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Scott: student space under siege RVAN CHEN-WING special to Imprint

he proposal to charge students $20 per term for 25 years to fund the expansion of the SLC and athletic facilities is a single page. It was first published for students to read as a full-page ad on page three of the fall 2001 Campus Rec guidebook. The ad, while giving an overview of the proposal, didn't have enough space to give details and wasn't able to fully explain the projects. The proposal has five parts: SLC expansion, construction of a fitness centre, construction of agym, a lighted artificial turf field, and a women's ice hockey dressing room. Feds president Yaacov Iland later confirmed that the only other document dealing with the proposal was one that he had written, which provided largely the same information. Iland said that he wrote it based on committee meetings and a previous proposal written by last year's Feds president, Chris Farley. The committee that approved this proposal was one made up of six people: Iland, Brenda Slomka (student), Mike Kerrigan (student), Catharine Scott (associate provost human resources and student services),Judy McCrae (director of athletics and recreational services) and Ann Simpson (SLC manager). Imprint and uwstudent.orgmet with the whole committee for a group interview and met with the student committee members to discuss the proposal and the consultation process. This proposal for funding is part of UW's fourth major fundraising campaign, where the university hopes to raise $260 million. The total cost of the proposal in its current form is more than $7 million. A similar proposal was considered in 1992, when students voted to institute the student coordinated plan for which students currently pay $28.44. The student coordinated plan paid to start the Student Life Endowment Fund, to build the north campus recreation complex, and the expansion of the Campus Centre which was later renamed the Student Life Centre, at a total projected cost of $10.25 million. The fee will continue, indexed to inflation, until the earlier part of 2019, or when the mortgages on the buildings are paid off. The proposal refers to "surveys of student needs" having been taken in preparation of the "Waterloo Campaign." Simpson talked about how they judged the usage of the SLC: "We looked at our room bookings, the hours they were being booked and the number of people that were having to be turned away. For every room booking that we'd do, we'd probably turn away four or five

other requests." "We're really under siege in this building," added Scott. Simpson said that the first part of the proposal, an additional floor added on to the SLC, would produce 4,000 square feet of usable space, or 360 square metres. Scott pointed out another possibility: "Another idea was to take the great hall and push it that way into the Bomber and the Bomber would expand out by whatever space we took up for lounge space." McCrae spoke to judgingneeds of athletics. "In the fall term in the PAC there are about 14,800 users on a weekly basis. In the north campus there are about 12,000. So there are 26,800 user services that we know of." Athletics arrives at these numbers by tracking the number of people participating in scheduled programs and the number of people using services in the PAC which are tracked, like swiping your Watcard for a towel. "Our best estimate is that there are 6,000 casual users," McCrae said referring to people who aren't normally able to be tracked but are counted periodically by recreation staff. McCraealso mentionedastudv of users and non-users done by a masters student in recreation. The proposal, when dealing with the artificial turf field says, "The construction of the technology park cuts through an athletics field, requiring a new field to be built." The field to which the proposal refers is currently the varsity football practice field. The committee clarified that the technology park would be paying for the construction of a grass field to replace the one it takes over and may be separate from the turf field if the turf field is constructed. McCrae said that the field's use would be "predominantly flag football and soccer." McCrae does point out that women's field hockey and men's varsity football may use the field. Slomka and Kerrigan, who are in charge of publicizing the proposal and soliciting feedback, are encouraging students to educate themselves andvoice their concerns. Over the next two weeks, they, along with Iland, will be trying to inform students and collect feedback. They have developed a short survey that asks students to rate what they think of each part of the proposal and how important they think it is to campus. The survey also asks if students could support the full proposal or a modified proposal and give space for people to suggest changes and give reasons why, if they couldn't support any proposal. At its October 14 meeting, Feds Student Council will decide if and how this would go to referendum. "Council is the final representative body for students, so whatever

they decide about what goes to referendum or doesn't is the final decisian," said Iland. The proposal says that "you can only vote on [the proposal] in its entiretv." When asked about the possibility of having students vote

oncomponentsoftheproposalseparately, Iland replied, "My personal feeling is that's a counter productive thing to do as far as meeting student needs." When asked about how campaigning could disqualify the refer-

endum under the Feds' procedures Kerrigan said, "We are very cautious. We want to make sure we're not pushing the vote because that's not what our purpose is right now. We're just trying to get - the information out there." -

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Committee opposes split vote RYAN MATTHEW MERNLEY Imprint staff

s part of UW's fundraising drive, students are being asked to contribute feedback on a proposal that will include renovations to the SLC and the Columbia Icefields, plus an additional $20 per term on their fee statements. The proposal was first unveiled to students on page three of the fall 2001 Campus Rec guidebook. The ad explains the proposed improvements to campus. It also says "once the proposal is finalized you can only vote on it in its entirety." In fact, the proposal will come before student council on October 14, where council will have the final say on how the question will be put to students. Feds President Yaacov Iland admitted that the phrasing was inaccurate, but said that the intention was to tell students howitwas likely to turn out. A committee has been assembled to collect student feedback in order to ensure that the proposal reflects the wishes of students. The group includes three members of UW administration, and three students, including Iland, studentsenator Brenda Slomka and volunteer and turnkey Mike Kerrigan. Over the next two weeks, Iland, Slomka and Kerrigan will be out

working to collect student opinion on the proposals. Slomka admits that the timeline is short, but said that it was set when she ioined the committee. If the group does not get sufficientfeedback. Slomkasaid that they would have to go ahead with the council vote. "If I felt that we as a team didn't have an accurate portrayal, I guess that's just what happens. There's things in place, and we have deadlines. What would be logical would be that there's not enough concrete data to show that we need change, or that there's something that needs to be redefined, so you take the proposal that's thereand youpresent that to student council. I can't go further than that; literally I can't.2' Slomkaexplained thatthe process couldn't have started earlier than last week, as the fall term schedule didn't permit it. 'You have a week of orientation, and then you have a week of classes in which people are still buying books and standing in line, and no one really wants to talk about anything but 'Oh, hey what's up? Did you have a good summer?' So we needed to take at leasttwo weeks to start talking about stuff." The committee insists that a referendum is essential in this process. "It's the students' decision where their money's going," said Slomka. ' Despite their commitment to

student opinion, all three students oppose splitting the proposal into its individual components to allow students to vote on each section. "What's the purpose of separating it if we could just put it together?" said Slomka. "If you really wanted to give students the chance to say yes or no to each individual piece, you'd have to break it up into the fitness centre, the astroturf field, women's hockey dressing room, the SLC lounge space, SLC meeting place, SLC study space, SLC club space and I think at that point it's pretty unlikely that you'd get the majority of students voting any of the projects because they'd simply support the ones that are nearest to them," said Iland. Kerrigan echoed Iland's statements: "We can't have a whole bunch of different breakdowns because we're not going to get the majority. We don't want people voting on each individual element." The group admits that part of the reason that the items were packaged together was to ensure that the referendum passes. 'You could certainly say that that's a reason for keeping them together," said Iland. The final proposal will be presented to student council at an October 14 meeting. Slomka and Kerrigan will be distributing surveys to gauge student opinion. Students can also e-mail the committee at consult@feds.uwaterloo.ca.

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UW Web site revamped New site has "external focus" JOHNA. DRUMMOND Imprint staff

n Friday September 21, the University of Waterloo launched the newest edition of their Web site at www.uwaterloo.ca. Martin Van Nierop, director of information and public affairs, is pleased to offer the university community a design that has been in development since last fall. "The university decided it needed to upgrade its external image," says Van Nierop. That external image is targeted towards a young audience, Van Nierop said. "We tried to keep in mind from stats that state over 50 per cent [of people accessing the web site] are from a young prospective audience." Nonetheless, the web site is designed to cater to all those all seeking general information, be they current students or the general public. Before the launch of the web site, theuniversityof Waterloo used the services of the company Direction Solutions in creating an interim web site unnl the current in-house project could be completed. The university decided to use the expertise of Direction Solutions for that duration of time. "They

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could do it quickly and they had people [working at DirectionSolution] from UW," says Van Nierop. The university was confident that the company could put a team together quickly and provide the services that were needed for that short period of time. Alan Kirker and Matt Regehr, two employeesfromUW Graphics, were integral to the dev;lopment of this project. main page of the UW site. They, along with their team, had The to bear in mind the enormity of the the research and educationthat goes project: thereareover 350,000 Web on," responds Van Nierop. site pages that are indirectly conEven though Dana Porter is nected to this Web site. Part of their being used as the symbol of UW for mandate was to allow the university now, other rotating collages are in to be represented in the main areas. the works for the future, explains The main areas that are to be Van Nierop. represented are, among others, The appearance of the web site Quest, student services, faculty and is one of the main improvements, staff, and the departments on cam- says Van Nierop. Marty Barons, an pus. The left-hand side of the Web engineering student, agrees, but page includes information. The top notes a troubling glitch: "It looks drop-down menu has specific infor- classy, but there is a problem. The mation and detail. News and pro- subtitles under the main subject motional material is in the middle. headlines toolbar disappear when "Why is the Dana Porter Li- accessed." brary known as thesymbol for UW?" Van Nierop acknowledges that asks Jenn Northcott, a Pre-opt/Pre- he has received some feedback on health student. "The Dana Porter this glitch, but assures Imprint that Library is known as the icon huild- this glitch is presently being coring of the university that symbolizes rected by UW Graphics staff.

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n the past year, I've been told not to believe the mainstream corporate media by many people on mailing lists, newsgroups and in conversation. Why? Because the mainstream corDorate media are in favour of riches and wars, whenever I hear that a group is trying to persuade people to turn.away from the big bad corporate media, I tune in. I take interest in hearing people complain that the mainstream media have dark powers of manipulation. So, when I received batch email from an independent media group this week telling me "the mainstream corporate media is a propaganda machine," I tuned in. The e-mail continued: "We're living in an era where dissent is being pushed out, especially in the mainstream media, which does not question whether or not we should be going to war, instead it tells us that everyone wants to go to war. "What the headlines are, what stories are featured, what stories are ignored, what context is presented and what context is left out, is all subject to an ingrained system that works to benefit those in power. I can dissectsome accuracy from this last sentence. Indeed, some newspapers decide what should be

covered based on their own economic or political positions. But that's why we have the privilege of being exposed to numerous media, corporate and independent. Further in the e-mail, I read, "Before you can become active, you need to be educated. . the corporate media network works as hard as it can to keep you from becoming either." This line really stood out as alarming, as I'm sure itwas meant to be. But then I began to question the truth behind this message when I thought of newspapers, especially those published by the implied big, bad corporate print monsters. Pick up a newspaper today and you'll spot endless articles on military strategies and scenarios that government taskmasters could use in retaliation. The fact that we read about the Unitedstates preparing for war everyday in newspapers is because, indeed, the United States is preparing for war. Yes, some newspapers call for action, as in The Globe and Mail's September 24 editorial, "More Than Ever, A Time For Resolve," saying, "Though it will take years, these killers must be fought and ultimately crushed. We no longer have any choice." Other newspapers, however, take a different stance. "Justice, not vengeance, should be the watch

word," says "Find New Ways To Fight New War," a September 12 editorial in TheRecord. "Americans should respond in a way that punishes the guilty, not the innocent." Skip a few pages in the first section to read editorials, opinion pieces and letters, and you'll find, remarkably tosome, that many publishers, editors, columnists and letter-writers don't want war. It is on these pages where you find the newspapers' voices. Here, you discover democracy in action -even in the mainstream newspapers. More importantly, on these pages you will find human voices communicating with each other, trying to understand why tragedy happens. These are voices that represent all world views and political creeds. These are voices of the left, the right, the poor, the rich, the elderly and the young. I enjoy reading news from both the "mainstream" sources and the independents. I tip my hat to independent media who seek to offer positive responses to bleakevents. But to say that mainstream newspapers don't succeed in educating people and engaging activism is simply false. And just because a newspaper may not be "corporate," doesn't, by any means, inherently validate its own opinions. Validation, in all media presentation, is left to the reader.

