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Pondering the future of science
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n Tuesday, January 12, an ecological debate was held at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. The three speakers were Thomas Homer Dixon, professor at UW in the Centre for Environment and Business in the environment faculty, Stephen Bocking, professor at Trent University; and Robert Gibson, the co-editor of Alternatives Journal. The debate revolved around the notion of whether ecology will replace physics as the dominant master science of the 21st century. This was a provocative thought that was put forward by Dixon in a popular article written for Alternatives . What defines a master science is the “influence it has on the way people see the world. It also changes the way people coalesce and cultures interact.” This type of science would also “get absorbed in the culture.” A seemingly contradictory thought was brought forth by Bockings, in a separate article, where he stated that politics should have a more important role than ecology. Ecology is doing a lot of unneeded research. His point is that we need actions rather than more research. Gibson, a third party in this debate, explained the difficulty with making changes. His point is that these problems are complex and the solutions are not easily found.
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aving survived the long line ups for the H1N1 flu vaccination shots, the university is now open to the other flu strand, otherwise known as the “seasonal flu.” With the panic of the H1N1 scare having passed, the more common seasonal flu is now hitting Ontario and the university. Specifically, the H3N2 strand of the flu is now coming into full bloom as winter enters the picture as well. For those interested in getting vaccinated, the seasonal flu vaccination clinic is Thursday, January 14 and Friday, January 15 in the multi-purpose room of the Student Life Centre, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “All members of our community are welcome to attend, including employees and students, visitors and family members,” said Health Services in a release.
While the H3N2 strand (a seasonal flu) will be vaccinated against, the H1N1 vaccination will also be given out at the same time. Outside of the flu clinics, students and UW employees are encouraged to go to Health Services, across the creek from the Student Life Centre, to get their seasonal and H1N1 flu shots next week from Monday to Friday between the times of 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Despite having vaccinations against the seasonal flu and H1N1 now, a new disease has sprouted up just in time to create additional panic. Health Services issued a warning during the month of December against the mumps. Individuals with the mumps are to isolate themselves for nine days if symptoms are evident. Such symptoms may a include fever that may last up to three days, sore muscles, lost of appetite, ear aches when chewing, tiredness, and headaches. To combat
this, however, vaccinations against mumps are also available at Health Services. Students that are moving into on-campus residences for the winter term were given notice not to move in if they show symptoms of either the flu or the mumps.
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Outside of the flu clinics, students and UW employees are encouraged to go to Health Services, across the creek from the Student Life Centre, to get their seasonal and H1N1 flu shots next week from Monday to Friday between the times of 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
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First Nations degree, arrest for trespassing, and student union resignations and restrictions
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University of Alberta’s Students’ Union President resigns
Kory Mathewson, the president of the University of Alberta’s Students’ Union, resigned Monday, January 11. Mathewson, an electrical biomedical engineering student at the University of Alberta, cited personal reasons as the explanation for leaving his position well before his term ends in April of this year. He wouldn’t expand on the nature of those personal reasons, but said his resignation was done with “great regret.” Students’ Union Vice President of Operations & Finance Zach Fentiman will take on the necessary responsibilities (including chairing the executive committee and directing the general manager) until the Students’ Council can either appoint a qualified interim or fully-fledged replacement or call a byelection. According to The Gateway, Fentiman does not anticipate any interruption to the normal business of the Students’ Union. McGill University casual employees form union
Casual employees at McGill University officially became unionized when the Association of McGill Undergraduate Student Employees (AMUSE) was certified as an official union in December. The unionization is the result of a yearand-a-half effort on the part of
casual workers, about 65 per cent of whom are students. Veronique Allard, a lead organizer at Alliance de la Fonction public du CanadaQuébec (of which AMUSE is now a local chapter), said the new union will close a gap in labour standards at McGill University. Before AMUSE can begin negotiating a collective agreement with McGill University, the new union has several steps to complete, including organizing a general assembly, drafting bylaws, and electing an executive and bargaining committee. The process is anticipated to take about one year. University of New Brunswick offers Canada’s first First Nations governance degree
The University of New Brunswick will be the first in the country to offer its students a degree in First Nations governance and management. The bachelor’s degree, implemented at the request of First Nations communities, is part of a series of Aboriginal post-secondary initiatives in the province of New Brunswick. The aim of the degree — according to Dr. Linda Doige, director of the Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute at the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus — is to help the First Nations people govern themselves. Conversations between the university and First Nations communities regarding potential topics to be explored and content to be included in the degree are ongoing. The details of the interdisciplinary
degree have not yet been finalized, but it is expected to be available for student enrolment within the next two years. University of Ottawa graduate student arrested for trespassing while making an appointment
University of Ottawa graduate student Joseph Hickey was arrested for trespassing on December 11, days after university security handed him a no-trespassing notice. The graduate physics student was handcuffed and escorted off campus by Ottawa Police Services while trying to make an appointment to have the no-trespassing notice revoked. Hickey was issued the notice under accusation of painting “These Walls Belong to Students” at a December 7 “freedom of expression event,” according to The Fulcrum. Since the no-trespassing notice was served, Hickey has contacted both the university president and Ottawa’s police chief in an attempt to get the no-trespassing notice revoked. Both the Graduate Students’ Association and CUPE 2626 (which represents Hickey in his role as a teaching assistant) have also attempted to intervene on Hickey’s behalf. The Graduate Students’ Association claimed the notice was too strong a measure for the offence, and CUPE 2626 claimed that the notice was an infringement of Hickey’s rights as it put his job in danger. As of The Fulcrum’s publication January 6, Hickey had received no response to his communication. Hickey’s case went to trial Janu-
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The University of New Brunswick will be the first in the country to offer its students a degree in First Nations governance and management.
ary 12, where he faced charges of mischief under $5,000. University of British Columbia student union executives keep jobs
The president and vice-president external of the University of British Columbia’s student society, Blake Frederick and Tim Chu, will keep their jobs, though they now face heavy restrictions. The two UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS) executives faced removal from office after filing a human rights complaint with the United Nations in November regarding the accessibility of education in Canada without approving the action with the society council beforehand. At an emergency AMS council meeting in late November, councilors were unani-
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mous in the decision to ask Frederick and Chu to resign. The motion to recall was deemed illegal by the AMS’s official legal counsel. In lieu of losing their positions, Frederick and Chu faced censure, lost their decision-making abilities, and must now submit weekly reports of their hourly activities. Students’ opinions on Frederick and Blake’s actions were mixed: some applauded them for standing up for what they believed in, while others approved the motion of censure as a means of controlling the damage they felt the executives could do while still in office. — with files from The Gateway, McGill Daily, The Brunswickan, The Fulcrum, and The Ubyssey araw@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Deadly disaster, escaped hippopotamus, and state censorship
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Haiti: Earthquake kills thousands
Thousands of people are feared dead after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated the capital of Haiti. The earthquake, which struck about 10 miles south of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, January 12, was Haiti’s worst in 200 years. Up to three million people are affected by the disaster, according to the Red Cross. Haiti’s president, Rene Preval, told Miami Herald that the devastation in the country’s capital included collapsed schools, hospitals, and government buildings. Death toll estimates have already reached hundreds of thousands, though officials acknowledge that no one really knows how many have been killed. Among the missing are the head of the UN mission in Haiti, his deputy, and more than 100 UN staff. UN officials fear the missing staff members are buried under the rubble of the collapsed UN headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Peacekeepers from China, Jordan, and Brazil are also confirmed among the missing, injured, and dead. Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Venezuela are among the nations preparing to send aid to Haiti. The first U.S. rescue teams were scheduled to arrive Wednesday, January 13. The UN is planning the immediate release of $10 million for its emergency response fund for relief efforts and
its World Food Programme is flying in two planes with emergency food aid. The Red Cross, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank are also mobilizing teams and resources to assist in relief efforts. Montenegro: Hippopotamus escapes flooded zoo
Villagers near a private zoo at Skadar Lake in Montenegro were shocked to find a hippopotamus wandering around their village on Tuesday, January 12. The two-ton, 11-year old hippopotamus named Nikica escaped from the zoo after heavy rains raised the water level in her pen and allowed her to swim over the top to freedom. The zoo owner plans to wait until the water levels recede before attempting to recapture the animal. Though the hippopotamus is considered one of the most dangerous animals in the world — they are intelligent and fiercely territorial, can run faster than a human over short distances, and have powerful jaws and teeth — the zoo owner claims there is no reason for panic and that Nikica is a peaceful, tame animal. England: Fugitive that taunted police on Facebook finally caught
After four months, police have finally caught Craig “Lazie” Lynch, an escaped British convict who spent his time on the run taunting police through Facebook. Since his escape
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from a minimum security prison in September, Lynch spent his time posting pictures of himself mocking the police. Lynch’s actions drew considerable media attention, drawing at least 40,000 fans to his Facebook page and other fan sites. Lynch was captured in southern England on Tuesday, January 12 and is being charged with escaping from custody. He was due to appear in court on Wednesday, January 13. China: Google threatens to pull service
Google, the world’s biggest search engine, is threatening to cease operations in China because of a security breach. The sophisticated cyber-attack was aimed at stealing intellectual property and spying on the email accounts of Chinese human-rights activists, Google said. Google has also tied the attack to Chinese state censorship and has decided that it will no longer censor search results on the Chinese version of the site and is considering shutting down its operations in China altogether. If Google goes ahead with its threat, it risks losing billions of dollars in potential revenue and its place in one of the fastest growing markets in the world. While the move is being applauded by some human-rights activists, it has the potential to create considerable upheaval in the Internet landscape. The story was widely covered by international media, except in China where the news was heavily censored.
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The two-ton, 11-year old hippopotamus named Nikica escaped from the zoo after heavy rains raised the water level in her pen and allowed her to swim over the top to freedom.
Malaysia: Ninth church attacked
Nine Christian churches have been attacked in Malaysia since Friday, January 8. No one was injured in the latest attack, but some of the evangelical Christian church buildings were damaged by homemade petrol bombs. The attacks have been triggered by a recent High Court ruling that overturned ban on non-Muslims from using the word “Allah.” Though these attacks have, so far, caused only limited damage, they have serious political implications Tensions already exist between
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the Muslim and Christian residents of Malaysia. Muslim groups have claimed that Christian groups using the word “Allah” could be a tactic to win converts. Christians make up about nine per cent of the Malaysian population. The conflict had revealed the tension over freedom of religion that still exists in the country. — with files from BBC, The Record, The Globe and Mail, and The New York Times araw@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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You should like school
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once made an interesting graph. The X-axis (the independent variable) was “alcohol consumption.” The Y-axis (the dependent variable) was “academic performance.” You may be surprised to learn that the graph was linear. That is, the more I went out drinking, the better my marks were. Terms where I went out two or three nights a week I did very well. Terms where I spent all night, every night studying — not so much. Now, it’s ridiculous to assume that my high marks were caused by drinking. Really, there was a third variable lurking in the background which correlates to both “alcohol consumption” and “academic performance.” That variable was “happiness.” It makes me sad whenever I hear someone say that they hate all their classes, they hate their program, they hate school — because that’s not a good sign. What’s the motive to do well in something you hate? By the time I reached that third year, I would always know by this point in the term whether I’d do well or not. This feeling was based on how much I liked
my professors, how much I liked the course material taught so far, and how much I liked the first assignment (yes, physics students have probably completed an assignment for each of their classes by now). And you know what? That feeling was never wrong. If you’re reading this on Friday, January 15, today is the last day of the “swap
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be worthwhile. I’m guessing you do too. And yes, the philosophy of “liking school” does extend to your program, and academic plans in their entirety. There’s no shame in switching programs. I might sound like a broken record here, but you’re in school for you. Not your parents, you. If you seem to not like your classes term
make sure something else makes you happy. Take an extracurricular. Have good friends. An acquaintance of mine wouldn’t have graduated from physics if he didn’t go home and do naughty things with his girlfriend every night (I am not making this up). It won’t pull up your marks as much as actually liking school, but you’re less likely to burn out
If you don’t like school, it’s not you that needs to change, it’s the school that needs to change.
and drop” period. That is, today is the last day to easily add a lecture to your class schedule. Friday, January 22 is the last day to drop a class with no academic penalty and to get a 100 per cent refund. I mention this because if you have a hunch that you should drop a class, listen to that instinct. If there’s a class you think is going to turn out badly, drop it and add something else. There’s no sense in throwing good time after bad. Don’t fall prey to the sunk cost fallacy. I always knew by this time in the term if class would
after term, if you’re having trouble motivating yourself to do well, maybe you’re in the wrong program. Why get bad marks in something you hate when you can get good marks in something you like? If you seek out and take classes you like, you’ll be happier and you’ll do better — regardless if you drink any beer or not. Trust me. Some of you will ignore everything I just said. Well, this paragraph is for you: if you’re so determined to finish your degree in a program you hate, at least
and leave university entirely at least. By “you should like school,” I’m not trying to talk you into liking subjects you’d inherently hate. If you don’t like school, it’s not you that needs to change, it’s the school that needs to change. If your priorities, preferences, and goals (not your parents goals) follow naturally from the classes you’re taking, those classes should be enjoyable. It’s still early in the term. Make sure you’re on the right path.
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No government is good Why Parliament is not being prorogued long enough
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here has been an illogical and inexplicable outcry over Stephen Harper’s recent decision to prorogue Parliament. From Facebook groups called “Students against proroguing Parliament” to scathing articles in the mainstream media, Harper has clearly hit a national nerve. But when Parliament is shut down, it’s great news for Canadians. Parliament is a machine that converts liberal rhetoric and hot air into laws that restrict our freedoms and thin our wallets. A closed Parliament can’t pass new money bills, it can’t initiate more pointless inquiries, it can’t ban more things, and it can’t bore us all to death with Question Period. The best Parliament is a prorogued Parliament. In fact, the only reason to reopen Parliament from here on out is if it’s going to repeal laws and cut back spending —an unlikely proposition with the current configuration of MPs. The idea that a closed Parliament is a bad Parliament comes from liberals
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Essentially, you get the drunk to stop drinking by encouraging him to drink himself to death.
pushing an agenda they can’t finance with their own resources and money, only with yours and mine. With Parliament shutting down, MPs can be home in their constituencies talking to the people they represent; at least they’re being moderately useful in that context. The Conservative agenda is simple: stop government any way you can. In the U.S., top Republican thinkers, fiscal conservatives at heart, have actually advocated for increasing the U.S. debt and deficit to a virtually unimaginable level in order to create, in the words of Dick Cheney, a “fiscal straight jacket” out of which congress could not escape. The plan was a brilliant one: using the liberal tendency to spend our
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money like drunken sailors against them. Essentially, you get the drunk to stop drinking by encouraging him to drink himself to death. In Canada, our prime minister has a different tactic he can use: he can simply shut down the government. It’s a plan that would make Dick Cheney himself jealous. Right now, my MP is doing exactly what his supporters want: nothing of consequence. He’s not in Ottawa, so he’s not participating in the expanding behemoth of a parasite that consumes more than 30 per cent of our GDP known as the Government of Canada. — Tom Levesque UW Alumni
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UW’s current path unsustainable mrowley@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Serious change needed if the university is to adapt to the new realities of the 21st century The important element here, however, is not what succeeded in the 1950s. It is what is necessary now. The co-op program, while bringing many benefits to many students, is also complicit in the problem of many low-wage, low-skilled positions for student workers, which offer only marginal work experience benefits. In 1960, it would be reasonable to assume that a student would graduate and go on to work several decades in their field before retiring with a fat pension.
