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he National Director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Association (CASA), a federal student organization representing UW and 17 other schools at the federal level, has resigned. Citing personal reasons, his resignation will have strong impact on the future of CASA. Hoops Harrison’s resignation comes as a surprise, as he was expected to complete his elected, two-year term in June of this year. CASAis a national student lobbyinggroup representing 275,000 students throughout Canada. Through the Feds, UW is represented by CASA at the national level along with 17 other schools. Universities and colleges are represented by CASA in every provinceexceptP.E.1. andNewfoundland. As National Director, Harrison played a pivotal role in the lobbying of the federal government.

Most notably, CASAcreated a Real Solutions proposal for student financial assistance reform. Harrison also met with Human Resources Minister Pierre Pettigrew, Finance Minister Paul Martin, the Prime Minister’s Office and Eddie Goldberg, senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister, to discuss his concerns. TheCASAlobbying has been credited with impacting on the Federal Government’s decision to create the $2 billion Millennium Scholarship Fundand newtaxcredits for students in the 1998-1999 federal budget. Harrison called his resignation a “natural progression in the future ofCASA.” Adding, “CASA has grown loo-fold during my tenure as National Director and it has a solid reputation in Ottawa and within the education community. It is poised for new leadership and new ideas to take it into the next century.” Harrison’s involvement had a strong impact on the development

of CASA. Feds VP of Education Robin Stewart commented, “Hoops has elevated CASA to be the Ieading student lobby in the country and hasgained us the respect of government opposition and public’ service alike.” Stewart also believes that “he will be sorely missed.” Nominations and elections for the new National Director will begin March 9. Jeff Feiner, VicePresident External of the Student Society of McGill University has been selected as DesHe’snot smiling anymore. ignate National DirecImprint file photo tor to serve in the meantime. Harrison committed himself to a two week tranhis final departure speaking to the sition period for the incoming Nastudent council on March 8. Stewart commented, ‘“I think it is fitting tional Director. Harrison will be at UW prior to that he ends up here.”

Out damn spot, out! UW to lose parking lot to new building by Sarah Cdin speu’alto/mpr/nt

etween buildings, changing tuition rates, and more new faces on campus, Access to Opportunities Program. (ATOP) is destined to change the University of Waterloo in the near future and possibly forever. Preparations have begun for thenewinfluxof students sclieduled to arrive in the university’s high tech programs next winter due to the ATOP initiative. “The initial increase expetted is 250 students, an increase from 15,350 to 15,600 students,” said Jim Kalbfleisch, Vice Presi-

dent Academic and Provost. The increase will come in the Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering programs. These high tech programs have been targeted by the government’s ATOP in an effort to fill the demand in the high tech job sector.

dents President Christian Provenzano. Space is an issue for UW administration. Kalbfleisch listed the renovation of labs and new classrooms as part of the plan to prepare for the new students. A new buildingwhich will be located in what is now parking lot B 1, (the visitors lot

to the programs scheduled for increased enrolment under ATOP he said. He added, however, that “it would take three years or so to build and occupy a large building” such as the one planned. The department is working with the Registrar’s office trying to arrange where classes will be held in the meantime. “It is a

These students will be paying more, they deserve at least the current quality. The new students and faculty brought in by ATOP present special challenges for the University. “We need more space, not only classroom but also computer space, ” said Federation of Stu-

between the Physics building and the Davis Centre}, has been in the planning stages for some time, said Kalbfleisch. At least the two top floors of the new building will be devoted

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n Wednesday, February 24, StudentsAdvisingCoop held a debate to determine its future direction. SAC has been undergoing tremendous change and a number of proposals have been made to overhaul the current organization. At the meeting, four different plans were presented for consideration by the members. The first proposal presented by Arthur Law called for SAC to return to its original mandate. Law said that “SAC has had its image tarnished this term” by negative publicity. He felt the posters that have been put up around campus askingifstudentshateco-ophas,in his words, “turned [SAC’s] existence into a joke.” Law also commented on the supposed good relationship that SAC has previously had with the Co-op department. He claimed they have affected change in the past. For example, Law believed SAC was influential in allowing students to look for their own jobs while still being able to apply through the bins. Law did recom-. mend that SAC should strengthen their ties with the Feds and solidify their documentation. Law also claimed that SAC “had positive energy” and had received “positive responses” in the past. The second option was presented by Duncan Mowbray on behalfof Robin Stewart. Basically, the co-op reps would form a separate co-op council. Only pkople who are on the Feds’ council will be on the co-op council while other interested students would be involved in a separate commission. The best thing about this option, Mowbray pointed out, is the in-

volvementofthe Feds and the fact that all of the structures are already in place - it would be easy to implement. Simon Woodside presented the third and “most exciting option.” The proposal called for an entire new entity to be formed: the Co-op Student Society. It would function like most student societies with a president, a fee on the fee statement and focusingonserving the students of the society co-op students. Commissioner Woodside believes that this systern would be “easier and friendlier” and would give the students direct representation. He pointed out that already this term talk of forming a co-op society has sparked an increase in the people attending SAC meetings. The web page has been greatly improved and the WatPubphone number has beenchanged to877-WATPUBS, and more services are planned. They would like to see the co-op society situated in an office that is open to the public, frosh week activities and peer assistance. Woodside admitted that implementing this option would take a lot of work. SAC would need to draft a new constitution, hold a referendum (with 10 per cent of the co-op student population votingand a SO percent-plus-one victory). Next, it would have to be

passed by the Feds (if rejected by the Feds, SAC would have to present the Feds a petition with 1,500 signatures). But Woodside pointed out that this option was focused on the future. Woodside said that this is the “baby step that leads to the ultimate decision.” The fourth option presented by Charles Bergeron was an amalgamation of the other three options. There would be three main groups within SAC: Co-op Student Council, Co-operative Education Student Advisory Commission and Co-op Student Services Commission. The groups would be accountable to each another while focusingonaspecificaspectofco-

op, By theend ofthe meeting, the proposers ofoptions two and three had put their support behind the last option. A quick vote showed that most people supported the final option, but it was agreed that more discussion was needed. Next week, SAC will vote and implement one of the options. All co-op students are invited to attend this very important meeting on Wednesday, March 3, at 4:30 p.m. in theSLC multipurpose room and vote (everyone is eligible to vote). For more information, visit the SAC web site http:// www.wutse~eJ.tcwuterluo.ca~

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the Electrical and Computer Engineering intake.” Aside from space, maintaining quality in the programs in question is also an issue. “By reducing class size and making sure students have access to TAs and that there are more TAs, more instructors - I think that the quality will be maintained,” said the Engineering Dean. He said that the department plans to create more divisions in an attempt to lower class sizes. Program quality also concerns the Federation of Students. “These

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more, they deserve at least the current quality,” said President Provenzano. Students in the programs targeted by ATOP may have higher tuitions because ATOP allows for

tuition deregulation for those programs. Provenzano also said that the University is “taking advantage” ofATOP and applying the “loosely written” initiative to de-regulate the tuition of other Engineering programs, such as Civil and Mechanical Engineering tuitions. “The governors know what we thinkabout the deregulation,” he said. He said the Feds “don’t approve” ofderegulating tuitions for programs not slated for increased enrollment under ATOP. “I think the university has to be very care-’ ful because I’m nm quite sure an the groups involved understand de-regulation and the focus on the hard sciences,” Provenzano added. Kalbfleisch said he was still in discussion with the Dean’s office about how they would handle the

deregulation issue. “I don’t have anythingtoannounceat this time,” he said. “I don’t see the huge increases of the sort we’ve seen in medicine and law - I don’t see anything like that happening at Waterloo,” he added. “Input from the students is always important,” said EngSoc President Ryan Chen-Wing.. “I think students should be hopeful that we have this opportunity to improve our engineering education.” Anyone concerned about the effectsof tuition deregulation can attend an informational forum being held

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Taking our breath away by Craig

Hlckie

hlpdfftst~ ir is a physical substance, a matrix we are embedded in. And my air is your A ir.” Dr. David Suzuki has a way of taking an everyday issue and lifting it to a whole new level. Qn Tuesday night, February 23, he tackled the issue of global doom through greenhouse gas emissions and climate change and he quickly lifted the discussion of the environmental concerns we all feel (those sane enough to feel that is) to a philosophical level that embraces all that we are, ever were and ever will be. “We are the air and the airis us. You cannot take a penciland draw a line on the boundary between our bodies and the air we must breathe.” Tempering this global viewpoint was the more practical angle of Lois Corbett, environmental activist and executive director of the Environmental Alliance in Toronto. Corbett is visiting UW as an environmentalist-in-residence with the Department ofEnvironmentandResourceStudiesandis currently focusingon the public health prob1emscausedbysmoginOntarioandwhatwe can do about it. The answer is not original: tell city hall that you care about this. Corbett outlines some simple guides. Apply pressure politely. Be charming yet demanding. Don’t let up. Get your views on record. Push the process. Why should we work at motivatinglocal politicians? What impact can local government have on air quality? There are a number of areas that come immediately to mind. Local government is a bigconsumerofpower and thuscan impact how power isgenerated. Green power (produced without burning hydrocarbons) can be stimulated by buying some portion of monthly needs from green power suppliers. A K-W coalition, composed of the municipal government, both universities and two or three hospitals, could have a major impact in the local power market by promising to purchase 25 per cent of their electricity from green suppliers. Another obvious impact is fitting the large fleet of trucks operated by the municipal government to minimize emissions. This is completely in the control of the government. We can demand that action be taken in these areas now. Corbett stresses that recently, Ontario governments have been lookingat these and similar issues because constituents have been making noise about the”” negative health impacts of bad air. Health problems due to smog are on the rise. Consider that asthma used to be so rare

even 40 years ago that many people did not know what it was. Yet today, 20-25 per cent of grade school children suffer from it and, according to Corbett, in Canada alone there are 2.2 million children under the age of 12 who suffer from asthma. In some industrial towns breathing problems affect the entire population, and even in a group of adults most have a ‘Lpuffer” to help them through periodic breathing crises. There are positive side effects to the attempts toclean the air. The local economy can be stimulated if research into renewable resource technology increases. And if you are willing to think big, it is easy to imagine anation like Canada becominga world leader in alternative fuel sources, power generation techniques (solar or wind power for example), emission control and clean manufacturing technologies, or the production of consumer goods using renewable or recycled components. In Holland, they are forecasting that their growing wind power sector could employ more than half their population in the future (they also have actively targeted 50 per cent of domestic power needs to be filled via wind power). Why should Canadians sit back and watch others prosper in these sectors? How much can we expect from government? Technology and population have exploded in the past 100 years. Consumption patterns (what we buy) contributes to the problemwhen manufacturing processes use the atmosphere as a sewer. Regulation and standards can play a role but Corbett points out that there is a problem with the way decisions are made. Frequently, by the time a restriction on some pollutant gets set, new knowledge about that pollutant is already revealing that the new standard is outdated. Canada particularly is way behind on emission and control standards of atmospheric pollutants compared to parts of Europe and the industriahzed world. Corbett asks, “Why do the people of Sweden get protection and have cleaner air than the people of southern Ontario? Don’t we count?” Suzuki appeared inspirational and completely knowledgeable on his topic. He is worried, There has been an impression created by the media that the facts around global warming are still uncertain. Contrast this with published statements from the science community, including groups composed of half of all living Nobel Prize winners (“World Scientists’ Call to Action”) that * we* are on the verge of a major catastrophe and that we must impact the problemnow to have any chance at averting global human crisis. The scientific minds are in agree-

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We havea bigprobIgnore the warning these people only at peril. The heart of thecrisis is energy. We burn fossil fuels and release carbon ’ into the atmosphere. This has side effects which may cascade because we also degrade the natural systems which maintain the chemical balance of the atmosphere. The diverse plant and animal life on Earth is a biosphere that among other things removes carbon from and introduces oxygen to the atmosphere. Suzuki points out that negative human impact is two fold: we kill off and destroy the plant and animal ‘species which clean the air, while we burn up the historically removed carbon found in the fossil fuels and spew it back into the atmosphere. Consider a side effect such as the quantities of the green house gas methane which are found in the arctic ice and will be released into the atmosphere as melting occurs there by accelerating the warmingprocess causing further melting. This is an example of how simple the current models that try to understand the effects of human activity are. They have too small a scope to predict the interconnected

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outcomes with accuracy.Noone knows what all the effects of our activity will be and can’t manage or regulate the activities because of this very lack of knowledge. Suzuki points out that a belief in management in this sense is a fallacy produced by either a lack of understanding (in other words stupidity) or out and out lies. Humans are the natural world and there is no boundary between us and the globe. Any perceived boundary is a fantasy of our creation and represents an incomplete view of reality. We are inseparable from air. Five minutes without it will kill you. You can’t not breathe. Yet we use the air as a sewer and that abuse is poisoning us. Why can’t we change?

