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The Comedy of Errors
Science Open House
Young scientists play with fire at the science department’s open house.
Student production of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors set to hit the stage November 11.
Environment town hall reveals grande changes
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Food Services is working to tailor a unique contract with Starbucks that would include policies to carry a full line of fair trade coffee.
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tudents within the faculty of environment are expressing mixed opinions over the Starbucks franchise that is set to be established in the Environment 3 (EV3) building currently under construction. On Nov. 2, the interim dean, Mark Seasons, along with Bud Walker, UW’s director of business operations, and Lee Elkas, director of Food Services, spoke in a town hall-styled discussion about changes that would be occurring to the faculty buildings. The crowd of faculty, staff, students, and some alumni, focused on questions that had arisen since an email announcing the meeting which was sent out the previous week. Aside from the Starbucks issue, the meeting focused on allocating different departments and programs within the faculty. The University Map Library is set to be moved from Environment 1 to Dana Porter Library and potentially the DC library, in exchange for the Centre for Teaching Excellence. The faculty also revealed its final plans for EV3, including the green spaces on and around the building, which were partially designed by students through a contest. See ENVIRONMENT STUDENTS, page 5
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Artists’ rendition of the Environment 3 building, currently under construction, with the proposed Starbucks.
Field hockey earns OUA bronze and berth to nationals Namish Modi sports & living editor
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he Warriors bent, but they didn’t break. The women’s field hockey team recovered from a semi final loss against Toronto to win the OUA bronze medal match against Western over the weekend of Oct. 29-31. The first match of the weekend featured Waterloo against Dalhousie in a crucial quarterfinal. “Our captain, Jess Lawson, got some information on the key players for Dalhousie and I had also coached one of them when we were both living in Vancouver,” said coach Steven Rodrigues. “So we just focused on either keeping the ball away from them or
pressuring immediately if they received the ball.” Forward Jaimie Wey, midfield Jessica Wartman and OUA all-star forward Kara Moro all scored in the game. First year goalie Angee Blonk earned the shutout for the Warriors, while on defence Winnie Huynh played a solid game for the Warriors and earned Waterloo’s player of the game. “Goalkeeper Angee Blonk did a really good job with her communication and sorting out the defensive end of things and both Katelyn Murray and Winnie Huynh played agressively and were able to not just contain the Dalhousie forwards, but distributed the ball out of our end extremely well when we got possession,” added Rodrigues. See FIELD HOCKEY, page 25
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Passing the buck at the Balsillie School Blame game over director’s dismissal raises questions about academic autonomy at BSIA
Fired due to donor pressure?
Fired based on poor performance?
A serious lapse of judgement and loss of commitment to institutional autonomy, academic integrity, due process and natural justice.
Donor influence was absolutely not an issue... The decision to end Prof. Thakur’s term as director was made following a fair and thorough process.
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he Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) stands by its earlier decision to dismiss an internationally known academic from his role as its first director, but an outside investigation has found that Ramesh Thakur’s dismissal defied academic norms. The investigation into the dismissal of Thakur was undertaken by “academic freedom expert” Len Findlay on behalf of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). CAUT is a federation of faculty associations that includes this country’s top university faculty associations. A former Assistant Secretary-General at the United Nations, Thakur was dismissed as director on May 21, 2010. Citing privacy concerns, the school refuses to go into details about its rationale for the firing. However, the CAUT report includes the text of a formal performance review from UW Dean of Arts Ken Coates to Thakur, dated just three weeks before, which puts forth a partial case for the director’s dismissal. While recognizing the benefit that Thakur’s international reputation had for BSIA’s public outreach efforts, Coates’ letter lists a number of purported problems with Thakur’s performance. It cites a record of unreliable communications
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RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie talks in the CIGI atrium at the announcement of the Balsillie School of International Affairs, in 2007. A new report accuses CIGI of pressing the BSIA to dismiss its director. with superiors, a failure to submit a budget, and employee discord as reasons for giving Thakur an assessment that was “not favourable.” “Movement on developing an internal governance system…has been slow,” Coates wrote, “[It] is very difficult to understand why this issue has not had your attention from the outset.” The performance review foreshadows the dismissal by concluding that Thakur’s continued directorship “will the delay the evolution” of the BSIA. However, the CAUT investigation harshly criticized Thakur’s removal based on its findings that the dismissal was primarily the result of interference from the school’s private donors. It called Thakur’s firing “a serious lapse of judgement and loss of commitment to institutional autonomy, academic integrity, due process, and natural justice.” Specifically, the report criticizes interference from representatives of the school’s namesake, Research in Motion co-CEO, Jim Balsillie. The BSIA is jointly run by Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier universities, as well as a Balsillie-backed think tank, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). On its website, the school
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describes itself as “a collaborative partnership” between the three entities. According to CAUT, “When CIGI’s board asserted a stronger role in the governance of the school, Dr. Thakur objected, citing threats to institutional autonomy, intellectual freedom and academic integrity. Several months after raising those concerns, Dr. Thakur was dismissed.” The non-binding report calls on the universities and CIGI to publicly apologize to Thakur and seeks changes to the BSIA’s governance structure to ensure that donors do not have influence over academic-related matters. However, representatives of the BSIA, including UW’s faculty of arts, responded very critically to the report’s conclusions, and they continue to stand firmly behind the school’s original decision to dismiss Thakur from the directorship. The BSIA partners jointly released an official statement defending Thakur’s dismissal as the result of a “fair and thorough process,” and affirming, “donor influence was absolutely not an issue.” According to UW’s Daily Bulletin, Dean of Arts Ken Coates circulated a memo within the arts faculty to address concerns raised by the
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CAUT report. “The faculty members in the Balsillie School are working to finalize a longterm governance system for the school. These arrangements will ensure — as in the past — that UW and WLU retain all authority on academic matters [at the BSIA] and that the universities and CIGI are able to collaborate in a positive and mutually beneficial manner.” The BSIA’s current interim director insists that all academic aspects of the school’s operation are completely free of pressure from its private stakeholders. “Since I’ve been interim director, I’ve seen nothing of the sort,” Dr. David Welch said, “If there had been, I would have noticed it.” “Had it been clear to me that the school was a wholly owned subsidiary of CIGI, I would never have taken the job,” Thakur told the Globe and Mail after the report was released. Despite his dismissal as director of the BSIA, Thakur remains a professor in UW’s department of political science. As Canadian universities increasingly rely on private investment to fund cutting-edge research institutions, Findley’s version of events raises questions about the appropriate level of interaction between private donors and the institutes they endow. news@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Satirical rally brought thousands to D.C. Azra P staff reporter
Huge turnout for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Nearly 200,000 people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, DC on Saturday to take part in the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, famous for its news satire, and Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, famous for his satire of the
far-right, teamed up to host the large crowd. “The rally was aimed at the large silent majority who deplore the toxicity of political discourse in a country that remains deeply polarized,” said Stewart. Meanwhile, Colbert, in his role of the far-right, was promoting and encouraging the role of fear that permeates media today. The event was packed with comedy and musical acts such as The Roots, Tony Bennett, The O’Jays, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Kid
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Rock, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, and a surprise performance by Yusuf — formerly known as Cat Stevens — who sang the first verse of “Peace Train” before Ozzy Osbourne crashed the stage to perform “Crazy Train.” Saturday’s event was largely seen as a response to the “Restoring Honour” rally held in August by Glenn Beck, the Fox News commentator who is popular amongst conservatives. Critics of Stewart pointed out his move from comedic satire to political activism. In a press conference held after the rally, Stewart dismissed the comments saying, “...we’re not running for anything. We don’t have a constituency. We do television shows for people who like them.” Just days before the Nov. 2 midterm elections, Stewart maintained his bipartisan style but took the opportunity to offer some criticism of cable news channels, saying they were the “purveyors of fear and division,” and that “the image of Americans that is reflected back to us by our political and media process is false.” In his concluding remarks, StewImprinthis usuaul satirical artPublication: deviated from Material 16, 2010 style, and Deadline: called forAug. reason and ‘sandates: Sept 3, to 2010 ity’Insertion and for an effort understand SP theInitials: political differences between Americans.
Haiti aid workers brace for Tomas flooding
Serial killer gets double life sentence
Haiti aid workers are scrambling to deal with a shortage of supplies and the need to relocate residents as the tropical storm Tomas approaches. Tomas’ wind strength has increased to 75 km/hr and, according to the U.S. National Hurricane centre, if the velocity continues to increase, Tomas will be upgraded to a hurricane. A tropical storm watch has been issued for Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Tomas has the potential to bring flooding to Haiti, and the rainfall could cause serious problems throughout the country. Forecasters predict a possible 12.5 to 25 centimetres of precipitation. According to CBC News, Nigel Fisher, the United Nations humanitarian co-ordinator in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, said, “The way it looks now, there could be flooding in the areas which have cholera, and obviously — if you get a largescale movement of people — you get flooding, you get a mixture of water and waste. It could be very dangerous.” The Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent have already been affected by Tomas, where at least 14 people were killed when the tropical storm passed through.
Former Col. Russell Williams has been sentenced to two life sentences, with no chance of parole for 25 years, for the rapes and murders of Cpl. Marie-Franca Comeau and Jessica Lloyd. Prior to sentencing, Williams stated that he was “indescribably ashamed” of the crimes he had committed and apologized to the families of his victims. The Nissan that Williams used in his crimes will be destroyed, along with the lingerie he stole and the rope he used to bind his victims. He was taken to Kingston Penitentiary where he will likely spend his life in solitary confinement. The Kingston Penitentiary is where Paul Bernado, who was convicted in 1995 for school-girl killings, is serving his life sentences in a secure isolation unit. As part of his sentence, Williams was prohibited from possessing weapons for the rest of his life, was registered as a sex offender, must submit DNA samples to the police, and must pay a $100 victim surcharge for each charge — which totals $8,800. Crown lawyer Lee Burgress said, “David Russell Williams is simply one of the worst offenders in Canadian history.” — With files from CBC, the Toronto Star, the Los Angeles Times, and the Globe and Mail
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U of T researchers develop “highdef” computer program
University of Toronto researchers have developed a “high definition” computer program to analyze human DNA. Its main purpose is to accurately detect genetic variants that affect individual traits (e.g. disease susceptibility or varying drug responses.) A multidisciplinary team combined computer science and biomedical data in order to develop a new theory and code to enable the precise determination of the number of copies of genes in the human genome. Over the last couple of years, such copy number variations (CNV) of genes has been shown to be a universal form of genetic variation. It has also been found to cause diseases like autism and cancer, but until now has remained very difficult to identify. This new computer algorithm, which promises to simplify CNV discovery, is unveiled in the cover story of this month’s Genome Research. “This new tool will have tremendous impact in our ability to understand the medical relevance of CNVs in the massive amounts of data coming from personal genome sequencing projects.” said Professor Stephen Scherer, director of the McLaughlin Centre U of T and the Centre for Applied Genomics at The Hospital for Sick Children, who co-discovered genome-wide CNVs in 2004. McMaster student takes on academics, on-air duties and a music career
Lindsay Hamilton is a secondyear communications and theatre and film studies student at McMaster and is balancing a whole lot of responsibility. She manages to work as a student, perform on-air tasks for Family First on the Family Channel, and tour with
the band Allstar Weekend. “I need to feel busy and active,” Hamilton claims, “I’m more productive with a larger workload.” Hamilton means business when she says she needs a lot of responsibility in order to increase productivity. She recently spent a week in Regina and Vancouver as part of a Family Channel anti-bullying campaign. She had the opportunity to discuss the consequences of schoolyard bullying and was able to perform her music. She also wrote an exclusive song for the campaign, “Dream On,” which was recently released for download on Family Channel’s website. “I’ve been really fortunate with the opportunities I’ve been given, but I try to stay grounded,” she says. “I feel like there’s nothing I’m missing out on in terms of the university student experience. I stay on top of my schoolwork, my professors are really understanding and work with my schedule, and everything I do works toward striving a balance between spending time with friends, working for Family and on my music, and focusing on my academics and extracurricular activities.” Although Lindsay Hamilton has gained a lot of recognition in the industry, she still firmly believes that education is important. “I feel the same way about [my courses] as I do my job at Family — it doesn’t really feel like work to me,” she says. Despite this young starlet’s busy schedule, she continues to prioritize her responsibilities and withholds understanding relationships between her professors. Five UVIC students to receive honourary degrees
On Nov. 10 and 12 in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium, five individuals will be awarded with honourary degrees recognizing each of their outstanding accomplish-
Correction The photo caption on page 3 of the October 29 issue of Imprint misidentified the macebearer for the Fall convocation. The macebearer was actually UW English Professor John North (right).