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administration will surely claim that this is not the case, but think about the courses that you are enrolled in right now. With few exceptions, you are evaluated based on a written exam, an essay, or an assignment; three things that are very unlikely to be awaiting you on the other side of your bachelor’s degree. Perhaps again we would wear the mantle of an academic pariah were we to offer mandatory courses in contemporary Canadian issues. Keep in mind that most Canadians overlook
Our emphasis is currently on creating engineers, accountants, and technical writers who can play by the rules; not on creating leaders, thinkers, and informed, engaged citizens who can change them.
This is no longer the case. Retirement is an increasingly improbable thing for our generation as we face a workload which is less physically demanding (meaning we can do it for longer) and our life expectancy is increasing (meaning that retirement at age 60 would leave the average Canadian born in 1988 with nearly two decades of leftover time, and at best a fixed income). We will need to work longer and we will need to work smarter. Don’t forget, accountants and engineers, that computers are coming for your job: anything that involves the rigorous application of rules and numbers is prime computing territory. This is the crux of the issue. Our emphasis is currently on creating engineers, accountants, and technical writers who can play by the rules, not on creating leaders, thinkers, and informed, engaged citizens who can change them. The university
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he University of Waterloo, at the ripe old age of 53 years, is in need of a serious change, and no one is going to believe it. This is not to take away from the hard work put in daily by motivated faculty, staff, and students who are striving to make Waterloo the Canadian university of the 21st century, and whose efforts are largely to credit for our successes. However, the university as it stands is unsustainable: new buildings are standing virtually empty, awaiting materials and equipment that the university can’t pay for, and others are packed to overflowing with students. Academic departments, to say nothing of the individual faculties, exist as quasi-independent entities stitched together by a labyrinth of byzantine bureaucracy. The administration is out of touch with students, who ignore the existence of their own student government (which is grossly under-represented at higher levels of administrative bodies). The university’s endowment has almost certainly taken a big hit from the Great Recession, tuition fees are rising, student services are stretched thin, and more and more students have the overwhelming feeling of being nothing more than a cog in a machine. To see what has to change, a history lesson is in order. Gerald Hagey founded this institution in the ‘50s, seeing the need in North America for students who not only had an excellent education, but also real-world work experience. It is important to remember that this innovation was greeted with derision by the administrators of other Ontario universities, suggesting that this new school would be a mere trade school, unworthy of the title of ‘university’. History has proven these fears unfounded. The city of Waterloo has benefitted enormously from the presence of this school, academic standards here are not notably lower than other major universities, and Waterloo consistently finds itself near the top of Maclean’s rankings. In fact, Hagey’s experiment succeeded so well that many may wonder why I’m sounding such a dramatic alarm.
the fact that a quarter of Canada is Québecois, and that most could not name a dozen First Nations people living or dead, despite their status as one of Canada’s three founding peoples. Perhaps other universities would be furious if we provided financial incentives to student groups to create small businesses, or to actively encourage exchanges with rising developing countries. They may not encourage faculties to collaborate and offer multidisciplinary programs that don’t conform to ancient academic wisdom, but which seek to break down barriers and create a new kind of graduate. The University of Waterloo’s success up to this point is based on a successful prediction of prevailing trends and the courage to adapt to them in spite of accepted wisdom. If UW wants to continue to build its reputation as fearlessly innovative, and prosper as an institution, it needs to start innovating.
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Reach past FASS Jenny Cecile 3b drama
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would like to speak in reference to the Features article regarding FASS in last week’s Imprint. In this article, it is stated that an “exhibition to find performance arts groups on campus” began to find out if live performance is still applicable to a modern, screen-oriented audience. While I have no intention to put down FASS and the important role it plays in promoting theatre to everybody on campus, I am saddened by
the fact that the expedition stopped so soon. There are so many other opportunities to see live theatre around this campus whether it is with community theatre companies in the KW area (Kitchener Waterloo Little Theatre being one of the first to come to mind) or any other drama communities or student groups and projects on this campus. (For example, I know that a few years ago a student at Conrad Grebel directed the musical Children of Eden). Not to mention the fact that Waterloo does have its own drama department. There are
times when I suspect that people are under the impression that the shows put on by the drama department are less accessible than the joke-filled FASS productions. However, this is simply not the case. Last term the drama department produced the hilarious political satire The Government Inspector, and in the next few months UW Drama is presenting shows including Masks on Meds - a production of two plays in the Commedia dell’Arte style, as well as Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece comedy thriller Arcadia, which will satisfy anyone on campus with an interest in fractal geometry,
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the Second Law of Thermodynamics, iterated algorithms, chaos theory, classical horticulture, gothic architecture, carnal embrace, and Lord Byron’s sex life. Live theatre really can be as amazing as has been suggested, and I suggest that if you are interested in this form of entertainment that you investigate more than one source of theatre on campus. If this is to be an expedition, I suggest we really try to get out there and bank as much as possible instead of simply stepping out the front door.
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Re: You Should Like School Why school isn’t for fun; it’s for learning will ultimately mean that we won’t fail at life. Maybe we don’t like our classes, but feelings don’t always matter. Logically (and you should be well-versed in logic, you’re a physics major), you may be happier now, but at the end of the day, or your degree at least, you may be on the streets. We prefer to suffer now and be rich later. It’s for the greater good and it’s the most cost effective. The only reason to acknowledge your instinct to drop out of class is to recognize that you should never follow it. It’s important to ride these things out. After all, without completing prerequisites, you’ll never graduate anyway; you’re just prolonging the torture. Just because you don’t like a class doesn’t mean you need to get bad grades. Why not get good grades in something you dislike, which is also useful? Remember, you’re not here for fun, you’re here to learn. Do you think we enjoyed data management? No, but without it we wouldn’t have been able to plot a graph. While it’s true we support extracurricular activities (so do many professors), you should not assume they are for fun. Do you think we write for Imprint for fun? No, we do it because we have to, because unlike a hooker’s bra, your resume won’t pad itself. And before writing this piece, we likely would have gotten a good reference out of it, too. It may
not have helped as much as studying with our professors, but we still haven’t dropped out of school. There is one thing we can agree on though. “If you don’t like school, it’s not you that needs to change, it’s the school that needs to change.” You’re right, school should change. Preferably, it should be nonexistent. Not everyone needs an education and not everyone wants an education. But for those who insist on attending school, it should be more useful, more interesting, less institutionalized, and shorter. We are not robots, despite what the administration seems to think. Unfortunately, sometimes your goals are not supported by the programs in school, or by dropping out entirely. Sometimes your goals mean that you need to suffer through a few years and that’s okay. The ends justify the means. Just make sure you’re on the right path, and if that path leads to Roxanne’s or a professor’s office, so be it. P.S. We wholeheartedly agree: screw the beer, it’s not strong enough. We need vodka. — Felicia Rahaman 3A Psych and Speech Comm. — Paula Trelinska 3A English-RPW & Speech Comm.
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e once made an interesting graph as well. The X-axis (the independent variable) was “How many articles of clothing we were wearing while studying.” The Y-axis (the dependent variable) was “academic performance.” Our graph, too, was linear, maybe because studying was usually done with our professors. We, too, think it’s ridiculous to assume that the high marks were caused by studying with our professors; they just really liked to see us. As you admitted, alcohol helped this situation as well. Though this method may not always work, we still have a reason to stick to programs we dislike. You asked what the motivation is in doing something you hate, but the real question is, “what is the challenge in doing something you like?” Training ourselves in subjects we dislike prepares us for the real world, one where capitalism cares not whether you’re happy, only whether or not you’re successful. From the time we set foot on this campus, we already knew at the beginning of each term whether or not we would do well. For us, it wasn’t a guess, it was a feeling based on how much we “liked” our professors and how well we performed on our first assignment. Every class, no matter how boring, poses a challenge, a challenge that when overcome,
Campus Bulletin UPCOMING Friday, January 15, 2010 UW Campus Response Team is recruiting for the winter 2010 term. See our website, crt.feds.ca, or drop by the office, SLC 2141, for more information. Applications closes January 15, 2010. Sunday, January 17, 2010 The UW Ballroom Dance Club is hosting an open house followed by a free try-it session from 3 to 5 p.m., PAC Studio 1: performances, Q&A, and free beginner lesson. Monday, January 18, 2010 The Nonviolence Festival – 3rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at Kitchener City Hall Rotunda from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2010 rare presents “Cape Farewell Documentary” at 7 p.m. at 1679 Blair Road, Cambridge. Register by January 15 at 519-650-9336, ext 125 or www.raresites.org. Thursday, January 21, 2010 Join us in the Tatham Centre, room 2218A and B at 5:30 p.m., to find out about the exciting careers at Blue Coat. Food will be provided. www. bluecoat.com. Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Volunteer/Internship Fair – come out and meet representatives from a variety of local agencies to find out about volunteering opportunities in a variety of different fields. Student Life Centre, Great Hall from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 31, 2010 Join us from 1 to 4 p.m. for the Manulife Walk for Memories. Go to www.walkformemories.ca to register online or contact specialevents@alzheimerkw.com to requeist a pledge form. Friday, February 5, 2010 Nominations are being accepted for Distinguished Teacher Award at UW – deadline February 5. Please visit the blog on the Centre for Teaching Excellence’s web site for guidance on how to write an effective nomination letter. http://cte-blog.uwaterloo. ca/?p=9. For more info call Verna at ext 33857 or http://cte.uwaterloo.ca. Saturday, February 6, 2010 Women’s Municipal Campaign School, Waterloo Region for women interested in running for office or working on municipal campaigns from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kitchener City Hall, Council Chambers, 200 King Street, W., Kitchener. For info/registration www.learnhowtorun.com. MATES presents the Chili Dog Run around Ring Road. Beat winter blues with a run, chili, t-shirts and guest speaker! Contact Johan ext 84830 for more info. Flyers posted at Turnkey Desk, SLC. Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Countdown Possum Productions presents new original play 2-1, “Charlie Then and Now,” to February 13 at KW Little Theatre, 9 Princess Street, Waterloo. Info/tickets 519-747-9029 or frank-rejeanne@rogers.com. Friday, February 12, 2010 Nominations are being accepted for Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student at UW – deadline February 12. Please visit the blog on the Centre for Teaching Excellence’s web site for guidance on how to write an effective nomination letter. http://cteblog.uwaterloo.ca/?p=9. For more info call Verna at ext 33857 or http:// cte.uwaterloo.ca.
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UW Recreation Committee events are open to all employees of the University of Waterloo. Register by emailing UWRC@uwaterloo.ca. Would you like to assist with the planning of UWRC events for 2010?? Email UWRC@admmail. uwaterloo.ca with your interest. Exchange Board – looking to rent, buy or sell? UWRC.uwaterloo.ca/ exchange_board. More info email Margaret at mulbrick@uwaterloo.ca. Lots of discounts available for UW employees – CN Tower, Ontario place, Empire Theatre, Galaxy Theatre, Kitchener Auditorium, Princess Cinema, VIA rail and more ... email Shirley at schatten@uwaterloo.ca. UPCOMING EVENTS: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 “Beat the tax man lunch and learn” with speaker Henry Zech, Investors Group, MC 5158 from 12 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Book Club meets – “What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim” by Jane Christmas at LIB 407 from 12 to 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Feng Shui discussion group with Meltem Kurtman, MC 5136 from 12 to 1 p.m. Sunday, February 7, 2101 Kitchener Rangers vs Saginaw Spirit at the Kitchenr Aud in Kitchener from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 16, 2010 “Taking Revenue Canada Out of Your Will” lunch and learn with Henry Zech, Investors Group, MC 5158 from 12 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 UWRC Book Club meets – “A Mercy” by Toni Morrison, LIB 407 from 12 to 1 p.m. Saturday, February 27, 2010 XIIR – Xtreme International Ice Racing at the Kitchener Auditorium, Kitchener at 7:30 p.m.
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VOLUNTEERING Shadow needed to be paired with international students for winter 2010. Show them around, help them resolve cultural conflict and make their stay in Waterloo more enjoyable. Make great friends and learn new things. Please apply 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. Call Canadian Mental Health at 519-744-7645, ext 229. City of Waterloo has volunteer opportunities. For info call 519-8886478 or www.waterloo.ca/volunteer. The Distress Centre needs volunteers to provide confidential, supportive listening on our crisis and distress lines. Complete training provided. Call 519-744-7645, ext 300. Volunteer Action Centre, 519-7428610 / volunteer@volunteerkw.ca, for all your volunteering needs! Deliver or befriend through Community Support Connections. Deliver meals, drive seniors to appointments or visit one for a few hours each week. Contact Kate Lavender at 519-772-8787 or katel@communitysupportconnections.org. Hey Hot Stuff! Volunteering at Imprint is fun, easy, helps you meet people and boosts resumes and grad school applications. All welcome, regardless of experience. volunteer@
imprint.uwaterloo.ca. Volunteers needed – The English Tutor program is in constant need of volunters to tutor international students. Volunteering is an essential part of student life at UW. Apply online at www.iso.uwaterloo.ca. Speak Croatian or Polish? Volunteer visitor required for a woman with Alzheimer’s disease. Two hours per week. Training/support provided by Alzheimer Society. Jill jmercier@alzheimerkw. com. Resume builder. Volunteer required to rebuild website for Kitchener International Children’s Games Chapter. Call 519-886-6918 and leave message or respond to icgkitchener@hotmail.com.
CAREER SERVICES WORKSHOPS Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Thinking About Teaching? 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., TC1208. Applied Language Studies Option and ACE Tesol – 12:30 to 1 p.m, TC1208. Thinking about an International Experience? 2:00 to 3:30 p.m., TC1208. International Work Term Procedures – 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., TC1208. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Thinking about Med School? 6:00 to 8 p.m., TC1208. Thursday, January 21, 2010 Writing CVs and Cover Letters – 12:00 to 1:30 p.m., TC2218. Preparing for the LSAT – 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., TC1208. Teaching English Abroad – 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., TC1208. Career Interest Assessment (Strong Interest Inventory) – 2:30 to 4 p.m., TC1112. NOTE: There is a materials charge of $10.00 payable at Career Services prior to the session. Once you have registered and paid, you will be given information on how to complete the Strong Interest Inventory online. The online test must be completed a
Imprint, Friday, January 15, 2010 ads@imprint.uwaterloo.ca few days prior to the workshop. Friday, January 22, 2010 Interview Skills : Preparing for Questions – 1:30 to 3 p.m., TC1208. NOTE: There is a prerequisite for this workshop. Please see chart for details. Monday, January 25, 2010 Entrpreneurship – A Student’s Perspective! – 12:30 to 2 p.m., TC1208. Exploring Your Personal Type (MyerBriggs Type Indicator) – 2:30 to 4 p.m., TC1112. NOTE: There is a materials charge of $10.00 payable at Career Services prior to the first session. Once you have registered and paid, you will be given the information on how to complete the MyersBriggs Type Indicator (MBTI) online. The online test must be completed a few days prior to the workshop. Part II: Monday, February 1, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., TC1112. Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Volunteer/Internship Fair – 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., SLC Great Hall. Interview Skills: Selling Your Skills – 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. TC2218. NOTE: There is a prerequisite for this workshop. Please see chart for details. Professional School Interviews – 3 to 4 p.m., TC1208. Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Thinking about Dentistry? – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC1208. Careers in Digital Media – 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., TC 2218. Leaving Academia – 12 to 2 p.m., TC2218. Basics of Starting a Business – 4:30 to 6 p.m., TC1112. NOTE: All sessions are limited to 20 participants. Business Etiquette and Professionalism – 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., TC1208. Thursday, January 28, 2010 The Big Guide – 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., TC1208. Career Exploration and Decision Making – 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., TC1112. Hot Tips from the Pros – 4 to 6 p.m., TC 2218. Please check Career Services website for participating employers.
