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hen Meredith Bacola and her female roommate went to their first social dance class through Campus Recreation, they were asked by the instructor to come back the following week with male dancing partners. “My roommate and I didn’t have any male friends who were available Bacola, firstto go, ” said Meredith year honours arts student. “We wq-e the only same sex couple and the instructor approached us and said she would prefer male partners? Bacola reported that the teacher said she would consider teaching them

as same sex, but recommended they get male partners, stating that it could be uncomfortable for the rest of the class. Bacola felt that the class as a ‘whole didn’t have a problem with the same gender couple. “We even did a snowball and the other people didn’t have a problem with that,” she said.

The pair, who are friends, decided to get a refund for the course from Campus Recreation. Jane Varley, of Campus Recreation, talked to the instructor of the Tuesday night class. “The instructor told the students it would be easier if they had male partners. She’s more than willing to have them back in

Meredith Bacola (right) and her roommate practise their moves.

The Belarusiansare coming! DAVID

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a minimum wage cannot afford a lmprinf std kilogram of good meat. . . to buy eggs, even if on sale, means standing in n Tuesday January 25, the line.” president came to WaterRussian influence in Belarus is loo. strong; the vice-minister of culture, To be more precise; his title is science and education, and the MinChairman of the Supreme Soviet of ister of Foreign Affairs are both Rusthe Republic of Belarus, but Dr. sian. “The regime is imposing the Semion Sharetski is the acting presiUnificationAgreement [with Russia] dent of Belarus. on the He is presently in Belarusian peoself-imposed exile pie who.. . want in Lithuania, feartheir own state ing for his safety to pursue nashould he remain tional objectives in his homeland. . . . without their Dr. Sharown national etski addressed a state, a people group in Hagey has no guaranHall373,manyof tee of rights.” them of Sharetski Belarusian origin. closed mentionHe spoke in ing the RussianBelarusian and Belarusian reProfessor hearsal of the inMy enemies in Belarus are harmlesscompared to your squirrels. Charles Rudd vasion of Latvia (UWO) gave the English equivalent shown intolerance for political pluand Estonia by the Russian army and after each paragraph. He began by ralism. He has created a powerful of Lithuania by the Belarusian. “Stasummarizing the history of the Ruspolice system-with the right to entioned now in Belarus is an 80,000 sian people-a history rife with revoman army, armed to the teeth.. . the ter and search premises and make lution, struggle, and oppression unWest ought to understand that rearrests-which numbers at least der Stalin, the Bolsheviks, Fascism, 135,000 in a republic of 10 million turning Belarus to democracy helps Nazi occupation, and even the Tsars. guarantee the security of all our people. For comparison, neighbour“Having declared perestroika. . ing Poland (population 40 million) neighbours and of Europe as a whole.” . Mikhail Gorbachev changed RusDr. Sharetski took questionshas 105,000 police. uPersons sia’s direction . . . but some cancer thrown into a police wagon at the many in Russian -after his speech, remained. The new metastasis is October 17 demonstration were and sat down to applause. His visit ‘Lukashism,’ the dictatorial regime of severely beaten by [the] Ministry of was organized by the UW DepartBelarus,” said Sharetski, an advocate the Interior troops and forced to ment of Germanic and Slavic Lanof democracy. sing,” the Chairman said. guages and Literature. Belarusians Alexander Grigorievich Yukashism,” he continues, “has opposing the current regime recogLukashenko, the current President of inflicted catastrophic impoverishnize Share& as “Acting President of ment on Belarus. Those who receive . the Republic of Belarus.” Belarus, told the German paper

in 1996, “The German order . . . attained its highest point under Hitler. We accordingly understand the presidential republic and the role in it of the president.” Since then, Lukashenko hasexterted total control over electronic communication and over 90 per cent of publications, banned meetings and demonstrations by citizens, and

the class.” “We have had some same-sex partners in the class before,” said Varley. “I hope the girls are still willing to participate in Campus Recreation. I’d like to talk to the girls.” Varley assumed that the suggcstion of the teacher came out of concern for the comfort of the girls as well as other students, as there is a lot of switching around of partners within the class. “We pride ourselves in having something for everyone and wouldn’t want anyone to feel excluded,” said Varley. At the time of publication, the girls involved in this incident do not plan on returning to the class.

Of scholarships 4 and taxes

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here are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. Millennium Scholarship recipients may die of shock when the tax collector pockets as much as half of their winnings. The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is providing over 35,000 Ontario postsecondary students with $3,000 scholarships. However, the awards come as a mixed blessing, because taxation will drain students of money that was supposed to help them make payments on their student loans. Since 1971, the Canada Income Tax Act has stipulated that scholarships and bursaries exceeding $5 00 are taxable. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) hopes to persuade the federal government to raise the tax exemption level to $5,000, because tuition increases have taken their toll on post-secondary students, making education difficult, if not impossible, to afford. Millennium Scholarships also affect a student’s eligibility to receive Canada Child Tax Benefits, CASA is urging the students of Canada to voice their displeasure with the taxation of Millennium Scholarships by writing to their Members of Parliament. Jason Aebig, Natidnal Director of CASA, said, %tudents feel cheated because the federal government is giving them something with one hand and taking it away again with the other.”

Kieran Green, CASA Communications Coordinator, had similar thoughts about the taxation of Millennium Scholarships. In the event that the Ministry of Finance refuses to change the Canada Income Tax Act, Green stated, “There is no other solution. The act has to be changed. n He added that the time has come to update the 3O-year-old act. According to Green, CASA has received “hopeful signs” that the act will be reevaluated. Veronica Chau, Vice-President of Education for the Federation of Students and a Foundation member, stated that the taxation of Millennium Scholarships is “really unfortunate.” The awards have a %egative downside.” She explained that the Foundation is “really upset” about the fact that their scholarships are considered to be taxable income. Taxdeductible OSAP is being replaced by taxable scholarships, said Chau. Established in 1998, the Foundation allocates funding to every province and territory in Canada according to population size. Ontario will receive $106,248,000 to distribute among 35,4 16 Millennium Scholarship winners. Eligibility for a Millennium Scholarship depends on a number of factors. Students must be Canadian citizens who attend college or university on a full-time basis. In addition to being eligible for financial assistance, students must have completed at least 60 per cent of one year of education at the post,secondary level.

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Take note, UW TAs KATE

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triking University of Toronto support staff reached a tentative agreement on the morning of January 12. Meanwhile, the Teaching Assistants (TAs) are still pounding the sidewalk in the third week of a lock-out after the TAs decided to strike. The TAs were locked out by the university on January 7. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have also added three separate Unfair Labour Practice complaints with Ontario’s Labour Board due to several reasons, including “the University’s threat to essentially fire all of the TAs if no deal is reached by February 4 . . . [the University’s] refusal to address the central issue of tuition rebates” according to a press release horn Mikael Swayze, Chief Negotiator for CUPE local 3902. On Tuesday night some disgruntled TAs blockaded a meeting at the university for a few hours, and as U of T vice-provost David Cook said, “That is not the way to go about negotiating.” In an open letter to students, Cook states that he feels that the university has provided the TAs with a fair deal. “The University has offered our teaching assistants an increase of 2.75 per cent in the first year of the agreement and 2 per cent in the second year, for a total of 4.75 per cent. This would mean that the senior graduate students would be making $30.81 per hour at the end of the contract. Those who hold a full

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teaching assistantship would receive $8,627.39.” The Toronto TAs are looking for a pay raise and a significant tuition rebate which would lead to an 80 per cent increase of funds for TAs. It is hoped that they will settle for a 25 per cent increase. February 4 is a very important day for the university as the letter goes on to say, “By Feb. 4, all University academic divisions will have completed restructuring of courses so that the courses may continue in the absence of teaching assistants.” In a letter from U of T’s Vice President and Provost Adel Sedra, the two elements of the restructuring will be “ 1. Changes to the marking scheme in a course to be made after consultation following the provisions of the Grading Practices Policy; and 2. Changes in the way in which a course is delivered.” Meanwhile some spring courses have been cancelled due to lack of suitable replacements for the striking TAs. Although 47 of the courses were dropped from next term, Cook claims that “we have replaced probably l/4 with other courses.” By adding more courses *this term, Cook predicts that the university actually only “cancelled less than one per cent” of the classes. To help students cope with the missing courses next term, the university has extended the drop/add period for classes an extra week. Imprint decided tocompare the Toronto TAs situation to that of the Waterloo TAs. Financially, Waterloo pays TAs

a lot less than Toronto. Currently, Toronto TAs make in the range of $7280 to $8120 per term. With a pay increase from $26 to $29 per hour to $30.81 per hour, the TorontoTAs would make $8,627.39 a term. Waterloo TAs, on the other hand, make approximately $5,100 per term, although this is only a recommended rate, and rates are reviewed annually and an approved percentage increase can be applied to all TArates effective May 1 of each year. According to the U of T School of Graduate Studies web site, TAs are expected to conduct tutorials, grade undergraduate essays and/or examinations as well as act as a resource person for undergraduate students. On the UW Guideline on Graduate Student Support web site, it states that Waterloo’s TAs “do not have full responsibility for teaching courses but are appointed to carry out teaching-related duties, such as proctoring, marking, tutoring (including language tutoring), laboratory supervision, and occasional lecturing. Other duties may be assigned with the agreement of the instructor, the department Chair or Graduate Office, and the graduate student.” The Toronto TAs, however, may soon be joined by the Graduate Assistants who are currently “still in discussions,” according to Cook. As for the strike in Toronto, there does not appear to be an end, as no talks have been scheduled. Cook is remaining “optimistic that [the university’s] offer will be acceptable.”

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feminist reading group aimed at reading texts that are imortant but often set aside started on campus on January 25. The group has been a consideration for the past three years but it was only this term that Alicja Muszynski, associate professor of sociology, decided to get it going. The first meeting was mainly organizational, but a number of members had already started read-

I finally got the club started!

ing “Stiffed” by Susan Faludi. The book is a collection of examinations into men’s lives and how rhey have been betrayed by corporate culture. The group plans to gather on the last Tuesday of each month in PAS 2030, with their next meeting on February 29 at 12:4X They will be accepting suggestions for their reading list at the next meeting, and they will also continue discussing Faludi. Anyone interested in joining is welcome to attend this meeting. Any questions can be directed to Alicia Muszynski ae ex. 5 18 7.

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ow do we deal withchange? Will Canada continue to exist as a country? How can we improve our health, education and quality of life? As part of the 202 0: Building the Future series which brings visionary, thought provoking speakers to campus, Dr. Fraser Mustard of the Canadian lnstitue for Advanced Research talked about “Social Evolution and Technological Change” on Wednesday, January 19, tackling some of these questions. A crowd of approximately 70 people turned out for the fascinating lecture, with both faculty and students attending. The series tries to explore the evolution of so-

ciety over a longer term than we are accustomed to. Wafi Abdulla, the student leader who had the idea for the talks, said he wanted to provide the opportunity for students to get c(a more liberal education” and that the talks are of interest to students from all faculties and disciplines. Abdulla wanted something that would give students the opportunity to engage in thinking past simply what will be on the next test. These broad liberal education opportunities are particularly important to have in a university such as Waterloo with a large technical focus. The lecture opened with a look at how health, wealth and well being were improved by major changes

in society such as the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution and now the digital revolution. Institutional change was also discussed and the future role of the university was questioned; understanding it will certainly change with technology, but how so? The topic of why rates of death and illness, including infectious disease, are increased with income even in countries with universal medical coverage was explored with statistical data to back up the assertions. He also gave evidence of a theory that populatio n increases have been historically affected by rising care for children which was the second major theme of his lecture. Early childhood development is one of Dr. Mustard’s major interests and his lecture on the topic was very

interesting and insightful. He summarised recent research in the field on how critical the early years are. The lecture suggested that while it may seem obvious that in the early years, when children are learning to deal with the world and form brain pathways, mental stimulation and nurturing are important, our society doesn’t seem to understand that. This period is when government spending on health and education is most effective but ironically these are the years that it is the lowest. The lecture concluded with a variety of well thought out and interesting questions from audience members and some conclusions on what we need to do as a nation. When asked how he thought it went, Wafi Abdulla replied that it

went well and that he was “quite pleased with the questions” that were asked. Peter Woolstencroft, a political science professor that helped the students bring the talks to UW said he was quite pleased with how well the audience followed the talk and with the questions asked. The next talk is February 16, 7: 00 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre in Hagey Hal1 by John McCallum, Chief Economist and Senior VicePresident of the Royal Bank of Canada. In March, the series concludes with Firoz Rasul, Chairman and CEO of Ballard Power Systems, makers of proton-exchange hydrogen fuel cells. For further informaltion on the series, you can contai:t Wafi at 202OQcanadamail.com.