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ments. They will be awarded by the university senate based on exceptional record of achievement in scholarship, research, teaching, the creative arts, or public service. The first is Dr. Jean Watson, who received an Honourary Doctor of Science in nursing. She is being recognized for authoring and co-authoring 14 books, having both clinical nurses and academic programs depend on her published works, and her reputation as one of the first nurse-theorists to articulate the distinction between nursing and medicine. The second is Sheila Watt-Cloutier, who received an Honourary Doctor of Laws. She is being recognized for her works as a defender of the human rights of the Inuit, particularily in the face of global climate change. The third is Hon. Lorna Marsden, who was granted an Honourary Doctor of Laws. She is being recognized for earning her PhD before launching an academic and political career that led her to the presidencies of two Canadian universities and an appointment to the Canadian Senate. Finally, Norman Riddell was presented with an Honorary Doctor of Laws. Recognized for leading the former Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Riddell influenced support for post-secondary students in their pursuit of education and training. He also expanded the foundation’s mandate to include state-of-the-art research on the effectiveness of its program. Finally, Hon. Kevin Lynch — Honourary Doctor of Laws. He is a former clerk of the Privy Council, secretary to cabinet, and head of public service of Canada. Lynch is recognized for his constant belief in the power of Canadian research and innovation to become key drivers of a stronger economy. — With files from McMaster University, University of Toronto, and University of Victoria
Environment students seek more input on EV3
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Two professional schools — the School of Planning and the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development — will be moved to the third and fourth floors of EV3 respectively. The two schools were cited as part of the reason that Starbucks was chosen as the best fit for the building. Professionals are “appropriate” in terms of market niche as stated by Seasons. Moreover, the university wanted a well-known brand on campus in a highly visible location. The proposed location will be on the ground floor of EV3 near its main entrance on Ring Road. In addition to Starbucks, the faculty fielded proposals from Second Cup, Williams, and Chartwells. The three fielded many questions from members of the audience that expressed concerns about the corporate values of Starbucks in contrast to the values that the faculty of environment espouses. In response, Elkas stated that Food Services is working to tailor a unique contract with Starbucks that would include policies to carry a full line of fair trade coffee and baking their goods on campus instead of getting them delivered from off-campus. Other concerns involved student involvement in the decision-making process. An email widely circulated by two environment students, Ashlea Hegedus-Viola and Karen McCallum
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highlighted the lack of consultation. “We need to talk about Starbucks but also to demand explanations as to why student, staff, and faculty input was not sought after or included in this decision making process,” the email emphasized. In reply to these allegations, Seasons acknowledged the lack of transparency, and said that he would welcome further student representation on the issue. Elkas added that because of the strict deadline on the construction of EV3, there was pressure to hastily decide on the vendor. He claimed that the department had merely two weeks to make a decision. While there isn’t a physical contract yet, Food Services seems committed to Starbucks at its franchise of choice. Kara Singbeil, manager of the ES Coffeeshop, stated that they do not see Starbucks as competition and that they already had plans to renovate and adapt its business model. Unable to answer all the questions from the crowd, Seasons welcomed those that were gathered to direct further questions and concerns through official channels, such as by email or in person. Faculty representatives pleaded with critics not to commit further vandalism, as had recently occured on construction signs and on the sign of the office of the faculty’s dean. dmistry@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Pop culture has taken over
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Please read the following with Pauly D’s Jersey accent in mind
t was last Wednesday evening. We were all busy, hard at work, when an older gentleman stepped into the office, dropped off some boxes and headed out the door. “Pizza’s heeyuh,” yelled Jordan Campbell, Imprint’s science and technology editor. That’s when it hit me — pop culture has creatively taken a turn for the worse, and its hostages are growing exponentially. You see, every Monday, Jordan and I catch up on the previous week’s episode, laughing at Snooki’s hilarious drunken behaviour and then laughing at each other yelling “Waaah” from across the office. “It’s T-shirt time!” If you haven’t already guessed it, I’m talking about the ever-popular reality TV series Jersey Shore (if you haven’t guessed it, you must have been living under a rock for the past six months). If you know exactly what I’m talking about and have seen one or more episodes of the show, you can probably agree with me when I say it’s pure and utter ridiculousness. There are millions of people, myself included, that can’t get enough
of the shenanigans that occur amongst the eight characters, who are simply, as we are led to believe, experiencing living together organically without any sort of scripted dialogue (yeah, right). So I guess the pressing question that exists in my mind is who decides what material will become popular? What guy stood up during the executive meeting and said “Hey, let’s make a show about eight Italians from Jersey in a mock-Real World style. Yeah, people will love it.” Why isn’t there a reality TV show chronicling the lives of young editors who manage an everchanging newsroom filled with the most diverse and, as much as we try to avoid it, drama-filled students? Often times people are said to have been able to relate to television because it mirrors something they are experiencing in real life or is something that they can relate to. This, however, does not explain my most recent guilty pleasure, as I cannot, in any way imaginable, relate to a girl who lives in upscale New York
City that has more money than she knows what to do with. Yes, I’m referring to the pop culture phenomenon known as Gossip Girl. While watching the latest episode on TV Monday night, I found myself literally on the edge of my couch for 50 minutes, until the end when, sorry for those of you who have not seen it yet, Blair and Chuck started “getting it on” on a piano. Why do I subject myself to this garbage? I’m still asking myself this question. But it’s certainly undeniable that the core message of pop culture is shifting drastically. I mean, just look at all the people who dressed up as Nicole Polizzi for Halloween, when just a few years ago, the majority of the world didn’t even know who Snooki was. Now she, and the rest of her “cast mates” (I use this term extremely loosely) are not only a household name, but have directly contributed to this shift in society’s reaction to the media. Coming soon to a TV near you: Lake Shore — a reality TV series taking a look at the dramatic twists and turns of the lives of Torontonians.
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Colbert, Stewart match Beck’s rally with one of their own
on’t immediately believe the numbers being tossed around as to how many people attended Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. The rally, a response to Glenn Beck’s Rally to Restore Honor back in August, produced about as many left-leaning Americans as Beck produced right-leaning ones. The estimate attendance for Beck’s rally ranged from 87,000 (CBS) to over 500,000 (catholic.org). The high-end estimate is loony; even Jesus couldn’t have made two loaves and a fish go that far, and Beck’s rhetoric is far less to go on. The best guess — for both rallies — seems to be above 100,000 and below 200,000. A wide range, to be sure, but in any case it denotes an impressive turnout. Just how impressive you ask? Well, let’s assume that 200,000 people attended each rally. Armed with this
quite fallible number, I can tell you that attendance at each rally was roughly two-thirds the size of the crowd that watched George W. Bush’s inauguration in 2000; it is about as many people who turn out to see the Pope in a month; and, based on my estimates, was approximately 199,995 more people than would show up to a Creed show. The fact is, in an age when people have fewer reasons to leave their homes, these rallies were important enough that people extricated themselves from their 3G and HD technology to make their presence known. That might sound like a generalizing statement, which I concede, but consider how public support is measured in the news these days. More often than not you’ll read, “The Issue X Facebook page has 800,000 fans,” or “The video of Y has 2 million hits on Youtube.”
It isn’t news that we live in an age of bite-sized, easily digestible information. So when pundits like Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart present relevant world issues in a similarly brief (read: a 22-minute show without commercials) and easily digestible (read: satirical) format, it is not surprising that we sit at rapt attention. After all, being informed about the world — and shaming the American government — has been trendy for as long as I can remember. However, ratings are one thing; inducing 200,000 people to congregate at the National Mall is something else entirely. I was under the impression that, in North America at least, we had lost the ability to peaceably demonstrate. The fact that 400,000 Americans care enough about their political views to lend them a voice is heartening, even if half of those voices are thrown behind a man who offers Hope 101 at his online “university”.
These men — Colbert, Stewart, Beck — wield enormous power. Is it the kind of power that could land one or more of them a presidential nomination someday? It’s an easy question, really. The list of celebritiesturned-politicians is not extensive, but it does exist. In fact, I would argue that a news satire show — something that requires wit, presence, and a comprehensive knowledge of current events — applies itself to political office more than, say, Kindergarten Cop. Granted, we may be a few presidential elections removed from this reality. More pointedly, it’s plausible that all three would consider a bid for public office to be akin to selling out. In any event, watching these men shape popular and political culture is fascinating. —With files from zimbio.com, catholic.org, Yahoo News, The Epoch Times, and catholicnewsagency.com
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The moral dilemma of Bill C-49
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very day, thousands of people around the world make the decision to flee their country of origin and seek asylum in another part of the world. Some are compelled to do so because of economic or social situations in their communities that are threatening their livelihood. Because of the capricious nature of their situation, refugees who are forced to migrate are placed in an extremely vulnerable position. The urgency of their situation and lack of op-
tions dictates that they do not have the luxury of considering their next moves upon arrival at their destination. Canada has long since been recognized as a gateway to a safe haven in many places across the globe. It is a founding reason as to why so many people choose Canada to seek asylum. However, with the proposition of Bill C-49—the AntiSmuggling Legislation, this situation can change for many refugees hoping to gain access to the country. The dilemma of Bill C-49 is that while it is made in good faith — with the purpose of preventing human smugglers from abusing Canada’s immigra-
tion policies — it may have the potential to violate refugees’ rights. So, we are confronted with the polarity of trying to protect people from becoming victims of human trafficking, while facing the possibility of denying refugee status to thousands of migrants. On one side of the debate, the problem of trafficking has become a pressing issue in immigration policies around the world today. Trafficking includes the recruitment of people for forced service including general labour or the sex industry. See DILEMMA, page 8
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It is a direct threat to national security because it forms a foundation for a type of organized crime that reaps huge economic rewards and faces little threat of detection. Trafficking can be seen as modern-day human slavery and an overt abuse of fundamental human rights. The status of victims of human trafficking is often a complex one because of the clandestine nature of the crime. Although some may be recognized as victims (children for example), some are seen as criminals using “refugee status” as a way to circumvent the system. Women who are forced into the sex industry by human traffickers may be reluctant to seek help because of the social stigma they may face or fear of threats from traffickers. Bill C-49 contains three prohibitions: firstly, it prohibits the global trafficking of persons for the purposes of exploitation. Secondly, it prohibits anyone from benefiting economically from trafficking. And lastly, it states that trafficking forms “the basis of a warrant to intercept private communications and take bodily samples for DNA analysis as well as permitting inclusion in the sex offender registry.” (I can hear the civil libertarians protesting in agony right now.) The concern for human trafficking is legitimate and
this bill may effectively bar women and children from being induced into an illegal sex trade industry or other forms of forced labour. On the other side of the debate, Bill C-49 severely restricts and denies the rights and freedoms of refugees. Essentially, this bill creates a two-tier system. A second class of refugees is created based on their means of arrival into the country. Refugees who arrive “irregularly” and en masse may fall into the category of “designated foreign nationals” and be subjected to arbitrary detention for periods of up to one year, with little opportunity for review or appeal. These changes are significant compared to the current law which does not claim mandatory detention for a group of people but rather, for an individual under reasonable grounds that they are a danger to the public and requires a review of detention after 48 hours, not 12 months. There are many other restrictions that Bill C-49 outlines. The threat of an invasion of privacy is apparent with the proposition of forced DNA analysis, intercepted private communications and video surveillance. Another provision of Bill C-49 would ensure the discouragement of family reunification. For admissible refugees, the proposed waiting period to apply for permanent resident status is five years. Given processing times, it can be years before families are reunited
(which includes parents and children.) There is no clear purpose in prolonging the integration that a person granted refugee status into Canada has in deterring smugglers as most live and work far from Canada. Similar policies were instituted in Australia in 2007, were proven ineffective, and lifted as a result. Many refugees arriving to Canada are in desperate situations and have no other means of travel unless they employ the services of a smuggler. As Haile Kiflai, Qalna from the Eritrean Human Rights Group, states, “Refugees [who] often have no choice but to escape from oppression and persecutions using smugglers; who often get abused by their smugglers and sometimes die at the hands of their smugglers; and who often take on hazardous journeys and great risks to reach a place of safety and refuge using smugglers, not because it is a right way, but because it is the only way.” In sum, tightening measures against human trafficking is critical to protecting the abuse of individual human rights. However, using demonstrably punitive laws that target not the smugglers, but the very people who are seeking and entitled to asylum, is perverse and not a solution or a deterrent to the problem it is addressing. The bill also contravenes several acts of international law that Canada has ratified
including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, our own Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The bill diminishes Canada’s leadership role in dealing with refugees. Mary Jo Leddy (Order of Canada) from the Ontario Sanctuary Coalition states, “This bill punctures the hope of desperate refugees who cling to a lifeboat. Bill C-49 effectively throws refugees overboard but in a nice Canadian way and all in the name of law, order and good government.” The legislation does not act in accordance with the principles of the rule of law but rather arbitrarily and may be enforced with the wide discretion of the Minister. It has been demonstrated in Canada’s past how turning away real and desperate refugees in need of safety can bear tragic consequences: fugitives and slaves using the Underground Railroad, the Komagata Maru incident with Sikh refugees in 1914, Jewish asylum seekers escaping en masse aboard the ill-fated St. Louis in 1939, and the “boat people” from southeast Asia in the ‘70s. Because of the polarity of the issues, the topic is politically charged and it will definitely be interesting to see how the reading goes.
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Letters to the Editor The Millennium Development Goals and Canada’s Role in the World
Bishop bans bottled water Nicole Hebert environment
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s the developed nations seem to be pulling out of the recession, there is one thing that we must not ignore. This is the commitment that we and our governments have made to assist those in the least developed countries, a commitment best expressed in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). A couple of weeks ago, the United Nations hosted the MDGs summit in New York to try and push to meet these goals. Canada has made significant efforts when it comes to contributing to some of these goals. Strides on maternal health in the poorest nations were championed in the last G8 meeting by Canada through the Muskoka Initiative. However, there is a need for more action. Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in five years, for example, seems like a very difficult task. More efficiency, when it comes to delivering and implementing development and aid assistance, will help the Global North fulfill its commitments.
