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The student residence rooms in Ron Eydt Village that were cleared out at the end of last term continue, for the most part, to sit empty.

Nearly 40 students living in REV were moved out before this term began in order to make space for offices for graduate students from the faculty of engmeering. So far, a month into the term, a quick walk past the floor's windows reveals that almost none of the rooms are cutrently in use.

"Hashemi thinks that he and his office-mate are the only people using the once busy floor in East E." Two Imprint reporters were able to gain access to the formerly bustling residence floor. There they found one operational office, while the vast majority appear to remain completelyempty. All the rooms have

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had their beds removed, but they remain equipped with a telephone line and high-speed access to the Internet.

At the end of the 90 minute inspection the reporters did not come across any.engineering students.The only people encountered were a pair of UW custodians who confirmed that the floor had been very quiet throughout January, and that little renovation activity had occurred.

Naser Hashemi is one of the few graduate students who has moved into his new home at REV. "It's alright," he says of the office space. ?But it's a little bit far from DC." Hashemi says he expects that about five other studentsshouldhave alteady moved into the new space, but he hasn't seen them. "If there were more facilities, b e printers, it might motivate them to show up."

At the moment, Hashemi thinks that he and his office-mate are the only people using the once busy floor in East E. When asked to comment on this situation, Tony Vannelli, Chait of electrical and computer engineering, replied that "The logistics of bringing in the computers and networks have caused a delay. This is not a long-term solution.Wewon't be displacing any more students."

The relocation was planned to alleviate severe overcrowding among

The vast majority of rooms in East E remain unoccupied. engmeering graduate students. "It [theovercrowding] has actually gotten worse. We're still really tight," Vannelli said. He stressed that the eviction of the residents of East E was not the preferred solution and that he is "Very appreciative of the suppoaand cooperationthat the stu-

dents are providmg."

Hashemi confirms that h s new location is an improvement, aside from its distance from the Davis Centre. "I bke it; it's better here. It's quiet," he said.

As of September2002, the rooms will be required again for incoming

first-year students. By then the completed additions to Ron Coutts Hall should afford additional room for UW's large population of engineering graduate students.

REV was selected as the new spot for the student offices because of the increase in empty residence rooms which usually occurs during the winter term. Because many residents leave forwinter co-op placements but relatively few return to campus from co-op and take rooms in the villages -there is typically an abundance of empty residence space during the winter. It was estimated that 200 residents would be leaving REV for co-op placements this term.

The 25-room floor was cleared out for the engmeeringgraduate students, amid much acrimony from the displaced students this past fall.

With two students to a room, the 50 grads will have more room for their research than they did in their previous cramped offices across campus.

For the time being, however, the halls remain mostly vacant and lined with closed doors. The washroom is spotless, the fridges are empty and not a single scrap of paper sits in the recycling bins. In the lounge the TV has had its cable disconnected and been unplugged, but there's nobody around to watch it anyway.

Feds election campaign 2002 underway

Leadership struggle at UW Young Liberals

Chris Edey

Aaron Lee-Wudrick

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Wednesday mornings aren't usually a busy time in the SLC, but this past Wednesday almost 100 students filed into the Great Hall at eight in the morning for the official launch of the 2002 election campaign for the Feds executive. Candidatesand their volunteers scampered through the hall,clutching stacks ofnewly printed posters. Once the clock swept past 8:30, the campaign period had officially begun and the crowds scattered to plaster the campmwithposters.

The tickets led by Brenda Slomka and Albert Nazareth each managed to turn out about 30 volunteers, independent candidate for VP student issues David Huynh was assisted by 10 orange-clad helpers and Stacey Watson's ticket adoptedado-it-yourself approach. Current VP administration and finance Dawn Phillips commented that the volunteer turnout was significantlyhigher than she had seen in past elections.

Forthe candidates,the 10 days of campaigning will be a gruelling stretch, packed full with numerous interviews, lecture hall appearances and a series of five forums. Four forums open to the UW public will occur over four consecutive days next week. The media forum takes place Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, Tuesday the candidates

On January 23, the University of Waterloo Young Liberals held their annual generalmeetingin the SLC to elect their 2002 executive. Theclub's Web site (ltberal.uwaterloo.ca)noted that the meeting was "hugely well attended," with more than 50 people in attendance, including KitchenerWaterloo Liberal MP Andrew Telegdi. With such an unusually large turnout, speculation immediately arose as to whether or not the ongoing behmd-the-scenes posturing of Liberal leadership candidates looking to succeed Prime Minister Jean ChrCtien was a factor in the sudden upward spike in the number of participants.

Mark Schaan, a Young Liberal who was present at the meeting, believes it was. ''The federal Liberal leadership race had a definite effect" said Schaan. "I thmk the candidates, ltke in any political race, were very concerned with getting elected.

There are those who are genuinely concemedwith the campus Liberals, but also have leadership concerns."

When asked if he was aware of the leadership preferences of those who were elected at the meeting, Schaan replied "They're all oriented towards hlarhn."

Doug Sibley,\T communications for the group and the only returning member from the previous execu-

VPSI candidateDave Huynhgoesoverstrategy with avolunteer. will be in

the Math comfy lounge at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday they will appear in the SLC at 11:30 and Thursday at Mackenzie King Village there will be aninformalmeet-and-greet at 8:30 p.m..

The candidates cover a broad political spectrum- Watson's posters evoke the spirit of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevera while \T student issues candtdateRyanO'Comor was a prominent member of the UW Young Tories -the debates should prove to be interesting this year.

The campaign period comes to a close at 4:30 p.m. on February 8, when voting will begin. The voting period vnll extend to February 15.

Nazareth and his ticket mates suffered a setback when the election appeals committee upheld the fine previously assessed to them for conducting campaign activities before January 30. The fine amounts to a loss off67.50 against their campaign spendmg limits.

tive committee, noted in an e-mad to Imprint that before the meeting was called, "the club officially stood at zero members." After the meeting was called, however, thc club suddenly saw "dues paid for 60 members and have been informed by the provincial office that there are roughly 50 more membershps that have been filed with them, taking the club from life support to gigantic within the last week."

Regarding the possibhty of factional rivalries, Sibley stated that "putting forth candidates and advocating for candidatesyoubelievein is a large and normal part of party politics and, in fact, how our democratic form of government works."

Sibleyalso suggested that the federal leadership race was not the only cause forthehigh turnout. He pointed out that, "last year at the provincial Young Liberal executive elections, there were two slates of candidates, and when the losing slate saw my notice of AGM, they decided that they wanted to have an executive that supported them." As a result, "they signed up everyone they could think of."

One student on campus,who was interviewed on the condition of anonymity, claimed to have been approached by a prominent campus Liberal to be included on the UWYL executive slate.

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Langar Day brings a taste of Sikh culture and community to UW students Michelle Dobbie SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

On Monday,January 28, the UW Sikh Students Association held Langar Day m the mulapurpose room of the SLC The group holds this function once a term in order to help fadtate cross-cultural experiences for UW students The event has been held smce 1995as a means through which the members of the association can express some of the more basic tenets of theu fath

"The group created an atmosphere akin to returning home after a long time away, complete with warm greetings and a hearty meal."

The group created an atmosphere akin to returning home after a long time away, complete with warm greetings and a hearty meal.

Any anxieties or unease that any first-time participants felt quickly melted away in the friendly coniines of Langar Day. A diverse array of students, approximately 400 in total, were welcomed at the door, asked to remove their shoes, don a bandana, and sit where they felt most at home. Members then began to serve the meal. The menu consisted

of a variety of vegetarian Indian dishes including dad (a lentil soup), cholay (chickpea dip), Dahee (yogurt), kheer (rice pudding),rod (thin bread) and water. Each of the dishes was prepared by group members at the local Gurdwara (Sikhplaceofworship) in Kitchener.

As Sikh devotjonal music played melodically in the background,it was almost comic the number of times the enthusiastic hosts would ask their guests "would you like more?" The plates of the guests were never less than halffull and yet association members were concerned that people did not have enough to eat.

It was truly an opportunity to be emersed in a culture that originateshalfway around the globe, without ever leaving the confines of the SLC. Langar Day encouraged students to try foods that they may not have otherwise eaten, and to eat as much of them as they felt they needed.

After the meal, Manjit Singh, a member of the group's executive helped clanfy just how this event enables members to express and practise some of the basic tenets of Sikhsm.

Singh explained that it is a sin for a Sikh to question a man's faith and creed before offering him a seat in the Langar (free community kitchen of the gum). Further, in one of the Sikh's oldest written instructions, it is said "A Sikh who is well to do must look to the needs of a poor neighbour. Whenever she meets a traveller or a visitor from foreign country she must serve him devotedly." These instructions fit perfectly with the Sikh philosophy that sees all of humankind as equals. Sikhism teaches its members to share all that they have so that needs can be eluninated, thereby freeing them for higher pursuits. These beliefs lead to the three pillars of Sikh philosophy, namely naam ja@ (recite God's name) kri kar (make an

honest h m g ) and vand chak (share what you have).

Langaris a uniquemstttution that allows for the expression of the three pdlars of Sikh philosophy. Through hard work and honest labour (krfkar) the Sikhs are able to share food with the community (vand chak) and all this is done in the name of God (naamjmp).

Langar Day, once agam, confirmed that

students in clubs such as the Sktkh Students Associatoin are activelyinterested in practising and expressing the basic tenets of their faith. A truly reassuring experience,in times when one is too often confronted by images of religious strife and conflict. Students who attended Langar Day were exposed to an ecclectic mix of interesting foods and the ideolology of the Sikh community.

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Senate passes "financial aid intent" Good intentions, wrong target sity has b d t itself an escape clause in the event that external factors affect the university's abilSPECIAL TO IMPRKity to fulfill its objectives Without the disDespite the pleas of UW student senators, the clauner, if, for instance, the prownce reduced senate voted in favour of announcing the uni- the amount of OSAP avadable to students, a versity's intentton to meet the financial needs "comrmtment" might leave the university on ofstudents aboveandbeyondmmum OSAP the hook to make up the difference.

The student senators opposed the stateamounts through the school's student bursary program. The vast majority of senators repre- ment of mtent on two fronts. Fust, they were senting undergraduate and graduate students not satisfied that UW could afford to fund this voted against the pubhc announcement, pit- amount of finanual aid. The student senators said they dld not believe the school could ting the students against the admmstraaon.

The January 21 vote was 25 in support, 16 in afford to make that kind of commitment.

"The university hasn't been able to show me oppositton, with 10 senators abstaining.

The students argutng against the plan were the numbers to conwnce me thatwe can afford led by Federation of Students president Yaacov this. Ifwe can't, and I don't dunkwe can from Iland and student senator Stephen Skrzydlo. the numbers they have shown me, then what The students suggested that the promise may d happen to those students who came here lead the government of Ontano to cut back on expecting to have their finanual needs met, and then find out halfstudentfundulpthrough way through their proits OSAP program and gram that the money has to further tuition de"What will happen run out?" said 11'and. regulation, resulting in to those students Chakma could not large tuition increases. provide a detailed analyIn addition,Iland, apure who came here exns of the financial vimath graduate, propecting to have their ability of the proposed jected that the universicommitment. but asty's bursaries, funded by financial needs met, sured Senate that the setting aside 30 per cent and then find out university could afford of all tuition increases it through the 30 per for financial aid, d be halfway through cent tuition set-aside. insufficient to meet stutheir program that A representative dent need.

"This is very bad for from the institutional the money has run the undergraduates," planning office said that out?"

Iland told other senathe universitycould defitors. "Please do notvote nitely afford to make this - Feds president in favour of it." Iland statement of intention: Yaacov Iland maintained that UW is "The student awards J stlending its student aid office is already doing this. We just want to make it offiual that this is budget faster than the money comes in.

UWs proposed statement ofpurpose reads, ourintentton " UWs student awards office has "The Umversity of Waterloo intends to ensure been aggressively awarding bursanes to all that all qualified students admitted to ful-tune ehgible students. According to the cntena for undergraduate programs have adequate finan- student bursmes, any student who has recial assistance to complete their studtes." Any ceived OSAP funding but std has an unmet student havmg received the maxunum allow- finanual need over and above the m m u m able OSAP amount, and with finanual need OSAP amount, is eltgrble for financial a d in over and above that amount, would be eligible the form of bursmes for a bursary to meet that need Iland argued that smce the university was The UW Senate onginally intended to vote neither going to change the way they were on a financial aid "commitment " After seek- distributing finanual aid nor planning to dedling legal counsel, the university changed the cate additional funds to finanual aid, there was word "commitment" to the word "intention " no need to make a pubhc statement "Basically, This changewas made because the word "comif the university says that no student m the mttment" could be construed as a legally- province who is academically qualified should bmdmg promise of continued financial aid be turned away because of a lack of financial Accordtng to provost Amit Chakma, by resources, then thegovernment of Ontano will changing the wordmg of the announcement have more reason than ever to allow further from "commitment" to "intent," the univer- Ntion deregulation and more reason than ever Elise Hug

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It seems everyone wants a piece of university administration aft& student rebels at Queen's University med to scare the principal into giving in to their demands.

This week at the University of Guelph, student protesters were shamed in their efforts after only lasting 11 hours in president Mordechai Rozanski's offices before being coaxed out by firefighters. Originally ' the students said they'd stay until the university met their demands to lower Nition and lobby the government on behalf of students. Eleven hours later, they left because they weren't complymg with fire codes. And, of course, the university didn't lower tuition.

But really, did these students expect to go marching into the offices of the university brass and come out with money in their pockets? It's one thing to protest against the deregulation of fees across university programs, as the Queen's kids did last week, but it's quite another to demand a tuition break. Students should be going right to the source of education monetary issues: the government.

Sorry friends, but you won't be seeing a tuition break for a while. Probably'a long while, if at all. One of the highest priorities for universities right now is dealing with the 2003 double cohort when Grade 12 and OAC students will graduate high school together, creating a greater demand for firstyear entry. More professors need to be hired, more buildings need to be b d t and more programs need to be implemented.

to cut back on OSAP funding," said Iland: In the end, the senators had the choice of voting to wait for more financial informatton from the student awards andinstitutionalplannmg offices at the next senate meeting, or voting nght away Rather than wait to see a detaded financial projection, the senators deuded to vote on the issue w e d l a t e l y The contentious vote was the final item on the Senate agenda. After the meeting, several senators and members of the a h s t r a t i o n remamed for an unpromptu and informal de-

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More, more, more. And with more commodtties comes the need for more money. Unfortunately, schools need to grow, not just to accommodate the growing number of applications, but also to get more revenue to maintain their programs. Just last week, provost Arnit Chakma said that one of the reasons the university must grow is to maintain the revenue stream.

The ever-present problem is that as the university expands, so must the fadties to accommodate the expansion. All of a sudden, the university's plan of increasing its money intake must be sidetracked to keep from falling apart.

This is the worst-case scenario, but it's very true. It's no secret, though, because I'm sure that these same students that bust into presidents' offices know this problem (which makes me wonder if they're just there for the giggles and chuckles). As much as it burns me to partially defend the university, this is our current reality. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't keep a close eye on our schools.

I'm more interested in students questioning the university on its spending commitments. Take a look at what admmistration is spending its government money on, and question its reasoning. It's the money being spent on the university, not the amount of money students pay, that should be closely examined.

From there, perhaps students can make a more strategic appeal to the administration.

Couple that with badgering the Feds' and maybe students have a chance of getting somewhere: For those who are thinking about busting down the door of president Johnston's office anytime in the near future, think twice about what you're really protesting and whether your demands are reasonable. If you're.there for a tuition break, call it a day.

Maybe you'll make it home in time to see yourself on the six o'clock news.

bate which lasted over two hours. The focus of thediscussion was whether theuniversity could afford this type of financial aid co-tment, funded solely from the 30 per cent set-aside from tuition increases This fall, the Umversity of Toronto made a publiccomrmtment to fullillfinancialaidneeds The University of Toronto intends to fund its co-tment through m a o n increases and from its bdhon-dollar endowment fund.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,2002 tendance and in the university-age demographic, however, will create serious difficulties in finding quality teachers. According to information presented at the Hire Education con? ference hosted by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty AssociationinToronto last year, Canada needs approximately 10,000 faculty.

There are a number of ways of calculatmg faculty needs m the commg years. Looking at high enrolment targets, with the current rate of early retirement continuing and with an attempt to meet 1998-99 faculty to student ratios, Canadawould require 12,623 faculty members by 2010-11 or 11,008 by 2004-05. Assuming retirement at age 65 and low enrolment targets, with current faculty to student ratios, Canada would require 7,709 faculty by 2004-05 or 8,710 faculty by 2010-11. These numbers are troubling As Catherine Schryer, president of the University ofwaterloo faculty associationsays, 'We're certainlyfeeling the crunch here." Teaching fourth-year classes of 40 students, Schrver notes that she is "nor t being

able to offer the depth" she was formerly able to and that there are now "line-ups trying to.get into" her classes. This raises anumber of quesdons about whether shrinking faculty numbers will mean higher class sizes and a lack of breadth and depth within university teaching.

It's not certain that Canada is THIS WEEK: THE FACULTY CRISIS even graduating enough Masters and PhD level students to meet growing It is best to understand the faculty demands. According to an analysis challenges facing the university by prepared for the OCUFA Hire Eduinvestigating the issues facing the cation Conference, Shirley Mills of main functions of the university proCarleton University reports that only fessor. The university professor was 30 per cent of those currently with traditionally understood as having graduate or doctoral degrees are inthree functions: teaching, research volved within academe. When asandadministrativeduties.Whdeprosessing all available data, Mills feels fessors have taken on farmorewithin that the estimated number of Canathe university and outside of it, it is dian doctoralgraduatesaged34 years the challenges that will affect these and less who may become university primary duties that highhght the funteachers wdl sit at only 369,371 and damental shifts and tensions within 373 respectively for 2003,2004 and the university landscape.

