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emphasize importance student voting with • awareness campaign cians. I have been involved in political processes in this town since the 1970s and it is rare to see candidates spend Nearly 75 per cent of Canadian youth time discussing post-secondary educaunder 25 did not exercise their right to tion." vote in the last federal election. This Both Henry and Woolstencroft Elections Canada statistic is a driving highlight active participation as away to force behind the efforts of many stuplace pressure on parties and candident and campus dates to address groups in their critical issues facing post-secondawareness about aryeducation. "Politicians voting and issues Feds is organaren't talking critical to students izingalocalall-canand post-seconddidates debate ary education, scheduled to take people's issues In a time ofinplace onJune 14at creasing tuition 12:00 p.m. in the because young and all-time lows SLC GreatHall to people don't encoutage direct dialogue between vote." Students is enpoliticians and
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Bruce Taylor's ceramic sculpture will represent Canada at an Olympic art exhibit this summer.
UW art goes to Greece Christine Baker EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
lJW fine arts Prof., Bruce Taylor, willbe representing Canada in the Olympics this summer. He will show his work at the Olympic park in Amaroussion, Greece,whichwillfeaturesculpturesand ceramicworks by artists from around the world. An artist from each of the countries that has hosted the games in the last
century was chosen to represent their country and submit a piece to be displayedduringthe Olympics. Taylorwas recommended for the task by several galleries and museums from both Canada and abroad ''1 was probablychosenbeca~ldo large scale ceramic work. I think they wanted something very large," said
Tayl~r. Thepiece,whichtookabout12weeks to complete, weighs approximately 635
kilograms and is made ofseveral pieces. Each piece hadto be firedindividuallyat 1,200 degrees Celsius in UWs electric kiln. Thepieceisallpackedupandwilllikely beshippedtoGreeceinthenextfewdays. The piecewillremain on permanent display in Greece at the Olympic Museum ofCeramic Sculpture after the 01ympics. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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ing UW students on important issues by bringing an all-candidates debate to campus, facilitating on-campus voterregisttation and providingttansportation to and from polling stations on election day. As part of their awareness campaign to combat low voter tumout am&ng students, Feds is recruiting the efforts of student societies and giving classroom talks about issues facing students and universities, including recent electoral and funding statistics. Elections Canada will also be at various campus locations from June 8 to June 10, including the Student Life Centre, to register students to the voters' list. "Students should Yote on J une 28, said Jeff Henry, Feds yice president education and Canadian Alliance of Student Associations Board ofDirectors Chair. "[We want to] get them thinking about issues." '''Ibis generation is characterized as not interested in voting," said Peter W oolstencroft, politicalscienceprofessor at UW. "I think we have some real problems. "One ofthe things thatI've noted as far as I can tell from the point ofview ofpoliticians is the invisibility ofpostsecondary education issues, which I think is very disturbing," he continued. According to Woolstencroft, Canada's major political parties have not listed post-secondary education as a major priority in this year's platforms. More noticeably, "they're not talking about it," he said. ''That worries me very much. Students, faculty and staff have to be putting pressure on politi-
about election issues. "It will be interesting to compare local candidates' responses to party platforms," said Henry. He continued to note that Feds and CASA wish to see political parties "list education as a priority, not on the third or fourth page oftheir platforms. "I would say that part of the problem is that young people don't vote," he continued. ''It's a vicious cycle. Politicians aren't talking aboutyoungpeopIe's issues because young people don't vote." The Elections Canada Web site echoes this sentiment, stating "when politicians know in advance that most young people don't vote, they may be less interested in making the effort to be responsive to issues that matter to younger Canadians." The real issues, according to Henry are "access to student aid, studentdebt, which has reached an avetage of$22,SOO upon graduation and high tuition." Parties need to "delineate [platforms] into concrete items that can be proven and carried out. We need concrete discussion," said Henry. "Although the federalgovemment has restored and increased funding to researchoverthepastfouryears, thereal questions are operating costs, access to studentloans, debt and tuition, where there's a big black hole," said Woolstencroft. "Students could be very powerful but they don't vote and if you don't vote, why should politicians payattenrion to you?" said Woolstencroft. "If you don't vote, who's listening?" cloureiro@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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After Tomorrow." Brian Smith and Jonelle Istead
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Across 1. Fill to capacity 6. Berenstein Bears matriarch 10. Horizontal mine shaft 14. Vacuous 15. The Greek Mars 16. A paratrooper 17. Australia's founding principle 18. A hyperbolic tangent 19. Kitchen appliance 20. Pirates ~lthe Caribbcall-style adventure . 23. Inflated prides 24. Positively charged electrodes 25. Sleazy and dishonest 28. Should the Americans abandon their quest 30. Lennon's last wife 31. Related to solving cases of conscience 36. Wile E. Coyote's mail order company of choice 38. Local cash register company 39. Top form 40. The real UN peacekeepers' mandate 45. Goddess of criminal rashness consumed 46. Two-wheeled carriages 47. A liquid cure-all 49. Impregnable 52. Mmmm ... rhubarb 53. The backbone of the NDP 57. Takeacarride 58. Forever and ever amen 59. An artful pretense 62. Twelfth month of the Jewish year 63. Abominable snownllHl 64.118<:rf
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5. Coming from the open ocean 6. Mathematics 7. Spirited racehorse 8. Carte du jour 9. We call them ashtrays 10. A written defense of strongly held views 11. Goliath's downfall 12. Madame Curie's ftrst name 13. Brown, serrated sea-weeds 21. Coca Cola, Canada Dry and tonic water 22. Woolen needlework 25. Cleaning agent 26. The beginning ofmany fairy t.ales 27. Gypsies
48. 1be Royal Canadian Mint and the PostOfftce 49. Punish with a belt 50. Having tread long ago 51. The DEW line 52. A proposition to help the logic 54. Christmas 55. Do you really dig the scene? 56. Mulroney's wife (remember him?) 60. To sew before la 61. Basque separatists
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32. Pass the ball to the quaterback 33. Influence with flattery 34. Greenpeace, MADD and PETA 35. A suggestive look 37. Outer layer of skin 41. Greenland eagle 42. The American aloes 43. Horse control 44. Magician's specialty
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1 The theme song to this show included the famous lyric: "Sha la la la.,,". YMLFATIIES "I blame the math students."
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Final Question: What frightening '80s fashion 'statement seems to be making a comeback? Jeyakumar Nadarajah
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Tuition freezebd.ngs cold snap UW and other Ontario universities find promised provincial government funding insufficient Mal'k Stratford IMPRINT STAFF
Theprovincialgovemmentannouncedits budget on May 18 and with it came promises that more money would be pumped into Ontario universities and colleges. This includes "compensation" for institutions losing money due to the tuition freeze and improvements to be made to the Ontario Student Assistance Program. Unfortunately, the resounding response from all quarters appears to be that it is simply not enough. The Council of Ontario Universities (COD) has said that this b~dget development will ultimately present further difficulties for Ontario post-secondary institutions, since it will leave universities to take measures that will affect the number of courses open to students and the range ofacademic and administrative assistance available. "\Ve are pleased that the government will enhance the Ontario Student Assistance Program and will provide funding for enrolment grow·th ru:ul compensation for the second )"t."llt of the tuition freeze," reads a comment from the COU. "However, tile lack of certainty about how these funds will be incorporated into a longe~-term funding framework creates problems for universities in budgeting for future
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Richard VanLoon, the president ofCarleton University and chair of the COU, expressed disappointment onbehalfofall universities that no money had been set aside for the Quality Assurance Fund. The Quality Assurance Fund was introduced to the provincial budget back in 2003 amid concerns that the' double cohort would sacrifice the quality of academic services. It had been projected that the money contributed to this fund would grow as high as $100 million and $200 million by 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Van Loon added that Ontario is currently ranked last in Canada in terms of provincial funding allotted per student and that we should not expect that to change anytime soon. The heads of our campus appear to be justas unimpressed. UW economjcs professor and department chair James ~rox takes issue with the ambiguity the government has demonsttatedin telling us when and how we will be funded. ''There really hasn't been a great deal announced so far," said Brox: ''They have said a lot about increasing money for increased enrolment but not a lot about how they're going to do that. They clearly believeina user fee for healtheare but not a user fee Jor something as important as
education. We still have to wait to see how they 'expand upon existing regulations but it looks like it's going to be negative." . Brox realizes how difficult it will be for the schools the longer they are left to their own devices. "The university has made it clear thatwe need more funding to maintain our level of quality. Traditionally the only two soUrces for maintaining that are tuition from the students and government grants, lUidifthe government believes in keeping the tuition level down, which I personally believe in as wen; they need to invest more money·into the grants we're getting. The only other alternative is to become a mediocre institution or to become a lot smaller." . UWvice-presidentacademicandprovost Amit Chakma was a little less resigned, but was still far ftom thrilled. ''It's not a good news budget for us but it's nota bad news budget either," he said. "We're all a little disappointed but it could have been worse." The Ontario government is attempting to calm these concerns and th<eY have announced that former premier Bob Rae will conduct "a comprehensive review designed to transform the post-secondary education system andrecommendways to make it highquality, accotmtabie and affordable." JEFFTRAN The government has also promised to instate ~ual accountability and funding agreements with post-secondary institutions startingin2005-06. Accordingto the government, these agreements will secure multiyear funding and enrolment targets and will make the funding of universities and colleges a more pressing objective in the future. "We look forward to Rae's investigation," said Chakma with an uplifting tone in his voice. ''We are hopeful that he can restore funding to an appropriate position so that we can provide for our students for tomorrow. We would like to finallyraise Ontario dom tenth position to the middle of the pack."
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Two UW students have been honoured in the latestissue ofMaclean'smagazine, which features a list of25 of''The Bestand the Brightest" young people in Canada. "Focused. Curious. Brilliant. These are just some of the characteristics that define [the] remarkable Canadians selected for this Maclean:r special report," reads the introduction to the article. "All are using their considerable talent, brainpower and Y!!S, compassion, to make this world a better place." The magazine asked universities across the country to submit names of current students and recent graduates for consideration. The list of 25 was compiled from over 400 entries. MarkSchaan, a fonnerpolitical scienceundeigraduate student and Rhodes Scholar presently studying at Oxford, made the list because of the
drive and determination he has shown as a political activist. Maclean's chronicles his evolution into such after his arrival at uW, citing his time as president of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, his efforts to fend off tuition hikes and privatization of universities and. his successful campaign to get five young Bloc Quebecois MPs to discuss unity issues with campus federalists. Schaanis also a former Feds vice-president at UW. Overall, the article, which refers to Sehaan as a 25-year-old "civic reformer," focuses on his ability to havea positive influence on everything he participates in. "Mark isn't just about talking about change, he's about doing it:;' reads a quote ftom Clark Hortsing-Perna, CEO of the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, who awarded Schaan a scholarship in 1997. The other honouree is :MichaelSpanner, a27year-old PhD physics student from UW now
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The Dafoe Library at the University of Manitoba has received a donation of more than 1,700 audio cassettes which allegedly ,contain the voices of such famously inspirational (and long-dead) figures as Confucius, Gandhi, OscarWilde and George Bemard Shaw. The tapes come from a British researcher who claims that the voices were recorded at a seance where a professional me/ dium -channelled the historic men's voices from beyond th~grave. ShelleySweeney,head . ofSpecial Collections atthe U ofMLibraries, defended the gift by saying, ''Whether or not we believe it's true, spiritualism has been part of populat culture for a very long tiq1e."
