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percent of our students are in favour of non-smoking,” iioted VP Student Issues Jason Risley, who was

staff

he air in the Bombshelter and Fed Hall should become noticeably less smoky this term as a Waterloo region by-law comes into effect forbidding smoking in public places. The ban encompasses restaurants, bingo halls, public facilities, places of amusement and bars. At their December fifth meeting however, Federation of Students Students’ Council decided to apply for an exemption to this by-law, which would allow them to permit patrons to smoke at both on-campus bars. The 18-4 decision was accompanied by a prevailing sentiment among councilors that going non-smoking was a good idea. A committee was struck by council to determine at which times the Bombshelter and Fed Hall might allow smoking (if the region grants the Feds a by-law exemption), with the caveat that a majority of days should be non-smoking at each establishment. “After hearing back from the councilors, it seems that roughly 75

Council felt is was better to have student control over smoking regulations. not concerned that a by-law exemption, once granted, might be used to generate profit by offering smoking facilities to local smokers looking for somewhere to go. The Feds received word lace on Tuesday that the exemption would be granted. The Feds were elgibile to apply

for the exemption because they can be considered a members-only eslablishment, and meet a list of specific critera. The criteria Doig mentioned were that: they have a paying membership, an elected executive, a constitution and not-for-profit status. Doig felt that the winning argument at the student council table was that it was better to have student control over the smoking regulations at student establishments rather than have them dictated by the Waterloo Regional Council. Student Councilor Matt Pippo, one of the members of the smoking regulations committee, agrees. “The consensus reached was that most councillors wanted to retain control, and believed that the desires of the minority group (smokers) could be most fairly met by having a singled ‘smoking night’ on an off night (i.e. not Bomber Wednesdays or Top 40 Saturdays etc.) such as Monday or Tuesday,” reported Pippo in a letter to the UW Daily Bulletin. Student Council agreed that until the exemption is received, the Feds should comply with the new

Maclean’s notes UW’s rising stars KATE Imprint

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ot only is the University of Waterloo one of Maclean’s top ranking schools, the magazine has now included five Waterloo students in its annual “Faces of the Future” issue, The “First Issue of the Twenty-First Century” includes the top 100 young Canadians to watch and includes two UW alumni and three current students. There are seven categories in all: Artists, Innovator, Givers, Risk-Takers, Thinkers, Activists and Competitors, and Waterloo has students in the Innovator, Giver and Thinker categories. Diane Cameron and Kate Hoye are the first Waterloo students on the 1,ist in the “Innovators” category. With the help of four other group members Kate and Diane created gynecological examination equipment that better suits the female body for a systems-design engineering

course. Once the course was over, Kate and Diane perfected the design of the equipment to be more comfortable for the patients and efficient for doctors. Together they have also created their own company, ERGyne Technologies Group. Diane is currently studying for her doctorate in civil and environmental engineering at Princeton University in New Jersey. Kate remains at Waterloo where she is currently working on her masters in systems-design engineering. Shaun Chen, a first year engineering student, is in the “Givers” category for his on-going community leadership towards helping young people “handle the divisive issues of racism and sexism,” according to Maclean’s. S haun has worked with the ScarboroughYouth Council, helped co-ordinate the first Toronto-area Breaking Down the Barriers conference and has won over $5,500 in scholarships.

Twins Jack and Mark Nowinski, also first year electrical engineering students, round out the Waterloo group in the “Thinkers” category. According to the article, the brothers created their first software program at six years old and have gone on to win almost every national and international science fair competition tha.t they have entered. Their latest invention is an electrocardiograph that hooks up to a borne computer and maps the heart’s signals. If there is an irregularity it will contact a doctor or hospital via the modem attached to the computer. The brothers dream of “owning a large firm that designs everything from integrated circuits to medical devices.” The “Faces of the Future” were chosen after the magazine invited readers to nominate people under the age of 30 who “have made an outstandingcontribution to the world around them.” The magazine is on newsstands until January 17.

bylaw. Bombshelter Manager Steve Simanski told Imprint on Tuesday all ashtrays had been removed from the Bomber and that all patrons will be told not to smoke. Also, if complaints are made, patrons who decide to light-up may be asked to leave said Simanski, although he noted that fully

decision turns cloudy ROBIN

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small controversy arose this Wednesday as some students were surprised to walk into the Bombshelter and find patrons smoking. The surprise was due to a new Waterloo region by-law which came into effect on January 1, prohibiting smoking in bars. The decision to allow smoking at the bar cake following the announcement that

The Feds were el@ible to apply for the exemption.

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by-law on Tuesday. policing

each patron would require hiring too many more staff.

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to Josh Doig, VP and Finance for the

According to the by-law, bar owners are not required to police smoking inside their own establishments as long as no-smoking signs are posted and no ashtrays or other encouragements are in the bar, The job of policing the by-law falls to by-law officers who are empowered tb hand out fines which would start at around two hundred dollars and climb from there for repeat offences. “By-law officers aren’t the police,” reminded Simanski and they may have difficulty enforcing this new measure. Simanski does, however, expect to see them in the near future. “I assume they’re out there, so they should be by,” he said. Many students that Imprint spoke to were in favour of the Feds approach. Fourth year geography student Andrea Kelly and fourth year science student Todd Coomber, both non-smokers, felt that the Fedsshould apply for the exemption. While Kelly felt that if there was profit to be made by making all nights smoking the Feds should go for it, Coomber felt that an exemption should only be used for special events.“If they have the opportunity to apply for the license, [they should] make the money,” remarked Kelly. The Feds seem poised to do just that, as long as they have the support of the student population. “It’s all about listening to the student voice,” said Risley, “and hopefully you’re doing that properly through the student councilors. *

Feds,“We were to remainnon-smoking until we got the exemption, and then decide which days will be non-

smoki.ng.” Some student councilors, however, felt that the intention of council was quite different. “They were supposed to wait for the committee’s decision,” noted Janna Hickson, an Engineering councilor present at the Bomber on Wednesday. “I believe it was made clear that if we got the exemption, there would not be smoking on major nights,” stated Arts councilor Mark Schaan. According to Bombshelter manager Steve Simanski, the decision was made to only ask patrons to stop smoking if complaints were made. Doug Haidner, the supervisor on duty at the time told Imprint that, “ashtrays are in an open area and people can freely grab them,” explaining why there were ashtrays on many of the bombers tables adding, uwe should have put them away.” The Bombshelter isn’t the only location to find controversy surrounding the new smoking by-law. Several students reported seeing ashtrays out at Fed Hall on Tuesday night, and there were also reports that there was a lot of smoking at the Fox&Pheasant on University Avenue on Wednesday, where people were using creamer bowls as ashtrays. Just what will come of this new by-law is likely to be uncertain for

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etters have been sent and the cash is in the bank as the first disbursement of Millennium Scholarships have been awarded. The more than 70,000 awards have been awarded to students who simply had to apply for a student loan. The loans were granted in each Canadian province except Quebec. Norman Rydell, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation, said in a savvy phone interview with Canadian university media, the scholarships reflected “a $215 million investment” in Canadian post-secondary educa-

try. Due to intense political bickering, Qukbec has not yet reached a satisfactory agreement with the Foundation. Rydell said, “it’s very difficult to talk to someone who won’t talk to you.” However, there is still hope for Qubbec students as the Foundation has placed “no deadline on negotiations.” The battle in Quebec ragesover a number of issues including control, savings and duplication. The Quibec government feels that the Federal government is once again intervening in an area of clear provincial

The program will continue to commit $2 15 million each year for the next 10 years.

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jurisdiction. As well, there were squabbles over logos and who takes credit for the program. The Foundation stated that “the problem with the Government of Quibec is that we require a clear, verifiable agreement that the scholarship will provide a clear additional benefit” which the Govern-

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he Federation of Students lost a substantial piece of business this month when the Village Community Outreach Campaign (VCOC), decided to move their annual Village Charity Ball out of Fed I-Iall to another location. The decision to move the event falls on the heels of a series of complaints about the quality and service of Feds catering at a recent event at Fed Hall. According to Alyson Wofoshyn,

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one of the VCOC executives, the committee wanted to have the event at Fed Hall, but were unsatisfied with the prices offered to them and not confident in the meal that they were going to get. Anyone who wants to hold a banquet at Fed Hall is required to use Fed 2 la carte catering. Rather than use Fed catering, VCOC has chosen to have their event catered by UW catering, who Woloshyn feels can offer a significantly better meal at a lower price. “They don’t have the resources,” commented Woloshyn, referring to I’ tne location of tne r eas Kltcnen ana lack of qualified staff to draw on as ’

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to the Feds improving their service. The offer that VCOC received from the Feds quoted a one meat, regular service meal between one and two dollars more expensive per plate than the buffet-style, two meat meal offered by UW catering, which according to Woloshyn provides much more in the way of options. Woloshyn and the VCOC executive were already concerned about the quality of food and service that they might receive, but their decision was clinched after they were I’ ’ aisappointea witn tne perrormance of Fed catering at December’s resi1

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it”, said RydelI. The Foundation is currently “making representations to the Government of Canada to not make any money on scholarships by not taxing them,” while also highlighting the Canadian Alliance of Student Association’s efforts on the same front. Rydell shrugs off complaints that the savings felt by provincial governments with the increase in student aid and the decrease in student debt will not be felt by students. Rydell says the provinces were forced to sign an agreement that “[they] will commit to reinvest money to programs that will benefit [students].” Rydell noted that the Foundation is equally concerned about the usage of saved monies and that the Foundation was “quick to call” the Ontario government after reports that Mike Harris would break this promise to balance the budget. The Millennium Scholarships wit1 continue to commit $2 15 million each year for the next 10 years. Rydell feels the schoIarships are rra work in progress” and that they will continue to add to original research done by David Smith and Human Resources and Development Canada to ensure the scholarships will be of the greatest benefits to students.

