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Maps andLegends E d e y travels back in time to draw comparisons between the Abolition of Slawry act and present-day issurs.

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Cambridge bound A new school of arclutecture will be opening in Cambridge. Though they are arc still in the ealy stages of the campaign, they are confident thatgctting enough money to make the transitioin is lust a matter of h e .

Wolverine visits UW

"Arts and crafts from my sister."

"A beta fish that died the next day."

Andre Peloso physics

Jamie Lawrid arts

A few dozen UW students recently heardWilliam'%Vol\-erine" I p c e and Nicole Manuel speak to raise awareness ofthe flght toprotect theirhomeland from being further destroyed in the illegal expansion of the Sun Pcaks s!u resort.

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FEATURES Death by chocolate Just in time for the holidays. Lauren Fox serves up a sampling of facts on this delicious confection.

Fall sports wrap up (Part 2) Your teams'rccaps continue thswcc Hcrc arc the baseball,golfandfootb: results.

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Figure skaters at Queen's Invitational \Y'atch thcmpran~e,~atchthemda and it's on ice Find out how ti rarait) figure skating team fared -

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Job cuts at RIM

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In a strategic cost-cuttlng mcasure, one of U\X1's most sipficant co-op employers recentlyannounced a drastic 10 pcr cent reduction of its total workforce, from appromately 2,200 employees to 1,980.

Ever wonder what cross-country about? Now that the seasonis almc done, Peter van Driel, an ex-croz country team member,eidightens yc

The Third Degree

"Grandma's ugly sweaters. Sorry Grandma!"

"Admission to UW math."

Anna Downing sociology

Sheraz Mahmood economics and math

Grad students now have their own newspaper, The Third Dqree. They describe themselves as "a students' forum which openly invites involvement in the full spectrum ofgraduate studies."

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Ramadan at Fed Hall See what has been happening at Fcd Hall to celebrateRamadan.

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page 13 Short order - I<ourtney Short reviews the best of the worst in the Xhterloo region.

Not by Choice: a band to see The Bomber concert series continu with Not By Choice. The pop/pu~ group is building up a huge fan ba with their catchy songs,energeticsho and friendlypersonalities.

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Don't be an ass Make an ass of yourself!Emily Ang introduces "artparties." Inspired b "collective~stforartandbacchrali: they offer an uplifting cnvironmt for stressed out smdents.

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Smallpox group applied health studies

Richard Dong environment and resource studies

Speculations - I<onieczna examines ImpritzPs ownletters to the editor section.

AskLanders -Imprintt'sadvicc columnist looks at how to fit in at Waterloo.

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EssentialInsanity- Aftcrwimessing the Teen Choice Awards, Lam wonders if the younger generation is doomed.

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"Pink Barbie track suit and socks." Jenny Brooks arts

FindingBalance--In the final cdition of Finding Balance,Asaria examines the estremes ofbeing among the privileged few and insignificant many and,appropriately, findingbalance in between.

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Back in time There used to be a hole in the middle of the Math building. If you weren't here before 1999, you may find it interesting to kimw that UWhad the largest supercomputer in Canada.

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Cambridge bound? 2uestions stdl surround school of architecture move auren Staines APRlNT INTERN

rofessor RickHaldenby, director of Ui~ix-ersity of\Yaterloo School of xhitecture, said-that the school is oingahead with their planned move I Cambridge, but that there are still ?me conditions that need to be met To date,long-term funding for the :hool sits at 315 7 million over the est 15 years. The money, according ,Haldenby, wasgiven by the City of Ambridge ($7.5million), theprovinialgovemment ($4.1 million)and the &ral government ($4.1 million). 'his does not include the $1.1million apital payout from the City of Camridge. Haldenby said that the school ; currently in talks with the private ector and thatthcse talks haw so far een"vcry successful." Though they re still in the early stages of the camaign, he is confident that getting nough money to make the transition ;justamatteroftime. Heis sure that hemove will help the schoolofarchi:cture,calIingit awonderful step. "It ;the best facility available," he noted, ddmg that the school's current faciltles in Enr-ironmental Sciences 2 are inadequate." Haldenby also said that le is looking forward to "increasing he footprint of the umversitj " The proposedareais stillundergoIgamassive cleanup operationpriced t approximately $300,000 t o 700,000, depending on where the naterial can& safelydeposited. The xation, which was the site of a Galt ;as Co. coal gas factory from 1888 mtil1910, needs to have old tar de~ositsremoved from the area. Depite the presence of these toxins and he fact that the location is currently lassificdas a sensitive site,Haldenby ssuredIqrinfthat thereare"nohealth isks whatsoever." The cleanup was bout one-third completed at press IC

Kith talk of thc mow comes criticism of thc school of architecture's decision to separate itself from the rest of the U\Y' campus. Some students, suchas first-year architecture student MatT&ebner,voicedconcemthat frosh week will suffer as a result of the school'sdtstanccfromLT..'l?lis seems to be the main concern of those mrolvcd; however, I Ialdenby said that the school will do everything in its power to preserve its linkwith UWs home campus. "K'e are going to be a satellite campus, no question about that." The Cambridge campus will have recreation facilities,lounges, areas for socializing, exercise facilities and residence for first-year students and some upper-year students. He also stressed that there will be ashuttle bus running back and forth from the ULY' campus to the Cambridge location several times daily. ,. I he surroundingareaisalsogetting prepared for the school of architecture's move to downtown Galt. Haldenby said that the community has been't~erysupp0ai~-e:'citingthe opening of several student-oriented establishments such as sushi bars and cafts around the campus-to&. He also said that it will be more than just a school; it will be apublic buildingwith attractions and facilities intended for the region, not just the students. I<yle hgland,agraduate studentat theschoolofarchtecture,agreedthata is "a bold move for Cambridge." England, a native of Cambridge, feels that the school'spresencewill "change the nature of Cambr~dge,"referringto the city's traditionally "blue-collar" economy. Supporters of the move have longchampionedtheircausewith the argument that it will bring new life to the anaemic regioqwhch has been in a slump for several years. h g l a n d said that despitethe positiveaspects for Galt, the move is questionable for the school. He feels thatthe first fiveyears

willbe largely transitional, but "after it settles down it'll be fine." "It's a shame that we're going to lose close contact with University of \Yraterloo," lamented second-year archtecture student Elkabeth Myers. Herself anative of Calgary, Mycrs enl o y UK"s ~ communalatmosphereand willmiss theexpenenceofbeingonthe ULYTcampus.BothMyersandfirst-year Triebncr feel that although the move will be good for the school of architecture and give the now-cramped school the space and facilitics it needs, they don't see it happening in the near future. Triebnercommentedonthe0pei1ing dates continually being pushed back. The original opening date of September2003hasbeendelayedmany times; the currenthoped-for date is fall 2001. Myers is skeptical: "I wouldn't hold my breath." Some are wonderingwhat the new campuswill be named. Though there is currently no resolution as to what it will be caIled,Haldcnbyhinted that the school is w h g to consider namiqit after a donor from the private sector. Hewas positic ely mclmed towards the name "hcwside Campus," because the new schoolwould be in an area on the banks ofthe GrandRwerknownas fiverside Despite the controvcrspsurroundmgthe move to Galt, school of architecture &ectorHaldmbyseesthemu\~e as possibly one of many extensions of U\X He mentioned m passing that there are "other possible partners" at this time, saying "you have to start somewhere "Whenaskedabutclauns that University of Waterloo i a franchising, Haldenby called that idea "specious," vigorously dcfcndmg the move "It's not about s e h g the mwrsity for parts [it is] all about accommodating the schoolofarch~tecture "

The Government Affairs Commisston,led by commissionerChrrs F.dcp, is spearheadmgL2V efforts to repeal a \Vaterloo bylaw that prohibits lodging house licensesto be granted to houses w i t h 75 metres of one another in certainareasof the city. A poster campaignaround campus, mcouragingstudents to come fonvard with housing horror stories, is onlpone of the many actions being taken to ensure that students have adequate, quality housing. l l e lodging house bylaw prohibits new lodging houses fromoperatingin saturatedareasand thereforeprevents competition in the lodging house market from increasing. One of the goals of the commlssionisto convey to students that "the city's policies are forcing them further from campus, drivingup rents and keepinglow-qualitv houses onthe market,"accordmg- to Edey Besides the poster c a m p a p , which features ths headline "Is your Landlord a Slumlord>," the recently formed commiwon is leading many other mtiatives toput pressure on the

First year studentAlexCancluu said that thc poster campaign and me& exposure about the bylaw has made hun aware of the student housing is sues "Before reading about t h ~issue s I had no clue that such a by-law could exist I believe that 1situqust-it h t s the rights of tenants and landlordsJ' Aletter wntmgcampaign"request mg that the mayor and city councd repealthe 75 metre [byla*] was started

mformallythis termand willbelaunched with greater fanfare dumgjanuaq ," \aid l'eds VP education, Ryan O'Connor A problem haui~tingthe commission'~campaign is a misconceptionm the commumty about the state ofstudent housing. Edey said, "We believe that when people know the full story they will bc more understanding ofwhatwe are trymgtodoandpossibly support us m our dealings with the city." 'Toencouragegreaterawarmess,the

commission is trying tomake the local community aware of the studenthousingplight.On'lLesday,November26, the commission made a presentation on the bylaw and its effects to the \1( estvalc Community Association "Theywerevery recepttve toourissues as mdcntsmdcahngwith the hous~ng crunch and promised to brmg up the matter m their nest meetingwith their local city councillor;" said Edcy, who added that the commission has contactedallofWaterloo's ntighbourhood associations.% ' !e think that thismeeting is just the first of many m our goal of bmpg m the community on an issue that mvolves both student and rcsident interest5 " City of Waterloo Mayor Lynne 1% oolstencroft supportsthe bylaw She has statcdin the paqt that she feels that the bylaw adds diversity to the neighbourhoods in the community. Despite this stance, the commission is not yithout its supporters in local

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O'Connor said that "Councillor Morty Taylor has stated in the past that it might be possible to remove the restriction in the arcas surrounding the universities, but maintain it elsewhere." Currently the commission is und e r t a h g a survey of the LesterSunview neighbourhood east of the university. F,dcy said the goal of the survey is "to determine what conditions students are living in and to poll permanent residents on how they feel about their student neighbours and the 75-metre by-law. We have to fully understand the scope of the issue before we can do the right thing and we hope that this survey provides us with the information we need." Other UWorganixations are takingan active role inpromotinghous-

ingrights. The Legal Resource Office has created a tenant rights'document for distribution to mtere5ted \tu dents O'Connor said that the Feds have hcard storics from many stud e n t ~about poor housingconditions He also said that the 'WLU Students' Union also passed a resolution opposing the MDS and have started their own lobbymgcampaign cncouragingthc city to remove the restriction and to more adequatelyenforce housing quality bylaws." Student participation in City of Waterloo elections, the next ofwhtch will be held nextNovember2003 i q of great importance, said Edey "What I want to see more than anything else is university students heading to the ballot box and letting local politicians know that we count and thatwe have m a p r issues that requtre some attention In my mtnd, by exerctsing our

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The CIF will be adding another gymnasium, a fitness room and a changeroom for the new-to-U\V womcn's hockey team. The SLC and CII. additions are both projects which were decided by students through a referendum last year. The university hopes to get asphalt in sometime this week so that the CIF's entrance will cease to cause problems for faculq and studcnts wanting to come in or out of that area. The construction companies working throughout the campus are allchosen fromalist ofcompetitors who tender offers. MelloulHlamey Co. managed to win the erection ofthe co-op building and Engineering 3. Aecon Construction is w-orking on the CEIT building and Nith Valley (:o. is in charge of the work done on the SLC and CIF expansions.

