2004-05_v27_no5_Imprint

Page 1

fe

Disclilmers10 longlP PIQIlPed -PlU83

1

1

In

nLuwalerllleC

2804 • Vol

ht u h

HI

of s

11m cny'lpallos flCI off -page 12

shi

~rean1 tries to capture world record by tour-

ing North America this SUlnmer Derek Hans -~---.~--~-~-

..

-------.~~-

IMPRINT STAFF

will around North .America this summer, attempting to brea k the world record for the longest single joumey made by a solar-powered car. The tour will take the team through all 10 Canadian provinces as well as 25 states. The journey is aimed at educating the public about the capabilities of solar energy. The tour ,vill also give the team the opportunity to test the reliability oEmany new components, it pOSS.I'),e

Canada for a total of? ,000 lun, as well as ahead of the Aurora team, which holds the unofficial record ,'lith the 13,000 km accumulated in. Australia. Funt.ung for this N ort1 American tour comes mainly from Research in l\Iotion, though many other sponsors are also contributing, such as Prof. Dirksen, thc faculty of engineering and Toyota Motor ManufactUfingCanada. Throughout the 40 days that the voyage v.rilliast, approximately 30 individuals 'will rotate to ensure that 15 team members are present at all times in order to provide the technical supporr -;-he car :;turl dle t:h::1vec ,\viU need~

V11, the current cargelleration, distil1-

'.5l",r""",

<f".c",,}Y m>l."n

winds. km trek will place the of \V'aterloo team com· ahead of the current official Guin~ness record holder, Queen's Uni·· whose car travelled across

conrsc,enginecr1ng. For more infi)rmation, contact the team at daniel.yum@midnightsun.uwaterloo.ca. dhans@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Midnight Sun driver Silvia Pascual takes a rest during this weekend's training session.

's inter ational students et world-class screw job Mark Stratford IMPRINT STAFF

Are you an international student at UW ,vho finds tile tuition a little on the extravagant side? And have you ever justified this high tuition by saying to yourself, "\~! ell, I gues~ it's the same as they pay at other schools"? Think again. Figures supported by the Omario Underg1-aduate Students Association (OUSA) show that tuition for a UW international student as of2003-2004 ranges from$16,214 to $17,708. Now

compare those numbers to other universities: $10,950 at McMaster; $11,146 at Windsor; $13,980 at Queen's. According to a Incmo from Phil Haines, national program director of Campus Advantage at Brock, the Canadian average f()rintematioual students is $11,256, which puts the costs for IT\v's international population way above the nom1. This has caught the attention of Feds vice-president administration and finance Raved Afzaal, who was first made aware of the imbalance in student fees last year. "I went to an

OUSAconfercnce lastyearwhercI was representing international swdems and they were passing a policy about international students," said Afzaal. "They showed us the as to ho'\vintcmationa! students haye been suffering in the pa~t """ULH"" li'-Jat's when I differences. Int.,,)' basicallytaiked ahout the University of \'(iaterioo figures compared to the other universities and that's v/hen I noticed, 'W11oa, we're paying a lot more than at the other universities.' " As an international student,Afzaal

is able to relate the figures to his m,vn experiences. "J came to this university in 2001. I was paying $1,266 course) ruy first year. NnwI'm paring per course. That's a $400 ina term. "It's not to say that international student fees on average are so high [at all It's high for allirlternational students " added AfzaaL No one has corne right out and declared why U\V's international students pay through the nose - it has

nothing to do with deregulation, as international students in deregulated programs pay just as much as those in regulated programs -~ but the most prolific explanation is h'tat international students are expected to pay more since they and theirf~m-u1ieswere born outside the country and therefore have not contributed to the community or paid as much in taxes, and should pay more for education in return. It is a point of view Afzaal sympathizes 'with -- to an extent. See TUITION, page 4


2

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2004

What was your mat ma.rablll

Canada Day _rience? oa... WIIulIIIII L.. hili

III WIlm a Canadian bacon eating contest." Jane Yang

"Well, I was conceiv~ on a Canada Day•.•"

1B math/computer science

2B software engineering

John Kooistra

"I don't think I ~member any of my Canada Days."

"We watched The Patriot and . drank wolusoup."

John Freeman

RainieNg Christine Wong

18 electrical engineering

3B arts accounting

"Last summer on the hill (in Ottawa).n Matt Payne

"I'm an exchange studentthis will be my first time." Moses Ndala 4B electrical engineering

3A English

Across 1. Mathematical term confused with sun product 5. What Vanilla Ice does 9. California home of mountain biking 14. How to describe the Adriatic or the Baltic 15. Red light in any building 16. Tear up the stage 17. The hammerhead part that misses the nail 18. Musical pitch 19. Among the Grinch's dislikes 20. Also known as wading pools 23. Everybody's wish atniidterm time 24. Bladder pari 27. Lyricpoem 28. Major part of two' constellations 30. Japanese capital otherwise known as Tokyo 31. Ftrstmonth oftheJewishreIigious year 34. Tough breathing brought on by contagious disease 37. Phalli 39. AJligiJlor Pie l10et 40. Corrections 41. Relating to pronouns 44. At.a previOllS time 45. Drug of choice for the counterculture 46. Fillwith ~go 47. Throughout a period of time 49; ~d ofchoice in Scotland Yard 51. Crystalline,ingeollS rock 55. Add money onc,e more $8.;H~

.•..

3. A man has these 4. Heritage tapestry 5. Having been put out to pasture. 6. Long nerve fibers 7. Half of the Chinese national sport 8. Intergral part of any stairwell 9. AlWays good sellers before Hannukah 10. The Cold War fear 11. An unresttainedmerrymaker 12. Idiosyncratic operating system 13. Indicator of one's maiden name 21. Low-energy light 22. Throw out of office 25. Make corrections ·26. Footot fowl in the oven

50. Paris subway 51. Front porch of the Dutch persuasion 52. Cordage fibre from a shortened thisde 53. Bug and mock 54. Used to sharpen a garden's border 56. Large predator fish 57. Ceaser's last day 58. Grecian number 5 59. Light jump

June 18 solution

68.A:~f

..~overtheappleOut

61. Harry Potter's patronus 62. Not mine 63. SailboatstabiIizer 64. Other than what was considered 65. Salts to prevent seizures 66. A thoroughly plugged in spy 67. Santa has eight that are tiny Down 1. Mulberry tree paper bark 2. Southeast Asian association

29. South American flighdess bird 31. Painton 32. Poetry 33. Having no scent 35. Boney parts of the pelvis 36~ Immortalize in an odd manner 38. A faux pas 42. Welsh island 43. Following with a wagging tail 48. Snake-like fish

nmoogksoulis@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

RACME

Unscramble the mixed-up letters, one letter to each square.

lere.1 WIll . . . .11 T 0

U N

D

Each unscrambled word is a word with some association to coffie. "Usually it ends up getting washed of Canadian beer."

Then take the letters in shaded squares to complete the final coffee-related quote.

"The day of the marching band."

Archana Prakash

Peter Lolley

2B science/business

4B computer science

Fjnal Qyote:

HOMAC

RIFTEL

Turkish proverb:

"Coffee should be black as hell, strong as "Guarding the Tool for 30 minutes while the Toolbearer threw waterballoons at kids."

"When my dad and I ~red. a canoe race and won DY\ sabotage I"

DanielYum

Devin Ryan

4A computer engineering

1B math

..

\;'

..

"

"


FRIDAY

Y2,2004

Rpproll Up your sl88ve 10 bleedl IW'I 1111111• • Challe.e - Pili 5

-Posters lose Feds disclaimers Clubs logo could lead to misperceptions of Feds' views'on touchy topics

"Universities and Colleges

Melissa Dunne

Apetitionat Cadeton University seeking better maintenance of campus-ele\rators has garnered over 1,100 signatures. Many dents, and in particular disabled students, say the elevators break dowti frequently, making them late for class and puttingthemm danger of 'being injured. The vice president of Carleton's student association adds that the elevators are dirty and .that some are so small thatgettinga whee1chairinsideis difficult. The supervisor of Kone, Inc., one of Carleton's contractors, disputes the allegations, even though it is publicly known that the company receives several calls per week to fix elevator ~oors, controls and damage resu)ting from vandalism."

SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

M

Stuqents' Council recently overturned the decision that required UW clubs to include a dls~ claimer on posters. Council initially made the decision to incluqe a disclaimer in August 2001 , after students complained about controversial anti-abortion posters. The decision to revoke this requirement was made at the April 2004 meeting, when council elected to replace the disclaimer with a Feds Clubs logo. The disclaimer on the club posters bas gone through many changes since the decision was made by Feds four years ago. The controversy started in the summer of2001 regarding posters. that the UW Students forUfe (UWSFL)clubbad placed around campus. Feds had received complaints about the campaign. Two posters in particular initially sparked the 2001 controversy. One poster features a picture ofa babywith the caption, "Is this the face of the enemy?» The poster goes on to raise the issues of the lack of emotional and 600ncial support that some women face when confronted with an unplanned pregnancy. .·*q'he,seCondposfet ~,a photo of, a: woman with the caption, "Did I deserve the death penalty?" and questions whether rape and incest are acceptable reasons to get an abortion. In the sUmmer of2001, Feds received about The graffiti someone scribbled on this UW Students for Life poster is an example 25 complaints from students about the posters, of two very different voices exercising their "freedom of speech." which led them to institute the disclaimer policy. dent student issues] Brenda Beatty wanted to Alex Cassar; president ofUWSFL, has been Yaacov Iland, former Feds president, said in the ban the posters because of student complaints. _ very involved in the long process of protecting August 31,2001 issue ofImprintthat "the groups "Mike Kerrigan, who was the vice president his club's right to post their opinions around are expected to include a disclaimer on any postinternal during 2002':'2003, eliminated the first campus. ers that attempt to convey a message."liand'also policy. He made a new club logo to put the Feds. Cassar explained the long history ofthe poster said that the Feds' r:rui.in concern was ensuring at arm's length and '{ned not to 'ostracize any disclaimer, ''When the controversy first started, that students understand that the groups are groups." the posters had to have the Feds and clubs logos supported by the Feds, but that their actions are on them. Some students confused the logo with not. He drew the distinction between supportSee POSTERS, page 5 endorsement by the Feds. "[In 2001, vice presiing their existence and their beliefs. '

stu-

Disgraced figure skater-turned-professional boxer Tonya Harding was knocked outin a.match in Edmonton last Friday. The sdf~ "America's 'Bad' Girl" was booed by fims while entering the ring, but jeers quickly turned to cheers when Harding was

IOOIlSOItL. Harding. ~-no became a tabloid subjectin 1994 when her ex-husband arranged"an attack on her skating rival Nancy Kerrigan, claims she is serious about her new career, while several pro boxers seeherasahuge embarrassment to the sport.

International Australia will now become the second country to include graphic pictures ofdiseased organs on cigarette packs to dissuade would-be smokers. But if you thought ours were bad, justimagine the Australian pi~, which include a colour cross-section ofa cancerous lung, the dissected brain of a stroke sufferer and a blackened, gangrenous foot on which four toes are twisted and the fifth is missing. The pictures, whichwilltakeup 30 per cent ofthe front ofthe pack and 90 per cent of the back,have beendubbed "medica11ypomographic images" by the managing director of ImperialTobaccoAusttaliaLtd. Statistics show that cigarette sales sawa drop-offofthree per cent in Canada when the Surgeon General introduced illustrated warnings on cigarette packs in 2000.

The election results are ina .." Philip Weiner IMPRINT STAFF

This year's first federal election resulted in a . Liberaiminority, the importance ofwhich can be read about in another paper. In our local riding ofKitchener~Waterloo, Andrew Telegdi (liberal) won with 48.16 per<:ent ofthe vote, slightly above Pauline Richards' (Green) 5.62 per cent. Steve Strauss (Conservative) had 29.49 per cent of the vote andEdwinLaryea (NDP) had 15.86 per cent of the voters on his side. TheGreen Party bad t:heirbestnationalshow, ing ever, receiving over fourper cent ofthe vote. At least half a million people love trees. The importance ofeaming four per centofthe vote i&that theywill now receive $1.75 per voter per year, allowing them to develop their advertising andtnakegoalsotherthanbaving"otherparties 'borrow' [their] ideas and start thinking green" - a euttentgoal, according to the party?s Web site. pweiner@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

An Oklahoma judge bas been charged with masturbating and using an ereCtiortenhancing device while on the bench. The charges also state thata fonnercourtreporter

was exposed to the judge's privatepartswhen he was masturbating and alsowhenhewould shave his penis with a dispos~ble razorwhile a trial was underway. The state's attomeygeneIal is seeking his removal, but the not-sohonourable Judge Donald Thompson, 57, denies the allegations; he admits to keeping a perus pumpunderthe benchduringamurder trial, but claims it was a gaggifi: from his 50th birthday and was never used. mstratford@imprint.uwaterloo.ca


Imprilit news

4

Fto~to feastonnanotechnology

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2004

Feds proposeswjpecard

... Mark Stratf~rc1 . IMPRIN'r $TAFF

, idea'with people from outside-the university who ,we felt niight' be interested' in '~c-,,' nanotechnology and they thought it was agood Last we~k ,the groundwork was laid for yet an- idea," continued. Cafiizares. ''Wethought this. , ot;het innOYl!-tion at UniversityofWit~, was a realgoodtime to stattit'and we wanted =-C-::hri::-::·:::s:::ti::cn:::8::cL:::o=u_r_ei_ro _ _ _---,-_~_ _c__,__•'',',}'he ~natel!-Pprpv~a:new ,BASe pro;: be the f i r s t , " - , IMPRINT STAFF I :,~~,'th~~ddofnanoteclinologyi:hatwillbe" Thedevelopets()f this prop hope to qffered.to fi~S;y~studen~sWtinginfall200?; adptitW(tstu~ts per year beginning iP. f~ The Federation of Students· !W.clGrl!-nd River , 'I1jej;m)gwni$.th~firstofitskin~inOntario,~OO5.Itisanticipat¢rnatthepro~wi11draw, Transit(GR1)arecuttentlyexplorl11gtheoption andcirle ~f the ~t in Canada to be offeredtrifrQIn' University,l!-Pplicants who would other-, ofa Watcard swipe system~ildtybuses. Delibtindergraduate§l:QdenU!. wiSe haVi!applied{ofengineering, science ot .. entions over the controversial non"J:efundltble, UPASS have fallen by the wayside for the time , Nanot~q~ iS~ em~gingerigineering .' engineerit;J.gphysics;itis also anticipated that the fieldtfilit bori(jW;f'rom 'such areas as materials, demand for nanoteChnology at UW williti~ease being, aCcording to Feds President BeckyWroe, s'Cience,.~c;h.erillstry, biologyandphys-' as the program ,matures. while Fedswaits foraresponsetotheirpropo~al i~. 'Nlin.2technology is used to study the fabricaWhen as,ked if there would be enough fir~tfrom local trinsit aUthorities. ' tion~tlmanipwationofs~cturesthatrangein, 'year studetlts4r~iested in a nanotechnology \ Th~fottnerF~sbxecutives,h~edbythensizei/romone hundred narlOmetres to asirigle m,ajor, C~J!1es s1,lggested that,there~ould be "president chris Edey, submitted the proposal ,ri~tfil:J.etr<; (or a billionth of a metre). the same lev:elQ{deffiandthat UW saw last year hefore Wroe tookoffice ill May. Aflqalthough Feds havexetto hear .fr-oni GRT,Wroe is con;:, ~q~get has already beetiprep.ar~pfor the when they approved a mechatromcs program. i, pro~ atid approved by the dean of engineer~ ,<'Wekeep'g~ttittggreatresponse fromstuden~. tinuingto seek opini6nson thr iss~efrom all illg,.tl:ledeanofscienceandthevic.e~presidentand" Ev.erybody's talking about t~c:hnology !l0wa-' comers ofth<;uruversitj'. provQSt; tlle budget acco~nts forad<lj.tional fac- <days," he added:'.,. ' The proposal detailed a swiPe card debit ulty'and techriicians, and $4 million has alteady 'the .,o'e'xtstep for UW;g' nanofechnology. systemthatwould a~tomatically deduct the cost been.anonylnously donated, towards the con- .Qierseersis cijscUssipi:l$ with Albany Nanotech, ofa fare frOm the user's W:atcard. After repeated struction and,maintenance of a new building. arnulJ:i...billi~n'-ClQnru;.tesearchcompanyin.41bany, use of the &V(i~ sys'\:eOJ.,,that J.lser's fare would Nanotechnok>gywill constitute a fullyacc:tedited New York:'thathas caught the ~ye of Oiltarig's automatiel!-ilydeci~se." . ' £irSt nan9technol~ outlet for frosh. Wro~sp~~U1atFedshasn'tyetreceived engineeriilgprogram. . Accordingto Claud10 ¢afiizares, deputy chair ''We're tirider di~\lssions.righ~ now; c ' communication from GRT b~carise they "may of the department ofelectrical~and computer .' fullysonrerese~hpartnersh!p~~r~rtltf!;C!~,b!;,d~~elopiuga ~wipe s,ystefuoftlieh-own.. +eering,prep~tions for the programbega.n _ thi:s b\lt~M~. ". . oU};.o~ ii.will be.v~rx /

