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Impr int The university of Waterloo’s official student newspaper

Friday, January 16, 2009

The best of intentions People that I know are having trouble finding jobs. It’s definitely affecting us.

— Clara Baik, Science 4B I couldn’t get a job, so I had to drop out, and I know people who got fired.

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A cautionary tale, page 12

Down, but not out UW co-op students hit hard by economy, but hope for recovery is at hand

— Alan Chalio, AHS 2B It could have a negative impact, but it depends on the field.

— Caitlin Stewart, SMF 3B

Maggie Clark editor-in-chief

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I think the most affected thing is job opportunity — companies are firing people.”

hen the co-operative education council met in December 2008, word of Canada’s recession was just growing common on the lips of government officials — but the UW co-op figures for Fall 2008 told a story all their own. As of December 4, 2008, overall employment was at 78 per cent, down from 84.9 per cent at the same time in the previous year.

While the number of cancelled jobs — 1,241 — was up from the previous year’s 1,021, the per cent cancelled for budgetary reasons jumped from 5 to 19 per cent. The jobs to student ratio had also plummeted to 0.8 from 1.95.

— Si Gou, 2nd year Math There are fewer jobs — it was relatively easy last year [to find a job in co-op].

And yet, moving forward, students have reason to hope that the panic of recession’s initial impact won’t prove fatal for their co-op education: according to Peggy Jarvie, executive director of co-op and career services, 89 per cent of co-op students are already placed this term, rivalling last year’s 92 per cent, and the numbers are expected to rise further before being finalized.

Meanwhile, students as a whole who are anxious about how the economic downturn may affect their post-secondary education can look to the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations’ (CASA) budget proposal for efforts to solicit government aid.

See JOBS, page 3 graphic by holly sage

— Naim Panjwani, 1st year science

Budget proposal highlights:

I’m a little worried [about doing co-op next term] but feel that [UW] resources will help us.”

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Temporary grants

Extended grace period

Accumulated deferred maintenance (ADM) can maintain education quality, provide an economic stimulus, and encourage university growth.

Temporary, targeted “access grants” can help students caught without assistance from existing financial aid in the short term.

Extending the grace period on student loan repayment plans from six months to nine will allow students struggling for employment the leeway they need.

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Jobs: co-op’s vitals still strong

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Go Home: If possible (and desirable), arranging for a return to a current or old workplace would both help secure your own employment and reduce CECS resources in job recruitment.

Go Elsewhere: Think about applying to jobs outside your typical geographical area (some remote jobs are consistently not applied to).

Expect Less: It may help to reduce your salary expectations or make known in interviews that compensation is not a large factor for you.

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Not surprisingly, CASA, the national student lobby group, is appealing for funds from the federal government. Yet Feds VP education Andres Fuentes told Imprint he was “very excited” about CASA’s proposal, in particular for the precision of its requests.

The budget proposal, which Fuentes said should be presented in the last week of January, highlights three factors of note in recognizing the impact of economic recession on post-secondary education: the added strain on families to support students at university, the provincial governments’ growing inability to guarantee sustained investment in education, and the “sharp decline in the value funds invested by post-secondary institutions,” which has led some universities, including UW, to post spending freezes with regard to any new projects or staff hires.

CASA’s plans amount to four overarching goals, the first of which — requesting a $1.5 billion investment in “accumulated deferred maintenance” — is targeted at providing universities the means to tackle small age- and degradation-related issues with their institutions and materials, and in so doing help sustain the quality of education for both educators and students alike.

CASA notes that such an investment would also prove a boon to “construction sector industries,” in providing work at a time when many construction projects (notably, housing) have been driven in places to a standstill. Investing in deferred maintenance also, according to CASA, allows universities to continue to “attract leading faculty, staff, and students,” which would in turn create more investment or donation opportunities.

Other CASA requests hit closer to home for students in need: a one-time earmarked social transfer to provinces to offest the “freezes or claw-backs in provincial PSE funding,” the introduction of “temporary, targeted access grants for students in situations

where current student financial aid is unavailable,” and an extension of the interest relief period from six months to nine month.

If the budget proposal doesn’t gain traction before the federal government’s budget is finalized, Fuentes said the next step for CASA is aggressive lobbying in the coming months. Back on campus, Jarvie spoke to a similarly aggressive approach to co-op concerns.

According to Jarvie, CECS is pushing for faculties to hire more co-op students in the future (to offset industry declines), and talking with faculties to “figure out what to do about any missed terms for co-op students.” Also on the CECS agenda is a working group to assess past economic downturns, create a “toolkit” for field co-ordinators, and renew and increase marketing materials. Of particular note, however, is the office’s focus on helping students find their own jobs, a task for which they are presently seeking an employment relations officer. It is not yet clear how much of student co-op fees will be applied directly to this To the former end (helping students find their own jobs), co-op education council member Sam Andrey offered some of the advice consistently forwarded to co-op and career-oriented students in their jobs hunts. Possibly one of the most difficult but crucial changes in approach lies in lowering salary expectation, according to Andrey, and letting employers know that compensation is not a huge factor.

“Think about applying to jobs outside of your typical geographical area,” said Andrey, as “some remote jobs are not consistently applied to.”

Students are also advised to arrange returning to a previous or current employer for future terms, if possible — a strategy which may well explain the boost in anticipated co-op employment numbers for Spring 2009. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Zimbabwe cholera outbreak surges

HARARE, Zimbabwe Deaths relating to Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak had amounted to nearly 2,100 as of Wednesday, January 14. Statistics from the Geneva, Swizterland based World Health Organization (WHO) show that more than 40,000 have contracted the preventable water-borne illness since its initial outbreak back in August.

The cholera outbreak has also spread to neighbouring countries South Africa and Zambia. Northern neighbour Zambia has recorded 2,108 cases and 28 deaths, while South Africa has seen around 2,100 cases with 15 deaths. Both countries have been cautious to avoid blaming Zimbabwe’s epidemic on their own respective rise in cholera cases. “What is happening in Zambia has no connection with the Zimbabwe situation. Cholera in Zambia is from Zambia, and not from Zimbabwe,� government spokesman Canisius Banda told Agence France-Presse.

However at least 10 Zimbabwean cholera patients who crossed into Zambia had been treated free of charge as “an act of Godliness and a humanitarian gesture,� he added.

The cholera crisis occurs at a time when the Zimbabwean government is facing an economic crisis with a hyperinflationary economy and shortages in essential commodities such as food, fuel, medicine, and electricity.

Health experts cite the government’s failure to import adequate stocks of water-treatment chemicals and materials as the driving force behind the cholera epidemic. Last month the government declared the outbreak a national emergency and allowed foreign aid agencies to move in and help combat the disease.

Zimbabwean Health Minister David Parirenyatwa warned this month that the epidemic could get worse as the rainy season develops.

The Zimbabwean government issued a warning Monday, January 12 that some parts of the country are

going to experience floods during rainy season, further compounding the fight against the disease.

security. The U.S. National Weather Service is forecasting highs below freezing for Inauguration Day.

– With files from CNN.com and AFP

– With files from AP, AFP and CP

D.C. set for Obama’s historical inauguration

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States The United States of America will inaugurate Barack Hussein Obama as its 44th President next week. Obama’s swearing-in marks a historic step in that country’s long civil rights struggle, a shift in both domestic and international politics, and it could set a new standard for Presidential inaugurals.

Outgoing President George W. Bush, has taken the extraordinary step of declaring his nation’s capital a “state of emergency� during the inaugural events next week. The designation gives authorities access to virtually unlimited resources in order to ensure that the event runs as planned as revelling crowds reach into the millions. Comparatively, Bush’s own inaugurals both drew around 300,000 supporters, according to the AFP, while the most attended was that of Lyndon Johnson in 1965, which is reported to have attracted a crowd of 1.2 million.

Media reports have estimated that total costs for running and securing this year’s iteration of the quadrennial event will approach $150 million.

The figure includes overtime for more than 10,000 police and military personnel that will be deployed to watch over the crowds. Also included are the costs associated with the official Presidential balls, of which Obama plans to attend 10 on the night of his inauguration.

Many of Obama’s supporters will need to struggle for a glimpse of the President-elect come Inauguration Day. Tickets have been selling for thousands of dollars online and looked likely to jump in price as Congress made steps towards prohibiting their sale. On January 14, less than a week before the inauguration, the U.S. Senate passed a bill to this effect, however the House had not yet acted. Spectators without tickets are urged to arrive at their viewing location three hours in advance in light of the huge crowds and tight

Gaza death toll surpasses 1,000

GAZA CITY, Gaza Israeli forces continued ground and air strikes in the Gaza Strip against Hamas militants, as the conflict reached its 19th day on January 14. The ministry of health in Gaza reports 1,013 have died since the conflict began December 27, with nearly 5,000 injured. Among the dead are more than 300 children and 76 women. 13 Israelis have been killed in the conflict including three civilians and 10 soldiers in the fighting in Gaza. Independent verification of the casualties has been impossible as Israel has forbidden international journalists from entering the region. Both Hamas and Israel have rejected a UN Security Council motion calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Hamas, which controls Gaza, wants a halt to the Israeli attacks, complete withdraw of Israeli forces and an end to the blockade of Gaza.

Israel will not agree to any deal that does not involve the end of Hamas’s smuggling of weapons from across the border through Egypt or the cessation of rocket attacks into Israel. Negotiations have intensified recently through Egyptian mediators however, the two sides are still far apart on the concessions they are willing to make. Meanwhile, Jerusalem Post is reporting that the Isreali defence minister is being rebuked by the prime minister’s office after after he entertained a truce offer in a recent round of negotiations with Egyptian officials.

In another development, in audio tapes appearing on Islamist websites, Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin-Laden called for Jihad (holy struggle) against the Israelis, which has stirred up widespread anger and hostilities in the Arab and Muslim world. – With files from Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, and BBC yliu@imprint.uwaterloo.ca rwebb@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Ryan Webb assistant news editor

York University forces faculty to vote on its new contract offer

The union that represents 3,400 striking contracted faculty, teaching assistants and graduate assistants at York University is set to vote on the university’s latest contract offer on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

The silent poll of striking union members was requested by York University’s administration under an Ontario labour law that allows the employer to force such a vote once per bargaining session. Its offer includes a wage increase of 9.25 per cent over three years, in addition to what the

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university calls “significant” improvements in auxiliary benefits.

However, in a statement to York University’s The Excalibur, Tyler Shipley, a spokesperson for CUPE Local 3903, indicated that the union was not satisfied with the offer. Shipley called the vote a “waste of everyone’s time,” and expressed surprise that the administration would push for a vote without waiting for a counter-proposal from the union. CUPE is requesting that its members reject the offer during next week’s vote.

The administration’s efforts to appear proactive likely stem from pressure it is feeling from its other constituents. Undergraduate students and parents have increasingly coalesced in online advocacy groups in an effort to vent frustrations and amplify their voice. Meanwhile, a much smaller group of students have raised the stakes by camping day and

night outside the office of York President Mamdouh Shoukri in an effort to have their concerns recognized. Since November 6, 2008, fruitless collective bargaining has left approximately 50,000 undergraduate students out of class.

