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or the vast majority of Imprint's readership, the amount of work that goes into the annual frosh supplement is a complete mystery. But for over 100 hard-working volunteers, it's an unavoidable reality. Hundreds of hours of work sit neatly upon the following pages. This newspaper would not happen if it wasn't for these students, who dedicate their time and talent to you. Carrying the torch of student journalism isn't easy at the UW a school that is oh-so-concerned about its reputation, and a student body that, although caring and intelligent, hasn't got much time left in its day for student politics, financial analysis or activism. Note the complete absence of a journalism program, and you'll find that many (about half) of our writers and photographersare engineeringand computer science students, who write very well, despite the stereotype. Last month, I represented Impn'nt at the American Collegiate Press conference in Washington, D.C., and acquired a newfound respect for student journalism in Canada. In stark contrast to our own system, most American student newspapers pay their entire staff, right down to the writers. No one works for free. My enthusiastic descriptions of our newspaper were met with skepticism and even contempt. But every raised eyebrow I received in Washington turned into a look of respect when Imprint walked away with third place in the Best of Show category. We take great pride delivering the best newspaper we can for your student-fee dollars. So welcome, and thanks for reading Imprint, the third-best student newspaper in the United States.

s you explore Waterloo's incredible campus and prepare for the coming term, many of you this week will find yourselves at the UW bookstore. While you are there, please take a moment to read the modest blue sign withgold writing at the bottom of the stairs in front of South Campus Hall. It stands at the edge of what was once a Mennonite cornfield, and reads: "In 1957 a small group of community leaders gathered to act on an idea ...." The people who founded this university were a living example of Margaret Mead's statement even before she coined it: "Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens united around a powerful idea can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Our founders were community leaders with an idea for an unconventional university- an institution with co-operative education at its core. Over the past 44 years, this unconventional university has grown into one with a reputation for excellence in teaching and research, and has become a crucible for innovation. Your choice to study here at the University of Waterloo makes you a vital part of our community. We welcome you to this new and exciting part

of your life, and we hope you will take advantage of all of the academic, social, and athletic opportunities available to you here. You are beginning a journey in non-stop learning where you will consistently learn, and apply, and learn anew-for a lifetime. I wish you success and happiness as you pursue your

studies. The time and effort youinvest in us will improve our community, and will help shape the rest of your life. Welcome to the University of Waterloo! -Dr. David Johnston, President, University of Waterloo

Newfound Independence

elcome to the University of Waterloo! Your next few years will be an adventure as well as an education. I invite you to become involved in as many facets of campus life as possible.

The Federation of Students runs businesses, services and clubs that meet many different needs. As a member, you get representation to the university administration and municipal, provincial and federalgovernments. Many different campus events are organized to expand your life at UW. To get involved, get information or get help, just drop by the Federation of Students office just inside the Ring Road entrance to the Student Life Centre. Comingto university is probably the biggest change you've ever gone through. You'll find the work tougher than it was in high school, you'll make new friends and you'll learn your way around university campus. Your newly found independence is both a blessing and a curse; you have more choices,andmoreconsequences.

have what it takes, even though sometimes it may not feel thatway. Through it all, remember that UW is a place of intellectual development. You should learn plenty outside of the classroom, but even more inside. Don't blindly believe what you're told; don't take things at face value; don't assume that there is only one solution to a problem. Talk to people in as many programs as you can. Find out what they've learned. Disagree, loud and clear, then listen. Change your mind occasiocally. Read about the world around you and ask questions of the person inside you. Become informed. Develop your values and ethics. Test them against your experience. Don't let other people tell you what arguments are good and what arguments aren't. Some of us put our trust in logic, others in faith, others in experiment, and others in simply yelling the loudest. Most of us blend these, and throw in our own criteria on top. Most of all enjoy yourself; this is a special time in your life!

A true asset

elcome first-e ear students and parents to beautiful Wa terloo. On behalf of the council and the citizens of the City of Waterloo, it gives me great pleasure to have you here. The university is a real asset to our community. As you make the City of Waterloo your new home town, enjoy our great facilities: the Manulife h d o & Sports and Soccer Centre, the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex with the City ofwaterloo merchandise store, and RIM Park which is nearly complete. The park features multiple playing fields; recreation areas; trails perfect for biking and rollerblading; ice pads; gymnasiums; and an 18 hole public golf course. Our uptown has so much to offer: great restaurants and pubs; interestinashops; our ~ubliclibrary; the ~ a n a k a cnl a y and Glass G& lery; and the Waterloo Stage Theatre. Make the most of all Waterloo has to offer! I congratulate you for choosing such an exceptional university to call home for the next few years and hope your experience will be enjoyable and memorable. Our staff and elected representatives will be happy to assist you with any concerns or problems you may have while you live, work and play in Waterloo. Please contact our office at 747-8700. Once again, welcome.

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Welcome to the University of Waterloo. Why don't we show you around?

Basics of Life Our best tips on important things, like avoiding boy-smell, foraging for food and finding places that sell booze while playing loud music.

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All the truth you can handle, including how to have sex in your tiny little rez room. Learn the secrets of UW's myths and how to make beer at home. Check out the poster-size sex pull-out (don't we just sound like Cosmo now?).

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Fields of steel and glass JEFF B U E C K E R T Imprint staff

elcome to UW. You've waited all summer to get here andstart classes (well get here anyways, classes can wait). UW's campus is like no other, as I'm sure you've discovered. The UW campus is often regarded as both unwelcoming and unforgiving. The reputation has obvious roots. The fad of poured concrete buildings in the '60s took its toll on UW. The math building, Dana Porter library, andPAS lookmore like fortresses from apostapocalyptic era than hallowed halls of learning. Others have noted that the core campus has very little in the way of trees, which makes the atmosphere a cold one. But don't let this fool you into thinking UW is only concrete and steel; there are spots on campus where students can find some green-space, whether for study or for pleasure. The field between Village One and Ron Eydt Village is a great location for a pick-up game of ultimate frisbee. Granted, the erection of the Mackenzie residence has encroached o n the field, but there's still ample room for running. Adjacent to the above mentioned field is astrip of green that follows Laurel Creek. The massive trees whose branches overhang the creek offer an environment that is comforting for those who are looking to get back to

nature. The colleges also offer a great place to enjoy the outdoors. Many people forget about this part of campus as it is removed from the core because of Ring Road; but it should not be overlooked. There's a gazebo along Laurel Lake near Conrad Grebel. Also, beside St. Jerome's there's a volleyball court that is

by a line of trees. But I digress. Returning to core campus, it is possible to find both the beautiful and the intriguing. Make sure to visit the Davis Centre. From above, this building resembles a microchip, although it may be difficult to visualize from the ground. Even so, it is still a curious

glass and the lights which resemble the diodes from your remote control, make for a fascinating design. One other thing that must be mentioned is the tunnel between South Campus Hall and Arts Lecture Hall. The colour scheme is crazy; it's absolutely retro. But the echoes are amazing. You might look a little weird trying it out

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Enjoying rez life: a how-to guide RYAN D. KENNEDY special to Imprint

ost of you will like it, or at least parts of it. That's normal. Some of youare going to hate it. That's unfortunate. I've been asked to pass on some of my years of experience to the Frosh of 2001. For what it's worth, here's some advice to help you have a great or at least acceptable residence experience.

Make your room comfortable This could mean nice sheets for the bed, some plants or hanging some stuff on the wall. Spend at least a little time making your room pleasant. Decorating tricks: posters put scotch (clear) tape flat on the back first, and then stick rolled masking tape to the clear tape. You are less likely to tear the poster when you take it down. Sticky tack -do the same thing (it has oil that will seep through, which can be stopped by a protective layer of tape). Room too dry? Hang wet towels. Or, take pop cansljuicejars, fill them with water, and rest them on your radiator.

Have protective layers Take note of how much you can hear in your neighbour's room. Remember - that's probably how much they can hear from you. Enough said.

Hang out in the lounge Your floor, hall, house or college will have a lounge. Use it. Common space is for everyone - whether you're shy or brave -and odds are this is the best place to meet the people you live with.

Keep your door open There are lots of reasons to keep your door open. It's much easier to meet your neighbours, to get invited for dinner, and invite people in -when the door's open. Guys, you stand the large risk of getting "boy-smell" in your residence room. This is that goat-like smell which all teenage boys possess. This is particularly probable for rooms with two guys living in it. An open door will help dilute this problem (the solution to pollution is dilution). An open window is a good idea too if it's not too drafty.

Some of the stories you'll have in rez will be the best memories of your life. favours and have a place to stay when youdecide to travel the world.

Get to know your neighbours Some people will know absolutely everyone in the residence by Wednesday of Frosh week. Others won't even know their neighbour. Not everyone iiving in residence is hoping it will be just like Felicity. Some just want a quiet place to sleep and study. That's fair. But it's still nice to acknowledge the people you are living with. Get to know at least your neighbour.

Invite people to dinner It's more fun to eat dinner with people; so, knock on your neighbours' doors and invite them down. Invite that person you haven't seen in a while. Plan to eat dinner together as a floor/house/hall once a week. It's also fun to plan to make dinner together.

Get to know a don It doesn't necessarily have to be your don -but someonewho works in the residence who can give you advice when you need it. They can tell you stuff about your classes, coop, student services and even where to take someone for a date! They are also good at helping solve problems like roommate issues. Don't let stuff go too long before addressing a problem.

Lock your door Things do get stolen in residence, even from rooms ripe with boysmell. Get in the habit of always having your key and your WatCard with you. When you're not in your room, lock the door

Be nice to foreigners Most people at UW are from Ontario, but hundreds come from very far away. If you are able to go home on the weekend, invite someone who can't go home to come with you (especially at Thanksgiving). Maybe this way youcan call in some

Listen to campus radio CKMS PM 100.3 It's your radio station. Tune in especially if you've never listened to college radio before. Ask your don for a schedule or look it up on their Web site: you are bound to find a

half hour you like! Plus, if you're playing CKMS with your door open, someone is bound to ask, "What on earth are you listening to?" - and that's a great way to meet new people.

Remember you are living in a community now Residence is made up of all kinds of different people. Some are from big cities - others from small towns. Some are vegetarians, some follow Halaal Law. Some are gay. Some

are straight. Some are left-handed and some are right-handed. This is a great opportunity to meet lots of different people. Don't be a jerk by being racist. Don't upset people by being sexist or homophobic or intolerant of religion or politics. No one will invite you to dinner. Having no friends sucks. The easiest way to approach things is with an open mind. You are going to live with these people for at least the next four months. Odds are most of them are pretty interesting. Odds are most of them

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Call the Turnkey Desk There are many people on campus whose job it is to help you, including your don, your residence life coordinator, your undergraduate officer, health services, counselling services- and students at the Turnkey. These students are famous for knowing everything. So go on ahead, call them at 888-4434! continued on page 9

Advice for a rez life that's cold as ice JESSE HELMER Imprint staff

o you've escaped high school and arrived at university. You're living in residence, maybe with someone you've just met. You're probably excited, and youshould be. First year was agreat time for me and it will be for you as well. At least, I'm hoping it will be. It is with this hope that I've compiled a short list of advice for you. First and foremost, do not change yourself consciously. While it may attract 'friends' in the beginning, it will ultimately make you miserable. Be yourself and good friends will find vou. Let vourself change - and change you will but don't do it consciously. Make sure to participate in some of the activities arranged by your don. My don held "Toast Nightsn every Wednesday, which were great opportunities to see everyone in the house. Dons know what they are doing, and they want you to have fun - remember that. Do your damn homework. The rest of your time in residence is sweeter when you know that you don't have an assignment due the next day. Trust me. If you are tight on cash, pay attention to what you are buying.

Food prices are particularly outrageous in some locations. It is often worth a walk to save some dough. Get your hands on a frisbee: frisbee is the one sport I found that almost everyone can play and enjoy. Try things out, because the best way to find something out is to do it: go to the Bomber on a Wednesday (don't go on the first one, the line is insane); go to Fed Hall on a Thursday; go to your tutorials, even if everyone else says that they suck and are boring; check out the library because youwill needto know your way around there and it is also a great place to meet some nice books. If you are in co-op, go to the seminars -all of them. I know that they will seem useless, but trust me. Sure, I worked for CECS and I have presented at the seminars, but they are actually worth attending. There are only four. If you have a computer, use ResNet. It is really fast, and there's a veritable gold mine of software, music, movies, et cetera, on the LAN. If you have a ResNet connection, share your music freely, so that others can discover your great taste. When you're doing your own exploring, make sure you don't stream files from other computers.

It's just mean. But nothing is more annoying than a damn password on a folder of mp3s. Whatever program you may be in, please realize that all programs are different (which seems simple); that engmeers are not smarter than everyone else, that arts students do work, and that math students are not all computer geeks. Everyone who attends this university is reasonably intelligent, and there's a lot more to everyone than the stereotypes associated with an academic program. When exams come around, make sure that you get lots of sleep. Writing an exam on three hours of sleep is ridiculous. YQU will do poorly if you don't sleep well. Keep your room clean. When your friends want to hang out in someone's room, and yours is clean, they will come to your room. Hangingout with friends is fun, but sleeping in stink just sucks. Finally, keep an eye on your keys, they have a tendency to disappear on you. It costs 50 bucks to replace them so it's worth your while to keep an eye on them. There's a few pieces of advice for you. Take them with a grain of salt. If you've read this far, you're probably going to have agreat time. Enjoy it.

