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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO STUDENT NEWSPAPER

FEBRUARY 4, 2005

VOL 27, NO 25

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Warriors stretch unbeaten streak to 11 Rod McLachlan

extendedWaterloo's~streakto

whistledwhenhelevelledaLancerwinger away from the play.

With the Warriors being hemmed in their own zone on the four-on-four because a Warrior defender had broken his stick, Sean Roche corralled the puck and sentit up ice where a streakingDoug Spooner was able to grab it, split Windsor's defence and then fireitthrough the legs of the Lancers' goalie Jay Ewasiuk.

The goal came at 15:35.

With just over aminute and ahalfleft in the period, first-year defenceman Dustin Bauer sent a cross-ice pass to Kevin Hurley, whowas gunning for the net. After a beautiful move, Hurleywas leftwithawide-opennettofirehomethe

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With only five regular season games remainingfortheWate.rloomen'shockey team, the racefor the first-round playoff bye, which is awarded to the far west division's first-place team, just got a lot tighter between the top contenders.

This past weekend the Warriors grabbed three out of a possible four points in a home-and-home doubleheader with the Windsor Lancers by beating them 3-2in overtime onJanuary 28 and tying them 4-4 on UW home ice on January 30. The win and. tic! also,'

t 1 games.

Complicating matters, divisional rivals the Western Mustangs and the Lakehead Thunderwolves played each otheras wellinadouble-head.erwith the M't-plaee ~iu~tangs lx.-ing swept by Lakehead

After \Vmdsor stonned back with two power play goals in the second, nothing could be decided .iri the third. . period. so it "'as off to overtime. .

Just41 seconds intooverti~e, Bauer

\1\sil~~~~~~pomt¥:" rates the Warriors (24 points),Mustangs (25) and T -wolves (24) in the standings. ~~~s also happen to be the top three in the OUA with the exception of UQTR, which has 26 points.

However, the story of the weekend was how Waterloo allowed the Lancers back into both games after taking a 2-0 leadin the first match and a 4-0 lead in the second In the first game at Windsor, the Warriors gotoffto a quick start. Despite the fact that the Lancers dominated play throughout the first period, Waterloo was able to walk away from the first period with a two-goal lead.

UW's firstgoal came during a span of four-on-fourplaywhich came aboutafter both Windsor's Ryan Bresden and Waterloo's Jim White were called for interference.Thefonnenllassenttothe boxafteranopen-icehitonan unsuspectingMikeDellaMora, while thelatterwas

native :Matt Levicki, who miraculously

wired a rising shot over Ewasiuk's shoulderwhile fallingto the ice. Thegoallifted the Warriors over the Lancers, 3-2.

In Sunday afternoon's game, it was much ofthe same: the W'arriorsleaptout of the gate, going up 4-0 on goals by White, Shawn Germain, Roche and rookie winger Frank Fazio.

Meanwhile, Windsor countered to knot the score at four apiece with four second-period goals. Overtime failed to settle anything.

Y esterday, February3, sawthe Warriors travel to York University to play the Ilons (8-5-4-1) in a rare Thursday night game againstthe midwest division's firstplace team. The game's final score was unavailable at press time.

-withJilesfrolll UW IIlen ~ hockry team rmclachlan@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

GLEN BARTLEY

UW goaltender Curtis Darling stopped 65 shots in a home-and-home series with the Windsor Lancers last weekend. Darling, who tops the QUA with a 2.04 goals-against average and a .930save percentage, has led the Warriors in their current 11-game unbeaten streak.

Witnessing firsthand the devastation of the tsunami Suresh Sriskandarajah SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Before Boxing Day, I was scheduled to go on a foreign aid mission in northeastern Sri Lanka along with a group of students from all over the world. The group included 11 U\,{' students and was set to be in Mullaitivu, one of the regions most affected by the tsunami. However, our plans were postponed at the last minute due to heavy rain experienced in the area the night before.

Immediately afterwe learned about the tsunami; we all "wanted to do as

much as we could to help. A few of us were able to reach the affected regions "vith money and supplies shortly after the first wave hit. It was an unbearable scene to see truckloads of human bodies being carried out. Survivors were placed in schools which were used as refugee camps. In these camps, we saw hundreds of children who had lost their parents as well as paren~ who ~ad lost their children.

The day after, our entire group split up to work with the various refugee camps. We were able to purchase a few items ,,"ith the money we had, including food and clothing for children.

Other than that, all we were able to terms of media, there were no fordo was to comfort the survivors by eign media present in the northeast visiting the classrooms and assuring for the first few days after the tsuthem that the international commu- nami. Even after the first couple of nitywould come to help in their time days, there were only a handful of of need. media agencies that had come to the During my time there, I saw very region. At this point, I started worklittle help being provided to those ing with the foreign media which in need. The only organization were coming in. I spoke about my present was Tamils Rehabilitation experience and offered to guide them Organisation% which was looking through the affected regions. Even after the displaced peopJe in the the media that came, however, comrefugee ca~ps. I also saw many pletely missed out on the initial afmembers of Liberation Tigers of termath of the tsunami.

Tamil Eelam assisting with clearThe lack of aid in the northeast ing bodies in the Muilaitivu·area. In" . botheredmeto 11 great extent: I- did 0 '

not see much coming from outside during the two weeks I was there.

The aid received from other countries and international non-governmental organizations was being redirected to other regions by the government of Sri Lanka due to the political tension with the Tamil people in the northeast. Regions of the country conflict-free and controlled by the government received ample aid due to media coverage as well as reporting by the government.

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WhatSUpep IowIlradil. UP rituals do you have?

"Gettin' shit-faced."

Jared McCormick and Tyler Tennant 38 arts and 3A science and business

"My tradition is not to watch it. I live with my boyfriend so if I want to watch TV, it is on."

Devon Brooks 38 health studies

1. Mad cow disease 4. Voyagers' currency 9. College girls 14. Grassy beard 15. Start at square one 16. A means of serving 17. EMS operator 19. Belinda Stronach's parachute 20. Promotional endorsement 21. Knockoff 23. Supporting limb 24. Sneaks away 26. Sprinklewater 28. Holy books absent from Torah 32. All dressed, ready for bed 35. Eye ipfections 36. Top of the field 37. Tantalize 40. A very long time 41. Give it all up 44. Enclosed passageway 47. Like Knox Church in Waterloo 50. British, Canadian and Japanese naval forces 51. Tailor 55. Singular of 10 Down 57. Follows the beginning 58. Like the F ASStastics, tonight!

59. Robin's friend Tuck 61. Equality of measure or dimensions 65. Manages without help 66. Relating to a forearm bone

67. AlexanperKeith's, e.g.

68. Tall, blonde Scandinavian 69. Groovy spy Powers 70. Short teddy bear Down

1. Aggressive remarks 2. Hypothetical conjugation of being uncomfortably hot

3. Result 4. Necessary fotany solution 5. Even shortened 6. Bearles' song inspiration?

7. Green~s protector 8. Removes one's clothes 9. Prominent on the SLC ceiling ,

"I tape the half-time show so I can watch it in slow-mo if there are any slippages."

Jim lindros

38 legal studies and criminology, and 38 English

"There is always a big plate of nachos and a big pot of chili."

Irfan Hassan

3A health studies

28 math and business

"I don't usually watch it. I'd watch it if boobs fell out every year."

Nathan Warden 28 kinesiology .

"I hang out with friends and watch the half-time show."

Julie Vandenelsen 28 biology

sighted " 12. Jia'!."c suppt:r 1.3. Mine tailings 18. Hindi vital energy of the universe 22. Garfield or Bucky 25. Top-notch cops 26. Succeeds with the "come hither" look 27. Standard time

"Putting on our own halftime show - naked."

Sarah Casey and Nikki Gall

"During the half-time show we go out and play football in Waterloo Park."

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30. Firebug emperor 31. Russian monarch 32. Insect feeler 33. Mapl~ genus 34. Keypropellantforthe 747 orA340 38. And not neither 39. The result of 6 Down 42. Grad students' organization 43. Front of a coin 45. Indiana and company 46. Slow and apathetic 48. Dark Chinese feminine principle 49. Tiresome class (CS 100, for instance) 52. Precious stone unit 53. F£ench novelist Zola 54. Belted along 55. How to tell you failed third grade 56. De,~eloped size 60. Combine with others 62. Deceptive 63. The loneliest number 64. Scar nmoogksoulis@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

1. "KILLER SENTENCED TO DIE FOR Tnvm IN 10 YEARS" DE CONS

5. "MAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING FA<;:ES CHARGE" BETYART

2. "BRITISH UNION FINDS _ _ IN SHORT SUPPLY" FAWRSD

6. "ENFIELDS COUPLE SLAIN; POLICE SUSPECT. " CIIDHOEM

3. "JUVENILE COURT TO TRY _ _ DEFENDANT" ONSHITOG

7. "PLOT TO KILL OFFICER HAD _ _ SIDE" SIOVUIC

4. "CHEFTHRO\"X'S HIS HEART INTO _ _ FEED NEEDY" LIPGHEN

8. "LACK OF BRAINS SEVERELY HINDERS " RCAREHSE

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"KICKING BABY _ _ TO BE HEALTHY"

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To kick off the regional One-Tonne Challenge, David Suzuki started \'V1th sharp criticismJaouuy 26. Hecri~.d theOTC,suggestingthatfecl-good Yo!utltar),pr;;}gt'Ans onlyworksowell, ''\V'e've had 15 yeats to watch fvoluntary complmCteJ fi:Ul. And now this government,tnt's lleUous,haddamn well better stUt gettUlg some legislation in place."

Suzuki teminisced briefly about his lto.'Vt v"isitin 1972 bcfote muslngaboutenYironinenralismina. padu:dSLC Great Hall. HiseveninglectU:rCf.illedthe Tbeatl'coftheAttsas wellns thteeoverfio\vrooms.

AftcN.'lU:ds, Suzuki signe(.l books and filet with ,'uI'Porters in the l\1.odem Languages lobby. He by various groups including UWSP and theU\V Ur)okstol:C. L!,!};' did not escape criticism either, ''1 'IVllR shockeclwnen lcamehereand saw-anofthe studeut parking .lots. \"X'hat the hen are students doing in cats?''' Suzuki suggested that better options like cycling, walking OJ: public i:1"aru>it should be more convenient than cats on campus.

Suzuki's main dJeme W'aS that society needs a

bettet connection to the world around it Il'lte:IWntleCtivity means that people are easier to sarisiYrather than when they try to buy happiness, "\'V'e're all caughtup \vith this idea that I've got to \vork longer, harderin ordertornake mont.1' toget ~ill thl$ stuff. Nobody's asking, 'Am I happier because I '\'e got all this stuff?' 1 think it demand."

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Doctor David Suzuki speaks his mind at the Theatre of the Arts. movement. He suggested that groups like the Gt'eenPru:tyneed to btoaden thcirgool'l toindude fighting pO'Y"ertf and vlond hunget .in order to successfully protect the f'..!'l\>1ronment. «Someone st'al'Vingisnotgoingtocheck theendanget:ed species lisi:befuretheyeat. They'vegotbiggerpriorltiesthan the environment. .Htl.man rights and social issues are ,11:thecentreofthet:nvironmenl::al.rrtQvt;!'!hlnt."

Suzuki:sstarkestmf:.'Ssagefuvolvedtheton<;;ept

ways," said Suzuki. He claimed that Canada could be a fully sustainable country by 2030 pro,1<1ed it followed pl'opetgoalsimm.edlatcly. HedtedEw:opean count!ies as exarnpk"ll furr.anada to follow.

Fox all the change needed,. e11"ironmentaUstS cannotiN'earthetmcltresout.Su:tUki>l'arUed,"En":ttonme~iists ba\''l!gQtrohe1ifers butatthesame time it has tu be sustainableact:ivism. You can'tgo full.-blastanrlburo out. You maed tolllke titneaoo .

accesSible fossi1fuds\villhave been discovered,atrer which oil supplies V;r111 :rnp.idly deplete. The postpeak ;:JiI world willsee suburbs, commuting, large houses andlongdistat¥:e food transpottbccOl:ning impossibl:yexpensive. "SO:tneexperts belli.."vc(hbat ''''to badhitpeakol1.in2004. Otherssaid. 'No,YOli're crazy, we'll hltit in 2006 or 2007: It's undeniable, it'sftere. lne good oews is thatthereareah:e:r.t:mtives.

The badis lhat\v'tO stlllstick to our ruts and otltoid

For his own inspit'"<ltion, Suzul>i shanxI a favourite mantra, "You can achieve anything y'Ou \V<Ult as long ft." rou don't care "\'f;'ho gets credit:' Humble liJ1l(1 unpn.>teru:1ou:;, David Suzuki received Iouu O",~tlon.'i both at the end of the fotum in the SLC and after hi'i lecture in :ML

a l'e'assessment ofwhat oureate varues are."

Heacktt(J\Vlcdgedthatadul.tsarevet}'setpeopie, whlchiswhatfunitschange. "Thew'aythatweJeam to se.e the\\"Orldis the way that\vewill tteatitwhen we grow up. "Chmgestaltswith teachingd:rikh-en, and "The·easiestanih'nosteffect:ive way to do tJ:mt is rogerclilldrenoutimo the\vildem.ess. Therneed to St."e theit genetic connection to theworid~» Suzukisaid that the environmental roovement faces tIle 11Sk ofbci11g pidgeonholed as a narrow

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architecture graduate gets grand respect tern in an architectural finn of international stature.

Tayn:lOote Balbaa, a UW architectute grad, confu1-e'i up the spirit of architecture as both It matetial reality and as all intensely social practice

with an emphasis on humanitarian causes. His hea:ttfelt comnutrnent and craftsmanship were recognized as he was recentlyawatded th4':$34,OOO Prix de Rome in ArchiteL'1llte for Emerging Practitioners by the Canada Council ofthe Atts.

This prize is awarded to a recent graduate of one of Canada's 10 accredited schools ofarchitccture who demonstrates exceptional potentiaL The winner is give!l an oppo.rtunity to visit i'ematkable buildings across the world and in-

Ovet the nextyeat, Ualbaa willinvestlgate the legacy ofEgypclma1:chitect Hassan Fath)", tecipi.. etlt of numeto1cls international awards for his \\;ork on affo:tclable building materials and tech-· nologies, his respect of popular building and dwdlingmodesandhis~dvocacyofsustainable

development. Balbaa 'will also visit .importatlt examples of Moorish towns and buildings in SpMn as well as mote recent works thatrlisplay a similar mergingofmodernism and regionalisrn, sucnjl..'l the work ofAntoni Gaudi,josep Antoni Coderch, Entique Mital1es and Catlos Fenlltel'.

He will do an internship in the Spanish office of Fernando Martin Mmis {JfAMP Arquitectos, a firm that has expanded the exprL'Ssive titnits of one of the world's most widely accessible and least creatively employed building materials: poured concrete, Balbaa comes from a family ofengineers and his love ofarchitecture is the nilinixhltl0n ofthe love of arts and buildings that are l! of personal expression, Hi;; inspitation was fostered by professors who encouragt::d him throuh,hout his undert,"Tfad years and by rok m(;deis like Frank LioydWright.

Balbaa believes tliat architecture should ab~ sorb cultures and reflect them in its design -- a

global contribution while being locally sensi.tive to materials and techniques. Upon being asked his opinion on the state of a:rchitectute in the modern age, he replk-d thatdue to high depend-

ence on economic factots and short deadlines, designs ate suffering. He emphasizes thatarchlteets should also be propont.'11ts of social. change as well as being contributors to buildings arts.!

A teache.r at No.t'Quest('..oUegein Edmonton has launched a 3O-day :ill-McDonald's diet. 'fbi!, protraWy sounds fmniliar to n105t moviegQel'S,butLesSaYCXSlrid he will. bc {:onducting his e.xperitl1entina <.Iiffi;:renrw'll.ythll.u seen in the 2fJO.l bit documentary Mtr. Fol' one thing, Sayer ",111 be exercising and takingmultiviwnlns tlle whole tinl.e;itis his hypothesis th.athe caniose "\.vcightand.impi:Ove his gene:ralhealthL,,\'e!l';,vhen sul*ctedtoan all~fast ..fooJ.diet. SaYL'l:added that he \\-lllinco1po!ate rile entire McDonald's menu and patrakein three full mea'lsa day and he will tnoniwdus ht.-a.lth to determine the success onus experiment, "[l\ly students] are really gung-ho aboutit I think they're more 1ntC!t-"Sterl in \\ 'atching their teacher eat himsdf to death," he said.

Canada ABritish Columblli.tna1lwho had beell~~ victedforindecency aftettnasturbatingneu a window jn hi$ own home was viru:licatedl'lSt unanimously ruled that while itwas inappropriate forDaryiC1lu:ktocommi.ttneact"nearanullcovered \'\.>indow ·visible to ne.ghbours," the action \\'asperfotmedinaptiwteplaceancltherewasno intention of offence. C:lark had served a fourmonth sentence resulting from d,C complainrs of an unidentified neighbour, ",110 claimed that on the nightin question she WilS shocked to seeCiark masturbating ftom 90 to 150 feet away. RL"P0n.· edly,sheandhcrhusbandobservedhimforl0to 15 minutes using binoculats and a telescope be-

fore callingthepolice..,1.nyoi1eseen RearWtndtm'?

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ProstitutesintheredHghtdistrictofAntwerp, Belgium have eOtnplained that the new lights changing public and political perceptions, , I t's no llutprisc that Balbaa is celebrated by along the vlatcrftollt ate scaring <>ff potential his colleagues as a «thoroughly humanistic at-- customers. The edge of the port city is the only chitect," Prof. Rick Haldenby, direct(}t of the placewhcte hnokC1"S are tolerated t.'!lOllgh to seck school of architecture, commented that "the Out clients, but the lightS that were installed last inspiration ofTayrrlDore>s work lies in its dedi- Decernberarc too bright togj.vecouples thcpriv-acy cation to social justice and activillm." He also . they need for their husiness transactions to take notes that throughout his cateer in the school place. ,'intw electric system \\,hicb dims the lights du.ring sex-,vorker hours is in the works. ofarchitecture, Balbaa had championed the role ofarchitecmte.insod.alissues, looking notatthe Asenatorin Oklahoma is trying to revive the latest tashiol1s in form m: technology, but lit the hu..'11an right basi,: shelte1 and ade<juate hous~ sport ofcockfighting- sott of. Cockfighting ing, I n he once sat on a p}l!1cl \1'i.lh \vorkl... --\vhichcol1sistsofroos1.ets slashin.geach other famous a.n::hitect Daniel I Jbeskind and chalon the outcome --- was deemed too crud and lenged him on his architecture of [om-lai (~X­ travagam:e in of the huge disparities in hanned in Okilthomaln2(!02. ButSenatot Frank basic living conditions, Prof. Haldenby stresses Shurdl:.'11 says tha.t the ban has cxippled it the thatBalbaahf;.<;alwaYil heendel1.rand.finnln his millkm business, 80 he proposes St)(')rt !Jilek with the rooster;: u:>ing boxW..p; gloves and tiny lightweip;ht vests conftguredwith Balh'l3. also has some advice for aspiring sensors that\cv'(mldrec()J."d,l.-.itsmd keep score. The archltectswhowouldliketoapplyforfhcaward: presidt.'flt of the Oldahom.n Coalition Against "I ;,,vould sirnply su~'<..~t l.studentsJ be verr Cockfighting\vai'ned thatthi..~ is the senator's way explicit aboutwhllt motivates them in a:rd1itecohmdoi!lg the hm. '1'he State Senatewill cOt1."idet turt: 1100 design, Obviously there is no poL'1t in Shurdcn's PJX>}X)sa! next month, although by applyingnniess one hasarecortl of accomplish",.onsicicr the proposal," I'm;;ul.'e th<.~yn:>illlymean tl1Cn!, but once the jury is looking at 10 suhmis' sions, an from excellent young architects, it is "11tare at with mouth-gaping dishdief." bID for the one that makes the dearest mstratford@lmprint.uwatcrloo.ca stateJnent on motivation an.d ambidm1,"

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Just when you thought a was lost ...

