Imprint The university of Waterloo’s official student newspaper
vol 29, no 21
Athlete profile: Laura Sturch Page 24
Friday, January 5, 2007
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Change in policy offers both students and employers choice Page 4
Campus F.A.S.S. recruits student sinners F.A.S.S. 2007: The Seven Deadly Sins will be production’s 45th show welcomes new students for winter Chris Miller staff reporter
The University of Waterloo held an introductory orientation session for its incoming winter term students January 3. The group, comprised of undergraduate, graduate, transfer and exchange students, was given a rundown on the various services and upcoming events available on campus. In mid-December, registrar Nancy Weiner reported that it would be welcoming 91 new students, of which 43 were from the faculty of arts, 46 were from the faculty of mathematics, and two were from environmental studies. Though it pales in comparison to the 5,000 new students that are expected in the upcoming fall term, winter represents the second most popular entry period, with spring tending to garner only a handful of students — around 15 in 2006. A large majority of the incoming students showed up for the orientation, in part due to it being held on the first day of classes, according to Becky Wroe, the Feds orientation and special events officer. In prior years, students were less likely to participate in the reception when it was held later, likely because they had already started to become familiar with the university or were becoming busy with classes. This winter also saw a significant rise in the number of graduates joining the campus, with roughly half of the new students entering grad programs. The exchange students came from varying backgrounds. Jennifer Min, joining the undergraduate math faculty from Korea, felt that the diversity was suitable. “I like the University of Waterloo because I can meet so many international students and the professors are so kind.” Lindsay Rooke, an engineering students coming to Waterloo from Australia, cited snow and the club Campus for Christ as the most appealing draws. Wroe and first-year student life co-ordinator Karyn Nelson then briefly outlined the university’s facilities, explaining the functions of Health Services, Career Services, Counseling Services and the libraries. Nelson urges
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Khary Alexander, Karl Zaryski and Jim Peltier watch as Diana Chisholm and Arsenyk Ustaris audition for F.A.S.S. (Faculty, Alumni, Staff, Students). The show will premiere at the beginning of February. new students to get acquainted with all that UW has to offer. They also outlined several events of interest to new students. Clubs and services days, which will be held in the SLC January 11 and 12, will display the various organizations available on campus. January 26 is the second annual Polar Jam, a winter concert hosted by Feds. There is also the international
students orientation reception on January 7 at Columbia Lake Village. Feds, MathSoc and the Arts Student Union also had advice for newcomers. MathSoc representative Kaitlyn Holman invited new math students to get involved in their faculty society. “Swing by MathSoc in room MC3038 to find out what’s going on and what services we offer.” Kevin Royal, on behalf of the ASU, advised
students to “get involved; carpe diem — seize the day. Take opportunity to learn as much outside class as possible. Experience on campus is enriched through these activities.” Feds President Michelle Zakrison offered similar wishes, welcoming everyone and encouraging “all students to get involved and take the tours.” cmiller@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Guerilla structure squats on B2 Students scrambling between the library and the PAC were treated to a strange sight on the B2 green during exams. Someone, in what looked to the ignorant eye to be some form of protest against rampant consumerism and construction during the holiday season, had carefully and efficiently constructed a four-room wooden frame out of two-by-twos during the night and draped the beams with a tarp made from plastic bags hot glue-gunned together and blowing crazy in the wind. Passerbys seemed to be confused at the strange sight rising from the snow on the green. “Is this the new Nanotech building?” a girl asked as she passed. But there was no answer. The guerrilla builders left no card and scratched no signature into their creation. The structure stood for three days and then was removed by university administration.
Ashley Csanady staff reporter
Cambodia
A runaway bride, rain or a reinstating of prohibition might be what some would qualify as wedding day worst case scenarios, but tell that to the six people gored at a December 29 wedding ceremony in Cambodia. The daughter of a Cambodian tycoon had her dream wedding crashed, quite literally, when a bull buffalo escaped from a nearby home and charged at the 100 guests in attendance, according to an article in the Associated Press. Four people were injured at the wedding, as well as two passers-by. No one was killed, but some of the victims were hospitalized with serious injuries. The owner of the bull has fled, allegedly fearing being held accountable for his raging bull’s actions. The bull in question was killed 1.2 miles away from the wedding ceremony about an hour after the incident occurred. While it may have been a nice day for a white wedding, this bull must have been seeing red — that, or he just really hates Billy Idol. U.S.
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Imprint reviews another year gone by A recap of the biggest, most controversial stories in the UW community in 2006 Suzanne Gardner staff reporter
As you write up your new year’s resolutions and look forward to a fresh, new year, Imprint wants to help you remember the most important events of 2006 in and around the University of Waterloo: the scandals, the visitors and the changes, for better or for worse, are all here. Scandals
UW came under international scrutiny after news that the university had trapped and killed four beavers residing in Laurel Creek which runs through the university’s campus. The university hired professional trappers to drown the beavers in underwater traps, which the Ministry of Natural Resources maintained was the most humane way to deal with the situation. Regardless, the news quickly filtered through media outlets all around the world and led to a public memorial being held on campus for the loss of the animals. Additionally, UW instated a new task force — led by Deep Saini, dean of environmental studies — to address environmental concerns in the future. At the end of August, three UW alumni and one UW undergraduate student were arrested for allegedly being supporters of the foreign terrorist organization the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers). Electrical engineering students Suresh Sriskandarajah and Thirukumaran Sinnathamby; computer science graduate, Thirukumaran Sivasubramaniam; and computer engineering undergraduate Ramanan Mylvaganam were all former members of UW’s Waterloo Tamil Students Association (WATSA). Following their arrests, the university, in collaboration with the Federation of Students, announced that they would be conducting a forensic audit of the club. Various fates have since been determined for these men: Suresh
Sriskandarajah was called for extradition by the United States justice department; Ramanan Mylvaganam has been on bail since early October, but could still face extradition; and Thirukumaran Sinnathamby and Thirukumaran Sivasubramaniam were released on bail shortly after their arrests, yet they too still suffer the threat of extradition. 3B geography and business student Manolo Rosales was deported to the United States at the beginning of September, along with his mother and brother. The family, who had been forced to flee Guatemala 20 years ago, was applying for refugee status in Canada but was denied. According to Immigration Canada, the family was being deported because they could not prove that they had roots in Canada or that it was unsafe to return to their home country. The Federation of Students sent a letter to Immigration Canada in an attempt to prove Rosales’ roots in Canada as a UW student. UW faces major changes and debates
During the Federation of Students’ annual general meeting October 30, the most debated issue was centred around one letter: changing the name of the Womyn’s Centre to the Women’s Centre. After much discussion, the motion to change “womyn” to “women” passed 38-17-4. This change, one of the recommendations from the services review from earlier this year that was actually implemented, was hoped to change how students viewed this Feds’ service. The Federation of Students and the Student Transportation of Canada (STC) squared off against Greyhound Canada in a March hearing to determine whether or not Feds would be allowed to continue their Fed Bus service. The issue arose when Greyhound claimed that the Fed Bus violated Greyhound’s monopoly on bus service, by operating as a scheduled bus system
under the guise of a charter system. The Ontario Highway Transportation Board ruled in favour of Greyhound, but the issue was revisited in a final hearing on July 25. Feds and STC applied for a scheduled service licence in order to be able to continue running the Fed Bus and were eventually granted the licence. The SLC Tim Hortons closed their doors earlier in the spring 2006 term, as the Food Services Advisor Board (FAB) voted to reduce the restaurant’s hours. While the Feds executive fought for continued 24 hours of operation, FAB argued that there was not enough late-night traffic during the summer to justify overnight hours. A motion for the Feds proposed hours did not pass, and so the new hours for the remainder of the spring term were 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Monday to Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday. At the beginning of the fall term Tim Hortons returned to operating 24 hours, seven days a week. Famous faces
Important political figures graced the UW campus several times this past year, from Liberal leadership candidates Martha Hall Findlay and Gerard Kennedy, to former governor general Adrienne Clarkson and interim Liberal party leader Bill Graham, to political pundits Seymour Hersh, Stephen Lewis and Warren Kinsella. Lectures were also given by Romeo Dallaire, a retired Canadian general who ran the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force Rwanda between 1993 and 1994, Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of the famed “Little Rock Nine” who helped to desegregate an Arkansas high school in 1957, and environmentalist David Suzuki, on the final tour of his career. See YEAR, page 5
I thought designer dog toys and organic food were bad enough, but now the Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Florida is offering dog massages. Yes, that’s right, dog massages, with a real masseuse and everything. At $130 a pop, the new service is for the truly indulgent dog owner, the Associated Press reports. A pilot project for the whole chain, the doggy rubdowns may soon be available at a Ritz near you. But that’s not all! For a mere $220 extra, your pet can also enjoy gourmet dog biscuits, a choice of nail buffing or nail polish, a souvenir photo, a brisk walk over Sarasota’s scenic Ringling Bridge and a gourmet meal of organic stew and designer water served on a silver tray. Owners of larger dogs are out of luck, however, as the Ritz massages are limited to dogs that are 20 pounds and under. According to a spokesperson for the hotel, this is just the beginning in indulgences available for the special pup in you life. What’s next? A facial complete with pore minimizers? Talk about a spoiled pooch! acsanady@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Corrections In the December 1, 2006 edition of Imprint, we reported that a booth was set up for Matt Austin, a UW student currently serving in Afghanistan. Austin’s mother is Rose Anstett, not Sharlene as stated in the caption. Also, Cara Voisin is a friend of Austin’s, not his sister. Imprint apologizes for any inconvenience these errors caused. In the December 1, 2006 article “$33.3 million CFI funding boosts UW research,” the photo caption spelled two names incorrectly. The correct spellings are Ali Safavi-Naeini (not Ali Satavi Naeini) and Eliot Phillipson (not Elliot Phillipson). Imprint apologizes for the errors.
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Celebrating half a century Tim Alamenciak editor-in-chief
While many are shaking off their New Year’s hangovers and taking the Walk of Shame down Columbia St., Bonnie Oberle is about to see her baby come to life. An event in the making since April 2006, the launch party for UW’s 50th anniversary promises to be an extravagant affair. The Physical Activities Complex (PAC) will be packed with retro-themed activities, free giveaways and, of course, lunch on Thursday, January 11 at 11:30 a.m. The Whitewalls, a 50s-themed band made up of residence dons, will take the main stage as impersonators from the drama department work the crowd. Oberle wrangled committees and subcommittees to pull off this year’s celebration. Crediting an excellent support team, dedicated student volunteers and careful planning, Oberle is elated by the event. “[The committee is] really pleased at how things have progressed,” she said. “Everyone knows their roles — we’re expecting a positive kick-off.” The launch event was given a budget of $38,000. From what Oberle was saying, it will be pulled off largely by volunteer staff. In addition to a ’50s-themed party, the launch will also mark the introduction of the official 50th anniversary
flag. It will hang by the university’s entrance for most of the year. UW was founded July 1, 1957. The first engineering courses were taught on that day at what was then known as Waterloo College Associate Faculties. From there, J. Gerald Hagey lead the small school through the transition to become the University of Waterloo, officially passed through Ontario legislature in 1959.
The planning committee for the launch event has gone to great lengths to include everyone. They will be shuttling students from the Cambridge school of architecture and distance education staff from Gage St. in Kitchener to the PAC.
Additionally, retired staff and faculty members are invited to the event. There will be an evening repeat of the launch for staff like custodians and food services employees who only work in the evenings. While Oberle couldn’t comment directly on any future plans for the 50th anniversary, the website details a few events in the stewing pot. Karalee Clerk, marketing co-ordinator in co-operative education and career services, will be co-ordinating a three-day long conference in early October. Clerk, who is also one of the masterminds behind the slogan, “The Spirit of ‘Why Not?’” will bring author Malcom Gladwell and other prominent speakers to talk on work-related issues facing society. The 50th anniversary committee is giving everyone the opportunity to plan events. Athletics has snapped up this invite early with an evening alumni gala slated for Saturday, June 23. Also on the roster is the annual Canada Day celebration. The event will go as usual, but some 50th anniversary flair will be carefully sprinkled over the festivities. And keep your eyes open for Imprint’s very own 50th anniversary festivities. For more details on these events, see http://www.anniversary.uwaterloo.ca. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Marks may go to employers Tim Alamenciak editor-in-chief
Once again, UW’s policy on transcript submission has changed. Back in December, Imprint reported that UW would be automatically submitting transcripts to employers. This policy faced a great deal of contention, particularly from Federation of Students vice-president of education Jeff Henry. He called the decision, “swatting a fly with a bazooka.” Some students, as mentioned in the initial article, felt that a blanket policy of transcript submission would jeopardize their chances of getting a co-op job. “Anecdotally, our field staff said for years that employers want to have those marks. We have other field staff saying some employers don’t care – you get a mix of all kinds of people,” said Olaf Naese, communications and public relations administrator for co-operative education and career services (CECS). Also, in a meeting between the cooperative education council (CEC) and co-operative students’ council (CSC), members reported that employers find marks the quickest way to knock students off the short list for interviews, although marks are not necessarily a reliable indicator of performance at the placement. CEC and CSC have revised the initial blanket policy to be more specific and give more choice to both employers and students. Now employers will have the option of making mark submissions mandatory. Where before they
could suggest to students that it was probably a good idea to disclose marks, now employers will check a box making transcript submissions mandatory. An automated system will supplant the previous system. “Now there is more of a compromise which means that we are going to ask our employers if they require marks or are they okay without marks,” said Naese. CECS is hoping to have the new policy implemented through upgrades in JobMine for Fall 2007. Until then, the blanket requirement for mandatory marks submissions will remain in place. “I would say that this is pretty close to the outcome that we thought. I’m pleased, after hearing from students, that co-op has fully endorsed this decision. It demonstrates what good dialogue and communications we can have with CECS,” said Henry. When an employer does not require mark submissions, students have the option to keep their marks confidential. If this is their choice, a clear indication will be given to employers in order to avoid potential transcript fraud. “The bottom line is there will be some people unhappy because jobs that some want to apply to but they prefer their marks not to be sent. They may be in a position where they may not be able to apply,” he said. In a survey done by CECS during a spring term, they found that 15 per cent of students who went through interviews had their marks withheld. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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January 11
Graduate studies fair: Check out the Great Hall for the skinny on graduate studies opportunities offered at UW. This event takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
50th anniversary launch party: Stop by for a free lunch and partake in some ’50s-themed festivities. Students from the drama department will be impersonating ’50s celebrities and students will also be featured in a ’50s fashion show.