Engineers Without Borders Canada, a student-based non-government organization, is championing a proposal in Parliament which seeks to change the way Canada handles its aid policies. Through meetings with Members of Parliament, officials at the Canadian Centre for International Development Assistance (CIDA) and through engaging with the public, the organization is pushing for aid to be more accountable, more creative and more transparent. This proposal has been cleverly abbreviated as ACT on Aid Effectiveness. What is meant by accountability is to create a standard for the tracking and monitoring of our international aid commitments. The taxpayer’s dollars should be spent only on projects which are being held accountable for both evaluation and monitoring after completion. This will ensure that the projects will continue to provide the services they were meant for. Creativity, just as it sounds, is a push for new ideas to be considered. A small portion of the aid funds being spent on promising
initiatives means more learning and a chance to find better solutions to the problems. The last idea, transparency, addresses the larger issue of open information disclosure. A project having succeeded or not, should not determine how much is shared; mistakes are one of the best things to learn from. CIDA’s work and spending is currently shared only as brief overviews of the areas impacted. CIDA’s annual reports to parliament need to provide more specific details regarding spending, location, impact, and future monitoring if we want to improve our impact’s quality. Lately there’s been much debate on Canada’s role in the world and the image the country’s policies portray. This is a chance for Canada to reclaim its title as the forefront champion for benevolent and noble causes, a chance for Canada’s voice to be heard and considered in the world stage and a chance for that voice to be independent instead of merely echoing that of the U.S. So write a letter to your MP, email them, and even call them. Canada’s image is not shaped by what the politicians say it should be, but it is shaped by the actions that Canadians take.
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s an environment student, it is so heart warming to hear about universities across Canada that have taken initiative to be environmentally-friendly by banning plastic water bottles, which will really pay-off in the end. Plastic water bottles are incredibly bad for our environment, but across Canada, cities and campuses sell bottled water everywhere. Purchasing bottled water is an odd thing when you think about it, for we are paying top dollar to purchase a natural resource found in our backyards that we can get for free if we just turn on the tap. So why are we still selling them on our campus? Waterloo prides itself as being sustainable and environmentally smart but yet we are still selling these plastic water bottles that will, after one use, sit in landfills for hundreds of years. Doesn’t seem environmentally smart to me. Waterloo needs to take some leadership and ban plastic water bottles once and for all. It will not only benefit the environment, but also help out students’ bank accounts. Simply installing water refill stations around campus would solve the problem of plastic water bottles.
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his is in response to the article in last week’s imprint entitled “Col. Russel Williams pleads guilty to all 88 charges” in which Gina Racine states “Williams faces life without eligibility of parole for 25 years. That’s right, he will only spend a maximum of 25 years in prison because our court system is an epic failure.” Luckily for us, however, our justice system is not an epic fail (even if most people’s understanding of it is). Firstly, I should clarify that being sentenced to life in Canada means that you are sentenced for life. Life in Canada doesn’t mean you serve 25 years, it means that, unless you get parole, you will be in jail for the rest of your life. This is also why people serve life sentences concurrently in Canada and not consecutively. Unless we’re expecting the criminals to be revived (or we want to cover our asses in case we have some criminally-minded cats), there’s no point in administering consecutive life sentences. Life without eligibility for parole for 25 years means that there is no chance of parole for at least 25 years. By no means, however, does this guarantee that parole will be granted after 25 years. Furthermore, in the case of an offender like Williams, chances are
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There are many unfortunate misunderstandings about the judicial system in Canada, one of the many prominent ones being that life does not really mean life.
very slim that parole will be granted. According to the CBC, Crown lawyer Lee Burgess said he would not seek to have Williams declared a dangerous offender because it would have just prolonged the hearing. He called it “superfluous” because he believes the facts he outlined during the week will prevent a parole board from ever allowing Williams out on parole. The nature of Williams’ crimes are such that it’s very unlikely that he will be granted parole in 25 years (by which time, I should mention, he will be 73). Lastly, it should be pointed out that, even if someone who has been sentenced to life in prison is granted parole, they are not free. To paraphrase my dad (a lawyer), if he spits while walking down the street and they don’t like it, they can bring him back to prison. Williams, like most of Canada’s other heinous criminals, will more than
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likely spend the rest of his days in a prison cell. There are many unfortunate misunderstandings about the judicial system in Canada, one of the many prominent ones being that life does not really mean life. So you can sleep in peace knowing that our justice system, while not perfect, is not an epic fail as some might have you believe. — With files from cbc.ca
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ong before I ever saw the commercial for Tim Hortons coffee that exposed the Tim Hortons secret ingredient conspiracy, I knew that Tim Hortons coffee was different. From the first sip, I was hooked and I am not alone in my Tim Hortons coffee addiction. In fact, there are so many others who are hooked on Tim Hortons coffee that all types of rumours have surfaced to explain the phenomenon,” said R.M. Dubcu, a self-proclaimed Tim Hortons addict. Since its debut in 1964, this Canadian icon has attracted a mass of loyal customers-turned-addicts. As a result of their addiction to Tim Hortons coffee, many people have turned to conspiracy theories to explain their coffee drinking habits. Among them are rumours that Tim Hortons coffee contains nicotine and MSG. Despite such theories, people continue to purchase Tim Hortons coffee. There are at least three Tim Hortons restaurants at the University of Waterloo alone. In 2004, CBC News broadcasted an investigation called “Brimming with caffeine and nicotine?” proving false all the rumours of MSG and nicotine in Tim Hortons coffee. Also, many people have pointed to the Canadian Food and Drug Act which states that “No person shall sell an article of food that (a) has in it or on it any poisonous or harmful substance [including nicotine].” Using this statement, they claim that it is impossible for Tim Hortons to have nicotine as an ingredient in their coffee and pass Canadian Food and Drug regulations. But if such rumours are untrue, what is it that keeps so many Canadians religiously hooked on Tim Hortons coffee? The answer is religion. According to metaphysician, Ananda Coomaraswamy, religion is “A collective set of beliefs, attitudes, practices, rituals, and behaviour that is held passionately and from which a feeling of transcendence is derived by the member of a particular culture.” This definition of religion, of course, only applies to those who drink Tim Hortons coffee fanatically, as they perceive coffee as a symbolic icon and therefore ascribe meanings to it. The meaning given to Tim Hortons coffee is beneficial to devoted drinkers, which is why they hold it so passionately and develop rituals and attitudes around it. “It gives you something to look forward to,” said local Tim Hortons coffee drinker, Joanne Brenner. “If you’re like me and have a fixed income, it gives you something
you can afford, not like those five or six dollar cups of cof- “I need at least one cup of Tim Hortons fee at Starbucks.” Being devoted to Tim Hortons coffee, Brenner says she wakes up every morning yearning for it. She visits the Tim Hortons on Ottawa and Westmount at least five times a week. Tim Hortons dominates her life the way religion does for firm believers. Brenner, who has many chronic illnesses, believes that Tim Hortons should be an official religion. “I wouldn’t be able to survive without [Tim Hortons coffee]. I told [the doctors] that it helps with my pain. Whether it’s calming the nerves or is a chemical release, when I have a cup of Tim Hortons coffee it’s like ahhhhh (in a tone of relief). I love it so much that I have a shirt at home that says ‘give me my Timmies and no one gets hurt.’” Brenner says she plans her day around it and has even gone as far as to plan her death around it. “My tombstone is going to be in the shape of a Tim Hortons coffee cup,” she said. “That’s how much I love it. I already have an urn at home in the shape of a Tim Hortons coffee cup.” The sense of “ahhhhh” expressed by Brenner is similarly felt by many Tim Hortons devotees. So much so that some coffee drinkers go into a panic at the possibility of not having Tim Horton’s coffee. According to many Tim Hortons employees at the Fischer-Hallman and Ottawa location in Kitchener, when Christmas rolls around, they receive a large volume of phone calls asking if their location will be open on Christmas. “In general, [customers] express a sense of relief when we tell them that we’re one of the two locations opened during Christmas,” one supervisor explains. “Most of them have already called other stores and were disappointed. I think it’s crazy that these people would leave their family on Christmas just to wait in line for a cup of coffee. Christmas is always our busiest day.” The fact that people can leave their family on Christmas day to feed their addiction shows that a great deal of importance is equated to a cup of Tim Hortons coffee. To these people, the feeling of catharsis that the coffee brings can be compared to, if not overpowering, the sacredness of Christmas. When paired against Christmas, it is almost as if Tim Hortons coffee has been given sacred context. However, the feeling of “transcendence” is not the only symbol that Tim Hortons devotees equate to their coffee. Tim Hortons plays a role that is very similar to many religions all over the world, it is a cultural identity that contributes to a sense of national pride. When asked about their level of agreeablity with the statement (above) 11.1 Strongly Disagree
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Here, There, Everywhere Weird and funny news from around the world
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Canada Last Monday police responded to a call about a tenant “going crazy” at a B.C. apartment. The apartment building manager placed the call when the banging on a unit’s walls became “impossible to ignore.” When the officers arrived at the scene, they found two brothers, ages 17 and 22, had been fighting over who got to eat a bigger piece of steak at dinner time. It was claimed that the younger brother had cooked the meal and the older had grabbed the biggest piece. The 17-year-old then took a hockey stick and smashed things inside the apartment, punched out drywall, and broke a computer monitor before taking a toaster with him to the washroom. After being taken to the hospital, he regained his composure and was allowed to go home after promising to go straight to
The day after Halloween, two dentists in Philadelphia, Nalin and Arpan Patel, have started a candy buyback program to save the teeth of young trick-or-treaters as well as boost the morale of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. They will pay $1 for every pound of excess candy that parents and children turn in, and all proceeds will be sent to U.S. troops serving in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans consume about 24 pounds of candy a year, most of which they accredit to Halloween. This year, the American Dental Association urges kids “not to play decaycausing tricks on your teeth.” The Patels are hoping that the amount of free candy received on Halloween will overwhelm even the sweetest tooth and encourage the recipients to turn in their sweets. They are accepting candy from Nov. 1-5. A University of South Carolina professor, Mathieu Deflem, is planning to teach a class on Lady Gaga next semester. The course, called Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame, will look at socially relevant elements in the rise of Lady Gaga in popular culture and music. Deflem states that the central objective of the course is to analyse the sociological dimensions of her music, videos, fashion, and other forms of artistic expression. He said they will pay special attention to the role
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of business and marketing strategies, new and old media, fans and live concerts, gay culture, religious and political themes, sex and sexuality, and the cities of New York and Hollywood in her status as a “burgeoning pop music icon.” Enrolment starts next week and will allow 50 students into the class, but Deflem hopes to increase that number to 120 by next fall.
Japan To commemorate their 25th anniversary, Domino’s Pizza Japan is looking to hire one employee at the rate of 2.5 million yen ($30,984 CAD) for an hour of work in December. Candidates must be over 18, but there is no required experience or education, and the uniform is provided. Those who are interested must file an application online, and those that pass on to the next stage will be interviewed. A spokesman for the pizza chain remarked on the success of this promotion. “We’re actually a little surprised how much of a response it’s getting,” he said. Some have said that the salary is a cheap advertising tactic and that the money could be better used, for example, by rasing salaries. Another promotion in their anniversary celebartions promises anyone born on September 30 (the opening day of the first Domino’s in Japan) a free pizza on his or her birthday every year until he or she turns 25.
Philippines Filipino actor, Kirk Abella, was fatally shot on set by a watchman, Eddie Cuizon, in Cebua last Saturday. Abella was riding away on a motorcycle wearing a mask and a fake gun for a scene in the film, Going Some-
where by British director Alan Lyddiard, when he was hit. Cuizon claims he was doing his job, responding to calls about armed men on motorcycles. When he spotted Abella, he took off after them and fired when Abella brandished his plastic gun. Several recent murders in the country have been related to armed men on motorcycles, which explain his reaction to seeing Abella on his set. Cuizon now faces charges of homicide and violation of a gun ban.
