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vol 29, no 27

School of accounting to occupy new Hagey Hall wing

The story behind Canada’s hip-hop scene

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Who’s leading your student government? Check imprint.uwaterloo.ca for Feds election results and commentary.

Green Politics

All-stars, all ours

UW head coach recruits football legends, Throwin’ Samoan (Joe Paopao) and Don Sutherland, to the Warriors Shawn Bell staff reporter

Valerie Leigh Broadbent

David Suzuki urged UW to challenge political leaders during a lecture organized by WPIRG. Chris Miller staff reporter

Canadian environmental icon David Suzuki packed Hagey Hall with listeners on Tuesday as part of his If you were prime minister: A 30 days tour. The prolific advocate and host of The Nature of Things spoke out against foot-dragging on climate change and offered advice on how to influence political and business leaders as well as how to live a more environmentallysustainable life. The presentation was simultaneously broadcast in the Student Life Centre, as well as for Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School, the school of architecture in Cambridge and the chambers of council at City Hall. Suzuki leveled criticism at the federal parties, accusing the governing Conservatives of being concerned merely with re-election and the opposition parties of being concerned only with ousting the Conservatives. Of Stephen Harper he said, “There

isn’t a green bone in his body!” he noted that “we are making him listen,” and urged citizens to question their representatives’ positions on environmental issues. More importantly he said, we should query precisely how they plan to take action on the issues. Political mobilization was a key theme of the presentation and tour. Participants were urged to fill out ballots that would be sent to Ottawa as a means of impacting leadership. Yet affecting change has always been a challenging task for environmentalists, said Suzuki: “Future generations don’t even exist…they won’t put children on the agenda unless we make them.” In the same vein, four locals were brought out to share what they would accomplish as prime minister. Jessica Fisher, for instance, called for “formal, long-term commitment to not just meet but exceed our Kyoto requirements.” Daphne Nichols, an advocate for the Hidden Valley, presented paintings and urged that environmentally-sensitive designa-

tions entailed protections. Videographers were on hand afterward to record the sentiments of others as part of the If you were prime minister video project. After explaining the science behind climate change and the accumulation of man-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, Suzuki took questions and comments from the audience, including Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr, on issues ranging from the role of local government to sustainable lifestyles. The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG), who helped organize the event, had previously been the lead agency managing the OneTonne Challenge — a now defunct emissions-reduction program — for the local region. Projects co-ordinator Raj Gill praised Suzuki’s abundance of energy in “creating a dialogue between citizens and leadership.” she added that “We’re very happy he was able to attend and hear from so many people.” See ENVIRONMENTAL, page 5

Dennis McPhee is stamping the Canadian Football League all over the Waterloo Warriors. At last week’s 2007 Warrior recruiting class press conference, McPhee dropped a bomb on the OUA — announcing Joe Paopao, former head coach of the Ottawa Renegades (2001 – 2005),and CFL Hall of Famer Don Sutherland as new members of the Warrior coaching staff. The new coaches come to Waterloo as the result of McPhee’s extensive CFL contacts with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Paopao served as Hamilton’s offensive coordinator until last August. Sutherland was Hamilton’s head coach from 1994-1997. The three men are close personal friends. “If you want to be successful,” McPhee said, “you want to get the best people around you. That’s what we’re trying to do.” Sutherland, a defensive back and place kicker during his Hall of Fame career in the CFL, will be a guest coach for the Warrior’s training camp. Paopao, known as the ‘Throwin Samoan’ during his days as a CFL quarterback in the 1970s and ’80s, will be a member of the Warriors training camp coaching staff. He may stay on after camp, as an advisor, recruiter and scout, though the details of the arrangement are being worked out.

“When we hired McPhee,” UW Athletic Director Judy McCrae said, “we wanted him to bring his team of coaching experience to Waterloo. I’m pleased to have [Paopao and Sutherland] on board. They are not only going to be invaluable in coaching players, but they are going to provide hands-on experience to coaching for the younger coaches.” The Warriors are now oozing with coaching expertise, and that, besides being key to any good team, will also reflect on the quality of players the Warriors recruit. In the ultra-competitive southern Ontario recruiting belt, the reputations of Paopao and Sutherland will be a draw. “I was overwhelmed when I saw (Paopao) walk in,” said Ross Graham, a highly touted receiver from Grand River Collegiate. “He seemed really excited and I am, too.” The 6’3 Graham, a Kitchener native rated one of the top receivers in the province by Weirs Magazine, is one of four new Warrior receivers. The freshmen will complement third-year Sean Cowie and second-year Dustin Zender, two outstanding returning receivers, in what is sure to be a more aerial offense than Warrior fans have seen in a long time. “I think it is an outstanding class,” Graham said, “and I know that there’s going to be good things next year.” See WARRIORS, page 29

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news@imprint.uwaterloo.ca News Editor: Suzanne Gardner News Assistant: Narmeen Lakhani

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Lack of green ends Mint Thursdays Narmeen Lakhani assistant news editor

The Federation of Students recently announced the end of Mint Thursdays at Federation Hall “due to lack of consistent patronage” according to their website. Renjie Butalid, vice-president administration and finance (VPAF) for Feds, described the history behind Mint Thursdays and the impact the cancellation will have on Fed Hall. Mint Thursdays was an effort to introduce a classy nightclub atmosphere to Federation Hall, implementing a bar night that would reflect the ambiance prevalent in Waterloo as opposed to Toronto. Butalid also included the goal to have a nightclub that would attract students in competition with the regular crowd at the Revolution nightclub. The atmosphere consisted of a mint green concept: green lighting and green martinis. It was an attempt at an elegant environment where people would want to dress up and drink with pinkies raised. This sophisticated scene attracted students during the beginning of the term, but the crowd declined and left Feds in a financial constraint that led to the cancellation of Mint Thursdays. Federation Hall is a multipurpose venue that hosts bar nights, corporate functions and offers catering to large crowds. In 2005-2006, Feds budget projected a $40,000 revenue loss for Fed Hall, which was underestimated according to Butalid. Mint Thursdays was “one final push at trying to capture a bar market that we hope still exists out there,” commented Butalid. He

Dinh Ngyuen staff reporter

Thailand

Poster courtesy Federation of Students. Graphic by Mohammad Jangda

described other strategies that Feds have to decrease losses for Fed Hall this year. Butalid believes in the strategy to increase catering to “capture the greater KW market.” To implement this, Feds has been catering more corporate banquets and weddings. In comparison to the success of another Feds business, Butalid remarked, “We only have one bar right now, and that’s the Bomber.” The Bomber attracts more students than Fed Hall because on a busy night, Bomber gets packed with a crowd of 300 in contrast

to the capacity of 800 at Fed Hall. Students want to party where there are more people and an accompanying energetic atmosphere. Fed Hall is focusing more on encouraging students to get involved in hosting their special events there. Right now the venue is only open when there are events booked, but there are events almost everyday that create much work for Anne Pezzack, the full time manager for Fed Hall. Butalid hopes to have more events such as tradeshows, concerts and holi-

day-themed events like Halloween, as they have been successful for Fed Hall in the past. The only restriction to Fed Hall is the restriction of alcohol during an all ages night because of stricter university and liquor licence policies. As a closing note, Butalid encouraged students to “Go to your club and look at the possibilities of hosting your event at Fed Hall, and I’m sure that in some way the Federation of Students will be able to accommodate you.” nlakhani@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Motion to rebuke Sai Kit Lo defeated Suzanne Gardner news editor

The University of Waterloo Federation of Students’ Council voted against a motion to censure former vicepresident internal Sai Kit Lo at this past Sunday’s monthly council meeting. The motion was a result of a decision made by the Feds Board of Directors, to overrule Lo’s decision to deny the Women’s Centre the right to host a production of The Vagina Monologues in the Great Hall of the Student Life Centre. In an e-mail to council, Lo explained: “I resigned because the board of directors voted to direct me to reverse my decision on VM in SLC Great Hall, which I cannot do because of the staff, children (families of professors, students, or staff) and unaware students who travel there.” Feds vice-president administration and finance Renjie Butalid explained in a press release that the decision was overruled because, “The board of directors could find no basis

on which to support the decision of the vice-president internal.” Feds arts councillor Kate Daley added the motion to the February meeting’s agenda because she believed that “statements and decisions were made on behalf of the federation, and council has a responsibility to make it clear, on behalf of the federation, that these statements are not in keeping with our view of the organization and its appropriate management.” Daley then proceeded to read out her original e-mail to council in its entirety. Engineering councillor Rajat Suri was the first to argue against the motion. He explained that he thought it was clear that Lo truly did not see the event as sexual harassment since he allowed the event to take place, just in the Bombshelter Pub or the multipurpose room in the SLC. He cited how the movie Jackass was played in the Great Hall as a part of the Student Life Office’s Warrior Weekend last term. He referred to the first point from UW’s policy 33, stating that

“If this passe[s], you make me a martyr.” — Sai Kit Lo, former vice-president internal

“maybe if we’re playing Jackass in the Great Hall, we’re not respecting other people’s differences.” Lo spoke briefly, noting that “if this passe[s], you make me a martyr.” Later on in the meeting he also repeated a clear timeline of the events between himself, the Women’s Centre and councillor Daley. He defended his position again, stating: “What the Monologues is, is not sexual harassment, by no means did I say that.” Debate raged among the councillors, who were divided on the issue. Most councillors spoke adamantly for a specific side of the argument, while a few made up their minds during the meeting. Feds executives Butalid and Jeff Henry, vice-president education, both reluctantly supported the motion. Currently Butalid and Henry are the only members of the Feds executive, following the resignation of Lo and president Michelle Zakrison’s leave of absence while she is campaigning for re-election. Henry quoted from council policy 21, “be it resolved the Feds opposes censorship unless it is a violation of the Human Rights Code.” Since holding The Vagina Monologues in the Great Hall is not in violation of the Human Rights Code, Henry explained

that he had “very little choice but to support the motion at hand.” At 3:28 p.m. Daley called the question to the motion and math councillor Eric Logan asked for a roll-call vote to be held for the second time in two months — in January the universal bus pass issue was also put to a roll-call. Through this process, each councillor is put on the record with their respective vote. The motion was narrowly defeated: 9-11-0. After the meeting, Daley expressed her disappointment with this verdict: “I am sincerely disappointed that Students’ Council refused to take a clear stand against the decision and statements made on the Federation’s behalf by former vicepresident Lo, despite clear evidence that the decision was in contravention of the Federation’s objectives, standard practice and council’s own freedom of expression policy. It is unfortunate that council would not stand up for its own stated position on freedom of expression, and has again allowed confusion and timidness to interfere with its representation of the undergraduate students at this university.” sgardner@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

It looks like Cupid’s job just got a whole lot harder. On Valentine’s Day, Bangkok police initiated a plan to ban underage people from kissing and sexual touching. According to the Canadian Press, police began their patrols right after school hours in what they call “highrisk areas.” During sunlight hours, Bangkok officers patrolled public parks, restaurants and shopping malls. In the evening, they extended their duties to bars, clubs, and “lovehotels,” which rent out small rooms for short periods of time. “If we find teenagers below 18 engaged in inappropriate behaviour like kissing, we will give them warnings and report to their parents, so they can pick them up,” said Police Lt. Vorawat Amornviwat of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau to the Canadian Press. “Alcohol is definitely a catalyst for this kind of behaviour, so we will keep an eye on underage drinking.” The police patrol on Valentine’s Day is part of Thailand’s new effort to crack down on public displays of affection. This movement is a reflection of the country’s religious views. As part of the non-public display of affection effort, Thailand’s cultural minister has also recently issued what it calls the “Ten Commandments of Love,” an attempt to encourage teenagers not to engage in sexual activities. Unlike the Christian commandments, this one includes rules such as: “Love with patience, so as not to become a young parent,” “have only one partner,” and “love carefully to avoid the risk of sexually transmitted diseases.” While the Valentine’s Day mood is still in the air, it seems that putting the “bang” into Bangkok will be a job just for grownups this February. U.S.A.

A New Jersey woman was terrified when she recently peeked out her window while making coffee, only to see a 211-pound black bear staring back at her. Lorraine Grossman screamed at the sight of the bear, scaring it into a nearby tree, where it climbed 40 feet up. According to the Associated Press, more than 50 neighbours gathered around the tree and stood watching as the bear yawned and remained almost motionless for five hours. Wildlife officers eventually arrived and shot the bear with a tranquilizer dart. After hanging on for about 10 minutes, the bear fell from the tree, dropped into a net and was taken away. According to animal experts, bears are usually hibernating during this time of the year; maybe it was taking some time off for a short winter break … I can relate to that. dngyuen@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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New Hagey Hall addition for accounting students New wing will consolidate accountancy classes, freeing up other areas of campus Adam Gardiner staff reporter

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The UW Board of Governors recently approved the construction of a new wing on the north end of Hagey Hall to be used primarily by the school of accountancy, thus adding another building to Waterloo’s campus. But while the new wing may be an extension of Hagey Hall, its features and overall feel will be entirely distinct. “The building was designed to fit in with the existing [one],” said Daniel Parent, UW’s director of design and construction, “but has an identity of its own.” Although the school could have enjoyed a separate building or location, like the school of architecture, the idea was dismissed for both financial reasons and the need to keep students on the main campus. “Our students have a lot of other classes they take on campus,” said Jim Barnett, director of the school of accountancy. “And we share programs with math and science. If we were at a different off-campus location, the transportation would be really unworkable.” Still, the development comes as a happy announcement for the department, which for a long time has been in need of more space for offices and classrooms. “It’s going to be an exciting time for us,” said Barnett. “We’ve been talking about a building for twenty years, so we’re finally going to get one. It’s just a wonderful time for the school.” Accountancy faculty and staff won’t be the only ones to benefit from the expansion of their department. The added learning space provided by the 52,000 square foot addition will be a benefit to students in other disciplines, as it will allow accountancy classes to be consolidated, thus freeing up space in other areas of campus. Since the Registrar’s Office controls the use of lecture hall and classroom space, students in other subjects may also find their classes scheduled in the new wing. “But we get first dibs,” joked Barnett. He has good reason to be happy about that fact. Combining an openconcept design with an array of technological features, the new wing will be one of UW’s most appreciated spaces. Although its exterior will be visually reminiscent of the current Hagey Hall, with dark brown brick, square angles and horizontal windows, the new wing will feature more extensive use of glass to light the interior naturally, as well as metal or laminate on the front façade, coloured to look like wood. The interior, in contrast, will be virtually opposite to the labyrinthine architecture of the current Hagey, which opened in 1969. “We’re trying to make it so that when you come in, there’s an open space in the lobby,” said Barnett. “Once you get in, you don’t have any interior doors to go through anymore.” The ground floor will feature a sunken, 200 seat lecture hall, along with four 75 seat lecture halls designed to minimize the distance between students and the professor. “When there’s discussion, the students can see each other easily,” noted Barnett. “There’s room for the instructor to walk among the students.” He also praised the depth of the desks, which will be large enough for students to place both a laptop and their notes in front of them, and noted that each lecture seat will feature a power connection and

wireless internet for laptops. The ground floor will also feature a café area, possibly to be occupied by another Tim Hortons outlet, while the second floor will house a student lounge Barnett calls “an informal learning space. This room will be… more of a common area, where you can work, meet as groups, [or] go and visit,” he said. A small kitchen area with a microwave will help long study sessions go by faster. Covering the main lecture hall will be a green roof, the first of its kind in UW’s campus. “On a normal roof,” said Barnett, “you’ve got tar and gravel. […] This will have plant material that is particular to a green roof.” He noted that, although access will be limited, the space could even be used for small events or meetings. “Probably our biggest challenge will be keeping the geese off it,” he added lightly. The third floor will finish the building off with seminar rooms and much-needed staff offices. “We’ve got faculty who are over in BFG,” said Barnett, “and we’d like to get them back with us.” Of all the building’s features, Barnett is particularly proud of the lecture halls. “We really tried to think about how we can make these good classrooms,” he said, “and we talked to students about things that they wanted. […] It was actually their suggestion about the depth of the desks.” He also credited the students in one of Liwana Bringelson’s design classes at LT3 with making several important contributions to the final design of the space. The $12.3 million project is scheduled to be completed by September 2008. During construction, access to Hagey Hall’s north end will still be possible through the wheelchair access door, while the two doors beside it will be closed. Access inside Hagey Hall will remain unrestricted for most of the construction period, and class times and locations will not be affected. In addition, the school of accountancy will link a webcam to their website to offer students and staff a bird’s eye view of the construction as it proceeds. Barnett noted the complaints made by some that the new Hagey wing is yet another example of UW’s green space falling victim to the builder’s contract. He pointed out, however, that there were no other viable options available to his department. He hopes that innovations, such as the building’s roof, will compensate for the loss of parkland that will occur when construction begins this spring. “We’re giving up on lawn,” he said, “but we’re not giving up on the green space.” He also noted that the classrooms will set the new building apart from other recent developments. “Not too many of the new buildings going up actually have a bunch of classrooms in them. A lot of them are offices or labs. But we’ve got significant new classrooms in this building.” And perhaps most importantly, according to Barnett, is that the new wing will stand as one of the many symbols of Waterloo’s success. “It is better to be in a time when there’s lots of new things going on than a time when there’s no money for anything,” he said. “It is really exciting for us, particularly, and a good time to be on campus.” agardiner@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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New board elected at Imprint AGM Tim Alamenciak editor-in-chief

Tim Alamenciak

Imprint president Jeff Anstett briefs fee-paying students on the AGM agenda.

Imprint’s new trio of directors will be charged with leading the organization through some significant editorial policy changes. At the riveting four-hour annual general meeting, fee-paying students at UW decided the fate of their newspaper for the coming year. The policy in question changes the nature of volunteering for Imprint. Originally, policy expected volunteers to provide four contributions and attend four staff meetings in order to gain staff status. The newly-ratified policy lays out specific paths for volunteers to follow. Based on their learning and quality of work, they may progress to staff positions; rather than placing an emphasis on quantity, the new policy is designed to emphasize quality. It passed about as well as a kidney stone. After numerous amendments, long-time volunteer Neal Moogk-Soulis cited concerns with the new policy increasing the image of Imprint as an exclusive organization. “I didn’t find it hard to get involved,” said Sukhpreet Sangha, a volunteer at Imprint since September 2006, when the policy became working policy. Sangha is now a staff reporter, regularly writing for the news section. The policy passed 17-2-2. The student fee will remain the same — a fully-refundable $3.30; however, increases in national advertising revenue have allowed Imprint’s budget to grow by approximately $25,000. The increase is being directed back to the organization — funding more training opportunities and equipment upgrades.

Collins Barrow delivered Imprint’s audit for financial year 2005/2006. Overall, the prognosis was good — we kept track of all the pennies. The meeting finished by electing the board of directors for 2007/2008. Current vice-president Adam Gardiner accepted a nomination for president from Suzanne Gardner and was voted in 16-0-2. Gardiner said, “I’m very excited about the position.” He hopes to continue what he termed a “good year” for Imprint both financially and operationally. Jacqueline McKoy, current treasurer, was nominated by Darren Hutz for the role of vice-president. McKoy discussed her vast experience with Imprint, “I’ve been here for ... nine terms now.” McKoy has served on both the board of directors and the editorial board. She was elected 17-0-1. Science editor Rob Blom rounded off the trio of directors, stepping up to accept a nomination by McKoy for secretary. Blom has overseen the science section for, well, as long as anybody can remember. The three directors are enough to establish quorum on the board of directors. They will shadow the current board over the course of the next few weeks, and ultimately appoint a staff liaison and treasurer. Any fee-paying student qualifies for these positions, and can forward a brief letter of intent to president@imprint.uwaterloo.ca. “The meeting went well,” said president and chair Jeff Anstett. “It was a very smooth AGM.” Luckily, there was little contention on the motion to adjourn. It passed unanimously. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Environmental: students weigh in on “green” governmental changes Continued from cover

Students in attendance at the lecture shared optimism and pessimism on the future of the environment. “It seems like a lot of [politicians] are all talk. It’s one thing to care and another thing to actually do something about it,” said Stefany Bogatan, a 1B environment and resource studies student. “I think the fact that he talked about both was a way to have a broader view of what you can do. “I wouldn’t say it was a life-changing experience,” Bogatan added, “but I enjoyed it. It always makes me happy to know that it’s not just the kids that are saying, ‘yeah, environmentalism is cool.’ It’s good to know that there are people actually doing something about it.” Krista Boniface, a 1B communications student from Laurier, thought it was important to show support for Suzuki’s ideas. “I’m here to see what he’s really about. Maybe it’ll change some of the lifestyle choices I make.”