Banksto get moneyfrom NHL handout? JEREMY

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he federal government has offered three major Canadian banks a financial escape route for bad student loans. Coming just days after Ottawa bailed out on support for Canadian-based NHL teams, Ottawa’s offer would reimburse the CIBC, the Bank of Nova

Scotia, and the Royal Bank more than $100 million collectively to relieve them of the large number of unpaid loans. Each bank, however, posted profitsinexcessof$l billionin 1999 alone and many feel the public will react to this proposal in much the same way it did to the NHL endorsement plan. “It’s unbelievable. This just com-

pounds one stupidity on another,” argued Reform Party finance critic and MP Monte Solberg at a press conference January 24. “We had people saying they were going to withhold their taxes if [Ottawa is] going to fund hockey. This will just compound the anger people are already feeling toward the government.” It is thought the provincial governments of Canada will follow Otta-

wa’s lead and “also wind up paying millions to the banks,” said an article in The Globe and Mail on Tuesday. Banks took control of student loan collection four years ago, The government, formerly in charge of collecting, still decides who qualifies forioansandwillstillcontributearisk premium to the banks at the time of loans, “in order to compensate them for the high default rate.” According

The Globe and Mail, though, Ottawa’s risk premium payments will go from the previous five per cent to seven per cent for most loans, and 23 per cent for students at private vocational schools, where the default rate is much higher. These risk premiums will continue to be offered on top of the $100 million bailout. What do the students think? continued to page 6

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he media seems to feed on the types of stories that Dr. Nancy Nason Clark told a raptured audience on Friday, January 22. However, the heartof the matter that Dr. Clarkdiscussed in her lecture, part of St. Jerome’s Centre for Catholic Experience series, shied away from the gory details and lurid implications typicztlly associated with sexual violence and Christian churches. Moving well beyond academia, Dr. Nason Clark spoke on the topic “Betrayed Trust: Sexual Violence and Christian Churches” and begged the question: “Do we [as academics] really care about the people’s lives we seek to understand and explain?” Grounding her study of domestic abuse in rooted faith communities, Nason Clark sees her research as a form of social activism. Seeking to use her “knowledge as social responsibility”, Nason Clark has put years of

study into understanding “the personal pain and betrayal from explicating the social narrative” of abuse within a Christian context.

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“Do we really care about the people’s lives we seek to understand and explain?” Nason Clark has documented the experience of thousands of Christian women who have suffered abuse and the revealing process of coming to terms with it within a Christian context. Nason Clark spoke of the transition of the perception of violerice against women from its feminist conception as a problem of male

power and not one of the family to the Transition House movement which focused more on “the voices of the care-givers [rather] than the voices of the victims.” Clark seemed to urge a more balanced conception of domestic abuse, which allows for an understanding of abuse within family struttures, while also allowing for healing to happen within a given community. Unfortunately, Nason Clark feels that often the faith community has been ill-prepared to deal with abuse. Many women have learned that “the sacred sphere is not a safe place” observed Nason Clark. However, the researcher from the University of New Brunswick has done significant work at educating clergy andchurches on how to effectively deal with domestic abuse. Nason Clark observed that 90 per cent of clergy asked in her study of over 1,000 pastoral leaders felt they were “inequipped” to deal with abuse. To aid this, Nason Clark has urged churches to become open

about the horrors of violence against women. Clark believes that a “rumbling is occurring that can’t be silenced” and will force the issue out into the open. Understanding that “religious women are more likely to disclose their abuse within the faith commu-

“Abuse is ugly in any form and w0Ilg

in any language? nity to which they belong,” Nason Clark urges churches to become a safer sphere to deal with the problem. “Religious and non-religious agencies need to expand their re-

ferral networks to include each other,’ urged the researcher, who also hope: that churches will find that violence against women “requires both the language of the spirit and the lan guage of contemporary culture.” Nason Clark, however, feels the problem is long from being solved Questioned by religious Catholics whc desired a greater defense of the clerm and more emphasis placed on heal. ing, Nason Clark firmly replied thal “abuse is ugly in any form and wrong in any language.” Nason Clark admit! that “as long as women claim to sub. mission as their model for family or ganization, the battering will con tinue.” Nason Clark hopes to find other family models for women of this generation. Citing that feminists have long said “the family is not safe” and thal the religious community has said “the family is in crisis,” Nason Clark urge: a new message that “the family need: our help” and that “betrayed trusl [on the part of religious communitie$ exacts an enormous cost.”

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Jason Aebig, the National Director of the Canadian Allianceof Student Associations (CASA), argued against the proposal in a press release, citing rising education costs and a failing Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP) as the problem. “Rather than bailing out banks, [the government] should be helping students help themselves,” said Aebig. “$100 million for banks now solves nothing. $100 million to fix the CSLP now will prevent another $100 million bailout in the future.” Since the 1995 deal, many groups like CASA have felt that ‘<the banks have been gaining influence

over student-loan policy,” according to an article in The Record. Michae: Conlon, national chairman of the Canadian Federation of Students, told the media that “when this risk-shar+ ing agreement was announced iE 1995, we predicted that the student loan policy would change, and that? exactly what happened. The government keeps telling us there’s no money left to enhance the student-loan program.” The banks have been threatening, as a result of the high default rate: to stop offering student loans altogether. According to an article in Wednesday’s Toronto Star, the bank5 have until February 4 to respond tc the offer.

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I’m still waiting for Disney to call me with’ my free trip. SoawayIgo,wantingtoknowifIreallyam destinedtobeanoldmaidfortherestofmylife, and I send the e-mail on to the 15 friends. Of course if you send it to less than 15, then youi love life will only be so-so, and if you do not send the e-mail then you will be lonely for the rest of your miserable life. I have tried this e-mail every possible way, yet every single time, no fortune cookie. Of course this is disappointing, but what exactly does this mean? Am I going to be lonely for the rest of my life? Will love always avoid me? Will I end up like that lady on my street with 13 dogs that keep her company? I just want the damn forthne cookie! There’s also the one that promises to send you the address of the person you are destined to marry if you send the message on to your friends. I would have sent it on, but what would kdo if the address really came back to me? It’s not like I’m about to go up to the guy’s door and be like, “Hi, you are going to marry me.” No, I don’t think so. Then there is the one that promises you a

trip ro Disney World. I love the people who send thison because “my professor sent it to me so It must be legitimate.” Yeah, guess what? Your professor is laughing at you now for sending the stupid e-mail on to me. Similar e-mails a11 say the same thing: “I called Disney World to check on this and it’s so true! Once, I sent it to 20 of my friends, and I got a free trip. 1” Okay, so I have sent these to people too. I’m still waiting for Disney to call me with my free trip. I have also received similar e-mails pertaining to Microsoft, GAP; and some company promising free cash. Nobody even gets the free stuff from those e-mails. There is no free cash, or trips, or coupons to the GAP. “Help the starving people less fortunate than you” is the other set of e-mails I get that, while heart-warming, I believe to be bogus. Do not get me wrong, I care about people who are less fortunate, but when I get only 10 messages in my inbox and 8 of them have to do with starving children, they lose their tenderness. I know there are people starving, but I really dq not see how an e-mail is going to save those people. Why not give to organizations that can help? Instead of forwarding e-mail after e-mail to try to save * the life of a girl who needs a bone marrow transplant, contact Canadian Blood Services and offer to be put onto the Unrelated Bone Marrow Registry. It really doesn’t take that much effort on your part (a meeting, they take some blood, and if you meet all qualifications, you’re in!) and you really could save “That dress

a life. What e-mail will save a person? Norx Bad luck follows me wherever I seem to gc so chain mail does not scare me. If I believed the every time I deleted a chain message I was goin to receive bad luck, I would never leave m cloud of bad luck; therefore, I would neve know what life is like with good luck. Chai letters just end up in the trash - althoug sometimes I read them to laugh. So what should poor e-mail-obsessed pet ple do when faced with an e-mail they just can’ help but forward to everyone they know (a don’t know)? Delete it - guaranteed this wi help to clear your mind. You can do that, o send it on to the people who send them-if yo send them 20 in a week, they might realize ju: how annoying the forwards can become.

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Tfhere is no question that CanaI dian universities are at a crucial crossroads entering the new millennium. Let’s face it -post-secondary education is expensive and no one really has a clear idea who should be picking up the tab. Government funding has dwindled in recent years and many analysts are calling on corporations to foot more of the bill. In the meantime, tuition fees are rising steadily and students are outraged at the increasing costs of higher education. Tuition fees account for less than 40 per cent of the total cost of postsecondary education, Make no mistake people: students actually have it quite easy when you think of education from an economic standpoint. The product is education; the consumer is the student. When was the last time you asked the government to pay for your groceries? Sure education is a more complex issue than buying groceries (like that isn’t hard enough for students anyway) but it’s time students wake up and join the real (capitalist) world. Putting more responsibility on the student to foot the bill for their education would surely result in decreased accessibility to these already expensive institutions, Writing in a student newspaper, it is risky to ask any student to take on some responsibility, but hear me out first. How many of you are getting money from OSAP? Probably quite a few. How many people have heard of income-contingent loan repayment? Probably not very many. Why? Who knows. The government wastes more money paying for the collection of defaulted loans than they want you to know about. Twentyfive cents per dollar collected on average. Compare that with say aa . Australia. One cent per dollar collected. How do they do it? Four simple words . . . income-contingent loan repayment. I suppose I should explain it. It works quite simply. Borrow interest-free while you’re in school (as much as you’d like to finance your education) and pay it back as a percentage of your annual income once you’ve graduated. The more you make, the more you pay. Fair

was not at Waterloo last term so I am unsure as to why the PCAs and PIRGers are fighting like six yearolds over a Pokemon card. As far as I can tell, PCAs are pissed that the PIRG protested the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference and a riot broke out. I will now attempt to solve their little problems (or unify them in bashing me). XTIRG: Let’s face it -the WI’0 protest was a mistake. You should have realized that you were going to face criticism for this. Globalizaton is an important part of the world and the WTO is merely a by-product of it. Protesting business is easy; take away their money, take away their power. This, of course, means you will have to wear New Balance running shoes instead of Nikes. Remember that you are a political organization, You may claim that the grassroots, populist movement started the PIRG but remember that is how the Reform Party began as well. Understand that if you want to play in the political circles you have to play the political game. You are left wing. Having different opinions within PIRG does not mean you are outside the spectrum. I do not see you championing the cause of cutting capital gains taxes that our CS friends might enjoy. . Tories: Shut the fuck up. Not the most eloquent introduction to my argument, but I feel it works. Bitching over $9.50 out of $4,500 spent this year is quite asinine. Tuition is going up because of your government cutbacks. I will never set foot in the WPIRG library, but I have no problem continuing to fund it. PIRG may have made a few mistakes but what party has not (electing Joe Clark leader)? It’s not like your letters are going to cause a student revolt against the WPIRG nor will $9.50 break the bank. Who knows, maybe the $9.50 is tax deductible. I hope I have helped you and, if not, I have one more suggestion: go to the Bomber, split a few pitchers, debate, kiss, make up and go home.

