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MONDAYS The Morning Watch: We are a non-denominational Christiangroup. We engage in scripture reading and silent prayer. Our purpose is to provide a time and placefor busystudents topray oncampus. 8:30-9:00 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, The Student Life Centre Prayer Room. For more info please e-mail Richard Boychuk at rnboychu@artsmail.uwaterloo.ca. WEDNESDAYS Weekly meetings start on January 17, 2001 at 6:30 p.m. at Wellness Centre, SLC. located above Imprint in Student Service Resource area, room 2124A. For details call 888-4567, ext. 5951. THURSDAYS Group for Llbertarlan Activism and Discussion. Libertarianismin.One Lesson study series at 6:00 p.m., Student Life Centre, room 2133. Contact Graham at gtjhearn@uwaterloo.ca or 725-7810.

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Forums not well attended and points were made to empty spaces RYAN C H E N - W I N G special to lmprint 1 orums provide a good oppor-

tunity for students to learn current student issuesandsee how their future Feds executivesconduct themselves. "Forumsare important but they need to be better advertised," commented one candidate after having attended a number' of poorlyattended forums. The first forum was a referendum forum onThursday February 1 (the second day of campaigning),and was hosted by the Engineering Society and organized by Engineering Society VP-Education, Mary Robinson. Ten studentsshowedup to hear Simon Woodside speak on behalf of the Yesside andMarkSchaan, Federation of Students VP-Education speak in favour of the No side. The benefit of low attendance allowed for better exchange between the speakersand the students; as students could follow-up questions and the two sidescould rebut ina smaller more relaxed setting. Monday's noon hour saw a forumin thestudent Life Center's Great Hall as panellists from Imprint and uwstudent.orgaskedquestionsto the

Woman attacked KATE SCHWASS Imprint staff

19 year old female was attacked at 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6 on the Laurel Creek path that goes through Waterloo Park. The woman was attacked from behind by a man wielding a knife. He forced her into a wooded area within the park where he sexually assaulted her. The man is described as being a white male,25 years old, wearing blackleather gloves, dark jeans, a bomber jacket and a ski mask. Detective Constable Gwen Sim of the Waterloo Regional Police, highly suggests that "females walk in groups and take more care." Sim also recommends walking in well-lit areas. Police have increasedsecurityin the park and are currently investigating the case further. UW Police were notified of the attack but refused to comment on it. On the UW Web site on Wednesday, a memo at the top saidthat U W Police suggestedthat students should "Walk with a friend" or call the Walksafe service.

nine Fed Executive candidates for two hours in the SLC. There were about 100 people in the Great Hall but fewer than half seemed to be paying much attention. Candidates answered questions for about an hour and a half from the panelists and then the floor wasopenedup to interested students. Later that evening there was another forum in the Ron Eydt Village cafeteria. The forum only took one hour of the two hours scheduleddue to alackof questions.Near the end there were about 35 villagers in the room with onlv about a dozen facingthecandidates;the others were intent on viewing the Simpsonsrerun on the big screen at the other end of the room. Candidateswereforced to compete with the volume of the television and sometimes got more reactions when they displayed knowledge of the Simpsons or acknowiedged the episode. On Wednesday the Feds exec hosted a forum in the Great Hall with just under 100 people in attendance. For much of the forum they ran it with a game-show style. They asked all candidates the same question in quick succession. They also played the five ques-

tion game, giving people short answer questions and dilemmas: witharight answer an executive would raise a signwithabigcheckmark; a wrong answer would get an X. With an expected increase in turnout with weeklong online voting, there will be more uninformed voters due to low turn outs at the forums. There certainly wasn't an increase in forum attendance over past years and it leaves

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an online forum have gotten more attention? When asked why he hadn't attended the forums, 4B Physics student Kevin Wolf said thatthe forums should have been advertised better. "1 didn't evenknowthey were here." Christina Heydorn agreed. "I knew they were on, I just didn'tknow what time."

Arts logo ano-go with students LAUREN S. B R E S L I N lmprint staff

rinks and party favoursgarnished the Faculty of Arts' new branding event which took place at the Modern Languages atrium on Wednesday February 7. UW Dean of Arts, Robert Kerton, unveiled the new arts logo to a gracious audience, commenting that it stylizesan "Arts student holding the open book of knowledge in one hand and the world of opportunities in the other." In spite of the enthusiasm with which the logo was presented, student reaction immediately following the unveiling revealed that not everyonesharesinthe faculty's pride. "Wasthisdrawn by amonkey?" inquiresJesse Helmer, a secondyear English major, referring to the logo's rather elementary design. According to the inaugural issue of Tbe Arts Muse - the Arts faculty newsletter "Our logo is representative of how students will see themselves. Our logo is forward thinking and represents a balance of knowledge and learning with opportunities in the world." Indeed, in spite of its lofty significance, many students felt that the depiction of a one-dimensional figure holding a globe and an open

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Peopleare less than impressedwiththe new Arts logo.The monkeyshave been released.The typewriters nowsit idle. book was somewhat contrived; "Considering that it's supposed torepresentthe arts, they could have made it a little more artistic," remarksMelissaPierce, afirst year Arts student. Granted, the purpose of the evening was not entirely to astound everyone with a dynamically designedlogo.

The Dean himself commented that the new recruitment poster more accurately wflects the aims of U W

Am. The recruitment poster features a head-shot collage of renowned intellects, from Dostoevskyto Goethe to Shakespeare. The event, otherwise known as

"Distinctiveand Distinguished," welcomed a range of faculty members, but inevitably begged the question, Where are all the students? "I personally hadn't heard of the event until I read about it in Imprint, and even then I wasn't too sure what they please see page 5

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n addition to the Feds executive and students'council races, there is also a race on for four seats on the university senate. The senate is the university's highest academic body. It is responsible for establishingthe educational policies of the university. These include admission standards, faculty qualifications, course curricula and long-range academic planning. The senateiscomposed of members from all areas of the university community. The Board of Governors, faculty deans, affiliated college presidents, facultymembers, graduatestudents, undergraduate students and alumni all hold seats on the senate. The call for nominations for undergraduate student representatives to Senateclosedon Fridav. lanu-

ent studies seat. An election will be held for the mathematics seat. Byelections will be held for the applied healthsciences,arts and at-large seats. AlexMatan, astudent inelectrical engineering,was acclaimed to the

There is a race for four seats on the university senate. engineering seat. Jesse Waltman, a student in accountancy studies, was acclaimed to the at-large seat. Matan and Waltman will serve fromMay 1, 2001 to April 30,2003. Two nominationswere received for the applied health sciences seat for the term of May 1,2001 to April 30,2002. Rohit Ramchandani,a stu-

dent in health studies, and Robert Robson, a student in recreation and business, were nominated. Two nominations were received for the arts seat for the term of May 1, 2001 to April 30, 2002. Kate Schwas, En&sh, andBrendaSlomka, speechcommunications/drama,were nominated. Two nominations were received for the mathematicsseat for theterm of May 1,2001 to April 30,2003. Michael Morgan, mathematicsJbusiness, andstephen Skrzydlo, computer science, were nominated. Two nominationswere received for the at-large seat for the term of May 1, 2001 to April 30, 2002. Stephen Lockwood, a student in engineering (non-degree), and TanyaMorose, a student in kinesiology, were nominated. Students can obtain more information on the candidates and cast their vote for Senate at the Feds electionsite, http://www.feds.ca. Voting starts today at 6 p.m. andgoes on until next Friday, Feb. 1 6 at 4 p.m.

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Let's talk hockey, and the future, and hockeyDryden stepped the audience through this introspection by taking them on a journey through his life. Born in 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario, ccording to Ken Dryden, "The 21st century will be a find-a-way century, Dryden's father was a westerner from Manitobaand his mother was from Ontario. Before and Canada is poised to lead Canadais a find-a-waycountry; this isour true he turned 20 he was never west of Winnipeg nor east of Ottawa, but he read and dreamt of ideology." On WednesdayJanuary 31,Dryden gave the world. He went to Cornell University for alecture beforeacrowdof approximately 100 four years of undergraduate study, and while members of the UW community who had the there he wasalwaysproud to be "that annoying privilege of hearing him speak on Canada's Canadian voice!" He came back to Winnipeg prospectsin the2lst century.Asthe speakerfor for law school where he played on the Canathe fourth "2020 Buildingthe Future" lecture, dian national hockey team and began to truly presented by WPIRG, Dryden relayed his understand "western alienation." From there thoughts on Canadian life, Canada's future he moved to Montreal where he had his illustrious 10year NHLcareer. Ever the scholar, at and, of course, hockey. After an introduction by Dr. David the conclusion of his time in the NHL he went Johnston, President of UW, Dryden began by to study in Cambridge, England and considsayingthathe isnotreally goodatimaginingthe ered making his life there; but he came to the future and that, in his experience, we often go conclusion that "Canada is home; it's where I where we end up, where we never imagined. want to be." Canada is where Dryden's passion lies, To illustratethis point he talkedabout the game of hockey 100 years ago when "rinks and he lamented that as Canadians we have a were roadways, [and] pucks were road tendency to focus on our not traits. These oft self critiquedtraits of compromiseandhumbleapples." Hockey 100years ago was agame of stick ness along with our ability to encourage handling and body checking, necessitated by commonality and accept diversity, without the rule against forward passing. This rule, so bloodshed are, in fact, our strengths in the sacred to the hockey experts of the time that global village of the 2l"century. According to changing it wasn't even a remote possibility, . Dryden the new tools of leadership are learnwas eliminated in 1929, t h e ~ b changing y the ing, listening and a willingnessto be humble. To wrap up these sentiments Dryden reentire game of hockey. Talkingmetaphorically about how the future is elusive to prediction, turned to asports metaphor: Hockey is agame Dryden posed the question "what will be the where you can set-up plays and plan for situations, but to be successful once the puckdrops forward pass of our future?" Although the future is difficultto predict, you must be react to the situationsthat present Dryden relayed that we can still prepare to themselves. "Hockey is a find-a-way game," comembracethe change that awaitsby understanding ourselves, as a nation and as individuals. mented Dryden. GEORGE

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otingforanew Fedsexecutive while away on your work term can have its pros and cons. One of the pros is you can make decisions based on somewhat objective commentary. The FedsWebsite (www.feds.ca) provideseach candidate's agenda and experience straight from the horses' mouths. However, deciding on a candidate for whom to vote is difficult when you can't see themin action at campusforumsandclassroom visits. Because I'm working in Ottawathis term, IwiU rely mostly on the agenda outliiesto make my decisions, but will also turn to the news media to read other columnists' views on the campaigns. . Readingpresidentialagendascanpersuade you tomake aquickdecision. It'salso interesting to take note of the route in which the candidates want to steer the Feds, and ultimately, gainsupport fromthevotingstudents. Does the candidate have a long-term vision to better the university for students five years fromnow, or does the candidate wanttomake quick changes over the next year? Moreimportantly,what do studentswant? I only have a year left at UW,so I'll probablybe voting for a presidential candidate who can improve my university experience in a oneyearwindow. Callitselfish,butlwanttoseethe results of my cumulative $200 in Feds payments before I start paying more representation fees at another school. So, with theidea of quickchange in mind, a few ideas from the residenti id candidates' agendason the Feds Web sitecatch my interest more than others'. For example, Albert Nazareth's agenda

includesthe introduction of the mystical "anticalendar," an overhaul of Ground Zero and the creation of astudent information Web site that would enable students to check their email and coursegrades. I find studentsassociate more with aesthetically pleasing agendas (a "comfy"Groundzero, Websites)rather than policy agendas. But with aesthetics comes money, and with money comes more referenda on how to spend money. ChrisDiLulloplans to tackle the studenthousing crisis in Waterloo and pump more effort in co-op representation through the Feds, which seems to speak out against the upcoming Co-op Society referendum. What happens if studentsvotein favour of the society next week?well, that's one agenda item down the toilet. DiLullo will trv. toim~rove the housing situation, but it seems to me that the only thing that will help is to build more studenthousing, whichwill cost big bucks. Like DiLullo, Yaacov Iland places paramount importance on the student housing crisis in Waterloo. He also trows to do a lot of lobbying if he were president. Lobby the Region of Waterloo, lobby the University and lobby the provincial government. But will all this lobbying induce change? The problem with creating a platform based on lobbying the world is that students don't see where theit Feds fee is going. What will you offer the students? To all of the candidates' credit, they have the experience needed to overseethe Feds. But for many students,it will bethe agendas, not the experience, that will be deciding factors in choosingwhich name to hover their mice over next week.

Professor honoured by CRM Fields lnsitute Prize LAUREN s. B R E S L I N Imprint staff

etired UW professor and mathematician, Bill Tutte, was awarded the pres tigious 2001 CRM-Fields Institute Prize for hismany extraordinaryachievements in graph theory and discrete math. As well as being honoured as the leading world figure in graph and matroid theories, Tutte enjoys a $5,000 prize awarded by the Centre de Recherches Mathematiquesin Montreal, and the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences inToronto. Born in Newmarket, Britain, Tutte received a PhD from Cambridge in 1948. After moving toToronto to join the faculty at Uof T, Tutte moved to UW in 1962- five yearsafter itwas founded.Now, more than 35 yearslater, he is distinguished professor emeritus in

combinatoricsand optimization. Early in hiscareer, Tune playedaninstrumental role in cracking the intelligencecodes used by Hitler's high command during the Second World War. Because of this tremendous accomplishment, he was named honourary director of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research (CACR) at UW in 1998. Now 84, Tutte stands at the forefront of graph and matroid theory, he is the recipient of the prestigious Fields Prize, he is credited with groundbreaking work in several new areas that would eventually become major fields of discrete math, and he was also one of the founders of UW's Faculty of Mathematics in 1967. Along with other schools, Waterloo is a principalsponsor of the Fields Institute,where Tutte will be delivering alecture later this year.

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were tryingtoprove,"saysStephanieMackay, a first year Arts student. Chad Nesker, a third year Fine Artsstudent concludes, "I think U W has an excellentArts program, but this type of stunt isnothing more thanshamelessself-promotion." Liz Baltazar, president of the Arts StudentUnion (ASU),noted that the eventwill promote more confidencewithin UWArts, and that the official celebration was arranged to "grab people's attentions." When asked whether they felt the event

was exclusively staff-oriented, both tha Dean of Arts and the President of the Arts Student Union agreed that the evening would have been more effective had it included the students. However, in order to accommodatethe UW Arts student body, the committee would have had to cut into taxpayers'money, which, accordingto the Dean of Arts, would not have been possible. With the best of intentions in mind, the celebrationwas organizedprimarily topublicizethemanysuccessesofArtsstudents past and present, as well as to recognize the achievements of itsfaculty.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Friday, February 16,2001 Student Life Centre, room 1116 AGENDA: 1. Annual Re~ort 2.2001-2002 Budget 3. Proposed Policy and Procedure Change * Addition to Assets and Equipment Requests For Funding "Anyproposal requiring funding from lmprint must be put in writing to the Board of Directors at least one(1) week prior to its expected purchase or any advertising regarding said purchase. This is so the Board of Directors can convene and deliberate on said proposal." *Change to Full-time Staff Job Descriptions PerformanceAppraisals "Appraisalsfor the Editor-in-Chief shall be carried out at the end of each four-month term." Changed to: "Apraisalsforthe Editor-in-Chief shall becarriedout atthe end of each four-month schoolterm."

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Staff Editor-in-Chief, Scott Gordon Assistant Editor, Adina Gillian News, Kate Schwass Assistant News, Lauren S. Breslin F o N ~ Adrian , Chin Features, Melanie Stuparyk Assistant Features, Vivien Wong Science, John Swan Sports, vacant Assistant Sports, vacant Arts, Paul Schreiber Assistant Arts, Jan Guenther Braun Photos, Felix Yip Assistant Photos, Jeff Evans Graphics, Billy Tung Assistant Graphics, Tina Jang Web, Talesh Seeparsan Web Assistant, Durshan Ganthan Systems Admm., Rob Schmidt Systems Admin. Assistant, Dave Robins Lead Proofreader, Jesse Helmer Proofreader, Andrea St. Pierre Proofreader, Hala Khalaf Proofreader, Jeff Bueckert Proofreader, Kerry O'Bnen Business Manager, Mark Duke Advertising & Production Manager, Laurie Tigert-Dumas Advertising Assistant, Daniel Wong Distribution, BiUy Tung Distribution, Ryan Porter Board o f Directors President, Kate Schwas Vice-president, Janice Jim Treasurer, vacant Secretary, Durshan Ganthan Staff Liaison, Adina Gillian Contributors Jesse Bergman, Susan Bubak, Mae Cantos, Ryan Chen-Wing, Andrea Coren, Nigel Flear, Janice Jim, Matt Kieswetter, Alex Lau, Ryan Matthew Merkley, Ryan Porter, Amy Potvin, F a d Rasheed, George Roter, Alison Salter, Kerri Schira, Ray Shaw, Robin Stewart, Jon Willing, Cars Woloshyn Imprint is the official student newspaperof the Universityofwaterloo. It is an editoriallyindependent newspaperpublished by Imprint Publications,Waterloo, acorporationwithout share capital. Imprint is a member of the Ontaric Community Newspaper Association (OCNA).