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UW has huge impact on local economy Report on Regional Economic Benefits Study N A T A L I E CARRUTHERS Imprint staff

ast Wednesday, UW presi dent David Johnston, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) managing partner, Dennis Grimm, released the long anticipated Regional Economic Benefits Study to Waterloo Regional Council. The 65-page study reveals UW's profound economic influence on both the Waterloo Region and Ontario. The analysis included aqualitative evaluation of the university's role as an operating organization, as a knowledge generator, as a visitor attraction and as a public institution. It is estimated that UW contributed approximately $1.1 billion to the local economy and $1.6 billion provincially in 1999. Provincial impact is slightly higher than local impact as a result of economic activ-

ity occuring outside the Waterloo Region. More than23,OOO full-time jobs have been created directly and indirectly; this is attributed to UW's successful generation of spin-off companies. In 1999, StatsCan identified 454 spin-offs from 84 universities. Of those, Waterloo generated 22 per cent of all tech transfer spinoffs. Johnston believes this is a "remarkable figure." These transfers are "documented through intellectual property protection processes and contractual transfers of rights." The survey was created in an attempt to qualify the transfer of knowledge that co-op students and graduates receive from the univer~itv.After entering the work force, students and graduates then transfer their knowledge to local employers. Companies like RIM, Waterloo Maple, Open Text Corp. and Dalsa Inc., all active participants in Waterloo's co-

op program, benefit immensely from UW's intellectual capital. The study also shows that UW research funds from grants, public and private contracts, in 1999 totalled over $75.9 million. Social Sciences and Humamties Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Ontario Graduate Scholarships are a few senior government programs sup-

porting UW research. The large donations of Lyle S. Hallman and Rod Coutts are examples of private funding sources from which UW benefits. To measure the provincial and local impact, the firm used the university's sales, income, employment and tax revenues. Johnston is very pleased with the results. He feels "the university is a creation of this community," for

the study "demonstrates our value and economic enhancemcnt." In this study, 18 out of 30 companies responded, (of which 2,800 people are employed). For more information about the Regional Economic Benefits Study, please contact Martin Van Nierop at the following telepone number: 888-4881ext. 4881, or read the complete survey on the Imprint Web site.

UW's Waterloo Region lmpacts Value Added Impacts (1999 $000) Total Operating Organization $264,159 ffiowledge Generation: Alumn~ $58,577 Spm-offs Operatmg Expend~tures$618,412 Spin-offs Cap~talExpend~tures $48,209

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Warrior football player charged BRENDON MCLEOD Imprint staff

arriors football player ohn Chehade has been suspended for four games after being charged with'assault by the regional police.The assault, which happened four weeks ago, occurred at an off-campus bar. The decision to suspend Chehade was made by the Warrior's head coach, Chris Triantafilou, and Athletics Director Judy McCrae. , When asked how they came to such a decision, McCrae answered that they took as many factors as they could into consideration. "We deal with each case individually, but we have general expectations of our athletes." In this case, McCrae believes that Chehade did not live up to these expectations. "He's not guilty yet, but he's overstepped his bounds as far as

varsity athletes go." As for where the assault occurred, who else was involved, and what exactly happened, no information is currently being divulged. "I've been told [by the police] that it's not our place to share since they're in the middle of an investigation," said McCrae."If it had happened on-campus, I would be in a better posit~onto give information." Likewise, Warrior's assistant football coach, Marshall Bingeman, declined comment. He cited "protocol we have in the athletics department concerning t h ~ smatter." Chehade's court date has been set for the end of October. Until then, the investigation into his case is open. Chehade, anHonours Arts student, has thus far sat out three olthe four games as is required under his suspension. He plays linebackerand attended high school in London, Ontario.

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Imprint staff areer Fair 2001, an event sponsored by Conestoga College, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, was held last Wednesday, September 26 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The fair proved invaluable to students who aimed to create networks with potential employers, research possible career options, and ask crucial questions that only an employer can answer about a job. More than 140 companies participated this year, ranging from communication gurus like Alcatel, the privately-owned Enterprise Rent-a-Car, the Ministry of Environment, to the biggest employer in the region: the Waterloo Regional Community Health Department. Employers provided information on career opportunities, job requirements, educational requirements, skills and qualifications, salary expectations, industry growth, industry trends and corporate culI ture. The crowded auditorium boasted students with a wide variI ety of career interests. However, I not all of those interests were represented in the career fair. Shanna Mask, aLaurier student majoring in psychology and interested in a hujuice bar g o d man resources position, found that m I not all educational backgrounds I university I could find what they were looking I watlarloo I for. "Computer engineeringrecruits have the heaviest presence," she Health-Conscious IAllerqy-Aware IVegan-Friendly Menus said. "Also, your educational background is not very important. They look for whether or not you fulfill specific requirements." ELCAN Optical Technologies, Bring this coupon in and receive 15% off your order a participating firm at the fair, deI (from regular menu) Iscribed the event as being "very and increasingly more Ione coupon/person show coupon before ordering vahd until Oct. 31,2001 1 effective," L m m m m ~ m m r ~ m m m m ~ r n r r mpopular l I I in the region. It provides a

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"great forum for people to meet face to face."They were surprised at the qualifications of the students; they noted that applicants exceeded the usual entry levels. "It provides pretty effective exposure," commented FM Global, the world's largest property protechon cornpany.They are a company based in the United States, so participating in the career fair allowed them to place their name In the spotlight and obtain recogniticn. "How else can students learn about us if we don't come to them?" Tropic Networks Inc. articulated their praise of the career fair. "It's a real vacuum of technology. All the big companies have been pulling out of these career fairs, but it's extremely important to establ~sh long-term relationships with the Waterloo region because of the h~ghly-advancedtechnical talents residing at many universities." Eleven co-op students are currently employed by Tropic, and special positions are available for more.

Year after year, the career fair organizers have worked to provide more value to students. Free buses from the sponsoring institutions were available, and the possession of a student ID meant free admission. The Career Fair 2001 Employer Guidebook provided a useful and effective source of information on all the participating companies and organization. Perhaps the most successful attraction is the amount and variety of swag - more fondly known as freebies - provided by the many employers. Pens, highlighters,corn-shaped stress relievers, cups, mugs, chocolate bars, mouse pads and much more, were used to entice students and capture their attentionJudglng from the huge turnout and satisfied grins of part~cipantsandguests, swag was a great idea. For a complete list of the participants, visit Career Services or go to www.partners4employment.ca.

CECS offers help EMILY COLLINS

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n response to the recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C., Co-operative Education and Career Services offered students working in the U.S. the option of completing their work terms or returning to Waterloo without fear of academic punishment. CECS will assist students in finding alternative work opportunities in Canada if they do choose to return. However, they will not receive a work term credit if they are unable to secure a work placement for the term. In this case, CECS will give special consideration upon graduation to students

whoare short one work termcredit. Thus far, of the 176 co-op students on work termin the US, 21 of whom are located in New York, only one has opted to return to Waterloo. All of the co-op students working in NewYork were located within 24 hours of the attacks and are reported to be safe and physically unharmed. CECS has stated that they will continue to monitor the U.S. situation and offer support and assistance to the students as needed. More information can be found at the CECS web site www.cecs.uwaterloo.ca. Additionally, students can contact their coop coordinator or the co-op office to discuss further details.

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Making an informed choice ike many, my attention to student issues has not always been keen. UW has a notoriously low voter turnout for elections. The highest turnout comes from the elections involving a referendum, like the proposal for expansions and renovations on campus that's on the table right now. Referendum, you ask? Well, not yet. At least not until the Feds decide on October 14 whether or not it will go to referendum. There are several reasons we should be concerned about this proposal and how it is being approached by the Feds, as well as how and when we are being provided with information. Students are being asked for feedback, feedback that could make positive changes to the proposal to suit our needs when, and if, it goes to referendum. If only it were that easy. The proposal is to add a third floor to the SLC; construct a new fitness centre, gym and women's ice hockey dressing room at the ColumbiaIcefields and add alighted astroturf playing field on north campus. These improvements are grouped together into one proposal, so if it goes to

referendum the students have to vote o n its entirety. This means that if you vote yes, you approve all of the renovations, even if you're all for more athletic facilities but think we need more space in the SLC like we need another hole in the head. The improvements are grouped for the simple reason that the weight of the more important improvements will pull the weaker ones into being approved as well. The first problem with feedback is that the clock is ticking. The proposal committee has only two and half weeks with which to advertise the proposal to students, hand out surveys and retrieve valid points from them to make changes to the proposal before it goes before student council. This kind of time line means insufficient consultation with students, resulting in a lack of representation of the student body. The second problem is that information about the proposal is not easily accessed by students. Imprint staffers I talked to found that members of the committee were willing

to ~ r o v i d ethem with information they asked for, but why isn't the information explaining the background and necessity for the pro~ o s abeing l provided along with it? The basic ~ r o p o s alaid l out in this term's Campus Rec booklet is just that, basic. It outlines the work to be done w ~ t ha rough estimate of the cost. The information supplied to students in plenty does not provide any background information and assumes that everything we need or want to know is included. If we are making decisions that affect the future of the campus, we need to make sure that they cover enough ground and make big enough improvements to support our growing student population. We also need to make sure that they are all necessary, all at once. That way we won't have to hold referendums every few years to expand and improve o n buildings we just built and are still paying for.

don't tend to contribute much to beautification or noise reduction. In general, students are treated like tourists who stay just a little bit too long. That treatment is compounded by the virtue of our co-op relocation program, causing students to pack and go every four-months. It was this reality that caused a few angry residents to toss eggs at former Feds president Chris Farley last year as he tried to fight for student residential space in the form of a brand new apartment building. According to the study, one out of every 20 people in Waterloo Region has a job attributed to UW. I suppose those numbers include the thousands of co-op students employed as a result of our ever-expanding coop program, but it no doubt also includes the hundreds of start-ups that were created by entrepreneurial alumni like R I M and Pixstream (or Sandvine, considering it's almost the same staff in the same building). Maybe I'm too worried about students getting their due, but wouldn't it be nice if the headlines read "UW students have $1.1 billion local impact; students lead in creating spin-off companies?" Earlier this week, I hadan opportunity to attend a career fair, held at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The event was cosponsored by UW, the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College. As we arrived sometime after lunch, the event had reached a fever pitch. There were literally thousands of students, alumni and regular folk (they had to pay $10 to get in) movlng purposefully about the floor in search

of their piece of the $1.1 billion. Everyone wanted to be a part of that one in 20. I stopped to talk to Maggie, one of the recruiters at Research in Motion. She told me that RIM is in full hiring mode, despite the "economic slowdown," and that the turnout for the event was largely local. "We keep a large database o n file, and a large portion of our applications come from people in the area," she toid me. As we say in our integrated journalistic circles, there's no such thing as bad press, and RIM's park-naming fiasco has certainly increased their profile without much residual harm. So much so, that they can even cheap on the swag a little bit. Not to drift too far from the point, but after spending a few minutes wandering around the career fair, it became clear that there are two goals for guests: distribute resumes, and collect free stuff. The swag trade, as I've taken to calling it, could in fact be a more profound revenue generator than all the universities combined. Hostess was out in full force, distributing bags of potato chips, while my reporting counterpart walked away with a stress-reliever corn replica. Maggie even admitted to me that she had drifted away from her booth at RIM - in plain clothes, of course -in order to pick up some of the tempting freebies. As for RIM's collection of silver pens ability to lure in potential recruits? Well, even Maggie admitted that it's hard to compete with the consumables. "We can probably stand to leanalittle bit o n our name," she said. "People in the community are generally interested; we don't have toconvince them too

IS week, the University of Waterloo released a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that revealed a little bit of what we already know -the university has a large impact on the community. N o one is particularly shocked to know that UW has an impact on the local economy, but it might have been surprising to know that we're able to claim responsibility for over $1.1 billion in local revenue generated annually. Tossin the impact on theentire province, and that number climbs to about $1.6 billion. What I'm considerably more interested in is the impact of students o n this community. There are, according to the study, 22,122 students at UW, and all things being equal, we're the reason the rest of the university is doing so well. This report gives a lot of leverage to the university - much-needed considering the concerns about north campus development and government funding for the still-undecided school of architecture in Cambridge but how will this report be used to help students? Over the past couple of years, students have tried to make some headway in order to improve what is reputed to be the worst housing situation in Canada. With the double cohort just around the corner, the situation is only going to get worse. Unfortunately, local residents haven't responded very well to our nomadic populace. The unfortunate truth is that although students contribute to the economy, they

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With the s a m e brush To the editor,

t is unfortunate that Zvi Vaxman did not pay too much attention to the substance of what was reported in regards to Palestinian celebrations. The BBC, CBC Newsworld, NBC, CBS and ABC all reported [along with footage of celebrating Palestinians] that the majority of Palestinians went about their daily business as per usual. Only approximately 3,000 people were reported to be celebrating, and even then onlv in two communities. I would be loathe to let the actions of a mere 3,000 individuals represent an entire people. I'm hoping Zvi isn't trying to say that Palestinians were responsible for the acts of terrorism on September 11,because quite frankly there isn't any evidence to support that. And as for any terrorist acts that have been committed by Palestinians, I wouldn't blame all Palestinians for those acts any more than I would blame all Muslims for acts of terrorism committed by a few Muslims. As for the media's biased coverage of the recent terrorist attacks, I can agree that for the most part it has been deplorable (but I mean, really, what were you expecting?) It has also. however. almost completely ignored the question as to why the U.S. was a target -I won't address that in this particular forum, however. How could anyone have sym-

pathy for Palestinians, Zvi asks? The same way we have sympathy for a country that is partly responsible for, among other things, the rise of the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, and Pol Pot (that would be the U.S. for those not keepingup with recent history) -they are people, who by and large are good people, and just happen to have some not so good people in their midst. You cannot hold an entire people responsible for the actions of a few, or for the actions of their leaders (no matter what you see George W. saying on the news).

ernment and media (particularly CNN) hailed bin Laden and the Afghan resistance as freedom fighters. Now, since it no longer needs their "services" to fight the Soviets, and ever since Osama bin Laden opposed the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia, they became Islamic "fundamentalist" terrorists. It makes me wonder what the modern day definition of terrorism is. Anyone who does not agree with U.S. foreign policy?

