2000-01_v23,n14_Imprint

Feds launch drug awareness campaign SUSAN

BUBAK

lmprint staff

T

he next time you get a drink at Fed Hall, tell the bartender to put a lid on it. Starting October 19, Fed Hall patrons will be able to get a lid for their drinks to protect themselves from rape drugs like Rohypnol and gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB). The Feds and the Wellness Centre are promotingthe lidsaspart ofthe "Put ALidOn It" campaign.

Desiree Taric, Feds VP of Student Issues, stressed that the goal of the campaign is not to frighten students. "It's more of an awareness thing, just so that you know that [rape drugs] are out there," she explained.

"We're trying to take a proactive step."

Imprint interviewed several female UW students, all of whom supported the "Put A Lid On It" campaign. "I think it's a fabulous idea," said Mandy Grant, a first year student. "It's really scary right now for

girls in society. I think it's an excellent step forward."

Paige Agnew, a fourth year student in Environment and Resource Studies, had similar thoughts about the campaign. "It's a really smart, proactive move on behalf of the Feds," she said. "They're looking out for the best interests of their students." She added that the campaign will raise awareness among studentsaswdl as "perpeaatorswho use these drugs [so they] know that it's not tolerated."

Rohypnolisasedative that is 10 timesstronger than Valium. Within 15 to 20 rnlnutes of ingesting Rohypnol, the victim may experience drowsiness, dizziness, confusion, lossof motor control andcoordination, slurred speech and vision problems. The effects of the drug can last for up to 12 hours or more.

GHB is another powerful sedative that is available in liquid and powder form. The drug can cause drowsiness, dizziness,nausea, vomiting, seizuresand loss of conscious-

CKMS to go online BRESLIN to Imprint

L A U R E N S.

terest In helpmg broadcast the statlon over the Internet, they found that CKMS had been entertalnlng KMS equals 'SucksMy Ass?' the same Idea. The goals of the Not for much longer. In the Webcast are to Increase student acnext little while, UW'sradio cess~bthty,enhancethe profile of the station will be expanding onto the statlon and Increase CKMS expocyber-airwaves. sure and I~stenersh~p.

The project Due to a high volume of com- w~llultimately benefit both partles plaints from students who claim that ~nvolvedbecause ~twlllpromote the their radios do not clearly receive the actlvltlesof uwstudent.orgas well. station, CKMS.and uwstudent.org To clanfy, the Webcast wdl be are teaming up to extend the broad- complimentary, not addmonal, cast online,and thusmake it accessible meanlng that students will st111 be to everyone. able to tune In on thetr radto. As The project will mark Water- well, ~t wdl be broadcast in MP3 loo's first-ever Webcast, brought to format ata falrly low b~trate,so that you courtesy of the student Board of anyone w ~ t MP3 h capable software Directorsat CKMS andUW'snewest wdl be able to tune in. Implementaonline organization, uwstudent.org. tlon hasnot yet begun, but techmcal At the moment, nothing has been log~s~tlcs are belng cons~deredand finalized but the merge is expected potentla1 problem-areas consooner rather than later. fronted. uwstudent.org IS an organlzaTo transfer a regular broadcast tlon that exists to help students In into a Webcast, the radio mformapursulngavarlety of efforts; lncluded tlon must fmt be d~g~tally coded.

In these effortsare med~aandtechno- The current challenges, however, l o g ~ c a l l y - o r ~ e n t eendeavours. d involve the bandw~dthand connecuwstudent.org w~llbe fulf~llmgthe~r tlon speed. Two servers must be s own alms in developing t h ~project. establ~shedw ~ t one h s p a 1between As Ryan Chen-W~ngexpla~ns,then them: one streaming on campus, object~ves"include the collaborat~on and one streaming off campus, In w ~ t hother student organ~zations,and order for allUW students to be conthe dellvery of news and mformation nected. to UW students." Chen-Wing is one Heck, it's only natural for the of the managers of the project, along unlverslty w ~ t hsome of the most w~thstudentvolunteersonthe CKMS advanced and cutting edge technolBoard of D~rectors. ogy to boast a Webcast student raAs ~t happened, the Idea for dio. Bothuwstudent.organdCKMS Webcast~ngarose~ndependently from look forward to further promot~ons each end. When members of of the Webcast, andare veryexc~ted uwstudent.org had expressed an In- to get ~toff the ground and online. special

C

*

...

- 4

< <

Y

X

A

~

*

- . t

S

*

*

.

7

X

%

.

,

,

ness. High dosagescan lead to coma or death. The effectsof GHBappear within 10to 20 minutesof ingestion and can last for up to four hours or more.

Rohypnol and GHB are colourless, odorless and tasteless when mixedin adrink. Since the drugscan cause temporary amnesia, victims may not be able to remember what happened to them and report the crime to police. Both Rohypnoland GHB pass through the body within 72 hours of ingestion.

Therefore, it is important for victims to seek medical attention as soon as possible so that evidence of rape drug ingestion can be collected.

Although the lids will make it more difficult to put a rape drug in someone'sdrink, bar patronsshould not let their guard down.

A drink should never be left unattended, even if it has a lid on it.

Never accept a drink from anyone but the bartender. Always go out with a group of friends and watch out for each other. If you or a friend suddenlyfeels very intoxicated after consumingarelativelysmall amount of alcohol, seek help immediately.

It's better to be safe than sorrv.

UW loses vice-president ROBIN

STEWART

Lithgow oversaw both the Office of Development and Alumni Affairsand Information and PublicAffairs. The he University is in mourning news of his illness came as an enorthis week asit remembers the mousblow to thestaff ofbothoffices, life and career of Vice-Presiall of whom had enormous respect dent, University Relations, Ian for Lithgow. Accordingto one story, Lithgow.'After a nine-month battle, when asked by one of his staff how Mr. Lithgow succumbed to the ravthey might help after hearing of his ages of lung and bone cancer on illness, Lithgow responded "get out Monday, October 16. there, do your job, raise money, I'll Lithgow came to theuniversity take care of the rest." just three short years ago after a According to Downey, the way twelve-year term as Vice-president, the University approachesfundraisExternal Relations, at York Univering will forever be altered by the sity and earlier in his career, years of expertise that Lithgow brought - to d~st~ngu~shed servlce astheV~ce-Preslhis position, moving our approach dent, Publ~cAffam, at the Ottawa 'anH.Lithgow from an "art" to aG'science."Lithgow C~v~cHosp~tal. began the process of cultivatingmaImprint sat down w ~ t hformer ASeptember 1999draftofLithgow's jor giftsto the University, from which UW Pres~dentJamesDowney, who IS impress~velydetailed and thorough we are still reaping the benefits. currently carrymg out the duties of campagnplancalledforafundrasing "We will not be involved in phiL~thgow'sofficeunt~l a replacement goal of 150,200 or250 milhon dol- lanthropy again," saidDowney, "excanbehued,tospeakaboutL~thgow's lars depending on the results of an cept in the way that [Lithgow] has hfe and career. "He was a stra~ght upcomingfeas~b~litystudy.

"Ifthere's charted for us." arrow person," s a ~ dDowney, g one thlng I enjoy, ~t'sp ~ c k ~ npockThnlunglong-term, concentratcomplirnent~ngL~thgowonh~sd~rect ets," Llthgow remarked jokingly ing on the giver and not the gift and approach and h ~ shrewd s and prac- upon arrlvlng on campus ~n1997. matching givers with projects that t~calmmd. Downey called Llthgow a Llthgow was known to have a bringthem satisfactionwere three of dependable colleague, agood fr~end wonderful sense of humour, as well Lithgow's cornerstonesthat Downey and a wonderful father and hus- asagenulnepasslonforconnect~nga continues to employ in continuing band, addmg that, "I knew nothlng donor w ~ t ha project that brought his work. about hlm I d~dn'tadm~re." sat~sfactionto both donor and unls L~thgowIS survived by h ~wife L~thgowhad been lookmg very verslty. "It tr~ggeredthech~ldIn hm," Cathy and t h e ~two r daughters. The much forward to worklng on UW's s a ~ dDowney of some of Lithgow's fam~lyhas requested that memor~al upcorningfundra~singcampaign,by successes. donat~onsbe made to the Grand far the most ambit~ous~n~ thistory. s As VP Un~vers~ty Relat~ons, Rwer Reg~onalCancer Centre. * ., rx+a3;#;"-;;s:":2J;*:;22$<aA ;<;::.:*:. * ::2 Imprint staff

T

:;T>"h;i#

L

%

A

*

.

.

,

<

~

S

Z

?

?

Y

~

.

.

.

%

.

<

Y

.

.

P

NEWS

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

Students lobby for co-op society committee.

The final lineup for the committe consisted of Chris Farley n Sunday October 15, the (Feds President), Mark Schaan (VP Feds Councilwaspresented Education), Lucasz Pawlowski with the idea of forming a (Councillor, Engineering), Tamara Co-operative Students Society. Af- Khan (Councillor,Engineering)and ter nearly an hour and a half of Rebecca Hobbs (Councillor, Arts). debate, the council decided to form Farley said that the point of the coma committee to study the current mittee would be toreview the strucform of co-op student representa- ture as it stands "and if necessary, tion, identify~rob1emsandmake~u~-make recommendations." gestions on how to eliminate them.

Greg Morey, former Co-op A ten-page paper given to Im- Handbook Editor, found the proprint last week outlinedwhy the proponents feel there is a need for a Co-op Society.

It focusesonthe "ihree fuhdamental areas - representation, innovation and services."

The representation sectionclaims that the Feds' Vice-president Education portfolio (which currently includesallmattersrelating to Co-op) is "overflowing with a heavy travel schedule and posal to be high on ideas but low on planning. "At least it complainsabout many other education issues."

One attendee at the council the current system and sets out some meeting said that there was concern principles. Ilook forward to actually overforminganewsocietythatwould seeing a plan for a structure - and provide the same services as the cur- someaction." rentstructure butwouldchargeafee SimonWoodside, who has been for doing so. After a motion to form an active member of the movement a committee to review the need for a to form a Co-op Society, says that Co-op Society there was vigorous "the proposal is just a principlesdocudebateas to who wouldcomprise the ment. . ..When we went out to talk

KERRY O'BRIEN Imprint staff

MEET THE(PG) N~ghtlyat 7 00 8 9 30 pm Matmee Sat 8 Sun at 2 15 pm PARENTS

0

EXCORCIST (AA) Nightly at 6:45 & 9:20 Matinee Sat. & Sun. at 2:00 pm (re-issue)

Owners

SHARRON R. ELLIGSON D BARNEY ELLIGSON

I look forward to actually seeing a plan

Gemolog~collnstrtute of America Graduate

I

50 Westmount Rd N Westmount Place. Waterloo, On1 N2L 2R5

BY

I

HIGHLAND

1

I -

Expry Nov 3/00 Une8"x1un TwoYx7" Six 2" x 3"

I I

I

\

I

$49.98/

8\80

sd-b

WLU"

I

Call today and book your aooomtment wrth us "

I I

I I

I

.

I

* Individual portrait session in a professional s t u d i o Your c h o i c e of p o s e * 8 to 12 proofs to c h o o s e from PROOFS READY IN 24 HRS. "we c a r r y all colours for UW a n d

I

1 I I

for a structure - and some action.

PORTRAIT STUDIO I

Don7 pay ridiculous school prices!

I

I

144-5553 Ii

EVERGREEN PLAZA, 370 Highland Rd. - KITCHENER at Westmount, (next to Food Basics)

~C-rn~--rn-l--------rn-d

to people about a structure we discovered there were as many views as there were people. We decided we needed to present a document that presents the principles of what a Coop Society should be without going on to details. Now we can base our structure on these principles."

Whenasked howwoodside feels about the Feds proposedcouncil, he replied "I am very pleased that the Feds have recognized that there are problems with the co-op representation and services and that they are taking steps to find out what those problems are."

He was less optimistic as to whether or not forming a Coop Society is aviable option. "I bjievet&~o-op~oc&tyisthe ultimate solution . . .. We feel the Feds are structurally unable to focuspurel~on Co-op andthe co-op ~ociktywill, adsolutely."

Woodside said he plans to have a "firm structure proposal" ready for the second week of November. Woodside confirmed that should the society become a reality there would be another fee added to the co-op students' statements, but was unable to say with certainty how large it would be.

"We are sensitive to that concern and would try to keep it as low as possible. The fee would be based on the structure."

I

0

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

NEWS

5

Lobsters not the only ones getting steamed Burnt Church natives ange:redover treaty treatment GREG

MACDOUGALL lmprint staff

T

wo members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) who had been involved in the conflict at Burnt Church, New Brunswickvisited UW this past week to share their experience and the effect it had on them.

David and Nina Bailey-Dick acknowledged that after their experience, they could no longer be completely objective about the situation. "We hope you're not looking for neutrality," they told the audience.

Their visit was coordinated and presented by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebe1 College as a PACS enrichment activity. Most in attendance were PACS students, but they were joined by some other members of the Universitycommunity.

They provided an overview of the conflict as they saw it, along with a slide show of pictures they had brought back with them.

What lies at the base of the disptite over lobster fishingrightsin the bay isatreaty signed by the British Crown andMi'kmaq peoples in 1752.This nation to nation treaty, inherited

by Canada when it became acountry in 1867, included in it the Mi'kmaqs' right to control their own fishery. The problem now is that the federal government is attempting to regulate alllobster fishing, includingthat of the natives.

The natives have their own conservation management plan in place for their lobster fishery. This plan has won awards for sustainabilityfrom environmental groups and

includesa ( p i i )tag system for lobstertraps and a t e b of trained management officerswho are out on the water monitoring the fishing.

The Department of Fisheriesand Oceans (DFO) has a tag system it uses to licence the lobster fishery, awarding orange tags to those it allowsto fish for lobster. The number of tags it has alloted to the Burnt Church group has declined from 5000 to 2000 to somewhere between 40and 60,according to Nina BaileyDick. She said the conservation of the lobster stocks isnot what is really at issue-the native fishery makes up less than one per cent of the total industry in Atlantic Canada.

Yet, according to Bailey-Dick, the DFO threw a "ludicrous number of people" at the situation in Burnt Church, to the point where some lobster fishers elsewhere were allegedly bringing home two to three times their legal limit, knowing they wouldn't encounter any DFO officers as they were all otherwise occupied at Burnt Church.

Matthew and Nina see the Burnt Church dispute as a symptom of a much deeper, widespread problem of structural violence against the First Peoples of thiscountry. Much of their traditional way of life hasbeen takenaway and much of the rights that have been guaranteed them in treaties have been hard to come by, resulting in violent standoffs at different times and in different locales across the country.

The CPT members felt their presence helped deter some DFO officers from violent behaviour. However, that didn't work m e time Matthew was out on the water in a native

Democracv Watch founder tb speak The Web site is also a gateway to information on governments and corporations which can aid the average citizen form their own ver think about globalization and its opinionsonhoweachoperatesandmakethose effect on your life as a Canadian, as a opinionsknown. foreigner working in Canada, as a CaMr. Conacher is concerned with citizen nadian working outside of the country, as a dissatisfactionanddisassociationwiththedemostudent orasaworker inadobal marketplace? cratic process in this country and on an interIf you've ever wondered if nationkevel.~hisisthesubj&tofhisu~comin~ hasa face other than theimpoverishedworker presentation here at University of Waterloo. sweating over a running shoe, computer ~artici~antsat the talk willhave the chance motherboard or field of coffee. Duff Conacher to discuss real world solutions and activities is someone to listen to. Mr. donacher will be which promote the idea of transparent decispeaking to all interested people in E.1354on sion making processesand evolving democraFridav..October 27 at noon. cies involvine the input of intellieent citizens Duff Conacher isone of themost outspo- skilled at m a k g their voices h e i d . ken Canadian activists on the nature of naEver a crusader for innovation that protional and global citizenship in the face of motes the peaceful, equitable a d responsible globalization. march of society Founder and into the future, present coordinaMr. Conacherhas tor of Democracy produced two Watch, Mr. Conabooks detailing cher is part of the canadian driving force beachievements. hind an orgauizaCanada Firsts was tion dedicated to writtenwith working with Canadian citlzens and organiza- American author and politician Ralph Nader tions in pushing Canadian governments and andmade multiple bestseller lists. businessesto empower Canadiansin their roles MoreCanada Firsts: AnotherCoNectionof as voters, citizens, taxpayers, consumers and CanadianFintsandForemostsin the World, is a shareholders. sequel to the first compilation. He will have The DemocracyWatch Website isacall to copies of these books available for purchase at actioninviting visitors towrite their Member of the event.

Parliament, read the Citizens Agenda for reThis will be agreat opportunity for people formofinformationaccessibility,decisionmak- to discuss one of the most significant moveing and accountability of governments and ments of human history, with someone who corporationsandunderstand howDemocracy lives in the real current of change, as well as Watch is putting this mandate for change into discuss their own potential role in globalizaaction. tion.

K R I S T A RANACHER special to Imprint

E .

Learn the facts about globalization.

Thewomenare thestrenp;thofthe nativecommunityin BurntChurch. boat. The boat was rammed three times by a DFO cruiser twice its size. Matthew said that the DFO officerswere filmingthe native boat, presumably looking to capture some offense on tape, but that they'dstop filmingeach time they went to ram the natives' craft. The third ramming cracked the stern of the natives'boat, leading them to flee toshore in fear of sinking.

What Matthew found remarkable about this was, upon the return to shore, he was the focus of the media. Everyonewantedhis story of being rammed, while none of the natives b

who had been aboard were interviewed. Did his white skin make his story more believable?

Why did no-one want to hearwhat the natives had to say?

It was encounters like this, along with other instances of different treatment standards for the natives, that left both Bailey-Dicks re-examining their own prejudices andbeliefs.

They feelthat the mostimportant thingthat we can do to start to make things right is to start listening. "To step back, and hear from those who have been ignored for far too long."

NEWS

6

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

You call that a sandwich?

JON WILLING Imprint staff

H

ow do you make a 500foot oven?Withaluminum duct venting, of course.

On October 14, UWFood Services broke the GuinnessBookofWorld Records record for the longest, unbroken sandwich. Themonster oven wasconstructed along ParkingLot B, whichislocated behindEast Campus Hall, off Phillip Street. Food Services staff started bakingthe bread at4:3O a.m. and it wasn't until 10:Ol a.m. that the propane feeding the oven was shut off.

Mark Murdoch, Director of Food Services, said that the event wascontrivedto promote team building on campus.

"We wantedto have an event to

bring together the university community," said Murdoch.

Professional Ontario land surveyors were on site to measure the sandwich,which officiallyextended 502 feet, 6.5 inches. Theoriginal record, previously held by the Philadelphia Eagles football club, was for a Philly steak sandwich measuring 365 feet, seven inches.

"We smashed [the record]," said Murdoch.

The record-breaking attempt was origmallyplanned for an Orientation Weekevent, but because Food Services had problemswith the oven, the plan was postponed until the Oktoberfestweekend.

"We wanted to take the focus away from alcohol-related events during Orientation Week," explained Murdoch.

