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Ad guru’s performance at UW was Tite Ron Tite provides a lot of laughs and good advice on Bomber stage

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Ron Tite, vice president of innovation practice at Euro RSCG, made an appearance at the University of Waterloo on Tuesday evening at an event hosted by the Waterloo Advertising and Marketing club (WAM). Gina Racine editor-in-chief

ccording to advertising guru Ron Tite, creating your personal brand is about being honest, open, transparent and genuine. If you try to hide who you really are behind a professional facade, people will eventually see right through it anyway, he claims. On Tuesday evening, Tite took the Bomber stage for an event called You Are Your Brand, Don’t F#&% It Up, hosted by the Waterloo Advertising and Marketing club (WAM). Not only was Tite sucessful at educating his audience on advertising and branding, anecdotes of his personal experience in the advertising world provided a night filled with laughter. Stories of his time working in advertising were not only humourous (playing the wrong clip from a Jackass movie during a presentation to Xerox was more than entertaining)

but also informative for those looking to explore a career in the field he has clawed his way on top of. “A lot of people think that branding is advertising, but that’s bullshit, it’s not. Advertising is a component,” Tite told UW students and others in attendance. “The wardrobe you wear today is not you the person, it’s simply the clothes you wear.” When talking about the importance of branding, Tite used an ultra popular example of what he believes is an incredible personal brand — Lady Gaga. “At the core, at the centre of her brand, is that she stands for something... what she stands for, and it’s been written 4,000 different ways, but the way I think what she stands for is that people should have the freedom to be and express themselves — that’s what she’s about. Now going from that to I’m going to go out on stage wearing a meat dress is a bit of a leap,” he laughed. Something else that Tite finds amazing about Lady Gaga is that she doesn’t do it alone.

“There is an entire army of choreographers, and stylists, and musicians, and DJs, to which she refers to as the ‘Haus of Gaga.’ It’s not, ‘they’re my schleps, they’re my team,’ they are in the house of Gaga. And there’s not just a lady in the house, there’s a bunch of other people,” he said. Another key reason to Gaga’s success, according to Tite, is that she consistently puts her customers, or Little Monsters as she refers to them, first. “She has that tattooed on her leg! Now I’ve got Kraft as a client. I would never get ‘Premium Plus’ tattooed on my ass. It’s not going to happen,” he joked. Tite’s appearance was a free event brought to UW by WAM as they hope to get more students involved in their on-campus marketing club. For more information about WAM, visit their Facebook group at www.facebook.com/ uw.WAM. editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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In with the new University launches new homepage as part of website redesign project Eddie Ramirez asst. new editor

he new transitional uWaterloo home page was launched on Monday morning at www.uwaterloo. ca. Sarah Forgrave and Eva Grabinski of the web redesign team commented on the background of this new project: “Some of the features of the new home page are the interactive panels for: About Waterloo, Today at Waterloo, Faculties & Academics, and Offices & Services A-Z.” The website contains an immense photo that captures the Davis Centre campus and gives the website a whole new look that makes the website look modern and gives the university a new visual identity. The website also makes a public invitation for all students to submit photos that capture the uWaterloo experience. These changes are not permanent, only transitional, Forgrave and Grabinski stated. They are also working on a more fully featured version of the uWaterloo website that will facilitate the students with reliable and easy to find information. Pilots of the new websites can be watched at uwaterloo. ca and comments are welcome. “Some of the new features are audience-specific pathway pages based on research with our website users,” Forgrave stated.

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One of the most significant changes in the website is a global navigation bar (‘W’ bar) that appears across all uWaterloo websites; feature stories on the uWaterloo home page; a new and improved navigation structure that is more user friendly; and a new tone in the web content that better reflects the uWaterloo experience. The organizers of the website asking for online feedback Other features of the new home page include the interactive panels for significant offices, services, and people, which makes it easier for users to surf and search through the website. Some students have expressed that this new website is very different from the previous one and they are still a bit confused on how to use it. “I think the website looks great, but it is still pretty confusing how this website works,” Kate Koplovich, economics student declared. In the background, the web designers are working on a more fully featured version of the uWaterloo website. Since the current website is only transitional, the web designers would like to get feedback from students in order to make significant changes to the website that will make this new website better and more effective. If you have any comments about the new website, do not hesitate to contact the web designers.

The new website contains a new immense photo that captures the Davis Centre campus and gives the website a whole new look that makes the website look modern and gives the university a new visual identity.

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The University of Waterloo’s new website (left, top) is a stark contrast from the old website (left, bottom).

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Warrior Weekend program cancelled Jazzdane Clarke reporter

he silent roars of our Weekend Warriors have faded off into the night. Unfortunately, the Warrior Weekends program has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. But what does this mean for those loud and proud student Warriors who volunteered/ attended these events? Something new and fresh to focus on is in the cards. Current Feds president Brad Moggach released a statement saying that, “While we are disappointed that Warrior Weekends has been cancelled, we can appreciate that the programming was in need of re-evaluation and an overhaul. At one time, Warrior Weekends appealed to a larger portion of the student population, but as the needs and interests of Waterloo students changed, the program no longer appealed in the same way.” Re-evaluation and an overhaul? Is that what was really need in order for the program to succeed? Yes, indeed it was/is necessary, but our Student Life offices (the people formerly in charge of Warrior Weekends), aren’t exactly dwelling on the past experiences of this program. Heather Westmorland, director of Student Life, is very much anticipating the opportunity to focus on the future.

“We’re excited by the new direction of the Student Life office and its renewed focus on first year student transition and what this means for student success,” she said. Through the news of the cancellation of the now defunct program, Westmorland and her team have been able to focus on the next steps in securing a great base of support for incoming students. “Recent assessment indicated a need to re-evaluate the program. [The] goals and objectives of the [older] program were unclear,” she said. With these in mind, can successful student programming be achieved? Feds believes that this can be made possible. In the last part of Moggach’s statement, he emphasizes, “The Federation of Students strives to provide events that appeal to the wide range of interests found on campus ... We are hopeful that the Student Life office will work towards exploring new opportunities that better reflect student life at the University of Waterloo.” The only missing piece in the puzzle are the students. Will they flock in the hundreds to a new, more dynamic program that involves student participation and fun or will they nonchalantly pass over the flyers for this events as if nothing has changed.

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CAMPUS DEFACED: Porcellino, the mascot of the Faculty of Arts, has been defaced by campus vandals. The bronze boar sculpture, located outside the Modern Languages building was painted with a series of black and white stripes. The vandals also spray-painted the word “engineers” on the nearby Modern Languages – Theatre of the Arts sign and painted the engineering sculpture by RCH.

SENATE SNIPS: Notes from February 28 Senate meeting Divyesh Mistry reporter

Waterloo Works cancelled

On Feb. 25, the much-touted replacement for JobMine, WaterlooWorks, was cancelled. Over the years that the project was being built, the university spent approximately $2.75 million on all aspects of the project, including the software and equipment, co-op jobs for Waterloo students, and salary for full-time staff. Reasons for the cancellation of WaterlooWorks included the usability of it, despite the fact that aspects of the project were designed specifically for usability, the sustainability of the project, and the scalability of it. The pilot project of WaterlooWorks was in its third term, with testing by the School of Archi-

tecture; the architecture co-op system is being moved back to JobMine. Currently, JobMine is out of support and there is a need for upgrades, but the university agrees that this is only an interim solution until a replacement can be found or made. Centre for Extended Learning

The data from the first year of the Centre for Extended Learning was released in its annual report to senate. The centre, formerly the Centre for Distance and Continuous Education, is the arm of the university that creates fully online courses for both undergraduate students and adult students, as well as professional development programs. The data released showed a number of areas of growth. There has been a nine per cent increase

growth in graduate enrolment. In the Fall 2010 term, there have been online learners in the southern hemisphere (mostly Africa and Australia), a first for online learning at UW. The centre has several partnerships with other organizations at UW, including building online courses for WAT-PD Eng, and the School of Pharmacy. As many as 30 new courses can be built every year by the team at the centre, with 27 new courses introduced over the last year. Goals for the centre include upgrading the accessibility of the courses with help from OPD, adding master’s programs, improving the quality of academic integrity in the courses, and increasing the revenue from the professional development courses. dmistry@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Mice problems in campus buildings

The University of Alberta seems to be having mice problems. Not just small mice problems. Problems that have the associate director of buildings and grounds extremely concerned. The pest control taking care of the situation is also in a disarray, having to deal with this problem across the city. Stressing over exams or essays and having to deal with skittering above people’s heads isn’t quite ideal. Unsanitary situations are also prob-

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lematic. Measures including poison and trying to move the mice elsewhere are being taken to prevent mice from continuously overpopulating. In order to move the mice in different directions, they are cleaning up buildings constantly so no food is leftover. Apparently mice only stay in a certain radius of their den (30 feet), where food is available. So in order for them to get rid of the mice, campus notes are focusing on cleaning up food residue in buildings.