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udity is the natural state of our species; we’re all born naked. The Naturists of Waterloo (NOW) is a recently-formed club whose purpose is to welcome, educate and have activities for all people interested in naturism and nude recreation. Naturism is a philosophy that encourages respect for oneself, respect for others and respect for the environment that is characterizcd by the practice of communai nudity. Naturism (also known as nudism) is a normal and accepted part of various cultures and societies world wide. Wreck Beach, a well-known clothing-optional beach situatedon the I University of British Columbia campus, has been used by studentsforyearsandisandrmalpartofcampus life for many students. More recently the student naturist movement haseven found its way to Ontario. The University of Toronto Naturists formed last September as the first official naturist student club in Canada, holding clothing optional swims and even nude volleyball. Closer to home, our neighbors at the

University of Cuelph have even recently started a student naturist clu b. The existence of student naturist clubs in Ontario will give those who are of like mind the opportunity to experience naturism. It will also give students who have never thoughtaboutgoingnude theopportunity to learn about naturism and the opportunity to take part in this growing positive movement. Global participation in naturism is in the millions per year, and growingan-

about accepting the body you do have a healthier perspective to what we are bombarded with every day in our clothes conscious society. Love your body. Join the Naturists of Waterloo. What do you have to loose? Only your clothes! The Naturists ofWaterloo will be holding their first clothing-optional swim in the PAC pool on March 7 at 9: 15 p.m. For additional information, e-mail: naturists_of_

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Battle of the brains by Melissa

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Kennedy and undergrads Ondrej Lhotak andViet-TrungLuu,andcoached byGordon Cormack, team A has a lot to be proud of. Unfortunately each University can only be represented by one team, as the UW Team B came in fifth place at the regional competition. Gavin Duggan, President of the CS Club, suggests that interest in the competition at UW is increasing as about 40 students showed interest in the competi tion this year. Duggan notes

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hrough April 8-l I, 62 teams from around the world will be competing in the 23rd AnnuaI ACM (Associationcomputingmachinery)contestinNetherlands, Ifeld at the Technical University of Eindhoven (TUE), the 62 teams won the bragging rights to represent various regions beating. out nearly 2,000 teams ACM Drobablv EbZZC~ZT~~ in regional contests. several times and In addition to the UW has a history of prestige, prizes and high ranks in thecomscholarships from ::fF;;’ dzs :k;: sponsor IBM make this competition particularly appealing. ~m%$o~h~o~~ According to consists of three stuJohn Swianson, genprogrammers, dentswhositinfront era1 manger for anof the commuter for plication”and in& gration for middleware for IBM, these six to eight programs young university by using their proprogrammers are grammingsavvyand creativity. considered the “allstar problem solvers of their generation, and Although the ACM probably sounds we welcome the opportunity to meet and like torture to most people, but for these

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Campus *Question: by Janlce Jim

“Monkeys reenacting the Civil War; unless the monkeys started hurting people.”

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What wouLdyoulike to see roaming the halls of L/W?

“I’ll have to say the mariachi bands, you know, the ones in resturants.”

“Chicks handing out free beer, cause the booze is flowing like mad.”

“The most electrifying champ in sports entertainment today The Rock.”

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henever we discuss the rising cost of education, the discussion inevitably centers around tuition. The federalgovernment ischarged with cutting education transfer payments, the provincial governments cut education funding and university administrations up tuition fees. Of course, tuition levels are an important topic and when you’re talking numbers in the multiple thousands, it tends to eclipse other things, but I think we’re forgetting another major factor in the cost of our education. Our university administration is nickel-and-diming us to death with all the peripheral costs. Take the cost of eating for example. If you live in residence, you have to buy the university meal plan. Now, a quick browse through the web sites of other Ontario universities shows that UW residents don’t have it too bad. We’have one of the cheapest yet most flexible meal plans available. Note: “cheapest” here is a relative term, when you really look at it. The basic cost of a meal plan here is $1,095 for a term. That works out to over $270 per month. Now, I am a paid employee. I am not livingona student budget - I can afford a few more luxuries when I do my shopping. Despite that, I never spend over $100 per month on groceries! Beyond that, Food Services recomm& that students put an additional $750 “flex money” on their cards for restaurant meals, etc. That’s another $180 per month. I chink it’s a rare month if I hit that. And Food Services is encouraging students to do it? Now look at the prices Food Services charges at its various campus outlets. For around $5, I can get the daily special plus rice -two items -at Chopsticks in DC. For almost the same price, I can get a three-item meal at Sunshine Express over by University Plaza. At the average Taco Bell restaurant a basic taco costs you $X$99. At Brubaker’s Taco Bell - $1.09. “Food Services?” Since when is overcharging considered a service? Now let us consider the UW Bookstore. Students have to buy textbdoks and the UW Bookstore is the only place where most of those required books can be purchased. You’d think they might sell them at cost, or at least as close to it as possible, as a service tocash-strapped students. And a big thorn to publishing companies that put out a new edition ofevery book every year (a new edition that has about five words changed from the one before) and to the professors who make their students buy the new edition. Heaven forbid that students should startengagingineconomitally and environmentally friendly acts like buying used books. The worst example of administrative price-gauging on thiscampus, however, is at Graphics Services’ Pixel Pub in the Student Life Centre. Having a 24-exposure rolt of colour film developed at the Pixel Pub costs around $12 for next-day service. No other photo developer in business charges that much. In the Pharmacy right next door to the Pixel Pub, you can get next-day service for $699. Is our administration trying to run a university or a racket? Even if they view these things as businesses and not services, administration has the responsibility to maintain competitive prices. It’s time to protest more than tuition increases. It’s time to tell the people who run our universities that we’re tired of them picking our pockets through every daily transaction.

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was disturbed to read two separate complaints made about the conduct of staff members of Federation Hall in the February 12 1999 issue of Imprint. The first had to do with the treatment of underage bar patrons in the lineup for Boys ‘n’ Girls Night, and the second referred to comments made by the DJ over the sound system. First, let me thank the authors of both letters for bringing these issues to my attention. I would like to address each of them in turn. Our admissions policy says that all UW students, no matter how old, are to be allowed in. We do not play favourites with patrons who we can “make money off of,” because Federation Hall belongs to all undergraduate students at UW - it’s your bar and you help pay for it every term. I apologize if you were treated unfairly by our bar staff that night. Boys ‘n’ Girls Nights are very busy and our door staff have a lot to deal with. We may need a little patience as we deal with large numbers ofpeople, but in the future we’ll do our best to make sure that all of our patrons are admitted in a quick and orderly manner. As for the second complaint, it disturbs me that Ms. Raymond no longer feels she can attend Fed Hall on Thursday nights. My staff and I doour best to make sure Fed Hall

ormally, I don’t quarrel with people over their religious beliefs. Religion is a private affair. However, Apalogiacolumnist Hendrik van der Breggen lastweekventured into the public domain of politics and I must respond. Van der Breggen repeated an old lie regarding J. V. Stalin and Marxism-LeninIsm. The claim that J. V. Stahn killed millions originated with the yellow journalism of the anti-communist Hearst American newspaper empire of the 1930s. If you believe what you read in the &n, Globe or Record, then you’ll believe the Hearst “reports.” The repetition of such sIander against the name of the architect of victory of the anti-fascist world war is a stockNazi method. It was Goebbels who perfected the technique of repeating lies in order to destroy the truth. Far from justifying atrocities, communism remains the condition for the emancipation of the working class and all of humanIcyStudents should keep their mindsopen

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bjection: Apologiais an unpretentious, enlightening defense of Christianity, and upon reading it we should all bow our heads, genuflect and convert to the Christian faith. Reply: Not. Two years ago, I attended a lecture where a chemistry professor did some experiments, flashed some lights, and basically concluded that God exists. After his demonstration, a heated debate ensued, where a few of the more outspoken atheists in the crowd began to question his flagrant abuse of the scientific method. During this time, several Christians stood up and started continued

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screaming at the atheists, demanding how dare they question his indisputable proof of God’s existence. Many Christians, and indeed many members of today’s major religions, seem to have an indelible urge to prove that their doctrines are right. I see this as being in keepingwith the Christian missionary tenet which was the cause of the initial spread of the religion across the globe, and is incidentally still alive today. The motivation behind Aplogi’a is no different. Mr. van der Breggen wants to convert us. He may fancy himself an apologist for Christianity, but all I’ve seen so far has been a series of contrived thought experiments, peppered with cryptic quotations and holierthan-thou posturing. And, please! Someone bring me a broom and dustpan to pick up all these names! Uh . . .we know you’re in Philosophy, Hendrik. I agree with &hat if the believers of a doctrine act in an evil manner, then the doctrine is not necessarily evil itself. I might point out that this applies to all views, including atheism, which van der Breggen conveniently failed to mention in his column. What exactly is it that “Apologia” is trying to prove? That an allpowerful God exists? Or that Chriscianity is the religion we should all follow? Because they are not necessarily the same argument. If it is indeed the latter, as my above experience with Christianity tends to lead me to believe, then I would argue that the past evils of Christianity definitely should make a difference in one’s willingness to join up. I may, someday, uponobserving some hard evidence of His existence, begin believing in an all-powerful God. That’s another debate. But become a Christian? There’s more to that than just believing in God. To become a Christian, I have toconform to the all the beliefs and dogma that Christianity dictates. Atheism, on the other hand, contains no such set of arbitrary behavioural standards which all must follow. Comparing Stalin’s paranoid institutionofwhat hecalled “state atheism” to the Crusades is nothing short of ridiculous, and shows a distinct lack of researchlunderstanding of the subject. Stalin was interested in power, not God, and felt threatened by the power the church held. Van der Breggen suggests that we should simply forget the evil of Christianity and focus on its good, like the arts, charity workand “the elevation of the status of wornen” (that’s a new one). First, I find it somewhat cheap, not to say selfrighteous, to insinuate that human kindnessandcreativityarederived from a certain set of religious beliefs, and secondly, I certainly don’t need religion to enjoy art or participate in charities myself.

Frankly, I don’t understand how Christians like van der Breggen can brush away the atrocities that have been performed in the name oftheir God, and pursue their beliefs with blind faith. That’s what Apohgih wants us to do. It doesn’t seem like a search for truth, and it’s definitely not something I can do. There is too much to ignore. From something as widespread as the Pope denouncing birth control in order to have “more souls for God,” to something as parochial as Jewish children being forced to participate in Christian practices in certain schools, Christianity has been the source of endless pain, suffering and intolerance for human kind. Recently, Dr. Jerry Falwell, a devout, God-fearing Christian, published an article implying that because Tinky-Winky the Teletubby, a loveable, purple little cartoon character, carries a purse and acts effeminate, he is evil and insidious. You’ll excuse me if I don’t drop to my knees and give thanks.

