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he Feds have made a decision on when patrons at the Bombshelter and Fed Hall can ght up. The decision, made by a ommittee consisting of two student ouncillors, Bomber employee Doug iaidner, Fed Hall Manager Johnny negalos and VP Administration

smoking regulations, which may prove a difficult task. “I don’t want to encourage people to smoke,” said Doig, “but enforcement will be tricky.” Even in bars which have not been exempted from the by-law, enforcement has been a difficult issue. Because bar owners are not responsible for enforcing the rule, many establishments have seen little change in the amount of smoking going on. “The bylaw was designed very, very poorly,” said Doig, who

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times at the timbshelter will be non-smoking, inluding Wednesday nights. At Fed lall, smokingwill be permitted at the 3opula.r Boys ’ n Girls Thursday night, owever this decision may be revis:ed in a couple of weeks. The queson of whether or not special events rill permit smoking is yet to be deided, but Doig felt that the commit:e was likely to choose non-smoking ver smoking. Now that the Feds have been xempted from the city bylaw, it will e up to them to enforce the new

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to the smoking by-law. WLUSU received a conditional exemption, requiring them to stop allowing faculty and staff of the university to use their establishments. At this time, according to WLUSU Bar Operations Manager Mike Carroll, WLUSU has chosen to comply with the by-law, rather than changing the entrance policy .at Wilf s and the Turret, their two bars. “The vast majority of patrons are conforming with the by-law,” commented Carroll, noting that enforcement has been a challenge at Laurier.

School’sout at UofT TA strike cancels some classes

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eliberations between the University of Toronto and its 2,400 teaching assistants I&) failed to avoid a strike by the raduate students, which began on Jnuary 7 at 3:OO p.m. The TAs armed picket lines when the univerty failed to meet the demands of the Ianadian Union of Public Employees XPE), Local 3902. The university offered to give le TAs an immediate 1.5 per cent

an immediate I.25 per cent increase to compensate for apayreductionin 1996,a2 percent increase that would come into effect this September, and 50 per cent wage increase,

more funding for dental rebates. All full-time TAs would receive a payment of $120 while part-time TAs would receive a pro-rated amount. The union rejected the university’s final offer however, because it did not include tuition rebates. The TAs also want a 20 per cent pay increase that would raise hourly wages from $30 to almost $36. In

order to meet the TAs demands, the university would have to increase its TA budget of $14 million per year by 80 per cent. “Graduate students have had enough of paying more than they earn,” said Mikaei Swayze, chief negotiator for CUPE 3902. Swayze said that TAs at Uoff earn approximately $4,100 a year, but their tuition amounts to $5,100. He added that TAs “faced double digit tuition increases over the past couple of years. They are sick and tired of it.” Ryan Flannagan, a TA in the

Political Science Department at the University of Waterloo, had similar thoughts about tuition increases,

Eighteen classes were cancelled. When the cost of education increases, TA salaries should increase accordingly, said Flannagan. He added that

pay raises are justified when a TA is assignedto do “twice asmuch work.” David Cook, vice-provost atthe University of Toronto, said, Y regret the union’s decision, but we will war k hard to maintain the integrity of our academicprograrnsandminimizethe disruption of our undergraduate students’ programs.” The university will stay open during the strike, although 18 classes at the Mississauga campus were cancelled, Swayzevowed that the strike will continue until the unionand the university reach a settlement,

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W professors want a raise in pay, according to Faculty President Fred McCourt, and it could result in higher tuition for students. “It’s potentially a possibility, in my opinion,” McCourt said of possible tuition increases. “It depends on the priorities of the university,” he added. According to UW Provost Jim Kalbfleisch, the university is =just entering negotiations with the faculty association.” Kalbfleisch told Imprint that such negotiations occur nearly every winter term, with a decision usually being reached by March or April. Salary negotiations this year, however, have taken a twist. In a December 14 article in The &XC&, it was reported that professors want a 16.2 per cent raise this time around. The current average pay of UW professors is $80,000 a year; with a pay

Permanent funds would be needed. raise they hope to “gain equity with University of Toronto professors,”

according to The Record. McCourt confirmed one of The Recor& claims and denied the other. “1 don’t think that’s specifically a position we’ve put forward,” he said of the reported request for a 16.2 per cent increase in pay. Of gaining pay equity with UofT profs, McCourt confirmed that this is one of the goals of UW profs. “It’s a question of whether people are treated equally or not,” McCourt stated. UW profscompare themselves, he added, to profs from WofT, Queen’s, Western, and MacMaster. In a statement somewhat contrary to McCourt’s, Kalbfleish was of the opinion that the 16.2 per cent

figure was accurate. “This is clearly an opening position from the faculty association,” he said. Regardless of the exact number, McCourt stated a number of issues to consider when negotiating for an increase in pay. He cited teaching load as one example. Active research professors at Uof?‘, he said, might have one or two courses to teach. “A professor doing the same amount of research at UW might have to teach three or four or even five courses,” he stated. McCourt indicated that a comparison of the two situations causes questions to arise over how the pay of these two groups of professors compare. Currently UofT profs earn more than UW profs; however, some say that the difference is to cover the increased cost of living in Toronto, McCourt said that the cost of living difference is something the faculty would take into consideraeiom, Kalbfleisch told Imprint that past pay increases have varied widely in range. McCourt indicated, however, that pay increases, while usually equivalent to the increased cost of living or below, have overall been below. The result, he said, was an accumulation of difference between professors’ pay and the cost of living. “The Federation of Students don’t have an official stance,” Feds President Christine Cheng said of the profs’ request for a pay increase. Cheng did, however, express concern about where the additional money would be coming from. “Unless provincial grants come up it looks like the money would have to come from tuition increases,” she said, The Feds are opposed to tuition increases. The&cord reported UW profesSOF Mohamed Elmasry, head of the faculty association’s negotiating team, as suggesting that the additional money could come from the business community. Cheng noted, however, that a one-time donation wouldn’t be adequate. “To sustain the increases they’re looking for would require significant endorsement funds,” she said. Permanent funds, she said, would be needed, such as those which would result from tuition increases

or an endowment fund. Cheng mentioned one reason why the university might be in the mood to bargain with the professors this year. A federal initiative to create new research chairs was proposed last November. The “initiative to address brain drain issues,” Cheng

W’s a question of whether people are treated equally or not.” said, would allow profs to do the research they want and may result in more competition between Canadian universities for good faculty members that are good researchers. “There will be fierce fights over good profs over the next few years,” she predicted. Regarding Feds action over the request for increased pay, Cheng said that the Feds would “wait and see on this one,” She commented that in the past, there hasbeen a wide gap between any initially proposed pay increase’s and the actual resulting increases. According to McCourt and Kalbfleisch, negotiations have begun. Decisions of this nature have usually been made by about mid February in the past, McCourt said. If negotiations are not successful, a mediator will be called in, and if this fails after two or three weeks, an arbitrator will be necessary. During arbitration each party will submit a final offer, and the arbitrator will select one of these as the final dcci-

slon. There is no chance of a strike by UW profs as they are not unionized.

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hile previously viewed as dangerous uses of electronic freedom, it apJears, according to a recent UW ;lecision, that times have changed ind that the university has entered ‘a lew reality;’ however, the decision :o repeal the censorship of a number If UW newsgroups, including Jt.sex.stories, alt.sex.beastiality, and dt.sex.bondage, seems less signifi:ant to UW’s Administration than it lees to one of Canada’s primary :ivil-liberties groups, Electronic Fran :ier Canada, UW’s Vice-President Academic u-id Provost Jim Kalbfleisch feels that ‘people can read a lot into this that sn’t there,” in reference to the ‘landnark’ case the decision has become ‘or civil-liberties groups. Kalbfleisch ‘eels the initial decision to ban the youps in 1994 was “made in very different times. With a passage of ime it no longer made sense.” The decision to ban the groups was made by 1994 UW President !ames Downey. At the time, the deIeloping Internet realm seemed something for the university to be :oncerned about, despite protests ‘ram civil libertarians. Now that new nterest has arisen in the case, the miversity has repealed the decision, cs, according to Kalbfleisch, “the de:ision no longer serves any purpose? Jeff Shallit, a professor of comluter science at UW, told the Daily Metin that the decision was Jrompted by a letter he wrote to >avid Johnston, UW’s current Presilent. As the Daily Bulletin comnented, Shallit was “among those vho protested when the ban was mposed in 1994.” Shallit, a member If the Board of Directors for Elec-

tronic Frontier Canada, has since joined a UW committee on news management which has banned other newsgroups devoted to pictures or software fiies. Kalbfleisch said the university is not attempting to make any broader statement on freedom of speech or on deregulation of the Internet. ‘“r’ou can’t ever prevent that kind of activity,” said Kalbfleisch noting that “the Internet is so massive, I would try and find anyone who could attempt to police such a system.“Yet, Kalbfleisch continues that 3his is not a large issue.” The restoration of the banned newsgroups “became a landmark issue” according to Kalbfleisch and “no one has really missed” their place on the Internet. ‘(Anyone who wanted access to those materials could get it,” added Kalbfleisch. Dr. Richard Rosenberg of Electronic Freedom Canada and UK disagrees that this is. not a large precedent. “1 think we’re usually hearing stories of things being banned, so this restoration seems to be a good sign,” said Rosenberg. “It’s significant,” he continued. Rosenberg feels that “the university, as an institution of free and open inquiry, should not be in the business of deciding what is fit or unfit to be seen.” Despite his conten tion, Rosenberg understands that universities are “not free from the law,” but that censorship should “not be arbitrary.” Civil liberties groups including Electronic Frontier Canada have continued their quest to ensure proper regulation of the Internet. Rosenberg, “while encouraged,” does not think “that in the whole context we’re seeing an opening or liberating,” but instead a parallel %oncern to regulate content.”

Another bright face UW alumni on “Thinker” list KATE

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here were more than five

UW people on the Akkun’s “Faces of the Future” list. ‘au1 Whitney Lackenbauer, who is n “The Thinkers” category of the ist, is an alumni of Waterloo where ie received his BA in Applied Studies Zo-op History in May 1998. Currently a doctoral student at he University of Calgary, Whitney ,ackenbauer was noted because of us interest in examining how the military has used aboriginal land. According thetileun’s article, ,He has already captured the attenion of the historical community: in -999 alone, he received a remarkble 10 scholarships, including a fourcar Social Sciences and Humanities tesearch Council of Canada fellowhip, the Queen’s Fellowship and a Zllam doctoral fellowship: rare chievements for a first-year docoral student.”

Although it is not noted in the article that Whitney Lackenbauer ever attended Waterloo, it was published on Friday January 7 on the Daily Bulletin that Lackenbauer is “proud to have completed [his] undergraduate at UW less than a couple of years ago.” Other Waterloo students to be noted in theMaclean’s ((Faces of the Future” include alumni Diane Cameron and Kate Hoye, who are in “The Innovators” category for creating gynecological examination equipment that better suits the female body. First year student Shaun Chen is in “The Givers” category for his on-going community leadership. Jack and MarkNowinslci are in “The Thinkers” category for their eleccrcmrdiograph that hooks up to a home computer. The “Faces of the Future” edition of Maclean’s magazine is available on newsstands until January 17.

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Clubstry to drum up somemembers

MembersoftheDrumClubdemonstratetheirartintheSLC.Clubdays, heldonTuesdayandWednesdayfrom l0a.m. todp.m., wassponsored bytheFeds.A numberofclubsandservicesparticpatedin theevent,which ismeanttoraise awarenessof campus clubs.

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next year, students may have a greater say in who gets hired as professors at the University of Waterloo. University policies 46 and 53 (Promotion of Faculty Members and Faculty Appointments-Tenure) have beer, reworked and restructured by the faculty relations committee to produce policies 76 and 77, which will replace the old ones. One of the key changes proposed in this restructuring is adding one non-voting undergraduate and graduate student to the university Tenure and Promotions Commit-

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sent significant improvement ovel what we have now.” Feds VP Educa, tionveronica Chau agrees: “Et’s gooc to have students there as advocates o ensuring that a candidate is qualifiec as an instructor.” While the report puts a non. voting student on the university leve Tenure and Promotions Committee individual facuIty tenure and promo ti ons committees are still without ; student voice. According to Feds Presi dent Christine Cheng, that’s not likel! to change anytime soon. “I don’. think it’s on the table at ali,” she said “There is always a resistance to changt within any large institution.”

