2002-03_v25,n32_Imprint

FRIDAY, MARCH 21,2003

UW grad skis to bronze

What will you - do when the snow is gone?

Former Warrior IanMurrayputs in an outstanding performance at national cross-country cvent.

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30-hour famine at UW OnMarch 14and 15,over 100people at UW d ~ their d part for the starving masses around the world.

Alternatives magazine A newenv~onmentalmagazmegraces our campus and faces virgin issues.

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"Mourn the passing of the snow. Alas, snow I knew you well! Oh, sorrow, winter has passed."

Joyee Ouyang 48

honours anthropolgy

"Get out more and enjoy the green grass."

Xiaopu Huang, Colin Young, Grace Li 1B business admdmath, 1B computer science

Biology professor awarded Killam Research Fellowship UW professor, Manlyn Gnffith, has beenselectedas one of 10researchers by the CanadianCouncd for the Arts

"Go skipping barefoot in the mud."

Nikki Forfar 28 kinesiology

1B arts, ERS

Carrington claims gold medal

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UW sprinter Daniclla Carrington cappedoffhervarsitycareerwithagold medal at the CIS championships.

Problemo'week-What didwe think of now to make your brain hurt?

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Veteran politician Herb Epp seeks mayor's chair

"Frolic naked in puddles."

Jessica Schell, Gillian Streman, Monica Norris, Jonathan Davoodi

Crossword - Will you be stumped again this week?

Glass m hand - We're gomgto teach you how to make a Firep Red Anus, the snazzy way.

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Withapubllc servicecareer of 35 years long,HerbEpp,is hopefulin the race to become mayor of Waterloo

Crossword - Will you be stumpcd again this wcck?

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Bling bling UW environmental studies will be able to do a lot more research with a $900,000 grant from the 'I'D Bank Financial Group.

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SCIENCE Digging for golden opportunities

The lady is a vamp Put on your high heels to raise money for AIDS at a drag show at IY'ilfrid Launer Umversity

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Royksopp prefers instruments to computers A new Norwegian band presents a ncw musical alternative to the pop saturating radio.

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A UWgeologygradisdiggmg for gold in northern Ontano, and f u l f h g his careerdreams

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"Play cricket" Hassan Mashmi 3A

math/business admin

"Golf!"

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You! offmy planet!-Lee-Wudnck wants to see a referendum for students so decisions are in our hands alone.

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Undefeated - Cowan feeds our cunousity about Thai volleyball and the rest of the Rainbow Reels 'lm fesbval

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"Enjoy the lack of mockery over wearing sandals."

Andrew Kasurak 28 math

"Heckle people that mourn snow, wear sandals, frolic naked, enjoy grass, play cricket, skip through mud and GOLFERS!" Heath Benn, Erik Van Vliet 48 arts, uw lifer

You! Offmy planet!-Lee-Wudnck wants to see a referendum for students so decisions are m our hands alone.

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Regenerate lacks story Pat Barker's World War I story is enjoyable - if you don't pay close atten tion

The future of pharming

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Withgreat techtucal advancesinpharmaceuttcalproductton,moreprofessBnal9 are fearing the deteriorating safety standards that may negatively affect the globalhvelihood

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Fiennes plays madness in Spider It's a shame that Ralph hennes puts so much mto his role in Sptder,since the film isn't much

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Regular content:

Microfiles W h y fish food might be served to livestockandwhatyoumight one day implantin your brain to combat Alzheimer's.

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Regular content:

Diet coke head - Careypaystribue to the King of Rock and Roll.

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BravinB the 30 Hour Famine

Candlelit vigil brings K-W together

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JW citizens lobby for peace whde politicalleaders prepare for war an Howard VlPRlNT STAFF

is the hour struck seven, students, acultyand communitymcmbersconmedat the Southentranceof campus 7 keep vigil while a global protest gamst apendmg war tn Iraq crossed ur time 7one The candlelit vigils began Sunday tght in New Zealand and circled the rorld, starting at 7 p m local time, m ach time zone The eventwas organred by Move-On, an Internct based emocracy group that boasts amemership of over 600,000actmsts The roup estumted that 6,869vigilswere cld ranging from gatheringsm front irds to large gatherings suchas those I \Vashington D C and at l'arlialent Hdl, m Ottawa Vigilswere held lover 141countnes E.lsewhcrcmI<<~.lgilstookplace at\XU,I<itchener ity Hallandat severalchurches The roup at UCVwas organizedby chem~1 engineering professors Bob [udgmsand Pete Silvcston Though le group had o n h ten regatered par cipants, members of \WIRG and thcr people m the U\V community h e r e d their numbers The group ;timated that over 80 participants lictlp gathered, candles m hand, at le four corners of the mtersectionat niversity and Seagram Drives.

Leaflets for the vtgd stated that tt as a "quiet vigil, not a rally" and was tended to sway public opmion, ereby "preventing an unnecessary ar with Iraq "

As a chemical engmeer,Shstonis very concernedabouttheuseofch~cal and bologcalweapms m this new era of war and terrorism "The real threat m terrorism is probably not atomic bombs or anything of that sort,it17 biologicalweapons, chemcal poisons and chemcalweapons:' said Silveston He believes that war with Iraqwvd lead to more terronsmanda greater threatby chemicaland biologi cal weapons He is alsoconc~rnedthat most people do not appreciate how easvitis to make chemical and biologi cal weapons " w e y are] difficult to control and easy to make," remarked Silveston Subwayscares InJapanand the anthraxmad scares followingSep tember 11have dcmonstratedtheease and terror that basement made chemt cals and biological agents can pose hotherL'VC'professor,EncJen.is, a ~pecialtstin btochemtcal engmeermg, who was also at the vigil, noted that chemical and biological weapons "don't ham the technologicalbarriers that nuclear weapons do "Jervis ex plamed that any country canmanufacture these weapons and because they arc relatwely easy tomake,they pose a grcatcr nsk thannuclearweapons The vigilwas scheduled toprecede the UN Security Councdmeetingthat occurred onMonday Sdveston stated, "we're hoping that [the vigil] is effec tive, but we don't know, this will be the critical week " The next momtng following the vigil, the majonty of voting nations of the UN Security Councd relected an amendment to

Jessica Pubelaar, Ghada Hamouda, Chris Flanagan and Emily Alfred were all part of a local vigil, which was mirrored by similar candlelit war protests the world over.

LN Resolutmn 1441thatwould have from the UN Security C o u n d "Begiven Saddam Hussein 48 hours to fore the day ofhonor cancome,before leave lraq it is too late to act, thts danger will be bollowing the Security Council's removed" said Rush rejection of the amendment, ~ r e s i ' During queslon period on Tues dent Bush stated m a public address, day, PmchlimsterJeanChrttien re"Peaceful efforts to disarm the Iraq iterated the Canadian go>ernment's r e p e have failed again and again opposition to a war against Iraq because we are not deahgwithpeace Chrttien stated, 'The diplomatic procful men "Bush made the US govemess was bmpgpositive results That ment's mtent to mvade Iraqclear, de- was thc view of the Canadiangovcrnspite having faded to gain support ment " He also noted that a regime

change is not within the Canadian government's mterest "Ifwe change every governmentwe don't Lke m the world where do we start, K'ho is next?" asked ChrCtien Though tht\ quiet protest will not ltkely sway the Bush admiillstration fromwar,it has at least shownunprecedentedglobal unity m the pursuit of

10-Hour Famine participants crave justice lelissa Dunne 'ECIAL TO IMPRINT

'he earth produces enough to feed rice as current population" (Canaan CathohcOrganization for Devel)merit and Peace) Yet according to orld Vision "27,000 luds die every y from hunger and preventable uses" The SLC co-coordmator Nancy 'Neil, along with a group of U W ~dents,organized the World Vim 30-IIour F a m e at U\V from iursday March 14atnoon until Fn yMarchl5at6p m Over100people zkeduppledge forms The kick off r the fammewas held in the Student Fe CentrcGreatHa1l.A UK'student ng the national anthem. The UW mce Club ~erfocmed.A\VorldVi)n representative played a video out the organization, spoke to the ~wd,andran some activities.Many 'ferent campusgroupsgotwolved vanous ways. The Campus Remse Team was on hand in the SLC t h e entire 30 hours m case ofemer-

gencies The Wehess Centregave out free juice The Waterloo Public Inter est Research Group held aninfoam"The earth tive Tibetan Freedom Concert on produces Thursday night from 8p m to mid night m the SLCMultIPurposeRoom enough to feed UW students and groups showed twice its current their support for the famme participants population."

Fasting for 30 hours is medically - Canadian Catholic safe, but don't d~itd~ou'repregnant, Organizationfor diabetic, breastfeeding, recovermg Developmentand Peace from surgery, under the agc of 12, or haveagastro-intestinalillnessCheck with a doctor if you are unsure if it is I was hungry, but I knew I was not safe for you to fast I participatedm the famme and surprtsmgly tt was not as gomg to get to eat During the 30 hard as I expected I did not feel that hours I always had the option to eat, hungry I fcltala~kofenerg~anda famt but thc people I was fasting for do feehngat times My m d contmually not If you decidcto participate m the drifted to thoughts of food \%'hen next 30 Hour karmnc drink as much suppealme approachedthe firstnight water and pice as you want, oneglass I was very aware that I was not going of pice for everyhour you are awake is to be eating supper This was the recommended Chewing gum will momentwhen I began tounderstand rnakcyou evenhungrier because your ma smallwaywhatpeople m develop- body expectsfood to follow the chewingcountfiesmust endure every slilgle mgmotion Youth can do the famine m a group or as mdividuals day

World Vision is an i n t e r n a t i d costs. Accordmgto the World Vision Christian humamtanan rehef and de- Web site $1 feeds a cMd for a day, velopment orgatmation. It all started whchis less than your morning cup of m 1947 when on a tnp to C h a Dr. coffee. The World Vision 30 Hour BobPiercewasintrcducedbyaschool- Famine sloganis"RefuseToDoNothteacher to a battered and abandoned mg" People in developmg countnes childnamed WhiteJade The school die ofhunger everyday As Canadians teacher was unable to supportwhte wc take food, shelter, and health care Jade soDr Pierce gave the childhis last for granted. If we do nothmg to en$5 and sent the woman the' same surethe nghts and health of thoseless amount everymonthto carefor Whte fortunate thanus thenwe areperpetu Jade ating the problem.

World Vision began and a few years later the first child sponso*.sluf, See FAMINE, page 6 \ program started, The first C a n a h office opened m 1957 A Crescent HeightsBapst ChurchmCalgaryheld the &st famme m 1971 They fasted for36 hours and raised $600 Last year, o The graphic featured in 155,000 teens signed up and raised last week's article nearly $4 &ion "Activism meets art with WiorldVisionis currentlyactive m Poems for Peace" was over 90 countncs with 60muatives m credited incorrectly. The responsetoemergenciesand 300 longgraphic was designed by term development projects. World Chris Inch. Imprint apoloVision commits 83 per cent of ~ t s gizes to Chris for the donations topeople,wlule 17percent mistake. goes toadmtnistrative and fundraising

Biology prof awarded Killam Research Fellowship Michelle Rorke SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

The CanadianCouncil for the Arts awarded the I<illam 1iesearchFellowship to 28 outstandmg Canadian researchersand scholars The award5 weremadepossible bpabequestofMrs Dorothy J IGllam before her death in 1965 The award supports mnovatwe research projects of humanities, soctalsciences,naturalsciences, health

sciences,enpeermgmdmterdlscipltnary stud ies withn these fields After con\idcring 104 applications, ten researchers were chosen, and our \ ery owa Dr Marilyn Griffith was selected for her research mto the survival of overwintering plants '?Ye ha\ e agoodldeaabout the processes that con1 fers and grasses use to survive over the winter When it comes to the herbaceous, broadleaf trees and shrubs, we only have a lot of observa tiom."