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not judge Christianity by the actions of a few who clearly did not follow its principles, and yet still claimed to believe in it. I agree. Just as the actions of the Middle East extremists are not an accurate reflection of what Islam stands for; just as the IRA does not stand for the beliefs of all Irish, Mao and Stalin do not speak for all atheists. Saying all atheists are evil people simply because they do not believe in God, why, that’s like saying everyone who claims to believe in Jesus is a perfect human being, which is clearly not true. American prisons are filled with born-again murderers, and the vast majority ofatheists are good, moral people. I, as an adamant atheist, count myself one of them. Also interesting is his claim that “the abolition of Negro slavery was largely due to Christianity.” Fascinating. The Bible has been used to justify apartheid and the repression of the black man, and was also frequently used as a tool in the Deep South to try and maintain slavery laws. “Democracy was in large part due to the outgrowth of Christian teachings.” Don’t make me laugh. Democracy flourished only when citizens threw off the shackles of the Catholic Church, which sought to control society to better its own end, and established secular governments, limiting the powers of the church. Heck, our neighbour to the south was founded by peasants who were fleeing an overly oppressive British theocracy. Evil people exist in theworld, no matterwhat religious brush they choose to paint themselves with. The actions of a few are not a reflection on the true beliefs of many. Van der Breggen’s ridiculous double standard makes me want to throw up. Thanks again foranother enlightening exercise in religious “thinking.”

write in response to last week’s Apologia, in which Mr. van der Breggen takes it upon himself to show us howgoodand noblechristianity is and how evil atheism is. He states, “the fruit of some atheist world views account for millions of lost lives.” He goes on to say that Stalin and Mao used Marxism to justify their atrocity, and therefore insinuates that this “atheistic” ideology is directly responsible for tens of millions of deaths. What an absolute load of horse crap. The massive slaughter perpetrated by Mao and Stalin upon their countrymen is no more “justified” by Manrism than the Crusades are by the Bible. Both are aF>ral atrocities executed by a group ofextremists who lack moral compass, and who simply abuse the ideology they claim to espouse as a convenient crutch for their butchering. Furthermore, what Marxsaid had nothing to do with religion. Saying Marxism is “based” on atheism is like saying Bill Clinton’s presidency is based on honesty. Nonsense. Marx was protesting the exploitative and dehumanizing nature of capitalism during the Industrial Revolution, He would be just as appalled at the dictatorial slaughter that somehow carries his name as Jesus Christ would be at the Crusades. The very idea that Marx would support whatwas done

would like to take issue with a comment byourpresident-elect Christine Cheng in the February 12 issue of the Imprint. Regarding the results of the referendum, Ms. Cheng said that she “felt that students were votingagainst higher fees, not against the improvements [to the Bomber] themselves.” Considering the results were an overwhelming majorityalmost two to one in both votes - I believe that the students had a bigger problem with where the money

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but I believe that for this reason, most students didn’t want to give the Feds any more money. As for the Bombshelter, the vote likely represents roughly the number of students who use the Bomber versus the number who don’t. As most students I spoke to about the vote seemed to think it was a matter of keeping the beer cheap, and as a result, $4.25 is a small price ta pay for those whouse this so-called “service.” As our president-to-be, I hope that Christine starts to listen to the students’ voice on the rare occasion that it has a chance to be voiced.

There are many shells on this beach and each one is different, beautiful and interesting in its own way. You have to know what you are looking for. When you are on this beach, you might be lucky enough to see another person who is also searchingfor shells. Ask them if they will search with you. If they say yes, then you have found what you are looking for. But never stop searching for shells.

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n response to all those Valentine’s Day letters: Imagine you are on abeach, a longgolden beach, sparklingwith the reflection of the waves and a million washed up shells. You walk along the beach, looking for shells that shine in the sun and you rush to pick them up only to find that they are but fragments of a shell. Sometimesyoudiginthesand and come up with a nicely shaped shell, though it might be a little dirty at first. You wash it offin the ocean and its colours glow in your hand. Sometimes you see a shell from far off, and you chase after it, only to have it disappear, or not be the shell you hoped for. Sometimes you find a shell, and then, when you lose it, you spend all of your energy trying to find it again, ignoring perhaps more beautiful or interesting shells.

felt compelled to write in regards to Toks Tawose’s review of Take 5. Toks states that she loves the Backstreet Boys and that this group is a youthful version of the Backstreet Boys. She also states that their songs are catchy and simple and for that, she gives them credit. I agree with you in one respect, Toks: this band is an exact version of the Backstreet Boys, only younger. Other people write their tunes, and they have to remain catchy or nobody would listen to their crap. You give this group credit for staying youthful. Toks, you already stated that the oldest member of the group was 17 years old - how could they not stay youthful. I think you have found your genre of music. What’s up for next week Toks, the new double live album from the Spice Girls? -

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$6.25 a term more. As for the so-called “slushfund” vote, during my years at TJW, I have learned that most students really don’t like the Feds, and feel like they add very little to student life in general, I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with that statement,

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0, my little witches, you’ve cast a circle, called the eleS ments and are preparing to invite the God and Goddess. But just who are you inviting? In the purest sense, you are inviting the polarities of the universe, the yin and yang (to borrow taoist terms). In R&Mu&, author Issac Bonowi tz describes the God as the sun/hunting/animal force, and the Goddess as the moon/fertility/earth force. But more generally, they are light and dark, projective and receptive, logical and intuitive, just and merciful. Male and female words are used to refer to these forces (God and Goddess), but make no mistake, they do no,t lie ex+usively in one gender or the other. Men and women both contain masculine and feminine elements. There is also no good or evil implied in the terms light and dark. Neither power is nasty; both are required for life to continue. Trying to visualize or pray to such abstract concepts as these can present some problems, though. Many Wiccans choose specific deities from myth and legend according to the purpose of theircircIe, or who they feel a conneCtion with.

ast week, I viewed a film in class which documented L the lives of native people in Northern Canada. One particularly “exciting” scene in the film depicts one of the Inuit dudes hunt-, ing seal. After several hours of the hunter waiting, a seal finally appears at his air hole. The young hunter wastes no time in forcefully driving his pointed tool into what would have been the animal’s face. At this, the class let out a very audible, collective gasp. We see some red in the water. There are a few more gasps in the class. Someone cries out at the top of their lungs, %f the hve of God!” Actually, no, that didn’t happen, but anyway.. . Then a little bit more red. More gasps. Then a whole lot more. The hunter dude pullsthesilver,fattyglobuleoutof a hole in the ice, and drags it ten meters across the snow leaving a wide, glistening trail of blood behind. Several hunters expertly open the belly of the beast, cut out and devour medium-sized pieces of delicious raw meat. By now there’s a full-on, third degree brouhaha in the class. A few people get up and leave very angrily and very

Here are a few of the more popular choices: Celtic Lugh: The Celtic Sun and Fire God, also the master of all crafts and arts. Helpful for just about any circle. Brig& Celtic Mother Goddess, particularly associated with metalworkers, poets, and healers. Her association with poets and general wordsmiths also makes her a great Goddess for art students. Greek Apollo: Another deity associated with the sun and almost all skills. His association with scholarship also makes him great for students. &meter: The Greek earth mother, connected with fertility, mothering, plentiful harvests and other good things. Native American GrandmotherErandfathem While not strictly Wiccan, enough of my friends have asked me to mention them that I feel I should. These represent the collective experiences of our antes-. tors. What makes them so great is they’ve seen every personal crisis there ever was! Job loss, poverty,

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abuse, hunger, poor self-es teem, as well as joy and plenty. Norse Odin: The all father of the .Norse pantheon, and another deity with a whole stack of associations (everything from bards to the gallows). In particular, he is associated with wisdom and battle, two things greatly valued by Norsemen (along with gold and strong drink). Frey/Frey* The male and female nature and agriculture deities. Again, associated with fertility, harvests, nature and so forth. All or none of these figures may be used in ritual, wheneve+r you want. And of course, the list doesn’t stop here. Any deity of the ancient a~nd not-so-ancient world is fair game; they are all aspects of the two polarities. To quote, another great author, The Barefoot Doctor, “You are free to deity surf at your leisure . . . they will not penalize you on judgement day for being a spiritual slut!”

would you need? How might you approach alternatives? Would you focus on supply solu tions, demand solutions, oracombination? What are the benefitsofshort termsolutions versus long term solutions? How might you include the public in discussions surrounding the problem? This is not a hypothetical problem. Highway 7 has been a major topicofconcern in thiscommunity for years. Through WPIRG, a number of citizens, students and community groups from across the political spectrum think that the MT0 isgoingabout this the wrong way. Don’t take our word for it: educate yourself, talk to people, get involved with the process, devise your own solution. We know that common sense means more than swallowing everything a uriiversity graduate has to say. Inademocracy,awayfromthe university incubator, good problemsolvingdependson the initiatives

niversity life can be insulating from the real world, of which the benefits are well known. What happenswhen one must leave the nest and enter the real world? Melding the theories learnt with practical reality is a challenge worth considering, for it often appears that those with time served in higher institutional learning facilities seem to lack common sense. Common sense is not the exclusive domain of some other society, and it doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone. In an era when the phrase has been capitalized and conscripted as a political slogan, it may be worth thinking about what the phrase means. Since nodictionary definition exists, real lifeexample may illustrate the point. The example used here is a transportation problem facing our

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still be quite socially accepted. Cool, even. But when does the thinking part come in? Believe what you want. But ;1 little consistency and a little thoughtwouldn’t hurrchingsonce in 3 while.

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Metaphysical Libertarian Freedom. It’s a freedom of decisionmakingwhose outcome cannot be brought about by a force outside the free agent and cannot be guaranteed in advance. The objector’s task requires God to make people make choices that ate made without God’s making them make those choices. In other words, the objector’s task requires God to create people so that (1) they are guaratlteed to choose Xand, at the same time and in the same respect, (2) they are not gwrmteed to choose X. But, of course, this is a contradiction -a logical impossibility. Philosopher Stephen Davis puts the matter this way: asking God to force or guarantee the outcome of free choices is like saying to a sculptor “make a sculpture such that i&tmdat of any eflect you might ~LZV~ 011 it, it will have quality IQ.” It’s like saying to a scientist, ‘*please conduct an experiment in which indew&?zt of

point. Good problem solving is not the exclusive domain of degreebearing human beings. Basically, the stretch of Highway 7 between Kitchener and Guelph is congested at rush hour, causing a perceived safety problem for commuters. The Ontario Minis+JXof Transportation (MTO) maintains that the bias toward low-density urban sprawl favoured by local municipalities will worsen the problem. This is the problem to be solved, or conversely, the opportunity to be exploited. It is aquestion of public priorities: what will work best for this community? Any solution must respect a multitude of concerns, including the impact of a solution’on the economic, social and natural environments. The MT0 says the problem can only be solved by building a brand new expressway between the two cities. At a cost of more

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bjection: Christians often appeal to the Free Will Defense to avoid the ap0 parent logical incompatibility between the existence of moral evil and the (alleged) existence of an all-powerful and all-good God. Here’s the so-called defense: ( 1) The existence of creatures who can love God is a great good, so God creates them; (2) love requires freedom; (3) the creatures choose not to love God; (4) because God is the supreme standard of goodness, the choice not to love God is tantamount to choosing evil; (5) hence, evil and God can co-exist. Christians conveniently forget, however, that an a/leef$ul God is supposed to be able to do anyrAing. Surely, this God could have made people who are fmeto ny>~tGod, but nmerdo. Thus, because evil exists, God doesn’t! Reply: iV0b. That people always freely choose to love God is a logical possibility. Significantly, the objector’s claim describing God’st& CE mus&g people who always freely choose to love God is not a logical possibility. Such a claim is self-contradictory. The creaturely freedom under discussion is a freedom that stems from being made in “God’s image,” what philosophers call

of people based their actions on an emotional argument - i.e. “you shouldn’t kill cute things” -that makes no.sense at all. Why can’t people differentiate between a group killing small numbers of animals for food (and then meticulously using as many parts of its body as possible), and the large-scale raising and-slaughterofanimals for hamburgers?%& Iarprocess (both highly gross), but in my mind, very different cases! If the film had shown the latter, and people had walked out, I would have understood. But (I don’t imagine that advocates ofeither side would disagree) the former is much harder to make an ethical argument against. Bottom line: there are no soya beans growing in the Canadian Arctic for these people to make Tofu with. There is no Zehrs. If these people don’t hunt and eat seals, they will most likely dit ! Alot ofpeople have this kneejerkreaction toanimal killing, that “it is bad, no matter what.” They know that whenever they see animal death, they can sit there in their Tommy Hilfiger shirt and Mickey Mouse watch, stamp their

