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The final outcome of last November's referendum was stdl uncertain as the university shut down for the Chnstmasbreak While studentswere wntmg exams and heading home, the Feds Board of Directors was consldenng the decis~onmade by the Referendum Appeals Commatee. In response to a complamt by Jesse Helmer, the committee ruled that, "since students voted on two dfferent quesbons, an accurate detemnauon of student opmon cannot be ascertamed, thus mvahdatmg the results of the referendum "As of the new year, no final rultng, either accepting orrelectmg the decision of the appeals c o m t t e e , had been made Helmer's ongmal complamt was made to the to the referendum commttee on November 20, 2001. At issue for Helmer was that the secuon

of the original proposal determining when the construction fee would take effect was changed. The original proposal, set on October 22, 2001, reads, "This fee will take effect once construction of the expansions is complete."

Students'' Council passed a motion requiring that a copy of the document, "Waterloo Campaign: Student Projects," be linked to the electronic ballot for interested students to review before they voted.

The electronic copy of the proposal was later changed to, "This fee will take effect once at least three of the facilities are open for student use."

As late as November 19, Yaacov Iland, member ofthe Waterloo Campaign committee, posted on uwstudeniorg that, "the fee won't begm unul all fout of the projects are open for student use." In his original complaint, Helmer argued that the Waterloo Campaign committee changed the official Feds Campaign

Waterloo document on October 12.

Helmer also wrote that the Waterloo Campagn c o m t t e e had no authon, to change the referendum question.

The referendum committee rejected his complaint. Helmer appealed thts decision to the referendum appeals committee, the second level in the discipline process.

In his appeal, Helmer stated that, "Smce the facts have been misrepresented and the Yes committee has used these false facts to advance its arguments for a Yes vote, this referendumwillnot be an accurate poll of informed student opinion. Hence, if the goal is to obtain an accurate poll of informed student opinion, this referendum must be declared void."

"The facts are clear: the document contained misinformation. It was linked from the ballot for the entirepolling period," Helmerwrote.

The referendum appeals committee, chaired by the ombudsperson, decided that the referendum was invaltd and threw out the results.

Accordmg to Feds Councd ByLaw 1 (Page 11 I Referenda) any request for a referendum, "shall state the exact wording of the question to be answered on the referendum." At

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the October 22, 2001, Students' Council meetmg, the referendum question was ratified, "Do you support the constmuon of an expan sion of the Student Life Centre and the North Camvus Athletic facilities as detailed in the "Waterloo Campaign: Student Projects" document through the addition of a non-re-

"As of the new year, no final ruling, either accepting or rejecting the referendum, has been made."

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fundable, 3620 fee to the fee statement?" Two mouons were made to limt the ume penod of fee collectton to 25 years or when all the costs and been recovered and another mobon was made to reduce the fee accordingly once the amficlal turf field was removed from the proposal. No

mouon was made to change when the fee would begin to be collected.

Accordtng to the Feds Council Procedure 7,whch o n h e s all referenda procedures, the referendum committee is "comprised of a chef returning officer as chairperson and up to two additional members to act as official representatives of council." The referendum committee for the November referendum consisted ofFeds executiveresearcher andchief returning officer Brandon Sweetand students Charles Bergeron and Katie Law. In addition to Helmer's complaint, the voters list may have been too large. Feds listed the referendum being accepted by a margin of 3 to 2.

Of 21,646 possiblevotes, 2,229 were cast with voter turnout at 10.3 per cent in this referendum, Any referendum must have a 10 per cent turnout in order to be considered binding. Though various enrolment figures areavdable,they list thenumber of undergraduate students as near 17,000-4,000 less than were on the official voters list.

Brandon Sweet, executive researcher for Feds and chief returnSee REFERENDUM, page 5

Securitv dominates budget agenda Mark A. Schaan SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Confirming allpredctions and leaks, the federal government's budget came up heavy on security and light in almost every other area -leaving almost no portfolio untouched. Minister ofFinance Paul Martin's budget featured previous and new announcements fornational security.Thislarge new spending package left very little cash for other areas while still maintaining the promise of a balanced budget.

The economic conditions were among the worst Martin has ever had when bringing down a new spending package. Martin admitted that "the global economy had begun to slow" and that this was only worsened by the events on and after September 11. Martin pointed to recent economic analysis which "expect weakness to continueinto the fourth [quarter]" in the Canadian economy.

Expecting only 1.3 per cent growth in the economy this year, Martin unveiled a fairly aggressive spending package on national security. However, much of this d be paid for through a new air traveller surcharge of $6 per one-way flight, which will assist in the large costs associated with new airline security measures.

Total new spending on security measures will represent a more than

"Total new spending on security measures will represent a more than $7.7 billion investment over the next five years."

Finance minister Paul Martin's latest budgetfeatures billionsfor security and defence, both home and abroad. $7.7 billion investment over thenext five years. The money includes a $1.2 biUlon increase for the Department of National Defence, $2.2 billion in airport security measures, $1 billion for refugee screening, $1.6 billion in new money for CSIS and the RCMP and adhtional money to ease and secure our border with the United States.

Post-secondary education stakeholder groups were divided on the use of the small amount the federal government had left to spend on education initiatives. University administrators largely welcomed the news that the federal government unll make a one-time grant to cover the indirect operating costs of university research. New dollars repre-

sent less than 12 per cent of the direct costs of research from the three councils (National Science and Engineering Research Council, Social Scienceand Humanities Research Council, and Canadian Institutes for Health Research) while the university is aiming for 40 per cent'of these costs.

A conversation with UW VicePresident University Research Paul Guild highlighted that the amount is still welcome as it shows the government has accepted the concept of bearing some responsibility for these costs which "moves more towards the full cost of research."

Student groups, on the other hand, had very little positive to say about thebudget.Waterloo'snationallobby

organization, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations, dismissed the budget as failing to address accessibility to post-secondary education. CASA had hoped the governmentwouldincreasedebt repayment options and shift some of the restrictions on a student's ability to use instudy income to finance theit education while collecting student loans. h a m Arbuckle, CASA's National Director, said "the budget let students down."

The Canadian Federation of Students felt the budget missed themark on stimulating the economy when it didn't put a large investment back into post-secondary education.

'There is nothing in this budget to address the growing gap between those who can afford exorbitant tui-

tion fees and those left behmd in the knowledge economy" said Ian Boyko, CFS National Chairperson.

In a debate which got much national attention, David Johnston's broadband task force agendabecame the subject of a supposed political leadership fight. Long believed to be the highest priority of Minister of Industw Brian Tobin. national me&a sources reported that the agenda had become the subject of a leadership showdown between the other major Liberal leadership hopeful, Paul Martin.

Despite the fireworks, David Johnston said he was pleased the agenda was at least addressed. ' W e would have preferred a largerinvestment in broad band," said Johnston in an e-mail statement to Imprint.

Despite the lack of significant funding,Johnston noted that "the objective was postponed by one year to 2005 and a new $600 million was committed in this budget to move towards the objective."

Overall, the budget was dominated by security with small investments to most other areas of which broad band and education were only two. Other beneficianes include the CBC, a Native addxtion treatment program and the roll-out of the health accord agreed upon with provincial premiers last year.

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More than one year after assaulting Stockwell Day with a litre of chocolate rmlk, UW independent studies studentJulianIchim received his sentence from a Kitchener court December 5.

Ichim, aprominent student activist, joined members of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty on October 5, 2000 as they protested the opening of Alliance leader Stockwell Day's campaign at Conestoga College in Kitchener. The event was broadcast across the countgas Ichim drenihed Day with chocolate milk when he appeared at the front of the meeting.

Ichim, who plead @ty to an assault charge, received a suspended sentence, one year of probation and 60 hours of community work.

Although Ichim said that he was not upset with his sentence, he believes that the large-scale impact of his action affected his sentence. "I knew I was going to have to pay for what I did ... I do not feel remorse, but I am responsible," he said.

"It created such an impact within the medxa that the m e i a and the status quo wanted to see tt deterred, and I thmk that had a big effect on my sentence."

He also mentioned that class dtfferences played a role m lus sentence, saylng that he felt that with more money to spend on the case, he could have put together a better legal team.

Although his suspendedsentence means that he would be treatedmore

harshly in court ifchargedin a subsequent case within one year, Ichim said he does not intend to let this affect his activism work. "I'm going to continue doing what I'm doing regardless of the consequences," he said.

"Up untd now, I haven't had one conviction - I've been arrested 12 times -because most of the charges I've been arrested on were bogus charges. I'm going to continue doing what I'm doing and if I get any bogus charges, I'm just going to fight them in court."

"I knew I was going to have to pay for what I did . . . I do not feel remorse, but I am responsible," - Julian lchim

StephanieKrug, a Kitchener lawyer who represented Ichim in court, said that she was not surprised at the sentence. ' m i l e I applaud and encourage people to speak out, they need to be careful about the choices they make to ensure they don't commit criminal offences. If a person chooses to break the law, they run the risk of compromising the message they get across," she said. "Itwas acalculated

risk that [Ichm] was prepared to take, so it's difficult to say that a conviction was inappropriate."

Ktug said that while it was within the judge's dxscretion to grant a discharge, particularly since Ichim plead @ty to the charge, he decided that a conviction was more appropriate because "[Ichiml's act was deliberate and planned. [His] remarks in court rather than showingremorse, showed a preparedness to remain steadfast to his ideals."

Ichim seemed to be pleased with the result of the action, t h g at least partial responsibility for the f i a n c e party's five-point drop in the polls immediately after the action. He did, however, take issue with the way the event was portrayed in the media.

"Although it was me who did the action, it was done with the support of the people who were outside [and] the people who were inside," Ichim said. "I thmkthat any politicalchange in society must be led by the people."

It was to the marginalized, I c h said, that he was reachingout through his action against Day. "I think the question is not trying to make a good impression for the media, or trying to present our case and hoping that Joe Blo in Beechwood would buy it.

I think the question is: 'How do we mobilize the people to change the system?"'

If nothing else, Ichim's act has at least made him locally famous; on his way to his interview with Imprint, he was recognizedand congratulated by a small group of people on King Street.

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St.Jerome's Universityhas appointed Richard Gwyn as its chancellor. As chancellor, Gwyn will present degrees at convocation, serve on the university's Board of Govemors, its lughest governing body, and host events for the Chancellor's Circle, a group of donors who annually give $5,000 or more to the school. Gwyn takes over from John Sweeney, who was serving his I lth year as chancellor when he passed away on July 7.

A prominent columnist for the Toronto Star for more than two decades, Gwyn is a newcomer to St. Jerome's. In an e-mail interview, he summarized the extent of his previous involvementwith the university: "It is not large. I am neither an exstudent nor a parent nor a citizen of the region. But I have given two major speeches there and have got to know a number of the members of faculty. Getting to know more teachers and staff and students will be a main concern of mine."

This desire to get to know the

people at St. Jerome's is reflected in Gwyn's understanding of the school and its relationship with UW: "St. Jerome's detiningcharacteristicisunquestionably its strong sense of being a community. Its Catholicism helps here of course.Also, because it is small. But communityis the product of the efforts and energy and commitment of staff and students.

This is a precious quality and one that should be celebrated."

He continued, "If UW is the Canadtan Confederation, then SJU is Prince Edward 'Island, small but a full province with a strong sense of itself and a strong identity."

St. Jerome's president Michael Hi&s praised Gwyn's appointment: "Richard Gwyn is the perfect choice for this moment in our history as a university. It is a bold move by the Board of Govemors to recognize the high importance of prominent Catholics in Canadtan public life, and the role of a Roman Catholic university to nurture this kind of leadership."

When asked to describe himself in 35 words or fewer, Gwyn replied,

"I've been a journalist all my life.

This has given me an aptitude for faking fluency on subjects I in fact know almost nothing about. But it has also taught me how to ask questions, how to listen, how to be interested and inquiring."

He commented on how the university's role has slightly changed post-September 11: "I don't think September 11has greatly changed St. Jerome's role except in one respect.

There's a greater seriousness in our lives now. Some of the dominant themes of life pre-September 11, financial success, consumerism, celebrity, now seem shallow. Religion, or faith, or belief, now attract greater attention. I was struck by the magnitude of the crowd -some 1,500 and its combination of joy and seriousness, that filledst. Mary's Church in mid-December to hearJeanVanier speak."

