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News to watch out for in 2002-03 Seven major campus stories for student inquisition Ed J. Eby IMPRINTSTAFF

Impnnthas selected the top ncws stones of the past that arc most hkely to arouse student concernand be among the news foci for the current and upcomtng school years All students at the Umversity of Waterloo should be aware of the esscnnal dctds ofthe followmg topics muon deregulauon, double cohort, housmg,umversalbus pass, Watpagn, co-op bulldmg and the researchand technologypark Many of the toplcs relate to the financial challenges that are unposed on students, hut there are other concerns involved. the vahd~tyof student consultanon m decision-malung, students' interest m resource management, the future academcintepty of the school, and threats to the nghts and pnvdegcs that students would hate to lose.

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The yellow sketch is where the new floor atop the SLC will be.

The new co-op building was not voted on by students.

In November2001, students voted to expand SLC and athletic facilitiesin a referendum dubbed 'Watpaign" thatwas offiaally titled the2001 Waterloo Campaign referendum. One of the projects to be completedis anad&tional floor on the Student Life Centre [pictured above] "to expand club, meeting, study and lounge space", plus expansion of the great hall: $2,411,750.

O n March 26,2001, the Federaaon of students reached a memorandum of agreementwith the Umversity of Waterloo to increase the co-op fee by f 25 without any formal consultation with students. The agreement was signed by former Feds president Chris Farley and vice-president education Mark Schaan on behalf of students.

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Enrolment: busting at seams Continued from cover

Although past admsslons targets were not avdable, Burroughs sad that ovcrthe last five or six years there hac brenonly one occasionwhere the number of first-ycar students was below targct "If we're gomg to err, we're going to alm shghtly over [thc target] becausc of fundmgrauos," he sad "Ifwe fallshort then our budget wdl be cut " Burroughs notcd that although the numbcr of first year students ths ycar will be roughly 500 over the ad msslons target, 200 to 300 of these student5 are, in fact, rcturnlng students who are regstered as firat year students because thev arc rcpcatmg thelr 1A term or bccauw thls is their first full nme term "For admssion purposes, we're probably about 200 to 300 over That rcflcctq on the numbcr of students that are going to he regstenng on November I, when we report our clatm to thc governmcnt [for funding] " Burroughs said that admsslon targets are set by balancingthe quahty of educaaon aganst f u n h g 'We have to have a certam numbcr of students in our umversity so that we balance the budget," he sad. "At the same tune, we're alsovery awareof the quahty issues. So therc's qulte a blt of ncgoaaaon that takes place between the deans and thc vlcc president and the presidcnt " Ryan O'Connor, vice-president educaaon for the Federaaon of Stu-

dcnts, inhcated that he was unsure the umverclty had resources to m a n tam quahty for somany new students 'We have yet to determine whether students wdl have adequate seats in the courses they msh to takc Certainly, by overshooang enrolment, theumverslty may not be prepared to allow students Into courses they wish to take," he sad In some departments, such as classical stuhes, sec aons wcrc crcatcd speaficallyfor hrctyear students since cuch a great demand is expected, O'Connor sad.

final enrolment f i g u r e s d be releasedin Novemberwhen the umversty has to report to the government for fundmg. Although Burroughs sad that he doesn't expect figures to changesqpficantly, O'Connorseemed sceptical. "pederanon of students president] Brcnda [Slomka]hadgotten hfferent figures at the begnning of August, and it was around 5,000. Already we're at 5,200. "Who knows what it's going to be next week."

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New Watcard features Magda Konieczna IMPRINTSTAFF

Several new features accompany a change of face for Watcards this fall.

The single stylc ofWatcard, depicnng the Student L~feCentre, wh~chhas existed since the card's Lnccpnon m l995,1sbemgreplacedbySIX dfferent cards to differenuate between dfferenttypesofcardholders.Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff,guests and a l u m n ~ each d holda cardwthadffcrcnt background photo.

Besides dsnngu~shmgbetween cardholders,thc changewasmotivated by confusion on the part of off-campusvendors between the barcodeand the student I D number, and the fact that the Regstrar's Office has done away withvahdaaon sackers.

'Wlthall these changes,itwas just a good nme to make a change to the card," sad WchaelJackoftheWatcard office. Confusion assoaatedulththe barcode has been solved by malungit smallerandpnnangitve~cally on the card,Jack sad. Addluonally,the explraaon dateis belngpnnted&ectly on the card now that vahdaaon sackers are no longer being used.

With the past verslon of the card, the Watcard office received cards prepnnted w ~ t h the Image and simply pnnted the student's photo on each card. Now, they wdl receive enmely blank cards on whch d they wdl pnnt one of six background imagcs as well as the student'c photo.

Jackexpla.indthatthe cost ofpnnting the ennre card is the same as that of pnnnng the student's photo, and that cost of Watcard pnnang has not goneup smccthcWatcardofficcmovcd from black and whte to colour student photos.

"When thc card gocs through thc pnnter it goes through a cmyk [cyan, magenta, yellow and black] nbbon, and the ribbon it gocs through uses one card-mdthregardless ofwhether you're pnnnnga whole front or lust a any narrowpornon," Jack sad. 'You can't reuse the nbbon.

'We wouldn't have done ~t if it were to increase cost, but it dldn't becausewewere alreadyusmgthe nbhon for the ID photo and it uses the same amount of mnk and nbbon whether you're pnnung the whole card or the student Image on it."

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Stories: N e w s to watch Continued from page 3

Tuition deregulation In 1998, the Ontario government deregulated professional and graduate programs. Engineering and computer science were also approved for deregulation by the provincc on the condit~onofagreeingto double enrolment in computer science and electrical and coniputcr engilieering. The tuition deregulation meant that universities in Ontario would be allowed to incrcasctuition fees by more than the regulated 10percent. Tuition fees for students entering aprogram could be set at any amount the university cliooses,wMereturning studentsmay not have anllicreasegreaterthan 20 per cent over thelr previous year's tuition untd the time when "they can reasotlably be expected to complete their program." *itUW, optometry is the only undergraduate program that was deregulatedin the set of professional programs. UW negotiated its own deal to deregulate engineering and computer science because itwas considered impossible to be able to double the largest high-tech department in the province. So, an agreementof a 36 per cent increase inundergraduate enrollment and a 50 per cent increase in graduate enrolment in the two departments between 1997-98and200304 was settled. The dealwas made six months after the province announced that it would assist universities to expand their IT programs through the Access to Opportunities program (ATOP) in order to deregulate.

Wpresident DavidJohnston has said students should not expect differentialincreases.Instead, tuition fees dincrease at equallevelsfornew and returning students. The university is also opposed to allowing some programs to remain regulated by the province.

Former presidentJames Downey said at aRoard of Governors meeting

tario government introduced a fivein February 1998,"the position of this year tuition policy that set the maxiuniversiiy has been that &you're going mumincrease for tuition fees ofreguto deregulate,you should deregulate lated programs at two per cent. cveq-thing." He was responding to The Ontariogovemment also has David Burns, dean of engineeting at a policy that 30 per cent of a tuition that time, who was opposed to large fee increasesin his "professional" fac- increase mustbe set aside hj-universi ties for the financial aid of students in ulty if it meant that students in his need; the remaining 70per cent "is to faculty wiU end up paying more thm students in equally expensive, but not be invested to improve the quality of "professional," science programs. students' programs."

However, the Ontarlo government made the decis~onfor select~vede reguldtlonwlth attention to "the different eamingcapauty of students graduating from different programs," as Ontano hance minister (and current premier) Ernie Eves stated on with government-regulated tuition fees. FullDecember 15, 1997

time equivalent figures for the current year: grad students, 1,851; undergrads in regulated programs, 12,028; undergrads in deregulated programs, 5,778.

rt has been the position of the Ontarto government to set post s t c ondary educar~onpolic!. based o n rhr rcononuc value of the students that the education systemproduces.

In March 2000, the Ontarlo government changedits pohcy on operatlnggrants to evaluate figures based on graduation rates and graduate employment figures At the same tune, the On-

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For the housingportton of this article, see page 6

"Tuition revenues can s@nficantly improve the quality of the learning environment," stated Queen's UmvcrsityprhicipalBillLeggettui a letter distnbutediuOctober 2001. Itwas his justification for the previous statement he made to Queen's sh~dents, "We should not turn our backs on further deregulation of tuition." The fear many students have about deregulationis thatitwillcreatean opcti price-war market for universities to sell cducation.

The common reasons for tuition hikes at UWhave been to supplement "inadequate" government funding and "to mamtain \Y'aterloo's competitive position relative to other Ontario universities." With expectations that the government will continue to lower its operatinggrmt fund ing and that universities will struggle to maintain their cash resources to match what other universities possess, students talk of fears that their

(deregulated)hution feeswill be raise, in the university's competitionbattle to retain the top faculty and staff an, thus maintain their status.

4s President Johnston told th 1,eglslati~-eAssembly of Ontarlo o hIarch 7,2002, there willbe three feal students can expect to have if th university docs not get the funding I needs in the new economy: "Numbe onc, our 1universlh simply will not b able to take any more studcnts, ant therefore they won'thave aplace; sec ond, the quality of the education w offerwillhecome poor; third, the en mromnent for ourprofessors and staf d l become poor and they'll go else where."

The professors and staffwmllwan to go towhere the greatest economi successexists, the reasoninggoes, an1 only the students who find a way t( afford to can follow. The umversit with thc best overallreputationwill b easily bought no longer.

Watpaign :nNovember 2001, studentsvoted to :xpand SLC and athletic facilitiesin a zeferendum dubbed 'Watpaign" that was officially titled the 2001 Waterloo Zampaign referendum. The Feds anlounced the campaign in a ful-page ~dvertisementthat appeared in the xmpus recreation Incredible Guidelook at the begmnmgof the fall term.

'A large body of student opinion is coing to be collected," the Feds' ad ~romises." T h e r e d be focusgroups, :lass speakers,surveys and forums to lisseminate information and gather :our feedback." The five projectswere letailed as: An additional floor on the Student .. ,ife Centre "to expand club,meeting, study and lounge space", plus expansion of the great hall: $2,411,750. ,Inew fitness centre with aerobics, weights and cardio rooms, "the primary area for fitness activities", on the north side of the Columbia Icefield: rn

An addtuonal floor on the Stu dent Life Centre "to expand club, meetmg, study and lounge space", plus expansion of the great hall: $2,411,750.

-An addi~onalgymnastumon the south side of the Icefield: $1,096,300.

X lighted astroturf field on the north campus: $2,200,000.

X women's hockey dressing room in the Icefield: $182,400.

O n October22, Students' Council approved an amendment made by Feds president Yaacov Iland to remove the artificialturf field from the proposal.