My post-Suzuki inspirations also saw me looking at the wide open North Campus, soon to be filled with high-tech companies, and wondering how much it\vould cost to ask that all new buildings to be certified green and somewhat sustainable.

Prices and matetialshave changed so The past fe,,, days haye.been days of much that anything is possible. Solar, contrast for me. Rolling around in wind, passive heat anything goes. the back of my mind was something ,'\nd then there are green roofs. that David Suzuki said when he \\'a5 These rooftop garden;; insulate buildon campus last week·-· "\'{'hen we ings from above (much like a winter lose, "'IT lose forever, but when we roCItiC) , reduce theileat that normally win, we have to keep fighting the tarred roofs project into its surround· SatHe battles O\'C1' and over." You can ing area, and proyick habitats amidst cut an old-growth foresto! raze seas of concrete. l'veoften stared down signltican t building once from the Dana Porter Librarv at the all \"(lU have is a parking lot. biology buildings and won~lered in Tulsa or Mississ?uga. about all that flat space. that cheerful thought, I But I'm a dreamer-· .. others get turned my attention to the Saturday things done. Like Darcy I Ii&~ins and (;/Ob" {mri },[ail \vith its features on Christina McAllister, presenting their Auschwitz, carbon dioxide spewing thoughts during a seminar on conairp lanes arid, verting thc ES generally speak. buildings in to Everytime a car ing, the various sustainable buildother ills of the ings.

Or the Green passed, I would world. For some Building Lecture catch myself light reading, I Series (sponsored then turned to by \X'PIRG), the holding my breath the November UWSP Green 2003 National Building Group, Geo,gnlpbictor a delightful story about and theA/lrma/ireJ journal \vhich are ~---------'-~----

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n tetoD ctor How to discern facts from personal beliefs

After attending the student symposium \\,lth David Suzuki last \X'cdnesday, 1 <lecided to do 1:\vo things: not to attend thepubhc speech he was to give the same night and to \1,'rite a cummunity editorial for I was shocked that as a man possessing such depth of into various issues, Dr. Suzuki would be willing to make oycrtlr generalizing statements aboutotheti~sues that h" knows little about. As a result, many misconceptions are bound to precipitate among the people who attended the symposium.. Let me try to clear some of these.

To quote Dr. Suzuki: "Sc/mitsts are /lOll' flyil(1!, fl) locate the !s(!y' gme.

U:'battl'tr the nell)/ad iii socie£l') scimiiJ/s try to it ~y NSf 1 do lIot be/iel'e fhere is a :g,~y' c>!,efJ('. "

As a scientist, Dr. Suzuki should not be making generalizations about the origin

ofelect1:onic sm·~·

need not be shared with an iriflttetlced atftiieJltI,vjt'oters, such as the one present at the symposium last Wednesday.

On the other hand, as a B.Sc. stu· dent concurrently minoring in economics, I take issue with another misstatement by Dr. Suzuki: ':1'<;(0Ilomits is i/ot (t scimce. ECOIlOlllic:, iJ a/orm "\X'mv! Now tl1is is a topic that 1 do know a little bit about.

True, economics tells us that con-· tinuous economic growth of a coun-· try is to a large degree dependem on the population growth of that coun .. try. Human population grml.'th on our planet is certainly detrimental to the C.1wironment. It must be stopped. it should be noted that economics, as wch, docs not go\'ern that the hwnan population keeps increasing. The most common surroga te used to measure the economic growth of a country is the annual percentage growth in gross domestic product (GOP). Apart from the rise in population, there are other,11iorc t7IIJU'IfUl!!! sources of GDP growth, which were not mentioned by Dr. Suzuki. These include lower unemployment and higher productivity of each worker. The importance of such alternative sources of GD P growth is between 1996 and th.: Canadian real GDP (adjusted for price inJ1a··

the human population should keep increasing.

Although Dr. Suzuki rightly im .. plied that the wen being of the environmentis contingent upon the well being of people around the world (i.e. higher standards of living), he failed to recognize that thewdl being of people is contingent upon economic principles.

To get to the bottom of the issne, we should note that economics is htde more than the study ofhwnal1 inreracriolls or transactions. Based on hypothesis resting of large samples of collected empirical da ta, eco· nomics is certainiy a J'tieIJ"(f. Further.. rnore, economics is not ern econornics is most concerned ,\'ilh human competition and allocation of scarce resources. I'hb intimately links the science of ceo .. nomics to rhat of human behav-· low'a! humans are another anilna! species on Earth, with t\"O things that set us apart: we are on the yery top of the food chain and we ha'lre the brain capacity to make conscious decisions about our future. Economics allows us to determine the most efficient \vay of doing so. For instance, the "One,· Tonne Challenge," discussed by Dr. Suzuki, is essentiaHy promoting that Canadians be more with sea ree energy n;source~~ '\vhich in turn bCHc:firs the

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tioned came to my mind: we are all imbedded in the same air. \X'ithin minutes that the person across the room exhales, that same air enters Everytimeacarpassed, I would catch myself holding lIlT breath.

However, Suzuki inspired me to think about little ways to save the ,vorld. As he said, "The only way we can hring about change is to show that we're caring enough and then the politicians will come on board." Every little bit helps move towards the tipping point, which is \vhy Saturday afternoon sa\v me in Home Hard .. ware huying fluorescent bulbs.

things like the new carpet in one of the Systems Design engineering classrooms. It was chosen because i1 lXlet strict European elwironmental and workplace guidelines. The Systems department is hoping to retrofit other classrooms the same way as they come up for renovations. NO\v wouldn't it be nice if that became U\\'-wide policy?

This is our world and one step at a time we move fot'\vard. Once we hit the brick \v?Jl, we're in for some sur . prises. Luckily, some among us are already applying the brakes, one lever at a time. nmoogksoulis@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Universal Bus Pass

The Feds were first contacted by Grand River Transit ten ycars ago on implememing a Uniycrsal Bus Pass, hut since then the two sides seem to have fallen into a stalemate. Today, CRT has partnered with Wilfrid Laurier University.

On February 3, 20()S,Laurier held a referendum on their L niversal Bus Pass one-year pilot project. If the majority otvotes say yes to the project, Laurier students will pay :$39.50 through mirioll for the full terrn.

statements regarding such controversial matters without the use of evidence, whether scientific or merely anecdotal. Why? \X'dl, it seems that homosexuality is an issue controversial enough that national governing and opposition parties in virtually all influential countries on the planet are divided on it. The U.S. election last November mqy have been decided on it. Need f say more? Not being homosexual and having limited knowl edge of the issues itwolved, I choose not to make any "corrective statements" to Dr. Suzuki's claims. Rather, I will say that such statements would be uneducated personal beliefs, which

"only" 4 per cem (according to Census Canada).

Furthermore, let us look at the most comnion!y used economic marker forstandmd ojlil'ing, \vhich is GDP per capita. GDP per capita increases with the rise in produclivity of a nation, holding the population cons&nt. In a year where the population rose, but each worker produced the same amount as last year, the GDP growth is positive, but the GDP per capita will be stagnate at last year's levels. Therefore, eco11()mics teUs us that to achieve a higher standard of living, each ofus needs to work h;u'det (not necessarily more) and !lot that

do we want it or not?

This price is rnuch less expensive than the current student discount of$139 for three months.

Revenue generated for the GRT from the passes will be used to increase sen'ice by 800 hours in negoriation with Laurier. By directly funding the GRT, students \vi11 become important stakeholders in the improvement of the system.

Good things aside, the bus pass is to be non-refundable, which is one of the more contentious issues for U\,{:.

Fueling the opposition against amandator), fee is that not only are all U\\' . firs l year studenrs guaranteed on-call1' pus housing, but 60 per cent of undergraduates are in the co·op system.

SOl~e argue thalif8 bus pass is implemented in l'\V, frosh, students who li\-e "'''1thin walking distance to school,

and co-op students who are out of town \v(mld be subsidizing tta\"elling costs for other students.

Currently there is verr little action between our school and CRT. It could be because our Feds president, Becky \Vroe, has other more important things on her to··do list, namely, lobbying for the revocation of the 75 metre bylaw. The hyla\v has created a situation where housing prices (for units close to campus) do not correlate with the quality ofliving.

Saba Rizvi, an experienced residence don and Turnkey 6'llfl! comments that '\t uni\'(~rsal bus pass can bur,t the university bubble for many first \'ear students. It \'.:ill also dimi.. natc th~e eBing to school much cheaper and easier for students."

The Director of Transportation Planning for the Region ofW'aterloo, Graham Vincent, agrees. Laurier's Uniyusa! Bus Pass package will include coupons to various shops along bus routes to give students incentive to get out~l11d be involved with the community. Increased hours also mean that buses run at later hours.

Many students think that there is an invisible barrier between U\'{J and GRT. Vincent says, "\\'e will be happy to cooperate \>;-:tth the of\Vater100 to negotiarea Uniyersal Bus Pass."

Result, to LaU1'iel~'s referendum~ will be This will be our chance to observe first hand a srudent governrnent acting on SOlnc-rhing rnat\"ijll have a-n effect {)n c\'er~­ student.

Hiflgman Leung

following t\VO groups: "tIll'iroll1llt'fJtt1iists" and 'h'OflO~ mi,ts." Borro\\/ing Dr. Suzuki's vocabulary, Tam convinced that "environmentaiists" need to communi~ cate more effectively with "ecoflo" mists," jf anything is to be accomplished \'lith regards to saving our elwironment. If we would rather dis .. cuss than in1plement, then "cn\1ronmentalists" afld "economists" might as well go their separate ways. If we want to make a change, co-operation and integration is necessary. "Econo-· mists" are crucial to the success of the "environmentalists. " Jan Tkac

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Recent ~romyn's Centre meetings have also focused on examining the relationship between women and the advertising industry.

Eating Disorder Awareness Week From February 7 to 11, Counselling Services,HealthServicesandtheWeIln.ess Cer.tre are hosting a 'Wellness and Health" event in the SLC to recognize EatingDisorderAwareness Week. The event consists ofdisplays, information, resources and a lecture on February 9.

Lunch hour workshops include ''EatingforEnetgy:FuelingBody,Mind and Spirit" at 12:30 p.m. on February 8 in SLC room 2134/2135.

Jillian Cohen to give lecture at UW UWInternationalHealthDevelopment.Association brings speakerJillian Clare Cohen, PhD to UW on Tuesday February 8,2005 from 11 :3Oa.m. to 1:30 p.m. in DC 1302. Cohen is the fitst speaker of a two-part series.she is the director of compatative program on healthandsocietyandfocusedherteachings on drugaccess issues for the global poor, compatative politics of international pharmaceutic3.1 policy and ethics and corruption in pharmaceutical systems.Accompanyingthelectureisa film directed by Toni Strasburgtided,Ptging the Price which circulates the issues of pharmaceuticalcornpaniesblock±nggeneric drugs and threatening the lives of millions of Africans with AIDS. This lecture is free to everyone.

The second lecture, on ~~ednesday March23,2005,bringsspeakerAnutita Bains to UW ~ocation TBA). She is the special assistant to Stephen Lewis, supporting him in his critical role as the United Nations Special Envoy on HIV/ AIDS. Anutitahas done much wotkin South Africa on many issues dealing with aid to millions ofAfricans. She is a Canadian joumalistand\vasalsonominatedtwicefornationalmagazineawatds.

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by WPIRG and Alternatives journal. first was the maximal reuse oforiginal Alanis an aerospace engineer who materials, while the second specified alS? attended the architecture proits 'use as a public building of Camgram here at UW. He spoke about the bridge and UW. Finally, the building need to make buildings that are more gave !he best views to the students. sustainable in terms of the materials Undergrad architecture students now they use, as well as the way they are spend their notorious 20 hour days designed and built. "The problem is , gazing over the majestic Grand River. not Dnly with environmental There are three lectures in the sesustainability," Alan noted. "We've ries focusing respectively on buildcreated habitats for ourselves that are ings and facilities, architecture and more deleterious to our health than engineering aspects of sustainable living outside would be." building. A final discussion about Technological and architectural asthe future of green buildings at the pects ofgreen buildings were spoken at University of Waterloo, specifically length about by Alan, includingwaste, the new pharmacy building to be ventilation and water systems, indoor built in Kitchener, is planned for the and outdoor environments, energy use end of the term. and building material selection.

The final lecture in the series will After the lecture, the crowd 'was be presented by Peter Halsall and treated to a guided tour of the new l\{ichael Pelto?, titled "Green Buildarchitecture facilities by faculty meming Design: Engineering and Busiber RickHaldenbywhere "green buildness Innovations" on Tuesday, Febing" principles incorporated into the ruary 8 at 5 p.m. at the Davis Centre, new campus were seen first hand. room 1302.

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You won't see it anf\vhere in print, to the best of my knowledge. \'{nat I have to say goes against the grain of common kno\\'ledge, wisdom and even human decency, (No, no, the "Position of the week," is on page 23 this issue)., You see, I'm going to advocate that some probl~ms are solved best by]e!lil1g atpeople. Really a!lgrily yelling at people.

Sound odd? Think that the halls of academia and standards ofprofessionalism may disagree? \'t;:'hatifI were to tell you that OSAP was on the receiving end of the yelling and that it worked? I thought that you'd feel better about that.

More than two rears have.passed since I collected a cent in student loans, yet my involvement with the seemingly benevolent government orifices involved in doling out student loans has become nothing shon of a waking nightmare.

In two years, the government's involvernentwith me has escalated from lost paperwork to lies, disappearing phone' calls, involyement of multiple

collection agencies andmtlltipleflubbed recallinvestigations. Currentiy,mycredit rating is now destroyed (lowest four per cent in Canada - woohoo!), over $t,200 in interest has been charged to me (accruingdaily!) and collection agents call me every daydemandingrepayment ofmy studentloans, pronto, (And yes, incase you missed my column tide,I am still a full-time student).

Proper channels having been exhaustedin my attempts atrectification; I tried to go "over people's heads," to little avaiL U\X' admins, ]\!PP Elizabeth \'{'itmer, even the Ombudsman of Ontario have offered me little help.

Backed against the wall, being the cornered animal thatI was, I didwhatI had to do: I yelled at people. A lot ofpeople.

And it \vorked.

Profanity from the very first sentence. None of this "taking no for an answer" crap. Good Canadian politeness? Out the window. I got somebody on the phone and yelled at him.

When he could not help, he'brought on somebody else and I yelled at her. It's been two years, people, thatI've put up with theitcrap. Itfeltgood. Finally, after about an hour ofrelendess persistence, I heard those magic words: "\'{Ie made a mistake."

Better yet, added in was an offer to fix it, all of it - the credit rating, the interest, the pay-us-now calls from collections agents. \'{nat politeness, proper channels and heading up the hierarchy could not fix - yelling did.

Along the way, I learned a few do's and don'ts of yelling at people. If OSAP is killing you like it almost did me, I recommend trying them out: Do make sure that you have the truth on your side. If you're about to get busted for parking illegally CArda), trying to yell your way out of your situation will likely just piss offa traffic cop, or worse.

Don't overdo.it. To a pissed off bureaucrat, hanging up the phone is the simple click of a button. If that happens, you're going nowhere.

Do keep it in perspectiye. Having your credit rating destroyed, like I did, is a good cause for you to lose your cool. Gettingshoned by $2.00 on your tax returns, maybe not so much.

Don't yell at someone you ever want to talk to again. Luckily, I never want to talk to OSAP again, ever.

However, you do l10twant to go into wo~k and let loose on a boss or coworker. I'll never meet Moh, Riaz or any ofthe people that I yelled at, but my co-workers I will see almost every day.

I>orememberthatsomeschmuck sitting in a government call centre is going to'be more worried about their hunger pangs than about your life being ruined - your troubles do not matter to them, unless you can (persistently and loudly) convince them otherwise. adilts@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Weiner's comments about clubs go against everything Feds stands for

Imprint welcomes rebuttaLr to the opinions expressed on its pages and this one (omes from Rick Theis, the Feds dubs director.

I am going to start this editorial off by saying some amiable words about IYfr.Philip Weiner: I think he had better intentions then those he managed to express in his Inrprintcommunity editorial "He can't speak Mandarin, buthe still wants to be your friend."

Thatbeing said, he certainlytookthe wrong route to get to that point.

Mr. Weiner sees aproblemwhenhe walks our campus in What he perceives

as cultural cliques - groups glued together along racially homogeneous boundaties,ratherthen thanatural bond of being students, being Canadian, or perhaps just the commonality ofyoung adulthood.

Why? Well Weiner's conjecture is that we have a mechanism built into Waterloo studentlife, our student clubs, Whi~existasamechanismof"encour颅

aging this racial segregation."

His instructions for reversing this harmful trend,is to "removetheseracebased clubs and focus on encouraging interest based clubs."

Sounds simple enough.

Tricky part about that is that you wouldhavetochewa bit ofthe fatoffof the Federation of Students Values and Vtsions;specifica1lythepartaboutwantinga "campus with diverse and numerable opportunities for pleasurable and meaningfullifeexperiences."

"Israel Apartheid Week"

Ab, universities-",-here free speech reigns free. \'\lthin reason of course.

An event at the University ofToronto has raised this issue once again.

As per usual, the debate cannot be complete without a couple of religious and human rights groups issuingpubliccondenanationsoftheevent.路 The event is called "Israel Apartheid Week," and is being put on by a campus group called the Arab Students' Collective. Should we be surprised that this is controversial?

Events in theweekwillinclude talks about subjects such as Palestinian political prisoners, labour apartheid in Israel and tlie "apartheid wall." The week ,will wrap up with discussion about the possibility of disinvesting

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more, I think I would miss things like Langar Day, run by the Sikh Students Association twice a year, at which students are offered free (and unbelievably good) food and a chance to leam about Sikh cult:ure. I would miss Jewish Student Association bagel brunches, the Chinese Student Association annual karaoke singing contest, the Muslim Students Association Bid dinner, the Partov Club and its Persian poetry sessionsandallsimilarevents puton byour cultural clubs every term.

All of which I should add are open forallstudentsandare gteatto attendbutonlyifyouwanttoleammoreabout the multi-ethnic, multi-faith diversities that are available right here on campus.

See, the problem Weiner, is that you have made dangerous and offensive' assumptions about many of our club members and you did so based solely on impression rather than in-

vestigation - that always has a way of coming back to bite you.

If you want to see what the students, all ofwhom dedicate countless hours to creating a pleasurable and meaningfullife, experience in their own free time, why not just showup atone of the events. I guarantee you will be welcomed (actually you rnightwant to wait just a bit for now).

If you want to learn how to cook Japanese, buy a cookbook. If you want to learn Flamenco dancing, take lessons. But please do not imply that cultural clubs have nothing to offer and are "detrimental to student life."

It's small minded, insulting and indicative ofthe fact that you have not bothered to approach any of these "packs" yourself to ask how you can join in with them.

Rick Theis

U of T rouses controversy

from Israel because of this belief that Israel as an apartheid state.

As Ahmad Shokr, an organizer of the event, noted: in the 1980s there was widespread international disinvestment from South Africa and there are several campuses in the U.S. that have preSsured th. . ~~l'o disinvest from Israel "Yery simply, we believe that Israel is a state that practices apartheid," Shokr said. Apartheid, he explained, consists of institutional forms of discrimination against a group of people based on their nationality or race. He went on to say there are two groups facing such discrimination. Palestinians who live in Israel are treated as second-class citizens, according to Shokr, and Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza are not Israeli citizens but are subjected to military law (while settlers in these territories fall under the jurisdiction ofIsraeli Civilian Law).