$ystetntotransit authorities

to:

}{ppe

''It would be inconvenient for them to take . on our swipe system and then put in one ofth.eir own." . A'$ 'it stands, Uw students who want a bu'$ pass can purchase it from Feds; monthly passes are $54 and three~rnonth passes, which are only yalid for the first three l:IlonthS of the term, s,ell for$136. "Many tither university campuses actually have hus passe'!i,"said Wroe. She went on to say that purchasing a three~month pass each terin can be an inconvenience for students as it usually expires near ,the beginning of exam period~ , Wroewas, unable to '~ve her stance on the system beforeheliiing from the transit authonties. HOwever, she said," [The bus pJiss issue] will go to referendum, Whatwill go to referendum is another question. Students have a right to decide what they want. ' "At this tilne I wouldn't consider a 'non.refuridable pass. We will pursue new options if this one is.rejected by GRT." cloureiro@ilT!print.uwaterloo.ca

,afllhical for, international studellts r . .

over two years l!-g0 through continriousdiscris~ positive",s~Q:;;~,;,. .'.. .. ."Tuitio~: .. sio~,in the associating faculties. '''It wasde"elFot n,1()re19fo1:Ill~u:lpn on nanot~chnQlogy . _ ....] , opedbythedepartrnenth~adsofchemicalengi-~'_ jncludingca deta4e~ description of wh~t· ! neering, electrical and <;omputerengineering, and nanotechriologyis,workshopin£onnation arid . Continued from cover : chemiStry,"saidCaiiizares. "Wehadseveraldis-a proposed curriculum, - dick on' to, • cussions \UltiLflnally it grew into a fUll-fledged. www.nanotech.uviater!oo..c a . .•.I completely unde(Stand. We should be

~ ~rog;:ratp.:,

, , ' .. '., . . ~'." .' "Wehadaworkshepwhe.te}V¥9is.~s~ the

Such hesitance adds to the impression that nobody -least.of all the government - is looking out for international shIdents. Other ,_ ' , ';.,'::p~~more.Theorjlyprpblem,lhaveisthatI sugges'tions Afzaal offered for why there is no ~t.uwat~~:~;4f±;; ~:,~ii!\; ~tiOg dte,,~~:,ttrbe"going up so assistance ftomanyoneis thatpolitj~s df?qot . ·iadicaJly.Now I'mhereand I can't go anywhere. care to setve international students siileg,~ey , I'm at University of Waterloo and l'm paymg cannot vote, or that there is a belief that they do this much infees, andI'll be here until lfinish not nc::c::sl fi,naucial assistance be!:au,se their par7 mY degree. So ~hit do I~b if it"keeps ~ngOing , '-ents hive enough money t~sendtheir children . up?" asked Afzaal. abroad fOJ: schooling. "It's .not that the interna. Where are international students to turn for tional students are rich. They come from middle-'_ , . . help? Unfortunately, there is fibt much that can . class families.' It's just that .their Ji<l.rents are be done in ofb~sliries and scholarships borrowing money from somewhere," explained ..:..-''There aren'tmariyopporwnities fora schol- ' Afz~.' Furthermore,none ofthis arShipin 'Third World counexplains. why the rates are. 'tries, except f?r someveJ;yI selective government jobs," .higher at UW than at other "I'm trying to , Ontario schools: said Afzaal-,.. and ~c:it$' loan packages for internaCurious to locate and fix: tionalstudentsremainscarce. the sourc~ of the problem, over here, and Feds Vice President EducaMzaalis hoping to form an since 1'm an tion in 2003-2004, wam international stUdents com- . rillttee,at UW, which he hopes . McHugh-Russell"investt-: il1ternational. gatedintemitionallOanpackcan form a united voice and student myself, 1'm ultimately speak up on the ~sduringhistimeUaofijce andcameupempty-handed. feeling for them.:" issue to university adminisCanadian government tl:ationand provinc:i.algroups. -Raveel.Afzaal Afzaal hopes thatinterna~ apperu,:s to be reluctant to Fed's VP Admin am/Finance .. help out as well, as Mzaal.,. tional students at uw' will learnedthehardwaypri<>rto . take a stand against the fees the ele,etion. ''I talked to Lib~ , they ar<! forced to pay, and that Canadian students will also join the cause since er~MPPDwightDuncanattheOUSAconfer­ ence andI was talkingaboutdiversity andate you ' they know how difficuititisto pay for tuition just trying to help intci:national students and what as international students do. measures are you taking t9 stem these rapidly ''I'm tryingto represent students over l).ere, increasingtuition fees. His exactwordswere, 'We andsince.I'm an intemational.student myself, have nothing in our platfoPnfor international I'm f(!elirig for them," said Afzaal. "Oncf. the students.' That was like a, slap on the face, like 1 government starts feeling that the internaponal students have a strong voice and are beirigrep, ., should just walk out of hc::re;" A similar experience oCcW:red at the federal resented properly, then maybewecan[changeit]. Rightnow, ifa Liberal MPP says there's ti~tliing candidates' debate in theSLC onJune 14. Mzaal . pr~sented the figures' on inrerruitional student . we can do about it, where do you go? "Hopefully I will have a solid international fees to all four candidates and asked them what they would do to narrow the .gap. comtillttee formed by the beginning of next ''None of them actually answered the ques- . year," he added. non," said Mzaal.. "None of them even tried.. Iflternational or national students who are interested in the formation of an international ' I'm feeling international students are jUst lost .here. Someone has to coine.and ten us as a body students committee can contact RaveelMzaal at; 8884561 ext. 38800rvpaf@feds.ca. thit, 'Yes, we undecitarldthat you have a probleml!-Od we are trying todosotnethiiig aboutit.' mstratford@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Noone so far has been able to do that." '

,

terms

,

represent students


Imprint news

FRIDAY.JULY 2, 2004

5

Lectu~eove~s:pendsthe ,

.

darker side of 'frloney ,

.,

~

-

.Film and professor push educationaboutworldflgance .

.

Tim Mollison

It explored different fonns Moloney, KUmar's opfuion of the IMP's and theid!!aof.moneysimplyas a too~ SttuctutalAdjustrnentPhms - norandwas well-received by most. many lists ofptovisions giventoco~­ University ofWaterloo's International Organizers Archna Gupta and ' tries applying for financial aid, which '" HealthandDevelop~entAssociati6~ Karen Stanger said in a UWIHDA. they mustfulfill before receiving that (UWlHDA) held thdccond segment press release, ''The aim ofthis series is aid was unmistakeable. He comof its three~pari: summer lecture and to raise awareness ofglobalis'sues that mented, "These things happen bevideo series last WednesdaY" op.' the are occurring and to'r~etheseissueS cause you allow the IMP to do these topic of itlternational monetary and to our Jives here in Cana.da."This was things tp you." . At· one point in the lecture, an <lone in a miutrier that appealed to a exchange policy. . The evening, tid~d "Who Owns , pritnarilylefr-of-cerl.tre audience; Most . audience .member suggested that questions in the audience focused on' economists are con artists. Your Money?" focused primarily on the problems posed by the intemapainting both,orgaruzations with as "Whether you are a con artist now, 'tional financial system. UW's own much blood as possible. . ora con artist to be, you will read the Prof. Ram;eshKumarwas on hand to : At the end 'of th~evening, Prof. samebiblethateverycconomistreads," explain how the global'money sys- " warned: agirlriSt painting the . Kumar replied. tem works, sayirlgthat, "The system World Bank l!,!1dJn~:Qlational Mon-' The professor also warned against is su<;h that there are very few people etary Fund'(iMF)as the source of all, some seemingly easy solutions creevjl,saying thar he "would not be' ated by the failure of international in the ;wnrld who actually understand it ... when yOu have a few bankers doing my duty as a teacher at this finance systems. "[The] solution of using a system that oflly they underuniversity if! did not caution you doing away with the ills' of interpastand [to essentiatly,runthe world] tional money is not to create another ' against blaming all' of the problems well, you Can see what inight hapon one ogre." money,"hesaid,teferringtobarteri,ng pen." . collectives who have created theirown Quotable Kumar "Money," the film portion of the money. .ehristine Loureiro . Kumar also examined Canada's evening, focused only on-two aspec~ Kumarprovidedtheaudiencewith IMPRINT STAFF of the global monetary system: the ,strong opinions on worldwide currolein these issues, upon q~estionipg monetary failure in Argentilia ipd the ':. rencylssueS. from the audience. Thespeakersta~ . TheBombghel!Ctwill once again have . : monet:a1jfailurein Turkey. With reganl to the United States: "Canada, unfortunately plays a very to wait forits long-awaited facelift, as Thefilmtookadecidedlylefr-wing, currency failure, the professor said, insignificanttoleinmostofthisstuf£" scheduled renovations to the pub have anti-globalization stance that was ,"it's happened before, it could 'hapbeen indefinitely due to a tmolliso!l@imprint.uwaterloo.ca ,shared by the majority ofits a9~en~e.. ,pen again~" IMPRINT STAfF'

=--

Kumat

,/

Bomber ,makeover put. on hold'

'<

'

" ?;:,~:.~ ',-s~h%K'iq'~1;:\'i

<A,,,

v~v

",

Posters: is a Feds ,:disclaimer necessary? tail before the decision was made. opinions on the-rights of the clubs. on Chris Edey, Feds president at the· c!impus and not on particular perJohn Fedy, vicepresidentintemal sohal views on socialissues. ! . time of the meeting;lldmits that the issue was not on the fortnal agenda.. in 2003---2004 reinstituted' the disCurreiit Feds vice president interclaimer inA~st20i)3. Council over- ' nal John Andersen feels that the curGi~en little riotice, the council still voted on the issu~,resulting in it "ote turned that decision at the April 2004 rep.t system for llPProving posters is council meeting. , sufficieqtandthatifstudentsoraclub ofeight people in favour of overturnPWSFL launched a Aew"Que'sare unhappy with a poster there'are ingthe disclainier; no one disagreed with the motiQt1 and three abstained tion Abortion" poster campaign in ways to change the policies and make from voting. Edey believes that the fall 2002; all six anti-abo¢on posters complaints known. ate currently available'on their club. ToAndersen,itisnotthatimpordisclaimer was.a useful way to ensure Web site and can be printed byanypne tantwhere the disclaimer appears, on . that students "wouldn't take the opinto be put up in their personal space. the posters or in policy" but he Says, ion of a club and e<juate it with the Feds." ' The club also currendyruns campus«the'disclaunt:r needs to be written wide poster blitzes. somewhere. 'what is fund1lfIlentaUy ·Cassar,Andersenand Edeyallagree . The emphasis on the' disclaimer ' important is that it works for the that the issue of whether the dis~ issue since 2001 has been on freedom students and the clubs:" claimer should or should not be. on of speech.,Regardless of whether or Theconcemwiththecu.rrentdeci- . posters will be a recurring i.~sue for not students and the Fedshold the i sion at the April council r;neeting to Feds. As Edeypointed out, mice ansame views as Cassar and his club, the . ·overturn the poster disclaimer ,was other controversial poster appears on discussion over whether the pcis.ters that is was not on the agenda and thils , t:ampus, «the issue will come up fiaveadisclaimerornotrevol~'ai:ound -could not have been discus'Sed in de- ,again:" Continued from page 3

tions later, Wtoe said, ''Timiflgis poor for Bomber usage." Vice president administrative and financeRavee1 Afzaal told StUdents' Council at their June 6 meeting that estimates provided to Feds were over $800,000.

__

area

July 1 for renovations to the bar and kitchen. It would have reopened after orientation week in September. Proposed changes included new furc niture and a longer satellite bar. The Federation ofSt\ldents Board ofDirectors all,?cated$400,OOO to Bombet bar and kitchen renovations. " ,"Theestimatesthatweweregiven' madeitcost~prohibitive for us i:ocom~ fl?letetherenovations," said Feds president13ecky Wroe. ''We are currently 'getting new estimates." ' Because of the proximity of the ' pub to the fonnerGround Zero space , and the ongoing renovations to turn the restaurant into a Tiin Hortons, Feds would have had to hire the same contractor' in order:to complete the Bomber renovations this summer, as had been planned. ''We're free to seek o:ther contractors right now," said Wioe, "butwe just can't do anything.," Asfor closing the bar for renova-

time, but'has only become finan~y feasible in recent years. InJan~2004,fonner Fedspresiden~ Chris Edey told Imprint, "Five years ago the Federatio~ ~as in a very poor financial state, which has been rectified since then. We've been pullfug in steady surpluses for pro6ably the last four years." (' , Fonnervice president.administratiori and finance Dave Capper would haye liked to see a contractor chosen and construction start date established before the executive term began in May 2004. Wroe 90es not believe the boardbf directors will adjust their renovation budget. ' "I do believe that we can find a contractor that will give us estimates within the allocated funds," said Wroe, , "so thatwe can do atleast a portion of .the renovations." cloureiro@lmprint.uwaterloo.ca

~ftlllllfllstk cllli(UeS MIll. teJriillg hi ~~SfIdt tIS &mgfitlk.~

Psm. Prtipe. :fW,J>o. JirIIiaIIlIRI _ y III/ms. 111#dur TTllln"'g QrrtijlMte CtHR'Yf6

II$W"'e 5O-hour TESLtolU'Sl/$

aQUmIOnt IIhmlllPlmeat tedmiquu

II!IJ...evoa plallJlillc_lkilIs~pmuf !IIComp~ve f_blng

m_teriaJs


Imprint news -

6

Everyone at UW honoured and their families." In her book, The Co-Workplace: T ;/eworking in ,the Neighbourhood, published in 2003, Johnson advocates developing.tclework centres convenient 'to residentialart;.as' to 'allow tcleworkers access to a central office without the social and environmental costs of commuting.

Buefotd R. Pusser SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

UW~rof giv~n, communitY

SSHR~ funds major study on co-op education'

award for

her.tage

Are there signific~t differences between Stu7 dents enteritlg co-op and those goingintotraditional fOrmS of study? Whatis the impact of coop on a strident's perfqt:mancein uruversity? Does post-secondaryc~op experience affect studen~'future success in the work force? Anewresearch stucfyon co~operative edu<;3.'tion by professors at UWand WLU will try to answer these questions and disseminate their results on a wide scale. 'The two-year study is , called "The Transiti()n from Post-Secondary Education to the Labour Market: the Role of Co-operative Educatiori," ~nd will be, led by Maureen Drysdale, professor of psychology at " St. Jerome's. Drysdale and her colleagues hayereceived $58,150 in funding'from the Social sclences and ' 'Humanities Research Council and the Caqadian Education Statistics Councilforwhatwill be the " most extensive longitudinatresearch study ever conducteq on the effec~veness of co-op.

