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Please bring ID and a piece of mail with local address to ensure smooth processing on Nov. 617 in the SLC.

CO-OPS

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU The Feds want to hear from you regarding the representation of Co-op students by the FEDS. Do you feel that your student government is accessible, productive, and connected to the students with regards to co-op issues. If not, can you suggest anyirnprovements. \Y'e have struck a special taskforce to s e e k feedback a n d suggestions for improvements to students representation onco-op. Pleasecontact the taskforce chair, Chris Farley, cmfarley@feds.uwaterloo.ca extension 2478 o r your FEDS s t u d e n t councillor with any c o m m e n t s

CALLING ALL FIRST YEAR S T U D E N T S What did you think of Frosh week? Why don't you tel us. We need students to pro~ideus with feedback or orientation week. It only takes 2 hours of your timc mdthcre is FREE DIYXER. So come on out to the SL( Multipurpose room on Tliursday November 1611. 8 p m from 6

TOWN MEETING FOR THE MAYORALTY AND REGIONAL C A N D I D A T E S The first 45 minutes will be an open session discussing housing and some of the issues related lo student housing. The next half hour will be a question and answer session with the regional candidates. The event is taking place in h e SLC oil Wednesday Nolember 8th All Studem will have the opportunity to question all ca~ididates. There will also be a s l u d e u l panel.

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Expansion of campus facilities proposed LAURENS. BRESLlN lmprint staff

here's a buzz around the Fed campfire that may lead to extra lounge, meeting, and athletic space for Waterloo students. Chris Farley, president of the Federation of Students, has compiled a proposal detailing an interest in expanding the Student Life Centre (SLC), the Physical Activities Complex (PAC), and the North Campus Recreation Complex -all at an undetermined cost to students. Although still in the proposal stage, here is what the project intends to achieve: an 8,700-15,000 square foot increase in the SLC towards extended lounge space, meeting space, and club space; 5,770 additional square feet in the North Campus athletic facilities which will enlarge the gym by about 25 per cent; a brand newbuilding on the Northeast side of

the CIF to serve students as a fully struction of new student residences. functioning fitness centre; an ex- Also, at peak study times, it's really pansion of the women's hockey hard to find a place to sit in the dressing room by 960 square feet; lounge." With the option of enjoyingthe and an installation of an artificial tmf field up on the North Campus. fac~litiesat either the PAC or at the Farley recognizes the need for these expansions and renovations as a means of catering to students asWaterloo enrollment has been increasingand is expected to augment even more over the next few years. Evidently, when the SLC was orienally designed, its construction allowed for an additional third floor andlor North Campus Recreation Complex, some students are confused as other developments. On renovationsto theSLC, first to why expansions are necessary at year Arts student StephanieMacKay a!]. Jacquelyn Silver, a third year comments that "it is a great idea, Math student feels "there are more especially now that more students than enough athletic facilitiesto go are expected.to enroll with the con- around, and I just don't see any de-

"It is a great idea, especially now that more students are expected to enroll."

Doig wins K-W roots and then went on to describe his experience in Ottawa and with the Reform Party. ondaynight JoshuaDoig Doig was then nominated and was elected over Bruce introduced by a nominee for the McIntyre as the Cana- candidacy who dropped out of the dian Alliance candidate in the riding race to supponDoig. After that Tom Joyce, a veteran politician, talked of Kitchener-Waterloo. About 500 people packed into about howJoshua Doig was the man a room at the Phoenix roller rink at to go to Ottawaand how in 15 years Weber and Albert to hear the he's seen a lot of young men enter speeches and politicsand decide on who that Doig has what it they wanted to represent takes. them in OtDoig tawa. Most of then spoke the attendees about his were elderly vision and and white but values and there was a talked contingent of about the people in their platform twenties, most RYAN CHLNGWING of the of whom ap- DoigwinsAlliancesupport. party. He peared to be delivered a strong speech that concluded with a Doig supporters. The room had Doigposters, and standing ovation from about a fifth Doig'smother was handing out Doig of the room. Then the votes were counted. stickers at the entrance. Both McIntrye and Doig had pamphlets After a 20 minute wait the results, on the tables. which were said to be overwhelmA coin was flipped to decide ing, were ready to be announced. who spoke first. Eachcandidate had Chris Schaefer, president of the K20 minutes to convince voters. First W Canadian Alliance Riding Assoa friend of McIntyre'sspoke to nomi- ciation, announced, "The winner is . . . Jean Chretien and Andrew nate and introduce him. McIntyre spoke about his in- Telegdi'sworstnightmarein the next volvement in the community and his election, Joshua Doig." RYAN

CHEN-WING

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mandforaddingunneededgymspace -especiallyifstudentswillbecharged for it." Chris Farley, however, begs to differ. He observes that an accelerating desire for healthy lifestyles has been promptingstudents, faculty, andstaff to participate in sportingactivities more than ever before. Some of the equipment and rooms are used upwards of 17 hours a day, seven days a week. Accordingto Farley, Waterloo has one of the most active campus populations in Canada. "I'mall for it!" saysIan Pollick,a second year Finance student, "I thlnk whatever they decide to charge us will be reasonable and well worth it. Thiscampusisgreat, but it canalways use some souping up."

In the following months, the decision will ultimately rest on the shouldersof students. Focusgroups, translatinginto student feedback, reactions, and comments, will dictate s is to take. the direction t h ~ project Chris Farley, with the help of Judy McCrae (Director of Athletics and Recreational Services), Catherine Scott (Associate Provost Human Resourcesand Student Senices), and Ann Simpson (Manager of the Student Life Centre) plans to develop apractical strategy for consultationwithindividualstudentsand student groups. After commissioningavery preliminary market survey of students, the organizers have observed a desire for increasedlounge space In the SLC; furthermore, they have ac, knowledgeda desire for more fitness facilities,-and anticipate a generallv positive response to the constructio~i of anew fitness centre and an art if^, cia1turf athletics field.

NEWS

Imprint, Friday, November 3, 2000

Anti-car aliens invade Waterloo and Seagradhng Road. Just as women and supporters march to take back the streets from fear and VIOcycle to take ome people complam about lence, these b~cycl~sts how there's too tew parlung back the streets from automob~les spots for t h e ~cars r downtown. and the evd that they do. The ahens, among them students Then there's others who compla~n about how there's too many cars from both Waterloo and Launer, workedm sh~fts.Dav~dWellhauser, downtown. d Last Friday, there were two the organizer of the bunch, s a ~ that s to spread the message over fewer spots avrulable to Klng Street t h ~ was dr~versas res~dentahens took over. the whole day, ~nsteadof concenThey occup~edtwospots In front of trated In a larger crowd for ashorter the Waterloo Town Square for a per~odof tune. They were most defin~telynototal of SIX hours, and then met up t~ced-~twouldhave been tough for w ~ t hothers at the steps to UW. anyone drlvlng by to mlss them. So The takeover was orchestrated they were undoubtedly plantmg the to accompany the Hallowe'en month-endmg b ~ k erally. The last seedsof doubt ~nsomepeople'smnds. IS bas~callythat T h e ~ message r Fr~dayof every month, acr~t~cal mass carsarevery bad thlngs for the planet, of b ~ k er~dersdeparts at 4:45 p.m. from the ~ntersect~on of Un~vers~ty so we should use them less or not at

G R E G MACDOUGALL lmprint staff

all. The pamphlet they were dlstributingwasentitled'One Less Car'

The International Day of Silence for the Children of Iraq An Internationalday of protest, prayer, and action to help end the 10-year long randions that killed 691,189 children as of Nov. 1/00.

~ovember11 1 3-4 prn Student Life Centre, UW

Visit www.DayOfSilence.com for updates on the day, media kit, etc. For more info e-mail hfhadi@uwaterloo.ca S~onsoredbv WPIRG. MSA, ASA

and extolled the vlrtues of gomgcarfree. If you can't completelyopt out, a poss~blealternat~ve1s the local car co-op (Web s~te-peoplescar.org). The way we organlze our soctety setsusup for howmuchpollution we turn out. The economlc benef~ts of maklng more cars - more jobs, more d~v~dends, hav~ngmore cars runnlng and more tax revenue outwe~ghthe environmental d~sadvantages. The scale must be weghed out to balance these prlorltles . You may or may not be aware of the a r qual~ty~nt h ~fine s clty-some summer days wlllsee one of the h~ghest levels of smog In Southern Ontarlo, and the worst In Canada. 1,800 people d ~ prematurely e each year because of bad a ~ fsays , the Ontarlo Medical Assoc~at~on. Thls doesn't lnclude the number of people who w ~ l lsuffer from deterlorated health (1.e. asthma, respiratory difficulties,etc.). Alien insurrection.

GRLG MACDOUGALL

Campus cheating continues to rise R O B I N STEWART Imprint staff

or the second year in a row, the number of students involvedin misconductor grievance cases at UW has jumpedsignificantly higher. Last year, 163 students were involved in offences including 105 in cheating cases, up from 142in 1998-99and99in 199798, accordingto the annual report of the University Committee on student appeals (UCSA)that will be presented to t h e m Senatethis month. "Incidents of cheating (which includes excessivecollaboration)and

plagiarism," says the report, "have increased in the past year, particularly among third-year students." Compared with 1998-99, cheating amongst second and third-year students rose over 100 per cent last year, while cheating amongst first and fourth-year students actually declined eight per cent. The studentsthat Imprint spoke to were not surprised. "Everybody excessively collaborates on assignments," admitted first-year student Zach Rheault. Math student Gavin Tho11 suggested that professors are catching only 25 per cent of those students who are committing academic offences. Tholl added,however, that he d~dn'tthink it was that big of a deal. "Ultimately," agreed actuarial science student Matt Buchalter, "you are hurting yourself by cheating." Both Tholl and Buchaltersuggested that assignments are there to help students learn the material and its up to them whether or not to take that opportunity. Federation of Students Vice Pres~dentEducation Mark Schaan agreesthatthere isaproblem. Schaan sees a lack of awareness, along with an ever increasingemphasis on com-

petitionas two factors which encourage student cheating. Schann has been involved with updating and increasing the academic content of the Feds student handbook and the Student Life 101program, although he admits that publicising information on academic offences is "not something I've dwelled on enough." Schaan also called on University administrators to do their part in addressingthe problem. "As the cost of education rises, student feel the need to get more bang for their buck," Schaan warned, suggestingthat students may be feeling more pressure to "do well at any cost." The report also outlines several other issues which have come to UCSA's attention over the last 12 months. Internet plagiarism was one issue which the committee will bring to thesenate'sattention. The number of plagiarism cases which were connected to the Internet more than doubled last year. Every first-year student that Imprint spoke to admltted that if they wanted to, they could locate custom essays on the internet which could be usedin class. In fact, Imprint runs an ad for an essay service in its

classified section. The committee will also draw attention to the question of whether or not the university is providing adequate invigilation. University Policy 71 onstudent AcademicDiscipline callson the University to "provide facilitiesand surrounding which do not present undue possibility of inadvertent commission of academic offenses." According to the committee's report, the current setup for examinations can see only one person (of-. ten a TA) invigilating a class spread over three to eight writing rooms. Finally, the report also draws attention to one case lnvolv~nga student who was charged wlth behav~ouralmfract~ons.The student ln questlon was about to embark on a pre-arranged workterm when the ~nfract~on arose. The report asks whether or not ~twould ever be appropriate for the unlverslty tosuspend astudent from the~rco-op work term. On thls Issue, our student panel felt unan~mously that the unlverslty should only suspend a student from a workterm w ~ t hthe agreement of t h e ~ remployer.

NEWS

Imprint, Friday, November 3, 2000

Democracy Watch founder speaks DuffConacher fights for the rights of the individual in the community KRlSTA

RANACHER

special to Imprint

n Friday, October 27, Duff Conacher, founder and co-ordinator of Democracy Watch, spoke with about 20 people who gathered in the ES1 courtyard. Mr. Conacher visited UW at the invitation of Marilou McPhedran, Planner in Residence, as apart of her seminar: "Building Healthy Communities, Local to Global Human Rightsm.The purpose of thisseminar was to explore the link between human rights and planning and this presentation made the very important link of the personal to the political. A man with a mission and a perennial thorn in the side of government, Conacher is concerned with trends hke low voter turn out and general dissatisfacnon as well as disassociatlon from the pol~t~cal process and the pervasive feelingthat the indivrdualhas no Influence on the decisions that government takes. Conacher explained how these factors work in favour of the powers that be by allowing themto continue imposing then wdl on the people without interference from the electorate, whlch 1s ironic because it was the people who gave them their jobs m the first place. Through Democracy Watch, Conacher workswith other citizen organtzationsto make people's voices heard in decision-making. He charges the government with arrogance and deliberately ~gnoringthe individual in favor of industry and other organ~zedinterests from which many of Canada'spoliticiansare drawn.

He claims that the present administration has is an unwieldy problem. It only contributes to studied the problem "to death" and made a the problem when the government takesaside smalleffort toappease their constituentsin this one interest group whose interests coincide most stronglywith thegovernment'spreferred area without making any real changes. For exaniple, Mr. Conacher spoke at messageand then offers their view as that of the length of his struggleto make consumers' voices majority. The government then claims that it heard in the latest round of Senate committee has discussed the issue with citizens and the hearingson bankingmles. He pointedoutthat interest group is pointed to as an example of all the members of thecomm~tteewere former their dedication to fair research anddiscussion. bank executivesand several continue to sit on Very closelyhked to that tactic is the the boards of bank governors. It was years Reform/Alliance party's suggestion that citibefore Democracy Watch succeeded in even zens be allowed to force a referendum on an appearing beissue by signing petitions. fore the cornu f0 tumittee, which only relucnately there has been no tantlylistened to their issues. evidence of Thisinterview anydiscussion was conof exactlyhow ducted after many signathe organrzationformedalarger coal~tionwith tures 'would be required. Nor is there any over one hundred other community and att- understanding of how RefordAlliance Memzens groups across the country representing a bers of Parliamentwillor have instituted measmembership of over three million. This Cana- ures in their constituencies to accurately poll dian Community ReinvestmentCoalition was atizens on issues in order to make their free able to make its voice heard In the media votesm Parliament representativeof the will of through letter writing campaignsand pooling the people, as suggested in their rhetoric. of resources. So how, exactly, can the processbe made The challengesare many. Mr. Conacher more democratic? Study circlesareone optton spoke of theease with which the Finance Min- that this government has used successfully in ister can hear the interests of the banking one case to educate a representative sample industryin Canadain only one meeting with six and then collect opinion. The idea is to people. ~ringin~theindividualandcinflictin~produce informational material containing interests of 20to 25 millioncitizensto the table studiesandoptions for people toread and then

This presentation made the very important link of the to the political.

gather insmallgroups to discussin a workshop format, comingto someconsensusor not. This methodwasusedin revising immigrationpolicy. Another idea is to make the Internet a gateway for information gathering by the government in addition to dissemination of material, which is how it is generally used at the moment. In order to make this a trulv democratic solution, the Internet would have to be made more generally available through training on and maintenance of systems. These are expensive options, but according to Mr. Conacher, agovernment that allowsitself to be guided by the will of the people would not operate in secret, which would eliminate many of the expensiveboondogglesthat have plagued administration after administration. "A real war continues," he said. It 1s the nature of power that it 1s rarely shared will~ngly. However, according to Conacher the Privy Council is secretly drafting guidelines for "citlzen engagement" for the ministnes to use when drafting policy. Even thls seemingly positive development IS contentiousglven that the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), which sets the standards for everything from life jackets to light bulbs, has set standards for "public consultation." By changing those two words, thisgovernmentcan say. anything . - it likes about what-they mean and how to go about itL Either way, Duff Conacher and the organizations he represents deserve thanks for continuing to push for consultation across the board and for wading through tactics to keep the voice of the individual heard.

Canadian choices Pawley discusses Canada's future HALA

KHALAP

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rofessor Howard R. Pawley, this term's Stanley Knowles Vlsmng Professor in Canadian Studies at UW, gave a lecture entltled "The Chorce We Face As Canadims: IsSumivalRunningFrom Our Friends," on Thursday, October 26 in Hagey Hall's Humanities Theatre. His speech revolved around the theme of who we are as Canadians, who we should be and who we could be. Professor Pawley, a former premier of Manitoba and a distinguished member of the Canadiancommunity, addressedthepolitical, economical, social, educational, and environmental aspects of life in Canada. He emphasized that we have a say in each one of these issues. "The decisions we make today will d~ctatethe kind of soclety ourrhildren will inherit," he said. He acknowledged the enormousstrideswehave takenasanation. Canada has entered the 21st cetltury as a neoliberal economy and asaspeedily scientific and technological - breakthrough. Unemployment is down, and the government has anticipated a physical surplus. The potential to eliminate poverty exists in Canada, and "indeed in the entire world, if the will is there," as Professor Pawley says. However, Canadians are not equal partlcipants in this step forward. Political parties are all seen alike, and thiscauses Canadians to feel powerless to influence change. Pawley said, "We have global markets. What we don't have, but desperately need, is globalpolitics to balance and give meaning." "Today, sadly, inequality is becoming politically correct. Canadian society is more unequal than in any other time since the Second

World War." Pawley explained to his audience that recently, polit~calpartles are more representative of reg~onalinterests. Lobbyistsenjoy more political clout than the backbench politicians. As Pawley said, "There is room for improvement." ' He describes Canada's health care system as "one of the unifying elements in Canada." Education, on the other hand, ~ s a areawhere n Chadians "can andmust do better."Everyone must have equal opportunities to education, otherwise our generation will suffer. Professor Pawley brought up Walkerton as an example that provides us with a sharp lesson on safeguarding our environment. He summarized his point by pointingout that we, as human beings, "can exercise reason and compassion,knowtheconsequencesof failing to act, and can regain control of our destinies." Throughout his lecture, he gave h ~audis ence positive thoughts to fall back on. "We are not powerless. Wecan survive. Human beings are capable m thisnew,global era. We can build a world that reflects social values." "We can build this world, if we have the courage." The Stanley Knowles Vlsiting Professorship, part of the Canadian Studies program, honours Stanley Knowles, a respected parliamentarian who worked for a better Canadian society and advocated human rights internationally. Knowlesbelievedthat "where there is awill,thereisaway,"somethingPawleywould like us to believe in now. Every Tuesday night at 7 p.m., Professor Howard Pawley teaches a course on Canadian Federalism: Past, Presept and Future. Thekcturesan heMinMcKir4 HaU at St. Paul's College, andareopen tothepublic.

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NEWS

Imprint, Friday, November 3, 2000

Holocaust survivor to speak at St. Jerome's

Canadian Universitv Press ventures into magazine publishing RYAN CHE N - WN IO special to lmpnnt

var~ousmemberpaperswhoarepald 15 cents per word. The f m t ~ssueofagent c o n t a m ne hundredandth~rtythou- sectlons tltled "Pulse," "Geek" and "Sweat" whlch report on the arts, sand coples of the fall technologyandathlet~csrespect~vely. 2000 inaugural Issue of agent magazine were distributed in the past few weeks. It is the Canadian University Press's new publication and distributed for free with certain CUP papers and in major cities across Canada. Member . papers of CUP dis. cussed publishing a magazine at their last national conferencefollowing a feasibility study that looked at otherproducts. Jeremy Nelson, president of CUP, explained, "the purpose Isone part publishing and another part to help students gain experience in magazine writing." Nelson expectsagent to be published quarterly in the first year and maybe up to six issues a year. "About 7 5 percent supported the motion with the remainder split between n o and abstentions," Nelson explained "Features," "Campus," "Postcard" the results of the refeiendum in which each paper voted. "There and "Mesh" serves features, univerwere concerns about process, some sity news, travel and seemingly-gepapers thought it should wait until neric other stuff. the plenary at the next national conCompared to many other pubference," he sald. licationsagent is not ad-heavy. NelThe articles are mostly written son explains, "Our goal is to operate by CUP staff or by wrlters at the with low ad content, with no more

than 25 per cent ads."The magazlne has nme pages of ads out of a total of 44 pages Some other publ~cat~ons targetlng students and d~strlbutedto a number of Canad~ancampuses Include Campus ca, Campus Reel and Student Body. "Campus Plus donated a b ~ chunk g of startup capital." Nelsonexplalned Campus Plus 1s theadvermngagency owned by CUP. Other contributors of startup cap~taland In kmd donat~ons, were the Globe andMarl who dlstrlbutes the magazlne wlth 11,000 student subscr~ptlons, and Adobe who donated productlon software. The Globe andMarl also runs CUP stones on ~ tcampus s news Web page. "Slnce CUP owns Campus Plus and we already run edltorlal operations, addmonal cost was low," s a d Nelson explalnlng that other than the cost of prmtlng, there were few addlt~onalcosts. agent is not expected to be distributed at UW (whose student paper is not affiliated with CUP), so anyone who wishes to read it will have to subscribe to the Globe and Mail; go to another campus; or wait until CUP sets up a website at agentmag.com.