Meanwhile a mother of a UW student, who had seen Green Party leader Elizabeth May speak the Sunday before and had come to the university for the Suzuki lecture, urged action on the part of everyone. “Everybody on this planet has to do everything they can — get a rack to dry clothes in the summertime, turn the heat down two degrees at night — the little things. But people don’t realize it’s got to be everyone,” said the woman, who wished to remain anonymous. The 50-stop, 28-day tour also took Suzuki to Windsor that same day, where he would carry out stop 14 on his cross-Canada journey. Whether Suzuki can motivate enough support across the country for his cause remains the fundamental challenge of the tour. Though he acknowledged that many of his listeners were already “converts,” he believed that if each audience member spoke to five people that night, and e-mailed five people the next day, the net of dialogue and support could become broad enough to effect real change. cmiller@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Correction and clarification There are some controversial statements to address in the article “Vagina Monologues slams into glass walls” by Suzanne Gardner in the February 9, 2007 issue of Imprint. Former vice-president internal Sai Kit Lo is quoted as saying, “...I don’t see how we should interfere.” This should read “...I don’t see how I can interfere.” The closing quote of the story reads, “I can’t live with the belief that I’m contaminating this as remaining an officer of this organization.” Lo told Imprint after publication that he intended the quotation to read, “I can’t live with the belief that I’m condoning this [by] remaining an officer of this organization.” Imprint apologizes for the error and confusion.

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Imprint gives Feds execs a final report Michael L. Davenport staff reporter

President Michelle Zakrison

Zakrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance has been a mixed bag. If the grilling she received at this Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feds forum is any indication, some of her coworkers are not happy with her performance. From Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forum: Henry: If you were putting forward a significant motion to, say, a January council meeting for a major issue like the bus pass, where would you expect your co-vice presidents to find that information out? From the council package, or from yourself as president? Royal: President. Schubert: President. Henry: Ah, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty simple one, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not what happened here. The common complaint about Zakrison is that she has difficulty separating her personal life from her professional life. While it is difficult for any politician with a small constituency to keep the two truly separate, students and councillors repeatedly asked her during her re-election campaign about her excessive attendance of social events compared to her sparse attendance of official meetings. In her defense, Zakrison has been willing to discuss Feds business in a wide variety of environments. Zakrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fulfillment of her campaign promises have been hit and miss. As promised, Zakrison has held a â&#x20AC;&#x153;meet and greet town hall sessionsâ&#x20AC;? in the SLC great hall every month. And while some have criticized the town halls for lack of impact, one cannot really blame her for going through with the experiment. Zakrison said during her campaign that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would be in favour of having a referendum on the Universal Bus Pass if it is clear that students have an interest in a bus pass that will likely be non-refundable.â&#x20AC;? She did spend

time researching a non-refundable bus pass, but when presenting her research to council in January, she was unable to answer the councillorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; questions, nor was she able to establish when those questions would eventually be answered. Though she claims that the referendum on a non-refundable pass was turned down because councillors wanted a refundable pass, in reality they turned it down because Zakrison has not worked out details. In the end, a referendum will happen despite her, not because of her. Zakrison had positive points, too. It was said of her that she is a good committee chair, and she was quite visible. Zakrison tried, but she could have done better. Vice-president education Jeff Henry

When Jeff Henry ran for office, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run on a platform of visibility. He made it clear that he would rather get things done than stay in the public eye. One notable accomplishment of his while in office was fighting against the mandatory submission of marks with job applications. Starting in fall 2007, including a transcript will only be mandatory if the prospective employer deems it to be mandatory. (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a big concession, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still an accomplishment to bend the university to the students will on anything.) Henry is also on the steering committee for the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance, the organization which lobbies the provincial government on behalf of students. On Henryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posters from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign, he said he would â&#x20AC;&#x153;ensure our lobby organizations are working hard for UW students.â&#x20AC;? In January he informed council of OUSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preparation for the expected, upcoming provincial elections, where no doubt OUSA will press to make education an election issue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so this is one promise kept, though some wish he werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t away from campus so much.

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When Imprint polled members of Feds for opinions, Jeff Henry was universally described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;hardworking,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;on top of thingsâ&#x20AC;? and someone who â&#x20AC;&#x153;knows how to get stuff done.â&#x20AC;? One even went so far as to call him â&#x20AC;&#x153;inspirational.â&#x20AC;? Though many had trouble articulating quite what he does, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mostly because he puts attention into boring details which escape most people. His reports to council reflect his attention to detail. Vice-president administration and finance Renjie Butalid

When Renjie Butalid was campaigning for office, there were three bullet points adorning his posters: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Facilitating the expansion of the Feds catering service operating out of Fed Hall,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Investigating the feasibility of expanding into the silk screening business.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Examining the possibility of a public printer in the Student Life Centre.â&#x20AC;? Not much progress was made on at least two of those fronts. In Butalidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense, as soon as he took office he was dealing with Greyhoundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action against the FedBus, and another lawsuit was filed against Feds (the fallout from a beating outside Fed Hall in December 2002) in only his third day in office. One of Butalidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest accomplishments is keeping the FedBus running, despite Greyhoundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s determination to take it down. A lesser VPAF might have caved, but Butalid did the legwork necessary to keep the FedBus in operation. According to Feds insiders, Butalid kept his cool during the numerous complex legal proceedings he had to deal with during his term in office. And since he deals with personnel issues, some of what he does must necessarily be kept secret. Butalid has also been working on organizing the Aussieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s move upstairs, a move that some criticize as a waste of resources but other praise as a strategic business decision. So though he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done exactly what he promised during his candidacy, he has kept busy and handled his role well.

Vice-president internal Sai Kit Lo

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Increasing your satisfaction by supporting the notion for faculty societies and FEDS to join forces in order to provide better quality of services offered by every C&D and to devise a practical plan in reducing food prices.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broaden your views by running discussions, debates, speaker events, documentary presentations that increase studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; awareness on all issues such as politics, values, environmental sustainability and more.â&#x20AC;? There are three things those statements have in common: They both sound good on paper. They both appeared on Sai Kit Loâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign posters last winter. And they both represent things that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get done. In fact, collectively Lo made eight promises on his campaign posters, few (if any) of which he kept. Society presidents complained that, contrary to his campaign promise of â&#x20AC;&#x153;strengthening your representatives [sic] â&#x20AC;Ś by developing a strong network and support systemâ&#x20AC;Ś.â&#x20AC;? Lo proved difficult to reach. Committee of Presidents meetings were scheduled infrequently and with little notice. When Lo was interviewed for Imprint midterm report, he stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no enemies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I always have win-win discussions with people.â&#x20AC;? However, his goal of being utterly non-controversial may have been his downfall. The issue that lead to his resignation was him barring the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre from using the SLC great hall for The Vagina Monologues â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a move he made because he thought some would find the performance offensive. As was mentioned last week in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sai Kit Lo resigns,â&#x20AC;? Lo did lobby the university to allow the fraternities and sororities to wear their Greek letters during clubs day. Fighting the university on behalf of the fraternities and sororities was a promise Lo made at one of the forums.

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Goodbye to another Waterloo tradition, hello to a week off

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For the engineering students, it gets more complicated than that. The professional governing body sets exactly how many hours of instruction a student must spend to get their degree. Never mind that those diligent and studious students might get sick once. In a two terms on, one summer off cycle there is room to run the winter term into May. Historically, while the rest of the campus community was off enjoying Reading Week, the seekers of the iron ring and wearers of the pink tie had to content themselves with Reading Two Days. And they didn’t used to get that either. Between the professional governing bodies and the friendly profs that used to haunt these hallowed halls, the prevailing theory was that Reading Week was for wussies. Reading Week also added a complication for those with co-op interviews. Anyone with

Next week could be the quietest week in a term that UW has seen in a long time. Next week is the first time in 50 years that the math and engineering students join the rest of the university community for Reading Week. The academic schedule at Waterloo has always been tight. The addition of a full summer term complicates things. With 36 weeks tied up in school, 12 more tied up for exams, a shutdown week in the winter, Frosh week and the week before Frosh week, there is barely any time for a Reading Week.

an interview in the middle of Reading Week can sympathize with that. The Reading Two Days came to be during a long Senate meeting many years ago. An omnibus motion was making its way through the Senate. A sympathetic faculty member slipped Reading Two Days into the motion when no one was looking. It was only after the motion was passed that the addition was noticed, and by then it was too late. Some Senators were livid while the guilty prof chuckled to himself. Some worshippers of the Tool and the Natural Log have enjoyed the Reading Two Days, knowing that their time would come at the end of the term. While the rest of the campus melted down, those EdComm and Math Lounge survivors had a few days off to catch their breath and study. Now, that’s no more. November 21, 2005 was the day that the Reading Two days were

extended to a full week, the change officially made in February 2006. Naturally, the engineering faculty was divided, and student senator at the time John Fishbein voiced his opposition. Dean Adel Sedra commended the change but abstained from voting given the divided opinion of the engineers. According to the meeting minutes, the math faculty agreed to the change. Perhaps seeing a chance to pull one over the engineers, non-engineering senators voted to give the engineers a break. So what’s the fallout? Will there be hardhatted heroes and a pink tie posse beating down their classroom doors or accosting their profs in the hallways demanding that they be taught? I doubt it. They’ll likely all be dutifully studying at home, or in the library, compensating for the lost study days at the end of term. Correction: I doubt it. nmoogksoulis@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Friday, February 16, 2007 — Vol. 29, No. 27

Politispeak your way out of this

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When I wake up in the morning, I’m a crankypants, — clear-headed, but far too impatient to deal with any crap. I drink a few mugs of thick coffee and smoke at least three cigarettes. Stimulants drag my mind across the coals, but while I’m drinking my coffee, there’s no room for bullshit. I just don’t have the patience to dick around. That’s what is behind this column. My morning conversations over steaming coffee; unfiltered Tim. Coming out on the other side of a sordid election makes me miss that ideal. Candidates this year were just spigots for politispeak. Every dodgeable question was effectively dodged — brushed aside to make room for mudslinging and accusations. The platform plans barely seemed tangible. “Sure, I’ll do whatever the students want, I guess,” they would say. By the time this hits the stands, you’ll have a new student government. In the tradition

of major newspapers, Imprint is realizing far too late that there is this whole technology thing out there. Check the website for election results and commentary. Amidst all the posturing of the race, I caught a few brief glimpses of reality. Some candidates are just so excited to run; others ragged from the campaign trail. Occasionally the politico mask would fall apart and a look of pure fear would creep in. Those brief moments of honesty were just moments, though. One would hope that honesty would be present throughout the whole campaign trail. But alas, our little government won’t have that. For the most part, voters, the best engines for politispeak will inevitably have won this election. It may be better if Rick Theis considers some sort of Running Man-esque competition to determine future Feds executives — show that they have balls and ovaries of steel; the power to stand up for students. Because when it all comes down to it, their gambit is manipulation. Whether Schubert is railing on Zakrison or Royal is acting royal, it’s all about image. Get a Del, yo. Campaign promises are ridiculous. Campaigning itself is ludicrous. I imagine that there is some epic origin of the Federation of Students wherein the first president pulled a magic sword from a big stone, but in reality

Postscript

my money is on some frustrated artsie wanting to play government. All this bullshit is in the name of democracy, I suppose. But does it lead to the best leaders or does it realize the fallacy of letting the masses decide the fate of a multi-million dollar corporate blob? Our society lusts for democracy. It’s held up by many as the ideal — the Way Things Should Be. Fair and balanced as equal voting is, the Feds elections have become a caricature of real democracy. In my mind, the perfect candidate would be perfectly candid. Their campaigning would be done over coffee and cigarettes, beer and pizza, or a hearty breakfast from Angie’s. Anything to force some humanity and honesty to shine beneath the layers of crap. I was in Bomber on Tuesday for just such a conversation with some Imprinters when still-campaigning Zakrison fluttered over to our table. Timid and pleasant, she said hi. “What do you think about the elections, Michelle?” I asked. Remiss to comment on the actual meat of my question, she prattled about voter turnout for a little while. Safe and virtuous politispeak. Future candidates, don’t blow smoke in the arses of students. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Throw your trash in the bins, Waterloo

Although I enjoy being a student here at University of Waterloo, I have quite the beef. My first year here in 2004, I spent the majority of my time at the SLC. I spent a great deal of my time there and, of course, noticed the growing mass of clutter left on the tables as well as spilled drinks, ripped up tissue and Imprint newspapers left carelessly, helter skelter all over the tables. I’m calling for students to be more respectful of their campus. Over the past few weeks, I have been increasingly appalled at the messes found around campus: Tim Hortons cups, bags and tissues all over the ground; Imprint sections tossed carelessly into puddles; just garbage everywhere other than where it’s supposed to be — in the bin! In two of my classes so far, I have been shocked to discover the mess. I walked into a class on Tuesday to discover a trash bin almost empty — why was this trash bin empty? Because

its contents were spread all around it. Now I, myself, am also an NBA wannabe (or at least think I have some skill at throwing a ball-like object into a bin), and do try my back-shot, hook-shot and overhand shots to the waste bin, and more often than not, despite my powers, miss. However there is one thing I do — I get up and put it in the bin. Just because you miss doesn’t mean you don’t have the responsibility to pick it up. Then I was appalled to see some careless girl left behind a nicely wrapped pad. We all know women have a period; we don’t want to see it. I’m female, I don’t want people seeing my pads or tampons. Also, in another classroom, there was Tylenol, more newspaper and junk were on the floor. I mean, I personally am a notorious pack rat: I keep trinkets, cards, nostalgia out the whazoo but what I do know is where my garbage goes — in the bin. Now, a common trait of all large classrooms like the Submarine, the lecture rooms in the DC, like Hagey Hall (which thankfully allows no food garbage! Then again it would be nice to have a tea in there once in a while but hey, with all the litter-bugs there, that isn’t going to happen anytime soon) is that finding a garbage bin is like trying to find an electrical outlet — rather difficult. These bins are very few and far between, which seems

to also give students the excuse to not put their garbage in them. However, the Submarine (room 101 in RCH) was just recently outfitted with eight — count ‘em, eight — new garbage bins. White, mounted, flip top, nice bins. Well these bins are no longer nice. They’re dented, scuffed, paint is picked off. They generally look much older than they are. Here, the school is trying to make garbage disposal easier (not to mention the four little buckets that act as garbage bins at the top of the classroom and the two at the bottom) for us students, and some schmuck has gone ahead and dented them! I do realize that there are about 27,000 students going to Waterloo right now. I do realize that for the amount of students, there doesn’t seem to be enough garbage bins. However, just because you are between garbage bin A and garbage bin B does not give you the right to toss your cup on the ground. It’s still littering. Pick up your junk and throw it in the bin. Pick up your paper towels and throw them in the bin. Pick up your Tim Hortons waste and throw it in the bin. Don’t give the excuse that the custodians need work to do, so there’s a cup for them — they have enough to take care of. Take part, UW, — throw it in the bin. — Meghan Kernohan

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Attitude adjustment for winter’s sickness sorrows Getting sick is an unfortunate part of the Canadian winter experience. Influenza is an omnipresent annoyance which we all try feverishly to avoid. But unless you’re some sort of genetically enhanced superhuman (i.e. if you got the flu shot, you pansy), odds are you’re going to get a cold before the season’s out. Even though you’re pretty much doomed to illness in the near future,

don’t despair; I have some sweet tips for dealing with being under the winter weather or “getting down with the sickness,” as the kids say. You only get out of life that which you put into it, so you have to look for the silver linings and take advantage of every opportunity. The same applies to being sick. Most people are too busy feeling sorry for themselves, puking and/or burning up with fever to even consider all the amazing advantages of being sick. What you need to remember is that beating your cold is all about having a positive attitude. Some skeptical readers are probably wondering what could possibly be good about being sick. Well for one thing, being sick inspires feel-

ings of pity from everyone around you. Glorious opportunities to extort favours from people you know don’t come along every day. It’s your prerogative to pull rank and make everyone around you into your own personal errand boy or girl. Don’t let them get away with anything less. If those insensitive jerks won’t do your every bidding when you’re obviously suffering maybe they don’t deserve your friendship at all. Another huge advantage of being sick is that you can get out of your assignments, midterms and finals. Sure you’re just putting it off until an inopportune future date, but since time is money, you can invest the time you would have spent studying and

writing your exams to earn a little interest while you tough out your cold. It’s free time. You’d have to be economically illiterate not to. One thing not to do while sick is to go see a doctor. Nothing kills a positive attitude like a bring-medown physician. They try to ruin your high spirits by telling you to stay in bed and rest. Just remember that if you stay in bed and rest, the cold wins and we can’t have that. You have to show it who’s boss — and the only way to do that is to stay up late and get wasted with your friends. If you do happen to have the mother of all colds and you can’t even muster the energy to stay up

all night partying, then things are a little trickier. In these cases it’s a good idea to spread the cold to some other people to take some of the load off. More flu for everyone else means less flu for you. That’s just common sense. If the people you’ve infected have read this column then they’ll even thank you for providing them with the opportunity to take advantage of all the fun a few days of influenza has to offer. If after all that you’re still sick of being sick then you might just be an incurable pessimist and I recommend some serious counselling. Good luck and happy fluing. rhunealt@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Brendan on babies

The question of when human life begins is an incredibly complicated issue with many levels to the debate, but I likes my debates the same way I likes my coffee and linens... black and white. The focus of this debate surrounds when we consider human life to begin, but a recently fertilized embryo is so obviously a human being. If you look at it, it may not look human or have any human characteristics, but if you wait a while, a bunch of complicated processes will turn that clump of cells into something that does look like a human. This isn’t just true, it does wonders to simplify the English language. We can now get rid of the word ‘seed’ and just say tree, or tomato plant or whatever it is going to grow into if you give it the right conditions and wait long enough. A 1/2 oz pouch of tomato plants for just 90 cents! I’m in. But not only that, think of how much less clutter there will be in your iTunes when you change them all to what they become eventually: a P. Diddy remix. Sean McDowell, in a moving story, writes, “Imagine you are a pregnant young woman with tuberculosis. The father of your unborn child is a short-tempered alcoholic with syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease. You have already had five kids. One is blind, another died young, and a third is deaf and unable to speak. The fourth has tuberculosis, the same disease you have. What would you do in this situation? Should you consider abortion? If you chose to have the abortion, you would have ended a valuable human being — regardless of the possible difficulties it may have brought you. Fortunately, the young woman who was really in this dilemma chose life. Otherwise we would never have heard the Fifth Symphony by Beethoven, for this young woman was his mother.” Even though the majority of the facts in that story have been proven false by historians, it’s still pretty intense. Think about it, there could have been a child born who would have solved all the problems of poverty and crime linked to unwanted pregnancies.

