1999-00_v22,n31_Imprint by Editor Imprint

Notice is hereby given of the General Meeting of the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo, A corporation under the laws of the Province of Ontario to be held at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 22,200O in the Student Life Centre Great Hall. The agenda for this meeting will be as follows: FED~KAIIUN

UP SIUU~NIS

University of Waterloo

Motion

pursuant

to By-Law

Ratification

of the Executive

Appointment

of the Board

Motion

to make

1, Article

IV: “Be it resolved

that the Federation

of Students’

fee be set at $25.40

per student

effective

September

1,200O.”

2000-2001 of Directors

the following

2000-2001

amendments

to by-law

4 %ervices

To strike B (ii) and replace with the foIlowing: L .I H (ii) f

7 i

of the Federation

of Students”

Wellncss Centrc -_1_1

Duties and Functions 1. c ‘bncuuraE!e responsible behaviour in relation to-issues reeardinlr alcohol consumption, drug use and abuse, and ~!crne&@! 7’ To educate the university communltv about healthv, Dositive attitudes toward the above-mentioned iww A. -AC. To Dromote awareness of the service and resources available at the Wellness Centre _3 . T 4. To hold events that promote the Wellness Centre and its services

-h and nutrition L_-__---

To strike B (viii):

3. TV c . 4. TG c

To add B (ix): B. (ix) Campus ResDonse Team Duties and Functions 1. To enable students to improve their health. safety and quality of life by providinp training and communitv service. 2. To increase the safety at specific cvcnts and across the camDus as a whole by providing volunteers who are trained in first aid and CPR. and who are equipped with medical suDplies. 3. To increase awareness of health and safe& issues across campus. To add to D “Reporting

Structure”

All services shall be administered from the office of the Vice-President,

Student Issues, with the following exceptions:

Iii) The Campus Response Team. to be iointly administered from the ofices of the Vice-President. Student Issues and the Associate Provost Human Resources and Student Services of the university

Motion

to make

the following

amendment

to by-law

1 “Transaction

of the Affairs

of the Corporation”

To add the following to by-law 1and to re-number this by-law accordingly: INTERPRETATION I, For the purpose of these by-laws and all other by-laws of the Federation of Students unless the context requires otherwise: A

Definitions

1, “The Corporation” shall mean the Corporation of the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo 2. “Director” shall mean a member of the Board of Directors of the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo 3. “Board of Directors” shall mean the body with final legal and fiduciary responsibility for the affairs of the Corporation 4. “Officer” shall mean the President, Secretary or Treasurer of the Corporation 5. “Executive Board” shall mean the President and Vice Presidents of the Corporation 6. “Students’ Council’* shall mean the elected representatives of the full-time undergraduate students of the University of Waterloo who determine the policies and procedures of the Corporation 7. ‘“Councillor” or “Student Councillor” shall mean a member of Students’ Council 8. “President” shall mean the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 9. “Federation of Students’ fee” shall mean the membership dues paid by every till-time undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo each academic term IO. “Member” shall mean a fLIl-time undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo I I. “Clubs” shall mean those cultural, social or spiritual student groups formally recognized by the Federation of Students 12. “Services” shall mean those non-revenue generating resources provided by the Federation of Students to its membership 13. “Commissions” shall mean those groups of volunteers who undertake specific prcjects under the supervision of a member of the Executive Board 14. “Standing Committees” shall mean those bodies struck by Students’ Council whose mandate is continuous 15. “Committees” shall mean those bodies struck by Students’ Council to fLlfi1 a specific mandate in a finite period of time 16. “University of Waterloo” shall mean the academic institution and the corporation of the University of Waterloo, in the City of Waterloo, in the Province of Ontario 17. “General Meeting” shall mean a meeting of the members of the Corporation and may be the Annual General Meeting of the Corporation for purposes of the Corporations Act or any other the Members 18. “Full-time Staff Member” shall mean a salaried employee of the Corporation who is hired to work a minimum of 35 hours/ week for I2 months or more

Motion

to make

To amend by-law

the following

amendment

to by-law

1 “Transaction

of the Affairs

meeting of

of the Corporation”

1, Article IV, Section A, paragraph 3 (referring to the collection of dues) as follows:

&he annual p Federation of Students fee levied to undergraduate students by the Federation of Students shall be increased up to $1 .OO in every two-year period. bp . . t p1 This shall not preclude an annual increase . of a percentage increment equal to or less than the increase in theconusmer Price lndex for Canada raccordinr! to Statistics Canada for the calendar Year immedi& Drevious]. The increase is subject to ratification at a General Meeting of the Corporation. The increase shalt take effect on September 1 of even, year,

Motion

to make

the following

amendment

to by-law

I “Transaction

of the Affairs

of the Corporation”

To amend by-law 1, Article VI, Section A, paragraph 1 (referring to the membership of the Board of Directors) as follqws: A. Membership (91Directors, each of whom at the time of his/her appointment and throughout his/her term of of?& shall be a full member The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of wine of the Corporation. The Directors shall consist of the President, ex-officio; m five 151 members from the voting members of Students’ Council to be elected from among the votmg Students’ Councilelect members at the March General meeting; and, except where circumstances warrant otherwise, the Vice-President, Administration and Finance; the Vice-President, Education; the Vice-President, Student Issues; all ex-officio and the Business Manager, and information Resource Manaeer non-voting ex-officio, will be appointed to the Board.

Motion pursuant to by-law Students’ Council):

1, Article

WI,

Section

K, subsection

l(a)

(referring

to the responsibilities

of the Policy,

Procedure

and By-law

Standing

Committee

To make the necessary cosmetic amendments to by-laws 1, 2, 3, and 4 so as to ensure that existing by-laws policies and procedures are consistent with each other. NB: The j&i! text of these r:osrnek

‘Officers’ 10.

Reports

amendments ma-y be found at http://www.fed~~.uwaterlnn.ca/nm.htm

1999-2000

Adjournment

Thti agenda/&- this meeting is restrictrd to the above items of hus~nesss,for which prqxr notice has been given. PmeTjbrms 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21. 2000. For all those who a&d the meeting, please make sure to bring your WATC4RD.

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Tuition to be held steady for five years Student reactions to government announcement mixed ROBIN

ate Student Alliance @USA) noted that they are, “concerned that the Ontario government is allowing the province’s universities and students to fall well behind most educational districts in North America.” Ontario is already ranked last out of 10 provinces in terms of per capita funding for universities. The University of Waterloo VP Academic and

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fter a long wait, the Ontario government has finally announced tuition and fundng levels for the upcoming school ‘ear. On the tuition side, undergradulte tuition in ,egulated propm will not be allowed to in:rease han two per :ent per year for he next five fears. Govern* .. nent tundlng ‘or the Univer;ity of Waterloo will increase by approximately one per cent. Federation of Students VicePresident Education, Veronica Chau, :alls the tuition announcement “bittersweet.” While it provides protection and planning for those students in regulated programs, students in deregulated programs, which include Engineering, Computer Science and Optometry, may face much higher increases. Chau was also very concerned about the low level of operating funding that UW will receive. In a March 14 release, the Ontario Undergradu-

Tuition more for deregulated programs might become inflated. U

provosthim

Kalbfleisch was “disappointed,” with the announcement, remarkmg that “doesn’t recognize the demands on us or the need the quality of what we

is tied to each university’s performance in terms of graduate employment and student retention. UW should do better than average in this category. UW will also lose funding this year due a change in the way money is distributed under a special pay equity program. Overall, this should add up to an increase of approximately one per cent in funding for the University of Waterloo, or around one million dollars. Coupled with the cap on maximum tuition increases, the Uni-

Egyptianexhibition

The sixth annual Egyptian exhibition is happening this week in the multipurposeroom in theSLCwith souvenirs, foodanddrinksfor sale.

about the negative consequences for the university which might result from the tuition cap. First-year CS student Marshall Drew-Brookscalled the new tuition rules “stupid and unfair.” Like Banton, he was also concerned that tuition for deregulated programs might become inflated to make up for the cap in regulated programs. In response to these concerns, Kalbfleisch commented that “it is important to maintain a sense of balance and fairness.”

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to preserve offer here.” Overall, the government announced $5 1.8 million in new funding for universities. One third of that money is tied to a program already announced (ATOP) and is therefore not new. Another third of the money is targeted to increase university enrollment. Since UW had a large increase in their first-year intake last year, it is unlikely to receive any of this money, according to Kalbfleisch. The last third of the announced increase

versity of Waterloo budget should be just barely able to keep up with the annual rate of inflation. Student reaction to the announcement was mixed. Third-year economics student Richard Banton thought that the tuition cap was an important step forward but called the announcement “still not sufficient.” He was concerned about the possible gap which might emerge between regulated and deregulated programs. He was also concerned

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staff

tudents will have to wait until the last minute to pay their spring term tuition for the second year in a row. A late announcement on funding from the Ontariogovernment andrescheduled board of governors meetings have combined to put significant time pressure on next term’s fee statements. “This will be the second time we’ve done this,” remarked Dennis Huber, UW’s Provost, General Services and Finance. Next year’s tuition fees will be set at the next meeting of the University of Waterloo’s board of governors, scheduled for April 11. Fee statements will be mailed out a day or two after that. The meeting was pushed back a week because of a scheduling conflict. In response, the University has similarly adjusted the fee payment deadline back one week to May 2. “We expect the vast, vast majority to be able to pay on time,” said Huber. For those students who can’t make the deadline, however, there are alternatives. Students can appeal late fees they are charged by contacting David Peters in the UW finance department. “We’re expecting students to make a reasonable effort to pay their fees on time,” I-Iuber advised. But as long as they do that, he

indicated that they shouldn’t be penalized for not making the deadline. Feds VP Education, Veronica C hau, doesn’t agree that the University is doing enough to make payment easy. “I don’t think it’s sufficient,” she said, referring to the approximately two and a half weeks between the mailing of the statements and the day chat late fees begin. “We shouldn’t have to put students through that kind of hassle.” Chau would prefer to see the University start to charge late fees later into tcWis

shouldn’t

have to put students through that kind of hassle.” the first week of classes. Huber isconcernedthat students be registered by the first day of classes to ensure that they are covered by the h-ealth plan and have access to other University services. Chau noted that while she appreciates those conterns from an administrative perspecrive, u [Having students pay their tuition later in the term] has been feasible in the past. Perhaps it’s not

ideal, evils.”

but it’s the lesser

of two

Both Huber and Chau agree that blame for the problem rests squarely on the shoulders of government. in a public statement released last year, the Council of Ontario Universities advised the Ontario government that they needed to have the funding announcement by the first of January to avoid having this problem. The government ignored their advice, releasing its final decision on funding on March 13. . . The I+lversfty has investigated making tultlon payable at a localbankbranch,butarestillabout a year away from making that service available, according to Huber. The university did look into a “lock box” service earlier this year, which would have allowedstudents to pay their feesat the bank. They decided against using the service, however, since fees would be payable at only one major bank, the service would only accept paymen ts from students paying without scholarships or Ontario Student Assistance Plan, and a considerable investment would have to be made to alter the existing fee system, which will be changed in May 2001 anyway. This term, the University of Waterloo collected over $60,000 in iate fees, down 23 per cent from the winter term of 1999.

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of alumni

affairs, Share

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Circle K and the Feds’ Food Bank’s food drive wil1 be wrapping up on March 18, so you still have time to bring in those non-perishables and toiletries, The donations go to the FedsFood Bank, and any left-avers will go to the Waterloo Regional Food Bank.

Stabbing

verdict

Lihua Wang has been found not guilty of attempted murder relating to a stabbing incident which took place in the Engineering IE building in January 1999. Wang pleaded guilty to a ch?rge of aggravated assault, Sentencing ‘will take pace an April . 26,

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The

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is . . .

The UW weather station’s contest to predict when the temperature would first break 20 Celsius came to end on March 8 at 12:OO. At

that time, the recorded tempcsature reached 20.2 Ce&us. First prize went to Charles

Berger.

uw pr*f commissioned Jane B~yer!~ a faculty member in SJW’s Fine h

17. 200(

Government takes over student loan program

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been comm&oned to qrtate a sad and ‘copper structure to be placed on Park Street in Waterloo, The &lpture is intended to represent a bariey field, and will serve asa reference to the former L&m bxewxy in the Site,

upgrades’ Pox and Pheasant.

Acorn&tee headed b d, Gr& clowd fin has been assembled tie deter. mine which UW classrooms cuuld Some stu&mts will t>e upsetto use new computers and data prohear &at the Fox and Phemnt is jection equipment. equipmenr. The equipclosed, A s&n on the door stated merit sbo.uldbe in place by fall, The that the ckmre closure was due to the committee is qpen ta sug&xti~ns establisfimentfag to pay itsrent. about ~lx+re’ such equipment would k’ most,valuable, Sm@Gers not wanted _. ” Bomber is.officially 100 per Johmton in Asia 1The gm~,,non~smokkg gsgf:Tuesday, UW president David Johpston has March ~4Acgxtig ta&shD~ig, F&l &l.l ‘Gil1 setof~tosevccalsouttxAsiancounsetof~tosevccalsouttxAsiancuun.’ . ’ Fe& ‘VP ,$inancc, tries to: v&t educational ins&u- :. sicql sicql fo1143G foll43G suit. Bo+ Bo+ b;us bar$ p&vip& .tions, c~r&&tions c~r&&tions and alum&. ou~yhadsmokingscctionsdunng &mmptinyiqg &mmptinyiqg Johnston js Gwen . . ,... s&ig h~ur$ .,::: :. . ..,_:. ,, : : :,:.,.

n a surprise announcement, the Federal government has revealed that Canada’smajor banks will no longer be participating in the Canada Student Loans Program (CSLP). In a March 9 press release, the government declared that negotiations to renew the CSLP contract which expires on July 3 I,2000 had been unsuccessful. Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) has assured Canadians that it will make alternate arrangements so that student loan service will be uninterrupted. Wheiher or not this change applies to only the federal portion of the OSAP program (60 per cent), or both the federal and provincial portion, is still unknown to Federation of Students VP Education Veronica Chau. “We have QUSA looking into that,” she said. The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance @USA) is the lobby group which represents UW students provincially. What is certain is that any loans made prior to July 31, 2000 will continue to be handled by the banks. The government plans to use service bureaus, the same organizations that the banksuse to administer their programs, to run the CSLP and are confident that they can pull it off. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) seems to agree. ‘<They’ve done it before,” noted CASA communications coordinator Kieran Green. Both Green and Chau argued that rather than a problem, this change in administration represents a very positive opportunity for students.