The chancellor is appointed for a four-year term, which is renewable.

Gwyn will be offically installed as the new chancellor on March 17.

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PART ONE: IN 10 YEARS' TIME For Robyn McNair, a 16-year-old student at Rockway Mennonite Collegate in Kitchener, university isn't exactly the number one thing on her mind.

In fact, amongst her classmates, it's not something that they "talk all that much about."

However, without much chatter on the subject, McNair and her friends still assume that most of them will head off to university in the fall of 2004, the &st year Ontario will graduate students without Ontario Academic Credits (or Grade 13).

Herein lies the future of the university and the problems it faces. In McNair's year alone, a double-class of high-school graduates will be seeking entrance into schools like UW and a growingnumberof studentswithin those classes will want to attend university.

However, this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Conversationswith Amit Chakma, UW's vicepresident academic and provost, andUWpresident David Johnston, reveal that the growt!! agenda is weighmg heavily on their minds.

Having begun a series of dialogues with faculty, staff, students and other admirustrators, Chakma and Johnston are looking at how UW will deal with these frightening demographicswhile stilllookingatissues which face the university presently include growing

the work load," highlightingconcernabout the abkty to generate quality w i h the classroom.

"Everything is squished in high school, so it's . more work, and I don't knowbow that will be worked into university."

McNair also has concerns about housing, about being only 18when she enters university and about the services that wdl be provided to ease that transition. "I thmk it's a big step from high school to university. I don't really know exactly what to expect." perhaps McNair's greatest fear, and the one the greatest stress on the that wdl likely . place . university, is about capacity. "There's so many -

The growing university is a sevenpart series, special to Imprint.

Mark A. Schaan is a UW Rhodes Scholar and a former Feds executive. This series, appearing every two weeks, will draw on Mark's knowledge and experience to look at the emerging issues facing the university.

bureaucracy (as our institution ages), increasingly tight finances and a concern for quality and innovation to ensure that the Waterloo legacy continues.

Yet in the next 10 years the university wdl also encounter a number of other challenges.

There are questions about capacity.Thts raises issues about our abdity to create an appropriate learning clunate for a l l the students we take in whichincludes course offerings, the number of faculty and the basic number of people in our classes. Capacity is also measured in our ability to ensure there are support services such as housing, counselling and diversity programming for all the new recruits.

Over the next 13 weeks, Imprint hopes to investigate these concerns through this series -one article appearing every two weeks. The series is really a culmination of conversations: with university administrators,student leaders, support service providers, government and, most notably, students.

For Robyn McNair, these questions are hardly abstract. McNair embodies most of the worries about the future of the university.

McNair admits she is "kind of wortied about

people that want to get in, that I might not get in. It kind of makes me hesitant to go right after high school if I'm not entirely sure that I'll have a place," she said.

The coming decades could very well change the face of public post-secondary education as we knowit.The coming yearsdlikely solidify what those changes will look like. Whether a current UW student, or a potential student like Robyn McNair, the debate on the future of the university will certainly have personal impacts.

Imprint hopes to enrich that debate.

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New endowment fund announced for grads Geofl Eby IMPRINT STAFF

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On December 14, the result of the Graduate Student Endowment Fund referendum was announced. Graduate students of the University ofwaterloo approved a refundable$20 fee for a fund that aims to provide financial assistance to students and research projects at the graduate level.

The referendum received approval from 62 per cent of the counted ballots; well above the 50 per cent plus one required by the Graduate StudentAssociation's (GSA) bylaws.The other requirement to pass the referendum, to receive 15per cent oftheballots thatwere sent to 2161 ehgible voters, was exceeded by 168 ballots.

This was not the first referendum thatgradu-

ate students have had on an endowment fund.

Dunng the first weeks of September in the year 2000, the GSA held a referendum to decide on the establishment of a refundable $25 fee for the same purpose. The result was a 61 per cent approval. The bylaws of the GSA at that time stated a two-thirds majority was necessary, so the referendum did not pass. Since then, the bylaws have been changed. The president of the GSA, Sabesh Kanagalingam, provides two reasons for the change. "The old bylaws used by the last referendum were not up to date and not reflective of the current fee system at U W and (secondly) the GSA membership, that is graduate students wanted this change."

The bylaw changes occurred after two GSA See ENDOWMENT, page 7

Referendum: results invalrd REFERENDUM, from page 3

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When asked whether the list had been checkedprior to the referendum, Sweet replied that he was unaware of any check being done.

IST has assured him that the list was correct and, "given the criteria that we gave, it was pretty explicit as to who was to be counted and who wasn'aso I can't see how given the criteria that anincorrect total could have been achieved unless the Regstrar's office counts [voters and non-voters] differently than what's considered in the bylaw here."

Only members of the Feds corporation may vote in any elections or referenda called by Feds. Members include full-time undergraduate students registered at Waterloo, any fulltime undergraduate students who are currently on a work term, any students who has been registered for a previous term and who is intending to return in the next term (i.e. a student who has taken a term off) and the president and vice-president of the corporation.

In meetings prior to the referendum, Sweet had been advised that "the approximatenumber . . .that was considered nornial was somewhere in the neighbourhood of 17,000."

Sweet could not comment on the sudden increase to 21,646voters on the list though "it's more likely that the overall voters list may contain UWdir IDS that weren't supposed to bein there. I don'tthinkit's fairto say thevoters

themselves are ineligible."

According to Mary Jane Jennings, an institutional analyst with the Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning, full-time undergraduate students, including those on a co-op workterm, number 17,170. In addition, there were 3,700 part time undergraduatestudents in the fall term, and graduate students, both fulland part-time, number 2,212. Graduate students are not able to vote in the Feds elections or referenda.Jennings did not have figures for undergraduate students.who had taken a term off from their programs.

According to Sweet, there were no explicit instructions to check the voters list prior to the election. To his knowledge, there was no procedure governing electronic voting in referenda. At the time of the inteniew with Imprint, Sweetwas in the process of reviewing the list of those who voted and stnkinganyinvalidnames from the list. Sweet felt that after re-evaluation and the removal of possible ineligble voters, the possibility of the turnout dropping below 10 per cent was a possibhty that the Referendum Committee will have to consider.

A report ulllbe tabled by the chiefreturning officerin the January council meeting, at whlch point recommendations will be tabled for changes to the referendum process.

When asked if Campaign Waterloo would ask for another referendum following an unfavourable ruling by the Board of Governors, Catharine Scott offered no comment. However, in a previous interview with Imprint prior to the referendum, Scott indcated that they would ask for another referendum given a no vote. Yaacov Iland declined to comment on the pending Board of Directors' decision since he was a part of the Campaign Waterloo committee, of whose actions Jesse Helmer orignally filed his complaint.

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Schaan named Rhodes Scholar of Philosophy. For his dissertation, Schaan wants to examinewhether or not incomemaintenance programs should be linked to training programs. He is particularly concerned with programs dealing with hlgh-need groups, such as new immigrants, youth and the long-term unemployed.

About a year and a half ago, Schaan made the decision to apply for the Rhodes scholars h p after he sat on the UW selection committee as part of his role of VP Education. The committee interviewed Schaan and five other potiential candidates this year. Two potential candidates, Schaan and another student, had their applications moved forward by virtue of receiving a president's letter of approval, a requirement before being considered at the regional level.

Schaan had the option to apply in Ontario or Manitoba for the scholarship due to his status as a permanent resident of the latter.

Ontario, not surprisingly, is its own region, while Manitoba shares the region with Saskatchewan and Alberta.

When I asked hun if the interview process was nerve-wracking he said, 'Yes, I would say the first set of interviews, the Manitoba round, were a little more nerve racking simply because they were asking broad analytical questions far more based on my opinions on certain thmgs.

When you're talking about your opinions on things, you have a far greater capacity to of-

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Presidents, Premiers, Nobel Prize winners and scholars are among just some of the Rhodes Scbolarshtp alumni. Each year, Canada sends 11 new Rhodes Scholars to Oxford to study, learn, live and travel. In October of 2002, Canada will be sending Waterloo's own Mark Schaan. In December, I had the chance to sit down with Mark and talk with him about the Rhodes Scholarship and his expenence moving through the selecbon process To begin our conversation, I started at the endby aslung Schaan, What was the first thmg you did after you heard the news?'

"Screamed, excessively for qute some m e .

Well, I guess three m u t e s after that I phoned Catharine Scott, associate provost human resources and student services for the university, because the UW committee which interviewed me prior to forwarding my application to the Manitoba secretary was very, very supportive and very helpful as far as setting the tone for the interviews and giving me reassurance. And Catharine is also a really good symbol of the UW community. I was really happy to share with UW right away. And then proceeded to call in;^ family and friends, and basically spent an hour and a half on the phone."

Schaan will be reading for his Masters of Philosophy with the intent to do his Doctorate

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MarkSchaanis named RhodesScholar. fend. Whereas if you're talking about things you've done then it's farmore personalmotivation questions.So, I found the Manitoba round to be a little more stressful simply because you don't know what kind of impression you're leaving on them. You don't know enough about the judges to know exactly where they're coming in."

Schaan was interviewed for the Manitoba round with nine other candidates, three total from each province moved to the regional round of interviews, which were a week later.

As a don and a full-time student Schaan had to come back to UW between interviews.

While explaining the final interview process, Schaan told me that, 'We actually all met each other at the reception on Friday night and had dinner together. There's nine of us ... I met them all, got a chance to talk to them and find out a little bit of what they're all about."

Rhodes Scholarshave to meet the following criteria in order to win the scholarship:literary and scholastic attainments;energy to use one's talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness for and success in sports; truth, courage, devotion to duty; sympathy for and protection of the weak; kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship; moral force of character and instinc'ts to lead, and to take an interest in one's fellow beings.

I asked Schaan what criteria he was most concemed about being able to meet.

"Because I'm not overly athletic nor have sports ever been a driving force in my life, I was a little concemed whether the Manitoba committee and the Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta regional committee would interpret the criteria in the same way as the UW commitee

had, or that I had understood the committee to understand it. So thatwas alittlemore scary for me."

Citing his diversity as being the factor that enabled him to win the scholarship, Schaan comments that "I've been able to engage in so many different areas with reasonable success.

Also I think the raw energy behind my a c t i ~ ties. For the most part when I do things, I do them full bore."

Asked to comment on the UW news bureau stating that he was inspired by the example of Bob Rae and Kris Kiistofferson, Schaan had this to say: "That's not actually completely accurate. I think the onginal line I shared with the UW news bureau is, 'I was aware originally of the Rhodes scholarshipthrough some of the successful former Rhodes, including Bill Clinton and Bob Rae.' I didn't actually know that Kris Knstoffersonwas aRhodes untilvery recently. I would say I was motivated by the reputation and scholarship associated with the Rhodes and the people who have held it in general, not so much a particular individual or a former candidate."

After Schaan is done at Oxford, he sees himself in some form of an academc career.

However, considering an academic career started at 25 would last about 40 years, Schaan would like to work in the not-for-profit sector fast.

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It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times

READY AND W l l l l ~ 6 This week marks the one-year anniversary of me o c c u p p g t h ~ s space discussing local news.

Instead of dedicating a whole column on a single issue this week, I thought I'd look back over the past year and touch on four notable news items in 2001., At the end of 2000, Imprint and UW's drama department butted heads after an Imprint review of The Merchant of Venice.Joel Greenberg, director and instructor, lashed out at Imprint for employing "the craft of little thought" in its review.

Itnprint answered with a ful-page column by then editor-in-chief, Scott Gordon, in addition to a letter from then Echo e l t o r and current Imprint editor-in-chief, Ryan Merkley, and pages of letters.

Since this apparent blow up, things have been smoothed over with the two groups, but there were a few things that left a bad

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taste in my mouth about the whole ordeal. One was Greenberg's aggressive approach to letting his feelings be known about the review (and the reviewer).

But more importantly, I was concerned with how Impht responded with the amount of space used in defence of a tiny review. Sometimes the origmal actions are less important than how you react to them. I must say, I was disappointed in the way Imprint couldn't drop the issue right away, which would have been a more appropriate action than erecting a chicken-wired.fence around the newspaper.