Classified HELP WANTED Weekend counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Minimum eight-month commitment. Paid positions. Send resume to Don Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2. Summer of your life! Camp Wayne for Girls – children’s sleep-away camp, Northeast Pennsylvania (6/19 – 8/15/10). If you love children and want a caring, fun environment we need counselors and instructors for: tennis, swimming, golf, gymnatics, 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: administrative, CDL driver (21+), nurses (RNs and nursing students), bookkeeper, mothers’ helper. Oncampus interviews January 27, 2010. Select the camp that selects the best staff! Call 1-215-944-3069 or apply on-line at www.campwaynegirls.com. Have the summer of your life at a prestigious co-ed sleepaway camp in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania, 2.5 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 3. Apply online at www. islandlake.com. Call 1-800-869-6083 between 9 to 5 Eastern time on weekdays 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 is needing a distribution driver for its weekly Friday paper delivery for the winter term 2010. You must be 21+. You will work in a team of two from 6 a.m. to 12 noon. Pay is $60 cash. For more info email ads@ imprint.uwaterloo.ca. Participants needed for an exercise study to evaluate energy expenditure and metabolism – $60 paid for seven sessions. Initial assessment to measure your exercise capacity, three sessions to perform two bouts of 30 minute exercise (aerobic and resistance) and three additional sessions to measure resting energy expenditure. Eligible participants are 18-35 years of age, work out less than three hours per week and do not have any diagnosed cardiovascular or respiratory disease or any injuries that would prevent participation in exercise. This study has received full ethics clearance from the Office of Research Ethics. To view the
ANNOUNCEMENTS UW Campus Response Team is recruiting for the winter 2010 term. See our website, crt.feds.ca, or drop by the office, SLC 2141, for more information. Applications close January 15, 2010. Glue – Eastwood Collegiate Institute 2009-2010 graduating students are holding an exhibition at Homer Watson House & Gallery until January 30. www.homerwatson.on.ca. Exchanges for undergraduates and graduates – 2010/11 academic years: Ontario/Rhone-Alpes, France, Ontario/Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany scholarships available. IPO application deadline: January 18, 2010. MICEFA, Paris, France, IPO application deadline: March 17, 2010. For more 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. Waterloo Wolf Pack – Waterloo boys under 13A rep soccer team will be conducting bottle drives/pickups to raise funds for registration and tournament fees. To donate call 519-578-9394 or 519-746-4568 or nevrdy@sympatico. ca or hadley7073@hotmail.com. Story writers wanted for free paranormal magazine. Short stories, articles accepted. Free for free exposure. Submit your scariest stories true or fictional. Distributed locally to ghost tours and online. www.kwparamag.com.
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Imprint, Friday, January 15, 2010 features@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Fashion does not hibernate
Yves Saint Laurent or Christian Dior clothing ridiculously unaffordable, but a tip from French Canadian designer, Mariouche Gagné situated in emperatures on campus are plummeting Montreal, (known for incorporating recycled fur as we launch into the coldest months into her line) may be a more practical approach of the year. The middle of winter may to looking affordably trendy for Canadian winter. bring out the warm, frumpy clothes lingering in “Buy one high quality winter coat or recycle our wardrobes or the “winter-fashions-blahs.” your mother’s fur coat, and then add colourful, However, a dull and bitter season is no excuse completely- nuts mittens, hats and scarves.” Elle for dull and bitter clothes. The season already magazine suggests wearing a plain leather jacket introduces enough flu and cold symptoms; our which would be suitable for evenings out, or just a simple sweater. Glamour encourages readclothes shouldn’t be another reason to suffer. So what is cool for winter? How can we look ers to consider a comfy coat – it’s practical for great without having to worry about permafrost cold weather, fits over bulky UW hoodies and according to the magazine, “A coat in stripes is settling in on parts of our bodies? According to Elle Canada, gold accessories as warm as it is stylish.” Teen Vogue offers a list of winter essentials and French flair have found their place in fashion this January. Gold accessories can range from containing: hats, mittens, and scarves in wool, gold pendants and jewellery to an evening clutch. faux-fur, cable knits, or printed fabrics. Animal French inspired style mainly revolves around prints have also become popular for this season. pairing contrasting rough fabrics, like tweed Teen Vogue also gives an honourable mention to or wool, with feminine ones like silk or shiny the oversized hat, (which doesn’t usually cause materials. Mixing both feminine and masculine hat-hair and keeps ears warm on wintery days). As for boots, leather work-boots are good for pieces is another trend for this winter which has walking to classes across campus in the middle sprouted from French style. Many UW students on campus are stuck with of January. Slouchy and over-the-knee boots fees and debts, which make French designer have also been popular throughout the fall and continue to be favoured this winter, although many of these boots do not prove to be reliable on runways made of ice, (aka UW campus). To avoid slippage, adhesive grips can be applied to soles of boots to make them more ice compatible. Elle mentions rugged or banded boots as being must-haves for January. Sweaters this winter can expand beyond hoodies and sweatshirts. Teen Vogue favours cardigans of all styles as well as wool sweaters. Glamour magazine argues that an old favourite sweatshirt (practical and comfy for getting around campus) can work just fine when paired with tights and a couple accessories. Glamour also slides in a money-saving and season friendly tip: reinvent summer and fall clothes by layering
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them and adding in appropriate winter attire. complete without the snood. A snood is a As far as colour schemes go for this winter, combination of a scarf and a hood and can be fashion magazines provide a variety of opin- worn as both or either one. ions. Glamour suggests bright tights or just one brightly coloured piece (so as not to over-do it). smulhen@imprint.uwaterloo.ca They also add that wearing pastel shades under a heavy winter jacket can be a fresh look in the middle of a harsh winter. Black can be an easy colour to fall back on during a dull winter. Black outfits can also serve as a perfect blank canvas for fun coloured or bold printed accessories. To add bursts of energy into a colourless season, Glamour suggests a winter coat in a bold hue. While bright colours may liven up what seems like an endless season of brutal weather, Elle praises the simplicity of black and white combos. According to Elle, these classic colours can be great in bags, jewellery, and zebra prints. Suggestions for what to wear on UW campus during the cold months wouldn’t at all be
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From farms to cities eoldynski@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
A local movement to make the urban edible
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and maintained crops and took workshops on sustainable farming methods. In British Columbia, they worked and lived in various eco villages and camped or slept in their car when they were between villages. For a month and a half, they farmed and lived in an international community on Salt Spring Island where they learned about and implemented permaculture techniques. It was in Edmonton, however, that GrieveSaunders met a bicyclist from Waterloo who told her about Kitchener-Waterloo Urban
It wasn’t until she had travelled halfway across the country that she learned about a group that has been existing in her very own community.
with Grieve-Saunders about her cross-country trip, and specifically about her involvement in Kitchener Waterloo Urban Harvester, which developed out of her WWOOF experience. In Edmonton, Grieve-Saunders and her partner lived with a wool weaver and worked on a permaculture farm where they planted
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n May of last spring, UW student Chaylene Grieve-Saunders and her partner packed up some camping equipment and started driving from Waterloo to Vancouver. They spent the next four months working together on organic farms throughout Alberta and British Columbia, which they arranged through the organization World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF). In exchange for their work, they were given meals and a place to stay by each of their hosts. Last week, I had the opportunity to talk
Harvester. Laughing, she says “it was really serendipitous how it happened.” It wasn't until she had travelled halfway across the country that she learned about a group that has been existing in her very own community. It was lucky, too, that she found out about
it when she did. Shortly after returning from her trip, the position of coordinator for Urban Harvester opened up, which Grieve-Saunders decided to take on and has held since. Kitchener-Waterloo Urban Harvester is a Laurier Student Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) and is open to anyone who wants to get involved. It was started by Wilfrid Laurier University graduate Kyla Cotton in the spring of 2006 for the purpose of educating its members and others on how to grow food in urban settings, preserve harvested vegetables and seeds, and earn a potential profit from urban farming. Its motto “Making the Urban Edible” illustrates the group’s aim to transform urban green spaces in to anything that is both sustainable and edible. Urban Harvester is part of a larger movement to encourage people to share their yards for the planting and harvesting of organic food. Sometimes called the “Sharing Backyards” movement, the idea is to encourage urban gardening by connecting people who have land with those who would like to have a gardening space. One method currently being used to connect people who have unused land with those looking for a place to grow food is a forum on the website www.sharingbackyards.com.
The website has a listing for cities across Canada and each city has a map that shows the location of people who are sharing space and people who are looking for space. Grieve-Saunders explained that Urban Harvester is still in its “cotyledon” stage, a word used to describe the embryo within the seed of a plant. This summer she has plans for Urban Harvester to record on a GPS every edible garden space in Kitchener-Waterloo. Grieve-Saunders’ ideal community is one in which 90 per cent of the food is grown locally with only supplements imported. She imagines a community where every lawn is used and where everything planted is edible. Getting more people involved in the movement and working together collectively are key for developing Kitchener Waterloo Urban Harvester and for building the Sharing Backyards movement as a whole. As GrieveSaunders simply puts it, “You always work better together than on your own.” On February 6 from 12:00 to 2 p.m., Kitchener Waterloo Urban Harvester is holding a workshop on vermi-composting. The cost is $10 and includes all materials. Contact KWUrbanHarvester@gmail.com for more details and to register. Visit the Urban Harvester website at: www.kw-uh.wikidot.com.
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ith the northern hemisphere shying away from the sun, it is that time of the year again. It’s officially winter when nature decides to repaint the campus with monochromatic white. It then stabs at us more by snipping the daylight hours, thereby making evening lectures seem like midnight ones. It’s that time of the year when most of us wouldn’t mind consuming a gigantic buffet at the Mandarin and taking a nap all the way until May. Unfortunately, although not explicitly stated, the student policy does not accept “hibernation” as a valid excuse from meeting academic obligations and deadlines. If you are still contemplating whether to plow through winter, then try drawing inspiration from our ancestors who had no choice but to conquer this climate. If it is true that we are what we eat, then there must be some strings we could pull when it comes to nutrition in order to prevent our mental and physical engines from frosting up. This ensures that our academic performance continues to climb even as the mercury takes a dive. The best place to find such answers is in nature itself, where the veterans of the game reside. Species of penguins, seals, arctic fish, and especially polar bears, make the extremely difficult arctic climate seem relatively easy to tackle. It all traces back to their body designs having been rigorously engineered to perfection by the forces of survival. It is important to first understand how thermogenesis or heat production occurs in our body, so we can truly appreciate and implement how best to fuel this dynamic
biological “furnace.” Humans, like all other mammals, are endothermic, or more loosely referred to as “warmblooded” animals. Endotherms have a distinct ability to produce and retain their body heat, thus constantly maintaining their body temperature. Therefore, our bodies spend large sums of energy to make sure that our core body temperatures don’t quiver from their base value. This is one of the many reasons why mammals inhabit the harshest of environments. It may be natural to wonder, then, where this heat is being produced. Metabolic pathways, which is simply a biologist’s way of summing up all the processes that go on in our bodies which either produce, breakdown, or destroy various substances, are one of the primary sources of energy. Muscles and digestion are also central in heat generation. Due to immense energetic costs of producing heat and its importance in sustaining life, like a responsible government, our body is diligent when it comes to expenditure. The hypothalamus (the central thermostat in our brain) keeps a stringent check on heat production and loss. When it is hot we sweat, breathe faster and blood gushes to our body surface giving off excess heat. In a cold environment, the strategy is opposite. Not all that different than what happens during engine idling, our muscles twitch vigorously to produce heat by shivering. In addition, blood flow is restricted to body surfaces like hands and ears resulting in the characteristic winter numbing, but to the advantage of the winter accessories industry.
The above-mentioned thermal strategies allow us to be more proactive in our environment, even in less than ideal conditions. In any event, the food we eat forms the underlying driving force behind all the above mentioned approaches. This is where the story takes a full circle. With background knowledge in the intricate systems that are always working to stabilize our body temperature, we can enhance them through behaviour and diet. Dressing in layers to insulate our body properly and to exercise regularly are important habits for winter. Diet consisting primarily of sugary foods, what some refer to as comfort foods, should be avoided. Although these foods provide temporary warmth, they add to the waistline. Alternatively, meals rich in proteins are great in generating instant heat, as one may recall from the last Thanksgiving dinner when after gobbling on meat, the scarfs and sweaters begin to come off. Thus, lean meat, fish and nuts are a great energy boost. Diet that induces a strong immune system is ideal in winter. Citrus fruits, like oranges, mandarin, grapefruit and lemons provide us with adequate Vitamin C and enhance the immune system. Ginger and garlic also increases the natural immune defence system. In addition, they help fight infections because of various antibacterial and antiviral compounds present
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in them. Lastly, they also have a warming affect which not only provides heat, but also helps reduce fever in the phase of seasonal illness, a byproduct of winter for most of us. An iconic part of our winter diet is soup, and rightly so. Soups are not only hot, good tasting and nutritious, they also have relatively high water content. We cannot discuss nutrition without touching the subject of water intake and its inherent importance in maintaining good health. Water consumption is often overlooked during winter season; therefore, conscious effort should be made to remain properly hydrated. Another winter favourite is tea. It is rich in antioxidants and also has been recorded to treat various ailments in traditional medicinal practices, and its soothing effects during cold, cough and fever, Not to mention the feeling of snuggling up in a fuzzy blanket while sipping on some hot steeped tea on a cold Sunday morning. UW students, to whom dedication and hard work is natural, by eating the right diet can get their neurons firing more than ever before. It is only a matter of months then, that winter 2010 becomes the pinnacle of their academic career. After all, in the ruthless intellectual jungle of UW, only the fittest survive. pkhanna@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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The Darwinian need for thought Last year was the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. This writer takes a look at the man’s theory of evolution as it relates to our behaviour today.