UW professor honoured by planning group

u:w

LauraC.Johnson,a professorwhohas been studying tbeadvaittages aDd disadVantages of ~Âťforoveradecade.istherecipient

of2004's National Women in Planning Award. The social planner and associate professor at .uWwasglven tbea~ard bytbeAmerican PlanningAssociation, a group bas,edin Chicago Wasbfugton, for "the contribution shehas niade to CO(Dffiunity supports for working women

and

The 'Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation; 'has preserited~torY Prof. Kenneth McLaughlin with the Sally Thorsen Award, an honour which ' recognizes his ongo!ttgcommitment to herit3ge ' concerrls in the WaterloQregio~. McLaughlin, a fO$er chair of the foundation, is th~ co-foUl;lder ofUW's Public History MApro~. He also served as presidentoftbe Ontario Historical Association and helped es~blish the Josepb-Schneider Haus as a regional museum, in Kitchener. In 1997, McLaughlin wrote about the founding of UW and, most recendy, co-authored a book on thehistoryofSt. J eF0me's University. '

L.arn more about issues in income The House ofFriendshipemei:gency foodhatIl"-. per'program will be hosting a free seminar on '~Health~ Equality & Advocacy"issues in early' July. Featured speakers from around thecotn~' munity will foCus on trends linking income to,' health andlife expecrancy, andwillbe lQoking for solutions to homelessness, as well as current issues of income eqUality, assIstance and support. There will be a small group discussion about what can be done locaJlytoimprovetbeworldof income, and lunch will be served. This is a free event talring place on July 7 between 9 a.m. arid 3 p.m. at 807 Gueiph Street in, Kitchener. Anyoneinterestedin participating should RSVP to 570-3976 or write to hampers@houseoffriendship.org.

,Volunteers Needed!

FRIDAY,JULY2,2004

Dark stinky liquid especially terrorism or war. IfOsama blows up a fewoil tankersin the Middle East, prices would go through the ro!Jf. Whatis especially scary this year is that the oil producers are pumping as fast as they can. Thus,ifterroristssucc~inknocking out a supply from the Middle East, there would be nobody to pick up the slack. Industrialized countries would have no choice but to start tapping their strategic reserves. Yet, even those ' can: only last for just a few'months. 'This is not In-Frank Herbert's futuristic tale Dune, a del!ert justabaddream. Even the U.S. government has planetis the source ofmagic~ "spice," the stuff beenquietlybuyingoiltoincreaseitlireserves. This that makes civilization tick. Take the time mais insane policywith prices so high - unless you ' chine to 2004 and you find anothe:r equally rate are being paranoid. substance - oil. ' The last cause ofhlgh prices at the pump is very interesting. Oil must be refined beforeitcan For the last seve!almonths, the price ofoilhas been steadily rising. This has push.edup gasoline be used as gasoline. However, refining is not prices. Drivinghas become ' considered environmentally ,more expensive. Wh~eas clean. Consequendy, environmy dad's Honda once took mentalists have pushed hard Americans are in, to' stop the building of new $30 bucks to fill up, no:w'it's. . closer to $50. His pain is pain as Canadians refineries. With no new gasoshared by companies and , ,line refined and demand inare ripping them creasing, prices at the pumps carownersonallcontinents. Actually, thesituationis'not had nowhere to go but up. off. Aren't you ~ as bad as itwism 1991 and, There is some good news proud be before that, in the late sevand some badtiews. The good enties. Ifwe accountfodnnews is that this storm will Canadian? flation, todais price of$40 , probably blow over. Oeriland --......::....-----~--- from China will slow down US a barrel pales in comand worries about the Middle ' parisenwith $60 US in 1991 or $80 USih 1979. 'How would you like a$1.O(} , East will ease. The bad news is that we are not fill-up? , , likelytosee4O-centgas anytime SOOtL Tadersare Oil is so pervasive that even those oftiS who expecting prices in 2005 to fall only slighdy. dQll't have cars are affected. Prices of airplane Further into the future it is difficult to predict, tickets and ofoverseas goods are rising. Increashut surely oil is not going to become cheap., ingly expensive. oil reduces global economic Consequendy, fu~-efficienthybridcars should growth and threatens millions of jobs (mcludeventually olake the SUVs museum pieces.Oil ing co-op jobs). Why is this happening? prices w()uld rise, but the importance of oil There are tliree forces driving the priCes up: would wane. Developed countrieswopld condemand,fearandJowrefiningcapaciti. Much.of tipu.e theirslow process ofbecomingmore and the demand is a.ctually coming from China and moreeneqgyefficient. . the developing world. For the last couple of In the midst of this storm, Canada is actually years, the Chinese dragon has been roaring. doing well. As an net exporter of oil we benefit Consumption ofraw materials like oil by China from the higher prices AmeriCans pay for our has been increasing rapidly. If you are from exports. In other words, Americans are in pain ' , People'S Republic the,! be proud - the ";'orlqis as Canadians are ripping them off. Aren't you feeling the might of Chinese capitalism! proud to be Cana~? , The second force atworkis fear. Oil trad~rs around the world areexp~ disasters agutfraind@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Sasha Gutfplald FOIBIN' MATTEIS

-

to

Look both ways before crossing ,Student Life 101 is just around the Corner and we are looking for enthusiastic student volunteers to help us greet an expected 8,000 visitors on Saturday, July 24,2004. For more information or to sign up as a volunteer please visit:

www.studentlife101.uwaterloo . ca

The dangers of confusing the speed bumps around' Ring Road with student crosswal~s

CORBDllllity

;~J

OR Student Life Office, NH 3006, Emai1: studentlife@uwaterloo.ca Phone: 888-4567'ext. 699,3 . Federation of Students, SLC11 02 (volunteer drop box) Information meeting/training: July 22 @ 7pm .. 9pm. Volunteers needed: July-24@7am-5pm _ Spread the word and tell your friends about this exciting volunteer opportunity! There are many areas where you can contribute yoU( time and effort to the success of this day and we greatly appreCiate . your involvement in this event. We look forward to working with you. See you in July!

Student Life 101 Co-ordinators (Graeme. Katie,

Lyn;

Laura, Bridget. Stepnen)

. ;Pedestrian safetyis a constantconcem at UW; For that reason, UW has inst3.Ued "traffic calming devices"or bumps to reduce vehicle' speeds. However,manypedestrians cross the Ring Road unsafely at the DC, CPR a!1d PAC locations. Individuals might think that these "traffic calming devices" are crosswalks, but they are not. Crosswalks give a false sense of security. Not all motorists stop for pedestrians because they do not see the signs, while pedestrians walk into crosswalks without checking for traffic. In addition; bicyclists cross at the crosswalks (it is illegal to do so) withoutwatching for traffic. Crosswalks are also not used in the City of Waterloo. UW's J9int Health'and Sa~ety Committee is concerned with the nUmber of persons who cross Ring Road without yielding ttte right ofway , to vehicles. Pedestrians must yield to motorists except at intersections with stop signs. A serious

injury or fatality could occur when someone crosses Ring Road without watching for oncoming traffic. With limited sighdines along Ring Roaddue to trees and curves, itis really necessary that bicyclists and motorists pay extta attention to pedesttianswhen they are driving on Ring Road. "UW is reviewing the locations oftraffic calming devices only to non-crossing locations. Ids important that. students understand that the traffic calming devic('!s on the Ring Road are not crosswalks. For the safety ofeveryone at UW, pedestrians should use their common safety sense when crossing the Ring Road as with any road. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians are encouraged~o exercise care and courtesy while using campus roadways and walkways for the safety of everyone. Don't he safety blinded, be safety minded. ~

-

Tina I\Igo


Imprint is published by Imprint Publications Student Life Centre 1116

PINION And the winning lottery umbers are .... crossword (and no, that is nbt why our crossword is so hard) to publishing the wrong picture ofa deceased cfuld. Don't get me ·wrong- I'm not judging here. I have been known to make a few mistakes of my own from time to time~ personally, professionc ally· or otherwise. You name it, I've

large lemons. And. how could I forget the plastic covered hot dq; incident. , Some of my mistakes have even been rather costly. I've jammed the wrong key into my ignition before. Actually, I've done it twice - the first time I got lucky and when my car was towed to the dealership,tl1eywere able to remove the key without having to "Mistakes are a part of being human. replace theignition. Not so lucky the Appreciate your mistakes for what second time. To make matters worse, It reaUy·comes down that time the carwas packed foraweekare: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless end trip and I was already running late. to putting enough it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, And although the employees at Saturn sugar on those others canleam from." are very nice, they\villlaugh at you ifyon - A1Franken, "Oh, the Things are an idiot. lemons make I Know," 2002 My favourite mi:ital.::es are tlle ones enoug·h that others make that benefirme. Like 50, you wake up one Satilrdaymompaying for a $4 drink with a $1 0 bill and to swallow. ing,grab yourcoffee and n~vspaperand getting$16 in change. I knowwhatyou have a se:at. As partofyournonnalritu.al, are all thinking: I am evil Sorry. A1'1east you check your Super7 ticket from the I gave him a generous tip. night before and hope that you can tell probably screwed it up. Fortunately, . The factiswe allmake mistakes, but your boss to shoveitonMonday. What none of my mistakes have incorrectly . really it's all ab9ut how you handle do you know ... thenumbersmatchup. led others to believe they have won them-likelearrungtolaughwiththe You've just won the bigpri'Zc- unless millions. Satum employees and grneefullypeelof course the numberS printed in the Most of my mistakes have been ing the plastic off your hot dogs. paper are wrong, as was the case in the . quitehannless. I've shown up for parIt really comeS down to putting tiesearly-'-likethedaybefore.Ihave ·~SUgatonlli.&eIembnStom1dre/ June 19 TOTYJfltDSttrr. We all make mis:O poured sugar onto my fries - no I takes, right? Actually, according to the them sweet enough to swallow. lind Stars online correction page, they've wasn't drunk, but yes, I was very tired man, sometimes that ,takes a lot of I have served myself and two other sugar. made 32 inJune ranging from printing people the most sour grapefruits ever the wrong winning nUmbers to printeditor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca - turns out they were ridiculo\lSly ing the" wrong clues to go with the

fACTI Of UfE

to

them sweet

lanllechscbmldt

·111 fLIES What the heck

happened to you?

You know those lizards thnt change. colour to match whatever-s around them?

I

Chameleons? Yeah.

I

liilriifl Editorial Staff Editor-in-chi~f, Christine Baker

editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Assistant Editor, Lauren Fox Cover Editor, Derek Hans News Editor, Mark Stratford News Assistant, Christine IDureiro Opinion Editor, Tim Alamenciak ,FeatLlIes Editor, Arda Ocal Arts Editor. Ian Blechschmidt Science Edi!or, Michael Davenport Sports. Editor, Rod McLachlan Fhoto Editor, Chris Miller ' Graphics Editor, yacan t; Web Editor, Matt Lee Systems Administrator, Javed Iqbal Lead Proofreader, Dean Whelton Proofreader, Ernie Lau Proofreader, Josh Chung Proofreader, Daniel. Ko· Proofreader, :Margie Mansell

,.

And you remember lost week when you SQid you wanted to know what would happen if you put I)I'Ie next to Q mirror? Yeah... _w:a,J"'JIIL /

Friday.]uly 2, 2004 -

'\~ ...

~

Vol. 27, No.5

Student Life Centre 1116 UniversityofWaterloo Waterloo, ON N2L 3Gl

Office Staff General manager, Catherine Bolger cathy.bolger@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Adve1:tising & production manager, Laurie. Tigert-Dumas ads@iI?print.uwaterloo.ca Adve1:tising assistant, vacant Distribution, Lauren Fox . Distribution, ·Chandra Monli Volunteer co-ordinator, vacant Board of Directors hoard@imprint.u;aterloo.ca President, Andrew· Dilts Vice-president, Erin Gilmer Treasnrer, Neal Moogk-Soulis Secretary, vacant , Staff liaison, Heramb Ramachandran staff.liaison@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

P: 519.884.7800 P:519.888.4048 imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Production Staff Tom l.evesque, Mark Johnson, Phil Weiner",. Dan lvlicak

Imprint is the official student newspaper of the Unive1:sity of Wate1:loo. It is an editoric ally independent newspaper published by ImpriIit Pnblications, \'Vaterloo, a corporation withont share capital. Impritlt is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OC..NA). Editorial submissions may be considered for pnblicati9n in any edition of Ilnprillt. Iplprint may also reproduce the material commercially in any format or medium as part of the nL'Wspaper database, Web site or any other product derived from the newspaper. Those submitting editorial content, including articles, lette1:s, photos and graph·

University ofWaterloo Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1

GeorgeW. Bush's war ·of terrorism EXTIEMECENIIE

rorism is to launch an unprecedented series of brutal terrorist attacks! The evenls of September 11 were horrible, but let's be honest - they werenothingunexpected. America has launched many cowardly and unprovoked attacks on weaker countries in the past. Why are they so shocked and upset when a portion of their generous gifts is returned to them? Let's be clear on our terms. 9/11 was a rightly called a "terrorist attack." However, when it's Iraqis who are brutalized, bombed and slaughtered, Bush doublespeakhas a different name for that particular brand of terrorism; it's called "liberation." Bush has frantically, and unsuccessfully, tried to draw links between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden .. A formidable task, consideringthe two were blood enemies and Al-Qaeda had issued several death threats against Hussein for his" evil" secularization of Iraq, i.e. teaching • women how tQxead, helping the poor and industrializing the .nation.· Many arc wondering why Bush persists in continuing his military oc-

Now, I love the United States. It's a great nation, a fantastic friend· to Canada and is pqpulated by an h011ourable, friendly, patriotic people. U nfortunately,the poor souls have been stuck "->1th a total idjot as their president. Cowboy Georges "war on terrorism" has becom<;: a total farce, as has his senseless and arrogant invasion of Iraq. W1J.en it comes to terrorizing countries and! or people, America is the dear champion. Thanks to the Bush administranow know what theJowest tion, form oflife in the universe is: the scum in the Atnerldm miJitm:y,thatCattiedout theseinhuman, utterly sickenitigacts of torture and sexual humiliation agmuf;t defenseless Iraqis. It is absolutely revolting what they've done. Ctlg~~o~ofIraq.lr~.~s~tfreed0t;!.:. sOme solaleiSforceci MiiSlttD:r.raq& but it's llittd to thlOli:. of}'Ourselfas free'" roeatpotkordrink.<ticohcl-ailiohuion wr..en you'rewallcingdO',vn a Baghdad of their religious faith. Others tortured street with an American sniper just Muslim prisoners until they agreed to itching to pick you off if he gets any curse IslamorthankJ~forbeingalive. whiffthat you might be a terrorist. Stillothersordered prisoners tomasturAfghanistan has also been an unbate in front of laughing U.S. soldiers. fortunate victim ofthe U.S.-led war of POWs were held in freezing cold terrorism. Bush and his c()(;!rcion, er, water, had broken limbs repeatedly coalitioflofthe willing leveled the place, struck by batons and were raped and put in a puppet government and left sodomized by U.S. troops. Even more . the nation in ruins. ~useating is the fact that Rumsfeld, This is frighteninglysimiIartowhat Bush's right-hand asshole, authorthe States did in the '80s when, eager to_ ized this torture. Aren't they suphelp fundamentalist rebels attack the posed to befighting evil here? communist government in AfghaniIt's funny; Bush and his army of stan, the Yauks invaded the country, f1eo-con religious right-Wingers are threw out the commies and installed a detennined to "stamp out" terrorism puppetgovemment, a.k.a. the Taliban. - a laudable goal ' -but how curious that their method of eliminating tei:See BUSH, page 11

we

ics, will grant Impritd first pnblication rights of their submitted material, and as such, agree not to submit the same work to any othe1: publication or group until such time as the material has been distributed in an issue of Imp/int, or Imprillt declares their intent not to publish d1e material. The full text of this agreement is available upon request.

yond the cost of the advertisement. One copy per customer. Imprint ISSN 01067380. Imprint CDN Pub Mail Product Sales Agreement no. 40065122.