The referendum question asked of students was: "Do you support the construction of an expansion of the StudentLife Centre and theNorth Campus Athletic facihties as detaded

in the Waterloo Campaign: Studen Projects document through the addi tionof anon-rehdable $13.80 feet, the fee statement!" Some details no includedin the questionwere that th fee would begin once three ofthe fou projects had been completedand tha itwouldbe payable for 25 years orunt the projects were paid off, whicheve comes first. The referendum passel with 60.48 per cent ofvoters ;espond ing "Yes" to the question. h formal complaint of the referen dum process was made to the Refet endum committee by UW studen Jesse Helmer on the grounds that th Students Project document men tioned in the referendum questiol had been modified during the elec tion. When it once said that feeswoull be charged once all projects had beel completed, the documentwaschangei to read that fees would be charge, when three out of the four project had been completed.

The Referendum Committee de cided to uphold the voting result: which Helmer subsequently appealec On December 7,2001, the Referen dum Committee decided to invali date the results of the referendum 01 the appeal. OnJanuary 7, the Federa tion of Students Board of Director released a document statingtheir de cision to uphold the results of th Waterloo Campaign Referendun: However, it was revealed that twl versions of Feds council procedur exist and that only one ofthem allow for a second appeal to the Feds boan of directors. The official procedur doesn't allow a second appeal, bu Feds president Iland allowed the ap peal because that was the version o the procedures manual that was pro ~lded to the council at the b e m i of the referendum.

for i n 2 0 0 2 0 3 Co-op building OnMarch 26,2001, the Federationof students reached a memorandum of agreement with the University of Waterloo toincrease the co-op fee by $25without any formal consultation with students. The agreement was signed by former Feds president Chns Farley and vice-president education hlark Schaan on behalf of students.

In the agreement, the university agrees that the fee increase will: occur only when the building is occupied [nowbelieved to be in the winter tern 20031,go only to fund constructionof the building and decrease by the same

amount after 25 years at the latest. In addition,"UWagrees that fundraising efforts for the CECS Building will contifiue to hepart ofthe UWsmajor fund-raising campaign known as 'B~uldinga Talent Trust for Canada'. . .that annual fund-raisingreports will bemade avalaMe to 'the Federation of Students' Co-op Students' Council' (and that these reports shall describe the activities of the fund-raising efforts on behalf of the CECS B d d m g ...in the event fund-raisingcontributions for the CECS Building exceed UWs target,. .. theexcessfundsraised

will be applied against the student's contribution and the period ofthe fee levy dbe shortened accordingly."

The university alsopromised that "the significant contribution being made by the s t u d e n t s d be formally recognized in a manner consistent with recoption of other indwiduals, organizations or groups making similar contributions [and]the interview and meetingroom areaswithin the CECS Bddmg d lbe avarlable as student study space consistent with the practice in other academic buildmgs on campus." FinaUy,U\Xragreed"to con-

tinue to pursue incremental funding fromthe Province of Ontario to fund the additional costs associated with offeringco-operativeeducationatuniversities."

For the students part, their commitments in the agreement included that students:"acknowledge thatUW has the authority to change the cooperative education fee levied on all undergraduate students enrolled in the co-operativeeducationprogram... agree that the fundmg arrangement contained within this memorandum for the construction of the CECS buildings does not constitute a precedent for the financing of other academic/administrative buildings on campus. Furthermore,ifa similar situation arises, the Federation of Stu-

dents may conduct a referendum of the undergraduate students to determine student opinion. . . agree to be full and willing participants in the review of the Co-operativeEducation department . . . [and] agree to assist with the fund-rasing efforts for the CECS Building.

Former Feds presidentChnsFarley was greatly criticized for his actions and attitude about student consultation in the proceedings. I-Ie told students, "The administrationcanmake ths increase without any student consultation." He was also confident in saying that "I have indicated my per sonal belief that co-op students, if presentedwith allofthe information, would be w d h g to help finance this building."

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Feds financial malfea- Housing sance partly corrected Continued from page 5

There is something of a battle between the good people of Waterloo Lullo sa~d,"talkto themand say '~fyou who are not mversity students and Magda Konieczna had $1,000, where would jou hke to IMPRINT STAFF the good people who are university see this $1,000 go ' Then we can go students over the nght to housing back and d~scussit a little further and The Federat~onof Students plans to accomodations -but this is not the see [where funds should be allocated] spend about half o f ~ tapproxunatelv s only conflict that students need to "I see the potential for some going dunk of when they must enter the $30,000 projected surplus, most of back mto the semces, lust hecause I which was hidden m the budget that housing market. There are also cont h k that's where a lot of the ~uttlng cerns of how supply and demand wac first presented 111Julr.2002 back tookplace " Although $29,086 50 profit 1s reaffects thepncing,qu&ty andmainteDI Lullo sad that he belleves the cordedmtheFedsgeneraloffice budget nance that landlords offer in housing problem occurred because the Feds for this fiscal ear from the sales of opportunities bus and GRT passes were nitt tally Feds bus nckcts and GRT transit Sh~dentsshould try to famihanze break even initiatives and ''probabl] passes, that profit did not appear on themselves with the Lodglng House started making money wthm the last the summarypage ofthe budget '111s LxensmgBy-Lawto become aware of two years," he sad "Last yearwas the means that the money was not prupthe reqmrement to hcense a lodgmg year they added so many routes - house and in particular the defmition erly recorded m the budget and not be~ausebefore1 thmk therewere half avdable for use. Thishas been the case of alodpghouse that th~s by-lawwll as manv routes for the Feds bus " for at least the past two years, as re apply to One important part of the The budget commlttee d be ported in lmpnnf on July 26 definition of a lodginghouse is that it ,it the-hgust 11councdmeetmg, meeting September 4 to make fmal does not mclude houses where three changes to the budget, DiLullo 1ndi kederationof Students' budget com or fewer persons are harbored, remlttee brought three cho~ces to coun- cated The bederation of Students' ceived or lodged for hire. ,inother budget was passed by councillors on cillors: detail of the by-law that receives sig1.Leave the $30,000surplus,poten- July 21 nificant attention is that it contains a DiLullo sad he expects themoney tially to act as a buffer for Feds restriction thatno twolodginghouses to act as a buffer, and that ~tvJlll beused expenses; within 75 metres of eachothermay be 2. Allocate funds to areas of concern up by the end of the year licensed. An exception exists, howraisedin thebudget meetingwhich ever, if the house had been licensed were not added to the budget, or before the by lawwas enacted 3. Instruct the budget committee to Feds pres~dentBrenda Slomkahad allocate some proportion of the sad m her election platform that she funds to the semce s ~ d eof the t ofwaterwanted to s ~downwithc~ty organzation, as they see fit loo mayor Lynne Woolstencroft as Councd voted to accept the t h ~ d soon as possible to discuss the issues choice The budget commttee will of student housing and the city's renow dec~dethe specific allocation of strictive student housing by-law. No the funds. word yet onwhat new policies may be "We're going to go through all the effectedbythosemeetings.Many stusuggestions we got from coundl," dents are hop% for regulaaons that 'We're goingto beinterviewing all the stresshtgher qu&tymlodpg houses Feds VP finance and adminpeople in the organization," FedsVP not to mentlon regulations that are administration and tinance Chris Di istration Chris Di Lullo. well-enforced.

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The departmentsof chemistry, electrical engineeringandchemicalengmeering are laming together to propose a new undergradnate degree in nanotechnology,which,if approved, could start as early as September 2003.

ChenisttychairTerrancehIc3Iahon describednanotechnologyas the study of "materials for directed purposes."

The study aims to build designer materials molecule by molecule, and has applicationsinelectromechanical and biomedical systems. The proposed program, a result, said hfcMahon, of increased demand in the fieldwotldwide,began as aninitiative to create a joint graduate program between engineeringand chemistry.

"While we were discussing the possibility ofjoint graduate programs, joint research efforts,webasically came to the conclusionthat the best way to develop people for this area was to create an undergraduate program, so that's what we're m the process of trylng tddo," MchIahon s a ~ d DrJohnChatz~q,chaw of chemical engineering, stressed the mnovation developing the new program 'We have to becomemnovativem the sense of developingnewprogramsand new dxiplines as technology and science progress "To my knowledge there's no such degree program [m nanotechnology] m CanadIanuiuversitiesyet "Indeed, undergraduate degrees in nanotechnology are a novelty world wde, with the oldest, at Fltnders Umversb m ,lustraha, having been set up m 2000 Although the curnculum for the program has not been finalized, I\fchlahon sad the draft is fairlvwell defined 'We hope to get st through the vanous undergraduate curnculum committees forthe three departments [chemistq, chemical enpiering and electricalengineering]and then for the

two facuhes [scienceand engineenngl m order that it get to senate bj what ever the deadhne is t h s fall in orde~ that the program be tmplemented one year hence," he told Impnnt Ht sald that be hopes the curnculumwd be read) to go to departmental com mittecs in September Chatz~swas more consenratme sajlngthat Atbest the programwoulc start m the fall of 2004 ''We necd tr seek adwce from the coordinationde partment, find out demand m thi' protmce andmthe counrq and basec on the demand and the needs of 50 cieq for these types of scientists anc engineers we'll take all these factor mto consldeldtlon," Chatzls sad hZchlahon said that potential field of studv or emploj ment for shident in the program mclude developmen of new matenals for battenes, ther d moelectnc mateads that ~ o u l replac1 heaters and ax conditioners m car: aspects ofpolymer chemstq,maten als des~gnand developmgnew mate nals for superconductors hichIahon s a ~ dthat although h hopes the program would be a co-01 program, it could be difficultto mple ment that way from the start "If yo1 have coop you have to have the stu dents m and out so it m~ghtmcreds the amount of teachmg that we hav to do, partl~ularlylf two streamswer started up," he sad "The vice-presl dent [academc and provost, Am Chakmd] said thatifwemcreaseenro mentmpamcularareas that therewi be mcreased budget to allowusto hu faculty "But there's gomg to be A lag ot viously between the increased enro e ment and the abhty to h ~ r people When asked whether he expecte the program to be approvedmas fir pass through senate, hIchIahon s a "We certainly hope so, gx en th amount of work that's gone into andthe,I thmk~denttfiable,demand

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These students have no idea what to do with their time.

Warrior Weekends A new kind of Waterloo r\s far as costs for the project arc concerned,FitzGeraldmaintains that they are planning to keep these activiBeginning this fall, the UK' sh~dcnts ties affordable. " W c want to keep it will experience something different. lowcost, andmake theactivitiesthtngs 'Ihc way in which studentswilllookat thatwe won't have to askmoney for." .A11of the activities that ud bc on weekends is going to change. For the first weckcnd of every month during the agendas for each weekendwill not include any ku~dof alcoholic beverthe Call andumter terms, the SLC will hold aneweventcalled "TJarriorWeek- ages. FitzGerald states that the idcais not to discourage students from d d ends."

