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What's your favourite summer treat?
"Bikini tops." Ali Lodi and Rob Ruggiero
"Peaches." Gopaul Deosaran
3A Math Business and 4N Math
28 Biochemistry
"Bailey's on ice." Wilson Huang
"Ice cream." Angela DeBerardis and Cristina Schirripa
2N Accounting
Pre-optometry
"Short shorts." Tushaar Lakhotia 2B Math Accounting
"Christina's hot pink bras!" Ange, Steve, Christina, Julie and Terri The 2B SciBus crew
"Beach volleyball during optimization." Paul Boregsza, Simon Lai and Vince Lien 3A Systems Design Engineering
"Jonny Depp in Pirates of the Carribean." Evan Munday 4N English RPW
RIM co-founder sworn in as new UW chancellor Kimberly Mackhan
(1995), an Emmy award (1994) and Technical Achievement Academy Award (1998) for designs in computer Dr. MikeLazaridis,the founder,presi- film editing equipment. RIM has designedindustrialcommunicationscards dent and co-chief executive officer of Research In Motion Ltd., was sworn that won the Canada Award for Busiin as the new chancellor of the Univer- ness Excellence and Innovation (1992). As a business executive andphdansity of Waterloo. Among other acthropist, Lazaridis was installed as complishments, Lazaridis has been credited with independently chang- UW's chancellor at the first session of the Eighty-Sixth ing the profile of Convocation earscientificresearch lier this vear. He is in Canada bv helping to fund "1 consider [UW] the recipient of an the formation of honorary UW a great source of Doctor of EngithePerimeterInstitute.Heisarecinnovation, n e ~ neering degree, and has been an ognized enthusiknowledge and active governor ast in education and devoted talent for our since he joined the UW board of gov$100 million to establish the resociety ernors. "I have search institute -Dr. Mike Lazaridis long enjoyed my new UW chancellor association with for theoretical physics. T h e the University of Waterloo. which I former UW student graduated from the co-op electri- consider a great source of innovation, cal engineering program with an op- new knowledge and talent for our society. I am very pleased to accept the tion in computer science. He has been acknowledged as one of Canada's honour of being selectedits next chanforemost visionaries and entrepre- cellor," said Lazaridis. Lazaridis' dedication to UW is proneurs and is also identified as aninfluential and passionate activist for all found, dating back to his undergraduate days. Research In Motion, Limited levels ofacademia. Lazarids has within his portfolio was launched in 1984while he was sull the Deloitte &Touche Fast 50 Award a student. RIM is best known for the (1 999), New Technology Develop- BlackBerry, the world's first complete ment Award (1997 National IWAY and secure end-to-end wireless solution for e-mail and corporate data delivAwards), the High-techEntrepreneur of theyear Award (1996), the CATA ery. The company continues to be a award for best high-tech product leading designer, manufacturer and IMPRINT STAFF
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Mike Lazaridis takes his oath before UW secretary Lois Claxton and registrar Ken Lavigne. marketer of lnnovauve wlreless soluuons for the moblle commumcauons market. Lazanhs holds more than 30 patents and oversees allproduct strategy, research and development,manufactunng and operauons at RIM Two 1 ears ago, he helped LU to officiallj open the Insutute for Quantum Compuung (IQC) wlth a $6 d o n personal donauon. Lazaudls sad. "The Uruverslty of Waterloo's IQC teamng together w~ t Penmeter h Insutute wdl make Waterloo a mag-
of office onMay 1,2003, andis schednet for quantum compuung research uled to end his duties with the univerIn the world. I am proud to be able to contribute to such an Important In- sity on April 30,2006. He succeeds Cambridge industriahst Dr. Valenvestment In Canada's future." tine O'Donovan, chairman of Corn "khke Lazarils 1s a passionate, eloquent and compeIhng champion DevLtd. O'Donovan ended his term for education and fundamental reas chancellor on April 30 and has been endowed with the title of chancellor search.How fortunate for the cause of emeritus. UW chancellors are able to hgher educauon In Canada that he will be the Un~versityof Waterloo's serve no more than two consecutive chancellor," s a d L J JpresldentDav~d three-year terms. Johnston. Lazandls began hls three-year term
Students have their say about Finkelstein Forum held in SLC to account for damage caused by controversial speaker's visit
Word about the forum really got around - it was packed. Mark Stratford IMPRINT STAFF
It does notgetmuchmore tense than it did in the SLC's Multi-purpose Room on the evening of Tuesday, July 8, where a forum was held for students and community members
to discuss how they felt about Dr. Norman Finkelstein's on-campus lecture. The appearance of the controversial speaker, which upset many students and caused awithdrawal of funding from Feds, has made quite an impact upon the UW campus. The forum was a chance for those affected by
Finkelstein's visit to discuss where they now stand in the aftermath of such controversy. Inevitably, the discussion lapsed into specific issues Finkelstein's appearance had raised. The most notable issues were the legitimacyofWPIRG's funding of the event and conflicting views currently brewing between pro-Israeli and proPalestine students. The forum was set up as to make everyone feel as involved as possible. Approximately 50 chairs, all ofwhich were quickly filled, were placed in a giant circle so everyone could see everyone else, and a talking stick (actually a Winnie the Pooh umbrella, which helped lighten the mood a bit) was used to denote the only person who could speak at a given time. WPIRG Project Co-ordinator Daryl Novak served as the forum's moderator; he explained that an outside moderator, as the flyer for the event had promised, was not available. "I am coming at this from somewhat of a distance," he said, stating that he was not there to represent WPIRG but only to facilitate what would assuredly be a heated discus-
sion, although he did mention that WPIRG supported the lecture because itwas felt the eventwas an educational experience. Novakinstructed participants to listen to each other and to not be disrespectfulortheywould be asked to leave; he also asked them to speak out of personal experience and their own emotions so that a tmly honest discussion could be achieved.
"There's a wound here, and everybody here is trying to help out." -Haissam Kanaan former U W undergrad who attended forum
The first speaker of the evening was Sabrina Bowman, the president of the Jewish Students Association. Among her concerns was the lack of involvement the Muslim Students Association showed in preventing
Finkelstein from coming to campus. For this point, Bowman cited anincident last March in which the MSA requested the JSA's help in stopping and-Islam speakerMark Harding from speaking in Kitchener, to which the JSA complied. Bowman said that the same principles should have influenced MSA members to take action against Finkelstein's visit, since Finkelstein's claims thatJews are ''evil," "Nazis" and "torturers," she felt, are "anti-Semitic." Bowman also argued that since manyJewish students have been upset by Finkelstein's words, and that because W I R G ' s mission statement is to protect the rights of all students by fighting oppression, WPIRG had gone against their mandate by supportingthe event.As Bowman said, "WPIRG is no longer a place that I can go to seek equality." These concerns led into an issue that circulated throughout the forum for the rest of the night: What is antiSemitism, and despite the ruckus, did Finkelstein's comments really exhibit anti-Semitism? See AFTERMATH, page 5
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Aviation program set to take flight at UW Andrew Dilts IMPRINTSTAFF
Those with an eye for the shes can expect to get a little help from the University of Waterloo, as two faculties in the school are co-operating to start a new aviation program at UW. "It's a co-operation between the Univers$yofWaterloo and the nearby Waterloo-Welltngton Flight Centre," said Dr. Geoffrey hlcHoyle, dean of environmental stuches. "At UVI', both the faculty of environmental stuhes and the faculty of science would work with the flight school to enable students to get a degree [in aviation]. Students would take classes through both schools towards their degree." This new program would be part of UW's co-operative education system. McBoyle noted, "The only thing that's put a damper on our plans so far has been our dealingswith Air Canada. At first, we expected them to be a major player in the program." Since the economy's recent downturn,
McBoyle noted, "it's more difficult for them to get involved, to be helping studentsget experiencein the [aviation] industry." Those involved in the aviation program intend to start cutting through red tape later this year. The program will likely begin accepting students at UW two years from now. The aviation program will likely cost more than other degrees in either faculty involved, due to the fact that studen,ts would be cnrolled at both C'W and the flight school. In arelated story, Feds recognized club Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) d l be offering courses on campus starting this fall allowing interested individuals to get their ground training for a pilot's licence. The effort, which is also co-operative with the Waterloo-Wellington school, is not directlyconnected to either facultyat UW.
Laurier Dean of Business and EconomicsScott Carson addresses concerned double-degree math and business students at WLU's Schlegel Atrium.
Laurier puts UW under pressure Wdl business undergrads pay deregulated tuition in 2005? Ryan Chen-Wing IMPRINT STAFF
Wilfrid Laurier University is moving towards deregulatingitsbusinessprogram, which if completed, will affect the double-degree program in math and business that it operates jointly Universitk de Sherbrooke ShadValley Continued from cover with University of Waterloo. program in 1990, joins the growing ~ a u r i ewill r make a find decisionin Shads are persuaded to pursue vari- list of Shad Valley graduates whom September before the universities' fair ous options other than chugging have been awarded a prestigious in Toronto so that prospective stuthrough the standard school system Rhodes scholarship. "I definitelythink Aents can be told whether theywould and being a slave to traditional stages [ShadValley] helps you along the way," pay deregulated tuition or not. ofeducation. Doing the conventional Desmarais articulates, "You have no Since 1998 in Ontario graduate job search and idea what can be programs, medical and law programs getting recruited done with techas well as undergraduate programs in to a safe corporanology, [the proengineering, computer science and "We're not tionis alower prigram] it opens upper-yearbusiness or commerce have robbing people youreyes." onty as compared been deregulated.Undergraduate ento beingentrepreThroughout gineering and computer science proneunal and mnoof their July, 48 Shadsudl grams were deregulated at UW as a mime. innocence." grace the uw part of a government program to Shad 17alley carnpusmth thelr expand enrolment in information students are hence - Linda Carson presence. These Shad h~gh-achievmg, technology. bequeathed w t h Shdents currentlyinWIdU's busian edge in the cutouc of season ness program would not have to pay throat, hi-tech frosh-looklng deregulated tuition and first year tuiworld of tomorteenagers will tion\vould still be regulated.The first row. Most Shads play an instrument, hold an Open Day on July 24. The students to pay deregulated tuition have invented something and go on extravaganza will be exhibited In d enter schoolin 2004. T h e y d n o t to establish their own businesses. Conrad Grebe1 College, where they have to pay deregulated tuition until Shads are encouraged to minimize the will be centred for the duratlon ofthclr enter second year in 2005. they gap between entrepreneurshp and sci- \X7aterloosojourn. Alan George, dean of mathematence and technology. Christine ics,isn't sure exactlywhatudl happen Desmarais, who attended the
Shads: out-of-season frosh at UW
but that some change will happen if Laurier does deregulate. "All I can really say is there have been discussions about the implications. There's no doubt there uill have to be some changes to maintain some element of consistency," George said.
"We can deregulate [tuition] or back our cost struc-
ture off ."