Imprint does not guarantee to publish articles, photographs, letters or advertising. Material n1a~' not he published, at the discretion oflpIj>ri1lt, jf that material is deemed to be libelous or in contravention with Imptin!s .policies with respect· to our code of ethics and journalistic standards. 1ne first pe1:son to go to the bnptint office to talk with the editor-in-chief gets a prize.

Next production night: Wednesday, July 14

Imprint is published every Friday during' faU· and \virlter terms, and every· second Friday during the spring term. Imprillt reserves the righ t to screen, edit and refuse advertising. Imprint Publications is not responsible for advcrnsng mistakes be-

Next staff meeting: Monday. July 5 12:30 p.m., SLC 1116

5:30 p.m.,SLC 1116

Next board meeting: Monday, July 12 4:00 p.m., SIL 1116


~;frijm;J:I~;_nswittJ~~~~' to" :'. ,

,)dJla~~~~bkly~guy'

tne"-h~

,. . ~~te!fujm.¥W~.'~'

····of~1n1'~6)I...06kB~~':.

'::'~~:~=.,

.:t;;;~~~~.

"

""mstratfo~~~~O~~' . :\'


Imprint opinion

FRIDAY. JULY 2 2004

Not quite like the movies

If you want youth to vote, give them a reason community,;"

, 2,

¥

leW

There are far too young voters involved in the political scene. So much so that these two w9rds have come to resemble an oxymoron. The apathy many youth feel towards politics has been recognized, analyzed· and dis., cussed by Canada's political forces, particularly as the federal election drew near.''Wh.y don't young people vote?" is the question many are asking and for good reason. In the last general election, Elections Canada estimated a voter turnout of only 25 per cent among Canadians 18-24, considerably ~ then the national average. So, with the federal election passed, every politician, journalist and youth activist is explaining why young people continue to be apathetic towards politics. Duringlastweek'slocal candidates' debate for th~J<,itchener-Wa­ terloo riding, this question was raised and inevitably produced arhunbigu~ ous answer: Politicians, they all said, are not makingthemsel~s relevant to today's y~i1th. They claim that more policies directed at youth will encouragehigherparticipation amongyoung voters. We as young people are generally ~py;-tQ:~5f~J?tJhls;~f:~~~t,l.a§j!;

shifts the blame from our shouldl$ onto the backs of the political elit~ It is. their fault that yOllthar(:!apa~ tbetj.c; it J,s their fault that . youth don't care: However, for all the talk of in-

creasing youth turnout through policies focused towards young voters, there has been very little progress. The top priority in the election was health care and while health care is vitally important to students and young voters, it does not inevitably top their list of priorities as it does

should be recognized that relevance is a mutual sentiment· in the political game. It is true that politicians do not often put forth policies that excite and involve young voters and in a way it is difficult to blame them. Youth as a demographic have failed tomakethem~ selves re1evantin politics due toyeru:s of apathy arid ignorance towards political happenings. This sentiment certainly - does not apply to all youth; howeverin We as young p~ople comparison to Qtherage groups, youth are generally'happy turnout is. astonishingly low. Because ofthis,it becomes difficult to accept this senti- to fault politicians fornotgearing key ment, as it shifts the policy initiatives towards a large1y nonvoting class. To base one's political blame from our future on a demographic with such low average turnouts would be at best shoulders onto the a gamble and more likely political suibacks of the political cide. Taking this into consideration, is elite. It is their fault it surprising that youth issues are often relegated to the bottom of the youth are apathetic; political to-do lists? Why would poliit is their fault youth ticians pander to a group that refuses to either support their parties or hold don't care. them acco\llltable? . Ofthe threema:jorpoliticalp~es which competed in this election, all have policies that impact students with old~ generation,s .. liot· isstles andyo~gvoters,In tlIe pas~, prolllT anlong youth such as education and ises have beep made, kept and brothe environment were barely disken, and they are being made yet cussed during Tuesday's leaders deagain. If youth want a real voice in bate, which had an agenda domiCanadian politics, the best way to do lli\.j:~ byh*t.h~e,lMld (:!~~alc;:on-;

duct.. Politicians, ii'seems, are ~inore anxious to pay lip service to the youth vot(:! than to actively seek it through policy initiatives. Befoie another tirade is launChed against these politicians, however, it

.

.

.

paying attention and important youth policy initiatives will be the first on the chopping block. - Warren Clarke

The bisexual mind TYPE-IN-ITEIEO Much to the dismayofmanyahardcore computergeek, our world is not a binarysys):em. It wouldbe much simpler, thereis no doubt-imagine how easy it would be if things were either good or evil, black or white, hot or cold, true or false, stplightor gay. Of course, this would also take most of the fun out of things, like dating, federal elections ang multiple choice exams. C'estla vie. , 'Thankfully, the world as we know ids not divided so simply into an "A" or ''B'' category. Instead, we live in a virtual prism, creating a full scale and range ofcolours and hues for our own . amusement. This is especially true when it comes to sexual orientation: this is not a two-sided war. There is a middle ground and,it is a wider pasture than many people think. Ifthe world were to be defined by the esteemed Merriam Webster, bisexualitywould be as simple as "relat-

9

ing to, or having a sexual orientation poles. Everything and everyone that to persons of either sex." As one falls in between these poles is typically assigned the bisexual label by the sci. would expect out of a dictionary, it's general, stale and really doesn't tell entific societyatlarge. This means that you much if you stop to think about a man who is straight, only ever has it. Stepping to the other extreme, heterosexual relationships and is atDana Carvey of SahlirJ'!Y Night Live tracted primarily to women ... but fame.supplies a slighdy more lively admits mat he finds Brad Pitt attractive-technically, he's bisexual. Tech-. definition, saying in one of his skits: "A bisexual is II person who reaches nieally. down the front of somebody's pants What it eventually boils down to and is satisfied with whatever they here is self-identification: followwhat find." your mind and body tell you. I identify Now, while I don't deny that bimyself as bisexual- some days I'm more gay than straight, others, more sexuals are sexual beings,likeeveryone else on the sexuality scale. I;d have to straigJ;ttthangay. ~.t doesn't meanI'tn afraid to <;boose one side orthe.qther, say that Carvey'sdefinitionis about as far from the mark as anyy()u'd find in or that I'm just going through some a dictionary. The c;:ommon problem phase and will eventually snap out.of with these two definitions is thatmany it; it means that I'm following what my heart tells me. people who identify themselves as bisexual do havea·preference. This The ~t possible way that I can preference can be fluid, changingdeput it is like this: to a bisexual, it pending on mood, emotion, current doesn't particularly niatter what georelationships, even what you may (or deryou are. Rather,'whatmatters most may not) have had for breakfast that are thepersona1ity, actions and beliefs morning. ofthe person beneath thegeoder. It's a lot like hait: irs not necessarily what Now,ofcourse, thisdoe~notap­ a,ttract$ you to aperson and you don't ply to every bisexual, in fact,'weare nearly indefinable. It's why I keep . care much what cqlour iris, budt sure referring to sexuality as a spectrum: . is fun to play with. you have yourpurehe~sexualsand gbarclay@imprint.uwaterloo.ca homosexuals as equal and opposite

get me wrong-I am a huge fan ofthe chick tlick genre and can bea victim of these ridiculous expectations Gust ask the boy) but one thing stupid graduationgav~mewasarealitycheck.

I realized thatpreviously I had been lucky with movie moulded siniations. The proms I attended were not disappointing and my "first time" was actuAs I satin my graduation gown it allypleasandymemorable.Ittookthis quickly became apparent that the much paragraph in the university chapter of . anticipated event was not deserving of my life to teach me that life cannot be such excitement. Unlike in the mov~' movie perfect (well, not always). ies, this commencement was long, Although my eyes were opened to boring and very unsatisfying. Perhaps my occasional ludicrous ideals I will my wandering thoughts. were movie nevercompleteIyabandonmyromantic worthy, like how we should consider heart and neither should anyone else. changing the middle word in our There are times when getting swept off school cr.est (cum) orconsideringask~ your feetby a picturesque rooftop dining PresidentJohnston about the prener or a surprise visitto escort you to a carious position graduates must take fonnalis not out ofthe question. Butfor before one of three men on stage. others aplucked garden flower ora kiss Finally, the torturous ceremony ended ontlrefureheadshouldmeanevenmore. and my head was filled with useless All in all, I received my three year words lacking wisdom presented by degree (one course to go for my four the three main speakers. year, stupid me) and was reminded that Mterwards, I left the gymnasium chivalryis notdead-itis modesty that feeling cheated thanks to a ceremony has been forgotten. Movies may conlacking both prestige and romance. tribute to Unrealistic expectations but Sure'I was dad in a wicked hot pink wemust remember tMdifeiswhatwe dressandtnatchinghee1sb1.Utnyspit~ make itanditwill never always resemits could not compare to Legal!J blethesilverscreenifatall. Bh",/1s Elle Wo~s on,~e~,~cialThankfulIy, my night ended being

TOICIED

::~;:' ~ ~~nen~e~~, agr¢attimewithwonderful~,~ "c'.~'.'~~ ~. ~ .. ,'i~ble mejomy"nibkdress feei'nij ~e onthe'wodcfb~\'~iliir"> ;; ~~'i~ '~'. . ~ridicUlOUsexpectations.

.

. un1ikeIythat my grad wasfu ..,.

While the question, "is romance thy but it sure was a romanttc, interestdead?" floats throughout our society, ing spectacle that I w.ill never forget. I ,the act.UaJ:'1Iitaation is that 1baoksiio' , 'hopbthatotlaa:iwebuabll:" .ill.'" ~filmcdfurourviewcheesMessoftheUWcornmena:ment ingpleasures litde gestures are less apand create their own flawed night. Congrats gradsl . preciated. Instead we envisionelaborate ,schdnes that require tnuc.hplarimtitus@irriprini.~waterloo.ca ~andcan beunrC:alistic.Nowdon:t .,' ~'


Int opinion

FRIDAY,JULY 2, 2004

Why Gmail just might fail Ard. Dell 811 1811E I really find all of this new hoopla about Gmail comical. It's on so many MSN names these days, that you'd think it was the "in" thing to do. For those who don't know, Gmailis the new "Godsend" of Web-based e-mail, provided by our good friends (and should-be co-op employers) over at Google. Yes, the widely-used search engine is foraying into the world of e-mail and has created quite a buzz for itselfinrecentweeks. Though their e-mail system is not fully released to the general public, people can access accounts byreceivingan "invitation" from someone who already owns an account. This ofcourse causes some major comic relief, as many rush to eBay and buy invitations for upwards of$20 US (but many are lucky enough to find invitation for a measly $1.50).

really think that the twin giants didn't already think of offering more storage space for their users? Yahoo! and Hotmail were perfectly happy offering less than 10 megs each per account because people were still signing (2 megs). So why is Gmail so in up to their systems in In a business demand? The major hook droves. I bet a phone sense, Gmailis trying to change the way you on this beat is that Gmail call took place between Hotmail and Yahoo! think of Web-based offers one of e-mail that went something e-mail by using its like this: massive storage capastorage space - just "Hey Hotmail, bilities to entice users about infinite times more how's the wife and to archive their mail, no matter what it is than perennial Web-based kids?" "Just great Yahoo!, (even the ones about champion Hotmail offers what do you think of natural herbal altemame offering 7 gigs of tives). It's even diffi(2 megs). account space?" cult at first to actually "Come on Hotmail, "delete" an e-mail don't do that, people from your Gmail acaren't screaming for it yet. Let's wait for some count. chump to introduce it first and then we'll both But Gmail has a tough hill to climb if they want to succeed at Web-based e-mail, espe-. capitalize on it." "Good idea Yahoo! Let's play golf." cially against Hotmail and Yahoo!. Did they

So why is Gmail so in demand? The major hook on this beat is that Gmail offers onegig of e-mail storage space - just about infinite times more than perennial Web-based champion Hotmail offers

gig

And capitalize they have. In comes Gmail with account space as their specialization and already Yahoo! has upped their account sizes for all users considerably, with Hotmail rumoured to do the sameinJuly. Think about gas companies colluding to keep gas prices high and in walks a newer (and more Google-like) gas company offering $0.49 /litre. How longwould they last before they were bled out of the market? The onlyway I see Gmail creating a significant dent is if they could create a fantastic alternative toMSN Messenger and Yahoo!; one so fantastic that people will jump right on (or pay $20 on eBaytotestit). The hype was bigandofferingtwo gigs in the future might even keep some people on board, but Gmail will hit the harsh reality of post-hype syndrome, when the big players will flex their arms and force Gmail into a concentrated niche - something like students loading up GmailaccountswithMP3s and giving out the username and password to friends, so they can search through the account for MP3s they want. Well, that's what I did anyway. aocal@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

The importance of being honest lia Jackson? That was her nickname man!"

One of my ignorant friends comes up to me and says, "Herambone, you can have your cake and eatit too!" What the fuck does that mean? Since when have you baked a cake and justwatchedit. No shit I'm eating this cake you stupid proverb chantingearwighumperand you can't have any. Sometimes it's good to be brutally honest with people. Heck even Willy Shakespeare wrote that "every man has his fault, and honesty is his." Indubitably, he was thinking of me. So thisotherignorant friend Habib comes up to me and says, "Herambone, I dated this girl TonyaJackson. She was from our high schoolya know. I slept with her and then found out she was a hermaphrodite!" Heramb:"Holyshit,youdatedDual-Genita-

area" later that night. I was at this show with her when I mumbled Ignorant friend Habib: ''Well, I didn't think the following, ''Well, it is fitting that I'm here that name meant anything. You guys call me with you, 'cuzyou are the world's biggest bitch." Shorty all the time and I'm 6'3." I think some dog was crapping in the centre, Heramb: "Wr; weren't talking about your height •• .DUde,. dw:iog Sbftba11 this girl used to whichdistracted her. You know when 'M5U a j.:d ~ ~ wings. She had the third you're at a nightclub largest penis in our and beforeleavingyou graduating class!" get advertisements for 'Whoa now son. I ain't Had Tonya the hermore club events. Mseen no girl gain 40 maphrodite been more ter this show, I'm at forthcomingwithhersethe exits handing out pounds 'cuz of no birth cret, poor Habib's story pamphlets to people control pill! Only pill she's advertisingmynewcawouldn't provide us with countless h()uts of on is the Burger King pill!" teringservice. Thepamlaughter athis expense. phletparticularlyhighKeeping with this lighted my "Szechuan honesty theme, this exil>oodle" dishes. girlfriend of mine a while back wanted to go to So I'm not a dog fan! At least I was honest a dog show with me. As an aside, a dog show is with her. where cutesy shmootsy dogs in frilly costumes Other times, I'llhave guys come up tome and do lame-ass tricks to the delight ofcouples in the be like, "So Herambone, what do you think of audience. Let's be real, the husbands/bfs only my new girlfriend?" As an aside, people like to attend because they are promised the "forbidden come up to me a lot 'cuz I'm so approachable.