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ment has been unable to devise. Other concerns have also been raised by student groups as to the benefits of the scholarships. By using current needs-assessment systems the Foundation has taken the risk of using what many believe to be a failed model in aid of giving more scholarships. The Foundation’s Executive Director is quick to point out that needs assessment “isn’t perfect,” but that the Foundation would “rather take an imperfect needs assessments systerns and give out more scholarships”

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dence appreciation dinner. After the dinner, Woloshyn wrote a strongly worded letter to the Feds expressing her concerns about the event. In the letter, Woloshyn cited poor service, including long service times and no water at the table, as one of her key concerns. “I think it’s more inexperience,” said Woioshyn, referring to the difference in service between the Feds and what VCOC expects to receive from UWcatering, commenting, “they don’t have the same type of skills.” Feds VP Administration and Finance Josh Doig is not convinced that all of VCOC’s concerns were well founded. The quality of the meal, according to Doig, was more a function of the low price requested by the Residence Life department than the abilities of the Feds catering staff. He also commented that while there were some complaints about the service at the meal, the overall service was okay. He acknowledged that there may have been some bad service at the meal and added that “those tables were probably the tables where the decision makers were sitting.” According to Leanne O’Donnell, director of Residence Life at the University of Waterloo, the feedback she received after the meal was mostly negative. O’Donnell added that the complaints about the Quality of the event have been consistent throughout the time that it had been held at Fed Hill. “It’s upsetting when it’s an evening that we put on to thank our volunteers,” she

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or most of the world, Y2K came and went without a hitch as the nuclear expiosions and power failures we were all waiting for failed to materialize. An informal poll of numerous university organizations failed to turn up any bugs. Representatives from Housing and Residences and Human Resources both noted that their systems went throughrthe rollover without a single problem. “Everything went off without a hitch,” proclaimed Pat Barlow, Systems Administrator for the Federation of Students. Central plant foreman Bernie Hanley reported that “everything went smoothly.” Plant Ops had engineers posted in the boiler room at the turn of the millennium to ensure that nothing went wrong. Less happy were the centralcomputing systems, with watserv I and potentially other older machines upgrading a two digit year of “99” to a three digit year of rcKK).” Accord-

ing to The Daily Bulletin, the UW bookstore’s Booklook systems began identifying copyrights by pasting a “20” before two digit dates, thus listing copyright dates far into

these problems were minor. The data was not used for calculations. Stephen Markan from IST was unaware of any non-trivial problems currently affecting the university, but notes that the current absence of problems doesn’t mean we’re past the bug yet. “A lot of machines that didn’t make the rollover were manually pushed past them and won’t register this year as a Leap Year. Wait until February 29.” Martin Timmerman, Group Director for Production Support at IS?’ praised the work done by his department in preparation for the big day. “We were well prepared,” he said, c(and we expected what happened. Timmerman also reported almost no activity, although the department did have to correct some trivial problems, including a problem with data entry at the registrars office on Tuesday. On a more humbling note, Imprint’s computer systems seem to be having issues with e-mail and avariety of other problems that can be attributed to “some kind of goofy date thing.” Fortunately, if you can read this, it can’t be all bad.

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s the new millennium and the Winter term begin, it is time o look ahead to the Federation of Students elections. Nominations are now open and will close on Wednesday, January 12 at 4:30p.m. Nomination forms are available at the Feds office. This year, elections are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, February 1.5 and 16. Christine Cheng, the current Feds President is enthusiastic about the upcoming elections. “The elections are an exciting time,” she said.

Feds will be trying a new online voting “They are a time when a lot of system on a limited basis. discussion is opened up and a lot of A smaller facthe issues important to students are .. ..,, ” ” ,. ,, -Ik..., brought out in the open. It is a fun ulty will be al‘p I‘ii lowed to try vatand exciting time.” Jn light of the General Meeting ~~@‘~.x~ .,” ing online, and if o&$~+~ ‘, ‘GL.,,,* _‘. the test goes well, it held on-November 25, there will .‘~‘.,p will be expanded to only be four exec positions: Presi#P-y;+- x&b-‘::” dent, VP Administration and Fi~t.<*,~,.,::“: all OfCyoP;;;;yol; Y$*.. nance, VP Education and VP ‘++%yF,, $2 .:i... ‘chxl.a@,, forms are also available Student Issues. The VP Stufor the 25 Student Coundent Issues position will cil and 7 Student Senate be an amalgamation of positions at the Feds office. the current VP Student In order to qualify for the poIssues and VP Intersitions, entrants must be full-time, nal positions. undergraduate students at UW. This year the

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remarked. O’Donnell also commented that since moving the event to Fed Hall in 1997, the department had tried a number of different pricing structures, including cheap and expensive entree’s. The complaints however have remained the same. Asked whether she might consider moving the event out of Fed Hall she replied, “based on the feedback of the students, and the consistent feedback I’ve gotten from my Dons, I’m seriously considering a change in venue. n Woloshyn is in full agreement with O’Donnell on the topic of Doig’s response. “I don’t understand how you can justify that,” she said, referring to Doig’s comment, Uhow can you accept mediocrity?” What this all boils down to, for Woloshyn, is the possibility that perhaps the Feds shouldn’t be in the large-scale catering business at all. “They want to make ago of something that just isn’t

working,” she concluded, although she added that, “on a small scale, they can handle it.” Doig was not surprised to hear these opinions. “Since I’ve been in office, that’s been a big controversy,” he said. Doig pointed to excellent letters of reference from Ernst &Young and Home Hardware, who had a very high-priced menu at their event, as evidence that the Feds can make it work. In order to improve service at Feds h la carte the Feds have just put corporate chef Marc Villeneuve in complete control of catering events, as opposed to the split-control structure that was in place at the time of the residence appreciation event. Doig has also instituted asystem to track losses incurred by the Feds in the act of offering “good will” pricing to campus groups. This tracking system will provide better information on which to base decisions about the viability of the catering business that the Feds offer and will give the

“ability to food service to provide more flexible pricing.” Doig feels that the compromise pricing that the Feds offer events like the residence appreciation night can sometimes makes the Feds appear less professional than they are. “It reflects badly on us sometimes,” he observed. Overall, Doig is disappointed that VCOC is moving their event away. “It’s very unfortunate,” he said “it would have been nice to have them here.” He and the Feds staff remain committed to trying to make the catering business work. “Overall, we’ve improved a lot,” he added.

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rofessot Reinhold Schuster, of WV’s civil engineering deP partment and school of architekure, was presented with the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by Wiprecht von Treskow, Torontobased Consul-General of Germany. Aceremony and reception were

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held in Needles Hali to mark the presentation. “A major reason for him being honoured was his ongoing work on the Braunschweig program,” said David Burns, former dean of engineering at UW, pointing to an exchange between UW and the Technical University of Braunschweig, which sends students from Waterloo to Germany and vice versa, “Rather than simply being an administrator,” Burns told Schuster’s friends and admirers, “he put a lot of emphasis on the non-academic side, the cultural and social sides.” He is famous for encouraging visiting German students to see as much of Canada as possible during their stay and each spring he leads a bicycle tour of the surrounding countryside. While UW is a partner in more than 100 international exchanges, the Braunschweig is one of the largest and oldest, having been developed in 1979 by another civil engineering faculty member Professor Jerzy Pindera, now retired. Schuster founded the annual “German Banquet” for all UW German exchange student visitors and their hosts, as well as playing a major role in creating a newsletter at Braunschweig for students who have, or are interested in participating in the Canada exchange/The whole point of the exchange programs,” says Burns, “is to break down barriers,” which Schuster has managed to accomplish for over 15 years. UW president David Johnston said the university is grateful to have Schuster involved in this important exchange-student activity.

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t seems odd that we now end the dateline on our cheques or day-planners with the numbers 2000. The year is here, in spite of all the hoopla and fanfare that marked its opening day. Perhaps more significant than the numbers themselves are the fresh slate they create, the renewed energy we have the opportunity to give to making our world a better place. In the paragraphs below are some suggestions and possibilities, regardless of political preference or background, that could ensure that this century and this millennium are the century for all people - all around the world, The year 2000 might well have been a cash-cow for computer chip makers and for the makers of fireworks, but that hardly means that it should simply become an anti-climactic year of post-Y2K burnout. The year 2000 presents us with the unique possibility of feeling renewed and refreshed in our quest to improve the world around us. It was in November of 1989 that the House of Commons unanimously agreed to “achieve the goal of eliminating poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000,” Unfortunately, we have hit the year 2000 and the goal is far from attained. In fact, Campaign 2000 has stated that the rate of child poverty in Canada has risen from 14.5per cent in 1989 to 19.8 per cent in this year. The year 2000 should be the year that we combat child poverty by implementing earlyeducation programs, cutting taxes on lowerincome households, and finding sustainable jobs for Canadians. Perhaps then we can help not only the 463,000 more children in poverty since 1989, but every Canadian child. No less significant is the fact that our world has seen 37 armed conflicts in 32 countries this year alone. And while the number of armed conflicts is decreasing globally, the effects of the raging wars are still pervasive. As Project Ploughshare’s Armed Conflict Report has stated, “a conservative estimate would be that deaths are at the level of several thousand per week, the vast majority of them civilians.” The last available totals (from 1996) show that the U.S. spent no less then $9,525 million arming the Third World. Canada, while paling in comparison, provided $200 million in arms for less developed nations. The year 2000 should unite us in Chad, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Uganda, Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, Columbia and so many others to work for peace. The year 2000 should be the

year we aim to repair failing human relationships. This year we should strive, as Oscar Arias says, to put uhuman development before human destruction,” The list could go on and on. Our hospitals and personal care homes are filled with a record number of people who need to feel the warmth of human friendship; our wards are filled with disease-ridden people who need compassion and happiness. Our streets are filled with people whose mental illnesses require healing, whose luck has gone bad, whose jobs have been lost. Let us together pledge to make these our collective goals for the new year.

Each new year marks a time for resolutions and new decrees but the year 2000 grants an even greater opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start anew. Let us make this the year, the decade, the century and the millennium of the personlet us pledge to heal our society’s wounds and work together to find workable solutions to age-old problems. The path to reconciliation is long but perhaps the greatest gift the year 2000 could bring and my greatest wish for this year is renewed hope for the world

and often lasting bonds are formed. Volunteerism in university does more than create instant friends and social circles. It gives people a base from which they can envision their own future contributions to society beyond the standard work and family ones. Volunteerism has become an integral part of many people’s lives, fostered during a political climate of cutbacks and funding shortages. In a time when the cash may not always be there, organizations such as charities are relying more and more on people who give of themselves out of the goodness of their hearts in response to a certain sense of social responsibility. A give and take society relies on people’s learned ability to offer help when others need it. By catching the volunteer bug earlywhile still in university - students learn the value of

their contributions and get a chance to feel out exactly where and how they want to concentrate their efforts, Not only does this help teach a certain sense of social consciousness, it also prepares people for what may be asked of them and what they may likely have to ask others for some time in their future. So if you haven’t done so yet, consider letting the newness of the calendar give you a push and getting out there and hooking up with a group of like-minded people who share even just one common interest. The experience will broaden your social and maybe even professional horizons in countless ways, and will undoubtedly make you a greater contributbr to society in the future. The possibilities are endless.