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right to vote, we will start to get our fair share ofattention from the city. If you don't vote, nobody will pay attention to you. For me, getting students informed, engaged and voting would mean that the Gouvemmcnt Affairs Commission has been successful." Edey stressed that student participation in the commission and housing issues isvital. "I would definitely encourage anyone who is interested [in volunteering with the commission] to email me at gac@feds.ca. Students can also help by reporting instances of poor landlord behaviour, sub-standard housing and other housing issues to the Feds, the Legal Resources Office and the city as well. The more information we have the more convtncmg our case will be "

Native elder, youth talk of defending their land in B.C. Greg Macdougall SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

How many tmes do you get to hear a speaker talkabout being chased by aCanadian armouredpersonnel carrier, comingwithin four feet ofbemg crushcd and then shooting out the hydraulics with an AK-47 to take away the steering? A few dozen UW studcnts rccently tookadvantage of the opportunity when \T'diam 'Wolverme" Ignace and Nicole Manuel spoke m Waterloo on Tuesday, November 19 They're fromSecwepemcNation near Kamloops B C. and are msmg awareness ofthe fight toprotecttheir slaur~a@~mpr~nt.uwater~oo.ca homeland from being further destroyedmthe illegal expansionof the Sun Peaks slu resort They sud net ther the provincial nor federal governments will enforce the laws that protect the Native peoples' land rights The dispute was at the centre of the 1995 ( k t a f s o n Lake standoff, when over 400 R C h P and Canadian army personnel emploj ed land mines, concussiongrenadesand thousands of rounds of ammunition to stop the tlatioe people's attempts to defend their land It was during that time that the 63 year old LY'oh erme found himself tn combat wtth the Canadianarmy and he spent the next five years in jail for his participation. Hut thc two had much more to talk about. 'l'wenty-five-year-old Manuel sooke of the leadership she and others have recctvcd from their elders, including \Xrolverinc A1 though his formal education onlv went tograde seven, he ha?done legal research into the Nauvepeo~les'land rights and represented himself in the courts, rightup to thc top court in the country He pointed to the key 1995 dismissal of their case by the Supreme Court that didn't rule on the lcgalpoints that\\;'olverine contends stand firmly in favour of thc Secwepemcpeople. He says that the Secwepemc L

should have their dispute with thc Canadian govcrcuncnthcard by a thirdparty adjucator, because that is thc only way to avoid the conflict-of-in terest that any Canadian court or judge has in hearing the case.He stated thai First Nations are allies with the Queen not subjects to her. In his research, he's found tha~ "there's only sixtimesinNorth Ameri can history that the Native people': title and rights have been discussedir law" and they show the right to third party adjucation. He listed them a: 170.1,theMoheppeopleversus Con necticut; the appeal of that case ir 1740,theRoyalProclamationof1763 the conclusionof theMohegancase ir 1773; the Duty of Disallowance ir 1875 and the 1982 Constitution. Accordmgto\Volverine, Canadai! a corrupt country - the politicians la~vpers,judges, media- "fight from the bottom up. This is the reason whj we'll never get a fair ruling, not in thtz county.We'venever hadlustice sinct Confederation;we're stillmuting." I Iowever, there is one legal av enue left: preventing an agreement between Canada and the Unitec States on softwoodlumber. ' V c car destroy the economy of Canada Maybe that's what a takes for people to realize what 1s wrong with thi: country. "Hccausc they ~wrcrdealtmiththe land issue, all the resources that arc removedoff of our territofies,it's a1 stolen goods." Ilc said that Canada challenged this all the way to the \YTO in Geneva, but lost. \Yolverine said he has two goals justice and coesistcnce. The tour ht and hlanuel are doing no\v is criss crossing Eastern Canada; after visiting Coacordia, shtdents there pi& eted two Montreal travel agencies conx-incing them to cancel tours tr Sun Peaks. \Xraterloo students at the talk were discussing doing a similiai thing here.

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Dateline:South Africa. The Unmersity of Waterloo's small but merry band of rag tag debaters is set to cmbarkonitsgreatest adventureyet Affectionately known in debating circles as the "freak school," the University of Waterloo Debating Society has managed, just barely, to attend several intravarsity tourna mcnts already this term. Despite the fact that the debating societyhas had numerous problems such as car troubles, sleeping in and getting lost in malls, they have always managed to make it This term. Karim Hasanen garnered two third-place awards m public speaking, while Aaron Shull

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RIM job cuts no surprise Diana Miller SPECIALTO IMPRINT

In a strategic cost-cuttmg measure, one of U\Vs most significant co-op employersrecentlyannounceda d m tic 10 per cent reduction of as total workforce, fromapprox~mately2,200 employeesto 1,980 These 'measures to streamline its oaerations and reduce expenses" were announced in a November 12press release The cuts are expected to produce a savmgs of approximately $20 to $25 million per ye& Jun Balsillie,RIM chairman and co CEO, said that these cuts are "a difficult, yet strategicauy important, decision " Research In Motion Limited is a designer, manifacturer and marketer of wireless products and services, mcludingemail,phone,SMSmessaging, the Blackberry product line and Internet- and intranet-based applica tions RIM was founded m 1984 by U\V e n p e e f i g students and went

public in 1997 Although a is still basedm Waterloo, RIMalso operates m Noah America, Europe and Asia Analysts suspect that the cutswere made because RIM is just coming out of a major development phase ''They've just now.finished buildtng the products They're finished doing the marketmg,workingwiththe carn ers, and now it's kind of self sustmmg," saidBarryRichards,ananalyst at CIRC \VorldMarkets maNovember 13 GlobeandMazIarticle "A lot of the work that KIM has needed to do is done " The most pressmg question on students' minds, however, seems to be what kind of impact these job cuts will have on the umversity The answer'No one qute agrees RIMwould not release any statistics or concrete information on the issue, but Mark Guibert, RIM vice president Brand Management, said that their "co op programis largely unchangedandwe continue to require a large number of

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bnght and motivated students " A look at the job postings m CECS, however, toldadiffercnt story Out of 39 jobs that RIMongmallyposted for the winter term, 16 have since been cancelled OlafNaese,Waterloo's CECScoin mucations and public relations'admtnistrator, has yet another perspec tive on the nsuc. Although - he wasn't able to release statistcs for confident1 ality reasons, he noted that RIM's hinng of UW co-op students surged ovcrthe past year Put in alarger con text,the current declmeisn'tnecessarily abnormalor devastating- it could be simply returnmg to regular levels after'an unusually busy hinng phase, Nease said \Xlhatever the reason, however, a sunple fact remains andammglyhigh number ofUW studentaare leftwith out jobs for their comingwork term The one thing that everyone seems toagrcc on, however, is that these job cuts are not a surprise The Globe and MaiIreported on November 13 that many analysts expected the move Naese also commented that i t ' s not a surprise, seeing as many high tech companies have been cutting back" and that "the department m already concerned about job avadabdityany way." RIM's job cuts inparticular,however, are important to the Ufflversity of Waterloo due to the past relationshtp between the two institutions Because RIM was fouhded by UW, engineering students, they've tended to consistently hire significant num bcrs of co-op students from Water loo The effect of this new phase that RIM m entenng still remams to be seen

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UWRYAN,COM D o you ever look at how U\V is presented to high school students and think of how it differs from how you view the school? It is difficult to convey to a prospective student what his expenence will be like at aparticular school. Any school trying to attract students (every school) will put the bnghtest spm on any information In trying to convince students to consider UW, the university gves influence to students who don't even go here 'Ihe c'ampus gets cleaned up before visitors come and the pamphlets are better lit than the real world In the viewbook, which is the prnphlet high school students get gving an overview of UW, things seem a little different than in the real world In the 56 page pamphlet, the gender ratio in the photographs is 43 per cent mal; to 57percent female. This shows a discrepancy compared to the enrolment among full time undergraduates last year, which was 54.4 per cent male \Kraterloo moved to number

ous benefit Also consider how preference ofprospective students affect policy, the university constructec residences, converted m a p a r t mcnts to residence suites and moved upper years to accommo date a residence guarantee for frosh Once students are already attending, there is some commit ment to the school, where rhere are obstacles to moving to an alternative school, future studen on thqothcr hand, can justaccel another offer One way for students to influence the university is to tell future university students to ask the tough questions Are you concerned about uncertain tuition levels? Tell you little sister to ask what her tuitir will be over her four or fi>e year here D o you think that concrete chipping off the northwest corn of Hagey Hall is dangerous? Gel youriounger friend from high school to ask auniversitv officia about it D o you think it i \ wrong to prevent r e d e n t s 19 and older from drinking alcohol? Get you] older friend from high school tc ask about it

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Speeches froinexecutives ofboth ScotiabdaiidU\Yrmarkedthe opeiltrig of the new Scottabank Software 1:nginccring Labs on'l'uesday. The labs\\-erenamedafter Scottabailk for its $2.5 million gift towards the uniIerhity. One million dollars went ton-ards the cons~ructionand fundi i ~ gof eq~~ipment for the labs. The new labs n-111 help s t ~ d e n t swork tvgc therand build software tn teams, a key component of the software engineering.

tend to catry only n e w that has a bearing on grad students " Although The Thzrd agree received start up Funding from the Grad students now have their own Graduate Student Association, newspaper, The Third Ilegrm,, which Grove said the newspaper maintatns was launched on November 26. Deeditorial autonomy. "Hopefully in scribing itself as "A students' forum the futurewewill be funded by adverwhich openly in\-itcs tnrolvement in tising revenue," said (;so\-e, \vho the full spectrum of graduate SLIKics," The Third Lhgree is U\Vs only plans to separate the newspaper's fmanccs from the assoctation by the campus publication devoted to grad end of April. students and their interests. Grm c hopes 7%e '1bird Degt-fir Jason Grove, editor-in-chief and grad student in chcmical eq~lccring, "\vi11 becomea forum for shdents to csprcss their opmiuns on an!- subexplained the importance ofpublishjects, be it internatrnnal politics us mg a newspaper geared to\vard grad strategies for\\-111nmgttc-tac-toe."In students. "Some issucs of relevanceto addition to sections on news, the grad students would probably not be grad student association, entertain carried bp Inpf~it,"he said. "&;e mSusan Bubak IMPRINT STAFF

mciit and opinion, 'l;",e Third Dgree also contains a healthy dose of humour for grad students who take their studies too scnously. bor example, the section entitled"procrastti~ation" features funny quotes, am&grams and instructions on how to make anorigamt-typecraft.A number ofthe articlesand colunins are tonguem-check. Grove is loolung for grad students to fill racant positions on the masthead, including adver~rsingco ordinator, cartoomst, \vcb master, \vriters,photographcrs, secretary and treasurer The masthead for the current edition consists of three editorial staff and sere11 staff members. Although ' l h T/~i,r/lltpc docs

not h a w an ofhce on campus, \ub missions may be sent to the Grad I iouse StartmgtnJanuary, The Ihlrd Degreewill be published two or three times per term l he publtcatton is a\ atlable on line at thtrddegree org and on campus at the Grad House, grad matlrooms and common areas

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On November 27, openingceremonics tookplace for UW's Tnstitutc for Quantum Computing. Afterwards, Mike Lazaridis, current RIM co-CEO and futurc UW chancellor, formally announced a major donation towards the institute. The institute's goal is to advance knowledge in areas of engineering, mathematics and science to enhance dcvelopments in the ficld of quantum computation and information processing. Funding for it has come from various sources, including the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Canada Research Chairs and Ontario Research and Development Challenge Fund. Quantum information is significant in developing new technologies and can even relate to national security, such as public key cryptography. The institute's Web site as www.iqc.ca Adaptive technology fair

The Office of Persons with Disabilities held an adaptive technology fair, entitled "Brtdging the Gap," on November 26. The fair, whlch was for students, faculty and staff, highlighted the applications of technology in research and barrier-free curricular design. Topics included wireless access on campus, voice recognition software and senrices available on campus and in the community for persons with disabilities.