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last generations wlth the opportunity to wltness the flrst-hand testlmony of an actual survivor. For that n accordance w ~ t the h twentieth reason, everyone is encouraged to annual Holocaust Remembrance attend. Students are advlsed to recWeek, the Jewlsh Students Asso- ognlze the courage that comes wlth clatlon USA) will be sponsortng a expressing a story of fear, hate, horHolocaust memorlal and educatton ror, hope, and survival. nlght on Tuesday, November 7, at Although ocganlzed by the JSA, 7.00 pm. the event welcomes and urges UW Holocaust survlvor George students of all backgrounds to come Scott, who survived Auschwm dur- out and hear the story of George lng World War 11, will recount h ~ s Scott. L~steningto the movlng acstory at Slegfr~edHall, St. Jerome's count of a survlvor personalizes the College, room 133 traged~esof the Holocaust, maklng ~t Ackilt~onally,the evenlng w ~ l l fr~ghtenlnglyvlv~d.However, the Include a candle Ilghttng ceremony, purpose of the evenlng 1s not to andcompl~mentaryrefreshmentswdl shock andd~sturb,but rather toedube served. cate and promote aw'areness. Holocaust Remembrance Week In the past, the lmpresswe turnrecalls the almost complete destrucout to such an event reflected the tlon of the Jews by Nazl Germany Interest on behalf of the studentbody, durlng the Second World War. and the JSA hopes to enjoy that level Auschwitzwasthelargest deathcamp, of Interest agan. Holocaust Rememand ~ t vlctlms s came from all over brance weekservesasan ~nformatlve Europe. Although only Jews and remlnder to those who wish to learn Roma (Gyps~es)were gassed rou- more, for those who w ~ s hto pay tlnely wlth hydrogen cyanlde, sev- homage, and for those who sunply eral h u n d r e d thousand o t h e r never want to forget. Auschw~tzInmates were subjected to It's Important to recognize the medlcal experiments, or died from m~lhonsthat lost their hves, espec~ally starvation, dlsease, or shootings. w~thwhat'sgoingonIn other areasof The event on November 7 IS the world today where 'ethn~ccleansentltled "From Generation to Gen- ~ n g contmues ' to happen m subtler eration," signifying the retelling of forms. Durlng the week, students the Holocaust to thevouth of todav. w~llrememberthe past butwlll act for Sadly, ours may be one of the very the present. lmpnnt staff

itaff Iditor-in-Chief, Scott Gordon issistant Editor, Rob Van Kruistum Vews, vacant lssistant News, Andrea St. Pierre :otum, Amy Potvin 'eatures, Jon Willing issistant Features, Adrian Chin icience, Christina Cella iports, Greg Macdougall issistant Sports, John Swan irrs, Lisa Johnson issistant Arts, Paul Schreiber 'hotos, Felix Yip issistant Photos, Brian Code kaphics, Billy Tung issistant Graphics, vacant Web, Simon Woodside Web Assistant, Durshan Ganthan iystems Administrator, Dave Robins 'roofreader, Jesse Helmer 'roofreader, Daniel Wong 'roofreader, Jan Guenther Braun 'roofreader, Hala Khalaf 'roofreader, vacant 3usiness Manager, Mark Duke idvertising & Production Manager, Laurie Tigert-Dumas idvertising Assistant, Bahi Selvadurai htribution, Ben Schott Distribution, Hala Khalaf Board o f Directors Pres~dent,Kate Schwass V~ce-president,Jan~ceJlm Treasurer, Rob Van Kmatum Secretary, Durshan Ganthan Staff L~a~son, Adma G ~ l l ~ a n Contributors Wafi Abdullah, Darren Altmayer, Rachel E. Beattie, Steve Bondar, August C. Bourre, Lauren S. Breslin, Susan Bubak, Ryan Chen-Wing, Kenny D e h r a b i c , N i c o l e Fawcette, Nigel Flear, Billy Guns, Gabe Kernpe, J.P. Lewis, Rod Locke, Lisa Mains, Marianne Miller, Greg Morey, Evan Munday, liffany Murray, Jon Niemi, Krista Rancher, Ben Schott, Kate Schwass, Robin Stewart, Brent Thede, Joel Ziegler, Colin Imprint is the ofticd student newspaper of the Un~vers~ty ofwaterloo. It a aneditorially independent newspaper published by Imprint Publications,Waterloo, acorporationwithoutshare zapital. Imprint is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA). Imprmt 1s published every Fr~daydurmg fall and wmter terms, and every second Fr~day iur~ngthe sptmg term Impr~ntreserves the ught to screen, e d ~ t ,and refuse advert~smg [mprlnt ISSN 0706-7380 Imprmt CDN Pub Mad Product Sales Agreement no 554677 Address ma11to Imprint Student Llfe Centre, Room 1116 Un~vers~ty of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontano, N2L 3G1 Tel: 5 19-888-4048 Fax: 5 19-884-7800 http://imprint.uwaterIoo.ca

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Spare a dime, Carlos? I

t's all been s a ~ dbefore. It's been gr~tted through teeth, sl~ppedthrough curled l ~ p s and spat out on a sahva-coated crumb. Sdent votces have screamed In outrage and w h ~ s pered In envy. It's noth~ngnew. On October 21, Carlos Delgado was chr~stenedInto the league of the athlet~ce k e w ~ t ah crown valued at $68 m~ll~on-USno less-makmg Delgado baseball's h~ghest-pa~dplayer. Delgado, first baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, will b e p a ~ d$17m1lhon each year for four years, boosting Delgado up the ladder b e h ~ n dthe hkes of Shaqudle O'Neal and M~chaelSchumacher (Ferran Formula One racer) who make US$20.8 mdhon and US$41 million respectively. I first heard the newsat my $7.52 an hour job. As the radio news anchor fluttered and gushed at Delgado's accomplishments, I was muttering obscenitiesunder my breath, angrily taping ripped packages of boys socks and underwear from the early morning shoppers. "Why," I thought to myself, "do we let this happen?" Why isitthat we asasocietysit back and let people who occasionally play a simple game consume a good portion of the economy's money? Why do we splurge on $200 tickets tosee grownmen run around bases, yet refuse to spare a dollar to feed a starving human being living in a dirty sleeping bag o n the street? If anything, I should get paid more for having to be un-justly blamed for people's declined credit cards. Most people have to interact with other humans - people who whine, yell, sneer and accuse. Athletes are lucluly sheltered from the craze of society; well ... once in awhile they sign afew balls or hats. Some say that the reason professional players get paid so much is because they are being exploited. I can understand the exploited part, but I'm not too sure that they're really distraught about it. 1 honestly doubt that athletessuffer serious emotional trauma by holdl ing acan of pop, or a slice of pizza for30 seconds in which they. miaht utter a total of three auick lines for the camera. If anything they're whisthng a sweet tune as they cash their huge corporate-sponsored check. I know if I were

n some ways the fuss over Emmem's concert in Toronto last week was predictable. After all he's not the only performer to raise the Ire of polit~ciansand law enforcement officials. It wasn't that long ago that Mar~lynManson had everyone in a tizzy and Madonna's Blond Ambition tour had the cops paylng a visit backstage. Rap is just the latest in along line of anti-authoritarian pop music forms to attract huge numbers of young fans while simultaneously angering parents, church leaders and politicians. From Elvis t o Alice Cooper, we've travelled this road before. As well-travelled as the road may be, however, no one ever seems to learn from the journey. Controversy only helpsraise the profile of the performer. Eminem himself has acknowledged on numerous occasions that his critics are his best marketing tool. And he's right. I can remember at 16 buylng Judas Priest's Stained Class for n o

getting paid extra money to drink a glass of ine whatwecouldchangewithmoney like that juice for 3 0 seconds I would gladly do it. .. .homes for the poor, training and educat~on Here's where itgetspersonal. My mother for people to get jobs. Perhaps nurses, janitors is anurse, and has been for a longtime. There's and cashiers, like moi wouldn't have t o be shit nothing overly odd about that except for the on so much by the elitists of society. fact that nursing is one of society's largely Carlos Delgado, what will you d o with under-appreciated occupations. It's a dirty job, your shiny new contract? I bet you won't dothe hours are long, it requires great physical nate it to a struggling society. I can see you strength, you have to handle people in their hobnobbing with the rest of your rank, watches "special" places andit neverstops. There are no and rings bling blingin' (shining), walking your mandatory holidays. If you're working Christ- Prada shoes by the man o n the street with the mas, you better schedule dinner andgiftsaround cardboard sign, that might be begging for a yourwork. This isa24-hour job; patients don't quarter to get a Twinkie for his week's meal. have an on-off switch. What happened to the If I soundsour, it's because Iam. Butwhat's days where being a bank teller was a sign of the use? Things won't change. Sports and enprestige? O r a nurse was that helping hand? tertainment heroes will continue to dominate Nowthey can beclassifiedas middle class jobs the highest tax bracket for along, longtime. It's that go nowhere. all been said before. Paramedics, firefighters, janitors, teachers, mechanics; these are jobs for the middle -Nicole Fawcette classstiffs, or so society tellsus. Instead of seeing the good inside these everyday people, we are Imprint intern attracted to movie stars and sports idols that don't even know or care SANTA MONICA By: Billy Guns that we're alive. And why are we attracted to them? /) 3 Don't ask m e . . . maybe h/ - / / 1 because they make more money than they can count, have personal trainers, a r e d r ~ v e n around and have people suck up to them? Why? Because they are In front of a camera for an hour? Why? Why? Why? Itbogglesmy mmd. I thmk maybe we should start paying sports athletes and movle stars less. Yes! That's brdhant! Do they really need all that money? Probably not. Does the economy? Yes, desperately.Thls~sn'tsupposed to sound l ~ k ea communist poster, I'm all for democracy, but magFLY SCARE TACTICS.

other reason than the album was supposedly My question for all those who argue that causlng teens t o attempt s u ~ c ~ d W e . e ~ r d Per? Eminem's lyrics are corrupting young male haps, but the pomt 1s I was drawn to t h ~album s minds by teachingthem to hate women (or at for the s~mplereason that others d ~ d n 'thmk t I least see them as objects) is this: how did should be l~stenmgto ~ t . someone like me, weaned on so-called cock W h ~ c hbrlngsme to the reasons behmd the rock in adolescence (and from a single parent moral outrage over Emmem: h ~ sv ~ o l e n t l ~ family, to boot), go on to have progressive m~sogyn~st~clyr~cs. Other than "My Name Is," views when it comes to gender relations and I haven't heard any of Emmem's songs. I have, feminism? however, heard enough about the songs to get The answer I think lies in the fact that nc a flavour of h~sstyleand~t'snot one that appeals matter how muchAC/DC, LedZeppelinanc to me. But that's my 2 7 year-old mcarnatlon. Aerosmith I listened to, there were enougt My taste in muslc and my vlew on the checks and balances in the other parts of m) world has changed cons~derablysince I was a life reminding me that what was going on ir teenager. In h ~ g school h I llstened to hard rock the music was different and removed from and heavy metal. For a while I listened almost real life. Talking t o my parents, reading tht exclusively toAC/DC; a flagwthAngusYoung's paper, dating girls at school - all of thest sneering devil face hung above my bed for things helpedme to distinguish between real. more years than I care to remember. ity and rock and roll fantasy. L ~ k eEminem, the members of AC/DC The solution isn't to ban performerslikt were not the most progressive group of guys. Eminem, but instead ensure that their young In most of their songs, w ~ t hclever t~tlesiike fans are made aware of what's right anc "Givin'the DogaBone" and "Beat~ngAround wrong.If they're anything like me they'll re. the Bush," women are nothmg more than alize they'remissingalot of other greatmusic, leave their youthful rebellion behind and objects and are treated as playth~ngs.Others"N~ghtProwler"comes to mind most immedl- move onto listening to less sensational per. ately go even further and describe stalker formers like Van Morrison and Joni Mitchell. fantasies. -Scott Gordon, Editor-in-Chief

The power of wards To the Editor,

n response t o the article entitled "Condemnation," I must agree. Time and time again I have been disgusted by the way in which Canadianscasually bashhericans. It isas though people are following a trend, one person does it and then another until it escalates to the point where we think nothing of making insulting and hurtful comments about our neighbours to the south in casual conversation. I don't understand this mentality at all. I have known otherwise kind and loving people to suddenly jump on the bandwagon and join in theattack as soon as the subject of evil iimerica is raised. I often wonder how these people fail to grasp the hypocrisy of their words. They complain of the rudeness and ignorance of Americans. By making such generalizations they have demonstrated their own ignorance and enunciated their own lack of manners. I worked at a provincial park this summer and had the opportunity t o meet manv American tourists. Not unexpectedly, I found them to be almost identical to the Canadians I know so well, save for an accent hereand there. I found most of them qulte fr~endlyand fun to talk to. In defense of Canad~ansa 1s only a select few who thmk this way about Americans. There are many Canad~answho would never be so ignorant and d~srespectfulas to ]om ~nt h ~sick s trend. And those who d o are most hkely, bowmg down to soc ~ apressure l and don't actually beheve what they are saymg. I ask that these people consider how others m ~ g hbe t affected by t h e ~comments r before they proceed w ~ t hsuch conversatlon. It's a matter of s~mplerespect.

ues are in Canadian society. He believes that anyone who speaksotherwise deserves to be muted. He believes that his objection to Mr.Dayls beliefs justifies an assault o n his person. He is wrong on all three counts. Being a resident of KitchenerWaterloo like Mr. Ichim, I am quite familiar with his past antics and extremistviewpoints. Idisgree with the vast majority of hisactions, and judging by the reaction from others, I am not alone. Yet, I respect his right to speak his mind andadvance hisviews, no matter how offensive or repugnant I may find them. He charges Stockwell Day (or perhaps more accurately, what he represents) as being scary and a threat to 'Canada. On the contrary, I findMr.1chim'sviews -andmore importantly, hisactions -to be much scarier. All of thisaside, I find it amusing that Mr. Ichim considers his latest escapade to have been successful. Successfulindeed-successfulin hurting his own cause and discrediting his comrades, successful in drawing moreattention toStockwell Day than his platform likely would have otherwise, and successful in grabbing considerably less than 15 minutes of personal fame in the national media for his infantile behaviour. So my hat'soff toyou,Mr.Ichim. You do the rest of us (the majority) a favour by making our choices that much easier. Were your methods more appropriate, perhaps more people would listen to you. But your unreasonable, revolutionary approach only reassures those of us who abhor your policies that fewer and fewer people will take you and your anachronistic viewsseriously. -Aaron Lee-Wudrick 3AEconomicsandPoliticalScience

REEP wrought issues TotheEditor,

--Justin

Bastin

e are glad to see that the results from the REEP project have again generated interest in Imprint. However, there are a few points we would like to clar~fywith nresponse to Julian Ich~m'sartlcle, regard to your story on October 13. "Moo, Mr.Day, moo" (October Professor Cherry's point that one 27), Imust note the Irony that ~t1sthe cannot simply generalize the results act~onsandbehefsof Mr.Ich~m,and of the REEP participants sample to not Stockwell Day, that exemplify a the general public in the region of genulne threat to our democracy. Waterloo, because there may be sysMr.1chn-n belleves that he has a tematic differences in the two monopoly on defin~ngwhat the vai- populations, isobviously correct. In

Boo, Mr. Ichim, boo

all publications resulting from the REEP survey or structural evaluations, the assumptions related to the sample population are clearly ex-. plained. The statement attributed to Dr. Rowlands in the Gazette, that "Our findings indicate that Waterloo Region residents are willing to take action to reduce energy consumption.. ,"wasintended to indicate the geographical location of the study (i.e., Waterloo Region as opposed to Toronto or Vancouver). In all cases where specific results from the REEP survey are presented, reference is clearly made to the "respondents" (who were previously identified as REEP participants) as the source of that opinion. We believe that before anyone accepts or dismisses statistics or any other research findings reported in secondary sources, one owes it to the researchers to make the effort to consult the original work to determine if there is a problem with the research or just the way i.t was reported. In short, we feel that to declare research findings "faulty" without consulting the original research, related publications or minimally contacting one of the researchersinvolved to clarify any statements in question, is unfair to the students and faculty involved in the project. -Dr. Daniel Scott, Dr.lan Rowlandsand Dr. Paul Parker

Compelled to defend

nlastweek'spaper Iwas the subject of intense scrutiny for views I expressed in an editorial. I was merely trying to present an alternative point of view. I feel that claims that my views are racist were unwarranted. Asaresult, I feel compelled to defend what I said. First of all, I was roundly criticized for claiming that the majority of Palestinians live under Arafat's rule. Due to the brevity of the article I was not as exact in detail as I should have been. It is true, that the majority of people of Palestinian descent do not live under Arafat's rule, however the majority of Palestinians within Palestine do. Hence, I feel thatwhat Isaid was bothaccurate and justified. I was repeatedly charged for distortingfacts, buttheonly onegiven as an example was the previously mentioned case. I find it ironic that Mr. Yahfoufi attempted to debunk all of my claims and then made an

unsupportable claim of his own. He said that the day after Mr. Sharon's visit to the temple mount, "the Israeli army started shooting indiscriminately at worshippers." I question hissources. In the major newspapers I have read (i.e. GlobeandMail, Toronto Star) they unanimously reported that Muslim worshippersleaving the Al-Aqsa mosque began attackingand throwingrocksatJewish worshippers. Israeli police were forced to put down these riots and preserve public order. Later In hls letter, Mr.Yahfoufi states, "Mr. Barak m ~ g h thave offered 90 per cent of the West Bank, but West Bank and Gaza form only 22 per cent of Palestme." Mr Yahfoufi must come to terms w ~ t h the fact that the Palesttn~answ~ll never control all of Palestme. Does he seriously believe that the Israelis will dissembletheir nation and move elsewhere? Where would they go? America? Europe? Certainly not Russia, where many were from originally. The Palestinians must realize that whether they like it or not, they will have to learn to live with their Israeli neighbours. Lastly, Mr. Valli held that Mr. Barak's peace-deal involved displacing Palestinians, reducing them to second-classcitizens,etc. While these things undoubtedly happened in the past, Mr. Barak's peace deal was an attempt to rectify these tragedies, by granting increased sovereignty, and giving back territory to the Palestinians. '

-PeterMensinga 1A Civil Engineering

No thanks, Mr. Hanna To the Editor,

he opinion piece entitled "No thanks,Mr. Day"by Fady Hanna is an excellent example of one-sided criticism.Theauthorgoesaboutcriticizing Mr. Day, yet fails t o take the saine criticism and apply it to each of the other federal party leaders. What was the response when Chr6tien1sofficewas askedabout the Prime Minister's beliefs? The response was that Mr. ChrCtien didn't answer such questions. ChrCtien is apparently apracticingcatholic, yet we hardly hear about such matters in themedia. Doesthe mediacarewhere Joe Clark goes to church? Alexa McDonough?No. So why is it that Stockwell Day seems to recelve such criticism about

his beliefs? It's not because he hides them, it's because he doesn't go out of his way to hide them. In actual fact, Fady's piece is nothing more than a thinly veiled attack on Day's beliefs by complaining that he doesn'tcampaign on nonelection issues. The big election issues are of taxation and the role of government, which is exactly what the Alliance is campaigning on.Mr. Day has repeatedly- said that he is not about to make his personal beliefs law. So, why should he campaign on them if he has no intention of bringing them into law, or if they are not the issues theelectorate isinterested in? It is asif the author has laid a trap for Mr. Day and then blasted him for not stepping into it. It's a catch-22 situation. He's damned if he says something, and damned if hedoesn't. Finally, I throw back to and ask the author: do you want a man who doesn't have the guts to discuss what he believes, who keeps promising (eliminate GST) and promising (renegotiate free trade) and promising (fix the YOA) but has never fulfilled any of these promisesto be our Prime Minister again? I don't.

