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of :I student's time. cc>nsidcr:~te couniecl for 42 per ccnr of the re spondcnru, foll~wcd 11) tilarhi~riXitics (35 percent), sc:encc (c~ghtperceri~), rlcc rated 3.56,job descriptions I-:ired 3.22. mien ie\\ sclleduling rated 3.19 ;irr< fsc\ en pel- ""1). ,ippl~cdIicnlth 2nd co-op liil wninars rated 3.02.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 28,200

Preparing to act on tuition deregulation )avid Wellhauser SPECIALTO IMPRINT

Many dignitariesinvolvedwiththe parkturnedsod. Soon bulldozersandbackhoeswill finishthe job.

R&T park started prcsidcnt David Johnston, CEO of Canada's TechnologyTriangle Randy Ellis, and iAnywhere (the division of Sybase that &ll reside in the park) Ftftcen years ofplamng came to fm; uon on June 25 as thc UW Research presidentTerry Stepien.

Presenters used their remarks to and Tcchnologj Park's officul stress the day's importance and exgroundbreaking ceremony was held on North Campus. Representaaves press their personal delight. PresidcntJohnston said, "It's agreat day," from every level of government, UW and the pnvate sector wcrc all in at- followed immediately by Andrew tendancc Present were IOtchener- Telegdi who proclaimed, "It's a fanWaterIoohPAndrewTeleg&,Deputy tastic day." Mayor Woolstencroft Premier Ehzabeth W~tmer,Mn~ster poeticized these sentiments saying, of Enterpnsc, Opportunity and In- "It is as if the world holds its breath as novatmn Jim Flahertv, Waterloo we make these remarks.. .Today, we Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft, UW turnmore than sod; we turn a page in Matt Strauss

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our cornmunn)'~h~rtonr" Severalspeakersaddrcsscd the tec park's hkclymfluence on the compet uveneas of the Canahan econom ? elegdl sa~dthe tech park would "er surc these jobs stay nghthere,~nstea of gomg South " L k s sad, "Wc'll b thc Sd~conValleyof the 21st centutv The groundhreakmng was the fir' step m the development of thc 10( acre park whch dtnclude an env ronmental reserve, state-of-the a] mfrastructure and a busmess acce erator Arepresentauve ofSybase a a ~ that Anywhere plans to moveinto th park withm 12 to 15 months

Region writes housing future Housing statement must direct regional growth management for the next 40 years

3eregulatlon 1s stdl a hot top~con :ampus accordmg to the Federaaon ~f Students. "The prcsident of thc Jniversity of Waterloo and other senor administratorshave demonstrated hat they are supportive of further -uition deregulation," thc Fcds said n a motion at their June 16 council neeting. At aprovincialgovcrnmcnt >re-budgct consultation mccting in 4pri1, prcsident Johnston expressed us personal sentlmcnts in favour of :water autonomy for universities in jetting their own fees.

The l:ecis have taken a proactive jtrategydeal with theissue ofderepation and at theirJune 16 Students' ~;ouncilmeeungunan~mously passed Rvan O'Connor that created a new Deregulatlon Act~onGroup The youp 1s mandated to gather student j p ~ n ~ oonn deregulanon and ~nvesu Tatc whcthcr or nor thc Fcds nccd to nake any amendment5 to l'ohcv 12 Their currcnt pohcy onderegulauon, Pohcy 12, was adopted in July 1998 and arnendedmhlarch 2000. Accordng to the pohc) the "Federauon of Students' Council does not support the deregulation of tuition fees."

Membership on the new commit tee will consist of the reds presidcn VP cducation, thrcc student counci lors, two undergraduate student senr tors and interested students-at-larg( Currently thc two student senatr positions on thc committee are vz cant. Students-at-large are invited t siton the committee bccausc accorc ing to O'(:onnor, "Often when th Fedsis suikingcornmittees,the mctr bcrs sccm to bc those who are alread hcwily involvcd in the organizatior Allowing at-large students' input t bc considcrcd, the Fcds becomes more open organization, both i rerms of people and ideas."

The committee willsolicitand con pile student feedback about dcrcgul; tion and release their finhngs in report. According to O'Connor, th rcportud be sent to reds Council fc ratification by the end ofthe Fall ten and presented tci university Senate.

The group's first meeting too place on Tuesday,June 25. Current1 thc commirtccconsists of O'Conno Feds president Brenda Slomka an 17cdscouncillors Courtney Prezios GeoffRawle and Owen Ferguson.

Interested students are invited t contact Feds VP education Rya O'Connor at 888-4567ext. 234001 b e-mailatvped@feds.uwaterloo.ca.

Waterloo's writers recognized Naomi B. Bruce and Magda Konieczna SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Rob Horlle, director of Housing IMPRINT STAFF and Community Senriccs for Waterloo Region, said that the housing statctnentwillbc"ascrofrecommen:Is thc 10th largesr urban area in Canada ind the fourth largcst in darions that arcn'r so general that thefre meaningless. [TherecommcnC)nt,lilo, u ~ t h,I populatmn o\ el 450,000 and a dn erstticd S15 b~Ulon dationsl say 'this is what we need you to do and this is how we're going to econom) ,thc Region of U f~terloo I\ do it and this is who has to lead it and In the proce\s of complettng a rc this is the tine frame.' So it's going to gmnal houstng starcment upddtt The Regon of Waterloo 1s made bc a lot morc spccific than to simply up of the clues of Cambrtdgc, sap 'there's a need and we should all addressit'-1 mean, ataccrtainlcvel, Kttchencr and Waterloo as well a\ that becomes meaningless." the t o w n h p s of North Dumfncs, "Once the recommendations are Wellesley, Wllmot and Woolwlch endorsed, then it would be incumIn Apnl 2001, the Waterloo regonal counc~lendorsed a recom- bent on us as a community to go out to senior levels ofgovernment and to mendation to dcvclop a "Smart Growth" plan to cnsure the future other players in the housing industry and say 'these are the things we need prospenty of the regon The purpose of the hous~ngstate- done and this is why,' and try to get ment 1s to look at the housmg supply those changes happening."

Affordable housing is currently a and the future needs In the regon.

Based on the statement, the regonal top priority for the housing state-. ment. The issuc is that the housing councd d make dec~s~ons on what the regon should be dorng, what development industry, which will set the agendas forconstructionprojects, mumc~paliuesshould be domg, how the development mdustry could be need to be involved with the region's mvolved, and what the provlncd and decision-making. Horne explained, federalgovernments should be domg "It's a simple supply-and-demand proposition. If thereis such a demand tn theu roles.

Geoff Eby

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for affordable housing, how can u get development indtlstlTto sidet.this to be part of their norm marketactivily?yhereasill thcpasr, don'L thirlli it's been cspeciallyin this area -asit could he geby@imprint.uwaterloo.c

0 What problems have you encountered when you are searching for housing?

0 What are you looking for when you are searching for housing?

0 What changes should be made to the building code?

Send in your answers to thesc questions to news@imprint.uwaterloo.ca.

Two former UW emplobees arc among reward recipients in the first LYRAContcurliterary contestput on

by Ihe Wa~erloolie$on,dAris Coun-

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I Itin Row,who uses the pen-name Elin No~eboom,won in the poetry category for her piece entitled "Early Symptoms" about bcing diagnosed with a brain tumour. Erin rcccntly Erin Bow(1eft)andPatricia Bow resigned from her position as managcr of educational programs at EP Star,whch offersprofessional educauon In &plomauc programs at UW, "Early Symptoms" in order to pursue a writing project.

"Through the controlled use of The award for culturaljournahsm language,Early Symptomsrecounts was given to Patricia Bow, who hap- lthe sense of vulnerability that pens to he Dnn's mother-m-law, for emerges when, m the mdst of the the amcle "Global Warming," about poet's buymg a crepe from a venan lmuauve ~nvolvlngUW fine arts dor, the understandmgof language graduates whchwas pubhshedm the 1s suddenly lost."

Umvers~tyof Waterloo magazme In the fall of 2001 Patnc~aworks at the "Global Warming" office of mformanon and pubhc af"The arncle does what ~t sets fm. out to do, gvmg ~ n s ~ gInto h t why The awards, whlch were ~muated Ithis unusual facility eiists, why it is by localwnter Veromca Ross and e&so valued by the artists who mhab~t tor of the arts council quarterly Kim and animate it, and why the rest of Jernigan, were presented June 19 at us should care." the Church Theatre in St.Jacobs.

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Fazil Rasheed SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Reena Devani SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

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Conrad Grebe! expanding

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T h e ccntre, refcrrccl t o a s \X';itL\( 11;. has been cr-c;itccl to proT-iclcIT\Y\vith a 1i:lsis for responding ,\ccorclrng t i , l h w n e y , the need forsust;lined I-est:lrcliinti1co-op edua t i o n 1s i~ecomn~n,y\vldcl\ rccognbcd and it VJILIIL~ IIC :I slimic irthr 111ii\~cr-

U W Canada Bay celebrations

.\r nlmost :my point 0 1 cr rhc past 25 re;trs, it \\oi~lcllitlxe I~ccnapprop a t e to fc~unclsuch a centre for se\-ern1 rearoils, Do\vney :lid.

T h e firhl reason is education.

(1anaci;i D;I! cclcbr;~ri~ms t h ~ s1c:~t d l have acldeci significance for CXY .

Nor onll-cloes it marl, (:anad:i'.; 1 15th birthd;~:,it is A o Ll\Y.'s 4.511~ .Fhc , ~ ~ c l c h ~ - ; ~diicli t i ~ ~ n\I-111 s . I-1111 froin 2 p.m. to i I p.m. on July I , \<111 a variety of cnrertatnnient and \vriI culniinarc n-lth the g r a d tirc\vorl,\ d i s j h \ in er (:olumi~i;lI.aiic. ,\dmth-

inrercsr in \vh:it : I ~ Ihen. \tudcnts learn, ne\v Ic;~mingtcclini,li)gics :ind clrffci-cntcducatiomll esperienccs are po,,sible.'I'he e\isrencc ottllc I ~ c i r ~ i !rig ; I I '~ I ' . d ~ n gthrough i'ccliiiol-

Unraveling the state of housin

:\fret- sru~lcritsknow rhat they nil1 be cnrollec! :it C1\\ hut bcforc the! , ~ ncccl ro find :I hit the I ~ I I ~the! place r o lire. \Yith I T\X' m d \Y'LCT enrolment and rhc population o f the clty of Waterloo gro\\-ing, the demand for housing in the area \\'111 incrcasc and require a hitnilar increase in supply.

Thcrc has been discussion and speculation around whether or nut and tv what degree there \ d l be a strain on student housing in \X7atcrloo.There are many factvrs that affect housing supply and dcmand, so many data nccd to be collected for an inforlned stud!.

1111111sexposition, I will rcfcr to some of recent il~scussiono n the subject, highlight some issues affecutlg housing and provicic some data on recent and projected suppl) and demand.

In the 51av 31 I / ~ p / u fMelissa , Graham quotcd Bob Trunmi as saying, "One of the contributing facturs towards the dctnmd not being so htgh is thar we've already accommodated those 4,600 stu-

cients. \nd s o :ISthey leave the .;!-stem rhere has been k\vcryeat-one students behind them so that die rotd L I ~ I crsit! \ cnrr~line~~t docan't Let p goic-igup." (;rebel dean o f ~ r u d c n r \ lirul)ahcr-Zchr \vas quoted in thc J u n e 12 G/i:yi~/~ sa),infi"\TitIi the looming housing shortage for studcnrs in rhc \\ atcrloo area. thr oppot-tunlr>-to pr~inclemore hou+g on campus for- our students. espcciall> our bcnlor itudcnts, is verj exciting."

In the !\prtl 17 IV>/trr/ooChr-oiisch, llndrea Bailey wrote ". . . the liwsmg offices for both schools r housing lists claim t h c ~ off-campus have more unxs offered than are being rccjucstcd . . ." and quotcd LILY' director of business operations Bud \Yalker saying "It looks lilic off-campus singlc stud en^ housrng surpluses will continue." \V;lterlo~)'s lodging house licensing bylaw says that in order for n housc to get a ltccnsc it must be "at 1e:lsr sevenh-fiw mctrcs from an!- other propert!- containing a lodging housc." This incans thar, close to the um-erslty \I-hcrc thcrc arc many lodging houscs. fcxv or no extra houses can he licensed.

As suppl! must LC iticreased to meet a growing dcmand. studcnts will have to livc further from housing. campus or in lower q~~ality In the May 15 Go?& Barbara E l w wrote "What students really

\\ant. sa! s \Y'alkrr, is housing on or close to campus, ofrcmonable qu:thty r11;lt is safe clem :~nd;I& eqmtcly m;l~nraincci." sun-ej-done by residence life co-ord~n:~ror l':m Ch;irbonnc.~~t :I stutlcnrl)~-cfcrc~i~c for it~&c;itc~: houc~ngclosc to cmipus \vlth a majorit\ O E F I L I ~ I C ~\barlilrlg ~S to livc rm c;~tnpwur o n thc rdgc of campus.

Some components of supply and dernanci are easy to cictcrrninc bur othcrs arc not.

The known demand consists of the lTa11 cnrolmcnt and projected cnrolment at LTW and W1.U accounting for off-campus co-op :ind dismncc students. This demand 1s mcreased by the nonstudent population increase in Waterloo.

Tlic known supply includes 011campus rcside~iccspaces of all types at U\X' and W I L and the 961 lod,qing houscs licc~lscdby the ciq-.

Unknown supply includes residences outside the definition of a lodging house, illegally operated lodging houses and houses where students live with parents.

According to information on cnrolmcnt from the two unir-ersities, the known dctnmcl in Fall 2001 mas 27,224 and rhc known supply was 11,185. One can be confident that all students did find housing last fall, which means unknown supply makes up a

Ixmvccn linown supply :in4 dcm;ind in cunsccutivc year. represents recl~~iscil o f i campus grc~u-th.

There was an increase of 105 in 2000 and 003 111 200 1 .

Lool,ing at projected dcniancl gr.o\vth over the corning years, we can estimate how much offc;rinpus housing w ~ l have l t~) inel-exaein the f~thlre.

This diffcrcnce must increase by 303 this !Tear and wlll be requlred to inc~wiseby871 in 2003.

So the required increase over the nexl t\vo years is similar to thc approsimarcly 300 spaces rhat lodging ho~rscsexpanded this !car.

So, is rhere a housing probletn?

Thcrc may o r may noi he depending o n the accuracy of the unlvcrsities' projections and how oftlcatnpus supplj- reacts to demand.

It ts a complicated issue ;lnd student government, uni\Wslh officials and the city government neecl to be open about the sit~lation in order to address potential problems and so students can plan. llvcn if there are enough places for students to live they ma>-not he good quality or close enough to campus.

.Itnoilg tile acu\ iucs planned arc childrcds t~unlol!n~pics,llrofc.:slotl:il l k e flying :lnd children'. funfchr. Th(, da! \villaIso Ccai~ircpc.rforin;uiccb II\ tlir hlatt (~)sborncRand,']'I-acesStccl Dt-uniR:inci nnd l'ncle H c a y 'h l'orh Chop Ke~we.F c ~ r i t i tdor11i~ti1;m ~r 1s a d a l ~ l :itc [hei:anad;llla! \Ycl-r sitc ar ~~~~~v.c:i~~a~l;~cii~y.~~i~~-aicrl ~ca.

Architect for UW school of architecture selecte S t a ~ ~ l c y S a i t i ~ \ ~ i t i . p ~ - ilnU:itom;r ~rcipal

.\rchitect s otS;i~iI'ranc~sco.h:ts I J C C I ~ selectid to clesign the L'nii ersit! of \S'arerloi~ Sch(ml of :\I-cliitccturc I I I (::mibt-idge.

Saitoivitz. \\ ho has been cioing architccnrral work fur 25 J cars, is a professor ofarchitccrurc at the Cntversity of (:alifornia at 13erkeley. I Ic is an ~ntcrnationallycecogni;.ed architect and has hccn honourrd u,rtli disttnguislied \-isitin8 professorships at the leatllqg schools oiarchlrecture in the United Statcs.