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ith the term starting out and all students ramping up to run their intellectual engines at high torque, it is interesting to pause and think about—well, thinking. We are naturally inclined to think about why humans have this distinct learning ability and the means by which it can be enhanced. After all, the biggest reason we are at UW, besides Bomber nights, intramural tournaments, club meetings, and making lifelong friends, is to walk out with a shining transcript. Languages to arts, current affairs to civilizations of the past, and from creationism to Darwinism, are in one way or other, nothing but abstract creations of our cortex (the part of our brain that is mostly responsible for conscious thought). Abstract creations that are directed towards
fulfilling the never-ending drive to, simply put, think. This constant urge to keep the mental assembly line moving is as human as the ability to was on two feet. With 2009 marking the 200 th anniversary of Charles Darwin, it would be interesting to investigate if this human thirst for thought has any evolutionary forces acting behind it. As Galotti writes in his book on cognition, self-expression, ability to produce language, creation of mental concepts, and almost everything that our prefrontal cortex is responsible for, is exclusive to human beings only. Evolution as a theory anchors itself with the idea that all species not only tend to pass on their survival traits as much as possible, but also attempt to enhance the expression of these traits in their populations. From a survival standpoint, the densely packed neural networks in
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our brain prepare us for nature’s battles, despite our physical shortcomings. In the book Principles of Animal Physiology, Schulte explains how animals’ behavioural patterns are almost always reflective of their physiological needs. For example, just as a gorilla feeds on rotting fruits to meet its sodium demand, a humming bird feeds on nectar so it can dance from flower to flower, and polar bears consume their super-sized meal before hibernating, human behaviour also reflects on our physiological demand. It can thus be inferred that for us to engage in activities that expand this neural network is not only a decent survival strategy, but has developed into a physiological need. As Kyle R. Skottke of Rochester University suggests while discussing evolution of human intelligence, the social implications of directed thought might also be seen as evi-
dence. Hence, those that are able to effectively tap into the infinite reserves of neural energy, indefinitely thrive in the broader social context. In other words, men and women, who over the course of their lives, are able to stimulate their minds more and channel their thoughts effectively end up being financially, socially, interpersonally, and even spiritually more successful. Consequently, these people have a distinct advantage in passing on the very traits to the successive generation. Each time we open our textbooks or read our lecture slides, we capitalize on four billion years of nature’s orchestra and 10,000 years of human learning. This should be comforting and inspirational to students as they prepare to do well academically at UW. pkhanna@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Will ecology replace physics as the master science? Ecology panelists from left to right: Thomas Homer-Dixon, Stephen Bocking, and Robert Gibson
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With the start of the ecology panel, one quickly realizes that this is not really a debate about whether ecology will become the next dominant science. Instead, it involves three different people having very similar views about the direction in which ecology is heading and the impact it will have on the world. In fact, both Dixon and Bocking said that this wasn’t really going to be a debate. This “debate” turned out to discuss a wealth of information on both the direction, what is currently happening, and what needs to occur in order for change to become more effective. The discussion started with the basics. The first thing that needs to change is our world view and our perception of ecology. Both Dixon and Bocking explained that we currently hold a mechanistic world view and we need to switch to a complex one. In a mechanistic world view, everything is similar to the parallels of Newtonian mechanics. The idea that every effect has one cause and a perturbation will bring about a specific change dominates. This, however, is contested by systems that are more complex. We cannot fully understand all the dif-
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ferent pathways and interactions that may occur within a system much like the theory of relativity. Within complex systems the whole is more important than the individual parts and there are also problems with irreducible complexity. The second is our notion that science is a truth machine. This point was raised by Bocking. Science has some problems: it’s fallible, it’s the product of human nature, and as such it isn’t fully objective. Science can’t dictate a way that we can solve our problems for two different reasons. First off, science tells us about nature, not how to live with it, and second, we can’t expect science to fix our problems when our problems aren’t scientific in nature. Our problems are human in nature. Politics would play a more important role as it can define issues better. Political decisions would also be relied on in part by science. We have to learn to be skeptical of the different scientific solutions provided. The third point, which is also explained by Gibson, is the issue with complex problems. In his words, “a complicated problem is building a rocket and taking it to the moon, where as complex problem is trying.” What we really have are multiple complex systems, such as economics, climate change, and differing population increasing, among others. Combining all these problems together will reveal that they are all interconnected. Even something like sustainability is difficult to define when one realizes that the Earth would not be sustainable if it was unperturbed by people; it would still move in a certain direction. We need to understand that this is a difficult situation to approach for any conventional decision maker, especially if it is not well defined. Prudence should be our first option when implementing a solution. Rather than just cutting emissions, we need to find a way to reverse the trend. One of the issues that came up is “if these problems are complex and we cannot be sure of our actions, how do we deal with them and irreducible complexity?” Robert Gibson explained that there are many answers to that question. The first part has to do with having alternatives: laying out your options and guessing which one would prove to be the best solution. A lot of the problems are reducible and definable: things like building efficiency and maintaining diversity. Within that vein, the solutions are not difficult to implement. The second part makes us look into the future where we can design closely related systems and make guesses as to how our solutions would affect our system.
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The only question that really brought about a disagreement between the debaters was about how the dangers of science should be addressed. Bocking explained that there is research that doesn’t need to be carried out as it is done by private corporations to meet their own ends. Dixon respectfully disagreed, explaining that it is easy to say that science is dangerous. However, a lot of innovation comes about from the private industry. To defend against the dangers of science, Gibson points to the idea that there is a lot more public scrutiny and skepticism on the scientific research currently being carried out. The debate was interesting and it certainly leaves you wondering where the future is heading. If things really are as complex as they seem, then things may not be as easy to deal with. However, this is no cause to lose hope. This instead should provide the incentive to re-evaluate our systems and our notions of the world, and with it people should come to embrace the idea that all of our actions may have consequences that are both positive and negative. With this in mind, all we can do is tread carefully. bpetrescu@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Male birth control will not stop the spread of STIs Ivan Lui staff reporter
New discovery leads to male birth control
A new study co-led by George Bentley, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, has discovered a sex hormone. This new hormone could potentially lead to a long sought after male birth control pill. This particular hormone named gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), first found in birds, was later discovered in the hypothalamus of the human brain. GnIH is in charge of suppressing another hormone called the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), that readies the body for sexual interaction and reproduction. Scientists predict that the use of this horomone by humans will eventually be possible. It was well known before this discovery that humans had the GnIH gene within them, but it was a mystery as to where the gene might be, or where it may be produced. Now that the location has been discovered, researchers are able to extract and use GnIH to effectively show that GnRH is affected by its use. In addition to being a form of birth control for males, GnIH also has the ability to fight cancers such as breast or prostate cancer. While the use of artificial substances are in place to suppress GnRH, these substances may cause allergic reactions and even weight gain. With GnIH, however, researchers states that
this particular hormone will naturally reduce reproduction chances while harbouring no side effect. “We would have to understand exactly how this works in humans and how it works in concert with other hormones,” Bentley said. “We’ve got a long way to go, but I think the fact that it’s present in humans could be useful.” Holes do not make oxygen
Pond owners have often been told to break holes into their frozen ponds to allow oxygen into the water. Research done by Pond Conservation says otherwise. It would appear that oxygen levels in a pond can actually rise when it has frozen over. This in turn benefits the plants and fishes living under the water. The study shows that animals and wildlife underneath ponds will be able to survive if unbothered by any outside interference. When freezing, ponds rarely freeze all the way through, leaving a large amount of fresh water underneath the ice. Just because a hole is created on the surface of the ice does not mean that there will be more oxygen dissolving into the water. Since oxygen flows at about two mm a day, it would take eight months to reach the bottom of a 50mm pond. Even when ice covers the pond’s surface, the plants underneath the frozen layers are still able to produce oxygen. With the frozen surface, oxygen will have a tougher time getting out, thereby increasing the amount over time. If
a pond owner has fish, it is recommended that the owner stirs the deoxygenated and oxygenated water. Snow that covers frozen ponds should also be removed to ensure the plants underneath are able to receive sunlight. Pond owners have also been advised to keep the water levels shallow; keep plenty of plants underneath the surface and to not run or walk across any frozen surfaces. “Shallow ponds are better lit than deep dark ponds so they can produce more oxygen for their volume,” said Dr Jeremy Biggs, director of policy and research at Pond Conservation. World biodiversity crisis still ignored
The pledge to end biodiversity loss by the year 2010 has not been met in the eight years since a commitment was made to ensure that it would stop. Launching this year as the International Year of Biodiversity, the UN is urging governments worldwide to continue their commitment towards biodiversity and at the same time renewing the commitment. In Berlin, German Premier Angela Merkel spoke out for the international community to establish a panel to gather additional scientific information as to why biodiversity continues to face a threat. Even though the 2010 goal has been missed, Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) wants a renewal of the commitment from governments around the world. Forest areas as well as deposits of fresh-
water around the world are slowly fading away with the expansion of cities and farming. Without a doubt, both forests areas and natural water sources are extremely valuable. Species extinction is also occcuring, along with the decline of these environments. The bigger issue at hand is that species extinction occurs about 1,000 times faster than the destruction of natural areas due to human expansion. Despite having delayed biodiversity loss in some areas, activist groups such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature say that the overall goal was not met. In October, the UN hopes that the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will be able to shed some light on the issue and hopefully fix the problem. To make the public more aware of the situation, the UN has collaborated with the Cameroon football team, which is taking part in the African Nation Cup finals. To ensure that the problem at hand is taken seriously, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has noted several species such as the bluefin tuna that are threatened. “The big opportunity during the International Year of Biodiversity is for governments to do for biodiversity what they failed to do for climate change in Copenhagen,” said Simon Stuart, a senior science advisor to Conservation International and chair of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission. —With files from BBC and National Geographic.
Is your pilot MIA? That’s A-OKAY Tejas Koshy staff reporter
Israeli army develops landspeeder UAV
Israeli aerospace company, Urban Aeronautics, has posted pictures of its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) online. The UAV, which according to Popular Science reminds one of a landspeeder from the Star Wars series, has been named the AirMule. The role of the AirMule is to transport supplies into urban zones and to act as a medical evacuation vehicle for wounded individuals in those combat zones. The development for the project
began in 2008 and is in development for the Israel Defence Forces. The AirMule uses vertical take off or landing engines, which use shielded rotor blades for added protection. The engines themselves are 730 shaft horsepower, Turbomeca Arriel I turboshaft driving force, and aft ducted rotors according to Aviation Week. The AirMule’s lack of pilot allows it to enter situations that would be too risky for regular helicopters. At the recent test, the AirMule was only able to hover two feet above the ground. There are plans, however, to make improvements that would give it the ability to hover much higher and in winds gusting up to 50 km an hour.
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A new study released from researchers at Bell Labs (who are not related to Bell Canada) finds that the communications networks could use 99 per cent less energy with a few simple code changes. Bell Labs estimated that these savings would save 300 million tons of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. According to Gee Rittenhouse, head of research at Bell
Labs, that’s equivalent to 50 million automobiles. In response Green Touch, a consortium of networking and computer companies, has been formed to implement the changes needed over the next five years. The consortium includes AT&T, China Mobile, Telefonica, hardware manufacturers Samsung and Freescale Semiconductor, MIT, Stanford University, California, the University of Melbourne, Australia, and the French national computing lab, INRIA. The study found that the savings lay within programs that separate data from electromagnetic fuzz, according to Popular Science. Currently, networks essentially use powerful signals to override electronic noise. The new study found methods to separate the signal from the noise at 99 per cent more efficiency. According to The New Scientist, MIT plans to find methods to bundle Internet data, taking similar routes to reduce the traffic on power-hungry routes; the digital equivalent of car pooling. University of Melbourne’s focus will be on power consumed by broadband modems, phones and cellphones when not in use. There are plans to make such devices enter sleep mode, but quickly awaken when needed. According to The New Scientist Samsung is still “firming up” its ideas. Given the current trend of technology with Wi-Fi and 3D televisions around the corner, energy waste is seen to increase exponentially. Hopefully energy saving progress might curtail and help prevent such waste. —With files from Popular Science, The Register,The New Scientist, and Aviation Week. tkoshy@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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High-tech treasure-hunting
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he internet is a bottomless pit of information, offering anything one might want to know within the confines of a search bar. It is a communication behemoth that makes the distances between people irrelevant. With the Internet, everyone has a PhD in Wikipedia, and geography has no correlation to loneliness. And to many, the Internet is for porn. Sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter have become known for social-netoworking, connecting people that might not have crossed paths in the “real world.” While online personas can be dangerous (think To Catch a Predator), they also give people a chance to meet like-minded people without going through the effort of starting an on-campus “Insert Socially Awkward Sub-Culture” club. A group of people brought together through online com-
munication and a love for Global Positioning Systems (GPS) are known as Geocachers. Geocaching is best described as high-tech treasure-hunting. The method is straight-forward: someone hides a treasure (known as a “cache”), and posts GPS co-ordinates with directions on how to find it online. Caches range in difficulty. The simple finds, which are usually posted as a singular GPS co-ordinate, are known as drive-up caches and are highly recommended for first-time geocachers or people without access to a GPS. More advanced finds are usually located within five kilometres of the posted co-ordinate, or come with a complicated set of co-ordinates and clues. On May 2 2000, Selective Ability was removed from civilianowned GPSs and users were able to pinpoint their geographic position ten times more accurately. The next day the first geocache was hidden and logged by Dave Ulmer, a computer consultant. Along with his log of the co-ordinates where his cache was hidden were the simple instructions of “take some stuff, leave some stuff.” Ulmer’s example was quickly taken up
by many other excited GPS users, and the website Geocaching.com was launched in September 2000. At its launch, there were 75 existing caches worldwide. To date there are more than 970, 000 global geocaches, with over 1000 in the Waterloo area. Waterloo has a fairly active geocaching community, with many caches located on and near campus. The atmosphere on the forums can be highly competitive, with members fighting for their claim to identify themselves as the “first to find” on any particular cache. The nice thing about this Internet-enabled phenomenon is it brings the Web down to a local level. It is not uncommon to witness the friendly jabs people make online about running into each other at a cache-site and beating them to being the first-to-find by mere seconds. —With files from Geocaching.com jcampbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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he massive blockbuster Avatar – maybe more aptly named Dancing with Pocahontas in FernGully – is still creating huge line-ups and sold out shows in theatres. While it may not be the most well-written movie (albeit it is definitely the prettiest), it does bring about the question of what happens when we find a new Earth-like planet. While something as extravagant as Pandora is still within the realm of science fiction, the possibility of finding a planet that can sustain life – and maybe already does – is becoming more of a reality. If found, assuming the technology and funding to get there catches up as well, will we exploit it? Explore it? Study it? I firmly believe that we will find another habitable, Earth-like planet within our generation’s lifetime; even our top astronomers are harbouring this optimism. Simon Worden, the head astronomer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, expects to find an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone (the small strip of space that is just the right distance from its star to host life without melting or freezing) within the next four to five years. Worden helps run the Kepler telescope, which is tasked with finding planets around nearby stars. Currently the Kepler is looking at one four-hundredth of the night sky, which contains more than 100,000 stars. These are still too far away to travel to or even view directly (we’re talking a few hundred to a few thousand lightyears away), so there are still many hurdles to leap over in the future. However, we are getting closer to knowing what else lives out there in space, and what resources their planets could contain. Unless we switch to alternative sources of energy and technology for obtaining resources such as water and food, we will need that new planet’s resources. Exploitation on some level is necessary for our species to survive, just like any other. We must not forget that we have every right to survive on this planet as other creatures do. Though, if we find a habitable planet that hosts life, what then? Do we have the right to survive on that planet? How would we go about obtaining its resources without devastating another rare gem in the universe? If there were other forms of life, would we be more understanding and careful with them than we have with our own? If we found
another intelligent species, would we disrupt their cultures with our own religions and traditions much like we have done to our own diverse world? The question of what we should do with the knowledge of another Earth-like planet is one that we do need to start thinking about in a serious manner. Especially because you can bet that the first people to throw money into being the first ones to this new planet will be big corporations. There have already been bids to use the moon as advertising space in the past, so there is no reason these ultra-rich exploiters wouldn’t push to get to another planet. Hopefully, if the time came, scientists would be the first ones there to study and understand what we will be dealing with. The matter of exploitation will most definitely come up, and we will have to decide what is necessary and how to go about doing it. There is no doubt that we will need the potential space and resources on such a planet, but it is my hope we will have at least ended our addiction to other, more destructive forms of exploitation such as fossil fuels. While some believe we should never find a new planet so that we don’t destroy it like we have our own, I think finding another Earth-like planet would be a wonderful thing. We are an intelligent species, and thus we are curious. Curiosity may have killed the cat and many other things on this planet, but if used correctly it can bring about prosperity and new, wonderful knowledge. You can bet I will be working to be the first one on the ship to a new planet if found and if we have the technology to get there. I would love nothing more than to dive in to a new unknown place with completely unexpected and alien adventures, though I hope for our own sake that we don’t destroy those adventures with our hunger for more than we need or even want. It is becoming very possible that our generation will be the one with the strongest voice and power when a new planet is found, so let’s show our ancestors, who exploited every new landscape they came across, just how a planet should be treated from the start.
