K-W heads to the polls News, page 3
Weighed down with student debt
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The tie that binds Wilfrid Laurier University since 1926 Volume 53, Issue 4
Sunday, September 2, 2012
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Tips from experience Advice that upper-year students wish they knew during first year Features, page 20
Staying healthy Keeping your body and mind in good shape at university Life, page 23
K-W Arts scene A beginner’s guide to local entertainment around WLU Arts, page 25
Don’t get caught up Who you want to be in the next four years is up to you Opinion, page 31 WADE THOMPSON VISUAL DIRECTOR
Hawks at a glance Taking a look at Fall sports around Laurier Sports, page 35
Fire claims family business JUSTIN SMIRLIES NEWS DIRECTOR
Kamil Mytnik was in the middle of cashing out at a grocery store when he received a phone call he wished he never got. It was from an employee at his parents’ restaurant Ish and Chips in Uptown Waterloo. She told him there was a fire. “I just left everything as it was [at the cash] and I just ran out. It took me ten seconds to gather my thoughts and fully accept it. Because I didn’t believe it, I thought it was just a small fire in the corner of the restaurant,” explained Mytnik, who was taking care of his parents’ restaurant while his father was on vacation in Poland. Mytnik rushed to the restaurant
at 37 King Street North, just at the intersection of Dupont. He arrived to see his parents’ — John and Barbara Mytnik — hard work burn up in flames. The building was barely visible under the wall of thick smoke that engulfed the street. “When I got there I just saw smoke everywhere — the whole building up in smoke — and your heart sinks at that moment,” he shared. “It sinks.” At around 3:15 p.m. on Aug. 23, Waterloo Fire Rescue crews arrived at the scene of blaze that overtook Ish and Chips as well as a vacant variety store to the right of it. Above were two apartments. Everyone escaped safely, but now the Mytnik family, their employees
and the two tenants who occupied the top half of the building are left trying to figure out their future. “It’s now in the hands of insurance and the property owner,” added Mytnik, noting that one of the tenants was a University of Waterloo student. “We’re living under a question mark with what’s going to happen.” “As of last week, Red Cross was providing temporary accommodations for [the tenants],” said John Percy, public education officer at Waterloo Fire Rescue. “What the building owner will do now through their insurance companies is they’ll make arrangements.” Local, page 15
JUSTIN SMIRLIES NEWS DIRECTOR