UW's Marilyn Griffith has been recruited to research wintering plants.

There are various methods that plantsuse to protect themselves over the winter The basic concept is that they produce or use some mol eculc to controlwatermo~.emcnt,and therefore prevent free~mgDr Griffith is studying two species of plants that grow in Antarctica to detcrmrne how they manage to beat the cold The mechmsms involved are important m agr!culture Canola, for example, is Canada's second largest crop, and is normally planted m the s p m g sinceit cannot survivethe winter The farmers have to wait for the ground to dry enough to support the weight of a tractor Valuable growiilg tune is lost as well as much

neededwvaterm dry s p a If the canola coulc planted m the fall and then sunwe o ~ e r wmterit~~~ouldnotonlyca~c the springrush farmers, but increase the crop yield as well Thereis acanolacrop thatwdl survive ovei winter, unfortunately, it's not wited for conditions of the Prames It requires a sr covering for insulation so that the ground ti perature does not fall below 5 degrees Cels The wmds in the prairies blow the snow awa that the ground is stgntflcantly colder than plants can handle.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 21,200

It's all about the $900,000 environmentalgraduate

Famine: UW students fast in homage to hungry souls overseas .

scholarship endowment funded at UW Andrew Dilts IMPRINTSTAFF

The graduate-levelenvironmental studies program at the University of Waterloo has ,ust recaved $9OO,OOOm the 'form of endowments from the TD BankFmancial Group. . .

SIXawards, valued at $5,000 each, will be given annually and will be double-marchedthroughan Ontario Undergraduate Scholarship or an Ontario Graduate ScholadupmScience andTechnology, malungthe tot a l v a l of ~ eachaward $15,000.

'There is an urgent need for new knowledge and technologieo.thatwill help us understand and manage the delicate balance between humanactivity and nature," said DavidJohnston, UW presrdent.

'We are thankful forthisgenerous gift that wrll help enable W s most talentedenvironmentalresearchersto

dcvclop innovative solutions for the future " "The TD Bank Graduate Scholarshipsin the Environment are aperfect complementto the TD Friends of the EnvironmentFoundationas they are bothdedicatedtoprote~ttngandpreserving the environment through grassroots initiatives to education," said John Capozzolo, seilior vicepresident of T D CanadaTmst's OntarioCentralRegion.

T D Friends of the Environment Foundation 1s a non-profit foundation involvingcustomers,'employees and the TD Bank hnancial Group m suppod of local environmentalinitlatives Smce 1990, the fund has providedmore than$29 d o n tonearly 30,000 projects across Canada $800,00Omprqects tothe K-W area, funding nearly 400 separateprojects

Andrew Dilts (left),Tristan Dineen, John Vellone and Shelly Nixon show off their mighty strengtt which helped them get through 30 straight hours of not eatilig.

Continued from page 3 TheTibetanFreedomConcertwas held at UW the first mght of the Fainme There were many booths set up with information regarding the tenuous situation m Tibet, as well as posters of recent political prisoners that have been executed. The lights were +in and mcense was b u m g setting a sombersnd meditative atmosphere. The performers ranged from a young, blonde woman &th a guttar, to a male rockgroup, to drum

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Communtst China, "there are mor executionsm three months than th rest of the world put together m thre years", 1,781peoplewereputtodead by a Chinese government campaig against crime TodaytheTibetanpea ple are stdl bemg deniedbasic hunm rights Grave mpktices occur m ou worldeverydayand the complicityo Western society makes Canad~an~ a guilty as the perpetrators 'Xefuse To Do Nothifig.'' Th next nauonwide World Vision 30 Hour Famine is April 4 and 5,200?

music being played on a computer According toahandout at the concert "the Buddhist country of Tibet was mvaded by CommunistChinah 1950 and smce then over 1.2&onTibetans have been lulled". F@I~ now m Tibet there is no freedom of speech, religion, assembly, or press. In another handout a IS noted that, "in 1982Chinamtiatedits birth control policy. Today Tibetan women coph u e to be subjected to forced abortio~s,sterilization and mfanttcide " Amnesty International states that m

Green thumb: biology. prof awarded fellowship Continued from page 4 Dr Griffith has been studying plants smce herundergradm biology at awomen's college m western Massachusetts She conttnued on to Yale to fmsh her Masters in Forestry, and

shecompletedherPhDmplantphysiplant physiology - biology 423 an ologyat the University ofMinnesota plant biotechnology - biology 433 She came toCanadaiilitially onagrant Dr Griffithplansto startworkm from the IWlam Institute. Research- this September untd August '0: mg first at UBC, she then spent two workmg mostly out of the b~olog years at the University of Western building on cafipus However sh Ontan?andthenthree yearsinAlaska. hopes tolearna few things from foo She's beenworkmgat UWsmce 1987 scientistsatUniversityof Guelphwh ThegrantwillallowDr.Gnffithto study the freezing As we1 -process. . work full tune on her research procheexplamedthatusinganMRIis th gramTie moneywill be given to the best way to study how plants free. university to hire someone to take care so she plans to travel to the Plar of her ahnistrauve duties and to BiotechnologyIn~ti~teinSaskato teach hertwo courses,en~ironmental to do this

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Building respect between Feds and UW admin dy first bad run-in with the lnlversityadmuustration occurred n the dying days of my first year. I ras living in VFUage One, and was .ccused by both my don and the esidence life c o - o r b t o r of 'disturbing the peace of other tudents." Without being told bout what the meeting entailed, I vas required to meet with both hese parties in the RIG'S office.

A discussion ensued about the oncerns they had about my alleged )ehaviour,but when I asked for ,vidcncc,and it was provided, I was .blc to successfully explain that I was not involved in many of the lisruptivc frosh antics that they lcscnbed. Coming out of that neeting, I was quite disconcerted hat a resolution to the issue could lave been solved informally had my ion or Rl ,C actually sat down to war my side of the story, instead of ,rejudging my guilt. Unfortunately, hat did not occur, and the situation urned into a controversy when it nerely needed to be a conversation.

This story is instructive, and I rontcally see patterns in the way that iituation was handlcd compared vith the way the university adminisration deals with many of its :elations with individual students md thcir representative bodies. My xperience this year has exacerbated hat belief.

"contracting out" the sale of alcohol. The New Year's Eve incidentwas the catalyst for action by the university to deal with this and other perceived issues it had about the operation of the establishments. Much of the current situation may have been resolved if the university came to the table with their issues and attempted to seek a solution amenable to both parties without resorting to the pressure under which they placed us on January 6.

Agreementsmade but not kept On occasion, the university signs agreementswith the Federation.

However, these contracts have not always been honoured by the university, as one can witness with the present situation with the bars.

Another agreement,governing the students' fee contribution to the CECS Building, was siped in March2001.However,until recently, the university did not adhere to some clauses in the agreement.

Although the concerns centred around issues such as the failure of the university to provide an annual report on the buildmg's fundraising activities,it does illustrate a lack of concern in fulfillingthe conditions of an agreement which has had a tremendous impact on students in more than a financial way.

Despite these incidents, the

Federation is also at fault for the state of their relationshipwith the administration.I very firmly believe that the universityoccasionallyacts in the way it does with the Feds because a chnate of mutual respect has not been created. In the past, the administration has regarded Feds as its mouthpiece rather than

Both the university and its students must understand that a conciliatory relationship must be built.

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tone, much can be done to improve the relationship between the university and its students. Both sides must understand that for the university to properly function, and for students to be satisfied with their experience,aconciliatory rather than adversarial relationship must be built. This will take time and goodwill from both groups -and an understanding that before this can be done some have to acknowledge their past mistakes and endeavour not to repeat them. I hope that both Needles Hall and any future occupants of the offices across from Ground Zero are listening.

What to do?

Ryan O'Connor is the o@oing Feds ticepredent edtdcation and, in addition to Ryan Chen-Wing is uho a Ryan.

Despite my sombre and bitter

The bars The Feds has commented about he bars ad nauseum; I don't intend :o rehash the situation anymore :han it needs to be. However, it is nteresting to note the sunhities between my preamble and the zurrent situation. We know that the miversity at some point discovered that it was in violation of the Liquor Licence Act because of its practice of

buildings, irrespectiveof the process involved and the fact that the proposal was not fmalized when it was put to the vote. The Feds, rushed into a referendum in November 2001 despite what I believe was paltry consultationwith students because it was committed to the proposal rather than to its mandate to serve students.

The university (sometimes rightly) does not respect that the Feds is an equal partner because in the past we haven't shown that we arc. No climate of mutual respect, will be fostered if the Federation is nothing more than a pushover ready to do the adnuntstration's bidding whenever asked.

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OPINION The mystery of the 500-word megaphone

War on Iraq: the last resort Lauren S. Breslin COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

When Jul~usCaesar paused to ponder the consequencesof a military attack some 2000 years ago, his poetic adage was as fitting then as it m today. aleajacta est -the die is cast.

Yet, m the face of an mexmble conflict with Iraq, thousands of people around the world remain unconvinced of the immediate need formihtaryaction The chotce to oust Saddam rather than any other dictatorts arbitrary,they argue, and has morc to do with oil security and American impenahsm than e l m natinga so called threat to peace Indeed, a's a lot easier to gloss over the complexities of this conflict with conspiracytheories, evenwhcn 'those theories don't stand up to logic or scrutiny For many reasons, the circum stancesof thiswar are clearly counterproductivefor achieving world dormnation Not even George Dubya would thtnk it pohticallywiseto wager the stagger tng costs and commtments of war, the potential loss of Amencan soldiers, the wounds in mtemational diplomacy, the worldwide condemnationand the encourage ment for new waves of terrorism, all in the name of U.S. unperialism.

Hell, the president hasn't even sold this war to his own people Historically speaking, I think everyonewould agree that the US is, in many ways, responsible for the conflicts it faces today. But that doesn't change the fact that the coflfltcts exlst -namely, that the U.S (and the world over) face an acceleratmgthreat with everyday Saddam is m power.

That Saddam has been singled out by the U.S. is not arbitrary; it's because Iraq has been in breach of a UN resolution for the past 12years.

The cease-fire agreementat the end of the '91 Gulf war ordered Saddam

to dismantle his weapons programs exchange forAmericanwith drawal But Saddam did no such thing bollowing this agreement, weapons inspectors spentyears scouring Iraq for signs of weapons of mass destruction and found nothing In 1994, it was IUidir Hamza, head of nuclear development m Iraq, who defected, revealtng that yes, Saddamwas on his way to developmg nuclear weapons -all under the inspec tors' noses Smce that time, Saddam has continued toperfect his tnckeryand, as a resdt of economc sanctions imposed by the US, squandered money from his own people (leaving d o n s to starve without medical aid) in order to build lamsh palaces andinamtam his weapons of mass destruction So, at the vcry least, people on both sides of this debate agree on one fundamental thing Saddam has not fully disarmed Okay, but why is t h t ~dangerous for the world?

Saddam, by his own a h s s i o n , wants to donunate thc Middle East (hence his attempts at war on in

see IRAQ, page I 3

Magla Konieczaa It seems like there is more interest in columns m Imprintwith every passing day. I haven't been around long, but even I remember a tune when column submissions were as uncommon as getttng a beer at the Bomber is these days. Now, it seems everyone wants to write a column, cveryone wants to read columns and everyonewants to talk about columns I really don't understand this. I thtnk I'm fairly knowledgable on the issue -I mean. I've had a column for almost a year.