Saitouitz's firm got the noel froni the I 6 member selection committee comprising rcprcscntativc fioni the (:iry of (:amhridge, rhe (hnbridge (:onsortium, the G n ~ r c r s ~ of t y \Y'atcrloo, anci the School of .\rchitcccure.

According to the armngctnento, Saitowitz must now sclcct an architectu~llfirm in Ontario to collaborate with on the projeci. The design process is expected to get uncles wa! during rhc nest month. Rcnouation of the bullding wdl start this fall anci the school is cspcctcd to bc opera tional in September 2003. with files from UW news bureau

FRIDAY, JUNE 28,20(

Ontario budget 2002 Ecker gives $75 million for double cohort studentsat the Umvers~tyofWaterloo alone, resulangin an f 8 d o n to f 10 SPECIAL TO IMPRINT d o n shortfall,larger class sizes and On June 17 the provincialTories an- other consequences whch lower the nounced the 2002 Ontario budget. qualtty of postsecondary educaaon.

Among the highhghts announced by That d be our next battle." He exprovindFmance Mitllster TanctEcker pressed further cnuusm by saymg: was asin tax hke,alackoftaxcuts and "Nordd yesterday's budget contama a smallincrease in university funding. promqe to fundmflaaon,acostwhch Cash-strappedumversiaeswereprom- equals four to five per cent of the xed $75 d o n m addnonal fund- umvers~ty'stotal budget, amounting to about $8 d o n . " mg The fundmgis exclus~vely to help Representaaves at the Federauon with the "doublc-cohort," thegraduanon of students from grade 12 and of Students lauded the provtncial budget. Feds VP educaaon Ryan OAC. together in 2003.' s As a result of the admtional fund- O'Connorsad h e ~cauaouslypleased: "Although there are mg, qualified stuV I M I U L Expenditure ~ 2002-03 a number of stuThe Budget D-"--T-'-l dents ln Ontano dents enrolledatunversities who are stdl not funded, nevertheless the $75rnillion increasein operating grants an,nounced today nston was available to ImWill Peters and Susan Bubak

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~ a d w nam t in addittonal the funding Ontario fiscal plan fun* annually to adimpr0ve www.ontfinancel.com/ [' t" "1 budOZe/pdf/paperb.pdf dress those unfunded so thatwould ances alot. It's welcome news for us but ~tdoesn't solve be somethmg that I wouldhke to see. our problems." There was no mcn- There's s d a lot more the governaon m the budget of the $100 d o n ment can do."

Commentmgonwhat elsethegovshortfallexperiencedby Ontario unemment should focus onFeds presiversiaes because the government IS dent Brenda Slomkasad: "They connot fundng about 10per cent ofthelr student population. Dependmg on mually gve money to SuperBuild what program a student is m, they areas, but they'renotloolungatmfrastructureon campusesand the need to representa c e m n amount ofstudent unitsor basicincomeumts (BIU).The repatrit,whch affects qualtty."

The extramoney from this budget government only funds a certan numbcr of BIUs and as a result a mll pay for next year's influx of stupomon of students are left unfunded. dents but Ontam's umversmes are far On tlus top~c Chakma said: "Thcrc from fimshed mth the struggle to arc about 1,800 to 2,000 unfunded provlde quahty cducaaon

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Senate approves bachelor of CS

UW removes

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OnJune 17, the University ofwaterloo Senate approved the creation of a newdegree,the bacErelorofcomputer science (BCS). The BCS d supplement, not replace, the current computer science degree,abachelorofmathemaacs mcomputer suence.

The hrst s t u d e n t s d be admtted to the programmseptember of 2003, and d graduate in June 2007 (2008 forco-ops).

Rationalefor the bachelor of computerscience For some tune, the department of computer science has deslred more autonomywthmthe facultyof mathemaacs. A b ~ g step in that drecuon came on May I, when the department offiaallybecame the schoolofcomputer saence.

Because the CS program was part of the math faculty, students pursumg a CS degree were r e q u e d to take ' the same core math courses as someone pursumg a statisacs degree.

Proponents of rhe BCS felt that W s math requrements for CS sixdents hadtwoproblems: they made~t 't.ery difficult for students to gam exposure to applicationareas outside the faculty" an$ the math content of thedegreewas'largely determinedby mathematicians outside CS." Unless CS was given ~ t own s degree, they argued, they would be cons m e d by theBMath'srequvements.

BCS Umeline InOctober 2001,PrabhakarRagde, associate chau of the Computer Science Curriculum Committee (CC), brought up the creaaon of a BCS degree. A raaonale was pubhshed shortlyafterward.

In November, the computer sclcncc facultyvotedto pursue two proposed models for a bachelor of computerscience degree:a cornprehensivc programwth the same level of struc-

ture as the current BMath-based CS degree, and a self-drected program, with fewerrestrictions.

They discarded three other models: a constrained technical program, s d a r to the way UW's e n p e e n n g programsare run; a "comprehensme" programwithalargesetofcorecomes; anda"mula-tracked" program where h d - and fourth-yearstudentschoose a speualizaaon wthin their major.

In January, the faculty settied on the self-duected opaon by a 28-9 margin.

On February 12,the computer suence department approved the proposal. Next, the Math Faculty UndergraduateAffam Comrmtteeapproved the BCS degree plan. After that, the Math Faculty Councd gave its okay to the plan, and then the Senate Undergraduate Cotuml sad yes. Last,it was approved by Senate.

Programcomparisons The BCS degree shares much In commonmthits BMathpredecessor, but has two significant changes.

Flrst, dmmathrequements drop from 11 to 7 courses.

Second, the thud-year CS requlrem a t s ham k n r a d c a l l y revamped.

G o m f m n the shoa hst are CS 342 (concwency), CS 360 (theoryofcomputaaonf a d C S 370 (scienaficcomputation).G354(operatingsystems) has beenfeplacedby CS 350. Onenew course has beenadded: CS 245 (logc and computaaon).

At the same arne, the new school ofcomputer scienceis tweakmgsome of its other course offerings: in addtiontophasingoutCS354,CS342d bereplacedbyCS 343. Both the theory courses (CS 360 and CS 341) are bemg mwhfied. Anew course on theory (CS 365) and one on sdenaiic computation (CS 371)d alsobe offered by the new school.

Both the BCS and new BMath programs lack an ethics, or socictal impact course, whch is requlred by cngvlecnng programs, and a user tnterface deslgncourse.

Christina Ghanem SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

O n June 17 the UW Senate voted 1 close the enwonmend (chermcal]B gneenng program and disconanue h e arts opaon and opaons m sof ware e n p e e n n g or biomforrnaat for those in the faculty of mathema ics. These p r o g r a m s d bedscontu ued forprospecuve students, but nl for those currently enrolled m then The enwonmental engneem program ongnated in 1996 and o fered two opaons a c i d stream ar chemcal stream.When envrronmel talengineeringwascreated"themte~ aon was that both streams ( c i d ar chemcal) wouldgrow overtme to 1 roughly 45 or 50 students Iper year] each " However, accordmg to BI Anderson ofthe chemcal engmeem department who drects the EnvEr program, the level of enrolment do1 not appear to be growing to fulfd ti facultyresourceseffiaently.Andcrsc sa~dthat should the demand forth programgrow and reach the standal 80 to 90 students, enwonmental el p e e n n g (chemcal)may be re-opene The fine arts programoffers thrc different opaons for amnor: stud h Senate art hstory, and iilm. W ~ t the decision, there d only be two 01 aons avdable for a -or: aahsto and studo (combined) and filt Arthur Green, char and professor c line arts, told Impntthat he believ~ that combintngart hstory and stud students d be better exposed to ; three areas of fine arts and in turn more representaave of the fine ar teachmgs.

In the school of computer sc~enc there are two opaons avdable for C students: software engmeenng ar biomformaacs.The faculty of sueni also offers biomformat~c Riomformat~csapphes the ideas c computersc~encewhencollecangda and resolvmg unportant biologc problems. With the Senate's dec~s~ o n June 17, the option ( b~olnformaticsis no longer avdab to students in the faculty of mat With a new "software cngmceriq program in the faculty of e n p e e n n the "software engneenng" opuon nolonger offeredm the field of con puter science.

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Shapeupif you want mv monev Neal Moogk-Soulis COMMUNITYEDITORIAL

I find it mteresang that lately, some member of the Umversity of Waterloo is askmg for money Frequently, this IS for one fundrasing campagn or another President Johnston and c n p e e n n g dean Suleet Chaudhun mxmg m t h Waterloo alurnm and Microsoft employees, the launch of the Keystone campagn and President Johnston's request, only partly in lest, thatgraduaang Warnors rcmcmbcrWaterloo at donanon tune What I find mteresting is that Waterloo has to work so hard for its money,when a few simple changes couldmake aworld ofdlfference I had the pleasure ofattendmgthe enpeenngconvocaaonceremony on Junc 15 to see the graduaaon of one of my father's Master's students. My father, a PhD grad from Waterloo, attends in fullrobe and hat, well aware of the Importance of ceremony Last yearmy fatherpreferred to beamem ber of the floor party Imagme his surpnse when he arnved at the robmg room to dlscoverthathe was to be part of the platform party. So few faculty members had shown up for convocaaon that of the 37 faculty seats on stage, 14 were filled. T h s phenomenonwasnothted to the engmeers, accordmg to J u d ~ Sdvestrei from the Regswar's Office, who co-ordmated the vanous platform pames. For the science convocaaon, they resorted to removlngchms from the platform to avoid embarrassment. One would think that after all the ame that we as students havemvestedm t h s msatuaon, the facultywouldcare enough to watch us graduate Thoughtfulness.

President Johnston &d h s bit to support the cause of a canng umversity. I n h s opemgremarks, hemade h s standard request formoney, whch always makcs mcmnce Surely ifths

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was an mstltutlon wh~chthe alumm cared about, one wouldn'tneed toask for money, especially not in a ceremony in front of an audience, manv ofwhomare stdlcontemplattngheavy post-education debt-loads.

At the end of convocation, Johnston let it be known that he and members of thc Chancellor's party would be avdable for photos in thc Great Hall. Not tenmtnutes after the end of convocaaon, my father was approached as to the whereabouts of Johnston. It appears he had better thmgs to do than to vlsit mth graduaang students and f d e s . Class For all the orgamzaaon that went Into convocauon, there wcrc a fcw wtlnkles After the Chancellor's p a q followed the faculty onto the platform at the begmmgof convocaaon, there were several mnutes of confu sion over seating arrangements I resisted theurge to s q m fromembarrassmcnt Atthc end ofthe ceremony, the recessionalwasplayedmthsuch a tempo that the platformparty almost spnnted from the gym. Decorum.

The cleanup crew addedan~cepartmg blow for the graduaang students at the end of the ceremony. Many graduands choose to have a picture taken in front of the platform mth f d y and fnends after the ceremony: a tasteful shot, m t h the uruversity crestmthe background,smhggraduate and grandma. Retummg to the front for one such photo, our farmly was horrified to fmd the majonty of the hghts turned out, only a few m n utes afterthe ceremonyhadendedand before all the guests had filed out of the gym. Tact.

Convocaaonrs for many the final Impression that UW alumru have of theualmamater. Just as &st Impressions are key to begnrung a good relauonshp, the final Impression is what caps the memones After bemg given such warm send-off, who wouldn't want to donate money?

Quality control

There has been a lot of talk lately about the quahty of our student newspaper.Just as it seems fashonable among our parents' generaaon to make unfounded statements about, for example, the incrcasmg level of cnme m our society, lt appears fashonable around here to make comments about the supposed decreasrng quahty of Inrpnnt.

In t l s column, 1d examme how our mssion umq_uelydefints us and how ~texplms why we do whac wc d?

Impnnt'5 mssion has two equally Important parts.

1 To pubhsh a ncwspapcr that provides the Umversq of Waterloo community w t h mformaaon, entertainment and a forum for the dwusuon of issues that affect the commumty, and 2. To provlde Umversity of Waterloo students m t h the opporturuty to learn and g m pracacal expenencem an open and rewardmg]ournahsacenwonment.

Let's take a look at these two parts of the rmssion to e x m e how thelr combmaaon makes

Impnnf umque The first part of the msslon involve5 a process slmdar to the producuon of any newspaper. We dorcscarch, conduct ~nterviews, wnte and take photos We collect news ups, and, as all lournahsts do, work to present the truth to our readers. Two days before the paper appears on the newsstands, people get together ~na marathon session, d e s i p n g and pumng together the paper. All of this is par for the course In newspaper producaon.

The second part of our mwion, that Impnntgve students the opportunity to learn and gatn expenence in journahsm, is what dlsanguishes us from other papers.

Vvtually all other newspapers are based on employees who are p a d to make lournahsm thcir pnonty and demand a level of s M from thclr employees when they arnve. At Imprint, what we rcquirc of volunteers is to be enthusiamc, eager and d n g to learn. Wnung is something that 1s learned and newspaper wnang is somehng that few peoplc have thc opportumtv to learn in day-to-day hfe Imprint provldes that opportwty.

Our mssion mcans that the success of Impnnt should be detemned not only by the quality of newspaper we produce, but also by the lournahsac expenence that Inrpnntvolunteersreceive.

The task for those of us commtted to the success of the organtzaaon is to balance those two

Producnon staff Diane A h - k c Ng Poon Hmg, busan Rubak, Ryan Chen Wtng, Geoff Eby, W d Peters, Aaron Romeo, Damel Saunders, Leena S q h , Kathenne St Jdmea, Matt Srrauss, Mew LIII leh Editorial Staff Ed~tor-tn-chef.Magda Kon~eczna r d ~ t o r @ ~ m p r uwatrrloo ~nt ca Ass~stantedltor, vacant Photos, Jesstca Tao Graphtcs, Ecther Lee Wcb, Talesh Seeparsan Slstems adrmn, Rosa Jordan Lead proofreader, Jesse Helmer Proofreader, Adma G~lhan Proofreader, Enn G~lmer Proofreader, Anana Moscote Proofreader, vacant OfficeStaff Busmess manager, Cathy Bolger cathy bolger@~mpnntuwaterloo cn Adverasmg & producaon manager,

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Cover Photos Robert Hyodo, Enc hlchfdlan and R\an Chrn Wing Des~gn Esther Lee Impnnt ts the official student ncwspapcr of the Umver alty of Waterloo It IS an edttonally mdependent newspaper pubhshed by Impnnt Pubhcauons, Water loo, a corporaaon wthout \harr capttal Impnnt IS a member of the Ontano Lommumtv Newspaper Assoctauon (OCNA) Ed~tonalsubmssions may be cons~deredfor pubhcauonm any edmon of Impnnf Impnnt may also reproduce the m any format or medurn as part of matenal comrnerc~ally the newspaper database, Web slte or any other product denved from the newspaper Those submtnng emtonal content,mcludmgamcles,letters,photosandgrapIucs,d

tdeals Certanly, thcrc is a lot of room to Improve the quahty of pubhcaaon that we put out, for cxample by focussing on contnbu non5 fromexpenenced writers T h s would Improve our surce55 w t h the first part of our msslon, but the second would clearly be compromsed. What we a m to do is to provlde a vcnue for those who are enthuslasac about takmg part in joumahsm to provide informauon to the univcrslty commumty. Whde we may not always be as successful as we could be the first ume around, wc aun to teach, to learn, and to Improve.

As such, there may be ames when we are forced to accept errors whch are an inemtable part of the lcarmng process We must be careful, however, not to accept errors whch do not contnbute to the Icarningprocess,because they are not acceptableundereitherporuon of our mssion. Since the start of thc summer term, we have been lmplemennnga fact-checking process to try to prevent one part of our mssion from compromsing the other The stones in our newspaper, as always, also go through a proof readmg process In t h s way, we attempt to provlde you, the UW students, mth the best q d t y newspaper poss~ble whde stdl provdng you, the UW students, with the oppormtuty to g m journahsac expenence.

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Physics re-visited Ta the edttor, When Iread theamde "Admppomtmg journey" for the first tune I was happy.

I too a m a recent physicsgraduate and a m bitter about my educanon.