In February, students went to the polls to elect the current Feds executive and.also vote in a referendum. The referendum question asked students if they wanted separate co-op representation away from Feds and if they would'be d l i n g to pay $2.50 a term for representation. A little over six per cent of students voted, which was not bindmg on the Feds. Although the majority of those who voted chosk to accept a co-op society, we are represented by the Feds today. This is good.

We do not need to create a whole new commttee to deal mth students' interests in co-op when

Membership to the endowment fund does not cost anything. Membership is granted to all graduate students of the University of Waterloo who are not involved in cost recovery programs and all present members of the board of directors.

To receivevoting rights, a member is requked to have paid the voluntary fee. Voting rights are revoked when a member refunds the $20 fee.

The voluntary fee can be classifed as a charitable donation, and is therefore tax-deductible.

Each fiscal year, the board of directors will review the status of the fee to decide if a referendum is necessary to modify the fee.

The dean of graduate studies wdl serve as &air of a 14-memberboard

of duectors that governs the adrninistrationofthe fund. The othermembers of the board include the associate provost of academic and student affairs and the GSA president. Seven graduate students unll receive membership to the board by being selected by the previous board - six students who wdl represent each of the faculties and one student who will represent all graduate students.

The board will also select a representative of graduate studies alumni, of the faculty association, and of the staff association. The remaining member of the board is the secretary to the board, who wdl be appointed by the dean or the graduate studies office and wdl not have voting status on the board.

we pay our student government to do exactly that.

Also in February, the arts faculty introduced its new logo, which looked hke Microsoft Word clip art. Needless to say, the faculty decided to scrap the logo, mostly because of student criticism, and invited students to eive input to vet another redesign, whlch was s o m e h g it should've done m the first place Ground Zero wasn't really in the news h s year, but I've d~s-

cussed the s t a m g restaurant a few tunes. The quesuon stdl remams: what 1s gomg to happen to Ground Zero? The restaurant closed for regular busmess thts summer, a sure sign that it's not an op-al busmess to be located in such a large space. Look no further than the Feds executtve vou'll hire m Februaly for the answers. They must find a way to turn thts space into something profitable before losmg more and more money And a few items bnefly: Quest

once again showed how oddly the school goes about creating a paperless system. It's good to see that it appears to be on the up-andup ... After much debate over paying for a new building, we are finally seeing the makings of a coop headquarters. It looks like tech woes are hitting - co-op- students hard. And bang on the new co-op apphcatton system - t h ~ sIS long overdue.

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Let's retire old 9-11

New Year's resolutions: promises you'll never keep Melissa Graham COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

By the time you read this, a new year will have started and scores of you will have made New Year's resolutions and vowed to change. Y o u d have promised yourself and possibly others that you are going to get fit, eat better, give up something or change the way you deal with some element of life.

What is so special about the new year? People talk about it like suddenly you get this chance to start over fresh, and everything is new.

What's new? Maybe I'm a cynic, but if you didn't have the willpower to lose those five pounds or to eat more vegetablesbefore, what makes you think that because you make the decision at the start of the new year you will suddenly have more will power to change? Many people often act like it holds some magical power to make the changes you need to make easier. Change takes a constant, consciousdecisionto do something in a way that is different from the normal routine. An activity or attitude does not become the routine for at least 21 days according to experts. Personally, I think habits take even longer to really stick because for many of you, even if you go to the gym regularly all of January, come February midterms start and it all goes to hell. That's not to say you won't start up again, if you've done something for 21 days you are more likely to re-start the activity, but many also give up at that point and figure why bother.

I also have a problem with the idea of the new year being a clean slate because let's face it: we all have a memory. We don't just suddenly lose all of our past baggage or history. I t would be wonderful if the new year meant that people would accept and allow us to change, but often they don't. The activities and attitudes of our past become expected from us after a time and I have found that changing yourself is

often easier than having that change accepted.

We all like to put people in boxes; I thmk people often fail at change not so much because of will power but because others refuse to accept and allowthat change to occur and at some point many people just giveup.

For anyone who has grown up in a small town this becomes crystal clear when you overhearpeople talking about the terrible thing that soand-so didwhen shewas 16years old and she's now 33.

Part of allowing change to occur involves letting go and forgiveness.

I'm not saying just because someone says that she has changedyou - . should immediately accept it. Accepting change does not mean that vou have to have anything to do A t h that person again, but it does mean that you stop beating someone up by using her past against her andin fact, you let go of the past and never bring it up at all.

Accepting change allows you to move on: the other person already has, and for you not to accept it, you only cheat yourself.

So, as we look ahead to the coming year, I think it is important to remember that change can happen at any time. Your decision and will power to change should be the driving force, not the new year; the date can act as a catalyst, but nothing more.

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As I rubbed my tired eyes on New Year's Day, I sat up and wondered about the new year, and what it would bring. Will my life be irrevocably changed?

I doubt it, but I'll admit I'm a cynic. Did the events of the last year change my life? If you read a newspaper these days, you'll find out that the events of September 11 dramatically altered everything about your daily life. The way the media's talking about it, you'd think my toilet started spinning in the other direction when it flushed.

In fact, things are pretty much the same.

My life is slightly different post9-11 - mostly because I can't do anything without being reminded that 3,000-plus people were killed in a horrible act of terrorism. Not because of my recollection of the events, but because of the incessant reminders.

I'm calling for a moratorium on discussion of September 11. Lest we forget? If only they'd forget,

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even if it was only for a day. If I had my wish, they'd retire that number like a washed up basketball player - they could hang September 11 from the rafters in Madison Square Gardens for all to see. Let's just retire the month of September altogether. We'll call the ninth month something else; I'm. accepting submissions for the contest as we speak.

And we'd never mention that other day again.

Those two little words are almost annoying as "Don't worry, be happy," or that computergenerated baby dance. What music did I use to comfort myself after the events of September l l ? The same music I was listening to before a whole bunch of innocent people I don't know were killed by a group of fanatical idiots. But not everyone's as jaded as I am. How fortuitous it was for the world media community that everyone was able to be retroactively influenced by the World Trade Centre disaster.

This Christmas, I had to stop myself from buying a lovely World Trade Centre calendar (the most thoughtless of Christmas gifts), despite its innocence and clever failure to reference the twin towers' destruction; it was as if they'd been ordered in a different time - a time when the huge skyscrapers were still standing.

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Let's get something straight: the Lord ofthe Rings has had a more profound effect on the Western world than September 11, if you ask me. As I sat in the movie theatre, waiting for the hobbits to wreck that stupid little ring as my butt went numb, I realized that nerds and geeks everywhere were following along with quips like: "no one ever said let's hunt some orcs."' There is no simple reason why regular people should be interested in magical fairies and potions and Middle Earth.

Hold on, I see you out there. Sit back down. You're getting all mad over nothing. Not to spoil the movie or anythmg, but they don't destroy the ring at the end (If you're laughing at me because I was so dumb as to think they'd destroy the ring, you're part of the uncool that I was taking about earlier). I expect they'll catch bin Laden before little Frodo destroys that stupid little ring, sometime in 2004.

All told, a perfectly good year -one that could have done with fewer references from car dealerships to Kubrick's space odyssey (2001: a mini-van odyssey) -but mostly one that was overshadowed by one awful went.

My new year's resolution: let's all move on.

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The turning wheel Bleeding edge conspiracy

particular, but the combination ofnews on UW, good researched editorials, great articles on dining, sports, music and poetry was temfic. Keep up the good work.

To the editor, Please. If I did manage to get my hands on TEMPEST technology, I'd have better uses for it than to try to find out someone's Feds vote. Giving that as a reason against onlinevotingis like sayingpeopleshouldn't venture above ground lest a meteor strike and kill them. Themoral of this story is not to take your science from CS work reports, because there are lies, damned lies, statistics and then CS work reports.

- David Robins BMath, 2001

Hurray for us To the editor, Just a bit of fan mail for you - the latest issue was really grand, the best issue I've ever read here at UW- aqd it's my fourth year of faithful Impsint reading as a co-op CS student. I don't know what it was in

- Pete Bennerto 4B mnrputer ~cience

Three modest proposals To the editor, Three Modest Proposals to improve WC7: 1) L&e the University of Guelph and others, institute student mail boxes. That is, put mad boxes in the Registrar's office and have all of a student's mail go there. This would increase efficiency and reduce costs to the university.

Also, students could use these as permanent mailboxes while they are at school.A student's living arrangements while in university are transitory and this would reduce problems associated with this life.

2) Again, like the University of Guelph and others, post the exam schedule at

the beginning of term. This enables students to choose courses which result in a fair exam schedule. Since a student's mark is significantlyaffected by his/her exam scheduleit is only fait that students have some degree of control over it.

3) Mandare that all Masters and Phd students take at least one course in education before they receive accreditation.

Many professors are horrible teachers and this measure could help.

- WillPeters

Workers of UW, unite!

To the editor, As a former Retail Services employee of the University of Waterloo, I have one piece of advice for present Retail Services employees (this includes the Bookstore, Computer Store, TechWom, etc.): unionize.

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Electro-sex without an electrolux Brian Code COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

I keep hckingmyself for not dropping out of high school four years ago to start an Internet porn busmess before the undespread acceptance of the Web. Fame, fortune and bemg a contender all elude me because I didn't take the plunge.

Of course, the mam r e s t r m g force was the social stigma attached to pornography. It's interesting that something almost as commonplace as eating is this taboo. Look at the people around you; every single one you see is the result of some sort of sexual activity (even artificial insemination requires masturbation).

Sexual drive is at the root of humanity, and it is extremely resilient at the worst of times. One only needs to look at the birth rates following the war, after a natural disaster such as a snowstorm, or following an act of terrorism.

Interestingly enough, posts to the a1t.binaries.pictures. erotica.blondes plunged from 700+ posts per day to a

mere trickle of just 100 following the September 11 attacks. Even more poignant is that a mere three days later, the newsgroup was back up to full speed.

The basic human needs: food, shelter and sex (once the fust two have been adequately saasfied) gve nse to some of the economic superpowers such as McDonalds, your landlords and Playboy.

Since feedmg the fundamental human needs is so lucrative, developing technology to deliver a better product, whether it be a burger that cooks in one minute and costs a dime, or multi-camera angle DVD porn, is essential to survive. Internet streammgvideo was all the rage for a whde (what else are you going to use it for?

Video conferencmg?Youmean sex-chat?)

How about the mass adoptahon of VHS over Betamax video format (Beta had supenor technology) or the advent of full colour, cost effective glossy printing presses? Mostly thanks to smut For over half my life I've had access to electromc porn. From the early days of BBS'mg with 1200-baud modems, to the

current high-speed Internet access, I've seen it grow from a cottage industry to a massive empire.

People like Wifey of Wifey's World, and Danni at Danni's Hotbox have become Internet porn model legends, and do busmess on the order of d o n s of dollars. Even porn surfing evidence h d mg programs are on the nse for the amateur porn surfer that doesn't b o w how to cover his tracks. It's all funny to watch the underground prosper in the face of social stigmas.

Before you go crying reefer madness on the whole surfingpornissue, I must say that there's no substitute for the real flesh and blood of human contad. Also contrary to some behefs you won't need an Electrolux to "get yougomg" after surfing a sigmficant amount of porn. I don't thmk I've become a victim from viewing porn (unless you count the fact that I think the picture of grasshoppers having sex on my wall is funny).

So go out there, surf, and enjoy it. It's only human.

The fall term is over and the winter has begun.

Thousands of co-op students are heading out for their jobs as others return back to campus. It seems like things in Waterloo start and end every four months.

Midterms and finals come just when you feel like your courses have just started. And then, all of a sudden, another term begins, and you have to move into a new place and sublet the old one. This life based on fourmonth cycles gets to you after a while. I have grad friends that can't get used to being in a single job for more than four months. I don't know if that's healthy.

Buddhists say that life itself is a continuous turning wheel. Day turns into night, night into day. I t is winter now and soon it will be spring. We started off as young weak ,+ddren, now we are strong, and soon we will be weak again. From menstrual cycles to breathing cycles - our personal lives are dominated by b e g h nings and endings, which, in turn, are new beginnings.

All of the holy books mention these cycles as a sign for humankind: those who wish to find meaning within the universe must find peace with its cycles.

What is the lesson behind this constant turning?