- Philip Duly

Shed a tear for misguided Flear To the Editor,

ear Nigel, what are you trying t o say? What exactly is your point? I have read your article o n David's relationship with Jonathan at least 10times and I have found n o real point. All you have done is retell the story. I find it frustrating that you use nothing hut innuendo, distortion, and rhetoric to make your point (whatever it is). please see page 9

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Plan Colombia: the new Vietnam? CHRIS

FARLEY

Feds President

s the days get shorter and the nightsget longer, it shouldcome as no surprise that the incidents of vandalism on campushave increased. However, what issurprising is the degree to which vandalism has increased. This is troubling both as a student at this university and as the individual who deals with the complaints from the administration, municipality and region. Every couple of months I attend theTown and Gown meeting with the City of Waterloo. There are representatives from both WLUand the city. During our last meeting the topic of vandalism was discussed. Arepresentative from the city mentioned that a couple of years ago, some students cut down a spruce tree from Waterloo Park. They used the tree as a Christmastreeforthe holiday season. However, the Spruce trees in Waterloo Park have avaluegreater than $1000 and theft over a $1000 dollars is considered an extremely serious of-

fence - a felony. These students were MBA students and therefore conviction of an offence of this magnitude could jeopardise successful completion of their program and therefore certain professional accreditation. I mentioned this storv because last week I received two calls, one from the Record and another from Waterloo Regional Police Service. The Record wanted to know if I had any comment on the two engineering students arrested for vandalism of signs. Waterloo Regional Police Service informed me that a zero tolerancepolicywouldbe enacted. Over the past few days the Waterloo Regional Police had been busy dealing with some University of Waterloo students, particularly at University Plazaandthe surroundingarea. They were servicingpropertydamage calls. For example, there have been students knockingdownportable signs and stealing the letters. The police reminded me that criminalchargescouldaffectjob prospects for future grads. Legal fees could be a crushing burden for most

students who barely have enough money to buy groceries, let alone pay for a lawyer. On campus, there has been more brokenglass and windows, more SLC couches missing, more incidents at the construction sitesand more light posts knocked down. We have been fortunate in the past with the incidents of vandalism but this fall has been particular busy and expensive. This has an impact on canlpus because as costs for plant operations goup, there islessmoney forrepairs to labs, and fewer new classrooms, andcomputer labs with Internet accesscanbe completed.Itmeansplant operations is busy fixing vandalism and not responding to student requests; I heard it took the Math Societyayear toget aquote for some renovations. Thisis our campus;we live, work learn and play here. Thisis one of the most beautiful places to be in .&tchener-Waterloo. Let's all make an effort to show our environment, each other and our community the respect it deservesso our reputation remains solid and intact.

A political science moment RYAN O'CONNOR special to Imprint

or the third time in seven years, Canadians have been called to elect political leaders in a general election. One may think that our country is operating farmore democratically than in the past, for elections have become much more frequent. However, one must explore the rationale for holding the election andwhether it is really democratic to be dissolvingp&liam&twhen agovernment's mandate is far from finished. This exploration must focus on the man responsible for calling elections -the Prime Minister. In Canada, the Prime Minister, by convention, holds a great deal of power. In addition to shaping the Supreme Court and the Senate, he may also call an election at any time he chooses, with the consent of the Governor General. Although the Governor General can theoreticallv refuse the Prime Minister's request to dissolve Parliament, it is considered to be a political fauxpas. Conventionally, electionsare to be calledevery four yearsin Canada,

althoughconstitutionally the parliament may run for five years until it is automatically dissolved and a general election called. Electionsare also called if there is a pressing national issue that can only be solvedby consultingthe people. The best example of this was the Free Trade election of 1988, when Brian Mulroney called an election partially to endorse his government's stance on aFreeTrade Agreement with the United States. However, the two most recent elections, 1997andthisyear, werecalled with one and a half years left in the mandate of the Liberal Party and with no pressing national issue. &an Chrttien firmly believes that it is imperative to use $200 million of taxpayer dollars to hold an election based on the issue of how to spend our growingsurplus. Thiscould be constructed as a valid issue, and therefore a valid reason for an election, except thatthe Liberalsalready decided how touse this surplusin the recent mini-budget, cutting taxes substantially as well as increasing spending in certain areas. It seems asif the Prime Minister has ulterior motives for calhng an

election, rather than a benevolent concern for consultingthe people on how to spend a burgeoning surplus. Jean Chrttien is 66 y e p old. If he were to wait until the traditional four year mandate expires, he may be perceived to be too old to govern the country. As well, six monthsgives the internally divided Liberals another chance to oust the PM in favour of popular Finance Minister Paul Martin. Also, the Canadian Alliancewould have another six months to give its message to the electorate and to allow new MP StockwellDay to prove himself in the House of Commons. It is clear that, with so many obvious scenarios ChrCtien is calling an election because it isexpedient for him, and not the electorate. In politics those with power often operate to solidify their personal prerogative, andnot to act on behalf of the people. Jean ChrCtien illustrates thls perfectly - he wants to hold an election to build a personal legacy, not to build a better Canada. Actionslike this are questionable for an elected official and subversive to the notion of democracy -rule by, and for the benefit of, the people.

JULIAN ICHIM special to Imprint

lan Colombia, a $7.5billion plan to save the Pastranagovernment from collapsing to guerrilla forces and a pretext for direct US intervention in Colombia is being sold to the public as the latest US effort to fight the "War on Drugs." Colombia has been fighting a civil war for over 30 years. With the guerrilla forces controlling over 40 per cent of Colombia, mass anti-governmentprotests, general strikesthat virtuallyparalyzed Colombia.andan economic crisis that threatens the socialfabricof the country,the United Statesgovernment feels that it needs to help the Colombian government crush the Marxist-Leninist guerrillas. Blinded by self-interest and willful ignorance, the US is sending military advisors, creating three US battalionsand supplyingthe Colombian Army with weapons and training. The initial objective of the plan is for the Colombian government to gain control of the whole country and eradicate the guerrilla forces in the south. PaintingtheFARCas narco-guerillas, the Colombian government wants to escalate the conflict seeking to eradicate any and all resistance. The planitself consists of 10 strategic areas: economic, fiscal,military, counter-narcotics, alternative development, social participation, human development, judicial and human rights, peace, A d international strategy. Of these 10 elements, 80 per

cent of the budget is spent on military strategy, eight per cent of aid is for alternative development, six percent to human rights programs, four per cent to the displaced, two per cent to judicial reform and less than one per cent to the peace talks. The military plan, towhichmost of the money is allocated, aims to change the low-intensity warfare campaign, which had little effect on the growth of the guerrilla force, into an alloutwar. Thisshiftin tactics, aimed at escalating the conflict, will increase the number of displaced people in Colombiawhich is already the third highest in the world at 1.9 million people. A lot of the weaponry that will be given to the Colombian military through this plan will make its way into the hands of the para-military organizations ( trainedandarmed by the army)who are responsiblefor 80 per cent of the civilian deaths that occurred In 1999. Another interesting factor of Plan Colombia is the usage of defoliation agents on jungle terrain and civilian populations. Fusarium oxysporum, a chemical of which strains are classified as biological warfare agents, is being dropped on civiliansin the south of Colombia, as well as jungles and coca plantations. The effects of this chemical are not fully known but it is suspected to be extremely toxic. Plan Colombiais just the beginning of US support of an unpopular regime. Plan Colombia is viewed by many as the beginning of a dirty war, a war that the US can't win.

FORUM

Imorint. Fridav. November 3. 2000

What would you add to the SLC?

"A TV t h a t shows uwstudent.org24 hrsa day." George Roter Secretary, uwstudent.org

"A casino." Jeff H.

2A Math

Durshan Ganthan

"Freemassages!"

"LCBO!"

"More naked girls."

Nikki Shadbolt 2A Pre-opt, pre-health

Melissa & Sammy 2A Math & 2A Science

Ben Redman 3A 'Women S studies"

"Water park with an open bar." Terry F. 2A Computer Science

"Apetting zoo with sweaterwearing guinea pigs." Ryan Shawker 3B Science, Business

"An arboretum with monkeys." Eryn Prospero 2A ERS

"Starbucks."

"A pit full of lime jello."

Sylvia Kulbaka 2A Science

Brenda Beatty 3A Psychology

Waterloo's crown jewel Gold Crown ~rewerytakes hands-on approach to beer JON

WILLING

Imprint staff

here'sn~thin~like bitidginto a homemade piece of hot apple pie and knowing itwas freshly baked. The same can be said for fresh beer. but rarelv do we take the opportukty to expandour tastes to include "alternative" selections. Gold Crown Brewery, one of these non-mainstreambeers,isattempting to woo local beer lovers into a love for local breweries. GoldCrown,locatedat 71King Street North (minutes awav from U W )in Waterloo, prides its business on being different from the corporate brewslikeMolson andLabattls. The 18,000 square foot building is operatedby only five employeeswho help make the beer and also market

a more visible selection in the world of big beer manufacturers. One way that Gold Crown is planning to push a&wmarketinginitiativeistocreate new logos for the different tastes of beer. Currently, Gold Crown plays off a Medievaltheme featuringkings, jesters and friars to separate the different kinds of beer it produces. "The M e d i d h g o sucks,"says Adlys. "We're in the processof creating new labels to attract [people] to the product." Adys is alsopart of the family that owns the adjacent Huether Hotel, which also houses a small brewery. ~ e a l i t is y that since its inception five yearsago, Gold Crown has yetto mace a The most business comes from people who come in off

the street to Gold Crown's in-house store, but Aldys hopes that more people will also start realizing his product is sold at local LCBO stores. Gold Crown makes six different beers: Pilsner, red, dark, scotch, premium and lager, with each containingdifferentbarlwratios.Thedarker the barley, the darker the beer will be. In addition to the colour of barley, the roastingprocessalsodictates the final hue of the brew. A darker beer contains well-roasted barley samples, while a lighter beer might not have roasted as long. The brewery makes two batches a day and the whole processis a total hands-on operation. From measuring the correct ratios of barley to labelling the bottles, Gold Crown takes a traditional approach to brewing beer. The bottling machine, which includehhe filling, capping and labelling of the bottle, can finish 22 bottles a minute. Adlys points out, though, that larger beer manufacturers can pump out a far greater amount with larger machinery. The process is fed along the bottling machine by a brew hand and manually placed in boxes. Currently, Gold Crown produces3,000 h e d i t r e s of beer ayear, which seems minuscule in comparison to big beer companies' running totals of 700,000 hedalitres a year. But, the more beer breweries produce in a year, the morebrewery tax they have t o pay the government. Gold Crown pays a 54 per cent tax rate to the government. The mixing machinery costs between $50,000 and $60,000 and please see page 12

JANICEJIM

Kelly Adlys (right) shows off his big, shiny cylinder beermixers.

JANICEJIM

GoldCrown Brewery is one of seven breweriesinthe theareaofOntario's"traditiona1brewingcounty." Located at 7 1 Kingstreet North,GoldCrown allows peopleto taste-test their beersbefore purchasingacase.The brewery producesapproximately 3,OOOhectalitresofbeerayear. %

Beer that tastes like a meal Home brew offers choice or knocked on your ass, I am not promoting heavy drinking, I am just slippingintothecharacter of Flounremember asa youngboy spend- der from Anlmal House). ing time down in the basement The beauty of the home brewlistening to old Rolling Stones ery experience at the Lion's Brewand Cat Stevens records, slumming ery, which islocatedright beside the in corduroy bean bags and some- Huether Hotel,is that you havemany tlmes being lucky enough to break formulas to pick and most likelycan curfew for "Cheers." produce avery accurate representaIalsorememberexplosionscom- tion of your favourite brand from ing from the laundry room in the OVto CoorsLight. basement. My pbys-edteaching Dad did not seem like the typetobemakinghomemade bombs. Sex education never gets that frustratmg. But wait. This was no explosivedevice,thiswasabatch left in the bottles too long. A batch of homemade beer. Fast forwardhow tolast year. Christmas rolls around a d here walks my Dad across my Grandmother's living room with an envelope. " M e w Christmas." Unfortunately, . . I did not see my "Thanks."Itwasagiftcertificate malt liquor of choice, Mongoose, to the Lion's Brewery for $95 or six anvwhere on the board. casesof home brew. hat soundslike Here are a few tips if you are aparty that not evenBigShinyTunes considering indulging in the fine art 1,2,3 and 4 could contain. of home brewing your lager andale: The experience wasnot quite as grass roots as I thought it would be. 1. If you have the choice, go for the They make the beer, you go in litre bottles. With these, you and and bottle it. But at that cheap price your friendswillalways looklike you you quicklyforget missingouton the are in a Jay-Z or Big Pun video. Drinking out of these litre botgrass roots experience and quickly get you and your friends tanked. tles may also allow you to obtain the (Note to reader: whenever I start nickname Beef or Moose. uslng wordssuch as tanked, sloshed, 2. With the six-case deal, the beer

J.P. LEWIS spec~alto Imprint

needsto beconsumedin about three months so you must understand the aging process of this type of beverage. During the first month the beer has not settled much and is very gassy. Thisis the best time to give away your beer. Afew litres of fresh home brew will turn any gathering into a Jim Carrey movie. The secondmonth is by far the best with the home brew tasting almost better than a regularly brewed beer. It tastes more like a meal, possibly a halfchicken dinner at Swiss Chalet or a sub and sausage roll from far . .- . . .. -ah'^. -..Anyway, the bottom line here is the second month

The second month is by far the best with the home brew tasting almost better than a regular brewed beer

isthebest. Now you come to the , "st month. he beer is now getting kind of stale and gungy, so just like the first month is a very good time to

share. At thisstage it, kind of tastes like back-washed Laker or Lake~on. ,but is still worthwhile considering the super price and the feeling of being closer to the wheat and barley. Hopefully,these tipswill be helpful as you take on apossible batch of your own, or one you splitwith some friends. But no matter what, don't forgetto drinkresponsibly andshare your home brew and on a side note, never try to drink three Mongoose's in one night. Happy brewing.

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The remnants of war Yugoslav states leave legacy of devastation KENNY

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'd wanted to visitYugoslavia on my trip if at all possible, and after talking toapatient of mine (from Yugoslavia)she believed that I could do it without endangering myself. But since I had no idea how many hostels and places were piles of rubble, I decided against it, and settled for former Yugoslav states. Ask the person sitting next to you what they know about Slovenia and they'll probably tell you that itwasonce partpf Czechoslovakia. Thislittleknowncountry was a part of Yugoslavia until 1991 and since then has been on the high road to prosperity. The capital city, Lubljana, has a relaxed feel to it, w~thextremelyfrlendly peopleat every turn. There's not a lot of importance attached to a, but rtls perfect for gettmg a dose of western culture after a month of hanging around corrupt ex-communist states. The most astounding aspect was the country's dlverslty. I rode out to the Jullan Alps one day for fantastic mountain hilang, and thenextIhe?deddowntotheSkocjan Caves to see some of the largest caverns~nthe world. These places were a short bus ride from the capital so I could just stay there. Communlcatlngwaseasy; everyone seemed to understand at least some Engllsh or French. Even leaving was a pleasure. The girl at the dessert bar gave me my dessert cheap because I didn't have enough tolar to pay for the whole thing. Upon findingmy bus1 was told that storing my bag would cost 100 tolar, 100 more than I had. A local girl simply said "that's OK, I'll pay for you" and handed the sumover to the bus driver without a second thought. Croat~awasnext. Startmg with

the Dalmation coast, I travelled to Split andDubrovnik.The places themselveswere interesting, but sooner or later, Roman ruins all began to look the same. Croatianpeople were, well, big. I think that'swhat I noticed first. This is truly a nation of tall stocky men and women. A friend described them as being avery hard people, and I began to see that too. I spent anight out on the town insplit and ran into abunch of drunken/stoned Croat males who, other than complaining about not

The entire southern part is mountainous andseeminglysparsely populated. Unfortunately due to landmines, hiking these places is impossible. Inspectingruinsis an invitation for disaster too, as many have been booby-trapped. Sarajevowasn'twhat Iexpected either. Billions of dollars have been pumpedintoreconstructionefforts, but many parts of the city are still horribly scarred from the war. Understandably, acloud of sadness and animosity hangs over the people. When the lady hosting me in her apartment began to point out the landmarks in downtown Sarajevo, a venomous "that's where the Turks are!" comment on the old Turkish quarter ensured that I wouldn't bring the subject up again. I don't know if it's because I was a backpacker and they believed I didn't belong there, or if they~re~ustsowkof fore~gners (1.e. NGOs, administrators, journalists), but Inever feItweIcome no matter where I was. Those pictures I took1 I took quickly and quietly so few would notlce. More than once I tr~pped over potholes in the ground, remnants of mortar fire. I saw toddlers playingin the street, too youngto be alive for any part of the war but surrounded by ~ tlegacy. s To people who'd hke to vislt, gtve ~ta few more years. My lastnlght,Ispent hourswalkmg from the clty centre to the outskirts where I stayed, admiring the huge commun~st-eraapartment blocks, and got to thlnking about the differences between the varlous old Yugoslavstates.What allowed one to grow and flourish wh~leanother had to extend its roots to just barely survive? Resources? Education? Corruption?The will ofthe people? No, there was no denying the truth. War.

The bombed out buildings were everywhere, but strangely what struck me was the beauty of the countryside. being able to get laid wlth Croatian women, freely cursed down any other nation that was once a part of the oldYugoslav~a,wlth Serbia takmg the brunt of the attack. My final Croatian destination was Zagreb. An encounter w ~ t ha student workmgat the museum was fun. She had many questions about life in Canada. Some of my more colourful responses were "Yes, we have Japanese people in Canada," "Yes, we have Ind~anpeople in Canada," and "No, we're not at war with the Indlans anymore." Travellmgthrough the Bosn~an countryslde was both a shock and a pleasure. I'd never visited a country so recently devastated by war. The bombed out burldings were everywhere, but strangelywhat struck me was the beauty of the countryslde.

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functions, according to Adlys's descrlption, as "a big tea bag." The barley and hops are mixed with the heated water and strained to produce the beer. The fermentation process for lager takesabout 10to14 days while ale ages for about one week. Ale's short fermentation process gives the beer its distinct flavour. The student market for Gold Crown's product has been growing. Adlys says that his kegs are popular for students' house parties becausc the quality of the beer is high and the cost is relatively low. Gold Crown 1s especially concerned with keeping its customers comingback. Before you buy acase of

beer from Gold Crown's store, staff allow people to taste-test the different flavours so they can coordinate their taste buds to their purchase. This "try before you buy" approach informs people about the different flavours the brewery produces and also helps people save money on beer they may not like. In addition, if customers are unhappy with the flavour they purchased, they can exchange the case for a new flavour. People liketo supportlocal music talent to help boost musicians' careers. U W studentsshould help support local breweries,like Gold Crown, and contribute to the continuing success of an authentic, hands-on brewing approach to making great beer.