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

Major changes in Graduate Record Exam

The layout of the Graduate Record Exam is changing. The upcoming change is the biggest since the exam was released 60 years ago. Changes include making follow-up questions more difficult after answering the first one correctly, and increasing the test time from three hours to four hours long. Another change is the test scoring. Originally it was between 200-800 with answers going up by ten marks. Now the sweeping change is reducing that to 130-170, and going up by one mark. People such as Kaplan Test Prep and administrators are encourag-

ing people to take the test before the changes are put into place. The new exam will provide students with a calculator to avoid frivolous mistakes. The only downfall with the calculator provided is that it means a higher level of difficulty. Students will also be able to go forward and backwards between pages. Students who are serious about taking the GRE have already started studying. Registration starts on March 15. The test dates start on August 1. Dramatic dives in test results could occur after the new system is put in place, some say, though eventually people will start to get used to the new system.

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

Wearing of Kirpan becoming ambiguous

Debate over the wearing of the kirpan has become contentious in Quebec in recent months, and its fate on Concordia University campus is ambiguous. Baptized Sikhs are supposed to wear their kirpans at all time. A kirpan is a dagger/small sword. It is a symbol for religious purposes and a part of their code of conduct. Since Concordia University has not had the occurrence of a problem associating the use of a Kirpan before, they have no indication of banning it entirely from their school. If there were to be a problem involving the

religious object then “the Code of Rights and Responsibilities would apply” to the event. In Quebec, critics have put an opposition in for banning of these “dangerous weapons.” Concordia University was praised by Concordia Sikh Student Association with “representing what Canadian culture is about” for their decision not to ban the kirpan. Issues involved in the debate include multiculturalism, religion, and safety issues. These issues need to be weighed out together. Some people view the kirpan as a hazardous device, while others view it purely as a religious instrument.

— With files from The Gateway, The Ubyssey, BBC, and The Concordian

Minister assassinated over blasphemy law reforms

Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, was assassinated March 2nd in the Pakistan capital of Islamabad. Bhatti was killed when his car was ambushed by gunmen and sprayed with bullets while the politician was travelling to work. At the time of his death, the minister was travelling through a residential area without the security escort that is standard for all Pakistani ministers. Bhatti, the only Christian minister in the Pakistani cabinet, had been receiving death threats regarding his urging for reforms to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. This law calls for death for any who insult Islam, and critics have claimed that it has been used to persecute minority religious groups. Although no-one convicted under the blasphemy law has ever been executed, more than 30 people accused under the law have been killed by lynch mobs. Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab, a branch of the Taliban in Pakistan’s populous province of Punjab, claimed responsibility for the attack through BBC Urdu and called Bhatti a blasphemer. Bhatti is the second Pakistani official to be assassinated in connection with blasphemy law reform. Punjab Governer Salman Taseer, who also opposed the blasphmey law, was shot and killed by his bodyguard in January.

LIBYA

Loyalists and opposition clash

Unrest continues in Libya as forces loyal to leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi clashed with government opponents on March 2, over control of a key oil installation and an airstrip. The conflict at the Brega oil port on the Mediteranean coast was a significant attempt by pro-Gadhafi forces to push back the rebels who control much of the eastern half of the country. Up to this point, Gadhafi’s loyalists have been focussing on consolidating power in Tripoli, the country’s capital, and securing the defenses at Gadhafi’s stronghold. Further conflict occurred at a university campus between Ajdabiya and Brega that was still under Gadhafi’s control. As of March 2, residents in Brega and Ajdabiya were preparing for attack by Gadhafi loyalists. ProGadhafi loyalists ahve regained control of two towns taken by opposition forces, Gharyan and Sabratha, but opposition forces have repulsed attacks on Zawiya, Misrata, and Zintan. Gadhafi maintains the al-Qaida is behind the revolt and that the protests were triggered by a sleeper cell. In a speech to the people, he also repeated his determination to fight to the death. Foreign reports suggest that up to 2,000 people have died in the unrest, and foreign military forces, including the Canadian patrol ship HMCS Charlottetown, are preparing for potential action in Libya.

ARGENTINA

Dictators on trial

Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, two former Argentine dictators, are currently standing trial for the kidnappings of hundreds of infants. The trial focuses on 34 children born to women interred at illegal detention facilities such as the Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics (ESMA). Videla, Bignone, and six other military leaders are accused of being directly responsible for these 34 kidnappings. The women were often political prisoners or other dissidents. They were kept alive during their pregnancy, but often killed after they had given birth. According to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, over 500 babies were stolen between 1976 and 1983. Many of these kidnapped children were raised by government officials, including Victoria Donda. Her biological parents were guerilla fighters killed at ESMA, but she was raised by Juan Antonio Azic, one of the military leaders currently standing trial. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo organization has already tracked down over 100 of these children. During the course of the sevenyear dictatorship, 5,000 people were detained and tortured at ESMA and approximately 30,000 were killed. The trial started Feb. 28 and is expected to last until the end of the year. Over 80 people are expected to testify during the trial.

— With files from BBC, The Globe and Mail, CBC News, and the National Post araw@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Friday, March 4, 2011 Vol. 33, No. 29 Student Life Centre, Room 1116 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 P: 519.888.4048 F: 519.884.7800 http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca Editor-in-chief, Gina Racine editor@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Advertising & Production Manager, Laurie Tigert-Dumas ads@imprint.uwaterloo.ca General Manager, Catherine Bolger cbolger@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Co-op placements, Jennifer Daniells, David Lehto, Eleonora Meszaros Sales Assistant, Lana Fell Systems Admin., Ben Waismark Distribution, Amit Chatterjee Distribution, Bensen Wang Volunteer co-ordinator, Michael Chung Information and Communications office, Mustansir Naeem Board of Directors board@imprint.uwaterloo.ca President, Keriece Harris president@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Vice-president, Kevin Boisvert vp@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Treasurer, Howard Leung treasurer@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Secretary, Erin Thompson secretary@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Staff liaison, Patricia Rebello liaison@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Editorial Staff Assistant Editor, Brent Golem Head Reporter, vacant Lead Proofreader, Mika Ilic Cover Editor, Divyesh Mistry News Editor, Adrienne Raw News Assistant, Eduardo Ramirez Opinion Editor, Anya Lomako Opinion Assistant, Lindsay Simmons Features Editor, Zoe Kim Features Assistant, Michelle Sterba Arts & Entertainment, Caitlin McIntyre Arts Assistant, Paul McGeown Science & Tech Editor, Chinye Osamusali Science & Tech Assistant, James Arteaga Sports & Living Editor, Ron Kielstra Sports & Living Assistant, Chester Yang Photo Editor, Sophie Côté Photo Assistant, Rob Dziarmag Graphics Editor, Majuratan Sadagopan Graphics Assistant, Krystin Li Web Administrator, Marta Borowska Production Staff Deanna Ostafichuk, Jessica Nguy, Armel Chesnais, Gabriella Grant, Jason Day, Shawn Flanagan, Chantal Jandard, Stephen Kearse, Jonathan Ng, Sam Nabi, Ezra Wasser, Rajul Saleh Imprint is the official student newspaper of the University of Waterloo. It is an editorially independent newspaper published by Imprint Publications, Waterloo, a corporation without share capital. Imprint is a member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association (OCNA). Editorial submissions may be considered for publication in any edition of Imprint. Imprint may also reproduce the material commercially in any format or medium as part of the newspaper database, Web site or any other product derived from the newspaper. Those submitting editorial content, including articles, letters, photos and graphics, will grant Imprint first publication rights of their submitted material, and as such, agree not to submit the same work to any other publication or group until such time as the material has been distributed in an issue of Imprint, or Imprint declares their intent not to publish the material. The full text of this agreement is available upon request. Imprint does not guarantee to publish articles, photographs, letters or advertising. Material may not be published, at the discretion of Imprint, if that material is deemed to be libelous or in contravention with Imprint’s policies with reference to our code of ethics and journalistic standards. Material may not be published, at the discretion of Imprint, if that material is deemed to be libelous or in contravention with Imprint’s policies with reference to our code of ethics and journalistic standards. Imprint reserves the right to edit, condense or reject any contribution. Imprint is published every Friday during fall and winter terms, and every second Friday during the spring term. Imprint reserves the right to screen, edit and refuse advertising. One copy per customer. Imprint ISSN 0706-7380. Imprint CDN Pub Mail Product Sales Agreement no. 40065122. Next staff meeting: Mon, March 7th at 12:30pm