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alling sales will mean that UW students will now get a little less Post at the Feds-owned Variety and Post in the SLC, Students who have taken advantage of the postal services at the Feds’ Variety and Post may be disappointed to learn that the only oncampus postal outlet no longer offers many of their services. Variety and Post manager John Jongerius explains, “The reality with us is that you don’t make any money with Canada Post. If [students] use their WatCard, we break even.” How are students reacting to the change? “It has made things smoother here,” said Jongerius. Students will no longer suffer long waits as Posr staff deal with postal customers. Also, the absence of the postal

service will mean that only one staff member will be needed to operate the store. “If it’s todked at as a business, I’m glad to see it g~,~ added Jongerius, “But as a service, I’d like to see it run.” VP Finance Josh Doig explained that the Variety and Post had suffered declining sales over the last three years, largely because of labour costs in the post office areas of their business. In 1997, the post office made approximately $150,000, compared to $~03,OOO the following year and less than $80,000 last year. As a result, it was decided that the Post should discontinue “what we believe became a smaller and smaller

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added. Doig noted that after examining the trends, it became apparent that there was minimal use of some services such as package delivery,

weighing, money orders and parce pickups, As a result, those services arc no longer available at the Variety ant Post. On a more positive note, Doil revealed that a major renovation o the Variety and Post is planned for the coming months. The Feds have hire< a consultant to improve the fmancia viability of the business and will begir implementing the plan in the spring term. In the coming months, the store will be re-organized, the sales counte’ moved to the rear of the store ant merchandising will be made more

accessibleto students, The project has an estimated cos of $20,000 to $30,000, but Doig ha. been negotiating with suppliers tr help finance rhe renovariuns. “We haven’t been as aggressiv+ as we could have been with our sup pliers,” said Doig. At best, 100 pe cent of the cost of renovations cmh be covered by their financial support

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Imprint, Friday, January 14, 2000

Residencesrenamed Snowy days: to go to school or not to go to school in 2000 WCNDY VNOUCLK Imprint staff, with files from UW News Bureau

ew and old residences are

being christened with old names, demonstrating that as we near the end of one era, the need to preserve our past is stronger

than ever. UW’s newest residence, scheduled to begin construction in May, wiIlbenamedtheWilIiamLyonh&tckenzie King Village-KingVillage, or Mackenzie KingVillage, for short. It

Mackenzie King served 7 three terms as PM. will be located between Village I and Ron Eydt Village and is slated to house about 320 first-year students. “The name was selectedto honour Canada’s longest serving Prime Minister and Kitchener-Waterloo’s most famous resident,” said Leanne O’Donnell, director of residence life.

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“Many historians deem him the most influential Prime Minister in Canadian history.” Mackenzie King served

three terms as prime minister, in ml-x,1926-30 and 1935940. Also getting a new name as well as a face lift are the apartment complexes located between University Avenue and Seagram Drive. Formerly the Married Student Apartments, the complex will be known as UW Place and will undergo major renovations

over the next few years,

ThefoursectionsofUWPlacewillbe renamed as Waterloo, Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich, in recognition of the four original townships of Waterloo County. The c+omplexhas two tawers, which will be renamed EbyHallandBeckHall,inmemoryof two prominent figures of local history, Benjamin Eby and Jacob Beck. According to O’Donnell, Eby is best remembered as the founder of the community’s first school and first church, as well as providing the financial backing for the first local newspaper, “Jacob Beck was the founding father of nearby Baden, and his son, Sir Adam Beck, was a prominent Canadian industrialist, a successful politician, the founder and builder of Ontario Hydro and a pioneer in the industrialization of Ontario,” said O’Donnell.

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ou wake up one morning to find a glimmering world of ice as far as the eye can see, Should you start up the car and head to that morning class?UW policy has the answer.

“Uw will be ‘closed’ for the day iftheWaterlooRegionDistrictSchoo1 Board cancelsclassesat all its schools (city and ~ounty),~ according to a recent UW press release. UW is not closed if the Board simply decides to cancel all buses,or only someschools. UW policy statesthat “closed” meansthe following:&seswillnotbeheld,

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television stations might also the announcement. Feds Receptionist Sheila McKinnon was working at UW in 1994, the l-at time UW had to enact a storm closure. LLThey announced on the radio that none of the schools were open,”

she confirmed.

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that’s the best avenue,n McKinnon commented, &to keep it on the radio.” . Maintenance workers Pat Mihm and Larry Farr remember the ice storm of 1994 too. They

Eynon, said she would “show they wouldn’t have classes? Similarly 1N Arts Accounting Student, Y Nguyen, replied “I guess I wouldn’t bow] until I got to cam-

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pus? Dominic Rocheford, a 2NMath student, said, “I’d probably call the Turnkey Desk.” According to UW policy, calling theTumkeyortheUWswitchboard, might not be such agood idea. “Staff, faculty and students are advised not to overload the telephone system by calling the university for information

about a storm closing,” policy states. But what about students who live on campus? stormpolicyoutlinessev-

Radio stations carry announcements.

eral Uessentialservices,to ensure the needs of on-campus students are met. Rssential services in-

ices” are not expected to be at work and exams are cancelled. In addition, “deadlines for assignmentsand other submissionsarepostponed until the same hour on the next business day on which the university is not ‘closed.“’ But how do students and staff find out if the school isclosed?Policy states that “radio stations can be expected to carry announcements” about closures.Thesestations include CKGI457O),CKKW(l090),CHYh4

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cludefoodseticesinre& knew the policy well. “Listen to the radio or TV,” Pat suggested. “We were half way to work when we found out last time,” he added. UW students exhibited a lesser degree of knowledge. When asked if they knew what the policy wasfor determining whether or not UW is closed, all of the students Imprint asked replied “no.” When asked how she would know if the university wasclosed, 3B Chemical Engineering student,

dences, policing and the central plant (or powerhouse). During the last

storm closing the cafeterias in Village I and II, as well as the Davis Centre and the pastry shop in South Campus Hall remained open. Decisions about storm closure are made before 7 a.m. If the university opens, or begins classes/business hours, it will close only “in extreme circumstance$ according to UW policy. Storm policy also applies to the federated and affiliated colleges.

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he Federation of Students elections are upon us yet again and seem to be just as unpredictable as ever. Three years ago was a blockbuster year, acclamations all around. Two years ago was a record number of candidates: eighteen for those of you that weren’t counting, and a new position to boot. Last year there were races for every position but with a few less candidates’than the year before, and this year we’re almost back to where we started: with two acclamations and seven people running. Oh, and remember that new position? Gone. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Well, most of it isn’t. Running for the position of President: Chris Farley, Arts; Stephen Kennedy, Arts; and Windy Rader, Arts. Running for Vice-PresidentEducation:AmberChristie,ArtsandMark Schaan, Arts (seeing a pattern here?). Acclaimed to the position of VP Administration and Finance is Shannon Willis, Arts, and also acclaimed to VP Student Issuesis Desirke Taric from what is rumoured to be Science. As a representation of how culturally diverse this group really is, there are only five words in this paragraph that WordPerfect doesn’t recognize, and that includes the Canadian spelling of the word ‘rumoured (oops, that makes six).

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Board of Directors Robin Stewart, President Rob Schmidt, Vice-President Mike Habicher, Treasurer Rachel E. Beattie, Secretary Contributors Wafi Abdulla, Rachel E. Beattie, Susan Bubak, Darcy Casselman, Donna Cooper, Sarah Crellin, &is Doyon, Betsy Dunbar, Nigel Flear, Marissa Fred, Durshan Ganthan, Adina Gillian, Warren Hagey, Mike Habicher, Dan Kieswetter, Roman Kliotzkin, Niels Jensen, Janice Jim, Lisa Johnson, Carrie Lindeboom, Greg Macdougall, Heather Macdougall, Leonard Machier, ret-& metcuri, Ryan MetHey, Marianne Miller, Joe Palmer, Dave Robins, Mark A. Schaan, Robert Schmidt, Kate Schwass, Doug Sibley, Robin Stewart, John Swan, Jeremy Taylor, Billy Wheeler, Jon Willing, Karl N. Zaryski Imprint is the official student newspaper of the University of Waterloo. It is an editorially independent newspaper published by Imprint Publications, Waterloo, a corpotation without share capital. Imprint is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA). Imprint is published every Friday during fail and winter terms, and every second Friday during the spring term. Imprint reserves the right to screen, edit, and refuse advertising. Imptint ISSN 0706-7380. Imprint CDN Pub Mail Product Sales Agreement no. 554677. Address mail to: Imprint Student Life Centre, Room 1126 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3Gl Tel: 5 1 g-888-4048 Fax: 5 19-884-7 800 http://imprint.uwat&o.ca editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Cover photo by Dave Robins.

Some candidates will try to tell you what they will do if elected, . .

Wondering what you have to look forward to come February and the beginning of campaigning? Fear not! Your trusty student rag is here to give you the skinny on what you will be hearing from this year’s group of candidates. History teaches us that there are two different types of campaigning, Some candidates will spend their time trying to tell you what it is that they will do if they are elected. Unfortunately, this is all too rare since most candidates for these positions will have no idea how the Federation of Students functions day-to-day. Even more unfortunately, most promises made during campaigns are swept under the carpet once the elected executives figure out how things really work. This leavesus with the other kind of cam-

o, the Federation of Students got the exemption they were seeking and are now at liberty to decide on their own whether to allow smoking at the Bombshelter and Fed Hall. Apparently they have decided that the best way to deal with this is to have some smokingandsomenonsmokingnights/times. I feel this decision comesacrossasa huge copout on the Feds’ part.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the sentiment is nice: the UW student government wants, to please everybody, smokers and non-smokers alike, so there will be nights dedicated to each of them. But this issue realty is about somuch more than sentiment It’s ahut the basic and fundamental right to a healthy environment, It’s also about getting with the times. I know asso0n asI start spouting about rights. many people are going to bring up smokers’ rights. Though I struggle with this on aday-today basis,I do agree that smokers

paigning, that which relies on the unending repetition of a particular candidate’s qualifications. Every candidate in this election will tell you that he or she is the most qualified for his or her respective position, and every candidate will offer various proofs of why this is so: Blah, blah, blah, Feds councillor; blah, blah, blah, student society; blah, blah, blah, frosh leader; blah, blah, blah, Village Don. Oh yes, and don’t forget that each and every candidate cares the most about you and your $24.75. The presidential candidates will have to convince you that they are born leaders. They will also no doubt have the solutions to all the problems that have plagued the Feds’ businesses for years past. Don’t forget a bona fide solution to the apathy problem and a commitment to take the politics out of student politics. They will also probably promise to do the job of the Vice-President Education, even though they’re not supposed to. The VP Administration and Finance will have to show that they are the most organised and responsible of the bunch. Most will try to draw a tenuous link between ACC 121 and handling the finances of a $4 million corporation. They will also promise to begin a new era of accountability of the businesses to you, the student. Oh yes, and they will of course reorganise the financial reporting procedures so that they are “easier to understand” for the average student. The VP Education candidates will try to match the presidents in being the most passionate of the bunch. VP Educations are out to save the poor and struggling student by bringing home the messagethat ‘tuition increases hurt students’ to powerful government and university officials. They will also promise to work to improve representation in the co-op department and bring you more information about

student aid. Finally, becausetheir predecessor has almost always spent too much time on external lobbying, they will promise to rebalance the portfolio by spending just as much time on internal student services, VP Student Issuesis a newly defined position, with little history to predetermine what campaigns are Ii kel y to be run. You can be sure to hear, however, that candidates for this position are caring and empathetic, and want to be the ones who focus on helping out the little people and their “touchy-feely” issues.They

have rights. As adults, they have the right to smoke. Period. But their right to smoke wherever and whenever they wanted ended a long time ago. These by-laws are just finally begin-

will also single- handed1 y revitalize the arts commission and inform the student body about what the Feds actually do (once they find out themselves). Finally, next year’s VPSI will promise to be the ‘funnest’ VPSI ever, and bring you the rocking events that you deserve.