- Scott Carson Laurier SBE Dean Scott Carson, dean ofbusiness and economics, is sure that Waterloo's program willchangeifLaurier's does. "That program [double degree math and business administration] would be affected. Its tuition would be deregulated," said Carson. Students can apply to the doubledegree program from either university and there are 60 spaces at each faculty. Thrs year, tuition in mathematics is $2,822.44per term and tuition in business at Laurier is $2,824.29. Laurier's process of deregulating beganlast year inDecember,when the
School of Business and Economics formed a committee to explore deregulation. The principle of deregulation passed through committees of Laurier's senate and hroughits senate and board of governors over the spring. After endorsement from various levels,WLU president Bob Rosehart sent aletter ofintent to the provincial government to see if they could proceed with deregulation. According to Carson the government recently responded allowing WLU the freedom to set tuitionlevels inbusiness, "Two weeks ago thegovernment responded giving its approval," he said. Carson feelsit would be a shame to deregulate the program, but he believesit is the best course ofaction. The school has been funding a deficit with surplus money from its already deregulated MBA program. Some of the school's costs have increased recently as they hxed new faculty to meet requirementsfor internationalaccreditation. Carson acknowledges that not deregulatingiss d an option, "We can deregulate or back our cost structure off," he said, "We wouldn't fill limited-term appointments."
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Co-op figures released Record number of UW students fail to obtain a job through CECS Peter Davis
fied by the university accepting rnorc: co-operative education positions a~ Waterloo to respond to the apparcnt glut in technology related jobs. CECS had to accommodate more IT and computer programming co-op students all vying for fewer and fewer jobs. More recently, the communications industry in Canada and the US. began to plummet. As permanent employers started to be laid-off, cooperative education positions were the first to go. Now, even as the economy is slowly improving, large companiesare hiring laidoffIT professionals on contract rather than cooperahve education students. There is a feel-
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Not according to MSA president Kashif Hassan, who stated that after reviewing the lecture three times and reading all the comments on uwstudent.otg, he is s d not convinced that Finkelsteinis anti-Semiticand it is therefore different from the situation with Harding, who has admitted to hating Islam. Another MSA member offered that many people have said they liked Finkelstein's message, and a Jewish student was present to say that he was not the least bit offended by the lecture and no anti-Semitism had occurred. Others disagreed. hwoman from the communitywho attended thelecture was outraged by what she had heard. She attended the forum out of fear that our quality of education is suffering so much that speakers like Finkelstein are deemed acceptable. WPIRG itself took somewhat of a beating. Echoing Bowman's sentiments, one student said that he was present to Emd out why WPIRG is "losing [its] ability to be an institute that defends social justice." Even a board member from VC'PIRG was on hand to request that a formal apology and restitution be extended to UW's Jewish students for what he called an "injustice" and "a bias against the Jewish community." T o say the least, there were ample opinions expressed on both sides of the debate, and the slow-burning tensiongeneratedby thepassingofcomments back and forth resultedin sev-
eral moments in which a pin could literally be heard dropping.
"WPIRG is no longer a place that I can go to seek equality." - Sabrina Bowman
JSA president
That is, until a Palestinian alumnus claimed that much of Finkelstein's comments were fact - such as that Jews cannot determine so-called antiSernitism better than anyone else and was immediately countered by Iris Barr, an Israeli student who was deeply hurt by such claims and stated that at leastJews are not strapping on bombs and boardmg buses in Israel. Voices were raised,vetoes were called and a few people who chose not to handle the heat headed for the doors. It became clear that the forum, which began at 7:00 and endedveq abruptly at 9:3O,was not going to resolve much on its own. Still, there were glimmers of hope on the horizon. Arguably the best part of the discussion was when Haissam Kanaan, a former UW undergrad, fulfdedNovak's request for someone to speak out of experience and added a positive spin to avery critical forum. "There's nothing worse than hatred," he said. "But there's nothing better than what's going on here.
There's a wound here, and everybody here is trymg to help out.We never had anythtng like this when I was an undergrad. I'm proud of WPIRG, I'm proud of the Feds and I'm really proud of the JSA for making this all possible." When the forum was over, the tension was all but gone, and there was much soc~alizingand shaking of hands as the room emptied. But there was the sense that some students felt thelr polnt had not come across. Have we taken the first step towards the resolu~onofwhat appears to be more confounded damage than anucipated? Tuesday night's forum would suggest the answer is yes, but that more understandmg and conversahon is necessary to bndge the gaps between students that one man's words have helped to create.
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on a first work term. Glven that CECS orchestrates over 45,000 mteniews a year,itis hard to quesaon the necessity of the new facihties. The William M. Tatharn building is a very ~ t W & b d & h g that houses sevenlargemeetingrooms and 100 personal interview rooms. With the co-op fee currently rising to $425per term, it is definitelynota job placement fee. The co-op fee covers about 22 per cent of the total costs of operating the co-operative education program at the University of Waterloo. In CECS's defence, they cannot be blamed for economicconditions.Over the past several years they have been hit agam and again. The &st such hit was the dot.comcrashin thelate '90s. The impact of this crash was intensi-
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the best they can." The future for co-operative education at the UniversityofWaterloo looks bleak, and with the double cohort adding 20 per cent to thefirst year enrolment, things are guaranteed to get worse before theyget better. It is going to become necessary in the next several years for CECS to locate new job markets. As one studentsuggests, "maybe CECS shouldget more creative in finding jobs." There are already severalinitiatives to find or provide jobs for students, including the creation of jobs at the university. Last term more than 500 co-op students found work on campus. CECS is doing its best to make co-operativeeducation a beneficial decision for the 11,000 enrolled students.
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The hazy days of summer FACTS OF LIFE Ahh. Summer is finally here and the weather is just right for sitting back and relaxing with my refreshing beverage of choice, heading outside to flip whatever it is that I am charring on the barbecue - and getting the hell back inside. Between the skyrocketing temperatures (how Canadian of me to complain about the heat now
that I have to stop complaining about the cold), the mosquitoes and the hazy skies, I wonder if it isn't in the best interest of my health to just stay inside. In Ontario, there were 27 smog alerts issued last summer alone, the worst summer on record. From the looks of things (assuming I could see through the haze), I would say that we are headed in that general direction again. Ground-level ozone (which along with airborne particles forms air pollution) is not only a problem for humans. According to Environment Canada, it can damage vegetation and "cause the deterioration of some natural and synthetic materials, incluhng paints and
dyes." Mrnrn, I can only wonder what it does to my lungs. They also recommend that on smog alert days, using alternate means of transportation -like walking, biking or skating - d l help. Okay, so when the air is at its worst, I am supposed to spend more time outside? Take a moment to breathe that one in. It is no wonder that the Ontario Medical Association (ObM) estimates that air pollution causes over 2,000 premature deaths per year in Ontario. Forget SARS masks, I'll take a gas mask (I wonder what kind of tan lines those g v e you?). Perhaps our lacklustre use of sunscreen explains why slun cancer
is the most common form of cancer in Canada. Accordmg to the Canadian Dermatology Association, the number of cases of skin cancer in Canada has increased over 60 per cent in the last 10 years. Oh, can't forget the sunscreen. The OIVU advises that you should wear a hat, sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher, sunglassesthat effectively filter ultraviolet rays and tightly woven clothing covering as much of the body as is practicable. Sweat much? They also recommend avoiding exposure to the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. ilnd wait, I shouldn't head out without some insect repellent lest I get West Niled on my adventures. The OLLX recommends staying
indoors during peak mosquito biting times - dusk, dawn and in the early evening. Conveniently this is the best time to avoid sun exposure. So, which should I put on first? D o you apply bug spray over sunscreen or the other way around? Hmrnrn. Interesting dilemma. It seems I need a manual on how to leave my house without risking my life. When did the great outdoors stop being so great for me? O h well, at least it's safe to drink the water. Right?
Bomber with a Tim Horton's bakery would most likely lighten Mr. \..alker's workload, it mould certainly heightenthe already high stress levels of students. By offering an opportunity to unwind, the Bomber relieves many anxieties drinking blurs approaching deadlines and relaxes muscles, which, combined with the good company of fellow UW students, makes for a quite calm and enjoyable atmosphere. Not forgetting, of course, the option to remove certain sexual frustrations. The result of such a drastic modification to campus life d l be the replacement of tired, hung-over but satisfied students with ultracaffeinated, doughnut-infused, sexcrazedmaniacs. While it's true that the Bombshelter is meant to be fded with buns, and in the past it has been known to provide some nlth something p n m y to eat, these notions are not at all comparable to the menu at Tim Horton's. President Edey seems to agree with this. He stated, "We're hoping
to get buns back in the Bomber as soon as possible; wjeners just aren't the same without them." The last time I checked, Tim Horton's did not serve hot dogs, so I think hfr. Edey and 1are on the same wavelength. The buns that UW students provide are much morc appetizing than those of Tirnmy's and they belong boogying in the Bomber. Hopefully our buns will be shaking in the Bomber soon -like many, I'm going through some serious withdrawal that even chocolate cannot soothe. As for the administration and the Feds, Mr. Walker could use some lightening up that the Bomber could provide quite nicely, and Mr. Edey longs for his own bun. All in all, it is in the best interest of many people to re-open the doors of the Bunshelter. Maybe then I, as well as many others, can have a restful sleep with a companion or two alongside.
The bombing of the bunshelter
With the ongoing Bomber issue all the buzz on our campus it is no wonder that the bar has crept into my dreams: j.. . Approaching the Bombshelter Pub, I am overcome with a sense of relief and excitement when I realize it is again open for business. In fact, the notion itself seems dreamlike. Surprisingly,there is no line. I enter quickly. Immehately I am aroused by a strong, familiar, and comforting smell. My libido is revitalized -there are luscious buns everywhere and the sticks are already beginning to harden as I survey the scene. Searching for the bar through the haze, I see many people bustling about, strangely all similarly
outfitted. I become like Pavlov's dog, my bell is the Bomber, and fluid productionincreases between the folds of both sets of lips. Since the Bomber's closure, "Bomber Bootie" has been removed from my usual arsenal of action retrieval methods. With such dwindling resources, I am ecstatic with the possibdity that I might again taste some creaminess in the not too distant^ future. Re-fadanzing myself with my surroundings, I realize I have entered Ground Zero. Have they expanded the Bomber? It must be true, because I have finally found the bar! When I order a drink, the bartender looks at me quizzically, "Are you jokmg? Tim Horton's doesn't serve alcohol." The horror! They have turned Ground Zero into a Timmy's, with the Bomber as their bakery! Regaining my composure, I order hot chocolate and aBoston cream doughnut. Trying to adapt to the drastic change, coupled with my lack of bootie, I think-chocolate is better than sex, after all, and my
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doughnut does indeed contain a delicious, creamy filling. . .Usually, I awakcn in a cold sweat with a strange craving for a warm, crusty French stick. Is this dream completely absurd? Rumours of transforming Ground Zero into a Tim Horton's have been floating around campus, and apparently a 24-hour bakery is needed to provide the goods to existing UW locations. Inmy search for clarification, Bud Walker surprised me by stating that "the notion of converting the Bombshelter into a bakery is a rumour that is not correct. The Bombshelter is a pub and will remain a pub, and hopefully we d l get it back open as soon as possible." Feds President Chris Edey was quite amused by the notion, and offered a more light-hearted answer. Of course, with the Federation and administration in the middle of mediation, every statement must be carefully considered, leaving future events unpredictable. It is still helpful to speculate. While replacing our beloved
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Look out! Here come the thought police!