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working as ~ laser physicist. Spanner caught the eyes ofMaclean 'seditors with his progress in the . field oflasertechnology; he is ableto employ laser pulses in the femtosecond range - that is, rays oflightthatlastO.OOO,OOO,OOO,OOO,OOl seconds. The article adds that Spanner has also been studying how these laser beams can be used to move and alter molecules and atoms. "That sort of liber-dexterity could be exploited to accelerate achemicalreaction or fashion molecules and atoms into the circuits required . for quantum computers," reports the article. Chemists, pharmaceutical. firms and even the military have all shown interest in Spanner's findings. . Spanner's modestyis just as impressive. When Maclean:r asks him what the publishing and recognition ofhis work means to him, he laughs, "Not much. I do physics because it's fun." mstratford@imprint.uwaterloo~ca
A report from Statistics Canada suggests that visible ininorities are twice as worned as other Canadians ofbeingvictims ofhate crimes, \vith one in every 11 Canadians fearing an attack due to their race, religion or ethnicity. The report adds thatJewish Canadians remain the most likely target, \l.ith one quarter oftile 928 reported hate crimes of2001-02beingantiSemitic in nature. The report arrives on the heels of recurring acts 'of anti.:semi.tism' itt Canarla,indudingafire-oombingofaJeu.ish elementaryschoolinMontrealand thedesecration ofJewish cemeteries in Toronto. Playing Lotto 6/49, the most popular 10tterygamein Canada since 1982, just doubled in price. As oflast Sunday, one play on a ticket now costs two bucks; other than an additional $5 prize for matching two out of six numbers in a play, there are no changes to the game. Canadianlotterycorporationsc1aim theyraised the price so they can afford bigger jackpots. It is hoped thatwith the increase in price, jackpots may eventually soar as high as $25 million.
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Macleans: Two UW students among the ."best and brightest" in Canada IMPRINT STAFF
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The '1oorals police" in Iran is launching a crackdown on "socialcorruption"intheir homeland Theactsinquestionincludeyoung . Islamic women forgoing the country's.strict dress code andweatingtighter,morerevealing and more colourful clothing; young people throwing parties where they drinkalcoholand dance to forbidden Westernmusic;andyoung members of the opposite sex holding hands in public. Religious and political opponents are blaming Iranian president Mohammad KhataIDi, who was voted in on a platform of social and political reform in 1997.
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A fatal end befell a man in Zambia last . week after his wife caught him having sex . with a hen. The 50-year-old man was found by his wife after she rushed into their house to investigate a strange noise. According to a police spokesman, the man attempted kill his wife following the intrusion but she escapedandhehangedhimselfoncewordofthe incident reached his fellow villagers. The hen was later slaughtered.
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FRIDAY,JUNE 4, 2004
Beauty + brains = UW's Miss Universe contender
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The Universityof\X'aterloo: home to future doctors, lav.'Yers, architects, scientists ... and Miss Switzerland. Bianca Sis sing, a lJ\V class of2003 psychology undergraduate, has spent the pastweek participating in the Miss Universe competition in Quito, Ecuador. She was competing as Miss Switzerland, a title she won after entering the country's beauty pageantlast September on a whim. "I wasn't expecting to make it into the top 15. It was amazing. .1I.fiss Switzedandis verywellknownin Switzerland. It's a full-time job for me," Sis sing told The Record over the phone from Quito. father is a Swiss immico·· owns an auto garage in Toronto. Sissing and her family spent weeks at a time in Switzerland as she
grew up, which is 'why she considers herself Swiss. She holds dual citizenship in Switzerland and Canada. Sis sing faced off against 80 other young women for the title of Miss Universe, and has kept up her task of making endless public appearances as Miss Switzerland. She is also doing her best to deflate common mytns regarding beauty pageants. "A lot of people don't really know what goes on behind the scenes. There's a lot of intelligent women here," said Sis sing. Unfortunately, Sis sing did not win the title ofMiss Universe; that honour went to .1I.fiss Australia on Tuesday's televised finals. But Sissing still has the rest of the year to live it up as Miss Switzerland, and afterwards, Sis sing said she plans to pursue her graduate degree in child psychology and become a child counsellor.
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On the weekend of May 14 to 16, university debaters hailing from UBC to Dalhousie and evc.1ywhere in between had, according to one participant, "an absolute romp" while competing in the secondAnnualDaylongDebateTour-nament (DDT), hosted by the UW Debating Society at Rod Coutts Hall. DDT followed the Canadian Parliamentary debating format, which consists of two teams of two people, one side representing the government and the other representing opposition. The government must propose an idea for debate and at DDT they tended to beof the lighter variety, including "The producers of The Simpsons should bring Smithers out of the closet" and "Itis in the best interest of women to stop faking orgasms." The UWDebatingSocietydecided to have its tournament follow an unusual schedule, challengingdebat(.'ts both mentally and physically. 'X'hile most .tournaments spread five or six rounds of debate over two days, DDT packed three times that much debating into a 2S~hourperiod. Debating began Satur-
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soon as something has been changed and saved either by the student, theemployer or CECS staff. TIus makes the process much faster. It also enables it to be more interactive, with a feature where students can pick their own interview times. An advantage that employers have reported is the quick and easy access to resumes online. However, the larger companies found a downside to this. \X'hen they were getting over 300 applications per job, they found it very difficult to sort and screen applications. With hundreds of applicants, they are not able to look at everyone in one session, and after selecting only a few applicants and then clicking save, all of the applicants who had not been selected were automatically set to "Not
The servers were really slow because there were toughly 900 students trying to apply at the same time and seven servers justweren't enough to handle it. CECS realized that more servers are needed to avoid situations like this one again, but purchasing new servers is currently not at the top of their list. Dave Thomas, associate di.rector for CECS is generally happy with the result of the fullJobMine implementation. ''Weare quite pleased with the way things are going," he said as he knocked on wood. ''We had a f~'W bumps, butit is a huge, new system." Thomas tells me that there are a few bugs to be worked out, but that can be expected with any impicment.ation of a huge new syste~. . After building a new co-op building, face-to-facecontacthas gone down, when e-mail contact has risen. 1be building was intended to be warm and inviting, but they createdJob~fine to decrease the time students had to spend collecting and handing in papers. With a new building to impress employers when interviewing and a new job application system, UW co-op is keeping up in the competition ",1.th other universities.
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Since 1992, U\XT has been aware of other universities, predominantly in the U.S., who have electronic resumes for co-op employers to view online. After spending approximately three years in the making, U\1V' now has an interactive, online job application program --www.jobmine.uwaterloo.ca. Job~fine was created by CS stu· dents here at UW who have been through the co--op system, so they have a few ideas of how to make the system more student-friendly. Now that JobMine is in full use: there are still programmers who are dedicated to fixing any bugs and updating the system when necessary. Compared to its predecessor, Access,JobMine is more flexible from a CECS perspective, as they have been able to change the application cycle; there are more opportunities to post and match jobs. Before the cycle was rigid, having to follow the same posting~d matching schedules every term. Ifyou remember, Access would be
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day morning around 11 a.m. and continued l.mtil noon 'on Sunday, h'1terrupted only by short eating breaks. The thrilling final round featured some of the best debaters in Canada vying fora fantastic prize: two original Nintendo Entertainment System units, in full working condition. In the spirit of silly-yet-hilarious debatesthatDDTseems to {clster, the government proposed that a wall be erected around the city of Vancouver and that the resulting cylinder be filled to the brim with \vater. During the
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Games addte,ss··:dis~bled·$tudents Also, design lecturers come to campus, a UW student clears his .-name, conflicts are resolved and energy goes solar , ' ,
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Board games ain't bored games
A new exhibit has been created at UW's Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games called "Adaptive and Inclusive Games." The exhibit features revised versions of classic board and parlour games which address the needs of people with disabilities. More than 1.5 million people in ontario are disabled, and the need for organizations to make products and services more accessible helped spawn this new exhibit. "This exciting exhibit features some unique and enjoyable games that are either adapted or simply inclusive for persons with various abilities," said Jennifer Gillies, museum technician. "Come by and play a game ofScrabble, Parcheesi or Dominoes, all of which are adapted for persons with visual impairments." _ Included in the display are both BnWleand jumbo-sizedplayingards. as well as other classic games which have been retextured, enlarged or recreateoklBhrlne. ThetnuseumiS~ chair accessible andallows people ofall ages and abilities to participate in what Gillies assures is an informative, educational and fun experience. The exhibitis free and open to the public throughout mid-August. The gallery is in B.c. Matthews Hall and summer hours are Tuesday ·through Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Cash donations for museum collection acquisitions are welcome. Formoreinformadon, e-mail the museum at gamesmuseum@healthy.uwaterloo.ca. New series deals with international architecture issues
The UW School of Architecture has begun to introduce some of the most important figures in the field of environment and design as guest speakers on campus. It is all part of the new Arriscraft Visiting Lecture Series. The series was created to broach issues in contemporary design and architecture with the help of scholars,
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artists and architects from different parts of the world. <"TheArriscraftLectures area highlight of the creative environplent of the School ofArchitecture, one thatwe are delighted to share with the rest of the university and the entire community," said Rick Haldenby, director of the School ofArchitecture. IThe next specialguestwill be Ernst Giselbrecht ofGraz,Austria, who will speak on the subject of "Architecture as Cultural Commitment" on June 10. Upcoming lecturers include Jean Beaudoin ofMontreal, who will speak on "Resonance/lnterdisciplinaty Design Approach" onJune 17, and Brian Lilley of Halifax, whose lecture "Of Colour, Codes and Ecology: The Building of GSW-HQ in Berlin" will take place on June 29. All lectures will be held in EnvironmentalStudies 2, Room 286 at 7 p.m. UW student found not guilty in stabbing case
UWmath student Yushan Hu has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the death of his roommate Mo Chen. Chen was stabbed with a screwdriver followingadisputeovermoney in the pair's Kitchener apartment on May 14,2003, anddied after he was -~fromlife·St.1pp6rtthreeweeks later. . Hu's lawyers claimed the stabbing was self-defence and that Chen was influenced by gangster-style behaviour and exhibited violent tendencies. Hu and Chen were found by police after a neighbour called 911 after hearing noises coming from the apartment and seeing blood on the door. The judge ruled that Crown attorneys had failed to overcome the defence team's claims. Hu was released following his acquittal and is hoping to return to his studies. Conflict resolution -:- you got a problem with it?