Don't get me wrong, some of the professors were wonderful. Others, well I would have to say that it is obvlous when aprofessoris not at all interestedm teachtnga course.

When I was m h g h school, long ago it seems, 1 really ltked leathmgs taught to me. I enjoyed havlng a fundamental understanding of things; I couldn't wat to figure out how thngs worked, and how to predict thew behamour with laws.

Tlus was the reason I went mto physics. When I arnved at umversity, I thought that the best way to learn physics was to p n a fundamental understanof the physics behnd the problems and from there I could figure out any problem that aprofessor threw at me.

Oh, how wrong I was. I soon found that memorizmg how to do certam sets of problems was the only way that I could get through all of the exams. I'msure that many of you m physics now know that rf you don't know how to do the quesnons on the exams before you startwnangit there is almost no way you dpass it.

T o me, this seems wrong. Maybe physics was a badchoice forme,espeu d y ulth the choice of domga computer science minor whch brought my choice of elecavesdown to effecuvely zero.

Some people should d e h t e l y be in physics -if you are on the dean's honour hst and/or plan on golngmto research then youshoulddchtely be there. I do, however, have some advlce for people in their begmning years of physics that do not fit this bdl: trans-

-Simon Austin p+cs alumntcs

Another girl in physics To the edztor, Here comes another opmon from a gdmphysics Ipduatedayearbefore and a year after the last two letter wnters m the June 14 issue.

Not that this dprove any wide scale beliefs, but I havc to agree mth both of you. Yes, there were profs who really didn't care about the stu dents,the matenal,or the fact that they were "promders of knowledge" whde we hungnly clawed at thewgullets.

Mind you, I know many fellow students (includmg myself) who lost lnterest in physics along those years Rut was that thelr re\ponsibhtyJ If the class wasn't doing anythmg for you, there were many textbooks and other profs ava~lable.

As for the rolemodels,I cannot say that I lookedup to many of the female grad students, and the "two" female professors shouldn't have to pick up theslack~ereleadershpwasreqmed.

Due to pohacs and pohncal correctness,at ames, bemga "woman m physics" at Waterloowas bothembar rasslng and a d~sappoinanent.I'm not insulung the women -just the system. Lkeany journey,itiswhatyou put 1n that is Important. Whether you loin a sports team, club orparty hard, it is in your right to wnte how your four/five ycars at Waterloo dbe.

Loolangback, itwasn't the classes, the profs or the matenalthatmspired me. Itwas simngwith fnends at 3 a.m. workingout physics problems. Itwas these struggles and &scussions that I wdl fondly look back on. k g h t now, I a m workmg m a field that I love.

Luc!dyitwas sermconductorphys~cs, but ~tcould have easllybeen teach ing or somethmg else. I don't dunk t h s problcm resides m the physics department alone. Mmd you, after three consecunve letters from premous students,Iwonderiftheydtake any nonce Probably not, so to aU those studyingphyslcsnghtnowwho are readmg thls thtngs won't change, so make the best of it, find the good classes, find the great profs, find the greater friends and you'll be fine.

-Tania Oogarah physics alumna

Supporting anti-everthingists To the editor,

AaronLee-Wudtidccdedpeopleprotesting against the G 8 "AntiEverythmgists," so I'd like to mennon some specific G8policiesI dislike: i' 711eU.S.,France,BritainandRussiaaccountfor 80per cent oftheworld arms trade, much of it gong to undemocranc regmes and known human nghts abusers. r RecipientsofWestemarms have mcluded Iraq, Iran, the Tahban and, more recently, Indonesia and DR Congo. i' G8 countnes subsidise thew own industries (especially armaments and agriculture-the EU gves $41bdhon of agricultural subsillles, the U S. around $20 bdhon), whde kecping protecuonrstmeasures suchas texak quotas and steel tanffs -not exactly free trade.

Thc U S. produces at least 20 per cent of the world'sgreenhouse gases, but the U.S. government has no intenuon of s i p q the Kyoto protocol, nor is it makmg fucl efficiency and clean energy apnonty.

The TMF and WoddBank cncouraged pnvamanon ofwater utihaes m Bohvla in 1999, resultingm pnce mcreascsof 200percent,riots anda few deaths.

Propagating historical myths To the editor, Mark Elus m his latest editorial on 'Middle East troubles'is propagating historical myths as facts.

Let's take a look at the history of this part of the world: in 1917, the

Bntish government promsed the Jews a state in Palesme. At that tune, the populanon was 90 per cent Arab and 10per centJews; 97.5 per cent of the land was owned by Arabs.

In 1947, after a massive Jewish m g r a t i o n , Jews represented onethrd of the populanon but were granted 52 per cent of histonc Palesm e by the UN partition resohaon.

In 1948, war broke out between Israel and neighbonng Arab countries, after a senes of massacres committed by Ziomsts that lead to the expulsion/&splacement of about 800,GiJOPalesmans fiomtheir homeland.

After the war, Israehs w e d m o r e land totahng 78 per cent of histonc Palestme.In 1967,Israelattacked three Arab countnes -Egypt, Syna, and Jordan -sunultaneo~sl~, occupying Egypaan Sinai and Synan Golan, ~n adhaon to the re5t of Palesme.

There are now about 5 &on Palesmanrefugces scatteredaround the world. Whtle Israells denymgthe nghtofretum for theserefugeesJews who m g r a t e to Israel are gven autornanc ciuzenshp. Ben Gunon stated in 1938, "After wc become a strong force, as aresult ofthe creamn of a state, we shall abolish parnaon and expand into the whole of Palesnne." Details of the generous Barak offermclude - The Palesman state would be a scatteredunconnected patchwork of areas, Palestinians would have no real control ofwater resources; Illegal scttlementswould remain mtact and part of Israel; Jewish only roads would remam. Israeh forces could be deployed at any nme; - Palestinians would have to give up their right of return; Finally, the democratic state of Israel does not allow non-Jewsto buy or lease landand torture is sanctioned by law.

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Zionism re-visited To the editor, Recently, the campus has seen many discussionsabout the Arab-lsraeliconfllct Many people mew Israel's exstence as fiegumate. After all, it was created by the colomal-power domtnated UN. Its creaaon set off a flood ofArab refugees. Ifthe hrstargument is accepted,anystate, Canada, France and Chmamcluded can be dismssed as a brutalhistoncal accident.

Therefugeeproblemis muchmore complicated.However,it ismportant torecall that soon afterits creation thc country faced the onslaught of Arab armes c o m t t e d to wiping out its Jemsh populanon. By announctng war, the Arab world renounced their legal c l m s .

Eurthermore, its neighbours accompamed then belhgercnt acts by expehng hundreds of thouands of Jews who lived in Iraq, S p a , and North Afnca Whde more than25 per cent of Israel's ciuzens are non-Jewish, no J m s h commumty of over a few thousands exlsts anywherem the Arab world Surpnsinglya slrmlarpic ture emerges fromreadmgrecords of the 1967war. As TheEconomzstnoted at the m e , thc leaders of Egypt,Jordan and Syna expected to "repatnate Jewish imrmgrants, while leavmg the natives. However, it is doubtful that many would remam " Following the war, UN resoluuon 242 r e c o p e d Israel'snght for defensible borders, to be set m negonaaons. S a many commentatorsc1;um that the Jewish settlements in the occupiedland are fiegal accordmgto lnternaaonallaws The c l m i s based on a supposed molaaon of thc Geneva convenuons.

These prohbit s e t h g of occupier's uvhans m occupied lands. However, the oft-quotedprotocolsrefer to forced populaaon transfer.

The Jews who settle in the West-

Bank and Gaza do so of their freew In facc Jews hved there for tho sands of pears. It is only during t Jordanianrule of 1948-1967thatJe ish settlements were prohibited.

-Alexander

G.uf aind

Here comes another To the editor, I'd hke to respond to the o p m amcle m the June 14 issue call "Agamt Zionist propaganda" Ahoy Eonseca. First o f d , a Zioms sunply someone who supports Is el's existence and development, why you would use that as an insul beyond me. Next, it 1s you who mtsinformed about the peace su mit: do you actuallybelieve the Pal tinian authoritv lies?

Maybe you behevein the made Jemmassacre' Or maybe youactu thnk the Palestman financial mr ter was not the one who funded Kanne A shp,mth 50 tops of tcrr 1st weapons, despite all the proof Maybe youbehevethatthedoz ofdocumentspmvlded by Israelpr ing Arafat is fundmg terronsts, cludmg cheques to terrorist leac signed by Arafat, are fake?

Let me guess, the Fatah const non demandmg destrucnon of Is by armed resistance is a mstake, Arafat being the leader of Fatah 1 easlly gnorcdhttle fact' Back to the offer that Arafat jected: despite all the propaganda lies against Israel, it was indeed ah 97pe;centofthe w e s t ~ a n kandG it was conunuous, it mcluded Pa unian sovereignty over Arab ne bourhoods in East Jerusalem, Here's a hnk to ;in intemew \ Dennis Ross, the former U.S. spc envoy to thc Middle E www. f o x n e w s . c o m / s t o 0,2933,50863,OO.hunl.

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Mid-East: c o n f i c t continued from page 8

So pleasc kccp your~msmformaaonto yourself Thc truth I\, unul the Palesaman leadershp 1s replaced or 1s reformed enough to accept a raaonal compromise and stop the terrorists, everyone In the regon wdl keep suffenng. And beheve ~tor not, that also lncludes the lsraehs: stausacally,evcryoncIn Israel now knowb somebody who was ktlled by a terronst In the last 20 months.

- George

(Egor) M u e n

And another To the edzfor, Most sourceshst either ahghor low percentage of land offered to the Palesmans. However, those wlthlowpercentagescan easllybe dtscredited. T h s IS because they talk of percentages m terms of "hstonc" Palesane, the cnarc regon Not only was Palesane never an autonomous enaty (properly called "The Bnash Mandate of Palesane"), but th~smewf i l s to recogn17eIsrael's existence, and anyJewish clam to the land.

Both paraes have clams to the land, and hence have anght tohve there. Denymgthe nght ofselfdetermnaaon for apeople, m t h s case theJews (Zlomsm),~~ raasm. My suggesaonis to bewary of peoplc who don't beheve In a two-state solutmn Barak's offerwas clearly not perfect. Itwas, howcver a starang pomt for negonanon The whole polnt of the Oslo process was to settle differencesIn a peacefulmanncr I am shocked and dsmayed bv the molencc that has been perpetrated by some Pale5tlmansIn conunumg the al-Aksa Inafada Contraryto popular behef, AnelSharon'svis~tto theTempleMount dtdnot cause the outbreak ofmolmcelatelast y ear The Palesnman Commumcaaons Mmster, Tmad l<aluji,has admtted that ~t"had been planned smceChaurnanhafat'sretum fromCampDavld, when he turned the tables on thc former U S pres~dentand rejected thc Amcncancondtaons" (lemsalem Post: March 4,2001) Thc current sltuanon m r o r s that of 19471948 The Palesmans refused to conslder the UN'5 Parnaon Plan (for two sovereign states), and Israel was attacked upon ~ t~ndependence s The intenaons were madevery clear by the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Azzam Pa sha, who stated, ' T h ~ will s be a war of cxtcrmnaaonand amomcntous massacrewhchdbe spoken ofhke the Mongohanmassacresand the Crusades" (Is1 Lciblcr, The Casefor Israel) - Cohn Schwa*

And one more To the edztor, Lastweek, Mr. Fonseca accused me of dtshonesty. He declared that Israel had only offered 50 percent of the terntorym dtspute at Camp Damd and not over 90 per cent as I hadstated. Even chef Palesnman negoaator Ahmed Qure~aadm t s Israel offercd 9lper cent of the land In an Intennew wlth the Washzngton Post (7/24/01; A17).

If that Isn't convincing enough the BBC reported "The two side? are beheved to have quickly agreed that a hture Palesaman state would compriseWpercent ofthe West Bank and all of the Gaza Stnp" (What Qd Camp Davld Acheve, www.bbc.com).

Furthermore, apollrecently conductedby the

PalesnmanJerusalem M e l a and Commumcaaon Center (JMCC) found the malonty of Palestlmansbeheve the aunofthe currentconfltct shouldbe t o e h a t e I s r a e l a n d n o t lust end the occupaaon of the West Bank and Gaza Stnp.

Seventy-oneper cent of those polled by JMCC also sad terronst attacks agatnst crvhans are a suitable means m the present sltuanon (Malonty of Palesan~anssupport suic~deattacks, Lama Lahood, Reuters, 06/13/ 2002).

In case some of you sull wonder why the Palesnmans conunue to hold such behefs one has to look no further than thelrrehgiousleaders andmedtawhlch serve up a never end~ngmet of hate. "Have no mercy on the Jews, no matter where they are, in any country. F'rght them, whereveryouare. Whereveryoumect them, kill them. Wherever you are, kdl those Jews and those Amencans who are hke them" - Dr. Ahmad Abu Halab~ya,Mcmbcr of thc PA ap pomted "Fatwa Councd" and former acnng Rector of the Islamc Umversitym Gaza (Palesaman Authonty television, October 14,2000).

Al-Akhbar, a leadmg Arab newspaper gves "Thanks to Hltler, blessed memory, who on bchalf of the Palcsahlans,rcvcngcd m advance, aganst themostvlle crimals on the face ofthe earth. Although we do have a complmt aganst him for his revenge on them was not enough."

(Ahmad Ragab 4/18 /01).

Manufacturing consent Chris Edey

also decreed that edttors at allSouthamnewspapcrs are not pemtted to &agree wlth the "naaonal" edttonalm thetr own oplnlon p~cccs.

Boycott CanWest Canad~andemocracytook a k~ckin thc nbs last That's nght, local oplnion from St John7\ ty week Russell M 5 , former pubhsher of the V i c t o n a d n o w b e lctated by Asper, situngat T o the editor, Oltawa Czhxen, had the nerve to call a duck aduck, h s typewriter in Wlnn~pegAll employees who andas aresulthas beenrchcvcd o f h s duaes HIS dtsagreewth ths new pohcy can take thelrplace There has beenmuchdtscuss~onof,andgrowmg cnmejPubhshga senesofarncles detdngthe m hnc behind Mas unease mth, the concentraaon of malor news many personal ethlcallapses of our Pnme Mm Afterdecades ofwagh?ngourcollccavchngcr med;a In Canada ister, Jean Chrtnen, and, ~nan edttonal piece, at the dtctators and bandna repubhcs of th5 In pamcular, the pubhsher of the Ottawa c a h g on the old man to reslgn before h ~ ego s world about how key freedom of the press 1s to Cthxen, Russell M s , was dtsmssed followng damages the nauon any further. the proper funcnonmg of democracy, Canada the pnnang of an edttonal very cnacal of Pnme Unfortunately tt turns out that M~lls'boss, now finds Itself 1n a rather embarras51ng posiMmsterJean Chriaen The connecaon between Canadtan medm magnate I7zy Asper, happens tton the Liberalleadersh~pand the Asper fandy, the to be good fnends with J.C., and a rather large The International Press Insatutc had th~sto controllers of CanWest, has been well-docu- donor to the L~beralparty. Onc thmg lcads to sav "Many beheve that it IS only m autocrauc mented, and ~tis widely beheved that Mdls was another a n d w l s , who worked at the Czhxenfor countncs of the Th~rdWorld or in countries m dtsmssed as penalty for exposmg the Pnme 31 years, now finds hmself m the unemploy- transinon that democracy and a free press are tn Mnxster towhat,m the eyes ofthe Asper fandy, ment line danger But the Mds a f f a will have a c&g was undue cnncism Asper has previously demonstratedhis com- effect on cnacal rcporung In Canada and d The Aspers' paracular, indeed personal, mtment to journahsuc excellenceby finng col- bnnganincrease m self-censorshp." points of view on Issues relaang to the Liberal urnstLawrence Mamn for-youguessed~tThereal~ssueisthatwhenone enaty controls leadershp, and to the Israel-Palesnneconfltct, cnacmngJ.C.'s blatant ethlcal lapse m steenng fully one th~rdof the newspapers ~nCanada (as have m many of these cases been the "stagng taxpayers' money to a f d n g hotelm lus ndtng, Asper does), these sons of things d conanue ground" for the culmnanon ofconfhct between that just happened to be next to a golf course to happcn. Having a near monopoly m the journahsts and the Aspers owned by the PM Just for balance, Asper also computcr market is had for pncmng, havlng the I bchcvc ~t1s umc to rcspond m ktnd as fired the pubhsher of the Montreal Ga~eitefor same situaaonm the naaon's newspapers IS bad readers and consumer5 of new5 medta There- cnnc171ng Tsracl, anothcr no no In an Asper fordemocracy.The newsisne~thera commodity fore, I propose a general boycott of CanWest paper noraproduct, andshouldnot be treated as such. pubbcatronson the un~versltycampus Spec~fiWhat docs t h s tcachus about Canada today?

