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ment funding of Ontario universities is the lowest in Canada.” Kalbfleisch’s attempts to blame the current Progressive Conservative government did not go over well with Feds President Christian Provenzano, who pointed out that tuition had gone up 75 percent over the past six years, including when the NDP was in power.

Before the voting was held, a presentation was made to the board on the state of financial aid at UW. Our current position is dismal. We spend only $500,000 per year on undergraduate entrance scholarships, far less than Western’s $1.8 million and U of T’s $1.6 million.

We’re also giving away less first-year money than Guelph, McMaster and Queen’s* Upper-year students at UW also have far less opportunities to pick up cash awards.

While U of T hands out 2,183 scholarships to their 50,000 plus students, we give away a mere 657 scholarships, leaving us again trailing Queen’s, Guelph and Western.

Once the. fee discussion got underway, several students made impassioned pleas to the board to

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tudents who received fee statements in the mail last month may have noticed something more than a little different.

For the sixth consecutive year, tuition fees at the university were increased by the maximum allowable limit. Students in Computer Science, Optometry and Engineering are paying 19 per cent more, and everyone eke’s fees went up by nine percent.

Grad students are also spending morei nine per cent for most programs and 19 per cent for students in the Masters of Accountancy (MAcc) program.

During a meeting held on Tuesday, April 6, the University’s Board of Governprs voted overwhelmingly in favour of approving the tuition increases.

The fees for the 199% 2000 year were recommended to the board by Jim Kalbfleisch, UW’s Vice President Academic and Provost. Kalbfleisch complained at the meeting, as he has in the past, about reduced government funding, noting “after the 25 per cent reduction between 1993 and 1996, govern-

consider reducing or eliminating the increase.

Sonja Heffernan, an optometry student, asked the board to consider the “special situation” Optometry students are in, having approved a voluntary $SOO increase recently, and having to spend an unfunded term in the United States. Heffernan presented the board with a petition opposing the fee increases - containing signatures of over 90 per cent of the Optometry students. An amendment proposed by student board member Albert Nazareth to limit increases in Optometry to nine per cent &as defeated 17-8. Graduate Students’ Association President PeeerWood called the board’s actions L(a slap in the face to optometry.” UW President James Downey somehow “[didn’t] know where the slap in the face [was].”

John Wilkinson of WPIRG was unimpressed with the proposals: “Dr. Kalbfleisch, go back to the drawing board.” He handed the board a petition with signatures of 1,05 1 students opposed to the increases.

Provenzano commented, “I have a better chance of becoming the

next president of UW than getting a zero increase.”

He then proposed an amendment of his own: a nine per cent increase to everyone. Seconded by student board member and UW senator Ryan Chen-Wing, his motion was defeated 23-6, with only one non-student voting for the Feds President’s motion. Board member John Hepburn, [Chair of the Chemistry Department] said of the increases: “they’re uncreative, regressive, it does penalize students. I’m not sure what the hell else to do.”

Wood’s proposed amendment -a five per cent increase for current grad students, nine per cent for new students, and 19 per cent for students enrolled in a MAcc programwas defeated by a closer margin: 15 1. With the amendments out of the way, the fee increases were approved 19-6, with once again only one nonstudent, former Feds president Cath Coleman, opposing them. Students were extremely upset by the board’s decision. Imprint spoke to several undergrads, unanimously unhappy with having to pay more.

Kevin Haney, a 2A mechanical engineering student stated, “it was disap-

pointing that the board was offered some viable solutions, one of these being a nine per cent increase across the board, and this was almost unanimously defeated, Greg Morey, who is in 3B Computer Science, was “disappointed that student voices don’t appear to be heard.” Caroline Page, who’s studying Environmental Engineering, compIained about the timing of the meeting: “I think it’s kind of sneaky and underhanded of them to hoId these meetings while’students are writing exams. If we all protest, we’ll all fail. Then, who’s going to pay for the increases?”

The incoming Feds executive was also upset with the board. VP Education Veronica Chau uapplauded some of the concerns heard around the room,” but was ufrustrated that this wasn’t translated into votes against the tuition increases.”

She compared the decision to price fming, noting that use set fees based on what others do.”

Lamented Wood: ?here was no opportunity for students to engage in any sort of meaningful consultation.”

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by Starburst shortly thereafter and great things were expected for the store. Unfortunately, these expectations die% not lead to reality in the *form of dollars. .

According to Ann Simpson, manager of the Student Life Centre, when the new section of the SLC was being planned, students expressed interest in a games room, and so the room was specifically designed for an arcade.

Steve Tan, former manager said, “The Campus Cove always catered to the needs of its customers?

The Cove had a clean, smokefree, alcohol-free environment that

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It was good to its patrons. The Cove only employed students from the university. Josh Doig, VPAdministration and Finance for the Feds said in an interview this Wednesday, “We would like to see the Cove back because it was a valuable entertainment service for students.”

Right now, the vacated Cove has only a sign posted on its door which says: “The Campus Cove has closed. We hope to provide a new games site in this location within the near future.” This note was placed by the Student Life Centre Management. It is not yet known how long it will take for a new arcade to replace c The Cove.

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Responding to demandsaround theprovince for additional investment in infrastructure, the Harris government announced the ntario’s Conservative government decreation of a $20 billion dollar SuperBuild livered their fourth budget on TuesGrowth fund. The fund, consisting of $10 daypromisingamyriadofnewspendbillion for the provincial government and $1 O ing initiatives and tax cuts; if they get rebilIion from the private sector, is earmarked for elected. While, most of the details of the proinfrastructure investments in universities and vincial budget were released in last week’s colleges, hospitals, and roads and highways, conservative election platform, there were a among other things. Eves promised to kick start few more details filled in by Finance Minister the fund with a $2.9 billion dollar investment Ernie Eves. this year.

Calling Premier Mike Harris the “superThe budget, which will run a deficit of $2.1 star of tax cuts,” Eves announced a slew of new . billion dollars, also emphasized the Conservatax cuts bringing the Tory total up to 99 since tives promise to be tougher on crime. The Conservatives will create a provincial registry being elected in 19 95. The finance minister of sex offenders, which will be the first of its kind announced a 20 per cent cut in personal income taxes over five years, saving the averagi in Canada. It also promised an injection of new family with two children $625 per year at full money into the justice system to better deal implementation.

Further, a reduction of 20per with domestic violence. cent over five years the education property On the university front, the Conservatives tax was announced, as was a tax exemption for made a number of announcements. $742 milcredit unions. lion from the SuperBuild fund has been earFollowing up on the federalgovernment’s marked for university and college projects. re-investment in health care, the Conservative Eves made mention of four projects which government promised to invest an additional might receive money from this fund. Included 20 per cent in health over five years. To kick in this list was the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Environmental and Information things off, the Conservatives will invest $1.6 Technologies.

The building, announced four million this year, including the over $900 million supplied by the federal government. yea+rs ago before a funding cut halted plans, will

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likely form a cornerstone of UW’S plans to handle all of the new students that will come from the Access to Opportunities Program (ATOP), designed to double the number of computer science and engineering graduates in the province.

Speaking of the ATOP program, the Conservative government also announced an additional investment of $78 million dollars into the program. This new money represents a 40 per cent increase in the size of the program, moving the government target from 17,000 new information technology graduates to 23,000.

In the area of student assistance, the government announced that talks between itself and the federal government to harmonize the Canada and Ontario Student Loan Programs has been successful, Further, the government announced the creation of a $3 0 million dollar “Aim for the Top” Scholarship Program. The program, at its peak, will provide 10,000 students with up to $3,500 per year for four years.

The scholarship program is designed to target students on financial need, who demonstrate exceptional merit.

The government also announced a set of tax credits to encourage research and development in Ontario. A number of these credits will have a positive affect on the research and

development done at Ontario’s universities.

Reacting to the budget, Federation of Students VP Education Veronica Chau noted “It’s a welcome change. After years of cuts there’s something put back into the system; but it falls short of what the system needs to maintain accessability and quality.”

Chau was pleased to see the investment in scholarships and infrastructure, but somewhat concerned about the money targeted towards information technology programs. “it’s great for the IT students,” she said, “but it ignores the rest of the university.

Waterloo is not an institute of information technology, it’s a comprehensive universiry.“Asked what the worst part of the budget for students was Chau replied, “The fact that the tuition issue was not addressed. f, Overall this budget provided welcome new spending in a number of areas. It will satisfy the public’s hunger for more tax Cuts, and puts the Conservatives twelve months away from a balanced budget. There was new money for universities, but theTories long range plan for them still remains a mystery. Q’s a drop in the bucket,” notes Chau, “but it’s a big bucket and a small drop.” The question that remains is whether or not the drop in the bucket will be big enough to keep the Tories from dropping in the polls.