“This is now an opportunity for students to get involved in reshaping their student loans,” said Green. Both students and administrators have been critical of the design of the Canadian Student Loan Plan in the last several years. Having the administration of the program reenter the public sphere should make it easier to push for changes in policy, according to Chau. “We can now engage in meaningful dialogue,“she observed. Chau is also hopeful that student loan default rates might be calculated more accurately within a government-controlled system. In the past, the banks who - adminis-

Default rates might be calculated

accurately in a government system. trated the CSLP had sole control over default data and have been accused of inflating statistics to help in lobbying the government for greater compensation for running the program. Just prior to the March 9 announcement, a government memo was leaked to the press indicating that the banks were asking for $100 million in additional compensation to renew the Canadian Student Loan Plan contract. Mathematical models developed by the government in 1997 also suggest the federal government

could lower the cost of running th program by offering it thcmselve: Thegovernment can borrow monc from the banks at a lower intercc rate than regular citiztlns. By the turning around and _charging stu dents the same interest r;jte thy would get from a bank, the govern ment could create revenue from thi interest differential. In a joint project with the Or1 tario government, HRDC and th Ontario Ministry of Education ml Training developed a program callow Lifepaths which simulates thecost c: various kinds of student loan prc grams. The Lifepaths simulations sug gest that a government lending pra gram which uses grants to reduce th debt loads of those students whf cannot afford to cover their Ioal payments could cost as much as $401 million less than the current pro gram. The student assistance propos als of both CASA and OUSA are ver similar to the kind of program whit! the Lifepaths simulation suggest would have substantially lower costs Both Chau and Green look forwarf to the opportunity to influence gov ernment to adopt a program simila to the one in their policies. “We look forward to wha HRDC comes up with in terms o consultation,” said Green. Both th Feds and CASA stand at the ready t( be a part of that process. “It’s clea that HRDC has made a strong corn mitment to the integrity of the pro gram for the benefit of its users,” sail CASANational Director Jason Aebil . m a March 9 release. What remain to be seen is whether or not thl federal government is any better thal banks at honouring that commit ment.

Students and technology bigwigs network at conference RENdE

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of Waterloo Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) March 8 to 11. The feedback from the three day event put together by UW students ranged from gratefulness for staging the event to accolades for the organizers’ professionalism. The purpose of CUTC, however, was to bring together students and technology industry bigwigs from across Canada in order to network with each other. Students from as far away as the University of Victoria and Dalhousie, as well as a sizable contingent from the Royal Military College in Kingston, brought the numbers and diversity that conference organizers were lcloking for. This diversity was also present in the spectrum and calibre of keynote and workshop speakers. These included several renowned UW alumni: Ian Goldberg (Chief Scientist and Head of Cyberpunk Zero-

Knowledge

Systems Inc.), Mike (President and Co-CEO of Research in Motion), and Ka-Ping Yee (Industrial Light and Magic). Conference organizers, headed by co-chairs and Computer Science students Jon Kwan and Ming-Yee Iu, ensured that all the facets of technology issues were covered. Workshops were divided into five tracks: Social Issues, Internet, Graphics and Multimedia, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Next Generation Hardware and Software. These tracks included speakers from well-known companies such as Microsoft, Docspace, and 3M Canada. Keynote speakers represented conference sponsors Nortel Networks, IBM, Sybase and RIM. Both Yee and Computer Science Professor Prabhakx Ragde tackled the Social Issues track. They addressed topics such as looking at extending time horizons in industry planning for the future of technology and considering the ethical implications of unleashing technology in society. Lazaridis

Lazaridis took an unconventional approach to his keynote address. He opened it up to questions from the conference delegates. His answers focussed on values and the strength of staying in Canada to develop technology, instead of following the brain drain to the United States. He repeatedly stated, “RIM succeeded because it studied values.” The Technology Exposition at

Fed Hall on Friday

gave delegates

real chance to network with industry and for UW students to participate in the landmark event. Freebies and flyers touted the latest developments and positions available with 15 different companies. Conference attendees were treated to several social events ; Boys and Girls night at Fed Hall, a night at the Bomber and a trip to the St.

Mike lazaridis discusses the brain drain issue.

Jacobs Farmers

Market

gave visitor on campu and in the greater community. The conference closed with + somewhat lavish and well-plannet banquet at Fed Hall on Saturda: evenmg.

a feel for the atbosphere

Delegates and organizers ami cably socialized and spoke of plan for next year’s CUTC. Goldberg gave the final keynotl address, speaking without any aid and dressed in black from head tc toe. He incited the gathering to con sider how their privacy is affected b: the way in which technology is cur rently developed. The Canadian Undergraduatt Technology Conference organizer followed his address with a slide shov retrospect of photographs of the con ference and a long list of thank you to volunteers, conference attendee and conference co-chairs Kwan anr Iu. Several delegates and volunteer spoke of disappointment that CUT( had come to an end. Most, however were eager to dance for a few hour at Fed Hall and consider what nex year’s CUTC would be like.

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ccording to a study by the Federation of Students, rising tuition at UW is forcing students from lower income areas to look elsewhere for a postsecondary education. The Feds’ six-page “accessibility study” was presented at the Senate Executive committee meeting on March 6. The study was based on incoming students’ postal code information from the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC) and income data from Statistics Canada. The first half of a postal code is comprised of three characters, which are known as the Forward Sorting Area (FSA). OUAC provided the Feds with the FSA of every student who accepted an offer of admission to an Ontario university. Statistics Canada provided information regarding the median income for all households in each FSA based on the 1996 census. The Feds matched the FSAs with the corresponding household income data to determine how the financial status of incoming students changed from year to year. The report suggests that fewer ?tudents from lower income areas are choosing to attend UW be-

cause of tuition hikes. A lower income area is defined as one in which the median household income is less than $25,000. From 1991 to 1998, the percentage of entering&s that came from lower income areas decreased from 66.88 per cent to 59.22 per cent. As for other Ontario universities, 42.87 per cent of the entering class came from lower income areas in 1991, but the percentage dropped to 58.87 per cent in 1998. The report cited the Faculty of Mathematics as an example of how tuition increased in UW’s regulated programs. Students in the regular mathematics program paid more than twice as much for tuition in 1998 than in 199 1. Tuition skyrocketed from $885 in 1991 to $l,777in 1998, not including incidental fees. The Feds are trying to combat-tuition hikes in a number of ways, said Veronica Chau, Feds VP of Education. “We’ve really been pushing hard for the government to reinvest funding [in] universities,” said Chau. She explained that the Feds launched a tuition freeze postcard campaign in which students were encouraged to sign postcards that will be mailed to UW’s Board of Governors. So far, the Feds have collected 1,400 postcards.

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fter sweeping the regional competition in November, the University of Waterloo is looking to maintain its status as tops in the worid when it storms the annual Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) programming competition in Orlando, Florida. The contest runs from March 15 to 19. Team members Ondrej Lhotak, Donny Cheung, and Jeff Shute headed to the Sunshine State this week with the knowledge that last year’s team, of which Lhotakwas a member, took first in the world. This year’s “Battle of the Brains” will have much the same format as the last; UW can expect to butt heads with 62 teams from around the world, 25 of which are from Canada and the US including schools like the University of Toronto, the University of Calgary, Harvard, Cornell and Stanford. Each team was selected to represent its school and then top performers in regional competitions advanced to the international level. UW rocked its regional contest, held here on campus in November, taking first place by answering all eight “complex, real-world” programming

questions correctly. The nearest competitor only managed to answer five questions correctly. Each team consists of three players, typically two undergrads and a graduate student, who work together on the problemson one computer, racing “against the clock in a battle of logic, strategy and mental

WW rocked its regional contest.” endurance,” according to the ACM fact sheet included in their press release. The teams are given five hours to chip away at six to eight questions,

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s part of their Central Student Association (CSA) election last week, students at the Universty of Guelph voted on the following issue: “Do you support this statement: students should not pay any increase in tuition (or any other fees not voted on by the student body) for the 2000/2001 year? Yes/No.” The results of this vote would not be the deciding factor for tuition

at Guelph, but instead a “non-binding survey of student opinion on tuition increases,” according toYona Sipos Randor, chair of the CSA board of directors. Their unofficial results (indicating that just over 90 per cent favoured a tuition freeze, 8 per cent opposed it, and the rest abstained or spoiled their ballots) had just been released when a 2 per cent tuition cap for the next five years was announced by the provincial government. Guelp h’s CSA local affairs cornmissioner J. Shook, who helped organize the vote, asserted that “the

government is finally listening to the voice of students about accessibility of higher education. ” He also noted that while the 2,288 students who voted against a tuition hike represent a significant voice, “it’s hard to say how much a campaign like this on one campus has affected the government’s decision.” With the exception of the deregulated programs, the 2 per cent tuition cap will be effective here at Waterloo as well. Fed&P Education Veronica Chau says that this announcement is “kind of bittersweet+” She explains that while Ua two per cent cap is basically a tuition freeze, since it essentially represents inflation, the government is not pledging enough funding to make up for it.” This means that the University’s resources will be stretched even further, especially as enrollment increases. This strain on resources can mean sacrificing quality of education. In the past, deregulated programs have actually voted in favour of a tuition hike, in order to ensure the supplies and equipment necessary for their studies. “The Engineering Society has been working with our Dean to deal with the tuition issue. This month we had an open forum with the Dean to discuss our concerns about the differential tuition as well as to discuss issues such as the amount of our tuition which actually goes to the Faculty of Engineering,” states Jennifer Mot~z, VP Education for EngSoc. “In addition,

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f you’re planning to get shit-faced this St. congratulations Paddy’s Day weekend, you are wholeheartedly endorsed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)! That is, provided you give up whatever lacto-parasitic ways you have. Such is the thrust of PETA’s latest misinformation campaign, “Got Beer?” A play on the debatably, successful, but decidedly babe-ridden dairy industry’s “Got Milk?” campaign, “Got Beer?” is PETA’s attempt to convince students to *wipe off those milk moustaches and replace them with foam.”

Apparently, milk causes Buys to develop breasts. The gist? That despite endorsements from Cindy Crawford et al., milk is an evil fluid that is actually less healthy for you than your favourite brew. While this campaign is currently targeted at American college students, expect it to spread here. Stupidity knows no borders. The core of PETA’s press release is a pointby-point nutritional comparison between beer and milk, glaringly designed more to instill fear than to inform the uninformed, Consider the following gem, the finest in the collection: hairy products contribute to almost every disease . . . including the common cold. In big bold letters, the flyer ,proclaims, “milk helps promote the production of mucus? True enough. Sadly, the production of mucus is A Good Thing? Apparently, for all they spend on research, no one at PETA clued in that mucus is the body’s way of flushing out infectious materials, Maybe all the hyperbole boosts their collective immune systems. Read on: Beer has zero fat; milk is h&d with it. What a load. Beer may have no fat, but two cups of 1 per cent milk only has Sg. When the maximum daily intake for an average person is 6Og, milk is hardly “loaded.” The availability of skim milk further reduces the legitimacy of this premise, ~~b~zetr,cholest~l;nr~lkcon~ins2Omg of cholesterol in every 8-02. seruing. Again, compared to the maximum daily

intake of 300mg of cholesterol, unless you like drowning in milk, this is not a concern. Beer has bulf u gram of fibre in every GUN; milk has no fibre whatsoever. More of the same. Your recommended daily intake of fibre is 25g, so unless you’re prepared to join the Half-Century Club, neither beer nor milk are substitutes for Wheaties. Beer has on/y 12mg of sodium per 122mg. Milk is sky-high in soditim. That’s what it says: apparently beer is 10 per cent sodium. Any more and it would crunch if you bit down. If we’re charitable and assume PETA simply doesn’t proofread its press releases, then milk really does have more sodium than beer, According to Beatrice, a cup of 1 per cent milk has 133mg of sodium, five times more than a cup of beer, Once again, it’s the omission that counts: the maximum daily intake is 2400mg. To its credit, PETA does bring up concerns about the use of hormones and antibiotics in dairy production, substances than can find their way into milk. rBGH, a product of everyone’s favourite Monsanto Corporation, is one of those hormones. Apparently it causes guys to develop breasts. PETAdoes mention a study published in the Journal of Clinical NUt&ion that reports the average female American dairy drinker will have lost 35 per cent of her original bone density by age 65, compared to the average female vegetarian whb will have lost only 18 per cent. It seems that milk ‘may even cause osteoporosis, the very disease that the dairy industry loves to use as a selling point in its ads, because the excess protein in dairy products leaches calcium from the bones.” Interestingly, the Toronto Vegetarian Association agrees, but is strangely silent on the “positive” role beer plays in bone development. Most notably, for a discussion involving

milk, PETA makes no mention of calcium, c which the National Action Health Letter say you require 1lOOmg per day. Beatrice says on cup gives you 29 per cent. The M&on Web sit is strangely mute on the calcium dontent of EJ To be fair, PETA says that its main “beef is with the treatment of cows and their calves o factory farms. “Today’s dairy cow is treated a nothing more than a milk machine ehaine by her neck in a concrete stall for months, he udders [sic] genetically modified to produce s much extra milk that they sometimes drag o the feces and urine-covered cement.” I’ve never been to a dairy farm, but if thi is true, it’s a legitimate concern. It’s a shame tha PETA chose to package it with a stream c irrelevant comparisons. Of course, calcium is a key component i: neurotransmission, so perhaps the mis guidedness is understandable - provide1 PETA practices what it collectively preaches. Sadly, one has to wonder which milk deficient brain allowed these ideas to escape Cheers. -Mike Hubicber 4B Electrical Engineering

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Class size problems To theEd&, n March 8, 2000, as usual, I attended my Psychology 101 class. When I entered the auditorium, I read a note on the balcony door which read, *Sorry, balcony closed.” Somewhat disappointed, I walked down to take a seat on the main floor. To my astonishment, I found only one seat available for a classI have paid hundreds of dollars attend. Unfortunately, this seat was in the middle of the front row, impossible to get to. In response, I simply sat myself on the floor in one of the aisles. Terribly uncomfortable, I proceeded to listen and learn until I could no longer feel my lower body. I could have made a huge fuss and disrupted the entire classby walking acrossthe stage and taking the only empty seat directly in the middle of the room, Granted, I was late for the class,but sometimes lateness is a better alternative to not attending at all. My question to the students and the university administration is, “Do we have a problem with classsizes?” I realize that the balcony being closed was an extenuatingcircumstance, but should I be reimbursed for my loss,or should I simply sit back and let the university take my hard-earned dollars for the education I have yet to receive? In addition, do I, as a student, have the right to be outraged? I certainly welcome comments on this issue.

Jesus never promoting the use of scareand force tactics.But Jesuswas very blunt about peoples’ sin and the consequences of it. Warren speaks the truth from, at the very least, his perspective and he would assert that it’s God’s perspective as well. There’s nothing wrong or disrespectful about him doingthat-heis,aftera.U,acolumnist. Do you always agree with Nigel Flear on gay issues? Michelle Landsberg on women’s issues?Jan Wong in her social commentaries? Rosie Dimanno on the police? Linwood Barclay on the government? Are the editorials in the Natiionai Post always sensible to you? Probably not, but many (columnists and editorials) are worth reading. If you don’t think so, you can just ignore their columns, but not everyone else may feel the need to. In his article, Warren was writing about the critical choice that Christians believe all people are making. It’s a concept worth contemplating and hearing about, if not from Warren then somebody else. I think that Warren would be doing more of a disservice to this community by not sharing his beliefs - it would be a lost chance to learn and, perhaps for some individuals, contemplate a decision. “No one hasa monopoly on the truth.” Except, of course, those who have it. Doesn’t it make sensethat they should want to share it? Jesus thought so.