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ove. It always amazes me that we, an educated, advanced society, can have such an in depth understanding of the physiochemical world, and still be unable to explain such a primitive emotion. Ask anyone what love means and you'll get a circular definition; how many times have we heard "You can'tknowloveuntil youfeelit?"The truthis, although the artsandsciencesmay haveundergone rapid development in the last millennium, we are still truly in the dark ages when it comes to matters of the heart. Love is a painful trial and error process. How many times have we comforted a friend after a messy breakup? These are the times where we turn to our friends and family the most. Society has never learned how to teach love. We all learn it the same way -by experience. Imagine if we taught modern sciences this way. I'd be afraid to walk through downtown Toronto for worry of collapsing buildings and crashing aircraft. Our best guideshave been other relationships, and of course that of the media. There's got to be some reason why 'Blind Date' and 'Friends' have daily shows. So is it truly any suprise that Valentine's Day should be such a commercialevent? It's the one time of the year where we feel obligated to be romantic, and if you're anything like me, well, that can cause problems. My romantic blunders are almost epic in some circles; indeed, my poor decision making skills once earned me the nickname 'Scarecrow' - the mystical 'Wizard of Oz' creature who sought only a brain. Perhaps I shouldhave beennicknamedafter theTinman instead, for all he ever really wanted was a heart. Sorhen why force ourselvesthrough the whole Valentine's Day extravaganza? I think it's our sense of adventure that drives us towards the holiday. Roses and chocolates, the traditional romantic gifts, have been overplayed so much that they've nearly lost all value. Valentine's Day is a chance for us to exceed the normal to take ar0manticadventure.A bid for love, or

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maybe more of a gamble. The chance to risk something we normally fear, the chance to tell someone that they are truly specialin our lives. Now I hear some of you muttering, "Well romance shouldn't be a scheduled event." I couldn't agree more. I find the best relationships just happen, you never really looked for them, and sometimes you weren't even sure if ~ouwantedthem. They just hit you, andwhen they do you can never go back. You find yourself wanting to do all those cheesy couple things: calling each other by pet names, watchingromanticmovies, having three hour phone conversations that leave you behind on your schoolwork.You find yourself spending days, weeks, and then months planning and obsessing over the littlest triviak details. Truly those experiencesmake aromancewhatitis-it's the greatest feeling in the world. Now I'd agree that I've never seen a Hallmark card that caotured eyes. I've also never found a gift that truly expresses that feeling of pure happiness I get when my phone rings with her call.And I've definitely never found any planned event that can replace that moment of a first kiss, the one where you are so deeplytouched that you forget about everything in the world but the experience the two of you are sharing. But life can't always go the way you plan. Things happen. Dates get broken, youmight get jobsin different cities, or be too consumed by midterms to plan agreat evening. That'swhy Valentine's Day is so important. It'sachance to re-

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member that no matter how busy you get, or how many obstaclesget in the way, you want to be together. It'sa chance to share and live each other's romantic fantasies, a chance to reflect some of your happiness back upon your partner. To you, criticsof Valentine's Day, hear my message. Yes, it's a Hallmark-induced event; perhaps ultra-commercialism at it's highest peak. But it can be more-so much more. No, Valentine's Day is not a replacement for a healthy romance, but merely another chance for a relationship to grow. The day can always be a grave risk, but one that I believe is worth all the effort. Just don't make your Valentine's Day ordinary - and make your relationship extraordinary. And to my own unconvinced friend, well, Happy Valentine's Day, sweetie.

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Tommy Hilfiger, for instance, produces absolutely nothing. According to Klein, "Jockey

consumers towards branding and the questionable business practices that may accom-

soyears. InherbookNo Logo,Naorni Klein shows that companies have wildly increased profits through clever branding. They've managed to convince consumers that they're buying a certain lifestyle and not merely apair of shoesor acup of coffee. "Customers don't truly believe there's a hugedifferencebetweenproducts,"Scott Bedbury, Starbucks' vice president of marketing told Klein in the course of researching her book, "which is why brands must 'establishemotionalties' with their customers through 'the Starbucks Experience."'

Corporation makes its footwear." Should we be concerned that the Faculty of Arts will start farming out more of its teachingto lessexpensive part time sessionalprofsto teachitscoursessoitcanfocusonstrengthening its brand loyalty? After all, as long as people believe they're buyinginto acertain lifestyle or experience it doesn't really matter what goes on in the classroom. There also doesn't seem to be any concern that branding is something that's been used primarily to sell manufactured goods. Running our universities like businesses is one thing, but

researcherswhileunveilingtheirnew brand. It's too bad it seems like a bit of an afterthought. Therecognition shouldstem from the fact that good teaching is fundamental to any university, rather than the idea that teaching awards are good for business. The Faculty of Arts would be wise to keep in mind graphic designer Tibor Kalman's comments on branding: "The originalnotionof thebrandwasquality, but now brand is a stylistic badge of courage." S c o t t Gordon, Editor-in-Chief

ters to the editor : Chick smoke, no breeze

hisletter is a direct complaint to smokers around campus. Between lecturesthere isalways i conglomerate of you standingoutide each buildingpuffingaway,creh g athick, abrasivecloudof smoke a building entrances, which non,makers and smokers alike have to leal with on a regular basis. An article WPIRG printed in he last issue of Imprint mentioned hat Kitchener-Waterloo has the . worst air quality in Canada! And low, thanks to the consideration of imokers, it's much worse. It is bad enough - that we are zxposed to air pollution, and thanks o smokersthe air is even more harm-' ul t~ breathe. I am sure that many imokers see smoking outside not to x an annoyance to others because :he smoke dissipatesmorequickly. Thisnotion is wrong. For one, I see all the smokers in one confined spot under a protectiveroof, thereby xeating a distinguished cloud of smoke due to a lack of air current. Furthermore, try walking behind someone who is smoking. The ~mokewillalwaysblowstraight into your face. It is really not a pleasant experience following the trails of a cigarette. On one hand I understand that ~ o k i n g iavery s addictive habit that is hard to break. Instead of pointing the finger by sayingeveryoneshould quit, not only for their own health, but for the health and consideration of others, Iwill offer atokenof hope. I personallyknow three people who have quitcold turkey. On the other hand, I could act inconsiderateand ignorantto smokers. Play the game using their rules. For instance I could slam doors in theirfaces,splash them withmy bike as Iride by, or spit in their faces. And I could bank on it that they would become infuriated, much like I am when entering buildings and when walkingbehind smokers. I refuse to take that route though. I know I am not speaking alone when I say that non-smokers demand more respect for the air we breathe from smokers. Instead of fightingfre with fire, it istime to fight fire with encouragement. I offer my

support to smokers willing to quit providedtheyoffer me more respect for the air I breathe.

S t e v e nJ. Workman

Rats at U W

ave you ever been victimized H b y arat ? I have. This ismy first experience.Youcould say I've joined the club. An extensive club growing larger by the day, consisting of people who have had their bikes stolen or smashed, their squash rackets ripped-off right in the locker room, and their personal items snatched when they turn their heads. Lookout UW-leave yourpossessions unattended for 5 minutes and you'll come back to an empty spacewith anote attached, "Thanks for your racket; thanks for your wallet; thanks for your shoes, chump." My squash racket was stolen right out of my lockerin the PAC. My beautiful harmless Slazengersquash racket. There is definitely a band of petty thieves working at UW;I call them "rats." These "rats" have specific behaviours: they scurry around quickly, have shifty little eyes, and store a locker full of stolen articles. If you lookcloselyenough,you'll see their nosestwitchwhenevertheir eyes dart acrosssomethingof value; signalling a dirty blotch of greed welling up inside them. You know why you rarely meet these "rats"? It's because they are a cowardlybunch. They operatewhen no one is looking. They prefer to hide away and crawl along the dark corners of society. Little do they know, every time they drag someone else's belongingsaway, they aredragging themselves through mud; the kind of mud that sticks and takes a very long time to wash off, if ever. I hope the next time any callous thief deadesto stealsomething,someone who hates theft just as much as I do is spnding right next to them. Maybe they'll squash the little rat in the act. -Matt LRe 4BEnglish (RPW)

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Save the trees

believe Imprint is printing an exorbitantnumber of copiesof its newspaper for the number of readers on campus. I have often noticed on Thursday night (after a week of distribution and aday before the new release comes out) a large pile of copies in variouslocationsaroundcampus. In my opinion, the reason for the low rateof studentspickingupcopiesare probably because (in order of "likeliness"): a) Most students readlbrowse the newspaperat the location itself, then leave it behind for other students to read. They don't require a permanent copy of the paper themselves. b) Many students simply don't read Imprint. C) Others use on-line access, http:// imprint.uwaterloo.ca or the Daily Bulletin to get their share of UW news. Reducingthe number of copies printed would engender a substantial cost saving for Imprint, which could be passed to students in the form of reduced user fees. (Remember the $4.10 voluntary fee we pay with our tuition!) It would also save paper; although it is hoped that the unread papers would eventually be recycled. Recydigunnecessarysheetsof paper wastes resources and money. -RajKrishnan 4B Comp. Sci./SoftwareEngineeting

God help the Middle East

He engineered and masterminded the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in 1982,a disastrousoccupation that brought nothingbut pain and sorrow to the whole region for decades. He is publicly against returning occupied Arab land to the Arabs, and he iseompletely against sharing the sovereignty of Jerusalem. He is against the right of return of the Palestinian refugees. As housing minister, he gave the green light to building settlementsthat are illegal by international law. As the electedPrimeMinisterhe said he was planning to continue these illegalsettlements.He ispractically against all UN resolutions that grant Palestinians their rights. That is Ariel Sharon, nicknamed Mi,in brief. The Israelis had the choice between Barak andSharon.They chose Sharon over Barak, thus choosing war over negotiations.They might as well have voted for war on a wad peace referendum. Unless some dramatic changes are made to his ideology, there is no way Sharon will bring peace to the region. If he refuses to shake hands with the Palestinian leader,how is he going to launch a partnership for peace with him?Even if Arabs decide to negotiate with a war criminal, he willnot offer themwhat they wantor what they have the right to have. It is very hard to anticipate an end to the SO-yearArab-Israeli conflictwithsharon in office. If I told you that I see chances for peace I would be more optimistic than Sharon's backgroundallowsmeto be. The best I can do for now is pray for amiracle to strike the region. God help the Middle East!

because the Islamic Sharia Law is protectingthem. The Sharia Law stipulates that there must be least four witnesses to the act who would testify. Unfortunately, the only witnesses are the three men that forcefully raped her. No investigation was pursued because the accounts of the three men supercede that of a mere girl. The penalty for premarital sex is automatically 100 lashes with a leather cane, and an extra 80 lashes for presumably false accusations against her rapists. Out of pure kindness, the judge reduced her sentence to 100 lashings, so as not to kill her, but just cripple her for life.This is an inhuman, gender-specific discrimination targeted against women of all ages. The Sharian Law protects men while silencingthe voices of women who hope to one day receive fair trial and equal treatment from an impartial judicial system. It is utterly disgusting that this horrific practice of floggingstillexists. These cases of Human Rights atrocities,such asMagzu's, make the United Nations Universal Declaration for Human Rights seem hollow and superficial. Where is the protection and equality that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises for every individual? Magzu's punishment was to be postponeduntilJanuary 28,2001; unfortunately the internationalcommunity was deceived. On January 19, 2001, Bariya Magzu was flogged. How long can Canadiancitizensbe silent witnesses to unfairpracticesthat brutally maim and murder the innocent? --Cassandra Polyzou & ShartnilaSetaram

ERS

n the 4th of February, the Israelis chose their leader. The results of the elections were shocking, but predictable. Ariel Sharon won against Ehud Barak, the exPrime Minster, by almost 20 points. Sounds like normalelections, right? Well that might be true if one ignores who Ariel Sharon is. Ariel Sharon is known as "The Bulldozer" in Israel. He isconsidered a war criminal by almost all Arabs, andevenmanyIsraelis. Hewaslinked, even by Israeli courts, to the Sabra andShatilamassacresinwhich thousandsof unarmedcivilians were randomly slaughtered.

Lashings TotheEditor,

he case of BariyaIbrahim Magzu of Nigeria has attracted international attention. Magzu is a 17year-old girl (her real age is rumoured to be 14), who was raped by three of her father's friends and subsequently became pregnant. Upon discovery of her pregnancy she was charged with having premarital sex. Magzu identified her rapists but these men denied the accusations

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Where's the KY in K-W? MINH

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n January 30th the local chapter of the Canadian Cuban Friendship Association (aWPIRG action group) gathered to celebrate the birthday of Cuban poet, patriot and revolutionary Jost Marti. Although - -TosC Marti died over a century ago, many people, particularly Commandate Fidel Castro. feel that his legacy - . of revolution and social just~ceis still alive today. Born in Havana in 1853 to a well-to-do family,Jost Marti was aradical since his youth. His early writing against the colonialist condition and slavery led to his exile to Spain at the young age of 17. In Spain, while earning degrees in law, philosophy, andliterature, Marticontinued to write against colonialist rule and organize politically for the liberty of his country. It was at this time that he started to talk about "our America" united by aSommon language, culture and colonialist master. Founder of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, a republican guerrilla organization aiming to liberate Cuba from the colonialist yoke o f Spain. Jost Marti's "Proclamation of Montecristi" was the battle cry that started the Cuban Spanish war and eventually led to the defeat of Spain. On May 19,1895,JosC Marti rode into his first battle only to have his heart pierced by Spanishbullets, spilling hisblood on Cuban soil.

What significancedoes the life and struggle of Jost Marti, a man who d ~ e dover 100 years ago, have today? Jost Marti is a symbol of struggle against exploitation and oppression. His writings on the issues of slavery, anti-colonialism and the brotherhoodof man today make up the bulkof the revolutionary philosophical outlook known as Fidelismo. The Cuban revolution of 1959 was seen by many as a continuation of the struggle for Cuban independence that was started by Jost Marti over half a century ago. After 19$9, Castro's government had a mandate to carry out agrarian reforms, and attempted to create an independent Cuba with peace, sovereignty and social justice. While the twentieth century has brought us extraordinary gains in wealth and power, it has also ushered in an age of unprecedented destruction and danger. World wars, the holocaust, environmental disasters, new forms of slavery, racism, ethnic cleansing and other uniquely modern forms of evil have claimed hundreds of millions of lives. We will examine how a number of religious "heroes" have responded to these modern forms of evil by retrieving wisdom and energy from their ancient religious traditions. Exampleswill be drawn from Buddhism, Christianity and Hinduism. Fri. Feb. 16.2001.3:OO-5:OOpm. WPIRG office Frank Fridays at WPIRG with David Seljak, St.Jerome's Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.

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fter completing my first full year at University, Iam still able say something that I thought I wouldn'tbe able to when I first got here: I have never participated in an orgy. Although maybe not generally associated with the University of Waterloo specifically, institutions of higher learning asa whole andin general, are often portrayed as giant sexual playgrounds, each term being one giant bacchanalia, and enrollment into University a pact with hedonism. You were supposed to be shipped chocolate underwear once you sent in your acceptance form and condoms were supposed to distributed in the Happy Meals at the residence cafe. Well, what went wrong along the way? Am I the only one not noticing the arrayof bras that are supposed to be strewn across campus? How come I've never caught anyone at Dana Porter engaging in "bookie-nookie" on the booths? Where are all the guys walking aroundwith panties on their heads?How come no one's shown up to any of my finalswearing only a pair of socks yet? How come Bomber doesn't host a "free-grab" night yet? Where is the secret society of dominatrix women and their whips and ping-pongpaddles (don't ask)?

Instead, I appear to be suqounded by 30,000 pudgy asexual beings who wandel about fully clothed and neutered waving thei~ "I'mnot Horny!" flags backand forth, highanc proud- bound to thetr convictionsthat school is aplace for learning and that pleasure for the cerebellum is pleasure enough. I remain unconvinced. These people car steadfastlystand by suchconvictions but I see 2 beacon of lieht " from the North East: A scan1 few weeks ago this very paper published 2 report that indicated that at the University oi Guelph, "5 1 per cent of women were reporeec to have engaged in oral or hand genital stimu lation with someonc they met in the samc

Three words pop out at me there people: hand, genital, stimulation.

day;hree word! pop out at me then people: band, p i tal, stimulation Those crazy Gryph ons have discoverec a way to stimuiatt genitals with thei~ hands. Fellow Warriors, asa top researchinstitu. tion we should devote as may professors a! possible into this amazing discovery, I know : personally have. Whoever added that article to our papel is obviously working for my team, fighting tc free the University of Waterloo from itscrush, ing asexual shackles. In the words of Marvir Gaye: "Let's Get It On." P.S. Mom if you've just read this please dc not initialize stop payment on the cheques. I'n just joking around.

