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Touched - Focusing on an unattainable goal by fixating on the "forbidden fruit" of life has Titus taktnp another interesungrelationaljourney.
Why would you sue the school?
page 1.3 Our House -A?amale rider ofthc UW safety \an Ocal found out the hard way that some womenview that service as their exclusivedomain
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Feds sues UW The untversity is "d~sappointed"by the Peds' latest move -a lawsuit to the tune of $11million Andthe beds are disappointed that they are losing about a hundred student jobs and $130,000 in revenue each month
cover "For not offering Pepsi products." Shawn Winnington-Ball 2B a r k
"Because Wednesday nights were fun." Jeff Nijsse 2A computer sclence
No ban on lodging houses bor the second tune in two weeks, a proposed moratorium to l m t stu dent hous~ngoptlons has been m e d by the City of Waterloo Council
Making a splash 'The C l K ' lifeguard teams won the Ontario and Canadianunix-ersitylifeguard championships this past week^ end at Broclt University
page 22 Regular content: Top comer hockey -Lim offers the top 20 under-17 Canadian junior hockey players to watch out for in the future.
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The Kalahari Family Professorstell all Evcrwondercdwhat makes yourprofessor tick? Some insight into the m d s of our educators
John Marshall's anthropologic films attemptto setthemyths stmght about the bushmen of Southern America.
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U W celebrates
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Younger students taken into account The double cohort will be bringing 17-year-old students to campus this year. Andthe Younger StudentsCommittee klboking out for them
"For less tuition" Allessandra Picchetti 1 B arts
"I wouldn't - I feel bad for them." Winder Rader political science grad
Mind if I smoke? Recent fd-page cigarette advocay ads have been appearingin Imprint, much to the dismay of some students. The practice brings withit socialand financialconsequences.
Talent at St. Paul's Tibetan women's day What Waterloo is doingto show solidarity to Tibetan women.
page 16 Imprintcooks -Fettucine Alfredo and Mussels Molllsiere
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The BlackForestcoffee houseis back forits 31" season. Catchthe talent that abound here at U\V, live!
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Engineers on stage Who knew there was dramatic talent wasting away in the engineering department?
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Rainbow reels come to Waterloo Steal this story "For the cracked ceiling in the SLC" Ken Chung math/CS grad
"For tampering with the election" Leo Dominguez 4A honours science
Break-ins involvingthe math, english, engineering and environmental science departmentshave erupted in UW sinceJanuary.
The 'no meat' beat AlyssaBrierley takes scientific lookat vegetarianism.
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uwRyan.com -The lawsuit between UW and Feds has everybodytaking. Ryan Chen-Wingsheds some light on the subject by answering questions and expanding the issues.
page 9 "Doesn't three grand in tuition get you a decent binder?" Lianne Armitage 1Barts
"For the $850 1 pay for co-op" Dave Pelletier 1B software engineering Heramb's Harem t h e bunk, the bullox, the bullshit
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Laramie: a story of murder This play, based on the murder of a homosexual boy, will make you question your own beliefs and views.
Hail to the chief As Imprints new editor-in-chief,Rick Smit wants to "broaden our horizons" in terms of news coverage.
Spend next weekend at the Princess Cinema exploring all sides of your sexuality.
Warriors' Davis has right stuff Men's basketball forward, Michael Davis, won OUA West rookie of the year honours after a successful20022003 campaign.
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Warriors race to success Three UW students captured medals at lastweekend's OUA trackand field championships, and Daniella Carrington sprinted away with her fourth straight gold.
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PC classical concert The Kitchener-Waterloo philharmonic orchestra plays two timely pieces,andwew-erethere tocoveritall.
page 26 Regular content: Airheads -Is any noise better than . . no noise? Presumably any music is better.
page 24 Diet Coke Head-\Vonderingabout pornography? David Careytells all in the style of a male Michelle Titus.
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Motion to ban lodging houses Ian Howard -
of a moratorium In their followup report, staff recommended that a moratortumproceedwhile astudy on Forasecondtune,waterloocit~coun- lodgmg houses took place David cd has rejected a motion to impose a Curne, thecityplannerresponsiblefor mofatorlum on the Lcensmg of lodg- the height and density report that mg houses started this dis cussion, stated If successful, IMPRINTSTAFF
lodging house change anyway, that was their permits m the cay original recomwhile a study was [but not] the mendation. underway way YOU that Chris Cdey, Proponentsof representing the YOU wanted to." Federahonof Stuthe moratorium wanted to cease -David Crombie dentsat themeetthe city's issung planning expert i n , was elated of lodging house that counctl had permits to curb heeded recomthe number of non-owner occupied mendations made in the height and domiciles m their neighbourhoods densityreport Followqcounc#sdeThe moratofiumwas tabled by Scott cision, Edey stated, "It is obvtous Jones, councdlor for the south west from what the planners and councdward Many of the contentious lors who voted against [the moratoBeechwood neighbourhoods are m num] said, that it was a bad idea and hts ward. Justtfymg the need for a that it was gomg to run the city mto moratorium,Jones sad, 'Weneedto mcredibleproblemsinthts year of the slow things down " double cohoxt " Followinglastweek's councilmeet This week's vote was like adep w ing, when council first declined the as itwas agam defeated by councillor motion, city staff was asked to report Bruce Anderson, councillor Brent backto counctlregardmgthefeasibhty Needham and mayor Lynne
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Written material regarding the moratorium was in abundance at Monday's council meeting. Woolstencroft.In favourwere Councdlors ScottJones and Morty Taylor Councillor Dave Roeder again abstainedas hecontinuedaschairofthts meeting
MayorWoolstencroftcommented about the mtnimum distance separation or MDS, stating "absolutely the 75 MDS u important and should be mamtamedandenforced "
Members of groups supporting the moratorium were visibly ag-gravated by council'sdecision See HOUSING,page 8
Younger students will receive adult treatment at UW $eventeen-year-oldstudents are a concern for Younger Students Committee iusan Bubak MPRINT STAFF
is more than5,000grade12andOAC raduates prepare to begin their first ear of post-secondary education at W h s September,the Younger Stuents Commtttee is talung steps to lake the transition to university as mooth as possible Ofparticular concern isthe age of ~commgfirst year students Themoduction of a four-yearhigh school cogram by the provmcial governlent in 1999means that studentswFU 17 or 18 when they graduate from gh school and enter umversity this 11 In previous years,most first year udents were 18 or 19 The Younger Students Commite was established to examine the ~allen~es that younger studentsmay :eat UW The 15-membercommit consists of student representatives d unn ersity admmstrators from a nety of departments,wchasathletand recreational\en.ices,healthsenrsand residencelife. Thc c o m t t e e cuammed avanety
of issues, mcludingacademicand socdpressure,coopandderagednnking After several meetmgs last year, the c m m t t e e produced a six-page report inJanuary outlmgits recommendations The executive councd approved the comrmttee's recommendahons and will implement them within the next few months According to the committee, younger students should be treated the same as their older counterparts The committee based its recommen dations on several sources,including legal adpice from university lawyer Regmald A Haney "1 would suggest that with respect to normaluniversity activities, changes m university policies andprocedureswillnot benecessary when the mapnty of first year students arrivmg on campus in the year 2003 will be minors " Regardless of their age, ~tudents w d beevpectcdtosigncmtracts,such as residence agreements, and will be held responsibl~for any violations If a student damagespr~pert~ or threat ens the safety of other students, she will Face the appropriatecon5equences
Thecomtteealsorecommended that the university provide younger studentswiththeservicesthey needto cope with academic and social pressures Residencelrfestaffwdlfo~son integratingyounger studentsinto the university~ommumtythrou~h social
According to the committee, younger students should be treated the same as their older counterparts. activihes Younger students may also face athlcncchallengesinvarsityand recreational sports~fthey are less physically mature thanolder students Ifacoach feels that younger students are not strongor skilled enoughtoparticipate
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recommended that they may be"confined tothe bench more often than at present fortheaown safetyand forthe welfare of the team." Co-op studentsas youngas 17will start their firstworkterm four to eight months after beginning their studies at UW The committee recommended that the kiversity address the concerns of younger students and their employers through publications, coop 101 sessions and career services workshops The committee also recognized that parents of younger students may find it difficult to let them make their own decisions and face the consequencesof their achons Someparents may want to solve tbeir cluld's problems rather than allow her to do it alone The universitywillprovideserv ices to help faculty deal with parents and help parents understand the importance oftheir childlearningtohan dle adult responsihiltties The university will continue to withhold students' grades and regstration from their regardless
of the student's age The committee recommended that "m situations where a studentis encountemgdifficulties or IS faced with a disciplinary problem, the parents/guardians w d not be informed " Although the c o m t t e e considered banntng alcohol to prevent underage drmking, the commtttee recommended that the umversity maintamitscurrentpollcytowardalcoholat student-relatedumversityevents, onentahon andm residence. According to the committee,'YJW will continue to abtdc by the law and as pohcie5, follow the prudent practice of ensur mgthat dcoholrelatedevents,aswell as alcohol in residence, are wellman aged, and that moderationisaPdmg and fundamentalpmciple "
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Students fume over Imprint's tobacco ads Lauren S. Breslin IMPRINTSTAFF
Recent complaintsabout the appear ance of tobacco ad5 in Inapnnt have revwed a long-runmg debate over the promotion of cigarette brands in student newspapers. Isolated criticisms of the Imprint organization were made visible last month after The Record reported that twoPhD students, DandFIammond andScottLeather&e,werelaunchifig an independentanti tobaccoads cam p a p against Impnnt FIammondand Leatherdalechargedthestudentnewspaper with placing its own financial interests aheadof the well-bemgof its readershp and 7%e Record featured a photo of them tearing up copes of Impnntin defiance This is a legitimate pomt, argues Paul McDonald, &rector of UW's HealthBehaviourResearchGroupagroup committedto tobacco control research andemploying some 20 full time professional research staff. You're taking money from an industry that I'm trying to put out of business," saysMcDonald 'The real1tysthax you're acceptmgmmeyfrom a rogue industry," he continued, "an industry that knowtngly kills people when their product isused exactly as it's designed." Inherent in the debate over tobacco ads a its set of moral and commercial mphcattons. Differences of opmon spht the argumentmto those whowelcome the accumulatedadrev-
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enueprovidedbytobaccocornpanics and those who object to the ads on moral grounds I@nntgeneratesrougHjr$200,@00 a year in totalad revenues, in thepast year,roughly$18,000 dollars of this, or 9 per cent, representsed revenue collected from tobaccocompanies According to Laune Tigea-Dumas, Impnnf s ad manager, the newspaper is not dependent on cigarette ads and could easily survive the &anc~lIossin the event of anew restriction policy. For that reason, the issue becomes less of a financial concernandmore ofaquestion of ethlcs. Consider UW's interna tional reputafion in tobacco control research, which boasts one ofthe largest research centres related to tobaccocontrolmCafiada Sme the program's inception in 1979, UW has literally produced tens of millions of dollarsin researchrelated to tobacco control.Amongthe untveraty's long hst of cmtnbutions m thts area 1s the developmentof several smokingcessattonprograms,includingoneof the largestchcal t d s ever funded in the worldwhere entire commututieswere randomly assignedtoa series of interventions to help smokers quit smok"'g
warninglabelsandpubli~policies~and makmg it seem more socially acceptable the impact they have in reducing the "They've gotten around [the law] prevalence oftobaccouse "I find it disturbing that we as a by running the kind of ads that appcar university are not being as inImpnn/," said McDonald,"whichis to associate [cigarettes] with other supportive aswe can to such kinds of activities that are of great a vigorous research enterappeal to young people " prise," said McDonald. In fact,McDonald argued that to"Carryingads thatruncowbacco companieshave begun to shift ter to all of that really is an their focus onto youngadults."Those egregiousinsult to thework of university age have the highest we've been trymg to do and the workwe've been stand- smoking rates of any group in Canada -and that is a fairly recent phenoming up for " Aside from wantmg to enon," he said The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitonng Sun-ej conuphold the principles of the firmed this clam in a 1999 report university, students might question the effect*of mdi- which documented that approxi rect tobaccoadveaisements matcly 28 per cent of youth between on non-smokers the ages of 15and 19 smoke,marking "The notion that [the a 7 percent increase over the amounl goal of tobacco ads is] to of youth smokers at the beginning 01 encourage smokers to the decade These trends demonstrate switch from one brand to the fact that, whether due to promo another is absolute and to tional strategiesor other sociologxa! tal rubbish," maintained factors,moreyoungpeople thanevei McDonald. Gven that the before are smoking "At the end of the day," saic Canadiantobaccomarket is dommatedby a smallgroup McDonald,"[thc tobacco companies' of tobaccogiants-namely, mission is to addict young people tc JTI-Macdonald Corp , a deadlyproductand I find that deep11 disturbing." Rothmans, Benson & L According to the Tobacco Spon Hedges Inc and Imperial JOHNPAUL CURRY sorship News, cigarette ads of an! the National Cancer Institute of TobaccoCanadaLtd -brandswitchCanada and the Ontano Miiustry of ing could be seen as mconsequenttal. kmd-betheydxectormduect-wd Health have provided UW with sevMcDonaldmtainedthat tobacco be outlawed by the end of the year eral hundred thousand dollars to de- ads are not only known to mhibit after which point this debate will be velopandevaluateasmokes'helpline smokers from trying to quit, they also come a nor-issue. Most recently, UW researclifacilrues enticenewsmokersby assoclilbngcerhave been examtning such things as tamunagesorhfestyleswith smoking,
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Lawsuit: Feds sue university d
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"That date is not carvedmstone It 1s subjecttocourt schedulingandsub]ect todiscussionswith thcmversity My mandate 1s to try to hav e the court hear this as soon as possible " At a student forum 1uesday after noon in the SLC Great Hall, Levitan told students that the AGCO would side with beds on the issue of Feds getttng as liquor licence Campion said that therc wouldn't be much obstacle to a student orgamation getting a liquor licence LLhen asked what wcluld prevent a student organization from getttng a liquor licence, Campion said, "Nothing " "Under the Liquor Licence Act, people are entitled to receme a liquor sales licencepro~idedthe~ meet all the cnteria under the licensmgprocess," he said Campion further explained that two things the AGCO looks at are whether getting the licence is m the
publicinterestandpast conduct ofthe establishments The unik e r s q reacted to the lawsuit with disappointment Director of cornmumcations for the umversity, Martin Van Nierop, sad thatthcuniversityhadgixrenbeds a proposal for lomt bar management aweekearlicrthatFeds rejected ' V he proposal] essentially was a new pro posal to them whch would address their concerns about having input m how these pubs would be managed," he said '% e thought we had a very good offer to them on that and the alcohol and gammg commission thought it was a good one too Obviously it wasn't acceptable [to Feds]," Van Nierop said VanNierop said that themversity is opposed to Feds' desire to get a liquor licence "Generally theuniver sity is not m favour of Feds having their ownlicence essentiallybecausea is std anaccountab&tymsueand there