Shokr noted that no on-campus club had asked that the university can-

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Oh, and' there's also that tricky bit .from UWPo1icy33whichhastheaudac- ' ityto suggesithat "each member ofthe university endeavor to contribute to the existence ofa just and supportive communitybasedonequa1ityandrespectfor individual differences."

But then again, those are just pesky policies andweallknowtheFedsand the universityarecollectivelytop-heavywith policy, so why not just get rid of those guidingprinciples altogether?

Ifclubs were closed offto "outside" participation from the heterogeneous minions, maybe Weiner would have a' point in the need for a new path. Ifhe was denied the right to be a part of the Chinese Students Association, Korean Students Association, or Chinese Christian Fellowship, then certainly the Federation of Students should prohibit these anachronistic organizations.

But if our cultural clubs were no .

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cel the event, but several groups ex:ternal to the university have pressured U ofT's administration to stop the event.

B'nai Brim Canada and the EvangelicalAssociationofCanadahaveboth publicly lambasted U ofT forallowing the week to take place.

A~tei楼tlili:B.tith'swebsite.

"We are concemed that this 6.'entwin amount to hate speech, not free speech. It deliberately sets out to demonize and delegitimize the the State ofI~rael and, by extension, the Jewish people."

I fmd this hard to understand. If the events are highlighting things that are indeed happening, then this is not a demonization at all. Certain events, such as discussions about the "apartheid wall," will obviously be controversial because there are different interpretations of the significance of the wall. Obviously, it is not called the apartheid wall by everyone.

Another thing that I do not understand is why examinations of what goes on inside Israel would lead to

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assumptions about all Jewish people.

If someone finds the information about Israel derogatory or damaging, why would that attach itself toJewish people as wel1? I understand that there is an emotional connection between Jllany Jewishp~ople and Israr~ but .

seem to understand this. Hillel has organized another event this week called IsraelFEST. This event seeks to showcase the culture, art and diversity ofIsrael as a countrv. Thus thert. wealth ofinformati~n for studen~ ta,kein, apd it is entirely possible to ~thaftut6ma.tiCaIlymeanttuttany'l' cl:m1e tOm informed opiniW'aW.cism oHsrael is a criticism of all than, as B'nai Brith seems to thin~ be Jews? I seriously doubt this. taken in by a flood of propaganda.

B'naiBrith'swebsite also claims that As Shokrnoted, "We are three days the events constitute a "propaganda into the event and there have been no exercise."Thisisawholenewbucketof security problems." He continued, ''B'nai Brith is not liasing with stuworms.AndastheUniversityofToronto'sstatementonthisissueclearlystated, dents on campus, they are not inter"(u of 1] upholds the fundamental estedin student security, theyareinterprinciples of open dialogue and tolerestedin censorship-they dislike the ance within its community. The ability content of the event." t, question, examine and comment on This is up for debate, hut one thing issues ofthe day, even when such comseems clear: thelanguageused todesctibe mentary may be repugnant to some, is the event is certainly a trigger point for centtaitothemissionoftheuniversity." controversy.Thefuctthattheweekiscalled It is up to the university students ''IsraelAPartheidWeek''mustsurelyput who receive the information to think manyontheirguardbeforetheyevenlook criticallyaboutitandcome toinformed into what the event is about. conclusions.

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Schrodinger's cat and your sex life

Youaretryingtoarrangeamovieouting with some ofyour friends and acquaintances. Through a series of e-mails and phone calls, it becomes apparent that everyoneelseeitherhasalternateplansor refuses to be seen in public \vith you.

Everyone, excePt3; single person.

Her. Or perhaps for you, Him. Multiply your gender by your sexual orientation to ftnd the appropriate pronoun, whatever. \X'hat's important is now you're going on a date-esque activity, alone, with someone to whom you are attracted. You don't know how they feel aboufyou. Is this a date?

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eating breakfast together. The fact reMaybe you're out to lunch, alone, with mains that)l()urdJorts to determine whether someone who seems to be coming on o~ not the et'Cnt is a date lvill afftct the to you. The roles are a litde different, but it's still pretty much the same situ- probabili!J! of it being a da.te!

Okay, one more comparison:.in ation. It's still wqat I would call a quantum mechanics, there are some quantum date. things about a particle we can measure For anyone who doesn't major in and some things we can't. However; chemistry or physics, the popular metawe can sometimes infer some of the phorfortheuncertaintyinherentinquantummechanicsistheC<catinabox."What particle'S unobservable properties from what we can observe. if a cat had been placed into a box with a On a quantum date (orin any other large hunk ofUracium-235, and then the case), you cannot know what is going boxwassealed?Nowyoucan'tseethecat through the other person's head How-is thecatalive ordead?Thereis a certain ever, if she starts unbuttoning her probabilityofeach scenario. Bothpossibilishirt alluringly, or he has a giant bulge ties exist, in sujJe1position, at the same time. in his pants, you'll probably get a The only way to ftnd out is to open the pretty good idea! box. This thought experiment is known affectionately as "Schr6dinger's cat." I The most frustrating thing about don't know whether or not he was al- . . the quantum date is knowing how to act. Date etiquetteischallengingenough lowed to keep pets. when the "date" is well deftned! The In this social situation the whole difficulty in answering the questions "SchrOdinger's Cat" thing becomes rel"should I pay for the movie" and evant. In quantum mechanics, you can"should I pull out her chair" and not know the location of a particle ~et's "should I not order wings because I'm sayan electron) withoutlooking. Such is true in this case;youcannotkno\\;'"\vhether a sloppy eater," are greatlY amplifted.

After reading most of my column this is a date or not without asking. this week, one of my friends wrote in, Another applicable tenant of quan"You know, why be so hung up on tum mechanics is the factthatlooking at the particle will affect it. In this situ- . deftning a date in the ftrst place? Can't . ation, asking if you're on a date will two people go out·and enjoy themselves regardless of who pays and still affect the probability ofitactually being haveagood time?" In the end that's the a date -probably adversely. only "'Tay to deal with the situation! no Man: I was just wondering... you matterwho you're out with or what the said we should "grab some grub for activity, focus on having a good time. lunch," but here we are at Le Chateau However, when you're outwith one Paris, with candles, real silverware and a member of 'whatever-sex-you-like-tolive pianist! Is this a date? see-naked and something seems to be a \X'oman: Er... um.... no. bit unusual, be forewarned: you could And, totally un-impressed with your be on a date and not even know it.

1ack of tact, the outing will no longer be a date. You failed. Or maybe things will mdavenport@imprint.uwaterloo.ca go the other way and you'll end up

David Suzuki's economic fallacies

\X'hile David Suzuki is considered an intemationally respected geneticist and broadcaster,heiscertainlynotanexpert in, or even knowledgeable about, economics. On Suzuki's' website, davidsuzukiorg, one can ftnd a plethora ofarticles authored by Suzuki, in which he blames economists for many of the world's environmental problems.. in his symposium at the Student Llife Centre at UW last week, Suzuki was consistent with his e~onomic mantra.

In one article, Suzuki says: ''In conventional economics, the ozone layer, underground water aquifers, topsoil, or biodiversityareconsidered 'externalities' that are irrelevant within the economic construct. .."Toknowwhatcomesfrom ."conventional economics;' one should to look at an economics textbook. In

Intermediate Microeconomics 6th Edition, HalR Yarian says: "Afummaybelievethatithastheright to dump pollutant.., into the atmosphere thatI breathe, while I may believe that it doesn't. Cases where property rights are poorly deftned can lead to an inefficient production of externalities - which means that there would be\\'llys to make bothpartiesinvolvedbetteroffbychanging the production of externalities. If propertyrightsarewclldefinedandmechanismsareinplacetoalb.vfornegotiation between people, then people can trade theirrights to produce extemalities in the samewaytheytraderightstoproduceand _consume ordinary goods."

An externality, according· to Wikipedia, "occursineconomicswhen a decision (for example, to pollute the atmosphere) causes costs or benefits to individuals or groups other than the person making the decision. In other words, the decision-maker does notbear . allofthecostsorreapallofthegainsfrom his or her action."

So, this is not to say that economists think externalities are "irrelevant," but that they are best solved by the legal system. This is the classical economic solution of allocating costs to undesirable activities like polluting.

The more important the environment is to us, the more of a cost we impose on the destruction of it.

At the symposium, Suzuki said, ''Economistswantto say: 'Welllet's just put a price on everything,' well I think there are a lot of things that are sacred.

Andthingsthataresacred,youcan'tput a dollar value on. Air is sacred, water is sacred, soil is sacred." But he fails to mention any solution to the problem of considering nature's services provided to the numan race. It's up to us as a society to discover the value oftheenvironmentand pressure our government to associate costs with actions that damage it. In Europe this is already being done by artificially raising the cost of fossil fuels to reduce their use - an inherendy economic solution. . Economic theory isn't the cause of environmentalproblems;it'spartofthe . soiution. Suzuki's slandering of a profession instead of using economics to solve environmental probterilS aM' nothing but hurt his credibility and the movements he is an active part o£ Neil Hooey

We thtee·kings

All this media buzz around democracy must be bard. \X'hatwithIraq's election hogging the spotlight and Zimbabwe's President.Mugabe's announcement of :March 31 elections, the kings of the world must be feeling a litrle neglected.

If the monarchies of the world aren't careful, they won't make it onto the Top 100 ''It'' Governments List. . So far this year, only one prince has plade big news and that was for a fashion choice worse than Dame Edna and Nicole Richie combined OhHarry, next time just wear a fcuk t-shirt to rebel against Grandma Elizabeth.

Yet there's hope for the monarchy -threekingsareftndingcreativeways into the papers.

King#1, representingNepal: Gyanendra

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self absolute power for the next three years. Some people have all the fun.

Gyanendraexplains that his actions are for Nepal's own good since he'll aclomplishwhatthegovernmentcould not :..- parliamentary elections and keeping the peace. He's declared a state ofemergency that he alone can ftx.He's got a healthy ego, that one.

Like other successful child stars (he was a toddler-king), Gyandendra has learned to believe in himselfand disregard the naysayers. Ofcourse they say he oversteps his powers and will worsen Nepal's already disastrous human rights record! They'rejealous. Allegations of jailing political leaders, denial of basic freedoms and civil liberties, severing communications with the outside world and shutting down· all independent media are such transparent gripes of supreme ruler-wannabes.

King#2, representingSNJaJ?ilmu!: l\irwati But lest you think Gyanendra is the onlykingindahouse, Swaziland's King Mswati III is another king making the news, albeit in the Society section.

King~fswati proudly announces his engagementto ftanceenumber13, a 17year-old school girl from a nice family whose favourite past-times include watching Britney Spear's music videos andMSN-ingherfriendsabouttheO.C. Mswati (or M-cube as I like to call him), Africa's last absolute monarch, easily outshines whoever ABC has as their next ''Bachelor'' and a wedding is just the kind of joyous occasion that's

needed to cheer him up after lastweek's episode with those pesky protesting citizens that required 5,000 ofthe king's closest friends to help quash, uh, appease them with complimentary showers (via water cannons).

HO\vever, themarriageisn'tyetago - just like fiancee nillnero doce, acquired five months prior,nillnero trece willhave to pass an HIV test and obtain the queen mother's blessing. Only then may she join the king's 11 existing wives and their 24 children. Lucky for her, the bun in her oven coupled with the departure oftwo oftheking's wives :last year means she's a shoo-in with the queen mother. Insiders say the queen mother is desperate to come up with the numbers for her annual family hockey tournament.

Friends say Mswati is finally getting the hang of "this marriage thing" -we all sympathize. Remember the growing pains of your first dozen proposals? The sweaty hands, nervous laughter and awkward moment when you introduce your new fiancee to your wives? Pundits say Mswati, far from resting on his laurels and enjoying a nice honeymoon, should speed up his lacklustre pace of wife acquisitions. At age 37, he must focus if he has any hope of equalling his father's lifetime record of70 wives.

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King: Monarchs' madness Continued from page 8 Kin/!, #3, npresentil{2, tbe United States ofAml:rlm: Alichae/Jacksrm Alright, so the King of Pop doesn't rule over the States, just a county kno\vn as theNeverlandRanch (l'msteexmgwell dear of references to his constituency's average age and s~x), but the media definitely treats him as royalty. Jacko is cer· tainly the only king that'll appear on any North Amelicannewspapers' frontpaf,>L"S. And rightly so. Afrerall, his trial affects our livesinawayl'mnotcapableofexpressin.g (there are no \vords). News about the budget and all that health care hullabaloo is nice, but if there's one thing I need, it's a minute-by-minute account of the jury sekction tribulationsJ acko faces.

(In Feb. 1, The Globe c::.'Y' iVlaii very responsibly coveredJ acko \vith a frontpage photo continued on Pi\b:re A18 (;;k:ningspace\vith that non-story, "U.S. miUta:ry tribunals at Guantanamo ruled unconstitutional"). The National Post hmvever, recognized what the Globedid not ---I<ingJackson isn't just world news, his is a story deserving of the honour of the first hpo pages.

I confess it's beenaslownewsweek and these king-s aren't actually related. 1 just wanted a topic apart from theIraq election, samc-sexmarriage and Gomer), (subjects that've received hardly tlJ!)ICOV-erage). But I am tickled by the idea of these three kings atasW1mrit, each bringsomething unique to the table ---Gyanendra's k'adership style, Mswati' s nlt~{ll,HJrip skills (a must for a man with ovet a dozen mothers-in-law)

The pilgrimage of WorldPride

Only once in a blue moon will you ever find the clergymen of theJewish, Christian and Muslim faiths in Jerusalem agreeing on anything, bute.1.rly this week was one of those times. Unfortunately, it was one of those "unite abcrainst a common en('TI1Y" things.

Spokesmen for the three churches came out in solidarity to demand L~at J cmsalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski issue an executive order banning WorldPride 2005, a massive international gay pride parade.

Calling the event "a disgrace," the religious officials warned that if the parade went for.. ward as planned, "their lives \vill be in danger."

Jemsalem, as it is, is still very much in its gay pride infancy. The flrst pride event was only held backin2002andwasmetwith a very chilly reception from a fair number of ultra-conservative groups, as is to be Cc-.zpected. However, these past parades \VC11tt(xward v,oith their thelnes of"J Dye \VithoutBordcrs." celebratingtheirow1il

It doesn't seem like there will he much to stop the event from occurring this time either. While the mayor is far from looking forward to the event (referringtoprevious pridep;ltOOes as "ugly, insulting, offensive and provocative"), hei" notlegally allowed to intervene and the Jerusalem Gay and Lesbian Centre which is organizing the event seems

steadfastinit~ quest to bringits message oflove for everyone.

I t may be a nice messag{~, but some·how 1 doubt the various religious factions inJemsalem \\.illlisten, even ifitis crammed down their throats by a hundred thousand boa-toting queers.

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Simply being able to stand up in front ofa crowd and say l'I'm here, I'm queer" is reason enough to do it.

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Whereas before these parades might have attracted some 4,000 people, WorldPride is expecting nearly 100,000 participants, enough to nelliy swamp the holy city in rainbow-coloured glory.

So it's no real wonder that religious factions are up in arn1S about it.

Personally,Iloveprideparades.l\:fany naysaycrs on every side ofthe sexuality line say that scantily dOOmen withfcather boa.'> on brightly-coloured floats do nothing to promote divel:sity or to1erance-andI really couldn't agree more.

That's ootwhat pride Ixltades are fot. In a world where you were in danger of losing your job ifyou were found to be gay--- or worse, jailed for it -- simply being able to stand up in front of a cro\vd and say "I'm here, I'ln queer" is reason enough to do it.

111at and it's a hellofalotoffun.

But honestly, WorldPrideinJerusalem is taking things a bit far in my book. \X-'hile partying it up in downto\\ln Toronto in skin-tjghtlearher pants is one thing, takingitto the comer·· stone city of the most major religions is something cntirely different. You may as well be asking for trouble. \VorldPride does have S01ne experiencein thatatea, atleast.The lastoHicial

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objections from the '\ 'atican and other religious groups.

xtendin the Liberal Party of anada an olive branch Not

all of the Liberal Party's policies are bad

Some people have described my column as "partisan," a claim that I hope to refute. Many of my opinions happen to be shared by the Conservative Party, but certainly not all of them. So this week, I have painstakingly assembled a list of recent Liberal policy decisions \v-ith which I can agree.

The obstacles seemedinsurmountable at first. \Y,Tith every article of research, I was forced to bite my critical tongue and find sorneci1ing positive.

So here goes nothing.

First, the Liberals should be applauded for balancing the federal budget year afrer year. Runningacountry is no small task, and this year's $12 billion surplus that doubles as a contingency fund will allow the government to respond to emergencies with-out going into debt.

Balancing the budget is not just an act of good accounting. The gov-

ernment must resist political pressure for addirional funding from all sides to avoid deficit spending.

Bush's tax cuts, pork barrel spending and costly overseas wars all at once, on the other hand, is an example of bad accounting combined with caving in to the aforementioned pressure. Parliamentarydemocracy has its flaws and the American system its benefits, but at least our Parliament has explicit control over ·t1scal policy. The Americans struggle with senators who add one costly pet project after another to every bill.

The Liberals are also giving $830 million to Nova Scotia as part of a . change in the equalization formula used to calculate federal .. prov-incial welfare payments. Fortunately,Nova Scotia's premier has promised to spend the money on debt repayment and resist pressure from lobby groups to splurge on poinrlessoffshore projects.

Canadian servicemen are surely cheering the Liberals' purchase of new Sikorsky S-92 helicopters to re-· place the aging Sea Kings. The mili-tary could have benefited from the better.ecluipped EH-l 0 1 - the Pen

tagon and Brian Mulroney's heli· copter of choice. But when it comes to Canada's military, something is better than nothing.

Lastly, the Liberals are pushing forward with long-awaited and much-needed democratic reform-and hoomy forthat. Free votes in the House of Commons are becoming more frequent.

For instance, Libcral backbenchers will be allowed to vote their conscience on the upcoming gay marriage bill. (More than 30 Liberal hackbenchers and at least one member of the NDP are exp(:cted to cross party lincs and vote agRinst it).

If rumours arc correct, the Liberals may have plans to finally begin severing formal links to the Queen and the monarchy -- another positive move for our democracy. If the Liberals really do support social progressiveness, then they should not associate themselves with a royal family that discourages people from leaving the social class to which were born.

There we have it: a list of Con scrvatiye-friendly Liberal policies. It sounds like an oxymoron. tlevesque@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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A couple ofmonths ago a fnend of mine gave me a book on relationships to read entitled He'sjust not that into you (" ... wait a minute, are you calling me a player?"). It was by no means a "can't-put-it-down-must-read," but it was still entertaining.

Well, as entertaining as laughing at people's misfortunes can be, rcouldn't help but giggle at some of the questions in the book, of",hich the answers seemed so obvious ana

straightforward that I was baffled at the fact that the book costs $20 and people buy it for enlightenment.

Yet despite its. attempt to motivate, the book does implicitly touch on a very important topic in relationships, the topic of "upper hand."

Everyone who has experienced a breakup has endured the struggle for upper hand that synthetic status, more of a feeling of personal vindication that puts you in control of youi emotions and leaves the other in mental shambles. It's a natural yet subconscious jockeying for position that occurs after an emotional dissolve of a relationship. Whenever you have a (fortunate or unfortunate) encounter with your ex after a breakup, it's as if there is a golden box df cookies high up in

a cupboard that that both of you are jumping to reach and each perfectly timed response of "I'm doing great!" "I'm seeing somebody" and "I just got randomly approached to be in a shampoo commercial!" makes you grow taller until you reach the box fIrst and your ex then tries to steal the box from you.