January 10 Fair Vote Canada: Public consultation meetings to discuss the restructuring of the provincial electoral system are being held province-wide. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the K-W YMCA, 425 University Ave. E.
January 11 Models and capital adequacy in rating the insurance industry: Dave Ingram will be broadcast live from New York to the Davis Centre, Room 1302 as part of the Cornell-Waterloo Quantitative Finance Series at 5 p.m. Stay or switch?: Presented by LT3 and Psych, this game show format presentation will promote understanding of the Monty Hall dilemma. From 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the FLEX Lab (lab 329) of the Dana Porter Library.
January 8, 2007 Imprint’s first meeting of the term: Winter term staff selection for Imprint takes place in the Imprint office beginning at 12:30 p.m.
January 11-12 Clubs and services days: The clubs and services on campus will pack the Great Hall of the SLC from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. Come out for your chance to learn about some fantastic extracurricular activities and make some new friends in the process.
January 11-13 Canadian undergraduate technology conference: A group of UW students organize this annual technology conference. This year it is being hosted at the Hilton Toronto Hotel in downtown Toronto. See www.cutc.ca for details and the chance to register.
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Year: remembering the events of the past year at UW Continued from page 3 Elections
UW students visited polling stations many times this past year, on the municipal level, federal level and for their student government. Federally, Liberal incumbent Andrew Telegdi was re-elected in the month of January, and municipally, newcomer Brenda Halloran became the city of Waterloo’s new mayor in the November election. As for Feds elections, students voted in the 2006-2007 executive in February, electing Michelle Zakrison as president, Renjie Butalid as vice-president administration and finance, Jeff Henry as vicepresident education and Sai Kit Lo as vice-president internal. The executive began their term of office on May 1. Additionally, during the election period, two important referenda were decided by students: full-time students voted against the implementation of a $10 per term academic services fee, and arts students allowed the creation of an arts endowment fund. In honour of those we lost
On April 3, second-year psychology student Katharine Marshall died of injuries she had sustained from a car crash the previous day on a rural road in Wellington County. She is survived by her parents, John and Nancy, and her brother, David, who is an economics student at UW. Marshall received a posthumous general BA during the October 2006 convocation. On November 29, Janet Yip, a member of the electrical engineering class of 2007 and engineering councilor, passed away after being diagnosed with leukemia. Feds held a memorial service to commemorate Yip’s life on December 3. Vandalism on campus
Several students made their mark on the UW campus in a defamatory fashion this past year. Feds service Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo (GLOW) were the primary target, as a stream of vandalism acts against the organization struck campus throughout January and February. Vandalism was also found in the
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ES building during February, as hateful words were found on the office door of student and teacher’s assistant, Richard “Teddy� Dong. A more creative form of vandalism was found on the roof of the central services building, where somebody spray-painted a giant “V,� in reference to the popular graphic novel and movie, V for Vendetta. Supposedly in honour of Guy Fawkes Day, the letter was discovered after the fifth of November, in order to make us really remember, remember this day. UW grows and renovates
UW’s campus continued to grow this past year, most notably in the month of March with the initial stages of construction of the university’s latest satellite campus, the School of Pharmacy in downtown Kitchener. The school will welcome its first class of students in the 2007/08 school year. Plans for another satellite campus are also in the works, this time for a liberal arts college in Stratford. As of October 17, UW has six months to draft a business plan, research funding options and look into options for acquiring land in Stratford. In May, the UW board of governors also approved the construction of a nanotechnology building, which will be built on one of the last remaining green spaces on the campus, the B2 green. The decision has spawned a great deal of controversy due to the loss of the grassy field, and led to Dig It, a giant concert to honour the green held in September. Two key businesses on campus, the Retail Services-operated UW Shop and the Feds-operated Bombshelter Pub, both underwent major renovations this past year. The UW Shop closed its doors for two and a half months, reopening at the beginning of January with several changes including the movement of the checkout counter and the addition of more changerooms. The popular pub Bomber was closed for the entire summer term, but opened again in September with a larger main bar, a better-equipped kitchen and a brand new menu with more diverse culinary options. sgardner@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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That’s a lot of history The trouble with newsmakers is that they can’t just wait for the news to happen. Sure, you have your disasters or freak events that can’t be predicted, but for the most part, the news is predictable. Someone is celebrating something, opening something or selling something. For news like that a writer must plan ahead. The big celebration on campus this year will be UW’s 50th anniversary on July 1 to mark the start of the first class at Waterloo. Offices across campus are buzzing as various administrative types prepare to celebrate. Needles Hall is offering to chip in funds for groups within the UW community that want to celebrate. Imprint hopes to be part of something big later this year. We’ll keep you posted. For celebratory occasions, a certain degree of research is necessary. UW didn’t really have a clean break from WLU at the beginning, so picking the date of the first engineering class was an easy milestone.
Once the bare facts of what’s being celebrated have been identified, a historian can dig a little deeper. UW has marked anniversary milestones before. The 25th anniversary in 1982 and the 40th in 1997 allowed a large amount of historical information, including several books on the subject to begin to codify the founding and ongoing myths of the university. The question always is, what made a university that was a few portables in a muddy field a half-century ago rise to international prominence in certain fields so quickly, even though, as one French academic remarked, we were named after one of the greatest defeats in history? Forget nice buildings, innovative profs or a list of prestigious alumni: it’s the students that make a university. Over time a culture unique to a particular campus evolves and persists. At UW, you might call it doing things the “Waterloo way.� There are four reasons I can think of that make students stand out. Believe it or not, UW students used to be pranksters. Three friends decided to put Waterloo on the map in 1958 when they got tired of telling people where they went to university. As a prank, they scaled the water tower that sat roughly where 262 Lester Street is now
and painted the word “Beer� on its side. Today, it might be called terrorism, back then it was merely called trespassing. UW was also in the forefront of creating waves of student ambassadors. While other august institutions could count on a host of successful alumni to spread their good name to the world, UW didn’t yet have that luxury. Instead, they sent co-op students. Co-op students are better than alumni. A constant cycle of students through a company can help preview both the people and the programs to keeping in mind during a company’s next round of hirings. UW students have also made their mark as innovators. Some have done so within in the university while others have left — before or after they graduated — to launch companies or otherwise change the world. Finally, UW students are accomplished scholars. In the crowded field of academics, they can make themselves heard. Perhaps not for their pranks, but for the latter three points, UW students can hold their own. By my very rough guess, UW must be closing in on the millionth graduate. That’s a lot of history. Someone should write it down. nmoogksoulis@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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New year — less cheer Drifting apart is only sweet when there’s a tiger on the other raft
New Year’s resolutions are for suckers and chumps; I prefer to enjoy New Year’s revelations. Like the phrase that marred my holiday season: pour a forty on the curb for my homies that passed before me. It popped into my head like gats drifting around a gangster’s Christmas dreams. Last year’s New Year’s celebration was boisterous to say the least. At midnight, I promptly poured champagne everywhere — to the chagrin of the party hosts. My buddy, we’ll call him Z, half-naked and wearing a grass skirt, kissed me on the cheek passionately. This was all followed by much destruction and raucous behaviour until the wee hours of the morning. This year, Z was quietly snoozing beside his girlfriend just minutes after the calendar flipped over. That’s all fine and good — I can sympathize with the need for cuddling
and sleeping in a viciously monogamous relationship. Many of you would have moved away from home. Unfortunately for me, going home for Christmas meant going to the far side of Kitchener. One of the great benefits of moving away from home is that it gives you a reason to lose touch with people. It’s like Neil Young said: it’s better to burn out than fade away. My friends are slowly fading away. This New Year’s cemented that fact. There may be the occasional gathering, or perhaps quiet drinks with them and their significant others. The days of being a mob of unruly, but fun-loving, sick boys are sputtering their last dying breaths. When I was younger, my parents always said that I would have to grow up some time. I’ve clung to my childhood like a starving giant squid — I still watch cartoons every morning and occasionally eat Alphabits. Those are not the things I’m most afraid of growing out of, though. Maintaining that sort of youth won’t remedy the real problem of age: a loss of friends as they turn to some higher calling. I don’t begrudge my homies for their severely uncool antics. I can understand their mentality
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and reasons, and definitely realize that there is no malicious intent behind anything. The moral of the story — or at least the moral as I saw it — is that no matter how desperately one clings to childlike ideas of life, you have to grow up. And as I’ve found out over the holiday season, if you don’t, everyone else will. Then who will play G.I. Joes with me all Sunday afternoon? I guess it’s not all bad sauce. Some would tell me beauty and grace can be found in quiet dinners with barely-interesting conversation. “So, how’s the job?,” “Fucked up weather lately, eh?” and so on. I know that this year is going to be a decent finisher to last year. I’ll probably lose touch with a lot of people, pour some forties on the curb for them, and move on happily. Being dragged down into a monochrome life of mediocre wines and pleasant conversation just ain’t my bag. So my New Year’s revelation — and hopefully you can take something from this — sometimes you have to let things break. Mourning, insofar as it may be called that, should sometimes be limited to pouring a forty on the curb. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Girls caught in a fishnet “Online Casanova” Jivesh Jagota has been convicted of defrauding 13 local women out of over $150,000, impregnating three and giving chlamydia to several others. According to an article in The Record, using an online dating website, www.plentyoffish.com, Jagota told the women he was a lawyer and asked them to lend him money as business loans or to help pay for custody proceedings. Some of the women lost tens of thousands of dollars, provoking the question “how could they be so stupid?” These women willingly banked, literally and figuratively, their entire futures on this man who they had just met — and online to boot. It’s easy to point fingers and say these women were clearly desperate, maybe a little pathetic, but surely at fault in some way. Jagota is clearly a predator who deserves the 18 month sentence he received — and then some. He’s ruined these women’s financial futures, as well as damaged them emotionally
and physically (by allegedly spreading an STI). While he is definitely to blame for his deceit, what about the women involved? Are they too, at least in some ways, responsible? It does seem like a stupid thing to do; however, aren’t we all stupid when it comes to love? These women were just stupid with the wrong man at the wrong time. Everyone turns a blind eye to what they don’t want to see when it comes to romance. No one wants to believe someone who appears to have a genuine interest in them doesn’t have, or worse, just wants them for their money, sex, etc. Saying these women are responsible for the fraud they’ve suffered is like saying people who stay in physically abusive relationships do so because they like getting hit — not because they are scared, hopeless or have nowhere else to go. We all tell ourselves sweet little lies to cushion our ego — or fool ourselves into believing exactly what we want to believe. How often have you, or friends, justified a failed romantic endeavor with excuses such as: “He/she just isn’t in the place right now for a relationship,” or “He/she doesn’t want to ruin the friendship,” or “I know he/she can change, it will be different this time.” We’re all guilty of being victims of both our romantic partners and ourselves. We find it so hard just to accept the fact that feelings aren’t reciprocated, or someone we have
feelings for is bad for us/dangerous/a user etc., that we come up with elaborate justification when the truth is, simply, they just aren’t that into us, or they really aren’t going to change, or despite the fact they might say they love us, their actions say otherwise. It might be cliché, but love really is blind. Whether it’s the truth, a tiny flaw, or the fact that your partner is literally stealing from you, we never want to accept the fact that we were wrong. Romantic follies seem to hit the hardest, and we try to avoid them by any means possible, even if that means lying not only to those around you, but worst of all to yourself. I hear my friends lying to themselves on almost a daily basis, and I know I’m guilty of the same thing. The thing is, no one can really tell someone that they are lying to themselves; it just doesn’t work. The messenger always gets killed, and sometimes it’s easier to nod along and be “a good friend” than tell them the truth. Maybe this isn’t the best solution — maybe we should stop lying to ourselves and allowing our friends to do the same. If we all took an honest look at our own romantic history, could we really say that these women are stupid — or just unlucky? acsanady@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Back off Big Environment The myth of global warming is a popular one, especially among scientists. It’s just like the popular children’s story of Hansel and Gretel, where the witch cooked the children in her stove and the resulting carbon emissions destroyed the world. I think it’s obvious to anyone who isn’t dumber than a Rosie O’Donnell -doorknob love child( let that image sink in) — that 99 per cent of the world’s scientists are in the pockets of Big Environment. Whenever you want to find out why the world is the way it is, or why people behave the way they do, all you have to do is follow the money. Once environmentalists get the public on their side, and convince them to scale back their use of hydrocarbons, people will
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start funneling their money into the environmentalists’ pockets. Everyone knows that the money people don’t spend on gas always ends up in the insidious hands of the Sierra Club or Greenpeace. Alan Caruba, who recently wrote for The Conservative Voice, said it best, “The theory is that ‘greenhouse’ gases such as carbon dioxide generated by the human use of so-called ‘fossil fuels’ are ‘causing’ global warming. This is the justification for schemes intended to force ‘conservation’ and other energy use limitations, but CO2 is a natural part of the Earth’s ecology. All plants, trees, crops and other vegetation are dependent on CO2 for growth.â€? If you can’t tell, all the quotation marks delineate the bullshit that climate scientist make up. “Greenhouseâ€? gases‌ sure, whatever hippie. I would think that you would want the world to be a giant greenhouse so you can grow your pot and eat your babies. “Fossil fuelsâ€? — what are they, the ancient remains of plants