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would identify homosexualswithout depending on self-reports. The test they devised was also intended to identify nine other psychological disorders of the time. Much to the researchers' dismay, their test was unsuccessful at predicting homosexuality. The MMPI became the mostwidelyusedpsychologcal test of the 20th century. The residual of the researchers' work on homosexuality can still be found in their "masculinity-feminin~ty" scale. The only thing it prediaswith any validity iswhether the respondent is male or female. Another way to measure the homosexual population is to count same-sex couples. Indeed, thisiswhat StatisticsCanadawillbe doing in next year's census. The problemwithcountingcouplesis that it ignores single people, and by all estimates the number of gays who have lived at least one year with their partner isvery small. The government estimated it to be two per cent before they presented Bill C-23 last spring. Being the optimistswe are, gaysandlesbians tend to consider ten per cent of the population to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Thisstatisticis residual from Alfred Kinsey'sresearchinto sexual behavior in the 1940s. His figureshave long been discounted by researchers. Will we ever know how common homosexuality is in the world? As our society gains greater acceptanceof gaysandlesbians,wecan expect self-reports will yield more consistent and reliable results. Until researcherscan come to a closer agreement, though, I will remain cautiously optimistic. Editor's note: The breaker in last week's Outlook column was incorrectlyparaphrased. The text should read, "DavidpraisedJonathan proclaiming that their love for each other surpassedtheloveofwmen."Imprintapologizesto Nigel Flearfor this mistake.

l m ~ r i nwants t vour literary submissions xpress yourself. UW prides itself on strong engineering and computer pro-grams, butrarely do we have thechance to reflect on the humanities intelligence this school is also known for. UW is about more than technology and design. It's also about thought and creativity. In the summer, Imprint Features showcased UW's literary talent by running two full pages of creative writing produced by members of our community. This November, we will once again feature student samples of poetry and short prose from all programs and disciplinesat the University. Here's a chance to get your work noticed by thousands of readers on campus and in the surrounding UW community and published in

aweekly newspaper. Imprintreserves the right to be selective based on the quality of submissions. Imprint editorsalsohave the rlght to refuse selections that are discriminatory or offensive in any way. Writers are urged to keep entries short so editors can accommodate numerous submissions. Making asubmission issimple.You can email your submission to features@imprint. uwaterloo.ca or bring down a copy of your submission to Imprint's office in the Student Life Centre, room 1116. Each entry must be accompanied by the author's name, e-mail address, phone number and academic program or department. Editorswill contact authors if their subrnissions have been chosen for publication.

I've saved up all term and I've finally bought my first used car. I bought it from a guy who advertisedin the newspaper. But, when I took it into the garage for certification. the mechanic said it needed some majorrepairs. Whowillpay fortheserepairs and what should I do?

s 1sa common question andit would have ' been a good idea to ask it before you went ahead and purchased the car. The owner shouldpay for all of the repairs in order for the car to be certified. Do not give h i d h e r any money unul a mechanic of your choice certifies the car. Sometimes an owner will sell a car "uncertified;" beware of this because the car may need some major work, which you will have to pay for in order to have it certified. For help with buying a used car, the Ombudsperson has created a pamphlet centre in the Student Services area of the SLC where you may find a comprehensive brochure on this subject. Herearesomehelpfultipsfromthe Better Business Bureau on how to buy your first used car:

1. Do not buckle under to sales ~ressure. Shop around and take your tlme. 2. Do not slgn any contract or agreement untll you're sure this is the car you want and be sure to read a v e v carefully. Askquestlons andensure you are satisfledwith the answers.

3. Check that all the blank spacesare filled in and that any verbal agreement wlth the salesperson is on the contract. Also make sure that the type of warranty 1s spelled out in the agreement. 4. If you are required to make a deposit, make sure you ask whether it is refundable and under what conditions. Include this in the wrltten contract.

Beware of Owners selling cars as "uncertified."

5. Before YOU sign, ensure you have the financmg and shop around for interest rates. 6. Be sure to get a signed statement verifying the mileage at the time of sale.

7. Take someone with you who knows something about cars and who has purchased one before. Allinfomtation in thisarticlewasobtained from the BetterBtrsinessBureau's "Buyinga Used Car?DependableTrpsandHelpfullnformution." UW's Ombudsperson rs MamnneMiller. You can contact Marianne by phoning her a t 888-4567,ext.2402,e-mailing mmiller@uwater1oo.cu, orbyvisitingherinthe Student Life Centre, room 2402.

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Second in command eniovs tinal term UW 'sal A e s Dr. Jim Kalbfleisch

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administrator one might expect to meet and a tribute to the level-headedness that has been essential in steering the university through niversity Vice-president (Academic) some of the biggest challenges of its distinand Provost Dr. Jim Kalbfleisch has guished history. Dr. Kalbfleischlikenshisrole to been with the university since 1963. that of achief operating officer in industry. He His oresent oortfolios make him responsible says the combined roles of Provost and VicePresident allow much of the budgetary reportior n k c h oithe operating budget of thk univer,ity and places In his hands the massive respon- ing tosome toone desk and under the ultimate oioverseelngtheday-to-dayrunning of responslh~llryof one person. While he saysthat ,~bll~ty r world-rcnowncduniversitv. He rose through - it makes sense r o combme these roles - unlike he ranks of grad student t o professor to Dean the arrangement ar many other universities he acknowledges that he wouldn't have en~f Mathemat~cs,department head to unlverjoyed the success he has without the aidof many > ~ tadministrat~on y asV~ceProvost to h ~present s dedicated staff members who assist the work. %,ost,w h ~ c hhe has occ~ip~eds~nce the early '90s. Now, he has announced his retirement effec- "You don't do it all yourself," he says. The changeover in senior administration ive lanuary 1, 2001 4s is befitting the second in command of might not feel very important to the average the university, the off~ceis comfortable, filled student but it is a significant moment for the w t h important look~ngstacks of paper and 11t institution and represents potential for major wtth the afternoon sun through plcture win- change that will be felt throughout campus. dows that look out onto the brdl~antfoliage When asked to reflect on coming to the decision toretire, Dr. Kalbfleisch agrees that it isnot that decorates UW campus at this t m e of year. A beautiful campus is only one reason among a decision that he took lightly. "There is never a good time and it is a many thatuniverslty of Waterloo attracts some of the best and br~ghteststudents from many significant life decision." He explains that he has found "immense walksof life andseveral countries. Lesstangble but much more Influential are UW's high stand- satisfactionandenjoyment" in his work and the ards of scholarsh~pandunportant p o s ~ t ~ o n s i n challenges that he has overcome on behalf of the university. soclety that alumni can and do enjoy. The gen~al, calm and composed Dr. O n the appointment of a successor, Dr. Kalbfleischexplains that an interimvice-PresiKalbfle~shis a stark contrast to the harrted

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Vice-presidentand ProvostJimKalbfleischwillbe IeavingUWafterDecember. dent and Provost will be appointed by the president to hold the position while a process is put in place to select a permanent replacement. The process will probably go into full swing sometime in the summer or fall of 2001. While hedoesintend toremainin the areaand make himself available to his successor, Dr. Kalbfleischsaysthat it istypical of these kind of positions that the new people will have their own style and vision of how to manage the office. He isnot andwillnotbe involved in the process to appoint his successor. Dr. Kalbfleisch candidly explains that it is difficult to look back on the position and his career with the university with any kind of objectivity, given that he is still occupying the post and caught up in the day to day work, but he is willing to reflect on some of the joys and legacies that he carries. "One pleasure of my job has been working with students and student leaders." Making the university work for students is the bottom line. One of the major challenges of hisadministration has been to streamline the operations in the climate of budgetary constraints by the governments that fund university operations in Canada. The private sector can be relied on to fund special projects and research but the university reliesongovernment funds to maintain administrative salaries, teaching positions and the fundamental operating costs such as building maintenance. He is rightly proud of his role in helping UW weather the storm with its high reputation and standards intact. The battle for funding is not over. Dr. Kalbfleisch explainsthat while the university is well on the way to recovery, funding is not presently adequate to maintain the services now in place. In addition, UW is looking for-

ward to and trying to plan for a large increase in applications for first year in 2003 when a double cohort graduates from Ontario high schools. This will be due to the reduction in the provincial highschool program from five years to four. This increase will probably be sustained for 10 years due to demographic shifts. Dr. Kalbfleischasks, "Howmuchcan enrolment be increased without compromising the institution and the services?" So far, the Ontario government has given the university n o indication of what kind of budget it can plan for. The government has provided funds for building but the vice president explains that those new buildings require operating funds that aren'tthere atpresent. In order to accommodate the influx, the administration has informed the government of its willingness to grow by about 15 per cent but managing this lopsided relationship is obviously difficult. Dr. Kalbfleishpoints tomeasuresthat can be put into place in the meantime, such as makingbetter use of facilities in the springterm which, with UW's large co-op enrollment, we already do to a large extent. Distance education programs are another avenue for exploration and expansion. "It is not easy," he says witha patient smile. Hissuccessor will facemost of these latest challengesin the daily operation of the university beginning January 1,2001. In his words, UW is "quite a remarkable place" and Dr. Kalbfleischcan takemuchcredit for that. His history is bound with that of the institution in a rare and remarkable way. UW hasbenefittedfromhissteady handatthehelm and we can only hope that his successor can weather the storms to come with the same dedication to the standardsandservices wecan all be proud of.

18 bombs on campus evacuates the entire University, impeding midterms for a day. Paul Done reports that "the first 'I Survived the Bomb Scare' T-shirts appeared the same eveningn at Fed Hall.

about havingcertain 'questionable'newsgroups o n campus, such as 'alt.sex.bondage."'

Forum: Campus Question asks "If you were on David Letterman's Stupid Human Tricks, what would you do?" Ian, a 4A Psych student answers, "Show 'em how I keep my zipper up." Featurestorv: An anonvmouswriterauestions~~~sadmiktrationaboutitsdecision to shut down the "alt.'" newsgroups. Reports the

Arts: The Record Store in the "Campus Centre" reports the best selling albums of the week: PaulSimon'sRhvthm ofSaints, L.L. Cool ~ . ' s ~ a m a ~ a i d ~ n o &t c k ~and o uIron aiden'sNoPrayerforthe Dyingare amongst the six top sellers. Sports: Rich Nicol reports UW football running back, Tom Chartier, becomes only the fourtholaver in historvof OUAfootball to rush for more than'1,OOO yards in a season after topplingcanada'sfourth-ranked UofT, 17-5.

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et's face it: if you go to the University of Waterloo and you're not in Engineering or Math, most people feel that you're simply wasting your time. In fact, if you're in the faculty of say, Fine Arts, for example, there are many who would say your time would be better spent rehearsingthe phrase "Would you like fries with that?" However, there is a little secret in Waterloo that very few people know about: Fine Arts students, as well as many other Arts students in general, actively participate in the Computer Graphics Lab at UW. It wasatthislab that MarkRiddell (who earned his BAin Fine Arts at UW) and Rick Knowles (graduate student in Fine Arts) met Jasmin Patry, Eric Hall, Vincent Ma, andPamck Gilhuly (all currently working towards their master's degrees in Computer Graphics). These individuals are the force behind Sunspire Studios, who recently released a hit demo game on the Internet called "Tux Racer." What started as Jasmin Patry's project for CS 488 is now the first release from Sunspire Studios. "I created the first version in August (1999) in three days for the class,"

Patry explains. "I made a Web page for it, and someone saw it and suggested I make it open source." Since Tux is the Linux mascot, and Linux is known for being opensource, Patry felt that it made sense to make it open source, hoping that others would join in and help develop the game.

Tux racer: a fourth-year CS project has become a hit Internet demo game. Rick Knowles andMark hddell, meanwhile, were busy trying to start up a games company. "What happened was that Rick, Mark, Eric, Patrick, Rob Kroeger (a former graphics PhD student now in SiliconValley),andmyself decidedin December 1999 to start working on a game," Patry explains. "It would

feature a massively mukiplayer, persistent universe with real-time strategy and first-person shooter components." Sincetheir ideas were limited by current 3D-engines, they tried to create their own 3D-engine, something that would make the Quake 3 or Unreal engine look tame in comparison. "A few monthslater we brought Roger Fernandez (a fine arts undergraduate student) to help with concept art and textures. However, we were probably a bit over-ambitious with our . plans,. and work stalled as we began to comprehend how much of a massive undertaking this was." Patry said. In August 2000, Knowles suggested that they shouldresumeworkingon Patry's CS 488 project, and so they did. "It wentfrom 15,000to30,000 lines of code," Patry states. "We added so many thingsin three weeks: fishes, jumps, music. . . we made it cleaner andmore professional," Hall added. Tux Racer is undeniably professional. As its name implies, "Tux Racer" enables you to control Tux alongarace track; however, thisisno

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n Thursday, October 26, NortelNetworks Institute for Advance Information Technology held its Knowledge Interaction Day in the Davis Centre. The purpose was to share information about current trends in information technology. Before introducing the first speaker, the host quoted Alan Kay, saying, "it's easier to invent the future than to predict it," and added, "to some extent, that is what Nortel is doing." Dr. ClaudineBmson, Vice President Disruptive Technology, Network Business Solutions for Nortel Networks was the first speaker. She talked about the environment and the changinglandscape in wireline and wireless, telephony, cable and telecom mergers. She emphasized Nortel'sadvertisingslogan, "What do you want the Internet to be?" as one showing the

flexibility of the company to co-operate with the user in finding what will serve the user and contrasted it withacompetitor's "Are you ready?" She quoted Steve Dougherty who said that the Internet will be more powerful than TV in shaping the minds of the future. Simson also compared networks to Moore's law, which in 1965 predictedfairly accurately thatcomputingpower would double in capacity and halve in price every 18 months; she claimed Nortel is doubling the capacity of networksand halvingthe cost every nine months. Second to speak was Marek Wernik, Director of DisruptiveMarket and Business Solutions.He talked about Disruptive Markets and The Innovator's Opportunities. Hegave examples of disruptive technologies and the characteristics of disruptive markets. He pointed out that some capabilities of technology don't make much sense, and that you have to ask yourself, "Is there a market of busi-

ness tomake it successful?" The first example Wernik gave was Level 3, the Model T of broadband networks. Using the price elasticity of bandwidth, Level 3 lowered prices and accelerated demand, stmulatmg application development. Wernik elaborated that there is also elasticityof storagewhere aprice drop of a dollar increasesrevenue by more than a dollar. Construction, however, is the only network cost that is not going to get any cheaper HissecondexamplewasAkarnai. Akamai identified an opportunity to better deliver data over the Internet. One method they used was one that predicted congestion and chose the optimum path. These are two examples where disruptions of the market created business opportunities and new industry sectors. These talks were the first of many given throughout the day, in which Nortel shared its knowledge of networks with people at UW.

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s a whole, history is a pretty contentiousissue. First off, it is written by the victorsthe version that the "losers" see doesn't get into the public records for the most part. Plus, the very name "history" tells us that it is not "herstory"- and it's not. The vast majority of what constitutes history is of, and by, men. One thing that is generally accepted is that the lessons we learn from history are an opportunity for us to avoid making the same mistakes all over again. Hopefully we've learned something from tobaccosmoking and pesticide use, both of which enjoyed a long i n i tial periodwhere no mention was given to any of the possible dangers either of these products posed. It might be happening again, with cellular phones. Stop for a minute and think. It makes sense, doesn't it? Cell phones use the same type of microwaves as microwave ovens and radar systems use. Maybe holding this emitter of harmful radiationc~oseto your brain isn't the smartest thing to do. Neither would be keepingit in a holster close to your body's production facilities of sperm andlor eggs. This danger speakstobothintellectualandsexual function. Cell phones themselves aren't the only danger. The transmission towers are becoming increasingly morecommon on the landscape, and could pose real dangers to the environment. It appears that the phones do cause a fair bit of disruption, at least up top. The British military found the memory and learning areas of the brain to be affected with frequent cell phone use, especially in children and young adults.

Car insurance companies can't like the higher (600 per cent) accident rates, especially knowing that even when the phone isn't in use, its user will be suffering problems with reaction timesandmemory (asfound by the US Department of Energy). The drivers who use hands-free phones in their carsaren't any safer. Any advantage provided by being able to keep both handson the wheel is met, and raised, by the ten-fold increase in microwavescoming from the communication device. And if theselittle hands-free sets are so dangerous, how much radiation is being released by the transmission

Cell phones: convenience at the expense of brain cells?

t~~?related note, but with no immediate applicable value, a study by Britishscientists found microwaves of the cell phone variety caused nematode worms to show "odd changes to the protein structure." The study was commissioned by the government after a number of worldwide reports of cancer, memory loss and Alzheimer's being caused by cell phone radiation. So, been giving any thought as to why you bombed that lastmidterm? It gets even better. As Dr. Neil cherry-summarizes, "There is also a higher incidence of cardiac problems in terms of the timing function in hearts. You get more heart attacks and more heart disease-it has now been shown in many studies." The number of people withcell phones is on the rise. The number of companiesproviding cell phone services is also on the rise. The push to sell cell phones is on the rise. Everyone'sDNAisdifferent, so everyone should have a different cell phone package, according to a wellknown cell phone company. Maybe the motto should be: everyone with a cell phone package, watch out-it might make your DNA different.

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immune system. Scientists at the University of Alberta may have found the answer: they hide. Every cell in t h e h u m a n body has surface receptors to identify it as being part of the body. Foreign cells such as cancer cells or bacteria have different receptors that identify them as being foreign. Thismakes them susceptible t o attack by the host killer cells. The researchers discoveredtumour cells have a unique ability to remove these receptors and evade detection from the killer cells. These findings may point the way to a new method to treat cancer.

Hushed up science A California company that developed an ineffectiveAIDS vaccineused inclinical trials is suing the universities and researchers who published the findings. The drug was tested from 1996 to 1999 in 2,500 patients, anddid not increase the body's defence to AIDS. When Immune Response Corporation realized their vaccine was not working, they stopped the study in May 1999, but the two chief investigators prepared apaper and itwas released thisweek in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Immune Response Corporation is seeking $7miliionin damages, but an arbitrator isreviewing the case.

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ordinary race track. Tux slides down snowymountainsandslippery slopes all while trying to catch various her, ringwhich have beendepositedalong the track. The graphics are simply amazing, and they look just as good on Windows as they do in Linux. The graphics and design, of course. are what Mark hddell and h c k Knowles have input on. "I say how1 want itto look, and then they [the developers] tell me if it's possible or not, and we work something out and go from there," Riddell says. "We have a background in programming, though, so most of thetimewe know thecapabilitiesand limitsof whatthey cando," Knowles

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Soccer Both the men and the women began their quest for soccer supremacy last weekend. Unfortunately, the women ended up losing to the University of GuelphGryphonsby ascore of 1-0,thus elimnatlng Bruce Rodrigues' squad from further play. The men, meanwhile, thrdled ;hd plentitude by defeating McMaster University 2-1. Full details for the women are located on page 21, while the men can be found on page 18.

Ice hockey Dave Cressman and company played twogames south of the border, but lost 4-0 to Clarkson Unlverslty and 4-3 to CornellUn~versity.OnSunday, the Warriors were back on the Canadlan slde to facetheYorkUniversltyYeomenin regular season action. In an excitmg match that saw Brett Turner and Brandon Moffattscore for the Warriors, Waterloo drew wlth the Yeomen 2-2. Jason Willard saved over 40 shots.