– With files from The Excalibur, The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Sun Laurier President warns of deep budget cuts, potential job losses

Wilfrid Laurier staff and students should expect significant budget cuts over the next three years, said WLU President Dr. Max Blouw in an ominous letter to the public last Thursday. In the letter, Blouw cited the massive damage dealt to the university’s pension plan as the main contributing element to the university’s current financial woes,

but also mentioned numerous other contributing factors, including problematic investments, continuing structural deficits, and burgeoning debts.

Blouw’s predictions as to the shortterm financial state of the university were similarly grim. “The university must cut approximately 16 per cent or $31 million [dollars] from its base operating budget over the next three years,” said Blouw. “The cuts will involve difficult decisions […] and, unless things change significantly, job losses.” Blouw also indicated that Laurier was not alone in its situation, saying that all universities and colleges across Ontario are being affected by the harsh economy.

This announcement comes at a time when negotiations with WLU’s full-time faculty are already underway.

While this news will undoubtedly affect the organization in a number of ways, one aspect Blouw mentioned

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specifically as needing amendment is WLU’s current 23:1 student-faculty ratio. Other affected unions such as CUPE and WLUSA were also notified of the economic forecast alongside the various student leaders.

Blouw closed by stating that in spite of the difficulties WLU currently faces, he remains optimistic that the university will emerge from the current economic climate remaining strong and competitive.

— With files from www.wlu.ca news@imprint.uwaterloo.ca : In the January 9 issue of Imprint

Correction

In the January 9 issue of Imprint, the Campus Watch headline “Israeli academics banned from teaching in Ontario“ is incorrect. As the article goes on to explain, there was only a proposed banning, not an actual ban.

Serial reporting begins again this Winter 2009.

Interested in reporting on the deeper issues of campus life?

Whether you’re fresh to the scene or already hard on a case, contact Jamie Damaskinos at hcorps@imprint.uwaterloo.ca to join our growing team of reporters.

Big stories need great people — like you!

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Breaking down bias

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oy, I love North American media. You know why? Because it’s always right — without fail, without context, without reservation.

Many North American reporters, plucky and determined, set out from their cozy homes to brave the terrible dangers associated with reporting live from the Gaza Strip, Afghanistan, Iraq — and for their valour are rewarded with perfect insight on the situations at hand. Embedded North American journalists always make the right connections, talk to the right people, have at their disposal unbiased guides. And even if you don’t visit the area you’re covering firsthand, it’s cool: you know you can trust in your North American journalistic or blogger instincts, and by virtue of your geographical distance from the situation in question, you’re guaranteed to provide the more thoughtful, objective analysis.

Okay, maybe it’s not necessary to highlight how absurd it is to trust mainstream media blindly. Everyone understands to some extent that skepticism is healthy and appropriate in dealing with the news. What might be worth developing, however, is how little North American mainstream

media prepares us for developing the critical resources necessary for its own deconstruction.

Last week’s Imprint was sent to press early because I, alongside seven other Imprinters, set off at 4 a.m.

Wednesday morning for a Canadian University Press journalism conference in balmy Saskatoon. At this conference we experienced quite a few “call-to-arms” in the form of workshops, media speakers, and design critiques — lessons which I hope will become readily apparent throughout our paper’s development this term. But one of the biggest lessons, for me, arose upon my return, when the long-anticipated visit of a student representing pro-Israeli sentiment on campus yielded some surprising food for thought.

If you hadn’t noticed, word of an anti-Israel protest featured on Page 3, alongside an erroneouslytitled Campus Watch piece addressing a proposed CUPE

ban on Israeli academics who don’t decry Israel’s presence in the Gaza strip.

Page 6’s The world this week also featured a quick summary of the Gaza Strip invasion. All pieces drew facts and figures about the invasion from mainstream North American news sources, under the impression that these publications had resources enough to factcheck far better than a lowly student newspaper ever could (and also, because of their prominence, that they faced more severe consequences for inaccuracy). All pieces, by virtue of neglecting context, only tell half the story.

Below, UW student Alex Kaldor, president of Israel on Campus, offers a different reading of events. This reading is not included to suggest that there was something intrinsically wrong about reporting on an anti-Israeli protest in KW, or the existence of anti-Israeli sentiment in Southern Ontario, or a brief account of such a profound world event in our international news feature. These are news events, and their

existence alone is not in question.

What Kaldor’s commentary does offer, however, is a sharp reminder of how much of this situation’s complexity is lost in North American media’s accounting of the situation in the Gaza Strip — and as such, how much all papers, not just Imprint, have failed to provide their readers with all the facts.

There is a powerful logic to this system of omissions, too: Palestinians are very clearly suffering more casualties in this conflict, have more injured, and see more supposedly untouchable structures (schools, universities, hospitals) attacked by Israeli soldiers. The presence of pain and suffering makes ready champions of anyone with an ounce of humanity, and since Israel is considered by most estimates the “stronger” of the two nations, Western post-modernism dictates that all acts of aggression initiated by Palestine arise solely in response to that power differential, which in turn makes Israel all the more responsible for whatever ills befall its own people.

See BIAS, page 10

Majority of Israelis favour two-state solution community editorial Alex Kaldor

Imagine you are an Israeli

israel on campus president

For eight years, they have stared death in the face. Children do not listen to music as they will not hear the air raid siren. People don’t wear seatbelts in Sderot; seatbelts don’t save lives but prevent people from running to safety. It is not safe to play outside, and nearly every child has post traumatic stress disorder resulting from living in constant fear.

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or over two weeks, the Israeli Defense Force’s Operation Cast Lead has been targeting the terrorist organization Hamas.

The violence however, did not begin recently: Hamas has fired up to 60 rockets per day indiscriminately into Southern Israel for the past eight years. During these years, Israel has made huge diplomatic steps to try and stop the rocket fire, including a complete pullout of all Israeli troops and civilians from Gaza in 2005, and a ceasefire in 2008.

During a January 2006 election in Gaza, Hamas was democratically voted in as the new government. One year later, during the Battle of Gaza in June 2007, members of the opposing Fatah party were either exiled, jailed, or killed by the ruling Hamas party.

What brought us to this point?

Hamas has not been shy about its opinion of Israel, and it refuses to acknowledge the country’s existence. Additionally, their official charter calls for the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jews. The rockets launched by Hamas are illegal under international law, as they have no guiding system and can only be aimed in a general direction. These rockets land in Israeli playgrounds, schools, universities, homes, and everywhere in between.

Israel’s current response is consistent with Article 51 in the United Nations Charter, which gives every nation the right to engage in self-defence against armed attacks. What other nation would tolerate one rocket attack, let alone 8,700 and counting?

8,700

Qassam rockets fired by Hamas in the last nine years

But why war?

Calling for a ceasefire has proven to be ineffective, as was seen in the ceasefire that ended on December 19, 2008. Hamas used the lull in activities to re-arm itself, and to continue smuggling rockets and weapons through Egypt. Instead of bringing in food and medical supplies to their impoverished population, Hamas chose to again fail them, by bringing in weapons. Since December 30, Israel has continued to send humanitarian aid into Gaza on a daily basis.

Who is the enemy?

It must be clear that Israel is fighting a war with Hamas, and not the Palestinian people of Gaza. The number of civilian casualties in Gaza rises thanks to Hamas’ tactics of using their civilian population as human shields.

The Israeli army goes out of its way to warn civilians before they attack their target by sending text messages and dropping leaflets.

Meanwhile, Hamas uses these warnings to gather as many civilians as they can to these targets, thus putting Israel in a catch-22 situation. Israel gives up the important element of surprise in order to ensure innocent civilians have ample time to leave the area. Hamas uses social institutions such as hospitals,

1,000,000 Israelis live within 40km of the Qassam rockets

schools, mosques, and community centres as weapons arsenals, rocket storage, training facilities, and launching pads. For example, on January 1, 2009 there was an air strike on a mosque in Gaza, which was followed by even more powerful explosions caused by the weapons stored inside this place of worship.

Additionally, there is plenty of footage of Hamas terrorists using the UN-run schools as launching pads for their rockets. Human shields are illegal under the Geneva Convention, and Hamas is solely responsible for these unfortunate deaths.

Stand up against terrorism

Supporting Israel does not make one antiPalestinian or anti-Arab; in fact, the vast majority of Israelis are in favour of the two state solution, which enables both peoples to live side by side in peace. It is Hamas that takes the all or nothing strategy, where it wants all the land in “Palestine,”meaning the complete destruction of Israel. Supporting Israel is being anti-Hamas, anti-innocent civilian deaths, anti-terrorism, and pro-peace.

It is the responsibility of all governments, and human beings around the world to fight terrorism. Israel is not asking the world for an international force to help fight the radical terrorist organization Hamas. However, Israel is only asking the world to provide them the opportunity to fight terrorism on its borders, and to fight a group that calls for its complete destruction. If you agree that there must be a zero tolerance policy on all terrorist activity, I call on you to stand with Israel in their war against terrorism, namely Hamas. If we don’t fight terrorism with all we’ve got today, we will be vulnerable tomorrow.

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Opinion

Re: Israel-Palestine conflict As yet another battle rages in the Middle East, one can’t help but realize that every conflagration since the rebirth of modern Israel has essentially revolved around one issue: whether or not the Jewish people have a right to live in peace and security, sovereign in their ancestral homeland.

Even prior to the founding of the State, many Jews accepted that the Land of Israel had to be shared between its two indigenous peoples: the Jews, who have had a deep cultural, historical, and religious connection with the land for over 3,000 years, and the Arabs who arrived more recently. In 1947, the United Nations supported a resolution to divide the land into two nations, with Holy Jerusalem becoming an international city.

The Jews accepted partition, while the Arabs rejected it, preferring instead to go to war against a nascent Israel. In 1967 and 1973, similar feelings motivated Arab nations to war with Israel.

Over the past ten years, Israel has suffered

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countless suicide-homicide bombings, abductions, and rocket barrages from the terror group Hezbollah against the country’s north, and, for the past eight years, Hamas fired Qassam rocket attacks on Israeli cities in the south. Practically all attacks have been waged indiscriminately against civilian targets — men and women of all ages trying to work and raise their families, and children trying to go to school. Over the past year nearly 4,000 rockets were shot from Gaza into neighbouring Israeli communities causing mass terror, countless psychological problems, and death. All this, despite Israel’s disengagement from Gaza, and its offers to leave most of the West Bank — the Biblical heartland of Jewish Israel — in exchange for a lasting peace.

The recent fighting in Gaza — directed against Hamas, Gaza’s ruling terror junta responsible for the rocket-fire — comes as a response to years of ceaseless rocket bombardments. The Israeli reaction is a response to the unrelenting violence of a group that still, after nearly 80 years of bloodshed,

has not recognized the just imperative to share this holy land between Jew and Arab. It is due time that both sides recognize each other’s rights and move forward in Shalom/Salam/Peace.