‘ve noticed that the huge pile of newspapers outside the Imprint office in the Student Life Centre has not been diminishing as rapidly as in previous years. So I thought I’d suggest some improvements for your publication which may help its flagging popularity: 1. Replace the useless bird cage carpeting known as “Outlook” and “God LovesYou” with more practical columns such as “Easy and Cheap Exam Scams and Cheats” or “This Week’s Tried and True Hangover Cures. ” 2. Place a $5,000 bounty on anyone who writes complaining about Co-op, Needles Hall or the cost of tuition. Once caught, they should be gruesomely and publicly (like in Braveheuti] executed as a warning to everyone else who wants to gripe. 3. Anyone reviewing the latest version of Doom should be forced to play it for two solid weeks without food or washroom breaks. A month if they’re in Computer Science. See how they like it after that. 4. All members of the Fecleration of Students should be featured in a full-nude pictorial with an accompanying short bio of critical dimensions, turn-ons, turn-offs, etc. That’11 raise awareness. 5. Campus questions should be done at 4 a.m. in a dark room under a bright lamp at gunpoint. That should liven up those witless responses. 6. Each week’s publication should pay homage to the University of Waterloo’s Men’s Rugby team with a front page feature (A la Ryan Chen Wing) and a two-page centrefold of the men in action. Hey, at least you’ll have 40 readers for sure. 7. Instead of the current Boys and Girls Nite at Federation Hall ads, employ the more realistic image: a pack of doped up, teenage gang bangers from Toronto, comparing fake ID’s and getting unruly because they’re forced to wait in line despite the fact that there’s only two people on the dance floor. That is all.

-AlexanderJackson 2NScience

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enough, no? So, let’s see . . . you graduate and you only make $15,000 per year at a crappy job. Fine, you don’t pay. Between $15,000 and $25,000 you pay one per cent of your income towards your loan, and every $10,000 you earn above that, you pay another percentage point. The biggest moneysaver in the whole process is that the current revenue system is used to collect the money. Fill out the information along with your taxes in the spring and that’s it. If that doesn’t sound fair, think of how unfair it is for those parents that don’t have kids who go to postsecondary institutions. They still have to pay higher taxes because the government is paying 25 cents per dollar collected that the collection agencies are charging. What it ail comes down to is responsibility. Students should be more responsible for paying their own way. More importantly, the government needs to take responsibility and change the current out-ofdate loan system to better benefit education as a whole.

resistance. Do we have to immediately veto everything we don’t agree with? I won’t, and to do as much would be an extremely egocentric way of living. People need each other to survive, and we need to help othets find things out about humanity and our society that might lead to something useful. I’m ;arranging, through WPIRG, to have a guest come to Waterloo from Toronto to talk about university alternatives. Maybe attendees will realize that UW, or even university, is not the right place for them. Maybe they’ll reduce the strain on our post-secondary system and save some of those ATOP places for someone else. Regardless, I’m taking advantage of the resources I have at my disposal with the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group and UW and exploring possibilities, rather than politicizing and viiiifying. - Ayiwin

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‘ve found the recent misplaced attacksof WPIRG bothersome. WPIRG is a resource, not a faction, or a “group of militant lefties who use mandatory student fees” to “fund their rage.” True - they do support action groups whose actions are debatable, but they are there to help all individuals who are interested in becoming actively involved in positive social change (those who aren’t interested in that can ask for their $4.75 back). WPIRG is a Research Group and research is what it facilitates. The $4.75 (not $9.50) added to your tuition bill goes to fund the housing and procurement of awide selection of books, videos, periodicals, and other materials. WPIRG also applies for grants that employ students to do environmental and social justice work, and has arranged for speakers such as Ralph Nader and Dr. Owens Wiwa (brother of the slayed Ken SaroWiwa) to come to our campus. While certain kinds of research aren’t always the most widely accepted of activities, research is a necessity. While it might seem an unfair comparison, Galileo brought us knowledge that we never wanted to have to face, and was met with strong

r. Hagey, it seems to me that you are an emotionally charged person for Christ. I admire your eagerness and zeal to spread the Gospel to students and faculty on campus. However, in your article in last week’s issue of Imprint (Jan. 2 1, 2000) I was moved to respond to the statements you proclaimed. I believe that you are taking John 3: 16 out of context and not relating it to the rest of Scripture. Scripture does teach us that we must be baptized in Jn 3:5, Jn 3:22-24, Jn 3:26-30, Acts 2:38-39, Acts 9:1819,Acts 10:47-48, Acts l&15, Acts 18:&l Cor 1:16, Romans 6:4. The Lord himself was baptized by John the Baptist in the river Jordan (Matt continued

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The Forum Section enables members of the University of Waterloo community to present views on various issues through letters to the editor and longer comment pieces I Letters should not exceed 350 words in length. Letters must be signed, including year, program, and a phone number. Letters will not be printed ifthe Editor-in-Chief cannot identify the author. Submit to: Zetters~impnne.uwute~~.ca. Letters received in eiectronic form (e.g. fax 6r email) willnotbeprintedunlessaphone number for verification is included. All material is subject to editing for brevity and clarity. The editor reserves the right to refuse to publish ie tters or articles which are judged to be libellous or discriminatory on the basis ofgender, rrwe, teligicsn~or sexual orientation. The opinions expressed through columns, comment pieces, letters and other articles are strictly those of the authors, not theopinions ofImprint.

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a partic&r evangelisticcampaignwith the essence of Christianity. Questions like, YHave you received Jesus into your heart?” or uHave you made a personal commitment to the Lord Jesus?* are all well and goodpeople need to be jolted into considering whether they are living in harmony with God (St. Paul gives this ujolt” to his Corinthian readers in 2 Car 135). Ape&on is a Christian if he is baptized and professes the Christian faith. You also stated that you don’t needtogotochurch.Scriptureclearly points out in Acts2:42,1 Cor 11:316, and 1 Cor 11:20-33 that it is important to worship publicly. Idon’t know what you were thinkingwhen you said that you don’t need to obey the Ten Commandments. Jesus said himself that he didn’t come to do away with the Law of Moses but to maketheirteachingscometrue (Matt 517-19). Jesus even goes as far as saying that whomever is angry with their brother is guilty of bretigthe Law (Matt5:21-24,Matt5:27-30).Anyway, this letter was intended for you, Mr. Hagey, and hopefully it will have a positive impact on your Christian

on how the system itself keeps an accurate tally of votes were of interest to me, so I went to the Feds’ web site. I was hoping to find all this information including the source code becausein any democracy there needs to be open checks and balances; the scrutineers in an electronic voting age are those who review source code and security procedures of the computer systems, Unfortunately, I found a site that hadn’t been touched since September, and the latest %pcomi@ event is for October 30 and it’s January 21. There is amessage on the FedFlash portion of the site indicating that it is under construction and will be up soon, dated September 27. At a university as famed as ours for its technology programmes, how come we don’t have a site? The Feds should hire astudentit would only take them a few hours each week to maintain a useful site. We could be leadersbymakingallstudentsetices the Feds offer available online. Want a ticket to an event? Order it online and swipe your Watcard at the door. At the very least, information about current events, volunteer opportunities, bylaws, financial information, and minutes of meetings should be available online. -LkMgSibley

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ne can only attempt to imagine the shock and dismay that overcame me when I endeavoured to view your publication on the Internet. It seems for the last two weeks, Imprint online has been MIA. And this week, when it finally did appear, it did so in a woefully incomplete state. What good is the campus question without the pictures, anyway?

-PUUl

Imprint,

Friday, January 28, 2000

Did you wash your hands? J lways on the lookout for imporant public interest issues that UWstudents should know about, this week% column wants to alert you to an important question you need to ask during your next trip to the hospital. The New York Times reported that five per cent of people admitted to hospitals, or about 1.8 million people, pick up an infection while there. Such infections are called “iatrogenic”1ooselymeaning”caused by medical care.” Iatrogenic infections are directly responsible for 20,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, and they contribute to an additional 70,000 deaths, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The dollar cost of iatrogenic infections is $4.5 billion, according to

the CDC. The rate of iatrogenic infections has increased 3 6 per cent in the past 20 years, partly because people entering hospitals now are sicker and more vulnerable then they were 20 years ago, and partly because excessive use of antibiotics has created antibiotic-resistant killer microbes. Time to say no to drugs. A large part of the problem is health care workers who fail to wash their hands properly, the Times reported. “Hands are the most dangerous thing in the hospital,” says Dr. Robert A. Weinstein, Director of Infectious Diseases for the Cook County Bureau of Health Services in Chicago. A study conducted at the Duke University Medical Center found that only 17 per cent of physicians treat-

ing patients in an intensive care unit washed their hands appropriately. An alternative to hand-washing would be use of latex gloves. Unfortunately, many health care workers view gloves as protecting themselves exclusively - they put them on in the morning and wear them all day long, the equivalent of not washing their hands. A study of glove use at a long-term care centre found that gloves were worn 82 per cent of the time when their use was indicated, but changed appropriately only 16 per cent of the time. Yuck.

The problem is health care workers who fail to wash their hands. Hospitals have few incentives to monitor infection rates among their patients. “If you don’t do good [infection] surveillance, you don’t detect infections, which means they don’t exist and you look great,” says Dr. William Jarvis, chief of the Investigation and Prevention branch of the Hospital Infections Program at the CDC in Atlanta. Various remedies are being considered. One is to urge health care workers to wash their hands with waterless, alcohol-based antimicrobial hand rubs which are as effective as traditional hand-washing but faster to use and gentler than soap and

water. Although Canadian

numbers weren’t available, there’s little doubt that a similar problem occurs here, Of course, many people would advocate that patients need to get proactive: keep a box of those latex gloves near your bed, or make sure you askeach health care worker who comes into your room, uDid you wash your hands?” Be sure to tell friends and family too. UpcomingEvcnt: Linda McQuaig, author and journalist, Monday, January 3 3,7p.m., free admission, WLU’s Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Aird Building. McQuaig’s lecture is entitled “Overcoming Impotence in the Global Economy: The Case For Some Democratic Viagra. n In the last decade, we’ve increasingly built our society around the principles of the free-market system. The result has been growing inequality and a lack of cohesion in society. While many Canadians are unhappy with this direction, there is a widespread feeling that we have no alternative. Linda McQuaig argues that we do have the power to change direction. Indeed, with budget surpluses now mounting in Ottawa, we have many more options than the currerlt public debate suggests. What blocks us from achieving the kind of society we want is not the dictates of the global economy, as we’re often told, but rather the determination of Canada’s financial elite to remake Canada in its own interests.

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1 Despite moving to the Klondike, Mike’s search for gold comes up empty.

efunds: where would poor stuents be without them? This is how Kate Schwass begins her article “Hmm,schoolsupportorbeer?“(Irnprint Jan. 21). However, Miss Schwass quickly abandons this question. Her rather sarcastic article labels those students who receive refunds for student fees as “needing money for the Bomber or other student pubs.” The $9.25 refund may in fact buy a pitcher at the Bomber; it will also purchase five bus passes, Passes used to travel to work or to volunteer positions. It will also purchase a litre of milk, and enough food to eat for a few days. Not all students run out and spend money at the bar and, more importantly, not all students have the means to. This may come as quite a surprise, but some students need, and make good use of, refunds. Also, I can assure you that even after recciving refunds, many students can only dream of “planning [their] trips to Disneyland.” Unfortunately, I don’t think that Miss Schwass understands the reality that, for some people, every penny

f the United States believe they can live without the United Nations, they’ve got a surprise coming to them. Last week, Senator Jesse Helms announced to the Security Council that among other things, the U.S. will dictate when and how they pay their U.N. dues. What Helms doesn’t realize is that global organizations like the U.N.

for only a quarter of the resources of the UN., an organization that has shown itself to be increasingly the most dominant political organization in the world. Even inyugoslavia, after a conflict carried out by NATO, the interested parties are turning to the U.N. to clean up the political mess that was left behind after U.S.-led bOIllbhgS. While still frequently paralyzed by the conflicting agendas of its members, the U.N. is showing itself to be the most important institution of international governance. It seems, at this point, inevitable that as globalization knocks down barrier after barrier between nations, we will ultimately need a world government. That government will be the U.N. Canada has clearly accepted that, and many of our most celebrated international efforts, including peacekeeping and the anti-landmine campaign, are carried out through the U.N. If America chooses to withdraw behind its borders and insist on its

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helps when you are working to put yourself through university. Understanding “school spirit” and “university life” would be pretty insignificant if you could not afford to attend. On a lighter note, having a pitcher at the Bomber is maybe one of the most obvious indications of %chool support” and “university life” evident at Waterloo. - Trucey Cumpbell 3N Sociology

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the hell it wants, it’s guaranteed to lose out in the coming golden age of international politics. -Simon

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“What would a candidate have to do to get you to vote for him/her in the upcoming Feds election?” Kate Schwass

“Get rid of residence food.”