Badminton rriors competed at home for t crossover of the season. After g the first set of matches against erson University Rams 6-5, Waran into a lot of trouble with the University Yeoman, losing eight hes while only winning three.

evenge is sweet -just ask any member of the Waterloo Women's Rugby team. The Guelph Gryphons were trying to stay on as OUAchampions,attempting to beat the Warriors in the championship. game for the second straight year. It wasn't to be. On a sunny but chilling Saturday afternoon, a substantial crowd gathered to watch the home team put on a show. The women didn't disappoint. The Warriors came out strong in the first half, which isunusual for this team -in two of their past three games, the team was trailing at the half but managed to win all three. This time, when the ref whistled half-time, the Warriors were up 10-0. Sarah Escobar and Annette Vieira, two team veterans and leaders, had each scored a try to put their team in a good position heading into the most important half of the season. Waterloo's defence was especially strong this game, as the players were communicating well.The Gryphons are not a team that isused togoingafull40minuteswithout scoring-in the semi-finals,they destroyed the UofT Blues 53-10. Little didthey knowthatthingswouldn't get any better for them in the second half. In the second, Guelph showedsigns of life and brought the ball in tight more than acouple of times. Although Waterloo still held a ten point lead, it didn't look unsurmountable as Guelph came close time and again. However, they couldn't make it count and when you aren't scoring, you can start getting frustrated.

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Field hockey After a very impressive regular season, the Warriors had their OUA and CIAU ambitions thwartedwltha humbling 10 defeat to the YorkYeowomen .With this crushing defeat, the women were forced to play for the bronze medal agalnst the Carleton Unlverslty Ravens. Obv~ouslyangeredby thisind~gn~ty, the Warriors pounded the Ravens forevermore with a 8-1 slaughter.

Basketball Breakout the champagne, for the women's basketball team has won their first tournament. In Ottawa, the Warriors rolled over hosts Carleton University Ravens by a score of 66-50. In the secondmatch, Waterloo had a much closer affair with the Bishop's University Gaitors. Nevertheless, the Warriorswon that game 70-62. In the final match, the women got a measure of revenge after vanquishing the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees 70-61. As for the men, they were also tournament champions. At the Wilfrid Laurier University Invitational, Waterloo edged the Ryerson University Rams 68-66 and the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 74-68.

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he race conditionscould not have been better this pastweekend when the Warrior cross-country teams took to the start line. In the women'srace, Debbie Buhlers continued her undefeated streak pulling away from the rest of the fieldas soon as thegun went off. Buhlerscrossed the line in a blazing time of 17:42, becoming an OUA Champion and allstar. The rest of the women, equaly determined, fought many battles over the 5 km course. Second year student Kristie Henry fought her way to a personal and team victory breaking the 19 minute mark to cross the line in 1 8 5 8 and in 14th place. Next in the pack came a flash of Black and Gold, asJill Patterson, KimNeumayer,andshauna Ellisshowedstrong

Bringinghome the hardware. Eventually, Waterloo took advantage of their opponent's frustration, as Kerri Webb scored a try and Annette Vieira added her second of the game. Webb was successful on one of the convert kicks, and Waterloo was up 22-0.

UW 25, Guelph 0

No question. Aperfect 5-0 record in the regular season. Two wins to get to the final and a shutout win in the final to add an exclamation point to their accomplishment. Kate Longpre finished off the game by kickinga drop goal-arare scoringplay worth the same three points as a penalty kick, but comingin play, not after the whistle hasstopped action. The Warriors are hoping- to extend their run at perfection as they compete in the CLAU championshipsatBishoplsUniversitythis weekend. They will be one of the six teams in contention for the national title. A

At this point, with time running down, the realization of what they had done started to sinkin for the Warrior players. Best in Ontario.

team dynamics runningtogether forthe first 3 km. Although the women split up over the last 2 km, they crossed the line finishing strong in 32nd, 4lst and54thplaces respectively. Gina Jackson and Cristina Atance both fought extremely hard throughout the entire race to place 61st and 68th respectively. The team's hard work paid off as shortly after the race, it wasannounced that the women finished in 5th place qualifyingthem for the CIAU championships.

Stephen Drew made a move 3 km into the race. While the women were celebrating their CIAUqualification,the men made their way to the start line. As the gun went off the men shot out at a blistering pace. After the pace had settled down after about 1km, the race broke into two distinct groups. The first group, separated from the rest of the pack, contained 20 strong runners, two of which were Waterloo's co-captains Stephen Drew and Alastair Lawrence. Drew made a move 3 km into the race asdid three Guelph runners. Though Drew ran courageously, he was unable to stay with the Guelph runners. As Guelph continued to a one-two-three finish, Drew crossed the line in fifth place with a time of 32:07 granting him OUA all-star status. Lawerence continued to fight his way to the finish with the rest of the

pack, crossing the line in 17th place. Like the women, the men proved they too had strong team dynamics, as Dwight Tomalty, Will Gibbons and Kevin Smith ran together from start to finishcrossingthe line in34th, 36thand37th place respectively. Jamie Tremaine followed closely behindthis packwith a 60thplace finish. Rob Bruce, the remaining Warrior, fought hard throughout most of the race but had to withdraw due to a nagging Achilles' tendon injury. After results had been tabulated, the men's team also came out with a 5th place finish, joining the women and qualifying for the CIAU Championship. Bothteamswouldhketo thanktheir coaches and everyone in the athletic department who made these championships possible. The CIAU championships will be in Toronto on November ll.

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Mills scores golden goal Waterloo survives scare at McMGter to make it to the semi finals J O H N SWAN Imprint staff

s long as many people can remember, the University of Waterloo men's soccer club has struggled to come up with wins. This year, however, everything fell into place and the result is a solid second place in the OUA West division. The reward for the plucky lads was a trip to Hamilton for aquarterfinal match at 40 Acre Field. Nevertheless, Edgar and company weathered a strong Marauder storm and now is one game away from a trip to the CIAUsnextweekend.Not shabby for a team that hadn't playedpast the regular season for 15 years. On October 29, the Warriors made the pilgrimage to Hamilton to do battle with the ninth-ranked McMaster UniversityMarauders. Still stinging from the horrid 2-1 loss, which saw two Warriors ejected on October I, itwasclearly Edgar'smission to vindicate his team and dem-

onstrate to the CIAU that Waterloo belongs in the top 10. Tom Casey, coach of the Marauders, definitely wanted to send the other teams a message that McMaster deserved their rank. With aspot in the semifinal on the line, both coachessent out quality goaltenders. Alex Hearn got the nod for Waterloo, while McMaster relied on Brian Castledine to do the honours. The fans in attendance were expecting a tough, physical match and they left happy. But it was going to be very thrilling indeed. The first half was, in the mindof Edgar, perhaps the best half ever played for his Warriors. Sure, there were some small mistakes, but Waterloo knew what to do and how to execute their play. Unfortunately,so did Castledine, and as a result, Waterloo was kept off the scoreboard. To add insult to injury, Goran Jovanovic scoreda jammy goalin the 1lthminute. Off of Jason Shannon's free kick, Jovanovic found a hole in

the Waterloo defence and shot the ball up and over Hearn right into the back of the net. With this cheek, Waterloo was more determined to score and as a result, the Warriors spared no expense in harassing Castledine. DJDillon, Roger Badley, Mark Accardi and Nick Knez all contributed to Waterloo's offence, as they provided shot after shot against the McMaster goaltender. In spite of everything that Waterloo threw at Castledine,it was the Marauderswho had the one-goal lead at halftime.

OUA Men's quarter-final: McMasterl Edgar had great confidence in hismen:,sure.,he occasionallvvells at ,, his players, but the coach did not showanynervousness.Waterloo fans, on the other hand, were deeply worried. But in the third minute of the second half, Knez would allay their fears. Accardi had started an offensive charge, but was tangled up with some naughty - . Marauders. Desperately fending off the Marauders, Accardi passed the ball to Knez, who then promptly finished the job with asplendidgoal. Thirty secondslater, the same Accardi who pressed McMaster to the brin, was the recipientof ayellowcard, thanks to a hard tackle on Tim Koberstein.

Hungry for more goals, Waterloo continued to press, hoping to score the winning goal that would secure Waterloo'splace in the semifinals. But as the half wore on, McMaster mounted an attack on their own, tryingto elude Hearn for the winning goal. Despite the best efforts of Shannon, Paul Casey and Carlos Llamas, the Warriors would not yield to these rapscallions. This pursuit of the winning goal resulted in some very physical play, but only foulswere called, nocards. The only other card, as a matter of fact, came from Andrew Saulez, who argued with the referee once too often. It was apparent that regulation time wasnot goingto solve this problem. So it was on to 30 minutes of overtime, where the next goal would be brighter than 24 karat gold. The extra did not last too long. After aninitial Marauder attack that was stopped near the box, the Warriors decided to stop this nonsense once and for all. David Mills. the captain of this mighty crew, broke away from a couple of Maroons, struck the ball with his mighty boot and the result was a goal. And boy, there was much jubilation. With Mills' golden goal, Waterloo walked off with a 2-1 victory. This conquest had sent Edgar and his assistant, Wil Smith, to cloud nine. "We had more possession, we were in the right area and we had some great opportunities," Edgar summarized. "They have the confidencetogo ahead." Waterloo's head coach was also pleased with hisplayers, particularly Hearn and Dan Benvenuti, who once again came

upon the call of duty to rescue Hearn when it seemed McMaster could strike the killing blow. "Dan's young, but his athleticism is great," Edgar stated. As for Kyle Owens and Alex Hearn, both goaltenders have proven that Waterloo is the team to beat.

Owens and Hearn proved that Waterloo is the team to beat. Now, however, is no time for Waterloo torest on theirlaurels. The OUA semifinal will have the plucky Warriors take on the Laurentian University Voyageurs, a team that thrilled audiencesin their OUA quarter-final by winning against the Queen's University Golden Gaels in a shootout. The game will be held at University Stadium on November 3 at 6:3O p.m. Should Waterloo defeat Laurentian, the championship match will be onNovember4 at5:30p.m., where Waterloo will take on either the York University Yeomen (who upset the University of Toronto) or the WilfridLaurierUniversity Golden Hawks. Either way, come out for what should be agreat semifinal and hopefully we will take our place at the CIAU table in Hamilton on November 9.

Volleyball Team corrals the Mustangs P R I T A MDANIEL special to Imprint

astwednesday night, the Warrior Men's volleyball team hostedthe WesternMustangs in the PAC. Hundreds of Warrior fans were on hand to watch this excitingvolleyballmatch.TheMustangs, who had been ranked in the CIAU Top 10 last month, brought

with them big hitters and a lot of experience. Waterloo countered withdeterminationandawill to win which helped them take the first game27-25. TheMustangs bounced back to win tbe next twogames, but the Warriors would not give up. Through consistent passing and never-say-die defense, Waterloo took the fourthgame. With thecrowd behind them, Waterloo held on to

win the fifth game 15-13. Key performers in the game were veteran setter Tim Wohlgemut and power hitter Paul Frayne. The Warriors are pleased to announce the release of their brand newWebsite,locatedat www.warriormensvolleyball.uwaterloo.ca.This new and imformative site features player profiles, schedulesand coaches information.

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History of the Naismith J

chusetts. During the fall, Naismith would have the men play football. But what about the winter, when it was too cold? Naismithhadan idea that would change sports forever. Using two peach baskets with a small hole cut out at the bottom and a small leather ball, James Naismith came up with basketball. As well, there was the established rule where a man could carry the ball, but only for acouple of steps. One hundred years later, this sport is now dominated by one nation, the United States of America. As for the tourney itself, 1968 marked the start of the Naisrnith Classic, but for the first two years, it was called the Tip-off Tournament. During this time, Tom Kieswetter, the present coach for the University ofwaterloo Warriors, actually played on the team. In 1970, coach Mike Lavalle decided to rename the Tip-

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veryhomecomingsince 1968, the University of Waterloo's Warriors men's basketball team has hosted a tournament. This tournament is known as the James Naismith Classic. Well supported by alumni of both the team and this fine institution, this tourney has brought out the best in the Warriors. But how did this tournament begin? What motivation was present to name this tournament the JohnNaismith Classic?Worry not, gentlereader, for the answer is right here. Let us begin with a small dissertation on James Naismith. This creator of the sportwe now call basketball was born in Almont, Ontario. Interested in physical education, he was the head of theYoung Men's Catholic Association in Springfield,Massa-

off Tournament. At thattime there were no tournaments, cups or anything honouring the forefather of basketball; therefore,Lavalledecided toname thistournament"The James Naismith ClassicTournament." The first tournament in 1968 wentto the AcadiaAxemen.The first time after the tournament was renamed, SimonFraser University won top honours. Waterloo finally won the tourney in 1971and keptthecup for five years. The last time Waterloo won the Naismith Classic was in 1998. History was made last year when the AquinasCollege Saints, an Amercian team in the NAIA,defeated the University of Windsor Lancers to w,in this tournament. This was the first time a team from the US haswon this prestigous event. Who will win this year? Come out to the games and find out!

Naismith first-round preview Waterloo meets McGill, Laurier taking on la&year's CIAU champs JOHN

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here are no American teams this year, but don't expect the Warriors to take this year's Naismith tournament for granted. St. Francis Xavier University, the champions of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union, will descendonWaterloohoping to score some fresh meat. The University of Western Ontario Mustangs and McGill University will also be contending for the title. The first round of the tournament is alwaysintriguing, especially when the CIAU champions, Waterloo's two rivals and a Manitoban team are comingto.town. So without . any more hesitation, here are the first round match-ups:

Western Mustangs versus York Yeomen This first round battle shouldbe a doozey. BothYork University and the University of Western Ontario Mustangs have very potent teams that could be trbuble in the Ontario Athletics Union this year. So, who should emerge victorious in this mano-a-mano clash of machismo? It's a tough call. Even though Western is much hated throughout Ontario, one has to admit thatthey are very successful. Second last year in the OUA West, Western hasveteranplayerslikeMatt Tweedie and Richard Tamminga to carry the burden for the team. At 2.08 metres, Tweediewill definitely be the go to guy on this Western squad. Chris Brown, Chedo Ndur and Jimmy Graelle will also provide firepower to the Mustang lineup. Coach Craig Boydell should be pleased with this lot. york also has a potent squad. Bob Bain, the coach of the Yeomen, will be hard pressed to come up with a solution for Tweedie and Tamminga. Maybe Adam Miller and Paul N i o n hold the answer. Stand-

ing each at 2.02 metres, Miller and Nixon have been burning the court with their offensive styles. Everton Thomas, Ryan French and Chris Peskun complement the York Yeomen nicely. As the introduction stated,& is goingto be amatch for the ages.York may have more experience, but Western has the arsenal to pull the win off. Somehow,Western isgoing to walkaway from thiscourtvictorious. The game starts November 3 at noon.

Rogers, both of whom stand two metrestall, will try to stop theX-Men fromconqueringtheGoldenHawks. Finally, expect Darren Vierra and Predrag Radovic to have some mlnUtes for Laurier. Unfortunately for the Golden Hawks, they do not have the experience, the talent or the ability to keep upwith the X-Men. True, the Golden Hawks possess heart, but that can only take you so far. It will be St. Francis Xavier in a bloody horrific

the floor. So, what's the verdict of this match? It should be a pleasure to watch these two equally matched teams. Both teamswill be lighting up the scoreboard, with Winnipeg having just enough experience to edge out the Rams. Agood quallty match to watch at 5 p.m.

cakewalk.

St. Francis Xavier X-Men versus Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks

Ryerson Rams versus Winnipeg Wesmen

Finally, our boys will enter the starlight.Losing Mark Eys and Mano Watsa to graduation has hurt the team, but hopefully they have moved on. The match against McGill should be an excellent barometer for the improving Warriors. Nevio Marzinotto, the new coach of the Redmen after Ken Schildrothsteped down after 15long years, hasawonderfulblendof youth and experience. After just missing the CIAU thanks to the Concordia University Stingers,the Redmennclw hope to take outtheir frustrationson the opposition. Leading the way are Kirk Reid and DomenicoMarcario, two players who received honours from the Quibecleague. Ari Hunter and Fred Bernard also make up this fine team andwill cause the Warriors no shortage of grief. Denburk Reid, a rookie with this squad, will probablv be the most talked about at the tourney for McGill, especially since he has performedwell at the CEGEP level. As for Tom Kieswetter's club, Waterloo has the potential to do very well. Dan Schipper and John .Quidan, bothstalwartsof the squad, are back to wreak more havoc on their hapless opponents. Shane Cooney, Paul Larson andT.J. Grant will also be needed if Waterloo is going to defeatthe Redmen. Conrad Creek, David Quinlan and Dave Munkley are young talent that Kieswenerwill depend on. With this talent, Waterloo could certainly go far in this tournament. When McGiil last played Wa-

After the grandiose affair betweenyorkand Western, you should expect sort of a letdown. This is it, baby! The defending champions of the CIAUversusthelaughingstockof the OUA. Thisis goingto be a painful exhibition which will see a lot of Kentucky Fried Golden Hawk being served at 2 p.m. Lastyear, theX-Men came from behiid to defeat the Brandon University Bobcats and capture the title of Canadian champions. And why not? SteveKonchalski has assembled a wonderful team that threatens to repeat their feat as championsof the CIAU. ThisAtlanticAthleticUniversitiesAssociationteampossessesveterans like Randy Nohr, Fred Perry, Stach Krzysztof and James Maksymiw, all of whom can devastate offenses like tornados in Oklahoma. Kczysztof, Alex Stephan 111 and Jason Kerswill are the giants of the team and can score almostat will. Withateamlikethis,St. FmcisXavier should go far this season. And then, there'slaurier. This is an exceedingly young team that Peter Campbell has taken over. Campbell, who was hired just this year, has some tools to baild a good season with. Jeff Zdrahal, Randy Knapp and Daniel Jonker are all playerswho have proven themselves in the OUAranks. Knapp and Adam

Unlike the grillingof the Golden Hawks, this will be far closer. Both Winnipeg and Ryerson are competitive teams in their respective divisions, so this will be another good match. If there is amatch that represents Canada, thisisit. The good old boys of the West versus those pampered boys from the centre of the universe (at least, according to Me1 Lastman)known as Toronto. Bill Wedlake has a rather interestingsquad in the Wesmen. There's a lot of experience in the roster, combinedwithasprinklingofyoungsters to keep the old heads from collapsing the team. Amongst the veterans, Luc Buller, Blair ChanKent, ShawnCrossandCasey Gooch stand out. The giants of the team, however, are acouple of youngsters in J.P. Lynch and rookie Scott Robertson. These twowill be able to compete with anyonein this tournament. As for Ryerson, the Rams have not as much experience as the Wesmen. Nevertheless, Terry Haggerty (in his20th season as Ram coach)will fielda competitivesqnad. Bill Crowdis will lead the charge of the Rams, while Jan-Michael Nation, Tom Cory, Duane Quashie, Sasha IvankovicandDwight Chambers round out a solid team. Expect AlfredMcAllister andTazioClark to also get some good quality time on

Waterloo Warriors versus McGill Redmen

terloo, the outcome wasa four potnt victoryinMontr~al.With homecourt now at Waterloo, the Warriors should pull this one off. The game will commence at 7 p.m.

After the first round In the consolat~onbracket on Saturday, the first match will have Yorkspankthe Golden Hawks, especially after the close loss the Yeomen will suffer at the hands of Western.As for Ryerson, they will not be able to handle McGill, who, having lost to Waterloo, willcerta~nlywant tovent their rage on the Rams. On Sunday, Ryerson will edge the golden Hawks in the seventh place battle of the anlmals, whlst McGill capturesfifth place with a win agalnst York. The prestige, though, will go into the champ~ons'bracket. If you thought the WesternandYorkgame was good, you'll be having multiple orgasmson Saturdayat 5 p.m. when thest. FrancisXavierX-Men faceoff against the Western Mustangs. This game will be most Impressive, with the X-Men edging out Western in a no holds barred, epic match that makes Roots look like a picture book. As for the other semifinal, which will be entertaining but will definitely pale in comparison to the earlier match. Waterloo should manage to overcomethe plucky Winnipeg Wesmen to reach the championship at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Western should capture the bronze with a victory against Winnipeg, while St. Francis Xavier will roll over the Warriors in the championship match. The tournament begins on November 3 at noon and finishes with the +pionship game at 3 p.m. on November 5. AUgameswiUtakeplace at the centre court of the ~ h & i l ActivitiesComplex.Ticketsareseven dollars for a single session (four if you're a student or senior) or 20 dollars (15 for students or seniors) for the entirethree daysof Naismith Classicbasketball action.