Nepal Thanks to the efforts of Nepali private telecom firm, Nordic, high speed internet facilities are now available to the top of the world as it launched Nepal’s first 3G services at the base camp of Mt. Everest. This could help thousands of mountain climbers, who would previously have to use expensive satellite phones to communicate with their families. The installation will allow for faster, more affordable telecommunication services. The service provides speedy web surfing, video and email sending, and calls at significantly lower rates than satellite phones. Currently, telecommunication services reach only a third of the 28 million living in Nepal. The firm plan to spend over $100 million to expand its facilities and ensure that 90 per cent of the population. An executive from the firm said, “This achievement is as mighty as the altitude as 3G high speed internet will bring faster, more affordable telecommunication services to the people living the Khumbu Valley, trekkers, and climbers alike.” — With files from Yahoo! News and The Toronto Sun
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hate gays. Those words were once said out of frustration. But I have nothing against homosexuals; I just strongly detest the generalized “queer culture”— the stereotypes that society, and a large part of the the film industry, inflict on us. Being a queer individual who believes that gender and sexual orientation should not define a person but should be categorized as traits or qualities I cringe and become frustrated when I see queer culture being portrayed as it most often is on mainstream television: superficial sexual freaks, or drama queens who live only for confrontation. As a sociology major, however, a part of me has always been fascinated with understanding queer society, especially when it comes to why and how stereotypes about queers were created. Unfortunately, the agitation I felt towards stereotypical queer culture and the fear of finding truth in stereotypes kept me at bay, locking any possibility of research in a closet all its own. Two fall terms ago, I took a risk, I allowed a crack in the closet door to take a newly offered course: FINE 290, Global Queer Cinema. I didn’t expect much from the course, suspecting that it would be a bird course and would tell me things I already know. I was wrong. The course taught me to be open-minded. It allowed me to study queer culture not as a phenomenon to be angered by, but a topic to be understood. The first film we watched, The Celluloid Closet by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, offered me insight on the portrayal of gays and lesbians in the early Hollywood era. This was where the stereotypes began. Gay and lesbian were archetypes often used as comedic relief, or as villains. Queers were usually viewed as monsters (sometimes literally — think Dracula’s brides) and would most likely meet a tragic death. At one point they were even banned from the screen. However, at the same time, they started appearing in a subtle sub context, hinted at by a character’s personality or action and written in by clever, queer-friendly directors who allowed for the open-minded public to read more into their art. I saw, for the first time, queer beings as individu-
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als pushed into roles of unwilling generalization, instead of flawed social groups with exceptions such as myself. The issue here is not stereotypes, but oppression, and discrimination made on a group in society, similar to racism. My insights, continued through the film Paris is Burning. While the film reaffirmed many of today’s stereotypes (gays mean drama, queens mean attention, now, etc…), I came to understand that a lot of it is caused by media representation bleeding into reality. And when I say this, I don’t simply mean stereotypes become cultural-fulfilling prophecies; I am talking about an oppressed group in society creating dreams — false standards for themselves — underpinned by the mentality that one must be like a white famous person to be valued in society. Often time the queer community is criticized for being male centric. This is a not a focal point in the course. FINE 290 introduces students to internationally queer, transgender, and lesbian material as well. People who participate in the course are given the opportunity to compare queer cultures globally. Did you know that the notion of "coming out" is unique to Western culture? In many places around the world people don't have words for queer individuals, or hid their sexuality. In the film Suddenly, a lesbian punk rock movie set in Argentina, the characters never come out. They explore their sexuality and express who they are while overcoming the emotional conflicts that follows sexuality. However, unlike portrayal in Western culture, the characters never questioned or were confused about their sexuality. The last time FINE 290 was offered was two years ago. This winter it is being offered again. It will be lead by its original instructor, Prof. Alice Kuzniar. If it is anything like the last time it was offered, the class will run two times a week. One day for open screenings, where the public is also invited to join the class and watch queer cinema. The other day is discussion based, where the class evaluate and discuss the films. For anyone who is interested in learning about global queer culture, or want an intriguing elective class, I recommend this course to you. —Dinh Nguyen, 4A Sociology
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Tim Hortons: A Canadian Icon Continued from page 9
In 2008, St. Francis Xavier University sociologist, Patricia Cormack, published an article titled Tim Hortons and the Branding of National Identity, discussing how Tim Hortons has moved from a coffee and pastry brand to become a recognized Canadian icon. In her research, Cormack states that: “When Tim Hortons announced in 2006 that it was opening an outlet for Canadian troops in Afghanistan, Chief of Defense Staff Rick Hillier, said the move further strengthened the relationship between ‘two great Canadian institutions.’” Hillier is not the only person who believes that Tim Hortons is a Canadian icon. One night shift taxi driver from Waterloo Taxi agrees with him. “When you drink Tim Hortons [coffee] you are supporting the Canadian economy. You are supporting Canadian employees,” the taxi driver said. “I know there are Tim Hortons in the U.S., but not as many as here. I think someone once told me that there’s a Tim Hortons every two blocks in Canada. To many of us, Tim Hortons is a symbol of Canada, every Canadian recognizes it. If you don’t know what Tim Hortons is, you are not Canadian.” To find out more, I conducted my own research through a survey and interviews. My results lead to the same conclusions as the taxi driver and Hillier. The research, which sampled 113 Kitchener and Waterloo citizens via local Tim Hortons Internet groups and in person at Tim Hortons locations, was approved by the UW’s ethic committee through a sociology course. Only results of people who visit a Tim Hortons with the intention of buying coffee at least four to five times a week is in the final data report. When asked how much they agree with the statement “I feel more Canadian while drinking Tim Hortons coffee,” 7.4 per cent of people were “indifferent” while “42.6 per cent agree” and 27.7 per cent “strongly agree.” Similar results were reported when the same people were asked how much they agree with the statement: “Tim Hortons coffee is an important part of my Canadian identity.” Here, 9.3 per cent were “indifferent,” 48.1 per cent “agree,” while 16.7 per cent “strongly agree.” The majority of Tim Hortons devoted customers “feel more Canadian when drinking Tim Hortons coffee.” And even if they don’t, they still attribute the icon as an important part of their Canadian identity. Like religion, aside from a national identity, Tim Hortons devotees also attribute the institution and coffee to a personal identity. When asked to reflect upon how much they agree with the statement: “I feel like I am more myself, when I drink Tim Hortons coffee.” A total of 40.7 per cent of people agree, while 33.3 per cent of people were “indifferent.” Nearly half of Tim Hortons devotees feel more like themselves
when they drink Tim Hortons coffee. Furthermore, the research found that, 42.1 per cent over 33.4 per cent feel more confident when they drink Tim Hortons coffee. Whatever “myself ” means in this situation is personally defined by the individual. All we can conclude is that the majority of devoted coffee drinkers symbolically ascribe Tim Hortons coffee drinking as part of their personal identity. Attention is further drawn to this notion by the question: “How strongly do you agree with the statement ‘I need at least one cup of Tim Hortons’ coffee a day to function properly?’” In this case, an overwhelming 68.7 per cent of the people surveyed generally agree with the statement, while 16.7 per cent of people were indifferent. This survey question is perhaps the one that best defines a coffee fanatic, or “those who are addicted.” And since there are no amounts of nicotine or MSG in the coffee, or any other chemical that are highly addictive which sets Tim Hortons apart from other coffee brands, the relationship between Tim Hortons and its devotees is one of unexplainable faith. As one loyal drinker, Heather Reid puts is: “Tim Hortons should be a religion.” “I don’t know what keeps me coming back, but if I had a choice, I would incorporate Tim Hortons into my religion,” she said. “Having coffee instead of grape juice or wine would mean that I can satisfy two aspects of my life. In a way, I do consider Tim Hortons a religion, but maybe not in a traditional way. God knows I drink it more [coffee] than I pray (she said with a giggle). It’s almost like a cult; so many people have to have their morning Timmies. I know I do.” Though the survey only found that four people consider Tim Hortons a religion and two people believe that it should be an official religion, Reid is not alone in her belief. One Tim Hortons employee said, “I would consider Tim Hortons a religion. We have regulars who come in every day, who gets the exact same thing and have to have their coffee made the exact same way. Some people will only order one size of coffee no matter what you say. They do the same thing over and over again: order a coffee, sit down and drink it, and stay for a certain amount of time. One man always gets a cup of ice water with his coffee, and he always go to the washroom after. Some people come at the exact same time every day. Some even come at four in the morning. I would say that lots of people are addicted.” If there are any doubts in whether or not Tim Hortons is a religious institution, take this into consideration: During Lent people are more devoted to their religion as they give up something they enjoy in their life for a chance to reap spiritual rewards. During Roll Up the Rim to Win season, Tim Hortons devotees and those who only usually dabble, give up money and drink (devote) more coffee in order for a chance to win a physical reward.
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About how many cups of Tim Hortons coffee do you drink a day?
Based on the data, an average of 42.6 per cent of people drink on cup of coffee per day, 24.1 per cent drink two cups, 14.8 per cent drink three cups, 3.7 per cent drink four cups, 3.7 per cent drink five cups, and 11.1 per cent drink six or more. On average how many days in a week do you visit a Tim Hortons with the intention of buying coffee?
Of 113 surveys completed, half were eliminated to correspond to the “devoted drinkers of Tim Hortons.” The graph only examines coffee drinking as a “religious practice” among devotees, hence it only examines data gathered from people who visit a Tim Hortons with the intention of buying coffee at least four to five times a day. People who visit Tim Hortons less than four days a week are not considered “devotees.”
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Linguistic Diversity or Linguistic Unity?
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good 80 to 90 per cent of the casual conversations I hear on a daily basis takes place in a language that is foreign to me. On the bus, in the halls between classes, in the cafeteria at dinner — most of the words that flow past my ears are not in my mother tongue or in any of the languages I’ve learned over the years. This is a side effect of venturing to the other side of the world to a country and culture so far from home. I have never realized how comforting it was to hear snippets of a stranger’s conversation on the bus or the gossip of a group of students at the next table until all the dialogues were in another language. When you understand the conversation around you, it becomes a comforting background noise — a security blanket that says “familiar” and “belonging.” When you don’t understand a single word being said, though, a stranger’s conversation stops being a security blanket and becomes the jarring, discordant noise that isolates you from your environment.
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In a world of between 6,000 and 7,000 languages with living speakers, this linguistic separation is an interesting and oft-discussed topic by scholars and politicians alike. Some argue that the best way to bridge the linguistic gap — to strengthen ties within the budding global community — is to push for linguistic unity. One dominant language, a common tongue spoken by everyone, could shatter the linguistic gap between people of different cultures, nations, and geographic locations. One common language could make global communication, business, and interaction more efficient; it could help level the playing field of opportunity for every child. In short, it could bring the world closer together through commonality. I don’t deny that it would be comforting to understand and be understood by whomever I want to communicate with. And it’s certainly easier to navigate in an environment where everyone speaks your language than it is where almost no one does. Others argue that linguistic unity is not so much a necessity as it is
an inevitability. Language scholars and researchers predict that half of the languages that exist today will disappear within the century. Many languages are endangered, with only a few living speakers left, and more languages disappear ever year. Governments around the world have instituted or are considering rigorous education programs for the sole purpose of preserving linguistic diversity in their countries. Despite the seemingly gloomy outlook for linguistic diversity, scholars are still finding new languages with living speakers. Just recently, the National Geographic Society’s Enduring Voices Project discovered Koro, a previously unknown language that has over 800 living speakers, in a remote corner of India. As an amateur linguist and lover of language, it’s encouraging to see that linguistic diversity has not deserted us yet. Even as projects like Enduring Voices struggle to capture endangered languages before they die out and governments scramble to protect the linguistic and associated cultural diversity of
their citizens, languages like Mandarin Chinese and English continue to grow as dominant languages. Every year, they gain speakers and penetrate deeper and farther into business, entertainment, politics, and education. Is this trend in language ideal for the future? I hesitate to make a judgment about what is best for the emerging global community because I’m grossly unqualified to make that kind of assessment. Linguistic unity may very well achieve what its supporters hope for: the destruction of the language divide, closer connections around the world, and more efficient communication and interaction. This potential result makes one common language seem like the perfect addition to a burgeoning global community. That addition, however, would require the sacrifice of incredible linguistic diversity. With language being so closely tied to culture, sacrificing linguistic diversity may mean sacrificing cultural diversity as well. I don’t think an ideal global community is worth losing all the fascinating cultural diversity in the world.
I can tell you what I think will happen and is already happening. As much noise as governments, sociologists, anthropologists, and linguists make about preserving linguistic diversity, it may be like trying to dam a river with tissue paper. Languages are dying out without ever being recorded, despite best efforts to the contrary. Dominant languages continue to grow and spread; the more they grow, the more attractive they are as gateways to a “richer” market, and the more attractive they are, the more they grow. Perhaps there can only be a true global community when every individual speaks at least one common language. Or perhaps we can build a community where we can communicate without a common language. I can’t predict which would be better in the long term, but I know that it will take a concentrated effort to preserve existing linguistic diversity. I also know that we may already be on a slow, but inevitable slide towards linguistic unity through a single dominant language.