Based ona program called "Up Pill ing, but rather to give students more options in activities through the reNight" run by West T T i r p aUniversourceson campus.With the doublesity in the US., Waterloowill charter cohort occurring in 2003, both their ideas into making our own inFitzGerald and Kerriganbelieve thatit ventive ways for students to spend will be a greatway to introduce many theirwcckends.These eventswillbeg m at approximately 7:00 p.m. on underage students to Waterloo.

'We just want to provide [firstFriday nights and continue again on year students] with more options," Saturday nights. says FitzGerald. Kerrigan also adds, The activities\n?ll gwe everyone a "It gives students who either do not chance toget their muscles andminds want to drink, or cannot drink, somemoving. l%s includes a variety of thng fun and interesting to do; simeducational, f m , and physical activities such as dancelessons,educational ple as that."

With the help of volunteers, seminars, and movie nights. The FitzGerald and Kerrigan are hoping activitiesthat wdl take place are going that these weekends will be a success to vary each weekend to get a broad and continue into 2003 and beyond. range of activities miming. They wdl Four other students, Sara Marshall, all take place in our very own Student Azim Kara, Becky Bowman, and Life Centre.

Karyne V e l e z , d b e helpingwith the This new idea startedwith Watercreative part of this project. "I have loo's studentlife coordinatorIIeather given them creative freedom," says FitzGerald. She believes that these FitaGerald; "they were students that weekends are a great way to get firstwere interested in working on the year students involved in activitiesby utilising all of the campus resources. project and they arevery responsible.

They have alot ofgreat ideas and they Ailthough these weekends are inalso have a lot ofprogrammingexpetended for all students to come and rience. So, together with hWe and enjoy, in the first few years of the myself,we sit together and they throw program,theseweekendsd IIkelybe out their ideas." dominated by first-year students.

It is w i h these ideas that these "It's for everyone," says weekends wLU be planned giving stuFitzGerald, "but looking at the fact thatitis our first yearwith the project, dents opportunities to try something different.Although theweekends are I'm sure that for the hrst couple of yearsitudlbemostly attended by first- not yet slated for specific activities, there are certain clubs and resources year students." that the Warrior Weekend committee With the assistance of reds viceis hoping to get involved. During president student issues Mike mid-term and exam times, both Kcrrigan,FitzGeraldis planning these FitzGerald and Kerrigan point out events with the students' needs in tl~atit would be great to have some mind. >ilthough FitzGerald and stress-relief seminars for students to Kerrigan hwenot created a set agenda, attendwhile goingthroughexamdme. they do believe that inviting many of The WarriorWeekend committee \Vaterloo's own clubs and resources is also looking for volunteers to help will mean that the activities will proout with these events. "It's a great vide students with more opportunopportunity for a lot of people to get ties than ever before. involved and we're just looking for "It is a forum where student some great volunteers." Any uppergroups can have activitiesgoingonso year students who are interested can students with dfferent interests can contact Heather FitzGerald at kind of come in and check out what studentltfe@waterloo.ca, ext 6876 or they are interested in," explained inpersoninNeedles Hall, room 3006.

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Starting in September, staff at the Bombshelter and Fed Hall will take part in a new training program that aims to create a safer envkonment for staff and patrons at the campus bars. reds vice-presidentadmirustmtion and finance Chris DiLullo explained, '%ar Safe is a new, standardized bar ~ainingprogramthathas beencreated through the co-operation of members of theuniversity community and the Federation of Students."

X number of unwersity organizations are involved in theRar Safe pro gram, including CounsellingSeMces, Health Services, Police Services, the Office of Ethical Behaviour and HumanRights and the CampusResponse Team.

Di Lullo said the Bar Safe program addresses a variety of situations that staffmay encounter, such as "howdo you deal with a patron who has consumed too much [alcohol], or who has decided to do drugs, or who's really upset." The one-day program

consists of several sessions that focus on different aspects ofworkingin a bar environment.

One of the sessions will address federal and provincial laws regarding bar operations as well as the university's alcoholpolicy. In addition to alcohol awareness training, staff will also learn how to r e c o p e various types of drugs and the signs of drug use.

Staffwill also learn conflict resolution skills to prevent disputes from becommgviolent.*\nother session deals with sexual harassment and assault. *itthe end of the day, the instructors w111 act out real-life situations, and demonstrate the right andwrongway to respond.

In thepast,staff attl~eBombshelter and Fed Hall were trained separatelj-.

"The training varied depending on who trmed them andwhch bar itwas in," Di I d l o explained. "It led to a lot ofconfusion because somedmes staff would act differentlyeven though the situation was the same."

A\ll bar staff will be required to attend the training session on September 14.DiLullo said the program

d l i k e l y berepeated fornew employ ees at the begmmng of the winter term. Xppromately 80 staff members from both campus bars are ex pected to attend the t r a m g scssionm September.

Anewcode o f c o n d u c t d also be introduced ln the Bombshelter and Fed Hall before frosh week begins.

"Hopefufly, that ud solve a lot of problems at the door," said Di Lullo "Whether I behcve thcm or not, peo ple have a valid excuse when they say, 'I didn't know [about the rule]' if it's something fairly obscure."

The code of conductprohbits such behaviour as possessmg, trnffickmg and being under the influence of drugs;harassingotherpatrons or staff and under-age drinking. The consequcnccs ofviolating thc code of conduct include being banned from the estabhslmcnt for any pcriod bctwccn two weeks and life.

The student's faculty will be notified of the ban, which may appear on the student's academic record.

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Five years of PAC0 regulations Committee changed frosh week significantly

Since P.\CO began five years ago, the 1997 frosh class has graduated and few students at school today know what a frosh week without PAC0 is like.

Because of th~sstudents can't well make a comparison of the experience, but they canbetter judge it on principle.

PAC0 is the Provost's ,idvisoq Committee on Orientation and is the term that people use to refer to the reports it produces and the changes and restrictions that follow.

The committee first met after the 1997 frosh week, but signtficant changeswere made as a part of restructuringthat year. For that froshweek Federation Orientation Committee was formed as well as Orientation Advisory Committee.

Residencesandfacultyorientation committees were prevented

from schedulingevents at the same time, and REV and TTdlage1 were required to run their activities lomth, whereas before they had been separate Leaders were no longer allowed to drmk alcohol d m g orientation week events Over the fall of 1997, the committee of 10, h e ofwhch were students, met to develop the report 1he report was releasedm Decem ber All frosh leaders were required to undergo four training sessions hazmg/mmation/peer pressure, alcohol and drug awareness, sexual harassment and drversity, and the role of the onentation leader/safety and habllitv issues The maxunum pnce for frosh kits was set as well as 10 restnctions forevents where alcohol is served Also that year, the toga party was held on campus where before it was held at Bingeman's In 1999Feds collected all frosh week fees on behalf of the committees and redrstnbuted them Each onentation group was restncted to one wet event, whlch means that frosh would have a maxunum of three in frosh week -w t h theu faculty,theu residence and at the

toga party.

1711s year an administrative fee was added to frosh kit fees and the Student Life Co-ordinator, a university employee, was made cochairwith Feds SpccialEvents/ Orientation Co-ordinator.

Catherine Scott says that next year there will bc no alcohol in frosh week: "Wellwe have to take alcohol out of it next gear. I don't know how we could do it when 90 per cent [of frosh] are underage. I don't know how we can run wet events."

Some students feel that the restrictions that come with PAC0 have caused good aspects of frosh week to be lost along with the bad.

There is also concern that the fun for some frosh is ruined to accommodate the sensitivities and sensihdities of others; what is an appropriate degree of separation and differentiationbetween the experiencefor each frosh and what purposes does frosh week fulfil.

Last year Tom Waterhouse commented on tlw~tudethrg,"The problem with PAC0 is that the 'guidelmes'are too restrictive.

Thanks to PLICO,Conrad Grebe1 can no longer run a long-standmg, traditionalFrosh Week event. They

call it 'hazmg ' I thmk it's equally fair to call PAC0 a bunch of PC thugs pissmg on the place I call home " Commentmg on what she considers to be hanng, Scott said, "It's creating a situationwhere someone feels coerced phl sicall\ or socially or by the feeling that the) won't he one of the gang to do sometlung that is demeamng to them or against their own better judgement of what the) would actually do themselves, but thev feel so unsure of themselves and so wthout confidence that they do somethmg that the) really don't want to do m order to feel that the) belong " "I thmk there's been huge creative thmgs gomg on I mean engmeenng junkyard wars what a better way to atach you to your group or make you feel a part of your faculty and profes sion A fandous event that is there's everything posiave about that event what could in terms of bnngmg people together " "Contrast thatwith the cotheshe game whch was a big arts issue, how does that bring people together does mutual p m cause you to feel like a group or does pnde m what you're domg make you feel lie you belong

here and this is a great place and thesea regreatcolleagues."

Ryan O'Connor believes that the guidelines are not properly implemented. "My concern is not with some of the P-iCO guidelines many ofwhich are necessary, includmg the restriction on lcadcrs' drinking," he said. "However, being a former frosh week participant as both a frosh and a leader, my concerns restwith themterpretation of P-iCO by some parties involved.

Leadcrswillsometimesenforce rules which aren't set out through P,\CO guidelines because of their own interpretation of the rules."

"It seems as if the pendulum has swung from one direction pre-PACO,leaderswere acting inappropriate1y;post-PliCO, the pendulum has swung so far in the other duection that participants don't know what type of behaviour is acceptable.Restrictions exist without even being written down."

P-iCO has been around for five years andeach year froshexperience the resultswithout really experiencingthe changes that have come before.