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s students on campus begin their spring term five people are beginning a different term. Christine Cheng, Veronica Chau, Chris Harold, Josh Doig and Jason Risley were elected to executive positions on the Federation of Students executive and will hold office for the next twelve months.

During their campaigns and in the past few weeks, they have undergone a strategic plan to examine where they feel the organization is and where they would like to take it. In a few weeks their strategic plan will be available and distributed to Feds Students Council.

By far, thetwothingstheyallcitemoststronglyasgoals are awareness and student involvement.

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Inthe area of awareness Chau, Vice President Education, plans to inform students about educational issues and how the Feds are dealing with them. * She also aims to continue providing strong representation on a provincial and national level. To accurately represent student views she will be working to increase involvement of and gain input from students. An increase in student awareness will definitely facilitate that input.

The provincial election announced on Wednesday will yield some’work for Chau as she will endeavour to “mobilize the student vote so that local politicians wili take educational issues more seriously.”

Chau, along with Cheng, will be sitting on the tuition policy committee which must be created because of a motion at the April 6 Board of Governors meeting. “Take a stand.

Have your say,* Veronica Chau shows she takes your education seriously.

Chris Harold as Vice-President Internal also wants to get people involved.

From the 1997 Fed exec restructuring volunteer coordination was put in the VP-I portfolio.

While each of the exec will promote involvement and deal directly with their volunteers, Harold will spearhead initiatives to promote awareness and advertising campaigns of opportunities for volunteers.

In co-ordinating volunteers, he will create a database, recognition policy, sign-up campaign and web registration, Publicizing

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ity as he is creating a publicity plan in conjunction with the promotions plan. He will com-

plete the webpage, create a bi-monthly newsletter and information programs for the residences.

Harold also looks forward to fostering cooperation between campus groups. “Look out!

Things are gonna be happening,” say Harold, showing his anticipation for the coming year.

“If you have a problem, any prpblem, come to me. I will find someone to help you.”

As Vice President Student Issues he deals with many areas where students need help and understanding.

He wants students to consider him ‘the don of the campus’ and think of him first when they need help.

He plans to clean up the services by introducing training for co-ordinators and generally hijrove the operatii’ms of ice. He would like to find out more about other services and create ties with community groups and other schools to learn from them and cooperate with them.

Jason Risley, with his relaxed attitude and self-deprecating demeanor, certainly seems as though students could find him approachable.

Perhaps by next election students won’t be asking, “What do you do?”

Vice-President Administration and Finance, Josh Doig, has set goals in three main areas; profitability, involvement and fiscal.

Doig hopes to improve profits by focusing on service provided to customers who are mostly students and shareholders in the federation.

Where previous training was performed within each businesses, he plans to centralize training of employees as Fed employees. In this training, employees will learn and talk

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Doig will also ensure that consistent hours are maintained and expand the accountability of the managers for quality.

Reporting and full disclosure of financials is something Doig feels will boost student involvement.

Asked if this also means accountability, he replied, “Involvement and accountability go quite well together. If I do something youyre gonna know about it.” To achieve this aim he will be providing clear budgets and information to inform students of the Feds financial situation.

He hopes to be more financially responsible by making more realistic revenue forecasts and a budget which may end up seeming conservative compared to previous years.

Christine Cheng, President, feels her portfolio consists in part of some of each of the other exec’s portfolios.

She reflects this in her awareness of what the Vice Presidents are doing as she describes their plans. Representation, involvement, services and businesses are things she speaks confidently about.

Another role she will play as president is as a liaison between the administration and students.

She sees herself working to educate the university president and those who run the university about what student concerns are and to educate students about the issues that concern them. Tuition is an important issue she will be working on.

In addition to student awareness, she hopes to bring the campus together, to get people out and find out about life outside of class. uCome out and get involved, I promise it will be a rewarding experience.”

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students who any pre-registered for the spring term faced the threat of paying late fees in addition to increased tuition fees. The combination of the late mailing of fee statements and a new payment policy rendered fee payment more difficult than usual.

Tuition fees were not finalized until the April 6 Board of Governors meeting.

Since the mailing of fee statements was contingent upon a final determination of the 1999/ 2000 fee schedule, Needles Hall needed to delay mailing fee statements until after the meeting.

The statements were mailed to students’ home addresses between April 7 and-April 16. If students preregistered, their statements were in the mail April 7 or April 8.

The deadline to pay fees for the spring session was April 26. Cheques for the spring term could have been postdated until May 3; however, the cheques were required to be in the cashier’s hands by April 26, or late

fees were applied. The late fee is $50 for full-time students and $20 for part-time students if payment is made during the first week of classes.

Students had difficulty avoiding late fees when their statements were sent to an out of province address.

They needed to allow for the length of time their payment would require to get to the registrar’s office through the mail.

Considering the time the statement would need to travel in both directions, it was impossible for some to meet the deadline without incurring the additional expense of a courier.

One student noted that she did not receive her fee statement at her OttawaaddressuntilApril 15, While that delay was manageable, she suggested, “If my home address was still listed as my parents’ place in Nova Scotia, I probably wouldn’t have even gotten the bill until after [April] 26.”

Jim Kalbfleisch, VP Academic and Provost, suggested that late fees could be waived in some circumstances. He said, “Those unable to pay by the due date can rqquest special consideration, and late fees

will be waived if they have made reasonable efforts to make payment as soon as practical.”

Students on campus during both the winter and spring terms should have received their fee statements with sufficient time to pay. However, they might have noticed a new payment policy when they attempted to Pay. The cashier’s office implemented a new fee payment policy with the beginning of the spring term.

Payments can no longer be made in person. The options are limited to payment by cheque or money order.

Payment can be made through mail or submitted through one of the uexpress payment” boxes in Needles Hall* The university intends to introduce direct bank payment of tuition fees to replace the in-person payment method that was eliminated.

“We are trying to expedite the payment process and expect that it will soon be possible for students to pay at a bank, by a method of their choice.

This should make it easier for students remote from campus to avoid late payments, ” Kalbfleisch said.

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he University of Waterloo is number one. In the world.

On April 12, three computer science students - Ondrej Lhotak, David Kennedy and Viet-Trung Luu -won the world championships in computer pr&gramming.

The Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) annual Internationd Collegiate Programming Contest took place this year at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

The team of Lhotak, Kennedy and Luu (along with reserve Donny Cheung and coach Gordon Cormack) beat out 6 1 other finalists to take home the $9,000 in prize money and IBM ThinkPad computers.

UW’steamsolvedsiioftheeight problems and had only 948 penalty

points, compared to second-place finisher Albert-Ludwigs Universitat of Freiburg’s 992, They figured out how bees bred, dice rolled and wizards built fences, among other interesting conundrums.

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In a post-victory email sent from Denmark, Lhotak described being world champions as “very exciting.”

Lhotak and Luu are finishing up their undergraduate degrees, while Kennedy is in the first year of a master’s program.

This isn’t the first time UW has wonwe also took home the title in 1994, when Seiji Ando, Ian Goldberg, I&-Ping Yee, and coach Jo Ebergen returned victorious from the championships that were held in Phoenix, Arizona.

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ncouraging words were offered to describe students’ behaviour at the April 29 meeting of the Neighbourhood Watch Committee of Sunview, Lester, Hickory and Albert Streets in Waterloo* “It really turned into something positive,n committee member Marietta Gassewitz said. Among the positive changes, she noted that students are more attentive about snow removal, maintaining .the lawns where they reside and keeping noise to non-disruptive levels. Gassewitz stated that the neighborhood “appreciates how students have controlled parties and kept them indoors.”

The committee formed in January 1998 as a response to vandalism, t thefts, excessive noise, littering, lack of property maintenance, trespassing and parking violations that were occurring in the neighbourhood.

Members of the committee include representatives from the neighbourhood, Neighbourhood Watch, Waterloo Regional Police Services, City of Waterloo and By-Law-Enforcement.

The committee has engaged in a number of initiatives in their attempt

to improve relations with students.

They began their efforts by increasing the police presence in the neighbourhood and by empowering police to act unilaterally to prevent trespasses. Only a few fines needed to be dispensed.

The committee recognized that, in many cases, a lack of knowledge about by-laws was the cause of friction. Some of their efforts have focused on increasing awareness about pertinent by-laws.

In September, 1998, the committee included a frosh kit in Imprint and held a barbecue to welcome students to the neighbourhood.

The barbecue, of which the Feds were a sponsor, enabled students and residents to establish and maintain communication. “Alot of students showed up at the barbecue,n offered one resident.

“Students got the feeling that they were part of the neighbourhood.

It made a difference.”

Students have demonstrated a desire to get involved and be good neighbours. At the welcoming barbecue students were asked to volunteer to be “blockcaptains.”

The response was extremely positive and there were many volunteers that demonstrated a strong commitment.