Firstly, the cycle of creation and destruction teaches us that everything is temporary. Thus we must let our minds step outside of the turning wheel and focus on the things which do not die. Secondly, we should learn that since every cycle is so short, we must try and learn something from every turn. Every passing breath, day, term and year should bring us one step closer to the * divine essence that transcends time.

All that sounds pretty cool, but is there a practical application for university students? Well, look at this term as a new turn of the wheel from which you could gain. Set aside some time right now to decide what you want to accomplish this term and commit yourself to acheving those goals. On the other hand, keep in mind that this term, as well as your time at the University of Waterloo, d be over soon. So don't lose sight of the real reason you are here.

Remember that four months from now this term will be over. Four years from now your degree will be complete. Four decades from now your life may be over. Step outside of the cycles, take a look at the big picture and try to make something of every passing.

Peace.

Canada's Native American genocide continues

IN YOUR INTEREST The world stood stdl m shock over the events of Septemher 11. L k e many events that got cancelled m the wake and aftermath, WPIRG's planned speakmg event wlth Name Amencan achmst and wnter Ward Churchdl, scheduled for September 13, was put on hold.

I talked to hun on that day to discuss the possibhes of hun bemg unable to catch a fight. His

response to the attacks was not the usual. Not that he was glad it had happened, but Churchill was far from surprised.

He responded by pointing to the millions of children in Iraq who have &ed due to US. economc sanchons. He couldn't look at the tragedy as an isolated madent, but one rooted m oppression and atrocities for many people of the world Who are we to judge Churchill's reachon, someone who has been strugghg for the retnbuhon of hls people for decades, It's hard for us to understand how anyone can lusttfy the acaons of September 11.

But what if you've expenenced such atrociaes, murders and worse all your life - the contmmg genocide of your people?

I recently watched "Hidden Wars of Desert Storm," a documentary that explores some of the more controversial questions of the Gulf War. The case in Iraq is devastating. After watching the video, I was completely in awe and quite depressed. Not only because of the atrocious situation in the Middle East, but more so because of the cover-up of the situation, with no coverage in mainstream corporate media.

The same ignorance occurs on our own land, where the realities of indigenous people on reservations throughout North America are appalling. Are we told that during the late 20th century, reservationbased Native American men have a life expectancy of only 44.6 years, as compared to 71.8 years for the

general-population of males? That Native North Americans experience the highest rates of infant mortality, death by malnutrition, exposure and plague dsease?

There has been some coverage provided recently, with a series "Canada's Apartheid," by Gbbe and Mailcolumnist John Stackhouse.

Churchill argues that the experiences of his people are nothing less than genocide.

Mention genocide and immediately images of Nazi Germany come to mind. Some may have trouble applying the term to Native North Americans, but Churchill argues persuasively that the term has always had a broader application and that by definition Native North Americans have suffered intentional genocide at the hands

of the European interlopers, and it continues today.

Ward Churchill will have a lot to say when he finally comes to the University of Waterloo on Wednesday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre.

The title of his talk is "Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Globalization, Genocide and Resistance."

It will most likely be stuff we don't want to hear. But we should; we need to. We can no longer live in the bubble that has been created here since colonization. Because we are no longer safe. The bubble has finally burst.

Narina Nagra is ajd/-time staff member at WPIRG.

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Not the apocalypse, but an end for something Comrades! Are you pissed o f ~ ~ i r of e dthe rampant oppression in the world today? Sick of the trampling of the downtrodden in all comers of the globe? Casually annoyed with the imperfection of the universe?

If so, I've got good news for you. We've discovered the solution to all the world's illsl Or more accurately, we've identitied the problem: it's those insidious, d q bastards to the south, otherwise known as the United States of America.

Does this sound familiar? It should. It's the same old load of garbage -condensed for economy's sake - extolled by the hate/fear-mongering lefties among us, as a convenient all-purpose scapegoat for any and all misfortune and suffering on Earth.

They'll bawl that we have those southern assholes to thank for stupid shit ltke baseball, Britney and Burger m g . They won't mention that we also have them to thank for other things, hke cars, airplanes, computers and TVs. They'll shriek that they force Third World workers to endure the banality of stitclung cargo pants for Wal-Mart at 20 cents an hour. Except, they're not "forcing" anyone -the workers trip over each other trying to get in -and that "paltry" 20 cents in places like Cambodia goes just as far, or faaher, than $6.85 does for us here in Ontario.

Oh, but that's all for profit. Fine, then lets talk charity: guess which country gives the most foreign aid to the Third World? I won't say, but here's a hint: its initials are U, S and A. As if all of these shallow attempts to heap all the blame (but none of the credit) on Americans weren't bad enough, there's another band of alarmists who like to play on the same theme, but for a different cause. They are, of course, the antiAmerican Canadian nationalists.

Telltale signs you're talking to one of these people: First, fear-mongering about preserving "Canadian culture" (the Hip and poutine?). Second, dismissal of any government plans to privatize anydung as being "American." Third,and most popular of late, the argument that co-operation with the Yanks on any issue whatsoever is tantamountto giving up our status as a sovereign c o u n q .

What they mean of course is this: restrict people's access to American culture (even if, God forbid, they like American culture). Don't judge solutions to problems based on whether or not they actually work, but based on the country the solutions come from. And finally: we need to be different from Americans not for any real reason but just for the sake of being different.

It's all v q childish. I'm a proud Canadian which to me means more than just having a flag on my wall -yet I don't feel any burning need to hate the United States to affirm it. It's a fact: there are a lot of similarities between the U.S. and Canada.

There are also a bunch of big differences, which aren't disappearing a n y h e soon. Our political system and linguistic makeup are just two. So breathe easy the McApocalypse is not nigh.

Yes, the U.S. has its shortcomings -but so do we and every other nation. Yet it is the U.S. that always gets the blame, as the b d y , the corporate ringleader and so on. This is pure intellectual laziness: attacking the big guy, not because he's worse, but because he's 'an easier target.

Americans deserve some credit. Most of them are decent, freedom-loving people - not soulless robots or diabolical villains. Nor are they responsible for the Canadian identity crisis - that's a product of our own failure to define ourselves by what we are, rather than what we are not.

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It's now year two of the new d e n r u m Year one was pretty eventful - I can hardly even remember pre-September and I've got a feelmg we're m for more of the same.

Our world is changmg rapidly, and the speed at which change is happentng is continually mcreasmg. We're mcreasingly connected through the results of technological innovatton, and the global vlllage predicted by Marshall McLuhan back m the 1960s is becoming smaller and smaller We (and here I'm speaktng m terms of our collective consciousness) may not have yet reached the pomt descnbed m an interlude from GZA's album, Beneath the Sufface: 'You don't have to be there to be here. The Seven Senses advanced cellular phone network unll connect you m every way -verbally, mentally, spiritually and physically."

Yet there are some mdmduals who no doubt have reached that point, m some form or another (and I'm speakmg from personal experience here). More are sure to follow as time ticks forward m h s turbulent, transittonal era in which we hve I believe we're living in the end times.

Does that mean the end of the world?

Not necessarily, but it most certainly does mean an end for something

Things can't keep on much longer the way we're gomg. If the enttre population of the world hved how the average Amencan (or Canadian -we're not any better) lived, we'd need something hke seven planets full of resources to keep us go'% And we don't have that.

As it is, way too many people are dying of hunger, dymg of poverty, dying of disease, dying of bombs - all of which are preventable We (I'm usmg the collective "we" again) aren't domg much about it. In fact, we don't seem to care too much, and I don't think that can go on too much longer.

"Think about how much pure energy is being released as entire species of plants and animals are wiped out."

Somethmg else that can't continue much longer is the amount of damage we're domg to the environment m which we h e . We're pollutmg the a, we're polluting the water, and we're polluting the rest of the life on this planet. In fact, we're U g the rest of the life on this planet.

The rate of species extincaon is increasing, - alarmingly.

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We're witnessing one of the greatest (if that's the right word to use) die-offs this

planet has ever seen. The diversity of life on earth is growing less so every day. Most of us probably haven't even noticed this little fact, or at least paid any attention to it.

Many interpretations could come from these changes, but the one that sticks in my mind stenis Gom something I read after the death of former Beatle George Harrison.

This quote from Harrison appeared in the Globe and Mail on December 1: "The essence and cause of everything in the physical world is the pure intelligence that is manifested as all these different parts . . .

I am not this body, I am pure energy soaring about everywhere, that happens to be in a body for a temporary period of time."

So when he died, that pure energy was set free. Think about how much pure energy is being released as entire species of plants and animals are wiped out. As this mass extinction we're living through continues to grow, think of all the energy that is being set free.

So what does that mean? We can't look at that question until we truly believe in that this phenomenon is happening. Our culture, which worships "reality" and scorns the supernatural, is probably not ready to make that leap.

I know pretty much nothing about Harry Potter - haven't read any of the books, haven't seen the movie - but I read something the other day about how the wizards in it are able to tdck the muggles -the non-magic folk -into not seeing the magic that's all around them.

Can you make the connection?

The vear in homosexual review

OUTLOOK The year started off urlth two gay marriages at the Metropolitan Community Church m Toronto Reverend Brent Hawkes used a loophole m Ontano law whlch states that "any two persons" can be mamed through pubkhing of banns.

The government refused to register the mamages. The first season of the tremendously popular series Queer as Folk awed from January to June Based on the Bnash mint-series by the same name, the show follows the dramatic and sexual hves of a group of gay and lesbian friends m Pittsburgh. The series is filmed in Toronto and features two Canadian actors among the cast Not to be outdone, Bntain's Channel 4 introduced a new sems this year, MettvsexuaIr~.

Gay tcon Elton John extended an olive branch to rapper Emmem. The two performed a duet at the Grammy Awards

in February. Another gay icon, Ellen DeGeneres, rekindled her career with a new series, The Elkn Show, and hosted the Emmy Awards in November.

Last year marked the 30th anniversary of University of Waterloo's queer student organization, GLOW. While celebrations in March were fairly low-key, the winter term was the organization's first time in years to hold regular dances at the Bomber, under the name Boyz & Boys and Girls & Grrls Night.

For the first time in Canadian histoty, gay and lesbian couples were counted explicitly in the national census. While the figures may eventually settle the age-old question of what percentage of Canadians are gay, it may take decades before such statistics are reported accurately.

Former prime minister and conservative leader Joe Clark was the parade marshal,fot Calgary's gay and lesbian pride celebrations, becoming the highestrankmg politician to show his support for the queer community. In the summer, Noah America had its &st queer music festival - almost. The Wotapalava festival was to headline Sinead O'Connor, Soft Cell, Rufus Wainwright and the Pet Shop Boys. O'Connor backed out at the last minute and the festival was cancelled.

O'Connor, who came out as a lesbian last

June, married a man this June.

Canada's &st full-time queer television network debuted in September.

Pridevision got off to a shaky start when satellite and cable provider Shawl Starchoice refused to offer the station in a free trial period.

The city of Vancouver was rocked in November with a gay bashing. The murder of Aaron Webster resulted in a commitment from Canada's justice minister to indude gays and lesbians in hate propa- ' ganda laws. Gays and lesbians were already protected in hate crime laws.

Three separate lawsuits against the Canadian government were launched by gay couples fighting for the right to be married. A lawsuit filed in B.C. ruled in favour of the government in October.

Cases in Ontario and Quebec were heard in November.

Meanwhile, Quebec decided to sidestep the legal process and tabled legislation in December to create a new martiage category called a "civil union" for samesex couples only. The justice minister stated that if Quebec was a sovereign state, he would allow gays to marry. In June, Nova Scotia became the titst province to register domestic partnerships.

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The quest for perfection Young people continue to place too much value on physical appearance Mirna Rakanovic SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

While flipping through channels or magazine articles, it is almost impossible not to gawk at Calvin Klein's fragrance ads of black and white photos portraying fit, gorgeous lovers or Victoria's Secret's thm, tall models of perfection.

Companies are spending millions of dollars on advertising to create desirable images in hope of selling their products.

It is hard to ignore the splendour that surrounds us onbillboards,posters and movie screens. It seems that nowadays fame and success breed beauty. Or could it be that beauty breeds fame and success?

What is it about these images that hypnotizes consumers into buying or inspires people to workout? Why do some turn to anorexia and others to plastic surgery?