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ast week, I spent most of the column discussing the contributions Paul Dirac made to physics. Apologies if it was a bit too science-y but it's important to understand how much Dirac contributed to the field of physics. Additionally, it gives me more space this week to discuss Dirac the person. As I mentioned last week, if you have ever seen The Big Bang Theory, he puts Sheldon to shame. Of course, it has occurred to me that one of the original purposes of this column is to show you that physicists are just like any other person, but Dirac is someone with too many good stories to skip over. Dirac was well known for being blunt, literal-minded, silent, and somewhat of a loner. There are many examples of each of these and I'll mention some of my favourites. Just like Feynman, stories about Dirac have become legends that are passed on generation after generation. The stories may sound outrageous and even made up, but they are completely true. Dirac was a man of very few words. He would not use five words if it only required one. During his undergraduate years, his peers invented a unit known
as “the Dirac” which was a measure of how many words one would say in an hour. It was not uncommon to have dinner with Dirac and sit there in absolute silence for hours. Even when discussing physics with Dirac, one would often face minutes of silence as Dirac would think through the argument. His disinterest in discussion rises from his days growing up in Bristol, England. As a boy, the family would eat dinner in two rooms; Dirac and his father in one and the rest of the family in another. Dirac's father would only allow Dirac to speak in French and punished him for any grammatical mistakes he made. Instead of punishment, Dirac instead chose to remain silent. In comparison, the rest of the family was allowed to speak in English, which led a young Dirac to believe that men spoke in French while women spoke in English. This sort of treatment led Dirac to hate his father. Dirac, later in life mentioned that it was not until he was 23 that he realized that parents were supposed to love their children. His hatred lasted his father's entire life. As an example, he only invited his mother to his Nobel Prize ceremony. In a rather sad tale, there are records of Dirac's father attending
lectures on quantum mechanics to try to understand what his son was doing. When the lectures were finished, he thanked the lecturer for the opportunity and mentioned that his son was Paul Dirac. The lecturer enquired as to why he didn't just ask his son about quantum mechanics and his father replied that his son does not speak to him. After his father died, Dirac wrote “I feel much freer now, and I am my own man.” Last week, I told you that Dirac wrote a book entitled The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. It was one of the early influential texts in quantum mechanics and many physicists would be influenced by the pages. When Dirac taught courses in quantum mechanics he would, naturally, use the textbook. However, instead of supplementing the textbook with additional material, Dirac would go up to the podium, open the book, and read aloud. When questioned about this, Dirac said he spent a lot of time thinking very hard about how to present the material and that what he wrote in the book was the best way he could explain it and he could not improve upon it. One time, Dirac had finished giving a seminar and there was time for a few questions. Someone in the back got up and commented on
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how he enjoyed the lecture and that he did not understand some equation. After a few minutes of silence, someone asked Dirac if he would like to answer the question to which Dirac responded “It wasn't a question. It was a comment.” When questioned about this later, he responded that he did not see what was so funny. Although to many it seemed unlikely, Dirac married Margit Wigner, the sister of Eugene Wigner, also an accomplished physicist. A very famous story goes that three graduate students were visiting Dirac at his home and were unaware of his marital status. When they got there, they noticed the beautiful woman cleaning up and were surprised as this seemed very uncharacteristic of Dirac. When Dirac noticed this, he said, “Allow me to present Wigner's sister, who is now my wife.” He would always introduce Margit as “Wigner’s sister” throughout his entire life. To further illustrate the literal mind of Dirac, his then girlfriend would regularly write him letters and in one letter she complained that he never answered her questions. Dirac went back through all the letters he had received from her, re-wrote down all the questions he ignored, and responded. Here are a
few of my favourites. Margit wrote, “What makes me (Manci) so sad?” and Dirac responded “You have not enough interests.” Margit wrote “Whom else could I love?” and Dirac responded “You should not expect me to answer this question. You would say I was cruel if I tried.” Margit wrote “Do you know how I feel like?” and Dirac responded “Not very well. You change so quickly.” One time when the two were arguing, she asked him what he would say if she were to leave him. Dirac thought for a minute or two and calmly responded “Goodbye dear.” If you are curious in learning more about Dirac, I highly recommend a biography published last year by Graham Farmelo entitled The Strangest Man. It is written for the layman and all the contributions to physics Dirac made are explained very lucidly. If you're interested in the early history of quantum mechanics, this biography goes through the early years of quantum mechanics almost month by month. What is most surprising is that it took so long for a biography to be written. Go to the library and you will see giant tomes about Heisenberg, Bohr, Einstein, Newton, and so on, but it was only in 2009 that Dirac got the biography he deserved.
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Despite the credit card makeover, some analysts are questioning if credit cards will become obsolete. In fact, Visa and MasterCard are testing technology that will enable cellphones to function as credit cards, essentially transforming your cellphone into a virtual wallet. majuratan sadagopan
Jennifer Nguyen science & technology assistant New search engine takes on Google
There’s a new search engine on the street and it wants Google’s throne. Blekko, launched this past week, was developed by Rich Skentra starting in 2007. What separates Blekko from Google and other search engines is that it will only show search results from useful, trustworthy sites. Since Google’s rise in popularity, websites have tried to include as many links and keywords as possible to get their site at the top of Google’s results list. This leads to users having to sift through the results, determining which sites actually contain useful information. Blekko’s search engine will filter out these webpages, as well as those made by content farms (companies that hire people at minimum wage to write articles on popular search topics and post them on sites like eHow.com.) Like Bing, which concentrates on travel and entertainment searches,
Blekko is also focusing on topical searching. It is specializing in searches related to a select few topics including health, recipes, autos, hotels, song lyrics, personal finance, and colleges. Credit cards: Version 2.0
The next generation of credit cards will consist of more than just plastic. Next month, Citibank is releasing a credit card in the U.S. that will have buttons and flashing lights. The buttons will allow customers to choose whether they would like to pay for their purchase with credit or with Citibank reward points. Citibank’s 2G credit card, as they are calling it, is one of a few new types of credit cards that are being developed. Some new credit cards will also double as a debit card. Other cards will only show the complete account number after the user enters a PIN. Developed by Dynamics Inc., Citibank’s card contains a battery, an embedded chip, and the buttons to switch between paying with points or with credit, but are just as thin as regular cards.
Universities release eBooks on iTunes U
In keeping with digitization trends, the Open University, Oxford University, and Rice University are the first few universities to release eBooks for free download from iTunes U. The Open University, known for its distance education, has released 100 free, interactive eBooks on iTunes U and plans to add 200 more by the end of the year. What is special about these books is that they are specifically tailored for electronic reading. For example, readers reading an eBook on composer Schubert can listen to his music as they follow the score. Oxford University is releasing Shakespeare’s complete First Folio on iTunes U for free download. Rice University, has also released 18 free textbooks to be used in conjunction with its distance education program, Connexions. Currently, the Open University has the most downloads on iTunes U, with 27 million downloads worldwide. –With files from CNET News and NY Times.
Correction In the October 29 issue of Imprint, the article “A student-friendly free software guide” cited that Microsoft Office 2010 Professional was available from IST for $5. This is incorrect and Imprint apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused. This pricing for Microsoft Office 2010 Professional is only available for faculty, staff, and graduate students.
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Inspiring a new generation of scientists
the 2010 science open house a gem of a show
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ith over 4,000 students, the faculty of science is not lacking in enrolment. Regardless, on Oct. 30, the faculty presented the annual Science Open House. The event, spanning multiple disciplines, was targeted at children from kindergarten to Grade 8 and their families. Its intention was to expose children to the fun, experimental side of science and instil an interest in science at a young age. The open house was free to attend, and featured many Waterloo students as volunteers at the exhibits. While most of the activity that day was in the Centre for Environmental and Information Technology (CEIT), displays also occurred in the Earth Sciences and Chemistry (ESC) building and in Biology 1 and 2. The displays were often hands-on and interactive. With the exclusion of many of the chemistry displays
(the ones involving fire), participation by those in attendance was encouraged. The staff and volunteers who organized and ran the event were knowledgeable and enthusiastic about courting the community youth into the world of science. Engineering Science Quest (ESQ) is a non-profit organization with the goal of exposing children to science, engineering, and technology. ESQ was celebrating their 20th anniversary, serving cake to all of the open house attendees. Indeed, the science campus was not in want of refreshments on Saturday: guests were well fed at the carbon grill barbecue and had a chance to indulge in ice cream made in moments with liquid nitrogen. Waterloo’s science faculty offers more than 50 core specializations encased in its seven major departments, five of which were represented at the open house. jcampbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
A gem and mineral show associated with the open house also took place on Oct.30. Students and community members were able to peruse and purchase a wide variety of stones, such as the polished labradorite shown below. Colourful booths littered the first two floors of CEIT from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Along with gem vendors, there were many interactive activities for children and their families, including gold panning and designing an earthquake-resistant building.
(Above) A Waterloo student sets fire to a five dollar bill. The protective coating of alcohol (which is much more flammable than the bill) keeps her from burning through her money. (Top right) An exhibit enlightens attendees on the various forms of bacteria found in the human body. Also in this room was a display on luminescent bacteria and a DNA isolation station. (Centre right) A student prepares to make bubbles with dry ice. The carbon dioxide fog released from the ice travels up the tube mechanism, resulting in cloudy bubbles that burst in a puff of smoke. (Bottom right) The chloroplast exhibit in a room-sized simulation of a plant cell. The room was complete with vacuoles, mitochondria, and an endoplastic reticulum — full of candy!
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National Film Board of Canada tours K-W Marta Borowska assistant arts editor
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ere’s an idea: a reliable movie streaming site. Too good to be true, right? You’ll be pleasantly surprised to hear that the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has over 1,600 clips and films online for anyone and everyone to view — for free. A broad spectrum of films are accessible on the website, ranging from animation to documentaries to western-style wonders. Each week more clips are added, expanding the database and widening the variety of genres available to viewers. Tom Perlmutter, president of the NFB, and members of the company, visited the Kitchener-Waterloo area on Oct. 28. The event, held at the Hub Theatre and Tannery in downtown Kitchener, attracted people for various reasons. Students from Wilfrid Laurier University keenly attended the event for a communications assignment, children came to listen NFB creation stories, and older generations came to indulge in inspiring messages from Perlmutter.
Perlmutter was there to inform the region of the fresh and contemporary directions the board is heading in. As mentioned by Lily Robert, head of NFB’s corporate communications, and Carolyne Weldon, web writer for the NFB, the company offers modern methods for viewing the material. With applications on the iPad and the iPhone, the content is viewable anytime and anywhere. “As head of NFB it is my job to help Canadians tell their story,” said Perlmutter in an informational video available on the NFB website. The NFB is not only there to provide films to the audience, but is there to provide the audience and viewers with an opportunity to express their thoughts and ideas; to share their life stories. The tour will revisit the Ontario region again in late March. For those who are unable to make it to any future events hosted by the NFB, supplementary options to stay up-todate with the progress are offered through the NFB web site (www.nfb.ca), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/nfb.ca), and apps for the iPad and iPhone. Online chatting sessions with Perlmutter are also available.
Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors hits the UW stage Anthony Smyth imprint intern
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ccording to Lee Wilson, the director of UW’s performance of The Comedy of Errors, they decided on this play because it’s one of Shakespeare’s rarities. “We always get the Romeo and Juliets, Macbeths, the King Lears, etc,” he said. “What attracted me to this play as a professional director is that there are very few places in this country that would do The Comedy of Errors.” The performances are set to begin on Nov. 11, 2011 in the Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages building. When asked why he feels students should see this particular play, Wilson said there are many reasons this production is so unique. “Anyone who’s interested in Shakespeare or comedy will appreciate it, also because it is one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, so we get a glimpse of a young Shakespeare experimenting with language, theatrical convention, building character and also what’s exceptional about this play is that he essentially wanted to write a farce,” he said. “We see the beginnings of Shakespeare’s genius; how he can take this form and bring humanity to it; so this was really the first time this had happened in theatre.” For anyone who is not familiar with Shakespeare’s works, this play is a perfect introduction to the playwright. Unlike his more well-known plays, which can last up to four hours, this lasts an hour and a half. Early scholars didn’t think much of this play, and it’s only in recent times that scholars have begun to re-evaluate the genius of it. “If we compare it to music, I tend to look at Shakespeare the way I see the Beatles,” said Wilson.
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Drama students Sarah Sosnoski and Zach Parsons perform in Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. The performance will hit the stage from November 11-13 and November 18-20 at the Theatre of the Arts. “We have many modern bands now being compared to the Beatles, like U2, for example. We look at what the Beatles achieved from 1964 to 1970, the hits, the albums and the quality of the music in just six years is extraordinary.” Popular culture still considers his work to be in the top 10 plays ever. According to Wilson, the knowledge and understanding he had of human beings is only now being recognized by scholars. This play gives students the unique opportunity to gain insight into the beginnings of his art. Wilson compares it to seeing one of the first paintings of Picasso or the first music Beethoven wrote.
“You get to see where he started, and comparing it to his later work, we can see the evolution of his skill,” he explained. Another popular myth about Shakespeare is that his plays are like reading a foreign language. The director explains that this is not the case. “It’s a very accessible play, it’s easier to understand than others, and shorter,” he said. “A lot of these students hadn’t touched Shakespeare before and had a bad taste in their mouth because of it, but through this experience and getting into the text, they have realized just how incredible Shakespeare is. These plays were written to be spoken by actors, not read.”
Our generation has seen modern adaptations such as the Romeo and Juliet(1996) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. But is The Comedy of Errors a play that is also relevant today? “My answer as a director would be that I find it very difficult to set Shakespeare plays in modern times because social structure change. In my opinion, if I set it now in 2010, it might not work,” said Wilson. “What I’ve done here is create my own world. The inspiration came from Tim Burton. What he does is create Victorian England in his own mind so we get these crazy images but we also get the feel for the period. It still has a modern sensibility with an oldfashioned touch where the stakes still
work, so when you come and see it, you’ll get a feeling of the Elizabethan age but you’ll also get the feel that’s it’s very modern.” According to Wilson, the great part about this production is that it includes students of all ages and different people from different backgrounds with various talents coming together to make it work. “I would encourage people to come to it as they will have a great time.,” he said. Performances will run from Nov. 11-13 and Nov. 18-20 at the Theatre of the Arts. All shows begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $12 for students and seniors. More information about tickets and the performance is available at www.drama.uwaterloo.ca/events.