have been an number of instances m the past when we've had to step m That'sthetrackrecord lhere wouldn't be the feeling of assurance that we would need so it wouldn't be something we'd be m favour of," he said "Our concern for students promptedus to keep the bars opcnin the firstdace while we worked out an interim agreement, but that dldn't seem to suit thc Feds So we could have had the bars open, as simple as that," Van Nierop said Director of busmess operations Bud \I17aker,who is also the licenceholder for the umversity, echoed Van Nierop's opposition ofaFeds licence 'There are anumber of issues I've had to have the Feds deal with, by and large they deal with them but they reoccur We just don't feelwe can allow the Feds to have more responsibility than they did under the old system," he said Liquor service at PedHall and the Bombshelter was demed by Walker on January 20 followmg a refusal by Feds toattenda meetingwith a h istration to discuss an interim bar management structure This followed a beatmg outside Fed Hall after a Ncw Year's Eve party put on by Fcds The victim m the assault was not a U E student bive people have been charged in relation to the beatmg Police report that one of them was a ULV student Feds and UW administration met theweek followmgthe shutdown, on Januaq 28 Smce that tune they did not meet about the issue in person but corresponded through lawyers Levitan served the unmersitywith the papers for the lawsuit Tucsday morntng At the forum he said that part of the process will be mandatory mediation
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Are we "religiously illiterate"3. music and art, among others While it appears that Sweet can appreciate the historical context on Author-lournahst Lois Sweet spoke whch our current educational system at St.Jerome's onFriday,February28 1s formulated, she sees it as a on the topic of the relevance of sepa- hnderance to continue supportmg separate schools based on "a historic rate school systems m our society 'Xeligiously il1iterate"m how Sweet situation that has no modein corn referrcd to "our young people " For terpart "I Iow, sheasked,canwecreate Sweet this view was confirmed when social cohesion "if we separate our one of her journalism students at childrenm their formative years along religious Imcs?" She feels this leaves CarletonUniversityreferred to Catho them vulnerable to the myths and lics as independent of Christianity stereotypesperpetnatcdby the media This was a surc sign to Sweet of an S w e ~suggested t a contemporary education system that failed to open the eyes of her students to the beliefs model that represents contemporary logic Ideally this spstem would not of those around them "If Canada i\ to succeed as a segregatestudents,rather, itwould be e system Agamideally,thc multicultural, socially cohcsirre soci- aninclusi~. ety, then we must educate children in public system would bccome an avways that include respect and civ~lity cnue for thy mclusir~eaess,however, for difference," commentedSwcct.To Sweet is reluctant to think that the become religiouslyliterate, Sweet said public systcm would ever support one must examine how different reli- such a system Sweet's suggestion gious traditions answer the questions would mtroduce the study of reliposed by human existence T h s she gions into the schoolc u r n d u m startfeels must be accomplishedon a day- ing right from elementary school and to-day basis through a varicty of sub- through a variety of sublects Amore radlcalalternatwe she projects, including history, literature, Jessie Quinn
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posed is to mtroduce a more mdepth study of world religions into thc Catholic school system \While in the Catholic school curriculum there m already a required world religions coursc,Swcet feels thatthereneeds to be more educahon on the subject Sweet pointed out that the Catholic school system has many bcncfits, the mam one being their sensitivity and understandmg of the "spiritual," which the public systemlacks \-Y?lenthequcs~onpenod~vas held, one woman m the audience was quick toexprcss hcrrcligious fenmr For her the suggestion of introducing a broader spectrum of religious study into the Catholic schools was under mining the Catholic school system Others in the crowd were educators themselves and wondcrcd just how much of the curriculumSweet th~nks should be allotted to these studies In the end it was agreed upon by thosemattendance that itwas refresh mgto hear talkabout suchacontroversial issue and that sweet'^ vicw, even if conflicting with one's own, is m portant and progressiveto hear about
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Student societies hit by continued thefts
On-campus coffee and donut shops seem to'be the main target for break-ins. Ian Howard
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"[the thieves] popped off the front of the cash register, stole the tip money, stole all of ,the money in the cash, basically ransacked everydungm the office searchingfor everythtng,all the money they could find " Also stolen from ES was a laptop
Student societiesare busy cleamgup, counting losses and repairing their offices following a string of breakand enters on campus this term The mostrecent crimespastMondaynight or early Tuesday when the Environmental Studies ;offee shop a n d ~ n g "[The thieves] neeringSocietyofficewere brokeninto walked in, and cash and equpment were stolen The break in at the Environmen grabbed the safe talStudiesSociety@S) officewas just and walked over a week since apremous break-in at the same location "Ihis time they out." walkdm,grabbedthe safeandwalked -Joe Murray out," said Joe Murray, an environES coffee shop worker mental studies (ES) coffee shop employee He noted that the thieves had tried to take the safe in the previous computer and zip disks belonging to break-m, though were only able to JohnFedy,FedsVI-elect "Helosthis mote it less than a foot entiremversity career," saidMurrap At the previous break in on EebmThe thieves were meticulous, ary 22 at the ESS office, Murray said
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searching through the entire office "In a f i g cabinet in the back there was a shoe box and in that shoe box wasacontamerofquarters They found that," satd Murray In total, the ESS, the Waterloo Association of Geography Students and John Fedy lost up to $1,000 in cash and goods In enpeering, a s i d a r case happened Dave Clegg, president of the EnpeeringSociety @gSoc) stated, "Things are definitely not m order here " EngSoc was busy cleamng up Tuesdaymorningafterthievcsbroke into their offices the same mght thefts occurredatthe ESS office Expensive gear and cashwere stolen from the EngSvc office Equipment included a digital camera and video camera The thieves also stole EngSoc's keys 1hey estunate $3,000 in goods was stolen, plus repairs EngSoc was also pmy to another recent break-m The EngSoc Ooffee
and Donut Shop was broken into at the begnning of term, the mght of January 12 That mght thew\ \tole cash from the registers More break-ms on campus have also been reported Two wccks ago, Math Society's office and the math coffee and donut shop were broken into "Theywent straightforthe cash They knew where it was They tookit and left," said Phil K'einer, MathSoc vice president of finance Lackofadequatesecurity on cam pus is being attributed as a factor in these break-ins Murray noted, "When you get down to it, there is one [officer] in the tmckand one on foot, so basically there are only two cops for 18,000 students."Staff sargentwayne Shorn said that, maddition to the two patrol officers, there is a sargent on duty at night. Societies are also concerned that because of alack ofofficersthat these
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Student society break-ins this mester: January 13,2003engineering C&U shop break and enter February 15 2003 MathSoc math C&D breakand enter February222003ES break-a March42003 ESS safe stole! . March 12003 Enpeermg Sc ety break and enter
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Aboriginal culture shared at conference at WLU Conference promotes appreciation for indigenous peoples Geoff Eby IMPRINT STAFF
The Aboriginal conference on February 28 was an opportunity for crosscultural dialogue about topics presented by the speakersin theMaureen
ForrcsterRecidI-Idat\VilftldLaufier University. Attendants also had more opportunity for dialogue during the dinner of fish and venison that was held in the Turrct, followed by music and dancing. Dan Longboat, one of the speakers at the conference, said, "I guess what I really see happenmgout of the events is that people have gainednew knowledge, probably new apprecia tion and new respect for indigenous peoples and indigenous issues " He explained that the conference brought people from many cultures together for "acquirmganewperspcctive on how they relate to one another That'swhatculture teaches us, how to be the best human beings we can be and what relationship we as human beings have to each other, to the naturalworldand to the spiaualworld. So it'slookingat thatprocess and sharing that with students. And for a lot of students, bothnative and non-native, it's really an opportunity to have a
greater understandingofwhat it means to be human. %hen you begin to talk about how we see nature and how we see an ecosystem function and how we need tocare for it andprotect it andpreserve it, then it's not just us as indigenous people's work, it's everybody's work. So unless we share knowledge and perspectives together, we're not going to get the work done." Jean Becker, who was appointed Aborrginalcounsellor for n V i n January, was one ofthe primary organizers of the conference.She eqlained how this conferencecamc to bc. "It started three years ago out of a native studies contemporary issues class that I was teaching at St. Paul's. And there was a professor, Tom Brenner, from the socialwork program at Renison, who was doing native issues with his class, s o he used to bring them over to my class. And at some point he decided that the students should do something for the native community and talkedtomc andstartcdthis off,which was a small awareness day. The first year and the second year,itwas heldat Renison. This year it got reallybig." She attributes part of the reason for the increase tothe fact that the lieutenantgovernor of Ontario was a speaker.
Participants join hands around the drummers'circle. The conference also featured native dancers in full regalia, speakers, workshops and an Aboriginal feast. Becker is confidentm theutilityof the conference because she knows that there is a lot of knowledge Abo ngdpeople have to sharewith other cultures 'Wehaddcvclopcdwaysof
living togetherwhere people were not unequal We did not have these rich and poor divisionspnor to the Europeans coming here We have something to say about how you crcatc
Hong Kong culture showcased at UW Diana Miller SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
O n Monday and part of Tuesday of this week, students were treated to a Hong Kong Expo in the S1.C Great Hall. This event was hostcd by the UWChineseStudentsAssoc&timand was supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office - an organization dedicated topromoting Hong Kong worldwide as a valuable trading partner. This was the only stop the Expo made in KitchenerWaterloo, although it will tour other Canadian cities. The event got off to a start on Monday at noon, with a welcoming address. Viewers were also treated to a Tai Chi demonstration and a series of exhbits. Some students were disappointed, however, to fmd out that
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the Expowas cancelled on bothTuesday and Wednesday. On Tucsday, the beds needed touse the SLC Great Hall for a meeting and rally. Alvin Chan, CSAvice president, claimed he didn't mind too much because he knew that the bar situation was important to many students. The Expo was cancelled on Wednesdaydue toundisclosed schedulingconfhcts. S d , despite the cancellations, the CSA thought the Expo was a big - success. Chan was cspccially pleased that
some students who happened to bc wandering by took the time to stop and ask questions.He is alsoproud of the CSA, the largest Chinese group on LiVlrscampus. Their goal with the Expo was to do something a little more educational. The Expo's main purpose was to rake awareness ofHong Kong's history. Participants could learn how Hong Kong developed from a British colony into one of the world's lea* fmancial centres and could celebrate the unique culture that de-
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vclopcdundcr conflictingEasternand Western beliefs The Expo featured two main exhibits 'mong Kong m Retrospect" provided a detailed his tory of Hong Kong and ' V e s t Kowloon Rcclamatron ConccptC m petitlonPrqect" showcased entries m a competitionto redesign one ofHong Kong's older districts Other exhibits mcluded Chme\e Kung bu, Chineqe chess,mah long,Chmesecalligraphy and palmistry The expo was orig-
nally scheduled to run from 10a.m. to 4p.m.,Monday,March 3 toThursday, March 6.
For more information, check out the UW Chinese Students' Association at uwcsa.com.
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The winter2003term is past the halfway mark and its completion brings anmpoaaflt new face to your favourite studentnewspaper Rick Smit, 49, will replace Magda Komeczna as editor in-chief of the Imprintatthe end of the term, stayingonboard until April 2004. Smithasahistoryof delivemgthe news to the UW studentbody.Backm 1978, while he was serving as Feds president,he witnessed Irqbrint'scre? tion from the roots of UWs previous newspaper, the Chevron "There was a group of Chemn staff thatweredsen-
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Considennghispedigree,Smit sees coming back to UW as "almost full circle For me, it's personallycomfort mgcominghere It's like comingback home to me. The sons and daughters of the people that I went to school with are now here.';
"Iwant to make this a fun place to work. I want people to have a good time [at Imprint]." -Rick Smit
Smit, an "information lunkie" whose interests includc "debate and public discourse and social mterac tion," has some changes m mind for the Impnnt, although he freely admits to being "amazed" with the Tmpnnt'c current reporting and featurcs; he's especiallya big fan of our sports cov erage and MichelleTitus'"Touched" column Nevertheless, he has plans, primarily involving the news section.
"I think we have to get into short, sharp, punchy stories that get pcople taking I want us to start tackling more controversial issues I would like to see the paper r e p its edge " S m t w d also focus on issues that extend beyond campus and that demonstratehow "the applicationsof education are used across the country Ahmy times thereareprovmcialissues or announcements that have a profound mpact onuniversitiesand col leges. I don't think we should ignore those I think we can broaden our horizons " Smit, who will also be upgrading his degree during his tune here, will have his hands full with the new posi tion, but he's up to the challenge and he welcomes any potendwriters out there to join the Impnntteam "I want to make this a f u n place to work," he said enthusiastically "I want people to have a good time hcre [l'he paper should] be reflective of that " More thananything, Smit is proud to once againbe apart of ULV "At this time in my life, I think I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be " mstratford@~mprtnt.uwaterlooca
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Ken Stcel, one of the most vocal opponents of lodgmg houses, commented that "it's not a questionabout student housing Without directors [the commwty c e n w corporations fold." Ina speechgivenbyStcelat last week's meeting, he stressed the need to keep families m neighbourhoods to assure the viability of recreation centres Former mayor of Toronto and plannifigexpertDavid Crombie com mented m a hone interview, "It is very difficult because everywhereyou go neighborhood associations are opposed to anything." He noted, 'Tkghbourhoods flourishby accommodatmg to change, not by sayingno to it If you say no to it, it will change anyway, it just won't change the way that you wanted to."
Crombiehas writtenabout "smart growth" and intensification for the Globe and Mail and the Onfano Plan ningJ011ma1.These articlesdiscuss the need to intensify cities to curburban sprawl and the issues that result. Crombie notes that these issues are not isolated to Waterloo, but that he believes that this is a Canadian and North American issue and is a result of the emergingcity region. A key issue in the debate about lodging houses in neighbourhoods is stabil~ty.~ e i ~ h b o u r h o associa od tions are concernedabout the loss of services andchangesto the structure ofneighbourhoods Crombie stated, Y o u can have a combinationofneighbourhood stability and people corning in, its just a question of whether you want to try it, or if you are lust going to say no we are not going to " Hethenremarked,"youcanhave allof
the stability m the world, on Baffin Island " It is expected that the issues sur roundmg lodging and student housing wdl continue to be debated in council.Many of these recommendations have been deferred for six months, until a committee on student housing completesits study.Last week, Carl Kaufmann, a concerned citizenand retired engmeer, exclavned ' b e need someac_tionnow"-public debateand alack of consensushas led council to defer decisions to comrmttees Thus we will not see the kind of action like Carl saw bddmg barracks before the SecondWorldWar Resolution to these issues will be slow and arduous, despite the need for council to adapt to the rapid rate of change takmgplacein Waterloo.