Block captains act as liaisons when a concern arises among per-

manent residents and they act to dispense information when student residents are unaware of by-laws.

The introduction of block captains resolves potential problems without involving a by-law officer or police.

“It is interesting to note the progression from warnings to real communication,” commented Kaye Crawford, a by-law enforcement Off&L

Members of the committee are quick to point out that developing good relationships with student resi‘dents is an ongoing process. “Every year there is a new group of students and we need to start over again,” offered resident and committee member, Don Rutz.

Plans are already in the works to include another frosh kit in Imprint and to hold another welcoming barbecue.

The committee’s plans for the future also include major expansion.

Other streets in the neighbourhood have expressed an interest in coming under the umbrella of the committee.

Committee members would also like to see a greater representation of the two universities on the committee. “It would be great if we could get the university involved and all work at this together,” said Gassewitz.

Ontario is going to the polls Harris finally fires the starting gun New

ess that 24 hours after delivering their fourth budget, the Ontario Tory party has called an election.

The campaign, which has been anticipated for some time now, will officially conclude with a June 3 vote.

Unofficial campaigning hasbeen going on for some tim,now, so the election call came as no surprise to observers. Party platforms have been released by all three major parties, and almost all of the candidates have been selected.

This year will mark the first 28 day campaign, shortened by legislation introduced by the Tories early in their term in office.

Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty will be the main opposition to the Premier’s re-election, running neck and neck in the polls with Harris. An Eko Research poll published today shows the Conservatives at 44per cent in popular support with the Liberals right behind at 42 per cent.

TheNDP trails behind at 10 per cent.

Tuesday’s voter-friendly provincial budget will form the basis for

Democrat counterparts.

The Liberal platform, dubbed the 2O/2O Plan, contains many of the same promises found in the Tory platform, following the liberal party’s “BIue Light” strategy.

McCuinty will emphasize re-investment in education and health care first, and taxcutsafter the budget is balanced Commenting on the Tory record McGuinty says, “The Harris Agenda ,hmdamaged patient care, hurt our children in school, andadded $22 billion to the provincial debt.”

The New Democratic Party will also focus on health care and education, seen as the weak points in Harris’ record. NDP leader Howard Hampton proposes to roll back the Harris tax cuts on the six per cent wealthiest Ontarions have to pay for investment into these key areas and other social services.

Local NDP candidate Ted Martin, in reference to the Tory platform, notes, “We know about income tax cuts for the wealthy. They play havoc with health care, erode our children’s education, and create homelessness, pollution and social inequality.”

A group of protesters dogged

the Canadian Federation of Students Ontario and the Ontario Teacher’s Federation have,indicated that they till employ strategic voting tactics to attempt to ensure a Tory defeat. In employing strategic voting, these organizations will vote either Liberal or New Democrat, depending on which candidate has a better chance of defeating the Tory in each riding.

Federation of Students President Christine Cheng says that the Feds Uwant students to make their voices heard by their votes,” but added that the Feds will not be supporting any particular party or candidates during the campaign.

“The Feds have always been pro-education. Whichever candidate or party that they feel is doing the most for post-secondary education, [students] should keep that in their mind when they vote?

As for what they will be doing during the campaign, Feds VP Education Veronica Chau will be working on an information campaign to inform students on the education policies of all the candidates. She will be helping students to registered to vote in the election. Also the FEDS will be trying to raise student interest

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f I only had a brain. . .”

Remember the scarecrow from the Wizard of& singing those words? Well, it seems that some people over in Financial Services know the tune. UWFS apparently took a trip to the magical realm of Oz to seek the Great Wizard, and instead of a brain, were given a 19 per cent tuition increase, Let me start out saying that first, I can’t object too much to the tuition increasesif we don’t like it, we can leave. Second, I have no problem with the concept of paying tuition prior to returning to classes, nor with the late fee system as it stands. Third, I don’t believe in the Great Waterloo Conspiracy, which states that everyone is out to get the students.

That said, the case below appears to demonstrate an appalling lack of intelligence.

The reason fee statements were not printed until after April 6 was because tuition wasn’t set until April 6. Imagine my surprise when I learned that, under the system implemented last fall, late fees began April 27. Having dealt with Canada Post all my life, I made a quick phone call to the Post Office and was given a quote of 5 to 10 business days to send a letter cross country. Let me see if I can still do a little of that math stuff: 10 business days x 2 letters (theirs and yours) = 20 business days; 20 business days + min. 3 weekends = 26 days; April 6 + 26 days =M@ I would submit to UWFS that I have just proved (in three lines) that through circumstances beyond our control, the school is potentially forcing students to pay iate fees. I have no idea why it was such a hard fight to convince them of this, but as it stands now, all contentious situations “will be considered on an individual basis? So,ifyoufeelyouhavebeenassessedlate fees unfairly, fight it. And if you can’t win, take it to the Feds, who can help further the cause.

In retrospect, 1 don’t buy that, under the Great Conspiracy, the whole situation was

planned to squeeze more blood money from the student stones, It just makes me wonder whether anyone over in Needles Hall realized what was going to happen to the students.

If they thought about it, they would have. Which leads me to two possibilities: 1) someone in UWFS did think about it and realized what a tremendous potential cash cow they had stumbled upon; 2) that financial services should take a trip down the Yellow Brick Road and ask the gentleman waiting at the end to provide them with a brain.

As a solution, I would challenge the Board of Governors to institute a policy making tuition due a set period (say, five weeks) following the mailing of the statements.

Then, there can be no confusion on the part of the students about when tuition is due, and for the school,

well, the earlier statements are sent, the earlier * the fees will be paid. It a!1 seems so. . .symbiotic.

The end result for the future? Who knows?

Our Provost has said the school is in the process of implementing a system under which you can pay tuition at any registered banking institution by any method you choose, What does this mean? Well, for one, it means we’ll be able to pay easily. But, in the land of Oz, perhaps it also means an extra ten business days before they have to mail our statements.

Let me give the O&es some free advice: before the new system is phased in, put on your Ruby Slippers, click your heels together three times, and repeat three times after me: There’s no place like home.

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n reflecting on my four-and-two-thirds years here, I’ll share a few words of wisdom with the undergrads who will languish away more of their lives here.

Over the years, my fees have increased from $1,8 00 to just under $3,000 a term here.

I think of what I could have done with the extra $3,000, and what value that increase has given me and the accounting comesupshort.

UW has a hard enough time maintaining services with new revenues, let alone actually improving the university.

Increasing the quality of education is not an argument for deregulation - maintaining the mediocrity, a terrifying prospect, seems the reality.

How can students stop the decrease in funding? The CFS protest approach doesn’t work and the CASA lobbying approach was shown to have little impact (with the Millennium Scholarship Foundation being recently marginalized).

The only solution would be electing a responsible government, Canada was founded on that principle, but has, yet to achieve it. Students should work to ensure that responsible government is realized.

Learn the difference between good profs, bad profs, and incompetent profs. Good profs teach you things you didn’t know before. Bad and incompetent profs make you forget the things that you already knew; the difference is that incompetent profs can’t help it. Incompetent profs can be educated. If you laud their achievements and help them understand their deficiencies, UW has a chance of holding onto its reputation.

I have yet to see the benefits of UW’s

reputation.

Plenty of graduates don’t have jobs. Uw’s fallen behind on co-op jobs, especially in internships and extended placements.

UW can’t house its undergraduate population and seems uninterested in trying. Despite recent studies showing class size does matter (as reported earlier this year in the Gazette), UW still crams hundreds of students into a lecture hall, The only thing the UW reputation seems good for is justifying deregulation (Dr. Kalbfleisch, VP-Academic and Provost, was quoted by the Iron Warrior saying that “People judge quality by price”).

Our reputation shouldn’t be a matter of convenience; it should be a matter of pride, and efforts should be made to improve our reputation.

If you’re in a technical field of study, take a course on the impact of technology on society and consider what’s being said. Think about what you’ll be doing in society and what effects the products you develop will have. Be socially aware and informed.

Oh yeah, and vote more often.

Get involved.You won’t fail out. Although you might not make a huge impact on UW, it will make a huge impact on you.

-David Haigh Mechanicu~ Engineering

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veryday, I do something that’s bad for the environment.

I drive my car. I throw away plastic spoons. I use four squares of toilet paper instead of two. And the list goes on. Of all the things that I’ve done though, nothing quite measures up to my iatest mistake.

At about this time last year, I applied for the Shell Recruitment scholarship that is available to engineering students at UW. The problem was this-1 got it. All $2,000 of it.

I accepted it without a second thoughtknowing in the back of my mind that Shell had been accused of gross environmental damage in Nigeria.

I also knew about the horrible reputation that the company had developed as a result of staying silent when human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed.