Having already been aborted, we’ll never know. Did I just blow your mind, or did I just blow your mind? I know several people who are adopted and they say “Well, I could have been aborted, but I was given a chance at life.” It’s true; if they were aborted they wouldn’t be alive today. All those people who don’t exist must be so mad right now. Those people who at no point ever could really recognize their existence, and now don’t exist would be livid. I know I’d be mad. Not the me that never really existed, the hypothetical one. Hypothetical pain and anger could possibly be worse than real pain and anger. Just picture it. Now it could be argued that with enough tampering you could, theoretically at least, make a human out of most any cell in your body by extracting the DNA to be used in some cloning procedure, but that involves a great deal of intervention. Natural pregnancies don’t require any effort. Well at least not with that exception at the very beginning. And you know the “tampering” has to last at least 15 minutes or she gives you that look. Things like the morning-after pill are pure evil. If that little embryo could scream as it was being flushed out, it would. I guess it would really need a mouth and vocal cords to make the sound and lungs to power them and the neural architecture required to recognize pain, but it would scream. That cluster of cells would scream bloody murder. That’s why this is quite obviously an issue best solved by male church leaders. Only they have the proper distance to objectively judge the situation. Women shouldn’t be the ones who decide, because they are too close to the issue. They will be unfairly biased by their uterine proximity. The only way we can stop this slaughter is if we go back to killing the people who commit the crimes. Criminal men like Dr. Garson Romalis, the first Canadian doctor shot for performing abortions. That’ll learn ‘em the sanctity of life. As women, you have the choice to have sex and treat your body in any way you see fit, but once that sperm hits that egg, BAM, you’re an incubation chamber with tits. You’ve just got to learn to deal with it. I’m Brendan Pinto and I’m single (and if I’d been aborted, I’d only be hypothetically upset about it), so tell your friends. bpinto@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Pinto is just misunderstood

To the editor, This is regarding articles that have been written by Brendan Pinto. I thought this week’s article “Tuition hikes make puppies cry” was tame for Pinto. It did still have his sarcastic nature but it seems something was missing. Could it be the fact that no one gets his satire? In previous issues I have noticed that there are numerous students writing to the editor to complain about Pinto’s creative style of writing. One of my personal favourites was when a student in environment and business made complaints about Pinto’s article “Back off Big Environment.” This student is ‘concerned’ with Pinto’s article and the statements that he makes. He thinks Pinto’s ideas are absurd. Well that’s a little harsh. Maybe Barry, people think your ideas are absurd. Pinto may have hurt your feelings but you definitely didn’t hurt his. It’s called sarcasm! Get some. I personally believe that Brendan

Pinto is just misunderstood by the many students who are too serious about everything around them. Furthermore, they need to look into getting a book about sarcasm or satire to better understand the great qualities that Brendan Pinto has to offer in his writing style. Don’t worry Brendan, at least someone understands you. It’s funny. — Kara Singbeil 1B planning

Cheers to voting

To the editor, Every year around this time there is quite a bit of talk about the shameful voter turnout for Feds elections. There are many excellent reasons to vote, including screening out incompetent and ineffective candidates looking to make a nice addition to their resume. Despite this, voter turnout remains pitiful. Also, turn out and vote so that it is impossible for a religious club on campus to single-handedly elect a fundamentalist douchebag who will ban a performance promoting women’s rights and an end to violence against women because Jesus makes him scared of vaginas. — Ryan Snider

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Give strippers more credit and just enjoy yourself

Strip clubs have always held a sort of fascination for me. As someone who is, to say the least, dissatisfied with her own physical appearance, I’ve always wondered how those girls managed to get up there with literally nothing to hide. Last Saturday, I jumped at the opportunity to interview a recent UW grad who put herself through school by stripping, hoping to get some answers about a profession I find fascinating to say the least. I’ve read articles interviewing strippers in the past that describe the experience as empowering, belittling the idea that stripping can be thought of as degrading and objectifying. So, as I walked into the interview the main question I had was, “Is this degrading, or are these girls empowered?” Amber — her stripper name — shared horror stories from her years working at The Manor in Guelph, revealing the dark side of stripping. Drug use, pregnancy, prostitution and much worse sounded as commonplace as in a B-

list action movie. The experiences she described were everything that’s stereotypically attached to stripping. For her, the girls who say that the profession is empowering are lying to themselves and addicted to the attention. The glamourous façade is just that — a façade, and everything you thought was “wrong” with stripping is true. According to Amber, her situation was a rarity. Most of the strippers were addicts, single mothers or both. Sheer desperation drove them to strip, and they got as addicted to the money and attention as they do to the drugs that are more than readily available. I’ve never really gotten why people think there’s something intrinsically wrong with stripping and, in turn, strippers. Amber explained how family and friends have ostracized her, merely because she put herself through school by taking off her clothes. So, as I walked into Roxanne’s Friday night — purely in the interest of research of course — I went with an open mind. If you think about it, it takes a lot of confidence to get up on stage naked and a lot of these girls are really talented — can you hang upside down on a pole to take off your top? I didn’t think so. At Roxanne’s, my companion and I settled in as your stereotypical

stripper strutted on stage. She had horribly dyed blonde hair, huge poorly-done implants, and was in her late thirties. Her showmanship was fantastic and the crowd was responding well — even if she was past her prime. As men banged the sides of the stage in encouragement, I wondered, “How on Earth could anyone ever call this empowering?”

I’ve never really gotten why people think there’s something intrinsically wrong with stripping Just as that thought was crossing my mind, a stripper came onto the side stage right in front of me. I watched in fascination as she cajoled and sweet-talked more and more money out of the guys who had already hired her for a private dance. The enraptured faces may have been objectifying her, but she was in complete control of the situation, bouncers were everywhere to intervene at her signal, and all touching was completely on her terms.

When I visited The Manor Saturday night to get a better picture of everything Amber described, the atmosphere was entirely different. While Roxanne’s had few dancers who looked strung out, most of the girls at The Manor seemed strung out and desperate. The lacklustre performances and the overly-young looking girls perturbed me — especially because Amber informed me that while most clubs try to steer away from prostitution, at The Manor about 85 per cent of the girls would hook on the side. I left that club with an idea of why stripping gets such a bad name. So would I go back to a strip club? Yes, it’s entertaining — and hilarious if you watch one of your friends get some personal attention. In my opinion, many of the problems with stripping come from the fact that is so marginalized. In K-W, strip clubs have to be in industrial zoned areas, as opposed to a part of the every-day culture. If stripping weren’t so taboo, it would open the doors to the necessary discourse that could regulate and legitimize the profession. Currently, it’s the stigma attached that makes stripping seem so underhanded and devious. In Amsterdam, sex work of all kinds

is legal and relatively socially acceptable, and of every city in the world it has the lowest number of rapes reported every year. I think stripping can be a perfectly acceptable way to make money — if the proper legislation is put in place. It’s really no worse than pin-up posters of sexy men or women — just with a lot less clothing. If the stigma disappears, then hopefully so will the atmosphere of desperation that surrounds stripping and people will choose to strip, as opposed to feeling driven to it. I know that I couldn’t do it — I hate my body way too much — but if you are comfortable enough with your body and sexuality, and are 18 or older, then I don’t really see what the problem is. If the girls are all legal and clean, then stripping can soon becomes the kind of part-time job you do on the way to something bigger and better. The regulations do need to be tightened and the women protected. As opposed to penalizing drug use or prostitution, strip clubs need to be forced to provide sexual health education as well as addiction therapy for these women so that Amber’s story isn’t such a rarity. acsanandy@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

judgment, at all times. — Frank Y. Leng 1B Environment & Business

Study spots Right or wrong is never simple

To the editor, After reading the somewhat judgment-free article regarding the recent resignation of the VPI – Sai Kit Lo, I feel a bit disappointed with the way both parties acted on this matter. Being a first year student I must admit that I am not completely familiar with the process in which Feds operate, but hopefully we can all agree that chaos and personal attack are counterproductive. We watched a simple matter of a club event turn into a controversial yet unnecessary battle between the VPI and the Women’s Centre. I cannot believe the thought process on either side regarding this matter. In the end we are here for the same reason. Feds and its associations exist for the same reason. Student leaders work for the same reason. Then why the hostility? Why do people genuinely want to look for differences in other people and their opinions? Why can’t we just be slightly more understanding of the other person? Perhaps none of these “leaders” really understood what they were supposed to do. Feds clearly do not have strict regulations regarding this decision making process. However, common sense states that personal attack is never an appropriate method of persuasion. It will only make things worse. In the end, right or wrong is never a simple binary measurement. Therefore, we should avoid having to make that

To the editor, We all have our happy places. Places that we utilize in order to become efficient. Rather than being cooped up with lousy roommates who just don’t know when to shut up, what other places are good for studying, you ask yourself. In the article, many readers will know the locations specified as the clichéd hotspots on campus. Dana Porter is the place for all the bad boys, and by that I mean the serious bookworms. Nothing beats doing work on the tenth floor only to glare aimlessly through the windows every five minutes trying to find people you know. People with short attention spans should consider the lower floors of the DP. The description that Robert had made for the Davis Centre library was pretty much dead on. You could literally let off a one-man salute only to go unnoticed. Some other hotspots not mentioned in the article are the Green Room in ES1. With a nice calm and serene environment, this is one of the nicest places on campus to get work done. Not only is the atmosphere green, it’s uncongested even on weekdays. The SLC cafeteria is another resourceful location on weekends, when it becomes literally a ghost town. It’s all about choosing the right place to correspond with one’s own preferences. It won’t do you any good lying to yourself. Instead, do yourself a favour and avoid going to DC just because all the cool kids are doing it. — Henry Szeto 1B Arts & Business

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Paying tuition one striptease at a time Ashley Csanady staff reporter

Photo illustration by Valerie Broadbent, Christine Ogley and ANgelo florendo

It sounds like the plot of a bad chick flick. A young girl is kicked out of her house, starts working part-time at a strip club, goes back to school and puts herself through university stripping. The cheesy finale? Her acceptance to law school, which makes her give up the nine-inch heels, get panties that don’t snap off and generally sober up. It may sound like a movie, but it’s not: it’s the life of Amber, a former stripper and recent UW graduate now attending law school. Hailing from Mississauga, Amber started out working as a bartender at Treasures in Toronto. She left home at a young age and the world of stripping drew her in because of the quick and easy money. She then got back into school and worked her way through a degree in psychology by stripping. Completing her degree in two years, Amber made the Dean’s list every term and graduated with an 89 per cent average. Her acceptance into law school was a self-professed turning point that made Amber give up stripping and the drugs and alcohol that went part-and-parcel with the lifestyle. Making $52,000 a year working three days a week, Amber explained that the money and the lifestyle were addictive. A self-confessed shopaholic, Amber has been raking in the student debt ever since she gave up stripping before starting law school. Although this may seem like the perfect solution for a cashstrapped student, Amber doesn’t recommend the work. For her, strippers who claim to find it empowering are lying to themselves. Despite her Cinderella-like story, Amber explained that her situation was a rarity. If 100 girls worked in one club, only three to five of them would be in school and, of those few, most wouldn’t graduate. “The stuff that you hear is true,” said Amber of the stereotypes of drug-addled strippers and prostitution. Of her time spent working at The Manor, Amber said she couldn’t even go on-stage sober and neither could the rest of the dancers. Almost as prevalent as substance abuse was prostitution. At The Manor, Amber explained, about 85 per cent of the strippers were also prostitutes; however, she said that most of the other clubs where she worked had much lower numbers. Amber said she never crossed that line because once crossed, it becomes that much easier to cross again the next time someone asks. When asked if she regretted stripping, Amber said, “I wouldn’t be where I am if I wasn’t a

dancer.” She also explained how the experience made her comfortable with her body, but that she almost got waylaid by the money and lifestyle and that after seeing the other women’s lives of drugs, illegitimate children and disease she realized that “you need to think about the future.” Perhaps one of the funniest things Amber explained was the way in which stripping would warp your entire world view: one night, you would be at the club and everyone would be completely enamored with you; the next day, you’d be walking in the mall and wonder, “Why is nobody looking at me.” After hearing horror stories of other dancers pregnant, on drugs and having unprotected sex, I could see why Amber felt it necessary to extricate herself from the situation. Very adamant about the need for further regulation of clubs, Amber explained that the rules vary from club to club. At some clubs, no touching is allowed at all, whereas others are no better than glorified whorehouses — but according to Amber, neither extreme is necessarily appealing, as she found the really “clean” clubs too stressful. According to Amber, strippers maintain a necessary obsession with baby wipes and checking for toilet paper by bending over in front of the mirror. Also, catfights and rivalries are common, and to steal another dancer’s song is enough to cause a feud. Amber explained it’s better to do private lapdances than to dance on-stage, because it costs money — a DJ fee of usually $30 — to dance on-stage and you have to go up when your name is called, even if you are busy with a well-paying customer. Other common rookie mistakes include taking off all your clothes on the first dance — you want to prolong the process as much as possible — and tipping the DJ — it’s usually a scam. Apparently, building a loyal clientele doesn’t hurt either. Describing her regulars as a “security blanket,” Amber said she often got everything from tuition to car repairs paid for by some of her more loyal clientele. Since a lot of dancers often say they need money for school, Amber would actually get them to pay the school directly, so that they knew she wasn’t lying. Now that Amber’s sober and has left the world of red lights and sparkly bras behind, she sees the necessity of her leaving that lifestyle. Although she does miss having her regulars to fall back on whenever an emergency springs up, Amber said she wouldn’t go back because she “needs to stay in school and not be sidetracked by the money.” acsanady@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Get the most out of your orgy experience I recently received an e-mail from one of my fellow columnists asking what I thought about threesomes. While I was flattered by the implied invitation, a threesome is a complex undertaking, not a sexual excursion to be taken lightly. A threesome can be planned or perhaps the result of alcohol-induced lack of inhibitions. Sometimes a couple invites a single to join them. Other situations find three singles (friends or strangers) hooking up for one night of fun and experimentation. Either way, the results can be a lot of fun or can wreck relationships.

There are many important things to consider when setting up a threesome, things besides my place, your place or yours. For example, if you are a couple inviting a third, or even if you’re single and setting up a three-or-more-some with friends, you need to decide in advance how far things are allowed to go. You should talk about whether kissing is allowed, and if so, if it’s allowed for everyone or only for some people. Is penetration allowed — what about oral sex? Does anyone want to watch and not participate? Is anal okay? Sometimes these decisions can be affected by the genders of the people involved; for example, a hetero man might have no problem with his female partner exchanging oral sex with a female third, but he might feel differently if it’s a male third.

It’s a good idea to get all of this out of the way in advance so that you can avoid hurt feelings later. Plus, it will save you from having to ask in the heat of the moment and could prevent things from getting out of control. However, it’s also important to understand that things might change during sex — someone might forget the rules, might try something unexpected or someone who had laid down a restriction might change their mind. If something happens that you or anyone else is uncomfortable with, don’t be shy about speaking up. Only do what you’re comfortable with, because the whole point is having some fun and being sexually satisfied, not necessarily pushing boundaries. But you needn’t cause a commotion (unless all else fails) if

someone starts giving you a rimjob that you’re not comfortable with; a simple “no thank you” should suffice. This works both ways, you should also try not to complain or try to coerce someone into doing something they aren’t prepared to do; that will just make things awkward and reduce the chances that the others will want to play — or play again another time. Veronique Lecat

Get off with the rest of this column, see SAFETY IN NUMBERS, page 15

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A great experience begins on the plate North American restaurant patrons thrive in a setting where the uninspired menu items have dwindled to the Stone Aged chicken caesar salad and iced tea. We collectively gasp a sigh of extreme satisfaction when the menu offers to wrap our salad in a bland tortilla and serve our tea with a twist of raspberry. All I can say is, shame on us for passively letting it happen. I myself am guilty of these travesties. When evaluating eateries, I overlook some of the boring food selections and pay attention instead to the service I receive from the moment I walk in the door. On reflection, is it really important that I am seated swiftly if I can catch the aroma of the steamy kitchen while I wait? Is it really important that my food is brought to me quickly if anticipating its taste is half the fun? I speak to you of a revolution that is — or should be — happening in the food service industry. Slowly but surely fun and popular restaurants, cognizant only of the culinary art they place at your table, are breaking through the bars of our North American attitude of banging utensils on the table and demanding,“I want my food and I want it now!” (bangs fork). At restaurants such as Pho Ben Thanh (at 38 Northfield Dr. E, near

the Keg), the beautifully presented, mouth-watering aromatic is its own reward. The service doesn’t have to be amazing and homey when the food is this good. Although the contemporary décor urged me to abandon my quest for authenticity, I had to know whether or not the food was authentically Vietnamese and Thai. I consulted a dear friend and seasoned connoisseur of Vietnamese and other oriental delicacies. Upon reflection on his Vietnamese upbringing and frequent trips to ethnic restaurants and food stores, he accomplished the impossible and narrowed the rich and rapidly increasing number of Vietnamese dishes to their absolute staples: “noodles and tea.” With tea ranging from ginger to bubble and over 25 noodle dishes, Pho Ben Thanh surpasses not only any expectations of mere authenticity but also of range of choice. The restaurant boasts Thai seafood delicacies and dishes (such as many of the stir-fried chicken dishes) that claim hints of Chinese and even Westernized cooking. This full menu will definitely keep me coming back for more. I can honestly tell you that I have not tried one thing on the menu that I have regretted. As the serving sizes are bigger than they need to be and the menu consists of several hundred dishes that you will want to try immediately, I recommend taking as many people as you can along with you. My mother and I were used to more traditional small servings and our order of four dishes together left us with several meals left over.

Myke Sokolyk

The dining room at Pho Ben Thanh calmly awaits the rush of eager guests. The mussels with black bean sauce was cooked beautifully. I hadn’t had mussels cooked this well since it was fresh out of the sea in Prince Edward Island. Although this dish is popular in restaurants, the combination of black bean sauce and mussels is new and fresh. The cashew nut chicken with mixed vegetables is luminous mostly because of the texture contrasts present and the artful display. The subtle nuts add crunch to the dish. This dish

was recommended by servers on two separate occasions and I commend them for it. With a menu that could potentially be overwhelmingly spicy, I recommend this dish as something less spicy that could even require individualized seasoning. Beef, snow peas, asparagus and many of the other dishes come sizzling on hot black skillets. I can’t stress the artfulness that has gone into every aspect of this dining experience. It is tangier than the menu

would have you believe (there are no hot pepper symbols), so beware. The décor and atmosphere are one of a kind. The service was less than spectacular but Pho Ben Thanh shines through because of its pure focus on the fundamentals of food as an art. I raise 4.5 out of 5 beers to Pho Ben Thanh; I was clearly out of my element but enjoying the adventure. msokolyk@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Morning or night, spinach feels right Popeye downed this super food to provide him with that extra oomph of strength to save his beloved Olive Oyl. In addition to the superpowers bestowed upon him, whether he realized it or not, Popeye could also have boasted himself as a super healthy practitioner. As the crème de la crème of healthy foods, it is no wonder that famous 16th Century historical figure, Catherine de Medici, deemed this vegetable her favourite. In fact, when this aristocrat left her

home of Florence, Italy to wed the King of France, she brought her own line of chefs who best knew how to prepare all of her desired spinach dishes. In addition to Lady Catherine, spinach has had many ties to famous and important historical figures and locations, spanning far back to its origins in Persia (Iran). By the 17th century, the King of Nepal was enamoured by this vegetable and even sent it as a gift to China. It wasn’t until the 11th century that spinach made its appearance in Europe. It was first introduced by the Moors (a member of a Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent) into Spain. For a while spinach was even known as “the Spanish vegetable” in England. Unfortunately, our dark, leafy green advocate of good health can

lose its nutrients within a week of purchase, even with refrigeration, so try to use it within five days. In addition, heavy or prolonged cooking removes some of the nutrients, so try to eat spinach raw or just cooked until wilted. Always try to add spinach towards the end of cooking. When choosing spinach, look for vibrant deep green leaves and stems with no signs of yellowing. Avoid leaves that look wilted or bruised and select those that are fresh and tender. If you encounter spinach with a slimy coating, avoid it because it is an indication of decay. Do not wash spinach before storing as the moisture will cause it to spoil. tli@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

A frittata is an Italian rendition of an omelet. It is made with cheese, meat or vegetables mixed into the eggs rather than folded inside the eggs. This omelet makes for a special breakfast or an easy supper. This recipe serves four.