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Liquor licence lawsuit confusion but that doesn't account for the expenses Are they going to also sue their employees for costing them all that money?Thls year's budget prorects a profit of $75,000 for each bar for a total of $150,000 Maybe a fraction of that would be a better number since the bars have only been closed a month and a half
Most students should have heard by now about thc multi-million dollar lawsuit the Feds have launched against the university, whether it be from t(~~shdeient.o.org, overhearing conversations m class, or the worldwide co-op e-mailinformation network. Given the posturing, rhetonc and ignorant commentators, making sense of it all is getting difficult I'll try to clear some things up from what I have found out
Why $1I million? Eeds'lawyerJerry Levitan said when assesskg damages in a lawsuit experts and forensicaccountants determinean appropriate number He later admitted that they had not hired such an expert He emphasized that he had suggested a higher number and that the Feds executive preferred ahore conservative$11 d o n , which doesn't make a reasonable, given that his figure could have been even further past left field. Feds VP a h s t r a t i o n and finance Chns Di Lullo gave some figures that don't add up I le ,ad that Bomber and bed I I d nc;rmnllygrt $2 million In revenue per year,
Feds are probably starting this with the intent of settling. Di L d o also points at the money studengs have contributedto construct FedHall, whichr IS $1 5 d o n in 1984 dollars paid over 20 years He also points out that students are being dented thew rightful use of the facility Asking for all that money back would suggest that Fed Hall was never opened (it was) or that it will never open again (it will) It is an arbitrary number that is probably set to grab attention. It 1s possible that whatever number they sad in the lawsuit would determne how big the number in all the headlines would be.
Where is the money going to come from for all this? If damages - are awarded, who will pay for them>This quewon was asked at the forum and ansvcrecl b!. 1.ino Dcmas~on ~ n ~ ~ / ~ t ~ f e t t / .'l'hc. . n t , ystudrnts . u.111end up
footing the bill They already spend money on Feds fees, tumon and the various businesses around campus. It will be student money that will pay the legal fees of the a h s t r a t i o n Feds said that retained earnings, not student money, are paymg for the lawsuit Student fees are a sipficant part of Feds' revenue How can Feds justify that no student fees from prior years contributed to those retained earnings, Even if those funds are accumulated from business profits they should be paid back to the student fee side for years when student fees were propping up the money-losing busmesses
What's up with contracting out?
The thirty-hour famine will be held on Thursday, March 13 and Friday, March 14. During this time participants have a choice of various activities such as a trip to the observatory, a bonfire behind ES, various games and gntertainment. Those interested in taking part can e-mail Nancy O'Neil for more info at noneil@uwaterloo.ca.
Liquor licence regulations state,"The holder of a licence to sell liquor shall not contract out the sale and service of liquor." So it is clear that contracting out is against regulation, but it is not as clear that the UWFeds relationship is contractingout AGCO spokesman Ab Campion said they still have to look at the contracts He said, "The unwerstty has a lawyer, the students have a lawyer and we have our own legal department that 1s also involved in this If you want to get three lawyers together,they each have their own particular mterpretationof the facts and incidents that are going on " It would cokt b ~ bucks g to see this case all the way through the courts So Feds h e probably starting this with the intent of settling, but a takes more than two to tango
A Tibetan Freedom Concert will take place on the evening of Thursday, March 13. In the past it has taken place in the Bombshelter but due to well-known circumstances that was not a possibility this time. It will be held in the MultiPurpose Room of the SLC and is free of charge to attend. I
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I applaud the bederation of Students directorsfor collectn-elyfindmg a bite to match their bark, but this lawsut couldleaveus withno student bars. The Feds $Ilmillion lawsuit is long overdue considenngtheu rhetorlc When the Fcds first clamed that the untversity admininstration was breakmgcontracts, they didn't file for an injunctton. Perhaps they felt they would be able to settle it more quickly out of court, but two weeks into the dispute it was clear that the media attention wasn't affectmg negotiations Still, Feds claimed the legal upper hand Fmally, the Feds have put their money where their mouth is and brought the issue to court. The Feds hope the lawsuit w d force a h to allow the Feds to opcrate the bars under a new loint licence Since the admm would stdl be taktng risk and receiving none of the reward it doesn't seem to bea desirablc atuatron for a b b Under the current contracta has the nght to close the bars, but they could be compelled to let the Fedsget their ownlicence The desirabhty of Feds getting their own license was indicated m the agreements If the Feds want to take on the increased liabdity, then 1say more power to them. Do they really want their own liquor licence?I don't think thc Feds applymg â‚Źortheir own ltquor license is the best solution. However, a d m should get out of the way and let the beds bellyflop into the bed they've made. The Fcds could haw applied for their own licence with the safety net of operatingunder the university's licencc That opportunityis gone The beds have alreadvlost admm's support for using their liquor licence. Clearly, those negotctions aren't going anywhere This $11 rmllion gamble could result in ~
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A 2,400 year-old pray read all over the world Monday turned a lot of heads. Anstophanes' Lysistrata, a play about Athentan women who join together to force men to stop war with Sparta by denying them of sex, was read, according to the Toronto Star, more than 900 tunes in 56 countries Monday to oppose potentralwarin Iraq. The project originated a month and a half ago with New York actors Kathryn Blume and Sharron Bower who were looktng for a way to mobilize people to speak against the war It clams to be the first ever worldwide theatricalevent for peace "At least for the record of history we have to let a be known that d o n s and millions opposed this war," said actressJulie Christiewho pamcipated in a showing of the play in Los Angeles
The press release advertisingthe opening of the show m New York described the play saying, "Powerless in their society, with too many of their sons and husbands being slaughtered in battle, the women take the only tactic available to them a sex strike." The irony associatedwith this is evident -the people involved m these productions are looking backward almost 2,500 years in an attempt to take a progressive look at the future. It is particularly interesting to examine this in light - of internat r o d women's week, whtch ends tomorrow Women in ancient Athens managed to leverage the strengths they had to affect their futures So many years later, many women around the world are still met with an oppression that they cannot break out of A book that has recently gained a lot of press, IIonorLort: Lote and Death in Modern Day Jordan, is a chtUing example of what women m some parts of the world need to deal with The story is a memoir wnttern by Norma Khouri, a woman whose best friend, a Muslun, was killed by her own
father because she had fallen in l u ~ ~ e with a Catholic man The girl's father was found guilty of msdemeanor and ?entenced to three months m prison, but did not serve them In her book, Khouri describes honour k i h g as an ancient Bedouin custom that is still allowed by law in many countries l'he UN numbers honour killings at 5,000 per year, although Khoun says that the nlimber is actually much higher, with many killings being disguised as suicidesor accidents Through international pressure, Khouri believes these practicescan change. "The women from around the world need to be the voice of Jordaman women," she said. The voiceless women of Jordan seem so distant from the Athenian women, who, two and a half mllenta ago, o r p z e d to use what voice they had As women's week ends, as war draws nearer and as more women die resultmg from oppressive practtccs,we must all join together to fight for the fight of erery person
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no Feds-operated bars, if the Feds can't convincethe alcohol and gaming comission (AGCO) that they are worthy of having a hence. Runnmg a student bar is a risky business. The AGCO could look at how Feds operates its bars and decide against the Feds having their own liquor licence. What then? The Feds will have a hard time negotiating a deal with admin after launching a multid o n dollar suit against them. Further, whose names are going to appear on the Feds' licence, if they doobtain one, The licence holder assumesa great deal of personal liability I know that I would have a hard tune s i p g my name krankly, I'm impressed that UW's Bud Walker 1sw h g to be the licence holder and allow Feds to operate their bars under it Finally, there's the question of how much this will cost Feds Who IS going to pay for this exercise in futility, Universities hive tight budgets and student fees are the only place this could come from. In the end, the only winners m this fiasco will be the lawyers.
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Student discrimination To the editor,
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Insulting. This is the first word that came to mind after readmg last week's article, "Homeowners and students debate over city height and densityrecommendations." According to the neighbourhood associations, non-owner occupied domciles do not contribUte to the community and degrade quality of life in their neighbourhoods. As a result, the group wants to l m t the influx of lodging houses in their areas by passing a one-year moratorium on lodging house permits. As a fellow Waterloo student, the label that these associations have given our university students appals me. Firstly, why should the associationbelieve it is their neighbourhood? A neighbourhood is defined in the Canadian Oxford dictionaryas the people of a district. Therefore,if studentsare living and paying for rent in the neighbourhood, they should be included in the neighbourhood and the decisionsthat affect it. Secondkwe are university students that attend one of the top rankedunivers~tiesmCanada. This ranking could not have been achieved if a weren't for the prestigiously hard working and responsible students that mend this institution. This label of degrading quality of life in the neighbourhood is based offthe stereotype that students spend a majoilty of the= tune drinking and creatinghavoc. However, that IS all the latter is: a stereotype The neighbourhoodassociations need to stop looking at all the bad aspects of student tenants and start looking at the good What about the students that help the elderly in the neighbourhood by shovelling snow, buymg groceries, or mowing the lawns? These examples not only improve the q d y of life m the neighbourhoodby creating unity, but they also contribute to the community. In closing, if the neighbourhood associations want to put a stop to lodgmg permits, they better open their eyes because students are probably the contributors to community life m their neighbourhoods
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Radio blues To the editor, When I drive around in my mom's super-cool Pontiac Trans Sport, I rarely listen to the radio Why? Not because I like music videos over music alone, or because I dislike how commercial it has gotten, but because radio makes many people get tired ofmustc quickly Think about it -the radio I musicplaylisr hasno creativity - ..
involved in it at all. I hear one song in my crazy -van and then an hour later I hear the same song again and agasund again and, dare I say, again?When I listen to music, I'd like to enjoy it fully and not get tired of it after driving once from Toronto to Waterloo. I would understand that if the artist is new afid if the r2dio station is trying to promote a, they would play it a ba more often than others, but if it's a platinum album, we're gomg to hear it enough tunes already. Mainstream music is destined to become bonng after awhile, so why speed up the process by playing it ad nauseam?The radio is such a powerful tool to get media across to people and at the rate it's gomg, it will lose a lot of listeners who are truly looking for new music. As for me, myself and my mom's nunivan, I probably won't enjoy the radio as much as I did many moons ago and I doubt I'll enjoy it any more in the near future.
-Yonguook Wgnne' Lee 1B environment and business
Aaky flings in far' away Mexico To the editor, I picked up my trusty copy of Imprint this week only to discover that a full two page, colour, centrespread was dedicated to a &gat a beach resort in Puerto Vallarta. Please don't get me wrong on this one. I ' p sure Lauren had a fabulous time and had it been a smaller feature, I don't think it would have bothered me as much But c'mon I q n n t - two full pages fora beach resort? Maybe if she had stayed in a part of Mexico where, you know, Mexicans actuallylive, I q h t be more inclined to agree that somethmg more substantial is warranted She describes all sorts of fabulous drinks, great restaurants and beautifullymanicuredgardens. Of course they're all fabulous- it's a resort! hat's the way it's supposed to be at a resort. It's the most sanieed vacation possible. Where are the stones about greasy little restaurantswithcrazyMexican cooks?Where are the stories about gettmg hammered with Mexicans on the worst moonshine ever? It is two pages of pure dribble. The entire article is about her "boundless romantic misadventures" (as she puts it). It sounds like gossipy-girl talk about her flings with two Amencans. I particularlylove the Michelle and Andrea's drink of the weeksurprise, surprise, it's a Mango Margarita Who would have thought? There has been a lot of talk about improving Imprint lately. I've got some advice for you, stop funning features with no content.
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Next time do some research To the editor, Heramb Ramachandran,did you take the time to do any research about the Peter Russell Rock Garden or, heaven forbid, take the time to find out who Peter Russell is? From the sheer "intelligence" shown in your article I can say for a fact that you did not What amazing journaltstic skill this shows1 Had you taken the tune to speak to anyone in the earth sciences depaament, you would soon learn that Peter Russell has been the curator of the Earth Sciences Museum for years -though I believe he is now officiallyretired. As well, had you taken a moment to inspect those rocks a little closer you would have noticed that a ' number pf them are actually memorials. Once such rock stands in memory of David Forget, a youfigman who tragically lost his life while in second year here at UW. I'm sure that David's parents would really appreciate reading your Diece of trash writtenabout the rock garden in which their son's memorialexlsts. Not only have you shown your ignoranceby not researchingallthe facts associatedwiththePeter Russell Rock Garden or the man after whom it is named, but you did not stop to consider that there are students at this "sacred institution" that make use of and yes, actually enjoy the garden. Students in earth sciencesandgeological . eiqpeermg study rocks such as those you see in the rockgarden Perhaps they don't share your enlightened attitude towards the existence of this monument. Not all students view the rock garden as somewhere to "take a leak" when drunk. In the warmer months I do enjoy sittmg m it and readmg or studying, as do numerous other students. I'm very sorrythat you cannot enjoy such a setting. Now, we cannot place all the blame for this article on Heramb Ramachandran. Even at daces of higher learning there are those that will write articleswithout doing any research -that is why newspapers have editors. An editor is responsible for ensuing that garbage such as this does not make it to print. Thank you Heramb, and thank you Impint for sharing this journalistic wonder with us.
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Collateral damage To the edifor, Some people will never be convinced, but Iraq is no supporter of terror. Saddam is secular Stalmst, not an Islamc d t a n t . No lesq 'evil', mind you. There is a case for _ %berattng%aq, but tlusis about ..
American power. Iraqis shouldn't invite a snake into their home to get rid of a rat. Some suggest that regardless of U.S. motives, it will still benefit the Iraqipeople Iraqi civilians?They're collateral damage -if you call attackmgwater facilitieswith bombs and sanctions 'accidental.' Moreover, the use of depleted uranium and heavy air bombardment instead of mound warfare. all so American soldiers are not lost at the cost of Iraqicivilians. Backwards? The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend As much a lesson to America as it is for those thiIllung they can 'use' America to get rid of Saddam. Ah yes, and the 'civdized' British didn't bomb Iraqis for not paying taxes and didn't support using chenucal weapons a p s t uncidzedpeoples. Colonialism and imperialism is the cause of most the conflicts today from Israel to India to Latin America. It's barely been a few generations for these countries to work out the kinks and if those kmks involve living through a Saddam or a Tallban, then so be it Help can come in many forms as Chretien understmds Oh no, preemption only means bombs to the Americans Strangely,the best suggestions for solving this problem have come from Canada and Iran: two countries who oppose imperialism. Speaking of Iran, here is a country which has been exposed to both imperial rule and fundamentalist rule They are politically shaping their own path, and don't need to be bombed for radical change. In the end, thc U S may mvade Iraq. Iraqis may be better off inthe short term and I will still say the war was wrong.