4A Kin. & IB Rec.

“Fight for the redecoration of the 60s’ architecture.” Peter Iles 2A Systems Design

“A 2 - 4 of beer, draw on my back and suck my toes.” Simi Dixit 1B Arts

“I can be bribed - buy me beer.” Eric Hoang 4B Computer Engineering

“$2 beers at the Bomber every night.” Joanne

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“Change the lines so they are inside Fed Hall.” Maureen Peng IB Applied Studies

“Lose the bitchy staff on campus-but not my profs.” Meghan Whitfield

“Provide more fun things and more food.” Caleb Chan & PriscillaYeung 1B Phzning

“They have to focus on diversity in students.” Lisa Falconi 1B Envir. stud./Geognzphy

“Create a Science monarchy where we rule the campus.” Dave Talach 3A Science & Business

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he word “fraternity” carries a large burden on this and most other campuses. Plagued by the public relations of movies such as McMaster residence-basedAnima2 House, fraternity members have been labelled as an elitist group of promiscuous alco. holics. “When I hear the word <fraternity’, I think of rich guys who party and drink beer. It’s all they do on TV,” says Kulvir Gahunia, a student at the University. How much do you really know about fraternities? Is your knowledge and experience based on Hollywood misinformation such as Revenge ofTbe Nerds? Have you met the Sigma Chi (pronounced iii Sigma Kai) guys? Sigma Chi was founded over 140 years ago, based on the high ideals of friendship, justice and learning. Friendship is an integral part of student life away from home. Justice ensures that you and those around you are treated fairly, “A very important part of being a Sigma Chi is what we learn and how we learn it,” says Consul (President) Drew Klein. If it weren’t for the learning institution that you are in, there would be no school to have a fraternity for, It is not a religious or culturally-based society; it is simply a group of men who believe in these high ideals, The Theta Psi chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity appeared in 1987 and, sadly, still remains the only fraternity at UW. Since its

founding, the chapter members have been campus leaders, and many students on campus have benefited from their involvement in one way or another. They were the guys that brought you the computer-smashing extravaganza, Stress Relief Clinic, that raised money for the Children’s Miracle Network. They also hosted several fun and eventful parties. “They show they have fun and are an important part of campus life,” saysTu Doan. It’s not all fun and games for these men of Sigma Chi. A part of their membership includes fund raising and volunteering to help others in the community. There are no fraternities on campus around Ontario universities, but some universities accept off campusbased societies. The terrible 1980s reputation of fraternities carries across even into the l l twenty-first century. York University hasvery strict regulations against the presence of fraternities on or around campus. Western flourishes with approximately 15 fraternities and eight sororities established offcampus. The activities of each fraternity varies, based on the aims on which they were founded. Some do philanthropy events like Sigma Chi. IIKA on Laurier’s campus plans excellent, responsible, social-based fund raising events. The unique characteristic of a fraternity is the ability of a brother to travel to another university’s chapter, and be greeted as a friend. This goes for all of Sigma Chi’s 200 chapters acrossNorth America. This article by no means attempts to portray all fraternities as golden societies of perfect

It’s not all fun and ames.

Whoa, turndown thosevests! people in which the members scuttle about talking of their poetry and love of the earth and humanity. There are some fraternities that carry the derogatory “fiat” label very well. But Waterloo’s chapter, based in a school of academic excellence in all disciplines of study, defies the stereotype associated with fraternity life. The organization and its people are not perfect. Although they know they will never achieve perfection, they strive to reach it by changing the association to which they belong and help to change the world around them. These are the men of‘Sigma Chi. Approach and talk to any of the gentlemen wearing the XX letters. Hear what they’re about. Rushing is a period where you can go out to see what the fraternity is about and meet the brothers. There is still time for rushing Cx. All those interested can call 8 8 6-993 8 and check out the web site at http://travel.to/sigmachi. Make a difference in the world around you.

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ave you ever wondered, “What’s up with the whole fraternity/sorority thing?” Have you ever thought to yourself, “I don’t have to buy my friends! n Do the letters, pi, sigma, kappa or upsilon, sound, well, “Greek” to you? You are not alone, and quite frankly, I was thinking those very things just a few short years ago. Fraternities and sororities are often sorely misinterpreted, and HollywoodhitssuchasRe-

avail themselves of the privilege of Greek letter societies; that is, to organize into a congenial social group for the cultivation of friendships and intellectual stimulation.” Basically, they were looking to create a support group of female peers both Socially and, most importantly, academically. Although the& women believed they were the first group to start a women’s fraternity, it was later discovered that Phi Beta Pi had also

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Scream 2, among others, have typically reinforced the negative stereotypes and done little to increase public awareness. Kappa Kappa Gamma, currently the only women’s fraternity on campus, was founded cn October 13,1870, long before the term %ororityn was coined. This was at a time when women bareiy had their foot in the door of post secondary education and were virtually ignored and greatly outnumbered by men in the classroom. The founders of the organization consisted of six women at Monmouth College in hJonmouth, Illinois, who “joined together to

laws, standing rules, and most importantly, rituals that create common bonds among the members of the fraternity. Often, people wonder why certain aspects of fraternity organizations are kept secret, but the answer is simple: it is the ritual, or secrets, of Kappa Kappa Gamma that make it unique. Only members of the organization know these secrets and this common bond brings them together, no matter what their background, providing a sense of community and shared values, ideals and standards. Rim-

been formed in October of 1870, and it was thus these two fraternities who began the tradition of female Greek societies. The Zeta Omega chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma here at University of Waterloo, one of Kappa’s more recent chapters, was installed on January 8,

1994. over fraternity

the years, the Kappa Kappa Gamma has developed many guidelines, by-

of membership in Kappa Kappa Gamma, are learned during and after the initiation process. And, contrary to some popular beliefs, initiation services consist of a simple ceremony involving no hazing, according to the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity’s very clear no hazing policy. This applies to all aspects of fraternity life. So why do you have to pay to be amember of Kappa Kappa Gamma, or any fraternity for that matter? Quite simply the answer is that the fraternity is a not-for-profit organization and fees are used to support the regular functioning of the chapter, to hold chapter events, leadership conferences, program nights and

other activities decided by members. In some ways, Kappa Kappa Gamma can be compared to a student council for females. Just like a student council, it needs an operating budget to function. As well, Kappa is an international organization and a portion of all member fees are used to fund such areas as support advisors,

It is the ritual, or secrets . that make it unique. l

the creation and distribution of The Key -the fraternity magazine, Kappa Connections -an international career support resource, maintenance of the Heritage Museum and the various scholarship, personal safety, leadership and philanthropic programs run by the fraternity at large. Overall, the Fraternity Mission statement says it best: ‘Xappa Kappa Gamma is an organization of women, which seeks for every member throughout her life bonds of friendship, mutual support, opportunities for self-growth, respect for intellectual development and an understanding of an allegiance to positive ethical principles.” Kappa Kappa Gamma has welcomed more than 186,000 women into membership, encompasses 128 chapters in two countries and has over 350 alumnae associations worldwide.

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For God so loved the world, that hegrzve his only begotten Son, that whosoever believetb in him sbouldnotperisb, but buveeverlastinglife. @oh 3%)

e have seen so far this term that God the Father gave His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the cross so that everyone would have the opportunity to receive eternal life. We have seen that, in order to receive eternal life, one must “believe” or “trust.” Now we think more about what it means to believe “in” Him. There are many people in the world today who believe all kinds of things about Jesus Christ. Some believe that He was only a great moral teacher or a prophet. Others believe various things about Him - that He was born of a virgin, performed miracles, died and rose from the dead, etc. However, no one will ever be saved merely by believing those things. As John 3 : 16 states, we must believe “in” Him, not simply “about” Him. You can believe everything God’s Word says about Jesus Christ, but if you don’t put your trust completely in Him to save you, you will perish. It is, nevertheless, important to believe the facts about Jesus Christ because, without a correct understanding of who He is and what He did, your trust could be misplaced. The necessary truths you must believe about

what Jesus Christ did are that He lived a perfect, sinless life (2 Corinthians 5 :21, I Peter 2:22,1 John 3:5), died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins (1 John 2:2, Romans 3:25), and rose again from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:3-5, Acts I: l-3). The most important thing, though, is to believe who Jesus Christ is- God in the flesh (John l&14). It is bizarre that people today would deny that Jesus Christ ciaimed to be God, since that was why the religious leaders of His time wanted Him killed Uohn 5: 18, l&2933, Luke 2265-71). It is essential to believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, because if He were not God, then He would not be able to save you. Nonetheless, He is indeed God and He has the power and authority to save you by His precious blood, which was shed for you on the cross. If you’re still unsure about any of these things, take the time to read through the book of John. It provides more than enough evidence to substantiate these claims. John himself declares his purpose for writing: “That you may believe that Jesus is the Christ [Messiah, God’s Anointed One], the Son of God and that believing you may have life in His name” (John 20 :3 1). Don’t simply believe some things about Jesus Christ, but put your trust in Him to save you.

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4 Next, prepare a huge pot with boiling water on your stove. Prick the haggis all over I with a large needle (sothat the haggis doesn’t explode) and boil slowly for four or five hours. Serve this with boiled potatoes, mushy I peas and a shot of fine, single malt whiskey and you’ve got a culinary treat that cannot be beaten . I

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ho are we? OCD! The cheer rings through my ears as I think back to OCD’s frosh week in the fall, Many of you may be asking yourselves, “What the heck is OCD?” No, we aren’t the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder group. OCD is a Feds service called Off Campus Dons, Off Campus Dons is a fairly young service - Fresh Week 1999 was actually the third frosh week ever run by OCD. OCD is a service made for first year students who are just that - off campus. For all those students who are not in residence, we provide the fun and guidance that a residence Don would usually supply. OCD encourages the first year students to come to our frosh week, because we provide them with many of the essential things they need to learn to survive their first year living on their own. During frosh week, we introduce the students to Waterloo in all of its splendour. From Waterloo Town Square to the bars, the coffee shopsand the laundromats, we show

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them everything. During frosh week, the first year students also meet each other and make many new friends who may be in their faculties or even in their own apartment buildings. OCD allows them to meet new friends and participate in university life even though they may live at home in Waterloo. At the end of frosh week, all of the frosh are assigned a Don who is their connection to the university throughout the year. Many of the QCD frosh leaders stay on and become Dons for the term or the year, but being a Don is onfy optional. This year, OCD has

hosted a Boys and Girls night and two candy giveaways for Halloween and Christmas. Are you interested in OCD after reading about all the great services we provide 3 Why not join? I can speak from personal experience: being a Don this year has introduced me to many fun nights out and close friends whom I would never have met if it weren’t for OCD. This year the leaders will receive a leader retreat weekend, cool clothes and an experience that you will not want to miss. Applications for Dons and leaders are available in the Feds office until February 4.