Have you seen Imprint's online forum lately? It's all criticism people disapproving of certain articles, disagreeingwith the authors and even questioning their credibility. Everyone has a right to do ths, of course, but seeing so much division between students makes me, in a word, sad. For that reason, this will be my last instalment of "Big Ears Burning." I'm afraid I am needed elsewhere. For today marks my first day as a member of the Thought Police! Inspired by a letter written by
Racis
Disgusting, Christ-defying Choice ofLifestyle." MichelleTitus' often racy, sexually-charged column shall now be devoted to the celestial satisfaction to be gained by preserving one's virginity for marriage and/ or death. Ms. Baker isn't even a UW alumnus, so I'm cutting her column altogether. And Arda Ocal, who is a fan of my column, gets to stay unchanged. See? Everything gets settled without any fuss, and since my jurisdiction extends to the rest of the paper, soon there will be nothing left in Inzprintworth getting excited over at all! You know that Heramb fellow who keeps writing "irreverent" things, appealing to "different tastes" and having "fun"? I'll take care of him -get me my tazer. (Oh wait, he's brown -make that the super tazer!) This will help keep little misunderstandings from happening, like
Mr. Kerrigan's misunderstanding involving a caption change we OTPO's made to his editorial cartoon in the June 13 issue. After all, misunderstandings can lead to false assumptions which undermine the integrity of others. In this case, I played a role in changing a caption, not because the new one was better but because the one provided was, frankly, poorlywritten. For those who did not see the cartoon, it featured the everflamboyant Pride parade as observed by two straight men, and Kerrigan's suggested dialogue between them was "Until today I thought they were just like us." The line was intended to suggest that displays of sexuality in the Pride parade actually cause more stigma than liberation; nowhere in the line is that suggestion made the least bit clear. Indeed, had we run the line as written, a large number of students
would have misconstrued it as an opinion that gays are not "normal." Can you imagine -members of the gay community and their supporters angry just because we demeaned them in a cartoon in the news section of a Pride-themed edition of a campus-wide publication? The nerve! And since that's exactly the kind of discord that makes me, y'know, sad, I felt it was best to change the caption. So I'm sure j7ou can all understand why I must follow my new calling as an OTPO. As Mr. Icerrigan was so kind to make clear in his letter, two viewpoints to an issue is u7aytoo many. And sometimes, just sometimes, what someone needs most is to be told that they're acting like an ass. It's all in a day's work for us Thought Police.
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Affxmative action programs that grant special privileges to people in certain minority groups have been bitterly fought over for decades in the US. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court decided whether such programs are unconstitutional when they ruled on the admission polices of the University ofMichigan. In two decisions they ruled that a policy of automatically adding points onto the scores of certain minorities is wrong, but that race can be used as a factor along with other indicators of 'dversity' to determine admittance. In other words, racial discrimination is wrong except when it's not. Don't waste too much time trying to understand the logic of the two rulings. Clarence Thomas, the one black judge on the panel, honed in on something overlooked by the semantic debate: the impact of affirmative action policies on those they purportedly assist. In his written dissent of the second decision, he explained that "When blacks take positions in the highest
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Mike Kerrigan and published last issue, 1 shall now be found going around campus in a blue uniform sporadicallymaking siren noises with the help of my fellow Ontario Thought Police Officers (or OTPO's): news editor Kimberly Mackhan, former opinion editor Margie Mansell and editor-in-chief Christine Baker. That's right, no more differing opinions bringing people apart! Last month I wrote about how we should ignore people with extreme viewpoints, and now that I'm an OTPO, laws can finally be implemented to weed out radical thinking. There's plenty in our opinion section. For example, many religious-minded students still find homosexuality morally questionable, so for their sake, I'm changing the name of Aaron Cowan's column from "Undefeated" to "My
places of government, industq: or academia, it is an open question today whether their skin color played a part in their advancement." A11 achievement by blacks and other minorities is marred when a system exists that could make their race the reason for their success. Perhaps evenworse than stigmatizing minorities, affirmative action programs obscure the problems that lead to minority underachievement. In inner city schools the achievement levels of black students is appallingly low, so lowering admission standards to institutes of higher learning simply lets the public system off the hook for failing to properly educate its students. As well, people who are catapulted into positions they otherwise haven't earned are more likely to have trouble meeting expected standards which reinforces any negative stereotypes that exist. New York Timescolumnist Maureen Dowd targeted Thomas for his dissent, chargmg that "It makes him crazy that people think he is where he is because of his race, but he is where he is because of his race." Never one to be understated, Dowd adds that "It's impossible not to be disgusted at someone who could benefit so much from affirmative action and then pull up the ladder after himself." Besides proving Thomas right to a degree
incomprehensible to Dowd, she exposes the dark truth behind liberalintellectuals'unwavering support for affirmative action in the face of evidence that shows such policies are an absolute failure. Dowd and company see society :. ./ not as a collection of individuals, but as a compendium of adoantaped and disadvantaped m-ouos. In u this world, the morally superior people take on the task of correcting all imbalances and are opposed by the morally inferior andintellectually bankrupt masses that don't accept the importance of their anointed duty. Since disadvantaged groups can only succeed when the moral superiors provide them with a 'level-playing field', liberalintellectuals can take credit for the success of any 'disadvantaged7person. Attacks on this system could deny them this privilege. Affirmative action programs are not an enlightened way to help minorities groups advance themselves in our society.They are tainted with the stink of the 'white man's burden', a behef that minorities cannot acheve unless white people take responsibility for them. Of course, these beliefs do not reflect reality; they reflect the prejuhced views of those who hold them. U
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Are Christians confusing priorities? Benjamin Ries COMMUNITY EDITORIAL
Today, the UN reported that approximately 34,000 of the world's children die each day from starvation and related causes; the same organization estimates that there is more than enough food in the world for every man, woman, and child to lead healthy and productive lives. Today, after years of massive Tory cuts to social spending in Ontario, the number of impoverished children in our province almost doubled between 1989 and 1998. It now sits at about 18 per cent. Today, one of the world's richest governments is also that with the lowest official foreign aid spending (as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product) among industrialized nations. Despite these startling facts, the evangelicalchurch remains fixated on issues that are apparently more pressing. In Aaron Romeo's recent Community Editorial, "Same sex marriage legislation flawed" (Imprint, June 27), he reports that "religious institutions are up in arms" over the recent extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples - and
Christians are no exception. For a more detailed list of items on the church's political agenda, look to the current initiatives of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, a national association of most major Protestant denominations. These initiatives, many of them letter-writing campaigns,cover three topics exclusively: homosexuality, human cloning and abortion. Indeed, the label "religious right" is as welldeserved here as it is south of the border. I find it confusing that the common consensus of evangelical Christians is one of support for right-wing political parties (if any). How, for example, is it naturally "Christian" to opt for tax cuts instead of maintaining funding for programs such as child welfare? Growing up in a Baptist household, I couldn't help but notice the many Conservative signs dotting the front lawns of our congregation during election time, and wonder, "Do these people who have taught me God's word ALSO wish to lengthen the waiting time for hospital emergency units?"
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A word from dougie20UW UNDEFEATED \Then I was in first year, I was a self-acclaimed,addicted, fullblown, pet closeted net cruiser. 1 went on the net just about every moment I could get in hopes of meeting a new boy online that I could chat with, exchange pictures with, and hopefully eventually meet for coffee. Of course it was not always that easy. There were many, many blunders that I had to suffer, and it definitely was not a simple task weeding out all the jerks, sluts and general weirdos.
But every so often I was lucky enough to secure myself a winner, and we would commence in a little online flirtation and make plans to meet in person, definitely the most exciting aspect of net cruising. At the time I was embarrassed of my online habit. Living with a roommate, I usually waited until he was in class, in bed or at the bar before I ventured into the chat rooms. ;\nd of course I would never tell anyone; it was hurniliating not being able to meet boys in a public setting. What was wrong with me? Well, for starters I was a closeted homosexual, and that in itself was frightening enough. My closeted status sure did complicate things; it was like pulling my own teeth convincing myself to head out to a gay bar or social group. ("What if someone saw me?!!")
Nevertheless, my net cruising did me a world of good. The online community provided me with an outlet in which I could
The chat rooms helped me come to terms with who I was, and what I was looking for in a potential partner. discreetly chat with boys like me, boys who often felt very much like I did: scared and alone. Most definitely, the chat rooms helped me to come to terms with who I
was, and what I was looking for in a potential partner. Furthermore, net cruising helped me to become more comfortable with my sexuality, and so actually coming out of the closet was much easier for me as I silently gained confidence in a private setting. And, it wasn't long before I realized how much fun it was! Creating my own screen name (dougie20UW), a profile, and selecting a sexy headshot was more entertaining than I could have ever imagined, and in no time I was attracting potential dates like crazy. These days, I don't often venture into the internet chatting. Partly because I am now involved in a committed relationship, but also because I now feel much more comfortable with who I am, thus attending more gay-oriented functions and events. This is not to
say that dougie20UW is never online; that would be an outright lie. Net cruising has become an increasinglypopular pasttime, for people of all sexualities,and as time passes it seems as though its taboo quality is quickly wearing thin. In response to its growing popularity, chat rooms and dating services are sprouting up almost everywhere, on specialized (ie:I V W I * ~com) . ~ ~and , even non-specialized (ie: ~*i~*iw.m~n.com) K'ebsites. So if you have ncwr tried a little healthy net cruising, why not g v e it a whirl? And if you have, why not admit it? Net cruising is a fun and integral component of living in the twentyfirst century. So have fun, but remember.. . always, always be careful.
How fair is your co-op evaluation?
OUR HOUSE How much did you hate it when you were the last one to be picked for soccer at recess?It felt like every kid hated you. It made you feel insecure and made you secondguess yourself (maybe you weren't even that good at soccer in the first place?). But deep down inside you knew that if one of those captains just gave you a chance to s h e , you'd take the ball and run with it (and score). And so you find yourself in a big circle of potential teammates yet again waiting to be picked, with many captains choosing the best players out there. How can you distinguish yourself, first and foremost? Obviously, by having top-notch work-term evaluations from previous work terms on your record. These days, especiallywith the down-on-its-luck economy, a favourable co-op evaluation could be the difference between agood job and no job at all. The only problem is, working hard and being ambitious in the workplace is often not enough to get you "Excellent" or "Outstanding". Employer evaluation processes
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differ greatly from job to job some employers have strict benchmarks and guidelines of appraisal based on previous co-op students and work available, while others may give you Outstanding just because they like your name (note: "Arda" has not garnered me an Outstanding thus far). Let's face it: a "Lrery Good" on
your record is just not good enough. In fact, it might as well be a co-op career kdler. Believe it or not, there are many upper-year students out there who wish they could go into first phase with no previous work terms, than go in with a previous "Good" or "Satisfactory" on their record. The reality is, being a keener at work is not your only bet to getting the results you want. The key is to be informed, and be prepared for the worst. Consider the famous words spouted from employers during evaluations and how to amid them: "We don't give outstanding on the first term"
Make sure you lay out your intentions early to pour employer, so you know where they stand, and they know what you are aiming for. Don't be afraid to approach them and talk to them about their evaluation system and how you can acheve optimally through it. "There was no direct work
available this term that would have given you [excellent]"
It's your job as a co-op student to cover yourself and find this out early in your term so you can steadily ask for "direct work" until they give ~tto you. "I didn't work with you directly enough to give you a better evaluation"
Show your work to your boss, consistently; they should neuerbe too busy for you. And if they are, be persistent p u t not pushy) - e-mail ' your work to them, or bring a ' printed copy to their desk. Ask them for advice. In fact, the most important thing students often forget to ask for is the mid-term evaluation. Rarely does an employer offer one, as rare as a co-op student asking for one, but the benefits are endless. Ask them, "what evaluation mould I receive at this point, and how can I improve?" If you haven't been working up to their benchmarks, you have two months to up your game - and employers will always forgive and forget the first two months come appraisal time. D o yourself a favour: Don't let this subjective co-op evaluation process get the best of you. If it does, you might never see "best" again.