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Mushy, mushy To the editor, In Arda Ocal's article "Ah, my virgin eyes," I would like to congratulate him on bmgmg the point well across on public displays of affection. A direct focus of the article was not only on simple affection of couples but people actually "domg it" in public. I'm personallyvery fortunate of never having to witness such 'hdden" displays. However, people who feel they are bemg discrete during such events are no better than those who blatantly make out in public and make no attempt at being private. I'm talking about those who feel the need to be kissing while eating m a publ~cplace, walking joined at the hip and defmtely not comfortable or natural for that matter. What about those who wouldn't let go of each other if their lives depended on it? There is a definfte line between being the cute couple and being the couple that well, make others feel
Don't get me wrong, I un'der stand that we are in university, couples are going to be present throughout campus and rightfully so, but why are there those who feel the need to stand out a little more than the rest? Ocal's suggestion of "Make-out police" is dehtely a step in the right direction. Perhaps then innocent bystanders would be more prone to say "Awh, they're a nice couple" instead of" Ewh, get a roo&i!"
Guerilla shagging: people, unite! To the editor, I agree wholeheartedlywith Magda Konieczna's view that the level of apathy at Waterloo is far too high ("On student apathy," February 28). As a student body, we can't seem to get enthusiastic about anything, let alone politics or the student paper. I agree with recent Feds presidentialcandidateAlex Matan when he speaks of building a UW community and making campus a fun place to be. I think that the only way to get a d of our characteristicallymapathetic attitudes is to engage one another, to stimulate one another. But how? Luckily the answer was in that very same issue of Imprint. Arda Ocal ("Ah, my v i r p eyes," February 28) has provided us with the answer -guerilla shagging. Yes, what better way to engage and stimulate your fellow students than romping with them in the tucked away comers of our strangely designed school buildings? \What better way to lighten up the atmosphere on campus than to fill the air with moans of ecstacy and lust? I've had enough of dry speeches and empty promises. We need studentswho care about our school. We need interest m UW affairs. We need action. Now is the time -shoplifters of the world, mite and take over! But wait a m u t e . Yeah, that does sound like effort. Fuck it, let's just stay at home and watch Frienh. But I've already seen this one. Who cares?
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theyte been npe for the picking I am of course talktng about the pohtics of Itqbnntitself What exactlygoes on at staff meetings (I am not staff, for the record), who makes the decisions, what makes it m the paper and what gets left out -m these days of sensitivity to what the media as spoon-feeding us, the media juggernaut on our campus is controlledby. a tmy. clique of people, pnmanly volunteers, who decidewhat we read every week As n ahvays the case with office politics, personalitiesand egos are a malor part of the equation Try going to an I q n n t staff meettng and you'll qutckly see that not everyonegets along Different people have different conceptions not only ofwhat should go into a student newspaper, but of who should be making decisions Which brings me to last Fnday's ItqbnntAnnual General Meeting Next year's board of directors, whch oversees the operations (but not content) of the newspaper was elected in a very polanzed ballot, with defeated Feds presidenttal candidate Andrew Dilts chosen as I~rmtprestdentfor the comtng year in a 69-67 vote over defeated Feds W admm and f w c e candidate Rob Schmidt Dilts, as some of you may recall, was the subject of some controversy dunng the Feds electioncampagn for havmgchanged one of the titles on an Iqbrintamcleconcemingan organizamn of which he was once a
part This actton was viewed by some in that office as being a conflict ofinterest,whereasothers strongly disagreed There is no proof that Ddts' mtention was to change the articie tide for his own benefit. But there doesn't have to be proof for there to be a conkkt of interest Conflicts of mterest emst when actions tmpmperlytakenpotentiallyaffect outcomes. Thus, if a bank donates a d o n dollars to the Liberal party and then the Lberals change the banklaws m a beneficd way, we have no way of knowing if A caused B. But there is still a conflict of mterest. So Dilts, either deliberately or by accident,acted improperly With this is mmd, Dilts' selectionas Impnntpresident, whatever his other qualifications may be, seems to signal that his actmnswere m fact acceptable Toss m the fact that two people present held 50 and 53 proxy votes respectively and eyebrows should be going UP When you do the math, there are four possibilities First, Dilts was simply the people's choice based on his experience and ideas for the organi zation Second, he was elected to block Rob S c h d t Thlrd, he was elected as redemption for past mistreatment by Imprint. Finally, and most likely, he was elected due to all of the above. Democracyin action. Love to see it.
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Fraudulent bullshit
HERAMB'SHAREM Some people are all about the bullshit. They nccd to elevate themselves up a few notches just to fecl good. Inevitably the stuff that comes out of their mouth is so ridiculous, you feel the need to pour hot wax on your ass hair. For example, when you start that first real job, you'll find a bunch of people whining about their long hours and crap like that. If you're gonna bullshit about your hardcore hours, at least do it right. Like one time, this dude in a completclyserious tone says he works almost a hundred hours a week. No shit?Ilcy el stupido, do the math. Last time I checked,there were 98 hours in a week. Are you a Quickie Mart?What kmd of shit are you trying to pull? Such are the hypothetical questions one may ask. This other time, some senior dude in the company said he calculated his hourly rate and it worked out to six dollars an hour. Yo man, you make $90,000 per year! Evidently long division wasn't a job requirement. I think this jizz-lizard fell off the moron tree and hit every branch. I iust want some decent bullshit for a change. Be less audaciouswith your outbursts. Incorporate elements of subtley.Think about the situation logically for a second. If it seems alittle odd, chances are
it's irrationally exaggerated. In an exam, don't tell me that you failed miserablywhen in fact you got an 80 per cent. Many people try to pull this classic form of bullshit. Is this statement of incredible deceptivenessmeant to impress me? Am I actually gonna tell them "w-ow, you must be brilliant to get an 80 per cent but proclaim that a failure. You are truly a pillar of the community who must be emulated by us all." Nah, it'll probably be something more along the lines of 'You arrogant twit. Get out of my face before I beat your candy ass jabroni." (Yeaaah,the Rockis hck~ The greatest form of bullshit happens when someone starts b r a p g about their sexual conquests. Che time this guy went on about how he scored with 13 women in Japan. Firstly I know you are full of shit because a) You are ugly as sin. b) I have yet to meet one woman who would give it up to you so the probability that 13 women would go gaga for your miniscule penis are astronomically small. If you laid was a mathematical function, it would be S(ex) = no fuckingchance. Bullshit artists use gullible individuals as their canvas. The fact that nobody tells them they are full of shit simply encourages them. Please don't sit idle while they spin yams. If you're too shy to tell them, just start to spontaneously pray. That usually scarespeople.
In the Garden of Eden Pickmg forbidden fruit others pine for unavailable individuals or even those who are blatantly uninterested. In all instances they are focussingon an unobtainable goal. According to the Biblc, this instinct has existed since the beginning of time and is quite noticeable in my own reality. I haw a tendency to want what I can't Nowadays it seems that the have. Let's see, there's the guy (or knowledge of the Garden of Eden like 3) only interested in my body, story is prevalent. Regardlcss of anothcr afraid of comrmtment, one one's religious beliefs, awareness of preferring the complication(see easy the concept of the forbidden fruit is non-committal jealous chick) over high. Whether this has occurred due myself and the other in a semito childhood teachings at Sunday relationshp. I am mysteriously school or viewings of Simpsons drawn to all while my friends shake episodes is irrelevant. All that the&heads in dismay. Then, there's matters is that many know of the the guy that my roommates love story some way or other. who is very interested but to whom Forbidden fruit definitely exists 1amvery strangely not attracted. in our lives. Many people want Indeed, I crave theunrcachable things simply because they are fruits. prohibited from doing Obsession can be detrimental. - so thus introducing the notion of rebelling; Instead of being content in our if I were to reminisce about the lives, we mope about fantasizing tunes I rebelled against my parents about what we don't have. If only when I was younger (although it we would realize that those still happens occasionally)it would interested or attainableare equal to takc awhile. or better than these obsessions. Lately, my fascinationwith the Actually, after takinga step back notion of forbidden f m t does not in hopes to control my cravings I concern rebellious acts, but rather was able to take notice of more romantic prospects. The boys that delectabledelights that mght share want me, I have no interest in, while my tastes and actually be within I long for the ones who are taken or arm's reach. uninterested. This mindset of mine It can be easy sometimes to is completely baffling, but I am sure miss the ripe fruit that has already that others think the same way. fallen from the tree. Sometimes, There are some who look at this availability alone is not enough, individuals outside of their relation- but picking up a bunch off the ships as saints while their significant ground will be much more other can only do wrong, whde productive than eyeing one hanging
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You know you're lazy when. OUR HOUSE It was a hard fought 3-2 victory for my campus rec ice hockey team, one that left me quite exhausted. It was also the last game of the night and it was getting quite late. So I decided to go to the SLC and sign up to get a ride with the safety van. I waited patiently for our departure. Finally the time came and we all piled into the large van that would spare us from harm and danger on that night (those who sit at the back of the van would agree that the ride feels simdar to a school bus, in that when the van hits a bump, your head hits the roof). The journeywas relatively silent, aside from the random clearing of throats. Then, midway through our journey, without any warning, one
of the ladies in front of me turned around to face me and said, 'You know, you could have caused some poor girl to get raped tonight." Taken aback, I asked her how exactly I actedas suchacatalyst. After giving me an extended version of "the look," she informed me that my spot in the safety van might have taken away from someone who really needed it for protection, as opposed to simplybeing too lazy to walk home. I thought about that for a while. The van I was in was full, so ~erhaps people were being deferred to the next departurc an hour later if a secondvan was not in service that night, and that might have caused them to just bear it and walk home instead of waiting. 1 have heard that the safety van staffwill remove a male from a full list if a female requests a ride, but, with a name ltke "Arda," they might have assumed there was no guy on the list anyway. So really, that comment directed at me certainlymade me feel a little &ty.
Let me be honest I took the safety van that night because I was too lazy to walk home. I wanted a ride, I did not want to spend money for a cab or the bus and none of my roommates have cars. It was midnight, I was tired and it was really cold outside. Any one of those conditions alone would have persuaded me to consider taking DriveSafe. But frankly, I have a feeling that I'm not the only one who does this. Many of us must be guilty of takmg the safcty van for, well, idle reasons. How can we not? It's a free service, it runs every hour, it's convenient andall it takes to catch the last shuttle at 1:30 a.m. is to pack your books early. Obviously, that girl who gave me the verbal shellackingcertainly had a point there are many students who ride the safetyvan for safety reasons and obviously these people should be given the priority when it comes to seating (I would have certainly given up my spot if I saw someone else trying to sign up after me). But I might go so far as to say -
above. Forget about ways to pick the forbidden fruit; it is useless and will cause numerous consequences. Explore the ground below; you will be pleasantly surprised. No matter how absurd this preoccupation with forbidden fruits might seem, it has its benefits. One could act out of reach in order to attract attention.This can be displayed by showing no interest, actingnonchalant.From eqerience, as soon as I became distant or slightly obtuse, the chase began. Although I discourageplaying mmdgames strictly, this tactic can be fun when the person has been playing them with you. Revenge can be sweet. Acting in such a manner can also prove suspicionsof interest. If you're not sure somcone has feelings,bccome less accessible and take note of their reactive actions. Frustrationalso can be a factor, especiallywhenyou are the one who's unobtainable in thc situation. Have you ever been single and had great difficulty locatinga matc (I currently am!) and as soon as you get with someone there's an overflow of interested suitors? It's ~ ~ ~ C URecently ~ O U SI've ! toyed with the idea of pretending to be taken in order to promote date offers but anothcr problem arose - finding a guy to pretend to be with mc! In a society consisting of many cultures it is neat how one concept taken from one religious test exists amongst a large number of the population.
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that these safety seekingpatrons represent a minority of people who use this service (I think I even overheard the girl who gave me the comment talk about the cold weather bcfore we boarded the van) But m reality, we who ride the safety van for non safety rea~onsare takmg advantage of a good natured scmice with our blatant lazmess and we should really be ashamed of ourselves Unfortunately, no one cannever really tellon the surface the true intentions of somcone signing up to take DriveSafe home
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The mystery unravels as UW professors te: Not professors are professors think ear&. highly of students. Some think highly of they do. And some Some professors hsfiesome D ~ O ~ ~ S S&dike O ~ S most of the students thev meet. Geoff Eby IMPRINT STAFF
A studentwill study under many professors butperhaps never really know what work the professor is doing. The professor's time schedule is amystery, except for those hours of the week when the student meets the professor in the lecture room or during office hours. The psychological, social or emotional needs of the professor are of no concern to thc student. 'What does it matter to the student how the professor is able to cope with the demands of the job?"'l'his would be similar to asking: "What docs it matter to the pilot how the air traffic controller is able to cope with the demands of the job?"' or'?Yhat does itmatter tocitizens howtheirgovernment officials are able to copewiththe demands of the job!"' It matters because the workof the student 1s relies on the work of the ~rofessor. Of course, there are hundreds of people on campus thatperformmany duties that do not include teaching. They cook, wash, sellgoods, provide medicaladvice. Theyworkwhile others sleep. They work and go unnomed. Lkewise, theirwork relies on the work of the student and the professor. So what's happeningwithprofessors? I took the time to speak with nine professors to fmd out about their lives. I spoke lastweek with aprofessor who suggested that universitylifewas much, much better 15 years ago. He loved his job more then. He felt he could do his job better then. Now, he says, thc job has changed. There is more administratwe work to be done. Thereare more students to teach. The reseacch aspect of his work is what suffers most. Too many duties with the phone, computer and marl prevent the professor from the opportunity to study. If anything is to blame, he says, it is a machine that is makmg more and more work for professors. Not all of the professors I interviewedwould agree on thc same concerns
Interaction Some professors fmd there is less to do. Said one professor, "There were times in the year especially like last Fnday, when it was the last day for \&Ds [withdrawals from courses], I may have spent two hours talktng to people. I saw nobody. Certainly my workhasgone down,perhaps .- 20 hours a term." He blames the Quest system
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for not providing the same encouragement for students to interactwith their professors. 'What it allcomes down to is what do you want students to get out of university? You've got people in the systcm who have got knowledge and advice and experience to share and I think this current system prevents them from sharing that. And I think that's sad." Another professor agrees: "The Quest systemis lesspcrsonalinthatit doesn't encourage people to come in and sap 'would you sign me in?' The systemis taken as being the authority so youwon't that kindofpersonal negotiation. "I feel the most interesting thing about administrative work is helping studentsgetthroughthe system,helping them get the requirements and negotiate withrhiselaborate structure inwaya to help themget on with their lives. "Somehowwe have to communicate to students: there's a lot of flesibility thcrc, so come in to talk to an instructor or see your undergraduate advisor." Otherprofessorsmss other areas of their work, such as research.