Jeremy Finkleman Planning Re: Where is Gaza’s Charlie Wilson?

It’s late at night or early morning. I just finished watching Charlie Wilson’s War. This movie is easily the best I have seen in my 23 years of existence.

There are no melodramatics and no sound tracks.

If it weren’t for Tom Hanks’ face I would have mistaken it for a documentary. And this got me thinking about other far off things like Gaza.

Charlie Wilson was a U.S. Congressman that helped the Afghans kick out the Soviets during the Cold War. For such a high profile event in history, I’ve heard very little about the man behind it. A whiskey drinking and woman-loving Congressman changed the world because it was the right thing to do at the right time. How often can you say that about a politician?

The one thing I know to heart about U.S. politics I learned while watching Bill Clinton one day on CSPAN. Most of us find CSPAN on Cable while flipping through channels on a boring Sunday afternoon. That day I glimpsed Bill Clinton’s white hair and didn’t flip past. He was in a classroom talking to law students. Someone asked what was so defining about American politics. Clinton responds… the Republican and Democratic Parties.

Republicans lead by ideology and Democrats by principle. He went on to describe leading by ideology as very dangerous. I’ve never forgotten it. He said this with the most serious face I remember on anyone. And no, it wasn’t the same face he gave during his prime-time confession.

After watching Charlie Wilson I learned another

thing about U.S. politics. Politicians want to do the right thing. If this sounds obvious to you then imagine how ridiculous it sounds to someone else.

Maybe then you won’t think I’m being silly.

So what are politicians doing about Gaza? The preventable and intentional death of hundreds of civilians in a mere week by bullets, fire, and flying scrap metal. Nothing. Or worse than nothing.

I have no family in Gaza nor do I wish to these days. But the images of death still make it into my family’s house. They cause us pain and gloom.

Pain is very easy to understand and even easier to feel at the grizzly sights on television and the web.

It’s as if I’m intimately involved with the situation — even though it’s really far away. It becomes very easy to criticize anyone who doesn’t feel this pain as being inhuman or sinister or revolting.

In a few weeks, Israeli soldiers and tanks will march out of Gaza leaving behind casualties, demolished houses, destroyed sewages, unexploded ordinance, and crumpled lives. Children will play with shiny objects filled with explosives. Teenagers will grab one of the many AKs, don a ski mask and pose for cameras. And the story will continue below the radar of our emotions.

But for tonight, sadness fills the hearts of people worldwide watching Gaza on the evening news. They will begin to see the hopelessness that is life to those million human beings that are stuck as if in a concentration camp.

I’ve written this not out of hopelessness but rather out of hope. If one Congressman Charlie Wilson armed with a right-wing evangelical Christian hostess in Houston and a bottle of single-malt brandy can defeat the Soviets and change the world after visiting an Afghan refugee camp… well there is much hope for Gaza. I just have to find Gaza’s Charlie Wilson.

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A Comedy of Errors

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wonder if Shakespeare would still double- existence, our comedy of errors seems more like of reason as the elite enemies of the American seemed more willing to let the crisis force on over in laughter if he saw the tragic mimic the Dark Ages all over again. dream. Unknown to us, these works we naively us some good. Soon, the prices crashed and we of his Comedy of Errors that is today’s world.

Fortunately, Shakespeare proffers a meaning- assumed to be born of some charitable feeling soon returned to our past evils, relegating the During the holidays, as I picked up Shakespeare’s ful hypothesis as to the cause of our comedy of was our hard-earned money — and hope — de- importance of our earth’s continued existence timeless classic in an attempt to enjoy what, for errors amidst the laughs of his. “Every why has ceitfully conned out of us by those we trusted to the Green Party and the highly occasional me, is usually a short, meaningless but humorous a wherefore,” he said. with our futures. acts of green. work, I suddenly found, strangely, that I was not In English that may better pertain to modern As if this disguised good was not enough, As we glance with regret at the comedy of amused. On this reading, Shakespeare’s burlesque understanding: he means that every objection has remember the day the iron birds crashed the twin errors of these times past, the usual smiles give seemed more than a tad too serious — almost some reasoning behind it. This assertion could not towers on 9/11? Yes, we felt it all: the anger, shame, way to grimaces. Each error reduces in comical cynical, in fact. be more truthful — moreover, nothing could be hurt, and worry. We said, as we always do, never value, welcoming the pitiful nod of tragedy. We Perhaps this is because, in today’s world, this more responsible for our tragedies at the present again. However, soon enough, patriotism came wonder if things would have been better if we comical tale of errors bears a serious and signifi- than a refusal to heed this wise and timeless admo- to mean blind folly and, in a wave of populism had paid more heed to those barely audible voices cant relation to the world that I live in — a world nition. Over time, people have come to embrace ignited and sustained by a media that cared more of reason rather than condemn them with the that lacks the clarity of vision that is necessary a popular definition of everything — even to about ratings than the ultimate reason of truth, manic chanting horde. to draw the lines between good and evil. Just as extremes. Thus objections — valid ones — are run the little reason and thought that formed the basis However, even in this reflection, we see our the Antipholus and comedy of erDromios of Shakerors encore once speare’s epic tale were ...patriotism came to mean blind folly and, in a wave of populism ignited and sustained by again, as it has constantly mistaken million times a media that cared more about ratings than the ultimate reason of truth, the little reason athrough for each other, today the ages. gamblers and charlaAs the reverberaand thought that formed the basis of wise hesitation were labelled traitorous. tans are mistaken for tions of mindless respectable financiers. populism once Terrorism’s perverseness is falsely wrapped in the over to satisfy mass folly; the reason and thought of wise hesitation were labelled traitorous. We again push Israel to acts akin to genocide and noble robes of martyrdom. The dignified khaki of the few is mauled to death in the depths of ravaged the countries we thought responsible like as Arab youth seek common expression in the and emblazoned stripes that once defined men obscurity. Need I cite the many examples? blood-thirsty mutineers. Eight years and billions bottomless pit of violence rather than on the of honour have now become the shameful garb Remember the day we watched in pleasant of dollars later, weak and weary we return, not moral high ground of non-violence, it seems of death-squad leaders and war lords. And mind- amazement as those zero per cent financing as the victors or liberators we envisioned but as that our comedy of errors will soon entirely less extremism fuelled by violent, mass orgies of adverts hit the screen? We wondered how it was hungry, lean-faced villains. lose its comedy. Indeed, it is fast approaching a hatred have replaced the reason and moderation possible that my barber and his unemployed son Still too stubborn to accept reality, we trudged tragedy of errors. of civilized society. It seems like the lines between of 16 years each owned mansions even though on in our erroneous redefinition of evil as good.

In our apparent search for permanent solugood and evil have blurred so much so that they we had previously thought they could hardly Remember when father bought that new gas tion, we return to Shakespeare again. Albeit have become seemingly identical concepts divided afford to pay the rent for their shared bachelor guzzling SUV? We wowed around it, happy to buried under the mass of comedy in the play, only by the faint lines of subjective interpretations apartment. As the financial wizards paraded join the mass of polluting brethren for the love like his hypothesis, his synthesis is as simple: that bend toward populism. As the world deals TV proselytizing to us the magic of subprime of “big pimping” rims and the other perks of “Let’s go hand in hand,” he says, “not one before with countless wars, a crashing financial system, mortgages, we rationalized our wonder in their high life or an appearance of it. As gas prices another.” That, my friends, is the challenge of and a climate crisis that threatens our collective gibberish, labelling the few and far flung voices rose and our SUVs soon gathered dust, we this column.

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Opinion

Imprint, Friday, January 16, 2009

INTERNET DATING

INTERPERSONAL BEST

How internet dating changed my life and lessons for dating online

NIKKI BEST

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here was a time in my life when I was a very lonely girl. About two years ago, a boyfriend broke up with me two days before my final exams.

I should have seen it coming, considering it was breakup number three, but it still hit me hard. I somehow hammered on through my exam period, heartbroken and lonely, with the motivation of exam stress keeping me busy.

However, once the exams were over, I sank into an empty pit of sadness that I could not escape. I was depressed, I was alone, and I cried‌ more than any human being should ever cry in their life. My friends failed in trying to council me, my mom thought I was going to drop out of school, and I had no motivation to go out, to see people, or to give any effort to anything I had once cared about. I kept thinking about how I had hurt people in high school, when I broke up with them so cold-heartedly. I went through a vicious cycle of

hating myself for not being loved, and for not loving others. I wanted to call every single ex-boyfriend of mine and apologize for horribly leaving them.

I was extremely tempted to call my most recent ex and say anything to get him back.

Luckily, I never did any of that because an old friend (who happened to be my don from residence days)snapped me back to reality. She showed up at my house one day, right before the situation was beyond repair, with two things: a suspicious bagand a mouth full of words. The bag was a “breakup kit� filled with chocolate, wine, and sappy music — which I believe sat in my room untouched for weeks. As for the mouth of words, it was advice coming from someone who had been in my shoes, and I can truly say it changed my life.

My friend said, “You can’t find yourself in another person, but you should know what you want for yourself.�

She suggested that I try internet dating. My initial reaction to the suggestion was to burst out laughing, until she told me about her internet dating experience. She would post her profile on the internet (on “hidden�), and look around for men that piqued her interest. Then she’d message the lucky fellows and arrange to go on a date. If she decided that she did not like them she moved on. Simple.

She said she learned more about herself through Adrienne Raw dates with strangers than she had in relationships.

Heeding her advice, I signed up on one of the most popular dating websites that evening. So now, I’ll let you all know what internet dating is actually like.

At first glance, everything is fresh, new, and certainly exciting. It is literally like being a kid in a candy store, but you are shopping online for men. I sent a couple messages here and there to a few guys who I thought were cute, and then some to guys who has great profiles without pictures.

Lesson 1 The guys who don’t show their profile pictures do it for reasons having to do with their physical appearance.

If a guy sounded awesome and after talking to me eventually sent me his picture, he always turned out to be exaggerating about his looks in his description. When I say exaggerating, I actually mean blatantly lying.

Naturally, some of the guys would never make it to the first date. I based my needs on some ridiculous standards before I actually followed through with meeting anyone from the internet. Examples of guys to avoid were: ones who didn’t have shirts on in their profile picture, guys who couldn’t spell or write correctly, anyone who called me baby/sexy/mama/babe/ hun, and anyone who posted pictures of their cars/motorcycles.

Lesson 2 Do not do anything I just mentioned in your profile.

I don’t think there is a need for me to explain any of those, but if you are a guy out there reading this and just so happens to be on an internet dating site, I bet you have met plenty of awesome girls, right?

As for the guys who made it past the initial stages of my selection process, I would set up a date with them somewhere in a public place downtown. I had my roommate at the time hang by the phone so I could talk to her the whole way there and she would prepare me before I would meet a stranger to see if we “clicked.�

Lesson 3 Do not be late, and know where you are going when meeting someone.