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and animals that lived millions of years ago compressed over time into energy rich combustible fluids and gases? That idea’s queerer than a $3 bill. “Causing� man, don’t even get me started on the word “causing.� “Conservation.� Pfft! The only energy worth conserving is the energy that I spend arguing with these hippie jackasses. Thank you Alan, it’s about time public relations advisors weighed in on this important debate. If releasing carbon into the atmosphere is so bad, then why are we letting countries like India and China start doing a lot of it? They are likely to be the biggest offenders if anything. We of the car culture are the ones who started this drunken sailor spending of natural resources. In a sense, we have called “shotgun� on the world’s oil reserves. What we really need to do is reassert the West as the only ones who can reap the benefits of cheap energy production. Let’s play devil’s advocate for a second and say that global warming really is happening and make a list of pros and cons. Con — billions of equatorial Third World nations will increasingly suffer from famines due to drought. Pro — I will only have to shovel the driveway once this winter. Con — increases in sea water temperatures will breed more powerful, and thus destructive, hurricanes rendering many coastal regions virtually uninhabitable in summer months. Pro — I’m going out later today to get a nice January base tan. Furthermore, the warmer it gets, the less fuel we’ll need to heat our home in the winter, I mean burning things has to be having some negative impact. I could go on, but as you can see, the pros and cons list would be easily balanced. I bet these climatologists would love it if we all stopped burning fuel to run our cars, heat our homes and cook our food. Enjoy your cold cereal you emissionazi hippie bastards. I’m Brendan Pinto and I’m single, (but stick around, and we’ll see if things heat up) so tell your friends. bpinto@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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What New Year’s resolutions are you going to break this year? By Anya Lomako and Brendan Pinto
“Not going to bed as early as I’d like to.” Graham Luke
“Eat less pizza.” Veronica Diaz
“Stop biting my nails.” Anna Dzsurdzsa
“Going to make a new year’s resolution, and I didn’t even make one.” Chris Martin
1B arts & business
3A computer science
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3B psychology
“Speaking more English.” Nicholas Scatoli 3B mechanical engineering
“No more cougarness.” Michelle Sabourin 4B environmental studies
“Run More.” Monica Bolejszo 1B political science
“Cut down the booze.” Ryan Morris & Rob Huneault 4B applied math
1. Little demons 5. Relinquished 10. Profound reverence 13. Title of deference 14. Japanese cartoon style 15. Energy unit 16. Slant measuring tool 18. Big truck 19. Form of a gene 20. Unit of time (abbreviation) 21. Hyperbolic sine 22. Seals the deal (2 wds) 25. Article from Shakespeare play 26. Liberal race loser 27. Actress Warren last seen opposite Bon Jovi 28. Yada yada yada 30. Network home of the apprentice 32. Lessened the pain 33. Line crossing the y axis 37. Hinduism’s vital energy of the universe 40. Scattered more than here 41. Half of ad hoc 44. Unnaturally improved offspring 47. Awkward, stupid person 49. Any PhD 51. Farm breeding (2 wds) 54. New Zealand evergreen 55. Set afire 56. Latin American plains 57. Howard Hughes’ airline 58. Light emitting 60. Take a meal 61. Large supply 62. Manx and Gaelic language group 63. Whisky ingredient 64. Attack from all sides
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24. Intergral part of any stairwell 29. Home of the silver screen 31. Produce tears 34. Wendy Darling’s dog 35. Pidgeon calls 36. Empower 37. Lively-er 38. Smashing success 39. Cause trouble 42. Mark of eccentricity 43. Small crown 45. Add more light 46. Jane Goodall’s favorites 48. More erroneous 50. Closed fluid sac in body 52. Being of use 53. Mother-of-pearl 58. Rat 59. Hockey, basketball and soccer necessity
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Making use of the Used Bookstore can prove profitable for students who take the time to brave the lineups Shawn Bell
sell, there needs to be incentive to buy. A 20 per cent discount on a text worth $120 is a cool $24 in your pocket. Multiply that by The Used Bookstore is a busy place the first the five or six textbooks that you’re required week of term. The customers stand still in lines to buy to participate fully in university and but there are so many people present that it you’re talking a hundred dollars or more in savings. Add that to the fact that you’re buying seems to be a swarming mass of students. The lineup to sell your books runs out onto a textbook from a fellow student rather than a the atrium floor; there is another lineup to use multi-national publishing house. Then think of the Used Bookstore’s profits the two computers outside; backpacks are piled at the base of a pillar under a paper sign that going to the Federation of Students rather than the University of Waterloo’s coffers which is reads, “Please leave backpacks outside.” There’s a soothing babble of talk all around. what happens to the UW Bookstore’s profits. Regardless of your incenThe people in line talk on tive, Waterloo’s students cell phones and mutter The lineup ran out have responded. to their friends. Other do $140,000 in people sneak through the door and yet the sales“We’ll on days like this,” said saying “excuse me” and “sorry;” they are buying people waited with manager John Jongerius. “It is busy like that for books and although the infinite patience. the last few weeks of the buying books line is con[previous] term and will tained within the store it not slow down until the is also very long. It takes ten minutes to move into the store. end of week two.” Head supervisor Nick Walsh elaborated. It takes another ten minutes to move down the ramp, shoulder-to-shoulder with guys and girls “We’ve been lined up like this since 9:30 this of all backgrounds to a desk where two frazzled morning.” It is now 4:00 p.m. Then he laughed. girls, wearing name tags on chains, sit behind “We opened at 9:00 a.m. New Year’s Day computers and stacks of textbooks, calling “I — there were three people sitting on the floor waiting when I got here.” can help you over here” without looking up. The smiles on the faces of the staff stand When the call comes for you it is a moment of panic to leave the comfort of warm bodies out amid the throngs of people. How can in line, but as you step across the carpeted floor they be so happy? They’re only paid minimum wage to sit there and consign textbooks you see the girl is smiling. — 5,000 to 6,000 books a day come into the “Hello,” she says, “How are you?” It sounds like genuine concern for your store at this time of year, Jongerius said, and personal welfare. She looks up at you from her it is easy to believe looking out on a store seat with her hair all a mess and smiles again. cluttered with stacks of textbooks in every corner and on every shelf. That line wasn’t so bad. Supervisor Tamsun Langenhoven exAs for the Used Bookstore itself, they’ll take your books and sell them for you; for 18 pained: “There’s more customer interaction months all you have to do is check your account when it’s busy. We’ll start a conversation for on their website (www.feds.ca). You click a but- a change of the mundane act of scanning ton if your book has been sold and a cheque your books. Plus everyone’s working and time goes by faster when everyone’s here and in will be printed. Then, after the first Friday of the next month, you go back to the bookstore, a good mood.” As I sat there chatting amiably with the pick up the cheque, take it to the bank and the bookstore staff the customers joined in and money is yours. The money you get is 85 per cent of what everyone had a good time. The lineup ran out the door and yet the your book sold for. The Used Bookstore, owned by the Federation of Students, makes 15 per people waited with infinite patience. The credit cent. The Used Bookstore sells textbooks for card machine broke and while the two staff tried up to 80 per cent of the UW Bookstore’s price to fix it, the lineup behind waited patiently. I asked the girl at the counter, who’d been depending on the condition of the book. This is the key to it all. In order to successfully waiting in the line for 20 minutes and now was staff reporter
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The start of a new term sees days like this when UW students formed a queue to drop off used books with employee Nick Walsh at the Used Bookstore. waiting again at the front, how her Used Bookstore experience had been. “Wonderful,” she said with a big smile. “Except the employees can’t work the computers.” She laughed and the staff laughed with her.
“To top it off,” Jongerius added, still laughing, as he saw me out, “We’ve been one terminal down all day. Computers suck.” sbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
UW student braves mountains in Ecuador Matthew Piggott reporter
In hindsight, I can hardly believe that I got myself into the following situation. Usually I am a very careful person who takes all the normal precautions. Yet somehow, within a 12-hour period, I pushed myself as close to the precipice of death as I have ever been. Our excursion was supposed to be challenging, and a whole lot of fun. One student’s host father Colonel Louis led eight Canadians from our group, including my girlfriend Jennifer, on a climb of the nearby mountain Pasochoa. The trip began as ideally as any trip could have. Sitting in the open back of the truck we had the wind in our faces and a common feeling of enthusiasm. Our trek up the mountain was like entering into an entirely different world. Although we only went a few minutes down the road from Sangolqui’s urban core, we were instantly in an entirely different rural setting.
The road up the mountain had a small town would stick out, which made for some excellent feel — cobbled mixed with dirt roads, huge photography. stretches of farmland, small family owned At one point, I was a bit confused to find myplots, and the occasional self walking through a stable or corner store. stretch of pine trees, As we moved further up This part of the mountain clearly not a native the mountain, it became I later learned appeared more jungle like species. a bit greener, there were that a foreign company lush green eucalyptus with its intense greenery, had convinced Ecuaplantations around us, dorians to plant them and we were given a sounds of birds, and thick there and elsewhere in magnificent view of the country. foliage growing down the theAfter valley below us. hiking for The truck dropped about an hour we sides of the path. us off at the Pasochoa reached an abandoned hydroelectric dam, and house that seemed like after exploring that we walked up a well-worn it would be a good place to stop and camp, and path nearby. This part of the mountain appeared from which we could attempt the summit the next more jungle like with its intense greenery, sounds morning; however, we decided to push on and of birds, and thick foliage growing down the camp near the summit. We would then be able to sides of the path we were walking. climb it tomorrow morning and make our descent. Occasionally there would be a lone flower that Having been assured that there was a camping spot,
we picked up our bags and moved on. Immediately after the house there was an abrupt change in scenery. Thick low grasses, thorny shrubs and different kinds of cacti replaced the thick forest. In one of our classes we had learned about this kind of area, known as a paramo, but seeing it for real was even better. A little further up, we passed through a thicket of blueberries and although we were offered some, were told not to eat the black ones because they were hallucinogenic. With what was about to happen, perhaps I should have taken some along with me. At this point our climb became noticeably harder. Walking through the tough grass our legs picked up a lot of water, which slowed us down and got our clothes wet. Our path was a bit steeper and because of some previous rain, quite muddy. To make matters worse, it passed next to a small ravine. See HIKING, page 11
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At times the drop was not much at all. At others, you would have been in serious trouble. This made us think twice about how fast we moved and as a result our pace slowed down. The sun inched closer to the horizon, the wind picked up slightly and the rain began to sprinkle down our backs. Throughout the entire trek I had been hanging at the back of the group so I could be with Jennifer who was feeling out of breath from the altitude. Because the others were always waiting for us, any important decisions had already been made by the time we caught up. As a result, all we could do was blindly follow those who were in front of us and trust they had made good decisions. We knew we were really on the mountain when all of the plant life was gone; the only surviving species was that same persistent knee high grass. The angle of the ascent was also quite steep and we were thus slowed down again. By now darkness had clearly set in and ominously the rain had picked up. Falling even further behind I suddenly realized that I had been so focused on helping Jennifer that I couldn’t see anyone of our group in front of us. As the fog set in around us I felt the first pangs of panic in my stomach. Where was everyone? Why weren’t we at the campsite yet? It was only at this point that I realized how grave our situation was. The darkness combined with fog
meant that even with her glasses Jennifer could see nothing and I had no idea where we were going — literally the blind leading the blind. Not wanting to trek along the muddy ravine in the dark, I realized that the only thing we could do was push forward with the group. With any hope, we could trust our guide to find a campsite nearby. Wanting to catch up with the others I managed some sort of a whistle with my freezing hands and dug through my bag for my flashlight. I had been sitting with Jennifer so long that even my feet were beginning to go numb. Realizing that I would have to warm up quickly I dug into my backpack and pulled out my jacket. To do so I had to untie my sleeping bag and part of our tent that was attached to the top of my bag. The only problem was Jennifer wasn’t going anywhere. The rain, the fog, all the wet clothes, the cold, the constant up and down of the mountains had finally gotten to her. In exasperation she had decided to lie down and was not going to budge. When I tried to get her to move she yelled, “Matthew, I don’t want to die of hypothermia.” We needed help. Not knowing where to put the tent, I stuffed it inside my jacket and grabbing Jennifer’s bag proceeded to dash as fast as I could with it up the hill. Once at the top I found that the rest of our group was doing no better. One guy was helping his girlfriend, who was in about the same shape as
The fine line of dating
What’s the point of dating? It may seem like a simple question but ask around and I bet you’ll find a few different answers. For instance, is dating just a way of having fun and meeting people? Or is it the preliminary for finding your future spouse? Some people will say that it lies somewhere in between. Many people have their own opinions about why we date and spend so much time worrying about it. What’s scarier still is that there are people out there who date without ever wondering why. I thought I’d take my few paragraphs to cover some of the more popular and conventional reasons for dating and then weigh in with my own theory on what dating should be. Some view dating as an opportunity to learn more about yourself. By dating many different people, learning about how they treat you, you learn how you like to be treated. You also learn what your taste or “type” is. Some people learn they have no type and seem to view the dating world more as a schmorgasbord than a menu. Although these are all benefits of dating, I don’t believe that you need to date a large variety of people in order to find out things like that about yourself. You can also end up putting a lot more on the line than you originally intended. By dating “for fun” you may end up investing more emotionally than you think. Also, you may end up risking your time, your health and your relationships with others. Don’t forget, although you may view things as casual, you have no guarantee that your partner isn’t taking things far more seriously.
They could be making plans for the future which they think will include you. Don’t forget that when you start mixing physical affection in with the emotional interaction, you can risk your reputation, your health and of course your track record. You may be living in the moment now, but perhaps when you find the special someone who you want to be your first, last and everything, you may have a hard time standing by your old track record of casual romance. Others view dating as a job interview for marriage. Every moment is analyzed and subject to judgement so that when the moment finally comes to make the big decision, all of the research has been done. The problem with this approach is that it often gets ahead of itself too quickly. Not every relationship leads to marriage and there’s nothing wrong with that. I would definitely advise against staying in a relationship in which you know you have no future but being with a person who is perfect for you now is not wrong. I would try thinking about the future and seriously consider whether the person you’re with may be stopping you from meeting the person you want to be with. My personal philosophy on dating is probably somewhere between the two above, although I like to think that it’s much more moderate and balanced. In my opinion, dating should be like an audition. You should always keep in mind where the relationship is going without overpowering the present. I know enough people who stay with a person with whom they’re unhappy because they figure that things could be better in the future. Of course, I’ve never been a fan of cutting and running, but you should at some point consider that the future may not be worth the present. See DATING, page 12
Jennifer, moving along as fast as they could. The rest of the group was up ahead but they had still not found the supposed campsite. Enlisting the help of one of our group members we were able to lead Jennifer up the hill and on to a small flat plateau. We pushed on down into another valley and up another hill.