We humans are angry, impulsive creatures and conflict is therefore inevitable. Itis important to resolve conflicts as quickly as possible. " Conflict resohition is the theme of a conference currendy running in Kitchener, called "Interaction 2004
NationalConference-ComeBackto, the Core." The conference, which began on Wednesday, June 2, was organized by Conflict Resolution Network Canada, an affiliate of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies at UW's Conrad Grebel College. "Some think of conflict resolution as soft," said Kathleen Cleland'Moyer, co-executive director of the network, ''but building better conflict solving in ourselves and in our world is hard work." At the conference, everyone from clergy, police officers and social workers to students, parents and teac,hers can gather to study the process of working through conflict and the,importance ofshowing respect and empathy when dealing with those they disagree with. "Some of our courses offer advanced skills training but many ofour sessions aregeared to participants who simply want to .find better ways to handle destructive conflict at home, at work and in the community," said Cleland Moyer. The conference will continue until Saturday, June 5, and Oeland Moyer .encoumges eyerybneto come down -before it ends. A list of workshops, &ee~andspeciaievmtscanbe
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National solar energy conference coming to UW More than 100 solar energy researchers, practitioners,business people and enthusiasts from across Canada and around the world will gather at UW this summer for the 29th annual conference of the Solar Energy Society of Canada, taking place from August 21 to 25. The conferencewillfeature numerous plenary sessions, technical presentations, workshops and tours. Among the confirmed speakers is Teun Bokho~en of the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation, who willprovide an international perspective on solar energy. Other speakers will examine developments in the United States, future global trends and policy options for Canada. A public forum and discussion will be held on the evening ofTuesday, August 24.
A caring student gives of himseH (or, more accurately, his hair).
·Students shave heads,fight cancer Cilristine Loureiro IMPRINT STAFF
Systems design engineering student Karim Lallani organized a Canadian
CancerSocietyfundraiser, VmceWeek, in honour of student VincentFazari, who lost iris life to cancer on May 25. For one week, Lallaniand organizers manned a donation table at Carl . P01IOckF:IaB.i1CceptingdonatifmSaita equipped with the tools toshaveheads. By the June 3 finale, Vince Week
organizers not only met, but also surpassed their goal of raising $10,000, shaving the heads of over 100 students and professors, including that of Iron Wtmior editor-in-chief John OIaveson. Organizers wish to remind students that on average, 1,313 Canadi>ans die of cancer every week. Visit www.cancer.caformoreinformation. -+ifr""
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Moore' tUttis up~~the'heat once again is a sad example of at the very worst, '. tions and syndicate a radio show by c~nsorshipandattheveryleastcowSean Hannitya conservativepurulit ardice. who is expected bysome to become movie's title, Farenheit 9/11, ''bigger than Umbaugh."Thepointis is a play on Ray B~bury's novel theyclearlydon!t shyaway from strong , faIleledion,to~peopleouttcivoreand Farenheit451 about a totalitarian state political content ~ sometimes. ' wellinfoimed,particularlyinanelec-~_ hiscl~anti-BUshsentimentmaymake, 'wher~ indep¢rident thought is outCompaniesliketheWeinsrein'sn~ tipri year--'-.'andDisney~'tWabttosome, like Disney, unc01nfortable., lawed. Sortofmakes the lack ofdistriFellowship Adventure ·Group· have • roelt the US political bOat, so t9 speak. In an interview with The Hol!y;"ooa ,hutian more poign~t. forttinatelypiCkedupwh.ereDisneyleft : ItlqokslikeMichaelMo~re'hasgotten DisneyrefusedtoletMiramaxtelease - Reporter, Moor~said " ...we li.Yeina ' ~ co-cha$len, Bob and off. This movie ~o~dget out there -his wish. After weeks of controversy the documentary because oficipoliticountrywhete 50 per cent ofthe pedHarvey Weinstein, creared a comeveniffornootherreasoo.thanprorect~ and uncertaintyregaiqingtheUS dis.tr1cal content.· Pie don'tyote. Ifl penetrate even just pany and had to buy the rights from' .ing the basic freedom of expression :bution ofhis newest film, Fahrenhc#9! Some critics atesaying that its wip '" 1OPc:r c~tinto that and Wake them up Disney for almost $6 ritil1ion.They thatwewould alllike to thinkwe have. H,-Moore has fOllfld peoplewiilingat Cannes had nloreto do with iis and give them a reason to come outon have joined forces· with two' other Sh<>wdn'tAmericanvotersbereaanel able to gethis movie oritOscteens politicaJ~ofntnentthan on its ~'Cin- Novembet2, thatis an apple cart:tha,tco~panies and the moVieis~cted sonabit expected ·wmake up their' itlthe U.s; beforc.theJuly4 weekeild. ematic value:"Wcl(yeah.No kidding. i~ g<jingto get upset and that is what- tohitl,OOOscreensinthe"U.S;onJune ownmind?Theyarebombardedwith ·Despite itscontroversiaI coritent; I doubt very much that Moore-vias is making everyone around this film 25. Thepai-tvrights have alreadybeen· . partisan commercials.theoretic;;Uy' high praiSes by most rcmetS and goiligforpure~tic beamywhen so ,nervous." . , ' ~egotiated withShowtime. ' watch orreadthenews a,nd judge for ,winning the top ~. at the C~es ' t:xe setoutto mlJke a movie where h~ " Whyis that a problem? I preferthis , So are Disney'1I reservations about themselves what to t:hirlk. -Shouldn't Film Festival ~alJ,keyingredients in ., ri~es .the US . president and his toanythinly'velled:rel1gioUs or politi- showing ~s fi1m juStified while oth-: we be encoUragingpcopleto go see • gt!ttittgpeople ()u~to .the thea¢es ~ . foreign poltcy.Accprding to MOore, ,.,calagenda-I'd-rather know the bias ,. ershave clambered to get the rights? 'thoughtprovolOngmilterial, whiCh at the~fihnatm()st dian·'tilkkeitontO ~wilt "s~things 'yollhave,~erF~Ulpfront. . ' . _.' . ... QiSn~s hesitations may be based on the verylea$t wilt get }1eopletanang Am~Canmovie s~eens.Andwitha~, ;~ bef91'e,Y01.iwmleamtbi~Y.tia;.-., \,;,;iAe~idingto !.Ioore, the.reas®" sef:~tihg·to promOte a partisan .and· hopefull'yget~o~-voting.re~' catchY~ube~e~!Pahrenheif9111~ . ha~~~e1;'knQ~b~f9i:~';~~;~;';:~i~~~,~,bl~~~~SQ " , ,Ij,PQ!it:lcal:~,~.I:Iowever; as gardle,ssofwhether()rnot~yagree thetemperatute'wheJ:eJre~Qm' -watch, tliis,~.~undsgolXl~·P~· ,.~tpe6pkt;'VJon't seeit-b~~j(~e, . , ' pointed.out,Disnef~es· . With Moote? . . . burnS'~peoplein·theUSw6uldtia* 1i~inthiSerawheticook!e,pjt,tet:,;~/:~ , . ' .', '",~,iMi'nowncon~rvative~~Rush' been lining 1lP' to~e,e it. . action. flicks ,and,:epetitive rdJ:Ilafltlc· :•. 'thettrefusal to distribute this fi1m ,,~ugh on their ABC-o~~d sta: .editor@imprint.uWaterloo.ca
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forces have (mostly)stayed outofIta.<:t: Butbeforewepatoursehiesontheback too. much, we should remember the scandals that led to the closure of the CanadilinAirbomeRegimentadecade 'ago. The current heatings: torture, and biZarre behaviour captured on home vjdeo ,are all too reminiscent of what our troops did back then. I qon't see thatwe Were any better than theYa!e; maybe we've improved since, but I wander. Ifoppression issirnpiy not our tlUng, then we had better be con•stantlyvig1lantto make.sUrewe'reliving up to our principles.
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thers. No say~ No power, they keep us quiet, !ill our heads with 'IV, keep us interested in the glanlourofmusic a11d movies andsports-- we say nothing, there's no fight left, go through motions and fill the jobs that this "educatioi1'; will provide. . Classwaris 0,0 mote. This is the age ofGeneration War. . Watch for it - fat white guyS in· bus.iness suits, cell ph.ones in onehand, Perrier ill the other, making the decisiC;iIs to pollute the air, dirty the water, stop kids from panhandling on the streets.,-forwhowants a reminder that . is not right ,with this world that they've created. Hidefueevidence,cover it up; pour money into the pockets of the cops, nowopies,n9concems,make
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the Calgary Flanies in the StanleyCup finals? .
Also take into consideration that the majority ofplayers on b'othteams . .in the finals ar~ Canadian. According As usual, Mark Johnson's latest col~ . ·to their respective official Web sites, 1.5 .Wll1l is riddled with half-truths, innuof25 players on the Tampa Bay lightendo, and outright fabrications, allwith ning roster are Canadian, as are 18 of . the intent to slander the Conservative 29' on' the Flames ,Roster. So even Party. For example, Johnson casually LastWednesdayldecidedtotaIkabout . though Calgary has a slightly higher tosses out politically inco!tect quotes my small beefwith the 'Stanley Cup percenrngeofCanadians on their team, . from unidentified Tory MPs devoid of finals on my radio show. I nitpicked it would still make me '''Canadian'' to ®ycontextand then attempts to assoaboutfansinour~cheeringforthe cheerfortheCanadiansonbothteams. ciatetheentirepartyWith theseremarks. Flames to win th~ Stanley Cup and' ./ Whenitcomesdowntoit,this~er While th!!te are undoubtedly sothought that, being a Leafs fan from "~ was equating club teams with national ciallyconservativememberswitWn the Toronto, it fecls awkward to cheer for pride, something I can't relate to. Yes, Tory party, liberals have their share as ~Matthew Skala I'd be happy for Calgaryiftheywon the them, especially since many sources well, such as MPDanMcTeagu<!; What CS PhD student ~ thatthebuikoffans from West-' .cup, but I'd also be happy for Tampa is especially hilarious is Jollqson's obvious nostalgia for the old PC Party ern Canada despise the Maple Leafs. Bay, most of all their captain Dave juX~posed to his dem01liz~tion of. '" So really, if the Leafs had made the . Andteychuk (a native 9f Hamilton), . Damo the man! th~neXtbuck,makethenextdollar,buy companies, sel,l companies, laugh at '. fina!s, w{)uld western Canadians be who made his first trip to the Stanley 'BilanMulroney'sdeficitspenditi.g!May I remind Markthathis beloVedliberals' To the editor, misfortune, for the strongwill surVive, cheering on the Blue and White? Cup finalsin22 seasons ofNHLhockey. 'As soon as I fi.riished my point and' When it comeS to national pride, I'll . the rich will&urvive, the kids will be under PearSon in1~teil deficit sp~ndsave it for when the nati~nal teams are played some music, alistenerphoned . ingwditsl$,yrocketed uriderTrudeau. Growing up a P~YQu often hear alright as long as we don't teach them Howev~r, given enough time the cry-"classwar,"a slogan (or the to think. ih,angrywithmycortunents.Hewent .. playing. TheNHL playoffs are still a so far as to say that I was "un-Cana- ·club arfair, and though I'll watch-the Johnson would no doubt find a way to battle of the wolking clas~ and a rallyIs this how we want to grow up? blame that Qnthe current Tories too. . ingcry behind whichbands;kids, ill of Generation War. Anditsta+ts now. dian'~ for not openly cheering for the games fortheloveofhockey,ifthe team Rightriow. Election time. Forgetthese ' .Flames duiing the finals, and that I So,whilehe.wildlYaccusestheToriesQf· us whoaren~ a part of the power I supportallyearis eliminated fromthe plotting Dr.Evil-like, to acquire weapstructure ofthe country we callhoine.· fools Whpign?rethe youth, show should he ashamed. He. then proudly . playoffs, then I won't be openly supporting any other team. . ons Ofmass destruction fOr SOllIe un- .Class war - does it really apply? It· them thatwearehere. We have power. asked. abQutthe Leafs "golf game" named but obviously sinister purpose, seems outdated, a product of a com-' They didn't take thatinto account, the · (I'm guessing he wasn't a Leafs/an). . It's justa ~lW:ne that! had to make factthatwehavepower; thatWecatlstep . I encourage the rest ofyou to read each munist movement from daYs gon~ This made me·A little bit upset. mypoint by using the CaIgaryFlames, party's platform, make an informed by; And yet the' same' alienation'i:; ,up-and tum this power structure on its Firsfofall sir, I would know nothing who are really it more neutral team to . prevalent today, all of us, the youth, . head. They laugh in our faces, laUgh at of the Leafs golf game,becaose TSN . eastern Canada (if Montreal were in de;cision and vote.' with no power, no say, left to straggle oUrcOncems,laughatourlackofmoney.. doesn't show hi$hlights of their off- _the finals I'm sure a lot lI!ore hockey . through scenes inVariably laid Qutfroni But we can vote. We can all vote. And '. season putts onSportsCenter. -Peter Mensinga fanswo~drelatetowhatI'msaying). ow: pre~pubescent days. they cannot laugh at thousands and Second,howdoe~itmakeme "un- Butlet's just see how many Canadians UWCPC1 President . We live in a time where all institu4A am/Engineering thousaD,cls ofkids, corniugoutJune 28 Canadian" to abs~ from cheering, across the country cheer for the Leafs tions, be itcOrpo1'ations, newspape%S, , and casting our vote. CbaOgiog the forCalgary? For startCrs, I'm Watching when (well,if).tbeyare the 16neCanllThe way we once were universities, governments are run by structures, changing the world. Genthe games (that should prove I'm dian team lext in the playoffs ... I cermembers ofone generation ~andlet eration War. It begins now. Canadl.an). And wouldn'titmake me tainly hope it's a lot more than the To the editor, me tell you,itsure isn't ours. The youth more "Canadian" tO'cheer for team ni:unberthathavech~redinthepast. are nothing, simple tools . to be -Shawn Bell CanadaattheuptomingWorldChaffi~ like Artur Sedov, I'm glad Canadian moulded in the ways Of our forefa3B Environment and Resoutre Studies .pionship in Augusrthan to cheer for aocal@iinprint.uwaterloo.ca