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statement (Imprint, March 10) concerning “. . the ability to think, to articulate, to develop concepts, all of those things which come out of the Arts and out of the humanities.. .” is an insult to all non-Arts and non-humanities people (e.g. scientists,engineers, architects, mathematicians, businessmen and businesswomen etc.) who are able to think, to articulate and to develop concepts even if they do not possessknowledge, and presumably university degrees, in Arts and humanities. * The importance of Arts and humanities is self-evident, but to claim that thinking, articulation and concept development is the monopoly of arts and humanities is pushing nonsense too far, even for a politician and a B. Phil. degree holder! P

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TotheEditor, his letter is in response to the . anonymous letter titled “No choice” in last week’s forum section. I’d like to address a number of points that you brought up in your letter. You state that Warren Hagey is using %care and force tactics” to recruit the “weak minded” to his cause.The University of Waterloo is a post-secondary establishmentpopulated by. . . students. Hardly a weak minded bunch! I wouldn’t worry too much about them. You’re right about

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just like everyone elseand I shouldn’t have to pay for someone else’sparking, too! There should be a sensor or something that will not allow this to happen and will stop all of the dishonest people from taking advantage of the system!

have the privilege of driving a car to and from school everyday. I don’t have a parking passso I usually park in one of those pay-as-you-exit parking lots on campus. I have become very frustrated lately because people have been taking advantage of me. When I leave the parking lot, I get out my change and put the money in the slot. It really bothers me when people come right up behind me so that they can get out of the lot without having to pay. I am a poor student

going? ’

fter reading Marissa Fread’s review of the Moist concert last week, I find myself wondering if she actually attended the concert. When the doors finally opened half-anhour after the posted time, I was treated to a frisking by the Fed’s staff - I suppose they figure one of the psychotic Mathies would try sneak a gun into the show and dispatch David Usher. When I finally got in, the crowd was notified that surfing would not be permitted, and true to their word, Fed’s staff literally dragged anyone who attempted to crowd surf to the back of the room. Osborne did not get any reaction from the crowd, not

because we were in a, “pre-energy, and probably pre-alcohol,” state,but because his music did not fit with Moist’s sound. During Osborne’s set, I found myself wondering what possessedthe organizers to book such a dismal opening act.The evening was a complete disappointment until Moist took the stage, and by all accounts did an excellent job of energizing the crowd. I appreciate the Fedsworking to attract bands to Waterloo, but in the future, I would suggestthe they spend a little more time planning - and Imprint staff actually attend the concert, -Brett Flegg 2A Compute7 Science

Misconceptions To tbeEditor,

would like to clear up a few misconceptions for Mr. Willing (“The sameold whine -March 10,200). The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), of which UW is a member, does not support the idea of free tuition in Canada, and only advocates tuition freezes under certain, limited conditions. As well, the tuition-related referendum at the University of Guelph (U of G) has nothing to do with CASA, asU of G is not a CASA member, but rather a member of the CFS. In fact, like Mr. Willing, CASA does not believe in the effectiveness of simply “whining” about the state of education funding and tuition levels. CASA believes in creating workable, real solutions to the problems facing post-secondary education in Canada. We work to bring about our real solutions through constructive face-to-face dialogue with Canada’s decision makers, Thisyear,CASA’seffortsbrought students in Canada a $2,500 increase in the tax deduction limit for scholarships and bursaries. This is a small step, but a real one which will benefit students directly. I encourage Mr. Willing, and all students, to have a look at our site: http://m.casa.ca. There students will seethe fresh and effective ideas that CASA advocates. Take those ideas and discuss them with your MPs, like Ms. Redman. Help CASA bring about real solutions for Canadian education. - Kierun Green Communicatiolts Coordinator Cunudiun Alliance of&dent Associations (and Imprint Editor in Chief 98-99)

Thank

you!

To theEditor,

am writing this letter to expressmy thanks to all the students who showed interest in Students for Society, our new club at the University of Waterloo. The level of support we received exceeded our expectations. Our members have been working very hard and I thank them for helping to make our cause strong and successful.Without everyone’s hard work, concern for society, and enthusiasm, our club would not be possible. You guys are all the greatest! I would also like to extend special thanks to Chris Harold from the Federation of Students office who helped us get started; Nancy and her super-team of “turnkeyers”; Phong from CollegeClub.com, and the people from WPIRG. The University of Waterloo is a fantastic school. There is a lot of participation in the wide variety of interesting school organizations, and this is a great assetto our school. Anyone with an interest in mything can find other people with similar interests and have a great time. Clubs have been formed to cater to a wide variety of interests and backgrounds. If an organization that suits your interest does not already exist, creating one that does is always an option. This hasturned what could be a iarge and intimidating school into a friendly and accessiblecommunity. UW isn’t the great school it is because of money, programs or technology, but because of the students. I am very impressed by all the individuals who put effort and dedication into their clubs and teams. Our school really shows its enthusiasm and leadership through the

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Letters received in electronic form (e*g. fax & 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 letters or articles which are judged to be libellous or discriminatory on the basirnfg~nder,race,rel~~nnor

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clubs and teams. For these reasons, I am very proud to say that I am a student of the University of Water100.

Back

again.

To the Editor,

s I was reading Marg Wall’s letter written last week concerning some comments I have made questioning the alleged “racist” intentions of the OPP and the alleged “murderous” actions of the Ontario Government concerning the clash at Ipperwash Provincial Park on September 6,1995, I decided to do even further research into the issue to see if Ms, Wall’s claims that I was being “deceitful” were accurate. What I found is that the death of Mr. George during this unfortunate affair has ignited a struggle by the people of the Aazhoodena First Nation for their “right” to self-determination. I actually found myself attracted to this notion that individuals should be able to determine what is right for themselves and other like-minded individuals in their group. Allowing people self-determination gives them the ability to pursue what they believe is best for their life, and it frees them from the dictates of a body that may not represent their views or act in accordance with their beliefs. It frees them from having, by participating in the system in question, to legitimize the actions of those whom that person or group deems unfair and possibly deleterious to the realization of their hopes, dreams and potential as individuals. After contemplation, I found that I should wholeheartedly adopt the principle of self-determination in my own life. I also hope to encourage people tojump on this self-determinism bandragon, for no one should be induced

to participate in a mandatory ion in societies or organizations

fashthey deem unable to adequately represent their moral or political interests. We have to begin somewhere. Let’s start with eliminating WPIRG from the fee statement, and make participation in it a personal decision that can be made at the time tuition is paid. This way, the people who wish to be represented by this organization may choose to fund its existence. Those who don’t believe that WPIRG represents the public interest can choose not to pay the required fee, Although I understand that one may receive a refund from WPIRG during a set period, I still don’t believe that funding it should be mandatory. That would conflict with my belief in the doctrine of self-determination. -Ryun O’Connor 2N PoiiScil Classical

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usually read most of the letters to the editor, and even consider responding to some of them. Until now, I have not actually done so. However, I feel compelled to respond to one particular point from the letter of Marg Wall in the March 10 issue of Imprint. Which point, you ask? Her statement that the natives occupying Ipperwash were %n unarmed group of people. n My response? That is complete and utter bullshit. I’m not sure where .Ms. Wall hails from, or if she has ever been in the Ipperwash area. Speaking for myself, when I am not at this hallowed institution, I live about 15 km away from the centre of what took place. I remember our school bus being aliowed through the police barricade on the way to school. I remember the awkwardness and quiet fear present in many of the students (both native and otherwise) who continued co attend our high school during the crisis. And I also remember times (both before and

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after the Ipperwash occupation) driving by the camp and other reserves in

the area and seeing bullet-riddled cars, signs, buildings, etc. Now don’t get me wrong; I’m not attempting to take the government’s side, or the natives’ for that matter. I had many friends in high school who are natives. I’m also not trying to brand the natives as a bunch

of militants. I’m not saying that all

better ways to go about it, and pa-

natives

tience is key in such situations. I’m not tryiQg to place blame for the unfortunate events which transpired.. . all I’m really saying is that if there were no native-owned guns in Ipperwash, I’m the Queen of England!

(in our area) had guns, I’m just saying it’s absurd to believe that none of them did, given the physical evidence I witnessed to the contrary. While I don’t agree with the natives’ ultimate path (occupation), I do support their goal of trying to reclaim land that is theirs (if it is; I don’t know). I believe that there are

-Martin 3N M&h

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Never ending story W

e depend on mass-media to keep usconnected to the world beyond what we experience directly. So the stories put before us by the media become the important ones. The result? We are captive to the choices of editors and editorial boards. How do they make those choices? What makes something newsworthy? Why are many stories ignored, or told only once, while others repeated with vigour? In the back of this issue, thefe is an anti-racism section. The impetus behind the section came from students involved in WPIRG to commemorate the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Racism. However, the editorial board said one story had been told enough times in the pages of Imprint and could not run again. It is a story about the OPP killing of Dudley George. The anniversary

of his death is today, March 17. He was part of a group of Stoney Point people who occupied Ipperwash Parkin the fall of 1995. They wanted ‘to ieciaim this land that contained sacred burial grounds and had been sold by an Indian Agent in the 1920s. Who killed Dudley George? OPP Acting Sergeant Kenneth Deane was convicted of criminal negligence causing death. He appealed to the court and lost. Now he’s trying the Supreme Court. But he was not alone in a system drunk on power and white supremecy. Within a few months of Dudley’s murder, OPP officers produced racist memorabilia for which they were not disciplined. In the past four years more than one hundred groups have called on the Ontario government to hold a Public Inquiry into the murder of Dudley George. In April 1999, the United Nations Human Rights Com-

mittee denounced the federal Liberal government for failing to hold an inquiry. This is a story that cries out for justice. And that justice will be found in the telling of the story. A story that needs to be told more than once and kept before the public eye despite the enormous efforts of the provincial government that has spent more than $4 million in damage control and despite the refusal of Premier Mike Harris to hold a public inquiry into an affair in which he is implicated. On Saturday, March 18, buses will travel to Sarnia for a rally to call for a full and impartial public inquiry, an immediate stop to the continued harassment of the Stoney Point people, respect for the self-determination of Stoney Point and an official reprimand for the OPP officers who created the racist Ipperwash memorabilia. To reserve a seat on the bus contact WPIRG at 888-4882.

Ponderinglife and death

s I sit here at 6: 15 a.m., ponder‘ng just why I stayed up this late, I realize that there are a lot of really cool Web sites to go over and look at. Why am I surfing the Web at this time, what with a training seminar which for I have to ‘leave for in 40 minutes? Because I can’t sleep, that’s why. And I’ve just discovered that, according to www.deathclock.com, I will die on November 1, 2031a Saturday. My luck says that this will be a gorgeous day,andthatI’llbestrolling along and a psychotic squirrel will jump on me for some nuts and I’ll have a heart attack. Damn it that makes me angry, and it hasn’t even happened yet. Damn my luck. I have to wonder how good it is for me to look at a Web site like this, at this time of the morning, and with no sleep. 1also wonder how safe it is to eat McDonald’s food, but I do it anyway. It’s sort of like a train wreckXou don’t want to see anyone die, but some blood and guts with some dra-

matic screaming would be cool, wouldn’t it3 We are a sick, self-destructive people, and nothing says that more than television. Not the TV shows, because most youngins today don’t remember the good stuff like the A-Team or TourofDuty and G.I. Joe.

most gory thing I watch daily. And you just can’t get enough of the carnage, because they will broadcast it to your TV. Isn’t it great? No, it’s not, Hell, it was hard to watch it because it was boring. Now, it’s just too exciting. And video games mean nothing in comparison to it, I don’t care if Quake shows more human anatomy than most doctors see in their life, it’s better

We are sick, selfdestructive people, and

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than television. We had it good, but the new breed, they missed it all. They had to survive off of the Pourer Rangers and Pok&on.Whatfunisthat?Andthink about it, they are more violent now than we ever were (or at the very least, we were smart about covering our tracks while they have no clue). After Pokthon, I understand why. But I’m talking about the news. The news is worse than any violent show around because it is now the

the bus with could be that guy who’s been stealing wallets. Or worse, been cutting people up badly. I think that we, as a race, should re-evaluate where we stand on this planet. Maybe we should actually just calm ddwn, relax, turn off our televisions, put down our papers and talk to each other, see what we can do about making this world a better place. Because until you actualIy do that, you won’t see the good side of life. And that always has better news.

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very year, millions of people celebrate a patron saint who chased off snakes, converted the heathens to Catholicism and unified the tribes of Ireland. To honour this patron saint of the Emerald Isle, people dress in ridiculous green costumes, place Xiss me, I’m Irish” buttons on their lapels and drink copious amounts of green beer and straight Irish whiskey (deplorable stuff, the Scottish drink is far more superior) from a shot glass smaller than a thimble. Some cities even go to elaborate lengths to celebrate this holiday, such as dying their rivers green. And of course, the pub owners and restauranteurs see a lot of green this day, especially when George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln are involved. Nevertheless, two questions that must be put to the proletariat are, “Do you drunken lot really know who St.

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he University of Waterloo is, as many of us already know, a school notoriously acclaimed for its advanced computer programs and facilities. uBest source for leaders for tomorrow,n is used to describe the University of Waterloo by the reputable A&clean’s magazine in its annual Canadian universities issue. Seven ‘v

years in a row, UW has been ranked best overall for its reputation.

Are we living up to our reputation?

largest in the world. Are we living up to our reputation of being the largest1 computer school? In a recent browse on the web, I discovered that Wilfrid Laurier University (a school more acclaimed for its business program than for its advancements in computers) has an online system that allows WLU students to retrieve their final marks via the Internet. York University and the University of Guelph sites both include links that take you to online computer newsletters. These pages outline school computer services and provide a nicely laid out medly of things students need to know. Should we be worried about our reputa-

tion?

dents. UW students, whether in English, Science, or Computer Scienbe, have access to the Internet, e-mail and the latest computer hardware

Even though UW doesn’t have an online marks retrieval program, we are certainly not in the back seat as far as advancements are concerned. In the works is a new online project that will help co-op students withthepainstakingprocessesoflooking for employment. Currently, co-op students use Access, a database that allows them to view job postings and job rankings from their home computer, but as one co-op student said, %‘s just easier to go to the boards and manu-

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self.” Apparently, this system cannot accommodate a large amount of users at a time, which makes the process very slow. In November 1999, Academic Software Inc. (ASI), the company

UW was one of the first universities in North America to have computers readily available to all its stu-

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that UW had contracted two years ago to redo its computer systems, was bought by another company, which caused a setback for UW, Bruce Lumsden of Co-operative Education and Career Services explains that this loss gave UW the “opportunity to rethink” the idea of a new system, and to design a program that would incorporate the University’s needs and WiUN.S.

Lumsden explains that this new program will be able to satisfy three important elements. Firstly, it will be Y2K compliant, and will

be an upgrade of the current Access system.

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Secondly, the new version will be able to handle an increased load of usersat atime. And lastly,he says this new system will have a very “web-

based environment.” This means that once this new version is completed, studentswill be able to post their r&urn& online, Lumsden

says the University

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ing to have a project team developed and finalised by May. The team will aim to have this new system up and running in a couple of years. In light of this new development, UW also has a revamped site

that will allow students complete access to the library’s resources. At http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca, students have access not only to Trellis

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as researching library help library books. Also, this Web site provides links to other important sites for informa-

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connect from off campuscomputers, allowing students to have complete accessto everything from only one site-

The online projects that UW are introducing will benefit everyone. UW’s technological advancements and the expansion of its online services surely won’t end here. It’s pretq safe to say that we’re still on top.