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Winter blahs? ways to deal with negative emotions

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eading week has passed, you’re up toyourneckinpapersandmidterms, it’s freezing cold outside and the only thing you want to do is crawl back into bed and go to sleep. Sound familiar? Chances are you’re suffering from the winter blues. In my ongoing quest co help out my fellow student, I have come up with a list of creative ways to beat the winter blues. Eatjdjhd. Theoretically, one of the

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healthy food. Yet, when was the last time you turned to a turnip for comfort? It’s time to start cruising the junk food aisle at the grocery store and play mix and match. Find out what effect tapioca pork rind pudding may have on

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818@ a lot. Next time you’ve got an assignment due and you want to take a nap -do it. After all, it’s for your health, right? And you can’t work if you’re not really healthy, can you? Think of it as taking “preventive measures,” not slacking off. Be u&e. It’s too bloody cold to spend much time outside, so I’d recommend indoor activities. Thereare plentyofsports to do or you could visit the gym, but try being a bit more creative! Sexis definitelyaphysical activity and it’s practically guaranteed to cheer you up. If you live in residence or an apartment building, try bowlingwith empty

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bottles in the hallways. Or tryjello wrestling (yes, I actually saw this once at my high school). Just take one of those kiddy swimming pools, fill it with jello . . . and well, you can take it from there. ,4@?&icker+Gettingdrunkoutofyour skull is a common solution to most student issues -why not try it for treatingthe winter blahs? Judging from theTragically Hipconcert I attended last week, pot seems to be quite a popular way to boost people’s mood -and smoking up can help keep your hands warm too (please read the article below before you abuse your system). - List-ento ~sic. Play those golden oldies loud and sing along. Unfortunately, this activity may not really cheer your housemates up. They may suffer from an overwhelming urge to beat you about the head with pillows orsomethingevenworseinorder toshucyou up. But ifyou’relucky, this may cause mental damage, causing you to forget about all your problems. Ceiehuteyourstuesses.Take time to reward yourself for a job well done. You got out of bed this morning and actually made it to class? Hey, you deserve a reward - skip your next class and go home early. So, next time you’re feeling blah, indulge your whims. After all, there is nothing more important than your health!

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says she can’t handle his personality change when he drinks. When most people think of someone with an alcohol problem, visions of a forty-year-old drunk falling on the street come to mind. But you don’t have to be called an “alcoholic” to experience problems with drinking. Problemdrinkers typically have a low to moderate physical dependence on alcohol. This means that the person likely won’t: experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop drinking. However, they may still experience some effects of alcohol in other important areas of their life, such as academic performance, Jennifer Fogartywilt helpgetyouon therighttrack. relationships and self-regard. Guided Self-Change is a prophoto by Kieran Green gram at Counselling Services for people who want to gain better control over by jennifer Fogarty their drinking. Designed for people with a speckf to frnprint low to moderate dependance on alcohol, oo hung over from his Wednesday Guided Self-Change consists of five oneon-one sessions, nights at the Bomber, Jim’ has Individuals are encouraged to draw upon missed a lot of Thursday morning their own motivations and to use their own classes this term. Susan studies hard during strengths to resolve their alcohol usage probthe week and then relieves her stress by lems. Individuals choose their own goal going out and drinking with her girlfriends, concerning their alcohol use either often to the point where she says and does abstinence or moderation. The program things she later regrets. Bill’s girlfriend of two years just brokeup with him because she largely involves monitoring drinking hab-

its, identifying the triggers that make one drink heavily and developingalternate ways to deal with these triggers. Guided Self-Change has been in place for over four years and is currently run by Jennifer Fogarty, a PhD student in the Psychology department who has a Masters degree in addictions. Ifyou are concerned that someone close to you has a drinking problem, don’t be afraid to broach the subject with him/her. One way to do this is to address the external issues first: that you’ve noticed that he/she has missed a lot of classes lately or has been arguing a lot with a boyfriend/girlfriend. Bringing up your concerns about an alcohol problem directly may make the person defensive. Then gently explore whether he/ she has been using alcohol to cope with some issues. If the person is open to the idea of talking to a counselor, refer them to Counselling Services and tell them about Guided Self-Change. They can pickup a pamphlet on the program there or they can just talk to Jennifer about any concerns they may have about their alcohol use. When a person is not appropriate for Guided Self-Change, Jennifer will refer them to an appropriate off-campus program. Asimilar program called Drinkwise is offered at UW’s Health Services. Counselling Services can be reached at ext. 2655 and is located in NH 2080.

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Hey Baby! What’s your sign? by Owen

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Going to the Collingwood beaches this week is not such a good idea, especially if this is the week you decide to advocate nude beaches. When wearing black, make sure you carryan umbrella everywhere you go. It will prove to be a great conversation starter.

Saturn will be passing Neptune this week. Camping this week will be safe. Shopping * will not, as many irate children will be running amok. Watch out for the leprechauns. You want a share of that pot of gold.. .

Your favourite local variety store of elastic bands. Normally, this faze you, but this week has been narily stressful and you need to rubber.Gocrazywithyourgroceryshopping and buy some lemons.

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Relax this weekend. Retreat to your room with some glue for a hedonistic, glue-sniffing good time. Monday will bring a slight migraine and sticky nose hairs, but it’ll be worth it. Don’t worry if you start to forget things like where you left your pineal gland, or ifyoucan’t control thegrowth ofyour hair. But if you vomit and die, stop sniffing glue.

You experience an insuppressible urge to wear bright red lipstick, regardless of who you are. Your shampoo will not smell as good as you usually think it does. Try chocolatecovered coffee nuts or you’ll keep thinking it’s 1201.

This week is your week to win! Your lucky numbers are 20 or 3, 10 or 19,6 or 5, definitelynoc47. Be sure not toconsultanyother clairvoyances or they may confuse your chances with the big man on lottery Olympus.

The moon is in the House of the Rising Sun, and is making you peckish and irate this month. You may have a craving for salt. Then again, you may not. It depends on your parents. Compulsively repeating the phrase, “10-4, good buddy” can’t be good for you. Drink a healthy shot of syrup of ipecac-and go to bed with a bucket. Make sure you tie your hair back.

Your special rock is a chunk of the seventh moon of Jupiter, as it will be fully eclipsed by the North star. If you’re unable to get a sample to place on a necklace, then I’m afraid I can’t provide anymore advice for you this week. Kick that citrus habit.

You will have an .epiphany while eating Cheetos and watching “Change of Heart” tomorrow night. Take your new-found knowledge to the people of this land who are desperately in need of a leader to follow. In othernews, you’re fat. Lose the blubber, you whalish bastard!,

Your mind will turn this week to your uncle. You know, the one who smoked a lot of pot in the ’60s and now works the zamboni at the local rink and has difficulty focusing on. moving objects. This week will also bring the difficult issue of Easter tomind, and the burning question: Was Jesus the love-child of the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus?

Special K will have deep emotional significance for you this week. Beware of scurvy and rickets. Mix some milk with orange juice and you’ll have the problem nipped in the bud. Speakingofbuds, now is the time to kill those friends that laughed at you for reading “thou cheesy horoscopes.”

Formality will be important this week, so get that suit, dress or kilt dry-cleaned. Re-s member, you feel sexy when not wearing underwear, but you feel really sexy when not wearing pants. Think about how you feel about tapioca, since that will be important around the 28th.

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oving into the home stretch of the winter term means warmer weather, summerjobs searchesand exam schedules. The Feds have lots ofvolunteeropportunities available if you’re looking for something to occupy some free time. There is still one students’ council seat available in each of the following constituencies: AHS(co-op); Engineering; Math (regular); ES (co-op); IS; Renison; St. Jerome’s; Optometry; Science (co-op). Council terms run from May 1,1999 to April

30, 2000. If you know somebody who’s already done the volunteer thing and think they deserve a little recognition, nomination forms for Student Leadership Awards are

oes anyone in Canada want to know that I went out on the piss last night and had some good crack? Actually, that’s criac and it means fun. And out on the piss means out getting drunk. George Bernard Shaw had this to say about Ireland and North America: “We are two peop.le separated by a common language.” This is very true. For the most part, the words in Ireland are the same as ir! Canada but they are ordered differently. “At the moment” is used frequently. It means what you think, except it has a broader reach. At the moment I’m writing my column. At the moment I’m surrounded by sheep. FoodtakesonmanynewflavoursXhips are crisps, fries are chipsand what they call fries are basically shredded potatoes. Some restaurants only serve food at mealtimes or close early in the afternoon. Breakfast stays the same, lunch is dinner (though it can still be called lunch), dinner is tea, then you go to the pub. Another interesting quirk is that bane of the English language, the word “like.” We use it (I’m, like, the worst perpetrator of, like, saying like) as a way of holding the conversation while we think of what we’re

still available in the Federation of Students office for one more day. Fill one out by 4:30 p.m. today and drop them off to Feds president Christian Provenzano; All nominees are treated to a fabulous banquet at Fed Hall on March 24 and winners receive a bursary from Anderson Consulting. On the day afterthe Leadership Banquet, March 25, the Feds will be holding a General Meeting. Make a note to drop by the SLC at 7:00 p.m. to hear year-end reports from your Executive and elect next year’s Board of Directors. And on a final note, if you’re looking ahead to next September, training sessions are now underway for Orientation Leaders. If you’re looking forward to being a part: of Orientation Week, you can sign up for your training sessions on-line at k Up://

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going to say. It’s a device to let us talk and thinkat the same time, rather than thinking first. The Irish are very well spoken and have noneedforsuchcrutches. However, they do say “like” an awful lot. They use it the same way Canadians use “eh.” For example, “HOW’S it goin’ eh?” would translate to, “What ya up to, like ?” Or “I’m going to the pub, like. Do you want to come?” They do call soccer “soccer” in many partsofthecountry.Soyoupuristscanleave offwithyourshiteaboutfootball.Hockeyis ice hockey and field hockey is hockey. The most popular sports are gaelic football, rugby and soccer (or football ifyou must). Hurling (camogie for girls) is the craziest. Imagine rugby players chasing each other around with sticks that look like baseball bats. Apparently, there is a ball involved somewhere too. Another thing the Irish say in abundance is “at the end of the day.” It seems to come up when speaking with studentson the topic of the Troubles. I guess it reflects the fact that whether you’re Catholic or Protestant, Nationalist or Unionist, it doesn’t matter at the end of the day because everyone is too drunk to care.

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HAIR LOSS?

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he best way tosummarize the life philosophyofDavid Eby is to look down at his massive, knee-high Sore1 winter boots. The crown jewel of his political beliefs, the boots represent a man who supports locally made producm, is avegetarian (the boots are free of animal products) and uses local transportation even when the snow is knee deep. Just like that annoying pink Energizer bunny, David keeps going and going and.. . you get the picture. Except David isn’t annoying in the least. Jn fact, he uses his endless energy and ambition to play a large role in the lives of many members of the university and Kitchener-Waterloo communities. The Kitchener native is in his fourth year of Honours English, Rhetoricand Professional Writing program, bu Ehas received a higher

education through his involvement with numerous campus organizations. His most recent venture was to form the Art Riot Collective. The Riot is open to anyone who is interested in politics or expressing their feelings about creative art. Davidhasvastpublishingand journalism experience through his work with Imprint, where he began helping out in his second year as a proofreader and moved up to the role of Arts Editor last semester. He’s still a contributor to the paper and has also been writing for EC&I, a local publication. Ifreadingabout David’sviews on arts and politics aren’t enough, you can listen co him on Radio Waterloo during his “Momma, I’m a Communist” show every Thursday from 1O:OO a.m. to noon, The show features independent rockmusicanddrumandbassfrom all over the world. As an environmentalist, David took part in a radical Earth First conference in Scotland. At the conference, he learned how to make a lockdown - a steel drum filled with concrete thar: protesters can strap their arm into in order to make themselves almost immovable. David found this conference pretty crazy and maintains that: a lockdown should be a “last-ditch effort.”