I only ended up meeting five guys in person and only two guys made it to the second date, but even they were short-lived after that. I ended up kissing only one of them. He was cute, what could I do? Now, most would look at that as a waste of time, or a failure to actually meet someone I liked through a dating website, but I got exactly what I needed from it.

I did not intend to meet a future husband on the internet, nor did I intend to meet a boyfriend. My main purpose was to regain my self-confidence, to feel worthy of attraction, and to muzzle my inner demons about how I was a failure when it came to interacting with the opposite sex.

Internet dating lived up to everything I wanted it to be. It saved my self-esteem and saved my conscience from mentally abusing me every

time I liked a guy for the rest of my life. Internet dating allowed me to feel wanted again, and it certainly made me realize the things I look for in a person.

So, what happened with the guys I ended up meeting? I will definitely write about the five guys who made it to the first dates and what happened with them in the future. What I can tell you now is that I had nicknames for them all. Their names were “the 25-year-old,� the “white baller,� the “T.A.,� the “RIM Job Guy,� and the “Bible Humper.� You can only imagine the stories I have from them — which I hope you anticipate reading.

If there is one thing I can hope to get you all to take from this though, it is that internet dating should not be as taboo as it is. It’s not actually full of creeps and freaks like many assume. Heck, most of us internet date already without even knowing it!

If you use Facebook/MSN/ GTalk to connect with someone after you meet for the first time, you are internet dating. The only difference between starting on a website rather than meeting someone at a bar or through a friend is, well, that you are starting on a website.

I encourage you all to try internet dating if you are looking to learn something about yourself and what you expect in others. If someone asks you why you started, just tell them an old friend sent you and you figured “why not?�

Lesson 4 Why not?

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To put it bluntly: if an Israeli soldier kills a Palestinian, the act is easily regarded both in that context and in terms of the power differential — a “brutish� opponent unfairly destroying a lesser, even “helpless� one. But if a Palestinian — or more specifically, a member of Hamas — were to kill an Israeli, the death might be deemed less tragic by many (and almost triumphant by some), because that underlying theme, the suppression of the weak by the strong, doesn’t resonate as readily in the act.

Already I risk implying outright condemnation of any one group, but this column isn’t about the political specifics of the Gaza Strip situation: it’s about North American media’s inclinations toward certain narratives and themes that, being so familiar to its audience, make it difficult to maintain a healthy measure of skepticism. And even if you do have a healthy measure, where then do you turn to? Who could possibly be the most appropriate, objective authority?

Most intriguing for me, in the midst of all this musing about narrative, was an independent realization that the term “disproportionate response� had wormed its way uncritically into North American analyses of the Gaza Strip invasion.

With plenty of facts, figures, and

photos of suffering Palestine ready for publication, the news shifted almost overnight from accounts of the Israeli invasion to cries of “disproportionate response� — without any intermediate deliberation on what a proportionate response would look like, what initial situation existed that required “proportionate� response at all, and what that acknowledgement of an initial situation said about who might equally be responsible for all the civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.

By shifting so readily to the question of “disproportionate response� North American media suggests those other three discussions were implicitly addressed and done deals thereafter. The term also provides a handy catch-phrase for North Americans to bandy about in conversation, looking all the wiser for their implied understanding of Middle Eastern back story — yet all the while cordoning off discussions that should also be aired through all our nation’s dailies. By selecting and narrowing, through the veil of familiar narrative, our national discourse on international affairs, news media far from opens North Americans to new perspectives and world experiences: it ennobles our preference for the narratives we already know. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Imprint, Friday, January 16, 2009

The best of intentions Miscommunication between student club and not-for-profit results in $3,000 loss Jamie Damaskinos head reporter

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ll Samia Ndayisaba wanted to do was get involved with a not-for-profit organization that was attempting to raise money to build a school in Ghana, Africa. She had no idea that one decision she made would rouse the wrath of that same not-for-profit organization and cost thousands of dollars of lost revenue and funds. The question remains, where did it all go wrong?

After being approached by a member of the Kitchener-based not-for-profit organization, AfriCan Connection (ACC), Ndayisaba, president of the African Student Association (AFRSA), leapt at the opportunity to be of service to their cause. The ACC expressed interest in acquiring the Bomber patio in order to throw a fundraiser for the school they are trying to rebuild in Ghana.

Corrine O’Neill, a representative from ACC, asked Ndayisaba to make the booking for some time in January. Ndayisaba gladly agreed and soon made a booking several months in advance. The date of this venture was scheduled to be Thursday, January 22, 2009.

After Ndayisaba reported that she had secured the venue, the ACC decided to make a confirmation call on November 5, 2008. Darren Maher, the manager of the Bomber patio at that point, confirmed AFRSA had booked the Bomber patio for January 22, 2009. The ACC decided to immediately book performers for the event in order to ensure everything would go smoothly.

“Bomber was booked in November for January 22and at that time comedian Arthur Simeon, drummer Nii Addico, and the Southern Volta Dance Team were all booked, as well as a DJ was arranged,” said Corrine O’Neill, To guarantee the success of the event, the ACC placed advertisements with several well known media outlets. “Advertisements had been placed with CTV, Rogers and other media outlets and the demand was such that everyone involved knew that the event was going to be successful,” O’Neill said.

All was going according to plan. The event had performers and the organizers were expecting the fundraiser to be extremely successful. And then, everything began to fall apart.

Communication problems had been a concern for the ACC and members of the AFRSA alike.

The ACC expressed concerns regarding their ability to communicate with Ndayisaba, but they didn’t regard the matter with a significant amount of concern.

“We had difficulties communicating with Samia

Ndayisaba… from the beginning, but we did sit down with her and the executives of AFRSA in early December to plan out everything that needed to be accomplished before the event on January 22, 2009,” O’Neill said.

During the meeting, the ACC team found out that the AFRSA had not begun to print tickets, a fact met with some concern. However they did not foresee complications arising out of the matter.

“Difficulties arose after the Christmas break when we discovered that tickets still had not been printed for the event and that AFRSA members had promised that this would be done as soon as possible,” said O’Neill. “We felt that this was a small complication and that there would be no problem selling the 300 tickets in the two weeks leading up to January 22.”

On the opposite end, Ndayisaba did not share the ACC’s confidence in the event. Ndayisaba felt that the event would draw no more than 50 people, given the relatively short period they had to sell tickets. At this point, having an extra week to sell tickets would be an act of grace in her eyes. Furthermore, Ndayisaba stated that she was completely unaware of the investment the ACC had made in the up and coming event.

“This thing was disorganized from the beginning,” Ndayisaba said in an interview with Imprint.

“I was not aware that the performers could not be rescheduled.”

In early January, Maher was made aware of a more lucrative proposition for January 22. Given the little information Ndayisaba had regarding the fundraiser, when she was approached by Maher on January 5 to reschedule the event for January 29, she readily agreed. And then everything collapsed.

Ndayisaba had left a voice message on January 8 with the ACC explaining that she had chosen to reschedule the event. Clearly upset with the matter O’Neill spoke to Maher on the phone on January 9. As Ndayisaba was the one responsible for the booking, her decision was final. Maher had already booked the competing event for January 22 and was unable to switch the event in favour of the ACC’s fundraiser.

As it turned out, the performers booked by the ACC could not be rescheduled, and because the ACC had agreed in advance to pay all overhead costs, they were stuck with the bill. O’Neill estimates that approximately $3,000 was lost in this failed venture. This estimate includes the revenues the event was supposed to draw in, as well as payment for the performers they had scheduled.

Ndayisaba has accepted full responsibility for

this unfortunate series of events. She was unaware of the investments the ACC had put into the fundraiser and made the decision to reschedule the event without consulting the executive board at the AFRSA. “It was a lot of miscommunication, I guess,” Ndayisaba said. “I made the decision myself. I am not justifying myself here. I made a huge mistake.

I don’t want the club to be involved.”

Her rationale for rescheduling the event was a lack of opportunity to sell tickets in advance.

She had figured that her organization would be unable to sell a significant amount of tickets ahead of time, so she went through with the decision immediately.

“The event was happening on January 22.

We didn’t have enough time to sell the tickets.

There wasn’t enough time; getting one more week would be helpful to include more participants,” Ndayisaba said.

Unfortunately, this miscommunication resulted in a considerable net loss for the ACC, drawing attention to the consequences that can arise from poor organization and miscommunication, especially when organizations outside of the university are involved. Many not-for-profit organizations deal in considerable sums of money and while $3,000 may not seem like a lot of money, the loss of it significantly slows progress of the ACC’s development projects in Ghana.

“The money that we lost was specifically intended to relieve the current stress that the school is experiencing and to provide an influx of cash in February so that basic repairs and upgrades to the school could be completed, as well the purchase of basic school supplies,” O’Neill said. “We hold ourselves accountable to the promise we made to Mr. Nartey [of the Ghana Academy] and as we have in the past, we will replace the money that the Bomber and the poor decision making of Ndayisaba lost, out of our pocket.”

Striving for social change is a lofty and admirable goal. However, it is important to temper zeal for changing the world with responsibility and commitment. Student groups should not be dissauded from looking to outside organizations for greater operational capacity. Instead, these organizations need to ensure they fully understand what they are getting into and the depth of commitment which is required of them. The lines of communication need to be open and available at a moment’s notice. As this situation clearly demonstrates, a moment of hasty decision-making can result in thousands of dollars lost.

Ghana

Making connections in Ghana >>In November of 2008, the Afri-Can Connection

was awarded the Peace Medallion for their benevolent efforts in Ghana, West Africa

>>The organization’s current initiative involves rebuilding a school, the Manye Academy, in Ghana

>>According to Corrine O’Neill, “The school has

300 students from the ages of 3-17 (nursery to grade 9), 16 teachers and 8 tiny classrooms. These classrooms were constructed as temporary buildings and are made up of half walls and beams which hold up tin roofs.”

>>The organization intends to rebuild the school to “21st Century standards,” so that its graduates can move on to higher education

>>The estimated cost of the project is $100,000 >>Two of the Afri-Can Connection’s main staff are UW alumni

To donate contact Corrine O’Neill at (519) 741-0098 or e-mail info@the-afri-can-connection.com

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>> It was a lot of miscommunication, I guess. I made the decision myself. I am not justifying myself here. I made a huge mistake. — Samia Ndayisaba

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Arts & Entertainment

Imprint, Friday, January 16, 2009 arts@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

A local exhibition of music and art will be displayed in the UW’s Artery Gallery located on 158 King Street this Saturday the 17th. The event is gathering a fair amount of buzz and is worth the $4-5 ticket price.

Danielle Whittemore reporter

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his Saturday, January 17, UW’s Artery Gallery will be hosting Bandy, an exhibition that will showcase local music and art. Music will include performances by Elsa Jayne & Band, Stephen Trothen and Defending Otis, and there will be artwork made by artists at the University of Guelph. The show will take place at the Artery, located at158 King St. W, and begins at 6:00 p.m.

