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Feds and UW host discussion on recent sexism acts

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Participants of this panel included service co-ordinators Zoe Miller and Kaythusha Sotheeswaran of the Women’s Centre, Shannon Dea from the Status of Women and Equity Committee, Derek Lindman from Male Allies Against Sexual Violence, Dave Mackay from Counseling Services, associate provost, students, Bud Walker, director of UW Police Services Dan Anderson, and Ashling Ligate of the Sexual Assault Support Centre. Gina Racine editor-in-chief

number of groups participated in a discussion panel on Feb. 18 hosted by the University of Waterloo and Feds on the recent sexism acts on campus. The panel came about after a number of acts of hate speech in the form of sexism and misogyny occurred on campus. According to Feds executives, the acts have appeared in the form of posters, fraudulent emails, and use of social media sites. Amongst the panelists was the director of UW Police Services Dan Anderson, Women’s Centre service co-ordinator Zoe Miller, Dave MacKay from Counseling Services and Derek Lindman, a male ally from Male Allies Against Sexual Violence (MAASV). According to Anderson, the hanging of the

posters on top of female candidates’ posters in the recent election, in conjunction with not getting proper authorization for the hanging of those posters, would be considered mischief under the criminal code. “We’re investigating it at that light and also investigating it on impersonation. When whoever sent the email purporting to be the president, and sending out those posters, would be, again, a criminal offense of impersonation,” he said. As far as the investigation goes, Anderson said the police are currently trying to find the person who wrote the email and further continue with the investigation. “The Gmail account that was used to send the email, we are trying to identify who the author of that was, who the account holder of that was, and will continue the effort there,” he said, adding that they are also using the

school’s video cameras to try and determine who is hanging the posters up. “We’ve enhanced or increased the number of patrols that we’re doing through the buildings to try and identify who is doing this and we are asking anyone who has any information that may be relevant to this to contact us. I am sure that there is someone, or some people, out there who will have some information and the more assistance we can get on this the quicker we can bring this to a conclusion. We are absolutely committed to trying to find out who is behind this and trying to get it to stop.” After the discovery of the email, the Women’s Centre decided to close their office until further notice, and GLOW was also closed. According to Miller, the Women’s Centre, along with Police Services, Feds, and UW administration, felt that it just wasn’t a safe space at that

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point in time. “We’re still playing it by ear [and] hoping by the end of reading week we can have it open again,” she said. “The fact is we are easily accessible and that’s the problem. People know where we are and most people can find us easily and we don’t want to be targeted. I want to protect all of our volunteers and people that use the centre as a safe space.” Derek Lindman spoke about the recent events on campus and how females are portrayed in general. “To be positive and to be female is to be equated as an uppity bitch,” he remarked during the discussion. “As a male ally, I can safely say that a misogynist is not something that you are simply not, it is something that you have to overcome.” editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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News Region of Waterloo offers rapid transit options Adrienne Raw news editor

he Region of Waterloo announced 11 options for the future of rapid transit in the region on Feb. 15. These options include combinations of light rail transit (LRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT), ranging from $500 million to $1.55 billion. Each option includes an incremental tax increase to be implemented over the next six years. Public consultation centres will be open from 3 p.m.-8 p.m. for members of the community to provide their input on the following days: • Tuesday, March 1 (Calvary United Church, St. Jacobs) • Thursday, March 3 (Albert McCormick Community Centre, Waterloo and Region of Waterloo, Kitchener) • Wednesday, March 9 (First United Church, Waterloo and Region of Waterloo, Kitchener) • Thursday, March 10 (United Kingdom Club, Cambridge and Faith Lutheran Church, Kitchener) Council hopes to make a decision by June of this year. Construction will likely start in 2012 and be completed in 2016. — With files from The Record, the Cambridge Times, and the Region of Waterloo araw@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Earthquake devastates Christchurch

The death toll continues to climb in Christchurch, New Zealand after the earthquake on Feb. 22. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck at 12:51 p.m. local time, when the city was at its busiest. The devastation caused by this quake was, in part, because it struck at a shallow depth: only five kilometres (about three miles) below the ground’s surface. As of Feb. 23, 75 were confirmed dead and hundreds more were still among the missing. The search for survivors has been abandoned in some areas as rescuers focus their attention on areas where they say survivors are more likely to be found. More than 500 people, including police, and volunteers, continue to comb through the rumble looking for survivors. Some survivors being pulled from the rubble have suffered only cuts and bruises. One office worker was rescued after spending 25 hours trapped under a desk. In other cases, rescuers have had to amputate limbs in order to free those

trapped under destroyed buildings. The government has declared a national state of emergency. Many of Christchurch’s still-standing buildings have been cordoned off because of concerns about structural instability. Among those buildings is the Grand Chancellor Hotel, the tallest building in the city. Authorities have already said that if the building doesn’t collapse on its own, it will have to be demolished. About 80 per cent of the city’s population is still without water, and all schools, and many workplaces, remain closed. As of Feb. 24, power had been restored to 60 per cent of Christchurch’s eastern areas, which was worst affected by the quake. The earthquake is Christchurch’s second major quake in five months and New Zealand’s deadliest disaster in the last 80 years. Key hopes Christchurch will still be able to host its allotment of games for the upcoming 2011 Rugby World Cup in September and October.

CARLETON UNIVERSITY

Gaddafi battles to retain control

Protestors celebrate their successes in Libya’s eastern towns as the country’s ruler, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, fights to retain control in Tripoli and western Libya. There are reports of uprisings in the western towns of Misurata, Sabratha, and Zawiya. The capital city is largely abandoned and is patrolled by pro-Gaddafi gunmen. Though the government has told civil servants to return to their jobs, many are too scared to leave their homes. At least 300 people have already died during Libya’s uprising, with some estimates of the death toll at over 1,000. Foreigners continue to flee the country. The first group of Canadian evacuees left the country on Feb. 23 aboard a U.S. charter ferry heading to Malta. — With files from BBC, New Zealand Herald News, Toronto Sun, and Fox News araw@imprint.uwaterloo.za

ASB program challenges students to serve community

For some students, reading week is no time to take a break, as proven by the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program at the school, which features 39 Carleton students volunteering their time in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and Quetzltenango, Guatemala. For the past six years, the ASB program has challenged students to put their classroom learning into action with the service they pro-

vide to the community. Currently, the groups of students in the program are exploring community empowerment, social justice activities, homelessness, and poverty, including an attempt to live on $7.65 a day in Canada. With their preparation through workshops, service at local organizations, and active fundraising that has amassed $6,700, the students in the ASB program are looking to change the world in every small way possible.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH

UN ambassador on campus

In an attempt to shed light on issues surrounding Canada, the United Nations, and development, the University of Guelph will welcome United Nations Ambassador and guest speaker Robert Fowler to their campus on March 1. The talk, which will be free to the university and the community, will feature

Fowler’s discussions on his experiences as an al-Qaeda hostage in North Africa in 2008. For 130 days in Niger, Fowler was held captive in the Sahara Desert by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. As a UN Ambassador, Fowler has worked as a representative of Canada in the UN Security Council, Italy, and three Rome-based food agencies.

RYERSON UNIVERSITY

Chang School celebrates partnership with NYIF

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After forming a new partnership with the New York Institute of Finance (NYIF), the Chang School hosted an open house yesterday in a celebration of education and advancement. NYIF will bring its most notorious courses to the Canadian market in March 2011. The partnership, which aims to demonstrate a commitment to

providing executive training, will be NYIF’s first Canadian undertaking and has already received a warm welcome by the university. The open house on Thursday gave visitors an opportunity to meet NYIF staff, discuss options for upcoming classes, and view a demonstration on virtual platforms; it even featured a guest speaker Ralph Acampora, NYIF’s Director of Techincal Analysis Studies.

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Through its most recent operating grant competition, the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) has funded the University of Ottawa with nearly $20 million for some of its current research projects. A total of 33 research teams affiliated with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, the University of Ottawa Heart

Institute, and the CHEO Research Institute have been awarded grants to continue with groundbreaking research or embark on potential projects. After a long history of the university carrying out both basic and clinical research at the highest quality, the grant is meant to benefit the university with a chance to continue work with biomedical discoveries that significantly affect the lives of Canadians.

UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY

Students volunteer in New Orleans

In an attempt to help provide aide and relief to victims following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans citizens set up the St. Bernard Project nearly six years ago to help the 67,000 people affected by the hurricane. This reading week, a dozen students from the University

of Calgary will travel to New Orleans and work with the St. Bernard Project in an attempt to rebuild communities around the area. Learning about community building and spending time with an alternative education project, the aim of the trip is to provide students with an opportunity to give back during challenging times.

