bible. .

Sowhat exactly isin a name, anyway? aboutstars; theycangetawaywith things that us average people just can’t (that’s another article for another time). Some of the names are unique and catchy like Piper - Gillian Anderson’s daughter; Declyn Cyndi Lauper’s son; or Zoe Blue Rosanna Arquette’s daughter. Then there are others that are uncommon and interesting like John Malkovich’s sons Amandine and Lowey, or Nick Nolte’s son, Brawley King. And then there are names thatbelonginacategoryall their own. How about John Travolta, whose son’s name is Jett? Now when Chantal Kreviazuk sings, she’ll be serenading him with,

Gav and lesbian film fest n Friday, October 30, Ed Video Media Arts Centre in Guelph will be holding “OUT: HERE (Invasionofthe SmallTown Queers: Plan B).” This is very fitting, since UW’s own Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo (GLOW) designated last week “Coming Out Week.” “OUT” will be a presentation of short films and videos about what it means to come out and search for an identity as a gay, lesbian, or bisexual in a small town or rural area. The event is expected to draw large audiences because of the recentawareness that has been brought to the issue in the media. It is important to bring this awareness to the issue of growing up gay in a small town. It is difficult enough coming out in a big city. Someone’s family and friends may reject them, but they are likely to find others to whom they can turn. In a small town, tolerance levels are often vastly lower than in big cities. Everyone knows each other, and there is often no place to

turn for a gay or lesbian individual who has just come out. The idea was the brain-child of Justin Stayshyn, who acts as curator. Stayshyn is the former arts and entertainment editor for the Untutiun who now works at Id magazine. He is also a local Guelph musician. Ed Video received funding from the Canadian Council for this presentation. Stayshyn has been to many film festivals in his life. This afforded him the opportunity to see new works as well as spend time at the major film and video distribution centre in Canada, Torontobased V-tape. He used this experience as preparation for curating. The event has many objectives. First of all, it offers people (the general public as well as the arts community) a sampling of independent film and video work created over a period of fifteen years. These films employ various ienres and techniques. Secondly, it offers another cultural event for the queer cdmmunity of Guelph. And finally, it definitely helps bring awareness to the issueofwhat it is Iike to be gay, lesbian, or bi-

sexual. The presentation will include several varied works. Following is a comprehensive list of those that will be featured: +Sc/roo( Fag, by Richard

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enture. Traxx. Even British Knights, all benefited from a special invention, a world changing creation, an evolutionary step for human kind: Velcro. His name was George De Mestrcl. He was a Swiss mechanicalengineerwhowent huntingone day in 1941 with his Irish pointer in the Juru Mountains. While trying to disengage annoying cockleburs from his canine’s coat and from his own wool pants he realized what amazing strength the little buggers, better known as seedpods, had. He decided to have some pet cockleburs and brought them home to examine under his trusty microscope. To his delight he discovered that rhe burrs contained hundreds of tiny hooks. Ten years later he patented Velcro, a wonderful fashionable adhesive and a name that derived from two French words: veiour, a kind of fabric, andcroAt, a hook. Now Mr. De Mestrel was able togainappreciation from the world for his patented invention, but there are many achievements in technological advancement that have gone unnoticed. These precious gems are new creations that the human populace are somewhat skeptical of, but this writer sees all the use in the world for them. It is very probable that, the first time Mr. Bell phoned up his buddies, they thought hewasafew short of a dozen. All inventions need time to assimilate into society. Here are few that the U.S.

Patent Office believe more time than others.

may

take

Lighter-Than-Air Furniture

III; Cincinnati, Ohio; 1989; U.S. Patent 4,827,666) The mold is attached to the ground in such a way that a growing plant, for example a squash or a cucumber, assumes the shape of

Used toeliminate.exposed and strewn deposits of animal waste products in public places and on farms. Can also be used as a birthcontrol device.

7. Smoker’s

(Inventor: William A. Calderwood; Peoria, Arizona; 1989; U.S. Patent 4,888,836) Filled with helium or any other lighter-than-air gas, the furniture levitates to the ceiling when not in use. When needed, it is pulled down to the floor by means of a tether.

Hat

(Inventor: Walter C. Netzchert; Buena Park, California; 1989; U.S. Patent 4,858,627) A portable hat systern that allows the user tosmoke tobaccowithout affecting the environment. It includes a purification and deionization system, a filtration system to allow intake of ambient air, and an exhaust system for expelling deodorized, deionized, and optionally scented air from the

A strap apparatus to be mounted on both partners during coitus to stabilize the action of each.

10. Force-Sensitive, Sound-Playing Condom (Inventor; Paul Lyons; Southbridge, Massachusetts; 1992; U.S. Patent 5,163,447) Contains a chip-controlled sound transducer that, when activated by contact, plays a melody or voice message. Suggested melodies include “The 1812 Overture” and Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”.

These inventions obviously will not have the impact ofsay, the space arm or genetic cloning, but 2. Halitosis let us look at the importance of Detector Dewhat would seem like a silly inThecoolj~oozesoutofthesesneaks! vice photo by Darren Spitzig vention like Velcro. Velcro has paved the way for quicker foot re(Inventor: Katumori Nakathe mold. hat. . moval and tear-away jeans. How mura; Iwatsuki, Japan; 1989; U.S. many times have you witnessed Patent 4,823,807) 5. Fresh-Air Breathing 8. Female Body Suit this scene: After determining the chemiDevice and Method “Nice shoes . . . hey, are those cal makeup of an exhalation sam(Inventor: Lyndola M. Storie; velcro?” ple, it produces a signal appropri(Inventor: William 0. Holmes; Caseyville, Illinois; 1986; U.S. “You bet and are they ever ate to the degree of malodorousBelmont, California; 1982; U.S. Patent 4,627,lll) * handy.” ness. Patent 4,320,756) Made of skintight material “Well, how about that. By the In case of a fire in a high-rise closely simulating skin texture. way, my name is Randy.” 3. Pat On The hotel, the user inserts a breathing’ Allows the wearer to eliminate psy“Oh, my name is Stevo, you Back Apparatus tube through the water trap of a chological barriers resulting from want to go catch a flick?” toilet until it reaches a vent pipe mastectomies and to be more satVelcro has helped form friend(Inventor: Ralph Pire; connected to a sewer line of the isfied with personal appearance ships more than thePennysooMperLindenhurst,NewYorlq 1986; U.S. toilet. The user then breathes during coitus. sonal ads. The shoes are also as Patent 4,608,%7) “fresh” air until rescued. comfortable as a warm hug from For use during self-congratu9. Stabilizing Apparatus Aunt Daisy. So, the next time la tory moods. 6. Animal Toilet for Male and Female you’re in Fairview Park Mall lookGarment Partners ing for a new pair of sneaks, think 4. Method And Apparaof our old friend Mr. De Mestral tus For Melding Fruit (Inventor: Samuel Andrisanj; (Inventor: LutherC. Oxendine and walk right by Champs or Foot Los Angeles, California; 1963; U.S. Jr.; Maxton, North Carolina; 1982; !>-Locker and straight to Biway or (Inventor: RichardTweddell Patent 3,090,356) U.S. Patent 4,343,299) Zellers. Velcro, that’s technology. w

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Let’s all have a drink! by Helen fmpintstti

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r. Hamish Duthie hopes to improve our understanding of our water resources. He would like to improve the management of these resources as well as the understanding of how humans have affected our water resources. Dr.

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PH.d. at the University College of North Wales while working on the mountain lakes in Snowdenia, Wales. He received a job offer at UWand arrived here in 1963 at the ageof24asthefifthmemberofthe biology department. “I had no real

intention of staying on here,” says Duthie, “It just happened to turn out that way.” Duthie’s first project was to study the Grand River and observe water quality and pollution. He then moved on to his current work on reservoirs and the northern lakes inMatmaek, Quebec. Duthie was the first person to do a complete environmental assessment of a ‘smallwood

reservoir

in Labrador.

Most of his work has been concentrated on reservoirs to monitor their impact on the ecosystem. After 3Uyears working on arcticand subarcticlakes, Dr. Duthie returned to the Grand River to do another survey of its environment.

He found a change in enrichment with increased levels of phosphorus and nitrogen which are a result of the increased population in this area in the last 30 years. One of Dr. Duthie’s new projects is taking him to Lake Malawi in Africa. He will be visiting a graduate student who is working at the lake as well as taking a look at the lake’s ecosystem. He plans to apply techniques that he has learned locally working in Laurel Creek and in the laboratory to measure the relationship between the level of land use and water quality of rivers in Africa. Dr. Duthie says that he has always enjoyed research . , .aquatic . - .%S.,...

and limnology. His ongoing goal is to create “an understanding of how ecosystems work.” He has lead several field courses on marine biology in the West Indies, Belize and the Bahamas. Dr. Duthie has also lead several “ecotours” to the Himalayas, Turkey and Belize with the general public. “I take people who want to see the environment instead of lying on the beach for their ho& day,” he says. In 1999, Du thie will go on sabbatical to study the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Considering that Canada has more fresh water than any ccluntry in the world, it behooves us to pay attention . . _~_

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Wine as a biological fluid by Damn

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hen the Ark came to rest on dry land, one of the first thingsNoahdidwas plant a vineyard. . . biblical proof that wine is a cure for water saturation.” Dr. David Goldberg, of the Dept. of Labratory Medicines and Pathology at the TJniversity of Toron to, made other references to the significance that persons from the past accorded wine, including presidents, scientists and great thinkers, Gold berg addressed a small audience in the Davis Centre, Friday, October 16. What follows is somethingof asummaryof his talk.