FRIDAY, JUJ,Y 11,2003
Lefties demands just not right Debunkmg the myths of right domination Nitin Gonsalves COMMUNITY EDITORIAL
The madness has gone on for long enough. It is time to air out my prejudices andgrievances against a certain species of human. Those darn 'lefties'. Yeah, you heard right: lefties. Now before I launch a tirade against 'other half of thc braid types, please understand I do have a bit of the lefty in myself. I am right handed but left footed, which would otherwise be of no concern - except for the fact that I play soccer. So you see I do have some experience in h s lefty business, being a kind of 'mulatto' of handedness/footedness (is there such a word as footedness?) You can't accuse me of being entirely biased. That aside, let's get on with the totally unbiased tirade. First, their decided outspokenness on revealing to us that they are lefties'. Seriously, have you ever met a lefty who did not HAVE to tell you that he/she was a lefty?Why exactly do they do this - to brag to us that they are one in ten people?To let us know they deserve to be treated differentlybecause they are unique? I mean, when was the last time you lefties heard us righties say, "Hey I'm right handed!! Please make way because I'm more special and unique than you are!!" But it doesn't end there, does it? Oh no, somehow these lefties have been able to gain powerful positions in the media too where they write
To the editor, Jeremy Daniels' article titled "Feds council agrees to lawsuit funding" contains several statements that are very misleading if not outright false. I would like to quickly correct those statements. "motionfor additionfunding" the motion brought before Feds was not a motion for addition funding as no motion had previously been presented asking for approval of funding. This motion was actually the first time council has had any input of the funding of the lawsuit. "correctptvcedurein deciding to hire layers was notfollowed"-I do not recall this ever being an issue. A much bigger problem brought up by some councillors was whether both last year's board of directors and this year's violated their own bylaws, policies and procedures in launching the lawsuit (this issue has not been resolved). "Ed9 also expressed his gratitude to the student counn'lbrsfor showing unig on this issueu- it is worth noting that three councillors (including myself) voted against the motion. "after months of negotiations" although it is unclear what kind of
articles about the difficultiesof being left-handed. Here they give avoice to their people's so-called 'long histoq of suffering and persecution' at our 'hands'. They bring out stories of how their mothers forced them to write with their less preferred hand, thereby emotionallyscarringtheir childhood. They tell us how some religious books instruct the good, God-fearing folks to go to the right, and the evil sinners to the left further insulting their 'people'. The!remind us that scouts, those bravc, loyal young men and women, shake with their left hand. And then they just have to remind us of how many great and famous people were lefthanded. The comedians: Charlie Chaplin,Jerry Seinfeld,Jason Alexander,Jay Leno; the geniuses of a q scienceandeconornics: Michelangelo,Leonardo daVinci, Larry Smith (yeah that's right, I am taking Econ 101 and am t q k g hard as hell to rack up the points ); and the great sports personas: John McEnroe, Babe Ruth, MartinaNavratilova. (Course,they conveniendykave out Jackthe fipper).They create statistics t e h g us how a larger percentage of lefties are in showbiz and sports than their right-handed counterparts.And that's just s&g the surface of the 'leftist' propaganda out there. Even in our schools, our people are not safe from the lefty's constant need to receive specialconcessions. For instance,they just have to have the aisle seat.When they are asked why, theirinevitable reply: O h because
I am left-handed and your elbow will hit my elbow. Thus I halve to sit on the aisle. See how this is leading to segregation on their part ? Its starts hke this with the seating arrangements in classroom. Soon they'll want their ou7n schools, hospitals, can openers,. . . . a . . .wait.. .theydo have their own can openers!! See, the segregationhas begun already!! So next tirnc a lefty introduces himself or herself as a lefty, or he or she wants the comfortable aisle seat, tell him how you're tired of always giving in to them. Tell them how you righties have already indulged them by voting the last three 'leaders of the free world' to office (Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton) and they were all lefties (I'd tell you what the current leader of the free world is but then I have no idea which handDick Chcneyprefers.) Heck, a woman has yet to enter the Oval Office as president and somehow, we've let lefties in. Tell them that them being a lefty is actually an advantage in sports lke baseball, tennis and hockey. 1mean its now easier for them to make a million dollars more than us nowadays. If anythmg, we're granting them far too many privileges. And if that isn't enough, tell them - . bey, some of us have compamons -' who are lefties, some of our parents are lefties, our heroes are lefties and we love these people, so it's not lke we have an inbuilt hatred against them. And finally if you lefties are still complaining, take a minute to spare a
negotiations went on before May 28th, as of the printing of the article any real negotiations had only been going on for a month.
benefited by these services are those that are least in need of them: the rich. Furthermore, by constraining these services, the rich reduce social mobility, thereby constraining children born to poverty to an entire life of poverty, while ensuring their children a life of guaranteed luxury. While it is unfair to suggest that a citizen is entitled to live off of the hard work of every other citizen, it is entirely within our power to maintain a society that provides equal opportunity for each child that is born. Such a society is not only fair, just and moral, but is also much more efficient. How many talented and resourceful children are transformed into problems due to a lack of opportunities? In my view, one is one too many.
-Greg Hines SJU Co-op Feds Councilhr Don't forget the poor
To the editor, With the recognition of the long suppressed human rights of gays and lesbians, it is time that we reconsider solutions to an often over-looked discrimination, discrimination against the poor. In recent years, the elite class within this province has declared an all-out class war against the poor and has disguised the attack as an attack against the waste and red tape within the public services provided to everyone. It has been popular to attack public health, teachers, public housing, welfare and the environment to reduce the taxes that the rich should pay. All of these services are essential to provide a society in which each child has the equal opportunity to reach their full potential. It is simple logic that the biggest beneficiariesof these services are poor children and that the least
-Michael FisGher 3A Math and Business Yay Feds!
To the editor, Many of us in the course of hectic university life overlook the people behind the scenes that make student life at UW what it is today. Sure, we have a Federation of
thought for us mixed dominant types (yes that would be me with the right hand and left foot). Where exactly do we stand? Neither lefties nor righties accept our types.We are a people with no identity. So for now, lefties, I'm done my
little rant. However to all you righties out there this is just a start to how we attack this issue. Forget racism, sexism, or religious differences. I mean, let's deal with the real issues: those self-centered,whiny lefties. . .
Priorities: How would Jesus spend Ms timer' continued from page 8
Didn't Jesus spend a lot of his time healing the sick and feeding the hungry? hily adolescent mind could not understand the apparent contradiction. Today, I remain just as confused. Somehow, while studying the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, it seems we have decided that it would be more prudent to muster our political clout in a fight over the linguistic definition of the word "marriage" or the presence of Darwinian theory in the public school curriculum, rather than pour the same effort into marshalling our public resources to save lives and ease suffering. " This is not to sav that the church is devoid of philanthropy altogether. Yet we do exhibit a pattern of political action that is contrary to the ways that Christ impacted society during his life on this earth.
Students and, sure, we get enthuiastic new student leaders every year, but many students are not aware of the people inside the Federation that really make student life possible on this campus. These people hardly get any praise or recognition for their work, nor do the majority of the student population interact with these people. . . yet they play a vital role in the Feds. It is the support staff of the Feds that keep the operations running smoothly and it is these people who ensure that you are able to enjoy all the benefits and services that you receive from the Feds. I would like to thank: Sheila Davidson, executivesecretary; Karl Kliewer, accounts receivable;Pat Barlow, accounts payable; Cheryl Pflug, accounting manager; Suzanne Burdett, general manager; Brandon Sweet, executiveresearcher; Dave McDougall, marketing; Erin Moore, specialevents; Dave Hinton, network administrator; Dean Warkwick, graphic designer; Kateryna Zolotkova, Webmaster; RickTheis, clubs director; Munebba Omar, executive assistant;Jeff Mitchell,Aussies/Scoops manager; John Jongerius, Used Bookstore manager; Mike Ulrner, Food Operations manager; Marc Thususka, SLC operations manager.
Yes, the Bible does identify homosexuality as a sin. As an "evangelical" Christian, I am admittedly uncomfortable with both human cloning and abortion. Mp question to the EFC and fellow believers is not of principles, but priority! Scripture tells us that after the first human murder, the victim's blood cried out to God from the ground. How much louder, theq are the screams he must hear each day as those 34,000 children starve to death, even while we refuse to forgive Third-World debt? I cannot help but wonder that the first outcry of the church in our nation's political forum should be one against great social injustices, both at home and abroad. Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, 9 o y o u love me?" He said, 'Lord,you know allthings;you know that I loveyou. "Jesussaid, Teed my sheep. " (John 21:17, New International Version)
Anyone that I have forgetton please accept my apologies and know that your work is greatly appreciated by all of us as well. Without them there wouldn't be a Federation of Students.
-Garrett Saunder~ 2B Geography
In praise of sex-ercise To the editor, MichelleTitus deserves a medal. Two weeks ago, I weighed a hefty 214 pounds. I know that doesn't sound like that much extra baggage, but consider that I'm also five foot six. Then, out of the blue, I met the perfect guy and we started going hot and heavy. Pair the incessant lovemakingwith the usual effects of new found romance (that "can't eat, can't sleep" feeling) and you have a weight loss juggernaut -I got on the scale the other day, and so far, I'm one week into the relationship and I've lost twelve pounds. Thanks, Michelle Titus. Your column has transformed me in ways I never thought possible.
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' Understanding Africa s
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Pan-African war most devastating confict since World War I1 Mike Kerrigan
the Hutu and the Hema who see themselves as kin to the Tutsi. Decade-long battles overland ownership have been transposed onto the current confict and both groups have engaged in savage attacks in an attempt to cleanse areas of the other group using traditional weapons like machetes and bows and arrows. Villages have been burned to the ground, women and children have been murdered in their hospital beds and severed heads have reportedly been displayed on spikes on the city streets of Bunia.