— With files from Carleton University Newsroom, University of Guelph, University of Ottawa Media Room, University of Calgary’s UToday, and Ryerson University

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Do exciting things still happen in the city of students when the students are gone?

fter a lovely Family Day holiday on Monday, I must have clearly been suffering from some level of confusion when returning back to work on Tuesday. I traipsed my snowy boots through the SLC, turned the corner, and to my complete and utter dismay, saw the silver "cage" closing the entrance to Feds Express. How could I forget it was reading week? Reading week not only signifies the closure of on-campus facilities like Feds Express (also known as snack central for Imprint volunteers), but it also means a quiet office for us newspaper people. In times like these (the skeleton crew also appears in the months of April, August, and December, during exam periods), as the editor-in-chief I assume I will be working solo or with little help. I purposely try to make it a little easier on myself by cutting down the paper size and making sure all the content is in and ready to go so I can lay it all out before our production deadline. Except, this week, like all of the times when I bite every single one of my nails off in a panic assuming I

will be doing all the work alone, I was more than pleasantly surprised that many of my fabulous volunteers were sticking around to help out (hooray to students who couldn't afford to go anywhere). But I was still left wondering a few things. One, what is open on campus during the beloved reading week? And two, although I still have

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business as usual last week, and all retail service stores held regular hours. But, if you were on campus and hungry last week, you had fewer than usual options as a number of normal food spots were closed, including above mentioned Feds Express (boo). It was definitely strange to see the city nearly resemble a ghost town

more spiteful than anything). But it would be pretty cool to hear from you guys as to what your reading week entailed, potentially so I can live vicariously through your stories and imagine myself on a beach in Cuba instead of at my desk in an lonely office. UW has been (as of Wednesday at 4 p.m.) fairly uneventful during reading week thus far (more like reading

One, what is left open on campus during the beloved reading week? And two, although I still have to attend work this week, what can the students who were left behind do to keep busy this week?

to attend work this week, what can the students who were left behind do to keep busy this week? So obviously, all classes were cancelled during reading week, but offices and services including the libraries were to be in operation each day except for Family Day (naturally). The Physical Activities Complex and Columbia Ice Field were both

and even more strange to have our office pretty much empty for most of the week. I was thankful that I could still make use of the PAC for a casual workout (that, yet again, did not occur) and so happy for volunteers who were able to travel to some pretty cool places like the Dominican and Vermont (okay, so in reality I am

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weak). Waterloo complied honourably as well, allowing my friends and I to enjoy some fantastic performances at Maxwell's Music House without worry of over-crowdedness. I just have one more question; does this mean there won't be a line up at Starlight on Friday? — With files from UW Daily Bulletin

Community Editorial McGuinty gov’t on its way to backtracking out of power Adrienne Raw 4B arts and business

provincial election is looming on the horizon and, once again, our illustrious premier is making an abrupt about-face. First he discarded plans to keep increasing Ontario's minimum wage, then he cancelled proposed offshore wind turbines which had been intended as a source of alternative energy. Now he's reversing his tough stance on alcohol. At least... this is his policy until the polls change, at which point he's likely to make another sudden, incomprehensible change of policy. I'm not sure what McGuinty and his government are trying to accomplish — improving voter support by distracting us with shiny trinkets? — but it's not working. Perhaps he is altering poorly thought-out policy in response to valid criticism, but I’ve seen no evidence to support this possibility. The general

perception is that he’s making changes for no aparent reason — except that his support in the polls is dropping. At best, he's showing Ontario voters that he's willing to make drastic, ill-thought-out changes for our support. At worst, he's showing us that we can't, under any circumstances, trust anything that comes out of his mouth. In the spirit of presenting a balanced opinion, McGuinty and his government seem to have made some progress on issues of education and the economy, but these issues aren’t gettin as much air time his sudden policy changes. I don't now about you, but as a concerned voter in the coming election I'm going to have a real problem putting my support behind a man and a party that doesn’t seem to be able to follow through on its own policies. All McGuinty's frantic about-faces have managed to accomplish is to make me doubt whether he can be trusted with Ontario’s future.

Letter to the Editor Re: Inflammatory posters

Melanie Campbell dept of physics and astronomy

s a female faculty member, I was surprised and disappointed by the poster. As a faculty member and a member of the Status of Women and Equity Committee of the FAUW, I work towards and wish for a positive climate for women on campus.

As a physicist, I was upset by the attack on a great physicist whose work led to a better understanding of the nature of matter and ultimately to radiotherapies. I would like to thank the UW Women's Centre for their poster defending Marie Curie and setting the record straight. Indeed, as they say, "Extraordinary people need not be defined by their gender," and in fact this extends to all of us.

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n a recent article published by Imprint, Sefy Cnaany states that, “Israel is NOT an apartheid state! Israeli Arabs, as well as other minorities within Israel, have full equal rights, and are represented in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament.” First, a definition: “apartheid”- as defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is the inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity “committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime.” This definition, while filled with strong language, does apply to Israeli policies towards the Palestinians. Cnaany has argued that Arabs and other minorities within Israel have full

equal rights. However, the reality of the situation in Israel does not support this claim. Palestinians face unequal access to land, economic and social privileges, and educational opportunities. Those who have been expelled from their homes are denied the “right to return,” which is guaranteed by international law. Compare this with the right of a Jewish person who, regardless of where they live in the world, has a right to return and claim citizenship. Furthermore, Palestinians face imprisonment without any trial or any other rights that we would consider to be a given in a “liberal democracy.” Land can be confiscated from the Palestinians for economic and military purposes. This is only a small sampling of the discrimination towards Arabs in Israel. It's clear that many restrictions are being placed on Palestinians that are not being placed on the Israelis. I find

this to be a rather odd definition of "full equal rights". Yes, Israeli Arabs do have the right to vote, but the granting of rights goes beyond the right to go to the ballot box. As has been demonstrated above, systematic discrimination does exist elsewhere. Lest anyone attempt to label this as an anti-Israeli tirade, it should be noted that even prominent Israelis like Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have criticized the discrimination against Arabs. One counter that arises to these claims is that Israel is doing this in the name of security. That may very well be. In which case, we must stop referring to Israel as a democratic state. As Benjamin Franklin said, “those willing to sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.” These current policies are detrimental to the state of Israel. If Israel is truly committed to being a democratic state, it will seek to end discriminatory policies that aim to oppress the Palestinian people.

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few weeks ago, posters appeared on campus with a picture of Marie Curie and an atomic bomb entitled “The Truth.” The text below the poster stated that, “The brightest Woman this Earth ever created was Marie Curie, The Mother of the Nuclear Bomb. You tell me if the plan of Women leading Men is still a good idea!” There has been much debate over the posters and if they classify as hate speech, but throughout the entire ordeal, I have yet to see anyone discuss the claim made by the perpetrator. I think the poster provides a great opportunity to discuss Marie Curie’s placement in the history of science and her accomplishments. She is one of the four people to have won two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and physics) and the only female to do so. Additionally, she is one of only two females to win the Nobel Prize in physics (the other being Goeppert-Mayer) and one of four females to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry, another winner being her daughter, Irene. She was one of the few females who was able to break through the male-dominated field of physics at the turn of the century and make fundamental discoveries. Her accomplishments are impressive: discovering two new elements, polonium and radium; coining and working extensively on radiation; as well as instigating the first investigations into using radioactivity as a cancer treatment.

The path towards a career in physics was not easy for Marie. Born Maria Sklodowska, she grew up in a well-off Polish family, with her father being a teacher of physics and mathematics, and her mother running a boarding school for girls. Her father invested the family money into a failed business venture and, due to Russian oppression, resulted in the Curies living in a state of poverty. Her mother died when Marie was 12, which resulted in Marie becoming very depressed. Unlike her siblings, Marie did not pursue a career in academia, and instead chose to become a governess for a wealthy lawyer. She had an affair with the son, Kazimierz Zorawski, and there was a plan to get married, however the marriage was opposed by his parents due to the difference in class. The denial of marriage greatly affected both of them and it is said that even as an old man, Zorawski would regularly sit in front of a statue of Curie at the Curie Institute in Warsaw. While a governess, she joined an underground university (conventional universities did not accept women) and furthered her own education by reading extensively, with a focus on science. As the marriage was not going to happen, Marie was soon fired from her job. She accepted an offer from her sister to live in Paris. It was here in Paris that Marie started her career in physics. She studied at the University of Paris, where s h e wo u l d eventually become the first female p r o f e s s o r. She was at a great disadvantage due to her limited mathematical background and a loose grasp on the

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I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries. —marie curie