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UNDEFEATED The rainbow flagwas first created in 1978b! a San Franciscanartist named Gilbcrt Baker Incpired by the five striped "Flag of the Kacc," Baker rose to the challenge in meeting the ilecds of the city's gay comtnumty for a universal gay symbol. Once inspired, Baker wasted little timc in creaung the flag, sewn and dyed by his own two hands. Initially, the flagwas created to fly eight colours;pinh, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purplc and indigo. Fach colour was supposed to reprcscilt something larger; sexuality, life, healkg, sun, nature, art, harmony and spirit. I Iowever, when Baker tool; his homemade flag to San Francisco's Paramount Flag Coinpan?-ior mass produc tion, he \\-as informed that the hot pink colour could not be manufac tured. The indigo colour was also dropped later 111 that same year when the gay community was shockcd at the assassination of FIanrey mlk, the city's first openly

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Arguments from the past rise again in Kyoto debate any form continues, some local pol~rlciansaiid buslness leaders hare resigned themselws to accepting the ncu la\v 111pr~tic~plc., but arc callinr for new amcndments to the law to ease its application Lord Thistlebottom, governor of the cotton-rich county of Essex has proposed that the number of Business groups and the slaves to be freed be cut m half ant slaveholderlobby are up in arms that the deadline for freeing them over the Bntish parliament's be extended by 10 years beyond passmg of the Abolition of Slavery what the Abol~ttonAct states Act, which bans slavery m all forms 'This Act will disproportionately throughout the British Empire, damage the economy of Essex including Upper and 1,owerCanada County We need to make the Chambers of Commerce burdens of compliance with throughout the Canadas are abolition less onerous for local predictingan economc disaster as a result of abolition 'We're going to . busmess," he said The Upper Canada Chamber oi see a large-scalemovement of Commerce has also demanded mdustry and lobs to non abolition freed-slavecreditsa\analternative jurisdictions," said Pithy method of meetsng Palmerston, president of the Upper - its abolition requirements. "Essentdly, every Canada Chamber of Commerce American slave that reaches Upper "Implementing this act as is, will .. Canada would count as a credit put Upper Canadian busmesses at a towards our own slavery reductior competitivedisadvantage agamst goals," Palmerston said those in the United States," he The opimon, advanced by . added supporters af abolition, that the The United States has refused to economy might actually be m follow the lead of Britain, the proved by allowing everyone to Netherlands and France in ending participate fully and on an equal slavery,which it clams is essential footing was dismssed as "silly left to maintainingthe American group-think" by Edward Elder, hfestyle The president and his chair of the CanadtanSlaveholders advisors also feel that the moralitv Association. "Our entire economy issues sucr~undingslavery have yet Ii is based on the me of slaves, to to be fully"proven and are calling for expect that to change is ridiculous, further researchin this area. he added. "Morality has no place n Busmess analvsts are now the modern economy, next they'll predicting the imrmnent demtse of be telling us that it's 'immoral' to several unportant industries as a have twelve year olds mining coal ' result of the abolition act EconoUpper and Lower Canada have mists predict that the whip and yet to ratify the Abolition Act and chain industrymay be practically the colonialgovernment is s d wiped out by this decision Tobacco divided on the issue of slavery in growers along LakeErie are also general. . upset "'l'obacco is a major corn However, abolition supporters modity of great importance to this south of the border have warned region and slaves are needed to that a business as usual approach, harvest it," said farmer Earl may have 'tragic consequences' Jackson "What is Upper Canada within the next 30 years in the going to do without slavery?We'll UmtedStates become a have-not colony for sure," he added While opposition to abolition in

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ESSENTIAL INSAMITY In the immortal words of ODB, 'Wu-tang is for the kids " How comforting, to know that along with the rest of the village, the 01' Dirty Bastard is investing hunself in the future However, I'm beginning to have gra*e doubts about the future itself It's natural, as all generationsha\ t.deep concerns about the one following They're never quite as good as we are Their hairstyles are weirder, they don't read, their games more violent \T e think "They're going to destroy our planet!" Then we clmb back mto our SUVs and putter away But after some contemplation, I fear that my fears are well founded (Of course, my fears are always.well founded Yours? Not so much) Three particular incidents come mto mind Firstly the mcessant re-runs of the Teen Choice Awards Here is

m s c u l e , thanks the fans, aged 12 and under, for watching/listening religiously Thank you, 12-andundersl Twelve-and-undersclap mamacally, thenget jiggy with Nelly Secondly A commcrcialonYTV for "Queasy Bake " The slogan is "Looks gross, tastes good " T i t h this "Queasy Bake" oten, one can bake dog bone shaped cookies, thcn dip said cookies m a "foam ing" red goop In the commercial, m e year-old boys are clustered around the oven, making faces and bobbing their heads along to the p g l e Thirdly another commercial on YFV, this t m e for "Hratz", a miniature salon/spa, complete with dolls and "real make-up[" Nine year old girls cluster around the purple plastic spa and dip their fmgers mto what suspiciously looks like the red goop from "Queasy Bake," only to spread said red goop over their eyelids How stylm'l The Inevitable conclusion I must draw is they're doomed All that redgoop plastered everywhere must

functions must cease altogether What are they going to d o with their inhentance? But upon more contemplation perhaps they're not so doomed Perhaps the 12 and-unders are actually sufferingmore than the re< of us Bombarded by advertise ments of completely irrelevant products, products designed by adults who only think as adults, they put up a good show on the outside, and mourn inwardly Aftc all, "Queasy Bake" and the rest of them view kids only m relation to adults Either the product encour ages slavish emulation of adult behavior, or assumes that what is enloyable for chddren must be rcvolttng for adults And possibly because they're nl getting what they want now (somr room to rnancu\.fr and some spac for creativity) they'll grow up to be less pedantic than their elders, and make good with what is theirs

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How to look at the future ahead of us process of findingbalance between two extremes -the knowledge that our lives are both significant andmsignificant at the same &me. If we give way to the extreme of believing that we can and should change the universe,we risk becoming arrogant, thereby damaging the complex and meaningful environment that existed before we ever did Never become so~reoccupied with c h a n p g the world so as to forget to let the world change You However, if we give way to the extreme of believme that our lives aremsigmficantbecausetheuniverse is so great and we are so small, we risk everythmg. Every faith and spmtual path is based upon a piece of knowledge that none of us can denv. we are here for a reason. So whether or not life has meaning depends on whether or not we choose to live our lives meaning fully Remember that even though the planet is enormous, you will find that small, honest efforts can be worth millions. If you make the effort to put a smile on the face of a single child, you have changed a umverse that you can't see. And when we all take part in small

FINDING BALANCE There are two ways at it On one hand, we are the privileged few We are the richestand freest citizens of the world With our wealth and educ?tions, eachand every one of us has the power to make huge waves m this world. Each and every one of us is in the position to change what childrenwill one day read about III the history books of the future On the other hand, we are aJ1 lust regular people -one permn in a world of billions Most of us will disappear and wdl hardly be remembered. And even d w e do change the world, so what2 This planet is a grain of sand m a universe that is so much greater than we can dream This is the t m e now, while we are s t d in uversity, to form an outlook on what we expect to make of our futures This is a

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cfforts as part of the lovhg struggle for truth and goodness, we are actually taking part in a unified movement that is much greater than ourselves If you study chemistry, physic* biology or psychology, you will f d that behmd everythingwe know is a constant movement in smgle d i r e c t i o n every atom, cvcrycreature,and everypersonis st"l19glmg m the path towards equihbnum Everything is finding balance We alone have the ability to choose whether or not we want t( take part in this struggle towards peace. So m the last article of the Find~ngBalance column, I want t end with a message to this year's graduating class and all the other students who are readmg The message is. stop trying to be great Instead, put all your efforts into trying to find your place III the endless greatness that exists in thc world that surrounds us And as you search for yourplace in greatness, promise me that you will never stop smding Good luc FindingBalance!Peace

-DAY, NOVEMBER 29,2002

Read Uur'an in context 1b the ediJor, Jnder the guise of theological schol ~rship,Todd Langis proceeds to ~nalyzethe Qur'an m a manner that niarepresents Islam "Islam" comes i o m the root "silm," meaningpeace Uithin the context of revelation,"Isam" is construed to mcan achieving ~eace through submissionto the Creaor Todd's flawed approach to the qur'anlead hunto erroneous conclujions m his analysis of Surah 2190 'And fight in the way of Allah "Statmngthat 24901s the firqtversedealing with jihad demonstrates a lack of fad a r i t y with the Qur'an. It is basic knowledge that the Qur'an is not arrangedaccordmgtothe chronologi:a1 order of revelation In actuality, 14 years of prophethood passed beâ&#x201A;ŹoreSurah 2was revealed As well, an issue cannot be defmtively summed up by referring to a single and ~ncompletequote from the Qur'an All relevantversesmustbe analyzed in their entirctyandtied together to form a consistent whole Furthermore,'loddomits relevant facts,giving readers an incorrect historicalperception of Islam His story of the "slaughter ofthe Jews" fads to mention that the Jewish tnbes were not fought because theywere Jewish, but rather because they commtttedthe cnme of treason In fact, the members ofthe tnbe thatwere not aparty to th~s cnme were free to go.The author also fails to mention that Jews and Muslims lived together peacefully for centuries under Islamic rule. Inaddition, when Jews were fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, the Muslim ruler eagerly welcomed them to the 1s>am1cstate Mr Langis convemently neglects to mention the true reason for jihad Jihad is not a means of subpgating and exploiting others, or imposing the Islamic behefuponnon Muslims. Jihad is uscd to establish peace and lustice in all aspects of life Prior to Islamic rule, the Byzantine and Persian empires were locked in a bloody conflict for global domination Islam not only succcededat endingthe misery pcrpetuated by this war, but also hberatedthe people andallowedthem topractlse whateverrekon they liked No one was forced to acccpt Islam It shouldalso benoted that the key issue raised byA11Asariawas the racial profilingofMuslims in the wake of 9 11 The biased view of Ivlam presentedby Toddworks to fuel the antiMuslim sentmentsm socletyand ?ustify the dracon~anmeasuresinstituted by the government,both counterpro ductive to the ultmate goal of coexistence.