New website revealed After a long awaited arrival, it's here! Imprint's new website in all its glory

fter months of waiting, I was so very delighted to finally see our new website come to life today at approximately 4 p.m. Imprint is more than fortunate to have had a UW student completely re-design a site from scratch for us (we hope you like it cause we sure do) and after months of hard work, we are officially launching this mofo. Remember our old, mostly useless, site? At the end of its life, it didn't even have story commenting capabilities. Our videos could only be uploaded via our YouTube channel, and ads would mysteriously change positions from time to time. Oh, and the design was pretty outdated. The new site has direct video uploading capability, a functioning story commenting option (a little important for a newspaper, right?), and a bounty of other exciting options that you should definitely check out as soon as humanly possible. Also, stay tuned for the online archives (to be uploaded in the next few weeks). This section will feature every single electronic copy of Imprint that we currently have, all in PDF format for your viewing pleasure. Below is an easy-to-use guide on the really cool features on Imprint's new website (still conveniently located at www.imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Member profiles: Want to become a member of our site? Easy. Just come on down to the office, produce some content for our paper, and you can become a member of our website and have your very own profile, too.

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If you have questions or concerns, hit up the contact section to write in your questions or concerns that will be answered by the editor-in-chief. If they can’t help you, it’s their job to find someone who can.

Commenting: You can now comment on submissions found on our website, yay! Imprint more than encourages you to comment on a story (keep it PG please) and now anyone can comment on content — all you have to do is put in your name and email address.

Social media accounts:

Yes, we, like most of the world, have both Facebook and Twitter accounts! Via our website, you can get updates that you would see on our Facebook account or recent tweets from our Twitter account.This is also the place to check out for Imprint contests (which we so adamantly post on our Facebook account) for your chance to win some cool prizes from time-to-time.

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Community Editorials

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ecent developments in the Middle East have shaken up the world. People from all academic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds put their hands together in their quest for basic rights as well as against the rule of tyranny. The beauty of it isn’t just the perseverance of the people but also the continuous propagation of the protests from one place to the next, building on what the earlier ones stood for. It all began with a spark. The people are the same people, and government oppression is not really a new phenomenon in countries like Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. So, why now? Such public movements always attempted to gather momentum but failed because the ruling regimes had

the full support of the West. It is no secret that many Middle Eastern governments executed foreign agenda in the region in exchange for receiving support to stay in power. Thus, instead of the West being a catalyst for this change in the past, it was a contributor — for the longest time — to why things stayed put. The difference now is that people have had enough and are seeing in neighbouring countries successful models, which has inspired them to lead their own change. As far as international politics go, an honest attempt to support positive change anywhere should not only involve uttering mere words of nominal support. It should rather be action-oriented and driven by the best of intentions, too. Although we cannot judge the intentions at hand, these often become obvious with time. It is our responsibility — as citizens — to stay awake, keep all these

factors in check, and hold our governments accountable for their attitude and actions towards others. We, the people, need to be supportive of other peoples’ quest for their basic human rights, regardless of where they are located, what language they speak, and what their beliefs are. As individuals and groups, we must lobby and pressure our representatives in government to stick by their declared ideals and principles, ensuring they always abide by their state intentions. We must stand up, even in cases where personal, local, or national interest is not the primary motivator. After all, we cannot claim to be citizens of the world if we choose to disregard the affairs of our fellow human beings, especially those who are being oppressed.

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Re(taliation): Strong coffee, weak words environment

ast week, Oren Lahav wrote an article in response to my opposition of the proposed Starbucks for the new EV3 building, and I must say that it was the most embarrassingly misinformed response that I have ever read. Before we’ve even had a real discussion, Lahav has chosen to completely and utterly misrepresent my position, merely so that he can attack it better. This simple fallacy is called a straw man argument. Lahav starts his letter by claiming that I object to Starbucks on the grounds that the CEO, Howard Schultz, is pro-Israeli. He also says that I wrote my earlier objection to a Starbucks store in EV3 as a secret means of publishing my supposed anti-Israeli views. He goes further to assert that, given his understanding of my advocacy of boycotting Israel, I should boycott practically everything. Unabashed by the absurdity of his claims, Lahav finally decides to conclude his letter with a pathetic attempt to justify an illegal occupation.

None of these claims are the product of my own hyperbole, for I see no reason to use such cheap methods as Lahav. The sheer stupidity of these statements stands on its own like some kind of cringe-inducing monument. I wish I could leave it at that, but I feel compelled to explain why each of these claims are shameless misrepresentations.

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Rather, I hold myself to be pro-Israeli insofar as I hope to see a secure and peaceful Israel that coexists with its neighbours. Unlike Lahav, a self-professed supporter of Israel, I do believe that the settlements are a liability and a serious threat to the future of Israel and peace in the region. Therefore, I will shout loudly that the settlements are

Firstly, I wrote that students should consider the fact that Schultz, as the biggest shareholder and CEO of Starbucks, promotes social and environmental awareness as part of the corporate image, while funding a brutal and illegal occupation that is condemned by the entire international community. I did not, and do not, object to pro-Israeli views.

not only an affront to Palestinians, but also a threat to Israel itself. On the accusation that I wrote an objection to the Starbucks in EV3 as a secret means of expressing anti-Israeli views, I think Lahav must have had some strong coffee in order to invent such an unnecessary conspiracy.

If I wanted to express anti-Israeli views, why would I even mention Starbucks? Alas, redundancy is the hallmark of every conspiracy. What about Lahav’s claim that I should avoid products by major corporations, due to their Israeli associations? If Lahav had read my article with care, he would have noticed that I advocated a boycott targetting the Israeli occupation, not Israel itself. To support the latter would be a form of anti-Israelism, which I wholeheartedly condemn. The boycott movement seeks only to smother funding to the illegal occupation of the West Bank, and does not indiscriminately target Israeli business ties. While these details matter, Lahav prefers to remain vague, so that he may better attack my position. I could continue, but at the risk of alienating those who are concerned with more credible discussions than the justification of foreign occupation, I rest my case. As for Lahav, he should refrain from writing unhelpful contributions to campus discourse.

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Waterloo Arts is fine: Part II

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Caitlin McIntyre arts editor

f you’ve recently managed to find your way to the University of Waterloo’s Art Gallery, also known as UWAG, you’ve surely seen the third section of its first season in full swing. For the gallery, the year is broken up into five distinct sections. Each features two show rooms with exhibitions displaying impressive works of artistic creation at both a local and international scale. The featured artists for the current section include the international talents of New York’s Balint Zsako, as well as Susy Oliveira who received her masters of fine arts at our very own UW in 2006. In keeping with the

current set-up of the gallery, Zsako’s work is featured within Gallery 1, which has held a more international feel, while Oliveira is featured in our locally-focused Gallery 2. Zsako, though currently based out of New York, was born in Hungary and raised in Canada. A fairly young artist, he has only just begun featuring his works in a professional capacity within the past decade or so. Zsako’s current exhibition features a collection of works compiled over that same period of 10 years in both Canada and the U.S. The gorgeous, somewhat abstract, and sensual edge to the “Bernardi Collection,” titled after the private Canadian collector who purchased the art, is founded entirely from drawings and works on paper. The pieces within

the gallery also feature works from the artist’s personal collection and a series of the artist’s sketchbooks. “He has a few dozen of these, and unlike most sketchbooks… he actually makes them himself,” said Ivan Jurakic, the gallery’s director and curator. “He does the content within, and the books themselves are actually handmade pieces, so they’re one of a kind.” The second featured artist for this section of the season is Oliveira, a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design and a masters graduate from UW. Her artistic focus contrasts that of Zsako, leaning away from the paper and drawings, and towards concepts in photography and mixed media arts. “One thing that’s particularly interesting with Susy’s work, is that the

technique of texture mapping photos is actually something that she started developing and first exhibited as her thesis project here at the University of Waterloo,” said Jurakic. Oliveira’s work has been featured on a national and international scale since her graduation in 2006, and her works of sculpture and photography are an intriguing blend between what could be considered sharply modern, and distinctly earthy and natural. “As a younger artist, to be able to come back and show your work again, how it’s progressed and how it’s developed… is pretty exciting,” said Jurakic of Oliveira’s returned presence on the campus art scene. “I’m always really interested in supporting the work of younger artists, because I think it’s

an important facet of what galleries should be doing as well.” Thus far, the body of UWAG’s first season seems to be lending its fair share of focus on newer faces in the art world. “Supporting the works of emerging artists, particularly artists that can be tied back to the university community, it’s an important factor in what I want to do with this space,” said Jurakic. Not only does a trip to the gallery give you a great chance to take in gorgeous new movements in artistic culture, but it also serves as a great opportunity to see just what the UW community is capable of on an international scale. So I think the real question here is, if you haven’t already checked UWAG out, what are you waiting for?