Co-op society: the debate continues What's in a name?

ccording to the Yes Committee, every thing is black and white. Co-op Society? Good. Feds? Bad. Well, it's important for students to have an opportunity to understand the full depth of the issues being represented. The "No" side will agree with the Yes Committee" when it says that there is a lot of paperthat hasbeen produced by theyes Committee to attempt to justify their claims. However, even after 23 pages of documentation, a lot of questions remain unanswered. Who will the Co-op Society report to? Will the Co-op Soc report to Bruce Lumsden, an individual whom they are attempting to lobby? These are a number of the issues that simply go unquestioned and unanswered by the Yes committee. The Federation is not involved out of obligation or because they would refuse to yield any power at all. In fact, the Federation took a long, hard look at all of the options available for effective representation and quality services for co-op students. What was the overwhelming decision of Students' Counciland the Feds Executive?Coop Society is not the best solution and instead, the Feds should embark on an aggressive course of action to improve their own services and representation. While the Yes committee would like to contend that its clear the Federation is a bad service provider and the Co-op Society is a good one, the issue isnot nearly that clear-cut. Feds are the group that oversaw and paid for the Co-op handbook, ensuredstudent space in the new building and has been working sideby-side not against co-op in pursuing a better ACCESS. This hardly equates to bad service or

even no service astheYesCommittee contends. Feds is not an organization that is content to be mediocre. The Feds launched a massive consultation to assess their current performance. That consultationresulted in a brand new structure - a more focused and dedicated representative body with the direct ear of the department and amore autonomousand dedicatedservicebody which would not only create communitybut allow co-op students the ability to determine their own service ~riorities. The Yes Committee~rooosesonlinework term summaries yet hasno legal fees built into their budget. The Feds lawyer is currently investigating a lawsuit-free approach to providing this service. The Feds already have a steady stream of advertising in a number of formats that hit students. This cost is shared by all the services. Would the Co-op Society be able to effectively market across campus when they would be forced to pay the full cost? The Co-op Societyproposes that by changing the name of a co-op group from Co-op Student Service to Co-op Society they will suddenly attract farmore volunteers, be easier to find and not get lost on campus. If a name change is all that's required, the Feds would certainly be open to changing the name of their co-op service and savingstudents the $64,000 to do so. At the end of the day, some few specifics differ but Co-op Society proposes todo what the Feds are also attempting to do but at a far greater cost and with a fraction of the resources. Hopefully, this exposes a lot more of the 'grey' in co-op because the only thing that's blackand white is that Co-op Soc charges you $2.50 for something you already pay for. Why pay more? L

Reinventing Co-op it's a good thing

he Feds claim that they are representing co-op students effectively. Let's test that theory. Have you heard of CSS, CSAG, or CSC?If all these groupsare so good, then why haven't you heard of them? Now you are allowed to decide whether or not you want to create this new society. At the center of the issue for many people is a simple matter of money -isitworth $2.50 or not? Nothing is free. The Feds claimed last week that you're already spending more than $2.50 on their co-op services. They even told you where that money goes: marketers, administrators, secretaries.Does that really seem worthwhile? Maybe ... or maybe they're not spending so much on co-op after all. After all, CSAG and CSS-their co-op relatedgroups-aren't just barely active - they have actually been disbanded this term! Does that sound like quality representation? Co-opSociety on the other handwilloffer you real results for your $2.50. We don't just talk the talk. We have proof for you. Representation: For your $2.50 you will get real representation. Here's what we've already done for you. During the summer, Coop Societypeople (includingGeorge Roter and myself)helpedprotectthe mystery hackerwho overnight wrote a web ACCESS system. As a result of our protection, we kept the site up for weeks. Oddly enough, by the timewe took it down, IST had finally for the first time ever put up an official web ACCESS.

Then, we found out that in all the plansfo~ the new co-op building, there was naprovisior for a student office. We argued that therc should be one, and now, we are proud tc announce, there isan office for students on thc plans. Community & Services: We've alread] done things for you that are both useful anc fun. Here's what. We originally created a hand book for co-opstudentsthat toldyouwhat yot really needed to know in first year. Thanks to our efforts; that handbook wa; delivered tofrosh this year, andCo-oppaidfo~ part of it. We also proved that co-op studentsknoa how to have fun just like everyone else. We'vc already held two Employersvs. Students Sport! events to great success. Now we're thinking o holding&~mployersvs.~tudentssoftball tour nament in the summer, proving that Co-01 Society will go to bat for you! Co-op Societyis a new beginningfor co-01 students. We willwipe the slate cleanandmakc afresh start on co-op representation, services andcommunity. As every co-op student knows, it's ahard world out there, in Needles Hall and beyond We're the ones who have proved that we c a ~ help make that worlda little bit easier, alittle bi better, one step at a time. Vote 'Yes" for Co-op Society and "Yes' for the future.

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Kate Schwass and Durshan Ganthan

Because I have no idea vho he is." keph Osgenby B Math

"He alreadyis my valentine."

"'Cause he's got cool hair."

"'Cause he's a guy."

"'Cause he's so'dreamy."

Leo Dominguez 2A Engineering

Mandy May 1B SDS

Brandon Sing 1B SDS

Brian Kienitz 2B Sociology

'He's taken -back off.n

"Because Idready have one."

"Can we share him?"

"I think he's studly."

"'Cause I like girls."

ranya, Heather, Jen & Aimee

Hester Chau 1B SciencelBusiness

Neveen &Justine 4B Ecanomics

Emily, Justin &Jill Arts

Dan Horgan 1B Honours Arts

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U W Drama presents ATTENTION CO-OP STUDENTS

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National Freedom to Marry Day Supporting equal rights for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual matrimony DAVID M A N N I N G TREVOR F E N T O N

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alentine's Day - the daywhen cupid's arrows soar through the sky. But for many lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people, an event two days earlier earns lust asmuch attentionin the US-National Freedom to Marry Day, organized annually by a n h e r i can coalition of human rights groups. ManyLGBpeopleviewthe right to marriage as the last major obstacle on the road to full equality. More and more Canadians are joining the chorus of voices demandingachange to the traditional, heterosexist legal definition of marriage. Same-sex"civilunions" are now available inVermont. As of February 1, same-sex marriages became legal in the Netherlands, and several other EU membersappear poised to follow suit. However, when two same-sex couples were married at the Metropolitan Community Church in Toronto last month, controversy erupted. Bothcouplesare now fighting the Ontario government in court over its refusal to register those marriages. Why all the fuss? Marriage is, first and foremost, a mechanism de-

signed to help couples forge stable life-long relationships. The benefits to society are numerous. Stable relationships provide stable environments for raising children. Married people are, on average, happier and live longer. Marriage, with or without children, contributes to a more stable society. A 1999 Wirthlin Worldwide survey found that over 75per cent of people feel that a family created through lawful marriage is the fundamentalunit of society. If the dempcratic people of the world aim to create societies in which all people are equal, then a truly free society would allow same-sex couples to formlegally-recognizedfamilies.This requires legally-recognized homosexual marriages. What about thechildren? Don't theyneedoneparentofeachsex? No. What they need is good parenting. There are many excellent singleparents, and likewise there are many same-sex couples that make excellent parents. There is no credible evidence to suggest that children raised by same-sex couples are any less well-adjusted than those raised by opposite-sexcouples. Thegay lifestyle is promiscuous and should not be condoned by the government. Yes, some gay people are promiscuous,as are some straight

people. Promiscuousbehaviour can lead to the spread of diseases and thus should be discouraged.

More and more Canadians are demanding a change to the traditional, heterosexist legal definition of marriage.

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Why not allow same-sex couples to take advantage of the same stabilizing influence that marriage has offered straight people for millennia? It is good, public-health policy. A truly responsible government would offer marriage as an option to all couples. But marriage is between a man and a woman. It'satradition. This is true. Mind you, there are countless traditions that civilized people around the world have abandoned

because they found them to be archaic and inappropriate. Interracial marriage was once illegal in most parts of the world, and even consideredunnatural (sound familiar, anyone?). We now know better and we live in a better world as a result. Tradition was never a valid excuse for reprehensible public policy. Same-sexmaniagesgoagainst my religiousbeliefs. Beingforced to recognizethem violatesmy right tofreedom ofreligion. W~ong. Canada's Charter of Rightsand Freedoms guarantees freedom of religion in section 2. Religious organizations will always be free to determine who they will recognize as married couples that is not being challenged. However, marriage is not exclusively areligiousinstitution. It isa civil institution as well, recognizedin law asbeing separate from the church. Disallowingsame-sexmarriage violates the rights of LGB people under at least three sectionsof the Charter: section 2 (religion), section 7 (life, liberty and security of the person), and section 15 (equality). Of course, Charter rights are not limitless. According to section 1 they are "subject only to suchreasonable limits prescribed by law ascan be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." And this is the

crux of the issue. What demonstrable harm does allowing same-sex marriages cause to our society? What demonstrable harm do same-sex marriages impose on opposite-sex marriages? How is preventing two people of the same sex who love each other from marrying demonstrably justifiable in ~anada, acountry that is supposedly free and democratic? The answer is simple: none of these things are demonstrable. This is why some reactionaries advocate invoking section 33 (the "notwithstanding" clause), because they know that discriminatory laws have consistently failed the section 1"test" in the courts. Section 33 allows the government to arbitrarily override any of the rights in sections 2 and 7 to 15 of the Charter. We know that denying samesex marriage isunjustifiable. Calling for the use of the notwithstanding clause proves that our opponents know it, too. What can you do? Don't wait for the courts! Write your MP, the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. Demand equal rights for all couples. Demand that they afford the same dignity and respect to LGB people as straight people have enjoyed for thousands of years.

Dirt-charged and beer-fueled fun My virgin experience at Monster Jam RYAN P O R T E R Imprint staff

unday, SUNDAY, SUNDAY, January 21 was a day to remember for fans of loudnoises andnoxious fumes. I'm talkingabout monster trucks, of course. The bad boys of the automotive world rolled into the Skydome to show off their "up yours!" attitude and to demonstrate the fact that these guys take no guff (from no one). ThisMonster Jamwaspresented by Wrenchead.com, an automotive suppliescompany. Agroup of friends and I, having been conned into buying tickets by another friend, made the trekdown toToronto to wltness this spectacle of destruction. None of us had been to a MonsterJambefore so we alldidn't know what to expect. On the way to Toronto we asked questions that might seem foolish to the experienced monster truck afficionado. "Will there be monster truck ' mayhem?" asked one concerned ' participant. "Yep!" "And, what about bone crushingchaos? Idon't evenknow why I'm going if there's not going to be bone

crushingchaos." "Oh you better believe there will be bone crushing chaos." And bone crushing chaos there was! The time trials started the Jam, where monster trucksmotor around the track, hit the jump that took them over the crushed yellow cars, and pass the line before their time ran

ganizers' preoccupation with making this monster truckevent the safest this side of the Mississippi, without sacrificing the "take no prisoners" atmosphere of the afternoon. In the final round of monster

datory helmet rule refleas the or-

Thecravedigger-poisedtocausesomebone-crushingchaos

versus "Gravedigger," (or, as it's knowninmonster truckcircles, simply "The Digger"). They taunted each other at theline by rewing their 1,SOOhorsepowerengines. Thetensionwassothick,youcouldcutitwith the broken shards of a Budweiser bottle. Then they were off. A full 10

ond before "Ragin' Steel." During the post-race interview, driver Gary Porter (no relation) commended his crew for working through the night to get "The Digger" into racing condition. Porter then gave his trademark "thumbs up" signal to the crowd in appreciation of their support. Our afternoon ended on a sombre note when we all agreed that the sport of monster truck racing had become toocommercial. The whole event was interrupted every five minutes by a "Gravedigger" ad blasted over the big screen. "Buy Gravediggervideos and Gravedigger hats etc." Where was the spirit of pure competition that graced thissport in its salad days? I'm sure you all re. member "Big Foot" and hisrefusal tc compromise in pursuit of monste~ truckexcellence. However, audience membe~ Tanner Debruyne summed up tht display he was witness to Sundq afternoon. "This was the rockiest, mos awesomest, dirt-charged, beer fuelled Sunday afternoon I havr been to in alongtime." He then wen on to add " ~ h o o o ! "

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.rth Control It's nc)t just for women anymore H A L A KHALAF Imprint staff

ith Valentine's Day soon appraoching there are lots of intimate details to consider. Let's be blunt, advocating abstinence as the most effective method of birth control is probably going way over board. Notice, this isn't a question, just a resigned statement. So here at Imprint, we've gone ahead and taken the liberty of researching several new and popular types of contraceptive methods in order to ensure that diapers and baby wipes don't become yet another itemon astudent'sgrocery list. Althoughcondoms, diaphragms and the 'pill' are contraceptives that are viewed as things of the past, they're still the top three methods both in popularity andeffectiven~ss. Never underestimate the power of the condom. It not only makes sure that the lady's stomach remains flat and the man's wallet fat, but it alsopreventsthetransmissionof STDs. ~ o i e v e rwe're , intelligent, educated university students that have heard all this before. Therefore here are some ' new things to ponder, some contraceptive considerations. Hormonal injections are now available for both male? and females. A shot of Depro-Provera is injected into the female every 12 weeks, releasing progestin to protect against unintended pregnancy. There are, however, side effects of these injections that are similar to those of the pill: they can include heavy bleeding, and spotting. Unique to these injections are that after a year'sworth of injections 50 per cent of women stop having periods altogether and the number increases to 75 per cent after two years. There is also a chance that women may suffer some hair loss as a result of the hormone injections. Males, on the other hand, are injected once a week with testosterone enanthate, asynthetic hormone that greatly reduces sperm count.

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Threelmonth injectionsfor males are in the preliminary stagesof development. Contraceptives for women are endless. Have you heard of the transdermal patch? It's worn like a band-aid and releases a hormone into the body. The idea workslike the pill, but it has the advantage of only being usedtwice amonth, instead of every day. Other methodsunder development are aimedat long-term effects. lmphnon isasingle capsule designed to work for two or three years and contains a progestin called 3ketodesogestel. Biodegradable implants arebeing examined, and their purposeis toreleasehormonesgradu&into the body over 12 i r 18 months. They are placed under the skin of the arm or hip. Anatomical barriers remain popular with women, including the diaphragm and the sponge. Another product is the cewicalcap. The cap is inserted high into the vagina, it adheres to the cervix and prevents sperm from getting through. The benefitis that it can be left in place for three consecutive days. Finally, intrauterinedeviceslike hnorgestrelnn> contain aprogestin that is released into the uterus for seven years. Pretty soon, these alternative contraceptivemethods will be flourishingin the market, competing with vaginal sponges and cervical caps.

- What's great about innovation is that male contracevtiveshave been springing up lately. Subdermal implantshave also beenconsidered for

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males. Two rods are inserted under the skin, each releasing differenthormonesthataffecttheproducedsperm count. Better than that, apill for men is underway. This contraceptive pill is coupled with testosterone injections to boost its effectiveness. Also, battery-powered capsules that can be implanted into each vas deferens will emit low-levelelectricalcurrents that immobilizesperm. One of the methods of reversible contraception k i n g developed may be aunisex one. Anewgroup of drugs known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists can be used to prevent the release of FSH andLH from thepituitarygland. The release of FSH and LH triggers ovulation and spermatogenesis- the development of sperm. Blocking the release of these hormones will temporarily suppressfertilityfor women and men. Some of these methods are not easily available, but they are on the market, and it is important to research the method that you feel will be best for you. SeeingasW s Health Services is overflowing with pamphlets and brochures educating students on the methods of birth control (notice how my words are dripping with sarcasm), here are some sites that you can explore to learn more. Visit www.sexuality.org and www.plannedparenthood.org. Meanwhile, until all the above methodsare approved by the World ~ e a l t organization, h continue buyina- those condoms and swallowine those pills. Better safe than sorry, right?