Jealousy is the natural human emotion that guides "upper hand;" If you are never jealous, then your ex will never hold upper hand on you.

Often after breakups and during the jockeying for position, one might get 9ver the other faster and start dating sooner, which causes the former (who is still hung up) to be sad and jealous at the fact the other is a) dating and b) over them so soon. In this case the person who is datingothers achieves the upper hand.

Ifboth parties truly do not care whatsoever what the other one does and all attachment is fully in the past, then no upper hand can ever be achieved; unless an ex -achieves a feat that would start making you jealous (if your ex suddenly becomes a celebrity, or if your ex keeps calling your mom because they get along so well but really you know it's because your ex , ~ants to get revenge on you and whenever you

go home to visit the family your mom brings her up and you get so mad inside because you feel like your mom is talking with the enemy.)

In both cases, even though in public you'll say "good for them" but secretly wish that was you in that shampoo commercial (never date a model unless you can handle the aftermath), you have lost upper hand because it affects you.

What He 'sjustnot thatintoyou is doing subliminally is creating a venue for people reading it to eliminate the need to create excuses, to find a way to eliminate jealousy and move on, thus eliminating the struggle for upper hand. By saying ''he or she's just not that into me," you're saying that you don't need to jockey for position and you can achieve upper hand by creating the impression that you can easily move on if need be.

Perceptionisreality,andifyourexseesyouwith this attitude, it might even make him/her statt to question why, and even question themselves.

And when you can achieve that, then come the golden cookies, crumbling ever so slowly towards you; and they taste oh so good. aocal@imprint:uwaterloo.ca

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It's worse to be ignorant than white

'.Vise, people don't get along. Thus, we get these groups. Nothing ""Tong with this; we can't be friends with everyone. However,I do concurwith To the editor, the fact that there are many students andstaffwho I would like to address the ''Is it'.vrongto be white" " are not comprehensive enough in the English letter which was written last week. The ",,'liter of language. And these groups add to this. If these this piece is ignorant beyond comprehension in her students can go through their entire university careers speaking not English with their friends, assessment of the purpose of race-based clubs on campus (e.g., SAS, CSA).frsa, KSA et cetera.) how can they ever expect to get any better? They don't.

The whole pointofthese clubs is to allow racial minorities a chance to meetandorganizeculturallyThis is a problem faced by Canada and the world as a whole. Look at the communities" that specific events. In no way are they designed to exist in Toronto. It's natural. i also agree with the alienat~ the majority white population. I think the names ofsuch clubs. \~'hatifweweretostartanon­ '.,'liter would find that if she were attending a discriminatory club called "White l\fan's Club." universityiq China, thenitwould be her prerogative We would be co~sidered racist by the name. To to begin a "Caucasian Club" or '."hatever other me, the Asian Students Society has the same ring. similarattocity.

Furthermore,I wouldliketo "congtatulate"the It's just like B.E.T. \"X'here is my W.E.T.? \\nter of the letter on her blatant racism in her comments pertainingto people'sinabilityto "Speak - Coli11 U/emer English to a degree that they can be understood by 3A computer science / bllJi11ess the average person." She is obviously a less than Give me a break! average person not to appreciate the diversity of thought and learnirig at UW. A person's inability to speakEnglish fluently does by no means diminTo the editor, ish.their academic or even social ability. Being a I could not disagree more with Tom Levesque member ofthis university in any capacity should by about the ideas he presented in his ai:ticle, "A dogdefaultgrantyourespect, regardless ofyour ethnic ban-dog world." He talked about the proposed background or how fluently you speak the English language. .

Liberal "breed-specificlegislation" thatwould ban pit bulls and thus ''bleed away" the freedom ofdog I would suggest that the \\nter of the letter owners. grow the fuck up ..

First, Levesque states that, ''breed-specificlegislationis as ridiculous as banning only those guns - Amltlbel 01!J'a11go ERS AittlJlIlt(S painted blue." However, this is a completely ludicrous statement as blue is nota breed, model line, It's human nature or anything that relates to a specific class. His analogy would worldfthel..i.betals wi:iri:! banning . To the ttlitlN; only black-coloured pit bull.-;; which I agn:c, is ridiculous. A better analogy would be the In response to the "He can't speak ::\Iandarin, but decriminalization of just marijuana, instead of all he still warIts to be your friend" ordeal, I have a drugs - a much more valid proposal.

Secondly, Levesque points out that, "Pet theory: put three strangers in a room, two of them \\ill find somethingin common thatis not present owners are responsible for their own pets," and, "\X'hen a pet harms someone, its owner with the third. Apply this theory to society and we is at fault."\'fell this is very true. Just because have "segregated" groups. owners are responsible in the incident that The moral is people tend to associate themtheir pet attacks someone, this does not reselves with people who are like themselves. ?ther-

. Jaywalkersbeware...

duce the chance that that incident will still occur. For example, I would not want my neighbour to have pet alligators, even if I know that they are responsible for their alligators' actions. \"x'hile Steve the Crocodile Hunter makes crocodilian care look easy, this does not instil any confidence in me that that reptile will not overpower its o\'~ner and bite my head off for a mid-meal snack; that is, if it ge~s the chance to.

Let us not forget that pit bulls were originally bred to fight other dogs! In fact, their powerful ja'.vs lock when they clamp down on another animal or human. I don't know about you, but that does not sound like the kind of pet I want walking the streets in my community. I have a hard time disputing the fact that since pit bulls have been banned in \"X'innipeg, serious dog attacks have dropped dramatically from 25 per year to one or two, As well, instead of banning pit bulls, Levesque suggests we ban the Liberals. He is proposing that instead of taking away the freedom to own a ftghtingmachine,we take away the freedom ofthe right to a political party! Talk about hypocritical, especially for sO):Ileone that is concerned that our freedoms are being ''bled away" or that our rights are"at stake."

So, I say ittoyou: ifyou were here now, I might get my alligator to bite you for making such an idiotic article; but thank goodness we still have freedom ofspeech.

In light of the new parking situation, throngs of students stream across University Ave. to get to parkinglotC (the one at the comer ofSeagram and University). It seems that students are so starved for time that they cannot wait an extra minute (if tQ.at) to cross until the left turn advance is finished.

I have no problem with jaywalking if the coast is dead clear butwhen youwalk through my advance green you make me want to jump out of my ~ar and perform a citizen's arrest on you. It's like one person starts this dirty deed and the rest follow like a pack oflemmings. Butletme tell you, in this case there's no safety in numbers as I'm sure my car could take out atleast three ofyou in one shot (by accident, ofcourse).

I cannot count the number of near accidents I've witnessed because of this jaywalking. \X,'hat boggles my mind is that it's not like these jaywalkers can plead ignorance as they are en route to the parking lot and hence will eventually join the line of cars waiting to turn left. \'<;'hat, did you just sit through an excruciatingly boring 'class and figure you have eamed the right to walk through our advance? We were in your situation like five minutes prior! So this is my plea: don't walk through the advance because you back up traffic and may getyourselfhurt. Believe it or not, I am actually concerned for your safety.

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years and find people aware of and involved with what Feds does and see them involved "with decisions.

4. The gap between Feds exec and studentsistoowiderightnow. We have to get rid [of it] and remember the executives are students as well. ~ would get students involved with decisions thatatemadeinFeds;execs and councils should not make firJaldecisions. It's the students who make the decisions and the Fedswho carry out those decisions.

I would have forums in the Great Hall, open forums where students can come in and express their concerns and talk about relevant issues. I want students more a\\rar~ of what's going on. I want a media centre in the Great Hall with plasmaTVswhereFedsissues areposted and clubs can advertise theirevents. That way I'd build Feds on decisions and the students' concerns. I really want to increase the interaction between students and"theirexec.

GRT is a big issue with students.

Maybeitis time to look at other avenues likeworking'\vith Waterloo Taxi; I know alotofstudentsusethetaxiandtheyare ridiculously expensive, maybe it is time we approached \,\,'aterloo Taxi and

worked out a discount for students.

Also there's no reason that students should have to pay more than $10 for a meal on campus. Food should be more affordable.

5. When I am done my term as president, I want to ask any student on campus "what does Feds do?" and I want an answer other than ''1 don't know who Feds ate."

6.1 don'thave an agenda. I thin.kwith this election there has been a lot of talk about people having an agenda. I dodt and from my past experiel)ce and the work that I have done for other organizations has been about caring for what is going on and being able to listen. I think the most important quality in a president is one who really cares about the issues pertaining to students and who is able to make those changes because hel she knows the changes, and I can do 路that. I am someone who cates about these issues, I'm a genuinely caring person who really wants to make a difference and make sure that Feds is serving students' best interests.

1. It comes down to serving students in a way that communicates with themin arealway and gives them access to what Feds is doing.

2. Leadership and communication.

I thinklastterm there were alotofissues that stemmed from communication orlackthereofand thatneeds to change, students need to know what's going on and they need to have a say.

3. Iwouldlike to see a booming Fed Hall, I think that would be great ifthey had a complete tumaroundin )he next

five years. I woUld like to see students voting, maybe a ~O per cent vote rate, right now it's 14 per cent so, just huge student interest And I want to see connections being built, like right now atchitectureis prettyway out there, and when this Kitchenercampus comes iri, I don't know if there's going to be [measures] for students out there. Connecting our campuses [is important], because [they're] growing.

4. The best thing I could do would be to interactwith students where they are at and going to speak to students. I use the architecture example because I was just there Tuesday and they said they hadnevermetwith Feds individuals unless they [came to campus]. And I think that that is something I would like to improve on, so wherever stu-" &nts are at, beit20 minutes away, or be it down five corridors through this one building to get to their office, I don't think it should be hard for students to come tome.

5. Town hall meetings that actually do something, not just a waste of time or an exercise. I find students

have to go to council if they want things to happen, and sometimes it's a matter of 'Oh no, you missed the deadline, you didn't get on the agenda' while these meetings need to be like, 'Hey, there's a meeting, let's showup, talk to our president, see what's going on, and if it needs to get on the next council meetingit'n be added to I the agenda.' It's a really accessible, thing, a comfortable thing, nothing that hinders students from voicing their concerns, maybe students have great ideas and that would provide access to students who don't feel like going to council meetings for four hours to have their IS-minute issue heard.

6. Firstand foremost, itis experience and it's not just experience on-campus, it's experience putting students first That's what I have done my entire university carreer, it has been student focused. I'm in a teaching option, so I really care about students and that's what a president needs to do. I'm here for the students and that's what! want to be.

lots are only half full or less.

3. I'd like to see tuition fees reduced, Feds fees reduced, the parking situation solVed,more successful clubs, adequate prayer facilities on campus and really clear financial statements from Feds.

4. My running mates and I have attempted to get the budget numbers for this year from the Feds president and her vice-presidents and they have refused to provide it, so the only numbers we can base.our estimates on are the projected budget for this year, we don't ~ctually know what was spent andwhatwasn't. Fiscalaccountability, beingvery open '\vith students on how we spend our money, accounting for every penny. She has a lot of lavish, wasteful spending in her budget in particular, and I'd like to cut that 5. Fiscalaccountability,makingsubstantial cuts to the budgets and pulling us out of Canadian Alliance of Students Association; cancel our mem-

bership in CASA. According to the budget numbers that we have predicted, it was going to cost us $48,500 this year, so I would definitely like to change the budget structure to better reflect the needs of students, not so much spending money on useless trips to go to conferences and exorbitant wages for Feds e;Kecutive. [In short], just more accountability for students' money.

6. I don't want to toot my own hom, but when people describe me they usually uSe the words 'too honest', 'you're too honest for politics.' I would definitely make sure I kept my promises to say the least. I haven't seen too many candidates pledge to the extent I am willing to pledge for fiscal accountability. I genuinely care about student funds and want to make sure they are used wisely. I am the only one willing to be dear on my politics and not just spew rhetoric to try to win overvoters.

Our questions for the candidates 1. Can you give l1S your platform in one sentence?

4. How would you improve upon your predecessor?

2. What is the most critical issue hereatUW?

5. Ifyou could only accomplish one thing while in office, what would it be and ,,;hy?

3. What changes would you like to see in five years?

6. What makes you the best presi~ dential candidate?

three-to-five year plans for our businesses. We haven't been planning enough ahead and some businesses do well, but some don't. We absolutely must have long-term business plans.

Federation businesses need to contribute but look at Fed Hall, that business is not contributing. Think of what we could do with an extra $50,000 for student life. Think ofwhat we could do with clubs. Think ofwhat we could do brin~ in fantastic speakers that you can't see anywhere else. Look at how popular David Suzuki was, we could do more things like that.

4. I would have regular meetings with the bylaws and policies procedures committee, if we did that then we wouldn't be in this EOl (enttprise, opportunity and innovation) problem that we are in right now. We need to update our policies and procedures, theyareleadingto systemic 拢ailurewithin the Federation of Students.

5. I wouldgetthe Feds connected to students. We, as a student union have a huge opportunity to do more forour students, to help them do more. As a student union, we can't get out there and be the advocates forall the relevant topics on campus, but our students can, and we can help our students to do that in a bigger, more meaningful way.

6. My platform is baSed on experiences and the expressed needs and priorities that the fede{ation needs to focusonasdirectedbyourcurrentexecutive, including myself and Student's Council I've had a lot of consultation with councillors and I amknowledgeful of the issues.

1. I want to keep the Federation of Students focused on the fundamentals: working to promote studentinterest, working to adequately represent . students and just be a meaningful resource for students.

2. Student life. To foster and support it, and to look for new things, biggerthings,moremeaningfulactivities.lvIaclean'smagazine says year after year that we're lacking in student life, which is one thing I've been working very hard at in my term in office here.

Eighty per cent of what you learn at university isn't from the classroom It's. aboufinteresting initiatives, it's about relevant political considerations, it's about meeting new friends and getting involvedin ne'Yinterests and developingas a person. I think the Feds can play agreaterroleinthat We need to do a lot more for students and that's somethingweknowthere'sacryingneedfor, something we can work on.

3. I would like to see us meetingour

1. 1 want to get students more involved bygettingthemmoreinterested.

2. ~ht now for students [the biggestissue is] their lack ofinvolvement with their student organization. There are four tickets running this year and that is because people see a need for

change.

3. I'd really like to come back in five

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1. Work hard to increase participation and awareness on academic and education issues internally and externally.

2. What the Rae Review of education might bring, because I think it affects all students and all faculties, all levels and it should not be taken lightly and I will not take it lightly.

3. I'd like to see a quality education that's more accessible. I think Ontario has fallen behind, [and] I think Ontario needs to catch up.

I thinkthat,asOUSA will put it, a bright future depends on a higher education, and higher education needs to be available for all Ontario students.

4. Jeff has lacked visibility on campus and that's what I want to improve.

5. Increase awareness and participation of both CASA and OUSA, because without that, it's impossible to have a student body that is actually proactive in terms of directing both CASA and OUSA. 6. We're affiliated with CASA, we're not affiliated to CFS. We were affiliated to CFS way back in the day and we actually decided to step away from CFS. And I think we should remain affiliated to CASA. 7. I think that it is a step forward in the right direction; however, it has been suggested that the results from the Rae Review might be locally set tuition, so the province and the university would negotiate or come to an agreement. This is, in many ways, deregulation and one of my platform points [is that] I will push for student presence in any agreement or negotiation. Why? Because if a student is not at the table, input might be overlooked that the student can bring ... and it is absolutely necessary that our concerns are at least heard.

3. As I'm being presented with new information and research as time passes, I'm not too confident in the effectiveness of CASA and how it can be a productive lobby organization when much ofthe jurisdiction ofpost secondary education falls in the provincial jurisdiction. I'm tending towards the opinion that as a student body we'd be better off r~oving from them and saving us $42,000 a year, which can be better used to increase the already underfunded clubs and services.

4. Issue number one ... is the basic principle ofvisibility.

5. I would definitely like to develop/encourage/ foster student interest in politics andgovernment, whether student politics, or municipal/ provincial/federal 6. We're with CASA. The information regardingCASAis not promising ... I'm doingresearch on CFS and keeping an open mind. Ifwe decide 1. To raise the leadership level as needed to to change from CASA to CFS, it muSt be decided govern students. by the students via a referendum.

2. In terms of urgent critique, I feel that if a 7. I think it's, quite frankly, rather ridiculous, student [doesn't] voice their concerns about these because you're putting an individual who, under , tuition fee increases, this sense of apathy or this his tenure as premier ofOntario, started tuition fee sense of complacency that the government of . increases and you're requesting him to determine Ontario can assume ... would be alarming because his opinion on whether tuition fees should be it,,;n provide further reason for further increases increased.Myopinion,tomakeananalogy,islJike] in the future years. asking the fox to look after the chicken house.

1. Putting students ftrst.

2. I think there's a culture of alack ofrespectto students when it comes to the decisions made, not only by our school administration, but by Feds also. The students are always brushed aside because there's this mentality or this beliefthat students are apathetic, that they don't care about the issues, but they do care about the issues.

3. In ftve years I want to see [a] student charter implemented and acted upon, .. itislegally-bind-

ing that will protect students' rights, and it's an allencompassing student chatter that I'dlike to see ... it would protect students against any actions that a professor might take against them, ifthey've been accusedofcheating ... andlwanttoseeaprovision that protects against exorbitant tuition increases.

4. What I want to improve upon is ifI don't get a response from government when I lobby them, don't stop at that.

5. The student charter, because it's anall-encompassing solution.

6. We're associated with CASA ... pardon me, itwas CFS,it's CFS that we're affiliated with. The report that came out unanimously agreed that itis a \vorthwhile endeavour... as a footnote to that, I want to say that it's important that we not just rely on those bodies to promote our causes. Editor's note: in an e-mail subseqllenttothisintenJielJl.Naini comcted himself, sq)'ing thatule are with C4SA It should be IInderstood that Feds are !lot qfjiliated with CFS. 7. It's important that this report adequately protects students' interests. \1I;'hat I want to see ... come out of this report is for it to have addressed the issues that our Feds submitted to the Rae Review. " you cannot simply lookattuition ... and the Feds pointed that out. And I want to tread cautiously on the issue ofthe Rae Review, because perhaps it will have positive results ... so let's wait, See what's in it fust.

Our questions for VP education candidates 1. Can you give us your platform in one sentence?

2. \1I;'hatis the most critical issue here at UW? 3. \1I;'hat changes would you like to see in five years?

4. Howwould you improve upon yourpredecessor?

1. Bettering post secondary education for the future through effect and change now.

2. Ifyou talk to students, they're concerned with their quality of education, concerned about class sizes, but most students' problems have to do with money; students are strapped for cash. The tuition freeze right nowis givingus the ability to get a head start on lobbying to work on a long-term solution forprovincialfundingforpostsecondaryeducation and we need to take advantage of that head start,

5. If you could only accomplish one thing while in office, what would it be and why?

6. %0 are we affiliated with, CFS or CASA? And should we be affiliated with one instead of the other?

7. \1I;'hat do you think of the Rae Review?

because it may not last long once this Rae Review is out.

3. Ideallywithregards to education, I would like to see any capable student have the opportunity to attend a quality school and receive a postsecondary education, because that's better for all of us.

4. W'llatI can improve on is ensuring that what lrepresentextemallyisanaccuraterepresentationof the priority of the students and what they want to see with regards to education.

5. To successfully lobby for a permanent solution to obstacles preventing accessibility to post secondary education.

6. We're affiliated with CASA and as many people keep pointing out, CASAlobbies federally.

The main decisions and most influential changes aremadeprovincially. CASA ... doesn'taffectalot of change at this moment. I wouldn't go as far as to say we shouldn't be with them right now, but I would say that it needs to be looked into.