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Largely off the radar screen of most western governments and media, a devastating war has been playing out in the Democratic Republic ofCongo forthe past five years. Themostrecent estimates put the number dead from violence, starvation and hsease at 3.3 million, the greatest death toll from war since the Second World War. Brutal tactics such as systematicrape, torture, mutilation and the mass execution of civilians have been employed by both sides of the conflict. Some rebel groups have even sought out, killed and eaten the Pygmy people in the area because of a belief that they can bestow magical powers.
Building peace In an attempt to end the violence in 1999, the governments and rebel groups involvedin the conflict signed the Lusaka Accord, named for the capital of Zambiawhereitwas signed. Unfortunately,the accords &dn't take hold and fighting continued to destabilize the country. The governments met again in 2000 to try to enforcetheAccordandrequestedU.N. assistance on the ground. The U.N.
A brief history of the DRC The territory currently known as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was originallycolonized as the Belgian Congo in 1908. When the country received its independence in 1960, a series of military and political suuggles tookplace for the leadership of the nation, eventually establishing Joseph DesirC Mobutu as leader in 1965. He engaged in a program of 'authenticity,' changing his name to Mobutu SeseSeko,renarningthecountry Zaire and forcing its citizenry to drop their European names and adopt African ones. Mobutu oversaw a wave of political repression that outlawed all oppositionparties and centralized the country's authority, consolidating his grip on power. His rule was supported by western nations who viewed him as a counterbalanceto the socialist r e p e s that were in the region. This support helped him crush periodic uprisings and comfortably twist the state apparatus into a tool to exploit the country's resources for his own personal gain. Eventually thegross corruption, inflation and economic decline strengthened those opposed to his rule to such adegree that hewas forced to call for an end to one-party rule in 1990. This sparked a series of student demonstrations that were savagely suppressed, killing over 100. Several failed attempts to initiate multiparty elections were made, eventuallyleading to an alternative government formed by the various opponents to Mobutu's rule. Mobutu refused to recognize the government and continued his rule promising eventual elections. In 1994, the massacre in Rwanda drove tens of thousands of refugees into the Eastern region of the country, including numerous militiamen who committed the atrocities. Mobutu slowly lost his grip on power as rebel groups gained influence. A rebelgroup staged a debilitatinguprisingin 1996, opening the way
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A Ugandan soldier looks at the ruins of a village whose occupants were burnt alive. for the Allianceof Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire to take power. Its leader, Laurent Kabila became the new leader of Zaire, renaming the country the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The war begins Secureinpower,inJuly 1998Kabila chose to order home the Rwandan troops that had helped him accede to his position, officially breaking his ties to them. Rwanda and Uganda responded by sending troops into the DRC ostensiblyto protect themselves from rebels who were launching attacks on their territory from the country. As the conflictintensified,Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Chad came to the aid of Kabila's government while Burundi quietly began to assist the invading forces. Several militia groups sprouted in the area, forming a complicated network of shifting alliancesin the conflict. The battle that emerged is most easilyunderstood as threewars occurring simultaneously.The most clear is that of the rebelgroups that are struggling to overthrow Kabila and gain power. Overtop of this conflict is the inter-state proxy war being fought between the DRC and its allies against the main supporters of the rebels, Uganda and Rwanda. Underwriting and intensifymg the violence is the ethnic conflictbetween the Hutu,Tutsi and other peoples in the region. After Kabila cut his ties with the groups that supported his rise, several mutinies arose amongst the soldiers formerly supporting him,which could
not all be quelled. One of these consolidated into two main rebel factions: the Rally for CongoleseDemocracy (RCD) and theMovement for the Liberationof Congo (MLC).The RCD spilt into two factions over leadership infighting, creating the RCD-Goma and the RCD-Liberation Movement. Rwanda principally backs the RCDGoma, while Uganda backs the other two factions.Kabila formedlinkswith two groups to oppose the rebels: the Interahamwe, a Hutu militia largely responsible for the slaughter in Rwanda and the Mayi-Mayi, Congolese Hutus who are often attracted by the opportunity to kill Tutsis. Other smaller groups have entered the conflict and each militia's allegiance has shifted at various points. The inter-state war is generally believed to be motivated by the vast resources availablein the DRC, a country about the size ofWesternEurope. For example, gold exports out of Uganda have doubled since they sent troops into the DRC, although Uganda has no increased domestic capacityto mine the element.Whde no diamond exports out of Ugandawere reported in the decade prior to the conflict the latest figures show that 11,000 carats were exported in 2000. Additionally, oil fields exist in the DRC along the Ugandan border that could be profitably exploited in five years' time. Besides these fairly commonvaluable resources, a rarely heard of substance called coltan may be a large attractingforce for the intrudingcountries. Previously of little value, the easily mined mineral is now in high
demand for use in high-tech devices includingcellphones and computers. The DRC contains 80 per cent of the world's known reserves, although the majority of production is currently takingplace in Australia. The price for the colton varies with world demand, but 6.6 millions pounds were purchased in 2002 at a price of '$380 (US) per pound. The conflict between Hutu and Tutsi militias has drawn in several other ethnic groups in the DRC, notably the Lenduwho identify as kinof
gent of 5,000 troops into the area to support 500 military observers in chargeof ensuring each side stuck toits commitments. The hostilities persisted, causing the displacement of over two million refugees by the endofthe year, despite the U.N.'s attempts to broker a deal. In January of 2001 Kabila was shot and killed by a bodyguard, ending his rule and opening the way for a new successor.His son,JosephKabila,took power and expressedhis commitment to renewingpeace negotiations. see CONGO, page 12
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Gym routine now a worship routine HERAMB'S HAREM People preach about how physical perfection is the ruin of society. Hey, that might be a noble message, but them women in Victorid's Secret catalogues are still hot and Brad Pitt brings moisture to the female loins ofAmerica. Reahty bites! Basically, looking good is imperative in the summer. Dedication to the gym becomes almost like a religion to people. Keeping with this religion analogy, the
worshppers adhere to strict diets and make daily pilgrimages to a temple with shiny objects. And after theworkout, sacrificialmoose offerings are made to Zog, supreme ruler of the Goodlife Galaxy. I decided to work out regularly in the summer as I too fell victim to the "I needs to look good to get l a i c virus. I also needed a more balanced physique to take the attention aw-ay from my incredibly large penis. They don't call me "Tripod Ramacheddar" for nothing. After a few weeks, I noticed three groups inhabit the gym. I dub the first group, "Short People." These short guys, in spite of their height, have managed to sculpt their body pretty u7ell. Some of these dudes are massive. They've
got little piggy legs and little piggy arms but huge freahng chests and necks. They looklike fridges. Ok, those mini fridges you rent in V1. Naturally, they wear the tightest outfits in and out of the gym. Granted, they aregenerallypurchased from the children's section, but these guys stdl look good. And on Fridays, you can catch 'em at the club giving the sexual nod to girls. But then their necks hurt from all that loohng up. I dub the second group, "Big guys on 'roids." Generally, these guys are huge mofos who take steroids for breakfast, brunch, lunch, second lunch, tea-time, supper, dinner and dessert. These men are focused on one thing: achieve maximum penile shrinkage. Hell, they probably keep Excel
spreadsheets at home chronicling theirpectoral development. "Yippee, I got the beeg booby!" said steroid man when his line graph entered the D-cup zone. If the gym is packed, I inevitably end up working a machine with one of these ogres. They jump on the machine first, adjust the weights to the highest possible value, and then add a few bricks on there for good measure. I hear strange growls from their ass 'cuz the Freshly chewed 'roids are reacting funny with the digested 'roids. When they're done, these punks don't haw the common decency to re-adjust the weight for me. So I gotta remove the bricks, pull out the metal thingee from the 200 kg slot, throw it in the 20 kg slot and start my reps.
The final group at the gym shall be called, "Loser guys who bring chicks to work out with." No guy works out with a chick unless he is a) boning her, or b) wanting to bone her. These mack-daddies must exude maximum machismo when a female is present. Thus, he uses all the bloody equipment in the gym just to show his acute sense of detail. It's like a marathon workout where loser-guy shows chick the intricacies of the machmery including a brief history of its invendon. But when loser-guy demonstrates the shoulder press and &slocates borh shoulders, the lord hath spoken. Or, he forgot Zog's moose offerings.
Below average: better than vou think A VP'S EDUCATION So, as the Feds VP Education I'm working full time. I'm not done my studies, mind you, but I still bring in real money. That means only one thing. Despite my belief that I would somehow be magically exempt this year because of my position, I have to start repaymg my student loan. I must admit that I'm pretty lucky. Co-op has been good to me and what I owe is a pittance at
$1,300. Since it's so little, I imagined that my payback experience would be pleasant, less than difficult. Easy, eTTen. Wrong. The bank thinks that I stopped my studies in December. There's a form to tell them that I was actually in studies unul April, but that form was only applicable until the end of April -of 2003. It is now July. I called CIBC to explain my situation. They put me on hold. I'll admit, my OSAP debt is a joke. It won't take me very long to repay $1,300. Thousands of students aren't laughing, though, as debt among graduates has climbed from $8,000 to over $625,000per student in Ontario in ten years. Incidence of private borrowing has climbed fromunder three per cent to over 13 per cent since 1995. It
means that one in eight students finance their education not only through work and provincial loans, but also through private lenders who start charging interest the moment students borrow a cent. It's not like students are borrowing just to make ends meet. Public and pgvate borrowing is approximately equal for students with any debt: about $600 a month. When they graduate, student's face some of the highest interest rates on loans in the country, at two-and-one-half per cent above prime. The fact that the lending system is a complicated mess that's impossible to decipher is just icing on the cake. Why does the system work this way? Maybe it's because there are at least six agencies, eachwith their own bureaucracies, that deal with
student financial aid. Ontano and Canada have separatelyadrmnlstered loan systems. There are federal and provincial grant programs. The hldennlurn Scholarship foundauon is responsible for "reducmg student debt," and does so in some provinces, but also spends a huge amount of money markeung itself Llke I bald, I've got nothmg to complam about. There have been umes where I've felt the crunch, when I d h ' t know where I would get money to eat or pav rent. With only four months between work terms, though, debts to friends have sustained me between paychecks. I can'tlmagine how regular students survive. The man comes back on the phone. "I'm sorry. Your request for interest relief is denied." Well, that's
good, even though I was askmg about something else enurelj I need rehef less - wa\ less -than the average 5tudent I v iite a check for $1,345. I'll saxe a few dollars this 1 ear b\ p a Ing CIBC out of my prn ate h e of credit. The one to \L hich I on L 94.000. If someone x~iththe a\ elage debt had been in m\ uuanon, rhej would have accumulated $700 m interest repayments Instead of $40 in the four months that some commumcauon error led the bank to beheve that I was offgahvan~ng w ~ t htheir monel It's ltke my frlend Clare says "$1,300 IS nothing! It's what I pay ~ninterest every year " I guess her and I are both lucky to be below average
Congo: strife continues in Africa continued from previous page
After several failed attempts, the young Kabila was able to achieve an internationally brokered deal with Rwanda that saw Rwanda withdraw its troopsin exchange for assistance in capturing the militias responsible for the 1994genocide. Uganda also agreed to withdraw its troops as part of a power-sharing arrangement that Kabila entered into with theUgandan-backed MLC.While these successes helped end much of theviolence, fighting has continued in the Eastern regon of the DRC, Ituri. Lastmonth, theU.N. sentaFrenchled mission to Ituri to try to quell the remaining violence. The force has had severe &fficulties ending the violence and many troops have been frustrated that all they can do is stand aside and keep track ofthe kikng that occurs. Bureaucracy has also stymied the mission. Two U.N. troops were stranded for ten days before the proper authorization to rescue them could be processed. By the time arescue operation was executed, both were found
dead in a ditch, stripped, shot through the eyes and mutilated. The confictin the Ituri regionmay be themost difficult toresolve. Ethnic tensions are high, and over 5,000 people are believed to have been killed due to their tribal affiliation in the past
transition on September 1 when the Frenchmandate officiallyends. Outside observers say this is apositive step, but charge that the U.N. Security Council must provide a stronger and clearer mandate if the rnissionis to hwe any hope of success.