As I turned the pages of I n S9/e magazine's November issue, I came across a two-fold advertisement for Victona's Secret new Mirade Bra collection. The first page of the ad immediately caught my attention.

In bold, white, capital letters the question "what is sexy?" was posed behind a plain, cool background. In anticip&on, I tumed to the next page to find the answer. Featured was a young, tall, thm, blondewoman in black Itngerie.

Not only does the company make a bold statement on their own behalf, it makes one on behalf of society.

Today, "sexy" is skinny, blonde and beautiful. "Sexy" leaves no room for stretch marks, celluhte, fat, blem-

ishes or imperfection.Because these images are all around us, our perceptions of attractiveness and desirability reflect the messages hidden in advertisements, and it seems that many of us strive to mimic them.

Youth especiallyaregoingto great lengths to be "beautiful." Today, more than ever before, young men and women are lying under the knife to i5x their "flaws" in search of perfection.

Realistically, the average person's measurements lay nowhere close to those portrayed in the media. While walking around campus today, take a second to look around you. Do you see supermodelmaterialpassingyou?

Probably not. Why, you ask? Most models in ads are covered in makeup, hair spray and oil, and the photos are altered to hide natural characteristics that have been deemed undesirable. In other words, advertisers portray appeahgimages that arevery difficult andor impossibleto imitate.

This is why adults should be constantlyinstillingpride and confidence into their daughtersandsons, to build high levels of self-esteem. Youth should be reassured that they are unique and beautifulthe way they are so they don't feelpressuredintoplastic surgery by society and its messages. Without this assurance it is easy to fall into the trap of feeling so "ugly" or "fat" that you end up asking Santa for a nose job.

In a survey completed by 70 UW students aged 18 to 22,26 per cent reported that they have considered purging or not eating to lose weight.

Of that 70, nine per cent suffered from an eating disorder and 14 per

cent considered having cosmetic plastic surgery. Although the figureis low, three per cent ofstudents surveyedactually underwent cosmetic surgery to perfect their appearances.

It is important to consider the origin of the desire to conform to a societal image.

Eighty-three percent of studentsresponded that the mecha strongly influenced their self-image. It is not unlikely, then, that advertisements for Victoria's Secret and Calvin Klein fragranceswere among the top two preferences for most appealing ads.

Such advertising glorifies youth, beauty and sex. These qualities are often associated with success,popularity, selfconfidence and good health, deeming anything opposite undesirable. ~' There are many professionals on campus who are equipped to deal with the concerns of students. Counselling Services is a centre open to anyone who wishes to build study skills, makecareerchoicesorworkthrough personal issues.

If students feel depressed about the way they look, suffer from an eatingdisorderor justwant someone to talk to, they have the opportunity to seek guidance on campus. There are professionals available to help with a variety of issues.

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There's still no miracle cure Durshan Ganthan SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

So it's your birthday and you want to celebrate in style. You head over to the Bomber, get your Bomber birthday mug, and drink like there's no tomorrow.

You're having the time of your life - that is, until you wake up the next day with a hangover that hurts so bad that you can't even stand to look at the foam-crusted mug you brought home with you last night.

Hangovers aren't fun, whether you're the person with it or the person talung care of a friend. A special event can turn into a dtsaster if you don't plan ahead.

Thankfully, there's a Web site created and designed specifically for helping people with hangovers, with everything from symptoms to tips on how to prevent them.

hangovers.com

All-About-Hangovers.com is a site that helps people with hangovers. In fact, they even go so far as saying 'We have removed all flashy text and other h z y page elements that could contribute to your pain" for those who visit the site while hungover.

The siteexplainscauses ofhangovers from a simple point-of-view ("It's all your fault!") to a scientific point ofview ('When the toxin level exceeds your body's ability to metabolize them in an efficient manner, you experience the unpleasant and classic symptoms of a hangover").

Unfortunately, the site's section on cures is lacking. There is no mira-

cle cure for a hangover, and although the site teases you into t h h g otherwise with the cures section, it admits this fact in there instead.

However, the section on how to prevent a hangover also includesfacts on how to alleviate the symptoms (such as drinking plenty of water throughout the evening), which is sufficient for most people.

This Web site contains many useful facts about hangovers that serious drinkers should know about, especially on howto alleviate the symptoms.

The site even explains that drinking darker coloured liquors will give you a worse hangover than d r i h g light coloured liquors.

If you plan on diinkmg the night away, you should try to keep in mind how you can make the following day as pleasant as possible. This site will help with that task.

workshops targeted at educating men and women about the dangers ofeatingdisorders kdalternatives to promote change. Several workshops focus on building self-confidence and escaping depression. Students interested in booking an appointment with a counsellormaycall and book an appointment at 888-4567, ext. 2655 or walk into Counselling Services, located in Needles Hall, room 2080.

Over the last few years, cosmeticsurgery rates have been soaring. Parents, children, teens - everyone seems to be willing to pay the price for "perfection."

Nose reshaping, breast augmentation and liposuction rank among the top procedures for girls 18 and under, and can cost anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000.

The search for GRAPHICBY CHRIS INCH physical perfection in Ackland, a counsellorat Counselling a flawed world that loves pretty girls Services, I learned that such issues and handsome boys is costly, danare not totally a result of the media, gerous and unnecessary. It seems but a combination of factors includ- that people today are placing too ing dteting, abuse and ideals in our high a value on physical appearance society. Often eating disorders are a and too low a value on inner beauty. coping strategy women use to deal From 1992 to 1998, teen plastic surwith painful emotions and experi- gery rose 85 per cent. What ever ences. happened to teaching our youth that Becausemany live with such anxi- they are unique and beautiful in&eties, ~ o u n s e lServices l ~ ~ provides viduals just the way they are?

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Sprinkle tops with a mixture of cinnamon, sugar and coconut (optional). Bake muffins for 20 minutes or untd golden brown.

I created this recipe in search of a low-fat, healthy pasty that's cheap and easy to make.

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Ingrediens: 1 cup al-purpose flour 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour, oatmeal or wheat germ 1/2 cup white sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 egg *1/2cupmilk * juice and grated rind of 1 small orange 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 apples, chopped cranberries, bananas, nuts or chocolate chips (optional) cinnamon, coconut and sugar (optional) Preheat oven to 400째F. Sift the dry ingredients together.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg. Add the milk, orange juice and rind, oil and apples. You can add other fruit, such as cranberries (if using frozen cranbemes, don't thaw them), bananas, nuts or chocolate chips. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingrek-

Shortbread is simple to make, as the best tools to use are your hands.

Those who are on carbohydrate-reduced diets may omit sugar and use a sugar substitute instead.

Ingredient$: 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup butter 1 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon cornstarch Preheat the oven to 300째F. Cream the butter and sugar together with a fork.

Gradually sift the flour and cornstarch into the butter mixture.

Work the dough with your hands until it is smooth.

Press the shortbread onto a greased balungpan. Bake for30 minutes or until golden.

Winter term is upon us and it's time to get back to work, both academicallv and environmentally.

The Feds Environment Commission is l o o h g for volunteers this term so the commission can continue with its projects to help raise environmental awareness on campus.

So, what is the commission and how do you get involved?

The environment commission is a Feds commission that is made up of student volunteers.

These volunteers run projects, trying to help make uw an environmentally sustainable campus. Since the commission is dliven by these volunteers, it needs as many volunteers as possible from every faculty.

Over fall term, the environment commission was busy with several large projects, many of which will continue throughout the winter term. One of these large projects is the Clean Vehtcle Project.

T h ~ project's s mandate is to retrofit two of the UW fleet vehtcles with compressed natural gas engmes, as natural gas is a

much cleaner burning fuel than gasoline.

Another project that began in the fall term and wdl be continuing through the winter is energy efficiency. Deputy commissioner Mark Chambers and his team, along with UW Plant Operations, have been looking at using daylight harvesting technology in the Dana Porter library to reduce use of nonnatural lighting.

sity of Victoria's Sustainabdity Project. This group has been working on an environmental resource centre located in the lower SLC which will open in midto late January.

In the fall, the commission was pleased to present a guest lecture by the Honourable Gilbert Parent, Canada's environment ambassador.

The commission plans to bring more speakers to UW in the future.

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Also, the environment commission will be continuing its paper reduction initiatives, under the direction of deputy commissioner Rebecca Askew. The paper reduction group has been looking at ways of getting students to double-side their print jobs in labs as well as providing recychg bins in printing stations on campus.

Deputy commissioner Sandy Kiang, in conjunction with Watgreen, has also begun a project known as the UW Sustainability Project, modelled after the Univer-

If you have any new ideas or if you want to help out with existing initiatives, volunteer your time.

The &st meeting of the term wdl be held Wednesday, January 9 at 6:15 p.m. in the Conrad Grebe1 University cafeteria.

All are invited to attend. For more information on the meetings and the commission, please visit the commission's Web site at www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/ -kbschmid.

Is no scents good sense?

A look at the science behmd perfume sensitivity Kourtney Short

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In 1991, the Nova Scotia Nurses' Union began a campaign under the catchy slogan "no scents is good sense" to eliminate theuse ofscented products, including perfume, cologne,lotions,shampoos andscented deodorant, at the Queen Elizabeth Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.

By 1993, scent-free policies were in place in all of the hospital sites.

Since then, public awareness of fragrance sensitivity has increased and numerous hospitals, businesses and schools have implemented similar policies.

Since 1999, posters titled 'We Share the Air" have been displayed inside Needles Hall in order to encourage people to avoid the use of perfume, cologne and other scented products.

These policies are based on scientific evidence that inhaled scent can

cause asthma attacks, migraines and allergy symptoms such as a runny nose and sneezing.

Perfumes are also known to cause contact allerges for people with eczema.

But what is it m perfume that causes these reactions? Would it be possible to create fragrances that would have either less or no unpact on sufferers?

The evidence In a study conducted at the Asthma and Allergy Centre m Gothenburg, Sweden, patients who complamed of respuatory &fficultles associatedwth fragranceinhaled eithera placebo ora perfume, through theu mouths and w t h theu noses clamped to prevent them from smelling the perfume.

Even wthout bemg able to smell the perfume, the patlents experienced the same symptoms.

These resultsverified that theperfume sensitivity was caused by the chemicals in the perfume, and not triggered by the sensory experience of scent.

What's in a perfume?

In Canada,perfumesandcosmetics are regulated by the Product Safety Bureau, a division of Health Canada.

Currently,cosmeticlabels,including perfume labels, are required only to provide the identity of the product, the metric quantity of product, contact information for the manufacturer or distributor and directions and warnings or cautions where applicable.

The PSB is proposing to amend regulations to require ingredient listings, in order to make it easier for peoplewho are sensitive toperfumes to determine whlch component is causing the sensitivity,and to enable them to avoid it.

Currently, perfume manufacturers are not required to reveal the fragrance formula because it is considered a trade secret.

This would not change under the

How radio works Rob Schmidt SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

GuglielmoMarconi's Atlantic-crossing radio transmission on December 12, 1901 was recently celebrated in St.John's, Newfoundland, where the signalwasreceived. That accomplishment spurred other inventors to improve and extend the usefulness of this technology.

Waves are everywhere. You will be familiar with mechanical waves like waves in the ocean and sound waves. There are two properties of importancein the regularwaves. One is the frequency and the other is the amplitude.Frequency is measured in hertz, which is the number of times the carrier wave repeats per second.

For example, CKMSis found at 100.3 MHz, which means the wave repeats 100,300,000 times per second. Amplitude is how big the wave i s (think of tall water waves).

Radio isn't just what we hear in the car. Radio technology is used to broadcast television signals and data signals both in the &and through wires. Let's consider audio radio and the two common modulation techniques AM and FM. If you look closely at your radio you will find the band called AM, now reserved for audio content like hockey games and news. AM stands for Amplitude Modulation andwas a simple solution to a simple problem.

An AM radio receiver can be built with as little as a bunch of wire, a diode and sensitive eaiphones. In

Radio is a simple yet powerful areas very dose to AM radio towers you can hear the radio in amplified technology. The next time you are tuningin toCKMS 100.3,thinkabout computer speakers.

Unfortunately, AM is subject to the technology behind it. interference. Take a look at the AM signal in the diagram attached. Imagine a spike of noise in !he signal and you can understand the popping and hissing you normally associate with AM radio.