JON WLLlNG

Volunteers stuffthe ~ i a nsandwich. t

UW to webcast convocation

PAUL SCHREIBER

u

lmprint staff

W will be joining theranksof Harvard, Stanford, Purdue andCapellaUniversitiesthis weekend, when it broadcasts its fall convocation over the Web. On Saturday, October 21, approximately 950 students from allsix facultieswill receive their hoods and diplomas.

The webcasting project is being spearheaded by Charlene Schumm of theregistrar'soffice. Schumm, who has been the convocation coordinator since last fall, has been involved with UW's graduation ceremonies for eightyears. This spring, she came up with the idea for a live webcast because "seating isso limited" in the Physical Activities Complex (PAC) where the ceremonies are held.

In addition to it being "hard for people at the back to see," many people are unable to attend the convocation ceremonies, due to their distance from the university andspace constraints in the PAC. Schumm'sinitialidea was to put apair of large screensup at the front of the room where the ceremony takes place, but that was deemed to be too expensive. She began to work

with UWs Audio-visual (AV) and Information Systems and Technology (IST) departments.

Those unable toview the webcast live will be able tosee it later on, as the video will be archived. Scott Charles of Avexplainedthatthe webcastwill take place in RealMedia format and will be streamed at three different rates-28IC56KandsingleISDNand that viewers will automatically get the appropriate video feed.

Five UWstafferswillbe on hand to run the operation: two camera operators, one director and two tech support people. Charles explained that two cameras will feed analog video into the video switcher, which will then be digitized in real time and streamed over the Internet.

Greg Cummings of IST explained that webcast will use regular UW network connections and that no outside bandwidth was acquired for the event. He believes the impact of the event on other users of the campusnetworkwillbe minimal. Both men were unsure of how many simultaneous connections will be permitted during the webcast.

The video feed will be available from the distance education Web server at http://dce.uwaterloo.ca.

Fittingly, the sandwich was stuffed by teams of staff using Oktoberfest sausage, saurkraut and Oktoberfest mustard. Supporters who braved the gusting winds and threats of rain were treated to alarge chunk of the sandwich and free beverages. Donations for the Feds Food Bank were also collected by Food Servicesstaff.

Despite the record-breaking feat, Guinness representatives did not attend the event. Instead, Murdoch will be required to send eyeyitnessaccounts,newspaperclippings, news footage and proper Guinnessdocumentation.

Murdoch seemed a little surprised when Oktoberfest mascot, Onkel Hans, arrived with his Oktoberfest committee for photo opportunities.The event wasn't originally dubbedasan Oktoberfest event, but because of the change of date and the contents of the sub, the theme was only appropriate.

The make-up of the sandwich included575 pounds of dough, 265 pounds of sausage, 50 pounds of saurkraut and two gallons of Oktoberfest mustard. A team of twenty volunteers took 30 minutes to complete the stuffing

By Guinness rules, the sandwich was required to be totally edible and safe for the public to eat. Spectators didn't seem to question the edibility as they flanked the sandwich for a free sample.

Breaking world records in the foodcategory isn't new toUW. During the Orientation Week of 1997, UW frosh attempted to consume a record breaking 160-foot by 200foot pizza.

On Fridaythe I3th, theVarietyandPostofficiallyre-opened asAussiestothesoundsof UW brass.

Foosball tournament a success Boeev H o special to Imprint

T

he Waterloo-wide foosball tournament was held in the University of Waterloo's Campus Cove last Thursday.

The Cove was packed with eager contestants waiting to compete.

This time it's not about the glory, trophies or respect, though they are enticing. The tournament is more about the competition itself.

It was great to see so many foosball enthusiasts in the area gettingtogether andenjoyingthe night.

Players came from all over the city.

Twenty-twoteamsin totalcame to competeandmany spectatorscame to catch a glimpse of the action. The competition was fierce andemotion ran high.

When the dust settled, team

Team Kickasskicked ass.

Kickass kickedass, taking first place, Snafooze came in second and team #8 came in third.

Thank you to all who made it a great night. For more information on upcoming Foosball events check their Web site at http:llgo.tol ~ a t e r l o o ~ o o s b a l l ~ e a-~ u ~

Wireless Boot up. Time for a pair of Bfundstones.

No damn laces! Just pull-em on.

Totally weather-resistant leather. Oil, acid, virus-proof soles will take you from

Hardware has never

Shoes

22

. .-

t33 Weber Street North ' 7 4 6 - ~ 9 8 3

Staff Editor-in-Chief, Scott Gordon Assistant Editor, Rob Van Kruistum News, vacant Assistant News, Andrea St. Pierre Forum, Amy Potvin Features, Jon Willing Assistant Features, Adrian Chin Science, Christina Cella Sports, Greg Macdougall Assistant Sports, John Swan Arts, Lisa Johnson Assistant Arts, Paul Schreiber Photos, Felix Yip Assistant Photos, Brian Code Graphics, Billy Tung Assistant Graphics, vacant Web, Simon Woodside Web Assistant, Durshan Ganthan Systems Administrator, Dave Robins Proofreader, Jesse Helmer Proofreader, Daniel Wong Proofreader, Laura Waterhouse Proofreader, Hala Khalaf Proofreader, vacant Business Manager, Mark Duke Advertising & Production Manager, Laurie Tigert-Dumas Advertising Assistant, Bahi Selvadurai Distribution, Ben Schott Distribution, Hala Khalaf Board o f Directors President, Kate Schwass Vice-president, Janice Jim Treasurer, Rob Van Kruistum Secretary, Durshan Ganthan Staff Liuson, Adina Gillian Contributors Janice Amott, Rachel E. Beattie, Lauren Breslin, Jen Brown, Abigail Carter, Christina Cella, Ryan Chen Wing, Michelle Cheng, Cathy Choi, Jeff Cross, Kenny Dehrabic, Mark Eltis, Nicole Fawcette, Rick Fazekas, Nigel Flear, Adina Gillian, Jan Guenther Braun, Fady Hanna, Bobby HoJanice Jim, Gabe Kempe, Drew Kudelka, Meghan Lobsinger, Rod Locke, Lisa Mains, Greg Morey, Evan Munday, George Murzin, Krista Ranacher, Mark Schaan, Lauren Schell, Ben Schott, Kate Schwass, Robin Stewart, John Swan, Brent Thede, Stephen Young, Imprint is the official student newspaper of the University of Waterloo.It is an editoriallyindependent newspaper published by Imprint Publications,Waterloo,acorporationwithout share capital. Imprint is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA).

Imprint is published every Friday during fall and winter terms, and every second Friday during the spring term. Imprint reserves the right to screen, edit, and refuse advertising.

Imprint ISSN 0706-7380. Imprint CDN Pub Mail Product Sales Agreement no. 554677.

Address mail to: Imprint Student Life Centre, Room 11 16 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 Tel: 5 19-888-4048 Fax: 5 19-884-7800 http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

cover design by Billy Tung photosby FcllxnpandBrlan Cade

their interest 0

n October 6, Imprintreaderswere treated to another episode of "InYour Interest."

For the unenlightened, this is the weekly diatribe of the WPIRG, our de facto socialist club at UW. As usual, the column was filled full of misinformation, misleadingstatistics,and plenty of emotion, but not a lot of reason. However, itwas particularly offensive to myself andmany others on campus who have worked hard to help Ontario to become as prosperous as it is.

It shouldnot surpriseanyonethat WPIRG is attacking the Progressive Conservatives, led

by Mike Harris. After all, WPIRG has been criticizingfiscal responsibilityin government for years. In 1995, when Ontario voters decided to bring our province out of the stone age of socialism, WPIRG must have been furious: "Agovernmentwho wantspeople to takecare of themselvesand (gasp) ..cut taxes? Better start whining, um, I mean, protesting."

Indeed, leftists all across the province, PIRGs, union bossesand so on, were livid. Here they were, one minute, in hand-out heaven under Bob Rae. The next minute, they were wondering where their next self-serving government program was going to come from.

They all said, "The people of Ontario won't stand for this personal responsibility garbage, Harris will be gone soon enough."

And, boy, Ontarians must have been furious, because, in 1999, they -oh, that'sright, they re-elected Mike Harris and the PC party to its second mandate.

Apparently, WPIRG has conceded that, given the facts, Ontario will continue to support conservative governments. So they've resorted to plan B -spreading lies.

Ontario recently allowed its students a new opportunity: private institutionswill now be allowed to co-exist with public universities (such as UW) in Ontario. This essentially cre: ates more choice for graduating high school students. WPIRG somehowmanages " to seethis asa bad thing, callingprivate universities"flyby-night operations abandoning students in mid-program."

In fact, right now, they're probably sending mass e-mails to students at such private institutionsas Harvard andYale, warning them of their schools'impending demises. WPIRG is right in saying that tuition at these schools is

-

higher. Butthechoicebetweenpublicorprivate that WPIRG would hijack their deaths for should be made by students and their parents. politicalgain is just plain disgusting. Even the For WPIRG to think that government should TorontoStar,anewspaperknownforitscritimake this decision for them is sheer arrogance. cism of Mike Harris, pointed out ("How Teachers' unions in this province have Walkerton Was Poisoned," October 14)that eained recent notoriety for using Ontario stu- the maiority of downsizing of the Environients aspawnsin their money-grabbing games. ment Mini& was done bithe NDP (not the To ~rotectourstudents.- the " government passed PCs).thattown officialsknewthatthe wellwas a bill that would prevent the unions from hold- contaminated a full week before the advisory ingthings such as extra-curricularactivities hos- was issued and that precautionary measures tage to try to make the school boards cave in to such as adequate chlorination were simply their ludicrous demands. Of course, WPIRG ignored. But truth never has mattered much sided with the teachers, because any enemy of to WPIRG. the government is a friend of WPIRG. EviI WPIRG urges you to be present at Ondently, for WPIRG, the "Public Interest" does tario PC events, and so do I. But instead of not include the interestsof Ontario'shigh school standingoutside protesting, Isuggest you come inside and be a part of the greatest governstudents.

The illegal occupation of Ippenvash Pro- ment that Ontario has ever had. vincial Park by the Stoney Creek First Nation appearsto beaparticularly&re point ~ O ~ W I R G . -Stephen W. Young The cons~iracvtheory amongseveral anti-Harris Vice-President, groups, includingWPIRG, iolds that there was University ofWaterlooProgressiveConservative an executive order from Harris to the Ontario CumpusAssociation Provincial Policeto move in on these criminals. This does sound a bit ridiculous, and a response I've heard more than once is "someone's been watching a bit too muchX-Files." But even if that was true, consider this: If the premier gave a direct order to the OPP to end an illegal(and potentially violent) encounter shouldn't we all be proud of him?

For me, the worst part of WPIRG's tirade was their opportunism of the Walkerton tragedy. Seven people FARMER FRANK WTRODUcES THE PEPPER U C K . died, and the fact

A different point of view W

e're used to harsh criticism here at Imprint. As Editor-ln-Chief I'm routinely taken to task for decisionsImake.

And students writing for the paper know that their byline makes them fair game for letter writers who disagree.

For the most part, I'm happy to let detractors and those with differing points of view have their say and just leave it at that.

Sarcastic rebuttals to letters to the editor a la Toronto Sun are not Imprint's style.

Having said that, I feel that I have to say something regarding Mark Eltis's response (page 9) to an article by Hala Khalaf in last week's paper. Eltis's remarks are a meanspirited personal attack that go far beyond acceptablecriticism.Moreover, hiscriticism appears to stem from agenuine ignorance of the ways in which a student paper works.

Eltis writes that Khalaf is "not even a reporter or a writer, she's a proofreader and distribution person." Jobsat Imprint are not

mutually exclusive. Dotng one thing does not preclude you from doing another. Currently our assistant editor and our assistantWeb editor are also both board members. Both Ben Schott (distribution) and Jesse Helmer (proofreader) also write for us. Why is it that Eltisdid not see fit to write in following the publication of their articles?

Those involved with the paper do what needs to be done to ensure that the paper gets out each week. If that means proofreading on Wednesday nights, doing distribution on Friday morning and writing an article, so be it.

I also take issue with Eltis's comment that Khalaf "fait[ed] to mention that she was not an Imprint reporter covering the protest but a protester who happens to work for Imprint."

Imprint is put together each week by volunteers. That means that sometimes stories get written by people already interested in a certain subject.

Agam, I wonder why Eltisdid not getupset whenwe published apiece on theTake Back the Night March written by a person who was an active participant in the march.

While I'll concede it's difficult to write

news when you're part of the event, it's not impossible. As a student paper, we don't have a room full of perfectly. obiective news . reporters waiting for their next assignment; instead we have numerous volunteers who fit writing, editing, proofing, etcetera into their already busy schedulesbetween studying for mid-terms and having a social life.

Ultimately,itwasmy decision-asboth EIC and interim News editor -to run the story and I stand by that decision. It was a tough story to write regardless of the reporter's invblvement-the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a controversial subject that elicits deep emotional responses from those involved. But in the end, we published a report that stuck to the facts and reported what happened. Ican'thelp if whatwent on at the protest was not to everyone's liking.

Contrary to what Eltis thinks I believe Khalaf remains a credible writer and I sincerely hope that she and others continue to write for the paper onwhatever subjectthey choose.

-Scott Gordon. Editor-in-Chief

Reciprocal violence

Minor troubles

To the Editor,

I

t is becoming increasinglyobvious since I have been attending the University of Waterloo that minors are being discriminated against at social events.

Let's use the Villagehausen event on Friday, October 13. I purchased the $10 ticketsearl~,wantingtoguarantee my admittance to the event. I stood in line for 15 minutes and when I got to the door and handed themmy ticket and ID they admitted my of-age friends and sent me to the back of the minor's line.

The minor's line was at least 50 people long and moving at two people every five minutes, while the ofager's line was empty and people who hadn't bought ticketsin advance were being admitted off the street. I waited in this line for one hour and fifteen minutes.

My question is, what if they had reached capacity before myself, or many of the other minorsin line with tickets had gotten in?Wouldwe have been turned away? I'm guessing we would have been.

I arrived in line with a group of friends at 9:4Sp.m. I entered Fed Hall at 1l:lSp.m. alone. Anyone who has ever been to a crowded event at Fed Hall knows how hard it is to find a group of friends amongst the crowdsof dancing, drunkenpeople.

It is bad enough that minors have toleave their driver'slicence at the door, wear a fluorescent orange wristband and be marked with black ink that sometimes takes three or four days to come off. Why must we also have to wait five times as long as of-agers when we are all paying the same price for tickets?

Why was there not a line for people with tickets, and a line for peoplewithout? Why? Because then the of-agers would have been in line longer, not drinking and Fed Hall wouldn't be making money off them.

For regular public bars it is advantageous not to admit minors because there is no money to be made on fountain pop and juice. The big money and big tips are made off of alcoholic beverages. But for a campus dance club that sold tickets for $10 to everyone alike, of age or not, that is not fair.

We all pay the same fees to this school regardless of our age and we all have the right to be treated fairly at socialeventswhether we are of age or not. Iwill thinktwice before buying tickets to another "all ages" university social event.

-Mike Dickin 1AKinesioIogy

J

effrey Maleckicompletelyfulfilled my feelings on thegodspeedshow last week. His description of the whole production was so perfect. I have trouble telling - others my feelings about godspeed since it is more of anexperience that each individual must encounter.

Through this article Jeffrey evoked the ~erfectamount of description and feelingthat one would need tounderstand what agodspeed show is.

Thank you Jeffrey, thank you godspeed!

-NickArsenault 1AERS

Feenin for a ruckus

P

erhaps Duncan Gingras should remove his head from his ass long enough to realize the fool he's made of himself in his letter to the editor lastweek.

Far be it from myself to criticize themusical tasteof another. but Dunc must have callouses all over from r~dingthe Wu so hard.

First and foremost, the album WAS produced by the RZA. It was s a ~ so d by Ghost himself In a number of interviews follow~ngtherelease of the album. Tracks were arranged by other producers, and given to RZA for final production.

Being sucha Wu-hder, I would have expected old Dunc to have known this.

And then we get to the absolute dr~velof his letter. Ghost the best of all time?Exactly whatsubstanceswas Duncan smoking to even start to compare Ghostfaceto the legendary talents of MC's such as KRS-One, Raklm, Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D and Kool G Rap? The notlon of Ghost as the best of all tlme is laughable at best.

Fmally, I'd hke to call out Imprint on the exclus~onof the last paragraph of my original article wh~chthey deemed unnecessary.

Perhaps 3 letter to me concerning the omisslon would have been allttle more professional.

So I'll get my promo in now.

Make sure to listen to Tha Ruckus, every Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. on 100.3, hosted by yours truly. And then stay tuned for the Wax Jungle from 8-10 p.m.

Bothshows'll give you the taste of hip hop you've been feen~nfor.

I

would like to respond to a letter writtenlast week [Friday, Oct 131

by Wissam Name which addressed the ongoing battle in the Middle East. In particular, adiscussion of the final phrase used by Mr. Alame is of primary importanceasitwouldseem to me that the author was terribly flawed in his stance.

First, may I say that I am not a part of either side of the dispute and cannot "relate" to either side which many would argue, limits my ability to effectivelyunderstand and appreciate the current situation. I, however, shall disagree.

As for the body of the letter which Mr. Alame so conveniently padded with "indisputable" facts, I may only offer one suggestion: in a situation such as the one which currently plagues the Middle East, everyone has their own facts. I shall not nor should not deny truth; many have and will continue to die as a result of this situation. The insinuation of guilt however by "facts" is a pointless exercise and finding the "one who started it" always leads down a dark and never ending path.

Indeed both sides have a fairly reasonable cause for anger. It is a cause for peace which I would recommend the two parties seek with morevigor.

And finally, the final phrase in the letter which reads "Any outsider with common sense and a bit of humanity will realise that the revolt of the Palestinian people is purely reasonable, justifiable, and even necessaty" (my italics).Myselfbeing,asMr. Alame so beautifully put it, an outsider who would claim in my own defense to have both common sense and humanity, forcibly disagree.

The violence which iscurrently killing both sides is inhumane. Continuing it is easily the worst option available. And therefore, asan "outsider" with both humanity and common sense, Mr. Alame, I find the violence purely unreasonable, unjustifiable, and indeedunnecessary.

make fresh underage martyrs, preferably on TV, to rally international sympathy and back Israel into a corner.

Over the past seven years, Arafat has armed and trained his Palestinian "po1ice"into a40,000 man army; spread fierce anti-SemitismviaOfficial Palestinianradio, television and has repeatedly called for a "jihad" for Jerusalem. After the visit by Mr.Sharon, Palestinian television showed old footage of the intifada, and played patriotic songs. Just to ensure his people would demonstrate, Arafat called a general strike causing everyone onto the streets.

Now we see the result of his work.

The public hasconstantly heard that thisisa revolt by frustrated Palestinian people, sparked by Ariel Sharon'svisit to the Temple Mount.

Thisisnonsense. Why isitthat aJew visiting Judaism's most holy site enrages Muslims? In actuality the violence wasacalculatedmoveby Arafat and the P.A. Also, what are Palestinians frustrated about? The vast majority of Palestinians live under the rule ofYassar Arafat. Territory isn't an issue, Barak offered 90 per cent of the West Bank at the Camp David talks. Isitpoliticalautonomy? Barak offered full recognition of aPalestinian state. Palestinians openly state, this is war is about Jerusalem.