Occassiondy, thcrc was a burning topic that I felt I absolutelyneeded to cover (Okay, that actually happened once or twice.) Generally, though, I'm left strugglmg to h d a topic long after all the other stories m the newspaper have been written The reason? I don't hold any beliefs

so strongly that I feel compelled to write them down and argue them in front of up to 11,000 readers every week I considcrmpself to be a passionate and opmtonated person, however, when it comes to finding a topic to argue in front of such a huge audience, it's a tall order to fmd somethmg that fits the bill Sometimes I && I it truly self centred and self-mdulgentto believe that you hold an optnion that so many people could be mterested in It seems that, through columns, Impnztis creating soapboxes rather thanvaluable content "A 500 word megaphone" is the way columns are described in this week's paper and I think it's perfectly accurate Gve amegaphone to a random person (okay, a person who's gone through a seriously random column approval process) and have them shout for half an hour every week Doesn't a seem unlikely that you'd ever get anythmg remotelyinteresting?

I think the desire to wnte a column comes from the social phenomenon that we're living Everyday, every minute,we're bombarded with words The age of mformation has turned mto the age of over mformation Thcre is no

way we could possibly e\ er digest all of the things that come at us.

In such an environment, it'\ really easy to feel lost Your views and values are diluted by the views and values held by millions of others, many of whom are socially deemed as more qualified to spout off I can understand thc need to get a foothold m such an environment, to have a spot that you can stake out and define as truly your own, where you know that at least some people w d hsten to So I guess 1can understand why on a base level, people feel a need to wnte a column The thing, then, that's really mysterious to me IS why many readers seem like they just can't get enough of them I've commented in this space before on the custodian who comes by in the wee hours of every Thursdaymormng and reads the opinion pages. Just take a walk through the Student Lift Centre on Friday morning and take a look at what people are reading This is s o m e h g I truly can't understand I wouldn't stop to hsten to the guy with the megaphone. Would you?

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Give the students a referendum

IOU! OFF MY PLANET! 2t last Sunday's meeting, the 'ederation of Students Council's lid its best to emulate a mcrocosmc Umted Nations it ignored a real ssue it was meant to address, 5voumg instead to obsess over k i d s and procedure, suffered mmplete bureaucrattcpara1ysis;and iemonstrateda complete lack of ndl to take action on an issue without never-ending "consdta ion."

The issue here is stmkable fees.

Jnder the current system, Students 3ay a number of optional student Fees in advance -Iqbrint,W I R G tnd CKMS ate lust three -which hey can seek a refund in the first ,hreeweeks of each term, for later In in the year. At other schools 'Queen's most notably) systems :xist which allow an opt out in rdvance -so there is no negative Let's get my own bias out of the way I and the rest of the PC tssociation at Waterloo started the >etition,which has accumulated mer 1,500signatures-very close to the 1,900 or so required for an Lutomatic referendum I want this ceferendumto occur On Sunday,councilnarrowly rejected the recommendations of a mmmttee struck to mvestigatc the Issue of refundable fees After brinpg the collected signaturesto :ouncd in January and February, the zommttee met several times and reaommended that, surpnse surprise, m the event that a referen Aum is held, council should ,upport the "no" side (I e imt support strhble fees ) That the committee made this recommendation isn't a shock yeas u ho was on thc commttee?

That's right, repreaentatiL es of VI'PIKG, CKnlS and llrpntzt ' Impartial membcrs of councilwere also on the committee, but that's

about as reassuring as having fedcral elections run jointly by aecaons Canada and the governing party So there was lots of representation from groups who would naturally be oppoposedto a referendum, but nqne from those who would naturally be injat~otlrof one.. And even if there were -for example, someone from the U W PCs w e 'don't receive tens of thousands of dollars m funding from students which allow pad staff to conduct research for the comrmttee now, do we) If you are concerned about having your voice heard, I urge you to contact your student councillors and demand they call a referendum on stlrkable fees. Opponents to a referendumarescared beyond belief that students wdl vote in favour of such a system and wdl throw up any obstacles,andmakeany excuse they can dunk of in order to stop one from occumng.

I lust ran in an election where I lost by a count of 1,273 to 1,109.

How many of those people were "fully informed"? Do wedo away

with democracybecause not e v e y n e 1s "fully informed"?

The basic pnnciple is gIossed over T h ~ is s yotlrmony. You don't need to give a reason why you should get fo keep a m the first place It should not accumulate to any organization by default, and force students to ask for it back That, as one person put it, is like the SalvationArmy gomg into your house, taking your clothed, and saying,"If you really need your clothes, come and pick them up " Ehough is enough- let the students decide

Thai volleyball at its best UNDEFEATED 1,ast Sunday I decided to attend WIRG's third annual Rainbow ~ e e l i , afour-dayqueer f h festival.

Having - attempted to go both Friday and Saturdayevenings with little luck, Sunday night was my last chance to view a f h I am definitely glad that I went1 I made it to MC 1302 in just enough time to view the festival's last film, The Imn Ladies Not knowing much about what The Iron Ldzeswas about, I felt like I was about to gamble away 104 minutes of my time, either for better or for worse The lights go down, the audiencehushes,andveryquickly ' the few details that I had previously known of the film were all affirmed, it was about a bunch of queer volleyball players frqmThdand What else could I ask for1 But, as the first subtitle made its way onto the screen I knew for sure that my fears had been realized "Oh good God," I thought, " I'm not gomg to be watching a movie1 I'm going to be reading a bookl" With all of that being said, I believe it was about three and half minutes into the film that I reaL~ed that The Iron Lcldzer was going to be one of the most entertaining, side sphtting movies that I would have watched in a long, long tme The film was a true Ctoq of a Thavolleyball team who in 1996 won the national champion~hips Through the time that they had assembled as a team to the final match, the volleiball team (called the "Iron Ladies") had achieved

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national fame Composed of gay men, drag queens, a transsexual and one straight guy, they were either loved or hated by the Thai people A great stoy,the film also proved itself to be a IOCmutelong laugh1 Among my favounte parts was the scene in which Jung's father asked his son what number of foundat*onhe was weanng.

Also equally enjoyable was when the tnplets Apnl, May and June taught the rest of the team the Iron .Lady cheer, and of coursewhen Jung and Nong fought over the . . "very manly" lieutenantwho saved them from being beaten up at the frultluice bar.

Yes, for IWminutes, I was very much unmersed in Thai gay culture (which is seemugly not too unlke C a d i a n gay culture) I watched as Wit put off his weddmg plans to join the team, and I crossed my fingers as Pia's man came back to her in an act of honest love. Of course the movie was and moral, dressed with mebut it never took away from the overallhilarity To my surprise, The Iron Ldzes may have been one of the best movies I have seen in a long time, subtitles and all The combination of extreme characters and excellent comedc t m g made the film an absolute spectacle to watch, and I enjoyed every second of a. . My Ymcerest thanks to .\WIRG, and anyone else involved, for organizingthis year's Rainbow Keels Queer FilmFest Even though I admittedly may have been petty with my donation, at the end of the ftlm I knew that I would have gladly paid a full Famous Players or Cineples Odeon fee to view The Iron Lclhepos Unfortunately though, I did not have $300 in my pocket and therefore had to resort to 1 iewing it at the Kainbow Rccls

FRIDAY, MARCH 21,201

Alas poor Heramb, I knew him well

Guys, t a b the time to walk To the editor,

To the editor.

This evmtng I took the safety van home It was the 1.30a m run, and there was somethtng unusual. I was the only female passenger of seven.

I concede that men have safety issues to be concerned about at that time of mght.

However, I would guess that the ratio of males to females on the safety van.this night' was highly dispropoaionate to the ratio of males to females u&mg the walk safe service on campus.

If my assumptions are correct that males are generally not using the walk safe servicc, obviously they don't feel that their safety is compromsed walking at mght t o the SLC to catch the safety van. Ona n w b e r ofrecent occasions,I have observed that there are groups of two or three males taking the safety van together, who live m relatively close proximity to each other. Surely z single female has more reason tabe concerned about her personal safety w a h g or taking the bus late at mght than a gruup of males. 1o quote a friend, "It's the safety van, tlot the lazy van."

Your decision to end Heramb's Harem was totally mappropriate, uncalled for, and qute frankly,not very clever Just because yougbt a few letters questionmgwhat he had to say, you lot went for the jugular and got rid of his column altogether. What about everyonewho enjoyed his work and never wrote m because they never felt it necessary>Is this some kind of new Iriprintiegulation, whereby unless readers write in and exphcity state that they like something, it will get yanked?

The point here is, that although the bloke did cross the line from tune to time, it was no less than he promised us from the outset and mstead of Heramb, I t h d pulling his columshodd serve as a slap in the face of the people who gave hvn it in the first place That your hierarchy couldn't find the courage to stand behind your man is very disappointing So what docs this leave you with, a bunch of columns about politics?Yes, they may aIl be fine articles, but whereas you could probably get your wars in many other places, something like the I Iarem was unique, raised hell, and wreaked total not Where else do we get that? Now we're back to plam old news, and a few boring blokes trying to present it from Afferent angles And then everyone wonders where LLaterloo gets this '%ormg" and "hfeless" tag from You're nerds1 All of youl.

Edey and ~ e e ~ ~ u d rin i cthe k wrong To the editor,.

Last week, Chris hdey and Aaron LeeX7udnckboth expressed their support for war because itwould give Iraqis "a new chanceJ' and because "justice will be done," respectively More specifically,both referred to the brutal repression carried out by Saddarn Hussein against the Kurds dumg the '80s and 90s as a moral jurtificationfor war Let's pick this argument.

From 1984to the late 90s (roughly the same period that Saddam repressed Iraq's Kurds), Turkey engaged in an extremely violent repression of rts Kurdish population which led to millions of refugees, tens of thousands of dcaths, and over 3,000 villages destroyed All this, of course, was supported by the Umted States, which suppliedTurkey with 80 per cent of the weapons -fighter lets, tanks, machine guns -used in the repression Unsurpnsingly, this was not reported very often in the news media but the detads are available if one cared enough to check FIuman Rtghts Watch (www hnv org) and the FederationofAmericanScientists (www fas.o& are good places to start Given the above, and based on the moral pmciple they espouse, I askwhether Edey and LeeWudrick also believe that it would be morally just for some other country to wage war on Turkeyand the Umted States for the repression the two committed agamst the Kurds. Maybe they do. Maybe they beheve that firing 800 cruse missiles on Ankara and Washmgton would be a wise mtial attack m any such war. Maybe then the Kurds would have a chance to live in freedom.

Is this absurd?You bet. Edey and LeeWudrick are cornered.If they -tam their position that war on Iraq rs mo@y just because it will help the Kurds (which is by no means certain), but that awar against Turkey and America for the same reasons would be wrong, we can dismss them as merely a couple of shameless propagandists.

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Take a hike, Titus

for student programs is an mcreasingly apparent reality, someone would stoop as low as to steal from student societies.

The fur?dsraised by student societies allow these organizations to provide activities essential in -taming the vitaltty of the campus life When revenue is lost due to theft, everyonesuffers These assaults, whocver the perpetrators may be, should be taken as a direct attack on every member of the U\lEr community As such, a is our responsibility as a community to bring these mdividuals to justice Howard mentioned that the UW Police Serviceshave requestedadditional staff members to help apprehend those responsible for the break and enters While this may be part of the solution, campus police should not have to shoulder the responsibilityalone It is our job as members of the co&wty to keep our eyes and ears open Granted these thieves appear to choose times when there are few students or custodians m the vicmty to commit their crimes, but our best weapon is stdl to take notice of any suspicious activity I am sure that manv ubers of the PAC have become aware ofthefts from lockers These thefts have occurred duringpeakperiods of use At times, locks have been cut orpieces of the locker ha\ e been removed Ihe sight ofa person with bolt cutters m the change room, without a Campus ICec shirt, should causc alarm bclls to ring in our mind \Ve need to resist the natural urge to'turn a blind eye and mind our own business Submissionis inexcusable We are being threatened and we must take action against. our offenders.