Microsoft: the sponsorshp heard across the world engineering department. It said that EngSoc 1s "concerned by theparticipationoftheuni~rersity ofWaterloo in the Microsoft Canada Academic "This pre-university experience is optional, Innovationhlliance." They went on to say, "We and is intended to offer high school students an understand that a state of underfunding curenrichment opportunity to strengthentheirprorently exists in theuniversity at both the Faculty gramming skills before they enter the EKtCE andDepartmenta1 level and thatindustnal partprogram." nerships are one way of reducing the gap. How-In a recent intemiewDiCiccio addressed the ever, thereis aline that must be drawn that gives change to C# "The agreement s ~ ythat s continthe Faculty of Engmeering the autonomy to set gent on approval by the department program its own curriculum." committee, whch 1s the u~ldergraduatecuracuJeffIIenry vice president externalofEngSoc lum committee for the department of ece, conhas organized an open forum on September tingent on its approval and the academic policy 12.At this fonun UWrpresidentJohnston, dean committee of the faculty of engmeenngand the engmeemg undergraduate studies ~omrmttee ofengineeringSujeet Chaudhuri,chairofelectncal and computer enpeering Tony Vannelli, includmgthe year one implementation commitand ICR Director Dicicciowillanswerquestions. tee -contingent on all then approvals, C# wdl I Ienry outlined the reasoning for the forum, be the tool used for hCE 150 m aept 2003 " "hIy impression from the students is that there On how the agreement could be changed 1s a lot of confusion and concern. There is a fair DiCiccio said, "There isn't an exactprocess. there amount of conflicting information out there." is a way. there are clauses that allow- for the "The forum will be a chance to give students agreement to be modified. Sponsorship is a to talk directly to them and for them to talk bettcr word than partnership," he clarified the directly to students," he added. "It [the forum] term he used to describe the relationship. will allay our fears or we'll find a good reason to In reaction to the announcement,Federation get in an uproar." of Students I T Education Ryan O'Connor isDetails of the agreement have not been resued apress release. Init he wrote that Feds "is leased.DiCiccioexplained,"Well,the agreement's disconcerted about the $2.3 million partnerconfidential for two reasons: there's a clause in ship." the agreement saymg that the agreement is conOverthe following days the stoqwas covered fidential,which~snormal practice for hhcrosoft in The Record, The Globe and Mad, National and also is quite normal practice for the univerPost's Financial Post, The Toronto Star, on sity Virtually all university agreements are confiwebsitesin Germany, Spain,Japan and theUS-i, dential." and on local telemsion statlon CICCO. Talking about the reaction he's been getting The UWEngineering Societyissued an open President Johnston said, "It's certainly been letter to the UWpresident, the rleanof en,&ecrmuted there have been somc criticisms of the ing and the chair of the electricaland computer Continued from cover

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agreement and some support for it. Our experi- andusc hficrosoft techi~ology. enceis that as we provide more info there seems In adddon to curriculum integration, the to be a better understanding and some of the agreementwith UWcovers education solutions critics become supportive." and academic research. "Electricaland computer "There a feeling that Microsoftwouldhavean engmeeringwdlalsocreate apre-universitynoncreditexperience for high school studentschoosundue influence on the curriculum by virtue of the financial support provided by theuse of one ing to apply toE&CE at UW.This pre-university of its tool in the PCE] 150 course and in the experience is optional, and is mtended to offer outreach. These are curriculum decisions made high school students an enrichment opportuby theinstructors,thereis avanety of tools used nity to strengthen their programming skills before they enter the E&CE propam." and throughout students' careers here there use a bunch of programs, so it's not a problem," he The educatioil solutions part will use .NE'14 to provide students remote access to labs and added.

Prabahker Ragde, CS professor and Associate accordmg to a press release will involve "newly created, or adapted, curriculum content."

Chair of Curricula of the school of CS, "I think that bothE&CE and CS need to consider their The academicresearchinvolvesthe developinternal processes to ensure thatif a similar offer ment of an equatiou recognition system for is made in future, it goes through the usual tablet PCs have the feature of screens that are channels for discussion. \Yie may wish to contouch sensitive to a stylus pen in addition to sider guidelines for handling such offers, to being a fully functioning laptop computer. If successful this project will allow users to avoid ad-hoc and possibly erroneous procedures. I wish there were a way to easily fix the handwrite equations, which the computer will convert to computer recorded equations. current situation, but it is going to be almost impossible to judge the proposal to adopt C# in the usual fashion, now."

The funding of UW was the first from the $10 d o n h f i c r o s o f t Canada Academic InnovationXlhance, a fund There will be an Engineering Society (FmgSoc) Open that is intended to promote collaboraForum on UW-Ahcrosoft Partnership on September tion between Microsoft and Canadian 12,2002 universitiesin four different areas curUW President David Johnston, Dean ofEngineerriculum integration, education soluing Sujeet Chaudhuri,Chair ofElectdca1andcomputer tions, academic research, and industry Engineering Tony Vannelli, and Institute for Compnoutreach. ter Research Director Vic Diciccio will he in attendance.

Universities can apply for funding The locationis the Rod Coutt's EngmeeringLecture or map be invited. Funding proposals Hall (RCH)room 101 from 5 p.m.-? p.m. mustmeet the criteria ofthe categories

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-Name withheld upon request Fidelity to public needs Dear President Johnston.

I amvery saddened to have to write to you today to announce the complete withdrawal of my support for the University of\Xraterloo.

Sc. In 1998,IgraduatedwithaB.>I. in Computer Engineering from UW. You might remember me as the recipient of the Governor General's Silverhledalthat year. Or as amember of Waterloo's world championship team at the 1994ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Until today, I have always considered Waterloo's academicprogram in E&CE to be excellent, and have only had good things to say about it.

It has come to my attention that the University of \Vaterloo has recently struck a deal with hficrosoft Canada in which a mandatory fustTearengmeeringcoursewill adopt C# asits primary language,in exchangefor a gift of $2.3 million.

I am extremely disappointed to hear this news. I call your attention to the Code of Ethlcs of Professional Engineers Ontario, which demands that an engineer act at all tunes with "fidelity to public needs" and "devotion to high ideals of professional integi-IT."I would expect U\XrEngineering to follow analogous prmciples. But wrth th~saction, IJK' has T-lolatcdideals of professmr~alintegrih. .\llo\vmg the E&CI-I curriculum

to be dlrectlyinfluencedby a corporate donationconflictswithUW's responsibility to provide its students with skills that best serve their needs and best serve public needs.

Consequently, from this point forward, I will no longer consider giving any donations whatsoever to support theUniversity ofWaterloo. I also plan to strongly discourage my professional colleagues and friends from supporting UW, until the curriculumisrestored and a clear policy is put in place to prevent private influence over course content.

Perhaps this willmotivatepounot to play so fast and loose with the reputation and content ofWaterloo7s academic programs in the future.

-Ku-Ping Yee

Fatal error

I read on the ~~uvtudent.og Web site that the University ofWaterloois taking $2.3 million from hficrosoft, and as a part ofthe agreement,will change curriculum to mandate the teaching of XLicrosoft'sprogramming language C# instead ofthe platform-independent language C++.

This is an extremelyill-advised decision, degradmgthe University ofWaterloo from a universitp to avocational school, and w d damage the reputation oftheuniversity way beyond any benefits a grant from Microsoft can bring.

Currently,the University ofwaterloo enjoys a very high reputation in mathematics and computer science circles as the producer of the highlyvalued Maple programming language.

In fact, our school, the City University of New York, has a site license for Maple.

Accepting such a grant from hhcrosoft d l seriously damage the reputation of your University.

It needs to be taken into account that accepting agrant from Aficrosoft is not the same as accepting a grant from just any private company. hficrosoft is a serious threat to the health of the software industry. This has been discussed many times, but the article at www.tuli.org/-niemi/ software-competition/index.html (Life, Death, and Competitionon the SoftwareIndustry), even though writtenin 1998-99,stillgivesaveryinsightful description of the situation.

I hope you wiU reconsider the decision of damaging your university with an alliancewith hficrosoft.

Fatal acception error

It is sincerely a regrettable state of affairs when fine Canadian universities trade small donations in return for forwarding agendas of big corporations.

-111 while limtting thetr student lmdy's right to learn non-biased in-

dustry standards.

It's definitely a mark on the reputation of such universities and a digression from the non-biased function of an educational institution. I seriouslyurge theuniversity ofKVaterloo to reconsider any such moves in the future as it negatively affects the student body which attends such institutions.

I am currently a student at the University of Calgarywritinginorder to support the student body at UW which seems to be very much against this decision.

A neutralist perspective To the editor,

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has endured 54 yearswith no endin sight.

In Israel proper, everyone knows someone who has served time in the nation's army corps or been killed eitherwhile in action or by terrorism.

The fear of suicide bombers has put Israeli Jews in a state of siege. The Palestinians, in turn, feel encroached upon by Jewish settlements. Israeli checkpoints and military-controlled roads make their daily commuting a - Sam Kohn nearly impossibletask. Their gnndmg poveriyisexacerbatedbyIsraelirestricStudent protection fault tions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.IIence, as in any confhct, there To the editor, exist two sides. \What stakes me as unproductiveis This is regarding the recent alliance that I notice peoples' ethnicity seems between hficrosoft Canada and the to dictate the side they take. This may University ofWaterloo. be anatural humaninstinct, but one's The questionofinterestis the relaopmions must not be persuaded by tionship between academic integrity one's background. Rather, one ought andmoney.Duringtheaccouncement, to examine the issue from all angles.

Vic DiC~cciostated that "$2.3million Would the two camps discussed here isn't enough to sacrificecurriculum." hold such a deep-seatedgrudgeagainst The followingis a quote from the one another that they may go so far as minutes of CS Curriculum Committo overlook any good turns the other tee: T i c stated thathficrosoftwanted side might do? to support the curriculum creation Taking sides and holding grudges now. Ifwewant to adopt C# in a few neverhelped conflictsin - anvhistorical . years the fundingwould not be availthe past. Both sides should endeavable then. our to see more truth in the other's point of view than they see in their "Their negotiaung tactic is to pay own. Perchance then, they may both us now to create new course material discover the politicalwillto construcand for new instructors."

Clearly, funding from Microsftwas tively resolve these issues. The bota consideration in curriculumcha~~ge, tom line is that both parties have equally valid points deserving to be which is contrary to what it ought to heard and more effective communicabe: to best educate students. tion is the only key to solving their The recent purchase of UW's academic integrity has seriously altered grievances. Issues aren't resolvcdwhcn my opinion of this University and will one side ruins the other's reputation likely affect any future decisions on through misunderstanding and lack of communicatmn. donations or endorsements.

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Pass on the pass To the editor, Afterreadinga couple ofthe articlesI decided it was time to step up and voice my opinion. The first was regarding the GRT universal bus pass proposal. I do see the benefit that h s pass would undoubtably have for many of the students at our school, but I stdl must protest maktng h s a mandatory fee for all who attend. I have used the bus one t m e dumg my tme at Waterloo and don't ever expect to use a again.

I have to get essentially full OSLll' just to attend schooland another cost l a somethmg I do not need Why should1have to pay fora bus pass that does nothmg for me? I wll never use the bus in the city because I have no need and I don't think dumping some of the cost on many students like me so that the rest can save money is a good thing. I do feel bad that some students pay so much for bus passes, but don't ask me to pay in order to subsidize their cost, it's not fair.

Ailso,my second opinion was on Julian Ichim's column - where do you thmk you hve man?