Research Researchis expectedofprofessors, but inparticular,published researchis what is important. Publishtngresearch takes different efforts accordmgtothc themes,&s andluckthat theprofessor has. Never, of course, would a professorwant to decrease the quakty of education that students receivealthough some corners might be cut in the preparation for lectures.Yet the professor is generally sensitive to being appreciated by students, which requires understandingwhat students appreciate. A few professors expressed the idea that ifitwere possible toconduct more research throughout the academic year, students would be provided with more of what they appreciate: new, mstghtful ideas related to course m a t e d . This would happen because the professor would be generating the new ideas and thus life and vitality m the t e a c h . Yet, one professor laments, "There is no avdable time fortheprocessofresearchinmy schedule because, I believe,mostprofessors at this institution do not care about having that style of academic life. And because they don't want to do that, then I am not allowed to do that because that is not how thingsare
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find that that h d of thing come, up again and agam It shouldn't involve l-"a dayor a day's work to setup an application, but it does because you wantit tolookreat Iftheumetsity could find ways to streamlme those kinds of things, ~ ' be d much happier "Or, for example, facultymembers haw to supply a report of activities. Untenured faculty members have to do this once a year. A report of activties lists everythingyou've done in the past year-teaching, research,eve ythtng. And it seems to me that that process could be streamlined to reduce the amount of time for professors. And the documentation that's required for some of these thmgs is too much. They want copies of every acceptance letter,thts andthat andthe other thing. And 1 think that that's
too much I ittle things like that lust add up time wire "si~rly,asanufider~d~teof ficer, I'm invol~edm doing a lot of workmmcdendardexnptlonsand I'mconstantlycomplaimgabout the extra work that hac to be done there that, tomyway otview,isn'tnecessan~. And what I dislike is that when I say that to the peoplewhoare responsible forassign;ngthe work,they say Nope, thts is the way we've always done it.' Then1think, ?.Y.y.ell,itwillnevcrchangc with that attitude. "I h k i n terms of workload, alot could be done to help reduce unnccessary demands on faculty. "I &&the basic suggestionis that any time some officer of an admnistrative body of thc unir~rsit~makes a demand ona facultymemberin terms
all about pupils and pontificating rcrcascdworkload,consideration dd be given to the amount of :that that demand involves and is ,ally in the best interests of the tlty member [to be] doing it. If it s away fromrhe research or teach~ythe faculty member, thcnit had be of great importance. Other: that demand shouldn't be made ~eprof." -Ie had one last point of faculty $en: "Thc calendar comes out in rh; it came out today, in the print y. In order to have your material :pted for that copy, it has to have ;ed all the various bodies and apvals -by last summer. I used to hat Launcrand if I put ina course nge in October, it would be in the ndarinthe followingMarchofthe >wingpar. In Waterloo it would another ycar. Why does it take I a long turnaround to get the g to work? In terms of creating a
responsive kind of system, it's not that responsive. "In UW, in the arts faculty, I found out that the petitionsc d t t e e meets once a week to go over petitions. I thtnk that that's a waste of time for those colleagues. That means they spend 12 afternoons per term gotng over petitions. \Why shouldit take that long? You streamline so that it doesn't; I think there are layers and layers of bureaucracy that make requirements on facultyI thifikcould be reduced and thcuniversitywouldstill function smoothly and people would be able to devote themselves to more important things." Use of technology One professor listcd the benefits of using technology:wordprocessing,email, much easier to commmcate globallyinacadmcprojects. And the downside: may spend less time talking to pcoplc. She explains, "I much prefer people contactmgmeby e-mad thanvoice-mailbecause for voice-mad I have to listen carefully and- especially long ones write down the phone number that is found somewhere in the voice-mail." She views the university administration's decision to use more tcchnology as "a push to make us more mdependcnt,more -
with the computer. He doesn't want to W e but he has to do so to complete many tasks of his job. Sometimes he has support staff to do a lot of the typingandclcctrontc communication for him, but sometimes not. One professor1interviewed does not do any typing at all. He doesn't take on tasks that require typmg, not even typed exams.
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mation the registrar's office nccds to set up a schedule.
Before Quest, course scheduling was conducted through a system of joint demand and optimization.Joint demandis a statistic thatwould show for eachclass that there are Xnumber of studentsrequestmgonc course that had a conflict with thcir request of another course.Those joint demands wouldbc considcredin the optunization so that the fewest joint demands occurred. In this way, the old system allowedt;uloringcoursesto the times studcnts needed to get the optunal scheduling. With Quest, there is no optimizing system. It relies on hstorical data of what scheduleis likely towork,thenis sent to the timetable representatives of thc department to fmd out what tweaks need to be made before the scheduleis h a l . Then, the scheduleis available for students to begin preenrolment.And thc major difference is that the schedule is now fmalized just before pre-enrolment occurs, whereas befor* Quest, the schedule would be finalized just after the preenrolment stage. Some faculty have demandsthat aunique softwarc solution still needs to be designed for the needs of the university in order to mcct the needs of faculty and students. Tncpersonincharge ofscheddng in the registrar's office, Charlene Schumm,issurprised.She receivesno complaintsaboutthe system, she told mc. She acknowledgesthat she's discoveredmanymisconceptions,however. Shewitnessedoncprofessorwho told his students that it takes three years beforeatime change canoccurfor a course.She wonders where aprofessor could be getting such rnformation. She is positive that with the
Quest system, "the positivc outweighs the negative." The key to how well professors get what they need, she stresses,ishowwell their department understands the system and deadlines. The deadlme for the upcoming fall term, forinstance,willbe in April. Because there are spacc restrictions, however, the scheduling must be mapped to standard slots. "We will allow professors to make non-standard slots, but those rooms will not be pre-determined. So, the profs may not get what they want [becausespecial details ofthe room requcstedwill not be set with any priority/. \Ve do this to cncouragc standard slots." It may be impossible to please everybody to use any system, the question of how many arc contented with the specificsof the current systemremains to be answered. The generalissue is that mostprofessorswantsome change forthe better. Some want to be able to focus on differentduties. Somewantto be able to interactmore with students (and at least as much as in the past). Some want to see the university work more efficiently.Somewant the technology to change or perhaps disappear.Some want to change the schedulingsystem. Anda fewthtnkthat they can adapt to the situation without any troublc. A few resent that the a h s t t a t i o n might tell them that they don't understand the situation.A few rcscnt that the admirustration doesn't listen to them. It's good to understand these people,particularly ifyour life is close to theirs. 13shard tounderstand them, because theyare eachunique-almost as bad as students.
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Tibetan women's dav of resistance comes to UW Mark Chanachowicz and Jenn Watson SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
InternationalTibetan \Vomen's Day of Resistance is March 12th. Let's announce our compassionand commitment in solidarity for Tibetan womcn and womcn worldwide for the variousinjustices that fall on them and their relentless commitment in the many faces of oppression. The '40s and '50s bore witness to numerous nations rising up in revolt againsta foreignoppressoronly to be brutally crushed. There are examples taught routinely such as the PolishuprisingmWarsaw against the Nazis andSoviets in 1944,or that of the Jewish people in the \Varsaw ghetto the year earlier. Sadly, little is known to the worldabout the heroic Tibetan National Uprising on March 10, 1959. After nearly a decade of tighteningchinese communistoccupation, the l'ibetan people of Lhasa massedtogether to defendtheircountry It all b c p i n October 1950when the newly formed People's Republic of Chinaannounccdon PekingRadio their intention to liberateTibet.Open resistance proved futile despite the terrain and a delegation from Lhasa wascoercedintosipgthe"17point agreement." Onpaper,itguaranteed -
rehgous freedom and autonomy in Tibet undcr the new communist government system With guerrilla warfare breaking out in response to attacks onTibetan BuddhistmonasThe last straw came on March 10, 1959 when word spread that the Dalai Lama was invited to a (:hmese dance performance in their d t a r y encampment. I Ie was to go with no bodyguard and, by then, stories of Tibetan religious leaders being abductedwcre commonnlace. The citiLens of Lhasa came out in droves to form a human shield between their holy leader and the Chmese army. Two days later, thousands ofTibetanwomendemonstratedin front of the Potala Palace, announcing their resistance to Chinese occupation. The Tibetan women's movement for independence had begun. Processionswere repeatedly organized and held by thcsc brave women in the inevitable face of bmtality. Shouting "Tibet is independent!" they appealed to the Indian Consulate for help. Sadly, India -and the U.S. were unw-dingand unable to stand up for a remote mount&-locked nation occupied by the largest army on earth. The popular revolt was crushed by the Chinese mlitary on March 19 lea~ing67,000 Tibetans
dead at the fighting's end Thousands of demonstrators who survived were deported topnsons scatteredacrossTi bet and China During the notoflous period of the Cultural Revolution in "Chna's Tibet," innumerable Tibetans accused of spreading "counter-revolutionary propaganda" andparticipat ingin sohdantyactivitieswere confined, brutally tortured and executed One rcmarkahle case is that of Makusang Kusang La, a Tibetan nun who or~zedprotestsinLhasaandlaterlcd herpuson-matesinprotest. (hceduring an infamous thamzing (a public humiliation under Maoist doctrine) she insistedTibetwasanindependent country. Tortured but not defeated, the heroine knelt in front of a hole that was soon to be her grave, refusing to confessto her proposed counter-revolutionary crimes. Instead, she stated her love for the Dalai Lama and 'l'ibetan independence. A single bullet entered the back of her head and she landed in her grave as onloolung Tibetanswere forced to renounce her. Thls was witnessed and recorded by Paldcn Gyatso, a venerable prisoner of 33 years, now in exile. To this day, he speaks out worldwide against
ChmeseatrocittesinTibet.Beforeeach audience the monk presents horrific torture instruments he smuggled out of Drapch piison in Lhasa. Electric cattle prods arc routinely used on Tibetan politicalprisoners and once after prisonriots,Tibetannunswereraped with them Years later the Tibetan Women's Association formed, in exile, in 1984 to revive their struggle with an international voice. The association's pAmarygoal is to raise awareness of the freed~rnstrugglew~eactivel~ targeting human rights abuses both within Tibet and in exile. They focus on issues still facing innocent Tibetan women such as forced sterilization and abortion, re-education and gen-
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der-specifiedtortures suchas rape All these areattempts to silencethe strong will a n d c m t m e n t of these women After over 40 years of resistance, the issues remain relativelythe same and Tibetan women continue to play ahlghprofilerolein the struggle.Thea voices and sacrifices are noticed and shared by many women worldwide Join the Tndcpendence for Tlbet action group for our Tibetan Freedom Concert onThursday,March 13 at 8 p m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Life Centre for h e music, information booths, action, visitmg'l'ibetansandatmosphere.Donations will be accepted at the door. Proceeds go to the Canada Tibet committce
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keep an eye on it and reduce the heat if necessary. Meanwhile, grate the parmesancheese.(Ifyouusepre-grated itwdnotmeltproperly.) Bnngalarge pot of saltedwater to a bod. Cook the fettuccmeaccordingtopackagedirecKourtney Shert andlim Mollison tions. When the pastaisalmostready, remove the sauce from the heat and IMPRINTSTAFF stir m the parmesan cheese Taste the Fettuccine alfredo sauce andadd salt and pepper to taste. When the pasta is done, dram it and 1 Ib. fettuccme -toss it with the Alfredo sauce. Serve 2 cups table cream (18per cent) hot. 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 clovesgarlic,minced Mussels mollisitwe 100gparmesan cheese 3 lbs. live mussels salt and pepper 1 spanish onion, sliced 1/3 cup olive oil Put the butter and garIic in a pot over low heat. Cook for lOminutes or 2 cups white wine untilthe butter is meltedandthegarlic salt is fragrant. Add the table cream and 150g3-year-oldwhitecheddar increase the heattomedium-low.h k Soak the mussels in cold water; for 30 m u t e s or unfll it IS slightly thickened It shouldbarely simmerso removed the damaged ones. Chop
the onions and sautPe them in a large pot with the olive oil for 5 minutes. Drain the musselsandsaltthemkghtly, toss them mto the pot wjth the wme and place the lid on the pot irnmediately Sttr once every2minutes Cook until mussels are open and yellow orange means ox ercooked Scrvewith bapcttc The combination
Pasta and seafood is always agreat combination. In fact Short and Mollison brought these recipes together at a recent potluck Holdmg a potluck 1s a great way to share your creations with your friends and bnng variousdishes together. Itis alsoacost effective method of entertaining, especially useful for students. Host a potluckandcreategreatcombinahons
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LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION
Problem of the week THIS WEEK Threepeoplecheckintoahotel They pay £30 to the manager andgo to their room.The manager
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LAST WEEK Eachnumber matchesaletter.Makea sentence thatwillmakeyour day. (Hint:It's a fablemoral on competition.)
and got back £1 So they paid A9 each, t~tallmg A27. The bellboy has A2, totallingL29.Where is the missing &I?
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LAST WEEK'S ANSWER The solutionis "Weoftengive our e n m esthe means of our own destruction." Nick Goral was the firstone to sendusthe correctanswer. Well be e-mailinghimabout hisprize. Keep sending m those answers keeping m mind thatthe firstcorrectone receivedwdl be awarded a prize. Send your answers to us or if you have a question to boggle your fellow students send it to features@impmt.uwaterloo.ca.
To eat meat, or not to eat meat?