-Jon King IB ESphning

To the editor, wore of a headache than it's worth I enjoy readtng Iripnnt but have grown irritated with Mtchelle Titus' column Not only is it a really big waste of space but it's a cheap way for her to advertise her single status I thought this column was supposed to be abdut sex, love and relationships Instead, it's about l'itus' pathetic attempts at love,references to her ex-boyfriendsand frequent mentions of her sexual history One week, she wrote aninterestingarticle "In the Garden of Eden" but then she threw in the fact that she is single Oh God!Is she really that desperate to find someone that she needs to mention it in every article she writes> This past's weeks article was surely of poor taste, t a h g about exhibitiomsm and locations ofwherc she has had sex. Nobo4 cares, MMeCle! The column should be about sex, love and relationship in general and not about when was the last tune you got hid or your ex coming back into town.

Wake up from the hducmation that you are Carrie from "Sex and the CiV and do us all a Eavour, start writuig a column that is entert-g . . . or else I suggest you resign your post at Imprint.

-Roveena Gnanabakthan 4B psychlog, mmusic minor

Band together against crime To the editor,

The sentiments &at I felt in reading Ian Howard's arttcle, "Crime on the rise at UW" [Imprint,March141,canbe accurately described m w o words: sheer outrage. To think that m this day and age, where cutbacks on funding

To the editor, I don't knoa what's going on over there in Kitchener, but the Distance Educationoffice really needs to pull itself together. From my recent experiences, the o r p z a t i o n there is terrible and customer service is evenworse.I was enrolled in Psych 101 last term and ended up in the hospital on my exam day In case anyone is t h u h g about e n r o h g in a DE course, here are some handy little pomters Did you know that if you miss an exam and hand in the proper papers right away you may not hear back from them at all for two months?

Don't even try getting in touch with the office through the "examinations" contact because your voice mads and e-mails won't be answered Ever.

Don't try the general inqury e-mail address either because no one responds to that, even if you say it's urgent. You won't get a response . unless you happen to get through to sorneone m person (except for the "assignmefits" people who are pretty prompt at answering e-

mght have a proctor who you don't have tc pay for lost time. Anyway, D E will cower it agmn and you'll have to book it agam.

Hopefully you'll not have to baste too muc time studymg for the exam a third tune.

In the meantime, the registrar will send a letter home to gracefully mform you that you've failed the course. Evenif you don't need to reschedule your exam, be advised th DE mght dream up an imaginary house you're living in on the other side of the country, to which they are sending all your i n f o a t i o n So if you get no exam mforma tion in the mail, be prepared for them to sa! they're not allowed to tell you what room your exam is in either I must say that DE at UW has shown tr the poorest example of customer service an1 value for my money that I have ever expenenced I'll take my money and spend it somewhere that treats me like a valuable customer, and I will advise others to do the same -Enn L Gzhner 1 B bzology

The gentler things To the editor, One reason 1%hy 1always male sure I pick I a Sop) uf the Imprint on Friday, is that Imp alwavs includesarticles for avariety of tastes and opinions I am not an avid reader of other newspa pers because they are too focused on lust re news stories In the current media, there is lack of choice as war and other sensationaliz storiesget most of the space in the paper 1 few issues ago of Impant,m the centre there was an amcle about someone's reading wcc tnp in Mextco Two weeks ago there was apornograpl. history lesson and both of these articles I rl and enjoyed because theywere differcnt Bi of these articles would not be in regular newspapers Both articleshad complaints which were published in follow-ingweeks from people who were offended about the subject of pornography and from someon who thought flings in Mexico with Amenc did not deserve a spot in the Inzpnnt Readt need to take some of the articles in Imprint chance to deviate fromthe choices that are made for you when you read a larger publi er's paper.

Iqn'nthas a &verse readership which h theiess important news, as well as campur and opmons on world news I try to learr somethtngnewfrom everyarticle and pieci literature a read. So those who can't hand11 selection of articlesthat Iqrintpubhshes, suggest that they ought to stick to the me( wkch gives them what theywant, predicta 'ty

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Waffle crusaders To the editor, I read the March 14 issue of Iqh%& I stumbled across the most interesting aaic was a letter to the editor concerningthe disappearanceof the beloved Beigtanwaff at Brubaker's.

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WAFFLE, from page 11 want is consistency The slightest change m our datly schedule can throw off our game plan, like what happened with Mr Poroger In the case of Belgian waffles, we need to be eased off of them slowly Perhaps if they posted signs that informed us of thts apocalyptic change Yes, I know that they are just waffles This is the same thing that McDonald's does with the delicious M c h b sandwich But at least the good people at Mickey-D's have the decency to inform us that it is a limited time only O n a more personal note, I want to commend Igor for his inspirational stance that he has taken for us, the littlc pcople I really hope that this gets published because he deserves a public thank you Furthermore, I hope that I willget the opportunity to one &?meet this local hero in person. I thmk that together wc can uncover more of these hateful conspiracies \X7e'd be a regular Batman and Robin, Holmes and Watson, even Cheech and Chong Viva la \X'afflel Here's to Igorl

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Idealism Today US troops are probably pouring into Southern and Northern I r a q a n d no doubt the Shi'ae and Kurdish people are pomcd to revolt against Baghdad Lee-Wudmkcorrectly statcs that Kurds in general have been waiting for rmlltary action awnst their long - time pressor Saddarn Husscm. They have every ht to welcome this move iustas France and

Hollandeagerlyawaited D-Day m 1944 Aft all - dictatorships only understand the languageofviolence For those who questton this -conside the savagery comnutted in Tibet and Chma response to Tibetans' peaceful lobbying for freedom But this is where my agreement u him ends Implicitlycompanng left wingpeace activists to animals in a zoo is qute disrespc ful I'm sure nght-wing groups can have names assigned to them as well \What concerns me morc is that his paradigms abl America's foreignpolicy are more groundct idealism than reality Consider the Kurds, now welcomingw. as a relief, wcrc once subjectedto horrible chenucal attacks with weapons the U S sol( Hussein Kurds in Turkey were not much better off ---especially with the support of Clmton a h s t r a t t o n during the 90s whe Turkish soldiers decimated hundreds of l<ur&sh villages Does it not come as a sho that figures labeled public enemy number c today were-once on the CIA payroll, 1 ' wo examples are glaring. Saddam Hussein an( Osama Bm Laden As the Soviet Union's sphere of mfluencc cupanded, both men proved useful for U S interests yet their brutality changed little I don't have sympathy for murderous regimes targeted by America.Yet if Bush at Blair are so righteous at standmg up to evil both would recod at the horrors deliberate1 perpetrated by their own governments

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1here comes a time in every columnist's tenure when he must write about an issue that hits close to home. Something that he fccls passionate about, that they positively need to get off their chest. The final written product from such a topic is an mvigoratcd piece of writingwhere every single word lcaps out from the page and yells at you as loud as possible.

My columnist colleagues in

issue, Michelle Titus wrote about, well, me (a topic she apparently feels very passionate about.. . and hey, I don't blame her. ~ t ' snot my fault she calls me 'l'urlush delight!) and exhibitionism. Also in that issue, editor-in-chiefMagdaIConicczna wrote fementlyabout reader feedback and how it affects the paper. Aaron Cowan did much diligent research m writing on the topic of added hardships faced by homosexual relationships in the February 7 Issue. And Chris Edey wrote a wonderful criticism of Remembrance Day in the prcvious year's November 15 issue

Iraq: the dle is cast Iraq, from page 8

Kuwait, Israel, the Iraqi Kurds, and Iran). He wants to turn Jerusalem over to the Arabs and expelUS influence entirely from the regton. Thls is the fundamental link between Saddam's regime and global Muslim terrorist networks. 'l'hep arc united by their ambitions for Palestine and their hatred of America - you can look t h s up anywhere.

Post 9/11, Afghani soldiers were welcomedas refugees in Bagdhad, where they were supported both morally and financially. Not only that, but if you watched the news last week, Saddam was awarding fat cheques to the fam~liesof Palestinian suicide bombers.

Anyone who says there isn't a link between Saddam and alQueda-like terrorism is simply ignoring the facts. For that reason, nobody canguarantee Saddam wouldn't sell his weapons to terrorists and advance his reputation (and power) in the Muslim world.

Nobody believes this war is being launched for the good of the Iraqi people; but, by "virtue" of living under Saddam's iron-fisted rule, they are the ones who will benefit most But don't take my word on this; wait for the live war coverageviasatellite,which will undoubted17 feature Images of Traqis rejoicingin their own liberation The choice,though already made, was between a costly war now and an even costlier one (human toll/cconom~c tdl) in the future.

Kenneth M. Pollack, who has worked on this subject for 15 years (CIA analyst on Gulf military developments; head of National Security Council under Clinton) had this to sap: "It is often said that war should be employed only in the last resort. I reluctantly believe that in the case of the threat from Traq,we have come to the last resort."

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All of these articles have something in common -they each have a topic, discussed by the author with great animation, adding a sense of intangible emotion. You can almost hear them reading you the articlewith their voice expressions and their solid views on the matter.

And so, I fmd myself enthralled with an issue that I can no longer stay quiet about. It is a deeply disgruntling issue to some of us, one that could routinely surface d u r q our lives on campus; it ccrtady has affectedmc onmany occasions. The thought alone could spark hours-long debates at coffee shops, and has certainly been used as an icebreaker (note: not by me) at bars while attempting to talk to a fair-sexed stranger. It was only a

matter of time before I confronted this pressing topic face to face: I absolutely can't stand the first-floor stairs inside Needles Hall.

You all know what I am tallung about. When you walk up those stairs, it just doesn't feel right. A set of stairs like those belongs in a circus funhouse. If you look down as you climb the stairs, it looks like you're turning to the side, but you're still going straight. I'm heartily glad that traffic in that building has decreased smce the o p e m g of the new co-op buildmg, which possesses normal, straight stairs.

I know I'm not the only one who feels like this. I have given campus tours where the tour group requcsts to see the inside of Needles Hall. "Peculiar stairs they have here!"

they would murmur in utter disgust as we exit the buildmg. And that could have influenced their decision to attend our university.

Many important figureheads also have to clunb those stairs to get to their offices each morning, including our president, David Johnston.

That could very well put them m a bad mood each and every morning (no wondcr the Bomber/Fed FIall dispute is so heated).

So really, the stairs are a vital cause for many of our woes as a student collective,and even for our potential future student collective.

The next time you want to collect your OSAl' or see a guidance counsellor, keep yourself m a good mood and take the back stairs.

Suck this!

Gvingand receivinghickeysis usually considered a childish act whose participants are generally innocent concerningmore sexual matters. Toting such a mark especiallyin university can invite numerous disapproving gazes.

Removing the correlation between h~ckeysand teenage antics bnngs about the question, why arc they viewed as social stigmas?Perhaps thej are considered "an echo of PDA" suggestsan Imprint collcague Although the sewal act might not have been in public, the proof of the encounteris explicitlydisplayed.

Due to the attention brought about by this vivid mark it is understandable why most attempt to camouflaee its existence. There are many options how to handle hckeYs. Cover up'rhis is the classicway of hding a hicky.The use of clothmgor accessoriesis quite helpful if the weather and event permits. I recommend scarves but using Band-aids is a defmite fauspaus Ice- By applying something cold a is said to speed up the disappearing act. One technique is the use of a frozen spoon, which sounds a bit pamful but is recommended by many purple people.