Arafat's Palestinian fighters are not frustrated but realize that they are dealing with an Israeli government that will do about anything to secure peace.

For example, as a sign of good will, Israeli troops withdrew from Joseph's tomb. Palestinian fighters were encouraged and started fighting even more fiercely and subsequently destroyed Joseph's Tomb.

Barak even offered to internationalize the Temple Mount under the UN at Camp David, but Arafat rejected even that.

This war is not a blind, spontaneous war. Arafat knows what he wants and will continue to fight it regardlessofhow many ofhis people die. Hopefully in front of the Western media.

-Peter Cresswell

Someone to blame

-PeterMensinga 1A Civil Engineering

Demonstrating what?

T

he violence in the Middle East is not spontaneous or the work of frustrated Palestinian "protestors," contrary to what the media has claimed time and again.

In actuality, Arafat, stungby international censure for reiecting , Barak's super-generous peace deal, has once again resorted to violence to regain support. He has decided to

I

n last week'shprint, Hala Khalaf did a write-up of the demonstration in front of the Israeli Consulate in Toronto.

I'dlike to ~ o i nout t to the students that attended the gathering and to the general populace that the demonstration d~dn'tmake any sense.

Ms. Khalaf states that aspeaker told the crowd "peace will come."

However, the crowd was chant~ng "Holy land, holy war, Palestine's worth fighting for."

How can you expect to gain sympathyif yousay you want peace, but then declare war?

In order to have peace, you have to stop f~ghtlng.That's the way ~t works. You choose war, or you choose peace.

-Colan Schwartz

Kudos

I

feel I have to write and commend editorial writer Mark Duke for his outstanding commentary on the Stockwell Day - chocolate milk incident.

I had considered myself sending a letter commenting on this pointless and counterproductive "demonstration," but I don't think I could have made the point nearly so well as Mr. Duke.

I'm glad to see this kind of reasoned, well-thought-out writing in the editorial pages of Imprint. Keep up the good work.

-Kieran Green UW '96

Condemnation

w"

en I saw the title ''TrueNorth Strong and Free," I figured a piece on Canadian pride was in store.

I went into the editorial with the best expectations, hoping it wouldn't devolve into anti-Americanism as things of this sort often do. I was sorely disappointed. The article wasn't about Canadian pride, it was about how much better Canada is than the United States.

Withalltherecent hubbubabout Graham Duke's infamous cartoon, I'm surprised Ms. Stuparyk wasn't more prudent in choosing words. If one was to substituteany other country for the US in this article it never would have been printed. Imagine an editorialconcludmgwithanumber of Polish jokes. How does Ms. Stuparyk suppose Americans studyingat Waterloo feel, nowthat she has delivered her stunning dissertation?

It's always nice to be where people think vou're a moron.

As for myself, I am a US citizen please see page 9

The Forum Section enables members of the University of Waterloocommunitytopresent views onvarious issues through letters to the editor and longer comment pieces.

Letters should not exceed 350 words in length. Letters must be signed, including a phone number. Letterswillnot be printed ifthe Editor-in-Chief cannot identify the author.

They can be submitted to: letters@imgrint.uwaterh.ca.

Letters received in electronic form (eg. 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 publishletters or articles which are judged to be libellous or discriminatory on the basis ofgender, race, religionor sexualorientation.

The opinions expressed through columns, comment pieces, letters andother articles are strictly thoseofthe authors, not the opinions oflmprint.

FORUM

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

MARK A. SCHAAN Feds VP Education

0

ne of the most interesting parts of the VP Education portfolio (interesting that is, for policy wonks l i e me) is to develop new policy to push to government. Through both our lobby organizations and even through the occasionalchance meeting, the Feds have developed a decent lobbying relationship with both the provincial and federal governments. Both groups attempt to turn sensitive ears into action which will advance the student movement and benefit undergraduates across the country.

One of these exciting policy develop.ment efforts took place on Sunday at the Co-op Student's Council meeting. What should become a crucial and integral policy of this group was hashed out and should result in a brand new policy at the end of our next meeting. The policy has to do with something so obvious at a place like the University of Waterloo: the importance of co-operative education.

It seems that co-operative education has come a long way since Waterloo introduced the first co-

operative engineering program basically at its founding, Co-op is now an active program on many university campuses, althoughfewcan rival the success or breadth of UW's own program. U W offersco-op insignificantly more programs and enrolls more co-op students than basically any other university in the world.

It also seems the government has taken an active interest in cooperative education in the last number of years. Aswe expand technical programs and as we are looking for more 'applied' job skills, co-op becomes all the more important.

Political leadership, especially this provincial government, has encouraged universities to expand their innovation web and their applied skill development for students by introducing co-op programs.

Yet ironically,governmentscurrently don't fund acent of co-operative education. Student fees fund the entirety of our co-op program. With this in mind, Co-op Student'sCouncil discussed asking the government to put its money where its mouth has been over the last couple of years. If the government truly believes in cooperative education, as the Federation of Studentsand the Univers~tyof

Waterloodo, than maybe they should consider lesseningthe burden on students to make these programs work.

The Federation of Students understands co-operativeeducation as a fundamental function of this university and believes this application of the theoreticalknowledge of the classroom gives our students a leading edge inthe competitive new economy. Yet any additional fees limit accessibilityto programs while alsodiscouragingsomestudentsfrom taking advantage of this amazing opportunity.

The Governmentof Ontario has encouraged the growth of the 'relevance' of post-secondary institutions. Co-op is perhaps one of the most relevant ways our studentsimpact the world aroundus. It seemsto me that it makes good policy sense and good legislative sense, for governmentsto take some responsibility for their advice and make co-operative education a funding priority.

This funding should not be at the expense of the current functions of the university but instead as an important add~tionto the regular educational programs of the unmerslty.

I hope that not just policy wonkslike myself feel this is important.

Criticism for xotest report MARK ELTIS Specral to Imprint

I

n last weeks article "UWStudents protest Palestmian deaths" Hala Khalaf fails to mention that she was not an Imprint reporter coveringthe protest but aprotester who happens to work for Imprint.

In fact, she'snot even a reporter or a writer, she's a proofreader and distribution person.

A news piece is supposed to be as objective and balancedas possible.

Ms Khalaf spec~ficallyrequested to cover the protest in order to ensure that coveragewould beslanted.

Ms. Khalaf took advantage of her position to forward her own political views. This is a clear conflict of interest and a complete lack of integrity and honesty on her part.

Her so-callednewsp~ece was more of an editorialagainst Israel. She also implies that WPIRG sponsored the event along with the Muslim and

Arab student associationsbut that is absolutelyfalse. There may have been WPIRG members present but the organisation did not endorse the event.

It isextremely inappropriate for a news piece on such a controversial and multidimensional issue to be written by aperson whocan only see one side; her side.

Hala Khalaf proudly boastsin her article that theantiIsraelchantsnever ceased "Holy Land, Holy War, Palestine is worth fighting for!"

Ironically Ms Khalaf s hatred for Israel and her pride in the protest were so intense that she didn't even realise the damage such a quote would do to her cause.

The absurdity of protesting the use of military force while calling for a "Holy Warnwould be laughableif thesituationweren't so serious.Most people would be disgusted that these protesters were using religion to encourage and glorify violence.

EVAN MUNDAY

If the protesters want people to stopdyingperhaps they shouldcome to the realisation that there is nothing holy about war.

Maybe they should tell Yasser Arafat that they will not sacrifice their children to improve his negotiatingposition.

What kind of parent tells his child "Here son, take this firebomb and these rocksand throw them at the soldier over there. By the way if you die you will be a 'holy martyr'. Good luck son!"

Are these children much older than those who attended the protest, those Ms. Khalaf described as "too young to fully comprehend the reason for bemg there"?

Had Khalaf written an editorial we could have just said that she is narrow minded, but misrepresenting herself as an objective news reporter makes her morally corrupt.

Clearly,she haslost hercredibility andsacrificedher integrityfor the Palestinian cause. The only respectable thing for her to do now is resign or at least stick to proofreading.

Seepage7forEditor's response

9

.

W

e all want clean air. Polluted air can make us sick. But did you know that the same human activities that cause air pollution are also responsible for global warming?

Bothproblemsarelargely caused by producing and burning fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas. This emits "greenhouse gases" that are heating up the Earth's atmosphere and changing our climate. Climate change resultsin significantenvironmental, social and economic costs.

Our dependence on fossil fuels also means our energy costs are rising.

In less than 25 days, in November, 170 countries will meet at the UN Cltmate Summit in the Netherlands. Canada has pledged toreduce greenhouse gases. But now our government is seekingways to avoid its fullcommitment.

Join the thousands of other Canadians who have visited www.clickforcleanair.orgwhichoffers you the chance to tell Canada's politicalleaderstostop talkingabout climate change and start implementing solutions. Fax the Prime Minister and Mike Harris today.

"We need commitment on the part of people livingin countries that are causing these problems. If they do not take the steps necessary to change their lifestyles in a way that will allowus to survive, they will have a murder of anation onrheir hands."

-Ishmail Shafeeu, Maldives Minister of the Environment, 1999.

Canada, historically aleader on so many global issues, isthoroughly delinquent when it comes to action on climate change.

Canadians are the third highest per capita emitters of greenhouse gases. Yet despite our hug; appetite for energy, Canadian governments have done virtually nothing to re-

duce greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, our leadershave turned a blind eye as emissions continue to grow.

Canada's federal government committed toreduce greenhousegas emissionsby six per cent from 1990 levels by the year 2012 in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. No concrete action has followed thiscommitment.

Worse still, Canada has joined the US, Japan, Australia and other high energy-consuming nations to push forumestricteduse of the Kyoto Protocol's flexibility mechanisms.

These measuresallow industrialized nations to finance emissions reductions abroad to achieve "cost efficiencies."Their true effectiveness would be difficulttoverdy andwould slow domestic reductions, or even increaseemissions,while passing the burden of solvingthe problem to the developing world.

Industrializednationsarelargely responsiblefor the climatecrisis.We should take responsibilityfor reducing emissions at home first. The European Union has taken that posi; tlon and Canada should too.

Canada is one of the countries hit hardest by climate change. Yet our government is trying to undermine the effectiveness of the UN clunate treaty.

Their strategies will not reduce greenhouse gasemissions. They will create more environmentaldisasters.

And theycertainlywon't reduce smog and cut the use of fossil fuels, the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions. Canadianscan reduce the fossil fuel we consume by boosting energy efficiency and using renewable energy. This will cleanup air and water pollution and create new jobs in clean-energy technologies.

FORUM

10

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

What world record should UW break next?

"Largest campus orgy including sausage."

Kyle, Kat & Christi 4A Kin. RPW & CS

"The least amount of STDs in any university."

Andrea Senchyna 1A Economics

1

m

-

"Biggest keg party."

Melissa & David

"Cheese therapy."

David Gillis

"Most C hupa eaten."

Heather Yamoah

Chups

"Don't we hold the record for highest suicide rate?"

Mike Sperlinn

"Who can eat the most KD." Erica

"Beer sold."

Andy Mak

-

Call 579 0000 for pick up. Residence 8 Groups Welcome

Paul Schreiber

"Most people you can fit in atree."

Chris Grigg

"Largest bowl of lemon water used to clean fingers."

Richard Ng

Alcohol awareness contrasts beer bash Virgin cocktail concession follows line of Wellness Centre safe-sex activities ABIGAIL

CARTER special to Imprint

S

ellingdrinksin the SLC?That's a little ditferent. On closer inspection, the garnished BloodvMarvsturned out to be of the . . viqinvariety.That was how it looked at Mocktail-fest. the U W Wellness Centre's answer to Oktoberfest.

The event was the climax'of Wellness Centre Awareness Week, the real kick-off of an almost new service at theuniversity. Coming out of the BACCHUS (BoostingAlcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of UniversityStudents) senice, the Wellness Centre has a more broad mandate. Expanding to educate the U W community about healthy sexuality, nutrition, fitness, body image, healthy relationshipsand anything else that contributes to a miting ourselves to alcohol sswasn't enough. We knew there was so much more we could do," said Cathy Choi, advertising and promotions diredor for the VelbessCentre. Specifically,Cathy add a host of other enthusiastic voleers shared their goals and plans the up-coming term.

"Last termwe testedout alot of

'

1 i

different ideas to see where we could make the most difference. Our sex education campaignwas particularly successful. We are stilltrymg to work outthe final figures but it lookslike a lot of safe sex is going on around here. We distributed well over 1000 condoms and we never had enough.

This year we are ready to meet the demand." said Choi.

Sohow did the Mocktailsale go?

Safe Sex on the beach, The Wellness Centre Special (a.k.a. their take on the Pina Colada), White-white-wine, No F h i n e Punch (as in Hawaiian Punch) and the Attack of the Killer Tomatoeswent by the litre. According to Choi, if UWenjoyed this they should "wait until Alcohol Awareness week kicks off,"(October 1620).

The WellnessCentrewill also be making their presence felt at Fed Hall on October 19 where they will be introducing the phrase "Put a lid on itn into the campus drinking vocabulary. (See news for more) The slogan is part of a campaign to protect the women of Waterloo from the dangers of rape drugs. At theWellnessCentrevolunteersstress ' sweek, thewellness Centresponsoreda "mocktail" concessioa in thestudent Life "drink as much as you wa?t, as long Inthespirit Centre. WellnessCentrestaff madeexoticdrinks usingnon-alcoholicbeverages, such asjuice and soda pop. as you do it safely."

We'll drink to that.

Boy, you're going to feel that in the morning Drinking water, knowing when to stop will pay off the next day CATHYCnol speoal to Imprint

P

icture this: you're on a date.

Your date has beautiful, porcelain whiteskin, aflawlesscomplexion, beautiful cuweslike you've never seen, a big wide mouth with full lips. You hold her face and marvel at itsbeautifulsymmetry. Soround yet so gentle to look at. You bend do& to kiss her and- you throw up in her mouth.

I know what you're thinking; what kindof adate isthis?Congratulations, you've just had a date with a toilet bowl.

Boys' and Girls' Nights at Fed Hall, keg parties and other social events provide ample opportunity for us to drink, and get acquainted with our "daten at the end of the night. However, this is a date I certainly don't look forward to.

The heavy sweating, dizziness, uncontrollable stumbling and hanging onto the wall, and the nausea should be enough to discourage us fromever drinklngagain. It feelslike the sickness would never pass, and more often thaqnot,I have askedmy friends to take-meout of my misery.

So why do we continue to drink ourselvesinto such a state? And how

do we get ourselves out of it?

Why do we drink? For fun, because we ltke to, it tastes good. You can come up with awhole host of

tion into the bloodstream, making the side effects of drinking even worse.

Being aware of these factorscan actually help you stop your hangover before it even starts.

National Alcohol Awareness

When drinking, keep in mind that sweet drinks like Pina Coladas often mask the alcohol with the sugary taste, making it more difficult to judge the amount of alcohol consumed. While you're at it, drinklots of water. It may sound simple but having a big glass of water between drinks will do wonders for you the next morning.And avoid fizzy mixed drinks. Carbonation speeds up alcohol consumption, so try to use water as a mixer instead.

Most importantly, pace yourself. Drink your drink slowly. Take small sips and please, don't hang around the bar!

You've followed all these steps and yet you're still-as drunk as a skunk. What do you do?

Drink some more water to counteractthe dehydration.Milkand juice work well also. Eat dairy products like cheese and other high-fat foods (now we know why there's always hot dog stands outside clubs); these help retard theconsumption of alcohol. If you're too queasy forwater or juice, then take smallsipsof flat roomtemperature gingerale.

Whatever you do, do not take any headache medication. Using please see page 12

-_

.

FEATURES

-

-lC

UAUNTING HALLOWEEN SUPPLIES

46 P~cnrerrStrent East (5191 746-1484 h t t p llwww rnavuthratrical on ra

:1 El4 5, E

Avoid taking medication

1

f

--

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

b

continued from page 11

Glameur make-up, W a x e s and Pu&@ PresW&icNoses, Eum, Tee&k, Horns, E&c.

L a W x Wwnds and S c a b s 914 Bleed, me Flowing Bleed, BJeed C a p l e s Wigs, Beardo 6 Heus&ackes b m e s and C o s b m e A c c e s s w i e s and a whole let morel *New*Y'ony wrcps - Check them out'

medication mixed with alcohol will probably only makeitworse. Instead, place a cool washcloth over your head and try to sleep. If your head still hurts, take the medication the morning after. In the morning, eat foods like cereal and toast. Do not drink caffeine, it will just dehydrate your body of much-needed fluids.

And keep drinking that water.

Keep these tips in mind the next time you drink and your body will thank you for it the next morning.

For additional information on alcohol and alcoholabuse, please contact The Wellness Centre at ext. 5951.

Remember that drinking can be fun if done safely and wisely. You can fmallykissyour toiletbowl dategoodbye and good riddance.

S& -weH w r s fer HdJowe'en 2999

I

Sunday

15 Closed

~ o n d a T - l G d a /Wednesday ~ Thursday ( fr~day Saturday 16 17 18 19 zoi 21 9 3Oam9 30am 9 30am 9 3Oam 9 3Oam 1 loam 6pm

The two hour theorv d

When you're sick overseas,you just want home KEN NY D E ii R A B lC special to Imprint

S

ometimeswhen you travel, you begin to feel and act like a toddler, wandering around aconstructionsitecompletely obliviousto the danger and disaster that you narrowly escaped. When this hap56 Sporks Street Please make your pens, the most interestingthing isn't pledge to USC by 613) 234-6827lFAX (613) 234-6842 the dangers themselves, it's who ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ w ~ ~ u ~ ~ ~ a n a d a . o r g :ailing: pointed you in the right direction.

Wy contribution $ is enclosed.

A no-depth-perception afflic(Portdated m u e s are welcome) 1-800-5656 tion exists in most eastand ern European counties.

Macedonia is no excep.

234-9335 for tion. Two hundred me3ttawa calls. tres really means anything from50 metres to a kilometre, and a kilometre just describes a state of mind and is not actually a measurable distance. So getting accurate directions in Skopje was difficult.

Upon finding the hostel, I was told that there was nothing *AWARD WINNING FACTORY TRAINED ACURA available, so I was po~ntedtowards TECHNICIANS some cheap hotels.

Suddenly, a young woman ran up to me and askedif Ispoke English.

I began to ramble on about there being no room and I had to find another place to stay. "Well, my friend is staying here, so I can stay in her roomand youcansleepin mine." y surprised smile crackedmy face as I agreed and we went upstairs to ACURA dump my stuff.

Sara was a member of the Peace Corps andwas in Macedonia to teach English in the Roma community village. This was her first assignment, and worse than being nervous, she 2685 KINGSWAY DRIVE, KITCHENER was homesick. I got to hear about Illinois, her family, what she'd seen and done in Macedonia, her experiences with the people. I told her about backpacking and my own experiences. She ordered food for both

USC

YOUR CAR'S HOME AWAY FROM HOME

1

1I

For a lifetime of performance

of us, Itaught her howtoplay euchre, we laughed at how well-timed our meetingwas. IleftherwithaTweety BirdPezdispenser,sparebackpacking straps andapromise to stay in touch.