Leena Singh
Alyssa Brierley
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''Why haven't you started eatmgmeat again'" my grandmother waded as she slammed a jutcy, half-bleedmg steak m front of my face This pretty much summed up everySundaymght ofmy life for about eightyears Havmg beenavegetam foragoodportionof my life, I was faced almost daily with e x p h g m y reasons forthis lifestyle choice To be completely honest, I declded one day while teamgchicken flesh off of a bone, that eatmg meat seemed a bit too Neanderthal (combined with the fact that I had one too many chickenvemssnap me tnthe face while eatingwings) At the tme,itwas relatively unheard of, but there has beSn an explosion of people practising%egetariantsm over recent years One of the mam reasons people explore vegetanamsm is the issue of anmallrghts I thinkit's fair to say that most a m a l s raised for consumption are treated in disgustugly mhumane way~,withtheexceptlonof hrms that have recently (as a result of consumer demand) gone out of their way to prepare and market their product m the opposite manner (for example free-rangechickenfarms) Aside from the anunal sghtsargument, there are many other reasons why people turn to vegetasamsm There is much evidencelinking exces sive red meat consumption to heart disease, high cholesterolandeven can cer Potentdhealthbenefits are adefi mte mcentive to become avegetasan However, there is a rather large m~sconception about vegetanans being "healthier" than the average person Thls is because vegetarianism1savery delicate balance that many people are unable to reach If you don't do it properly,it can be detrimentalto your health Take amino acids, for example The human body needs ammo acids .to function properly and the majority theseacids canbe foundnatu-
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::ana&an statisticso n v e g e w Ism were not avatlable, however L 2000 national (U S ) Zogby poll - commissioned by the Baltimore-basedVegetarianResource Group (VRG) and d e h g v e g 2tarians as those~emlewhonever :at meat, poultry or fish - arrivcdat the conclusionthat there Ire about 4.8 rmllionnon-instituionalised Americans, or about 2.5 per cent of that population hat could be considered vegetarans. The same poll also mdicated that 4 5 per cent of those who responded said they didn't cat neat And about 0.9 per cent, or 1 7 million Amcncans conslder hemselvesvegans,mdicaungthat hey do not eat flesh of any kind x ammal product such as eggs or d k Accordmg tostatisticsCanada here are 25,605,000 Canadians rged 15or older And extrapolatngthe US datainto the Canadian ~opulationsuggests there are ibout 1 1 d o n non meat eat:rs, about 600,000 vegetarians, md about 220,000 vegans Two previous polls were conlucted by the Roperpolltngagenq n 1994and 1997 Atthose times he number of vegetarians was rbout 1percent Accordmgtothe -esearchgrouptheycouldonlybe ,urc of adefimte statisticalmove nent if the percentages changed sy three or more percentage points. Therefore,ajump from 1 to2.5 percent could be anindication of growth in the practise of vegetahismor a statisticalerror. The-Zogby and Roper polls randomlyinterviewed968 adults, with a +/- 3 per cent margin for error 19 times out of 20. A
To meat or not to eat meat is a situation non-meat-eaters and vegetarians are often presented with. rally m meat Vegetarians have the lucky taskof learmg thp art of combmngcertain foods(forexample,len tils and brown nce) so that when put together, theyproducethe aminoacid in the digestive process It is not enough to simply stop eating meat and compensate by eating more of what you're already eating Anothercompelhng,albeitnotyet widely accepted argument is that the human body has evolved to the pomt where it is no longernecessarytoconsume meat to survive Some even go so far as to argue that not only do we not have to eat meat, but that for this reason,we shouldn't Scientistspomt
tothegradualrecessionofadultcame teeth(usedbpcarntvorousanunals to tear flesh) and the shortcning of our digestive tract, a common biological feature of herbivores, as proof that over the years, we as humans have actuallyevolvedintoherbivoresrather than omnivores Having been on both sides of the fence however, I must say that the grassis dehtely greeneron the slde of the meat eaters Ineedonly one ounce ofproof for this statement Mel's Dmer $2 99 special with bacon If you need only one reason not to be a vegetanan, let that be rt
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Scientists save Banteng
In the next few weeks, "two dairy cows will give birth to two of the last bantengon Earth" (Globe and Mad) A close relative ofthe domestic cow, Banteng have curcv horns and white "stocktng~"on their legs Most of the approximately5,000 banteng left reside in the hill forests ofJavaIndone sia I he dairy cowsare presentlycarryiqg hvo Banteng clones And the father,Stud391 died 25 ago Stud 391 &d not have any of his own offspring However,apieceofhis skin was frozen m order to extract DNA,. whichwaslater msertedmto the emptied eggs ofadairy cow The resultant embryos were then implanted into the wombs of dairy corn 5 "If the two baby banteng are healthy, they will become the stars of a high profile evpemnentto seewhetherclnningcan help save animals on the bnnk of extinction" (Globeand Mail) Are you "Spongeworthy?"
Made famous by Seznjeln's Elainc Benes, the Today Sponge has been put backon the market after an crghtyear hiatus The sponge 1s now available in Canada but not m the United States Two Canadian Internet sites are currently marketing the product and it should be widely a~ailablem retail stores m Apnl The sponge was discontinued by American Home Products because the company was unable to meet PDA standards for their plants Armed with spermicide, the sponge prevents pregnancl by covering the cervuc I'he sponge also has otherb~ncfits"It~snotmessglike creams and foam\," and it has a cord for easyremoval glob^ andMul) It is small enough tocarrymapurse,may be mserted wcll before intercourse, anddoes not lunit sensitivityor result m side effectssuchasthoseassociated with the biah control pill
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Davis grabs top OUA rookie honours Rod McLachlan IMPRINT S T A F F
Although an attempt to make the playoffs faded to come to fruition for the Wrarrior men's basketball team, there was a bright spot at the conclu sion of their 2002 2003 season their roolue forwardMichaelDavis Davis' excellent two-wayplay all season long earned him the OLA \& est's rookie of the year utle, as well as a nomination to possibly become aCIS all-Canadan awardwinner If the Brampton native continues to improx e next season as he dldthispast year, there is no telling how far into next 1 ear's playoffs Davis could help propel hts team B%en asked if he thought he had a chance at the start of the season of capturing rookie of the year honours, Dams replied, "It was onc of my goals I talked it over with the coach and he said it was possible " Maybe it was coach l o m Kieswetter's faith in Davis and the coach's decision to start hun in cvcry game ofthe seasonthat gave the r d u e confidence - or maybe there was some other reason that made Davis sure of himself
The coach's confidence is tremendous for a rookie forward trying to adjust from high school basketball However, those compliments are not unfounded, as D a ~ i was s fourth in team scoring with 232 points on the season, as he averaged 10 55 points per game He hadWaterloo7s second best fieldgoalpercentageof 50percent and finished third on the team in rebounds with 100 The first-year geography student saved his best for last, as he led the team in scoring with 12 points in the \Y arriors final gamc of the season versus T \ estern He also had five re bounds, one assist and two blocks in that victory at home But Davis is not lust an offensive threat It's on defence where he earns hts bread and buiter '7 Ie can guard any position and he does it with a passion I have rarely seen He is the backbone ofour defence and he is the hardest worker (at games and prac tices) on ourteam,"wrote Ktcswcttcr When Davis was asked what he thought of his coach's assessment of him bcmga better dcfcndcr he agreed "I care more about defence [than offence] You have to be able to play
both." University life can be tough for a rookle trying to adjust to new academic andathletic surroundings Acceptance by the veterans of a team is always aconcern for anewplayer But Davis said that he did not struggle in making all the adjustments "It came lund of natural The veterans didn't treat me lke I was a rookie " This is good news for the K'arri ors,as they try tolearn fromthis year's mistakes and make the corrections necessary to reach the post-season. Davis thtnks the Warriors haw learned the lessons of fallingbehind the eight ball, which Waterloo did this year by going2-8 before Chnstmas until they turned things around going 8-1 in 2003. "For sure we'll bein the playoffs next year," said Davis confidently. As for Davis' upcomingplans, he said he intends on workrne hard durmg the summer to ready hunself for the next season. If things work out, Davis could end up being the impact player Kieswetter is hoping for next year, while possibly earning himself more awards.
Warrior rookie Michael Davis has beennominatedfor CIS rookie of the year honours. The dominantfirst-year forward had a strong freshman campaign, averaging 10.6 points per game. Davis was fourth inteamscoring and had a field, percentage of 50.
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Track: Carrington looks forward to nationals Continued from cover
Carrington blasted out of the blocks and immediately established her dominance ovcr the other runners "In the first 30or Xmetres, I felt focused I felt more aggressive than uwal " Scconds later Carnngton had cemented her status as the premiere women's sprint runner in Canadian untversttyathletics Carrington has set a higher bench mark for her futurcgoals "There are some big teams that I want to make this summer," she said. "They'll help me get more exposure." While Camalho, Neurnayer and Carrifigt!)n were the only \X'arriors n~horeturnedwithmedals,manyother UW athletes postedpersonal bests at the provincial championships. l'he men's 4x800m relay team finished
~ ~ ~carrington i ~ won l l her~ fourth straight gold medal in the OUA 60m dash. fifthwitha time of 7:59.17,smashing the team's previous personal best by 14seconds. Goldmedalist Carrington anchored the women's 4s200m relay to a fifth-place finishandthewomen's
4x800n-1team, lead by Neumayer,also finished fifth Other members of the Warnors U E track and field team put forth an overall good effort at the provincial championships Both the womenand men's teams finishcd scvcnth in the o~erall point standings, as Warriors track and field continues to improp e Qualifyingmembcrs of the \Yarn ors, including Carrington, are sched uled to appear m the CIS champlodships beingheldonhlarch 17 to 15in \T indsor
The Broomball Tournament is done. Congratuldliona a d thank you to Moz,
Catch a preview of the 2003 CIS championships in the March 14 Imprint.
Warriors indoor hockey strikes OUA silver U of T Varsity Blues continue dominance in tlnals Rod McLachlan IMPRINT S T A F F
In Toronto, the Warnor women's indoor hockey team capped off an exciting season with a loss versus the Toronto Varsity Blues, 3 1, and an outstanding4-l rout over the Guelph Gryphons These two outcomes gave the Warriors a 7-2-1 rccord and secured for them the second seed of the OUA championships InOUA sern-fu7alactionlastweek end against the York Yeomen, the
K'arriorsput forth a stcllar effort and doubled their opponents 6-3 1his win set the stage for an old tune meet ing against the \Yarrior's chcf rival, Toronto But the Varstty Blues had plans of their own as they stuck a to the\XTarnors4-2, handmgthem defeat and the sdver medal Fnn Morton, a fourth year recrea tion student, led the Warm~rsin the playoffs and was integral in helping her squad capturethe sdvermedal Her outstanding performance last weekend earned herbsweek's U\T'athletr
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of theweek The Umonvdle nativewas a rock on defence throughout both the regular and post seasons Her play earned her a spot on the OUA al-star team Toronto has won 10 OUA cham pionships in the last 18 years Clearly this domination by Toronto has createda strongdestre by the Warriors to post an upset in the playoffs How ever, they wdl have to wait untd next year to get another opportunity
andhis crew of officialsfor a gnat tournament last Sunday. If you played in the tournament,please let us know u~katyou l i e d about the tournament. Send in your comments to mlrobis@uwaterloo.ca.
The Volleyball Tournament I conung The Campus Rccreatlon Volleyball Tournament IS scheduledfor Sunday, March 30 from 9 00 to 5 00 pm Get your team together and ]om us tor some fun Cornpetme and recreational hv~slon$ avahble For more mformat~on,go to theToumaments page at hnp~lwwwarhlehcs uwaterloo ca/camprecItoum h m Fmal Entry Tuesday, March 25
Competitive Leagua PlaydT meeting $ w e d t h week ~ w~thBall Hockey were held on Tuesday, March 4 Pldy-offmeemgs for Basketball,Volleyball, ~ week For more demls, go Indwr Soccer and Bmomball are m t h upcommg to the Compet~tlveLeagues webpage, or r e d the Cdmpus Recmbon Gu~debaok GeI your nominationsin for the Campus Reereahon Most Valuable
Participant. We are l o o h g for pwple or team who exemplify the spmt of Campus Recrealwn These persons can be the prson atdndmg next to you ~n your tmas c L s who makes ~tbetter just by bemg there or ~tcan be the Campus Remanon team that always shows greal sportsmanshp and mly loves the sport If you know someone or a group that fits b s cntena we would love to hear from you Nomatlon f o m avadable ~nthe Arhlencs and Recreatonal Serv~cesOffice (PAC 2039) Monday to Fnday 9 00 to 4 Wpm
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Victory in the pool for Waterloo Lifeguard teams win championshps at Brock Rebecca White SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
The University of Waterlooltfeguard teams won the Ontario and Canadian University Lifeguard Championships this past weekend at Brock University in St. Catharines.ULVcompeted against 17 other teams includ ing Guelph, which had a member of Canada'~national team UW'a team, called "Always Bathe with a Buddy" included captain Pete \T%ittington, Jcn Coombs, Stephanie Zamperin and BJ White. They collected hardware in five of the six events, leading to the overall men's line throw (Lrllxttingtonand White) and k 5 0 m medley relay.UWaddedasilvcr in the emergency situations event and they claimed bronze m both the 4xjOm obstacle relay and 4s25m manikin relay. Whittington and White's time of 17.03seconds set the Ontarioand Canadianuniversity records. Jen Coombs and Stephanie Zamperinplaced just out ofthe medals in the women's line throw event. Waterloo's other two teams"GeorgeMichaelNorrisSociety" (captain Warren Brown, Patrick King,
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UW's lifeguard teams posing with their new hardware. Last weekend they won the Ontario and Canadian championships. Cynthia Pierce, Kate Smith) and "I'll Show You My QuidcLty if You Show Me Yours" (captain Juan Aburto, Gillian Stresman,Jon King, Monica Cooper)-had highlights of their own. The teams of Gdian Stresman and Monica Cooper and Jon Kmg and Juan Aburto placed sixth in
women's and men's line throw respectively. "George Michael Norris Society" also made first aid finals, placing sixth in the event overall. In recent years, lifesaving sport has become an official Commonwealth Games event and you can watch for it at the upcoming Olympics as a demonstration sport.