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t’s been almost 57 years since a group of advertisers, inspired by the International Film Festival held in Cannes, decided to start their own advertising festival. The first festival, called the International Advertising Festival (IAF) took place on September 1954 in Venice, Italy with 187 entries from 94 countries. Since then the festival has grown, settled in Cannes, and has been purchased by East Midland Allied Press plc. Last year, over 10,000 delegates and 12,000 visitors from 94 countries attended the sevenday festival, making it the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals in the world. The festival is held yearly at the Palais de Festivals in Cannes. People from all over the
world come to see the featured works, seminars, workshops, and masters classes. The judges at the IAF are experts in each field, taken from around the world. The juries are set up such that they have an array of experts and a jury president at the head. They judge 11 separate categories: film, media, press, outdoor, cyber, sales promotion, direct, design, radio, PR, and Titanium and Integrated. There are also other award categories which include: network of the year, direct agency of the year, media agency of the year, interactive agency of the year, agency of the year, media person of the year, advertiser of the year, and the best production company. In all of these categories, judges are looking for creativity in both idea and execution. It is usually up to the agency that created the advertisement to submit it to the festival.
However, others are allowed to nominate advertisements, as long as they are submitted within the right time frame. This year the Princess Cinema played host to a screening of a variety of advertisements from the Cannes Festival, from the grand prize winner to less prestigious ones. Whether these advertisements won the grand prize or not, they were all creative and all there to tell a story while selling their product or service. There were a few in particular that stood out. Hovis, a U.K. bread company, made an advertisement depicting a little boy running home from the store with a loaf of bread. While this boy ran home, he ran through the past 122 years of British history until the present day. This advertisement was effective because it clearly showed how Hovis had been there through history and how, to this day, people can rely on Hovis bread.
Another effective advertisement started off with a man sitting on a bench. The focus shifted to the view in front of him, which was a motorcycle leaking gas. The gas then caught fire and the focus shifted back to the man on the bench. His gaze follows the fire, until a leaf flies right in front of him and he is distracted by it. The advertisement capitalized on the idea of having a short attention span to attract people to short films. The advertisements were all world class. Some of the best ones related to the audience on a deeper level while those that didn’t win any awards did not. Advertisements may seem like a nuisance when they interrupt your television program, but advertising is truly an art form that anyone can appreciate. ptrelinska@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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his amazing collection of fiction has everything from sci-fi conventions to cheerleaders to star gazing and to prep schools. Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci came up with the idea for the first story anthology in 2007 at Comic-Con in San Diego. The story would be a nerd love story: a Jedi and a Klingon wake up in bed at a science fiction convention together, not remembering exactly what had happened. They realize that their preferred alternate realities, theologies, and practices are diametrically opposed, and yet they find they like each other. Soon upon having the idea for the story they realized nobody would publish it, so they went to their geek friends far and wide and asked them to contribute to a collection, and what an amazing collection it is. To be honest I picked the anthology up because Holly Black was one of the editors and I really appreciate and enjoy her work. As predicted, the collection surpassed all my expectations. I plan on tracking down other works from a number of its contributors and reading them. As an addition, between each short story is a comic illustrated by either Bryan Lee O’Malley or Hope Larson. The back of the dust jacket gives definitions of both geek and geektastic: “Geek \gēk\ n: 1. A person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked 2. A person who is so passionate about a given subject of subjects as to occasionally cause annoyance among others. “geek*tas*tic \ gēk-tas-tic\ adj: marked by fantastic geek qualities; a compliment of the highest regard.”
While knowing I will not do them justice, I will try to provide a brief summary of each of the stories in this wonderful collection.
Once You’re a Jedi, You’re a Jedi All the Way Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci have woven a wonderful tale about different world-views colliding and then settling. It is an excellent story of a Jedi and a Klingon who fall in love. As the best stories do, it leaves you wanting to know what happened next. Black is best known for her part in the duo that created The Spiderwick Chronicles. Castelluci has won awards for both her novels and graphic novels. This is by far one of my favourite pieces in the collection.
One of Us In this story by Tracy Lynn, a cheerleader goes to the games club to be taught how to be a geek. Her boyfriend is into original Trek, and The Lord of the Rings. She wants to understand him better so she pays the geeks to teach her. Lynn has published numerous books including Snow, RX, and The Nine Lives of Chloe.
Definitional Chaos Can a last kiss ever be good? In this story Scott Westerfeld takes us on an adventure between two people who were once in a relationship and are now trusted with taking $84,000 by train to pay for convention fees. He doesn’t trust her, and she loves pushing his buttons. In reality, she is looking for a resolution to their already ended relationship. It is a great story and reads a little like Robert B. Parker if he spoke geek instead of tough. Westerfeld is the author of
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So Yesterday, Peeps, and The Last Days.
I Never This tale is penned by the bestselling author of City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass, Cassandra Clare (not to be confused with Douglas Coupland’s book by the same title). This is another love story but this time, two people from an online game meet at a gathering of game members. It does not go as planned when Jane stays true to her online personality and her Heathcliff does not. It is fun, funny and quirky. It is best enjoyed by those who have met someone they previously met online in real life.
The King of Plinesse I have enjoyed the experience of meeting a number of authors I really appreciate. I have, however, never gone to one’s house to meet them unannounced. Of course, it might be different if I was under the impression the author in question had had an affair with my mother. It is interesting that M.T. Anderson writes a story about a fan contacting an author when he is the only contributor to the collection without a personal or professional website. It is an interesting story, but, in my opinion, is the weakest in the collection.
The Wrath of Dawn This story by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Greg Leitich Smith is both about the geek and the blended family. It is the story of Dawn (who resembles Dawn from Buffy,) and it has a strength and power in her protestations over her situation in life. Overall a good well balanced story.
Quiz Bowl Antichrist My favourite quote from the whole book comes from this story: “My social status was the same as a water fountain in the hall – people were happy enough I was there when they needed me, but otherwise they walked on by.” This story written by David Levithan is about sexuality and self discovery. It is about a boy who doesn’t realize he is in love with one of the other boys on the team, which was the only reason he is on the Quiz Bowl team. Things come to a head when the team travels to compete in the nationals. The story is written tastefully by the author of such books as Boy Meets Boy, The Realm of Possibility, and Marley’s Ghost to name but a few.
The Quiet Knight It is hard to imagine someone who likes science fiction or fantasy who has not heard of Garth Nix. This is a great story for anyone who ever wanted to fight in armour or play with swords. In this story, Quiet Knight has damaged vocal cords despite loving to roleplay, especially in simulated battles. But his role playing world and his life at school are about to collide. It is definitely one of the top three stories in the collection.
Everyone But You Lisa Yee creates a story about a girl who is the queen bee at her current high school, but when her family moves to Hawaii she becomes the lowest on the school totem pole. It is the story of her learning what really matters and how to face adversity. This is a good story by author of Millicent Min, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, and Absolutely Maybe.
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Secret Identity Kelly Link writes a story that is a long rambling letter from a 15-year old girl who pretends to be much older in an online game. When she sneaks off to New York to meet her online romance, things do not go as planned. This story is her true confession. It is a story with superheroes (of the conventional kind) and personalities. Both flamboyant and somber. It is the longest piece in the collection and has a certain charm, but it is not one of the best. Link has authored Pretty Monsters and Stranger Things Happen ( both of which are reminiscent of Chuck Palahniuk books Invisible Monsters and Stranger than Fiction).
Freak the Geek In one of the shortest pieces in the collection, John Green presents a story about life at a girls’ prep school. This is a story where the senior class picks two geeks to pick on as part of the school’s tradition. It is told from the perspective of those about to be “freaked”. John Green is the award winning author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns.
The Truth About Dino Girl Revenge of the Nerd, told from a girl’s perspective, is the best way to describe this story by Barry Lyga. They say revenge is a dish best served cold. In this story, be cautious of the woman wronged, especially if that woman is a geek. This is a dark tale of what people can do to each other after being hurt. It is a
powerful piece of storytelling and captures the damage that a few words or actions can cause. Lyga is the author of The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl.
This is My Audition Monologue This story was the one I enjoyed the least. Sara Zarr presents a piece about a drama club person who is auditioning in her senior year. She performs a long rambling piece about her four years doing behind-the-scenes work for school plays, and that the guy who was electrocuted last year while doing lighting should have been her. With lots of pop culture, film and theatre references it is an alright piece, but it did not appeal to me. Zarr has two critically acclaimed novels, Sweethearts and Story of a Girl. She has also contributed to numerous anthologies.
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they are dealing with major events in life. The weekly trips to the show are what unites them together while dressing up in costume sets them apart. Libba Bray writes a very interesting piece dealing with many issues, disease, hope, despair, and frustration. This is an amazing collection, both because of the individual pieces, and because it can introduce you to so many new authors to peruse. It is well written and well edited. Pick it up for either your outer geek or your secret inner geek. I am sure there is something you will enjoy, laugh at, or maybe even cry with. srmcevoy@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
The Stars at the Finish Line Wendy Mass is the author of eight novels including A Mango-Shaped Space, Jeremy Find, and Heaven Looks A Lot Like The Mall. This is the story of two young people who have been competing since the fourth grade, and now in their final year realize they are more alike than different. They go on a field trip to try to complete the messier marathon. It ranks as one of the top three stories for me. It has fantastic storytelling and amazing information on astronomy.
It’s Just a Jump to the Left This is a short story with young girls who attend the Rocky Horror Picture Show weekly. They both wish life were different because
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o here’s the thing: I love to bake. Cakes, cookies, bread, pie – I love it all. (Stay tuned for a killer devil’s food cake recipe). That being said, I have a special place in my heart for those delectable cakes that you make on the stovetop – that’s right, pancakes. Fluffy, light, and sweet, if made right, the day suddenly seems like it’s looking up even if you bombed that midterm last night. Now let go of that box of Aunt Jemima (yes, I know it was on sale at Zehrs last week and I know you’re attached to it) because these pancakes are just as easy and taste so good you’ll relate that box-mix to prison food. Now, one of the keys to a stellar pancake batter is buttermilk. The name buttermilk in conjunction with the texture may lead you to believe that it is higher in fat or that there is butter in the milk. However, buttermilk is actually lower in fat than whole milk while still maintaining a high level of all the vitamins and minerals you find in regular milk such as calcium, B12, potassium, and riboflavin, so you may consider it to be a healthier alternative. Also, if you’re lactose intolerant, buttermilk may be the perfect alternative to using milk in your recipes, as the bacteria in buttermilk digests the lactose. Traditionally, buttermilk is the liquid leftover after butter has been churned away from cream, meaning that, in fact, all the butter has been removed from buttermilk — thus the name. The commercial buttermilk you buy now at the supermarkets is regular or non-fat milk which has bacterial cultures added for fermentation. Buttermilk is indispensable in pancakes for two fundamental reasons: first, the acidity imparts tenderness to pancakes, and second, buttermilk (being an acid) in combination with baking powder (a base), creates tiny gas pockets which give the cakes a much fluffier texture. Moreover, a mildly tangy taste is lent to the cakes to balance whatever sweet substance you like to top your flapjacks with. The ideal pancake can wholly be attributed to buttermilk. I know you’re thinking that buttermilk is a pain to go and buy every time you want pancakes because the supermarket only carries them in 1L cartons. Well, I’ve got good news for you. Buttermilk is freezable! Just pop the carton as is into the freezer and have buttermilk whenever you need it. Actually so is milk, so if you want to buy those bags of milk on sale at the market, do it and just throw the ones you’re not using in the freezer. Thaw as needed, and always remember to give it a shake. Speaking of freezing, it is possible to freeze pancakes and microwave or reheat them in the oven as needed
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for those mornings when you’re in a hurry or you simply don’t feel like rolling out of bed to whip it all together. But I digress. If you must, you can use milk in this recipe but I assure you that you will be missing out in flavour and texture. The last imperative in happy pancake -making is vanilla. A cupboard staple for any sort of baking (hey, it’s in all other cakes, why not pancakes?) If you have it, please use it. For pairing, Van Houtte makes a wicked 100 per cent Columbian medium roast if you’re a coffee drinker. I find that a bolder roast with sweet breakfast food can be too overbearing, but as far as coffee goes, everyone has their own tastes. I’d also suggest some crisp bacon and fresh whipped cream with some of that vanilla in it. I love canned peaches as a lovely complement to my griddle cakes. This is a great recipe for brunch, impressing your boy/girlfriend with breakfast in bed, or if you just need something alongside that amazing local maple syrup you bought at St. Jacob’s market over the weekend (amber grade is my personal favourite). These will get you hooked on pancakes every morning of the week.
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Beat the egg until frothy and add the buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla. Afterwards, add the dry ingredients until it’s all combined. A few lumps are nothing to worry about. Heat your griddle or pan on med to med/high heat until water just dances on the pan and then pour ladleful of batter onto griddle/pan. This batter is thick so make you spread it around (If you like chocolate chips, blueberries etc in your pancakes, this is the time to sprinkle them on top). Cook for 2 or 3 minutes or until until you begin to see bubbles on top of the cake and then flip and cook the other side until golden brown. Serve with fresh whipped cream and maple syrup (Note: the batter is meant to be thick, but if it is too dense to work with increase the buttermilk to reach desired consistency)
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A New Game Mudvayne Mudvayne, Dave Fortman
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eing one of the rare breeds in my group of friends that actually listens and enjoys metal music, I could not help but pick up a copy of The New Game by Mudvayne. This American metal band’s fourth studio album holds its own ground, but fails to stand out.