The more I thought about the issue, the more it bothered me. Here I was, a self-purported “envirionmentalist” accepting money from a corporation that has indiscriminately polluted in the waterways of poorer countries, and left formerly fertile agricultural areas entirely uninhabitable.

My conscience was shouting ‘hypocrite,’ but my skimpy student budget was fighting back hard.

That same week, Imprint reported that the Senate of the University of Victoria had voted 2547 to turn down an offer to establish a $2,000 Shell scholarship.

Senators were concerned with human rights and environmental abuses practised

by Shell Oil, specifically in Nigeria.

At this point., I decided to revisit my decision. It occurred to me for the first time that I could choose to reject the scholarship.

Not being one to jump to conclusions (especially when money is at stake), I wanted to be able to justify whatever decision I would eventually make.

I called up a Shell representative to ask for more information.

I probed websites on the issue. I spoke to Amnesty International.

I read the Shell information package.

I provoked discussions with friends to get at the issue from all angles. I watched a BBC/ Greenpeace documentary on the issue.

Through this process, She11 acknowledged that it had irreparably damaged the Nigerian environment.

The companyi has stated that it has restructured its processes to reduce environmental damage and that it has also made attempts to rectify the mistakes of the past.

However, Owens Wiwa, a spokesperson for the Movement for the Survivaf of the Ogoni People (MOSOP-Canada) and a relative of Ken Sara-Wiwa, continues to express his concern at Shell’s continuing corporate negligence.

Shell insists that its new corporate vision emphasizing environmental and social responsibility isgenuine. The Ogoni people think that it’s a slick PR job. Short of going to Nigeria and verifying both sides of the story, I didn’t know what else to do.

I realized that a rejection of the money could potentially have negative implications for other corporations wanting to set up scholarships at UW. I also knew that I wouldn’t be able to accept the money in good conscience after learning all that I had about the issue.

I gave the money back. So now, I am a broke fourth year student, scraping my way through school. All I am asking you to do now is to think about how this university handles scholarships, and for that matter, any other corporate or community funds.

At UW, the Senate is the body that makes these decisions. Are Senators aware of where this money originates?

Does this university accept offers indiscriminately?

By accepting these funds, is this institution indirectly condoning their practices?

If we students don’t speak up, who will?

I gave up $2,000 to make a point. I hope you decide to do something about it.

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elcome back everyone! All of ourAction Groups participated in some form of public education or social/environmental activism in the winter term and hope to continue throughout the summer.

Many of the groups came together with the PACP (People Against Corporate Power) group to fight the tuition hikes. They held a Tuition Forum for discussion and presented a petition to the Board of Governors.

Alas, to no avail!

Food Not Bombs met weekly and served free food in downtown Kitchener every Saturday at 1p.m. Donations of food and drink and community support for this work has been much appreciated.

They plan to continue with thisschedule throughout the summer months.

Amnesty International have continued to send letters in support of political prisoners.

They developed several displays for information and letter writing as well as organizing events with guest speakers.

A couple of new groups have formedRadio WPIRG can be heard weekly at 5 p-m.

Mondays on t)le university radio CKMS FM 100.3, Students Against Sweatshops have organized to work with simi1ar groups in PIRGs across the province. to be a big topic of Air quality continues concern.

The Excessway 7 project has been busy with public education around the environmental impacts of the proposed new Highway 7. Just this week the group shared a stage with David Suzuki and the new pre-election

OntAlR io Campaign.

The campaign has been developed by the Sierra Club of Canada, the Suzuki Foundation and the Toronto Environmental Allliance and more information is available in our office. Air quality work will continue throughout the summer as we watch and wait to see if our local smog indicators reach the all time highs of last summer.

Our Recycle Cycles project will be open for business very soon. If you like workingwith bikes this is a great opportunity to work in the community with a project that is celebrating its fifth summer.

As well, this summer the project will partner with the Working Centre in downtown Kitchener where a permanent location for the shop will allow bike restoration to continue throughout the winter months.

On Wednesday, May 12 atSp.m.,WPIRG will host an Information Meeting where you can meet student activists working on the issues described above and many more, Also featured this night will be a video showing of “McLibel: Two World’s Co1lide.”

This is a documentary of the inside story of the single father and the part-time bar worker who took on the McDonald’s Corporation.

The trial has gone down in history as the biggest corporate PR disaster in history. The Internet website about the tria1, “McSpotlight,” contains over 20,000 files about McDonald and McLibel and has been accessed over 65 million times. Check it out at www.mcspotlight.org.

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bjection: Science is the only field of inquiry in which there is knowledge.

A claim is true or reasonable to believe if and only if it is a claim of science. Philosophical claims don’t make the grade.

Reply: The above thesis/objection is known as ‘(Strong Scientism” (hereafter, SS; no Nazi overtones intended). In today’s and next week’s Apologia, I will present three reasons for thinking that SS is neither true nor reasonable to believe.

Reason # 1: SS is self-refuting.

A claim refutes itself when it includes itself in its own field of reference, but fails to satisfy its own criteria of truthfulness or rational acceptability.

Consider the following self-refuting sentences: “All English sentences are less than three words long” (yes, count’em); “I can’t speak a word of English” (spoken); “There are no truths” (an alleged truth).

Now, consider the following claims of science: water consists of hydrogen and oxygen; gold is soluble in aqua regia; the universe began at the Big Bang approximately 15 billion years ago; living things evolved from nonliving things; after 1,620 years approximately half the radium atoms in a given quantity of radium will have transmuted into radon atoms; energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.

Okay, so why is SS self-refuting?

Answer: Because SS is not a claim of science yet SS asserts that claims other than the claims of science are not true or reasonable.

What, then, is SS? SS is a philosophical claim.

Whereas claims of science are nonphilosophical first-order claims, SS is a secondorder or meta-claim, a claim about the claims of science.

In other words, SS asserts that the set of true or reasonable claims is exhausted by nonphilosophical first-order claims such as the above-mentioned claims of science; however, because SS is not a member of this set (SS describes this set “from the outside”), SS is neither true nor reasonable.

In other words (again), the SS meta-claim logically implies that no meta-claims are true or reasonable to believe; so if the SS meta-claim is true, then the SS meta-claim is false or not reasonable to believe; hence, SS is self-refuting.

Next week: two more reasons for thinking SS is neither true nor reasonable to believe.

(Please keep in mind that I’m only criticizing the philosophical position called Strong Scientism; I’m not criticizing the discoveries or practice or importance of good science.)

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A damn fine thing. Breathing and living, two really good things. Personally, I really enjoy that symbiotic relationship between breathing and living. And I am rather shaken by the thought that breathing is quickly becoming hazardous to my health.

Apparently, w : ar_e on the crest of an air quality crisis and the Ontario government is unwilling to do anything substantial about it. Simply put, the basic problem is the dirty air that is propelled by current conventional economics which places nature as an externality.

This is the message the OntAIRio Campaign delivered to the audience of over 700 at the Clean Air Forum, organized by WPIRG, held on May 4 at the Kitchener Collegiate Institute.

The David Suzuki Foundation, the Sierra Club and the Toronto Environmental Alliance have joined forces to form the OntARio Campaign. The Campaign is focused on drawing attention to air quality issues during the provincial election which will be held on June 3.

As a scientist and a broadcaster, David Suzuki encourages the public and politicians to look beyond the election. The issue of air pollution, according to Suzuki, allows us to confront more fundamental issues such as what life is really about. The fundamental questions environmental issues tend to provoke are beyond the scope of traditional macroeconomics: why do we equate economic growth with progress and how large can the economy grow?

Suzuki used an analogy to explain the predicament we are in. It seems we are all in a car, driving 100 km/h towards a brick wall -and we

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are fighting about where to sit. The people yelling to put on the brakes, those questioning our conventional concept of progress, are locked in the trunlc.

At the forum, Suzuki said, “Nature can’t deliver the rate of return we are asking.” How much would it cost, on an annual basis, for humans to deliver natures’ services? Of those services we could replicate, Suzuki says it would cost 33 trillion dolJp$s.

The annual GDP of all countries is only 18 trillion dollars.

Smog issues are particularIy important to Kitchener as the city had

the worst air quality in the province for three days last summer. And with the possibility of a new Highway 7 between Kitchener and Guelph, it is expected that the increase in commuters will worsen the problem.

Micheal Parkinson, a local activist and WPIRGer, told the audience that the new highway 7 wil1 “carve through the only things we know that clean our air?

The Forum made it clear that the Government, and each individual, must take responsiblity for their actions. Nature is winded. And pretty soon we will be too.

pathy. It is a word commonly used at this university; it means some students just don’t care. This could be true since your tuition just increased up to 19 per cent and although many of you complained, few of you actually did anything about it.

Although the word “apathetic” doesn’t describe every student on this campus, it should cause you to think about your priorities and what you have done to contribute to the UWcommunity.