Grow up, bus passengers To the editor, Thts is to all the regular Fed Bus passengers Please learn how to do your own laundry.There simplyisn't enough room on a school bus for 40and the

2giant duffle bags they are allcarrymg. A baclcpack shouldeasily contameve rythtng you will require from Fndap afternoon to Sunday evenmg. One of the purposes of university is to prcpare us for the real world This mcludes doing your own laundry, not b n n p g i t home for Mom to do every weekend It is not a very skilled task, nor doesit requlrelargesums of money to carry out I am confident that if you just tried it, you mtght be able to launder your own s h e s It is time to cut the umbilical cord andgrow up OtherwiseFeds may have to consider mplementmg carryon baggage h t . - Knstzan Rogers 4 A biology and chemist'y

rubble at ground zero in 32 peices. When he saw that people were m distress he did not thmk about what religionthey followed.For himitwas an act of humamty Here is an example where kind, brave actions speak louder thenviolent words There are many other Muslims who share this sentment (you just don't see them on the evening news) So ju" remember that there is always two sides to a story and you will remain ignorant untd you open your mind and examine both. -Saba Umer

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Pedophilia column revealing Get the whole picture To the editor,

To the editor, I once had a very wise professor tell mc that if you really want to learn and understand a religion, you must leave all your preconceived notions at the door. Only then can you clam td be educated about that religion I would like to pass along this advice to a few people who have been educatingthe univer5ity populace about Islam In last Friday's Imprinf Todd Langis referred to Islam as a "religion of the sword " He quotedaverse from the @rJan to backup his views However Todd seemed to have forgotten to quote the entire verse. He only mentioned the first sentence of the following verse "And fight m the way of AlIah those who fght you, but transgress not the h t s . Truly,Allahlikesnotthe transgressors (Qur'an 2190) " Todd only stated "And fight in the way ofAUah." One can see from thlsverse that "fighting" here ism self defense,fight those "who fight you " It is also evident that there are strict rules and h i t s set for anykmd of "fighting.% for the foot note that Todd quoted, it is important to know that it was the opinion of the translator and not part of the Qur'an itself Other major translations of the Qur'an contain no such foot note for this versc It was a little hasty of Todd to use this footnote to claim that "jihad" (whtch, by the way does not mean "holy war " It means "struggle") is one of the pillars of Islam Islam has five official pillars. bclief 111 one G o d and that Muhammad is the final mcssenger of God, fasting in the month of Ramadan, giving alms, praying five tunes adayandmakmgthepilgnmage toMecca. I would also like to comment an Alexander Gutframd's comment "did any M u s h organuations ever help the victunsofAl Qada or Hammas " s in reference I'm assuming that t h ~ is to the unfortunate circumstances of September 11 I would likc to give a' very small and personal example My 23-year old cousin was one of the many individuals who died in the WorldTrade Center onSeptember 11 He was a Muslim and an all around wonderfulperson Hewasalsoarehef worker m New York City He died saving others' lives that day Months later his body was found among the

Asa Protestantwith some conserva tive views, I am always interested to see what Aaron Cowan has to say I like readmg his column because it's well written and presents a different and well thought out viewpoint So I was qulte disturbed to see hun writing m support of pedophdia last week I have saidm the past when asked about homosexuals that all other things bemg equal, they tend to be s beenmy expemcerpeople T h ~has rience-more pleasant to be around, more cultured, etc. As such I have never been a big fan of talk about the "homosexual agenda " That is, the idea that all (or some) of the gay people out therewouldhave us accept more and more dungs as normal untd nothmg is taboo. I simply had seen no evidence of it Until now. Because when Mr. Cowan tellsus thatpedophtliais only wrongbecause soclety says so, I see an agenda.Fromall those who believe m this agenda to destroy the JudeoChristian foundation of our society, thank you Aaron Cowan You have helped to convince one more person

-Jonathan M u r w I A engineering

Aaron has wrong terrorist To the editor, Aaron Lee-Wudrick xvritrs that the malority of us Westerners do not bebcve that "most h4uslms are terrorists "How nice of him to say this Except that I don't thmk the oppo site has ever been true Rathcr, the mtstakenbehef-ostensibly heldby many in this part of the world -is that "thc~~astmajotltyofterroristsare Muslim "That last quote is not com mg from Mr Lcc W. udnck, although he would most likely agree with it Instead, a should be credited to the Amencan, Dinesh D'Souza, author of What's So GreafAbout AmencuL Because dunngthepast yearmany Amcncans and KJesternersbecame interested in understanding the root causes of September 11, a slew of propagandistsrose to the call of duty Theirgoal became toconvince allofus that D'Souza's clamis evidentlytrue and that America is the mnocent But the claim and as defense are

both dishonest, for the U S is the leading terrorist state and the thousands ofAmericans that carry out h s terror are terrorists. D u m g the Vietnam War, America bombcd Cambodia and Laos, killtng 100,000 and 750,000peasants respectively. Unfortunately for the world, this wasn't a one-time deal. American terror continued, among other places, m East 'hor,Central Amencaand, of course, through its support for and mamtenance of repressive regimes in I s l m c countries. How digmfiedofLee-Kru&ck for calling on Muslims to make it "clear that they are every bit as opposed to the Islamofascists as the rest of the world" Why is this necessary? If Musluns are being "viewed in the wrong light" it's largely because of servantsofpower ltkeD'Sowa,whose lies and hypocrisy must be exposed Why isMr Lee-\Vudncknot devotmg hts columns to thrs "wiseand necessary step?"

Carry on, noble Landers To the editor, I hope last week's letter by Rachel Valks critictzmgtheAskLanders column will not be treated seriouslyby a utwersity student newspaper and its readers Itis exactlythis close-minded point ofview thatcreatesarestrictive environment m the media The truth is the people m Ask Landers do and say things that seemcrazybecause they are faced with problems and have nowhere to turn,so what's the pomt of lyingto ourselves that thisis not a fact They have nowhere to turn to m a society that has come a longway, but will s d laugh and make freaks out of them because they are of the opmon that these people's issues are in some way deviant Ifwetrulybelievem free speechwe should be able to accept the right of other people to opinionsevenifwe do

not agree with thcm Besides, these opmons, however differentfrom our own, are necessary because by hearing them outwe have a chance to consider our values, ideas and actions m a potentially similar situation If no body ever discussed a contro~ersial problem or opmion out of fear bccause n was not in-line with the ac cepted standards we would all be drones walking around doing and saying the same things Just lookat the current anti tcrrorism turned,let's attackIraq,tone in the U S where any differenceofopmonls seldom tolerated, let alone broadcast on CNN Our PM rightfully stated that terronsmis a result of the way the westernworld treats other countries Enc Margohs on TVO's D@lomatzc Immunzp pondered how a relatively poor country, speakmgof Iraq, devastated by many wars with a population many tunes 5maller than the US could potentially pose a threat to such a superpower Nomatterwhat youthink about these issues, you think about them because someoneelse can freely say what they thmk Id~allymedia is supposed to be objective and openmmded, in reality, we know that even this country's media is far from perfect, sowhy not let our own Iqbnwtdo the best a can?

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I~rintapologkesformisleading facts that were published m the November 22letter 'yihador holy war?" Muhammad did not destroy three clans in Medina, only one The Qur'amc verse Surah2 190 reads "And fight m the way of Allah w ~ t hthose who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limts " 0 Jihad is not onc of the five pillars of Islam

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Musluns today are caught in a crossfire On the one hand are thc extremists, u?ing Islam a\ a cover to achieve their co~crtgoalsthrough violence and terrorism l'heir action? only senreto cause greater harm to the Muslims they purport to bc fighting for On the other, we haw hostile "men of God," many of whom are President Bush's staunchest allie?,who go to great pain? to portray Islam as a fanatical, violent and foreign religon, antithetical toNorth American values (Witness, for example, the hateful comments ofjerw Falwell, Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham and Jimmy Swaggart in recent weeks) In addrtion, hIu51ims are under attack from their oun go\ ernmcnts Despite constant reassurances frompoliticians that Mud~msare an int~gralpart of North American society, legclation continues to be passed which segregates thcm from e~ergone else Hr now, we\ e all become accustomed to institutions and oiganizations Lromng the boundaries ofdecencl to adl-ance thcir political agenda5 \\hat is most disturbing about the recent treat ment of hfuslimr is the fact that we, as a socicty,are becomtng increas ingly influenced b j the lund of rhetonc e m e r p g from these camps The prevalent ignorance about Islam, coupled with the extensive medm coverage ofgroup like a1 Qaeda, leads people to behe~cthat the majority of Muslims actuay stand for what these extremst groups are saying, and that the onlv way to stop thc Islamic bid for global domination is to follow the advice of evangelist]unmy S w a g p a '%T7eought to tell even7

other Moslcm (sic) living in this nation that if you say one word, you're gone." This is the kind of racist mentality that leads directlyto the recent spate of hate crimes witnessed in both Canada and the United States. So what are we to do? Perhaps what is most important is finding out what Musl~msbelieve; what Islam, as a living faith for over a billion people, represents to thcm Muslvns worldwide belie\ e, that their faith is a continuation of the message ofpeace and justice brought to humanity by other prophets (including those of the Jewish and Christian traditions). hfuslims believe in the divine gift of human dlgnity (L(ViTe have cnnoblcd the sons of Adam" Quran 17:70)and the sanctity of human life (Quran 5:32).Islam, by definition, is built upon five pillars, none of which is the conquest or conversion of othcr people. The concept of Jihndis undoubtedly an important one in Islam. Jihad (lit. "struggle") can be manifested as a struggle against oppression, but is primarily a strugqk against internal temptation and desire. In the words of the Prophet Muhammad, 'The grcatcst /z/ind is to ?peak the word of truth in the presence of a tyrant " The greatest mistake for any of us would bc to allow oursehes to become polarized and believe the propaganda and rnlsinformation that is fed to us. The vast majority of Muslims are peaceful citizenswho contributc to the good of their societies. It is imperative that we understand this and work together to forge a pcaccfulco-existence.

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Today marks thc 11th anniversary of Buy Nothing Day, that puerile celebration of nothingness which was the brainchild ofVancouver activist'l-edDave way backin 1992. Adopted by the ever-hypocritical Adbusters network, it has cxqdoded into an international movement which, for one day every pear, brings the economies of the world to their knees.. . . \XTell,the lefties can dream, can't they? Buy Nothing Day isn't even a blip on the economic radar screen, since the few true believers who actually resist buyinganything for one day simply just run out and buy it the next. If anything, retail sales probably go 7 q on Buy Nothing Day, since right-wing troublemakers like me deliberate17 spend more to compensate Go ahead and defer buymg J our organic peanut buttcr untll nest week: I'm going to the mall today, with a Christmas list and my Mastcrcard. E c n more ironic is the whining from left-wing groups about TV

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networks declined -probably to save the poor souls from embarrassing themselves. Imagine the message: "Hey, you pcoplc! Stop buying things! This message paid for by Adbusters." D'oh! Instead, Adbusters should have seen the network's rcfusal to run ads as the next logical step in the "Nothing" movement Sell Nothing Day, the day where stores eveqm-hereclose up shop in order toprotest the crass commercialism that runs rampant in society today. It's not every day that grubby capitalistslike the folks at NRC turn down a profitable venture. And that's what it's all about, remember: putting the brakes on gaudy consumerism. Thcrc's nothing more wasteful than blowing big bucks on silly TV ads when Adbusters could've been bankrolling the NDP or street kids in Karachi. It's like getting McDonalds t o turn away people at the counter: "A Big Mac meal? Sorry, no can do. Today's 13uy/Sell Nothing Day, you know." Rut I digress. Buy Nothing Day, when you cut through the feckless bombast, makes no sense at all

Buy nothing? What they rcally a1 trying to stress is to not buy t x e m 7 ~ e But ~ . then what's escess -a fifth pair of khakis from the Gap? Maybe so. But wdl the mc snobs who populate organizatio such as Adbusters be satisfied if thcir cmsadc is ever successfuelimmating the "escess" in the economy s o that third world workers haw their factories shut down and starve in the street? No, I'd rather pour moncy in thc economy as fast as I can. Buying isn't immoral unless you doing it with someone else's money: in fact, it's probably one the most positive contributions the world you can make. If you w-ant to damage people's well be go hoard it in a shoebox under 1 bcd, so it's forever yanked from pool that pays everyone's salaries As the sayinggoes, it takes mom to makc moncy -- and if you dc take it somewhere and spend it, be much harder for someone, somewhere, to make any. Join our cause. Get out your wallets, hddies. .Run, don't mall Fill the malls, swipe those debit cards, help dnx-e the economy rig into the stratosphere. Together, with your help, we can make tod true Buy Something Day.