Wine reduces

your Old Vienna is your silver bullet. Well, it isn’t. In one rabbit study, beer offered no protection at all against atherosclerosis. White wine offered 33 per cent protection, while red wine protected 40 per cent of rabbits. There is no evidence that glue sniffing is your

red carpet

to happiness,

either.

‘Why is wine better than my beer and/or glue?” Seriously, though, it is thought that wine, and particularly red wine,

October

is more effective because it contains a great deal more flavanoids. The flavanoids that seem to be th& most important are resveratrol and quercitin. Some of the beneficial side effects of resveratrol include a lower plasma synthesis of cholesterol, as well as

inhibiting platelet coagulation. There is more to this subject than was offered here, but perhaps you might want to lay off of the ale and pick up some vino. The breaking news is that supplements with flavanoids in them seem to have the same cffcct as wine.

consumption mortality rates

Wine reduces mortality and morbidity rates because it lessens the numberofpersons that develop Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). The trend seems to be directly related to the amount of alcohol one consumes. The study tested with half a bottle a day, a hefty amount by most people’s standards. Just how much it reduces the mortality and morbidity is still being debated. It does so by enhancing the cholesterol removal process, which High Density Lipoproteins (HDLs) are responsible for. HDLs remove cholesterol from tissues and transport it to the liver which then disposesofit. Alcohol also lowers the rate of blood coagulation, and therefore reduces the risk of clots forming in the heart and arteries.

Are all alcoholic beverages equal? . Certainly not, according to Dr. Goldberg?Wineseems tobcmuch more effective than other beverages. Percapita wineconsumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality seem to be related, as reported in studies that showcountries like France and Switzerland having a lower incidence than countries like Canada. Indeed, when one looks at the fat intake of these same countries, France and Switzerland stick out as having a high fat intake but 1owCHD prevalence. You must all bc wondering if

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23, 1998

Unreal ups the ante in first person shooters QuaRe2 does in hardware.

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by Damen

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nreal was developed by Epic Megtzgum es a n d Digital’Extt-eme.s (DE), and published by GTinteractive. You may not have known that DE is headquartered right here in Waterloo. And that they are wondering why our CS students aren’t knocking at their door. Unreatitself is a product that is long in the making, and should prove to be long in play, if not this title itself. By this, of course, I refer to the U’realengine, which has raised the bar for others to reach. Unreal features better graphics in software mode than QuuM does in hardware. This is the opinion of many,. and it isdue toanumberofreasons. One of the reasons is the use of colour. Unreal features the most vivid colour I have ever seen in a computer game. Another is due co the fact that its software engine provides more features than

through the use of a capable video card, be it through OpenGl, Glide or DirectX. Some of the features that Unrealoffers in software mode are; dynamic 1ighting, translucency, curved surfaces, 16 bit or higher colour, and much more. However, as with everythingin life, these all come at a cost. Don’t expect to run Unrealat high resolutions on your dual 286 with a one megabyte Trident video card. It just isn’t going to happen. In fact, a lot of video cards do not agree terribly well with Unreal, including the popular Riva 128 series. This is due to the fact that Unreal uses four times larger textures thanQu&Z. What this means to a gamer is brutal slowdowns at wildly inappropriate times, such as when you are being shot at by a Beast. To be fair to Epic and DE, the Riva 128 is

known

to have limitations

which

When you are walking in the dark and an enemy leaps out and starts single player game in Unrealis far to attack you, it is exciting. It shows away above and beyond what that Unreal was actually thought Qz&eZoffered. The levels-are not out, not hacked out. The multiplayer component leaves-a little bit to be desired, however. The single player bot match (computer opponents in a multiplayer game), are very, very good. However, it has been noted that the models seem to have been done at a low polygon count, and that there does riot seem to be proper animation. This can be seen in the way models &em to slide over the ground, instead of running or walking. There have also been reports of Unreal not being screenshot by Darren Spitzig Internet friendly. This is being countered with the hard stale and boring, and there is actuwork of the team, who are making ally a world, instead of the drab every effort they can to deliver bases we have come to expect. patches to improve both game and The plot does not borrow blatantly Netplay. However, as with many from previous titles like other comgames, these things did’not come panies’ shooters. Something Unin the box, just as OpenGL support real has in spades that Q&e and did nut come out of the box. trade may never get is atmosphere. Al1 said,Unmu/isan important

werenot-pwed byQuuM.The

title that is sure to make waves in the gaming industry. This is due to the massive flight to the Unreal engine that gaming companies have made. The@&2 engine is losing ground swiftly in the liscensingend of the industry, with a big title, D&e Nu&~pm FoF~~Y, switching while still in development, from the @VU,&? engine to the U&e&engine. Another game that should make waves using the Unmui engine is The Whee/ of Time bylegendE~~e~~~~rne~~. Based on the series of novels by Robert Jordan, it is taking full advantage of the engine to offer what looks to be one heck of a game. The pros of Lhwedare; excellent single player game, awesome graphics, atmosphere and sound, dedicated support, and an open architecture and company attitude that will allow and encourage modifications and conversions. The cons are; doesn’t offer OpenGL support out of the box, terribly demanding performance requirements, and a somewhat weak multiplayer experience. Deespite these weaknesses, Unreal shines brightly in the FPS heaven. ice which circle Antarctica. The discovery was made by Mary Keller, a scientist at the National Ice Centre inthe U.S. using satellite data and it may be further evidence of global warming.

Stinkin’ hot idea Firefighter John Bartlett what may be a revolutionary

made dis-

covery for guishing that a ‘wet, unburnt.

firefighters. After extina house-fire he noticed stinky ’ diaper remained, Discovering that the dia-

a few modifications and produced a backpack full of the gel which he named ‘Barricade’. The gel has already been put

that the diaper gkl will begin a more glorious career saving hundreds of houses from the wrath of future forest-blazes.

Good thinking

Costa de1 Jupiter Regular ‘Tech-bitters’ will have read last week’s discoveries

aboutviolentstormsandfloodson Mars. New data about Jupiter reveals that volcanos

I The Federation of Students, in partnership with the University of Waterloo is seeking applicants for the postion of:

STUDENT LIFE 101 &JUNIOR CO~ORDINATIOR l This is a volunteer poSition who will work with the First Year Student Life-Co-ordinator and the Student Life 101 Senior Co:ordinator to organize, plan, execute and evaluate all aspects of Student Life 101 - UW’s campus-wide orientation day for incoming first year students. A full description of the position is available from the FEDS office. Interested applicants must submit a resume and cover letter to the FEDS office by the end of October. Personal interviews will be arranged at a later date. Questions can be addressed to any member of the Student Life 101 Planning Committee: Mat-t My, Student Life 101 Senior Co-ordinator ... 7259798 ... mdiley@scimail Mel Hazelton, Student Life 101 Senior Co-ordinator .II 7256780 . ..mahazelt@artsmail Pam Charbonneau, First Year Student Life Co-ordinator ...ext. 6876 .. . pkcharbo @nh3adm Catherine Scott, Assoc. Provost Human Resources & Student Services ... ext. 3186 ... cscot@mcladm

You may be dotty about diskdrives or an Internet insomniac or even a micro-chip munchkin, but like many computer whizzes, you find you still can’t type. For the type-icaliy disadvantaged, British Telecommunications has come up with a solution. The device called ‘%‘~~@~i/l,” is an electronic pen which performs all the functions of a keyboard, allowing you to enter text into the computer just by writing. The pen’s real trump card is that it doesn’t need a special pad but works by sensing movement. You can use it anywhere and store what you write to download it later when you get back to your personal computer. The pen contains ink so you can see what you’ve written and a small three line display allowing you to read over what you’ve scribbled down! BritishTelecom hopes to have the pen on the shelves in two years.

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Going it alone What’s white and bigger than the’ state of Delaware? The iceberg that’s just broken off of the Antarctic’s ice shelf. The berg is 150 km by50 km and has a surface area of 7 125 km sq. Ice shelves are giant sheets of

on the planet’s

moon, called IO,bubble and boil at temperatures up to 1200 degrees C, the hottest temperature known in our solar system except for the sun, It won’t become a ‘hot’ destination for martian-inhabitants of other icy planets though, as the average temperature on 10 is around 4JO degees C. Good

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Don’t you just hate thriller films, when the ‘good guy’ has almost defeated his opponent, but then they somehow get their filthy paws on his gun and, smilingvictoriously, point it at the hero? A new security coded gun may change the way thriller-endings are done forever! The ‘Intraloc’ device keeps the gun’s safety mechanism engaged until a code is entered using three buttons located on the handle. With the right code, the gun can be made operational in under two seconds and if the gun is dropped or set down, it relocks automaticalfy. The device will reduce the risk of injury to curious children and may have applications in other fields. The ‘Intraloc’ company is currently talking with gun manufacturers about marketing the prodUCt4