-Khurrurn Awan Computer science

-August C. BourrCk 3A English literature

Not helping anything

Definition of terrorism

n light of the recent terrorist attacks on the United States and the "reliable" evidence indicating the involvement of "terrorist mastermind" Osama bin Laden, I feel the need to express a few facts that are often not reported in the press. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden used his resources as a member of the Saudi royal family to provide financial and military assistance to the Afghan Mujahideen (arabic for freedom fighters) and civilians. He personally took part in the Afghan war and fought alongside the Mujahideen. The American and Pakistani intelligence agencies actively assisted him, and the American gov-

The forum section enables members of the University of Waterloo community to present views on various issues through letters to the editor and longer comment pieces. All letters must be signed by the author, with a phone number for verification, and should not exceed 350 words. They can be sent to: letters@irnprint.uwater1oo.ca. Letters received via fax or e-mail will not be printed unless a phone number for verification is included. All material is subject to editing for brevity and clarity. The editor reserves the right to refuse to publishletters or articles which are judged to be libellous or in violation of Imprint's code of ethics. The opinions expressed through columns, comment pieces, letters and other articles are strictly those of the authors, not the opinions of Impnnt.

his message is in response to Zvi Vaxman's letter. First and foremost - you are not helping anything with your hatred. You are only contributing to the problem. It is unfair to place a label on Palestinians (or any other race or religion) because of the events that have occurred in the United States. After all, it was not race, colour or religion behind the terrorist acts we have witnessed in the last fewweeks. It was individuals who set out to destroy and seek revenge on a country that they hate - America. They placedalabel upon Americans, just as you are doing to Palestinians. Does their label and hatred mean that the victims from the terrorists acts in the United States deserved to die, just because they were American? I'm sure you see where I am -going with this. YOU say that by sympathizing with Palestinians, we are supporting their terrorism. I don't think Palestinians are necessarily asking the world to "sympathize" with them, but for others to not show ignorance and to understand that because they are Palestinian, it does not mean that they are supporting the terrorists. You fail to see the individuals and see only the name or religion. You may have seen people in the media that support bin Laden. but I'm sure you did notsee every Pales-

-Mike Charette 3A Science and business

Required immediately To the editor, Wanted: A student-run newspaper at Waterloo that runs a sports section.

-Jam Millar Psychology

To the editor,

People who don't like camp games don't enjoy themselves. There is nothing geared towards people who don't find those types of activities fun. It's really nice that the people with conservative personalities felt included, but what about everyone else?

tinian or Middle Eastern individual in the world in that picture. Don't get me wrong, I am very much against what the terrorists have done, but I will never place blame upon a race or religion. Instead, I will put blame upon the group that has committed the acts. Anger does not solve anything. Hatred does not achieve goodness, and that is exactly what our world needs,so I suggest yourethmk what exactly it is that you are saying. If you are implying that we should be angry with all Palestinians because you dislike what a group of individuals has done, then I suggest you concentrate on just those individuals and not the entire race.

-Blair Coughtrey 4B computer engineering

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'm responding to the article "They're not missing anything," I was laughing out loud when I read this article. In the article they say, "We've proven that you can plan awesome (1 want to underline this word) events for thousands of ~ e o ple without relying on alcohol to make them seem interesting." When omearth did they do that? Have they taken polls and asked current and previous frosh what they thought of orientation week? If so I would like to see those numbers. I'm pretty sure they have proven nothing. From my. ex~erience. frosh . week was pretty bad. Attendance at dry events was minimal and the only people whoseemed to be cheering were the frosh leaders. Just because some of the FOC and frosh leaders have fun by getting off on power trips doesn't mean the frosh are enjoying their week of daycamp. "We run events for over 4,000 different individuals and the PAC0 guidelines we follow help us plan them in such a way that people of every background and personality type enjoy themselves." Bull.

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was delighted to see the wonderfully pornographic section of the frosh Imprint issue, namely, "How to have sex." Prudery has reigned far too long at this campus, and this supplement was a welcome breath of warm sultry air upon the cold neck of authority. But to my dismay, upon opening last week's Imprint, there was nary apornographicimage, not even the slightest bit of naughtiness. For shame, Imprint, for shame. Don't tell me that you gave in to criticism leveled by one who could not understand the -glorious new era which you were embarking u ~ o n ? ' We must all figit against kneejerk conservatism at every turn, and maintain the independent spirit of university journalism. T o this end, I call for for the resumption of pornographic imagery in Imprint, and I know that I am not alone. I know that you will do the right thing. -Matthew Stuewe 3A psychology

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Racism still exists NARINA NAGRA special to lmprint

How are they any different? GREG MACDOUGALL Imprint staff

wo weeks ago, I managed to deeplyoffendsome people with this column, when I said you could call the hijacking attacks karma. To clarify, I did not mean that the victims of the attacks "deserved" it, or brought it upon themselves, but I did mean that the United States, as a country, brought the attacks upon itself. The American military and CIA have brought, and have helped others to bring terror to many innocent civiliansin many differentcountries at many different times in the past (and present). Last week, I preached love and yet declared war against racists who are attacking Muslim and other groups, the media who are promoting racism and war, and the people who are promoting that we fight terrorism with hatred and violence. I created some fear, as I mentioned how we are losing our civil rights in the aftermath of the attacks, and 1suggested that it would be stupid to not consider the possibility that the CIA-could have been somewhat involved in these attacks taking place. This week, I'll start off by admitting that I am not contradictionfree. There are a lot of pieces of my life that make me (almost) as hypo-

critical as Bush when he says that, "If you do business with terrorists, you will not do business with the United States of America," since the U.S. has funded, trained and created terrorists for years, and I haven't heard of them announcing any plans to stop. I'll try to tell you how I felt last Thursday evening, when I turned on the radio and heard Bush Jr. in the midst of his speecwwar peprally. I tuned in to hear him talking valiantly of the American economy, how good it is and will continue to be, and on and on, and then, as I tried t o understand how the economy could be so important when we'd all just been given a shock lesson in what is really important, I heard the applause. That's what scared me. Really scared me. To me, it felt like how it must have felt to h e in Germany in the 1930s asHitler broughttogether the nation around his leadership. Maybe it was because I was listening to a radio, and that's how the German people would have heard Hitler giving his speeches. The sounds from the radio, the cheering and applause of all the elected senators and representatives continued for what seemed a very long time, and gave me serious chills. Are we allowed to dissent in this new environment that we live

in? Bush said that either you're with him or you're with the terrorists and probably got a standing ovation for that too. Well, what if you're like me and know that you're not with the terrorists, but also know that you're not "with" a permanent war on terrorism that will never be won, that has no definitions or limits, yet includes the imposition of American military abroad, and the strangling of our civil liberties at home? There's too much more to discuss so I'll stop here. The ways that the media mocks dissent, and doesn't provide any, yet will talk and talk about how Canada wasn't mentioned in Bush's speech; the way people see not going to war as equivalent to "doing nothing" in moving to end terrorism; the way people can't seem to get it in their heads that 7,000 innocent civilians being murdered has happened before, many times around the world, yet it has never resulted in a worldwide war on terrorism led by one country. I would hope that one thing to come of this would be that people could see their common humanity, that people in New York could see that, for the moment, they know what it feels like to live in Kosovo, or Iraq, or Sudan, or anywhere else that's been bombed.

ith overt acts of racism ocW c u r r i n g across N o r t h America in the aftermath of September 11, we are faced with the reality that racism still exists in Canada. It's also ironic that it comes only weeks after Canada left the UN World Conference Against Racism, declaring itself a non-racist nation. Racism is ever-present in Canada. Aside from the prejudices that are being uncovered everyday by what we thought were fairminded individuals, there is also the other side of the coin - blatant racist neo-nazis that want a country solely made up of white people. K-W has along history of white supremacist activity. After WWII, the North American bank account for funding the relocation of key Nazis was in Kitchener. In the past 10 years, groups such as the Heritage Front have been active here. There has been a resurgence in fascist activity within the Waterloo region in the last few months. Motivated by hatred of immigrants, visible minorities and progressive elements within the community, groups with names such as the Canadian Ethnic CleansingTeam have been seen walking in groups as big

as 20 people, intimidating and harassing those they believe are diametrically opposed to their vision of Canada. Targets of attack have included homeless youths, visible minorities and anti-fascist activists. In the past few weeks, ARA (antiracist action) activists have been targeted in downtown Kitchener at the SPOT, a new drop-in youth centre, by groups of neo-Nazis. The mainstream media has pretty much ignored these incidents of violence. This may be because reporting these incidents is not good publicity for downtown Kitchener or the regional police who have not yet put an end to it. One victim of an attack was told by an officer of the peace that he could not see the incident report, since there is not going to be an incident report. This sort of attitude within the "legitimatencommunity can be seen as one of the causes that let the fascist movement within the city grow to the extent that it has. The community must deal with this problem before it is too late.This Tuesday, ARA is having a public meeting featuring Mathew Lauder, who infiltrated the white power and neo-Nazi movement. Hear his account of how racist extremists are organizing to terrorize. October 2, 7 p.m. at "The SPOT," 119B King St. West in downtown Kitchener.

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he artist andscientist Leonardo da Vinci lived during the Florentine Renaissance, in a period of growing condemnation of homosexuality. The city of Florence, da Vinci's part-time residence, had the singular distinction of being not only a flourishing intellectual centre, but also as the first European city to establish a police force to patrol for homosexual activity. In 1432, the Uffiziali di Notte (Officers of the Night) was established, and over the course of 80 years, 10,000 men were arrested and about 2,000 were convicted. Most avoided further punishment by paying fines. Documented youth protests against the sodomy police occurred in 1497 and 1512. In 1514, the authorities decreased the fines for men between theagesof 18 and25. It islikely that as many as one in twelve Florentme men were arrested for sodomy at one point in their youth during this time period. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in a village outside Florence. His family later moved closer to the city where da Vinci received a well-rounded education.

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Da Vinci returned to Florence in 1500 working for other dignitaries. It was during this time that he completed his most celebrated painting, Mona Lisa. Soon after, and until his death, he traveled extensively under the direction of various kings and dignitaries providing architectural, engineering and artistic expertise. Da Vinci died on May 2, 1519 at the Chsteau de Cloux, near Amboise, France. In 1476. when da Vinci was in his mid-twenties, he was twice anonymously reported to the Uffiziali di Notte. He was never charged due to lack of witnesses. There are anecdotal accounts of da Vinci's homosexuality, but like most historical figures, proving that da Vinci was in fact gay is difficult. The artist Michelangelo, who also lived in Florence at the same time as da Vinci, is also documented as being gay. The first printed edition of Michelangelo's poems were published in 1623 by his grandnephew, with one important editing change: all male pronouns in love verses were substituted with female pronouns. An unedited version was not made available until 1863.