French language. She persevered, and was able to graduate with high honours in physics and in mathematics. It was near the end her education that she met her future husband, Pierre, who ran the laboratory at another Paris college. They quickly fell in love; however, Marie was still hoping that she could return to her native Warsaw and continue her studies. This dream was cut short when she was denied a position at the university in Warsaw because she was female. Marie remained in Paris and married Pierre in late 1895. The two were inseparable after marriage. They effectively lived in their laboratory and rarely ventured outside, except for the occasional bike ride through the countryside or trip to the theatre. During this time period, X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Rontgen (incidentally this was the subject of the inaugural Nobel Prize in physics) and radioactivity had just been discovered by Henri Becquerel. There was a lot of attention in finding out whether there were other materials that exhibited these unusual properties. It was the subject of radioactivity that Marie Curie chose for her thesis, discovering that thorium exhibited similar properties. Unknown to the Curies, a German physicist had already published these discoveries. Despite the setback, the Curies soon discovered polonium, named for Marie’s native home. On the quest to discover more elements, the Curies needed to move into a larger laboratory. Unable to find a larger workspace, they found an old abandoned shed. In the words of Marie Curie: “Its glass roof did not afford complete shelter from the rain; the heat was suffocating in summer, and the bitter cold of winter was only a little lessened by the iron stove, except in its immediate vicinity. We had to use the adjoining yard for those of our chemical operations involving irritating gases; even then the gases often filled our shed.” The dangerous work paid off, as the Curies soon discovered radium. Along the way, the Curies advanced many of the techniques of radiation, in addition to discovering new elements, and were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903. Throughout this entire period, both Marie and Pierre had been handling radioactive substances completely unprotected, and the effect on their health was detrimental to the extent that people around them urged the couple to seek medical attention. The resulting ailments were so bad that Pierre was unable to continue experimental work, passing it all off to Marie. Tragedy soon struck as Pierre died when he slipped crossing a street, and was run over by a horse-drawn wagon. Marie was distraught by the news and, coupled with the effects of radiation, did not bode well. Ernest Rutherford wrote that “.. Marie looked much older than her age. She works much too hard for her health.” He also wrote that he went to the opera with her one night and, by the end, she was unable to walk by herself. Yet, within a month of Pierre’s death, Marie was back in the laboratory. She had been named a professor at the University of

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Paris, a position held by her husband. With the new found fame of the Nobel Prize, Marie was able to obtain funding from the wealthy American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who was impressed by her ability to do science in the male-dominated field. For the first time, Marie was able to afford lab assistants, several of whom were female, to help with her work. Additionally, she was able to form the Radium Institute, dedicated to the study of radioactivity with emphasis in using it to cure diseases. In 1911, she was informed that she was being awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of radium and polonium. She was plagued at the time by a widely-published affair that led her to contemplate suicide. Einstein described her as having little capacity for joy or pain, and that she would grumble all the time. She soon recovered and recommenced her work. She became involved in the suffragist movement in England, and toured around giving lectures. Her visits were cut short due to World War I and she returned to Paris. During the war she organised over 200 mobile X-ray units to provide medical treatment for soldiers, and even risked her own life and operated one herself. Marie’s health continued to decline, but she continued to tour and attend scientific conferences, often being the only female. A notable example is the famous 1927 Solvay Conference which discussed the implications of the newly developed quantum theory. Of the 29 attendants, 17 were or would become Nobel laureates. Her scientific output greatly decreased as the effects of radiation poisoning slowed her recoveries from her illnesses. She finally succumbed to her ailments in 1934, and was buried beside her husband. In 1995 both her and her husband were reburied in the Pantheon in Paris in honour of their contributions to science. Now what about the whole issue of the atomic bomb? Marie Curie had nothing to do with designing, building, or testing it as she died in 1934, about six years before the Manhattan project even began. Yes, she did work extensively on radiation. There is a wide gap between radioactivity and the atomic bomb. It was Einstein who first pointed out the tremendous amount of energy available in atoms, E = mc2. Even with these two pieces of knowledge, one still requires the laws of quantum mechanics, which were not developed until the late 1920s, to understand the mechanisms behind radiation and be able to predict and model nuclear phenomena. Some of the very preliminary results in nuclear physics, that pointed the way to nuclear fission, weren’t discovered until the early 1930s, when Marie was unable to participate due to her illnesses. If you want to label the so-called “Mother of the Atomic Bomb”, look at Lisa Meitner who co-discovered nuclear fission in 1938 and, in a gross oversight and historically documented case of sexism, was passed over for the Nobel Prize in chemistry (which her male partners won). She was invited to be involved in the Manhattan project, but did not participate by choice. Whomever made these posters expressed great ignorance of the contributions Marie Curie made to science, and does not realise the barriers that a woman like Marie Curie had to overcome just to be able to attend lectures in the sciences, let alone make fundamental contributions.

Buying contraband cigarettes costs more than you think. It fuels other criminal activities, such as the trafﬁcking of drugs and guns. Individuals caught in possession of contraband cigarettes face serious consequences ranging from a ﬁne to jail time.

contrabandconsequences.gc.ca L’achat de cigarettes de contrebande coûte plus cher qu’on le pense : il alimente d’autres activités criminelles comme le traﬁc d’armes et de drogues. Les individus pris en possession de cigarettes de contrebande s’exposent à de graves conséquences, allant de l’amende jusqu’à l’emprisonnement.

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Jimmy gives good lunch features@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

immy’s Lunch was the most visceral dining experience I’ve had in a long time, and I say that with conviction, dear readers. Heed my words, for the faded marquee letters on an outdated (justifiably antiquated) and rundown Pepsi sign flagging whatever passers-by to the existence of Jimmy’s Lunch give presence to an even more poignant message that Jimmy’s Lunch certainly won’t be around forever. I’m glad I found it when I did, having passed by that long strip of road multiple times and turning a blind eye with naïve food snobbery. Indeed, those were darker days. Days when I myself was a less humble eater, unaware of what ghosts gave up in terms of good eating. Speaking of naivete, I approached Jimmy’s Lunch with the fantasy that beyond its glass door there’d be a quaint diner upheld by some code of puissant eaters who knew food and service, and to put waitresses in cute knee high dresses and doily aprons. What I saw first was a bar and stools and a cash register and a grill behind it. What I saw when I took a seat on a torn stool with fabric held together by tape was a humble place for eating, sharing its space with a maze of dividing walls leading into what seemed like small offices and rooms where one could eat, bet on a horse named Luigi Banzino or have access to a scantly stocked fridge. That said, considering the character of Jimmy’s Lunch, it’d seem unfair to hold it up to the same standards that other other eateries are held up to today. From what I’ve been told, it’s been around for a long while, just shy of 1949; so it’s fair to say that Jimmy’s Lunch certainly holds its own and shouldn’t be judged by its shabby appearance alone, because there is certainly something more there. Perhaps the character of the regulars, whom I can only assume are slowly fading into the ether; perhaps the stern, yet calm politeness the man behind the counter, in simple jeans, T-shirt and apron gives when he offers coffee in a mumble. It certainly isn’t a place that mirrors the quaint diners in popular culture. However, it wasn’t so dark that it mimicked those cold, awkward places we see on television and know as truck stops. Maybe, in my limited experience of eating in these sorts of spaces Jimmy’s Lunch is what a diner really should look like. An attestation to what diners used to be. A space where beyond its torn blue booths, chipped checkered floor and curling plastic, mock wood trims, some old cooking masters of yesteryear and milkshakes take arms against a sea of food

troubles, where modernity has led to diners being nothing more than restaurant chains. If there is anything to say about Jimmy’s Lunch it certainly is that it is rare, and for the most part, slowly fading out of existence lest I, my dear readers, convince you to go and dine there. Mindful of the vibrations under my stool, caused no doubt from a combination of electricity and traffic passing by in the outside world I curiously read the menu. Amongst Jimmy’s emerald green walls, its metallic, dia-

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Jimmy’s Lunch, located at 297 Victoria Street North. mond patterned backsplashes and wood paneled archways, I made note of the newspaper clippings, old wedding photos and celebrity posters dotting the walls, as well as the old novelty placards of cartoon characters stating the menu options in captive word bubbles. There were the obvious clichéd elements of diners one popularly sees elsewhere today, overshadowed by the clientele of blue collars. My desire for a stack of pancakes was met with dismay by the cook who told me it was a bad idea, claiming that they only ever turn out black. Thus, having never personally mastered the art of making decent French toast I asked for a stack with some sausages, conveniently the most

expensive thing on the menu, but very far from breaking the bank. A humble $6.95. Toast was the cheapest option at $2.25, and if you’re getting technical: jam, a mere 15 cents. Breakfast isn’t your only option either; Jimmy’s is open daily from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. (except Sundays) so lunch is obviously a choice in the form of hamburger, fries or grilled sandwich as well. And I’d be hard pressed for words to not at least mention that they did of course offer milkshakes at $2.75 a glass. I’d be lying if I said my meal was out of this world. Considering the circumstance however, it did hit the spot. With four stacked pieces of French toast, four breakfast sausages and a quartered piece of tomato, I assume to balance the saltiness of the meat, I met my meal with a great deal of elation. I was given a large slab of butter on a separate plate on the side and the communal syrup bottle no doubt touched by hundreds of hands before me. Flavours were familiar, my French toast embodied the sweet cinnamon character of so many before it. Each piece however had an amazing amount of body, not pressed at all in the process of their creation, which enabled them to soak up appreciated amounts of butter and syrup, and which certainly would explain my full stomach by the end of the meal. But what made my meal so enjoyable was its familiarity, those feelings of nostalgia registered by the flavours I had tasted so many times in happy breakfasts before. What more can one expect when eating something so every day in a place as modest as Jimmy’s Lunch? The food wasn’t bad, and its ability to fill my ever expanding stomach impressive. My only regret was that I was too full to try a milkshake, or anything else, especially at the price. I can only hope that you will do it for me, and in the process tell me what familiar memories the flavours of Jimmy’s Lunch stir up for you. Coffee: $1.25 French Toast & Sausage: $6.95 Total (with tip): $11.27

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You’d think one wife and a couple of children is all you’d need, but according to Ziona Chana he’d prefer 39 wives and 167 children. Food and shelter? Not a problem, they eat around 330 lbs of potatoes and rice daily. Ziona states, “I once married 10 women in one year.” They live in a four storey high building with 100 rooms. The women clean and take care of food, around Ziona, 66, preferably while the men are outside doing chores. He is head of a religious community known as “Chana.” It allows polygamy, and already has around 400 members. U.K.