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Ignatieff suggests Canada could do more JESSE H L L M L R Imprint staff

nFriday, January 26, the Hagey Lecture SeriesfeaturedMichaelIgnatieff, Canadian historian, human rights expert, and widely published writer. Ignatieff has won the Governor General's Award for non-fiction and is currently the Carr Visiting Professor of Human RightsPracticeat Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. The title of Ignatieffs lecture, Human Rights and the Rights of States, are they on a Collision Course? asks an important question. Accordingto Ignatieff, the simpleanswer is yes. The majority of the lecture, delivered to more than 400 people, focused on the criteria that must be fulfilledbeforeacoalition of states can justly use military force against another where basic human rights are in danger. This was a complicated exposition. According to Ignatieff, for military action to be considered just it must be founded on six criteria of a just war. The coalition must have: a just cause, the right intentions, the proper authority, ensure proportionality, only resort tomilitary force whenallother feasible options have beenexhausted, anda reasonable chance of winning. T o this core list of six, Ignatieff added a seventh, often ignored criterion: the coalition must have the consent of the victims. After briefly outliningthe criteriaof a just war, Ignatieffproceeded to relate the difficulty in designing and implementing intervention policy. In general, policy can often produce perverse effects that diminish the positive as-

pect of intervention; namely, that the abuse of human rights is stopped. The first criterion, that the coalition hasa just cause, succinctly illustratesthe difficulty of determiningpolicy. Ignatieff explained that if the standard for intervention is too high, any action is wasted effort, as too many have already died. Whereas, if the standardistoolow, the coalition becomes a de facto imperialist power, one which disregards the right of sovereign states to self-determination. Clearly, a just cause lies somewhere between these two extremes, but where? The main perverse effect of establishinga standard is that the degree of human rights abuses will, if the offenders are aware of the established standard, approach the standard, but not surpassit. Ignatieff recountedaserbian general's comment: "a village a day keeps NATO away." The second criterion, is that the coalition has the right intentions. Ignatieff said that interventions cannot be for "conquest, occupation, or subjugation." In add~tion,Ignatieff noted that any just intervention must have a built-inexit strategy. The third criterion requires that the coalition have the proper authority. Ignatieff pointed out that the United Nations Security -Council -the body that officially sanctions interventions -contains Russia and China, two nations that infringe on human rights within their own states, as permanent members with veto power. This contradiction created what he called a "legitimacy deficit." Asan example, he cited the Kosovointervention, with which he isinti-

mately familiar. The Kosovo intervention, he stressed, was not a legal intervention because the SecurityCouncil refused to sanction it. He went on, however, to say that the intervention was morally justified. Thisidentifiesanother difficultyin determining intervention policy: If an intervention is illegal, yet moral, should a coalition act? The fourthcriterion, that proportionality

If Canada is to take a leadership role in supporting human rights. we must allocate more funding to national defence.

must be ensured, simply - . means that the coalition force must be larger than the transgressor state. Acorollary of this fourthcriterionisthat the interventionistsmust obey the rulesof war; that is, coalition forcescannot bomb hospitals, schools, and other non-military positions. The smaller transgressors, Ignatieff suggests, knowthis; subsequently, they place their gun batteriesin locationsthat encouragecollateral damage (civilian casualties), hoping that media coverage will incite public pressure to end theintervention. Obeying the rules of war also prolongs the campaign, which can often result in a higher death toll than a quick and dirty full assault. The fifthcriterion, that militaryinterven-

tion must be the last resort of the coalition, ensures that diplomacy will be attempted. It can, however, allow the transgressor state to manoeuver itself into a powerful position. As an example, Ignatieff cited the Nazi aggression of World War Two. Thesixthcriterion, thatthe coalition force has a reasonable chance of winning, is both simple and difficult. It is simple because it is pointless to intervene in a situation that you cannot alleviate; it is difficult because in what Ignatieff calls "black holes," - the Congo, Columbiaand Afghanistanll'akistan, where the worst human rights abuses are occurring military action cannot solve the problem. In short, the coalition force must fight the battles that can be won. The last criterion. that the coal~tionforce needs the consent of the victims, is one that Ignatieff said reinforced his decisionto support the Kosovo intervention. He said the pleas of the refugees to "do it," although they were aware that many loved ones remained, solidified his support. In closing, Ignatieff criticized Canada's current spending on national defence, which hereported as approximately 12billion dollars per year. If Canada is to take a leadership role in supporting human rights across our increasingly smallglobe, we must allocate more funding to national defense. The CF-18s were symbols of support, not weapons of war. It was clear from Ignatieff s lecture that determining intervention policy is a complicated affair. It was also clear that he seemed almost reluctant to admit it, butwhat he saidis true: it does "cost a lot to do right in a dirty world." Ifyou are interested in readingsome ofMichael Ignatieff s writing, look for Blood and Belonging, The Warrior's Honour, and Virtual War, a trilogy of books that deal with nationalism in ourtime.

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dike most of my other stories, I only have sketchydetailsaboutthisone. Iwaswatchingthenews the other day and there wasa story of asnowmobilecrash. Two snowmobileshad crashed head on and both riders had been killed. But get this, there was a third person who ran out to help the victims. They didn't say his age or the exact circumstancesof the situation, but they do know that in the process of trying to help the two injuredsnowmobilers the man had a heart attack and died! How unjust is that? Again, Id~dn't catch the exact circumstances,but imagine the scene: there's a man whoturns suddenly when he hears a violent and disturbing sound. Running up to the scene, he's horrified at the brutal state of the people involved. He trles to help, but he can see their condition is fatal. So overwhelmed and distraught by the tragedy, his heart gives out and he dies. Adeath out of compassion. He dled trying to help. What was his crime? Ok, sure, many people die w~thoutcommitting a crime, but how many die being helpful? It just doesn't seem right somehow. I could not stop shaking my head thmkmg how unnecessary the death was, it was just plain unfair.

I searched and searched, trying to find more information about the incident, but I couldn't. I did find another similar article, though. A snowmobiler had crashed and two trucks stopped to help. Both hadlefttheir lights on but somehowthe second snowmobiler didn't see them. He collidedwith the trucksandwas fatally injured as well. I can hardly imagine how the drivers of the trucks must have felt. They too must have beenupset about the firstvictim, and then to have their

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vehicles the cause of a be second death, again, it is just unfair. Iknowthatnothing can be done in these situations, what's meant to happen will happen. I guess I feellike there should be some sort of existential rule which saysif you're doing some kind, unselfish or altruisticact, youshouldn'tbe allowed todie in the process. I read that there is actually a growing number of snowmobile fatalitiesevery year, so I guess these kind of incidents are not completely uncommon. And senseless deaths are not rare either. But even with that logical and statistical analyzation it doesn't make it right that the people have to die helping soemone else live.

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ost people are aware of the negative effects of homophobia. What receiveslessattentionis the pipe of discrimination gay people direct toward themselves and their peers, known as internalized homophobia. It is usually (but not exclusively) associated with people who have not completely accepted that they are gay. Internalized homophobiais best described as an anxiety about being gay. This anxiety can be very strong. In general, people deal with anxiety by using mental defense mechanisms, first documented by SigmundFreud. These defense mechanismscan illustrate the many ways internalized homophobiamanifestsitself. Denial and repression often go hand in hand. These mechanisms allow one to assert, "I am not gay," alongwith the blockingof homoerotic thoughts and feelings. A gay person in denial will always refer t o himself or herself as straight. Rationalization is the use of illogicalreasoning to explain thoughts and actions. Women who aren't out willsay thingslike,"Fantasizingabout other women doesn't make me queer." Closeted gay men will justify

having gay sex by saying things like, "It's not sex, so long as we don't kiss each other." Regressionoccurswhen an individual reverts to a child-like state to deal with anxiety. Many gay people will act asexual (like they were in childhood) and not date anyone because they don't find people of the opposite sex attractive. Reaction formation is observed when an individual begins aaingin a way whichisopposite tothe way they naturally would act. Classic examples are gay men who act ultra- masculine, and lesbians who get married to an opposite-sex partner to prove to themselves they aren't gay. Frojection occurswhenanindividual blames another for a trait that both partiesexhibit. Projection could explain why many gay men dislike over!y effeminate men and drag queen-they expose anunderlying anxiety about being perceived as effeminate. Displacement is the channelling of anger andviolence away from the source (believedto be too overpowering) to a weaker recipient. A person distraught by any problem (not just one's own sexuality) may take it

out on gay men because they are perceived as weak or vulnerable. Any combination of denial, displacement, projection, and reaction formation can create an environmentwhere an individualmay resort to gay bashing. Acommon explanation for bashing is that the assailant cannot deal with their own homosexuality. Sublimation is the transfer of anxious energy towards socially acceptable andindustrious causes. Career men and women who put their life into their job, precludinga social and love life are using sublimation. (Sublimation can also be an adaptive response, as in the gay person who directs their energy towards helping the gay community). Internalized homophobia can be very damaging to the individual because it hinders the coming out process. It also harms others in the gay community who are the recipients of general homophobia. The path to full acceptanceof one'squeerness ofteninvolvespitfallsin Freud's defense mechanisms. Fortunately, most people resolve their gay anxietywith time andwithout significant negative effects.

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orum: People were not happy with SandyAtwal'scomment "nolife, pseudo-intellectual, lookingconfused social pariahs." They thought he should be less closed minded about the human race.

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eatures: A humour supplement "By only using parts of Intelligent Humour no meaning could possibly be gained. It must be observed as a whole, 'the sum of its parts'."

ports:The men'svolleyball team beat the "Western wimps" and referred to the force of their team as "The Plague." The spectacle was described as "like watching as a cat keeps some poor rodent alive to torture it for a while. I would have looked away if it wasn't Western."

rts: Montreal band, The Doughboys (who say "poke lower"), were at the Bomber with Toronto's own Change of Heart.

UW's production of Hold Me, an ecclecticplayof skitsand anecdotes, was playing at the Theatre of the Arts. The movie reviewwas the timeless classicTheBonfireoftheVanities, starring the ever-popular Melanie Griffith. RecordreviewsincludedDoubtJesus JonesandStonedAgain:A tributeto the Stones-VariousArtists.

he highlight of the paper this time 10years agowas the Valentine's Day Rating Guide:The most frightening pet names couples have for one another. They rated as follows: 1. Spoogeybear 2. Fudgebottoms 3. oozy 4. Piledriver 5. Spunkypoo

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irtually everything that is produced on the planet is fuelled by non-renewableresources such as fossil fuels. Industrial nations are so dependent on these resources that even the tools and machinery to make new equipment to make products are dependent on these limited resources. People are becoming more environmentally aware and are realizing that they cannot depend on traditional energy sources forever. Thus, people are looking at renewable resources. One source of renewable energy is the sun. The sun is the Earth's powerhouse. It is no wonder that humans continue to seek out methods to capture the sun's limitless energy. There are many benefits to capturing energy from the sun. As solar energy becomes widespread, burning of fossil fuels and the demand for nuclear reactors decrease. which in turn reduces ~ollutionand global warming effects. Solar cells have nomovlngparts to breakdown, al and they requlre m ~ n ~ m mamtenance. Through buildmg a solar car, the M ~ d n ~ gSun h t Solar Race Team prov~desa unque experience for Un~vers~ty of Waterloo students and ra~sespubl~cawarenessof solar technology and ~ tcapabd~t~es. s The Univers~tyof Waterloo M ~ d n ~ gSun h t Solar Race Team began In the fall of 1989. The team participates in the American Solar Challenge(ASC, formerlySunrayce), a solar car race for Collegiate teams held every two years. The average duration of ASC is 10 days spanning over 2,000 km. Our best record was set by Midnight Sun N, which raced in Sunrayce 97 and finished seventh overall out of 36 competing teams. The Midnight Sun IV also won the Mechanical Award for Technical Innovation. From July 15 to25,2001,Mid-

night SunVI will compete in the ASC 2001. Through a series of checkpoints over the 3,700 km race, it will cross the Great Plains, climb the Rocky Mountains, and dash over the Great American Desert to the finish line in Southern California. We will also compete in the WorldSolar Challenge2001 (WSC) in Australia from November 18 to 25, which is the single most prominent solar car competition in the world. The competition runs from Darwin to Adelaide. Solar cars from all around the world line up to test their designs and endurance in this unforgiving "first to cross the finish line" race. Midnight Sun is the largest student run project at UW. Over 100 students contribute their skills and talents to the project every term. We encourage students from all faculties to pool their expertise andlearnnew skills at Midnight Sun. The project resoonsibilities are broken into seven groups:aerobody, business,mechanical, primary electrical, secondaryeleitrical, solar array and strategy. The business group seeks sponsorships, gives presentations, directs marketing and educates communities. The strategy group plans the race strategy and isvital during solar car races such as ASC, aswellasvehicletesting. All other groups concentrate on the actual production and manufacture of the solar car. Despite differences in tasks, allMidnight Sun teammembers value teamwork, gain memorable experiences, and acquire valuable siulls. Currently, we are working on construction of the body in preparation for the ASC 2001. The-next three months are very critical to the success of Midnight Sun VI. Everyone is encouraged to help out regardless of experience. Time commitment is flexible and can be anywhere from every day to a drop-in basis,depending on your preferences. Another event that we have

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he Warriors opened up the doubleheader against the Lakehead Thundenvolves with an 86-79 win last Friday night. It looked like it was going to be a Lakeheadshow in the first few minutesbut that was quickly shut down by Warriors captain, John Quinlan, who nailed a three to stop the T-Wolves run. The two teams traded baskets while Lakehead led until the three minute mark of play when Waterloo finally captured the lead. In addition tothe usual scorersof ShaneCooney, Dan Schipper and John Quinlan, rookie Dave Munkley made good use of his minutes as he stepped up to score andcontribute his share of baskets. At the half, the Warriors led 46-42. The second half was similar to the first. The Warriors led for the full twenty minutes. Tough rebounds were pulled down by forwards Schipper and Mike Sovran. Fans were a little worried when court leader Quinlanwas taken out of the game with an ankle injury with two

minutes remainingin the game. Despite the TWolves' efforts to foul and gain control, the Warriors were almost perfect from the line in the final minutes. The victory was marked by leading scorers Cooney (21), Quinlan (20), and Schipper (15). The tables turned Saturday night as the Warriors suffered a 79-73 loss to the Thunderwolves. The loss came after the Warriors built a 14-point first half lead that was soon diminshed by the Thunderwolves who were able to convert Warrior turnovers into baskets for themselves. Once again, the three top scorers from friday night'sgame remained consistent; Schipper (16),Quinlan, playingon a hurt ankle (15) and Cooney (10). If a tiebreaker should be necessary to determine playoff berths, Waterloo has won the pointspread battle with Lakehead. The Warriors must be at their best for their final five games in order to make playoffs and to demonstrate that they can be contenders in the Ontario West conference. The Waterloo Warriors hosted the number ten ranked Guelph Gryphon Wednesday night. The game opened up with a combination of

tough defence and poor shooting. After 11 minutes of play, Guelph led 11-10. But things opened upat that point, and the Warriors took a36-32 leadinto the half on the strength of 12 first half points from John Quinlan and nine from Dan Schipper. In the second half the game remained close, and fittingly ended in a tie at 66.

Shane Bascoe continued his strong play in overtime hitting a last second game-tying basket in overtime. In the third OT, Paul Larsen took a huge charge to foul Bascoe out of the game, but the Warriors missed two three poitners to tie the game in the last minute, and ended up losing this memorable game 93-91 in triple OT.