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ARTS FEATURE: A sanguine taste to your playlist Marta Borowska assistant arts editor
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s a freshly emerging band, the song “Took Me By Surprise” is exactly what Mookie and the Loyalists manage to do. Their first recently released, selftitled EP is an impressive collection of catchy, upbeat, and original beats, igniting the listener’s spirit and attracting them like a magnet. At first glance, emerging Canadian artists can often have a judgemental cloud placed above them because they are Canadian. An advantage for Mookie and the Loyalists comes from lead singer and guitarist Mookie Morris. He holds previous fame from making it to Canadian Idol’s top five in 2008. Fans of the show may recall him as a young man with an avid British musical taste and magnificent voice; qualities which reflect themselves in the bands tracks. The band’s genre is a compilation of rock, roots, and soul; a combination that will elegantly weave into their four-album record deal with Sony Canada. In an interview with Mookie Morris, he said they don’t follow the “glitz and glam road.” They follow their own style that promisingly leads them towards the musical milky way where only the brightest stars shine. “Mookie refused to be marketed as a ‘bubble gum’ pre-teen idol; he refused to be the next Justin Bieber,” said the band’s keyboardist, Sean Fischer, about Mookie’s Canadian Idol experience. “The usual progression from that show is directly into the mainstream kind of market,” said Morris. “We don’t consider ourselves a mainstream band and the whole album release has been soft. We do it for
the music rather than for the bells and the whistles.” Mookie and the Loyalists formed their band three months ago. For the two years in between his Canadian Idol experience and band formation, Morris worked on finding a middle ground between where he wanted his music to be and what was ideal for reaching the bulk of the population. Once this was accomplished, Morris reconnected with Fischer and drummer Lewis Spring, musicians who played in bands with Morris in high school. Along with Spring joined bassist Mark Godfrey and guitarist Mike Butlin. Even though they have just assembled, they have many shows lined up. For January 2011, Mookie and the Loyalists have been hired as the house band for the Snow Jam top-of-the-mountain party held by Campus Vacations. The event brings together people from universities everywhere (Waterloo included) up to Tremblant, Quebec every weekend for six weekends to party, all in the company of good music. This year they decided who better for the job than Mookie and the Loyalists. The band is excited for this event. No, not for all the booze and ladies, but because they are passionate about playing shows for people, something they have been doing since their adolescence. Before their winter trip, the Torontobased band will be hitting off their first show in Waterloo at Maxwell’s Music House on Nov. 11 and their second show at Chainsaw in Uptown Waterloo the night after. If you are unable to attend one of their local shows (they have a history of playing to sold out venues), their seven song EP is available on iTunes, Puretracks, and the HMV digital store. For more juicy details about Mookie and the Loyalists, you can check out their website at www.mookieandtheloyalists. com and their Facebook page www. facebook.com/mookieandtheloyalists. COURTESY OF MOOKIE AND THE LOYALISTS
Correction In the October 29 issue of Imprint, an error was made in crediting the writer of the article Celebrating UW Art’s 50th Anniversary. Carla Valerio was the reporter of the article, not Renisa Phadkar. Imprint apologizes for the mistake.
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ast week, I went on a ramble about how concert goers seem inferior to gamers. In keeping with that theme, the topic of the day will be music in video games. Once again, I would like to ask the audience to go find a game that they are familiar with, any game at all, and try to find a soundtrack for it. Go do it, I’m still here. Since I’m not sitting next to you with an earbud in my ear, I am not entirely sure what to tell you about that specific song. Okay, it was probably a bad idea to tell people to just look for any song they want. Fine, let’s do this without the audio. If anyone has seen the commercials or even knows the game series “Final Fantasy” remotely, they should know that the series has awesome music. Now, I know in the past I have picked on the series for being a complete piece of rubbish to the point where people shouldn’t play it anymore, but this time I would like to compliment the game. As far as I know, gameplay in “Final Fantasy” was only half the reason why the games were good; the other half was because of the awesome music that came with the game. Epic boss scores, travel time music, or even just random ambient music that played in
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the background made the game that much more enjoyable. Without music, gaming would be terrible. Back when we were all still shooting at simple blocks of pixels, gaming relied on these “8-bit” sounds that are nowadays immortalized. These sounds were just simple one tone “beep” or “boops” that indicates your character was hurt or maybe that you found a power up. Without these simplistic sounds, gamers would often get lost. In our times, however, these sounds have become more complicated; a power-up can come in the form of a simple tune or an epic masterpiece that could shake the foundation of Olympus. Of course the latter never really happens that often but my point is that sound nowadays has become more complicated. Music and gaming just naturally go together, but of course it’s not as simple as it seems. Just like scary music in a movie can make for a totally good viewing, or a simply horrible one, this is the same in gaming. Imagine walking down a forest road, in the twilight of the day. Imagine a tune from Barney playing out loud, and you’d probably feel less threatened by those shaky bushes. If it was an ominous sound playing while you walked down a path, however, you would probably be
scared. See? We have some common ground, movie goers. The problem with music and game nowadays is that music has become a game genre. Game series like Rock Band or Guitar Hero have relied purely on the music aspect of the game. Now of course, these games are based on rhythm and singing and what not, but I still don’t feel that the game types justify its existence. The problem with using music as the main focus of the game is that they don’t really require talent. No, I don’t want to hear how you can play a certain song in Rock Band with only three fingers while on Expert on breakneck speed. That’s a deviation, not a talent. When you learn to play a real guitar and form a real band, come talk to me, then I’ll sincerely ask you to go make a CD instead of talking to me. Okay so I’ve been rough to people lately, from the concert goers to the musically impaired. I don’t hate music and I don’t hate people that have no talent. I just simply want to point out that you waste just as much time as I do as a gamer, and as for you concert goers, you probably waste more money than gamers do. Depending on the gaming release dates that is but that’s a whole different story by itself.
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ackass 3(D) was humorous, disturbing, and urged you to vomit. Oh, and there was also a lot of dick. Ladies, if you feel that you have seen a plethora of “the girls” in films and want to see some more manly parts, go see Jackass 3. The decision of whether it impresses or not, I will leave up to you. Most films in theatres have some sort of plot accompanied by rising action, crisis, falling action, etc. Jackass 3(D) is essentially a bunch of clips pasted together, lacking a story. Depending on what you look for in a film and what you expect out of this movie, your opinion will vary. Although, I must say, it was nice to get out and see something that was straight humour – it made me leave in an upbeat mood with nothing to think about but which stunt was my favourite. What I regret is seeing the film in 3D. You would think it would make a difference in a prank movie,
but really, there wasn’t anything that did. The three bucks I spent (again) on those 3D glasses (because some fucking assholes will not let you reuse your old ones, prompting you to buy them every time) would have been better spent on a day pass for UW parking (whilst being the owner of a parking pass). Since it’s almost impossible to review this movie without revealing some of what happens, be aware that what follows is considered as spoiler alert, so don’t read it if you don’t wanna hear about it before you see it. However, even if you do, I won’t reveal that much. SPOILER ALERT So really, what would a Jackass movie be without a real jackass? With the classic game of pin the tail on the donkey morphed into a Jackass stunt, Chris Pontius endured the pain of a donkeys hooves whilst practically naked. Ouch. Another ouch in the movie involved waxing. Midget (as referred to in the movie), fat guy, superglue. That’s all I have to say. Speaking of drafts (or midgets, as they are referred to in the movie),
have you ever seen a whole army of them? No worries, Jackass 3(D) has got it covered. I desperately want to tell you what kind of “army” this is, but you just have to see it for yourself. Even though almost everything in this movie is painful, either psychologically or physically, it’s nice to recall that you aren’t the one experiencing the discomfort, or at least not the pain. This brings me back to a point in the movie where Steve-O was buckled into a portapotty and rocketed hundreds of feet into the air. Oh, did I mention the porta-potty was full of dog shit? Mmm, tasty. With plenty of animal feces and animals themselves, this is one nasty and attention-catching Jackass movie. If you’ve viewed previous Jackass movies and did not enjoy them, you will probably not enjoy this one. If you have never seen a Jackass movie, I encourage you to try this one. But if you’ve enjoyed Jackass movies so far, you will definitely love Jackass 3(D). — Marta Borowska
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ntrancing. Vivacious. Mysterious. These are the the qualities of the album The Age of Adz by Sufjan Stevens. The cosmic arrangement of sound effects wraps around your ear drums, combining everything from the background music in Buster Keaton’s shorts, to churchlike notes, to alien and tribal-like insertions, to Final Fantasy-esque game orchestrations. It is quite the creative album. The Age of Adz was inspired by a man named Royal Robertson who suffered from schizophrenia. His vivid dreams included many visions that are portrayed in this album. “The themes developed here are [...] personal and primal: love, sex, death, disease, illness, anxiety, and suicide make appearances in a tapestry of electronic pop songs
that convey a sense of urgency, immediacy, and anxiety as never before seen in this songwriter,” says Sean Palmerston, a member of Sonic Unyon Records. As El Anatsiu once said, “When something is used by people, it has a history. It has a story. It has something behind it. I think that fact lends a lot of meaning to whatever you are doing with [it].” Stevens’ idea to represent Robertson’s visions from schizophrenia in his album shows a story. The story, unique to every set of ears that hears the tunes from this album, is a twist from Stevens’ previous releases. His experimentation in the creative territories is shown by a variety of sounds which include synthesizers, drum machines, loops, brass, strings, and woodwinds. As a child, Stevens grew up in poverty, influencing his references
to anxiety, desire for intimacy, and illness in his songs. This offers us insight into what he went through in his past and also allows us to connect to someone and share common feelings through the form of song. Lyrically, the album has a lot of depth. It seems very personal but is written in a way that meaningfully lets the listener wrap the story of their life around the song. It is richly poetic, doing itself justice. Some songs have straightforward ideas while some make you think, forming a variety of possible favourites. This stimulating album offers aesthetic tunes, engaging the listener and sparking their imagination. The unusual complementing sounds in The Age of Adz shows that it is definitely deserves a thorough listen.
t has been two years since her previous album release, but Taylor Swift has finally released her latest effort titled, Speak Now. This album is definitely more personal than any she has put out before and the songs certainly sound more mature. Each and every song on this album is solely written by the country star, something that she has never done in the past. Taylor Swift has a very distinct sound and she has made sure that this sound remains consistent in all of her albums. Most of the songs on this album are, expectedly, soft and smooth in terms of their melodies and Swift’s vocals and it makes for a wonderful, soothing listening experience. Comprising of 14 songs, this is her longest album yet. The album starts off with catchy, radio-friendly song titled “Mine.” It is follwed by “Sparks Fly,” an upbeat song that Swift wrote a few years ago but never got to release it. She
had performed the song at a few of her shows and her fans loved it so much that she decided to put it on this album. The title track “Speak Now” changes gears of the album and goes mellower, relying a lot on acoustic guitar. “Dear John” is a song with a rather uncomfortable setting. It has been said that the song was written about singer John Mayer and how he played with a young Swift’s feelings, as he had done with other women in the past. Another track of note is “Innocent,” a dark song Swift wrote about Kanye West in light of his antics at the MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) last year. In the song Swift mocks Kanye with the lyrics, “32, and still growin’ up now” and “You’re still an innocent,” but the overall theme of the song is to forgive the rapper. While listening to “Haunted,” I couldn’t help but notice how the opening and middle parts of the song
are strikingly similar to Coldplay’s “The Scientist.” Since the song has only just come out I don’t think that many have noticed the similarities as of yet. However, I do think that Swift could face controversy in the future in regards to this song. Finally, Swift closes off the album with the song “Long Live.” It is a very melodic song that pays tribute to all the people in Swift’s life that have helped her become the superstar she is today; her band, her producers, and her fans. It is a fitting end to the album. I think that Taylor Swift has done a great job and some of her songs are very cleverly written. Most people can deduce who Swift wrote the songs for. She has clearly come a long way since releasing her debut album exactly four years ago. Swift is destined to become an even bigger star and this album should help her earn Grammy nods along the way.
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pparently Edgar Renteria summoned some magic from his early playing days in Florida; enough, in fact, to lead the San Francisco Giants to a World Series title. Renteria looked like his 21- year -old self in capturing the Most Valuable Player honours. The most surprising thing about the MVP is not that Renteria got it (he was definitely deserving) but that Tim Lincecum did not win it. It’s hard to ignore two victories in the series (albeit an ugly win in game one) including the clinching game five. How many of the voters couldn’t get the image of Lincecum chasing Michael Young back to third base in game one not realizing that it was not a force play? You have to assume that had something to do with the decision. Let’s get a few things straight about Pat Burrell. First, he concluded one of the worst post-season performances with an equally terrible performance in game five (0-4 with 3 strikeouts). Second, and perhaps most critically, does anybody like this guy? He seems like he has a surly personality and is a bad sport all around. Anybody who chirps at Roy Halladay for any reason has some major character flaws. But for anyone who watched the entire playoffs (chalk it up) it was embarrassing to watch Burrell flail around in the batter’s box. Granted, he faced some of the league’s best pitchers but 23 strikeouts in 43 at bats is poor, no way around it. After a sloppy opening game, the World Series featured some spectacular pitching and defense. This is really what the playoffs are all about. Sure Mitch Moreland looked like a designated hitter playing first and Vladimir Guerrero showed why he doesn’t play the outfield anymore; though overall it was a clinic in the field. Special mention needs to go out to the entire Giants’ infield, Cliff Lee (The Claw), Ian Kinsler and Buster Posey. Don’t forget Andres Torres overthrowing second base on a throw from the warning track in centre field; that’s a hose, friends.