7. Initially, I thought the Rae Reviewwas longneeded ... but right now, the way that it's looking that it's going to be leaning, I don't support what I'm hearingofit. I don't support parts ofwhat I'm hearing. I know for a fact, not just for myself, that tuition increases are not what's good for the students and I'mnot sure how the Rae Reviewis trying to pass that offas realistic. Graduatingwith higher debt? Hmm, not good.

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1. I would like to see a visibly diverse campus with more big profile events run by students. Like last Wednesday when there were three

speakers on very different topics.

2. I would advertise whatis available to students.

3. The role Feds plays in student's participation - people think the Federation ofStudents are there to create bureaucracyandgetin the way. I would like to streamline the administration and ftnancing of student projects.

4. I want to put students first, instead of procedure. I want to see students be encouraged and supported to run the events they want to, rather than be slowed down byprocess.

5. Support student initiatives and encourage every student to be an active member of the UW community.

6. Students have a lot of big ideas

of what they want to do on this campus, but don't know where to start or who to talk to and what resources are available. I want to identify and get the message out, be the facilitator and not pick and choose.

This is an opportunity for students to elect someone who will support their goals and ideas and promote them.

7. I am the only [one] of the 17 candidates that has been a Federation of Students councillor. The lAC and the IAFwere my creations when I was a councillor. That's what makes my candidacy unique. I had a vision from two yearsflgo, and I think that it's strayed from that and I want to restore that vision. .

ing for students to start their own clubs, with all of the administration and a handful of things would need to be put into place to set these things ofE 2. To focus on one thingitwouldbe

but we need to advertise what it is and why you should go. It is a little obscure right now.

I would like to see better o~a颅 tion with the clubs. I would like to introduce a clubs advisor, to aid in the administarative, promotions and paper workinvolvedwith the clubs. \1ii'hen you pair up organizations towards a common go~ you can do less work, more organization, and yougetgreaterresults.

This is a place the clubs advisor could come into play.

There needs tobe more awareness of what the services are there for and how they pertain to the individual student. A user-friendly FAQ webpage, with situational examp1es,andwe need to pay attention to way we can iffiprove the currentservicesandcreatenewservicesas they come up.

5. To make student life at \V'aterloo an even better place than it already is in student morale and life in general 6. Promotions is the route. The rnajorityofstudentsbelievein whatWater100 could be. Placing the votes in the hands ofpeople, making them feelconfident that they can make changes and make it the place we want it to be. And handing out lots of buttons!

7.As presidentofresidencecoun~ I oversaw five residence representatives. I had the chance to extend my ability to organize iSO-plus people working on multiple projects and with a great staff, too.

theo~ationofclubsoncampusin

1. I wouldlike to see promotions and events takingoffwith a high number of student tumout. Promotions need to tell people why they want to be there as a result of the aim of the event and the date. fd also like to have the clubs running more smoothly. It can be mystify-

a more efficient and effectivemannerto ensure prosperity of existing clubs and the growth of new ones.

3. \1ii'hen thinking back to the sentiments that we have when we graduate from this place we'll see that we had a good time, butwillit be a result ofthings you were involved in this schoo~ or will it have to do with the school itself? Will the Feds have influence on the time you've had here, and I don't know how much that is the case here now. I think we have agreatpossiblityto change that now.

4. The promotion of events provides the name and time of the event,

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Our questions for VP internal candidates 1. \1ii'hat changes would you like to see in five years?

your predecessor? .

5. State your pl:ttform in one sen 2.If you could only accomplish one thing, what would it be and why?

3. \1ii'hat is the most critical issue at UW pertaining to your position?

tence.

6. How will you get people to ~ar( about your campaign and care to votei

4. How would you improve on

7. How does your previous on campus experience contribute to you: . position?

1. I would like to see a GLBT (Gay Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender) conference that would start here and go across Ontario, and I would like to see路that become a yearly event. It is important that this issue gets addressed. I would like to see it fully established in five years.

2. I want to get people involved in student life. More specifically, 1'd like to bring more big events to this campus, like Russell Peters who is coming this March. We need to heighten the awareness ofFeds doing co~l things. .3. Getting students to understand we can have excellent student

life and I'm going to make it happen Not only strengthening student life but making sure everyone across cam路 pus is a part of that student life.

4. John Andersen is on my ticke and he has done a remarkable job. : would like to pay more attention t( services. The clubs have expande( and we need that energy and focus t( be directed to the services to helr them expand.

5. Get connected to student life 6. There is a lot of competitior this year which is great because i means people are taking an interes in their student government. I speal to people directly, we're going to be visible doing class visits and speak ing at the forums, and really trying t( get the word out about the elections 7. I've been involved in a lot 0 things on campus, every term I've been here. My experience is diverse a president of a religious organiza tion, Imprint, on the Senate Under graduate Committee, you can fine everyone on my platform. I've beer able to stand up forwhatI believeir every time I've been in a position I've had to make some really difficul choices. And I have learnt to alway: keep an open mind and to make sure you understand as much of the "true stories" as you can.

1. There needs to be a link between the Federation of Students and faculty societies and student residence; we need to increase the awareness ofFeds. Even though the residences are on campus, a lot of first year students still don't know what the Feds are about. \X'e should start during orientation week and do more than just a two-minute speech to promote awareness. In five years I see myselfhere still involved as someone like Heather Fitzgerald or Dana Evans, maintaining student life at \X'aterloo.

2. I would focus on making Feds and the campus a friendlier enyironment for students. I want to eliminate the bureaucracy and be accountable to students.

3. One-on-one communicatio( with all students here at UW. Get ou there as much as possible and talk t( them about what/who Feds are an( what's going on, on campus. The Internet is great, but it should be right in their face to help them ge involved.

4. I would communicate better and create more awareness for stu dents and recognize the volunteers Sit down and meet with clubs an( services to determine their needs. would give them a vision, a sense 0 direction and a sense of motiva tion.

5. Accountability, integrity and re sponsibility. I'd like to come in and tr: to clean up the Federation ofStudent association with students and be mor, approachable.

6. We've been campaigning in th, SLC and talking directly to students 01 campus. We're going to go into classe and talk to them, and inform student about the election. Each week we ar, planning on doing something differ ent to get the word out.

7. I make an effort to be involve( in a variety of clubs, services, societie and on senate. You can find all of m' memberships on my platform. B: being involved, I have practice in lead ership and I know what is going 01 around the campus.

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1. Experience,ideas and the dedk:ation to get them donc.

2. I think it deals with the Federation of Students businesses.I know that when I went around putting up my posters today I noticed a lot of the candidates for YP AF have a lot of the Same guals in mind that I do and that

is revamping the businesses and making them successfuL It's time we stop taking from our right hand to give to d1C lefd think all business can become successful and pull their own weight we shouldn't have a successful business subsidizing another one that isn't successful. \,(7e shouldn't stand for anything less.

3. I have along-term business plan in mind that ,vililay the foundatiom for success and bring changes such as making Fed Hall successful, getting a better use out of Aussies, renovating Aussies to make it more customer friendly. Bringing in new products. I'd like to see an oyerall acceptablility of what the Feds do, like more student involvement, if the Feds are successful, d1en people are going to want to get involved \\<1th them.l'vIore involvement means more success.

4. One of the main things Raved has done is fix the Fed Hall problemJ don't think that a good job has been done. Fed Hall is still lacking, and Fed Ihll is one of the businesses that is losing the Federation of Students money, we need to sit dmv'U and establish some goals -- some reasonable goals, no (Juick fixes. Some long term goals to slowly build Fed Hall up, it can't be done oyernight. I think improyements were made in regards to heaters and indoor lineups, but I don't think Raved solved the Fed Hall problem like he promised.

5. I think by taking a hands-on approach I'm going to be out there campaigning every day I do haye a campaign team and I rely on them heavily, but when it comes down to it, I'm going to be the person putting in

four to five hours a day. Gettingpeopie to kno\v me, whether it's in class, in d1e cafeteria, in the SLC, in the businesses, establishing my presence, iliat's what I ,vant my campaign to be about. People just meeting me and ,,,hat I stand for.

6. 1 think I would do the bus.iness plan. Try to make all the businesses successful, because those revenues are only going to back to the students. If we have all five businesses making money then we don't have to take revenue from one to help the other. \~re can take that revenue and give it to the student, in the fOl'U1 of services or free en tert.ainment.

7. I'm pretty qualified for the job.

Ever since I've been a student, I've worked for Fed HalL I've worked within the Feds business. I know the dedication it takes to be success-

1. Basically in one sentence, my platform has to do with accountabilmtq;J::lty and responsibility.

2. I think the main issue has to do with the finances of the Federation of Students, the businesses in particular.

The businesses are profitable, except for Fed Hall, which I think I can put a lot more focus on. So from my perspective, I think \ve need to put a lot more into the businesses on campus.

3. I propose business plans for businesses on campus. One has to do wid! Fed HaH, another has to do with turning Aussies into a mini-mart. So in five years time I would like to see these 1:\voprojectsget offtbeground.

And I think Fed Hall is already off the

ground but we need to turn Fed Hall dents exactly where the money is being spent. into a more sustainable business.

5. The biggest 4. He's done a thing with that is wonderful job.

There is little The biggest thing ... making people room for imaware of the curis making people provement. The rent admin, what only thing is the aware of the current the faults are, ways accountability that we can imadmin, what the ,,,hen it comes to prove it, ways d1at fieds fInances. faults are, and ways we could benefit They are them, way that we we can improve it comactable, but can better serve the students. it's a hassle to get I think in essence is acrually being those accounts. If therev:as one thing able to get out to students and saying I had to inlprove on my predecessot, "these are your businesses, this is where it would be making those accounts your money goes." And if we can do more available and shmving the stu-

that, we can raise the level ofawareness, saying this is your business,come out

and vote, make a difference.

Ifyou look atpast figures, the voter turnout has been approximately 50 per cent and that's astounding for a school of well over 20, 000 students.

It'g also important to get the awareness of the new frosh that come in.

6. I fI could only accomplish one thing, it \vould be to return Fed Hall to the way it was three years ago.

7. rYe beenactivelyi11volved around campus, in numerous activities. I'I'iost recently, I was an orientalion h~ader and I've been the treasurer, and presidentin different years of the Caribbean Students Club.

E1.11 there. I've work.:d my way up from working the door to being a student manager. I've been able to form working relationships with the people that the VPAF would be in daily contact with. I'm also a residence don. I know hmv to manage my time and to get a lot of things done. The leadership skills, d1e team building skills and other life lessons, that I've learned from being a don will help me be the best VPAF. rYe also "'urked on the ernv, and as a Feds representarive 011 the food advisory board.

8. The official duties of the VPAF are to oversee all five of the Feds busi nesses, create a budget at the beginning of each term. They are also in charge ofptogramming on campus or basically provide the students 'wi.th enjoyment.

8. The position orVl) administration and finance handle:; all of the Feds budgets, employee apprecialion, and senate meetings.

Questions we asked the VP administration and finance candidates I. Give us your platform in one sentence.

2. W'hat is the most critical issue at U\\,?

1. I want to prov-ide the best sefYices to the students by rene'l.ving all the Feds businesses, and I'm not just looking at the bars.

2. Right now I think it's the Feds businesses, because there happens to have been lot of talk about whether Of nor they should close down.

3. In fi\'e years I want to see more students involved in the school.

That's one of dle reasons I ran. Stu¡dent apathy is getting worse and worse. It's very apparent \'7hen you go to classes, people just don't care.

They're not even listening to you, no one cares about the election.

4. First of all I would stav in the country? [laugh! I would definitely stay for the full term, unlike the last 1:\'70, and pick up where they left off; especially the refund systemt,hat re-

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3. \"'hat changes would you like to see in five years?

4. How would you improye on yourpredc'Cessor?

port was passed on two years ago and nothing was done about it.

If the dental plan goes through, that would also have to be taken care of.

5. I've been talking to random people and seeing where they are coming from, why they don't care and if there is anything \ve could do to get rhem to care about the election.

Just getting the information out there. You don'tnecessarilvhave to vote for me, but it would be nice if rou did vote.

6. jl,fy main thing is to centralize and simplify the refund system.

7. Right now, I am prcsident of the AsianFOCUS, a charity dub. \\'e try to run social and charity events. \1(7 e have done events like the cancer walk, and that \vould help me because I've dealt with the Bomber and other Feds businesses when running the dubs.

I helped start this dub three years ago, so I know what goes into starting a dub and the problems of run ning an organization.

8.In a nut shell it's to manage the businesses, and ensure proper naining and recognilion for the Staff, and the annual budget.

9. How to centralize thercfunds?

I want to implement the plan from t\vo years ago.

5. How will you get people to care about your campaign and care to vote?

6. Ifyou could only accomplish one

thing, what would it be and why?

7. How does your previous on-<;ampus experience contribute to your

position?

8. Do you know your positions official duties ... and \vhat are they?

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6) When is the last time you told a lie and why?

7) If you could fight anyone in history, alive or

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1. Our platform路 is centreed around getting more students involved in Fecls operations.

2. At the moment, Fed Hall is the most .critical issue.

We need to investigate options that would make the venue more appealing, ~d maximize ow: resources to turn it around. We also need to take steps to ensw:e that it improves in a real way.

3. This is what I'd like to see in the next five years! let's make the Feds more based on students. LePs make it more op~ and engaging. Let's ditt4:;t).y involve the students. The . Feds ~~ent t路.(:@1nitt:ees

that he'd like to see ''businesses more . plish one thing, it would be to make information easier toflnd, by makuser-friendly and accessible to students" by making the information ing sw:e Feds goes to the students.

Getting out to more rea~iily the students available to the students. . important.

First I would 4. In terms 7. Jermyn's strengthen th. busi- previous onof improving upon his pred. campus experinesses. Second I enceis as student ecessor Raveel, would develop a bal- manager dw:ing Jermyn would like to create the anced plan for all of theyeats between 2002-2004, in business plan the Feds businesses which he conthat he set out tributed to the and follow for the long term through on it. upkeep ofFeds.

8. TheVP ad5. First I ministration and finance oversees would strengthen the businesses.

Second I would develop a balanced operations and finances for the Feds businesses. As one of many tasks, plan for all of the Feds businesses the VPAF must also chair the budget for the long term. committee.

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1. My platform is to ensure the long term sustainability of the FederatioQ of Students businesses.

2. In terms of the most ciritical issue on campus,Jermyn felt thattt .was important to write a formal review of the Feds businesses and to 芦develop a plan !;hat will work."

3. In fiveyears,Jermyn outlined oudets for student input and for student involvement. Let's take all the Feds student committees running effectively and get Feds committees of students running and successful.

4. Attention to detail with respect to flnances is important. We need to go through Fed Hall's finances with a flne-tooth comb, to identify any unnecessary losses. .

Also budgets need to be made more clear, complete, available and accessible.

5. Attract attention; ktthe students know that they have'a vote, . and thatthey area de<:i:-

sian. We're letting people know why our team is running, and getting input on the strengths and weaknesses of our campaign.

6. Fedsneedsto be more open to students, so that real student needs can be met and addressed. Accountability and transparency.

7. I've been involved with many Feds clubs and ethnic groups on campus, where I help in planning and running events.

8. The VPAF has to look at the financial aspects ofFeds.

These include preparing the budget, admiriistrating businesses, supervising the business managers,

as well as hiring supervisors and Feds employees.

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FASS in路the age. of heroes and villains Mark Stratford

the clueless Chicken Commander, the mysterious :Miss Majestus and, the play's most satirical character, \X'hat do ninjas, zombies, evil henchStereotypica, the blonde ,temptress men, dancing pirates, scantily clad who makes Jessica Simpson look like Germaine Greer. Wacky hijinks enwomen and a vengeful Turnkey all have in common? They all feature in sue, including some awesome leftTheFASStastics, the new play put on field characters and reinterpretations ofeverything from Pulp's "Common this year by the venerable F ASS People" to Soft Cell's ''Tainted Lovt?" group.

Every year this association oftac(fans of musicals will not be disappointed). Several perks add to the ulty, alumni, staff and students , (hence the acronym) get together to enjoyment. The numerous fight put on a no-holds-barred, anythingscenes were done with the goes comedy for the UW crowd, and assistance ofa professional fightcoordinator. ''They look great. They look this year adds a new chapter to what has become an enduring tradition. like theyre really getting the crap kicked "l<J\SS has been around since out of them," promised Pfeifer. about 1962," said Alice Pfeifer, proAlso, as is customary every year, ducer of this there are cameos. year's producFor each of the ti<;)fi. ,"It started four shows, a Mlf you've ever different profesas a way to bring sor steps in for a the faculty, staff thought of being a role and delivers and students together and just hero, of putting on a a few lines for comic effect. put on a show mask or a cape and ''Theyplaythemand have fun." selves and it's Pfeifer added that fighting crime, or the primary great," slj.id even committing point of the Pfeifer. shO\v is to make "It's fun to crime, ours is the people laugh have them, they show to see." 'without any big add a flair to the --RickFazekas show each message or FASSDirector night."

Last agenda. "It's mostly in the night's show name oHun. Offeatured RPW ten they may put a little message in ProfNeil Randall, and the next three with a certain character but they're shows will feature CS Prof Jack always parodies of something."

Rehder, St. Jerome's Italian Prof TheFASStastiesis a send-up of The, Vera Golini and Renison's Associate Dean :Michael Smyth, respecIncredibles, meaning that superhero cultively. ture receives the skewering this time According to Pfeifer, the typical around. A group of super-powered campus protectors - among them, F ASS audience is made up of the hunky FASS Man, the all-natural students and university community Lady Gaia, the magnetic Iron Watrior members seeking a good laugh and and the non-English-speaking it makes a great night out for residence floors with their dons.

Aquamanuel- must stop a malevolent plan in which UW students are The F ASS show has become a bit of zombie-fied via Food Services' cona tradition with ex-FASSies as well, taminated vittles. Carrying out the plan who attend the Friday show to do is a team of henchmen that includes some friendly heckling and see which IMPRINT STAFF

They're not the Justice League. But they're funnier than Batman and Captain America combined. characters survived last year's production and reappear this year (two-word hint for insiders: dish girl). The students, staff and alumni who put the show on are outside of the drama department, but judging from Monday'S dress rehearsal, that lack of experience doesn't hurt the play one bit. The cast is strong and enthusiastic. The whole production rolls along smoothly with the help of its musical numbers, which are placed liberally throughout the script and well executed. (:Miss Majestus'

to

solo number prior the intermission is worth the ticket price l!ione.) The jokes are hit-and-miss, ~utthe scenes thatwork are incredibly funny and heip compensate for moments when the satire falls flat or forthe occasional eye-rollingone-liner.

Rick Fazekas, the show's director, hopes 'that the superhero theme resonates with the audience. "If you've ever thought of being a hero, of putting on a mask or a cape and fighting crime, or even committing crime, ours is the show to see. Come

see what diabolical stunts we're plotting next."

The PASStasties plays tonight at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., then wraps up with a fInal show tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at the Humanities Theatre in Hagey Hall. Tickets are available at the Hagey Hall box office, and are $8 for general admission. A discount is Available for groups of ten or more.

For more information, visit www.fass.uwaterloo.ca. mstratford@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Mixtape madness Lauren McPhillipps

SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Remember those days when you would lock your bedroom door to make sure no one saw you while you danced around the room to Britpop?

To many, those times are part of their dark past. But to others such actions are still very much a part of reality. To the outside world, you

Britpop you can't help but love

appear to be a devout listener of hard music but truthfully you are a closet Britpop fanatic. Here are a few Britpop-ish songs that you can't help but love:

you are busting a fullfledged move and revealing your inner Britpop obsession.

Special K Just Like Heaven - The Cure Probably the catchiest song ever produced. Ifyou are at a club and this song is being played, be careful because your feet will" start to tap until

goddamn is it evercatchy.