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laying Mass Effect 2 over the course of reading week made me realize something: clothed people grinding doesn’t turn me on. Not even slightly. Better yet, something about my character’s face being all scarred up makes me wonder how he got to the point in the game where I was able to request sex. But that’s just it, isn’t it — it’s all about the sex. The one thing that everything needs to amount to, otherwise it gets boring. I remember when Mass Effect 2 was first announced; the market was made aware of the fact that there was to be sex involved in this game, carrying on the traditions of Mass Effect uno. So what happened? Well first of all, gamers began stroking their controllers in anticipation of the game’s… graphics. Yes, anticipation for the life-like graphics. Aside from that, parents — mostly housewives who would rag on any game that came out

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(see Dead Space 2) — decided that sex in video games is bad. Aside from the fact that modernday films show more skin than a Lady Gaga concert, I think that it’s just a tad unfair that people would rag on a game just for featuring sex. Especially sex where the entire 30 seconds of the screen shows two clothed characters laying beside each other. I know, ladies, the spiciest 30 seconds of your life can be had for $69.99. There’s something about the untapped potential in sex that video games are trying to tap into but seem scared to do so. It’s like the first time you surfed a porn site — you’re not sure what you’re doing, but it feels right. At least it feels right enough. When the Kinect came out for the Xbox, people joked that virtual sex will eliminate the human race. Why would guys go out looking for girls if the virtual version was equally as

good? I mean purchasing the accessories for it might be embarrassing, but really it’s a long-term investment right? RIGHT?! (Nope). In the gaming industry, one of the best-selling points seems to be sex. I’m sure none of you have heard of Rumble Roses before, but basically it’s a wrestling game featuring girls in small “fighting” outfits, and breasts so large that they’re begging to be freed of their clothing prisons. For me to tell you about the success of the game would be difficult. Sure I can go on every gaming review website and get you the average score, but does anyone really listen to reviews and take it to heart? Hope not. Point is, the game was spoken of in hushed whispers and played only in the depth of basements where no sunlight could penetrate. Hopefully the gamers were clothed too, but we might never know.

For all I hear about sex being natural, and sex being totally casual, I don’t see this happening at all. Video games are just as good a medium to express sexuality as any other medium. We accept 14-year-olds being able to watch a movie where a girl can appear half naked, while it’s a mortal sin to mention anything close to sexuality in games. If we as a culture can continue to strive and not be worried about being backed into a corner of living with the Catholic church, then I think we need to get over this obstruction. I don’t suppose that we do nothing but make sex games, or that sex be a required part of the video gaming experience, but that we just accept it for what it is and move on. It’s like not letting a 12-year-old play with his joystick: the more you restrict him, the more curious he will get. You don’t want to shame him just for playing a video game, do you?

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Imprint, Friday, March 4, 2011

Johnny Reid A Place Called Love Johnny Mac Entertainment

Johnny Reid has created a sentimental album titled A Place Called Love. It is folk/country that Canadians should appreciate, since we get to hear it first. His album will be released to the U.S. and other areas this spring. He received a Juno award in 2009 for the best country album

of the year. For country lovers, these tunes are inspirational and heartfelt. Reid’s unique raspy voice, as well as his history, are embodied through his instruments. Scottish roots are heard through the bagpipes, giving a different style to main stream country. He struggled with the album; yet to listen to it, no hardships are heard. A loss gives inspiration. Reid shows this through his song, “Tell Me Margaret,” about the death of his grandmother. Although the tragedy and loss surrounded his heart, the listener can value his effort of remembrance. On making his album, Reid said,“It’s been a beautiful year and a tough year, a year of sunshine and rain.” Throughout the whole album this quote rings true. From “Tell me Margaret” to “Let’s go Higher,” the music shifts completely. From saddened love to beautiful, celebrative love, Reid keeps the listener entertained. I am a sucker

for country myself, and have listened to his music before. This album did not disappoint my ears or my heart. How he ties his music with history and country in a modern way baffles me at points. Usually folk (for me anyways) gets to the point of annoyance, but Reid uses it to his advantage. Not to mention the fact that his song “Today I’m going to change the world” got onto the top ten charts for country. For Reid, though, reaching the charts isn’t a priority, it is a bonus. He believes that giving someone a chance to react emotionally to a song is the main goal. A Place Called Love rejoices in many different emotional areas for anyone’s heart. From heartache to passion, to family, to a place you call love. It makes you think about what you value in your life. It also brings people together, as love normally does.

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Axenstar (formerly known as Powerage) is a power metal group. I decided to review their new album, Aftermath, for one reason: it’s good music! But “good” is an extremely unspecific word, so I’ll explain it in some detail for you thirsty readers. Metal is the best. It’s grown so much that it isn’t part of the rock genre anymore. Metal is its own genre, housing many subgenres of its own, power metal being one of them. It is defined by the mixture of traditional heavy metal music and speed metal, and it’s often very melodic. It’s a good combination, but in the world of metal, it’s pretty basic. Because of

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that, power metal is usually crushed by more modern types of metal, like jazzrapmetal or technometal (no, these aren’t real genres, I’m just lazy). Axenstar is one of those bands that can deviate from the group. They don’t possess very much that could possibly make them a better genre, so they are definitely power metal. Yet the group makes a point to be better than its quick-paced brethren. As for the lyrics, there isn’t anything special. Everything they sing about is metaphorical. It’s great, don’t get me wrong, but it’s hard to follow what exactly Axenstar is singing about, if there is anything. Here’s a sample lyric: Too many problems on the way to paradise, Dreams of yesterday now reality, These are the warriors that will greet you when you fall, Past, present, future in this grim fantasy. There you have it, let your imagination run wild! Despite what is being sung, the singer is a little different than your everyday growler. Magnus Ek (probably the coolest name ever) doesn’t growl when he sings for Axenstar. In fact, his voice is really high-pitched. Not the annoying high-pitched like Axl Rose (sorry G‘n’R fans), but a different kind that really suits Axenstar. If that isn’t enough, Magnus is a god at synchronizing his voice with the music they play. This is shown

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especially during the chorus of each song. However, there are two problems with his voice. On occasion his voice actually gets too high and it kind of hurts my ears, just like the sirens on an ambulance would. The other: I know what he looks like. He’s this big tough guy, and it seriously does not look like he is the one singing. Other than that, he’s a powerful singer and I respect him. His head also reminds me of a potato. My favourite song is the one they named the album after, “Aftermath.” It’s this song that (in my opinion) Magnus sings his best. I think Axenstar realized this, because they proceeded to make a weird music video for it. Also, there is this awesome electric organ beat throughout the whole song. And electric organs are bomb, enough said. All the other songs on the album are a step below the song “Aftermath,” but still great songs. There are 11 tracks in total, all with fast, heavy chords, high-pitched vocals, and weird metaphors. I’ll give their new album an 8/10, because even though they are good for power metal, the genre isn’t my favourite. If it’s your favourite, then you can fill in the blanks. — David Lehto

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Movie Review

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Blue Valentine puts Dean and Cindy’s relationship under the microscope to watch it blossom and then succumb to the cold.

on relationships. Then Blue Valentine came around and reassured me that I had the right idea. Hunting Lane Films & Silverwood Films The movie begins by throwing lue Valentine is pretty much the the viewer into the lives of Dean best Valentine’s Day movie (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle ever. It will certainly shatter Williams), a married couple living in those rose-tinted glasses you’ve got suburbia with their young daughter on, and leave you staring at the af- Frankie. By the end of the first few termath of what was once a loving scenes, director Derek Cianfrance relationship before time took its toll. has already subtly answered the The night before I watched Blue “whys” that were to come. The simple routine of Derek and Cindy Valentine, I had watched The Notebook, File Name: sb_SPSP_10_3125x7_5_Waterloo_2 getting Frankie ready for school which admittedly had me reconsiderSize: 10.3125” x 7.5” reveals cracks and fissures in their Canadian Marketing ing some of my more cynical views Type Safety : 100 Yonge Street, 6th Floor Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance