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Warriors capture bronze in Women’s rugby Waterloo 42, McMaster 0
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he Warriors didn’t just win they won big. Waterloo finished their season with a 42-0 drubbing of the McMaster Marauders in the bronze medal game at the CIF Fields. The Warriors overcame a tough loss to Queen’s the previous week to rebound for the bronze. Coaches Jay and Leslie Shaw were named Shiels Division coaches of the year. “I think the team wanted to prove themselves and this league that we were among the top teams,” said Shaw. “Fourth place would have been a disappointing finish. We were all extremely disappointed with the result at Queen’s and the general feeling was that since we didn’t get the opportunity to play for gold, we needed to take the bronze.” “We never got out-worked and grew better as a team after every game,” said 8-Man Sam Eyles. Waterloo provided a balanced attack in the game with contributions from many players. Eyles, full back Caitlin Martin, and lock Cassandra Collins each pitched in with two tries. Flanker Shannon Holder and winger Valerie See WORLD SERIES, page1 2311/2/10 Bigelow also contributed with a try each. banner_ad_v6.qxd:Layout 11:53 AM Page 1
“We played good rugby, executed the simple tasks well, and had fun. We were always supporting each other and had constant communication,” said Eyles. Martin led the Warriors with six tries on the season, which will be her final one. “From the very first day we met with the team last spring, we said one of our main principles moving forward was that we would never get out worked by our opposition, and we didn’t,” said a coach. The gold medal game was similar to the bronze medal game. Guelph defeated Queens in the OUA final 54-5. The Gryphons’ 8th man Jacey Murphy led the way to the championship with two tries. Murphy led the OUA in tries in the regular season with a remarkable 17 tries in five games played. “Our goal for next season is to qualify for the CIS championships,” added a coach. “We have a very talented group of players returning next season, but we also have some key athletes who will not be returning, so there are definitely voids to fill. “We expect the disappointment [not advancing to CIS Final] to make the players even hungrier next season.”
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he Warriors return home this week after splitting a pair of games over the weekend. In London on Friday October 29th, the revenge match against the Western Mustangs didn’t go as well as they had hoped as Western jumped out to a quick start with a goal just a minute into the game. The barrage of goals continued until the final whistle, a result that saw the Warriors lose 8-1, by a touchdown. “We didn’t do great as a team in all areas, and [Western] played one of their better games,” said coach Brian Bourque. “Since I’ve been head coach here, this is the worst loss we’ve had.” The Western attack was led by forward Keaton Turkiewicz with 3 goals, while forward Kevin Baker had 2. Kyle Lamb, who led the Mustangs to the previous win 4-3 the week prior was once again a threat with a goal and two helpers. Steve Reese and Chris Corbeil had the two remaining goals for the Mustangs. The Warriors scored their lone goal late in the game from Aaron Lewicki, but the game was well out of reach by that point. Tempers boiled over the course of the game as multiple players from both teams took misconduct penalties. “It tends to happen when the games get out of hand. It wasn’t real dirty, but knowing we were going to see them again this weekend so we weren’t going to back down,” said Bourque. The Warriors had very little time to rest on the loss as their game on Saturday was an afternoon affair against the same team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. The team did not arrive at their Windsor hotel until past midnight. Despite the short turnaround time, they were able to play Windsor tightly the entire game. Windsor got on the board first in the 6thminute from forward Danny Anger, but the Warriors was able to keep up their checking game and hold the game that way to set up a fantastic finish. With five minutes left on the clock, forward #18 Josh Schappert took a pass from #26 Kyle Macdonald and #40 Tyler Moir to pot the equalizer.
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Warriors to face York and Western on the weekend Western 8, Waterloo 1 Waterloo 2 Windsor 1
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Men’s Rugby Brock downs Warriors in quarter final 29-10
Most Goals Jarrett Schnurr(5) Most assists Kurt Thorner(6) courtesy Steve brooks/uw athletics
Pictured last week, Justin Leclerc was solid at Windsor with 30 saves. Continued from page 21
Overtime did not solve anything, so the two weary teams headed to the shootout. After Anger once again put Windsor up by a goal in the shootout, Kurt Thorner and Steve Whitely would both score on their attempts and goalie Justin Leclerc stonewalled the next two Windsor shooters for the Warriors to clinch a 2-1 victory. Both goalies were impressive in the game: Leclerc stopped 30 of his 31 shots while Jim Watt, the Windsor goalie was 40 for 41 on the afternoon. Bourque noted that the team played much better defensively after the game, and that “even if we didn’t get the result I’d still have been proud of the guys.”
Up next for the Warriors, the York Lions roll into town on Friday night at 7:30 at the CIF. York currently sits tied with Waterloo at 4-4-0 on the season. The last time the two teams met, Waterloo lost 5-3 on an empty net goal after a sluggish first period put them down 3-1. They will try to avenge themselves against the Lions who is ranked middle of the pack in most offensive and defensive categories. After facing the Lions on the Friday, the Warriors will travel to London again as they try to avoid losing their third game of the season against the nationally-ranked Mustangs. The Mustangs leapt into sixth in the national rankings after going 6-0-1 on the season and is led by their red-hot goaltender Anthoy Grieco.
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The OUA quarter-finals didn’t go as planned for the Warriors this past Saturday, as they were downed by the Brock Badgers by a final score of 29-10. Richard Lebel supplied all the offense for the Warriors, scoring all 10 points. The Badgers came out strong and with a purpose, which allowed them to take a 17-7 lead into the locker room. The Warriors would press for a comeback in the second half, where Lebel converted a penalty goal to make it a one possession game. However, it was the Badgers that came up big when it mattered, as Dylan Murphy dished out an enormous open field tackle knocking the ball loose, which allowed him to run the ball in from midfield to make it 22-10. The Badgers would then create some breathing room with an athletic try by Connor Fitzsimmons. Sam Rimmer of the Brock Badgers led all scorers with 14 points, adding two tries and two converts. The Warriors finished the season with a 3-5-1 record. Men’s Soccer McMaster eliminates Waterloo with 2-1 win
Warriors’ netminder Rob McMillan made several incredible saves, but his efforts were in vain as his team succumbed to McMaster by a final score of 2-1 last Wednesday evening. The loss came at an inopportune time, as it saw the Waterloo Warriors booted out of the OUA west playoffs in the first round. Rookie midfielder Arman Grewal notched the first tally in the 40th minute to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead at the break. However, their fortunes turned in the second half when McMaster defender Anthony Costa evened the score in the 58th minute. The Marauders then took the lead after Aaron Boothe delivered a beautiful free kick off of a set piece situation in the 80th minute. This proved to be costly for the Warriors as their attempts to level the score failed in the last 10 minutes of play. The Warriors finished the season with a 5-9-3 record. Men’s Volleyball Guelph defeats Waterloo 3-0 and McMaster beats Waterloo 3-2
The Waterloo Warriors had a disappointing weekend as they lost both games on their mini road trip to fall to 1-4 on the season. The first game saw the Warriors take the court to square off against the Guelph Gryphons on Friday, Oct. 29. They kept each set relatively close, but ended up losing three straight with scores of 25-19, 25-19, and 25-17 respectively. After a few shaky opening points in the first set, the Gryphons quickly found their groove led by great serves from Winston Rosser. Their strong play continued as their great blocking and confident attack forced the Warriors into making many mistakes which led to their eventual collapse. Fiodar Kazhamiaka led all Warriors with seven kills, five digs, and 26 total attacks. The Warriors tried to forget about the loss and moved on to play McMaster on Saturday. Although the game was much more tightly contested, the Warriors fell by a final score of three sets to two (25-19, 22-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-13). They seemed to be on course for the W after a hard-fought third set that saw them take a 2-1 lead. However, the Marauders battled back to take the fourth set, forcing a decisive fifth. Both teams played with extreme heart in a nail biting final set, but it was the Marauders who came out on top by a slim margin, winning 15-13. Fiodar Kazhamiaka led the Warriors once again with 14 kills and six blocks. Women’s Volleyball Guelph defeats Waterloo 3-0 and McMaster defeats Waterloo 3-1
The Warrior’s didn’t start the season as planned, losing their opening two games by scores of 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Game 1 saw Waterloo travel to Guelph to face the Gryphons in a match where the home team came out with some fire. Strong play by the Gryphons forced the Warriors into some crucial errors, and the Gryphons took the set with ease by a final score of 25-8. The next two sets were made a little more difficult for the Gryphons, but they eventually came out on top, winning the final two sets by scores of 25-18 and 25-21 respectively. The Warriors were led by Kayla Ng who made some terrific plays contributing four hills, one block, and 23 assists. Game 2 saw the Warriors win their first set of the young season, but it wasn’t enough as the McMaster Marauders jumped out to a 2-0 set lead, winning both by matching scores of 25-17. After the third set was won by some great team play from the Warriors, the Marauders iced it with a convincing 25-15 win in the fourth set. The Warriors were led by Meaghan Loveday who contributed 20 kills, 13 digs, and two service aces. Look for the Warriors to bounce back against the winless Toronto Varsity Blues in their home opener on Nov. 6. Women’s Hockey Western beats Waterloo 6-5 and Waterloo beats Windsor 2-1
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The Warriors picked up their first point of the season against Western on Oct. 30. They defeated the Mustangs 6-5 in overtime. Nicole Hebert added two goals for Waterloo while Mandy Harrop, Kelly Toms, and Kathryn Roy also notched tallies. The Warriors defeated the Lancers on Oct. 31. Waterloo defeated Windsor 2-1. Harrop and Hebert scored for the Warriors and goaltender Martina Michaud was outstanding making 52 saves for the victory.
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n the Thursday leading up to Week 8 of the NFL season, reports had it that Vikings coach Brad Childress was not going to potentially start Brett Favre and go with Tarvaris Jackson instead. Now he did eventually side with starting Brett Favre, but it’s unreal to me why you would contemplate not starting Favre. Think about this for a moment, you’re going to New England and the Patriots have the number one offense in the league, and Tom Brady simply doesn’t lose at home in the regular season. Your season is on the line, no question I would start Brett Favre. There are people all over this country who are reading this and are top professors, top researchers, top educators and they have bad days and fall sick. I’ll take an amazing sick surgeon over a healthy average surgeon any day. If I’m running the sales department and my top sales person has a bad cold, I’d tell them “Dude, I need you for an hour… close the deal.” Brett Favre hobbling could make a great play while Tarvaris Jackson is totally limited by his skill. I’m watching game two of the World Series and what was just staggering to me was that San Francisco was going to win the game any ways. I’m not going to make too much of Ron Washington’s pitching moves, even though they were horrible at best. Listen, you’ve got an ace, Neftalie Feliz, that is your closer and it’s a very tight game. You have a off day the next day, you’re going back home, and if you win in San Francisco it becomes your series. Manager Washington goes with rookie Michael Kirkland and Mark Lowe, who got shelled in game one. It is not time to hope a young prospect delivers, this is the World Series.
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If you’re Brad Childress in Week 8, this game against the Patriot, it’s the season on the line for you. Michael Jordan against the Utah Jazz had a fever of 103 degrees and he summoned greatness to win the game. The reality is with quarterbacks, they are virtually never healthy by week three. I don’t care about all these young arms in the Rangers bullpen, it’s the biggest game in the history of your franchise and your going with rookies, cast-offs, and guys you didn’t have on the roster three weeks ago? You’re depending a rookie to come in when you have a day off the next day and are going back home for three, you can split the series if you win this one. I say you roll the dice. I keep hearing what an intellectual game baseball is, and then Ron Washington and Charlie Manuel speak. I’m sorry, but they don’t sound like profound academics to me, but that’s another issue. But it is amazing, I guess my point is that when all else fails go with the best — I believe that there is just a 10 per cent elite group in this country. Top professors, top surgeons, top sales people, top attorneys, top personality hosts, top comedians, top writers, top producers, and top directors, it doesn’t matter, you go with them. I don’t care if they’re sick, because they can take you places even during illness that 90 per cent of the public can’t. Another issue in that Week 8 game is that if Tarvaris Jackson had started, he would’ve looked to the sidelines and seen Belicheck and Brady. The thing about people who have achieved greatness is that they’ve been there before and have that confidence. With professional athletes you have to re-
member that, whether it’s quarterbacks or relief pitchers, there is a very thin line between confidence and scaredout-of-your-mind individuals. I will tell you that same thing when you are in crisis. That’s why the Michael Jordans and the Kobes win. Even with as many mistakes as Favre has made, in Green Bay if Percy Harvin gets his foot inbound, Favre wins again at Lambeau Field. When I was watching that World Series game, I think that is honestly not a situation to throw a rookie into. Especially not a pitcher who got shelled a game earlier, you go with your horse. Maybe I’m an elitist, I just think there is 10 per cent people who have “it” in this country. I’d rather take those people sick, then other people healthy, especially in huge crisis situations. I thought the Vikings were nuts to even think about going with Jackson, especially with the season on the line! I’ll take Favre at 80 per cent healthy over Jackson at 100 per cent. I would take the closer for the Rangers, Neftali Feliz over any other guy. I don’t care who throws harder, I don’t care who is rested, I’ll take C.C. Sabathia on short days rest. By the way, the decision to start Brett Favre relied on the judgment of coach Brad Childress. Favre’s teammate Ryan Longwell told a reporter that he would be shocked if Favre didn’t play. Longwell said that people know it’s never happened before and Favre’s had some bad injuries before, and you would think that would lead him not to play, but then Favre shows up and plays well, so he won’t believe it until he sees it. It absolutely made no sense to me to sit Favre. You had to play him and Childress came to his senses and did.