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t. Patrick’s Day has arrived. Although all you lucky thirst-mongers will be out wetting your whistles to the later hours, you still need an anthem to keep the candle burning. Imprint has compiled a list of traditional drinking songs that are sure to keep your night lucky, during and after the festivities.

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“Home for a Rest”

Spirit of the West

‘TTubthumping”

Chumbawumba

“Buyusa Drink”

Irish Rovers

“Ride of the Valkyries”

RichardWagner

“Friends in low Places”

Garth Brooks

“I Drink Alone”

CeorgeThorogood

“Danny Boy”

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n honour of International Women’s Day, celebrated journalist Jan Wongishavinglunchwith300members of the IocalYWCA at the Waterloo Inn. Wang, who writes the weekly “Lunch With” column in The Globe andMail (upon which this column is based) requires a foot-stool to see over the podium. “They made this podium for a man,” she quips ironically, before launching into chatty commentary on the continuing battle for human rights in China. Those in attendance listen thoughtfully over a lunch of grilled chicken on a bed of greens as Wong recounts her days as a Canadian exchange student in Maoist China, earning university credits by working in farmers fields and “hauling pig manure.”

manure for paper and pen. She recalls that a change had come over the People’s ReThe public. economy was healthy, everyone was- eating better, dressing better, and, “even more strikingly,” Wong remembers, “they were speaking freely.” It was the beginning of a burgeoning movement in China. “When you don’t have to count every grain of rice in your rice Jan Wong: the inspiration behind “Over Lunch.” I 133 sne exDOWI, plains, “you start to want things like human rights and bulances poured steadily in and out The Chinese governof the Square, haulingbodies. “Somedemocracy.” ment, however, wasn’t prepared to times the ambulance drivers were dish out anything other than hardline killed,” she recounts evenly, with the dispassion of a weathered journalist. communist rule. On the night of June 3, 1989, Indeed, her no-holds-barred Wong was in Tiananmen Square reapproach to journalism has earned Wong a reputation as biting and even porting on the student demonstradown-right mean. Celebrities who tions. She “never expected the army lunch with her, expecting a mushy as to actually shoot at people,” so she mashed potatoes Barbara Walters armed herself with a hanky, incase style interview, end up with egg on tear gas was used. As the night protheir faces. gressed, rumours spread like electriWong -polite, engaging and as cal currents through the crowded sweetly voiced as a song bird - is streets. unshakable when it comes to issues A nervous Wong retreated to a such as journalistic integrity and free hotel room that she shared with other Western reporters. From the balspeech. Her years in China have cony, she had an unobstructed view strengthened her belief that journalof the Square as the army moved in. Lunch guests spoon delicately at ists provide an essential service to society, since it is their job “to write their dessert of chocolate mousse, as Wong describes how “all night [she] about the powerful people and speak watched as they shot people.” Amfor the powerless.” 1

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Wang has earned a reputation as being downright mean. In the early 7Os, Wong was an Asian Studies student at McGill University, a self-described “radical” who was excited by China’s cultural revolution and wanted to see it first hand. “Some kids rebelled with drugs. I chose Maoism,” she muses. “And in hindsight, it’s not clear which would have caused more brain damage.” Wong returned to China in the late 8Os, this time as the Globe’s Chinese correspondent, trading pig

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fter finishing off John 3 : 16 last week, we’ll spend the rest of the term examining a few other verses in the book of John. We’ll look at some encounters that the Lord Jesus had with various people and some of the claims which He made. In John 4, we find the story of the Lord’s encounter with a woman at a well. After asking her for a drink of water from the well, Jesus offers her “living water.” What is this “living water”? In verse 10, the Lord relates it to “the gift of God,” and later on in the book He says that the water is the Holy Spirit (John 7:37-39). He isoffering her nothing less than salvation and a new life through the Spirit. Why would she want such a gift?

Well, it’s because of a desire which we all have -satisfaction. We all want our needs to be met and to feel satisfied. The fact that the woman was coming to the well to satisfy her thirst pictures her longing for complete satisfaction. But as the Lord points out, the water from the well can only quench her thirst temporarily. It provides no permanent, lasting satisfaction.

We all want our needs to be met and to feel satisfied. Similarly, our attempts to satisfy ourselves through education, money, power, sex, or any other means will never really work. The only real satisfaction is found in the new life received by believing in Christ. The great thing is

that we don’t even need to work

for

rt. The woman had to strain on her own to draw water from the well, but the Lord offered her water which would spring up as a fountain. Why struggle to satisfy your desires when the Lord freely offers you exactly what you need? The Lord talked about a few other things with the woman as well. He spoke to her about sin in her life and how its necessary for each one of us to admit that we’re a sinner. He also identified Himself as the Messiah or Christ, God’s Anointed One. It was only when the woman acknowledged the Lord Jesus as Christ that her desires were finally satisfied. Will you? May _ you say, with the hymn_ writer: I tried the broken cisterns, Lord, But ah! the waters failed! E’en as I stooped to drink they’d fled, and mocked me as I wailed. Now ndne but Christ can satisfy, none other name for me; There’s love, and life, and lasting joy, Lord Jesus, found in Thee.

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about the integrity of AOL’s “oper access” policy guaranteeing competi. tive cable lines since they will now own Time Warner’s cable lines. In a New York Times editorial AOL CEO Steve Case said he promises to commit the new company tc open access. The Internet, hailed for its oper access, allows users to freely roam tht web with a wide choice of service providers. This freedom might bc compromised at the hands of giant conglomerates that may favour cer tain content providers within theil corporate family. AOI, and Time Warner execu tives insisted their new cornpan) would stay open to other provider! of the Internet. Levin claimed that the futurt role of global media was “more im portant than government. It’s mort important than educational institu tions and non-profits.” He also argued that corpora tions Lcrnay be a more efficient way tc deal with soci

he marriage between media giant Time Warner and leading Internet provider, America Online (AOL), stirred up familiar dismay at yet another mammothmediaalliance when announced January 10. This most recent media conglomeration has been referred to as the largest business merger in history. It is also the first case where an Internet company has consumed a 9raditional” media outlet. At a CNN discussion on the future of the media, Time Warner CEO Ger;ild Levin stressed the increasing importance of global media. “[Global media] will be and is fast becoming the predominant business of the 2lst century” said Levin, a few days before the announce* ment. Time Warner’s Ted Turner said that he approached the merger “with as much or more excitement and enthusiasm as I cratic govern, did on that night ments.” when I first made Levin’s clairr love some 42 about future me, years ago.” dia power as, The cozy resumes continua. lationship betrue diversity is tions of the me. tween merging dia marriage partners serves trend of the pas the interests of both. AOL’s re10 years. Time cent alliance with CBS in January, Inc. and Warner Communication: 1999 cuttivatedareciprocal dependjoined in 1989 to form the larges media corporation in the world. Dis ence in which CBS pledged to supney swallowed up ABC, while port AOL with extensive on-air proWestinghouse acquired CBS in 1995 motions during news broadcasts, while AOL would showcase the talIn the US, of the 1,700 daily ents of CBS news correspondents. papers, 98 per cent are local rno, Large media corporation connopolies and fewer than 1 S corpora. tions control most of the country’! glomerations have raised fears for daily circulation. news diversity and openness, AiIn Canada, Conrad Black’! though media moguls promise more Hollinger Inc. has bought up mort variety of content, critics are doubtthan half of the daily newspapers ful since most TV network channels Media critic Noam Chomsky ha! and Internet sites have the same owners. The illusion of choice is crecalled these media giants a powerfu “filter” with the potential to affec ated, but true diversity is still lacking. Questions have been raised news choices and story presentation

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hy a focus on biotechnology and genetic engineering (GE)? In the past few months, no less than four new biotech-related stories have appeared on Yahoo! News every day. As I completed some final edits on the biotech ethics piece in this section, CBC radio was conducting an interview on the same topic. National Geographic and Time magazine have covered biotechnology; the recent Federal budget covered it by alloeating $160 million to create the Canada Genome project. The University of Waterloo is covering it through two new Science programs and in courses and research across campus. This is not another hot issue that will blow over by next week. If you are still in the dark, the Oxford Dictionary defines biotechnology as, “the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipuiation of micro-organisms for the production of anti-biotics, hormones etc.” It defines genetic engineering modification of as, “the deliberate the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.” Biotechnology, preceded by incredible advances in genetics, ischang-

ing our world - and ourselvesat the most fundamental levels. DNA is at the centre of all the upheaval and fast-paced change. The double-helix holds more potential for social change and economic profit than the pioneering scientists who uncovered it could have fathomed, It holds more secrets and information than the average citizen can grasp without some adequate clarification. The idea for this special Imprint section stems from this need to disseminate relevant information.

You do not have to be an expert to have an opinion, but if there is going to be any meaningful deliberation and dialogue, it can only happen if people are informed. You may find the genetically modified foods debate the most familiar form of biotech and GE. There is, however, a whole spectrum of subjects. Through consultation I determined the key areas to shine a light on. What you find on these four pages is by no means exhaustive. The reader has been provided with severa1 options to aid in the pursuit of further knowledge. As you will see,

for many of the multinational corporations with a stronghold on biotech, knowledge is power. My hope is to demonstrate the far-reaching implications of biotech and GE. I gathered writers from varying backgrounds and disciplines, as well as a variety of pieces, including newsstoriesand opinions. Everyone has a stake in biotech and GE- it’s in our genes. Finally, I would like offer severa1 thank yous. Firstly, to all the writers and graphics people, the idea to run this would have never reached fruition without yourcontributions. Several professors and community experts offered their advice. Thank you to: Professor Bernard Glick, Professor Paul Kay, Professor Conrad Brunk, and Ellen Desjardins of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo Community Health Department Finally, the Imprint editorial board has been behind this idea from the start. Their advice, support and superior editing and writing skills are greatly appreciated. renke LA. mercuri recently completed her degree in Environmental

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tudents enrolled in ERS 101 can appreciate the true complexity of biotechnology in Canada, Each winter, this required course addresses a current Canadian environmental issue. This year, 70 first year ERS students were assigned to groups to represent one of the 20 prominent stakeholders involved with biotechnology in Canada. Each group, from Greenpeace to Health Canada, has spent the term exclusively analyzing and interpreting their roles in this Issue. As part of this process, I have found that when it comes to genetically modified food issues there seems to be an escalating conflict between environmental and social interest frontiers in our society. In untangling these biotech issues, 1 have found only one truth this issue presents itself uniquely to every individual, How the issue unfolds is a function of the interactions between the various stakeholders. OnMarch25,ERS 101 students representing the 20 stakeholders will

The Human Genome Project Imprint

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rior to the 20th century humans mapped the earth’s geography. Recently, however, scientists have been more concerned with mapping out biological phenomena, particularly the fundamental workings of the human body. At the forefront is the Human Genome Project (HGP), an attempt to both identify all 100,000 genes and to determine the sequences of the three billion chemical bases that make up human DNA in order to create a database of this information. Genes carry information that lead to the creation of the proteins necessary for the survival of all living organisms. These proteins determine how the organism looks, how well its body metabolizes food and how it fights infection. The Human Genome Organization (HUGO) helps to coordinate the research occurring in 18 countries

around

the world

involved

this huge undertaking, including Canada. Although the human genome is small enough to fit into each of our cells, it contains enough data to fill 200 phone-book size volumes of 1000 pages each. Despite its size and scope, the

project has been moving along at a fairly rapid pace since it began in 1990. At that time scientists estimated it would take 15 years to complete the project. Technological ad-

There are a number of ethical dilemmas associated with the research. vances have shaved they now expect to 2003. Currently they about 64 per cent of pairs. The implications are as controversial groundbreaking.

off two years; be finished in have mapped the DNA base of the HGP as they are

As the supporters

are quick to point out, the project has many benefits: detailed DNA information will prove to be an invaluable tool for future researchers and their biological explorations. Research into diseases and genetic disorders in particular will ben-

come together at a round table discussion. For more inform ation please contact Prof. Paul Kay at 888-4.567 ext. 5796. Laura Dalrymple is in first year Environment and Resource Studies. She enjoys sch diuilrg and traveling.

Section editor’s note: If you are interested in biotech from an academic standpoint, there are many biotech related activities taking place on the UW campus. Check the course colander for more info on courses in biology, ERS, health studies, philosophy and society, technology and values. The faculty of science also offers a Biotechnology and Chartered Accounting or Economics program. Several professors in the department of biology are currently conducting hiotech focused research and teach biotechnology courses. WPIRG in the SLC has a vast library of books and magazines concerning biotech. Back issues of the environmental journal Alternatives may also prove to be useful and can be tracked down in their production office in ES 1. produce

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efit greatly from understanding the genome’s make-up. At the same time, there are a number of ethical dilemmas associated with the research.The United States has set aside three to five per cent of the annual HGP budget to study the Project’s ethical, legal and social implications. Critics fear that in the wrong hands, genetic information might be abused and that genetic engineering and manipulation might be used to create a new social order. There is also some concern regarding the role private companies might play in the future of this research. A number of people are worried that if these companies ari invited on board, monetary interests will outweigh social interest. In the end, there are no easy answers in this brave new world of genome mapping. The project has obvious benefits, but it will be imperative over the next three years to ensure that our use of the information collected is ethical and carefully scrutinized. Scott Gordon begins his term as Editor-in-ChiefofImprint Public&m in April 2000. He holds a Muster’s Degree in English Literature from the UniversityofNewBrunswick but bus not taken science since high school.

Cetera

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Genomics,

a Maryland-

based biotech company, isdrafting an offer that would give it exclusive

rights to the human genetic code after it is cracked. Cetera’s project hasbeen progressing more quickly than the publicly funded Human &name project due to a machine that can “chop” the genetic code into fragments, making each fragment easier to “read.” The US government fears that the businessside of genetics may result in a monopoly

the

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eight times its current

value of $3

billion iti the next IO years. Researchers at the International Sewice far the Acquisition of AgriBiutech Application (ISAAA) claim that u;insgenic crops will be worth $25 billion by 2010 due to nwre countries planting GM crops, Currently$ the United Statesisfirst with 28.7 million hectares; Canada is third with four miUi?n hectares,

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ploited for research, X)-year-old Donna MacLean has appfied to patent herself, The poet and casino waitress applied to the British Patent Office in response to scientists patenting human genes. Realizing that her genes could have monetar)r value, she stated, “It has taken 30 years of hard labour fur me to discaver and invent myself, and now I wish to protect my livention.” This fu1lows the trend of researchers all over the world who

patent genetic discoveries, claiming that they are registering their findings asuinventions.n Breeding

discontent

The US eugenics programs of the first half of the 1900s are under attack after a 73-year-old Native American mm filed a precendentsetting lawsuit against the state of Michigan for its part in the project. Fred Ask is one of nine children who were placed in a mental institution. Chiidrcn were sterilized at the age of 18 because “they were feeble-minded morons; any children we might have would be like US,or worse,* said Aslin, who was released in 1944 to continue his life. Over 60,000 Americans were sterilized in an attempt preen the population

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t is not unthinkable that one day we may need to go to a pharmaeutical company to purchase a genotype that could save our children’s lives. In 1993, the University of Edinburgh contracted a German patent on a specific procedure to alter embryos and cells. It took Greenpeace until this year to skim the 23.5page application and realize that the mechanisms for which the University was granted a patent could essentially grant them a monopoly on certain mechanisms of cloning. While the patenting of life is certainly a conundrum for theologians and philosophers, biotechnology is rife with instances of ethical dilemmas including its environmental and health risks and genetic alteration. These dilemmas have been contemplated by Conrad Brunk, a UW professor of Philosophy and Peace and Conflict Studies who was recently appointed Chair of the Cana-

Expert

Panel on

tries of Health, Environment and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The panel will attempt to understand the implications of genetically modified food on the whole of society and offer recommendations. Brunk feels one of the big issues for biotechnology are “genotypes, which are the blueprints of human kind.” He wants to determine “what are the implications of someone claiming to own [the genotype] of any plant, animal or human.” Brunk compares this claim to owning water Or air. He probes further into “the issue of commodifying nature itself.” Brunk highlights that “with ownership, comes control. When someone patents a life form, they get to sell

Biotech

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ccording to industry estimates, about 60 per cent of products on grocery shelves contain genetically modified ingredients. These unlabeled “franken-foods”

can include french

fries, baby food, and breakfast cereals.