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Your landlord Let's face it, some people are assholes. Some of these assholesare landlords. So, if you have a bad feeling about your potential landlord, don't rent from her. It's that simple. "People complain most about bad relationships with landlords," says Joanne Laws, UW's ombudsperson. Don't get yourself stuck with a jerk - check out the landlord's history before renting by asking previous tenants.

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in the middle of your morning shower, unexpected, every day, you justmight have a case for the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal (ORHT).

Thingsa landlord can't do: Shecan't ask you for adeposit larger than one month's rent and she can't apply this deposit to damages, only rent (don't forget, you are entitled to six per cent interest on that deposit). This doesn't mean you can just go and trash your place. A landlord can make an application to the ORHT, who will then assess the damages and pass judgement. Also, a landlord may not demand postdated cheques. But remember that even though you may be in the right, you are still going to need to have a relationship with this landlord, and she could make your life difficult, so ask yourself: is this really important? Even though the law may be on your side, youTll still h w e to live there, and a court case can be a long and drawn-out process.

Things a landlord can do: If your landlord gives 24 hours written notice, she has the right to enter your house between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. She can also enter without

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given notice to terminate your lease she can come in without notice (between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.) to S ~ O W the place to prospective tenants, or to make a physical inspection. Of course, when you invite them to come in and fixsomething, they can do so without g~vingnotice. So, if a landlord just "happens" to appear

Yout roommates By the end of your university experience, you will have met some "interesting" people. There are many different kinds of roommates. The antisocial roommate: the one who never leaves her room except for when biological need requires it. The roommate with the significant other, who, when the boyfriend or girlfriend is around, can never be seen but can always be heard. And, continued on page 9

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Lodging houses The fact is, in most university towns, people get the bright idea of making a quick buck by buying houses and filling them up with students. A house is considered a lodging house if four or more unrelated people live under the same roof. It must be licensed, and must not be within 7Sm of another lodging house. Find out if the place you're renting is a licensed lodging house You wouldn't want to be evicted for the simple reason that your landlord isn't licensed.

A few things to remember If you are sharing a kitchen or bathroom with your

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of course, the clean freak, who can always be found cleaning some part of the house, and whenever you leave your room, has a compulsive urge to lemonpledge your space. The best way to prevent nasty fights with any roommate is to have good communication right from the start about things like cleaning, smoking and guests; so that even before you move in together you have some rules in place. You may have a roommate who iratates you constantly; there's nothing you can do about that.

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Make sure repairs are on the level. landlord, or are a member of the landlord's immediate family, you aren't covered in the tenant protection act. If you have a 12-month lease, you are responsible for the full 12 months. Don't think that you can somehow get out of the contract. You must find subletters for the months you won't be there, or you will have to pay the full amount of the rent to your landlord. Landlords are not obliged to give you a cut rate if you're not going to be there. If you have problems, and want to know your rights, you can phone the OHRT to hear the tenant protection act 24 hours aday, seven days a weekat 888332-3234, or go to their Web siteatwww.orht.gov.on.ca. And of course the Ombudsperson is always available to help you with anything questions you might have.

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can get one from Recycle Cycles in Kitchener for a very small price (call WPIRG on campus at 888-4882 or visit www.wpirg.org). The Princess Cinema is a short walk from campus and you can see great films for little money. There are schedules for the PrincessYinthe Student Life Centre. Uptown Waterloo has great restaurants, pubs and shops. You are likely going to live in this community for roughly four or five years, so you should start learning about the city now. I spent 12 semesters as a stu-

Get off campus at least once a week There are lots of advantages to living on campus. It's close to class and comfortable. . .but it's not unusual for frosh to stay within the confines of Ring Road until December. Waterloo is agreat city with live music, great parks and trails. St. Jacobs is not far (you can bike there on a Saturday morning to visit the Farmers' Market). If youneed a bike you

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inding your favourite places to eat on campus is an important task. Whether you are starting out trapped in a meal plan or not, you will eventually need to know where to find tasty, inexpensive eats on campus. The Bombshelter lunch deli is a great choice on Tuesdays when they offer discount priceson their sandwich combos. Potato chips or vegetablis and a slice of pickle make for a filling meal. Watch out for the lunchtime line-ups, though. The Modern Languages cafeteria is a good place to find fast food when you're running between classes in the arts quad. Famous for its $1.29 hamburger, this place also offers some yummy french fries with gravy, grilled cheese sandwiches and various soups each day. The Math C&D is a good spot to grab a pre-made sandwich or a bowl of soup. They also have a unique selection including hummus,sushi andmany other oriental dishes. St. Jerome's offers, by far, the most satisfying eating experience around. The prices are fantastic and the food is both appetizing and plentiful. Grabbing a glass or two of water can help keep the price down here. If you can't wait until you get home for some sugary liquid refreshment, they do offer a handy-dandy drinkcard. Every seventhone is free. This joint rarely breaks the $5 rule. Conrad Grebel makes some great homemade cookies and conveniently offers its weekly menus online. As with St. J's and Grebel, St. Paul's and

Renison have set meal times but will accommodate class schedules. If you live in one of the colleges and are going to miss a meal or need a bag-lunch, let them know the day before. If you are confined to a village meal plan, do not fear. There is plenty of good food to be found without using flex money. Both Village One and Ron Eydt Village offer cafeteriastyle dining. REV'Slimited hours makeV1 the preferred place to eat while living in residence. Apopular pickat V l is the philly steak. It's great for apick-up on your way back home from a night class. The salad bars are an excellent backup for whenever the hot menu doesn't tickle your fancy. Brubaker's (located in the SLC) is one of the few other vendors to accept your meal plan dollars. Although their prices are questionable, their quesadillas and ham dinners are more than satisfactory. They also offer pasta and pitas. There are various other places to find something to eat on campus; try the UW Food Services Web site at www.foodservices.uwaterloo.ca. If you're out of money and left feeling hungry, the Food Bank (located in the SLC) is acomfortablealternative tostarvation. Staffed by student volunteers, it's a non-threatening place to find food when you're short on cash. Underestimating the need to maintain a healthy diet during your studies can lead to serious consequences. If your body is left yearning and growling for more, it will eventually retaliate. Illness is something that you definitely want to avoid when you are at school. Taking half an hour to eat three decent meals each day is better than the week of class you may miss later if you get sick.

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t's a town with two universities and a penchant for all things technical hardly means that every good meal in Kitchener-Waterloo comes in styrofoam. In fact, the diversity of the universities and the experimental leanings of the techies make the region one of phenomenal choice and great variety in terms of cuisine. Having surveyed the majority of the region's dining establishments over the last four years, here is my attempt at a "best o f ' list. student-friendly pricing not a daily meal choice 'rents are paying try credit card fraud

Curry in a Hurry 160 University Ave. W

While not quite aselaborate or luxurious as parentrestaurant VJ's, Curry in a Hurry offers something VJs' doesn't: value. For the price of a value meal at the golden arches, students can dine on scrumptious, plentiful portions of aninternational favourite. While deceptively small, Curry in a Hurry is perhaps the

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This Indo-Thai restaurant offers somesucculent and unique culinary options. Quite pricey but well worth it, Bhima's is the ultimate night out. Try their appetizer sampler with agood bottle of wine to celebrate the end of finals. $$$$

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Whether or not you're from the East Coast, Tim Horton's coffee is a Canadian staple. Although other venues exist, nothing satisfiesalatenight urge like an extra-large double-double. $

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From the bow-tie chicken (still my absolute favorite) to the seafood risotto, La Costa offers monstrous portions, a sunny and bright Mediterranean fresco atmosphere and some of the best service in the city. While their prices are mid-range to expensive, their pasta will beat the Kraft dinner you're likely eating on a regular basis. A real shining star in the K-W region $$$

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For wood-fired pizza, the place to be is Soli. This wine bar and bistro offers casual Mediterranean ambiance with excellent service. Fabulous for appetizers but a little lacking in entries, their wood-fired pizzas are to die for. A meal in their own right, the price is also quite attractive, as long as someone else is

As you can see, K-W has a plethora of unique dining choices. Beyond this list lies a substantial grouping of restaurants and diners which each have their own unique flavour. Be adventurous and visit the amazing choices K-W and its surrounding region have to offer. It shouldn't be long before you develop a list of favs of your own.

Saint Cinnamon 160 University Ave. W

A new addition to the campus strip, Saint Cinnamon has warmed students' hearts with their tremendous cinnamon buns. Load yours up with extra icing and enjoy this comfortable and inviting atmosphere. $$

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The view from the bar at the latest near-campus hotspot, Johnny Fiasco's. parison to the Flying Dog, which, I have heard, has been referred to as the "Flying Cougar." You get the picture. Revolution features a large dance floor and plenty of room to socialize. DJs spin your usual top-

40 dance and R&B hits on Saturday nights, while on Friday nights the music is pure hip-hop and R&B for Mofu Fridays. The Rev also has The Purple Room where the interactions between the DJ and the clubbers are more intimate.

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hether you are looking for a night at the movies or a night of movies at home, you will find a fairly good variety of choices in Waterloo. The best place to see interesting, not quite mainstream films, is the Princess Cinema. The Princess is locally owned and operated. It is locatedon Princessst., just off King. It is about a 30 minute walk from campus if you cut through Waterloo Park. The Princess is also the cheapest theatre within walking distance of the school. A membership costs $8 and then allows you to see films for $5. Admission without a membership is $8. If you want to know what show is on, you can call their 24 hour film information line at 885-2950 or go to their Web site at princess.sentex.net. The benefits of the Princess are the variety of films they show and the price. They do not, however, have stadium searing or sound so loud you can feel it in your spine. If you want a "Big Screen, Big Sound" experience, but don't want

to take out a mortgage for a night at the movies, Galaxy Cinema is your best bet. Galaxy Cinema is located beside Conestoga Mall. It's a bit of a hike from campus, but you can catch the number 12 bus onuniversity and i t will take you t o Conestoga. Galaxy has massive screens and stadium seating. While not quite as bad as Silver City, the prices at Galaxy are a little steeper than the Princess. Admission is $12 regular and $7.50 on Tuesdays. They also have a special student rate of $10 that starts in September. Plus, if you catch a movie before 6 p.m. it's $7.50. If you want to rent a video you have lots of options. If you love foreign, weird, independent or animt-type stuff you have to check out Generation X, which is located on Regina Street just off Erb. They have just about every strange or hard-to-find video you could possibly want. Their rental prices are about the same as the big-chain video stores. A video will cost you $3.75. Gen X also has a varierv of videos, magazines, collectible fig-

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itchener-Waterloo may not be Broadway, but there are definitely some great places to catch live theatre. On campus, there's UW Drama, which showcases some of the best theatre in the region. Plays are usually held in the Theatre of the Arts which is in the Modern Languages building, or Studio 180, a small room in Hagey Hall. Plays at Studio 180 tend to sell out pretty quickly because the room is so small, so it is usually a good idea to get tickets early. U W Drama performs a vari-

ety of plays during the year, usually including a Shakespeare play and some smaller plays. If you are interested in acting or helping out with a UW Drama production, there are usually posters announcing auditions so keep your eyes peeled during the first few weeks of classes. Off campus, there's KitchenerWaterloo Little Theatre. The theatre is located on 9 Princess Street (the other side of King Street from the Princess Cinema) and it is about a half hour walk from the university. KWLT is an amateur theatre group. That means their performancesare sometimesgoodandsome-

times bad. I have seen some of the best theatre in my life there and I've also seen some pretty forgettable stuff as well. If you are interested in either joining KWLT or looking at their upcoming season go to their Web site at www.kwlt.org. On the other side of amateur there is Theatre and Company. This is a professional theatre troupe based in Kitchener-Waterloo. Their season runs from September to May. They are in the process of moving to a new theatre in downtown Kitchener. Theatre and Company's productions are wide - ranging from light-hearted children's fare to challenging dramatic plays. If you are looking for a bigger theatre experience you'll want to check out the Centre in the Square. The Centre is located in Kitchener

on Queen Street. You can get there by catching the number eight bus thatrunsalongWeberStreet.Ticket prices are a lot more expensive than . .the-other theatres in town but the Centre in the Square gets lots of big name acts including touringcompanies of Broadway musicals and internationally acclaimed plays. Acoustics in the theatre are great. The Centre in the Square is also home to the KW Symphony and the K-W

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ome would say that the live music scene in Waterloo is dead. That's not entirely true - it's just a little comatose, especially when compared to Toronto or even Hamilton. Because Waterloo is a university town, we are lucky enough to be able to draw in a lot of music. Between UW, Laurier, and some of the bigger concert venues such as Lyric and Centre in the Square, the city plays host to a lot of live music throughout the year. But there are a numbk of smaller, local acts that help prop up the tri-city's indie scene. We are lucky to boast many talented local artists, including Rob Szabo and Steve Strongman (Plasticine), snack!, Paintbox, Derivation,

a Kitchener-Waterloo artist, M a t t Osborne kicks ass. Michel is one of the biggest draws in Toronto and I s;ipect that Change Louie's. Osborne is a prohe will soon join the ranks of Sarah lific songwriterand an amazingblues Harmer, ~ n Stochansky d ~ and guitar player. You will be hearing Martina Sorbara, all of whom have and reading a lot about Osborne in beensigned tomajor labelsrecently. the fall. Matt Osborne is a little less Finally, The Constantines is a known outside of K-W, but he is band that has been experiencing a such an enormous talent that he lot of hype recently since the release won't remain a secret for much of its debut album. The band's live longer, especially since his album was released last weekend at Loose continued on page 15

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ures, obscure soundtracks and trading cards for sale at their store. Just a small warning: some of the staff at Gen X are the film equivalent of the characters in High Fidelity - they know their stuff, and if you don't know yours, they might hold it against you. Gen X has a pretty good web site at www.genx video.com. If your tastes run a little more to the mainstream direction and your pocket book is rather anorexic from buying text books, there are still lots of good video stores. Daisy Mart Convenience stores offer $0.87 rentals. The selection is not

expansive, but if you want a popular film that isn't new, you could findsomething there. They also have the cheapest DVD rentals in town; at $1.99 you can't go wrong. There are two locations in Waterloo, one in Glen Forest Plaza and the other on Lexington which is a little farther from campus. Another good video store, though pricier than both Gen X and Daisy Mart, is Just New Reeleases, located in the plaza at Albert and Bearinger. While they do stock mostly new releases, they also have an amazingly good section of foreign and independent films, and have a decent selection of some of the classics.