around us. - Murk A. Scbuun 3NPcditicul

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new term, a new year, a new century, a e~‘millennium. And with all this comes, of course, a new set of possibilities. I started at Imprint in the middle of last November, and in my short time here I have learned a great deal. I came in full of ideas and optimistic enthusiasm and that energy was met head on and often surpassed by the dedication of the volunteer staff, The capacity of full-time students who give of their own time and energy in the volunteer sector on this university campus never ceases to amaze me. Student associations, spirituality groups, hobby clubs, political and social awareness organizations: they all rely on volunteers to furth,er their cause and keep them going. People are connected with new friends who share their common goals and interests

linda o. nagy

conceptions

Foolish To the Editor,

t seems that any discussion about abortion winds up involving a debate about the precise moment a fetus becomes a “human” - after that, it’s not cool to kill it anymore. Well, did you know that most of your physical characteristics are determined at conception? It’s true. And fetuses start responding to stimuli after only a few short months. SO, obviously, you’re human long before YOU pop out of your mother’s womb. But forget about the fetus. In fact, your genetic makeup, which we now know is responsible for a large part of your appearance and personality, is determined by your mother and father. In fact, long before you are conceived, your mother and father are a walking Uy~~” just take a random combination of their genes and there you are. And if something happened to either of them before you are conceived, who knows what would happen to you, the unborn baby. The parents-to-be are a walking menace to their future unborn children! Imagine what would happen to that poor, unborn child, so helpless, not even conceived yet, if its mother or father went on a dangerous trip, got sick, or gasp -got depressed and committed suicide! Forget the abortion debate. Forget protecting fetuses. What we really need to protect is the truly defenselessunconceived children! I propose that everyone who may one day have children be kept under constant and careful medical scrutiny. Any ,behaviour or actions that might harm the future unconceived child should be immediately stopped. The future parents should be carefully watched for depression and illness lest they go and get themselves killed, murdering their innocent future baby as well. The murder and injury of the unconceived has gone on too long, We as a society must recognize that the unconceived have the same rights as all humans do. We have to take action now to protect these helpless future babies from their reckless parents-to-be. -Simon

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n “Re-evaluating our Violent Culture,” appearing in the final Imprint issue of 1999, John Swan concluded that the week’s white ribbon campaign was a wasted effort because violence is inevitable in humanity and, unless all violence iseliminated (by eliminating humanity), we cannot expect to end violence against women. This viewpoint perturbed me for two major reasons. Firstly, he treated violence as some kind of instinctual part of human existence, and thus, pointless to try to eliminate. He also treated violence against women as a sub-category of the

greater genre of ‘violence,’ instead of a beast of another kind, which is what it is. I’d like to first say I don’t believe in the inevitability of anything. Part of this inevitability may be created by gross misinterpretation of the Golden Rule, Evidently, Mr. Swan, you don’t believe in the Golden Rule. The Golden Rule states, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto YOU." If someone harms you, you do not return the injury. Following the Golden Rule, you would attempt to be kind and civil to this person. What you believe in is more like the Code of Hammurabi: “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Even if something is ‘inevitable,’ why should we be so complacent? Don’t walk into the inevitable; get dragged kicking and screaming. The article seemed to promote the philosophy behind the quotation which made me lose all respect for Confucius as a thinker: “If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it. n I found it notso-ironic that this attitude would prevail in an article trivializing the plight of women in a “Violent Culture? The other thing that bothered me is that John Swan’s article appeared in direct response to the white ribbon campaign. He could have reevaluated our violent culture any old time, but the fact remains that it was a direct comment on the “intrusive” campaign advocating the end of violence against women, Intrusive? Couldn’t get a moment’s peace due to people constantly pestering you to wear a white ribbon, John? Was the inclusion of how Eve caused us all to get kicked out of Paradise necessary; Mr. Swan? Remember: the Kble is just a story-a good story that is very influential, but also a story that was partly written to oppress women. Also remember: Eve didn’t do any killing. Our good buddy Cain started all that. Sure, some violence will probably exist, but to condemn efforts to try to end violence is absurd. Violence may be human nature, but is killing? Is rape? Is domestic abuse? Alderaan, the planet that goes %a-boom’ in Star Wars, was presented as Mr. Swan’s only solution to the problem of violence, but any Star Wars fan knows that Alderaan was a peaceful and idyllic land before it was blown up by Darth and Co. Mr. Swan, your article was nothing more than an excuse for moral weakness, and it hardly seems fair to compare any other kind of violence - say a bar fight - with violence against women. When a man is killed because he’s of a different race or sexual orientation, few say he was ‘asking for it.’ When a woman gets attacked and killed because she was walking alone at night, they say she should have knownbetter. AsGloriaSteinem once said, campaigns to end violence

against women are just “trying to raise the level of awareness of violence against women to at least the awareness of racist and Ku Klux Klan literature.” Now what’s wrong with

Socialist

circumstances To the Editor, To the Editor,

he December 3 Imprint featured a letter written by Stephen Young, the VP of the Young Tories, to which I would like to respond. Firstly, let me say that I am a member of WPIRG. I work with one of WPIRG’s action groups, Food Not Bombs, We oppose war and poverty and we give away free food every Saturday in front of Kitchener City Hall. If Stephen considers these and other WPIRG actions (e.g.recycling bicycles, economic literacy, etc.) to be the work of “socialist terrorists” then I am proud to be called both a socialist and a terrorist, One concern of some WPIRG activists, including myself, is the murder of Dudley George. Dudley was shot and killed by Keneth Deanne of the Ontario Provincial Police on September 6,199s. Together with others from the Stoney Point First Nation, Dudley was defending land that was stolen in the 1930s and turned into Ipperwash Provincial Park. In previous Native land claim disputes the OPP chose a strategy of negotiations, but in this case the OPP chose to storm Ipperwash Parkwielding clubs and firing automatic weapons, shooting a N-year-old man in the leg, nearly beating to death Cecil Bernard George, and killing Dudley. To this date, only one person has been charged with this attack on unarmed people. Keneth Deanne, an OPP officer, was sentenced to 180 hours of community service for killing a person. Of course Deanne was following orders, but who gave him the orders to kill? Evidence suggests that the orders for the OPP to confront the Stoney Pointers came right from the top - from Premier Mike Harris himself. At an interministerial meeting, Mike Harris indicated hiswishes through his senior aide Deb Hutton when she said the Premier wants the “Indians out of the park, nothing else.” These directions from the Premier cleared the way for the OPP to beat, shoot, and kill members of the Stoney Point First Nation who were peacefully occupying Ipperwash Provincial Park. Mike Harris is directly responsible for Dudley’s death. Earlier this semester, I approached the Young Tories table at the Feds’ club days. I asked them about their leaders’ role in Dudley’s murder, but they had no idea what I was talking about. Despite the fact that their leader is being taken to court over his role in Dudley’s murder and is directly implicated in the attack, the two Young Tories who I spoke to had no knowledge of this incident. Ignorance is bliss. If I’m wrong, I challenge any of the Young Tories towritealetter tolmprintand defend Mike Harris’ murderous actions. I look forward to the day when we see justice for Dudley George and justice for the family and community that he died defending.

that? -Davin - Evan Munday

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Cbumey

Graduate Student, Urban Planning

t is under unpleasant circumstances that I write an open letter to Elaine Carpenter about some of the unprofessional and inconsiderate acts that have been occurring within the department of parking services this term. I wish to make you aware of the inconsistencies amongst your staff, the number of errors being made by your staff on permits being issued, the uncooperative and offensive attitude of some of the staff issuing permits, the unreasonable lack of leniency of your parking patrollers whom have been issuing warnings and tickets to my guests, and the problem of guests with valid parking permits being issued warnings and

tickets regardless.

iously awaited. -J*Robertson ccmcemdStud&t

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stomachs

To theEditor,

Inconsktencies include: 1. Lots in which guestsare permitted to park - certain issuers of parking. permits insist on permitting a vehicle in one lot only, which is not convenient to the guests nor is it necessary given the number of spots available in all lots. Even if this is to be the procedure, all your staff need to follow it, It is unprofessional and unfair to the guests for some to be directed to a particular lot and others given free range of lots to park in. 2. Price of permits - It is unprofessional and unfair to charge one rate to those purchasing a parking permit during the weekdays and another rate to those purchasing a parking permit during the evenings or on weekends. There is no reasonable explanation for this. 3. Length of validity of permits certain parking staff members have instructed my guests that their permit expires at 10 am o$the “valid to” date and others have instructed my guests that their permit lasts for the day on the “valid to” date which seems to make greater sense. 4. Location of permits inside the vehicle - I was quite rudely informed that one of my guests may have received a warning once because the “permit was not placed on the driver’s side corner of the windshield,” yet the permit itself only specifies that the permit be place “on the dashboard with the ‘Temporary Parking Permit’ side facing the windshield.” Errors includi: 1. Incorrectly entered license plate numbers -resulting in warnings and tickets. 2. Incorrectly entered valid dates resulting in warnings and tickets.

Stufftlttitudes: 1. When questions have been raised about some of these issues, the rudeness that my guests and myself your astomers- have been treated with is unprofessional and unacceptable, The poor treatment of your customers is a bad reflection on your department and on the University of Waterloo as a whole. Luck ofleniency: I. Guests dropping off or picking up residents being issuedwarnings. Are guests expected to pay for a full day’s parking permit to drop off or pick up residents? This creates image of the University

Improperly Issued Warnings and Tickets 1, Valid parking permits are face-up on the dash, warnings and tickets being issued regardless. This is totally unacceptable and I assure you, it is happening. This hashappened to my guests twice this fall alone. How many others are being mistreated this way? For my guests, this has resulted in a warning and more recently an unbelievable $25 fine. Your response t6 these issues including the action you will be taking to rectify these problems is anx-

a very poor

of Waterloo.

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first, even this millennium!but I tend to get emotionally disturbed when I hear.of pets locked in small cages in their own urine and feceswith little exercise, human contact, heat, light, ventilation or food. I reaZ/y get disturbed when these same pets are killed - shooting or electrocution are possibilities I am told - or worse yet, are sent out to be used for experimental purposes after a few days confinement as described. Rare occurrences? In rural Ontario, the la& states that strays be sold to animal research if requested, rather than be ueuthanized,n after the legislated three days interment. Few are kept longer. Costs money. Some of the conditions prior to disposal would turn the stomach of any animal lover. ‘The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated’ [Gandhi (1869-1948)j. Another thing that disturbs me? The way the environment is “going to the dogs.” Hey, what satisfies this guy? Anything? Gardening! The con-

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nection? I am a director of a newly formed, registered charity to do with continued

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aI thesethings. We intend to become a household name, thanks to the Internet. If animal abusebothers you, if the environment concerns you, if you like gardening, check out http: ffm.sadpig.org. We are not sad, and have little to do with pigs. The name is an acronym, designed to catch attention, and appeal to children: our inheritors. It’s explained on the web. Those without Internet accessare invited to write to Sadpig, 920 St David St. North, Fergus, Ontario, NlM 2W3. Together, we can make a difference. Find out how. --BawyT&nbum Director