GM or transgenic organisms have genes from

a different

species

inserted into their DNA, resulting in new traits. These genes come from sources that would not nor. mally cross with plants in nature including bac,teria, even fish genes.

fungi, trees and

Proponents of GE envision resistant to pests, with increased nutritional value that can tolerate harsh environmental conditions. These crops would reduce the need for toxic pesticides and crop

Introduced in the mid 9Os, in Canada, an estimated 60 per cent of canola, 45 per cent of corn and 25 per cent of soybean are CM, GM products however, have received relatively little scrutiny by government agencies. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1992 ruled that GM food was usubstantially equivalentn to conventionally grown food; GM foods did not have to undergo any, more testing than non-GM food. It is still unclear how GM plants will impact the environment and human health. Unfortunately, research performed to ensure food safetyhasbeenpaidforbythebiotech industry creating a conflict of inter-

crops

yields

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improve

making

possible to feed the hungry. These possibilities

sound perfect,

but there

There are concerns that GM plants may confer herbicide resistance to other plants by cross-.breeding and creating “superweeds.” Pesticide resistance is another

concern. Insecticidal GM plants contain a gene from the soil organism Bacillus tburingiensis (Bt), which is

back something that is essentially the people’s in the first place.” Government policy on the issue, at least in Canada, has “largely been persuaded by the industry argument that in order for industry to have incentive to do genetic research they need the right to patent their work,” says Brunk. He suggests dealing with these research incentives through the public university system, ensuring that “public goods are created through public funding.” Genetically modified food seems to be at the heart of this debate. A recent report by the Global Environ-

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mental Change Programme pointed out that uwhat haslargely been lacking is a careful analysis of the way such issues can be handled better by government and firms.” Leftoffgovernment agendas, it has been placed in the hands of pro-GM multinationals like Monsanto or anti-GM special interest groups like Greenpeace. Consequently, plant species ownership has become an area of sensitivity. Many countries have outIawed the terminator gene in plant strains created by corporations like Monsanto or Novartis, which eliminate opportunities for copying genotypes. With the rise in interest for herbal medicines, a number of corporations have attempted to take traditional indigenous plants and patent their genotypes.

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deadly to certain insects. This use of Bt might lead to the development of “superbugs,” that are immune to the effect of Bt. It is unclear what effectsthese toxinswill have on other insects. In one study, milkweed dusted with the pollen from Bt crops were fatal to the larvae of monarch butterflies; destabilization of the food chain may be a result. Opposition to GM food is growing. Many European supermarketsnow require labelling. The European Union voted not to approve any new GM seedsfor two years, Companies like Heinz, Frito Lay, and McCain say they won’t accept GM crops citing consumer concerns. Environmental groups like Greenpeace and the Sierra Club have launched campaigns against GM food. Citizens are questioning what they can trust. ]aniceJim

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Monitor noted, “The threatened diversity of the living world has been seen in a new light since it has become the input of [biotechnology]. Southern states and indigenous communities demand compensation for their biological resources, while Northern states insist on the recognition of intellectual property rights on biotechnolo@ and their products.” Brunk argues that we require a broader governmental framework to allow citizenry to articulate these ethical issues, despite the Canadian government’s pro-biotechnology stance. Without it he notes that “there is a real potential here for massive civil disobedience. . . and a public-relations catastrophe,” citing the British mad-cow disease example. Brunk highlights this urgency. “Almost any high school chemistry [or biology] studenc will be able to splice genes within the next fifteen years” he speculates and that is “a scary prospect.” Murk A. Schaan is a third-year student of Political Scr’ence and Peace and Conflict Studies. Murk takes over as the Feds VP Education this May.

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hen ratified, a biosafety protocol produced in ontreal in January will Ia serve as an international treaty to regulate the trade of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The US, Canada and the other main grain exporting countries, Chile, Argentina, Australia and Uruguay, known as the Miami Group, were pitted against the European Union (EU) and most developing countries, known as the Like-Minded Group a The two groups had differing views on what the protocol should regulate. The Miami Group wanted to ensure that the protocol would not limit the trade of GM%. The LikeMinded Group, however, wanted to ensure that countries could override existing world trade regulations and limit the importation of GM& if they were thought to be a threat. The protocol comes despite a

report by the Worldwatch Institute, citing that after four years of rapid growth, farmers are expected to reduce their planting of genetitally engineered seeds by as much as 25 per cent in 2000. Meanwhile, share prices for Monsanto, the biotech industry’s leader, and other biotech seed companies are sinking. A tentative thumbs up was given to the protocol by politicians, activists, and the biotech industry because the protocol is applying the “precautionary principle,” a concept first adopted internationally in the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Environment and Development. Inclusion of the precautionary principle in the Biosafety Protocol allows countries to ban the importation of GM& if they feel that GM@ may negatively affect ecological or human health. Surub Anderson is in her third yearofERX Sbeisulsoinvoluedwith f~isstcesal~~lebitthtoughWPIRG, communitygardens, and vegeturiU#k??L

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ccording to agricultural analysts, control of the entire genetically modified crop sector lies in the hands of five transnational companies: Monsanto, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Aventis and DuPont. They also have a large hand in the world’s global seed trade, valued at $23 billion a year. What does this mean for the small farmer of India where 70 per cent of India’s citizens are dependent upon agriculture for their livelihood and 90 per cent of Indian farmers draw on saved seeds that suit the local soils? In shifting from traditional farming practices to meet market demands, farmers undergo a transformation, from stewards of the land to a “hired planter of seed” as they are forced to comform with company licensing agreements. They must succumb to a reliance upon chemical fertilizers, marketed by the same corporations selling the

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year ago, genetic therapies - treatments that work by rewriting bits of geneticcode in a patient’s cells were widely heralded as the next great champion of modern medicine. Then the champ hit an unexpected slump. Last September, an 1 &year-old Arizona teenager with a rare metabolic disease died while participating in a controversial gene therapy cxperiment, marking the first death attributed by doctors to a burgeoning field of research that seeks to cure people by giving them new genes. The death is the latest in a series of setbacks for a.promisingapproach that has so far failed to deliver its first cure and that has been criticized as moving too quickly from the laboratory bench to the bedside, The challenge facing genetic medicines is daunting. First, they must somehow deliver their genetic payload into enough cells to do good. Retroviruses seemed well suited to this task, because these kinds of viruses normally

seeds, whose impact on soil ecology isnot yet known. Farmers may also be left with no choice in cultivating genetically modified foods, the nutritional value of which is still under scrutiny. Farmers may, in the case of terminator gene technology(which renders seeds useless after one planting), be stripped of the right to save seeds and crops as well as local knowledge and wisdom. In 1997-98, this plunder of tradition resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Indian farmers in the state of Andhra Pradesh who committed suicide after the failure of hybrid cotton crops was exacerbated by an ensuing crush of debt. These new crops eliminated a variety of crops (millet, pulses and oilseeds) as well as methods of crop rotation. Although yields increased initially, the cost of pesticides and fertilizers also increased, while market prices for cotton dropped.

infect cells by copying part of their DNA into the genetic code of a host Cd.

Most early trails of genetic medicines therefore co-opted retroviruses, replacing their harmful parts with genes intended to help treat a disease, such ascystic fibrosis or brain cancer. But viral drugs can take effectonlyiftheycan slip past the multilayered defenses of the human immune system. First comes an onslaught of antibodies soon after any familiar virus is detected in the bloodstream. ..dllf Thantibodies quickly bind up the virus and can also cause side effects such as inflammation. Viral particles that make it to target cells face a second obstacle: a tough membrane shielding the cell’s DNAfromattackers. Finally, those retroviruses that

Interestingly, traditional cotton varieties have long been protected by farmers, through a technique of inter-planting the cotton with a “trap crop,” a plant called pigeonpea, used to attract the pests.

are lucky enough to make it past the immune defenses and to infect cells do so in an unpredictable manner; they will typically insert the therapeutic gene at a random position in the cell’s DNA. The new gene might interrupt an important sequence, actually harming the cell. Even in the best case, new genes often end up in dormant stretches of DNA where they do not get switched on frequently enough to make much of a difference to the patient. Geneticists were humbled by these barriers, but they were not stumped. Asecond wave of enthusiasm for gene therapy is now well under way, thanks to recent advances that suggest new strategies. Researchers have injected a drug containing normal versions of p53 a gene that suppresses tumours directly into nine patients’ tumours. This technique avoided triggering a general immune response and exploited the rapid division of tumour cells. Tumours shrank significantly in three of the patients and stopped growing in three others. Other studies have suggested simply injecting the naked DNA into

Despite the deafening roar of transnational corporate interests, Indian farmers are making their voices heard. In 1998, hundreds of farmers took to the streets of New Delhi, to protest a US. patent on basmati rice. As well, the Karnataka State Farmers’ Movement (KRRS) is an example of a strong peasant farmers movement in southern India, which has in recent years physically dismantled a Cargill seed unit, destroyed one of its offices and burnt Monsanto’s field trials of biotech cotton. In an effort to protect their biodiversity from foreign commercial exploitation, one communitybased organization called the Deccan Development Society is creating a ~~Community Biodiversity Register, giving local people prior tegal claim over any products developed on the basis of locat seeds.” At present, the Indian government does not allow the patenting of life forms, although there is doubt as

long this ban will remain in effect, considering the power and purpose of transnationals. Indeed, pledges by Monsanto and AstraZeneca not to commercialize terminator seeds are being seen by critics as rendered meaningless by the recent mega-mergers. At the very least, in the words of Dr. Vandana Shim, scientist and farmers’ advocate, “If Monsanto and the Indian government fail to fulfill ecological and democratic criteria for field trials of genetically engineered crops, we will have further evidence that the promotion of genetic engineering by corporations.. . can only be based on dictatorial, distorted and coercive methods. In such context, genetic engineering in agriculture must necessarily be anti-nature and anti-people.” Stefanie Gude is active with WPIRG. An English atid International Development Sttcdies graduate of McGill University, she is heading to Washington, DC, next month raise her voice against the WorldBank and the MF.

the hindquarters of normal mice boosted their red blood cell counts by a third. Equally important, the counts remained higher up to 90 days after

anemics, The ultimate goal of gene therapy is not to compensate for genetic diseases but to erase them completely. While scientists and the public slowly allow optimism to creep back into discussions about gene therapy, investors and biotechnology companies are unabashedly bullish once more. By the end of the year, 2 16 clinical trials of gene therapies were planned or under way. Gene therapy may emerge a winner in this round, though the match will likely draw on for years to come. The longer the search and the larger the investment, however, the more expensive that treatments will be when they do arrive. The greatest challenges to the medical wonders promised by gene therapy may well turn out to be economic rather than scientific. Melissa Cboongis currently braving the winter in Ottawa workirzgas r? ma~ketingandpublisb~~gngass~s~a~#at She is in 2nd year Health Pubk Work Studies and is a self-proclaimed lover ofd things traditionally repelled by society like science fiction, astronomy, andthealwaysgeeky StarTrek.

The death is the latest in a series of setbacks for a promisi@ approach that has so far failed to deliver its first cure. the injection, strongly indicating that the genes had taken hold (at least for a while) and had begun producing hormones. Boosting blood-cell production, though, does little good for patients whose blood cells are malformed, such as those of sickle cell

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SCIENCE -

Biotech

Special

Imprint, Friday, March 17, 2000

Give me a G! G

enetic engineering could be one of the most significant beneficial biological enhancements the human race will ever see. The possibilities range from elimination of world hunger to the eradication of disease and sickness, Although my personal interests in the science are hardly altruistic (or responsible, or ethical, etc.. J there are still tangible benefits to humanl ity that can certainly be pointed out and well defended against any opposing ideas or criticisms, A fair number of people why, are against genetic engineering arc against it because of fear. They worry about the possible negative effects it could have on society by citing small incidences {mad cow disease, untested distribution of genetically enhanced food products, the gradual elimination of diversity) that have given genetic engineering bad pubticity. While all this might be(and is in some cases) true, at the risk of

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sounding insensitive I’d suggest to these people that if they don’t like it, and if they can’t deal with it then perhaps they should go join the Amish. With any new science there are always bumps in the road that we run into before even coming&se to pexfecting it. If I was transportedbade in time to when someone had discovered radium, I wouldn’t have waned them that it was radioactive. If I had, then that might have held ba&thebre&throughs the scientificcommutityhas made in nuclear physics by years or decades. It has almost always been &e case that strong idests have alwap met resistance frommediocre minds; I believe Einstein said this, X extend this to genetic engineering. I cannot see howanyone who would be able realize the potential for such a science could voice any criticisms suggesting to halt The possibilities extend beyond the fantasies of a legion of human

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direction the human race could eliminate many prrAA7~~s including hunger and genetic disorders and even possibly give the parents of children at birth the option of partaking in physical and mental enhancements for their child. To say that gcnctic engineering is ungodly or unethical is debtable. I don’t recall reading about how “thou shalt not engineer thy genetics” in the Bible anywhere (though I might have missed it). I would argue that it is “unethical” to halt a progressive science that could lead to eliminating several types of human suffering. This isn’t to say that there won’t be problems that society will run into in the study and experimentation of such a field, just that in the end, ultimately genetic enginecring will greatly benefit all. . . even the critics. Adum Munro is 3A Compiter Science Majorat U’W.

Biotech-related Web sites

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f you can’t find a page on your biotech topic of interest, then try doing a search using some of the key words you find in the articles in this special

Imprint

Science

section.

Try http://www.about.com for some reputable results. l http:l/www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human-Genome /home .html - Human Genome Project Information

http://www.rachel.org - “News and resources for environmental justice.” Excellent history of Monsanto and health related biotech issues. http://www.ucsusa.org/A wellmaintained and comprehensible site by the Union

of Concerned

Scientists. http://cbc.ca/consumers/market/ files/food/gmfood/cbc.htmlThe CBC’s comprehensive coverage of the GM food issue. http://www.natural-law&genetic

/geindex. html - Richard Wolfson, PhD, is one of Canada’s leading authorities on the genetically engineered foods debate. http://www.biotechknowledge .com/The Life Sciences Knowledge Centre sponsored by Monsantohttp://www.biotech.ca/EN/index.html - BIOTECanada promotes a better undestanding of biotech and its contributions to improving the quality of life of all Canadians.