2005. This clearly will not address The teaching function of the prothe shortage universities face. fessor is obviously the one most eviAs Schryer notes, "a number of dent to students. Growing retirepeople are choosing not to come ment rates and a massive proporinto academia due to the increased tional increase in both universitv atworkload ... including demands in terms of research and publication."

Complicating the need for more teachers is the growing dtversification of duties w i h teaching. As university academic programs become more and more interdtsciplinary, teachers must increasinglyteach beyond their own core and service students in other departments. The demands for service teaching escalate as we take in more students, especially in the technical faculties which rely on faculties like arts to teach some electives. This growing service teaching role can often shy people away from teachingifit means they will have to take time away from their core research and teaching students in their own field.

Schryer is also concerned about thegrowthin this area. ''Service teaching dies if you kill off the core that produces that." She laments that you are "just reproducing old knowledgen if faculty members aren't consistently teaching students engaged in their own field and aren't able to devote more time to being on the cutting edge of their own fields.

The role of research is also becoming increasingly complicated at the university.A graduate student in the information technology sector, who spoke to Imptint on the con&tion of anonymity, highlights some of the increasing pressure to take on research that may or may not meet with his mterests or demands. The 'THIS ENTITLES THE STUDENT BEARER TO 10%OFF THE PURCHASE OF ANY' student, pressured to conunue reREGULAR PRICED MERCHANDISE. I I - search at high levels, accepted a fellowship from a major IT Grm which pays his full tllltlon and 1tvmg expenses plus some mcidental equipment costs and some cash benefits I provided that hedevote four months of each year to working for the Firm, Grad Suit, Prom Suit, Interview Suit, whatever the m research that may or may not be occasion I I connected to his thesis.

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Wireless Network in DC and MC In conjunction with the math faculty computing faculty and the math endowment fund,Bell University Laboratories is providing a wireless network throughout the Davis Centre and selected portions of the math building. The network is known as MyriadNet and while the system is still being tested it can be used by anyone with a UW Dir userid and password, or a userid on the mathematics admin/researchmachines or the mathematics student environment.

The network consists of EnteraSys wireless access points and PCI/MCIA cards available from EnteraSys can be purchased at the Computer Store. The software drivers to access a variety of operating systems are available on the Web. Users should be aware that wireless networks aren't as secureas tradtional wired networks. with files from the faculty of mathematics

Fundraising for school of architecture Proponents of the UW school of architectureto be built in Cambridge are hoping to fundraise $10 to $15 million in support of the project.

This figure assumes that two-thirds of the $27 million project will be funded by grants issued at various levels of government and is likely to increase ~f they are not given the grants. Other large scale projects in Cambridge include a $2.4 million shelter for the homeless and a $12 million plan to turn Cruickston Park into a nature preserve and education centre. In spite of other fundraising efforts that wdl be taking place in the Cambridge area, Rick Haldenby, director of the UW school of architecture, commented that the school already has "an obvious measure of backing," includmg367.5million over

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Wbde discussing research,Schryer points to the Nancy Olieveri case at the University ofToronto, where the pharmaceutical researcher had her research suppressed when it did not match her corporate donor's interests. This is clearly a case of "corporate research gone amuck" she said.

Schryer and her faculty colleagues hope to continue to hnd mechanisms for "ethics control over research" or "we could have more Olieveri cases happening."

Research freedom is also tied to teaching which is also tied to administrative duties. Research freedom is a non-monetary means of meeting the teaching demands of tomorrow, but this is offset by the growing demands for otheruniversityinvolvementby facultymembers.With these increased demands, teaching often

15 years from the city of Cambridge.

Furthermore, Haldenby said interest among architecture and construction Grms goes well beyond Cambridge and the region, so the campaign is expected to be a broad one. with files from the K~tchener-WaterlooRecord

University of Guelph students occupy office Students at the University of Guelph occupied the office of Mordechai Rozanski, president of the University of Guelph earlier this week, as part of their lobbying effort to reduce tuition fees and bring accountability to university governance.

'We are tired of being ignored by the adminstration," said Cory Legassic, one of nine students in the president's office. 'We've been going to committee meetings, rakes and public forums and it seems like our voices are falling on deaf ears."

After students occupied the office of the Queen's University principal's office, the Ontario government announced that the proposal to deregulate tuition fees at that university would be scrapped. In five other provinces, provincial governments have taken steps to ensure access by freezing or reducing tuition fees.

A national day of action to be held on February 6 is part of an ongoing campaign callingfor a freeze and reduction of tuition fees, a national system of needs-based grants and a re-investment in higher education. The occupation ended peacefully after 11 hours. with files from the Canadian Federation of Students

40th anniversary of FASS FASS is 40 this year and is presenting a hlm-noire murder-mystery comedy entitled "Dial F for FASS" that promises to be worthy of its commemorative 40th anniversary status.

FASS is a variety show that brings together faculty, alumni, staff and students to put on a performance for the UW community. This year's show will run from February 7 to /9 at the Humanities theatre. An anniversary celebrauon is being held on Saturday, February 9 before the show. For more information visit www.fass.uwaterloo.ca. with files from the Daily Bulletin

suffers, somethmgm which students are contmuously and vehmently demandmg improvements It seems, as we examine thegrowmg university of the coming years, that the traditional concept of the faculty member is under attack Teaching, research and admmstrative duties all now overload and threaten our abkty to educate the masses As Schryer notes, "we've never had a forum to dtscuss the change bemg made to the university.''

Now, more than ever before, a seems that h s forum is necessary to ensure that the budding block of the umversity doesn't come crumbhg down The roles of faculty must be clearly defined

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Grand River Transit boosts service, proposes universal student pass Melissa Graham IMPRINT STAFF

Starung this week, students dbe asked to fill out an o n h e s w e y to collect thm opkuons on a proposed mversal bus pass. The pass would be issued to all ful-tune undergraduate students as a non-refundable fee appeamg on your fee statement each term. Four thousand randomly selected ful-tune undergraduate students d be asked quesnons to determine whether there is enough support to put the issue to a campus-wide referendum.

The proposed price of the pass will takeinto considerationthe resdts ofthe survey that asks students what a fair price would be. Jo-AM Woodhall,transportation denhndmanagement planner for the region of Waterloo, put forward the idea of the cost of one round trip a week as a typical pricing model at other univeron such sities.. If the student's fee is-negotiated a basis, the cost of the pass based on a 16-week term would be $64 In the fall of 2001, students at Lamer were surveyed on the same proposal, but if both untversittes get on board don't expect a reduced fee Accordmg to Woodhall, "The UPASS project is bemg considered consecutlvely at both mversittes. If both implement the program at the same tune, we antmpate the pnce d be the same as if the progam was mtroduced m&mdually With the mtroducaon of the UPASS at both mversittes, GRT d hkely be able to provide a broader range of semce increases "Dunngprevious contactunth students, we were told that late-night semce from downtown Kttchener to Uptown Waterloo is one of

Will students give up their cars or bikes for the bus? the hgherpnoriaes for students. If the UPASS is implemented, the results of the survey and this premous information d be brought - together, and a list of priorities for service expansion d be created and implemented as &e budget allows."

Although Woodhall mews the proposals as separate, Yaacov Iland, president of the Federaaon of Students, told Impnnt that negoaating ulth Lamer has been considered. "David

Leadership: Martin and Rock supporters square off LEADERSHIP, from page 3

"He sad they'wanted Paul Martin m and Jean Chrtaen out," sad the student, "and that they wanted people they could trust. They'd arrange it so that I could get m. The student ultunately ended up d e c h g the request, saymg, "I &dn't dunk it was nght - it's pretty corrupt busmess."

Impnnt obtamed a hard copy of an e-mail that appears to confirm that a slate was indeed constructed at the last minute. The e-mail, which has the sender and reapient blacked out, reads. "Hello gentlemen, I just talked with [blacked out] so here is the execuave slate for the University of Waterloo Young Lberals" and goes on to list five tltles and names. The date is partiallyblacked but is vlsible enough to read "Tue 22 Jan, 2002," one day before the executtvewas elected. Four of the five people

named in the e-mailwere subsequently elected.

With respect to the intentions of Prime Minister Chrktien, few Liberals had any idea when he might eventually step down. "I believe the prime minister stated his intention to step down in the near future, but I am unsure whether or not he menaoned a timeframe" sad Sibley. "I don't anhcipate hun staymg for too many years longer."

Recent polls suggest fmance mmster Paul Martin is the favounte to succeed Chrkaen, but his age is seen as a handicap, being only three years younger than Chretten.Industry m s t e r Allan Rock, Deputy P m e Minister John Manley, and hentage muuster Sheila Copps are the other potenhd successors. When Chrkuen does finally step down there d be many people bidding for h s title.

Deregulation: on : tudents' minds DEREGULATION, from page 5

Accordingto Iland, ‘Sills statementis meant to nval the University of Toronto's statement.

But let's face it, UW just doesn't have that kind of money m its endowment fund."

Iland fears the statement of purposeregardmg finanual a i d d g v e the provinual government a good reason to cut OSAP funding to wversittes. "If UWcan tell Ontarians that the untversity d ensure that any qualified student can afford to come here, then why should the province stay m the busmess of OSAP?" Provost A m t Chakma and other members of the admmstraMonwere visibly frustrated by the student oppositton.

Students also questtoned UW president David Johnston duectly on whether the w versity intends to pursue further deregulatton

of tultlon fees Johnston said that he is personally in favour of maon fee deregulatton but that any such proposal to the Ontano govemment would need to be approved by the w versity's government bodies After the meetmg, student senator Stephen Sknydlo noted, 'We may have lost the fight tomght, but look at it this way. When was the last tune a vote count was actually recorded at Senate? T h s was the closest we have come to wmnmg m a long tlme." Votes at Senate are almost always nearly unarumously m support of proposals put foiward by the senate executwe, nnth no need therefore to count all of the individual votes, a procedure that some senators jokingly refer to as "Quantam voting" T h e nature of t h ~ sdebate however, d certmly continue to b m g close and htghly contested votes at W s senate.

Prang, the WLUSU president, and I have discussed the possibd~ty,"he sad.

Contract details such as length and fee increases after the initial agreement have yet to be worked out. Woodhall notes that all the details sail have to be negotiated, "There is no draft agreement at thls tune Ifthe results of the s w e y show that there is sufficient support for this project to go to the next step, then GRT and the regon d work on the terms of an

campus and planned development of U W's north campus.

Woodhall emphasized her desue to have a large response rate to this survey. The greater the cross sectlon is from the student populaaon answering the quesaons the more realism the results WIU be. These results will have a k e c t effect on how GRT and the Federatton of Students proceed on the untversalpass from this point on.

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Task force to address UW's female facultv Katherine Sparkes SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

A new task force will examine the disparity between male and female faculty at the University of Waterloo. Initiated by VP academic and provost Amit Chakma in response to a senate report last fall, the Task Force on Female Faculty Recruitment will review the effectivenessof existing faculty attraction strategies and the impact of the current academic dimate on female faculty retention.

According to Gail Cuthbert Brandt, task force chair, the group is currently in the prelimmary stages of data collection. One of the group's objectives is to evaluate how representative UWs faculty is, by comparing femaleappointment rates with thenumber of femalegraduates.

The group will also discuss the gender imbalance that permeates through all levels of the educational system.

Traditionally, the disciplines of math and science have shown the most discouraginggenderimbalances in staffing. At UW, fewer than 15 per cent of professors within the faculty of engineering are women.

Similarly, only 20 of 232 math and science professors at the University of Western Ontario are female. Due to these trends, special attention wiU be focused on the faculties of math,

food

science and engineering.

Gender inequality in academia is not a new idea at the University of Waterloo. In 1986, the Advisory Council on Academic Human Resourceswas establishedwiththe goal of "rectifymg the imbalance of men and women faculty at the university." The group was guided by a mandate very sirmlar to that of the new task force

"Traditionally, the disciplines of math and science have shown the most discouraging gender imbalances in staffing."

The groups Women in Math and Women in Engineering share s d a r tasks of providing p d a n c e to their respective administrations on increasing the number of female students enrolledin each faculty. Many other Ontario universities includmg McMaster, Windsor and Western

have taken comparable action to study and formulate strategies for attracting female faculty.

The task force's mission is not an easy one; there are many confounding factors ofgenderinequalityin the workplace, including sexual harassment, salary inequities between men and women, promotion and hinng decisions and issues on fanuly and maternity leave. Each year, UW releases the names and salaries of staff that earn more than $100,000. In the most recent revelation for2000, fewer than 25 of the 202 faculty listed were women.

The wage gap between men and women has been slowly narrowingin the last few decades and there is evidence from Statistics Canada that more female faculty are being hiied.

It is obvious that the task force is necessq to investigate and rectify the issues that continue to underlie disproportionate gender representation in UWs faculties.

Throughout the winter term, the task force wiU seek input from the deans on obstacles to female faculty recruitment and compare UWs employment trends with other universities. Ideas d l also be solicited from the Graduate Students Societv on methods of attracting more women to graduate studies. The task force will submit its h a 1 recommendations to Dr. Chakma in April.

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Ontario says no to Queen's Elise Hug SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

1,ast week, the province of Ontario turned down Queen's University's proposal to deregulate tuition fees in all of its undergraduate programs, but offered no new funding for postsecondaryeducation.Studentsacross the province are protesting further tuition increases while university adrmnistrators plan for budget cuts and financial uncertainty.

Joel Duff, chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students, applauded the decision. "Given the levelofopposition to the proposal to allow unlimited tuition fee increases for undergraduate programs at Queen's University, the government has made a prudent decision," said Duff.

Duff called on university administrations to join the lobby for increased operating grants and stop proposingtuition feeincreases. "Until college and university presidents join students in their demand for more funding for higher education and a freeze and reduction in tuition fees, we can expect these kinds of actions to spread."

University administrators are not making such statements. UW academic and provost Amit Chakma stated at last week's Senate meeting that unless tuition fees are h t h e r

deregulated for programs at UW, the university will need to cut four per cent of its budget every year. "How long can the university sustain those kinds of cuts?" asked Chakma.

Since the decision, students have continuedtoprotest andlobby across the province. Students at Ryerson, Nippissiig, Guelph, Queen's, Trent andLaurentian universities have held public forums, sit-ins, occupations of administrative buildings or satirical theatre events on the funding crisis in post-secondary education.

Students at the University of Guelph began an occupation of the office of president Mordechai Rozanski on Monday, Jan. 28. The protest ended much quicker than a similar one at Queen's last week, with the students vacating the office, escorted by the local fire department after an 11-hour occupation In the fall, Queen's University proposed that the province of Ontario use Queen's as a test-case for undergraduate tuition fee deregulation in Ontario. There was considerable protest at Queen's, includmg a five-day student occupation of the principal's office and alie-down protest in the administrative offices, as students supported the protests at Trent, Laurentian and Guelph universities. Ontario universities remain confronted by rising - costs and are seeking new sources of revenue.

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Pain of campaigning

Cry for Argentina Larry Smith PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS

With abundant mutual resources, a talented population and a vibrant culture,Argentina now fmds itself in the midst of economic disaster. In 1900, the standard of living and the prospects for future growth were the same for both Canada and Argentina. Today many Argentines are reduced to bartering for the necessities of life as if it were the Middle Ages; Canada, by contrast, has one of the highest standards of living on Earth (yes, it does!). The reason for Argentina's long descent into economic chaos can be traced to a single cause: rampant and continuing stupidity.

For most of the 20th century, Argentine governments have pursued a succession of lunatic schemes and misadventures, culminating in a rmlttaryregune that murderedits own citizens And, always, there was a increasingly frantic search for a quck fix So when m doubt they created money out of thin air (whlch iswhere money does come from) to a degree beyond reason The enarely predictable result is that by the late 1980s, Argentma's rate of inflation was approaching 5,000 per cent and the financial system was on the edge of collapse Yet, even this was not enough to induce coherent economic policy.

When an economy has been mismanaged for so long, its fundamental reality is so distorted that corrective action is necessarily long and painful. Witness the high costs to Canada of restraining inflation and of eliminating the federal deficit; but the benefit is that those problems are behind us, and the present economic slowdown can be accommodated with much less stress.But the Argentine government sought out yet one more quick fix: peg the Argentine peso to the US dollar (Do you hear the echo of a simplistic recommendation for Canada?). In other words, make your currency and thus the country's entire financial systemhostage to the vagaries of the international currency markets and to the need to amass US dollars. In the

short-term the policy restored confidence, a critical economic ingredent, and the Argentine economy advanced, with all its other structural problems intact. The outcome was predictable.

The US dollar rose in value and savaged Argentina's important export trade, and a shortage of US dollars imperiled the domestic financial system. Public finances became unsustainable. The peg to the The fine levied against Feds US dollar has just been dropped and presidential candidate Albert Argentina's foreigndebtsareat crush- Nazareth by the elections commiting levels. Civil disorder, political tee last week has raised some bedlam and the return of inflation questions about Impnnts liability in 1eaveArgentinainrnountingdistress. the mcident. Nazareth responded That is the inevitable result of apply- to an e-mail that was sent to all ing a band aid to a gaping wound in Feds candidates by Chris Edey, our news editor, asking questions about your jugular vein.

Systemic refonns are not yet in their tickets and platforms.

Nazareth was the only candidate place and the long road to renewal has not yet begun. For thd moment to respond with his platform; the the Argentine government is a-others declined because they ning around in circles. What Argen- believed they would be penalized tina needs is a courageous govern- under the rules for campaigning ment with a rational and well-con- before the campaign period.

With the responses collected, sidered plan that it can use to mobilize the patient support of the public. Edey wrote an article identifymg But that could have been said 10 the confirmed candidates, and included some of the platform years ago.

This punishing distress should be detds offered to him by Nazareth. a lesson to all of us anywhere in the The elections committee decided world. Japan, for example, although that Nazareth's response to our far from Argentina's pain, has en- questions was a violation of the election rules, and fined him 15 per dured a decade of near stagnation. cent of his spending limit, or See ECONOMICS, page 12 $67.50. Candidates who exceed

since he chose to name them as his ticket-mates -better beware of some of the other election rules.