Admission is $5, or $4 with a canned good that will be donated to the Food Bank. The money will go to support the Artery and its future projects, including an Arts Society Ottawa trip, Arts Week Juried exhibition, and other showings that will be taken on by the Artery.

The Artery itself was donated to UW by the City of Kitchener in 2004.

It is run by the Society of Fine Artists (SOFA), and supervised by Andrew Hunter, director and curator of Render. “We see the space as a chance for students to be directly involved and empowered to start up curatorial projects or collaborations,” said Tarin Hughes, the student director and curator of the Artery Gallery. This year, the gallery was involved in the Ontario Arts Council’s spOtlight festival, and

won the KW Arts Award in the Leading Edge category.

For more information, you can visit www.artery.uwaterloo.ca. The Artery Gallery is always looking for new volunteers, so if you are interested you can call them at 519-573-6029 or swing by 158 King St. W. Even if you don’t want to volunteer, it’s always worth a visit to check out the exhibitions on display.

Bandy will be the Artery’s first show of the semester. While the event itself isn’t new – the Artery and the University of Guelph traditionally partner up in this kind of art display – the music is something that has never been a part of the event before. And the Artery Gallery has arranged quite the line up for this kick off.

First there is Elsa Jayne, a light, bubbly singer with quirky lyrics, who sometimes has a band backing her up.

The songs on her MySpace page take on a dreamy ethereal quality, and are available for purchase from CD Baby (CDBaby.com). She lives right here in Waterloo, and has several upcoming shows in the next couple of months, starting with this Saturday at the Artery.

Second on the list is Stephen Trothen, also a Waterloo local. His MySpace site describes his musical genre as “Crunk/Funk/Punk,” and features three acoustic songs with lyrics

that each tells its own story. Stephen Trothen will be taking a break from touring after playing at the Artery, but has more dates coming up in March. If you can’t wait that long to hear more, he has a CD, “Learns to knit,” available at HMV and on iTunes.

Last but not least is Defending Otis, who released an eight song E.P. album called “Life, Love & Fireflies,” available on CDBaby.com. They’re from Brantford, Ontario, and have an Indie/Rock style of music. The band has two members, Michael Pursley on guitar and vocals, and Lee Tessmer, who does lead guitar and keys. They used to play electric rock, but “Life, Love & Fireflies” features a new acoustic sound.

And that’s just the music side.

The concert will take place Saturday night, but after it’s over the artwork will remain on display until January 31. If you miss Saturday, you can go check it out on Thursdays and Fridays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Also keep a look out for upcoming events at the Artery Gallery; Hughes listed “two [shows] involving the artists from Zero to One Studio, a fine arts graduate exhibition, and finally we are participating in the Open Ears Festival during the end of April.”

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was fortunate enough to ask Globe and Mail political cartoonist Brian Gable about his work in comics.

One thing he stated that we shared in common was that he did not see himself as a journalist but as a guy ITS A

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who doodles for a hobby. I to an extent still feel that way. I asked him why he chose politics, a popular subject in journalism, as his theme of comics over everything else. Sure enough he answered how I hoped he would; he doesn’t see himself as a political analyst but as a person who likes to depict humans and personality.

I believe that’s what many comicists approach when working on comics. At least, that’s the school of comic-narrative thought that I belong in: creating beings, having them react to one another, and animating them (for lack of a better word). If you take a look at Gable’s comics, that’s what you see, and he holds no general bias towards any of Canada’s top political names. He’ll harp at Harper and dive at Dion, but only because they’re

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images of them that many people tend to imagine, not because he has a completely specific faith towards it. But a comic like that adds a great amount of emotional impact to the reader.

Nevertheless, a comic can have a very strong impact to its audience. It’s much quicker to read, but can hold so much, being a true subject to the line, “a picture is worth a thousand words.”

In the U.S., many if not all professional comic artists were under full support of the Obama/Biden campaign. The ad marketing was phenomenally designed, and the platform items towards unions were a big decider for many people in the comics industry. I remember comicist Raina Telgemeier (The Baby-Sitters Club) having one of her LiveJournal avatars as the logo for “Artists for

Obama”. Last week, I learned that U.S. president-elect Barack Obama was a guest star in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man, as they both were involved in thwarting the Chameleon’s plan to ruin Obama’s inauguration. I think that illustrates enough how much the comic industry likes the Democratic leader.

I’m also really interested in reading it, just because of how ridiculously amazing it sounds.

I think that a strong impact can come from a work where characters are greatly developed and have personality. As such, a comic isn’t limited to having a political impact. Anything related to the social aspects of the world can be attributed from comics. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and Embroideries reflects on culture and religion in Iran, and the personal form

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of her works can pull at your heartstrings if need be. Chester Brown’s Louis Riel gives a more vivid image on the history of one of Canada’s most intriguing of people, representing both political and cultural scenarios of the time. Even Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man gives an image on the influence of a gender, both bad and good.

I strive to make a comic with a personal emotion. That could be through a tragic or comedic lens, but that’s because a comicist’s characters can often reflect the mood and opinion of the comicist itself. I believe that the strongest impact a person can fathom can truly come from human emotion.

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et’s face it. No one can keep up with all the bands out there; for every good band there are several crappy ones, and there are a lot of good bands-- if you know where to look. So where do you look? Well,

this column of course! I listen to as much music as I can so that you don’t have to. This week I’m going to introduce you to Does It Offend You, Yeah?, an electro indie rock band.

The band actually came up with their

unique name by using the first thing they heard on TV as their band name. This happened to be “Does it offend you, yeah?” which was asked by David Brent on the U.K. The Office. The four-piece band comes out of Reading, England and has toured with Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party, and Prodigy to name a few.

But let’s talk about the actual music.

Does It Offend You, Yeah? currently has one album, You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, which came out last year.

The album has a strong focus on synthesizers -- but despite a heavy electronic sound – the songs are clearly focused and often catchy. It also definitely has some ‘80s influence, but a bit grittier. The album starts off with an instrumental entitled “Battle Royale,” which uses a technique they use a few times on the album – a constant build up before a climax near the end of the song. You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into actually has three instrumentals, a fair bit for a 10-song album (the album does have two potential bonus tracks, depending on where you get the album, but the default tracklist has 10 songs), but they’re very good instrumentals – so try not to be turned off by that if you think you’re

not an instrumental person. I defy you to tell me that “Attack of the 60 ft Lesbian Octopus” is not epic.

Moving on – the album’s second song steps things up with the song “With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You),” a song that just feels like it needs to be played at a higher volume (I mean that in a good way... opposed to it being because the song is just too quiet). This song is really an example of how well the rock sounds can couple with the electronic sounds in order to make all the other couples jealous.

It should be noted that Does It uses autotuned vocals a few times (which gives that sort of electronic Cher sound that generally just sounds played out or stupid), but it actually works in the style of the album.

Their album is definitely not perfect, “Let’s Make Out” is a clear weak point, but they are a band to watch out for. Check out the songs “With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)” and “Dawn of the Dead” for two of the more standout tracks. It’s also possible you’ve heard one of their songs on a videogame, movie or TV show – most recently in trailers for the new Fast & Furious movie coming out. I know. Everyone makes mistakes.

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Another success A winning picture book review

you get to re-encounter characters and places you know and appreciate. You find out more about these Orbit characters that are strong enough to his is the fourth installment draw you back again and again. The in the Jason Wander series. disadvantage is that you only get to It is strong enough that it see one side of Buetter’s skill, and can stand alone, but it is best within you wonder a bit what else he could the series. The hero Jason Wander come up with; and what wonderful places they could take must unite all the you to in your mind. human clans that Buettner is now done have been found a fourth book in the scattered throughJason Wander saga, out the outworlds at least one more is — some with great planned, and eagerly advancements in anticipated, yet there technology others still is that nagging back in the ice age. question ‘What else is Jason must find there in his quill waitpeace between clans ing to be unleashed?’ on different planets This series will that have been fightprobably become a ing for millennium, classic in military sciand unite different ence fiction, and this clans and cultures. book is one of the best Humankind must in the set. The writing stand together or be is fluid, the story gripeliminated from the ping and well balanced. universe. courtesy bookreviewsandmore.ca Buettner is not so fanBuettner is fast tastical that you suspend becoming a master of the military science fiction genre. His fanbase belief, but that you could see it as a expands with each new novel and possible realstic future. His military with each his followers find his skill insight and portrayal is tremendous.

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aybe it’s the cynic in me, but when foreign films do well in mainstream North America, my first thought is: “Great, the fetishizing of ‘otherness’ in foreign cultures wins again.” And perhaps it’s not for me to say that Slumdog Millionaire avoids this trap, but in his fiercely human portrayal of “slum-dog” Jamal Malik, I felt I’d known actor Dev Patel my whole life — not just 120 minutes on the big screen.

Director Danny Boyle (Sunshine, Trainspotting) more than proves his capacity for widely diverse films when, from his summer 2007 sci-fi set in the dead of space, he goes on to relate the story of an impoverished Bombay boy arrested, one question away from winning India’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, on suspicion of cheating. The authorities’ question, “How can a ‘slum-dog’ know so much?”, leads Jamal to tell the heart-rending story of his childhood, with answers to the show’s questions arising both from the horrors of life in the slums, as well Jamal’s abiding, ever-impeded love for slum-girl Latika (Freida Pinto).

Ultimately, it’s not how he got to where he was that matters, but why — and in that appeal to humanity all the other children in this film, each following

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paths partly forced upon them, partly arising from inner inclinations, prove no less capable of universal appeal.

In fact, if any characters could be called two-dimensional, they would be almost all the adults — excepting Jamal’s interrogator, who develops a kindness not readily apparent at the outset — who are entirely fixed in their corruption. And yet this too feels honest, for Jamal’s world is itself a static place in spirit, if not in practice; and having had no control over his surroundings, it’s only right that his faith extend no farther than the capacity of those his own age, coming

from his own background, to change, to be good.

And so Slumdog Millionaire delights as much as it devastates — and in the long tradition of films filled with both humour and tragedy, this makes for one of the most thematically true-to-life films of 2008. Despite the convenience of some of the game show answers, in rounding out the most momentous moments of Jamal’s young, hard-fought life, Slumdog succeeds in making winners, for simply persisting, of us all.

— Maggie Clark

Science & Technology

Imprint, Friday, January 16, 2009 science@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Sex and pot — the ancient peanut-butter and jelly?

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anada and the United States are blue pill poppers when it comes to the bedroom, but did you know that other countries and cultures use radically different methods to increase endurance and treat impotence in males? In China, for instance, men look to seahorses to alleviate these sex issues, ingesting the creatures whole in dried form or ground up in capsules, believing it will result in longer, harder erections and moderate impotence.

The demand for the creatures in China is so high that, in 2004, the Taipei Times published an article stating that the seahorse population is diminishing, with over 25 million seahorses being traded each year. The interest in seahorses as an impotence drug is as symbolic as it is scientific — seahorses are the only animals where the male carries the babies. Also, male seahorses perform a romantic dance as to woo the object of their affection into mating.