Track team wins in Mont&al

Golcl, silver and bronzeare the coloursof UWTrackand Field ALI@ON BRAZIRR AND ALLI@ON SALTER speciei

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he University of Waterloo made their mark at the Canadian University Track

and Field Championships before a soldout crowd of 500 fans at McGill University March 10 and 11. All told, the two-day event featured three CIAU meet records, seven new McGill Fieldhouse marks, two UW Varsity records and two UW medal performances. The weekend started off on Friday with the men’s and women’s Qualifying heats for the 4x20Om relay. The men’s team of Neal Roberts, Paul Gill, Adrian Blair and Jason Dockendorf fought a valiant effort against the fastest men in Canada at this level to place ninth with a time of L32.01. The women’s 4x200m team of Daniella Carrington, Heather Moyse, Angie Ross, Alison Brazier and Allison Salter amazed the crowd both Friday and Saturday. In the heats, the

team led Saskatchewanup until the final handoff to finish second in their heat with a seasonbest time of 1:41.37. This time ranked the team fourth heading into the finals. On Saturday night, Ctington, Ross,Salter and Brazier -who ran a lifetime personal best -held on to win the bronze medal, Coach Jill Bennett stood in amazement as she watched the team she led to OUA and CIAU finals over the past five years. Her comments reflected most of the feelings of the team: “I ran the whole race with you guys.” The officials,

waiting

to start the men’s

relay, did not know what to do with the four screaming and crying women on the track and all of their supporting teammates. Later on that night, head coach Brent McFarlane summed up the feeling on the track in the moments following the 4x200 when he said, “I have been coaching for over 30 years, In those 3 0 years, I have seen many great things.

What happened on the track today with the women’s 4x200m is one of those few moments that we will all remember.” Dana Ellis had a moment of her own, In only her second seasonof jumping, the former gymnast solidified her status as one of the nation’s premier female pole vaulters at these championships. Entering with three competitors remaining, Ellis cleared her opening height of 3.50m to secure a medal. Ellis then battled with Saskatchewan’s K&ten Wage1to tie the CIAU record of 3 .SOm. Dana then attempted to break the CIAU record at 3.82m, but just missed it on her third attempt to win the silver medal. To put her talent into perspective, this season Dana broke her own varsity record countless times and is only SScm off of the Olympic standard of 4.35m. We can’t wait to see what she can do next year! The men’s 4x4OOm team of Adrian Blair, Paul Gill, Pierre Labreque and Neal Roberts destroyed a nine year oldvarsity record by over two and a half secondsto place sixth in Canada. These men clearly showed what can happen when four people work together to make something happen. Waterloo is lucky asall four men will be back next year. Veteran Daniella Carrington showed what she can dowith a lot of hard work and preparation by qualifying for the 6Om finals in a time of 7.78s and then placing fifth in the final with a time of 7.69s. The final was very cio~e as

Alison Brazier, tieather Moyse, Allison Salter, Danielle Carrington andAngieRosswon the bronze in thewamen’s4tiOO Carrington missed a medal by a mere .04s. In her final seasonas a Warrior, Heather Moyse placed second in the 3OOmqualifying heats, easily advancing to the finals, Moyse then focused on the final and ran an amazing time of 40.2s to finish fifth in Canada. Second-year runner, Paul Gill, also competed in the 300m at his first CLAU competition, Paul ran 35.07s in a field of outstanding runners, just missing the final by tenths of a second to place seventh. In the field, Alison Brazier competed in long jump. Coming off an amazing two weeks of consistent jumping, Alison finished seventh in her first individual competition at CIAU’s individual event with a leap of 5.42m. The .women’s

4x8 00 team, consisting

Allison Salter, Jill Patterson, Shauna Ellis and Gina Jackson, showed what the excitement of a Championship race can do by improving their season record by eight seconds to finish eighth in a time of 9:31.98. Guts was the word for the women’s 4x400m team asthey ran their final race of the season.Although the team made up of Daniella Carrington, Angie Ross, AllisonSalter and Dana Ellis was disqualified due to a lane violation, that did not ruin the feeling these ladies felt after running a race where they all know they .

ran their best. The Warriors finished the CIAU meet with a total of 26 personal beststo bring the season total to 23 1, shattering the team record set in 1994 of 21s. UW Track is losing some key team mem---

--“c**-v-.

for all of their efforts and to wisk their future endeavors: Male Captains: Drew Cuckenberger and Kwame Smart. Surinder Budwal, KaterBz&weg, Heather Moyse, Dave Harmsworth

and Greg Macdougall.

OnbehalfofUWTrackandFieldteam,the captains would like to thank our coaches Brent McFarlane, PatSteele,Jill Bennett, Tim Moller, Terry Goodenough andTim Mussar. Through 1 1 1

for us, taught us, comforted us,encouraged us and led us down the road lesstravelled to make our successes possible and that has made all the difference. These are the men and women who have shaped our season (and for some, our lives). We thank you for making this seasonone of the best in UW’s history. We would also like to thank two individuals who have played a critical role in ensuring we athletes could run down the road less traveled. Surinder B. and Kate B. are two of the greatesttrainers in the history of the University. Without their dedication and knowledge, marry minor injuries could have become seasonend-

relay.

ing injuries. Surinder and Kate are two of the key links in our team’s success,without them, we are just a broken chain. We will miss them next year. Thanks goesout once again to all members of the Athletic Department. Special thanksgoes out to Judy McCrae and Brian Cartilage for their added support this season. Without you, our lofty CIAU goal could not have been

reached. Warriors have made a mark in the University Track and Field scene in the 2000 season.Next year, we will have a new goal to run faster, jump higher and go farther, The Canadian

but we won’t dream it . . we will live it. l

SPORTS

Volleyball tourney raises over $2,000

he varsity women’s volleyball team and Campus Recreation came together this past weekend to run the first ever volleyball tournament for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The tournament brought in teams from UW and the community, including a team from Brock University, one from Toronto and four from businesses in K-W. Overall, the event was a huge success and raised a grand total of $2,369 for the cause. The teams of “Spiked” and Xinners” took home the top prizes for fundraising with $3 65 and $3 46 respectively. Other top cash collectors were “Nice Sets,” “Imprinters,” “Hooliga.ns”and “Frew Crew.” The top individual fundraiser was Heather Dart with $200, while Jeff Dyck, Cori Van Oosteveen, and Kim Farewell each brought in over $90. Along with all this generosity, the tournament also featured some very competitive action with 16 teams in the Open division and seven in the Co-ed division. After the round robin pool play, teams were separated into championship and consolation draws in both divisions. The Open Championship draw featured some amazing

volleyball including teams of future Brock varsity players’ UWvarsity players and several club players all participating. In the semifinals, “Spiked,” featuring three UW volleyball pfayers and one basketball player, couldn’t make full use of their height advantage and dropped two straight to the team from Brock. The other semifinal featured the strong play of the brothers Fuchs and ‘Sully’ to outlast “TPSC” in a match that went the full three games. In the end, the team from Brock narrowly defeated “The A Team” to take the title 25 19,2624. The Open consolation championship game also featured two highquality teams in the %iants” and the “Fighters.” After holding on to win the first game 25-23, the Y&.nts” destroyed the “Fighters” 25-9 in the second and final set. In the Co-ed Championship round, “What’s The Question” had all the answers and rolled past “Big Digs” and “Nice Aces” in the final. The latter team took solace, however, in taking home the award for best team name. Finally, the Co-ed Consolation title was awarded to “Nice Sets” after they slipped past the “Imprinters” by scores of 25-12 and 25-21. Big thank yous go out to all the community sponsors for their generosity in donating prizes. As well, the excellent officiating provided free of charge by the women’s volleyball team allowed all the money to go to charity. Finally, organizer Heather Dart deserves much praise for her all-around effort in coordinating, playing in, and raising money for this very successful event. Congratulations to everyone for working to*gether to produce an amazing day for a great cause.

Tennis

tourney

results

Under the bubble at the Waterloo Tennis Club this past Sunday, 11 competitors vied for the coveted UW Open title. After three action-packed pro set round robin matches, the players were divided into two pools based on ability. The two undefeated players at that point, Nemanja Dundjerovic and Tim Berezny, drew the top seeds in the top pool. The third seed, Rudolf Fleischer sent Brian Gallant and Tim Berezny packing en route to the final. On the bottom half of the draw, Nemanja beat Peter Cihula handily to meet Rudolf for the championship. In two close sets, it was Nemanja who emerged victorious 7-5,7-S. In the second pool, Roy Ferguson dispatched Heather Dart in one semifinal, while Mark Lau defeated Grant Woolliams in the other. A gruelling final saw Mark outlast Roy despite dropping the first set. The final scores were 4-6,7-6, 6-L Congratulations to all players on demonstrating. some excellent ability, effort and sportspersonship.

juggling

festival

On Saturday, March 18, the UW Juggling Club will be hosting its eighth annual Juggling Festival in the Great Hall of the Student Life Centre. The entire event is free and beginner workshops wi’ll be offered (although you probably won’t get to start with the flaming bowling pins). All the juggling gets under way at 1O:OU a.m. with the main event, a free show for the public, taking place at 8:OO p.m.

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fter six months of preparation, 30 (give or take a couple) hard fought games, conference tournamerits and plenty of controversy in the USA TodaylCNNand Associated Press polls, the National Collegiate Athletics Association has chosen 64 teams to compete for college basketball supremacy and a spot in the L(Final Four” in lndianapol is. Sdme teams like North Carolina-Wilmington, Lamar and Valparaiso have almost no chance to achieve even a spot in the second round. Others, like Michigan State, Duke, Temple and Stanford have an excellent chance of winning it all. And then there’s Cincinnati. Nevertheless, this year’s NCAA will not be boring. Starting with the East, Duke is ranked as the number one seed. Mike Krzyzewski, famouscoach of the Blue Devils, is pleased with his team, but won’t underestimate his opponents. Among the weapons Duke has includes Chris Carrawell, Jason Williams and Carlos Boozer, who can make opponents pay for their mistakes. Other teams that will do well in this tournament include John Chaney’s team from Temple, Eddie Sutton’s Oklahoma State and the Fighting IIlini of Illinois, coached by Lon Kruger. As for upsets, the best chances will come from the DePaul Blue Demons and Seton Hall Expl.orers, who are just as experienced and have proven their worth in the conference tournaments. Unfortunately, their star will shine for only one round, especially when Duke and Temple deal with the young upstarts. Expect Duke to make the semifinals once again. The South is much more interesting. Were it not for Kenyon Martin’s injury against the Billikens of St. Louis in the Conference U.S.A. quarterfinals, Bob Huggins of Cincinnati would have received the number one seed. Even with starters like

Jermaine Tate, Pete Mickeal and Ryan Fletcher, the Bearcats will miss the presence of Martin. After their performance against St. Louis, Cincinnati may have a difficult time with North Carolina-Wilmington. Should the Bearcats blow out the Seahawks and defeat either Tulsa or NevadaLasVegas, the others should take notice immediately. As for the others, Mike Montgomery’s team from Stanford, Ohio State’s Jim O’Brien, Jerry Green’s Tennessee and defending champions Connecticut should go far in this tourney. Expect Stanford to get the spot to Indianapolis. The Midwest will once again be one of the tougher brackets in this tourney. Tom Izzo of Michigan State is fresh off their Big 10 title, will be relying on Morris Peterson, A.J. &anger and Charlie Bell to destroy the rest of the competition. The path for the Spar-tans, however, will be full of obstacles. Amongst the obstacles includes Larry Eustachy’s Iowa State, Gary William’s Maryland, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim and Kentucky’s Tubby Smith. Overall, this very difficult group will see a minor upset as Iowa State defeats Michigan State. Finally, the West bracket is the weakest one in the lot. True, Arizona, under Lute Olsen, may be the best of the lot, but given rheir record at past tournaments, it is possible that a seed lower than third could walk away with the title. St. John’s, led by Mike Jarvis, could also win given the right circumstances. Kelvin Sampson’s Oklahoma Sooners and John Brady’s Louisiana State University couid win the West. It is very hard to tell who will win the title here, but expect it to be LSU. The NCAA tournament is the last one of the old millennium . Expect this to be the best tournament that the NCAA has put on. Basketball fans should be drooling in anticipation. Just watch your step when you’re on the linoleum.

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Quan and Lin are dedicated participants in the Aqua Adults program. They arrive half an hour early for their lesson to brush up on their technique. They have progressed from beginners to recent conquerors of the deep end and they are always ready to try new skills. And they do all this with smiles on their faces. Keep up the good work, Quan and Lin!

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ening has gotten, including the romantically-inclined photograph the drama department has been using for promotion, you’d think it would be a good play for a date. But UW Drama’s major term production does not exactly match the sensual, romantic image it has quickly generated. On the contrary, my date and I left the theatre squabbling over the dark and moody performance, holding very different

opinions of the dramatic twists and turns of Frank Wedekind’s late-nineteenth century play. It it is important to emphasize immediately that the risque content and topics are not asstrong aspublicity and hearsay have made them out to be. While the play is undoubtedly of an adult nature, staging (among other things) rape, group masturbation, and a sceneentirely in the nude, we were somehow prepared for much more. As a matter of fact (believe it or not) the nudity does not interfere with the play to the exclusion of a very impressive costume wardrobe; period costumes and antique props add to the (sometimes) realistic feel of the play. A fantastic setgreeted us upon our arrival.

The play follows the rollercoaster lives of 14-year-old schoolchildren. Moritz Steifel, for example, clasheswith the uncontroIIable and undirectionable voice of sexuality Gsing within him. Andy Trithardt, who plays Moritz, doesan admirable job-of championing

.t a number of the scenes (esecially the closing of the first act) had a strong impact on me and the rest of the captivated audience, Spring Awrrkenirtg’sinability to stick

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to one or two theatrical stylescompromised flow, coherence and the realism for which director Darlene Spencer seemed to be striving in

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Brandenburg’s very accurate portrayal of a na’ive but curi* ous, excitable but cautious young girl. Other especially strong performances were given by Emily Boutet, Graham Williams and Paul Moukperian. My date was particularly impressed by the performance by Marc Andr6 Barsalou, and I was relieved ~ that by the end of the play her Sri: faiourite actor still had all of F 1i_. $’ ;:,::.: i’ ;;.:. his clothes on. ;.j.: .:.:..,

ing role, giving his best performance when he returns unexpectedly to counsel his young school friend Melchior (Chris Goddard). Goddard delivers an excellent performance aswell, mastering easily the extremesof his role; he seems at home in the early scenes,bouncing around the stageasa carefree schoolboy might, but his acting is alsostrong

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troversial shock theatre and all it supposedly has to offer.“Yes, that’s a direct quote, and no, I’m not sure whv I brought her.

harp, mirroring the darkening of the play, the production closed with electronic soundscapes.Excellent work. The sensational set, a circle of i slender grey/bronze trees sura rounding an elabroate multi-level tj stage, was accompanied by aback-

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opened with a pastoral harp piece, which was slightly too loud, but from

The play, on the whole, was a smorgasbord

ranging

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If you’re in the mood for avantguard nineteenth-century drama, Spring Awakening is definitely the thing for. you _ -1 be sure to bring an appreciative date - but don’t go expecting pornography; you’ll iike it _ better with an open mind.