Lie Detector - Sleeper This litde-known British band produced one of the greatest Britpop songs to be released in the '90s. ''Lie Detector" is a song so infectious that it will stick in your head for weeks and you will end up clinically insane.

Placeb~

This song by the drug-happy Brit band, Placebo, is the comparison of a lover to the effect of drugs (the highs and the lows). Trust me, listening to this song will make you think1'0u just downed a shidoad of speed because you won't be able to stop bopping around.

esque voice is enough to make you develop a cocky British accent and sneer at everything mainstream.

Common People - Pulp

Girls & Boys - Blur

"This song is by far the most honest account of British working class youth that I have ever heard. Singer Jarvis Cocker's erotic lounge singer-

This is a song for the times, talking about girls who are boys who like girls to be boys who do boys like they're girls: Confusing? Yes. But

Love Cats - The Cure I have to mention The Cure again, seeing how they are one of the greatest bands alive. "Love Cats" is a truly innovative song with lyrlcs and a beat that are so totally out there that you become strangely addicted to listening to this song.'

Plus, Robert Smith actually "meows" in it. Do you need another reason to listen to it? I think not.

The speculative future of hand-held gaming

I'll be the first to admit that the love between my Gameboy SP and I parallels and even surpasseS that between Romeo and Juliet. It iswith'me through everything, providing instant distraction from lectures, boring conversationalists and nagging editors.

It's simplicity and small design work together with a massive library of excellent games to create the perfect handheld console.

But, evidendy, it's not perfect.

Nintendo has already released the Nintendo DS and will soon be announcing the next child of the Gameboyfamily. They will speed forward constandy trying to one-up Sony and ultimately hit a wall. I know that it was once said 640k ought to be enough for anybody, but all this handheld developmentis slighdyexcesSlVe. Alright, so I'm a lillie too classic.

What I'm really sayingis that the world shouldn't be blinded by flashy 3D

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handheld games. The SP's .flat and pixelatedgraphics have given anew life to old, wonderful games. There are, however, a few steps forward that the handheld sector should make.

Mixing the concept of a portable media centre with a handheld gaming console is a projecta1readyin theworks.

Sony has the right idea, Nintendo is trying to fix its extreme mistake and the N-Gage - well, nobody "cares about the N-Gage.

The next big step is implementing an effective online strategy. With the addition ofwi-fi to allmajor handhelds, this strategy is already halfway to completion. There is growing support throughout the world for wireless technology and enabling an :h.1Joxlive-esque service would be both viable and beneficial One feature that's missing from handhelds is the ability for A/V out.

I know it is somewhat counter:intuitive to the whole portability aspect; however, I would love the ability to play on my TV when at home and take it with me on the road.

Innovative control styles such as those seen in the DS are not the ticket.

People and developers are used to traditional styles ofcontrol and pulling that away in favour of some mutant

touch-screen voice-command beast

will not benefit anybody. Finding new ways to use traditional controls is the key to the future.

Console interaction is another big area for innovation andimprovement.

Remember the Dreamcast's VJ\1U? Kinq oflike that, except without sinking the company responsible. PDAstylesynchingwould be beneficial here, allowing you to transfer game-saves (possibly unlocking features in the " handheld version), or simply to take them to a friend's house.

And PDA functionality is the final point-of-expansion that I'd . like to touch on. Once the gaming console and media centre are successfully married, the next logical step is to add features that allow you to cram one more digital device into the tiny black lozenge that is the handheld of the future. \X!hile the SP will undoubtedly remain close to my heart, I fear for its death. The lillie slow guy with shoddy graphics won't be able to keep up with the 3D Frankensteinian digital monsters thatwewillinevitablyend upwith.

However, in the interest of progress I embrace these futuristic buddies. talamenciak@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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The Motorcycle Diaries (14A) grave. His dream diedlongago and the Sat-Sun 2:00 thing that has been wearing its face has A 10 mm. Walk from UW Campus I finally been put out of its misery. www.princessclnemas.com Let me explain where I'm coming 24Hr Film Hotline: 685-2950 ....

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meetingwith Spock. Listingoffallofthe times Data used a contraction is no problem forme. I canevend~bethe complex history of the Domifliorl and its overly ambitious war. I know more ofthe Rules ofAcquisition thananyone should, andQaphh is far from the only Klingon word I can pronounce. Yes, I am a big Trek fan.

The reason I pointed out all of the above was to highlight how important this franchise is tome. TheNextCeneralion was the first television show I eVer fell in love with. Ever since then, my relationship with Trek has been full of much joy, much entertainment and also muchgrieE wruithappened?BermanandBraga fuckinghappened, that's what. Yousee, back in the early90s there was this pro-

ducer working on INC named Rick Berman.. Since he was surrounded by excellent writers, he came across as a skilled individual After the death of Gene Roddenberry, Paramount execs sawfittogiftBennanv.ith the keys to the franchise-no small feat, as StarTrekis a jewel in Paramount's crown. At the same time an opportunistic intern, also workingon1NG,beganhis rise to fame behind the scenes.

Due to his collaboration with far better writers than he, Brannon Braga managed to ascend through the producer ranks - a climb that culminated with a marriage to V~ers resident Borg,JeriRyanand the tide ofexecutive

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This Whisper makes quite the sound Waterloo four-piece Fervid Whisper is preparing for upcoming gigs and a orand new album Dave George-Cosh IMPRINT STAFF

One of the many great things about living in Waterloo is being around to witness the development of local bands such as Fervid Whisper.

TQ.e band, comprised of Sasha Koegler (guitar, vocals), Ethan Greavette (bass), Shuborno Biswas (guitar, vocals) andrecendy-recruited Tom McIntosh (drums) has been playing locally since 2000.

Says Koegler, "The drummer we were working with previously didn't want to try anything new. Tom pushed us to deal with different time signatures and more elaborate songs. It gave us a more aggressive approach to our music," he jokes, "We really suit our name now."

McIntosh describes the band's sound as, "rock, along the lines of A Perfect Circle With some sad whining vocals an:d heavy metal influences.

We got away from simple high school music with four chords and brought some more progressive dynamics. Our music's not for everyone-we're not writing three-minute pop songs here."

After releasing their debut album, Naked Souls Embrace in 2002 and another album Live qff the Floor a month later, the band took a bit of a break to regroul' and focus on writing a new album.

"The new album has been written and recorded -it's in the proc-

ess of being mixed right now," says McIntosh. ''\Ve're setting all the EQ's on everything. The drums are already tweaked out so we're working on getting the guitars sounding right. Our tentative tide rightnow is, "Titties and Beer" - it doesn't go along with anything we do, we just like titties and beer. It should be released in a few months."

Being a part of the burdgeoning KW music scene has provided some benefits,to Fervid W'hisperin terms offinding a greater audience to perform in front of.

"If you asked me that a year ago, I would have told you it sucked balls," McIntosh blundy states. "It's horrible because you have a lot of university students in this town and a large majority of them don't want to hear live music they want to hear bass drum beats over and over again in a club, chasing tail around.

But as far as the live music scene, it's slowly been getting better and ther~'s a lot ofindie rock coming out of this town.~'

Koegleradds, "Three years back, we used to playa lot of places like the Registry and the Button Factory and a bunch ofall-ages places. When those shut down, we were sort of bummed for shows for a while. Now we're playing bars and different· venues which is good for us."

In maintaining their unique sound, Fervid Whisper puts emphasis on their recorded work.

COURTESY FERVID WHISPER

Catch the unworldly drumming of T·Guns and stay for the rest of Fervid Whisper next Thursday.

McIntosh explains, "I prefer playing in the studio. As a live band we don't play radio-friendly music and it'stnotilike.yeu're going to get up and dance around - it's more like you sit and listen to us play. In that respect, it's better to listen to our CD. However, since we don't have a

CD out yet, you really should come out to our shows...we'd like to play Phil's [on the Thursday indie band nights] oncewegetsomethingreleased.~

everyonelikescheapbeerandm~­ it's a great combination."

Catch Fervid Whisper along \vith Knock Knock Ginger, A Question of

Home and Winter Equinox on Thursday, February 10 at the Bombshelter.

Tickets are $5 and doors open at 7 p.m.

FormoreinformationonFervidWhisper, see www.geocities.com/ fervid_whisper. dgeorgec@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Enterprise: anchored at last Continued from page 20

From the mid-90s to this very day, these two men have slowly destroyed what was once a proud franchise witll their lack oftalent and care. They took what was a good concept with V qyagerand ran it into the ground. Their "fresh" take on the premise, \vith Enterprise, has resulted in one of the least interesting shows on television.

Hopeful fanboy that I am, I watched the train wreck for the first three seasons before my eyes finally started to bleed. I was disappointed with what I saw, but I kept coming back, desperately chanting: "It's got to get better sometime ... It's got to get better sometime ... " in the blind hope that it would come true. It didn't.

Even though these two men are no longer in a posicion to do damage to the franchise, the scars they have left will not heal over for many years to come. Star Trek was born ouf of one man's desire to deal with relevant, intelligent stories. The original show was the first television program to feature a multicultural cast - a massive social leap back in the sixties. It was also ambitious with its use of science, philosophy and character. ~ In the early 90s, The Next Generation raised the old formula to a new level and jump-started a full- blown

phenomenon. And last but notleast, we have the black sheep, Deep Space Nine. It came at the end of the franchise's time in the limelight, but it was easily the most intelligent and dra?1atic of its family members.

Enterprise debuted with some fanfare and strong ratings in 2001 , butas soon as it became clear that the show wasn't worth their time, people tuned out. Fans tuned out. And now, UPN is tuning out. Enterprise is full of weak, underdeveloped characters, recycled storylines and unimaginative writing. Each season its ratings have reached new lows, and now, for the first time in 18 consecutive years, there will be no new episodes of S tar Trek produced.

It's been a long road getting from there to here. And now, at long last, Star Trek can fmally be laid to rest.

Even though it is lying down, it is only to sleep, for important stories never die - and despite what the current status of the franchise indicates, Star Trek is an important story.

Time will pass; new, creative people will cotI)e to hold the reigns of the . starship Enterprise, and the journey will continue. I look forwa~ to that day very much -when we can once again go where no man has gone before. fvu kcevic@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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EATU Tsunami: the aftermath UW student reflects on the devastation Continued from cover

ThousaI)ds of children were forgotten ana ignored simply for being born in the "wrong" region of the country. I dtd not know what I could do personally to help these people and nobody else seemed to hear their cries. There~ are so many stories that I've heard and witnessed during this trip that disturbed'me to a great degree.

Going back to the northeast for the second time this year, I was looking forward to visiting the children of SenthaIir Illam. These are the children that became deeply attached to me during my last trip. I had about half of my suitcaSe packed with chocolate and toys to give to the 170 children at this orphanage. Unfortunately, only 30 of these children were able to survive the tsunami. I went to the location where this centre was situated and could not bear to look at the scene. I saw pieces

ofchildren's clothing hanging on trees, and oroken toys on the ground. Hearing the stories of how some of the dead bodies of these children were found stuck to trees and under bridges !learly killed me. My memories of playing with them, eating with them, from the same plate, sleeping on the same mat on the floor, singing and taking photos together all came back to me. It was extremely difficult for me to just leave this seemingly desolate location where the sound of children's laughte!l..lsed to ring in the air.

Yet, I had to leave, to contribute as much as I could to help the people who had survived this horror and . required assistance.

W'hen I came to back to Canada, I was shocked to see the i\lIlount ofhelp that was provided by Canadians. It made me proud to be Tamil Canadian to see the amount of media coverage the tsunami was given. Unfortunately, there was not enough of this media

Beforethetsunami: children playatanorphanage located inN.E. Sri Lanka

cov;erage in the northeast to witness and report the devastation.

This is ,,>hen I decided thatI needed to explain the horror I witnessed and the lack of aid being given to the northeast part ofSri Lanka. Duringthe press conferences held immediately after our arrival, I e)l:plained the situation'to various media outlets. My plea was to go and report on the devastation of the northeast as well. These are people who had been neglected during the war and treated as subhuman even during a time of such devastation. I urged the Canadian government, along\vith the rest of the international community, to put in place an effective monitoring mechanism which would ensure that the aid sent

by Canadians are in fact being distributed equitably to all the affected regions of Sri Lanka.

Our duty does not end by just giving a donation to look after the immediate needs of these people. \'{!e must continue to monitor the areas

Edey front and centre in Guyana President, BharratJagdeo, was just another B-Iister sent over from central casting. Instead, he appeared well reasoned, genuinely committed to the letter and spirit of democracy and most

The btg man on campus is a familiar character in the college movie genre.

Whether you're watching Animal House,VanWilderorevenReveogeof theNerds,he'llbethereineasilyrecognizable form. You know the type: btg strapping dude, centte ofattention. the person everyone looks to for approval and the one without whom nothing , important ever happens.

It turns out that he's also a popular character in the somewhat less glamorous genre of third-world presidents.

Unfortunately the formula that produces btglaughs on screen is somewhat less amusing for the fans of this latter long-running tragicomedy.

His steady leadership seemed poised to break Guyana out of a series of ugly leadership sequels that made Police Academy Six look

Ii ke Osca r materia I. atypical of all, willing to accept that ultimatepowershouldnotbeconcentrated solelyinhishands. His steady leadership

a series of ugly leadership sequels that made Police Academy Six look like Oscar material. Thencamethe floods, and somewhere in the background ''Louie, Louie" began playing.

Btg men don't leave things to the experts; theytakecharge.Jagdeo stuck tothescriptandinsteadofactiva.tingthe CivilDefenseCommissiontocoordi-

The devastation after the December 26 tsunami was apparent in the landscape (above) and the people. the aid is going to, to ensure that it is properly received. Furthermore, we must look after their long term needs.

We need to start working towards rebtfilding their long term infr~struc­ ture. Please take amomentto reflect on everythinglhave shared here and spread

it to friends and family members. It is important to work on long term rebuilding projects Vl,ith organizations such as TRO. Students can also be engagedinknowledge transfer projects which would aid in the restructuring 'of the community.

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Xnirnal House's Bluto had the 'DeltastobackhimupandJagdeohas his cabinet. !asked the workers loitering around State House how the reliefeffortswere organized, to which they replied that as soon as a convoy had a minister and the media, they would hit the road.

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market on co-op prove on a product? Or, just wait outside a competing CEO's office and hit him or her with a pipe. This last optionisparticularlyattractiveforthose first year co-ops who are still lucky enough to be considered rTIinors in the eyes of the law.

Mr.Smith,onbehatfofallmyreaders,Ijust want to sqy how exciud we are to haveyou here todqy. I mean,you who wrote 'Wealth ofNations" - you'fe basicalfy the Biggie Smqils of economics!

Adam, it's no problem. I enjoy , giving interviews, although I haven't done one in a while, so I may be a little rusty. Do people still say "thou?"

Not reallY. Ohsnap!Backinmyday"thou"was thecoolwordButIdigress.Whatwould you like to discuss today, my lad?

Well, Mr. Smith, as. the inventor ofthe .free market econonry and one ofthe greatest economic minds the world has ever known, I Jil!lmyou must have some sweet co-op tips.

Indeed, I do. UninrsityofWater-

100 sends thousands of students into the workplace every year, and this presents a problem - students may be good at school, but when it comes tobehavinginaworksetting-notso good. Take your average engineer out ofthe computer lab and place him/her in an office setting, and you have an

The business world trulY is a cut-throat place.

Cutting is far too messy, Adam.

Stick to blunt objects.

Yes Sir! Another thing the conscientious co-op student can do to succeed is to separatehim/herselffromhis/hercolleagues in the eyes ofthemanagement.

You've got to show the people at the topthatyoucanperfonnyourjobwith aplomb unmatched by the other entrylevel peons - even the full-timers!

The best way to do this is with a distinctivehairstyle.It'snocoincidence that Donald Trump and Bill Gates got where they are today. Your best betis to find a toddlei, a drunk or Mark Rothko. Thengivehim someclippers, .and tell him to express himselfl That reminds me. You, sir, appear to be destined for great things.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to participate in my first Fantasia party. For those of you who don't know what a Fantasia party is, it's an evening where friends get together to review and purchase sexparaphemaIia from a Fantasia representative. The representative comes to your house bringing along the latest and most popular goodies for bedroom playtime.

These goodies are mainlywell-reviewed lotions and lubes, c1it creams and dildos, vibrators and lingerie, as well as fun sex games. We sat around in a comfy living room drinkingwine, whilewe decided whatse:x commodities we needed to own.

I was impressed with some of the bits and pieces demonstrated but some of them were totally not worth buying. For example, the massage creams and bath gels were nothing specialyou could easily pay a visit to a drug

store arid find something just as nice (and much cheaper). So remember to avoid buying general bathroom stuff, cuz it's a ripoff.

The goods that caught my attention were the ones that actually did something. The desensitizing gel was really cool- it completely numbed the area to which it was applied (often

... it's an evening where friends get together to- review and purchase sex paraphernalia used on penises to make a guy last longer). We also tested a product called "Secret Garden," which is a powerful little clitoris cream. Applied to the clit, it sends hot/cool sensations through the genitalia, leavingall ofus \Vho tried it pretty aroused.

The equipment worth looking at are the vibrators - from a small "Dolphinger" c1it vibrator to ''The King" vi~rator/ dildo, there seemed

.. to be an atousal toy for every type of sexual need. There were also various types of cock rings and male arousal toys.

My particular favourite was the "Elastic Lassie" - it looks like a big pink squishy tube, but when lubed up and put around a penis, it doe! wonders.

Although the Fantasia partywas ar enjoyable time, there were things thal can quickly ruin the fun. Firsdy, make sure that ifyou're buying anything, it'! something you realfy want and arc reallY going to use. It's easy to ge overly excited and splurge on sex to}'l that will just sit in your bedside drawel feeling lonely. Second, get a Fantasi: representative who is well known anc recommended.

Finally, ifyou're interested in host ing a Fantasia party, make sure yoi. invite people you're comfortablewith There's nothing worse than learninl about new sex/masturbation toy with people you don't know.

Grab some munchies, booze, at open mind and have a great time! Fo info regardinghosting a FantasiaparIJ go to www.fantasia.ca. jharries@imprint.uwaterIOQ.c.

See, there's an upside to everything. ·Even getting your hair caught in a jet turbine.

That's the spirit. Movingon, one of the most important things co-op stu-

oppo~ty for\~~h~~ru..!,... . dO.!lQ,.~onIx~e ~t akin to putting a herd ofrhinos in thi • es.hutalsoi:dociety.isto I..ouvre. do their part to stamp out cotporate lvfr. Smith, I'z'l! been 011 14ari ma'!} ctime.ScandalssuchasEnron,inwhich ti/lleS and one interesting thing I have ob- cotporations have flagrandy abused served that Rhinos and engineers smell their power, undermine the entire free roughlY the same. enterprise system. Blowingthewhistle It's no coincidence, son. But the on any illegal or unethical activities is good news is that by following a few the right thing to do. And even if simple rules, even the saddest Halo you'renotahigh-levelemployeeprivy to accounting information, you can addicts can climb the co-op ladder. still do your part by catching your Follow these tips and you can work coworkers in the act of stealingpensl your way up from~theignominythatis atinycubicleinthebroomclosettothe . Remember, for that all-important photographic evidence, today's digital glory ofa slighdy less tiny cubicle in the fumaceroom! cameras can easily be concealed in a Ah, thefurnace room cubicle- the holY coffee cup or binder to add thatJames grail of co-op achievement.