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Philthy McNasty's in Westmount Plaza. I must admit, I haven't been back in two years, and from what I hear, neither have the other 200 people that used to frequent this bar. The club isn't bad and it's the only one I know of where you can find booze, bowling and people dancing on bars in one place. And aside from the club in the basement, the restaurant has some pretty decent food.

Federation Hall Ring Road Hot night: Thursday Besides concerts and Summerfest, Boys 'n' Girls nights are the biggest attractions at Fed Hall. It's the largest student-run bar in North America, with two levels, a huge dance floor and a great patio. Too had it's not open more frequently. -

Elements 90 King St. W Hot night: Saturday

The newest club to hit the Kitchener core in a decade. If you're longing for somewhere a little dressier, Elements may be your cup of tea. Newly opened this summer, Elements features three rooms with three different sounds: rap, dance and house.

I haven'tbeen able to visitthe "new" Louie's, but my sources tell me that it looks more classy inside with leather (or perhaps pleather) couches on which people can socialize. My sources also tell me that it's worth the $3 cover and just last week, I saw a large line to get inside.

The patio is popular on the warmer nights and the place fills up for major sporting events. Each booth has a television set, so if you prefer to watch Dawson's Creek, you'll be in the right place.

Johnny Fiasco's

59 King St. N Hot (stripper) nights: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

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Hot nights: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Currently, the bar that seems to be holding the "most popular bar in Waterloo" title is Johnny Fiasco's, which is starting to get competition from neighbouring-and I do mean neighbouring - Louie's. Decked out in black lights with plenty of seating room, Fiasco's brings elements of Louie's and Revolution together in a smaller setting.

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Huether Hotel and Barley Works

Perhaps the best patio in KitchenerWaterloo, the Huether serves beer that is brewed on site in a comfortable and casual setting. Make sure you take advantage of the warm September weather to kick back on the patio. Also, a portion of the Huether moonlights as a strip club.

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Bombshelter SLC Hot night: Wednesday

McGinnis Front Row 160 University Ave. W Hot night: Any night of a major sporting event If you want a place to just kick back with a jug of your favourite brew, Front Row is probably one of the better places to do it around the university.

If you go to UW, you go to the Bomber on Wednesday nights. At first, you may ask why this campus bar is so popular. Four years later, you still won't know, hut you can't help but keep going hack to hang with your school buds or kick back on the patio. Go early onst. Patrick's Day, the biggest party on campus.

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shows are known to draw throngs of fans who have strong reactions to the edgy music. But there is more to the K-W scene than this. With a city full of university students, there are countless "garage" hands that crop up at open mic nights all over the place. Open stages are one of the best ways to experience a lot of new music for a low cost. It's hit and miss (mostly miss), but every once in a while you discover that gem -that pre-"indie" indie band or artist that just rocks your world. The best part is that they have only been discovered by a handful of people, and so you get your chance to see them in their infancy, before they move up in the world. Music fans may feel the need to hike to Toronto to get their fix of good indie music, but you needn't make that trip too often. While many of the smaller live music venuesin K-W are flaccid or have closed down completely, there are some unlikely places to catch live music if

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chance to see bands you've never heard of but should. Space and seating is limited so make sure to head down early for the best view.

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hen I showed up at the university, I didn't know where any of my classes were. This didn't concern me. My problem was getting ahold of more music. Sure I was broke, but if you're as into music as I am, you're the type of person who can justify living without margarine on your toast if the cash you save means you can pick up another CD or LP. What I really could have used back then was a little tour of some good places to shop for music. So you fortunate frosh of September 2001 are getting exactly that as I introduce: The Igneous Rawk! music shopping guide.

Encore Records

54 Queen St. S One of the best music stores I've been to, Encore sells new and used everything, and has lots of imports. They will order almost anything for you. Plenty of experimental and electronic music, plus an enormous (butunorganized) collection of LPs.

HMY 150 University Ave. W

I pick this HMV in particular because it's close to the campus and they're forever putting on sales. If you're willing to dig, you can find really good deals on older music.

Orange Monkey 5 Princess St. W

Sunrise Conestoga Mall 550 King St. N

Great little place upstairs from a great little bar, the Jane Bond. They buy and sell new and used stuff here, and they have a really eclectic selection, especially the LPs. Charles (the bearded guy behind the counter) knows everything about Lounge music.

The downside of this store is you have to take the bus to get there, but there's a ricketmaster outlet there, so the ride's usually worth it. Sunrise also seems to have a lot of sales on old music, so if you're at the mall to get a toothbrush or something think about dropping in.

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he human race survives on three basicneeds: food,shelter, and clothing. Being in university means you may have to cut down on some of those needs, like breakfast or central air, but don't deprive yourself of the most important: looking damn good. While the issue of the quality of clothing relating to the importance of a person is still being debated in small, esoteric, academiccircles, why not formulate your own opinion andspend the day shopping instead? But where to start? lmprint points you in the right direction, giving you the creme de la creme of what K-W has to offer.

service. Speed caters to both men and women, offering up a full variety of pants, shirts, skirts, dresses and accessories - like messenger bags and baseball hats. Brands include Snug, Friction Design Company (FDCO), Dub Brand, Freshjive and iclothing. Prices are reasonable, as clothing of this type tends to be quite pricey. Shirts usually run anywhere from $30 and up, while pants and dresses go between $70 and $150. Speed is also a small dealer of selected vinyl records, most being jungle, trance or ambient grooves. To top it all off there are four turntables that are available for use for those who just want to work on their scratch.

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SportChek 550 King St. N This sporting mega-store is the onestop shopping place for those who like to keep active. SportsChek carries brands like Nike, Columbia, Pearl Izumi, The North Face and Adidas. Prices range from $5.99 (socks) to $400 (winter jackets). Visit online at www.sportschek.ca

the right side of the store where a selectionof glam-gothdresses,skim and medieval garb decorate the walls. Certain pieces that caught my eye in the last visit include a pink faux-fur leopard spotted mini-dress, a black mesh shirt with red pleather bands along the sleeves, and a black corset dress. Clothing for both male and females. Prices range from $30 to $200.

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92 King St. S This tiny store is quite the mishmash of clothing styles, carrying everything from cutesy t-shirts and pink wigs to tight pleather pants bound with chains. If black and fishnets is a defining feature in your closet, visit Delirium and check out

not the greatest place to go in general (when I went the sales associate was on the phone and I didn't even get a nod in my general direction). However, if you must own a pair of $210 denim capris, or a $145 knit sveater, they will gladly rape your wallet. Prices range from $50 (clearance) to $300 (ballpark estimate, it could be higher).

If you have money to burn and won't settle for anything but the best, Candence might be able to help you. Candence supplies Diesel and DKNY products for both men and women, thoughit's alot heavier on the men's side. Terrible service and heart wrenching prices make it

While considerably closer than Fairview, Conestoga isn'tas stacked. It does have the basics like the GAP, Bluenotes, Transit, Le Chateau, Bootlegger and Campus Crew. Conestoga Mall also has a Winners which is a great place to buy brand name clothing like Guess and Calvin Klein super cheap.

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Buying dead trees Students who are not hung-up on using new books also have the Feds Used Bookstore as an option. ooks. They're a large ex- Here textbooks aregentrally 20 per pense associated with every cent cheaper than UWBookstore universityschool term. Astu- prices. Also, older editions of textdent taking five courses can expect books can be picked up for around $10; so, if changes between edito pay in the neighbourhood of $400 on textbooks, before even con- tions aren't significant,students can sidering the added cost of lab manu- make huge savingsby using a slightly older edition. als and course notes. At the Used Bookstore selecWhat options exist for students? How can a student save ex- tion can be limited, especially for tra money on books that could be textbooks used in more specialized and unpopular courses. If a textbetter spent on beer and nachos? There are four principle ways book for a course does change, the Used Bookstore won't get copies to buy textbooks on campus. Textbooks at the UWBookstore until its second term of use. Another avenue for getting sell at the list price. As an added bonus, the UWBookstore's Website cheap textbooks is to buy directly (www.bookstore.uwaterloo.ca/ from other students. Some students bookstore) has a search feature that will post flyers around campus adallows you to find your textbooks vertising their old texts. The prices by course number and returns the on these books can undercut even the Used Bookstore prices by eliminumber of copies in stock. At the beginning of the semes- nating the consignment fee. This ter, the UWBookstore is a zoo; full method is a total crap-shoot. Some of students trying to get their text- semesters the selection will be debooks. All this confusion can really cent, but at other times it can be bite into the limited hours of free slim pickings. The same problem with older, out-of-date editions extime in a student's day. The UWBookstore has intro- ists here as well. There are,of course, duced a new service called options that exist beyond the ExpressBooks in recent years. All boundaries of Ring Road. Some students have been venbooks purchased through ExpressBooks are 1 0 per cent turing to Chapters in hopes of findcheaper than if they were bought at ing bargain books. Chapters has the UWBookstore. To use Express- some textbooks as loss-leaders, hopBooks, visit the UWBookstore Web ing that when students come in to buy the cheap textbook they'll stay site and fill out the online form. ExpressBooks claims the proc- and buy the over-priced ones too. ess eliminates lines, but that's exag- Chapters' main business is not in gerated. There is still a line that the textbook market and as a result, forms while students wait for the selection is limited. You can choose paperworkassociatedwith the book to have a book ordered, but you can pick-up to be completed; the line is expect to wait more than a couple generally shorter than theone found of weeks before it arrives. Chapters outside theUWBookstore, however. also has a club, ChapterOne. Also, ExpressBooks requires Membership reduces the prices on that students purchase the book books by 10 per cent; the cost to' before classes even begin. This become a member is $15 annually. Other students have gone means students could end up buying a book that the prof. later ex- online in hopes of savingsome cash. plains to be useless, leaving them to The prices at chapters.indigo.ca are figure out why it was included on often more expensive than those at the UWBookstore, but the site does the booklist. J E F F BUECKERT Imprint staff

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benefit from the same ChapterOne club as the brick and mortar chain. Again, chapters.indigo.ca has a limited selection. Some of the books that can be found at the UWBookstore, are not even listed on the Chapters Web site. If the book is there, and it's the right edition, chances are it won't be in stock. Students can expect that their order will prompt Chapters to place an order on the textbook in question, when Chapters receives it, they'll send it to the student -this all takes about five to six weeks. There are also hidden costs with

buying online. Chapters.indigo.ca charges a flat $3.95 per order, plus an additional $1.45 per item. Students can try other online book merchants. A popular Web site calledBestBookBuys.comscours the Internet for the best prices on books and provides the seeker with the listed price plus the additional cost of shipping. Unfortunately, BestBookBuys.com queries onIy American Web sites. In general, the American prices are higher for new books; this isn't factoring in the added cost of duty. The deals on used books aren't much better, the

exception being Half.com. This Web site manages to have prices that beat the Used Bookstore on a consistent basis. But here's the catch: to use Half.com, you must become amember, and to become a member you must be a resident of one of the 50 United States. If you're looking for convenience, then ExpressBooks is your best bet, since it's guaranteed to be hassle-free. If you're willing to dig around, then the Used Bookstore is definitelyworth alook. The Internet is a great resource, but in this case offers no great help.

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had to lug two giant boxes around with them to every term will tell you that moving your computer can be a pain in the ass. I bought a notebook when I wasgoing into first year, and I didn't regret it. If you can afford the extra couple of hundred bucks, go for it. So which notebook should you buy? The suggestion I'd make is Apple's new iBook. It comes well equipped (12" screen, 128 MB RAM, 10 GB hard drive, plus Fire Wire, USB and a 1OOBaseTethernet connection built-in) and has been getting fabulous reviews.