As such, it is no surprise that other substances considered unorthodox by the Americas have the potential to enhance sexual experience,

— such as cannabis. Until recently, research on the connection between weed and sex has been undependable, mostly because tests conducted did not regulate variables such as cannabis potency and the effect of other factors such as caffeine intake.

However, a recent study published in Time Magazine by researchers at the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation of St. Louis and the University of California at Los Angeles deprived 20 male test subjects of cigarettes, caffeine, alcohol, and marijuana for 11 days.

Their testosterone levels were measured, and they were given a daily average of five marijuana cigarettes for the duration of three months, finding a pattern of dropping testosterone levels as the study progressed.

After the first four weeks since the first pot intake, researchers noted a significant reduction in the body’s production of luteinizing hormone, one of the substances that causes the testes to produce testosterone. Low levels of this hormone can affect blood circulation, making

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believes pregnant women and children would have been especially vulnerable to malnutrition, as the particular nutritional needs were unlikely to have been catered to, such as the need of pregnant women to consume higher than average amounts of vitamin D for fetal bone development.

MacDonald tried to dispute the notion that Biblical advice also satiates a healthy diet as part of an individual’s mental, physical and moral well-being.

In North America, books such as What Would Jesus Eat? and The Maker’s Diet are bestsellers.

However, MacDonald said that despite its nutritional shortfalls, the Bible “has much to say about food that deserves attention, such as the importance of sharing food with those less fortunate than ourselves.”

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Rajul Saleh asst. s&t editor Caffeine causes hallucinations

Those who consume more than 315 milligrams of caffeine (about three cups of brewed coffee, or seven cups of instant) are three times more likely to hear voices in their head, compared to those who consume less than the equivalent of one cup of instant coffee a day, according to a study by the Durham University.

Lead author Simon Jones, a PhD student at Durham University’s Psychology Department, said: “This is a first step towards looking at the wider factors associated with hallucinations […]

Given the link between food and mood, and particularly between caffeine and the body’s response to stress, it seems sensible to examine what a nutritional perspective may add.”

This research could potentially help hallucinatory patients, using proper nutrition to cope with symptoms and reduce the frequency of occurrence. However, co-author Dr. Charles Fernyhough warns: “Our study shows an association between caffeine intake and hallucinationproneness in students. However, one interpretation may be that those students who were more prone to hallucinations used caffeine to help cope with their experiences. More work is needed to establish whether caffeine consumption, and nutrition in general, has an impact on those kinds of hallucination that cause distress.”

The paper, published in the academic journal Personality and Individual Differences, mentions one possible explanation for this effect: the hormone cortisol, which is released during stress. Those who have recently consumed caffeine release more of this stress hormone, which could lead to the increased hallucination tendencies.

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Dr. Nathan MacDonald, an Old Testament lecturer at St. Andrews University, studied ancient diets by considering Biblical texts in combination with archaeological evidence.

Through MacDonald’s research, he found that people often experienced famines, and their diet lacked vitamins and minerals overall. By examining human remains from the Israelite period, MacDonald found evidence of iron-deficiency anaemia, which suggests consumption of a diet high in flat bread and low in meat and vegetables. He also

it difficult to achieve and maintain an erection, a condition known as impotence. By the end of the eighth week, researchers found that the manufacture of follicle-stimulating hormone, which is vital for spermatogenesis, also known as the process of sperm cell development, where spermatogonia (yes, this is the correct spelling) grow into sexually reproducing organisms (sperm). By the end of the ninth week of the study, research found a significant drop in the testosterone levels, averaging one-third of normal, and in some cases in the range where a male is in danger of impotence and infertility.

On the bright side, the same study found that after the final conduction of testing, “every subject’s testosterone level — and ability to perform sexually — returned to normal,” within two weeks’ time, if the individual’s intake of weed ceased.

Although long-term marijuana studies such as the one above show impotence potential, casual use for the purpose of sexual enhancement has not had negative health complications associated with it. In fact, pot and sex are a classic combination — dating all the way back to ancient India.

Why is sex and pot a classic combination?

Quite simply, cannabis is the only other known source of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) outside of the human brain. THC implicates feeling of euphoria and well-being, the synthetic forms of which are also applicable to medicine and are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which shows that THC is both applicable and beneficial to human use.

Back to the topic of pot ingestion in combination with sex in India, which traditional Indian culture embraces — a concept which is embodied in Bhang Ki Thandai. Bhang Ki

Thandai is a drink composed of the flower and leaf parts of the female cannabis plant, and is commonly had in a mixture of milk, almond, and spices.

This drink is scholarly associated with sexual experience, in part due to drawings found in the Mughal era, depicting a couple engaged in sex while ingesting Bhang Ki Thandai and in part due to the drink’s origin — its consumption during the celebrations of Holi and Baisakhi in India.

However, the concept that pot and sex are compatible does somewhat contradict one of the side effects of pot use: the decrease of bodily co-ordination. Furthermore, marijuana can affect judgement, causing an individual to partake in actions they will later find inappropriate, such as foregoing contraception due to the intensity and immediacy of sensations due to the drug.

Although the experience of sex under the causal influence of pot is not standardized, the feedback is overwhelmingly positive. The most recurring comments include: the intensification of sensation; the fact that the sense of time is blurred and the duration of sex seems longer; and, since the sensation is not centralized in the loins, the experience of orgasm is magnified (or the lack thereof still satisfactory).

Although marijuana remains illegal for recreational use, it is easy to see how this combination is on most individuals’ “100 things to do before I die” list.

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Out of 100 tested Toronto homes, 50 had unacceptable water lead levels

Recently publicized lead testing in old Toronto homes revealed that drinking water in more than half of 100 older Toronto homes from a 2008 provincially mandated testing returned with results exceeding standard lead content limits. One particular reading stood at 82 parts lead per billion, while the provincial standard is a maximum of 10 parts per billion.

High lead levels in tap water, as much as eight times the accepted standard, have been a problem under review for a long time, with water officials concerned about lead service lines leading to homes in older parts of the city.

During the first round of provincially mandated testing on homes with lead service lines between December 2007 and April 2008, six of the 100 homes tested had levels above the provincial standard. However, last July to October, the tests found water in 52 homes exceeding the maximum permitted provincial standard.

Lead is a toxin, the ingestion of which can stall intellectual and behavioural development in the womb, as well as during infancy and early childhood. It is also harmful to adults if ingested in larger doses.

Toronto water officials attribute the spike in lead due to high temperatures in 2008, which have the potential to corrode lead pipelines.

Homeowners whose houses have unacceptable lead levels should have their intake pipe replaced, and are responsible for covering the cost of the area between the shut-off valve and the house, which is approximately $2,000.

— With files from ScienceDaily, BBC News, and The Toronto Star

Pocket-sized ultrasound device can help cancer and arthritis patients

A Cornell graduate student has created a prototype of a therapeutic ultrasound device that is capable of delivering drugs to brain cancer patients and cauterizing bleeding wounds.

George K. Lewis, a third-year Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering and a National Science Foundation fellow, has created a groundbreaking and significantly more affordable device, in comparison to contemporary models. Lewis’ prototype fits in the palm of one’s hand, and was constructed at the cost of $100, while other models can weigh up to 30 pounds and cost upward of $20,000.

Lewis minimized the size of the ultrasound device by increasing its efficiency. Other models lose about half the energy by applying 500-volt signals across a transducer to convert voltage to sound waves; Lewis’ model transfers 95 per cent of the source energy to the transducer.

The higher-energy ultrasound used for Lewis’ device can treat conditions like prostate tumours or kidney stones by breaking them up, relieve arthritis pressure, and even help treat brain cancer by pushing drugs quickly through the brain following surgery. “People are realizing that when harnessed appropriately, you can use ultrasound to treat things as opposed to just diagnose them,” said Peter Henderson, the chief research fellow of Weill Cornell’s Laboratory for Bioregenerative Medicine and Surgery, who is currently using one of the devices in his experiments. “It’s a wide-open field right now, and Lewis’ device is going to play a huge role in catalyzing the discovery of new and better therapeutic applications.”

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On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition released a white paper urging solar-powered panel manufacturers to direct production in a more sustainable direction.

Although solar panels do not produce environmental pollution when in function, the current manufacturing standards for solar panels allow toxic materials to be used in the process.

The harmful potential of e-waste was brought to attention on a large scale by The Washington Post in March 2008, in an article labeled “Solar energy firms leave waste behind in China,” dealing with the issues, difficulties, and patterns of solar energy production. The article talks about Luoyang Zhonggui HighTechnology Co., a “green” energy company that produces polysilicon for solar power production.

However, silicon tetrachloride, a byproduct of polysilicon production, is a highly toxic substance — the dumping of which has been witnessed by Li Gengxuan and other villagers of Gaolond, China, on an almost daily basis for the past nine months.

“The land where you dump or bury it will be infertile. No grass or trees will grow in the place… it is like dynamite — it is poisonous, it is polluting. Human beings can never touch it,” said Ren Bingyan, a professor at the School of Material Sciences at Hebei Industrial University.

Silicon-based panels have a lifespan of 20–25 years. However, no long-term sustainable plans for dealing with expired solar panels have been made on a large scale, raising the question of whether sustainable solar energy is inconsistent with the green movement.

— With files from e!Science News, CNET News, and The Washington Post

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St. Bede’s Chapel at Renison College offers worship on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Come and walk the labyrinth the second Thursday of each month, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more info contact Megan at 519-884-4404, ext 28604 or www.renison.uwaterloo.ca/ministry-centre.

Parkminster United is an affirming, liberal congregation open to all, regardless of race, sexual orientation, age, ability, economic or family status. 275 Erb Street, E., Waterloo. Sunday services at 10 a.m. For more info www.parkuc.ca.

City of Waterloo needs volunteers for summer 2009 events: Uptown Country Festival on Saturday, June 20 – volunteer co-ordinator position ; entrance security/programs ; runners/site patrol ; information/volunteer/CD and t-shirt sales tent ; festival operations. Busker Festival needs new talent for interesting Board positions such as Director of Corporate Sponsorship ; Director of Marketing and Media Co-ordinator.

55+ Urban Poling Club needs indoor walk leaders on Friday mornings. Email volunteer@waterloo.ca or 519-8886488 for more info.

Volunteers needed – the English tutor program is in constant need of volunteers to tutor international students.

Volunteering is an essential part of student life at UW. Apply online at www. iso.uwaterloo.ca.

Volunteer with a child at their school and help improve their self-esteem and confidence. One to three hours a week commitment. Canadian Mental Health at 519-744-7645, ext 229.

Best Buddies is a national charitable organization matching students with individuals with intellectual disabilities living in the community. Hours are very flexible – compatible with busy schedules. More information contact: bestbuddiesuw@gmail.com.

Resume builder! Volunteers needed to visit people with Alzheimer disease through Alzheimer Society Volunteer Companion Program. Call Jill at 519742-1422 or volunteer@alzheimerkw. com.