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relationship. There is a sense of unease as you watch the two of them interact. It’s the same feeling you get when you’re trapped in the back seat of a car, hoping that one of the two fighting persons in the front are watching the road. In an attempt to save their marriage, Dean books the Future Room at a sex motel so he and Cindy can reconnect as a couple. The room itself is an accurate reflection of Dean and Cindy’s relationship: it’s cold, blue, Publication: Imprint andMaterial bearsDeadline: great resemblance Aug. 16, 2010 to an industrial It 3,is 2010 in this room’s Insertion freezer. dates: Sept

unflattering light that Cindy and Dean’s issues are laid bare through stilted conversation and cold sex. Through a series of flashbacks, Cianfrance takes the viewer back to the beginning of Dean and Cindy’s relationship, when it was still warm and whole. With these periodic flashbacks to the fiery onset of their relationship peppering the playing-out of its icy future, the contrast depicts how time can slowly and subtly warp a relationship. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams give stunning portrayals of their characters and embody all the flaws and quirks that initially attract, and then later distance themselves from each other. Dean is child like, with his impulsive and romantic nature. These characteristics are initially enchanting to Cindy, but later serve as the base for her disappointment and resentment. Dean is content with his life, his job as a house painter, and his roles as a father and husband. His emotions are much more transparent than Cindy’s, which gives him a showier role to portray in the movie. Cindy is shy, with the ambitious dreams of becoming a doctor. She is an introvert, and you have to watch her face carefully to pick up what she is feeling. Williams creates a superb mask for her character, flitting emotions across her face at times, and etching others in to create the permanent disposition of her character. As the movie progresses we see that Cindy’s girly shyness has matured her into a cold and withdrawn person. She consistently pushes Dean away — both emotionally and physically. In case there weren’t enough spiderweb cracks in Dean and Cindy’s

marriage, Cianfrance exacerbates their problems by pulling at threads of gender and class. This is done mainly by contrasting Cindy’s middle-class upbringing, complete with traditional gender roles, to the life she is living now. Gosling’s character plays with gender stereotypes by displaying traits deemed to be traditionally feminine, and lacking in masculine identifiers. He is the one attending Frankie’s school play on time; the one reassuring Frankie that their lost dog will be found; the one crying when they find that their dog has been hit by a car. In his relationship with Cindy, he is more romantic and more devoted to making their relationship work. He is chided by Cindy for not being more ambitious or more assertive. Behind these remarks, you can hear her veiled message: “Don’t you feel bad for not being a better provider?” She had planned to escape her middle-class category by studying to be a doctor. Yet those plans have clearly gone awry as present-day Cindy is a hardworking nurse, still firmly rooted in the middle-class, and frustrated that Dean isn’t interested in helping her climb the social ladder. Blue Valentine shows that no matter how much passion a relationship starts off with, the combination of mismatched expectations, blighted dreams, and time will ice over what you once had. This simultaneously preserves the past and kills the chance for any future growth. Blue Valentine puts Dean and Cindy’s relationship under the microscope to watch it blossom and then succumb to the cold.

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Warriors earn an OU-A+ Rookie class impresses as a young Warrior team faces off against the OUA’s best

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a position where I can continue to get faster.” Fellow rookies Michelle Cress, Michael Stewart, Marian AgyeiGyamera, Sarah Krapez, Kristen Marchant, and Brandon Potter all made similar strides, showing that the future bodes well for a team where first- and second-year athletes make up two-thirds of the team. For Potter, however, the future may already be arriving. Currently ranked eighth in the country in triple jump, Potter placed fifth this past weekend and will look to overtake some of his competitors in Sherbrooke. “I know I can jump better than I have this season... and I feel that some of my competitors have now plateaued,” he said. “My jumps have been getting better as the season has progressed [and] I think this just adds more fuel to the fire.” Potter noted that he’s been having trouble with the second phase of his triple jumps, but time spent breaking down prior performances and a training regimen focused on improving his technique has resulted in constant improvements, and has him feeling optimistic. “One massive jump can change the game,” Potter said. “Just qualifying for CIS... is awesome, but bringing back a medal would be that much better.” That optimism is no doubt shared by the rest of the tightknit Warrior track team, and their progress will be closely watched next season once they’ve had a full summer of training under their belts. But they recognize they’ve still got a ways to go. “I’m never fully satisfied with how I run because I know there is always room for improvement,” said Lance, an attitude her coaches and teammates will doubtless try to foster as the team’s development continues.

fter a number of good performances earlier this year, the Waterloo Warrior track and field squad attended the OUA Championships this past weekend looking to keep pace with both the rest of the field and their own expectations. Judging from the results, those expectations will need to be raised again. Twelve Warriors either tied or broke their personal bests at the province-wide meet, and as a result of their strong performances, several athletes will likely be representing the black and gold at this month’s CIS Championships in Sherbrooke, Québec. Luke Govia, Kofi Kwarko-Fosu, and Shlomo Dunyo all toed the line in the 60m finals, and Govia and Kwarko-Fosu went on to set personal bests, placing fourth and fifth in times of 6.93 and 6.94 seconds, respectively. Dunyo, who has routinely challenged for first-place at meets this season, went into the meet with hamstring issues, but was still able to post a sub-seven second time as he finished in seventh. On the women’s side of the ledger, Katrina Vandervoort, who missed the better part of January following a bout with mononucleosis and a concussion, progressed to the 60m semi-finals and placed 16th. “I wasn’t as ready as I had been in previous years,” said Vandervoort. “Earlier this year I sprained my ankle... and my performances were affected. I am proud, [though,] that with injuries, sickness, and a concussion, I made it to OUA’s. I feel really excited about next year.” Vandervoort isn’t the only one who’s looking ahead with excitement, though. Seven of the personal bests by Waterloo athletes were set by rookies, and if rookie Naomi Lance’s experience is any indication, Notes: things can only get better. Other Warriors who set personal “I had been getting better ties or season bests were Stephanie Hinton at every meet,” said Lance, who (600m), Lawrence Xie (600m), Chantal placed 10th in the 60m hurdles Pilon (pentathlon), and Devon Briggs and set a personal best of 42.67 (1000m). Andrew Good (high jump) seconds in the 300m. “I’m hoping and Jeremy Yang (long jump) both finish [my performances have] put me in the 12:04 top ten in respective events. banner_ad_v6.qxd:Layout 1 in 3/1/11 PMtheir Page 1

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Naomi Lance competes at the Don Wright Challenge earlier this season. Lance placed 10th in the 60m hurdles and earned a personal best in the 300m. The team standings were dominated by Windsor, which won both the men’s and women’s divisions. Dunyo, Govia, Kwarko-Fosu, Potter and the men’s 4x200m and 4x400m teams are good bets to represent Waterloo at the CIS Championships from March 8–12. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Above: Tyler Moir (#40) drives to the net against Western in Game 1. Left: Keaton Hartigan (#30) makes the save as Steve Whitely (#44) looks on.

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he clock struck midnight. After upsetting the third-seeded Lakehead, the Warriors put up a spirited battle against the powerhouse first-seeded Western Mustangs, pushing them to the limit before bowing out of the playoffs in game three. This Warriors squad finished sixth in the regular season, but, in reality, could have finished anywhere between third and seventh, depending on the outcome of their final regular season game.