They may be silly now, but they’ll learn soon enough. Sure-sounds boring doesn’t it? But don’t despair. This year, just like every other year, will produce a group of successful candidates that will do the important work of keeping your student government running. Sure, they may be silly now, but they’ll learn soon enough. Yes, their wacky election promises will likely end up forgotten and the Feds are unlikely to emerge from the long-standing problems from which they have suffered since the Jurassic age, but they will go on providing the excellent services that you may not know about, but which impact your student career nonetheless. We here at Imprint hope thatyouwill take the time to enjoy February’s volley of cheesy posters and sfewof shaky promises. At the end of the day, it will produce a quality team of individuals (probably). Take the time to come out to the election forums in the Student Life

Centre and read the election coverage in Imprint. Even though you may not know it, being a part of the yearly election process is integral to keeping the well-oiled University of Waterloo machine running. As a final note, remember what we said at the beginning of the article about most of the election process being boring? Well most is, but not all, and we wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t let you know where to look for the fun stuff: 1. Read the Imprint coveiage - someone will inevitably make a fool of themselves for the amusement of all. 2. Come to the Imprint forum - we promise to make at least one candidate cry (or acclaimant -nobody’s getting off easy here). 3. Vote -&ally, all it takes is five seconds and the ability to use a pencil.

that, although in the past we may not have realized (or perhaps acknowledged) the prob lems surrounding smoking, we now do, and we’re not afraid to join the rest of the world in acting on these realizations. What the smoking by-law exemption did was give the Federation of Students a chance to make the campus bars completely and permanently non-smoking. The Feds were given the ability to make this decision themselves, without having the action crammeddowntheirthroatsbyacityby-law. Instead hey missed this great opportunity simply becausethey are trying to please too many people. Thismissedopportunityrefle~poorly on the current Feds’ executive and their ability to take a clear stand on an issue, and . leavesanunsolved messfor the ncxtstudent government at UW.

ning to acknowledge that fact. Twenty years ago, people were smoking in the workplace, smoking in movie theatres, smoking even on public transportation. Eventually we realized that, confined or not, those environments were creating huge discomforts and major health risks for many people. So we started to change things. We smed to create rules and laws to regulate the when and wheie of smoking. We progressed. Which brings me to my next point. We’re in the 21st century now and across North America and in some parts of Europe and Af%ca&esenon-smokinglawsarebeingpassad Thefactthatsmokinglcillsisnotearth-shatteringnews. Wake up people? We are not the only ones who are enacting thesekinds of laws! It is ’ a mark of our maturity and growth as a nation -1hda 0. mzgy

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am aYoungTory and, by a certain “socialist am writing in response &rresponsible letter last :ditor.

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rectly involved in the events of September 6, 1995. Where is this evidence? The answer is: none exists. If there was such evidence, a criminal, rather than civil, proceeding would have bee&launched against the Premier years ago. Not only is your claim that Premier Harris was involved untrue, malicious and irresponsible, it is probably verging on libellous, You know it and I know it, Mr.

as requested terrorist,” I to his utterly week the

WPIRG, for those on campus who don’t know, is a group of mili:ant lefties who use mandatory stulent fees,confiscated from eachof us every semester, to fund their rage against the machine (example:WTO riots in Seattle). While spouting conitantly about all the great work they ;io “in the public interest” (as they iefme it} with our money, they steadlastly refuse to allow a campus-wide leferendum on whether they, as a gorified (and appallingly self-rightzous) campus club, should be allowed :o keep their snouts in the tuition fee rough. But I digress. What our campus’ latest incarlation of Che Guevara focussed on n last week’s letter was the Ipperwash ncident: the shooting of Dudley ‘George, and Premier Mike Harris’ nvolvement. In his letter, Mr. Charney (true

*o his socialist-terrorist roots) pro:eeded to muddy a complicated situltion by making wild, unsubsrantiltedclaimsandreinforcingthemwith

rresponsible rhetoric. First, the illegal occupation of pperwash Provincial Park: the prinary responsibility of any governnent is to ensure that public order is naintained or, where there is none, tstablished.An armed occupation of I public place by any group, Native jr otherwise, is a breach of this order md must be ended. I would be interested in hearing whether or not Mr. Charney beieves that we, & a society, should jermit armed groups to occupy any jublicplace without repercussion. Of coxuse, Mr. Charney will tate, in rebuttal, that the Natives in his case were unarmed and peaceul. However, the OPP certainly beieved-the.Natives were armed and here remains little reason to doubt hat at least some were. The tragic esult of the standoff between these wo armed groups was the death of judley George. Second, regarding Premier Harris’ supposed role in the shootng: Mr. Charney states that evitence suggests the Premier was di-

Charney. It’s time for you to grow up and stop conspiracy theorizing. -

Mr. Charney, ignorance may be bliss -I wouldn’t know. But perhaps you could tell us how spewing lies to bolster one’s political beliefs in a campus paper makes one feel. You are certainly the resident authority.

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ing views, not just the views of a vocal group on campus that wishes to push its clearly left-wing ideals down the throats of the very people that fund its existence. WPIRG should be allowed to pursue any agenda that they want to - that is their right-but it should not be mandatory for students to pay for this clearly partisan and unrepresentative agenda. WPIRG should not be able to take advantage of the ignorance and apathy of most students who don’t demand their $9.50 refund that rightly belongs to them. I encourage WPIRG to defend their pursuit of a udemocratic society” when they clearly do not practice that tenet of their philosophy in their own backyard-the Univeristy of Waterloo campus. -Ryan P. O’Connor 2N PC&. sci. / c1i#sics Mm bmbip Director - UWPCA

To theEditor,

- hat began as a response to a letter written against questionable actions by interest groups at the WTO meeting in Seattle became a tirade against Ontario’s democratically elected government, its premier and members of the Conserva-

tive party on campus. Without making clear his sources that “implicate” h&ke Harris in the murder of Dudley George, Charney castigated Harris for his lLmurderous actions.” This letter is not to speak about

Harris and his Umurderous actions,” clarify what the original letter was commenting on. I don’t think people have a problem with WPIRG exercising their freedom of speech and expression, but rather the means by which they are able to doso. WPIRQllegedlyactinginthe ‘public interest,” uses$9.50 per student per year to fund activities that clearly contradict the interests of time people. I don’t believe that it’s in the public interest to actively support and send people to a conference in Seattle to protest ucorporate rule” and to become part of a group that was committing the crime of rioting and getting arrested for their actions. I also don’t think it’s in the public interest to use the monetary resources of all UW students to fund but rather to

non-public

causes.

What I believe public interest to be is the representation of all dissent-

Pure

rubbish

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hat a plate full of mush Warren Hagey serves up to us with his ridiculous analysis of John 3:16. Explained the practical importance and meaning of this passage, did he? Rubbish. A reader could get far more out of the verse without his input, which really only serves to obfuscate the whole thing. Thegra.mmatical analysisof each

word-which is not even performed properly- is simply unnecessary in this case.The meaning of the verse is not difficult to grasp and spoon-feeding and painstaking analysis is overkilL What really needs to be addressed is whether or not there are anygoodreasonstobelievethe claims of the verse. That’s the real issue. To make matters worse, Hagey does not really explain anything. He simply repeats the main ideas from the verse and sets them out as his penetrating findings. So he ends up doing a bad job of something which didn’t need to be done in the first place. The reason for this is also obvious and barely warrants mentioning. Warren wants us to jump on the Jesuswagon and go to heaven with him. His essay is really a lot of shameless rhetoric; it sets out to persuade rather than really explain anything. Unfortunately .for Hagey, it is entirely unpersuasive to any but the

already convinced. It betrays a muddled mind which, apart from what I have already noted, seems to have a bizarre con&n for capitalising every possible word which might refer to God. For God’s sake Warren, please register in a basic critical thinking course before you set out to explain

(b) CKLN 8 8.1 is the Ryerson Polytechnic Campus Radio station. It’s that simple,

Los Angeles Lakers shirt, blue shorts, white socks, and leather weightlifting gloves; total estimated value: $13,000 CDN) without any significant difficulty. At worst, I would have to trawl through a clothes hamper full of sweaty male undershorts and syringes until I found them sitting at the bottom of the heap, covered in a sticky substance that resembles Orange Crush. After my workout one evening (sans Lakers t-shirt et other clothes,&h), I headed to the desk outside the change rooms and inquired about my truant clothing. “Yep, we can get your stuff back. Sure, no problem!” There had to be a kicker. There had to be some catch, some trick, some little out-clause that would ultimately leave me fruitless here. I knew it. I could see it in the way she paused before answering. “But it’ll costcha five bucks.” There it was! The kicker! Like Pele hoofing a ball from the corner, I felt her words hit me full force. After nearly passing out from shock (and also, lack of oxygen to the brain), I probed further. You’re not, urn, trying to gratuitously strip money from the wallets of penniless students, are you?” . UHey, I don’t make the rules, Personally, I agree with you. It’s a scam, but there’s nothing I can do about it, sorry.” I tried to bargain with her, you know, to cut a deal, even going so far as to try to lure her away from her 1 desk using a carrot tied to the end of a long stick, but alas, she wouldn’t bite the bait. She wanted to help me, but

-Anonymous

couldn’t. This is just another

anything else. -MikeMcNuhy Pbihsopby

Very

simple

To the Editor,

o Mark A. Schaan and friends: I’m really tired at the moment, so I’ll get straight to the point: I read your article on Choclair, and my adamant support of CKLN 88.1 made me laugh. It seemed you guys labelled 88.1 a “Toronto rap station.” I want you to know that the following is not an opinion; nor am I the only person out there who feels this way: (a) there are no rap stations in Cam&, let alone Toronto; given all the work put into the education of the general populace, apparently you were unaware that the last available frequency for radio broadcast was given to a Country music station around ten years ago. Though many fought for this to be the Country’s first urap” station, they all lost. Hey, look at that, maybe you can write an article on that [it’s been done].

Stop!

Thieves!

To the Editor, e I wascompletely absorbed physically and otherwise by alltheturmoiloffmalexams,holiday

shopping and pre-YX fanaticism, I accidentally overlooked emptying out my gym locker before I headed for rhe homeland about two weeks ago. A common error, I’m sure. Easily overlookable, like forgetting to sharpen

example of the university finding another tiny loophole in which it can blatantly

overcharge us. I could understand if they were using the money to renovate and improve the gym facilities. But my instincts tell me that they’re siphoning that tainted cashright into their car payments, while we continue to use the usoup cans on the ends of a pole” method of weightlifting in the gym’s aging facility. continued

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your pencil before ,a test, or

forgetting to remove your witty “One Tequilla, Two Tequilla, Three Tequilla, floor!” tee sitting beneath that thin white dress shirt before heading to a job interview. I bet it happens hundreds of times every term. I figured I could get my stuff back (“stuff’ here referring to a black

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The price, $5 CDN, is not a large sum of money, but it’s the principle of it that steams me. I don’t care if the fee is 32 cents and a package of birthday candles; storage of sweaty clothes is not a service that lends itself to monetary penalty. It would not do the school any harm to hold the abandoned gymstuffs hostage at no charge for a few weeks at the beginning of every term before they start charging a penalty. There are probably hundreds of people who are forced to bitterly spit up a crisp fine to retrieve their goods. So, now I’ve gottapay five bucks, which could otherwise be put towards my newest hobby: obtaining food poisoning from seedy Chinese food restaurants (don’t knock it until you’ve tried it, folks). I was thinking of trying to pay them off using those McDonald’s UNICEF $5 gift certificates that I got back in the eighties (expiry date: June 30, 1986), but I doubt that would go over smoothly. Anyway, it’s likely that this situation will be resolved as follows: Me: “Urn, I need my stuff back,” Gym Thieves: “Five dollars, please.” Me: “Ohh, but all I have is this jar of pennies! Oops, silly me! You do take pennies, right? Hey whaddya know, there are e=&y 500 pennies in here! What are the odds of that happening! Gawd! Crazy world!” GT: <groan> Hey, if I’m gonna be the victim of a corporate scam, I may as well drag my feet a little. -Nick Taylor 2mhnputefScience

thieves!

To theEditor,

just wanted to bring to everyone’s attention that about $40 from your tuition goes to support varsity athletics exclusively each term. Personally, i’m opposed to where this money goes as well as to how it is labelled on your fee statement (“ath-

letics” makes everyone think it goes to support the PAC and the CIF - it doesn’t). In this time of athletic success at WV, it’s a better time than ever to see if the following arguments will ever hold any water with fee-paying students. Unfoundedcitationswillbeproffered that var$ty athletics contribute to school spirit and alumni donations, While the former may sometimes be true (although how do we all feel when Western kicks our ass?), I’d wager that our distinguished alumni support our school for its academic reputation, not its athletic history. _ The football team’s trip out east, while a rare occurrence, is an excellent case in point. If it costs $175 for a stude’nt to take a bus and stay for only one night, I shudder to think about how much the Athletics department is shelling out to fly 50 players and coaches plus all their equipment to Halifax and stay in a hotel for two or three nights. Maybe the team should stop off in NewYork and try their hand on Regis’ ‘Millionair&’ show first. It’s not that I don’t applaud the efforts of our fobtball team (or our CIAU Bronze medal women’s rugby team for those who hadn’t heard), because I know the euphoric feeling of excelling athletically. I just don’t understand why the entire school pays for a select few to play. We get into regular-season games free but I doubt that more than 10 per cent of students take advantage of this. While $40 may not seem that much to some, on principle alone I’d rather have the option to donate my money to the homeless around tile holidays than foot the bill for some pine-rider’s joyride across the country and back. Would you rather have varsity athletics or smaller classes (i.e. better education) or a new residence or a new co-op system and building you add your own ideas. Something to think about next time you write your exponentially increasing tuition cheque. -A

Concerned

UWStudent

“Oh SW~, Fcrrher Frdnk provides Free room and board, but I don7 think k’s teIhg USa\\ there is to know.