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SCIENCE

23, 1998

Need for Speed III burns rubber! by Damen

Spitzig

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,sdforSpeedUI is the latest in a legacy of racing games fromEfemnicA& (EA). The series is best known for bringing exotic automobiles to the average person. Some of the cars this version includes are the Lamborghini Diablo SV, two Ferraris, two Jaguars, two Mercedes, the Aston Martin DB7, and more. Oneof the greatest features of NFSIII is the ability to download new cars from the NFS Website (www.needforspeed.com). The Spectre R42 is currently available, with other models sure to come. The idea of downloadable units was perhaps firse thought of, and implemented by, Cavedog, for use in their smash hit Todnl Annifihhm. It was very wise of EA to pick up on this idea and to integrate it into their own title. The first thing that hits you about this title is the graphics. In short, they are quite impressive. The cars are so shiny that they

reflect ehe environment around obvious benefit of being able to 1 tried was split screen. Split screen them. Working headlights, blowrace agains; human opponents. with both racers using the keying leaves, weather effects and A?K!J 111 multiplayer options inboard is not advised, as the manual more round out the eye candy feaelude local area network, modem points out, since Windows does tures in this title. The not seem to like cars and tracks themselves are quite detailed, which help to get you into the game.i’VF$llloffers the option of cranking the resolution up to 800 x 600, which really makes the detail stand out. The colours are bright and generally appropriate. The single player options in this game include single race, tournament, knockout and hot pursuit. The firsttwo H ad* mgasswithatruckaftergettinglcnockebout! Modem play are rather obvious. was lag-free, and it screenshot by Darren Spitzig The knockout opwas very entertion allows you to taining. After race against the computer, and if dial up, Internet support, serial dialing up to the other player (who you place well enough, you get to cable or split screen on the same must have purchased NFS III as move on until no one is left, The computer. well), the r&e specifics are chohot pursuit option lets you either For all other options beside sen, and once both racers indicate play as the police, or evade the split screen, you must first connect that they are ready to race, it bepolice in an attempt to reach the to the other player. Once congins. The option to race class B cars finish line without getting three netted, the match and car specifics was toggled, which meant I tickets. Multiplayer options inare selected, and it is off to the couldn’t use the Diablo. It was elude all of the above, but with the races! The first multiplayer option explained that, since my opponent

wanted to use the Corvette, the Diablo would pound the fellow too badly for it to be fair. I selected the Countach as my first choice, with an automatic transmission. The game felt great, and seemed to be smooth and completely lagfree. I was up by a large margin, and then I managed tocrash quite badly, and lost the race. The second time we raced, I se&ted the Corvette and a manual transmission. The manual transmission made a whole lot of difference. The game felt a tot more interactive when I could select what gear I liked, and it seemed a lot more real. Some of the pros of NFS III= Hot Pursu2 are: impressive, detailed graphics, great music, plenty of options and download’able cars. Some of the cons include: minor bugs such as policemen standing like ghosts through the hood of their cars whiie they ticket you, the lamentable inability to play splitscreen with the keyboard alone, and the lack of a storyline. One more problem I have with the game is the crashing model. An example can be seen when a car crashes into another car. No matter the speed, it doesn’t seem like you are hitting a vehicle. Iveed for Speed IH will certainly provide entertainment.

FEDERATION OF STUDENT’S

Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Students

University of Waterloo, a corporation under the laws of the Province of Ontario, to be held on Wednesday Multipurpose Room of the Student Life Centre, University of Waterloo, at 7:00 p.m. The agendafor this meeting is asfollows:

October

28,1998

in the

Auditor’s Report 1997/98

Ratification of Auditor for 1998/99

Motion to amend By-law 1 by striking all references to %eneral Manager” in favour of UBusinessManager”

Motion to amend By-law 1 by striking Section III subsection A.4 UThe Student Issues Resource Centre Co-ordinatcw; and”

Motion to amend By-law 1 by adding references to ‘CVicePresident Student Issues” to: Section VII subsection K.2.b2 Yhe President; Vice-President, Administration and Finance; and Vice President, Education of the Federation; ..?; and Section VII subsection K.3.b3 Ua member of the Board of Directors who shall not be the President, The Vice-President, Education or the Vice-President, Internal; ...” . l

Motion to amend By-law 5 Section II subsection B.viii by adding ‘The Vice-President Student Issues”

Motion to amend By-law 1 by striking %cluding proxies” from Section VII subsection H

Board of Directors vacancy

Adgoulnment

The Age&z far this meeting is restricted to the above items of business, for which notice has been given. Proxyforms are available in the Federation of students’ ofice (SLC 1102). These must be returned by Tuesday Oct. 27, 1998 at 4:30 p.m. For all those who attend the meeting, please m&e sure to bring your WATCARD. Complete text of the By-laws is available from the FEDS Ofice.

Warriors sink. the Yeomen Waterloo puts York clown again with a 17 - 9 win

his past Saturday, the Warriors ran onto the field to take on the York Yeomen again, who are ranked sixth in the standings. The number two ranked Warriors didn’t have an incredible day for scoring, but they did win over York anyway 17-9. The biggest point of the game basicaIly was: our passing is improving. Go figure! But it’s true. Ryan Wilkinson passed for 8 of 14 with a tota of 158 yards. That brings him to 55.1 per cent, topping the completed pass averages along with least interceptions. Unfortunately, he’s low in pass attempts and completions, along with yards gained (fifth out of seven). What really helped his stats was also the game’s big play -a 74-yard touchdown pass to Chris Kreibich at 48 seconds of the second quarter. This is by far the largest gain of yards from a pass this year for the Warriors. All other passes in the game served as short-gain pushes.

Hold me like you’ve never held me before.

Of course, we used the one offensive weapon we are known for: rushing. Leading the charge was Mike Bradley who rushed for 95 yards in 23 handoffs. His big one unfortunately only gained ten yards, and he never made the end zone. That job was left to Doug Haidner, who gained six yards in two handoffs. The final three points came from a field goal from Jon Gardner. We also had three turnovers during the game, one from an interception by Rodney Stoddart for no gain and . two fumbles with no yards lost. York on the othei hand had five turnovers, with Jason Tibbi ts and Ted Siountres picking off York passes (Tibbits ran his interception for 38 yards), one fumble and two turnovers by downs. The Warriors travel to Windsor next Saturday and return home on Halloween, October 31, to play the Toronto Varsity Blues. Game time is 1 p.m. so make sure to be there.

Gotta fight the powers that be

am writing this letter after the CIAU has, on not one, but two occasions, utterly quashed and rejected my I five-month effort to successfully appeal the classification and consequent one-year competition ban against myself as a student-athlete, pursuant to rule C.4.4, the ‘transfer rule’: “An athlete, who has participated in a CIAU sport at a degree granting post-secondary institution, shall not be eligible to transfer and participate in the same sport at another member institution in the same academic year.” (Academic year is defined, bafflingly, as 365 days from the first day of classes in September). Early in the year, soon before I graduated from York University, I heard about this transfer rule and became determined to challenge the unfairness of it, as it punished me simply for going to another school in order to move up to a higher level in post-secondary institution, by enrolling in the M.A. in English Literature program at the University of Toronto. Although everyone I talked to, from student-athletes to coaches to administrators, agreed that the rule unfairly discriminated against me in its blanket definition of what a “transfer student” was, one person told me not to bother fighting the rule, because I would just “piss off’ the CIAU. I decided to take my chancesI had nothing to lose, as the Masters program was only one year, and I am not planning to continue in school immediately afterwards. I began my fight by spending $500 on a lawyer, and then my student-lawyer and I pursued certain courses of action which led to an Appeal on Compassionate Grounds before a three-person OUA Judicial Committee. With little

hope

and growing

despair,

I drove

down

IO Guelph

on August 28,1998, with a sheaf of notes and the basic facts of the case memorized. I walked into the lawyer’s office, reiterated the compassionate grounds for making me an exception to the rule that I had set out in my letter to the ’ committee, and waited. I could tell that not everyone in the committee, whiIe evidently sympathetic, was wholly convinced, so I dove into the legal arguments. I proved

that I did not meet the definition of a “transfer studem” and refuted at every step any possible argument set out in the CIAU Eligibility Rules against my running for U of T as a graduate student. Weeks before the hearing, an administrator had mocked my emphasis of the tense of a verb in th& CIAU Rules as being crucial to my iine of argument. That tense helped me to win my case. I walked out of the lawyer’s office full of adrenaline and, finally, hope; I felt better than I had after my best varsity crosscountry race; I knew I had a chance. Sure enough, the verdict came back later that afternoon - utter vindication. After months of hard work, fruitful and tireless efforts on the part of my lawyers, and a careful, impassioned presentation, my argument was decided to be “appealing and logical.” It was found “on buti legal grounds and compassionate grounds that Mr. Gibson ought to be ruled eligible to participate in the upcoming cross-country season for the University of Toronto [my emphasis].” I believe I was happier and more ecstatically surprised than during those moments after finishing sixth at the OUAA Championships in my third year of university. No one had expected me to win; I hadn’t expected to win; I don’t believe anyone had ever taken such a case so far and won. So I want you all to know that the CIAU, over the course of the next month or so, twice refused to ratify my successful appeal. I want you to imagine what it feels like to be kicked.in the teeth, twice, after you’ve just won the race of your life. To be told, after five months of fighting and suddenly, amazingly, seeing a glimmer of light, that all is darkness again. To fight for something you believe in, something you know to be just, fair, and decent, and to be stymied at every small, quavering step by the stifling checks and balances, the pettifogging and vague rulings, of a bureaucracy that cannot afford to think about the student-athlete, an individual named Brian Gibson who was, and could still have been, one of the many individuals who have different stories behind and various reasons for, competing in varsity sport and thereby promoting education and athletic development for Canadian youth, just as all of you do. Because

maybe

if someone

in the CIAU

had met me

face to face, had seen me as a person, heard from me about how hard I had fought to run just one more season - and I have only ever trained for and run cross-country - and to race in just one more OUA Championship, then maybe he or she would have rightly forgotten about precedents, and exceptions, and blanket r&s that disregard the first two of the CIAIJ Principles which the CIAU purports to