According to the current rules, candidates are liable for all campaign violations, no matter how they occur. That means if someone starts to campaign on their behalf,' so to speak, and breaks the rules, they can be held liable. To be honest, I'm surprised no one's thought of that one already. A solid campaign launched by a malicious supporter of another candtdate could do a lot of damage.

Student Council's election rules don't permit candidates to put up posters off campus; they don't even permit campaign materials like posters or buttons to be distributed inside Feds business or the Student Life Centre. It's a wonder that anyone knows about the elections at all. Maybe that's why voter turnout is so low.

I'll adtmt that I've posted all the campaign material that I have in the office, without the knowledge or encouragement of those candidates.As I look across the office, I see brightly-coloured posters from Slomka, Nazareth and Ichun. I'll post whatever campaign material is prdvided to me, but candidates beware: you could be fined for your enthusiasm.

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their spending limits are disqualified from the elections, so it's serious business.

Last year, when Nazareth ran for president, he was fined for campaigning inside of Feds businesses and improper use of the Internet. His spending reductions pushed him to within one dollar of his spending k t , nearly disqualifymg him.

Here at Imprint, there was much discussion of the election rules. We decided that "all forms of advertising by any campus medmm" didn't constitute campaigning.

Advertising is an active endeavour; it requires someone to take steps to promote their product or senice. Whde the line between advertising and editorial content is constantly blurring, I don't think answering a question qualifies.

Does Imprint bear any responsibility for Nazareth's violations?

Not at all. Nazareth is no stranger to the Feds' rules, or the fines that come from b r e a h g them. Imptint isn't bound by the rules of the elections, especially the ones that k t our ability to report news and information to our readers. The candidates must concern themselves with the whims of the election committee. Imprint must be accountable to its readers.

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Feds suck!

To the editor, Excuse the insult, but the Federation of Students is the most disorganized, piss-poor organization I have ever come across. Nothing that I see from them ever appears to go well. Let's look at the referendum on changes to the SLC. Firstly, they couldn't decide on what to even build so they ended up changing the proposal throughout the development of the referendum, and then they don't even know how to count the results.

Editor's note: The change to thepmposaiaitered the time when students would begin pging the $13.80fee, not what to build.

Secondly, they continue to operate an organization that has lost a quarter of a million dollars in the past two years. $250,000!

And a personal experience: Last Friday, I attended the Tony Lee hypnotist show. Tickets said doors open at 8 p.m. Well, the staff didn't approach the doors until 8:30 where they decided to stand inside, in front of the doors, doing dick-all for 10 minutes while people in a long h e froze their asses off. When they finally opened the doors, it took over two hours to hlterpeoplein-maybe 600 people at best.

When I worked. at the Molson Amphitheatre, we could check ID, process tickets and search people in well under that time -and that was 16,000 people.

I don't know what the problem is with the organization, whether it's incompetence orlaziness, but something has to be done for it to start doing what it was designed to do serve the student body fairly and cheaply w e any place on campus does that in the first place).

But oh well, if they do that in Ground Zero, for example, they lose megabucks.

Get with the program.

-James R Bmwn 3B darts-busineu/po/itica/ science

Taking God to court To the editor, Imagine your parents saying, 'You should never have been bom."

Believe it or not, a few parents have said that publicly about their own children through cases known as wrongful birth lawsuits. One such case was just heard by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Murray andPam Krangle accused their family doctor, Stanley M o r d , of malpractice after he failed to inform them about amniocentesis.

Mrs. Krangle states that if shehad the test she would have realized that her son had Down's Syndrome and would have elected to have an abortion. As a result, the Krangles decided to sue their doctor for malpractice and sought compensation from Dr. Morrill to cover the costs of caring for their son for his wholelife.

The key thing to note is that the

little boy's condition was not caused Isn't Waterloo worthy of receiving by any action or inaction on the part the books before other universities? of Dr. M o d . Amniocentesis could I think the publisher is just playing favourites and I'm very offended. not cure or even improve Mervyn's From my knowledge gained recondition - only detect it.

At every court appearance (trial, cently in my ENVS 178class, we can appeal and Supreme Court of use research or survey methods to Canada) the Krangles were awarded prove the problems. You may ask, the costs of care for Mervyn untd he "How do you do h s ? " My answer turns 19.The only deviation was the would be, "I have no idea." Find me B.C. Court ofAppeal, which granted in three years, maybe I'll know then.

Also, printing courseware is not the Krangles the costs of care for all of Mervyn's life, even though adult an effective solution.It is only avoidcare for somebody in Menyn's con- ing the problem and it would make dition is paid for by the province of matters worse. The publisher then would think they have control over B.C. Cases such as these ,assume that Waterloo and use the same excuse the lives of the disabled and handi- every time.

Being part of the UW Warrior capped are only worth living if the parents of these children deem them community, I believe strongeraction to be. They assume that if a person should be taken to avoid similar situcannot do that most of us ations from happening. One way of can do, then their life is worth less doing this is to switch publishers to regain warrior-like domination. than the lives of others.

To hnish off, I wish the best of Cases such as these have large implications.Throughgenetic screen- 1uckfortheUWBookstoreandhopeing, it is now possible to identify fully everything will work out.

By the way, h s is to Martin chddren with a wide variety of genetic disorders and predispositions. Quarcoopome from the previous Should parents bepresentedwith the editorial. You wanted your $4.10 option of abortion for any child that back; yet, you read the paper and got an editorial printed. Aren't you conis not perfect?

The courts have indicated that tradicting your own comment? fdure of a doctor to provide M s option could result in a malpractice -Andrew A u 1B environment studies lawsuit. If so, how are actions such as these any dtfferent from eugenics?

Who will decide what the dividing Dance with me line is between an acceptable child and an unacceptable child?What has To the edilor, happened to the medical credo of do no harm?

Do you know how to have fun,and These are just a few key questions would you help a guy out? to ask on our quest for the perfect I'm in math, hopefully graduating child before it is too late. this year, and I have yet to learn how much fun the arts girls are.

Well, first-hand that is.

We never get to meet any, because, well, they don't have as much interest in 'operating systems and Where are the books? compilers or deterministic models and graph theory as we do, (and that To the editor, is ma& unfair).

I want to know what arts is all Students in environmental studies alsohave problems purchasing books. about.

Here's how you can help.

Let's hope this is the last of the list of I have seen the signs for the Math courses w t h book problems.

The article, "Textbook wornes gala and I know that this is a chance &spelled," tned to convince students I have to take.

I want someone wilhg to go to that thereis no problem w t h theUW the Gala with me and show who has Bookstore.

It did not persuade me at all and been avoiding the math building all the displaced photo &d not help these past years.

Prove to me that artsieswill spend either. It showed half-empty shelves and tags reading, "Books will be re- timewith mathies in a settingoutside stockedby.. .." The funny part about of working on group psych assignthe article was the passage under- ments. neath the photo, which read, "The bookstore remains well-stocked." -Name withheld b~ request (An interesting note is that Chapters muthguiaguy@hotmaiLcorn sells textbooks at a cheaper price and also has plenty in stock.)

Let's fix that co-op!

The bookstore mtght be facing a shortage of books. But, as ratlonal To the editor, students, we should realize who caused the problem. It is d e h t e l y I read with interest the article in the not the bookstore. So who could it last edition of Imprint regarding the be? changes to be made to the co-op It IS the evil publisher. The pub- program process. lisher is just playmg the bookstore as I am a first-year student enrolled fools. in co-op, but do not start my co-op Originally, they said there were untd winter 2003. books in stock.Later, they called and Last semester, I watched friends said there were none. What is this? and acquaintances cope with the

stress of the slow co-op process. As rmdterms came and went and finals approached,many stillwere scheduling interviews whde trymg to study.

The anxietywas evident as they wondered where they would spend the next four months. There were still so many unanswered questions.

I believe that anything that the Co-operative Education and Career Servicescan do to alleviate the lengthy time framewould be of great benefit to students, employers and the University of Waterloo.

I am sure everyonewill agree that any positive steps that can be taken to make the co-op experience more efficient willbe ofgreat benefit to all.

-h r a Bell 1B envimnment and business Not our ticket To the editor,

thang,"dramaticaly exhale,extinguish the doob and drop down and give you 115 for good measure.

He has more genuine inspiration in what he does than the entire staff at the embarassing engineeringnewspaper. Is he even a student here?

Does he have ghostwriters under his wing?

He's outlasted all the editors, numerous Imprint overhauls and several revisions to his own marquee. It's gonna be people like him and cockroaches that crawl out from under our dead bodies after the big bomb drops to start a brave new world.

God bless him.

-Minh Tran 3 A ehdncal engineering Fools doubt the brains To the editor.

The past two issues of Imprint have had letters from people doubting climate change, stating that there's no credible scientific evidence for it, based on something from a 1989 issue of Scientzjk American.

In 1989, climate change was debatable; today, climate changeis definitely occurring, with overwhelming scientific evidencethat it is a result of elevated levels of greenhouse gases.

Enough evidence to form a UN group called the Intergovernmental Panel on Chmate Change. Evidence of climate change and its causes are "summarized" in their 881 page report entitled "Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis," authored by over 600 of the world's leadmg climate scientists. I obviously can't get into the details of thereport here, but the real myth is that the phenomenon is not understood.

The exact effects of certain factors still remain controversial,which is why research continues, but this does not mean that we should wait before we begin to reduce our emissions. And it is not just special interest groups who believe this.

Recently, 100 Nobel Prize winners made a statement to the world about the need for global environmental and social reform.

The first paragraph stated: "The most profound danger toworld peace inthecoming year s d stem.. . from - Coian Schwartr thelegitimatedemands of the world's WPIRG board ofdirectors ' dispossessed.Of these poor and dlsenfranchised,the majority live amarThe cockroaches palexistencein equatorialclimates. and Nigel Global warming, not of their making but originatingwith the wealthy few, To the editor, will affect their fragde ecologies most." Globe andMai4 2001 DecemI've never read a whole Outlook ber 7, page A21. column but I always glance over the Like any complex scientifictheory title and subtitle, scan the article and (from quantum mechanics to evolushake my head with a gentle gun. tion), climate change has not been The dude is a trooper. As long as proven, and questioning a theory is I've been here at Waterloo and read- essential to its development. ing Imprint, he's been pounding away However, in this particular case, if at the keys finding more and more the widely held belief in climate things to write about. change is correct, the severe conseHe's the kind of dude who'll just quences of inaction are too great to be chilling in the comer of a room at ignore. a party smoking a huge joint just to himself and then when you dare him - Ray N m r to do 100push ups he'llgo, ''Ain't no Graduate student, pbsical chemisty

News Flash -there is no "WPIRG ticket" running in the Feds election!

While I can appreciate Jon Willing applauding theinfusion of some new blood into the Feds political landscape, I need to point out that Ichim and company represent themselves, not W I R G , and not the volunteers of WPIRG. W I R G is not a club and not comprised of some homogenous group of "30 students" - it is an incorporated non-profit group that provides an infrastructure for all students to workin the publicinterest to resolve environmental and human rights and social justice issues.

Forthe record, justin the past two years, other active participants in WPIRG have successfully run for officeincludingYaacovIland,Brenda Beattie andDesireeTaric.Thosewere not "WPIRG tickets" either.

In fact, WPIRG provides equal support to students running in elections - "Team ROKS" (Robson, O'Connor, Kerrigan,Slomka) will be m a h g 4,000 campaign buttons in the W I R G office using WPIRG's button-making machine.

Jon's column really should have runin the Opinion section,notNews - especially the part that presumes "studentswould'~ernostlikelyvoted to scrap the V I R G ] fee."

FRIDAY, REBRUARY 1,2002

Independent opinions To the editor, In his last two columns, Mr. LeeWudnck has been particularly critical of the worth of the independent media. Let me remind our esteemed columnist that it is "indie media" that gives him the opportunity to express his opinions each week. Remember,=. Lee-Wudrick,next time "dubious commentary from Godknows-who, on God-knows-what" appears in Impnnt, "merely having an opmton on somethtng does not an expert make "

- Rob Harper 4B computer engzneenng Only in America To the editor, It's about time someone commented on the propaganda machine that is Hollywood. I'm happy to see some-

the music was emphasued, the tears fell and a silent moment held by the characters only Intensified the sadness of the moment.

On the other hand, Somahans were shot by the dozens and I heard no music, no tears fall and no d e n t moments held. Smce when did the human hfe have a double standard?

I personally thank you for addressing&~Hollywoodissue Hopefully, people d think m c e about the way they see Amencans in movies. Aemember that the majonty of the glory is propaganda

one else shares my views about the role ofAmericans in top blockbuster films is blatantly overrated and movies seem to always depict Americans as the winners and at any cost.

The first time I really noticed the unfair portrayalwas inBruckheimer's Armageddon, which your article fails to address. How is it that ameteoroid threatens our world's existence and the only heroes who come to save mankind fromextinction are a bunch of American oil-diggmg hicks?

In a more realistic sense, the American distinction is readily apparent in a few war flicks today. Most recently, as mentioned in your article, are Bhck Hawk Down and Pear( Harbor. In these films, somehow America always came through as the good guys. Disturbingly, in Black Hawk Down, I even noticed an emotional bias when seeing an American war hero fall to hts death, right next to a famine stricken, gumbearing Somalian. When I watched Black Hawk Down this weekend, it was obviouswhenanAmerican soldierdied:

- Tanya Kong

1B environment and business

Unhealthy guzzling To the editor, Evan Munday's dismissalof the lowering of car emissions (greenhouse Shmeenhouse) on economic terms is unfounded. Arguing that it would "bring civ~lizationto a grindinghalt"

is like arguing that the introduction of electricity was economically bad becauseit put candlemakers andwax distributors out of business.

Certainly investment in alternal tives to cars would affect many people, as virtually all developmentdoes.

This is a constant issue that governments face.

However, the economic balance is tipped far in favour of lowering emissions.

The increased regulation andconsequent increase in alternatives to gas-guzzling cars would result in the economic benefits that other new investments bring, such as new jobs, infrastructureand technologies.New technologies would create a more resilient economy by diversifying away from dependence on a single mode of transport, and most importantly, ease the inevitable transitio'n away from dependence on &sappearing oil reserves.

Contrary to Munday's statement, it is thrs utter dependence society has on gas-guzzlingcars that is economi-

cally unhealthy, not the means taken to alleviate it. This car-dependence results in our economy's health being too dosely tied to the price of oil and in massive wasted public expense on car-related infrastructure, car industry subsidies and the acquiring of oil.

Furthermore, increased costs to health care because of pollution and lost work time due to traffic (both billions of dollars per year) and the time, the wars waged and the resources required to protect foreign oil interests are needless expenses.

Of course, Munday's attack on clunate change aside, there are many other issues that are harder to quantify, such as the destruction of natural landscapes, the inconvenience of livingwith pollution-relatedillnesses such as asthma and the social isolation car-dependency engenders.

However, from an economic point of view, a reduction in gas-guzzling cars is the smart thing to do.

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New discrimination So much to say, so little time Lisa Johnson IMPRINT STAFF

There is a form of dlscrimination occurring today that few people recognize. We are treating some groups' less fairly than others because of somethmg they lack.

I will call this new phenomenon "technologicaldiscrimination." Since I'm inventing it, I get to name it.

The discrimination takes place on a daily basis for someone like me (and there are many like me): I don't own a cell phone; my computer is at least seven years old; I do not have a CD burner; I do not have MP3 capabilities; I use a dlal-up connection; I don't own a DVD player.

I am not a technophobe. I am not quaintly antiquated. I am just a poor student and use my OSAP money for Maon rather than toys.

My lack of the latest technology means that I am not prrvy to the opporthmaes afforded to other people. It means I, and so many others, do not have equal access to information, culture and entertainment.

For example, those of us who do not own a DVD player don't get to view all the extra footage, behindthe-scenes out-takes, deleted scenes and yummy features that DVDs but not videos - contain. I, too, want to see the story of how Hedwig came to he. I want to see how the special effects animation for Shrek was done. I wanna see anythingextra about MouLn Rouge. But I can't. I can't because I don't even have the money to get my aged VCR futed, let alone buy a DVD player.

L&e so many people, I can't afford a top-of-the h e computer system wlth all the fuungs. I don't even have a working floppy drive. And I use a (gasp!) dial-up mnnection.

What this means for people ltke me is that we cannot download anything and that Web pages look like crap -that is, when we can actually

view them. Most times, Web designers are so eager-to show off all the exceptional things they can do that we are told, in order to view &s site, we need X plug-in, which we can download from X Web site. The wretched injustice is that our ancient computers generally cannot support such plug-ins.

The Internet is supposed to be (although not for much longer) the last bastion of freedom of, and equal access to, information, culture and entertainment. However, we among the technologically-challengeddonot have the same access to all the joys of the Internet that others have.

Maybe it's a little extreme to call this discrimination when the term implies unfavourable treatment based on prejudice. I don't believe that the technological revolutionaries are intentzonal' discriminating against me because qf my doo-dad deficiency.

But lack ofintent does not mean lack of onus.

I am sick of being discriminated against! I want to enjoy the same opportufiities as everyone in therealm of movies, music, the Internet, etc. I want access to thegrowing information, culture and entertainment that is residing in the very technology that I do not have access to.

Those of you reading this article right now on a fully functioninglaptop with a high-speed cable connection while burning the latest as-yetunreleased CD are probably thinking, "The times are changing; you have to change with the times."

My articulate and intelligent response is: "Phooey." When yougive me the money to buy the top-of-theh e equipment necessary to change with the times, then I will gladly do so. Untd then, for the love of gawd, techno-people, please make y o u Web sites fully accessible and put some extra features on videos!

YOU! OFF M Y PLANET! Another week, another column and another marvelous snippet of praise from an acerbic reader.

Once again I've been accused of dodgmg the issue, in spite of takmg great pains to even get my quotes right. Oh well. You can't please everyone, especially in 500 words.