I am not saying that you should drop your school work and volunteer all day; rather, I challenge you to find a balance. Find a balance between your wish for a better university, your studies and sitting on the Bombshelter patio with a group of friends.

So what can you do to find a balance and help break out of the apathy that exists on this campus?

Get involved!

There are numerous opportunities within the Federation of Students and other groups on campus where you can spend a short time each week to help improve student life at UW. Join a club. Volunteer for the Food Bank. Coordinate a focus group. Help organize a forum during the upcoming provincial election. Write for Imprint.

As you walk through the SK, Vl and CPH you will see poster boards that list volunteer opportunities. If you are interested, fill out a formand hand it into the Feds office in the Student Life Centre - Room 1102.

If you are not sure you are ready to make a volunteer commitment, come into the office for one hour to meet the Exec, staff and find out what the position is like - with no

pressure to take the job. If you like it, you can join a great team. If not, at least you know a little bit more about what this campus has to offer. Find a balance.

If you have any questions or want to know more about how you can get involved, contact me at 8 8 8 4567 ext. 3780 or email me at fedvtAn@feds.uwaterloo.ca.

Have a great term!

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dent&xvingStudents.” Ytistime to give the; Feds a facelift. Part of uur plan is to increase awareness of the Federation,n Cheng> P&dent tion of Students.

said Christine of the FederaThefogo~hange provides us with an excellent opportunity to involve students in promating their student government,” As part of the search, students will be de to submit their design.

The final decision will be made with student input.

En addition to the logo change, students may also alter the colloquial name if they so choose. It is the opinion of the Feds Buard of Directors that the acronym “FEDS’ often has a negative connotation and some peopfe even link. the name to the Federal Guvizrnrnent,

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Walking into McDanalds, you are immediately hit with the smell. If it is desirable, you will undoubtedly pIace an order. You may be hesitant at first, and just buy a drink, You might sit down with this beverage while watching others eat their meals and think to yourself, “They are so daring . . 1 no one knows what’s really in that lOO per cent all beef patty or why that sauce is so special. n You may beheve that others are courageous for ordering their meal after only one trip to the counter. What if they don’t like it?

What if, while they are munching away on their Arch Deluxe, they peer over to someone inhal-

ing a Fishwich with great gusto and think, “Damn! I wish that could be me! n Or, better yet, “Damn! I wish I was your lover!”

But food cannot replace a person. The scent of the object of your affection is way more satiating than a Big Mac. And nothing quenches your thirst like a kiss from a true love.

But just like ordering the unknown, The Big Extra, you never really know what you are getting yourself into when you start seeing someone, You don’t know until its over and you switch to Burger King that McDonalds had the best tasting meal for under five dollars around!

You don’t realize until he or she is out of your life that you shouldn’t have asked to hold the pickles. You should have accepted him or her, dripping sauce and all, Take it or leave it.

And do we really think that ordering a Happy Meal

will bring us happiness?

Some feel that finding a partner will automatically shift usinto a world of bliss.

Like the desirable smelJ of food when you’re hungry, if you are really desperate for a date, you will devour him or her faster than you would if you had happiness on your own. This usually results in your unwilling object running away fast, or a premature physical fling. It’s kind of like throwing away the Disney toy of the

week - you wish you had gotten the cookies instead!

We all wish finding a mate could be as easy and as readily available as fast-food. But do we really want it fast? Can it be that great if you get it pre-packaged in two minutes flat?

What about extending the shelf-life - I like to think that relationships last longer than mayo under heated lights. Don’t you wonder how many other times this meal has been ordered and taken out?

Love would be great if we could just tastetest a little of everything on the menu. I’d like to thk I know what I want.. . maybe a full meal deal to go. Maybe once or twice a week, prepared just the way I like it.

But instead the next time I walk into McDonalds, I bet I’ll get a shake to go and see you there, sitting alone and hesitantly sipping away on your straw. . .

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It was hosted by the Citizen’s Advisory Air Committee on Air Quality (CACAQ), a group who works with the community to improve air quality and reduce the impact of air pollution on personal health and the environment.

Introductory welcomes by the CACAQ chair, Alida Burret, and Joan McKinnon, Mayor of the City of Waterloo Council Chambers, began a series of speakers and events.

Speaker Ken Ogilvie of Pollution Problem stated that the greatest problems occurred because “20 per cent of the fleet is emitting 80 per cent of the pollution.”

The release of the Clean Air Plan for Waterloo followed the presentation by Ogilvie. Short term strategies of the Clean Air Plan include adopting or enhancing a %reen Fleet” policy to ensure all fleet vehi-

20 per cent of the fleet is emitting 80 per cent of the pollution cles and equipment are maintained at peak efficiency; regular emissions testing on all fleet vehicles; reducing the emission of volatile organic compounds during sunlight hours; developing incentives to encouf age municipal staff to u’se public transportation and car pooling; and increasing and improving walking and cycling routes to reduce vehicle use.

One key goal of the Clean Air

Plan is to develop a municipal reof air monitoring and the mobile sponse plan on Smog Alert Days to Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzers reduce and prohibit certain activities ’ (TAGAs). A TAGA is a specialized air such as pesticide spraying, use of gasomonitoring vehicle used primarily line-powered equipment, street for real-time detection of pollutants, sweeping, refueling vehicles’during tracking down pollution sources, daylight hours, road resurfacing&id identifying odors and supporting operation of crematoriums. emergencies such as chemical spills Smog, caused by a combination and fires. of sunlight, high temperatures, low Data obtained by these mobile air movemetit and burning fossil fuunits is used for health risk assessels, is harmful to all living things and ments, abatement programs, judicial can seriously harm people who are proceedings and in publications. ill, those with heart or respiratory problems, the elderly, and young children.

Rick Day of the Ministry of the Environment explained the details of the Drive Clean program to Imprint.

Phase One of the plan is currently underway in Toronto and Hamilton. When fully implemented, it willcutsmog-causing pollutants by But can 1ride your Magic Bus? up to 22 per cent in the program area. The program is concerned with The buses are equipped to give helping individuals make intelligent continuous readings of local air qualchoices about the way they maintain ity in terms of smog-causing pollutand drive vehicles. Driving clean can ants such as carbon monoxide, nitrosave the average car owner up to 10 gen oxides, ozone, sulpher dioxide per cent in annual fuel consumption and inhalable particles.

They also and ‘prolong the life of the vehicle, have the capability to monitor for More importantly, however, it will airborne gaseous mercury, sulphur improve the air that everyone compounds, volatile organic combreathes. pounds, and the equipment to colDay explained the importance lect meteorlogical data while moni-

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Imprint took an in-depth look at the versatile text editor to see how it fared in the real world.

Many of BBEdit’s features are geared towards web developers people who write in HTML and JavaScript.

BBEdit has floating palettes of web-safe colours and HTML entities (such as accented characters},

syntax colouring for HTML and JavaScript, HTML verification, a customizable tool bar of tags and a graphical table generator.

The HTML syntax colouringwhich allows you to make hyperlink <A> tags red, comments blue and graphic <IMG> tags orange - is

for later use. You can search in multiple files at once; you can specify what folder the files reside in, what types of file they are, and what the files are named or labeled as.

When editing text, BBEclit’s status indicators tell you your current line and cursor position and whether you’ve modified the current file since you last saved it, both handy things to know. You can open dozens of files at once and compare two similar files, a

The time BBEdit will save you is well worth the money helpful, but limited. Coiour is a useful visual aid for writing and debugging web pages, but BBEdit should take this further, and allow you to colour, say, font tags, differently than paragraph tags, i la Cold Fusion.

The table generator is helpful, but it displays tables too differently from Netscape and Internet Explorer to be useful as a preview tool.

BBEdit’s find and replace feature is extremely robust and powerful. It allows you to search for regular expressions and save grep patterns

boon if you’re collaborating on a project with others. BBEdit also keeps track of recently opened files, allowing you to quickly make changes to a file you just closed without searching for it on your hard drive.

The syntax colouring isn’t limited to HTML: it also recognizes C, C+ +, Pascal, Per& Tel and Java, among others. Programmers dealing with long files will find the ability to instantly jump to any function a significant time-saver.

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There are only seven such air monitoring-buses in North America.

Three are located in Ontario, operated by the Ministry of the Environment. These include the TAGA Pioneer, in use since 1987, the TAGA Explorer, active since 1991, and the new mobile air monitoring vehicle, unveiled by Pollution Probe’s Toronto Clean Air Fair in June of 1998.

At a cost of about $2,400,000 each, Day described the air monitoring buses as Yaboratories on wheels which require two PHDs to operate?

John Merrit, one of the scientists on the monitoring bus in Waterloo, explained to hnprint that the greatest achievement of the stations is the “ability to make accu-

rate measurements in real time.”