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his past weekend, one of the strongest UW Track & Field teams in recent yearstraveled to theYorkInvitationa1. Head Coach Brent McFarlane was thrilled with the team's success. A total of 3SPBs (personal bests) were achieved to bring the season team total to date to 105 PBs. The Warriors won six gold, three silver and seven bronze medals. Coach McFarlane "wasvery proud to see the team's strength of character come through repeatedly." Captain and team cheerleader, Alison Brazier, demonstrated her strength of character and dedication to achievingsuccess. Brazier ran aLTPB of 7.94 secondsin the 60m. Brazier followedthisspectacular performance by leading the women's 4x200m relay to a third place national ranking. Not quite finished for the day, Brazier then went back to the long jump competition to leap S.S9m, a LTPB and third place national ranking. Debbie Buhlers showed off some new

muscles and established a meet record in the 1500m. This performance catapults Deb to a first place national ranking in the 1500m, six seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. Daniella Carringtonsped through the 60m to claim the gold medal. Dana Ellis also established ameet recordin the women's pole vault. Danacontinues to hold her first place ranking at the national level. Long distance specialist, Stephan Drew, broke the nine-minute barrier in the 3OOOm to finish thiidwhile rookie Kevin Smith impressed his teammates with aLTPB in the same race to finish fifth. The men's 1OOOmwasallWaterloo with second through fourth place finishes going to Alastairlawrence, Will Gibbons and Rob Bruce. ChrisRow,comingoff aninjury, ran by himself to a season PB in the 1500m. The Warrior relay teamsshowedthe competition just what fast means. The men's 4x200111 relay team of Adrian Blair, Paul Gill, Neal Roberts and Adrian Buchan recorded a SPB to move them into a sixth place national ranking. Not to be outdone, the women's 4x200m relay blazed to a first place finish and third place national ranking. Brazier,

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Meet Kristy, Angle, Alison and Daniella:The women's4X200m team. Carrington, Angie Ross and Kristy Heemskerk oassed the baton around the oval oerfectlv kith Ross and Heemskerk running ~-SPBand LTPBrespectably.Brazier, Carringtonand Ross have all tasted success at the CIAU championshipsandwill be pushingrookie Heemskerkall the way to the CIAU finals. The women's 4x800m team put out a spectacular performance. VeteranJill Patterson showed determination when she took the Western lead runner in the final metres of the first leg to hand off to Kim Neumayer and that was the story for the rest of the race. The Warriors proceeded to lap the competition with an "all guts" run by Shauna Ellis and newcomer Buhlers. ThisSPB ranks the women in third place. Yorkwas the first meet for our dedicated pentathletes. Rookies Kristy Heemskerk, Joe Brown andveteran Angela Player ran, jumped and threw through five events. Heemskerk threw another varsity record in the shot put on her way to establishing the first varsity pentathalon record finishing in second place while Player followed in third place. Brown showed that you don't need experience in the

hurdles or the long jump to play with the big bovs.Thisrookiesensationsetthevarsitvrecord with a second place finish in his first ever pentathlon. Inother events, veteran AlessiaCelli long jumped to a LTPB to join the Sm club while Patterson, Neumayer and Gina Jackson continued to excel with a PB in the 1000m. Buchanan, Roberts, Blair and AllaDarwish all had PBs in the 60m run while Roberts also had a PB in the men's long jump. Leanne Stanley continued to improve her throwing with a LTPB in the women'sshot put. None of thiscould be accomplished without the great student therapists, Mike and Sarah who have kept the teamtogether bothin the preventative and therapy mode of injury care. Special thanks goes to all of the Warrior coaches who have dedicated their time to success this year. Knowing our team's strength of character, McFarlane assures one team with one goal will compete at the OUAs and CIAUs. Our largest team yet (potentially 20 athletes) may qualify for CIAUs this season. The Warriorswill travel to Western andMichigan after a weekeild off.

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t this point last year, the University of Waterloo Warriors were a bangedup lot and missedtheplay offs.Today, the boys are in second place in the OUA Far West Division because of two wins last weekend against Midwest division competition. It wasn't easy, but then, the-warriors have never been known to take the easy way out. The first game was on February 2, when the 10th ranked York University Yeomen, who displaced the Warriors out of the top ten, came to

Waterloo 6 York 3 Columbia Icefields. Graham Wise, coach of the Yeomen, started Jason Gaggi, a very capable goaltender. Warrior coach, Dave Cressmanchose Jake McCracken to defend the net from the pesky Yeomen. For most of the first period, the tempo of play was centred around Waterloo's territory. Every so often, the Warriors cleared the puck and on a few occasionseven tookshotson Gaggi. York, however, had several good opportunities on McCracken. Matt Cardwell, offensive stalwart for the Yeomen, tried a few times in the period t o get the better of McCracken, but the Waterloo goaltender was on his game. Unfortunately, with five minutesleft in the period, Jason Goldenberg was on a breakaway. Wastingno time, he slid the puckpast McCracken togive the Yeomen the lead. Things went from bad to worse for the Warriors when Brett Turner and Phil Willard got called for penalties, giving the Yeomen a two minute two-man advantage. The leadsurvived for only three minutes, thanks to a sloppy clearing attempt by Gaggi that resulted in a goal for Jay Henry. The second period was a complete reversal for both teams. Waterloo went out like dambusters and assaulted Gaggi to no end. The first

shot, made by Ryan Painter,wassaved by Gaggi's glove, but Murphy'sshot eluded the Yeomen goalie. Brent Reilly equalized fortheyeomen one min;teafter~ur~h~'s~oal, but that did not discouragethe Warriors. On apower play created by phiflip ~ i t o ' s trip, Mike Nixon took the opportunitv into his own hand and scoredoff Jay Henry's rebound. Five minutes afterwards. Brett Turner slid the ~ u c k into the back of the net to give the Warriors a slim two goal advantage. In the third period,the first of two goals was off a mad scramble after Murphy's initial shot. Mark Robson grabbed the rebound and from there, blasted the puck past Gaggi. The second goal occurred three minuteslater on, when Robson took a beautiful pass from Chris Hopiavuori and just eluded Gaggi. The Yeomen did manage some offense late in the game, when penalties led to a goal by Eric Pacey, but it was far too little, far too late. The Warriors secured the two points by beating a tough Yeomen squad 6-3. The next garnewas on February 4, when the University of Guelph Gryphons came to town looking to feast on the Warriors. Coached by Jeffery Reid, the Gryphons were fighting for a spot in the mini tourney, which will take place on March 10 at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The Warriors, meanwhile, knew that a win would clinch second place in the far West division. Sophomore goalie Jason Willard faced off against a seasoned veteran namedJoshua Fraser in what would turn out to be a great defensive battle. Both teams, known for their sizzlingoffence, haddifficulties in producing good quality chances. The second period was much more offensive. The first goal was scored by Warrior Brandon Moffatt, the tough forwardwho has300 minutes of penalty free hockey. But the Gryphons levelled the score thanks to a lucky goal by Derek Boyer. With a few minutes left in the period Turner deflected the puck off a pass from Painter andscoredalucky goal to regain Waterloo'slead. After two periods, the Warriors were up one goal.

The final blow to Guelph's morale came when Murphy scored on the wrap around. After that weak goal, the Gryphons just floundered, stymiedby the Warrior defence. The final result was a satishing 3-1 victory for the Warriors. As expected, Jeffery Reid was a littledown after the game. "We knew what they were going to do, but we could not capitalize. It seems that Willard has our number," Reid relented rather heavy-handedly. Reid could not say enough about the performance of Willard, calling him outstanding. Worried about the beginningof the game, Reidconfessed,

Waterloo 3 Guelph 1 "Our guys take time tostoke the fire. Ithink Ineed to workon that." In the end, the Guelph coach praised the efforts of Fraser and Boyer. The Warriors, on the other hand, were jubilant about clinching second place. "Thiswasa big win for us," Cressman stated in his office, "They have pushed themselves to be ~ h e k m ~ h a s iaccording s, to the head coach of the Warriors. was to shut down Jason Jackman, and they did so exceedingly well. As for the man of the match, there wasonly one. "Thekey guy wasJason Willard. He made some huge saves for us," Cressman said. Overall, Cressman was content that the warriors met their goals of no more than three marks against them. The Warriors are currently engaged in a home and home battle with the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks. While the Warriors have a play-off spot, the Golden hawks are fighting for third place with the University of Windsor Lancers. Last night, the Warriors played in Clarica Arena, but on February 11,the two teams return to Columbiakefields to duke it out. Thegame commences at 2 p.m. Thisshould be a great and violent match, so come on out andgive the high schooldown the street the bird!

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Gee-Gees B-ball coach fired Was it his gender or record? K E R R Y O'BRIEN" Imprint staff

n January 26, it was announced that Rob Anderson's contract as the Women's Basketball Coach of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees would not be renewed. These facts cannot be disputed. What is in dispute, however, is the reason for Anderson's dismissal. While Ottawa's Director of Sports services. Luc GClineau, hasattributed it to the Gee-Gees 2-13 win-loss record, Coach Anderson and his players are claiming that he has been discriminated against on the basis of his -gender. Anderson iscurrently in the second year of a two-year contract, where he served the first year part timeandthisyearasafull timecoach. In an interview with Imprint Tuesday, Anderson discussedthecircumstances surrounding his dismissal. "Basically, they saidthat they were opening up the position again to seeif they could finda female." While the door is technically open for Anderson to re-apply, he said that there would be "no point." Gelineau was unable to sched~IeaninterviewwithImprintbefore press time, but was quoted in the Ottawa Citizen as saying that Anderson has failed to "bring the program to a higher level." He also stated in the same article that "Our preference would be to have a female coach, but you have to find a qualifiedwoman." Anderson claims that he did not have time to build a successful program. "We've had four different coaches in five years, and three of those were part time. This is the first year we've been able to do recruiting. It'sawful early to say that

[we'renotsuccessful]."Andersonmay be right; in Ottawa's first game after the announcement, the Gee-Gee's destroyed the Laurentian Lady V's by 24 points. Up to that point, Laurentian had been a top ten Canadian team. Stu Julius, president of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and Head Coach of the WilfridLaurierUniversity Golden Hawks, said that the WBCA is not currently taking action against the U a. of 0."~don'tknow if we're in a position to have any action. Since the articles have come out I have e-mailed all our coaches and it is definitely an item we will be discussingat our annual general meeting in Alberta." He stated that Anderson hasnot approached the WBCA about taking legal action against the Uof 0.Anderson wasalso quoted in the Citizen as saying he would "see where this goesn before he decided whether or not to pursue action against U of 0. The underlying question in all of this is whether athletesare better motivated by coachesof the same gender. Itwould be tough to tell by looking at the

"We've had four different coacheS in five years."

Women'sOUAWestbasketballdivision. The Guelph Gryphons are en route to one of their best seasons under Theresa Burns. At the same time, the Western Mustangs have been the dominant force in the conference in the last five years under BobDelaney. Waterloo's stock has been rising over the last few years under the guidance of TomO'Brien, after languishing in the cellar under a female coach the two seasons previous. When asked whether he thinks that women work better under women, Julius replied "To my knowledge, I have not seen any scientific research that supports that."

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Register in a program There may just be some space availablein that instructional program you are interested in. Some fitness classes, squash and tennislessons, bike maintenance courses, skating programs, first aid and CPRclasses, weight training programs and aquatic courses have room for you. This is a great opportunity to learn a new skill or perfect an old one, right here on campus. PAC 2039 has details about the specificclasses with spots stillopen, come check it out, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Fit fest This past weekend, UW hosted "February Fit Fest"-a trainingevent for 185fitnessleaders, personal trainers and presenters from across the province. The event was a sellout that raised $2,600 for Anselma House. The sessions offered specific training to instructors to help them improve current skills and learn new techniques to get clients excited andmotivated to participate in physical activity. Presenters included such well-known international presenters as Maureen Hagan (Goodlife owner, founder of Can Fit Pro) and Blair Henry. One of the highlights of the day-long eventwas the swing dance class, 69 delegates swung around the CIF gym, learning hot, new swing dancing moves. Special thanks to all those people who put their time and effort into organizing.

Campus recreation competitive volleyball Another exciting competitivevolleyballseason is underway with 5 4 teams registered in the league this term. In the Adivision, teamsix Pak is leading the 'pak' with 18 points. But it's not a runaway, as the Giants and the Mudhens are close behind with 16 points each. In the B division the Digga's have taken an early head startwith 18points, followedby Zerovertical with 1 6 points. The Purple People Eaters are leading the C division with a respectable 14 points, but SeldornlySoberis ready tochallenge them as they are close behind with 1 2 pintssorry, points. Last, but certainly notleast, Waterloo-ah is leading the D division with 14

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points. Close on their heels are the Monkeys with 13points. Congratulationst o d l teamson an excellent start to the season!

Competitive basketball Competitive Basketball has been heatingup as we venture into the second month of games. Current leaders of the 69 teams are: In the Adivision, BCBB IIIleadswith four undefeatedgames. Right behindthemis Cash, Money, Hose with three undefeated games. In the Bdivision, there isa four-waytie for first each undefeated with four wins. Strange But True is tied with Mailmen, not only for wins, but in points difference as well. Each has +109difference. Dirty Dawgs are right behind them with +79 points difference, andThe Bus Drivers are trailing them with +33 points d L ference. In fifth place is Steve Kerr who has gone undefeated with three wins. In the C division, the South Penguins have taken the lead by going undefeated for three games. TWSA has gone undefeated for two games and Liam's Cheaters are tied \nth them for second. Finally, in the D division, Peachwise has been theonly team to goundefeatedwith three wins to take the lead. Behind them is Brian who has gone 2-1 and tied with them is Sexual Chocolate, 22 points behindthemindifferential. We're looking forward to a fantastic end to the regular season. Goodluck for theplayoffs.

Competitive soccer With the season half over. the competition is flaring up. In the A Division Bonhommes de Neige is tied for first overall with Who Cares. VarsityAlumni is close behind, and Steaua has the best Spirit of Competition to date. In B Division, The Unknowns are maintaining a slightlead over Waterlogged, followedclosely by Nothing and the Lakers. Kudos to Lapins de Neige, who have the top Spirit of Competition for the Division. Last but not least, C Division isbeingledbyThe Strikers,withKick'em breathingdowntheir necksin second.Menno-Knights maintain the highest Spirit of Competition rating, in a division with the highest average S.O.C. rating overall. Good job C Division.

Athletes of the week

Dan Schipper Warrior Basketball

Kristi Heemskerk Warrior Track & Field

A fifth-year Engineering student from Wallacetown, Ontario, Dan was outstanding this pastweekendin back-to-backgamesagainst theLakeheadThunderwoIves.OnFriday night, Dan ledthe Warriorstoan 86-79victory. Dan scored 1 5 points, eight rebounds, and added three wistsin the win. OnSaturday night, Dan scored 16points, 10rebounds, and3 blocksin a 79-73 loss. Dan will lead the Warriors down the stretch as they battle for playoff contention. Next action for the Warriors is Wednesday, February 7 vs. Guelph at 8 p.m. in the PAC.

A first year Honours Arts student, Kristi set a new varsity record in the women'spentathlon and shot put events this past weekend at the YorkOpen. Kristi'spoint total of 3,326 placed her second overall in the pentathlon while setting a Waterloo record. Kristi also broke the varsity record in the Shot Put with a throw of 11.76111. To topit all off, Kristi was the anchor leg in both the 4x200m and 4x400111 relays placing first and second respectively. Next action for Kristi and the Warriorsis February 16 at the Western Open.

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t has been aseason of ups and downs for our men'svarsityvolleyball team. OnTuesday, February 13, Coach Doug Hanes and the crew will try to put the downs behind them when they host an OUAwestsemi-finalmatchUD here in Waterloo. The team opened up the season with a stunning 5-1 record, downi n g the now firstplaceWestern Mustangs and finishingthe first half of the season tied for top spot in the division. Led by strong performances from mddle Walter Froese,setterTimWohlgemutandPaulFrayne on the left-side the team seemed sure to be a factor come playoff time. After the seasons mid-point, however, things haven't looked so rosy. The teamed turned in a humbling 0-4 performance at the Dalhousie tournament in Halifax, and stumbled to a 2-4 record, just enough to hold on to second place in the weak OUA west division. Whde the team pulled out a win at McMaster on Wednesday to win the right to host next week'ssemifmal, the whole crewwillbe working hard to figure out just how to right the Warrior ship before heading into the

"We need to work on our intensity, and getting the guys on the floor to gel and stay focused from start to finish," said rookie Cameron Dunning. "If we can d o that,"' he added "I think we have as good a chance as anyone of winningthe division, ifwe play well" The Warriors are the only team to have beaten the first place Western squad in league play. Wednesday's big win in H A L ton should provide the team with a lot of momentum going into their playoff games. The Warriors played with energy andintensty from the very beginning, downing the Marauders 3-0. Had the Warriors fell to the lowly McMaster team, as they did early this season, they could have found themselves finishingaslow as fourth in the division. If the Warriors do manage to win their semi final match-up and pull off a victory against a tough Western team they will test their metal against a series of much tougher opponents in the CIAU finals, slated for early March. At printing time, there were no OUA West teams ranked in the CIAU top 10. Any interested volleyball fans can catch the Warriors playoff match in our very own

''I think we have as good a chance as anyone of winning the division.."