David also tried his hand ac less radical activism during the recent Feds election when he ran for VP Education. After the election, he said that he has a newfound respect for politicians and chat it was a tiring experience. If he had landed the position, it would have added to his already impressive list ofcampus positions such as serving on the undergraduate senate, rhe SLC management board and the WPIRG board of directors. David is also a supply teacher with the local Catholic School Board, which is a job he loves. His greatest interest is in politics and in maintaining his leftist beliefs, and he is planning on going to law school once his UW tenure is completed. He’s completed his LSAT and has his eye on Dalhousie University, where he no doubt will keep going and going and. . .

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IThe following discourse has I little if any relation to anythingcaffeinated. I wouldn’t mind, however, tarpe-ing the throats of some of our more blatantly selfinterested political leaders. In a recent issue of our venerable local newspaper, two articles were run on adjacent pages. One bore the headline, “1.5 million kids live in poverty, report says.” Fairly self-explanatory, yes? The other, “MPs can now enjoy Roman-style bath at the gym,” identified thecause, the symptom and the solution to child poverty. DO they know the kinds of activities that went on in Roman baths? Without meaning to shock our die-hard conservative leaders, I seem to recall something about Remans and rampant sodomy. Liberal whip Rob Kilger, in a particularly jackassy statement, explained the $40,000 renovations as “part of our wellness program . . . aimed at helping us keep our minds and bodies healthy so we can do our jobs better.” As a retail employee, after being on my feet

for eight hours, dealing with irate customers that I can’t just placate by telling them they voted me into office, I also wouldn’t mind a free massage or sauna session. After eleventeen hours at the Imprint office fightingwith PageMaker 6.0, being fed peeled grapes and fanned by a young lad in a toga would be rather nice. Condusive to increased mental and physical health even. I’m tempted to in-

dulge in various ridiculously superfluouspamperingsandsendthe bill to the federal government, pointing out that I was merely opGmizingmycontribution to their superbly functioning capitalist machine. These are the kinds of issues that should be brought up during election time. Forget the death sentence and euthanasia as salient topics. I want a direct say in what percentage of my meager tax dollars goes directly towards rubbing my Prime Minister’s behind with

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and a more-than-adequate salary topped by bonuses and pension benefits really make you look at those coddled starving children in a much more sagacious way. Some, down here, far below the socially insulated reach of Parliament Hill, would like gainful employment, or a hospital bed, or maybe food, To prioritize a wellequipped cardio-vascular workout area and complementary white fluffy towels is just weeny. Much moreof this transparent political bullshit and I’m moving to the jungle.

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ichard Stallman stated that “We are adding to the knowledge of humanity.” Stallman writes free software -in the sense that you are able to modify it and distribute it. Stallman realized the consequences of not having access to a program’s source code when the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab where he was working was given a Xerox printer with its own proprietary software. The folks at Xerox were unable togive him the source code to fix it due to a nondisclosure agreement they signed. Stallman himself, who has never knowingly signed a nondisclosure agreement, states that they are effectively depriving humanity of useful knowledge. Proprietarysoftware, by definition, is software that you are licensed to use (usually with payment) that you are not

allowed to modify, distribute or system had to be portable to differusing recursive acronyms, he copy in any way. Most likely every ent platforms otherwise it would called his new operating system commercial software you have is risk being obsolete. At the time, GNU which stands for GNU’s Not Unix. He began work on GNU proprietary (unless you’re a dieonly one portable operating - sys_ hard Linux user). tern existed, and that was Unix. Emacs in September of 1984, However, it was which was finished in 1985. That quickly becoming increasingly gained immediate difficult to avoid using success as an overproprietary software as computer systems were whelming number of users began to use it. increasingly being sold with their own propriBefore that you had to etary operating system use vi, a text editor environments. that has insane keyStallman was faced with board commands for a moral dilemma: “Do text-editing. things the way they’re “You can’t have all your freedoms withdone in the software industry, or you’ll starve,” out running into selfhe was told by friends contradiction,” and colleagues. He reStallman explains. alized the world needed Thus he limits the a free operating system discussion to the free(OS), which one was able dom levels of softto install without signware usage: Level 0 ing a nondisclosure -You have the freeGNU’s not Unix! agreement. By making dom to use my softavailable a free operatware; Level 1 - You www.gnu.org ing system, consumers have the freedom to would not be forced to use the Thus, Stallman began to model his modifyandadapt it tosuityourseif; proprietary OS that came with the operating system after it. In keepLevel 2 - You have the freedom system. However, the operating ing with the hacker tradition of to help your neighbours bydistrib-

Warning Of Measurement Error and Missing Data iulth and cbmpzsters, Monday, February

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Stat istics, one of the more fascinating branchesofmathematics, can be used in many fields of study. From economics to engineering, rhe uscofsurveysand experiments can help man create or improve many products that have made life easier, saferand better. However, missing data and measurement error can seriously hamper the statisticia n’s findings. I II fact, these two above mentioned resultscan result in conclusions that can be misleading and

uting copies of my software; Level 3 - You have the freedom to release the improved version of my software as long as the modified version is free as well. His views on pirating were quitevehement. Feeling immoral about giving a copy of Doom to your friend is, according to Stallman, a form of psycho-social damage. Giving the sharing of software such a strong word as pirating, (associated with pillaging, rape and murder) is very wrong. He opposes the various methods that exist to stop “sharing” which range from the soliciting of informers to the extreme such as posting “electronic guards” on software to ensure that no illegal copying was taking place. Some argue that piratingeduction should take place at an early age. The Clinton administration is proposing that teachers start teachingchildren to “Say yes to licensing!” “Aren’t teachers supposed to teach children about sharing?” Stallman counters. Even if you disregard continued

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hazardous. So, what can one do to account for measurement error and missing data? Well, the statistician can say that these errors were present in the survey or experiment, but luckily, there is a better way. This better approach was made by Jouni Kuha and Chris Skinner. On February 22, Mr. Kuha arrived to the University of Waterloo to give a talk on “Joint hlodelIing of Measurement Error and Missing Data.” Jouni Kuha is a professor from Nuffield College, ‘IJniversity of Oxford. AlongwithChris Skinner (IJniversity of Southampton), Jouni Kuha worked on creating a model wheremeasurement errorand missing data exist in an experiment or survey. Although Mr. Kuha has many interests in statistics, his speciality is the analysis of survey data. One may ask, ‘*Just what is measurement error and missing data?” Well, measurement error is the overestimation or underestimation of an estimator based upon inadequate equipment, short term

variation, et cetera. Missing data is data lost due to interviewer error, refusal to answer, equipment failure, failure to contact, et cetera. Measurement error and missing data will cause bias if ignored. Therefore, the statistician must consider these two factors, but how does he do this? Luckily, Mr. Kuh;i provided the answer. The example that Jouni Kuha used was the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). PSID consisted of ILS. individuals who collected data since 1968. In 1987, a smaller validation study was conducted in a large manufacturing firm in Detroit. In both thesestudies, a PSID interview was held along with company records to examine hours and earnings. The survey was a cross sample of the company in 1987. First, Mr. Kuha gave the audience the linear model used in the panel-The model had earnings dependant on hours worked, an intercept and a vector of covariants such as race, experience, tenure, education, martial status, et cetera. As well, Mr. Kuha did not include those who refused

to answer but included those that did not complete the questionnaire. For the survey, vectors were set up for the true values and the measured values of the earnings and hours worked. Before exposing the two methodologies that account for the errors, the notion of data augmentation needs to be introduced, For data augmentation, we let Dnh, be the observed data and II,,, be the unobserved values of earnings and hours worked. We will have a vector D=(DllbS,Dn1,5) with parameters 8. Next, one must iterate between [he integrals ofpQ,i51&,s)andp@&). When the integrals converge, variates from P(D~~~,Q~D~,~~) aregenerated. For parameter simulation, the statisrician summarizes observed data to generate a sample from p(91D0,), with the focus on simulated values from data augmentation. With parameter simulation, there will be convergence ofthe two integralsand interesting properties of the above mentioned probability. . For multiple imputation, data

augmentation can be used to simulate values from p( Dm15,Dob,) under the complete data model ofp( Dl9). The focus in multiple imputation is on simulated values of D,,,, where sets of independent imputations must be made. From multipleimputation, convergence will be met and the impu cations will be produced s’ans difficulties. Although multiple imputation is more general than parametersimularion, both will produce a model that is not so misleading. Overall, this talk by Jouni Kuha was .well received by the audience. Mr. Kuha’s example enlightened the crowd in how to account for missing data and measurement error. There are other books one can investigate to get more details about joint modelling of thcsc factors, but this is a simple approach. So, let us give thanks toJouni Kuha for his stimulating discussion on this topicand allowing us to listen in on his wisdom. Finally, many thanks should be given to the Statistics and Actuarial Science Department for holding this talk.

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Space rover to use artificial umuscles” leaders trade money for gold

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Two out of the five YZK specialists working on compliance issues for the national banks have quit their jobs and are preparing to leave the country. Remaining nameless, they have sold their homes and converted their money into gold. If the YZK problem will be as devastating as they seem to think, it would be more survivalist to trade their gold for bottled water, spam and vi tamins.

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surgery on a patient 300 miles away in a hospital’s operating room in Ohio. The remote “operation” will use the $500 million Abilene Network, a new super-fast data pipeline linking more than three dozen research universities nationwide. It works at speeds 45,000 times faster than the best telephone mddems people now use to surf the Web. The high-speed computer connection, named after an important railhead founded in the 1860s in Kansas, is faster at 2.4 gigabits per second than all but a few highly experimental federal government networks.

An experiment launched Tuesday adds a new pair of eyes to the military’s ongoing hunt for high-fIying trash that litters the paths of orbiting spacecraft. Travelling around the planet at 17,500 mph, even the smallest debris can do significant damage if it impacts satellite or spaceship. Using an array of radar stations and groundbased telescopes, the military has onlybeen able tocatalog and track the largest pieces of space junk, which include spent boosters, bits ofexploded rockets and a handful of tools lost during spacewalks.

Artificial “muscles” which will be used as windshield wipers aboard a tiny space rover might one day be used to make *‘bionic” battery-powered limbs. The plastic muscles are designed to give finger-like flexibility to the palmsized Japanese Mu Space EngineeringSpacecr?ft, which will blast off for an asteroid in 2002 and come back to Earth with samples. At this point, the artificial muscles aboard Mu will be used to swish over a viewing window to keep it clear of asteroid dust.

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number of personal computer users and the popularity of the Internet, high-technology crimes in, Japan rose 58 per cent last year. The National Police Agency said there were 415 cases categorized as high-tech crimes in 1998, compared to 262 in 1997. Computerrelated fraud included forging bank account data and reprogramming electromagnetic data.

UN, drug board urges research on marijuana The board that oversees international drug control treaties for the United Nations has recommended that governments sponsor impartial research into the medicinal benefits of marijuana.But the International Narcotics Control Board stressed that such research must not become a pretext for legalizingcannabis. If the drug is determined to have medicinal value, the board said, its use should be subjected to the same stringent controls applied to cocaine and morphine.-

Areporton theYearZOOOcomputer problem prepared by a special Senate panel warns that a number of foreign countries and U.S. economic sectors, especially the health care industry, appear to be a significant risk for technological failures and business disruptions. The report, scheduled for release this week by Senators Robert F. Bennett and Christopher J. Dodd includes a letter to Senate colleagues. They describe the problem of computers’ ability to recognize dates starting on January 1, 2000, popularly known as YZK, as a “worldwide crisis”and as “one of the most serious and potentially devastating events this nation has ever encountered.”