Teen stars shine at Canada Winter Games
TOP CORNER HOCKEY The Canada Winter Games brings together the best under-17 Canadian hockeyplayers every four years. Jay Bouwmeester and Dan Blackburn 1edTeamAlbertato victory at the last Canada Winter Games in 1999.Future NHL stars are certain to emerge from the 2003 games. Here is a sample of players who may become household names in a few years: 1. Sidney Crosby, F (5 games played, 9 goals, 7 assists, 16 points, 16 penalty minutes) Crosby is a 15-year-oldphenom from Nova Scotia who is the oddson favourite to be the first overall pick in the 2005 NHL draft. At 5'10", 175 lb., he is agrcat skater, has excellenthockey sense and possesses leadershipqualities. 2. Wojtek Wolski, LW (6 games played, 3 goals, 10 assists, 13 points, 1U penalty minutes) W'olski (born in 1986) is an offensive force for Brampton in his Ontario Hockey League (OHT,) rookie season with 57 games played, 23 goals, 26 assists and 49 points. At GI", 185 lb., he is a quick and gifted offensive player. 3. Evan McGrath, C (6 games played, 7 goals, 8 assists, 15 points, 12 penalty minutes) A 6'0",175 1b. hardworkmg speedster,McGrath (born in 1986) ,
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assists and 24 points He m elig~ble for the 2007 NHL draft 9 Olivier Latendresse,C (6 games played, 5 goals, 8 assists, 13 points, 6 penalty minutes) The captain of the silver medal Quebec team, Latendresse (bornin 1986) is agrittyplayer at 5'9", 175 lb. Latendresse has 54games played, 11 goals, 14 assists and 25 points in the QMJHL. 10.Mark Fistric, D (6 games played, 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 6 penalty minutes) A rock solid defender, Fistric (born in 1986) has 58 games played, 2 goals, 6 assists and 8 points in the WI rL. 11. Gnillaume Latendresse,W, (6 games played, 6 goals, 2 assists, 8 points, 6 penalty minutes) A year younger than his brother Olivier, ~ u i l l a u k eis a mature player who should go behind Crosby in the 2003 QMJHL draft. 12.Jeff Topilko, F (6 games played, 3 goals, 2 assists, 5 points, 4 penalty minutes) Topdko (born in 1986) is a 5'10". 162 lb. \WII, rookie with 47 games played, 4 goals, 4 assists and 8 points Topdko is a smart player wah good hands Some other up-and-coming players to watch for from the 2003 Canada Winter Games include fomards MichaelBlunden,Scott McCulloch,RyanGarlock, Reid Jorgenqen, Brent Aubm and AlexandreDemers Defencemen Mike Gauthier and Enc Begin also made good impressions in the games and people should take notice in both rearguards.
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Kalahari film portrays Ju'/hoansi9ssocial evolution The f h s of anthropologistJohn Marshall exhibited at AL John Marshall A Kalahari Family New EnglandFilm
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Each of the five films that make up John Marshall's extraordinary film' series A Ka(ahan'Fami&1s a drama, a social science essay, a life and death - in adventure story and a tragedy hfferent propoaions m each f h . Presented on Fnday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1by the department of anthropology, the films tell the story of the Ju'hoan Bushmen of the Kalahan desert in South Afircam the 1950s, some of the last people on earth hdmgthe tra&tional hunter-gatherer way of life, and their attempts to
find a place in the modern world The first film,AFar( om@, 5etm the '50s, may look like scores of anthropologd films to the casual eye, with many exotic sights adulthood mtiation rites, magical dances and most spectacularly,agiraffehuntwith bow andarrow Butthc effectisworlds apart from the patromzmg Natzonal Geographcapproach Ths, and all the films in the senes, reach for a deeper understanding by focusing on a few members of the group and the= famhes and alway5 commg back to the words of the Ju'/hoansi themselves Theimpressionis theveryopposite of "otherness" and we feel our shared humanity in their loves, frustration and struggle to find a good life Rut as a voice-over says at the bep n g of the second film End ofthe
Koatl, no one could haveguessed"how much, how soon, or how fast" life would change &hen the filmmaker returned 20 years later, in 1978, the group had movedinto disease ridden hovels around a tiny government outpost, doing mental jobs to earn money for alcohol and other items at the government store. In films three and four, covering the '80s and early '9Os,the Ju'/hoansi escape to start small farms, hopmg to produce their own food They are threatened by both the government's plan to turn the land into a wildhfe reserve and have them act ltke traditlonal "bushmen" for the benefit of tourists,and the civilwarforthe hbera tion of Southwest Africa. A roughly cut together record of these events and personalitieswould
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spans two eventngs, with the first show tontght and the second Satur
EPeryone on campusloves coffee and music, so it's no surpnsc that the BlackforestCoffee houseisa tradition at St Paul's The annual event,which turns 31 this year, features a mis of musical acts and styles T h s year, it
day Blackforest was first held in the summer term of 1972, the brainchild ofthen St Paul's residentsReinSelles and J o h n Greenwood The coffeehouse was held twice more in 1973 in both the winter and summer
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terms In 1974,whenSellesand Green wood weren't at the college, no one organtzed it Since then, however, St Paul's students have taken it upon themselves to keep the traditionalive The cmcqtoftheBkrkforestcame from traditiorial European coffee houses that focus on relaxation and entertainment and showcase local music The name itself comes from the Schwarzwald(whch means "lack forest") region of Germany Takingup the challenge of organ izing the big event t h s p a r are F J Anderson andJill Skene,two 5t Paul's residents and students "Ever) thing required for the coffee house really starts with the organizers," says Anderson I hese twogirls are responsible for nearlyeveryhng, frtrmequp mcnt, stage rentals, foodand tohstening to auditions fromtheperformers In addition, the organtzers arc as ~istcdby a committee of St Paul's students Lloyd Chfton,MikeDletrich, Nadine Jannetta and Fcng Tian
be valuable enough,but these are beau tifully produced and edited films, weaving the past and the prcscnt togetherwithgracefullyconveyedback ground information The fifth and latest film. Death by Myth, earns its title many times overas tune and again, the Ju'/hoansi are referred to by aid offipals as huntergatherers, "m balance with nature," when thev had not lived that hard and hungrylife forageneration. Realpossibtlities are sabotaged by the b h d ness of the authorities, mostlywhite, who have bought the myth of happy andinnocent bushmen propagatedin movies like The Gods Must Re Crap We see the Ju/'hoansi beginning to learn how to get political, whlch is necessary if they are ever to win-true self-deternunation Over the course of the films we see John Marshall grow from the grlhntng 18-year-oldbehind the cameraof the first Wmtotheacti~istandwitfiess of the last It was a privilege td hear htm speakin person after the screenlngs in the arts lecture hall He an swered audience qucstions with the same passion and bluntnessvisible in the films After joyears, he is clearlya manwhose life is still boundup in the fate of these people K'hen asked about the best way to provide real aid to peoples in transi
tion,Marshall stressed learntngabout them as they are. "Start with the bot tom line economic and actuarial data Find outwhat the real poss~bili ties are You can't do this without sitting down and talkmg with people " Starting from domg lust that, Marshall has created one of the most movmg and important pieces of ethnography andpoliticalfilmmakingever made -
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CD9sfor the fans will recognlze it unmediately. These songs are sung like they belonged to the performing artist, giving them new flavour and perspective For anyone who enjoys The Ramones,thts CD is worth adding to your collection It may not have the same mtensity of the Ramones origi nal albums, but if that is what you are lookmg for, buy Mama instead Carl Mason, Imprint staff Various We're A Hpppy Family Columbia Records
For a band that had to wnte its own songs because they weren't good enough toplay anybodyelse's music, the Ramones have achieved mpressive status The Ramone tribute al bum contests h s Johnny Ramone handpicked the bands on the album, all of which are legends in their own era 'The album includesthe Red Hot ClvL Peppers, KISS, U2, Green Day, The Pretend ers,ManlynMansonand'l om Waits Some of theartists chose tolet the songs remain as the Ramones themselveswouldhaveplayedthem.Thankfully,however, there are some obvious differences between Mania and We're a hdppy fami4 Listen once to Manson's version of "KKK Took My Baby Away," or "Somethmg to Believe m" by The Pretendersand you
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If you've ever had the Pmes song Were Comes Your Man" stuck m your head formore thantwo consecu tivedays,hsalbummay be for you (if youhaven't, youneed to go and hsten tothm 1989masterpieceDooLhhsome more) These nine songs are the "lost
Engineers: potential drama tracks" fromtheso-calledPurpleTape, a collection of demos so impressive that eight tracks went directly to make up the Pwes'big label debut m 1987, Come On Pi&m Many of the remamingdemoswere re-recorded for subsequent albums, including the classic Were Comes Your Man," clearly alreadyperfected. The CD opens with an annoying noise Frank Black going m a highpitched, near-muppet voice, "I got a broken face, uh huh, uh huh, ooh," and awamingrightoffis that this stuff isanacqwedtaste. Especiallyindemo form, this is some very raw, albeit evolved, rockand roll Alternatingon the instant from bellows and shrieks toachildishcroon(the Pmes invented that, y'know),FrankBlackandco rip through songs with titles like '%teak My Body" and "DownToThe Well," most exceedingly loud and with strange, minunalist lyrics Highlights include, "Subbacultcha," an assault on posers and scene makers, and "In Heaven,"avery short,disturbmgcover of the theme song to David Lynch's Ermerbead Nice as it is to uncover somc new recordings of Black and Kun Deal singing in harmony, only 22 minutes long and containing only one previously unreleased track, "Rock A My Soul," this release is mostly for fans Daniel Saunders, Imprint staff
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ing of the era, the costumes reflect a clear interpretationofthc m e Hippie Relationshipsare altered Love and jeans,patterned shiar, endless arrays the totality of change takes lovers to of bad colour combinations and hip differentlevelsand the reahation that platform shoes seem suitable to a typical understanding of the era nothing will ever be thc same inter Ncxtweek,acrowdof overworked, twines the social powers of the war tired engineers will make their way Assistant director Matthew Woolsey made smple directionsflow over to artsie land to watch the play well into the subjects they are ap- What can be disappomtmg to Card proaching The true dynamlc, how- and Woolsey is the lack of students from other faculties that attend the ever,liesintheactors'aMtytointeract with one and another while each pur- show Thc entire crew would like to sues his own interests. The character see amore encouragtfigturnout Take Bob struggleswithunderstandinghis achanceandattendaperformance of place in theworld andas such renames thts play You will not only get to see himself "Job" stating clearly "Rob is the creativity of these number dead." Actor -Tames . Rowe executes crunchers, but youwdl also see aper this character effortlessly, allowing formance that is well-executed and Bob's confusionandmisunderstand- gives Weller's script the justice it deingofthe world resonate. The interac- serves. tion between Mike, Dave Clegg and Cootle, David Johnson allows the audienceto see theirdifferentperspectives on the war, while they still complement eachother's wacky comments o Moonchildren runs and candy-coatedpokticalideals March 10-14 In obsemng the changing rela o $5 admission tionships, struggles with mversity hfe and the socialissues regardingthe Call the Engineering Vietnam war, it is important that the society at ext: 2323 for cast execute these characters m their tickets commgtotermswith their separation at the end of universrty To complement the understand-
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straight for the musicalpalette stereo I find Today's musical I "ten this quietness music virtually oppressiveand climate can't cut all day long, this nerve ratthg. has created in it anymore. I need me a need for noise, sounds musical diverand, more sity Gone are specifkally,music.This obsession the days when it was punk rock or undoubtedly comes from workmg nothuig else I crave musical variety. at home, not to mention the fact I must have aural goulash1 Nay, I that I have a short attention span, demand symphonic multifarious but as a happy consequence it has ness! led me to develop a rather wide OK, before Xget carried away with my thesaurus, the point is that in a few short years I have aquired a taste for all kinds of genres. Most recently, music from beyond our
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DIET COKE HEAD There once was agirl named Debbie. Her dream was to cheer for the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad, but she was completely broke So she and her girl friends figured out a way to make some extra cash. This "plan" involved some innocent prostitution, M y role play and a bit of expermental lesbianism. Debbie Does D a h isn't exactly my cup of erotic tea, but it's hailed by many as the best porno fhck of all time For as long as humans have been able to draw or write, they've creatcdpornography.In print, photography, pamtmg, play or prose, there has always been "adult entertainment." With the pophrization of the motion picture m the early twentieth century,therewas yet another medium for pornographers to conquer These films began as stags, simple sex pictures shown only to men at private parttes or in brothels. By the 1920s, pornography films had developed a handful of simple plots, as outhed by author William Rotsler
The technicolor dream cast The Rainbow Reels explore queer issues
Plot one Reading or handlmg Dr. Lmda Wtlliams teaches Michelle Rorke some phallic-shapedobject arouses pornology at Berkeley Her course SPECIAL TO IMPRINT focuses on the pornography film a woman alone at home Masturba genre from an acadcrnicperspective tion follows A man arrtves, is Sponsoredby WPIRG and co-sponinvited inside, sewal play begins She's quoted m a 1999 intcmew by sored by the Federation of Students, The New Yorker:"It's a genre about Plot two A farm girl gets excited this year's Rainbow Reels queer film watching animals copulatc She runs pleasure Not that a isn't also about feqtivalisdedlcatcd to explonngqueer into a farmhand/salesman, and power, but mostly a's about issues and experiences on film This pleasure, this elusi3e and almost sexual play begns diverse selection of films and videos Plot three A doctor begns pMosophicalproblcm,especially in will challenge the audience's percepexammmg a woman and sexual play the visual realm of representation. tion of queer people whde providing L\'e know pleasure begins an entertainingview into queer comPlot four: A burglar when nrc fccl IT, mumties The topics range fromprosh d s a girl m bed and but what doe5 that titution to the story of a transgender rncan?" they get it on Thai volleyball team. Somc of thc In a word. Plot five A sunbather or skmny dipper cicnpism. I'ornoggets caught and seduced r~plii.is p t s ~a \\,a!. Clearly filledwith for pu'plc t o Itvc questi&able morality, out I ~ C fanrah1~i. I ~ Continued from page 23 ,\nil all the I>eji these proto-porn films Paul Koop, was also instrumental fantaitei have becameincreasmgly to the process "He just helpedus up difficult to find in al\vaysbcen a lot," Skene said emphatically. COURTESY W'WV.IMDB.COM ullmcnti,,nable, Amenca, heldbackbv "The type of music is everything the strictproduction A legend in the porn Sexuality is a taboo fromrockto classical," sad Anderson codes of the 1930s. subject in our industry, RonJeremy. Besidesbands,the stagewdlalsoshow1mportm.g - European case solo and two-person acts notions of embracing sex and movies dubbed as "an pictures" Anderson estimates about half the perhaps encouragingit are even became a commonpractice.Then, performers arc fromSt.Paul's and the the sexually-chargedatmosphereof more contentious other half are fromcampus 'We have Why should we be embarrassed the sixties caused a porn revival alotofverytalentedpeople," she said But it was m the seventies that to be aroused by porn? That's what Selectmg performers is a major it's there for! Take those dirty classicslike Debbie Does Dabs were problem. Anderson sad, 'We try to created The plots were simple, mere magazines from under your showcase as many as we can but there excuses forthe charactersto engage mattress and leave them in plam are only two tughtswhich sometunes in sewal acts. CertamlyX-rated, but sight. God, frame them even. Be just don't seem like enough." not violent or obscene like many proud about your fantasy, but Andersonand Skene hope to capexploitation films of the e q the don't forget to hide it when Mom ture a large audience from the local porn of the '70s evolved into the comes to visit. She's lust not ready. community as well, even though alporn that you all know and love most all the performers are connected today. dcarey@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
films explore the lives of gays and lesbians struggling to discover their s e d t y in a homophobic society The opening screentng is being heldat the Pmcess Cinema, 6 Pmce5s St W,at 9 20p.m. Thursday 13, with a documentary called Trembhg Bcfore G D by Sandt SmchaDuBowsiu. It tells the stones ofHasldic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian. The film won the best documentary pnze at the Berlin film festival lowed by a discussion on Judaism See RAINBOW on page 26
Coffee house: St. Paul's live to the university somehow One exceptlon is A m Pal, aK'dfrid Laurier Umversity graduate and member of local band Sttack! Putting Black Forest together is not easy "One of the bggest challenges is making sure that everyhng gets done and nodung m left to fall through apart With multiple pcople working together on a project, commucationis a large pan of a successful coffee house," Anderson said Since this is the 31stmversaryof Black Forest, the show is being preceded by an alunuu reunion Friday afternoon. The coffee house takes place at St. Paul's MacKirdyHall.Ticketsareonly availableatthedoor.Thepriceis $5 for one night or $8 for both nights. See you there.