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"oui"vote in the Quebec referendum, One of Canadians; proudest.mo~ the millions of dollars to "liberal· ments was whenlean Chretien said no friendly" (i.e. not separatist) ad firms to ~-eorge Bush's petty invasion of was inexcusable. .Iraq: The Conservative response was Alltold,andwiththeireptirerecord to boo the prime . taken into actn4llsterfu Parliacount; therecatl be ment. . no question that' One of Canadians' 'There's still the benefits ofour more. The liber- . proudest moments Liberal governals have radically ment being rewas when Jean increased fundelected far outing for health Chretien said to weigh any draw<;~re, paid down backs. there may over $52. hillion C;;eorge Bush's petty be.. of the Mulroney Our economy invasion of Iraq. The ,national debt" ~ be kept safe . Conse.rvative and' kept our and sound, the economy boom- response was to boo debtwillcontinue . ing.JeanChretien to be reduced, b r <> u'g h t the Prime Minister in more fundingwill Canada/US relago to envirqnParliament. ' tions to some of mental protec-. their bestleveli' tion, the military, ever with the re~d health care, ceptive Clintonadministtatton, unand finally, the budget will staybalanced. . fOrtunately,BushJr. has since trashed that friendship; . ~ I hope you agree with me and wte . . Ngw, I am big enough to admit toendorsetheLiI~eralPartyofCanada thattheLiberalgovernmentdoes~ve in the upcoming election. Iffornotbits faults. First off, the gun registry, ing else; do it to stop the grumpy, · despite its unqualified success, went bitter, right wing semi-united rieoway over budget.·Secondly, although' Conservative party from -wreaking I suppOrted the sponsorship prohavoc on Canada yetagainl gtan) in that it may have averted the . catastrophe.that would have been a mjohnson@imprint.uwat~rloo.ca
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Nightmarish architecture n~q)mpletion,bu6~aI>hillipStreetlow-rise clon~. S()on;hpwever,it:will be j~ined by t,he tJniverSity'sAccel.~treand the architects c()uld not hav:e matCh~d the South CampUs style if they tried. The pic~ pnnted in The I:t.erorJon May 27 shows a three-story cube, with one wall a perfect match to the Tathaln Centre, a paragon of the newmillenniumand theothera per{ectmatch for the Engineering2 fa~ade, thank you 1960s. At It's unfortunate that the University of Waterleast we can't complain that it will stand out. loo's formative year~ were in the 1960s.While The architects that were asked to design our some of the brighte~t' ffiinds from around the university campu~ were dealing with limited world broke new intellectual ground, they did it funds and a decided lack in pnderstanding for in an industrial park. Yes, University ofWaterloo human needs. How else can the love affair with architecture is so poor that even our School of concrete afidcl.il.d~~ blo~k arid the sh~g of Architecture is moving to picturesque downwiUdows in classrooms be explained? The Entown Galt in Cambridge - therein lies a tale. ~eeringI:.ecture Hall- sorry Rod Coutts Hall The former Tiger Brand factory was to be - was built 3.J.ong these llfles. Thanks to the used as a temporary space until something new double cohort, "the Sub" as it was affectipnately could be built. However, come September, archicalled, has surfaced bffi;1ginglight to classrooms. tecpire students will get .rooms with lots of Limited funds produce cookie-cutter square WitWaws, greatviews and floors with character. boxes that are neither exciting nor aesthetically While tum-of-the-century factories rnaynothave pleasingandifthe boxes can: be stacked, so much the better. This explains the monstrosity that is been inspiring, theyhavemorecharacterthanthe concrete slabs that litter the university campus. Engineering 3, curre~dyundergoingits third or Marketing and planning documents for the fourth addition in as many years. It doesn't North Campus touted ga~y buildings. Gateexplain, however, the Centre for Environmental waybuildings define a space and togiveitcharaCter. and Information Technology. Like Engineering 3, this building sticks o~t in odd places. ~ofSt. Peter's S'l~einRome, theCh3.mps Elysees in Paris or the Princes' Gates in Toronto. The CElT IS an example of the university The existing gateWays to the Ring Road are ' runningoutofspacewhichbringsmebacktothe decidedly lack lustre: ~out:h Campus Hall could new architecture building. Rick Haldenby, direcnot be uglierifit tried. %e juryis still out onBurt tor ofthe SChpol ofA.rChltecture, noted the nice Matthews Hall given the construction there. At Galt surroundings and speculated in The Record least East Campus Hall has the excuse thaHtDfas onMllf31 ~ ~'Oncewe get this~irig, I think other afactory before becoming university property. programs will move out here." Butwith alovcly The North Campus is a clean slate and rm campus like ours, who would want to? assuming that someone, somewhere, hoped for som.etbiOg exciting. ~neWSybase building >is
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HEUMB'S HAREM So I had this dream the othernightthatI seduced 13 womenarid'three goats. 19uess my loveof females, goats and prime numbers all merged into an erotic fantasy. You knowit's been a while when you have the following conversation with the roommate: "Yo Pimpan69, I scoredwith13chickslast night So what if it was just a dream, fuck you! Why you always gotta rain on my parade?" Well, I had your run-ofthe-mill psychosomatic episode induced by blue balls. Ain't no thang.
End-game requires a certain overall image. Yo~ gotta exude a quiet confidence. Girls can smell weakness. They don't need a weak guy. That's
charisma, je ne sais quois you possess to seal the deal. That doesn't mean sex but more the chase is over, she has been caught. And you guys live happily ever afteruntil someone else
This story transitions what most of her male entersthepicturewith better game. beautifully to the next point - how do you friends are for... End-game reapproach women these quires a certain overdays in anon-delusional all image. You gotta setting? exude a quiet confi. It can'thelpthat a guy thinks with his shlong dence. Girls can smell weakness. Theydoo'tneed 90 per cent ofthe day. 1'he otherlO per cent, he's a weak guy. That's'what most ofher male friends are for - i.e. guys who tried valiantly but sucusually taking a shit. Forthosemen thatlosttheir shlongs in horrible vacuuming accidents, my cumbed to the friendship dem~n 'cuz they got heart-felt apologies. This trait alone comprises no game. our credibility with the ladles. Heck:, we could be End-game is not about looks. If you are not talkingroyougirlsaboiitthernostheart-wrenchblessed with the greatest of COUfitenal:ice. p.o ing topic, kitten eating, but somehow our eyes worries, workonyourverbalattack.lmerthlsguy wander south. named Wllbert. He was 32, lived with his parents
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in a knot, let's make one thing clear: girls still love to be wooed. It's the Prince Charming Effect. Afteryears ofindoctrination by sappy romance stories and fairy tales, girls want to be swept off their feet by a kriight in shining armor. So how is it that some guys get the girls and some guys don't? Hey, ifI had answers to this question, I wouldn't be bragging about my hal~ luciriatory orgies. With that said, I observe things~ Duringthehockeyplayoffsyougotperformersplayers that can elevate theirgamewhen the stakes count. Mackingis no different However, it takes a certain extra to win her heart. That's where endgame comes in. Theend-gamehow much charm,
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fromno-end-gameitis. The truthis, theyare right cuz' he also smelled like a lemur monkey. I guess Wilbert was a bad example. Anyway, the verbal mack is an awesome skill to possess. Those that can talk distinguish themselves from those that grunt. The grunts go home lady-less nine out often times. Occasionallythegruntfinds afemalewhoappreciatesgruntsandgrunt-related sounds. Alright, so these particular females aren't necessarilya bad thing, but the odds offindingone are slimmer than a squirrel ram-rodding a lepre~ chaunin the V1 cafeteria. Every guy has end-game in him. it's trial and error to unleash that beast. Budf that process is , taking a while tustremember this famous line by Illy Tomlin, ''We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation." hramachandran@impdnt.uwaterloo.ca
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TOUCHED The fascination with threesomes is very wellknown, especially concerning the vividimaginations of males. Do not misunderstand, however; women also get excited with more than one partner twiddling in sensitive areas. Group sex isa subject that instills curiosity and althoughitis taboo, many eventually partake in it. Whether it involves three, four or seven people, this variation on the traditional duo is of the same variety. Just as referrals of foursomes, orgies, Mongolianclusters and gang bangs merely add a different flavour. Neither the number nor the term connotes an experience involving force or lack of consent except when the actual term 'rape' is used. All in all, group sex is not typically assumed to be unwanted no matter which sex is outnumbered - if at all. While many tie group sex to the crazy experimentation that ran rampant in the sixties, it has actually existed in cultures much earlier. This is outlined by Steven Arnott in Sex:A User's Guide using excerpts from the Kama S ulra. In this wellknown piece of literature, "United Congress"