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ver smce a Swede named Alfred Nobel created the Peace Prize to appease his guilt for lnventlng dynamite, many honourable people and organizations have received this prize. Names like Mother Teresa, the International Red Cross and the Red Crescent,Yasser Arafat, Benjamin Netanyahu, F.W. DeClerk, Nelson Mandelaand Doctorswithout Borders grace the list of winners of thls prestigious award. And this year, football might join this list.Yes, the sport of choice in the Latin parts of the Americas and all of Europe could possibly end up winning ~tall In Stockholm when November comes. Could anyone imagine Nobel spinning in his grave at 78 rpm when football wins? Now I love football as much as the next guy. Granted, he iscurrently at Kick-Off wearing a "Red Scum" jersey (Manchester United FC), drinkingapint of Boddingtons, commentingon how Sir Alex Ferguson'scurrentbookis utterly crap and commenting how he likes the latest nude female on page three of theMirror (the bastion of journalistic integrity in England and Scotland, as well as a role model for all of us at Imprint), but that doesn't mean I'm a football fanatic in any sense of the word. For example,l only buy onecopy of theNewsoftbe World Football Annual. Still, I enjoy the sport and watch the games every Saturday and Sunday morning, with a bowl of Bran Flakesand a Newcastle Brown Ale. However, the mere thought of the game winning this award is far fetched. Accordingto the advocatesof football,the game promotes cultural understanding and friendship. While it is true that scenes like the soldiers playing football in Sarajevowhen the shooting ceased and the World Cup presented a pretty picture, football has more often than not brought out the worst in people. Whether

it be Greek fans pulling out seats or young English thugs ripping their teeth out, damage anddestruction follow in the wake of a football match. In fact, there have even been fatalities thanks to drunken louts who have used a football game to wreak havoc. The worst example of this wasin 1985,when alittle incident called Heysel forever changed the face of the game. Afterthe death of 35 people, most of them Juventus fans, it was Liverpool and English football that got banned from European competition for five years. As well, I think football is the only sport that can claim that it actually started a war. In 1969, a qualifying match between Honduras and El Salvador sparked an incident after a controversial goal was scored. As a result, soldiers from Honduras moved in to its smaller neighbour. Is there any other sport people know that triggered this kind of response? Yeah, I didn't think so. As for some of the players, they are not models of peace themselves. Remember Eric Cantona of Manchester United? Yeah, you know him, he was the player who did an impression of Bruce Lee to a mouthy Aston Villa fan. What about the antics of Paul Gascogine, the rowdy player from Glasgow Rangers FC? And then, there's Diego Maradona, the man who put the hand into "Hand of God." Enough said about him. At least that can be printed. November will be the month when the winner of the Nobel Peace prize will be announced. While there are many others that deserve the prize far more than football, I will be content if football manages to pull off the upset. I'll be even happier if Pele accepts the award on behalf of the sport. Just as long as I don't spill my beer.

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Hilary is one of Campus Recreation's newest fitness instructors.Armedwith confidenceand enthusiasm, she is a valued member of the fitness team. Hilary has been extremelyhelpful by being a substitute instructor at some pretty ugly times -and even while she was sick! We all hope that Hilary enjoysher time with Campus Recreation for years to come.

Ryan is the ball hockey convenor and sport supervisor for Campus Recreation this term. Last term Ryan also ran the ball hockey league and did an excellent job. He is extremely organized a d keepsthe league mnningsmoothly. Players and staff alike have heen impressed with howwell theleague hasbeen runningwith Ryan at the helm. Keep up the good work!

A different kind of Citizen Kane film

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inding an audience for documentary films is never easy. With some rare exceptions (thinkHoopDreamsor RogerandMe) they don't play in theatres and while there's more potential for exposure on television, their share of the ratings isn't about topushERorSurvimr out of the top 10 anytime soon. But that'snot fazingAlison Duke, whose documentaryRaisin'Kane kidcs

off Iced in Black this weekend. "I'm taking a page out of Spike Lee's book," she saysfrom her office inToronto. "When hedidShe'sGotta Have It, people told him that there was no audience for that film and what he said was 'I'll take it to the audience.' So that's what I'm doing with this film." The film follows Toronto hiphop group Citizen Kane as they prepared to release their first CD. She picked the group because she knew the guys in the band -one of them

is her brother. But she also chose them because Citizen Kane'sexperiences are not unlike those of other hip-hop acts. "When people watch the film," saysDuke, "they say, Youknowwhat? Thisisabout CitizenKanebut it'snot really about Citizen Kane, I mean, I can relate to it."' When she began the film, Duke assumed that the story of Citizen Kane would be very much a Canadian one. What she found, though, wasthat independent hip-hop b&ds

seem to share the same experiences no matter where they live. "A lot of independent bands in the States are going through the same thing, it just dependswhere they live. For most people they have to move toNewYorkor LAor downsouth to Atlanta. What if you live inNebraska? What if youlive in, you know, Maine? What happens to you?" she asks. In the end, maybe Canadians and Americansare simply not as different aswe want to believe they are. Like the Canadian subjects of her film, Duke says, "there's a lot of American young people who want to be hip hop stars. It's just that dream to be an artist." Viewers shouldn't expect an overly glamourous depiction of the independent music business. Duke wanted to portray the band's ups and downs in as realistic a manner as possible. Her background in music videosmeantthat even before taking onthe project she knewexactly what she didn't want. "I didn't want it to look like a fantasy or something that was unrealistic to what these guys were actually going through. "Iwanteditto be passionateand beautiful and very gritty at the same time. Beautiful because it's just capturinglife, gritty because sometimes you're in situations where you can't worry about lighting, it's just about getting the story and the true essence of what's happening." And thd ;eali&for a lot of rap acts in this country can be pretty harsh. MuchMusic is one of the only mainstream broadcasters that olavs rap and hip-hop. And as for ;a&o

Exploding to zero KATE S c n w ~ s s imprint staff

teve Toms, bassist for Explosion Girl, is not looking forward to the upcoming Versus showwhere Explosion Girl will face off against Relative Zero. "We hate playing with them because they're alwaystryingtotouch ourgenitals." For a band that started up almost a year ago, Explosion Girl has certainly made waves in the Waterloo music scene. Opening for the Flashing Lights at Federation Hall was definitely a highlight. They have also hostednumerous open stages around town including the Bombshelter andwere the opening act for Plasticine at a Decembershow.All three bandmembers have experience playing for local musicians like Matt Osborne, Tim Lee and the Jolly Llamas. Explosion Girl started up last summer. "I was trying to steal Paul's gig, drumming for Craig Cardiff, and instead I started playing drums for

Pau1,"laughed drummer Ryan Matthew Merkley. "The next thing I knew, Paul had gone and named us. We were at a gig here [at the Raintree Cafe] and I was picking up all these signs that hadthe date of the show and said the Explosion Girl on them and I asked: 'What is this? Who is this band.' Paul was like, that'sus." Toms' entrance into the band was a bit more exciting. "I was at Sammy's Garage one night and it was win a date with Ryan Merkley evening, so I thought, well, I'll enter that contest. So, we endedup getting along and he let me join the band." Althoughopening for the Flashing Lightswasexciting,McInnisnoted that itwasn't aletdown to go back to playing open stages. "I'd rather be playing-it doesn't matter where." "It always works like that. It's funny how, one night you'll have a group of people there cheering you on, picking up your stuff and carrying it for you," said Toms. "But then the next night, you'll

The bands managed atruce.. .for 30 seconds. play somewhere to five people. No While agreeing with the other one knows who you are and you two members, Merkley said he enhave to wrestle for theamount you're joyed the opening spots at concerts. supposed to get paid." "I like the idea of playmg for a new

airplay, there aren't many stations interested. "The infrastructure ismore broken, so there's less opportunity to succeed," she adds bluntly. Problemswith infrastructureare something that carry over into the world of iocument&y filmmaking aswell. Governmentsacrossthecountry have cut millions in funding from the arts over the last 10years, leaving more artists scrambling for less. On top of that, grants are often tied to a project's commercial potential. "Documentariesare not seenas commercially viable as dramas and those made for the theatre." Duke says. "And then issues that relate to people of colour tend to be not represented well." The film is playing U W as part of Black History Month, something Duke is happy about because it appeals to younger audiences. "Usually when they show black films during this month it's all older history, it has nothing that really relates to them or that they can even remember." she says. "So it's something that they can relate to and make them feel proudof being black and it gives them a sense of hope."

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Four relatively musical guys KATE S C H W A S 8 Imprint staff

n the basement of a friend's house, four UW students have set up drums, guitars and amps in a tiny room. This is where Relative Zero practices. Created about a year ago, Relative Zero consistsof Derek Robinson, Jon Orazietti, Drew Kudelka and Greg Morey. Robinson got the band together initially. "Jon and Drew are in my program so they had been playing with me for a while. "Then, I just randomly met Greg at Weaver's and we were shooting the shit, talking it up, then he came over and jammed and everything's been hunky-dory ever since." Since then, Relative Zero has played many gigs, including hosting open stages at the Bombshelter and opening for Scratching Post. "When these guys were opening for Scratchng Post, I was as jealousas ever," admitted Robinson who was in Australia on work term during the Fall term. "I had a CD of us with me in Australia. I worked it out to be the exact time when they would be opening up for them. So I'm sitting there, I had worn my outfit to work, so it's like city council and I'm wearing this tight blue shiny outfit, my shirt and

my baggy pants, and told everyone Merkley, so I don't want to hurt his 'don't bug me.' This other guy I feelings.He'sa beautiful man," joked worked with, Stuart, came ovcr to Morey about his fellow drummer. "I love him! There's a lot of ask me to see the CD. "He put it on this machine, and things I love about Ryan. I think he's he had thesebig speakersat work. He areally goodmusician and I think he fires the CD in andcranksit up, so the takes it all in stride. I love the smirk he whole floor of city councllis rocking gets on his face when he's playing withRelativeZeroand1 waslike,'this because he's thinking 'I'm playlng withTwo hacks. What am I doing on is way too cool.'" With Robinson away, the other stage with these two?' That's what I three members had to play without love about him." "I think we should have a sing their founding member, The guys jokingly talked about how having off too," laughed Kudelka. "That Robinson away may have been a would definitely put Mr. McInnis in good thing. "Itwasgreat. Igot all the a bind." Orazietti agreed, "Paul "one girls. I was definitely the hottest one key" McInnis. Play it in D - now keep it there," he mocked. on stage," joked Orazietti. Kudelkaand Robinson said that As fortheVersusshow: "I think our ty boxing and kickboxing skills they liked to keep the trash talk to a will come into effect seriouslyso we minimum. "We'vealwaysconsidered can take them down," admitted ourselves nicer people," Kuplka admitted. Robinson. "Drew's got his guitar all pol"We have stickers," confessed Morey. "They are beautiful things, I ished and he's been drinking milk. have one on the back of my ukelele. We're coming out in a big way," Does Explosion Girl have stickers? Robinson said. No. Relative Zero is all about the stickers. We're prepared to go national with stickers." The members of Relative Zero tuesday, februaty 13 admitted that facing off against Exexplosion girl vs. plosion Girl would be a bit of a joke. relative zero "Steve [Toms] doesn't even knowwhathe'splayinghalf the time," commented bassist Orazietti. "The thing is, I'm sleepingwith

durang-ed drama on campus L A U R E N S. BRESLIN Imprint staff

urdling through the evening with mor-bid silliness and sharp visual gags, totally durang-ed-an anthology of five one-act plays - is a circus of madcap entertainment. Directed by Lloyd Coutts and starring a cast of 17 very capable performers, U W Drama's latest show is a hilarious mess of tw~stedcharacters and inane situations. As a production that integrates fragments froma range of sourcesliterary, dramatic, cinematic, to name afew-itseemsas thoughthe show's primary mandate is to attack the empty symbolism that drones on in pop culture artistry of old and new. Dividedinto five acts, the show's overallcohesive s h c t u r e somewhat misses the mark and thus ultimately begs the question, How does everything connect? T o the amateur eye the play has a very weak connective tissue if any at all: individually the pieces are strong, together they are scattered, but somehow it works. In the end it comes across as a scintillating amalgam of popular theatre spoofs wrapped up in a layer of inspired nonsense. Despite its collectiveambiguity, the cast lends as much clarity to the stories as the script permits, and deliversitsmany componentswith playfuland committed performances. Drawing attention to some of

of humour issubtle and aggressive in equal parts, inviting the audience to enjoy his bottomless pit of comedic insights. Indeed, the wide range of iokes make it too difficultto draw anv kind of consistency from them- but then, that's what makes his work as unique as it is. The text itself contains layers and dimensions which may be difficult for most people to absorb, especially those whose cultural literacy needs fine-tuning.Thus by the endof the production, no matter what conclusions are drawn, totally durang-ed demands a keen dramatic eye. Aside from its few and often insignificant shortcomings, theproduction marks another success for UW Drama. If you ask me, any play that can combine split personalities, Shakespearian solilo-quays, homoerotic tension, and Greekchoruses that breakinto chorus lines, has accomplishedadifficult feat indeed. All in all, their interpretation of Durang's witty and imaginative fog of plots and themes is excellent, and very worth seeing.

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n the early and mid-'90s, with grunge in full swing, it appeared to many music lovers that heavy metal had become extinct. At least that's what the record stores and commercial media would have had you believe. Inreality, heavy metalwasthriv~ng,thoughmostly in underground circles. Interestingly, this disappearance of metal from the public's eye was a healthy change. The '80s had become acircusact of cheesy hair metal bands, and the grunge scene helped eradicate the dominance of most Poison-esque bands. Many grunge and alternative bands rose to the level of popularity of the bands they once fought against. 1996 saw the release of Pantera'sThe Great Southern Trendkill opus, a rebellionagainst suchmainstreamforms ofmusic. Ironically, around the same time, a new genre of music began to rear its ugly head that which we now call "nu-metal."

Nu-metal's founding fathers would probably be Korn, with followers forming an endless line behind them, such asLimp Bizkit, Coal Chamber, Deftones, and the like. There is an element of heaviness (andanunusual emphasison the bass guitar) and an infectious groove. Lyrically,nu-metal is basedarounda mono-emot~onalelement, angry all the time. With the amount of cash such bands are bringingin from their prepubescent fans it's hard to fathom how their lives could be so bleak. This genre of music has now become the trend and more and more bands are following. Just take a glance at the bands featured on MTV's Return of the Rock compilations to see which "artists" are jumping on the bandwagon while it's still cashing out. Nu-metal is the equivalent to the hair metal of the 1980s. And then of course there's the whole Metallica "sellout" issue. Whether you thinkMetallicahas sold out or not, it'slaughable toclaim that Load or Re-Load (note Load lefto-

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Explosion Girl plans on putting out a CD by June. "The album willbe finished recording by the end of March andmight be availablein June, but that could change dramatically," saidMerk1ey.Theguysagreedthatit all depended on finances. 'Yeah, the album is going to be called 'Relative Zero is No Good,"' lauahedToms When talkingaboutinspiration, the membersof Ex~losionGirlmentionedtheir rivalsin the Versus show. "I think Relative Zero's song "I want to be just like Explosion Girl" was a real influence on me as far as wanting to play more and being inspired," noted Merkley. "They at least showed me that there's a lot of room for improvement in music," McInnis addedseriously. "That really inspiresustowork harder." "I heard Relative Zero was named after their knowledge. Tell them to stopcalling me, too,"added

Toms. According to Explosion Girl, members of Relatlve Zero have been harassing them for weeks. "Greg shows up at my house and he says "I want you to play thls [Explosion Girl] song,"and he plays me this tape and I tell him, "Ohcome on dude, get out of here,'" Toms said, obviously disturbed. The members of Explosion Girl are not overly worried about the upcoming show against Relative Zero. A planned guitar-off doesn't worry Paul McInnis much. "I'll do them both at the same time 'cause that's how I do it," commented McInnis when asked if he would play the RelativeZeroguitarists one at a time or at the same time. "GregandIrehearsedthe other day and he seems to be walking a lot better now since then. He was limping after, but I think he'll be okay," Merkley said of his Relative Zero counterpart. Toms has no worries about facing off against Jon Orazietti, "I feel kind of sorry for him, that'saboutit."

vers) comes close to the inventivenessandtimelessnessofRide the Lightning or Master ofpuppets. The crime in this case is that many fans still shell out their cash on any product Metallicareleases, while the creative energies of cutting edge artists like Nevermore, Canadian mastermind DevinTownsend, King's X, ShadowsFall, Nasum and Pissing Razors (just to name a few) are almost totally ignored. Even contemporaries of Metallica like Anthrax, Testament, and Overkill have been releasing solid, if not close to career-best albums throughout the '90s. To take the example even farther, older bands like Deep Purple, Motorhead, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden are stillcoming up withgreat materia1,all the while not alienating their fans. The lesson to be learned here is that there's always more to discover than what the mainstream media is shoving down your throat. Look beneath the surface, to the underground and below, for music that is worthy of your listening.