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You wake up feelrng quite contented -nestled into a warm, comforting outstretched armafter your mght of nookie, lean over to d e l i ~ w a quick kiss and lazily head to the bathroom.

As you wash your hands you glance into the mirror and are forced to take a second closer look. There is a huge round purplish mark on the sidc of your neck! At somc point cluring the throws of passion unnoticed sucking must have occurredand you are branded.

A similar situation has occurred to many unsuspecting victims of the hickey Part of the problemis that for many people the neck is a very erogenous zone and receivmg lip service here can be quite titillat4 7

When suckingis incorporated bruising can result. For some, a vigorous vacuum is necessary while for others gentle sucking can be enough to break blood vessels.

it on the mark and letting it dty will lighten ahickey's appearance.At least you'll smell minty fresh after this messy choice.

'Tea bags- Serve the same purpose as toothpaste, dulling the hue minus the smell.

Aloe A remedy for an endless amount of ailments so why not hickeys?

Make-up- In my opinion this method is a disaster waiting to happen. Messing around wtth cover-ups is not a good idea unless you intend on looking even worse after your attcrnpts.

If youare cxtremelyanti-hlckey the easiest way to avoid thcse marks is to prevent your neck from being sucked on. Although at times, giving hickeys can be fun. They could be incorporated into foreplay, be considered a personal sqgn of affection, or mere entertainment (tnr . . a suchigwar instead of a tickle fight!). In these cases it might he more appropriate to restrict sucking to more private areas. f Iickegbearers will foreverbe ridiculed by the non-spotted. When the fmgers are pointing and the laughter booms simply smile and say "suck this!"

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At baterloo, university administration shut down liquor service in Federaturn ofstudents'bars causingFeds to decq the loss of their autonomy.

Otheruniversities have dtfferent relationships with their student governments, allowing each a different autonomy and control over their bars.

At Queen's, students haw anunusual amount ofcontrol of theiraffairs, but the university stiU holds the liquor licence. Conr-ersely,at Carleton, the shdent association holds the hcence, but they have not escapedthe university's influence omr their bars. Now that I W s have launched an $11-mil lion dollar lawsuit and filed injunct~ons to reopen their bars,it could help understandrngthe situation tolook at

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Waterloo \%en the Bombshelter and Fed-- can still be liable for mcldents &at occur regardless of who holds the eration Hall were open Feds used tu scrvcliquor under theuniversity's 1iq~ hcence It is for thi\ reason that Ufliversities want some kind of control over uor licence, which is held by Bud KJalker, director of business opera- liquor sen ice

other relevant situations. If youwant to argue about how alcohol is served on campus, you can learn from this information, you jerks.

Queen's At Queen's, students esercise a great deal of influenceover student affairs.The campus bookstore has been run undcr the Engineering Society since itwas started by engneering shidents in 1909; at other universities the university runs the bookstore. Further, Queen's stu dents electa shtdent tn the position of rector, w-hich is a position in the executive ofthe unirersity.

The liquor l~cenceat Queen's is m the name of the university- and held by a member of administration. Student bars operate under that licence according to a tlxee party agreement behveen the u n \-ersity, the licence holder and the student government, called the illrnahiater Society.

1.anny Cardow, ricepresident for the student gox7ernment,is not concerned with the issue of contracting out. 'We have a lawyer on campus and their jobis tolookinto J PCURRY tions T h s rclatmnship is governed the 1eg.lityofouriiquorlicenccandit's by oneagreement for theBombshelrer perfectly valid theway it is rightnow," and another for bed Hall All liquor he said.

Bruce Griffiths, director of resirctvice on campuc is also under the dcnce at Queen's and the liquor licence university policy for alcohol ure and holder, said, "As Queen's continues U\Y J'ol~cehandle sccunty oncatnpus lo have contrni over the licence wc don't feelthat we have contracted out."

Issues He explained, "The agreement One of the issues that Feds has brought up in its lawsuit is the con- inalies clear that the unix-ersity may tracting out of sale and sen-iceof kq- suspend the operation of the pub at uor. Liquor r.cgulationsprolubitcon- any time, as t t is our position that this is critical toinaintainingcoiltriilofthe tnccingout,~~hcl~meansh~gsomeone to take responsibility for liquor ltccnce."

Cardow explained that they have service. Hiring a bartender to serve student positions to dealwith security alcohol is not contractkg out because on campus and m the bars. "We staff the licence holder has authority over our student barswith student constathe bartender. A relationshipmay not be contractingoutiâ&#x201A;Źtheliyuorlicence bles. They enforce the Queen's s t w dent code of conduct," he said. holdinglrns appropriate oversight and

Student constables are a force students runby the LUvfSthatprovi security in addition to campus scc rity.

When asked t i the AMS woi consider getting its own licen Cardow said, "It's a double-eclp sword.I loldiq a hquor licencecon a lot ofextra responsibilityalongw >-ourextra ability to play within 1 fuzzy rules of the law."

:sshutdown He saidthat he is satisfiedwiththe implemented.

Sincethen, Carletonhas rurrent liquor licence structure at been developing a new ;heen's.

"We've beenable to stnke a balance policy on alcohol use.

1,iquor Operations xhveennot semngeveryaspectofthe mlicy. We still have enough that we Manager Steve Porn, who lon't feel that we have our options is the only full-time manager of the student bars, kited." said that controlling the Carleton There were incidents of violence access non Carleton-stumtside Oliver's, a student bar at dents was something that ,arleton, last November. Despite everyone wanted. "They [the university]wanted to lolding the liquor licence for the pub md havtngauthorityovcr liquor sem- turn it back into a student ce. the untyersttv forced the student bar. W;e were aU for that p~~emment,CarletonUni~~ersit).Stuhecausc we had non-stuients' Association, to shut down for dents coming in on our ieveral days following an attempted nights," he said.

TICsatd that sincc thc shutdown, itabbinguntil new measures, includnga sign-inprotocolforpatronswho bartenders cannot seme straightalcohol. 'You can't buy a shot of pure ire not Carleton students and restric -ionon serving straight alcohol were booze. You couldn't buy a R-52 it

University of Guclphbecausetheysetmedtocover what Carletonwanted to achieve. "In some ways, we've followed their route. One difference is that we don't hold thc liquor licence-the students do."

Librande said that despite the fact students hold thc licence, they don't have complete freedom with respect to liquor issues.

Whenaskedwhether or not having its own liquor licence gives the would be more like a broken down CUSA more freedom he said, "No it golfcaabecausethere,smutinvolved,~ Carleton Dean of Students doesn't because they are still on a mix-'<sity campus."

Leonard I,ibrandc said that modeled theirpolicy after rules at Librande pointed to Lability as a

concern thatwouldcause universities to want control. "It's the same for all untversities.Whetherwe hold the liquor licence, or run the bar or not, we [theuniversitics]have the deeperpockets so when it comes to liability we knowwhetherweare directlpinvolved or not. We'll be cited in the lawsuit."

Epilogue L o o h g a t other schoolscan provide some basis for understandmg what could happen as the liquor dispute is resolved at U\V. Byloolungat two other schoolswe can see the desire for control on the part ofthe university because ofliability and consider the differences whether or not Feds held its own licence. rchen-wing@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Alternatives Journal shows their stuff A look at the environmental magazine on campus Lousley. Due to the volatility of the magazine market in recent years, a number of environmental magazines C h the first floor of the Em-ironmeii- havegone ex&ct,leavingAltematives tal Studiesbuilding, four people (with as one ofthe onlysourcesofCanadian centric information on a variety of the help of three interns and many volunteers) are hard at work assem- envrronmental issues.

Alternativesis published four times bling one of the foremost environa year, with each issue focusing on a mental magazmes in Canada. This theme. pastJdJr,CherylLousleywasapp&ted "An issue essentially starts with a to the newly created positron of execudiscussionby thc editorialboardabout tive editor. what kind of issue we should be cov"Alternatives is the oldest en\+ ronmental magazine in Canada," said ermg." said Lousley. The theme for the latest issue, 'Diversity, equity, and Lousley. I Iaving started in 1971 at -I rent Untversity, the maaqzinc was racism,' came from suggestions by readers; one of whom became the relocated to the University ofKaterloo in 1984byEnvironmenta1Studies guest editor for that particular issue.

Once a theme is chosen, Alternatives hcultymember Robert Gibson,who currently serves as Alternatives' Edi- puts out a call for story proposals.

"We get in anywhere from 50 to100 tor-in-Chief.

Alternatives strives to distinguish from across the county and internationally as well." Lousleycommented. itself by four criteria: to be current, credible, comprehensive, and Cana- Another editorialmeeting takes place dian. "KJe take very senously our at thatpoint tochoose whichproposreputation,particularlythe cred~bility als to go with. The editors look for a 'comprehensive mur' of stories that that our readers think that Alternatives holds as a news source." said will come together to be both informative, and interestingto the rcadLousley. 'l'he e&tor also puts emphaers. The stories also tend to focus on sis on findingwriters with first hand the positix-e, that is, people that are experience. "Many of our writers are doing things to help the environacademicsworkmgona topic,orpeople working in the field." explained ment. \'%en the first drafts of the Jeremiah Sabadoz SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

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stories come in, the editing process begins. 'We do a lot of editing to get those articlesto be the lively,acccssible language that we Ilke. A lot of our writers areacademics,professionals in their fields; so they're not necessarily writers. Our challenge is taktng the excitingideasandmaking themesciting in the magazine format." said Lousleg. Once all of the elements are ready, they go toMarciaRuby,whois in charge of production and design.

She does the copy editing and puts together the layouts and proofs.

During the production process, business managerJ essicaKwkis busy fundraising. In order to keep subscriptionprices down, much ofAlternatives' cost is covered by grants, do nations, and advertisements (yhtch, by policy are only education related).

"It's about 50/50," said Kwik, describing the ratlo of mcomc from subscriptions and fundraising. Also continually at work is Liann Robochko, the circulatioil manager, who keeps trackof subscriptions,andalsoworks on promoting the magazine.

Alternatives is non-profit organization. 'She University of \Vaterloo donates the office space, and basic administrative support. "It's really important for us; both in terms of credibility, being associated with an academc association,andthestudents.

We would never be able to make it without the number of student volunteers and interns." Lousley said.

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The Alternatives gang is a fun bunch!

"It's amutuallybeneficialarrange ment," added Kwik, "we're getting space, but we're also able to give students experience (inpublishing)anda resource (for information.)" ,, 1he winter issue, focusing on diversiw, . equitv, . and racism was just recently finished. "This is a redesign issue. There are more pages, some new columns. \X'e're always changing, andwe're pretty excitedaboutthe new design." Lousley said. Upcoming issue themes include: water, smart growth, food, and energy.

A recent addition to the magazine 1s a directory of undergraduate, and graduate environmental studies programs across thecountry. "It's turned out to be areallyuseful resource," said I~ousley.

Alternativeswelcomes volunteers with a wide variety of skills; writing, business, illustration, everythingthat goes in to producing a magazine. "A lot of interesting ideas go around, I recommend (volunteering)" said hternJulianvanMousselLForrester.