refers to "a man enjoying two women at the same time" while when more than two women are involved it is humourously dubbed, "Congress of a Herd of Cows." Just when you think that equating women to cows goes far enough, the term for "a man sporting in the water with his lady friends" is "The Congress of an Elephant" ("presumably because this animal enjoys bathing"). The roles of those participating in group sex is even explained, "one holds her, another enjoys her, a third uses her mouth, a fourth holds her middle part, and in this way they go on enjoying her several parts alternately." It is evident that group sex has existed for quite some time and as a matter of fact humans are not the only mammals known to participate in this ensemble activity. According to S.E. Roshart's Sex Trivia QuiZ Book "porpoises have been observed having what can only be described as orgies." Since group sex seems to be off the beaten path, those used to the cultivated route can overreact and jump to conclusions when exposed to sexual references about taboo issues. But in this instance, assuming that force is involved when numerous people participate in a sexual endeavour is ludicrous. Maybe if people could chill out a bit more they would be open to trying new things or at least accepting that other people do and use various ways to explain them. mtitus@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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I can't believe it's not gutter! University is your time to mature and desensitize anytime bya socially conscious 11-year-old. Blow job, blow job, blow job. Feel free to use it in a sentence, an example being, "I would give $1 0,000 andthelefthalfofmyafrotohearPeterMansbridge end the nighdy news with the words 'blow job.'" Even now, I've turned a few people off just by writing "blow job," which may not be the language you want heard by a child or printed in the news, buds far from the worst the lexicon of You can tell a lot about a person by their ears. For fIlth has to offer. (Whether you get 'em, give 'em example, ifyour ears are bigand/ or burning, you or gag at the thought of 'em, blow jobs are part must be suave and intelligent. Small ears make a of a healthy sex life.) It's fIne and dandy that we person cute and personable, and pointy ears can all withstand such lingo; I justwish we'd wait until grade school kids were a little older before suggest way too much StarTrek. But the ears that say the most about a person's character can be we start bombarding them with American Piesummed up in one word - virginal. eating teen flicks where explosions are cool, Do you have virginears, orhaveyouhearditall? boobs are aplenty and gays are stepped on. Howprivyareyou to adult content now that you're lt would be nice to see some really wel1adjusted kids, those whose heads aren't polluted an adult yourself? In bed, is your mouth nasty or with adult themes but who don't own condos nurturing? Do you believe swearing is a sign ofill manners, or do you go through some days soundinla-la-land, either. From where I can see, there ing like Richard Pryor with menstrual pain? are two polar extremes: There's the pre-teen/ It always amazes me to see how some people young adult whose every second word is a swear on campus never - usually found in a ball-cap, baggy jeans breathe a dirty word or and a beer store parktalk smack about anyDo you believe swearing ing lot asking frat boys one, either from miles to "hook me up, G." away or under the same is a sign of manners, roo£ I must admit to And there's the preor do you go through being fascinated by teen/young adult who is dean as morning those who shy away some days sounding like -"snow, who,,, for reafrom conversations inRichard Pryor with volving sex, violence or sons religious ormoral, foul language; it doesn't has been taught never menstrual pain? to swear and has remake me feel guilty or ceived sexual educaremorseful of my right to adopt a three star tion that can be guttermouth, but it does remind me that I am summed up like this: :'Don't." completely desensitized and that sometimes I I'm not judging - how can I when I occacould use a little "sensitizing" of my own. sionally find myself leaning towards the Trouble is, more and more young'uns are guttermouth camp? But it's startling how long growing up in this disgusting world of ours, polluted and (especially) virginal ears can stay where entertainment consists of movies, music with a person. Last term, I wrote a column and media of increasingly vulgar, coarse and bigdefending my right, and the rightoffIve million oted proportions. (Anyone goin' to see that other human beings, to get married; I got a letter movie Soul Plane? Doesn't it look funny? White that not only disagreed with my point of view, people really are different from black people! It's but also chided me for inflicting curse words so true! D=-aaaamn.~ Kids are only going to get upon my readers! (Like it's a crime to swear at all, more and more desensitized to dirty words and let alone when it's out of passion for a serious subject.) The student was a first-year and all I can sexual overtones, and they'll have no idea what is appropriate in social situations and what isn't. say is I honestly, truly hope he / she comes out of Apparently, even adults can't tell the differhis/her shell at some point and can learn to at ence anymore. The other day I was reading least tolerate a world where desensitized speakers Yahoo online news; I came to a story about and activists exist. Hell, I can tolerate tlle fundaDavid Ramsay, an ex-provincial court judge in mental bunch, so anything's possible. B.C. who's on his way to jail for sexually assaultLet's all be extra careful how we use our ing underage teen girls. A fInely written story, mouths. Don't overuse it, but don't not use it, until I came to this line: "His wife, sitting in the either. Don't swear in front of kids, and bigoted front row, winced back tears t... ] as [associate slurs count double. And whether you're polchiefjustice Patrick] Dohrri described how Ramsay luted or sheltered, please agree with me that there even threatened to have one girl killed and reis a time and a place to desensitize yourself. fused to pay her for a blow job." Frankly, a rightly chosen swearword can make Yes, friends, it seems that ''blow job" is a you a more mature and witty person. I swear it. perfecdyacceptableterm to useinne"ws coveragenews coverage,I might add, that can be accessed at mstratford@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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Life after "Idol" Michelle GaRant SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
Not taking home the tideof Canadian Idol did not discourage Torontonian, Mikey Bustos, from entering the music industry. In fac~ Bustos' 15 minutes of fame on the hit reality show landed him a record dealwith PastIife Recordings / Entertainment, based out of New YorkOty. ''I do have
been working for years to be in the music business and don't have the means or connections to do that." Although Canadian Idol did allow him to get his foot in the door, Bustos wished he could have shown more of his own personality on the show. Since the contestants are not allowed to sing any of their own songs, this was a
thatuppetedge when I meet personalities fromtecotding companies because they know about
Cheju paradise ning of his American performances he walked up on stage and immediately introduced himself and his homeland. Just doing that "causes me to sink into the calmest zone and the audiences are pretty much mine," he proclaims. Bustos holds performing for the first time live, for 3 million people during the Idol competition as his favourite memory throughout his musical journey so far. "Thefeeling whenyou'reup there is indescribable.Itwas
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I dreamed of American Idol and more .. .it's and the whole amomentI will ftanchaise," renever forget!" marks 22-year Asfotkeepold Bustos. ing in touch ''I've got that with other Idol COURTESYWWW.CKMSFM.CAlAOK behind me and contestants, undetmy belt." Mikey Bustos answers the tough questions on CKMS radio. Bustos has not But being a kept on that, part of the Canadian talent show has barrier many Idol contestants had to noting they are all quite busy with not always guatanteedBustbS'the up..路 f.lce.' their own projects at the moment. per hand. He recounts that his experi''Itwas notrea1ly a contestwhere an But test assured, he attests he will be ence so fat in the music business that artistis displayed, it is a contest where seeing them all again one day. has taught him those who have built a karaoke singetis displayed," he adds. ''We allhave this bond; we all went their careers in music from the ground Followinghis appeatanceon the hit through thatsame sortoflife-altering up often look down upon Idol-like television show, two different artists timeperiod togetherandwhen you go approached Bustos interested in using contests that make stars out of people through an experience like that with a "taken right offthe streets." It seemed him for their back-up vocalists. He group of people, you never lose that these new-found stars were getting declined both offers, protesting he bond. I know there will definitely be a nation-wide exposure and stealing the wanted to show the world he was a reunion in the near future." spotlightftoin other artists. ButBustos singer himself. Bustos is currendy hard at work compares this envy to those who won While he is ttyingto hitit big on the on his debut album. A release date the lottery and did not work hard for global front,Bustos neverfotgets about has not yet been set but this summer their money their whole life--just a the place he calls home. he is seatchingforthreeluckywinners lucky break in life. "I find that staying in New Yorkhas to be a part ofhis debut music video. ''I thinkit's such a fantastic opporgiven me anew-found appreciation of tunity, the whole ldolftanchise. Espemy home, Canada and has certainly For more information on Mikry cially for people like myselfwho have taught me a few things." At the beginBustos: WRIW.mikrybustoua
Danny Ko SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
The late Peter Gzowski, a believer in Canadianiconsandthelik~ofuockey
and the Great One, often paid tribute to the comfort and magic of Swallow Point. IfGzowski were alive today,he would have been reincarnated as a Korean-Canadian guru, akin to 1f!Yself and expound that, in order to obtain an enriched culture ofa true Canadian, all readers ofhis columns steadfasdy go to Cheju Do - a simple dot in one's spinning globe - to embrace abalones, seagirls, uncanny statues of senile busybodies and the mysterious
koalas. Its esoteric, geographic name to its inhabitants - including Koreans, blowfish, WISh you were rock seaweed and man-made statues - amid the tourists, newlyweds, is simply, Cheju Island Located at the southern tip ofthe Korean peninsula, Cheju has been shaped byvolcaniclava. Sha.rpvolcanic rock and the smelloftheocean breeze are pervasive, coast to coast. Once you're here, say, for a grad trip or a honeymoon, you'll throw your cell phone into the waters because you'll want to sing to the "porimel" sea snails, "oo-tuk" rockfish and to the Korean women, known as Haenyo divers, who hold their breath and submergeinto the crevices ofthe ocean floor collecting exotic sea creatures. The Haenyo divers are merely t:Ougars arid older hotties who dive and communicate with the shellfish for a living. Traditionally, these black tubberclad women epitomize enterprising beauty and love of nature and also, as dedicated mothers, send their chil-
dren off to university. The divers always had a fling for the biologists of these higher learning institutions. Needless to say, islanders are rough and tough, perchance, witha bit of hope. Australia was once a penal colony, yet now expottsits finestdaity semen to South Africa, Sicily still has its mobs and the obvious extra vif?jn olive oil, while Ireland and its IRA (Irish Rifle Association) can forget about the days of potato famine and finally, you name it, our very own Vancouver is "Hong-couver" island with wealthy Asians ready to take over businesses! Where does Cheju stand in all this chaos? Cheju has Tohlharubang statues made from sumptuous volcanic rock. DANIEL KO Tohlhatubang is here. slang in Korean for "gtandpa" and for these islanders the statues which embody fertility and powers to protectareerectedhither-and-thither,albeit old age doesn't amount to heroism. Heroes here are as old as the
eruption that lead. to the iOmwion. My lineage~ as fat back to Koulla, the founderofthis tropical birthplace formyfatherandhis forefathers. From Koulla, then onward, the name was dropped to "Ko" and alternately, this is the only answer to my lifelong half truths and riddles as to why I am so short: I resemble a koala. Whatexactlyis the Korean connection here? Pinch yourselves to ask those Koreans on campus questions not only whether you should munch on thatlegendaty kimchi, but ask about their roots and what they miss most about Korea - they'll kiss you for pinching yourself. So don't be afraid of delving into another's culture.