And even if it could be done, I probably wouldn't go about doing things that way. How much Eun would that be?

As for my views, well, see that header at the top of the page? The part that says "Opinion?" That's what I'm giving you: my opinion. If you don't like it, don't read it.

Better still, fire back (I genuinely appreciate criticism, especially when it's biting). I only ask for one thmg. Mr. McDermott, you said that you think I'm bdding straw men? Then don't just tell me what the straw man is: please, point me to the real one.

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battle of left-versus-right in the not so distant future, but in the meantime, a couple of notable political items for your intellectual dissemination: With the federal cabinet shuffle, Alberta's resident Liberal, Anne McLellan, is dealt the Health portfolio, and immediately succeeds in scaring the life out of the country's social democrats by failing to condemn the made-inAlberta Mazankowski report. No, I'm not going to broach the virtues of private health care. All I'm going to say is that thts arrangement has the potential to lead Ms. McLellan down the path of political martyrdom. Mr. Chrktien's political maneuvering is sharp as ever: by sticking McLellan in Health,-she wdl do and say what is politically unpopular yet realistically necessary, because of her Albertan constituency.Thus, she will end up bearing the brunt of any political fallout. Mr. Chrttien, on the other hand, will emerge from the debacle relatively unscathed. And you all thought he was losing his touch!

Speaking of political manoeuvering, this year's Feds election is shaping up to be a barnburner. First, one of the candidates managed to get hun and his slate slapped with a 15 per cent expense fine for unwittingly providing

information to Imprint nearly two weeks before the campaign period.

Then, in a bold move, the WPIRGers jumped into the race, with their high-profile pointman being none other than the infamous Julian "Are you thirsty, Stockwell?" Ichim, who is tossing his hat in the ring to vie for VP student issues. If that's not enough variety for you, word has it that pretty much all the political stripes are represented in the 14 candidates - red, blue, green, you name it. What will be really interesting to see is how far each will wander from the views we assume they unll have, being members of a certain Pa*.

Speaking of parties, the Ontario Tories trundle along in their quest to pick the successor to Mike Harris. Local golden girl Elizabeth Witmer, who is the provincial environment minister, was unremarkable in the-first of a series of leadershtp candidates debates, but with four more debates on the block, anything can happen.

Ernie Eves, the former finance minister, remains the heavy favourite, but appears to be relatively content-free in terms of policy. Will this cost him votes?

We'll fmd out on March 23.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,2002

Millie the duck gay too, hello?

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I know this will probably come as a shock to most of you, but our fnend Milhe the duck was a lesbian. Based on reports I have read m Impnnt, the Dmly Bulbtm. and Math~Vcws,I thought it was best to set the record straght (pardon the pun).

Impnntwas nght to point out that Milhe was a Muscovy duck -a native of South Amenca What Impnnt did not mdicate was how she amved at our university W e the Muscovy is considered a delicacy m many parts of the world, Muscovy farms are not common m Southern Ontano However, Muscovys are commonly purchased by local farmers as a form of pest control Researchers at the University of Guelph discovered that Muscovy ducks are well adapted to eating house &es, and are effecave at eradicating them m cattle barns (B D.

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Glofcheskie and G.A. Surgeoner, 1990). Millie's story then begins on a local cattle farm near Guelph.

It should be no surprise that Millie, tired of rural homophobia, decided to travel to the city like most gay animals. She chose UW because she heard it was a fairly gay-friendly place.

No one really knows why she didn't go to University of Guelph instead - with a 7-to-3 female-tomale ratio, there are more lesbian students there. She was probably influenced more by the large population of water fowl at UW, and heard good things from the gay Mallard ducks who live around Ron Eydt Village.

W e preferred to keep her sexual orientation a private matter, but did make some attempts to be out in the queer community. She had made a few appearances at Club Renaissance, and last term she contacted the GLOW Peer Support and Information Line.

Accordmg to sources at GLOW, Millie left a message with a bunch of "quacking noises."

Instead of dismissing the call as a prank, a GLOW volunteer fluent in South American duck dialects was able to determine that Millie was interested in starting up a

social event for lesbian animals.

According to other ducks at the Health Services pond, Millie first came to realize she was a lesbiah when she was a duckling back on the farm, where she found herself strangely atuacted to the hens. The ducks do not believe Millie's recent run-in with a sqcurrel was a "gay bashing."

One duck noted that animals are much more accepting of gays because they lack the mental reasoning needed to conceive of sexual orientation. They also can't read the Bible.

Like grizzly bears, Canadian geese and hundreds of other animal species, same-sex behaviour has bee; well documented in duck species. Females in particular are known to share parenting duties and form life-long bonds.

Mdhe's disappearance should not be a concern to Imprint readers.

As winter approached, she flew south to meet up with her girl- . friend who she had been dating over the Internet. The last my contacts heard, she was nesting a double clutch of eggs with her g.f.

Maggie and was excited to start a new gay family.

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There are some activities that pretty much everyone can enjoy.

Take, for example, skipping class.

That's what I was up to this past Monday. I got myself psyched up like I was going to class, then at the last minute said, "Scratch that."

It was a beautiful day outside. I wasn't going to go sit in class and talk (sorry, isten) about math.

So I didn't. I went out for a w a k Sometimes it's important to get in touch with nature. It was a sunny five or sx i degrees, with that beautiful sunshine shuung down not bad for January.

I started my walk through the neighbourhood forest (south side ofKeat's Way, past Amos) - a nice forest, except for all the chopped-down trees and graffiti.

In the forest, I took a moment to appreciate the surroundmgs. I also took a moment to smoke a joint. But that is beside the point.

The point is that skipping is not as bad as you might think.There are h i t s , of course, as to how much you can skip. I'm going to guess that you probably have heard much about the negative effects of skipping. But how much have you heard about the positive?

That's why I'm here. It's taken me a long tune to reach the

erikhte currently occupy Ten years after I started skipping class, I h k I know a bit about what's gomg on But it was only two years ago, whde I was at Queen's University, that I started to put the pieces together Studying educaaon is a lot hfferent than learning educatlon through unmersion m an educaaonal settmg One of the thmgs I learned about at Queen's was the "hidden curriculum " That term covers the thmgs that we learn from school, that are not exphutly taught, but rather mplicitly mgramed m us through the way a school operates It covers things We how we need to run our lives by the dock, w ~ t hbells to tell us what to do Thmgs hke how English is separate from math, and science is separate from art, and French is separate from phys ed Like how some thmgs are mportant enough to learn about, and others are not.

Ltke how you have to obey orders Sktppmg is all about disobeying orders They say you need to be m class, you say no You say, "It's up to me to deude when I need to learn and when I don't " You say, "I'm the better judge of my education, not some prof who may or may not care about my leammg " And you say, "This tune I'll take a pass " Take the ume that you would spend in class, and spend it elsewhere mstead. Maybe just sit quietly and contemplate Or go for a walk Or a smoke Or somethmg But not what the authontles tell you to do Because that's what it's about too It's about takmg

res your own educauon.

If you get to the end of untversty and you SUU learn by showmg up to a class and h a m g someone tell you what you're supposed to learn, you haven't learned enough.

So next tune the opportunity anses, take a nsk, take a chance, take your education into your own hands and take a pass on class

Economics: Dead and gone ECONOMICS, from page 9

It continues to delay major reforms to its corrupt and chaotic fi nancial systems Every worker m Ja pan labours under the burden of a financial system that dates from the 1930s The lesson is not about whether you support a leading or rmnunal role for government m the economy, it is about conductmg any pubhc policy competentb. The basic laws of economics cannot be violated mthout consequence Creating money does not automatically create resources Significanteconomic change takes tune and resources, to create a benefit you must incur a cost. A problemignoredd festerandcome back to haunt you In the end, we have only what we have all worked for Con~unngtncks belong on the stage for the e n t e r t m e n t of children, and nowhere else

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,2002

Redefining Black media

IN YOUR INTEREST Have you ever watched the music videos on BET? I often wonder if the channel is frozen m tune Whenever you tune m, it's nght where you left it the last tune. Why is that? The music videos tend to be the same -portraymg the same themes of sex, drugs and violence They always seem to represent the thug hfe, which has, unfortunately, become synonymous m t h the "black hfe " The expenences of black people are far more greater than thts Other aspects of the black culture need to be broadcast.

In movies and television, do the roles given to black actors truly reflect and represent the expenences of black people? Times have changed from the days where black actors were confined to roles of singmg and dancmg and actmg the fool Hollywood actors lrke Will Snuth and Sydney Poitier are proof of this. But how far have we come?

The e n t e r t m e n t mdustry must dscredt the stereotypes and typecastmg that h u t black actors

and perceptions of black people.

There are alternative perspectives of the black diaspora in Canada, ones which hardly get any attention. But here at UW, a group of students is gve a better perspective of what the black experience is with Iced In Black: Canadian Black Experiences on Film, 2nd Annual Black FiLn Festival 2002. The theme of Iced In Black 2002 is "I Am Canadian."

It aims to reach an audience that includes all communities and ethnicities, especially youth. The event showcases 13 hlms of diverse genres - feature length, animauon, documentary and short film, reflecting a wide range of black experiences, addressing topics such as the experience of immigrants, black h~storyin Canada and growing up in Canada, among other topics.

In commemoration of Black History Month, Iced In Black 2002 will tour universities in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Waterloo.

There dbe insightfd discussions after each film with filmmakers, professors and commmty members.

The official Iced In Black Web site is www.icedmblack.ca and the link to the tour and the Waterloo schedule is also available there.

Buddha's midterms FINDING BALANCE How do you thmk Buddha would study for midterms? This is an important quesuon for those who seek to balance m the strengthenmg of both the m d and soul In the first place, Buddha probably would not have accepted admission to UW. The holistic nature of the co-op program might have appealed to him, but he would have seen right through the Maclean's rankings and our external reputation. His intuition would have guided him far from this place, his heart sensing the spiritual vacuum of M.C. If he was forced to come here, as a guide to lead us out of our concrete darkness, how would he handle school and exams?

Well, some people say that he wouldn't study at all because he was one with all knowledge. That idea seemed cool to me last term, when I thought I could learn everything about numerical

methods if I medtated on being "at peace" with the textbook two hours before the exam. I am now on academic probatton.

Even Buddha would have had to study: everybody, mcludmg Jesus, has to work in hfe. There is no free lunch m rehgon, just really sausfying, low-fat sandwiches.

Studymg the lives of spiritual masters, I have come up with a hst of three steps to study lrke Buddha.

Fustly, establish consistency.

Every spiritual master has taught us that it is important to make a schedule and stick to it if you ever want to see any progress in hfe.

Don't just study when you are forced to, avoid procrastmation and schedule a specific secuon of your day - every day - to do school work. There are two ways to do well m school: put in the tune or cheat. Buddha &dn7tcheat.

Secondlv. focus vour c h .

Distracuons d be your greatest foe. Roommates talking, the nngmg of a nearby phone, children screarmng for help in the buriung house next door - all of these , sounds wdl seek to get you away from studying. Resist the urge.

Okay, maybe you should save those chddren, but come nght back to your desk afterwards.

Focusmg your c h means that

you should not worry about f a h g , nor should you complam about I how much work you have Do 1 I what you have to do, then lkt destmy take its course When yo+ c h is focused, you unll be able to: do ten assignments in the tune it ' i usually takes to do one. Do one I task at a tune and then take tune to rest. Repeat "focus your ch" over and over to ourself every tune y&i feel overwhelmed - ]fit doesn't help you study, at least your roommates unll think vou are cool.

.. "Draw big smiley faces on the front of your exam."

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Thirdly, and most importantly, srmle. You don't have complete conk01 over the outcome of your exam, but vou do have control over how you feel before and after.

Exams are not as important as your happiness. Draw big smiley faces on the front of your exam.

Your job is just to have good intentions and do your best then let God do the rest. If you do that, then even if you fad, you d have passed. Peace.

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When I tell friends and family that I regularly date guys through the Internet, many are surprised. Most people I talk to about Internet dating have never tried it but are often curious.

The first question people usually ask is related to the potential risks involved in meeting people through the net. They assume that all the users online are psychos, freaks, 10sers,geeks, or desperate,as theinternet has a bad reputation for deceit. People still cling to the story about the girl who was lured by some creepy idiot. Yes, there are sketchy people in this virtual land, but I've yet to meet any psy.chos.

The Internet is just another way to meet people; it's not the most popular method, but Jordan Ravka - the creator of several internet dating sites -believes it will be.

U e most people, I was wary of using a dating site. Until a few years ago, I thought the growing popularity of chatrooms would prohtbit social interactions, that computers would turn members of out society into a bunch of recluses.

It wasn't until Ravka asked me to join his Internet dating site that I even considered chatting o n h e . At that time I wasn't even familiar with the use of ICQ or MSN messenger.

I agreed to join the site without taking him seriously.

Four months later I filled out a profile, created an ID, uploaded a picture and waited for the e-mds to arrive. It was the beginning of my Internet adventme.

Ravka, a 24-year-old native of Toronto, launched his site, www.casualkiss.com, in the fall of 1999. While working for a "shitty dot-com company"in Ottawa,Ravka created a dating site because there weren't any good ones. What started as a hobby became somethmg that consumed most of h s time.

The first year the site had a few hundred members. Now, including

and www.queerkiss.com - Ravka boasts 60,000. Not bad for a guy without a marketing strategy.

Fortunately, word of mouth has been generous. Ravka has not paid a cent on advertising and instead lets the members "do the work." He is surprised at the growing popularity of his site because "people don't want to admit they're on it." There's a community of closet chatting addicts and it's growing. Ravka said his site has received more traffic than CTV SportsNet ever since he was interviewed on City m ' s Media Tele\lsion and received a mention on 102.1 FM radio station.

Increased traffic means increased hosting costs, about $80,000 a year.

When the site first went live, the hosting costs were $50 a month.

Unlike sites like www.match.com, Ravka doesn't charge a fee - yet.

Currently his advertising sponsors pay enough to cover his costs and then some. He intends to start charging a small fee sometime this year. The fee, according to Ravka may lose some members' interest but the price wdl be competitive.He estimates that the fee will equal the total of "about one drink a month."

He's confident hismemberswillcontinue 'to use the site because they understand its potential to meet new and interesting people.

The popularity of dating sites has increased significantly. Withm the past five or so years, Internet dating sites have blossomed. If you have trouble with the idea of meeting people online, think of it as an online personal ad, or even better, a virtual bar. Like a bar, you can check out other members by perusing personals. Choose members youwish to get to know, send an e-mad and voila: the o n h e courtship begins.

The benefits of using the Internet to meet people - if you can overcome the insecurities -are endless.

Internet dating is attractive for people who are shy or are tired of the bar scene, or just plain curious. It allows people to chat from around the world in the comfort of their home.

Whether people are looking for a relationship or somethingshort term, Ravka claims that members have "a better chance getting laid on the site than in a bar" because of the anonymity - they're bound to find someone to suit their needs online.

The ratio of males to females on Ravka's site is 60:40, which is "good in this industry." Ravka hopes, that

even if people don't 6nd thelr soul mate, that they have fun trying.

Once a member joins the slte, fills out a profile and answers some queshons, there 1s an ophon to join clubs (there's a club dedicated to UW students), such as chatttngm one of the five chatrooms, playing games sumlar to the 'how hot am I site,' sending e-cards, posttng messages and keeping a diary The ehquette of meettng people online vanes dependmg on the level of comfort and secunty between the two people chattmg. Two people may feel comfortableenough to meet after a few months or just after two weeks of constant e - m a h g The gettmg to know you process is accelerated in cybenvorld Most people aren't shy wnung and have lessdubihons aboutwhat they thmk when typing It's easy to become close to someone o n h e Ravka believes dattng sites "break down barners" because members form mtense and meantngfid relationships The evoluuon of daung changes when you use the net to fmd dates, though the success of actual dates range from excellent to ternble The followmg story is a prime example of how unreltable and disappomtmg Internet daang can be After t e h g a fnend about some of my expenences w t h Internet dating, she deuded to try it herself After meettng and getting comfoaable wth an Internet date named Prometheus, they met for dmner She then discovered that he was 50 pounds heavler than he had

claimed, but she overlooked the fib.

During theit meal, Prometheus informed my friend that he was a diabetic and required a d d y insdm shot. She assumed he would excuse hunself to go to the bathroom. Instead, he brought out his needle, hftedup h s shirt-revealmg around tummy - and proceeded to inject himself unth the needle. Mort~fied, my fnend asked the prver to bnng their check, at which point Prometheus admitted he didn't have money to pay for his meal.

That was the end of Prometheus, but this Seinfeld-like episode didn't deter her from trying again. In fact, a few months later she met another guy. This time she asked for a photo.

Photos aren't risk free. They can be easily manipulatedpicturessometimes htde more than they reveal.

Members of dating sites may upload older pictures - another nice mck to hide somethmg. It'sideal toupload a recent, flatteringphoto as youwant to attract other members and be honest about your appearance.

People are wrong to assume using the Internet is less superficial than meeting someone in the bar.

Ravka says that people who upload photos generally receive more attention. Members like to knowwhat the person looks hke while they chat.

In my experience, the more photos a member has on their profile, the more accurate your expectations are of the person when you finally decide to meet him or her and the less chance of being disappointed.

One of the downfalls of meeting

people through the Internet is how easy it is to have high expectations.

Two people may have great chemstry online, but the chemistry d ~ m ishes when they meet Using the Internet has the potentla1 to hide annoymg or unusual idiosyncrac~es.

Such as g o ~ to g a comedy movie vnth a guy who hughed hke a horse.

Though most people online are decent, there are the few sketchy people. Through ngorous screening - and I mean rigorous - and gut instinct, you can weed these people out. If something doesn't seem right, it probably isn't. The beauty about communicating on any of Ravka's sites is the feature that prohibits contact fromunwantedrnembers by way of a "reject list."