ye". A new 3,800 strong U.N. force is currently being organized and wLLl be sent into the region to prepare for the
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Legally Blonde 2 Americanized Red, White and star-spangled crap Witherspoon: a great Peptobismol bottle with curves Andrea Kerswill IMPRINT STAFF
Just when you think feminism was starting to make a difference, along comes our American filmmakers to screwit allup again.The paradox here is that they are not even aware of the contradiction. Along comes this beautiful, educated, overbearingly skinnyp l , dressed to kill in cotton candy pink, with teeth whiter than snow, a brand newAu& and daddy's moneyin her pocket. She then transforms into a champion of animal rights just so that her little Taco Bell doggie "Bruiser" can have his birth mother attend her wedding. (Can we say puke?) I must admit I had a hard time sitting through this movie. Reese Witherspoon pulls off the role of the vivacious Elle Woods just
enough so that you don't want to jump into the screen and shake her ti1 she shuts up. Luke Wilson is of course hot as hell, but what it was really lackingwas,well, everything.Red,White and Blonde joins the summer of 2003's list of not-sohot sequels. What makes it worse is that it attempts to jump into the political spectra of things following Elle on her journey to Washington DC to stand up for animal rights. Sure it asks that a beautiful Caucasian blondewoman be portrayed as a strong individual, however, what it neglects to do is rid the one-&mensional stereotypes that surround her. Elle's reasons for attacking animal rights is because it suddenly dawns on her (after she sees Bruiser's mom in an animal testing lab) that "oh my goodness, animals are tested on for cosmetics?" Elle is portrayed as the youngwomanwho cares for all,
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does for all and fights for all, pet sheis driven by selfish and superficialmotives. The selfish individual whom appears to be interested in others' interests is exactlywhat lies behind this I am sure veryherican h. that we have all seen that stars and stripes come foremost in almost everyherican mainstream flick. The iilmmakersmakeELle's character so utterly concerned with where her dog pees and poo-poo's that you would think the US was the only country on Earth. Another interesting segment is the incorporation of homosexuality.Yes, the fdmmakers went as far as to make Elle'sdog outwardly gay. What raises aneyebrowhereiswhat exactly they are attempting to point at if anything at all. Awareness of caninehomosexualrelationships?Or, the chance-to poke fun at the ~ notion that animals may in fact have "gay doggy sex?"
P e y even adornBruiserwith adorninatrix outfit, while he poses with his Rothveiler It is hard to say whether Legdh Blonde 2 is attempting to really make a point here, or just trying to boost yet again the Americanversion of the "tough life." Maybe it is not sayinganything at all, maybe it is just meant to make you giggle and go home with oodles ofwarm-fuzzies. Nonetheless, fdm today has a large impact upon North American societyand as such maybe our American friends should pay attention to whatthey are dishingout to audiences. Maybe then their teenage daughters wouldn't be battling anorexia or bulernia attempting to gain that perfect Reese body and maybe homosexuality wouldn't be such a ahahoohoo laughing matter. encourageyou to see this film, f only to get a good dose of how not to live your life.
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Igniting creativity: Taddle Creek Darrin Chung
mill, boy-meets-girl types of stories. Instead; Taddle Creek publishes mostly humorous tales that can make one laugh and think, as
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What could be better than buying the nc issue of Taddle Creek and listening to some live readings from a fewofToronto's 1 most talented writers? H o w 1 about some free beer, free hamburg- ' ers and free IOispy 1 IGeme Donuts? Well, that in a nutshell de- 1 scribes the celebration for the release of Taddle Creek:J' tenth issue, at the Jet-Fuel Coffee Shop in Downtown Toronto. The long-awaited tenth issue of TaddleCnek titled Summertime 2003, features such authors as Gary Barwin, Evie Christie,C a d a Gibb,Jay Pinkerton and Julie Wilson. Taddle Creek is primarily a literary magazine that showcases mainly fiction and poetryby authors residing in the city ofToronto. Furthermore, the poems and stories that youwill find in Taddle Creek aren't your run of the
for a woman out of pity. And last but not least, Gary Banvin (known for the chddren's book The Magic Mustache, but more so to me as the Soy Burger Guy) entertained the crowdwith a hilarious story about the thawing of Walt Disney to save Mickey Mouse; however, this was certainly not PG by any means. The semi-annual distribution of Taddle Creek:
occurs every June and December and can be found at various book and magazine stores across Canada. T o those who enjoy reading I strongly recommend picking up a copy. For all those would-be writers, this is an excellent opportunity to get your story published. For more information, you can visit them online at m v . taddlecreekmag.com
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better about waiting). In the end, I got my burgers. The highlight of the night (besides the free beer and food) were the live readings. Julie Wilson read an excerpt of apiece concerning a gay teenage girl's parents who were in the middle of a divorce. Evie Christie read anunfinished short-story (that she admitted she probably won't f ~ s anytime h soon) of a man's love
FRIDAY, JULY 11 ,2003
Deconstructing Oprah and Dr. Phil Emanuel Blum IMPRINT STAFF
Talk shows today approach the masses two fold, but both live in the house ofinstant gratification in the town of American capitalism. In the kitchen we have Jeny Spn'nger,.Jenn_y Jones and RickiLake,who work force-feedingthe pubhc w t h an overindulgent, obviously bad-for-you mealhke ablizzard fromDairy Queen. It's a snack, but leaves you full. They succeed because every now and then, we all get a craving.
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In the living room we haw Oprah and Dr. Phil. 7-hesc nvo supposedly philanthropic folk invite !-ou into a comfy chair with decaffeinated coffee aild herbal tea, but thev only allow you to visit for. 60 minutes (minus commercials) and never caU you. You call them. Both rooms provide an outlet where people can escape from reality and feed on the problems of others who situate themselves in an idyllic
environment through an electronically surreal world. It is the talk show phenomenon - it forcibly dictates an ideology that feeds itselfin a perpetual cultural dialectic. It is successful because we want to explore and exploit other people in an effort to secure our own pathetically real lives. The people that show up on Jeny Jonesweighingin at 300 pounds, wearing tight leather chanting "don't playa hate!" don't seem real. They appear to be puppets. Jennzl Jonesis the puppeteer andwe'rewatching how she makes them dance. But they're clearly not made of wood. They are real in that they are indeed going home that night somewhere, living out what we would assume a worse life than our own. Itis comfortinglike theherbal tea. Butffing like the ice cream. We think Oprah and Dr. Phi/ are better because their tea actually tastes like tea. They "save" people in a matter of minutes with some good advice and some help from the people they recommend in their book club. They make the world a healthier place, don't they? Don't t h y ? I mean for those of us that deal with issues that somehow relate to those on the show, it helps us to categorize and simplify our problems. It helps us survive. Gets us through the day. KO?O r perhaps it dictates subtlywhat is normal and how to assidate, conform and thus, expericnce happiness. It helps us die comfortably in that easy recliner made with the sweaty hands of some poor guy who works for a dollar an hour, distributed to us by a doctor,
I mean, Philis a doctor. His narneis Dr. Phil'and he has a cute accent. He's baldingpeople! He's like a teddy bear. He has to be great! Who really thinks that talk shows are about helping people? And who thnks that the talk show phenomenon is another way for one person to make bucket loads of money while instantly gratifying d o n s by capitalizing on intimately personal human issues? It attacks those insufficient and anticipatory
faculties that drive us to consume perversely copious amounts of the talk show drug. It is a factory of voyeurism for people who desire an escape through such spectacle. The talk show is meant to portray a purely moral concept - that of love and fellowship. But like Benny Hinn it is an imminent love. Oprahgoes home and h e s her life. Shewon't call you. Why should she? Her show is merely a job. And it pays damn well.
Garage rock and some unfamiliarity Tangiers Hot New Spirits
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You've heard The Strokes. You've heard the White Stripes. The Trines. The Hives. Now braca yourselves:Toronto's current indie darh g s , Tangiers (note significantlack of a preceding 'the') have released their debut album FIaf ATewSpi~i?s on Sonic Unyon. Elected to represent the Canadian contingent of the garage rock revival, this band presents its audence yith, well, not much that hasn't already b een done. You've Potvour mnof-the-mill vintage
rock:sometimes anthemic, mostly iust good fun. Not too much can be , " said about any individual tune; once you've heard the first track you can pretty much figureit out. Lyric deliverycomes from any three of the four band members, which helps to barely) separate Tangiers from obvious comparisons. A less blatant abuse of avoice fdteris a nice change for people tired of the Julian Casablancas' drone. Jangly guitars abound on the single "Ca Va Cool", which is undeniably catchy (although painfully similar to anything by TheSfrokes)."Eyes Shut" contains a delightful little bongo breakdown. And that's about it, folks. Tangiers have delivered a pleasant record, but by no means changed the face of rock and roll.
Are you actually unfamiliarwith Liz Phair?You need E d e in Gy~i//e, Phair's 1993 debut which stands as essential for young adults cveqwhere. Basically,-it'sa young woman singing flatly and graphcally about sex amid a production value of maybe h e dollars.Why is this essential?Because IJhair's lyrics encapsulate the confusion ewryonc finds in lore and overt sexuality. No musician had done that befbrc, or has done it better since. X decade later,Phair, now 36, has createda big, self-proclaimed sell-out album. She even mocks her former independent music status on the new song"RockLIe,"inn-hlch she tells the younger guy she's bangng that "Your record collection don't esist/You don't even know who Liz Phair is." And with a bunch of eager new songs, all of them either bubblegum rock or adult-contemporary soft serve, she's making sure that, indeed, you~xdnowknowwhoshe 1s. Theimage makeover-complete with album jacket photos of her pouting in fishnets and other Amity box grunge gear -is forced and desperate. The music isn't. This is smart, mature soft rock with enough edge to hookafewnewkids. Sowhatif sherecordedwith the Matrix, the songwriting team that owns the rights to Avril Lavigne? It still kicks anything MuchMusic plays square in the nuts. Anyway, the most important thing is that Phair's lyrics remain dirty and insightful, and on the most provocative song, shelists the cosmetic advantages of using semen as facewash. Has Sheryl Crow ever done that? This is a sell-out album, right? Barely, and that's why it succeeds; even when she tries to be commercial,Liz Phair's art follows her wherever she goes.