Why I won't hang an American flag in my window

he American flag has become the dominant symbol rising up out of the rubble of the Pentagon, World Trade towers, and Pennsylvania countryside. It has been zealously draped over every conceivable fixturein both theunitedstates and Canada. Yet what does it really symbolize? Simply defined, it embodies both the ideals and realities of the nation. It unites the people with their government representatives in a collective agreement of a shared philosphy. Unfortunately, the current reality of the American government is revenge. From the very beginning of this tragedy. ,, Bush has elected to focus on the people responsible for this attack rather than on the victims. His buzzwords are punishment, justice and retaliation, not mourning, empathizingandrebuilding. The rhetoric of this situation as

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He apprenticed with the painter and sculptor, Andrea del Verrocchio, the foremost artist of the area. In 1482, da Vinci became an independent master. He began work on several artistic commissions in Florence but never finished them, instead travelling to Milan. Indeed, when examining his entire body of work, it is quite apparent that most of da Vinci's work was unfinished. His sketch books contained many innovations in geometry, engineering, and science, but because they were never published in his lifetime, much of his work never influenced the scientific community. His art work, on the other hand, was well-known and inspired other artists of the time. In Milan, da Vinci worked for Duke Ludovico Sforza as an architect for military and civil engineering projects. Around this time, he was also believed to have contributed the sketches for D i u i w Proportione (1509) written by Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli. While in Milan, he also wrote various texts compiled as Treatise on Painting (1651), and he completed one of his most famous paintings, the Last Supper (circa 1496).

sensationalized by the media and echoed by the government is one of wartime. We have been led to believe that war is the only logical progression. The problem is that when we look at this situation without the bhnders of rage and fear, we see that war would simply be reverse terrorism. An invasion or precision bombing of Afghanistan will only kill innocent civilians of a nation already eroded by civil war and human rights' abuses. Punishing citizens for a government they did not elect. and for the actions of a fanatic is not justice, it is murder. Branding all Muslims or Arabs as terrorists. and treating them as such is unfair stereotyping. Any generalized act of aggression will reduce the Americans to frustrated bullies lashing out because they can't identify their true target. By placing national pride

before human life, the American government will create more hatred, antagonize neutral countries and justify the hate-mongering and prejudices which are already manifesting themselves both here and abroad. I am angered that the tragedy of so many lost lives is being highjacked by a political agenda of retaliation and escalating violence. Using the flag as a symbol of this tragedy intrinsically links the heroes and victims with the American policy, thus bastardizing everyone's pain. Rather than hanging a tainted symbol in our windows, let us promote tolerance and compassion in the hopes of eradicating violence and journeying towards a true global perspective.

- Christian Leueille 4A English

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Debate about weight complaint How should obesity be accommodated in travel? KIRIKA BUSSELL Imprint staff

hould obesity be considered a disability? This is the legal argument that is currently before the Canadian Transportation Agency. The plaintiff, LindaMcKayPanos, has raised the issue in a landmark case. As documented in the Globe and Mail, Ms. McKay-Panos claims to have a medical condition that contributes to weight gain. In 1997, the Canadian Transportation Agency received her complaint, questioning Air Canada's policy of charging an obese customer the price of a seat ticket, plus an additional charge of 50 per cent, when two seats are required to accommodate a need. McKay-Panos does not believe that the cause of an individual's obesity should be considered a factor in deciding whether they are disabled. However, it may be a legitimate determiner, since physical disability may stem from, but not be limited to, the following factors: birth defect, infirmity, malformation, disfigurement, illness or bodily injury. These are included factors under Ontario Human Rights Code (Section A 10 [I] ), as understood by Matt Erikson, coordinator of UW ethical behaviour and human rights. They may not necessar-

ily apply to the Alberta case. Afroze Edwards, of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, explained that the law defining physicaldisabilitycanbeinterpreted as vague. There have not been any

a legally recognised disability, has been raised to counteract perceived discrimination, there may be negative repercussions.Dependingupon public response, if a legal precedent is made, social barriers could create

The plane seats of the future? documented complaints in Ontario regarding obesity and human rights. However, there have been reports in other provinces, including British Columbia. The definition in Ontario of a disability does not specificallymention obesity. Though it may be assumed that the notion of obesity, as

stereotypes. Edwards cautioned the issue might become a human rights concern, if the public makes negative assumptions about people with excessive weight, potentially leading to assumptions, barriers and restrictions. With this in mind, Ms. Edwards hypothesised these attitudes could result in barriers that

could prevent individuals from participating in services and equally in society. According to Mary Ellen Prange, a registered dietician with the Waterloo health department, the root cause of significant weight problems is still under medical scrutiny, though Ms. Prange added that studies of identical twins who were separated at birth, have found environmental and genetic factors. The Canadian Transportation Agency's Web site reiterates their mandate, to ensure the disabled have proper access to Canada's transportation system. They consult with the transportation industry and disabled clients to improve travel standards. When the air carrier has seating available for 30 or more passengers, they are required to provide accommodation for disabledclients, if notified 48 hours prior to departure. Ifthey are notcontactedwithin this time frame, they are to make reasonable effort to grant requests. It is mandatory for the travel service to help customers register with routine boarding and departure. The CTAdetermines what constitutes an undue obstacle to travel. At their discretion, an obstacle can be removed and the service provider can be liable for the cost. In Section 2 (11) of the Accessibility Criteria there are rules regarding armrests: new aircraft are required

to have moveable armrests in at least half of the plane. The theory is to accommodate wheelchair access, but perhaps in the case of obese passengers, may also be a way of providing additional space and eliminating possible complaints. The Canadian Human Rights Annual Report (1998) regarding disability states that inaccessibility is common and that no nation-wide standards exist, creating a challenge to promote equal access to transportation among other areas, and there are merely overlapping or inadequate regulations. It acknowledged that the CanadianTransportation Agency published a guide for persons with disabilities. Documented were recommendations for the disabled who travel with an attendant. The attendants are charged for their ticket, at 50 per cent discount from some airlines on domestic flights. The CHRC stated it is "unreasonable and discriminatory that a disabled traveller who needs an attendant must pay two fares, even if on is reduced." The commission believes an attendant ought to travel free of charge, and urged the airline industry and CTA to consider this. Clearly the issue ofdisabledpersons is an evolving issue, one that requires education and respect for the dignity of all individuals.

New Quarterly a labour of love Editor shares passion for Canadian writing AMANDA WATKINS Imprint intern

hen Kim Jernigan walked into a small office at St. Jerome's to volunteer for a literary magazine, she had no idea she would still be there 20 years later. Today, Jernigan is heading the magazine, The New Quarterly. I recently had the opportunity to talk to Jernigan, who has her Masters degree in Canadian literature. Her part in the production of The New Quarterly gives her a great deal of satisfaction. "In my very small way I have a connection to Canadian literature at its genesis," said Jernigan. Although Jernigan's interest lies in the editorial side of the magazine, she also does a lot of fundraising. Since the magazine runs on a volunteer basis, the staff is constantly pursuing funding. The magazine receives some funds " through grants and some through private fundraising. They prefer to be involved in events that "are interesting to us, intellectually."They often hold conferences and attend literary festivals, such as the Eden

Mills Writers Festival and the upcoming Word on the Street Festival in Toronto. In order to give

back to the community, The New Quarterly has incorporated a number of their fundraising events

to benefit literary supporters in the K-W region. The New Quarterly editors have spoken to creative y i t -

ing classes about how to get published for the first time, educated a panel at a conference of student journalists about editing a literary magazine and given information sessions at the Kitchener Public Library. Recently, they had local celebritiesof diverse occupations come and read from their own favourite books in support of the local literary council. Although The New Quarterly staff is unpaid, they have acquired some rather prestigious editors. Their editors have been drafted to judge the Thomas York awards as well as various English departrnental writing awards. Jernigan will be judging the upcoming Dorothy Shoemaker.awards on October 5. Due to their support in the community The New Quarterly has developed a very strong reputation, however, "We're in an odd position as a magazine in that our circulation hasn't kept up with our reputation." The New Quarterly has twice won the gold and twice the silver medals for magazines at the National Fiction Awards. They are also cantinued on page 14

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regularly represented in the Journey prize anthology which recognizes the excellence in Canadian literary magazines. The magazine is doing very well by all measures of excellence, but its staff is having difficulty finding the time and energy to do the circulation development, so "if there are any entrepreneurs

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Spaghetti Sauce with Meat Ingredients: 1 large onion, diced 3-4 cloves garlic, minced 1Tbsp. oil salt and pepper 1 Ib. ground beef, chicken or turkey 112 cup red or white wine (optional) 1-28 oz can diced tomatoes 1-5.5 oz can tomato paste 2 tsp. each dried basil and oregano (or 4 tsp. italian seasoning) 112 tsp. dried crushed chile flakes (optional) 1 can mushrooms, drained (optional) 1 diced green pepper or 1cup frozen mixed peppers (optional) parmesan cheese (optional)

out there who would be interested in taking on the challenge of increasing circulation, we would be pleased to talk to them." Jernigan herself is involved in the fiction side of the magazine. Typically, the fiction editors meet three times a year, once per term, to discuss the accumulated manuscripts. They review about 150 stories of which they publish between five and eight. "It's very com-

petitive," says Jernigan, adding that "the choices at the end are anguishing to make." With such a large supply of stories to choose from, "We turn back good stories all the time." Writers should keep in mind that "a rejection doesn't mean the story doesn't have merit, it just means that the competition is huge and it may not be the right time, but to keep submitting."

Heat the dil over medium heat in a large pot or frying pan with a lid. Add the onion and cook 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic and salt and pepper (start with a pinch of salt and two pinches of pepper) and cook another minute. If you're using the wine, add it to the pan and let it boil for a couple of minutes until it is almost entirely evaporated. Add the ground meat and cook, breaking up the chunks, until it is browned and no pink is visible. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, basil and oregano and chile flakes (if using). Stir to combine and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and allow the sauce to simmer, covered, for 25 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning. Add the mushrooms and peppers and simmer for an additional five minutes. Serve over hot cooked pasta with parmesan cheese, or try making lasagne casserole.

Lasagne Casserole Ingredients: 1 recipe meat sauce 112 package (450g) rotini, rigatoni, penne or macaroni 200g grated mozzarella cheese (part-skim is fine) 500g cottage cheese or ricotta parmesan cheese (optional

Cook the pasta according to package directions, drain and add it to the meat sauce. Stir to combine. Spread half of the pasta mixture on the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan (or 2 smaller pans). Spread the cottage cheese over the pasta mixture and sprinkle aquarter of the cheese on top. Spread the remaining pasta mixture over top. Sprinkle on the remaining mozzarella. Bake at 375" F for 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Serve with parmesan cheese, if desired.

Although Jernigan has spent the past 22 years of her life fostering Canadian literature, she was born an American. According to her daughter, Amanda, Jernigan has "adopted [Canadian] literature." "I really think that Canada has literature to be proud of," says Amanda. Jernigan's passion for Canadian literature gives her the motivation to keep the New Quarterly alive. For Jernigan, what makes being an editor rewarding is "when you see someone you took note of back when they werecompletely unknown andnowthey have really gone on to make a name for themselves." Instead of a set criteria for the articles they accept, the New Quarterly is looking for something "unlike anything we've ever read before, something that feels fresh or interesting You don't know what it is until you see it." Jernigan's advice to any beginning writer would be "to read, to read and read and read, that's how you educate yourself about your material, which is words." Despite financial setbacks, the New Quarterly is still going strong. The staff is very passionate and enthusiastic about their work. The New Quarterly is always looking for volunteers, in particular someone to work on the Web site and someone to keep the books. According to Jernigan, working for the New Quarterly '7s always a struggle; you're never really sure where your next meal is coming from, you just have to go on faith." She keeps at it because the New Quarterly and Canadian literature have become a part of her life. She will forever be connected to their existence. TheNew Quarterly is currently available at the UW ~ookstore.