Pricing (and where to get good deals) If you're buying a new computer, you should expect to spend a minimum of $1,000 for a decent desktop, and a minimum of $1,800 for a

decent notebook. If you're building your own box, you can certainly get away with spending less. Then again, if you're building your own computer, you probably don't need this article. Now, if you're like most students, you're not exactly rolling in the dough. So a hundredextra bucks here or there will be much appreciated. Most large computer companies offer educational pricing, and give students and faculty discounts on hardware and software. If you head down to the UW computer store, you can expect to save about five per cent off a Mac. Dell offers similar deals on their Web site. Look in the paper; you'll likely see ads for back-to-school specials. If you're lucky, you may end up with a free printer, scanner or CD burner. But read the fine print don't get sucked into any long-term

contracts with anInternet provider. Let me share a tip that saved me $700 on my PowerBook. If you join Apple's developer program as a student member (for US$100), you're entitled to 20 per cent off a Mac purchase. Because the discount's so big, you can only buy one machine under the program as a student member. For more details, see developer.apple.corn/students. If you're looking to save some money on a computer, you can buy a used one. You'll save yourself anywhere from $300 to $1500 off the cost of an equivalent new machine. Having purchased both new and used computers, here are a few tips. Be leery - check everything out, the more information you have on your parts (and dealer), the better. Try not to pay in cash as it provides no record to go back to. Consider buying from a dealer; it'll cost more, but some offer a 90-day warranty.

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Figure Eillustrates one of many "It Could Happen" moments. Sex can be difficult in residence rooms due to smaller beds

and tiny desk chairs. This can be offputting and awkward. Take it easy the first few times you have sex in your room, and remember, laugh at the situation, not at your partner. In fact, leave the laughter for later, unless you're on very sure footing with your partner.

UW supports a diverse population, and figure F demonstrates one aspect of our homosexual community. Regardless of your feelings, you should really respect other people's choices. There's a pretty good chance that your sexuality is offensive to someone else. If you are bi or homosexual, or think cons~derchecking out GLOW, Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo. They can provide support to students who feel out of place or awkward about their sexuality.

@figure C In figure C we see a couple enjoying a "romp." These two are apparently unaware that a roommate is present (willingly or otherwise). It's crucial to remember that shared rooms can expose

others to your sexual behaviours. Don't think you're safe just because you have "an agreement" with your roommate. Residence walls are thin, and the occupants of surrounding rooms may be disturbed by your sounds. Don't forget, those same sounds could provide sufficient material for serious embarrassment later.

elast word So remember, sex can be fun, but it can be awful, too. Whatever you decide to do is yourchoice, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

If you weren't ready to be sexually involved with somebody last week, univ e r s i w o n t c a n-e t h a t and i t s you who has to live with your cho~ces,not anyone else. Should you find yourself completely unprepared (read: without protection) and in a rather steamy position, don't

forget your residence don w ~ lhave l condoms on hand in case of just such a moment. Condoms are also available from the Turnkey Desk (in the SLC, and open 24 hours), health services andprobably a slew of other places too. Don't be afraid to ask for one, it's much better than the alternative.

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You may already be a great organizer, but putting some extra time into your regular routine to sit down and think about it will bring great rewards if you're perceptive enough to recognize where your energy and time are being wasted. Example: I thought I had good organizational skills until I had to worry about reading for a couple of courses while working on an essay for another course, preparing for a midterm, finding time to cover shifts at a part-time job, selecting who I'd like to work for on co-op, writing cover letters to persuade employers to hire me and trying to get my risumi packages in before the 8 p.m. deadline. Result: When the first day of interviews came around, I was too slow to find out that I had an interview with Cisco at 10 a.m. -notto mention behind in my reading, with a lot of poorly written cover letters out there somewhere and only a failed midterm in my hand as I stare at my computer screen wondering what CECS and Cisco expect me to write in a letter of apology. The lesson here is that vou shouldn't think of preparing your letters of apology ahead of time; prepare for something worth your efforts.

You may not be able to choose what courses you'll be taking, but you would be wise to research the style and habits of each professor (or as many as possible) to find out if the way he or she teaches will keep you interested enough to go to class and do the readings beforehand. I recommend browsing opinions on raternyprofessor.com and if you're really on top of things, you might talk to some interesting people who took your course last year or the year before last. Don't be nervous-search and talk. You don't want to waste your time with professors who don't motivate you to learn, nor do professors want to waste their time with students who don't want to learn. Put a lot of effort into these choices. Example: I still regret how little consideration I put into my enrolment in applied studies. I thought it would look good on my rtsumi because it added difficulty to what was expected of me, but all it really did was require me to take many courses I wasn't interested in or motivated for. Result: I kickmyself every time I think about the other courses and professors I could have spent my first-year tuition on.

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ey are you still trembling in your frosh shirt because youdon't know if you can fit in here at UW? Not sure if your expectations for a fantastic university experience will be shared by others here? Relax, friend: you've come to a wonderful place, a centre for fresh learning experiences. If you didn't come here looking for knowledge, then you will enjoy great entertainment because for that you needonly interesting people-and, of course, you know how interesting people flock to U W every year. So whv, are vou nervous? Not , good atstartingrelationships? Never lived on your own before?You must be somewhat nervous because if a part of you didn't admit to it then you would have stopped reading this article after the first few lines. You're lucky you don't think you're a know-it-all. University isn't the place for anyone who thinks they're a know-it-all - and yes, that goes for your professors too. Before you start questioning everything your professor says and get yourself kicked out of your program, let me tell you a few things that I wish somebody had told me when 1 started university here.

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Explore After you've become organized and you're confident in your course and professor selections - though you're likely to regret at least one selection by term's end-youshould take the time to find out more about your environment. Now, I don't mean you should try to ride agoose down Laurel creek or spend a night sleeping in a tree to find out what else lives up there; just make your way in and around campus to see where there's food, where there's a good place to study, where there's a good hangout for you and your friends or where you get the most value for your money.

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Example: I wish I'd known about the coffee and donut shop on the third floor of MC. Result: the C&D would feel less pressure from Food Services if more students discoved its value.

Money Last but not least, I call attention to your moolah, funds, currency, finances, wealth, cash, legal tender. It is as necessary to your prosperity here atuniversityas foodand breathing, and you probably have more responsibility over its management than ever before. Be wary of how continued on page 26

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The Reaion welcomes new students and asks all to recycle right! Most communities in Ontario have recycling programs, but each of them have different rules about what materials are recyclable and how they are to be prepared for pick-up. In Waterloo Region, there are two recycling collection programs: a Cart collection program for participating apartments, condominiums, townhouses; and a weekly curbside Blue Box collection program for single family dwellings, semidetached duplexes, smaller walk-up apartment buildings, and student lodging residences. Once you know which of the two collection programs services your place of residence, the information below will help you sort and prepare materials properly for recycling.

RECYCLABLE ITEMS These materials only are acceptable i n Blue Box and Cart recycling programs. SEE-THROUGH "PET" PLASTIC BOTTLES, JARS & JUGS BOXBOARD w includes only see-through food, beverage, detergent, personal w includes cereal, tlssue, shoe and detergent-type and pet care bottles, jars and jugs with a symbol like this C ) on boxes, plus egg cartons and toilet tissue rolls the bottom w remove plastic bag liner, foil and food empty and rinse flatten and stuff in an unflattened box w plastic caps must be removed and discarded; metal lids are recyNEWSPAPER w includes newspaper and inserts "HDPE" PLASTIC BOTTLES, JARS & JUGS w includes rigid plastic food, beverage, detergent, personal and MAGAZINES & CATALOGUES pet care bottles, jars and jugs with a screw-top cap and a symbol w includes magazines and catalogues like this e o n the bottom (no tubs please) w empty and rinse TELEPHONE BOOKS & PAPERBACKS maximum size 10 litres includes Bell telephone books and paperback

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An insider's guide to co-op CHRIS EDEY Imprint staff

ongratulations. Your package from the University of Waterloo not only confirmed your admission, it also said that you have been accepted into the coop program. After basking in the envy and adulation of your friends for a while, you might find yourself asking: What the hell is co-op anyway? How do I find a job? Is the co-op building really called Needless Hell? Relax. These and other pressing questions will be answered shortly.

The facts Co-op is administered by Co-operative Education & Career Services, and its staff serves as a liaison between students, employers and the university. Officially co-op is a program that formally integrates a student's academic studies with work experience in co-operative employer organizations. Students can find employment within the public or private sector. Students will usually alternate between four month work terms and school semesters, although some work and school terms can last up to eight months. Wages and the point at which co-op begins also varies significantly by program. Pay can almost cover the expenses of the following school semester, if you watch your pennies closely. As your glossy brochure surely told you, UW boasts over 10,000 co-op students in more than 90 programs in partnership with some 2,800 employers.

Where to begin? Finding that first co-op job ranks somewhere between major surgery and running through aminefieldon life's stress-meter. Good friends that were your drinking buddies the night before are suddenly transformed into your fierce competitors for the most desirable jobs. The co-op process for determining next semester's positions begins very early in the preceeding school semester, and the whole process can be rather intimidating. Fortunately, CECS offers a four-part seminar series on co-op, designed to calm the

anxieties of first-time co-op students. With my previous workexperiences consisting almost entirely of slinging pancakes at the local Golden Griddle, I decided that these seminars would be highly useful. Disappointing is a mild way to describe my experience. The first seminar (which covered rCsumt writing) was very useful, but the following seminars contained such insightful gems as "be on time for your interview" and "avoid swearing in front of prospective employers." In other words, they were little more than a review of basic social skills and etiquette, and attendance is not really necessary. CECS does produce a brochure with important dates. Pick one up, as it will save your life at some point. It is available online at cecs.uwaterloo.ca.

Once the rCsum.6 is all tuned up, you're ready for the absolute chaos of first-round job postings.

Job postings Three weeks are divided into eight postings, each lasting for two days and containing some 300 jobs. There are ways to check these jobs and to find the right one for you: checking the paper postings at NH, RCH and MC; and by checking old reliable telnet Access. Although telnet might look as sophisticated as an Atari, and it might be older than you are, I have found it to be the most reliable way of iden-

tifying the best jobs in each posting. There is only one place on campus to drop off your rCsumCs: Needles Hall. Always double check the box numbers that you're dropping your r6sumC into.

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The rksumC Your rtsumt is the single most important document in determiningco-op success. Many excellent students, with good academicstanding and great social skills have been undone by shoddy and poorly-edited rtsumCs. CECS offers one-on-one risumt editing sessions, and all students should take advantage of this opportunity to learn from those who evaluate thousands of risumis every year. If you notice that someone in your class is pulling dbwn all the big interviews, sneak a peek at his or her rCsum6. It can be something as minor as the spacing of the text, or the order in which the information is presented that can make the difference between the risumC that catches an employer's eye and the one that finds a new home at the bottom of a blue bin. Try and list information in the order of its relative importance (whatever makes you look best goes first). Include relevant courses that you have taken, volunteer activities and fill it out with some personality. Make the rCsumC an accurate reflection of who you are, but keep it under two pages. If you really want a certain job, include a cover letter with your resume package. Your letter should answer h'vo questions: Why are you the best person for the job and why do you want to work with this particular organization?Agood cover letter will put you ahead of your competitors and demonstrates motivation to potential employers.

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online registration system while trying to correct conflicts or change classes. Although the university administration is enthusiastic about the new system, which went live on Wednesday, July 16, many students are not. Instead, these students are angry about a system they say does not work and should have been better tested before implementation, as the system crashed repeatedly and students were unable to log on, first to obtain their passwords and then later to register on July 18. The QUEST software was acquired as part of the administrative

and financial software package that the university purchased from PeopleSoft in 1996. UW started to implement it in 1997 and this fall the first-year class had all of its records administered by the new system. The PeopleSoft system will be completely implemented over the next 12 months. Students scheduled for a 6 to 10 p.m. appointment time on July 18 experienced four hours of frustration when they were unable to log on. The session was extended until 11 p.m., but students would have been unaware unless they returned to the first page to read the notice, or called the help line after 9 p.m., when the decisionwas made. The problems, which were due to an error in the configuration of the application server and an authentication problem with UWDir, were

quickly fixed the next day. IST claims that myQUEST can only handle about 1,000 concurrent users. 400 to 500 students are scheduled for enrolment appointments at any given time to enroll. When students make changes to their class schedules for the fall term, no appointment is needed. As a result, the system could crash if too many students attempted to log on at the same time -exactly what happened on August 15,2001. According to Jay Black, associate provost IST, "[August 151has got to be the worst day we'll ever have because it was the first time we opened up the server to the entire population of users all at once." Black cited two problems as the other factors contributing to the sitecrashes, these are "Start up problems in that we are learning how to

control the performance of the system and start up in that we should never see that kind of load again." Staff at IST stressed that myQUEST is just a small part of the studentinformationsystemsproject. covering everything from registration to convocation, the projectwill include functions from the administration of financial aid and admissions to marks processing and student accountsreceivable. In essence, it will affect everything to do with the university. When Black was asked when the university could expect to have the system running normally, he said, "I don't think you can talk about business-as-usual until we startgoing through this whole cycle a year or more from now." Expected early this fall, students will be able to change their

address, telephone and e-mail information; mid fall, students will view academidunofficial transcripts and be able to request an official transcript online. Later in the term students will be able to view exam schedules and early in the new year, marks will be available online. Specific dates have not been set. Any students wishing to access the QUEST system can do so Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday to Saturday 7 a.m. to midnight; Wednesday 8 a.m. to midnight and Sunday noon to midnight. The third Sunday of every month the system is only available from 4 p.m. to midnight. If you need assistance, help lines are staffed during normal university working hours and during scheduled enrolment appointment slots.