Twenty years ago the Kent C o m s s i o n on cally, I am advocaung the removal of the "free" (1)Jean ChrCacn 1s a bltter, vcngcful man who Canada's newspapers recommended aN ewspaNahona/Postnews stands from campus Alter- d do or sacrifice anythmg (includtng the best per Act, whchwould have set out hmts ofhow namely, I propose that all members ofthe UW Interests of the country) to remm'da boss.'But many newspapers one company could own we alreadyknew that, ~ a u l ~ a rcertanly nn does. T h ~was community should avo~dp~cklngup these "free" s never acted upon. papers, and allow them all to be returned to the More important IS.(2) Freedom of the press is Tbday the situaaon 1s much worse as some dtstnbutor as protest agatnst the flagrant ob- now subjecavdWhat makes the n e w s d hence corporaaons have expanded to lnclude telemstrucnon of frce and far spccch that is cxcrc~scd forth be determned by a) who the boss hkes, b) slon, r a l o and Internet compames into the=

by CanWestandits conuollersonanmcreasmgly who the boss doesn't hke and c) what's on T V medta emplrcs Canada is m desperate need of regular bas~s. tonight. meanmgful laws to break up exlsnng media This boycottwdl send themessage that the But, how can one man determine the news conglomerates and to ensure that news outlets UW commwty, whch is compnsed of some of for an enare nanon? Ifthat oneman happens to reman mdependcnt of corporate or pohacal the most cntlcal and creaave mnds in Canada, own the Nahonal Post, the Ottawa Czhxen, the mterference. . hasdec~dedtod~vorceltselffromany assoaaaon MontrzalGaxette, the Cakay Herald, the VancouInadehcious tw~stof fate, two days before he w t h an orgamzaaon, or more spec~ficallyits ver Sun, the Halifax Daib News and the Global was fired, Mdls wrote an excellent essay m the management, that has ceased to conmbutemean- Telems~onNetwork, ~tbecomes quite poss~ble. Satzrdq Cztzvn about why freedom of the press mgfully to the shanng of mformaaon and InAU Asper-owned newspapers (known as the matters. s~ghtin Canada. CanWest is dangerously close Southamcham) already carry "naaonal" editonAs I searched amongst the many h k s to to becommg totally untrustworthy, and this als, which are most often a soundmg board for Global Televls~on,other newspapers and vanshde d not halt ~fconsumers of ~ t products Asper's pet pcojects. Among the other useful ous other commerc~alconcerns on the Czhxen's s insights these pieces have provlded is that Jean Web site the other day, I Qscoveredthatthe story reman complacent.

Chrktienisgreat and that everybody should just had mysteriously vamshed from the paper's lay-off w t h this whole ethics thing. Asper has archves. Howappropnate.

-Joel Henderson COMMUNITY EDITORIAL

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TWDAY, JUNE 28,200:

How to meditate

In "Finding balance", June 14, I mentioned mindfulness as being the last noble truth. hled~tationis one way to cxprcss mindfulness in a dedicated, conccntratedmanner.

There are a thousand ways to mcditate and a thousand reasons to do so. Meditation helps relax the mind and helps one focus. It is probably one of the bcst things to do during study breaks bccausc it will help clear your thoughts. I find that taking somc time to focus the mind improbes the way I dcal with others, play sports and cvcn write exams.

Here are a few pointers if you'd like to give meditation a try.

First, find a comfortable place away from &stractions. This may be on your bed, in a comer of your room, or in a hidden place away froni others. If you meditate indoors, turn off the lights and maybe light a few candles.

It is also bcncficial to meditate near nature.

For example, I love sitting by the sundial on the north part of Columbia Lake or on the dock on the east side. There are many neat placesall over campus; find a settingwhich brings you peace.

Next, I recommend you find a regular time to meditate. Practically all of the spiritualpaths recommend prayer and meditation early in the morning, maybc cvcn before sunrise. Whatcvcr works for you is bcst, though, just set aside a few minutes every day to be your privatc mcd~taaontime. During this timc, turn off all possible distractions and makc the silence your focal point.

The last thing is to sit down and begin relaxing. Sit cross-leggcdin a comfortable position. One of the best tricks I have found is to sit on a cushion or folded pillow. This will make it easier to cross your legs and it wit keep your back straight ( ~ w important.) y You can now place your hands softly in your lap or on your knees. Thcre are neat yoga-style things you can do with your hands if you find it helps. One cool thing my sensei taught me when I *(as studying to be a ninja (I'm not joking) was to form two closed circles with the thumb and indcx finger of each hand. Now link the two circles together like a chain. Now prcss thc rcmaining tlircc fingers of each hand together. Cool, eh? Y p can also try pressing both palms togcthcr or raising your palms upwards as though catchingrainwater. Whateverworks for youis probably best.

Okay, so now it's finally time to start meditating. There are many guided mcditation books in the Library and even on the Tnternct that you may cnjoy.

One good way to start is to relax and focus on your brcathing. Don't control your brcathing- just experience it.

Now the most important thmg to do is to focus on thc prcsent. Thcre is nothing to figure out. Nothing to control. Nothing to change. Simply life unfolding as it wdl. Being present with each moment as it arises and passes.

As thoughts go through your mind, let each one enter and pawaway, don't hold on to any individual thought, betting your mind to the present.

Again, see if you can be with each moment without struggle. Meditation is a time to rest from the constant activity of the mind. Enjoy this timc. Have compassion for yourself in your sincere effort to bring more calm and peace in your life.

Pacc.

Pride at its roots

It is a hot June night in 1969 and the police are raiding the Stonewall Inn in New York'c Greenwich District. Aceorcling to reports, the Stoncud has bccn opcrating as a privatc mcmbcr's club wherc it has been serving alcohol to a large11 homosexual chentele. So wthu~arrantIn hand, cight pohcc officcrs arc conducting a surprise inspection. Not cxpectinga fight (as the police force had bccn inspectinga number of suspectedgay bars for yulte some time), they are flahbcrgasted by the resulting angry protests of the Stonewall's patrons.

The pohce are forcingeveryone Into the street and as they b e p to detan drag queens and several of the Tnn's employees, people on the street begin to throw miscellaneous objects steadlly increastngtn sizc at thc officcrs, from compacts to handbags to bccr cans to garbage cans. What began as a small commotion 1s qruckly growmg Into a fulblown not. Eventually, the officers have no chotce but to barncade themselves inside the Stonewall and take ~tupon themselves to smash the place to pleces To make the sltuatton worse, the Tacacal Pohce Force 1s called m, arrivmg1n full not gcar Attcmpt~ngto scattcr thc angryhomo sexuals, the Tl'b too is dumbfounded by the uncxpcctcd rctahanon. Thc nots conanuc Into thc early hours of thc mornmg m t h small flare-ups carryingon into the days thereafter.

In the end, 13 arrests are tnadc and on11 a few people arc actually ~nlured,~nclud~ng four

police officers. It is three o'clock in the morning and Christopher S~reetis lined with shattered glass.

It was a fairly common occurrence in the 1960s for the police force to raid establishments likc thc Stoncwall th;at u7crcsuspcctcd of housing homosexual activities. As it was illcgal to catcr to homosexuals or sen-c alcohol to a homosexual clicntclc, oftcn such night clubs would be forced into the control of thc mafia. Once ncuTsrcachcd the policc of such a suspected establishment, they would raid the ins~itutionunder the pretence of looking for violat~onsof rhc alcohol control laws.

I Iowcvcr, during such raids samc-scx couples were often arrested for showing signs of affcction and individuals were also arrcstcd for Lvcartng clothing of the oppositc scx.

Many of thosc arrested uwuld then find their names published in the paper the next day, putting them in danger of losing thcir jobs and homes.

Lintil the night ofJune 27,1969, the queer community had ncvcr rcraliatcd to such a serious degree and out of the riots came a neu sensc of liberation. Imncdiatcly following thc Stonewall riots, Gay Liberation Fronts were formedin five American cities. In fact, by the end of lWO,300 such organizations had bccn formed, growing and spreading like wildfire.

The crusade dtffused around the world, playing a major role in reforming legislation, attitudes and behavior.

To commemorate the brave souls who fought back a w s t dlscrimina~onand persecution, major American and Canadian cities began and continue to hold annual pride paradcs at the cnd of June, accompanied by concerts, parries and festivals.Join them in thc celebration in Toronto this weekend and let us rrmembcr thosc mcn and womcn who fought for our rights and movcd us out of an era of intolerance inru an era of liberation.

See you on Yongc Strcct!

Readers punish the Ottawa Citizen

Here we go again: another manufactured fivealarm crisis uhich can be dircctly pinned ond'oh! -big corporations.

I'm speaking of course of CanWest Global's rcccnt dismissal of Ottizniu C*ew publisher Russell Mills. The Ahperf d y , which owns CanWest Global and a stable of Canadian ncwspapcrs, including the Citixen, are made up of card-carryingLiberals. Mills, on the other hand, isn't.

A couple ofweeks ago, Mills wrotc -as he has on many occasions -some unflattering thmgs about the Prime Minister and his government and suddenly found himself out

of a job.

Panic in the streets! Hysteria ensues among the vanguards of "freedom of the press," whether in such paragons of journalistic objectivity as The Tomnto Star or among ivory-tower types who get thcir lacks from taking jabs at private enterpnse.

You see, they wad, the freedom of the press IS under stege!

Well, that depends on what you mean by "freedom of the press." If ~tmeans that the owners of a newspaper don't have thc freedom to dec~dewhat they pubhsh, then the Aspers are indeed attacking the "freedom of the prcss."

The problcm is, that isn't what freedom uf the prcss ~mplies,nor has it ever.

The freedom of the press is a corolla^ to free speech. It means that anyone has the right to voice their opinion, (i.e. not he prohibited from cxprcssing rhcmsclvcs).

Despite being fired, hZllls is still free to express himself -just not in the pages of the czhxen Frccdom of thc prcss docs not mcan that the owner of a newspaper is reqrured to g v e every Tom, Dick and Harry a space m h s

paper It does not mean that every person must be provlded m t h a space to votce an opmion.

It does not mean that different vlewpotntr must be guaranteed (by whom>)a certan rcadcrshp Forgetnng t h s confuston for a moment, even more ndlculous is the proposed solution to the "problem" of corporate control of the medla more government regulaaonl After all,tt's clear that the wa) to have a frccr prcss IS to ha\c morc govcrnmenr control So we move from control b) the ilspeis, who cupport the governmtnt, to control b~ thc go\crnmcnt lt\clf That'llworli just swtU I3\ the uav, ~f ou rcalli bclicvc that the lcpers are Intent on flood~ngthe countlv w t h pro 1,lberal propaganda, tr] p~cluilgup a copy of the Nahnall'ost, whlch the) also own bhp to the edltonals Not exactly nngmg endorsements, are they2 So much for the Aspcrs tcmxnaang anyonc who dares cntmze the Liberals And why don't they> Smple. they'd be

punished by their readers if they dld. Which i! why the owners of a newspaper can do whatever they please withit, because they are always, always at the mercy of their customers.

Don't think so? Well, 3,000 people punished the C%enlast week, by cancelling their subscriptions. And many more d turn to other newspapers. Which just goes to show: a frcc press doesn't exist because the government says it should.

It exists because people value it and any newspaper whlch goes too far trytng to purge deviantviewpoints will suffcr accordingly, because people will stop rcadingit.

No media mohwl is more powerful than his customers, bccausc his success depends or them.

Stupid business practices will hurt his bottom linc and smart l~usitiesspractices will make him lots of money. And having a free press is, lnminsic value aside, smart business.

This is a classic examplc of how a tcrm is hpcked by acnvtsts and rcmtcrprctcd to mean somethng it nevPr has.

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from II ammm ti1 close

Featureseditor:Neal Moogk-Soulis features@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Chevrics remember fight for democracy sure that it [the paper] did not reflect only one perspective." He remembers that the Chevron meetings "went On June 26, 1977, a group of stu- on endlessly because everyone had to have their say. It was ultra-democdents won a fight for democracyhere racy in some ways." at UW. The Chevron, Imprint's predNeil Docherty, past production ecessor, had been shut down by the manager, commented that the reunFederation of Students nine months before, beginning a long, sometimes ion was possibly the "most civilized Chevmn meeting yet." physical, struggle for reinstatement.

The paper was run in a demoLast weekend, twentyfive years cratic fashion. As long as a volunteer later, approximately one quartcr of the 110 1976-1977 Chevron staff met made six conuibutions, she could at thc Bomber to celebrate their vic- attend any of thc staff meetings and tory, catch-up with old friends and was eligible to vote. The staff meetings were well-attended. Staff memreminisce about the Chewon days.

On the Bomber patio, past staff bers voted on the edttor, features and members mingled anda few speeches e&torials. Hannant commented, "I thnk that in the end it was a minority were made. Mention of the paper's nemesis, Shane Roberts, president of influence but maybe even that was the Federation of Students when the too much for some people in both Chevron's struggle began in 1976 the Feds and the adinhistration of thc university." stirred memories.

The day after the Feds decision to On September 24,1976, Roberts and thc Federation of Students ex- close the paper, Roberts and two ecutme held a secretmeetmgmwh~ch campus police officers planned to they declded to shut down the Chev- accompany Docherty, Hannant and van. The shutdown was aydrked bl Doug Wahlsten to the Che~mnoffice fear of heavy cornmumst mfluence as they retrieved their personal bein the paper. Some staff members l o n p g s . "1 just remember that we u7eremembcrs of the Anti-Imperial- came back one night and we were ist Alliance (AlA), a campus group locked out and we were told we were that was affiliated with the Commu- to get our possessions. We went in nist Party of Canada (Marxist- and we just didn't Icave," remarked Docherty. That was the begnning of 1.eninist).According to the Feds, the paper no longer represented the in- the nine-month, 24-hour a day occupation of the Chevron office. Some terests of the students.

L a r Hannant, ~ who became edi- staff members practically lived in the office, leaving only to go to classes. tor later in the year, recalls that "Yes, These were ordinary people who there was influence.But I don't think that YOU could say that we [members were propelled into an extraordmani of the AIA] had undue influence. situation. Docherty remembers the This was a democratic staff and the first night that they occupied the thing you could say about it was that office. The office received many it was the people who were not com- threatening phone calls. 'That was muntst who were extremely vigilant quite frightening at the time when about their point of view and making youwere youngand didn't quite know Heather Gowing

SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Chevronalumni Peter Blunden, Neil DochertyandT.Alex Beamish share memories with Heather Gowing Chevron staff begin

Chevron urges mass

what you were involved with." As another former staff member, Gerald I(immons, noted, "I was 18. What dtd I know?"

According to Tom Cody, who had been involved in journahsm and production, "after the shut-down there were more people on the paper than ever ... it just proves that you can bring people from hfferent political spectmms together if there's a key issue."

Hannant said thcrc were "lots of ordinary people who had no politicsthey weren't interested in politics ... but they saw this basic issue, which was can a newspaper be arbitrarily closed down by its publisher? It's not right for a Fed executive to just be able to close down the campus paper, lock the office doors and say, 'sorry, youbc violated some political views of ours and we're not going to allow you to publish any more."'

The staff members continued to publish a paper called the free chevron and the occupation of the office pers~stcd.Their demands were for the reinstatement of the Clietron and an investigatiun into how and why the paperwas closed.To some, it was seen as an adventure.