Drive. Deliver. Befriend – Community Support Connections needs volunteers to help drive seniors to appointments, deliver a lunch meal or befriend an isolated senior. Mileage is reimbursed.

Contact 519-772-8787 or info@communitysupportconnections.org.

City of Waterloo, 519-888-6488 or volunteer@city.waterloo.on.ca has many volunteer opportunities. Check out the website today.

Volunteer Action Centre, 519-7428610 or www.volunteerkw.ca, has many opportunities available – visit the website or call today!

ANNOUNCEMENTS Exchanges for undergraduates and graduates – 2009-2010 academic years: Ontario/Rhone-Alpes, France, Ontario/Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany scholarships available. Application deadline January 16, 2009. MICEFA, Paris, France and the Chinese University of Hong Kong internal deadline: March 17, 2009. For info and application forms please contact Maria Lango, International Programs, Waterloo International, Needles Hall 1101, room 1113, ext 33999 or by email: mlango@ uwaterloo.ca.

Nominations are requested for the following undergraduate student seats on Senate: Faculty Seats – one student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, term May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2011.One student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering, term May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2011. One student elected by/from the full-time undergraduate students in the Faculty of Mathematics, term May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2011. At-large Seat – one student elected by/from the fulltime undergraduate students, term May 1, 2009 to April 30, 2011. Nomination forms are available from the Secretariat (ext 36125) and from the Secretariat and Federation of Students websites.

At least five nominators are required in each case. Completed nomination forms should be submitted to the Chief Returning Officer, Secretariat, NH 3060, no later than 4 p.m. Friday, January 23, 2009. Elections, if necessary, will coincide with the annual Federation of students elections. Refer to the Secretariat website for info about Senate committees/councils. Undergraduate student senators completing their terms of office as of April 30, 2009 are: Jenna VanDraanen (AHS), Spencer McEwan (ENG), Christopher Neal (Math), Lu Jiang (at large). All are eligible for re-election.

Independent Living Centre of Waterloo Region is announcing the expansion of their Youth In Transition Program - a group for youth with disabilities. For info call 519-571-6788 or info@ilcwr. org or www.ilcwr.org.

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ONGOING FRIDAYS The Fine Arts Film Society presents a free Contemporary Malaysian film series in ECH 1220 at 7 p.m.: January 23 – Sepet (aka Slit Eyes)

January 30 – Gubra (aka Anxiety) February 6 – Mukhsin (aka Sepet prequel) February 13 – Village People Radio Show.

CAREER SERVICES WORKSHOPS Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Are You Thinking About an International Experience? – 3 to 4:30 p.m., TC 1208.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Exploring Your Personality Type, Part II – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., TC 1112. Once you have registered you will be given information on how to complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) online. $10 material charge payable to Career Services prior to the first session.

Thursday, January 22, 2009 Law School Bound – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., TC 1208.

Preparing for LSAT – 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., TC 1208.

Teaching English Abroad – 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., TC 1208.

Saturday, January 24, 2009 Medical School Interviews – 12:30 to 3 p.m., TC 2218.

Monday, January 26, 2009 Networking 101 – prerequisite: work search within “Marketing Yourself” found at cdm.uwaterloo.ca or the same module in PD1, COOP 101, or Co-op Fundamentals for Engineering. 4:30 to 6 p.m., TC 1208.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Business Etiquette and Professionalism – 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., TC 1208.

Basics of Starting a Business – all students interested in implementing their new business ideas are welcome. Note: all sessions re limited to 20 participants. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., TC 1208.

Working Effectively in Another Culture – 4:30 to 6 p.m., TC 2218A. Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Career Exploration and Decision Making – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., TC 1112.

Interview Skills: Selling Your Skills – prerequisite: interview skills within “Marketing Yourself” found at cdm. uwaterloo.ca or the same module in PD1, COOP 101, or Co-op Fundamentals for Engineering. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., TC 1208.

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dents interested in implementing their new business ideas are welcome. Note: all sessions are limited to 20 participants.

4:30 to 6:30 p.m., CBET Outreach Room - second floor of the Accelerator Centre (building north of Optometry).

Take the bus from campus.

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Work Search Strategies – prerequisite: work search within “Marketing Yourself” found at cdm.uwaterloo.ca or the same module in PD1, COOP 101 or Co-op Fundamentals for Engineering, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., TC 1208.

Professional School Interviews – 4:30 to 6 p.m., TC 1208.

Friday, January 30, 2009 Interview Skills: Preparing for Questions – prerequisite: interview skills within “Marketing Yourself” found at cdm.uwaterloo.ca or the same module in PD1, COOP 101 or Co-op Fundamentals for Engineering. 1:30 to 3 p.m., TC 1208.

UPCOMING Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Students for Palestinian Rights presents “Expression Against Oppression.”

Tickets are available at the door at 7 p.m. at the Bomber.

Wedensday, January 21, 2009 Volunteer/Internship Fair – come out and meet representatives from a variety of local agencies to find out about volunteering opportunities in different fields. Student Life Centre, Great Hall from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 22, 2009 “Faith, Hope and Freedom: A Canadian Physician’s Dream for Africa” by Anne-Marie Zajdlik, will be speaking at Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall, from 7 to 9 p.m. For tickets call 519-8884908. For info contact Brandi at bgillett@uwaterloo.ca or 519-888-4567, ext 38242.

Thursday, January 29, 2009 Infusion Angels Innovation Centre: “Independents Day: Gaming Theme” – information about starting your own community game studio, updates on Microsoft XNA 3.0, gaming stations, guitar hero contest and food and prizes!

Fed Hall, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Register for this free event at events@infusionangels.com or visit ic.infusionangels.com.

Friday, January 30, 2009 SASA presents its annual Formal Armaan. Enjoy an elegant evening to mingle with your friends, taste South

WELCOME BACK TO CAMPUS The most successful problem solvers look at things differently and see solutions that no one else can. Who would have thought of using fish protein to stop gas freezing in subsea pipes?

One of our people did. Right now we are looking for students and grads that can bring a fresh perspective to the energy challenge. Best of luck this semester.

Think further. Explore student and graduate opportunities at www.shell.ca/careers and quote reference GGY406J when you apply.

Shell is an equal opportunity employer.

Asian food and hit the dance floor at St. George Banquet Hall. For info call Mishal 519-722-6584.

Friday, February 6, 2009 Distinguished Teacher Award Nominations – nominations are due in the Centre for Teaching Excellence, MC 4055, no later than 4:30 p.m. For info www. cte.uwaterloo.ca/awards/index.html or www.cte-blog.uwaterloo.ca/?p=9 or call Verna ext 33857.

Friday, February 13, 2009 Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student – ominations are due in the Centre for Teaching Excellence, MC 4055, no later than 4:30 p.m. For info www.cte.uwaterloo.ca/awards/index. html or call Verna at ext 33857.

Saturday, February 21, 2009 The Chinese Stem Cell Initiative, partnering with Canadian Blood Service-OneMatch, that will be promoting a Stem Cell Registration Drive to help patients with leukemia and other related disorders. Will be held at First Markham Place, Markham Ontario.

Info: chinesestemcell.com ; onematch. ca ; 416-760-6181.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2009 Autonomous Racing Challenge – build autonomous robots – race for first prize of $500 to $1,000. Early registration deadline April 1, 2009. For details www.RobotRacing.org.

UPCOMING Feb rua ry

DATES February 16 Family Day February 16-20 Reading Week

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Graduate Studies Open House Saturday, January 17 The Great Hall, Somerville House The University of Western Ontario, 12 - 3 pm Exciting opportunities for you to earn a MSc or PhD degree working in health research areas such as: t Biomedical Imaging t Cancer t Cardiovascular, Respiratory Health and Metabolic Diseases t Maternal, Fetal, Child and Family Health t Infection and Immunity

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...and many more Meet researchers and students from 11 Schulich graduate programs and London’s research institutes. Pick up information on our competitive financial support, including full-tuition scholarships for eligible students.

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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 Joanne at 519-746-1411 for more details.

Only $389 – five bedroom house. Must see – goes fast – excellent location. 147 B Weber Street, N., starting May 1/09.

Close to everything, very clean, free washer/dryer, gas heated, cheap utilities, two full bathrooms, two full size fridges, hardwood floors and ceramic tile throughout, large private yard and large deck, free parking for five cars, on bus route. $389 per room, per month.

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Only $389 – five bedroom house. Must see – goes fast – excellent location. 121 B Noecker Street, starting May 1/09.

Close to everything, very clean, free washer/dryer, gas heated, cheap utilities, two full bathrooms, two full size fridges, hardwood floors and ceramic tile throughout, large private yard and large deck, free parking for five cars, on bus route. $389 per room, per month.

Call 519-741-7724.

Why pay rent? Partner with parents on Turnkey Student Rental Property and graduate with equity on resume, not in debt. Already negotiated below market value. Safer than stocks. Get parents pre-qualified ASAP and call for weekend viewing: 647-267-7427.

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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, KW Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2.

Summer of your life! Camp Wayne for Girls – children’s sleep-away camp, Northeast Pennsylvania, June 20 to August 16, 2009. If you love children and want a caring, fun environment we need counselors and instructors for tennis, swimming, golf, gymnastics, cheerleading, drama, high and low ropes, camping/nature, team sports, waterskiing, sailing, painting/drawing, ceramics, silkscreen, printmaking, batik, jewellery, calligraphy, photography, sculpture, guitar, aerobics, self-defense, video, piano. Other staff: administration, CDL Driver (21+), nurses (RN’s and nursing students), Bookkeeper, mothers’ helper. On campus interviews January 28. Select the camp that selects the best staff! Call 215-944-3069 or apply online at www. campwaynegirls.com.

Behavioural therapist wanted for autistic teenager. Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Full training and good hourly wage. Ten minutes from University. Need own transportation. Must commit two years. Email resume to steffen.darla@rogers.com.

We’ve got what you’re looking for – let’s make 2008 your best summer yet – Camp Wayne, northeast Pennsylvania, USA. Counselor-specialists for all land and water sports including tennis, golf, basketball, baseball, football, martial arts, soccer, outdoor adventure, camping, mountain biking, climbing/ropes, roller hockey, archery, rocketry, water-ski, wakeboard, sailing, canoe/kayaking, fine arts theatre, ceramics, woodworking, drawing, painting, CDL drivers. RN’s for our Health Centre. June 20 to August 15. Let’s get the ball rolling now! Online application www.campwayne.com or info@ campwayne.com or 1-888-549-2963.

Have the summer of your life at a prestigious co-ed sleepaway camp in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, two and a half hours from New York City. We’re seeking counselors who can teach any team and individual sports, tennis, gymnastics, horseback riding, mountain biking, skate park, theatre, tech theatre, circus, magic, arts and crafts, pioneering, climbing tower, water sports, music, dance or science. Great salaries and perks. Plenty of free time. Internships available for many majors. Interviews on February 4. Apply online at www. islandlake.com. Call 1-800-869-6083 between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time on week days for more information, info@islandlake.com.