Obviously some tact is needed when answeringsuchaquestion.ButifI'mdrunkandIdon't like you much, my lips are looser than an anorexic's panties. "So you wanna know what I think of Lucy? Well, the good news is, she looks easy. The bad news is, she's as uglyas cabbage smothered with toilet cleaner." The otherpersonai favourite, "Herambone, I thinkmygirl friend is putting on a bit ofweight. She tells me it's a side effect of the pill." ''Whoa now son. I ain't seen no girl gain 40 pounds 'cuz of no birth control pilll Only pill she's on is the Burger King pill!" Yeah, yeah, weight is a sensitive issue but don't go lying about why you're chunking up. The first step is to be honest. The second step is to stop eating. In conclusion, famous philosopher Ocero philosophized, ''Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?" Well, famous street philosopher Pimpman69 counters, ''Where there is poonani,lielike amofo!" hramachandran@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

JIIIII AIIII

I want

(in !he out cIInocIIon.)

If you pan draw better than this. put together a comic and send it on over to opinion@imprint.uwaterloo.ca


FRIDAY. JULY 2 2004

S id r- anrespun THIS IS YOUR WORLD It is doubtful that 42 years ago the young Stan Lee could have expected his Spider-Man creation would have gone so far. As any kid with alunchbox will tell you, Spider-Man has become an industry in hi~self. In this era of global culture, Spider-Man has joined the pantheon of licensed images that are as comfortable in Tokyo as he might be in his native New York. Just as the initial comic book issue bec."UllC a sleeper success, so too has the silver screen Spider-Man. When the fIrSt Spider-Man movie opened in India, it made more in its first weekend than any other Hollywood movie up until that point. One might write this phenomenon off as yet another example ofWestern culture dorninating the local one, but this is where the story takes an interesting twist. Marvel Comics, the original publisher, and Gotham Entertainment Group, which holds the Spider~Man licence in India, will be releasing Spider-

Man India in the near future. \Vhile comic books and books in general are often translated across many languat:,>es, the Spider-Man projectisdifferent. Not only will the language of the story be adapted to the native tongue, but Spider-Man himselfwill change. Peter Parkerwill become the young Pavitr Prabhakarwho lives in Mumbai (colonial Bombay) and deals with local challenges. What is more, SpiderMan's enemies and locations will reflect the local customs and mythologies, beginning with Rakshasa, a mythical shape-shifter who will replace the Green Goblin. . "Unlike traditional translations of American comics; Spider-Man India will become the first-ever 'trans creation,' where we reinvent the origin ofa Western property," Gotham EntertainrnentGroup chiefexecutive Sharad Devarajan told the New India Press recently. The time-worn realms of myth and fantasy prove to be fertile grounds for stories to emerge as J.K. Rowling has so lucratively proven. Why bother to create your own fantasy from whole cloth, when you, as storytellers have done for ages, may reweave elements to suitlocal taste and habit? To a lesser degree, fans have taken this concept another step and written their favour-

ite novel, television, or film characters into their own stories. While it no doubt drives licensees crazy, this practice is only natural. There is nothing more powerful in the world of fiction than the audience seeking to identify with the central character of the story at hand. This explains why characters must not be flat, two-dimensional people, but rather flawed people dealingwithrea4 albeit slightly altered situations. Marvel Comics, with this licensing deal, will achieve the best of both worlds. By reacting to the audience's desire for a relatable character, they have found. a new market without and, by taking a globally recognized image and adapting to and adopting local elements, Marvel has proved that it is possible to have a global culture without a monoculture. The first Spider-Man comic ended with these words: "And so a legend is born and a new name is added to the roster of those who make the world of fantasy the most exciting realm ofall!" Perhaps this is the perfe~note to end on. With the publication of this first transcreation and as heroes and villains change for differing tastes, this will truly be an exciting world. nmoogksoulis@imprint.uwaterloQ.ca

dvertising abortion Abortion is, and has been for the past 15 years, a widely debated subject. It spans all aspects of argumentation from philosophical to scientific and nearly everybody has an opinion on it. It's one of the most important topics in any political platform and I think people need to stop talking about it. All this abortion discussion helps deal with the issue. Excellent. However, it does this in a very public way. Even the anti-abortion posters piss me off. They say "Hey, you can get an abortion, but don't." There is no such thing as bad publicity; No matter how you slice it, abortion should only be used as a last resort. Before that should come adop-

tion, the humane method of birth control. Bu t people don't think about that. I understand, though. Weare greatly influenced by advertising, whether or not we realize it. Unfortunately, most people are opposed to giving their child up for adoption. A lot of expectant mothers who I have talked to are usually afraid that the child will grow up "vith bad parents and not turn out well at all. Standard fear of the unknown. But do we know what happens in death? The problems with adoption are two-fold. The fIrSt being people's unwillingness to put babies up for adoption and the second being the unwillingness of un fertile parents to accept another child as their own. Granted: there are lots ofparents adopting children, butwith the increase in develop-

ment of fertility technologies, this may not lastlong. People are always seeking out ways to have their own child. This is again, somewhat understandable, but also very flawed in thinking. Sure, the child is not of your blood, but other than that, it's yours. People are hungup on having their own child, like they're living ttaditionallyor something. In any case, the direct result of this is an overabundance of children without parents. People need to work together in order to popularize this humane and beneficial practice. Unwilling mothers need to consider adoption before jumping to the popular option of abortion and those families who frown on the idea of taking someone else's child need to rethink their stance. -

Tim Alamenciak

Bush: the real terrorist Continued from page 7 Corrupt American governments sure have left their mark on the world. In their war of terror, America has bombed hospitals, small villages and marketplaces, left millions homeless and of course, made torture as regular a routine for U.S. soldiers as drinking, screaming and puking! It's a reoccurring situation. During thewide-scaleterroristattackthatwasthe firstGulfWar,theAmeticanannyused "fragmentationbombs,"intowhichthey sowed hundreds of deadlybomblets aimed at the civilian population.

people doesn't turn them into democrats." Bush and his thugs need to realize thatterrorism via suicide bombers in Israel is no worse than the state terrorism being employed by America in Iraq and elsewhere. When I think ofthe worst terrorist attack in human history,it would have to be the outrageous nuclear attack, by the good old U.S. ofA, .in 1945 agajnst the Japanese. Over 200,000 civilians were deliberately exterminated;-- a planned mass genocide - to tty to punish a corrupt government in Tokyo. Hmm ...a corrupt govet;nment be-

attack was by far the worst ever, for some reason I'm reminded of September 11... Now, I can't finish witllout makingmention of the recent federal election. Thanks so much to all who voted for the Liberals and also thanks to New Democrats as well. A possible coalition between us has not only stopped the Conservatives, but has also saved our economy, the Kyoto Accord, same-sex marriage, gun control, abortion choice, millions of jobs and lots, lots more! Way to go!

lr--------------------~ HUmf" ho :I t were cool! I I I I

TRY OUR NEW CHEESECAKE FLA VOURSf

I ;r:I.

1

' \

,

I I I I II

I I

I I I I I •• I I . I We~tmount :lace, Westmount Road or 238 Weber St. (both at University) I

Richarq,g:w)2}9~g;~~~/'J)jJl!t:l;!b""ieg,.~~*~~~.c~1=h!?~ . ffi$J~p~¡",o'" "~f!pjettt;l,~?n@?i!J:Ipr~I1!,!:,W~;~~l9?'f~""'L~~!.:~?J:i~........_ _ ....... !!,~~::!:i~:':'O'!!,. ..


eatutes@imptint.uwaterloo.ca

'F..ontRow, sporting trend-setting umbrellas.

'"""',""'T"""BAKER

M(mgolian patrons must be g~tting seconds,orthirds.

atio face-off: Plaza-palooza Calandra Ward and Arda leal

_SOl/JEERS M.5llyBlooms

, same people. Arda The place'is small, the portions are big and the price is average. So itwould seem an average place, if it wasn't Irish. That gives it an advantage.

170University Ave West, Waterloo

McGinnis FrontRow AtmQsphere Ca.rdnttra

160 University Ave West, Waterloo

Relaxed, itis less noisy (and "happening") than Front Row, simply because it is harboured by other buildings and not directly on the street.

Atmosphere Casandra

Arria Definitely more Irish than the other choices, even on the patio. The view could be better, though.

Size Casandra The smallest of the places we reviewed. Ania Much smaller, bu.t more intimate.

Price/ Service Casandra l'dhave to say average all around. Average prices for a pub, or a restaurant for that matter.

is to be expected. This is really a place to drink beer. Arda Decent burger prices:. You can definitely spend less than eight bucks here. Or come on Wednesday night where they give away路 free burgers starting at 4pm to the ffrst 40 customers.

Overall

The patio seems spacious and airy and because it lies along busy University Ave., it is easy to chat with friends who may be passing by on their route to or from the university.

Ania It's very much like the Bomber, actually. The patio is a condensed Bomber patio. Good view ofstudents walking to school, so there's a chance you'll say hi to one of your friends.

Size Caiantira This is a place where groups of two or more would go to hang out. Not a typical place where I would go on a date, unless you want to be disrupted by all of your friends walking by.

Casandra I would go there and hang out on the patio again, but I really don't like liow cramped and busy (in terms of decoration) it is inside. Arda Other than the hair in my nachos, it was great. Also a fan of the picnic-bench format.

170 University Ave West, Waterloo

Atmosphere Casandra I love Mongolian and now that it's patio season again, they have live acoustic bands on the patio. It's a place where you can sit back with your friends and enjoy the afternoon. Arda The view either looks like a pavement terrain, or a plethora or cats. At leastwe get a nice breeze as we eat. The live music is definitely a nice touch though.

Price/Service Casandra Our server was incredibly friendly and efficient. I'm not really a fan ofIrish Pubs, and this is The prices were average for a bar/pub, and the same in tenns offood as FaUte (beside Paddy , although they have VERY tasty (and interesting) Flaherty's on KingStreet),whichis owned by the alcoholic drinks, theywere a little pricey, but that

Size Casthndra The patio is not that big, because it is more of a restaurant; the patio is not the more popular attractions to Mongolian and you would be able to fit a large group of your friends on the patio.

Overall Ca.randm

Price / Service Casandra Not only does Mongolian have cheap drinks (Monday Martinis, Wednesday Pitchers, and Thursday Daiquiris), but they score big because if you get the "feast"; it is all you can eat. Also, bonus points go to Mongolian for the easiness to stash leftover food in your oversize purse. Atria Yes, Casandra really did btinganoversized purse! But aside from this option, the prices are high. Watch out!

Mongolian Grill

Arda Being BomberJr. could have its advantages, like being within elbow room of the hot girl across the patio.

Arda Greatprices, especially on wing night (theirwings arefantasticl). Service was a little slow on the patio, though.

Arda Quitesrriail,and aJittle confined.B~teasy access to the food area, which is what I'm there for anyway.

Overall Casandra This will be my new Wednesday hang-ou.twhen Bomber doses for renovations (although I see that FrontRow is becoming popular).

Ania Good place fora date, but the patio doesn't sway my decision to come here. And thewinneris ...

Casandra Mongo-Mongolian! I'm a big fan of cheap "girly" drinks and massive amounts of good food and therefore Mongolian is the place for me! Arda McGinnis: Defmitely stood out as a "patio" place. And they had deaner bathrooms. aocal@imprint.uwaterloo.ca


'Imppinl :realUP~8

13

"Nation" spotlights· two opposite tastes Leung's work is a wide range ofelecttonica from hou,se to jazz to what he calls ~'mellow." . Hi~ song ';Phat TUnes" fur example: is the. result ofa weelrend speJ;ltca¢pingwith frie~dir.­ A video recorder captUred some insightful com~ mentru;y that make up the "lyrics" of the song, -which -was d~bbed to add guitar and to the background. . .LeUng describes "Sunspots:' another of Ea~h week, Wamor 1'Jation~ present t~,Y9U creations !\.s, "A sw~et, uplifting and funky different erttertainers'affiliatedwith theUniver- '. house· track: with lots of pancing guitars": .fJ.. sity ofwaterlo_o!1ind~rgrad ~d grad students,' . catchy andupbeatiiack that lias Slight reselPalumni, professors" and staff, .among. many . . blances to soine p~p music' beats but wit;h a m<;>te,This w'eek,w(! look at two undergrad . unique twist. '.d'":'~ musical acts within completelydifferent genres. Check ounbese and the rest of Leung's .~" OW's Ian' Leung and GI@ry Fades are . creations ~tW:wW.Soundclick.coml eon: , showcasmg!heiruuent to the!UW coinmunity on the upcoming talent compilation Co, Ware ~lory Fades rior Nation; due out in Sepi:ember.' 'The fotir,-m~ber band formedlastOctoberis, 'made up of Zubin·Thakkar (vocals/guitar); Eon'··· , MikeSnyder{drqms/voeals),JustinCuirie(l>ass' guitar) and Corry FIatt (keyboard). '. - El~ca arttstEon, otherwise hlown as Ian Leqngsays he started creatingbis own music by . The altclnativebaOtlfust started playing lI!:' matupulating filesonhls computerwhetlheWas local bats and often packed thenolise ~ to , about ,15. 'The engipee.rlngundergrad sayS he : their lOyal fri~~ Who were there for support: .' The band members of Glory Fades: clealtytalking about their upcoming calculus uses his Creative. ,sid~ and computer ptOgfatns AlthougntheirfitstfewshoWl! sa~manyoftheir midterm. After all, that's.wI'Iat bands Oil campus do these days. . such as CoolEdit2iocrearemusicolltofevety<lay frienosin the audience, ,the bpysjoke' ~s has. sounds: One of his spngs,titlea~'Brok~Win- . dwindled down. Buttheyarequickto note they , dows" begins wi!h the Mi..mJJojt: Wihtlows open~' don'tmit::uinQt,havfugtheir friendS in the crowd to 'do you thing," he added. ''''The Blackout" and "Forgetting to Breathe" ...... '. The band has played all over the GTA ing jingle; Which iepeatsover and:over to'an . 1l0wadays. '. can be" found on their Web site at ''1 feelmo.re comJortable now with 'new' ·.iUduding Kitchener/Waterlooi Hamilton wWw.gloryfadesmusic.com/ .. eclectic nUX ofdrum beats,., ". .' .......' " '. .., ''When I play that [song] fot'people halfof people~h()hiien~theru:d us sing befor~:' s~d ~dMjss~ssauga:' The.it Jas(show was June 'Wamor,Ntition, the Uriiversity' of Waterloo . them get reai.ty annpyed and ~ really I?ve itl'~ . ' Th~:WllO a~dedi:he grOJIP ill pl,aying in ,12th at the ¥a-soruc.Lodge:inWs'Sissauga. talent~ompi1ati0!lCD produc<:.,dbyCKMSand ktighs Leung."I'ni just rebooting~y COlnPU- .. new·cities. all the t:nn:e. "You're breaking new ''The date of their nex-t show is not yet deter~ Feds is a tIliitiIre of bands and solo artistS~that terovetandover;" Butit's everyday sounds like ground, you get to broaden your horizons . mined but will be posted oli their Web site" have some ;ortofaffiliation with theuruversit¥. thi~one (no matter how annoying) that inspire now. when available. Alumni, staff and sttidents will be making up electronica artists. Once they pick up on it and "Friends know who you are and so they Glory Fades alternative music is a mix of the multi-genre CD due out in September. For add a bit ofthek creative talent, ~musicis . ,c::xpectacertaiQpersenons.'Sowbenthere acousticguitat,somep~and.OitQfpop for. . 'mo.reit:tfotnwi.Onabout Waniol'N__~;~ . arenewpeopleyoukindoffeelalittlemorefree gOod measure: Their music including songs visitradi02feds.ca/warriomation. created. .

drums

his

,-'

'

.

.

.