1. Preheat the broiler. Position the rack four inches from the heat source.

1 tsp olive oil 1 garlic clove, minced 3 cups chopped spinach leaves, well washed and stems trimmed 3 whole eggs, plus 4 egg whites 3/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 1/4 minced red bell pepper (optional) 2 red or white potatoes (about 3/4 pound total weight), peeled and shredded 2 tbsp chopped fresh basil 1/4 cup- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella or provolone cheese

2. In a large, nonstick frying pan with a flameproof handle, heat 1/2 tsp of the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté until softened, about 1 minute. Stir in the spinach and cook until it wilts, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Set the frying pan aside.

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This nourishing veggie has many carotenoids and, when converted into vitamin A by the body, it has shown to help combat infections, cancers and heart disease. The vitamin B found in spinach boosts energy levels and helps maintains a healthy nervous system. Not to sound like an infomercial, but wait!... there’s more... spinach is rich in: • • •

3. In another bowl, whisk together the whole eggs and egg whites. Stir in 1/4 tsp of the salt and the pepper. Set aside.

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4. Return the frying pan to medium heat and heat the remaining 1/2 tsp olive oil. Add the onion and sauté until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1/2 tsp salt, the bell pepper and the potatoes and cook until the potatoes begin to brown but are still tender-crisp, 4 to 5 minutes.

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5. Spread the potatoes in an even layer in the pan. Spread the spinach evenly over the potatoes. Sprinkle with the basil. Pour in the beaten eggs and sprinkle evenly with the cheese. Cook until slightly set, about 2 to 3 minutes. 6. Carefully place the pan under the broiler and broil until the frittata is brown and puffy and completely set, about 3 minutes. Gently slide onto a warmed serving platter and cut into wedges. Serve immediately.

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Zinc: Helps prevent age-related macular degeneration. Vitamins C: Improves the absorption of iron into the body. Vitamin E: Slows loss of mental function. Vitamin K: Improves bone strength. Folate: Needed by the body to help convert a potentially dangerous chemical called homocysteine into healthier molecules. Omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, iron, magnesium: Help to lower high blood pressure and protect against heart disease. Fibre: Keeps the colon healthy.

If that’s not enough to win you over, spinach also contains at least 13 different flavonoid compounds that function as antioxidants and as anti-cancer agents. Amazingly, the list of benefits goes on; this just scratches the surface.

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What philosophy can’t answer, biology might staff reporter

When you’re young and you want to work with your hands despite having a university degree, what do you do? For Cameron Dunn, the answer came in construction. “I decided the office thing wasn’t for me,” Dunn said. “I’ve always done construction, I’ve always liked construction, so I got into construction.” The 25-year-old graduated from UW two years ago with a degree in urban planning. “I think [the education] was a benefit,” Dunn said, “because what else was I going to do? I had a lot of fun and I learned a lot. At the end I decided that working in an office wasn’t for me. So I went for what makes me happy, and that’s doing construction.” He spent two years as a ski-bum in Ferney and Nelson, BC. He has since moved to Victoria and the man has a plan — a ten-year plan, to be exact. “Hopefully I’ll become a building inspector by the time I’m 35,” he said. “To prepare myself, I think I have to start at the bottom and put in my time on site, which I really enjoy, because I’m young and I want to work with my hands and I like construction.” He has begun this phase of his education in drywall. “The way I got my job,” Dunn said, “is I flipped through the yellow pages, and the first construction phone number I saw I called. It was a drywall job and I took it. I started at an hourly rate and within six months I became my own sub-contractor.” As a sub-contractor he bids on jobs and gets paid “piece work” or per square meter. The job itself is the finishing of drywall — making the drywall look flawless before the painters take over.

“My most recent job is a commercial site,” Dunn said. “It’s a four-storey condo building, and we work from the top floor down. The most efficient way is to do one step of the process at a time, completely, and then you move to the next step.” His two-man team, consisting of Dunn and his brother, tapes the entire floor, plasters mud over all the walls, skims the mud and sands it. The condo has four units on top, and it took them six weeks to make it perfect and sign off on the project. Then they got paid. “On this job in particular,” Dunn said, “it was $.40 per square foot, times twenty-two thousand square feet.”

“To prepare myself, I think I have to start at the bottom and put in my time on site, which I really enjoy.” — Cameron Dunn If you’re a sub-contractor you’re expected to have all your own equipment. For dry-walling, the startup cost exceeds $5,000 — not including your own vehicle. But you do get a GST number from the government, that says if you make more than $30, 000 a year, you can write off all business expenses. “What I’m going to do,” Dunn said, “is become a professional in the major sectors inside the construction industry. I started with drywall because I already had a lot of tools and I knew a lot about it. I’m going to get an electrical ticket. That takes

about four years, but if you go to school for four months it knocks a year off of it. I’m not going to get my plumbing, because plumbing also takes three to four years, but it’s really simple, and I’ll do a lot of plumbing on-site.” “You don’t need all that to be a building inspector,” he continued, “but in order to be a good building inspector, you have to have an actual knowledge of how things work on site. To have that knowledge, I think you have to spend a little bit of time, on-site, doing that first-hand.” There are private and public building inspectors. “I want to work for a city, a municipality,” Dunn said. “That’s an office job with field work. I think it’s about 60 per cent office, 40 per cent field. You get paid nicely, and it’s plum. You’re not working hard, you get to leave the office a couple days out of the week and go around to talk to builders. That to me, it’s pretty ideal.” Urban planning is part of the faculty of environmental studies. Dunn said his degree is a benefit no matter where he uses it. “To give you an example,” he said, “I think there are probably 50 people working on the condo right now. Maybe two or three went to university. So, having a university degree and going into construction is not particularily common. However, it allows me to move much faster than everyone else, because I know you can either do one job and stay idle in that, or you can do a bunch of things really fast and make headway a lot quicker. Also, things seem to come easier to me, because I’ve learned how to learn, and I learned how to listen. Having gone to university, although it’s not in my profession, gives me a huge advantage over everyone else.” sbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Once upon a time, biology and philosophy were kith and kin in the eyes of the world’s great thinkers. Aristotle treated both the study of aesthetics and of the animal kingdom with the same self-assurance; early doctors once attributed illnesses of the body to deficits of the spirit; the social inferiority of women was deemed a biological truth. But over the centuries, biology and philosophy took different paths. Sir Francis Bacon introduced a concrete, observational approach to scientific analysis and René Descartes followed with his Discourse on Method, a treatise on the scientific method. In 1878 Charles Pierce developed the objective hypothesis model that is still used in science today, and like twins separated at birth, biology and philosophy went their separate ways. Well, almost. The problem is that when we look back at the way science and philosophy used to commingle, we cannot help but view the meeting of their two worlds as primitive and unscientific — in a word: medieval. Their eventual divergence was absolutely integral to the pursuit of new knowledge, with its benefits amply demonstrated in the advent of new and better medicines, the success of the human genome project, and the real world application of philosophy through refined discourses on political theory, psychology and sociology. But in the contemporary world, there are times when no amount of “objectivity” will provide answers to the questions with which both philosophy and biology now grapple. These, of course, include matters of moral imperative and “bioethics” — whether it is “right” to pursue stem cell research, for instance, or to introduce bioengineered foodstuffs into the general marketplace.

Then there’s the question of love, and with it the whole matter of human sexuality, pursuant to the longstanding feud of “nature versus nurture.” Though no absolute answer about the “why” of sex and sexuality will ever be accepted by the species as a whole, in The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature, author Matt Ridley at the very least offers a good introductory outline to the extent of this bio-philosophical question — and so demonstrates precisely why this topic crosses into both fields of study. Other topics for cross-subject consideration are those that question long-standing classification models — what makes a biological species, for instance, and are there other possible hierarchies for biological difference? What about the question of “race;” to what extent is it biologically justified, especially where medical sciences are concerned? Moreover, is there a biological imperative for reason, and if not, how and why did we as a species develop the logic systems that we did? As of yet, these and similar questions cannot comfortably be solved by either biology or philosophy, which leads me to reconsider the socially-accepted divide between the two: did they ever really go their separate ways? Certainly, there are compelling reasons for why biology and philosophy took different paths centuries ago, as more objective approaches were needed for the advancement of both. Yet as the questions raised by new human advancements become exceedingly complex, it seems the question of objectivity itself has changed — and with it, all old oppositions between the fields of biology and philosophy. Businesses often call in external consultants to highlight the failings their own personnel can’t help but overlook, on account of over-familiarity with the subject matter; similarly, so long as one refuses even to consider other approaches to a field of study as broad and socially-affective as biology, in our contemporary, ever-questioning society, how can true scientific objectivity ever really be maintained? mclark@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Safety in numbers: but don’t forget your dental dams and condoms Continued from page 11

As with any gathering, you’ll all want to make each other as comfortable as possible, so by all means, if your guests change their minds and decide that they would like to play with your partner or try something else, don’t make a fuss. Or maybe it was you who had a problem with your female partner giving a male third a blow job when you were talking about it before — but in the heat of the moment you decide that it would be hot to see her perform from a third person perspective. At this point, don’t be

shy in suggesting your idea to the others. Alternatively, perhaps you said you would feel comfortable with your partner kissing the other person, but once you get going, you change your mind — that’s perfectly alright. But it’s better to speak up right away rather than going along with it at the time and feeling upset about it later. With three (or more) people involved in the fun, you also run the risk of someone feeling excluded at some point. For this reason, you might want to establish signals for someone to use if they feel like they

are being left out, if they are uncomfortable or if they feel like they need to stop whatever is going on. And as always, use protection. This does not mean that the others are accusing any one of you of being “unclean.” Using condoms (and dental dams) is the right and responsible thing to do. Like I always say: better safe than itchy — or dead. You should also attempt to plan out sleeping arrangements: whether the others are going to sleep over or not, and where. Falling asleep in a post-coital heap might work for some people, but others might want to know that there is a nice bed or

couch with fresh sheets and clean towels waiting for them. If this is a pre-planned threesome that you’re hosting, you should make sure that you’ve got some place for your guests to clean up after the fun; you might want to strategically place some washcloths and towels for them to use. And make sure that you have some snacks handy for keeping everyone’s energy up as well as drinks to keep hydrated. If you are a guest to a pre-planned threesome, it’s always nice to bring something — perhaps a decadent flavoured lube, some strawberries and wine or even a favourite toy.

You should also bring anything that you think you might need: condoms, toothbrushes, hair brushes, a change of panties/boxers, travel shampoo, etc. It’s best to be prepared. As I’m sure you can imagine, a threesome can be a lot of fun when it’s handled right, but it also has the potential to ruin a relationship. A threesome won’t tear down a couple’s healthy relationship, but it can destroy a weak one faster than time alone. This is why you have to be careful when, how and to whom you suggest them. ssparling@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

“The proper study of mankind is books.” — Aldous Huxley

On the path to publication Margaret Clark assistant editor-in-chief

So you’ve written a piece of sheer brilliance, right? The close friends you’ve shared it with think it’s great, it got high praise from your creative writing class and your mother even stuck it to her fridge, right next to little Timmy’s most recent finger painting. But somehow that’s no longer enough: you want to share your poem, short story, essay or play with the whole world. And is it too much to want to get paid for your efforts too? Long story short: you should be published. But the road to publication is a tough one, which explains why so many writers are afraid even to take the first step. For those who are just setting out on this difficult path, here’s a little advice learned the hard way: Rejection letters Learn to love them. Seriously. Before you send out any of your work, I recommend getting a special binder, box or envelope specifically for the accumulation of rejection letters. Take pride in how many you’ve accumulated, because rejection letters are inevitable — but they’re also proof positive of your determination. And here’s what rejection letters don’t mean: they don’t mean you’re not a good writer; they don’t mean your writing as a whole is terrible; heck, they don’t even mean that particular poem or story is awful. So what do rejection letters mean? They just mean that your particular submission didn’t fit with what that particular publication was looking for — the style might have been wrong for them, or they might have liked it, but just not as much as they liked someone else’s. So when you get rejected, take heart in the little things — like if the rejection letter was hand-written, if it offered constructive criticism, or if it invited you to submit other work in the future — then put that rejection letter aside, pull out a new envelope and stamps, and send your work out to someone new.

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And take heart: Margaret Mitchell was rejected by 38 publishers before Gone With The Wind found a home. Doing your research However, just because rejection is going to happen doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be doing your best to minimize it. And the best way to avoid rejection is to do your research. If you’ve written a really nifty science fiction story, sending it to a magazine that prints stories about family life in the prairies is, quite frankly, a waste of postage. In this day and age, most literary journals have websites where they list submission guidelines. This can be especially good news if the guidelines give the green light for online submissions — which understandably mean less work and less postage for you. Pay attention to the little details — like whether the publication wants your name and address listed on every page, or just on the first, as well as how many pieces they want submitted at a time. You may have one really fantastic poem ready for submission, but most poetry publications will want to look at around three to five poems at a time. This doesn’t mean throwing two weak pieces onto the end of the submission, as they will invariably weigh down the excellence of your first. Instead, consider working a little harder on other poems before you have three or more you’d feel comfortable submitting to the same publication. It’s also a good idea to send out many different submissions at once — not to be confused with simultaneous submissions, which should only be sent to publications that condone the practice. Having many submissions out at once is good because once your work is out in the world you can stop thinking of them from day-to-day, and you won’t have as much invested in the outcome of a single submission package. Also, look at the magazine’s most recent masthead and address the cover letter to that specific editor (fiction, poetry or otherwise); it’s a touch that shows you’ve taken your time to find

out more about the magazine. A word of warning, though: I’ve encountered a literary magazine that explicitly requested not addressing your work directly to one editor, unless you already have a working relationship with him — reason again why you should always read those submission guidelines! As university students, and thus having access to Dana Porter’s periodical section, there really is no excuse for not doing your research. While waiting on campus between classes, go to the library, read a few issues of the magazines archived there and decide which you think best reflect the kind of work you yourself write. One of the biggest problems with being a published writer in the contemporary market is that everyone wants their work published, but almost no one is reading the journals said work is getting published in. So whether you’re submitting your work as a hobby or as a baby step on the road to a career in professional writing, first do your part: read what’s out there. Publication as its own reward Some writers entertain the belief that they’re going to start making money the moment they get accepted for publication. This is beyond optimistic. In actuality, it takes a lot of persistence before any money pours in (but the moment it does, you’ve got a tax write-off for submission expenses!), and even after that first cheque you shouldn’t expect to quit your day-job any time soon — if at all. Writing for a living is a hard, uncertain career, often lacking in glamour and more often lacking in great financial rewards. In the end, you need to make sure you’re seeking publication for the right reasons, because that Governor General’s Award or Hollywood movie deal is a long way off. Write for the love of the art, treasure your successes and let go of the defeats. With a little bit of luck, and a whole lot of effort, the rest will come on its own.

First rate store offers second hand books Cindy Ward staff reporter

From 3,500 volumes to 25,000 in just six years, Old Goat Books in Uptown Waterloo is a true reflection of a community driven need for diversity, value and integrity in the used book market. When co-owners Michael Loubert and Scott Wicken opened Old Goat Books in March of 2001 on the main floor of an old home at 99 King Street North, their original inventory barely filled the 1000 square foot space. As they approach their sixth anniversary, the hand-crafted, eight foot barn-board pine shelves are full to the rafters — literally. “I never come up empty handed here,” said Samantha Ullyot, a fine arts student at UW. Ullyot said Old Goat was the first bookstore she encountered after moving to Waterloo last year. She’s been a regular ever since. “The space has such a good vibe. They have an excellent selection of books — all of them in impeccable shape, and all very reasonably priced.” Old Goat Books has only one supplier — the public — and they are indeed selective about the condition. According to Louber, people have relationships with their books. Much work goes into creating a well-made book. It is downright silly to present a book that isn’t in excellent condition.

As for selection, they have it all. As I wandered the eight foot shelves, I found books in every formidable realm including anthropology, physics, math, natural history, Canadian politics, gender studies, theology, occult/newage, architecture, fine arts, mythology, kid’s stories and gardening. Lest I not forget the large sections of shelving devoted to literature, fantasy and mystery. You might not find An Introduction to Engineering 101 on their shelves, but guaranteed, the engineering books they do have carry their own weight. As I examined some of the volumes in several categories, I started to get the distinct feeling that each volume was very worthy of its binding. You’re not going to find the “Chicken Soup for the…” or the Harlequin Romance series, but had you been in a couple of weeks ago, you would have found the Balzac set of Dickens, a couple of Kurt Vonneguts or a Jane Jacobs. They tend to fly off the shelves. Loubert said he and Wicken are not antiquarian book dealers — they are tradesmen. They appreciate a well-written book, a wellmade book and all of the history that can be contained in a bound volume. Michael is particularly fond of their “Mostly Modern and Neat Stuff ” bookcase that includes their French edition of The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, published by Didot in

1799 during the French Revolution. Didot also engraved the assignats, the paper money used during the French Revolution. The owners at Old Goat Books each have lengthy and diverse backgrounds in the book trade. They started the store six years ago because they wanted to implement their own ideas. When Loubert told me that he likes to put the Gardening section next to the Cooking section I must have gotten that ‘duh’ stupid look on my face. He joked, “Hey, if you can’t be playful with your own bookstore, you’re in the wrong trade.” Old Goat Books is nearing its capacity at 99 King Street North. When I asked what their plans are for the future, Michael said, “No real plans on expansion for the next few years. The stock will be culled and improved, and overstock dealt with in a variety of ways.” If you are a book-lover, want a book, need a book or just feel like browsin’, make sure to check out the awesome selection and cool vibe at Old Goat Books next time you’re in Uptown Waterloo. Turns out, the old goats themselves are also people-lovers. Check out Old Goat Books Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Fridays until 8:00 p.m., and Sundays from 12:00 until 5:00 p.m. or on the web at www.oldgoatbooks.com. cward@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Angelo Florendo

Kinga Jakab staff reporter

Have you ever wondered where hip-hop in Canada originated from? Groups that might quickly come to mind are The Rascalz, k-os, Kardinal Offishall, Choclair and Maestro. Incidentally, that happens to be about the majority of Canadian hip-hop artists that have seen their fair share of national and international fame. In honour of Black History Month, WPIRG’S Paola Jani invited Cheryl Thompson, an MA candidate at Ryerson working on a thesis about Canadian hip-hop, to shed light on the evolving status of hip-hop and the bumps along the way. Beginning in 1988, five members of Toronto’s black community formed Milestone Radio Inc. with beliefs that Toronto was in need of an urban/dance radio station. In 1990, Milestone Radio applied to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to create Toronto’s first urban radio station. Passed over for a country station, the Milestone team was not discouraged. Meanwhile, Toronto’s Maestro Fresh Wes’ “Let your backbone slide” release in 1991 made him the first Canadian hip-hop artist to make a mark on “American charts,” and he is noted today as the grandfather or patriarch of hip-hop in Canada. Canada’s shimmy into the once American-owned hip-hop scene came after waiting for half a decade to pass. Other Canadian artists were prospering in pop and rock markets, but hip-hoppers were fighting for the spotlight in the rap game. Additionally, since Canada didn’t have a true urban radio station, Canadian hip-hoppers had no means to play and promote their music to wider audiences. Hip-hop in the United States is deep-rooted to African slavery and African oral culture, and today, Thompson maintains, it is “a refusal to identify with a pop market, and an insistence on a continued connection with ‘the streets’” that characterizes hip-hop. Thompson thinks that this “keeping it real” to the streets is more than a cliché; rather, keeping alive the “collective experience of living in the ghetto.” Directly, these have little or nothing to do with Canada. Instead, Thompson offers, the “real”-ness in Canadian hip-hoppers lies in our multi-ethnicity — our people come from everywhere and this creates strong national and international bonds. The evolution over the next seven years is obvious just by looking at the lyrics to Maestro’s 1991 “Let your backbone slide” and his 1998 hit single “Stick to Your Vision.” They are clear indicators that artists started to utilize their Canadian heritage, instead of conforming to the kind of hip-hop that was in demand in the U.S. It is no wonder that Maestro still had to prove himself over the years as a Canadian hip-hop artist — he joined the industry with nothing authentic to offer; an industry already boasting incredibly popular Southern, West and East Coast rappers. Thompson suggests the struggles that Canadian hip-hop artists endure are due to issues of authenticity: “We’ve essentialized the