An average lawn mower can be around 80 decibels loud. A cat by the name of Smokey in Pitsford can reach about the same volume with her mighty purrs. Cats normally only reach 26 decibels. She can eat and purr at the same time. Her purring is so loud that it knocks the wind even out of Smokey, causing her to choke. It can apparently “drown out a conversation.” It is so loud in fact, that they have submitted an entry into the Guinness World Records. LATVIA

Ever eat popcorn a little loud? Hopefully not loud enough for someone to kill you! In Latvia a 42-year-old man died of gunshot wounds from a 27-year-old man. The munching of the popcorn offended the shooter. The perpetrator had a legally registered weapon. He did not die on the spot, but died later on in the hospital. A cruel death for someone trying to appreciate Black Swan in theatres. Already a tense movie, but someone had to make the thriller seem more real.

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In Chickasha, Oklahoma, a man was taken into custody after stuffing a chainsaw down the front of his pants. The man in question, Anthony Black, stuffed an Echo chainsaw down his pants in an attempt to steal it without drawing attention. Suffice to say, Black was noticed and chased by police. Black was arrested after driving his car into a creek. – With files from the Telegraph, MSNBC and CBS News.

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An inside look at the life of a dumpster diver Sharon Kennedy staff reporter

itting at the edge of the open dumpster, I surveyed the shiny black mounds below me, wondering if they held trash or treasure. I reached in and grabbed the closest garbage bag. My fingers were too numb to loosen the knot, so I just ripped the plastic. Crumpled paper, stained take-out containers, plastic wrappers… nothing good. As I reached forward for another bag, I felt myself slipping, and suddenly my feet were disappearing into the darkness. I was fully-thigh deep in trash. After a moment of panic, I took a deep breath, swallowed my fear and pride, and reached for the next bag. Freeganism In the Third World, between one and three million people live in landfills out of desperation to survive, scavenging the food and goods discarded by others. In North America, dumpster diving is more often a lifestyle choice, and is part of an anti-capitalist movement: Freeganism. The name is a portmanteau of “free” and “vegan,” and it refers to people who choose to survive only on things that are free. Although an economist would insist that there is no such thing as a free lunch, that doesn’t bother freegans because they reject the entire capitalist system. “We reject it all — the drive for status, the lust for wealth, the sense of power and accomplishment from the purchase of needless commodities. We provide for our needs without feeding the monster.” This was taken from freegan. info, a website by a freegan activist group in New York City. It explains that freeganism is a total boycott of the capitalist economic system since it produces such overconsumption, waste, and exploitation. In addition to scavenging food from dumpsters, the possible alternatives for freegans include squatting (living in abandoned buildings, rent-free), growing food, trading used goods, and using the barter system, among others. With all that free swag, freegans must be saving up tons of money, right? Well, working for money is participating in the capitalist system, so freegans also aim to reduce their

paid work or even stop working completely. “We can instead devote our time to caring for our families, volunteering in our communities, and joining activist groups to fight the practices of the corporations who would otherwise be bossing us around at work.” Dumpster diving in Waterloo Waterloo doesn’t have an organized group of freegans like NYC, but there is a small informal community of dumpster divers. Monica Chamberland, a fourth-year student at UW, finds plenty to eat without paying a dime. “I haven’t gone grocery shopping in months […] for the most part, being able to rely on dumpster dived food means that I don’t have to work as much, means that I have more time on my hands to volunteer and to be involved in the community.” She said that finding food instead of buying it has helped her to be more creative with her cooking, even though it’s not in perfect condition. “It’s edible, it’s perfectly fine, you know, you’re gonna find a tomato with a bad spot or you’re gonna find a tub of yogurt that expired that day, so technically the store can’t sell it, but it’s still good food.” Monica said that she’s never had a bad experience dumpster diving, and that people are usually more embarrassed to see her than she is to see them. Aside from the obvious personal benefit of getting free food and not having to work as much, she also sees it as a way to reduce the ecological damage of over-consumption. “We have such an immense consumerist society and I would much rather have lessened my own footprint, and helped lessen others by just eating the broken cookies.”

food from a dumpster is not in itself illegal. The only legal concern is trespassing. If the property owner makes a trespassing complaint, the police could ask the dumpster diver to leave the property. Although there are no legal restrictions, there are social ones. Most people find the idea shocking, embarrassing, and just plain gross. It’s not socially acceptable to eat food from the garbage, even if it’s still good. This could change if more and more people do it, but dumpster diving can never be a widespread activity. If too many people do it, there won’t be enough discarded food go to around. Dumpster diving and freeganism depend on the same consumption habits they oppose. As Monica said, “I’m only able to receive dumpster dived food and dumpster dived treasures because we have a system that’s so messed up and throws so much shit out […] the only reason that people like myself can dumpster dive is that there’s such a massive excess.” I widened the hole in the garbage bag to see inside. There, waiting for me, was a beautiful loaf of sourdough bread. I passed it to my friend outside the dumpster, and excitedly reached for the next bag. Another loaf of bread and a roll of rice cakes. As I piled up my treasures, I totally forgot about my disgust at being in a dumpster and my nerves relaxed. Then my friend shone her flashlight on the bread and pointed out that it was half covered in blue fuzz. At the same time, I noticed a smear of what I can only hope was barbecue sauce on my leg. My friend helped pull me out of the dumpster, we threw the garbage back in, and went home to scrub our hands clean. Still, I kind of wished I had kept the rice cakes.

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Above: Kennedy experiences dumpster diving first hand. Below: The loaf of bread found inside the dumpster.

Monica’s dumpster diving tips • Bring a flashlight • Wear warm clothes • Be discreet • Go at night

• Watch out for broken glass • Go with a friend • Use common sense • Be adventurous

Not for everyone According to Waterloo Region Bylaw 02-011, “A person may remove garbage placed for waste collection with the permission of the owner of the premises where the garbage was generated.” Shamir Mehta, a bylaw officer, clarified, “As far as somebody going in and taking food out, that’s not something we would really enforce.” The Waterloo Regional Police confirmed that taking

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Eleonora Meszaros imprint intern

Free the Children founder Craig Kielburger speaks about the potential that kids have to actively seek out opportunities that benefit local and global communities.

housands of students gathered in support of global activism on Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Kitchener Auditorium for Free the Children’s We Day, a campaign which looks to inspire youth about the possibility of changing the world — and being cool while doing it. For me, it similarly began on a Thursday years ago when I sat in my elementary school desk learning about global poverty and the foundation of an organization called Free the Children. I had been chilled to the bone sitting in my eighth grade classroom after some shocking realizations about health care, water sanitation, poor living conditions, and most importantly, child slavery. As a young teen, I knew that I wanted to help, but I didn’t know where to begin — so I began writing. After a series of poems about poverty and homelessness that circulated amongst my family members and some close friends, I decided to harness my passion for writing in a way that would allow me a chance to speak out to others about local issues and our very real connections to global ones. I decided to set aside the poetry and focus on a series of ways to help inspire the people in the classes I had throughout high school.

For years, I worked to spread the word about Free the Children and its founder Craig Kielburger in my school community — I had been incredibly inspired by the dedication of the organization and the mission of “children helping children through education.” Throughout my secondary school career, I had several opportunities, including two competitions, to become directly involved with Free the Children and spreading a positive message. I never won, but somehow I never felt like a failure. Instead, I was pushed to continue my quest to directly involve myself in promoting change in society through helping Free the Children. On Feb. 17, I came to a turning point in my journey when I had the chance to sit and speak with Craig Kielburger at We Day Waterloo, where he spoke about We Day making change “cool and possible” in the lives of youth everywhere. “Kids are thinking they’re the leaders of tomorrow, they can make a difference when they’re older. We Day helps kids realize they’re not alone in wanting to take action on these issues,” Kielburger said. “You feel powerless when you’re one, but when you stand in a stadium with 6,000 of your friends, cheering for social change... suddenly, changing the world is cool and possible.” We Day Waterloo Region, sponsored by Free the Children and partnered with Research in Motion

Thousands of students breaking out in the We Day dance while celebrating their freedom and learning about giving back to their global community.