I rccently visited a doctor for the first t h e in years. . . turns out that I'mperfectly healthy. One of the many benefits of being 20 is the resistance to illness. That was how I originally started phis week's column. The day before [ wrote that, I had becn lightly xtten while helping a Friend clean wr cat's wounds. 'She day after I wrote thosc words, I mas in the llospital and now I'm writing with Ln IV tube in my arm. It's more han a little surprising. Conventional thinlung - that mly the very young and the elderly he from illness would hardly be zhallenged by a visit to thc hospital: -heonly visitors close to my age uere there for their infant children. -

It's hard to acccpt anyone's death; it's nearly impossible to acccpt losing someone in their prime. So w-e try to believe it doesn't happen. O r at least, that it only happens to people far away. \We're pretty well-steeped m the mystique of the invincibdityof youth. I was never worried in the hospital -just bored. Really, I should have been more worried. A friend of mine died two years ago, in exactly the way I didn't perfectly healthy one day, he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital the nest. I didn't go to thc funeral. I want to argue thdt I didn't know him very well, but I knew him as well as I knew any of the people I met in first year. I didn't send iny condolences to the family. Iivish 1 could claim that it was because I didn't know how to contact them, but I could have found them if I'd tried. 1didn't cry; I didn't wear black Having done nothing, I'm left with the feeling that I failed. I went -

on to ace my first exams and grimaced at the grade list -one person didn't write his. He mas a good guy. I liked tl way w-e shared the same delusio~ about what guys should do wit1 their hair. First termwas achallt for him. He completed high,scl by correspondence in order tom closer to his girlfriend, so he struggled to adapt to the structu of university Even so, he decid to join the advanced math c l a w He persevered. I Ie was fun, considerate, independent a healthy, cncrgctic young man. Amazingly well-tempered, I can remember him ever complainq not about his hour long commi home, nor about our first jiear assignments designed to whittle down the class. 1remember casl chatting 1%ith him while he rollerbladed along beside me in fall. Just like the rest of us, he v m~Gmble. \Vc miss you, Ales. -

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(:an you think of something that simultaneouslylifts your energylcvels, helps to relieve anxiety, acts as an anasthetic,acts as a substitute for love and tastes good to boot? I can chocolate! Unfortunatcly,althoughchocolatc contains ingredients to stimulate you in all of these ways, the quantities of these ingredients in chocolate are so small that the effects, if any, are not easilynoticed. The fact that chocolate isn't an extreme factor maffecting the body's biochemistry isn't alw-aysa bad thmg, though. Will chocolate give me acne?No, chocolatencither causes nor agravatesacne.Ths findingis backed by researchthat shows thatacneis not primarily linked to diet. Onemightask,why is it that chocolate makes us Feel so good?There are over 400 different chemicals ~nyour averagepiece ofchocolateanda few of these chemicalsactivatepaaidrparts of the brain. Theobromine and phenylethylamelncrease theactivity ofbrainchemicals mparts ofthe brain that control our ability to pay at ten^ tlonand stay alert,whichmayprovide the "lift" that chocolate caters esperience. Chocolate also contains anandamide, which has the same cffect on the brain as marijuana.These findings come from researchers Emmanuelle DiTomaso and Daniele Piomelli of the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, California. Both Dil'omaso and Piomelli have gone to great lengths to explain that "this fmdingdoesn't mean that eating chocolate willget you high, but rather that there are compounds mchocolate that may bc associated with thc good feeling that chocolate consumption provides." Skepticsclaim that youwould need to consume several pounds of chocthte to experienceany noticeable effects y o u w o u l d have to eat alot more to get fully stoned. Ever wonder what causes these cravings @cause I ce&tycan7twrite

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Chocolate: more than just a substitute for sex. this articlewithout some chocolate by my stde)? Notably, the chocolate inside M&M's is speciallyengineered to keep consumers "grazing" -the unconscious act ofgrabbing for p u r second, third or fifteenth handful. Thousands of hours of research have gone into the candy to make sure it promotes "maximum consumption." Also, some of the 400 chemicals naturally found in chocolatehave a slightlyaddictive ilature, caffeine being one of them. But is it only women who crave chocolate? According to a study on chocolate.org,15perccntofmenand 40 percent ofwomen have admitted tocravmgchocolate.Insteadofchocolate, pizza tops the list of foods craved by men. There is alsoalink between chocolate cravings and pre-menstrual women, which is one explanation as to why women crave it more. This ltnkis partly explainedby chocolate's rich magnesium content. One study

Decadent, adults-only desserts that warm over your soul provide an escape from hum-drum food found m university cafeteriasand surrounding student-oriented restaurants. 'lhey can also richly indulge the more mature side of one's sweet tooth. Creme de Menthe hot chocolate andbiscottiareperfcctservedtogether and stand out served by themselves. From scratchwith fresh ingredents is the way to make this hot chocolate recipe, created by Bob Blumer, F o o d W s Surreal Gourmet. If you're underage, 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint cxtract can be substituted for Creme deMenthe.Biscottikeep swell frozen or in a cookie jar -but it'll be a challenge to keep from devouring them in one sitting.

Returnchocolate liquid tothe pot, or refrigerateuntil ready for use. Before sen.ingwarmovermedmm heat, adding milk and stirring occasionally until it simmers. Pour into individual mugs. Stir in 1 ounce of creme de menthe to cach mug just before serving. Makes 4 delicious servings of homemade hot chocolate.

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Beat eggs well. Add sugar, then melted butter and estract. Add flour and baking powder. Pour Into ungreased 9" x 13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. K%en baked slice into 3 rows. Cut in slices. 1,ay slices on cookie sheet and brown under broiler rintd golden. 'l'o make dip, melt chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water. If it stiffens, add 2 tbsp of unsalted buter and it should smoothout again. Dip only one side of each cookie.Place on cookie sheet to dry. Gnjop your homemade dessert.

reported that 91 per cent of chocolateHot chocolate for adults cravings occurring during the duration of a woman's menstrual cycle 1 cup half and half happen between the ovulationperiod 8 ounces best available quality bitterand the start of menstruation. sweet chocolate,finelychopped As well as providing an emotional 1% cups milk boost, chocolate has been proven to 4 ounces creme de menthe help the heart, and not just with love. Recent research at the University of In a small pot, bring the half and California, Davis, has found that half to a boil. Remove from heat and chocolatecarrieshighlevelsof c h e ~ - add slowly to chocolatc ina bowl. Stir cals known asphenolics, someofwhich until chocolate has fully melted. cloureiro@imprint.uwaterloo.ca may help lower the risk of heart dis- , , ease. Dark chocolate is actuallybetter Thank you, Features' fall contributors! for the heart than mdk chocolate, Have a happy holidays, everyone! because it contains more phenolics, and does not have the added fat from Contributors: Aaron Amorosi, Sarika Bakshi, Dave Barsam, Jason Cagampan, the &. David Capper, Ryan Chen-Wing, Geoff Eby, Lauren Fox, C.O. Helper, Janice So this holiday season, don't forJim, Andrea Kerswill, "Andrew Landers," Tim Mollison, Neal Moogk-Soulis, get togive yourgirlfriendor boyfirend Will Peters, Eryn Prospero, Dan Reiter, Jeremiah Sabadoz, Monika Smetana, some chocolate. You'll be helping Kounney Short, Lauren Staines, Michelle Titus, Tyler Thomas, Dan Zlotnikov themlower their riskof heart disease, and the various authors of Imprint Cooks. you could get them slightly "high," and you may even get some in return. Sincerely, < ~ f i ~ j . ~& ~p ~~ ~? s v v Andrew Dilts Christine Loureiro Features Edllor

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Short on the best of the worst Short Order's columnist reviews a number of local restaurants to avoid on your next outing calamari. O n my final visit, howe\-er, I threw out m) meal because I feared food poisoning from the mushy and fishy-tasting s h m p . On a related note, 'I%(~Krwrdrecently reported that Golden h , h p has been fined for health violat~ons.

Here is a rundown of restaurants that I have visited and left wishmg I had ~nsteadeatenabo~vlof cerealat home. It IS by nu means a comprehensiye list, as I don't seek out bad restaurants, but hopefully it will g v e you a starting point for places to avoid. Failte Irish Pub 85 I<mg St North 747-4530 11restaurant should be requ~red to post a warntng when their roast beefd~pis made with cheap cold cuts St~ckto beer at Failtc and you'll be fine

GoldenMangoRestaurant 1 50 University Awnue \Test 880-9988

\\hen it opened, I thought the fnod at Golden hIango \vasn't had. '1he pad thai could hm-e used more chiles and h n e juice to balance the grcasc, but at least it contamed a gcnerous portion of seafood, including imitation crab, shrunp and

JackSprattSubs 450 Coluinbia K est 8841885

Oneespects escessirdysalt\-, preformed meat from a sub, but Jack Spratt's turkey is worse than most. The bun tasted stalc; ~ i t all h of the chemicals pumped into such bread, I shudder to thtnk hov- long it sat. I apologvc to the fr~endin whose car I accidentallyforgot the . . r e m a m g 9'- it just wasn't memorable. Mikey's Eatery 160rn~rersityAx enueLK est 885-3022

I went into Mkey's espcct~ngit to be awful but it exceeded my expectations. I had a combination meal with deep-fried tofu, nuscd vegetables and frcd me. The food was untforml! greasy and salty but othcnxise tasteless. I'm not sure whether ~t\\-as the generous portion ofhISG or the grease, but it left me feeling nauseous. T'd de finttely recommend a m ~ d m hI~lic!-'s g Eatery on your nest outing.

M o b Bloom's Irish Pub 17( Unt~ersityA\ enue \Yest 885-1)892

I'll admit to enjoytng their wellcooked fries, but when I order cabbage rolls, I do not c s ~ e cat cheese-smotheredptle ofgreasy ground beef, rice andundercooked cabbage. T o sum up: a heap is not a roll and cheese has no place in cabbage rolls.

1u70experiences have convinced me never to return toJohnny Fiasco's The first was the Tuesday spccial of a $2 hamburger I'd be surpnscd if it contained meat, its taste and texture approximated that of cardboard Tf you must have a hamburger for $2 or less, try a fast food outlet Stay away from Fiasco's next time you head out

PaddyFlaherty's Irish Pub 77 IGng St North 886-1130

In addition to o~crpriccdbeer, Paddy Flalierh-'s sen-es some of the dncst, toughest ribs I h a x el-er had. bat at home,.th& go nest door to Failte's forbeer.

Lowest common denominator What happens if you're interested, but he's not?

Dating Disagreements

Uear Desiring, Well, I have a relationsh~p theory that fits this situation. 1 call it the "1,owest Common Denomlnator of Relationships" (remember fractions?). : Basically it goes like t h ~ s Two people interact, one wants to be friends the other doesn't. The two won't be friends. Two people are going out, one wants to get married, the other doesn't. They won't get married. Two people are in a business relationship, one wants to continue to work together, the other doesn't. They stop working together. You get the picture.