Live surgery on the Internet In a demonstration ofthe next evolution of the Internet, a physician plans to participate in live

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any piracy laws, you are still not gaining the same levels of freedom that you have with free software. You still can’t view Doom’s source code and modify it so you are invincible. After working for a decade to build the various components, all that was left to do was the kernel. That was developed by Linus Torvalds, and it was called Linux. So your Linux system is actually GNIJ withaLinuxcomponent(the kernel). As such, credit should be given to the developers of GNU by calling your “Linux” system GNLJ/Linux, as Stallman suggested. What’s in the works for StaIlrnan and the Free Software Foundation ? GNOME, a complete desktop package with a collection of software designed to enable non-hacker types to use it. There is even an SQL database server in the works, a graphical spreadsheet application, and a phoro dim ud paint program.

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e UW Varsity Skatingteamproved to be skating “superstars” at the recent OUA FigureSkatingChampionships at York University. 10 teams made the trek to the Beatrice Ice Gardens, giving the UW team the most competition it had faced all season. With enthusiasm, determination and tremendous team spirit, the Warriors placed a close fourth (missing a medal by only four points). In the opening event of the competition, Elizabeth Bauer danced to a fourth place finish in the Senior Solo Dance category. Melissa Ens and Wistara Van Snellenberg “greased” the competition in the Senior Similar Pairs event, finishing third, the team’s first podium finish of the weekend. Amidst controversia1 judging and having a team total of only 10 points after the first day, the Warriors remained positive. Their 110 per cent attitude was rewarded as aflurryofribbons werecollectedonSunday,

the final day of the competition. Hard work + and attention to detail paid off for Kristie Vermeulen and Stephanie Schmidt as they finished third in the Intermediate Similar Dance. Athlete of the Week Ailan McKenzie, captured the team’s only gold by finishing first in Open Solo Dance, McKenzie then showed that ‘*she was going to land that double flip if it killed her” and landed four challenging double jumps, en route to a second place finish in the Senior A singles category. Great finishes early in the day must have sparked the team as Jenny Walker and Lisa Guch brought home another third place ribbon in the Senior Similar Dance. As well, the Warrior Fours’ team of Ens, Van Snellenberg, Walker, and Jennifer Littcompleted the individual events with a third place podium finish. and Meaghan Ternoway. The Warriors finTheweekendconcluded with the team ished the competition with 51 points, a strong precision event. The Warriors achieved a comeback that unfortunately left them just team best fourth place showing with addishy of the medals. tional great skating by Allison Bethune, The 1998-99 skating season was filled Amanda Eccles, Veronica Haliniak, Natalie with many highlights for the UW team. The Herr, Judith Horton, Valerie MacDonald, Warriors proved that hard work and dedica-

tion leads to success as many personal bests and goals were attained. Many thanks to the coaches Kim Currie and Dean Phillips as well as all the fans who came out to support the team throughout the season. As for next year? Wecan only go onwards and upwards.

Strike Force leads us to playoffs Can Waterloo survive the Golden Hawks? by john

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he University of Waterloo hockey Warriors should give thankyou notes to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks for defeating Western. If the Hawks had faltered and allowed Western to

Thompson Recreation and Athletic Center. On that Wednesday, the Warriors faced a desperate squad from the University of Western Ontario Mustangs. Forcoach Barq Martinelli, a loss would signal theend ofthe Western campaign. And it seemed from the opening face-off that the Mustangs offensively dominated the Warriors. Still, credit

scored on a breakaway. One minute later, Rob Schweyer capitalized on a defensive error to give Western a two-goal advantage after one period. In the second period, Sean Devereaux finally solved the riddle of C.J. DeNomme as the former received a pass from Brandon Moffatt and cut the deficit in half. However, a controversial call by the referee for too Waterloo many men against Waterloo led to a power play goal by Damon Hardy. As for offense, Waterloo had an overwhelming edge in shots, but finishing was a major problem for the boys in black and gold. The third period would prove to be the back-breaker for the Warriors. Early goals by Todd Bradley and Damon Hardy would be insurance for the plucky Mustangs. However, the weirdest goal came from the stick of Josh Cressman. Everyone in the stands thought that DeNomme had saved this shot, but the puck managed to cross the goal line. Alas, it was far too little, far too

vance to the next round. However, Rick Crankerwould not make this task trivial at all. In fact, both Joe Harris and Ryan Gelinas acted like brick walls. No shot would pass either Harris or Gelinas. After one period, no goals had been scored. Eventually, someone would have to blink. And in this very .

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. minute, a shot by Dan Mundell blazed past the goaltender to take a onegoal lead. But 90 seconds later, Scott Hillman fooled Harris to even things up at a goal apiece. Later in the period, Bill Allick made a great shot that eluded Harris. But with ten seconds left in. the period, Sean Fitzgerald snuck the puck past Gelinas todestroy the Windsor lead. In the third period, the tensions in the arena reached a fevered pitch. For some reason, the shots and checks were more intense than in the last two

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emerged victorious by three goals. Three days later, Waterloo travelled to Adie Knox Arena to battle the University of Windsor Lancers. Now, Dave Cressman knew that a day earlier Laurier defeated Western 2-O. So, the Warriors only nkeded one point to ad-

Finally7

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Coristine profited from a mistake by Harris and the result was an easy goal. The fansofthe Lancers thought that surely this was the winning goal. But two minutes later, Jordy Leore and the

Windsor 3

steal even one point, the Warriors would have joined McGill in viewing the playoffs as spectators. Of course, Waterloo had a chance toclinch a spoton February 17at the

should be given to Joe Harris for not yieldingagoal to the persistent Mustangs. Wnfortuna&y for Harris, the defence let him down in the thirteenth minute as Rob Frost

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hile they may not be the’ best curlers in the province this year, the men’s and ladies’ curling teams know how to have fun. Attending provincials inTorontoonFebruaryZOand21, the Warriors faced teams from several universities. The ladies played five strong games, resulting in a third place finish overall and a record of 3-Z for the weekend. The men however, seemed to enjoy having fun more than they enjoyed winning. The men finished with a l-4 record. The game they did win was a real

- literally! The men toss-up flipped a coin with the Queen’s University team and, amazingly, our Warriors prevailed. The ladies faced teams from McMaster, Laurier and Western. They also faced and prevailed over University of Toronto and University of Windsor. They played five strong games and had a good weekend of curling. The men had an unblemished record of not winning a single, valid game. Having played McMaster, Western, Laurier and Lakehead, the men proved that it does not matter ifyou win or lose, just have some fun. Warrior curler P hi1 Tilker was

not at all disappointed with the weekend. “It’s great to win and that is what we went to do. We didn’t win, but at least we had a great time partying and meeting new people. I hope to be there next year to do it all - not the losing part - over again.” Another curling season comes to a close for our Warriors, and while the teams had a few ups and downs, it was a great season overall. Special thanks to Phil Tilker for providing scores for the articles. On closing, there is only one thing that can be said: can’t wait for next year!

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Val Walker had a remarkable performance on the weekend when she swam against the top university swimmers in Canada. Walker finished 10th in the 5Om breast with a lifetime personal best time. She continued the weekend finishing 1 lth in the 100 breast and 13th in the 200 breast. Val’s point total put her 20th among teams present - tied with Western and Laurentian who both had more than one swimmer present.

Fitzgerald, a second year science student (pre-optometry) from Petawawa played a great defensive game on Thursday against Western. On Saturday’s game against Windsor,Seanplayedanothergreat game defensively. With 5.9 seconds left in the second period, Sean took a pass up the right wing and walked in over the blue line and fired a great wrist shot off the far post to even the game at two goals a piece.

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team of Allison Salter, Daniella Carrington, Heather Moyse and Lynn Coon endured similar circumstances finishing third behind two American NCAA Division I schools. In thesprints, HeatherMoyse finished fifth in the 6Om and the 2OOm with times of 7,79 and 24.99, which is a new school record and

“Strike Force” would disappoint the Windsor fanatics by scoring the tying goal. Overtime did not resolve this “Canadian Standoff and with this draw, Waterloo denied the Mustangs a chance toenter the playoffs. The first game in the War of Waterloo will be on February 26 at the Waterloo Recreation Complex. The time of the game will be 7:30 p.m. Game two will be at the Columbia Icefield on February 28 at 2:00 p.m. Game three, if necessary, will occur on March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Waterloo Recreation Complex. Should Waterloo defeat the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, the divisional finals will be at Adie

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Jacqueline McAra is this term’s ice hockey convener. Jacqueline has spent the past week working on the ice hockey league. She is very organized and runs a great league. Although her schedule as an engineer and organizing the engineering toboggan racer keeps her busy, she never misses a beat in her league duties.

dian doesn’t get a rush as the home team puts the visitors one more point further from the winor doesn’t feel the fist twisting in their stomach as the opposition puts us one more point away from a crucial win. That is normal. That is why we watch sports. We identify with our sports teams. We feel a connection that sometimes goes deeper than the relationship we have with our girl or boy of the week. And we are meant to hate the opposition. This is the basis for our love for our home team. But we are at least supposed to respect the visiting teams,, . without them we wouldn’t have anybody to compare our

golden boys and girls to. This respect is supposed to be upheld at all times. The diversity represented on all of our teams, in terms of talent, education,culture, ethnicity, religion and race is what creates the strength ofour teams. It is this diversity that also creates strength in our competition. And the stronger our competition, the stronger we ourselves become. On January 27, after yelling racial remarks referring to the appearance of one of the Guelph Gryphon basketball players, two Waterloo fans were removed by UW Police at halftime. The fans were sitting behind the Gryphon bench and were overheard by Mark Grant, the Gryphons’ assistant coach. Now I’m not trying to pass any sort of judgement on the two fans -at least they came out to cheer on the Warriors (I hope they didn’t showupjusttomocktheGryphons player). But if you don’t have any respect for the opposition, you can’t have any respect for your home team. Our sports teams are coniprised of more than just the players, thecoachesand the therapists. They are comprised of the administrative staff that supports these teams, the media who report on the teams for those of you who can’t make it to every game, the build-

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here is no mistaking that this is Sinatra’s style the Derek Hines Quartet. Although the Derek Hines Quartet exudes Sinatra’s smultziness and distinct rythmic jazz feeling, Derek Hines’ strong stage presence and tremendous charisma bring a fun-loving flavour that doesn’t need to borrow from the legendary “01’ Blues Eyes.” This was evident in the highly-entertaining, jazzed-up renditions ofTV tunes, such as: Kermit the Frog’s up-beat and playful “Rainbow the M*AWW Connection,” I -*. . m theme, the ,!LWXW a& SLW-.@‘s “Doin’ it ourWay” theme,and the comical rendition of WKRP in Cincinnlzti. Hines’ voice inflections, and the rythmic feeling the band brought to these tunes with

hopeless romantic with his slow, percussy vocals played upon Frank’s velvety smoothness and Hines had the act down pat. Hines

in a pissy mood after arriving (since I was asked not to sit at a table because I was only reviewing for Imprint and hadn’t paid for a $5 ticket), T h e Derek Hines Qbartet is: Derek Hines (vocal), Ian Eatyourheartout,Siiatm! Ring (piano), Meredith photo .I. ,. \ Nelson (bass) and Colin McVey (drums). They puffed, had a hankie wiping his opened the night with the classic brow, and sported the tie, shirt and slow ballad “A Nightingale Sang blazer (which he occasionally unin Berkley Square.” In this song, buttoned and buttoned -1 don’t Hines’ portrayal as an earnest, know if this was intentional). “Fly

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hat is mystery when it’s all around you?” Such was one of the ambiguous themes explored by poet Mary di Michele at her St. Jerome’s reading on Tuesday, FebruaryZ3. Reading from collections such as lm-

First noticeable was Mary’s emphatic style of speaking, being one of slow, accentuated syllables. She had a special way of making the audience feel thatwhat she was saying was very important. Unfortunately, the hap hazard inconsistency of her poems turned out to be

quite confusing. It is hard to know what to make of “words are of air but shaped in the mouth” and “chicka dee, dee . . . dee . . .” Her performance technique was also son-iewhat strange, She took little steps in a circle and made forceful gestures with her

ever, is common to most poetry readings. Admitting in the question session that she is interested in etymology, the studyofword origination, the listener better understands her odd r linguistic mixtures and phrases. Furthermore, she also mentioned that she has been heavily influenced by the 17th century poet Sapho, a woman whose poems are mostly unfinished and in fragments. Some of her poems are meant to add to the fragments without completing them either. Ending her last poem with “you must listen for what I’ve yet to say,” one leaves the reading with a sense of the unfinished ambiguity of life, and the charm of

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mime toGravity, Lul?2if2024sEmqi??J- shaped in the mouth.” &.s and Stranger A You, the focus of her poetry seemed to be one of double meanings, uncertainty and chaos. Manyofherimageswerequite striking. Opening her reading with a self-portrait, she liked mixing self-admiration with self-criticism, notable in her quirky analysis of her left eyebrow. She also seemed to have an ambivalent attitude towards feminism when she referred to a kiss as a “lipstick script,” to men as “made equal to the gods by the love of women, not the phallus,” and to beauty as “what takes you away, not what men admire.”