Harvest MOOl1 far fromchlld's play price. MyNintendo 64 copy (also an excellent , '. systetri that highlights the square ofland you're~ " and. play tlttough until he/ she is ~full grown going to 9it. It's the little things. 'adult.-. ' game) cost me ilinost seventy dollars. That's' The controls aremoreorles.s okayforgeneral . The ':lpgrades.foryour farm are numerous, more expensive than the bloody system. Db, fa'rm-tendit%butinteraction with the anin:lal.s and reasonably difficult to afford. 'They look and if you happen to love this game, pick spiffy and serve practiCal purposes.. These inYQurself up a .copy of Harvest Moon: Back. f(J. , is difficult. First, what the buttons do changes dq>endingon whereyou_are on tlieanitnal.For· clud~:.aduckpond,~~you use to raise ducks, Nature forthe.PSX and, ifyou happen to have exampl~ instead ofmerdytaIkingto a cow (by .!l food processing facility (for, well. processing _ money.to blow, the original Super Nintendo • pressing A); 'Y01,l uSUally end up milking her .' food) and a seed cO/D.biOingdooey thatlets you Harvest Moon. But please, stay away from Save b~ded, at the wrong time (also, bypressUig' make your oWn crazy hYbridpliUits. - '. the Homelandfor the PS2. It's a gigantic piece of A). Sorry Bessie. . One thing that they' removed, unfortu~ shit. HarvestMoon: A wonderful life Speaking ofdoing stuffwithout the proper nately, is a little gem called the power berry. Overall the game is great fun and a good .' Galllecube Price: :$59.99 .' instru:men,ts, the game also supports Game-Boy - 'These,were usually limited' supply in the break from those tough games that leave you Advance connectivity. Whathappensis you buy previouS games (about ten in the entire game) with a broken controller and a tear in your eye... The entire HarVest Moon franchlse is very clOSe A WOfIJetfolLi.fe($59 :99), and on top ofthat buy, and difficult to find. ~eyiAcreased thestatnina ltislackingin certain q.epartments;hut proves . to my heart. Natsume'sfanning-sm,Hpgs are- aGBA ($139.99) and Harvest Friends of ~ ofyour littlefa'rmer dude, such that he may to be extremely addictive. 'There is'one thing . . my one Weakness. There;s nt>-thing I enjoy Min~Town ($44.99) and a link cable ($19.99),' slave away longer. WiJ:!toutthese berries, there that really makes the game and, that is ·the ,more than planting some turnips, going to, .bringing the total pricc'of a fuli experience to .is more ofa need to do your oWn cooking and . , presence of drive. You always have a goal. in sle«p and Waking up in the morning to'turnip . $264.96, before taxes. 'That's totaIBS, espeCially eat lots of food. ' . rDind, somethirig attainable yet difficult. And . spj:outs. ' . for pe<:>ple wbo have no Use for portable gamfug; Now, ifyou'te at allinterestedin this game, 'in D?yrpUid, this makes for a great game.· The 'series has a legend of being extremely Aliho~it'sn()tils bad asFinalFanla.!}': Crystal I suggest you pick-it upright away. :It's never addictive; fun and rare. By'we i mean the . ) Ch~Jes($699,91 Jor four GBAs, link cables, ,goingtodropinprice;insteaditwillincreasein . talamen@imprint.uwaterloo.ca chances of- finding one a few months ,~fter andthe game"all-ofwhich ar~ required for release ru:e slim to none:Foi someteason, multiplayer). God I hate GBA connectivity. Natsume doesn't wimt their fantastic series to .' AWondetj1l1Life, as with most.HMiestMoon achieve FinalFantasy-like popularity.. ,g4mes; is 'a weco hit har.d get in to. 'The intro 'The Ja.testinstaImentofthe senes is geart;d. .features a dude'Yho seems like an alcoholic and, more. towards children rather th~n hru:dcore- .lives on your farm. He takes shitJo market for rpg~playingvideo,':ga:tnere':'iewers, but still pro~ ,you, buys ~s and otherjunklike that. For , victesm,ore than itslPQnei~ worth i!J fun. . the most part, a nice guy. But he doesn't help , Unlike the last game, Save the Homeland, this one " you at allwithwj:Iat you're supppsed wqo lIT is actually good. . _ terms of farming, And he's not willing to sell " --"~"'- . . . 1IIlI• • ~m.rllm1lflllllatl_6 • • IOISE·II'.ISIC'JUil£/ln• •IIIUIU_ You can raise the standard fami' arumals your vegetables for you, only milk and eggs. ·,IIOClMUawrnal$saIiEM. " mcludingcows,sheep, chlckens,h~rses and now . You can, however; setup shop in the ~ddle of ducks. 'Theplanting,systemisrevarnped,addinKthevil1age and sell stuff to townspeople. trees to the mix. These tieesprovide:. fruit only '. The~s~tclnhas beenbrushedupa:nd .during certain seasons1butlastfoiever. ' ' brought back. Not only Can you marry the girl of '·Since.theoriginal,abigproblemareainthe your dreams (choosefr9mthreedifferenteligible games has b",en the'aimingsystemforwatering ladies),you can also get herpregnant andtaisethe and l'1arve~ti~g' your crops. They've added a'" kidonyo~fanI1.Youchoosetliejohforyourkid

m:

Moon;

to

,


Ab -l1li CIa IIId, 1111118

uwaterloo.ca

Political, respectable, emotional: Barlow Brendan' Burrows

issues. Citing influences such as Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, the band has , a traditional folk appeal that is remiThere is something eminendy respect- niscent of the days when music was a able about people who not only con- primary source ofsocial commentary, tinue to be liberal-:,minded in their rather than the opposite. nuddle-age, butknow how to kick out AlthoughBarlowwrites folk songs decent rock songs as well. TorontQ- about political issues, t:qe emotion based rock band, Barlow played at the that one would feelfrom,say, a politi- , Bombshelter on cally-charged punk June 18 to asrrWll - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - band is still there. crowd ofloyal sup"I write from the IIWhy can two . porters thatleft the point where e~ther bar content with drunks drive down something makes , the experience of me want to cry or to Las Vegas and having such an inbeat the piss out of timate encounter ~omeone," says get. married but a with the politically Barlow. In fact, he couple of women charged band. and guitarist. Badow has Malladin used to .. who have been in been rocking. for be part of a ska love for twenty quite a while in one punk band called Think Tank Fish; . form or another, . years can't? . .It's However, at 38 but their current line-up has been un-Canadian. ~' yeats ofage,Barlow around for about -Tom Barlow feels closer to writthreeyears.ltcon- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~ ing a Neil Young sists of the band's kind ofrecord than Barlow are smart and politically minded-even if they can't all look at the camera atthe same time. lead-singer Tom Barlow, guitarist an album full of "aggressive party Malladin, Qrummer Damian Smith energy."* with "surgically engineered smiles" make fun of The Swan when it makes and get married but a oouple ofwomen and bassist Ken Kelly. ·Barlow also prefers writing songs ,and "plaStic personalities." Although, fun of itself?" who have been in Imre fot 20 yeats Witbttacbtouchiogonsachsub- aboutissues that currently plague the when talking about the reality TV Dealing with issues both small and can't? .. It's un-Canadian " ~, jects as the Canadian support of the world, rather than hokey love songs. show The Swan in which a bunch of large is what makes Barlow a well- ' Barlow demonstrates that there is % missile defense system ("Million For example, one of their more hu- women with extremely low self-es- rounded, socially conscious band In still a place and need for social com- . Dollar Rockets'') and gay marriage morous songs called "LA" talks teem compete to win via plastic sur- commentingon theirsong"Married by mentary in Canadian music in the ("Married by Elvis''), Barlow is one about how the citizens of LosAnge1es gery, Barlow is quick to dismiss any Elvis," Barlow asks the question, ''Why present day, perhaps now more than band that is in tune with present-day parody themselves bywalkingaround criticisms by asking, "How can you can twodrunksdrivedown toLasVegas ever. SPECIAL TO IMPRINT

Journey into jazz: a newbie's guide 'to intellect,' emotion and invention

Suppose you're someone who's never reallylistened to jazz. And let's just say, hypothetically, thatyou"ve just started reading an article about jazz. And now supposethat,giventherightintroduc~

tion to jazz, you actually liked it. Let's run with this. If you've managed to resist the wiles of jazz music, chances are you have some preconceived notions about

it. Some people think of jazz as an elitist art form, a kind of pretentious mood muSic reserved for middle-aged men who tweak their beards and sip expensive ports. Some people think of jazz as indecipherable noise. And still6therpeoplethinkofj~asgnash­

ingguitars and screamingvocaIs, but these p«!ople are thinking of death metal and have no business being allowed anywhere near jazz. Let's be clear on this: jazz does not belong to intellectuals. Whileitis true that jazz is an advanced art form, and

'that jazz fans tend to be smarter than most (smarter and sexier), the music itselfhas too much universalappeai to be truly elitist. J~,in fact, began on the streets of America's cities. It emerged as analtetnative to the sentimental pop songs ofthe early twentieth century and the polished q-ooners who sang them. And so i~ remains today - still a refreshing alternative to the hollow pop'songs ofour time and the breasty ingenues who s.4lg them. At the very heart of jazz there has

always been invention, not ~.;. sian. Eveninits infanq, jazz played by its own rules. Borrowing from the traditions ofEurope and WestAfrica, ~jazzvisionariesinfused theirnew musicwithanincessantthythmicdrive. Theyexperimentedwithmetre,phrasing, harmonics and all points in between. This is where jazz gets its reputation as indecipherable noise. Instruments in a jazz ensemble behave in innovative, unexpected ways. Musicians break free from the immediate notes of the melody to create their

own original, spontaneous adaptation. Soloists ,maintain the absolute freedom to syncopate the rhythm or break free from the beat entirely, to extend the pauses between notes or to cluster notes together, to play by the underlying chords or to fly up and down the scale at impossible speeds. The result is exhilaratinglyvibrant. And man, does it swing! , 'But how is the average newbie supposed to understand jazz? See JAZZ. page 16


Imprint arls

FRIDAY.JULY2.2oo4

15

David Jacobs-Strain has the blues David Jacobs-Strain - Stuck on theWayBack S luck 011 the W qy Back is a country blues gem from aguywho's barely old enough to drink. DavidJacobs-Strain was only bom in 1983, but he still sounds like he's seen it all- tWiceand he manages to pour so much intensity. through his guitar that it sounds like a living, sentient organism. Together, he and that guitar take on the world with brooding but quickmoving blues that would have sounded at home on the 0 Brother! WhereArtThou soundtrack, ifitwasn't _so wonderfully topical.

dust-country folk) and in the lyrics. The whole album is rife with quotables, but one ofthe best is ''The wolf is standin' at the door / bigger than the· one they sent before I he's quite a fearful vision I but so's the slingshotundermyseatcushion."It's with that kind ofwry, altnostnostalgic 6ptimism that The Miracle Business makes you lookbackoveryourlife and smile, both happily and regretfully, .before taking a deep breath and looking forward again.

Black Label Society- Hangover Music Vol. VI Ifthere is anyone who knows how to write a good hangover song, it iliould be OzzyOzzbome's guitarist. Hangover Music is the sixth studio album

Coral Egan ~ My Favorite Dis-

Life can be nasty, brutish and short - and occasionaUy funny.

Levin's poetry asks funny questions Ian Blechschmidt IMPRINT STAFF

According to his press release, A.J. Levin was bomin Winnipeg during a blizzard on Halloween. 1bink about thatforasecond.1binkaboutwatchinga bunch ofintrepid, candy-fuelled youngsters trudging through snowswept streets, with their princess or ghost or pumpkin costumes blowing all around them while they try to fulfill another annual tradition that, forthem, has more to do with sugar than annual traditions. 1bink about how tragic, nostalgic and somehow hilarious that image is, and you start to get an idea of how it feels to read A.J. Levin's first collection of poetry, Monks' Fruit. Levin's sardonic cynicism pokes fun at itself while poking fun at the world that immediately stops it from being stuffy ortoo highcfaltitin'. There is a humani7.ing quality to a poem that wonders ifJesus, while he was losing. at bumper cars, would wotider "what would Judas do? .. He was always rather good at this." ("Sages at La Ronde')' It is hard not to laugh at a title like "Tent ofSciamatific \Vonders," but one also can't ignore the wry, satiric truth behind the image of a "machine that invents its O\\'U purposes" being soldvia infomercL,\!. After all., Le\:in seems to say, life is a carnival circus and there's a sucker bom "'yery minute. Levin balances his ironic observations on philosophy and society with more empathetic poems, as welL There 15

as "Going West," a poem about dealing with mortality, but they are pervaded by something sadder, almost melancholy. Levin reminds the reader that things happened in the past and they sucked - and there's nothing you can do aboutit. Afterall, when the world is down to its "Penultimate Passenger Pigeon," a million visitors to a million zoos won't bring them back. Levin's themes are often mirrored by his technique. His short, quick lines seem to reflect the furtive glances and, flashesofmemorythats~together

to create the tiny lexical paintings of

Monks' Fruit. Levin's clipped syntax and slippery line breaks create the same fuzzy memories that comprise poems such as "Vietnamese Restaurant," and his ability to break up strings of poetic lines with lines ofirreverent everydayspeak jars the reader just enough that he or she doesn't get iostin whatever 'image or platitude Levin is trying to deconstruct. . Ijkeanygood ",:riting, Monkr'Fruif doesn't provide any answers. At the end, you don't feel like you\rc had anything handed to you - the last poem in the coUection, "Ancestors," doesn't provide any kind of closure or "summing up" ufLevin's point (actually, it ends with a f'airly cynical observation about the failure of Matxism). No, Alonks' firt1it doesn't give anyone anyanswers·- butitdoe~sk some tragic, nostalgic and hilarious questions. j·anb@imprint.uwaterloo,ca

fraction WithasulttyvoicereminiscentofSarah McLachlin, Sarah McLachlin's standard piano-guitar-drurns instrumentation and the th€>ughtful, subtly powerful songwriting that Sarah McLachlin inspired in thousands of girls in the mid-'90s, the biggest criticism that one could level against Coral Egan's work is that it sounds a little too much like SanJtMcLachlin's. Still, Egan manages to weave all of these elements into a slick, jaZz-laced groove that may just be far enough away from the lastinstalmentofLilith I"att to ~eep it from being lost in its shadow.

KypHarness- TheMkacleBusiness Kyp Harness has agiftforlyricism and a voice that makes him sound like he cOuld'havebeentheshthT~

Wdbury. Harness approaches his sixth album with a certain laid-back country wisdom that manifests itself both in the music (a twangy, almost nasal,

from one ofthe many side-projects by Zakk Wylde; who has served as The Dark One's guitarist since 1987 (with a six-year hiatus between 1995 and 20(1). The albumisexactlywhatitpromises - largely acoustic~based tunes that hint at last night's insanity while staying quiet enough to allow you to nurse your aching, aching head.

Zane - The Big Zane Theory Apparently, LiJ.' Zane wants to be taken seriously. So he's taken a break from acting, dropped the "LiJ.'" from his name, and rec~rded a follow-up to 2000's Young World: The Future that is full of club-thumperll and trendy booze references. Honestly, it's got enough textbook hip-pop elements that it could spawn a couple of moderl!.te hits, but ultimately, neither the flow. production nor groove are high enough above the midline to make any kind of enduring impact.