African-American identity. We say ‘that’s how they do it, that’s how we do it.’ I’m here today to tell you it doesn’t have to be that way.” The Rascalz’ 1998 release of “Northern Touch” created a mission statement for Canadian hip-hop fans. The Rascalz, and Canadians Choclair, Kardinal Offishall and Thrust articulated what it means to be a hip-hop artist in Canada. The lyrics: “then expand cross seas and over lands / got people in Jamaica, Trini, and London / Australia” and “world domination is the base of foundation / no time wasting / fire walk we trail blazing / burn to the next destination / flexing on this world exploration / team with the best in the nation,” express nothing short of acknowledging their worldliness and utilizing the accompanying mass appeal. So trail blaze they did and the shift towards creating Canada’s own identity in the hip-hop industry had begun. Meanwhile, Milestone had reapplied to CRTC in 1997 and were passed over again for Radio One on CBC. But Milestone’s perseverance paid off when in June 2000 CRTC awarded them a radio licence. In February 2001, FLOW 93.5 became Canada’s first urban format radio station. But Thompson questions the use of the word “urban” — what the heck does it even mean? Dictionary.com defines it as “of, pertaining to, or designating a city or town; characteristic to or accustomed to cities; citified.” Respectively, urbandictionary.com offered these definitions: “City-like. From the Latin words “urbs,” which means “city,”“marketing term used to hide the fact that they are focusing on a racial group,” “Black people or other minority,” “downtown area,” amongst similar definitions. The latter few seem to provide a much more cultural definition. The Milestone website defines their vision of urban radio as “diverse, cosmopolitan music format based on rhythm and blues music and related genres. This format is a modern-day reflection of the rich musical traditions of black musicians and the black-influenced music over the past century.” Indeed, it is the influences of American hip-hop and African oral culture that shaped Canada’s perceptions of hip-hop. But Canadians are responsible for the telephone, the Wonderbra, electronic music synthesizers and caulking guns, and why should it end there? Discovering our identities as citizens of Canada and citizens of the world can only propel Canadian hip-hop artists forward, with wide eyes and inspirations that are unique to Canadians. It may be a combination of “urban-ness” and emulation of American hip-hop that created Canadian hiphop, but the evolution is only a few years old and the face of Canadian hip-hop no longer has wool pulled over its eyes. I leave you with the immortal words of k-os, one of the few Canadian hip-hoppers who doesn’t seem to mind living in the suburbs: “Try all the game, but you’ll never know this mystery / When your pilot has no plane / Said you’re the man you used to be seen / Holla and ya holla, you follow you fall.” kjakab@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Dom did well; apart from his weird accent or what I think of as a speech impediment, he portrayed Popil well. I have to be honest, though, he was better as Baltimore’s favourite alcoholic cop McNulty in HBO’s The Wire. The one scene I did enjoy, though, involved a dark anatomy lab full of delicious human appendage hors d’oeuvres. Like when the cunning fox manages to take out the bear trying to eat him for lunch, Hannibal takes out a This past weekend brought me to the release of Thomas Harris’ latest thrill-based film starring man destined to silence him with a bullet — a the endearing and intelligently manipulative man that ate part of his baby sister in a broth sociopath, Hannibal Lecter. I couldn’t help in WWII. This all happens as Inspector Popil noticing that most people were turned off by beckons him into the next room for some the unappealing cheap attempt at a menacing impromptu questioning. The only problem here is that Hannibal, a and masked teenager instilling fear on the movie poster. Instead, I followed my inner seemingly rash, angered and politely inhibited instincts and took the opportunity to meet young man, is somehow accepted to medical the charming young Hannibal — perhaps school with a work scholarship in the lab one not so obsessed with cannibalism or preparing cadavers. Even with no evident prior attempts at a formal education, he is psychiatric medicine. Unfortunately, not only did this movie suddenly a medical genius and the youngest disappoint but it was perhaps one of the least to ever attend the school. So plausible, it thrilling films I have ever seen — even with made me cry. To add to the empty plot and poorly narthe repeated poor attempts at suspense. I almost wish I had seen this poor prequel first rated revenge tale, a unique and unexpected so it would mildly impress me before I would turn is taken when Hannibal suddenly elects to learn the way of be blown away by its three the samurai; from his predecessors: Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon and Lacking a second psychotic Japanese aunt-in-law, no less. With a new Hannibal. Okay, maybe not killer, with different dangerous blade and so much Red Dragon — the novel was way better. methods, motivations and a newly acquired taste for cheeks and revenge, Although I’ve never seen Hannibal for myself, I preferences, Hannibal Rising he kills more innocents feel like I have since my jerk is consequently rendered and other deserving people. If that isn’t surof a father so graciously half boring. prising to you — and revealed the twisted and it shouldn’t be — then disturbing ending to me. I have, however, read both Silence of the Lambs the fact that he is never caught should be. and Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the creator Would a teenager so rash, ridiculous and of Hannibal and the novels starring him. So risqué get away with such predictable and I feel as if I am a rather informed individual, patterned crimes? I’d like to think that one one capable of passing judgement on this sad couldn’t, but who knows. Lacking the plot addition of a second mockery of tiresome thrills. I hate to single people out like I used to psychotic killer, who would sport differbe, picked last for every team imaginable, ent methods, motivations and preferences, but Aaron Thomas’ slaughtering of the role Hannibal Rising is consequently rendered half-boring. Without a myriad of insane of Hannibal begs me to. The pinnacle of his performance was his juvenile attempt at criminals to compare and contrast to tie the an introspective trading game of quid pro tale together, I was left yawning half of the quo with the star detective, Dominic West as time while Hannibal attempted to steal the hearts of the audience and his victims by Inspector Popil. Lacking the penetrating gaze Anthony Hop- stealing the show. I only wish they hadn’t killed that poor kins takes for granted, Thomas’ gentlemanly disposition or his obsession with eradicating little girl. Or that Aaron Thomas had Anthony Hopkins’ intellectually eloquent appeal. rudeness, young Hannibal seems incapable of Either way, Hannibal would have probably executing a well planned revenge mission or even tying his shoes properly. It’s too bad his still failed to rise. fakeness doesn’t permeate his acting ability; aabela@imprint.uwaterloo.ca that might have helped him.

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Dissecting the origins Canadian hip-hop

Correction In the February 9 issue of Imprint, the article “Prize Fighter rocks sold out Bomber” had incorrect information regarding the opening band for the concert. Intransit, not Knock Knock Ginger, was the opening act for the event. Imprint apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Rise Against at Turret: bang on and out of step Andrew King reporter

On a good night at Laurier’s Turret nightclub, the number of beautiful women is eclipsed only slightly by the number of popped collars. This past Wednesday, however, was a different story altogether — when the almighty Rise Against stopped in to Laurier’s gorgeous venue for a small club show in between arena dates where they play to thousands. If the thought of seeing arguably the best touring band in the punk rock scene wasn’t enough to get me as excited as R. Kelly at a girl scout camp, catching the boys’ sound check prior to the show sealed the deal. I’ve seen this band a few times before and they are no strangers to the true north, strong and free. I had the chance to speak with bassist Joe Principe prior to the show, and he enlightened me as to the bands connection to Canada. “We’ve just clicked with Canada,” he told me with a half smile — surely knowing that’s what I was expecting him to say. “They’ve probably given us the warmest reception of anywhere we’ve ever played. In fact, our first two major tours were through Canada.” After seeing them stir up a rabid main-stage crowd on this past summer’s Warped Tour and sell out Hamilton’s Convention Centre last fall, its pretty clear that Canadian audiences make one hell of a bed partner for their brand of politically-driven rock. Fellow Fat alumni Anti-Flag were supposed to be on the bill but, due to the unfortunate death of a family member, they were forced to drop off and leave punkers Fucked Up to warm up the crowd. They failed. To delve further into their performance would be to flog a dead horse. Maybe they were just out of their element, but I was actually happy to see their singer’s bare ass at the end of their set, if only because they’d stopped making noise. The gap between bands was a little longer than expected as there was still a massive line-up to the doors of the club, but after the lights went dim and the boys came up

from the side of the stage, nobody seemed too bothered. To see this band in such a small and intimate venue was a real treat, especially after all of their earned success “Nothing beats a show like this,” says Joe with a half smile as if recalling the past five years of intensive touring in places much smaller than the Turret. “When the kids are right up front, we can feed off of their energy and vice versa. Our shows are always give and take.” Indeed they are. Their set is near perfect in that they drew material from each of their last three albums, the majority of which are unsurprisingly taken from their latest and most focused release The Sufferer and the Witness. “The Good Left Undone” had the floor of the place literally bounding underfoot, while “Give It All” and “Prayer of the Refugee” had pretty much every person in the place singing along with vocalist Tim McIlrath to the point he almost didn’t need to be there. As a frontman, he could be the best in the business as his intensity and poise really fill up the stage. As always, they were musically bang on. I can’t remember which song they pretended to end their set with, but it didn’t matter, as they came out for what I knew to be a guaranteed encore. Tim brought out his acoustic guitar and lulled the crowd first with CCR’s “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and then with the always-welcome “Swing Life Away” that was honestly flawless. The boys all returned to play a slightly updated version of “Dancing for Rain,” and then predictably wrapped up their performance with radio the darling “Ready to Fall,” which had everyone including yours truly screaming the whiskey-soaked lyrics into the air. After retrieving my coat, and mittens from the huge coat check line, I went for a few more drinks at Molly Bloom’s to let the ringing in my ears slowly bleed off into just a subtle, lingering reminder of what I’d just been treated to.

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Tim McIlrath, lead singer and guitarist of Rise Against, screams his pain at Laurier’s Turret.

February 16 The Kettle Black with guests — Trepid Records Pay-what-you-can, 9 p.m. February 16 Sandy Macdonald — UW Grad House $5 at the door, 5-8 p.m. February 16-22 Venus — Original Princess $6 at Turnkey, Mon - Tue 8:50 p.m., Sat - Sun and Wed - Thur 7:00 p.m. February 16-22 Pan’s Labrynth — Princess Twin $6 at Turnkey, 9 p.m., Wed 1 p.m. February 17 Violet Archers with Great Aunt Ida — Jane Bond $11 in advance, doors at 8 p.m.

Imprint’s music mix “Satan Said Dance” Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “Valencrime” Bobnoxious “Labyrinthian Pomp“ Of Montreal “Where Is Home?” Bloc Party “Phantom Punch” Sondre Lerche

February 17 - 18 Joseph Schneider Haus, 19th-century craft demonstrations — 466 Queen St. S., Kitchener Free, Sat 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun 1 to 5 p.m. February 17 Chin National Day Festival — King Edward Public School Free, 1 to 8 p.m. February 18 Heritage Day Festival — Wellington County Museum Free, 12 to 4 p.m. February 21 Serena Ryder with Kylie Riabko — Starlight $11 in advance, doors at 9 p.m., all ages February 22 Julie Doiron with Baby Eagle — Jane Bond $9 in advance, door at 8 p.m., 19 +

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Playing God on PS2

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God Hand Carrion PS2

The “beat-’em-up” genre of video games has always been about mindless button mashing, often remembered for simple game play mechanics. With God Hand, beating up people has never been so fun, yet so frustrating and difficult. This game is not for the faint of heart — players will be hitting the reset button over and over again. In God Hand, players take the role of Gene, a reluctant hero who acquires the fabled “God Hand.” The “God Hand” is the ultimate fighting weapon that gives players unlimited strength — and it’s also why players fight hordes of demons. Players will punch, kick, suplex and dodge their way through numerous levels and sub-missions. Unfortunately, the awkward controls and difficulty level will deter all but the most dedicated players. God Hand’s control is often described as “tank controls” by many gamers. Character movement feels clunky and unresponsive at best. The biggest problem with the control scheme is that it does not allow running and turning at the same

time — a fundamental control mechanism that is popular in today’s games. In contrast, the combat system is responsive and addictive, rewarding players who can balance between skillful button mashing and quick evasive maneuvers. Players can customize Gene’s combat moves — with special moves named “Ball Buster” and “Pimp Hand” — giving complete freedom in how they want to enter every fight. In addition to the unforgiving controls, the game has some of the hardest, most ruthless computer enemies in recent memory. God Hand firmly subscribes to old-school game design rules: punishing players whenever they screw up and increasing the difficulty exponentially if the player improves. Only the most masochistic players will ever see the end of this game — and that’s just on easy mode. When God Hand came out last year, critics were split on the game’s worth. Some hated the mediocre graphics and awkward controls, yet others praised its offbeat humour and difficult yet refreshing gameplay. God Hand can be entertaining — so long as players are willing to forgive its controls and don’t mind trying over and over again. — Harold Li

What’s the deal with English Canada, anyway? We win the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, control most of the country’s oil, produce Lester B. Pearson, and yet the most successful movie we can create in 2006 is one starring the Trailer Park Boys? I like documentaries, I’ll admit, but that fellow with the glasses was a bit surreal. It is times like this, dear readers, that I thank God our country balances precariously on a fine multicultural wire. When our artistic cred is lacking, we can always fall back on the French. Quebec has benefited largely from its connection to the artistic utopia that is France and, in turn, profits from my lack of knowledge about the reality of artistic life in the province. The fact that they speak the language of cultural sophistication is good enough for me to make bold all-encompassing statements, such as the following: I don’t think we realize how lucky we are that Trudeau was able to hold it together during the FLQ crisis. If only more of our leaders were willing to suspend/sacrifice/demolish civil liberties in order to maintain the country’s artistic integrity. I bring this up because earlier this week the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television hosted the Genies, and no one cared. This Sunday, however, Radio-Canada Télévision will broadcast La Soirée des Jutra, and the world will be watching. The “Jutra Awards” (translated into English for the unwashed masses) were established in 1999 to honour Quebec cinema, which has come to dominate Canadian domestic film production since David Cronenberg became “Mr. Hollywood.” English Canada’s interest in

the Genie Awards has waned since all the major prizes started going to obscure French films no one had ever heard of, and since many French Canadians seem to have an aversion to any sort of “national” event, it only makes sense they would break away and start their own awards show. The Prix Jutra is named after influential Quebecois filmmaker Claude Jutra, who lived the ideal artist’s life by garnering critical admiration for his work (1971’s Mon Oncle Antoine, specifically), retreating into indulgent obscurity, and then proceeding to commit suicide. The award is intended to celebrate this legacy of innovation and artistic self-sacrifice in filmmaking (although self-sacrifice is not a prerequisite of victory). The Jutra’s real charm in the eyes of an arts snob is the fact that it’s basically a Canadian recreation of the most important category of the Academy Awards: an entire ceremony devoted to the celebration of foreign language films! Of course, French technically isn’t a “foreign” language in Canada, but if they’re going to make such a fuss about being a “distinct society” I’m going to take the liberty of labeling their language as “distinct.” Quebec cinema is renowned for its successful adoption of the European-brand of auteur filmmaking. This director-centric approach means that Canadian French-language films are rarely commercially successful, which is a bonus for the cultural elitist. An exception this year is Bon Cop Bad Cop, which made $12 million domestically. Luckily, the Jutra’s indie cred is salvaged by movies like Un dimanche Kigali, a drama set in Rwanda, and La Vie secréte des gens heureux, undoubtedly about the secret life of happy people. You see, listen to how intellectual I sound repeating those titles! My dear readers, not enough weight is placed on the artistic importance of Quebec’s union with Canada; the Jutras illuminate this crucial factor. For the sake of culture, for our national integrity, vive le Canada uni! cmoffat@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Pan’s imaginary realism

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Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) on a task to prove she’s a princess. Pan’s Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro Picturehouse

El Laberinto del Fauno is a triumph of magic realism on the silver screen.The film stars 12 year-old Ivana Baquero as Ofelia, a curious little girl who finds herself set on a quest by a towering but gentle faun. She is sent to open the gates to the underworld to rejoin her father in a kingdom where she will reign as princess for the rest of time. Set towards the end of World War II at the height of fascism in Spain, Ofelia is forced to move to the country with her mother ,who has remarried after the death of Ofelia’s father. Her stepfather, an evil captain with the Spanish army, is a violent and ruthless leader bent on eradicating the guerrilla resistance. The description on the Internet Movie Database labels the movie as one of innocence and brutality. Nothing could be more apt as the director, Guillermo del Toro, makes no effort to soften the film’s graphic violence. For a movie about a young girl’s fantasy, the movie was incredibly raw and gritty. While a story about a little girl’s fantasy world sounds like a Disney-style feel good film, I was thoroughly shocked out of such false preconceptions. The violence in the movie bordered on gory, prompting one of my fellow moviegoers to cringe more than once during the film. I could call

this nothing less than truly fearless filmmaking. There is no pandering to the audience — you get nothing you would normally expect — and this believable, harsh reality offered stands in stark contrast against the little girl’s world of fairies and fauns. The mostly Spanish cast provided a rich mix of characters embedded in a narrative that has each struggling with their place in the world. The chaos of the ongoing war around her serves as an unconventional backdrop for the mythical quest Ofelia finds herself on. If you are going to see a fantasy flick, you may be disappointed that the more fantastic elements of the movie are heavily muted by the overall “real world” story. This fact is vital to the story as a whole, as it allows the two worlds to be seamlessly woven together without any question as to the feasibility of them coexisting. This was an amazing movie from start to finish. I walked away stunned, which is something I love. If a movie can make me scared, sad, happy or even disgusted, I judge it to be a good movie because the metric by which I measure a film is the emotional impact it is able to elicit from me. To be truly affected by this movie is a testament to its quality, and I very much recommend this for anyone who wants to break out of the same old crap, and into a beautiful film, both real and surreal. — Brendan Pinto

Procrastinators beware

The Dangerous Book for Boys Conn and Hal Iggulden Collins

What better way to avoid finishing an honours essay than to enjoy some pure escapism and read The Dangerous Book for Boys. This book is unapologetically ironic. It is modeled after Boys’ Own annuals printed at the turn of the last century, which were packed full of survival tips for boys.