Western 4, Waterloo 2

Goaltender Keaton Hartigan, outstanding in the Lakehead series with consecutive shutouts, could not hold off the firepower of the Mustangs in the first game last Thursday night. Despite a tight first period where neither teams could score, Western was able to parlay its skilled passing and quick skating into multiple waves of pressure in the Warriors’ end, hemming them in and outshooting Waterloo 10-5 in the frame. As the two teams came out prepared for a spirited second period, Warriors’ senior defenseman Aaron Dileo made a colossal mistake and let his temper get the best of him. After an early whistle, he speared a Western player in front of the referee, and was consequently sent to the box for a four-minute infraction. On the ensuing powerplay, despite valiant efforts by the penalty killers, Western was able to score a powerplay goal that deflated the Warriors for the rest of the period. “They took a four-minute penalty and we scored on that. After that they kind of were shaken up by that and we took advantage of that,” said Western’s assistant coach Mike Herman. With the momentum shift, Western took full advantage of the shaken Warriors, aggressively

chasing the puck at every turn and forcing turnovers the team wouldn’t normally make. By the time the dust settled, the Warriors were down 4-0 with just 20 minutes to go. Sensing that the Warriors needed a shakeup, backup Justin Leclerc replaced Hartigan. Whatever head coach Brian Bourque said in the dressing room during intermission must have worked, because the Warriors came out filled with confidence in the third period. Jarret Schnurr put the Warriors on the board just 13 seconds after the puck dropped, and the Warriors were seemingly back in the game. “The biggest part was just doing the little things, like I thought we were just a step behind in the first two. I didn’t think our decisions were bad, but that extra little effort wasn’t quite there. I thought in the third we just brought a bit more effort and got more success,” said Bourque. The comeback came up short, however, and the Warriors dropped the first game by a score of 4-2, setting up a do-or-die situation in front of their home crowd. Waterloo 2, Western 1

“Our guys have to come out [to play], if we don’t win we’re done,” said Bourque after the first game. Despite the Warriors’ jump in the third period, Bourque wasn’t taking anything for granted after the outcome of the first game. “With the separation of a couple days, it’s a new game. We need to play our game and work our tails off. I don’t know how much we’d carry from that third period other than we played great in that period.” In front of a packed house on Saturday night, the Warriors showed their mettle, playing the tight checking game that made them so successful in their home rink. After a scoreless first period that saw both goalies make several good saves, Western

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took the lead on a tipped shot 13 minutes into the second period. The Warriors immediately responded to the goal with more pressure which paid off. With the clock winding down, team captain Chris Ray sent a shot from the slot that beat Western goalie Anthony Grieco to knot the game at one. The goal, with three seconds remaining, completely changed the flow of the game. Herman agreed. “It was fairly evenly played, but I thought we had a bit of an edge up to that point.” In the third period, the teams again played even hockey. While Western’s passing was superior to Waterloo’s, the Warriors were better along the boards and in turn were able to hold Western at bay while generating their own chances. With the game seemingly heading to overtime and the memories of overtime elimination from the year prior looming over the crowd’s collective consciousness, Ray stepped it up once more for the Warriors. On a Tyler Moir shot with three minutes left, Ray pounced on a rebound and lifted it over the downed Grieco for what ended up being the game winner. Ray, after the game, emphasized the difference between the two games. “I thought we played more of our style, more defensive hockey tonight.” With only one game remaining for one of the two teams, Ray wasn’t looking to make any predictions of the outcome. “We’ll give it all we’ve got, and from there I can’t predict anything. I can [only] guarantee our effort.” Western 6, Waterloo 0

Despite the lopsided score, the game was very evenly played in the first period. Both teams traded powerplays with no success. After Waterloo took a penalty heading into the intermission, the Mustangs returned to the

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We’ve underachieved a bit this year as a team for a variety of reasons. There’s a belief in there that we were good enough to take a run at it this year, it’s pretty disappointing.

ice on the powerplay and quickly capitalized to take the lead early in the second. Before the Warriors could gather themselves, Mustangs forward Jason Furlong sent a sharp wrister past a surprised Hartigan to increase the lead to two. Four minutes after that goal, Chris Corbeil sniped a tally of his own top corner to give Western a 3-0 lead heading into the third period. With the season on the line, the Warriors could not contain the skill of Western’s offense, allowing them to score three more goals in quick succession for the 6-0 final. “In the third, we took more chances to create offense and unfortunately it resulted in more scoring chances,” explained Bourque. “I’ll give credit to Western: I thought the coaches did a great job with their matchups, and their guys really bought [the system]. They got a couple pretty quick and it energized them.” Road weariness was evident in the Waterloo team. “We were so passionate last night and we played with a lot of emotion, and unfortunately it wasn’t quite there today in the tank. At this level, against a team that good, that was the difference,” said Bourque. Despite taking the fifth-ranked team to the limit in the three-game series, Bourque was not satisfied with the way the Warriors’ season ended. “We’ve underachieved a bit this year as a team for a variety of reasons. There’s a quiet confidence in our room that we’re happy with the team we put together. There’s a belief in there that we were good enough to take a run at it this year, it’s pretty disappointing,” said Bourque. Western now advances to the OUA West finals, where they will take on the startling upstart Guelph Gryphons. The fifth-seeded Guelph upset the second-seeded Laurier Golden Hawks in game three with a score of 2-1. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Winners and Losers of the NBA Trade Deadline

love the NBA for so many reasons, but nothing more than the unintentional comedy that flows through its very bloodstream. I mean, after ESPN and every sports site out there followed the Carmelo Anthony drama for the past six months like I follow cute blondes in the club, (in other words, desperately) Deron Williams was traded in what seemed like no time at all. I may have a weird sense of humour, but there’s something awfully funny about that. The trade deadline was expected to be as quiet as your grandparents’ house after 8 p.m. and ended up being busier than Charlie Sheen at a strip club. Huge deals went through, some that might influence who wins the championship, and others that will simply influence how much money MJ drops on his next visit to Vegas. A common gimmick run by sports-

writers is the “winners or losers” column after a deadline, and since I have creativity that rivals only the producers of that new movie “Battle: Los Angeles” (the concept: “A movie where aliens attack earth”… because that’s never been done before), let’s go with it. WINNERS:

The New York Knicks: In the NBA, the supreme rule is that elite players are extremely uncommon. So whenever you can get a superstar still entering his prime, packaged with a championship-winning point guard, and all you have to give up is a bunch of role players with (at best) “solid starter” potential, you have to do it. The Knicks are now relevant. The Nuggets are not. The Oklahoma City Thunder: Jeff Green is a good player, but he

is also a classic “tweener,” one of those players who really doesn’t have a true position. Kendrick Perkins, on the other hand, is A) fearless, B) young, C) championship-tested and D) a true center. Do you know how hard those are to come by? It’s like finding a girlfriend who would rather watch sports with you than go see the newest Anne Hathaway movie. The Portland Trailblazers: For the second trade deadline in a row (see: Camby, Marcus last year), the Blazers fleeced another team by grabbing a great contributor for next to nothing. Gerald Wallace can score, rebound, block, and steal with the best of them. Vegas: MJ dumped Gerald Wallace’s contract, giving him an extra fat pocket on his next trip. Throw in the fact that it is blatantly clear that Charlotte, New Orleans, and Sacra-

mento are failing clubs (money-wise) and may be relocated (Vegas has been rumored as a possible destination). Vegas won big time. LOSERS:

The Boston Celtics: Messing with team chemistry this late in the season when you’re a team whose main identity is a team successfully built on good chemistry is bad. Losing your battering ram, tough-asnails center when you’re known as a “tough, defensive” team is bad. Losing all that for a small forward/power forward tweener who is shooting 30 per cent from three-point range… that’s as bad as the Oscars this year. The Utah Jazz: I’m sorry, but I don’t get why you’d let your icon coach (Jerry Sloan) leave after he feuded with your best player (Deron Williams), then ship that player only

a week after the coach left. I mean, at least keep one of them, right? I understand that they didn’t think they’d be able to re-sign Williams, but to let Sloan leave knowing you were going to trade him… so confusing. Kevin Love: Arguably the best fantasy basketball player on the planet right now has this list of teammates: Anthony Randolph, Darko Milicic, Michael Beasley and Johnny Flynn. Has there ever been a greater collection of players who actually suck, but keep surviving because they have “potential?” Toronto Raptors Fans: You mean we weren’t able to unload Bargnani? You mean we’re headed for a top-five pick in potentially the worst draft of the decade? You mean our boy DeRozan didn’t even make the final of the dunk contest? Ohhhhh to be a Raptors fan.