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his fall, while the campus fills up with bright-eyed and energetic frosh to whom many of the functionings of the university remain a mystery, many students are coming back to a familiar place for the last time. If you're in fourth year, youare probably thinking, or trying very hard not to think, about where the end of this Waterloo adventure will leave you. Increasingly, a bachelor's degree is proving insufficient to get a hold on the working world, particularly for research in science and engineering. For many students, graduate school is becoming a requisite part of their education. Although the prospect of choosing a school and a program, writing proposals, gathering reference letters and at the same time worrying about maintaining the requisite marks probably seems fairly daunting, there is nothing to fear. With a bit of dedication and foresight, the entire process of applying to grad school can be kept under control. Many people start their grad school search trying to decide what field or location is appropriate for them. These people are the lucky ones. In reality, for many students the search begins much earlier, with an attempt to decide betweengraduate school, the job market and other

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Look out Bay Street, here comes a fiost The next time that the mercury drops, imagine what it's doing for the economy, aside from propping up the snow shovel and road salt industries. American economists have found a direct correlation between climate and the growth of a country's economy. Specifically, in an article in the September issue of the Journal of Economic Growth, William Masters of Purdue University and Margaret McMillanofTufts University found that countries in latitudes above 40 degrees north tend to be the wealthiest nations in the world. These researchers believe that the frost encourages the countries to move beyond a simple agrarian society. Frequent frosts or inclement weather kill off pests that would be devastating to crops, or plaguecarrying insects that affect the population. With that in mind, the question

possibilities that may present themselves. You should not feel that you must make this decision on your own. In fact, when yougo to classes and tutorials, you are surrounded by people who have gone through the decisions with which you are currently struggling. The professors and teaching assistants around you are invaluable sources of information, not only in the process of making the decision, but also as experts in the field. Talking to these people, taking the time to see the type of work that is happening in

"I really think it gives the person the broadest perspective on many things." their labs, or even working with them through a thesis project, will provide excellent samples of life as a grad student. "If you want to know what is involved in grad school, talk to a [teaching assistant]," Dr. John Heikkila, associate dean of science for graduate studies, said. "Just find out what they are doing, and what their life is like." would be: why aren't Siberia or Greenland taking off as economic powerhouses? Masters and McMillan stress that while favourable environments can assist with the accumulation of wealth, other overriding factors of culture or politics can crush any economic growth.

Look up - way, way up If you're star-gazing at any time during the day, or unable to find your car due to heavy partying, you may wish to take a look up. On any given week, numerous satellitespass overhead. As part of its Skywatch project, NASA tracks satellite paths through the sky. In the past week, the International Space Station passed over Toronto 10 times. Unfortunately, not having the prestige of Bogota, Columbia or Hamburg, Germany, Waterloo is not listed. However, Windsor, London, Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa are all listed, so with a little math, the International Space Station may be as easy to pick out as say, the Big Dipper.

The world before video games Forget the Greeks, and Romans are passe: that bastion of quality culture, video games, has just passed its

Dr. Hartwig Peemoeller, physics graduate officer, believes that the value of pursuing graduate work in physics cannot be measured. "When I went through [grad school] I had something very specific in mind, and I realized after going through it that it was actually kind of narrow-minded," he said. "I think what you mostly gaingetting education is this broadness that creeps into one's perspective of many things. "I think it's not even that important that the person know a lot about [a specific field]; I think it's more important to have gone through this process of learning, of finding out things about the world in a very specific way, and I really think it gives the person the broadest perspective on many things." Peemoeller warned that it is important to weigh all possibilities carefully, and to speak to a variety of people to ensure you are not closing yourself to opportunities. "People always say if you're in Canada, U of T is the place," he said. "Actually, it is the place. It's a big institution, a good name, so you can't go wrong if you follow that sort of advice. "On the other hand, Waterloo is an excellent school as well, and some of the areas are, I would say, at least as good as Toronto's." Even if you have already made the decision that you are interested in pursuing graduate studies, there

are still many unknowns in the equation, such as selecting your field of study, choosing a school and applying for scholarships. A surprising number of resources can be found in the Career Resource Centre on the first floor in Needles Hall. Graduate program indexes can be used to search for the location of a program of interest. There are also information packages about most Canadian and many international schools, includingprogram information, application requirements and deadlines. Much of this information is also available on the Websites of the specificschools. UWs own site provides all of this information, as well as application forms which can bedownloaded directly from the Internet, filled out and submitted. Another big question in the equation is funding. While the prospect of paying for more education may seem like an insurmountable challenge, it should not be this way. Receivingfunding for graduatestudies through Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Ontario Graauate Scholarships (OGS) government scholarships, through funding from aparticular school, or through teaching assistant positions, proves to be much easier than obtaining funding for undergraduate studies. Many schools provide substantial funding as well as tuition waivers, on which students can live rather comfort-

ably through their graduate studies. Sound too good to be true? There is one catch associated with grad school funding: the application dates are approaching rapidly, some as soon as next week, especially for big scholarships such as NSERC or OGS. Unforrunately, this means that you should procrastinate nolonger. Many of these applications require indication of the fact that you have an idea where you may be heading, often in the form of a research proposal or a statement of purpose. Again, a very useful source of funding information is UW's own graduate student Web site, www.grad.uwaterloo.ca, which has a searchable database of scholarships including requirements and' deadlines. As well, the graduate student office is a great source of information, particularly for the large NSERC and OGS scholarships. A lot of this may seem timeconsumingand frustrating. Chances are that in the end, you will find grad school to be an intellectually satisfying experience, and may help you to understand better what you would like to do. "[Grad school] helps you to put yourself into perspective," Peemoeller said. "Really, who you are, where you are in this whole massive domain of the universe. So you can make a much better declslon once you're through all this, a decision about what you really want to do."

40th birthday. If 'History 312A: Civilization according to Tennis for Two and Mario Cart 3' ever needed a textbook, then author Van Burnham's new book, Supercade, published by MIT Press, would become the required textbook. According to a Web promotion, the book "pays tribute to the technology, the games and the visionaries who together created one of the single most influential periods in the history of computer science-one that profoundly shaped the modern technological landscape, and swept a generation into the wave of the future." Video games have now become an integral part of the entertainment industry. Any technology that brought that film classic, SuperMario ~rotbers,has got to be wo&h something.

new meaning to 'toasted oats,' this bit of Bulgarian technology allowed successive crops to be grown on the space station. There is no word yet on how much this will add to the lowering of world grain prices by adding to the existing surplus.

if when your professor asks you where your homeworkis, you claim to have accr ,,ntally determined its momentum so precisely, that according to Heisenberg it could be anywhere in the universe. if you'll assume that a "horse" is a "sphere" in order to make the math easier. if you have no life and you can prove it mathemaciially. if you enjoy pain. if you always do homework on Friday nights. -if you hesitate to lookat something because you don't want to break down its wave function. if you laugh at jokes about mathematicians. if the Humane Society has you arrested because you tually performed the Schrodinger's Cat experiment. if you can translate English into binary. if you can't remember what's behind the door in the science building which says "exit." if you have to bring a jacket with you, in the middle of summer, because there's a wind-chill factor in the lab. if the "fun" centre of your bra. has deteriorated from lack of uc if you understood more than 1 of these indicators. if you make a hard copy of this and post it on your door.

Food: it's outta there! Anyone who prefers local produce to cheaper, tasteless imports will have another category to scratch from their menus: space food. Using the logic that astronauts can't take all the food they need with them for a 16-month tour of duty on the space station, experimental greenhouses were used on the Mir space station. Before the station's decommissioning brought a whole

You might be a physics student i f .

A physics student staring blankly at the sixty-third copy of his or her Master's thesis might be having a bit of a crisis. In that heady caffeine, sleep-deprived way, he may forget why he is there, or indeed what he may be. The following are just a few hints that you might be a physics student, as suggested by Jason Lisle, of Cyberville, Cyberia: if you know vector calculus but you can't remember how to do long division. if you've calculated that the World Series actually diverges. if you have a pet named after a scientist. if you avoid doing anything because you don't want to contribute to the eventual heat-death of the universe. if you've actually used every single function on your graphing calculator. if you chuckle whenever anyone says "centrifugal force."

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era1 bruising tackles in the game, as did Sloane, who also added a quarterback sack. Veteran Warrior safeties Ted Siountres and Mike Laporte caused fits for the Lancer offence throughout the game. The pair were all over the field batting down passes and making huge hits. Siountres innrcepted a pair of Lancer passes in the game (Warrior John Sullivan also intercepted a Lancer pass in the game), and returned one deep into Lancer territory. Siountres was later named co-player of the game, a well-deserved accolade. Rookie special teams coach Tory Lockyer had his units working very effectively throughout the game. The Warrior punt return team provided a strong punt rush leading to blocked punts by Ian Forde and Chris Weymouth. The Warriors were rewarded for their punt rush efforts when a Matt McKnightblocked punt was returned by Mike Laporte for a touchdown. Warrior cover men Khalid Coroughly and Joe Popkey each contributed on special teams last Saturday, as both dominated their opponents and made crushing tackles. Kicker1 punter Matt Armstrong also turned in a strong performance on special teams. T o say that the CIS leading punter (averaging 42.7 yards per punt going into Saturday's game) was amazing is an understatement. Armstrong turned in the third best single game punting performance by a Warrior (7th overall in the OUA) as he punted for a total of 539 yards on 11 punts (an average of 49

yards per punt). Armstrong's booming kicks of 78 and 74 yards in the third quarter both received standing ovations from the fans in attendance. As is often the case, the Warriors opted to work the running game last weekend. Jay Akindolaire and Mike Bradley both turned in strong performances. Each had a touchdown in the game and both rushed just shy of 100 yards. Bradley rushed for 8 7 yards and Akindolairerushed for 98 yards. The most impressive run of the game came in the second quarter when Akindolaire broke loose for a 75 yard touchdown run. The Warriors seemed to struggle a bit o n the aerial attack against the Lancers. Third-year quarterback Jordie Holton was a bit shaky, completing 4 of 16 pass attempts, and was intercepted twice. But o n several occasions Holton threw some very crisp passes to his receivers and the Warriors were able to capitalize off these completions. Warrior receiver Dan 'Donovan caught a Holton pass in the end zone during the thirdquarter, while Jaret Brown caught a pair of passes accumulating a total of 35 yards receiving. The Warriors used a fresh offensive backfield late in the game. Miro Hadjinian saw time at quarterback and threw a great pass to Taret Brown o n his first -play. in the game, while third-year running back Greg - McCurdy had a solid 20yard gain in the fourth quarter. R o o k i e ~ ~ a n ~ e l h aabheorsawtime in the backfield providingsome solid blocks from the fullback position.

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ey Tielli! Clean the smoked meat out of your ears! "Sorry, it's fuckin' loud," says MartinTielli, struggling to hear me through his manager's cellphone, walking and talking in Montreal. I tell him to clean the smoked meat out of his ears. Silence. Amaterial wasted on some hotshot musician from Toronto. Talk about embarrassment. What possessedme to make some dumb crack? It was pure, uncut chutzpah. Well, to be honest, this never happened. During the actual interview I was nervous. What do I, some presumptuous undergrad, ask a legendary veteran of Canadian rock! A blisteringly brilliant musiciadartist who cut his teeth for two decades with those vagabond rockers, the Rheostatics. Call me selfish, but I wanted to leave my mark on a true original. His new solo album, WeDidn't Even Suspect That He Was the Poppy Salesman, is a quiet affair. Discarding the effects board Tielli usually has laid out before him, this album pairs up his exceptional, smokecharmed voice, with distinct acoustic meanderings. Image-filled lyrics linger over a finger-picking guitar technique that

is as much Tielii's own as it is influenced by the likes of Bruce Cockburn. Listen to the lyrics carefully and you will even hear a nod to Rush's Geddy Lee. "Doing something stripped down and doing something so simple, I think, is sort of a reaction to things that are going on." Reaction to what? "Urban psychological pollution." Pessimistic perhaps, but Tielli is not one for sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. He also doesn't want to be Mr. Sexy and write about getting laid at the dance club. "Who gives a fuck?" he asks, and thumbs his nose to all the Johnny gel-head Ken dolls who can sing, dance, stare and screw. "It's so fucking boring." He says this with a chuckle, but his frustration with the crass, selfimportant, cookie-cutter cattle feed that dominates top 40 charts seeps out between the cracks in his humour. "It becomes hard to know what has substance," Tielli laments. Themes addressed in his songs, from early Rheostatic albums right up to this latest solo release, range from suicide to addiction. But Tielli isn't the brooding type. He doesn't wear black turtlenecks or write bad poetry (but he might drink black coffee. I didn't ask).