T. Alex Beamish recalled showing up with his bag of oranges and cookies: "It was like camping out."

The staff members have fond memories of the ways in which they occupied their time in the office.

When the staff entered their old office, now the Imprint office, 25 years after their victory, there were exclamations that Imprint's large table was in the way of where they played floor hockey.

Free chevron

Feds president is

Chevron alumni look at old Chevron newspaper in the Imprint office (top) and past Larry Hannant shares a story with Heather Gowing (below).

Many people paid particular attention to a closet in the corner of the room. A few people pointed to it and shouted, "There's my bedroom!"and "I remember when I used to sleep there." Days of eating cheap village pizzas with only sauce were also warmly remembered. Some students became so involved that the Chevron

office was their home for that time In fact, at one point a campus police officer showed up at one of Cody': classes, looking for Cody because hi: parents, unable to reach him, were worried that something had hap pened to him.

See CHEVRON, page 14

The Chevron is

March16

official paper.

paper.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28,2002

Britain between a rock and a hard place Chris Edey reflects on the legacy and future of Britain following a visit to the heart of the empire Chris Edey IMPRINT STAFF

It must have been so much simpler in the olddays. Classroommaps proudly displayed "all the pink bits" of a sprawlingworld-wide empire, a quarrelling Europe could not challenge Britain's trade dominance and those upstart colonials were content minding their own business on the far side of the Atlantic. T o those living in Victorian England, it must have seemed that history had reached its apex, with Britain o n the top.

Empires, however, do not last forever. A century later, the pink bits are decidedly bite-sized, an increasingly united Europe is beginning to assert itself and the Yanks call the shots worldwide. Britain is caught between the various currents of change, looking for a new role and identity to reflect her new position.

Britain's big question, permeating politics, economics and culture, is: are we a European nation? On the surface it does not appear complex.

London is a short train ride from Paris and Brussels, the European Union has drawn its economies into a tight orbit and millions of British citizens tour the continent each year.

However, Br~tainalso shares a culture and language with the worlcl's remaining superpower and, as Canadians know all too well, language goes a long may in defirung ~denut!-.

11s the British Empire began its long sunset, British political leaders actively cultivated a special relatioilship with the United States of

America. They accurately predicted that America would one day become the next Rome and wanted to be on the right side of history. Britain has benefited significantly from the long Anglo-American friendship; for example, Britain is the one country whose opinions actually seem to count in Washington. But as time has progressed, Britain has caught up with Charles De Gaulle's succinct observation: "Nations do not have friends, the)- have interests."

While the British government has been steadfast in supporting Bush's "War on Terrorism" both diplomatically and militarily, the American government has walked out on the Kyoto protocol, the International War Crimes Tribunal and other international treaties actively suppor~ed by, and popular within, Br~tain.Most recently, the Americans slapped large

Where Nelson's HMS Victory (right) once ruled the waves, Tony Blair's HMS Illustrious (above) operates in the shadow of larger interests. penalties on imported steel and announced massive agricultural subsidies, \vhch will have a significant impact on both British industries.

The fact that their "special relationship" seems to be ~ncreasingly one-sided has not gone unnoticed in Britain. Whether it is the casual resentment one overhears at a cafk or the increasing size of the protests against American policies and Brit~ s accluicscencc h to them, thclr close attachment to the United States is belngquestioned by the public, if not yet by the political classes.

See BRITAIN, page 14

On campus em~lovmentfits the bill for student workers Mandy Wesson SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Walking into Career Services for the first time, 1 am overwhelmed b) the walls lined w ~ t hcolourful books, magazines and catalogues. 1;or a moment, I forget why I'm there and startle when I<erry iflahoney, Training and Development co-ordinator for Career Services, asks if I need help. 1tell her 1need information on how to find a job and she gets this gleam in her eye like I just said something majestic. Half an hour later I leave feeling that I have just found the secret to eternal life or a very close substitute: job skills.

Leafing through the information I now have, I am surprised by the number of groups o n campus that lure students for part-time or fulltime work. With a list comprising of Human Resources, the Athletic Department, the Federation of Students and a handful more, visions of unemployment begin to float away. For a general overview of what jobs are out there, students can register for the Employment Network, an online listing of job openings within UW and abroad. Linked from the Career Services Web site, thts compilation

Anne Moskalik in one of her many on Campus roles. of jobs varies in field of work and commitment level. From there students should drop-off resumes in person to the manager. This is a step many prospective employees forget and it often makes the difference between a call hack or not.

For those students who qualify for OSAP, the work/study program is a solid option. This program offers part-time jobs on campus for students enrolled at UW. Job postings

are outside the Registrar's office in Needles Hall. These jobs are perfect for students juggling a heavy school schedule and living expenses as they usually require only 10 hours a week with a starting rate of $8 an hour.

An employer understandmg of the pressures of student life is definitely a benefit of worlung o n campus. Employers are familiar with the university lifestyle and can accommodate co-op interviews and classes.

Thc flexibility offered by her job o n campus is the reason Anne hIoskalik loves coming to work.

During thc term hloshalik was able to plan her 10-hour weekly work commitment around her class schedule, a luxury not easily found in most work environments. After working at hussie's in the Student Life Centre last term, Moskahk is back this summerworking full-time. She highlights another benefit of working on campus: "It's so convenient working at the university. 1can walk to work and it takes five minutes." As most students live close to or on campus, transportation time is greatly dirninished when working a job at UW. According to Mahoney, findmg a job on campus is similar to job seeking anywhere: you need to network.

While the Employment Network and advertisements are useful, they make up a very small percentage of available jobs. The primary source of job information is still word of mouth.

While networking has triumphed as the primary skill job seekers need, many students still find the idea intimidating. hfahoney comments that "many students feel needy when trying to network. They wonder why [the employer] would want to help

them." T o overcome this fear of networking, Career Services offers a series of informative seminars each term that teach and develop the skills students need to succeed In findlng a job. With a wide at-ray of workshop topics, Career Services has information o n every aspect of the job hunt, from creating a resume to selling your skills In an interview.

Sean Middleton, an employee at the Turnkey desk, exemplifies the skills Career Services teaches. After noticing the "help wanted" sign at the desk during fkst year, he applied in person. Following an interview with the manager, Middleton was hired and has worked at the Turnkey desk for the past five terms.

Middleton credlts the "good community fceling and amicable working environment" for his extended employment. With a $0.25 pay raise every second term, Middleton can't complain, but he does caution that his job, which includes a mandatory late shift or weekend shift, is not for everyone.

Mahoney echoed this sentiment, "finding a good job sull requires students to have a clear understanding of what they are looking for and they want to do."

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Local filmmakers go to Kananaskis

Britain: is it better to be European?

Esther Lee

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Voice and The Voiceless (VLZTV) Productions is a non-profit organization that aims to spark debate, educate and bring light to the concerns of Cana&ans through the usc of videography and f i making.

VATV gathcrcd material from Alberta and Ottawa to use in their documentary "The Resurgence of Public Protest i n Canada." Thc projcct aims to provide audiences with mul~ifaceted \ ~ e w sand cxpla Protesters gathered in Calgary to protest the G8 summit. nations on how and by the Waterloo Public Interest Group why Canadians are protesting issues arising (WPIKG). Other sponsors include the Ontario fromglobaliaation. The projectwas inspired by Secondary School Tcachcrs Fcdcranon, thc the recognized need for and lack of documcn Elementaq Teachers Federation of Ontario, tary films that contcxtualize why protests are the Waterloo Labour Council and the 1:ederaansing and why there is a sudden growing tion of Students. interest for protests in general.

VATV strives to reach all Canadian audielee@imprint.uwaterloo.ca ences ~ r o m o t i n gthe idea of inclusivcncss and accessibidty to all. H o w e x r , it is also rhcir hope that high school and post-secondary students will be educated through this film. The film Read Imprint July 12 as we c ( n the ~ proitself 1s cxpcctcd to be released and ready for grcssion of"Thc Rcsargcncc of Public Prodistribution in December 2002. test in Canada."

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The situation continucs bcca~iscRritain needs the United States more than the reverse, at Icast with Britain on thc tnargins of an increasingly united Europe.

Despite the language differences, the British are starting to have much more in common with their European cousins than their American offspring.

Politically, thc Europcan statcs (including Britain) continue to embrace a much morc social-democratic form of government and economy, rather than the freewheeling, ncoliberal capitalism predominant in the United States. Europc has agreed to start confronting climate change and has acccprcd the idea that states must surrender some of their indcpcndence,whetherit be about landmines,warcrimes or arms shipments, to achicve thcudergoalof unity, while the United States continucs to dcny the scientific validity of global w-arming and ficrcclyrcsists any constraints on its frccdom to act unilaterally. l?inally, the European Union has implemented a system of rule-based trade and a common currency, for those who wish to join the club.

The argument for Europeanin~egrauonmay bc pcrfcctly rational, but rationality and histosy \,cry rarelj see e! c-to-cyc. The British rcmember the glory da! s and the man! accomphshmcnts of rhc (>uccn's subjects, not to mention Britain's sizabk contributions to world culture.

T o become another piece in the evolving Euro p e m puzzlc looks, to somc at Icast, hkc a1 admission of defeat, hence the strong pubh op~msitionto the ~ d e aof rcplac~ngthc poun( (once the world's pre-eminent current!-) uitl the Euro and to transferring morc authorit from London to the emerging I : i q > e a n capi tal of Drusscls.

Howcvcr, the new J luropean order has no done nothing to diminish the nauonal charac ter of the French cvcn though the) arc onc o the major supporters of European integration Thc sanicgncs for the I h t c h , the Germans an( thc Italians.

In the near future, Britain might find h e r d o n the sidclmes of a un~tccl17urope Interestel in furrhcring irs oum prosperity and nritli :IT American "friend" that respects British need only when cotwenient. In other words, thc would havc thc worst of borh worlds. Ilu Britain can still get the best of borh. X unire( Farope would have great economic srrcngth plus the adnntagc of dealing u ~ t hthe I'nitc( States on a ncarly cqual foonng, as they u ~ o u l ~ both need each o ~ h e r .

I l c Gaullc also said "Narion states are col( beasts." It i:, now approaching the timc whet Britain u'4l have to make a dec~sionbased 01 cold cdculatioil. If the British want to rcmai~ British, h e ) tna! ha\,e to bccvmc Europcan a ud.

Chevron: ordinarv students won

It was an expcricncc that the participant \vill carrJr with them for the rest of thclr hves Peter Rlunden, anothcr formcr staff tnctnbet T.AlesBeamishrccallcd thc Chcvnm strugnoted, "you're not easily intimidatcd aftcr go gle as being "like a running gun battlc. Evcry s ing through t h ~ experience." week there was something new." Thc political Many former staffmcmbcrs arc now teach tension was high. Anti-Chevronpapcrs such as ing, hclping, or informing peoplc. They havl T ~ Red P Chewon, and the Federation's BnIhy bccome professors, teachers, award- winninj sprang up. journalists, publishers, social workers and po One exciung night, a large rock was hurled litical acrivtsts. through the office window very close to thc couch where some staff members slept. Luckilftcr their victory, some ofthc staff mem il!, n o one was hit. Thc rock was thrown by hers left the paper. Sotnc had ~nvcstcdyears o Franz Klingendcr, a Fcdcration of Studcnts their lives in the Chevron and now that thcy hac executive member. The C/wron's occupants won, it was timc to comxntrate on finishinj their education and move on with thcir Iivcs. wntchcdw-it11amusement as Mingender turned and ran, making it about twenty feet before Many staffmcmmbs stayed and continue( to publish thcpapcr. In hlay 1978, a few fosmc running into the arms of a security officer.

Chevron staffmcmbcrs, engineers and member Iclingender pleaded guilty to vandalism and later rcsigncd from thc Fcdcration of Students. of the journalism club started a new paper, thl The battle continued, as fhe Clhez~rongaincd Imprint. The Cheuron cltdn'l welcome ihelmprin~ viewing it as niorc closcly ticd to the 1:eds. 11 support from students sympathcnc to their 1979, thcrc was a rcfcrcndum in which t h ~ causc. Thcy were unhappy with Roberts' decision and the methods that he used to shut down students of the university voted to withdrav student financial support from the Chezsron an( the paper. Chevron staff collected 2,240 student signatures on a petition submitted to the Feds, the paper was evicted from thc campus office resulting in the recall and resignation of Shanc Later, students voted for the Impnllt to be thc official Cniversity of Waterloo newspaper. 'l'h Roberts.

Chevron moved to dowtitown LY'atcrloo an( A few days after the new Feds president continuedpublishing; however, it became morc took officc, the Cbefmn staff was given a notice isolatcd and its influence decreased. The Chev of eviction. When they refused to leave, the mncontinued to publish untd 1982,when ~ t u w students were called to the Ontario Supreme Court, where thcy won rhc casc against evicdisbanded according to I Icarher Robertson.

Thc important rcsult of the Chevron struggl( tion. Beamish remembers receiving the injuncwas the victory thar was won and the lessotl: tion. "It hadmy name onit and1 thought, 'Holy shit, it's an injunction from the Suprcmc court learned. ToHannant, the most important thin8 hc le;lrned was "that it's possible to motiratc of Ontario with my nxmc on it ;md a bunch of other names.' And I thnuglli, 'nly parcntb are people :ind have to haw a v m o n on demo goingto bcsopisscdifthc]- tind out."'Docherty cratic grounds." As Ilochcrt! said, "lt\vas a lo ripped up his injunction. of fun; you would have enjoyed ~ t . " Some Clwmtr staff mcml~crsnow have uni l:~nally,on June 26, 1977. {our months aftcr \ crsit!- age chddren. Whcn f Icarhcr Robertson'! the paper's win in courr and ninc months aftcr daughter was applymg to uu~rcrsitiesshe wa: the o+inal attempt to shut down f h C/JPZ,~U/I, ihe Federation of Studcnts voted to meet the 1-ei-j concerned about whar to rake. Robertson Cl~wrow'sdemands. 'l'he paper was rcinstatcd who had been involved in journalism at thc and an investigation into the closing of the papcr, acl~isedher daughter that what is mort important is the pcople you meet, the thing: papcr was organ~zcd."What's inspiring about it is that ordinary students did that and won a you learn and the expenenccses you have. Tc many, "that's what the Chevroil was all about.' huge victory," said Docherty.

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Environmental question and answer 8,000 employees at 145 workplaces took part.

Fix more informaaon, msit the Midnight Sun Web site at www.mdsun.uwater1oo.caor Pollution Probe's Web site at Kourtney Short

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Breathe easier

A break in the smog

The members of the Mini Baja team are shown, from left to right, Timothy Auger, Caleb Van Sligtenhorst, Adam White, Rob Yost, Mark Cesana and Paul Kolk (in car].

Racing WOMBaTs

Although thew next race isn't unul next year, the Mdnight Sun solar car team isn't resang on ~ t laurels. s On June 24 they joined solar cars from Queen's and U of T m a parade through thc streets of Toronto. The parade lucked off Pollunon Probe's 10th annual Clean Au Commutc The Clean A r Commutc, whch runs from June 24 to 28, asks Torontomans to leave thelr cars at home in favour of enwonmentallyfnendly alternaaves such as public transit, walktngorbicychng Last year,

Repre\entauvesfrom mumcipal, provmcialandfederalgovernments havc gathered at thc thtrd annual Smog Summ~tfrom June 21 m Toronto.

T h s year's s u m t is expcctcd to result m changcs to Ontario's An Quahty Index. Dr SheelaBasur,who pubhshed a report last year enutled "Fmng Our SmogWarmngSy~tem," clauns that the current system "is msleadtng and does not reflect the real health nsks assouated with exisung ;ur polluaon."

See MICROFILES, page 16

Losing 23 pounds has allowed the UW Mmi Baja team to excel Leena Singh SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

The Waterloo off road Mirn Baja team (hence WOMBaT) dtd UW proud at the Mni Baja compcaaon in Mdwaukee, bnngmg home the award for "most effecuve use of virtual prototyping tools."