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ou're in a bar and the stench of spilledbeer envelopesyou. A glass of golden goodness rocks back and forth on the table in front of you. Your chair sways precariously beneath your weight. There are exits to the north and south. You take a sip of the beverage. How do you know whether you have a lager or an ale? If you drink beer, want todrink more beer, want to know more about beer or just hang around people that drink and talk about beer, this article is for you. If you don't drink beer for religious or other moral or ethical reasons, then these aren't the droids you are looking for; move along. There are two types of beers: lagers and ales. If you detect a hint of fruitiness, then you likely have an ale. When I say hint, I mean subtle. If it tastes like fruit punch and doesn't have thename Dave or Mike, you have bad beer. Lagers have none of these off flavours. The best way to taste the body of an ale is to compare it to a lager, but first you need to find a good lager. Kelly Adlys, brewmaster of the Gold Crown Brewery and the adjacent Huether Hotel in Waterloo, confirms that lagers are most popular. "A lager should be crisp and clean," says Adlys, "no weird aro-

mas. Smell of hops with a bitter edge. Not too sweet, not too heavy." He has been brewing beer at the hotel since 1987. Now with an understanding of what a lager is, you could probably use some examples. Canadian, Blue and anything with the word lager is a lager. This covers the majority of popular beers, especially light tasting beers. A lager is defined by two things: a bottom fermenting yeast and the "lagering" process, where a beer is held at a temperature around 10째C for nearly a month. So for ales we get the Alexander Keith's, Molson Exs and 50s of the beer world. These are fermented at around 16OC with a top fermenting yeast. They require less agingabout a week - and less time to ferment (five to seven days). Now that you're hooked, let's take a step back and talk about what the heck we're fermen~ingto make beer. Off in some field, likely in western Canada or the US,>here are rows of barley growing for your future drinking pleasure. Plain old barley isn't good enough for beer. The sugars are, for the most part, still trapped inside the barley. Malting is the process that prepares these sugars to be recovered. By immersing the barley in. water, allowing it to germinate and then kilning the germinated seeds, more sugars are available to fer-

the second most important ingredient of beer (third, if you include water): the hops. If we were making a commercial beer, we would have added something to the above "mash" to make it more bland. Popular 'adjunct sugar sources are corn (used in many Canadian beers) and rice (used in American beers like Bud). You can use a lot of these sugars if you want your beer to taste more like water. Adlys said that most of his beers contain about 15-20 per cent corn at most. Canadian and Blue likely contain more than this. You can buy beers in the store that don't have corn or rice, like Brick Premium. Hops is a You won't be able to get a kettle like this going. flower that The starches need to be con- contains an acidic oil. Its closest verted in order to be fermented. relative is marijuana and it looks The process, called mashing, uti- somewhat similar, but the two aren't lizes the natural enzymes that exist interchangeable. Some beers are on the husk of barley. When malt is made with hemp, but are mostly ground up a bit and placed in hot novelties, and usually still contain water for an hour or so the starches hops. are magically converted to sugars, The wort is boiled for an hour the resulting liquid is called wort. or so along with the hops. From here we boil the wort and add The hops are added at different intervals to give different flavours. The first hops added give the beer bitterness. The final hops, called finishinghops, tend to hang around in a more pure "green" form and can give a grassy or fresh flavour. Hops have many different flavours depending on where they are grown ment into beer. But for now, most of these sugars are trapped in starch form. Malt, like coffee, can be roasted in a number of different ways to give different flavours. On the lightest end, we get the palest malts used in pale ales and pale lagers. Further up, we get reds and browns and on the top we get the black malts used in Guinness, Waterloo Dark and other dark beers.

and their type. Some are spicy and some are good for bittering, and so on. So, we cool our mixture of hops and wort and pitch the yeast. All that's left to do is wait. The first thing that will happen is the yeast will get really active, converting the simple sugars to alcohol. If you have tasted a sweeter beer, this is usually a combination of a particular strain of yeast and a high percentage of unfermentable sugars. These sugars are too complex to be converted to alcohol by the yeast. After the rapid fermentation, the yeast will begin to fall out of the beer as it dies, leaving a naturally clear beer. Sometimes beer is filtered to remove the yeast. Because the particles of yeast or protein that leave a haze in beer are small, the beer will be cooled until tiny ice crystals form on these particles and make them easy to remove by filtering. This is known as ice filtering and was commonly practised before companies began marketing it as an advanced process. Finally, the beer is ready for your enjoyment, but it won't be well carbonated. The beer is carbonated and put in bottles or put in kegs and pumped full of carbon dioxide. Some beers are also pasteurized, which kills any bacteria that may foul the beer in the bottle while it sits on the shelf. Beer that is kegged hasn't been pasteurized and may taste better. Maybe youcanmake beer yourself some time -or at least drink it with an appreciation for the ingredients. Perhaps you'll find that there is more to beer than the style of Canadian or Blue.

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The Internet is a great place to find out what your employer is all about, and interviewers are very impressed when job candidates can tell them what their organization does. Second, try to have some questions to ask at the end of the interview; they can be as simple as "What is it like living in Ottawa?" Asking ques-

tions will make you look significantly more motivated than the interviewee who just nods his head for half an hour. Here's another helpful hint: make sure to double check if your interviews are by phone or in person. If you ever hear about a friendof-a-friend who showed up to a big interview unshaven, wearing cords and an old t-shirt, that was me. 1

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much you spend on entertainment, but don't avoid spending on your entertainment altogether because nobody should completely avoid leisurely activity (you'll go insane). I add to this point that you should decide soon whether entertainment or education will govern your time here at UW or else you'll regret your actions later. As for food, you should do your best tospend money on healthy eating. If you don't, you'll waste a lot of money on food that has no nutritional value - nutrition you will be craving when you're trying to study. As for breathing, remember that you need to inhale, then exhale and it doesn't cost a thing. Example: don't be afraid to go shopping for healthy food or eating

away from the cafeteria fairly regularly rather than pouring cash onto your Watcard. Andif, for entertainment, you want to drink cheaply, go to Phil's for $1.50 drinks. Result: you're likely to eat healthy and live healthy until you drink yourself into the gutter on University Avenue. This should give you plenty to think about and keep you busy for the first few weeks of September. If you find yourself getting bored at any time, get out of your room and talk to some interesting people. Join anactivity group of some sort. c o k e find the 1mM.nt office in the SLC and volunteer - this newspaper loves to make use of the talents of frosh students. Whatever you do, don't try to isolate yourself: your friends are out there looking for you.

thought it was a phone interview; it wasn't. Ranking day is the culmination of co-op's first round; students who interviewed will receive a document indicating how they fared. Students can be offered the job, ranked for the job, or not ranked. Students are not informed of their actual ranking - they are merely told that they are ranked. Students then rank the jobs that they are offered or ranked for, hand in their sheets, and the matching computers take over. To increase everybody's odds of landing the job that they want, I suggest getting together with everyone in your program to compare ranking sheets. By knowing what everyone else is planning to do, and how they fared, it is easier to 'rig' your ranking sheet so that you end up with the lob you want, and avoid the jobs you don't want. Oddly enough, CECS disapproves of this practice (they feel that it gives the students too much control over the process, at the expense of the employers). Students are later informed that they either have a job or are going to continuous phase. Continuous phase is where most first-time co-op students will find employment. In this phase, appl~cationsand interviews are conducted simultaneously,and postings come and go very quickly. Make

sure to keep checking Access for new jobs and the interview schedule. If you're still not employed at the end of continuous phase, don't despair: CECS now steps up to the date for you and faxes out your rtsumk to prospective employers. Overall.,the la cement rate for co-op students is in the high 90s. Paranoid tales of unemployment are mostly exaggerations. &

The job Once you're on the job, don't be afraid to speak your mind and share your ideas, suggestions, and concerns. Remember that your employer hired a thinking student, not a nodding machine. If you think that you are not being sufficiently challenged or if you are drowning under the workload, then let your supervisor know. Most employers will try to make your work term a learning experience, so let them know what your areas of interest are. Unfortunately, not all co-op jobs are created equal. Some will be horribly boring and others will be brain aneurysmswaiting to happen. These bad situations can be avoided by carefully reading the posted job descriptions and asking many questions during the interview. Your field co-ordinator will pay you a visit during the term - this is a

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perfect opportunity to express your concerns or problems with your current position. Work reports are a real pain in the ass, so try to get them out of the way as soon as possible. Many employers will give you time to work on it during your placement, particularly if the report benefits them. When you are discussing your report subject with your supervisors, take their suggestions into account. Try to 'spin' your report in such a manner that it sounds attractive to those who are paying for your time. The people who mark the term reports are sticklers for form and grammar, so stick closely to the format requirements that CECS provides on their Web site. Also, try to avoid beginning the new school term with a half-complete work report: your other commitments will quickly add to that problem. So, in the end, is co-op worth it? I would say yes, for a while. Coop is an excellent vehicle to gain entry into different fieldsand unique jobs for varied work experiences. After two or three swings through work terms, however, you might find yourself in the position of having enough friends and contacts within your field to simply go out and find your own job. If you can successfully track down employment on your own, why pay CECS $425 a semester?

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fter your first week at Waterloo, you have no doubt already heard some rumours about the campus. The legends usually trickle down from past students (sometimes your parents or older siblings) through oral tradition.Time to set the record straight on three things: the Dana Porter Library, the Math & Computers building and the network of tunnels under Waterloo.

Dana Porter library: I sink not Rumour has it that when Dana Porter was constructed in 1965 the architects forgot to account for the weight of the books, a serious oversight. As a result, the library is sinking slowly, but surely, into the ground. This myth is completely untrue, and it is not a UW original other universities have the same myth about their enormous libraries. After talking to Daniel Parent, from plant operations here at Waterloo who designed the library, many interesting factssurfaced. Mr. Parent said that the library was designed to allow for additions, as well as for loading capacity to support books. Due to the design of the building, 100 pounds per square foot was allotted to bookspace, and 50 pounds per square foot was estimated for study space (hence the ring of study desks around the edge of each floor). The building itself has not sunk, with the exception of

anegligible amount (on the order of 114 to 112 an inch), the expected settling factor during construction. You'll be happy to know that the pillar of knowledge will remain standing for many years to come.

Math & Computers: home of the IBM military supercomputer Back in 1968, the world was in the middle of a Cold War and UW was completing its Math & Computers building. It was to house UW's IBM machine: Canada's largest computer. The architects knew that the Soviets would make UW a nuclear target, and with that knowledge they designed MC to protect what it housed at all costs. MC was designed so that if the building were to collapse,it would collapseoutwards (crushing all passers-by), not inwards. This was to ensure that the Red Room (the room housing the IBM machine) remained intact, and that the computer could be used to develop military strategies to retaliate against the Soviets' aggression. It is true that at one point in time UW did possess the largest computer in Canada (when bigger meant better), but it was not a nuclear target by the Soviets. The story of UW being a nuclear target arose in the 1980s when a list of North American sites targeted as threats was leaked, and UW was lucky enough to be mentioned. Douglas Wright, who was UW president at the time, commented that although the school was a source for an expert workforce of the future, the university didn't merit a nuclear assault. Also, the building was not de-

on cold andwet days. But the tunnels were not supervised and one day someone committed a crime so heinous that UW administration had no choice but to board up the entrances to the tunnels so that no one could ever again misuse the tunnel system. This myth is true. . . although not entirely. Service tunnels exist throughout most of campus, carrying central heating services as well as telephone, power and network services. The tunnels have always been "closed" to student use (with the exception of the tunnels from SCH to ML and H H . who painted those?).But in the 60s (perhaps into the 70s), "closed" did not mean locked and some students did use the tunnels as shortcuts to class (if they could find the unmarked entrances), and apparently the tunnels were a popular place to smoke the wacky-tabacky.

signed to break away if it were to collapse. "Poured concrete buildings were something of a novelty in 1968 and I wonder if that might be the origin of the idea that there was something unusual in the design specification," pondered Chris Redmond, author of Water Under the Bridge (a history of UW) and editor of the Daily Bulletin, when asked to comment on this myth. So don't worry about walking by MC, it's not out to crush you, though the stench might knock you out.