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Human rights and the arms trade 0

n January 18, UW’s Amnesty International campus group will be holding a speakers’ night on the arms trade, Though military spending has decreased in industrialized countries in recent years, the arms trade still warrants our intense concern and attention. Contractors supplying weapons and technology are still profiting tremendously from their product exports. In many cases, countries who receive arms and supplies spend drastically more on military conterns than on any health or social programs. This results, moreover, in the greater avaiiability and usage of weapons. Arbitrary violence escalates in the form of torture, detentions, extrajudicial killings, and civil war. In these ways, military spending and the arms trade are human rights issues, depriving people of their basic needs and safety, and putting them in danger of indiscriminate suffering. Ofincreasingconcerninthearms trade is the proliferation of small arms, including assault rifles, mortars and grenades. The destruction wrought by small arms in conflicts around the world is significant. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, small arms have been the principal cause of death in recent conflicts, in which the

majority of victims have been civilians. As small arms are cheap, portable, and easy to use, a number of groups are working to challenge the existing small arms market. Land mines are another serious issue as they are the cause of an estimated 25,000 casualties each year. The removal of land mines is a daunting task: first, there are an estimated 110,000,000 land mines in over 60 countries; second, while

has a long history of supplying military goods to governments accused of perpetrating human rights violations and countries experiencing intern al war. Our country exports more than $100 million a year in equipment to overseas military users that are neither subjected to export controls nor reported as military spending, On Tuesday January 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the SLC Multi-Purpose Room, three speakers will discuss various issues concerning the arms trade: Rochelle Johnston from Youth Mine Action and the Red Cross, Neil Arya from Physicians for Global Survival, and Ken Epps of Project Ploughshares will be speaking about land mines, health implications of the arms trade, and small arms, respectively. UpcomitrgEven& Saturday, Jan 15, 9 a.m.: Join the Raging Grannies for a protest against the new Hwy7 project and the bogus public consultation process in front of the Region of Waterloo building. Monday, Jan 17, 12:30 p.m.: Students Against Sweatshops, at WPIRG. Tuesday, Jan 18,7p.m.: ArmsTrade Talk (see above). Wednesday, Jan 19,6 p.m.: Vegetarians for the Environment, Animals, and Healthy Living, at WPIRG. Thursday, Jan 20,530 p.m.: Food Not Bombs, at WPIRG. -

Landmines are a serious issue as they are the cause of an estimated 25,000 casualties each year. land mines only cost roughly $3 U.S. apiece, their safe removal costs approximately $3,000 U.S. each. In 1997, due in part to Canadian involvement, 136 countries signed a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. Unfortunately, not only are land mines still in use by countries ignoringthe treaty, but they also continue to pose a threat to civilians long after a conflict has ended. Still, despite Canadian participation in the treaty, Canada also contributes to the arms trade. Canada

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What newsurouD would vou add Marissa Fread to the UW svstem?

“Army of Darkness, hail to the king, baby!”

“aIt. hot.guys.”

“Awareness of the homeless situation in Toronto.”

“Something for housing near campus.”

Ryan Merkley 2B Political Science

Matt Tolley 3N Political Science

Sara & Yifan 3A Ecoplomics

Denny Suh Hopeful Poli-Sci Grad.

Chamandeep Kaur 3A Envirort. Engineering

“altTheRcksays.kyour. role.”

“alt’*Rush.Sigma.Chi.”

54nswering the question is too incriminating.”

“alt.The.TriniLime. -just for Trinidadians on campus.”

“alt.I.need.a.real.job.with. this.$4O,OOO,paper.”

Howard Chan&Mike Balm 4B ScifBus. & Biology

Graeme Hein 2A Systems

Sunil Puri 4B Computer Science

Talesh Seeparsan 1B Computer Science

Brenda Slomka 2B Arts

Mustard on the brain

Here’s a clue: Colonel Mustard, in the classroom, with a podium WAN special

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he years before five last the rest of their lives.” Sound familiar? If you have watched

TV in the last six months, or rode on public transit in Toronto, chances are you have come across ads with that slogan. It is interesting to note, however, that this almost-obvious conclusion espoused by the campaign is a fairly recent scientific development, one that has been spearheaded by a Canadian. Dr. Fraser Mustard, architect of the renowned Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR), is a true visionary by any standard - and he’s coming to the University of Waterloo on January 19 to share some of his thoughts with students and facUky.

His lecture, entitled “Social Evolution and Technological Change,” will take place at the Humanities Theatre in Hagey Hall at 7 pm.. Keen on building the ideas devel-

oped by CIAR into curricula across Canada, ideas spanning from human development to population development to economic growth, Mustard considers his visit to Waterloo to be a first step in building interest and curiosity in the areas vital to the successful development of Canada within the international community. To that end, Mustard’s is but one of three planned lectures this semester, all of which are part of a series entitled 2020: Building the Future. This series rose out of the observation that in this age of ever-accelerating progress and Dr. Mustard constant change, people rarely have the time to stop and think about the direction of society and their role in it. Increasingly, people busily trudge on, living day by day, without

knowing what the results of their efforts will be. While many individuals can surmise what the newest changes and trends for the next month-and perhapseven the next

kicksoffaseriesofdiscussionsatUW. year - will be, the vast majority cannot see through the murk to what the changes and trends for the next decades will be.

2020: Building the Future attempts By ers and versity

to cut through this murk. bringing high-profile speakother visionaries to the unito discuss their views on the direction of society, the series will hopefully inspire attendees and show them how they can best participate in, and contribute to, the development of the nation, and indeed the world they live in. The compelling and thought-provoking talks will challenge the status quo and add new insight to. the debate about the future. A student initiative with the purpose of enriching the university experience for students by providing them with perspectives on life in the new millennium, 2020 encourages thought about the

upcoming 20 years by exposing attendees to visions, strategies and trends as seen by leaders and experts in various fields. 2020 will broaden the outlook of students and supplement their learning by establishing the potential for a more complete liberal arts education. Composed of monthly, open! free lectures, the high-profile speakers will be invited from around the world based on their knowledge of, and experience in, different fields of occupation and study, and on interesting opinions and viewpoints they have. The lecture series intends to be frank, open, casual, and to include as many people as possible, Future speakers include John McCallum, Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the Royal Bank of Canada in February, and Firoz Rasul, the Chairman and CEO of Ballard Power Systems of Bumaby, B.C. in March. For further information, or to find out how you can help with this endeavour, feel free to e-mail 2020@canadamaiLcom.

scents and sensibility DONNA special

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he Waterloo Safety Office would like you to think twice before dousing yourself in that designer cologne you got for Christmas. Raising awareness of the potential allergic reactions that

scented hygiene products can inflict on those around us is at the heart of the Safety Office’s “We Share the AYcampaign. Perfume, after-shave, scented hairsprays and deodorants can result in a variety of health problems including sore throat, sinus congestion, wheezing, headaches, dizziness

and nausea, If you have ever been trapped in an elevator with someone who smellslike they’ve showered in CK One, these symptoms may be all too familiar. According to safety director Kevin Stewart, going scent-free is a matter of courtesy td those with whom we share our indoor work and study environments. The goal of the poster campaign is to promote awareness of the effects that scented products can have on health. It is hoped that people will avoid use of

these products without being legislated into doing so, More rigid campaigns have been launched at Queen Elizabeth II I-Iealth Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University in Halifax, where strict scent-free policies are regularly enforced. Unlike these in-. stitutions, however, the University of Waterloo is relying on the power of suggestion. Yt’s an awkward subject to bring up,” admits Stewart, since scented products are very much a “personal hygiene issue.” However, it is important to be aware of the sensitivities that many people have to everyday products. Perfume, like peanut butter or latex, may be perfectly harmless to some, but causes mild to severe allergic reactions in others. Those who suffer from health problems as a resuft of scented products in the workplace have a right to voice concern. They should feel comfortable enough ,to speak to coworkers directly about the problem or to take the issue up with a supervisor. Employers, reminds Stewart, have an obligation to accommodate employees. An irritant-free working environment benefits everyone, The poster campaign goes a long way in recognizing that the use of scented products is a valid health issue and ensures that workplace concerns about environmental hygiene will be taken seriously. Staff members in the co-op of-

fices in Needles Hall were among the first to bring the problem of scent saturation to the attention of the Safety Office. Air in “The Pit”, notoriously stuffy and uncomfortable during co-op interviews, was made worse by students eager to impress prospective bosses. “I guess they figured a little extra cologne might improve their chances/ smiles Stewart. Posters were requested stating the potential health hazards of scented products and were placed in the washrooms on the ground floor of Needles Hall. It is hoped that, as a result of these posters, co-op students will rely more on a smile and a fir& handshake and less on that extra squirt of CK One, Two posters are available from the Safety Office. One politely asks that people “avoid the use of” perfume and cologne while another announces that workers in ;he office building are sensitive to these products and should not be subjected to them. Since the campaign began in the fall, the Safety Office has received requests for between 25and 50 posters. That’s nothing to sneeze at. While S tewti concedes that this number is “not overwhelming,” it 1s significant and reflects a growing awareness of the issue of scent sensitivity. Contact Sheila Hurley at extension 3587 for “We Share the Air” poster information.

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Milleniurn

scholarship

Monev a welcome start to debt reduction J

MARK A. Imprint

SCHMN staff

hen the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation (CMSF) sent first disbursement in early the numbers of students scholarships seemed stag-

out their January, receiving germg. But within each of the 75,000 awards, which together total a $215,000,000 investment in postsecondary education, lies a personal story of need and debt. One such story is that of Danietle Burkett, a UW student who received a $3,000 grant towards her large student loan. The single mother of 5 year-old Morgan received news of her scholarship in early January, as did over 35,000 other Ontario students. Danielle is a student in her third year of Rhetoric and Professional Writing and the funds went udirectly toward [her] loan at the bank.” Burkett meets CMSF’s loan criteria because she applied for OSAP, is an upper-year student and has a significantly high debt load. With Burkett being a single mother her loan includes “living expenses as well as normal students COStC

The start of Burkett’s family did not stop her quest for a university education. For many students like Burkett, loans have become an immense burden and the costs of tuition and books has increased rapidly.

Who wants to be a millionnaire? Burkett made the decision that “the financial consequences are worth the end goal.” Despite that, Burkett isn’t really concerned with the money at the end of her degree. “I am looking to be able to do what I want to do. I am at university for the old-fashioned reason, not for the money,” said Burkett, Also, despite the significant allotment of funds Burkett has received she still feeis that it’s not enough. She feels that both citizens and the governments “need to look at the value

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of people coming out of universities,“and assess “that students shouldn’t be in as much debt.” Burkett is still looking to see how she will fund the completion of her degree, despite the influx of capital for her loan. Current Ontario Student Loan Program requirements have a cap of 10 terms to collect assistance and Burkett, with her young son, is in her last term to qualify for assistance. As well, Burkett’s increased loans have led to exorbitant debt. Facing these circumstances, Burkett hopes governments will reassess their priorities. Citing the Ontario Government, “whose attitude towards education is probably the worst,” Burkett reasserted that it “is everybody’s responsibility to make sure that we have people receiving the education we want” for our society. Burkett was pleased with her Millennium Scholarship and believes that it’s a start. Like so many other students, Burkett has felt the benefit of the scholarship but will continue to grapple with the costs of postsecondary education. Yt’s difficult to figure out the financesY” says Burkett in a sentiment she feels represents many university students across Canada.