At some point, a man named Edwin H. Armstrong thought of a way to solve this problem. He invented a system with a continually changmg frequency instead of amplitude. This solved the noise problem, but made decoding much more complicated. Despite the added complexity, FM is much more popular because of its resistance to noise.

Making an FM radio is more complicated than making an AM radio.

The problem is that the' frequency changes need to be converted back to, amplitude changes. One way to accomplish this is through the use of a dircuit that amplifies a particular I I GRAPHIC BY A l l ASARIA frequency. This frequency is called its resonant frequency and as the (a) carrier wave -the frefreqenq moves away from the reso- quency wave of the station nant frequency it will also a drop in the output signalamplitude. This sig- (b) message wave for nal can be passed thorough a diode radio, this would be the and to the sensitive.crysta1headset sound wave, i.e. the music you hear from above.

While h s might be a simple solution, it doesn't take advantage of the (c) amplitude modulated noise reduction properties of FM. wave There are other solutions in FM design, but most are too complicated to (d) frequency modulated explain in this article. wave

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proposed amendment;fragrance and flavour components would be required only to be identified by those names.

Perfume is composed mostly of denatured ethyl alcohol, chemical formula CH,CH,OH, also known as grain alcohol or ethanol.

Although ethanol is the same alcohol as is found in your favoudte alcoholic beverage, you'll get more than a buzz from dnnking denatured ethanol -poisonous or nauseating substances have been added to prevent you from doing exactly that.

Ethanol functions as a carrier for the perfume oils.

It has a boiling point of 78.5OC, and evaporates very quickly when it comes in contact w t h the skin,which is why perfume will smell different if you wait a few moments after applying it before smelhng it.

Accordmg to Health Canada's Public SafetyBureau, some perfumes contain dibutyl phthalate (DBP), a by-product of the petroleum distillation process. ~erfumessold in Canada cannot contain more than 10 per cent DBP because of experiments on lab ani-

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mals in which high doses of DBP caused early pregnancy loss, birth defects, such as skeletal malformations and cleft palate, and male reproductive effects, such as a reduction in sperm count and testicular atrophy.

Because there is no proof that these effects could be observed in humans, Health Canada claims that DBP is safe in the doses allowed.

What can I do?

The effects of banning perfume on indoor ax quality have been compared by some to the effects of banning smoking.

Thus, although certain groups have raised objections to scent-free policies on the grounds of individual rights, it is hoped that such bans wdl eventually be accepted as smoking bans have been.

In the meantime,if you do choose to wear perfume or cologne, choose a scent that is appropriate to your environment.

Try something subtle for the office, use it sparingly and avoid reapplying it throughout the day.

High-speed Internet for evervone Rob Schmidt SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

The Internet remains an important technology even after the t&hnology market bust. Our law makers want to ensure that all Canadians have access to high-speed Internet.

Currently, there are four technologies aimed at wiring homes and businesses in Canada: cable, xDSL, satellite and wireless.

The biggest problem facing the government is Internet access in remote communities. While cable and DSL have captured the market in urbantentres,they'reladenwithhigh capital costs. There needs to be a concentration of users to make these technologies profitable, much like cable teleasion and telephones. some of you may know that voice phone access is often provided by.radio in remote areas (sort of like a fixed cell phone). Areas that can be served by radio telephone may also suit wireless Internet connectivity.

Most students are familiar with the telephone and cable versions of Internet (if only through advertisements). Some of you may not know that the telephone version of htgh speed Internet is called DSL, W t a l subscriber line. This is usually prefixed with the letter a or s describing the two types of access: asymmetrical and symmetrical. Symmetrical is

primiarily used by businesses and only available in large urban centres such as Toronto. Asymmetrical, in its lower speed form is what home users usuallyget and the htgher speed versions are used by businesses that can't get symmetrical version due to proximity to the central office. DSL works over the phone line that already enters home providing the other end, which is in the central office, is attached to a DSL modem.

There is also a restriction on the length of phone line between you and the central officewhich prevents the use of DSL from outside cities.

Cable Internet goes where the cable company thinks it can be profitable. This can mean smaller communities that'have cable television already, but it doesn't include anyone who doesn't already have cable television.

Wireless Internet solves some of these problems by decreasing the capital costs. Access requires two things: line of sight to a wireless FDS Internet provider, and be within a range of between 12 and 40 km depending on the type of installation.

Wireless Internet providers can be found in urban and remote areas.

The costs for equipment are often borne by the subscriber. Also, with fewer competitors selling access this See BROADBAND, page 17

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FastShips, camels and living houses Neal Moogk-Soulis

SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

707 of the Atlantic In response to an increased number of travellers with an aversion to flying (in the wake of terrorist attacks), new technology is being touted to lead a major revolution in marine shipping.

A new hull design combined with a water jet propulsion system aims to more than double ship speeds to up to 40 knots (75 km/h).

A consortium, loosely known as the Fastship Atlantic project, hopes to provide a seven-day door-to-door transportation network for shipping between mid-Europeandmid-U.S.A. Water jets are propulsion devices which use waterpump technology insteadofpropellerstoprovidethrust * on certain types ofmodem high speed ships.

In terms of propulsion systems, this would be similar to the jump from propeller driven aircraft to jet propelled aircraft.

Using the jet propelled ships, designers hope to be able to escape the captive wave.

Captive waves form when any vessel moves through water. At a certain speed, these waves become as long as the ship itself. If the ship A

tries to go faster, the wave elongates, and the ship squats.

The captive wave places so much drag on the hull that it cannot climb up the wave's back and move ahead of it; the vessel sinks into the trough between crests. In fact, a ship'smaximum speed depends on its length and shape. In general, longer ships can attain higher speeds.

Amongvessels ofthe samelength, slendermonohulls cango fasterthan conventional ones.

This is because they d~splaceless water than the others.In otherwords, they can achieve a higher speedlength ratio.

FastShips are capable of an even higher speed-length ratio because of a concave hollow at their stem.

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These FastShips will not lose as much speed as conventional ships in high seas. While some ships may be late by several days, the FastShips would only lose a few hours on a transatlantic crossing.

In this sense, the ships would not be limited by weather or sea conditions and they could be like jets, able to operate practically year round.

Traditional medicines The Zayed Complex for Herbal Research and Traditional Medicine in the United Arab Emirates is recognizing the importatice of traditional and herbal remedies.

The long term goal of the institution is to "collect, analyse and integrate domesticinformationon herbal, medicine and related complementary therapies in the UAE in order to set up future relevant projects and plans for development."

The complex is currently cataloguing various remedies with the intent ofisolating the medical assets.

These assets will then be marketed to the world. As a start, the complex is dealing with camels.

Living in a harsh c h a t e , camels have tough bodies and immune systems; they can survive drought, famine and many deadly diseases.

Scientists have discovered that camelantibodies,the buildingblocks of an immune system, are able to withstand diseases like foot-andmouth disease.

This, combinedwith the fact that camel antibodies are much simpler than human antibodies,makes them prime targets for syntheticreproduction. . It is hoped that the camel antibodies would be able to bolster weak immune systems.

If camels are hardier then cattle, why not cultivate them for food?

Although it makes for tough chewing, the taste is not unlike beef and a camel's milk is much more nutritious than that from a cow. It is lower in fat andlactose, andhgherin potassium, iron and vitamin C. Unfortunately,camels are not exactly dode, and they spit.

The walls are alive!

The future, according to researchers, could bring machines and entire buildings that are able to diagnose theirownproblems,preventingcostly breakdowns and emergency repairs.

Working with Xerox and leading a group called CoSense, Dr. Feng Zhao is leading research into smart machines.

These machines would contain a wireless network of sensors, programmed to monitor the changing conditions of the machine itself.

A washing machme might have a sensormonitorifigvibrations,another monitoring heat and a thirdmonitoring humidity. If there was a vibration and added heat, the sensors might conclude that a bearing was worn and running hot.

The washingmachinewould then contact a repair centre to bring the necessary parts to the home for a repair.

This concept is called sensor fusion, and could be applied to large factones as well.

Are camels willing to undergo immune system transplants for human friends?

Applying sensor fusion ideas to machine diagnostics, researchers at Xerox PARC have recently developed scalablediagnosticsoftwarefor predicting aging of machine components in electromechanical equipment, such as printers.

With this technology,Xeroxservice e n p e e r s might one day use such "virtual stethoscopes" to troubleshoot machine faults, thus saving Xerox service cost and improving customer satisfaction.

Rather than have an inspector come every three months only to have themachinesbreakdown shortly after he leaves, the machines could inspect themselves on a weekly or daily basis.

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Clones coming after me Lara Thompson IMPRINT STAFF

In the early morning of October 10, 2001,Jose Cibelliimplantedthe DNA of an adult human into a human egg whose own DNA was removed.

Three of these impregnated eggs grew. The achievement is a technological feat, but more significantly crosses a major ethical boundary.

Cibelli works for Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), a US biotechnology company basedin Worcester, Massachusetts.

Successfully cloned embryos would supply embryonic stem cells that can be growninto all manners of replacement tissue - all a perfect match for the patient. Patients with Parkinson's disease, diabetes or a wide variety of other diseases would benefit with such treatment. Currently, stem cells are extracted from human embryos, providing replacement tissue with the potential rejection of the tissue by the patient's immune system. Stem cells of cloned embryos would ensure no tissue rejection.

Although Cibelli's eggs divided up to only six cells, he published his results in a race against potential legislation banning all technology that could lead to human cloning.

Fellow scientists criticize his rushed announcement because he caused a public outcry, drawing unnecessary attention to a technology that is not yet proven effective. Further, even if his eggs had divided to a stagewhere stem cells are present the blatocyst stage comprising of

around 100 cells - the inefficiency of the production would make the therapy excessively expensive and the process is so slow that many patients would die before treatment was ready.

Cibelli's success was preceded by three failed rounds of experiments.

In total, he used 71 eggs donated by seven volunteers. In his h a l round, he injected the nuclei of skin cells and cumulus cells that surround a growingegginto19denudeatedeggs, with only three growing.

Of these successes, one divided only once to two cells; another divided twice, yielding four cells; and the last divided yet again, forming six cells. This is still avery longway from the approximate 100 cells needed before the embryo begins to grow stem cells.

Ian Wilmut, who cloned Dolly the sheep at the Rosiin Institute, said that a human embryo normally doubles its cells every 24 hours, but even ACT'S most developed embryo had not done this: "The furthest it got was to have six cells, at a time it should have had 60, so it had already died."

InBritain alone, there are 120,000 patients with Parkinson's diseaseand 200,000 with diabetes so that, with current efficiency rates, up to 30 million eggs would be needed to treat them all.

A woman can donate up to only 12 eggs per month and the process is very unpleasant and risky, involving dailyinjectionsofpowerfulhormones followed by surg&y.

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embryos, groups from the Umverslty of Wisconsm and John Hopkms Umversity spent years generatmgtwo viable supphes of human embryomc stem cells Acknowledgmg these shoacommgs, many researches have gven up on cloned embryos as a source of compatible stem cells Researchers of PPL Therapeutics at the R o s h Institute alternatively fused adult body cells mth embryomcstem cells.

The resultmg stem cells then successfully tumed mto heart musde cells.

At Geron, a competmg company to ACT, scientist Thomas Okarma Intends to overcome immune relecaon by engineering stem cells that are mmunologically "sdent." This mvolves disabhg the proteosome which generates protein fragments on the cell surface that makes the cell and its contents vislble to the m mune system.

Cibelh hasmduced"wgin b h s . " That is, he parthenogenetlcally acavated 22 human eggs, makmg the eggs divide as though f e h e d . Of these, six eggs developed to the blatocyst stage and hence could provide stem cells. This technology is particularly popular over cloning because it cannot be used to done a human.

CibeWsresultsaremetwith heated debate from the public and his fellow scien~sts.Hoyever, his competitors refuse to comment on the stage of their own c l o m g research. Cibelh, on the other hand, pubhshedhis k d mgs in the Journal of Regenerative Medicine, an onltne journal

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Fall teams bring home the hardware Women's rugby, field hockey and men's soccer teams make national appearances number of players over the past few years and they meshed really well to take us to the nauonals," said Ciezar.

While the always-publicized football "The competition kept getting stiffer as we went along." team sputteredqutetly out ofcontenIn the OUA finals against Guelph, tlon thts fall, three other squads of turf Warnors excelled in provincial the Warriors battled back from a 10point deficit to edge the Gryphons, and nauonal championships.