Students wishing tovolunteer can drop by the Alternatir-esoffice in ES room 110, or via e-mail at editor @ altcmatir~cslournal.ca You may also visit their Web:

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Veg out or feel sheepish

Caroline Draper and Kourtney Short

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Scott's Chili

Caroline: This recipe is a family tradition. HaT, ing been a vegetarian for sis years, I have tasted alot ofx-e@e food.Thistsmy favonterecipe,not only because it tastes great,but also becausc milvegetarians will eat it.\X'henwc servethe cl&,me place bo\\ls of sour cream, onions, cheese and sausagc on the table. 'l'he recipe originally came from the cookbook, The SiL11er I'ula/t, but we modified it significantly over the years. The tradition ts for my step-dad to make numerous batches ofthe rectpe each Scptember,andmc eat it whenerer we arc up at our farm. It is now knowmas Scott's Chih, since he makes it sowell.

It is not the fastest recipe to make, but if you can get a few friends to make it together, it is worth the time Ingredients 1 medium eggplant,unpeeled, cut into 1 cubcs 1 tablespoon coarqe (kosher) salt 3/+cup olive oil 2 medium ellow omons cut into 1/4" dice 4 clo\esgarlic finely chopped 2largcgreenbeUpeppers,cored seeded, 1/4" diced 1 can of 3207 Italian plum tomatoes 1 1/2 pounds fresh rtpe plum tomatoes,ln cubcs 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 table5poon dried oregano 1 tablespoon dried basil 2 teaspoon ficshly grtmnd black pepper 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon fennel s e ~ d s 1/2 cup chopped Italian parsley 1cup ofcanneddarkred kidney beans,drained 1 cup of canned chtckpeas, drained 1/2 cup of chopped fresh d d 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon pice 1 cup cooked brown rice ~

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Start byplacmgthe eggplant macolander and sprinklewith coarse salt and let a 5tand for one hour After you have let it sit for an hour, pat dry with paper towel Next, heat a large slullet with 1/2 cup of oil over medium heat Add eggplant and sautk unth almost tender, add a bit more oil if necessary place cggpiant mto the stockpot Heat 1/2 cup of oil inlarge skillet over low heat Add onions, garlic and green pepper5 and saute until softened (for about 10mtnutes) After the 10minute5addvegetablesto the stockpot Next, place the stoclpot over low heat aidadd canned tomatoes, tomatoes with their Itquid, fresh to matocs, chili powder, cumm, oregano, basil, pepper, salt, fennelandparslev Cook uncovered, stirring frequent17 for 30 mnutes Stir in the kidncvbeans,chickpeas,dilland lemon juice and cook for another 15 m u t e s Sttrwelland taste toadjust to seasonmg Add brownitceifdesired You can serve with sour cream, fresh onions, cheese and Italian sausage.

Leg of lamb Kourtney\VithEasterquicklyapproachtngsome people cook lamb. Others just cook it for mere enjoyment. It is a great all-m-one meal with the meat andvegetables cooked together. It's a handy

way to make a meal because you put it all together and throw a m the oven, c h e c k on ~toccassionally.

1 3.5-4 Ib. leg of lamb marmade 2 cups platn Balkamstyle yogxt 1clovesgarlic, sliced 1 omon, sliced 1 Tbsp dried i m t for roastmg sea salt pepper ohre oil 12 small potatoes 6 carrots, peeled and cut into sticks Combme the ;ngrcdicnts for the marmade.

Combme the lamb (thawed if frozen) and the marinade malarge resealable bag. Put the bagm agrocery bagm case ofleaks. Refrigerate at least 1 day and up to 3 days to allow the flavours to penetrate themeat.

Preheat the ox-en to425 dcgrccs. Addenough oln-e oil to the bottom of a roastingpan (use a disposable aluminum one if you don't own one) to cox-eritby about l.2 cm. Put the roasting pan tn the oven while it is heating.

Meanwhile,peel the potatoes and cut them in half if they are on the large side. Add them to the roastingpan, toss to coatwith oiland season generously with salt and pepper.

Remove the lamb from the plastic bag and rinse ofinost ofthc marinade. l'atwith apaper towel to dry. Season liberallj- with salt and pepper and add it to the roasttng pan, pushtng the potatoes to the sides.

After 20 minutes, reduce the heat to 350 degrees. Stir thc potatoes and put the roasting pan backinto the oven. Peelthe carrots and cut them into 1 cm wide sticks.

Fortymmutes after reducing the heat,check the potatoes. If they are cooked, remove them toan ox-m-safedishand coverwtth foil.Add the carrots (and extra oil if it is looking dry) to the roasting pan and return it to the oren.

Cook for an additional '+hour or until the roast reachcs an internal temperature of 110 degrees for medium-rare.

Remove the lamb to a plate and cover with foil.Return the potatoes to thc roastmgpan, stis and return the roasting pan to the oven. After 15 minutes of resting, slice the lamb and scn7e it alongside the potatoes and carrots.

Tip: The lamb bone can be used to make an excellent stock for lend soup. Cover the bone with cold water, bring to a boil and simmer for 1-2 hours or until the hquid is flavourful.You can optionally add a carrot, an onion and/or a stalk of celery. Strainthe liquid,discardthe bone and solids (reserveany meat that remains on the bone) anduseinplace ofwater or stockin ~ o u r favourite lentil soup recipe.

Serves 4.

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3. \%'hen did the first beer cans come into use?

4. \Vhat is the highest possible alcohol content?

5. \%at is the national drink of Poland?

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8. InwluchUS state is it illegal toget a fishdrunk?

9. The Vikings used what part of their dead enemtes as drinkingvessels?

10.Inw hat contrvis drunkdriviqa~-iableescuse for getting m an accident?

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Once the monetary standard for glo bal currencies,gold,that often elusive yellowmetal, has undergone a s w f i cant e c m m i c revidmanuncertain post-9/11 world And that recent strength in the precious metal-gold bullion has gamed about 75 US do1 lars per (troy) ounce during the past yearandnowtradesmthe$340USper ounce range has launchedan exploration and development renaissance m many global gold camps..

Currently,the Red Lake district in Northwestern Ontariois one of the hottest prospcctne gold camps m the worldand a Universityof Waterloo educated geologist is playing a key rule at one of the distr~ct'sworld class mines As a mine geologist, it is Deb Gkrth's responsibility to distinguish betweengold ore and waste rockat the underground worlung face so that company miners are able to follow and maintain economic grades And at times, that lob takes the enthusiastic Waterloo graduate (1986) a mile below the surface of the earth, deep m the bowels of a mme, which, since its commissioning in 1948, has poured over 10 million ounces of the yellow metal.

The future Jennifer Holdner and Neil Stewart SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

New advancesinpharmaceuticalproduction from plants have caused re searchersand scientistto question its safety Plant-made pharmaceuticals are transgenic plants engineered to be used inpharmaceutical production.

Every cell m the plant canpotendly produce the desired protem that is often an anunal protem or from other plants. Plants' large biomass allows formcreasedproteinproducuonat a reduced cost andcan beused to produce proteins that are too dtfficult to produce m bacteria.

Corn has been a popular breedmgground for protems used mvarious drugs; however, gr;iins aren't the only things being tested. Researchesat the University ofArizona State Umversity are attempting to create avaccinefor the Norwalkvirus by inserting genes &om the vims into tomatoes. Other research mcludes vaccines for E.coli, herpes, HIV, antibodies to treat cancer and industrial proteins such as trypsin are currently development m crops such as corn, tomato, banana and potato. Safflower,for example,has

International Vancouver-based g o l d m g g i a n t PlacerDome owns and operates the Campbell mine which is, itself, experiencinga renassance as well.

"It is awonderful ore body," said Gerth duringa recent telephone m terview. "The job is exciting, rewardingand certainly challenging. Especidy now thatwe are workmg on the new pighIgrade gold] DC p e e p Campbell] ore zone " The DC zone is arecentlydefined high-gradegold zone located about 6,000 feet underground and current estimates using industry standards indicates proven and probable gold reserve about half a millton ounces "There is a lot of life left in rhis mine," said Gerth Underground mine geology is not aipecialty at Ua"s earth science department however, Gerth attributes the co-op program to her choscn career path "I was very for tunate to be a co-op student at Waterloo, " sad Gerth. "[Co op] mtroduced me to hard rock mining at another Placer Dome property, [the now decommissioned] Detour Lake mme. I then tookas many economic geology courses as I could, andwas lucky eiiough to get this position about a year and a half ago."

Gerth attributesthe "quality edu-

Placer Dome's Campbell mine at Red ~ a k ehas pro&ced 10.5 million ounces of gold since 1948. catiod'gamed at UW as a key to her success, and ironically the UW geologistswas pleasantly rewarded for her continued interest m the university While m Toronto recently as a delegate - at the Prospector and De velopers AssociationofCanadacon-

vention Gerth visited UW's Earth Sciencesdepaienenthoothandeven' tually was choseqina randomdraw, forapresttgious rock-basedart item "It was redly funny being drawn as the winner havingattended UW as an undergrad." said Gerth. She also

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oil bodies,whch help facilitatemore increase safcty, decrease cost, and efficient purificationof the protems marketability Caution and decisionThere is, however,agrowmgcon~ making about future regulations for cern of cross-~olltnationwith food the production of such plants was crops and the consequences of hav- also discussed ing pharmacrop sceds mixed up Although the USDA has prowith food crops. Already, a Texas posed a regulation that requires based compaiiy, ProdiGene, had to pharmed maize to be at least 400 pay for a $3 million cleanup after meters from food crops, industry is pharmaceutical maize crop was also setting their own regulations found growing in normal soybean For example, Monsanto ensures fields of Nebraska and Iowa. Con- that no food crops are planted f ~ r Jennifer Holdner SPECIALTO IMPRINT tainment of the food supply is a two years in the fields where maror concern but there is a solit pharmed maize has been gown and less methane 6shy taste within the industry overwhether to conducts daily satellite monitortng take a stance on the zero toleranceof of their crops. Other solutions mAdding fish fodder to dfeed contamination, clude making the plants sterile or can reduce methane gas released from This week, scientists and indus growing them in enclosed green- farmyaxd d s . Dr. Fievez of the try gathered at a conference in Que- houses Jon McIntry of Monsanto Ghent University in Belgnun found bec City to discuss the future of says that his company is prepared.to that changmg the anunal's diets can m d f y m g food crops to produce increase the distance to more than reduce the amount of methane m pharmaceutical proteins. Whde m- mghtkilometers.In Canada, thegov- animalsbelch~sby half. dustiyagreeswith the need for strong emmentis currentlydevelopingreguCurrently methane from belches regulations,they are worirkd regula- lations for this technology through accounts for22per cent of the global tions can go too far such as prohibthe Canadian Food Inspection emissicas of greenhouse gas methane. e ethane is produced&henbaciting protein production in food Agency crops all together. John Howard of The genera1 consensus among teriainstomach fluidbreakdownfood ProdiGene s a d that the industry participants at the conference was releasing methane. But adding four "needs to look at it as creatingpharthat the technologies are safe; how- per cent fish d m the stomach fluids ever, the discussionsshould be con- reduced the methane production by maceuticalsnot value-addedapcdture." Discussion at the conference tinued to promote transparency 11 80per cent. revolved arocnd alternative strate- the public is to accept this technolNot onlyisagood forthe environgies and possible improvements to OW ment, but the fish oils could mcrease

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Silicon brain implants

The world's first b m prosthqsis is about be tested on rats. A silicon chip will be unplanted into the hippocampus of a rate to perform the same processes as brainit is replacing ' The chipwoddait onthe skulland commuflicate with the brain through electrcdesplacedonather side of the damaged area. The bratfl wed then perform the approprate tasks sentby the chip.

Smce researchers at the University of Southern Califom are not sure exactlyhow the hippocampusworks, they copied its behaviour, developed a mathematical model and programmed it into a chip.

If this works, the chipwill be tested on humans who have suffered bdamage from Ahheher's and epilepsy. However, ethical and moral concerns need to be worked out.