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Laurier holds on to win battle of Waterloo BRENT THEDE special to lmpnnt

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Over the entire Mountain Bike Club racing season, Brad has proven himself on the race course by producing exceptional,consistentfinishes.Brad provides an excellent example of what it takes to win by giving 110per cent every time on the race course. Last weekend at Boler Mountain in London, Brad's efforts paidoff as he earned a 10th place finish, enough to rank him 10th in overall season points in the highly competitive Men's A division. Nice work Brad!

Chris has been the most active soccer referee in Campus Recreation this term. He has found time to referee fifty games already and he is still going strong. Chris' commitment and knowledge of the rules make him one of the strongest officials in the league. He is also the captain of Mr. T-Dawg, the second ranked C team insoccer.Mr. T-Dawgalsohas one of the top Spirit of Competition ranks in soccer. Thanks for all your hard work Chris;

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he Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks held off a second half charge by the Waterloo Warriorsandimproved thelrrecord to 71with a 26-18 win over the Warm ors. With the loss, Waterloo falls t044, yet they still managed to clinch the final play-off spot as York lost to McMaster. The Warr~orswere led by star fullbackJay Akindolire, while Laur~erwas paced by two touchdown passes from quarterback Adam Lane to Andre Talbot.

The Hawks came out flying in the first quarter, while the Warriors seemed to be caught standing still. The Hawks came out flying in the first quarter, while the Warriors seemed to be caught standing still. Laurier opened the scoring with an Ed Becker field goal, followed by a 23-yard touchdown pass from Lane to Talbot, and then another field goal, putting the Hawks up 13-0

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after one quarter. In the second quarter, Lane completed a touchdown pass toTalbot once again, t h ~ s tlme for 25 yards, and Laur~ertook a commandmg 20-3 lead Into the half. The second half was a very different story, as Waterloo wasall over the Golden Hawks. On a blocked Laurier punt, C h r ~ sWaymouth pxkedup the ball and ran all the way to cut the lead to 20-10. On them very next possession, Waterloo's Akindohre first ran 25 yards to Laur~er'sfive-yard h e , then capped off the drwe with a five-yard-touchdown run thatbroughtthe Warriors to withm three, at 20-17. Waterloo had shut down the Laurier offense and was coming up with some firepower of thelr own, and when they took over the ball late In the third quarter deep In theu own end, they seemed ready to charge

downfield to take the lead. In what was arguably the turning point in the game, Holton was sacked in the end zone for the safety, increasing the Golden Hawk lead to 22-17 and handing the ball back over to WLU.

Waterloo's first possession of the fourth quarter resulted in a missed field goal and a single, and the score remained 22-18 for Laurier until late in the fourth quarter when the Hawksaddeda single.ABecker field goal capped the game off. Despite a late Warrior drive, the game ended with Holtongettingsackedin Laurier territory, and Laurier escaping with a 26-18 win. The Warriors will play at McMaster on November 4.

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relay (Rose; Kurt Rohmann; Mains; Londry). Captain Kurt Rohmann also his past Friday, the Wilfr~d hada first place finishin the50m and Laurier Golden Hawks paid a third in the lOOm freestyle, while avisit to the PAC to compete Gregory Roderick (second 5Om butagainst the Warrior swim team. terfly, third 200m and 400m freeThe UW Men came away victostyle),DanielMcKerrall (third5Om rious with a 135-85 win while the backstroke and 800m freestyle), womenlost 131-97.Leadingtheway Carlo Distefano (third SOm butterwere rookies Matthew Mains, David Rose and Julie Steinbergwiththree victorieseach, while LindsayBeavers and Peter Londry each had two. The women won both the 4 x l 0 0 m medley (Kristen Brawley, Steinberg, Beavers and Gennifer Sweny) and 4xl00m freestyle (Natalie Boruvka, Brawley, Leslie Dowson, Beavers). The men won the Makingwavesthe hardway. 4xl00m freestyle special to Imprint

fly and 200111 breaststroke), David Cescon (second200111 breaststroke), Corri Atkinson (third 5Om breaststroke),HansJurgen Rohmann (third 200111 Individual medley) and Ian Yau (third 200m butterfly) also had top-three finishes. Top-three finishers for the Women Warriors included Captain Dowson lthird200mand400mfreestyle), Gen Sweny (second 50m freestyle, 5Om breaststroke and 200m butterfly), Boruvka (second 50m butttrfly and third 50m backstroke) and Brawley (second 200m backstroke). The swim team looks forward to this weekend when they 'compete' against the returning alumni swimmers. The next league compeJAN BRAUN tition is onNovember 10 at Brock.

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Mountain bikers end season on a high a t Boler Mountain JOEL

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he final race in the 2000 UCup Mountain Bike Series at Boler Mountain in London on October 21 marked a veritable provingground for theskills and endurance the team had worked to develop over the season. The fast technical descents and intense ascents combined to make Boler Mountam the perfect buffet of terrain required for the fat-tire spinnmg, mud- caking, bug-eye-producing mountain bike actlon the team has come to love and crave. After all the dust settled, Water-

loo placed th~rdout of nine part~cipating universitiesm the overall team polnt standingsfor the entire season. In addition, the team was honoured with the "Golden Gears Award" for most improved team/ sportsmanship, "for demonstrating how to promote goodwill and have a good time." In the Men's A category, Brad Reiter captured the lothposition in an act of both cycling magnificence and daredevil madness. Reiter's impressive season on the circuit culminated at Boler where his finish catapulted him to an amazing 10th spot overall on the season. In the Women' s B category,

Amy "The Demon" Dawson terrorzed her competitors in her usual fash~on.Amy'sdetermination on the course allowed her to power through the technically demanding course with afewscrapesandbruises,though ~twas all worthwhile as she captured fourth place. This finish firmly secured her a fourth place finlsh in the overall pointsstandings, marking an impressiveend to Dawson's fine racing career with the UW Team. Alumni great Tara Hurley made an impressiveday with the Waterloo Team on a very challengmg race course as she placed 1lth. In the Men's B category Joel Ziegler, in h ~ first s day ever in Lon-

don, left hismarkashe came in fifth, behind the blazing trail left by the dastardly Queen's Gael's, who dominated the top posittons. Joel's finish at Boler tied him with fellow competitor Mart~nKhang of Queen's, for secondplace overall in the Men's Bcategory. Eric "The Bronco" Buckingham hadanother fantasticday on the race course, hishingin seventh. Overall, Eric had an impressive rookie year, coming in fourth place in the overall seasonstandingsand earning himself the "Bronco" tag for his fierce, neversay-die attitude on the race course. The season finale for the Warrior MTB Team marked an impres-

sive end to the second season of the quasi-officialteam's existence. This yearthe Warriors madeacrucial step towards becoming more established under the umbrella of athletics at UW, as it was the first year to be officially recognized as being part of the Waterloo Mountain Bike Club. This is even more critical as race organizers are making great headway in advancing the UCup Race Ser~esto become a varsity sport. So far Queen's and U of T have led the way in rallying support for the serles to be run at thevarsity level -both teams have received offic~al varsity status at their respective schools.

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laying in their first playoff game in a while, Bruce Rodrigues and his women's soccer team were rather optimistic when the Warriors heard that their ouvonents were the Universitv of Guelph Gryphons. Yes, you can recall that one and a half months ago. Waterloo defeated Guelph qurte handily 3-1 at North Campus. But w ~ t hmuch more at stake than three points, Waterloo knew that Laurie Halfuennv-Mitchell. the Grvuhons' .. coach, would uull out all the stops to preveht another thrashing. 1; the end, though, it was Waterloo who endedup bruised,brokenandeliminated from further play this season. October 28 saw the squad head off to Alumni Stadium in Guelph to take on the Gryphons. Finishing first in the OUA CentraVSouth division through some miracle, Halfpenny-

Mrtchell knew that Waterloo came to Wellington County to play. KatrinaBoycewas her choice to keep thenet free from Warrior intrusion. For Waterloo, Sarah Havardgot the start. Early on, it appeared that Waterloo was a little nervous, having reached this far into the season. The Gryphons, eager not to allow another lossagainstthe Warriors. came

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out strong. The first shot. made bv Amber ~ i b s o nwas , easily saved by Havard, but this was only the begmning of what would be a very long day for the Warriors. With Guelph controlling the tempoof thematch, Waterloostruggled to produce shots. SarahTowns wasableto providesomeoffense,but most of the shots were off target.

Athletes of the week

Stephen Drew Warrior Cross Country

Deborah Buhlers Warrior Cross Country

Afifth-year Geography student from Oshawa, Stephen led the Warriors to a fifth-place finish this past weekend at the OUA Championships hosted by UW. As co-captain, Stephen leads by example and displayed this throughout the race. Stephen led or was in the middle of the front pack for the majority of the race. He finished fifth overall and was selrcted to the OUA All-star team. The Wqriors will now prepare for the CIAU Championships, November 1 1 in Toronto.

A first-year Masters student from KeIowna,British Columbia, Deborah led the Warriors to a fifth-place finish this past weekend at the OUA Championships at North Campus. Deborah finished first overall and led the race from start to finish. She was selectedto the OUAAU-Starteam and, more impressively,was selected as OUA Cross Country MVP. Deborah will lead the Women Warriorsinto the CIAUChampionships, November 11 at the University of Toronto.

Guelph had many chances, but Havardwasthere to save face for the Warriors. Clearly, Guelph was applyingso much pressure that somethinghadtogive-mthe4lstminwe, Waterloo received whatwould prove to be the fatal blow. The play began innocently enough. "lael Ealev. a Guelvh midfielder ,eluded several Warrlors and struck the ball towards Havard. Although Havard did save the ball, three Gryphonsthen nailed her,causmgtheballtodrop.TerrahCamilleri took the gift at face value and neatly slid it in. After the celebration bv the Guelvh . ulavers., it was discovered that Havard had been injured on the play. The trainers had taken Havard off the field and placed ice bags on her side. The strangestpart of all this was the fact that the referees actually allowed this goal to stand. After the break, Cathy Storey ~eplacedHavard in net. Normally a defenceman,Storeylooked hesitant and it showed. The first shot agalnst Storey, made by Christine Z i e n n a n , nearlyeludedher. Luckily, she calmed down after that shot and made some pretty good saves. Stlll, Guelph pressed on, but not before glving several Warriors chances to score the egualizer. But try as the Warriors might, Boyce was unbeatable on this day. Going back to "Storey time," the beleaguered Waterloo goaltender must have felt like the Little DutchBoy. Storey,much to her credit,kept the ball fromgoingin, but not before scaring the bejesus out of Warriors fanswith her fumbhngand bumbling. Jennifer Blackgave Storey the most strife, bnt Zimmerman, Ealey and Gibsonalsocontributed to her woes. Storey accomplished her task in the end, but Waterloo still came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 game. Havard was taken to hospital duringthe match andfoundout that she had broken a couple of ribs. We at Imprint wish her a quick recovery and congratulate the entire team on a fine season. Sarah Havard, Julie Kwok, AngelaFarace, Jill Johnson, Laura Munro, Melissa Pletsch and Marie Wonnacott are all graduating from the team this year.

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ver had it sore back? Back injury? I'msure if you haven't, you probably know someone who has. Backsare adifficultmystery to unravel. How is it that someone can lift heavy items all day and then all of a sudden, when bending down to pick up the TV converter, throw out their back? Stuart McGill, aprofessorin the Kinesiologydepartment at UW, has been studying this phenomenon for many years. McGill and his team of graduate students have developed four exercises that can be used torehabilitate aninjured back, promote spinal health and/or train for performance. Ultimately, the exercises can help you reduce your risk of back injury. Before discussing the exercises

though, one should look at the historybehindthem. McGill arguesthat the common approaches currently used by many therapists to rehabilitate are actually detrimental to an injured back. "These approaches aim at strengthening the muscles and increasing the range of movement," says McGill. "Instead, the focus in many cases should be on stability rather than mobility." "The American Medical Association defines the disability of hack injury as a loss of range of motion," saysMcGil1. "Thus, to rehabilitate, therapists aim to improve the range of motion. However, the range of motion exercises actually put increased load on the spine and can cause further injury." In this case, scienceconflictswith politics. McGill cites studies that have shown that

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Student Leadership Workshop is a Success The CIRA (Canad~anIntramural Recreat~onAssociatton) Leadersh~p 2000 Workshop took place last Frlday here at Waterloo wtth over 9 0 student leaders from Ontario unlverslties and colleges partlctpatlng. After a keynote address by Dr. Ron Mccarv~lle,an associate professor In the department of Recreat~onand Le~sureStudies, the student leaders partmpated In three sesslons of their c h o ~ c ethroughout the day. Everythmg from speakmg for success, to givlng and recelvlng feedback was covered by avarlety of speakerswho were all very knowledgeable about their t o p ~ c . Rebecca W h ~ t eorgan~zedthe workshop w ~ t help h from the Campus Recreation department.

Up-coming league captain's meetings The Campus Rec League playoffs are fast approaching (soccer and flag football have already started) which means one final captam'smeeting to discuss the finals. All meetingsare at 4:45p.m. o n the following days: Ice hockey -Thursday, November 9 in M C 4058, Basketball-Wednesday, November 8 inMC 1085,Broomball - Tuesday, November 1 4 in PAC 1001, Ball hockey - Wednesday, November 8 in M C 4021 and Volleyball -Monday, November 1 3 in M C 2034. Plavoff schedules will be

posted on the web site after the meeting. Good luck to all teams!

romseptember 15 to October 1, the Olymplcs In Sydney were captivating people everywhere, with The UW Curlmg Club presents their the possible exception of Afghantannual fall Bonsp~elon Saturday, stan. All the major telev~s~on statlons November 11. For the reglstratlon In over 150 countries were broadfee of $80 per team ($20 a player) castmg around the clock to show you will recelve three guaranteed drug enhanced athletes lump fargames, mornmgrefreshments, lunch ther, run faster and fly higher (espeand the chance to win prlzes. The cially on the last part, if you know actlon takesplace at the Ayr Curhng what 1 mean). Overall, there was a Clubw1thdrawsstartingat9:OOa.m. hubbub when the best of the best s town. But and 10:30 a.m. Only slxteen teams came to t h ~ AustralIan w ~ lbe l permltted to compete for the now, w ~ t hthe Paralymp~csIn Sydchampjonship trophy so regster early ney, you'd thmk that the televlslon (cut-off for regstration 1sNovember networks would have half the cover4) by contactrng Steve Thorne at age. Unfortunately, these fine athscthorne@engma~l.uwaterloo.ca. letes can't even get an hour on CBC or PBS. As for the newspaper, they Campus Rec Jobs are located near the end. It a shame that thls tsso, because these athletes Looking to make some extra money In thlsyear'sParalymplcsare worthy while doing something fun?Why not of the same attention as other able apply to a Campus Recreat~onjob bodled athletes. next term. Appl~cat~ons are avadable Recall last summer, when for a variety of jobs, includ~ngin- Gtchener-Waterloohadthe Ontarto structors for CPRIFlrst h d , fitness, Games for the D~sabled?Well, the squash, tennls and swimming. ref- Paralymplcs have a wtder range of erees are needed for leagues as well sports. From wheelcha~rbasketball as convenors and referee-~n-ch~efs to goalball to wheelchar rugby (a For more information about Cam- new sport at these games), the pus Recreat~onjob positions, check Paralymp~csbrmgout the best of the out our web site a t best in d~sabledathletes. Under these www.athlet~cs.uwaterloo.caor plck games, each athlete 1s class~fiedacup acopy of the Campus Recreat~on cordmg to stringent standards to Gu~debookat the beginning of each determ~nethe~r disablhty (~.e.,bhndterm. Appl~cat~ons can be download ness, cerebral palsy, amputation, instraight from the web slte or vtsit the tellectual d~sabil~ty) and the degree PAC 2039 for s o e c ~ f aooltcations. ofsatd dtsahll~tvRawallv. wmeevents ~c

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and the host Austral~ans(149). Juan Antonio Samarach called these the best games ever for the Paralymp~cs.Unfortunately, whde over 100,000 people watched the dosrngceremontes, many morecould not because they were not telev~sed. I wanted t o see the games myself, but there was no coverage. Meanwhile, all Isaw at the Sydney Olymp~cswere dopey RomanIan we~ghtlifters,nauseatingly cute Amer~canfemale gymnasts andthe ugly Yankee relay team at ~ t worst. s As for t h e ~ rstruggles, hah! Theseprmadonnas havenothIng to compare w ~ t hthe athletes of the Paralympics. After all, soclery does tend to prejudice these athletes. But the Paralymplcs ralses a polnt that must not be missed. Even withal1 the obstacles that they have to go through, successcan still be achieved. Carpe Diem, eh!

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s ktchener-Waterloo about to become the new Hollywood North? We may not get the same amount of filmcrewsasToronto, but Waterloo County is quickly turning into an attractive area to make movies. The recent shoots for a commercial starring Tiger Woods and a feature film staring Denzel Washington are signs of this trend. However K-W is more than just a location for American features; a strong film industry isslowly growingin Waterloo. The new film In Camera is a great success story for the local film scene. In Camera is an exciting new film from Man Dancing Productions, a local film production company headed by two recent Laurier graduates James Muir and Anthony Del Co1.h Camera is Muir and Del Col's second production. While students at Laurier they created Nature of Reality:AStudentFilm, whlchplayed locally to some success. Producer Del Col describes the film as "a prison murder mystery

shot throughcameras that exlst natu- then it just happens that you have to rally in society." The film-makers get the connection somehow. And that's whatwe're trying to explore." have, says Del Col, "replicatedfootThe decision to use "natural" age fromsecuritycameras,home vldeos, news broadcasts, taped Inter- cameras was also partly a financial one. Muir explains: "I was developviews, et cetera to tell the story." The fllm opens with a vlolent ing ideas for a story and realized murder of acorrectional officer by aninmate, an investigator is assigned to the case and quickly realizes there is more going on than anyone is telling her. The filmmakers chose this approach because, as Muir says, "basically whatwe wanted to do was em~ l o, av new narrative structure ThenaturalcameraworksetsIn Camera apart. to tell the story of something that people hadn't seen before and exactlywhat thecapabilitiesof Man that's why we chose the setup of pre- DancingProductions were and I tried existing and naturally existing cam- to use them to our advantage by developing an interesting idea and eras in society. then tryingto put it in place with the "Andit just underlinesthestory within everything. If you put a cam- technology available and try and do era in a room for a certain length of it as authentically and genuinely as time you're going to discover eight possible." Man Dancing Productions or nine, ten threads of a story, and

made the project not only original in it's topic but also in its fundingstrategy. A grant was secured from Human Resources Development Canada'sYouthServiceCanadaprogram, whose mandate is to provide employmentfor youth between theages of 18 and 30. Thls grant allowed the film-makers to hire21 people toactasactors, crew members,editors,andWeb technlclans. Del Col explains, "lt was an unconventionalplace to go and ~twas a place that was very receptive to ~t because they do comm u n l t y projects or community act~v~t~es."The cast and crew 1s a mlx of experienced and lnexper~encedpeople-all very enthusiast~~. Both M u ~ rand Del Col have nothing but great thlngs to say about the many talented people who helped them create the film. Man Danc~ngProduct~onswas also able to take advantage of a brand

new program set up by the City of Kitchener. The city has united with Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and surrounding areas in the Film and Television Committee to promote the K-W-Guelph area as a location for films. Del Col explains the committee, headed by the city's chief economic development officer Tim Fox, wasinvaluable in termsof providing locations around the city as well as other contacts. Del Col reports that the production went fairly smoothly and the filming was completed in just five weeks. The biggestchallenge was finding authentic locations. The prison location was key to the film, and Del Col called all around the province before, with a little help from local MP Andrew Telegdi (who also has a cameo in the film), getting permission to film at Collins Bay Penitentiary in Kingston. Del Col and Muir agree that filming at the prison was sometimes scary. Although they were filmingin two decommissionedwings that had noprisoners, they had togo through ail sorts of security checks when entering the prison and had to be escorted by guards past the operating wings. As the finishingtouches are put onln Camera in preparation for the please see page 26