We don't 11vc in some overly oppreslve statewhere people are being laded for their thoughts Every time I read somethtngyouwr~teithas to do wth the statebeingrepressiveor about the "p~gs"as you have so originally called the p o k e before Those "p~gs" are sometimes the ones that protect you from gettlng hurt for possibly sayingor doing thewrong thing to the wrong person. If ~twasn't for them, there would be total chaos. So stop acting like we live in some society where the state represses everyone's thoughts and ideas and remcmber that those pigs are the ones that hare probably saved your ZISS a few tunes -

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 30,2002

: Learning to learn

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Ali Asaria FINDIN6 BALANCE The University of Islamc Knowledge m Qum, Iran, 1s hkely one of the most traclnonal untverslnes in the world Qum's students exert grcat effort to study in the same way as the earhest M u s h scholars out ofrespect and rcvcrence to the age-oldIslamc intcllcctualtraclnon.

When I studted in Iran, 1first cxpected their ways of learmng to be backward5 and outdated On the contrary, as I let go of my preconceived nonons of how to study, I began to dwovcr cool new ways of leamng by watchng a communtty of scholars who

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studying. To the Mushm, learntng 1s In itsclf a holy act of worsh~pand is treated a\ such. It IS interesung, yet hardly uncommon, to see tradinonal studcnts m circlcs studying mathemaacs and preclcate logc right next to praying worshppers in the mosques.

Now back in Waterloo, I personally try to use some of the lessons about how to study that I learned in Iran. I think that these mcthods of studying can be helpful for all types of students.

The first thing tradttional students say about learning is that ~tcannot be done without a correct purpose and intenuon.

Before they read from any book, thcy start by saymg, "In the name of God," because to a Mushm, knowledge 1s essenaally holy and an aspect of the divine. Thus, studying can be looked at as a method of gaining nearness to the &vine (the Ultimatc Truth beyond all

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Given that a plethora of underage students have freshly arrived on campus, and in the hopes that future batches of students with post-mid-September birthdays wdl be spared a forcibly dry frosh week (PAC0 notwithstanding), I take grcat pleasure this week in taking aim at the province's anachronistic legal drinktng age.

Enumerating all the coddling legislation in Ontario regarding alcohol would easily take up a month's worth of columns. However, since we can all get by with not having licensed stairways and restrictions on purchase deals (I'm still pushing for a universal boozc pass!) the more prcssing matter at hand is the legal drinking age.

Whether or not we nccd a legal drinking age at all is a debate for another day. For argument's sake, let's assume that we do. So what should it bc? Consider that in Canada, you are legally an adult at 18,the age at whch the government considers you to be sufficiently responsible to bc among the group of pcople who choose which people dgovern the country.

But purchase and drink a beer? You're out ofluck.

So at 18, you're smart enough to potentially pass laws -you can run for political office, too, of course-laws that say you're

not smart enough to be a responsible drinkcr.

That is, you will be. Just not for one year.

But you are smart enough to know you're not smart enough now, but d be later. At which point, on your 19h birthday, you can join your more senior brethren in involuntary porcelain god worship (most begn on their first day, incidentally).

The point is, the original reason for having thc law -to prevent OAC students from drinkmg- has been e h a t e d . (incidentally, it worked so well.) So why not bring the law into line with thc currcnt reality? Or have we stopped having laws for a reason and just keep them because they already happen to be there?

Granted, there is another, personal source of discontent. That's right: my birthday is in October. So guess how much fun my frosh week was? Let's just say I got plenty of sleep.

I can alreadyhear thc alcohol-awareness fanatics getting thcir knickers in a knot. Yes, I know, you don't need alcohol to have fun.

Yes, I know, frosh week isn'tjast about drinking. My point is simply that I never had the choice. Other people around me had a dtfferent digit on thcir driver's license, so they did.

1believe that alcohol is -and always should be -a integral - part of frosh week.

Alcohol is a social lubricant: for many people, it does awav with intemersonal inhibitions that persist no matter how much they try wthout alcohol. True, it has the potenaal to be abuscd. But because some people abuse it isn't cause to condemn all people who drink, or the effects ofalcohol.

Frosh wcek is about fun. Students who want alcohol to be a part of that fun should be gven the choice. And for those who don't &nk to have fun? Enjoy your coke.

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If, to you, this doesn't reflect the purpose of study, I still rccommcnd you try and find some dccpcr rcason to why you choose to read and do homework beyond the fact that if you don't, you map fail.

Why are you really in school? What importance does learning really have for you?

If you can answer thcsc questions, even with simple answers, I assure you that your brain dallow more information inside because we learn more (and can study for longer) when we attachimportance and purpose to the material being studied.

Always starting with a clear purpose, trachtional Muslim students also attach importance to the time and placc of study.

Muslim students will typically study early in the morning before the sun rises and late at night because these are thc umcs whcn thc mind is most open and clear. If classes are before noon, a student will usually take a short nap right after noon and then begin studying once again when the mind is refreshed.

One of the most powerful studying

strategies I discovered in Iran is what is called mtlbu'isn. This is a thousand-year old method of studying (developed before paper was cheap enough for note-taking) wherc four students get together the evening after cvcry class to review the material that they just learned. Every night, a dtfferent person in the group is selectcd to rc-tcach thc cntirc day's lesson to the other three students. This forces the students to commit to memory every detail of every lesson. The other three students listen carefully, question the prcsenter on details and correct his mistakes.

When I was in Iran, I thought I could get away without studying in this traditional way -but without it, it became impossible for mc to keep up with the other students. If you can find two or three other students in your classes here at Waterloo to form a ~ b u ' i s a with you, I really recommend it!

Best of luck, new and returning students, in the pursuit of knowledge. And may this knoukdgc bring you closcr to deeper truths.

Pcacc.

Welcome to Waterloo What are you hiding?

Aaron Cowan It is frosh wcck and for the first time in what seems like days, our first year is left alone in his room with a little bit of privacy.

It's not like he doesn't appreciate his roommate, he's a greatpy, but he just doesn't understand what our fmt year is going through. Our first year tidies up the room, checks his email, throws out an empty pizza box, checks h s e m d again, then lies down on the bcd and curls up into a ball.

There's so much going on in that head of h s , if he could only tell someone. Our fust ycar gcts up, checks his e m d again and then proceeds to the mirror on the back of the door. He shakdy stares at himself for a moment and then nervously proclaims in a whisper, "I am gay."

Welcome to Waterloo cveryonc. So,what are you hidtng? Come on, you've got to have something, some sort of skeleton in that dusty closet of yours.

Like our lonely first year, my skdeton was my sexuality. And while it seemed difficult and at times even torturous to cope with my secret, I wasn't going to share my battle with anyone.

I mean, I had just gotten out of high school and somehow built up enough courage to move out of my parcnts' house and into a university residence where I knew

virtually no one. There was no way I was going to risk sabotaging somc much nccdcd friendships by freaking out my new buddies over an unhealthy infatuation with Joaquin Phoenix. So I hid it. And I struggled on my own. I was scared as hell.

I can almost bet that everyone you meet hcrc is hiding somcthing and no mattcr how shocking you might think your secret is, there is at least one person worse off than you.

So why do we do it? Why don't we just come clean? Well, for a first-year, there seems to be a clean-cut answer: fitting in. There is an immense fear associated with being singled out or being the "unlikable one."

First-year students are under a lot of pressure: pressure to quickly lcarn the campus, pressure to do well in school, pressure to study hard and party hard.

Under so much pressure, it can prove dtfficult to find the time to really sit down and dtscuss the dark past. We have othcr things to do.

So, don't fret my first-year friend, I am not tclling you this because I want to make you more anxious than you alrcady arc, or hccausc I think that you don't already know all of this.

I just want to tell you that like everyone else, 1was there once too and that it's okay to keep some things to yourself, at least until you feel more at ease.

There dmost definitely come a time when you wiU fccl comfortable enough with your new friends that you won't mind opening up that can of worms.

For me, that time came in my second ycar.

But for now, leave it on the shelf. Give yourself some time in the next few weeks to play, to laugh, to learn, and to just be.

Good luck, and welcome to Waterloo.

FRIDi\l', AUGUST 30,2002

Frosh: forty years hence Life and protest Kenneth McLaughlin COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

It was September and I was nervous.

Well, to be honest, I am always nervous in September, even after being at Waterloo for some forty years, with time out for graduate school at Dalhousie University and a PhD at the University of Toronto. It is still that first September at the University of Waterloo in 1962 that remains fixed indelibly in my memory September is a magical month when the last days of summergive way to crisp autumn evenings, but all of this is overshadowed by the excitement of beguuung a new university year and formany ofyou, beginninga university career.

Never to be forgotten are these days and for good reason.Aly memoq has been jogged back to my first days onYVaterloo's campus forty years ago when I came as part ofwhatwould be the second honours class in Arts at UW. [For the last severalpears I have been writinga history of St.Jerome's University to be published, naturally enough, in September -when else would one want to release a university history?My earlierbookon thefounding of UW published in 1997 was released in October; close enough to capture the excitement of a new unversityyear. part ofthis, Ihave been overwhelmed b y memories of UW

and my own excitement at arriving at this most remarkable university. Step back with me to the University of Waterloo in 1962!]

Just as it is for the class of 2002, those who arrived in 1962 were unpressed by the new buildmgs and the sense that things were happening at Waterloo, but then so muchwas happening that it was hard to imagine it. h h e was the first class to actually live on campus.There were only two residences then. St. Jerome's and Renison College hadbarely completed their buildmgsintime for September.

In fact the kitchen at St.Jerome's would not open for nearly a month and food was provided by a local catering company. But with the residences came the presence of co-eds, women students living on campus.

The ratio ofmen to womenatUW was the worst in Canada, 25 male students for every 1 female. But that too was our Waterloo. It was also a sign of the times, and of times that were changing. The attendance of women at university was part of a dramaticsocialrevolutionon this campus that was as significant as all of the newbuildingsand research strategies.

Little about the campus resembled the UW of 2002. Counting the original Schweitzer farm house (now the Grad House),there were only five university buildings: chemistry and chemical engmeering, engineering,

physics andmathematics and arts.

The arts building stillbustled with workmen as we attendedclasses.The entire arts faculty and allofits students were in one buildmg (now Modem Languages); previously arts professors "camped out" in the other buildings and thts had createditsownesprit de corps.

As for the university library, there was no landmark building, merely a section of the top floor ofthe physics and mathematics building. Nor was there a ringroad encirclmganattractive campus.Rather therewere boardwalks and pathways to keep us out of the mud; earthmovers roamed the campus like prehstoric monsters reshaping the former farmlands On a campus that today is renowned for the beauty of its landscape, fewtreeswere to be found,after only a few years before this had been a working farm, and some of the existing farm fences were still standing.