Bond-esque flair to your workplace The first thing ambitious co-opers betrayals. mustrememberis that, when it comes CooooooooL So, any parting words? . to success, social skills, talent and dediYes. Each co-op student has a halcation ate no match for some thought~ lowed and sacrosanct duty, which was enshrined, by the Freemasons, at the fully-applied brown-nosing. Complement your boss on their intelligence, founding of co-op in 14th centuty Damascus. This duty is to keep your posture and ability to look interested at meetings-anything! Pretty soon your office's rain gutters free ofleaves and pigeon debris. Perfonn this task with boss will grow to love your skilled egoperfection and you will bring honour massaging so muchhe or she may even overlook your nasty workplace addicandrenown toyourvillage. Yournarne tion to online Tetris. will echo thtoughoutthe ages. Fail and That's ama:dng advice, sir! And l?Y the you will be tortured on the rack. That, 11!t!Y, did I tellyou how milch I hve that tie oryouwill notbe invited to play on the you're wearing? company softball team. Itvaries from See, you're getting the hang of it job to job.

Mr. Smith, this has been an enlightenalteady. The next thing the successful co-op students deed to realize is that i,tg conversdtion. But bifore we leave, I'vegot many of them will find themselves in to ask- doyou have a'!} new revolutionary exttemelycompetitiveindustties,where economic concepts in the works? thedifference between astronomic sucYeah, I'm working on something, but right now I've got to keep it hushcess and catastrophic failure is razorhush. You know, confid~tiality and thin. Often, your actions as a co-op stuclentcan provideyourcompanywith all, but I can safely say it'llblow some that extra leg-up on the competition. minds. Two words - invisible foot! \"\'hy not put in some overtime at the CoooooooooL office and find the company a way to ajohnS@imprint.uwaterloo.ca .savem<;>ney~inc:r.e~~~~t;n~,{)r~- .

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Big man: in Guyana Continued from page 22

I stumbled across one such road trip the other nay when the Minister of Health burst out of a dark SUV and enthusiastically shook my hand while a camera clicked away to capture a man of the people at work, He then handed out food to the same g~oup that the Red Cross had just fInished feeding before rushing off.

In lieu of fawning throngs of women, Guyana's frat boys have the no less adoring state controlled media to cheer them on through their misadventures in crisis management. The Guyana Chronicle serves up daily bromides such as "Leading by example" and "The President is in Charge" on its editorial page, while the private newspapers concern themselves with trivial matters such as why have the flood waters not significantly receded despite a week of dryweather. But, whether it's J agdeo inspecting a pump, Jagdeo talking to residents or J agdeo chairing a meeting, you'll see it plastered everywhere.

As bad as the Big Man Syndrome is for a system of governance, it has an even worse effect on the citizenry of afflicted nations. The more that the leader is made the centre ofattention, the more people expect him to solve all of their problems for them..

It is essentially the dumbing-down

of the audience.

I am reminded of a story from Africa where the syndrome was fIrst identifIed. On a lonely Nigerian road, a terrible car accident had left a young woman in desperate need of medical attention. The crowd looked to ~the police, who were present, but "on other business" and refused to help.

The situation persisted until the former dictator (now elected president) Olasegun Obasanjo suddenly emerged from a passing car, and berated those content to sit and do nothing into taking action. Without the push, what would have happened?

Similar stories have trickled out ofN orth Korea, where generations have grown up being told that the sun rises and sets according to the 'Dear Leader's' whims. According to reports from various refugee camps, issues that could be talked out by toddlers explode into violent co~­ frontation amongst North Korean refugees who have been reduced to near-infants by an extreme case of the Big Man syndrome.

Things have not gotten so bad in Guyana yet, but the current Presif dent is following in a not-so-proud tradition that wins the day in the fantasy world of Hollywood college campuses but nowhere dse. cedey@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Part 5 -

For the love of media

As soon as Mike got horne from his adventureatEric'saparttnent, he called his friend Shannon arid toldherto come over. Shannon, despite her misgivings about getting involved in police business, was as interested in this whole situationasMikewas. Mikeknewaswell asshedidthatshewouldhavebeenmad ifhehadn'tt~ldherwhatwasgoingon.

Shannon insisted on doing an immediate search on Google for Medea and while she was getting online, ]l.fike called the number that was written on the paper and put it on speakerphone for Shannon's benefIt. After a few rings, the phone was answered, "Hello, and welcorpe to Maria Kazaar's shop of the occult and strange. We're either closed right now, or just can't take your call. Ourregular business hours are... " ]l.fike hung up the phone. "Ithink that was probably the last thing I expected. Why the heck did Eric want to call an ocC1Jlt store"and why did he write the number on the paper with those other things?"

"Well," said Shannon, "At least I 'can help you a little. Medea, it turns out, is an ancient Greek play about a

woman named Medea who, when she is betrayed by her beloved, kills their own children to get revenge on him."

"Sounds like a real winner. What the heck does that have to do with all this though?" Shannon shrugged, "Beats me."

Since reseal:ch was getting them nowhere, theydecidedto followthelastclue they had: the piece of paper with the address. AfteraquickCheckonMapquest,

The body before them was laying face up and spread eagled. His wrists were cut ... At his feet written in blood was 'the word IIMedea." they knew-where they were heading. .Shannonand1fikedrovetowhattumed out to be a long abandoned warehouse nearVictoria Parkin Kitchener Shannon looked at Mike, ''Do we really want to go in there?"

"Do we really want to have gone this far to sit in a car in a parking lot?"

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As they approached the central area of the building,' 1fike heard loud squeaking followed by a loud cqsh.

He and Shannon froze for a moment, but when nothing further happened, ' they continued forward In the centre ofthe warehouse lay a body. Surrounding the body in a circle were candles, which had'completely bumt down. There were books scattered around the body and the circle, and there were several odd looking devices andvials.As thetwoapproached the body, several1arge rats looked up at them, squeaked menacingly, and then ran away. The body before them was laying face up and spread eagled. His wrists were cut, and dried blotches of red surrounded them. At his feet written in blood was the word ''J'vfedea.''

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Since the average Canadian produces five tonnes of gteenhouse gasses (GHG) a year, the govem-' ,mentis asking each Canadian to reduce his or her emissions by 20 per cent, or one tonne. David Suzuki expressed his concem with the govemment's program: "If I were the average person, I'd say 'what the liell is the One Tonne Challenge?' /Rick Mercer is] trying to get us whipped up about it, but we have no idea what the hell it is! It's just a nutty way to try to educate people.

It would be wonderful if Canadians as a whole responded to the One Tonne Challenge. But we still have to look at the major emitters - and that's industry. We've got to get industry on board. The government has shown very gteat reluctance to actually impose regulation and demands that industry lives up to~ We know that voluntary compliance doesn't work. \'{'e've had 15 years to watch it fail. And now this govemment, if it's" serious, had damn well better start getting some legislation in place."

What does that mean for students? Suzuki has somegteatideastohelpCanadianspreventharm to the world. The Suzuki Nature Challenge has ten ways to help protect the environment. It is based on findings from a study done by the Union ofConcern,ed Scientists to determine the impacts of consumer spending. They found three areas of household expenditures that have the gteatest negative impact home, food and transportation.

the stove and oven for heating food. Letting clothes dry overnight instead of using the dryer for an hour saves energy. Saving laundry until a full load can be done - combine loads with roommates to do more frequent laundry. Try using warm water to wash and then cold water to ' rinse, the clothes don't care. Low-flow showerheads canreduc~ water use by 20-40 per cent.

It's easy to reduce your use of electricity. A lot of students keep their computers turned on all the time when they live in residence and old habits die hard in later years. Computers, TV's and lights are the biggest electricity culprits.

Compact fluorescent light bulbs last up to ten times longer and use one-quarter of the electricity of a regular incandescent light bulb even though they give off similar light.

Reduce household waste In Canada, about 25 per cent of our garbage is currently recycled or composted. But studies show that as much as 70 per cent of our household waste could be recycled. Composting is a gteat way to reduce \':asts: and to get your roomies involved. You can compost fruits, vegetables, tea bags and coffee gtounds, as well as leafandyardwaste.Evaluateyourpurchasesand consider how they contribute to,your household waste. Ask for products with less packaging.

Make sure that if something can be recycled, it is.

Eat lean and locally Enormous amounts of fossil fuels and water are consumed by our industrialized food sys-

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the overall effect on climate change, air and water \. approximately 11,825litres ofwater to produce pollution, as well as habitat allLT.ltion. a lOoz stt.'ak! Factor;." farms create huge amounts The idea behind the challenge is that relaof air and water pollution. One pound of red tively small changes to everyday life can make meat creates 18 per cent more non-toxic pollua real difference to protect nature. People can tion (like nitrates and phosphates) and 5 per sign up for the challenge at cent more toxic pqllution than one pound of \v\V\v.daVidsuzuki.org. University students can pasta. Reducing meat consumption also lowers help in several ways: the risk of heart attack and stroke. You don't Reduce home heating and electricity use have to become vegetarian, just choose one day by 10 per cent a week to go meat free.

Check doors and windows for drafts and fix The food we eat ttavels 2,500 kilometres on them up with weather stripping and caulking. Use average to our plates. A 4O-tonne transport truck drapes or blinds that cover the entire window to releases about five tonnesofGHGs for one typical help \vith heat loss as well Saving the environshipment oHood - about equal to the GHGs an mentalso saves on the heating bill. For a residence average Canadian produces annually. We canminior in an all-inclusive rent situation, stop taking mize the distance from the field to the table by ad~antage of the "free utilities." Overuse hurts buying locally grown food from StJacobs. If geteveryone, and the costs ate long-term. ting there isn't easy for us bike riders, then ask your lYIicrowaves are much more efficient than local gtocery store to catty locally grown food.

David Suzuki suggests many methods we can use for environmental conservation.

Travel- go green. maybe you're the SUV type that wants to become We all know what horrible damage cars do a "soccer mom" but Suzuki reminds us to conto the environment. The beauty of university sider peak oil and fuel prices. Then you may life is that most of us i£ve no need for cars. We - seriously consider a hybrid, or at least a fuel , live, shop and learn within this little bubble in efficient and low-polluting model. What's even a manner that's gteat for the environment. better is to move into a place within a 30 minute In the future, we'll need to start thinkingabout . . walk or bike ride to your daily destination. Or getting a car (If we ever manage to payoff our maybe you'll' be lucky enough to live in a city school loans). Check the government's "Smart" where public transportation actually works for you! . ratings for the car you intend to buy. I know we're all dreaming of that sleek looking race-car, or see CONSERVE, page 21

Women in science offer differing viewpoints, experiences find out what some successful women of science had to say about their academic experiences. I first interviewed Dr. Ann Eastm:;;n:

What motivatedyou to become a scientist?

I liked looking at plants, logic, and figuring out how things work. I've had some incredible female mentors both here at Waterloo and elsewhere.

After reading last week's article, Haroard Prez's remarks spark debate, detailing his belief that women lack an innate ability to do math and science, I began to think of how this sort of attitude could affect me. I am a woman in science; should I expect to encounter sexism in my pursuit of academia? In my naivety, I had always assumed that the women's liberation movement had disproved the theory that women just aren't good at math and science.

No one in the academic world, or who was educated would still believe this! Would they?

With these questions in mind, I decided to

Haveyou Cllcr mcoU11tered sexual discrimination in pursuingyourgoals?

Yes, in' highschool I was actively discouraged from studying chemistry, which I've always really enjoyed. As an undergtad I never felt I was treated differently, but I did notice some discrimination in gtad school.

Obviously this is only one individual's experience. To find out ifthis is the common experience of the female scientists here at Waterloo, I posed some of the same questions to Dr. Barb Moffatt:

Hat'f you ever encountered sex/Ial discrimination over the course ofyour career?

No, I never felt any bias while doing my degrees, or while applying for jobs. Hiring at universities has always been based on merit and need for me. If your personality and expertise are right for the job,itdoesn'tmatterwhat sex you are.

As afacul!] member that is inz,'Olved in the hiriltg .

Has the level of discrimination changed over the course ofyour career? Should students in my generation' expect the same treatinentyou had?

process here at Waterloo, canyou tellme what the school is doing to ensure there is 110 bias in its hiriltgpractices, to prevent a'!Y wolJ/enfrom having to experience gentkr biasl There has been a push in Waterloo to hire

The discrimination is much more subtle now. Females still have to work a lot harder to get the same recognition as men; they have to publish more to get the same ranking.

more women in all faculties. Waterloo is way down on the list for number of women faculty members. We now haveone ofthe best maternity leave support programs, and excellent childcare

to encourage women to apply for jobs here. There is also a hiring committee, the University Appointments Review Committee that examines the number of applicants considered on the short list for any position to ensure there is no gender bias.

Although my discussions with Dr. Eastman and Dr. Moffatt didn't give me perfect answers to my questions, they did leave me with a feeling ofhope. In both women's cases they had noticed a change in the prevailing view of society. This has been made possible by instituting equal rights legislature .and using committees like UARC to ensure these equal rights are met Legislation cannot change the effect of generations of gender stereotyping. That is going to be left up to our generation and I have yet to meet a fellow studentwho supports views like Harvard president Lawrence Summers.

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Building a sustainable campus ventilation. Air moves throughout a building using a stack effect, which occurs when cool air flows into the building from the bottom and maintains a consistent temperature throughout. As it warms, it rises and exits via vents at the top of the building, effectively sucking more air up the "stack."

The University of Waterloo Most"green" or sustainable buildSustainability Project has a new Green ing meth.ods also incorporate living Building Group that began this term. plants inside to regulate moisture levThe group's goals are to promote the els and convert the carbon dioxide construction of green buildings at we breathe out into oxygen ~ just the University of Waterloo by startlike the outside. Plants are also used ing a discussion on campus and raisfor wastewater processing, cliniate ing awareness about the topic. Orcontrol both insi(ie and outside. as ganizer Gregory Richardson said, ''Buildings have a big environmental well as storm water management in the form of green roofs and gardens. impact. I thought it was a good idea Other innovations improve wato learn more by having experienced ter, waste, nutrient management, air people come in and share their knowltemperature and quality, and energy edge." use. These technologies and designs According to Health Canada, the avernge Canadian spends 90 per cent of combine to make buildings that are better for the humans that inhabit their tiIDe indoors. Indoor air quality is them while having less of an impact directly related to the structure andfuncon the biosphere. tioning of the building and has become "The qu~stion is about feasibilanincreasinghealthissue. Theansvlerto our indoor air quality problems, how- • ity," said Richardson. "Are green buildings feasible? And if so, why ever, is not more control over the airwe isn't UW building them?" breathe butless. By changingtheway air That's an excellent question. moves through a building, it can be Green buildings are the way of the fresher with less use of \:Oetg}' using future and the University of Waterpassive ventilati.on techniques.

C.onventional mechanical systems 100 seems to be stuck in the past use electric fans to pump air into the when it comes to sustainable building models and meth.ods. top of a building through big vents.

The air is then warmed or cooled, ''Environmental issues are imporaependingon tDetemperat;uleout,.. tant in Canada,/' noted Richardson.

"Campu$(ds· are where people COme siae. The air is circulated through the building and back into the outdoors. together to thmk and i.eam. UiIDrersity The warming and cooling processes has to be a place roinnovate·with ideas, use a great deal of energy. to experiment with cutting edge techThere are a number of different nology. We have to take the risks here." types of natural ventilation. One that And many universities are taking is comr:r'lonly employed is buoyancy those risks with tangible results. In

2000, York University developed their Sustainable Capital Projects Principles - a list of ten sustainability criteria that have allowed York to implementseven environmentally conscious building projects. This incluaes their computer science building that w.on both the Governor General's Award for Architecture and WoridArrhitedure ~'sGieenBuildingofthe Year .

Award in 2002.

Queen's University employed Sustainable EDGE in design consultation for their Integrated Learning Centre. This modem-looking building fucorporates photovoltaic electricity generation and passive ventilation sySteIDs, among other things. It also utilizes a ''Living Building" concept that monitors the performance of the building. Students then.use this information as part of the cutriculum for certain courses.. . The Guelph-Humber Building at Humber College has a four-storey livingwall of plants that acts as a biofilter, removes indoor air pollution, circulates clean air through indoor environments, and produces a passive evaporativecoolingeffectin the atrium. . It's also a beautiful addition to indoor spaces that are usually devoid of life.

The University of Waterloo, with its world-\:lass engineering, architecture and environmental studies programs, should be combining these talents and incorporating the knowledge trust we have into .our campus and the university as a whole. Future generatioos are'counnngoo ~s to give them more hope than tbe children of Alderaan.

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Jet powered wheelchairs!

Myles Hams and Tim Alamenciak SPECIAL TO IMPRINT/IMF:RINT STAFF

Watch the skies Researchers in Alaska have been conducting experiments to attempt to reproduce and better understand the aurora borealis. The High Fr~­ quency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) recendy struck upon their first success. W'hile fIring mas'sive amounts of radio waves at the sky, speckles of colour were visible amidst the stars.

While the team does not yet fully understand the experiment or it's implications, everybody is still excited about the step taken towards skyward advertising and efficient lighting.

And when you're looking 'for a house to b~y, the government's R2000 standards are set to prom?te energy-efficient construction in residential housing, as it uses only twothirds of the energy used by a conventional home. Such houses might cost more to buy but you'll be saving \vith lower utility bills and will see an increase in the resale ,value.

If we d.on't manage to reduce carbon emissions .ourselves, we could end up paying for it through the purchase of carb.on credits. The government is considering the purchase of $1.4 billion in credits from foreign c.ountries to make up for the sh.ortfall that Canada agreed to in the Ky.oto accord.

The head of the Internati.onal Energy Agency wams that heavy emitters could fall short of their present quota to reduce GHG emissions, leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab to fulfill Canada's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

Talk to your roommates aboutways you can help save on your bills and the environment! pmrorke@imprint.uwaterioo.ca

Yet another use for a jet engine Another landspeed record has likely been broken by a model plane enthusiast from Britain. Giuseppe Cannella attached a jet engine to the back of his mother-in-Iaw's wheelchair allowing it to reach speeds of up to 60 mph (96 km/h). Mr. Cannella's mother was away on holidays at the time and he wanted to surprise her. He had originally intended to attach the engine to a gokart, but changed his mind when his wife suggested "he do something unusual."

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the pair strangely resemble human faces with dark eyes peering upwards.

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The minimum wage is going up.

If you're an employer, here's what you need to know.

General Minimum Wage

Students under 18 and working not more than 28 hours per week or during a school holiday

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On February 1, 2005, the general m!nimum wage will increase to $7.45 per hour from the current rate of $7.15 per hour. Annual increases will follow bringing the general minimum wage to $8.00 per hour on February 1, 2007. The increases are being phased in over four years and will also be reflected in all minimum wage categories.

To find out moore about how the new minimum wage guidelines affect emplQyers and employees, call or visit the Ministry of Labour web site.

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PORTS

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Toronto volleyballers have Waterloo singing the Blues Varsity Blues trounce Warriors' playoff hopes. with two extra rally victories Steve Utz SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

The University of Toronto Varsity Blues (12-4, 2nd OUA East) vanquished the slim playoff hopes of the \"laterloo \X'omen's volleyball team this past Saturday afternoon with a thrilling 29-27 third set vic.tory. Trailing Mc1faster by four games coming into the week, the Wamors dropped a crucial match against Laurier (13-4, 2nd OUA East) in straight sets on Wednesday, putting their playoff aspirations in peril.

The \Yi'arriors dropped the first set, 26-24 in extra rallies, despite continuing their trademark brand of exciting serve-and-kill volleyball.

Holding a slight advantage for most of the first frame, the \Varriors were stymied down the stretch by a series of timely blocks orchestrated by a more veteran and poised T~ronto team. Perhaps let down by the turn of events, the Warriors dropped the second set by ten points, leaving the fate of their season hanging in the balance of the final frame. .

Trading both the lead and exceptional play, the Warriors and Blues found themselves deadlocked at 23 in the third set. Once again, the guests proved better down the stretch, relegating the \Yi'arriors to playoff purgatory with two straight kills in a hard fought and evenly matched contest that ended the dream of a postseason berth for the host squad.