Third time's a charm for Capcom's Onimusha series gameplay, is the use of actual actors as chatactetmodels.JeanReno (who kicks
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Capcom's thitdinstalmentintheitSamutai-suspense-action-puzzlet-beat-emup trilogy breaks the boundaries on game design and creation. Theadvertisingcampaignforithas beenmassiveand it definitely holdS merit to this finely crafted example ofgaming. The game's claim to fame, aside fromitsexcellentftanchiseandaddictive
orslicingthedemons,Jacquescanalso wrap them up in his whip and shoot somefietceass,ifyou'veeverseenWasab~, them in the face. That's some good plays achatactetwhotravels backin time. . demon killing. The computet graphics (CG) version of The whip also allows Jacqu~ to him is uncanny and his French voice reach some areas thatSamanosukeand acting is fabulous. his wee little sword cannot. By swingSpeaking of CG, the opening ing on these strange flying bugs with cutscenetothegamelitemllycausedmeto rings attached tothem,Jacques canhop pause foraboutfive minutes afterwards on to buildings and high ledges. out ofawe. Thegraphics arethe b~tI've Thebiggest:flawinthegamereared ever seen in a CGmovie,includingnonits ugly head early on. The story has videogamemovi~. The fights and stunts Samanosuke jump through time from rivalled those found in every live action thefifteenthcenturytomodemdayand movie to date. in tum pulls Jacques back to the fifThe game plays very much like the teenth century. Jac~ arrives awhile before Samanosuke actually travels previoustwo,mixingdemon-slwll-bashing with Resident Evil style puz楼es. The through time, so Samanosuke (pmf) skull-bashingaspectis gteadyenhanced joinsupwithJacqu~. Kindofcomplicated, but they could have used thatto bytheadditionofJacq~OeanReno)as achatactet.Hehasatalentforusingwbipadd a coolon-the-flychatactet switchbased weaponry. In addition to bashing ing dealie, only they didn't. They
couldn't even get the chatactet of . Samanosuke right. Aside from being a completely useless tit in battles, he always wants to "split up and search." Sometimes he says it out of nowhere. The battle system is a good deal smoother than in the first two and still has the same soul-eating goodness. Weapons are plentiful and vary from Samanosuke's dual swords to Jacques' sttangeelastic-linksword. Theykeptthe ability to use your enemi~' captured souls to increase the power of yout weapons, facilitating easier demon-
massacreage. While most of the puzzles are simple find-the-winch style, there are a few segments wheteitgets significandy more complicated. These puzzles use a time-folding-device to ttansferconttol between Samanosuke (future) and Jacques. In thesepuzzlesyouneed todo
certainthingsincertaintim~.Fotexam颅
pIe, in Jacqu~' time there is a stack of hatdwoodencratesthathecannotbreak, soyouhave togoin to the future and get Samanosuke to smash the hell out of themaftetthey'verotted fora fewhun-
dtedyears. Overall, the game looks fantastic, plays like a dteamand has a compelling story. There are a few slip..ups and awkward moments in the dialog, but it's notneatlyas bad as Zero-Wmg. Personally, I'd like to (and expect to) see a box set of all three ~ hit the shelves complete with some extras and fancy
artwork. Inshott,ifyoulikepuzzlingRPGs with lots ofdemon-smashing fun, time ttavel,andinctedibleCGmom, then this game is a definite buy. talamen@imprintuwaterloo.ca
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ane'snewest dark, but oddly com£ rting Ian Blechschmidt IMPRINT STAFF
The latest collection by award-winning Canadian poet Patrick lane provides dar~ comfort and shadowy illumination.
And somehow, this presents a comfort that can be taken from discomfort - sometimes, the best way to examine one's past, tragic or not, is sirnplytomarvelin the size of the role played in it by something as small as a spoon and be okay with the fact that, pleasant or not, things are as they are. Patrick Lane spok,e with Imprint about nature, family and Go Leming Strange:
A lot of the time, peqple don't write poems about heroin addicts or someone who gets his cheek ripped offin a fight. People dbn'twant to hear about fathers who kill children or about babies who die in fires. But they exist. Go Lealing Strange, a new collection by award·winning poet and author Patrick Lane, confronts readers with the discomfort of these same images IB: There [are] a lot of nature images [in and challenges them tojust deal with it. Go LeaVingStrangeJ. How is thatimportant to you and also tojoflr writing? Lane's poems .are often sad, usuPL: Nature's always been important ally dark and regularly about things that one doesn't usually like to talk to me, since I was a child. I'm now in my mid-sixties and I grew up in inteabout. Covering everything from loveless sex, as in "Chickens and Vodka" riormountain country of British COe to promises' that abandon you to· lumbia so I lived in very close to the poverty as in "Black Diamonds," Go wilderness, a wilderness you can't find Leaving Strange asks the'reader to exnow. Ibelieve that whatever you sayin a amine their history and theirp.ature, as Lane examines his own. poem, whatever images tli.atyourefer The book often places images of to, whether it be a crow, or an owl, or nature next to images of people and a ponderosa pine tree, or whatever, , uncovers a little more about the loss of everything iliat appears in the poem is both. As "The War" illustrates, there emblematic of our hum~ condition , .. I mean, I Gould write a whole poem ' is something analbgousbetween the Holocaust of the Second World War just about a ponderosa pine tree, but and, as Lane calls it, "the world ofour it's also about our human world, because I can't escape being human. own holocaust, tpe holocaust against the natural'order/' What do you think is the importance of But Go Leazing Strange doesn't necessarily ask dle reader to "deal" JtoryMlin,g and relating itlemory to others, and Cliett just to yourself? with the problems of the world by changing them - as it says in "Bent," , Well- you're a guy, right? I'm a guy. You sit down with tWo or three guys "Bent is what you try to straighten, in a bar, you're having a drink, right? but metal breaks from weakness."
And you start talking. And how do you tell those guys what you're like? . ; . What you do is you tclhi story about what happened foyoulastnightwith this girl that you met or, you know, this car you were in, or that we went out and we did this and we went to ilie lake man we had a ball. And all the time you're telling that story, you're telling those guys who you are.
Doyou everftd the need to confom! to lJJhat people expec'! of pqetry,or of IJJriting, in order to connect with them? Or doYOll jllst kind '!f sqy, "Okqy, this is how I'm doing it?" No, I just sort of say "this is how I'm doil1git." I've changed the tone ofmy poetry three or four times in my life. I can write a Patrick Lane poem better than anybody. I can write ilie best Patrick Lane poem anybody can write. And when I find myselfwriting Patrick Lane poems, then I know I'm in trouble, because now I'm imitating myself. And I know that's ilie point when I've got to stop and I've got to say "whoa, slow down here, you're now exhausting someiliing and now it's time to do something different, tty to take a newrisk, go to a new place where Iangullgeis. something different." And that's what 1 did with this book, I went to a different place and said "Let's try this, let's see what happens here." See LANE, page 14
ringing hardcore to a neighbourhood near you Brendan Burrows SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
Wednesday night, May 19th,The Still nightclub. Five guys are producing a video for their lead single "Clairvoyance" in which the lead singer, Mark, is placed in a coffin following a fatal fight wlili his girlfriend. The video (which can be viewed on the band's \'{Teb site) is raw, low budget and totally independent (my initial speculation was thatitwas produced by Videofact but upon further inquiry it apparently is totally self~l)toduced). The band is .Unit and they are one of the many independent bands that are taking matters into their own hands to further d1eir own succes~, A metal band hailing from the Kitchener.area, .Unit has had their current line-up for over two years. "Two m~mbers left because they wanted to get their life straightened out and they couldn't do it around us," says the band's drummer Florin. rne rest of the roster is made upof Mike Radatus on bass, Helmutz Koeckritz, Dean Foreman (AKA ilie "Spic-Nazi'') on guitars and singer/ song-writer Mark Eckert on Vocals. Their sound could be called "neigh-
bourhood hardcore at its best." It is prompting the band to exercise ilieir, familiar and sonically appealing, and skills as mixologists by creating a driilk ilieir lyrics address issues that everycalled ilie'''Soco, Twist and Bleed" body can relate to, either ¢.rectly or col1sisting of d1e aforementioned, vicariously. The dark tune "68 lemon vodka and grenadine. Stanmore" is perhaps the best exam-, .Unitrecordea their self-tided depIe of this as it is based ori a true story but at Mastermind Studios in Hamilof Koeckritz's .experience of being ton over iliree days in February. The taken at gun-point after a shoot -out in band paid for it using the moneydley his home and then being inexplicably won at the "Greatest Band Ever Challet go. It was a fucked-up experience lenge" at The Still las t year. Among the that appeared in the papers, as well as rewards were $10,000 in cash to be on the band's self·tided debut. used for promotional purposes and a Although the band deals with viosingle opportunity to open for a welle lent experiences thateach and every known opening act in the Hi.-city area. youili could potentially face, they also So fat they have turned down chances know how to kick out jams when toopenforAndrewW.K,("Andrew's necessary. The second track off the got enough party in him for all of us," album is "Tap the Bottle," a cover of jokes Eckert) and oilier established the YBT (Young Black Teenagers) acts such as BifNaked. "We only have classicdrinkin' anthem. Ironically,itis one shot at it so the key is toplay\vith a song thatonly~suburban white kid a band that is similar in style in order would be familiar with, subsequently for people to be able to. identify us making it the perfect Song to infuse with rlle opening band," says Radatus. with the "neighbourhood hardcore" After being around for ftve years, sound. The ftnal track on the a,lbum is .U nit has had enough time to build up "Soco, Twist and Bleed" a song deala steady fan base, which they almost ing with the angst of never being'able , consider a sixili member of their band, to live up to. parerit'sexpectations, even bringing fans on the road for however"Soco" (wbichis actually proshows in order to solidify an even nounced "SoGo'') is often confused bigger fan base for everyone to share. with the drink SoutherJ;! Comfort, Cross~promotion between bands is
.UNIT
The guys of .Unit are working to create an indie scene through creative marketingT road trips and tons of beer. key to buildlnga scene that will help all to thrive-one thing thatis lacking in the K -W area right now..U nit is aware of this and thus feels it's important to drink as many beers as possible en masse with fans whenever the situation arises. They have !!ven taken busloads oHans to different cities with iliem and gotten hammered with them on the bus ride up. "It pumps us up,
. as well as the fans," says Eckert.The idea isjust one of the many creative marketing ideas that the band currently has under way. With upcoming shows inToronto and a tour of Southern Ontario and Upper New York,.Unitis sure to drive their local neighbourhood hard core sound to a larger level. For more information, visit www.unit-music.com.
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Taking untrav~ned roads . mostcapttvattngalbums around and has created .a buZz in the underground mpsic scene. The catchy tUne, "Ban Marriage," is about the tribulations()f gay ceremonies,with Gibbsiriging, . "stayed up too late the n1ghtbefore from fingering foreign dirty holes in the .datk." The closing ~!'TheManThatIAmWithMyMan,"isan
·.achingly honest song 'With explicit lyrics that . examin-ttheviews ofahom9sexuatpartnclship. . . ' So does ''Ban~'reflectJoe Gibb's viewsori marriage? "A. little bit, but no,tcompletely," he sayS'. ''I do~'t ~temattiages bllt I hateweddiogs. Imeaniflweretoplck one side ,or the other,lwoUld pick the gay marriage side as oFpose t() the~ti:~Y'~side. At the . enduf the <hiy,itislliWting to ~forced into either-or. Well, let'se1iminatepoth th~ options then, so B~ M~e." '. .... "'-.,~. The Hidden Cameras have a new album called Mississllllga GlJdtJam1t,~ Ollt thisJUQl1ller. The album is sin;lilarto,til(!1aston'ewith aslighdy different productic;m and it is more orchestrabased. _. .' Since Gibb was brought up in Mississa~g.t,it was only.natural to. askwhethertrus was a reflection pfhis bitter nature towatds the city. "The song,' 'Mississauga Goddruim,' on the album is. a reflection of Mississa~" he explains. "I'm not that cIravtatic. I just thought .'hey; a song idea.' A lot ofpeople I know hate the .' . suburbs. I hate the subUrbs butthete ~s] still . stuff that 1 like about it too." The band will bepromotlng this new album in the SUQl1ller. Th~ live shows ate definite must-sees! The mere energy of the band is refteshingand you can't help but feel slightly over . invig01:a!ed - and wanting.more!