Sarah Harmer: more fun than the dentist Sarah Harmer Trinity St. Paul's Church, Toronto October 26,2000

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n the past, I have called Sarah Harmer one of Canadian music's best-kept secrets, predicting that she would not remain so for long. The joy in sayingal told you son isonly surpassed by the joy of seeing such a talented musician begin to really make her mark. Harmer has recently been signed to UniversalMusic and her debut solo album, You Were Here, has been rereleased with slick new packaging and a major marketing boost. Perhaps it was that she is begirining to experience some major label success, or maybe it was because her dad was in the audience, or then again it could be because CBC Radio was recording the show for national broadcast, but Sarah Harmer was in an extremely good mood when she performed for a full house in Toronto last week. I have never seen Harmer so full of life, spirited, funny, and talkative. Performingin a church seemed

to brlngout the imp in Harmer, who just barely resisted the temptatlon to tell a dlrty joke. But she commented that the atmosphere also inspired feelings of unity and comradery In her. The crowd responded enthuslastically to each of the 20 songs Harmer performed from old and new albums. She played many songs from her days as Weeping Tile frontwoman, such as "In the Road," "Good Fortune," "South of Me" and"BasementApartment."Thislast song originally appeared on WeepingTile's 1995debutentitledeepee, but isironicallybest known by newer fansasthelead-offsinglefrom Harmer's latest album. While songs like "Basement ApartmentnandUSouthof Me" were received with excitement, the most uproarious applause was for "Trouble In the Fields," a Nanci Griffith cover fromHarmer's SongsFor Clem CD. This song was performed masterfully and was so painfully beautiful that the crowd showed its appreciation by applaudingfora fullminute and a half after the song had ended. Harmer was visibly stunned and moved by this response. Harmer's good-humoured mood was felt throughout the show. For "Good Fortune," she strapped

on a harmonica contraption so that she could play guitar, sing, and play harmonica, h la Bob Dylan. "Thls is experiment number 3," joked

Harmer while she was preparing for thesong. She then added: "Sometimeswhenyou're recording you have all thesemics in your face and you feel like you're atthedentist. Then add this to the mix. Thisis much better than being at the dentist, though, don't get me wrong!" Harmer was joinedon stage by a three-piece band with Kevin Fox on cello and back-up vocals. Harmer's and Fox's voices melded well together and allowed them to recreate some of the beautiful harmonies found on the albums. Harmer creates musical soundscapes as lush and detailed as the landscapes she sings about in so many of her songs. Her musicalstyles

range from country to rock to jazz, and Harmer's pristine voice was in top form. Her low, sorrowful notes were as potentas her high, crystalline notes in the vaulted ceilinged, superbly acoustical church. After being called out for an encore, Harmer tookarequest from an audience member and performed a stripped-down version of "South of Me" from Weeping Tile's Valentino. She sang the secondverse in French, and her "Sud de moi," et cetera brought on the audience's overwhelming approval. ' She also performedacover song from a now defunct Kingston band called the Hell Billys. Sarah called them "one of [her] favourite bands" and proceeded to perform the rockabilly tune "Mercy Bin." As her final encore, Harmerperformed "I'm A Mountain," a song that is not found on any of her CDs. The audience clapped rhythmically along with the song and even contributed vocally to the last couple of choruses. This endeda most fantastic evening in a crescendo of melodious voices and thundering applause -a fitting close to an unparallelled concert. For more information on Sarah Harmer, visitwww.smahhmmer.m.

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hen David Copperfield's first illus~onwas to make the audiencefeel like they had been waitlng forever to see a performance that started twenty minuteslate, most peoplewouldthnk that t h ~would s put a damper on the

applauseandmany hoots fro &male members of the au by temporarily decapitatin female assistant, CoDDerfield followed up with several of his famousacts, includingthe disappearing duck, the card trick his grandfather taught him at a very, young age, , - . the disappearing woman and the graffitti on the wall. The featured illusion for the evening was Copperfield disappearing from Centre in the Square completely and reappearing in Hawaii. While several members of the audience wished they would bechosen to go with, Copperfield, he instead readaletter about a fatherwho had a rough relationship with his daughter and, surprise, the daughter just happened to be in the audience. The daughter, of course, got

econds later. later, seconds Copperfield reappeared on a sandy beach in Hawaii. The daughter went running out and ran into the ocean, then pulled the polariod from her jacket pocket. The polariod matched the one that had been taken just minutes prior to their departure. Copperfield then held out his arm and revealed that the initials "SA" were still printed on his fprearm. The final illusion of the night

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not see the signs at the time. He supported this idea of signs by tellinga taleofgood luck. Inshort: one day on the subwayhewas struck n October25 at St.Jerome's University, Wayson Choy with the urge to buy a lottery ticket. spokeabout bananas. Choy, Remembering that a particular conauthor of TheJadePeony (a fictitious venience store in Toronto "felt novel about growing up In Vancou- lucky," Choy got off two stopsearly t ver's Chinatown)and PaperShadows and went to the store. He b o u ~ hfive fa creative nonfiction alone"the same tickets and left. Then he rememlines), spoke frankly about growing bered that five was not a lucky up yellow on the outside and white number, so he went in and bought twomoretickets. Seven: a nlce, lucky on the inside -a banana. Although Choy spent the ma- number. Lucky is right! Choy won lority of h ~ s $100,000 on timerecountone of those tlckets. ing anecdotes about growAlthough mgup and h ~ s Choy ~ s c l e a r l ~ aluckyperson, ~ n ~ t ~and al current athe is alsoan excellent storytempts to be a wnter, he also teller. Check read from his out Wayson newestwork, Choy, anPaper Shadother great comedian, Copperfield stated those ows, which won the Edna Staebler Canad~anwriter, if you want to be swept away Into Vancouver's conditionscouldwhich people could Award for Creative Nonfiction. stand up, and also added, "if you're The reading was excellent, but Chinatown, or if you smply enjoy the masked masked magicianmagician- you you can can kiss kiss the anecdotes were far more en- treatwriting. the thralling. For example, after the reWayson Chov read as part of Copperfieldplayedhls part per- lease ofChoy7sfirs; book, TheJade thest. ~eiome's~ e a d i n ~ ~ e r i e s , s ~ o n fectly. The lighting often ended an Peony. he received a phone call. "I sored bvThe Canada Council for the illusion with a soft light illuminating know your mother," s a d the voice. Arts and SJU. You can hear awardCopperfield's famous eyes. Part co- Choy wastakenaback,ash~smother winning writer Shyam Salvedurai median, part illusionist, Copperfield had passed away. In his mid-fift~es, readonNovember 15at4 p.m. in the captivated his almost sold-out audi- Choy discovered that he was SJU Common Room. ence for about an hour. In the end adopted. Writers in the winter term inThroughout the readmg, Choy clude Don McKay, Andrew Pyper though,itwasclearthathistardiness had been forgotten and, asone audi- spoke about signs and luck; he said and Catherine Bush. ence member put it, "better late than that although you cannot always see Formore information, ortosugnever." them, the signsare there. Choy con- gest writers for future terms, please Coppetfield will beat Hamilton fided that he can now "connect the contact Gary Draper a t Place in Hamilton on November3. dots" in h~sownhfe, although he did &drap&watarts.uwater~oo.~.

included full audienceparticipation. Thirteenluckymembersoftheaudience were picked to come onto the stage where Copperfield would make them disappear. Of course, the illusion worked, to the amazement of audience members. The oddendmg was that Copperfield did not bring the aud~encemembers back. Clairmnghe didn't knowthat part of the tr~ckyet, he assured famlly and fr~endsthat hisstaff would come out to the audience and pretend to be the m~ssingmembers. , When Copperfield walked off the stage for the final time, he left au-

the chance to go to Hawaii. T o perform the illusion, Copperfield had randomly selected audience members brought to the stagewhere he tooka polaroid photo of them and hadone of thegirlsmite on the bottom. He also inked the initials "SA" onto his arm. Then, if thatwasn't enough, he andthedaughter were extended out over the audience on along, metal frame where they disappeared. Everything in Hawaii was broadcast lrve over a big screen ~nthe theatre.

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ould you pose for a nude photograph in the middle of a public street? That question is exactly what artist Spencer Tun~ckasked Americans as he travelled all 50 states taking nude portraits in public. Surprisinglymany people said yes. In Naked States, documentary filmmaker Arlene Donnelly follows Tunick in his cross-America quest, freeing people from the shame of nakedness. The film begins with Tunick organizinga shoot in which 150people lay naked in Times Square, New York City. Tunickisarrested, but that doesn't sto'p hjm. He shrugsit off as an evcry day occurrence and indeed we learn thisis the fifth time he has been arrested. Tunick hits the road photographing everyone from a pregnant

woman in Boston to thousands of nat~on-wideadventure in art. fans of the band PHISH at a concert We follow Tunick through the in Maine. Everyone has different ups anddowns of the trek, and there reasons for poslng. One woman, are many surprises along the way. Tansha, was raped six months prior PiacesTun~ckdoesn't expect to find to the shoot and sees posing as a sort of therapy. Another woman Fargo, in North Dakota poses because she sees ~tas a freeing exercise that allows her to escape from the cohs e ~ a t i v etraditions of her town. Despite the possible sensationalism of her subiect. , , D 0 n n e 11 Y SpencerTunickgettingarrested.. .again. manages to present the numty in a natural and completely any models, such as Fargo, turn up nonsexual way. many people who are more than NakedStatesisnotshocking - w i l h g to shed their clothes. Conit is simply the fascinating story of a versely, supposddly easy shoots, like

a session ara nud~stresort, turn out to bemore stressthan they are worth. A major surprise of the film is justhowposit~veeveryone~stowards Tun~ck'sproject. It is only m New York City that he is arrested. In more conservative states,Tunick only receives weird stares and curiosity. The photographs themselves are fascinating - the naturalnessof the naked bodies contrast sharply with their industrial and urban backdrops. In the group shots, the bodies blend togetherandalmost become one unit. They show how similar humans are by demonstrating that people basically 1ookthesamenaked.Asone of the models comments, "people think they are revealing themselves

when they take their clothesoff.They aren't. They reveal themselves when they put their clothes on." Tun~ckseems to love showing people stripped of all their pretenses and masks. At the Burning Man Festival, an orgy of free thinkers and unconventionality, he has no problem getting volunteers to pose, but worries that he won't be able to get them to leave their assumed personalitiesbehind. Naked States was a compelling documentary, but it did leave some ~h unansweredquestions.~ l t h o u the camera followsTunick as he talks on the phone, poses the models and attempts to roundup volunteers, we never get to know him. Despite his love of removing masks, Tunick always seems to be presentinga maskto the film-maker. I feel he is incredibly uncomfortable when he himself 1snaked at the nudist resort. Iwould have liked to getto know Tunick a bit better to understand the mind that creates such innovative and beautiful images. ~ a k e ~tatesisa d part o f ~ ~ n t a r i o ' s Human Edge series, which features doarmenimrimriesfroma~ndthe~M.

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his past weekend, I was in Waterdown visitingmy aunt and little cousins. I am very close to my thirteen-year-oldtwincousinsand feelastrong desire to knowwhat isgoingon in their lives. Being that music is so important to me, I wasextremely curiousas to what musicmy cousins are listening to these days. When they were little, my cousinslistened to their mother's Queen andMeatloaf albums, air-bandingtothemusic.Afewyearslater,they became interested in Barenaked Ladies and Offspring.But it has been a year or so since we have discussed their musical tastes, so I waited until the boys had left the house, took Alex's discman, which was sitting on the livingroom floor, and gave a listen t o the CD that was inside. What 1 heard shocked and disturbed me so much that I actually felt fear for my cousins and other children who are currently being influenced by the trash that I heard. Now Iamaliberal, freethlnhngperson who is open to many musical stylesand art forms, butwhat I heard was neither musicnor art. Iwish I knew who the artist was that sang the one truly offensivesong, but Ido not-and no, it wasnot Eminem. This song far surpasses anything 1 have ever considered offensive, ~ i t h l ~ r i c s l i k"I'm e, gonna treat you like a slud I'm gonna rip out your entrails and shove them up your butt. . . I'm gonna carve my initials on your liver. . .." And it goes on. The entire song was about dismemberment andmutilation. It wasgraphically perverse in its representation of beyond extreme violence and hatred.

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time of 110minutes, the film just doesn't have enough time to pull all this off. Kusamaachievessome of her aimsand fails Cambridge Centre Cinemas An Internet search for the writer of these on others. The filmdealswell with Diana's fight lyrics or the lyrics themselves was futile, but against the sexism in the gym, including fellow R A C H E L E. BEATTIE anyone who has information for me can feel boxers who refuse to fight properly against Imprint staff free to e-mail arts@imprint.uwaterloo.ca. her, but the love sub-plot is awkward and seems For the most part, I am completely disr o m Rocky t o Hurrisane, Holly- tacked on. In Diana, Kusamagives us a fascinatturbed because music has always been such a wood loves to make movies about boxers. ing portrait of someone who is quite literally positive and powerful force in my life, and it saddens me to see the perpetuation of violence They've got action, suspense and they can fighting t o make her life better. Considering and hatredinmusic, especiallyinmusic that will alwaysthrowin the Girlfight is many be heard by thirteen-year-old ears. Is this the " a c h ~ e v ~ nyour g of the cast's first d r e m s " b ~ for t sen type of music we want shaping our children? film, the acting My mom did not always approve of my t ~ m r n t a l effect was quite good. music, but even the most offensive music I However, most Newcomer listened to was nothing compared to the vile, boxers In movies M i c h e l l e frightening stuff I heard on my little cousin's are mtn. k~rst-r~mc Rodriguez gave a wr~ter,dlrector discman. I<sryn Kusdniaams convincing perWhat issociety coming to when thisis what passes for entertainment? t o 3dd some formance as the \ A violent song that graphi- cstrogen to t h ~ f.1t r o u b l e d teen. n r In her From the first c a l depicts ~ ~ the muti~ation m ~ l ~ genre u c f~lm moment we see of a human being isnot art, a n b ~ t ~ o new Michelle Rodriguezasatough boxer in Girlfight. Diana stride Girlfight. as farasI'mconcerned,and Diana Guzdown the halls at it has negative psychologiman (Michelle Rodriguez), aviolent and trou- school we can see a mixture of pain, stubborncal affects on our youth. Some people may deny bledyouth wholivesinapoor neighbourhood ness and pride in her eyes. Rodriguez is defiin Brooklyn, seems to have n o direction until nitely going places. She manages to be both that music shapes people's ideologies, but it does, just one day, when picking her brother up from tough and vulnerable throughout the film. It is sorefreshingtoseeafilm heroine who like anything else in our en- boxingpractice, she developsa fascination with vironment. Young kids are the sport. Boxing seems the perfect outlet for does not have perfect hair and make-up. especially susceptible to the Diana to exorcise the many demons in her life. Rodriguez is beautiful because she is so deterinfluences in their surroundings - they are Like similar stories, Diana must overcome the minedandstrong. We need more of thisin film obstacles of poverty, sexism in the gym , a heroines. virtual sponges soaking up everything. With Eminem preaching misogyny and disapproving father andgetting hit in the face. The supporting cast is also good. Jaime Between rounds Diana falls for a fellow Tirelli is alternatively tough and fatherly as homophobia, Limp Bizcut advocatingviolence, and the unknown "artist" behind "I'm gonna boxer, Adrian (Santiago Douglas), who has Diana'sat first skepticaland later fully supportrip out your entrails and shove them up your trouble seeing her as both an opponent and a ive coach. butt," I amseriously afraidfor how young kids lover. Girlfight is obviously a first film -it feaIn Girlfight,writeddirector Karyn Kusama tures grainy film quality andnew actors. Howlistening to this music will be affected by it. ever the production values are surprisingly My opinion on this matter is not meant to tries to tackle too many issues: Diana'sstruggle stifle art. Rather, it is meanttocallinto question asa woman in an almost exclusively male sport, high. The soundtrackis wondirfully integrated what is considered art. 1 am making a plea to trying to find love without beinga "girly girl," with the movie and the boxing sequences are growing up poor in America, coming to grips shot in interestingways. Girlfight, like its main people to ensure that their children/siblings/ cousins, etcetera are not going to suffer from with her mother'ssuicide andthe violent father character, is far from perfect, but it is definitely that drove her mother to it. With a running worth a look. the negative "music" permeating society.

directed by Karyn Kusama

This song far surpassed anything I have ever considered offensive.

Dismemberment has never sounded so good Texas Chainsaw Rock 'n' Roll Massacre Texas BBQ Restaurant, Waterloo October 28,2000 COLINVINCENT

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hen it comes t o tattooed forearms, mullets, white Levis with ripped knees and hand-drawn h -i d uaper anarchy symbols, I'm afraid Watedoogot the short end of the stick. K-town hasus licked in thisdepartment (lickedwith tonguesof Gene Simmons proportions), and that's a shame, because I for one like to rock. I like to manoeuvre my lip lntc a lurid sneer and practice David Lee Roth kicks while lip-synching to "FeelLike Makin' Love," by Bad Company. But it's bloody hard t o rock and roll

seriously when everybody around you is weari n g ~ o i m ~y i l f i ~rugb;shirtsand er discussing their latest co-op interviewswith Microsoft. So if you really want to rockout in Waterloo, you must travel south of University Avenue. There, nestled in the corridors of an otherwise ordinary uptown strip mall (Waterloo Town Square), lies the Texas BBQ restaurant in allitsglorious kitsch,which hoaedThe Texas Chainsaw Rock 'n' Roll Massacre last Saturday night, starring Rhume and Andrew Vincent., Andrew opened the show, working the crowd into a rich creamy froth with material from hisnew CD, After SchoolSpecial (ASS for short), which features his fragile tenor reworking the Degrassi Junior High theme song, vivisecting Beverly Hills 902 10, introducing us to his room-mate's affable pitbull, Jake, and exploring a wide range of other loosely high school-based themes. This is some of Andrew

Vincent's tastiest, most endearing material to date. Next up was Rhume, a five piece band from Ottawawho rocked the house with some serious gusto. With more hooks than a meat locker, these boys ripped through Guided By Voices-influenced gems and sweated profusely for the audience's enjoyment. A seasoned performer, front man Jon Bartlett is renowned for his unuredictable onstage antics, and the rest of the band (composed of membersof Toronto rockers Detective Calita with Andrew Vincent on rhythmguitar) are no slouches either. These guys played one of the most entertaininglive shows I've seen, and the Texas BBQ :affectionate!y tagged "the Chainsaw"; is the perfect venue to spur them on. The anticswere priceless, and for five bucks, this show was definitely a steal.

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gala screening, Man Dancing Productions faces the challenge of bringing the movie to a wider audience. The film has been entered into the indie-friendly Sundance Film Festival in Utah which Del dl admitsis along shot considering the amount of submissions the festival receives. but he says, "we've got the right type of film. I think it's good enough so that it could get in." As well, the Toronto International Film Festival has expressed interest in the film. The film will open on November 9 at the Princess Theatre. Although the screening is primarily invitation only, there will be a small number of tickets for interested movie buffs. In Camera will play on the 1 0 and 11 at the Princess for the general public. O n November 11, the Princess will also feature two short films shot in K-W over the past years. The films Diane and Over a Small Cup of Coffee, by directors Ron Repke and Sergio Navaretta respectively, .feature local talent and locations. There arecurrently two filmsbeingshot in the K-W area by local film-makers, and hopefully there will be many more.