I'd already developed my two hour theory, proven it to myself and confirmed it with other travellers.

You know how well your time in a place is going to go by how well the firsttwo hoursgo. If they'regoodor run smoothly, you're set. If you've already been lost, beaten-up andlor

The worst part of being sick when you're travellingisdesparatelywanting to be back home. Visions of my bed, best friend, family, music, the few comforts I longed for kept cycling through my mind. My only saving grace was Jen. By my fourth day in Sofia, I managed to get out of her apartment again to visit Mount Vitosha for aspe~tacularviewofthe thick black smog cloud that hung over the city like an umbrella.

I decided I'd use my last day to visit Bulgaria's RilaMonastery. I'd been told to take a bus to one town and I would have "no problem" catching a bus to Rila. The bus s t o for ~ this dodgy-lookingtown consisted of the side of the highway. With great apprehension1 beganto get off the bus. A young Bulgarian woman suddenly stopped me andin English told me to stay on the bus until the next town. Once we arrived I askedif she could point me towards the bus to Rila. When I couldn't arrange the right bus, she askedif I'dlike tospend the day with her.

Iliana was Bulgarian born but had lived in several countries and spoke 5 languages. When I thanked her for stopping me and letting me stay with her she said simply "Ireally didn't want to be travelling alone today."

She seemed like she needed people around her as she could get real lonely on her own. We talked about university life, visited her school, and she treated me to a Bulgarian lunch.

I think both of us were disappointed when the day ended. But withall my luckyencounters,you just collect your chips, thank the dealer, and move onto the next table.

With all my lucky encounters, you just collect your chips, thank the dealer, and move onto the next table. robbed, well, you get the picture.

I'd arranged to meet my friend, Jen, a friend in Sofia (Bulgaria). It turns out I spent the first 112 hour getting to the meeting place and the next 1 112 waiting there in the rain.

No Jen. When she showed, we realized we haddifferent places in mind.

That two hour clock went off in my head. I woke the next day lightheaded, dizzy and low on energy. As I tried toget through my day exploring the city, my visits to sites became less frequent, except for those that had adequate plumbing to deal with emerging explosive diarrhea.

SomehowImanaged to go out drinking that night with Jen. I spent the next 2 days on her couch, afraid to eat, drink or move.

Jen was fantastic; she'd feed me dry toast and OJ, entertain this stranger with stories of Bulgarian life, laugh andtalkalotaboutlifebackin Canada.

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

FEATURES

13

Residence Life d0ns practical eaucation 1

A

N

o t being ones t o miss Oktoberfest,my boyfriend and I joined our straight friends at the AlteMiinchen Hausat Queensmount Arena last Saturday. It was yet another chance for Steve and I to be "gay in public."

For many gay couples, public displays of affectionrequire a certain amount of mental preparation and determination. Steve and I are no exception. Our past experiences at Fed Hall and the Bomber left us confident that nothing bad would happen. Mostly we had to resolve that people may stare and watch. But I don't mind the attention, and we weren't about to skio Oktoberfest this year just because we're afraid to be gay.

The actual event was quite fun.

The venue featured Walter Ostanek of Grammy fame and UW math professor EdVrscay. The musicwasgreat, although the Chicken Dance became a bit repetitive.

There didn't appear to be any other gay or lesbian couples at our venue. My gaydar did pick up a few single queers. I was beginning to wonder where all the gay people go for Oktoberfest. It seems likely that they just don't go at all.

Oktoberfest is the sort of event that wouldscare away most gay couples. I was thinking that we should have our own venue -call it Homo Haus -and invite gaysand lesbians from far and wide. It wouldcertainly be successful. I don't know why no one has done it before.

There were many straight men

and women dancing with same-sex partners, so in that sense, Steve and I didn't stick out too much. On the other hand, we danced closer and for longer durations than these pseudo-couples, and we both have the same bleached hair color. I think it's safe to say that many people had us figured out.

As far as discrimination goes, there was none. There were a few staresof disbelief, but nothing more.

By the end of the evening we had pretty much stopped noticing any reactionswe were receiving. (Maybe because we hadhabituated, or maybe because we were drunk.)

The bus on the way home was almost entirely filled with straight couples. Being the conformists we are, Steve and I were holding hands and acting like a couple, too.

There wasa small group of guys andgirls nearby whonoticed the two of us but didn't say anything. Just before we got off, one of the girlswas heard saying to her friends rather loudly, "yah, this is the gay bus." It was kind of an odd thing to say, but we interpreted it as a friendly comment.

In all, Oktoberfest this year was great. More importantly though, we had yet another positive experience in a non-gay setting. My boyfriend captured the evening well when he paraphrased the words of politician Tammy Baldwin. "If you dream of a world in which you can be gay at Oktoberfest, then be gay at Oktoberfest and you will live in such a world."

Ask The

Q

Iam a second year Arts student at UW and am unsure how to approach a very disturbing problem that Iam havingin one of my courses.

Our professor is a very gregarious person, but I can't help but feel that his jokes in class are inappropriate.

Yesterday, he asked for avolunteer to answer a question and jokingly said, "Let's have apretty blond girl answer." Last week, he commented that girls always passed his course and again jokingly said "You guys are going to have to do some work."Afterdsss, severalof the male students remarked on hissexist statements.

My classmates are unwilling to come forward because they fearthat their markswill be affected, but I am feeling increasingly uncomfortable attending this class. What are my options?

A

Unfortunately, some individuals do not understand that these kinds of jokes are neither welcome nor amusing to the audience they're addressing. Although this is surpris-

ing, it is possible that your professor is really unaware that sexist comments and jokes are inappropriate.

You may choose to make an appointmentkiththe professor during his office hours and discuss how uncomfortable you and your classmates are feeling about these comments. If you feel uncomfortablewith a direct discussion, an annonymous letter outlining your concerns in a polite manner may suffice.

If the comments continue, you may wish to refer to UW Policy #33, which deals with ethical behaviour.

At any time, you may wish tovisit the Office of Ethical Behaviour and Human Rights, which is located in the Math and Computer Building, room 4049.

All information in this article was reviewed with the Office of Ethical Behaviour and Human Rights.

UW's OmbudspersonisMarianne Miller. You can contactMarianne by phoningherat 888-4567, ext. 2402, e-mailingrnmiller@uwaterloo.ca, or by visiting herin thestudent Life Centre, room 2402.

1

lust call me Don (or COLT)

J

ROBIN STEWART imprint staff

S

ince becoming involved in the department of Residence Life last year, many people have asked me what it's like to be a Don and whether or not I enjoy it. I have never been able to answer this question with more than "it's fantastic," "very rewarding," "extremely satisfying," or some other platitude that really doesn't do the job ,UStice.

I. truth, what sounds less impressive, butismuchmoremeaningful to me, is that I have learned so much about mvself and other people beingaDon that it would take many pages to write it all down. In the coming weeks, the department of Residence Life will be accepting applications to fill summer Don and CoLT (a Don at Columbia LakeTownhouses)positions.

Taking theinitiativeto fillone of these applications out could be the first step down the road to an incredible experience for you or someone else you know. The Residence Life Staff consists of Leanne O'Donnell, Directorof Residence Life, three fulltime residence life co-ordinators, 50 Dons and 4 CoLTs. Each of these people plays a

critical role weaving together the diverse, open and thriving communitv of UW students who live on campus.

Whether it be in a building targeted toward first yearstudents(Village l o r Ron Eydt Village), the UW Apartments, which concentrate on more independent living spaces, or the Columbia Lake Townhouses, where four students share their own

Dons and CoLTs are given a wealth of training and an army of contacts and support systems to accomplish the rest. The training and exp&iences you receive asa D& or CoLT doesn't iust meet the reauirements of a residence life position.

Skills like conflict resolution. event planning and team leadership continue to go a long way towards any activity where other people are involved.

Former Dons and COLTSwill find themselves well equipped and ready to deal with the real world when they getthere. Twelvemonths ago, while preparing a similar article for Imprint, I asked a number of my fellow Residence Life staff members toshare their thoughts on what Donning (or CoLTing)hasmeanttothem.

Invariably, their responses approximated "Ithaschangedmylife," or "It was the best experience of my university career."

Unfortunately, until you experience the job, thew answers may seem exaeeerated or disingenuous. Instead, let me close with three questions. Are you the kind of person who enjoysbeing part of a team of diverse, dedicated andcrqative people working towards a common goal? Are you the kind of person who thinks that there ismore to learn at university than what is taught in the classroom? Do you have 30 minutes inside the next two weeks to go grab a residence life application and fill it out?

If you answered those questions with a yes, then the Residence Life team wants to talk to you. See the ad inside this issue to get the details on how to apply.

Are you the kind of person who enjoys being part of a team of diverse, dedicated and creative people? Then grab an application. complete townhouse, each Don or CoLT is charged with the duty of fostering thedevelopment of astrong and supportive student community where residents feels safe and involved.

Just exactly how each Don or CoLT goes about creating that kind of atmosphere is unique to each individual who does the job. The only requirements are the patience and character necessary to connect with 50 or so very different residents and the time and organizational skills to get the job done.

UU

FEATURES

14

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

SHOEOLOGY 101 "STUDY THIS AD"

Dr. Martens, Blundstones, Naot, B*kenstock, Teva,

Then join Tropic Networks and help build the next big thing in optical networking.

Go Tropic and you'll have the opportunity to push optical technology to a new level. We're a high-performance, high-energy, Ottawa-based company with an aggressive salary and stock option package (including new grads and co-ops!).

We have a place in the sun for software and hardware designers.

What else can we tell you? It's simple: We're pre-IPO You'll work with the most talented handpicked team in the industry You'll have a bright future (Get it? Bright ...optics.)

If you like our latitude, email us at jobs@tropicnetworks.com.

Networks For full job descriptions, visit www.tropicnetworks.com.

A COO[ place to work

epic

Canada weak on the environmental front...

JANICE ARNOTT special to Imprint

B

y federal calculations, up to 16,000 Canadians die every year because of air pollution.

Pollution is also costing Canada as much as $2.2 billion in health and environmental damages. Most people would agree that it's time to face up to the country's environmental issues-so why is Ottawa seeking to avoid full commitment to do just that?

In November, 170countrieswill meet to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol, which has been in the works since 1997. The protocol demands that all participating nations engage in research, promotion, development, and increased use of renewable energy. Furthermore, it requires nations to lower their greenhouse gas emissions to levelsobservedin 1990.

Our government, however, is looking for a way out. Rather than restrictingemissionsor increasing renewable energy, the government is trying to bend the treaty to give Canadamore leniency. To allow for our pollution,itwants to buy "pollution rights" from Russia, which is burning less fossil fuels due to economic collapse. It also argues that building nuclear reactorsin developing countries and replanting clearcut forests, is more important than reducing emissions.

The Kyoto Protocol is adistinct improvement from the 1992 United NationsFrameworkConvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),which called for only voluntary action. The decision to restrict greenhouse gas emissions by law emerged due to mounting scientificevidence of global climate change. The earth has a natural greenhouse effect, which keeps the planet warm by trapping some of the sun's radiation after it enters the atmosphere and is absorbed.

The problem with greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, is that they intensify this delicate natural process: the gases build upin the atmosphere andmake it impossible for heat radiated by the warmed-up Earth to escape. This produces alteredlong-term weather patterns, known as climate change.

For Canadians, climate change will mean intense heat and cold, ice storms, droughts and floods.

Wildlife runs the risk of extinction or permanent migration. Then there is the vicious feedback effect: once global warming really sets in, water evaporates faster and releases heat-trapping water vapour, which in turn traps in more heat, which causes carbon dioxide to be released even fromthe rocks-and finally the planet burns itself up. Where is the point of no return when this disastrous chain reaction is set loose? Sci-

entists don't know.

Global warmlng is cr~tic~zed by some sc~entistsas being the product of fallible and inflated data. However, even a seemingly moderate estimate predicts doom: during this century, the concentratlon of carbon dioxlde In the atmosphere is believed to have double from preindustrial levels. This could devastate more than 60 per cent of Canada's boreal and Arctic regions. The World Wddlife Federation, wh~ch released these figures, suggests that the concentratlon of carbon diox~de could even triple. At present, there is 40 per cent more carbon d ~ o x ~ In de the atmosphere than at the start of the industrial era.

Clearly, Canada's reaction to the Kyoto Protocol isdisappointlng.

Reducing energy consumption by boost~ngefficiencyand usmgrenewable energy would improve public health, create new jobs in greenenergy, reduce our dependence on increasingly expensive fossil fuels, and of course, reduce the damage done to wildlife and ecosystems.

David Suzuki, a renowned spokesperson for environmental protection, has set up a Web site to encourage Canadians to take action before the November summit. The site providesthe meansforconcerned Canadians to fax the Prime Minister with their opinions. Visit the site at: www.clickforcleanair.org

...but safe on the Ebola front C H R I S T I N AC E L L A lmprint staff

E

bola: the name is enough to scare anyone in their right mind. It is caused by a virus who's host has yet to be identified, kills 90-95 per cent of the people who contract it, has no known cure and no known treatment. Want to know more? It can't be prevented and is difficult to diagnosein its early stages.

Since the very first Ebola outbreak in Zaire in 1976. researchers have been studying the virus, trying to finda trzatment andacure. However, thisisnotwithout itsrisks. Most research labs are assigned biosafety levels, with level four being the highest and most secure. Ebola is a level four virus. As a comparison, AIDS is studied in a level two lab.

There is a four day incubation period for Ebola, then flu-likesymptomsemerge,suchashighfever,stomach pain, muscle aches and diarrhea.

Ebola has no known cure, no known treatment and is difficult to diagnose.

It is because the symptoms are so general that it is difficult to initially diagnose. As the victim's condition worsens, there is usually

hemorrhaging from every available orifice, followedin most patients by death within a week or two of the appearance of the initial symptoms.

The disease is transmitted by direct contact with body fluids. 1nthe Zaire outbreak, many people were infected before the disease was identified because the local hospital reused needles in immunization programs set up for the locals.

Two weeksago, anew outbreak of Ebola wasdiscovered in northern Uganda. Until then, the most recent outbreak had occurred in the Congo in 1995 and killed around 250 people. Thisoutbreak has killed43 people so far and at least 20 others are affected. More cases are expected, but officials with the World Health Organization say the worst is over.

The areas affected are in a remote area of Uganda and have been placed

Co-op Education & Career Services October 23 - 27 2000 ATTENTION CO-OP STUDENTS Tuesday Oct. 24 Teaching Job Posting #1 is available by 12 Noon Architecture Job Posting is available by 12 Noon Wednesday Oct. 25 Teaching Job Posting #1 expires at 8 PM * Architecture Job Posting expires at 8 PM The Basics (2:30-3:30 PM) and Preparing for Questions (3:30-4:30 PM) Workshops NH 1020 T h e CRC is open every Wednesday until 7:30 PM Thursday Oct. 26 Teaching Job Posting #2 available by 12 Noon Letter Writing (1:30-2:30 PM) and Resume Writing (2:30-3:30 PM) Workshops NH 1020 Friday Oct. 27 Teaching Job Posting expires at 8 PM

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS EMPLOYER INFORMATION SESSIONS Monday Oct. 23 lnfosys 5-7 PM Ground Zero For Graduating & Co-op students in Eng & Math Yorkton Securities 6-8 PM Burgandy Rm. UC For Graduating students in Eng & Arts Tuesdav Oct. 24 Bell Canada 5-7 PM Ground Zero For Graduating & Co-op students in Eng & Arts Thursdav Oct. 26 Tropical Networks 4:40-8 PM Grad House For Graduating & Co-op students in Eng & Math Nuance 6-8 PM DC 1302 Communications For Graduating & Co-op students in CS & Eng MediaServ 7-9PM Ground Zero For Graduating & Co-op students in Math, CS & Eng

-

Rugby women maul Mac w

J

MVP honours, as voted by the team, and athlete-of-the-weekhonours from the University.

Another highlight wasLeighNevermannls try. The Warriors took control of a throw-in ast week, the Women's Rugby Team and moved the ball around a bit until it made ~ l a y e dtheir final game of the regular its way to Leigh's hands. She then manuevered season. They beat previously-undeher way down the centre of the field, right feated Western to finish undefeated themthrough the McMaster defenders andbetween selvesandclaimfirst place in the Shielsdivision. the two goal posts.

Thismeant they'd be playing McMaster in After Kristi Heemskerk scored her second the quarter-finals, a team they hadn't played of the game, she was nailed by a McMaster this year andwhose recordearnedthem fourthplayer on a late hit. She bounced up in time, place in the Russell division, did not reflect the This game marked yet another where the however, to grab teammate Becky Shaw by the quality of the team. Last year, when these two teams last met, Waterloo managed a close win Warriors played the first half into the wind. jersey and restrain her from making her feelCombine this with their traditional slow start to ings known to the Mac player over the misin a tough game.

Thisgamestarted off as the backand forth games and it becomes easier to see how this treatment of her teammate.

No penalty was called on the play; howaffair that one might have expected. McMaster Warrior team waslosingto Western at the half, scored on a penalty kick soon in the game to 8-5. Itwasalsowhy theywereinsotoughin this ever, soon after itwas Waterloo'sMegan Shaw who was being penalized for cleating a Matake a 3-0 lead. Waterloo came right back, as name against a fourth-place team. rauder. Her penalty was served standing Sara Escobar head-faked a pass to freeze in the opposing team's end-zone, where a McMaster defender and then took it in she spent a good seven or eight minutes herself for a score. The Warriorswere up until McMaster scored a try and the ref5-3 due to an unsuccessful two-point eree allowed her to come back into the convert. game.

McMaster scored another penalty The last play of the game had a Mac kick toregain the lead, but only after one player heading into the Waterloo end. of theirplayersreceivedacrushingrecepKristy Heemskerkcamestraightacross the tion near the sidelines from four Warrifield to meet her just outside of the endors that relocated her out-of-bounds. A zone. What a meeting! The home town fine example of taking one for the team. crowd was cheering the hit, even as the McMaster scored a try next, after a referee was signallinga score for the visihuge kick deep into the Waterloo corner tors. Heemskerk left this unfortunate led to two Warriors being slammed hard to the ground just outside the goal line Marauder motionless on the ground it's doubtful that she was even aware that andaloose ball that aMacplayer scooped BRIAN CODE she'd scored. until her team's trainers UP. Is three on one fair?

Kate Longpie almost broke through arrived with the smelling salts. It was just to get one back for the Warriors, but was The Warrior's slow start often comes be- that kind of day for the McMaster squad. prevented from doing so by the last defender foreaflyingfinish, andit getseven betterwhen Over the course of the regular season, in herway. SarahBaier managedtoget through they have the wind at their backs for the second Waterloo's defense had allowed a single try, soon afterwards for her first of three tries on half. It proved to be deadly for Western, as that coming in last week'sgame against Westthe day, taking advantageof a nice set-up from Waterloo came back to take thegame 23-8, and ern. The three scored by McMaster are eviteammates Escobar and Annette Vieira. it proved deadly on this day for McMaster, as dence of the toughness of the Russell division.