The competition involved students from 100 d~fferentumversiaes In Canada, the Umted States and Central Amenca Each tcam's challenge was to dcsign a four-wheel off-road vehcle intended for mass producaon.

The UW team b d t a car w t h trading arm suspension and A-arm

front suspension. The car was eqmpped with t r h g arm suspension to wthstand the pressure of the rough terram it was tested on. T h ~ s type of was also chosen due to its abihty to resist stram caused by maneuvering. '&s .type of suspension also allows the dnver to take aggressive turns through curves The independent suspension bnngs thewheelsto rheground, keep ing the vehcle under control. The double A arm suspension is a form of wshbone suspension. Thls type of suspensionworks best onvehcles w t h a separate frame for mounting the suspension and absorbmng the load.

T o maxlrmze the car's performance in terms of accelerauon, deceleraaon and hd-climbing, the team mademt out ofalumurn. This choice ofmatenal allowed the team to shave 23 pounds off the weight of thelr vehcle. The car weighs 32 pounds Caleb Van Shgtenhorst, one of the teammembers, recalls, "the most challengmg part of designmg and b d d m g thc car was mtegraung the vanous systems It requlred a lot of coinmumcation and planmng to ensure that there were no malor prob lems mused by Interferencebetween systems."

See BAJA, page I f

On June 24, Midnight Sun VII paraded from University and College to Bloor and Church. . i

WIMPs and p-branes: a playful journey Stephen Hawking's new book incorporates existing material with some new theories The Universe in a Nutshell Stephen Hawking Wh~chBooks

Will Peters SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

WIMPs and p-branes? Their homonyms may be stereotypical of sclennsts, but they're really about science.

Indeed, thesc two topics andmore are presented in Stephen Hawlung's latest contnbuaon to popular science, The Unzverse in a N~ltshedl; WIMP is an acronym for Weakly Interacnng Massive Particles and pbranes are objects that are extended in p-dimensions, a theoreucal physics concept. For example, strings are a special case where p = 1.

This book is a playful and graphcally intense journey, covenng the

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A good read, as long as you're not too serious about science. major topics mphysics from classical physmcs right up until the present Mtheory. Itxovers most of the major present buzzwords in theoreucal

physics, such as gravltaaonal waves, supcrstnngs,p-branes, M-theory and quantum gramty. Commenting on h s book, Hawlung said, "To understand the urnverse wc need a quantum theory of gravity, and thts is the topic of most of this book."

Probably the most mteresting chapter In thc bookis the last one on p-branes and M theory. It's also thc chaptcr that is exclusively ongnal matenal. ib-theory, or Planck scale phys ~ c sutlltes , the five stnng theonesm a s~ngletheoreucal framework. The Planck length is the smallest hnda mental length in physics. The size of an accelerator needed to probe dtstances as small as the Planck length would be greater than the diameter of the solar system. M-theory describes this scale.

It's good to see some equations in the book. Unfortunately, it's a trend for publishers to dumb down popular suence books by removing equanons from them. Hawkmg was advised m his previous books to remove equanons, as they halve the sales ofthe books. Thsis andlculous guidehnc. For example, E = mc2, Emstem's well-known energy relauon, 1s a slrnple and well known equatton Anothersehgpomt for t h ~book s are the interesung and colourful ullustraaons. Physics, by its nature, describes the physical world. As such, a book on physics can be signifi cantly enhanced by graphcs. The book contams a lot of illustrauons whch really add educational value. ~ n f d a u n a t e l ~Hawlung , seems to have gven the graphc amsts a httle

too much freedom. Some of the grapiucs are goofy and lower the quality of the book.

Another somewhat sdly aspect of the book IS thc Star Trek and time travel topics. Hawkmg lowess hunself and the book by covenng these topics.

The most dtsappomntmgaspect of the bookis the proportion oforiginal matenal in it There is a lot of repeanon of matenal covered in h s p r e w ous books. A certan amount is unavoidable but thcrc is too much. The book seems hke lt was pubhshermsugated and moavated by money.

Nonetheless, if you are an occasional science reader, you'll find the book very interesting and enjoyable.

If, however, you are a Hawkmg fan or serious physics reader, you may be -a little disappointed with it.

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Time marches on: Asian lady bugs (top) were prevalent last year. In 1982, the seven-spotted lady bug (bottom right) replaced the indigislous nine-spotted lady bug (bottom left).

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Rumours ~mmcd~arcl!.~rartcdof ;I n e v governrnuit p h n to control thc aph1~1~nicstation through im ported lad>hugs. The bugs did not leave at the end o f thc summer anti some mere sccn crawling arouncl houses and bu~ldingson campus as late as November.

'I'he rumours were partiall!- true - the hugs wcrc indeed importcd, but much earlier than anyone had guessed and not b j the Ontario gov-

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'1 'lic laclyI~ug11opulaiior1 boomlast summer \ v a ~brought on bj- :I "narural" explosion in the number o f aphds, also known as tree lice, tlmt ladybugs feed on. The drr, hot \ve;rthcr \wh 1dei11tor aphids. as any farmer would he most unhappy co confirm. The ladybug rcproduccd in larger numbers than usual because of the abundance of food.

Researchers esrlmate that the ladyb~lgpopulationgre\vto approximately 1,ClOO times the regular nulnbcr during those icw months.

If you think that the black-spottcd scourge has ended, thmk again.

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I .;dy bugs o f ~ i i : ~vanetics ~ i ~ - have Ixen irnportcd from Curopc and .\&I tlozens of times, in an arrclnpr to control pests and also :~ccirlentdiy. 'l'he effect of these actlons 11~1sno[ been properly monirol-rd. hut some signs ha\ e appeared. I n Onrari<l;inoihrr ~ t n l x ~ r i esprcies, d ihc se\ em sportcd lady beetle (rorciiirll~ i ~ t / / f has ) completely replaced the ~ndigcnousnine-spotted lady bcetlc (coiciir~il~~ ~~or~emiiotot Thcrc havc been no documented sightmgs ofthe Nine-spotted species smcc 1982, about the same time the sewn-spotled species tuok ova.

Sports editor: vacant sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

How to buy a bike: a guide to painless summer riding Ted Harms SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

You wouldn't buy a hard dr~vefor your computer from a grocery store, would you? The same logc says that it's smarter to buy a blke from a bike shop than from Canadtan Tire or Zellers.

Most department stores can't or won't semce your bike after you've boughtit and since your blke is meant to be ndden, there d be wear and tear and, at some point, you'll have to get somethmg cleaned up, replaced,

or adjusted. Nearly all bikc shops offer some sort of repar package when you buy a blke from them one free tune-up, free tune-ups for hfe, a deal on parts, etc True, department stores may have bikes that cost less than what you can buy at a bikc store, but you need to weigh the short-term benefits (cheap) aganst the long-term (semce and buylng a bike from a reputable manufacturer) Also, there's probably a better chance that somebody w t h some expenencehas thoroughly assembled your bike if it's been bought at a bike

0 Think about what you want to use the bike for - is this just for going back and forth to school? Do you want to compete in road or mountain bike races?

0 What's your price range? It doesn't matter how much or how little you have, you can find a bike in that price range.

Keep in mind that regardless of what your budget is, make sure your money is well spent.

store If you're buymg sometlung that's totally disposable or unserviceable - a can of pop or a dig~tal alarm clock - buy what's cheapest, if you want what you've bought to last, buy it from a store that can look after it

New versus used There can be good finds in used bikes. But, as always, if you're buying used, you really have to make sure you don't buy a junker.

Don't be afraid to say youneed to take the bike and get it checked over by a mechmc before you'll buy it.

Bike shops often have some used bikes that have been fmed up by one of their mechanics. Other places to look for a used bike: the Penysaver, the Records classified section, the "For Sale" board in the Great Hall of the SLC, Recycle Cycles in downtown Kitchener and the twice-a-year (early May and early September) auctions hosted by the Bike Centre in the SLC.

0 Do your research-there are plenty of magazines and Web

Mountain bikes vs. hybrids

sites to help you figure out what kind of bikes are out there and which is appropriate for your budget and intended use.

Hybrid hikes are bikes that generally have 27-inch tireswhich arelarger

and not usually as knobby as your average mountain blke, tlus makes them qutcker and queter They also have amore upnght seaangposlaon, these bikes aren't sexy, but they're not supposed to be - they get you around town wlth no fuss Granted, mountam bikes are the most popular bikes to buy because they are overbdt and can take the abuse of ndmg rugged a d s Most people that buy mountam blkes, however, never get them on dtrt and the biggest bump they h t 1% curb Plus, the average mountain bike is usually heavier than a hybnd -don't forget that it won't be much fun nding up a hd on a 40 lb dual-suspension leadsled that you bought at Zcllcrs Hy bnds are usually cheaper than mountam bikes and, when you're lust nd ing around town, are the better choice

Maintaining your bike When somethmggoes wrongwith your bike, you may need to take it to a shop to get a part replaced. But there's a lot of routine maintenance that you can do yourselfwithout alot of fancy tools.

Some bike shops offer classes on how fix up your bike; a far cheaper

and lust as good alternauve is talung a btke mamtenance class through Campus Rec These courses are taught by a Bike Centre volunteer and, through the three dtfferent levels of courses offered, d l cover just about every mamtenance issue that can happen to your bike Here's one free up the single most Important dung you can do to help your bike stay m good shape is keeping it clean and not leavlng it outside for any length of m e . Wip mg your bike down or gmng it a gentle hosing after it's gotten dirty wdl be one of the best thmgs you can do for it If you're l o o h g for a place that has the tools you need to work on your bike, don't forget about the Bike Centre We're down in a comer of the SLC basement and we only charge $l/hour for use of our tools and $1if you &p into the od, lube, or solvent. There's always a fnendly volunteeron hand t h a t d l d o his bestto answer your questions and maybe lend a helpmg hand T h s term, we're open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1230 p m. to 7:00 p.m. and

0 Look around -therefs nothing worse than an impulse purchase as you'll probably get the wrong thing. There are many bikes shops in town - check them all out, find out which one you feel is the most reliable after asking questions about services, warranties, etc.

Ask around -see what style or brand of bike a friend is riding or, if you've got something sperific in mind, (e.g., freeriding, trials, triathlon, etc.), find people who are doing that and ask them what's good. To find those groups, ask the bike shops about any local bike clubs or groups and when they ride.

0 The most important thing -whatever kind of bike you buy, you need to wear a helmet. If anybody says they don't need a helmet because they're a good rider, then ask them if don't wear a seatbelt in a car or disengage the airbag. Safety equipment may be there to protect you from yourself, but it's really there to protect you from others. Also, Ontario law says your bike must have a bell, a white light in the front, and a red reflector on the back.

Al-Hands too far apart.

A2-Hands evenly placed.

A3-Hands too close together.

B1-Too much distance between seat and handlebar.

Rider is over extended.

B2-Correct distance.

B3-Rider is too erect in seat.

C1-Too high a seat; knees locked.

C2-Perfect height of seat; knees slightly bent.

C3-Seat istoo low; kneesbent.

Academic and interuniversity sport debates Magda Konieczna IMPRINT STAFF

The ongoingissueofacademic standards associated with athletic awards made waves at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport annual meeting June l 3 , l 4 and 15.

In articles in the Globe and Mad June 17 and 18,Ontario schoolswere reported to be &scussing separation from CIS; in interviews with I t p i n t , UW directorof athleticsJudy McCrae and Marg McGregor, CEO of CIS, said that such possibhties were not brought up at the meeting.

"That was not the tone of the meenng at all," McCrae said "The suggesuon of a separate league [for Ontano schools] 1s not supported across the countrv " "We had a healthy exchange of points of view on this tssue [of academc standardsw~thathleacawards] and on a number of issues," McGregor said ''Phere was] no reference whatsoever at the meeang of people saymg 'my way or the hghway ' It [the Globe and Mud iracle] c e r t d y is a different representaaon of the meetmg than the meeung I attended."

At the meetmg, two motions which would have required a mmmum academc average of students who are ehgble for athleac scholarships were defeated.

The current CIS rule states that a recipient of an athlenc award must be a "student m good standing."

Drew Love of Ottawa's Carleton Umverslty made a monon to set the standard to 70 per cent;Jack Drover, athleac &rector at Mount U s o n Umversity in New Brunswick made amotion to set the standard to 65 per cent. Both moaons were defeated.

The moaon to set the standard to

65 per cent was supported by 63 per cent of those votmg, but dtd not gam the t w o - h d s support required to change the current CIS rule.

Dr Robert Rosehart is president of Wllfnd Launer University and chan of the Ontano Commission on Intercollegate Athletics.

"We basically wanted any stand ard. h g h t now, you can be on aca demc probation and you can stdl get an award," he told Inrprint. In face of the outcome, Rosehart s a d that the OCIA will create a task force to report back in October to look at athletics in Ontatio umversities, in-

cluding but not h t e d to the scholarshp issue.

Rosehart sad Ontano schools have a few opaons. "We could keep domg what we're doing now," he said "Anextremev~ewtheotherway is Ontano universiaes would only paracipate in Onrarm league. I don't dunk that's going to happen.

"Or,wecould take theIvy League approach [where, before the season starts,each schoolchooses the sports in whch it wants to parnapate m nationalchampionships].

See CIS, page 18

FRIDAY, JUNE 28,2002

Swimming with dragons

Volleyball play-off time

Twenty paddlers, 500m and pride on the line PL 1 $ 8wV2l 8 $ ~ ,~%pg a %$~~

"Pmk Itockets."

In thc top half o i rhe brackcr, ~ h "13-Sidcs" c u.dl hc fighting for a remarch again\r rhc ''Hov7 t)n the Side." to whom thcv lost by .I sli\.cr dumg regular season play. However, they wdl first have to pass the

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local fishermen set out to search for Watch out for the U of T Piranhas. hls body fieldmg several teams from a vanety Centre and the balance d support The modern dragonboat is dl of faculaes and groups to parucipate rectly influenced by t$se boats. Each ch~ldren's programs run by the boat has 20 paddlers, one drummer Ktwants club, according to Carolyn in the college5 and untversiaes dlvlsion and a steersperson,together, the team Parks, the event manager for the W e there are already teams from pllots a 12m boat along a 500m Fesaval.

Teams are drawn from a vanety the Umversity of Toronto and the course Each team paruclpates m Umversity of Waterloo, Parks hopes three heats, paddhng m three three- of fields In the Regon In dddmon to uadtaonal local that in the future there d be more minute races, workplaces hke university teams pamcipaang in the which rank it for Event manager the hospitals cvcnt. the run-off to troCarolyn Parks The sport 15 on the nse both naand Insurance phics. tionally and mternatlonally The compames, the The Waterloo hopes that in the Dragon Boat Assoclaaon of Canada local hlgh-tech Festival runs for a future there will sector IS well has emerged a\ an umbrella group full day and infor dragon boat clubs and fesavals represented. cludes a variety of be more university Waterloo across the country Maactinaes.

On the mternaaonal level, the ple, Wtra and teams who parIn adktion to Internaaonal Dragon Boat FederaRIM wrll be the races themticipate paddhg along- aon organizes lnternaaonal compeselves, therewillbe ah6ns whch attract teams from the side profesan arts and crafts in the event. sional and ama- P f i p m e s to Argentma Internaaonal fair, a children's championships are held biannually, midway, entertainment and maraal teur teams.

The University of Toronto Pira- but there are a host of events around arts demonstrations. the world.

Although two-thuds of the teams nhas will be one of the out of town Parks says that dragonboatmgis a teams, challenged by several teams are locally based, many teams will be sport whch is fun for everybodyand camping m the conservation area for from the UniversityofWaterloo.The Piranhas, a dragonboating team to a great way for people to have a good the weekend.

Of the money that is raised, two- be reckonedwith, have continuously tune m a team sport. thirds d go to support children's won at other events in the province.

The University of Waterloo is programs inthe GZ& River Health

"Monkeys."