UW alumnus captures bronze at Nordic nationals qualified him for the semt finals In the second round he Masted off the line again Leading the three other competitor5 for thc cntirc 1 1kmcourse,Murray fmshedfirstm Competmg agamst world-ranked athletes, UrnversityoAWaterlooalumnus IanMurrayplaced a the round and advanced to the final round The showdown final round was made up of respectable third at h s year's Canadian cross country ski nahonalchampmnships recentlyheld Jewett, Goldsack, GdameJoly (whowere all on the Canahnational team) andMurrayofNova in Duntroon, Ontario.

Murray captured the bronze in the I 1kmfree Scotia Murray once againblastedofftoanearly iprmt cvcnt f u u ~ h lust g bell~idCanadian na- lead,whichhe carnedup the firsthdlandacross t~onal team mmhcrs<;orqe\vettofOnt~nomd the flat part of the course All four successfully navigated the tough Drew (;oldsack uf Alberta. Jcwctt rcccntly rcturned from the world S o r d ~ski c champitmships downhdlcornerandspnnted forthe line Murray said he rememberedthinking, "Holy crap, I'mm held in Val de Femme, Italy.

A graduate (2000) of UW's physics program, firstplace,"as he startedhs final kick for home Jewett managed to get a few meters ahead, Murraypreviouslyhelpedlead the Warriors to an OUAchampmshpandeamed UWrookieof the 1eavingMurrayand Goldsack to battle for silver andbronze Theywereneckandneckfmthe final year status in the process The s p m t compeuuon started with a quali- lunge at the line When it was all said and done, fying round in the morning, in which Murray Goldsack had lust out sprtntedMurrayby half a fmishedeighth.The top 16contmuedintoeh- skr length, leaving Murray, who had led almost nation rounds in the afternoon with four skiers the whole race, with the bronze medal The racmg m each heat and the top two finishers bronze also happened to be Nova Scotia's first medal ever at the national championships moving on After the race Murray attributed his bronze In Murray's first round he was up a w s t first-placequalifier Dan Roycroft who recently medal fmsh to a team effoa "I couldn't have done a without the team returned from the world championships He also facedshane Stevensand WC' studentJustm effort, the waxing and the coaching, on and off Faulkner Murray's strateg~was to"@ to the left the trail " For most of the year Murray has been a one man support team At the national cham lane on the uphill first " By sti~ktn~tohisgameplanhe ledmostofthe pionships he had the help of the Nova Scotia teamand his formerL~~coach,DonMacIhon, first round, onlyyieldiq ..

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UR"s Damella Carrington sohdfied her post tionas the fastestwoman in Canadianuni~-ersity athleticswhen the K'arriors x7eterancapped off herdecoratedx-arsiycareermith agoldmedal in the 6Om sprint at CIS trackand field championships last weekend m \X7indsor.

Carrington fought through a knee inpry tn claim the gold, soii~ethmgthat she was able to use as inotiration for her dominant performance.

"I toldm) self it wasn't going to bother me," she said. '7 was trying not to think about it."

Carrington's golden Sah~rda~kicked offwith her \ ictor).in the 6On1heat. Carringtonposted a season-best time of 7.51 seconds, something she saw as a good omen.

"1 was happy after the first heat," said Carrington. "I tend to unprox-c [after the first heat]."

In the hour between the First heat and the finals, Carrington receivedmore therapy on her wonky knee. By the time the finalswere set togo, the aching p n t was not part of Carnngton's thoughts "I really tried to stay focused," she said "I didn't talk toanybody I tried toget into azone " How-crcr,as the gun fired to start the finals, it lookd as though Carnngton, a four-time OUA 6Omchamp,would Finishher careerwithout a CTS gold medal Carrington found herself UW'sDaniella Carringtonshowsoff her a half 5tep behind the field unmediatel~off the CIS All-Canadian certificate after winstarting line See GOLD, page 21

ning gold in the 60m dash at the CIS championships last weekend.

Economics dictate NHL trades Ales Pisa; to Edmonton: Radek Dvorak, Cory Cross

addition to the Senators' fonvards corps.

Carter is a creative,productive forward with a high skill level and is a good fit for the Rangers.

Dvorak looks to return to form with the young Oilcrs

To St. Louis: Chris Osgood, second round pick; to NY Islanders: Justin Papineau, third round pick

To Buffalo: Daniel Briere, third round pick; to Phoenix: Chris Gratton, fourth round pick

The NHL witnessed a flurry of deals at the trading deadline on March 11, as teams either loaded up for the playoffs or dumped player salaries to meet tight budgets, M~~ deals were necessitated by the fiscal constraints of teams, as player contracts are as

Bnere and Gratton are both quality first 1ineplayersbutBnere has ,ore ups,de of the two To Detroit: Matthew Schneider; to Los Angeles: first and second round picks. Maxim K"znetsov, Sean aver^

much a as player q u a b in the current state of the NHL. Low-budget teams partnered up with playoff-bound contenders in swappinghlgh-priced veterans for future prospects Herewere the major deadline deals.

Schneideris the leame's seventh highest scomg defencemanthis but depletes a lot of their future assets.

To Phoenix: Jan Hrdina, Francois Leroux to Pittsburgh: Ramzi Abid. Guiljaume Lefebvre, Dan Focht

To NY Islanders: Janne Niinimaa, second round pick; to Edmonton: Brad Isbister, Raffi Torres

Hrdina is avery reliable two-way fornard, but the P e n ~ n do s get a promising smper m Abid and two inemensive defencemen

%kle Isbistrr is a great power forward who can score, he is not of the same cal~breas Niinimaa, who world class is a~remiere defenceman

To Ottawa: Bryan Smolinski; to Los Anrreles: Tim Gleason -

Smolinski has a scoring touch and is a useful quality veteran

To NY Rangers: Anson Carter,

TO Boston: Dan McGillis; to Jose: second r,Ound pick

McGillis is a hard-nose, tough defensive defenceman,but he is expensive at $3rnihon US a season.

To Carolina: Radim Vrbata; to Colorado: Bates Battaglia

"My fxst two steps were not very good," she said "But if 1p m c , then h g s go wrong If I stay focused, then the field comes back to me " Evidently, Carrington kept her focus as she blazed back from her early-racedeficit toblow awaythe field ma time of 7 46 seconds The time was not only apersonalbest for Camfigton,

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Bure is ovcrpaid at $3milllion US a season but should regain success by playingwith former CalgdrylinemateCoryStihan To Anaheim: Rob Niedermayer; to Calgary: Jean-Francois DamphoussecMike

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Gold: "The stre:ss is unbelievable" but she also shattered the Canadian varsity record of 7 51 seconds.

Carmgton's marginofvictorywas0 9 seconds, which is ovenvhehmg in a race as short as the 6Om Cartvlgton said that her thoughts immediately after thevictorywere thatof total relief.

'The stress is unbelievable," she said, "but you just have to try not to think about it " Carrington now turns her atten-

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for the World University Games and the Pan American Cmes,whichboth take place later this year. As for her uyuredknee, she describesthe a h e n t as "just tlght quads." Other than gettmghealthy, Carringtonlooks toward, her future endeavours.

"I'mreallyexcitedforthenextstep." arncguire@irnprint.uwaterloo.ca

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FRIDAY, ~ I A R c H 21,2003

The lady is a vamp Diva Divine to spend an evening raising money for AIDS research Mark Stratford

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RainbowReels may be over and done, but even ifyoumissedthemovies it is not toolate to have yourselfagayoldtime. Donald1,angleya.k.a.

DivaDivine-invites everyone,gay or straight, to attend "Another Evening with Diva and ,Friends."

The showwillbe a m of live songs, singmg, dancing and dialogue, and will feature Langley performingamongseveral specialguests.All of these guests are also close personal friends of Langley,mcludmg fellowdragqueensMiss Drew, Miss Victoriaand Annie Derogyny, entertamers Colleen Lepore, Caleb Chambers and Lauren Woodcock and pianist/vocalistJeff McLean Thc whole thtng could be considered, m a word, mttmate "If youwere gomg to come mto my livmgroom for a few hours, this 15 the music that you would hear," said Langley with a smile "It's just a night of fun " L,angley,~vhopersonallpguaranteesanight of "'great music, laughter and great entertamers", conceived the show as a way to bring people together. 'The reason why I decided to do the show was because I wanted to gn e ~omethmg ;back to the I< \A' community, give back to co many people that ha\cgiven somuch tome over the last J ear and a half Because tl~crcha\ e been so many bad things that haw bccn going on m the world lately, I wanted to offset that with something fun " Indeed, the focus of the event is fun, not the global hardships which have preceded it "I wanted a mght that you could come, sit, think becausc thcre arc some song.; thatwill make you think, but just to come in and go 'wow'," continued Langley. "There's no hidden agenda, there's no big statement."

The materialwdl touch on a number of eras and origins, from Barbra StreisandandPriscdh, Queen of the Desert, to George Gershwin and more recent pop songs. "It's a loolung-back show m a sense," s a ~ dLangley. "It's stuff from my childhoodup to matedthat has affectedme now."

Langleyalso hopes for anemotional response fromhtsaudience. "I want people to heara song and they'll remembera specificmoment of their hfe. That's what I tned to capture."

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Music from the outer reaches of Europe has been generating some buzz in North America lately.

America Inamarketsahu;ltedw~thoverpromoted bands and genetic pop music, it is no suqxise that listenershave taken notice of their unique sounds.

R~yk~oppisaduofromTromso,asmallci~near thehcdrclemNorway.Incaseyouarewonde+ Royksopp'is aNorwegianword.One ofits meanings&mushroomcloud.Royksopp's debut album, Me@yA.M., has been very successfulin Europe, makingthe top 10charts in Britain.The albumwas recentlyreleacedinCanadaR~~ksoppisonthcir first tour of North Amencaandplayedasold-outshow at Lee's PalacclnTorontoon&v~arch 14.

Svein Berge and Torbjmn Brundtland formed Riiyksgpin 1998.Theymetinthelre;ulyteensand bothgravy listenaigtoelectronicmusic pioneers LkeKraftwerkandBmElo. HcrgcandBrundtland were fascmatedbY thesegroupsandnantedtolearn how the esact sounds were created. They got their l~ancCmdrum maclmes,keyboards, synthewers aiidbc,ganex~enmenting The parwent thctr scpa rate ways after high school, but reunited to form Roykqp ~MehdyAM.a a carefullj crafted blend of sultr\ sa.~ophone,downtempo &beats and dreamy \roc&. These elements,and a few unusual musical instruments, wcrc combed with all sorts of elect r m c gadgetry in the studio. 'fie result is aunique andquitesexy sound Royksoppcitedclassicalcomposer Eric Satie and soft porn music composer Francis has influences.Brundtland e x p h s that "there'snothmgin [ourmusiclwhichis therejust for the sake of it There is no typical sound,we are not deliberately retro, we are not deliberately techno or anything. We just have a vely open approach to music."

RoyksopphasgottenagreatreceptionkNoah America Brundtlmdbelievessomeofth~success canbeatttibutedtothe hthat'\vhde theEuropeafi market is overflowingwith electronicmusic, there isn'tmuchofthis stuffreachmgouttotheaudience.

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Laurier student Donald Langley (also known as Miss Diva Divine) will be hosting an AIDS benefit tomorrow at WLU. I,angley,aI,aurier student,has beendoinglive performances as "Diva Divine" for just over a yearnow.Iangley'slnspirationcanbetmced~k toanumber ofdragqueen heroines (LuaMinnelli, Judy Garlandand so on),andalthough he cre&ts it as "a lot ofwork," he relishes the drag experience. "It's oneofthose thingswhere once youdo it, you can'tgetaway fromit I really, reallylike it."