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There are so many articles out there profiling athletes who “just want to win,” and it makes you wonder if there aren’t a lot more pros out there who “just want it to be the off-season so they can cash their paycheck.” When you’re being paid to play baseball or hockey, maybe it doesn’t really matter to some players if they win or lose. Who can say that they should care? They aren’t being paid on a contingency basis like tennis players or golfers. The only real reason to want to win is pride, or possibly more exposure, but those don’t seem like huge incentives. Just something to mull over... Shout out of the Week:

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Canada will one day compete on the national stage Like any other sport, without professional coaching, youth teams and even the international standard players will never be able to compete on the world stage.

ne of the things that I took away from last years’ FIFA world cup, apart from Spain being totally awesome, was that the U.S. had the ability to achieve success and glory at the international level among top teams. From holding England to a draw and topping their group stage, the U.S. team was able to show a respectable display against Ghana before losing to the African team in extra time. Go back before the World Cup and the U.S. team was able to pull off the biggest upset of the year, beating the mighty Spanish team in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup. The significance of a rise of soccer in the United States can be translated to us, Canada, so much so that I believe Canada can field a competitive soccer team in the future. Soccer has always taken the backseat to ice hockey and basketball in Canada, understandably so, but there is no reason why Canada cannot see an improvement in soccer

and penetrate the top 20 teams on the FIFA rankings. My optimism is based on the level of interest that soccer seems to have taken in the last decade or so. Canada is indeed the land of immigrants, where many foreigners immigrate every year, bringing their own skills and hobbies with them. Soccer is one of those activities that the immigrants have brought with them. Take a walk in downtown Toronto and you will find parks taken over by Polish, Czech, and Arab folk who are having a kick around. Immigration has certainly helped the cause for the sport, and as more people are turned to the sport, it will only benefit the interest of soccer in Canada and the United States. Of course there is already a solid base of avid soccer supporters within Canada. So avid that Toronto F.C. was established in 2006, followed by Vancouver and a pending membership for Montreal. Clearly, the game has risen in Canada but more must

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be done to bring Canada into the international stage. Soccer needs to be introduced more and more into the grassroots level. Schools should be pushing kids to play soccer as well as hockey, basketball, and baseball. At the same time, it is essential that at a professional and semiprofessional level, the right coaches and expertise are available as well as top class facilities and training camps. This is where I feel Canada is lagging behind. Like any other sport, without professional coaching, youth teams and the international standard players will never be able to compete on the world stage. Publicity to soccer is getting stronger every year, with the likes of Beckham, Ljunberg, Xavier, and Theirry Henry coming over to play in the MLS. Should this trend continue, then North American soccer can certainly be a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps by the time World Cup 2030 rolls around, team Canada will be genuine favourites to lift the golden trophy.

Sports & Living 15 Swimming: Waterloo sends three to national championships in Calgary, performs well Namish Modi staff reporter

aterloo competed in the CIS Swimming championships this past week. The tournament was hosted by the University of Calgary for the first time in four decades. The University of Calgary Dinos took home the titles in both the men’s and women’s division for the second straight year. Calgary’s women’s team dominated the meet from start to finish in winning their third straight national championship by a wide margin of 130 points over the second place University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. The Toronto Varsity Blues finished third. On the men’s side, the Dinos finished first, while UBC finished second, and Laval third. Toronto finished as the highest OUA school in fourth place. The tournament featured five Canadian Olympians from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. These Olympians included Ryan Cochrane, the only medalist for Team Canada’s swim team at the games. There were also eight potential members of Canada’s swim team for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Waterloo had a few competitors in this meet.

Third year math student Wesley Greig had the best tournament for Waterloo. Greig finished seventh in the 100m breaststroke, eighth in the 200m breaststroke, and 13th in the 200m individual medley (IM). He also finished 16th in the 50m breaststroke. Greig had lifetime bests in the 100 breast and 200m IM. Greig improved drastically over his numbers last year. Second year math student Evan Dzik snuck into the CIS championships at the OUA championships. Dzik’s top placing was a 30th place finish in the 100m fly. Bronwyn Kemp also competed in the championships. Kemp got faster in each of her races, posting a season best in the 200m IM, and finished 19th in the 200m breast stroke. In terms of individual honours, Erica Morningstar of Calgary was awarded swimmer of the year. Savannah King, of UBC, won rookie of the year. The coach of the year was also from Calgary, Mike Blondal. On the men’s side, the swimmer of the year was Cochrane. He was also named rookie of the year. Practices will continue for the Warriors throughout the offseason. A few members of the team will race at the Canadian Nationals in the summertime. sports@imprint.uwaterloo.ca

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Waterloo wins Hydrogen Student Design Contest science editor

he University of Waterloo continues to shine on an international level, as four students were announced as the grand prize winners of the Hydrogen Student Design Contest. The contest is sponsored by the Hydrogen Education Foundation, a foundation that promotes hydrogen energy technologies. The foundation also works towards creating “green” jobs, encouraging environmental stewardship among students, and improving job security. UW has a strong history in the Hydrogen Student Design Contest. In fact, this would be UW’s fifth year taking home an award from the contest in the six years the contest has run. The Hydrogen Education Foundation

began this contest in an effort to challenge university students to apply their skills in the fields of design, engineering, economics, environmental science, business, and marketing. This year, the application of all these fields went towards a hydrogen fuelling system. The teams had to create a technical design for the system and analyse the economic, business, and marketing aspects of it as well. A fuel cell is a mechanism that converts a type of fuel in this case, hydrogen into electrical energy. There are many applications to this technology; it can be used in methods of transportation and in power systems. Depending on the design of the fuel cell, the efficiency of the system may be compromised. Usually, a hydrogen fuel cell has an efficiency of around 50 per cent. This means that 50 per cent of hydrogen is converted into electrical energy, while the

remaining hydrogen is converted into heat or other waste. Furthering the development of this technology will be beneficial for vehicles and other technologies running on hydrogen. Hydrogen can be used to reduce the amount of carbon that is released into the atmosphere. This

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will have positive effects on the environment because it will reduce the destruction of the ozone layer and limit the effects of global warming. —With files from Daily Bulletin and Hydrogen Education Foundation

This would be [the University of Waterloo’s] fifth year taking home an award from the contest in the six years the contest has run.

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Young people affected by cannabis smoking

The British Medical Journal has published a study released online concerning the effects of cannabis smoking. It was found that adolescents and young adults who smoke cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, may develop cases of psychosis. The usage can lead to eventual risk for psychosis disorder as they grow up. As the most used illicit drug in the world, mental damage in users has been a concern for scientists. In a 10 year study, Prof. Jim van Os from Maastricht University in the Netherlands tested the correlation between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms. The group studied 1,923 adolescents and young adults aged 14 to 24. Participants were all screened for any pre-existing symptoms.The study then looked for any new incidents between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms. Remaining subjects were then assessed at three points over a time period. Later incidents with psychotic symptoms appeared, even when factors such as age, sex, socioeconomic status, use of other drugs, and other psychiatric diagnoses were accounted for. There was no evidence for selfmedication effects, as psychotic symptoms did not predict later cannabis use. The study helped to clarify the temporal association between cannabis use and psychotic experiences, and also confirmed that cannabis use was an environmental risk factor impacting on the risk of persistence of psychotic experiences.

By studying tiger sharks and their movement, U.K.-based scientists have found that these sharks travel in direct paths. The interesting note was that no other shark species, to date, has been known for taking such direct paths between locations known to the sharks. In the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers have stated that these sharks showed the capability of storing key sites into their mental mapping. Another suggestion made, other than memorization, would be the magnetic fields that surround the earth. Destinations that reached up to 50km can be memorized by the sharks, as they have been noted to travel that far to look for food. Statistical data was collected by following shark movements with acoustic transmitters. When compared to another shark species, such as the Blacktips, they did not show the same behaviours. Another species has shown similar behaviours, but it did not have the same scale or distance.The research showed that, at times, tiger sharks and thresher sharks don’t swim randomly but swim to specific locations. Sharks have been known for using magnetic fields, but they lose the mineral deposit for using this kind of magnetic sensor. Another possibility would be that they would use the magnetic fields in the water. Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus), although widespread around the Pacific, appear to have small ranges within their home reef system. Tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) can cover huge distances. Tags have been recovered from individuals more than 3,000km away from where they were attached. Passive smoke and cancer risks

The cancerous effects of smoking are known already, but a new study shows that second-hand smoke exposure to children and adults can increase breast cancer risks. Eighty thousand women were chosen showed that with those who had previous second-hand smoking experience have more than a third chance of developing breast cancer. Health experts have further stressed the importance of ceasing smoking. Only the study by the UK scientists is known to have shown such effects, however, with other studies unable to agree on how much exposure, or when exposure starts, would be most damaging. One study from the U.S., led by Dr. Juhua Luo from West Virginia University, has stated second-hand smoke effects, but fails to identify positive answer. Among the 79,990 women aged between 50 and 79 studied, the researchers identified 3,250 cases of invasive breast cancer during 10 years of follow-up. Smokers have a 16

per cent increased risk of developing breast cancer after menopause. Nine per cent were present within smokers who had quit, this period lasting for 20 years. The study shows that the earlier you start smoking and the longer you continue to do so, the higher chance you have of developing breast cancer. Smoking has many other health risks and is a major cause of lung cancer and heart disease; this is why it is encouraged for women

not to smoke. Action on Smoking and Health suggested that a zero tolerance approach was needed. This will result in a more significant reduction of cancer-related deaths. The next step will be moving towards preventing children from beginning smoking and giving those who do the support system to help them quit. —With files from Science Daily and BBC News