(RIM), saw a line-up of other talented individuals, including civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who fuelled crowd interaction with the chant, “Down with dope, up with hope.” Perhaps most notably, it was the star-like presence of former American Vice President and environmental guru Al Gore that enticed the youth most of all. “Wow, can you feel the energy in this place?” he asked the cheering students when emerging to the centre of the stage, where he spoke about the ability of changing the world. “There are a lot of times in history when young people see things more clearly than others,” he began. “You can speak up. You can do something about this. They cannot stop you.” To keep the youth in the crowd further energized throughout the day, volunteers taught the crowd the We Day dance and kept it fresh with intervals of motivational speakers and a line-up of musical acts including singer Shawn Desman, pop band Stereos, and the Barenaked Ladies. The passionate energy and noise of the crowd was met with an equally intense silence when Michel Chikwanine, a former child soldier, took the stage. Speaking about his personal life experiences and challenges, Chikwanine tapped in to the crowd’s emotion and channelled an incredible vibe on stage. His story, in which he spoke of losing his best friend, reached out to the students in the silent auditorium, many of whom were tearing up and openly crying at Chikwanine’s words. As the leading sponsor, RIM was enthusiastic about the opportunity to host We Day in the K-W region — the smallest city yet to be impacted by the We Day movement. After two years of organizing and planning, the event was what RIM COO Don Morrison called “a philantrophic program that is highly participant for our employees,” before explaining more about the company’s partnership with Free the Children and the Adopt-A-Village Awards program, which aims to send 50 local students to help out in rural Kenya or India this summer. “This is an opportunity for RIM to do something that we can’t do [otherwise and] find something for Kitchener-Waterloo that made sense,” Morrison said. “In my generation, we didn’t have anything like this and from what we see from the places this has been done with Free the Children before: this is stuff that impacts these young people’s lives as they grow older.” Even more impressive, RIM has been the outstanding support the company has received from staff who signed up to be volunteers at We Day — the successful efforts of over 400 volunteers. But of course, Morrison made it clear it couldn’t have been done without the enthusiastic sea of students. “The representation from 250 schools is literally thousands of kids,” he said with an impressed smile. “That’s a lot of kids!” In a nutshell, the event was inspiring and really pushed home ideas of freedom while urging students to continue their active roles in their local and global communities. As charming as it was inspiring, We Day sparked a little change into a sea of open, selfless hearts while managing to bring me to tears time and time again. emeszaros@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Craig and Marc Kielburger welcome the crowd to the first We Day in the Waterloo region.

Members of Stereos before they took the stage to perform their hit song, “Summer Girl”.

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Former child soldier Michel Chikwanine speaks to inspire the youth in attendance.

Campus Bulletin UPTOWN WATERLOO BIA EVENTS 2011 March 10-12: UpTown Comedy Festival May: UpTown Waterloo Jazz Fundraiser June 18: UpTown Country July 15-17: UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival August 25-28: Waterloo Busker Carnival September 11: UpTown Dining October 9: 29th Annual Pancake Breakfast October 9: 32nd Annual Great Oktoberfest Barrel Race October 11: Thanksgiving Day Parade For more information about the above events call 519-885-1921 or email uptownwaterloobia@waterloo.ca or www. uptownwaterloobia.com.

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CAFKA is trying to expand its bicycle fleet. If you have a bicycle to donate please contact volunteer@cafka.org to sign up and learn more. Exchanges for Undergraduates and Graduates - 2011/2012 academic years: Ontario to Micefa, Paris, France. Application deadline is March 14. For info and application forms, please contact Maria Lango, International Programs, Waterloo International, Needles Hall, Room 1113, or by email at mlango@ uwaterloo.ca. Are you a gay man? Get involved with ACCKWA (AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and area) and help reduce the spread of HIV through prevention and education. Honorarium. For info contact Leesa at 519-570-3687, ext 306 or outreach@acckwa.com.

VOLUNTEERING UpTown Country Festival has a volunteer position open for Sponsorship Co-ordinator. Duties such as distributing sponsor packages to existing event sponsors and potential sponsors ; maintaining spreadsheet of sponsors levels/benefits ; attend Board meetings, etc. For more info colleen.dostle@waterloo.ca or 519747-8769. CAFKA is needing people who are able to billet visiting artists during the biennial exhibition this coming September, as well as people who are handy maintaining and repairing bicycles. For info please email volunteer@cafka.org. Volunteer with a child at their school and help improve their self-esteem and confidence. Call Canadian Mental Health at 519-744-7645, ext. 229. City of Waterloo has volunteer opportunities. For info call 519-8886478 or www.waterloo.ca/volunteer. The Distress Centre needs volunteers to provide confidential, supportive listening on our crisis and distress lines. Complete training provided. Call 519-744-7645, ext. 300. Volunteer Action Centre, 519-7428610 / volunteer@volunteerkw.ca, for all your volunteering needs! Volunteers needed – The English Tutor program is in constant need of volunteers to tutor international students. Volunteering is an essential part of student life at UW. Apply online at www.iso.uwaterloo.ca. Books to Prisoners — New action group forming at WPIRG. All interested volunteers please send email to bookstoprisoners@lists.wpirg.org.

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Monday, February 28, 2011 Interview Skills: Preparing for Questions – 2:30 to 4 p.m. TC 2218. Learn how to improve your performance in the job interview by viewing and discussing taped excerpts of actual interviews. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Interview Skills module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the interview Skills online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and select the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Interview Skills: Selling Your Skills – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., TC 2218. Note: activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Interview Skills module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Interview Skills online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and select the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. Working Effectively in Antoher Culture – 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., TC 1208. This workshop is geared towards students who will work abroad and international students who want to work in Canada. Wednesday, March 2, 2011 Career Exploration and Decision Making – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., TC 2218. Note: this workshop is open to 4th year, Masters and PhD students, Postdocs and staff. Thinking About Optometry? – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 1208. A career advisor will review key factors for the application process. Thursday, March 3, 2011 Exploring Your Personality Type (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator-Part1) – 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., TC 1112. Note: materials charge of $10 payable at Career Services prior to the first session. Once you have registered and paid the fee, you will be given information on how to complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) online. The online test must be completed at least a day in advance. Career Cafe – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., SLC. Every Thursday during the term an advisory is on site to answer questions on topics such as career decision, resumes, interviews, job search, etc. Business Etiquette and Professionalism – 2:30 to 4 p.m., TC 1208. Proper etiquette is crucial to a successful job. Monday, March 7, 2011 Academic Interview – 12 to 1:30 p.m., TC 2218. Note: this workshop is open only to 4th year, Masters and PhD students.

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Imprint, Friday, February 25, 2011 ads@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Work Search Strategies for Internatitonal Students – 2 to 3:30 p.m., TC 1208. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Work Search module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Work Search online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo. ca and elect the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. First hour of the session covers general job search strategies; last half hour details visa requirements. Thinking About Pharmacy? – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 1208. A career advisor will review key factors for the application process. Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Work Search Strategies – 10:20 am. to 12 p.m., TC 1208. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Work Search module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Work Search online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and elect the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. Career Investment Assessment – 2:30 to 4 p.m., TC 1112. Note: there is a materials charge of $10 payable at Career Services prior to the session. Once you have registered and paid the fee, you will be given information on how to complete the Strong Interest Inventory online. The online test must be completed a few days prior to the workshop. Explore Your Options: Science Careers of Recent Alumni – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 2218. While this event is geared to Science and Applied Health Sciences students, all students are welcome. Thursday, March 10, 2011 Exploring Your Personality Type (Myer Briggs Indicator, Part 2) – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., TC 1112. Career Cafe – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., SLC. Every Thursday during the term an advisory is on site to answer questions on topics such as career decision, resumes, interviews, job search, etc. Monday, March 14, 2011 Interview Skills for Academic Positions – 12 to 1:30 p.m. Note: this workshop is open only to 4th year, Masters and PhD students. Limited to 30 participants. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Dental School Interviews – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 1208. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Work Search module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Work Search online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and elect the UW student version of the Career Development eManual.

info http://buildachange.ca. Monday, February 28, 2011 An evening with Elizabeth Witmer, MPP Kitchener-Waterloo, from 6 to 8 pm. For tickets/info, RSVP by February 25 to reaumeMS@gmail.com. March 2011 Need help with your tax return? Free income tax clinics for persons with low incomes Monday and Tuesday evenings in March beginning Tuesday, March 1 at 105 University Ave., E., Suite 2, Waterloo. To book an appointment call Monday or Wednesday 519-885-6640 between 1 and 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2011 WAM presents Ron Tite, comedian/ businessman at Bomber, SLC, from 7 to 9 p.m. “You are your brand.” For more info www.facebook.com/ uw.WAM. All students, staff and faculty welcome to this free event. Friday, March 4, 2011 FEDS First Year Commission will be holding a talent show at the Bomber from 7 to 9 p.m. It is a free event for all UW students ; a variety of acts and prizes, so come out to the last event of the year! Sunday, March 6, 2011 A concert of “Baroque Music by Women Composers” performed by one of Canada’s newest baroque ensembles, Musathena at 8 p.m., K-W Chamber Music Society, 57 Young Street, W., Waterloo. For info/tickets 519-886-1673 or kwcms@yahoo.ca or www.k-wcms.com. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Stopping the reign of terror against children: lecture by Kevin Annett, award winning, film maker and cofounder of The International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS), at Kitchener City Hall Rotunda from 7 to 10 p.m. Free admission. For info www.itccs.org or varto@sympatico.ca. Saturday, April 2, 2011 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival – excite your tastebuds at the World’s largest one day maple syrup festival. Lots of food, activities and fun for everyone. www.elmiramaplesyrup.com.