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It was supposed to be路 the next big The Hiv.es- "Kn()cKKnOCk" > While we breathlessly itwaittheir thing, the great saviour of rock, the; . thlng1;hatwould finally knock *NSync- neWrelease (dueoutthis summer), we must content ourselves with fare from and BritneySpears offofthe top Qfthe charts and ushe'r anew golden era of their last album, 2000's 'Ven; Vidi Viradio glory. So far, it hasn't. But the cious. Uniformly quick, screechy and classic basslineandone:ofthecoolest videos since .-::'" well,' since the last heroes of hipster (or garage rock or hoOk~la4en, just itboutany song froP::! White Stripes Video. The bestthingto jamband rock, or whatever ,the hell , this album would fit nicely into thi~ do IS toa';oid all contact with it for a little musical eXperiment, but "Kriock you wantto call it) are still busting out few weeks; then give ,it a_spin and Knock" wins the prize for the, best fun, laid backjams that arebetter th,an remember why it got so overplayed, break-doWn ili: town. The !:fives also most of their conternporarl6s: , Though the ,only thing that most get big points for thpse stylish white " The blues have never been so relevant. of these bands havein coinmonis that ties that they never seem to take, off. Hot Hot Heat - ''Talk to Me, they" have definite articles路 in their The ViDes-"Ride" Dance With Me" names, listening to these songs toThis song from Cariada's contrige1;her yields greatvibe. Though unfortunately usurped by bution to the jam band movement the marketing department responsimakes a surprisingly'good club tune. " The~trol<es - "Reptilia" ble for the. ipod can:tpaign, ,"Ride" It's greatto just bob your head to, yet The bridgehookin,this song was rocks in the ttadition ofone ofthehest you can still use the phrase "complex songsof2002, "Get Free."It may not the most addicting thing that music interplay" to describe ~hy the openprqduced in all.of 2003. It embeds be the most sophisticatedso~gever ing guitar licks are sO.great. written, butit'sfuriandit's sludgy arid itself so firmly in your,head that you Jfyou can't get a hold o.fthis song, find yourself .singing it to yourself that's good enough. choice number two should be "Naked while you're listening to' other .music. 'The White _Stripes, - ' ~'Seven, , in the City Again," simply because it "Reptilia" is also the sour~e of1;he has an organ solo. An organ solo! line "Thenight's riot over, you're not -Nation Army' Okay, so itgot severelyovetplayed; trying hard eno~h!", which is agr~t ianb@imprint.uwaterloo.ca quo,tatiOtl touse when yoU're l>ullying - Oon't blame the song, ,it still ~s a
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Every oncein a while an iUbum comes out that can blow you' away with a .completelyuruque sound. Ratatathave accompIished that featwith their selftided del:n~t release. , Ratatat is a group wIth two members, Mike Stroud and Evan Mast, who both hail f!om Brooklyn, New York. Mast has been a producer fora , while under the ,moniker: E*Vast, while in,the past S';oud has ,been a touringguitanstfor both Bert Kweller and Dashboard,Confessional.. You won't find~yacoustic guitar o~whiny Carraoii:"esque lamentS
this album, though. In fact,you won't hear any v~als at all. Instead, Stroud and Mast inteitwin:e dueling guitars, ' synths, electtoiuc drumbeats and bass to create one of the most Qriginal albi.un!! soJarthis year. '. The baild'lists among influences both Timbaland and Beethoyen, and . somehow both come through on the record with none of the disjointedness you might expect. The guitars have a distinctly baroque sound and fed to'them-like someone putting a harpsichord through a fuzz box ..:....- butyou'll also , find enough bass and drums to keep . your head nodding the entire length of the track listing. . Songs like album opener "Seven~ teen Years" can get stuckin your head for days, even with its unorthodox song structure, while others like ' "Cherry" set a more relaxed setting, without losing any of the flow of the , ' constantly moving gU,itar lines. Fansofelectronic-infusedindierock akit:ltothePostruServiceortheNotwist should definitely check this album ' out, as should everyone elselooking fora slice of the extra-ordinary.
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print arts Cambridge studio prepares future thespians Melissa Dunne -SPECIAL TO IMPRINT
Have you ever wanted to get acting lessons from a real life Hollywood stuntman/ actor? Well, now is your chance. The acting studio Fallingstar Film.r Rivenvalk Studio in Cambridge was founded by actor/director/producer/ stuntman Todd William Schroeder. Schroeder will be leading ftlmmaking and acting workshops at his,Ciunbridge studio in the coming months. Schroeder has a very eclectic ftlmography. He has done stunts in Exit Wound.r (2001), Battlifield Earth (2000) and BluesBrothers 2000 (1998), just to name a few. He has also had acting roles in a variety of TV shows including: LaFemmeNikita, Due South, Kung Fu the Legend Continues and F / X: The ,}'f.'7'ies. " He was born in London, Ontario on October 4,1962. His most recent role was in the Olsen twins movie New York Minute (2004) in which he played the "Massive Security Guard." I recently got the opportunity to chat with Schroeder about his company and his experiences as an actor/ stuntman/ director/producer. "
MD: W0' didyou choose to open up afilm and acting studio in the Waterloo Region? 1WS: Well, I decided to open the studio in Cambrid~ since I have lived
in and around the Toronto District for the past 16 years. There is lots of growth happening in the tri-cities area right now and our company is taking advantage ofthe rapidly growing business sector in Cambridge.
What has beenyourfavourite TV/movie role and w0'? Well, there is so many to choose from and I've done such an array of things. My' latest cameo was with Eugene Levy. !twas fun to do a scene with such a major Canadian comedy icon. That cameo with Eugene wds'.for the recentlY released movie New York Minute that stars the Olsen twins. Dtdyou get to meet them? Yes I got to meet them. Theywerevery nice girls. In the scene with them and Eugene I playa security guard and I stop them in the middle of a Simple Plan" concert. It was shotin Toronto and in New York. It was cool to be on set with Eugene Levy, who I think is the funniest guy in the entire world. There were lots ofextras as well for the concert scene. It was alotoffun. Also, recently I got the chance to work on a QueerAs Folk episode. Wow, that's a very ri.rque .rhow. " Yesitis-don'tworry I wasn't in any risque scenes. I had the opportunity to work with Sharon Gless who used to be on Cagney and Lac~y, so I enjoyed
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You have also done directing andproducing. Can you tell me a bi(tlbout some tifyour pro/eets? Sure. Recently we produced two half hour dramas at the company. The first one is called TheMissittgPiece. Itis about an adoptive person's search for his parents. The second and most recent one is called Nowhere to Hide. It is a drama based on domestic violence. The dramas deal with social issues and have had a lot of success in the States. They both won awards at the Columbus International fllm Festival. Canyou tell our readers about SOUIC tifyollr upcoming workshops that wOllld appeal to university students? Well, we run aregularcyde of work- " shops. People ofall ages come out and explore different areas of acting and film. WearerunningclassesonSaturdays on a regular basis. There is the basic acting techniques class taught by AlanJordan thatis running on a regular basis that people can sign up for. The classes are good for those seeking first time experiences; singers, models, and actors get the chance to do in front of the camera stuff. You also hold Guen"llaFilmmaking Workshops. Can you explain whatyolt focus on in those work.rhops? There is a fundraising drive to get a
local ftlm festival for the tri-cities. As well, there is an interestin low budget film making in general. Guerilla fllmmaking basically explores the art of shoestring ftlmmaking. We take our expertise from big shoots and tailor-make our workshops to. suit peoples'needs. We have 16mmcameras that we can teach people how to load and see all the a~ects of how to shoot and so on. We also offer private lessons and consultations since some people are intimidated by the on-camera stuff or being in a group class environment. The goal of Falli"ng.rtarFilms Rivenvalk Studio is to assist and develop local actors and ftlmmakers. The third weekend in every month Riverwalk Studio will host a three-day intensive Guerilla Filmmaking workshop taught by internationally award-winningdirector/producerToddWilliam Schroeder. The three-dayintensive courses will cover all aspects oflow budget ftlming including script, budget, casting and hands-on use of a movie camera. Other upcoming worksh()ps will include voice training, on-camera acting' and television hosting, on-camera scene study, stage combat, and more. For more information, visit www.theactorsworkshop.net.
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Cardiff lends hand to UW disc Arda Ocal IMPRINT STAFF
Singer, songwriter and Maple Music featured artist CraigCardiffs appearance on the upcoming UW Talent Compilation CD, due out in September has been confttmed. Cardiff, a former programmer at UW, has gained acclaim across Canada for his highly publicized "livingroom parties," where he plays live in your living room for a small fee. When asked about the parties he explains, "I think it's an idea that's been around since the early '70s, and I'm just grabbing onto it and milking it." The Bomber hosted Cardiff this past Friday, along with Nine Mile and Paul MacLeod. Before his time on stage, Cardiffwas asked what kind of track fans could expect on the compilation disc, towhich he hinted at a live recording. "Hopefully the stuff we record tonight (at the Bomber) will be featured." Thusfar, six bands have been chosen for the CD, including fellow Maple Music featured artists Paintbox, Matt Antaya and Sam sara, winners of the 2004 Bomber Battle of the Bands this past term. More information about the CD can be found atwww.ckmsfm.ca/aok aoca.i@imprint.uwaterioo.ca
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T takes on an there all n e UWAFT to build hydrogen fuel cell based car Michael l. Davenport IMPRINT STAFF
Waterloo's Alternative Fuels Team is going to add another vehicle to. their fleet ofenvironmentally friendly fourwheelers. This latest.a.ddition will be the result of UWAFT's participation in Challenge X. The three-year competition entails modifying a 2005 Chevy Equinox to be powered by a cleaner fuel source than internal combustion, As Matt St,,:vens, team coordinator for OWAFT told Imprin" "They're looke ing for the same performance, more or less, from the Equinox, with better mileage ... essentially, they want the same power, but cleaner." The chal-
len.ge takes place inth~ee year-long stages: the fIrst year of the challenge is going to be all design work, the second year will be actually integrating the fuel cell systemin.tothe car, and the third year is set aside for optimization. Different teams are going to try to build different fuel sources into the Equinox. Perhaps more.important than the fact that UW is the onlyCanadian universitycompetin.g of the 17 teams, is the fact UW is currently the only team planning to use a hydrogen fuel cell. Said Stevens, "It's almost assured that's going to be the way of the future, and the only real question is going to be 'when'." Though other universities have built vehicles around hydrogen fuel cells before, this is the
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~tchtheperfonnanceofconventional gas-powered cars. Stevens contin.ues, "Wereallywanted to try it, and wereally wanted to show we could integrate it ... andwe'dreallylikeWaterlootobe thefust [university} to do it." Hydrogenics Corporation, based in Mississauga, is providing UWAFT with a hydrogen fuel. cell stack for Challenge X. It would be very diffIcult' to build a hydrogen fuel cell car otherwise, since they cannot readily be made with "off-the-shelf' parts. 'Thevehicleswillbe tested in severaI different categories, such asacceleration, fuel economy, range (distance' the vehicle can travel beforerefuelling), and emissions. Emissions will be
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Ah, the infamous fuel cell. There are a number of different types of fuel cells, but. the most common of these electrochemical babies is the hydrogen Polymer Exchange Membrane (PEM) Bipolar fuel cell.PEM fuel cells have been Plate coined the cornerstone ofclean energy and thepillarofthe hydrogen economy. So with such a title, how do these miracles of science work? I am so very glad you asked! First off.,-- the great hookup. A single hydrogen fuel cell has an output wrap-like material is called N afion and in the neighbourhood of 0.7 volts, is chemically similar to Teflon. What whichi;' about half the voltage ofyour standard AA batrery. So to get the makes Nafion so specialis that it allows protons (hydrogen ions) to pass voltage needed for common applicathrough~ but not electrons. The black tions, cells are assembled in series to form a fuel cell stack.. A stack that chunky ink sections, which are elec~ , would be used. for· a vehicle has an trodes, are a combination of carbon black and a catalyst. The catalyst is output of about 110 volts and over usually platin.um or platinum based. 300 amps-which in terms ofpower is equivalent to 250,000 of those AA The electrode on one side is called the batteries! anode and the other sideis called the ·Second-'-who's who? While there cathode. are number of pieces· in a fuel cell The bipolar plate is made of metal stack, the two main components are or graphite and has a groove~:m each the bipolar plate and the membrane . side that winds back and forth along the face; Anumberofgroups,includelectrode assembly (MEA). In the stack, the MEAs and bipolar plates are ingone from Waterloo, are investigating making the bipolar plates out of alternated: plate-MEA~plate-MEA plate ... ad nauseum. engineeted plastics. Lastly -good or :reaction. In the . The MEA looks similar to a sttip PEMfuel cell, watervapourandhydroof saran wrap with black chunky ink painted On. each side of it. The saran . gengasarepumped through the groove
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weighted very heavily for this competition. Tests will take place at the end of each stage ofthe challenge.