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‘d like to introduce you to two (formerly) secret ingredients that are absolutely essential when you leave the comforts of home and try your hand at cooking in the wilderness. No, I don’t mean setting up a tent in your back yard and barbecuing; 1 mean going into the middle of nowhere by canoe, carrying your kitchen and all your provisions, and sometimes your canoe too, on your back. Such a trip inevitably means ditching the silverware (unless you plan to hire porters), the glassware (it’ll be done like dinner the first time you drop that backpack into ; the canoe), and almost everything s else that won’t either double as another implement or fit inside itself. i If sawing the handle off your tooth2brush will lighten your load, be my guest, i3 What about secret ingredients, t you ask? They are commonplace foods: ketchup and brown sugar i (and I must credit chef Sandy for I this). Now hear me out. First of all, ecJq&zgtastes bet{ ter in that silent openness, and huni ger and exhaustion are great condi-

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merits, But there’s nothing like getting up in the mornbg, &ex having slept under the stars (weather permitting), snapping $ few blackmail pictures of your sleeping friends, and then working together for one goal: breakfast, Some paddle out into the middle uf the: lake to gather water, some break up sticks md start the cooking fire, yet others untie the pulleys and lower the packs to get foad and utensils. A privileged few are actually allowed to cook. Uf those Algonquin breakfasts, surely crispy bacon garnished liberally with brown sugar tops the list. Ketchup brings out the flavour of atly savoury dish, and top it with a little Tex MexTM spice and you can’t lOSe*

Buy (or rent) good packs, double bag everything with ZiplocsTM, and if you must collapse while carrying a food pack, fall forwards if you’re carrying bread. Pre-cook whatever you can. If you’re going for much more than a week, forget all this, because you’ll be bringing dried rations or a rifle instead. That said, I encourage everyone to get away frq@%J all in Ontario’s wilderness. GZ%~, r yourself k at http ://surf .tomsY$iT>L

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Making It Hot! Friday, Jan. 21st at the Bomber Hosted by the Association of Caribbean Students $5 advance members, $7 door members, $8 door non members CASA presents MM: Dance of the Millenium Friday, Jan. 14th at Fed Hall, 4:3OPM-2AM University College ID Required $5 members, $7 non members, $9 door Ask the Presidents Forum UW President David Johnston, Faculty Association President Fred McCourt, and FedS President Christine Cheng. Ask questions about tuition, overcrowding, the new residence.. mything! Wed. Jan. 19th - Noon to 1:3OPM - Great Hall, SLC

Submissions for the 2000 Edition of Voices (of Womyn) will be accepted at the Womyn’s Centre, Turnkey Desk, and Feds Office until Jan. 3 1st. All poems, stories, ideas, drawings, photographs need apply!

Co-Op Student Services Meeting Thursdu-v. Jan. 20th. 4:3UPM- SLC 2136

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Currently seeking new members for the Feds Live! crew - are you ,d in becoming involved WILII programming at Waterloo? Do you want to check out bands behind the scenes? Craig Cardiff, Feds ming at ext 4760 for more intnrnrte

Are you interested in recording a demo? Thursdays at the Bombsheltw is OPENSTAGE -- a night of music. Everyone is welcome to ame out and perform. Hosted by UW/community musicians -Event nights will be recorded! Call ext. 4760 to find out how to get iWolVed.

Wonder what it would be like to see the next Eddie Murphy? Lenny Bruce? Live comedy is now here at UW. Every Wednesday between 4-8PM, check out HAPPYHOUR, f&turing talented canadian comedians. Call ext. 4760. Sponsored by YukYuk’s and Sleemans.

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Ask the Ombudsperson

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was informed by my dinner guest that it must have been an off-ni& to dine at the popular new international venue, Rude Native Bistro, With the restaurant so popular that I couldn’t ever get a table, it didn’t quite meet the expectations Xset. The fabuIous atmosphere and the exquisite cuisine af the Rude Native Bistro were jarred by sparse and often poor service, Despite the lack of attention from personnel, the dining experience cannot be matched and highlights Waterfoa’s enclave of small, elegant, eclectic bistros and restaurants,

Rude Native deserves the good reputation it has earned in FVaterloo. Popular opinion and some friends have told me that my poor service at the Bistro was far from normal and that the staffing is typitally equivalent co their exceptional cuisine. My guest and I started our meal with an appetizer of roasted garlic buds and brie. For $7, the appetizer is large and fit fur at least two. The succulent garlic comes well-fired and is served with a creamy wheel of brie. Served on

toast paints with spectacuta red currant preserves, the appetizer was a delicacy for the palate, The ambience of the restaurant prutides a warm and exciting venue for conversation and distraction. The artwork has tribai influences and the unique blend of colours and texture makes restaurant patrons feel invited while equally exotic. My guest continued his mea! with a serving of Bangkok Mussels. At $8, this dish is exceedingly large. Steamed in ginger, lemon grass, coconut milk and rice wine, the mussels were creamy, rich and delectabl e The large servings high1 ighted both Rude Native’s value as well as their ability to make gourmet cuisine on a grand scale* I followed our splendid appetizer with the Thai Noodle Stir-Fry. Large rice noodles topped with chicken and fresh garden vegetables made this a veritable feast. The dining experience at Rude Native is a pleasure for all the senses as the dishes and atmosphere ensure that taste andsmell are as important as appearance and texture, Rude Native has found a perfeet niche in a market that often spends tou much time on cosmopolitan cuisine and too little on ingenuity. While many restaurants in the region have focused on neutral settings and practically neutral dish

hat does the word Ombudsperson mean? What role does one play at the University of Waterloo? The word “Ombudsman” is Swedish for one who represents the people when they are facing the complexity of a bureaucracy. Today much has changed, such as the new term of “Ombudsperson.” Also, the function of this role is not to represent the individual, but toguide them and work with others to seek fair solutions for all concerned. At the University of Waterloo,

the Ombudsperson is mandated to assist students, staff and faculty with: an understanding and awareness of policies and procedures investigations and inquiries at the request of the client making recommendations for systemic change referring clients to agents of expettise maintaining the confidentiality of the client individuals in conflict come to a resolution encouraging communication and l

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teamwork within theuniversitycommunity. The Ombudsperson is not a lawyer or an advocate, nor does s/he have the power to enforce recommendations. Rather s/he works with clients and members of the University of Waterloo to ensure that resolution occurs and grievances are heard and addressed. To reach the Ombudsperson, Marianne Miller, call 88.5122 1 ext. 2402 or visit her office in the Student Life Centre, room 2 128. All messages and contacts are confidential.

offkngs, Rude Native hasventured out with great success to break the mold of cookie-cutter, mid-level pricing restaurants. Rude Native has managed an ethnically diverse menu ranging from Atlantic Salmon to Calypso Chicken to Phyllo Baked Chicken. The. daring menu is complemented by funkv . d&or, a central location and affordable pricing. Despite the poor service Z received, the restaurant is a refreshing take on eating out and appears to deserve the reputation it has received as the best new restaurant in Waterloo.

Kateri Akiwenzie-Dammspokein theSt. Jerome’sCommon Roomon WednesdayJanuary I2 as partoftheir Reading Series.Akiwenzie-Damm isan Anishnaabe poet and fiction writer from the Cape Croker Reservein Ontario. She has been published in anthologies and has two published books: Myheurtisastraybullet, Gbloodriuerwoman. Formoreinformation seeherwebsiteatwww.hansville.org/storytellers/damm.

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ew Year’s Eve at Fed Hall was quite fun. I to get dressed up, see friends, take pictures, and drink alcoholic beverages, But probably the best part about the evening was that I was there with my boyfriend. It’s a very different experience for me to be going to a straight bar with a male date. It’s not something most gay people enjoy doing. It’s kind of like pulling teeth. Given the choice between the comfortable, accepting environment of a gay bar versus the homophobic, potentially dangerous environment of a straight bar, I would normally choose the gay bar. That’s probably the reason there were no additional gay couples at Fed Hall that night - or any other night for that matter. But since most of my friends are straight, I wasn’t going to demand they join me at Club Renaissance. (While I’m on the topic of Fed Hall, I really think they should have a “Boys and Boys, Girlsand GirlsNight.“There’s something about their regular “Boys and Girls Night” that seems blatantly hetero-centric.) My boyfriend and I have discussed the issue of public dispIays of affection before. We are both comfortable with it as long as the environment seems safe. Straight people take

their public signs of affection for granted, but then again, they’ve probably never been stared at, laughed at, teased, or beaten up for asserting their sexual preference in public. For gay people, it can become a very unromantic situation very easily. There was no one beaten up at Fed Hall on January 1, but there was staring and laughing. I was fairly drunk, so this didn’t bother me, but I don’t generally mind the attention. There were many surprised people, with at least one person asking, “Are you two guys gay ?’ I found that a bit strange, since I had assumed that two

sexuality. All in all, I had a great time on New Year’s Eve. As long as nothing negative results, public displays of affection can be very fun and exciting. I look forward to attending straight bars with my boyfriend in the future with my usual naive confidence. Who knows, maybe one day the campus bars will be accepting enough for more gay couples to successfully integrate themselves into the average crowd and no one will even notice or care.

there was staring and laughing.”

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For God so loved the world, that hegave his only begotten Sm, that whosoever beliwcth in bin-r shor~ld not perish, btit have everlasting life.

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ast week we saw that God sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the cross so that we might be saved from our sins. This week, as we consider theword “whosoever,” we will see the amazing truth that this salvation is available to everyone. One of the truly amazing things about Biblical Christianity is that it crosses over the boundaries of culture, language, and social standing. That is a refreshing change from the many man-made religions in our world which are restricted by these and other barriers. Indeed, no matter who you are, God offers salvation to you. Each one of us faces death and hell -the penalty for our sins - but there is hope. We read in 1 John 2:2 that the Lord Jet ‘1s Christ “is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” His death on the cross was sufficient to pay the penalty for every sin ever committed, and His resurrection demonstrates God’s satisfac-

tion with that sacrifice. However, though God offers salvation as a free gift to you because of what Christ has done, unless you receive that gift by believing in Him, you still face the penalty for your sins. How tragic it would be to know God’s provision for you and not lo respond in faith. I say again that it is amazing that God offers salvation to everyone. That is the wonder of the word “whosoever.” God has not chosen only a select few to be saved. His offer of salvation is open to each and every individual with no restrictions. Even better than that is the fact that not only does God offer salvation to everyone, but He also wants everyone to be saved. We read that God desires “all [people] to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4), and the Lord is “longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3: 9). God loves you as an individual, but that means that you’ve got a personal decision to make. Believe today in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour, You may not have another opportunity.

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t’s that time of year again. The time when the echoes of hacking coughs and mucus-dominated sniffles drown the lull of morning lectures. It’s the time known as flu season, Fighting the flu bug in the TriCity area in the past few years has been a chore for local health officials. In 1999, outbreaks of viruses attacking nursing homes sent doctors scurrying to find the source of the contamination. As a result, nurses and doctors working closely with patients are required to receive a flu shot, not necessarily for their own safety, but instead, for the patients’ safety. Recently, a major catering company was faced with an employee with flu-stricken hands handling meals, which led to the infection of the whore dinner party. At local hospitals, emergency wards are being bombarded by walk-in patients who have raised the white flag against the virus. In some cases, nurses have to line patients in the hallways of the hospital and supply them with basins to avoid regurgitated messes on the floors. To make matters worse, many surgeries had to be cancelled because of the number of beds being used to accommodate pneumonia patients. At UW, many students are falling victim to the virus, but not many are taking advantage of help on campus, says Denise Angrove of Health Services. In fact, Angrove

notes that during the mass vaccinations in October and November of last term, the majority of the participants were staff. ‘%tudents don’t think about it until they get it,” says Angrove.

Receiving a flu shot in the midst of combating the virus may also be effortless. The vaccine does not have an effect on the body until two to three weeks after the initial administration.

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And if. you haven’t received your flu shot from Health Services, it might be too late. Angrove says that Health Services has run dry of the serum that combats the flu virus, and she wouldn’t be surprised if local doctors are in the same boat. Health Services is expected to receive a new supply of the vaccine in the near future. Flu shots will be administered later than usual this year to accommodate a predicted onslaught of influenza cases before the end of the month, “It’s going to come,” added Angrove on the rush of flu cases.

And if you think that the shot will end the flu entirely, think again. The vaccine only eases the effect of the virus on the body, but rarely impedes the symptoms immediately. Flu symptoms include high fever, muscle aches, dizziness, and chest discomfort. An attack of the flu may occur overnight or even slowly throughout the day. In many cases,influenza is mistaken for a cold, but the flu is more distinctive in the way that it makes you tired and achy. In January of 1999, the local health unit was called to UW Health Services to examine possi-

ble flu outbreaks on campus. After throat swabbing possible flu victims, 15 positive results were returned. The flu season is in effect when more than two cases are confirmed in one week in any practice. Traffic at the Health Centre since the beginning of classes has not increased significantly, which leads Health Services staff to expect a sudden influx of walk-ins in the weeks ahead. Students are advised that if they do feel symptoms of the flu, they should visit Health Services to speak with a nurse. Some victims might even consider a new flu pill, Tamiflu, which Health Canada approved last week to be sold in pharmacies. Students are generally not prone to the virus because their bodies are stronger and healthier than those of older people. Despite this advantage, students can spread flu viruses by merely coming into daily contact with more suceptible individuals. When handling food, Angrove reminds students to always wash their hands, especially after blowing their noses to prevent spread of the virus. According to health officials, ‘flu season started on the first day of winter, but early signs of the illness prematurely surfaced in late October. FluPillxom, a Web source for Canadian influenza news, states that Southern Ontario is on high alert of flu breakouts, as opposed to Northern Ontario where influenza cases are at a normal level. Students should be aware of early signs and take precautions.