"Another Evening with Diva and Friends" will take place on Saturday,March 22at 8:3Op.m. at the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at WLU.

Tickets are gloatthe door andallmoneycollected will go to the Aids Committee Cambridge Kitchener Waterloo andArea. "They do a lot of work promoting safe sex and teaching people about the &sease," explains Langley.

Aside from the goodwill, Langley hopes the showwill be successfulenough to pave way for future "evenings with Diva." "Thts has proven to be anexperience that I love,"%aidLangley. "I can't wait to start on next year's production." rnstratford@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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DIET COKE HEAD Some months ago, I was shocked to learn that a good friend of mine didn't like Elvis Surely this was only a fluke, 1 thought to myself This poor young woman's mind must be corrupted with the seu and the enly and that that loud music kids listen to these days Pushing the aberration to the back of my mind I moved on, content in the knowledge that the world was as it should be This feeling did not lazt long I soon found out that many people around me did not appreciate the King as I did Friends, family members, co-workers There seemed to be non fans popping up everywhere Even the person I'm dating turned out to be a traitor l'his was becoming a serious issue I began to question my own attachment to the gestalt of E h i s

Was I in the minority among my peers? Was the King's legacy dying?

Some would argue thit over the years Elvis Presley has been reduced to product placement, farce and commercialization They might claim that he was merel) a passing fad, made famous by a unique voice I Iis provocati$ e st-yleand quiet confidence has no bearing on the modern music world, right? .

At just the right moment durtngmy little crisis of conscience, I caught a special on NBC called Ehzs LAW 1he narrator stood m the very same studio that held Presley during his mfamous 1968 comeback specia1,andwent through a senes of rare clips and celebniy interviews I came to understand, that Elms was all about sex Other artists were lucky to be beautiful and talented, but he used his sexuality like no one else Our standdards have dropped considerably since the 1950s, so a might be hard to understamd that Durmg his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, producers were forced to film Elvis from the waist up. That way they'd be spared his lewd pelvic gyrations Even from the waist up, Elvis was saturated with sexuality His

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features werenlt overly striking. In fact, his face was a httle soft and feminine. He simply had a quality . that made him incredibly attractive.

You either wanted to be Elvis or have Elvis, or both On top of his magnetism and appearance, El\-is had one more thing a musical style net er heard before (at leaqt, never heard by the masses) Was he an ~ x c ~ p t i o n a l musician? N o But E h ~ took s gospel and blues, combined them with a little country twang and popularized rock and roll There's a reacon he's called the Idng \Why do I love E h s ? He was the first superstar Elvis is hiphop, glam rock and rap Elvis is Christina Aguilera (with more clothing) and MichaelJackson (with more pigmentation) and Emmem (with lew crime) and Marilyn Manson (with more taste) I love young beautiful Elvis I love old fat EIvis I love Viva Las Vegas Flvis I love skydiving Elvis imperqonators I lovccheesy Elvis memorabilia I love Elvis in black leather pants and Elvis tn white polyester pmpsuits.

You don't llke Elvis? That's not aberration. That's just plain crazytalk.

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Regeneration lacks style, story and smarts Regeneration

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Regenemltbnis the &st book in a trilogy ofwar novels by Pat Barker. The story deals with the struggles of Dr. W R H Rivers, a psychologist for the Cmglwkhart War Hospital during WorldWar.One Dr Rivers deals speafically with those paumts suffermg from shell shock, what we would call aost-traumaticstress disorder As well as deahngwiththehomfic memoriesof thepatents,Dr. Rivershastocopewi& hisaersdconflictwiththe contmua uon of the war, and questions of his morals versus his duty as an army doctor.

Eachcharacterrepresentsa facet of Rmers' personal struggle, and Barker makes the mostofeachch;aracter,&mg every ounce of empathy out of the reader. Barker researched the novel at vanous hbrartes m Great Bntam and pieced together this h~stonogmphy us mghthhctmdfictmn. Unfortunately, the fictumfailstohveupto the standards set by the facts, as is often true about novels based on the World Wars. The times that Rivers 1s not deahng with a

pattent are filled with pointless and wafflingdebate about the continuation of the war.

Themamproblemwiththenovelis Barker's style She mes topresent the

actersaremalcmayaccountfortbatlack or emotion, but it does not excuse Barker's other very annoying stylistic flaw. AlmostcverylGthword~apage ~sitalicized, which is'a flaw for two reasons First, ~fBarker is trymg to be dlal~guesand;~~tl~il~oftllechaclctersm an~mfli~~imtandunlnasedvcnce,whichunbiased by d o w q the facts tell the story, heruse ofitalics1sillogical. Italics works well when descnbmg the dra matic memortesof thepattents,but fails d a t e spedmfluence or forceofcer miserably when dealmg with the pertam words. A novel based on fact sonal con5cts between Rivers and shouldnothave anyexternalstylemarkSassoon k h of their vauous dta- ers that would &ence the readmgof logueswitheachother,andwiththem- those buried facts. Second, italicsused selves,canbesummaazedbyoneofthe mdialogueputaudibleemphisonthe three following contdctions ''I am word Thewords that Barker chose to notamanifIdonotgot~war,~etIam rtalicize always seemed so random, or nlrspla6ed (mentally,physically) unable to do.so"; With Regenerrdon,Barker does have or,'TamnotamanifIhave f e e w , b u t Iamah;lld".,or,'Tamnotapauhst,but a good idea take real people fcom an I want thewar to end" These phrases, excitingtime m history and f i c t d z e though over simplhed, read with as their lives just enough to excusethe lack muchentertarilm&taswhtchevmthree- ' page dialogue or solddquy they represent Should a character strongly opposedtothecontmuationofthewar,yet detemmed to not be labeledapacifist, be passionateabouteitherofthosep m q l e s ? Should a psychtmt who is sible to enjoythis novel, butii youwish awareofthemachc-cond&mngwahm h s e l f and lus pauents be able to be to do SO, don't pay close attention to vocalabout such feelings? Is duty such whatyouarereading,rathcrdowyour a temfymg responsibility that none w d self to be distracted by the gross war stories and gloss over the rest That's be m e to hunself?

The faathat d t h e developedchar- what Barker did.

Covers just about everything.

Fiennes plays madness in Spider never suppoaedbj~scientFfic fact Anyway, it turns out that Spider n lust a puzzle movie, like Memento or Therearconly twotypesofcrazypeople PKhtChb,but without the substanceor who appear in the movies wacky free cleverness of those movies Far from casting light on mental spmts,oftenplaredbyRobm7LVdllams, heretoteachpualesaonaboutl~fe,and illness or its treatment, the f h is a thro&acktotheerabefore OnePh~Ozer haunte&e\led, muttering weirdos Anovel twtst on the latter offensir e the Cmkoo's Nest. when mcntal illness was used exclusively as a plot device in stereotype is pesented in David suspense films, such as those of Alfred Cronenberg'snew film, SpzLnPr,sincethe central craq person played by Ralph Hitchcock \ p / h could have been m q x r ~ by d the d e ofthe bookwnttenby Fienncs,&lt Clegg,isnatheraseml ktller norpa~redwithawisecrackmgevtrovert CrrWtyPeck'sch,mctermthe 1945fdm "Thc 1abynnth of the G d t who trier to bung hun out of his sl~eil Spelbo~~nd Insteadwehaveanhourandahalfof Complex " UavidCronenbergn agenms,soit's him mooning around filthy Brittsh streetsor hunchcdo\.er his notebookin not as empty as it q h t ha1 e been there are some strong images and, as hisroommthegrimboardmghouse for (one thementallydl, scnbblinghieroglyphcs expected,somentcelytckytouche~ and trymg to recover fragments of involvingjclltedcels) The rhythmislust m e m o q ~ h i c h m hold a ~ the key towhy odd enough to keep you unsettled One reviewerwrote that for P h e t o f he's w messed up We see these, with the Apes, Tim Burton created the ultt between h s little boy self, his stone- mate ape planet -he lust dtdn't know faced father (Gabriel Byme) and h s what to do with a Smlarly, Pzderhas the ne plus ultra of cnv~ronmentsto go mother (MmndaR&rdson) bonkers m: it's a qhtmare of cramped Of course,mrealltfe, schi7ophrem 1snotcausedby represscdmemories of lower dass efiglish flats,ddank,moldy a c h t l d h ~ trauma. d That's F r e u h s m , andunderlrt'fieboardmehousecomes a brand of harmful nonsense from the completewithamatrlarchsomafiasto make Nurse Ratchet look &I Rosie firsthalf of the 20th centuqwhchwas Daniel Saunders IMPRINTSTAFF

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O'Donneil Atitsbest,withitsdreamLkeclrc~ backtothe same fewlocations,thc f i n achie~esa David Lynch effect of bemg trappedinacla~fitrophobic,threatemg toy cosmos But without the ideas that ('ronenbergpacks intohis own scripts (th_lsonemsmrittenbyPatrickhfcCfith), aboutthenature ofrealityandrevuIswm towards our own bodies, he seems lost, hningbac~onancientcltch& fmpoittay ing madness the same camera tricks to chow hallucmations,thesameanglesto cue the character's disturbed state of mind hennes relishes the role too much with its twvitches and stricken stares, playing the illness rather than the per son, but he can't be blamed completely there 1s no person there K c learn nothing about Mr (,leg besides his schizophrenia, he seems to h a e no e\preasionbesidespatncdpcrsecutim hsicmhatismostoffensi~e topeople with schizophrenta even more than the movie's depiction of them as crip pled,potendlyhonucidalshut mswho couldhelp themseh es if they could just remember what their momrmes did to them -

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\#hen asked about the use of computers m the studio,Berge replied, "It's am~basically,bccauseweenjoyplayq the bits on our instruments We love knobs and also it's much more fun to play with !mobs than to actually sit with the mouse "They both chuckledat that statement Royksopp dehtely prefer mstnmen& to computers Panek of knobs, numerous synthesizers,dnunmachcs and drum pads surrounded the duo on the stageatlee7sPalaceTheycameonat mdnght and opened with "So Easy", the firsttrackofthelral lhepound mg bass and laser IIghts medtately cut through the smoke filled room Berge, wearing a "supcr operator" T-shut pounded on h s two Rolanddrumpads whtle Brundtland lammed on the 1% synthesizersTheduowasveryenergetic and bobbed up and down over thew instiuments.

Theyplayedmostoftheupbeat,hter tracks offM&(1J,RM.%sattsfied the

throngs of dancers m front of the stage A&taristanda&iSslstlolfiedthe~oup for some numbers Brundtland performedthe~ocalson severalsongs The duo each occupied one side of the stage but still managed to jam together It seemed they were telepathically b d somehow smce theyneverspoketocach otherormadeeyectmtactonstage Iguess that's what youcallchemstry Royksopp was very much m tune witheachotherandwiththnrmachines Bcrge's style reflected this fact He was plapgonthe synthesizer,ortummgand tw~.stmg knobs with one hand while still iniillltammg a solid beat on the drum pad Berge banged the pads mantcdy,

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causing one of the pad5 to collapsenear theendoftheshow Thecrowdcertatnly enjoyed the high-energy show If they weren't dancifig, they were noddmg to thebeat RoyksopphadagreatdebutAt the end of the night, a lot of the crowd stood around, hopmg for more music, evenasthe techcanswere dismanthg the mstruments When asked of plans for the future, Berge repked, 'W'e are making music constantly,butnotforthesakeofmakq a second album, but just for the sake of malung music I dunk there's a lot of nose lil us I still haven't figured out what the essence of Royksopp is and 1 thmk we are s d q m g to Gnd out "

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