Though Ravka admits controlling the membershp population is a challenge, he hopes the "reject" button will help those receiving unwanted requests. He r u s the site, but has a team of moderators to report any unnecessary hassles.

If you're interested in joining an o n h e dating service, you have nothing to lose. Ravka's sites, and the others, have plenty to offer people; whether they're looking for an email pal or a relationship.

Though there is stdl a negative stigma attached with the technology that has the potential to bring together two people together from around the world it's a medtum that shouldn't be overlooked. Besides, it's a great conversation starter.

FRID,\Y, FEBRUARY 1,2002

Power foods should be used for good, not evil Jennifer Chen SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

SomeUmes, a student must sacntice sunple daily activities to cram for that crucial midterm or to meet an essay word quota.

Now that the typical student is busier than ever, holdtng part-tune jobs, working out, soci&ing and partmpatmg in school and community events, basic dady activiues such as eatmg and sleeping are an afterthought -and food companies know it Companies such as Boost, PowerBar, and ProMax manufacture "power" bars andshakes, to give them an energy boost, or to feplace an entire meal.

"Power" products are often in the form of a flavoured bar or milkshake. Powerbar, for example, offers at least a dozen &fferent health granola bars, Boost offers easy-to-muc shakes and Nestle's or Carnation's Instant Breakfast come as a convenient canned dnnks or powders. These products have a good balance of carbohydrates, protein and fat which gve a student or athlete a much-needed energy recharge or replaces the nutnents requred m a regular meal.

It's becoming increasingly easier and perhaps more fashionable to use these power products Zehrs and Sobey's, for example, both dedicate an entire aisle to such health foods, offennga multitude ofbrands, flavours, and products.

A wide selection of power bars and shakes is avadable in nearly every major drugstore, supermarket, and health specialty store. On campus, Aussie's, as well as the Turnkey Desk and the Pharmacy m the SLC carry a small selection of power bars, whch are hot items.

Students do not seem to mind spendmg $2-$5 per bar to gam energy Many students, such as UW phdosophy student Tom Toft, consume power bars and shakes as a means of acqurnng energy.

"I dnnk [shakes] after workmg out they

really work," he says, cl-g that he feels revitalized whenever he dnnks power shakes.

The nsing popularity of these products is hardly swpnsmg as the companies emphasize health and convenience in their marketing schemes: two common concerns for students today. Instead of cookmg or makmg a sandwich, one could simply open a can or mix a few cold mgredients, and in minutes, satisfy his or her calone, nutrient, and energy mtake for the day.

On thar Web site,Boost claimsits products to be "a convenient and better alternative to skipping meals or loading up on less nutntious snacks" and PowerBar promises to "help you perform at your best." "[Power bars and shakes] are meant to basic protein supplements," says Grossman of Discount Nutntlon protein products and an

and whether using these products are an effective, healthy way of gaimng energy. Grossman advises people to "read the label. If there is a w q ,it would be wntten on the package."

Odgmally,"power" products were intended and designed for athletes who needed a quck andconvenientenergy fix.However, Grossman explams, "they're not just for athletes."

Regstered dietician Linda Barton IS also a promoter of power foods for athletes as well as for people who have an unpredictable schedule or lifestyle, such as students. Barton explains that it is difficult for students to get healthy snacks and often the snacks or meals that they choose to eat for convenience or craving gve them what she calls a salt or carb hangover, leaving the student feeling sluggish.

She stresses the importance of <diets to stop cravings and satisfy the body's need for a nourishment.

The timing of meals has a big effect on how

one performs both physically and mentally. If a student lets five or six hours pass between meals, blood sugar drops and immediately energy levels and bram power go down Barton suggests takmg along a power bar or drinking a power shake as a convenient and simple way to keep blood sugar levels stable, rather than surgmg and plurnrnetmg throughout the day leavmg students feelmg tired and hungry.

It goes without saymg that eating these foods to replace every meal is not a good idea.

Barton says after protein, fibre is the most important aspect of a diet, which these bars and shakes do not contam, "you couldn't h e on power [bars and shakes] because your small mtestme would cramp up completely," Barton wrplams.

Students should do their best to plan ahead and try to eat healthy meals whenever possible, but power foods are a good way to keep energy levels stable throughout the day.

Barton stresses that missing meals is the worse thtng anyone can do so it is a good idea to carry a bar around in case unexpected situations come up and a meal isn't in the near future, "do your best and plan ahead," she admses.

Inadditton to Powerbars and shakes,Barton suggests that students try to make their own shakes at home when they find there is time.

These shakes consist of one cup of milk or soy beverage, a half-cup of yogurt, and a rmx of fruits such as bananas, strawberries,orpeaches.

Bran buds, creatme or flax seeds can also be added according to preference.

Power bars are also a great way for vegetarians to get daily recommended amounts of

protein into their diet. Barton suggests the Luna Bar for vegans as the other bars contain dairy ingredients.

Theimportant thing to remember in choosing power foods over a well balanced meal is to use common sense. Power foods are a convenient pick-me-up and are good for you when used in combination with a wholesome diet of fruit, vegetable, grains, and proteins.

Monday, February 4, 2002, 1 7 : 3 0 a m 1 pm Panel: Imprint/u wsrudenr. org S K Great Hail Monday February 4,2002,5:30pm-7pm Panei: Village Students Viflage 1 Cafe reria Tuesday, February 5, 2002, 1 1:30am-lpm Panel: Mark Students Math Comfy Lounge, 3"a Floor MC Buffding ** Candidates for Math Regular Council Seat wilf also be present to answer quesrians**

OATMEAL This version of oatmeal is more %g and considerablytastier than the sugar-GJled packets you can buy. Ground flaxseed is available at health food stores. If you can't find it, leave it out.

1/3 cup quick or minute oats 2/3 cup milk or soy milk 2 tbsp. raisins 1/4 tsp. cinnamon dash salt 1 tbsp. ground flaxseed 1 tbsp. almond or peanut butter, or handful chopped nuts real maple syrup (optional) Combine the oats, milk, raisins, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Microwave on high for one to two minutes, or until thickened. Note that time may vary considerably depending on the power of your microwave.

Watch carefully the tirst time you make this as, if you cook it too long, the oatmeal may end up all over your microwave. Stir in the flaxseed and almond butter.

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Drizzle with maple syrup if desired. Serves one.

E66S IN A BASKET Not just for breakfast, this redpeis an excellent excuse to fry bread. If you're cooking bacon, feel free to substitute bacon fat for the butter.

2 slices bread * 2 eggs 1 tbsp. butter or margarine salt and pepper Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add the butter and allow it to melt. Meanwhile, cut a holein the centre of each slice ofbread, about two inches in diameter.

Place the bread in the frying pan. Crack an egg into each hole. Arrange the cut out holes in the frying pan.

As the eggwhite begins to set, carefully tlip the bread. Cook for one minute, then remove to a plate and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Serves one.

Wednesday, February 6, 2002, f I:30am-lpm Panel: Current Federation of Students Executive SLC Great Hail Wednesday, February 6, 2002,8:30pm- 70pm Panel: lnformal discussion with McKenzie King Viiiage students MKV Muiti Purpose Room Thursday, February 7,2002, I2pm- i p m Panel: Engineering Students CPH foyer Friday February 8,2002, 1 1 :30am-lpm Panel: Student Leaders SLC Great Hall ""Candidates for Senate-At-Large will also be present to answer questions **

I S 0 14000: What does it mean?

Lending a hand p.m. at their Scout House Last year 140 volunteers donatec over 2,800 hours to the Waterloc There are many organizationswhere Public Lbrary perforrmng a vane9 oftasks, mcluding shelvingof books an extra pair of hands are needed to finish a job, and volunteers usually prepanng for children's program and the VisitmgLhrary servlce. Ap are needed to fill the breach. A couple of hours a week are usually phcatton forms can be picked u~ available on weekends, in the eve- at the library urculatton desks.

Depending on the nature of thc nings, or between classes in wh~ch studentscan h d to volunteer. There volunteer placement, police and ref are plenty of o n h e networks to en- erence checks may be requ~tedalon! sure that the nght volunteer con- wmth car insurance venficat~on.Vol unteers who successfully completc nects with the nght organuatton.

The K-W Multicultural Centre, the interview process are placed in : works to help new residents in the posltion given appropnate training K-W region who need to h d work Even students who are short or butwho, because ofwhere they came tune can always do theu part b' from, may not have the necessary donatmg blood, food or clothq qualificaaons. when there are dnves on campus.

The Multicultural Centre also helps immigrantsto breakdown harners and to mteract with the community-at-large. Volunteers are needed in many ways, such as mterpreters or as tutors to teach English K-W Volunteer Organizations: to newcomers.

The K- W Multicultural Centre Last year alone, the centre served 25 Frederick Street, 519-745-2531 ll~ltlllgrantswho spoke over 60 lankwmc@kwmc.on.ca guages. General office help is also welcome.

The Scout House 844 Frederick Street, 519-742-8325 Many students may remember scthouse@scouts-nw.com theutuneswith Girl Gwdes or Scoutmg m theu childhood. Both groups The Guide House are active in Waterloo Region and are looktng for volunteers. Students can help by workmg underneath loHelpful Volunteer Web sites: ~~~.k-~~~I~entre.~n cal adult leaders to assist m weekly meetmgs XmF Z"Zi5Zs"sav.-- W W W T P W F K 7 S T 8 f i EKf%'a.'FE%l/ kitchener/vol.html The Scouts Canada North Waterloo www.volunteer.ca Dlstnctwdl be holdingan open house on Saturday, February 2,11 a.m. - 2 Neal Moogk-Soulis

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COMM-POST the QEW to head home or to get as far away from school as posslbIe, k t is almost impossible to miss the I banners strewn proudly across plants. several manufac-g The I S 0 14000 senes is a family of environmental management standards developed by the International Organizauon for Standardization,one of the world's pnnc~palvoluntary standards development bodes.

The I S 0 14000 standards are deslgned to provide an internationally recognized framework for enwonmental management, measurement, evaluation and auditing.

The standards are designed to be flexible enough to be used by any organization of any size and in any field. The Feds Environmental Commission is currently researching the possibility of certifying the

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acceptance of a registrar's cemficates of registration.

The Standards Councd of Canada (which oversees I S 0 ceraficatton for the country) is the Canadian I S 0 14000 accreditatton body. Although it is a costly venture it is one that wdl be worth the effort.

I S 0 14000 accreditation d gve the nntverslty the tools to monitor and improve the nntversity's impact on the environment. It may in fact, assist the university to do the following: assure students, staff, and faculty of a commitment to environmental management maintain good public relations obtain insurance at a reasonable cost reduce incidents that result in liability reduce university's consumption of materials and energy obtain permits and authorizations reduce cost of complying with environmental regulations

improve cost control develop and share environmental solutions; and improve industry-government relations.

(Adapted from Standards Council of Canada guidelines) While further investigation is certainly required, it is unclear as to whether the University of Waterloo wdl be the first post-secondary educational institution in Canada certified under such strict regula-' tions. Not u n f a d a r with charting new territory, the commission has been busy in previous months recruiting influential speakers to the campus.

The small group of students, who are always looking for new members, has also been working on various projects such as paper reduction, light harnessing for the Dana Porter Library, and replacing at least one of the university's fleet vehicles with a cleaner alternative fuel vehicle.

Those interested in either working on the I S 0 14000 project for the university, or any other environmental venture, should contact the Feds environmental commissioners at either kbschmidt@student.math.uwatdoo.ca or lonjsteeta@hotmail.com.

Science editor: Jason Yu science@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Photonics to be launched at UW Photonics program for professionals combines optometry and physics Greg Macdougall IMPRINT STAFF

UW recently announced that it will begin offering a diploma prograrn in photonics. It will be offered through the epSTAR branch of the university and will be called the education program for photonics professionals.

John Green, the program director for the education program for - software professionals, epSTAR's first educauon program, explains, "Photonics really is the modernword, if you will, for optics ... It's the use of hght rather than electricity. Now in communicationstransmission,you use photonics - photons of light travelling through fibre optics rather than sending an electric signal through a wire. That's one way of looking at it.

"It really is the way that communications technology will blossom.

It's the way higher bandwdths and higher speedswillhappenin the communications industry. But it's also being used in many others: in the medical field, m the security field, in the mapping field.

"Right now there sn't a w v e r sity course that focuses o n photonics." The supplywasn't there, but the demand was. "About a year ago, the ideas started to formulate

and the need seemed to be there.

"About the middle of last year or so ... the industrywas screaming out for engineers, people with knowledge of photonics ... Noael, IDS Uniphase, they mainly arein the communications industry, ,- but there are many other smaller companies [in other areas].

'We have to prepare for it now. If it takes a year and a half or two years

technologies that hold promse for benefimng . Remember cold fusion? s a result of the early announcement, PPL Therapeuttcs stole the Immerge BioTherapeutics, which

hshment lately, releasmg news of a scientific dtscovery directly to the world media rather than through an artlcle in a scientific journal.

PPL Therapeutics, through an Amencan subsidtary, produced a senes o f hock-out plglets" on Chnstmas day. The term "knock-out" is used because the p~gletsdon't possess a normal pig gene that would tngger the humanunmuneresponse.

The company hopes that these piglets would be better smted for organ transplants because the human body would be more acceptmg of the foreign organs.

What is drfferent about this re port, released on January 2, is that the announcement was not made through one of the estabhshedmedrcal journals. Typic ally, new scientific dtscoveries arc released in a report

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The U S . Department of o Commerce reports that the world photonics market was valued at more than $140 billion US in 1998 and is predicted to be worth $230 billion US by the year 2003.

Photonics Research Ontario o forecasts suggest this sector will be worth approximately $470 billion US by 2013. The Canadian share of the o worldwide market is expected to increase to $12 billion US by 2003.

The Photonic Sector Campaignof Industry Canada predicts that 30 per cent of electronic technology will be

that has been remewed by scientists who are knowledgeable in the field This would prevent any bogus dtscovenes from bemg proliferated

Biotech firms bypass

to get somebody up to speed after going through this course,then think of where the industry will be in two years from now when t h s is needed ... By the time we reach levels where these people will be really needed, then education has been s&wn.- it's there, and we're prepared, rather than being in react mode."

So UW, in partnership mth the Ontario government and corporate sponsors, collaborated to bring together the $ 1.5 million value that has and wdl be put into bringmg the program into fruition. The strategic skillsinvestmentprogram of the On-

watting to be pubhshedm the journal Science. The announcement pushed PPL's stock up 44 per cent and left Immerge looktng like copycats. The question remains: wdl companies needmg funds go for the glory rather than m a h g sure they got ~tnght?

Relax, drinking is all right A recent study from the Erasmus

Medrcal Centre m Rotterdam has revealed that hght to moderate alcohol consumpuon can reduce the possibhty of coronaryheart drseases and strokes. A group of 5,300 subjects were followed for an average of SIX years to see if there was a relationship between the consumpuon of alcohol and the nsk of dementta.

The subjects, aged 55 andolder, were exarmned m three periods between

replaced by photonics.

According to lndustry Canada, the Canadian photonics sector presently has $6 billion US in sales and 15,000 people employed in the industry.

Industry Canada estimates suggest the photonics industry in Canada is growing at a rate of approximately 50 per cent annually.

Photonics Research Ontario estimates that there are 700 companies in Ontario alone involved in photonics.

Sources: PhotonicsResearch.

Ontario, Industry Canada

1990 and 1999. After correctmg for other factors mcludmg age, sex and the body mass mdex, the findmgs suggested that hght-to-moderate alcohol consumponis associatedwth a reduced nsk of dementta m mdtmduals aged 55 years or older. The effect seems to be unchanged by the source of alcohol.

The average consumption of alcohol for those who developed demenua was 0.29 dnnks a day while those who didn't develop demenaa averaged one to three dnnks a day, whlchis considered hght to mode;ate dnnktng.

tario Ministry of Economic Development andTradeis gettinginvolved, to the tune of a $317,660 contract; the rest comes from corporate support, in the form ofin-kind contributions such as equipment and time, and the university. There are six corportions involved: Christie Digital Systems, EXFO, Fakespace, Melles Griot, OPTIKON, Passat, Research in Motion and Photonics Research Ontario.

When corporate money and support bankrolls educational programs, some may raise questions as to the role corporations play in directing the focus of a university's resources.

Instead, Green sees the program as an affumation of "stepping outside of the box and coming up with new ways of providing education."

Once in operation, the program should be self-sufficient. According to Green, 20 students would be a comfortable number for the program's initial session, comfortable both in terms of a teaching environment, as well as financially. At that level, the $10,000 all-inclusive tuition is enough to make the program self-sustaining.

The program d take between one-and-a-halfand two years for students to complete, on a part-time basis, with three hours of class one night a week. It is designed to accommodate industry professionals who work full-time.

It consists of six courses: Introduction to Optics, Physical Optics,

Geometrical Optics and Optica Design, Optical Commmcations Laser and Electro-optics and Radta uon and Detectors. Two optometr) professors, D r Stnckland and Dr. Chou,will join forceswith threephysics profs, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Fich. and Dr. Yevick, to make up the photonics faculty.The epSTAR Web site, http:/'/epstar.uwaterloo.ca, bas the program as "the heart of a Bachelor of Science in Optics."

In 1996, the first such structured program, the education program for

that 1s shorter than a pen and that weighs under 50 grams.

As seen on TV, the Clever Cam can be yours for under $100 if only I can remember where the address went. I thd it's to the same place that sells the George Foreman g d s and the Jaclue Chan personal gym.

tre was an ~sland,and after passmg the island, the nver broke mto two pacts. Seven bndges were built so that the people of the city could get from one part to another ii crude map of the centre of Komgsberg mght look b e the figure below The people wondered whether or not one could walk around the city in a way that would mvolve crossing each bndge exactly once Why don't you find out for yourself.

The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg

Green descnbes it to be, "like a computer science degree but distdled down so you just take the essence of the computer science degree." There are currently around 300 students enrolled in this program, and approximately the same number have already graduated from it.