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om O’Brien and Tom Kieswetter are both coaches that prove Waterloo’s might and mettle when it comes to basketball in the OUA West division. Granted, each team hashad a few hiccups (such as McMaster) but on January 8, both the men’s and women’s team looked damned impressive in solid wins against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Chick. . . em. . . Hawks on their own turf. At 12~00 p.m., thewomen, who were at the time 4-3, were ready to face off against the Golden Hawks, who were a pitiful1 7. The first points of the game went to Jennifer MacDonald of the Golden Hawks, who scored on a nice lay-up. This did not discourage the Waterloo Warriors one bit. Kristen Eisner scored

the first points for Waterloo, her basket wasthe trigger for a 124 run that would set the stage for the rest of the game for the sad sack Hawks. Laurier did not help their cause with their undisciplined play, poor shooting and accumulating turnovers. Just how bad did it get for the Hawks? Two of Laurier’s better players, Meaghan Uikawa and Mariana Hrkac, were collecting fouls faster than a student’s textbook collects dust. On the other hand, Warriors Leslie Mitchell and Nicole Consitt didn’t have much trouble when it came to scoring. When the first half was completed, Mitchell and Con&scored eight points apiece and Waterloo walked to the dressing room with a 36-20 lead. The second half would be an improvement for Wilfrid Laurier. Stu Julius must have said something to his girls, for the Hawks started to take the game to the Warriors. Jennifer McDonald and Christa Lodge, two Laurier piayers who had

gone silent in the first half, started to contribute to the Laurier cause with some wonderful shots. Yet, Meghann Clancy and Leslie Mitchell also decided to take their game to the next level with some excellent defensive plays and some beautiful lay-ups. For the Golden Hawks, their doom came from Oikawa and Hrkac. Both of theseplayers were touted to make the difference in the game but managed to foul out with only four points apiece. Fouls in general killed the Golden Hawks, as Waterloo escaped the high school down the street with a 60-44 victory. Leslie Mitchell led alI scorers with an amazing 23 points, while Meghann Clancy manage to put in 13 of her own and Nicole Consitt contributed 11 to the Warrior cause. As for the Hawks, Courtney McMahom scored 11 points, Jennifer McDonald gathered nine points and Christa Lodge left Laurier with seven points. Meghann Clancy was the only Warrior who wasin foul trouble (with four), but Laura Duskocy was close with three fouls. After the ladies dazzled the crowd with some fancy footwork, itwas time for the men to showoff their stuff. The Warrior men, fresh off a humiliating defeat against McMaster, faced a

Laurier team that had started off their seasonwith a win against Brock and had their star player (Bob Papadimitrio) return after about with the flu. Tom Kieswetter, coach of the Warriors, knew that his crew had to rebound after the shellacking in Hamilton. The game began very well for the Warriors, as Conrad Kreek scored the first points of the game on a sound shot. For the first two minutes of the game, Waterloo wastaking it to the Golden Hawks, who were having a bit of trouble finding the basket. Finally, Radhi Knapp would score the first points for Laurier on a foul shot. This only made the Warriors unhappy, as Mike Zavershnik, David Quinlan and John Quinlan staged a nice 7-O run for the Warriors, With this run, Waterloo gained an early 16-4 lead. Give credit to Mike Kilpatrick and his group, though; the Golden Hawks refused to die. Under Bob Papadimitriou and Robert Duffy, the Hawks fought tooth and nail with the Warriors and started to mount an offensive flurry against the Warriors. But when the first halfwas done, Waterloo still walked away from the court with a 30-22 advantage. The second half of the game proved to be more offensive than the first, but the result was still the same. Waterloo had not lost any of the momentum they gathered in the first half, and it showed. The half began with Dan Schipper putting on a clinic to the Golden Hawks on how to score. With the help of the Quinlan Brothers and Shane Conney, Waterloo made a fantastic 15-3 run in the first seven minutes of the half. Mike Kilpatrick,

obviously concerned about his team, called a time out after Kreek’s basket made the score 47-25. This tactic worked as Bob

Papadimitriou, Jeff Dunning and Adam Rogers started to mount a comeback against the tough Warriors. Unfortunately for Laurier, the dosest the Golden Hawks could get in closing the gap was 11 points. Under the leadership of Zavershnik and the veteran play of Schipper and Cooney, the Warriors never allowed Laurier to run amok’with the offense. As a result, the Warriors left the building celebrating a 72-5 7 win against a much hated rival. Mike Zavershnik showed the par&an fans of Wilfrid Laurier why he is one of Waterloo’s greatest players. He led all scorers with 18 points. Dan Schipper also gave his all to the Warriors with 16 points to the cause. Shane Cooney and John Quinlan accumulated 10 points apiece. As for Laurier, Bob Papadimitriou led the Hawks with 14 points, Adam Rogers scored 12 points and Jeff Dunning added 10 more points to his statisticaltotals. Only one player fouled out, and he was Darren Viera of Laurier, who left the game with zero points. But Dan Schipper, Paul Kwiatkowski, Radhi Knapp and Jeff Dunning all ran into foul trouble.

After their jaunt on January 12 at Western, the men and play host to the Windsor Lancers at the Physical Athletics Complex. Theladiesstart thegame at 12100 p.m., with themen following just after. So come on down to the PAC and watch the men and women skewer the Lancers. women

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in Africa,

agazelle wakes up. It knows it must Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up you’d better be running. Fast. These words are the credo under which the track program here at Waterloo operates, under the direction of head coach Brent McFarlane, While Brent is the head coach of the Canadian track and field team headed to the Olympics in Sydney this summer, he is still at the helm of our school’s track and field program. And if anything can be taken from the team’s performance at the Nike Sharon Anderson Invitational meet held this

run faster than the fastestlion or it will be killed.

past weekend at the University of Toronto, it appkars as if the Waterloo team may be ready to enjoy as much successas Canada’s OIympic athletes have over the past few years. It must be said that the competition at this meet was not as fierce as it will get this season for the Warriors. It also must be said that Waterloo pretty much destroyed most of the competition they faced. In the relays, three wins and one silver in four races for Warriors teams. The women’s 4x2OOm team, consisting of Daniella Carrington, Angie Ross, Alison Brazier, and Heather Moyse, beat the second placeYork team by almost five

seconds. Individually, each of the four team members medals as well - Heather, Daniella, and Angie finished

earned second -third-fourth respectively in the 60 m sprint. The rookie Ross then got back on the medal podium with a third pIace finish over 300 m in an impressive 43.61 seconds, and Alison outjumped all but one of her competitors to claim second in long jump. Other medalists on the day were Angela Player (third) in the

- unfortunately they were anyone as no other team to step on the track against them. Rob Bruce, Chris Row, Dave Harmsworth and Stephen Drew hooked up to run a valiant time of 8 minutes 42 seconds, which is a substandard time for this talented team on a normal day, but quite an accomplishment when they had to run the full two mile distance alone. The men’s sprint corps had a very successfulday, led by second-year sensation Paul Gill. Not only did he anchor the Waterloo ‘A’ 4x200 m team to an impressive win and run a personal best of 7.09 seconds to finish ninth in the 60 m; but he then broke the school 300m record which he co-held, finishing second in atime of 35.4 1 seconds,York’s Luis Vega Penso won the race in 35.07. Duan Bailey represented the Warriors by picking up a bronze in the 60 metre high-hurdles. 60 m hurdles and the women’s 4x80Om team, who finished The results in Toronto are all the more impressive when second to Toronto. Some rookies stepped up and checked in s one considers that it was only three days before that many members of the team were stepping off the plane from San with head-turning performances -Laurie Deramay and Jenn Diego, where they had just spent most of their holidays at the Litt went all out to finish fifth and sixth in the 600 m, Gina annual Christmas break training camp. Many of the athletes Jackson grabbed fifth in the 1000 m(just behind team veteran competing in Toronto were still worn down and physically Shauna Ellis) while on the guys side, pole vaulter Jason Tham exhausted from the hard training (and partying) in the sun and cleared the four metre barrier for the first time. The event was heat. The results should only get better as everyone gets rested won by former UW athlete and CIAU champion Jeff Miller, who and healthy, and the training starts to pay off. From here on in, vaulted a height of 5.10 m. there’s only one way that the team’s headed - up. The men’s distance team had travelled to Toronto with

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Leaders of the week Black

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The “A Knight to Remember” squash tourney returns to the PAC again this term, complete with huge sponsorship from Black Knight and action in three separate divisions. The tournament date is January 22-23, with the registration deadline on Tuesday, January 18 at 4:30 p.m. in PAC 2039, For only $10 per person, you’re guaranteed four matches and there are draw prizes for everyone, The plethora of prizes provided by Black Knight include a free racquet valued $250. You don’t even need a racquet to play, because Black Knight also brings a selection of racquets for players to try out. All these incentives plus a packed day of competition make this an event that squash players of any level won’t want to miss.

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Have you ever wanted to serve like Sampras, slice like Stefi or braid your hair like the Williams sisters? Well, we can help you with the first two goals, but for the third you’re on your own! New for 2000, Campus Recreation is offering private tennis lessons for players of all levels. The cost is $15 per hour for one person or $20 per hour if you have two people who would like to learn together. Simply drop by the Athletics office in PAC 2039 to register and we’ll put you in touch with the varsity coach to

get started. All we ask is that when you eventually win Wimbledon, don’t forget where you got your start!

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Question: What’s the newest Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport also offered at UW? Answer; Lifeguarding! The UW Lifeguard Club takes part in competitions throughout the year at Western, Guelph, here at home at the Oktoberfest Competitions,

in the Ontario University Championships and at the Lifesaving Society Ontario Pool Championships. Competitions follow Ontario LSS and International

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are welcome to come out and practice for fun and /or competition. Each week, the club practices a variety of first aid and lifeguarding skills using standard and advanced practices designed to prepare them for competition, aswell as increasing their confidence and skill level. Practices are held weekly with a team outing following! A “welcome” meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 20 in Physical Activities Complex room 2045 at 500 p.m. Come out to this meeting or contact Shawnah Staples at sestaple@ahsmail,uwaterloo.ca. Come practice your skills, have fun and meet some new people!

Jean Scheiring

Shane O’Dell

Jenn can always be found on the pool deck bringing fun and creativity to her aquafit class. She teaches four times per week and often helps out by filling in for other instructors. She constantly pushes people to work their hardest and every member of her class always leaves with a smile on their face. Thanks for your hard work, Jenn!

Athletes of the week

Warrior

Paul Gill Track & Field

A secondyear Sciencestudent from Brampton, Paul finished second place in the 3 OOmwith a new varsity record and personal best time of 35.41 seconds at the Toronto Open this past weekend. PauI also finished in eighth place in the 60m ‘A’ final with a personal best time of 7.09 seconds.In addition to his great individual accomplishments, Paut was a member of the winning4x2OOm est leg of 22.4 the Warriors

Supa Sound Crew, Delerious, Mistd Jiggz, Jump Back N Bounce

Shane is an extremely dedicated skating instructor for Campus Recreation each term. Last term, he even travelled from Toronto each week to teach classes! He is continually improving himself as an instructor and always provides educational and enjoyable lessonsfor his participants. Keep up the great work this term, Shane!

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A third year Biology student from Guelph, Leslie netted 30 points and added 11 rebounds and 4 steais in two games this pastweek against McMaster and Laurier. Leslie scored seven points in the Warriors 54-48 lossat McMaster. In the Warriors 60-44 victory over rivaI Laurier, Leslie found her shot from the outside shooting a blistering six out of seven from three point range and finishing with 23 points to lead the Warriors. The Warriors’ next game is January 12 when Waterloo travels to Western to take on the Mustangs, or Part-lime

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he Warriors had a weekend split with one heartwarming, adrenaline pumping win and one depressing, horrific loss. The Warriors lost to the Brock Badgers 62, but then prevailed over Ryerson

5-4. On January 7, the Warriors rang in the second haIf of the season with a match against the division leading Brock Badgers. Murray Nystrom, head coach of the Badgers, decided that Marc LaChance would start in net. Steve Brooks placed Jason Willard as the guardian in between the pipes. From the opening face-off between Sean Fitzgerald and Tim Rivest, it seemed that the men in Black and Gold had no spark whatsoever. After one period, Brock had a two-goal lead on the Warriors. An absolute debacle of the worst kind is all one can sayto describe the play of the Waterloo Warriors in the second period. The trouble began in the second minute, when Ryan Tocher’s shot just escaped the glove of Willard and settled right behind the

many mental errors and crossed into Brock territory very rareIy. When the period ended, Brock’s surplus of goals against Waterioo stood at five. In the third period, Waterloo finally did something they were not doing for the last 40 minutes. They actually started to play decent hockey! Mike Devereaux and Robert Marie would score within seven minutes of each other. Murray Nystrom and the Brock Badgers left the Columbia Icefields with a 6-2 victory. Humbled by this loss, the Warriors would attempt to rectify themselves two days later against Louie Camevale’s Ryerson Rams. The starting goaltenders were Stevk Bewley for Ryerson and Jason Willard for

Waterloo, The first period was a combination of the Warriors determination to avenge themselves and a minor letdown

for Ryerson.