uphold, and all.twed me to run. But I do wish to tell all those student-athletes out there who still care about their sports and wish to compete at a varsity level while pursuing graduate work at a different school than where they spent their undergraduate years, to fight. If enough of you do, and there is enough support from coaches and administrators, the CIAU, intransigent as it is now, may finally change this ridiculously vague, all-encompassing rule so as to accomodate graduate student-athletes. Post-secondary education is supposed to help us learn to be open-minded, and to be critical of bureaucracy and conservatism, and to help induce change. If enough of you try, you can change the rule. Meanwhile, it is too late for me. I represented the CIAU honourably during all of my four undergraduate years at York University. Only a week ago, a small ad was placed in at least one major Canadian newspaper recognizing those Academic All-Canadians from Yorkvarsity teams. I was on that list, for the fourth year in a row, and it galls me and shames me that my name should be in print below the symbol of an organization that cares not one whit for how I have represented them and lived up to the idea1 of a student-athlete who constantly’puts his education before his sport. The CIAU has crushed my spirit for varsity competition utterly, and dampened my enthusiasm for the sport. The CIAU did not even tell me or my lawyer the specific reasons for refusing to ratify my appeal. This fight has shown me that it’s one thing to train year-round and run 10 km in an elite university cross-country race, and an altogether insurmountable challenge to fight the unfair rule of a bureaucracy intent on not having the waters rippled, on maintaining the status quo, and on remaining absolutely inflexible and wholly conservative. I swear never to run at the varsity level again. The taste in my mouth after such a prolonged and futile battle is too acrid to forget. Isn’t it comforting to know that the parent institution of university athletes across the: country, the CIAU, the one place where a student-athlete might think he or she could turn for support and openmindedness, has utterly and vaguely refused to ratify the successful appeal of a silly, blanket transfer rule that had been

won

on the

most

reasonable,

compassionate,

and

compelling grounds? I simply wanted to run while pursuing higher learning, and the very organization that is supposed to foster such a combined goal is the bureaucracy that caught me a few metres before the finish line of my most difficult race ever and said, “you’re disqualified, for no reasdn.” Thank you, CIAU.

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October

SPORTS

23, 1998

Warriors boot Brock

Athletes

of the week

Lynn Coon

Jeff Naylor

Cross Country

Here we have the two teamsin their tribal dance around the ball. hoto by S&ve

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Brock Badgers were in town Saturday to take on the men’s and women’s soccer teams. In the women’s game, the Warriors posted a strong performance that was lead by right half Jenny Berrow and goaltender Marrie Wonacott, helping them win Z-l. Scoring

bv Christine Mumhv

by Steve

Warriors drown out the rest Warrior Swim to fmprht

Team

ast Friday, October 16, saw the Warriors start their season at the University of Guelph for the annual OLJA Relay meet. Eleven teams representing the best swimmers in Ontario were on hand for this early season competition. The Warriors were looking for good performances from their new crop of rookies, and the rookies were impressive indeed. The Warrior men finished second overall, just failing to catch McMaster and their four CIAU gold medal holders. The Warriors are building some champions of their own, as newcomer Grahame Jastrebski led the 4x50m freestyle relay to a third place finish with a blazing time of 024.79. Jastrebski showed his mettle only minutes later when he swam a 1:10.09 for the an-

OUAA Al1 Star Jeff Naylor led the rugby Warriors to their second victory of the season with two trys in a 29-12 victory over York. Jeff made a “brilliant” run to score his first try. This Torontonian’s performance could help the Warriors in keeping theirDivision 1 ranking for the next season. .

Tennis teams not so smashing

both goals for the Warriors was Angie Farance. The men’s soccer team continues to take some knocks as they lost to Brock 2-l. Strong performances from their key players wasn’t enough to get past the Badger keeper. The Warriors host Guelph October 24. Then men kick off at 1 p.m. and the women follow them at 3 p.m. Both games take place on the North Campus Field.

In the swim of things by the speciaf

Rugby

Lynn Coon once again led the women’s cross country team this past weekend a,t the RMC/Queens University Cross Country Meet. Lynn ran the challenging 5 km course in 1937 fnishing 19th overall. The Warriors finished the race fourth overall as a team, thanks to Lynn’s stellar performance.

Brooks

Laurier. In the first match against WLU, the young Warrior squad looked good losingto the Golden Hawks 4-3. Their second match, however, was not as promising.

chor leg of the 3xlOOm breaststroke relay, a mere three seconds off the CIAU qualifying time standard. Other strong showings for the Warrior rookies were from Peter Londry and Kurt Rohmann, who led the 3xZOOm freestyle relay to a second place finish. Anthony Tham had an excellent swim for the veterans to lead the Warriors to second place in the 4xlOOm freestyle. The Warrior women did not fair so well, coming in at seventh place, Strong performances were had by captain Val Walker who, although recovering from a knee injury, is on the brink of qualifying for CIAUs with her 120.00 1OOm breast leg of the 4xlOOm medley relay. Veteran Christy Bell led the women sprinters with her quick SOm free. The Warriors are on the road again this weekend in Kingston, Trois-Rivi&res, and Ottawa.

the Warriors’ season and, although finishing with more losses than wins, “their spirits remain high for next season,” says team coach Chris Ewards. The men’s tennis team hosted Ottawa

The men’s tennis team now travels to Toronto Saturday to take part in the team finals. The first serve is at 2 p.m.

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SPORTS

This puck was made for rolling by Dave Cressman sped4 tu /mpfht

short handed, Painter drilled a slap shot from inside his blue line, off the neutral zone glass. The puck deflected towards the net, beating a surprised Oswego netminder who had come out to play the puck off the boards. Oswego made it close at 3-2 in the third, but the Warriors played solid defense to win the game. Their fortunes weren’t as good on Saturday, taking on the Brockport Eagles. The team probably played its worst hockey of the pre-season, allowing the Eagles to score four power play goals. The game ended up 5-2 with Fitzgerald and Murdell scoring for Waterloo. The team begins its season this weekend with games against Queen’s and RMC. The team needs to get off to a strong start to stay in the running in their tough OUA West Division.

he Warriors’ varsity hockey team split its weekend games with two NCAA Division III schools. On Friday, they battled the Oswego Lakersandcame through with a strong effort, winning the game 3-2. It was a chippy and hard-hitting affair that saw three Warrior players hit from behind. Fortunately, no serious injuries were sustained. Mike Mcellveen scored early in the first minute on a power play goal. The Warriors struck again on another power play marker by Brett Turner. The Lakers got their own power play goal to make the game 2-l after the first period. Ryan Painter scored the eventual winner in the second period. While playing

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Warriors roll over everyone by Patdcla Green special to Imprint

in the second half, try by try. Both Heather Moyse and Kate Ballweg had some terrific runs along with members of the Warrior forwards. Sarah Mee had a strong game and defiantly took charge especially in the second half. She was voted player of the game for her efforts. Even CityTV was out to film the’ match. In the end, the Warriors came out on top and secured another win. The Warriorscontinued their winning streak last Saturday at home against Queen’s The 23 - 0 win in this game secured the Warriors a spot in the playoffs. Once again, the Warriors put together a strong team effort with

he Thursday before the Thanksgiving break the Warrior women’s rugby team traveled to Toronto. Toronto came- out hard in the first halfand the Warriors just let them steamroll over them. Feeling blown away at half time, coaches Eric Ceizar and Dave McLean .encouraged the team to fight back and not to let themselves be beat by a team they knew was not as strong as them. The Warriors took this advice to heart and came back strong

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Cross Country rolls on . Men finish third, women place fourth by John Lofranco lmpnitt staE

and Pete Collison in 13th spot. Scott Curry, Mark Nicholson and Dave Harmsworth ran superb tactical races, feeding off each other the entire way for an exciting 25 26-28 finish, respectively. James Rowe and John Lofranco hungon for the first half, but fell from the group in the later stages of the race, James was 37th and John ended up in 42nd place. These eight runners have been pnamed to the OUA squad, though only sevenwill race. Coach Goodenough has named eight as a precaution for injury but, no matter which seven run, all eight and the rest of the training team know that it has truely been a team effort all season. The women had a great onetwo-three punch from Lynn Coon, Ame-Lia Tamburrini and Shannon Smith. These women helped the Warriors to a sixth place finish, fourth among universities.Shannon was tripped up at the start of the race, but she made a great comeback to finish

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he Warrior cross country team participated in the last big test of the season before the OUA and CIAU championships, taking on Queen’s, McGill, and Toronto among others at the RMC/ Queen’s University Cross Country Meet. Both the men and women had successful races and are looking to make an impact in Windsor next week at the OUAchampionships. The men finished in third place, well back of the winners from Queen’s, butonly four points behind McGill. This shows great improvement as the boys were more than’50 points behind McGill at the Western Invitational earlier this year. Captain Alastair Lawrence led the way with an impressive fifth place finishin a time of 33:44. He was followed closely by Srephan Drew in seventh place

within 10 seconds of Ame-Lia. Lynn cracked the top 20 with a timeof19:37and 19thplace.AmeLia was 24th, one second under 20 minutes. Shannon was 28th. Jill Patterson continued her consistent improvement with a strong 52nd place finish. Jill has been sick for a good part of the season, but is battling tremendously to help this team. Kim Nuemayer rounded out the scoring team for the lady Warriors. Shauna Ellis made her first and likely only appearance this season. She is on co-op in Ottawa, and will return for track season in January. Andrea Brookfield and Nicola White also made the trip to Kingston and ran well on a deceivingly tough course. The top eight for the men and some women will be resting this weekend as the remainder of the large team races in the Laurier Open. The race is at Bechtel Park and starts with the women’s event at 1 p.m.