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here is a widely spread false belief that Architecture constitutes the art of building. This is false.Architecture is a complex field which deals with even more complex matter. What Architects do and how they save our world daily from a ghastly demise is best revealed through the following casestudy. A thorough examination of a scenario which, having asa setting our beloved earth and as content elements that endanger our moral integrity and the National Safety of our Nation, lies in my field of study: the most esteemed field of Architecture. It is daily that we architects deal with dangerous matter and it is only through our resilient criticism and unstraying intellect that we are able to confront such vehement foes. To illustrate the relationship between Architecture and saving the world I ask you, honourable reader, to attempt to project yourself into the reality of an Architect.You have been highly trained by great personalities frequenting the renown contemporary circles of thinkers, critics and philosophers, Your apprenticeship, dwarfing Sisyphus’ torment both in duration and ability to inflict mortal emotional scars, coincides with the years of an ordinary individual’s life that are set aside for romping in the hay if one is from Kansas. One has miraculously survived, and now stands proud in mankind’s foremost ranks defending humanity, liberty, sanity and many other important words ending in the letter tiy” that grace banners and flags the world over.One standstall, awaiting the foe to near. The clouds part, the ; sewers belch and amidst billows of ’ immorality and torrential curtains of ’ disease and mental drought it rears its callused head. There it stands.The greatest danger to humanity known to man and yet, due to its many forms, unnoticed by most. It slithers and looks like vinyl siding daring to imitate wood’s natural grain; Howls and is the mirror image of the stock window that hasnot beengiven more thought than the standard issue mail ’ box or garbage bin. It drools, limps and while evil smells ensue from its barnacled rump, and believe me the thought sendsshiversdown my spine, (long ago deformed by the hours spent in study of this ferocious

beast),

simultaneotisly becumes everything , that is vernacular, grown, spontaneous, organic and alive. In short everything sullied by j the unconscious hand. Picture the ;

grotesque and dangerous reality of a kitchen being installed by a laymen, who in blissful ignorance does not consider the potentially enticing glow of autumn’s evening light filtering through a Zen influenced series of slightly opaque filigrane glasspanels. The sheer ignorance of the citizenwho building his own house does not express conscious thought concerning the pressing issuesof private and public space in subtle grade changes accentuating the “idea of passage,” but, and the bile forms in my throat, dares solve the criseswith the installation of a door! The neighbour who, while renovating, is inspired more by the shape and sizeof the surrounding houses, than by the overpowering, fecund metaphors ensuing from a close observation of ayellow butterfly preparing to alight, or the shaving of the head rituals performed by Mongolian monks in the foggy hours of dawn. Need more be said? How many more dinners will be squandered by idle speech before we realise that as a subject of an architectural setting, we should speak, if at all, in hushed tones of awe? How many more enlightening experiences of entry devastated by an adhoc, obstructing pile of bicycles that have dared resist the elliptical, stainlesssteel bike shed elegantly placed in the rear of the house? The list of similar Crimes against Humanity stretches forever on. The world is a dangerous place. There are many places where patent leather shoes get stuck in the mud, and as many others where the importance of austere designer glasses and accompanying attire of varying shades of black have yet to be acknowledged. As a devoted Waterloo University Architecture student 1 proudly proclaim to combat these atrocities which endanger our neighbourhoods, our perception of a tactile national safety and our glowing pride in possessingbright and shiny objects.What hasbecomeunrefutably obvious to anyone having followed me to this point, the solution to the manifold problems plaguing this planet are only found in the hands of the Architect. To subdue third world hunger, solidify a quaking stock market, and combat increasing difficultiesin finding edible Europeancheeses in local grocery stores, we must first focus on the proper arrangement of physical massin a play of light. -LewisEvans 24 Architecture

Discrimination! To the Editor,

moking sucks and thus the new no-smoking by-law is good. Yes, blah, blah, blah -smokers of the world unite; blah, blah, blahthey have the same rights as anyone else; blah, blah, blah-it’s a form of discrimination. We’ve heard it all before. No one likes to feel asthough their rights and freedoms are being denied, but what about the rights of the suffering non-smokers? There is a bigger picture here than the “you-can’t-tellme-what-to-do” sort of thing that has been pervasive up to this point. The Ontario government enforced a by-law regarding emissions testing for cars.Essentially, if a car’s exhaust system spews a load of shit into the atmosphere, it is deemed a public health hazard and an environmental threat.

Imprint, Friday, January 7, 2000 Therefore, all cars must meet a certain requirement in terms of the amount of hazardous gasesthey are allowed to expel. If a car does not meet theserequirements, then it cannot be driven. Follow me on this parallel. It is common knowledge that smoking is hazardous. Not only is it deadly to smokers, but also to non-smokersvia second-hand smoke. Therefore, smokers are effectively contributing to the release of harmful - even fatal - hazardous gasesinto the air, and they should rightfully be prevented from doing so, Of course, smoking will never be fully banned. But this by-law is a step in the right direction towards protecting the rights of those of us who choose not to willingly invoke a slow, painful and disgusting death. Trust me, I have heard all the arguments from the smokers - my bestfriend smokes.“Smoking can kill you,” I read emphatically from her

own cigarette package. “Yeah, well, so can a car. You could get hit by a car tomorrow,” she replies smugly. In a tone nearing patronization, I inform her of the difference: “True, but I do not go out and play hop-scotch in the middle of the highway,” Here’s another analogy. Say I have an aerosol can which contains a deadly poison that may kill people. Can I go around in bars and restaurants spraying this poison willingly? Is it my right? Or is it the right of the patrons of those bars and restaurants to expect a poison-free night out? If I should sochoose, if it is that important to me, or if I am somehow addieted to spraying this poison, I can do so in the privacy of my own home. As a mora person I would not want to impose my poison on the unsuspecting public. Well, except through my writing. --LiSUJOh?lSO?Z

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Our history and purpose T

wenty-six years ago, students organized the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) to provide themselveswith a vehicle to inform, challenge, and take action on issuesadversely affecting people and the environment. Today, students and community membersare still drawn together through WPIRG in the belief that, together, we need to continue to work towards a just, environmentally-sound and democratic society. Lack of previous organizational experience is no barrier. Through WPIRGyoucanshareideasandskills with others and gain the practical experience you need to be effective in working in the interest of the whole community. Learn more about WPIRG and the following Action Groups at our first meeting of the term, Thursday, January 13th, 6 p.m. in Davis Centre room 1302. Our current Action Groups are: Action Theatre; Amnesty International; Centre for Compassionate Living; Food Not Bombs; Propaganda Watch; People Against

Corporate Power; Recycle Cycles; Students Against Sweatshops; Vegetarians for the Environment, Animals, and Healthy Living; Whitewash; Wilderness Action Group; and WPIRG Radio, What is WPIRG? WPIRG is an incorporated rionprofit volunteer-directed organization with a mandate to research, inform, and take action on issues affecting our community’s well-being. We seek to foster social change that is based on respect, diversity, equality and dignity. WPIRG provides a library, office and staff support to people who share our mission. Ourgduls 1. To motivate civic participation and responsibility by encouraging members and other citizens to become concerned, informed and active in their community. 2. To recognize the interconnectedness and pursue an integrative analysis of social and environmental issues. 3. To respect and encourage local and global ecosystemintegrity. 4. To encourage diversity and social equality for all people by proactively opposing all forms of oppression such asthose based on gender, race, class, sexual preference and physical appearance.

5. To workin a cooperative and nonhierarchical way, employing a consensual decision-making

process and

recognizing the right of people to participate in those processes. WHRG

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WPIRG is funded through a membership levy on full-time undergraduatestudents of $4.75 per term which, if you so choose, is refundable within the first three weeksof the term from our office. Funding, which supports volunteer training, events and projects, maintenance of an office and library, plus two full-time staff, is administered by a Board of Directors elected by the membership. WPIRG is audited annually and reports to its membership at an annual general meeting. The PIRG netwurk WPIRG is part of an international network of Public Interest Research Groups including 10 others baed in Ontario on university campusesand 8 others in the rest of Canada.

visitour+ We are located on the 2nd floor of the Student Life Centre (above the Brubakersfoodcourt),inroom2139. Come on up and get involved

in some exciting plans for this term. You can also coneact us via email < wpirg@watservl.uwaterloo.ca > or visit our website at http:// watservl .uwaterloo.ca/-wpirg.

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is the new no-smoking by-law going to affect your night life?” MarissaFread

2BRecreiztion&Leisure

“The barswill bedraftywith allthe smokershangingout at the back door,” AaronJackson 4AHealtb Studies

“It doesn’tmatter ‘cuzI don’t have a night life anyway.,. I mean,I don’t smoke.” MarkSasiela 2BEnvironment~zlStlrdies

“It’s abouttimethat smokersunite andlobbyfor our right to smoke whereverweplease.” StrulLee 3A Mtb

“I am anon-smokerandI think it will suck‘causeallmyfriendswon’t come!!” JohnBaxter 3A Civil Engimwhg

“No morepassingout at FedHall duetosmokeinhalation. Woohoo!!!” Bobby Sahni 3A Science& Busiiness

“Breathingwill no longerbea priviledge!”

“I won’t comehomereekingof smoke.”

“Can’t usecigarrettesasapick-up lineanymore.”

LoriKidd

Dave Strome IB History &Sociology

PicklePanjer& MelissaWessel

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“My eyesand throat will no longer hurt after anight out.”

“It’s not likeWaterloohadanight lifeto beginwith.”

StefanieJohnston IB Am &Business

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SCOTT Imprint

he student housing “crisis” of the Fall of 1999 came and went with most students finding a place to live before their friends managed to kick them off the living room couch. For those of you who had some connections and/or prepared yourselves well in advance of the school year, there was no “student housing problem.”

puses into first-year residences. UW is building a new residence, but also plans to add new first-year residence openings by converting UWApartments. Gail Clarke, director of housing and residences for UW, admitted that the approach was not advanttigeous to upper-year students. Combine this with the Ciry of Waterloo’s policy to disperse students throughout ncighbourhoods, and the squeeze on the market is

problem arising from the by-law is that the suburban style neighbourhoods surrounding the universities have been saturated with rental housing. The shortfall in market supply is a problem that needs to be addressed by the City. As Waterloo city planner Dan Currie acknowledged, students aren’t the only segment of the rental housing market affected by the problem. Without the opportunity for the rental housing market to expand near the campuses, accessibility to ;zinpus becomes limited. As both the liniversiry of NQterloo and its soul dtnts have observed, people are being forced to live further away from Campus, and from each other.