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to score first with the help of Kirby Tokarski, but to no avail. No one scored in the first period. The second period was wild, unpredictable and put the fans right on the edge of their seats. The turning point of this game would occur

with 8: 11 left in the second period. On a routine clearance out of the Warrior’s zone, Jason Willard casually passed the puck to one Mark McMillan. Now, this is all fine and dandy, except Mark McMiIlan plays for Ryerson. By the time Willard realized his folly, the damage was already done, the puck was in the back of the net and Ryerson increased their lead to two goals. With this goal, Cressman decided to put Ryan Unwin between the pipes. With a change in net, there was renewed optimism when two minutes later, Brett Turner grabbeda rebound from ashot originalty made by Mike Nixon and slid the puck past Bewley. After an exciting second period, the third was a bit more tame. With the score tied. 4-4, both Waterioo and Ryerson fought tooth and nail to get the winner. In the last three minutes of the game, Waterloo skated like there was no tomorrow, gaining plenty of good chances on Bewley. After three periods, the game went into overtime. Fortunately, overtime lasted only 19 seconds, thanks to Robert Marie, who scored the win-

ninggoal. JasonBrookes and the crew were jubilant about their first overtime

Tryingtofindthenet:Waterloodroppedone,wonone. win of the season. “We made some adjustments and we wouid make Ryerson beat us with our systems,” Brookes said when asked about how they managed to pull this off. As for the goalies, Brookes quipped, “We

thought that it was a good time to make the change after the third goal; We gave Willard a chance to shake off that play and regain his confidence.” Overall, Brookes lauded everyone, especially those who were on the ice for the overtime winner. “They all played the system well.

Everyone on the face-off played their role,” he said. ’ This weekend, hisgang now become

Cressman and road Warriors. On January 15, the Warriors travel to take on the York Yeomen. The game commences at 2:OO p.m. The next day, the Warriors make the trek to frozen Sudbury to attempt to bury the Laurentianvoyageurs. Thisgame also begins at 2:00 p.m. Finally, the Warriors will go to the Clarica Arena to face off against the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks at 7:30 p.m.

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former UW Athletics and Recreational Services employee has been honoured by the OUA for his contribution to promoting university sport through the media. Paul Condon received the award with 15 other members of the media at a December luncheon in Hamilton held by the OWA. The award, which recognized Condon for his lifelong contribution to the advancement of university sport in Ontario through media, honours those who represent their athletic teams in reporting of sport in Ontario. Condon, who is a member of the UW Athletics Hall of Fame, felt honoured that the OUA recognized his contribution to publicizing var-

the country. “It’s always nice to be honoured and recognized for any contribution,” said Condon. Condon first began working at UWin 1966 asDirector of Intramurals sity sports across

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with local media, One of the ways he suggestedwas to put more emphasis on gathering team and individual statisticsand publicizing the results to the media.

“In the beginning, there was a lack of a coordinated effort,” said Condon. “Each university. had its own way for doing it - collecting staistics.n

It’s nice to be honoured how he lead new organizations and launched publications to garner appreciation for university sport in the community, Condon admitted that when he first started working at UW, he noticed that all universities needed to form a bond to foster a relationship

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Condon spearheaded an effort to get all universities on the same page, collecting sports information and distributing it amongst competing teams. “By gathering statistics, we could give something the media could re-

port,” added Condon who contin:

to follow UW sports. The boost of creating a network of sports information had its tedious times. Condon remembered the day that scoring results had to be mailed to universities, usually arriving many

ues

days later.

Condon’s efforts promoting varsity sport for 30 years at UW stretched far beyond the boundaries of events on campus. The most standing legacy that Condon left in university sport still splashesthe pagesof local newspaperseveryday, the CIAU top 10 rankings. “Ranking teams all across the country gave instant summaries to news media,” said Condon, “It also helped teamscoming from the West to play teams in the East (Condon gives the Naismith Basketball Tournament as an example). This way they knew how they would fare up‘

against competition.” There was some apprehension about suggesting the top 10 ideas to members of the CIAO administration. “We knew it was going to be controversial,” noted Condon. “But it wasagreatway to gain publicity for university-sports.” Condon attIcibuted some of the popularity of university Sport to members of the local media. He agreed that the media was very cooperative and noted’that hating a sports writer, Carl Tosky, leading Waterloo Athletics at the time helped gain valuable connections with news agencies. Condon understands the importance of a relationship between the local media and all university sports. It is important to keep the media interested.

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at a wonderful month we’ve had in sport, haven’t we? seemsthatallthenutsarecomingout in droves. From Antonio Brown to DavidBeckhaqitseemsthatthelast two months have brought out the very worst in athletes. - And now, wehave John Rocker of the Atlanta Braves and Vaclav ProspaloftheCktawaSenators.Both Pro&andRo&er,asyoumayknow, . havemadestatementsthathavemade them now lifetime memhers of the Marge Schott Club. Nevertheless, it raises a very interesting and disturbing question, That are we doing to eliminate racist attitudes in sport?” Apparently, not much, and the lessons of the past haven’t sunk in yet. There are many examples of racist attitudes in sport. From the trash talking one finds on American football fields to the cheeky chants that one sings when at a stadium where OUTfavourite team plays, such as the old chant “In their Nottingham slums. . .” the mentality on the arena is “Us versus Them? As a result, we may saythings that we would never normally sayto complete strangers. With the help of the fermented beverageof choice, history has shown that this result can turn quite deadly. One of the greatest examples of racism run rampant occurred on June 6,1985, at a Belgium stadium called Heysel. The event waS the Champions Cup final between English club Liverpool and Italian club Juventus

di Torino. The crowd was already at don’t recall which one it was) stated, capacity and everyone was expect- “Do not worry if we do not beat the ing agood game. Unfortunately, this Germans in our national sport on our ground today; take comfort that event was marred by an old hatred. You see,the English and Italians get we have defeated them twice at their along like the Hatfields and the national sport on their ground? McCoys. An hour before the game, Naturally, the German papers called a bunch of English nutters decide to this English paper “quite xenophohave some fin and crack open some bit.” Now, boys and girls, we know Italian skulls. Of course, this starts a where the racism was there, don’t bloody riot that seesa retaining wall we? collapse, a stampede of panicked , Finally, there is always the Old Fir-mmatches.For those that are uninitiated with Scottish football, the Old FirmteamsaretheCeltic and the &angers. And

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Juverkfans and police with batons battling English hooligans. As a result, 35 people’ died (30 of them Italhj, over 200 were injured and English teams were banned from international play for five years, except for Liverpool, who got six. Yet, on the BBC, you still hear about fans rioting in the streets of Beogrod, Amsterdam or Marseilles. Even the media is not immune, In Euro 1996, the English (again?) were in the semifinals against the Germans. And if you thought the English hated the Italians, you don’t want to know about how they respond to the Germans. Nevertheless, the English tabloids were ready to bury and bum the Germa’ns. And as one paper (I

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he Warriors Nordic ski team utterly dominated the competition this past weekend at Highlands Nordic in Duntroon. With teams from Guelph, Toronto and Laurentian present the competition was suitable for the first race of the New Year. The women’s race saw Waterloo place five in the top ten while the men managed to gain six of the top ten spots. The women raced two laps of a tough five kilometre course after a fastmassstart. While Elaine Linhorst (UofT) and Allison Jeffkins (Laurentian) fought it out for the win, the real race of the day was a head to head battle between Waterloo skiersJodie Scott, Allison Lampi, and Mary Ellen Wood, Jodie Scott was able to take the lead late in the last lap to secureabronze medal with Allison Lampi fourth and Mary Ellen Wood fifth, Other Warriors results were Kelly Skinner sixth, Monica Henriques ninth, Leanne Wortly 13th and Wendy Corriveau 14th.

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associatedwith that little match. Glasgow Celtic, wearing. the green and white hoops, represent the working poor and those of the Catholic faith. Glasgow Rangers, whose colours are blue and red, represent the middle classand those of the Protestant faith, Even today, with a combination like that, one always expects passions and hatred to be quite high, whether the game be played at Ibrox or Celtic Park. Similarsituations exist in Dundee,Edinburgh, Belfast,Dublin, ManChester and London. These sorts of things are being played worldwide, from Seattle to Melbourne, fromVladivastok to Santiago, Still, we have not learned much from incidents such asthese.And it’s a shame, really. Granted, you can root for your team, but just don’t go too far with it, OK?

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In the Men’s race Ian Murray easily won his fourth race of the year, covering the three lap (15km) course 2 I seconds faster than anybdy else. Again the race for third was the one to watch asJustin Faulkner (Windsor) moved into third early in the first lap and looked like he had it all tied up until a late charge by Charles Curtisinthelasthalfoftheracemade it a show. Charles gained about 40 seconds in the last seven km but ran outofrealestateasJustinbeathimby a slim two seconds. Other men’s results included Kris Doyen fifth, Stephane Perry seventh, Greg Rein tenth, Kyle Guembal 1 lth, Jeremy Crane 12th, Greg Brigley 13th, Alastair Lawrence 15th, Eric Cartman Vth, Chris Naylor 19th, Joel Kamnitzer 20th and Peter Mills 26th. The next race will be an QUA qualifier that Waterloo is hosting in Orangeville this weekend. Saturday afternoon, the racing will be nonstop excitement and the Warriors intend to post notice about their intention of taking both the men’s and women’s OUA titles.

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native and Warrior back JasonTibbits with the Hamilton

Tiger Catsthismonth. Tibbits, a fourth round draft pick who originaHy signed with the Tiger Cats in May 1999, remained the property of the Tiger Cats this pastuniversity season. Tibbits helped-the Warrior football team defeat Laurier in the Yates Cup and get a berth in the Atlantic Bowl. He is also Waterloo’s all-time interception leader. r An Economics major, Tibbi ts is joined by Jason Cheron of Lava1 University who helped the Rouge et Or capture the Vanier Cup this past November.

According to the press release

coach Ron Lancaster said, “We are happy to re-sign these two up and coming draft picks. They were both very successful in their final year of university football and played a lead role on their respectiveteams. Tibbits has great speed and potential.” Good luck, Jason!

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ortunate enough to return home during the winter break, I spent many days wandering around New York City. It is bursting with music, theater and dance companies, museums and galleries. The city really lives up to its reputation as a cultural Mecca. Many museums are offerring “blockbuster” exhibitions for the fall-winter months to celebrate the millennium and attract tourists. Here’s a little tour: Guggenheim

Museum

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This retrospective of Franc&co Clemente has over 200 works in various mediums dating from the 1970s through to the present. Clemente draws from diverse cultures including Italy, India and New York City. His styles range from Italian frescoes, Indian miniature painting, abstract expressionism to Pop Art. The show was organized thematically, rather than chronologically, into sections like “I,” “Conversion to Her,” and “Sky.” This method allowed the viewer to see the progression of ideas. I especially enjoyed “Francesco Clemente Pinxit,” his first series of Indian miniatures. The paintings were filled with vibrant colours and detail. They were beautiful to study and view. Other interesting works included his collaborations with Allen Ginsberg. They , worked with each other to create poetry integrated with art. His work successfully merged cultures, periods and styles. It was exciting to move from his sensual and dreamlike watercolours, thought-provoking oils and expressionist portraits. Whitney Museum of American Art -n?eAl?lmkuncmtu?y-l950totbe present This is the second part of The American Centrcry exhibition. A chronicle of the major works of each decade, this exhibit spans six floors and five decades and has hundreds of works in diverse media. The show is successful in conveying ttie political and social Atmosphere of each decade, providing a good historical context for the armorks. Each floor featured a room devoted to history. Video, music and controversial books of the time were aiso displayed. I was particularly impressedwith the 1960s room. It was complete with lava lamps, bean bag chairs, peace posters, footage of protests and music by Lennon, Hendrix and Dylan. The show is basically a textbookstudyofAmericanart. Mostof the well-known works by major artists like Jasper Johns, Edward HopperJackson Pollack and Andy Warhal are there. Even though the show barely scratches the surface in 1ts study of the works of each decade, it is an admirable effort. The task of

sorting through five decades of work is monumental. The museum makes great use of its space with artwork and multimedia displays stuffed into every nook and cranny. The show wasasmuchanartexhibitionasitwas a history lesson. It was a great learning experience, especially for those too young to remember the earlier decades. Brooklyn Museum of Art -Sensation You’ve probably read about this exhibit somewhere. This controversial show generated a lot of press when the mayor dictator of NYC, Rudy Guillani, tried to withdraw public funding for the museum to shut down the show. There were protests by religious groups and even an attack on the artwork. Fortunately, the courts sided with the museum. All this press benefitted the museum, Ieading to record attendance for the exhibition. Rudy would have been better off keeping his big mouth shut. Precautions were taken by the museum to prevent further attacks on the artwork, Visitors had to go through a metal detector to enter the museum and the police and security presence was very visible. This created an un:: *,.‘...‘.‘. ‘.‘.:.:.:. :: :::. .. ,._.,,,;, .;;.,..,,,,,, .:.