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The second halfwas quite similar to the first in that Waterloo was still unable to defeat Queen’s, The final score was a O-0 draw. The second game took place Sunday afternoon against Trent University and the women were looking to win. The majority of the game was played in Trent’s circle, and during free action play Wendy Moffet scored. The momentum kept up and, because of a dangerous tackle by Trent, Waterloo was given a one-on-one penalty shot. Lucie Charron took the shot and scored. She kept the

his past weekend the Warriors travelled to LamportStadium in Toronto to finish regular session play. The last two games before the playoffs were played against Queen’s and Trent University. On Saturday, the women took on Queen’s University. Throughout the first half the Warriors dominated the field, both offense and defense worked hard to try to break through Queen’s,

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heat on and, during free play, Charron scored again. With some changes done to the field, Water-r loo still dominated. Joanne Fernades and Laurie Good were both able to score a goal during free play. Trent was able to score one goal against Waterloo to bring the final score to 5-l. With the results from these linal games, Waterloo is ranked third entering the playoffs. The games will be played at Lamport Stadium, with the Warriors’ first game on Friday afternoon against Western University.

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Competitive League Update Basketball The largest intramural league is off to a competitive start. With 60 teams competing in four divisions, the league has seen plenty of exciting action already. All leagues are tight with more than one team vying for first place. In the A division, Juventus is the lone teamat Z-0, with South Penguins, Sixties, RBI and Killah Beez all a’ close second at l-1. The C division is seeing a five-way tie for first between Six Movies a Month, Just 4 Fun, Smoke, Races and Power X. The 0 Division, made up of both co-ed and women’s teams has the Wildcats and Columbia Lakers battling right now for the first place position. The largest division, B with 41 teams, has the most competition for the

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eight teams all Mech Raiders, Ghetto Superstars, Steve Kerr, Oaysys Knights, Mad Cows, Filsa and Blood Clot Bad Boys, and Not Quite Naked are all fighting for first. Most teams still have three games left to play and with so many teams, upsets and surprises are sure to occur. Checkout this amazing action Sunday and Monday nights at the PAC. tied for first.

Soccer The soccer league kicked off to a flying start on September 26. Four division’s have been formed this season with the level of competitiveness ranging from a co-ed level of play in the D division to extremely competitive in the A division. After two weeks of play, there was a two-way tie for first place in the A division between Weavers

Arms and the Individual team, with Steava not far behind. The B division sees a 4-way tie for first between Chemically Psyched, Hex, Nile Valley and Ohm 1. However, Hex and Chemitally Psyched have an edge over the other teams by having a higher Spirit of Competition rating. The C division also has a threeway tie between HB’s, Aussie’s, and S.S.B.B. Finally, the D division seems to be dominated by the residence teams with the undefeated South A team holding onto first place while West Quad and the Columbia Lakers are close behind. With a short season coming to an end, playoffs will have started shortly. I wish all the teams the best ofluck in the playoffs, but more importantly that you have all enjoyed the season.

Warrior vdleyball spikes it hard

n Friday, October 16, the Waterloo Warriors opene.d the regular season against the Windsor Lancers. Under the helm of new coach Doug Hanes, the Warrior attempted to break the curse the Lancers have had over CVa terloo for the past two years. At the start, the Warriors looked sluggish and unprepared, but this was quickly turned around by the leadership of team captain Jason Hubbard. As the match continued the defense and setting of Al Colquhown and Ben Snider was solid allowing Jeff Lingard to step up his attack at rightside, making Windsor’s block non-existent. The Warriors went on to win

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some special thanks to the fan support, especially that of the Waterloo Super Fans and the crazy crowd from Conrad Grebel, who gave enthusiasm and never let the Lancers into the game.

The Warriors’ next action is Wednesday, Uctober 28 at 8 p.m. in the PAC where they host the aIwaystough and disliked West-

Ice Hockey The ice hockey league is in its fourth week of play. We have 39 teams playing in three divisions. In the full contact A division, the highest scoring team, the Charlestown Chiefs, is th? only team with two wins. They are closely followed by the Wannamakers who have a win and a tie. Most teams still have three games to play before the playoffs so no one can rest easy. In the non-contact B division, the Young Guns are in a tie for first with the Auzzie Army. The Worriers are in third with two wins and an amazing 20 goals in just two games.The team called Individual B-l has managed to organize into a fighting force in no time and capture fifth place. The C division has 12 teams including two women’s teams. The Individual women’s team has made it

into seventh place with a l1 record. Like the A division, the leading team, the South Park Beefcakes, is the only team which is 2-O and has racked up the most goals, 18. It is hard to declare winners though, with three games to go. Congratulations to a few individuals on their hat tricks: Matt Feldman of the South Park Penguins, Dave Klassen of the Worriers, Steve Shikaze of the Worriers, Brett Westdorfof the South Park Beefcakes, Jerry Delic of the Auzzie Army and Guy Lane of Individual B-l. Other outstanding players include: Matt Peterson of BMR, Russ Tupling of the Worriers, and Brenda Eastman of Individual C. Fair Play ratings have been high overall which means that everyone is having a great time on the ice and not spending too much time in the penalty box.

Competitive Volleyball The Fall 19% term of Campus Recreation has be gun with a bang. There has been some fierce competition on the court and the scores from the games show that many teams are very weil matched. In the men’s A competitive league, the Shoot= ers and the A-Team arc fighting for first place. The B League has Strangi: Brew tied for first place with Heinechem, with both teams having perfect recordsand perfect spirit of competition points. Thecc.+ ed competitive D League has South A, FILSA, Southern Demdishers all tied fa first place. There are still three games left in the regular season with lots of time fof all to challenge the leading teams for the honoured first place position.

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ontemporary gay family issues are the focus of the K-W Little Theatre’s newest production, The Srrm of us. Adapted from an Australian offBroadway play and featuring local talent, it is running every night between October 22 and November 1. A comedy with dramatic elements, T&&m ofUscentres around a gay son and his straight father both of whom are looking for roman tic relationships. The story delves into their relationship and their attempts to find mates - it getsmessyas they get into each other’s way as they try to help each other out. Actor Misha Rybalov plays Jeff; Thorn Leslie is Jeffs dad; David McCormick plays Greg, Jeffs lover; and Tracy Biggar is the father’s love interest, Joyce. The play is directed by John McMillen. Steve Hutton, President of the KW Little Theatre, explains that the play is unique in that “it deals with the modern gay person, Older gay-themed plays deal with the idea, rather than the reality, of gay

life. In these plays, homosexualactively promoting it. But it is a agenda, where family values usuity is presented ally-are in oppoas a problem.” sition to gay valHutton calls ues. But the fact this “the probis that families lem-play, where have gay and social reaction to straight people. homosexuality In the past, the is the problem family category that has to be and the gay catdealt with.” But, egory didn’t overThe&m of Us, dilap. But this play rected by John shows how they McMillan, is difcan and do interferent. It is inact.” tended, to proThe play vide gays with alsofitsinwith the the feeling that general direction they are being in which Hutton portrayed realisis hoping to steer tical ly, and not as the K-W Little a “problem” on Theatre. “We stage. put on lots of proHutton ductions that laughs, saying aren’t mainthat, “one interstream, but they viewer asked deal with issues whether we exthat are of interpected Thorn Leslie’scharacter attempts to explain the copy oflnchathat has est to students. any straight people People know that somehowappearedonchefamilybookshelf to come see this when they come photo by David Eby play.” toour theatre that “Of course th [ere’s a lot of enfamily drama, a family comedy.” they are not g( 3ing to see somethusiasm for this play in the gay “The word ‘family’ is often thing that wou lid be shown at a communities of K .-Wand they are used as a code word for an anti-gay dinner theatre . 99

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ost people can relate to parents who have chosen one room in the house to be the furniture museum, and if so much as a fmtprint gets on the carpet, well, you’d just better go live with your aunt in Sweden for a couple years. So maybe it wasn’t as bad as thatinyourhouse, butforScott,the main character of the new film K&en Paq, Sweden would not be far away enough. As Scott says, “if even so much as a doyley is out of place they will never let me forget it for the rest of my life.” However, Scott doesn’t let his parent’s psychotic neatness effect his ability to throw a party while they are out of the house. So the whole gang come to his house on the condition that no one leaves the kitchen. From there, the film follows

the trials and tribulations of Scott and his friends as they muddle through car accidents, unfaithful girlfriends, the awkwardness of starting a relationship and, of course, staying out of the living room. At the same time, the parents are having their own party where they brag about how wonderful their children are and act every bit as immature as those children. Kitchen Party stars Scott Speedman (recently seen on.E& dy) as Scott, who does a good job of portraying an average kid with an insane family. The actors, par-

friend as well as she thinks she does; and Michelle Skalnik does a great job as an annoying bubbly girl. Kitchen Party is director

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similar themes

Kitchen Purify shows a maturation in Burns’ style. The adult characters development leaves a little to be desired but the teen actors make up for it. Kitchen Party is presented with a short film called Toll, This Clerksesque film is about one night in the life of a toll collector. It’s amusing

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Other productions slated for later this year include One Bad Apple, a play that has been dubbed a “feminist rock musical interpretation of the book of Genesis.” Early next year, Hutton is hoping to produce a series of oneact plays that feature exclusively women. He notes that generally the best roles in plays go to men, and that there are too many “girlfriend and waitress roles out there. The night of one-act plays featuring only women wants to reverse that.” When asked what he specifically hopes TX&‘um of Us,can accomplish or portmy, Hutton explains that, “we’ve been accused of preaching to the converted, but to be realistic, we’re not expecting too many anti-gay people in the audience. The play is intended more for people who want to understand modern gay i!sues. If people want to understand, this play can help them. It is a play that gay people can bring their parents and friends to.”