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n “around the world odyssey” makes a stop at UW next week when two accompIished Canadian environmentalists take up residence as in-house experts to shed light on how to succeed as an activist. The Department of Environment and Resource Studies (ERS) welcomes Angela Bischoff and Tooker Gomberg as its latest Envi.’ ronmentalists-in-residence from January 3 1 to February 4. I_ Angela Bischoff and Tooker Gomberg are the inspiration and perspiration behind Greenspiration Odyssey, a tenacious and hopeful journey by bicycle through North America and Asia in search of “inspiring ecological stories.” The pair undertook the odyssey under the premise that the Earth is “stressed,” but that the solutions to alleviate this stress are out there. They contend that “innovative communities around the world are working to protect the environment and revive their local economies.” It is their goal to deliver “positive ecological stories - for a change.” Rischoff and Gombtrg are “reporters and environmental ambassadors, promoting environmental literacy and cross-cultural understanding around the world.” This, along with their combined three decades of experience as environ-

mental activists and community organizers, are key in deciding to have them partake in the Environmentalist-in-residence program. The Environmentalist-in-Residence program was started three years ago through ERS at the University of Waterloo. The idea was born from the fact that Canada has a dozen Environmental Studies programs, but their activities involve little or no

of many students through several capacities. An ERS class specifically directed towards activism will feature a workshop on effective activism by the duo. They will also be involved with a Peace and Conflict studies class, shedding light on “How to take a vision and make it something tangible.” Besides attending to students, these seasoned activists are particularly keen to learn about worthy initia., tivesin Kitchener-Wa,* i+<. : ;: terloo and the sur‘I :. rounding area. They ’ ,+;‘;;;i; ,r will be running a tac$.?. ‘ tics workshop for a . ~. 1 group, with strong ties to UW, who is opposcontact with the environmental acing the Red Hill Creek Valley Extivist community. Professor Greg pressway. Michalenko of the ERS department The workshop will focus on the speculates that there “must be at least practical application of the precaua million people” that are involved in tionary principle, a principle making environmental activism in Canada. headway as a design for policy-makThe goal of the residence program is ing. The principle, as Prof. to link formal teaching and convenMichalenko explains, is that “the best tional education with, as Prof. plan is to know the consequences Michalenkodescribes it “What these before we act.“The tactics workshop people are doing on the front.” will help the expressway group in The Environmentalist-in-resitheir bid for a change in policy. dence spends a week on campus enThe week’s activities will culmigaged in numerous activities each nate with a public presentation by term. Past Environmentalist-in-resiBischoff and Gomberg, illustrating dence participants include environsome of the techniques of successful mental educator Janice Palmer in activism by highlighting the fruits of March 1999 and Lois Corbett, who their Greenspiration Odyssey. The was joined by David Suzuki for her presentation is on Wednesday, Febpublic presentation in February ruary 2 at 7p.m. in the Environmen1999. tal Studies 2 building, Room 284 (the Bischoff and Gomber will spend “Green Room”). A reception will their week enriching the education follow.

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ou can call her Marianne or Ms. Miller or Ombudsperson Y or she’ll even readily answer to Ombudsman. That’s right, Ombudsman, a Swedish term meaning ‘&one that investigates reported complaints, reports findings and helps to achieve equitable results.” At any rate, Marianne Miller is a busy, friendly, helpful woman easily found in SLC 2128. Busy? In 1998199, she processed 423 short inquiries and 3 10 indepth investigations. She gets great satisfaction from her job in that she is able to help people turn their lives around. Professionally, she loves to see someone’s faith in the system restored. Personally, she appreciates that people understand and respect the rules of confidentiality. After earning her English and psychology degree at Laurier, she came to UW as an academic researcher. She has also worked in the business office at St. Jerome’s College. After studying adult education at teacher’s college, Marianne returned and has been in her current position since November of 1992. As an Ombudsperson, Marianne is tong on patience and big on diplomacy. In fact, tact helps her deal with

the issues far better than a more confrontational approach. There is a limit, though. Marianne gets frustrated when people use her to try and get around established rules. Or when they throw big parties and trash an apartment or house to break a lease. When property damage occurs, she works toward “restorative justice+” That means working with victims and offenders until the situation is remedied. Issues of “protection oiintellectual property” really turn Marianne’s crank, but don’t let that scare you off, If she can’t help you, she’ll put you in

touch with someone who can. You could be steered toward the Registrar’s Office or Student Awards, Counselling or Health Services, the Students with Disabilities Office or any of the faculties in co-op or Distance Education. Get the picture? She’s got a long arm. The more motivated you are to solve the problem, the better; however, there is a limit to everything. An Ombudsperson can withdraw from a case if it is frivolous or if there is a question of bias. Even then, Marianne has other contacts who can help.

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ombinatorics and Optimization is a branch of mathematics that has garnered a lot of interest over the last 50 years. From cryptography (using coding theory for encryption and decryption) to graph theory (for things such as Markov chains) to networking (for optimization theory and linear programming), this field has been the source of many interesting problems. One such problem that has attracted the interest of Dr. Edl yn Teske involves the baby step-giant step approach. Her talk on this subject, which is also known as Shank’s method, was held here on campus by t-he Combinatorics and Optimization Department on January 24. A typical problem where the baby-giant step method is used is the Discrete Algorithm problem. This states that for a given finite cyclic group G, generated by a group element g and a group element h, we are to find a group element x such that gx=h. These problems have an upper bound of M ord(g) and we must search the interval [0, M]. We use the baby steps go, g-l, g-l, . . , g-(q-l) and the giant steps gq, g’q, g3q, , . . where l

q=M.? Eventually, we find that x=nq+r, where n is the number of giant steps and q is the number of baby steps required. This problem is effective with large sets, but suffers with smaller sets an&or when the upper bound is not known. Teske, a recent-arrival to Waterloo, asked the crowd of interested students if there was a better way to improve on Shank’s method, especially in the worst case {where the upper limit is not sharp or is unknown) and the average case (where the heuristic results are known and/ or the probability distribution of the solution is known). Teske stated that the goal of these alternative algorithms was to save time and storage space for data. For the worst case scenario, there were two methods presented. The first one, called the BJT method, involved changing the x = nq+r equation (where q=Me5 and 0 r q) to x=2k+‘q=r for x 3, where k 0 and is the number of stepsneeded, 4k2k+1q qk+’ and 1 r 2k+1 . This adjustment is faster than Shank’s if M 14x. The second method lends itself from Pascal’s triangle. As everyone knows, the j-th triangle number is Tj+j=Tj+l and T,=O. From inductlon, we end up with Ti =j(j- 1)/2. So, insteadofx=nq+r,weusex=Ti+t.

Again, this improves on the Shank’s method, but is effective if 8 x M/6. Still, this does not change the fact that the baby step-giant step method operates on O(rG>, but we can work with 0 constants to help the system run faster. For the average case, the use of hazard rates was introduced to get a better idea of how many baby steps were needed to approach the solution x. For those who are not familiar with a hazard rate, it is for P being a probability distribution on 0 and X is some random variable, the hazard rate at k measures-the likelihood of X lying in a small interval beyond k, given X k. This hazard rate did agreat job for finding how many baby steps were needed to advance. The distributions Teske talked about included the simple ones like the normal, the uniform, the split uniform, the geometric and the most important (as far as engineering goes) Pareto distribution. The average case is used in coding theory and in statistical simulation. Overall, this was a very enjoyable talk about optimizing a method that is already found to be useful in Combinatorics and Optimization. Hopefully, more will be discovered, along with efforts in achieving better algorithms.

The bones of what isbelieved to be the largest dinosaur species yet uncovered were discovered in Are gentina’s southern Patagonia region on January 18, Believed to be a herbivore, it lived during the Cretaceo~s period, up to 105 millian years ago. It is between 157 1 167 feet long,

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Yciu missed, you idiot to an a&k in the Washington Post,the Pentagon’sballistic missiledefencesystemwasw&ing justfine until the final six secondsof a $100 million test. An infrared

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the Pacific Ocean at about 5,000 miles per hour last Tuesday n$ht, the 55 inch longinterceptormissed itstargetcompletely, It eventually burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere. The target is s;tid to have fallen “harmlessly” into the ocean.

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Sometimes it just doesn’t show A wuman believbg she had a Wvere stomach ache was surprised when she gave birch to a baby boy in the middle of the street.A Greek newspaper reported that Maria Andreadaki, 48 years old, was on her way to the hospital to get checked out for what shebeiieved were stomach cramps when the birth happened. After the baby was wrapped in newspaper ;md an old jumper, both mother andbaby were rushed to the hospitaf,

On January 20, the first total eclipse of the moon in almost four years was visible around North and South America. A lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon only if the moon passes through some of the earth’s shadow. Differing colours (this eclipse had copper and brown hues) are caused by variations in cloud cover around the earth where sunlight filters through the atmosphere into shadow.

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ast Friday night saw the PAC gym alive with action as the volleyball Warriors faces hated hometown rivals, the Laurier Golden I-Iawks, in two matches that proved to be exciting and entertaining. Although the women were not able to surpass the Golden Hawks, the men were able to clip the Hawks’ wings by beating them in three straight games. The night started with the Warrior women, as they took the court full of energy and team spirit. Although they had a few minor mistakes at the beginning of the first game, the Warriors were able to calm down after the first timeout. Good offensive plays by Agnes Magolon, Ami Barras and Kristyne St. Onge were met by Laurier’s powerhouse Kareen Hinds and defensive plays were needed to ward off Laurier’s Natalie Badour. With strong serves coming from Cindy Gee and Laura Benn, the Warriors were able to slip past the Golden Hawks, 25-23. The second match proved to be the last game the Warriors would win in the night, but quite possibly the most exciting, for the many Warrior fans that sat in the stands. With some excellent rallies and good plays by reliable Warrior Kim

Hargrove, the Warriors won the second game, 25-16. Alth&gh Laurier was visibly frustrated during the second game, they would come back strong in the third game. Again, Laurier’s Hinds provided her team with some excellent offense and Waterloo’s Lori Brubacher provided the Warriors with some solid serves. Despite the defensive efforts of the Warriors, Laurier was able to slip by them in a very close game, 25 23,

The men clipped the Hawks’ wings but the women flew away* Not even the song YMCA” could possess the Warriors to dig a little deeper in the fourth game. Laurier took both the fourth and fifth games easily, 25-18 and 15-7. The men took the court next looking to beat the Golden Hawks and that is exactly what they did. At the beginning of the match, it was clear the real battle was to determine who had the most power. Laurier had strong spikes which at times

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hard to handle for the Warriors. Paul Hulshof got the point of the game to start the Warriors’ winning ways. their spirit and quick wits, the Warriors were able to keep to Laurier and pull past them in the end 25-21. “Tim” Froese led the Warriors in a strong offensive battle against the Golden Hawks in the second game and kept the

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team close. With great serves from Nick Martin the Warriors were abEe to start a comeback after Laurier had led for most of the game. In an extremely close and exciting ending, the Warriors had to go into extra serves to deliver a win, 28-26. The third game was certainly the most exciting of all and proved to be a crowd pleaser. Each team waited until the other team made a mistake in order to add points to the scoreboard. The Warriors had consistently strong plays from Trevor Otterman, who is an obvious key player. The team also had some strong blocks from Froese and Paul Frayne. Laurier was unable to handle the strong offense the Warriors had in store and although they proved powerful offensively, miscommunication at key times on the court cost Laurier the game. The final game ended 2.5-20 for the Warriors. Tonight the women Warriors are hosting the Brock Badgers in the PAC at 6 p.m.