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Cash paid daily – $120 to $360 for landscaping work. Competitive, energetic, honesty a must! www.springmastersjobs.com. Weekend counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Minimum eight-month commitment. Paid positions. Send resume to Human Resources, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2.

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Inside: Toronto-based Decade of Sleep throw a party at Maxwell’s Music House. pg. 17

Rockers from across the region came together on Feb. 18 to compete at the Roger’s Battle of the Bands. The event took place at the Gig Theatre in Kitchener.

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The best games in life are free

t the time of writing this, I had forgotten what that game on the iPod was called. Something to do with a red bird and pigs — I just couldn’t remember. Some of my readers would probably discredit me for forgetting something as “important” as Angry Birds, which some people probably have a fetish for at this point, but hear me out. “I” games are not very important to me. Most of you, if not all of you, have an “i” product of some sort. I know that sounds crazy, all of us bending to the will of a single corporation, but hey, welcome to the 21st century, right? So here’s the deal. I have an iPod, and I hate the games on there. Sure, there are one or two I enjoy, but those are like Coin Dozer (where you use coins to push other coins off an edge): small, classic arcade games that runs my nostalgia blood without fail. Seeing a game like Angry Birds feels like someone basically ripped all of you people off. Really. Does anyone here know the site newgrounds.com? It was notorious in the 90s for things like Make a Britney (with customizable breasts!) or Shoot

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Saddam, and things like that. In 2011, it has grown out of its primitive roots and become a mega hive for flash games. A game like Angry Birds? Very common on Newgrounds. Essentially, I’m telling you guys that you’re playing a game that is FREE. Does anyone else like that free part? I did. Sure, some of you are saying that Indie games need support, and that buying a game like Angry Birds will help the creator(s) make more games in the future. My rebuttal? It’s an “i” game. There could be nothing more in the future. How many of you have heard of Crash the Castle? No? Go on newgrounds.com, search for it. Play it. Once you’ve done that, search for it on the App Store. The version I got? It was free, now it’s up there for $0.99. They are both, essentially, the same game; I might even go further to say that Crash the Castle is better. Point is? There’s nothing further to develop. If Angry Birds’s creator(s) made a game about a bird going on an epic journey to stab an eye on a tower or something, okay fine, I’ll concede. Till then, keep reading. I know most of you are hypnotized by the fact that Angry Birds has pretty

colours and is “cute” or some rather, but that’s just a gimmick. Gimmicks never evolve a game, but simply show how easy it is to sell a game to people without gaming awareness. They see colour, they see that it’s cute, and therefore it’s worth the cost. Maybe it’s the fact that I hate “i” games in the first place that has made me so disgruntled about seeing a game, which is free online, make tons of money that it doesn’t deserve. Sure, the designers had the right choice in making a game cute enough for everyone, but I still won’t buy into it. I think, even for a game that is only $0.99, that I would be better off throwing my money into a volcano, rather than spend it on this game. There’s just no point in paying for it. The media hyping up a game that really innovated nothing never helps the market. Hell, people buying the game afterwards doesn’t help it either. If we all learn to browse the App Store for 10 minutes more, or maybe look into the lesser bought stuff, then it would help developers who are making more than just — essentially — flash games come into the light. Or we can keep buying shit games. You know, like you always do.

Decade of Sleep deliver with classic rock-laden set Zeppelin, Queen covers — and a couple Beastie Boys tunes — highlight an entertaining set at Maxwell’s Music House Paul McGeown asst. arts editor

ecade of Sleep returned to Maxwell’s Music House Friday night (Feb. 18) and delivered a raucous performance, making it clear why they won a battle of the bands event here in 2010. Though Maxwell’s was little more than half-full, those in attendance received full value for money spent. There are two components to a great rock band. Having talent and writing killer songs is one of them; putting on a great live performance is the other. Without any disrespect to the former, Decade of Sleep does the latter with gusto. The set was a crescendo, each song better – and louder – than the last. The band kicked things off with “Northern Lights,” a song off their selftitled, full-length debut album. The song, like much of Decade of Sleep’s material, was short and sweet; unlike many bands, they don’t waste time with excessive choruses. Immediately evident through the first three songs is the importance of bassist and backing vocalist Eric Walker. Though lead vocalist Phil Laffin is strong and has some range, Walker’s pipes add a fullness to the vocals — at exactly the right times, too. Song four, a request by venue owner Paul Maxwell, was a blistering

their second Beastie Boys tune of the evening, doing a solid job on “Fight for Your Right.” Without pause, drummer Mat Pataki kicked into the snare-andhigh-hat heavy intro to the Zeppelin classic “Rock and Roll.” Sure, playing well-known rock anthems is a foolproof way to get a crowd’s attention. The band has taken to performing as a cover band at bars inbetween gigs. This allows them to play longer sets, and also helps pad their bank accounts. That, and it makes for an extensive repertoire of well-honed material. The second-last song of the evening was the band’s single, “Sympathy,” which serves as a good earmark for the band’s material. At first, the heavy guitars signal conventional postPhoto courtesy Decade of sleep gr unge. However, the range of vocalist head-bang, and infused the crowd Phil Laffin and the prog-rock bridge with some degree of energy. It was reveal something more, and hint at a tough act to follow, but the band the band’s potential. To close, the band invited Jimmy got down to work, showcasing the Chauveau (of second opening act talent side of the equation. Bassist Eric Walker showcased The Ascot Royals) onstage for his guitar-playing chops on “The Queen’s “Fat-Bottomed Girls.” Lull.” Three songs later it was Bassist Jesse Gilroy — appropriateguitarist Lance Schibler’s turn, ly, the skinniest of the five — took who rocked a solo in the middle the reins at the mic, proving that he was more than just a solid backing of “Corinna.” The final four songs cemented vocalist. The crowd at Maxwell’s, an already-impressive performance. enthralled with the heavy dose of First, Decade of Sleep covered classic rock, once again sung along. cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” The mostly-complacent crowd was singing along by song’s end. Of course, to call a crowd at Maxwell’s complacent is not necessarily disparaging. If you’ve never been, it’s unlike most venues. The small space is lined with couches and tables, and, depending on the size of the crowd, there is enough room for everyone to get cozy. That said, “Sabotage” brought at least one fan out of his seat to

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Tennis “South Carolina” This is the kind of faded polaroid of a summer beach holiday we stare at to get through the bleak tail of winter. Tame Impala “Solitude is Bliss” Australia sends reverberating big-beat Brit-pop across oceans, casting mile-high wakes of crashing cymbals in its path. Deerhoof “Behold a Marvel in the Darkness” Somewhere in the noise, Deerhoof leader Satomi Matsuzaki finds a moment of clarity to ponder a scientific reason for “love.” The Strokes “Under Cover of Darkness” Fun: yes. Memorable: no.

Gorillaz “Empire Ants (Miami Horror Remix)” Melbourne electro-poppers, Miami Horror liquefy of Plastic Beach’s slowest moments into a club ready industrial anthem. Smith Westerns “Weekend” Melancholy, lovestruck glam-rockers launch screaming guitar licks out of the windows of moving cars in this nostalgia-fueled romp. Tyler, the Creator “Yonkers” It takes little over three minutes, but the menacing, lurching beat finally suffocates the voice behind this year’s most ruthlessly spiteful, vulgarity loaded rant. More More “Forts” A battalion of London, ON garageniks push endlessly against a wall of darkness as drums creep in from behind.