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The frosh Student Apartments (FSA) of the future. Freshwill take over a 1 !arge part of UW Apartments over the next few years. I_--____~-_-~-_II----1_---1--_--.-I_.. .The only problem now is that it will only become more and more difficult to find the housing you’re looking for in Waterloo. There are two major reasons why the situation could get worse. Firstly, the current student housing policies of the City of Waterloo, UW and WLU are actually the key causes of a potentially greater problem. Secondly, students have limited individual power, time, and motivation to do anything about it as consumers and citizens. The city and universities in Waterloo operate under the assumption that the rental housing market will provide for the large population of transient students year after year. The side effects of their policies nre squeezing the rental market to the point where it ctin no tonger supply what students want: inexpensive housing and easy accessibility to campus. For example, UW’s housing priority is set up to offer a guarantee of residence to incoming first-year students. Most would agree this is very important for new students. This guarantee is doubly important for UW since enrolment is increasing annually, and other universities, including WLU, are able to offer this guarantee. The problem for students living off-campus is that in order to accommodate so many new students, both universities have been converting existing apartments near the cam-

evident. To thejr credit, the (;ity 11,~s implemented a very gored ~l~-l~u, in an attempt to pro,tt”ct sttdentsfri~t~ negligent building OIVM~S, ;1:%u;cli ;-1s protecting the civic irmgrky &x$$bourhoods which could porcnrially become ghettoized (such as in Kqston with Queen’s IIniversir!.).

include imprwefnrfnts to the service and rrccessibility 01 transit, or the act11a1 construcrion of affordable rental housing. Improving transit access m;ly be more fc;lsible from the point of view of the c:ry s.nd unit ersiG, bur it would require

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routes and schedules to be xcept,li?ie to students. On the other hand, the construction of a new supply of housing I:uar thu camp~lseswould bu i&al for students. Unforrunately, the bottom line, and the real and perceived problems associared with student rental housing do nor make this an attrac-

Thevillage people make their way back home. Before long there won’t be enough spacesto accommodate their following. The City’s lodging license bytive solution’ for developers. This law doesn’t allow licenses to be issued I\. type of solution would definitely within 75 metre of another licensed require a clear definition of the needs dwelling. It is not retroactive, and of students (no more Columbia Lake applies only to class-Nvo lodging Townhouses, please), not to menhouses (four or five occupants); there tion a great deal of co-operation between the universities and other are variances to this rule. Creating mixed communities municipal entities. through the 75 metre stipulation is Feds President Christine Cheng good urban planning theory. The understands the complexities of the

housing issues, and although are interested in a solution increase the housing stock, “If we don’t have any more live, how can we accept dents?”

the Feds that could she says, places to more stu-

Vtudents are the least likely m to voice their discontent.” And who can forger about the double cohort of high-school grads in Ontario, keen on accepting admission into one of the best schools in the

country for September 2003? The universities must realize that this inevitable spike in enrolment will reoccur afterwards for at least two years. Where will these students live off-campus? The difficulty in arriving at an appropriate solution is that all the key players involved must be convinced of the reality of the problem. Students are the least likely citizens to voice their discontent because they’re not here long enough to care. Taking action now may be more important to those new to K%erloo, but everyone’s opinion is important in gauging the needs of all students. Your opinions and ideas abollt the student housing problem drc valuable. Youcan email comments to Christine Cheng at fedpres@ feds. iiwaterl oo.ca.

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eeting David Johnston could almost be described as meeting an old friend. Despite the fact that tht3 current President of the University of Waterloo has degrees from Harvard and OXford, almost played NHL hockey for the Boston Bruins and has successfully chaired numerous government panels, his personality and accessibility make you feel completely comfortable in his presence. Imprint sat down with President Johnston, who recently was asked to write a millennium article for Maclean‘s magazine, just before the holiday break in his Needles Hall office. As a student at Waterloo, one often gets the impression that administration lives far away, distant lives in the cozy offices uf the third floor, content to be removed from students and their crazy lives. Johnston defies the stereotype, offering batteries for a failing Imprint tape recorder and hoping to be more in touch with everyday students throughout his time at UW. Johnston has been most surprised in his first year here at Waterloo by “what a pleasant community this is. w Despite the fact that Johnston was familiar with Waterloo, he has been overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of those around him. Comparing McGill, his last post, with Waterloo, Johnston notes that McGill is characterized as a “very old university in an old metro city” while Waterloo is “smaller” with “a great sense of dynamism.” Johnston feels that a great challenge in the coming years for Waterloo will be “to maintain the fresh-

ness.” Johnston queries himself and the institution in asking: “How d(-1 you t-emain dynamic and new as you become older and form habits and customs that can constrain that?’ Johnston’s vision for 2000 is to cbsf2eourselves as a university for 1.h~’ world” and to understand “that knowledge is a magnificent bridge for the world.” Adding a greater international experience and edge to the university tops Johnston’s priority list.

Johnston is overwhelmed by the kindenss of those around him. Ry making greater allowances fur international co-op students, as recently announced by the university, more international students will be able to make Waterloo their home while also ensuring greater opportunities for Waterloo students abroad. Johnston feels this wit1 give Waterloo a new edge as more and more Canadian universities formulate co-operative education programs. Johnston sees challenges ahead for Canadian universities but wishes to stress a new hope for post-secondary education. Johnston admits it’s been “a difficult six or seven years” but notes that there have consistently been highs and lows within the sector and that “ten continued

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years ago was much better than it was 20 years ago.” Johnston’s wish for the coming years is that our “seven years of famine are rewarded with seven years of feast, if at least not more ample fare.” President Johnston hoDes Waterloo makes it cie’ar that the “knowledgebased society is not just rhetoric” but that knowledge is “the greatest proponent in society.” Johnston hopes to make good on these words through partnering with the various levels of government to fund innobation at the university level, Johnston highlighted II namher vf new gwc’rnment initi‘ltivcs he feels are aiding the mnovation process including the Federal Governmen’t’s Twentyfirst century Research Chairs, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and the Centres for Excellence. He also noted a recent provincial governJohnston: ment report on “Growing Ontario’s Innovation System,” which he hopes translates into significant new expenditure on innovation. There are new challcngcs in the coming years, including a 20 per cent increase in cnrollmcnt. and a 40 per cent increase in high-school

graduates, not co hart. Johnston these challenges versities grow centre for the

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hopes that we can turn into successes as unito become a learning whole of society.

a leader for tomorrow. As Johnston noted in his recent ~44aclean’s article, “We live in a remarkable time in history.” Jolmston wishes to ensure that we can capitilize on the development of “chip” and “code,” two revolutionary marks of the twentieth century according to Johnston, to ensure that the univer-

sky’s gift of “learning to learn” will expand students ’ “capacity of mind at! through their lives.” Johnston admits that “edutiation and research aren’t the highest priorities of the government in this province.” He believes, however, that the agenda of Waterloo will send the message clearly that investing in the university “is the best single thing you could do to further society” 1 into the future. While Johnston himself has “always been fascinated by innovation and education,” he finds his t41sk here at Waterloo unique in th>t p,?th. “f-kw d;, we use I he Neil tc-& of inforni,~tl~n technology to mct’~ the needs ote\rer); dicbpti~k ?” is the question Johnston begs for Waterloo‘s si-udents. The President’s warm and inviting nature is sure to probe that question welt beyond the walls of rhe third floor of Needles Hall in an attempt to gain srudent response. Johnston ended the interview by stressing how “enormously privileged [the University of Waterloo is] to have the students we have.” After a lengthy chat, it seems that the same could be said ftjr the architect of much of Canada’s information-high% ay policy, out President, David Johnston.

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ram the cross-campus perch of Feds president, I’ve come to realize a few things that I didn’t appreciate while I was a student here for my five {very long) years, and corny as it sounds, I’ve come to like this place more and more. So here are some of my recent epiphanies about UW. Epiphany #f: This really is an itx-wvative university. I’m not just talking&out co-op. Or the oft-qut,tcdMaclean’s rankings. I’m talking ‘Ibout how we solve problems, how we challenge the status quo, how we take conventional ideas and stand them on their heads. Think about the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, with its unique approach to health. When AHS was formed, it stood alone in its prevcntative approach to health while other universities were emphasizing traditional medical research. Think about how UW recently resolved the conflict about software engineering programs. Instead of fighting over the term as other schools have “engineer,” done, the new WW Software Engineering program wilt be a joint effort between Computer Science and Electrical and Comuuter Eneineerine.

Think about our approach to environmental issues. Back in 1990, when other universities equated environmenra! initatives with recycling programs, UW was investigating energy, water and air quality issues.

ccWetake conventional ideas and stand them on their heads.” -Even today, we are one of the rare institutions that offer our students the opportunity to “green” our campus for academic credit. Universities across North America have been modelling their environmental programs after ours. These are just a few examples of how flexible UW has been. Epiphany #2 : UW students have accepting attitudes. There is no social melting pot here the way there is at most other small or medium-sized universities. Some people come to class in track pants. Others come in lycra catsuits. Some Deonle are Door. Some are rich.

Some are white or black or brown. Others are green or pink or blue, Usually, only campuses in large cities are able to achieve this diversity, but UW has managed to develop a laid-back cosmopolitan feel without compromising its intimacy. I am sti!! amazed at how acceptmg we are of each others’ differences. It certainly isn’t the case at other campuses, where a de facto dress code is always in effect, and everybody comes from the same income bracket and drives the same Jeep. Epiphany #3: This is a pragmatic university. A former Feds President put it to me like this: “There is something about the place that really teaches you how to be independent.” “Somewhere between jugg!ing midterms, interviews, extra-curricutar activities and a social life, you manage to just barely survive. After second year, you even stop whining about it.” After a while, you come to realize that even if you get thrown sideways off your feet, you can just dust yourself off and move on. And by the time you’ve got it al! figured it out, you’re done. So there’s my three cents on UW. This isn’t to say that we don? have lots of room for improvement, but it’s nice to stand back and appreciate what we’ve already got.

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he year 1999 was a vu-y eventful one the queer community. It seems unfair do a list for the last decade, or century, millennium because this year alone had

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cffeit to this ruling, the Court issued an ultimatum to all governments in Canada that they must update legislation to include same-sex ir,uples* The thirtieth anniversary uf the Stonewall Riots was celebrated in-June. Stonewall isconsidered the flashpoint of the gay liberation movement. (Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo, or GI.oW, was founded two years later in 1971 at the University of Waterloo.) Canadian Olympic swimmer Mark Tcwksbury and singer Gcorgc Michael, who both came out in 1998, were very influential in 1999. Tewksbury, now retired from swimming, spoke across Canada on his experiences as a gay athlete. Michael released a new album this year, while the video for “LAX’s Go Outside,” featuring gay COU~~US, cr7ntinued to be played on music stations all year, A gay bar in London, Engalnd was born bed in April. Three people were killed, including a pregnant woman. Over 60 others were injured, some people requiring amputations.

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because God loves each and every person SCI much that He took action to remedy the problem of sin. Each? and every one of us faces death because of the wrong deeds we have done, but God has provided the way of sahration. He gave His Ay begotten SW-I, the Lord Jesus Chw:, who died on the cross to he :1x

symbol), and carries a purse (actuaIly, a “magic bag.“) He also stated that FurpIe 1sa gAavcolour. Tinky Winky, along wish PO, Tipsy, and LaaLda deny these allegations. The one-year anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard US observed in October. Shcpard was beaten and left to die by two young men who claimed Shepard was hitting on them. The accused were both sentenced ro life imprisonment this year. The Shepard family did not t;eek the death penalty to ,Ivcid dra-wing the court hearings un longer. Three Canadi:1:r provinces Ihccamt~ the first jurisdiction5 in tht: world to recognize gay states already allour registered domestic partnerships, but siili disallow: a&q-Con,) Onrario changed their laws grudgingly, however B.C. and quebec did so voluntarily. The federal government is set to update their legislation early in the new year.

to me tllJ1 few people realize its Jrractical importanct: and even fewer stili I zally understand its meaning. Thus I have been going through the verse word by word and explaining each word’s significance and meaning. Last Icrm I was able to cover the first half of the sentence: “For God so loved the world, th‘rt he gave his only begotten Son,” I3efnre I continue, I’ll briefly summarize the things we have looked at so far. We s,jw that this sentence is introduced with the u ord “for” and is really just d further explanaticjtl of the previous sentence. In fact, John 3: 16 is the answer to the question, “Whv did the Lord J esus Christ have to die on thk cross?” We saw that the Lord’s death came about

“God didn’t simply send His Son to die on the cross without a purpose.”