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fact that the book didn’t feel it was necessary to include pictures, diagrams, hints about what _ _ these vegetables look like, or what to say to people whose first language is not English when you are searching out these ingredients. “Uh, I’m looking for pickled plums.” “Pihkuled Plums?” “Yes, pickled plums.” “Pikuled Plums?” “Yes.” “I don’t know.” What are these things really called when they aren’t dumbed down for a North American reading audience? It would be a lot easier to say the Japanese name than to expect an Asiangrocer to understand the English translation. Another key example of where the book let me down: ‘&Mountain yam is a hairy root tuber.” Unfortunately, about 40 different vegetables at my Asian grocery store matched this description, 39 of

which were definitely not Mountain Yam. So I settled on a different

rhink i ,t was. I don’t know what it was. W rhat I bought was a foot long, white tuber that vaguely matched the appearance of the finished product in the book, if it were sliced sideways. However, I don’t think the picture in the book was to scale, because it suggested that I should use “three lotus roots” for my recipe. This would have resulted in enough lotus root to feed the population of UW. Largely because nobody would eat very much the taste of my finished product could be generously described as inedible. I’m not saying that this isn’t a great book It might be. It might not. I’m just saying I’m too dumb to figure it out, which may, or may not, be my fault. If you already have an understanding of rudimentary Japanese vegetab]e ide~~jficatjon, ~0; are welcome to borrow my book, If not, you may want to check out another Japanese cookbook.

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rugged sound. True, his music is dangerously close to being rejetted by those too-cool critics as mere country music, but the patriotic feefings that he arouses in Canadians all around the country cannot be ignored. I challenge you to find a Canadian not familiar with his music. Stompin’ Tom’s 39 albums prove that he is dedicated to the music scene. A new book on his life reveals details that explain his

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he National Acrobats of China were in town last Thursday at the Centre in the Square, displaying their unique cultural folk art. The show was divided into two acts, each of which consisted of two independent scenes. The audience was introduced to the cast in the first scene, entitled Tdt World of Dunhag. The program described it as “Six thousand armed goddesses on a circular platform set in an imaginary, heavenly fairyland.” This is not quite what it looked like to us. It was more like six porcelain dolls contorting their bodies in weird positions that people like us could not fathom per-

forming on our own. This is all to say that it took the audience a good 20 minutes to get accustomed to the performer’s peculiar body movements, combined with the unique Chinese costumes and music. But after the shock subsided, the audience was able to thoroughly enjoy a beautifully choreographed performance. Fair enough that the word “acrobats” made us expect trapeze artists and tight rope walkers that wasour cultural mistake. These performers were experts in every area of dance, dramatics and contortionism.Each of the 30 performers appeared to have their own special skill, many of which you have to see to appreciate the talent involved. Take for instance, “The Chair Climber.” He began by balancing one chair on four wine bottles. Then, he stood on the chair,

which quickly turned to seven chairs, as his assistants passed him more chairs, which he balanced on bamboo poles. He proceeded to perform what the program described as “very difficult balancing tricks,” on the top of the seventh tilted chair. A voice over the P.A warned children not to try these tricks at home. Next came seven men jumping through hoops of fire, all the while making fun of an eighth performer who was too scared to do it. The hoops of fire were followed by “victory chariots.” Well, theywere bikes with flags and tassels and ten people hanging off each other. Words just can’t do justice to the experience. But our advice is this: next time the National Acrobats of China pass through town, make sure they’re on your list of things to see. You’ll be blown away.

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as that. For the entire three hours he had the audience in the palm of hishandswithhisaccountsofshows and touring and movie>. Everything was told with his hilarious

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need not tell you how much I wanted - no,nM&&to be at the Phoenix on that Saturday. LMy idol was to be here in the province for three hours of solid talking. T didn’t care if I had to be at the back of the room, I had to be there. Ofcourse, I did have to stand at the back of the room, in really undomfortable shoes that cut off the circulation to my feet. But that doesn’t matter. He was there. He came in without fancy lights or music or anything. He just walked on with papers, water and began to convey his shock at seeing a set onstage, complete with shuttlecock. This he placed in the front ofthe stage as “a sort of focusingpoint on the stage.” From then on, I knew I was in for an amazing evening. He came. He kicked. Simple

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narrative style that only he has. He could just as easily make everyone laugh as to think somberly about things in the world that just shouldn’t be. The audience was transfixed on the man, never talking or avertingtheir eyes. It was almost a stand-

up comedy show, but all the humour was anecdotal. Also, Rollins is probably the most upbeat speaker around, trying to help others get out of their situations and live. He gave his opinion on drugs and alcohol (completelyagainst them, and thinks it is a waste of time and life), and on growing up (a continual process, especially for men). He gave stories on freaky groupies (“The one time a girl comes to my room, naked, wanting me, what do I do? “Go away! Please!“) and movies (“I’m usually the one crazy psycho who gets killed early by gunshots”). Finally, he gave a sort of pep-talk to everyone to use their potential fully, and enjoy the gift of life. I don’t think I have ever been more impressed and hurt with laughter pains than I was after this show. Henry Rollins now takes the ‘Best Show I’ve Been To’ prize, and I can’t wait until he comes back again. You have no idea what you’ll be missing if you don’t attend.

Brotherly love?

he camera moves through a filthy house, showing dusty furniture, dirty walls and garbage littered everywhere. On the threadbare couch sits a laconic old man staring vacantly off

for over 40 years. Delbert was charged with the murder of his brother, confessed to the crime and later charged that words were put in his mouth. What followed was a lengthy trial in which the town of Munnsville all came to the aid of one of their own. Many charged that the brothers were uneducated and naive and did not know what they were saying when they confessed. The trial also raised important issues about euthenasia and rural poverty. Directors Berlinger and Sinofsky take what could be

lifestyle. We really get to know and care for the brothers. We care so much that the moments before the verdict of Delbert’s case is announced are filled with suspense. The directors are less concerned with whether Delbert killed Bill, and.more with how the town and the brothers react to the charge. The court case is shown extensively - but mainly to show its affects on the town. We also get a sense of the overall community and how they grow to be their brother’s keepers.

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hopeful movie. When it comes down to it, the town protects their own. As one citizen points out, “the Ward brothers may have been outcasts but they were OW- outcasts.”

Music you can drink to fightin’ lyrics can be pretty naive, theyoccasionally display flashes of insight and pathos that belie his young age. Additionally, the ‘mix of Adams’ ragged voice with that of violinist/backup singer Caitlin Gary can be heartbreakingly beautiful, evoking the spirit of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris’ finest moments. As is usually the case with archival releases, FuiMks.~ Street is something of a mixed bag. The songs varyenough between barn-burning rockers and old-school country twangers to keep the listener interested. Threeof the best tracks on FtzitMex~ are “ 16 Days,” “Yesterday’s News” and “Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight,” which not sur-

Following last year’s3nzngttxAlmanuc comes the peculiarly timed &‘ui&%s &FM~. Peculiar, because F&+iasSmef is actually Whiskeytown’s independently released first record, repackaged and re-released with a slew of bonus tracks. This is pretty common practice for record companies looking to cashinonanewband’s runaway success, but this isn’t the case with Whiskeytown. At best, they’ve achieved mild success and some critical buzz with last year’sStrangclJAihnuc, but it’s not as iffrontman David i The release of Faitli/iw Street might -Ryan Adams is dating Wynona Ryder or anything. imply that Outpost thinks W hiskeytown are All that aside, Fu~tir(crs Sh-eer is some ready to break through to the big time, and pretty serious Whiskeytown bang-for-your*ant to be ready to cash in. To be fair, buck. It consists of 2 1 tracks including the Whiskeytown has always displayed the promoriginal record, live performances and ise of better things. unreleased songs. It’s predictably rough slrangm Almtzalrc was a good record, around the edges (Adams was only 21 years and with their next record, they just might old wbn this was made), but displays the deliver on that promise. Until then, howpotential that got Whiskeytown their majorever, FuitWess Stmet is likely more suited to label shot at the ahcountry brass ring. fans. All others would be better off getting While Adams’ cheatin’, drinkin’ and the new Son Volt record.

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Modern day musicians are urban nomads. They travel across the country from city to city, clubs to coffeehouses and hotel to hotel for months at a time, Shawn Mullins’ major label debut,Soul’s Core, is his diary about life on the road. If you recognize his name, it is probably a result of his first single, “Lullaby,” which has been in heavy rotation

on radio stations

across the United States and Canada. However, fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on whether or not you like the song, the rest of the songs on the album bear little resemblance to his radio success. Mullins is a talented multi-instrumcn-

talist. He plays most instruments on the majority of tracks. The best tracks on the album are those which feature Mullins solo on the acoustic guitar. This is where he really showcases his folk roots. One of these songs is, “Twin Rocks, Oregon,” in which Mullins tells us about his experiences traveling the country by train. Each of the songs is a another story to be told involving personal relationships, tragedy and the changing landscape of the American countryside. The song titles read like a geography lesson of the United States with names like: “The Gulf of Mexico,” “September In Seattle” and “Twin Rocks, Oregon.” Theyareatestament to the. average of 200 nights which he spends on road everyyear. Mullins’ gift is not only his aptitude for telling stories, but his ability to put his stories to music in his songs.

Urban Folk Susan Werner is an Iowa-born singersongwriter whose music has been classified as “urban folk,” If I were to compare her to anyone, it would be Stephen Fearing: several of the songs on Time Betmem Trains, such as “Old Mistake,” are distinctly Fearingesque in their sound. But Werner is a reasonably diverse songwriter, ranging from the happy and carefree “Petaluma Afternoons” to the jazzy (and decidedly feminist) “Bring ‘Round The Boat.” On “Standing In My Own Way,” good use is made of bagpipes as well as mandolin. Curiously for a folk artist, her back-

ground is classical; she received a masters’ degree in music from Temple University in Philadelphia. Other songs of note include the title crack, with lines like “Somewhere lovers smile their smiles/ while I count the ceiling tiles,” and “Sorry About jesus,” a nice tune from the perspective of a recovered Christian. Werner also does a respectable job covering Don McLean’s classic “Vincent.” The overall tone of the album is fairly dark, with recurring themes of loneliness, stifled development and human cruelty. Although there are elements of humour, Time Be~eetr Trains could have benefitted from more songs like LLPetaluma Afternoons,” which stands out as the only really cheerful song on the disc. On the other hand, Werner need not fear the scenarioin “Courting the Muse,” which is about the fickle nature of artistic inspirationher muse is definitely still with her.