The tunnel network: a secret system of drug trafficking

Supposedly there exists a vast network of tunnels beneath UW. These tunnels connect every building located on campus. At one point in time these tunnels were used by students to travel between classes

It's uncertain as to when and why UW administration cracked down on student usage of the tunnels, but when they finally locked the doors to the tunnels they started a legend. In fact, one student, Mattias Wandel, went so far as to explore and map the tunnels by picking the locks of the access doors. Later, he erected a Web site (www.sentex.net/-mwandelltunnels/tunnels.html) describing his exploits with photos and a diary. Sometime after Wandel gained access to the tunnels, other students came into the possession of the master key and copies of the key circulated freely in the student population. UW administration gotwind of this breach of security and saw it as a liability. Instead of merely replacing the locks, UW administration stepped up security by installing lock-pick-proof Medeco locks and motion detectors.

This young fellow is keeping an eye on the Red Room. Watch out for Krazy Ivan.

Frosh fifteen: is it all in your head? PHILIP LAM

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icture this: you crawl out of bed after spending all of last night drinking and dancing the night away with your new frosh buddies at Fed Hall. It's 9:lSa.m. and you're already late for calculus. You scan the area around your bed for a relatively clean pair of pants. Yo;u.takea whif to make sure it's still 'good.' You thought it could never happen to you, but your favourite pair of jeans don't fit anymore. And there you are, missing your first class because it's

born zipper fighting 'ti1 the bitter end. According to the Frosh 15, all first year students will gain 15 . pounds in their first term. Seems a little silly doesn't it? We all know that everybody's body responds differently to diet and physical activities. But before you disregard this rumour, ask yourself - do I eat right, get enough sleep and exercise on a regular basis? Between juggling five courses, a relationship, and ICQing 'ti1 the wee hours of the morning,' it's no

of your body. Unfortunately for most students, fast food, alcohol and university life go together like burgers, fries and a Coke. Resist the temptation. Residence food isn't exactly the greatest, but hey, it's good for you. Dare to compare? Did you knowthat havingmore than one alcoholic drink per hour leads to increased body fat storage? Chugging down two Mike's can be theequivalentofeatingahamburger from the grill. Take a look at your drinking

nice big Molson muscle. Practising healthy eating doesn't mean completely abstaining from fast food and alcohol, and itcertainly doesn'tmeannoteating. Moderation is the key. There is no absolute prescription to stay fit, but here a few tips to keep yourself in check when you're away,from home: Make sure you grab some breakfast, even if it's just a bowl of cereal. After all, breakfast is the mostimportantmealbecauseitprovides the energy for the majority of the day, and the energy you need to stay awake during those 8:30 a.m. classes. Even if nothing looks appealing in the cafk, grab a sandwich or go over to the salad bar. Do not starve yourself. Sure you'd rather eat a bag of

calories. Maybe you're the party animal. Feel like having 12 cold ones? That's 1,800calories. Better yet, kick it up to 18 brewskis for a

Doritos than some fresh fruit, but those empty calories will start to add up. Try eating healthier and drink lots of water. You will notice the difference immediately. Participate in physical activities. UW offers number of leagues and programs at both recreational and competitive levels. Don't forget to drop by the PAC and pick up a fall program guide. If you're looking for a good total body workout, be sure to sign up for TKO ("The Technical Knockout Workout"). Plus, exercise is agreat way to deal with pre-exam stress. Staying on top of your eating habits and excercising regularly will require a bit of effort on your part, but if you start living a healthy lifestyle in university, you'll most likely stay healthy for the rest of your life.

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t's a well-known campus conspiracy. Through a clever money-laundering scheme the university's board of governors assigns a $27 charge to students for the "Federation of Students" and an additional fee for a "faculty society." In reality, this fee is for alleged services and representation provided by these supposed organizations. In reality, has any student actually seen this "Federation of Students" or "faculty society," never mind understand how it works? What I will attempt to debunk is the conspiracy that student government o n campus is really just a money-sucking pit of little benefit t o students. Part of the reason why the conspiracy theory exists is that student governance here is complex. It's made up of governing councils, boards of directors and varying reporting lines of authority. At the heart of it all, though, is a belief that students should be responsible for, and play an active part in, their own education. This philosophy should define the reasoning behind studentrun services, student representation o n committees and the concept of an over-arching student union. The principal actor within student gov.ernment at the University of Waterloo is the Federation of Students. The Feds, as they're commonly known, is split into two functional halves. The first half is the role they have been given, through both agreement and understanding, by the university's administration.

This is the central student organization and the body through which the university will communicate with its undergraduates. This takes up a good chunk of the Feds' time and budget and involves everything from providing student representation on the university's dozens of committees to working with existing student service groups on campus to ensure effective client service delivery. The representation side of the Feds is governed by, firstly, you. You elect the four executives who manage the day-to-day operations of student government. But how does this functionally work? In practice, between 6 and 12 per cent of students vote in a general Federation of Students election which not only picks the executive for the year but also a representation-by-population Council made up of members from each faculty, each federated college and a couple of special programs. This council meets each month and is, essentially, the executive's boss. They are not responsible for day-to-day operations, but are responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of all of Feds' representational/service activities. Council is to hold the executive accountable and also provide comment on the strategic direction of the representational half of the organization. Council also participates in setting the budget and managing the electoral process. The second functional half of the Feds is the corporate half. This authority is given to the Feds through the Ontario Corporations Act. The Feds run a series of businesses which

Feds exec: Brenda Beattie, Dawn Phillips, Ryan Stammers and Yaacov Iland. are valued at somewhere between $4.2 and $4.7 million. These businesses are controlled by the board of directors which is elected from within council and has a non-executive majority. The board is responsible, and financially liable, for all corporate activities of the Federation including its businesses and any major changes in its staffing complement. Beyond the technical details of board governance and seat distribution, the Feds is a living and breathing corporation positioned

to be somewhat adaptable to the current needs of the UW student population. This means that there is a new strategic vision as each executive year rolls over. But what exactly do the executive do all day (considering you pay them over $25,000 - each - a year to work full-time)? Well, for the most part, they react. Execunves spend a good chunk of their day attending meetings for continued on page 34

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and on since 1995, emphasizes that if the Turnkeys can't answer a particular question, they will try to connect you with someone who can. As a result, the Turnkeys work closely with all associations in the university, including the Feds and Campus Police. Turnkey alumna DanielleRaymond. RYANmmEWME-EY Turnkeys are responsible for everything . - in the SLC maintaining the housing boards, playing muJENNIFER CHEN sic in the Great Hall, booking the study and special to Imprint club rooms in the SLC, refunding money from malfunctioning vending machines, enn a typical day, the Turnkey desk is suring that the furniture remains in the swarming with people seeking an- premises ("It is a problem," according to swers and services. Today, in a mere Laber) and more. They also sell lots of affordfive-minute period, students have bought bus able, fresh hot and cold drinks, quick eats, tickets and coffee, asked for local maps and local bus tickets and starting this year, Greytram schedules, requested songs, booked the hound bus tickets to Toronto. They offer a mulh-purpose room, and slgnedout The Globe coat check service o n Bomber nights, and and Marl and the latest Sports Illustrated. loan sporting equipment and tools (with a And the queShOnS and requests don't stop small deposit). Above all, however, theTurnthere. The desk is open 24 hours a day, 365 keys are there to answer your most bizarre days a year, including holidays, which creates questions. a lot of work for these people. Raquel David, another seasoned TurnThe Turnkey desk, located in the Great key, claims that the social interaction is the Hall of the SLC, is UW's maln lnformat~on best part about her job. "Youmeet up with all Lentre. The "Turnkeys" are fellow students types," she says. She and Laber quickly highwho work at the desk part-time. They are the light the positive aspects of their jobs, like focal point of the SLC and knowledgeable preparing coffeehouses and receiving unuabout almost everything. So, whether you sual requests for things such as ant traps and need informat~onabout the Safety Van, off- answers to trivia questions.

pathy is apopular word atUW. Check out the Imprrnt archives for info if you don't believe me. N o really, I'll wait. Done already? I bet you didn't even bother to look, did you? Apathy is a myth. Well, specifically, apathy at UW is a myth. I'msure there are people who exist that are capable of complete and total indifference. our desired definition of apathy, but they probably need medical attention. But, I digress. As this is in the frosh supplement, I expect that you are primarily frosh, (or looking to pick up?) so I'll direct statements to that group. As a student at UW you will naturally fall into one of three categories: leader, participant or spectator. All these groups are important and understanding the communication between these groups reveals a great deal about the source of the "apathy" at UW. Apathy is the war-cry of those unable to motivate support for their cause. Sometimes it is because they are.representing a truly minority viewpoint (although they don't realize it). Other times, the complainant simply fails to interest the inactive spectators. Examples where a group, especially the Federation of Students, is representing a "student" view but are unable to mobilize students to react can be found in the archives again and again. Take tuition increases. A couple of years ago in the spring of 1999 (the year of the 20 per cent increaseinengineering and CS and 10 per cent elsewhere) students were definitely upset. Groups external to the

Feds were crymg foul, s'aying the Feds hadn't represented then membership and, for a moment there, UW'students were interested. Dozens of people attended forums and many more (perhaps a hundred) sent letters In varlous d~rections. But what was missed was that everyone knew the Issues. They talked amongst themselves, the active ones pleadlng w t h their classmates to partlapate; however, little action was achleved (the rave outslde the presldent's office, whde capturing the Interest of perhaps 20 people and gractng the cover of Imprint, isn't an example of success). Is this apathy? No. Students knew the issues; they talked about it; they had opinions. Nowwhat I'msaying is "don't be fooled." Only a small portion of you will get involved (and if your marks suffer because of it my condolences) but, as a participant or leader, your job is to engage students. Talk to them. Get their opinion. It isn't enough to sit in one's office in the SLC and wait for the opinions to trickle in - you need to exert some effort. Further, organizations need to eliminate their fear of criticism. Get o n the clue train (I suggest reading the Cluetrain Manifesto). Organizations need to be transparent and the Internet facilitates this. If you doubt that s t u d e n t s have opinions, check o u t uwstudent.org. I'm not saying this because I am a co-founder; I'm saying this because there is a community that utilizes the medium. All organizations o n campus are having an internal conversation. Some, like Imprint speak from o n high; others, like the Feds, continued on page 34

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ampus media is powerful. It makes yougrimace, complain, smirk, smile, or laugh. It shapes your opinion, holding people and organizations accountable. It comes in various forms, and its currency is information. At UW,news, information and entertainmentare delivered through various media. Some media organizations are run by students and others are run by university employees. These organizations have a similar focus, but different methods. At one end of the spectrum, there is the Gazette, a newspaper that is published on Wednesdays, when UW is busy, by Information and Public Affairs, a department within the university. The Gazette is targeted at students, faculty and staff. Its broad target audience ensures that it is slightly bland, but it does present news and information in a fair and balanced way. The Daily Bulletin is the Gazette's online complement (www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca). It is published 248 times per year byChris Redmond and others in InformationandPublicAffairs. Redmond often includes his own commentary in the bulletin, which spices it up a bit, compared to the much drier Gazette. Links to interesting tidbits and strangewords are changeddaily. The bulletin is archived and is easily searchable. According to Redmond, the emphasis of both publications is on "academics, resources for teaching and learning, officially scheduled activities, the finances that make the work of the university possible, and the working conditions for members of the UW community." The bulletin is worth checking out each day, but the Gazette is only for true newshounds. Opposite the GazetteandDaily Bulletin is Mathnews. the official student newsletter of the faculty of mathematics. If you ask Peter S. Love, one of Mathnews's two esteemed editors, he'll tell you that "Mathnews is like an old friend. It shows up, pretty regularly, on every other Friday, makes you laugh, cry, and scratch your head trying to solve puzzles, and then says 'see you in two weeks!' Best of all, you can take it into class, and let it entertain you there (unlike 'dancers'), and your professors won't care. Heck, sometimes they read it while teaching." You won't find a whole lot of news in Mathnews. What you will find are tremendously funny math jokes, parodies of anything geekrelated and general hilarity - all ad-free. The profquotes section, although sometimes diluted, is a must read. If you like crosswords, try your hand at Mathnews's gridword. Paper copies of Mathnews are published every other Friday and in an online version that is available at www.mathnews.uwaterloo.ca. If you want to help with Mathnews, drop the folks in the closet a line at ~ t m a d t u w a t e r l o o .