Late in the half, Mac had the ball down Waterloo pulled away for a 41-21 win.

The Warriors' next opponent is Queen's, close to the Warriors goal, and pushed the Two highlights from the second halfwere who finishedsecond in the Russell division and scrumright on top of thegoal line until a whistle the two tries scored by Sarah Baier, giving her defeated Brock 15-5in the quarter-finals. They halted the play. Next thing you know, rookie a hat trick on the game and earning her game play this Saturday at North Campus at 1 p.m.

6REG

Kristi Heemskerkwas taking the ball down the sidelines,and franticMarauderswere trying to s t o her. ~ First it looked as if she'd be forced out of bounds, then it looked like they'd wrap her up, but then she was off to the races, leaving them all in herwake. Abigscore to put Waterloo up 18-11 at half-time.

MACDOUGALL

Imprint staff

his week at UW Basketball

L

UW 41, Mac 21

Soccer Both the men and the women won critical games against the Windsor Lancers. The women won 2-0, while the men emerged victorious by ascore of 2-1. For a blow by blow account of both games, see page 18.

I

Field hockey Feast~ngon poor competition, the women easdy plucked the overstuffed Guelph Gryphons by ascore of 8-0. The next day, however, was agamst the much tougher YorkYeowomen. Credlt to the Warr~ors, they hung tough and tied the match 1-1.

I

I I

Waterloo sneaks past McGill

Cross-country In Buffalo, the cross-country team proved that the Warriors are indeed a threat to win the OUAChampionships. Both teams placed third. Flip over to page 19 for more details.

Ice hockey Hosting the Oktoberfest Tournament, Dave Cressman and his crew did well, placing fourth after losing to the Guelph Gryphons 5-4 in ashootout. The Warriors won their first game 5-3 against the Ottawa Gee-Gees, but fell short in the semifinal against the always tough Western Mustangs 4-3.

Volleyball It seems that this school has a hellish time against the McMaster Marauders. Well, ladiesandgentlemen, it happened yet again!

The women gave avalianteffort, but came up short, losing 15-25,25-20,25-27,2523 and 15-12. The men, meanwhile, were steamrolled 25-23, 27-25 and 25-20 by the Marauders.

BRENT THEDE special to Imprint

A

n unseasonably warm October afternoon was the setting for Saturday's CIAU football matchup between the McGill Redmen and our Waterloo Warriors.

The Warriors were trying to snap both McGill's unbeaten streak and their own two game losing streak, while climbingback to the respectable 5 0 0 level. It was the first meeting between the teams since a 1983 exhibition game and a packed Univers~tyStadium was rocking as the Warriors took to the field.

Waterloo looked in fine form from the start as Warrior wide receiver Jaret Brown returned the opening kickoff 39 yards to midfield. The Warriors were held off on their first drive, but they would not be shut out for long.

Midway through the quarter, kicked punter Tony Riha booted a punt and McGill's defense momentarily fell apart as they allowed Riha to recover his own kick deep in McGill territory.

That set up asix yard rushing touchdown for running back Mike Bradley, putting the Warriors ahead 7-0.

-

On their very next possession, the Warriors again flexed their offensive muscles. Two huge plays capped off a 77-yard drive for a touchdown. Quarterback Jordie Holton completed two 33-yard passes, the first to Reza Celik to put Waterloo in McGill territory, and the second, a beautiful pass completed a few plays later to wide receiver Chris Kreibich for the touchdown. Riha missed the convert, but it didn't matter to the fans as the Warriors had taken acommanding 13-0 lead with 2 5 2 left in the first quarter.

The second quarter got underway with McGillplayingmuch better football, whilethe Warriors' play was much less disciplmed. Penalty trouble gave McGill good field position and they capitalizedat9:27, when Paul Chenier caught a seven-yard pass to make it 13-7.

Waterloo was held off as McGill kept pressing, and at 3:31 of the quarter Anand Pillai kicked a22-yard field goal to narrow the gap to 13-10. However, the Warriors came

right back with a 30-yard field goal of their own, asltihaincreased thelead to 16-10 at the half.

After being outplayed most of the second quarter, the Warriors had to come up with a better effort in the second half. They were only up by six and McGill has been an amazing second half team this year - in each of their first five games they had been losing at halftime, yet managed to come back and win. They had outscored opponents by a combined score of 92-8 in the second half so far this season.

Waterloogot off onthe righttrackasthey wentup 19-lOonaRihafieldgoal6:24in, but the Redmen came right back with a 75-yard drive highlighted by aspectacular 30-yard onehanded diving catch by Redman receiver Ben Wearing. Thisset upa 17-yard touchdown run

by Nick Hoffman that closed the gap to 19-17.

The fourth quarter featured much better defense asneither teamcould put any points on the board. With the score still 27-17 and secondsleft on the clock, Waterloo appeared tolet time run out but had a penalty called against them. In ameaninglessplay,the Redmanscored a touchdown andconvertedfor two points to make the final score 27-25 in favour of the Warriors.

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

CIRA leadership workshop Campus Recreation is proud to present Leadership 2000 -a CIRA (Canadian Intramural Recreation Association) workshop on Friday, October 27. All Campus Recreation leaders are invited to register for the day-long event.

Sessiontopics include speaking for success, bigger and better events, a dummy's' guide to getting hired and much, much more. Hear from experts in the field of recreational serviceson how to make the most of your student leadership position.

Register by Friday, October 20 inthe PAC 2039. The cost is $25 plus GST, whichincludes all sessions (five in total) and a lunch by Angie's Kitchen. Why not gain some skills that will help you reach your leadership potential and allow you to meet other student leaders from other universities and colleges who have similar interests.

Hardwood Hills equals mountain bike thrills The new seasonforthe quasi-official Waterloo Mountain BikeTeam (operating out of the shell of the new UWMountain Bike Club),has begun with a ravaging start. Based on the results of the first of the University Cup Races, i t is clear that Waterloo has become a force to be reckoned with on the UCup circuit. The second race of theseasontookplace at Hardwood Hills, outs~deof Barrie during the last weekend of September. It wasan amazing day as there wasn't a cloud in the sky; however, later on during the medals ceremony some rain drops were seen to be forming on the U of T riders facesas Waterloo riders mounted the podium.

In the Men's A &vision, "The Invincible" Greg Reaine smoked the competition like summer sausagesin a smoke house, coming in first place and maintaining his coveted number one position in the Men's Adivision.

Andrew Davidson also had an excellent race, coming in eighth place, not far aheadof KenMurray who placed 10th. Thisgave witerioo three rid-

ers in the top 10, an impressive feat.

Brad Reiter didn't break hischain off the line this time and had an impressive 13th-place finish. Jeff Sears also hada strongrace coming in 18th out of 28 riders. Nice peddlin' boys!

In the Women'sA d~visionAmy Pryse-Phillipsput in a strong seventh place finish, despite her new landlock trauma that she has been experiencing ever since she left the rock and arrived in Waterloo.

TheMen'sB divisionwas rocked by the powerful presence of 12 Waterloo riderswho rallied together to produce some notable finishes, especially considering that for some riders it was their first race. Tim Auger led the rally as he spanked the racecourse like a Buick swattingafly, winding up on the podium in third place. Joel Ziegler squeezedinto the top-10 in eighth place, just ahead of fellow teammate Mike Kuntz, who placed 1lth. Eric Buckingham and WarrenSchick,who placed 14thand 15th respectively out of a field of 5 1 riders, also had strongperformances.

In the Women'sBdivision,Amy "The Demonn Dawson ate up all Hardwood Hills could offer her and went back for seconds coming in fourth, just a hair shy of the podium.

After aquickrecoveryfrom herrugby game the previous day; Colleen "Merf" Merifield had an excellent fitracecomingin 14th.SusanBaker and Kristen Imfeld also had finishes on a very technical course, placing 17th and 18th respectively.

SPORTS

The U W Curling Club announces its Fall Bonspiel

17

.

.

The Curling Club is pleased to announce its Fall Bonspiel comlng up on Saturday, November 11. Our bonspiel will be held at the Ayr Curling Club and is open to the general universitycommunity. The entry fee is $80 per team (or $20 per person) and includes three games, mornlng refreshments, lunch and prizes. For more information, contact Steve Thorne (scthorne@engmail.uwaterloo.ca). The deadline for team registration is November 4.

W

ell, the boys of summer are at it again. While the so-called World series appears to degenerate into the battle for NewYork between the Bronx and Brooklyn, another fine seriesisshaping up to be a classic.

Yes, the Japan Series is upon us again. This year, the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks will face off agalnst the famousand popular (at leastinTokyo) Yomiuri Giants. Having beaten the Chunichl Dragons in last year's Japan Senes, the Hawks were able to hold off the Seibu Lions for the best in the Pacific League.

The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks will take on Yomiuri Giants in this year's Japan Series.

A

Oktoberfest guard competition .

This past weekend, UW hosted the annual Oktoberfest Guard Competit~on.Five teams from Waterloo battled against 10 other teams from Southwestern Ontario and finished stronglyin the competition that tests all the vital skills a lifeguard needs using real life situations and fitness components. In the end, Rocky IV and the Waterloo Tang Clan tied for sixth place with 887points, followed closely by Rocky IV Number Two with 979 points.Thundercatsp1aced ninth with 849 points and rounding out the Waterloorepresentatlon Miz Under Hood finished 13thwith 834 points. Congratulations to all the pool rats who were involved in the competition.

Waterloo's Mountain BikeTeam: In the saddle and readyto ride...

In the Central League, the Giants easily breezed through the compet~tion,leaving Chunichl in the dust.

Sadahara Oh iS once again the head of this Pacific League team.

Fukuoka, with a record of 73 wins, 50 losses and two draws, have most of their line-up Intact. Although Kimiyasu Kudo has left the team, pitchers like Kenichi Wakatabe, Tomohiro Nagai and ShujiYoshida have filled in quite nicely. Kazumi Saito should be this year's wild thing in the Japan series, as his ten wild pitchesshould make thingsinterestmg. Rodney Pedraza will provide the relief again, since he has been doing a great job in the bullpen.

As for batting, Nobuhiko Matsunaka has lead the home run race for the Hawksandis thirdin the Pacific League behind Nigel Wilson of the Nippon Ham Fighters and Norihiro Nakamura of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Hiroshi Shibahara and Hiroki Kokubo are also potential offensive threats for the Giants.

The Fukuoka Daiei Hawks will be facing some stiff competition.

The Yomiuri Giants, with 78 wins and 57 losses, represent the best the Central League has to offer. Shigeo Nagashima, manager of the Giants, has quite animpressiveline-up. Leading the charge for the Giants will be Kimiyasu Kudo, who played for the Hawks' championship team last season.

Kudo knowswhattoexpeafrom Fukuoka. Darrell May, who placed third in earned run average behind Kazuhisa Ishii of theYakult Swallows and Masahiro Yamamoto of the Chunichi Dragons, will also be in chargeof shuttingOh'sbattersdown.

Junichi Kawahararounds out a starting rotation that will be impressive.

For relief, Nagashima will rely on Hiromi Makiiara and Hideki Okajima.

As for offence, ToshihisaNishi and Hideki Matsui are the two men hopingto reduce the Hawks to tears.

With Matsui third in battingaverage behind both Tatsuhiko Kinjo and Bobby Rose of the Yokohama BayStars, this Giant should have a great series. Akira Eto, Yoshinobu Takahashi and Takayuki Shimizu ' round out a very dangerous team indeed.

Grab some sushi and sake and let's play some basebaru!

The Japan Seriesstarts on October 21 at theTokyo Dome, home of the Giants. After game two, (which occurs on October 22), the series switches to the Fukuoka Dome for game three on October 23. When game four (October 26) and game five (October 27) finish, the series returns to the Tokyo Dome for the final two games if it is absolutely necessary (October 28 and 29).

This should be an excellent series - I'm going with the Yomiuri Giants to take the championship in six games. So grab some sushi and sake and let's play some basebaru!

SPORTS

18

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

Mills, Walkom guarantee winnine; season Women are in theyayoffs, but will it be enough for the men?

JOHN

SWAN Imprint staff

D

avidMillsand Erin Walkom are definitely not householdnames. Whilstthethugs of football eet all the attention in the pages of The Record and play at lavish UniversitvStadium.the soccer squad of Ed ~ d ~and a rBruce ~ o d r i ~ i e s , who play amid thegoose droppings at North Campus, are lucky if they're even mentionedinmathNEWS. But after the men'sandwomen's soccer squads beat up Windsor last Saturday, soccer may get a little bit more attention as the mercury dips towards the zero mark.

On October 14, the Warriors playedhost to theuniversity of Windsor Lancers. Since the teams from both universities were fighting for their play-off lives, the few fans that were there were guaranteed a couple of brilliant matches. Luckily, neither of Waterloo's teams dlsappointed.

In the men's match, Anthony Jankowskiof Windsor got the startln goal for Fabio Marras' side. Waterloo chose Kyle Owens toprevent the ball from defiling the Warrior net.

Llke a prize fight between two heavyweight contenders, the match began wlth both sldeslookingrather tentative. Mistakes were made on

.,

both ends of the field and each team attempted to capitalize. The first mistake occurred when Jankowski could not grab the rebound on ashot

by Jeff Fiorino. Unfortunately, Waterloo could not capitalize on Jankowski's mistake and Windsor managed to clear the ball out of the zone.

Men UW 2, Windsor 1 Six minuteslater, a mental error

by Dan Benvenuti was forgiven by Faisal Anasharawhen the latter'sshot bounced off the right post, saving Owens from embarrassment. However, Mike Vanella would get the better of Owens when he scored on a direct free kick. Coach Edgar was livid that Vanella's firstfreekick, which he missed, was ordered to be retaken.

Edgar's anger was somewhat abated when Carlos Alegre scored six minutes later. Waterloo had a chance to take the lead when Michael Fabbri wascalled for a handball, but NickKnezhad hispenalty shothit the right side post.

As the halfyore on, the Waterloo playersappeared timid. Luckily, players like Gurveer Mann, Matt

Telford and Marten Otterstram could not take advantage and the game was deadlocked at the half.

At half-time, Edgar tore into his men, reminding them the game was one of confidence and psychology over tactics. With this knowledge fresh in their heads, the men went back to play in the second half. But for the first25 minutes, that message appeared to be lost as Windsorpressurizedthe Warriorsfor the go ahead goal. Happily, Windsor's offence is not one that can devastate another team-many of their shotswere off target. All Owens had to do was run back and get the ball.

There were rare times when Owens was forced to work, such as Vanella's shot that hit the crossbar, but for the most part it wasn't too excitingfor the Warrior goaltender.

In thelast20minutes, the Warriorstook Edgar'swordsto heart and went to work, pushing around the Lancerslikeaschoolyardbully. From Knez's kick of Jankowski to Roger Badley's shot that bounced off the crossbar, Waterloo had plenty of opportunities to win this game.

Finally, with one minute left in the game, David Mills converted from adifficult angle to give Waterloo the win and the much needed three points. The final score: Waterloo 2, Windsor 1.

WANTED: RESIDENCE DONS for a diverse We are looking interested in group o f people, and dedicated t o helping other students.

Benefits

> Meet new people >

>

Acquire leadership skills and training Develop communicationand conflict mediation skills > Good compensation package

r

All UW students are invited to an

Information Session on Monday October 23, 6-7prn Village One Great Hall

Applications for Residence Dons are now available in the Housing Off ice, Village One for the Summer 2001 term. \

Application Deadline: Friday November 3, 2000

u

Bruce Rodriguesand his women were next to march onto the field of battle. Stinging from a loss to these same Lancers nearly a month ago, Rodrigues started Sarah Havard in net, opposite Lancer Heather MacKay.Unlike their previousmatchup, the Warriors took the game to the lady Lancers.

Women UW 2, Windsor 0 Erin Walkom started the quest for the win by trying to tap the ballin but MacKay was there to halt the attempt. The plucky Warrior would not be denied, as three minuteslater, she scoredwhat can only be described as a cracker that whizzed over MacKay's head.

After that goal, the Lancers calmed down and started to mount an offence. But for every shot Ewa Opalinski or Laureen Gousinean provided, the Warriors would respond with two or three. Sarah Towns, Ange Farace and Kathy Storey joined Walkom in bringing the play to Windsor. In fact, if it wasn't for the Windsor defense, especially Kelly Delaney (who took a certain goal away from Walkom), the result would have been a slaughter. But as

it was, Waterloo took a one-goal lead into half-time.

The second half would prove even worse for the Lancers. The Waterloo women pepperedMacKay with shots, while Havardlanguished in net, waitinginvain for someone to even remotely challenge her. If MacKay only had that luck. once a&n, walkom, ~arace and Towns were the mosquitoes dreaming to feast on the Lancer net. In the 28th minute, Me1 Denheyer took advantage of some poor Lancer defending and put away a beautiful goal.

But thewoman of the matchwas the Windsor goaltender, for were it not for her, Waterloo would have easily netted at least 12 goals. Instead, Waterloo enjoyed a more modest, but equally valuable 2-0 win.

With their wins against Windsor, both teams have guaranteed at 5-3-1, hold a two point lead over the University of Western Ontario for the final play-off spot. The women, with a 5-2-lrecord, have made the play-offsandcan gain first place with a win against WLU. Tomorrow, the Warriors will host the Gap-wearing, Jeep-driving purple Satan himself (aka Western Mustangs) at North Campus. The games are at 1p.m. and 3 p.m.

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

Athletes of the Week

SPORTS

19

Swimmers make waves in relavs

Leaders of the Week

J

LISA M A I N S special to Imprint

L

Sarah Baier Warrior Rugby

Matt Mains Warrior Swimming

A fifth-year Science student from Baden, Ontario, Sarah was an integral part of the Warriors 41-21 victory over McMaster in the quarterfinals of the OUA playoffs. Sarah's smart play and determination were demonstrated asWaterloo came back for a convincing win after a slow start. Sarah scored three tries for Waterloo. Sarah was voted MVP of the match by her teammates.

A first-year Computer Science student from Kitchener, Ontario, Matt led the Warriors to a third-place finish this past weekendat the OUA Relay Meet held at Guelph. Matt finished the weekendwith twowins and a third-place finish. Matt swam on the Warriors3xlOOm individual medley and 3xl00m breast relay teams, both of which won, and the third-place 4xl00m freestyle team.

ast Friday the Warriors travelled to Guelph tocompete in the OUArelay meet andcame away with fivevictoriesanda total of nine top three finishes.

The women claimed three of those victories in the 3xl00m Individual Medley &die Steinberg, Jen Sweny, Lindsay Beavers), 3x200m freestyle (Kristen Brawley, Beavers, Steinberg)and the 4xlOOmfreestyle (Beavers, Brawley, Steinberg, Sweny). The women also had third place finishesin the 3xlOOm butterfly (Natalie Boruvka, Patti Crossley, Sweny)and the 3xI00m backstroke Nee1 Bhatt (Crossley,ChristyBellandBrawley). and The menclaimed their victories Anthony Cacciacarro in the 3xl00m Individual Medley E~~~~term campus ~~~~~~~i~~ (Greg Roderick, Matt Mains, Dave puts together a team of individual players in eachsport for people who are unable to gather together enough people for a team of their own.