As dcrastatmg as rt can be to the one who wants more, u-hen it comes to the fundamental nature of a relationship compromise doesn't (or at least shouldn't) happen. It's one thing to decide to go out for Itallan food to keep your partner happy, but it's quite another to spend three years hanging out with someone you don't like. If you do manage to force another person to have a relationship with you that they don't want, it's not going to be fun for anyone involved. Appreciate your partner's honesty! What is clearly being said here is that they don't want to be cxclus~rewith you. \Vhy would you want to force someone into that? I'd suggest findmg out if he/she doesn't want to be exclusix-e with you /ion,, or if they don't want to be esclusire wall you ezw. 'l'hen decide if you can handle the ''lowest common denominator" being offered, or if you'd rather opt for a few steps c w n lower and go your separate ways. Meeting people

Uear In Need of Friends, There was a letter similar to this in the very first Ask Landers column, so if you feel like digging around in old issues of Impinlit was published o n September 27"'. Tf you don't feel like searching around, the gist of the response was: cat with your floor (that person was a first year), ]om a club or sports team, or just try chatting up the person nest to you in a lecture. Have you considered living in a more communal environment? Minota FTagey, Co-op, o r one of the upper-year residences wo~lldbe very appropriate for a grad student. Grad courses arc cren better than undergrad lectures, as you're supposed to have discussions with your fellow students.

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UWis pretty well-known for its computer technology, but did you know that the computer that was once our pnde and joy was once a Russian tar get? Or at least maybe it was The room affectionately called the "Red Room" was so red it is rumored to have been a poten~altarget for the Russians dunng the Cold War, or maybe more true to hfe itwas targeted because it housed the largest compu term Canada The computer, anIBM 360 model 75, was the &st computer purchased by the Umverslty ofwaterloo and was one of only one hundred computers m Canadam 1967when it was purchased. Measunng an mcredible 70 x 55 x 20 feet, thecomputerwas solargethat the two-storeyRed Roomwas speci6cally designed around the computer. Itwas probably the largest classroom on campus and was designed as a "cathedral to the computer," as descnbedbyBruceUttley "Itwas anicon of the sixaes, that brash tlme when tye dyed s k t s and m - s k i r t s were m " Charactenstic of the surties, the bright red paint that adorned the walls and floortdesmakesitis easy to know why the room was nicknamed the "Red Room." Though o n p a l l y the room was intended to be pamted yellow, the mtenor designer &splayed certain affection for the colour red. Both the floor ales and waUs as well as the computerswere allgomgto be red; howeverm concern ofpeople's abhty to discernbetween the computer, floor and walls the computer panels were ordered m blue. Wmdows were present along the upperpenmeter ofthe room to allow visitors tomew the fachties.The ranty of the computer made the IBM and the RedRoom an exutpgattraction to visitmg high school students and teachers. b h - s k u t s and the good loolungterminal operators also made

the Red Room a big attraction to young men according to Wesley Graham. K e r n Stumpf sull remembers his visit to the Red Room thirty years ago. When a grade SIX fnend wrote an essay about the computerworkhls brother was domg down the road at the University of Waterloo, Stumpf badgered the fnend's brother illto taking him along to the wversity. Housed m the beloved red room Stumpf saw his first mainframe-agant, buzzing IBM 360. "It was so huge, so impressive that there wasno question what I wanted to do w t h my hfe," recalled Stumpf While excellent forvisitors to the wversity, the glass windows presented a certmchallenge to compu ter operators In the early years there were problems mth the glass shattering (possibly from the =brauons of equrpment) Break mg glass was not the only workplace hazard that the workers faced Inonemcl dent a floor ale was not securedcorrectlyafter some construction m the Red Room and one lucky visitor fell through the floor. For others lke Joe Stanger, the area that ran underneath the floor boardsm the red room provided the perfect hideout when people were lookmg for hun In another incident the poor air circulation prevented the smoke alarm fiom gomg off when a small fire igmted. The Red Room has been "an icon for Waterloo." The famous Red Room was even featured m the novel Adohcence of PI by Thomas Ryan The book was about a student who worked m the red room and wrote a computer program called PI. Later,

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Fall sports season wrap-up: part 2 sconng an 82 Day two provided for a nd-blting finish withcc-capm IanMacDonald IMPRINTSTAFF andJustin Fluttleadmgthe\War rior attack with a 74 and 76 Golf respectively They camcup one (OUA Silver Medal) stroke, shortwmnmgthe silver The ~Vgdfprogramenloyedafine \X estern took home the bronze season by winningtwo tournaments, medal with a combined twothe Tziurier Invitational and ~ h ' a l - day score of 615 Jaime lenge Cup, andby finishingsecond at Steedman representedtheX'ar riors in the women's divinon, the Guclph Tournament The OUA ~hootin~averyrespectable 100 championship was the hghlight of the year, providing for some senous and 98 in the two day erent She final OUA standing for excitement The UW golfers'attacked Grey golf was 1 h1cMaster Silogolf course with anunparalleled vigor. Aftertwo days of intense play, 2 \Xraterloo 3 Western one putt determined the victor McMasterwon the tournamcntwth Baseball a total score of 611 and Katerloo While the OUA varsity league 1s m its finished second with 612 . relative infancy,the baseballplayed in On day one, Waterloo had the leadxvith a team score of 300. Chris the league is good baseball \T aterloo struggled through the Vredeveld shot a 71,JustmFl~~t shot season and fmshed fifth in its divi a 72, lan MacDonald shot a 75 and sion Althoughits9 8 Operformancc Derek Patina rounded out day one

by Queen's in a first round play-off game m a 51 14 final score The team had been plagued by mpries throughout the season and a weakdefensiveline that rcsultcdm the mo\t number of first downs allowed in the O U A league The h a 1 OCA standing for foot ball was

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might not seem positive for an on looker,this~\the best season the team has had since the introduction of the sportatX'aterloo In fact it is the first time since\Y aterloo formed a baseball team that a Warrior ba5cball team has won over 50 per cent of their games 'l'hexplay this year has earned them three 0UA.spots Theywent toMark Johnson, Sam l'atel and J e f f Pietraszko The final OUA standing for base ball was

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Adam Welsh was one of the many injured players who contributed to the high injury list of the Warriors.

After last winning the OUA Gold and the Yate's Cup in 1999, the football team has been tryingvery hard to regain its former glory. LViththelossof some star players, like Mike BradleyandChuckKralsh (who now play m the CFL), the team appears to have lost much of its strength T h s year rcsultedma regular season placement of seventh out of ten teams. T h ~posis tion resulted in them squealqptotheplay offs andktngelmmated

McMaster (Yate's Cup Champion) 2 Que~n's SaintMarv's beat Mchfastertowin the Church B o d , ensur1ng.a grccn light to thc Vanicr Cup 1hey then proceeded to win the Vanier Cup, whtle the runner uc was thc Unir cr 516, of Saskatcheman.

Figure skating fourth at Queen's Luke Potwarka SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

OnFriday,November 22nd, the Ufflversity of\\"aterloovarsity figure skating team made the ttrp to Queen's Umv ersitytocompetein antnvitational competition The teammade a strong showing,placingfourth overall out of 11universities The day began with outstanding performances by IGisty Bertrand and Joanne EIastie of the I<cats FoxTrot andHarrisTango. 'l'heirdancingeamed them gold in the Junior Silveer SSimar dance category. Bertrandlater skated toa fourth-placefmshinJumor Silver solo dance,performing the Paso,with a brilliant openmg, and Starlightheautifully Patncia Williams, a first year, also placed fourth in her dance event, Gold solo dance She was required to dance the Argentineand the Viennese and did s o with style and grace The trendof fourthplace ln dance continuedwith two more first years, Rachel Barber and Erin Memcnng, m the SemorSilverSinula.rdanceevent They clcgantly skated the Blues and the Starlight. The Waterloo team also made a strong showing m free skate Kelly McKtnnon and Katie Benkomch skated to a t h r d place finish in open pairs with an interpretive dance by

M c l h n o n to end the program M c h o n l a t e r skated thehghly com petittve shortprogramandproved to be a top competitor Benkovichskated in the equally competitivegold singles free skate event and had an excellent skate Kristina Schmidt competedin the Semor Sib er singlesevent, surpnstng her team with a double L u t ~and showing her skills with a sword Schmidt placed fourth in her event Other free skatersincludedMelissa DeCloe in Senlor Bronze singles and Brendanorey inJunior Silver singles DeCloe skated with enthusiasm and showed her artistic ability as she sur vived a snowstorm Dorey was a last m u t e substitution for the lnpred Amanda Breen \Lhle not entirely prepared, Dorey proved she could lump, even if she could not spin The figure skatingteamalso hadto say goodbye to a fourth year skater, l&sty Bertrand,as she leaves the team for a co op placement Bearand was an excellentmember of the team and wFU be greatly missed The entire team showedgeat spirit and pro\ ed to be competition for the othertopumversittcs The teamlooks to improve on a s fourth place fmsh at the next competition held here m \Laterloo onFebruary lst, 2003 at the Columbia Ice Fields

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So what the heck is-cross-countrvanvwav? Peter van Driel SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

As far as competitive cross-couiltry running is concerned, there is still one lingering event, Club Nationals in Moncton, NB, on November 30, but all else is fimshed. The sport is soon to go into hibernation until green pass appears in the spring. But for those thatlove h s sport, the antictpatlonof next year's season is lust beginning whenthey canhit the green grasswhen it comes. Rut as the seasoncomes to a close some of you might be asking, "That is cross-coui~trymnning and what is the joy in the sport?" Cross-country running is about runningoff-road. True cross-country races are ongrass, over hills, on trails, through forests and any kind of terrain you can run across. Cross-countq races a1sotakeplacemwhate~-er weather the day brings, so the sport also can mean gctti~~g dirty - Tery dirty In

fact, cross-country is anescuse toget dirty and put your laundry detergent tu the test. It isdsoateamsportinwhicheverp teammember is equallyimportant. Tn the OUA and CIS, the objective is to field a team of five, with two alternates, and the team score is determined by adding the numerical place finishes of the first five members on a team to cross the fin~shline. The team with the lowest score is thc wmner. OUA andCIS race distances are 5 km for women, 10 km for men. The concept of cross-country runningis as old as the human race, as early humans needed to run through the bush or fields for sunkral: to hunt or outrun predators. In modem times, cross-country runningis practiced b j ~ anyone who runs off-road. Cross-country running began in England in the early 19th century through a school game called "hare and hounds" or "the paper chase." Tn this game, a runner or group of rum

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Hockey: down with the blues Continued from page 19

IIighlights from the 1oronto game include a second period shift where the Warriors had a two man advantage,could not score agoaland let in a weak shot from Foronto captamsteve Murphy By thspoint, the Warriorswercdown 5 O and desperation had finally seeped in Even 1% Warrior, that fuuy, bear-hke mascot,was nowhere to be seen by the second intermmion A local UW student named Jan 'Tkac

was quoted saying "they came out chargmg"at the beginnmgof the wcond period, but later admitted "ds sad," regarding the Warriors' poor performance neanng the latter por tion of that same penod One comment that needs to be addressed is that theseguvs canplay with heart, as waswttnessedduring the last 10mmUtes of the game Though no goals were produced, the Karriors did hold the Blues to their alreadyacquredeightpmts and displayed a showing of character

through heavier hitting and tighter play Let's hope we can all look forwardto amore respectable andacceptable second half to the 2002 03 sea son The results of yesterday's "Battle of Waterloo" match against Laurier can be found on the OUA Web site at

Toronto 8, Waterloo 0 Waterloo 2, Ryerson 2

I Ryerson goalie (Braden Deane) anticipates a Warrior puck last Sunday in a match with a 2-2 final score.