A big bash for a book Voices of Women Launch Party

day) to see her at Cafe Calista.

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he UW Womyn’s Centre officially celebrated International Women’s Week in conjunction with the launch of Voices of Wotplen.The celebration wasa musical one, held at Ground Zero this year. Performers included Erica Knight, Sarah Dillon and headliner (and requisite Vokes supporter) Corduroy Leda. The night began with Erica fieht,m amazingvocalistandacoustic guitar player. Her hard-driving vocals contain tinges of Natalie Merchant, and her strong song-writing ability far surpassesthat of most other independent folk singers. Erica has been playing for sire years

now

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site and type her name into the search engine. Or, better yet, drive out to Cambridge tonight (Fri-

who isa big Ani DiFranco fan, but the Ani-ness of Sarah’s set grew wearisome,Not that Sarah’svocals, guitar stylings or songwriting are at all reminiscent of the famous folksinger, it was more that Sarah incorporated Ani into a lot of her set: she performed two covers of Ani DiFranco; one of Sarah’s songscontained snippets of two or three Ani songswithin it; and the chords to one tune were admittedly stolen from an Ani song and had different lyrics placed with them. While Sarah)svocalswere fairly decent when she really let go, it was hard to look past the big Ani she held in front of her. Finally, Corduroy Leda took to the “stage” (i.e. floor) and brought the night to a slamming conclusion. After taking a few minutes to tune up and check levels (“See, this is what happens when we don’t have a sound check,”

Tanya

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Though Corduroy Leda is a rock band, the sound was not

Next on the bill was Sarah Dillon

me at one point), the band was ready to go* Ground Zero is not especially suited to having live rock shows, but while the lighting was horrible, the sound was actually quite good.

funkoverbearing to the couch-dwelling crowd. Corduroy Leda played a number of brand new songs,aswell asmany cuts from their album, UZegally. Their special, synergistic style and danceinducing music brought people to their feet and onto the dance floor. The spirit and the energy of both the crowd and the band seeped to the back of the room where even the door people were grooving in their seats. All in attendance could make an optional donation and receiveVoices of Women 2000, the sixth annual publication of its kind. Voices is a wonderful collection of poetry, prose,photography, paintings, drawings, thoughts, feelings and various other artistic endeavours largely by, for and about women. Editors Brenda Beattyand Danielle Raymond are proud to be donating all pro-

rian De Palma’s new film, Mission to Mars, is nothing more than an attempt by Hollywood’sstudio system to make money. The movie, which starsTim Robbins and Gary Sinise among others, is a feeble effort from the director of such great films as The Untodables, Mission Impossible and Dressedto Kill. The title of the film basically tells you what happens; it’s about a mission to Mars. The plot is weak and uninspiring: Man goesto Mars, Man discovers something mysterious, a group of astronauts are killed and another team is sent to see what has happened. The film throws in all the cliches established by other Hollywood

ceeds

blockbuster

Anselma

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ment to itscharacters,especiallywhen one of them dies. De Palma also fails to create any tension during the film’s supposed tension-driven scenes. The film also doesn’t really impress that much in terms of special effects.While someof them are good, they are nothing special. De Palma is known for borrowing certain ideas from his idol Alfred Hitchcock. In one of the films last scenes,he blatantly rips off Stanley Kubrick’s2001:ASpace0&sseyWhy he chose to do so is beyond me. If it is for comparison, then someone needs to tell De Palma that his film doesnot even come close to Kubrick’s. Fans of Armageddon will love this film, but who really liked Armageddon anyway? Most simply put: this film is bad.

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face, and I was in a crowd of people that were al finding this to be pleasureable (a very odd experience in itself). After the concert, the artists and 100 members of the audience moved to the rehearsal hall for a few more hours of jamming, with randomly selected groups of performers. This part of the evening was at times hiiarious, at others awe-inspiring, as the audience and performers mingled, chatted and enjoyed each other’s performances. This year’s NoMusic (March 30 to April 1) promises to be more of the same with Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth), Japanese noise-maker Aube, Swedish noise-duo Voice Crack, the Nihilist Spasm Band, and many others providing the sound. I am definitely looking forward to being rejuvenated. The NoMusic festival takes place at the Forest City gallery in London, Ontario. All relevant information can be found at http://wwwS. sympatico.ca/pratten/NSB/ index.htm WendtiPs noise, music and commentary can be heard every other Friday night between 8 and 11 on CKMS 100.3FM. -

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“Sweet Like Chocolate,“and “Can’t Get Enough.” To add to the excellence of this CD, the songs are welfmixed so that you hear a bit of integrationbetween the songs, but not to the point that it messes up the individual tracks. If you’re a club fan, this is definitely a good purchase. If you’re not a club fan, this is definitely a good introduction.

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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music: drum & bass, industrial, experimental, big band, hip-hop, whatever. But I’gotta tell ya, deep down inside, I’m all about rock% roil. Give me electric guitars, give me a live drummer, give me some crazed wildman howling and screaming. Bring on the feedback, bring on the fuzz. Bring on Fu Manchu. The new Fu Manchu platter is flat out awesome. This is rock ‘n’ roll that makes me wanna jump up and shout “Holy Moley.” I’ve been playing air guitar all week, bobbing my head and pumping a horned metalfist in the air. “King of the Road” makes me want to go out and buy a custom 1970s van. That’s how cool this disc is. Fuzz is the first word that comes to mind when listening to this album. The production is raw and dense, with buzzing guitar squelches between riffs and lots of ringing ride cymbal. With the ex-drummer of Kyuss keeping the beat, the songs get up and go go go with no looking back. There aren’t really any bad tunes on this CD, just one or two that are a little less mindblowing than the others. The killer opening track, “Well on Wheels,” sets the tone for the rest of the album, as well as introducing the recurring motor theme. With song titles like “Boogie Van,” “Drive” and the bitchin’ title track, the thematic thrust is anything but subtle. The cool-ass

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vans on the album sleeve reinforce the feel of the recording. Some stand-out moments include the solid cowbell banging on “Blue Tile Fever,” and the fuzzed-

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Imprint staff Chris Sheppard has always been known for his deep English accent and his generally good taste in dance music. With Club Ctiz303, he hits on almost all the best of current club music. Although he includes some oddchoicessuchas”MamboNo.5,” a remix of six Boney M hits, and a dancified version of Tone Lot’s “Funky Cold Medina,” there are more than enough good beats to make up for them. It’s difficult to do a review of club music, since most people know songs by their beat and not by their name, but I’ll describe them the best I can. The most popular songs are “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel65, “Ail I Really Want,” by Kim Lukas, “Rendez-vous” (a,perfect example of knowing the beat but not the song title; just think of a good beat integrated

with

latino

music),

the newly

popularized “Sun is Shining,” by Bob Marfey vs. Funkstar Deluxe, and “9PM (Till I Come),” by ATB. And those are only seven of 1.7 tracks. Other well-known songs include

I have never been so offended in my entire life. I have never laughed so had either, The tone of The Bloodhound Gang’s new release, Hooray for Boo&es, is in keeping with anything you’ve ever heard from them until now: It’s obnoxious, and even harsh in places; in fact, the parental advisory (offensive lyrics) does less than nothing to prepare the listener for what will actually be heard within. However, the abrasive strains are easily offset by the humour contained therein. This band definitely has a knack for words, and they’re very clever, using double-entendres and references to pop culture, past and present, to make their lyrics even more subtle and shocking. In order to further appreciate the humour of the Bloodhound Gang, I suggest you closely read the liner notes, which are quite entertaining. Hooray forBoobies should please alI sorts of listeners, as the band makes use of many different styles. The album includes

spoken

word,

hard core

tunes, country style, and the trademark Bloodhound Gang type of song, which defies categorization. A note to all feminists: avoid this CD at all costs,

A rude awakening 'f'ULAN

Latin, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese and Caribbean heritage. Being exposed to their cultures enriches my life. I take my friends to Chinatown for’ Vietnamese food and they take me to Little Greece for shish kebab. I have never felt any sort of racism or discrimination directed at me living in Toronto.

love Toronto, and I think a lot of people would agree that it is one of the best places to live in the world. I never realized how socially and culturally unique Toronto isand I love it for its multiculturalism and diversity. Last summer I was on an exchange in Singapore, an experience that made me feel so grateful to have lived in as great a city as Toronto. Singapore is also very multicultural. There are four national languages - representing the four major ethnic groups: Chinese, Malay, kkslim and Indian. However,

unlike Toronto,

You feel welcome and accepted by people of all backgrounds in Toronto.

there

is very little intermingling between these ethnic groups: everyone sticks with his or her own kind. It felt like people just tolerated each other’s presence, but did not really accept and embrace one another.

When I came home in December, my beloved image of Toronto was shattered. During a conversation @.h my sister and her friends, they told me that they were barred from a club in downtown Toronto

I bragged to everyone I met in Singapore that you feel welcome and accepted by people of all races and ethnic backgrounds jn Toronto, I have friends from many different ethnic backgrounds and we have learned from each other’s unique heritage. I have dated people of

because

they

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I AM AN ASIAN.

responded by saying that was the reason why she/he prefers to go to places where there are a lot of Asians becausehe/she feels more comfortable ed welcome among his/her own. I _ was shocked to hear such a confession and skeptical to believe it. I have never felt unwelcome or uncomfortable anywhere in Toronto. That night a group of eight or nine of us went to a club in Richmond Hill. When we arrived, we were told that the club was full and they were not letting any more people in. As we turned around to leave I saw others being let in and heard someone call us “chink” and “the Chinese Mafia.” I 1 could not believe my earsand I wanted to turn around and confront this person, but I didn’t have the courage, . This experience left me feeling disillusioned and very sad. I was sad because we were discriminated against and called mean names for being Chinese. It wasa loud wake up call for me not to be so ntive asto believe that racism doesn’t exist in my world, It was a rude awakening that forced me to look at the world around me with more precarious and critical eyes. This experience has changed me into a more pessimisticperson, but I did not want to be changed in such a way.

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l%mmating racism T

he BaWi International Community is convinced that the elimination of racial discrimination and racial prejudice is one of the most pressing imperatives of our time. The international community must now take concrete steps to address urgently, forthrightly and wholeheartedly the global problem of racial discrimination.

“The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.” The following outlines the Bahi’i view on racial discrimination and prejudice, and summarizes the manifold steps already taken by Bah6’is around the world to eliminate

Bah6’; Faith put forth a set of progressive principles, many of which are now associated with the modern human rights movement. Bahi’i teachings prompte the elimination of all forms of prejudice andupholdequal dignity and respect for all people, regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious or national background. They advocate full equality between the sexes, and champion universal

education,

Bah6’i also call for the elimination of extremes of poverty and wealth, and economic justice for all peoples. Declaring essential harmony of religious teachings, they defend freedom of belief, emphasizing humanity’s spiritual nature and the dignity of the t individual. Bah&‘i call for the establishment of a world federal system based on international law, ;collective security and the oneness of humanity. Accordingly,

since the earliest

daysof the Faith, Bahi’is have sought to exemplify theseprinciples in their

racial discrimination.

daily

activities.

As an organization,

Long before being recognized by the United Nations as an international non-governmental organization in 1948, the Bah&‘i International Community actively sought to promote international human rights. Founded in 1844, the

the Bah&‘i community has long promoted and upheld these principles in society at large, In 19 12, for example, ‘Abdu’lBah$ the son of the Founder of the Bahh’i Faith, toured Europe and North America to deliver a series of

Ethnicconflict conference

on world peace, the equality of women and men, the elimination of racism and other topics related to

NADIA

lectures

Bahg’i principles.

The day has now come for unification into one global society % Bahh’i communities

worldwide

operate more than 700 schools and learning centres, where concepts fundamental to the promotion of human rights are an integral part of the curriculum. Bah&‘is around the world understand that humanity is one single race; they believe that the day has now come for unification into one

HOHN

hat you’ll get at this conference, you can’t get out of a newspaper; it’ll be a very unique experience,” says Chris Bjornstead, a post-graduate diploma student of the Peace and Conflict Studies (P.AC.S.) program here at the University of Waterloo. Bjornstead is also one of the organizers of the two-day conference, held on March 16 and 17, in the Conrad Grebel College academic building. “Ethnic Conflict: At Home and Abroad” promises to be an “interactive forum combining lectures with activities and role playing, not just listening,” saysVictoria Kellett, another

conference

organizer

and

P.A.C.S. post-graduate student. The conference began on Thursday with a keynote address

Dut orgamzers are asicing ror a pay what you can admission. A free lunch, accompanied by a performance of the Native Students Association’s drumming circle, is included, AZ1students are welcome to be part of this forum. “The issueswe’re discussing can’t be ignored,” says Kellett.

Bjornstead explains that Canafrom ethnic own, including “aboriginal and non-aboriginal conflict in the Maritimes, to Anglophone/Francophone conflicts in Quebec, to community and ethnic conflict in the big cities. tl The essential goal is to draw the attention of people to the “forgotten conflicts” of the world, going beyond the Vietnams and World War 11s.“Many of these conflicts are still dians are not insulated conflict, possessingtheir

global society. More than hundred

“Secession and the Problems of National & Ethnic Minorities+” McGarry is a professor of political science at the University of

happening,” says Kellett. The organizers want students to realize that these ethnic wars are not assimplistic as people think, and that alternative approaches are required to end them. These caninvolve peaceful non-violent and creative ways of

Baha'u'llafi.theFollnderof

Waterloo,

specializing

conflict

and ethnic

conflict,

years ago, the BahA'i Faith wrote, “The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens.” &l-&is seekto promote a wider

acceptanceof humanity’s onenessand to assist in the creation of an ever advancing and unified world civilization.

from

Professor

John

McGarry

in national

of Northern Ireland. Today there are sessionsfrom 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference is open to anyone, with today’s registration begining at 8 :30 a.m. in Grebel’s Great I-W. The fee is $10,

resolution

The P.A.C.S.

and the politics

organizers

hope

this conference may inspire others. “Individuals can make a big difference,” says Victoria. that

Bjornstead agrees, “Ethnic conflict can be managed and resolved. It does not have to be just a fact of life.”