Where else could you find a book that includes tips on how to make the greatest paper plane in the world, making a waterbomb and a list of the Kings and Queens of England? This book has a definite British bent, despite the definite Scandinavian origin of the authors. The book has all the important, imperialistic information that every good boy who might end up in the colonies would need to know. There is something delightful about this book. Its innocence is appreciated as a dramatic shift from the heavy, dusty tomes or lines and lines of code that poor students would normally need to read. Despite its obvious nod to everything a boy in the 1920s might need to know, there are updated references sprinkled throughout the book. Keeping with the British bent, it updates the state of the British Empire to 1997 and includes an entry on role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. This is not a book for reading cover to cover. It is a book for reading in bits and pieces. It makes perfect reading for study breaks. — Neal Moogk-Soulis

Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye Domino

Follow-ups are always hard to approach, but garnering international acclaim and comparisons ranging from New Order to Timberland certainly made things even more difficult for Junior Boys. 2003’s Last Exit — a computer-driven romp with more groove than you can shake a Polaroid picture at — was exploding at the seams with variety, so expecting something entirely new from the Hamilton duo’s sophomore album seems unreasonable, perhaps impossible. Maybe Junior Boys haven’t traded in their turntables for guitars, but So This Is Goodbye at least proves that they’re not permanently chained to software synthesizers. While Greenspan admits everything eventually gets the digital treatment, the presence of hold-in-your-hand hardware adds breadth to tracks like “In The Morning,” whose authentic touches keep its swift thumping bass and falsetto vocals from being Euro-trashy. It’s this kind of restraint that shows Junior Boys have grown up a little. So This Is Goodbye has an intentional pace that allows their kaleidoscopic array of sounds to seamlessly bleed into tracks, just as easily fading away during their numerous quiet moments, as with the reverb-saturated Frank Sinatra cover “When No One Cares.” One would think their scaled-back tempo matched with some inspiration from the Rat Pack crooner would translate into more vocals. Yet despite the absence of the instrumental breaks found on Last Exit, Junior Boys remain as frightened as

ever with the sound of their own voice and, more importantly, with the lyrics behind them. But their uneasiness with vocals lends itself to the accessibility of their music, and the lather-rinse-repeat lyrics on “The Equalizer” solidifies their pop stance and somehow works to their advantage. In fact, their newfound modesty could be the album’s greatest achievement. So This Is Goodbye is more interested in portraying a selfreflective ambience within a genre usually reserved for groups of kids with glow sticks rather than resorting to the easy entertainment of the stuttering, tricky beats that populated their previous effort. Think of it as dance music best heard through headphones. — Angelo Florendo

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Some Loud Thunder Sonic Unyon Records

There’s a level of attachment most music writers have with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah that nears a conflict of interest. The success of their self-titled debut happened without the promotional luxuries that signed artists — major or otherwise — enjoy and had everything to do with hardnosed touring and good ol’ quality music. Some would call it success the old fashioned way if not for the fact that most of the gabble was happening over internet connections. In the process, CYHSY solidified themselves as the poster boys of DIY while validating the efforts of attention-hungry, podcast-ic bloggers and pretty much became everyone’s favourite band.

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But if there’s one incontestable constant in this business, it’s the short attention span of its followers. So it comes with a hint of apprehension to note that the title of their follow-up comes off as a little facetious, because its hushed release could be called anything but loud thunder. Unfortunately, the kids seem to have gotten it right by ignoring CYHSY’s latest album. For a second time, the band starts off with a title track, and though it’s not as audacious as their previous album’s (which began with a title track named after their own band), CYHSY make up for the lost offence by assaulting listeners with vocals so distorted they would make Julian Casablancas of The Strokes cringe. Maybe they’re just trying to remind everyone how indie they are. Low quality recording aside, CYHSY stick to their old tricks for the rest of the album. Vocalist Alec Ounsworth still sounds like a drunken Thom Yorke and the band still waits until he shuts up to do anything other than follow a simple rhythm. This isn’t to say all is lost on Some Loud Thunder. Standout track “Satan Said Dance” manages to harness the same off-kilter charm that their previous album achieved so effortlessly, but is made all the more impressive by the band’s abandonment of their usual hints of Americana. While the hype surrounding their debut certainly helped its success, it was warranted given the strength of their songs. Seeing the same kind of reception without either the gushing interweb fans or quality music seems unlikely. Let’s keep this thunderstorm to a light drizzle. — Angelo Florendo

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No bones about her area of expertise Studies in osteoporosis and bone fractures earn assistant professor government funding for her research Adam Gardiner staff reporter

Ask most students and they’ll tell you that balancing a full schedule of classes is a daunting task, to say the least. Keeping on top of separate projects and assignments in five classes, although invigorating, is a duty that can make even the most organized student look forward to the nearest stretch of holidays. But look at the schedule of Dr. Lora Giangregorio, assistant professor of kinesiology in UW’s faculty of applied health sciences, and a student’s workload seems tame in comparison. An adjunct scientist at both MacMaster University and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Giangregorio spends her time working between all three locations conducting and organizing research studies, teaching and supervising students. “I get interested in all kinds of things,” she explained in an interview. “It’s very difficult for me to pick one thing and say, ‘Okay, that is what I’m going with.’” One might expect such a busy individual to appear stressed, even distracted, by such a workload. But sitting down for her interview, Giangregorio is as calm and collected as if she had just returned from a vacation. Perhaps her driving goals are what keep her in focus: to help individuals who suffer from osteoporosis reduce their risk of fractures, and to improve their mobility and quality of life. “We need to find ways of preventing the fractures from happening in the first place,” says Giangregorio, “and [also] rehabilitating people so that they can retain their independence.” Those goals are reflected in the title under which the tasks of her busy schedule are encompassed: Optimizing Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Management: A Multi-Faceted Osteoporosis Research Centre. If the title is impressive, the work is even more so, a fact underscored by Giangregorio recently receiving $95,906 in funding from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation for her continuing research. Like many professors, Giangregorio began her undergraduate career specializing in a different field. “I’ve always been interested in health and the body,” she said. “And the importance of exercise, not only for maintaining health, but also [for] being able to have a good quality of life and being able to do your activities of daily living. “And so I was initially interested in cardiac rehabilitation — I did my undergraduate degree here at Waterloo — and when I went to McMaster for graduate studies, I was able to work with patients in a cardiac rehabilitation program. But I also started working with individuals with spinal cord injury, exploring rehabilitation interventions in this population. I became very interested in the fact that a person who has a spinal cord

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Aimed at preventing injuries and helping people recover from fractures, Lora Giangregorio’s work takes her across Southern Ontario. Her grant money will be used to further studies on rehabilitation methods and long-term care for related injuries. falling from a standard height, or ries, and at a similar intervention in injury will have a substantial loss of bone mineral very quickly, because in more extreme cases someone individuals with stroke. Now, on top of their immobility. So my interests who is given a hug, [like] an elderly of that, I’m starting another study kind of grew in seeing how a change woman being given a hug by one with colleagues here at UW looking in your health — for example, spi- of her grandchildren and breaking at mobility and falls in individuals living in long-term care, and that nal cord injury — can have such a one of her ribs. study is affilitated dramatic effect on the with the Research musculoskeletal sysInstitute of Aging tem. And that piqued “We need to find ways of preventing at the University of my interest in saying, Waterloo.” ‘Well, we really need the fractures from happening in Giangregorio to do something about plans to spend her this.’ We need to find the first place and rehabilitating g rant money on ways to first of all equipment crucial understand why it happeople so that they can retain their to such studies. The pens, and then to find independence.” first, a peripheral ways to prevent it.” quantitative comTo do this, Giangreputed tomography gorio conducts studies — Prof. Lora Giangregorio, University of Waterloo scanner, is similar to on patients with a a CAT scanner used diverse range of inin hospitals, but on a jury types and back“[Then] we did a survey of indi- smaller scale. “You can fit your lower grounds. “I just finished a study in Hamilton where we did telephone viduals who had fractures looking at arm or leg in it; that’s about it,” she surveys with individuals who had their perceptions of osteoporosis, said. “We use that tool to take an suffered a fragility fracture. A and the types of information and image — a cross-section — of the fragility fracture, by definition, is services that they would expect to limb, and from that we can look at a fracture that would occur in an receive, as well as their perceptions muscle area, fat area, and indices of event that normally wouldn’t cause a of their future fracture risk. We’re bone health, including bone density fracture. So if you were to trip and also doing a study exploring a re- and structure.” She also wants to fall, typically you wouldn’t break habilitation intervention with hip purchase a body-weight support your wrist, becuase falling from a fracture patients — a completely treadmill, which helps provide standing height typically wouldn’t different study. In Toronto we’re walking support to patients who cause a fracture. A person who has evaluating a rehabilitation interven- cannot bear their own body weight, a fragility fracture [is] tripping and tion in people with spinal cord inju- and a gait-rate mat, which records

footsteps upon it so that researchers can study the speed and pattern of the patient’s walk. One of the things Giangregorio has noticed about the Department of Kinesiology at Waterloo is the way in which it has grown since she was an undergrad student here. “There are quite a few new faculty members in the department,” she said. “And that is great, because it shows that the department is growing and changing and evolving in line with the directions that research in kinesiology is taking.” Buoyed by that growth, she has several ideas for future projects within the department. “I’d like to establish the capacity to do bigger studies,” she said. “So randomized controlled trials, and more clinical-type research work. I think that it’s something that students are interested in, and it’s also in the rehabilitation world something that we need more of. And also multi-centre studies, increasing the capacity for collaboration between different institutions. But it certainly takes time.” Time that Dr. Giangregorio, with a lot of focus, drive — and, of course, a busy schedule — will be happy to fill. agardiner@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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A look into Vista’s capabilities Fading hope for Gautam Khanna staff reporter

Windows Vista finally launched on January 30. For the PC user, it was very flashy. For the observer, it was cracked before the end of business hours. Rumour has it that we at the University of Waterloo will be getting student-licensed copies of Vista in the next month or so. We’ve already

run a review, so here are a few tips and tricks for Vista. Apart from a complete user interface overhaul, there are many new shortcuts that will soon become a staple for everyday PC use. {Windows}+T: Cycles through programs using the Live Taskbar feature. {Windows}+[Spacebar]: Brings the Windows Sidebar to the foreground.

New control panel items include… Network Centre You can use this feature to view your Network Map and uncover connectivity problems, configure basic security settings, and view network details. Text to Speech With Text to Speech, you can set up, train and run speech recognition, and to configure and run text to speech translation. Parental Controls You can use this to enable, configure and manage the new parental controls in Windows Vista. Pen and Input Devices You can use this feature to configure and manage alternate input devices including pens and input panels.

{Windows}+TAB: Activates Flip 3-D (When in that mode, the user can also use the mouse scroll to flip through the windows.) BootCamp now supports Windows Vista. So, for all you Mac users still in the closet about liking Windows… you can go for it! For more on Vista’s specs, visit their webpage at www.microsoft.com. gkhanna@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Sidebar Properties With this feature, you can configure and manage how the Windows Vista sidebar appears on the interface. Sync Centre You can use Sync Centre to manage synched hardware such as PDAs, portable media players and other devices. Windows Defender With this functionality, you can check for unwanted or harmful software, scan your computer, view quarantined items and visit the Windows Defender Web site. Windows SideShow You can use the Windows SideShow to connect a secondary display that accesses information like e-mail or media from a mobile phone or other mobile device. You can also use Windows SideShow to check your mail while you are away from your computer.

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With the coming of the new particle accelerator CERN, near Geneva, obsolete particle accelerators all over the world are preparing for their inevitable cessation of activities, or at least a shift to more modest pursuits. One such installation is the HadronElectron Ring Accelerator (HERA) in Germany. Although set to shut its doors at the end of June, a physicist in Belgium has come up with a plan to give HERA one last chance to be in the spotlight. It all starts with dark matter, the mysterious mathematical anomaly that plagues astronomers. The problem goes like this: when you look at the universe you can see so much mass and you can see the effect of so much gravity. The catch is, the gravity is many times larger than what the mass should be creating. The common consensus among physicists is that the extra gravity comes from extra matter that we simply cannot see — dark matter as it has been labelled. Many theories have attempted to identify dark matter including stellar bodies and clouds that simply do not emit radiation, nearly massless particles called neutrinos and a particle which reacts to gravity but not electromagnetism called weakly interacting massive particles, commonly referred to as WIMPs. Yet another theory, first proposed in 1977, in order to solve a problem with the strong nuclear force, postulates that a subatomic particle called an axion may exist. These particles would be nearly massless and only interact vaguely with matter, but en masse they form a strong suspect in the dark matter investigations. Axions are minute, even by particle standards, so much so that light can spontaneously become axions when subjected to an adequate electromagnetic field. Furthermore, in July of last year scientists made their first axion sighting in the results of the PVLAS experiment at the National Laboratories of Legnaro in Italy. The experiment showed that when a laser is fired through a strong magnetic field

its shift in polarization is some 10,000 times greater than expected. Normal physics cannot explain this shift, but if one assumes a fraction of the photons constituting the laser beam became axions, then it all makes sense. This is where Krzysztof Piotrzkowski of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) comes in. He has proposed a simple and elegant experiment. The accelerator at HERA creates both a stream of photons and a magnetic field when activated. These should be able to get photons up to a high enough energy level to induce some into becoming axions. Then it is simply a matter of placing a lead plate in the path of the beam. The plate would block any photons out completely but should allow axions through. The axions that do get through would then degenerate back into photons, which can be easily measured. If the experiment works it should provide substantial evidence to help corroborate the existence of axions. There is a catch, however: only HERA is capable of carrying out these experiments easily. “The experiment could in theory be carried out at other accelerators, but not without massive modifications to the apparatus, which really isn’t feasible,” said Piotrzkowski in an interview with New Scientist. On the other hand, Piotrzkowski believes his experiment could be carried out in as little as a week, a strong factor when one considers the limited time HERA will be available. CERN Axions Solar Telescope (CAST) spokesperson Konstantin Zioutas, at the University of Patras in Greece, is sceptical however, saying, “As an experimentalist, I can assure you, we always seem to underestimate the length of time needed by a factor of 10, preparatory work not included.” Ultimately, it may be too little too late, according to Manfred Fleischer, representing HERA. “It’s unfortunate that we’re only hearing this proposal so close to the end of our run. It will be very, very tough to fit it into our schedule,” said Fleischer in an interview with New Scientist. djudah@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Harvard professor anticipates Ground-breaking discovery brings direction of modern physics new insights into the primate family World’s newest particle accelerator may bring answers to fundamental questions Andrew MacDonald reporter

Rob Blom science editor

How is gravity so weak despite its power to move planets? Is our universe alone or one of many parallel ones? Does the famous Higgs boson even exist? With all these questions still unanswered, physicists worldwide look hungrily toward the FrenchSwiss border for the completion of CERN’s newest particle accelerator, set to complete this year. One leading physicist, Prof. Nima Arkani-Hamed of Harvard University, recently visisted the region of Waterloo to discuss these very questions and how the world of physics may change if the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the world’s largest particle accelerator measuring at 28 km — can indeed provide answers. Arkani-Hamed is one of the leading researchers in the fields of particle physics and applied string theory. With tenure at a young age of 30, a recipient of the brilliant young scientist award for his invention of the fifth dimension and the ‘Phi Beta Kappa’ award for teaching excellence, it’s no wonder the WCI lecture hall was packed for the public lecture series “Fundamental Physics in 2010,” hosted by the Perimeter Institute on February 7. If the phrase “bigger and better particle accelerator” sounds as exciting as the phrase “bigger and better vacuum cleaner,” then perhaps it would be better to clarify just what the LHC is. A particle accelerator is a handy device that makes use of powerful electric fields to propel electrically charged particles near the speed of light. Once the particles gain enough energy, scientists carefully observe the collision of the particles. The LHC has “biggest” written all over it in large fluorescent letters. With millions of dollars invested in the project and over 2,000 workers contributing to the construction and development of the LHC, one might just wonder why exactly such a largescale experiment was undertaken. In particle physics, the more energy you place in a system, the smaller the length scales you can observe. Why is

smaller better? According to ArkaniHamed, “We probe smaller distances because the beauty and simplicity of physics most clearly manifests itself at small distances.” Theorectical physics thrive on paradoxes — more recent ones being solved through unification. But there are many that are currently leaving physicists scratching their heads. Physicists anticipate the LHC to shed light on these key fundamental paradoxes. Currently, theoretical physics rests on the Standard Model. Although a subpar name for a theory encompassing everything we currently know about sub-atomic distances, it accurately predicts key ideas such as the expansion of the universe. However, one flaw lies in the rate of expansion — the Standard Model has the universe doubling in size every 10-43 seconds. If this actually occurred, every atom in your body would immediately become a black hole. As this is not the case, one hope for researchers using the LHC in the near future will be to unify the basis of the Standard Model, general relativity and quantum mechanics. The LHC may also shed light on the problems concerning string theory (with its googolplex of solutions), with the possibility of revealing the “Copernican Revolution” of our time. It may prove our universe is just one of over 101000 parallel universes. This theory is among many research areas of Arkani-Hamed. Other areas include deconstruction, ghost condensation and split supersymmetry. The best was saved for last as Arkani-Hamed revealed the potential of the LHC in providing researchers with evidence of the particle that imbues matter with mass: the graviton. If discovered, the finder is virtually guaranteed the Nobel Prize of Physics. When asked at the end of the lecture about physics’ failure to deliver more promising things than the graviton, such as the flying car or time machine, Arkani-Hamed chuckled and responded, “The beauty of the universe and the natural world is that it far surpasses the imagination of even the most lofty science fiction writers.”

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Paleontologists have unearthed unique fossils in Wyoming and have stated that the fossils resemble traits of the plesiadapiforms, a group of archaic mammals. In recent years it was believed that the plesiadapiforms were close relatives of the modern non-primates known as flying lemurs. However, analysis of the skeletons provides no evidence of this; it is more likely that they were just treeliving primates, with Dryomomys szalayi being the most prehistoric of the two. Thus, the history of primate evolution needs to be pushed back about ten million years, according to National Geographic. The team of paleontologists who made the discovery included Eric Sargis, associate professor of anthropology at Yale; Doug Boyer, co-author of the study, and scientists from the University of Winnipeg and Stony Brook University. Led by Florida Museum of Natural History curator Jonathan Bloch, the team discovered two 56-million-year-old fossils, in Bighorn Basin, near Yellowstone National Park. The find included both skulls and skeletons; the use of high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scans allowed scientists to dub the two creatures as Dryomomys szalayi and Ignacius clarkforkensis. The origins of the plesiadapiforms have now been placed in the Paleocene, a period between the extinction of the dinosaurs and the first appearance of a few modern orders of mammals, about 65 to 55 million years ago. It is hypothesized that these modern primates made their appearance about 10 millions years after the dinosaurs disappeared.