Corv Schmidt davs '80s and indie DOD on Mondavs. I 0 a.m. to noon. Similar to Mathnews, in that it is produced by members of a specific faculty, is the Iron Warrior, the official newspaper of UW's Engineering Society. According to Stephanie Purnell, editor-in-chief for fall 2001, the Iron Wam'or "is intended as a forum for thoughtprovoking and informative articles and opinions presented by the society, the engineering faculty, and by the academic community of the University of Waterloo." The IW is more refined than Mathnews, but not nearly as funny. It is produced entirely by volunteer engineering students and any student may submit an article for publication. For engineers, the IW is a must read. It focuses on promoting U W engineering outside of the university, reporting on the status of the engineering profession and reporting informatipn from the Engineering Society to engineering students. Often, you'll find some dry wit and excellent sarcasm. If you can't find a paper copy, it's online at www.iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca. You can reach the IW staff at iwarrior@eng.uwaterloo.ca. The new kid on the block in the campus media game is uwstudent.org, a not-for-profit media corporation run by current and former UW students that currently delivers news and information through a weblog. Jon Willing, editorial director, explains uws's niche: "The uniqueness of uws lies in its ability to enable any reader to comment on a story and empower first-hand sources to include primary information to our news reports." If you are interested in discussing the news, rather than simply reading it, uws is a good place to visit. The organization provides opportunities for participation in editorial, technical and organizational development. Drop them a line at info@uwstudent.org. The last major media source is the newspaper that you are reading right now. Imprint is UW's official student newspaper. It is the product of an independent not-for-profit corporation. Imprint employs three full-time paid staff. There are, however, numerous opportunities for ~participation: you can write, proof-

read, layout the newspaper, edit, create graphics, take photos, publish Imprint to the Web, maintain the computer systems or manage the corporation. Imprint is published each Friday during the fall and winter terms and on alternating Fridays in the spring term. Reading this issue that you have in your hands - or on your screen at imprint.uwaterloo.ca - you should have a good idea of what you'll find in Imprint. If you want to participate, send an e-mail to editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca or drop by SLC 1116 (by the vending machines down from the Turnkey Desk). That takes care of most of the mediasources on campus. If you are a fan of news radio, you can check out CKMS, UW's student radio stati6n. Tune your dial to 100.3 FM to pick up commercial-free community radio. Midday Magazine tuns at noon OR weekdays. Go' t o www.ckmsfm.uwaterloo.ca~guide/ news.html to see when other news and information shows are scheduled. And, if you're interested in getting the 'whole story,' you should definitely pick up a copy of Blind Spot, a monthly publication that is partially funded by WPIRG. Blind Spot is an interesting read. It tries to publish opinions and news stories that are often ignored or misrepresented by the mainstream media. You could call Blrnd Spot slightly left-wing. So, as you can see, UW has a diverse set of media organizations, each with different goals and methods. Whether it's the Gazette or Mathnews, however, all the media organizations are interested in providing news, information and entertainment in various ratios. Check out each of these media sources and find out which ones suit your interests. Then read them often: informationis avaluable commodity. Jesse Helmer is the president of Imprint Publications Waterloo and is a member of the editotial board of The uwstudent.otg Media Corporation. His bias is duly noted. He reads Mathnews, the Daily Bulletin, Blind Spot, uwstudent.org and Imprint.

CLUBS & CULTS

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UW's cornucopia of clubs Editor's note: Due to space limitations in this year's frosh issue, we were unable to run full descriptions of all the clubs UW has to offer. We devised a rigorous procedure to determine which clubs would be included (read: random). If you would like the full 6,600-word article listing all the clubs, e-mail us and we'll send you the fat behemoth of a file.

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allowing is a list of some of the clubs to be found here at UW. If you have trouble contacting any of the clubs, want to find out more about any club, or want to start your own, contact the Clubs Director, Ryan Eagles, by phone at ext. 3909 or by e-mail (fedclubs@feds.uwaterloo.ca).

African Students' Association The African Students' Association is open to all who are interested in learning more about the African continent and its people. They have avariety of social andsporting events throughout the year and are interested in promoting African culture.

Best Buddies Best Buddies Canada is a non-profit organization committed to changing attitudes about people with developmental disabilities. Best Buddies facilitatessocialcontact between post-secondary students and people with developmental disabilities by organizing group outings and requiring one-to-one activities. By creating friendships between individuals with developmental disabilities and university and college students in the community, Best Buddies provides an opportunity for participants to enrich their lives while encouraging tolerance and diversity in Canadian society.

Association of Caribbean Students The Association of Caribbean Students (ACS) at UW is a social club dedicated to answering questions

surrounding the Caribbean, and the promotion of cultural unity within the university community. Within ACS, Caribbean students may find a small piece of home and a place to relax among persons of similar descent. Canadians may find that they can finally come to understand this diverse group of people who are now a part of their own culture. To contact the ACS, e-mail caribbea@watservl.uwaterloo.ca or check out their Web page (watservl .uwaterloo.ca/-caribbea).

UW Tutors UW Tutors is a volunteer educational advocacy group run by UW students, with assistance from faculty and staff members. UW Tutors is currently opening a community drop-in centre inuptown Waterloo and operates weekday evenings providing free tutoring to high school students experiencing academicdifficulties. For information, e-mail buds@calum.csclub.uwaterloo,ca.

Chinese Culture Corner The Chinese Culture Corner (CCC) is a club that provides all those who are interested in oriental culture with a dace to share their interests and gives all those who come from the great land of China an opportunity to meet each other. The working languages are Mandarin and English, and the club is open to all students who are Chinese or interested in Chinese culture. For information about the CCC, e-mail them at ccc@calum.uwaterloo.ca or check o u t the Web site, www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/clubs/ ccclabout.

UW Chess Club The UW Chess Club meets on a regular basis to play chess, discuss game strategies, organize inter-university competitions, and network with other chess organizations. Everyone is welcome.

UW Business and Investment Club The UW Business and Investment

This euv likes clubs. and vou will too. Club tries to develop the minds and skills of students in the areas of business that are not covered within the academic courses at UW. They run formal presentations on various relevant topics, workshops with an emphasis on the practical, round table discussions, and social events such as tours of local businesses.

unique opportunity to make a difference. For more information on their events, or toget involved, check out their Web site (watservl.uwaterloo.ca/-circlek) or their e-mail address is circlek@watservl.uwaterloo.ca.

Campus Crusade for Christ

Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) is a traditional practice for mind and body improvement. It promotes a peacefuiand healthy way of livingthrough its teaching of "Truth-Compassion~olerance"and five sets i f gentle exercises which are simple and easy to learn, yet exceptionally powerful and practised by more than 100 million people in over 40 countries. All are welcome to join. For more

Campus Crusade for Christ offers opportunities for %ble studies and training in how to share your faith with others, how to answer tough questions, how to be filled with the Spirit, and how to understand the Bible for all its worth. They also offer short-term mission projects to places all over the world for students to be challenged to share the Gospel in places that have never even heard the name of Jesus. Email: ccc~uw@hotmail.com

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info, their e-mail is falungongc1ub @softhome.net and their Web site is www.falundafa.ca.

Fraternity & Sorority Awareness Club At UW, the Theta Psi chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity has flourished since its installation in 1987. Since its inception, Theta Psi has been a visible force on and off campus. The sorority on UW's campus, Kappa Kappa Gamm3, is ap iiternatidial organization. Kappa promotes acadetnic excellence,- friendship, women supporting women, leadership, andself-development.The Fraternity & Sorority Awareness Club continued on page 32

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~hotographyand to teach people different photographical and darkroom techniques. Members of the club gather on a regular basis to learn techniques and to share ideaslprints. No photography experience is needed. Contact them at uwphotoclub@hotmail.com.

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The UW Pakistani Students' Association is representative of the rich cultural heritage of the country Pakistan. The intent of the organization is to provide a friendly environment in which both Pakistani and non-Pakistani students can learn more about Pakistani culture. Members from all backgrounds are always welcome.

UW Photography Club The UW Photography Club's main purposes are to gather people who are interested in

The Russian-speaking Students' Association (RSSA) was developed to provide a medium for all those interested in Russian culture, history, and language. The club organizes various activities in order for those interested in Russian language and culture.

UW Swing and Social Dance Club The UW Swing and Social Dance Club is an organization dkdicated to spreading and educating social dance in the community. At each meeting we have a swing (or other social dance) lesson followed by an hour or two of open practice. No parmers or dance experience is ever required. For more info e-mail dance@watservl.uwaterloo.ca or find them onthe Web (watservl.uwaterloo.ca/-dance).

Ukranian Students' Klub The Ukrainian Students' Klub presents an excellent opportunity to meet new people and make great friends. UWUSK welcomes Ukrainians and non-Ukrainians alike. Their Website is atwatserv1.uwaterloo.cai-uwusk or e-mail uwusk@watservl.uwaterloo.ca.

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day attending meetings for committees their jobs entail, responding to hundreds of e-mails and phone calls from students, administrators and other student groups across the country. Your executive spends the rest of their days working on their own vision for then portfolio. T h ~could s mean trying to get university administrat~onon board for a new program, working on a new awareness campaign, making changes within one of the Feds busmesses or developi-ng a new policy for government. What students need to realize is that there is limited time and limited resources to get this work done. On the whole though, the Feds should be as responswe to your needs as possible, respecting their own sanity and available time. The Feds are given authority by the Boardof Governors to recognize faculty societies. Each of these

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societies has the authority to sit on committees within their own faculty and provide programming and services specific to their own constituency. Faculty societies range greatly in how frequent they meet and what services they provide. These range from movies and pub nights to coffee and doughnut shops. Student government can easily be recast as a secret, money-snatching conspiracy on our campus. The best way to ensure that those elected to preside every year are kept in line is to hold them accountable and investigate their activities. There are thousands of volunteer opportunities with all of these organizations and, more importantly, all of your elected representatives should have modes of contact. Before you cast a suspicious eye on your fee-statement, you should investigate what it is you really receive from all of these mysterious representational bodies.

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barely speak at all. When 30 councillors gather in a room to have a meeting for which there are no published minutes and a few non-participants in attendance, that does not constitute effective communication. Missing from traditional organizations, including UW admin, is a public two-way dialogue. Many times a day I'm sure students are asking the same questions or making the same comments repeatably and usually to the same people. All organizations are made of members, but defined by participants. An organization chooses who is included in that group when it decides what threshold it sets before a member is valued to the organization. Motivation is the result of inclusion. As a spectator, you need to listen. Heckling is rarely effective. Get informed. Take up reading something other than your textbooks. Read newspapers, student or otherwise. Learn to detect bias. The children of the Internet have a highly active BS detector, but now you are part of a new minority: students currently inuniversity.This minority is particularly weak. There

are issues that impact you as a student and as a citizen. Whether it is environmental or political, you are well equipped to act on these issues. Talk to your parents and relatives about student issues. You might be surprised at stereotypes that exist in the community. These are stereotypes that will work against you for the next four years. Challe~ge them. As a leader, you need to ask for input. It isn't good enough to throw it at the wall and hope some sticks. You need to look at new ways to engage participants and spectators ahke. The Federation of Students, Imprint, WPIRG and CKMS need to look at new ways of ensuring they are truly representing their membership. It isn't enough to say that everyone that doesn't ask for a refund supports us. Heck, go get your refund if you don't know what these organizations do. I know you are new, but if you don't think you supportthese organizationsletthem know. The Feds won't give you your money back, but go ask anyway. Ask why you shouldn't get it back. Make sure you know what these organizations are doing (or not doing) for you. Oh, by the way, consider how useful frosh week re-

ally is to you when given that example as something the Feds do. You shouldn't have to be there to participate. You also shouldn't have to volunteer for many hours a week to have your opinion heard and acted on. Part of this is connecting active participants in the feedback cycle. Many students might drop by the Feds office to compliment or complain about a particular event or action. How many volunteers hear about it? Having a more active dialoeue between all " members - staff and students will assist in including a larger pool of individuals as participants. Students, in fact people in general, are motivated to do things for a variety of reasons. People with finite available time will gravitate toward activities of greatest interest. Not everyone thinks going to a public forum is a lot of fun. In truth, that's because they aren't any fun, I've been to enough to state no matter who is presenting the forum, no matter how much free pizza there is: there is no fun at public forums. Hopefully, you will consider gemng involved in an organization on campus or at least listen to their message and complain if you disagree. You're paying for it!