The software professionals program has expanded and is now delivered m vanous ways. 'We do it on campus here. We go and make 'house-calls', as we say -we'll do it on site. We dehver it also ma distance, we have a set of CDs that we can dehver it that way, which is really takmg hold now. And. we have a number of alliance partners, which we have contracted with to deliver it on our behalf."

Green descnbed an example of an alhance partnership: "The University of Regma is an ahance partSee OPTICS, page 21

In Konigsberg, Germany, a river ran through the city such that in its cen-

007 would be envious Rememberthe old spy movtes where any gadget could be fit mside a pen, be it a tape recorder, a radto or a bomb? The dtgtal revolution is slowly catchmg up mth our magma uons wth the recently released Clever Cam 360 The camera is so named because it can take up to 360 digital photos which can later be transferred to a computer to be manipulated Alternately, the Clever Cam can be used to stream 45 seconds of mdeo. In addrtlon, the Clever Cam can act as a Web camera for mdeo conferencmg.

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o Try it. Sketch the above map of the city on a sheet of paper and try to 'plan your journey' with a pencil in such a way that you trace over each bridge once and only once and you complete the 'plan' with one continuous pencil stroke.

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Equipment collecting (cha1k)dust Chalk and transparencies favoured over high-tech t e a c h g methods Rachel E. Beattie IMPRINT STAFF

.New equipment has more practical uses.

Physics department measures up Jane Lai SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

The UW physics department has recently been graced nnth unproved measurements fadties to better serve the needs of the undergraduate laboratory program.

Measurements I and Measurements I1 are the two new courses being offered to physics students, wkch began thisJanuary. The expenments are entitled: The Osdoscope, Vital Signs, The Speed of Sound, Calorimetry, and Resistivity and Diffraction. They are deslgned to expose students to practical work and computer based data acqusiuon and analysis.

In the implementailon of these new expenments, an innovative program called LabVIEW - a graphical programming language for butldmg mstrumentation and test and measurement systems -wdl be used

We are told over and over again that Waterloo is on the cuttmg edge of technology. Waterloo's enguneering faculty is held up as the most technologically advanced of all of Waterloo's faculties. But, just how up-to-date are our engineering classrooms? A new report based on a survey of enpeering faculty members reported that "themosthghly rated mode of communtcationwas the chalk on the blackboard and transparencies on an overhead

e n p e e n n g students going to g m this valuableexpenence and knowledge? The professors dldn't seem to have an answer Accordmg to the report, "the two main reasons given for the use of computer apphcatmns in teaching were to maintain records of student grades and to prepare class notes and lectures and not as one might expect.to deliver lecture content m class or for students to submit assignments and communicate nnth each other." I t seems that if UW wants to become the first-class technologtcal school it clams to be, the professors d n e e d to throwout their chalk and step into the 21st century.

Optics program looks promising OPTICS,from page 20 ner, SQ we provide themwith this turn-key program. We provide all the curriculum, we provide all the mstructor matenal, we certify their instructors - they choose the instructors and we test them to make sure they understand -so we'll certify them for any one of the six courses,

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The surveywas sent out by HectorBudman,associatedeanofcompuang in enpeering. The pamcipation rate in the survey was approxunately 37 per cent.

Accordmg to the report, "the use of technologym the classroom is severely lunited desp~tethe faculty having a significant monetary and people investment m the technology."

Despite appearances, e n p e e r ing faculty members are not technophobes. The report states that all of the professors who respondeddousea computerat home

or in the office. These professors mte themselves between a v e q and expert abdity. They say they spend between 16 and 25 hours a week using a computer.

While many professors do not use technology in the classroom, the survey reveals that they "did acknowledge that the graduating engtneenng students have a need for computer related tools to compete in future endeavours." Professors cite skills in computerprogramming, computer simulations and design as bemg mportant for graduating students.

The report affirms that, 'Wsmg e-mad to submt materials onh e was largely not required for their courses and neither was the use of newsgroups."

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and then they teach the matenal.

At the end of the course, we provide the exam to the students and we mark the exam ... So only the person that creates the exam and the student who takes the exam will ever see that. So we use this to make sure it's a level playmg field, tomakesureinstructorsdon'tteach to an exam."

"We have alliances across

Canada, we have them m Europe, we have them in Asia, and we're workingwrthEastemEuropenght now." Partners are universities or pnvate education mstitutions The program for photonics professionals will begin in April or May with on-campus instruction as well as local house calls. grnacdougallQirnprint.uwaterloo.ca

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for OUA championships

Women nip at Mac's heels den's basketball dcMaster 93

Warriors 71

Yarriors 50

Ottawa 66

Yarriors 55

Carleton 86

Warriors have close calls in Ottawa, continue to chase McMaster and Western Jon Willing

dext: vs. Guelph, February 2,2 p.m.

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Nomen's basketball

With only seven games left to gam playoff position, the women basket ball Warnors dnbbled out of the nauon's capital last weekend barely winnmg games against OUA East basement dwellers the Carleton Ravens and .Ottawa Gee-Gee's TheWarnorswere down 10pomts to last-place Ottawa last Fnday before the women pulled ahead m the dymgmmutes,eventually beating the Gee-Gee's 56-53 Roolue show-stopper Juhe Devenny led the Warnors to the win by h m g Waterloo's h a 1 foul shots, and finishing with 24 poults On Saturday the women contmued'their first half sconng troubles at Carleton,but rebounded to squeak past the Ravens, 65-60 Veteran guard Leshe Lfitchell dramed a tno of perfect three-pomters and Devenny led team sconng with 17 pomts McMaster overpoweredToronto and York on the weekend and Westem lost to Laurenaan to keep the Warnors two pomts behmd the Marauders andMustangs for top spotm the OUA West.

llcMaster62

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Marriors 56

Ottawa 53

Warriors 65

Carleton 60

Jext vs Guelph. February 2, 12 p m Wen's hockey 3rock 5

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\lea: vs. Guelph, February 3.2 p.m.

Wen's volleyball Narriors 1

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26-24; 25-18; 20-25; 25-22) \lext: at York. February 2,3 p.m.

Nomen's volleyball Narrlors 3

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,25-19, 18-25, 27-25, 22-25, 17-15) Next: at York, February.2.1 p.m.

Women's indoor hockey rNarr~ors1

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York A l u m n ~3

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Next Guelph tournament, February 2-3.10 a m

Shut down Mac, meet again next week Squash at Toronto. OUA individual Championships, February2-3 Swimming at Laurentian, OUA Championships, January 31-February 3 Tmck and field at York Open, February 2 Curling, Cross Over Round Robin at Waterloo, February 2-3,8:30 a.m.

Indoor hockey at Guelph, Tournament.

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Canada vs. Mexico

The McMasterMarauders busedmto Waterloo last Wednesday four pomts ahead of the Wamors m the women's basketball OUA West divlsion Two hours later, they were ahead by two After mppmg at the heels of McMaster m the new year, the Warnors took a huge bite mto the Marauders' first-place s t a n h g after a convinung 69-62 wm agamst Mac. The wm pushed the Warnors mto sole possession of second place, two pomts behmd first-place Mac and Western.

Knsten Eisner's impressive 15 pomts andalmost flawless fieldshootmg capped a needed Waruor victory

Warriors' Leslie Mitchell looks for an open teammate as Casie Kergan tries t o break free. Waterloo won 69-62 and gained two points on first place McMaster and Western.

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with the regular season wrapping up in three weeks. The women picked up their game by preventing Mac fromgettingaheadon the board, said Warrior coach Tom O'Brien.

'We played with more fire than

we did all year," said O'Brien. "We didn'tlettheother team setthe tempo ltke we have in the past were they come in and we play catch-up all the time."

The first half was marked by aggressive Warrior scoring drives that Mac simply couldn't match. Eisner and Amanda Kieswetter, who matched Eisner's 15 points, orchestrated a commandingfirst-half romp, leading the Warriors into the locker room up 38-26 at half. First-year guard, Annabelle Manaio, was impressive offthe bench, shuttingdown Mac rushes and pressing the ball aggressively up the court.

Mac picked up its game in the second half, bringing the scorewithin two with less than four minutes to play in the game. Mac veteran guard, Alana Shaw headed a steady Mac rally, hshingthegamewith20points and sinkingaperfect nine shots from the foul h e .

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It wasn't surprising to see the division leaders play more solid in the second half, said O'Brien.

"I knew they would come out harder in the second half," said O'Brien. "The key for us is we didn't let it take us out of our game."

With less than two minutes in the game, Mac's Susanne Burr missed two costly free throw shots when her team was down by only four points.

Eisner, who is second in the OUA in free throw percentage, put the game out of reach, sinking two foul shots of her own and plungmg any chance for the Marauders to pull even.

The game was the first between the two teams in the regular season.

In October, the Warriors lost to Mac in the Ryerson Tournament, 69-57.

The two division rivals will meet one more time this season at McMaster on February 6. jwilling@irnprint.uwaterloo.ca

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The Warnors contmue to struggle through the season as they lose one on the road to Brock 5-2 and one at home to York 7-1. Thetr record now stands at 3-14-1.

The defendmg Ontario champions opened the season by posting three wins at the York Invitational. In their first game, the Warriors edged Carleton 1-Owiththelonegoalscored

by Wendy Moffett.

In their second game, the Warriors fell to York Alumni 3-1. Moffett again had the Wamors lone goal with the help of a great feed by Robin Leslie.

A Sunday showdown with the Toronto Blues was hghlighted by two goals by Julia Morton and a goal

a piece by Michele Shultz and Leslie.

In thar final game Moffett continued her hot streak as she netted two goals and sealed another win for the Wamors winning 2-1.

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Canadian hockey could learn from European system Bill Antler SPORTS COMMENTARY

With the Wmter Olympics less than amonth away, alleyes, andTV hours, will soon be focused on the Olympic sports - pamcularly Canada and t h w medal hopes. The one sport that seems to give us all hope for the elusive gold medal is hockey.

Hockey has long been the focus of our hopes m the Wmter Olympics and the hockey world seems to have golden expectations for our players even before they leave for Salt Lake City. This is somewhat unfau m my opinion If we look at what has happened m this fast growing sport, all counmes around the world have made great stndes with respect to skds.

But we have the greatest s u e d players in the world don't we> No1 Our skdllevelhas notgone down,itis just that others have surpassed us The European countnes have p l a c e d h t s on the number of games that kids can play They have defined skd sets that players must learn by certain ages, and they focus on the slull development of all players In Canada we have gone the opposlte way We now have teams between the ages of eight and 18 playing upwards of 100 games in a season m s means that pracace tune, the tune m whch skdls must be

learned,is being reduced for the sake of games.

If you look at the m o r hockey system m Canada, we charge people &om of dollars annually so that we may operate hockey programs. It seems the more we charge the more we sit kids on the bench, instead of letung them step on the ice. This is for the sake ofwmninga toumaqent or a league championship.

"Parents want the win, the bragging rights, and the hope that their son or daughter will make it to the big leagues."

Sittmg players on a bench for the sake of winning does n o h g for development ofplayers, emotionally or physically If we take a second to look at the rationale behmd playing games then we may be able to better appreciate the European model Parents get a great euphoric feeling watchmg their children play hockey When t h w child scores a goal we flash it up on scoreboards and parents know that their son or daughter is another step closer to the Olympics But what parents fad to realize is that when a child plays m agame they get on the ice one-third of the tune,

have the puck on thar sack for less than eleven seconds m a game, and averagetwo shotson net (PaulKanya, Inttiaaon Program vldeo, 2000) Whde m a practice, players are on the Ice for one hour and use a puck for up to one hour. However, the pressure by parents on Coaches to play gamesis mounting. Parentswant the win, the braggng rights and the hope that t h w son or daughter wdl make it to the big leagues The Europeans have decided that their teams shouldplay no more than 30 games in a seasonbut they need to practise three tunes a week on halfice or across ice (Olympic sue ice surfaces), with up to 60 chtldren on the ice at one tune. This has seen a nse m the Europeans ability to pass, shoot and skate, and has made them a favounte at world championshtps because of their slull level and the sue of the ice surface Skd-wise we are f a h g behmd, but the areas that Canadians cannot be challenged m, is heart or desue Maybe this will be the intangble for our Olympic teams this year However, if they do not bnng back gold medals we should not be alarmed and trash the players What we need to do is have a fresh look at games versus pracuces and learn form the Europeans Maybe the old saymg "pracase makes perfect" has some truth to it Go Canada go

Women break losing streak Confidence level increased, coach says Jon Willing IMPRINT STAFF

The Warrior's volleyball team is h r e a h g a huge sigh of relief after chalking up its first win in 14 games.

The women squeaked past the Guelph Gryphons in Guelph last Wednesday, taking the fifth set 1715.

The veterans stole the show with right side Kmberly Hargrove leadmg the charge with 15 lulls and an equal amount of dqp, while left side Lon Brubacher dug 14.

Coach Jen Herzog said that the women played the best game of the season and credited a full team effort in beating the Gryphons.

"The win felt great, but the more impressive thing was the awesome

way they played and a number of players had personal best games," said Herzog.

The Gryphons are four pomts ahead of the Wamors m the OUA West dmision and are four pomts behmd Wmdsor for the final playoff spot The Wamors are eight points behmd Wmdsor.

The women will travel to Y o ~ k and Lakehead thts weekend before finishing the season with games agamst Laurier and Western.

The wm, coupled with the team's impressive play of late, wdl help the women play hard against York and Lakehead, Herzog said "Our confidence level has mcreased due to the wm and we can look fonvard to thts new found confidence helping us on the weekend."

Bill Anthr is the the coach ofthe U W women 's hock y team, which ispprepatingto enter the O U A next season. Read more about the team in next week's issue.

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Track team fine tunes skills for York event

Canada, Mexico meet in Davis Cup qualifjmg Jon Willing IMPRINT STAFF

Canadian champion EUls undefeated in pole vault Alison Brazier SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

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The Warriors track and field team competed at the invitational Nike University of Toronto Track Classic this past weekend. The team's goal for this meet was to fine tune its skills in preparation fora tough competitionnextweekend at York University.

In the men's 60x11, Adrian Buchanan hnished second out of the university athletes, while Jason Dockendorff and Shane Ferth finished fifth and eighth respectively.

Jose Carvalhowas in fine form, winning the 600m, and rookie Jonathan Marluewicz, who continues to improve as the weeks pass, hnished seventh.

Distance m e r extraordimire Will Gibbons posted a strong time in the 1500mplacing fourth.

In the field events, Justin Lutchm narrowly missed winning the shot put but will stdl be the top universitythrower in the event.Luis Mendez ended up placing second out of the university athletes. Veterans Joe Brown and Geoff Thiessen gained significant amount of points for the men's team in their respective events, the high jump and triple jump, with third place finishes.

O n the women's side, rookie Troye Carrington and Ahson Brazier placed second and third in the 6Om. In the 1500m, distance runners Kim Neumayer and Gina Jackson led from the start finishing first and second and Daniella Carrington continued her winning streak in the 300m.

Rookie Lauren McIsaac placed thad out of the university athletes in the 6OOm ivhile Dana Ellis added to her undefeated pole vault season with a vault of 3.86m.

In the field events, the Warriorwomen took a number of top three finishes including: Brazier, &st inlong jump;AngelaPlayer, secondin high jump; Carrington, third in high jump; Joanne Bailey, t h d in triple jump; and May Ong, third in shot put.

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Charles Curtis pushesthrough the snow atthe OUAqualifying race last weekend.

Skiers solid in OUA qualifying race Colleen Lynch SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

The UW nordic slu team raced to the podium in the OUA quahfjmgweekends,bnngmghome seven medals from Ottawa and North Bay On January 26 and 27, the team slued to successin snowy North Bay mth the women posttng a solid second place finish.

Saturday was a classic techtuque race and Waterloo's Andrea Dupont led the way, finishing first in .the women's 5 km race. Colleen Lynch was 7th, Mary Ellen Wood loth, and Kelly Skinner 1lth. On the men's side, Charles Curtis set the pace for the Warriors with a strong second place finish in the 10 km event whileJustinFaulknerwasninth and GregBrigley 19th.

Sunday's skating technique race was another great day for the Warriors as the women's team tied for first placein the scoring for the 7.9 km event led by Lynch in second, Skinner 7th,

Wood llth, and Sarah Stnckland 15th The men's 15 8 km saw J U SFaulkner ~ in 5th, Charles Curas 6th and Matt Stnckland 19th Other ternfic performances were recorded by Meg Payne, Moruca Hennques, m e Code, Marty Hughes, James Wood, Chns Naylor, Sarah Palmer and Tern Hancock On January 12 and 13 m Ottawa, the Warnors overcame the lack of snow to earn a first place finish for thewomenm Sunday's race and third on the weekend, while the men managed a fourth place showing. In Saturday's skating technique race, Dupont was 5th, Lynch 7th in the women's 10 km and Charles Curtis was 10th in the men's 15 km. Sunday saw three Warriors on the podium as Dupont won the senior women and university women categories andLynchwassecond among juniorwomen in the 5 km. Faulkner was third among university men in the 7.5 km event.

The Warriors dtravel to the O U 4 championships in Sudbury on February 9

Daniel Nestor, who recently won the doubles championship at the Austrahan Open, dbe a part of a four-man team that d challenge Mexlco m a Davis Cup zonal ae this week at RIM Park m Waterloo.

Nestor, a Toronto resident, captured the first grand slam championship of the year last week with partner, Bahamas native Mark Knowles. He is only the second Canadian to capture a Grand Slam title next to Sebastien Lareau, who won the 1999 US Open doubles championship with American Alex O'Brien.

The Canadian team d be led by rookie team captain Grant Connell, who was a Davis Cup team member from 1987 to 1997 and won 22 doubles titles on the ATE' tour in his career.

JoiningNestor dbe Canada's highest ranked singles player Frederic Niemeyer of D e a u d e , Quebec, number four Simon Larose of Capde-la-Madeleine,Quebec, and top junior Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls. Dancevic, with I s doubles partner Giovanni Lapentti of Ecuador, won Junior Wimbledon last year.