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Wear shortsin January GReEMACDOUGALL special to imprint

t Queen’s this past week, the Journal published the following quote from Lou Brock: “Show me a guy who’s afraid to look bad, and I’ll show you a guy you can beat every time.” Well, it’s the Waterloo track team that displays how the reverse of this statement rings true for both sexes. No question, the Waterloo team does look good as rhey had an excellent showing at their meet last weekend. The team of Jason Dockendorff, Paul Gill, Adrian Blair and Greg Macdougall came stunningly close to breaking the school 4x4OOm record. Their time of 3:25.21 was twenty one hundredths of a second off of the 3:25.00 run by four Waterloo athletes in 1991each of the modern-day tandem ran a personal-best leg as they finished behind York, Sherbrooke and Williams College, an American school in Massachusetts. The York and Sherbrooke 4x400 teams are two favourites to win the CIAU title. A school record looks like a definite possibility this year for the Warriors team and it should be interesting to see what happens at the provincial, and then national, championships in a month and a half s time. The women’s4x200m kept up their string of great performances by finishing first. Alison Salter, running in place of a hurting Heather IMoyse, looked like she might lose the gold to Sherbrooke’s anchor runner as the two tore down the backstretch, But then, coming out of the curve and onto the final straight, Alison changed gears and pulled away to secure the victory. The four team members received a complimentary McGill shirt for their victory. The guys 4x200m team turned in another season best performance, as they ran 1:31.15 to finish third, which translated into free McGill coffee mugs. Rookie Alessia Celli’s ran the 4x400m relay for the school for the first time, and what a run it was, Running in

the anchor position, she took it out hard and with IOOm to go was starting to feel the pain that aiways sets in at the end of a good 400m run. Then the Queen’s runner tried to pass her. Bad move. Alessia turned it on and by the time she hit the finish line, she had put more than five metres between them. So the women’s 4x400 team got coffee mugs too. The team of Shauna Ellis, Allison Salter, Jill Patterson and Gina Jackson ran an amazing (let me repeat, amazing) race to claim fourth. Their time, 9:5 1.91, averages out to 2:28 for each 800, and now has them ranked third in Canada behind Sherbrooke and McGill. Note: they are ranked higher in the country than their placing in the race due to the (American) Williams College team having finished third. Some highlights: Alison Brazier winning the long jump with a personal best leap of 5.28 metres; Jason Tham finishing in a tie for third in pole vault; Stephen Drew running a huge personal best in the 3000m to finish fourth; Dana Ellis winning the pole vault with a number-two-ranked-in-the-country 3.5 Om; Daniella Carrington grabbing silver in the 60 with a long awaited personal best 7.78 seconds; Allison Salter getting the same spot on the podium in her 600 (1:37.11); Jason Dockendorff (37.70 in the 3OOm) and Greg Macdougall (1:27.27 in the 600m) running impressive personal bests. Coach Brent McFarlane is very pleased at the way the season is progressing for the team. In such an individual sport as track and field, it is surprising to find a sense of team and unity such as that which exists on this Waterloo squad. Thanks to the coaching of Pat Steele, Terry Goodenough and McFarlane, and now in the field as well, thanks to the work of coach Tim Moller. Will Waterloo reach their goal of sending their biggest team ever to the CMU championships? That remains to be seen, But it is already evident that the team has learned a good lesson: ‘when in doubt - run faster.’

Alison Brazier, Allison Salter, llanieila Carrington and Angie Ross take a break.

Athletes of the week

Jason Warrior

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A first year Math student from New Liskeard, Jason backstopped the Warriors to two crucial victories last week over the rival Hawks from Laurier. On Sunday, Jason was sofid throughout the game as the Warriors breezed to 7-2 drubbing of the Hawks to complete the home and home sweep. Jason and the Warriors look to continue their winning streak on January 29 when they face the Lancers in Windsor.

Dana Ellis Track & Field

A second year Kinesiology student from Kitchener, Dana won first place in the Pole Vault- competition last weekend at the McGill Open. Her 3.5 metre jump was a personal best for Dana and established a new meet record. Dana’s finish helped the Warriors to second place overall in the team competition. Next action for Dana and the Warriors is this weekend, Saturday, January 29, for the Toronto Classic.

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espite its appearance as easy, curling is a sport that requires more agility, cunning and skill than most would originally think. Professional curlers can manage to find a draw or a hit in bad conditions; however, our fair Warriors found the task far more ominous at the highly inconsistent ice at the University of Windsor. Windsor played host to the annual West Sectional play on January 22 and 23, b ut unfortunately poor ice conditions made matches more a competition of guessing fluctuating weight than pure strategical prowess. Waterloo had a disappointing performances by both the women and men. Saturday was definitely the better of the two days for Waterloo. Losing to the Windsor Lancers got the men off on the wrong foot as they sought to chase the Lancer’s consistent scoring efforts. Windsor managed a 7-5 win. The &en then defeated Lakehead in a 6-4

victory followed by an 8-7 win against Laurier. The women began with a satisfying win against Windsor. The Lancers struggled to find their skill, allowing the Warriors to defeat them soundly 11-2 in nine ends. Hoping to capitilize on the momentum of the win, the Warriors faced stiff competition from KW rival Laurier. Although fairly even throughout the first half, Laurier managed to gain additional control of the second half taking three and then stealing one. Sunday was a “painful day” for both teams. The men lost to Brock (1 l- 4) in seven ends followed by another large loss to Western. The women fared no better losing first to Brock who managed to steal five in one end of the six-end defeat. The women also lost to Western, allowing the Mustangs to steai six in one end. Coach Scott Allen no’tes, “we have the talent and we can rebound to secure our places in the provincial finals.” The team heads to the next tournament in Toronto on January 28 and 29.

SKI& SNOWBOARD CLUBBLUEMOUNTAIN TRIP ~Friday,Februaryl19am-9pm * $40 for UWSSC members (coach & lift ticket) l Regbter now in PAC Athletics office.

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Black Knight tournament

Squash results

he squash courts at the PAC were filled with intense action this past weekend as the always exciting Black Knight Campus Recreation Squash Tournament took place. Once again, Black Knight’s ongoing sponsorship of the Campus Recreation tournament provided prizes for every& and free racquets to try out and evaluate. The biggest prize of the weekend went to Sheroy Mowdawala who walked away with a free Black Knight racquet of his choice valued at over$250. On Saturday, three round robin matches were played to determine seedings for the playoffs. In the C division, Paul Jackson dropped only one game in three matches on route to tying Mohamed El-Gebaly for the top seed. The B division round robin saw only three players emerge with the maximum 81 points - Alan Sham, Lynn Michaud and Rudolph Fleischer. Finally, Hugh Siddely came out on top in the A division with Andrew Stevenson and Andrew Kane close behind. After the round robin, players were divided into pools for the playoffs to match players of equal skill against each other. The highly talented players in the A division playoffs put on quite a show of physical and mental skill. After surviving first and second round matches, the two Andrews hooked up for a clash for the title. On this day, it was Andrew Stevenson who came away victorious in three tight games. After outlasting Glenn Parmenter and Lynn Michaud respectively in the semifinals, Alan Sham and Chan Lam met in the Bl division final with Alan winning 9-4 and 9-3. In the B2 division final, Supriyo Sinha defeated squash tourney veteran Vishnu Pexsaud by the convincing score of 9-2,9-2. One of the most competitive matches of the day occurred in the B3 division final. In this test of endurance, Michael Adler won by the narrowest of margins 9-6, 8-9, 9-6.

Jasen Robillard pulled off the biggest upset of the day in the first round of the C division playoffs by defeating second-seeded Paul Jackson in three games. He then survived another marathon match before continuing his winning ways by defeating Mohamed El-Gebaly Y-8, Y-7 in the final, Way to go, Jasen! Overall, the fun, competitive tournament was a success for everyone involved. A big thank you goes out to the ‘down-under’ connection of Katie Obst and Pamela Rylands for all their hard work!

UW Badminton Club tournament results While the squash tournament filled the PAC, the the first badminton tournament of 2000 was a smashing success in the Columbia Ice Fields gym. Many thanks to our sponsor, Black Knight, for such a good time. Everyone enjoyed the friendly competition and the winner of the tournament was the team of John Wu and Kyle Chan. David Demner won the biggest draw prize, a brand new Black Knight racquet! Everyone had a Tshirt and a draw prize to take home and left happy and stuffed (we managed to devour 10 pizzas!). This was a really memorable event and a UWBC tradition we will definitely continue!

Trading

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Friday, January 28 at midnight is the Trading Deadline for all Campus Recreation competitive leagues. For all those Cinderella teams looking for a spot in the big dance (the playoffs), you must have the minimum number of fully registered players before the cluck strikes twelve or risk being turned into a pumpkin (and being removed from the league). A fully registered player includes a name, student ID number and a phone number or e-mail address.

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or some folks, football (soccer) is not only a sport, it is practically a religion, where players like Eric Cantona, Jock Stein and Edson Arantes do Nascimento are not celebrated, but also worshipped and venerated. From the faithful of Old Trafford, to fans of Liverpool FC who sing “You’ll never walk alone” to fanatics of Real Madrid who have the club’s name in a church, no other sport sparks such passion as the grand old game of football. Of all the nations that have competed in this sport, no nation can come close to the fabled tale of the Brazilians. This perennial powerhouse has been the story of legend. Since their first World Cbp appearance in 1930, the Brazilians have been the only team that has appeared in every single World Cup. The first appearance for the Brazilians was somewhat disappointing, as a row between clubs from SHo Paolo and Rio de Janeiro meant players like Arthur Friendenrich, Da Maria and Petronilho were absent. This severely reduced Brazil’s threat as they were ousted in the first round. The first major success for the Brazilians occurredin 1938, when theBraziliansachieved a third place showing. This result was the first of many top flight placings for this large nation. In 1950, the Brazilians finally had their first taste of the finals. Unfortunately, the Maracan5 saw tragedy as the Uruguayans defeated the home side 2-1. Fur the Green and Gold, this was indeed a national tragedy that saw many fans commit suicide. It would not be until eight years later when Brazil would first taste victory in the World Cup final, when a young man named Edson Arantes

do Nascimento (Pele) would work alongside names like Garrincha, Didi and Nilton Santos to capture the first of four major trophies. Of all the games that Brazil is known for, none are as spectacular or unforgettable as the 1970 final. This was not an ordinary game the winners would be the permanent owners of the Jules Rimet trophy. Brazil, who had won the title in 1958 and 1962, battled against a tough Italian squad, who won the trophy years. n This game also during the “Duce marked the last time do Nascimento would play for the World Cup. For the fans who saw the game at Azteca Stadium, it was a moment in football history that will never be forgotten. As for the Brazilians, the 3-l win was very sweet indeed. Currently, Brazilian football is still strong and shows signs of improving. Ever since the 1998 loss to France, the Brazilians have made it their first priority to take the World Cup back from the French. The current signs look very promising. Vasco da Gama defeated Corinthians to win the Club World Cup and embarrassed the cocky Europeans, especially the arrogant players of Manchester United, The Brazilian national squad has been number one on FIFA’s ranking for 36 months. On January 24,2000, Rivaldo (who plays for FC Barcelona) won the 1999 FIFA Player of the Year award, beating out Manchester United’s David Beckham and Fiorentina’s Gabriel Batistuta. So, as one can plainly see, don’t cry for Brazil, for they are starting to reassert themselves as the team to beat in international football.