The city of Waterloo was offin the distance and many students that year had difficulty findmgtheUniversity of Waterloo.Not so any more!Now the problem is &ding one's way around theuniversity.Notaproblemin 1962!

I wish you well as you find your Waterloo. Savourthe excitement.

Kenneth McLanghlin 21s a Projssor of 1lictoy, UniverIsig l-listorianundmember Of'UW clan of '65.

PACO approval Patrick Quealey

a malc frosh v.-ould hold a banana between h s legs and allow a female frosh to peelit and eat it. 'l'he clothesline game had male and female frosh Wellit's fall termagainand for the first time in five years, I am in no way pressured into taking off as much involved with frosh week, or so I clothing as possible to construct the longest clothesline. Both of these thought. I was greatly sqrisedwhen I received an e-mail from the Impnm events were usually started after getting the frosh rather drunkand firmly editor-in-chief asking me to put together an opinionpiece on PAC0 and encouragingthem to drinkup. Events froshweek.I havevowed to make this like this rarely help b d d community and often just end up making people articleas objective andprofessionalas feel uncomfortable or regretful later. possible althoughI do admit acertain anti-PAC0 bias givenmy experience In short, they are extreme events but with the organimtion. That said, I not fun or community budding. wouldlike to examinePLICOthrough The second benefit the PAC0 has created is its streamlining of faculty its strengths andweaknessesandgive an account ofmy personal experience. and residenceevents. In thepre-l'diCO For thosewho don't know, PPICO era,residenceand faculties often scheduled events for the same time, forcing stands for thc Provost's Advisory frosh to choose between their resiCommittee on Orientauon. This ordences and faculties.Havmgfroshleadganizationwasformed to reform frosh ers on both sides who strongly enweek to ensure that it was conducted couraged the new students to attend responsibly, legally and ethically. It 'their' events made the decision even was also created to streamlinefaculty and residenceevents to reduce overlap harder. Students always felt that no matter what choice they made they in scheduling.

For all my griping and complain- were missing out. PACO has created a structured schedule for set faculty ing over the years, PACO has indeed and residence time. I l a t way, frosh created some positive results. First never need to feel that they are being and foremost, PLiCO ensured that forced to choose. certain frosh week eventswererestmcHowever, despite the scheduling tured to be less intimidating,sexually utdity andgeneralcleaningupoffrosh pressuringor alcoholbased. The two events, like most organizations of most notorious events of this sort thatIcanrecde~stingpre-PLICOwas PACO's sort, they went too far. 'lhe negatives of the current PAC0 guidethe banana peel and clothesline game.

The banana peelwas a game whereby lines are significantly felt. To discuss COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

l'-ICO's negatwes, ~tis essential for me to use my own experience with PL1CO as a resident and student's council member of Conrad Grebel College.

PAiCOhas been nothing short of disastrous for the college. Not only has it forcedus to remove key events, but in so doing, is rapidly removing our soveregnty as an affiliated orgati zation of the university. I must first mention thatwhen the PAC0 agreement was negotiated with respect to the colleges, there was only one representative for all four colleges and this individual was very poorly briefed on our needs and requirements.

The resulthas led to the removal of one of our most time-honoured and communitybuildingactivities,Frosh Wash. a s event,which was basically an obstacle course that took place in the middle of the night and included a jell-o fight and dumping water on people, was deemed as hazing and removed. I must state that frosh were given the option to sit the event out andhaveicecreaminstead.Froshleaders were alsowith the frosh thewhole way and at no pointwas alcohol available let alone pushed. In short, the event was similar to camp fun not hazing.

Thisyear,PACOdecidedforscheduling reasons that Grebel's square dance,partofour Wednesdaynight (a very crucial and important night for Grebel's frosh week plan) activities

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The events of the last year have been particularly tasing, emotionally and mentally. We have been inundated in the meQa with only narrow viewpoints about thewar on terrorism and the events of September 1lth and its aftermath.

The criminalization ofdissentisin full force with any opposing viewpoints censoredorquashed. And any criticism ofAmerica's government or foreign policy is seen as a betrayal.

Thlslast year has also seen a risein overt acts of racism and policies implementedwhichgreadyaffectpeople ofArab, A,fuslimand South Asian origin.

The racist backlash in the US and Canada has seemingly quelled,but in reality, certain people are still being targeted based solely on the colourof their skin or country of origin.Hundreds are still being held in detention centres in the US and Canada in the post-September 11th hysteria witlout chargesbeing laid, families orlawyers contacted.We thoughtwemoved past the days wheninternment camps were set up during World War I1 for Japanese-CanaQans.I guess lessons weren't learnt from those atrocious incidents.

New laws such as C-11, the Immigration andRefugeehct,andC-36, the .hti-TerroristAct,werequiddypassed in the House Commons despite many concerns of their infringement on Canadan civilliberties.

Are we not in a new mlllenmum where basic human rights should be forthcoming to all? IIave we not moved away from the days of pigeon holing groups of people into certain categories? What kind of a world do we live in today? Why are we not allowed to freely express our views without worry ofbacklashor our having funding stripped?

Internationally, war is at high intensity with serious conflicts in the Middle East, Iraq and South Lisiato

needed to be removed. After reviewmgthe Wednesdaynight schedule for Grebel, sure enoughthis eventisgone too. PAC0 is slowlv and svstemati cally destroying the key events in Grebel's frosh week (and I can only assumethis effect is felt by otherresidences and faculties).

What makes this aparticularlpunpleasantissueis that Grebel has never used sexually inappropriate, alcohol based events, or used coercion to run its events. In short, we ran an ethical and fun froshweekwellbeforePAXO was even conceived.Then again, the lack of vision and resolve among Grebel's current leadershp (both student and administrative) has not helpedthematter. The Grebelleaders h p is allowing PAC0 to remove its culturewithouta significantchallenge; this is even more inexcusable.

If PAC0 wants to accomplish its mandate properly, it needs to create balance. It needs to ensure that coer-

name a few.

Of course again,we hereinNorth America are sheltered from these situations ofwar. We can freely go about our day-to-day lives without fear of our houses being bulldozed or bombed or family members killed.

Environmental destruction and degradation is continuing with the Kyoto Protocol sallnot beingimplemented by the Canadiangovernment.

Air quahtyisincreasinglygettingworse withhealthconcerns skyrocketing.

The next year will see a changing s M i n thepoliticallandscapeinCanada withmost majorparties runningleadership campaigns.SUU,does our hope lie with government? Or do we as citizens have any means of affecting and voicing our concerns with the state of the world?

For the past 29years, the Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG) has acted as that bridge between the students and the local and global community.

We have successfullyadvocatedimprovements in waste management, consumer rights, anti-oppression,access toinformationand humanrights, to name only a few issues.

As we continue in the newmllenSum, what role should WPIRG be playinglocallyin themidst ofincreasingglobal threats to humanity posed by clunate change, the war on terrorism andgreater economic disparities?

How can we act in the publicinterest to better serve students, our campus, and community?

WPIRG is open to anyone who wants to participate. We seek to empower and educate students andcommuntty members, prov~dea forum for learning and sharing skills and to gve people the tools and opportuniq to work co-operatively for social change.

Change can happen; we only need more acuve participants. So hopefully we'll see some new faces at WPIRG this year. Come check us out in the Student Life Centre, room 2139,

cion is not used, that students are not pressured into alcohol consumption or uncomfortable sexual situations.

However, it also needs to allow for good honest fun, which may include a surprisehere and there, some water or getting Qrty. PL\COmust also respect the traditions and needs of organizations like Conrad Grebel.

If PAC0 cannot learn to respect and understand these needs, it will remain as coercive as many of the events it stnves to replace. This ultimately defeats PACO's mandate by allowingitto act inaway contrary toits own gudelines; espousing tolerance and respect, while showing none itself. PLICOin general is agoodthing; however it needs drastic reform.

As for my past role regarding Grebel, I strongly recommend that Grebel either re-negotiateitsarrangement mth P.iC0 to ensure greater respect and eqtutp, or it shouldmthdraw from PAC0 altogether.

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It's like going to church to talk to your priest, only shc isn't any ordinary priest. Shc uscs the quiet toncs resewed for hospitals, waitingrooms and yes, churches; however this is no church she works in. She is your marriage counsellor, your advisor and she knows more about you than your own best friend.

DellaJarvis is about five foot three with dyed black hair, two visible tattoos and picrcing brown eyes that never leave vours while vou talk. Shc calms the nervous with just a few words and the frank honesty of her gaze. You know she d l ncver lie to you and ncver send you home without the knowledge you need as you seek the means to mcct thc need that brought you in. Ilella is the manager of a \ex shop Della ha? worked fol thc Stag Shop for four years, first part umc putang herself through achool and latcr full-time as a manager. Training to be a social worker, she is regularly putto the test by somc who enter her storc In one \uch t q m g sltuauon a person bought a tor, used the to\ and broke thc to) m the process Thl5 ~ndlvtdualrhen brought back the toy to the storc covered in bodily fluid and flung it at her, demanding a refund. Ever the level hcaded one, Della allowed him to exchange the toy due to manufacturer's defect as the storcpolicy allows but also warned him against displaying such aggres-

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Tuna pasta: Cook pasta accordUniversity students haveva~ingIc\~- ing to package directions. Heat half a jar of tomato sauce over mcdiutnelsofcookingexpcrtisc;somecooked low hcat. When sauce is hot, stir in meals forth& families, while others tuna. Serve over pasta, preferably have never even packed a lunch. withasptin~ngofpar~naesanorhot Although this guide is by no means pepper flakes. Rinsed and draincd comprehensive, it aims to give you canned bcans can be substituted for an overview of the basic cooking tuna. skills needed to cat as cheaply and Cheese p ~ t apizza: Place one pita nutritionally as possible. @referahlywholcwheat) o n a baldng shcct or thc tray from a toaster oven.

G e t some protein Spread with pasta sauce (prepared, or make your own by combining Whcther you are vcgctarian or a equal parts tomato paste and water devoted meat-eater, the task of getwith oregano or Italian seasoning to ting cnough protein on a limitcd taste). Sprinkle with cheese and topbudget can be daunting. Some i n e x pings of choice. Bake at 425 degrees pensivc sources ofprotein are chicken for five to eight minutes, or unttl quarters (usually less than a buck a cheeseismeltedandlightlybrow-ned. pound), canned tuna, canned bcans, Black bean burrito: Rinse and eggs and cheese.

drain black beans. Spoonbcans, salsa, c h e w andvegetables into the center of a flour tortilla. Fold the bottom, then each side o f thc tomlla into the center to form a burrito. Microwave two minutes to melt the cheese and heat through.