"No, I don't buy into that stuff. I don't think misery and junkiedom are necessarily part and parcel to creativity. I hate the cliches." This creative cliche is something he mocks in his song, "How can you sleep? (With the light on in your head)." But, reading bandmate Dave Bidini's book, Ona ColdRoad, you realize that Tielli has a propensity for chain-smokmgand sleepless nights. However, he is sincere and mature in his writing, even in writing songs about that ageless inspirational occurrence, the break up. "But", he says, "not in cheap way. Not in a high school poetry, Sarah McLachlan kind of way." Overstatement is something Tielli shies away from. Those looking for the vast, powerful, whimsical opus often found withina Rheos disc may be disappointed with his new album. Although the sense of wonder, and the sense of vastness is maintained, this is strictly an acoustic venture. With this new album, he didn'twantto "add to the noise." The Rheos have always been influenced by the dominating immensity of the Canadian landscape. Their many cross-countrytours over the last decade has given Tielli an appreciation for the diverse Canadian landscape. I asked if there is a type of

Ahh! Get that off my foot! frontier mentality that exists within Canadian music, and he pointed to a time when the band was touringin Ireland. The young Canadian musicians, full of wild, brazen bravado played to a subdued European audience. "We would come on and be this wild thing, playing 'Takin' Care of Business' and whatever else we felt like, they'd just stare at us like freaks. We're tough too, for a band to tour Canada. To tour in England is a joke. Two hours to the next show, what a joke. Youcan tour the whole country in a week and a half." Tielli is currently on a 13-gig tour of Ontario with a band assembled for his solo album, which includes local singerlsongwriter Paul

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Macleod. With the release of this solo album, Tielli feels more pressure than completing an album with the Rheostatics. "With the Rheos, it's not entirely my responsibility what happens. If I don't like an album after it's done, I can go, 'oh well, that ain't my album.' But this is pretty much totally me." "To me, music is this thing, you know, it's this imaginary world where freedom appears to exist, almost total freedom. I can't imagine denying that in any way in order to make a pop record or whatever." This weekend, Tielli will be appearing on Saturday and Sunday at the Jane Bond in downtown Waterloo. Tickets are $10.

For ravers who know LAUREN 8. BRESLIN

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ho knew the rave scene in Kitchener-Waterloo could be so vibrant and full of life? Revolution nightclub, home to some of the finest in commercial hip hop and fashionable house, was host to some major drum 'n' bass talent on the night of September 22. DJ Freaky Flow and MC Flipside, two staples of the Toronto drum 'n' bass scene, performed two sets, respectively, as a part of their "Sounds of the Underground" tour which also hits Toronto and London. Much to my amazement, this dynamic duo brought their internationally acclaimed brand of D 'n' B all the way to K-W, and appreciative ravers showed up in droves. Flipside -now one of the most well-respected jungle MCs around - put down the microphone and took over the Purple Room turntables for a two hour house set, alongside resident DJ Isaac S. For the most part, however, Isaac S -who is a skilled DJ in his own right stood back as Flip engaged the crowd in tight beats and deep grooves, proving himself to be much more

than just a gifted MC. style like no one else, hosts and The main room saw produces "Trippin'," a weekly Freaky Flow unleash radio show broadcasted some bangin' beats, drivthroughout Canada and Westing the crowd to a frenern NewYorkon Energy 107.9 zied uproar of hooting FM. and quickstepping. Freaky, who was celebratDubbed as "Toronto's ing the release of his newest Jungle Scratchmaster," CD, "WorldDomination," had Freaky Flow upheld his already seen his "Obscene Untitle with some exploderground- Volume 1"comsive turntable magic. pilation, better known as, Drawing from hip hop "Tits," sell upwards of 20,000 influences, Freaky units in Canada alone. servedup some delicious As a pair, the two have D 'n' B classics. become one of the most wellAs a scratcher, known D 'n' B forces in the Freaky Flow has a rare world, having performed everhythmic instinct, and rywhere from the U S , to pumps out the hard and Mexico to Hong Kong. fast with impeccable So for all the K-W ravers LAUREN S. BRESLIN hiding out in the woodworks, style. Accompanied by MC Flipside cuts up the tables in the Purple Room Flipside, whose rhymes - don't fret. are always slick and savvy, the two with the D 'n' B rhythms. The last time I saw the duo The scene In Waterloo seems performed a dynamite set. Indeed, And that, ladies and gentle- perform was at the iDance rally at to expand by the year, garnering a behind the mic, Flipside is an em- men, is the unfortunate problem Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, roster of DJs that can only flourish powering forcewho encourages the with jungle parties. Hardly anyone when thousands of fans rushed the with your support. crowd to "make some noise for da can dance to the music; it's too fast stage to catch their set. This event, featuring DJ Freaky DJ!" and too involving to accommodate Before that, they entertained Flow and MC Flipside, was a testaThe main room in particular the hoursof partyingwe all crave on me at countless raves and clubs. But ment to the presence of a small but saw ashiftinpatronage whenFreaky a Saturday night. whether they perform to hundreds strong rave community in K-W. took the floor; what began as a tame And it just goes to show that DuringFreaky'sset, kidsstarted or to thousands, Freak and Flip's gathering of hip hop enthusiasts to drift away from the dance floor fierceenthusiasmforthemusicnever you don't always have to venture to soon became aseaof maniacal mad- left, right and centre while the true wavers. the T-dot to hear some sick men trying desperately to keep up hardcores hammered on. Flipside, the man who can free- electronica.

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The inanimate book NICOLE FAWCETTE special to Imprint

The Inanimate World Robert Strandquist Anvil Press

erhaps Robert Strandquist is living in his own inanimate world: a place lacking spirit, movement and life; a place similar to the kind of writinginstrandquists' most recent collection of short stories, appropriately titled The Inanimate World. That tinge of hesitation is always presentwhen 1refer to b i t i n g as being mediocre or flat. However honestly, all feelings aside, The Inanimate World was not a work that lingered in my mind like most great works do. The collection was not terrible, but not incredible either, and was rather a let down after all I had heard about Strandquist's poetry. It's almost like watching the Ice Capades when you were -little and seeing your favourite skater fall face first into the ice. RobertStrandquist, who earned his MFA from the University of British Columbia, is well-known for his poetry, which has won the Canadian Authors' Association Award. I was expecting great and marvelous things. As a whole, I was mostly disappointed.The story "CollectingShadows." is an e x a m ~ l eof this and comes quick as it is the second story in the collection. The story is as annoyingly cryptic as it is too long, and the imagery is overkill. Based on the pathetic life of a Saskatchewan writer who is, frankly, unable to write, Dougy is dealing with his 7

mother's death, which he calls a "catastrophe." He is now left alone to deal with his aged father with whom the relationship has qever been pleasant. The story is divided into five parts that makes the writingchoppy, uneven and confusing. Some of the parts were submitted singularly to literary journals, such as "Prairie Fire" and "the Capilano Review," and, in my opinion, sound and feel better as separate entities.

Far too long and rife \yith imagery overkill, the story is annoyingly cryptic As one can see, the story's writing employs fairly plain language: "He stands-in the shower with a glass of whiskey. Then he takes up his pen and finds himself lost. He never believed it, that a blank sheet of paper was death to inspiration. But it's true, and the pen feels heavy as a woman's leg. A child steps out of the wheat field at the foot of the driveway. Picking up a handful of road she throws it at him and then runs back into the waves." Strandquists' collection should

not be completely dismissed as flat and unorganized, as his story "The Car," demonstrates; there is some wit to his writing that helps enliven the rest of the selections. An elderly gentleman decides to purchase a 1979 Oldsmobile on a whim and escapes from the retirement home he is bound to because of his fight with Parkinson's disease. Thus is "The Car," a shorter piece about the feelings of youth and freedom that can be conveyed while driving. "When he drops the lever into drlve he feels ~t strain against his foot. The buildup of inertia holding him in place snaps, and he's free. Miraculouslyabsent from the wheel in his Parkinson's shimmy. And the accelerator cradles his foot, not affected by small tremors." Agam, not an overly memorable piece, but it is worth the smirk at the end of the last word. Tostray from this notion of the "inanimate world," Strandquist's characters and plots are very realistic. The character Mara within the story "Frank's Friends" is a woman who is desperately afraid to be alone after her partner, Frank, is arrested from a drug bust. To combat micide, as well as her fear of loneliness, she seeks refuge in the arms and bed of her partners' friendBarry. "She doesn't want to go home just yet. Waiting for her is the gas oven and a box of razor blades." As much as I wish it wasn't true, The Inanimate World was a paltry product despite the effort. Strandquist should really heed his own advice: "With no wind or rain your mediocrity stays where you drop it."

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You're wack as hell: Confrontation in hip hop DJ MAGNUM special to Imprint

eal h ~ hop p battles, remember them? The Bridge Wars, Kool Moe Dee vs. LL Cool J, NWA vs. Tim Dog, The Roxanne Wars. No gunshots, no killings, just straight up lyrical venom. A staple of hip hop until Biggie and Pac died over stupid beef. Well, it looks like the art of battling is back. Recent years have seen LL battle Canibus, No Limit taking on CashMoney, andEminem taking on every white MC in the world. But none of these battles had the ferocity that battles had back in the day, and most were very subliminal. Until now. If you haven't heard, checkout Jay-Z's latest album, The Blueprrnt for a hint: "I don't care if you Mobb Deep, I hold triggers to crews" and "Went from, Nasty Nas to Esco's trash." That'sright, Jigga has beef with Nas and MobbDeep. So whatwould make three of the most influenttal artists in NewYork decide to go for each others throats on wax? Simpie. Respect. It all started a couple of years ago, when Jay-Z dropped the track, "Money, Cash, Hoes" in which he commented that New York had never been the same since Snoop had "came through and crushed the buildings." In this line he refers to the infamous DPG video for "New York, New York," where the DPG had destroyed NYC as a dis in the East coast/West coast feud. This irked Mobb Deep, since they represented the east at the time, while Jay-Z had been silent. Soon after, Prodigy of Mobb Deep voiced his displeasure with the track in The Source magazine, which a few months later published arebuttal by Jay-Z, basically telling Mobb Deep to mind their business. All was quiet for a year or so, when the first rumblings of a QueensbridgeL3rooklynbeef began.

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First it was Nas dissing Memphis Bleekover "MemphBleekIs," which bore the same theme as his own track, "Nas Is Like." Then there were rumours that Prodigy had recorded some bars in an upcoming song, dissing Jay-Z. And then the dam finally broke when Prodigy released "Mobb Ni**az," where he called out Rocafella by name. The dommoes soon began to fall, with subsequent disses by Memphis on the remix for "Change The Game," and Mobb Deep once again on "The Best In Queens." And then the famous New York Summerjam concert came around. Not only did jay-Z drop a freestyle slamming Prodigy and Nas (for supporting Mobb Deep), he also put up a picture on one of the video screens of Prodigy as a young boy taking ballet lessons. Things were getting personal. Prodigy dropped another freestyle verse against Jay-Z, and then Nas finally entered the fray, dropping a track called "Stillmatic," over the old Rakim beat "Paid In Full," calling Jay-Z "H to the Omo" and the "rapper version of Sisqo." And now Jay-Z has returned with his latest album, slamming right back. So what does it mean to you, the hip hop connoisseur? Nothing but niceness. As always, battling has brought out the best in all MCs involved. You can bet Nas is foaming at the mouth for redemption on his forthcoming Nastalgia LP, and you must know Mobb Deep will spit fire with their upcoming LP as well. As long as the physical violence stays out of it, rest assured that classic music will be the end result, as it proved to be in the years of hip hop's genesis. Check out Hip Hop Thursdays on CKMS 100.3 FM, from 6 to 10 p.m., with Tha Ruckus from 6 to 8 p.m., followed by The Wax Jungle from 8 to 10 p.m. for the best in hip hop, rap and reggae.