“in order that,” actions. God didn’t simply send His Son co die on the cross for no reason. He gave Him so that we would all have the opportunity to be saved from our sins by believing in Him, We will look more into the details of exactly what that means in the coming weeks, but even if you don’t completelv understand it, God is m&e than willing to save you right now if you will simply trust in Him.

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he exact title of the project is ‘<Data Fusion and Analysis of Multi-modal Cardiovascular and Respiratory System Signals for Clinical Diagnosis” and its creator, fourth-year systems design engineering student Faisal Karmali, admits rhe title “means nothing to almost everybody.” There are, however, people who do understand the L>roject and in October 1 Y94, Faisal t.ti<;I; iirst place at the annual Engineering in Mdicirw and Biology Society student design competition in Atlanta. Sponsored by the Whitaker Foundation, Faisal was awarded with a certificate, a plaque, reimbursement for travel to the conference and a cheque for $300. Tmptint talked to Faisal about his award and the exchange experience. Imprint: What was it like when you foundout that you badwon thisaward? Faisal: Actually, there is a funny story here, Since I want to start a Ph.D, in biomedical engineering in September, I spent a lot of time at the conference sucking up to professors from various top institutions. After one session I ran into a guy from Harvard doing cognitive neurophysiology

(which is what I want to do). I was chatting with him and because of that, I missed my award. When I got there, everybody was like, “you got first place.” It felt good as a Canadian to win, since all the other finalists were American. It shows that we are still important. I: You were in Singapore cm an exchange when you upproacixd a biomedical engineeringprr,f~ss~rabullt workingtq&vron tbeproject. Do ~OEI think the project could haup hm dom ifyotr had not gone to Sizlgapurp! F: The university (Nanyang Tuchnrrlogical University) 1was at in Sirigtpore had a large group of people doing biomedical engineering at the Biomedical Engineering Research Centre. They also had affiliations with the Singapore General Hospital and I think this is very important in biomedical engineering because it allows doctors and engineers to interact and combine their respective skill sets. At UW, we have a few people doing good work in very specialized areas of bio-med, but I don’t believe we have that criticat mass of students or the strang ties with hospitals. I was only taking 10 hours of class a week so i had more lime t-o work on the project than I would

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I: What is ihe project and bow will it help people? F: Currently in the critical care unit of hospitals, patients with heart disease will be monitored by a variety of devices, such as ECG (heart) monitors and respiratory monitors. Each device will have alarms if their measurements indicate a problem with the patient. For example, if their breathing becomes shallow or their heart rate is too fast or toei slow. What the system does ISread the data from these different devices ;dnd combine them to make the alarms smarter. For example, if thsrespiratory monitor shows a problem with the patient but the heart rate monitor shows the patient is okay, no alarm will be sounded. More importantly, there are some cases where each device individually w;lI not detect a problem but by considering multiple devices together, a problem will be detected. Lives can be saved this way. The techniques developed are expected to aid in efficient and timely clinical diagnosis. However, only rudimentary testing with sample patient data (from MIT) has been performed and further testing using data from specific critical care unit events is required.

FaisalIrkhtl won the award by doing more travelling the country. A large number of people have some sort of heart disease. Monitoring of cardiovascular signals from patients with heart disease is essential for prompt diagnosis and effective treatment. By detecting problems earlier it may be possible to save lives. That is what the system attempts to do. I:Isthereanythingyou’dliketos~~est to yotirfellowsttrdentsat Wzterloo? F: Go on exchange! It: might sound like I put my heart and soul into this project while I was there, but it was actually more of a side thing. If you asked my friends there, they’ll tell

you I just went to the lab to listen to Canadian radio over the web and send e-mail. I went 10 Singapore to have a cultural experience and have lots of fun. Most of the time I was there, I was chilling at the pool, hanging out with other exchange friends or travelling in Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia. Even though there were some specific things I missed, I didn’t get a chance to feel homesick because it was like a continuous party, I learned so much about Asian culture (and some European culture from my exchange friends). It was a bit depressing coming back because I kept thinking of how much fun it was.

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Gilbert Kielley said he had “all the typical symptoms of a heart attack” but a doctor at the General Hospital in St. John’s thought it was just a

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he Warriors Men’s Basketball team finished up their preseason schedule at the Ed DeArmon ChristmasTournament at Ryerson University inToronto from December 27 to 29. The opening game of the tournament against theYork Yeomen was the first game for the Warriors in over a month. The opening half was a disaster for the rusty Warriors as they committed 16 turnovers and gave up 13 offensive rebounds to the Yeomen. The score at the half was York 37, Waterloo 25. The second half was a see-saw affair wirh the Warriors making a couple of runs to close the gap, but they could not sustain any momentum as they seemed to have left their shooting touch at the Christmas dinner table. York defeated Waterloo 75-58. The Warriors were led by their three co-captains Woody Kwiatkowski, Mike Zavershnik and Marc Rigaux, who finished with 13,ll and 9 points respectively. Kwiatkowski andZavershn& also hit double digits in rebounds. York was lead by Chris Peskun with 15 points. York’s lineup was bolstered by the return of AllCanadian guard Dean Lebayen who had 13 points and 3 assists in his first game of the season. Next up for the Warriors was the Toronto Varsity Blues who had lost by one point to the third-ranked Alberta Golden Bears the previous day. Midway through the first half,Toronto put on a full court press that seemed to rattle the Warriors. Several quick turnovers led co a rash of Toronto lay-ups and gave the Varsity Blues a 16 point lead. The Warriors finished strong and cut the lead down to eight (49-41) by the half, In the second half the Warriors picked up the defensive intensity and held Toronto to only eight field goals over the final 20 minutes. Trouble is, the Warriors only managed 11 field goals in that time. Mike Zavershnik fouled out after playing just two minutes in the second half, and Dan Schipper fouled out with nine minutes left in the game. Despite the loss of two of our most experienced and talented players, the Warriors closed to within one point late in the game but a controversial intentional foul called on the Warriors sealed the win for Toronto. The final score was

Toronto 82, Waterloo 75. Zavershnik finished with 19 points in 19 minutes played. The Warriors also got contributions from John Quinlan (15 points), Shane Cooney (11 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds) and Conrad Kreek (8 points, 7 rebounds). Also important to note, Kwiatkowski held Toronto’s leading scorer Chris Skeaf (scored 26 against Alberta) to just two points. Toronto was led by Arbi

Shahnazarian’s 18 points and 11 rebounds. The next game for the Warriors pitted them against the 1 lth ranked Memorial Seahawks. The Warriors defense was again stingy as they held the Seahawks to just 27 per cent shooting in the first half, but Memorial’s size (Memorial is a huge team with astartinglineup that measures 1.82m, 1.95m, 1.97m, 2.OOm and 2.O3m) helped them to gain an edge on the boards to keep the score close. The Warriors led at the break 26-24. The second half was all Waterloo. The half started out with some excellent offensive execution and solid screens that produced open shots. This success seemed to spur on our defense as the Warriors held the Seahawks to 30 per cent shooting in the second half. The Warriors poured it on down the stretch despite having both Zavershnik and Schipper foul out in the second half again. The final score was Waterloo 70, Memorial 53. Two outstanding performances were turned in on this night. Shane Cooney held Memorial’s dynamic point guard Jermaine Bruce (scored 30 on Guelph the day before) to four points on l/l5 shooting and five turnovers, while scoring 21 points himself. And Mike Zavershnik accomplished a rare “triple double.” Zavershnik finished with 18 points, 1 I rebounds and an amazing 10 blocked shots. Memorial was led by Matthew Chapman’s 16 points and six rebounds. Losing toYork in the first game was very disappointing for the whole team, but the team responded well and their play improved each half thereafter. Knocking off 11 th ranked Memorial by 17 points is a great win to build on. The Warriors have now finished their tough pre-season schedule with a record of nine wins and eight losses. This included seven games against teams currently ranked in the CIAU top 12, with the Warriors winning three of these seven. With the exam and Christmas break ?ust” worked off, the Warriors head straight into regular season action with games at McMasterat8:OO p.m. on Jariuary5,atLaurierat2:00p.m. on January 8 and at Western at 8 : 00 p.m, on January 12. Your first chance to see the Warriors at home is on Saturday, January 15 at 2:00 p.m. versus Windsor. Pack the PAC for the Gold and Black attack!

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sually, the University of Waterloo’s ice hockey club has a very hard nosed style of play, game in and game out. On December 4, the Warriors stumbled and bumbled their way to a 4-2 loss against the University of Windsor Lancers at Adie Knox Herman Arena. For Windsor, this was a vital win in the top class Far West division. From the first face-off between Waterloo’s Sean Fitzgerald and Windsor’s Jamie Carr to the final whistle, Waterloo was outplayed in every aspect. Lancer coach Mike Rice was pleased very early when his squad hounded Jason Willard in goal with difficult screensand excellent one-timers. Finally, at 3: 16, Carr caught Jason Willard sleeping and delivered the puck to the upper-glove corner of the net. Five minutes later, John Cooper picked apart the Waterloo defence and, with the help of Kevin Hansen, violated the sanctity of the Waterloo net with another goal. The Lancers scored on Jason Willard’s glove side, a weakness Windsor exploited with every opportunity. The Warriors refused to lie down and play dead. After Cooper’s goal, the Warriors started to mount an offence, much to the surprise of the Lancers. With 57.2 seconds left in the first period, Mike Johnson solved the riddle of Ryan Gelinas thanks to a mad scramble in front of the net. After one period, the Lancers enjoyed a one-goal lead on the Warriors. In the second period, both Waterloo and Windsor had a plethora

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of many missed opportunities came from the stick of John Bramer who took advantage of a bad clearing pass. Unfortunately for Bramer, Jason Willard was aware of the unwelcome Lancer and denied him a goal. Darren Farr would also try to sneak the puck past Jason Willard, but the Waterloo goaltender failed to concede a goal. As for the Warriors, Joel Widmeyer

managed to fool Gelinas, but the post saved the latter’s hide. Mike Devereaux was also denied by the metal, when a floater hit the crossbar and flew right into the loving hands of Gelinas. As for the goals, the first occurred four minutes into the period. One minute into Widmeyer’s penalty for cross checking, Carr scored a fluke goal. Ryan Painter tried desperately to clear the puck from the Waterloo zone, but the puck deflected off Painter’s skate. Carr embraced this chance to the fullest and scored on Jason Willard. Three minutes later, Sheldon Cappadocia earned a .penalty for a vicious cross-check. Cappadocia’s stay in the penalty box would last for only nine seconds when Devereaux’s shot bounced off the crossbar and deflected past the goal line. When the period ended the Lancers maintained their one goal lead.