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A lot was said on the subject of Ron Washington’s managing skills coming into the World Series and most of it was positive. From the playoffs and the sprinkling of Texas Rangers games watched throughout the year Washington is an excellent manager and is deserving of high praise for leading his team to the Series. However, it’s been a while since a series of games was managed that poorly at the big league level. There were too many questionable moves to list but let’s pick just one that stands out: Derek Holland on the hill, down 3–0 in the eighth inning of game two. Holland can’t find the zone and is so nervous it looks like he’d rather be curled up in bed; throws 12 of 13 pitches out of the strike zone, three straight walks and the game is getting out of hand, it’s clear he doesn’t have the stuff or the nerves. Nobody is warming up in the Rangers’ bullpen. Nobody. Before someone can get ready to go in the game is spiraling and Ron Washington has managed the Rangers out of game two, and ultimately the series.
during a game like they did against the Jaguars? We’ve all seen a player (looking at you Moss) or two pack it in, but this was unprecedented. Wade Phillips really needs to go, and soon... Seventh Inning Stretch...
Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe did a pretty good job broadcasting the World Series although Sutcliffe (being a former pitcher) seems to have an intense dislike of hitters that he has trouble suppressing. In case anyone was curious, Thorne and Sutcliffe are the international crew that is seen outside of the US, while Joe Buck and Tim McCarver handle the US audience. Careful what you wish for... It is apparent that Sutcliffe hasn’t quite wrapped his head around what the term “hanging curveball” means. Sutcliffe repeatedly referred to any curveball or slider that was left up in the zone as a “hanger”, which is not true. A lot of the pitches he dubbed hangers actually broke quite sharply. Now, obviously it was a missed location but a hanging breaking ball is called a hanger because it doesn’t break; it hangs. You would think a former pitcher could differentiate between the two...
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The best time to jump on a bandwagon is before a team really starts to make headlines. Which is why now is the perfect time to go buy some Oakland Raider gear. At 4–4 they are hardly making splashes in the news outside of Oakland but with a win over the Kansas City Chiefs this week they will only be a half game out of first in the AFC West. This isn’t the time to buy Chiefs’ stock either. Their fast start was clearly a mirage and they are looking more and more like a team spinning its’ wheels... The absolute worst part about the Dallas Cowboys being 1–6 and an awful football team is the fact that they’ll continue to dominate the headlines for the rest of the season. It’ll be nonstop injury updates, coaching changes, player controversy and what-do-theyneed-to-work-on-for-next-season’s. There is no chance of avoiding them so it’s more bearable when they are playing well and are actually relevant in the playoff picture. Speaking of the Cowboys; has anyone seen an entire team give up
The aforementioned Randy Moss is without a team at the moment but surely not for long. It’s too tempting for struggling teams out there to sell tickets by adding Moss for the remainder of the season. Sure it’s a distraction and headache for management, coaches and players alike but what’s the difference if you’re not in contention? He is one of the greatest receivers to play the game and fans will pay to see that, even if he isn’t giving you 100 per cent. Even if it is a ploy to get more fans out, isn’t that what it’s all about anyway? Wouldn’t it be something if Moss went to the Cowboys? Headlines, headlines, headlines... Shout out of the week:
A historical shout out this week to the 1908 Chicago Cubs, the last Cubs team to win the World Series. Every year the Cubs don’t win the championship these Cubs (led by Overall) become more relevant, and the current Cubs become more of a running joke. jsmith@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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or as long as I’ve admired Randy Moss’s on-field ability, from his racecar-like acceleration, to his insane vertical leap and feathery hands, I have never understood the Moss that resides off the field. If Moss, on the field, is smooth like Michael Jackson’s moonwalk, Moss off the field is your drunken uncle chicken-dancing at your wedding. It’s just amazing that after so many years, after so many infamous incidents, Moss: A) seems to have matured zero, B) continues to say dumb things and C) can still take your breath away with one awe-inspiring leap. This is the same guy who famously said to Sports Illustrated, “I play when I want to play,” sparking a tirade of angry reactions from the fans. This is the same guy that knocked down a security guard with his car. This is the same guy who caught 23 touchdown passes in one historic year. Just as Justin Bieber wouldn’t be the same without his ridiculous haircut; it wouldn’t be Moss without the off-field incidents to compliment his breath-taking talent. Consider the following scenario, and let it be known that I challenge you to find the logic in what Moss did. After a week one Patriots win, Moss gets up in front of the press and complains for 17 minutes about his contract situation. Moss must have known that this would come off as ego-centric and negligent to his teammates. Moss would have known that the Patriots routinely cut, trade or let players go who lose the team concept (see: Samuel, Asante for an example). But Moss did it anyway. Then, upon being traded weeks later and playing relatively impact-free football with his new team, the Minnesota Vikings, Moss lambasted Vikings management and claimed he would never feel the same commitment to a team as he had with the Patriots. Within eight weeks, Moss went from shooting his way out of New England, to publicly pining to return. He also told reporters that from now on, he’ll ask himself the questions, because, after all, that makes a ton of sense. Moss has been compared to a hot, but crazy girlfriend by many mainstream reporters. You stay with her
only until you can’t bare her craziness any longer and jump ship. That probably sums Moss up best, except for one thing — his teammates can’t stop talking about how awesome a guy he is. For all his incidents throughout the years; the feuds with management, coaches and the public, Moss has been lauded upon by former and current teammates for his leadership, his work ethic and his ability to read and react to defenses. Tom Brady heaps on the compliments whenever asked about Moss. Vince Wilfork actually cried in front of reporters when he was informed Moss was leaving. Wes Welker, without trying to be at odds with management, made it clear Moss was loved in the Patriots locker room. Reports came out of Minnesota that many staffers and players were disappointed and depressed he was leaving. What is this? We’ve all seen our diva receivers before, but this is different. Terrell Owens has never inspired tears when he’s left his many stops. His quarterbacks openly hate him and comment on his departure with under-theirbreath “good riddance’s”. When star receiver Brandon Marshall was traded from the Broncos this off-season, there were no teammates saying nice things or saying he’d be missed. And this fact is what makes Moss so hard to understand. He seems to be an ego-maniac who doesn’t see the big picture of the team concept. He seems to be a deserter of sorts, and yet time and time again teammates rush to his defense. So who is Moss? I have no idea. He may be a front runner who can only play for a winning team. He may just be an awkward guy who doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut. He may be a stamp collector who gets overwhelmed by the bright-lights (okay, I admit, it’s unlikely). Personally, I don’t think we should care. I don’t think we should criticize. I think we should just enjoy him. There is, after all, only one Randy Moss. And like Advil, one is often enough. jtoporowski@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Saturday featured Waterloo facing the Toronto Varsity Blues. Toronto defeated Waterloo in a tight 2–0 match. “Personally, I don’t think the Toronto Varsity Blues did anything special to defeat the Warriors,” said Rodrigues. “Our game plan actually allowed us to control the tempo of play. We defended well and held their opportunities to a minimum.” Waterloo would face Western next for third, while the Varsity Blues earned a berth in the OUA final and CIS National Championships. Guelph defeated Toronto 3-2 in the OUA final on Sunday. With Guelph hosting the CIS National Championships, the OUA could send another team to the tournament, the winner of the third place match would earn that right. “Not only did we want to leave the OUA Playoffs with a medal but the last year the University of Waterloo field hockey team made it to the CIS National Championships was 2004 and this was the closest the team had ever come since that time,” Rodrigues said. The Warriors came out firing in the first half and were led again by Wey. Wey scored two goals in the first
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half, including what would be the game winner late in the half. Western’s Megan Scraper scored on a penalty stroke early in the second half which tightened up the game considerably. Forward Melissa Lewis provided an insurance marker shortly after to seal the victory for Waterloo. Waterloo successfully rebounded from a disappointing loss in the semifinal. “I was extremely proud of the team because there were times during the regular season where we didn’t battle back and fight until the end,” Rodrigues added. “Nor had we ever played three consecutive matches where we controlled and dominated the game.” Waterloo will take part in the CIS Championships from Nov. 4-7. It will be hosted by the OUA champion Guelph Gryphons. The UBC Thunderbirds and Victoria Vikes will join Waterloo, Guelph, and Toronto in the tournament. “We don’t have any expectations going into the CIS National Championships,” said Rodrigues. The Warriors have not attended since 2004 and all the other participants have been to at least four tournaments since that time. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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espite the opposition by my man-parts, I have decided to partake in ‘No Shave November’. I am quite certain the whole ordeal shall leave me itchy, socially starved, and downright dirty looking. Allow me to explain: normally, throughout the month of November, males will join a prostate cancer charity and withhold from shaving their moustaches. However, since my roommate and I were too lazy to look up what ‘Movember’ actually was, and too selfish to give to charity, we (drunkenly) made a pact in which neither of us can shave their facial hair at all throughout the month, with $5 going to whoever can hold out the longest. While the idea of a moustache may, to you, strike up images of Joseph Stalin and Tom Selleck, mine is more realistically likened to Sidney Crosby circa 2008; this is a problem. As even the kindest people would
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hewbacca’s long lost grandchild, but much cuter. The wombat’s appearance is a mix between a bear and a koala, but unlike them, it does not climb trees. Instead, it burrows into the ground like a gopher. Originating only from Australia, the wombat is a dangerous and defensive animal, but is also shy and can be friendly. It often stops by neighbouring burrows to see other wombats. Even though they are solitary marsupials, they are the most playful, often doing somersaults and shoulder rolls. When with other wombats, they express their playfulness through actions like harmless biting and head butting. The wombat walk appears like an awkward shuffle, characterizing the animal’s movements as slow, which is quite contrary to the fact. With the ability to run up to 40km/hr, the wombat is a swift animal and can use its legs when necessary. The combination of their speed and strength allows them to bulldoze through doors, walls, or any obstacles that block their way. These stubborn animals are built like tanks and aren’t ones to mess with. Wombats spend three-quarters of their day sleeping in their burrows, with the other quarter dedicated to grazing grasses of different kinds. Spear grass, tussock grass, and poa grass are the wombat’s main sources of food. Occasionally they will consume warm vegetables, herbs, fungi, bark, leaves, and marsh plants. Surprising to many, the wombat is actually a clever animal. As an experiment, scientists placed traps around the entrances of their burrows. The wombats would stay in their homes for a day or two until they either decided to dig around the trap or dig out another exit.
Hey cute boy at Fed Hall Halloween night, You looked so good in those jeans so tight. I wish would’ve bought me a drink, because you looked so hot in your shirt so pink. The purdy princess
(generously) describe my facial hair as ‘pubescent’ or ‘patchy’, I imagine this will not be a kind month for me in the field of male-female relations. As the womenfolk notice the progression of my facial hair dangerously rising from ’16 year-old Puerto Rican boy’ to ‘schizophrenic homeless man’, they will most likely turn away, and scrub themselves down with Purell. The worst part is going to be the neckbeard. I can already tell. The extent of its darkness and fullness is unrivalled on any other part of my face. The imbalance created by ‘neckvembeard’ will surely have my man-parts voluntarily hibernating for the month (though, this is not unlike other months.) I am, however, looking forward to getting more studying done, as I will most likely be too afraid to leave my dwelling, for fear of being arrested for ‘suspicion of pedophilia.’ At least if I was only doing ‘Movember’, which only constitutes the
To the Katy Perry look-a-like: I noticed you on the street friday night. Nice costume with the cupcake on your head. I would eat other parts of you too. And I won’t forget to lick the icing. Hungry for California Gurl
growing of a moustache, I would be able to show and receive solidarity from other members of the noble crusade. But this is not going to happen, my roommate and I have made a bet, and the terms made last Friday (once again, drunkenly) are that we have to keep the whole beard. The result will be a wispy looking steel wool attached to my face, which people will recognize more for its similarity to pubic hair than to the manly pursuit of a cure for prostate cancer, as it was designed to do. However, my roommate, and competitor, has a date with a babe in Guelph on Monday night. Maturely, I have begun a campaign of verbal abuse, attacking his self-esteem by telling him that his moustache makes him look like Waluigi. So if I keep that up, he’s probably going to cave and shave. This will release me from the bounds of the bet and increase my wealth by five whole dollars.
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Imprint, Friday, November 5, 2010
MICHAEL TO (irresponsiblyoptomistic@imprint.uwaterloo.ca)
lisa mai (distractions@imprint.uwaterloo.ca)
ADRIENNE RAW (araw@imprint.uwaterloo.ca)
“J.T.” (geese@imprint.uwaterloo.ca)