Aftcr a spectacular rcgular ssason in the A Ivlslon, the top The B diviston finals d be quite five teams are each separated by Interesting ulth the lrnmense only one game. Not only are they spread In the on the top of standtngs. "Flve thcir division, Below Zero" took they have all set Can [Campus rec the regular season high standards ~ t anhlmpressme volleyball teams] for sportsmanshlp by attaining polnt &ffe;ennal keep this up high spirit-ofof 135. Can they competition keep this up through the points. through the playoffs? They will playoffs?

"Team Sexy" and the "Disorbe facing - the m n e r of the "Free Agents" and ganized Engmeers" wlll be fighang for a chance to meet the "Swing"Team Discovery Channel."

Neither of these teams have met ers" who grabbed the atle for the "Five Below Zero," so maybe they regular season. Though the "Disorganized Engmeers" are d come up wlth a surprtse and ranked lower than "Team Sexy," advance to the finals> The bottom of the B1 bracket they managed to take a commanding set the last ume they met. has a simdar sttuaaon where the In the lower half of the bracket, top-ranked team "Continental Dnfters" has not met the other expect a ught match between "Blame James" and the two tcams In rcgular scason play.

"Mennohghts," who kept close Maybe "Bolleyvall" or "Wu's Wmners" d b m g thelr "A-gamc" sets throughout thc match the last m e they met, where the spread in and make the~rway to the finals.

The B2 playoffs are anyone's scores m each set was only five. game. The last term the And the final remaltung quesaon In "Volleybots" played, they saved the A-dmsion is whether or not the expenence of "El Tape-on d thelr ulns for the playoffs. They are once agam the underdogs in overcome the young[er] guns of then first match-up agamst the "Strange Brew."

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CIS: balancing two worlds Continued from page 17

"There's one school of thought that says that slnce we got 62 per cent of the vote -we only need four per cent more, so we should keep working on it. Maybe that's an option."

Rosehart said that the main concern was ensuring that universities continue to strive for academicstandards. 'We're not here to produce the NFL the NBA. We'renot tryingtobe

wannabe American universities." htcGregor said the ebbdity committee of CIS wdl be investigating how to combine academic standards with athletics, focusing on the issue of athletic awards.

The committee d report in a members round table in November and will prepare topresent its ideas at the June 2003 CIS general meeting. rnkonieczna@irnprint.uwaterloo.ca

Arts editor: Lauren S. Breslin arts@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Princess Cinema wives the 1942 classic -page 21 .

0 mother, where art thou?

UW's School of Architecture shows off its versathty in mounting Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage and Her Children

by Bertolt Brecht Humanit~es Theatre July 5 b 6,8:00 p.m

Daniel Saunders IMPRINT STAFF

In a boxy orange budding on the west end of campus, a bunch darchtecture students are putting the fwshmg touches on one of their most challenging designs: a full-scale producnon of Bertolt Brecht's avantgarde 1941 play, Mother Courage and Her ChzMtlln To make &Is pIay happen, students from the school of archtecture are takmg on every job, from acung to k e c u n g to promotions to stage manapg. Closer to their speciahty perhaps, they are also creatmg props and hghtmgand designingand buildmg the set, whtch includes a full-sized t h r e e - d i m e n s d house and a wagon made from a mattress frame, blcycle wheels and two car hoods.

Every summer, as akmd of nte of -passage, - all60 students of the second year architecture class put on a play as the fmalproiect for their course on culwal hSt0ry.

Aumque requirementmdeed, h s course gets students to look at art ln a hstoncal context and to reflect on

their responslbdity as artists.

As one student said, "if you b d d somethtng hke a big concrete block, you've got to think how that's gomg to affect society."

Mother Courage aand Her Chddtlln is an amblaous choice. Set in the 17th century, it is the story of a stubborn oldwoman tqmg to keep herself and her chddrenahvedunng the 30-Year\ War by folloulng armles m t h a cartload of scavenged goods to sell to the solders.

As her business fortunes wax and wane, her cymc~smandopportunism lead inevitably towards her own tragedy.

Director Angehto Jr. Huang says "It's comc and m e l o d m a a c at the same tune - shocking, you might say fantasac."

BertoltBrecht,arhoseotherworks include TJx Tbmpeng Opera, was a German playwtight famous in the 1930s for a de&nce of theatrical convenaons that could portray soual truths in a way audiences could not ignore. concept of the Epic Theatre called for devices to emphasize the artificiality of the stage, to "break down the fourth wall so the audlence 1s almost an actor m the set" as one actor put it. "we want to stay true to Brecht while following our own vis~on."

UW's architectureprogramls one

Lisa Hurmer, Michelle Van Eyk and Eric Gertzbeinassume theatricabtance. of the most presagious m Canada. Each year it receives over 700 applicants, and many of the school's alumni and faculty have achteved fame and fortune, hke the 1993 graduate who desgned the futunsac CGI skyhne of the planet Coruscant for the new Star Wars movie andProfessors Philip Beesley and Dcrcck Revlngton, who recently rece~ved Lanada's hlghest theatre award, the Dora, forsetandhghtmg design.

I t only takes a Puck stroll through From left to right: Jimmy Swain, Jelena Porovic, Justine Copestake, Ryan the studlo in EL2 Ollson, and Michael Lant6t run through a scene. where these students spend most of the~rdays (and some- them servlng dnner for 10 m out- the o n p a l score composed by a door pavihons designed and bulk group of the archttecture students, ames n~ghts)to we the creativity of &Is renegade faculty. from scratch, whch had to be trans- m c l u ~ g 1 3 o ~ a l s o n g s . T h e m u s 1 c One quadrant has been converted ported to the site, assembled and d be performed live on stage in a Into a construcaon area for props Qssassembled all m the course of a band that indludes bass, vlohn, elecand costumes for the play -what day. tnc gmtar and stranger mstruments k e c t o r Huang laughmgly refers to the^ approaches ranged from a hke the recorder and pots and pans. modular wooden Japanese tea house Itmakcs an eene, soulful racket. comas a "sweatshop" - but tt fits nght in mth the half-constructed models to a h n g roommade enarely out of b~ningjazz and rock and roll w t h the and arafacts scatteredaround amdst cardboard, allincorpora~ngcustom- splnt of cabaret the drafang boards dcslgned cham and other accewoAccording to director Huang, t h s hven the graffia, whlch covers nes. As one student cays, arch~tec- play 1s your chance to "see the creaevery surface, 1s creaave a tvpical ture "is about a whole lot more than ave work of thr architecture stuhead-scratcher reads, "lf lt's not butldtngs and blueprints " dents at full throde " They all grumble about the extra Lucreuus, it's ludmousl" W~neand cheese recepaons d Thelessons students havelearned m e the plav takes on top of thelr be held eachmght before the show at in teamwork, resourcefulnessand at- already fd-to-the-bnm schedule,but 6:30 p.m. in ES2. Tickets for the play tenaon to d e t d should serve them they run through their hnes m t h en- are $10. well in this newundertakine. thusiasm at the rehearsal. " lust one dsaunders@imprint.uwaterloo.ca of their asstgnments this term had A hghhght of this production is d

Michelle Van Eyk and Diana Zepf go head to head.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28,2002

Oh when the saints . . . What Canada shouldn't read Saints of Big Harbour Lynn Coady Doubleday Canada Ltd.

Phil Robinson SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

'Yah, well hfe's not suppo5ed to be a story anyways," says Guy Boucher, expressmghs dmausfacnonmth the story being studtcd at school And so begns the story of Bouchcr, small town, east-coast teenager, muchng h s way through h g h school and trying to s m v e a dysfuncaonal famdy life The Saznts Bg Harbour IS the second novel of Governor Generalnomated,Cape-Breton bomwnter, Lynn Coady.

Rejectinglincar narration, Coady manages to tell Guy's story by stopping at times to pick up the lives of other characters, examining them, putting them back down again and moving on.

As a whole, The Saints of Big Harbonrtouches on several major issues: alcoholism, teenage life, sex, violence, hockey, love, hatc, and, most importantly, the contact point between people and the relationships they create.

Nearly half-way through this sprawling, bleak novel, in a chapter titled "America," the narrator reinforces the theme of personalgrowth: "He learns the language of television, what he believes must be thc language of America. A boy and girl Fall in Love the moment they see each other. Or clse they hate each othcr for a while, first. One or the other. embers of families pretend not to like one another, everybody knows this, but Come Through for Each Other in the End. But that's not how it is in real life."

Beginning with Guy, Coady dcscribes the life of a teenage boy intelligent, yet awkward andinariiculate; fatherless, yet parented by his alcoholic uncle Isadore.

Guy is also preoccupiedwithgirls, and the core of the novel focuscs on h s interest in Corinne Fortune, a pretty g r l who, very early in life, found her place at the top of teenage social strata. Corinne, however, is also deeply troubled, and in spite of her popularity, hides a "cold spot" deep inside her that pushes to the surface and picks at her ego.

Guy is typical of all the novel's characters. They are often smart enough to know better, but keep making painful mistakes anyway. At a dance in the nearby town of Big Harbour, Guy knows his plans to woo Corrine won't unfold successfully, but plows ahead regardless.

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"I had thls image of me and Corinne Fortune huddled togethcr in a corner the entire night, but as soon as 1 gct to the gym I realize things don't work that way, at least not yet.

"Shc has to be on one end of the gym with her own little gang, and I'm supposed to be off somewhere with mine. Evcry once and a while, we're supposed to come together, dance, then separate again, unal the next ballad. It's a pile of crap."

Guy's narrauve is put aside part way through the novel, as Coady picks up the other charactersto evaluate, explore and probe (but not to judge) as a painter who creates a detailcd stiU life. Then she winds them up a-nd sets them off to crash into one another, and in turn, to intersect with Guy's life.

The strong narrative push that begins the noveldissipates, yet the text never flounders and dcspite Coady's reservations to turn "life into a story," it does eventuallyreach a conclusion.

Coadywrites a very comfortable Look. Hcr characters are fully devcloped and messy. Hcr assessment of people, theirmotivcs and theirways ofliving are creatively and profoundly laid out, with a sense of humour that is insightful.She neverresorts to clichks or stereotypes and docs not flinch at shoumg the ugly, hateful and meanspinted s ~ d eof people.

At one point, Corinne explains the diffcrence between love and hate to her "friend for life," Pam Cormorant, an overweight girl who feels blessed to be in Corrine's life and who never questions what Corrine tells her. Corrine equates love with Brian, her imaginary boyfriend and hate with Guy. "'The difference,' points out Corrine, 'is love.'

"Wel1,'says Pam, "they bothwant to hurt you.' "'That is true,' a p e s Corinne, nodding her head, deep in thought.

'Everyone wants to hurt mc. But one of them loves me and that is the dtfference.' "'There doesn't appear to be a dfference,' remarks Pam. "'The difference is love,' Corinne repeats, like Pam is thick.

"And Pam can only assume Corinne knows what she is t a h g about."

At the end of Srunts.fBdgHarbotm; the reader is left with the sense of people coming out, brealnng through and hurting themselves; and others, in the process of loving and hating, are often unable to tell the difference between the two.

A look at the novel chosen for CBC's Ca~adaread^ event In the Skin of a Lion Michael Ondaatje Vintage Books

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Anyone who cares about words and their meanings is going to havc trouble with Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin OfA Lon, the book chosen during the Canada Reads event on CRC Radlo, in which Canada was encouraged to cngage m the same novel.

Already on page two we have: "the creek where water is molecular and grey under thc thm ice." What could "molecular" possibly mcan here?Wasit chosen just forthc sound of the word? Would "oracular" or "pcrpendcular" have done as well?

The novel isn't a natural candidate to recommend to readers in gcncral. The plot is slow-movingand diffuse, having something to do with the crossing paths of several characters, wealthy and working class, in 1920s Toronto, but ncver mahng much scnse. The characters are uniformly shadowy and uncngaging.

And then therc's that language. It is "poetic" in the worst sense, constantly trading precision for striking but meaningless phrases. Nobody breathes;thcy"swallow air."The hero doesn't wake up, but "undreams himself."

Awful, self-cancellingmetaphors and flights of fancy predominate,

like "a vcil of flesh" or rich people who "kcpt money up their ass like a thermometer." A typically r i p bit of kalogue gocs: "'I have a fear I won't see you again.

"You talk on, Patrick, hut you have no remorse. "'A strange word. It suggcsts a turning around on yourself.

Tbcgroansinduced by Ondaatje's dialogue and prose, not to mcntion the moth symbolism, the allegorical puppct show, and the excruciating "artistic" sex scenes, might unfortunately drown out somc genuinely interesting and vivid details from Toronto's past. Nifty depictions of logging, tannery work and the building of the Rloor Street aqueduct are highlights and show Toronto in an exciting new light.

I was particularly intrigued with the searchers, young men hired on a salary by companies hoping to collect thc rcward on the body of theatrc magnate Ambrose Small, who dlsappearcd from his Adelaide Street officc in 1919.

Until near the end, In the Jkin ofa Lion isn't really a bad book, just a prccious and artsy-fartsy one. Then it suddenlytakes a ludicrous hXn for the Pvfarxist-Anarchst,windingupin a fairyland of romantic proletariat burglars and bombers ofcruise ships.

At this moment, In the Skin ofA Lio~ is at number two on the Globe andMailhestseller list, which mcans

thousands of Canadans havc already been subjectcd to it. My fear is that if book lovcrs are picking it up for a f ~ staste t of modern Canadian literaturc, it could be their last for a while.

My pick for a book for all of Canada to read is Angel Square by Brian Doylc. Sct in Ottawa in the 1940s, it is a warm and very funny story about an area bordcrcd by three ethnic schools where Irish, Jewish, and Frcnch-Canadianchildrengathcr to beat the crap out of cach other.

The writing is lovely, and it containscharacters named Lester 1,ister and Coco LaFramboise.You can read it in an afternoon, and I recommend you do.

The tao of art: part IV In thehfay 17issue,arts editorhuren S. Bresbn challengedstudenisto submit an originaldefinitionOfart. Thefollowingi~the fourth en& in this ongoing serial, but the challenge doesn't end here. How wouldyou d@ne art?

Please submit your response to arts@imprint.uwaterLoo. ca Graham Hearn SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Art, most of all, is a form of communication.

What distinguishes art from other forms of communication - and is the reasonwhy apicturecan be worth a thousand words - is that art definitively carries the meaning of an abstract concept or idea, representing with concretes what words can find no simple way to express.

The artist in the act of creation need not have an explicit awareness of the meaning he is imbuing; indeed, it is often better if he doesn't.

But what the artist must choose explicitly is the mcdum, be it music, literature, sculpture, painting, fdm, poetry, dance, photography, or architecture, and then select the elements thatwill best capture the meaning or theme of the oeuvre.

If the creation lacks a dscernible

theme, then the piece may fit better into the related category of design. In the case of painting, for example, the blurring of the distinction between art and designis apparent inworks by Pollock or Kandinsky.

As these examples show, the extent to which a piece, or cvcn a medium, quahfies as art can be a matter of degree.

Music, for instance, is rarely representationalin any straight-forward sense and yet it is capable of carrying deep meaning. Literature does not present perceptual concretes, but a story that is more immediately graspable than its theme.

Another distinctionworth raising is between artand craft. This distinction particularly highlights the relevance of meaning to art, which is lacking in a craft. The standard of value in a craft is skill in construction, rather than skdl in communication.

Just as in language, art can be viewed from the speaker-meaning, object-meaning, or audience-meaning perspective.

The existence ofa distinct objectmeaning is due to the public (1.e. convention-based) nature of communication.It follows that, while it is only via audence-meaning that we can recognize art as such, it is by

appeal to the properties of a piece and the circumstancesof its creation that personal claims about the meaning of an art work must be made.

Toillustrate,supposeyou encounter an etching in a rock face that has erodcd naturally into a pattern thal you interpret as an image. Suppost this image reveals great truths abou~ some topic of personal importance Would it st111 be art, despite not having been created with the intentior of having the function you found foi it; that is, if it lacks speaker-meaningi Conversely, suppose you createc and promptly forgot about a similal etching on a rock face and no passer: by ever recognized it as art. Would i qualify as art dcspite having no audi ence-meaning? The implication o the object-meaning view is "yes" 01 both counts.