Exhibition on Islam

Friday, March 4, 2011 -- 9:00 am through 7:00 pm The Great Hall, Student Life Centre, UW Exhibition will feature displays, video presentations and free books and literature on the history, distinctive features and teachings of Islam, culture and heritage of Muslims, true meaning of some contemporary and controversial issues in Islam, Jihad, burning of Holy Books, burkah or veil, polygamy in Islam, Holy Wars and terrorism and much more.

The Advent and Revival of Islam Friday, March 4, 2011 -- 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Multi Purpose Room, Student Life Centre, UW

Presentation featuring the advent of the Holy Prophet of Islam (sa) - 600 years after Jesus (as). Continuity of the Divine Message and the advent of the Promised Messiah and alImam al-Mahdi (as) in latter days. Followed by an open Question Answer session. Speaker: Mirza Muhammad Afzal - Missionary and Former Vice Principal of Ahmadiyya Islamic Institute Mississauga.

Myths and Realities of Islam Monday, March 7, 2011 -- 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm MC 2065 (Mathematics & Computer Building), UW

Presentation featuring the status of different genders in Islam, equality of races, burkah or veil in Islam, blashpemy laws in Islam and other myths about Islam. Followed by an open Question Answer session. Speaker: Mubarak Ahmad Nazir - Missionary incharge and Former Principal of Ahmadiyya Islamic Institute Mississauga.

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onster Hunter Portable 3 is Capcom’s latest installment of human hunters seeking out monsters to hunt or capture. The attention devoted to this game comes from having sold more than four million copies in Japan after the first week of December, 2010. This awarded Capcom the title of the fastest-selling PlayStation Portable (PSP) game in Japan of all time. This is not the first time Monster Hunter was reported to have a significant impact on Japan. When its predecessor, Monster Hunter Freedom, was released, the productivity of Japan fell two per cent the following day. The point of playing the Monster Hunter series is hunting monsters with up to three other players. The player engages monsters with a variety of medieval weapons to choose from. Players can wield melee type weapons, which include a variety of swords, lances, and hammers. An alternative to melee weapons are ranged weapons, such as bows or bow guns. Each weapon has its own attack method, and therefore a different attack pattern depending on the monster being fought. Monsters in the game vary from bears to dinosaurs and are about five to 20 times the size of the human players. With such a disadvantage for the players, the focus is not for players to beat this game alone, but in teams. Local players meet up at a nearby shop or park to play. Meeting others of similar interest and playing together expands their social network and allows them to learn from skilled players. The success for Capcom was creating a game that builds up a player’s patience level and teamwork skills. The necessity for players to work together in a team is very crucial for success. For melee players, they are up-close and personal with the boss. However, they will truly appreciate

range attack players supporting them. This gives melee players the chance to heal, or to sharpen their swords. In a society dominated by selfish players who must defeat enemies alone, this game encourages diversity within the team to succeed. This game does not focus on a weakness system; rather, the key is identifying the right opportunity to strike. Each weapon has its own timing; employing a wide range of timing will give other members time to set up their attacks. Team communication is important in order to support each other and achieve “Quest Complete” status. The Japanese soccer team, Blue Samurais, was reported to have won their recent game against Australia through the influence of playing Monster Hunter. Star player of the team, Keisuke Honda, had his attitude changed as a result of playing the game. Instead of his old "me first" mentality, Honda started to become more of a team player. Filling more of a support player role, he gave other players an opportunity to participate rather than selfishly hogging the ball. This opened more opportunities to attack and strike, and led to a confident win over the Australian team. The difference in playing Monster Hunter in Japan and other densely populated areas — compared with an area of sparse population density — is proximity. It is difficult to rally local PSP players when they live far away from one another. Instead, an alternative online version of the game is available to bridge the gap for players who live far away.

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f I told you that Player X had, in the past six seasons, hit this series of home run tallies: 16, 15, 15, 12, 3, and 13, what would you think of that player? You’d probably think he’s average, maybe even below average, the Cameron Diaz of home run hitters. If I rounded out the description of Player X by telling you that he had never, in those six years, hit better than .254 and never, in those six years, drove more than 63 runs in, what would you say his worth was? In the ridiculous world of baseball contracts, you might say he was worth a couple million per year, perhaps even three, right? Surely with those numbers, Player X was no franchise player. In fact, you could argue that with those numbers, he may very well be barely good enough to start for a quality team. Without further ado, Blue Jays fans, those stats are the six year numbers (before last season) of your new superstar and $65 million man: José Bautista. Just weeks after the Jays somehow rid themselves of Vernon Wells’ contract, a Titanic-like sinking cost that few believed could ever be moved (proving the “any contract can be traded in baseball” theory), management found the need to lock themselves to five years of José Bautista. If one was to look purely at last year’s numbers, the contract would seem like a steal. Bautista led the league with 54 home runs, added 125 RBIs and had an impressive .378 on-base percentage. In fact, the statistical gurus down at “FanGraphs” estimate that in today’s baseball market, a player entering free agency with those type of numbers, would be worth, for one year, $28 million. So, really, all we need is Bautista to have just two more of those seasons and we’ll nearly get our money’s worth. But you have to wonder, what are the chances Bautista gets to 50 home runs again? Heck, what are the chances he gets to 40? As a Jays fan, there’s no doubt I hope he gets there, but do I think he will? Definitely not.

Hartigan muzzles the Thunderwolves in series sweep, setting up a round two clash with the Western Mustangs

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(From left) Warriors Captain Chris Ray, Kyle Sonnenburg and Kyle Schwende skate off after scoring a goal against Lakehead last Wednesday night. The Warriors won that game 5-0, and then took the series in Lakehead. Chester Yang asst. sports & living editor

hutting out the third-highest scoring team in the country in Game 1 was no easy feat, which makes shutting them out in the second game all the more impressive. The Warriors rode the excellent goaltending of Keaton Hartigan and solid team play en route to a 3-0 victory over the Lakehead Thunderwolves last Friday night. Lakehead was playing host in the second game of the best-of-three series, after the Warriors took the first game by a score of 5-0. The first period saw the teams See BAUTISTA, page 22 banner_ad_v6.qxd:Layout 1 2/22/11 11:56 AMboth Page 1 that the play cautiously, afraid

first mistake would cost the team. Lakehead, hoping to take the game early, pressed harder but could not solve Hartigan. Josh Schappert put the Warriors on the board just 30 seconds into the second period, killing Lakehead’s momentum as the teams battled to an even second period. “We stuck to our gameplan to try to weather the storm in the first and we did that,” said senior forward Cory Fraser. With a loss meaning elimination for the Thunderwolves, Lakehead came out in the third period guns ablazing. They forced the play in the Warriors’ end and outshot Waterloo 18-6. Hartigan, however, was equal to the task, making all 18 saves in the frame, including several difficult ones

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late in the game. Warriors Captain Chris Ray then added an insurance marker with two minutes to go, beating Thunderwolves goalie Alex Dupuis high. Waterloo added an empty net goal as time expired for the 3-0 final score. This is the first time in 10 seasons that Lakehead has failed to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The team lost in the Queen’s cup finals last year to McGill. For his part in stopping all 62 shots he saw against Lakehead, Hartigan was named the OUA’s male athlete of the week. “Keats played really well, team defense was key that game. Everyone bought in and blocked shots and did what was necessary to get the win,” said Fraser.

Hartigan is no stranger to stepping it up during key games. In his CIS career so far, he averages a save percentage of 90.5 with a 2.93 goals against average during the regular season. In his six playoff appearances (one in relief in 2008), he has an impressive save percentage of 94.9 to complement his goals against average of 1.59. With the series victory, the Warriors move on to the second round of playoffs to face the division leader Western Mustangs. The Mustangs have led the OUA West all season by a wide margin, and are ranked fifth nationally. See HOCKEY, page 22

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hen Carlos Tevez joined Manchester United in 2007, he was joining one of the biggest clubs in the world, and the red part of Lancashire County. Fast forward two years, and Tevez now finds himself in the same city, the only difference being that his jersey is now blue instead of red. Tevez had taken a leap from a big club to Manchester City, a club which, prior to 2009, was relatively unknown. Money had spoken, loyalty had died, and yet another club had thrown money to get what they wanted. I was walking through a mall in Amsterdam once, and came across a soccer store. I went inside, and what I saw made me sick. Stacked were Carlos Tevez jerseys; Manchester City shirts were on display all over the place. I asked the store keeper why there were so many Manchester City jerseys and hardly any of Ajax’s, the local soccer team. He replied that the craze of Manchester City and the fact that superstars were flocking there, were bringing supporters to the English team. Manchester City was becoming a dominant player in football and people were willing to support the strongest teams glittering with superstars. This “supporting” of the strongest team has a term with which many are familiar. Bandwagoning exists in virtually every sport, but has recently increased in European soccer. The classic example used to be Chelsea, and now joining them is Manchester City. The similarities between the two clubs are not surprising and indicates why I label the two as the most “plastic” teams in European football today. Prior to Chelsea and Manchester City’s acquisition by sugar daddys, both sides had very little history, a smaller fan base, and were for the most part, an average squad. Suddenly, after their acquisitions, both teams are now self-proclaimed kings