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Mutiny Within Mutiny Within Roadrunner Records
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utiny Within’s debut self-titled album, to be released February 23, 2010, claims to be the future of the metal music scene. Presumably, this means mainstream metal, but unfortunately, this album offers nothing innovative and nothing that has not already been done better by another band in the same metal genre. That is, if one could consider what the music genre this album should be. To a metal-head like myself, I consider this to be a bad cross between pop-punk rock, metalcore, thrash metal and emopunk metal. A perfect example from
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Axe To Fall Converge Epitaph
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niversally praised by everybody from Revolver magazine to the BBC, Converge’s newest effort is 42 minutes and four seconds of near-constant hardcore rage. Like most hardcore and punk,
Good bands have unique playing styles, or crazy guitarists that can wail out solos, or may even come equipped with a special drummer who has a tendency to prove to the world how much they like to hit things. This is not the case for Mudvayne unfortunately; their new album is dull and repetitive. It even has a sense that they have tried to add rock into the music. Most of the style that the band follows becomes repeated and over used. Nearly every song begins with a fast paced or slow guitar or bass line, then lyrics slowly add themselves in. “Have It Your Way,” follows the same musical styling as the song that came before it, ironically called, “The New Game;” if it weren’t for the lyrics, the two songs could be the same. Nothing new came out of either songs. Even though some tracks such as “Do What You Do” shows off the singer’s and the back up vocalists’ ability to sync their voices, develop into yet another repeat of the same musical style that Mudvayne follows.
After listening to the album, however, I can still weakly recommend it for those who want to start listening to metal based bands, but are unable to handle some of the larger heavier types. It should be warned, however, that there are some elements of the wild screaming vocals that exist with more hardcore bands such as Lamb of God. To strongly recommend Mudvayne to anyone who has heard their previous albums or other similar kind of music is a crime. There’s nothing special about this CD. Even worst, there is a deluxe edition containing live versions of the songs. If you are really keen on going through every metal band that exists, then A New Game by Mudvayne could be for you, but otherwise, stay out of the mud.
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the album that encompasses all of these genres is the track labelled “Oblivion.” It has influences of In Flames and Killswitch Engage, but the vocalist is not singing as powerfully as he should be, the guitar riffs are all in the same key, the drum beats are repetitive and anticipated, and the melodies are nothing to remember. The solo in “Oblivion” was decent, but since it only lasted 15 seconds, it’s not enough to leave a lasting impression in my mind. In the first two minutes of “Suffocate,” the same riff is heard over and over again. It begins to make my ears bleed and gives me a sad emotional feeling, especially if this is considered to be the future of metal. I weep for the future. Heck, I currently weep for the present. The lyrics are nothing to be proud of either. It sounds like a person who has too much to complain about and not enough to do. Here is an example of the lyrics from “Images:” “I can’t let go of the memory / It’s all in my head / And I can’t hold on to what’s gone / Time breaks me down.” The vocalist sounds as if he’s got a lot of internal issues to deal with and hasn’t spent enough time figuring himself out. I mean, fine, if you are a young teenager dealing with a lot of teenage angst and drama, I can it thrives on short, fast songs. Converge has always excelled at those, but on Axe To Fall they experiment with slower, more jam-based elements as well. The experimentation mostly works, especially on the second last track “Cruel Bloom” – a song almost comparable to a ballad, but certainly far heavier than most of them. The production (by guitarist Kurt Ballou) sounds huge, effectively pummeling the listener into oblivion as the band storms through furious ragers like “Losing Battle” and “Reap What You Sow.” The atmosphere Ballou creates is heavier than ever, making quieter, slower songs like “Wretched World” just as powerful as the band’s heaviest thrashers. Although you can barely make out lead vocalist Jacob Bannon’s voice in the carnage, the lyrics are spitting rage and venomous bile, infused with self-deprecation and hatred for a society they compare to
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attacking wolves and a cancer factory. Is the anger justified? After listening to Bannon scream, wallow, and croon his way through this album, it’s hard to argue with him. Of course, it’s hard to argue with any band that sounds like they’re about to bite off your head. The album loses momentum slightly in the middle because of its experimentation, but it’s a necessary break from the fray. Converge is a band that continually moves forward. People who liked the band more before they released Jane Doe in 2001 and embraced their experimentation won’t change their opinions here. That said, anybody who enjoys modern hardcore would enjoy this fine album from one of North America’s most underrated heavy bands.
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Music Reviews The Breadwinner Shannon Stephens Asthmatic Kitty Records
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he first 30 seconds of folk singer Shannon Stephens’ second solo release shows little promise. The drums sound mechanical and the guitar work, while quite pretty, is incredibly
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The Swell Season Strict Joy Anti
trict Joy features the recurring theme of lovers drifting apart, one way or another. I say it like that because though this is a tired theme, The Swell Season manages to approach it in a new way with each song. Some present the listener with different scenarios relating to this theme, while others are more abstract and quite thought provoking. For example: “You were restless / I was somewhere less secure.” Lyrics like this are any English student’s wet dream. This CD falls into the category of alternative rock, with the exception of “Love That Conquers,” which is more folky and imme-
repetitive. Then Stephens opens her mouth. Her voice is soft, haunting, and excruciatingly beautiful. Stephens’ vocals share some similarities with Sarah Harmer and folk goddess Joni Mitchell’s earlier work, but she has an intimate quality to her voice that I have not heard from any other artist. At times, Stephens sings in a soft whisper but her voice
remains perfectly clear and in key. While The Breadwinner never fully overcomes its issues with repetition, as the album progresses the guitar and drum work do improve. Various tracks also incorporate combinations of cello, bass, horn, and at one point even the musical stylings of Hilary, Stephens’ pet hen. The result is a series of soothing melodies which, although not
particularly thrilling, succeed in complementing the album’s main focus, Stephens’ flawless vocals, and honest lyrics. Soothing and soft, The Breadwinner is a breathtaking series of bittersweet lullabies for adults, which tell honest stories about growing up.
diately reminded me of Simon and Garfunkel’s “59th St. Bridge Song.” What struck me the most were the lyrics, considering that for the most part, they do not rhyme. Because of the prevalence of pop music, the decision to do this seems like musical suicide, but the lack of rhyming verses in Strict Joy is no hindrance to the songs. In fact, this allows the listener to enjoy them in the moment, something that speaks for the theme of the CD. Each of these songs can easily stand alone. Because of the theme, it can be assumed that the songs will be downbeat. The band has avoided
this monotony, however, by mixing their louder songs in with the softer ones – a decision which contributed to holding my interest throughout the CD. The hauntingly gentle harmonies of “Glen and Marketa” provide the listener with a sense of the mood of each song almost as soon as they began. The two rely on this quality, more so than any fancy vocal feats combined with their intuitive lyrics and unique instrumentation to speak for their wide talents. And they do. Strict Joy is an emotive expression of love and loss and the associated frustrations. I would recommend this CD for
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Movie Reviews Up in the Air Jason Reitman Paramount Pictures
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yan Bingham (George Clooney) makes a living by being a corporate downsizing expert. His job requires him to be on the road 330 days of the year flying to different areas of the United States. Bingham likes this lifestyle until two women turn it upside down. On one of his trips, Bingham meets Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga), a woman who lives a similar lifestyle to his. The two quickly hit it off, but before he can see her again, another woman changes his life. Young Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) is a recent Cornell University graduate who is planning on revolutionizing Bingham’s industry. With her new technology, Bingham is grounded and he will now be doing his job over the Internet. To teach Keener how the business works, Bingham takes her on his next assignment. The two travel throughout the United States, meeting Goran on the way and they each change drastically. It’s a story about love, life, and following your dreams. On the way, the truth comes out about each person, some of it good, some of it bad, and all of it life-changing.
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The film itself starts off slowly. For the first 30 minutes there is not much action as the main storyline is established. After these first 30 minutes, the film is much better paced, delivering constant laughs as well as conflict between the char-
acters. Jason Reitman did a great job of keeping up the light-hearted mood of the film while exploring deeper, more innate human issues as well. For the most part, the film is well shot. However, there is an excessive use of short depth of field
shots as well as some shaky camera movements. There is a montage in the film which is shot entirely like a homemade video. Perhaps that was the idea, however, it was not made clear and that section of the film simply looked sloppy, as if the
grip crew could not do its job. The only before-title credit was George Clooney, and it was the only one deserved. The acting was not terrible, but Kendrick really could have used some work. At times her performance seemed stiff and she did not seem to have much range. On the other hand, Farmiga had a good, honest delivery despite not having been given much material to work with. Clooney, as always, gave a solid performance in the leading role. Supporting cast members such as Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, and Melanie Lynskey all did a great job in their roles and really enhanced the humour of the film. Up in the Air is a film that could have used some improvement, but was generally well done. Reitman’s directing and the storyline made up for any deficiencies in the rest of the film. It is a movie worth watching, if only to take your mind off the stress of school or to contemplate human relationships. It will provide you with entertainment as well as something to think about. — Paula Trelinska
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Movie Reviews The Princess and the Frog Ron Clements, John Musker Walt Disney Pictures
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he Princess and the Frog is exactly what it promises: a fairy tale for the “modern world.” For those that grew up with the original Disney princesses, expect a divergence from the airy-headed singing princesses and selfless princes. Instead, this film offers exactly what the audience expects: the reverse-making is less innovative than it could be. Almost all the original Disney fairy tales followed the same formula; they are heavily influenced by the first full-length animated feature ever produced, the eternal Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The success of the film spawned several other copycat films, culminating in the current princess movie. Today, the tale has been reversed from la-la-land which the soon to be royalty inhabit, to the nitty-gritty of reality (or an extremely sterile version of it.) The Princess and the Frog begins with the introduction of the female protagonist, Tiana, who hopes to open her own restaurant in New Orleans. Unlike her hyperactive friend, she never had anything handed to her on a silver platter, and works hard to achieve her goals. She has no interest in princes or dancing at balls, the complete opposite of the visiting Prince Naveen of Maldonia. Naveen wishes for nothing but to continue his life of leisure by marrying a rich woman. Through an encounter with a witch doctor, the
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prince is turned into a frog, and the kiss bestowed upon him by Tiana (whom he mistakes for a princess) turns her into one as well. The tale continues gaily from there, leading to a trek through the bayou in an attempt to find a mysterious woman who can reverse the spell. As the journey goes on, the interaction between Naveen and Tiana reveals their contrasts to a tee. Naveen, whose only aspiration is to have fun, realizes he lacks any real
goals; and Tiana, who spent all her time working hard for her restaurant, learns she needs to learn how to play. Throw in a bumbling, horn-tooting alligator with big dreams and a lovelorn firefly, and the movie is just more of the same Disney. Though the tale is completely acceptable for both the older generations and children, the story lacks depth, and many of the possibilities that could have made the tale a real
sparkling gem are sadly missing. Many archetypes are used, especially in regards to secondary characters, putting it in danger of being just another cartoon sinking into the quagmire of typicality. Tiana and Naveen are too perfectly created as extreme opposites in personality. The interaction and chemistry between them is lost in the simple fact that they spend too much time in the movie as frogs. In spite of its faults, The Princess and the
Frog is a stunning production. The 2D animation was beautifully done, the setting was refreshing, and the music was catchy. Room for improvement is definitely there, but this movie is sure to go down as one of the better Disney animated films, and hopefully, there will be more in this vein in the near future. — Alcina Wong
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ass Effect, Grand Theft Auto, Bioshock, Call of Duty, Resistance, Resident Evil, and Tomb Raider. What do all of these games have in common? Aside from being award-winning, money-making franchises that consistently suck consumers in, each game has also generated some form of controversy in the media concerning their plot, gameplay, or even packaging. The majority of the controversy surrounding videogames centres around the impact such forms of entertainment could have on children. I would like to point out that a clear majority of the franchises listed above are developed and designed with a Mature rating in mind. Mature means that the targeted audience is above 17 years of age. That is above the age of consent, the military enlistment age, and the driving age. That’s right, you could be having sex even before you engage in a drive by in GTA IV . The Mass Effect series, developed by Edmonton based Bioware Inc., is a role-playing game (RPG) set in space. Allowing the player to interact with both humans and aliens, the nature of some of these interactions is what
attracted the general media’s attention. Among the possibilities of these interactions is the option to have sex with either humans or aliens. Almost instantly, there was an uproar in the media with politicians, halfpenny psychologists, and incensed soccer moms (whom I have nothing against), crying foul. Some called for the game to be banned, while others used this opportunity to slam the industry. All of them ignored the game’s rating, which was Mature. If little Johnny (at the age of 10) decided to make his character have sex with a somewhat attractive alien, then whose fault is it? Bioware Inc., who decided to make this product with the intention that someone over 17 would play it? The retailer for selling the game to Johnny’s parents? His parents for letting Johnny play a product that was clearly too mature for him? Or little Johnny himself, for deciding that his first perverted act was to have sex with an alien? The most recent example of videogame controversy was the latest iteration of the Call of Duty series, Modern Warfare 2. A segment in which the player was an undercover
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operative placed within an ultranationalist terrorist cell has a choice to make: whether or not to kill civilians. Almost immediately, people decried the developers, Infinity Ward, for including this level in the game. Others praised the developers for trying to show the effects of terrorism. To paraphrase Zero Punctuation, everyone ignored the fact that you could hang back like an old man with arthritis and not shoot anyone. Regardless, Infinity Ward left the choice up to the players. Regardless of the choice, the plot remained the same. If little Susan (at age 11) decided to open fire on defenseless civilians, whose fault was it? Infinity Ward, who decided to make this product, with the understanding that someone over 17 would play it? The retailer for selling the game to underage Susan? Her parents for letting Susan play a product that was clearly too “mature” for her? Or even little Susan herself, deciding that today was the day to shoot some civilians? May I point out the fact that the game was once again rated Mature? Once could list other controversies
within the gaming industry, but the point is that regardless of the fact that companies continue to create products that include mature content, the bane is on the consumers themselves. The fact that they made these choices within the game speaks to the character of the players themselves. The fact that parents scream about corrupting their children speaks to the character of the parents. Are they really worried that they cannot teach little Johnny or Susan the difference between reality and entertainment or the fact that they can’t prevent their child from playing a Mature rated game? I would like to predict the next videogame controversy. The next Medal of Honour should include a segment where one shoots up a box full of kittens and then stomps on their remains. Why you ask? Because they are terrorist kitties. I guarantee that one will receive major coverage from all the media outlets and will definitely earn a visit from Greenpeace. You can cover it up by giving the game a mature rating. There: instant publicity. You’re welcome.
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Book Reviews
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In Too Deep The 39 Clues - Book 6 Jude Watson Scholastic
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have been amazed at how well the storyline in this series has maintained consistency and flow with the unique character of the series. With 10 books by 7 authors and 1 continuous storyline with the same characters, I really expected the story to degrade by now. Yet here we are with book six complete and it is still an amazing story. Jude Watson picks up right where Patrick Carman left off from the black circle. The story is fast-paced and as always it is a race for the 39 clues. The Cahil children, Amy and Dan, have a major fight because Amy tries to keep a secret from Dan, a secret she is keeping because she is ashamed and blames herself for her parents’ death.