Seven people in a six-person tent, all cold, all tired, all desperately searching for heat. Finally we were told to stop and pitch the tent — on the side of the hill! I do not exaggerate when I say that if you accidentally slipped on this hill you might easily find yourself a few hundred feet downhill in no time! With freezing hands we somehow got a six and two person tent set up and quickly threw ourselves into them. It was at that point that we realized it was only 8:30 and that we would have to last at least another ten cold hours in that tent. If the time up to this point was hell, then the rest of the night was purgatory. I still don’t understand how we survived that night. Some of our group members were so unprepared they hadn’t even brought dry clothes or a sleeping bag. Sleeping was impos-
sible as we had to constantly to stop ourselves from rolling down the hill. The only one who didn’t seem to notice was our fearless leader. Upon entering the tent he proclaimed, “Ah, just like my bed at home,” and proceeded to fall right asleep. Seven people in a six-person tent, all cold, all tired, all desperately searching for heat can make for a very tense situation. After not having slept all night I’m sure you can imagine how funny it is to hear someone say “Olsen’s Standard Book of British Birds, the expedited version.”(For all you fans of obscure Monty Python references). At this point the absurdity of the situation had reached such a height that, searching for heat, we all ended up pilling on top of each other only to realize that we didn’t generate that much heat and those on the bottom didn’t like having their organs crushed. Waking up after having been in the freezing cold for ten hours was oddly like Christmas morning. With the sun came some heat and the clearing of the fog and we were given the gift of a spectacular view of what we had climbed last night. If
we had seen that hike before we had done it in the dark, there is no way we would have ever done it. Our joy was so great at seeing the sun that we quickly got down the mountain and after some breakfast, our first food in hours, got back to the city as soon as we could. On the slow trudge home I tried to find the words to explain to myself what had happened but couldn’t. The whole last night seemed like a blur of action that I had been dragged through against my will. Only later did I recognize the significance of it all — all of this had happened on Friday the 13th.
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Driving people crazy into the new year A cab driver’s perspective on one of the busiest nights of the year sheds light on rider-etiquette Cindy Ward reporter
I spent New Year’s Eve driving a taxi. I slept well the night before, ate a good breakfast and lunch, took all my vitamins and made sure to wear my best plaid shirt. My night started at 4:00 p.m., when I switched up the car with my boss, and it ended at 6:00 a.m., when I finally arrived home and cracked open my first beer. It took three more beers and two episodes of CSI Miami for my head to stop buzzing. New Year’s Eve 2006 is my favourite so far. Driving a taxi in Kitchener-Waterloo is not as daunting as people think. It doesn’t hurt to know the main roads and have a certain degree of people skills. That aside, I feel the most important character trait for a taxi driver is the ability to suffer the down times with patience and the ability to stay calm during the frenzied times. A sharp tongue comes in handy too. A lot of customers seem to think that taxi drivers only deal with drunks at 3:00 a.m. A common question from the back seat is, “Don’t you find it scary to be driving around
drunks and crazies?” I always find that a funny question coming from a nice looking couple on their way to a wedding reception. Sometimes, I ask them, “Well, I’m driving you, should I be scared of you?” It is true that part of the job is driving people home after they’ve been drinking; however, taxis operate 24 hours and basically just deal with people and their travel needs. Sometimes, people travel to work, to their friends’ places or their parents’ place. People travel to and from the hospital and school and quite a few people call taxis to take their groceries home. Taxi services are also contracted by most businesses in order to service their employees in case of injuries at work and for staff Christmas parties. New Year’s Eve 2006 was a rollercoaster of an evening. My first call, shortly after 4:00 p.m., I picked a lady up from work, and took her home — $6.70. Then I spent the next two hours taking people home with their groceries, chips and dip, cases of pop and bags of liquor. Starting at about 7:00 p.m., I read the paper from cover to cover
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(ahem, nothing going on). Finally, at about 8:30 p.m., travelers starting going to their “let’s get primed up” pre-party parties. The ball really started rolling at about 9:30 p.m. By 10:30 p.m. we were in full swing — and it never stopped. The only exception on New Year’s Eve is the lack of interest in taxis around midnight. Hmmm. I rang in 2007 in the bathroom of a gas station on Hwy 8, between Kitchener and Cambridge. After flushing and washing, I shook hands with a very nice girl at the counter. We wished each other “Happy New Year.” I think we considered giving a small kiss, but the counter was too wide, and surely I would have crushed the chocolate bars along the front. I was her first customer in more than half an hour — and I didn’t buy a thing. My first customers in 2007 apparently walked from TJ’s on Weber St. East to the bingo hall in order to avoid the line-up for cabs. I thought this was particularly funny, because there wasn’t any line-up for cabs at TJ’s. I figured the older fella was just trying to look real smart in front of his much younger female companion. Regardless, they fought the entire trip home and I got the privilege of listening to the gentleman recall stories about all the people he ran into that night and why he refrained from punching them all out. After that, I took a couple of fares from downtown Kitchener that had been to the Sloan concert at City Hall despite the crappy weather, thought the Sloan concert was awesome. Too bad the sober bastards didn’t tip me a nickel! Around 1:00 a.m., the office started having a tough time taking in all of the calls, and it was all I heard about for the next three hours. A common remark was “It took me a half hour to get through,” or “The phone rang 50 times.” The fact of the matter is, the three cab companies in Kitchener-Waterloo: City Cabs, United and Waterloo Taxi, all have about 80 cars on the road, but usually only about three people in the office taking calls. The problems often lie in the fact that some customers try to call in about every 10 minutes wondering where their cab is. My advice to these people is “chill out.”
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Cindy Ward in her taxi during a break on New Year’s Eve. When a call is placed for a taxi, it will be serviced. Make sure to give your phone number or cell phone number to the dispatcher, and the taxi will call when it arrives. Another serious problem is when customers call all three taxi companies hoping to find one that
The most important character trait for a taxi driver is the ability to suffer the down times with patience and the ability to stay calm during the frenzied times. will service them faster. It is important to understand that regardless of the taxi company, all drivers operate independently, and if three drivers take the time to attend to one address, two of the drivers will not find a fare and waste time they could have used in servicing another fare. In other words, calling all three taxi companies bungs up the efficiency of the whole system. Don’t
do it — it is the biggest frustration for a driver to get to a destination and find the people have already left. And I just love the guy that answers the door and says, “I don’t know where they went? They were just out there a minute ago.” I would have liked my answer to be, “Listen buddy, I know you screwed the taxi companies with your little game, and now you want me to feel sorry for your shallow ineptness.” Please, have some common sense and a little patience and everyone will get looked after. For me, New Year’s Eve on the road in 2006 ended with a couple of nice stories. I convinced four young strangers at a party to all share a cab in order to save time and money. I heard some flirting and exchanging of phone numbers, and at one of the stops, a nice young man offered to walk the young lady to her house down the pathway. My last fare of the night saw two middle aged couples decide to continue celebrations at a farmhouse out in the country around a fire, and along the way they reminisced about their young families and how fun Christmas was for the kids. I didn’t have any pukers — but then, again, I never do. There’s a trick to spotting the pukers and stopping it before it happens and that, my friends, is the topic of another story. Happy cabbing in 2007!
Dating: past, present and planning for future Continued from page 11
Relationships work in a few stages. For instance, the first few months you should focus on getting to know the person. Marriage should never be an option in the first four months. I believe that when you start dating someone, you should probably hold them in pretty high regard. I’d even go so far as to say that a really good relationship starts off when both people think that they’ve got something to hide and that they’re getting away with something by dating the other person. The next four months are about uncovering what the other person is hiding and learning to be comfortable with the real person — instead of the projection you’ve created in
your head. All too often we tend to project qualities we desire in the people we desire instead of seeing them honestly for who they are. The important stage of the relationship is learning to look past that facade and see the person, warts and all. Once you’ve learned enough about your partner, you begin to compare lifestyles. How important are religion, holidays, family and money? If your values are similar on these issues, proceed to the next step: family dynamics. How well do you get along with their family and they with yours? You’ll never like everything about your partner’s parents, but the important thing is, can you agree to disagree and can they respect you and your differences and
choices. Despite what most people may think, it’s generally almost impossible to date someone if their family hates you — unless they hate their family even more. Once you really begin to see people for who they are, you stop dating and start feeling things out. How well do your current and future lives connect? Can you see yourself eventually incorporating them into your life in the most significant way? Now you’ve got a foundation. Don’t look too far into the future and don’t ignore the obvious questions above your heads. Enjoy yourself and take things just seriously enough to smile deep and wide. janstett@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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UW artists showcase at Winter Tales Dinh Nguyen
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Students from the UW fine arts ceramic class led by Prof. Kirsten Abrahamson were recently chosen by the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery (CCGG) in Waterloo to display their work at the upcoming Winter Tales art show. The event, held at the CCGG, will feature four exhibitions in total, one of which, titled “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” includes pieces from UW fine arts ceramic students. Instructed by Abrahamson, winner of the 10th Biennial of Ceramics, “Prix du Public,” the UW ceramic class will be displaying clay portrait busts, based on a number of historical and contemporary paintings. Also showing at the Winter Tales are solo exhibits by top artists known nationally and internationally. These solo exhibitions include the work of multimedia artist, Shary Boyle, whose art will appear under the title “Aspects & Excess,” a presentation of characters and situations that explore human relationships to nature, mortality, youth, identity, gender and disorder. Boyle, who specializes in drawing, painting, and performance, has recently finished a gig at The Power Plant, an art gallery in Toronto, and was named one of Canada’s top stylemakers by Flare Magazine. Presenting on the same day as UW students and Boyle is internationally renowned architectural glass artist and Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) associate professor, Stuart Reid. Reid will be exhibiting “Stumbling Home From Banff,” a piece which features artwork that, according to CCGG, seeks connections between “the transitory and the eternal, and the human image and its surrounding world.” Exhibiting “Small Artificial Fields,” one of the four new exhibitions, is Robert Youds. Youds is known internationally for showing his work at major exhibitions including Site Santa Fe, the Museum of Mexico City, the Power Plant, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He will be
presenting colour-field illuminated paintings created through lights, glass, plexi-glass and other materials. The CCGG will be hosting Winter Tales on Sunday, January 14. With free admission, the event will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will run until March 25. In addition, on February 8, the CCGG will also be hosting their annual wine gala fundraiser. The work produced by Abrahamson’s ceramic class will be featured in this event as well. UW fine arts ceramics have been selected by CCGG curator, Virginia Eichhorn, to reflect the title of this year’s gala, The Emerald City. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale for $50 per person up until January 15. After that, tickets are sold for $75 per person. UW fine arts students are no strangers to CCGG, as the gallery functions by giving local and regional artists the chance to display and perhaps even sell their work. In the past many works of art created by UW students and alumni have been displayed in art shows and galleries throughout KitchenerWaterloo. Students participating in “Winter Tales” and “The Emerald City” will have the opportunity to sell their artwork at these upcoming shows. According to the description of their “vision” on the main website, CCGG is nationally recognized for its “critically acclaimed exhibitions, lectures, conferences, classes, workshops, tours and specialized library, archive and research centre.” It offers a variety of educational opportunities for professional as well as amateur artists. Many students may be inspired by and enjoy the expanding collection of historical and contemporary Canadian ceramic, glass and enamel arts the gallery offers. CCGG is located on 25 Caroline St. N, Waterloo, at the corner of Erb and Caroline, at the right behind the Waterloo Public Library. More information can be found at www.canadianclayandglass.ca.
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January 5 to 11 Apocalypto — Princess Twin 9:05 p.m. — $6 at the Turnkey desk January 5 Checkmates Square Dance Club — Trinity Village old chapel 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Not listed January 6 Elvis Birthday Bash: feat. Shon Carroll and Mystery Train — Moose Lodge 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. — $10 January 6 Twelfth Night Ancient Midwinter Celebration — Armenian Centre 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. — $12 advance, $15 at the door January 6 Shawn Kellerman Annual Christmas Bash with the Soul Provider Horns and Lucky Peterson — Starlight 8 p.m. — $16
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Fine arts student Matt Reinzo’s Mad Hatter is one of many UW works going on display at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery starting January 14.
Imprint’s Music Mix Laura Barrett “Robot Ponies” The Decemberists “O Valencia” Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” Garbage “Bleed Like Me” Queens of the Stone Age “Born to Hula” Tegan and Sara “Heavy”
January 6 North Waterloo Farm Toy Show — Conestoga Mall 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Free January 6 UWaterlooSAURUS: Peter Etril Snyder paints dinosaur mural/dino-presentations — Waterloo Town Square 10 a.m. to 3p.m. — Free January 8 Poetry Coffee House — Kitchener Public Library 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. — Free January 9 Wonderful Town — Centre in the Square 8 p.m. — $49, $59, $69 depending on seats January 12 2006 Cannes International Advertising Festival — Princess Cinema 9:25 p.m. — $6 at the Turnkey desk January 12 The Silly People — Registry Theatre 7:30 p.m. — $12
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New Year’s resolutions 20 ways to ensure your 2007 is as artistically elitist as possible
1. Reorganize your book collection into the periods specified by Harold Bloom in his Western Canon. Be sure to integrate the Mayakovsky, Neruda and Rushdie you received for Christmas into the “Chaotic Age” (chronologically and by geographic area, of course). 2. Pre-order Neon Bible, the new Arcade Fire album. Wear a big wool scarf and a corduroy jacket while doing so. 3. Sponsor the construction of a statue in Uptown Waterloo to honour Ukranian artist Kasimir Malevich. 4. Make some snide comment about the new Harry Potter movie and the threat it poses to high culture. 5. Make sure no one finds your tickets to the opening night of the new Harry Potter movie. July 13 OMG! 6. Travel to New York and make a point of avoiding the Museum of Modern Art because it’s “lost its edge.” 7. Attempt to reinvigorate the fashion world’s appreciation of the stovepipe hat. 8. Finish writing “A Seminal History of Post-Modern Literature and Architecture in the Suburbs of Algiers during the War of Independence.” 9. Write a letter to Kele from London art rockers Bloc Party apologizing for being so angry with him last year. Tell him how excited you are about the new album Weekend in the City. Sleep in peace at night.