Eat fruits and vegetables

When shopping for yourself for the first time, it is easy to neglect fruits andvcgetablcs. Also, it can also bc difficult for apersoncookingalonc to finish fresh items before they go bad. Here are some suggcstions: Think portable: tlried fruits, such as apricots, prunes, cranberries and raisins, arc a great thing to carry in your backpack as a quick source of vitamins and energy. l'n~itcups and individual servings of applesauce are also hcalthy and handy, but looh for unswcetened versions. Sweetened applesauce has mice the calories and sugar of unsweetened.

Frozen: Vegetables such as pcas, corn, hcans and bell peppers taste great and retain much of their nutr-

dona1 valuc whcn frozen. T o serve, Prepared: Whether you buy salad microwave one cup of vegetable for in a bag or make your own, you may around two minutes, or add to boilbe more likely to eat it if it's already ingpastaduringfmal~~~utcsofcooliprcparcd. T o makc your own ,coming. Avoid buyingvcgetables such as bine any of the following: torn letonions, broccoli, brussels sprouts and tuceleaves (romainclasts significantly carrots frozen, as thcy can lose much longer than iceberg), sliced carrots, of their flavour and texture whcn cucumber, radlshes celery and red frozen. cabbage See CO~KING,page 16

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Prepare for fires 0 Keep baking soda near the stove. To put out a grease fire, smother it with baking soda or cover the pot or pan with a lid.

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Cooking: it's time to learn Continued from page 15

Keeps four to five days in a bowl tightly covered with plastic wrap in the fridge. Soft items such as tomatoes should be added at the last minute.

Share:A4skyourhousemates if they want to share common perishable items such as lettuce or onions.

Think preparation time, not cooking time LIsa student, you don't have a lot of time to waste. Fortunately, a lot of your time may be spent at home, workmg on your school work. Items such as roasts and stews,whichtake a long time to cook but a short time to prepare, are thus ideal.

Stew: Heat some oil in a pot over medium heat. Add cubes of stewing beef and cook untd browned on all sides.Add water to cover and a couple of beefbodon cubes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 1 1 0 ~Peel . and dice some onions, carrots and potatoes.Add to the pot and simmer for 1 more hour. Serve hot.

You can freexe this stew for three months or refrigerate it for up to a week.

Roast:Place a roastin an oven-safe pot or disposable foil roasting pan, fat sideup. Spllnkewith salt, pepper and garlic. Cookin apreheated 350 degree oven for 18 to 20 minutes per pound for medium-rare, orlongerifyouprefer it more well-done. Wrap leftovers in foil andusewithinaweek (or freeze if you want to keep them longer).

Where to look Ask pour friends and parents for reapes.

Buy a cookbook. TheJoy ofcooking or The Fany FannerCoukbuok are both comprehensive cookbooks that cost around $10 for a paperbackversion.

Check out thehternet. Searchable recipe databases can be found at Cuuuokitzg Light Maga+ne (unvw.cookinglight.com), Food TV (www.foodtv.com) and Goamef Maga+ne ((www.epicurious.com).

Different programs brings students from around the world Wendy Carson SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

How would you llke the opportumty to study abroad m a foreign country?

The numerous advantages and experienceswNe attendmguniversityalone are incredtble and living within a differentculturallydlr.ersecounttycan be an experience of a lifetime. So, why not get the best of both worlds?

Of course, it isn't that simple. As wonderful as ~tmay seem (even on yourtranscnpt), there's apnce to pay and it becomes a l u ~ w ythat only some fortunate students can afford. Yet, this adverse reality shouldn't deter us &om our own culturally developed university, and we should be proud to welcome the many international studentswhohave chosen to study here at UW'.

Currently,in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, there are close to 1,000 international and exchange students enrolled at UW. For the upcommg year, LTW has accepted

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The numerous senices offered by Ryan and her colleagues within the international Student Office @SO), located in Needles Hall, range anywhere from receivingadviceon medical coverage to workshops that offer assistance with income tax. There is even a web-based dtscussion forum desgned for internanonalstudents to talklvlthone another or to touch base with the international student office, perhaps to have simple questions an swered immediately.

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The SKIDOW propam offer recently arrivedinternational siudent to be paired up with student volun teers that hare been at UW for over year. SIlilDOW stndent volunteer are required to assist their designate( international student in becomin; established within UW, maintamin; weekly phone or email conversations as well as meeting each other at leas twice a month. Nicolas Gay, an ex change siudent from France,wasver appreciative of the program. '"rl~ebest thingwasthe SELIDOB program and my 'shadow' was st nice. We became really good friend and I even went with her to visit he Family and friends. She made me dis cover what real Canadianpeople wer, like." ,{side from thepropms and sen7 ices offered b y the ISO, there will a h be severaleventsheld in the month o September. .I"Welcome HLKJ" i being held on September 8 for a1 international and exchange students as well as all I S 0 sttident volunteer? and a "Welcome Reception" on Sep tember 13. IS0 student volunteer

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August 24, aimed to be vigorous for new players who would face d d s and techniques toget up to speedwith the upper-year students The current roster has a lot of big holes to fdl Three in particular are Mke Bradley, Matt hlcKnight and Chuck Walsh, all three ofwhom have

Warrior football coach Chris Triantafilou (aka Coach Chris) took the time to answer a couple questions about the 2002-2003 season and about the up-and-coming games in spite of being in the middle of Warrior football camp.

Thecamp, held on the weekendof

loo's record forrushmg yards. hlcI(n!ght and U'alsh both play for the Toronto .irgonauts.

Coach Chris doesn't appearto be too worried. "Every pearwelose topluds. I've been here 15 or 16 years and every

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year you lose some good ones, which is why youneed to take the tune teach the young ones There are a couple hds who can fill their shoes, the\ mght not be the Walshes or the Rradleys or McKnights but they will make a contribution to the program " He was optmstic about camp

"Upper-yearshavecome backin shape.

Lindthere are a fair number of kids who can run."

I Ie is convinced the Warriors will be a competitive and physical team. hIentioningstrengths,Coach Chris pointed out Paul Kowalik, Chris Waymouth, leremy Bezaire, Ian

See the Warriors play: o Versus Laurier, September 2 at 8 p.m. at University Stadium

o Versus McMaster, September 7 at 3 p.m. at University Stadium

m the eyes of the coach, a playerwith the abhty to domi rate the league Waymouthis also expected to dominatethe defense

See FOOTBALL, page 22

Academic brilliance doesn't imply second-rate athletes and alumni have acheved an even higher level of excellence and have moved onto higher-level competition.

Female athleteofthevearandpoleMany people know the University of Waterlooby its excellentacademicrepu- vaulter, DanaElhs, put ona spectacu tation, but you would be ~ l s s i n g lar performance this yearm track and field She remained undefeated something if you failed to recope the remarkable athletic acluevements through six competitions and set records in four The heqiology major ofour varsity athletes.

U7JIrathleteshave been recognized won gold in last summer's Canada provincially, nationally and interna- Summer Games and recenth com tionally as important contenders in peted in the Commonwealth Games various sports includrng football,track in Manchester, England where she achieved a sixth-place standing.Repand field and swimming.

About 25 per cent of our varsity resenting Canada, Ellis competed in athletes have achieved All-Canadian the 2002 Nacac Under 25 Track and status,a ranking given to outstanding Field Championshipswhere she won second place in the pole vault event. athletes in various sports. Dozens of Allison Salter Qunesiology) also UW athletes have also been named represented Canada at the competiOUA all-stars in a diverse range of sportsincludmgfootball,field hockey, tion in the 800 metres.

Our varsitv basketball team oro men's and women's ruebv " , and soccer.

and OUA all-star-hea ology student Julie Devenny In addtlon, two mem bers of the women's field hockey team, Robin Leslie (recreation and leisure) and Enn Morton (recreation andlasure),werecardedths J ear for the national field hockey team, among 20 other women Three exceptional former Warrior football players ha>e been recently drafted by CFL teams kI&e Bradley, a sociology graduate, managed to set the current record foraltime rushing with 3773 yards

of the year

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McKnight, Bradley and Walsh: Ex-Warriors, current CFLers.

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Football: hoping to stay injury free Continued from page 21

Forde, Xkindohre (who will replaceBradley)andBezam areexpected to make a quite stir on the offensive he.

Bezaire mll return after breaking his ankle last season againstWestern.

Waterloo's performance was signifi-

cantly hindered as a result T'iewm~thefirst two games rather lightly, Coach Chns explaned his p h losophy to wmning the 2003 Yates Cup was to keep inpnes down. "[Inpries] can lull any program quickly. You just don't want it happentng from the get go. You can sustainmjunes through the course of the

year and people come and people go, but what you don't what is four or five to be rackedup and allofa sudden you are devastated by injunes after your first or second game " He summanzed that the goal is to be healthy and getintheplayoffs so thatthe Warnors are competitivein the playoffrace In fact, rather than focusmgonthe

first two games in particular, coach Chris is much more concerned mth the season ahead Untd2000, the O U h football sea son consisted of eight teams playing eightgamestqmg to make four playoff SPOt6.

However, as of2001 and the addition of Ottawa's Gee Gees and Queen's Golden Gaels, the season has been changed to ten teams playing eight games for eight playoff spots. Hence the season is longer and the fear on injury all the more real.

'I'his has resulted in the t r y outs and the camp beingvery strenuous and demanding for both the players and the coach.

As coach Chns puts it, "We want to invest in our freshmen now so that if we have to

play them due to injunes, they are pretty well versed. You realise it is a longer year and you play one extra game,and,quite frankly,it takesits toll on the players."

The fear is that the opportunity to teach the youngerplayerswillnot arise again later m the tern.

Winning theLaurier andMcMaster -games would be -Ereat, but what is most important is to get through the games healthy. The idea is to turn up theheat come Octobertonmkephyoff contention a lot more feasible.

When askedwhich teams heviewed as the greatest threats, coach Chris sated that all the teams are competitive, but the hIcMaster and Laurier games will be good games as both are strong teams.

He refrained from mentioning potential threats on either team, fearing his playerswillfocus on the specific player, not the team.