Revis - Places for Breathing Alternating heavy and acoustic guitars? Check. Highlywrought, middle range and veryfamiliar-soundingvocals?Check.Generalfeelingofgrittiness? Check. Uh oh. This sounds like another Nickelband. Honestly, it could be a lot wO'rse. Justin Holman (vocals) actually sounds more like Max Collins than Eddie Vedder and there are actually a couple ofgood jams that definitely set

~M-- Qui de nous deux The third studio album from-M-isso utterlyunclassifiable that it sucks you into a place you wouldn't escape ifyou could. -M- himself certainly seems uniquec-hismusicisartsyandfolkish; his hair makes him look like some kind ofmusical forest creature; and his pink suit is - well, it's really pink. "&!d yettlitfli~'~~Ilf!.··· - ~1Iplrt'ft(jjfiuthet.·~·'· most Radiohead-like (post OK ~ Unfortunately, it sWl sounds like pldel;atmospherethathecreatesisso they're trying to break into an already fascinating and so completelY accessible, saturated market. it demands your attention quietly enough to really mak.e you take notice. Ian Blechschmidt. Imprint staff

• •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

! ~ Little Caesars~ ! tOO DX{~ i ! ); ~1.iL,) ~ I

•• •

•• •

I

1

I

1

I ,I I I I I I

• • • • • • •

I

I I

465 PHilLIP STREET LOCATION ONLY

I

UMrral 11M': OffER

I I I I I I I I I I I

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••


Imprint arts

. FRIDAY,JULY2,2004

Mixtapemasterpiece: gettin' moving in the morning music

Truly, truly outrageous

Arda Oeal IMPRINT STAFF

When I'm walking to sChool in the morning, I want to listen. to music thatgets me gQing- somethingwith a kick, something that gives me goose bumps as I psyCh myself for another day. I want it heavy, and I want it creative. I dou'tteally careaboutsong lyrics; alllcare aboutisthe.combination of musical instruments tingling my spme, the harmonic melodies of the guitar and the voice giving me a natural high,

DIET COlE HEAD Last year mybest friend and I came to realize that we are casuallyin love with drag.queens. 11en gettingglammed up andlip-synchingto bad pop musk just has an almost irresistible ironic appeal. Some of us are made uncomfortable by their genderbending antics, which is understandable. Butwhen you look back at history, dragis nothingnew. Fora long time, crossdressingwas a necessary element of theatrical performance.In ancient Greece and Rome, it was standard practice for men and boys to weatwomen's clothing to play female characters. In Elizabethan Eng': land, women. were .legally forbidden to appear on stage, so this trend continued. You might recall in the movie Shakespeare in Love where it was a woman appearing on stage - not a man dressed as one ~ that garnered royal controversy. . AuthorJonnoD.describedinUniiPped magazine how drag performanceslowlystartedcreepingintopopular culture. So-called "molly houses" in the 18th and 19th century allowed aristocratic men to associate with young boys dressed in petticoats and bonnets. This developed into the vaudeville dragperformances thatwere so common up until about 60 years ago. In fact, dU11ng the Second World War, even the U.S. Army was known to put on a crossdressing show for the boys overseas. . At s.Qme point, though, probably during the first halfofthe last century, drag was immoralized along with homosexuality. The nuclear family didn't care for boys in pretty dresses and high heels. But despite efforts to the contrary, drag refused to be put down. When New York gay bars and .bathhouses were raided by police in

Disturbed --.:. "Mistress" Like I said,I don't care aboutlyrics,nor the theme of the song. I could sing you. the song, but I haven't even thought about what it means. All I care about isthe fantastically melodic yet heavily distorted guitars blending well with lead singer DaVid Draiman's vocals --.:. his transitions between angelic and demonic singfug is always well-received. COURTESY RUPAULCOM

RuPaulis an unstoppable force of fabulousness. the late '60s, a riot erupted tQ.at lasted .for days. Janna D. writes that the Stonewall riots forced the image of drag queens with bricks and bats (or at least some well-aimed high hecls) fighting for the emerging gay rights movement onto the masses. Since then, they have never had problems standing out. Popular music of the '70s and '80s often relied on arag, 01' at least semi-drag, as a way of getting attention. And more recendy, movies like To Wong Foo and Hedlvig have pushed drag even more out in the open. Unlike other transsexuals, drag queens are not trying to masquerade as the other sex in hopes of blending in. True, dragis a way ofexpressingwhat's on the inside - but the inner diva is' an unstoppable force of fabulousness. A famous drag queen is quoted as saying, "I do not impersonate

females!路 Bow many women do you knowwhowear seven inch heels, four foot wigs, and skintight dresses?" Oh, for the days of yore. It's about being noticed. It's about flamboyance and camp and putting on a show for one's adoring fans. Why else would so many drag petformers seek to emulate famous divas? I'm talkingJudy Garland, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion and the mother of ill fab, Cher. You don't see too many Sally Fields or Susan Sarandons in the'mix. People that don't understand drag queens don't understand why Anna Nicole Smith, a woman who might as well be one, is so captivating to watch. 110st people are uncomfortable with drag because of its blatant homoeroticism, but drag isn't about wanting to be a woman; it's about wanting to be fabulous. \Xle all put on a show. Not all of us do it on television, 01' on stage, or at the recording studio, but we're perfomungcvery day. Try as we might to express what's on the inside, there is an undeniable element of performance in almost cverYthil1gWC do.l think dragqueens are just a lot mot,; open about it. RuPaul once said, H\'qe're born naked. All the rest is drag." dcarey@irnprint.uwaterloo.ca

Pantera -- "Mouth For War" What I like the most about this piece is the transitions from fast tempo to slow tempo ~ not only in the major chunks of the song but during the verse/chorus transitions. If you're looking for a must-have shin-kickin mosh pit kinda song, this is deflnitely: the one. The melody in the verse of this song was in fact so catchy路 that it was hawked by id software and used in the video game classic Doom (Chapter 3, level 1). RageAgainStthe.Machine-"PeopIe of the Sun" I didn't pick the obvious Choice from Rage because I prefer their songs short

Ii!

Cr>!upiettl

3tH~0W

S_,un

m i>ll~5oulV;t;d i'rmflsll}lWl!

..

Compr"II~Nlwe

.. $Imulat<e<l lPriI<Ct~ b _ @

IFree

It~at

instru"doo

$tu.-.!y Hi1It<eria搂s

i'olky

Limp Bizkit - "Rollin" Yeah yeah, most of you reading this hate mainstream "shit." But honesdy, that guitar slide in the chorus is the most perfecdyplaced gUitar slide I've ever heard - the chollis guitar riffis catchy, and Fred Durst's voice is just "adrenaline" enough for me (again, remember I care not for the lyrics).

Chevelle- !'The Red" Okay, I'll admitit - many songs that give me goose bumps are also songs that make me picture myself achieving my dreams - a song that sounds like you're travelling a long road to reach the light at the end of the tunnel (the verse), then you flnally get there (the chorus) and then the aftermath of reachingyorir long-awaited goal, basking in the glory and filled with new challenges ahead (postcchoms bridge); Definitelymakes me close my eyes and dream every time. aocal@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Jazz: not just for the literati Chntinued from page 14 Well, this might sound strange, but you have" to suspend everything you know about music. Forget the standard boom-chick-a-boom drum line. Forget dle pleasapt, symmetrical construction of a melody. Forget repetitive chords, ritTy bass lines and predictable endpoints. In jazz, the music bends to the mles of the artist, not the other way around. \\/hich is not to say that jazz is musical gibberish - far from it. What might sound like nonsense 15 actually

--,,-"" and in the proce~.s, cteates SOln.e of the mosT. nuanced, most

.. i'ro\llm Test-T<li<JnQ'Str..t(t,!,~$

- good build-up in the verse, solid kick-ass in the chorus,hacktobuildup in the second verse, then they're out as soon a.s they came in. This is reaily the perfect "mid-CD" song, like the bridge between act one and act two. Short and to the point? with a fantastic artistic effect with the guitar in the verse - and of course Zach de la Rocha's rapping/ screaming.

eargasmic sounds you'll ever hear. Newbies think of jazz as "highc brow" because it does, truly, demand more thought and patience from its listener. But they should realize that jazz is also one of the most emotionally expressive forms of music in the world --'-- you shouldn't hcme to think about it to get it (though it helps). In fact, if you really listen to what _ each musician ina jazz ensemble says with his or her instrumen t, you'll hear thetlisrilled essence ofhuman expetienee; communication, intensity, discord. rm.strOD\! once

,.- Lauren S. Breslin


FRIDAY

2004

Proteomics: more protein than you can handle mental conditions, such as hormone stimulation. Now, the post-genotnics IMPRINT STAFF era has opened up the doors for .We've aUseen this familiar scene many proteorriics, a new, almost intimidatingly vast field, of which we rimes: the hustle and bustle ofa .crowded citystteeton a weekday, workhave only seen the tip of the iceberg. ers 'going to and fro on the grind of We can further split proteomics into daily life. The police officer hastening . subcategories: functional proteomics, . the local vagrants on their way, fire and sttucturafproteomics. Functional proteomics deals with whafa protein, fighters fighting the most recent emer· gehcy, teachers guiding schoolchildren or complex/group of proteins does in their studies, construction workers ina celi, whilestructuralproteomics concerns the shapes of proteins, how building the latest high-rise office building or paving the newest high~ tl1ey foldand how they are constructed. way. They all work in a concerted, Proteins are thnvorkers of the orefficient effort to drive and serve the ganism, the uruts that carry out the complex under-workings ofbiological society, contributing to the collective community. systems. Created from the· tempiate Proteins are the movers and shak·· that is defined by DNA, proteins are ers of the molecular world and in involved in such diverse processes as many ways mimic the way that we as cell signalling, foreign invader defence (antibodies) and muscular movement people go about our everyday lives. We see them all around us; in our (e.g. myosin). They can also be strucdaily breakfast cereal, those protein tural components, such as inhair and shakes used to bulk up muscles, and nails; or digestive enzymes such as in in fingernails, claws and hooves. your stomach or saliva. The genomic era saw the doning of Picture the so-called "chaperone" Dolly the sheep in 1997 and. the protein, the wise one_ who knows the protein· folding ways. This particular seqlJ.encing of· many organisms' genomes, including the h~man ge- . protein keeps an eyeona protein's foldnome in 2001 and most recently in ing habits and makes sU!e.itis crimping March, tlle chicken. itself in the right way. Othei:wise, genome. There Was · 'a race betweenime .The, proteomeis.j;h~ the'Chaperone destroys it if it gets academic communiljand me private too far from its correct fold. ''Bad . ~nericancompany 1"!LIAR FRADES CelCra Genomics to job, young grassHaemoglobin is an important protein that transports oxygen to all parts of the body. A minute sequence me human hopper, now you must repent!" genome, which was single amino acid error in the gene for haemoglobin will result in sickle cell disease, an illness· finally completed by Current which causes the sick blood cells to jam, creating blockages and causing intense pain. both patties at proteomics fageneration, there is a market for ing our knowledge base aboutmeir roughly the same individual experimentation. The other vours two appreventions and cures for diseases Of functions and interactions will aid us time, using shotgun is the so-called "shotgun" approach, proaches. The first . techniques. me heart, cancers and HIV-AIDS for furtherin designing drugs thatc.an help which producesmounrainsofdata and is the intensive exan\ple. Minute errors in protein-foldcombat these illnesses. studyofindividual Where the geseeks to predict protein properties with ingorincorrect transcriptions andmuProteomics is a new and expandthe use ofbioinformatics and statistics. nome describes me complete set of proteins, where everything from what tations are somecausesfor disease and ing field and will be around for many . A major driving force behind genes that defines an. organism, the otherproteinsitinteracts with and what are at the centre ofmany research conyears to come. proteoineis the complete set of proproteomics is the discovery of drug its amino acid sequence is, to what otl1er centrati9ns. Because proteins are the teins that is presentina cell when itis targets. With the increasing desire for organisms it is present in are manually fundamental units of the cell, increasexposed to a certain set of environbtong@imprint.uwaterloo.ca good health by the aging baby boomer and labouriously hypothesizedthtough

Bianca Tong ..

complete set of 'proteins that is , present in a cell when it is exposed to a certain set of environmental conditions. ,

·Mutant fish just don't know how to play nice

lydia Twining and " Michael l. Davenport SPECIAL TO IMPRINT / IMPRINT STAFF

Forget Sputnik: the /lew space race An X.-Prize contender, Scaled Composites,madehistoryonJune21 when their slUp SpaceShipOne broke the 100 kilometre mark. This is the highest altitude ever achieved by a nongovernment-sponsored vehicle. One of me conditions for winning the $10 million X-Prize is the spaceship must reach the altitude of

100kmtwicewithin two weeks. Even though SpaceShipOnereached mat mark once oriJune21, another flight isn't planned within tlle time required ·to ,vin the prize. Part of the reason is that during this test flight, primary trim pitch control aboard the aircraft was lost. Though. backup systems worked adeqtlately, the Scaled Composites team wants this problem fDcedhefore they make a real run for the X-Prize. Expect to see more stories like this in the news; the Ansari X-Prize expires onJ anuary 1,2005 and several teams are nearing the point at which they can make a similar test run. Ansari likens theirX-priZe to the US $25,000 prize that spurned Charles lindbergh. to eroS's the Atlantic by air. The group's hope is that the X-Prize will have the same effect on the space industry that the lindbergh crossing had on air travel.

Genetically modified salmon: natural born killers Normal coho salmon now have one more predator to worry about. Their aggressive, genetically engineered cousins are threatening their survivalalthough for now it's only in a lab environment. Robert Devlin,a British Columbia researcher with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and his colleagues have observed the behaviour and development of genetically altered coho. Their results have shown that not only do these fish grow much faster than normal coho, they also eat all the feed before the normal coho can get to it. As if that weren't enough propf that normal coho would be in danger ofextllction if placec;lin co1npetition with their genetically altered cousins, the normal coho were eaten

by their cousins, Once the normal coho were eradicated, thegenetically altered coho then turned on their own kind,eating the ~veaker ones until only one or two fish remained. It is likely that the lab eli:periments barely scratch the surface (if what would happen if these new fish were released into the environment. In spite of these results, Aqua Bounty Farnls, a Massachusetrsbased company, has asked for approval to market salmon that grow twice as fast as normal salmon. This would help cut costs for farmers and lower prices at the grocery store, but at what cost? Salmon stocks in nature are already low and if any gen:::tically modified salmon were to es-· cape the farm, it would have-drastic consequences for the species. Sea

lions often 'tear apart salmon farm pens, allowing the fish to escape into the wild. There is also concern that fish that end upwim, for example, scallop genes spliced into their DNA may trigger allergic reactions from people with shellfish allergies. However, the worstcase scenario is that the genetically engineered fish out-compete. their normal cousins for food and mates, resulting in hybrid species that are less hardy and then the extinction of the entire species. mdavenport@imprint.uwaterJoo.ca


FRIDAY

Y2,2004

RTS UW women's volleyball secures key additions for '04-'05 Rod McLachlan IMPRINT STAFF

Anyone who appreciates the important roles that coaches and general managers play in the success of a sports team in any given sport will know that when one extraordinary person fulfills both positions, that leader must work exponentially harder than the status quo. That said, in the world of varsity sports almost all of the coaches also work tirelessly to recruit fresh talent. Lastweek, Warriors women's volleyball coachJason Grieve finallyannounced the high school athletes that will form his exceptiona12004 recruiting class, which he has been contemplating for many months now. "I am pleased with the additions thatwe have made and I look forward to all these players making positive contributions to the Warriors in the .upcoming years," remarked Grieve. on his second recruiting class at u\V. In the June 18 issue of Imprint, Grieve's ftrst major recruit for the 2004-2005 season, high school star Gabriella Lesniak, was announced. Lesniak attended Bishop Ryan High School in Hamilton and excdkd At her secondary school from the leftside position. On the club volleyball scene, the Hamiltion native was also a standout hitter for- the national champion Waterloo Tigers for the last two seasons. . To top it all off the 5'10" Lesniak already has some chemistry with one ofthe current athletes on the Warriors women's squad. This summer current Warrior Kelly McFater is joined with Lesniak on the Ontario Volleyball Association's (OVA) AdultTour. In their first competition together the duo ftnished second. Ottawa native Sarah Watters is another high-calibre high school recruit who will be attending UW this fall Themiddle blocker excelled at the secondary school level with the Ot-