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DIET COKE HEAD The death of Katharine Hepburn a few weeks ago probably had many people scratching their heads. (No, she really wasn't dead yet). Rut for me it had a more forceful impact. Hepburn was by far my favourite actress of all time. I believe she was the last remaining dignified actress to represent the golden age of Hollywood. And I really do love her. It's hard to describe why, but I've gotten more than a little angry at people for talking during a Hepburn movie. She had such talent, beauty and passion about her. Hepburn herself was a rather interesting person, full of intrigue and wit who was never satisfied with her success. For those of you unfamiliar with her work, Katharine Hepburn is considered one of the greatest American actresses. Born into an affluent Connecticut family, she began her career on Broadway and soon made the move to Hollywood. If you haven't seen her performances in films like The PhiLadeel'phia Stay, Bnkging U$ Bab,
Guess Who k Coming To Dinner? and The Lion In Winter, you don't lmow what you've been missing. Was she the last of the greats? With the recent death of people like Hepburn and Gregory Peck, it seems like the classic Hollywood stars have all but vanished. Sure there are some rare sunivors of the era, but how have they held up? Take for example Elizabeth Taylor. She has obviously gone crazy, or possibly just stupid. Flashback to the 2001 Golden Globe awards, where Lizzy (either drunk or just really old) presented the award for Best Picture. O r rather opened the envelope and proceeded to ask for directions on what to do next. "Whaaaat? Gladiator!" And don't tell me it's just because of her stroke because she has been friends with MichaelJackson for far too long to be considered healthy. Thank god for 78 year-old Lauren Bacall, who adds a touch of
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class to our short list of surviving great movie stars. And when it comes to the male stars of golden Holl!wood, the options are just as limited. In fact the only names that spring to mind are Paul Newman (whose salad dressing no doubt out-grosses his movies) and Sidney Poitier (who is perfect and shall not be denounced in any way). Personally, I miss the old-school greats, like Humphrey Bogart (cancer- 1957),Cary Grant (stroke1985);Marylin Monroe (drug overdose - 1962),Audrey Hepburn (cancer - 1993) and Jimmy Stewart (pulmonary blood clot - 1997). For me they represent a completely different type of actor. After all, they're the greats for a reason. It's hard to tell whether today's stars will be remembered with the same amount of nostalga Forty year? from now I mght be mourning the loss of some of my more
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suppose only time will tell. Until then, gentle readers, remember that the example set by nutjob Liz Taylor and her remaining colleagues shouldn't be the last say in Hollywood greats of the past. No one who still likes the IGng of Pop is to be trusted.
modern favourites likeJulia Roberts, Jude Law or Tobey Maguire. Will they be the next generation ofgreats, or merely more forgotten celebrities of yesteryear? For every treasured Katharine Hepburn there is an all-butforgotten Anne Baxter. For every "Remember Jimmy Stewart?" there is a " Rod Taylor whonow?" I
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New solar car boasts "bigimprovements" Christine Baker IMPRINT STAFF
As other teams scramble to get their cars ready, UW's M~dmghtSun solar race team is ready to k t the road. On SundayJuly 13,as many as 29 solar cars wtll leave from the Chlcago Museurnof Saence andIndustry andrace the^ way to Los Angeles along Route 66 in the Amencan Solar Challenge The Wdntght Sun solarraccteam15 the largest student-run prolect at the UmversityoNC'aterloo.Every two years, they design and budd a solar-powered car to race in the Arnencan Solar Challenge and the World SolarC,hdenge m Austraha The solar race team, which has competed m every major North Amencan solarvehclerace smce 1990, consists entirely of UW students.
Midnight - Sun "I' is expected to be the fastest to date The team, with solar car in tow, arrived at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois on July 7 for the mandatory scruiteneering. "It's when [raceofficials] look at all the different systems on the car very carefully," said Calli Citron, UW student andmedia relations officer for the team. After being the only Canadian team to pre-qualif$ in May, Midnight Sun
VII got green light status early from race officials,dowing them to finetune the car while many other teams raced against the clock to get their cars approved to race. "We made lots of changes since qualifying and now we want to make sure it is sdl) functioning well," said Citron. The team has been camping out andgettingup as early as 4:30 a.m. to ensure that the car is ready to go on race day." Thc previous car, Midnight Sun 1'1, finished third in the 2001 American Solar Challengehut after two years of hard work, research and field testing, the hfidnight Sun 1'11 is expected to be the fastest one to date, thanks in part to new adaptable fairings, which minimize drag. The solar array on the car is worth approximately $750,000. "It uses Emcore high efficiency cells with a minimum 22 per cent efficiency," said Citron. "The cells on the last car had an efficiency of 16per cent so this is a big - improvement." The race, which is held every odd numbered year, covers approximately 3700 km. Each solar car will travel in a caravan which includes a lead car and a chase car. A race observer will travel in the chase car to ensure that all rules of the race and the road are being followed, including speed limits and traffic rules for the state they are in. There are three drivers on the team - Kumi Yamamoto, Sylvia Pascual and Calli Citron. Each is allowed to drive a maximum of six hours a day. The race includes designated me-
Midnight Sun VII, the seventh model to come from the University of Waterloo's solar car team, was unveiled by project team members June 25. More than 50 people were on hand to admire their handiwork. In his final official duty before stepping down, Dean Sujeet Chaudhuri, who has worked with the solar car team since the original Midnight Sun project, ,' announced the bet that he made with the project team. Should the team win the American Solar Challenge, he committedthe engineering departmentto waiving all remaining project debts. dia stops where the teams meet with local media as they make their way along Route 66. As well, there are designated stops at the end ofeach of four legs because the teams may not exceed 18hours of drivinga daywithout penalty. Daily race updates can be found at midnightsun.uwaterloo.ca
Midnight Sun VII driver Kumi Yamamoto makes herself comfortable in the team's newest model. She is one of three drivers getting set to compete in the American Solar Challenge on July 13.
Max speed: 130kmlh Height: 1.1 m Width: 1.8 m Length: 5.0 m Weight: 420 Ibs empty, 600 Ibs full The designated weight for drivers is 176 Ibs. The organizers weigh the drivers and add ballasts to standardize the weight of drivers for all teams.
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SEDS: The final frontier Continued from cover
the coming winter term. The CSSA conference would be Hadfield agreed to SEDS' request, only the second event of its kind in and recounted his trip into space to a Canada, a surnrnitwhich among other completely full room in UW7s220events may see former astronaut RobertaBondar come to speakat LW. seat Arts Lecture Hall. The astronaut also returned to UW this past April, SEDS members are currently in the where hegave a similartalkto acapacity beginning stages of organizing the crowd of 500 at the Modern Lanconference, and are actively seeking guagesTheatre. rolunteers to help them out. SEDS has since brought other They have already begun seeking speakers to campus, including repfunding from such groups as the Caresentatives from nadian SpaceAgency the Mars Society of (CSA) and Canada's Canada, the Yorh Centre for Research Area 31 will ~n barth and Space Unlverstt~.Human allow SEDS to Techn 0logJ Performance Lab, the Canadan Space (CRESTech). Agency as well as showcase Another major f r o m the Camproject In SEDS ctraerospace bridge Rocket clests knownas "Area technology to 3l,"theformalname Club. Club members of a new senes of rahigh school have also been acQo telescopes being groups bulk largelyby SEDS ttve off campus, with tours of MD members. Rob Warren, Robotics (formerly SPAR Aerospace, who owns a farm near Shelborne,Ontario, came to SEDS the company who built the Canadarm members with an offer to have the and Canadarm 11),the York Human Performance Lab, and the University UW group build seven new radio telescope arrays on his property. The of Toronto Institute for Aeronautics a r r a y s d hold four dishes measuring and Space (UTIAS). Looking towards the future, SEDS approximately seven feet across. Starting this fall, the project will hopes to host the Canadian Student allow members of SEDS to showcase Summit on Aerospace (CSSA) during
For those interested, the cost of a SEDS membership isn't expensive - only $5 per space industry hopeful. For further information, contact SEDS via e-mail at seds@watservl.uwaterloo.ca, or call them at 888-4567 ext. 6836.
Martha Lenio and Melissa Battler of SEDS display visiting astronaut Chris Hadfield's gift to the club, part of which went with Hadfield on a trip into space. aerospace technology to high school groups and others, furthering interest in the field. Another of SEDS' recent initiatives has been the circulation of a petition for the Mars Society of Canada. Both groups saw the need to petition the Canadian government to increase funding for and participationin
future Mars-related exploits, noting that if Canada fails to get involved in the early stages of exploration of the "red planet," we may be left out of further Mars-related initiatives later on. The groups believe that getting involved now would keep Canada in the running for future contracts re-
lated to this excitingfrontier of twenty f ~ scentury t science. SEDS has also beenapproached by Canada Post to put on a demonstration for the opening of apost office in Newmarket, where a new space-oriented Canadtan stamp is to be unveiled. From the original fall 2001 list, the only two items that SEDS has yet to check off are getting a scuba diving group together and visiting a space launch. As one member noted, however, 'Who's to say that it's not going to happen, at the rate that [they're] going?"
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Grocery Distributors has disallowed IMPRINT STAFF labeling for Ghf content. Longbefore the advent ofgenetic Proposed legislation requiring that engmeering, farmers used techniques biotech foods sold in Europe be such as selectivebreedingand hybridlabeled as suchis tantamount to a ban, zation to create plant varieties with according to the US. government, more desirable characteristics. SelecThe cost oflabelingproducts, coupled tive breeding changes crops slowly (in with many Ik~ropeans'arersion to thecourseofgenerations) by allowing biotcch foods,aioulct hinder Xmerithe plants with the most desirable canproducts' entrance into the h r o charactcnsncs,achleued throughnatupean market. ral mutations, to rcThe new legislaproduce. tion would end the If's currently HybridtzationinEuropean Union's volves breedmg one five-yearban on new impossib1efor type ofplantwith anbiotech foods, also consumers to other plant of a d f known as geneucall~ ferent species or submodfied foods 01 know whether spectes. Pluots the foods they (plumsandapncots) G O The p r o posal follows acornand broccoflower plamt to the World are buying are (broccoli and cauh genetically flower) are nen vanTrade Organt7,iuon made b~ the U S , eues of h~br~ds. modified. RI contrast, Canada and ,Irgentina - among the largbiotech foods are creest producers ofgeated relatively quickly netically modified foods - charging through genetic engineering. This lathat the EU had created an unfair bel encompasses processes such as barrier to international trade. deleting a gene from or introducing a Genetically modified foods usuforeigngene into aplant's DNA. The ally look and taste the same as their latter process is the more contentious conventionally produced counterbecause of fears that the foreigngene parts. Because Canada does not recould cause an allergtc reaction that quire the labeling of GhiOs, it's curwould be untraceable to the genetic rently impossible for consumers to modification since GlZlOs are ncither labeled nor tracked. knowwhether the foods the!- are buying aregenetically modified. It is also of concern to some vegIn fact, Canada doesn't even haw etarians who feel that consuming standards forvoluntary labeling.As a plants containing animal D X 1 is inconsequence,the C:anadianCouncil of consistent with their beliefs. '
Those who wish to avoid GM foods often seek refuge in organics; however, organicstandardsvaqwidel~7 and are often poorly enforced. The Canadian National Standard for Organic Agriculture prohibits the use of GhIOs. This voluntarj- standard is only enforced if the Canadian lTood InspectionlZgencyreceix~es a complaint. Such a complaint is unlikely to occur since there is no universal test for a GMO except for aDNA analysis,which is slow and expensive. Organic farmers commonly spotcheck their crops for GhlOs usingan inexpensive strip test such as ELISA (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay), which tests for a particular protein known to exist in a particular genetically modifiedplant. Given the wide range of genetically engineered foods on the market, a universal test is unlikely to be developed. Greenpeace Canada has responded to the labeling issue by publishing a guide titled "How to Avoid Genetically EngtneeredFoods" on theirx'eb site, xxq~x~.greenpeace.ca. This guide distinguishes between foods that are likely to contain GMOs and those made by companies who have committed to avoiding or eliminating GMOs. Although there is no evidence that the GMOs currentlyon the market are harmful, this debate comes down to choice.The current system force-feeds consumers GMOs by depril-ingthem of information.