Niels Jensen Parrish commented that although “airpollution creates prettier sunrises and sunsets,” it is a wide problem in society which needs to be dealt with through health-based motivations.‘He stated that there is %o acceptable threshold for ozone exposure” and that there is, unfortunately, no magic bullet to solve the problem.

Rather, there is %o one solution, but currently implemented solutions.n Parrish emphatically declared

systems will find BBEdit’s ability to save text files in Mac, Unix and DOS formats helpful.

Another handy BBEdit feature is its built-in ftp client. This allows web developers (and students using Wnix systems here at UW) to edit files on remote systems in place. That is, without downloading or re-uploading them. Perhaps BBEdit’s most powerful feature are its plugins. Dozens of third-party utilities are available, including ones tliat indent code and sort and number lines.

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that the car was the “sacred cow of America” but that cars are a priviledge, not a right. He explained the progress of the Drive Clean Program and that there was a 9.7 per cent decrease in emissions from 1978 due to pollution control technology.

The 4,500,OOO vehicles being tested are, in his own words, “attached to the posteriors of voters.”

Driving clean can save the average car owner up to 10 per cent in annual fuel consumption Parrish stressed the concept of LCact locally, think globally,” and the importance of the awareness of international politics, getting involved in national politics, economics and businesses to increase the awareness that most of the problems being faced stem from lifestyles and culture. “In some areas, u he said, “We need to dramatically improve our performante.. . [by] concurrently working at all levels, recognizing what the good is and making a commitment to getting it done. n “Use less, burn less, make less emissions,” he said, Yt’s good for the environment-what’s not to like?”

The Air Quality Festival was successful, although not overly busy.

The exhibitors were quite varied and enthusiastic.

Those particularly memorable were University of Waterloo’s own WPIRG, who presented their humourous Action Theatre and Waterloo Citizens Green Committee, who were promoting their Dande1ion Festival to be held in Waterloo Park on Sunday June 6.

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ally ho, chaps! Art thou ready for some great sporting action in beautiful England? If so, then yours truly has a special treat for you. Yes, gentlemen and ladies, from May 14 until June 20, the World Cup of Cricket will enthraI1 all fans of the game through a series of one-day internationals.

Now, one may look at this article and ask, rcJust who is involved in this World Cup?” -Worry not, weary readers, for Imprint will enlighten thee with the same style that has won many accolades.

Actually, the first question that may rear its ugiy head is the old standard, “Why are you even covering cricket in the first place?” Well, over the years, cricket has grown into an international sport that now has forty member nations involved.

Also, the games are quite entertaining, especially if you have six to eight hours of spare time (procrastinators, take note of this!).

Attendance for a series or a test has been quite high over the past ten years, especially in India, Pakistan, England, South Africa and the West Indies. This year, the World Cup of Cricket will attract more than a billion viewers for this tournament.

Granted, thisis not t’he World Cup ofAssociationFootbal1, but then, what is? And now, the groups: Group A: Tough Competition for the Hosts GroupA consists of four strong teams and a couple of African teams who are on the rise. Indeed, this may be the most interesting group in this tournament.

First, there is the host team from England, led by Robin Arnold Smith, a great batsman and bowler who was the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1998. As well, Alec James Stewart and Michael Andrew Atherton will provide power and grace to this English squad. Alas, it will not be easy for England.

India has a strong side with Mohammad Azharuddin (Sportstar’s Sportperson of 1998) and Vinod Ganpat Kambli providing pivotal roles for this former colony.

South Africa will also provide a challenge for supremacy in

this group with solid batsmen Wessel Johannes Cronje and Shaun MacLean Pollock.

Unfortunately, there is an untimely distraction from Makhaya Ntini, who was convicted of a very serious crime on April 23 and has lost his spot to Alan Dawson.

Finally, Sri Lanka has a pair of fine bowlers in captain Arjuna Ranatunga and Pinnaduwage Aravinda deSilva. Marvan Samson Atapattu will give Sri Lanka extra help with offense.

Finally, we have Zimbabwe and Kenya, t&o teams that do not have the experience of the * other four squads, yet could cause havoc if the circumstances are right.

Zimbabwe has a relatively young team, with Eddo Andre Brandes and Henry Khaaba Olonga demonstrating the future of Zimbabwean cricket.

Alistair Douglas Ross Campbell will provide le>dership for this squad. As for Kenya, Steve Ogomji Tikolo and Maurice Omondi Odumbe will be the guides for this rookie squad.

Overall, thisgroup will be very competitive, with the hosts doing well. However, this group will belong to India, especially given their latest results. Going through to the second round will be India, South Africa and England.

Prediction: 1)Ihdia; 2)South Africa; 3)England; 4)Sri Lanka; 5)Zimbabwe; 6)Kenya.

Group B: A Tale of Two Divisions This group consists of the powerful and the minnows of cricket.

Let us begin with the,more powerful teams, Australia is a longtime member of the International Organization of Cricket and thus, this nation has delivered fine cricket over the years.

This year should be no different, with Darren Scott Lehman leading the charge for another title. As well, Stephen Rodger Waugh and Mark Edward Waugh will provide elegant stroke play and good bowling.

It will be very tough to beat Australia.

However, Pakistan will provide the Aussieswith spastic fits. The stalwart of Pakistan, Wasim &ram, will drive the Pakistani squad onto victory. But Akram is not alone, for his arsenal also consists of Moin Khan and Azhar Mahmood.

These two teams are the cream of the crop in this group.

The West Indies are another powerhouse, but they have been struggling as of late because of Courtney Andrew Walsh’s retirement.

But give credit to the West Indies, stars like Philo Alphonso Wallace, Stuart, Clayton Williams and Shivnarine Chanderpaul have tried their hardest to replace Walsh. If they are patient and can bowl good games, then Australia and Pakistan should be cautioned.

New Zealand, meanwhile, is a competent team whose lineup is boosted by 19 9 8-19 99 New Zeahnd Cricketer of theYear Nathan John Astle. Also, Chris Zinzan Harris and Stephen Paul Fleming will give the fans solid and exciting performances.

And now, we present the minnows.

Bangladesh may have been East Pakistan once upon a time, but neither their roster nor their performance reflects its sister in the West. The captain, Aminul Islam Bulbul, will try to keep the Bangladeshi squad competitive.

Helping Bulbul will be Mohammad Khaled Mashud Pilot. However, do not expect much from this team, except to beat Scotland.

Scotland may be a power at football (either American or Association), but they are not much to look at in this sport. John Angus Rae Blain will be the opening bowler and Stuart R. Kennedy will give his opponents all that, they can handle.

Unfortunately, the boys in Tartan will not fare well in this tournament.

Here is hoping that my ancestors will forgive me for the above mentioned statement.

Prediction: 1)Pakistan; 2)Australia; 3)Wesc Indies; 4)New Zealand; 5)Bangladesh; @Scotland.

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Swan’s prediction for the final: Pakistan defeats India, goes to South Africa.

The first match will be on May 14 at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

This match will feature England and Sri Lanka. So enjoy the action, everyone.

Watch the games with a boiling kettle of tea and a plate of oranges, for there will be plenty of highlights from all the matches,

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he Varsity Hockey Warriors held their year end award banquet March 3 0 to cap a successful season, The team reached the OUA West final.

Veterans Joe Harrisandcaptain DanMundell were awarded the MVP and Heart Award, respectively.

Rookie of the Year honours went to Brett Turner, who finished second on the team in scoring. Rob Maria received the Coaches Award for his season long contribution to the team.

Sean Fitzgerald was awarded for his super year, receiving the Leading Scorer and Most Improved Player awards.

The team also recognized graduating players for their contributions to the Warrior Hockey Program: Josh Cressman, Joe Harris, Darryl Kraemer, Rob Marie and Dan Mundell.

The team also thanked assistant coach Jamie McKee for his important contributions to the team. Unfortunately, he is Ieaving due to other full time job commitments. ’ The Warriorswish coach McKee and all graduating players rhe best success in their future endeavours.

Registration for Spring 1999 Campus Ret is back in full force! Things haven’t slowed down at all this summer, so come take advantage of the many services and programs available from Campus Ret! If you are tired of sitting around and looking for new and fun ways to keep active this summer, Campus Recreation offers the Summer Active program.

All you have to do is be physically active for 30 minutes/ day, for four days a week, for two weeks (May 20 -June 3).

You have plenty of time to get in shape so you’ll. be in peak form!

Campus Ret provides the log book to log your activities.

At the end of the two weeks, submit your log for a chance to win an in-line skate package, as well as being eligible for other prizes, including bikes and clothing!

Be creative with your activites and take advantage of the summer weather. Be sure to sign up for this exciting program at registration.