In this book some of the Cahils sink to even greater depths of depravity; threatening to feed young children to sharks, kidnapping and even attempted murder by fire and poisonous snakes and spiders. And some rise like phoenixes from the ashes and their own terrible pasts to make sacrifices for others. Some friendships are tested and some grow stronger. The history lesson in this book focuses around Australia and some of its colourful past. Conflicts between Russian Cahils and British Royalty are discovered from the past, and there is even a run-in or two with Mark Twain. Jude Watson does a great job of exploring the history of Australia and its unique environment without making it too much like a history or social science class. Watson explores some Australian folklore, geography,
legends and even wildlife. All that fits into a fast-paced novel without disturbing the flow. This series is an interesting publishing venture. The strength of the series is that thus far it has been an amazing story and very well-written over all. The novels flow from one to the other as the authors pass off the story almost seamlessly. The books will introduce readers to a number of award-winning authors, and if they pick them up because they are fans of one specific author their reading will widen in scope. Each of the authors is an award-winner, some multiple times over. This is a great book in an incredible series that leaves you hanging and awaiting the next volume. — Steve R. McEvoy
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Point guard David Burnett (#20) makes a lay-up. Waterloo dominated the first and fourth quarter on their way to an 18-point victory.
Warriors take it to tri-city rival Guelph Gryphons Brent Golem sports and living editor
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he Waterloo Warriors men’s basketball team has started off the winter season almost as well as they could have. After a disappointing loss on the road, this team has had some incredible wins to start off the new year in style. Facing a lowly Guelph team and then a tough Windsor squad back to back, it is tough for teams to maintain their hunger and drive after coming off a blowout win. The Warriors showed that they not only have that hunger and drive, but they also have the skill to win
in the tough OUA West division where the only thing that sets teams apart is their will to win. Fortunately, Waterloo possesses such will and they earned four solid points as they kicked off a winning streak. The men’s basketball team looked to rebound from their 2010 opening loss against Brock as they met Guelph (3-7) at home Saturday, January 9. The Warriors (6-4) played hard in a bitter rivalry game that matched up a strong Waterloo squad against an unusually weak Guelph Gryphon team. The Warriors were going into this game in a tie for third in their division and were looking to improve their standing for the season.
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Waterloo found its stroke and used their hot hands to earn the win. The high-scoring game saw the Warriors win 72-54 as a result of their 44.3 per cent shooting from the floor and 33.3 per cent from beyond the arc. They knew they were shooting well and used their defence to take advantage. See Warriors upset, Page 37
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the best games in town
Friday January 15 Men’s Volleyball vs Windsor at 7pm on the War Court (PAC)
Saturday January 16 Women’s Volleyball vs Windsor at 6pm on the War Court (PAC)
Wednesday January 20 Women’s Basketball vs Brock at 6pm on the War Court (PAC) Men’s Basketball vs Brock at 8pm on the War Court (PAC)
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Men’s hockey narrowly misses national ranking
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Men’s Volleyball
Men’s Basketball
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Windsor
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McMaster
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Waterloo
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10
Brock
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7
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12
4
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10
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Jan. 7: Laurier 4 vs Waterloo 5 (OT) Jan. 09: Windsor 5 vs Waterloo 4 Jan. 14: Guelph vs Waterloo Jan. 22: OUIT at Waterloo
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Western
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McGill
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Jan. 9: Toronto 6 at Waterloo 1 Jan. 10: York 6 at Waterloo 1 Jan. 16: Laurier vs Waterloo Jan. 17: Laurier vs Waterloo
Jan. 9: Guelph 59 at Waterloo 55 Jan. 13: Windsor 86 vs Waterloo 46 Jan. 20: Brock at Waterloo Jan. 23: Laurier vs Waterloo
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Convicted criminal and ex-nhl
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hould a convicted criminal, regardless of time served, and a man nearly ten years older than his teammates be able to play in the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS)? This is the ethical dilemma that was placed in front of CIS officials in determining if ex NHL (National Hockey League) player and convicted criminal Mike Danton should be able to join one of the top university teams in Canada, the Saint Mary’s Huskies. This past Tuesday, the CIS determined that Danton can do just that, entering the troubled player into a league in which the Warriors play and could possibly face in the CIS playoffs if they are able to reach them. The well-known controversy surrounding Danton is that, in July of 2004, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder of his then agent David Frost, after hiring a hitman and former police dispatch to carry out the murder. He was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in a United States federal prison but was granted full parole this past September meaning he could not only go back to living his life, but also re-enter the sports world. After taking some sociology courses while in prison, Danton decided that he wished to go to university, which brought him to Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia where he will take three sociology courses and be regarded as a full-time student.
On Tuesday, the university approved his paperwork and now Danton will enter the Canadian academic institution within the week and could take the ice for practice by week’s end. He will be allowed to play for up to three seasons and even though he is now 29 years of age, there are no age restrictions placed on CIS hockey players meaning he is able to join the team consisting of players as young as 18. Hockey and news pundits across North America have reported the story and have posed the question, is Saint Mary’s putting their school in a negative light by simply trying to improve their hockey team or are they giving
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father was a member of the National Parole Board aimed at rehabilitating convicted criminals back into society and, in fact, housed Steven Truscott, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in 1959 who was not acquitted until just less than three years ago. The athletic director at Saint Mary’s, Steve Sarty said that he believes the story is all about second chances and that Danton deserves a second chance in the humanitarian institution, due to the fact if they do not allow him to attend their school, who will? In regards to the issue of age and the fact that Danton is now 29 years old and will be playing with players as young as 18, the CEO
Mike Danton is more than just a hockey player with a tarnished reputation, he is a human being and one that deserves a second chance like any other
a man a second chance to start a new life away from crime? First, it must be asked how he will be welcomed by fans and more importantly his teammates because at the end of the day, these individuals will have to deal with the spotlight placed on the team on a daily basis and have to practise and play with him. According to an interview with Saint Mary’s coach Trevor Stienburg by TSN, he talked to his teammates and they were open with the idea stating that he deserved a chance. This story has another interesting twist in regards to Stienburg as his
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for the CIS Marg McGregor states that this is not unusual in CIS hockey like other sports. This is due to the fact that several players do not exit the junior ranks until they are 25 or 26 and then join university teams, thus this should not be an issue. McGregor also made sure to point out that she is sure the due diligence of the CIS and Saint Mary’s University will be questioned with the decision to let Danton enter the league but that the league is doing what they believe is right and will open the issue up to conversation at the coaches meetings held in March.
It is unsure when Danton will lace his skates up and take the next step in his life to becoming not only a professional hockey player once again like he is aspiring to be, but more importantly, a better person. There is no doubt that his image will be questioned because quite frankly, his criminal conviction, surprising as it was, was not the first time the image of Mike Danton, the person and the player, had been questioned. In fact, while in the OHL and as a member of the Barrie Colts, he pointed out in a news conference that his intention of playing a game against the rival Rimouski Oceanic was not simply to help his team win the game but wanting to take NHL veteran Brad Richards out of the game. Danton also was penalized along with his teammates for acting disrespectful during the national anthem. However, regardless of his past what is important is that Mike Danton has been given a second chance regardless of what his detractors think and he will have his opportunity to prove that the CIS and Saint Mary’s have made the right decision. We have to remember Mike Danton is more than just a hockey player with a tarnished reputation, he is a human being and one that deserves a second chance like any other, all we can hope for is that he seizes the opportunity given to him and is a success story for individuals looking to change their lives. When Danton hits the ice, it is clear he will hear boos and be taunted by his competitors but the bigger picture is that he will be taking the next step to the rest of his life. rscott@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
Rough weekend for warrior women’s hockey Ryan Scott staff reporter
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he Warrior women’s hockey team had a weekend they hope to soon forget, and they will need to, in order to get back on track in OUA women’s hockey. The team was outscored 13-4 this past weekend as they played two games versus the Toronto Varsity Blues and then welcomed the York Lions in the CIF arena. In game one against the Varsity Blues, the Warriors played an exciting fast paced game in which both goaltenders brought their best efforts. The Warriors were only able to
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score one goal in regulation. Veteran Warrior Randi-Lynn Wilson scored in the second period and teammate Kahla Stern stood tall, turning away the 33 shots fired her way. The Varsity Blues tied the game up in the middle of the final frame on the power power. Neither team was able to break the deadlock in the final 10 minutes of regulation, nor in the ensuing overtime period. The Warriors were able to defeat the Varsity Blues 2-1 in the shootout. Wilson was the star of the game as she scored the only Warrior goal in regulation and potted the shootout winner to give the Warriors the victory. In Game 2 versus Toronto, the team was outscored 4-1 in the first period after 25 shots were fired on goaltender Kahla Stern. This was enough to spell defeat for the team who were unable to capitalize on the vast number of power play opportunities when Toronto spent twenty minutes in the penalty box (equivalent to a single period of play). Toronto added goals in the second and third period to beat the Warriors 6-1. The only Warrior goal came in the first period from veteran winger Emma McMillian on a pass from forward Kelly MacLean. The final game of the weekend versus York was no better for the Warriors. The team once again fell 6-1. The Warriors started the game off sharp, looking to bounce back after the previous game’s defeat. Forward Liana Tennant was able to beat the York goaltender and give the Warriors a 1-0 lead as they drew first blood in the first period. However, all went downhill from there as York scored six consecutive goals. This weekend the team will once again have its hands full as they play back-to-back games versus the rival Laurier Golden Hawks, who have yet to lose a game. Fans are encouraged to come out and cheer the team on at the Waterloo Recreation Complex as the team looks to not only hand Laurier its first loss, but show that the team can hold its own against any team in the OUA.
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Warrior swim team wins tough tri-meet sports and living editor
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he Waterloo Warrior swimming team made a trip to Guelph on Sunday, January 10 for a tri-meet. Their first meet of the new year allowed them to compete against many teams as they swim down the final stretch before the OUA championships. Their competition included Brock, Guelph, York, and Laurier, all of which are teams that will provide some tough competition in the OUA championships.
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the 50m free stroke event, and Kelly desTombe in the 200m back stroke event. Many of the great swims by the mid-level performers earned themselves season or personal bests for their effort. The Warrior men posted strong results as well, led by Alex Johnson who placed first in the 50m and 100m breast stroke events, with times of 31.85s and 1:10.89s, respectively. He beat his competition narrowly, but managed to pull out the wins under pressure. Evan Dzik won the 100m fly event with a time
The Warrior win was accomplished by some solid team swimming with several top three finishes.
Waterloo posted some excellent results in this meet. The Warrior women won the meet as they were the top placing team. It was their best performance of the season, and best in many years. 18-year old freshman Karina Sils was the only woman who managed to win her event; she was top in the 200m fly event with a time of 2:33.48s, beating her nearest competitor by almost four seconds. The Warrior win was accomplished through solid team swimming with several top three finishes. These include 18-year old freshman Stephanie Braxmeier in the 100m free stroke and 200m free stroke events, and Angela McIsaac in the 50m breast, 100m breast and 400m IM events. Karina Sils in the 100m fly and 100m back stroke events, Brittany MacIntyre in
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of 58.84s, while Wesley Greig won the 400IM by a large margin and posted a time of 4:50.84s, destroying his nearest competition by over six seconds. Senior swimmer Yonathon Prajogo won the 200m fly event with a time of 2:12.19s, putting over five seconds between him and second place, and posted personal bests in several of his events. The Warriors will be gearing up for one of their final events before the OUA championships. This weekend they travel to Toronto for the Ontario Cup. This will be their second-last chance to compete and perfect their technique in preparation for their Ontario University Athletics final meet.
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Track-and-field Warriors hold fast against competition Brent Golem sports and living editor
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aterloo’s track-and-field team found their way up to the University of Toronto for their first meet of the new year; they competed in the Sharon Anderson Memorial Invitational held at U of T’s Fieldhouse. The team had some great results in their track events, with sprinters Luke Govia, Shlomo Dunyo, Kofi Kwarko-Fosu, and Eric Roque all finding their way into the ‘A’ and ‘B’ final heats as they had top 16 results in the men’s 60M sprinting event. In the top heat, Govia and Dunyo battled it out for a medal placing, with Govia edging Dunyo out by 0.02 seconds to take the bronze medal, and Dunyo having to settle for fourth place. The runners posted times of 7.05 and 7.07 seconds respectively, a personal best for Govia. In the ‘B’ final, Kwarko-Fosu narrowly missed an eighth place fin-
ish by 0.01 seconds as he finished second in the heat and ninth overall. Unfortunately, Roque could not find the stride that had him ranked tenth in the preliminary rounds and dropped to a disappointing 14th place finish. Govia’s confidence from his earlier strong finish helped him in his 300m event as he placed second overall with a time of 36.99s. The Warriors formed a strong pack in the men’s 600m event as Jacob Muirhead, Trevor Salmon and Oliver Grant managed to seal up the fourth, fifth, and sixth places as they all ran similar times of 1:26.19s, 1:26.34s, 1:26.54s, respectively. The long distance captain Rob Bark ran hard in the 3000M event after running the 1500M event, an intrepid and valiant effort, to post an incredible sixth place with a time of 9:20.51s. The Warrior field events also met success, as Kat Vandervoort, Jason Goetz and Jeremy Yang all found
their way to the podium. Vandervoort competed well in the women’s long jump as she placed third with a jump of 4.97m. She narrowly missed out on second place by one centimetre. Yang was next to the medals as he jumped 6.62m in the men’s long jump to clean up second place by a large margin. Goetz, the second-ranked triple jumper last year and University of Waterloo record setter at 14.80m, cleaned up first place as expected with a jump of 14.66m. The Warriors will be preparing for the Can Am Track Classic, held this weekend in Windsor, Ontario. Most of the universities across the province will be present at the event, and will provide some great competition for the Warriors. The men will be looking to improve on their national ranking of 14th place, while the women will be pushing to earn a ranking. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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asketball started off with a tough loss for the Warrior women on Wednesday, January 6 against the Brock Badgers. On the road against a tough divisional rival, Waterloo did not bring its best game to the court. The women never seemed to find an edge as they started off the game 29–10 in the first quarter; the outcome never seemed in doubt as Brock glided to a 85–52 win. Brock’s tough defensive presence wreaked havoc on the Warrior offense, which shot a dismal 36.2 per cent from the floor, and 30.8 per cent from beyond the arc. Brock also limited them to only 82 shots on the night, and forced Waterloo to make 43 turnovers. Stephanie Shea was the best shooter for the Warriors with 14 points, and went three for three beyond the arc for the majority of her points. Forwards Erin Button and Laura Becotte narrowly missed out on posting double-doubles as Button had 12 points and 9 rebounds while Becotte posted 8 points and 10 rebounds. The women then took on last place Guelph on Saturday, January 9 in an afternoon match-up at home. The women, once again, forgot to
come out in the first quarter and found themselves behind early with Guelph leading 21–8. Waterloo was unable to gain any ground during the second quarter and found themselves down 14 at the half. The Warriors had to work hard to get back in the game, but they worked hard and did. The Warriors built up a double-digit lead on several occasions and let their leads slip as Guelph made some tough shots down the stretch to pull out a 59–55 victory in a thrilling fourth quarter. Forward Laura Becotte found the double-double that evaded her earlier in the week as she put in 12 points and took down 12 boards. Guards Colleen Quinlan and Reanne Holden were key components in the close match as they scored 10 points and 9 points respectively. The Warriors played smarter offensively as they only made 13 turnovers and played tougher on defence as they took down 35 rebounds compared to Guelph grabbing 39 rebounds. The Warriors shot 30.3 per cent from within the arc and 27.8 per cent from beyond. The win put Waterloo in a tie for last in the division with Guelph as they both sport 2–8 records. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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McGwire isn’t guilty — we are big numbers for a couple of years, suddenly burst out into a chase for baseball’s most cherished record — most home runs in a season. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were likeable characters. They were guys who fed off each other and seemed to be truly enjoying the chase and competition for the home run record. My attention swelled as did that of almost every sports fan in North America. Baseball didn’t seem so boring. Fans
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enough to watch a player go from hitting nine home runs a season to hitting an average of 61.5 over the next four. No one is: we, as sports fans, are all responsible for letting this happen. I can’t sit back and say that McGwire put a dirty mark on the game or that Barry Bonds, for all his personality flaws, is a bad man for ‘cheating.’ People like McGwire, Bonds and Sosa aren’t innocent, but they’re surely not the only ones who are guilty — instead
Transformers 1 to Transformers 2 that her lips were fuller, her nose was a bit different and her breasts were a tad rounder. Just like with McGwire, we could tell something was up. But unlike McGwire, we didn’t enjoy it at one time, knowing that everything didn’t add up, and then persecute her later. We accepted it at the time and we accept it now. Megan Fox isn’t 100 per cent natural; neither was McGwire. It doesn’t make me
Baseball didn’t seem so boring. Fans who had given up on baseball after the ‘94-95 lockout were once again intoxicated by it.