God hates bigotry, not tags Lauren S. Breslin IMPRINT STAFF
Very oftenit takes adramatic event to joltpeople out of their complacency,call on them to take issue with somethingand demandsocialaction In 1998, the gruesome murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student and resident of L a r m e , Wyoming, did lust that The sheer brutality of the incident pulled the rug out from under the Larame communityand forced them to r e c o p e the qutet atrocitiesof their anti-gay culture. The drama of Shepard's murder wasn't lost on anyone, that's for sure. Immediateand extensive news coverage quicklyrevealed that the 21year-oldhad been robbed, ruthlesslybeaten,tied to a fence pole and left for dead. His murder site
soon became aplace of pilgrimage,represenmg an event which not only devastated a community, but also led to anationwidevigilance against hatecrimes Stud10 180'srenderingof Mases Kaufman's compellingwork, The larame Pryat, is a care fully-woven montage of the personal accounts of family, friends - and even the murderers themselves - in the aftermath of Shepard's death The story follows a New York theatre company as they try to flesh out the detds of the case inpreparation fora show In the process,the troupe confronts the air of intolerance that existed in advance of the murder and the uprising which followed in its wake This is a poignant mosaic of testimomes performed by a very strong and versatile cast Newly-formed theatre company Studio 180fea-
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tures UW alumni under the direction of UW professor Joel Greenberg and, this bemg as inaugural production, has demonstrated the talent and resilience of its group. Wtth eight actors,each playingmultiplecharacters and switching back and forth between them throughoutthe performance, Thelaratme Pryecthas the potential to be a confusing nightmare, but aisn't. In fact, Kaufman's unique way of unfolding a narrative and the actors' skilled executtonofitrenders convincinglythegramtyof the event and its powerful concentration of
emotions TheLaramie Projr'ectis about much more than thegnsly murder of some gay kid Forthe people of L a m e , it forced the long ignored issue of gay bigotry out of the shadows and into the spothght For us, it calls for a moral review of small-townvalues-valueswhich stdlproduce anti-gay sentiments and violence. The show fmshes its Waterloo run tomorrow night at ML Theatre of the Arts at 8 p.m.
Musical themes of loss and sorrow Rachel Shugart IMPRINTSTAFF
Those of you who have seen beyond the stigma that surrounds classical music m our generation would have found the Saturday eveningperformance of the Philharmomc Choir with the Hannaford Street Sllver Band a worthwhile expenence. That sad, I hardly think that anythmgincorporatingabrass bandwith medieval text. themes of modem dav war andaliberal dash ofperformance art could be called tra1tzonal,but you know what I mean The concert was a fundraisingperformance in support of the Gozololo TraumatizedChildren's Organization of Durban, South Africa. The Gozololo Organization was establishedin 1997in response to the need to provide care and supportto agrowing number of traumawed and or phaned children, especially those in fectedandaffectedby HIV The twopieces,HenrykGocrecki's Mzserere, and Bramwell Tovy's Requtem for a Charred ShII,were composed in response to acts of oppression and war, both convey feelings of
meditativeand simple.The chowwas hidden from view and all the lights were turned off. The only hght came from candles which were lit by a man who slowly made his way across the stage. In the midst ofthe complete blackout it felt as though the choir wasn't really singmg to me and I discovered thatthe ability tose~aratetheaerformer
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the char's voices,the slowbuildmgof power andvolumeas more musicians pnedmand the lackofvisual distraction all combined to make for an eloquent and ethereal expenence I was reminded of all the creation stories I've ever heard -the incredible calmofnothgness, the s o a q s p u its of an awakeningworld.Of course, as withallimposedgroup media tations, audio dis-
sat through complete darkness and ritualisticallylit candlesfairly enthusiastically. Tovy's construction is marvelouslyinnovativeand the musiclan's performance masterful, but the play-by-playcommentary somewhat spoded my enjoyment. The exclusively brass andpercussion bandcreatedaraw andpassionate sound that captured some of the d m cord of war, while the char's voices twisted through the dissonance In their voices I could hearthe sorrow of a mother, of a d a g e , lamentingtheir losses and mourning for their children Requiem for a Chalred S h L was writtenas areaction to the atrocities of the KosovoKJarandthe text carriesan "implication of terror and eternal rest" accordingtoTovy, making it relevant and frightening connection between the era when a was written and the terrors we face today Separate seaions of the two texts, in particular the Dzes lrae and the Offertoono, carry definite overtones of revenge and damnation, which are often quite obvious in the words The piece conveys a sense of what the real losses of war are t h e actual human sufferings involved mawaythatvery fcwpicccs have done
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T h ~ sfilm wdl be followed by a discussion on Judaism and homosexuality hosted by Jewish Students Assoc~ationandGays andlesbmns of Waterloo in the Malt Room at the Huether Hotel, 59 Kmg St. North. The o r p z e r s are encouraging discussion by holding question and answer periods after the screenings eachnight and the screeningsoncampus are free to attend with the exceptionofopeningnight Regularadmission to the Princess Cinema is $9 for non-members and $6 for members On FridayMarch l 6 the night starts at 6 p m at POETS, the atrium in Carl PollackHall Saturday's screeningwdl be held m the Davis Centre in room 1302and begins at 6 p m as well The festival ends on Sunday m the Davis Centre with the showing of the last three f h s , which begm at 7p m
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Camp WayneforGlrls-NortheastPennsylvanla (6119 t o 8116103). If you love ch~ldrenand want a carmg, fun envlronment we need female staff as D~rectorsand Instructors for: Tenn~s,Golf, Gymnastics, S w m ming, Watersktlng, S a ~ l i n g , l e a m Sportb, Cheerleading, Ropes, CampingINatnre, Drama, Ceraiitrc~,Photography, Vldeography, Sdkscreen, Bahk, l'rlntmakmg, Sculpture, Calligraphy, GUItar, [ewelry, Piano, Aeroblcs, Martlal Arts, Baking. Other posit~ons:Group Leaders, Adm~nistrativel Drlver, Nurses (KNs). Interviews t o he arranged for March 22. Apply onllnc at www.campwayneglrls.colri o r call 1-800-2793019 Full-tune and part-tlme cooking and d~shwashing posltlon\ ava~lableto begin nnmedlately. We are offering dayt~me,evcnlng and ulghtttme poslhons t o conform t o most school schedules. T o apply for a fun, team-spmted, and well-payrng job at Mel's Diner, lust call Jerry a t 5 19-574-18 5 3 o r apply In oerson to. Mel's Diner, 7-140 IJnwers~tvAve. W. IU the Campus Court Plara. TRAVEL & TEACH ENGLISH: Jobs, $$ guaranteed. TESOI, cerhficd In hve days. Attend a free mformahon semlnar Free mfopack: 1-888-2702941 o r www.globaltesol.com. Weekend counsellors and rellef staff t o work m homes for ~ndmldualswlth devclopmental challenges. Expenence, m t n ~ n ~ ne~ght-month m commltment. P a ~ dp o m o n s . Send resume t o Don Mader, K-W Habtl~tanonServices, 108 Sydney Street, Kltchcner, ON, N2G 3V2. Campus rntervlews - summer of your bfe - Camp Wayne, NI: PA Counselor-Spec~alsall LandlWa ter Sports Inc T e n n ~ s ;golf, soccer, outdoor adventure camptng, mountam btkmg, climbing/ rope\, roller hockey, rocketry; fine arn, theatre, radio; v ~ d e o ,CDL dr~vers;Walt staff and morc. RNs for our Hcalth Centre Job Fan mterviews, R m Park, Wednesday, February 5. Let's get the ball rollmg now! V~sitour onlme appllcat~on at www.campwayne.com, or e ma11 ~nfo@~ampwayne.corn; 1-888-549 2961 (516) 883-3067. Camp Wayne, 5 5 Channel Drwe, Port Washmgton NY 11050. Part-t~mehelp needed at Almad~naEgypt~anCUIsme, 150 Un~venltyAve, corner of Ph~llipand Univers~ty,Waterloo Earn money t h ~ ssummer! Tult~onpalnters lookIng for student pamters t h ~ snmmer s in K W area $7-l0lhour. N o experience necessary. E-mall resume t o pawlak.l17@rogers corn Attent~onKorean students - looking for entrepre neur~alSouth Koreans regarding a network~ng opportunity entcrmg South Korea thrs year. Other Asmu countr~esdoing very well. Call 747-0147
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One - two rooms for summer sublet In a four bedroom house - $300, prlcc ncgottable. L o ~ a t e don Lester Street dove to both unlver\ltles, females preferred. Call 5776843 or ak028f6hotma1l.com. Look~ngfor a roommate - two bedroom apartment, $400 ~ncluslve.Largc bedrooms, n~celyfur nlshed, parkmg, close t o unlversltles and student amenihes. Just moved t o Waterloo from London. Q u ~ e and t clean. Call 886-8631. Summer sublet - three bedroom Phdllp Street townhouse avadable. I wo mlnute walk t o UW, five mmute walk to WLII. Furiitshed, washcrldrycr, parking space. Call Adam, Paul or Josh a t 7251800. Summer sublet In great apartment on Un~versity Avcnuc. Air cond~tioned,h ~ g hspeed Internet In rooni,wadier/dryer, dishwasher, 20mmute walkto UW. $350 negohable plus unlaies. Call 5tephan1e 885-1142 o r sclappison@)yahoo.ca. F ~ v ebedroom house ava~lableSeptember. Great uptown locaton close t o all amenities. Laundry facd~hesand v a r k ~ n a$1.750lmonth. Call 8887377. Fwe bedroom house ava~lableSeptember, Lakeshore area. Oversized rec room, garage, laundry, great netghbourhood, $1,79SImonth. Call 888-7377. Smgle rooms available tmmed~atelyunhl the end of August! 5 5 Regma Street, N., 150 Erb Street, W., 8 0 C h u r c h ~ l l Street. C h e c k w e b slte, www.HaneyPM.com for rnore mfo! September rentals also ava~lable. Summer sublet - huge bedroom m three bedroom apartment near King and Uiiwers~ty.Great locatlon, r e ~ e n t l )renovated, $375 incluswe - negohable, humshed. Please e-mad for more informatmn: earoder~@enemail.uwaterloo.ca. Fall housing - looking for two room mates t o share reccntly rcnovated threehedroom apartment. Great locanon near King Street and University Avcnuc. Approximately $425 inclusive, one year lease. Please c-mail for more information: garoderi@engmail.uwaterloo.ca. Looking for one rootnmatc (bcdroom or living room) in a two spacious bedroom apartment with halcony. Free laundry and utilities, full furn~shed. Two minutes t o bus route, five minute drive toUW. Contact ( 6 4 7 ) 2 9 9 - 9 0 6 3 o r e-mail: bluesprings30@hormail.com. Cash for signing lease! May 2003 t o April 2004. Three bedrooms, new bathroom, balcony - a nice place. I will pay you cash! Call Chris 884-9956. One - two rooms to sublet, available from February t o August 03. Starting at $250 a room. 747-7276. A
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page 27 SATURDAY, MARCH 8 T h e 11th Annual Unwerslty of Waterloo Juggllng Fest~valw ~ lbe l held m the SLC, Great Hall today and Sunday, March 9. Adm~sslon1s free. MONDAY, MARCH 1 0 Imprmt Staff Meetmg at 12:30 p.m., Student L ~ f e Centre. All are welcome! TUESDAY, MARCH 11 UW welcomes Lnrosoective students and varents t o . Campus Day 2003 today and March 12from 8:30 a.m. t o 3:00 p.m. For ~ n f oand reg~stratloncall 8884567, ext. 3614 orwww.hndootmore.uwaterloo.ca~ vis~tusicampusday.htm. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 Free Income tax clmics for low m m m e l i ~ ~ u \ e h ~ ~ l d s are bemg offered at 807 Guelph Street, K~tchener from 6:00 t o 9:00 p.m. Pre-registrat~onIS requ~red at 742-0662. Soc~allyresponstble lnvestlng talk, sponsored by WPIRG, wlll be a t KCH302 from 7:00 t o 8:00 p.m. k o r m o r e Info c o n t a c t Lesley a t lesleybayne76@hotma1l.com. THURSDAY, MARCH 13 UW's Philosophy Graduate Student Association holds ~ t annual s conference March 13 and 14. All those ~nterestedare mvited t o attend. More ~ n f o r mation is available at the follownlg web slte: http:l iphilosophy.uwaterloo.ca1pgsa.html. EQ - Environmental Quescense - Conestoga College at Doon Canlpus. For upcolninging show information visit the web site a t www.eq-trm.com.
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Student Career Assistant volunteers needed for 2003-2004. Applications available in Career Services, C C 1 2 1 4 o r w e b site at: http:ll www.careerservices.uwater1oo.ca Deadline is March 20, 2003. CKMS Campus News is looking for radio journal~ s t for s features and campus news. For info email i h o w a r d @ u w a t e r l o o . c a o r visit httv:// skm\tm.u\\ atcrloo.c.1 .;how\ L R I I I ~ L I S - I I ~ ~ M . \ . Volunteers needed for a d o i ~ ~ m c u film t x ~u ~ o ~ I I ~ . tion team. Hclp t o fundraisc and cbntribitc t o a great proiect with a group of fun and motivated people. cbntact Kari a t 745.8 145 or kari@vatv.ca. Volunteer to visit an individual with Alzheimer's Disease. Matches made based on interest. T r a ~ n m g provided. One t o four hourslweek. Call Jtll at the Alzhelmer Society 7 4 2 - 1 4 2 2 o r e-mail jmercier@nonlitie.net.
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