Modern primates are characterized by five major features: large brains, a unique ability to leap, forward-facing eyes that assist in enhanced vision, nails instead of claws on the first toes, and grasping hands and feet. The study infers that these characteristics were evolved by the primitive primates in slow increments of time. Sargis believes the find provides researchers the opportunity to reconstruct how the early primates moved around, what they ate, and how their traits evolved over time. The discovery of the fossils proposes that our earliest primate ancestors did swing from tree to tree and ate insects and fruit, but were also the size of the mouse, according to Bloch. The researchers also compared 173 skeletal features of plesiadapiforms, primates, tree shrews and flying lemurs in an effort to reveal their evolutionary links. Bloch, whose laboratory is currently home to a block of limestone that confines approximately 150 additional fossils, states that 85 living and dead species were examined. According to a news release from Yale University’s Office of Public Affairs, plesiadapiforms are known to be controversial, due in part to their close relation to humans and primates, but also in part to their often incomplete fossil evidence. While Dryomomys szalayi does not have all of the traits observed in modern primates, Susan Cachel, an anthropologist at Rutgers University, says that people who want the earliest primates to resemble modern primates are being unrealistic. “Being a primate back at the beginning of the Age of Mammals [when mammals first became the dominant land animals, about 65 million years ago] is not the same as

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Ignacius clarkforkensis as depicted 55 million years ago. being a primate now—the primate adaptive zone has evolved.” Various grants supported the research, including those from the National Science Foundation, the Field Museum of Natural History, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council — Canada, the Paleobiological Fund and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The study is published on the cover of the January 23 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. yhettiarachchi@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Alleviating nicotine dependence by targeting the insula Lying within the brain’s lateral surface, the insula has been shown to detect cravings, most notably for smokers Dr. Heidi Engelhardt, professor at the University of Waterloo with a focus on the field of reproductive physiology and embryo developThe human brain is a complex and ment, makes notable observations problematic organ to study, requiring on the advantages of such an inin-depth observation and analysis. depth study. “The smoking study is The brain plays one of the largest interesting on a number of levels. roles in the nervous system cascade by First of all, the main author, Nasir acting as the component integrating Naqvi, is an M.D.-PhD student, all of the incoming information and which shows that people can make sending out signals for the tasks to be an impact early in their careers. done in response. And although this Secondly, the insula discovery is seems like a fairly simple task, it gets also fascinating in a physiological rather complicated when millions of and evolutionary context. All sensory cells are simultaneously mammals have insular regions, trying to send information in a but it is only in humans and fraction of a second. “By learning more about other great apes that the insula A medical student at the seems to correlate with cogniUniversity of Iowa has been this region, we may be tive-emotive processes. The lack conducting experiments to of these additional functions detect the relationship between learning more about could be related to the absence a small region of the brain, the of unique and specialized types what distinguishes and insula, and its associations to of nerve cells, present only in decrease levels of craving and differentiates us from members of the Hominoidea, ease of quitting smoking. The often referred to as the primates’ study was led by Dr. Nasir other animals.” superfamily. By learning more Naqvi, who was intrigued when about this region, we may be he heard that a former heavy — Dr. Heidi Engelhardt, University learning more about what dissmoker was able to suddenly of Waterloo tinguishes and differentiates us quit after suffering a stroke from other animals.” causing insular damage. PhysiThe irony of the insula cians tend to predict a number The insula’s ability to detect research is the proof showing that of possible symptoms caused by insular damage, such as decreases cravings such as hunger, an appetite having brain damage could save in libido, decreases in sympathetic for smoking or worst of all desires a person from experiencing the responses and inability of distin- for heavy drugs (such as cocaine), extensive smoke cravings when opens a number of doors to re- quitting. So for those considering guish food types and flavours. The insula has been considered search in preventing habits which smoking as a new hobby, unless you have a non-functional insula to ease an odd and vague region of the endanger the body. The study conducted used 19 your way out of the habit and if brain anatomy due to its location and numerous connections to other smoking, insula damaged patients you are not planning on struggling parts of the brain. Dr. Antonio and forced them to quit smoking with nicotine gums and patches, Damasio, one of the first neurolo- to measure the ease of the process. than it’s suggested that you don’t gists working with the insula in the A total of 13 patients quit very pick up a cigarette pack on the way 1990s at the University of Southern fast with no urges and no relapses home tonight! And remember that California, focused his studies on in cravings. The results prove the the perpetual motto for smoking correlating the insula with feelings strength of the correlation between remains: if you don’t already do and emotions. However, according damage to the insula and its effect it, don’t start! to the neuroscientists leading the on emotional dependance on things new research, the insula’s impor- like cigarettes. banabtawi@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Basma Anabtawi staff reporter

tance lies in the extensive variety of emotions triggered by it, such as disgust, pride, humiliation, guilt and even lust. The information integrated at the insula is then passed down to other brain regions to aid in decision-making and signal conveyance to efferent nervous pathways. The diversity of the possible triggered feelings sparked the interest in learning the possible relations between the insula and common human cravings and addictions.

Friday, February 16, 2007

Yolanie Hettiarachchi assistant science editor

Prehistoric love affair revealed

Archaeologists have found two skeletons embracing each other, close to Mantua where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was set. The skeletons were buried about 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, and are believed to have been a young man and woman, according to archaeologist Elena Menotti, who led the dig. Luca Bondioli, an anthropologist at Rome’s National Prehistoric and Ethnographic Museum, believes that the two bodies probably died a sudden and tragic death, a deduction made based on their position — on their sides, facing each other. Calling it an “emotional discovery,” Menotti believes that the unique skeletons were buried in what is known as a double burial, which is made even more remarkable because of the unexpected embrace. In addition to the skeletons, the team of archaeologists will also study the flint tools that were found alongside the remains, in order to determine the age of the burial site and the age of the specimens themselves. The finds will soon be displayed at Mantua’s Archaeological Museum. Too much dust due to comet clash

The collisions that occur between comets appear to result in large amounts of dust being kicked up around a dead star. Found amidst a cloud of gas called the Helix nebula, the white dwarf star appears as a dot. It is located approximately 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, and was detected by an infrared space-based observatory called the Spitzer Space Telescope. Stars of medium to low mass become white dwarfs after they have dissipated the hydrogen that forms the basis for their thermonuclear reactions. Astronomers are astonished by the newfound phenomenon, as the dust should have been blown away when the white dwarf star died and expelled its outer layers. Dr. Kate Su of the University of Arizona — who authored the results appearing in Astrophysical Journal Letters — believes the high amounts of dust must be a result of comets that survived the death of their sun. Mysterious illness leads to honeybee deaths

Several thousand honeybee colonies across the U.S. are being eradicated by an unusual illness known as colony-collapsing disorder. As a result, honey production, the livelihood of beekeepers, and the production of crops that need bees for pollination are all being threatened. The ailment, whose cause is unknown, has contributed to colony deaths in at least 22 states, resulting in the loss of more than 50 per cent of bees. One travelling beekeeper found almost two truckloads of his bees dead

upon arriving in California, according to Dennis vanEnglesdorp, acting state apiarist for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The U.S. bee population has suffered immensely in recent years due to the tiny varroa mite, a parasite that devastated many wild honeybee populations. A growing group of researchers from Penn State, the University of Montana and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are scrambling to solve the mystery. Gene linkage to diabetes found

A team of researchers working in Canada, Britain and France, have discovered a series of important genetic clues to diabetes. Two genes that contribute to Type 2 diabetes — which affects about 20 million Americans — have been found. One of the genes is especially fascinating because it is active only in insulin-producing cells, which help the cell process zinc — a crucial substance in insulin production. According to Dr. David Altshuler, a scientist at the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard, there are three other teams that are preparing to announce the results of their respective searches for genes that play a role in diabetes. The results of all four studies could therefore be combined to contribute to a clearer picture of the genetics of the disease. The results of the study are published in the February 11 issue of the journal Nature. Stem cells in pancreas give hope to cancer patients

Washington researchers have found that pancreatic cancer is home to a small population of stem cells that seem to drive tumour growth. The pancreas is a gland that secretes a digestive fluid and the hormone insulin. Cancer of this gland has the lowest survival rate of any major form of cancer and scientists have had little success in finding the best way to treat it. However, University of Michigan scientists claim that the recent find could result in the elimination of these cells through the development of new drugs. Dr. Diane Simeone, director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre and lead author of the study, says that there appears to be a small subset of cells within cancers that are responsible for the growth and propagation of tumours. These cells possess stem cell characteristics which allow the cells to self-renew and differentiate into other cell types, ultimately fuelling tumour formation. Currently, tumours are shrunk to prevent further growth; the discovery of stem cells however, could eliminate the tumour altogether. The study was published in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research Journal. — With files from The Examiner, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Scientific American, and BBCNews. yhettiarachchi@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Campus Bulletin UPCOMING Thursday, February 22, 2007 Learning Disabilities Association of K-W is hosting a “Managing AD/HD at Home” workshop from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with speaker Dr. Ray Cardey. Call 519-743-9091 for location and reservation. Tuesday, February 27, 2007 The annual TD Canada Trust/Walter Bean Lecture will be hosting the Honourable Michael Harcourt talk entitled “Canada’s Cities: Competitive and Sustainable?” from 3:30 to 4:30 at Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall. Free admission with light refreshments to follow lecture. Thursday, March 1, 2007 Rotunda Gallery presents “salon” by Liz Phillips March 1 to 31 at 200 King Street, W., Kitchener. Call 519741-3400, ext 3381 for more info. Saturday, March 3, 2007 Doon Heritage Crossroads workshop on “growing seedlings indoors”. Call 519-748-1914 for information and registration.

AWARDS

Win up to $1,000 for your writing! Students in third/fourth years qualify for STC’s Heidi Thiessen Memorial Award for Student Technical Writing. Visit www.stc-soc.org/awards/student.php for details and an application.

VOLUNTEER Distress Line volunteers wanted – Canadian Mental Health Association is seeking caring volunteers to provide supportive listening and crisis deescalation to callers living in Waterloo Region. Please call 519744-7645, ext 300. Summer volunteer opportunities with Grand River Hospital/Cancer Centre. Information sesions will be in March, April and early May. Please call 519-749-4300, ext 2613 or e-mail volunteer@grandriverhospital.on.ca for details. Volunteers needed – volunteer with a child at their school and help improve their self-esteem and confidence. One to three hours a week commitment. Call Canadian Mental Health at 519-744-7645, ext 229. Volunteer Action Centre – connecting talent and community – “B-I-NG-O” A.R. Goudie Eventide Home is looking for volunteers. For more info call Karen at 519-744-5182, ext 207 or e-mail kliphard@argoudieeventide. ca. “Do you like to play cards/games” K-W Seniors Day Program is looking for volunteers to make a senior’s day special. Call Deanne at 519-893-1609 or email deanne@k-wseniorsdayprogram.ca. “Accounting expertise needed” at K-W Right to Life Board of Directors. Call Jane at 519-746-5433 or kwrtl@golden.net. “Do you have a heart for those with developmental disabilities” if so, Christian Horizons needs you. Call 519-650-3241, ext 511 or west_volunteers@christianhorizons.org. “Help street youth” by volunteering at R.O.O.F. For info call 519-742-2788, ext 224 or volcoordinator@roof-agency.net. Volunteer Marketing Intern needed at RBC Dominion Securities Inc. starting in February, 10-15 hr/week. This internship will involve assisting an Investment Advisor with various marketing projects throughout the term in question. The intern will be required to pursue various tasks requiring strong communication, organizational and computer literacy skills. Qualified individuals are students with a strong initiative, direction and desire to succeed. E-mail cover letter and resume to jeff.gates@ rbc.com, attention Jeff Gates. Volunteer Services – City of Waterloo – 519-888-6488 or 519-888-0409

or volunteer @city.waterloo.on.ca – “One Book, One Community”, seeks avid program ambassador. “Graphic designer” required for Waterloo special events.

CHURCH SERVICE St. Bede’s chapel at Renison College offers worship on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. or take a break mid-week with a brief silence followed by Celtic noon prayers on Wednesdays. Beginning Janaury 21 there will also be a 4 p.m. worship. For more info call 519-8844404, ext 28604 or mcolling@renison.uwaterloo.ca.

ANNOUNCEMENTS The GO! Music Festival takes place on March 9 and 10 in Uptown Waterloo. Over 30 live acts; five licensed venues. Details: beatgoeson.com or myspace.com/gomusicfestival. Engineers Without Borders presents “International Development Week” from February 4 to 10. E-mail Nina at fhli@engmail.uwaterloo for event information. Hey students! Tune in weekly to “Morning Drive” with DJ Cool at CKMS 100.3FM for important info on what is happening locally, on campus and in your area. Music, fun and more – morningdrive1@yahoo.ca. Exchange opportunities to RhoneAlpes, France and Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany for the 2007-2008 academic year – to undergraduates and graduates. For additional informatiton and application form/deadlines contact Maria Lango, IPO, Needles Hall, room 1043, ext 33999 or by email: mlango@uwaterloo.ca. Cigarette study – smokers needed. $70 cash paid. Please state your name, age and brand of cigarettes smoked most often. Call Sandy at 519-578-0873 or e-mail this info to smokesstudy@hotmail.com. Turnkey Desk Recycles Batteries. Drop your old batteries to the blue bin at Turnkey.

CAREER SERVICES Monday, February 26 – Writing CVs and Cover Letters, TC2218, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 27 – Work Search Strategies: Special Session for International Students, TC 2218B, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Career Interest Assessment, TC 1112, 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 28 – Exploring Your Personality Type (Part 1), TC 1112, 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. Successfully Negotiating Job Offers, TC 1208, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

FINANCIAL AID February 2007 February 16 – OSAP Application deadline (full funding) for winter and spring. February 23 – deadline for OSAP reviews (appeals) for winter only and fall and winter terms. Check out our web site for a full listing of all our scholarships and bursaries. For futher information, go to Student Awards and Financial Aid web site at http://safa.uwaterloo.ca.

Classified and Campus Bulletin submission deadline is Mondays at 5 p.m. Drop in to SLC room 1116, call 888-4048 or e-mail ads@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Classifieds HELP WANTED Weekend counsellors and relief staff to work in homes for individuals with developmental challenges. Minimum eight-month commitment. Paid positions. Send resume to Don Mader, K-W Habilitation Services, 108 Sydney Street, Kitchener, ON, N2G 3V2. GolfNorth, summer employment for 2007 golf season. Proshop, turf, food and beverage departments. Fourteen locations in Acton, K-W, St. George, Erin, Woodstock, Fergus, Paris, Orangeville. E-mail resume to jobs@ golfnorth.ca ; www.golfnorth.ca. Summer camp counselors on campus interviews for premier camps in Massachusetts – positions available for talented, energetic and fun loving students as counselors in all team sports including soccer and lacrosse, all individual sports such as tennis and golf, waterfront and pool activities and specialty activities including arts, dance, theatre, gymnastics, newspaper, rockertry and radio. Great salaries, room, board, travel and US summer work visa. June 16 to August 11. Enjoy a great summer that promises to be unforgettable. Apply now! For more information www. campdanbee.com (girls) or 1-800392-3752 or mark@campdanbee. com. Interviewer will be on campus Wednesday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Life Centre, main floor. Advertise for us and earn great commissions!! Earn great commission by promoting our services through post-

ers, stickers and other marketing activities. E-mail us at custom 1901@ hotmail.com for details $10/hour +commission – 1Deal Marketing is currently seeking outgoing and energetic campaign promoters. Send resume to: marketing@1deal. ca.

COURSES SP-100 Forest Firefighting course, London, March 7-11 or Waterloo, March 14-18, 2007. To register, please call Wildfire Specialists Inc., 2233 Radar Road, Suite 5, Hanmer, Ontario, P3P 1R2. Toll free: 1-877-3815849. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources accredited. No guarantee of employment.

HOUSING Premium three-bedroom townhouse unit in a professionally managed student complex. Perfect for students, close to UW campus. Now renting May or September 2007. Call Perry now at 519-746-1411 for all the details and to set up a showing. Room for rent for a quiet individual in a detached home near both universities. Parking and all amenities. Please call 519-725-5348. Attention Cambridge School of Architecture students! Live conveniently and comfortably right across the street from s[chool in this beautifully renovated apartment. 4, 8 and 12-month leases available with excellent signing bonuses and rental in-

centives! Call Perry at 519-746-1411 for more details. Only $395/month inclusive for newly renovated house located at 11 McDougall Road. Big rooms, five minutes from UW, on-site laundry, very close to bus stop. Contact 519585-1242 or rooms4students@gmail. com. Available May 1, 2007 – minimum four-month lease, very clean, 372B Churchill Crescent. Six bedroom, each room is $350-$375/month plus utilities. Free parking, laundry facilities included, two common rooms with TV, two kitchens, wireless capability throughout house and internet jacks in every room, 15 minutes from campus. Call Andrew at 416-5270369 or e-mail andrew.chalabardo@ hotmail.com. Five bedroom house for rent available September. Great place for rent near UW, $1,775 per month. Call 905-509-3284 or e-mail gord010@ sympatico.ca. Old Post Road – full furnished three bedroom apartment, one room available short or long term, high speed internet, TV, family house, $450/month inclusive. j.sauder@sympatico.ca. Rooms to rent – 454 Stillmeadow Circle, Waterloo (Fischer Hallman/ Columbia). Basement apartment, fully licensed, kitchen, laundry, cable, rent $350/month, available August 30, 2007. Contact Cliff or Michelle at 519-469-8405 or e-mail cliffmich@ sympatico.ca.

Sports Imprint

Friday, February 16, 2007

sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Sports Editor: Shawn Bell Sports Assistant: Doug Copping

Warriors finish third in West; quarter-finals next Shawn Bell sports editor

The Warriors were at home to Laurier February 9 to end the regular season. With third in the West secured, Waterloo came out flat, losing the first set 25-19 before anyone knew what had happened. In the second set Laurier jumped out to a 20-12 lead and the Warriors looked very down. But Gaby Lesniak stepped up to serve; she hit at Laurier’s white-shirted Libero over and over again, the Golden Hawks had no answer and the lead was cut to one. Waterloo would catch Laurier at 23 and go on to win the set 26-24. The third set was a battle that Laurier won, 25-23. The fourth set was a nail-biter that Waterloo won, 25-22. And the fifth, before I realized they only play to 15 in the final set, was over, and Laurier snuck out of the PAC with a 3-2 victory. The loss leaves Waterloo third in the West at 11-8. They went 5-3 in the second half. However, those three second half losses came against Western, McMaster and Laurier, the other three West division playoff teams. Waterloo opens the OUA playoffs in the quarterfinals against #2 MacMaster, in Hamilton on Friday, February 16. “We’re going into the playoffs with all guns blazing,” Lana said. “Go big or go home.” DOUG COPPING

“Go big or go home.” Coach Gaby Gobst has the Warriors ready to pounce on McMaster Friday night in Hamilton.

OUA playoffs, women’s volleyball style

sbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Brody Hohman reporter

East #1, Toronto Blues vs. East #4. Queens Golden Gaels

West #2, McMaster Marauders vs West #3, Waterloo Warriors

February 16, 7:00 p.m. in Toronto U of T, ranked number eight in the CIS, and should have no problem with Queens. In their two first-half matchups, Toronto swept the Gaels by a combined score of 6-0. In the second round Toronto will meet the winner of the Waterloo-McMaster West division quarterfinal, and of late the Varsity Blues have looked down right uncomfortable when they get out of the East. In January, the Western Mustangs beat them 3-1, and last Friday McMaster went into Toronto and swept the Blues 3-0. Waterloo only played Toronto once, way back on November 4, in the middle of the Warrior’s awful 2-5 start. We all know the Warriors are a different team now.

February 16, 7:00 p.m. in Hamilton

(17–2)

(15–4)

(8–11)

(11-8) West #1, Western Mustangs vs West #4, Laurier Golden Hawks

East #2, York Lions vs East #3, Ottawa Gee-Gee’s February 17, 4:00 p.m. in Toronto This will be a close one. York has the momentum and home court advantage — the Lions have gone 7-1 in the second half, including a big 3-1 win over the Gee Gee’s in Toronto. Ottawa has been inconsistent at times, getting beat by Brock to lose home-court advantage last weekend. But the Gee Gees did hand Western their only loss of the season and they beat York in Ottawa 3-1 at the end of November. It’s a long drive, though, down that 401. Home-court will prevail and the Lions will play Western in the semi-finals. Including exhibition and tournament games, Waterloo went 0-3 against York and 1-1 against Ottawa.

In the OUA season Waterloo split their two games with Mac. The first, in the midst of the four-game winning streak that ended the Warrior’s first half, saw Waterloo go into Hamilton and beat the Marauders 3–1. Then on January 26, McMaster came to the PAC and broke Waterloo’s seven-game winning streak. McMaster has not lost at home since Waterloo beat them there in December. The Warriors have won five straight road games. Waterloo last won a women volleyball OUA championship in 1970-71.

February 16, 7:00 p.m. in London

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There’s a reason Western has earned home court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Mustangs lost their first game to Ottawa and then reeled off 18 straight wins. However, Laurier has played the Mustangs tough twice; the first in London, Western won 3-2; the second, in Waterloo, Western won 3-2 again. Stranger things have happened, but look for Western to beat the Golden Hawks in a tight game. Waterloo would not face either of these two until the finals. Good thing. Including the Waterloo pre-season tournament, the Warriors are 0-5 combined against Western and Laurier.