10. Appeal to have the restraining order Sofia Coppola placed on you lifted. Claim you were only in the tree outside her window because you wanted to talk about ideas for her next movie. 11. Learn to speak Spanish so you can finally watch Y tu mamá también without the subtitles. 12. Listen to more hip-hop to improve your hipster cred. Clipse are this year’s Sufjan, don’t you know. 13. Organize a street art exhibition at UW to fill the bleak, bland outer walls of East Campus Hall with graffiti and wheat paste. Hope the university doesn’t mind. 14. Quit smoking… unless it’s high quality tobacco in your fantastically fashionable wooden pipe. 15. Cancel your subscription to The Globe and Mail and start having The Times sent over daily from England. 16. Have Dan Brown assassinated. 17. Publicly scold Guns ‘n’ Roses for not appreciating the unique nature and individual nuances of Sinic civilization by releasing an album called Chinese Democracy in March. 18. Make an effort to attend Fidel Castro’s funeral to show off your liberal, open mind. 19. Become the first undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo to be hired on as a tenured professor in art history. 20. Avoid becoming too popular so you can still be respected within indie culture. cmoffat@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Bon Cop not so good on DVD Bon Cop/Bad Cop Eric Canuel Alliance Atlantis
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Take one self-righteous, rule-wary Torontonian, one rude, renegade Montrealer, mix with an elaborate plot involving thinly-veiled references to real things that happened in the NHL and you get the unique adventure into Canadian stereotype that is Bon Cop/ Bad Cop. A fresh take on the buddy cop genre, the film pits one cultural cliché against another but eventually they work together to beat the bad guy. I had a lot of fun with the movie itself, but the DVD I watched it on almost ruined the entire experience. It wasn’t the attractively designed menus that irked me. Bon Cop/Bad Cop, as its title suggests, is one of staggeringly few truly bilingual films; the movie takes place as much in English-speaking Ontario as it does in French-speaking Quebec and features two fully bilingual main characters, which was likely a challenge for the menu designers. Nonetheless, I was easily able to select the English version with subtitles for most of the French dialogue. The DVD also offered a French version with English subtitles. Both versions had the same audio track, with subtitles that were easy to understand and not at all frustrating to read. The subtitles were selective in that they didn’t bother to translate common expressions like “enchantez.” The dialogue switches seamlessly between the two languages without losing me — I think I even learned a little French along the way.
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Patrick Huard and Colm Feore make an unlikely but engaging pair in last year’s Bon Cop/Bad Cop — but DVD buyers beware. The special features didn’t irk me either. The inventory was relatively small, featuring only two trailers, one English, one French and a few deleted scenes that were obviously unnecessary. I would’ve enjoyed a making-of documentary, but the features they did have were at least easily accessible. It wasn’t until I started playing the movie and director Eric Canuel inexplicably forced himself on me — then I became irked. He spent an unforgivable three minutes babbling about the film and thanking me repeatedly for watching it. He also proceeded to explain the audio settings — one of which, I should note, I had already selected. After that he told me some other inane details about the movie. You can skip the trailers at
the beginning but you cannot skip this scene. You can arduously fast-forward, but someone actually went in and disabled the “next chapter” function, so that I will be subjected to it every time I watch the movie. I shook off my rage momentarily, only to find the guy thanking his crew by first names. The scene was completely unnecessary. Look, Eric Canuel, if you want to thank the crew, use a fucking email. If I wanted to watch a blowjob, I would’ve rented porn. Any heartfelt messages to the viewer should be buried in the special features. You haven’t won the Oscar yet, asshole, save the speech. — Darren Hutz
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Ontario Motel Jack D B.T.T.W Records
You couldn’t pay me to give up my burnt copy of this CD because when Jack D makes it big, the Post-it of track titles with singer Colin Maclellan’s handwriting could be worth some serious dough — even if I can’t make out what one of the songs is called. Self-dubbed “number one band in Japan in two years,” it may be sooner and much closer as the boys from Newmarket already attracted quite a fan base during their numerous shows around the area. Following in the footsteps of many incredible bands, Jack D headlined the Horseshoe Tavern in 2006 after only one album. Ontario Motel is perfect for those with tastes for bands that like to jam. The album shows sophistication amidst soul, blues, funk and rock and roll. The lyrics are surprisingly sensitive — which I only say because these guys really strike me to be “men’s men” — and do what good lyrics should do: speak to you. In each track, Maclellan’s voice is strong and warm. He has a distinct edginess to him despite his “smooth like butter-”ness — the lyrics reveal a combination of alcohol, women and good times. He sings about doing what
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you love and working for the man and the adventures of Jack D. Formerly known as Jack D and the NonAlcoholics, they’ve grown up since their first album, Canadian Content. A couple of the songs from the first album, like “Hey Jack” and “The Man from Memphis who went to Texas to be on Broadway,” appear on Ontario Motel but they are polished, tightened and better. Lead guitarist and back up vocalist, Charles James Ashley III, otherwise C.J., shines as lead vocalist in what the Post-it tells me is called “New Song.” His voice is — well, do you ever get the feeling that someone is really good looking? Bassist Shawn Ashley contributes a funky sound to this song about heartache, which climaxes in a sweet guitar jam hardened by Lucas Roveda on drums. I wish I were friends with these guys so they could write a cool song about me. None of the band is lost in the background; rather, they give the songs a full-bodiedness. Each song tells a different story, narrated and intensified by the lyrics and music. I’ve listened to this CD about six hundred times since I received it three weeks ago, and the only time that that’s ever happened before is, well, when I get a really, really good album. I’ll bet 2007 will be quite a successful year for Jack D. For your own copy, contact the band at www. myspace.com/jackdatna. — Kinga Jakab
Drive-Thru’s music videos crash and burn
DVD Volume 4 Various Artists Drive-Thru Records
Well, Drive-Thru has released another DVD. Clearly they want people to know that not only do most of their artists make terrible music, but they are also hideously ugly. This assault on the senses is about as welcome as a burning case of herpes. The compilation contains videos by bands like Hidden in Plain View, Halifax and Hellogoodbye, and the pretentiousness actually leaks through the
screen. I think I could smell the hair spray from my chair. There are only two full live cuts, which will probably have fans upset, but it saved me a few brain cells so I’m pretty thankful. Covering every feature of this DVD is useless because in general, it’s just the kind of garbage you’d expect from a label full of pop-punk bands trying to pimp themselves off to high school kids, and I’d probably run out of witty ways to say “this sucks.” Buried in this mess are a few treasures (or at least bits of sound not as painful as those usually reserved for child birth) by The Early November, whose new album came understandably well recommended, as did Ace’s side project I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody’s Business. I also didn’t mind the song included by Dave Melillo, although the video isn’t very good. And so despite some stuff that may be worth your attention, sifting through this mess to find it would be like sticking your hand into a toilet at the Bombshelter on a Wednesday night to find a quarter. If any of the bands listed on the back of this thing tickle your fancy, you’ll probably like this DVD because most of them sound the exact same. Otherwise, there is no reason to even know this garbage exists. If anyone you know is thinking about buying this, tell them to save their money and get their girlfriend something nice instead.
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Girl Talk Night Ripper Illegal Art
In a society where singing the “Happy Birthday Song” could get you sued for copyright infringement, Greg Gillis’ mash up masterpiece is made all the more shocking. Here is an album where essentially every lyric, beat and melody is taken from another source, yet no one in their right mind would call it a collection of covers or a remix album. Still, in our modern society that can’t settle a minor dispute without legal action, the album’s shock factor lies in the fact that not one of the countless record companies Gillis has “borrowed from” has threatened legal action. It’s easy to understand their hesitation after taking a short look at the album’s wiki, which lists 16 sources for only the first three minutes — there isn’t an unoriginal second on this entire album. “Hold up” starts by mixing a Mariah Carey beat with James Taylor’s soothing vocals only to have Ludacris join twelve seconds in. It ends with the classic guitar line from the Pixies “Where is my mind” flirting with Puff Daddy and Nas flows. There are infinite moments like this throughout and playing hide-and-seek with each sample makes this a listener’s record. Yet the thumping beats and close adherence to rap makes Night Ripper the de facto dance party soundtrack. The lack of breaks between tracks keeps the album progressing at a relentless pace — this is not a group of songs, it is a bythe-second collection of dyslexic musings by a music infatuated artist. Theft never sounded so good. — Angelo Florendo
Cold as the Clay Greg Graffin Anti
The first night we played Cold as the Clay three times straight through and snickered all the while. What the hell is Greg Gaffin, former lead singer of Bad Religion, doing singing about Jesus and resurection and the Hill of
Judgement? Is that a banjo? Who is John Lewis and why does he want to drown little Omie Wise? I went to bed and thought I hated it but I couldn’t stop the songs from playing in my dreams. In the morning I put the album on again and flipped through the liner notes. Half the album is covers. I felt better, and if the truth be told, I listened to it again three times straight through. This isn’t just Greg Gaffin trying to make himself into Woody Guthrie because he’s lost his hair; this is a former punk rocker delving into the roots of American music – gospel covers and old time country songs about Oklahoma and sheriffs mixed around five original songs written by Graffin. “Musically,” Graffin writes in the linear notes, “the album mimicks the bimodal dissonance of American life: half of it comes creaking from podunk towns and untrammeled byways, and the other half is brimming with modern fidelity.” Graffin is backed by three-fourths of the Weakerthans; the album is a “culmination of Brett Gurewitz’s production concept” (Gurewitz of course being Gaffin’s old songwriting partner from Bad Religion as well as the founder of Epitaph, the independent punk rock label that put Cold as the Clay out). Maybe all the old punks have hit that stage — as Gaffin sings in “Talk about Suffering,” “the gospel train is coming, now don’t you want to go?”— and hell, maybe they’ve still got something to say. All I know is I haven’t listened to anything else since that first night a week ago. — Shawn Bell
Correction Paul Bryant, not Andrew Abela, authored “Shaken or stirred; I really don’t care,” a movie review of Casino Royale in Imprint’s December 1, 2006 issue. Imprint apologizes for the error.
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FRIDAY, january 5, 2007
Final Rocky flick hits home, the heart Rocky Balboa MGM Sylvester Stallone
Yes, this is a review of the sixth and final installment in the Rocky saga. Rocky has been called the greatest underdog story of all time. Rocky Balboa has continued that tradition by being
given two thumbs up by Ebert & Roeper, receiving many rave reviews and standing currently third in box office holiday season sales. With all of that general publicity, why would Imprint review this movie as well? The answer to that question lies in how the movie proves especially relevant to students.
Rocky Balboa is the story of a man who has had it all, lost most of it and rebuilt what he could. The film was written, directed and starred in by Sylvester Stallone. But this story is even older than that, as Stallone wrote the first Rocky story and held on to it for years. He would not sell it because no one would let him star in it. With his perseverance and determination, he held onto the script until he could play the role of Rocky. In this film, Rocky is again the underdog. He is 53, retired and running a restaurant. He is also widowed, and looking for something more in life. He decides to try and fight again — he is thinking something local, for charity. And yet he is given a shot at the champ. This is a story of overcoming — the story of living your hopes and dreams. It is about believing in yourself and following those dreams. Rocky states: “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very rough, mean place [...] and no matter how tough you think you are, it’ll always bring you to your knees and keep you there,
permanently [...] if you let it. You or nobody ain’t never gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit [...] it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward [...] how much you can take, and keep moving forward. If you know what you’re worth, go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hit.” And he lives that philosophy in this film. Yet Rocky is not the only character to face this adversity in this film. Paulie, his brother-in-law, who only has his work and alcohol is laid off from his job. Rocky’s son Robert has lost his way, and is trying to not live in his father’s shadow. And each of these three men must deal with their grief at the loss of Adrian, who was wife, sister and mother to these three men. Rocky must also face his aging body. In the beginning of the training sequences he realizes that this will not be the simple battle of determination to get the body in shape. It will be in part mind over matter as he must reconquer and retrain his body to be that of a fighter.
Rocky’s opponent Mason “The Line” Dixon (played by actual former heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver) does not take the fight seriously, he has the youthful disregard and disrespect for age and experience that Rocky will bring to the ring in this battle of athletes from different eras. Rocky Balboa motivates us to face our own challenges with perseverance and a community for support, with hope and by prayer. The story will promote discussions about where we find our courage, what we want from life and how we can overcome loss and yet stand strong and remain faithful. It will also help us to classify what we call a victory. Rocky is not just another boxing movie, or even just a sport movie, and it is definitely not just a sequel. It is a movie that will help you find the courage to follow your dreams and encourage you to pursue hopes. So when the world knocks you down, you can either lay there or get up. That is what Rocky Balboa teaches us. — Steven R. McEvoy
Blood a diamond in the rough
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Sylvester Stallone returns as the underdog one last time in this sixth instalment to a series now 30 years old.
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Djimon Hounsou outshines Leonardo DiCaprio in this brutal film about diamonds and civil war. Blood Diamond Edward Zwick Warner Bros.