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Me to the Moon,” featured a great piano solo and a fabulous call and response bang ending with Hines exclaiming, “In other words, in other words, I love you!” Hines has a knack on Sinatra’s style, so that even when he’s singing Gerswhin, it sounded like Frank Sinatra, Incidentally, he threw in that he has sang Gerswhin with Cole Porter’s younger brother Frank. Unfortuby Lana Willkms

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of the very expressive, quieter slow songs couldn’t be heard as well in the noise of the bustling crowd in the Grad H Ouse. The band was most expres-

sive with their slower tunes such as a melancholy tune from the musical “Anchors Away” - I’d never heard this before but it was beautifully expressive and Hines vocals exhibited an anguish, languid loss: “I fall in love too easily.. s and I fall in love too fast . . .H This performance left an impression. “‘771 There Was You” was another one of those gentler, expressive slow songs full of feeling that perhaps in a jazz bar you might get to hear its quiet expressiveness or the drop of a pin. “Funny each time I fall in love, it’s always with you.” Hines’ strong display of emotions behind his vocals were a fone in this piece. The band, of course, covered classics, “The Lady’s a Tramp,” “Let There Be Love,” and then other non-related Sinatra songs but in &irown unique Sinatra rendition: a hip jazzed tip “Route 66,” and Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” was further testimony to the limits to which they could have fun and push Sinatra’s style. This was a highly entertaining evening the Derek Hines Quartet provideda definite thumbs up.

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mashed windows, looted storefronts, pepper spray and nightsticks. Singularity of purpose, open rebellion, disorder, chaos. The Art Riot is here. A dedicated group of artists, writers and activists at UW have gathered together to create a new ‘zine on campus. This co-operative effort is intended to create a new venue for student expression. For the first time (in a long time) these crea.

what about student apathy? “Fuck it,” say the Rioters as they run off down the street leaving destruction and creation in their wake. The Art Riot is not divided by sex, race, gender, sexual orientation or age. We welcome all artists to join in our fight against apathy and artlessness across campus and in the community at large. We are not affiliated with any existing groups or organizations on campus. If you write, or if you draw, or if you do anything that will translate into a

ideas to grow and evolve through the group. What started as the Literary Anarchist Coliective has quickly metamorphisized into the Art Riot Collective to allow inclusion of the visual arts. Readings, workshops and do-it-yourself publishing are only part of what this Riot will accomplish. The underground at UW now has a unified voice, and it’s going to stir some shit up. But

sions to increase the diversity of the viewpoints in our publication. If not you, who? If not now, when? Join the Riot! Pick up your free copy of the Art Riot in the SLC or at other select drop spots in the university, or drop by a meeting. The Riot meets every other Sunday at noon in WPIRG to layout the next issue. Our next meeting is March 6.

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any of you may have heard the story ofAIanis Morissette and Howard Stern. If not, her& a short synopsis: Alanis has declined invitations to appear on Stern’s radioshow (thundering applause in my head right now). As such, Q107 has banned all Alanis airplay until she agrees to do the interview. Rumours are floating that station affiliates in the U.S. may be joining in on- the-. boycott. Is this not completely backwards? Shouldn’t it be Q107or, at the very least, Howard Stern’s show that is experiencing the boycott? Of course, this is just my opinion. Stern says that he loves Alanis’ music and he “thinks she’s great.” Why, then, the boycott? It’s pretty childish if you ask me. I am expe-

riencing flashbacks to when I was six years old and refused to go over to my friend’s house because she wouldn’t let me play with her Barbies. Okay, here’s the deal - I won’t even dwell on the “character” of Howard Stern (the

she won’t do your show? Grow up. But there is a more important issue at hand here. The critical question is: do we really live in a world where a person is condemned and punished forupholding her moral integrity? Alanis should be commended for making a moral judgement and adhering to it. The action taken by QlO7

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condemned and punished for upholding her moral integrity? misogynistic, homophobic, racist, perverted pig) for fear of riling up those Stern fans among you. The issue is this: doesn’t an artist have the right to choose what talk shows she does and does not appear on? It’s a fairly basic human right. I mean, banning radio play because

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opinion. However, I challenge those of you who share it to phone, e-mail, and send letters to Q 107 with your thoughts. Let’s show that we will not allow ourselves to degenerate intoa world ofbullying, blackmail, manipulation and lackadaisical respect for moral autonomy. E - ntail Rantetiuinment submissions t0 arts@imprint.uwa terloo.ca.

Cultural eye-opener by Justin

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ambridge native Eric Belzille made an appearance at the Bombshelter on Tuesday night. Organized by the local French student group Cercle Franqais, Eric provided an entire evening of French entertainment to an audience mostly comprised ofCe@e members and and people from local K-W Francophone groups. Armed with a &string acoustic and electric guitars, and his trusty Mat Classic

as a rhythmn section, Eric played a wide range of folk songs, covers and even a handful of his own works from his latest CD releaseVq~gez/ de belles iles music&..s. The astute French-speaking among you will notice the play on words with the title of his CD and his last name. Belzile, who was originally born in Trois-Pistols, has been iiving in Cambridge for the last ten years and teaching at a French Catholic school in the area during the day, In the evenings, you can generally find him performing for K-W Francopohone community events and for local French schools. Although I admitcdly should have paid a little more attention in French class at high school to get the most out of his performance,

his musical skills came off as average. He had a lovely and soft voice but it seemed constrained to one octave and really would have benefitted from songs that required more vocal range. Most of his guitar work was simple 414 strumming of major chords along to the beat that his Mat provided, which again could have beena little more energetic to help really get the audience into the show. Finally, his stage presence was fairly weak. Had he made more contact with his audience and taken his eyes off of his music more often, it really would have been a solid performance, All in all, it was an interesting evening and refreshing to see such a varied act playing at our anglocentric Bombshelter.

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wasthetypeofj$rlwhoseemedto have everything, while Mike had hit rock-bottom and came back to tell her story. The story takes place in an American city and relates othercharactersfrom theforceinto the storyline. Honestly, this book was hard to get into at first, proved to be mildly interesting: in the middle, and left me wondering “What the hell?” at the end. I sat for about 1S minutes flipping the back page over, hoping the ending would magically appear. Not a very intellectual book, it is one that would be handy on an airplane where

there is nothing else todo but watch the stupid movie. This book was boring. Despite the ravingreviews on the cover; it was not an overly impressive book. The story line lacked meat. I wanted steak and ended up with the gristle. The only thing this book had going for it was that it is not a textbook. This book may be a National Bestseller, but frankly, it is the most horrible book I have read in a long time. The whodunit punchline was killed early and proves to send the bookon a downhill track from that point.

Cartoon covers by Darryl Kelmm specIa/ to &Tknpn*flt

The novelty act has long been a case of hit or miss, especially when it’s a novelty cover act. Remember Mike Flowers just a couple years back, or Jive Bunny in the early nineties, or, if you can remember far enough back, the Mini-pops? Well, if you know what those three novelty acts are doing now, then may God have mercy on your soul. In the tradition of those past “bands” which are out to make a quick buck by offering well known

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The self-titled debut of Anoushka Shankar is an interesting venture into the world of Indian music. Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of renowned sitarist Ravi Shankar. For those of you who don’t know, Ravi Shankar is credited with exposing much of the Baby Boomer generation to traditional Indian music during Woodstock. Following in her father’s footsteps, Anoushka plays the sitar. Her

with similarily clever names, are trying too hard to be funny and in the process make themselves look and sound ridiculously stupid.

debutdisplaysherstrongsitarplaying skills and her ability to play within the frameworkofthe Indian Raga. However, Anoushka lacks conviction and originality. AIi of the tracks were composed specifically for Anoushka by her father; therefore, all of the tracks sound very much like the Ragas that Ravi Shankar composed for himself during his heyday in the 1960s. The CD has five extremely distinct tracks even though they lack originality. The first track, entitled ‘4Bairagi,” is a slightly altered version of Ravi Shankar’s “Bairagi.” The main difference between the Anoushka version and the Ravi version is the improvised sectionofthe track, which reflects the main theme of the CD quite

“Ramalama Daisy” and “Who Put the Bomp?” and a bunch of others that most casual listeners of music would recognize. Simply recognizing the songs, however, won’t make the average listener care too much about this album. It’s not even a case of this type of act being abadideabuttheseguys and gals don’t even come close to pulling it off, The best way to describe the music on this record is to think of Aqua doing doo-wop songs. It’s a truly terrible experience that will hopefully have a shorter life than its predecessors.

Imp~ntst~ Here’s what a nice guy I am: for once I am going to spare you, dear reader, from a diatribe about the sorry state of the Compilation Generation and how the proliferation of the movie soundtrack is slowly deconstructing the music industry as we know it (which, at this point, couldn’t be&hat bad). Instead, I’ll happily

Of course, I can’t avoid touting Sonichrome (“Honey Please”), who are one of the spiffiest new rock bands out in a good while (check the review from February 12 at Imprint online). “Trou Macacq” isagypsytunefromSquirrel Nut Zippers’PmnialFuvotirites and you’d be hard-pressed to fnd a more inf;ectious rhythm. “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)“by R.E.M.needsnoexplanation.The album winds down for the last couple of tunes, however, with the elevator-worthy “Adam and Eve Love Theme” by Stephen Dorff closing it out with a whimper. Really, the final track makes absolutely no sense when placed with

well. Anoushka demonstrates her ability to improvise within all of the tracks; however, there remains acertain feelingofhesitance.The music is too restrained. It seems to be that she hasn’t discovered herself as an artist, so she chooses to hide behind the shadow of her father’s fame. Although she is playing traditional Indian music, Anoushka is not capturing the true essence of Indian music (and music in general) which is to become part of the music and to love it. Taking all this into consideration, go buy fhti CD! Al though it is not the most excitingororiginal, it is definitely a CD that will expose the average person to traditional Indian music.

swing and even Kenny G-esque instrumentals are all represented (the latter, thank God, on only one track). The difference from most soundtracks is that most of the material is not new stuff. Tracks from Everclear, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Flying Neutrinos and Sonichrome all appear on their tatest al bums (the Everclear track is a single, for Pete’s sake). This isn’t to say they suck. Everclear’s “I Will Buy You ANew Life” is Everclear by-numbers, which is tolerable in isolated doses.