Assessing the performam;e after the match, head coach Jason Grieve concluded that: "The game could have gone either way. The fact that the University of Tb!onto did not get phased by our leads in the first and third sets contributed enormously to their victory."

The straightforward coach expressed delight with the team's chemistry and the dividends from recent changes to the attacking line. "Our depth at middle [blocker] has allowed us to move Sarah \Vatters to the right," Grieve offered. "This balances our attack and provides a more consistent block at that position." Confirmed first-year middle blocker Nicole Giberson, "A lot of players had huge games today. J enna Schroeder had three jump float aces in a single set. The pieces are there."

Star players Kathleen Freeman and Gaby Lesniak also had strong games in the loss. Lesniak continued her torrid pace for kills (194), accumulating six during the match and setting a ne\v U\X' record. Adding another five points to her totals for the season (227), Freeman sat just eight points shy of the U\Yi' single-season points record.

And Freeman did notwaitlong to cement her place in UW volleyballhlstory as the second-yeir standout notched 13 points in \X'ednesday's 31 home losS" to the York Lions.

Whil~ the Warriors lost another close match by set scores of25-22, 2426, 25-20 and 25-23, Freeman provided another bright spot by pushing her point total to 240 on the season, good enough to eclipse the old record of235.

Lesniak also continued her strong rookie campaign, adding 14 digs, 12 kills and 12 points.

With a vastly improved 5-12record, Waterloo will next host the 1-14 Guelph Gryphons tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 p.m.

Warriors' Outmatched By Height and Experience of Varsity Blues Men's Team Carrying the momentum from their first victory of the season against Wilfred Laurier into Saturday's match, the Warrior& (1-14, 11th in OUA.) came 'Out with a strong first set against the University of Toronto Varsity Blues (8-7, 6th OUA) en route to another hard fought but discouraging consecutive set loss.

Fighting with the Queen's Golden Gaels and the Brock Badgers for their playoff lives, the Blues initially had trouble defending against Waterloo's combination of power serves and kills. An ace serve

by Konstantin Kovalenko immediately followed by a succession of blocks by middle blocker AaronD~ gave the Warriors a slight 17-16 margin. But a combination of errant Warrior serves and strong play allowed Toronto to rally for a 24-20 margin .. Faced with a quadruple game point, the resilient home squad made use of two huge blocks by Taylor Hall and Kovelenko to square the affair 24 points, before surrendering the decisive kills to Adrian Weglo • GLENN BARTlEY and Senan Farnell of Toronto.

Warriors' women's volleyballer Jenna Schroeder elevates to hammer home a during QUA Sensing another good effort turning against them, the Warriors trailed regular season action last weekend. The Warriors were bested by the Toronto Varsity Blues in a through most of the second set after 3·0, straight sets victory. The visiting Blues, ranked eighth in Canada, claimed a triumverate of establishing an early 4-2 lead. To- . close set victories, winning 26·24, 25·23 and 29·27. Schroeder had six kills and 11 points in the loss .. ronto's defensive row began to make York took the first setin extra rallies by better level." blocking adjustments that thwarted but the visitors from Hogtown were a score of27 -25 before closing out the While trying to finish their season the power game of the host players. simply taller and better prepared for on a positive note, the \Varriors once match with set scores of25-22 and 25Adrian Weglo once again drove the the monolithic strategy presented by ,again suffered a home court defeat nail in the Warriors' coffin with a 14. the home squad. when the OUA-leading York Lions Leading the way for the Warriors devastating fInal kill as the Varsity "Our inexperience, mentally and marched into the PAC and handed was veteran Taylor Hall, who com,Blues took the second set by a score physically showed in the third set," Waterloo a hard-fought straight-sets piled 13 kills and 14 points in the loss. of25-18. explained head coach Fernando loss on Wednesday night.

Brian Fuchs contributed with 16 digs Fading in the third set, the WatPardo.

York, ranked eighth in the CIS topriors managed to win only four of in the loss.

Unforced errors also played a ten coach's poll, proved to be too The Warriors, who now sit at 1-16, the final twenty points again~t the as the Varsity Blues held only a final much for the inexperienced Warriors increasingly efficient Torontd jugkill count of39-35. Rem3.iningopti\vill next see action on February 9 when squad. Butwhile the 16-1 Lions topped gernaut. Playing with an injured they travel to Guelph to take on the miStlC, the coach suggested that, "this Gryphons. shoulder, first year middleman season has been a progression. Half Waterloo in a straight-sets 3-0 victory, the set scores indicate how resilient the Aaron Dam helped keep the affair of our [starting] twelve were walkclose 'with strong net play early on, - IJith Jiles from Adam AlcGlfire ons and each is now playing at a .\Varriors were throughout the match.

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Campus Rec to offer free taste of classes

Warriors win sixth straight Adam McGuire IMPRINT STAFF

The UW men's basketball team is fighting for every victory these days -literally.

In what can onlybe dubbedaphysiCalaffair,the Warriors scratched, c1awed andbattledtheirwayto路 a 65-64 "vin over the Guelph Gryphons on the road last Saturday,January 29. The victory moved \'{laterloo to a division-leading 14-2 on the season and extended the Warriors' "'inning streak to six games.

But their latest triumph was not without its adversity. Warrior forward Dave MunkleY"the team's second-leading scorer, was ejected midway through the secQnd half after an on-floor scrap spawned from a hotly contested rebound under the basket. Munkley, who wasn't even on the floor at the time, was sent to the showers early after leaving the bench to join the scrum. Guelph forwardJon Gumham was also tossed for leaving the Gryphons' bench during the shoving match.

"It 'A'llS a melee," said UW head coach Tom Kies"''etter. "Davewasconcerned with the safety of his tt<lUD mates. His intent w,as good but his discretion was faulty. Hewas very apologetic and contrite {afterwards]."

Aside from the physical battle the Warriors faced, thevalso fuund themselves embroiled in a bltttleondtescoreboardln fact, the Gryphons led from wire to wire ill the first half, although the wl!Xrlbrs had narrowed the gap to one point by

Campus Rec changes fitness class routine 1n response to student problems with the scheduling of fitness classes, Campus Rec is . offering personalized schedules as of this tenn.

"Fitness classes have gone it la carte," said Michelle Robinson.

Insteadofbcingrestricted toMonday, Wednesday, Friday-schedules as they have in the past, students will now be afforded the opportunity to buy individual classes which fit their timetable.

"Personalized schedules make it easier to get into a particular fitness class," said Robinson. ''Room is still available in the many of the classes.

Nowistheperfecttimetoaddanewc1ass.Nowthat _ [students] have gotten into their school routine, they can see the open holes in their schedule."

Many free fitness opportunities available In hopes ofencouraging more students to get involved in their fitness programs, Campus Recreationis offeringanumber offree classes to give those students a taste of what they are missing.

Among the free classes is Fitness Explosion which will be held on Wednesday, February 16 from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in the Columbia Ice Fields gym. Fitness Explosion will offer a'

halftime.

Waterloo overtook the host club in the open-

ing minutes of the second half as the Warriors opened up on a 6-2 run to claim the lead. They would push their advantage to seven points by the

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seemed to give the Gryphons' a boost. They climbed thtir way back to even ground "lith the Warriors before lJW rec1aimedalead they would nevenelinquish. Although Guelph held the visitorsscorelessforthefinal2:48',thecomebackeffort came up a point short.

UW's leading scorer Graham J ar.min topped his club with 15 points in the win, but forward Chris Edwards turned out to be the wild card Waterloo would need for the victory. Edwards, seeingincreasedminutes after Munkley'sejection, registered nine points and 11 rebounds in the win.

"Chris Edwards was phenomenal," Kieswetter said. "(He] had to step up and playa big game."

The game capped off a solid week for Edwards, who had a double double with 10 points and 12 boards against the Western Mustangs on January 26. That effort, coupled with his performance in Guelph, earned him UW male athlete of the week honours.

The Warriors \vill now focus their attention on

",il indude Buddy \1(?eek, which \lill offer a

chance to try any Campus Rec fitness class for free, and Campus Rec's Guidebookphotoshoot.

Campus Rec plans to release more information on Buddy Week and the Guidebookphotoshoot in the coming weeks.

GLENN BARTLEY

UW's Chris Edwards, seen here in a game against Toronto earlier this season, was named UW athlete of the week in part for his role in UW's victory over Guelph. a two-game weekend versus the Lakehead Thunderwolves, a team that has climbed into fourth place in the QUA West with a three-game winning streak of their But despite the fact thepostseasonis justaroundthecomer,Kieswetter said his team remains focused on the task at hand.

"We take every game by itself; we respect our opponents," he said. "Teams come in to play against us with their 'A' games ready. , "[Lakehead) has some impressive players. We

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expect them to be vef}' physical and we know "they're athletic and quick."

The Warriorswillkickofftheirdouble billagainst the Thundet:wolves with a game tonight (Friday) before the two teams meetagain tomorrow (Saturday). Both games will tip offin the PAC at 8p.rn.

Three-on-three basketball. will raise money for Heart and Stroke Hoops forHeart,a fundraiserfortheHeartand Stroke Foundation,is comingto the Universityof WaterlooonJ\.farch4and5in thefunnoftheJ\.farch !vladness three-on-three basketball tournament.

The tournament will be staffed by volunteers and all proceeds will go to the Heat and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

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Chris led the Warriors to 2 wins this past week to remain in top spot in the OUA West division standing. On Wednesday evening at Western. Chris recorded a rare double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds in a 67-54 victory over the Mustangs. On Saturday in Guelph. Chris added 9 points and 11 rebounds in a thrilling 65-64 win over the Gryphons.

Sarah led the Warriors to 2 wins this past weekend to move 4 points up on Windsor fur the third and final playoff spot in the OUA West division. On Friday at Western.

Sarah recorded a hat-trick in a 3-1 win over the Mustangs. On Sunday in Windsor.

Sarah played eXtremely well in a 2-0 ~hut-out of the lancers.

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Struggles continue for women's hoopsters

Dan Micak IMPRINT STAFF

lady Warriors fall to Guelph on hardcourt

In their lone game of the week, the Warriors women's basketball team visited the Guelph Gryphons and fell to their hosts 64-42.

Guard Kimberley Lee led the Warriors in scoring with nine points and four rebounds. Her five turnovers, however, placed her just one behind teammate Katie Tucker. Turnovers proved to be the Warriors' downfall in the game a~ they gave up the ball a total of 31 times to the Gryphons.

The Warriors, who continue to occupy the basement of the OUA's west division, host the Lakehead Thunderwolves for two games this weekend. The games, on Friday, February 4 and Saturday, Fel::Jruary 5, both begin at 6 p.m.

Despite first day struggles, Warriors find success at laurier Invitational

Two second-place finishes and two third place finishes highlighted the Warriors figure' skating team's patticipationin the Wilfrid Laurier University Invitational on Friday,] anuary 28 and Saturday,]anuary29.

Despite struggling .through the first day of competition, the only highlight of which "vas Leo Kwong's third place finish in the men's open freeskate, the Warriors rebounded on day two.

Sheridan Hinnegan started off the morning of day two with. two strong dances in open solo dance to place second. Hinnegan's efforts involved the performance of the Argentine tango and the quickstep, both ofwhich were executed with excellent expression.

Sarah Norris' outstanding speed and flowin the senior silver solo dance earned her second place finish as well.

Late in the afternoon of day two, the team of Lindsay Cloke, Sara Stefonovich, Meaghan Gleason and Elise Cunningham skated in the bronze rhythm dance to the,Argentine tango. . The group placed third overall.

The figure skating team will see action again on Saturday, February 26 when they patticipate in the OUA c~ampionships.

College Draft, but Sullivan chose to return to the Warriors for one final season.

In 2003, Sullivan was the OUA's defensive player ofthe year and was also named co-""mner of the 2004 Totzke trophy, alongside swimmer MattlcIains, as the UniversityofWaterloo's male athlete of the year.

Women's hockey playoff hopes get boost

The playoff hopes of the Warriors women's hockey team got a huge boost this past week as the team scored road victories over the Western Mustangs and the Windsor Lancers - the two teams chasing them in the OUA west division standings.

The Warriors rolled into London to face the Mustangs on Friday, ]an\lary 28 and it was rookie centre Sarah Bryson who took the fate of the Warriors into her own hands

by scoring all three goals for a 3-1 Warriors victory.

Rookie Warriors netminder Alexis Huber stopped all but one ofWestern' s 30 shots in the contest.

Sunday,]anuary 30 saw the Warriors travel to Windsor to face the Lancers and again steal an important road victory. Again, Alexis Huber added another strong performance between the pipes stopping all of the shots she faced for a 2oWarriors win. The shutout was Huber's first ever in OUA competition.

Huber's .940 save percentage has her ranked fourth in the CIS and third in the OUA. The Warriors host the University ofToronto Varsity Blues at 7:30 on Saturd~y, February 5 at the Columbia Ice Fields. dmicak@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Warriors' Sullivan signs with CFl's BI!Je Bombers

John Sullivan, who completed his fifth and final season with the Warriors football team this past season, has signed a contract with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.

Sullivan, a defensive back, finished the 2004 season with 56 tackles and four sacks in seven games. For his efforts, he was named ~ second team all-Canadian.

The Bombers drafted Sullivan prior to the 2004 OUA season in the CFL's Canadian

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in a natTIe? The importance of a name depends on whom you ask --- it can matter as much or as little a8 its O\vner "rishes.

But for professional athletes, a name is everything. Commentators use it as their only means ofidentification, kids scream it to plead for autographs and mistresses need it for their paternity sui.t ClainlS. And in the era of the selfalY,(lrbed athlete, the natne on the back ofthe jersey means more than the name and logo on the front-a trend perfected by fOlmer baseball if,'110ramus Rickey Henderson.

So w~ith a bevy ofl1atneS to choose from, finding the best monikers in sport is as difficult as coaching Rafer Alston. Bunvith a little discretion and alotofconsonants, TlJiO-l\li1llf!;e ll:7ami!l~~ has come up v.rith a comprehensive .list of the greatestnatnes in sport, past and present.

First, we have the usUal suspectsthat is, natnes that are longer than an OSAP line. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger makes ilie list because the letter.:; in his last llatne more than double his jersey nUInher Former hoopstcr Clarence \veatherspoon's name arched from one hip to ilie other across his tank top jersey. And the middle infield of last year's Chicago Cubs makes the grade, just because "Nomar Gardaparra flips to Mark Grudziclanek" was a great way for an

announcer to start a double play call.

However the names in sport can also te-ach, and the monikers iliat serve a more educ,t110nal purpose should be heralded as well. You can count by sports names ~lth .Mike Singletary, Fred Couples and Kirk Triplett. You can paint by natnes vlith a palette consisting of junior hockey star Colton Yellow Horn, slugger Sha\\u Green and Bucks' sharpshooter Michael Redd. Sports names can also provide an anatomy lesson - just ask Avs defenseman Adatn Foote, former hockey journeyman 1\'fike Legg and N e\v YorkJets safety Reggie Tongue.

Sports natnes can help younger fans learn their ABCs with golfer Jonathan Kaye, receiver Antwaan RandleRl and quati:erbackTeeMartin.

And those searching for religious enlightemnent need look no further than the back ofa jersey and hail to defensive lineman JOM Abraham, basketball legend Moses ?vIalone and the most sac religious tag in sport, basketball's God Shamgod.

But while some natnes find their way on to ilie list with the help of context, others cam theit spot with gDod old-fashioned aural aesthetics -- the names that just sound great.

1bis categoryiswheresomeoftl1c best names make their home-natnes like Packers Digman KabeerGbaja-Biamila, who onlywishes he had as many sacks 1<1' his lliune bru; le1!'Ct:>_ fkttfl1€ Pircht1:

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all great natnes. And I haven't even mentioned Duffy \\;'aldorf or Fuzzy Zoeller yet.

But the best name in sports belongs to a 20-year-old junior hockey playen,riili the OHL's Owen Sound Attack: Robin Big Snake.

Big Snake, ofFitstNations origin, is a f,Jfeat name on so mwy levels. It sounds cool,itlookscool on the back ofa jersey and, with 19 goals and120 penalty minutes tl1US far, it intimi·· dates too. All things considered, Big Snake is ilie big man on campus when it comes to sports names --- \l.rith honourable mention to Boumtje Boumtje.

So nowthatyon have been brought up to date \\rith the best names in sport today, your mind will inevitably wander to another question: who spends this much time thinking about natnes? \X'ell, I do - a11d for a good reason, too.

In less than four short monilis, yours tnlly-and yours truly's better half-will be welcoming a new baby to the world Butwhile ilie prospect of the 4 a.m. diaper changing is a scary thought, tlle hardest part of my impending fatherhood has proven to be choosing names. Therefore, I write this column with a challenge to my readers (both of them); come up wiili some top-notch names for the next devored&noftheMont:reru.Canadiens

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The \Varriors men's and women's nordic skiing teams appear to be primed for a run at multiple OUA chatnpionships after another strong showing at an 0 tTA clualifying meet at Gatineau Parkin Quebec on January 29 and 30. ll1emeet, hosted by the University of Carleton, featured a classic style race on Saturday and a skate on Sunday.

The women's races were 5km and lOkm respectively, while the men's distances were 10km telr the classic and 15km for tlle skate. The times of the skiers from the two races would be used together to determine an overall winner. Saturday saw lJ\V's Al1drea Dupont finish second in the classic race, just three seconds behind the leader. The results from Saturday'S race \vere used to detertnine the starting order for Sunday. In this longer race, Dupont was able to fight back and overcome the small deficit to win the overall competition by 31 seconds.

Dupont has now won the women's individual competition at back to back meets.

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And Spurs centre Ruben Boumt;c Boumtje's name speaks for itself As sports go, golf has the best names as a whole. Aaron Oberholser, Jesper Parnevik,Mark Calcavecchia--

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On the men's side, \1(!aterloo's Bryon Hughson was also looking for his second consecutive vic ton' in an OUA qualifying meet. Hughson finished the classic race, a 10 km race, in second place. However, Hughson was unable to make up the ground in Sunday'S 15 km skate, ultimately fU1ishing in fifth place, 2: 19 behind the \l,'.inner, Stephen Hart ofLakehe-<i.d.

The team is now preparing for the o lTi\ championships, a meet which is being hosted by the University of Toronto and will take place February" 12and 13in North Bay. Thef011Tlatof the meet\,rill be skate races on Satur· day, \vithiliemengoingl0kmand the women 5 !an. This will be followed by the classic style race on Sunday, 'with the men racing 15 kill and the women going 10 kID. There will also be a sprint -relay that \vill take place on the fttstday of competition.

Coach BrentCurryis exdtedabout his team's chances ofbringinghome at least one provincial chatnpionship this season. "After our men's team's victory in the first day of rhe first ~UA qualifier, I'm optimistic about our chances. \Ve'll be shooting for top three. 1'm also very opti-

mistic about the chances of both And1"ca and Bryon capturing indi yidual titles."

Hughson will be shooting for \'i'/aterloo's fu:stOUA titlcin the men's indi,'.idlklJcompetition, while Dupont will be attempting to \\r1n UW'8 second charnpionship in the women's individual division, the other haying been won by Patricia Wardktwin 19831984. As for the teatn competitions, the men have one previous title to their (:redit, having won in 1996-1997 when Coach Curry was a membt:r of the team. The women will be looking for tl1eit sixth tCatn title, having won an astounding fIve in a rOw ending in 1983-1984.

Coach Curry expects the team's toughest competition to come from Lakehead, who have 1::\vo skiers, Steve Hart and Skeets j'\lorel, who have just returned from the World University chatnpionships. Lakehead has captured six of the past eleven OUA men's team championships.

In all, 14 skiers v.'ill represent ~'ater100 at the chatnpionships, hoping to put the finishing touches on what has already been a very successful season.

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