I’m going to buck the trend, and for that matter the Golden Globes, in saying that Leonardo DiCaprio was not the best part of Blood Diamond. Not even close. That honour belongs to the seriously underrated Djimon Hounsou whom I predict will be completely ignored in favour of DiCaprio (most likely up for two awards) come Oscar season. Indeed, Hounsou and the complex political implications of the plot are the real stars of this film. Helmed by Edward Zwick (who also directed The Last Samurai), Blood Diamond is set in late 1990s Sierra Leone during a violent civil war. The title is a reference to the business of selling diamonds mined in African conflict zones for the intention of providing arms for military conflict. The story begins with an African fisherman, Solomon Vandy, and his
son, Dia, speaking about school. As they head into their village, it is attacked by members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) who kill most of the villagers, take Dia and imprison Solomon. He is subsequently forced to sift through river beds at gun point in a diamond mining operation. By chance, he locates an extremely large and priceless pink diamond which he is forced to hide before being placed under arrest. In another part of the country a smuggler named Danny Archer (DiCaprio) is attempting to smuggle conflict diamonds between Liberia and Sierra Leone. He is caught and imprisoned in the same jail as Solomon, where he hears of his discovery. After posting bail for both himself and Solomon, Archer convinces the fisherman that finding the diamond is the only way to find his family. Along the way, Archer has a brief love interest in the underwritten role of Maddy
(Jennifer Connelly), a journalist who is interested in exposing the conflict diamond trade and needs Archer’s help. The story itself is predominately about the relationship cultivated between the two men as they search for Vandy’s diamond, and uncovering the horror that can result when human greed goes unchecked. Reportedly the De Beers diamond group, shareholder to the majority of the world’s diamond trade, was concerned about the ramifications of the film and asked for a disclaimer to say that measures were introduced to avoid conflict diamonds. Having seen the movie, I can see why. While the plot and characters are somewhat weak, the message of the movie is overpowering without necessarily being preachy. One would need to be made of stone for this movie not to affect you in some way. — Sean Kinsella
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Gearing up for CUTC Rob Blom staff reporter
With little time remaining, UW student volunteers are busy ensuring that the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) matches the success of previous years. CUTC 2007 will take place January 11 - 13, 2007 at the Hilton Toronto Hotel, in the heart of Toronto’s downtown district. Tickets are going for $120. Annually attended by students from over 20 Canadian universities, CUTC is the largest platform in North America for students to meet with industry leaders to exchange ideas and learn about technological innovations that target real-world problems. CUTC was initially envisioned in 1999 by three UW students in order to create an academic environment between students and experienced professionals dealing with the evolution of technology and business. CUTC is currently co-chaired by UW’s third-year software engineering student Dmitriy Mitchev, and Rohit Gupta of Carleton University. In past years, the benefits for students attending were immeasurable. “In the three days at the CUTC you can learn more than in a whole year of schooling. The CUTC exposes students to technologies which are on the cutting edge (and thus not in our books) and also covers aspects of technology that schools seldom touch — innovation,” replied co-chair Dmitriy Mitchev in a recent interview with Imprint. “One of the greatest benefits of the CUTC is opportunity to meet hundreds of like-minded, success-driven students from across Canada. Many friendships are formed at the CUTC — friendships which last long after the conference is over.” Students attending this year will look forward to a multitude of speakers and seminars, including the annual Technology showcases and workshops. In addition, CUTC will introduce a new event dubbed TechTeam, a challenging design competition that tackles real-life case-study style problems. For more information on CUTC 2007, and for a schedule of events, visit their website at www.cutc.ca/2007. rblom@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
CUTC 2007 Keynote Speakers — Doug Cooper, country manager, Intel Canada — Prof. John Polanyi, P.C., C.C., F.R.S., 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry — David E. Orton, Executive vice president - visual and media business, AMD — Peter Hortensius, senior vice president - Notebook Business Unit, Lenovo — Roger Skubowius, engineering manager, Google
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UW helps meet international campus climate challenge Darcy Higgins staff reporter
Santa Claus might have a less treacherous trip in years to come and a few more snowy rooftop landings thanks to the actions of students at UW and other campuses. Projects of the University of Waterloo Sustainability Project (UWSP) and the UW Environment Network have helped the international Campus Climate Challenge to meet its goal of 400 participating campuses. Until UW joined, 399 campuses throughout the United States and Canada had student organizations committed to campaigns to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To join the Challenge, student groups must be dedicated to projects which work courtesy Chloe huang towards a shift in energy sources at their campus. Because of student actions, many GROW, which has led seminars on green Hall and the PAC and is now pursuing wind universities across the United States have roofs and efficient building design, is now turbines as its next goal. recently committed to become completely promoting energy efficiency projects and The latest evidence of global climate carbon neutral, or switching to 100 per cent policy on campus buildings. Clearing a Path change was discovered recently, as satelsustainable energies. lite maps detected UWSP has done its the giant Ayles Ice part on this campus has broken Until UW joined, 399 campuses throughout the United Shelf with climate change off Ellesmere Island events in November States and Canada had student organizations committed in Canada’s Arctic. including the showThe ice sheet, not to campaigns to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ing of the climate far from the North thriller, An InconvePole, is 66 square nient Truth. Working kilometres and is groups such as Green Roofs over Waterloo has proposed a UW Office of Sustainability now drifting and melting in open waters, (GROW), Clearing a Path and the Sustain- which could assist in further energy shift, and possibly becoming a hazard to shipping able Technology Education Project (STEP) is planning for large campus sustainability lanes and oil rigs. are all working on various projects to reduce events this February. STEP has implemented the campus energy impact. two types of solar power on Federation See CHALLENGE, page 21
New insights on muscle fibre conversions A genetic element has been discovered to regulate the conversion of muscle fibre types Faisal Naqib staff reporter
Newly published research by a Boston team of scientists sheds light on an elusive type of muscle fibre. This discovery could reveal why some people are more inclined to succeed at endurance sports as well as providing treatment to several muscle wasting diseases. Human muscles are composed of a varying assortment of four types of muscle fibres: two slow-twitch fibre types, one fast-twitch fibre type and a fourth fibre type that is not well known. The two slow-twitch fibres, named I and IIA, are packed with mitochondria which are used to generate energy by means of oxygen consumption. Muscles dominant in slow-twitch fibres are used for endurance exercises such as walking and maintaining posture because of their fatigue-resistant nature. The fast-twitch, IIB, fibre contracts in shorter and sharper bursts, allowing it to generate more force than its slow-twitch counterparts. This fibre type does not utilize oxygen and is quickly fatigued. Fast-twitch fibre types are utilized in muscles involved in quick and powerful activities, such as the quadriceps which are vital in sprinting. The fourth type of muscle fibre is called IIX and is categorized as between fast-twitch and slow-twitch fibre types. It is possible that fibres go through a stage of being IIX
while being converted from fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibres — this might occur during some types of training. The IIX fibre has a large complement of mitochondria but is also capable of generating quick and powerful contractions. Approximately four years ago, researchers found that activating a gene named PGC-1α induces muscles that initially consisted of a mix of fibre types into slow-twitch dominant
It was found that mice that had their muscles converted to an IIX fibre dominant form were able to run on a mouse treadmill for 25 per cent longer than normal before reaching exhaustion. muscles. More recently, work published by researchers from Boston in the January 3, 2007 issue of Cell Metabolism found that the activation of the PGC-1α sibling gene PGCβ would transform a muscle that normally consisted of 15-20 per cent type IIX fibres
into a muscle with nearly 100 per cent type IIX muscle fibre. It is thought that these genes regulate the cascade of genes responsible for the conversion of one muscle fibre into another. It was found that mice that had their muscles converted to an IIX fibre dominant form were able to run on a mouse treadmill for 25 per cent longer than normal before reaching exhaustion. This leads to questions currently being asked by scientists such as: whether people who succeed at marathons or ultra-endurance events have a different form of PGC-β which remodels their muscles to contain more IIX fibres, whether this is a natural endowment or whether it can be altered by different training methods. Another possible use of this discovery is in the treatment of muscle-wasting diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) which is a motor neuron disease characterized by the degeneration of motor neuron tissue resulting in muscle weakness and eventual death of the muscle tissue. It has been previously shown that boosting some types of muscle fibres can reduce the rate of muscle decay. Although this line of research will not be yielding a cure for ALS in the foreseeable future, it does allow us to learn more about the way our bodies generate force and movement. fnaqib@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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FRIDAY, january 5, 2007
New year’s resolutions everyone will benefit from
The World Meteorological Organization’s initial assessments indicate 2006 was the sixth warmest year on record since the American Civil War. 2005 was the warmest. With no snow and spring-like temperatures this “winter,” there’s not much to stop 2007 from reigning warmest year ever. In fact, a couple weeks ago scientists
discovered that the Ayles Ice Shelf — 66 square kilometers of it — broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. A chunk of the Canadian landscape comparable to the size of Switzerland literally broke off and is now a floating mass of melting ice. The remaining ice shelves in Canada’s Arctic are 90 per cent smaller than they were in 1906. There’s no more debate, human activities, activities supported and carried out by you and me, are causing climate change. Is it possible for 2007 to be any different? Of course it would be wonderful if big business and big
government decided to actually tackle climate change. And it would be simply splendid if all the money and efforts currently being pumped into the War on Terror were redirected into creating sustainability for generations to come. Unfortunately you cannot wait for the big boys to begin to change. To see a change you the people will first have to create a change within your communities and yourselves. So, I propose that everyone adopt the following new year’s resolutions. Reduce consumption. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre reports that on average a Canadian
citizen produces 17.8 tons of carbon dioxide per year, whereas a person born in India produces around 0.3 tons per year. To reduce consumption and achieve ecological sustainability, you must achieve dematerialization and substitution. By dematerializing, you reduce material flows. You can do this by purchasing less products that end up being thrown away — products such as petroleum based trinkets made in China. Substitution means changing the types of energy and resources used by society, such as replacing coal with wind energy. You can support substitution by switching to green energy providers such as Bull Frog Power. Become a vegetarian. Meat-eating is something none of us can afford. According to the Global Action Network, a Montreal-based non-profit organization, livestock production requires up to 1000 times more land, energy and water than is necessary to produce an equivalent amount of plant food. Furthermore, fish harvesting causes about as much environmental havoc on the CO2 pollution scale as meat production. To understand this relationship, a vegetarian has the impact of driving a hybrid car for a year, while a meat eater is comparable to an oversized SUV.
Stop flying and travel smaller distances sustainably. Getting on an airplane each year to travel south for the winter should be left to the birds. Flying is a crime against nature. Try the energy calculator at NativeEnergy.com. On one return flight from Toronto to Orlando you individually dump 1.094 tons of CO2 into the air. If you must travel take a train or better yet ride a bicycle. According to Environment Canada transportation accounts for 25 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada, followed by fossil fuel production and distribution. Be part of the change. Talk some sense into your friends, neighbours, family members and political representatives. You wouldn’t keep your mouth shut if your friend was smoking and blowing all of the smoke right in your face, so don’t keep your mouth shut when your friend buys products that are a result of fossil fuel production. You may find it easier to talk to your political representatives — write letters, stop in for visits, march in the streets and most importantly hold them accountable by voting for someone else — perhaps yourself — if and when they don’t listen to you. tgarland@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Single gene identification able to shut off pain Basma Anabtawi Staff reporter
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Following a discovery of a 10-year old Pakistani boy who has the ability to walk on hot coal without feeling discomfort or pain, researchers began investigating this rare phenomenon in order to find a logical scientific explanation. Geneticists focused on this inability to sense pain in a completely healthy individual. The child had normal sensory characteristics and did not suffer any nervous system disorders. The boy lived in Lahore, a city in Northern Pakistan. He was well known at most medical hospitals since he was often there to treat bodily injuries caused by his public shows. The young boy was one of the city’s main attractions due to his ability to pass knives through his arms as well as his ability to walk on burning coal. He passed away at the age of 14 due to an injury after falling off his house’s roof. Following the death of the “miracle” child, the researchers at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research in Cambridge, England, focused on testing close relatives of the boy who had also never experienced any feelings of pain. The research team was led by C. Geoffrey Woods, a physician at the institute. After long years of research, Dr. Woods was able to identify a genetic mutation on a single gene in the boy’s DNA, as well as the three related families. The defect in the individuals tested was found to be in one gene which causes the body’s perception of pain to be shut off and no signals to be sent to the brain following bodily damages. The defective gene is referred to as SCN9A, which encodes for voltagegated sodium Na+ channels used to excite neurons and send messages to the brain.
The protein product of the SCN9A is a specific sodium channel which opens up allowing Na+ ions to rush into the nerve’s cells membrane sending an action potential and causing a signal to be sent. When the SCN9A gene is defective however, no signals are sent to the brain in order to respond to damage and hence no pain is sensed or perceived. Most individuals, who have this rare mutation, experienced selfinflicted damage such as ruptured lips and bitten tongue tips. However they did not experience any other irregularities or disorders as a result of the gene defection. Neurological examinations revealed that no motor or sensory diseases were present. In fact, all individuals tested had normal abilities at perceiving sensations such as touch, warm and cold temperatures, tickling and applied pressure. The fascination with the gene increased after discovering that elevating SCN9A activity caused for increased pain sensation and sensitivity. The increased or decreased functionality of this gene depends on the inheritance from both parents since it is a recessive gene and both copies must be either defective or overly active in order for the phenotypes to be observed. The SCN9A gene is a new target for pharmaceutical development companies, which could produce new drugs to eliminate strong pain sensations. The possible pain-killer drugs could be modified to target only the certain gene providing more accurate and efficient results. More research is needed before any actual benefits can be reaped, especially until all side effects can be minimized and gene blockages can be proved to be a safe process. banabtawi@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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FRIDAY, january 5, 2007
Rob Blom
Search for alien life hindered
staff reporter
The art of nanowelding
Taking place in a laboratory in Switzerland is the world’s smallest construction site, where the development of nanowelding techniques are being used to assemble electronic components at a scale unattainable until now. One such technique, developed by Brad Nelson, Lixin Dong and Li Zhang, at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, described as “nanorobotic spot welding” uses molten copper to join two objects similar to an electrician using solder. “We position a 50-nanometre-wide carbon nanotube filled with copper inside a nanorobotic manipulator, and run a small voltage through it to melt the copper,” explained Dong in an interview with New Scientist. “The copper can be used to make electrical connections with low resistance that could connect nanotubes into tiny transistors, the currentswitching building blocks of most electronic devices.” Another method developed by Sergey Gordeev, Andy Moskalenko, Dan Burbridge and G. Viau exploits the deficiency of electron microscope when examining specimens. The electron beam from the microscope “transforms tiny amounts of carbonbased contaminants into unwanted amorphous carbon.” “We realized that could actually have interesting applications,” explains Gordeev. “It only requires an electron microscope,” which will allow researchers worldwide to use this technique.