"Lana represents what UW and tawaAshburyCollege Colts, as well as at the club leVel with the Ottawa Roos. the Warriors value most: leadership In 2004, Watters was the most and innovation. She will demand valuable player for the Roos at the excellence from both her teammates and coaches." imder-18 level after leading her team To find 5'6" libero Aman,da to a second placeftnish at the OVA club provincials. This past spring her Verhoeve, UWbenchboss Grieve had to look no further than nearby Stratclub advanced to the natio~al chamford, ON. pionship in Moncton, NB. Verhoeve attended Stratford's St. "The addition ofSarah makes the Micbael's Catholic Secondary School Warriors more athletic and stronger in character," observed Grieve. "Sarah and played volleyball at the club level is a hard worker and an intelligent for the Stratford Stingers for ftve seapiayer. Qualities like that will lead her sons from 1998 until 2003. to a successful futurewith Waterloo." "Amanda is extremely athletic," ''Waterloo has a gteat appeal for' commented Grieve. "She possesses me," offered Watters onber selection gteat agility and quickness. Amanda ofUW to furtheKontinue hervolley- will become a productivelibero in the OUA with her defensive and passing ball and educational careers. "Coach skills." Grieve has a gteat philosophy and vision for the volleyball progtam." Last year Vethoevewas Stratford's athlete ofthe year and led her secondThe 6'1"Wattersalso was a member of the under-18 Ontario provinary school's volleyball team to a third place ftnish at the 3A high school cialteam. For the Warriors' next recruit volleyball provincial championship. Grieve travelled to his home province Verhoeve follows in the footsteps of Alberta to snag the well-rounded' of another St. Mike's athlete who路 played for Waterloo. Colleen setter Lana Vanderlee. The 5'9" Vanderlee, while attend(Deloyer) Myronik joined theAthenas ing Banff Community High School, in 1993 and went on to be selected as a conference all-star three times in her was a tremendous motivator and was career. the leading light as the assistant capMarkham, Ontario's路 Nicole tain ofbaclub team, the CanuckStuff Giberson rounds out the 2004-2005 (Zen). recruiting class. Giberson is a 6'3" The Banff, Alberta native guided middle blocker who played for the Zen to fifth place at the provincial Unionville High School and for the championship, which qualiHed the York Stingrays at the club level. club for the national championship. "Nicole has gteat physical atAmong numerous other awards, the Millenium Excellence Award Protributes that provides her with the potential to develop into a high level gtam recently recognized Vailderlee player for our team," offered Grieve. "for outstanding academic achieve"At 6'3" she will give us a gteater ment, leadership, innovation and presence at the net, even more so as community involvement" and preshe adjusts to the speed ofuniversity sented her with a provincial Laureate play." award. Giberson has been the captain of "It is gteat that Lana, our first . recruit from Alberta, will be joining the York Stingrays for the past three the Warrior program," remarked seasons and led her team to an eighth place showing at the OVA under-18 Grieve. "She brings terrific work ethic and adds much needed depth to our provincial championship; which allowed her club to vie for the undersetting position. 18 national championship. These five key-athletes should gel well with members of the current Warriors' squad like Kathleen Freeman and could make UW a women's volleyball powerhouse in a short matteroftime. . Freeman was the 2003-2004 UW female rookie ofthe year. She was also . . the first OUA women's volleyball allstar from Waterloo in seven seasons. "Our 2004 class adds athleticisrI). and skill to the Warriors. We have addressed positional needs with the addition ofspecialized athletes such as Vanderleeand Verhoeve. We have added more presence at the net with Watters and Giberson. Finally, we have added animpactplayerinLesniak to complement returnees Freeman, [Hilary] Lemieux and Uenna] Schroeder," promised Grieve. -with reports from UW Athletics

Nicole Giberson joins the Warriors as a middle blocker for the 2004-2005 season. Giberson comes to UW from Markham.

rmclachlan@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

lana Vanderlee is a provincial laureate award winner. This 5..... 路路 setter comes from Banff, Alberta and will come to UWthis fall.

Sarah Watters is 6'1" middle blocker that comes to Waterloo from Ottawa.


Imprint sports

FRIDAY.JULY 2,2004

Blue Jays migrate to baseball cellar

Adam McGuire TWO-MINUTE WARNING There are long shots and then there are reallong shots. For instance, it is a long shot that a politician will ever keep a single promise; it's improbable that Jerry Springer will ever win an Emmy; and it's not likely that Ace of Base will ever write a good song. Butas bad as these bets are, they are all just long shots - it's not like the Toronto BlueJays ever winning another World Series. Now that is a reallong shot. Only 11 years removed from J oe Carter's historic title-winning home run that lit up the SkyDome faithful in October of 1993, the Blue Jays have somehow managed to morph into one of the most hopeless clubs in professional sport. And while the Jays usually manage to tease their fans into thinking they're a half-decent club in the ftrst few months of each season, they have been a lot more honest in 2004 - they have been wretched right from the start.

As of Tuesday, June 29, theJays record sits at 33-43, which makes them slightly more successful than doughnut-filled, beer drinking, slopitch teams. Infact, the Jays' bats are so impotent this season that they would be lucky to make contact with a high-lobbed softball pitched by a mullet-headed farmer. Jays fans try to justify their club's constant mockery of the game of baseball, but they're not fooling anyone. This year, the excuse-dujourwas injuries - offensive stars Carlos Delgado and Vernon Wells. have both been on the disabled list this season. But what the whining Toronto supporters forgetis that Delgado's batting average (.227) was lower than his weight (230 lbs.) before he got hurt, and Wells had a mediocre nine home runs when he was placed on the D.L. Although to Wells' credit, nine homeruns is the team lead. But ifJays fans think theirproblems are based in a semi-temporary offensive outage, they're more delusional than once thought. Toronto's pitching personnel knows as much about throwing base,balls as George W. Bush knows about long division. This season, the Jays tried to relive their glory days on the mound by reclaiming Pat Hentgen - a player who actually remembers when Toronto pitchers could record outs. But

CIASSIFIEDS Rates: 20 Words/over 20 + GST Fee-Paying Students:$3.00 1.15 Non-8tudents:$6.00/.25 BuslnesslStudents:$10.00/.25

TERM SUBSCRIPTIONS Fall or Winter $17.75 Summer $8.00

HOUSING Three and four bedroom units available. May rentals available for 4 months ($250 May to August) or 12 month leases (September 2004 to August 2005 $450). One parking spot/unit. Unit comes equipped with fridge/stove and washer/dryer. Single rooms also available - ask for details. Please call 572-7465 or visit our Web site at, www.cbspropertymanagement.ca. Room for rent for a quiet individual in a detached home near both universities. Parking and all amenities': Please call 725 5348. One two bedroom and one three' bedroom apartment for May and September 1, 2004. $395/month!room - furnished or unfurnished. 746-6327 or 501-1486. Quality fall rental - a large well maintained house with five bedrooms, three bathrooms, four appliances including free laundry, three car parking, Internet cOn- . nections, 15 minute walk to UW, nonsmokers, no pets, one year lease 'minimum at $330/month!room, plus, utilities. Call Tyler 498-3102. On campus - tired of long walks to class? Sick of cooking and cleaning? St. Paul's rez welcomes upper year undergrad students! All you can eat meals, lots Of study space, always someone else who just wants to hang out. Apply now for Winter 2005. Please call 885-1460, e-mail stpauls@uwaterloo.ca, or visit www.stpauls.uwaterloo.ca. Three rooms available in four bedroom house. Two full baths, walking distance from UW. E-mail jezika_s@hotmail.com

or call 1-866-303-1528 for details. The best of Waterloo - spacious extra clean brand new two bedroom house nestled in tall mature trees, prime location. Quiet living in beautiful park-like setting within walking distance to all shopping. 725-0616. Winter term: single rooms available at Resurrection College, 265 Westmount Road, N., adjacent to UW campus. Meal plan mandatory. Contact Patti, 885 -4950 or visit www.ionline.net/-resurrection. $389/room plus utilities - townho~se with four bedrooms, garage, central rur, furnished, free laundry, dishwasher, microwave, two fridges ,and stove, phone internet and satellite in each room. Freshly painted. Call Jake at 575-9092 oJ:' 4650818.

HELP WANTED Weekend counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Minimum eightmonth commitment. Paid positions. Send resume to Don Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2. I need an applet. If you know your Java and like abstract games, I offer a programming challenge with the likelihood of big bucks. Experience with hexagons an asset. Call 744-5559 or e-mail hexafred@yahoo.ca.

SERVICES Essay help - research and writing. Winning applications, entr~ce letters from dedicated writing experts. 1-888-3458295 or www.customessay.com:\

TUTORS Tutor avai.lable for linear algebra and calculus. Please e-mail Mouli at mathmentor9@yahoo.coin.

Hentgen's mind obviously wanders to those championship memories when he's on the mound, be<;ause as his 2-8 record indicates, his mind is certainly not wrapped around pitching. The Jays pitching rotation reads like a list of has-beens and neverwill-bes. But that's better than their bullpen roster, which reads like a list of bag boys and grocery clerks. The once-glorious franchise has dug itself into an unfortunate rut, e where pre-season expectations translate into moderate on-fteld success until about the beginning of July. Then, inevitably, the Jays tailspin to a gut-wrenching ftnish before rebuilding empty hopes that will start the next season. Even through the tough times though,J ays' fans more or less stick with their team. Hey, nobody said Jays' fans were smart-they are, after all, Jays' fans. But with a'future as promising as an ice cube in Arizona, it may he a long while before Torontonians can rely on their baseballers to bring a title to their beloved city. Actually, the Jays may be so far off course that Toronto's best bet for a championship sports team may just be the NHL's Maple Leafs. Now that is a real long shot. amcguire@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

19

Keep active this summer With Campus Rec petitiveA,B and Cooed. ContactAdam Steeves at 888-4567 extension 5869 for more information. Street hockey, anyone? Rod McLachlan IMPRINT STAFF

Pool hours changing

This July, Campus Recreation intends to host a street hockey tournament. In order to gauge the amount of student interest Campus Rec encourages those who are interested to getin touch with Adam Steeves at 8884567 extension 5869 for more information.

According to a Campus Recreation press release, the PAC Pool will have reduced hours startingJ uly 11. Originally the pool was to be closed until this fall for renovations. However, the Are you a Campus Recreation renovations have been suspended for MVP? the time being. Pool hours will now be extended until the end of this term. Know someone who makes CamRecreation and fitness swims will be pus Recreation better just by being offered throughout the week based there? Nominate them for the Camon the availability of lifeguards. For , pus Recreation Most Valuable Particifurther information and updates repant award and help us recognize the garding the pool, Campus Rec staff students who make Campus Recreaencourage users to visit tion a better place for fun, friends and www.athletics.uwaterloo.ca for the fttness. If you know someone who weekly schedule. meets this description, contactMichelle at mlrobins@uwaterlbo.ca or 8884567 extension 7126 to make anomiSio-pitch tournament renation or to get more information. scheduled Nominations are due no later than This July, Campus Recreation will Friday,July 16 at 12 p.m. be offering a Slo-Pitch tournament. The tournament is scheduled for the -with files from Campus Recreation July 17 to 18 weekend. Different divisionswillbeoffered-includingcomrmclachlan@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

CAMPUS BULLETIN UPCOMING

poems please. Entries should be postmarked no later than July 30, 2004.

Friday, July 2, 200'4 Join us for the reception exhibit of prints by Tammy Ratcliff at the Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Refreshments, artwork and interesting people! See you there! Thursday, July 8, 20'0'4 UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival - runs ,from July 8 to July 11 at the parking lot behind Waterloo City Centre, in uptown Waterloo. For more info contact Patti Brook~ at uptownwaterloobia.com or 885-1921. Friday, July 9, 200'4 God: A Play - by Woody Allen at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 10 at 2:0'0 and 8:00 p.m., in ESII, room 286. Tickets on sale in ES coffee shop and the SLC. call (519) 442-0543 or (519) 746-7502. Monday, July 12, 20'0'4 Major Reggae Concert - Alpha Blondy, Africa's Bob Marley- 8:00 p.m. at Kool Haus, Toronto. For tickets/info email www.g3frnultiservices.com or 416-3459200 or 1-877-414-4484.

JOB HUNTING?

ANNOUNCE lO'th Annual Canadian poetry contestcash prizes for local poets - $5,0'00' to be won - new contest is open to all Canadian residents and entry is free with closo ing date of July 30, 2004. To enter, please send one original poem only to: The Poetry Institute of Canada, P.O. Box 5577N Victoria, BC, V8R 6S4 or you may e-mail topoetryinstitute@shaw.ca or fax your entry to (250) 519-0029. Name and address should be included at the top of the same page on which the poem appears. Typed or neatly written

www.cooprankings.com. Would you like th( best co-op job? www.cooprankings.comis a student-run, student-supported site, helping students make informed co-op decisions. Obtain information about jobs, interviews and rankings. Visit www.cooprankings.com

VOLUNTEER Volunteers are needed to work with a 5 year old girl with autism. With the help of an autism specialist there is a homebased program. please call Olga or Dan at 632-9819. Cmickston Charitable Research Reserve needs 8-10 resource interpretation volunteers by June 7, 20'04. Training sessions June 7, 14 and 21. Call Pa~ 6509336 for info and to register. Meals on Wheels is a not-for-profit or~ ganization that relies on volunteers to deliver hot meals locally each weekday. Currently noon hour delivery once a week or on--a 'spare time basis is needed. Call Beth 743-1471. ext. 15 or e-mail cpv-mowkw:@pellnet.ca for more info. Volunteers needed -Project READ is searching fo[, enthusiastic volunters to help with their Reading Circle Program during the summer months. The position involves weekly programs. Contact Erin Fortune at 750-3054 or eringloria@hotmail.com. -

CECS July 2 - Match results open at 6:00 a.m. Job Posting closes at 11:59 p.m.

July 5 - Job posting opens at 6:00 a.m. Open times of job match results from this point on may vary. Watch JobMine login for match results notices. July 6 - Employer interviews continue. Ranking opens at 3:00 p.m. Job posting closes at 11:59 p.m. Career Services Workshops: Letter Writing: learn how to use letters to your advantage in the job search. 3:30-5:30, TC1208. July 7 - Job posting opens at 6:0'0 a.m. Ranking closes at 9:00 a.m. Career Services Workshop: Job Search Strategies: learn the "how to" of job/work search, networking and employer research.3 :305:00, TC1208. July 8 - Employer interviews continue. Rankingopensat3:00p.m.Postingcloses at 11:59 p.m. July 9 - Ranking posting opens at 9:00 a.m. July 12 - Job posting opens at 6:00' a.m. July 13 - Employer interviews continue. Ranking opens at 3:00 p.m. Job posting closes at 11:59 p.m. July 14 - Job posting opens at 6:0'0 a.m. Rankings close at 9:00 a.m. July 15 - Employer interviews continue. Ranking opens at 3:00 p.m. Job posting closes at 11:59 p.m. July 16 - Ranking closes at9:O'Q a.m. July 19 - Job posting opens at 6:00 a.m. July 20' - Employer interviews continue. Ranking opens at 3:00 p.m. Job posting closes at 11:59 p.m. July 21 - Job posting opens at 6:00 a.m. Ranking closes at 9:00 a.m. July 22 - Employer interviews continue. Ranking opens at 3:00 p.m. Job posting closes at 11:59 p.m. July 23 - Ranking closes at 9:00 a.m. July 26 - Job posting operis at 6:0'0 a.m. July ~7 - Employer intervie~scontin!le. Ranking opens at 3:00 p.m: Job posting closes at 11:59 p.m. . ,. '


BY


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.