Much to the Warriors’ chagrin, Farr would drive the final nail in the coffin. Waterloo coach Dave Cressman and the rest of his crew realized that a loss against Windsor would be devastating. After the second intermission the Warriors came out and were quite determined to destroy the Lancers. Unfortunately, the breaks did not come Waterloo’s way. In the fifth minute, Phil Willard thought he had a certain goal, but the glove-side post would be on Windsor’s side. Two minutes later, Mike Nixon caught Ryan Gelinas away from his station and was ready to pounce the empty net faster than a Brantford policeman on a Tim Horton’s doughnut. Luckily for the Lancers, Gelinas scurried back and

made a fantastic save. Painter would also try his luck on Gelinas, but to no avail. Much to the chagrin of the Warriors, Farr would drive the nail into the coffin with 9:4I left in thegame. Forty-five seconds into Nixon’s penalty Jason Willard encountered an unlucky bounce off Farr’s stick. This malevolent bounce caught Jason Willard off guard and the result was a fluke goal that went top shelf. When the ice chips settled, Windsor came out on top 4-2. Asked about how Windsor managed to beat Waterloo, Mike Rice responded, “It was just hard work and effort. Everyone knew their role and played their role.” Rice also said, “They played hard tonight and we had to work hard. We usually have a very hard time with Warerloo.” As for Gelinas, Rice had nothing but praise for him. “He is in midseason form and he will be stronger. He is an all star without doubt.” Rice also lauded Hanseri and Carr. Dave Cressman, on the other hand, was disappointed in his team’s play that night. “It was unfortunate, but we did not perform. Sure, we battled back, but we just lacked finish,” Cressman stated. Asked about the main problem, Cressman responded, “It was an inability to finish.” This win for Windsor allowed the Lancers to come within a single point of the third place Warriors. At least that was before the OUA caught theYorkYeomen for using an illegible player. As a result, Windsor and Waterloo are tied for the final playoff spot in the Far West divisionwith 12 points a peice, The Western Mustangs lead the Far West division with 21 points, while the Wilfrid

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well earned points. The next two games for the Warriors will be at the Columbia Icefields. The first home game will see the Warriors attempt to exact revenge on the Brock Badgers on January 7 at 7:30 p.m. Two days later, Louie Carnevale’s Ryerson Rams will pay a little visit to the barn. The game on Sunday will begin at 2:OO p.m.

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three,” she says. “But we think we can win it.” That’s a bold claim for a team on which, last year, the rookies outnumbered the veterans. The Warriors’ record speaks for itself and Nicole’s goals this year reflect what it takes for team to win. “I don’t usually iook at it in terms of personal goalsIn she

ackinthefallof 1997,Bluevale basketball star Nicole Consitt told Warrior coach Tom O’Brien that she would not be coming to Waterloo the following year. “He phoned, wondering if it was one of my choices. I told him it wasn’t,” said the second year Health Studies student. In the meantime, she won the MVP award for the Bluevale basketball team and her second OBA title with her Cambridge club team. She had planned to go to the University of Guelph for biological sciences, but the more she found out about the Health Studies program at UW, the more she found it was for her. “The more I thought about it, the more it made sense,” Meet NicoleConsitt.Shegivesall heropponentsfits, she said. It’s a good thing says. She just wants to “remain confor the Warriors that she thought about it. Nicole starts at shooting sistent and contribute.” guard on a team that has had the best Nicole understates her imporstart a Waterloo women’s basketbail tance to the team, She has been the Warriors’ leading scorer in about 80 team has had in a while. They plan to continue their winning ways, “We’re per cent of their games so far this obviously capable of being in the top year, according to coach O’Brien.

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people I’ve ever coached,” he says. “She gets this look and her face never changes.” He said one of the players on the men’s team said he would be scared to play against Nicole. That’s the reason why her coach plays her against the opposition’s best guard. Nicole and the Warriors are cheered on by the Consitt family. Nicole says she thinks it’s easy to play at home because of the familiar surroundings. uMy dad’s a big fan,” she says. The rest of us should be too, as this team is going places. According to Nicole, “This year, we play a lot quicker, our transition is faster.” What NicoIe fails to mention is that their team has only two third-year players and one fifth-year. The rest are all in first or second year. Names like Kristen Eisner, Meg Clancy, Melissa Berg and of course, Nicole Consitt will be around for a long time.

he women’s basketball team took to the hardwood to host the annual Christmas Shootout Women’s Basketball Tournament over the winter break. The Gold and Black opened the tournament with a loss to Manitoba. The lead changed often, but the Warriors were unable to pull ahead for good in the 48-45 loss. Laura Duskocy led the Warriors with 12 points while Meg Clancy answered with 10 points of her own. In the second game, the Warriors fell short again. Losing 60-47 to

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Ski and Snowboard Club Snow has finally fallen and Campus Recreation’s largest club is under way. YoG can join the club (free skiing and boarding at Chicopee) for only $40 in the Athletics office. Also, the UWSSC is hosting a trip for any of its members to QuCbec for four days and three nights during reading week, from February 20-23. For the shocking price of $275 (including tax), you get skiing at three separate resorts including Jay Peak in Vermont, three nights in a three-star hotel, five meals and coach transportation there and back. Trust us, you won’t find a better deal anywhere. Sign up in the Athletics office this week or you may actually end up reading during reading week.

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ootball today has a variety of different cups, both domestic and international. From the World Cup to the national football association, there are enough reasons to keep fans happy. Now, the Federation International de Football Association has added another reason for celebration. From January 5 to 14, the Club World Cup will be hogging the spotlight in Rio de Janeiro and S5o Paulo. Eight teams will be vying for the title of the best domestic team in the world. Some teams, however, will have a better chance at achieving this goal. Group A will be very tightly contested indeed. Real Madrid CF, under the guidance of coach Vicente de1 Bosque, will rely on stars such as Ratil, Roberto Carlos, Manu and goalkeeper Benjamin Bizzarri. With a group like this, one would expect Real Madrid to walk away with this group. Luckily for us, Corinthians of S5o Paulo, Al Nassr of Ar Riyadh and Raja Casablanca will be very tough competition for the Spaniards.

Corinthian head coach Oswald0 de Oliveira believes that his squad can win this group, And why not? With players like Vampeta, Marcelinho, Freddy Rincon and goalkeeper Dida, these Brazilians will give Madrid all they can handle, and then some. Milan Zivadinovic, coach of Al Nassr, will rely on Faud Al Amin, Ibrahim Mottir, Ahmad Bahja and goalie Madhi Al Dosari. Finally, coach Oscar Luis Fullone of Raja Casablanca will have goaltender Mustapha Chadali, Mohamed Khoubbache and Hicham Misbah as part of his Moroccan arsenal. Predicting the outcome of group B is an easier task, In this group, the contenders are Manchester UnitedFCandVascodaGamaofRio de Janeiro, In this battle, expect Sir Alex Ferguson to send out David Beckham, Andy Cole, DwightYorke and big Japp Stam. RaimondVan der Gouw will defend the net for the Red Devils. Ant8nio Lopes, head coach of Vasco da Gama, will counter Ferguson’s efforts with the likes of

Edmundo, Donizete, Mauro Galvtio, Juninho, Romario and goalkeeper Carlos Germano. When these two teams face-off, there will be fireworks, believe me! The dark horse in this group is a team from Ciudad Mexico called Rayos de1 Necaxa. Under the tutelage of Ra61 Arias, Necaxa will have Alex Aguinaga, Augustin Delgado, Markus Lopez and Carlos Hermosillo to defend the honour for Mexico. Hugo Pineda will try to keeptheballoutofthenetforNecaxa. South Melbourne SC stands no chance in a group like this. Although Ange Postecoglou’s squad has talent like Paul Trimboli, John Anastasiadis, Goran Lozanovski and goalie Milan Udaravcz, the Australians are woefully outmatched against three very strong teams. In the end, expect a European final bemeen Manchester United and Real Madrid, with the English to pull out the victory. As for the bronze medal, Vasco da Gama should defeat fellow Brazilian team Corinthians.

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is album is on the top of the charts rivalling the Back street Boys and Mariah Carey. He drives a fIashy Mercedes inhisnewhitvideowhichairsonboth American and Canadian music channels constantly. He’s hit the big time, but Kareem Blake, better known as Canadian rap and hip-hop artist Choclair, hasn’t lost his roots nor his desire to keep in touch with the people who put him on the top. Choclair’s newest disc, Ice Cold, has proven to be red hot and has sent Choclair to the top of the charts with the album selling gold in just a few weeks. The Toronto artist originally got in the scene through his older brother who was “always into it” as Blake puts it. Choclair picked up on his older brother’s talents and “tried to get onto 88.1 [a Toronto rap station]” and found there was a great response. The young rapper then kept “trying to write little lyrics” and ended up playing a few clubs throughout the scene.Eventually growing to work with noted DJs including Premier, and with groups like the Rascalz, Choclair has made his home in the genre for the last number of years. Capping a Juno last year for Best Rap Recording, Choclair released Ice Cold on Virgin and is extensively touring throughout Canada and the United

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Fiercely proud of his Canadian roots, Choclair feels his success has led to a greater interest in the Canadian scene. “People are trying to figure out what’s going on up here” says Blake. Play-

has proven that “domestic hip-hop does sell here.” Choclair’s success has led to spending a greater time in the U.S. bur he returned to Canada to

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where [they’re] from.” D e spite his Canadian success, (Blake admits that “it’s a smaller market but there’s

definite1y a What’s that? My shoe’s untied? market up here”. He feels that his Canadian roots put him “up against heavyweights” from the States but that he

kick off his publicity campaign for Ice Cold. Unfortunately, Chocs, in an interview from his agent’s office in

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t’s not uncommon to see Craig Cardiff s name in print as a wellknown musician, but the recent resignation of UW Programmer Michelle I-Iifliard is about to put Cardiff s other skills to the test. Cardiff has been approaihed by the Feds to help maintain the programmingduties for the winter term. An ideal choice, Cardiff has a long history as a musician and organizer of musical events in KitchenerWaterloo. At UW, Cardiff will make efforts to develop a musical culture, something that has been sorely lacking on campus in recent years. &We’re working with student groups and bar ops managers on campus to develop their events,” he explains. Cardiff has focussed his efforts on creating a scene on campus that is centred at the Bombshelter. The schedule includes an open-mic night, Friday nooners featuring comedy,

blues and jazz on a rotating schedule and a great deal of support from local musicians, Mond!y through Wednesday, Cardiff will work with on campus groups, societies and organizations to plan events. It’s a grassroots movement that Cardiff is planning and it will rely on volunteers, not big-budget production. “I think this is an opportunity to say to those people who have been interested ‘thank you, what’s your phone number?“’ In addition to the weekly schedule at the Bomber, UW’s Fed I-I&vi11 play host to I Mother Earth on January 22,2000. It’s the Feds’ big event of the term, with tickets going on sale next week. The success of this project will

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ment of UW students, There is a real desire on campus for original music from our own students. As Cardiff adds, “It’s students performing for students and developing an .on-cam-

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accolades are accounted for by his unique style. “It’s not the same type of vibe. There’s only two samples on the alb u m which give a lot of room for creativity.” Blake feels his music is ‘&not commercial hip-hop” and hopes his new album is one “people can

have fun with,”

Blake feels a lot of successand experience has come from his work with other artists including the NorthernTouch collaboration which came out of Canada last year. uWe gained a good respect for each other.” He feels there’s now people “looking out for [my] side” and he hopes that his colleagues have gained “extra motivation” upon seeing his success. Choclair, also known as the sexual chiz-knocker, feels that his reputation

as a ladies man and wom-

anizer doesn’t accurately describe reality. “Some people like the lyrics for the way I put them together not for what they are-, notes Choclair in his attempt to explain fans who truly understand him. The artist notes that “Kareem Blake is a straight-up guy” and far more shy then his artistic persona Choclair who “is the more aggressive one.” Choclair’s next task, besides a heavy touring schedule, is to “heIp other people get in” and to “help create a scene across Canada.” Blake feels the best thing about being Choclair, besides his ability to help up-and-comers, is “a lot of free clothes, a lot of attention and the ability to play for people who really enjoy your work.” The downside? “When you want to step out of Choclair mode, you can’t.” The Canadian sensation takes his tour of the homeland to Kitchener January 1.5, when he’ll pray at LuLu’s Concert Club.