the other tunes on the album. Maybe they wanted to bump the song count up to a lucky 13? The album is good for the casual listener; however, fans of these bands have the albums containing these songs already (I know I have at least five). The fact that many of the bands (Sonichrome, Celeste Prince, Tommy Henrickson) are unknowns won’t enhance the disc’s longevity either. Look for it in the discount bins of record stores everywhere before the year is out,

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Mythos, the self-titled release from the Canadian duo ofguitarist Paul Schmidt and pianist Bob D’Eith, is an exquisite blend of classical Western instrumentation and World Music sensibilities. The creation ofnilythos partly arose out of D’Eith’s dissatisfaction and unfut-fillment with the rock world, despite the commercial success of his previous band, Rhymes with Orange. D’Eith stated that the birth of Mythos created a new love for music inside of himself, a love which is evident throughout the album. Their sound seems at once ancient and timeless, providing a mystic, otherwordly feeling that floats through this recording. There are hints of-Middle Eastern, Oriental and traditional Greek soundscombined with African tribal rhythms and quarter-tonevocal scales. Among these are the amazing soprano vocals of jazz and classical performers Jennifer Scott and Christine Duncan, as well as Canadian pop

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The City of Kitchener is hosting the 1999 Ontario Games for the physically Disabled and your help is needed. ,Al- , though the event does not take place until July, planning must get under way now. There are many opportunities for you to become involved a this stag8. You could help plan registration, award ceremoiries, receptions, help with administrative work, French/English translation and so much more. This is also a great opportunity for an organization to form a team to help in any of tha above mentioned areas. Pleas8 call t0 become involved in this wonderful event. Become a Special Friend. #027-154 Men and women of all ages are needed to visit isolated seniors living in their own homes across KitchenerWaterloo. A once-a-week visit for 2-3 hours would brighten someone’s day. Activities can include chatting, playing cards and games, going out for a drive or a coffee. Training and support are provided. Please call for more details. Brina Your Pet! #064-2550 Sunbeam Residentiai Bevelopment Centre needs volunteers for their pet therapy program. Volunteers with docile, good-natured, vaccinated cats or dogs are in high demand. This program enriches the lives of residents with a physical or developmental disability by providing social and sensory stimulation. This wonderful opportunity only takes l-2 hours a week, so call 8936200 to become involved. Join

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graphic arts, data entry, publicity and oromotional skills are reauired as well. Assist Young Offenders #031in the John Howard Society’s Alternative Measures Program. This position requires 4-0 hours per month and involves meeting a team of staff and volunteers review a case, meeting with the Offender, discussing and deciding on alternative measures and making a contract with the youth. Volunteers 19+ with excellent communication and problem solving skills who are tolerant and non-judgmental would be perfect for this position. Call for more details. Board Opportunities #031are available with the John Howard Society. Volunteers should have skills in at least one area of Board govemante and a willingness to serve on a committee. Commitment is 1-3 years, depending on interest and the position that you hold on the Board. Volunteers 19 and over who b8ti8V8 that crime can be reduced through social and educational programs and the active involvement of an informed ComfIIUnity are asked to apply. Please call for extra information. Join a New and Exciting Program #0172548 Providing Alternative Choices, a program of Community Justice Initiatives, needs caring, community v&Iteers. Female volunteers who are at least 30 years of age, will work with other volunteers and federally sentenced women to create a circle which supports the woman as she re-enters the

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women who are innovative, positive \thinkers, good listeners, have good judgement and excellent people skills. Volunteers with a belief in th8 human spirit who are interested in being part of the development of this program should call for all the details. The next information evening wil! be held on March 3, I QQQ

HopeSprIng is launching a fundraising project. Limited edition rints si ned and numbered by artist Ii erl WII7 lams will b8 available for purchase at a price of $200 unframed, or $275 framed through Gra stone Gallery. For more info about A opespring contact Betty at 43 Allen Street W., Waterloo. 742-4673. Ebytown Food Co-operative: organic, locally grown, mlnimally packa ed food for people, not for profit. A a ordable prices! 280 Phillip Street, Building A4, Waterloo Co-operative Residence. Call 666-8806 for weekly store hours. Guided Self Change of alcohol use: for individuals who may have concerns about the amount they are drinking and want to cut down. Call Counselling Services (ext. 2655) to find out lfi0re.

Waterloo-Germany Exchange open to all students. Receive UW credits - language fluency - International experience - Intercultural skills! Deadline is March 15, 1999. For more info contact secretary in Modern Languages, Rm 313 or the Director at 885-1211 ext. 2260 or http://watarts. uwaterloo.cal-mboehrin/Exchange/ mannheim.html. Designing Learning Activities with interactive Multimedia IS301A (W99) A new Independent Studies project course sponsored by the office of Teaching Resources and Continuin Education (TRACE). Students in t91e course will d8V8lOp an understanding of the following areas of knowled 8: the processes at work in mediate CBleaming activities; the potential and limitations of interactive multimedia instruction; the steps of the d8velOpment process for instructional multimedia, including recommended milestones, reviews, and risks; the components of an effective design for learner-centred software. For more information, please contact Instructor Kevin Harriaan. kevinh@uwat”erlob.ca

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then surprisingly metamorphose into rhythmic tribal chants. Renee Werst, one of Canada’s most sought-after bass session musicians provides the soft and sensitive basslines. Each Mythos song is composed from a strong acoustic melodic base. Only after the song is firmly in place are the electronics added. The resulting rich sounds are based on the fIowing acoustics which have the freedom of live interpretation. Everything else is woven throughout, creating the depth, harmony and incredible texture of this recording. Mythos provides a room-fillingpresence, lacking so often in recordings today. It can be described as a journey, from the soft opening track “ Brazil,” followed by an assortment of ultradanceable tracks in“Plancluding inata,” “June,” ‘Sunless Sea” and “Angels We-ep.” The album concludes with “Paradox,” a haunting, melancholic arrangement which brought tears to my eyes. By the end, I felt like I’d been through a battle with my emotions and perhaps even achie-ved a greater relationship with my heart and passions. Mythos is a deeply engaging, extremely well-crafted album, sure to appeal to any fans of Deep Forest, Delerium or Enigma.

to shop. Crafts, fresh produce, meats, cheeses and flea market buys are all part of this famous local market. So jump on board and enjoy one of the many services offered to you at the University of Waterloo! Waterloo Community Arts Centre is offering a number of workshops during the months of February and March on Silk Painting, Watercolour, Figure Drawing and more. For details, please call (519) 886-4577.25 Regina 6t. S., Watsrloo; ON. N2J lR8. Career Workshop for Arts Students. Join alumni as they share advice on the job search strateqies that get results. 8:30 - 3:3O p.m., Saturday, March 6. Contact Christine Woods, HH 146, Ext. 2119. The WATqreen Advisory Committee requires icformation from-Senrice Departments, Staff, Students and Faculty regarding campus environmental activities for presenting the state of the environment report for UW. For further information or to forward reports, please contact Patti Cook, Waste Management, DC. Did you make a new year resolution to start working on getting a grasp of some of the interpersonal conflicts that are going on in your life? Or, maybe your life is running smooth right now, and you are just interested in working on your communication and conflict resolution skills. The University Conflict Resolution Support Program will be offerin workshops on four consecutive d edn8SdayS, starting on Wed., Feb. 24 and finishing on Wed., Mar. 17. The sessions runs from 3:30-530 p.m. at Engineering Lecture Hall, EL209. The workshop is free and all is welcome. For more info and registering call Catherine Fry at ext. 5671 or cafry@ uwaterloo.ca. Thanks to the great supporten by staff and studenta at _ 240 donations of blood was collected last week at th8 SLC of which 67 were first

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time donors. That works out to 960 patients that will have their life extended or saved. From Canadian Blood Services and your community - thanks. We look forward to coming back March 29-April 1 in the Student-Life Centre. Canadian Federation of Universi Women K-W - 35th Annual Used Boo1

Sale at the First United Church, King and William Streets, Waterloo, on April 9 from noon until 9 .m. and April 10 from9a.m. to1 D.m. Forinfo/todonate call 740-5249. ’ The Elora Festivai Singers resent J.S. Bach’s masterpiece, The 8 t, Matthew Passion, on March 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Church of our Lady in Guetph. For info and tickets call 846-0331. Career Workshop for Arts Students. Join alumni as they Share advice on the job search strate ies that get results. 8:30-3:30 p;y-, 8 aturday, March 6. C&$act Chnstlne Woods, HH 146, ext. . Award for Distinguished Teachin by a Registered Student. http: B/ www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/ taaward.html. Deadline is Friday, February 26,1999. Call ext. 3132 for more information. The IODE Gladys Raiter Bursary for Graduate Study IS offered for one year of post-graduate study to residents of th8 Municipality of wat8rioo or StUdents studying at the University of Waterloo or Wllfrid Laurier University. Approximate value $2,500. Application deadline: April 15, 1999. For information t818phOn8 905-522-9537 / fax 905-522-3637 or contact the Graduate Offices at the above Universities. UW Yonex Open Badminton Tournament - it’s stirvival of the fittest! Pure competition and raw adrenaline action! Think you’re up for th8 challenge?!? Think you got the guts? Then prove it on March 12/13 at the Columbia lC8fi8ldS / Pat Gym. Entry deadline is March 10. Two matches guaranteed per event. Prizes’, food, drinks!! Contact Sara emaili Fawal _ at ssffawalBfes.uwaterloo.ca Turnkey Coffee House on March 26. Plea8 sign up at the Turnkey Desk, Student Life Centre. The Turnkey Desk is looking for donations of mu s. Please drop off mugs at the Turn ii!ey Desk in the Student Life Centre.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1999 HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre, 43 Alien Street, Waterloo, presents Sand Street, the new Waterloo Reion J alliative Care Pain and Symptom El anagement Co-ordinator will describe how to link resources and enhance quality of care for those with symptom managmeent challenges. Open to all at 7:30 . . Free admision but limited seating. 8 all 742-4673 to confirm. Award for Distinguished Teachin by a Registered Student. http: ?/ www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/ taaward.html. Deadline is today. Call ext. 3132 for more info. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1999 St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre presents “Serenade” with Anne-Marie Donovan, Michael Donovan and Leslie Wyber at 8 p.m. at 11 Albert Street, St. Jacobs. For info/tickets call 664-l 134. living In the Global Village - a day long conference to learn and explore domestic and global issues. Guest speakers, workshops and displays. Resistration at 8:30 a.m. at St. Jeromes University, Women’s Residence. For more info call WPIRG at 888-4882. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1999 KW Chamber Music Society resents “Marc Toth, piano” at the KW 8 MS Music Room, 57 Youn Street, W., Waterloo at 8 p.m. For in ?o and reservations call 886-1673. MONDAY, MARCH I, 1999 The Spanish Club invites you to a special evening of Spanish guitar, poetry reading, and more! Everyone is welcome to participate-perform any talent you would like. Free admission with food and beverages. All takes place in the Multi Purpose Room, SLC beginning at 8 p,m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3,1999 Drop in Nutrition Display on “Snappy Snacks” for academic success. Come to the Math Society C & D, MC from 11 a.m. to 2 p.,m. Sponsosred by Health Services .UW Ahmadiwa Muslim Students Association is hording an Information Session about Islam and Ahmadiyyat. The main topic of interest is the similarities in the person of the Mahdi, Messiah, and Grand Reformer awaited by the Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and other faiths. The session will be in the Multi Purpose Room in SLC at 530 p.m. Att are welcome. Refreshmen& will be served. Gavs and Lesbians of Waterloo (GL-OW) comin Out Discussion Group. Topic: “Media Ymages and Role Models.” 7:30 p.m., social follows at 9 p.m., HH 378. Meet old friends and make new ones. Ali welcome. Details: 884-4569, SATURDAY, MARCH 6,1999 UW Peace Society invites you to a “Social Justice Coffee House at 8 p.m. in the Conrad Grebel College Cafeteria. So round up our chums, dust off your creative talent and join us. For more info contact Karin at 885-0220, ext. 254 or email her at svipQ watservl .uwaterloo.ca

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