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X-country: all 'bout that crazy sport Continued from page 20

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My bet is that you're probably heard of this band before, either as part of the southerti Ontariopoppunk scene that so many of us grew up with,.or you've seen their new T-ideo,the one with the bikini contest, being playcd on Much Music. O r maybe, you have p s t seen their name around campus, promotingtheir show at the Bomber. Whatever way you've heard of them, with thcir newest release on r i m s Entertainment, and openingperformances for bands like Sum 41, you are sure to hear a lot more about thcm m the near future. Not by Choice came into being about sis years ago, with guitarists Mike Hilcos andChico Dmnhglearning to play their instruments so that they could form a band. They were

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incpircd by a trip to T ollapaloo7a in '95 and set a goal of p1a)ing thcrc m 2001 Bass player A] Boxard and drummer Liam IWlccn fillcd out t h ~ group and b! 2001, withLollapallo~a b e q a s old fashionedas flannelpch et5 aild<pilgcmu\ic,NotUj Choice performed at the \\ arped tour m bothMontreal andToronto andmet their goal I hey are a true inspiration for an] one who comes home from a shou ,grabs a guitar and rocks out m their bedroom Since then the) have been going hard, opening for bands like Sum 41, Pennywise and even Avril Lavignc They have also released tn o demos independently and ha5c recently re leased their debut h l l length, Maybe One Duy, o n Linus Entertammcnt, a division of \\'arncr Music Through their energetic shows, catch) songs and super friendly personalities, they have been able to build a huge fan

without fad, new fans lined up to talk wtth thcm aftcr the sht)u~ And ye" cynics, even though theseguys are quickly becoming stars they still take as much time as they can to talk to their fans. Now I think that I would be remiss to write an article about Not By Choice without mentioning that their hometown is Ajax. Yes folks, I said Ajas, or the Seattle of the Canadian pop punk scene as it has recently become known. For Not By Choice, comparisons Not By Choice searches near and far to talk to their fans by performing for to other Alas rest. all-age audiences. dents. suchas the ~ u v s base.'l'llelessescitedacrowdisabout from Sum 41 or AvrilI.avigne's back quited love, long distance relationshows gix-ingthem the incentive to them, the harder Not up band,are inevitable. "People seem ships, infidelity and breakups, things leavemore sweaton the stage.I<dleen goin& and get that people to think that illax is some kind of however did hare some insight into . . in thcir late teens or early punk rock Mecca," IWlccil toldnle last twentiesmay find alittle easier torelate the reason behind the difference beweek, "but really it's lust suburban to than crashtng the popular kids' hind the shows. "You are normally parties. Once you bod it all down, their Ontario." \\We fails of the music looktngatpcoplc tryingto pickup (at music addresses many of the same mould probably be very disappointed the 19+ shows) so they are acting themes as Dashboard Confcssioiial with a pilgrimage to Alas, something more reserved," he observed. So covered on The Sn~i.s.sAt~yXomi~zn, whether youare trying toget over an right must being going o n there as it but instead of making you want to has produced some of Canada's most old boyfriend/girlfriei~d,or find a grab thc tissues and haare a good cry, fainoils new musicians. new one, the Not By Choice shun is Not By Choice's music tends toget Not By Choice willmake youwailt to the place to be. throwil into the same pop punk cat- dance your troubles away. Nut By Cl~otceplaysthe Romber Not Hy Chotcc is currcntlytouriilg egoryasSum 41,Simple Plan, or B M tonigllt,as part ofthc I'cds Noveinaround (~)ntario,tt?ingtoplayarnis of 181.This categortzatioilis easy to hear ber Cuncert Series. For more mforboth all ages m d 19+ shows. The last after a quick listen. Not 13y (:hoice mation, some sample audio, t[)ur time they were tn K'aterloo, Not By dcrinitcly has the fast songs full of &tes and theirinusic~-ideochecliout Choiccplaycda frcc show atconestop power chords and thumping bass ltms ~ ~ q ~ ~ ~ . n o t b y c h o i c 'l'ickets e . c o m .for Mall and tonight they r e h m to\Taterthat are prerequisites for pop punk tonight are S6 for students a d S8 for loo toplaj-a19+ show at The 13omber. e\-eryoiv else.\\'hctheryouarc conlbands, but after giving their music another listen you may notice a btt of 11s most people know, the difference ing to check out the band or LO pick m atm~spherebetween all ages and a dctour from pop punk \\ hilc bands up, Not By Choice's catchy music and NotBg lbe Sum 41 or Simple Planarc 5inging 19+ shows ~sveryevident~but cncrgctic shows should havc you at Choice says that they try to approach about not fitting in, or "rebellmg," least bopping your head, if not full both shows in the sameway,with 19+ Not By Choice 1s smgng aboutunre out darning, by the end of the mght pop punk group. "

Amateur group displays professional talent Iatchener-Waterloo Musical Productions closes Anne with a great show Anne of Green Gables Kitchenec-Waterloo Musical Productions November21-23

Celeste Dickson SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Slmngin an almost packed house at the Centre m the Square on a Friday night, awaiting the dtmmmg of the

house lights and the orchestra's over ture, I couldn't help butwonder what I was getting myself into with ffitchener WaterlooMusical Productions' latest production of Anne of Green Gables But as the company of about 70 actors belted out each song, I quickly came to the conclusionthat this company shouldprobablychange its status Erom bemganmateur theatregoup, to an amateurtheatregroup-

with the talent of a professional one Every aspect of this production exuded great talent, hard work and ex treme amounts of dedication The set, created by Enc Maki, was Imaginative,ver5atde and creative, to say the least His m u h leveled and dynamic set served as numerous settings m this delightful play '1 h ~func s tmnaldesignwasable tovirtuallye h nate wastmgany of the audlenccs tune with tedious set changes S d r to the dress that M d a makes for Anne m the tirstact,this setmaybealittleplain, but servesitspurposeandis defhtely sensible.Contlnwgwith thisprofessional techiucal work was Andrew

mcans nothmg The actmgmthis play was certainly far from amatcur Rachel Clark cap tured the audience's heart and magi nafion m her delicious role as Annc Shirley I Ier energyandsxepresence were smply astoundmg in this per formance It is clear that this young performer has a future m thc busmcss if she chooses that path Memorable performaaceswere alsogivenby some of the suppoaingactors SharonKelly depicted Mrs Rachel Lynde as the nosey, gossipy and somewhat annoy mg fnend of Manlla, with such truth

that you could swear she just lumped right off ofLucyMaudMontgomery's pages From the long list of exttas, standing out from thc crowd was Luke1Iiller,whoplayedGerry Buote In one of the first scenes where Matthew Cuthbea takes Anne home m the horse and buggy,Hdlerplayedthe role of the horse with comicbnkance Stmslavsky would be proud of his fine characterization. I wasn't really sure what I was expectingin those first fewmonlents before the house lights dlmmcd and the play began, but I knew what I got once the play was over an extremely entertaining, well-produced show,

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show-stopping drag act highlighted the shgtalentsofMuffySt. Bernard and Miss Drew. The downtown IGtcheneraa studiowhere the event ook place lit up the night with the hrill of artistic community. Attendees of'Yo,BumRush the Show" are on the edge of their seats ever since the news hit thc wires that the hosts are holding another of these events, the second episode of what will surely soon be an institution. 'The next party is fondly called "Luck, Be a\Veirdo Tonight" and omethtngtells me that Lady Luck d a p p e a r that night and that she y very well be in one of hcr irdcr andwildcr humours. If lture is something you think

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Emily Anglin SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Are yousittingbyyourself,eatingcorn could b chips, hung-over, depressedabout your hminent breakdown, or t news? Ifthe answer to this questionis "yes," please considerwhether the following relatcd question has echoed like a bell in your head: "Is Dionysian revelry dead in this land?" Gentle reader, I give you the sad refrain that once hauntedmy own weary grey matter. Until, that is, I heard about the artistic, social -and even political - endeavour to save the dreary souls of you and me both: the brain chtld of Misters Colin Vincent and Ian Newton. Colloquially called "the art party monthlies," individually called 'Yo, Bum Rush the Show" or "Luck, Be a Weirdo "the old fashioned fruit this titillated authoress) ties may just cause old Dio himself to pull a 360 degrees six under. \Yhat,pray tel1,am 1talkingabout? Thls:Vincent and Newton haw taken itupon themsell-es tomis ancliuir of L~~~ zart included escitemcnt up out of our Southern Ontarian, mid-sized town csistence. HOwie the rollerskating donkey. Such diverse talents are The cocktadthev have come UP withis their monthl~' i r t "inspired in these tied artistic endeavours. by our collecti\e thirst for art and -

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For my birthday a few weeks back my friend Pat Finch gave me a copy of Johnny Cash's Amencan II/: The Man GnesAround It's a fifteen song set-list of pop-culture standards spanning the last forty ycars and three Johnny Cash tunes, one of them new. I'm twenty three and I'm ebbmg in my age towards a reluctance to depend on others for emotional support. I'm starting to see the world as I imagine my father sees it -the need to have a profitable and stable salary, the need to have a closet full of endurmg slacks, the need to have enough food, shelter, transporta tion and etiquette, which is to say nothing more than m e r strength, us. The bestpart of aneducationis the any idea of asking my dad for potential discoverythat life is grand. money to cover rent this month, or Part art-show, part reading, part for groceries, or to ask him for party, "Ixck, Be a Weirdo Tonight" advice, even when it sccms countcrw d surelybe an event not to bemissed. The party will be held on Saturday, product11 e to the natural course of November30, startingaro~md10p.m., my shaping future I get the sense that ex ery disaster and will go until its guests do. It will that occurs to me now1 adays is really take place at 107 Kmg St. K'cst, in lust a prelude to a decision about downtownK;tchener,beside theHolL my own future that 1have to make Iywood Diner. p~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ for myself, ereq success a weeded crop meetcr for the hardwork of e-mall to Vincent, at maktng due I'm telling you about c n n c e n t @ m net, or to Ne\%ton at my dad to point out that Johnny blappj 67@hotmail coin Cash covers a Nine Tnch Nails 5ingle on this album He sings "Hurt" from the Ilo~~vward @rd, released about 25 years afterJohnny Cash's career-makingperformance at I'olsom l'rison, where, in front contained hydrogen bomb Don't be of a crowd of inmates as though afraid -lust keep yoar head down handing out ramr blades he sang and the x olume up and you'll be fine "I shot a man in Reno/Just to watch him die "Johnny Cash at 70 Ian Blechschmldt, speclal to lmprlnt