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UW swimmer set to represent country Mains qualifies for Pan American games Rick Theis SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
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Can you name Waterloo's Male Athlete of the Year? Don't feel bad if vou couldn't. Chances are most students would not recognize this man if he passed by them on campus, but as Matt Mains is getting ready to represent his sport and his country in the Pan American Games in August, one might want to take notice of this up-and-coming star, if for no other reason then to be able to say you knew him when. I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mains recently, and he was kind enough to share with me some musings about life as a student and competitive swimmer for the University of Waterloo. Meeting with Mains face to face, one is struck not by any noticeable pretension or swagger,but of shyness and areserved disposition,withmaybe just a subtle hint of determination. Mains recentlyqukfied for the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, by finishing third in the 200m breaststroke during trials in Victoria B.C with a time of 2: 16:15. The upcoming competition represents not only Mains' f ~ scompetition t against athletes from countries outside North America,but also his first trip overseas. One would think this to be quite a lot for a young man who also moonlights as a full-time math co-op student, but Mains seems to be taking it
in stride. He acknowledgedthat there is certainlygoingto be anintimidation factor he will face entering h s races, which run from August 11-17. But thatin factwill serve as part of his motivational preparation: the chance to test himself against thebest swimmers the other participatingnations have to offer, and then assessing where he needs to improve. This was an important.theme for Matt, as he spoke about his career: the ability to see where he is, and then evaluate what he needs to do to get where he wants to go. According to University of Waterloo swim team coach,BrianCartlidge, "Matt's dedtcarion is very, very positive", and "he always strives to get the most out of every workout, with a high degree of quality effort." It certainly has not been an easy process. The demands of a fullcourse load, the rigors of moving back and forth between co-op jobs in alternating semesters is usually more than enough for the average student to handle. Add to this aregular schedule that begins at 5 1 5 a.m., ends when preparation for class is finished, and includes at least four hours in the water, and one has the resume of a Navy SEAL,not aundergraduate student. Nevertheless,Mains does not complain about the constraints this timetable places on his personal life, but rather praises what the experiencehas provided him. Rather than reflect on the medals and awards he has won, he
pays much higher esteem to the chance he has had to associatewith such ahigh calibre of teammates ontheU W team (who he is very quick to point out provided hun with a continued source of strength, motivation, and teaching). Tied to thisis the excellent coaching he continuously receives from coach Cartlidge and others at the national training centre, and the endless support of his family. This selflessness has become par for the course with Mains. As he prepares to take the next step in an already overwhelmingly successful swimming career (and quite possibly an Olympic berth in the not so distant future), Mains' focus remains not on futureglory. ath her heis always eyeing the opportunity to use his experience to help others to maximize their potential, be it in the pool or in the classroom (he willbe a math T.A. next term to boot). It is safe to say that no matterwhat happens in August, what Mains has gained far supercedes any medabthat can be bestowed to him. The "Mains experience," while he himself would hate the &stinction, is a metaphor for W d e a l mil-ersityexperience: to learn, to grow as a person and to take what you have learned and use it to benefit those around ~ 7 0 ~ . Whether Mains swimming career comprises ofjust one more lap, or one hundred thousand, there can be no doubt that he has embraced this as his legacy. This university can hold its collective heads high to count him as one of its own.
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Matt Mains holds up the medals he won at the Canadian interuniversity sports championships earlier this year. This month Mains qualified for the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic which will take place in August.
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Words can't do justice to the tragedy of Roman Lyashenko's sudden passing on the morning of July 6. Fate was cruel to Lyashenko, a 24-year-old New York Ranger, who left the world sorrowfully from a hotel room in Turkey. We do not know the inexplicable circumstances of his passing but reports indicate it was a suicide. No matter the state of his last hours, Roman Lyashenko was an admirable man. Lyashenko had an accomplished career at the young age of 24 and his achievements on the ice spoke highly of who he was. He was a winner and a proven playoff performer. Lyashenko was the captain of the Russian under-20 team that
won the 1999 World Junior Championships. He won the Russlan League Championship with Torpedo Yaroslavl in 1999. He won a silver medal in the 2002 World Championships and won another silver medal at the 1998 World Juniors. In the NHL, Lyashenko had his greatest moments with the Dallas Stars in the 2000 playoffs. Lyashenko scored the gamewinning goal in game seven of the Western Conference finals against Colorado. In the same playoffs, Lyashenko may have scored his best goal on April 12,2000, when he intercepted an Igor Ulanov clearing attempt in the slot and shot it over a sprawling Tommy Salo in the third penod to beat the Edmonton Ollers 2-1 in game one of the first round. After the game one victory over the Oilers, the Stars' coach, Ken Hitchcock, praised Lyashenko's performance: "He's been a big-game player. That's why I wanted him out there. Lyashenko is a competitor. He's an excellentdefensive player whose
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Lyashenko had a short but memorable career in the NHL. offensive skills have improved as the season has gone along." Refreshingly, the hero of the day was humble in his words as Lyashenko merely said, "My teammates worked hard for that goal. I just put my stick on the ice and shot it into the net." Unfortunately, Lyashenko would
play his last full season in the NHL in 2000-2001. Lyashenko was a centre but the Stars were overloaded with star centres in Modano, Turgeon, and Nieuwendyk. The Stars traded Lyashenko to the Rangers in 2002 but the Rangers were also overloaded at the centre position with
Nedved, Holik, and Messier. Lyashenko would spend his final season in the AHL with the Rangers' farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack. He recorded a solid 71GP-23G-35A-58PTS andwas second best on his team with a +25 rating. Sadly, his last game ended with a loss in a playoff qualifier series on April 11. With his team facing elimination and down 3-0 in the game, Lyashenko scored late in the second period to give his team hope. Lyashenko's line produced another goal in the middle of the third period. He was + 2 in a 3-2 loss. Upon news of Lyashenko's death, the Rangers' president, Glen Sather, issued a statement that said, "Roman was a quahty individual who had a positive impact on everyone he touched, both on and off the ice." While Lyashenko was not an offensively gifted player, he made it up with an abundance of smarts, reliability,and character. The world mourns the loss of a good man.
FRIDAY, JULY 11,2003
Athleticism and theatrics combine to entertain World Wrestling Empire a One of a hnd show Heramb Ramachandran
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viewer may notice complete evolutions and or transformations of acharacter. They may change from a "heel" (bad guy) to a noble warrior. But
flying. He uses his "hurra-senses" to summon power from the audence. There are so many more characters to namebutI'fileavethatforrny PhD dissertation. Still with characters, a seasoyd wrestling
ters and fancy charades are all tine and dandy but people paid to a see good old-fashion fake whoopin'! You see, after 20 minutes of beats, a wrestler positions his or her opponent to deliver the final deathblow. This blow usually sucks all
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As sweat glistens from two gladiators' chiselled manhood, arush of adrenaline engulfs the audience like a big-ass tsunami. They urge on the combatants in the ring to tear each others nuts off. Wrestling is cool. The World Wrestling Empire (LWT'E) is the pinnacle of sports entertainment. Itwas once called the WWF but people at the World Wildlife Fund got pissed. It turns out good Samaritans would send aTinceMcblahon money to save koalas by mistake. Oh yeah,ITince hlchIahonis the billionaire owner and operator of the \X\XrE. After buying out World Championship Wrestling, Ted Turner's foray into the wrestling world, \WVE is the biggest show in town. Heck, \XIYE shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange for $10. It's freakingcorporate. First off, the \VXE is sports entertainment. hlcnfahon admits the actual wrestling is fake. However, it takes tremendous athleticism to make some of those manoeuvres lookauthentic. Many of the wres tlers have athletic backgrounds. A d Goldbergwas a former AtlantaFalcon,Brock Lesnarwas anNCAAwrestler, RoseyandJamal were former hotdog eating champions, and so on. Ultimate1~-,the entertainment side ofwrestling takes over. The characters and story lines nmke wrestling a one of a kind show. (.hRaw (a weekly WWE show) three weeks ago, Eric Bischoff the general manager, organized an ambush on some 80 year-old former
the power out of the opponent and renders -them motionless for the three count. However, in some cases where the wrestler exhibits super human strength, he or she may have one point left in their power scale.The three-count is averted and the pinned wrestler ends up winning in a courageous manner. If it's a heel, shenanigans are employed to achievevictoq. Such shenanigansinclude beating the good guy's ass with a chair or plastic sledgehammer; throwing salt in the opponents eye thus acheving the advantage of sight; or my personal favourite, the 'get 50 ofyour buddes to beat the dude up when the referee isn'twatchg' strategy. However, some of these wrestling moves when administeredimproperly may lead to injuries. Stone Cold Steve Austinispracticallyretired from competition due to a pile driver done wrong that messed up his neck. W theseinjuries make the longehlty of HulkHogan and Rick Flair truly mind-boggling. Flair is 54 andHoganis 49. And rumour has it that Macho Man Randy Savageisgonnamake a comeback and challenge Hogan for the geriatric title belt. Ohhhh yeahhhhh! A11 in all, charismatic athletes pummel one another with carefully scripted manoeuvres to the delight of thousands. The KWEis pushing the lunitwith thrihngpayperviews,violence up the kazoo, and lots of sex appeal. O h yeah, the chicks in the \XT'E are rather plcasing to the eye. They go through more plastic surgery than Humpty Dumpty. U.atch wrestling. It cleanses the mind.
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Sunday, July 13,2003 Doon Heritage crossroads, 10 Huron Rd. Kitchener, is having a day of hands on fun. Families can join the villagers in making crafts and doing activities that were popular 100 years ago. Activities begin at 10:OO a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. For info contact Wendy Connell at (519) 748-1914. Friday, August 8, 2003 The 58th Fergus Scottish Festival is one of Ontario's finest weekend Festivals for everyone to enjoy. Join us August 8, 9 and 10 at the Fergus Community Centre, 550 Belsyde Ave., E., Fergus, ON. For infoitickets contact Dorothy at 519787-0099 or visit the web site at:
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