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[ my last poem this is a good-bye poem; it isnot my pathetic trails oflove tangled beautifully into lines this is a eulogy for the person who never could handle love whichi try toannounce pol~tely tothe congregation that they understand how beautiful he never was this isafuck-you thrownin the face with

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Justvote RYAN PORTERAND SUSAN BUBAK Imprint staff

elcome to our coverage of Feds Executive Election 2001. Over the past couple of weeks, Imprint has been bringing you election coverage so that you'll be able to make educated and informed decisions when you evote between February 9 and 16. There are eight candidates running for Feds President, VP Student Issues, and VP Administration and Finance. The candidate for VP Education has been acclaimed. We gave each candidate a questionnaire about their platforms, reasons for running for Feds Executive, on-campus and off-campus experience, strengths and weaknesses. Then we interviewed each candidate about their responses to the questionnaire. Some of our questions were specificto the candidate, while others were more generic. Our last question was intended

to elicit revealing responses that would make the National Enquirer blush: "What's the most romantic thing you've done on Valentine's Day?" or "Which celebrity do you want to be your Valentine?" But we failedinmaking the candidates blush and their answers are more boring than revealing. We attribute this to the lack of amorousness in this year's candidates. This year's election coverage contains excerpts of the interviews, so to read the entire transcript, log onto the Imprint Web site at imprint.uwaterloo.ca. Remember that if you don't vote, youwill beexpelled fromschool. @st kidding). We hope everyone makes an effort to vote because we put a lot of effort into providing you with interesting and accurate election information. Specialthanksgo out to Allison Fleming and Jesse Helmer who assistedin the longandlabourioustask of interview transcription.

ALLISON FLEMING special to Imprint

iih a history of declining voter participation and interest in the Feds election, it is hoped that this year's campus-wide online vote will increase voter turnout. In previous years, paper voting was done over a two-day period by students at a polling station in their faculty, while students on co-op received mailed ballots. This year, voting is exclusively online, available 24 hours a day beginning Friday, February9 at 6 p.m., and ending Friday, February 16 at 4 p.m. Co-op studentswere informed by mail of this year's online voting. Originallyaclassprojectfortwo fourth-year systems Design students, electronicvotingwas tested last year on the twosmallest facultieson campus, Environmental Studies and Independent Studies. The success of this pilot lead to this year's nonpaper voting, where it is hoped that the e-votewill increase participation rates by being more convenient for students, on and off-campus, while saving time, money, and effort. David Drewe, Executive Researcher for the Feds, also hopes to track voting trends, such as peak voting times during the day and whether or not mostvoters cast their ballotslast minute. Hopefully, the added convenience of casting ballots over the internet and an extendedwindow of voting time will cause more students ing to see fairly substantialincreases. It is a big concern because if you couple high tuition without providing the appropriate measures for needy studentslikefinancialaid, then people are just going to decide not to attend university on the basis of cost. It's going to scare them away. That's the type of decision we don't want people to be making.

Does your acclamation affect your legitimacyasVPEd?Iwassurprisedto see that I was the only candidate running for the position, but I think that1bringto the job agood range of experiences, and I don't think that it affectsmy legitimacy in office.

ciallydisndvantagedstudents?We've seen a trend over the last decade or so of a very fast rising pattern in tuitionlevels. Regulatedstudentsare facing a bit of a reprieve in relative terms although tuition is still very high, regulatedstudentsare continu-

What's yourposition on lobbygroups like OUSAandCASA?Ithinkthey're a good venue for Waterloo to express in conjunction with our counterpart schools in Ontario and Canadasome of thesharedconcerns that we have about changes that are going on in post-secondary education, issues that face all universities like rising tuition, space shortages, preparing for the double cohort, and possibly in Ontario facing the reality of private universities. The lobby organizations are a focal point and Waterloo has always been a leader in terms of working with other schools, generatingpolicy andIthinkthatlobbyorganizations, Ontario Undergraduate Students' Alliance for example and CASA are good places for this type of exchange to happen.

to vote than in previous years. Last year, voter turnout was 8 per cent, a steep decline from 16.6 per cent in 1999. and lows of 12 per cent in previous years. Why isvoter turnout so low?Asurvev conducted last vear by Imprint of 206 UWstudents'sugg e m that many chose not to vote as they were unfamiliar with the candidates, they didn't have time to educate themselvesaboutthecandidates and their platforms, they "didn't care," or they felt the Feds have no impact on their lives. Sowhatdo theFedsdofor you? Briefly, a quote from the Feds Web site sums up what the Feds do for us asastudentbody, andwhy youshould vote, "This is your best opportunity to influence the direction of your campus life: the academics of the university, government support for post-secondary education, off-campus housing, student aid, and the social life on campus." Promotion of online voting has been done at forums, through the Feds Web site, Imprint, and candidates platform Gill be replaced with e-vote ads on February 9. If you happen to miss information about the candidates in Imprint or through the posters speckled throughout campus, their last forum is on February 9 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:OOp.m. inDC1304.Otherwise,to find out the duties of each position, find a summary of each candidate's platform or ask them questions via email, and, most importantly, vote, visit the FedsWeb site atwww.feds.ca. Will your involvementwith co-op interfere with your duties as VPEd? I think this year I will be spending more time on co-op from day one than perhaps some of my predecessors. However, I don't feel that itwill interfere with my other roles and responsibilities. I think thatthecoming year is a transition time for co-op based on what studentschoose in the referendum. I'm going to have to spend some time implementingtheir decisionand of c o u k I'mgoin; to be continuing with all the other responsibilitiesin the portfolio. What are your plans for regular students?A big part of my platform isnot just co-op issues, but the other parts of the portfolio such as academics. I'm looking to move forward on making course evaluationspublished online and some of the other things I want to work on with my counterparts, such as the President, are ways of making Waterloo's education more affordable. You mention in yourquestionnaire that you want tomakethescholarship gridmneedsbased"Can youelaborate on that? The scholarship grid right now is a proposal. The university is

looking at creating a scholarshipgrid whichwould automatically=ant students based on their ma& a fixed amount of money as a scholarship which could be received in conjunction with any others that they receive. For example, if I have an 84, that might guarantee me $1,500, hypothetically. In terms of making such a grid needs based, I think it's important that we look at an evaluation of candidates applying to our university in broader terms than just a number that is their OAC average. I think that the intent of making the scholarshipgrid arecruitmenttoolis a great idea, but I think if we're talking about investing tens of millions of dollars in an endowment to fund these scholarships that would be grid based, with such a large sum of money, I think we have to incorporate into that some way of helping those who need it the most. Whichcelebn'tydoyou wantto be your Valentine and why? I think I'll pick Colleen from the original Survivor show because she seems like a very down-to-earth and nice individual. She was one of my favourite characters on the first show.

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Imprint, Friday, February 9, 2001 have one student who will spoil it. Specific programs, volunteer programs, I know we already have some of them, but increas~ngthe awareness out there. For this I don't have any specificthing that I have in mind, but I know always raisingcommunity awareness is good. Fundraising and stuff they doinvillage, right nowwe are raising money for the Betty Thompson youth centre. Things like that show that students are really good and we do have good goals." What are yourthoughtsonpublicizing course evaluations? "I think it's important for students to know what they are getting into when they sign up for acourse. I know that the same courses that are taught by different professors. Depending on what course you take, it could influence your mark because professors have different marking schemes or they are just better professors."

What do you intend to do to improve studentsafety ?There have been some recent high profile events. "Thisis actually apretty important part of our platform. One thing that I've noticed is that you have Walksafe which is paid for by the University. An idea that we've brainstormedis something like student security and to have that on Fed HallnightsandBomber nights and maybe other nights too. Just walking around. .it'smuchcheaper

There'sa bylaw that entailsa certain amount ofstudent housingonastreet or on a street area. How would you

that new initiativerole, itwould prevent vandalism.You see bike racks by the MC turned over, blkes in the pond. It's really bad at Waterloo now, you're a student and you can't bring your bike to campus or leave it there over night because it'sgoing to get, you know. I think that would really help. You can also help harassment and just different things like that. Vandalism is a huge thing in the residence, knocking over recycling

As President, you would bethe liaison with the municipalgovernment and thereginnulgovernment.What would you do to improvethestudents'relationshipwith thecity?"Themunicipal government election was held just recently and some of those issues came up. I have spoken with Sean Strickland, who is one of the councillors. In regards to housing and treating awareness off campus, students get a bad kind of reputation. You'll

with Sean Stickland, it's something they've tried tolookat for along time anditisup tothem. Ithinkit'simportant that the rules of licencing for housing, . . . it's kind of a catch 22 because they need licences to have a certainnumberof students,butwithin that certain area they can't have any other licenced houses. It has to be carefullylooked at, it's kind of a thin 1ine.You don't want to take away the licences,because then you have students living in really crappy houses and I've seen them. Some of my friends have, notthe best houses and it's disgusting. You see what they have to put up with becauseof supply and demand."

There's a bylaw that entailsa certain amount ofstudent housingon a street or on a street area. How would you approachtheCityofWaterlootodfy the bylaw, because there is a housing shortage? "I thinkit'sareally important issue. Especially now you have the guarantee of acceptance into residence wh~chI've spoken to Bud [Walker, Manager of business operations] about this and to me it will be abigproblem because you have all of these upper years now that won't be able to live on campus so they're pushed to the other houses. I thinkthat'ssomethingtheFeds have to do in conjunction with the municipal council. Again, speaking

What'sthemostromnticthingyou've done for Valentine's day? Or, who would you like your valentine to be? "When I was 17, I was sitting and listening to the radio and there was this contest on the radio so I calledin and Iwon dinner for two at this fancy Italian restaurant in downtown Toronto, followed by tickets to see Beauty and theBeast. Unfortunately, I had already taken her [his girlfriend] to see that earlier so Igave the tickets to my sister and her boyfriend. After the dinner; we hung out on a street corner and there was a saxophone playerthere andwe just heard him play for about 20 minutesandit was amazing.Hewasplayingallthese different love songs. Just the atmosphere, it was really nice. Afterwards we went to the Scarborough bluffs and just looked at the stars. It was a little warm that day so we just hung out on top of the car. It was one of those things you see in the movies."

couple of areas where they are kind of iffy about, but passed that, they still do feel safe. As far as these incidents, they don't happen that often. But still, they are scary enough that they do need attention. I think it would definitely help to increase the campus police presence, because one example was the person who got heldup, I believe it was at gunpoint, and the car that drove by. If there had been a police cruiser that just happened by at that time that probably wouldn't have happened at all, or at least there would have been help. Even campus phones, I know they have a couple here and there, but there's really not enough."

-What's the most romanticthingyou've done for Valentine's day? Or, who would you likeyour valentine to be? "Well, actually, I have a girlfriend that I've been with a year and eight months as of this past Monday. So, obviously, she's going to be my Valentine. "Basically, it boils down to the whole rose petals leading from the front door up the stairs in to the room and rose petals all over the room and candles and everything else and music and wine. "General stuff, but at the same time, I think we went to Beauty and the Beast or Lion King, something along those lines."

inginsoon, and then whatever prices they want to charge. It'sgoing to get ridiculous, andstudentswon't be able afforditandeventually, nobody will go to school anymore." You mentioned in your information

approachtheCi~ofwderlootomodi~ sheet that you want to implement the bylaw, because there isa housing shortage?"At this point, I'dalmostcall it aaisis. The situationwe're atwhere Laurier's and Waterloo's enrollment are increasing and Conestoga's expanding campus. It's the same thing with the city-it has to beadialogue. I can't go to them and say 'we want this, it has to be this.' We have work towards a compromise because the university is as much a part of the community as families. What we might look at doing is even newer housing instead of just taking over the housing that's there already." Whatisyourstanceon thecuwentprice oftuition and the current trend in tuition hikes? "Obviously, as a student, I don't like it. As a representative of the students, Idon'tlikeit even more. The problem is that they are turning university into aburden, and it shouldn't be that way. It shouldn't be that after four years youcome out of school and you have this diploma and this education, but you are way behind everybody else. People shouldn'thave to take time until they are 35 or 40 paying off a student debt. It's kind of ridiculous that they siiy 'oh, well, you're going to get a job, so we can.' Basically, the university could charge whatever they want. Eventually,it's going to lead to more private universities, which are com-

change. Now, could you bemorespecificabout that? What needschanging and why does it need changing? "I guess one of the things too that kind of needs to be changedis just the way students get input, and the way students get a say and how things go, because it's really not happening at this point. Whether it's a lack of just student interest or whether it's just the way it's being presented to the students. "Now, original Campaign Waterloo they had interest groups, but they were so small, the focusgroups, they were so small that there was no real student input at all. And this is something that's going to affect all students, andsomething that alot of students want, so obviously, they're goingto want input orwe're going to want their input into it to basically what exactly they want. So, we really have to increase their involvement somehow." You mentionedfundraisingforAthletics and the SLC. What about fundraisingforFeds services, like the FoodBank, the Wellness Centre, and other services that do a lot of good aroundcampus. How would you upproachfundingfortbat?Wouldyou be active in raisingfunds? "I think a big thing is definitely awareness. I remember in my first year they did do

a pretty good job in just letting people know that it was there. I think that'sbasically half of it, because from that you not only get volunteers you get donations, you get everything else. By increasing awareness you can go towards the second step, of either trying to seek some kind of fundraising or of even trying to reallocate Federation funds." What do you intend to do to improve student safety?Therehave been some recent high profile events. "I think, part of the thing, well obviously,the big high profile eventsit's interesting how students still do feel quite safe oncampus there's acertain, there's a

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M y . We definitely need more student lounge, social and study space on this campus. $25 dollars a term for 25 years is a lot of money to pay for that. So I would like to look carefully at how it's structured, whether students really want it or not. Instead of focus groups, we'd run regular participationin that process. I want to check into what studentswant before we tell the administration 'yes, go for it.'" Whatareyourthoughtsonthevisibility ofthe Feds?"In the past alot of people said thevisibility of Fedsisabigissue. They have tried things like putting up posters and having a monthly mailout or newsletter. The reason those things don't work is that students don't have any reason to want to read them. You have to increase the visibility and the presence by puttingitwhere students are already interested. So, if you put a big long logo on the Bomber doors, the students have to see that if they want to use the Bomber and they already know that that'ssomething that they are interested in. I'd also like to split the Student Council election from the Feds executive election because right nowvery few people knowthat Student Council elections afe going on. Almost nobody knew about the nomination period. I think if we have Student Council elections after the executiveelectionsthere will be alot of interest generated in the Feds and itwillalso bepossible togetalot more mediaattention for those elections."

As President,you would be theiiaison with the municipalgovernment and theregionalgov&&t. what would you do to improvethestudents'relaWhat do you intend to do to improve student safety? Therehave been some recenthigh pmfikeuentr "I wouldlike to follow up on some of the programs already in place. So, with the Student Services advisory committee, they have been looking very heavily at getting asecond safety van. I think that will make a big difference. "The current safetyvanis heavily used. There has been an idea about Student Safety patrols. I do like that idea and I would like to follow up on it. "Particularly if we canget it into the WorklStudy programso that students would also be benefiting from it financially."

relationships are already being weil builtwiththe administration.There's definitely less of a good relationship between the students and just the residents.The Student HousingTask Force has providedareport that's six or seven pages long that has a lot of detailed ideas Including promoting the "Landlord of the Year" award, having more social eventsllke a community picnic like they did the last September, and doing that kind of socialization.Also checkingto make sure housing rules are more carefully enforced,allthe bylawsare enforced. That gives students a better reputation for cleanliness and for keeping

to the law. I'd like to follow up on those recommendationsthat the Student HousingTaskForce hasmade." What are your thoughts on referendums? "I'm in favour of putting the question to students when there's either a significant number of students want it or when it comes t o adding a fee to their fee statement. The WPIRG issue, no I was not in favour areferendum, simplybecause it was not demonstrated that alarge group of students wanted it. In the Student's Council meeting, Dan Mader said he talked to about 40 students. To me, that doesn't cut it on a campus with 16,000." Whatareyourthoughts on the m a n sion ofSLCandUWAthldics?"I think it needs to be considered very care-

What isyourstanceonthecurrentpnk of tuition and the current trend in

tuition hikes?"It'savery difficultissue mostly because tuition is the main souEce of revenue for the University after government funding. "Government funding has been dropping drasticallycompared to the size of the student population. So, the University can't drop tuition because then they would have much less money than they did before and more students. They won't be able to keep the quality of programs up. "The other side of that is that studies done here, in Guelph at the University of Alberta, and information coming out from Stats Canada are showing that poorer students cannot afford to come to university in Ontario anymore. So, what we need to do to solve this problemis to increasethe amount of money going to~tudentswhoareinfinancialneed. And we need to look at it more broadly than just the OSAP criteria. "There are a lot of students in special need situations. Perhapstheir family's in a situation where they make alot of money but they have to pay out a lot of money for whatever kind of financial reason. "We need to direamoremoney to studentswho are in financial need because until thflrovincial government changes their mind, we are unlikely to get the administration to lower tuition." Whatithemost romanticthingyou've done for Valentine's day? Or, who would you like your valentine to be? "Hillary Clinton because I think she has been through a lot of political experiences and personal experiences in the last few years."

tangible ways to encourage students to give us their feedback, rather than just say "uhh . .yeah, come into the office and talk to me." That doesn't work. We need to be more active."