Instrwtional Registration To register for a Campus&c Imtnrctimzl Progrmn you first need to pick up your time card. Time card tickets are available for pick up between 8: 15 - 11: 00 am Tuesday, May 11. You will not be able to register for a program without a ticket.

Registration will be held onTuesday May 11 and Wednesday May 12. For a list of available programs, see the Campus Recreation Guide book pages 1 1 - 25 You can pay by cash, cheque or Watcard Flex dollars. Campus Ret is eager to hear any ideas for new programs or comments on existing ones!

Just contact one of the CR Coordinators.

League Registration-onedayonly Get your teams ready, because league registration is fast approaching.

Team registration will be held from 4:30 - 8:30 pm on Monday, May 10.

Have your entry form with captain’s information ready for registration.

Roster entries can be made on-line at www.athletics.uwaterloo.ca/camp~~h~.

New Individuat Registration If you want to play on a team but cannot find enough people for a complete team, you can register as an individual before noon on Monday, May 10.

Individuals must also attend the first captain’s meeting or send a representative.

For more information see the Guide pages 29-32.

LockerRegistration YoucanrentalockerfromthePACforthetennforonly$lO.00 if you go to the PAC before May 14.

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Dixie Chicks: Ruling the roost creaming young fanswithcowboy hats of eve ry colour was what I expected to see at Massey Hall in Toronto on April 22 but this was not the case. In fact, the people at the concert ranged in ages from six to eighty and it was clear that the Dixie Chicks are far from being the Spice Girls of country musk Grammy award winners, the Chicks provided the audience with an amazing concert.

With their guitars, violins, mandolins, I * . . . Dixie Chicks’ banjos, dobros and Mines, belts explosive vocals, the Chicks rocked during this concert.

Opening for the Chicks was comedian Jimmy Flynn, a man known worldwide for his Canadian jokes.

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Canadians in general, the crowd ww kept laughing for the entire hour, momentarily forgetting the real reason everyone w&+ th iere: to see the Dixie Chicks. .

After a short intermission, the crowd was kept waiting for a good twenty minutes to see the band. The anticipation and the chants of “Chicks!” were not even enough to bring the ladies out.

But when they did finally make it on’ stage,thethunderous aplead singer, Natalie .

1 plause that it out iiToronto. greeted them proved that the fans quickly forgotthey had been kept waiting.

The Chicks performed songs from their recent album, Wide Open Spaces, as well as some new songs that will be on their new record, due out

any time now. Chart topping songs As the Chicks rounded up the Chicks created a show that proved to like Tide Open Spaces,” “You were show, one of the young fans jumped be worth the money. Needless to say Mine,” and “Let ‘er Rip” got the the stage and grabbed tightly to the Chicks’ show was unbelievable concert off to a flying start. New Martie for a long hug. it took security for any fan of music and the encore songs like “Sin Wagon” showed that a few seconds to realize that someperformance of “I Can Love You the Chicks really do have an evil side. one was on stage, but by then the girl Better” had the crowd yelling for With lead singer Natalie Maines had let go and was rejoicing in her more. The talent of these three ladies divorcing after just 18 months of hug. The Chicks were surprised by is a combined talent that has shown marriage, the other Chicksclaim that this response from the crowd and the country world that, while they she is writing the do have pretty best stuff ever. faces, no one can Helping pass them by beNatalie with the cause of their tallyrics is ‘Emily ent.

Erwin, who also If you hate plays the dobro, country music, then banjo and acousI will suggest just tic guitar as well one song for you to as helping out listen to and that is with vocals.

“Wide Open Emily’s sister, Spaces.”

It is the Martie Seidel, Chicks’ proclaimed rounds out the anthem for young trio with her people and a song amazing fiddle that everyone can and mandolin relate to their lives.

Kate Schwass playing, and Watch for Sisters Emily Erwin and Martie Seidel round out the group. strong vocals. their new album The audislated for release ence varied in age, but all knew that Natalie said, “Canada is the first place some time this summer, and watch the performance they were witnesswhere we’ve ever had anyone rush for their upcoming appearances on ing was one of explosive talent, and the stage! ” this summer’s Lilith Fair tour. This that these Chicks would be left to With the spicy lyrics, quick wit tremendous trio is going to rule the mature outside of the hen house. and excellent back-up band, the roost for a very, very long time.

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Dave, everyone hears a lot about Graham and Damon’s side projects, what about yours?

DR: I have all sorts, none of them music related. Marriage.

And I do a lot of computer animation and I fly planes.

Graham’s artwork on the cover of the new album looks like part of it *has been done with a computer.

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Blur stuff. Do you think people are getting this impression because they really don’t know a lot of the aider Blur stuff?

different from what everyone else was doing. The record company was saying it was commercial suicide. You know, %s a band you are finished.

You will never work again.”

But it picked up the mainstream cerminly in Britain, changed what was happening in pop music at the time.

Y&remarried to a Canadian.

Are you told that the U.S. is re&y different than Canada?

DR how exhow actly Do you care touchy Canaabout commerdians are when cial success? they’re reDR: You can’t ferred to as completely turn Americans. your back on’ You’re plugged commercial sucinto America cess because its the same way commercial sucEngland’s cess that pays plugged into Mike Kee the bills.

Eurooe, Iknow GC: I think muit’s nbt a popuClockwisef~mtopleft:MikeKee,GrahamCoxon,andDa~Rowntree. sically, we’re in lar thing to say the same place - and maybe that DR: People were saying the same in Canada, but I find the people are took a couple of albums to happen things around the time of Parklife. very different. butIthinkBIrrrhadalotofdoorways Whenyoulookbacknowitseemslike developed with that record that obit was a mainstream poppy album.

A lot ofpeople are talking about how viously brings us into 13.

At the time it came out it was so the album is a departure from other * .~

Are you guys enjoying yourselves more with these albums?

GC: I like playing it. It’s a lot more responsibility playing this album. If you’re not feeling emotionally strong when you walk on stage it can be quite scary to play because you think, God, we’ve got to put ourselves through all of that stuff and sometimes the idea of that is frightening.

What about working with Wdliam Orbit?

DR: It’s a good idea. He’d never worked with the band at all so he was feeling his way forward just as we were feeling our way forward with hiin GC: Yeah he did some really nice remixes for us and we thought that this guy, he’s insane, obviously really bright and a wizard so it’ll be interesting even if it turns out rubbish.

A lot of the recording was just getting inside outside sound wise. A lot of atmospheric and stuff like that which can be put into different machines and computers and things and jammed over and over again. That’s probably why the intensity is like that. We didn’tlimit ourselves. We’re making some pretty appalling sounds on that record.

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raig Cardiff and Andrew Vincent performed to a packed crowd. Vincent and Craig Cardiff, whose styles contrast a great deal next to one another, alternated for four sets. Cardiffs calmer, more mellow music was more appropriate in setting the intimate mood for the evening when he opened the first set.

Cardiff played guitar & sang. His husky, but light vocals were full of expressiveness and as a talented, pop singer he could out sing Vincent.

In comparison, Vincent prefers to entertain the crowd with his wit. Vincent’s music1 inevitably cannot avoid making comparisons to big names - is comparable to the Bare Naked Ladies. Vincent is probably hiding much ‘of his talent behind his witty lyrics. Many of his lyrics included allusions to other songs, such as Simon and Garfunkels’ “Me & Julian,” and allusions to Rosco Pica Train, the clueless, red neck cop that scrambled under Boss Hog’s feet, from ‘The Dukes of Hazard.’

Andrew Hunter (bass) joined Andrew Vincent in their own version of Paul Revere by the Beastie Boys, with a special effects tape in the background which provided a grainy, rough edge to their song. Hunter’s predominant, funky riff, together with Vincent’s phrenetic, repetitive singing, “I’m on the run” proved just how muchvincent enjoys doing his own thing.

The third set featured Craig Cardiff again,

depth to his more mellow, pop songs. Craig dedicated UPleasure King” in memory of Tom Murray, who used to play with them, and who recently died of a heart attack at age 4% The fouth set - Vincent back on again described how he was inspired to write a song by a piece of wood that reminded him of a boy’s limb. This inspiration was reflected in his comical lyrics, “Grandpa badan uccicmtltrippedund brokeb~hip~~be~~limbrolledonthesbore.. .”

Although many of Vincent’s songs are humourous, he tends to have the undivided attention of the crowd whenever he calms down and gets into more subdued songs like “Mr. Submarine” -a song about a guy working at Mr. Subs who wishes the girl he likes would be able to see him beyond the job he does.

For a unique, exotic sound they took out the didjeridu, a traditional Australian aboriningal instrument which they used it suit theirstyle of music. The didjeridu is a drone instrument that plays only one note; but to add color, the player has to change the shape of their mouth to modify the energy of the harmonics (comparable to the way we form vowel sounds).

The didjeridu added to the various, busy sounds thrown together that was almost programmatic; with the tape playing in the background, and the predominant, repetitive bass riff had an the effect of a jungley soundscape.