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Big Wreck not wrecked yet NATHANELDRED special to Imprint

oking through the ashes of the Seattle scene of the mid-'90s, Big Wreck is struggling to find their audience. As Gen-Xers trade in their angst for middle management and middle class respectability, hits are becoming more elusive for bands of their genre. Big Wreck formed in Boston, where they met in the reputable Berklee College of Music nine years ago. Although their songs might lack the Seattle angst, their music bears a resemblance to the departed scene. Their first album, In LovrngMemory of. ..went double platinum in Canada (200,000 units sold) while selling a meagre 100,000 units in the U.S. Now, a full four years later, they're finding their latest offering a tougher sell at a time when slick, dancing, pretty boys are more the flavour. Now that their Canadian tour is winding down and their album is drifting off the shelves, the band is finding perspective and directing their gaze forward. I talked to drummer Forrest Williams late on Wednesday afternoon. He was in Quebec where he was loafing in preparation for that evening's show. "I've been loving it," the drummer said when asked about the tour. He said the tour has given the band the chance to branch out and explore different directions and to satisfy their eclectic tastes. "We've been playing together for 10 years . . . we love to explore . ..we have to." L,

With this tour, the band hasplayedshows with the EdmontonSymphony Orchestra, the Japanese percussiongroup Uzume Taiko, guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson and Colin James. On October 6 , Big Wreck is performing a sold-out show with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. "It was harder this time around," Williams remarked, referring to the slumping sales of their June 5 release. He said that people are too caught up in bands like Creed and Limp Bizkit to give their band any notice. "We don't fit into that." However, he said that Canada was still a safe haven for their music. "I don't know why, but I'm so thankful. Canada has been good to us" he said, "they don't get so caught up in trends." He said the American music industry is airtight compared to Canada's and seems to be controlled by only a few corporate interests. Also, he compared getting a hit in the US to dealing with the mafia, where a few interests at the top shape the industry.Their struggle with the fickle U.S. marketisnotdissimilar to the Tragically Hip's struggle in the south adding that they're all friends. "We hang out. When we're in Kingston they come to our shows," he said about the Hip. He commended Canadians again for our taste in the Hip, as Canadian icons continue to be obscure in America.The drummer said that it's hard to make it in the industry without trading your musical integrity. "We could sell out. It would be easy. We could write a whole album," and went on to

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concerningJaved's comments, with many firsttime users loggingin specificallyto bash Javed, while most of the established fans uphold his p until last Tuesday, I had thought the views. one section of the newspaper that His comments have already had an effect could remain mostly unaffected from on his band, as some people have claimed that the World Trade tragedy and the controversy they will never again attend their concerts or which followed it would be the arts section. buy their CDs. T o my knowledge, no famous actors or I guess the reason I'm writing here is that musicians perished, and with the exception of I find it unfortunate that Javed's opinion is a few benefit gigs and massive donations ($1 being labelled as that of the drummer for million from Jim Carrey, for example), I Wide Mouth Mason, rather than that of figured arts would be a safe section to shake Safwan Javed, bachelor of religious studies the tragedy out of my mind. (University of Saskatchewan) and first-gen( I know it's escapism, I know I have to eration Muslim-Canadian. confront my demons, but really, reading about This, mind you, is a man who has lived in death and destruction 24-7 tends to make me Canada almost all of his life, but has relatives a smidge depressed). in what might be a war zone in the very near Anyway, that illusion was shattered on future. Why should his opinion have an effect Tuesday when I read about an interview that on his art? Safwan "Saf" Javed, drummer of SaskatchScratch that. While that's definitely on ewan band Wide Mouth Mason, had done my mind, I'm really worried that the root of with the Edmonton Sun. I'm a huge Mason the dissent lies in the fact that Javed's a fan, so my ears (eyes?) always perk up when I Muslim-Canadian. see their names in the paper. With the backlash that's been happening h opin- recently towards Muslims all over the world, But this interview dealt w ~ tJaved's ions about what CNN has dubbed "America's I guess I'm hoping that Javed's opinion New War" on terrorism. however unpopular - isn't being shunted I won't go into the details (check out aside because of his background. www.widemouthmason.net to see the article Really, he has more right to comment on in full); suffice to say that Javed raised some this situation than a 21-year-old Irish guy uncomfortable questions concerning the new who's never been out of North America, like campaign against Osama bin Laden, the al- me, but his comments can be easily labelled as leged (and I would like to stress alleged) biased and "eastinfective" (a new word added mastermind behind the plot to bomb the to my vocabulary this week by a Javed detracWorld Trade Center. tor on the WMM.com board) based on his Javed condemned the attacks of Septem- background. ber 11,but also condemned the actlons of the Summary? We put too much stock in the US in the Middle East over the last 10 years, comments of artists. Let's put more stock in including Desert Storm. the comments of relevant people like Javed, The WMM message boards over at and less in the comments of irrelevant drumwrnm.net and www.widemouthmason.com mers hke Javed. have erupted with heated political debate If that makes any sense.

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talk about the several parody pop songs that they've written. "About a month later it was a Blink 182 hit," he joked about one of them. He then went on to talk about the band's beginnings. In Berklee, "you'd play all day. We learned harmony. It was good to meet other people." He met the rest of the band members there. But, after awhile, jamming got in the way of classes and they dropped out after a year to pursue their musical vision. He said that their latest album (The Pleasure and the Greed). insnired by a lyh; b; the Big Wreck seems to have lost its niche in the market Watchmen, referred anymore with their own music they're going to the paradoxes of fame, and said that they'd happily choose musical freedom over popular to "do whatever we want." As the listless music industry proves to be success. He told me their next album will be a lot the snake that swallowed itself, Big Wreck different and that since they can't succeed wili likely persist with unbroken integrity.

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t first glance, Keanu Reeves' latest film, Hardball (directed by Brian Robbins), seems to be the familiar tale of a washed-up coach who takes charge of a team of misfits. It is a story that has been done in countless ways and there seems to be very little more that needs to be added to it. However, this film actually manages to transcend convention and attempts to explore the painful realities of poverty, segregation and racism. It is the story of Conor O'Neil (Reeves), acompulsivegambler who hassystematically driven his lifeinto the ground and is dangerously deep in debt. His last and only hope to cover his losses is t o accept a job coaching a little league team in the Chicago Housing Authority League. He doesn't want it, as is expected in a film such as this, and reluctantly shows up merely out of dire necessity. O'Neil is unlikeable right from the beginning; he evokes very little compassion and is one of the least interesting elements of the film. That is not t o be blamed o n Reeves' acting. H e simply doesn't have a lot to

work with. The bright spots of this film are the children, played by a small group of talented young actors who convincingly communicate the duality of childlike playfulness and survivalistic maturity. There is always a fear when using such a large group of children that their personalities will result in mere caricatures, but the skill of these young actors circumvents this problem. Their frankness is not what we expect to see in these films: There is a realness to their characters; their language is vulgar and their mannerisms are disturbing. This is made even more troubling by the fact that we get to see, in glimpses, that beneath these disturbing elements, these are children who want simply to be children. At times, this movie becomes less of a tale about baseball and more of a tale of disadvantaged children who want to forget about the starkness of the real world by loslng themselves on a baseball d ~ a mond for a few hours each week. The problem with this movie is that it tries to be two different films at the same time. When it strives to be the typical underdog baseball film, it ends up being the same story that we've seen before. There are however, times that the moviestrives

to be something more. It attempts to take a painful look at what life is like for these ch~ldren,living amidst poverty, despair and violence. We are exposed to children who are terrified to walk home at night and who can playfully determine the make of a gun based o n gunshots they hear o n their way home. The scene in which one of the children is left to walk home after darkis truly frightening. As the child navigates through a minefield of drug peddlers, crack-addicts and gang members, we get a disturbing glimpse of life for these children. Here, the film resists expectatlons and dares to be a movie about children who use baseball as a refuge from the terror and hopelessness of their I~ves.But the film only tells this tale intermittently and seems more interested in the Hollywood convention of "the big game" even though at this point, the game itself seems triv~al. If only the movie had the confidence to resist the orthodox conventions and aim to tell a more honest story, it could've beenagreat movie. But it doesn't want to do that and instead chooses to be a better than average "underdog" baseball movie with much promise.

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Stairway to a strange heaven

Delving into GOthoughtful and moving novels MEGHANLOBS~NOER

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t first it appeared as though these books should be reviewed separately. What could they possibly have ~ncommon when one is written by a Toronto journalist as an autobiographical work on her travels, and the other is a piece of fiction by a first-time author? In fact, both deal with humanity, individuals in relation to their surroundings, our relationships with our families, and our loss of innocence to the world around us.

Strange Heaven Lynn Coady Goose Lane Editions StrangeHeaven is the fictionalstory of Bridget, a 17-year-old fromNovaScotia who unintentionally becomes pregnant.

A book of realizations and awakenings.

The novel begins after the birth of her child, as she recovers in a ward for troubled youth in a Halifax hospital. She flips back and forth, describing the events leading up to the hospitalization, and those that followed during her stay in the hospital. She lived at home with her mother, .father, perfect yet ideal~sticbrother, mentallyill uncle and delusional, devoutly Catholic grandmother. While she was often busy taking care of her uncle and grandmother, she was left to her own devices. These included a "bad" group of friends who hung out, drank, smoked up, listened to too much Pink Floyd and had sex, as a result of wh~chshe became pregnant. She was immature and aloof before the event, but afterwards, it seems as though the experience affected her personality. It was a wake up call of sorts; a call back to the womb. She starts spurning her old friends, who comevisit her in the ward, and yearning for her insanely chaotic family. In the ward, there are countless other troubled teens like Mona, who she befriends. Mona acts as a catalyst for Bridget's changing personality. Before she was sent to the hospital, Mona rejected her totalitarian father and ran away to Florida where she drank constantly, did coke, was raped and had an abortion. Mona reminds Bridget of her old friends, and is always telling Bridget how much she loves her friend's mother, a constantsource of affirmation. When Bridget decides to leave the hospital, she gladly sinks back into the enveloping generosity of her family, and plans her future with no regard LANE EWno~s for her town or her history.

When her boyfriend shows up drunk to give her the third degree, she rejects him. The pregnancy served as a turning point in her life. It affected her position within her family, and her feelings for her town.

Forei n Correspondences fesley Krueger Key Porter Books Lesley Krueger's Foreign Correspondencestells about a chapter in her life when she began to travel. It describes the time she spent with her husband abroad when he was assigned as the Globe and Mail's correspondent in South America, which involved a three-year stint in both Mexico and Brazil. At the same time, she explores her knowledge of her family and how it developed from what she learned as a child to what she experienced as an adult. Krueger is of Scottish and Swedish descent. Her grandparents came over to explore new opportunities and to flee from their pasts. The author travelled to Sweden to research her grandparents' lives, and to discuss the family's history. She discovered discrepancies between what her parents led her to believe, the paper records and the stories related to her by her Swedish relatives. A similar discovery occurred when she was younger. As she was rooting around in her basement and found a trunk full of her father's papers. She had time to read the papers before

her mother discovered her and the trunks mysteriously disappeared. Consequently, another set of truths were unearthed after she was caught. She relays these stories, and fleshes out what she has discovered about her family, by going back to old records, and travelling across Canada to conduct research. As an adult, what she unearths does not hurt or confuse her as much as it would have done when she was a child, which may be why she was never told, though as an adult her mother is willing to discuss it with her. Asa whitepersonina foreigncountry she represents a certain power and naivete, and is assumed to have vast wealth. Her well-to-do neighbours treat her as an affluent native, which she is not, so she bungles around social situations like birthday parties. Her only reprieve is the culture that surrounds her, her sense of humour and her trips to visit her husband in various tumultuous countries. She comes to accept her position in life, and deals with it gracefully, but willingly returns to Canada where she finds herself out of place once again. While she has explored so much of her past, and dealt with the present, she will always find herself adapting as the individual in society, struggling for meaning. This autobiographical novel is not a boring travel log, nor a lurid account of her fdrnily's private issues, but it is rather an exploration of the variety of settings that she has found herself in, and how she has adapted to each of them.

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music? These days the blending of music genres is becoming more and more popular, but few do it as well as the Wiseguys on The Antidote. Havingdready conqueredBritain with "Ooh la la," engaged in transcendentalturntable battles with Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim) at Manumission in Ibiza, Wiseguys will certainly be a force to be reckoned with. Check them out right now.

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Twenty-two-year-old R&B singer and budding actress Aaliyah Haughton's life ended tragically in a plane crash on August 25. Hearts fell in response to the news. Aaliyah had just completed filming for her upcoming video "Rock the Boat" directed by Hype Williams and was returning to Florida from the Bahamas when the accident occurred. Her long anticipated third album, self-titled, hit stores just a month pdor. I'm not going to be gracious in light of Aaliyah's tragic death -the album is nothing to scream about and certainly can't compete with her 1996 sophomore release Oneln A Million. The songs on Aaliyah tend to blend into each other, creating one long monotonous jumble and forcing me to repeatedly press the skip button. Beyond that, however, I would describe her sound as watered-down honey: sweet but lacking substance. Her soft croon hovers lightly over tracks and, given the right beat, the results are pleasing to the ears. However, Aaliyah has a signature voice that cannot be complemented by any old background music - tracks need to be tailored to suit her. Though I usually shun artists who stick to one formula and don't sway from it, Timbaland's trade-

mark beats are the perfect platform for Aaliyah's flighty vocals to tiptoe over. Needless to say, the lack of Timbaland production on the album was greatly missed. Aaliyah is not without redeeming moments. "Loose Rap" has a catchy rhythm, and the pair up between Aaliyah and Static from R&B group Playa could not be a better choice. The electric guitar on "I Can Be" combines well with Aaliyah's voice as the two sounds slide over each other and grab onto the listener. Other than these few gems, the tracks on the album mostly consists of drab beats that don't accentuate Aaliyah's unique sound. Though Aaliyah won't be remembered for this album, I have no doubt she will be remembered. Rest in peace Aaliyah Haughton.