Co-ordinating a group of sixteen strangers can be a challenge.

Anthony CacciacarroandNeel Bhatt have taken leadership roles in being the captains of the IndividualsBand Individuals A soccer teams, respectively. Not only have their teams made every game but they are both situated at the top of their divisions with Individuals A in fourth place and Individuals B in second place.

With the play-offs coming up, look for these two teams to eliminate the competition. Way to go guys!

Cross-country ready for OUA WARRIOR CROSSCOUNTRY TEAM special to Imprint

nsaturday October 14, the Warriors Cross-country teams proved they could hold their own on both Canadian and American soil. Both the men and women's team travelled down to the University of Buffalo for some final preparation before the OUA Championships, to be held at Waterloo on October 28.

Racing on a flat but incredibly windy five kilometre course, the Warrior Women forced their way to an outstanding finish. Deborah Bulhers led the race from start to finishin an impressive time of 18: 14.

Second-year student Kristie Henry put in the best performance of the

day running 19:24 to place second, giving Waterloo a one-two finish.Jill Paterson, Shauna Ellis and Kim Neumayer rounded out the scoring team placing 26th, 29th and 38th respectively. Other Warrior women posting strong results included Cristina Atance, Gina Jackson and Nicola White.

The wind was still holdingstrong for the men's race, but so were the Warriors. Co-captainsAlastair Lawrence and Stephen Drew ran with the front pack throughout the eight kilometre course. A quick sprint to the finish captured Lawrence and Drew seventh and ninth place finishes. The Warriors next group of runnersshowedstrongteam dynamics, working together throughout the majority of the race. DwightTomalty

from the pack at the finish to place 16th and 17th, followed closely by Kevin Smith and Rob Bruce. Peter VanDriel and Chris Row rounded out the men's team.

Most of the Warriors will be off this weekend in preparation for the OUA Championships, while others will be competing at the Laurier nvitational this Saturday

J a ~ an n mternatmal team and

travel to remote regtons In

Why pay American $?

I powerful cornmumy pmlectr

' 90 1

Get Your B.Ed. in Australia.

Half the fees, double the experience at one of NSW's finest Universities.

(905)648-7130 or rrnillar@bestnet.org

8dventurous?

8

Motivoted?

4 Rainforest Studies c h w l Construction i e a l t h Education $ Aqueducts & Wells

/!-earn valuable new career skills m iesdership, problem solving. (team work & another language.

Rose) and the 3xl00m breaststroke (Mains, Carlo Distefano, Dave Zeldin). The men were second in the 3x200m freestyle (Rose, Roderick, Peter Londry) and third in the 4xl00m freestyle (Londry, Mains, Roderick, Rose).

Both sides took bronze medals in Guelph.

Themenwere thirdoverallwith 173points and the women were fifth with 132 points. This weekend the swim team takes a road trip to Toronto, MontrCal and Ottawa where they hope to score some wins with their first league meetsof the season.

Evil authors never sleep Author and UW graduate Chuck Konkel discusses his new book B E N SCHO'TT Imprint special

A

'

uthor, father, husband, and Toronto police staff sergeant are just a few of K.G.E. Konkel'smany guises. Did1 forget to mention he is also an Arts graduate from the University of Waterloo?

Konkel, who recently released his second book EvilNever Sleeps, came to the Student Life Centre two weeks ago for a chat about his book and his past.

Aman in his late 40s, K.G.E., or "Chuck," Konkelisan energetic, lively man who loves his life and the opportunity to converse about it. The first thing Iasked him was what it waslike to be back at the University.

"I call Waterloo the most important moment in my life," said Konkel. "It seemssimple,but understand something - writing is the basis of all our communication. For me, .Waterloo is where I grew into learning the craft of writing by doing essaysand theses. Thisisvery much a part of what I am. I amvery happy to be [back] here."

Chuck Konkel was originally bornin Holland, but movedto Hamilton at a young age. He completed both an undergraduate Arts degree and a Masters in International Relations at the University of Waterloo.

He is currently a staff sergeant at Toronto Police Headquarters.

Konkel has led transnational investigations into credit card manufacturing syndicates in China and auto theft rings in Eastern Europe.

Heset up the Asiansquad inToronto and helped setup the Russian squad.

He lectured at the FBI Academy at Quantico and the National Police

AcademyinPoland.Konkel received numerousawardsfor his policework, including the Award of Merit from the Senate of Canada. He was also the driving force behind thecreation of Canada's hate crime law.

Konkel started in Hong Kong as a police inspector following the completion of his Masters. "There was economic downturn [in Canada],.I had to think of somethingmarketable but fulfilling," said Konkel. "It seemedlikea nice city, so I went. I crashed right into a metamorphosis. It was hot, dreary, depressing, had poor pay and was full of drugs, triads and violence. It was a form of maturation for me."

Konkel moved back to Canada after three years in Hong Kong and then joined theToronto force. After someencouragement from intemiewers and eventually Random House of Canada, Konkel decided to write his first book The GloriousEast Wind. Thiswasa political thriller set in Hong Kongpre-1997just beforethe colony was to be handed over to China.

To write the book, Konkel received the fourth highest cashadvanceinCanadian publishing history.Afterthebookwasfirstpublished in 1987 Konkil took time off from writing due to the birth of his

daughter. With the recent publication of Evil Never Sleeps this past August, K.G.E. Konkel hasreturned to the field of writing.

Evil Neversleeps is abookabout crime and corruption in modern-

day Mexico. It involvespoliticalcorruption, mammoth oil deals and assassination. The main character is Miguel Fuentes, who can be best describedasadedicated, hard-work-

ing truth seeker who refuses to bow down to corruption and immorality.

"Fuentesiseveryone, heisacynic, he believes in the principles of truth," describes Konkel. "My characters standup andsay, 'no, thisiswrong."'

Miguel Fuentes wasa fast riser as a Federale officer in Mexico until he fingered the PRI, the governing party of Mexico, in a stock exchange swindle. Suddenly everyone turned against Fuentes and he was banished to a small town called Coronada where he became the local El Jefe or chief.

All was well until a bomb exploded at alocal fleabagmotel,leaving behind four corpses and two plastic bags full of high-grade heroin.

Asimpleinvestigation quickly moved from a small-town drug deal to the theft of a US Air Force Vax 10-790computer, a potentially deadly machine. What followsisacomplex plot involving oil, government, the quest for the truth and ultimately, Fuentes fighting for his life.

Konkel describes his books as having "larger than life scenarios. exotic locales, with heroes who have a set of principles." When I asked him about the message he is trying to imparttoreadersinEvilNeverSleeps he said, "The message is actually in

the dedication.Someday you all walk away from being the follower and become a leader. But leadership doesn't mean having a Mercedes in the parking lot."

This bookis descriptive andvery well researched. "If there is a book written [on Mexico], I have read it," says Konkel. "If there is an article written, I have researched it. The only town that is fictitious [in Evil Never Sleeps]issonora."

The character development is also excellent and Konkel leaves the reader with an in-depth understandingof the charactersby the endof the book. Miguel Fuentes, who Konkel describes as "everyman," is well-exm i n e d and realistic'.

Interestingly, Konkel does not use any of his past cases, partners, or situationsin his books. Everything is fictitious and "larger than life." Evil Never Sleeps does not have a typical finish. The book is well worth the read. For those of you who need a style comparison, Konkel's work has been described as le CarrC on speed.

Chuck is a die-hard supporter of the University of Waterloo and takes every oppdrtunity to promote the school and especially the value of a Waterloo Amdegree. 'You want to make the place you come from proud of you and you also want to say to others, you know Icome from this school and I am proud of this school."

Evil Never Sleeps is available In local bookstores. As for the future, Konkel has two new books in the works with the first to be released sometimein the next couple of years.

He also plans on continuing with his other passion, policing, for many years to come.

The world is not enough The World and Other Places Jeanette Winterson Vintage Canada NICOLE FAWCETTE Imprint intern

w

ouldn't it be nice to take a journey? Someplace even more surreal than the candv-coated oavilions of Disneyland? Somewhere where imagination is the ruler and the plane ticket is free? Well, look no further than your local bookstore and pick up the world in your hands. . . The World and Other Places by Jeanette Winterson, that is. Winterson's The Worldand OtherPlaes isacollection of seventeen individually wrapped journeys that is sure to whisk you

away somewhere strange and new.

Born in 1959, and adopted into a strict Pentecostal family in Accrington, England, Jeanette Winterson was raised in a home where education wasnotvalued.

In fact, her home only had a total of six books. The absence of educational stimulation led her to pursue reading and writing. At the age of 16, Winterson left home after falling in love with another girl. She supported herselfbyworking odd jobsandeven worked as a domesticin an insane asylum while attending Oxford University. Winterson's writing rCsumC includes the Whitbread Award for her first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for

her 1989nove1,SexingtheCheny.

Those already familiar with Winterson'sother works may see traces of it in The Worldand Other Places, since the stories contain the beginnings from previous novels, such as Art and Lies, Gut Symmetries, and GreatMomentsin Aviation.

Winterson's collectionof short stories can not be easily summed up in one self-contained cube, however one word does stick out among the colorful mass: imaginative. Through the twists and turns of the seventeen stories, the reader is taken to lands where humans burn diamonds for heat and covet coal or to a society where sleep is a social taboo.

Wintersons' characters are all essentiallyhuman, however, some,

such as a woman who laminates her dead family members and shows them off like garden gnomes, are lacking in the soul and morale department more than others. Theprotagonists in the collection are those who are in touch with themselves without conforming to social standards, as they contrast the unearthly antics of those who are livingas slaves to their suburban lawns and society.

However, the collection isn't all immersed in the pool of surrealism.

The collection starts withwhat some people would deem normal. "The 24-Hour Dog," is a soft lullaby that deals with a woman who isunable to keep her new pup because she is afraid that she will not be able togive him everything he needs. please see page 21

Imprint. Friday, October 20, 2000

BOOKS

21

It's Riska business Riska: Memories of a Dayak Girlhood Riska Opra Sari Vintage Canada

LAUREN E. SCHELL special

to lmpnnt

A

womanwith her feetplanted firmly in two worlds and whodescribes, sovividly, just what has been lost in the swift transition from tribal life to the modern world," is an apt description of Riska by editor Linda Spalding.

Riska: MemoriesofaDayak Girlhood is not an "as told ton story, or a tale simply based on the life of various tribal women, but the actualwords, thoughtsand emotions of one Riska Opra Sari.

Linda Spalding had originally intended to tell Riska'sstory herself, but when k s k a sent in her correspondence, Linda knew she couldn'tchange aword.

Riska was apprehensive at first, but Linda reassured her: 'You'll find a way to write what you want to say, but you have to be part of it or it won't have real meaning."So Riska became part of her own tale.

At firstRiska may seem like an ethnography, or study of a culture through one person, but that thought is quickly dispelled.

While the reader does learnalot about the Dayak people of Borneo, Riska'spersonal story comes shining through.

She deals with the expectations of her culture, and the immense history it provides her. She manages becominga'womanin herownenvironment, then in that of the chang-

ing modern world.

Life is not easy or idyllic for Riska; she encounters many challenges, primarily dealing with the opposite sex. It is interesting to see how a woman on the other side of the world handles the same kind of relationship woes that we have here in North America, from first love, to infidelity, to divorce and everything in between, ultimately learning to fall in love again and again.

As a young girl, Riska is infatu-

ated with an older neighbour; he moves away and she startsarelationship with the man she will eventually marry. Hecomes to believe that she is not a virgin, they have a child together, but all the time they are

married he does not trust her. This marriageendsin divorceand Riska's daughter,whomshe lovesverymuch, goes to live with Riska'sparents.

Later Riska has relationships with adishonest sailor, a rich American tourist and a German who influences her to leave her daughter behind. Romance is not easy for this strong, independent woman -she never seemsto find happiness in love.

Riska's life is an interestingmixture of Dayak culture and modern influences.Theconsequencesof her actions and choices are deeply affected by bothworlds, and surely this is often very difficult to handle. What isaccepted in one world is looked upon with disdain in another. Riska's is often a life of mixed and conflictingemotions.

It was remarkable to follow Riska's journey through life and see how she reactedto the many obstaclesshefaced. When times got tough, she never backed down and always tried to look upon things with optimism and spirit.

Riska: Memories of a Dayak Girlhood shows how North Americanculture and traditions have seepedlnto cultures everywhere, even amongst the infamous "headhuntersnof Borneo.

This book also demonstrates a coming of age set in this uncertain worldof two culturesclashingand trying to fuseinto something people can live with.

Riska takes the strugglesas they come and handles them with grace, humour and a matter-of-fact attitude that makes her an exceptional role model.

W interson, continued continued from page 20

"The Poetics of Sex," an eightchaptered story splinters the ignorant myths surrounding lesbianism.

The story is intriguingly titled with common questions heterosexuals may ask homosexuals. Examples of these questions are: "Were you born a lesbian?"and "Whichone of you is the man?"

The surrealistic quality of Wintersons' imagination setsin after the first two or three stories: In "Disappearance I," a dreamer relishes in sleeping 12 hours a night while the rest of the world doesn't even own a bed because they are too busy working24-hour days.

The dreamer is shunned by society because of his unusual sleeping patterns. He buys specialty sleep magazinesin areaswhere porn maga-' zinesare kept andgoes to clubswhere sleep is treatedasadrug. The dreamer ismost frustrated in his failureto find a girlfriend who will literally sleep with him.

The most amazing aspect of Wintersons' collection is her stun-

ning use of imagery and language.

She creates many images that are so intense that the reader sinks into Wintersons' painted picture. A passage from her story "Newton" demonstratesthe lucid and satiricaluseof language that Winterson uses to illustrate the quirky way of life in a neighbourhood that is inhabited by people who laminate their dead and set them on the lawn like garden gnomes.

"She bobbed faster and faster, gathering a bosom-load of underwear from the washmg h e . I knew she wanted me to stare at ~ tshe , wants to prove that I am a screwball. After all, ~fa's me, it's not her, ~ t ' snot the others. You can't have more than one per block."

In the above-mentioned, ''DIsappearance I," Wlnterson uses her language to create d~sturblngImages of what a world that never slept would be hke.

"The real ducksdled because so many people were feed~ngthem In a new twenty-four-hour workmg day that not a drake nor a duck had a moment to ~tself.Some sank under

the weight of soggy bread, others exploded. The rubber variety are much more adaptable."

Wintersons' use of language is beautifully craftedandworks to complete a picture. From the very first word, Wlnterson draws the reader fully through the story at full attention, instead of taking them on a roller coaster ride of highs and lows.

Winterson has been known to stay away from happy endings. However, after finishing The World and Other Places you may feel a certain smugness, asrf you know somethmg, a secret perhaps, that the rest of the world doesn't. As ~fyou've gone on a journey past the farthest galaxles or tothe bottomof the deepest ocean and saw something extfaordlnary, yet kept ~tto yourself, walk~ngaway wlth a new outlook on a very old world.

Th~scollea~on 1sfast-paced,w~th the stones bemg relatively short, and the Intense use of language 1s bllndIng. Regardless, ~tIS In Wlntersons' remarkable use of Imagery mlxed w ~ t habsurd satlre that shapes the book Into such an enjoyable read.

Writing roundup a

Writers on campus

The Giller Prize

October 24: University of Toronto professor Mark Kingwell will read from his recentlypublishedTheWorld We Want: VirtueandtheGoodCitizen at Wilfrid Laurier University bookstore at 7:30 p.m.

The Giller Prize awards $25,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection. The award was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.

The six finalistsfor this year are Alan Cumyn's Burridge Unbound, ElizabethHay'sAStudent ofWeather, Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost, DavidAdams Richards'Mercy Among the Children, Eden Robinson'sMonkey Beach and Fred Stenson's The Trade.

This year's jury consists of three highly respected CanLit veterans: Margaiet Atwood, Alistair Macleod and Jane Urquart. The winner will be announced at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel, onThursday, November 2,2000.

Oitober25: Torontonian and Governor General award nominee Wayson Choy, author of Thelade Peony andPaperShadowswillbe reading from his books at 4 p.m. at St. Jerome's University in room 325.

November 15: Megacity author Shyam Selvadurai, who won the LambdaLiteraryAward for Best Gay Men'sFiction for his firstnovel Funny Boy, will be on hand in the sameplace at SJU at 4 p.m. to read from his books, includinghis sophomorenovel Cinnamon Gardens.

II

MONDAYS: Jug & Wing Special for $18.75 'TUESDAYS: 15# wings WEDNESDAYS: free pool Nightly & Ongoing prize giveaways Daily 112 price lunch menu (12 p.m.-2 p.m.)

-

Molson Inflatable Stadium Chair equipped with speakers, CD player and headphones - Ballot draw on Oct. 20 ,

GAMDA'S TOP FEAWRES: October 16-21: Andrea Lovejoy Major adult video star October 23-28: Andrea Baron Miss'Exotic World 2 V.I.P. lounges and loads of table dancers

cotd\NG

(until midnight)

S~O~-'~HAUOWEENIE PARW Top Male Exotic Dancers Friday and Saturday Nights wiW door prizes nighily! lunch specials Ipool teams Idart teams Karaoke Tuesday & Thursday nights with cash prizes Book Your Party Pack for Your or Stagette NOW! HWGY'S HOTLINE 743-7022 / Resenrotions 744-6367

6 Bridge Street, KITCHENER

BOOKS

22

Customizeyour reading and involvingsuch unusual forms of death as "rough sex" and "blunt clubbing (like seals)."

Soundslike a joke, right?That's ere'sthe situation: you like to read fiction, but you what I thought at first, and it doesn't spend much of your day help that the site proudly boasts it is powered by the Gordonator Precireading textbooks and you haven't sionSearchEngine. But the serviceis gotalotof spare time. Ifyou'regoing to invest the time to read through a no joke; it's seriousandactuallyquite novel,it had better besomething you effective. The search outlined above like. And finding anovel you'll like is brings up a list of novels including nosimple task. That'swhatthe Web RobertLudlum's TheParsifalMosaic, site Allreaders.com was created for. and Colin Forbes' By Stealth.

The site was created by Steve Using a specially developed search engine, the site allows you to Gordon, an author who also created search a growing database of novels the popular site Allexperts.com. "I to match your tastes on such criteria got up one morning and realized as the type of protagonist, setting that itwas pretty difficult to findnew and even whether a romance novel authors I liked," says Gordon. "I uses "weirdVictori;uJShakespearean would have to stand in the bookstore English." For example, you can for hoursreading the backs of books, search foralepaVp01iticalthriUerwith buying a few, and then, when I got a "tremendous amountn of techno home and really started reading, regadgets, a main character who uses alizing that I didn't really like what "just the right amount" of violence, I had bought."

Hardly worth the read Man of Bone

JEFF CROSS

Alan Cumyn

special to Imprint

GooseLane

H

Appy now for L January 2#1!

I I Secure it...

I connect it!

...

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

FADY HANNA Imprint intern

M

an of Bone is a graphic story of survival,meditation and corruption. It is a thrillingtale that portraysthecourage and strength of an individual, even when faced with unbelievably overwhelming odds, as well as the greed and brutality of humankind.