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. $12.48/hour to start. If interested, please contact Recruitment at 519-741-0190, ext 238 or via e-mail at joy@eafwr.on.ca. Web – 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 work-study 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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Welcome to the new year

G

et ready Warriors—crack out the face paint and get your gear on because the break is over and it’s game time. Through out the coming months your fellow UW students will be competing in various leagues and competitions in order to pin themselves against rivalling universities. Want to know where your favourite team stands? The OUA, or Ontario University Athletics program, keeps up to date information on these divisional standings at their home page, http://oua.ca/. If you’re interested in a more hands on approach to supporting your school try coming out to an event or game, listed on http://www.varsity.uwaterloo.ca/, and cheer on your Warriors in one of this winter’s seasonal sports including:

Swimming · Volley Ball · Women’s Hockey · Men’s Hockey · Curling · Nordic Skiing · Men’s Basketball · Figure Skating · Women’s Basketball · Squash · Men’s Volleyball · Women’s Volleyball

Upcoming Games Women’s Hockey

Men’s Hockey

Saturday, January 17 CIF arena , 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 17 CIF arena , 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 18 at Windsor, 4:10 p.m.

Thursday, January 22 at Laurier, 7:30 p.m.

Curling

Nordic Skiing

Saturday, January 17 at Waterloo , TBD

Saturday, January 17 Guelph , TBD

Sunday, January 18 at Waterloo, TBD

Sunday, January 18 Guelph, TBD

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

Saturday, January 17 PAC Building , 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 17 PAC Building , 2:00 p.m.

Squash

Figure Skating

Saturday, January 17 at Toronto, TBD

Wednesday, January 21 Western-London, TBD

Sunday, January 18 at Toronto, TBD

Thursday, January 22 Western-London, TBD

Men’s Volleyball

Women’s Volleyball

Friday, January 16 PAC Building, 8:00 p.m.

Friday, January 16 PAC Building, 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 17 PAC Building, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 17 at Brock, 2:00 p.m.

wrap-up

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Sports & Living

OUA Standings Men’s Basketball

Women’s Basketball

East Division

East Division

Carleton Ottawa Queen’s Toronto Ryerson

GP 10 10 11 11 11

W 9 9 6 6 5

West Division

GP Western 11 McMaster 10 Brock 10 Waterloo 11 Windsor 10

W 9 7 6 6 6

L 1 1 5 5 6

PTS 18 18 12 12 10

L 2 3 4 5 4

PTS 18 14 12 12 12

GP 12 11 12 11 12

Toronto Carleton Laurentian Ottawa Queen’s

W 7 7 6 6 5

West Division

Windsor Western McMaster Lakehead Waterloo

GP W 13 12 13 10 13 9 12 7 13 4

L 5 4 6 5 7

PTS 14 14 12 12 10

L 1 3 4 5 9

PTS 24 20 18 14 8

Men’s Hockey Far East Division GP W L OTL UQTR 18 16 1 1 Carleton 21 11 8 1 0 Concordia 18 10 5 McGill 17 9 6 1 Ottawa 18 8 6 3 Mid West Division GP W L OTL York 20 9 9 0 Guelph 21 8 11 1 Brock 20 7 10 3 UOIT 18 3 13 1

SL PTS 0 33 1 24 3 23 1 20 1 20 SL PTS 2 20 1 18 0 17 1 8

Mid East Division GP W L OTL Toronto 18 9 7 1 Queen’s 19 6 11 1 RMC 18 6 12 0 Ryerson 17 4 13 0 Far West Division GP W L OTL Laurier 18 15 2 1 Lakehead 18 13 3 1 Western 19 13 5 1 Waterloo 16 10 4 0 Windsor 18 9 8 1

Badminton Western Waterloo Toronto McMaster’s York

GP 5 5 5 5 5

W 5 4 3 2 1

L 0 1 2 3 4

T OTL PTS 15 0 0 12 0 2 9 0 1 6 0 1 3 0 1

SL PTS 1 20 1 14 0 12 0 8 SL PTS 0 31 1 28 0 27 2 22 0 19

Women’s Hockey Laurier Guelph Toronto Queen’s Waterloo

GP 17 16 16 16 16

W 17 11 10 9 6

L 0 3 5 6 9

T OTL PTS 34 0 0 24 0 2 21 0 1 19 0 1 13 0 1

Warrior [W] Hockey January 17

vs Guelph Gryphons 7:30 PM, CIF Arena

Athletes of the Week

Warrior [W] Volleyball January 16

vs Ottawa Gee Gees

January 16 vs Queen’s Gaels 7:30 pm, CIF Arena

January 17

6:00 pm, PAC Gym

Hockey

January 17

2nd year, Biomedical Science Georgetown, ON

vs Guelph Gryphons [W] 2:00 pm, [M] 4:00 pm PAC Gym Warrior [M] Volleyball

vs RMC Paladins

January 17

7:30 pm, CIF Arena

7:00 pm, PAC Gym

vs RMC Paladins

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Comics & Distractions January 9 Sudoku solution

Sudoku

Imprint, Friday, May 16, 2008

Ask

Shaniqua Shaniqua Jones is Imprint’s resident presumptive know-it-all. She has a long history of giving poor advice and alienating those around her with her crass, abrasive attitude. We gave her an advice column.

Maggie Clark

Dear Shaniqua, I have a really hard time being considerate to the random strange men I have sex with, it’s a bad habit. Afterward I always belittle or demean them for poor performance.

Really they preform okay, considering they know nothing about my likes or dislikes. Why am I so mean to them?

— Hooking up in Uptown Dear HUIU, Sounds to me that not only are you on the fast track to getting HIV, AIDS, and every other disease out there, but you might also be infected with an STD called loneliness. I think we both know you don’t really want some stranger’s dick in your mouth — you want a dick you know and love.

I’d recommend for you, honey, to get your ass off Craiglist’s “casual encounters” and start getting friends to introduce you to nice guys. Try dating; it’s not hard to find a boyfriend — plenty of ugly people have them — so if you’re moderately good-looking it should be a cinch.

The reason you are so rude to them for not making you cum properly is because you hate these guys for settling on something as bad as anonymous sex, the same thing you’re upset at yourself for.

The verdict: get a boyfriend, stop fucking randoms.

Dear Shaniqua, I am a 21-year-old boy in the best relationship of my life. My girlfriend is perfect. The only catch: she won’t leave KW! I’m an outgoing guy who wants to see the world; she’s up for the idea, but only to a small degree! Shes a homebody! What do I do, give up my career dreams to stay with the girl of my dreams, or try to convince her to come along?

— Aspiring Adventurer Dear Adventurer,

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Sounds to me like you’ve got a problem with a ball and chain, and while balls and chains can be a lot of fun in the bedroom, when it comes to your future someone holding you back can suck. If you stay for her and your relationship, will you resent her down the line for keeping you from being all you could be? If she comes with you, will it upset her that she has to let go of the life she’s built up for your preferences?

The reality is, most people from southwestern Ontario will stay in southwestern Ontario, along the highway 401 corridor. Even if you leave KW you’ll be close enough to drive for a few hours and be here.

If you feel your true calling is moving to Somalia or something, sit her down and tell her that you love her and want to experience all there is to experience with her.

One of you will eventually have to compromise, so work your hardest to make sure it’s her.

If you have a question about love, sex, life or anything in between, ask Shaniqua by e-mailing her at: distractions@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Comics & Distractions

Imprint, Friday, January 16, 2009

Crossword Across

Maggie Clark

1. For the poor?

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By Holly Sage

If you could start a new club at UW what would it be?

5. Outcropping 9. Evaluate 13. Like Jack Sprat’s diet

“Bikini Club!”

Abdel Elshiekh,Amr Mohamoud, B 4A Biomed

14. Lump of chewed food, or dose of drug 16. Military group

“The Trophywives and Housewives Club” Bryan Sachdeva & Liz Muir 4B Comp Eng, 4B Civil Eng

17. Plum variety 18. Chip dip 19. The Santa Clara’s nickname

“I would create a Cricket Club!

Kyle Rabley

20. Sleep disorder

4B SPCOM

22. People in defence of public nudity

“You Tube or Facebook Club””

Alison Fonesca 3A Economics

24. Desire 26. Wore (2 wds) 27. Disappear in a liquid; submerge 30. Culprit’s opposite 33. Places where ships can be stored 35. Kind of boom 37. Music genre 38. Cut corners 41. Stable staple 42. Wet snow 45. Atomic number 84 48. Way up 51. Able to be tuned 52. Sign before Taurus 54. Half: Prefix 55. Pin with smooth, rounded head 59. Wait (2 wds) 62. Metal fastener 63. Characteristic 65. Hardly the life of the party 66. On the safe side, at sea 67. Pound sounds 68. Neighbour of Pakistan 69. Unit of pressure

70. Coarse file

31. Restrictive of action

71. Affirmatives

32. Alternate spelling, cat cry

Down

34. Taste

2. Jump

36. Flower cluster variation, with inner or outermost flowers opening first

3. Literally, “great work”

39. Bon ___ (witticism)

4. One who derides

40. Furthermore

5. “60 Minutes” network

43. A quick, light run

6. Horse color

44. Parsley or sage

7. To whom a Muslim prays

46. Addition column

8. Klimt

47. Republic in southwestern Africa

1. Aquatic plant

9. Encounter (2 wds) 10. Spanish liqueur 11. Hue 12. Terminal info 15. Riyadh resident 21. Site of the Taj Mahal 23. Enormous birds of myth

“An association for Black Student Expression — which we’re currrently working on starting!

Juliet Muygaabi 4A, Env “Lawn Bowling Club” “Students “JacelinAgainst On” Tuition” Rita Foyo Juma 1BAgyekum-Danquah, Arts 3B AHS, 3B Philosophy “Sabbatical for Students “ Naomi Seminega, Mary Munyabarenzi 4B Biochemistry, 2B Social Development Studies

Cryptogram

49. ___-gritty

X NXVRRV UC SDVI UI FZSTUN — EXTRIE

50. One who rends

UI FVULXNQ

53. La ___ opera house

— OXVUTQI ODIVDR

55. “Take ___!”

56. Angel’s headwear 57. Addict

25. Breakfast choice

58. Units sometimes called kilopounds

27. Little devils

60. Scottish hillside

28. Money, in slang

61. Cravings

29. Comics cry

64. Kitchen meas.

November 28 Crossword Solution

“Lawn Bowling Club” “Jacelin On” 1B Arts

January 9 Cryptogram Solution I can resist everything except temptation — Oscar Wilde

Comics & Distractions

POSTSCRIPT

Imprint, Friday, January 16, 2009

BY GRAHAM MOOGK-SOULIS

LOOSE SCREWS

BY GEOFFREY LEE

IMPRESSION, BY JIM & LAN

RUNAWAY RINGTOSS

BY KURTIS ELTON

BY PETER N. TRINH

IN THE WEEDS

BY MATT FIG, BRANDON FORLER, AND KEEGAN TREMBLAY

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