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just slid the puck into the back of the net. After one period, the Warriors enjoyed a two-goal cushion over the Golden Hawks. The second period began with the Warriors continuing to inundate Ivankovic with challenging shots. The play from both sides became quite chippy and the referee (Kimmel) found himself blowing on the whistle more often than not. The trou& +gan halfway through the p&&%hen Michael Nixon capitaGi61.6 a Laurier er: :

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utograph Day on January 24 proved to be a treat for a multitude of Warrior fans. Along with getting the autograph of their favourite Warrior, fans were served an excellent game that saw the Warriors trounce the Laurier Golden Hawks, 7-2. The Warriors wanted to start the game right so Jason Willard was Cressman’s choice to start in net. Laurier coach Tony Martindale sent in watk/br)s pl&cked Frank Ivankovic to pro,, tect the Laurier net. : %.. t~;.~~~~&~:.~~~w~s, Waterloo, determined not to lose at home and split this seI ? ries, asserted their dominance early and often. From the opening faceoff between Warrior Mike ror and scared on the hapless and Devereaux and Golden Hawk Larry frustratedGolden Hawk goaltender. Paleczny, most of the play was in Twenty seconds later, another the Laurier end, vexing Ivankovic turnover lead to a goal by Brett to no end. In fact, it was not until Turner, Ivankovic was frustrated four minutes after the game had with letting a fourth goal in, slashed started that Martin Kearns provided Turner, This action ended up with a the first shot for the Golden Hawks. tussle between Turner and Rick By the time the period finished, the White. By the time this brouhaha Warriors needed to call upon Jason ended, Ivankovic, White andTurner Willard four times to stop the Laurier all received two minute minors. snipers. This careless action by Waterloo managed to snag two Ivankovic got him the reward of an early shower. goals in its favour in the first period. Laurie& Chad The first was a Sean Fitzgerald shot Marshall, a rookie goaltender, was that was just out of the reach of now responsible for keeping the Ivankovic. The second goal was the puck out of the net and held the result of a deadly turnover, which Warriors off for the rest of the Ryan Painter neatly stole and passed period. to Jay Henry. From there, Henry With two periods in the book,

the Warriors had five goals to their credit, whilst the Golden Hawks had yet to score. In the first minute of the third period, Phil Willard was the recipient of a Mike Johnson pass and decided to try his luck and shoot from behind the blue line. Marshall fumbled the puck right into the net. Once that goal was scored, the Laurier players actually started to give Jason Willard a reason for being between the pipes, wanting to make the score respectable and Laurier’s Eric Bailentyne spoiled Jason Willard’s shutout with a wqnderful goal. Paleczny added a goal for the Golden Hawks five minutes from time, but the damage had already been done. Waterloo roasted the Golden Hawks 7-2. “We are really pleased with the play today,” Cressman exclaimed. “We played the system well and that is why we won.” Cressman also lauded certain players for their effort. “I can count on certain guys to play well, such as Devereaux’s line,” Cressman stated. The coach of the Warriors gave kudos to Phil Willard, Michael Nixon and his team in general, But he is also concerned. “In this division, we need to be more than a 500 club. We’ve now got a tough schedule.” With eight more games to go, Waterloo finds itself tied for third place with the Windsor Lancers. On January 29, the Warriors play a very important game against the Windsor Lancers.

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he Warrior varsity badminton team finished off the regular season at the second crossover tournament of the year held January 22-23 at Western. The team faced all five teams in the East Division, which as in recent years, holds most of the strongest teams in the CKJA. The Warriors began the tournament in style, coming away with their best win of the season, a 7-4 victory over the higher ranked Ottawa squad. The women’s team provided the bulk of the winds, taking all five of their matches over the stunned Gee Gees. Emily Strong, Lara Huge1 and Margaret Chen all battled to hard-fought singles match wins, while the duos of Strong and Huge1 and Chen and Jennifer Mau completed the sweet with doubles victories. The other wins for the Warriors came from Tony Tam and Phil Lam in men’s doubles while Patrick Chuong and Mau prevailed in the mixed doubles. The remainder of Saturday was very tough on the team as they were matched against playoff bound Toronto and York, back to back, to

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finish the day. The team succumbed to defeat in each of those ties. Sunday was a new day and the Warriors started well. The team faced the much improved Ryerson entry that had gone undefeated on Saturday. The Warriors eked out a 6-5 win, thanks to an identical clean sweep in the women’s matches yet again. Rookie sensation Kenny Ng was back in form in the number one singles spot, knocking off the top Ryerson player in an impressive fashion. The final tie of the weekend pitted the Warriors against the dominant Queen’s squad and the Warxiors fell lo- I in a lopsided affair. The team finished the regular season with an overall record of 810 and in sixth place out of 10 schools in the OUA. Unfortunately they fell just short of making the playoffs which will be held at York University on February 13 between the top four teams - Western Queen’s, York and Toronto. Much improvement was seen in the second half of the season. With the possibility of stability from year-to-year among players for the first time in many seasons, next year looks promising for the Warriors.

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he Warrior Nordic Ski Team has been busy over the last two weeks. On the weekend of January 15 and 16 we hosted the first QUA qualifying race at HighlandsNordic in Duntroon. This past weekend we divided our efforts somewhat by sending some of the team to the Wasaga Beach Loppet and sprint races while the rest of the team competed against the University of Cuelph the next day at Horseshoe Valley. The OUA qualifying race gave the Warriors a chance to display some great ski racing as both the men’s and women’s teams finished second overall despite many team members having poor skis on at least one day and for someon both days, Although this is part of ski racing, I am sure the other teams were left wondering what will happen at OUAs when Waterloo has the best skis on the course. On Saturday’s free technique race; Ian Murrary led the Warrior men with a third place finish , Charles Curtis was seventh, Kris Doyon 11, Justin Faulkner 12, Kyle Guembel 16, Stephane Perrey 17, Greg Reain 20, Alastair Lawrence 2 1, Greg Brigley 25, Kevin Thomson 26, Jeremy Crane 28, Chris Naylor 33 and Joel Kamnitzer 37 out of 54.racers. The women’s team did just as well with Jodie Scott leading the way with her sixth place finish, followed closely by Kelly Skinner ninth, Allison Lampi 12, Mary-Ellen Wood 14, Leanne Wortley 19, Jenny Northan 22, Wendy Corriveau 24, Monica Henriques 27 and Terri Hancock 32 out of 52 starters. Sunday’s race saw each racer starting the time behind the winner that they finished the day before and the combined times from the two days deciding the winner.

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In Wasaga, Ian Murrary won the men’s sprint event over Justin Faulkner while Jodie Scott beat Mary Ellen Wood to the line in the women’s sprint. In the Men’s 40 km race Kris Doyon skied a perfectly paced race to finish first while Justin Faulkner droped back in the last 10 km to finish third. Jodie Scott, proving she is the lady to beat no matter what the event, won again in the 40 km women’s race. On Sunday the Warrior teams destroyed Guelph, with the men placing all their skiers ahead of the best Guelph skier while the women won four of the top five spots. The Warriors travel to Ottawa next weekend to defend our title at the Polar Bear relays. We will race partial teams as each skier is following a specific training plan in preparation for going Raven hunting at the OUA championships.

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he Warrior varsity figure skating team travelled to Western this past weekend to challenge nine other universities in the second competition of the season..The Warriors placed well in all 15 events, leading them to a satisfying fourth .place finish and hopes of further success in the QUA finals to be held at Queen’s on February 12 and 13. Intermediate singles skater Jean Yoon started out the day with a solid program that included a double toe and salchow. In Senior B Ladies, Judith Tuck aced a double lutz to place third while Ailan MacKenzie placed fifth in Senior A Ladies and wowed the crowd by landing five double jumps, incIuding a double loop, flip and tow. Cocaptain WistaraVan Snellenberg was the only competitor in her event to attempt a triple salchow, which landed her a foirth place finish in

the Ladies’ Open event. In the Short program, Melissa Ens brought home the second place ribbon with a double axe1 followed by a series of consistently high-quality elements. In the dance events, Waterloo proved they had both expression and style. Kristy Bertrand placed ’ fourth after skating the Bh~es in the Senior Solo Dance. MacKenzie aptly showed he~ability !a ,&ate the Argentinc in the. Open’ ISolo dance. MacKenzie later teanxd up with Walker in tie Senior Simiiar Dance to Paso their wiy into fifth . . place. In the Dance V+&tion event, Natalie I-Ierr and ‘I&n&, Doq skated an amazingly intiate and expressive Tango Variatibn; : The Tango was danced on& @ain in the form of the I-Iarris T&o by Stephanie Schmidt ana I$&tie Vermeulen in the Intermedi+te Dance event. In Intermediate Similar Pairs Free skate, Judith Tuck and Sherry Molzan finished with a silver win while Van .Sn&Ilenberg and Ens placed four&in &t Senior Similar Pairs Free skatei& the Free skate

Similar Fours event, Jenny Walker, Van Snellenberg, Melissa Ens and co-captain Jennifer Litt came together to capture the bronze with their new Zorro program. Following the fours event was Bronze Rhythm in which Katie Churchill, Theresa Townsend, Sherry Molzan and Walker danced their way through an extremely complex and difficult version of the Quickstep. The most encouraging moment of the competition came at the end of the day with the Precision event. Michelle Wong and Allison Berthune helped synchronize the ‘event a:. the sixteen Warriors skated together in one program. The entire team succeeded in impressing coach Dean Phillips and assistant coach Karen Del Cul by winning third place in this event. The solid performances in a11 events this past weekend have encouragid the varsity figure skating team to continue striving hard, aiming high and keeping positive about the upcoming OUA competition.

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play deserving of a sophomore album, they don’t get the recognition. “Weightless,” which hasbeen in the Broadcast Data Systems Canadian top 10 for six months, has been on the radio for a year. You might expect such a band to be bitter about their fight to break onto the scene, but in interview they were lighthearted and excited about playing Fed I-N. Chris Brodbeck, lead singer and bass guitarist, and Randy Bowen, vocalist and lead guitar for See Spot Run, spoke with Imprint prior to the

ast Saturday, seven hundred enthusiastic fans rode a wild musical ride, courtesy of I Mother Earth and See Spot Run. Despite one of the rowdiest crowds FedHallhasseeninalongtinqthere were no reported injuries. This is amazing considering the number of crowd surfers that took headers over the course of the evening. Opening the night with one of the most solid and exciting setsI’ve seen in a long time, SeeSpot Rd did more than warm up the crowd. At first glance, this band seems an incongruous mix of one goth, two early 90s popsters and one squeaky clean. Easterner. Seeing them perform on stage proves that despite the eclectic mix, they work very weil together. The band, whose singles you recognize but can’t identify, played

“Everything has gone better than you canimagine,” said Brodbeck about the successof the previous two shows. “The people that are coming to seethe show, they like both bands. It’s great.” Broadbeck also felt it was great for the bands since I Mother Earth and See Spot Run share fans. “We get some of their fans, they get some of ours? When asked what their worst gig was, See Spot Run mentioned a show in Moncton. L(Moncton’s agreat town. It was the show. We played a country bar. They had a big saddle covered in little mirrors. We plarcd to tight people, eight hard core fans. It was great.”

all four of their well played radio singles: “Lucy” and “Au Naturel” off their first album, and “Weightless” and “Terrified” off their second. While See Spot Run gets the air-

Although See Spot Run was a pleasant surprise, it has been a while sinceI Mother Earth touched ground in K-W and the crowd was definitely excited to hear the new album.