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sion that a lot of it was done for shock value. The best example of this is the work of Chris Ofili (a.k.a. the elephant dung guy). He uses bright colours, mosaics, folk imagery and shit in his paintings. The paintings are interesting, but not worthy of so much attention. “The Holy Virgin Mary” was the painting that created all the controversy. It is an abstract work of a dark skinned female figure surrounded by butterfly-like figures. The

the museum’s press releases. “tt was in Zimbabwe that Ofili experienced what some might call a moment of clarity - struck by the limits of his paintings, and in an effort to ground them physically in a cultural as well a natural landscape, he hit upon the idea of sticking elephant dung onto them.” Translation: “NO one cared about my paintings, so I stuck shit on them to get noticed.” Another interesting piece was Marc Quinn’s “Self.” It is a cast made from the mold of the artist’s head. Sounds pretty straightforward, right? The twist is that the cast is made from eight pints of the artist’s blood extracted over a five month period. He froze the blood to form the cast. It is displayed in the museum in a refrigerated cube. Many works by Damien Hirst were on display. The “works” are various animals preserved in formaldehyde. There was a shark, a sheep, a pig and cows. The animals were preserved perfectly and looked eerie in the tanks of bluish liquid. The pig was sectioned lengthwise in half and displayed in two separate tanks, entrails and all. Two cows were sectioned into numerous pieces and displayed in non-sequential order. It seems that these pieces are better suited for the natural history museum than the art museum. Hirst’s works drew criticism from animal rights activists, but he claims that the animals were not harmed for the sake of his art. As if the sight of animal entrails wasn’t disgusting enough, “1,000 Years”uses maggots and flies. “1,000 Years” consists of aglass tank divided into two sections. One section has an electronic bug zapper, the other section has a box for the maggots to reside in. Once the maggots matured into flies, they can enter the section through an opening. The work encompasses birth, life and death all in one box. It is an intriguing and dis-

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made of elephant dung. The butterfly figures are pictures of buttocks. If he didn’t name the painting “The Holy Virgin Mary,” it would not have been interpreted as such. Ofili explained his use of dung in one of

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little maggots squirming around on the glass in one section while dead flies cover the floor of the other section. I think some of the flies escaped from the tank since I didnotice a few of them flying around the

museum. I really enjoyed the works of Ron Mueck and Rachel Whiteread. Mueck’s “Mask” is a large, incredibly life-like and detailed latex sculpture of ahuman face. Eyelashes, chin stub-

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Recall, if you will, the great benefit concerts and albums of yore. Organizers at the time realized that getting big name celebrities to hold hands singing “We are the World” was a real crowd-pleaser and people would eventually open up their wallets. All in all, it was a good strategy and it worked a lot better than previous charity attempts at strategically positioning kids to stand in front of liquor stores. Maybe then the time is ripe for a benefit album renaissance. Enter: Z’bdlack Party Continuous ClubMix, a rather long and misleading title for a collection of obscure tracks mixed by a relatively unknown DJ Susan Morabito. For every purchase of the CD, one whole American dollar will go towards the fight against AIDS - a thoughtful idea, but unfortunately the album is of limited appeal and that won’t ul-

timately help the 33 million people that are currently victims of the disease. Although the album was released in 1997, mariy of the songsfeel much older, many of them sadhangovers from the days when we were not ashamed of changes and the music came of age.SusanMorabito’s mix of Hole in One’s “Life’s too short” is almost acceptable. Bob Marley fans beware, there’s also a song called “Get up, Stand up,” but it pays no homage to the original. It’s House music, but not the type you’ll hear being spun at a club near you. Instead, the album delivers cheesy,mediocre, bubble-gum House. All of a sudden, the Vengaboys are starting tolook promising. The record has supposedly good intentions and it’s a shame the people who could benefit from this most will probably not see a penny out of it thanks to low-sales ambitions. Finally, the album’s moral standpoint seemsto be lost. It fails to addresssomeof the more pressing issues of AIDS from a global perspective. One of the objectives of this album iii to cIempower members of the music industry living with HIV/AIDS by offering access to information, servicesand financial assistance,n I can’t help but wonder what a poor Ugandan farmer, having lost his entire family to the scourge of HIV, would sayif he knew where the money was headed.

These days, it is hard to find music that does not sound like everything else you have already heard and God Bless the Smithereens is not an exception. Admittedly, this CD is a lot better than somereceived in the Imprint office, but the music of people who do not want to offend listeners in any way is not entertaining. This is not to say the Smithereens are not musically inclined. On the contrary, they are actually able to piiy instruments and sing. The four band members, Jim Babjak on guitar and vocals, Dennis Diken on drums, vocals and percussion, Pat DiNizio on keyboards, guitar and vocals and finally Mike Mesaros on bassguitar and vocals, combine to create a likeable musical sound. The songs,which are mostly written by the Smithereens, have a few catchy lines, but for the most part play as background music - the stuff you put on while

I am sure you’ve never heard of the movie Spbndor. Apparently, it’s a romantic comedy written and directed by Gregg Araki. It’s about a girl trying to decide between two guys, Even though the movie is unknown, the soundtrack is excellent. It has many big names like Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, Everything but

excellent beats.Then it slows down with some mellow ambient music by Slowdive. Blur’s *‘Beetlebum” is remixed by Moby. He places a soft orchestral background and a steady beat behind the vocals. Everything But the Girl’s “Before Today” has a mellow, minimalist sound with some soft vocals. Some of the heavier sounds on the album come from The Chemical Brothers’ “Elektrobank.” The track is very much in their style, with a heavy, mechanical beat. Another fun track is “Kelly Watch the Stars” by Air. It has a soft synthesized vocal sound with scratchy, porno movie beats as a backdrop. The song also incorporates a piano melody and some guitar riffs, The different elements come together well to create a funky sound. “The Jag” by the Micronauts is a blend of 80s vocal and 90s beats, which makes for an interesting sound. House of Love’s “I Don’t Know Why I LoveYou” sounds like an updatedversion of an 8Ospop song. One track I didn’t care for was “The Chemistry Between Us” by the London Suede. The lyrics were horrible; the song consistsof a guy singing %a la la la” in an especially whiny voice. The soundtrack ends with yet another remix of New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle.” I guess this track mirrors the situation in the

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repeats itself” she writes, %hould’ve learned from the past. If we’re content, we are defeated. And how are we to last?”

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are in the same average range and the instrumental ability is not very difficult, For those who actually enjoy mundane music, then this album is for you. For those of you who want some sort of substance,then I suggest passing this album by. People with tasteshould avoid this album. In short, this is a very boring album. The only way God would save the Smithereens is if they gave up music.

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A full helping of Canadiana and an introspective look at the story of Canada’s Inuit is visibly noticable throughout Susan Aglukark’s latest musical offering. A.&&ark’s pristine voice is complemented with a poppy mix of drums and electronic effects while attempting to tell raw stories of the life of Canadian

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offers some deep insightsinto the life of Canada’s First Peoples while unfortunately sugarcoating them in sweet melodies and cheesy beats. In songs that include stories of racism, the fight for independence and the tragic plight under Eskimo Identification tags,Aglukark aims to strive for hope and a new vision for her people and the rest of the nation. Despite her resolve to change things,

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eep Purple-yes, the band that carved the words %moke on the water” into everyone’s brain way back in 1972, One of the pioneering bands of what is now known as “metal,” Deep Purple are still alive and kicking. Although their current brand of music may no longer seem as extreme given today’s hard music standards, they are still a genuinely innovative and important band. After seeing the first two words of this article, I’m sure many people stupped reading on.,. a pity for ihem. The last time I read about Deep Purple in this paper was way back in 1993 when an Imprint contributor was slagging their then-new release, The Battle RagesOn. How little this person obviously knew, or cared to learn about this legendary band, is obvious for the album in .question is just one of many hidden gemswithin the band’s vast catalogue. As with most bands with several years under their belts, Deep Purple have had their share of lineup changes, breakups, and reunions, as well as a few less-than-noteworthy releases. One of the -main people behind the band’s problems was founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Although an incredible musician and songwriter, Blackmore’s bad attitude and uncooperative personality made a final split with the band halfway through 1993’s tour in support of m?ButtleRAges On, Many bands would.have simply

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Unfortunately, the bite of Aglukark’s words seem lost among the upbeat, pre-fabricated melodies and rhythms. As well, a lack of ingenuity plaguesthe album, making every song seem identical. Traditional drums and predictable back-up vocals become

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all the insightful text a meaningless clump of pop. It was Leonard Cohen, perhaps the most effective at bringing words to life, who said that some bands

packed it in at this point, but rather most recent lineup showed on than give up, the remaining mem- Purpen&c&r a new friendly chembers [comprised of Mark II veterans istry within the band, as demonstrated on such tracks as “Vavoom: Ian Gillan (vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Jan Paice (drums), and Jon Ted The Mechanic,” “Loosen My Lord (keyboards)] decided to fulfill Strings,” and the epic “Sometimes I their tcxlring commitments so as to Feel Like Screaming.” Morse’s not let down their fans. But was it sophomore effort with Deep Purple, reasonable to expect the band to find Abandon, was released in the suma qualified fill-in for Blackmore on mer of 1998 and captures and exsuch short notice? Apparently it was, pands upon the energy and quality as an initially apprehensive Joe of music first presented on Satriani was quickly snapped up for Pu~diculur. Deep Purple havejust rehearsals and the remainder of the released a new album, Total Abantour. don, Australia ‘99, documenting the It turns out assoon ashe met the experience of seeing Steve Morse band he realized they were more and the guys live, although this retogether at that point than ever’ be- lease is currently only available on fore. Unfortunately, from the per- import. For all the stubborn folk out spective of many fans,Satriani’s role in Deep Purple never exceeded that there who can’t see past Ritchie of temporary touring guitarist, for Blackmore’s years in Deep Purple, upon completion of 7W3fzt~le Rages take note that much of the band’s On tour Satriani returned to his soli- back catalogue has been remastered and reissued in recent years making tary ways. Thus, the search began yet again for even better listening of your fafor a replacement guitarist, and one vourite classics.Oh, and if you’re was found in Steve Morse (another wondering what Ritchie’s been up to guitar hero) from the Dixie Dregs in recent years, he’s been playing and his own Steve Morse Band solo classicalguitarrenaissancemusicwith outfit. Morse was also originally his wife Candice under the guise of skeptical about joining a band he “Blackmore’sNight”... a far cry from thought might be well past their ihat his Purple counterparts are prime. But again, Deep Purple doing. showed him they were still mighty For more on other hard music contemporaries and the band con- artists(old and new) tune into “Space vinced him to permanently join their In Your Face’” which can be heard every Thursday night from Midnight ranks. 1994 saw the releaseof Morse’s to 2:00 a.m, on CKMS 100.3 FM. debut with Deep Purple, You can also check out “Cyberspace Pqe&cular, followed by an exten- In Your Face” at http:// sive and successfuIworld tour. This www.angelfire.com/oIiyf.

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Relatively recently, American media giant Disney has also gotten into the act. They’ve purchased release rights for the movies of Studio Ghibli, one of the most prominent and highly respected anime studios. With the theatrical release of Princess Mononoke, they’re also grabbing a piece of the anime action. In the early days of feudal Japan, human civilization is just beginning to exert its influences on the natural world. A young warrior is cursed by a god of the forest and must leave his home to find out why the gods have been so angered. His journey brings him into the center of a war benveen civilization and the forest. The forest has a champion in a young girl named San, raised by wolf gods and harbouring a deep hatred for mankind. This is PrincessMononoke, a film conceived and brought to life by the brilliant Japanese animator and director, Hayao Miyazaki. Released in 1997, Mononoke Hime became the highest-grossing film in Japanese cinematic history. Last October, the film was released throughout North America with the name Princess Mdnonoke to wide critical acclaim. Now it is coming to the KitchenerWaterloo area, first with a limited engagement at the Princess Theatre from January 14 to 20, and then to the Silver City in Kitchener. On another note, CTRL-A, Waterloo’s organization of anime enthusiasts, has been hosting nearmonthly anime shows since 1993. Their first show of the term begins, Friday, January 14th, at 4:30 p.m. in Arts Lecture Hall room 116, and continues at noon the following Saturday. They’ll be presenting such shows as the offbeat science-fiction show Cowboy B&p, the samurai drama Rttrouttihnsbin and the movie Porno Ross0 by master animator Hayao

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