Unfortuately, most of the crowd left right before the best part of the evening when the band played improv.

Cardiff displayed his breadth of musicality, when he unabashedly took out the accordian. He habitualIy switched between playing the accordian, then over to the acoustic guitar, and then the harmonica.

Vincent and Cardiff demonstrated impressive depth of music style and skill. Both will be touring across Ontario this summer.

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The public can drop in and view Ward’s work at the Reflecting Studio whenever they wish. For more information concerning art workshops or the position itself, call 741-2661.

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love for wrestling with art. While he says the work was important to him, Ward also commented that the exhibition was a sort of %Iosure” and that he needs to move on from wrestling. The newer works are more abstract, with general impressions of buildings and places rather than the more defined images that marked ThesgUure Circle. The new works also contain references to the passage of time, embodied in stick-number found on the classic jail

Marshall Ward.

After applying for the position in October, the 27 year-old Ward was acclaimed to the position in April. He has since moved into the Reflecting Studio, a small studio space located to the left of the City Hall fountains.

Ironically, or perhaps appropriately, the artist’s latest series deals with downtown Kitchener.

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Switchblade Symphony was experiencing a rather reserved night.

Their energy from past shows was seemlingly missing as they played with a decisive lack of enthusiasm.

Perhaps it was the venue . . . ? They were regulars of sorts at Lee’s Palace for the past few years. They also seemed to be Play ing the same songs, genera 1 1 y those from their newest albums st?lpt?ntine Gallery and Breadandjum forFrances.

There was a great deal swinging, dread-waving and ing enthusiam towards the their set but it was obviously for the crowd appeared to be for Frontline Assembly.

of hair a growend of in vain waiting

FLA began their set with an impressive display of . . . lights! This was followed by great billows of smoke sent into the audience. Most of their set was comprised of their newer material from Fhvour of the Week and Monument with some older tracks fromMiZZenium and Corroded Disardet: Unfortunately, the acoustics at the Phoenix left something to be desired. From the front, they sounded great; sitting on the balcony, they sounded more iike a mash of guitars and electronic noise. Their sound was a great deal harder than I would have expected from the amount of Frontline Assembly CDs which I have hungrily consumed over the years,

home and resort to listening to my CD collection again.

However, I am glad I had the opportunity to hear one of my favourite bands in person just so I could say that I was there and realize that the comfort of my home is often a

pleasers and the vast majority were excited and then, satisfied at the conelusion.

Well, I wasn’t overly impressed.

Between the combination of lights, smoke, too many people and the lousy acoustics, I was ready to go

better place to appreciate my music.

Kudos to Bill Leeb and company there was a reason you left Skinny Puppy in the 80s. Keep plowing on for all your gothic and industrial fans so they can enjoy your music for many years to come.

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“Go”. Away Listening to the movie soundtrack for Go, a few things cross my mind . One: Natalie Imbruglia would be most effective beneath a Mack truck. Two: having not seen the movie, I am puzzled and slightly curious about Sarah “of Avonlea” Polley as a law-breaking, drug-chucking punk.

-A movie soundtrack needs to f&ii some quality requirements asboth a soundscape for the film and an album by itself.

The different artists should be thoughtfully, intelligently combined.

Go just piles some good bands over in a corner, hoping something cohesive and original will come out, Nope.

The manipulative sound folk stuck No Doubt’s UNew” right at the top, hoping to fool people into thinking the rest of the songs would be recognizable as well. DJ Rap, Fatboy Slim, Esther0 - all good, but no hits here. And what’s worse, no artistic unity. A couple of cute boppy tunes, but nothing that’s going to incite any

remixes, generic chase sequence stuff and a whack of decent, if somewhat repetitive acid jazz, and you have some adequate adolescent party background noise, Or, I suppose, adolescent movie noise.

If Imprint had a star rating system, I’d give Go a couple of little faint ones. One might be about to go super- nova, and you have to squint to see them ‘cause there are clouds, and actually, it might just be a plane.

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This said, I am still intrigued to see the movie, and I didn’t exactly puke on myself listening to this CD. I personally liked Len’s “Steal my Sunshine” and Eagle Cherry’s Eye “Shooting up in Vain.”

My little brother got a kick out of Jimmy Luxury and the Tommy Rome Orchestra’s “Cha Cha Cha” remix.

Throw in some miscellaneous

Straight out of British Columbia comes one of the most original blends of music I’ve heard in a long while.

Think swing/iazz/blues with a heavy Roaring Twentiesfeel combined with Moxy Fruvous-esque vocals, accented with a dash of political humour 3 la Air Farce and you’re left with The Molestics.

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ville house on fire.” Yes, this stuff is quirky, but definitely worth a listen.

Musically, they’re tight (despite the fact that there are moments on the CD where they voice-over their own playing and openly comment on how badly they’re playing to get a few laughs).

The band consists of the standard guitar, drum and bass combo with a trumpet and sax added in to add the jazzy feeting, Their playing is tight and their music is very catchy, but enough of their musical abilities, on to the most important part of this review - their songs.

These guys are funny. I mean, with songs about poaching bear gall bladders outside of the local WalMart, how can you go wrong? Now, before the animal rights activists among you get offended, rest assured that they are not condoning theactivity,butrathermakingacomical attempt at portraying the pathetic life of a person hawking what he thinks are gall bladders.

Other songs such as “Manitoba Minute” deal with the scorn of an exboyfriend set to a cheeky bossa nova rhythm.

And finally, &Genuine X” tells the true story about the folks down at NASA that thought they’d shoot a rocket full of plutonium into space and hope it wouldn’t come

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While swing is clearly coming back into fashion .> you can’t accuse The Molestics of riding the retro wave.

They truly have developed their own quirky style and should definitely be given a listen.

I’ll leave you now with a quote from the back of their CD and a divine mission to go forth and hear the hokum that The Molestics have created: “The annaIs of Jazz history provide the modern Hokum artist with much fertilizer.

For the Hokumophile, The Molektics keep the torch of Corn burning.”

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Fans of Damon Albarn may be thinking this would be an interesting pick-up since Albam can usually come up with some interesting stuff. This album is primarily instrumental, which again may interest Albam fans but sorry folks, this is not what you are expecting. continued

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It is nothing like what he’s ever written before. The album is good, but totally not what one would expect when the cover of the album screams Warnon Albarn” at passers-by.

Let me not dismiss Michael Nyman however, who co-composed, handled the orchestrations, and conducted the orchestra.

Albarn, although he contributed greatly to the actual content, contributes mostly here to sales with his name embtasened on the front for all to see.

Although some may be disappointed in the music, they really shouldn’t be. Put aside that it is a member of Blur co-writing these pieces and just take them at face value.

This is a solid attempt at period music for a period film that is more than easy listening.

journey beg202 was full of surprises with its diverse soundscape; the songs range from avant-garde to bluesy jazz, yet they are connected together beautifully by Cate Friesen’s arresting vocals. The themes on the album range from travelling to memories of Mennonite ancestry. Based on American and Canadian poetry from Miller, Shari Wage and Donna Bukhart, the liner notes indicate Miller actually altered her poetry as they rehearsed!

The first set of pieces, “I Have Been a Traveller,” caught me quite unexpectedly with its avant garde, almost native sounds, as I was expecting jazz. (Carol Ann Weaver is, after all, a jazz instructor.)

These songs are woven with earthy undertones and evoke nature’s harmony, at the same time hailing its ever changing beauty in the cyclic seasons.

The song “Wild Goose” captures essence of the great space and solitude of the goose’s migrating path, and in this song, one can almost visualize the remote, delapidated, empty town the goose is flying overhead. Friesen’s vocals in “Wild Goose” sound like

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the voice of Mother Nature; confident, omnispresent, wise, yet versatile in its cyclical, transient pattern.

“White -Tailed Deer,” in its lyric style, contrasts sharply with its upbeat, rather choppy, repetitive melody.

In “Always Autumn” the migration theme winds down to closure as the lyrics describe the wild goose flying back south.

In the set of pieces entitled “Houses,” Weaver provides back-up vocals to Cate. These songs are soothing with their melodic vocals seamlessly blended, reflecting the peace of mind that the poet’s fond memories of Mennonite ancestry and familial bonds evoke for her.

In the fiHousesn set of pieces, Friesen’s story-telling is nostalgic. This story-telling demonstrates Friesen’s capacity for different genres. In other pieces such as in <Music of Wonder, ” which features pounding African drums, Freisen’s vocals have an aggreswe, raw, commanding edge.

All the music on this album is composed by Weaver, who is the head of the UW Music department.

Her musical interpretations on the lyrics tastefully compliment the spirit of the album’s diverse themes such as, self-searching, strong female familial bonds and the life-cycle.

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