13-10,Kern Webb, a math graduate It was no surpnse that three UW teams conquered their OUA dtv- student and veteran inside centre, sions and charged on to CIS tourna- kicked the winning points with less than seven minutesleft in regulation. ments across Canada.

With the women's Warnor rugby The win gave the Warriors a spot in the CIS championship in Ottawa s and the team mopping up ~ tdmsion field hockey team dommatmgleague where the women were dealt their play, you would've almost expected only loss of the season in the gold that new hardware would hang medal game against theuniversity of around the necks of UW athletes by Alberta, 22-7, and settled for the silver medal.

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Ciezar expects the team to be But, no one could've predicted m competitive again next season, but August that UW would be the home ofthe OUAmen's soccerchampions noted that the team will lose key players to graduation and co-op. at the season's end.

Thewomen'srugbyWamors,who 'We will rely on rookies c o m g back a little were the defending strongerand OUAcham"AS a new coach, I moreexpenpions leadwould have never preing into the some fresh 2001 season, dicted an Ontario new rookies muscled to keep us championship" their way moving forthrough the - UW men's soccer coach season, winward; said ning every Peter Mackie cieZa, Secondfrom the beginyear kinesining of the season to the semi-finals ology major, Leigh Nevermann, and by at least 25 points. The women fourth-year recreation and leisure averaged 41 points per game, while studies major, Kate Longpre, were only allowing33pointsineightgames. named CIS All-Canadians.

Lookingbackon the season,head In women's field hockey, the coach Eric Ciezar said he attnbutes Warriors struck stlver on two fronts. his team's success to a strong WarAfter hnishing tops in the OUA, nor attack against teams that couldn't the women fellto the defendhg OUA match up. champions, the University of To"We have been developing a ronto, in the OUA championship, Jon Willing

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Despitetheir loss,thewomenwere guaranteed a spot in the CIS tournament in Toronto, where they lost in the gold medal game against the University of British Columbia, 3-2.

In the championship game, the Warriors led most of the first half 20, but it wasn't enough to topple the seven-time national champions as the Thunderbirds roared backwith three unanswered goals. The silver medal was the first nationalmedalwon by a UW field hockey team.

Third-year rec and leisure student, Robyn Leslie, and twins Erin and Julia Morton, also third-year rec and studies majors, were named to the CIS All-Canadian squad. Leslie h s h e d the season as the top goal

scorer in the country with 14.

After Wilfrid Laurier University won the CIS national men's soccer title last year, no one would have guessed that the team would drop the OUA title to its cross-town rivals a year later.

The men's Warrior soccer team captured its first OUA gold medal after winning 2-1 over Lawier in the championship final. .After hnishing six points behind the first-place Golden Hawks in the regular season, the Warriors snuck through the playoffs by winning all post-season games by one-goalmargins. Rookie defender Nicholas Klassen played hero, netting two free kicks to help the Warriors squeeze past Laurier in the final.

A win over the defending national champions in the OUA tinal was hardly expected, according to

men's soccer coach, Peter hlackie.

"As a new coach, I would have never predicted an Ontario Championship,"said Mackie.

At the CIS tournament in Halifax, N.S., the Warriors failed to make the medal round,losing to the University of British ~olumbiaand tymg the University of New Brunswick. OUA runners-upLawierwent on towinits second national title, beating UBC 20 in the finals.

The Warriors' finish in the national tournament was a little disappointing, said Mackie.

"It hurts to think that we were only 90 minutes away from a rematch with Wilfrid Laurier for a national ride on the line."

Steven Flatt, a second-year math major and Kitchener native, was named the only CIS All-Canadian from UW.

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Robin Leslie handles the ball as Manon Doesborghties up a York player in a game earlier this fall.

The women's field hockey team won a silver medal at the 2001 CIS championships.

Game, set, match. Get ready for the excitement of professional tennis in Waterloo.

The citfsnewly openedRIMPark has been selected to host the first tie round of the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas.

The Canadzin men's team wtll match agmst Mexico from February 8 to 10.

Venues for dfferent rounds of the Cup alternate between matchedup countries, explained Laurie Alpem,Tennis Canada development communications manager, during a

phone interview.

Alpem said that the tournament director visited numerous sites around Canada and selected RIM Park in Waterloo for Canada's first round actions.

RIM Park is a 500-acre recreation park that opened this fall. It has 18 outdoor sports fields, four Olympicsized hockey rinks and an 18-hole golf course.

As host country, Canada chose to play on a carpet-likesurfacelaid down in the indoor field house, Alpern described.

"RIM Park is a great facility and it'll be an amazing environment for Davis Cup," sad Daniel Nestor, 01-

ympic gold medalist and long-time Davis Cup participant, said in a press release in N~vember.

"Having it in a small city is actually benekcial," said Alpem. It gets lost in a large city and doesn't get enough coverage, interest or support, she said.

While Canada has hosted Davis Cup events in the past, ths one is somehow a bit special. ''What's exciting about this one is that it's in Ontario." said Alpem.

Nestoragrees.

'We haven't played at home in a while, so it'll be nice to have tons of hometown fans waving Canadian flags in our support," he said.

Ontano last hosted a Davis Cup round back in 1990 when the Cana&an team defeated the Netherlands to advance to the World Group for the first tune.

The Davis Cup is a complex tennis event that lasts throughout most of the year. It is a team event where approxunately 140 nations parttcipate.

Teams are dwldedinto geographical zones, whtch are further dmded into groups.

Canada's game against Mexico is a part of the first round Amencan zone group 1 actton.

A wm would propel Canada to the second round agmst C u e , where

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Budd-e board matches athletes Fall season teams (DNQ = did not qualify for post season) Women's rugby OUA gold, CIS silver Women's soccer DNQ

Tennis Women's and men's teams lost in OUA bronze medal matches Cross country OUA ranked third, CIS sixth

Field hockey OUA silver, CIS silver

Winter season teams starting the new year as of January 1, 2002. (Records in win-loss-tie format.)

Men's rugby OUA semi-finalists

Men's hockey Record: 3-9-0

Men's soccer OUA gold

Men's basketball Record: 2-4-0

Football Lost in quarterfinals

Women's basketball Record: 3-3-0

Golf OUA bronze

Men's volleyball Record: 4-5-0

Baseball DNQ

Women's volleyball Record: 0-9-0

CAMPUS REC Fall 2001 was the &st term of the existence of the Budd-e board. It started out as a bulletin board in the PAC just down the hall by the equipmentdesk, andexpandedto the Campus Rec Web site. For those of you who don't know, the Budd-e board is for those of you who want to play a particular sport, but have no one to play with. You then can sign up on the Budd-e bulletin board or the Web site for any sport listed.

While you're there, you can check

set up a convenient game time.

Last term there were over 70 people who participated in this service.

The most popular sport was squash, with tennis coming in second. The majorityof the people who signed up were males, so this term we are hopmg for the same amount, tf not more people, and definitely more females usmg the Budd-e board.

Here are some of the comments that users had about theBudd-eboard last term "The Budd-e board is m my opmton a great tdea Not only do you get to play a sport you, but not necessartly your fnends, hke, but you also get to meet new people It's definitely worktng for me, as I have been playmg tenms already," Emu "I woulddefinitelysignup again," James "Thmk the Budd-e board 1s a

great idea, makes getting games very easy. I would use it whenever I was looking for a game (used both bulletin board and Web page). I wtll definitely use it again," Stephen "It makes everyone's e-mail easily available and makes life easy."

Ramesh "I h g the Budd-e board ts a great idea," James "Slmple amazmg tdea . ,"Ben "Really good! I have got two squash fnends," Hanna Thts term we are startmg wtth a fresh slate, so don't get &scouraged if your fnends aren't interested m playing a pamcular sport w t h you.

Just sign up on the Budd-e board, and contact anyone else who has already signed up It's a great service that provides the opportunity for you to meet new people who enjoy the same sport.

up, and get their e-mad addresses o phone numbers and contact them tc

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Thts year's Davis Cup ended just weeks ago wtth the French team beating out the Australians for the Cup. TheCanadian andMexican teams will be meeting for the twenty-second time in February. Although Mexico has a lifetime 17-4 record edge, Canada did win for the first time ever on Mexican clay this past Julu The two teams will play four singles matches and one doubles -all

five setters. It should serve up some great competition.

Captain Grant Connell of Vancouver will name his team 10 days before the event.

Tickets for this event are s e h g very fast. Many of the approxunately 300 box seats are nearly all sold. Each box has four seats and for $400 it includesthe entireweekendofevents.

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Whde four paid staff members handle the statton's day-to-day operattons, major deusions fall to the elected volunteer members of Radto Waterloo's board of directors Michael Fthenos, board president and host of "Tha Ruckas," believes that campus radio needs to serve both the school and the community Accordmg to Fthenos, campus staaons should adapt a "no boundanes," approach by ainng programming that's not always available o n commercial radio, such as a wide range of musical styles, spoken word and ethnic programs.

Thts year, CKMS and the Federatton of Students came to a mutual realtzaaon: 'We're both student organizatlons on campus, so why weren't we workmg together)" said Chns Abbott, CKMS board mce president and host of 'Viva Le Underground."

CKMS tearnedup with the Feds during onentation week, promotmg frosh events on atrand the station on frosh wristbands.

of untapped potenttal and the staaonneeds a program guide that does justice to that potenttal. After mvesttgatmg past versions of the guide, Abbon decided that the small pamphlets ofrecent years weren't enough to adequately represent the station to the community.

Thts brought about a ravention of the way CKMS communicatesits programsto the public.

Expanded for the fall term, the latest guide included more show descnpttons, a user-fnendly programmtng chart and a glunpse into some of the personahues behmd the shows on 100.3 FM. Another change at CKMS involves the addtton of an Internet feed to the staaon's FM and cable signals. Seglemeks, the dnvmg force behindRadioWaterloo'sventuremto Webcastmg, sees the Internet feed as a way of "Wing in the holes" in the station's broadcastmg range Many hsteners without cable access have a hard m e picking up CKMS outside of K-W Other peo-

ple work in offices that don't allow radtos, but wdl p e m t employees to hsten to music on thw computers In the summer of 2000, after heanng the grumbling of a few other programmers who wondered why CKMS wasn't Webcasting, Seglemeks began t a h g to people at other stattons that broadcast on the Internet. He then approached the Radio Waterloo board to say that he wanted to pursue the idea. He felt that UW, as a technology-onented school, should be able to broadcast its radio station over the Internet.

There was no Internet connection at the Bauer warehouse, so a second party became mvolved to streamtheradosignalontotheWeb. Seglemeks approached some local ISPs but there was no interest.

The Feds agreed to house the server in its office in the SLC. A receiver takes the signal from the au and feeds it to the computer's sound card.Then CKMS is streamed onto the Internet ma Icecast, "an open source audio streammg server."

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Currently,hstenerscanleavefeedback about the signal - so far the sound quahty has mostly been rated at "goodorgreat"-and anyone can check out staasttcs showing how many people have been tunmg in over the Internet. The board hopes to announce some official launch festtvities early m 2002.

While most of the reactton has been posittve so far, others at the station have some concerns about the project. Music h e c t o r E v a R u d hopes that the advantages o f Webcastmg have been weighed objectively against the possible &sad-

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Volunteer coordinator Terry Walters recogmzes that Webcastmg couldalsodistract prograyerswith the "exatmg, cool, and sexy" concept of being heard as far away as England, Austraha and Zunbabwe.

Walters feels that listeners who choose campus radio on the Web are really looking for a "local expenence" so tt only makes sense to "stay mmdful" of the station's commwty outlook.

Walters belteves a's too early to tell how Webcastmg might affect CKMS or even d Webcastmg as a format, wtll catch on and force changes in the broadcastmg mdustry. He does h k C K M S might benefit from being forced to takea harder look at ttself and really thmk about what makes the staaon different m a medium saturated with other campus and community stations.

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Ryan Knighton is blind, but you would never guess that from the poetry he writes. I dtdn't even know he was blind until I did my research, and then, after dmovecing this I read his debut book Swing in the Hollow again with new insight.