NBA D e s m o n d M a s o n — H e ’s 22/5/1.5/.54% in 37 mpg over his last 4 and has been great after a slow start to the year. He hasn’t missed a game this year and is a good pickup. Sasha Pavlovic—He’s seen extended minutes in Cleveland lately and is 17/4/3/.50/.84 with 4 threes in his last 3 games, he’s worth monitoring. Delonte West—Riding a current hot streak West is 16/6/4/2 in his last 3 games. Steve Blake—He’s been a great source of assists lately with 10 per over his last 4. He’s averaging 11 points, 1.25 steals, and 41 minutes over that stretch. Matt Barnes —Came out of nowhere and has been solid most of the year (79 threes). He’s 14/8/3/1 with 7 threes his last 4. NHL Paul Stastny – The rookie centre has goals in 4 straight and 7 points in his last 5 and is a great pickup. Frantisek Kaberle – He’s back from injury and saw more time on the PP than any other Carolina D-man his last 2 games. 1 pt/+1/2PIM in his first 4 games back but he’ll get more comfortable. He’s a nice under the radar pickup to help down the stretch. Brent Johnson – Kolzig is out for at least 3 weeks and Johnson will get the nod.

sports

Friday, February 16, 2007

Warriors: UW menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hockey falls from first the class of 2007

Alongside renowned new football coaches come promising new teammates Continued from cover

Alex Dezan, a 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;0â&#x20AC;? quarterback from Milton, is the third QB that McPhee spoke of â&#x20AC;&#x153;needing to get.â&#x20AC;? He will watch and learn as Evan Martin and Luke Balch battle for the top job next season. In the backfield, the Warriors added four running backs. Key among them is Waterlooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Adam Williams, a 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;2â&#x20AC;?, 200 lb back who led Bluevale Collegiate to two Western Bowls and is ranked a top-five running back in Ontario. UW also added a highly touted Canadian-born American to the backfield, 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;0â&#x20AC;?, 230 lb Keenan Smith, who honed his fullback skills growing up in Columbus, Ohio. On defense, Waterloo padded a good unit with six defensive backs, four linebackers and a defensive lineman. Mitch Nicolson, who grew up in Cambridge but moved to Grand Haven, Michigan for his high school career, was an All Conference Strong Safety for the toughest conference in the state. He is expected to have an impact immediately. Two of Weirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top linebackers in Ontario are now Warriors. Matt Peto, 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;0â&#x20AC;?, 225 lbs, comes to Waterloo from Strathroy, and Steve Ples, 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;4â&#x20AC;?, 228 lbs, was QB Dezanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teammate with the Halton champion Christ the King Secondary in Milton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to say,â&#x20AC;? McCrae said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it is a real jump-start for Warrior football.â&#x20AC;? Graham echoed McCraeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s optimism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Waterloo is a team to look out for. Coach McPheeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a lot of experience. It seems he really wants to turn it around.â&#x20AC;? It has been a exciting start to 2007 for the Waterloo Warriors. This is now Dennis McPheeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team. Judging by the strength of the coaching staff heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assembled around him, and by the quality of the 2007 recruiting class, that is a good thing for Warrior football. sbell@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was overwhelmed when I saw [Paopao] walk in. He seemed really excited and I am too.â&#x20AC;? -Ross Graham, wide reciever and new Warrior in class of 2007

Simona Cherler

Windsor defeated Waterloo in Columbia Ice Fields 6-5, only the second time Waterloo has lost at home. James Rowe staff reporter

The Waterloo Warriors menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hockey team played a home and home with the Windsor Lancers on February 9 and 10 with the road team winning both games. The home loss dropped the Warriors behind Laurier in the final OUA regular season standings. Despite the loss, the Warriors still finished first in the Far West division and will have a first round playoff bye. On Friday, February 9, the two teams met at the CIF Arena here in Waterloo on what was Senior Night for the graduating UW players. Waterloo played a strong opening period and took a 2-1 lead through 20 minutes thanks to goals by Jordan Brenner and Doug Spooner. Windsor was able to tie the game midway through the second period and then continued their strong play with two goals late in the period. Those two Lancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goals both came while the teams were playing 4 on 4. Trailing 4-2 entering the third period, the Warriors came out flying and were all over the Lancers. Just 1:30 into the frame Sean Roche scored for UW on the power play to cut the lead in half.

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Windsor answered right back, however, as Patrick Ouellette beat Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goaltender Curtis Darling on a Lancers power play just over two minutes later to restore the two goal lead at 5-3. Despite giving up the goal the Warriors kept throwing everything they had at Windsor, buzzing around the Lancersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; net throughout the period and registering 18 shots on net. Ryan Macgregor cut the lead to 5-4 with just over 12 minutes remaining and as UW continued to apply pressure the crowd could sense that the tying goal was coming. It did come, also from Macgregor, this one with just under two minutes remaining. The game appeared to be destined for overtime, but with 1:10 remaining Windsorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jordie Preston scored his second goal of the game to give the Lancers a 6-5 lead. Preston, the leading scorer in the CIS, also had two assists in the game. Drew Petkoff would add a late empty net goal to secure the 7-5 win for Windsor. The following night the two teams hooked up in Windsor for the final game of their respective OUA regular season schedules. This game would be a much more low-scoring affair despite the fact that both teams had trouble staying out of the penalty box.

BASKETBALL

Saturday, February 17 (M)Waterloo vs. Laurier 4 pm, PAC

Fantastic Alumni, Staff & Faculty Day

CURLING

Sat/Sun February 17/18 OUA Championships Westmount Golf and Country Club

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

OLEG CHERNUKHIN, SWIMMING A 3rd year Engineering student from Fredericton, N.B., was the recipient of the Jeno Tihany trophy for excellence in individual Medley swimming competing at the OUA Championships in Guelph this past weekend. Oleg received this trophy based on his winning the 200 IM in a time of 2:06.30 which scored higher on the FINA world points chart than the winner of the 400 IM. In addition he was 2nd in the 50 back, 3rd in the 50 fly and swam the lead off backstroke leg for the 3rd place 4x50 medley relay team. Oleg also achieved OUA All Star status.

Waterlooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shane Hart opened the scoring early in the first, converting a power play opportunity. The goal was assisted by Brenner and Matt Levicki. In the second period the Warriors extended their lead thanks to a shorthanded goal by Mike Della Mora. Assists went to Brenner and defenceman Matt Sitko. With a 2-0 lead heading into the third, the Warriors looked to protect their lead in front of Darling. Windsor was finally able to get on the scoreboard midway through the third but Darling and the UW defence shut the door the rest of the way to preserve the 2-1 win. Darling had 28 saves in the win. The Friday night loss dropped Waterloo into second place overall in the OUA after having led the conference all season long. That means that home ice advantage in the OUA West playoffs now belongs to the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. Waterloo will now sit and wait for an opponent thanks to their first round bye. The Warriors next action wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come until Wednesday, February 21 when they will be home to one of Western, Brock, York or Lakehead. jrowe@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

HOCKEY

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hockey Playoffs Start week February 19 OUA opponent-TBA

See website for up-to-date schedules and ticket information.

ANGELA McISAAC, SWIMMING A 2nd year Engineering student from Orillia, Ontario, led the Warrior women with 3 quality swims in the breaststroke events this past weekend at the OUA Championships at Guelph. Going faster in the evening finals each day Angela was 10th in the 200 with a lifetime personal best of 2:46.66, 11th in the 50 in a time of 36.06 and 13th in the 100 at 1:16.84 (lifetime PB). She proceeded to improve to help the team to 12th place finishes. As a result of these swims Angela demonstrated that she can lead the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team in rising to the challenge of the OUA championships and achieving personal best times.

sports

Friday, February 16, 2007

Heartbreak on court

Losing streak stretches to twelve,Warriors fall out of playoff race.

simona cherler

Brody Hohman reporter

The Warriors’ postseason men’s basketball hopes were put to rest this past weekend with a pair of losses to Western and Brock. Waterloo travelled to London February 7, falling to the Mustangs 65-55, before losing 86-74 to the Brock Badgers on February 10. Their 6-14 record gives the Warriors 12 points while sixth place Laurier has 18. With two games left in the season the Warriors are mathematically eliminated. For Michael Davis, Matt Kieswetter and Olivier Quesnel the final two games on the schedule will be their last in the black and gold. They will no doubt be playing for pride and to give those returning a chance to finish the season on a positive note. The offence has been struggling lately for the Warriors, but with their season on the line Saturday Februrary 10 the three veteran Warrior captains each stepped up with huge efforts. Matt Kieswetter poured in a career high 27 points and was three for six from three-point range while Michael

Davis had a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds on a 78 per cent shooting night. Davis was also active on the other side of the ball with two steals and a block all while playing with extreme back pain. Speaking of defence, Olivier Quesnel provided his usual dose of just that; he also added 15 points and five rebounds. The trio shot a combined 60 per cent as the team out-shot their opponent 47 per cent to Brock’s 44. Despite UW’s best effort in several games, they came up short in the win column in a game that was back and forth for most of the 40 minutes. The combo of Brad Rootes and Chris Keith was phenomenal for the Badgers, helping grab and hold on to a lead. Rootes had 26 points and 10 assists while Keith had his own doubledouble of 27 points and 12 rebounds, including seven offensive boards. The Brock Badgers had won five straight games going into the game and have worked themselves into a share of the OUA West lead with Windsor with a 13-6 record. Interestingly enough, Kieswetter has broken his career high in points

each of the past three years on Brock hardwood. But nobody was breaking career highs in Wednesday’s game as the Warriors shot 33 per cent while Western countered with a 37 per cent clip. Waterloo was out-rebounded 4135, out-assisted 16 to 8 and turned the ball over 15 times. The Warriors trailed by 11 at the half and came out of the break with some life as they went on the offensive. But they could only cut the deficit to eight and a Jason Milliquet threepointer midway through the half gave the Mustangs a 12 point lead, one they would not relinquish. Dave Burnett led the Warriors with 11 points and Alan Goodhoofd earned 10 points and five rebounds. Milliquet led the game with 14 points. Waterloo was set to face the McMaster Marauders (11-8) in Hamilton on Wednesday but due to snowfall they met the following night, results were not available at press time. The Warriors finish their season at home this Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. against University Avenue rivals Wilfried Laurier. It will be “Fantastic Alumni, Faculty and Staff Day” at the PAC on Saturday.

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Men’s volleyball On February 9 the Warriors closed out their season with a loss against Laurier. The 3-1 loss dropped Waterloo’s final record to 2-18 on the season, ahead of only Royal Military College in the OUA standings. As a result of their disappointing season the Warriors did not qualify for the playoffs. Swimming The Warriors competed in the OUA Championships February 9 and 10 in Guelph. The women’s team finished in a tie for tenth place, while the men came in sixth. The men were led by Oleg Chernukhin, who had three podium finishes, including a win in the 200m individual medley. Chernukhin and teammate Alex Watson, who had one podium finish, both qualified to compete in the CIS Championships at Dalhousie University in Halifax from February 22-24.

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Warriors men’s volleyball team celebrate their first win in six matches.

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Waterloo stumbles into playoffs Warrior skis to podium

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Louis Swift reporter simona cherler

Three-game losing streak but Warriors have fifth locked; one game left before playoffs. Adnan Khan reporter

The Waterloo Warriors womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team lost both their games on the road this week, losing to Western 65-70, and to Brock 53-67. Despite losing both games Waterloo still secured fifth and a playoff spot with a record of 10-11. After defeating the number-one ranked McMaster, the Warriors have fallen into a tailspin and are having a hard time getting things back together. They are currently in a three-game losing skid and the offence has been terrible. Going into their game against Western February 7, the Warriors knew that their offence would either make or break the game. As expected, the Warriors played great defence but they had an extremely hard time getting any sort of offensive rhythm going. This game was fought through all four quarters but no Warrior was able to really take over. The shots were not falling for the Warriors; they shot just 37 per cent from the field, and an ugly 29 per cent from three-point range. On a positive note the Warriors were able to keep the Western Mustang stars in check. The last time these two teams faced off, guard Nadine Paron scorched the Warriors with 30 points

on 12-15 shooting. This time around, Paron scored only ten points on three of 12 shooting. Defence will always keep the Warriors in games, but sooner or later the offence has to come out and finish off the competition. Kate Poulin had a solid all around game with 17 points, five rebounds, and five assists. Gillian Maxwell had another good night at the office registering a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The game against the Brock Badgers was no different than in London. The Warriors had another tough day at the offensive end of the court shooting a terrible 30 per cent from the field and 30 per cent from three-point range. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how well your defence is playing, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to win games when your offence only scores 53 points. The Badgers were led by a strong game by Ali Forbes, with 19 points, nine assists and seven steals. Gillian Maxwell, who scored 12 points and 7 rebounds, led the Warriors. Playing on the road is always tough but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no excuse for this poor offensive showing, and the Warriors will be the first people to tell you that. Time and time again the offence is not showing up to play. This has become a real cause of concern for Waterloo. The

Warriors are a team with unexploited potential. When at their best, they are capable of knocking off any team in the OUA, but some nights the game just seems too difficult for this team. The real concern for the Warriors is the recent play of Kim Lee. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s simply too good of a player to be having the types of games sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been having. Against Western, she shot just 5 for 19 from the field, finishing with 11 points, and against Brock she registered just 3 points. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find many players in the OUA as competitive, or as focused on winning games for their team as Kim Lee. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a matter of time before her offensive game comes back. Hopefully itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sooner rather than later, because come playoffs the Warriors will only go as far as their offence allows them and Kim Lee is the key to that offence. Although the Warriors are in the playoffs they are by no means a satisfied team. Losing isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; way and they have to get things back to normal. Team defence has been the focal point of the Warriorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team the whole year but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to find some offence and quickly. With the playoffs just around the corner, the games are going to become harder. The Warriors have to take their game to a new level.

These girls will break your heart Mohammad Jangda staff reporter

The Shockersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defence deflaged and cut short the Backhoesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offensive advance during their third game at the Powder Puff flag football tournament last weekend. The Shockers, a UW team, braved the sub-zero temperatures and snow-covered fields of Waterloo Park and University Stadium to face off in a grueling and often dirty war against 21 other Powder Puff flag football teams from six OUA schools. Coming out strong in the preliminaries and winning their division with all three games (scoring 35-0 total â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only team with 0 points against), the Shockers were eventually toppled in the semis by Slaughterhouse, a McMaster-based team. The Crunchers, also a Mac team, went on to score the title. The Shockers, under new coach Sal Faieta, will be looking to add more Powder Puffs to their ranks in the coming year. mohammad janga

mjangda@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

Back in Ottawa, this time for the OUA Championships, the Waterloo Nordic Ski Team was prepared for the massive hills and technical descents of the Nakkertok Nordic ski facility. With a team of five women and seven men, Waterloo was eager to face the stiff competition at the university championships. Unfortunately, the majority of the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team came down with a serious cold, restricting their performances at a crucial point in the season. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team managed to avoid the contagious virus and stayed healthy for the championships. Saturday dawned chilly, with a light dusting of snow on the race course. The men raced first, warming up the trails for the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race in the afternoon. Harry Seaton was the first Waterloo man to finish the 10 km course, with a fourth place finish, in a time of 32:40. On the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, Tiffany Duncan was the first Waterloo woman to finish the 5 km race in a time of 22:49. The individual races were followed by the ever-competitive OUA team relays, which saw Lakehead continue its dominance over the Nordic skiing field, winning both menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3 x 4km and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3 x 2km relays.

Waterloo fielded competitive teams in both categories. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team, consisting of Harry Seaton, Colin Rhodes, and rookie Kieran Jones, came in fourth place in a combined time of 43:19, only 3:40 down from the winning Lakehead team. Surabhi Venkatesh, Toni Carlisle and rookie Amelie Gravel made up the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relay team, finishing strong despite some rough exchanges in the transition zone. Sunday featured mass starts for both men and women. The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start was tricky, with a few falls as skiers fought to get to the front of the pack. The women skied two loops around the 5 km course with Nellie Dow as the first Waterloo woman, finishing in 15th in a time of 43:21. The men started soon after, with Harry Seaton again leading out for Waterloo, finishing in third place in a time of 49:57. Seaton also finished with a fourth place overall, gaining a spot as an OUA All-Star for the second year in a row. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team also finished fourth overall in the OUA standings, and most were happy with a strong weekend of racing.

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Warriors charge toward playoffs Waterloo splits double header against Queen’s; with three games left they hold the sixth and final playoff spot.

Saturday night’s game found the Warriors down 1-0 going into the third period. With the pressure If you ever step into the women’s mounting, the Warriors turned to dressing room at the CIF, there is their captain for a spark. Midway something right in the centre that through the final frame, Martin set you may not notice at first. If a up leading scorer Sarah Bryson for the newcomer to the team or a visi- equalizer as well as momentum in the tor passing through ever gets too contest. A few minutes later, Bryson close, they will surely be shouted at, would set up Randi Wilson for a goal, giving the Waror perhaps even riors a 2-1 lead. fined. No, it’s not For the rest of some kind of pre- OUA Women’s Hockey the game, Alexis cious diamond; Huber shut the TEAM W L T PTS it is a 6x6 foot door in goal for Warriors logo on Warriors as the floor that con- Laurier 18 2 2 38 the they pulled out the tains value in a dramatic win. different way. 13 6 1 29 With two points Warriors cap- Queens already in the bag tain Kaity Martin spoke of what Toronto 12 5 3 28 from the night before, the Warthe logo means by riors would seek saying, “The logo 9 10 1 20 two more against is very important Western the Golden Gaels for the team. To us, it represents the Guelph 8 10 3 20 on February 11. However, Queen’s team as opposed out strong by to the individual Waterloo 7 8 3 19 came building a 2-0 lead players. Hockey is before the Warriors a team sport, and 6 10 3 18 could even blink. everyone on the Brock This was too big team is an important part to making Windsor 5 11 5 15 of a game for the Warriors to quit the team a sucthough. Before the cess.” So before York 6 14 1 13 first period was each game, the out, Bryson would Warriors gather around the logo to do a cheer in score her team leading 12 goal and Mepreparation for their upcoming battle. lissa Quinn would score her third of the This tradition allows the Warriors to season to knot the game up at 2-2. The exciting affair would come down step onto the ice confident against to the final minutes of the third period any opponent. Last weekend at the CIF, the op- with the Warriors once again dramatiponents were the Queen’s Golden cally tying the game with a late goal by Gaels. It would be a crucial test Michelle Curtis. This would ensure the Warriors of at least a single point, which for the Warriors and their playoff aspirations. Kaity Martin knew her is what they got after Queen’s managed team would be up for the challenge, to win the game 4-3 in the overtime sesand she would be counted on to sion. The Warriors record is now 7-8-3-2 play a significant role. Picking up and they hold down sixth place in the any number of points on the week- OUA. Next action for the Warriors is end would go a long way towards this weekend as they travel to York and ensuring a coveted playoff berth. across town to Wilfrid Laurier. Matt Levicki reporter

Simona Cherler

Captain Kaity Martin set up the first goal to lead Waterloo over Queen’s in the first game.

Warrior squash win OUA bronze Shawn Bell

sports editor

Nathan Fraser in action in Hamilton. The Warrior men lost to Toronto in the semis before defeating Brock for Bronze. photos courtesy McMaster Athletics

The Waterloo Warriors men’s squash team beat Brock 5-1 on February 10 for the OUA Bronze medal. Waterloo (3-1-2) went into the tournament seeded second, but lost in the semi-finals against Toronto to set up the bronze medal game. The Warriors beat Brock twice in the season and had no trouble capturing third. “We were a little disappointed at only placing third,” said captain Adam Rauf, “but we are looking forward and hope to build off this in the future.” Eric Dingle, a third year engineering student, led the Warriors into the tournament fresh off his win of the OUA MVP award a week ago. He was a first team all-star and his teamate Cam Mundle was named to the second team.