Earlier this year, Saturn’s manmade satellite, the Cassini spacecraft, photographed what appeared to be geysers from the south pole of Enceladus, one of the many moons of Saturn. Speculation drew a conclusion that liquid water existed below the icy surfice, feeding the eruptions. However, new evidence photographed by Cassini have researchers proposing that buried ice clathrates are responsible for the eruptions, by sudden tectonic shift in the crust — not liquid water. Cassini found the geysers to be a mixture of water vapour and ice particles, containing carbon dioxide methane. Susan Kieffer, a planetary scientist at the University of Illinois said methane cannot completely dissolve in liquid water, but can exist in ice clathrates, lattice-like structures that trap water ice and organic particles. That’s not to say that liquid water does not exist on the Saturn moon. The plausibility of the hypothesized water resevoir is not ruled out, its would just be flowing further down. However, with that the case, the limited accessibility of liquid water — so far below the surface — would prove inadequate for life. Although, with the new discovery, won’t come hindrance to future missions investigating the existence of microbial life in similar environments. — with files from the Examiner.com and NewScientistTech.com rblom@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Ancient Antarctica wind pattern mapped Scientists estimate wind patterns up to 70,000 years in the past Basma Anabtawi staff reporter
Unlike the Arctic regions, Antarctica is a continent surrounded by oceans. This ecological difference causes its internal regions to miss the benefits of temperature regulation of surrounding waters. Almost 98 per cent of the continent’s area is covered with ice and snow, causing large amounts of light radiation to be reflected back into the environment, keeping the temperatures cold and dreadful. Due to the harsh cold weather and extreme dryness of the air, observations of Antarctica have only been a focus for a century, which is a considerably short period of time when compared with the other continents around the world. The technological developments in the last five decades have aided in learning the characteristics of cloud formations, distributions and other environmental patterns in Antarctica. A new study led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley has been focused on understanding Antarctic’s historical wind patterns. With the use of many researchers under the guidance of Dr. Ryan Bay, Dr. Buford Price and Dr. Nathan Bramall a new method was developed using high-tech equipment and a very modern apparatus. The Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) project focuses
on understanding South Pole dust models in order to analyze climate and historical patterns. The basis of the AMANDA method has been the ability to observe different layers of snow surfaces and compare the roughness of the patterns based on the winds experienced in the ancient time. Borehole ice columns are made using quick hot-water drills used to dig deep into the thick layers of ice. Strings are inserted during the drill deployment to ensure place-
The scientists are confident at the method’s level of accuracy… and their ability to estimate as far as 70,000 years ago. ment before refreezing occurs. The distribution of dust layers between two ice boreholes differs depending on the strength of winds. Sastrugi, which are the snow and ice wavelike sculptures in the Antarctic snowscape, are caused by strong winds and snow storms. Over time the snow sastrugi condense and compact, creating layers of dust deep underground.
The textures and features monitored on the snow layers collected allowed the research team to predict the probable strength of the wind experienced at the time the snow layer was exposed to the environment. Low ancient snow roughness is associated with low wind strengths, whereas distorted snow features are linked with high-strength winds and heavy storms. According to researchers, the technique is still in its preliminary stage and is in need of refinement and modification in order to increase its accuracy of wind pattern hypothesis. The scientists are confident at the method’s level of accuracy in predicting the wind conditions experienced in Antarctica and their ability to estimate as far as 70,000 years ago. The use of mapping the ancient winds experienced at the South Pole comes from the understanding and testing of climate computer models. These climate models can be used to forecast future wind patterns and climate changes. By monitoring the strengths of the winds and possible storms which have occurred in the past, many doors could be opened for future predictions. The AMANDA project is expected to be refined and completed within the next five years in order to accurately monitor dust patterns and be used for future climate predictions. banabtawi@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Challenge: a North American climate change network Continued from page 18
The finding, released just after Christmas, adds strength to the argument made by groups like World Wildlife Fund and the “Santa Liberation Front” (you can view their video at www.savesanta.ca) that climate change would be giving St. Nick major headaches. UW student Cassandra Chatten recently became interested in the climate issue and has been doing her own research. “This global crisis is on our front doorstep and we should open our eyes and react before things get even worse […] it’s insanity to keep avoiding it like so many people are,” said the 3B anthropology student. “I think it’s about time,” Chatten said, after learning about the strengthening student movement. She thinks people need to change their own actions, such as by driving less, and then work to change others’ behaviours. “I think [renewable energy] would only advance UW’s reputation, among the more obvious necessity of improving the environment and the future of the students.” Since UW signed on, another dozen campuses have joined, with the University of Calgary and Seneca College in Toronto being the most recent. The Campus Climate Challenge was developed by a number of organizations including the
Energy Action Coalition, Canada’s Sierra Youth Coalition and Youth Environmental Network and several U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs). Youth dialogue and action on climate change throughout Canada and the U.S. is updated regularly at: www.itsgettinghotinhere.org. dhiggins@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Weekend counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Minimum eight-month commitment. Paid positions. Send resume to Don Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2. Summer of your life! Camp Wayne for girls – children’s sleep-away camp, Northeast Pennsylvania (6/168/12/07). If you love children and want a caring, fun environment we need Counselors and Program Directors for: tennis, swimming (W.S.I. preferred), golf, gymnastics, cheerleading, drama, high and low ropes, camping/nature, team sports, waterskiing, sailing, painting/drawing, ceramics, silkscreen, printmaking, batik, jewellery, calligraphy, photograhy, sculpture, guitar, aerobics, self-defense, video, piano. Other staff: administrative, CDL driver (21+), nurses (RN’s and nursing students), bookkeeper, mothers’ helper. On campus interview February 7. Select the camp that selects the best staff! Call 1-215-944-3069 or apply on-line at www.campwaynegirls.com. Let’s make 2007 your best summer yet – Camp Wayne, northeast Pennsylvania, USA. Counselor-specialists all land/water sports inc. Tennis, golf, soccer. Outdoor adventure: camping, mountain biking, climbing/ropes, roller hockey, rocketry, arts and crafts. Water sports: water ski, wakeboard, sailing, canoe/kayaking.Theatre, radio, video, CDL drivers and more. RN’s for our health centre. Let’s get the ball rolling now! Online application www.campwayne.com or e-mail info@campwayne.com or 1-888-5492963, (516)883-3067. Now hiring student fundraisers!
$8.50/hour to start. Work on campus, flexible hours, raises every 20 shifts. If you are a good communicator, enthusiastic and dependable, then we want to talk to you. Please apply in person at the Office of Development in South Campus Hall. Please include a cover letter, resume, class schedule and three references. Extend-A-Family part-time positions – providing in-home and community support to individuals with developmental/physical challenges in a variety of programs. Providers will be reliable, energetic and committed. $10.40/hour to start. If interested, please contact Recruitment at 519741-0190, ext 238 or via e-mail at dlobe@eafwr.on.ca. Website: www. eafwr.on.ca. Imprint requires a marketing sales assistant to aid the advertising/production manager in contacting clients, updating data bases and other office duties on a weekly basis. This position is open to full-time undergraduate University of Waterloo students who qualify for the workstudy program (OSAP recipients and registered in a minimum 60 per cent course load). If this position appeals to you, please e-mail resume to ads@ imprint.uwaterloo.ca or bring them to the Imprint office, SLC room 1116 during office hours.
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Please call 725-5348. Attention Cambridge School of Architecture students! Live conveniently and comfortably right across the street from school in this beautifully renovated apartment. 4, 8 and 12-month leases available with excellent signing bonuses and rental incentives! Call Perry at 519-746-1411 for more details. Only $369 - Five Bedroom House, must see, goes fast, excellent location, 147 B Weber Street North, Starting May 01/07, close to everything, very clean, free washer/dryer, gas heated, cheap utilities, two full bathrooms, two fridges, hardwood floors & ceramic tile throughout, large private yard and large deck, free parking for five cars, on bus route. $369 per room, per month. Call 741-7724. Only $369 - Five Bedroom House, must see, goes fast, excellent location, 121 B Noecker Street, Starting May 01/07, close to everything, very clean, free washer/dryer, gas heated, cheap utilities, two full bathrooms, two fridges, hardwood floors & ceramic tile throughout, large private yard and large deck, free parking for five cars, on bus route. $369 per room , per month. Call 741-7724. Only $399 - Four Bedroom Housing, 34 Bridgeport Road, East, Starting May 01/07, excellent location, on bus route, close to everything, downtown at WLU near UW, new, immaculate, open concept kitchen, all appliances, dishwasher, dining room and living room open onto a private balcony, air conditioning, huge rooftop garden patio, complete laundry facilities, dryers free, free parking, gas heat, gas water heater, cheap utilities, on bus route, perfect for students, rents fast, a must see. Only $399 per room, per month. Call 741-7724. www.acdev.ca for more info and pictures.
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Are you interested in pursuing a career in journalism? Imprint, the University of Waterloo’s CCNA award-winning student newspaper is looking for an editor-in-chief. The position demands a high level of journalism knowledge, basic knowledge of photography principles and excellent leadership skills. A post-secondary degree in journalism or a related field is ideal. Ability to work with and teach Adobe CS2, especially InDesign and Photoshop, and general administrative computer usage is essential. Familiarity with Pagemaker, QuarkXPress, Unix/Linux is a definite asset. Other qualifications include a willingness to work in a fast-paced environment with occasional unconventional hours. Please mail cover letter, resume, writing samples to: Imprint Publications, Waterloo Attn: Jeff Anstett University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W. Student Life Centre, room 1116, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1 The deadline for applications is Wednesday, January 31, 2007.
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Warriors open second half of season in battle for west-division playoffs level in hopes for the CIS tournament. Olivier Quesnel has been solid providing 8.1 ppg along It’s hard to classify the with tenacious defence, and first third of the men’s Dave Burnett has been excelbasketball team’s season as lent at the point averaging 8.7 a major success but it’s also ppg, 4.4 assists per game (apg), hard to classify it as any sort and hitting 50 per cent of his of failure — it’s more like an threes in league play. unfinished story. Dan White has also played The Warriors sit 3-5 and a key role for the Warriors are in a three way tie for fifth averaging 7.2 ppg and showin the OUA West division ing a lethal outside shot that with McMaster and Laurier. he seems to hit whenever the Windsor leads the division team needs it. with a 6-2 record and are Ben Frisby has played great currently ranked seventh in so far this year settling nicely the country. into a starting role. He’s averagAfter starting the season on ing 5.8 ppg, 5.3 rebounds per the road for the first four games game, playing some very scrappy and going 2-2 on that trip, the defence and is a guy who never Warriors returned home to stops working. some stiff competition. Rookie forward Alan GoodThey lost to Carleton and hoofd is fitting in right away Ottawa, the top two teams in averaging 6 ppg to go along Ontario, then defeated the with averages of 44/85 and will University of Toronto before seemingly only get better. dropping a heartbreaker in Luke Kieswetter has looked overtime to Ryerson. very comfortable handling This portion of the the point and Jordan Hannah schedule was against the and Reed Siemienuk have also OUA East division. The shown signs of great scoring Photos by Simona Cherler remainder of the schedule ability. will be played against the With 6 points Waterloo is tied with Laurier and McMaster for fifth in the West. Top six make playoffs. There is promise for this West, with Waterloo getting Matt Kieswetter has stepped up nicely to fill Warriors team but they will have to improve The early scoring woes could be attributed to a two cracks at each division foe. The good news for the Warriors is that they team with several rookies finding their groove in the the scoring void averaging 14 points per game on their team field goal percentage of 39.5 are playing excellent defence as coach Tom CIS. During the break the team held another train- (ppg), leading the team with 37 threes, and also to move towards the top of their division. The top six teams in each division make the Kieswetter has been stressing. They have al- ing camp in Cuba so they should be comfortable rebounding well at 4.5 per game. Michael Davis leads the team in rebound- playoffs so Waterloo is in a decent enough lowed just 535 points against in their first eight with each other. It’s now a matter of taking quality ing at 6.5 per game while scoring 11.1 ppg. position. conference games, second only to Guelph in shots and hitting them, easier said than done, of Up next for the Warriors is the last place course; but if their defence remains as stingy as it He’s been his usual all-around self averaging the OUA West. On the other end of the floor they have has been they won’t need to score the most points about one block and one steal per game, and Lakehead Thunderwolves (0-8) as they visit the scored only 507 which is second last in the in the division as long as they team rebound and has provided great leadership but the team PAC Friday January 5 and Saturday January 6. will need him to step his game up to all-star Both games start at 8:00 p.m. make the extra pass to set up easy field goals. division in front of Lakehead.
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Waterloo leads the pack; 1st in OUA, 6th in CIS despite losing to StFX twice James Rowe staff reporter
The Waterloo Warriors men’s hockey team competed in the inaugural Charles Keating Cup over the holidays. The tournament was hosted by St. Francis Xavier University and took place in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. On December 28, the Warriors put their 11-game unbeaten streak on the line against the host team. Playing their first game in 26 days, the Warriors received a two goal and one assist effort from Mike Della Mora, but it would not be enough as the Warriors’ streak ended with a 7-5 loss at the hands of the X-Men. The following day Waterloo looked to rebound against Dalhousie. Early on, however, it looked like the Warriors would fall prey to their opponents from Halifax. Dalhousie built a 3-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game before the Warriors could respond. When UW answered back they did so in a big way, scoring five unanswered goals, led by captain Kevin Hurley’s hat trick. The outburst was enough to lead the Warriors to a 6-4 win and a rematch with StFX in the finals. The rematch was no more successful for Waterloo than was their first encounter with the X-Men as the hosts blanked the Warriors 5-0 to win their own tournament. For their performances, Waterloo’s Hurley and defenceman Sean Moir were named to the tournament all-star team. The Warriors now return home to continue their OUA schedule. With 12 games remaining, Waterloo has a 13-2-1 record putting them first overall in the OUA.
Their 11-game unbeaten streak included wins over traditional powerhouses McGill and the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Those wins moved the Warriors to number six in the national rankings and showed that they are legitimate national championship contenders. Waterloo currently has a five point lead over both Lakehead and Western in the Far West division. The division winner receives a bye in the first round of the playoffs. To hold on to their lead in the division, the Warriors are going to have to continue to play
the high level of hockey that they displayed in the weeks leading up to the holiday break. Waterloo will find out early in the new year whether the tournament in Antigonish got rid of all the rust from their nearly fourweek layoff. They begin the home stretch of the regular season with crucial games against divisional opponents throughout the month of January. On January 5 and 6 the Warriors play a home and home series with the UWO Mustangs. The following weekend they travel to Thunder Bay for two games against Lakehead.
Simona Cherler
At 13-2-1, the Warriors are 5 points up on Lakehead and Western in Far West.