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biggest New Year’s Eve party in Canada happened in our own truly Canadian metro centre of Toronto, Mayor Mel put on a spectacular fireworks show down at the Lakeshore, where he said that there were “close to a million people watching the show,” but the lucky ones witnessed an unbelievable concert with the Tragically Hip inside the Air Canada Centre. For those of you who didn’t know,The Hip-Canada’s premier band-headlined as the old millennium passed in to a new year and a brand new beginning. Many people feared an apocalypse-like ending the Y2K bug causing nuclear weapons IO be launched or for the world to simply explode. Those who braved these terrors and were fortunate enough to acquire tickets to this concert were in for a night that they would remember for the rest of their lives, with exception of a few people

who were too full of holiday spirits. I can’t imagine a better place to spend the passing of the millennium than listening to Gord Downie and the rest of his band rock Toronto with their truly Canadian type of music, The concert was titled “The Tragically Hip and Friends,” which was exactly what occurred all of the bands that played were friends of the Hip. As well, I’m sure that the band itself would acknowledge that their fans are friends, because without an audience there would be no Hip. To complete the friends aspect, I was there with a few of my closest friends, and was glad that we could share this moment together listening to the Hip.

Inside the Air Canada Centre there were two stages, one at either end, so that each band could start immediately after the other. Above the main stage hung a giant glimmering silver serpent - not the most heartwarming image on a night when the hint of disaster lingered in the air. The only thing tragic about the night

was that eventually the band had to stop playing and the audience was forced to venture out into the streets of Toronto.

As the band took the stage everyone in the arena who was capable of standing rose from their seatsto bear witness to what might have been the best concert of the year. The

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duced at the moment WY 9 became 2000. Hip fans from across the country were asking, “What will be the first song played at the concert and at the millennium?” The first song of the night was “Poets” from their album Phantom Power, which I did not suspect would be their opener. I did guess their last song for 1999, a nearly-fifteen minute version of “Ahead By a Cen-

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sent to Italy by a rich industrialist to convince his wealthy party boy son Dickie Greenleaf to come back to America, Once in Italy, Ripley becomes obsessed with Dickie and the luxury of his life. In Minghella’s capable hands, this film is not just another “Single White Male” in Italy, but a tense psychological thriller, There is an obvious debt to Hitchcock in The Talented Mt: Ripky, but Minghella also manages to elevate Ripley from a cunning sociopath to a likeable and sympathetic character. The supporting cast does a great job of making you hate them. Gate Blanchett isespecially fun as a horribly snobby upper class twit who befriends Ripley. Jude Law is at his smarmy best as Dickie. Philip Seymour Hoffman is also great as one of Dickie’s friends who sees through Ripley from the beginning. Set in 1950s Italy, the film is full of lush scenery, swinging jazz and trendy fashions, Minghella used practically the same crew that he used for TheEngEisk Patient. John Seale’s cinematography is beautiful and bright with lots of primary c&ours and exotic vistas. The TalentedMr. Ripley is a stunning follow up to The English Patient. It will be interesting - to see what Minghella will take on next.

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magine a world without community radio. This is probably something few have given much thought to but what would we do if there was no alternative source of information and entertainment? Where would people turn if they wanted to hear a newscast that is longer than two minutes and deals with issues more serious than some presidents large sex drive? Where would music fans go when they want to hear new music and sounds? How would obscure bands on independent labels get noticed? The music programming on CKMS is done by volunteers, who contribute their time and energy to share their love of music with the community. There are no record labels suggesting what our play lists should include, no pressure from outside forces to conform to a format, or target a demographic, and no consultants telling our programmers what to say and how to say it. Sure, this may mean that our announcers may fumble their words from time to time or play something that is weird or scary. God forbid, we may even offend a few people from

time to time but what’s wrong with that? The commercial media goes out of their way not to offend anyone. Thiscanmanifestitselfinmanyforms, whether it be an announcer keeping opinions to themselves, a newsperson glossing ov?r certain issues or the blissfully ignorant music that is shoved down the public’s throat. It all contributes to the lulling of society into a sedated state where everything is okay and there is no need to think, I have been personally told by a successful radio consultant that he trains announcers to go out of their way not to make people think “because people don’t want to think, they want to be entertained. When people are pressed into thinking, they will turn the channel. n When people change the channel that means less money, and they can’t have that. The bulk of capital for radio stations, and any form of commercial media, is advertising. “So what?” you might say, Well, have you ever noticed how most newscasts will end with a happy or funny story? This is in order to put you in a good mood for the adverts that run directly after the news. The attempt at putting people in a buying mood is not only present in the news but in the overall sound of the station, It is all linked

together, happy voices, happy news and happy music for a society that is too damn happy to realize that it is falling apart. So where does alternative culture fit into this picture (and when I say alternative culture I don’t mean the garbage on “the Edge” 102.1)? Well, it gets swept under the carpet, ignored and ridiculed by the corporate media establishment. Where does

Imprint Friday, January 7, 2000 this leave the fragments of society who aren’t entertained by Shania Twian, the people who like thinking, and the people intelligent enough to realize the importance of being offended, and challenged? Well, for these people there is CKMS and the whole network of underground radio stations, music and publications, and it is these networks that give alternative culture a voice. Without this voice, people will turn to other means of getting their point across, ways that cannot be avoided by changing the channel. Andrew O’Connor hosts Free Music each Friday at 4:30p.m. as well as Disguised As Meat every other Wednesday at 1 L30p.m. on CKMS 100.3FM. Nobody tells him what to Play*

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As the moment arrived, the balloons were dropped and the lights went crazy as we all entered the new millennium together. The band then promptly left the stage to have their champagne and to collect themselves for the first encore. The Hip were energized and did not let anyone down when they began the first song of 2000. “At the Hundredth Meridian” from Furry Completely is one of my favourite songs and with a few added Downie twists, I will remember this song when I look back on where I was for the turn of the millennium. They ended with “Fire in the Hole” from Day for Night and an awed crowd was then dismissed for the remainder of the night to party with their friends and loved ones.

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Sophie B. Review PAUL Imprint

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Timbre is a sensual, lyrical and instrumental work of art. It’s been five years since Sophie B. Hawkins released Whaler, and while that’s far too long, this album was well worth the wait. After a year-and-a-half long fight with Sony, Timbre hit the shelves in July. This time last year, with the album set to be released, record executives absurdly protested the use of a banjo in “Lose Your Way.” Hawkins turned to her fans for support and a few thousand letters of protest later, the banjo was in. Then Sony pulled another stall tactic, censoring parts of “The Darkest Childe” and “Help Me Breathe” for discount muzak vendors Wal-Mart and K-Mart. Hawkins plays 13 instruments on her third album. There’s the aforementioned banjo and the standard acoustic and electric guitars and keyboards. Always unconventional, she threw in an ubu, djembe and marimbas, which contribute wonderfully to Timbre’s exotic musical texture. The multi-talented Sophie B,

wrote every song on the album in addition to producing Tr’mbre herself. It’s hard to single out lyrics from this standout, but the intro to “32 Lines” exemplifies Hawkins’ sensuality with lines like“1 want your hand across my belly / I want your breasts upon my back.” Later in the song, she continues in the same vein “Open my heart I’ll

voice “By my own mind / I can’t refuse I An offer to make love to you.” Every track is solid: “No Connection” is a fast-paced ride filled with clever rhymes while “Help Me Breathe” is a semi-autobiographical journey through a NewYork jungle. “The Darkest Childe” sticks out not because of its explicit lyrics but because of the deep feelings it evokes. Hawkins’ creativity isn’t limited to Iyrits; who else would title a song “Your Tongue Like The Sun In My Mouth”? Andit’sonthis impassioned track that she “met a woman from another time” who “wet

shaking marimbas on “Strange Thing;” the drums pound on “Mmm My Best Friend” and surface again on “Bare The Weight of Me.” There’s more of Sophie’s intimate songwriting on “The One You Have Not Seen,” where she cries out “I want to walk beside you” and then explains in her trademark breathy

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her distinctive mind.” Oh yeah, there’s an added bonus: Timbre is an enhanced CD. Pop the disc into your computer and you can watch Hawkins skateboard down the California coast as she ponders life. Here’s to hoping we don’t have to wait long for Hawkins’ next musical treat.

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Mogwai, the Glaswegian quintet famous for their public slagging of Blur, have returned with their second entry this year. This fittingly titIed six track disc contains the four songs from their recent U.K. release, EP, as well as two songs from 1998’sNo Education = No Future (Fuck The Curfew). Most notable about this disc is the absence of lyrics. Instead, the music bears a closer resemblance to a film score rather than traditional pop music. Without lyrics, it’s up to the music itself to evoke emotions. There are no clever verses or choruses that get stuck in your head. It’s definitely not something that you’d be caught singing in the shower. Nonetheless, the music manages to bring about feelings of melancholy, sadness, joy and smouldering anger (though not all at the same time). . Starting off with “Stanley Kubrick,“EP+Z immediately enters a dream-like state, drifting not far from this for the remainder of the diSC.

With the Cowdenheath Brass Massive joining them on “Burn Girl Prom Queen,” Mogwai successfully manage to stir up emotions of longing and loneliness, Perhaps the best track on the album, the haunting “Rage: Man” begins with a simple piano, building the tension slowly before finally reaching a crescendo of white noise. The songs on EP+2, averaging about six minutes each, travel lazily through their paces making for an experience akin to taking a long walk in the woods or a slow drive in the country. As expected, there are hardly any surprises. There are no changes in tempo, no sudden increases in volume. The album slowly treads from one song to the another, each blending into the next. _ The whole album seems to exude a feeling of fragility. Every song has been painstakingly assembled and each carefuliy selected note seems as if the composers pored over it for hours before finaily deciding to ‘put it in. At any moment, it feels like the whole album will fall apart. Still, EPi-2 is not quite as emotional as it should be, It drifts by and is easily forgotten once it’s over, leaving little impression. But that’s not to say that the ride isn’t enjoyable while it lasts.

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