Hives are the best sting anywhere but on a EIives disc. LTrically,'IhctIivcs are often h e r , but always clever,my favouriteexamBurning Heart Records ple being"T11e Hivcs I n t r o d u c e the You need this CD. Don't argue with Metric SystemInTime" whichestolls mc, lust gct it From Burning Heart thevirtuesof wel1,metric time The liecords ( t h same ~ people who brought CD also includes the vidcos for "Dic, us Refitre4 comes I 'em, Vzdz, 1'i~zozs, All Rightl," "Mam Offender" and thc second full-length album from " H a t e To Say I Told You So" as onus matcrial Sweden's 1he Hic es It will kick your One of the best things ass about Veru, Irtclr, V z a o ~ s is that songs like "Main Offender" The Hives Veni, Vidi, Vicious

two recent sinDestruction dc liver secmmglychaotic riffs with laser guided precision and Chris Dangerous (drums) holds it down with obvious technical skill \ . / streammusic have not been /hd to rock and roll fans But (I'd love to see them live, lust thanks to The Hives, there is actually to see what it looks like when drumsticks are moving that fast E s - somethmg to look fonvard to on the peciallygreatis Howlin'PelleAlmqvist radio This for me makes the album who rcdefum the term "vocalisf'with pamcularly sweet If you put this CD in your stcreo, his distinctive howl Almqvist isn't m line to be the fourth tenor, but his vou take your life in your hands -do screechy delivery fits (and largely de- a anyway It's only 29 minutes long, but right from the b e g i m g Vem, fines) The I Iives' sound perfectly, in blows up like a loosely . fusingitw1th energy that you can't find V ~ d t VZLYOUS

singing a song written by Nine Inch Nails is a lot likc my dad tclling me what it feels Lke to become a senior, by reading back to me one of my old journal entries Ameman IVmakes me feellike I know about as much about the world as my grandparents. This is humbling I am 47 pears younger than Cash 1 don't know what communism felt llke I haven't dispatched signals from Korea A beautiful woman has not vet written for me "A Ring of Fire," a song so beautiful as to hold my career up like a buttress to a church wall No one has looked at me Lkc an icon of a time past when men got through loneliness by herding cattle and smokmgcigarettes. What Johnny Cash brings to American I V and every cover song that he sings on it is his ability to infuse other people's songs with all of the cmotions of thc cxpcriences that I've listed above It's a pretty stmc album It's also pretty dark I'm a little more forgiving than Johnny Cash's meaty, outlaw ballads His hard John Wayne stance, his somber cyes staringout across thc blackCD cover,lus depression era country music, feel more like the justice of an old folks home than the mercy of the one bedroom apartment where I sleep bor all the similarities between his and mine, we're not the same Thcrc 15 a blurring, howcx~r, between how I feel at 23 about being a man, and what Johnny Cash the cowboy feels about beinga man Cash's use of Re7nor's song shortens the distance between my decisions non and w hat it feels likc to bc an icon Though that gxp still seems enormous, it seems more reasonable Robm Antlersun ZJ to-host o j f h ' ~ O S ~ I IDUII U C*&/JZ/~ rh07V,"~~ h o f f

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Eminem gives us something to rap about thewrong side ofthc tracks. By day, hc works at an auto plant manning an industrial press and by night he compctcsmrapbattleswhere contestants are given 15 seconds to cut-up and of disinfecting thcm with rubbing a1 upstage each other inverbalwarfare. Curtis Hanson coho1and lust tell you that these films U&e many Bollywood films that, 8 Mile ha\ e the remarkablc power to mahe for me, just seem to rai~domlyburst Imagine Entettamment l'ollie /liademj~look like Czfqeti K m e out into musicalmcdlcys,the rapping Hcnce, with the recent trcnd of musi in 8 Mileremains aninteplpart of the Adrian I.Chin clan to actorcroqsoverq,when itwas storyline andmerelyreplacesdialogue. IMPRINTSTAFF announced that Eminemn ould make Music is introducedmore naturally in the stoqr,givingthe viewer theundcrIt's safe to say that the bar for musi- his feature film debut, I rcmained standing that the characters rap not cians in acting roles has been pushed shcpticalabout thc project 8 Mde, as it turns out, is a surprisbecause the script forces them to, but down past the floor into the fiery because the characters choose to rap. depth? below Just take alook at such ingly good film, though rather formu Eminem has an enormous presfilms lrke Britney Spears's Cros~roa(IJor laic 1-ollo\ving the same template a1 ence on screen thoughhe accomplishes Mariah Carcy's Ghtler and you'll un- ready set out in Ro~ky,it tracks the struggle of an angry, blue-collar, this by doingverylittle. Hc really only derstand where I'm coming from has one intense brooding expression Better yet, I'll save you from the pain hooded-logqng-outfit wearingwhite that he uses throughout the movie. of tearingout your eyesand the agony male in a blighted urban surrounding Yet somehow he remains compelling whether he is rapping, lashtng out at his mother, fendmg off thugs or malung love to his girlfriend. Sharing the screen with Eminem arc Kim B a s k r , Brittany Murphy and Mekhi Phifcr. Hasinger dons a rather peculiar accent while playing Rabbit's mom, Stephanie. She and Eminem share the most powerful acting moments of the movie as mother and son. Murphy plays the PHOTOS COURTESY OFWWW IMDB COM bit or ~ ~ b ba factory ~ ~ ) , attractivebut sluttyAles,whodreams Rabbit struggles in blighted urban worker who . mew , up on of becoming a model. Phifer plays

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Volley after volley of razor-sharp rhyming barbswill remind you why Erninem has such a large following. Rabb~t's best friend, Future, the dreadlocked DJ who hosts the rap battles and believes in Rabbit's skitls more than an) one Director Curtis Hanson (LA.Cowf;de~ztml, Wonder Boy) along with cin ematographerRodrigoPrteto (Amnrer Perros) shot thc film on location in Detroit giving the film agntty, grimy feel. The neglected poverty-stricken

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of agay co-worker As well, the villains of t h ~ smwie, who call themselves "Leaders of the FreeK'orld," skirt the boundary clichC and are at times altttle over the top 8 M d e is a good dcbut film for Eminem He succccds as the movie's main dramatic fulcrum and protes that he can command the audience's attention for two fulfilling hours

Eminem's screen presence is heighted by his chemistry with Brittany Murphy.

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Free Yoga Workshop. I 111s\esslon w ~ l lmclude the benet~tsof yoga Workshop w ~ l lbe held at the Koshln-Kan Karate Dojo (222 Kmg St. Last) from 2 00 t o 4.00 p m Call 749-1850 for more mto WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 M ~ s s ~ oPossible: n All da) "tau' of job findmg support and a d v ~ c e Begnls 10 a m. RCI I 101 Damel R u b ~ n o f- saxophones, Joseph Ma~erollo accord~on Per formmg Ravel, Alben17, P1a7olla, Gllck a n d more. KWCMS MUSIC Room, 57 voung st. W. at 8:00 p m. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 T h e 11th annual MUSK Deparhnent noon hour concert In the Great Hall of the D a v ~ Centre. s Fcaturmg thcunmcrs ~ t yC h o ~ rthe , Chambcr Cholr, and thc Chapel C h o ~ r begnlmg , at 12:15 p.m. Amahl and the Nlght Vlsltors at the Church Theatre - 1376 Kmg St North, Ft Jacob5 A s~mpleChr~stmasopera wrth words and muslc by G m - C a r l o Menott~. Show runs unnl December 22. For ~ n t o r m a t ~ ocall n (519) 6641134. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Remi Boucher - Classical Gutar. Performing Bach, selechons from Parnta in D and more. KWCMS Music room, 8:00 p.m. T o reserve tickets call 8861673. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 Sun Microsystems "Sun Tcch Days," featuring keynotc speaker Dr. James Gosling, VP and Sun fellow for Sun Microsystems. At the Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Rd. Please reglster at www.sun.com!developers/ techdays o r by phone 888-325-0159. Information Session for Graduating Students: D~scussnig the graduatrng interview process, developing a personal career goal, using the resources provided by Career Services. Humauities'l'heatre, H H , 10 a.m.-12p.m. Also held ou January 9, 2003, 1-3p.m.

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P a r t - T ~ m e Students! Wanted 75 low-nicomc earnerr Iookmg to change then I~vcs. 1.earn $avc can help you turn evcry $10 into $30 for school, trammg or starting your own business. Call 742-2460 ext. 4 1 1 . Lcarn $avc I S a project of Lutherwood-CODA and IS sponsered by the govcrnmcnt of Canada.

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Math tutormg. Learn how t o learn. Exper~encedtutor -UW Math T.A., HS MAth teachlug, B.Ed, R.MAth. Call 880-0257.

Cancun M e x ~ c o ,Readlng Week Soec~al! Saturdav. February 15, one week. All-inclusive beachfront from $1133lquad. Thames Travel a t 1-800-962-8262 [l'odd). Daytona Beach and Montrcal @ New Year's.. soecials from $159. Montreal at New Year's. Two n ~ g h t s stay 111 Montreal. December 30-January 1, return bus, $169lQuad. Book three friends, you go for half price o r book seveu go free. Contact ThamesTravel 1800-962-8262 (Todd). DaytonaBeach-Reading week, SIX n~ghts. Stay at Beachfront Hotel from $1591 Quint. (U-Drive) Book four friends go for half price o r book 9 and go frcc! ThamesTravell-800-962-8262 (I odd).

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T h e building hours from Sunday t o Saturday for Dana Porter and Davis l ~ b r a r ~ carc s now cxtcndcd. Porter library is opcn from 8 a.m. - 2 a.m. Davis library isopen from 8 a.m. - 2 a.m. These extended hours cover the period Novcmbcr 25 t o December 1 9 2002.

Volunteers needed for a ~ O L ~ I U L I I taw film produchon team Help ro futidra~reand contnbute t o a great prolcct w ~ t ha qroup of fuu and n ~ o t ~ r a t epeople d ( ontact I aurcn .rr 884.6049 or tnto@~vahi a Theatre volunteers needed - The C a n a d ~ mIu~provGame5 I \ Iookmg for volunteers w ~ t han uiterert In theatre and Improvlsatlon t o help out with the Waterloo tourndolent. Vls~twww.goIden.net/-nnprov or

Enghsh Tutors are needed to tutor students and scholars for two t o three honrs per week. Shadows are necded to help uew n~ternat~oual \tudcnts adjust t o Me 111 Canada durmg t h t n hrst t m n at UW Tor more mfor matlon about t11~programs, p1e.w blew the IS0 webs~te at: urww mternat~onaluwaterloo.(a Volunteer a few hours weekly durnig the school day and make a l~felongd~ffcrence to a ~ h d d .I he r r ~ c n d sScrv~ccat CMHA matches volunteers wlth ch11dren who nccd addtt~onalsupport at school. r r ~ e n d soperates m partnersh~p w ~ t hthe local school board5 and helpr ch~ldren4 t o 15 years. Call 744 7645, ext 317. Volunteer to visit an individual with Alzheimer's Disease. Matches madc based on intcrcst. Training provided. Onc t o four hourslwcck. Call Jill at the Alzhcimcr Society 742-1422 or e-mad jmcrcicr@nonline.~~et. T h e YMCA of KitcheneriVUaterloo 1s looking for volunteers in the followmg areas: Computer Iiteracy, Resource Development, Children and Youth Services and ~peciaIEvents.For more information please contact Sam at (519) 5768856 or by e-mail at samantha.veniez@ywcakw.ou.ca. Volunteers needed f o r study hall, Lanrentian School for international Somali and other foreign students. Studentswillchoose eitherTuesday orThursday 7 p.m. t o 9 p.m. Starting October 1 t o December 6. Orientationitraining to be given a week in advance. For more info contact Abdi Nosur 6(<2-4936, email at anasirl960@yahoo.com. Children's International Summer Villages h a s a d u l t leadership travel opportuuties for summer 2003. Candidates must be 2 1 yrs o r older and have an luterest in peace education, culture, c h ~ l d r e n and fun. Visit www.cisvwaterloo.ore for more info.

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