Unfortunately, the themesillustrated in this book were overshadowed by unnecessaty gore, sexual content and coarse language.

Bill Burridge, a Canadian immigration officer,is kidnapped by revolutionaries called the "Kartouf," on an island called Santa Irene, under the suspicion of being a CIA agent.

The rebels feel that Burridge is a valuable hostage, because they think that he is an American.

Faced withexcruciatingtorture and brutality, which is depicted vividly by Cumyn, Burridge startsrecalling events from his past and trying desperately to find out why he is in the situation he now faces.

Alan Cumyn isan Ottawanative who loves to write about the issue of human rights. He has written three other novels, Waiting for Li Ming, Between Families and the Sky and What in the World is Going On? Man ofBone is the winner of the 1999 Ottawa Carleton Book Award and was a finalist for the 1999 TrilliumAward.

Cumyn has been referred to as

"one of the best youngwriters in this country" by Alistair MacLeod. This spring he rdleased a sequel toMan of Bone, calledBudgeUnbound, which has been short listed for the prestigious Giller Prize.

Man of Bone is a very realistic, modern tale of how many suffer at the hands of corrupt governments and are "forced" to take hostages

and take up arms to gain back their freedom. Cumyn delivers a story where there are nogoodguysor bad guys, and the line between good and evil seems to be crossed and doublecrossed.

Cumyn showsthat there isgood and evilin everyone and that people must take advantage of each day to do what is morally right. Even the main character, Burridge, is not depicted as being a "saint" or a man who is caught in the middle of a dispute he never started, rather he is

Rushdie's new novel lacking Story combines myths in a rock and roll setGg The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salinan Rushdie Vintage Canada

ways, having escaped numerous (and incredible) family devastations. She has already made her link with Ormus, an older man, who is experienced in the ways of women and

MEGHAN LOBSINGER special to Imprint

S

c&nectivity form the foundati&upon which these networksare installed and maintained.

C k k usout if you want to build upon your existing networking skills and secure a rewardingcareer In th~s exctting field. We have:

For more i d o m a h -c Rob Tripe, WS Science and Monnation Thdogy (905) 575-

Currenttechndogy Multiple operatirgsystems Multide server env~ronrnents A har;dson focus with individual workstations Cboose Mohawk.

The collene of cholce lor all your education needs.

depicted as a man who, on a smaller scale, didn't do what was right all the time. The seclusi6n with the rebels, when hislife was hangingby athread, made him realize the folliesof his life.

Cumyn has an unorthodox writing style that hassome annoying idiosyncrasies.Throughout the novel, for instance, he keepigoing backand forth in his stories until the reader is utterly confused.

Cumyn doesn't seem to believe in chapters; instead he takes little excerpts that inhibit the story from advancing forward and causing the plot to thicken. The story hasno real climax, and is often no more than a frustrating game of "literary pingpongn wherein Cumyn goes back and forth with the past and present.

Also, Cumyn doesn't seem to believe in any punctuation other than periods. He drops a period after every two words, causing the reader to thinkthat they are in some form of reading traffic jam: 'The thin man laughs. He has a face like the blade of a wedge. Black eyebrowsslopingback.

Mustache too like a chevron. When he smiles his teeth show white like exposed bone."

The story itself is extremely gory, violent and disgusting. There was alwayssomeonedying, bleeding, vomittingor havingsex. On top of all that, there was a lot of coarse language.

Man o f h n e is a book that makes you stop and think, whether it is because you are meditating on the meaning of Cumyn'swriting and the message he delivers to his reader or because you can't stand the periods any longer.

alman Rushdie's new book has received a lot of praise in the literary world. Upon reading the novel, it becomes obvious why.

Rushdie hassuccessfullytaken many aspects of society and woven them together to make a truly original piece of fiction, complete with love, success,music, sadness and the dirt of humanity.

Thisisthestory of three people: Vina, a goddess of rock and roll and mysticism, her lifetime lover Ormus, and Rai, a world renowned photographerandVina'sotherllfetimelover.

It startsoff in India just after Ghandi has shaken up society in Bombay, emerging into the modern world, complete with rockand roll and corruption. Rai is the son of two architects who are central in Bombay's development and history.

Vina enters his life as an older teenager, already wise in worldly

yet willing to take a vow of celibacy for her. Together the threegrow up, and finally take their leave of India and ventureinto the western world.

The novel isnot simply the story of three people emerging into the world, but also a book thick with

knowledge and details. Rushdie ties in themythof EurydiceandOrpheus, in their modern-day counterparts Vina and Ormus, both in its Hindu aspect and as subtle hints throughout. He combines believable information, such as their successesin rock and roll and the people they encounter, with zany, insane stories, making it plausible but to the extreme, as rock and roll has often been.

Throughout the 500-plus pages, he not only follows the maincharacters, but also tiesin the storiesof their familiesandtheir pastwith arichness that makes it seem all the more credible. Rushdie has truly succeeded in adding many side stories and details, while not detracting from a novel already rich with information.

At times, the story iscaptivating and enthralling, both in its reality and its extreme falseness,but at other times itcan be slowand painful.While Rushdie'swordy style leaveslittle to the imagination in its completeness, it can drag down the lightness and fun style of the book.

Although it is a worthy story, with a lot of unexpected twists, Rushdie still leaves something to be desired in his storytelling.

Mobygives the shirt off his back Moby The Warehouse, Toronto October 17,2000 JANICE JIM -%

Imprint staff

M

oby played to asold-out, mostly university-aged crowdatthewarehouse.

However, there were some older people and a few kids with their parents. Moby played a goodmix of songs, many fromPlay andsome old dance favourites. He showed off his many musical mfluences,sampling in blues, gospel, and hip-hop.

With "My Weakness" playing, Moby walkedonto the stage. He was accompanied by a DJ, a singer and a bass player. He began the show on a soft note, startmg w ~ t h"Machete," but then jumping right Into "Porcelam," which is the most successful smgle off Play. He joked with the crowd, saying,'% I were smart, Iwould save this song for later." The song was close to the album version, except for some extra vocals by the singer, Diane. Moby strappedon the guitar to play "Fmd my Baby."

Heguickly changed the pace by playing the theme t o James Bmd, which was off his 1997album, I like to Score. He continued with faster songs, dedicating his next two songs

to the spirit of raves. Moby talked about the transcendant feelings that ecstacy brings, about dilated puptls, anddancmguntil8 a.m. Hewasvery energetic, runnmg and jumplng around the stage. He jumped from instrumenttoinstrument, going from the guitar to the keyboard to the bongo drums.

In a playful mood, he confessed that he dreamed of playrig in awedding band and then having sex with someone from the party in the bathroom. He advertised his services for weddmgs and bar m~avahs,and then broke Into a cover of The Doors' "The End." Moby gottoshow off h ~ s guitar sk~llsby blastmgoff a few nffs.

The crowd enjoyed th~s,slngmg and swaylng along to the song.

Moby played a few more fast songs from h ~older s albums. He performed "Natural Blues" and "The Sky ~sBroken"wthamonotonevo~ce.

In some parts, the muslc resembled spokenwordpoetryw~tham~n~mal~st beat. In another playful moment, Moby put a wh~tetowel on h ~head, s told the crowd to pretend that it's long hairand that it is 1987,and then stage andplayedthe keyboard. Moby he played a short heavy metal jam. had fun with this, chanting, "Go He went on to play "Bodyrock," spidey,gospidey, it's your birthday." wh~chhe deemeda "sexy" song. The 8 n e of'the best songs of the DJ did a lot of scratching durmg the nightwasthe acousticguitar version song. In the m~ddleof it, a man in a of "Porcelain." It was a bare version spiderman costume came onto the of the song, with just the guitar and

vocals. The s m g was beautiful and moving, ending with Moby's lone voice singing, "When I wake I am going out of my mind." .

Moby wasgrateful; he thanked the crowd repeatedly after every song. At the endof the show, he gave

his shirt away to a girl at the front of the crowd, thanked the other band members and played the last song solo. Standing motionless on stage, he commanded the crowd. With a very fast dance mix, Moby brought the night to a frenzied close.

Kinnie Starr tunes it up with Imprint JAN GUENTHER

BRAUN special to lmpnnt

T

and it allowsme to really give people what's inside my head rather than having to translate it through somebody else and their skills and their sounds."

What inspired Starr to do the programming for t h ~ salbum was a woman named Cyryuswho does her

here is no doubt about what Kinnie Starr is excited about thesedays. Heralbum,Tune Up, just came outthissummer andit's one that she comh last pares w ~ t her CD, Tidy (1996).

Tune Up has Starr ~nthe dr~ver'sseat produc~ng, programming, playkng bass, wurlitzer, guitar and, of course, singing andwritingall the material. ChoosIng to do all the programming herself was due to the desire to give the listener exactly what shewas thinkmg.

"It's stdl pretty rare that womenaredoing Her newalbum hasKinnieStarrinthedriver'sseat. their own programming, and I don't do ~tto make that point, but my point after that is that we can do it. It allows the soundscape to be more ind~vidual

ownprogrammingaswell. "[Cyryus] pretty well flipped my world upside down ~ntqrms of vocal delivery. She doesall her own beats too. Actually,

that we made it thru without you?" she ~nsp~redmeto do my own beats."

What Starr is most proud of is pop up throughout Tune Up staying the fact that she produced the entlre in your headlikea'mantra, giving the album herself. "I produce myself as album a sense of continuity. There well [as domg the programming], are a few songs on the album that wh~chis a really huge part of makmg stray away from the chunk-hopiness records- ~t'swhat glves the record of the rest af the album, such as the overall sound In the end. Very "Warm," wh~chsounds just as the few artlsts pro- title suggests. Also, at the end of the duce themselves album is a sort of and I thmkif you bonus trackentican do those two tled "Unspun" things (program- that feels like just mmg and pro- you've ducmg) as an art- stepped into a ist, I thmk muslc Hayden album, would be a lot and givesevery more indwdual." indicationto be a Starr's pro- lament to the grammmgis defi- perils of wealth nitely md~v~dual. and fame. OverIn fact, the new all the album just album, Tune Up, makes you want sounds l ~ k eNed to get up and Young meets a dance.

Many ofthe sampler, creatmg a sound that lyrics on Tune Up reflect the connecStarr descr~besas tlon that Starr feels to nature, suchas "Chunk-bop." in "Drop": "Lay your hands and Starr describes head and tears to the soil that holds her program- you.. .I sat upon soil in the shadow of her listening tho I couldn't hear I mingstyle as loose and definitelynot "straight," like house. spun tearsasif collectingwaterat last The words "We made it thru the moon grew thick and wide the boy, so what you gonnado, knowing sky dark with occasional stars still

seated my bruisesbegan to achewith learning andgladness and the empty empty spot grew full with new thicknessand the ghost?. ..blood began to split my flower and flow as blood does becoming the soil Isat upon the moon.. .."

Thisconnectionto nature comes through the fact that Starr cannot write in the confines of a city be- cause she finds it too distracting. It also happens to be that throughout her growing up years, and even now, Northern Ontario hasalways been the place she's gone back to and, consequently, it feeldike home.

Starr's lyrical delivery alsocomes out as organic and natural. Evenwhenshe'srapping, it's not as straight as the averaee rao song you will hear on the radio; it is much mote - a mixture of chant. spoken word, singing and rapping.

Thisideaof "organic" also manifestsitself in the way Starr creates her

So what you gonna do, knO\Kingthat we made it thru without you?

" .

please see page 24

kRTs

24

NAKED^ DREW KUDELKA special to Imprint

T

his article is not about the newest Radiohead album. It'sabout beinga Radiohead fan. Let'sget this straight. I hated the new Radiohead album. I dreaded its arrival. I spent some time in Oxford last year and followed the small-yet-legendary, footstepsofThomYorke through the CD stores there. "He was in looking at electronica," they would say, "some reallyweirdstuff." Great. Now I am a Fan, capital F. I had downloaded two songs that turned out to be on the new album before we had ever heard of Napster. I was reserved and prepared to be let down by the new album. And thisis what you get. This weird incomprehensible album. We fanswere left high and dry, listening with bemused pallor.

Is this really what Radiohead wants us to hear? Then I find I start to bend. It really is brilliant. It's soulful and artsy and not mainstream.

But Ican't help feelingthat I'm walking into a trap. Is ThomYorke some kindof tricksterwhomay turn around andsay, "Thiswascrap, ouruue fans were the ones who hated this al-

bum." Indeed, when they finished their track "ideotequen on Saturday Night Live, they were laughing as if they shared some big joke.

I thinkThomwants revenge for being a sad rock star. That's why I thinkthisisaset-up. MaybeOkComputerwas too big to follow up, unless they are trying to deflate themselves.

Let's be reasonable,KidA sounds like it should be a collection of Bsides.So what if their concertsoldout in three minutes?So what if I bought an album I was sure I would hate?

Radiohead fans will continue to devour anything the band creates.

So what is the solution to being jerked around by stars of pop, rock or alt.? Check out the local music scene. Iguaranteethe musiciansthere will be grateful for your attendance, tickets will be cheaper, and you can meet the artist. You may discover tomorrow's next best thing. Hell, these are your rock years. Form a band, train for a radio show, whatever, just make some beautiful noise before youare just easy listening. So do your part; there are so many Britney's out there, and well, the Spice Girls have regrouped.

NakedDrewisthehost of"E-qosingWater1w"on C M , Fridaysfrwrl 2-3p.m.

THURSDAY - SATURDAY

The Girl Next Door

directed by Christine Fugate Princess Theatre

GRLG MOREY special to Imprint

A

lthough it wasn't actually porn, The Girl Next Door was still an enjoyableand conversation-provoking film. At its heart it is a complex character study of Stacey Baker (a.k.a.

Stacey Valentine), a woman who seemsto personify all that isshallow and fake in our society. I say "seems" because as the film progresses we realize that Stacey doesn't believe the warped ideologies she espouses

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

any more than we do.

Christine Fugate, the directorproducer of this clever documentary, has an uncanny knack for juxtaposing amusing and poignant scenes.

For example, there is the interview with Stacey's mother and stepfather, where we learn that their sex life is like a year-old box of raislns: dry and stale. Following the hilarity of their "who's more horny" argument, Stacey and her mother discuss how she got into the industry and the hardships she endured in her nowdefunct marriage.

The film focuses on the differences, perceived and real, between

sex and love. Stacey and her sometime boyfriend Julian state time and again that their profession boilsdown to "just sex."

"It'd hurt more to see him just holding hands with someone," says Stacey. However, the scene where Stacey is supposed to engage in double penetration(DP)with Julian and another adult film star is particularly emotional because of the understandable awkwardnessand uniquenessof the situation.

In the end, we discover that no matterwhat Stacey and Julian say to the camera, andno matter how much their own livesdiffer from ours, they are just as human as the rest of us.

Kinnie Starr won't shut up continued from page 23

album. When she goes to record her albums, shealwaystakesher first take opting not to record take after take until she has the ingredients to make her album perfect. In fact, "perfect" issomewhatof adirty word in Starr's

vocabulary and something she has given a lot of thought to.

"What's 'best'? That just fitsinto the whole kind of North American perception of what music is. What's good music? Good music has gone through a vocoder. Good music has been quantized. Every note has gone through the computer and has been re-adjusted to it's perfect one sixtyfourth.

"Ireally believe in art, and art is capturingamoment and for the music that I'm making, I really like imperfection. If you go outside this music tradition to Spain or to Mexico and you hear people playing their guitar and singing and that goes on records and into people's houses. I firmly believe in [imperfection]. I don't know, I love improvisation, I love what comes out in its raw form, and I love mistakes.

"I think it's like awhole mentality of forgiving yourself for your mistakes, whether it's like your fucking nose isn't long enough or whatever.You know how people get and they trip on their quote unquote imperfections?I thinkthat if you take those ideas into music and into a rehearsal space or a performance space, you all the sudden have a lot

more freedom to be yourself.

"I'veplayed withmusicianswho are really critical of themselves and it's like, 'You fucked up man. That was the wrong fucking inding or the wrongnote or the wrongwhatever.'

And it's not a good breeding g o u n d for fun."

This attitude towards imperfection should not be mistaken for apathy -Starr expects her listeners to be engaged as well. She has been quoted as saying that she is "not a T V a n d i s known forgoingout into the crowd to literally engage the audience. Thisis also reflected in her involvement in all aspects of her music, including the cover art of her albums, her Web site, production, et cetera.

"I'm not trying to create something slick, I'm trying tocreate something that feelsgood and shows that feel good, and I'd way rather do that then have people walk out going, 'Oh my God, she was so amazing', I'd way rather people walk out and go 'Oh my God, that was so amazing."' ~~nnie~tarr~~a~stbe]ane Cafton Wednesday, October25.Tickets'are $7at thedoor. She wil[also be at Trasheteriain Guelphon Tuesday, October31.

- ALTERNATIVE - N O COVER B 4 930

SUNDAYS- RETRO 80%AND

90's- NO

COVER 64

9100

ARTS

Im~rint.Friday. October 20, 2000

An extremely long evening with the Rheostatics Rheostatics TheBombshelter October 13,2000 S. B R E S L I N special to Imprint

LAUREN

I

n a time when musical careersare being expressed in ephemeral waves of massconsumption, the fact that Canada's Rheostatics are in the midst of celebratingtwo decades together is an impressive feat indeed.

Although they have mainly sat in the periphery of Canadian music, they still enjoy aloyalcult followingwho relish in their brand of intricate, experimental pop-rock.

On Friday, October 13, followinga reading by Dave Bidini from his book OnA ColdRoad:Tales ofAduentures in Canadian Rock at the Ground Zero restaurant, the lead guitarist (who is also a frequent contributor to

Hamelodia, the Rheostatics' career traces an idiosyncraticjourney. As a band, they are constantly evolving and taking musical risks, and for that they must be admired.

Take their 1995project, acommission fromthe National Gallery of Canada to write and perform music honouring the Group Of Seven painters, which, incidentally, confirmed their status as a sort of "art rock" band.

Indeed, the concert last Friday night showcasedthe Rheostatics' wide array of talent as the crowd was

harmonics.

Bidini'saunosphericguitargave way to the sneering, edgy pop of songs like "Shaved Head" and "RecordBodyCount." Between bustIng out the accordian or the doublefret guitar and having a couple of laughs on stage, the guys performed with an alr of humility, but t h e ~ r tunes were articulated with verve.

The show ended powerfully with "Horses." and for an encore. they played their clever pop-opera, "Four Little Songs," a journey through frequenttempo changesand melodic twists and

I

p p

2 Sweet, But Serious Comedy! Uplifiing& Wiq!"

be attributed to the inPRINCESS CINEMA, 6 Princess St W,Waterloo, 885-2950 http:llprincess.sentex.net

cal of the Rheostatics.

Harbouring such accolades as opening for

:~~~~~~~

URGENT NOTICE To All Students Planning to Travel During Christmas

represents the current of CanadIan music that has ultimately failed in Vesely, drummer Don Kerr andguitarachieving commerc~al istMartinTiellilavishedtheBomber seduced by rich tones and vibrant success, but has endured in good crowd with an explosive concert of energy. The band'seclecticismcarne humour. thro&h mvivid technicolouras they musical highs and lows.