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of football. No matter which way Chelsea and Manchester City fans will try to spin it, their success and any future success is and forever will be due to large amounts of money being thrown around. Some may feel that I am angry and jealous of the success that the two clubs have. Angry? Yes. Jealous? Not a chance. I am always angry that teams such as Chelsea, Manchester City, and even Real Madrid are able to win trophies just by throwing money around, but as the old saying goes, money does not buy everything. Money cannot buy happiness, it cannot buy loyalty, and it certainly cannot buy respect. Fans of these two clubs should realise that most of the players on their team show no affection or loyalty to them, and are mostly there for a quick buck and perhaps to lift a trophy the easy way, the former taking priority. To me, any club that has a policy where “if you do not win anything you are fired,” is a club that can only achieve success through money, much like a glamour model spending large amounts of money for plastic surgery to keep her fame and success. It is forgivable for teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Barcelona to spend large sums of money for players, given the fact they were top teams to begin with. But the business model being used by Manchester City and Chelsea is the one I believe represents everything that is wrong with modern soccer: spending extravagant sums of money for players, tempting players with ridiculous wages to ignore teams that they might feel more loyalty towards and nonexistent policies on their youth programs. What is the most worrying and sad are the increasing amounts of fans who are now supporting them. fhamdani@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Warriors Bumped from Playoffs Golden Gaels sweep Warriors in first-round OUA playoff match, but Dyck and Kazhamiaka earn OUA recognition Namish Modi staff reporter

he Warrior’s volleyball season is over. Waterloo failed to upset the Queens’ Gaels in Kingston on Saturday. The Gaels took care of the Warriors in three straight sets. The scores of the sets were 25-23, 25-20, and 25-17. “It is unfortunately what we

“Queens is a very physical and experienced team. They played well against us, and if they continue to do so, then they have a good chance of winning the championship,” said Kazhamiaka. Kazhamiaka had a very solid rookie season, averaging 3.7 points per set and was eighth in the OUA in kills with a total of 210. The Warriors had a decent season, but it was disappointing in that

all-star in addition to the all-rookie team. Kazhamiaka led the team in points per set, kills, and digs. “It feels good to make an impact, the all-star recognition is thanks to the team,” Kazhamiaka said. Jordan Dyck was also named to the OUA all-rookie team. Dyck had 2.9 points per set to go along with 119 kills. The outlook now turns to next season, which is bound to be a good one.

Warriors rookies Jordan Dyck (left) and Fiodar Kazhamiaka (right) were both named to the OUA AllRookie team this past Tuesday in recognition of their strong play. Kazhamiaka was also named an OUA Second-team All-Star.

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failed to do,” said Warrior coach Chris Lawson regarding the loss. “We knew we had a passing advantage over Queens and as a result our serving was very important. The first set gave Queens energy, and deflated us, we were never able to recover.” Queens was led offensively by Joren Zeeman, Bryan Fautley, and Michael Amoroso. The Warriors were led by outside Fiodar Kazhamiaka, who had eight kills and six digs in a losing cause.

they did not record a playoff victory. “There were some good and some bad things,” said Lawson. “We made the playoffs again this season, which was good for a very young team. However we played some very inconsistent volleyball and that is always frustrating for both players and coaches. We did have two rookies make the all rookie team which speaks well for the future.” The aforementioned Kazhamiaka was named an OUA second team

“Overall, we made a lot of improvements over the season, its very important now that we have closed the deal with some of our recruits for next season,“ added Lawson. “[We must] get in the weight room this off-season and put together a highly competitive exhibition schedule for next September, October, and January of next season.” sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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JAY-TOP: Bautista a big risk for Jays

Imprint, Friday, February 25, 2011

Warrior Roundup

Continued from page 20 Curling

Figure Skating

Ten years ago, this contract would have made all the sense in the world. With steroids flying around like Viagra at the Playboy mansion, Bautista, at the tender age of 30, would have been a lock for at least a couple more MVP-calibre seasons. Unfortunately, they’re testing now, suspending now, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that signing players, into even their mid-thirties, is a risky move. While teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, and Phillies have the money to throw at aging players, small market teams would be wise to stay away. What’s even more confusing is why the Jays felt the need to extend for that long anyway. Bautista was seeking eight million in arbitration, a number he will now make next season, followed by four more years at 14. Why not just give him the eight for next year and make him prove that his 50 home run season wasn’t a flash in the pan like Paris Hilton’s time in the spotlight (what happened to her?)? The answer is obvious: because Bautista might leave via free agency the next year. My retort: so what? If Bautista somehow is able to repeat his tremendous numbers this year (very unlikely), then make him a four-year offer knowing his value is at least two years proven. If he won’t take your deal, collect the draft picks and move on. Let’s face it, the Jays aren’t exactly poised to make the playoffs in the next couple years anyway, so signing a 31 year-old slugger whose best days may swiftly enter the rearview mirror can’t possibly be a priority. If we’ve learned anything from the bizarre parity in baseball, it’s that small-market teams have to load up on young, inexpensive talent, and make a run for a championship in a small window of time. Bautista, as far as I can see, will be just an expensive mistake by the time that window opens up, if it opens up at all. Of course, Bautista may jack 200+ homeruns over the next five years and I’ll look like an idiot, but somehow I don’t believe it. Alarming as this sounds, looking back on the Vernon Wells contract—there was actually more justification for his deal, than Bautista’s. Player X better produce, or the name Bautista will swiftly become synonymous with “mistake” around here.

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Jonathan Ng staff reporter

aterloo hosted the OUA Figure Skating Championships at RIM Park last weekend, and after two strong performances earlier in the season, the Warriors were looking to improve on their bronze medal performance of a year ago. After the first day of competition the Warriors sat just five points back of

second, thanks in large part to Brandon Prete’s gold medal performance in the men’s open free skate. But the second day of competition would be a dogfight, with Toronto and Queen’s just one point behind to start the day. Katherine Brown and Ali Greenhow turned in a silver medal performance in the creative dance, but Waterloo was unable to hold onto a medal position, finishing fifth overall. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Jonathan Ng staff reporter

ed by skips Katherine Pringle and Jake Walker, both the women’s and men’s curling rinks were in Guelph this past weekend for the OUA curling championships. Pringle’s rink was looking to defend the title they won at last year’s bonspiel, while the men’s team were chasing their championship since 2005.

The weekend started well for the Black and Gold, as both teams won their first matches, but stiff competition quickly brought both teams down to earth. The men posted a 5–3 record in the preliminary round, but were eliminated in a close tiebreaking game with Lakehead, losing 6–5. The women finished a disappointing sixth, with a 4–4 record. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

HOCKEY: Warriors sweep Lakehead, face powerhouse Western in second round Continued from page 20

Western is the overwhelming favourite for the series against the Warriors. In the three meetings between the teams this year, the Warriors have lost all of them, including an 8-1 blowout in London back on Oct. 29. Fraser isn’t deterred by the season record against Western. “We played Western earlier in the year and struggled a bit, but I think we’re playing good hockey now and we just have to stick to our gameplan and go from there.” Even though Waterloo stifled the potent offense of the Thunderwolves, led by Matt Caria, taming the Mustangs will prove to be a much more difficult task. Western owns the second-best offense in the nation this year, averaging 4.25 goals on 37 shots per game. While Lakehead and Waterloo each sent two players to Team Canada for the World University Games last month, Western boasts seven players from that roster. The Mustangs roster features a potent offense led by forward Kevin

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Baker and team captain Kyle Lamb. Scott Aarssen leads their defense with 19 points in 23 games played.

in the nation with a split of 2.54 GAA and 92.4 save percentage. The team split their goalie tasks be-

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put up excellent numbers as well, so goaltending will be a strength regardless of who starts. The Warriors will not be looking to change the formula that has worked so far. “We’ll throw a bunch of shots at [the goaltender] and crash and bang for the rebound,” said Fraser. The first game of the series takes place on Thursday night in London. The result was not available at press time, but can be found online on the Warriors Athletics website. The teams come to Waterloo for the second game of the series, and the puck drops at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday night, with a third game back in London on Sunday night if necessary. Notes:

Defeated Lakehead 2-0

The main distinction between Western and Lakehead is in net. While Lakehead’s goaltending was pedestrian with with a 2.96 GAA and a save percentage of 90.3 during the regular season, Western’s goalies rank fourth

Defeated Brock 2-1

tween Anthony Grieco and Josh Unice. Grieco was part of the Team Canada contingent with Ray and Sonnenburg, so they are more familiar with him than Unice. Unice started the majority of Western’s games down the stretch and

Kyle Sonnenburg was named OUA West Defenseman of the Year on Wednesday while Chris Ray was named OUA West’s Most Sportsmanlike Player. Both players are also OUA West AllStars for the third consecutive year. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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