Canada players have been successful of late against the Mexican team in Davis Cup play.

They have won the past two ties, but lag in the ongoing series, 17-4. Canada's record on indoor surfaces inanimpressive 17-4,but stillhas a losing record of 41-65, The Mexican team wdI include Miguel Gallardo, Alejandro Hernandez, Marcelo Amador, Bruno Echagaray and Santiago Gonzalez. Niemeyer is the top-ranked singles ATE' singles player in the tie at 187.

The winner of the tie will play top-seeded Chile in April. The winner will move ahead to the World Group Qu&fymg round. France won the Davis Cup in December, defeating Australia m five sets.

Theuewdl takeplace fromFebruary 8-10 at RIM Park, which 1s located at the end of University Avenue North. Two smgle matches d be played February 8 at 4 p.m. and one doubles match will be played on February 9 at 2 p.m. The remaining two singles matches d be played February 10 at 11 a.m. Officials d make the tie draw on February 7.

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Marauder defenders too quick for Warriors Christina Ghanem SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Sometimes one wonders if the referees at the game are watching the same one as you are, especially when their calls seem rather questionable.

This was definitely a concern at Wednesday's game when Waterloo Warriorslost to McMaster's Marauders 93-71. Yet, even if the refs were watchmgthe game, they couldn't have assisted the Wamors.

At the half, our Warriors scored a meagre 33 points, despite two blocks from centre Milidrag h u d r a g and only two steals by forward Chris Edwards within his first two of three minutes of playing time.

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points and failed to close the gap for the majonty of the second half With gapmg holes conunumg to plague Warnors defence, the Marauders were able to maintarn theu 19 pomt lead w t h deep passes and transition defence With 10 turnovers and only making 31 per cent of their field goals, the Wamors had httle, if any, chance to redeem themselves m the second half Although the Warnors were ught

on the Marauders trail at the end of the second half41-38,theirperformance was stdl not enough to break their 19-point deficit. With guard GrahamJarrnan scoring a team high of 15 points and only 6ve blocks coming from hfdtdrag the Wamors could challenge no more It's unfortunate that home court advantage means nothmg for the team, w t h only aght games remmmg m the regular season, the Warnors need to place m the top SIX to make the playoffs Currently, Waterloo is m last place m the OUA West wlth a record of 3-11 In the nation's capital last weekend, Waterloo lost to Ottawa, 66 50, and Carleton, 86-56.The men's host Guelph oil February 2.

Squash tourny catered to beginners and pros

CAMPUS REC On the weekend of January 26, Campus Recreation hosted the "Knight to Remember" Black Knight Squash Tournament.

This term there was a great turnout with over 30 people partlcipatmg Everyone had a fantastic tme-trying out the vanety of Black Krught squash racquets that were avadable from Black Knight representauve Waync Macdonnell The Black Krught Squash Tournament guaranteed three round robm matches, one playoff game, a T-shrt and a door pnze.

There was also a chance of wmmng the draw for,a Bladc Krught squash

racquet of your cholce This term's winner of the squash racquet was Nemanja Dundjerovlc On Saturday, each player played three round robin matches and the playoffs were on Sunday The playoff games for both the advanced dimsions were great games to watch. Chadwck Brekko played some outstandmg games and was the wmner of the first advanced division. Andrew Mdls played hard and c l m e d the title of second advanced &vision champion The mtermediate level of play was dimded mto three dimsions.

Scott Leatherdale, Nathan Arora and Ian Fischer all played well and were the wmners m the mtermedmte level. The beginner level championship went to Petar Todoromc.

The Black h g h t tournament is held twice a year, once m the fall term, and again m the winter term.

It is a great weekend to play against other people of your caltbre, try out a vanety of Black Knight

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Film festival proclaims "1 am Canadian" Second annual black film festival expands reach and includes opportunities to chat with the artists Mark A. Schaan IMPRINT STAFF

While formerly associatedwitha beer commercial and the proper pronunciation of the letter '2,' "I am Canadian" takes on a whole new meaning this February.

The former mantra wdl now becomethe moniker of "IcedinBlack," in its second year as a black Canadian film festival, which hopes the slogan dcome to "reflect the many backgrounds and stories of black Canadian filmmakers," say organizers.

Originally the brain child of former University of Waterloo student Nadia Hohn, the festival has ambitious expansion plans in its second year.

The festival t h s year stays at Wa terloo but wlll be expanded mto four other ciues across Canada- mdud-

ing screeningsin Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Edmonton.

The festival will run from Febnary8to10andwillfeature12hLnsin a number of genres which address such topics as the experience of immigrants,Caribbean cultureandblack history in Canada.

The film's timing corresponds withBlackHistoryMonthwhich runs in February.

Last year's festival saw the world premiere of Raisin' Cane, a contioversial documentarywhichretells the story of Citizen Kane in the style of a documentary that profiles hip-hop bands.

This year'slistincludesmany f i h s by industry pioneers, some of whom wdl attend the fesuval.

Included m this year's hneup is Oumar911which tells the harrowmg tale of a Burluna Faso -grant

who becomes the repository for his community's dreams - both in Montreal and at home.

In Love Come Down, which stars well-knownrecor-artist Deborah Cox, the gnpping tale of two brothers in their 20s comes to life as they discover love in all its forms and overcome their difference in race.

The film festival presents aunique venue because it not only screens lilms but also engages viewers in post-film discussions, often with directors or others associated with the film.

The festival attempts to unite the community with filmmakers, provide for diversity, education, entertainment and volunteerism. The fesaval also hopes to increase the ven ues for screenmg black film see ICED, page 28

The film Love Come Down, which stars recording artist Deborah Cox, tells the story of two brothers who discover love in all its forms and cross the racial barriers that divide them.

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Death of prominent Canadtan broadcaster is followed by outpouring of grief, love and memories Michael W. Higgins SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

He was aptly named Peter -petros - the rock. And in many ways he was the rock or foundation of Canadian public broadcasting for several decades, and he both relished and feared the role.

By now every scnbbler, anchor, producer, intunate and aficionadom the land has had the opporhuuty to speak h s or her mmd about the mechalegend thatwas Peter Gzowsltl Peter, as everyone called h m , died last Thursday at the age of 67 from chrontc obstrucuve pulmonary disease.

And the nauon went mto mournmg for a lournahst and radio host who embodied the searching, tentanve, fracuous and muddled reahty that is Canada, and who chd it h s way - courteous, probmg and accept%.

I too, have my Gzowsh story, or two or three. It all began at the beginning, the begmning, that is, of CBC's Morning~ide.Itwas 1982 and I had just been hired at St. Jerome's. It was provmg unpossible to sell our Toronto house - it was the early '80s and the real estate market was in deep recession -and I had to travel between Toronto and Waterloo almost daily for a year.

In addition, my wife and I had purchased a Lada, along with several of our left-leaning Catholic lay activists and clerics - a decision that proved both ideologicallyand &ancially unsound but was fortuitous in one special way.

The Lada was an unusual car.

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Peter Gzowski: the voice of a nation. fincaoned well enough, if you were saasfiedwithAM reception only, but I was a fanatical FM hstener. Std, because of the h t a u o n s of our radio, I had my &st exposure to Gzowsh and Momzngnde and like a groumg mulutude of Canadian hsteners from coast to coast, I was smltten.

Although I had been a freelancer for CBC's Idem senes, in addi~onto several other documentaryprograms, for many years, I had had little contact with the AM side of the band (AM and FM became Racho One and Radio Two respectively in a '90s mcamanon).I learned agreatdealabout Canada - its personalities, eccen-

tnctaes, cnses and dreams - from thenumberlesslist ofindimdualswho rolled through the stucho on Jams Street. Little did I expect that within a short tune, I would be among theu number When the resourceful assoaate producer Richard Handler contacted me and asked if I would appeax on Momzng~zde,I was delighted to say yes - and I prepared myself for a very different kmd of racho expenence than that to whch I had been h&erto accustomed. I would appear another25 or more tunes after that fmt encounter, a drop m the bucket when you consider the thousands of mtermews Gzowsh conducted for the

program (1982-1997) but it was my drop nonetheless and I treasure it.

The topics we covered were specificallytehgous and Roman Catholic in focus. After all, that was my brieE explain Catholicaffairs and the Vatican to a pluralistic and multifaith Canadian society and do it in an intelligible and interesting way.

W; did a senes on liberation theology, on the malung of saints, on Canadian Catholicism, as well as individual items or "spots," as they were called, on episcopal synods and consistories, the Resurrection, ecumenical panels on heaven, hell, purgatory and limbo, controversialVatican documents and the papacy.

It would be hard to argue that Gzowski found each of these topics of riveting personal interest. He didn't.

What interested him was the political face of religion, the behindthe-scenesclash and human intrigue, the muck and mire that "make" the story.Doctrinalandinstitutionalconcerns fell somewhat lower down on the Gzowski catalogue of priorities.

Quite a bit lower than anything to do with Wayne Gretzky, quite a bit.

But Gzowskiwas ever the professional, creating an interview atmosphere that sparkledwithengagement, even if at times it was merely the appearance of engagement. I could sometimes make it very difficult for him. I remember one particular occasion when he struggled to retain focus with heroic intensity.

It was 1984 and Bernard Lonergan, the eminent Canadian philosopher and theologian, had just died, and Handler rightly concluded that a tribute was in order.

I was commissioned to put to-

gether a 20-mtnute biographical assessment of the man, an assessment that was to mclude a tight and accessible encapsulaaon of his prodigious thought.

Tight and accessible, however, a wasn't. After we had concluded -it was live to air and not taped beforehand-GzowsktandI satmstunned silence during the brief music transition to the next item.

He looked at me wide-eyed and with a tremulous voice muttered: "I didn't understand a fucking thing we said." But within seconds, he rebounded and carried on as the consummate trooper he was. I took months to rebound. He had a wonderfully open mind and a rich and generous sense of humour.

He could he crusty, moody, brusque and impatient, but I never once found him cruel m anything he said before, during or after airing.

His passion for the country - the very notion of Canada - and its culture seemedinexhaustible.He had time for the mighty and the humble, the published and the unpublished, the shapers and the voiceless.

He was a conduit, an enabler, an interviewer of genius, a journalist who, as Jeffrey Simpson notes, was more interested in theGeye" than the "I" of journalism.

Gzowski was a gifted conversationalist and he carried on during his sadly foreshortened life a conversation with the country that was a personal, inclusive, fait and honest. L&e the man.

Michael Hz@ns if the president ofst. ]emme 's Uniwrdy and a reguhr CBC conttibutor. Reprinted with penniron of the &I Record.

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Good art should make you think; it should reach out to you on an emotionalleve1.TheK-WArt Galleryhas started its winter season with an interestingcrop ofexhibits that achieve success in varying degrees.

The most haunting of the exhib-its is The Chernobi Euamation Zone, a selection of 29 chromogenic prints of photographs by David McMdlan, which were taken since 1994 in six trips Mchfillan made to Chemobyl.

In 1986 rachoactive emissions from the damaged nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, resulted in the evacuation of over 135,000 people includmg 45,000 from the nearby city of Prippat. To most people the words "Chemobyl" evokes fear as humankind's technologywent wrong, but ~Mchlillan'shauntingphotographs add images to those emotions.

The exhibit is arrangedin a simple yet effective way. The photographs hang in frames in front of a plain white wall. The pictures are all numbered, and a poster explains where each picture was taken and gives

some additional information.

The series ofphotographs begins with a shot of Pripyat. From a distance it looks almost like any other city. It is full of apartments and grey bddtngs. But even in t h s picture there is something wrong, a sttUness that suggests a lack of life. The subsequent photographs revea! a deserted city, wthwalls cnunbhgpaht, and windows broken with twisted branches reaching into the room Nature has, in a sense, reclaimed the town. There are photos of a basketball court completely covered m greenery, and trees growmgmslde of bddmgs; however, there are also the unmistakeable signs of human intervention. One photograph shows heaps of twisted metal which were once military vehicles used in the clean-up operations. These trucks were so radioactive that they had to be buried. The notes tell us that no one is quite sure how deeply the radation has effected the plant lifein Pripyat. While often in landscape art, nature is a restorative and calming force, McMillan's photos show how nature has been irrevocably damaged by humans.

One photograph features a lone

dog standmgin an empty street. The exhibitnotes tellus thatwhenpripyat was evacuated the citizens left evetything behind, includmg their pets.

Later hunters were sent in to shoot the dogs; however, as the picture proves, some survived.

Mchhllan has captured hauntmg shots of a city destroyed by man's incompetence.Anotherphoto shows an abandoned nursery school room.

A peeling picture of Lenk sits near little chairs that have been scattered about the room. On one chair sits a doll forgotten and abandoned.

The notes explain that the accident took place on a school day but the evacuation did not take place until 36 hours later, meaning that hundreds of school children were needlessly exposed to radiation.

Since that time an alarminglyhigh number of these children have developedhealthproblems uncommon to their age such as thyroid cancer.

The Chernobyldisasterhappened over 15 years ago; it was nothmg more than a vague concept of tragedy in my mind. The photographs in The Chemobyl Evacuation Zone make the disaster more imaginable.

One of the most moving photos in the exhibit features a single solitary woman placing flowers on an overgrown grave.

She, like thousands of others,will never be able to return to her homeland where her ancestors lived and died, and where her life began.

The exhlbit is especially chilling considering recent events. The photos are a testimony of the results of attempting to harness a power that we cannot control.

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David McMillan's haunting exhibition, "The Chernobyl Evacuation Zone" highlights the destruction of the nuclear accident.

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The Attic Project by artist Eric Metcalfe is not as emotionally difficult as Mchlillan's photographs;however, it is still a powerful and

rated with ceramist Gillian McMillan to create and pant replicas of Ancient Greek vessels based on the pottery of the Archaic period from fifth to The Attic Project recreates Greek art. sixth century B.C. The exhibit features the ceramic replicas, created a giant chain-reaction. Using gouache drawings of the vessels, a common objects like tires, tea-ketslllcscreen print and two huge wall tles, string and soap, FischliandWeiss set off a hundred foot domino effect murals.

At first glance the vessels seem inside a warehouse. They f i e d the rather simple: one side is a rich green results, and it is projected on a large while the other side is decorated in a wall.

Tires roll down ramps, hangmg yellow or orange and black design.

IIowever,ifyoulook closelyyou can into structures, settingoffexplosions make shapes andorder in the pattern which lights gas, which travels along to boilwater, which spills, and so on. . .. or can you?

One of the wall murals features a The f i captures physical interacprint s d a r to those on the vessels. tions, chemical reactions and organThis pattern clearly contains shapes ized chaos. of people and animals, which draws While at fist it is interesting to see into question the smaller patterns; how each element sets off the next in are they the geometric squiggles oris the chain it quickly gets old. If you don't "get" experimental film, you there s o m e h g else going on?

The Attic Project is successful on a wdl probably find the film tedious. variety of levels. On an aesthetic You can only watch the image so level the vessels and sikscreen prints many times. Ifyou enjoy experimenare pretty, but they also make you tal film, this is a fun one. think about perception and pattern.

Throughout all of the three exThe third major exhibit at the K- hibits, the viewer is presented with W Art Gallery is a video installation an alternate version that shifts our entitled Der L u f Der Dinge or The perception of history, age andimage.

Way Things Go. Two Swiss artists, Peter F~schliand David Weiss, have rbeattie@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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File under dull face that it becomes annoying, espccially since the island is made up of stones and water, and how many h o s e Lane Editions times can stones be described and sull be exciting?

Nicole Fawcette "Thestoneswerenotdo/mensorcmm/echs SPECIAL TO IMPRINT but cyclopean, bald, and the chanters themRead in a day and forgotten in a se/ves. The island was ringed ly them, heartbeat,TheresaKishkanYsnovella, pmtective, imjutable. The houses were built lnishbnam,is a dull, over-written piece Oftheirofqring, thefield'sgrg, cmps were of work that makes the reader lose inpired their image."

Dolmens? Cromlechs?Frankly,if plot lines and essentially stop readKishkan's going to use so much point"lg.

Thankfully only a little over 100 less jargon, she should at least give pages, Kishkan writes of a Canadian hmts at what some of the words . womk who travels to Ireland and actually mean. eventually settles on the island of Inishbream.

The womanmarries and becomes part of the community, though she identifies more closely with the men than with the women because of her skills in collecting the harvest from the sea.

The plot line is quite muddled by Kishkan's excessive use of description, especially when it involves the landscape. Certain parts of the book are unclear, and, after trudging through the story to the end, I am still unaware ofwhat the Canadan woman's name is.

The woman in the story is first entrancedwith the beauty, simplicity and folksy atmosphere of the island, Another irritating part of the text however, on a trip to town shemeets who seems to be is that Kishkan rarely indicates who a tinker (a somethingof a vagabond,but is only is speaking and refuses to use quotation marks. Instead the reader finally vaguely described in the text), makes f p e s out that a chsacter is speaklove to him and returns to her husband keeping her indiscretion a se- ing by a large dash: "- We will be going north, to Shgo, cret.

Predictably,thewmtercomes and where some Ofthe others have preceded us. the woman starts to hate the island, There are the ceitis a// summer, and my the people, the ~solaaon,and herself. father is afddleer. W eshall hegoingamund to them, to make afew quid, tike. There's Nature, and the way it 1s portrayed in the novella, is so in-your- good crack a// amund and a chance to see other countty. " The absence of recognition towards certain speakers makes all the other characters unmemorable and lumps them all together as a group.

The characters are dull, including the main character who constantly walks around the island by herself.

Characterizationwithin the novel seems so transparent and unirnportant; the focus is more directed on the scenery and happenings of island life.

Inishbnam sadly Nins what could have been a gnpping struggle of isolation in the raw wild; instead, it is as dull as the stones it cherishes so much. rheresa Kishkan 'nishbream

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Absurdity runs rampant Mark A. Schaan IMPRINT STAFF .