Catholics are no Pixies

by PnttSlenud Impn’ntstaC It is important, I think, to begin this review with a proviso. I am a Pixies fan. This means that for each of the four times that Frank Black has produced an albumindependentof the Pixies, I engage in an elaborate mourning ritual in honour of the breakup of one of my favourite bands. That being said, I am unlikely to appreciate the new Frank Black album to the degree it deserves. His fourth album since the break-up of the Pixies, put out with a band called the Catholics, is arguably his most solid of the four. It is more basic than his previous albums, making the best of twoguitars, a bass and a drum-set. Gone is rhc over-produced, complexmulti-track recordings that characterized both Pixies music and the earlier Frank Black music. Black hiniself calls it an album that is “rough and ready; a diamond in the rough,” Recorded over a three-day period, it is an album that “was captured at a moment be-

fore someone sucked all the heartout of it+” The result is a more accessible album, one that is more likely to rouse people to dance at a bar or to tap their feet along with the beat. The beat comes from Scott Boutier’s solid drumming skills, however, rather than a particularly strong bass sound. And of course, Pixies fans will notice that this is my way of lamenting the loss of Kim Deal’s phenomenal bass-playing skills. The most dynamic track on the album is a cover of Larry Norman’s “Six SixtySix,” which .is played with a very slight country feel that makes it a lot of fun to listen to. The first four songs on the album are all great as well: “All my ghosts,” “Back to Rome,” “Do you feel back about it?,” and “dog gone,” all display a more melodic and easy to enjoy Black. For me, however, the album’degenerates after this. The songs become more rough and thoroughly inaccessible to even those fans who are used to workingthroughthe inaccessibility associated with Black’s music.Theyseemtotryandmakeupfotthe

lack ofover-producing

that was the success of the Pixies by playing loud; but, it doesn’t work The moral: if you’re a Pixies fan, stick to Pixies music. If you’ve never tackled the Pixies, Frank Black and the Catholics just might appeal to you.

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Sometimes music sounds wrong. Not wrong, like when you play a couple of sharp notes instead of naturals. More like criminallywrong.It takes taIent and wit to take on your mama’s music and doitwithstyfe. Ifthebandsonthis compilation possess any of these qualities, it isn’t evident here. Shonen Knife opens the CD with “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.” Their rendition involved a peppy guitar, drums and what can only be called an evil tambourine. Having someone poke you in the chest repeatedly for an hour would have been a more positive experience. The ‘Downright Scary’ award on Whut the WorldNe~ds now goes to Cockeyed Ghost for “Walk on By.” This song might be remembered from when Dionne Warwickrecorded it in the good old days. But now Cockeyed Ghost has come to town. Think yelling. Think screaming guitar. If Miss Dionne was dead, she’d be spin-

ning in her grave. Mind you, this album wasn’t all bad. Splitsville performed a charming version of “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again.” “Wishin’ And Hopin,’ ” by The Vandalias might wind up on some ultra-hip independent movie soundtrack. And if it’s any further consolation, the instrumentation of the Wondermints’ “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” is lovely in an outerspacey sort ofway. However, their vocals aren’t audible unless you crank your stereo. You bring this baby home, and it will kill everything cute and campy about music that was made before you were born. At best, your parents will laugh at you. At absolute worst, they’ll disown you. If you’ve been thinking about breaking the ties that bind, and your parents are trippy enough, Whatthe Wo&iNt&Nmcould be the straw that breaks the camel’s back,

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It’s refreshing to find that dc Talk is a band with a conscience. And a band with potential. But the boys are at their best when they play themselves. Hopefully they’ll keep this in mind for their next CD.

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tude at writing songs. The duo (made up of “Simon” and “Mile,” two cartoon characters with annoyingly heavy accents) have put together a remarkably bland album. This is pure pop music at its absolute worst. Songs rarely stray from the pop style with heavy focus on acoustic guitars and drum machines. Yeah, I know, the song “Strange Disease” sounds like a C&C remix of the worst Blur song ever recorded; “Omobolasire” is what you’d get if the Soup Dragons tried to do an Aqua tune; and the cover ofthe Trogg’s “Wild Thing” is the greatest musical atrocity in recent memory. I normally try to find something positive to say about a band that is trying to make it, bu! Prozzak have gone out of their way to make this difficult. The packaging is somewhat attractive, how about that? This might be an album for you however, ifyou think that at least three tracksoneveryalbumshouldhave “la la la” as the chorus - Prozzak seem to think it’s a good idea.

After their hit “Hobo Humping Slobo Babe,” Whale disappeared.. . until now. Whale returns with this newofferingofsongs that range from poor to really bad. If you enjoyed that last hit of theirs, you might think something on this album would be worthwhile, and you’d be wrong. Most of the album is a bunch ofweak attempts at “electronica” or “ambient groove” (quite a departure from their hit song). Nothing is original or exciting.

The harder-edged tracks will cause most listeners to quickly skip to the next track where, once again, they will be disappointed. There is truly nothing good to say about this album. Tracks “2 Cord Song,” “Smoke,” and “Into the Strobe” are particularly awful. The lead track “Cryingat Airports” is the best track and it’s still weak. It has all been done before, and it has all been done much better. Whale have gone the way of the one-hit wonder, whether they realize it yet or not.

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Project Read realty, really needs your handy skills - for just 6-8 hours to help them set up their new office. Boxes have to be moved, shelving put together, hooks put in and racks put up. Just a very few hours of your time will make all the tpdrence and will be greatly appreci. Heart and Stroke Foundation needs volunteers to organize Hoops for Heart and Jump Rope for Heart fundraising campaigns. Minimal time commitment. No door-to-door. Great on resume. Contact Jordan 581-l 139. The City of Waterloo Volunteer Services is cirrently recruiting for the following volunteer positions. For more information, please call: Volunteer Services, City of Waterloo, 888-6488. Volunteer Dance Assistants: volunteers are needed Monday or Wenesday nights for about an hour and a half. Volunteers must be a minimum of thirteen years old and like working wih chilSeniors Outing Day Program: is recruiting a Volunteer Program Assistant for Tuesdays to Fridays, about three hours a week, to assist with senior’s day programs consisting of a variety of organized and supervised group activities designed to meet participants needs and capabilities. They are also looking for Dishwashers for Tuesdavs and Thursdays from 12:OO p.m. to i:iO p.rn, Volunteer Shoppers: are needed to shop fur older adults unable to do their owg grocery shopping. The hours are flexible. Must have your own reliable car.

Tuesday, October 27 Trellis Hands-on Session at 12130 p.m., Dana Porter Library. Registration required (up to a day before the session). Call ext. 5417 or email jdforgay@ library.uwaterloo.ca. TRELLIS is the new library catalogue. Learn Key search features. Thursday, October 29 TRELLIS Demo - 12:30 p.m. Meet at the Information Desk, Davis Centre Library TRELLIS is the database that links you to the library holdings at UW, WLU and Guelph. Learn key search features.

Special Olympic athletes are looking for an assistant swim coach. The ideal volunteer should have a background in aquatics, CPR training, patience, understanding and want to have fun. The special Olympics soccer teams, and Kitchener Spirit and Kitchener Kickers also need a team manager. A well organized volunteer who loves soccer will get a kickout of this position. Experience with people who have special needs is beneficial but not necessary. Addtional training is provided. For information about other volunteer opportunities with Special Olympics, call now. The Crohns and Colitis Foundation of Canada #86-2476 The Waterloo-Wellington Chapter is in need of many volunteers with various strengths and skills. If you are outgoing Services offers the ‘and enjoy organizing special events, the ’ Counselling following workshops. Register at Chapter is seeking a walk-a-thon coordiCounselling Services, NH 2080, Ext. nator as well as task force members to help with its annual Heel ‘n Wheel-a2655 thon. Other great opportunities such as Stress Management Through RelaxaCake and Cookie sales, coordinating or tion Training: 3 session workshop. Beparticipating at the M&M Meat Shops gins Monday, November 2,1998 5:30 Charity BBQ Day, Education Event Co7:30 p.m. , $2.00. ordinator and committee member posiExam Stress Management: 3 session tions are also available. There’s someworkshop. Begins Wednesday, Novemthinq for everyone! Call to find out more. ber 4, 1998 1O:OO a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Provide Leadership For Local Youth $2.00 #122-2495 Preparing For & Writing Exams: 1 sesScouts Canada of the Waterloo Region sion workshop. Tuesday, November 24 is in search of leaders. All ‘@e catego1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 24 ries - Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers 6:OO - 8:OO p.m. Wednesday, November and Rovers - would like adults with lots 25 6:00 - 8:OO p.m. $1 .OO of energy who care about the community tocome out and co-ordinate their groups. V Local administrative positions are also available to volunteers who are organized and community minded. Call to find out more about the position that suits Are You A Culinary Genius? #X5-2445 Well, as long as you can find your way around a kitchen, Sunnyside senior’s home will love youl You could help in the dining room, volunteer at the ‘Cusine Comer” or assist with baking. Also, energetic, fun volunteers are in high demand at ‘Kids Komef .There are many other positions available through Sunnyside home as well, so to join the fun, call now. Treasurer’s ‘Help Needed #196-25&l Waterloo Region Block Parents Program urgently requires a Treasurer. A volunteerwho isaC.A., aC.G.A.or hassenior bookkeeping skills is needed to prepare a financial statement, assist with payroll for one employee and provide financial guidance and direction to the Board. This organization has been working hard to stay in existence in our community, and support from volunteers willing to ioin the Board are essential. Can you ‘help? Handiperson - One Time Only #078-

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Applications for the following scholarships are being accepted during the Fall term. Refer to Section 4 of the Undergraduate Calendar for further criteria. Application forms are available in the Student Awards Office, 2nd Floor, Needles Hall.