So in summary, a work is art a! long as it has a themc that embodiel amessage or concept, with represen tational elements selected to portra; that theme.

In thc words of American poe Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,"Mu sic is the universal language of man kind." Indeed, any art form ma: speak to the depths of one's soul, fo that is the reason art is created an( enjoyed.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28,2002

Border battles

All about Eve (and vaginas) periods, G-spor orga5m5, lesbians, the whole bit And that's it That's where allthe hooplacomes from Tt's the biggest shocker through July 15 since Tztanzc, The Vagzna iWom logws 1s about +aft for ~ t ) Annu Saini vagma\ SPECIAL TO IMPRINT I'll gve you a second to catch It's a small place, the New Yorkcr, with low your breath The real surprise 1s that vagceihngs and seats that seem to be importcd from some old mome theatre Nervously, I sit nas are funnv, entertaming and famlhar Thls 1s not that malcdown My slstel bought the uckets. 1 asked her what the play is about and shc sad she d~dn't centred smut-calk that I've beknow, but that wc'd probably bond. I nodded, come so accustomed to, but th~nklngto myself, 'Aren't we sufficiently somethrng real and honest It's bonded? And ifwc do nced to supplement our wntten to help women under stand themselves and gve men bonding, at what cost?'

All I know 15 there's no way I'm talking somc insight into their etllgmauc counterparts, too about my \agma, that's between me and my It's alsou onh menuomng that damn self Maybe ~twasn't theAnghtidea, comng here the orgasms are spectacular completely unprepared I had no idea what to These ladles come like it's going expect, except thrcc women on stage, that is. out of fashlon They moan and Perhaps it was all the controversy set around wrlthe and scrcam as ifposscsscd under wme Dyom\ian spell The the play that had mc thinlung. It had been denled media coverage in some clues and been playhouse should defimtcly conshut down all together m others One can only sider adjustmng thc air condrtoning dunng these sequences One expect something truly obscene, right?

As the hghts dunmed and the play began, of the performers ht up aftcrhowever, it became clear to me that there's only wards and, for thc firstame lnmy one thing that's really s h o c h g about The V a - hfe, I wshed I wa\ a smoker playwright, poet, screenwriter and activist E~~ The Vugzna Monolog~esis an grnuA.fonolog~es- just how fundamentallynor Ensler accrued a 1997 Obie award and a nominama1 ~tis It's just a play1 You can't [magme my enjoyable, accessible show Evetion for the Drama Desk and Helen Hayes awards rehef No contorung genitals, no ~nterprenve ryone, from the most mhtant dance,infact,throughouttheplaynaryavagna femmst to the most conserva The Vagina ave grandmother, can relate to one or more of t h g in The Vagzna Monologues that d make appeared! you laugh hystencally and exclium, "That's SO The play depicts, in the form of several it's themes Whether you're a fervent women'strue!" Also, you get to keep your vagma to monologues,theexpenencesofvanouswomen hbber, or, b e me, are aylng to avoid the and thelr vagnas. Yes, they talk about scx, Women's Nctwork at all costs, there's some- yourself, wluch is a d$ntte plus.

The Vagma Monologues

by Eve Ensler New Yorker Theatre, Toronto

Play it again and again and again, Sam Casablanca directed by Michael Curti.

Princess Cinema June 28 to 30

Adrian I. Chin

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Like an aging wme, somc movlcs wmhstand the test of ume whde other\ turn to vlnegar As m e goes b), onc movle seem\ to capture thc heart5 of auccccdmg gcncranons, a moTw fullbod~cdand tcxcurcd with a f,nourable and lasung afteltdste Prom ~ t srelease in 1942, Curablancu has amountcd to much more than a hill of beans, w n n ~ n threeilcadem) g L\wards,inclu&ngBcst Screenplay, Rest D~rectorand Best Picture and most rcccntly placlng first in the Amencan F h Insuture's hst ofgreatest love stones of all tune.

Dunng the makmg of Carablanca, nobody thought they were maktng agreat movle. Most Hollywood stulos at the ame were churning out fifty pictures a year and CasabLancawas just one of many. Casablanca came m the form of a play enatled "Everybody comes to kck's" wntten by Murray Burnett, who had travelled to Europe to mtness first-hand what was happemng wlth the rehgee movement.

The scnpt was mtroduced to Jack Warner , was more than who p a d 4620,000 for ~ twhch anyone had ever been p a d for an unproduced play. Staymg true to Hollywood form, a atle change was mentable. The at& of Casablanca was influenced by a prenously successfd picture enatled Akzers. Many felt that the atle Casabhnca conjured up all lunds of romannc

and exotic locales and the stud~odecided that thc new atlc would be much more potent.

A total of slx writers were brought m to conunuously re-wnte the scnpt and every day dunng the shooang there were new rensions.

The wnters didn't know how the story would end unnl its final days of shooang. Thls arguably influenced the portrayal of Ingrid Bergman's character, who could not sway in the duecuon of Humphrey Bogart's character or Paul Henreid's character since she herself didn't know who she would end'up with.

Max Sterner's mus~calcomposiaon has been heralded as n o h n g short of brdhant. He h e r s the picture w t h fragments of "As Tune Goes By," whch became the hlt it hadn't been when it was released in 1931.

After shooung the film, Steiner contemplated replacing "As Tune Goes By" with hls

own orignal work, but the song was so deeply interwoven ln the picture, Bergman would have to come back to reshoot some scenes.

The release of Casablanca came at a tune when Casablanca was actually being invaded.

Ths, of course, gave the picture tremendous pubhcity and a feelmg of real tenslon as people started to learn about the situaaon abroad.

Itwas a tune when the world was emhroded m the Second World War, where pnnciples of national pnde and sacnfice were teemng; as a result, the atmosphere at the tune of Casablanca's release was ideal.

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CKMS AIRHEADS Whenever I go to a conccrt, I always wondcr how many of the band\ d actually make ~t to the venue, or even worse, ~fthe show mght he canccllcd altogcthcr Consldcrmg how often customs officials stop bands from entenng Canada, you mght think that it's pretty common for tounng musicians to usc their concerts as a cover for c m n a l acumues.

Not only do the bands suffer when they can't get out and play for their fans, but the audience 1s &sappointed and the overall scene suffers.

Ever smce the Volcano closed down 1ear5 ago, fitchener's hve club scene just hasn't been the same With thc closmg of thc Lync. even though the venue was far too big fur many hands, things have been looking even gnmmer.

The old Volcano space has reope'ned as the Wreck Centre and I was t h d e d to hear they'd booked a talented Amencan metal band called Today Is the Day for one of their first shows. T h d e d , that is, u n d I got to the club that mght and found out the band was stuck on the other side of the CanadaUS. border.

Not a good start for a new club. Since September 11 th~ngshave been even worse.

When a band can't enter the U.S., crossmg over into Canada becomes a m n o r worrv.

Last summer, after successfully opemng for Daclde in the States, Swelsh black metallers Marduk began planlung a North American headhmng tour. WMe the band was wamna" for authonzauon to enter the States as working musicians, tcrronsts attacked the World Trade Centre.

Not surpnsmgly, that put an end to Marduk's hopes for a fall tour on thls slde of the ocean. A second attempt to obtain vlus gained the band "technical" approval last winccr, but the wsas were never issued, and the tour dates came and went.

Once a band reaches the States there's stdl no parantee that their strugles w~thred tape have come to an end. Recently, thc Swedish death metal band IIypocrisy was tounng North America for the first ume, along wth fcllow Swedes Sodwork and some Amencan band- The tour was booked solid - a show cvcty mght - so when Hypocrisy got dclaycd at a weigh stauon in Atlzona, fans m Los Angeles mssed out on an amazing show.

I mght'vc mssed the news stones, but 1 haven't heard of any underground bands holdmg terrorist rallies between sets, getang entire audiences stoned on smuggled drugs, or tearing up roadways and bridges with their tour buses.

There are hate-promoting bands just like there are hate-mongers in every segment of society, but most bands lust want to share their music w t h the fans and have h n at the same time. More often than not, if there's a message, it's a call for people to think for themselves. But maybe that's the problem.

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I the type of musicianwho can pulloff siigingthewords "My sweetlil'duck" without sounding cheesy and sappy; a decrescendo without losing intenSlty. %s Ottawa naave is finally getang some much-deserved attenaon.

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The ntle of Kathleen Edwards' first full-length release, Fader, 1s a msnomer to say the least. Or, ~f not a msnomer, then f h g has nevcr sounded so appeahng before These are ten tracks that all man age to stnke a balance between layermng a song and leamg spaces in between. Produccd by Edwards and Dave Draves, this album 1s focused ma dlfferentdmcaon than Edwards' premous release, Buzldng 55, combinmg her very able acousnc playmg wtth instruments such as lap steel p t a r , banjo, organ and shde p t a r .

Forthosewho are unfmnharwtth Edwards, ~t'sunportant to menaon the bourbon-nch quahty of her vo~ce, although it does sound smoothed down compared to Buzkhng 55. Her voice has a bed-head quahty to itwith a shght smoker's cough in the mommg and thls album feels hke perhaps Draves smootheddown the bed head hke a mother fussing with her chddren-before they leave the house.

In short, her vocals are best described as thelove chdd ofNdYoung and Lucinda Wdhams; it hurts in all the nght places.

O n the first track, "SIX O'clock News," Edwards sings, 'You spend half your hfe trylng to turn the other half around," whch seems to be the phght of most of the characters and ghosts on t h s album. Edwards has that Johnny Cash abhty to speak about bemg down on her luck mthout gemng lost ~nself-pty.

On the not-too-subtly-atled"0ne More Song the Rado Won't Lke" Edwards sings, "No one hkes a p-1 who won't sober up," m reference to what seems k e a sltuaaon between her and a record company representatwe.

Endmg the album is "Sweet LC Duck," and I h k that Edwards is

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Todet humour wdl only take you so far. That has to be the motivation behind BoxCmRacer, the side project of Blink 182 guitarist/vocalist Thomas DeLonge.

Alongside B h k drummer Trams Barker and rhythm gu~tanstDave Kennedy of Over My Dead Body, DeLonge has craftcd some pretty senous matenal He clams that tt 1s a tribute to bands hke Fugazi and Refused who have had a dlrect influence on h s desm to be in a band.

Do you remember a couple of years back, when you first heard "Adam's Song" and you couldn't help but dunk it was strange that Bhnk 182 was doing something senous?

That's what you'll get out of Box Car Racer.

Although there are some heavler moments, this is standard Bhnk 182 music. Between the vocals and DeLonge's guitar-playing, you really won't beheve that this is a different band. It doesn't help that Mark Hoppus joms his bandmates on a great track called "Elevator."

The album starts offmth the first single "I Feel So," which is by far the best song, depamng from the tradlaonal pop-punk formula. DeLonge really pours out his feelings on the track and it's a refreshing change.

1,istemng to the album, you really develop a sense of respect for DeLonge's sensiave side.

That 1s untd you reach "My F m t Punk Song," where he exclams "I got no dlck!" A class~cBhnk song 1f I've ever heard one. Other tracks to check out mclude "Cat L~keThef," whch features gucst vocals from Jordan Pundtk and T m Armstrong, and "Letters To God," which surpnslngly features an acousac guitar.

So ~fyouhkeBhnk 182,you'll hke Box Car Racer. It's a decent sidc project, but it doesn't really have the legs to draw a new fan base. Box Car Racer is DeLonge's hcence to be a senous amst. He doesn't have to yell "boobies!" every five scconds and he certamly doesn't have to do h s say dance across the stage. ~ ~

Chore The Coastaline Fire Sonic Unyon

When I first hstened to Chore's The Coastabne Fin, I was confused because I wasn't really sure if I hked what I heard. It was heavy, but it was quiet. It was hard to listen to, the lyncs ddn't make sense and ~t just generally sounded like they needed more work. I put it away and dldn't hsten to it agam for a whole month.

Recently, I had tlus urge to hear something new, so I reluctantly picked up the CD and listened to it again. I was pleasantly surpnsed The thundenng p t a r s , melodc vocals and poem lyncs seemed to transcend classificauon. That seems to be the trend these days, creating music that can't be labeled, but I dare you to put alabel on Chore. If I had to, I'd call them progressive mde emocore, but I wouldn't stand beh d that diagnosis. They remndme of At The Dnve-In, but they're not nearly as aggressive. It doesn't really matter what you want to call them because the music is just good.

"The Hitchhker"is the best track on this album because it somehow finds a way to he heavy, but not loud.

The sweet melody and s o o h g vocals protect you from the explosive sound. Other awesome songs are "The Wall Bums," "B Coma" and the laid-back "Electrojet."

The music is all over the place.

One m u t e it's heavy and intense and thenextmnute~t becomesrcally qmet and calm, and the same can be sad for the vocals. What really im presses me are the lyncs. They're very abstract and challenge you to find meamng in thcm The Coastahne Ftre is more than just music -~t'sa hstemngexpenence that can't be h d den m the background I don't know what happened ovcr the course of that month, but I can tell you that my amtude towards Chore totally changed. I enjoy this album for the reasons I ddn't hkc it before. T h s qumtet fromDunnde, Amit Sandhu,special to lmpr~nt Ontano, has put together an unpres-

smve h d album that 1s defimtely worth checkmg out. It's very radto unfriendly muslc, but~tgrowson you if you're d n g to pay attenaon and gveit a chance. Chore won't sell alot of albums and I doubt they'll ever become big stars, but that's what makes themgreat. Youcan't help but respect the stncenty of arasts who put out the music they want to make, as opposed to the corporate rock we hear on the radlo airwaves. If you h e good music,go checkout Chore.

for best hnc on the CD has to go to guest-arastLMNO on "Teamwork" ("If their egos were pigeons, drrrrrrrrrrBOW1I'd feed them A s p nn" -too funny).

Other guests Include Abstract Rude and the Swollen Members. I love h s CD because it's a mulalayered dlsc that treats rap hke the expressive art form m t is and not a pop-musicmoney-maker. Leave~tta a Canadlan.

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T h s revlew is for those who, hkc mc, seek better rap. For those who are tired of the booty-chasing,b l q - b h g BS that dominatcs the matnstream and who would rather gouge out their sensory organs than be exposed to another single by Lid' Bow Wow. It's for anyonewho, like me, would like rap and hip hop if only there was good rap and hip hop to be heard good rap like "Lime Green" by former Swollen Member Moka Qnly.

It's a h ~ hop p dlsc with beats that are obvlouslyjazz/funk/soul influenced.

Even better, Lime Green is free of the over-used bass-heavy samples of I ~ S manstream counterparts.

T h s is not lust another dance-hall dlverslon; it's muslc that can be enjoyed as music. Though the instruments arc mostly synthesi~ed,Moka puts together a d g ~ t ajazz l combo of drums, @tar, bass and keyboards.

As a result, most songs have the lald back feel of a M e s Davls tune and are perfect for summer relaxtn' (espeaally "August Asphalt," a song about dropping everythmg and going fishmg on a beauaful summer day).

But there 1s a good m x of styles, w t h heamer songs hke "Crunch."

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Ultrapull From All Directions Gold Circle Records

I was hopmg to find a CD that wai going to be something dfferent something to add to my collecaon somethmg new and off the heater path. Instcad what we have here 1, another band uylngto nde the end o a wave.

Ultrapull is nothing ongnal ~t'sanotherrock-pop band just uylq to sound hke every other group or the market and hoping that the1 verse-chorus or even chorus-choru technique wtll wm them some a~ ame or make them some money.

After hstemng to the first coup11 of songs, however, 1 was thmkmg okay, as far as rock pop goes, t h isn't too bad. However, on a 12-tracl CD, when every song is in the saml style, the repeuuve tunes can get olc to the point where you're hke, Wha clse can I hsten to2 I don't mean to put down Ultrapui too much -I do bchcve they hav, the potenaal to become agood band The lyncs themselvesaregood. The have real feehngin them and seem tc have been wntten from personal ex penence Also, the mam smger am glutanst Dave Evcrctt has a goo1 volcc wtth a broad emononal range AU m all, the &\c has some gooc yuahaes and mce moments, cvcn I they arc aresomely repenuve.

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