As the embodiment of all things pertaining to literature, the poetry of teacher, zinester and editor Knighton reflects his experiences of living in North Vancouver. It's a recurring setting in his poems incorporating the streets, sounds,peopleandplaces from Gastown to Charles Street.

Knighton currently teaches at Capilano College in British Columbia and, as well as being editor of the Capilano Review, he is a co-founding editor of TADS, a poetry bar zine.

Pomo poetry, also known as Poetry in Motion which is an art form that combines visual art with poetry, is an interest for Ktllghton and his pomo

poetry has been featured at exhibitions like "Artspeak" in B.C. Swing in the Hollow is a packed book, boasting54poemsin loopages all written between 1995 and 1999.

These poems are divided into three distinct sections:'What Leaves Us," "From Charles Street, Pandemonium," and "Colour Theory." Both sections one and three consist of separate poems, whde the middle section seems to be one piece separated by dwiderssignallingindividual

cal tastes. Instead of planting new, aural seeds each spring, they are thinning, weeding, compacting their space of sounds. Most people demand access to more of the endless assortments of hybrids, but then quickly label the majority as useless weeds, tearing them out before even giving them a fair samphg.

The term used is "specialtzing," but doesn't it really mean luniting, This is a century of assumed omnis- narrowingone's soundscapes?What we seem to be embedded in is an era cience (technology take-over).

Society, media, schools, work- of musical racism, segregation.Sure, places are all telling us how important everyone could use a few more it is to have a mini-van, that clone- bucks. Another slice of pizza? Yes, home in the suburbs, cable, a satellite please! dish, Internet access, DVDs, life inWell, geez, we both work and surance, WSPs, c;?l display. Every- have to take Tommy to polo, so of one wants, everyoneneeds. Welivein course we need three cars. Where's a commercializedworldwhere "more, the line between more and too much? more, more" is its motto.

All I know is that in the realm of Its colonialoutreach also stretches music, we seem to have crossed it. into the vast expanse of music.

I spent a few of my growing up Techno, hip hop, urban, house, drum years in small towns and without the 'n bass, tumtablism, ambient, indus- yellow brick road of the Internet at trial,worldbeat, soul, rap, electronics, my feet (or fingertips). Too much fusion, trip-hop, acid jazz, alternative gossip going around, but that was country (whoa1 there's a good one)... because peopleneeded to hunt down the list never ends. But that's a good things to talk about as opposed to thing, right? Everyone's lives are en- today, where we are constantly havriched by access to so many new ing to dodge to avoid being run over sounds, new styles, new music. on the information highway.

Oddly enough, though, it seems I often have this fantasy of living that everyoneis building barbed-wire just outside a small village up north, fences around their gardens of musi- say, 50 years ago. I live simply, spend

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The everydayhuman experience is exquisitely captured in Knighton's first part: "What Leaves Us." The words and situations contained within this section emphasizes the grandeur of the familiar. I was especially taken with Knighton's piece "Braille" because of the strength of the imagery involved: "It is]anuay goosebumps, isehoonhour sand/ inyour s a n d ' & sometimes when you h.four/ it's ban jiet clutching barnacles/ in Pender Hadour. That same year/ itkyour father's whiskers on your cheek. " I n this particular passage Knighton mentions Pender Harbour, a vacation spot three hours from Vancouver. This sprinkling of settingsis commonlyusedin Knighton's poems and it works effectivelyas his strong use of imagery allows the reader to visualize the setting without ever seeing it in life.Thls is incredble because Kmghtons b h d ness also means that he has never really seen the places he writes so vividly about.

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Isolated from this conflict are the hobbits, a carefree, simplehearted colony of little people who are too busy farming or raising their families to care about the going-ons outside of their home. the Shire. But this pastoral existence is threatened when both good and evil learn that a magic ring belonging to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) is the ring needed by Sauron to complete his conquest.

News of this discovery reaches the Shlte when Bilbo has left for parts unknown and the ring is in the possession ofBilbo's nephew, Frodo (Eltjah Wood). This nng can only be used for evil and corrupts all who try to wield its power. So it falls upon the tiny shoulders of Frodo to Homerically travel from his beloved countryside to the only place that can destroy ths ring: the fiery cracks of Mount Doom - located under the evil lord's throne.

Frodo is joined through his joutney by his faithful servant Sam Gamgee (Sean Astin), two hobbit friends,Merry (DominicMonaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd), the wizard Gandalf (SirIan McKellen), a mysterious ranger named Strider (Viggo Mortensen), a warrior of Gondor calledBoromir(SeanBean),theelven archerLegolas (Orlando Bloom) and the dwarf Gimli (John Rhy s-Davies).

Together, they form the fellowship of the ring.

Of the men in this fellowship, both Mortensen and Bean accomphsh theircharacters,mth Mortensen dehvenng a broody and emgmattc warnor Stnder and Bean creattng a

conflicted Boromir. But McKellen seems to have found his life role in the contradiction of Gandalf, a perfect mix of b u m b h g professor and powerful wizard.

Rhys-Davies - despite being weighed down with a couple pounds of make-up -brilhantly delivers the battle hungry Gimli while Bloom beautifully capturesthe ethereal grace of Tolkien's mythical race.

The hobbits - especially the comedicduo ofMonaghan andBoyd -do well at alleviatingthe forsaken atmosphere of the movie with the almost chddish naivety that makes hobbits so loveable. Sean Astin takes this childish naivety and successfully forges Sam's immense love and loyalGfor wood's excellently tormented Frodo to the extent that puppy dogs come to mind. Wood's Frodo also uses this childish naivety, but interestingly enough uses it as a springboard into an adulthood no hobbit has seen, creating a sadness about the character that's perfect for a hobbit who truly understands he's on a suicide mission.

The other crucial stars of this movie are New Zealand's terrain and Jackson's WETAdgtaleffectsworkshop (www.wetafx.co.nz). These two are Jackson's right and left hands as he visually creates Middle Earth with stunning landscapes, fantastic architecture and visually amazing mythlcal creatures. Jackson and his crew manage to lift the story above physical reqwement of Token's mion and dehver effects so subtle that they're not even nottceable as effects.

The fellowship's mssion is the first mission in a end-all war between the forces of good and evil, and Jackson captures this with foreboding imagery and the most ferocious, epic-style battle scenes ever.

The most obvious comparison to make with Lord ofthe Rings is to the Star Wars franchise. Both Star Wars and Lord ofthe Rings belong to that small comer ofmoviegenres: the allencompassingepic. Consideringthat Jackson had roughly 50 years ofhype to fulfill he did an incredible job to exceed all expectations.

andimages in this part may represent the type of pomo work Knighton is so fond of, except on a smaller and more lunited scale.

In "Charles Street," Knighton compares the diverseneighbourhood of Charles Street, Vancouver, to Milton's Pandemonium. The word pandemonium itself means a wdd uproar, but as the wordis capitalized, its meaning is instead duected at the region associated in Mdton's Paradise Lost,wherePandemoniumisthe capital of Hell.

"Howmany /anternsdidSatan hangin Pandemonium?"asks Knighton in the opening verses of this section. Only partially does the reader get any hint that he is comparing Vancouver to Hell, however the subtext is present throughout the entire section."Tkse chains of ironj, we hang/ bngbten the government/ o f a j e m &jetypkue- the

ntres, Hell/ an o/dersmou/denngVanmuver. " Finally "ColourTheory," the tlurd sectton is very dfferent from the first and second "Colour Theory" seems more mature, almost changed from the way the poetry m the first part seemed. It becomes more senous and thoughtful, however, the places and expenences of the everyday stdl remam From "Blues for Dashboard Mary," Knighton wntes, "Been punchdrunk lonesome on assembb h e dnfil dtgzn'p~nchc/ock &fDr the graveyard sh&/ packm'pe&me bombs foryour bathtub blessrngs/ so's bndgmom gumshoes smella w q to the weddtng. '" Ryan Knighton is an mcredble, mvolved wnter. Now w t h his first book of poetry completed, he can add another important and successful checkmark to his long hst of accomphshments.

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David Barsam IMPRINT STAFF Forthe confused,it's helpful to think of director PeterJackson's latest hlm The Lord ofthe Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring as the first part of an epic story, with the other thuds, The Two Towers and The Return ofthe King coming out in 2003 and 2004. These films are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's trilogy that in the 1950s introduced the world to the battles of Middle Earth, the power of the one ring and the notion of hobbits.

While certain elements of Tokien's Fellowship of the Rings are missing or have been tweaked, the three-hour movie does manage to deal w t h the exhaustme scope of Token's dense and compltcated ptece of Engltsh hterature. And even though J.R.R. T o k e n never wrote the h e , "let's hunt some orcs" these deviations from the book are easily forgiven as Jackson successfully translates a novel to the big screen.

In the Felbwship ofhe Ring, Middle Earth findsitself surroundedby signs of war. For generations, the men, dwarves, elves, wizards and other Tolkien-folk of Middle Earth have enjoyed a long peace after the defeat of the evil lord, Sauron. But Sauron is returning, amassing his forces of orcs, goblins, ogres and other vile dungs and war between the forces of good and e d is inevitable.

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Inflation of subject matter through use of diction is veryintriguing through Swing in the Hollow. The tradition, and not-so-poetic duty of Halloween is valued in "Poem from a Pumpm" with these lines: 'be watched the bhde hungn$/ run slow e9 smooth, wilting to go otherwise/ off Magic Marker lines. Then should be so much more/ than the ves, nose 6mouth there should be something/ other than a loneb head decqing. " The images of a hungry blade and a lonely pumpkin head atop porches change the meaning of Halloween to something a little more sinister.

The second section "From Charles Street, Pandemonium" is dedicated to Robert Sherrin who provides the photos featured in this section. The juxtaposition of words

TOEFL Preparation Course -The Test of Engl~shas a Forelgn Language (TOEFL) course begm January 15 and ends March 21. Classes are held every Tuesday and Thurss day from 2-4:30 p.m. T h ~ 10-week course 1s des~gnedfor people takmg the TOEFL exam. The course fee 1s $91 and lncludes the course book.

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The Election Committee shall hold a meeting with all candidates at 4:30p.m. on the day of the close of nominations.

Student Senators completingtheir terms1 stepping down as of April 30, 2002: Rob Robson, Applied Health Sciences; Brenda Slomka, Arts; Alex Matan, Engineering; Nayan Gandhi, Environmental StudiesIIndependent Studies; Albert Nazareth, Science; and Stephen Lockwood, at large. Elections will be conducted electronically; the pools will be open from 8:00 am., Monday, Feb-

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Volunteer tutors are needed to tutor students on a one-to-one basls ~nwritten and oral Engllsh. Tutors meet students on campus for one term, usually once a week for two hours. If you have a good worlung knowledgeof Engl~sh,ar patient, friendly, dependable, and would hke to volunteer, reglster at the Internat~onal Student Offlce, NH2080. For more lnformatlon about the program, please call extension 2814 or e-mad darlene@admma~l.uwaterloo.ca.

Study Hall Program: needed lmmedlately: January 2002-Aprll 2002.

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Canadian children at community based study hall. Students range from grade 3 to 12needingsupport in Engish, French, highschool Sciences and Maths. Own transportation is preferred. Training and screening is required. Call Big Sisters at 743-5206 to sign up for training session on January 14, 2002.

Big Sister Match Program: needed immediately: Big Sister Volunteers. Over 60 children waiting for a friend. Help make a difference by spending 3 hours a week with a cuild. Inquire re: our short term match program. Car an asset. Next trraining session on February 2,2002 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 7435206 to register.

Mondays English Language Lab - A lab/ class 1s held from 2:30-3:20 p.m. in Modern Languages 113 from October 2001-June 2002. The dass has an emphasis on pronunciauon and Irst-enmg exercises. Students, faculty, staff,-and spouses are welcome to attend. For more information contact the Internauonal Student Office, ext. 28 14.

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Summer Camp Counselors on campus interviews for premier Camps in Massachusetts. Positions availablefor talented, energetic, and fun loving students as counselors in all team sports including roller hockey andlacrosse, all individual sports such as tennis and golf, waterfront and pool activities, and specialty activities induding art, dance, theatre, gymnastics, newspaper, rocketry and radio. Great salaries, room, board, travel and US summer work visa. June 19 to August 16,2002. Enjoy a great summer that promises to be unforgettable. This is agreat co-op opportunity. Apply now!

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