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Colonialism alive in Canada SUE

FORREST

ntil45 years ago, every First Nation in Canada had an Indian agent. This non-native government employeeehad the power to sell off land in the interest of the native people. This Canadian institution was considered necessary because status Indians (those native people allowed to live on a certain reserve) were not civilized enough to make important decisions bythemselves. Colonial government continues to rule many aspects of native people’s lives. At the centre of this oppression is the struggle over land. At the time of European settlement of North America, more than two million native people speaking SO languages lived in what we now call Canada. Rooted in their creation stories, native people had a fundamental obligation to live as care-takers of land. It was both an individual and communal responsibility to ensure the land was used in such a way as to promote its own health. Native peoples valued a communal response that reflected both individual and group needs. Leaders verbally represented the common will to such an extent that the authority of chiefs was derived

from their power to persuade. The Europeans arrived in North America with a conflicting set of values and the technological advances to physically force the dominance of these values. While both cultures valued principles of kindness, honesty, sharing and strength, the difference in other values effected significant physical conflict. European behaviour was fundamentally influenced by a world view emphasizing the whole as a sum of its parts, whereby change was effected by maniQulating one part of the whole picture. In contrast, the native peoples based their social structures on the values of wholeness and respect. This world view recognized the interconnectedness of the parts, while respecting the integrity of the individual and the collective; a person must reflect and consider the interdependence of people, communities and land before acting, ensuring that any part is understood in relation to the whole. The European desire to settle, own and make the land financially productive was inconsistent with the

native world view. This behaviour was often interpreted as an intense need for subsistence and met with an attitude of sharing their lands. The cultures of native people are inextricably linked to their traditional lands. Much of this land was never negotiated away, but nonetheless was sold to individuals, corporations or is controlled by the government (crown land). Denied access to their traditional ways of life, native people have been forced to assimilate into Canadian culture.

&tempts

by native

rights, native people have been forced to appeal to the international community. In 1981, the United Nations Human Rights Csmmittee found Canada in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for the definition of status Indians in the Indian Act. Essentially, this definition denied any woman (and her children) the legal right to be recognized as native if she married a man who was not a status Indian. Canada took four years to comply with this international ruling, though it still

people

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ation of women from the Indian Act. For the average Canadian, seeking justice through the three levels of the Canadian court system and then appealing to international bodies is not an easily understandable experience.Yet, attempts to mobilize community response through information campaigns are constantly hampered by ignorance of both native culture and avenues available for community participation in government. In the past 10 years, attempts by native people to physically reclaim

reclaim very small portions of their land have been .znet with military hysteria. The traditional lands remaining under treaty with the Canadian government have rarely been honoured. Additionally, restrictive legislation (the Indian Act) has continually redefined which status Indians are allowed to live on reserves and reserve-controlled allowances for housing and education. In order to maintain their legal

very small portions of their land have been met with military hysteria by provincial and federal governments. In the ca%es of Oka, Gustafesen Lake and Stoney Point, native peoples attempted to physically prevent the desecration of their traditional lands. At Gustafesen Lake in 1995, a group of native people attempting to practice their religion through the Sundance ceremonies were assaulted by the Canadian military and forced into a standoff. Similarly, at Stoney Point in 1995, a group of native people reclaiming their traditional sacred burial grounds was assaul ted by more than 200 Ontario Provincial Police officers. Dudley George was killed during this assault, which provoked an international outcry. Canada’s treatment of native peoples is again before the UN Human Rights Committee and the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice for native peoples is not likely to occur without a reduction in ignorance of native culture and the treatment of its people. In the past two years, UW has been offering Native Studiescourses. Students have shown an interest in understanding current issues in Native communities and relations between aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities.

Bahii’i views on racism JASON

RUTLAND

he first Wnited Nations Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination of the new millennium strikes with a curious tone. We must draw encouragement from the great strides made over the past 50 years, in the setting of comprehensive international human rights standards. We have been blessed with other encouragement such as the defeat of apartheid, an event that lies not far back in our past. However, the need for honesty still looms. We are emerging from one of the bloodiest centuries since. humanity’s inception and it needs to be recognized that equality of human rights globally, though attainable, has yet to be reached. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance are at

the forefront of international concern. Such topics will be discussed at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, taking place in South Africa in 200 I. Much current analysis and thought on these issues stem from the Bahi’iInternational Community and their continuing efforts to combat this social malady. Racism has roots that run deep in the soil of the history

and in science. because political equality enduring

of humanity

the collective human conRacism is a tenacious virus it is not confined solely to oppression or economic inand exploitation. Racism is because it first infects the

minds and consciences of individuals at an early age. It involves learned behaviour, and is expressed from the , sanctity of the human heart. There is no question that one’s unique cultural characteristics should be prized, and that pride in one’s culture can be a healthy motivator, benefitting those both within and external to the culture. However, if taken to an extreme, attachment to one’s group can lead to disirust and discord between groups. Rampant

pride

. one’s own group then becomes an excuse for the expres-

sion of hate

world confusion and the calamitous condition in human affairs as a single phase in a process, ultimately leading to the unification of the human race in a peaceful social order whose boundaries match those of the planet. Analogous to the development of an individual, the human race has passed through its infancy and childhood and is now in the culminating period of its turbulent adolescence. Overcoming the disease of racism is another step in the maturity of the human race and its inevitability 1s as pronounced as an individuals’ eninto try adulthood. The Bah&‘S International Community believes that the misguided premise upon which racism sits must be countered by the truth that all human beings belong to a single human family: the human race. This family is united biologically, socially and kpiritually and, at the same time, displays an enormous variety of secondary physical characteristics for the enrichment of the entire planet. If every person held this simple fact as conviction, racism would no longer find a receptive host. It is therefore essential to educate every individual, especially young children, in the truth of the unity of the human

Does racism have negative consequerices for everyone?

and contention against others, simply because they do not share the same culture, language or religion. After analysis, racism is simply the human tendency to elevate one’s group to a position of superiority. It is the false criterion of human worth employed. “We must conclude that colour is not the standard and estimate of judgement and that it is of no importance, for colour is accidental in nature. The spirit and intelligence of man [sic] is the essential; . . , Man [sic] is not man [sic] because of bodily attributes.” -‘Abdu’l-Bahi The Bah$i International Community regards the current status of

race - a truth confirmed by all human sciences. Accordingly, any effort to eliminate racism must be concerned with initiatives to change beliefs and attitudes. Political action alone, being a divisive action itself, cannot offer a permanent solution and, thus, any efforts to combat racism should not be politicized. The disease exists globally and its treatment must also be administered globally. In the absence of change of deeply-rooted, heart-felt beliefs, any development of firm convictions in the truth of racial equality can be countered by equal political activity by those individuals continuing to harbour racial animosities, In some contexts racism continues to persist, since it is a powerful political tool. The use of old animosities based upon ethnic, linguistic and religious differences by skilled political entrepreneurs continues to exploit irrational sentiments for the purpose of political gain. As many beliefs that are held close to our hearts, racism is learned as a child. It can be passed from parent to child analogous to an inherited disease. Similarly to an inherited disease, the child hasno choice in the matter initially and can be afflicted throughout life, However, through early education of the inherent oneness of the human race, supported by acommitment to ethical and spiritual principles, we recognize our moral responsibilities and vaccinate another life from the paralysis of racism.

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White supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations in Kitchener-Waterloo IJ . l

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itchener-Waterloo has a long history of white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizing. After World War II, the North American bank account for funding the relocation of key Nazis was in Kitchener . In the past 10 years, groups such as the Fourth Reich, the White Supremacist Brotherhood of K-W and the Heritage Front have been active-in our community. Some of them were something to laugh at, while others engaged in violence and terrorism. In 1992, the white supremacist Heritage From began holding public meetings at European Sound Imports at 109 King Street, The store was owned by Waterloo resident Micheal Rothe. The Front openly distributed hate literature, set up a hate line and provided funding for British Holocaust revisionist David Irving to come to Kitchener and spread his message of hate. On the same day as Irving’s speaking event, a local Jewish

activist had her house firebcmbed after publicly showing opposition to David Irving and the Heritage Front. Her house wasagain burneddown in

members to join the Reform Party and that almost all of the 100 members she knew possessed a gun. , Eventually, public pressure

School on Patricia Avenue in Kitchener was vandalized. Nazi Swastikas, ‘KKK” and “Niger” were written on the outside of the

Examplesof racist graffiti in the Kitchener-Waterloo area. August, 1993. The fire marshal’s office classified both fires as arson, although no arrests were ever made. After the fires, Elisse Hategan, a former member of the Heritage Front, admitted in a CTV interview that the firebombing was the work of the Heritage Front. She also said that the Heritage Front encouraged their

forced the closure of the Heritage Front recruiting centre, but many supporters still live in K-W and some continue to be active. The local racist scene seems to have gone underground, but new hate literature and racist graffiti are found around town on a regular basis. Last year in May, J.F. Carmichael Public

second floor of the school. There was also racist graffiti specifically directed at people with a common Somali last name. In November, the back of Parkdale Plaza at Albert and Bearinger was spray-painted with swastikas and the letters W.P.W,W, -White Pride World Wide. During

A threat in the air Name

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hy do Black males live up to their stereotypes? n This,was the question my grade eleven English teacher posed to the class at aToronto high school, It was almost as if she asked us, “Why is the sky blue?” or “What is the meaning of life?” The class did not respond, as there were no Black males present; There were only a few of us Black girls who did not know the answer ourselves, but we did know what she was talking about. One Black male the teacher had been speaking about was Xwarne? “He [had] potential in English, but did not work up to. it,” she said. We knew that the Black males we had started high school with had begun to disappear from our classes, We also knew who was fathering a child or children, who was suspended, who was in jail, who was smoking weed outside during dlass and who got into trouble. I assumed that these were the stereotypes that she was talking about. She was asking us, her class, a couple of Black girls present in a diverse room of Italian, Filipino, Portuguese, South Asian and Croatian immigrants’ kids. A couple of Black girls expected to explain history, sociology, economics, racism and psychology. She assigned us a burdensome, unfair responsibility - to explain why a “self-fulfilling prophecy” held true for Black males and other marginalized groups. Despite the racism on the part of my teacher and the fact that she singled out members of my ethnic

group who were not present to speak for themselves, I became intent on finding out if their was some truth to her question and if and how the school system fails Black males. There are the typical answers: He does not have a father; no positive Black male rote models; the system is entirely stacked against them. Then there are the not so typical: did the teacher and other members of the education system design and deliver an unbiased learning opportunity to every student? Did the teachers present such a learning environment to these males, who were

-otype threat does not affect all Blacks, women, men and minorities, it does pose further challenges for them to conform in stereotypic ways. I remember the first time I met UTaylor,n a good friend of mine currently at York University working towards an MBA. He was in my calc&andphysicsclassesinhighschool. He became very important to me because he was the only Black male in these classes and he was an outstanding student, Two years before, “Taylor” had moved to Canada from Ghana. I marvelled at how easily he breezed through the calcu-

Stereotype threat creates doubts and anxiety that can lead to under-performance. already aware of the negative stereotypes held about them? Was the curriculumonethattheseyouthcould identify with? Was it culturally sensitive? In “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance,” African American social psychologist Claude M. Steele explores how the stereotypes of African Americans and women affect their performance in situations, especially in non-traditional domains. Some of these areas include discrepancies among these groups in academic performance, specifically in the maths and sciences. Stereotype threat does not mean that these groups cannot perform. What it does mean is that the knowledge of the stereotype can harm performance, producing doubts and anxiety that can lead to underperformance. Though stere-

ZZZmdapdn the ones that of: ten stumped the entire class, How could a Black person succeed in school with all of the negative stereotypes about performance? Perhaps “Taylor” had developed a positive identification with school early enough in his academic career that continued even when he had moved to Canada. Or, there may have been many Ghanaian faculty and high-staas community members for role models and a culturally relevant and reflective curriculum, high standards and expectations of each student and the absence of negative stereotypes directed towards Blacks. Educators need to be sensitive to issues that may cause Black men to disidentify with school. The school should offer a more wise schooling environment which offers them challenge, positive student-teacher relationships, non-judgmental responsiveness and self-efficacy. 1 think that the type of education the teacher can provide makes all the difference.

Oktoberfest, swastikas were drawn onto utility boxes in downtown Kitchener. One was at Ontario Street and King Street, another at Queen Street and King Street. In October, a sticker saying “Love the white race” was found on a utility box in the Ceder Hill Community. The sticker gives an address of a UNational Socialist” (Nazi) organization in London, England. Racist graffiti continues to be found at Club Abstract, including swastikas in the men’s bathroom. We cannot ignore neo-Nazis and white supremacists -this only makes the problem worse. And why should we ignore those who brutalize and assault members of our community and spread a message of hate? We can get rid of racist organizers by exposing, opposing and confronting them in the streets and wherever they are organizing. For more details on local racist organizations, check the Web site of K-W Anti-Racist Action: http:// www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/ Lobby/9457/.

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believethat.Iamveryluckytobe named Kany. I have a beautiful name, and anybody who speaks Kurdish would easily agree with me. In Kurdish, Kany is the pure spring water from the mountains. Of course, because of the difficulty of pronouncing it properly by those I meet, the gist of it has never actually been grasped. Since kindergarten, my name has been transformed to Connie. My teacher at the time said, %‘s a lot easier to say . . . it was my great aunt’s name, +Better this way!” I kept my name spelled K-A-N-Y, but went through school correcting other people’s attempts to pronounce it, “It’s pronounced Connie,” I would often say. Ofcourse this raised a variety of comments: “Different,” uoriginal,n Qnique.” Some dared to be a bit bolder with their statements: “Who on Earth taught you how to spell your name? n Author Lillian Blakey once wrote, cLOne’s name is intimate, a cocoon that gives comfort, familiarity and security in a world that can be hostile.” I am deeply saddened that I was never able to have this fortune and’was deprived of this comfort that she explains. No disrespect to any of the “Connies” out there, but I person-

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The content of this supplement was compiled and written by independent writers not affiliated with Imprint. The publishers of the supplement wish to thank Imprint for their time, resources and hard work. ++a The United Nations declared March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racism when peaceful demonstrators against apartheid were killed in 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa. uBack of the Bus” is a collection of submissions by students reflecting their experiences and views on racism and anti-racist work. Studet\csatVUPUZu2

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Everest 2000 Slide Presentation on March3Oat8p.m., Multi-Purposeroom, SLC. Interested in travel and in helping others in developing nations? Come to our slide presentation to learn more about volunteer Environmental Projects in Nepal. Attention Varsity Athletes! Come out for a fun evening of crazy games and events Mar. 30. Sign up now in the Pat Athletics Office. Contact your team captain for more info (or e-mail iamurravQ%ciboral Kappa . . Kappa Gamma would like to thank everyone who supported their Twist-a-thon. Over $150.00 was raised for the Breast Cancer Society of Canada. Thanks for your help! Do you write more than grocery lists and assignments? How about prose, poetry, fiction, anything creative? We’re a group of people who get together for the purposes of inspiring each other and getting feedback. We meet weekly in the SLC, but meeting details vary week to week so e-marl asklo@uwaterloo.ca and ask for more info. Don’t be shy--we don’t pressure anyone to share anything.

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students attending classes or on work term. For info/application call 885-1460 or e-mail stpaul@uwaterloo.ca New community action group for “7th generation” preventative urban planning looking for interested members, professors, students, staff welcome For more rnfo call Dave at 888-6493. Play tackle football <Jveekly All skill levels, races and sexes are welcome. To get on our mailing hst please contact e-marling us to bY srgaal@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca K-W women’s fastball team is looking for pitchers and players. If interested please call Tracy at 884-0557 and leave message. Thank you for reading the Imprint Campus Bulletin. Remember, there are only two more issues this term.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 24,200O Art Show 8 Sale of Landscapes in Oils and Religious Icons by Maria-Magdalena Franklin at the Waterloo Community Arts Centre, 25 Regina Street, S., Waterloo. Show runs March 19 to April 12. For more info call 669-4265 or 886-4577.

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