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ou've heard it before, I know you have. It's that dreaded three-letter word. It makes the hair standupon the back of your neck. It's "emo," the mysteriousmusicalgenre that no one seems to understand or want to be associated with. You may not know it, but emo wasn't always acoustic guitars and keyboards, and if you're frosh, it's been around almost as long as you.

Emo, of course, is short for emotionallycharged music. As far i s anyone knows, emo began rearingits head in late 1983 after the break up of punk legends Minor Threat. The well-established Washington DC hardcore-punk sound was running out of ideas and quickly growing old. Bands were scrambling for new musical sounds trying to re-invent themselves. In 1984, bands like Husker Du and the newly formed Rites of Spring began writing music with driving guitars that at the same time maintainedaslower, rock-like tempo. By combining this music with the emotionally charged, intensely personal lyrics, emo was born. It wasn't long until other bands such as Ignition, Rain, and Shudder

to Thmk lost their hardcore punkbased sound that made the DC scene famous and began playing this new wave, somewhat melodic music. These bands went on to reshape the "DC sound" into what it is today. They also moved on to collectively form the sound that was first given the label "erno." Emo, of course, isshort for emotionally chargedmusic. This leads off into a whole other debate, which I won't get into, bringingup the popular question, "So what?Music wasn't emotional before these bands came along?" I'm one to agree with the critics in that maybe "emo" isn't the best termto beusing. Most emo bands fall under the generic indie category anyway, so why can't we just leave them there? Emo has since undergone quite a few mutations. Variations of the originalemo sound include emocore, hardcore emo, post-emo, post-emo indie rock, etcetera. Emo asa whole is actually a term created by the fan rather than the artist. Many musicians would rather die a slow and painful death before being associated with the dreaded three-letter word. I'm sure if you asked an erno artist what kind of music they play, the bulk of them would tell you anything but emo. Some would say rock, others punkrock, and still others hardcore or mdie, but rarely emo. The driving force behind this reaction is more than likely today's perception of emo as being a bunch of depressed kids wearing black glasses and sweaters that don't fit. Thisharshgeneralizationmay or may not be true, but it's enough to scare many bands away.

Bands now consideredto be part of this very broad genre range from Policy of Three to Grade, from The Get up Kids to Weezer and from Mineral to Saves the Day. I can't thinkof another musicalgenrewhere a band aspowerfulas Union of Uranus can be comparedto an artistlikeJulie Dorian. Myself, I'm more for the poppunk emocore type scene. Some of my favourite emo bandsincludeThe Getup Kids, SavestheDay, Lifetime, Grade, No Motiv and Jimmy Eat

Musicians would rather die a slow and painful death than be associated with emo.

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often have the effect of los~ngallsense of time or, conversely, make her too aware of time. This is why Alexls sets a timer to go off whde she's on stage. Alexis said that the nature of her performance comes from a naturalurge to be the centre

he only way this night could have been more intimate would have have been if Kinnie Starr and opening act Alexis O'Hara had performed at the foot of my bed with me in my pyjamas sipping a beverage. Like any fan, I went t o the show to see Kinnie Starr perform, with little interest in who, if anybody, would be opening for her. About two seconds into Alexis O'Hara's performance, it wasclear that this was no ordinary act asked to perform simply t o make the crowd more eager t o hear the main attraction. Just exactly what Alexis did on stage is difficulttodescribe, butwaseasy toenjoy. Itwas somethinglikeakckMercer (ThisHourHas22 Minutes) rant -a hilarious drunken rambling that more or less made sense ("When you must make adecision between the lesser of two evils, sometimes the best decision is to not make a decision at all"). There was little of the slllurrrring usually associated with too much of the drink and a seemingly - . random assortment of sounds coming from anon-stage sampler that Alexisused. Alexis, aresident of Montreal, said that most of her performance is improvisation, with some portions that she's used before in other performances. What the crowd is like and her mood largely determine which samples and props she will use. For Alexis, performingcan

performance art, and it was clear that the crowd was quite receptive to her. In the spirit ofAlexis' spoken word, Kinnie Starr started her performance off with poetry which she performed without using her mic. The great (but sometimes shitty) thing about the Jane Bond CafCis that it isso small that the performer has no choice but to be literally two feet away from the crowd with n o elevated platform tomake it absolutely clear where the performance space is and where the public space is. However, this is an integral part of a Kinnie Starr showshe likes to take her mlc lnto the crowd, lookpeople squarely ~n the eye and converse with them through song, poetry and just plam chattlng. The poem Klnnle began wlth flowed lnto a rowdy vers~on of "Pratse" from her albumTzdy. After that, most of the material was from her latest album, Tune Up. If peoplecame expectmg to hear the exact same verslons of songs from Tune Up, they would have been d~sappomted. kjnnle has too much love for makrng . muslc rather than s~mplyperforming ~ tNot only that, she values maklng musrc w ~ t hthe par;icipation of a crowd rather than simply performing for a crowd. ~ a rinlthe ~ set, ~ i n n i e ~ a thecrowd ve the

choice of getting up and dancing so the band could perform more lively numbers, or staying seated, which would force the band t o perform music in accordance to that mood. The crowdchose todance. At one point during the show, Kinnie did a quick survey of the crowd in an attempt to find out just how important horseback riding was tous before performing a spoken word about the subject. Iwasimpressed by the factthat insteadof the usual appeal to buy merchandise, Kinnie made a heartfelt appeal to the audience that if they did not buy something, paperwork could not be done and Rob (percussion and beats) would be sent back to h ~ s"natlveX Russ~ashortly. T h e evenlng ended wlth an open ~ I forwh~chtheband L sw~tchedmstruments, leavmg the mlc open k n n ~ epleaded wlth the aud~enceto not be "fuckmgshy," andget up there and do somethmg. Afew people oblged and freestyled on the mlc. At the end of the song, many people In the crowd launched Into a rap that took Klnnleby surprise. After the show was over I was thlnk~ng about some of my fr~endswho went to see K ~ n n o~~e e n f oAlanlsMorrlssette r afewvears ago. he question that screamed in my head was, "How in the hell did Kinnie verform in a stadium?" 1t just doesn't seem possible.

Kinnie has too much love for making music rather than Simplyperforming it.

Ablurv AlexisO'Harawowedthecrowd. of attention. Sheisa true dramaqueen and has been writing poetry since the age of 10. It was truly inspiring to see someone take spoken word and improv to a whole different level of

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CDs inspire mixed reviews shghtly difficult tlme defining t h ~ s style of mus~c,but medievalsongand muslc isdr~venpr~marilyby the mtricacy of vocal Instruments. Th~smeans that there IS a lot of smgmg and not always a lot of muslc. Do not be dissuadedbyth~sfact.Atfirst Iturned away from the prospect. One tends to change one's m ~ n when d one hears songs l ~ k e "Besse Buntmg," "Sumrner~sle,""Nowwelcomsomer" The Name is Ned and "At aSpnnge-wel." These are all Anthology ent~relyvo~ce-drivensongs. The use Independent of five seperate parts of harmony and a delightful round creates an GREG MOREY absolutelybeautiful effect. special to lmpnnt "Summer~sle*IS one of the Handsome Ned was the self-ap- oddest and most thought-provoking pomted moniker of Robm Dav~d tracks on the disc. It's basicallylookt Masyk, a talented rockabilly smger- ingatthe chain of life and h o w ~ends up cyclmng. songwriter whose hfe ended tragiAs for the use of instruments, cally In 1987. Thistwo-d~sccomp~lation wascreated asa tr~buteby Hand- fear not-mstruments rangmg from some Ned's brother and sometme tlmpanls to xylophones, flutes to lyres, modern percussion and saxobandmate, J m Masyk. Rockab~llyis not currently the phones can be found mixed in, cremost popular form of music amongst ating the perfect effect to complithe universitycrowd. However, those ment the Brebes and their singing. The presence of a synthesizer who have never heard jockab~lly should spank this CD off the ole still cannot break the mood of the eardrums. For rockabilly fans, th~sis medieval lifestylein the second track astrong, well-written and extremely on the dm, "Isabella."Naturally, the Bzbes have a Web site (http:1/ entertainmgalbum. Handsome Ned has a fantastic www.mediaevalbaebes.com),and all voice that is evocative, rough-edged of theirlyr~csareavailablethere. This and emotional. It compliments the is handy because there are none prosongs well by being at turns heartfelt vided with the d x , and unless you and tongue-in-cheek. Rockabilly are fluent In both Old English and lends ttself well to two extremes: the Latin, you'll need them. depressmgballad ("Crym' Heartache Miseryn actually made my heart region throb painfully) and the rockand-rollin' pop song. HandsomeNed manages to pull both off with equal ease, partly due to the fact that h ~ s backing bands conslst of sohd musicians with talent.,enerw. -..and a real love-of the music they're making. The liner notes are exceotional. providing a complete b~ographyof Handsome Ned and giving insight Lemy Kravitz into the remarkable character who Greatest Hits dominated the Toronto rockabilly scene froin 1979 until his drug-reVirgin lated deathin 1987. Thev hint atthe eccentricit~esof a man who insisted JAN GlJeNTHeR that people call h ~ m Handsome Ned. BRAUN Imprint staff The liners paint a portrait of a person with enough creative energy to almost single-handedly construct Imust start by sayingthat desp~tethe creative juices that seem to flow from the rockabilly musicsceneinToronto. Perhaps the saddest thing about Ned's Lenny, I was disappointed that he passing is the subsequent passing of couldn't come up with a better t d e than GreatestHits. the music scene he helped create. Although theCD promised "16 digitally rmastered hits," all the songspretty muchsounded the same as when I last heard them o d the radio. Apparentlythe only re-invention that Lenny has produced is cutting those long dreads off. I have to say, however, that eavitz does a trdy inspired version of "American Wohan" which reflectsthe range of Kravitz's impressivevolce. Medizval Bzbes Having said that, I must admit Undrentide that I've always toyed w ~ t hthe idea BMG Classics of buying one of Lenny Kravitz's CDs, but thought I'd only like the one RICK FAZEKAS or two songs played on the radio, so special to Imprint Ifigured, "why buy the whole CD?" This album is the perfect remedy to From the outside, this CD appears that; it has all those singles that I rather impressive: colourful,vibrant, always longed to have on one CD and littered with women. I had a (with the unfortunate exclusion of

"Stop Draggm' Aroundn). "Stand By My Woman" and "Let Love Rule" each suffer from bad saxophone solos In the middle. Kravitz is joined by Slash (of Guns and Roses ) for a truly wanker gu~tar solo on "Always OnThe Run." Two other dudsonthe albumare "Heaven Help" and "Black Velveteen." ' I was also d~sappointedwith Kravtiz'snew smgle, "Again," wh~ch IS much more mundane than I've come to expect from Lenny. The song has lyr~csthat sound hke they came stra~ghtfrom !he Backstreet Boys: "All ofmy life/Wherehave you been/ I wonder if I'll ever see you again/And if that day comes/I know we could wm/I wonder ~f I'llever see you aga~n." Kudos to Lenny, though, for producmg the album himself and play~ngall of the instruments. T h ~ s album reflects the freshness that Lenny has brought to pop, but lacks any growth.

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Tal~b Kwel~deservesrespect.It would have been easy for him to create another CD in the tradition of the BlackStarproject hemadew~thMos Def. Butwith the ~nfluenceof DJHiTek, the Train of Thought project is s o m e t h ~ d~fferent. n~ The album has the theme of a mus~calvoyage in which Kweli intends to take the listener on a journey. Apparently Kweli was not fulfilled by h ~ reputation s asnothingbut a consciousrapper, so he tried some other product~ontechniques to ex- 1 pand his boundaries. A few tracks feel like club bangers, l ~ k e"Down for the Count" and 1 thesingle "MoveSomething." Other tracksaren't what would be expected from Reflecfion Eternal, like "The Blast" and the instrumental inter- ' 1 lude "Love Speakeasy." , What defines Kwel~IS his con1 sciouslyrics. "For Womed'isan ode 1 to the p_eopleof hip-hop,and "Good 1 Mournmg" speaksabout the importance of humanq and the dangers of materialism. W ~ t the h genius of the previous 1 singles, expectationswere very high 1 for t h ~ sCD. There are a few tracks 1 that prevent the album from legendary status, and production on a few tracksseem occasionallytoo simple. Guest rappers include De La Soul, Kool G. Rap, Rah Digga and of I course Mos Def. But the cameo by I Nelson Mandela is the cine" on the I cake, if it really is him. "Train of I Thought" deserves credit as a creative album and a courageous debut. 4IPC

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ou have to take into account the goal of a soundtrack. You have to ask, "Do they want to release a mus~calrepresentation of the film, or would they rather have a marketable album that can stand on tts own?" One can only hope that John Waters and crew wanted to release a musical representation of

the film, because as an album, this is seriously lacking. I went into this with h ~ g hhopes because I saw that the opemngtheme was performed by Moby. And Indeed, Moby's track was pretty good, it had a nlce funky rhythm and some interesting samples from old films. I also enjoyed the next track, an oldschool style rap track called "Bankable Bitch," by DJ Class and Teflon the Bull. It didn't make me want to get up and dance, but ~tmade my head bob, whlch is almost as good. DJ ClassandTeflon has another track on the album, "No Budget,"

which made me laugh out loud, and not because itwasmeant to be funnv.

s Most of the musicon t h ~soundtrack seemsto be written for the film (the two tracksby Zoe Poledourmre blts of the score), wh~chis a shame. The album, as a whole, wmds up

beingemctlyl~keaJohn Waters film: long stretches of pointless garbage punctuated by occas~onalbursts of mspirat~on. The pvo tracks by the Locust sound like a five-year-oldgirl stranghng acatwith the strings of a gultar that somebody happens to be trylng to play. There are a couple of other heavy tracks on the soundtrack, one by Meajack and one by SubstAnceD. Ne~thertrack had any subtlety, and I had trouble finding a coherent melody or rhythm in e~thersong, which I see as a weakness. That ~sn'ttosay thattherearen't

any bright spots In the whole thmg. Poledouris' score wasn't too bad, and the inclusion of Liberace's "Ciao!" 1s sheer genius. A special surprlse 1s "Demented Forever," a sticky-sweet love song by Karen McMillan. It seemedal~ttle out of place at first, but it went a long way toward elimmating the headache that the Locust gave me. The final moments of the album are f~tting.After Liberace says "Ciao!," Jerome D~llonhits us with "Chow," which seems like a fastpaced parody of the Liberace track. It is a mediocre endto a pitiful album.

Once again, this year's Village Orientation was an outstanding success! An amazing week was delivered to the incoming frosh, highlighted by some truly outrageous events such as the Opening Ceremonies featuring Mike Mandell, the Carnival Day, Monte Carlo Night, and of course TOGA!!!!!! This action-packed week could not have been accomplished without the some 125 Village Orientation 2000 Frosh Leaders, the 20 Ouad Leaders and the frosh themselves. The Executive Committee, David Greenshields, Julie Johnston, Jeff Saul, and Sarah Davies, dedicated a full year to making sure Village, and the university wide frosh week, went as smooth as possible. As always,without the support ofthe Universityof Waterloo's administration, frosh week would not have happened at all. Frosh week '00 was bigger and better than ever before. With over $60,000 in donated prizes and gifts, there will be many memories left from the week that our generous sponsors helped make possible. Sponsorshipis a vital component of such a large-scale and highly publicized event. Much of the frosh week would not have been possible, let alone memorable, without the assistance of the K-W business community. The goal of the sponsorship committee next year, as with every year, is to be even bigger and better.

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This week is an incredible opportunity for frosh, and for leaders. Not only do we meet extraordinary life-long friends and have lots of fun, frosh leaders have the oppgmuiity to pass on the lessons of their own learned experiences. To this end, we encourage everyone who is interested in joining the Village Orientation Committee (VOC) to think of how much fun frosh week was for you, and askvourselfhow much more

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Are you able to volunteer a few hours weekly during the school day? The Friends service at CMHA matches volunteers with children who need additional support in their school setting. Please call 744-7645. ext. 317 or www.cmhawrb.on.ca. Join BUDS a UW student, staff and faculty group that provides free tutoring and encouragement to high school students. Forrnore infocontact Candace at 747-8113 or email cmhillier@sprint.ca. Reachina youth: assist newcomer youth with ihe YMCA Cross-Cultural and Community Services. Cultural sensitivity and initiatwe are required for social and recreational events for youth, aged 13-19. Call 579-9622. Your time is valuable - a t the Distress Centre you can volunteer providingconfidential supportive listening to individuals in distress. We provide complete training. Call today. 744-7645. ext. 317 or www.cmhawrb on.ca. Big Sisters needs you! September2000 to December 2000. University students to tutor our new Canadian children at community based study halls. Students range from grade 3 to 12 needing support in English, French, high school SciMONDAYS encesand Maths. Own transportation is English Language Lab a lablclass is preferred. Trainmg and screening is reheld from 2:30-3:20 p.m. in Modern Lanq ~ v e dCall . Big ~ k e r at s 743-5206 guages 113, September - June. The Leisure S u.~.o o rServices t (741-2226) class has an emphasis on pronunciais needing volunteers to help with peotion and listening exercises. Students, ple that have disabilities. "Make a faculty, staff, and spouses are welcome Splash!" - one hour per week to help to attend. For more information contact the lnternational Student Office, ext. ch~ldrenin swimming lessons. "Walk 8 2814. Talk!" - walk or run the track with a young adult with a disability. "Swim Outers Club Meetings held in Modern Buddies" -once a week, flexible hours Languages, room 104 at 6:3O p.m. New toswim w~th a new buddy "Havea Ball!" memberswelcome to join. Meet people, - Boccia IS a game similar to indoor plan trips and get outs~de!Visit http:ll bowling that is gaining popularity. One watservl .uwaterloo.cal-outerslfor more evening per week, Oct. - Apr~l. information. The City of Waterloo Volunteer ServTUESDAYS ices (888-6488) is currently recruiting Are you interested in playing women's forthefollowing volunteer positions:Volvarsity hockey at UW? Every Tuesday unteer Drivers are currently needed to and Friday come out to Columbia assist the increasing number of older Icefields from 4-5 p.m. with equipment. adults. Flexible hours, mileage reimFor information email Jennifer at bursed and your own reliable vehicle is can~nemesis@hotmail.com. required. Program Assistants is needed Wellness Centre holds weeklv meetto assist with Senior Outing Day proings at 5:30p.m, atthe Wellness Centre, grams, three hours per week. Student Life Centre, Student Service Big Brother's needs male volunteers Resource area. For info call ext. 5951. for our Big Bunch Recreation Program. FRIDAY Get involved, put a smile on a young English Conversation Classmeetsafbovs face. For more information call ternoons from 2-4 p.m. in Needles Hall ~'bbte or M ~ k e579-5150 2080, September- June. Students, facLearn about a d~fferentculture while ulty, staff and spouses are invited to you show a new immigrant how to be a attend. Formore informationcontactthe part of your community. For more inforlnternational Student Office. ext. 2814. mation, call K-W Y.M.C.A. Host Program at 579-9622. Volunteers needed to read with children with a wide range of reading skills, on a one-to one or small group basis. Some familiarity with Mac or IBM would be an asset. Call Jane Horne at Prueter Publlc School 578-0910 Women's varsity hockey team at UW Volunteers needed to asslst v~sually- gets together every Tuesday and Friday impaired athletewith fitness training and from 4-5 p.m. at the Columbia Icefields. other activities. 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LIBRARY EVENTS Wednesday, November 8 Getting Journal Articles & Books Not at UW: 1.30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Meet at the Dana Porter Library lnformation Desk. Learn how to use: TUGdoclholdslrecalls, InterlibraryLoanlDocumentDelivery Wednesday, November 15 Keeping Up with Your Research: 9:30 a.m., LT3 - Dana Porter Library. Offered to faculty and graduate students only. Register ~nadvanceat: ist.uwaterloo.cal cslcourses.html.This hands-onsession will show you how to get the most from databases like Current Contents, ClSTl Source, and electronic journals.

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