Running February 6 until February 16, UW Drama will present Absurd Person PluraA three plays by '50s and '60s playwright geniues" Beckett, Guare and Pinter.

These three playwrights were known for usinglaughter as an effective response to the pain and anxiety of our world. This will be reflected the staging of Beckett's Pky, Guare's The LoveliestA$ernoon ofthe Year and

Pitner'sThe Dumb Waiter.

The plays will take place in Studio 180 of Hagey Hall. Shows will take place Wednesday through Saturday with tickets selling for $10 for students and seniors and $12 for the general public. Performances begin at 8 p.m. and,tickets can be purchased from the Hagey Hall Box office or contacting Joyce Hahn.

N h t i s Geoff Cowper-Smithand Jef Gagnon in The H@& Waiter.

Above is Munita Murphy, Andy Trithardt and Stacey Bartlett in Pky.

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The festival also aims to create a slgntficanteducationalexperiencefor those looking to learn more about blackhistory. Draulngon the almost 400 yearlegacyofAfncansin Canada, the festival hopes to engage both the hstory of blacks who have lived in Canada for generations and those who have recently come to the country from the Canbbean, Afnca, Europe, and the Umted States. Festival organizers note this "rich history" as an inspiration.

The festivaldhold an opening night party in combination with its

screenings herein Waterloo.Following the screenings on February 8, there will be an evening of live entertainment at the Bomber. Entertainment will include Motor BOOTAffair, a spoken word artist from Toronto and other local talent. That event begms at 10 p.m. with tickets for $5 or pay-what-you-can.

All films shown during the threeday festival are free to the public.

Films will be screenedin Davis Centre, Room 1302 at 7 p.m. on Febmary8andat2p.m.,5p.m.and8p.m. on February 9 and 10.

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Damn, where are those 12-inchers? space, so what do we do when the CDs are stacked m piles around the control room, and we walk through a staoon that looks more k e an obstacle course? Do we purge the old dusty all)ums that don'r jiet much play, at the risk of tossing out some rare and precious jewels?

Although my play list reveals a focus on more aggressive tastes, I love classical music, jazz, rock, folk and more. I refuse to contine I'm startmg to thmk that I like way myself exclusively to one style of too much music. Not that I love all music, but my specialized focus music indiscriminately, but with so helps me narrow down my options. much avatlable I'm always fmdmg At the same time, I get edgy somethmg new, or uncovering thinking about what wonderful something old that is new to me music I could be missing out on.

The problem? I can only spend Sonietimes I think about chance so much m e hstentng to music, events that helped me fmd some of and there is just too much good music that I want to hear Listenmg my favourite bands, and it is almost frightening that I could have to non-commercial radio and missed out on music that moves explonng the two or three shelves me so much. I of new releases discovered my at CKMS, I'm favounte artist on a continual how much (Dan Swan) journey of when I picked discovery.Smce trulyamazing up one of his I began writing music am I band's CDs on a CD reviews I've received a missing whun, knowmg - out on no more than regular influx of without even that Encore albums. and the Records filed Internet's knowing it?" them under exposed me to death metal. even more new music.

That CD is stdl one of my favounte albums, S d I'm only heanng a small and I could have overlooked it so percentage of what's out there. I easily in the overwhelming numcan hardly keep up with the new releases of my favounte bands, and bers of bands in the metal scene. the number of favountes keeps So I wonder, with countless new g r o m g Compared to people I artists and albums, how much truly know whose CD collecttons hover amazing music am I missing out on around 1,000 albums, I have a without even knowing it?Just as fatly small library of my own Yet easily, I could be overlooking I neglect so many of my CDs, with something remarkably great from some gomg unplayed for months the past that lies buried under all Less convement 12-mch LPs the new releases. Such speculations and cassettes suffer even more drive me to an hunger for new from neglect I sometunes consider material, and I build up an enorpurging my collectton, but when I mous catalogue of music I like, try to figure out what to throw m while searchmg for the sounds that the dlscard pile I rediscover a really resonate m sympathy with my soul. cool nff, a parttcularly moving L u r a is the host ofKil4 Eat, melody, some soulful harmonies, ExpLoit the Weak (the show that daesn 't deep lyncs, and back goes the CD test on animals) - metal and more onto my shelves airing on alternating Saturdqrfmm I 1 The prohferatton of new albums p.m. to 2 a.m. on CKMS 100.3 FM. creates s u d a r issues for CKMS We only have so much storage

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John Mayer Room for Squares AwareIColurnbia Records

The Impnnt office is often deluged with CDs hawkmg thelatest nobody on a nobody label trytng to find their 15 m u t e s of fame. Very few of them dehght the ears, very few appeal to the eye. That's why very few of them dever reach real stardom.

Atlanta's John Mayer is a notable exceptton. Room for Squares caught my eye partially because Mayer hunself has a magnetic image whch appeals to the listener not judgtng CDs lust by sound quality. However, Mayer's sound quality also matches h s tine appearance.

The sound is a fusion that rem d s me of Sung, Stephen Feanng, Dave Matthews and Vance Gilbert.

Some of those names mght not be f d a r to you, but they are promnent names in the folk industry -a sound that Mayer is reminiscent of.

Mayer used to play power-packed

guitarnffs, which have been replaced by a professional and regned-m tal ent for acousuc melodies His songs float mto the hstener's ears and are iilledwith power-punchmglyncsthat grab you and never quite let go All of us here m the office were struck by the resonance this album has with music fans of different genres Mayer's clean and honest approach to song-wntmg allows for a connection to form across subgroups andappeahng,mstead tothose who can appreciate good melodies and fine harmomes.

This CDis definitelybothvisually and acousttcallyappeahng I'm glad I took a chance oo it MarkA Schaan, lrnprmt staff

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Mellow and soulful, Long Distance by Ivy provides a magical listening experience. The creative arrangements

found on each of the 13 songs reveal effecttve layenng that is the perfect backdrop to singer Dominique Durand's c b g and hypnottcvoice Durand's voice, so soothmg and sweet, may quite possibly prove to be the Canadian equivalent of Bntain's Beth Orton The abdity to create not-so-typical love and hurt songs masked un der mventive lyncs, atypical music loops and catchy but-not-cheesy beats is reflecttve ofBeth Orton, but the sound is stdl all Ivy With a sound that evokes both content andwonder, you aretnstantly drawn mto Ivy's creative world You hear thunder crashmg,waves cascadmg, and fires crackhng w~nrlthm each song, and these magcal effects, complemented so well by Ivy's melodic music, allow each song to wtually come alive inside your rmnd Ivy's sound, so peacefulyet heartwrenchmg, can really get to you songs like "One More Last l s s " and "Let's Stay Inside" d get inside your head and have you dnftmg off tnto your very own musical mterludes T h ~ tno's s talents, mured w t h mnovative sound effects and creattve loops, allow you to undergo a unique expenence each tune you sit down and play the disc Amy Ouelene, spec~alto lmprtnt

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Classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday from 2-4:30 p.m. This 10-week course is designed for people taking the TOEFL exam.

The course fee is $91 and includes the course book. Register at the International Student Office, N H 2080, or call ext. 2814 for more

hips, awards or bursaries? Check out the Bulletin Board on the Student Awards Office home page at: http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/ infoawards1for a detailed list of awards open for application this term. Further information is available at the Student Awards Office, 2nd floor, Needles Hall.

HeidiThiessenMemorial Scholarships ($500 & $1,000) are available to third and fourth year students at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. February 8 deadl i e . For details, see www.stc.waterloo.ca.

Advocating for Wellness - an interactive health fair with women who promote health and wellness in our community. Sunday, March 3, 2002 from 12:OO to 4:00 p.m. at the Waterloo Memorial Rec Complex. For more info call Dianne at 576-8447.

Like music? Got school spirit? Join the Warrior's Band. No experience required, just a little spare time and a friendly attitude. Thursdays 5:30 p.m.

Blue N o r t h PAC. E-mail Tim Windsor at tpwindso@yahoo.com or 880-0265.

The call for nomination? for undergraduate student representatives to Senate closed at 3:00 p.m., Friday, January 18, and the results are: Acclaimed: Applied Health Sciences(term from May 1,2002 to April 30, 2004): Adrian Chin (Kinesiology). Engineering (term from May 1,2002 to April 30,2003): Jenny Lin (Systems Design Engineering). Environ-

mental StudiesIIndependent Studies (term from May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2004): Nayan Gandhi (Urban & Regional Planning).

No nominations were received for the Arts and Science seats, terms from May 1,2002 to April 30, 2004. There will be an election for the at-large seat (term from May 1,2002 to April 30, 2004): the nominees and their statements: Durshan Ganthan, Arts: My name is Durshan Ganthan, and I am running for the at-large seat on the Senate. Putting the best interests of students first is my priority, which I have done this year in my capacity as a Residence Don. Craig Sloss, Applied MathematicsIPure Mathematics: Craig Sloss is a voice opposing tuition deregulation, while advocati~gthat the growth of the University should not reduce its quality. As a third-year student majoring in Pure and Applied Mathematics, his academic experience includes acting as both a ResearchAssistantandaTeachingAssistant.AtRenison College, where he resides, Sloss is the President of the residence Student Council, and sits on the College's Board of Governors. He has also chaired the Renison Orientation Committee, and is beginning his second term as a member of the Federation Orientation Committee. Douglas Stebila, Combinatorics & OptimizationIComputer Science: Hi! My name is Douglas Stebila, and I'm a 3B Honours Math student in C&O and CS. My previous student government experience includes terms on the Feds Board of Directors and students' Council, the Dean of Math Nominating Committee, andthe St. Jerome's Student Union. I currently sit on the University Committee on Student Appeals and MathSoc Council. I'm also involved with the FASS Theatre Company. I'm concerned about the possibility of completely deregulated tutition (as Queen's University is proposing) and continued enrollment growth. I'd also like to see more opportunities for research in undergraduate programs.

To obtain information about the online voting process for the above Senate seat, as well as for

Students' Council and Federation of Students' Executive seats, visit the Federation of Students' website at http://www.feds.uwaterloo.ca.

From4:30 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2002 to 4:30 p.m., Friday, February 15, 2002, elgible students will be able to select this website and, using their student Quest userid and password, vote from any computer, on or off campus.

Volunteer tutors are needed to tutor students on a one-to-one basls in written and oral Enghsh. Tutors meet students on campus for one term, usually once a week for two hours.

If you have a good workmg knowledge of Engl~sh,are pauent, friendly, dependable, and would hke to volunteer, regster at the Internauonal Student Office, NH2080. For more informauon about the program, please call e-mad extension 2814 or darlene@admmail.uwaterloo.ca.

Study Hall Program: needed lmmedately: @ - - lanuary- 2002-April2002. University students to tutor our new Canadian children at community based study hall. Students range from grade 3 to 12 needing support in English, French, high school sciences and maths. O m 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 child. Inquire re: our short term match Droeram. Car an asset. Next training session on February 2,.2002 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Call 743-5206 to register.

Volunteers required - are you able to volunteer a few hours weekly during the school day? The Friends Service at CMHA matches volunteers with children who need additional support in their school setting. Please call 744-7645, ext. 317 or www.cmhawrb.on.ca

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A short courseon Essay Wr~ting- Counsellina Services and The University of Waterloo's Writing Clinic is now offering a study skills sesion on essay writing. The sesion will be offered January 31, February 14 and March 14 from 1:303:00 p.m. in the Study Skills Room in Needles Hall.

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Wednesdavs Poets On T h e Run presents "Fresh Squeezed Readmgsn at the Mostly Organic Ju~ceBar Cafe, 119 King Street, W., Gtchener at 8 p.m.

Specla1event on January 23 -Torontopoets Omaha %sing and Andrea Thomson. For more Info call James at 745-4884.

Fridays English Conversation Class - the class meets Fr~dayafternoons from 2:OO-4:00 p.m. in Needles Hall, room 2080, September to June. Students, faculty, staff and spouses are ~ n v ~ t etodattend. For more mformation contact the International Student Office, ext. 2814.

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dmonal Insh seven plece band at 8 p.m. at The Church Theatre, Street, St. Jacobs, ON. Call 664Sunday, February 3 The Grand V ~ e wJur~edExh~binon,2002, IS bemg launched by the Waterloo Commun~ty Arts Centre from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Fbbbon cutclng IS at 2:30 p.m. The E x h ~ h ~ u ow~ll n be open for vlewmg from February 3 to 15. For more mfo call 886-4577.

Tuesday, February 5 Dr. Larry Black, Carleton Unlverslty, w11 give address, "Russla, Afghmstan and the Anti-TerrorIsm Coal~t~on, Pnnn Gam or Lose'" Reception beglns at 7:00 p.m. at the Un~versityClub (formerly UW Faculty Club), Waterloo. For more mfo call Lena at 888-4567, ext. 2765.

Wednesday, February 6 Bake sale, mini garage sale and raffle is being held at the Environmental Studies 1 foyer from 9 a.m.3ish! Raffle draw will be held at noon. Proceeds go the ERS 475T field trip.

B o n & Bovz and Girls & Grrls Nieht at the Grad House. 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. All ages. Tickets in advance $2 or $3.50 at the door.

Thursday, February 7 Latin Night at the Bomber. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Free dance lesson from 8:OO-10:OO p.m.

Hosted by UW Span~shClub. For more information e-mail uwspan~shdub@hotmail.com.

Saturday, February 9 "Marketing Your New Skills in the New Working World" workshop is being presented by Human Resources Develooment Canada at The . Waloer Terrace Hotel, Kitchener from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more info call Joanne at 743-3518.

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Come home to Camp Wayne for the Summer of your life! Camp Wayne, NE PA. Counselor Specialists for all land1 water sports. Tennis; outdoor adventure-dimbinglropes, camping, mountain biking; sailing/waterskiing/boating; roller hockey; rocketry, artslcrafts, drama, radio, video and more. RN's for Health Centre. Interviews in conjunction with 4-school Job Fair at RIM Park on Wednesday, February 6. Online application: www.campwayne.com. Please call 1-888-549-2963; info@campwayne.com.

Weekend counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Exprience, minimum eight-month commitment.

Paid positons. Send resume to Don Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, S., Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2.

Camp Wayne for Girls. Children's resident camp in Northeast Pennsylvania (619-8/16/02). If you love children and want a caring, fun environment, we need female staff for: tennis, golf, gymnastics, swimming, water-skiing, sailing, team sports, cheerleading, campinghature, ropes, drama, ceramics, photography, videography, silkscreen,drawing and painting, batik, printmaking, sculpture, calligraphy, guitar, piano, acrobics, martial arts, Maintenance; Night Watchman, Kitchen. Interviews

at RIM Park Job Fair, February 6. Call 1-800-279-3019 or (516) 889-3217.

Online applications: ww.campwaynrgirls.coni.

Waitrr~srs~waiters needed at Almadlnd Egyptian Cuisine, 150 University Avenue, corner of Phillip and University.

Apply within.

Student callers needed -have fun. learn communication skills, and meet new people while developing potential jobs for Co-operative Education and Career Services. Must successfully apply for the WorWStudy program. Applications available at Student Awards Office in Needles Hall. $9/hour. Contact mchunt@uwaterloo.ca.

Summerjobs for2002!! Come to Maine!

Staff recruiter on campus Wednesday, February 6,2002. Interviewing for positions in: waterskiing, tennis, climbing, outdoor tripping, athletics, waterfront, ceramics, arts and crafts, riding.

Competitivesalary, room, board, travel allowance. Please call Camp Laurel at 1-800-327-3509 or e-mail summer@camplaurel.com to set up an interview. Visit www.camplaurel.com.

Oriental amfacts includes tapestry, theatre costumes, manuscripts, prayer rugs, clown sculpture, etc. Phone Christopher at 5710383.

Performers wanted for St. Paul's 30th Annual Blackforest Coffeehouse on March 8 and 9. Contact us at

Car must sell!! 1986 Dodge Aries, 4 door, great condition, reliable. new brakes. cassette. $500 0.b.o.

885:5253 or 59i-1317.

Attention Student Painters - new and used ladders and crew kits for sale.

Great prices. (519) 754-8410.

near both universities. Parking and all amenities. Please call 725-5348.

September rentals. Various houses and apartments from two to ten bedrooms.

Renting toaroups.Ten totwenty minute walks. Various prices and locations. Call for details - 588-5920 and ask for Ray. May 1sublet - four bedroom townhouse on Albert Street, 20 minute walk to UW. Phone Ray at 588-5920..

One - three bedroom apartment. Newly carpeted, new windows, ensuite with dryer at no extra charge, ample parking.

Utilities included. Lease May 1,2002 to April 30, 2003, minimum three students. $370/student/month. For appointment call (416) 491-1370 or cell phone (416) 700-9840.

One bachelor apartment. Kitchen bed sitting, ensuite bathroom, ample parking, close to both universities. Utilities included. Suite one student S475lmonth.

Lease May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2003.

For appointment call (416) 491-1370 or cell phone (416) 700-9840.

Seven and eieht " bedroom houses available for rent. All are close to university.

All are well maintained and have laundry and parking. Call James or Mark at 722-4556 or 722-4187.

Three large rooms available now in a six bedroom house. Two full bathrooms, two common rooms, hardwood floors, newly renovated, free parking and laundry. Upstairs-$420 inclusive ; downstairs-$400 inclusive. Call for details and apppointment, 569-8260.

$3.00 1.15 $8.001.25 $10.001.25

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The Spa On Maitland, bathhouse for bi and gay men. Private rooms, lockers, sauna, showers, liquor license, videos. Students half price all the time with valid student ID. 66 Maitland Street at Church Street. Toronto's busiest. (416) 925-1571.

Ultimate Questions! Btble study by correspondence. For a free copy of the course please send name and address to: Bible Study, Zion United Reformed Church, 1238 Main Street, General Delivery, Sheffield, Ontario, LOR 1ZO or email: bible@zurch.on.ca. Visit our Web site: www.zurch.on.ca.

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