What would you do to improve the students' relationship with the city? "This is one of the ways the housing task-force is trying to deal with the housing shortage and thinking that our relationship with landlords is what's keeping the city from acting more quickly on the issue. I've noticed that there are a lot of community events on campus that students aren't aware of. We have the breast cancer walk and the Terry Fox run that happens on campus and very few students participate. That's a partnership that I want to encourage and foster next year."

Rdevanton~ampusexperim:"I've been Womyn's Centre Co-ordinator for three terms and it's a Feds service so I've worked directly under them with Jason Risley and Desiree Taric. I've worked in planning and coordinating eventswith the other services. I'mvery familiarw~ththestructure of both the services and other things in the portfolio."

How doyouplan to decreaestudents' apathy? "The big concern of mine is 'am I able to vote.' I think there has been very little published, other than that the electionisonline, thisiswhen youvote andwhere you vote. Many people don't understand that aslong as you are a full-time undergraduate at h i s school, vote, please iote. It's just gettirigthe wordout about it that would really help increasevote turnout and interest in open forums like imprint articles. They actually realize, 'oh, this pertains to me.':

Do you haveany new ideas? "I think we need to have more opportunity for dialogue. One of the ways Dawn Phillips and I are trying to address this is to encourage more input by havingcontests. If you give us an idea of a special event you would like to have in the month of March we'llput your name in a raffle for some prize, even if it's a small rhing. We need

Whatareyourthughtson thenewevote? "At first I was really scared. It didn't seem it was secure at all. The last two weeks I have been alot more reassured. There is acertain amount of professionalism that I would exp e a from it and hopefully it will make it alot more accessible. People feel that marking a x is a lot more labour intensive than clicking a mouse. Hopefully this will play on that perception and in the future we

What do you intend to do to improve student safety? "One of my major platforms on issues is to continue to work on getting a second safety van. Chris Farley has kind of started this in the past year but there are a lot of avenuesthat stillneed to be looked at and issues with it that need to be addressed. It's a huge cost. There are lots of ways of producing that,. they need to be explored but that's one of my focuses for this year."

will have a lot more people running and more people voting." How willyou heightentheimportaw of the relationship of Feds with students? "Through a 'volunteer of the week' programsimilar to the 'athlete of the week.' That's a big thing because the studentswill be able to read the paper or see it online and actually realize that we are recognizing students and student involvement, and not just abody that'sreally detached from the students." What will you do to prepare for the Double Cohott? "That's a big issue that1think, in thenext year, will take a huge chunk of time. All of the exec

work will be researching.. .making sure the Frosh, in their packages in the summer, have adequate knowledge of all the services. IdGinkalot of the university serviceswill be overused, so if we can direct to areas in Feds services that will be a lot more pertinent. Hopefully this will give servicesalot morevolunteerstowork with." Relevant off-campus expehence: "Since I have been at Waterloo Ihave really focused on my school experience and really neglected my community involvement. I've found so many things here to occupy my time. I feel that I should be gettinginvolved in more community oriented things

but I've committed myself to too many UW activities, but in the future I would like to expand."

What doyouwant toseeinFedssnvice expansion1 improvement? "I think Feds services could be a lot more effective if they had more connections with community involvement and with university services. The WellnessCentre could be really connectedwithHealthServices,and the Legal Resource Office could have a realy great Web site to promote external involvement as well." What'sthemostromantkthingyou've ever done for Valentine's day? "Snowshoeing."

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"If the budgetwouldallow for a second Safety Van, and there's enough students interested in it, I don't see why not. "If the need was there, I would look into getting the resources, be it through corporate sponsorship or private donations or doing fundraisers." In yourquestionnaire,you admit that you are "lackingin Feds experience." How can you bequalified t o s d e o n Feds Executive as VPSI without any previous Fedsexperience, particularly when Feaksmicesarea majorpart of your portfolio? "The VPSI oversees the services, so you would be picking your volunteer coordinators and they are more directly involved in what the services provide. "You're workingwithsomeone who has volunteered before, so they're going to be around to give me background information. "During the transition phase, if I'm elected, I'll be working with Desiree. Obviously,there's going to be someguessworkat the beginning, but I think that I'ma quick learner."

How will you improve relations between the university and the City of Waterloo? "We could look for [organizations] within the community that sutdentsmight be ineterestedin. We could havetheir pamphlets in the Feds office. "There's a wide variety of stuff that goes on in Waterloo, but at the university level, it doesn't seem to be there a whole lot. Just get the word out. "If there are people who do it, get them to talk about their experiencesbecause I find that it's better to

WhatwiNyoudotoimprovethesafety of students on campus? "That was actually one of my major platforms, actually, student safety. "I know that one of the things that my friends and other students have been complainingabout is that bikes being stolen or vandalized. "NO;, that's a major thing, and one of the major, I gue& ways of transportation for students. So, one of the things I'd like to do is to try to relocate the bike racks in alow traffic area. Thatway, maybe, if they're not on the wav back from the Bomber it's less likely that they student property will be vandalized. "So, that's one of the thingsthat I'dlike tominimize. But, bikesis one of the biggest issues. "Another way would be toconduct facus groups to see what main problems that we been having on campus. "I know that many safetyissues, such as the Fed's {Hall] really popular right now are also important. There are a lot of fights that seem to oe going on, at Fed, and we're worried about. I realize that we're actually frisking now. Just some things like that I'd like to look in to. "Most likelyjusttoproteft more students while they're going around campus"

. How will you promote multiculturalismoncumpw?"Well, one of the biggest things is really the multiculturalismshow and it was really big last term, but I feel it'snot big

How do you intend to promote volunteerism on campus? I want to expand on the Discover Yourself campaign. "The majority of the responses Desiree said she was getting was online, so I would make sure that it gets published because I find that navigatingthe Feds page can be kind of confusing. "I would make sure that the informationisavailableso that might include setting up poster boards outside of C&Ds because I've noticed that someof the Fedsbulletin boards enough. "It should be more of a grand scale, because it wasadvenised,but I didn't find out that there was a show, personally, until aday or two before. I would like to create more awareness about that. "And, there was only a few groups that were really, really involved in it. I would like there to be more. "I know that there's another one coming up this term, and I've been involved in that as well. I'm hopingthat more groups will be able to come together and work together. "During Clubs Day I was sitting next to the CanadianAsiiStudents' Association.The CarribeanStudents' Association came over and said 'hey I would like to do something with you guys.'I thinkthat'swonderhl. I would like to see more of .that happeningandencourage thatabit more. "I'd like to have more shows, other than just the multiculturalshow. Maybe even having a cultural language buffet. It was one of the ideas that I have been playingwith, having different groups and associations come. "Also, having a sort of fair, where everybody teaches everyone else a certain language, or not even just languages, art, anything." How do you intend to promote volunteerism on campus? "I've workedwith volunteers many times. I wasSocial Manager at WRCI co-op residence, and I've also been in many different on campus groups. "I was a volunteer myself. I volunteed with the Canadian Asian Students' Association, so I know

with that robbery was that [the vlctim] was a guy. "The common perceptionis that guys don't use Walksafe, which is totalb.s.because Iknowguyswhocall Walksafe. "The Walksafe boundaries are just oncampus, they don't go beyond Ring Road. Maybe that could be expanded to include the news residences, especially the UW apartments. "If there's a need, maybe we could have four teams instead of three."

what's it's like to be avolunteer and how some volunteers just aren't motivated. "They have to be interested in what they are doing, they have to care aboutwhat they are doing, they have to feel that they are pan of somethinggreat. "I think that Desiree didagood job by having a volunteer fair and that kind of thing. And most of these services are important, so I would keep that up, dedinitely. "I would have volunteerscome in and speak to them personally, let them know that they're doingagood job. More positive volunteer thank yous and motivation." Would you consideraddinganysewices? "Oh my gosh,that'sa hardques-

tion. "I think that most of the services that we have around here are great.

With only ninecandidatesncnningin theFedsExecutiveelection,oneacclamation, andlow voterturnout, isapathyaproblemat UW?"Maybeit'sjust a matter of getting the word out. "You have to realize that there are studentsout there who are focusingon theireduction, andthat'sokay, that's what we're all here for. "There are many different types of involvement, not just with the Feds. "One of my ideas is to set up

I think that if1were to add aservice, I would-I've never actuallythought about this -expand different services, I know one 6f the things I would add, actually, that would coincide with what I was talking about celebratingmulticulturalism. "I know there's an international students' office. So, maybeweshould work with them tocreate aninternationalstudents'service. There'salot of studentsthat come from overseas, they come to our school to study and many of them are unfamiliar with thegrounds. Iknowoneofmy friends from Taiwan came here to do an exchange, so there are tons of exchange studentsoncampus- just to link them up with the right groups and activities that they might be interested in. We need to make them feelmorewelcome and have sessions to make them feel more comfortable.

'Volunteersof theWeek' to talkabout thirgs that people have done and show that the Feds care about their volunteers, they're showing recognition and thankingthem. It allcomes back to In your questionnaire, you mention that you "wouldliketoseemoreevents "whereelse would you hold events?"I would like to see more events in high traffic areas. Clubs Days and Volunteers Days [in the Great Hall] are convenient because it's a big area, everyonecan get set up at once. "Maybedosomethingat Hagey Hall or Math and Computer on the third floor comfy lounge. "Depending on what kind of event, things like Clubs Days, the GrearHall is the best place possible, but maybe send some people out to the C&Ds around lunchtime and say 'Club Day is going on.' That way people will know about it and head over there. "Maybe smaller events like 'Meet your Feds Exec' where we sit around in one faculty building duringthe firstweekof the term at lunch so people can come up and ask us questions. That would show that we're not always just in the SLC."

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What'sthemost romanticthingyou've done on Valentine's Day? "Candlelight dinner, that sort of thing. "This year, I'm not doing much forValentineYsDaybecause I'm getting my iron ring the day after, so we're going to go out after I get my ring and have a nice dinner and I'll go to the big party afterwards."

"We shouldworkwithexchange students going around - like the engineers, I know, have a great exchange programme and maybe big exchange programmes in science. Just work wi+ them to make them feel more comfortable."

What'sthemostromanticthingyou've done on Valentine'sDay?''I think the most romantic thing 1kould like to do is sit around with a nice cheesy movie withmy girlfriends.We're all friends who are just not really into thevalentine's thing. "They're single, and we're just sitting around. We've done that before - the whole cake, ice cream thing."

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27 What doyou want yourlegacy asVPAF to be? "I hope people remember me as the VPAF that continued the Feds' return into the black. They've been in the red in the past very significantly and went from a half a million dollar surplus all the way down into negative numbers. They've been recovering since then. "I'd like staff of the Feds businesses to remember me as the one that helped make the place where they work a better place to workand students remember me as the guy that made service at all their businesses better. "The UsedBookstore,they could get through quicker andit waseasier to find the books they want, they could look on-line to find the books they want. "In the Bombshelter, they got served faster and quicker due to better service systems there. Same thing with Fed Hall. "Generally speaking,hopefully I'll be remembered very well."

What do you intendto do to improve thesewiceat Feak businesses?"This year, Shannon Willis conducted a focus group for the Bombshelter including students, customers and staff to try and find ways to improve not just servicetocustomers, but also the working environment for the staff there. "From what I've heard, that went really well and I'd like to see that done in the other Feds businessesaswell ascontinue the imple-

How will you increase awareness of employmentoppntunitiesatFedsbusinesses?"This year, the Feds Web page hasundergone areally big overhaul. You can now apply online for Feds jobs and I think that's a really great first step forward. "What I think needs to be done is that there needs to be a little bit more advertisement of the fact that the Feds Web page is a really great resource for that sort of thing and that you don't have to go to the Feds

arrive on campus in September and January and start looking for a job and it's often too late. "To increase the visibility of the What will youdo to ensure that Feds students who are working there, we businesses are prepared for the want to start Feds Employee of the rpcomingdouble~oh~?~That'sdefi-Week along with VP Student Issues litely going to be a big issue next Volunteer of the Week. That will rear. make students know that those posi"I plan to start an analysis and tions are available and they'll get credit for it. I strategic plan for the businesses. "It'll increase the number of "As for increasing employment itudents who are underage, which opportunities, I know that there are ill have a big effect on Fed Hall. 150 students working right now in "The increased admission will the Feds businesses. I'm not certain if xobably increase traffic to the busi- there's room for more employment, lesses, so I plan to start an analysisto but it's definitely something I'd look ~ee what areas of the businessesneed in to." o be improved and to prepare for hat." What do you thinkabout thecampuswide e-vote? "I think it's going to be What willyou do to impmveserviceat interesting. I hope itwill increase the Teak businesses?"One thing we want number of students who vote. Beo do at the used ~ookstoreis to get cause of the voter turnout in the past he Used Bookstore online so that elections, we know there'sroom for tudentscan check the pricesof their improvement there. books and the availability of their "At the same time, it might rebooks to avoid the confusion that strict some people from voting. For lappens during the first couple of people I've talked to, the thought of veeks of classes. having to log on, get their password, "Students will be able to go in, stuff like, people are saying that ind their books and get out. That they're not sure whether or not vould avoid some of the line-ups they'regoingtovote. I thinkit might hat are currently there." be a good idea to have the e-vote along with paper ballots to have a {ow will you increaseawarenessof choice. 'edsbusinessesandemploymentop"I guess after this year, after ortunities?"One thinglwanttodo seeing how it goes and the voter 3 increase awareness of the opporturnout, it'll be something to look at mities is to send out a postcard next year." lad-out, maybeamonth before each :rm starts,sothatstudentsare aware One ofthe pillars of your campaign f those employment opportunities platform is to "educateclubslsocieties nd they can plan to have a job once on budgetingandfinancialplanning. " ley get oncampus. Often, students How do you intend todo this?"I was

campus-widee-vote? "Hopefully, it will be advertised well and it will help increasevoter turnout. There's been a lot of discussion about security related to it and Ireally don'tthink that it's any more dangerous securitywise than the previous system for voting. Allowingtheconvenience for students tovote over six daysinstead of two isgood and allowingstudents to vote in their own home is good. "Generally speaking,I'mpretty positive about it."

talking to Shannon Willis and she's currently working on a handbook on budgeting and financial planning for the clubs and societies, so Iwouldlike to continue the workshe started on that and hopefully get that finished and ready as soon as possible. "Also, with the VP Student Issues,setupworkshopsso they can ask usquestions. My door will be open if they're unsure of something, they can come and ask me questions." Whatdoyou hopeyourlegacyasVPAF will be? "I'd like students to remember me as friendly and open and honest and that they could always come to me with their thoughts and their complaints and their praises. "I think the Used Bookstore

What are your plans to prepare Feds businessesand sewicesfor the double cohort? "The double cohort coming in 2002 is going to cause a big influx of younger students. "The primary place where that's goingto have a bigeffect is at Fed Hall where they tend to lose a lot of their money on underage students. I'm not trying to say that I wouldn'twant underage students going in to Fed Hall. Given thefactthatthere'sgoing to be a lot more underage students on campus, we can assumethat there's going to be a lot more underage students going to Fed Hall.

online will be a huge thing, so if I can get that up and running, that would be a really good thing to be rememberd for. It's a really good service for students to have access to." Anotherpillar ofyourcampaign platform is to"showstudentswheretheir Feak fee isgoing." How do you intend to do this? "That's one of the big issues inmy platform. 1wantitto be printed in Imprint, just to ensure students that their money is being well spent. "I think, often, students look at their fee statements and they're like 'Fedsfee. What is that?' Iwanttolet them know." What would you do differently from

"They're going to lose money because they're not going to be buyingdrinks, so they'regoing to have to compensate for that by havingevents there that underage students can go to and spend money. "At other businesses, they're going to have a slight influx of more studentsliketheUsedBookstore,same thing with the Bomber and the other Feds businesses. We're gohg to have more people on campus and more customers and it's going to make more money." How would you raise awareness of howtheFedsfeeisspent?"Thewayfor reporting finances for the Feds, it's not vague, it's done perfectly well, but the average student can't understand a balance sheet or an income statement. "I would :ike to see a simplified version of that in layman's terms that's available for any student to have, published on the Feds Web page, and publicize the fact that it's going to be on the Feds Web page for people to see and try and do a halfterm report to give students an idea of how well the finances are going half-way through the term." Which celebrity would you like to be your Valentine and why? "I'd pick EmilyWatson, she's an actress.Why? Because she's hot and she's a very talented actresswho's nominated for a number of Oscars."

your predecessor? "There are some thingsshannon's done that I want to build on like the employee socials that she's done for the ~ e dbusiness s employees. I'd like to make them more frequent and just continue them because I think it's a really great idea. One thing Shannon said she wanted to do is start the budgeting process earlier, so that's something I'd do differently, start it right away so that it's ready to go right at the beginning." Whichcelebritydoyou want to beyour Valentine and why? "Bruce Willis because I think he's agood actor and I think he's single after he divorced Demi Moore."

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