who had given up on baseball after the ‘94-95 lockout were once again intoxicated by it. The battle, which McGwire eventually won with 70 homeruns, was the lightning rod that brought popularity back to the sport. Which is why, from my perspective, I can’t understand what’s been happening to these baseball sluggers and pitchers that are found to be ‘guilty’ of taking steroids. Really? Baseball is now persecuting the guys who they allowed, so blindly, to rejuvenate their sport? That hardly seems fair. Say what you will about Bud Selig, but he’s not unintelligent at the core of his being. This isn’t a guy who’s dull
of calling them out at the time, we sat back and watched. Selig enjoyed the boost in revenue, the fans enjoyed the entertainment. Everyone was happy. It’s like Megan Fox in the newest Transformers movie. We watched her go gallivanting through the desert in her white pants (some of us drooling), saving the world from the Decepticons and crying over her boyfriend’s seemingly dead body. Us guys enjoyed it. We sat back and watched it and were beautifully entertained. But months after we watched this movie, did we turn on her because she’d had plastic surgery? We all knew it. You could tell from
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n Monday night, retired baseball slugger Mark McGwire finally came clean about his steroids use after years of neither denying nor confirming it. The news came as a shock to no one who had watched baseball in the ‘90s, especially when looking at his homerun totals. In 1993 and 1994, McGwire hit 18 homeruns—combined. Then, starting in 1996 he went on to hit 52, 58, 70 then 65 home runs until 1999. It was like one Christmas seeing your fat cousin at his usual weight of 285 pounds, only to be shocked the next year when he becomes a slim 165. As much as you want to feel good for the guy, you know something is up. Did he become a coke-head? Did he have liposuction? You didn’t know the exact details, but you know he was up to something. I’m sorry, but you just don’t hit nine homeruns one year, then 52 two years later. Frankly, I don’t have a problem with McGwire. When I was a kid in 1998, baseball mattered next to nothing to me. My heroes were in basketball, hockey, and football. Baseball just didn’t seem interesting. There were too many delays, too many batters sitting in the box taking a minute to get ready for each pitch. I didn’t understand the concept of a great “pitching duel.” In all honesty, I found baseball boring. But in 1998 that changed. Two sluggers who had been putting up
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love either of them less (I’m talking bromance love here with McGwire, let me make that clear). For those that talk about how the numbers now must have an asterisk—that they are not historically relevant, I disagree. If we’ve learned anything from this mess, it’s that pitchers and hitters both used steroids. If a steroids-fueled hitter is facing a steroids-fueled pitcher, doesn’t that constitute a pretty fair match-up? Baseball’s history is mired with cheating—from pitchers using spitballs (to get better grip), to hitters using corked bats (for quicker swings), how is steroid use particularly different?
Some will say that it was just a select few, which is unfair. Let’s do the math: In 2003, an anonymous test of baseball players was done for performance-enhancing drugs. This is the same test that exposed superstars Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez. The league minimum for an active MLB roster is 24 people. Multiply that by 30 teams and it’s safe to say that there were approximately 720 players in MLB in 2003. In this test, 104 anonymous players tested positive. That’s 14.5 per cent roughly. Throw in the fact that not all players were tested and that many who didn’t test positive could have simply been off their steroid-cycle (many players use steroids simply to speed up recovery from injury) or pre-warned the test was coming (which has been alleged in several reports), the percentage could be much higher than that. So while many may not agree with the argument that the records should be asterisk-free, at the very least, we should all tone down our persecution of players like McGwire, Bonds, Rodriguez, and Clemens. It may not have been right, but it happened and we, as fans, were a part of that. Just like Megan Fox, you can’t sit back and enjoy someone’s entertainment value, only to go back and bash them for the exact thing you enjoyed. I’m just saying that McGwire deserves a little love.
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Women’s volleyball still on top OUA West Brent Golem sports & living
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Waterloo 3, Lakehead 0
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he women’s volleyball team kicked off the season with a cross-divisional match-up against the struggling Lakehead Thunderwolves last Friday, January 8. The Waterloo Warriors started off the year on top the West division with McMaster having two games in hand on the Warriors. Waterloo needed a solid win here to maintain their dominance in the division and keep their national ranking hopes alive. The Warriors pushed their win streak to three games as they never took their foot off the Wolves’ throats. Waterloo took the first set 25-15, and second set 25-14, and a massive lead in the 5-set match. With the outcome never in doubt, the Warriors allowed their reserves to battle it out in the third set. Lakehead fought hard in the third set and pushed Waterloo to the limit, but the Warriors were able to finish off the Wolves with a 28-26 set win. Waterloo nailed the victory with their superior net play and serving. Waterloo had eight blocks on the day as many of the Warriors worked together to close down the Lakehead attack. The War-
riors also had nine serve aces, a sign that showed that Waterloo was just too much for Lakehead to handle. Outside hitter Joanna Meltzer was a leader all over the floor for the Warriors, which earned her Waterloo female athlete of the week honours. Meltzer had hot hands on this day as she posted seven kills on eighteen attempts, with two service aces and twelve digs. Middle blocker Megan McKenzie was also very effective in the match as she had eight kills on seventeen attempts, with three service aces and three block assists for team leading twelve points. Setter Stephanie Ebreo played the majority of sets and lead the way with 16 assists, although setter Kayla Ng added 13 assists. The Warrior women will be back in action on Saturday night at home against the Windsor Lancers. The Warriors will be looking to push their winning streak to four games by repeating their previous 3-1 win against Windsor earlier in the year. Waterloo will need the win to keep up with McMaster who are now tied atop the West division alongside Waterloo with 20 points. Unfortunately McMaster has a game in hand on the Warriors and only one loss on the year, putting pressure on Waterloo to maintain the winning tempo. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Outside hitter Joanna Meltzer (#2) was named Waterloo female athlete of the week for her excellent effort against the Windsor Lancers. She had 7 kills, 2 serve aces and 12 digs during the match.
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Luke Kieswetter (#3) had a career high 21 points against Guelph
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Waterloo was able to throw up 11 more shots than Guelph during the game, by using a stifling defence that limited shots by Guelph. Waterloo came out strong and built up an early lead. The Warriors ended the first quarter with an 18-11 lead and never looked back. Waterloo pushed their lead up to eight by the half. The Warriors maintained their lead in the third quarter and then exploded in the fourth quarter as they outscored their opponents by 10 points to win by a margin of 18 points. Waterloo forced Guelph to make 23 turnovers while they limited themselves to only 16 turnovers. Point guard Luke Kieswetter had the best game of his career as he posted a game-high 21 points to lead the Warrior offence to victory. Kieswetter’s incredible performance had him shooting 73 per cent from within the arc and 50 per cent from the free throw line and beyond the arc. His 21 points were all scored on only 21 shots. Shooting guard Cam McIntyre added another 21 points on an offence that was firing on all cylinders, while small forward Alan Goodhoofd scored 12 points. “We tried to carry over our defensive play,” captain and point guard David Burnett said. “We played tough.” Waterloo then moved on to play against the division leading Windsor Lancers 8-3 in a battle for divisional prowess. Waterloo had recently lost by 13 points to Brock, while Windsor beat Brock by an astonishing 23 points. If history had its way then Waterloo was going to have a long night. Fortunately, the match-up on paper is quite different in real life, as paper cannot account for incredible nights by small forward Ben Frisbey, shooting guard Cam McIntyre, and the defensive prowess of the Waterloo Warriors; also, let us not forget the incredible coaching intellect of coach Tom Kieswetter. These intangibles led Waterloo to a resounding win against
the Windsor Lancers by Game 12 vs Windsor a score of 83-74. The Waterloo WarTeam 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ttl riors came into the game with a brilliant coaching Windsor 22 15 18 19 74 strategy. Coach KieswetWaterloo 18 32 15 18 83 ter was well aware that Windsor had trouble against the zone defence the floor and 34 per cent from beyond and, although the Warriors prefer to play the arc. a hard man-on-man defence, had the “We ran our offence with complete Waterloo players play in a zone defence ball movement, just as it should be. We and contest every three-point shot and rebounded well and contested every close up the lanes on the big Lancer three,” captain Burnett said. “Not only players. This strategy didn’t quite have did we get them to miss but we also got immediate effect as the Waterloo players the ball back.” adjusted to the different strategy. By the The Warriors were lead on offence end of the first quarter, Waterloo found by shooting guard Cam McIntyre whose themselves down by a couple posses- team just couldn’t seem to stop. Mcsions at 22-18. The second quarter was Intyre put up 23 points and shot 40 per when the strategy came to fruition as cent from beyond the arc. Small forward Waterloo exploded for 32 points and Ben Frisbey had a huge impact on the limited Windsor to 15 points to take a game as he netted 17 points, including 13-point lead into the half. Windsor’s a perfect night from the free throw line offence proved to be poor against a on six attempts. Centre Matt Hayes was zone defence with the guards all too a key player on offence and defence, as eager to contest every three-point shot. he was a huge force in the paint grabThe Waterloo offence was very effective bing 10 rebounds and throwing down against the Windsor’s half-court press. s7 points. Although some players had a Waterloo was able to overpower the big night, what was very apparent about press and made Windsor pay. this game was that this was a very team “They pressed us all game,” Wa- oriented win. It took some strong team terloo point guard David Burnett said. play on defence and every player on the “We beat the press and got wide open team contributed to the offence for the shots, and we put them home.” win. In the final half, Waterloo was able “We had a completely cohesive to sustain their lead and closed out the game; not one person was on a different game successfully. Waterloo finished page,” Burnett told Imprint. “Windsor is off the game, winning by nine points a really tough team, and the win makes and putting themselves in an excellent the three-hour bus ride home much position within their division. The of- better.” fence had phenomenal ball movement The Warriors will be looking to as seen by Waterloo having 25 assists in extend their winning ways with games at the game. The key to this victory was Guelph on Saturday, and will be looking definitely coach Kieswetter’s defence. to repay Brock at home next Wednesday, Although Windsor shot an impressive January 20 at 8 p.m. The Warriors are 46 per cent from the two point area, currently sporting an undefeated 4-0 the Lancers put up 20 three-point shots record at home this season. and only made a single shot for a five per cent three-point shooting average. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Waterloo never had such problems as they shot a consistent 37 per cent from
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High scoring weekend pushes warriors closer to cis ranking Ryan Scott staff reporter
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away at the opposing net-minder. The Warriors were given the first opportunity of the game as the Golden Hawk player headed to the box. However, the Warrior power play could not capitalize and instead gave Laurier an opportunity of their own midway through the period, as winger Jarrett Schnurr headed to the penalty box for hooking. The Golden Hawks jumped on the chance and scored giving Laurier the early lead. The Warriors then ran into more penalty trouble but instead of giving Laurier a chance to take a 2–0 lead, the team showed why they have the most deadly penalty kill in the OUA if not the CIS. Rookie winger Aaron Lewicki took the puck down the ice and scored the shorthanded tally to tie
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stepped their game up keeping the game a one-goal game. However, even though the game turned into a battle between the net-minders, the hostility between the two teams was still clear and the penalties began to pile up. It was not until late in the third period that one of two teams was able to capitalize on the power play chance, as the Golden Hawks added their fourth power play goal of the game and sent it to overtime. The Warriors looked determined not to lose the game even though they had given up a late lead and took the play to the Laurier end. Kurt Hill jumped on a loose puck and gave the Warriors the victory with his second goal of the game, sending the Warrior fans into a frenzy and setting up a good weekend of Warrior hockey.
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Warriors vs Lancers
Game 2 of the Warrior men’s hockey schedule took place on Saturday, January 9 as the team traveled to play the Windsor Lancers. The Warriors were looking to carry the momentum from their thrilling victory over the Golden Hawks and earn their second victory of the weekend but were unsuccessful as they fell 5–4 to the Windsor Lancers after firing 52 shots on the Lancer net-minder. From the drop of the puck both teams set the tone for an exciting match-up and added to the shot column early, making it clear that both net-minders would have to be sharp. The Lancers struck first just over three minutes into the game and gave Windsor the early lead. However, captain Chris Ray quickly answered with his 11th goal of the season. He was not done there as he ended the first period with yet another goal, giving the Warriors a one-goal lead heading to the respective dressing rooms. The second period began much like the first with the Lancers drawing first blood and scoring to tie the game at 2–2. Both goaltenders remained sharp even though the chances continued to mount, including some key saves by Warriors net-minder Keaton Hartigan. However, the Lancers capitalized on a Warriors penalty and took the lead that they would carry with them going into the third period. The Warriors remained determined to beat the stellar play of the Lancers net-minder and continued the shot barrage. After a pass from defenseman Luke Turcotte, Warrior winger Kurt Thorner tied the game shifting the momentum back to the Warriors. However, they were unable to keep the momentum for long as the Lancers quickly answered and took a lead that they would not relinquish. The Lancers added another goal as the game neared its end but Ray and the Warriors did not quit as the veteran and captain scored his third goal completing the hat trick and giving the Warriors a last-minute chance. The Lancers would not allow another goal and the Warriors were unable to continue their winning streak, falling 5–4. This weekend the Warriors have a light load as they travel to Guelph to play the Gryphons this Thursday. Fans are encouraged to make the short trip and come cheer the team to victory as they look to crack the CIS top 10 rankings. After their big victory versus the second place Golden Hawks, the team is close to doing. rscott@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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