Adema Self-titled Arista records ERIN DAVEY special to Imprint

The first time I heard the stngle "Giving In" by Adema, I thought I was ltstening to Korn. With eerily similar vocals, Mark Chavez and Jonathan Davis [of Korn], do share a relation outside of their musical sound - they are half brothers. Fortunately, the vocals are where the stmilarities end. Adema has successfully established a sound quite different from Chavez's older brothers' band. The music is hard-hitting, jagged-edged rock. While not quite falling into the category of heavy metal, they can be easier classified as heavy rock, or nu metal. A solid infusion of tight guitar riffs, steady drum beats and sweet bass lines mixed wtth Chavez's captivatingvocals, Ademawill certainly continue to grab the attention of fans and critics. If vou like hard rock. and can tolerate a Davis-sounding lead vocalist, you will want to pick up the self-titled debut album by Adema.

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Imprint is weekly until Nov. 30101 Voluntary Service Overseas Canada is recruiting for two year mathlscienceleducation teaching placements overseas and for six month overseas youth IT internships. For more information, visit our web site at www.vsocanada.org or call 1-888876-2911. Rksumt Builder - Friendly volunteers areneeded to provide companionship to people with Alzheimer's Disease. One to four hours oer week commitment.Trainingprogramprovided (with certificate w o n comdetion). call the Alzheimer's Socieb at 742-1422. For more information about any of the following volunteer opportunities, please call thevolunteer Action Centre at 742-8610: PHYSIOTHERAPY OR SPEECH THERAPY #1135-3023 Volunteers are needed to work with adults with physical disabilities and/or acquired brain injury. One to two hours a week for six months. HANDS OF FRIENDSHIP #11031374 Hands-on assistance is required for seniors' programs that involve games, music, crafts, etc. Half days or full day positions available. ARTS COUNCILVOLUNTEERSHAVE #I213 Riverworks in St. FUN! Jacobs needs volunteer greeters, event planners, office support, etc. CUSTOMER SERVICE & COMPUTER SKILLS #1098-11463 ... Canadian Diabetes Association needs you for one morning or one afternoon per week doing data base entries, handling donation requests, greeting visitors, making telephone calls. EATING DISORDERS COALITION #1221-1087 ... needs Board members, special event planners for conferences, workshops and community events. SOCCER COACHES #5101-2556 ... for children's teams on Wednesday evenings for 10-13 year-olds. Good knowledge of the game is needed. SPECIALEVENTS VOLUNTEERShave an opportunity to help with Cycle for Autism on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 30. Many positions available. Make a splash! Volunteers are needed to assist with our new Adapted Aquatics swim lessons. Share your love of swimming with a child with a disability. In your volunteer role, you will provide individual assistance to a child with a disability under theinstruction andguidance of a specially trained instructor. Volunteers must have their bronze cross award and be 16 years of age or older. Time commitment is every Thursday, 68 p.m. from September 27,2001 to June 2002 (consideration will be given to volunteers who are available until April 2002). Volunteer training will take place Thursday, October 4, 6-8 p.m. Additional training sessions will be held in December andMarch. The program takes place at the Forest Heights Pool, 255 Fischer-Hallman Road, Kitchener. This program is offered by the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo in partnership with the Rotary Children's Centre. For more info. about the program, or to obtain an application form, please contact Janet at 741-2493. Volunteers required -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 see www.cmhawrb.on.ca. Your time is valuable. Volunteers are needed at the Distress Centre to provide confidential supportive listening to individuals in distress. We provide complete training. Call today. 744-7645, ext. 317 or v i s i k . c m h a w r b . o n . c a . Study Hall Program: Volunteers needed immediately, September to December. Male and female university students to tutor new Canadian children at community-based study halls. Students range from grade 3 to 12 and need support in English, French and in high school sciences and math. Own transporation is important. Trainingandscreeningisman-

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datory. Call Big Sisters at 743-5206 to sign up for training session on September 24. Help the world's children - Volunteer this term for UNICEF! Opportunities include Hallowe'en School Campaign, Family Fun Day, at Steckle Farm, and workine in our new store. Call Sue ~aciaci~ 748-5663. k So what does it take to be a real man? An as-of-yet unnamed journal aiming to showcase the art and literature of men is looking for submissions from both vocal and aspiringmen, as well asvolunteersof either gender. Submissionsblurringgenders will also be welcome. Questions and submissions should be directed to either one of asklo@uwaterloo.caor lsmmchug Leisure Support volunteers needed for the followine oositions (for more info call Deb 741Ti226): ' Make a Svlash: several children with a disability need you to help them with swimming lessons at the Waterloo Swimplex. Various times available, one hour per week, Sept.-Nov. Preschool Pal: a busy 3 year old boy requires assistance to participate in a preschool programTuesdays, 1:15-3:45 at Forest Heights Community Centre. Swim Buddies: Don't like to swim alone? Become a swim buddy for a person with a disability; once a week, day and time flexible. Cards Anyone?: an adult male with a head injury is looking for someone to play cards or pool with him for 2 hours per week at Breithaupt Centre. Time and day is flexible. Leisure support volunteers are needed for dance, sports, skating, etc. Lots of volunteer opportunities available. Adapted Aquatics: join and help with a new swim lesson program, Thursdays 68 p.m. at Forest Heights Pool. Volunteers must have bronze cross award. Call Janet for more info 741-2493. Children's International Summer Villages - a volunteer non-profit organization promoting peace education and cross cultural understanding through children. Volunteers aged 21 and over. Commitment begins in March and continues until the end of the program. Come out toone InformationNight at GrandRiver Collegiate, Thursday, October 18 or Friday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. For more info. please call Joe at 742-0214 or email to info@cisvwaterloo.org or see www,cisvwaterloo.org or www.cisv.org. Creatwe? Do you l ~ k eto wnte and share your work w ~ t hothers? Our wrmng group meets weekly to compare notes and help motwate each other. For more mfo, contact Lara at Irthomps@uwaterloo.ca. Nommat~onsare requested for the followmgseats on Senate. Graduate Student: one graduate student elected bylfrom the full and part tune graduate students of the Unlverslty, term to A p d 30,2002. Envuonmental Stud~esUndergraduate Student: one undergraduate student elected by/from the full-tune Erinronmental Stud~esundergraduate students of the Unwers~ty,term to Aprd 30,2002. Nominations should be sent to the Chief Returning Officer, University Secretariat, Needles hall, room 3060, no later than 3:00 p.m., Friday, October 19.Nomination forms are available from Tracy Dietrich, University Secretariat, at ext. 6125 or tdietric@uwaterloo.ca; at least five nominators are required for each nomination to a position. Refer to the following web sites for info. about Senate and its Committees and councils: www.adm.uwaterloo.caI infosec/uwact/uwactindex.htmland www.adm.uwaterloo.c;JinfoseclCommittees/committees.html. Attention undergraduate students -interested in applying for undergraduate scholarships, awards or bursaries? Check out the Bulletin Board on the Student Awards Office home page at: www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infoawards/for

Wednesday, October 3 Fmd journal art~clesfast - Arts and Soc~alSc~eocesstudents; 10:30 am., FLEX Lab, thud floor, Dana Porter L~brary.In thls hands-on sesslon youwll learn how to search for art~cleso n h e and how to make effectwe use of electromclournals and full-text arucles. Reglster m advance at www.hb.uwaterloo.ca/ useredform. Smart Searchmg Techn~ques; 1:30 p.m. Please slgn up for sesslons on CaDams Centre Llbrary. Learn how to reer Serv~cesbulletm board m develop your search strategies and Needles Hall, 1st floor. All worktechn~questo find the references you shops are held In NHlO2O and are need. Regtster In advance at presented tostudentsat no charge. www.l~b.uwaterloo.ca/usered/form. Friday, September 28 Meet at the Informat~onDesk. Interv~ewSk~lls:The Bas~cs;1:30Thursday, October 4 2:30. Interv~ewSkdls: Preparmg Smart SearchingTechniques ;11:30 am., for Quest~ons;2:30-3:30 p.m. Dana Porter Library. Learn how to Saturday, September 29 develop your search strategies and techniques to find the references you The Whole Kdn Kaboodle: 9:OO12:OO wdl cover Self-Assessment, need. Register in advance at Resume Wrmng, and Intev~ew www.lib.uwaterloo.calusered1form. Skdls; 1:OO-4:30 dealsw~thLetter Meet at the Information Desk. Wrmng, Work Search, NetworkThursday, October 11 mg, Employer Research andInterKeeping up with your research literature vlew Skllls: Sellmg Your Skdls. Note: electronically; 9:30 p.m., FLEX Lab, you may opt to jom us for elther the third floor, Dana Porter Library. mornmg or the afternoon, but you must Offered to graduate students, faculty, attend all toptcs m wh~cheverhalf day and staff with teaching responsibilities, you choose. this hands-on session will show you how Tuesdav. to get the most from databases like CISTI ,, October 2 So:lrce and electronic journals. Learn InterviewSkills:TheBasics, 10:30-11:30 how to use Web of Science, a new index am.; Interview Skills: SellingYourSkills, ~ r ~ ~ v i by d e the d UW Library. Registra11:30-12:30 p.m. rton opens on October 1. See IST, Skills Thursday, October 4 for rhe Academice-Workplace, for regisUW Innovate: Your Business Start Up tr,rrlon form: ist.uwaterloo.ca1csl Plans, 4:30-6:00 p.m. courses.htm1. Friday, October 5 Interview Skills: SellingYour Skills, 1:303:30 o m .

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a detailed list of awards open for application this term. Further information is available in the Student Awards Office, second floor, Needles Hall. Marriage plans? Join with several others to study Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott's "SavingYour Marriage Before It Starts." Contact Jeff or Merlene Austen at 7250265, ext. 224, or email at the following jausten@communityfellowship.org.

Tuesday, October 2 Find journal articles fast -Science and Engineering students; 10:OO am., FLEX Lab, third floor, Dana Porter Library. In this hands-on session YOU will learn how to search for articles online and how to make effective use of electronic journals and full-text articles. Register in advance at: www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ useredform.

Help needed - $10.00 per hour moving furniture in the Student Life Centre. Hours are very flexible. Please see Nancy O'Neil at the Turnkey Desk. Student callers needed. Develoo votential jobs for Co-operative Education and Career Services by phoning previous co-op employers and/or alumni and discussing the Waterloo co-op program. ~ ~ ~ l i cmust & t be accepted in the work/ Study program. Pay is $9 per hour. Contact mchunt@uwaterloo.ca. Occasional babysitter needed. Nonsmoker, inmy home, close to UW, $6 per hour. Call Alicia at 885-0271. Weekend Counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Experience, minimum eight-month commitment. Paid positions. Send resum6 to Don Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, S., Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2.

SLC, room 1116 Frlday, September 28 Impnnt staff meetmg held at 12:30 .m., SLC. Spec~alGeneral Meetg at Imprrnt office, 5:30 p.m. Monday, October 1 "How to Take Better Landscape Photos" - speaker Rosemar~e Culver supports her program wlth shdes, helpful to all levels of photographers. FREE adm~ss~on to students. Come to Albert McCorm~ck Arena, 550 Parks~deDrwe, Waterloo. Inquue: H~ghlandGlen Camera Club at 884-2888. Programs also at the P~xel Pub - SLC. Tuesday, October 2 The Honourable Barbara McDougall to speak on Canad~anand Internaaonal terrorlsmm hght of the "Attackon America" at 7 p.m. m the He~delburgRoom, Waterloo Inn. Call Lena at 888-4567, ext. 2765 for more mfo. Fnday, October 5 Come out and enjoy a "ton of wmgs"and your favourite beverages, sponsored by the local Baden, New Hamburg, St. Clements and St. Agatha Snowmobile Clubs and the Greenwood Rod & Gun Club. From 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Greenwood Rod & Gun Club, Regional Road 12, (2 1/2milesnorthof St. Agatha).

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Tutors needed - $20.00 per hour. Tutors required in all subjects, particulary math andscience. Must have own transportation to KW, Guelph and Cambridge areas. Fax resume to Aver In-HomeTutoring (519) 888-7125.

Oktoberfest tickets: $5 each. . For .. Thursdav. . ,, Oct. 1 1 at Queensmount, with Walter Ostanek. E-mail: kpwebb@uwaterloo.ca 886-0941. - - -~

FREE U2 tickets.For a good time Molly!! Come to Molly Bloom's, 10 Manitou, Kitchener, 894-4445 (corner of Fairway and Manitou) Saturday, October 6 to win!!

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