He did forcscc both being good, action-packedgames,expectinganattendance of around 6,000 for both games. Students of both universities can attend the games which are at University Stadium for free by displayWatcards. ing the~r

Argos Thisgraduateofrecreationand leisure studies was a successful rush end for the Warnors Walsh was named best hneman in the OUA in 2001 andwas runnerup fortheMetras Trophy for the most outstanding lineman in the CIS

1 couple of triathlon competitors have a~hievednew he~ghts Kyle Guembel and Alex Bardelck both raced at the Ontarlo Provincial Triathlon championship4 where Bardelcik took fourth and Guembel, an environmental engineering stu dent, took first place Both competitors, alongmthBrent Curry have quali~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ fied for the World Chammonshms being held ths Novemberin Cancun, hlexi~o Populating many of our varsity teams are ex-national or current na tionalplayers StevenFlatt, captarn of the men's soccer and Leigh Nevermann on the women's rugby team lust a few

For man), the choice of being on both a national team as well as m a program with such high academi~ standards is not an optlon Being on a nat~onalteam usually demands alot of dedication to the sport, one a full time student cannot make Chances are that if they are here, they have alreadymade the choice ~ ~ ~ However. the love ~ for the~wort~ makes them consider joining auntver sity This ensuresthe calibre ofplayin many of our teams is ven7high and makes for entertaininggamesfor fans of the sport that like to see aggressive, talentedplayers

Calibre: high at Waterloo Continued from page 21

BradleyhelpedleadtheWarnorsto theyares Cupchampionshp in 1999 afidwasnamedthe year's OUAMVI? and the CIXU MostValuablePlayer Bradley plays in the CFL mth .the

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I Imv, then, does one stay coilhecmse "molle! s" rhync<c o c - i m ~ ~ n meted whle ad,ipt~ngto such :I new ~etitlr\v~tli "hrmeys;" atid c~ilpr! thrasll-~.ockImidswvl~upl:ly tlielr "ntl cnvironmcnt? Live s h o w play a liogc part. Dunng m! frobh e x the \vo~i- gr! " i ~ n d"tortured" lyrics :lnct Images A S if the\ \\ere p:ur of the rh!-thin clcrfi~lpeople froin Fccl.; \here ldncl section. \ttlicnslxof sm~nchngsnotiy, enough to grant me thc opportlinit!. of seeing >loisr, Slonn and tl?e '11tlix's the sort ofptik I left hgh school ~ i u g h h\ erucil Salt klck the shlt rlght to gel aw;iy from am1 if I,ec~~tn~tlgah-:id to let!-our xtlstic horizons gn)m. mol-e than I~efore~ n y v e.r v.e ~ eTt~vas s. ~ n h t n a t r dwltli ;i~lart~.;i orgroup I've \\ho knows - I lust might like ile\.er lleard ofIjefo~-t.

(OI-, say, lonclienrertammcn~:n xvas mhnt made me X'S: 11cbefore the p r 1s o; er.

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Their performanceearned a standing-

It was a show that almost didn't happen. First, guitarist Noel Gallagher lost his passport. On the first night of the tour, singer Liam Gallagher lost his voice, forcinghis older brother to take over onleadvocals.Finally,Noel, bassisthdy g ell, and keyboard player JapDarllngtonwere involvedina headon collision m Indmnapohs Severalconcertswerecaneelled,and Oasis fans across thecontinent feared that Oasis would once agam have to cancelaNorth,imencan tour But the bad boys from B n t m were still able to make it to play a sold out concert at the hlolsonhmphitheatre on August 17 to promote their fifth album, Heu then Chemzst~ With support from the likes of SamRoberts,SoundtrackofourLives, Mercury Kev and Slom (a (ane up unique to the Toronto date), maw fans expe~tedthisto be theshowofthe summer For themostpart, theywere not disappointed The show stdrtedearly in the after noon with an energetic performance from Montreal's Robeits Robertshas been gamng attentlon for his stellar debut, The Inhumun Condztzon, and will be opemng for The T r a g d h Hip in Western Canada Sweden's Soundtrackofour Lives were easill the best of the support bands, maid) playmg tracks from the= tlurd release, Rehznd the rVu~z~ Front man Ebbot Lundberg had excellent stage presence and commanded the aud~ence'sattentionwhenheventured

ovation from the growing crowd.

Buffalo's Mercury Rev brand of art-rock did not fare so well. The high.pitched vocals were annoyingand dis-

... arrogance, their criticism of other artists, and their resistanceto change ... Ask any Oasis fan, and those are the exact reasons why they love them. tracted attention from the beauty of their sound.

Every song sounded the same, and the crowd grew restless. Cries of 'You suck!" and "Lirethey done yet?" were overheard as their set seemed to last forever. They weren't had, they just didn't have any business being in a support slot for Oasis.

By the time Canada's own Sloan (pronounced SLOLV-OWN) hit the stage, the Amphitheatre was nearly full. Sloan did a dcccnt job, mainly playing a set comprised of greatest hits.

So after hours of anticipation, it was time to seehlanchester'sfavouite sons bring the house down. Fresh off

must be a reality check for the band when Oasis returns to North-imenca.

After the international success of their sophomore effort (What's the Stotyl Morning Glory?, North rlmericaninterest in Oasis has continued to dwindle.

Those who hate Oasis cite their arrogance,their criticism of other artists and their resistance to change as reasons to justify their feelings. ,isk any Oasis fan and those are the exact reasons they love them.

After aninstrumental trackplayed over the public address, the five-piece took the stage.

The band had yet to play a single note, but the crowd went ballistic.

Liam just stared at the crowd; no obvious emotions to be found in his face as he just soaked in the love. He expects admirationbeforehe's earned it and the fans wouldn't have it any otherway.

The band played seven tmcks from Heathen Chemisty, including current radio hit "The Hindu Times." They played many songs from their first two alhums, with a few rare ones in between. This just goes to show you that Oasis feel that they have returned to form and the fans agreed.

It was interesting to hear Noel's take on "Wondenvall" which he performed despite previously declaring that Oasiswould never perform it live ever again.Noel coveredRyan-idam's cover of 'lX'ondenvall," which meaus itwas the first time I ever heard someone cover their own song.

Entwhistle.

The best moment of thenightwas when Liamgave away his tambourine (he would do this once more) to a girl in crowd. He tossed it to her, and surely,a fight ensued as severalpeople want it. Tben, Liam just gave the combatants his trademark stare and pointed outwho itwas meant for. No one questioned Liam and the tambourine was obediently handed over to its rightful owner.

There was no real crowd interac-

tion aside from Liam's indecipherable mutteringandno onstage movement that would show that the band were very excited to be there.

However, just before performing "Live Forever," Noel said, "if this is your first time seeing Oasis, this next songis what it's all about." The sweat streamed down Liam's face as he poured his soul into the vocals.

No gimmicks, no tricks, no bollocks . . . thisis proper rock and roll.

Smells like communitv radio

AIRHEADS 'lkere arc somc changes afoot at the Bauer Warehouse:after years of working in relative obscurity,the city of KJaterloo has decided to build a road right past the CKkIS radio station.

The fact that the station is about to get an actual street address coincideswith the '75th anniversanof CKAIS being on the air.

-1s the development brings the station out of hiding, I've been asked what community radro does exactly. For yourreading enjoyment, I present a short CI<hIS and community radio Q and '1.

Q: Wow. We have a radio station? Where is it?

A: Pretty soon there is golug to be street that goes there, but for now, CKhIS is off Columbia Street, up the path behind the Optometn. bmldmg Q:What's the differencebetween a community statlon and a local commercial stanon?

A: Limy community stations, CKhIS included, are non profit This means any advertisingthat you hear is usually personally endorsed by the programmer (DJ)and presented in support of an inde pendent retailer or service.

As a result, there is no force beyond the tastes of the programmer dictating what you hear. A community station is also a good place to stay posted on commumty events and local show announcements.

Q: Why would I give up my favounte commercialstation for eommunlty radio?

A: That's a pretty subjective quesaon, but 1'11 offer my opmon,

which is that it's probably the last place to hearvariety anymore.

Commercial statlonsare frequentlygei~re-specific and they cater to certain tastes in an attempt to acquire a dedicated audience. This is great if you're into top 40 hits or you like to listen to, yay, countv music all day long.

This is not so great ~fyour tastes are broader or J our demogrnphlc has yet to be deemed large enough to earn a slot on the &a1 Just about every st;\le you can thmk of usually has a place on community radio.

Q: What's so "community" about playing obscure music? What else do you offer?

A: Well, actually that's two questlolls Sirice locals are selectmgmost of thc cntcrtainmcnt, a's a good opportunity for nearby mdependent acts to get the air time the!- don't necessarily get elsewhere.

There are also talk shows with subjects ranging from student oplnions of the cafeteria food to world politics, news, ci~ltural programs, public interest programs, and of course, the show hosts tend to speak their minds as well Q: Gee, I'd love to be on the radio/hsten to it/get involved/ know more A: Feel free to drop by or pick up a schedule. Schedulesare available online at ckmsfm.uwaterloo.ca.

For more information on community radio, check out tke National Campus and Community Radio associationatwww.ncra.ca.

In my opinion what makes public radio great is that it's ours.

CKMS belongs to each and every one of us and we, AS a community, have the abdity to shape it It is pour voice.

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Bands: there's lots out there Continued from page 23

They had defm~telycome A long way from their cou~itq,d ~ r road t upbrmging.

So whe~e, m the serenityof country hfe, d ~ dOff the Mark find all the aggression that their music was so full ~. oR T'ewere outcasts.In small towns if you don't like what everyone else does, you'rc fuckcd. \Ve just wanted to do something as far away from Britney Spears as pos4hlc," and that they did.

There was nothingpop about their performance, but these guys are still having a lot of fun on stage. T h e ~set, r pepperedwith the occasional, and annoving, misogynistic comments about the "hot girls" (left over IGd Gib fans) that were invited to join them at the after parv (or as I like to call it the post-show statutory rape fesr), the boys are othemse entertaming and definitely live up to the hype that had circulated prior to their pcrformance, but they still don't hold a candle to the truly impressiveBSzlW. There's little to sap about BSAW except that you should go see them.

They areloud (the managementasked them to "turn a down" and they were probably respons~blefor ano~se-or& nance complatnt),they were offensive (by far themost aggressive bandofthe night) and most importantly unwaveringly unpretentious and honest in lyrical content (although they &d begm the show by saying that they're "Not going crazy tonight," a statement that was blatantly untrue) Trying to be unfazed by their obvious artistic genius and the remarkable good looks of lead singer Chad, I asked the band (through uncontrollable girlish giggles and stuttering) what they thought of the recent poppunk trend in music.

GuitarplayerRyan replied,"Music is evolutionary .and revolutionary. I can't listen to it, but the bands are havmg fun and that's what counts They'll mature and change I'm sure There are bands that are about having fun, and puttmg out good energy whichis fine, butwe create muslc out of passion."

So at the end of my quest for the undiscovered band of our fair tri-city, I come up with three. Not bad for a night's work. My e a r s d probably be ringing forweeks, but I'm sure they'll stop just in m e for me to enjoy Aggression 111,London's largestpunk show on September 7, w h i c h d mclude Off the Mark andBSAW as well -

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From the pen of U\V alumnus Terq-\Y.'oo comes anewtypc o f C a m dian novel. \Voo's Banma By.i highlights the

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