The Warriors could essentially lock up the division in these games but by the same token multiple losses to either of their rivals could make for an extremely tight race the rest of the season. The Warriors scoring leaders heading into the second half of the season are winger David Philpott with 22 points followed closely by Shane Hart and Sean Roche with 20 points apiece. It’s been a well-balanced attack for the Warriors, however, as they boast nine players with double digits in points through 16 games. This wealth of offensive talent has UW leading the OUA with an average of 4.69 goals per game. Not to be outdone, Waterloo’s young defense corps has been impressive as well. The Warriors are second best in the OUA with just 2.44 goals against per game. In goal, reigning OUA West MVP Curtis Darling is in the midst of another stellar season, sporting a 9-2 record with a 2.89 goals against average and a 0.91 save percentage. Rookie backup Jimmy Bernier has also been spectacular when called upon, with a 4-0-1 record, 1.46 GAA and 0.95 save percentage. If the Warriors continue their strong play, their February 3 game at cross-town rival Laurier could be for first overall in the OUA and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. Waterloo will also be looking to avenge an 8-6 home loss to the Golden Hawks from earlier this season. That loss was their last in league play. The Warriors begin 2007 by hosting the UWO Mustangs on Friday, January 5. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at Columbia Icefield Arena. jrowe@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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With 25 points Waterloo stands third in OUA West. Here’s Nicole Tisdale in the autumn. Adnan Khan reporter
The Warrior women’s basketball team has high hopes heading into the second half of the OUA season. Riding a four game winning streak, the Warriors have established themselves as a playoff contender and a team to be reckoned with. Speaking with Coach Mano Watsa before the season started, he emphasized that his focus is on team preparation and he believed results would follow. He instilled into his Warriors a sense of team defence and a strong work ethic. What makes this team special is the fact that every player on the roster believes in the system. Whether it is putting extra time in everyday to practise the jump shot or hitting the floor hard on loose balls, these ladies have shown a desire to win
and this desire could carry them straight to the playoffs. During the first half of the season, Waterloo has established that they can play against anyone in the OUA, they are 6-4, however, two of the losses came by a combined deficit of five points. Although the shooting has looked shaky at times the Warriors have never been physically pushed around thus far. The Warriors are as tough as any team in the province. While there have been some exceptional individual performances this season, no player is quick to praise herself. Whether it is Kate Poulin’s all around play, Kim Lee’s outside shooting, or Gillian Maxwell’s rebounding, the Warriors have shown time and time again that individual accolades are not what this team is about. Speaking to key performers at the end of every game, players are
always complimenting their teammates rather than seeking any sort of self-recognition. They realize that this is a team sport and the final result of the game is more important than any of the player’s statistics. This speaks volumes about the team. Coach Watsa has his players playing the game hard and with tough defence, and more importantly he has them approaching the game the right way. The second half of the Warriors basketball season starts January 6 at the PAC against local rival Wilfrid Laurier, with the next two game on the road at Windsor and Guelph. Riding a four game winning streak the Warriors hope to continue their strong tenacious play to earn a spot in the playoffs. Already beating perennial powerhouses such as Carleton and the University of Toronto, Waterloo has nothing but high hopes entering the second half of the season.
Men’s volleyball reeling into second-half Shawn Bell staff reporter
Simona Cherler
Waterloo is 2-10, 9th in OUA.
To begin an OUA volleyball season with 10 rookies and only one senior is no easy task; yet Waterloo did just that. They started with optimism too — Coach Fernando Pardo said during the home opening weekend that the playoffs were his team’s goal and they expected to be 5–7 for the first half of the season. Pardo had reason for optimism — his rookie class was heavily recruited and highly skilled. But as the first 12 games of this 20 game season have shown, the OUA has lots of talent and it takes experience to contend. Waterloo currently sits tied with Guelph for ninth place in the eleven-team OUA; with two wins and ten losses the Warriors are ahead only of RMC. There were some bright spots for the Warriors in the first half — rookie setter Andrew Thorpe is ranked ninth in the CIS with 311 assists, and the outside scoring threats, second year Tyler Vivian and first year Duncan Cains lead
the team in points per game and are ranked 24 and 26 in the OUA, respectively. The second half begins January 12 when Waterloo travels to Kingston for a match at RMC and the next night at CIS ranked seventh Queens. The three-game road trip continues the next weekend in Toronto against a Varsity Blues team that holds the sixth and final playoff spot with 14 points. Waterloo then moves into the PAC for a five-game home stand to finish the season. The playoffs look to be out of reach — even running out the schedule with eight straight wins would give Waterloo only 20 points; they would need many teams to lose many games for 20 points to get them in. So we will see the young guns develop and build for the future; for, despite the rough start to this 2006-2007 season, the Waterloo Warriors are young and talented and there’s nowhere to go but up. sbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Warriors winning and rising in the West 2007: a new year, a new you Janine Gilbert reporter
Shawn Bell
Four game winning streak has Warriors 6 - 7, third in West. Brendan Pinto staff reporter
Ranked third in the west, the Warrior women’s volleyball team will be starting their OUA season on January 12 against RMC. The first games of the new year, however, will be played in a Toronto tournament that starts today and goes through to Sunday. The story of the women’s fall term was that of an against-the-odds comeback from a bleak first-half start to the season that saw the team win only two of seven games. This slow start was followed up by an incredible four game winning streak to finish off the season that launched the Warriors into third place in the west. These last games themselves were a testament to the women’s resolve as they returned from a 24-18 deficit against Windsor
Brody Hohman reporter
Happy New Year from the Fix, let’s get started with ’07. NBA Notes - The Charlotte Hornets are a mess right now as they deal will injuries to almost all of their starters. Rasual Butler (F) has taken full advantage of the opportunity and is averaging 19.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg over his last 4; he’s definitely worth the pick-up.
back in November and a 24-17 deficit against Brock later that month. The women even toppled second-place McMaster, beating them 3 sets to 1 — the only team other than first place Western to beat the Mauraders. The Warriors rounded out the first-half with another hard fought win against Brock. Susan Murry and Bojana Josipovic had powerful showings this season earning seventh and eighth position respectively in the OUA rankings for points earned per game. Amanda Verhoeve also was impressive, earning a place at the top of both the CIS and OUA rankings in second overall in digs with 204. The first two games of the second half are in Kingston against RMC and Queens. Both games are important as a single win separates Waterloo in the western standings from Brock, Laurier and Guelph.
- Jannero Pargo has taken over for Chris Paul at PG pretty well and Devin Brown is a decent flier. - Raymond Felton is already a top guard but now Brevin Knight is out for about a month, Felton came on late last year too. If you can somehow trade for him do it, it’ll be worth it. - It looks like Dwayne Wade’s injury isn’t going away. Reserve him until he’s officially back, and pick up Dorell Wright or even a guy like Jason Kapono. - Earl Boykins is hot right now with AI in town and Melo and JR Smith
Ryerson will be coming to Waterloo for the first home game of the year on the 20 of January in the PAC. A key game against division rival Mac comes shortly after on the 26 followed by Guelph the very next day. First place Western will be coming to the PAC February 2 followed by Windsor the next day. The women’s season ends on February 9 with a rematch against the Laurier team that beat Waterloo 3-0 earlier. With the middle of the field so close in the west, all of the games this season will be of the utmost importance in securing a coveted playoff berth. With the momentum gained at the end of 2006, the women look ready for an exciting finish to their 2006-2007 season. bpinto@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
out. He’s averaging over 20 points in his last 4 but when Melo and Smith return there won’t be enough ball for Earl to score 20 all the time, sell high on him now. NHL Pick ‘Em Up Chris Kelly (C) Ott- With Spezza and Fisher out Kelly has seen time on the top line, and he’s got 4 points and is a +3 in his last 4. Yanic Perreault (C) Pho- 20 points in 26 games and looking young, grab him if he’s available.
The new year has arrived and with it are many new programs organized for you, the students, by UW athletics. From fitness classes to challenges to intramural sports, there is definitely something for everyone this year. The Wellness Challenge, a new program for the winter term, is a cheap and easy weekly fitness program. The challenge takes place one day a week for five weeks with different classes each session including pilates, yoga, proper stretching and even a nutrition and cooking class. The program costs $35 and will run from the start of term until reading week. Be sure to sign up for the challenge during the second week of classes. A popular program that UW Health Services has been promoting for the past few years is the Leave The Pack Behind challenge. This year UW athletics has decided to jump on board and run the Leave the Pack Behind @ the PAC contest. This is a nine-week program that runs Tuesday nights from 5:30-6:30 pm. Each week is a new session including different tactics to quit smoking like fitness classes and stress relief techniques. The program costs $25 — and think of how much money you will save from not buying any more cigarettes! For those on a tight budget after the holiday season, try Fit Blitz! It’s a new, absolutely free, drop-in program that will take place in the CIF gym. Each week, the class will focus on a different muscle group; what better way to fulfill those new years resolutions! Learn how to work out properly and effectively from a personal trainer. Check the
UW Athletics website (www.athletics.uwaterloo.ca) for more info on Fit Blitz. Another free program that UW athletics has teamed up with is Active Living Rewards. Visit the website at www.activelivingrewards.ca and join up for free. The site allows students to pick a target of how much physical activity they would like to do and compare their active lifestyle to others of the same category and age. It allows members to update their progress and input how much activity was done throughout the week. There are even articles on fitness, what to do, how to do it and new approaches towards staying in shape. The best part about the Active Living Rewards program, however, is that it rewards you for keeping active and staying fit. Prizes are sponsored by Contiki Tours, Nikon, UW Campus Rec and many others. A couple other new programs for the new year include various dance classes such as Flare Dance and Jamaican Folk Dance. Also new this term is the triathalon training as well as the first aid challenge which bundles together three different first aid programs, making them all cheaper. As well, the hugely popular indoor cycling program will continue to run this term after last term’s success. Check the UW Athletics Campus Rec website for all the specifics. As always, UW Athletics and campus rec will run squash, road hockey and basketball tournaments throughout the term as well as all the regular intramural leagues. Check the website for more information or drop in the athletics office in the PAC but remember that intramural sign up is January 2-5 and instructional/fitness sign up is January 8-11.
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Waterloo enters 2007 in high gear
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Athlete Profile:
Laura Sturch
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The Warriors, at 4-6-1, are tied for fifth in the OUA. Waterloo’s back home at CIF January 14 vs York. Shawn Bell host York. The following weekend the good for fifth in the CIS — and kept staff reporter Warriors head to Windsor and host Waterloo, who only once lost by more Western; by then we will know if these than two goals, in every game. Halfway through the 2006-2007 Warriors have what it will take to make Up front, Waterloo’s big line of women’s hockey season, the Waterloo a playoff run in this tough OUA. Sarah Bryson, Michelle Curtis and Warriors with four wins, six losses and Starting January 27, when Waterloo Randi Wilson were one, two, three in a tie find themselves in the second tier hosts the nationally ranked #4 Laurier scoring (9, 7 and 6 points) respectively. of the OUA standings, battling for one Golden Hawks, the schedule gets very Nadine Vandenhuevel and Miranda of the final two spots in the six-team difficult. Seven of Waterloo’s final nine Humphrey spent the most time in playoffs. games come against the top four of the the box, racking up 31 and 30 penalty The Warriors, with ten points and OUA: WLU, Guelph, Queen’s and To- minutes respectively. There were no a game in hand, are tied for fifth in the ronto. In the first half the Warriors lost Warriors with a negative plus/minus. OUA with the Brock Badgers, who snuck once to Laurier, lost twice to Guelph, All in all, this is about where we out from Columbia Ice Fields with a 2-1 lost once at Queen’s, and beat Toronto expected the Warriors to be midway overtime win in the first game of the on the strength of Alexis Huber’s 44 through the season. It still remains to season. The York Lions, who Waterloo save performance. be seen if Waterloo is good enough to beat 3-2 to close out the first half on Huber continues to be the key to her challenge in this tough OUA; regardDecember 3, are in seventh with nine team’s success. “Alexis has always been less, the first task is that playoff berth points. Western and Windsor sit below the backbone of our team,” captain and Waterloo’s performance in the first York at the bottom of the standings. Kaity Martin said earlier in the year. four games of this second half will Waterloo opens the second half “She holds us in every game and always go a long way to determine whether with the opportunity to take a strangle- gives us a chance to win.” they’ll find themselves in London hold on a playoff berth. They travel to In the first half Huber was out- March 10 and 11 for the OUA playoff St Catharines on January 13 with fifth standing. She played in every game, tournament. place on the line to take on Brock and posting a 1.91 goals against average sbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca then come back home January 14 to and a sparkling 0.942 save percentage
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Playing forward for the Warriors Women’s hockey team, Laura Sturch connects her experiences to themes that affect us all. Doug Copping staff reporter
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GROWING UP
My brother played hockey and I would watch him. One year I decided to go and sign up for house league with my dad and in line to register I chickened out. My dad really wanted me to follow through with registering after I bailed. The next year, I signed up and haven’t stopped since. Growing up, I would play pond hockey with my brother. He would school me. He toughened me up. I don’t think I would be playing hockey if I didn’t have a brother. Growing up, my dad took to me to all my practices and games. Even today, my parents do a lot of traveling to watch me play.
PERSPECTIVE
Balancing school and athletics is a challenge. You quickly learn time management skills and get done what needs to be done. You learn the power of communication and feedback, and the importance of respect. Effort at practice translates into better results at the game. You learn that hard work pays off. Beyond varsity, there are fewer venues for women in hockey because it is a relatively new sport still gaining momentum. Regardless of what I pursue, I’ll apply these lessons to other aspects of life.
COMMUNITY
Hockey gives me an outlet to channel my energy, something to work towards. But I am not doing it just for myself; I am doing it for the team. We rely on each other. Spending that much time with people, you build strong relationships. These girls are my best friends. They are a large part of why I play. From day one, I have felt the support — 23 others willing to do anything for me. And I give that support back to everyone else. This community transcends the dressing room, or the ice. We support each other in any situation.
PROGRESSION
The University of Waterloo is launching the first co-op pharmacy program in Canada in January 2008. Applications for the first class are being accepted until January 19, 2007. For more information, visit www.pharmacy.uwaterloo.ca ; call 519-888-4848 ; or e-mail pharmacy@uwaterloo.ca.
At the beginning of every season, our team sets goals. Some are general, like making the playoffs. Others are more specific. For example, when the puck’s around the other team’s net, we want to finish and score more often. During drills in practice, we can’t stop until we score. As a result, during game time we’re all over the loose puck. We’re constantly improving as a team. Our coach is a powerful role model. Winning gold at the Olympics, she has a lot to offer, and pushes us to be our best. We ended on a high last term. If we carry this momentum forward, the ’07 season looks bright. dcopping@imprint.uwaterloo.ca