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he University of Waterloo, located in the north end of the city, has developed quite a name for itself. Although it may not have the ancestry of the University of Toronto or the grandeur of the University of Western Ontario, Waterloo nevertheless has distinguished itself in the field of postsecondary studies. Infact,Maclean's hasgiven Waterloo the titles of best reputation and best overall university year after year. Not bad for an institution that 44 years ago was nothing more than a muddy field. The dream of the University of Waterloo began in 1957, when Gerald Hagey and Ira Needles spoke with a few others to talk about teaching engineeringand science at the mostly Arts-dominated Waterloo College. At the time of Diefenbaker's government, it had been reported in The Globe and Mail that more engineers were needed in the labour market. Both Hagey and Needles made the plunge and despite the warnings of nay-sayers, began Waterloo's long journey by accepting 150 students on July 1, 1957. A year later, land dealings were sought out for the fledgling university. Amongst the candidates for the location of the university were Dearbornstreet and Albert Street. There was even talk of locating the lot in Preston. Luckily, the founding fathers bought a parcel of land from Abe Wiebe. Located on Laurel Creek, the first construction began for the young institution near the Schweitzer Farmhouse. By 1959, Waterloo had the Engineering

One and Physics buildings, which housed the new faculty known as mathematics. A year later Arts had arrived on the scene and St. Jerome's, under the leadership of Father Siegfried, moved from the Kingsdale Area of Kitchener to gain affiliation with the Lutheran Waterloo College. Although there was initially friction between the Lutheran university and the Catholiccollege, Siegfriedand Hagey eventually got along. Also, Ralph Stanton, creator of math's well-known pink tie, established the faculty of graduate studies. Throughout 1961 and 1962, the campus really started to blossom. Engineering Two and Three were built, while the faculty of mathematics was moved to a new area. Bill Tutte, Jack Kalbfleish and Wes Graham, three professors working with physics at the time, were putting Waterloo on the map in the world of mathematics. As well, The Gazette was founded, beginning the long tradition of campus journalism at UW. On July 7,1962, aspecial event occurred at Seagram Stadium. At Waterloo's fourth convocation, the first engineering degrees were handed out. For the first three, degrees were handed out for arts, science and mathematics, but on that day, 64 engineers received their degrees. The names can still be remembered today: Barry Wills, Bruce Hutchinson and Bill Lennox. Also there was the first dean of women, Dorothea Walter, who would later be succeeded by Hildegard Marsden. But the most spectacular event would take place in the fall, when Wes Graham would become the director of the computing centre. This would be the start of Waterloo's excellent reputation in computer science.

the math building. . . and Hagey Hall. In 1968, the legendary Red Room was built to hold the latest in IBM technology. Althohgh it was planned to open in August 1967, various delays kept the Red Room from opening. As a result, the machines were temporarily housed in the third floor of physics. The Red Room did endure, at least until 1999, when the piece of Waterloo history was tragically converted to classrooms and computer

labs to make room for the mcreasing rush of students. The Chewon, one of Canada's most legendary campus student newspapers, was established, beginning a new era of vexing and ticking off the student population to no end. New professors, like Gary Waller, John Baker and Harry Sullivan were added to the

hen I sat down to write this article about "how the world sees UW," I was shocked at how little I knew about the university. I clawed my way onto this campus as a Wilfrid Laurier refugee. For all I knew, my choice in transferring here wasn't any better than WLU, where pretense and banality reign. And what did I know about UW? In the few times I visited the campus I was astonished by the architecture. From the concrete Kleenex boxes-standing-on-end theme of the majority of the campus buildings, to the Toon-Town colour scheme of the Davis building, this university appeared to offer a unique perspective on a world in fragments. The only other impressions I had of my new university was that this school is swarming with computer nerds, engineers, and arts majors trading in ideas for co-op placements and "real world experience" as clerks in government offices; a place where practicality has replaced the profound and a cultural vacuum is seen as living. It seemed the essence of the Canadian experience boiled down and manifested into 20.000

cheerless souls. But maybe I was just generalizing, so I decided todig deeper into thematter, without being too pedantic. I scurried, like the nine-to-five rat that I am this summer, to the nearest Chapters and purchased a copy of the Maclean's Guide to Universities 6 Colleges. Anne Dowsett Johnston did not seem to support my prejudices, lauding UW's practicality and the prestige of many of our programs. Rummaging through the leaves of this comprehensive review, Waterloo came out on top in all categories of reputation. Not allowing Ms. Johnston and the CEOs surveyed to get the final word, I sent out a call to my esteemed colleagues in the press, employers and educators across the province. The return was slow and not entirely fruitful. My nagging requests were either entirely ignored, or greeted with trite, passive commentary. Sifting through the rubbish I gained some minor insight into what the world thought of our school and maybe a broad idea of who we are. Employers love our engineers and procontinued on page 38

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Extra! Extra! Imprint's sordid past a crowd pleaser RYANCHEN-WING special to Imprint

hen people talk about the history of Imprint they more often talk about the prehistory of Inrprint. The events that led to the creation of UW's official student newspaper are far more tumultuous than the calm years that have followed. Student news at UW began earnestly enough, but years later heightened into turbulence from which Imprint was created. There were political struggles and numerous name changes with publications beginning and ending. In 1958, when UW was the Waterloo College Associated Faculties and WLU was Waterloo College, the student newspaper was The Cord Weekly. Two years later the associated faculties became UW and a new paper was required. On November 4,1960 the first issue of a nameless newspaper was published reporting on the forming of a temporary student council. Editor Brendan O'Connor wrote, "From the engineering students' Enginews we have developed into a university-wide publication." The paper was asingle-sheet and had the titleblock blank, waiting to be named. O'Connor called for suggestions from students and put forth "The Coryphaeus," a greek word for "leader" or "spokesperson" and "Nuntiat," Latin for "announce." Eight days later the second issue was published under the banner of The Coyphaeus and the paper continued publishing a total of five issues that term.

Concerned by mispellings and mispronounciations, editor-in-chiefJimNagel changed the name of the newspaper from The Coyphaeus to The Chevron. Stew Saxe, a staff member who disagreed with the change, pubiishedaone-page single-sided issue of The Coryphaeus criticizing the name change. The Board of Publications censured Nagel for changing the name without authorization and censured Saxe for unauthorized publishing, then approved the name change. Almost 10 years later, accusations surfaced that The Chevron was controlled by members of the Anti-Imperialist Alliance, which was affiliated with the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). There were resignations of editors and a chairman in 1976, which some speculated were because of political pressure from the AIA. Federation of Students president Shane Roberts tried to lock out The Chevron staff from their office. The staff ended up occupying the office for the length of the dispute. The Federation launched several other newspapers to counter the renegade Chevron, publishing The Othervoice, then The Aullseye and finally The Real Chevron. The Chevron staff followed suit by publishing under The Free Chevron moniker. During the nine-month dispute the Feds seized The Chevron's typewriters, cameras and cut the phone lines. At one point, a rock was thrown through the window of the occupied office. In December of that year, a petition was submit4d to recall Roberts as Feds President.

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staff roster. For the engineers, the massive mascot known as the Ridgid Tool made its glorious first appearance. Finally, the School of Optometry was founded at its present location on Columbia Street West. But the heady days would soon end for the university. The problems of politics, demonstrations and the occasionalstreakingwould encroach these hallowed halls. From the lighthearted national emergency that cancelled CHEM 436 (also known as the Soviet-Canada hockey series) to the more pressing issues of the Chevron's Marxist bent and the Renison College Affair. A drop in enrolment, a hiring freeze and protests marked this tumultuous time. But not all was bad. Waterloo won the CIAU title in ice hockey in 1974 at the Waterloo Arena. A year later, with the memory of Mike Moser still fresh in the fan's mind, the basketball warriors won the CIAU title. The Computer Science Club was founded and one of the first accomplishments the club made was programming a computer to play chess in Fortran. The first edition of Mathnews hit the campus, a so-called articulate and erudite publication which mocks everything held dear by the UW student while containing absolutely nothing about mathematics whatsoever. These years also featured the founding of CKMS, and of course, the fall, rise and fall of the Chevron. (See page 37 for more about this sricky wicket). Of cowse, the big year for the university

was in 1982, celebratingits silver anniversary. Waterloo went all out by openingthe Watfund fundraising campaign and the Institute of Computer Research on "Technology Futures Dayn (March 17). It was also the year U W president Doug Wright introduced the 25year club, honoured Bill Davis by granting the premier a degree and gave medals to 16 "builders" from the university's inception. Celebrations were everywhere, although one was spoiled at Bingeman's when the Ridgid Tool was stolen by University of Toronto engineers. The Tool was returned in time for the Iron Ring Stag, but not before being encased in a 45-gallon drum of concrete. As far as Wright was concerned, he had to wade through many a controversy, like the protests at the Humanities Theatre when feminists were up in arms over the Miss Oktoberfest Pageant in 1986, the debate between Len Guelke and Wright over policies, the censorship of newsgroups like rec.humour.funny and the criticisms of the recently-built Davis Centre in 1987, when people criticized it as ugly. Furthermore, there was criticism over a 1985 article in the Toronto Star, calling UW "The Yuppie's University." Of course, this brought out the Varsity Briefcase Drill Team and a Yuppie Pub at Fed Hall. A lot has changed at this place since our initial days. The Wild Duck Caf6 is no more, replaced by the empty-shelled Ground Zero. The Campus Centre metamorphosized into the Student Life Centre with a beautiful new

addition. Fortran has given way to Pascal, which has given way to Java. C&O 230 has become Math 239. The new Judaic Studies Program was launched just last year with small class sizes. The MacKenzie King residence is almost finished. The breakdowns of QUEST continue unabated (At press time, QUEST was refusing to print fee statements, and UW admit1 were telling students to "just pay what you think you owe." -Ed.).

This place has certainly changed from its humble beginnings. But the torch of Hagey, Needles and Stanton has gone into new hands like George Dixon, Scott Furinoand Emanuel Carvalho. Professors like Chris Burris, Larry Smith and J.P.Pretti will give Waterloo new and fresh perspectives for the future. Yes, Waterloo is in pretty good shape and we should be proud of our short, but remarkable history.

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gammers, but educators are very skeptical of our arts programs. We are the acme of practicality, but strangers to the subtleties of metaphysics and aesthetics. To students, we're boring. One commentator told me: "I'd go to one of them for physics help, but I'd never drink with them. They're just not fun. Going out with them means going to the library!" The most common response was "they're a bunch of computer nerds." These are quite general and are probably a little unfair -but it's what they think. Beyond this, it seems that the world cannot yet categorize our school; we are in a hazy state of becoming. We do not have the old-moneyed preetige of some of the older schools, but we are not the last-chanceU that Carleton and Windsor are. Western and Toronto can no longer look down at us through their gin glasses and

write us off as another "one of those cow colleges." We're hardworking young upstarts, changing the face of educated classes, finding our place in the sun with the seasoned and ivy covered walls of the great Ontario trinity Toronto, Queen's and Western, to their horror. These observations could be close to the truth, and are somewhat in line with my impressions, but we are a young school yet. Other universities have a hundred years on us. There is time to broaden the scope of our education. There is time to season our lives with some enjoyment and time to taste new elements of living - or maybe we shouldn'i bother. Waterloo might become Canada's new model of education. Maybe U of T and West. ern are lagging throwbacks of an obsolete age. And then again, everyone could be entirelj wrong about the tediousnessandnarrow frame of this school - including myself.

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BACKGROUND CHECK

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In January of 1977 a referendum was held, where students were asked eight questions, including some pertaining to the newspaper. The questions asked were an indicator of what students thought of how the newspaper, its fees and its publisher should be structured. In February, the Feds got an injunction to force The Chevron staff from the office, which was later thrown out by a higher court judge. The dispute was finallyresolved in June of that year, when the Feds and The Chevron reached an agreement and the newspaper returned to publishing as The Chevron. With that resolution, the Chevron Investigation Commission was appointed to investigate. In February of the next year, the commission released its report, assigning blame to both parties and recommending that the editorial and publishing authority be clearly defined. The Canadian University Press had (up until that point) supported The Chevron, but had also started

its own commission to investigate. That investigation was based onCUP policies and principles rather than Federation bylaws. The CUP commission delivered its report, criticizing The Chevron, in September of 1978. After the report students began a petition to hold a referendum on separating The Chevron from the Feds which, up until that point, had been its publisher. The first part of the referendum was held in March and the second part, which was required to let co-op students vote, was held in May. Students voted in favour of separation and the decision took effect on September 1, 1978. Three days after the first part of the referendum, there was a "newspaper meeting" where 22 people - some of them Chevron stiff members -met to talk about starringanother paper. Nagel, the editor that had introduced the name "The Chevron" 12 years earlier, also attended. Different names were presented, and Randy Barkman suggested The Imprint. On June 15,1978 the first issue

A beautiful fish-eye photo of the Chevron offices. of The Imprint was published by the UW Journalism Club. The second and last issue of the spring dropped the article, opting for a more simplifiedlmprint for their name. Imprint began publishing regularly that fall. At the end of November 1978, students voted in another referendum to terminate The Chevron as the official student newspaper; the

Imprint timeline

The Chevron continues to occupy the office.

4 November, 1960 First issue of the University of Waterloo's first student newspaper.

22 November, 1976 Feds begin publishing The Real Chevron. 7 February, 1977 Fedsget aninjunction to force The Chevron staff to vacate the office, it is later thrown out by a superior court judge.

25 September, 1976 Federation of Students president, Shane Roberts, tries to close The Chevron; newspaper staff occupy the office. 30 September, 1976 Federation Student Council votes to suspend publication of The Chevron, investigate and to terminate the current

12 November, 1976 Feds remove cameras and

result would take effect on January 1, 1979. The next year CUP voted to expel The Chevron from the campus press organization. After publishing 27 issues, and accumulating $5,000 in debt, Impn'nt was glad to get a yes vote in March of 1979. The question was on accepting Imprint as the official student newspaper and adding a

30 November, 1978 Students vote to terminate The Chevron as the official student newspaper.

$1.75 fee the student fee statement. In the fall of that year Imprint was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation. Imprint published o n the Internet for the first time in Spring of 1995. Imprint has published for 23 years and has had its own share of controversy, but you'll have to come down to find out about that.

16 March, 1979 Imprint wins a referendum to make it the official student newspaper and approve a $1.75 refundable fee. 2 December, 1979 The Chevron is expelled from the Canadian University Press. The vote is 37 against The Chevron, 2 in favour and 8 abstentions.

4 July, 1977 Newspaper returns to publishing 'as The Chevron.

24 September, 1979

15 June, 1978 First issue of Thelmprint pub-

Incorporates Imprint Publications, Waterloo as a notfor-profit corporation with-

19 May, 1995 Imprint first publishes on the