While the band has yet to attain Due to the con~o~iclation of airlines, there are fewer All four band members share in~hlgtdrhdtf~~in'e~e~thingfloh m~~&"8$~1~ili@~~i"y"in"sISt5k . . seats this year. All students are therefore urged to book e the role of singing - treating the a stir& rendition of "Bad ~ i m to remaining a pro-hockey, protheir flights NOW to avoid disappointment later. audience to a range of delights, from be Poor," to the sultry power ballad Canadaband that cultivatesaunique Tidli'sthroaty vocals toVy.ely's fal- "Saskatchewan." Such finger- blend of pop and rock.

Student ClassTMairfares are available exclusively from setto sdos. snappin' pop ditties as "I Fab Thee" So, desmte chanaesto their lineTravel CUTS, Canada's national student travel bureau.

From their 1987 debut album were matched with the rock and roll up, changesin labels,changesin taste, entitled Greatest Hits, to their 1994 playfulness of songs like "Legal Age and chanaes in the record industrv. " ,, major label ventureIntroducingHap- Life in a Variety Store." The muslc the Rheostatics have managed to piness, through to their recent ch~l- was alive withswervingrhythms,un- maintain their own imaginative mudren's album, The Story Of expected key changes and smooth sicalvision.

DaveBidini readfrom his book, Ona ColdRoad, before the Rheostaticsplayeda two-and-a-half-hour set.

KEwNuLL

-

University Shops Plaza, 170 University Ave. W., 886-0400

snack! provides treats

Owned and operated by the Canadian Fea'eratwn of Students,

Local band creates sweet soundscapes JEN

BROWN

special to lmpnnt

n

nTuesday, October24, students will be enter-

mighty metre with the Matt Osborne Band, or accompanying slnger Pat Skinner. IGmRegimbalplayssax,flute and djembe while Chris Mulhgan

music or private lessons.

'Attemptmg to shake up listener's sonic sensibilities can be dauntI ing. Addingelementsof subtlety and I texture to what is essentiallya I rock band can sometimes al- I lenate the more mainstream I listener, but Jonesclaims that I when you're in it far the mu- I 1. sic, the fans are just gravy.

I Bands l ~ k eThe Rheostat~cs have won over a falthful audi- I ence play~ngmusic that can at I 1 times be more soundscape I BUY ONE GET ONE I than rocksong, provmg that ~t I can be done.

I Check out an acoustlc ver- I sionof snack! (Adrianand Kim) Tuesday night at The Bombshelter. Itwill be ankarly I Buy one complete pair of eyeglasses or soft contact 1 evening show wlth Adam I lenses at regular price, and get a second pair FREE. I I 1 HOUR SERVICE I M~ner. snack!also playsOctober 20at on most glasses & contacts The Loft In Tlme Square and has a I CD launch com~ngup November 25 1 Detalls I" store 1 W ~ t hcoupon I Not vahd wlth other offers Explres Nov 5, 00 1 at the Jane Bond Cafe.

L l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l J

S @@iQg B@lie is Q

r

/I 9:

FREE

!

i EYEGLASSES OR <ONTACT$ i

he band'sllne-~~also~ncludes rounds out the quartet on bass. multl-mstrumentalist Arun Pal on All players are well-versed In percussion-you may have seen hlm muslc - everyone teaches In some w ~ t hisown h band, holdmgdownthe capacity, whether ~tbe h ~ g hschool

ARTS

26

Imprint, Friday, October 20, 2000

Music makes the people come together

The Moffatts Submodalities EM1 Music

Boom" is the first release and just starts off the list of great tunes. "I Don't Want You to Want Me" is a great drivingtune,andif you want to hear the crooning tunes of old, try "California."

While in the past most people don't want toadmitthat they're fans of certain bands due to the fear'that they will be ostracized from their circle of friends, it would probably not be a bad thing for someone to own and actually listen to the new Moffats album.

KATE SCHWAS8 lmprint staff

The Moffats have come a long way since their early albums which include AMoffatChistmasand Chapter 1: A New Beginning. So what if they still can't grow facial hair? The kids from Canada's West Coast have grown up a lot.

According to the press release that came with ~ubmodalities,producer Bob Rocksays that "this thing will shock people."

That is certainly - true. The four boys grew up in their sound and no longer sound like the whiny singers crooning out "I Miss You Like Crazy" and "I'll be There For You," which are both found on their last self-titled album.

The Moffats wrote or co-wrote the majority of the songs on the album and it shows that they are pushing past the typical boy band feel. Bob, Clint, Dave andScott have put a sharper edge on their music, and in that way they differ from BackstreetBoys wannabes.

There are a number of great tracks on this album. "Bang Bang

Shannon Curtman Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions Arista RICK FAZEKAS special to lmprint

At first, Shannon Curfman appears to be a rather sultry and attractive young woman, offering an innocent soft sound. Honestly, Iexpected her whole album to be sappy ballads.

I was pleasantlysurprised to find that her album is anything but. Instead, she deliversarather satisfying mix of blues, new country and rock, with the occasionalsoft song.

Thislittlepiece of ear-candys t m

offwithaverybluesytrack"Fewand Far Between," a typical song with feministpower behind it. Follow~ng that up is a very new country-oriented ditty about tryingtoget home, "No kders" wasslightly disappointing, but it's not my shtick, so that explains everythmg.

"Ismell youon my fingertips...I taste you on my. lips . ..."Certainly an attention grabber in the opening of asong. "IfYouChangeYourMind" mixes blues and ballad here to create an appealing - after-taste, and even a during-taste. Strong blues-rock influenceskeep "Love Me Like That" from being a possibly sappy song.

Next on the album are my two favourites: "Playing with Fire" and "I Don't Make Promises (I Can't Break)."

Heavy rock influences with a dash of new country to spice up the first. I haven't determined what she is talking about, but it sounds great.

It's groovy, even.

Follow it up with a double helping of the second and you've got a solidcontrast,thisone being nice and soft on the ears. You also get a posltive message: "I could date you, but I will never say 'I love you,' because men are evil!" Hmmm ... maybe it's not so positive.

The other songs on the album had their pros and cons, but they didn't make it to this review.

If you want to check out more on Shannon Curfman. her Web site (www.shannoncurfman.com)is very informative, plus it has a nice photo gallery and an optional Flash intro which haspart of "Playing With Fire" in it. Check it out!

ANY SIZE PIZZA*

plus taxes ; delivery extra *excludes Party Pizza **extra cheese additional cost

' -

I

465 PHILLIP STREET LOCATION ONLY

Downshift

Oscar Lopez

Semi-automatic

Armando's Fire

Independent

Naraah World

GREG MOREY special to lmprint

RACHEL E. BEATTIE lmprint staff

One word to describe Downshift's latest EP, is pretertranssubstantiationalistic. From theshirtless pre-teen on the album cover sporting a loaded gun and a chain-link wallet fob to the excessive use of the words "screaming" and "fear" in the lyrics, Downshift is mainly predictable but still mildly entertaining.

Hailing from Toronto, the death-grungequartet's aptly-named recording contains six tracks that were, for the most part, written while the band was watching TV. To call Downshift formulaic would be likecalling Ross Perot abit of an eccentric.Still, somethingabout them impliesthat they would put on a fun live performance. Maybe it's the fact that the lead singer is referred to as "anonymous" in the liner notes. Or maybe it's the solitary, out-of-focus band picture that shows four bare-chested guys wearing gas masks. In any case, I imagine their live showwouldinclude settingthings on fire, flinging plastic bags full of excrement and eating a raw cow.

Downshift's songs range in theme from angst-riddenself-hatred to self-hatingangst. Sometimes they throw a little sex andlor carnagein to spice thingsup. Some lyricsinclude: "and I touch myself/whereI shouldn't be touching" and "maybe you can help melpushmy wrist onto the knife/ maybe I was wrong."

"Anonymous" does his best to make these lyrics heartfelt, but his voice is too thin to really get a good death-grunge growl. The other members of the band, Steveon drums, Mike on bassand Skip on guitars, are actually quite talented musicians, if not terrificallycreative.

Bottom line: Downshift takes itself too seriously. If they didn't try to force emotional depth into their lyrics, then they could be a hell of a fun band. Still, if you like grinding guitar riffs and lots and lots of crash eymba1,check them out.

It's hard to classify Oscar Lopez's music. Do you categorize him as Latin? Many songs feature passionate flamenco guitar or a spicy rhumba beat. But then there are the smooth, cool blues and jazz riffs that float through. Lopez was born in Santiago, Chile but has lived in Canada for nearly 20 years, which probably explainshis multi-dimensions.

Lopez's seventh album Amando7sFireis described as Latin Jazz Fusion but that doesn't cover the many layers in his music. hope2 describes all his albums as "an extention of my soul and life experiences." Lopez's passion comes through in his virtuoso guitar playing -sometimes soft and romantic like on the song "Nostalgia," and other times complicated like "Gypsy," a flamenco of brilliant intensity.

One flaw inAmando'sFireisthe production and the other instruments on some tracks; it makes the album uneven. Lopez'sguitar isintense and captivatingand in most cases doesn't really need any accompaniment.

Some songs, such as the title track, incorporate the background elements wellgivingit a fun latin "dance in the streets" feel, but others like "Frontiers" feel like they would be impossible to recreate outside of a studio.

Oftensongs that should feel like an impromptustreet musician'sconcert in Santiago end up feeling like the soundtrack to a trip to the dentist. "Other Faces" incorporates a syntheticbeat whichjust doesn'twork with the rest of the instruments.

Whereas "Romance" features asimilar artificialbeat.but thistime itworks.

Instead of being musical novacane, it isa funky and totally groovable song.

Amando's Fire burns with an intensityonly slightly muffled by too many instruments and production.

But in the end, Lopez's amazingguitar playing wins through.

WATERLOO

:

OMPUTER l

BOOKS

150 University Ave.W. rnpus Court Plaza, Waterloo

746-6042

cb@canadacomputerbooks.com

HOURS:

I NOT VALID WITH V.I.P. CARDS I COUPON EXPIRES November 3,2000 ~mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm1mmmmm1

I

1 I I

-

Join BUDS a UW student, staff and faculty group that provides free tutoring and encouragement to highschodstudents. Formoreinfocontactcandace at 747-8113 or email cmhillier@sprint.ca.

Bia Sisters needs you! September 2000 to December 2000. university students to tutor our new Canadian children at community basedstudy halls.

Students range from grade 3 to 12 needingsupport in English, French, highschool SciencesandMaths.

Own transportation is preferred. Training and screening is required. Call Big Sisters at 74315206.

Leisure S u ~ ~ oServices rt (741-2226) is needina volunteersibkelpwith peoplethat havddisabilitie; "Make a Splash!" one hour per week to help children in swimming lessons. "Walk & Talk!" walk or run the track with a young adult with a disability.

"Swim Buddies" - once a week, flexible hours to swim with a new buddy. "Have a Ball!" Boccia is a game similar to indoor bowling that is gaining popularity. One evening per week. Oct. -April.

The Citv of Waterloo Volunteer Services (8886488) iscurrently recruiting for the following vb~unteer positions: Volunteer Drivers are currently needed to assist the increasing number of older adults. Flexible hours, mileage reimbursed and your own reliable vehicle is required. Program Assistants is needed to assist with Senior Outing Day programs, three hours per week.

Big Brother's needs male volunteers for our Big Bunch Recreation Program. Get involved, put a smile on a young boys face. For more information call ~ebbie-or~ k 579-5150. e Learn about a different culture while vou show a new immigrant how to be a part of your community.

For more information,call K-W Y.M.C.A. Host Program at 579-9622.

Volunteers needed t o read with children with a w~derange of readmg sk~lls,on a one-to one or small group bas~sSome fam~l~ar~tyw~th Macor IBM would be an asset Call Jane Horne at P ~ e t e r Public School 578-0910.

International volunteer and internsh~o opportunities available in Latin America. bositions such as business, educat~on,social work, etc. For info call 1-800-879-6640.

Auditions1 Castina call for independent feature lengthfilm being shot in ~ a t e r l o o . ~ c t o needed rs to volunteer. both male and female, ages 20-60. Call 579-6172 or you can e-mail alexquiller@hotmail.comto arrange audition time and date ormore information.

Volunteer Action Centre (742-8610) needs vou!

"K-W MulticulturalCentre vblunteersw-#l051-370: teach english as a second language or greet the world as a volunteer receptionist. Two hours per week.

"Can't Wait for Ski Season?" - #1108: Help youth with disabilities learn how to ski. One evening a week during January and February.

"Assist Refugee and Immigrant Youth" #10921422: organize social and recreational events for youth, aged 13-19.

"Greet CNIB Clients" -#1012-1417: twovoiunteers with great clerical skills and interpersonal skills needed during the day.

"Food Bank Drivers and Assistants'- # I 149: assist with pick-ups and deliveries during Christmas and Easter food drives on weekday mornings.

Volunteer atYOURschool newspaper IMPRINT Student Life Centre. room 1116. See you soon!

-

-

-

an^

ate students only. Register in advance at: ist.uwaterloo.calcs1courses.html. This hands-on session will show you how to get the most from databases like Cunent Contents. ClSTl Source, and electronic journals.

Monday, November 20 Organizing Your References: 9:30 a.m. 11:OO a.m., Meet at the Davis Centre Library lnformation Desk. Offered to faculty and graduate students only. Register in advance at: ist.uwaterloo.calcs1 courses.html. This course will review reatures of Reference Manager and EndNote, and will also review the online searching capabilities that allow users to search remote databases.

Thursday, December 7 Keeping Up with Your Research: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., LT3-Dana Porter Libraw. Offered to faculty and graduate studentsonly.Register in advanceat: ist.uwaterloo.calcslcounes.html. This hands-on session will show you how to get the most from databases like Current Contents, ClSTl Source, and electronic journals.

Tuesday, December 12 OrganizingYourReferences:9:30a.m.- l1:OOa.m..

Meet at the Davis Centre Library lnformationDesk.

Offeredtofacultyand graduate studentsonly. Registerinadvanceat:ist.uwaterloo.ca1cslcourses.html.

This course will review reatures of Reference Manager and EndNote, and will also review the online searching capabilities that allow users to search remote databases.

-

ONGOING

$

vA MONDAYS English Language Lab a lablclass is held from 2:30-3:20 p.m. in Modern Languages 113, September - June. The class has an emphasis on pronunciation and listening exercises. Students, faculty, staff, and spouses are welcome toattend.

For more informationcontact the InternationalStudent Office, ext. 2814.

Outers Club Meetings held in Modern Languages, room 104 at 6:30 p.m. New members welcome to join. Meet people, plan trips and get outside! Visit http:llwatservl .uwaterloo.cal-outersl for more information.

TUESDAYS Areyou interestedin playingonawomen'shockey league at UW? Every Tuesday and Friday come out to Columbia Icefieldsfrom 4-5 p.m. with equipment. For information email Jennifer at can~hemesis@hotmail.com.

Wellness Centre holds weekly meetings at 5:30 p.m. at the Wellness Centre, Student Life Centre, Student Service Resource area. For info call ext.

5951.

LTYW.

.25

d d cohnfd ~ -

campus ~e~ winted 60 hours worth of work per year. Make $2.000 in extra cash. We pay you to travel. Soquick.com Travel 1-888-274-8880, ask for Robert.

Christmas Gift Wrappers - creative individuals. locations downtown Toronto. North York, Mississauga. Pickering. Managers to $9.001hour + bonuses. Wrappers to $7.40/hour. FulllPart-time December 1-24; Call (416) 533-9727.

Weekend Counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Experience, minimum eight-month commitment. Paidpositions.Send resumeto Don Mader.

K-W HabilitationServices, 108 Sydney Street, S., Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2.

Debt free education1 Pay for your educat~onwith cash as anexoticentertainer!Work yourown hours in a clean, safe environment. No physical contact.

Call Ralph or Shannon at 744-6367.

-

Condo for sale

-

beautiful! Sunny, Italian tile

Fall or Winter

$17.75

1 i

floors, appliances, two bedrooms, novelty bathroom. Balcony, storage, laundry, parking. European wncept. Private sale, $95.000 Call 7485720 evenings.

-

Bike repairs 50 pt tune-up includes free pickup and delivery. $49.99. Call Gears 8 Grills today!

624-5814 days 1654-6387 evenings.

Essav Service need help with any of your essays? Take the help of highly qualified graduates.

Call toll-free to custom editing and essay service 1888-345-8295.

-

Cancun, Daytona,AcapulcoandMontrealatNew Year's. Cancun all-inclusive beachfront $1.1091 quad. Acapulco all-inclusive beachront $1,0591 quad. February 15 and 17 departures. Daytona beachfront hotel only $99/qu1ntor hotel and bus $299/quint. Montreal at New Years from $149.

Guaranteed lowest price on Campus!! Why pay more? Thames Travel 1-800-962-8262 (Todd).

Space limited!! Registration #01344989, (TICO)..

Surprise Sale

-

-

-

LIBRARY EVENTS Tuesday, October 24,2000 Organizing Your References: 9:30 a.m. - 11:OO a.m., Meet at the Davis Centre Library lnformation Desk. Offered to faculty and graduate students only. Register in advance at: ist.uwaterloo.calcsl courses.html. This course will review features of Reference Manager and EndNote, and will also review the online searching capabilities that allow users to search remote databases.

Wednesday, November 8 Getting Journal Articles & Books Not at UW: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Meet at the Dana Porter Library lnformation Desk. Learn how to use: TUGdocI holdslrecalls, Interlibrary LoanlDocumentDellvery Wednesday, November I S Keeping Up with Your Research: 9:30 am., LT3 Dana Porter Library. Offered to faculty and gradu-

-

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23,2000 If you knew you could save a life, would you?

Blood. It's in you to give." Next community clinic at Universw of Waterloo: Oct. 23,24,25 and 26 from 10a.m. to4 p.m. SLC. SignupattheTurnkey Desk.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24,2000 "Fantastic Book Sale" - at EnvironmentalStudies Courtyard from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All welcome!

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,2000 Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo Coming Out Discussion Group. Topic: "Gender Roles" 7:30 p.m. Social follows at 9 p.m. HH 378. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. Details: 884-4569.

RainbowComrnunityConversationGroup(sponsored by Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo and the RegionalPride Committee) for issuesafter coming out.Topic: "EhBC: Kink(specia1guests)"7:30p.m.

Hagey Hall (Humanities) room 373. All welcome.

Details: 884-4569.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,2000 Applying for a Distance Education Course this Winter? UW students should register by October 30,2000. For your convenience Distance Educationstaff will be in Needles Hall today and Monday, Oct. 30 to answer any questions you may have and take in yourregisterationform. Comeseeuson the 2nd floor across from the Registrar's Office.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER I, 2000 Festival 2000 is coming -on Nov. 1 & 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Student Life Centre. Crafts. music, entertainment, raffle draws, silent auction.

All are welcome!

-

GREAT BUYS on UWShop merchandise!

7fiepevine waterloo

someonetswaitiryr to tam to you ***

The G m p ~ V i n rClut In,: does not przsrreen ca'le M u g ke 18+ FREE heal call LD :barge