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new, with songsfrom all three I Mother Earth albums. For anyone that is still a die-hard Edwin fan, hearing the new and improved I Mother Earth crank out old favourites such as “Another Sunday” and uOne More Astronaut”made it clear that sloughing off dead weight (Edwin) made it possible for the band to regard their music with fresh new and

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t seems that much of the image typically ascribed to Calgary folk sensationsTegan and Sara is merely a construction. Shying away from their traditional image as young, punky twins gripped by sibling rivalry and revelling in independent bliss, my phone conversation with the up-and-coming Canadian duo shattered all impressions I had previously held. Ever since making their debut album, Under/& like ours, the identicaltwins have been a tribute to rave reviews. Hitting the stage with such notables as former Ani DiFranco drummer Andy Stochanski and also featured at the Edmonton performance of Lilith Fair, the outspoken sisters have been categorized by their youth, their precocious attitude and their family feuds. In reality however, the sisters simply aim to be real in a music world obsessed with keeping up with an image. The sisters, only 19 years of age, feel that too much has been made of their perceived character and sibling relationship. Sara argues that they fight just like any other siblings. Shunning the media, Sara quips that it “seems so alien to them that we might be sisters that actually occasionally disagree.” A recent YTV appearance capped the frustration when an aggressive video jockey attempted to psychoanalyse what he perceived to be sibling rivalry on air. Sara laughs it off, joking, “YTV sends Tegan and Sara to boot camp! We’re not Jenny Jones folks!” The singers have also had their fair share of attention due to their age. Beginning their folk career at 18, many media stories have focused on them as ‘teen sensations.’ Although Sara says it’s flattering to “be getting something and receiving interest,” she confesses that “age is really nothing. If you have talent,

“Age is really nothing. If you have talent, you have talent.” you have talent. . . I suppose that if we complained longer about it, we’d get called ‘washed up.‘” Despite their age, the group has clearly proven their talent as well as their genuine interest in communieating with audiences. However, the group is still largely uncomfortable with the interest shown in their work. Sara admits she’s “not comfortable with people’s interpretations of us . you get really protective of your own image.” The constant exposure has made the singer/song-writer more aware of her own perceptions of others as she attempts to explain that “there’s more to me than my interviews and what’s in my songs.” The group has also strayed from their fiercely independent stance+ Although admitting that being an independent gets you “automatic hero status,” the group has reached the point where they can no longer handle all the administration. Sara remains adamant that “you can sign with a label and still maintain independent structure.” Laughing off the thought of signing with a massive l

label, Sara jokes: “Oh yeah, I’m all about Britney Spears!” The new-found successof Tegan and Sara has made them cynical about the media’s expectations of the music world. “Kids are given such a great opportunity to learn and explore, but once you’re an artist and sell your first CD, you get locked in.” Sara feels

%cared as an artist” and is “trying to give [herself] room. If you grow too much, it’s bad. If you grow too little, it’s bad.” She jokes, “At least Jesus loves you.” It appears that the group, which plays Jane Bond this Saturday with another of William ‘Skinny’ Tenn Management’s projects Hawksley

Workman, has not lost their sense oi home and reality. “I don’t ride 2 horse,” jokes the Calgary native, but finds relaxation there after a gruelling schedule. “Touring is definitely tiring; music is just tiring,” admits Sara who still lives in her mom’s basement. The duo, which has a definite Ani DiFranco influence, says they get inspiration from all across the map. Saraadmits that their interestsstretch the gammit. “Tegan’s a big fan of Aqua. She said to me the other day: You realize if Aqua asks me to be in their band, it’s over between us, eh?” The group will take their new album across Ontario in the next few weeks and then will head to New York and then hopefully Europe. The sisters are in the final stages of signing an agreement with a label and will then record a second disc. The revealing conversation with Sara shattered my previous conception of annoying sisters constantly arguing and trapped in a ‘teen sensation’ mentality. In reality, our halfhour chat couldn’t reveal the true Sara and Tegan nor can their amazing new disc, but it seems clear that they’re far more than anyone has be&t willing to previously accept.

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Collected Stories

A stressful story of hate RACHEL

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irected by Neil Jordan, The End oftbe Affair is one of the most violent movies of the year. When I say violent, I mean emotionally violent, which can be the most devastating kind of violence. It is a story of jealousy, deception and broken promises based on a heavily autobiographical novel by Graham Greene. The first words of the movie say it all: “This is a story of hate,” says Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes) , an embittered writer still angry about the way his wartime affair with Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore) ended. The movie starts two years after Maurice and Sarah’s affair has ended. Maurice meets Sarah’s husband (his friend) and alt his feelings of hatred and jealousy come back. Ralph Fiennes is brilliant as the protagonist who is so busy being jealous he never stops to realise he has no

reason to be so. Maurice is so bitter about the way his life has ended up that he feels he must make all those around him suffer in the same way. Fiennes iscoldly handsome with his chiselled features and extraordinary eyes, but there is something evil about his looks. The features are perhaps a bit too chiselled, and his eyes are the kind that stare right through you. Fiennes seems to have made a career of playing the “other man” in this kind of drama. He does it well. He has a reserved intensity that always seems on the verge of exploding. Julianne Moore gives her third great performance of this year (the other two being in Magnolia andAn Ideal Husbmd) as Sarah. She shows Sarah’s underlying goodness which makes a stark contrast to the ugliness of LMaurice. Ian Hart also turns in an excellent performance as Mr. Parkis, a private investigator who Maurice hires to find out if Sarah has taken another lover. Hart gives Parkis a charming childlike innocence; he is constantly trying to figure out what

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is going on between Sarah and Maurice, but their manipulations and games are always slightly above him. The End of the Affair has been criticised as being too sexually explicit. In my opinion, that really is not the case. There are many sex scenes in the film, but they are utterly passionless. There is something depressingly desperate about Moore and Fiennes’ stolen embraces. These scenes are more about control than passion. The End of the Affair is a very well-made movie. Director Neil Jordan gets superb performances out of his cast and the scenery accents the bleak story with drab colours; it’s almost as if everything in the movie is covered in a thin film of dust, from the exploding bombs, real and emotional. However, The End +heAffairis a very hard movie to like. It’s like spending two hours with a feuding couple who don’t want you to know they are feuding--their attempts to hide it make it all the more obvious. If you are even slightly empathic, this film will be very stressful for you.

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surprises in every that range from the unique to the extreme. The worlds Carey has created are beyond extraordinary. There is no “normal” world presented in any of the stories. Each story is set some new place, somewhere that only the imagination dares to go: worlds of shadows and humans, good and evil. They are all improbable worlds to the reader, but the characters in the stories have no problem sliding into their assigned roles. The worlds are corrupted by an unreal imagination. It is difficult to discern how Carey created these stories, Where he gets the ideas to create such twisted stories is untouchable-he must have a horrific muse. There are 27 short stories contained in this collection. It is not an easy collection to read; it would be best read when one has a lot of time so that one can ponder what it is exactly Carey is trying to convey to his readers. Then again, perhaps Carey has nothing to convey to the readers and is just a very twisted, yet intelligent man. Be sure to read at least one story before you purchase the book - it .may not be exactly what you expect.

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n a highly imaginative and disturbing collection, author Peter Carey is able to shock and amaze his readers with CollectedStories. AIthough the title of the collection itself is not at all unique, the stories inside certainly are. Carey’s writing can be difficult for a reader to grasp conceptually. The key is to always ask, “What is he trying to say with the story?” It may take more than one reading to understand even the basics of the story, never mind finding a deeper meaning. Each story portrays the unique relationships between people. In the first story, “Do you love me?“it’s the father in who fades into his chair. There’s the “normal” architect who is afraid his lover will leave him, so he adds some excitement to his life by stealing from a drug dealer. There’s also the old man in “Peeling” who undresses his new lover to discover there is something horrific beneath the clothes she wears.

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UVVpresentsSuburbun Motel Violence and alienation abound KATE

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magine sitting on a bed in a motei room just outside of Toronto and having to deal with all of the problems life has dropped into your lap. Now imagine sitting in a theatre watching two plays that deal with this exact plot. Waterloo students Jay D’Aoust andTrevor Copp are directing two plays from the ShtrbmMo~ekycle. Fe~turinghretta and ProbEem Child are only two from a set of six plays by Canadian playwright George I;. Walker. The plays deal with themes such as urban violence, alienation, the plight of the underdog and characters who are desperately attempt“They ing to gain control of their lives and the world around them. According to Trevor, the plays have an “edge of Toronto, edge of nowhere” feeling and deal with “a place and also the kind of characters that plays don’t get written about.” Trevor is directingP&m Child while Jay is directingFeatu&zgLoTetta -an endeavour that is a major part of the thesis for Drama. ProbEem Child is about an ex-

prostitute who had her child taken by the government because of supposed mistreatment. She is in the process of cleaning up her life and pulling everything back together. Featuring Loretta tells of a waitress who is caught between two men. Jay was hesitant to give away

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too much of the plot for Featuring Loretta, but did note that it deals with pornography, spiralling problems and has many issues. Although two separate plays, both in style and in context, the plays do share the same set-a motel room-and can appear to be one Play

ProbEem Child is a funny drama while Featuringhretta is a straight-

Bob Log: He’s better than bad, he’s good

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out comedy. The context of the plays gives the impression that the actors are improvising the lines. Characters are placed in a situation where crazy events happen, and they just go from there. According to Trevor, the situations just become “more and more extreme” as his play continues. The intimate setting of the theatre will help the audience connect with the characters. “They are the people in life you ignore.. . [the plays] look at them in very honest terms,” commented Trevor. He added the plays “watch how characters react to strange moments.. . [you see] reactions to panic-stricken moments.” “I can’t think of a single play that doesn’t have something illegal. . . most of the characters end up doing something criminal or are criminals,” laughed Jay. “Fucked-up shit happens in pretty much every play.” The plays will run from February 2-12 in Hagey Hall, room 180. Tickets are available at the box office in Hagey Hall and both Trevor and Jay suggestsgetting your tickets early. For more information, contact the box office or the drama department.

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hank God for the Jane Bond, a tiny musical haven in the heart of Waterloo, and the current host to what is surely some of the coolest and weirdest musical acts to come through town. Tuesday night was no exception, as they welcomed the return of the amazing Bob Log III. Roaring like a deisel truck out of Tucson, Arizona, Bob Log III is an astounding one-man-band musical phenomenon. Armed with a beautifully batteredhollow-body (‘stringpole,” a bass drum, and a drum machine, Bob fires off blistering slabs of blues slide guitar rock. Throwing off the restraints of a stationary microphone, Bob sings through a payphone handset fused to the plastic face-shield of an old motorcycle helmet. It is a pretty strange sight, but this guy makes the John Spencer Blues Explosion look like the Backstreet Boys. The best word to describe Bob’s music is “raw. “An AC/DC fanatic, he plays slide guitar at unbelievable speeds while beating his bass drum with one foot and a drum pad with the other, all accompanied by a highhat drum loop going at approximately

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an insane sight. Bob has estimated that the workout he gets working the pedals equals a ten-mile run each show. Either on his own or with his friend

Thermos Mailing in his other musical act, Doo Rag, he has played tiny bars, seedy clubs, big venues, and even raves all over the world. He’s even played with Coolio. Crazy. The turnout at the Jane Bond was not as big as expected, but Bob Log III is a fairly obscure act. Those who did show up, however, were

Phone? I don’t see any phone. very enthusiastic in their appreciation of the show. No one was able to sit still while Bob played, and Wolfman-like howls pierced the music at a pretty constant rate-

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wanted more. Unfortunately, Bob was too worn out to continue. After the show I had an opportunity to sit down with helmet-boy and asked him a few questions. Here

are some excerpts from that conversation. Imprint: What: do the traditional blues players down south think of what you do? BobLo@: Well,theyjustsay, “Don’t stop for nobody, just do what you do.” I don’t come from the same sort of background or life experiences of the older blues players; I grew up on AC/DC, so I’m not gonna play the blues the same way they do. But they dig it. Imprint: What do you think of Canadian Winters, having played in Ottawa, Toronto, and Edmonton? BLJII: I think you guys are fucking crazy, man! In Tucson, we get temperatures of 120 degrees, which is uncomfortable, but we don’t have to worry about falling over on the street. Here you go outside and you fall over. It’s crazy! Imprint: Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath versus Angus Young from AC/DC? BLIII: Well, I love Sabbath; I’ve got it in the van right now, but I’d have to say Angus all the way. No ballads or weird stuff, just one big party. Imprint: What superpower did you most envy as a kid (or still envy)? BI,&I: I was never into superheroes too much as a kid. What I always wanted to be was a flying monkey from the Wizard of Oz. Imprint: Finally, and this is the Barbara Walters question designed to make you cry, who is Bob Log redly?

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