IWe'regiving a skill set to our students that other schools can't give ... " - Dr. Royden Fraser UWAFTfaculty advisor Challenge X is sponsored by the US Department of Energy and General Motors. Though similar to other competitions that resulted in UWAFrs ethirn.ol/electriccarandethanoll propane/gas truck, Challenge X is expected to be larger in scale. Dr.
Royden Fraser, the faculty advisor for UWAFT, estimated that the Challenge Xteam would have to be three to four times bigger than the other teams. Currently there are over a hundred people signed up to.be involved in the challenge. . Perhaps the most important thing ofallis that the engineersparticipatingin the competition are going to be gainin.g marketable skills at the same time: General Motors is putting the teamthrough the entire vehicle design process, from start to fInish. ''We'regivingaskillsetto our students that other schools can't give ... [the teamJis going to get a slice of how they do itinindustrywhile {they're] still in school...that to me is the greatest thing about this," says Fraser.
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Great Lakes need great watersheds UW hosts international lake conference Erin L. Gilmer IMPRINT STAFF
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in the bipolar plate makingcontactwith the anode side of the MEA. Some of thehyc!rOgen breaks down due to the platin.um catalyst and produces two protons (also known as H+ ions) and twoelectrons. Theprotons,alongwith water molecules, travel through the Nafion to the cathode electrode (chunky black ink). The protons then react with the oxygen in the air travelling through -the bipolarplate'sgroove andreactin.g with the protons and two electrOns to form water. Notice the electrons? They're a product at the anode and a reactant at the cathode-so they'te produced on one side and needed on the other. The Nafion membrane doesn't conduct electrons though, so here comes the key to the fuel cell. The electrons are forced to travel through an external circuit-hence YOt:rrelectrical cutrentl .Hydrogen and oxygen go in and water, electricity and some heat come out. How beautiful! So why aren't fuelcells everywhere? Well,besides requiringlIlore development, they costa lot more than an OSAP loan and they require hydrogen-fuellingstations. The cost is coming down though; and Canada and theU.S. are putting up big bucks to make the fuelling infrastruCture. So next time you take a sip ofyour Evian, take a second look because you may just be drinking what will eventually come out of your car's tailpipe.
Wl:th fresh«rateras.ol:\e:of Can.ada's most abundant resources, what could be more pertinant to all of us than learning to understand our own supply? From May 24-28, over 500 "hydrophillic" scientists, grad students and industry workers visited UW for the 47th annual Conference on Great La~sResearch. Theconference,puton by members ofthe IntemationalAssoci~tion for Great Lakes Research, featJred studies on topics ranging from effects of exotics, fIsh and waterfowl issues to the dymanics of watersheds, cont:lminants and policy-making. There were about 30 attendees from UW, most of them grad stUdents. UW biology professors Drs. Robert Hecky and Ralph Smith co~ Chaired the event. Hostin.g this important conference gave our staff and students an opportunity to attend it without spending a lot of money on travel. It was also an opportunity for network~ ing with . colleagues and' potential employers. Just walking through the many exhibits, I found a lot of interesting people to talk with about their research and businesses. The almost 200 information sessions provided detailed information on specific research tl?Pic. As arecent biology graduate, I found some of the sessions difficult understand since they were mostly aimed at the more experienced scientists, but many were fascinating, on the front Ilnes of lake research. Smith told me that he especially enjoyed the plenaries given. each day on agriculturafwatersheds, watershed . cycling of pollutants and urban runoff.lvfany other attendees also noted
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.how much they enjoyed John Downing's (Iowa State U)entertaining talk on what he calls the greatest failed expenfuentiti cult:uriUevblurlon: agriculture. \Ve need to treat"agriculture as a challenge to surface(and ground) water quality," Smith said. "We have beaten most of the point sources pollution, we do our bestto manage the fisheries and we are winning on .most of the toxic contaminants, but agriculture continues to increase its already large impact," he said; One thingthat really struck me from those I listened to was that our strong need to return our watersheds back to some "ideal" state is somewhat questionable. Just what those ideal states. areis being questioned, especially since landscapes and watershe~snaturally change and their characteristics fluctuate overtime. We can't really know how the landscape would have looked with" out human interference. So returning to whateverwe recorded the landscape aslookinglike l00yearsagoisprobably not reasonable since the watersheds are vetydifferentnowfromwhattheyonee
were. Smith also noted that one of the . important points made by presentors is that "our" Great Lakes aren't the only lakes in the world, and studying the lakes in Africa and northwest North America can help us to learn more about the key challenges facing lakes in general. "Therealkeyis toseethelakesaspatt ofa system that includes thewatersh<;d and theairshed," Smith said. "Researchers have talkedabouttheimportance of this kind ofholistic approach for some years, butI dunk theconfet:ence showed thatthere is real progress in this direction. \Ve need more."
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This outdoor event is being held op- Saturday,June12 at the Bomber and Fed Hall beach volleyball courts. The cost to participate is only $40 per team.
Push, pull, press, pump Campus Rec is hosting a 'Can-FitPro' personal trainer specialist course, which will run from Thursday,June 10 to Sunday, June 13. If you are interested in increasing your knowledge in order to help others achieve their physical fitness goals, this is the course that will allow you to become certified in this specialized aspect of personal training. On Thursday,June 10 and Friday, June 11 the course runs from 5 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and on the final two days of the course, Saturday and Sunday, the time shifts to 9:15 a.m. until 6 p.m. The cost for this course is $340 for UW students and members and $350 for non-members. The course fee includes membership to Can-Fit-Pro, a course manual, written and practical exam fees as well as the course itself.
Save a life Summer is a time for outdoor fun and activity;'However, with all of this excitement comes the increased risk of accidents and injuries.
"Get training on all aspects of first aid and CPR. Adult, child and infant CPR and choking procedures are covered," says a Campus Recpress release. Also of note,theWorkplace Safety and Insurance Board recognizes this course. This standard first aid and CPRCCQurse runs fronlFriday,]une 11 toSunday,J\lne 13.0nJune 11 the cdurse is held in PAC 1001 ftom 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., onJune 12 the time switches to 9:15 a.m. to5:15 p.m. and on Jun-e 13 the course's time shifts to 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The cost of this courseis $95. Already certified?
If you are already fIrst aid and CPR certified but your certification is about to expire Campus Rec is offering a recertification course on Saturday,June 26. The standard fIrst aid and CPR-C recertification course runs from 9:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in PAC 1001. The cost of the course is $50.
CPR-C basic rescuer course Campus Recreation is offering a course that will allow individuals to "learn how to do CPR and how to save a choking victim with [the] CPRC basic rescuer course and recertification course." The CPR-.c course is being offered on Sunday,] une 27 from 9: 15
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p.m. until 5:15 p.m. in PAC 1001. The ~ourse fee is $35. The CPR-C recertification course will be held on Sunday, June 13 from 9:15 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. in PAC 2021. The cost of this recertification course is only $28 per individual.
-is being heldon Saturday, June 12 from 1 0 a.m. until 5 p.m. The course will be held in PAC 2021 and in the PAC pool. The course fee is· $60 for UW students and members and $70 for non-members. Listen.
Get certified. Save a life in the water. Campus Recreation is hosting a program that it describes as a "crash course covering all the lifesaVingmaterial and all of the prerequisites for the National Lifeguard Service." If you are interested in lifeguarding as potential vocation or you are just looking to improve your lifesaving skills, this course is geared towards you. This course will be offered in PAC 1001 and in the PAC pool on Friday, June 4 to Sunday, June 6. The course runs on Friday from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. and from 9:15 p.m. until 6 p.m. on]une 5 and June 6. The cost of the course is $165 for UW students and members and $175 for non-members.
Red Cross water safety instructor recertification Keep your Red Cross water safety instructor certification up-to-date with this recertification course, which
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Become a better coach by becomingcertifiedin the NationalCoachingCertification Program (NCCP). The Coaching Association of Canada's Web site, www.coach.ca. recommends that all coaches become certified in this program. TheCAC's Web site describes NCCP as "a collaborative program of the Government of Canada, the provincial/ territorial governments, the national/ provincial! territorial sport federations and the Coaching Association of Canada." The course being offered by Campus Recreation is NCCPTheory Part B and is being held on Saturday,June 12 and Sunday, June 13 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day in MC 4063. A Campus Rec press release says that this course will allow coaches to "design a basic sport program , teachingand learning. Teach basic mental skills. Be a better coach." The course fee is $96.
-with reports from Campus Recreation rmclachlan@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
garage sale Quality used athletic equipment for sale Rod Mclachlan IMPRINT STAFF
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will be holding a garage sale outside of the PAC near the red north entrance on Friday, June 11. The sale, which will last from 11 a.m until 2 p.m., will feature plenty of used athletic equipment from the PAC that is still in good condition. Campus Rec league manager Marc Iturriaga says that tables will be setup outside of the PAC on the day of the sale and items for sale will be displayed there for students to purchase. Iturriaga says that the sale is meant to be an opportunity for Campus Rec to offload items like used basketballs that may just be slightly cracked, old tshirts and past varsity giveaway items. "This is not about generating cash," said Iturriaga of the sale, which might feature basketballs for as little as $5 for example. Anything that remains after the sale will be @ven to charity. rmclachlan@imprint.uwaterloo.ca
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