All Faculties: Paul Berg Memorial Award - available to students in Year 2 or above; based on involvement . .__ _ in extracurricular music activities on campus. Deadline: Oct. 30/96. Doreen Brisbin Award - interested females entering 4th year in Spring or Fall 1999 in an Honours program in which women are currently under-represented. Deadline: Apr. 30/99. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Award - financial need, leadership, extracurricular activities. Deadline: Nov. 11 OR Don Hayes Award - for involvemeflt & contribution to athletics and/or sports therapy. Deadline: Feb. 15199. Leeds-Waterloo Student Exchange Program Award - students to contact John Medley, Mechanical Engineering. McNeil Consumer Products Co. Award open to any based on financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Mike Moser Memorial Award - avaiiable to 3rd or 4th year based on extracurricular and financial need. Deadline: Feb. I 5199. Programmed Insurance Brokers Opportunity Fund - open to students from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo; based on financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Undergraduate Bursary Program - the Student Awards Office administers a large number of undergraduate bursaries and awards to both full and part-time students based on financial need and possibly on other factors such as marks, extracurricular activities, etc. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Faculty of Appiied Health Sciences: Michael Gellner Memorial Scholarship available to 38 Kinesiology or Health Studies. Deadline: Mar. 31/99. Robert Haworth Scholarship - completion of 3rd year in an honours program in resource management related to park planning and management, recreation, natural heritage or outdoor recreation. Deadline: May 31/99. Kate Kenny Memorial Award - available to 3rd or 4th year Kinesiology with an interest in rehabilitative medicine. Deadline: Oct. 30/98. RAWCO - available to 2nd, 3rd or 4th year Recreation and Leisure Studies. Deadline: Jan. 30/99. Marion J. Todd Memorial Award - available to 3B Co-op Health Studies with interest in health-related research. Minimum 75% average required. Deadline: Oct. 30198. Faculty of Arts: Arts Student Union Award - available to all Arts students. Deadline: Oct. 30198. Concordia Club Award - available to 3rd year Regular or 3A Co-op Germanic & Slavic, Deadline: Jan. 29/99. UW-Manulife Community & World Service Award - available to Co-op students in 1B or above who have completed a work-term in the service of others, locally, nationally or abroad who received little or no remuneration. Students to .contact Arts Special Programs Office, HH Wescast Industries Continuous Leaming Award - open to students in the School of Accountancy; based 0~1marks and financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Faculty of Engineering: Jonathan Ainley Memorial Bursary available to Civil students in 2A or above for financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Andersenconsulting Scholarship-available to 38. Deadline: Mar. 21/99. AIfred Arrnbrust Memorial Bursary - available to all for financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Andy (Andreas) Baumgaertner Memorial Bursary - available to % or above Systems Design for financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. John Bergsma Award in Engineering available to all based on financial need,

minimum 75% average and leadership/ . extracurricular involvement. Dead-ine: Nov. l/98. J.P. Bickell Foundation Bursaries -available to all Chemical students. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Consulting Engineers of Ontario Scholarship - available to all 36. Deadline: Mar. 31/99.

John Deere Limited Scholarship - available to 3B Mechanical. Deadline: Mar. 31/99. Randy Duxbury Memorial Award -available to 38 Chemical. Deadline: Mar. 31/ 99. Robert Haworth Scholarship - available to 38 Civil with interest in resource management related to park planning and management, recreation, natural heritage and planning. Deadline: May 31/99. S.C. Johnson &Son Ltd. Environmental Scholarship - available to 3rd year Environmental Chemical. Deadline: May 31/ 99. OPE Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship - available to all 28 & 38 based on extracurricular and marks. Deadline: Nov. 30/98. Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 3B Civil, water resource management students. Deadline: May 31/ 99. Standard Products (Canada) Ltd. Award - available to all in 16 or above with preference to Mechanical or Chemical and with a home address in County or Municipality of Perth, Huron or Halton. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Vijaya Anand Foundation Award - available to 1 A Computer or Systems Design based on financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Wescast Industries Continuous Leaming Award - available to any based on marks and financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. jack Wlseman Award - available to 38 or 4A Civil. Deadline: Oct. 30198. Faculty of Environmental Studies: Shelley Eilison Memorial Award - available tti 3rd year Planning. Deadline: Nov. 30/Q& John Geddes Memorial Award - available to ERS, Geography and Planning. Deadline: Oct. 30/Q& Robert Haworth Scholarship - available to 3B park planning and management, recreation, natural heritage & planning, outdoor education. Deadline: May, 31/99. Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - avaitable to 3rd year Environment & Resource Studies, Planning, Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: May 31199. Lome Russwurm Memorial Award -available to Year 2 or above in Geography; open to both undergraduate and graduate (preference to undergrads) who began their studies as a mature student; based on marks, financial need and extracurricular involvement. Deadline: Oct. 30/98. Jack Young Bursary - available to any in Planning; based on financial need and minimum 70% average. Deadline: Nov.

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Faculty of Mathematics: Andersen Consulting Scholarship- available to 38. Deadline: Mar. 31/99. Bell Sygma Computer Science Award available to 4th year Computer Science. Deadline: Oct. 30/98. Certified Management Accounting Bursary - available to full-time students in Mathematics - Business Administration/ Chartered Accountancy/Management Accountancy. Preference will be given to students who attended high school in counties of Perth, Waterloo or Wellinaton. Deadline: Nov. l/98. f ranklin B. Dana Memorial Bursafy available to 2A or above Actuarial Scb enoe for financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Electrohome 75ih Anniversary Scholarship - available to 38 Computer Science. Deadline: Mar. 31/99. K.C. b Computer Science Schalarship - available to 28 Computer Science. Deadline: Oct. 30/98. Allen Stinson Memorial Mathematics Bursary - available to any based on financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. Sun Life of Canada Award - available to 2nd year Actuarial Science. Deadline: Nov. 30/98. Wescast Industries Continuous Leaming Award - open to students in the School of Accountanov: based on marks and financial need. D&dline: Nov, l/98. Faculty of Science: 3. P. Bickell Foundation Bursaries -available to Year 2 or above Earth Sciences based on financial need. Deadline: Nov. l/98. David M. forget Memorial Award in Geology - available to 2A Earth Sciences, see dewrtment.

S.G. Johnson & Sons Ltd. Environmental Scholarship - available to 3rd year Chemistry. Deadline: May 31/99.

Marcel Pequegnat Scholarship - available to 38 Earth Sciences/Water Resource Mgt. Deadline: May 31/99. Physics Alumni Award - available to any in Physics or PhysicsI6usiness based on financial need and good academic standing. Deadline: Nov. l/98. School of Optometry UndergraduateStudent Opportunity Trust Fund - available to any in Optometry based on financial need: Deadline: Ndv. l/98. Science Society Bursary - available to all based on financial need and extracurricular involvement. Deadline: Nov. 11 98. Science Undergraduate Student Opportunity Trust Fund - available to all based on financial need and extracurricular involvement. Deadline: Nov. l/98,

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Friday, October 9-25 “Colors of Art” Waterloo Community Arts Centre Members’ Show and Sate. Freeadmission, everyone welcome. Call 886-4577 for more infomation. Saturday, Octotir 24 Adventure Guide -Staff and Customer garage sale, 1O:OO a.m. Call store for details. 886-3121 382 King St. N. Waterloo GLLOW, The Gay & Lesbian Liberation of Waterloo, and Out and About Queer Radii present the Pink Party - an “all ages Homo Hop!” Location: Fed Hall d 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 in advance & $10 at the door. features “Lads in Lashes’ and DJ Kel-E. House, dance, retro, & homo music. For more info. call (519) 895-2949 or e-mail mhf 8mgt .ca Sunday, October 25 K-W Chamber Musiic Society presents John Goulart, Classical Guitar. 8:oO p.m., KWCMS Music Room -- 57 Young St. West, Waterloo. Students $10; Seniors $15; others $20. Reservations 886Monday, October 26 Third Year abroad at Coleraine, Northem Ireland. General information meeting for students in the FacuIty of Arts at 4:30 p.m. in HH373. Details from Prot. Jim Walker. History Dept., HH112, Ext. 3706. F~OCtObOf30,98 Rummage Sab, First United Church. King and William Streets, Waterloo, Ontario. 3:OO p.m. - 7:OO p.m. saturd8y October31,96 Rummrgs Sab, First United Church. King and William Streets, Waterloo, Ontario. 9:OO p.m. - 1l:OO p.m. Saturday, octob8r 31 K-W ChamberMusicSocMyandWilMd Laurier University present St. Lawrence String Quartet with Anton Ku&l piano. W.L.U. Recital hell, 8:CiOp.m. Reservations, Infoimation: 886-I 673. Amy Sky in concert at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts in Brantford, 0otober 31st 1998 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25.00 and $22.00. For more information call 519-758-8090 or l-800-265-071 0. Wedday, November 4,5, & 6 Autumn Arts 81 Crafts Exibition, IO a.m. to 6 p.m. Great Hall, Student Life Centre, University of Waterloo. Friday, November 6 - 14 Drumming Workshopswith Ubakal-lill. For Registration or Concert Information call Judith or Tine at (519) 666-2095.

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