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Innovative Technology:

Renewable Energy Sources

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Left: Solar panels can be use to create reusable energy, particularly on roads. Right: Using solar energy to pump oil from the ground and removing carbon from the air through developing technologies are just some of the ways researchers are working toward cleaner cities. James Arteaga assistant science editor

Removing carbon from the air

A new form of technology has been developed that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It could potentially reduce carbon emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change. The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta has tested the technology and found that the material used was continually able to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without being degraded. This is extremely important if the product is to ever be sold economically on a wide-scale. Not only

does it remove carbon emissions, but it also uses 75 per cent less energy when removing the stored carbon from the material. Most power plants that have similar technologies to this one use liquid amines to remove the stored carbon. This process needs a lot of heat and therefore a lot of energy is needed to do this method. Because of this, the team began to develop a new material that would be able to do the same job at a much lower cost. Hyperbranched aminosilica was the result of their work. This material is a solid, porous silica substrate that uses 75 per cent less energy when conducting the process of carbon removal. This is due to the fact that solid amines release the carbon di-

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oxide at a much lower temperature, approximately 110°C. One of the benefits of using hyperbranched aminosilica is that the energy needed for the process could be obtained from solar power, and even industrial plants’ waste heat. Also, when the carbon is removed, it would be able to be fed to algae, which would absorb the carbon dioxide and produce biochar and biofuel. It is estimated that a commercial plant would be able to absorb one million tonnes of carbon dioxide per day with this new technology. Using solar energy to pump oil

A new way of pumping oil has been developed by Berry Petroleum Company, where solar energy and mirrors are used to heat a hot water greenhouse instead of burning natural gas. The first unveiling was on Feb. 24 in Central Valley, California on a dusty, old oil field. The greenhouse-based solar thermal steam plant will aid in the heating of water to 88 °C. The water will then be boiled until it becomes steam with the aid of natural gas. The steam will heat the rocks in the old oil field in order to pump out more petroleum. The company will be able to extract 10 to 20 per cent more oil from the wells at the same price. This is due to the fact that more steam is made available at the same cost. The purpose of this new method is to use a cheaper and cleaner procedure to produce steam. It reaches approximately 175 °C in order to melt the thicker oils and scour found in the old oil fields of California. This will become a great benefit to Californian oil companies since 40 per cent of them use steam techniques and natural gas. With the use of this new technology, companies will use less natural gas to extract petroleum and will be able to receive a greater profit. The two rows of mirrors in the greenhouse can generate approximately one million British thermal units of heat (BTU) per hour. The company says it can produce steam at three dollars per million BTU’s, which is cheaper than natural gas; this costs four dollars per million BTUs. With the use of this new technology, pumping out petroleum would become cheaper and more efficient. Solar-powered roads

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age to streets and vehicles, and loss of school and business days cost the economy billions of dollars each year. In using this new technology, the costs of these things would be greatly reduced. Researchers in Idaho believe it is possible to have solar-powered roadways made from strong glass instead of asphalt or concrete. Inside the glass, solar cells would be present that act as a solar power generator that fuels heating elements. These heating elements would then melt away the snow and snow removal equipment would become obsolete. This snow removal method would be similar to the back window of a car and would be able to generate electricity for electric vehicles, street lights, warning signs and much more. Similar ideas are also being developed. One group is working on a strong, heat-absorbent pavement that would have a half-inch pipe beneath it. This pipe would contain a fluid that would heat up in the summer with the help of the sun and then be sent to an insulated chamber that would keep it hot. It would be stored there until winter, when it would be released into the pipes again and melt the snow away. The technology is still being developed but the benefits could be substantial.

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Monday, March 7, 2011 Academic Interview – 12 to 1:30 p.m., TC 2218. Note: this workshop is open only to 4th year, Masters and PhD students. Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Work Search Strategies for Internatitonal Students – 2 to 3:30 p.m., TC 1208. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Work Search module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Work Search online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and elect the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. First hour of the session covers general job search strategies; last half hour details visa requirements. Thinking About Pharmacy? – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 1208. A career advisor will review key factors for the application process. Wednesday, March 9, 2011 Work Search Strategies – 10:20 am. to 12 p.m., TC 1208. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Work Search module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Work Search online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and elect the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. Career Investment Assessment – 2:30 to 4 p.m., TC 1112. Note: there is a materials charge of $10 payable at Career Services prior to the session. Once you have registered and paid the fee, you will be given information on how to complete the Strong Interest Inventory online. The online test must be completed a few days prior to the workshop. Explore Your Options: Science Careers of Recent Alumni – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 2218. While this event is geared to Science and Applied Health Sciences students, all students are welcome. Thursday, March 10, 2011 Exploring Your Personality Type (Myer Briggs Indicator, Part 2) – 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., TC 1112. Career Cafe – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., SLC. Every Thursday during the term an advisory is on site to answer questions on topics such as career decision, resumes, interviews, job search, etc. Monday, March 14, 2011 Interview Skills for Academic Positions – 12 to 1:30 p.m. Note: this workshop is open only to 4th year, Masters and PhD students. Limited to 30 participants. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Dental School Interviews – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 1208. Note: since the activities in this workshop build on the material presented in the online Work Search module (under Marketing Yourself) of the Career Development eManual, you will need to complete the Work Search online module as a first step before registering for this workshop. To access the module, go to cdm.uwaterloo.ca and elect the UW student version of the Career Development eManual. Wednesday, March 16, 2011

UpTown Country Festival has a volunteer position open for Sponsorship Co-ordinator. Duties such as distributing sponsor packages to existing event sponsors and potential sponsors ; maintaining spreadsheet of sponsors levels/benefits ; attend Board meetings, etc. For more info colleen.dostle@waterloo.ca or 519747-8769. CAFKA is needing people who are able to billet visiting artists during the biennial exhibition this coming September, as well as people who are handy maintaining and repairing bicycles. For info please email volunteer@cafka.org. Volunteer with a child at their school and help improve their self-esteem and confidence. Call Canadian Mental Health at 519-744-7645, ext. 229. City of Waterloo has volunteer opportunities. For info call 519-8886478 or www.waterloo.ca/volunteer. The Distress Centre needs volunteers to provide confidential, supportive listening on our crisis and distress lines. Complete training provided. Call 519-744-7645, ext. 300. Volunteer Action Centre, 519-7428610 / volunteer@volunteerkw.ca, for all your volunteering needs! Volunteers needed – The English Tutor program is in constant need of volunteers to tutor international students. Volunteering is an essential part of student life at UW. Apply online at www.iso.uwaterloo.ca. Books to Prisoners — New action group forming at WPIRG. All interested volunteers please send email to bookstoprisoners@lists.wpirg.org. RFL Volunteers Needed — UWaterloo Relay for Life will be held on Friday, March 11 from 7 pm to 7 am in the SLC and we need volunteers. Email uwaterloo.relayforlife@gmail.com for more information. UpTown Waterloo Ice Dogs Festival needs volunteers for their event on Saturday, February 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A fun day of volunteering with an after-party. For info contact Sheila at smconnell@uwaterloo.ca or 519888-4567, ext 33203. Shadow volunteers needed to be paired with new international students for Fall 2011. Show them around, help them socialize and make their stay at Waterloo more enjoyable. Make great friends and learn a new culture. Please apply at www.iso.uwaterloo.ca (under “about ISO”).

ONGOING MONDAYS Gambling can ruin your life. Gamblers Anonymous, 7 p.m. at St. Marks, 825 King Street, W., basement. TUESDAYS CNIB is conducting a Lions Low Vision Clinic at 180 King Street, S., Waterloo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic provides an opportunity for someone to gain info on CNIB services, to access a scheduled appointment and view/ demonstrate consumer products. For info www.cnib.ca or 1-800-265-4127.

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Imprint, Friday, March 4, 2011 ads@imprint.uwaterloo.ca Success on the Job – 2:30 to 4 p.m., TC 2308. Note: this workshop is geared towards students who have limited experience in the work world. “Thinking About Dentistry? – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 1208. Thursday, March 17, 2011 The Power of LinkedIn – 10;30 to 11:30 a.m., TC 2218. Career Cafe – 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., SLC. Every Thursday during the term an advisory is on site to answer questions on topics such as career decision, resumes, interviews, job search, etc. Career Interest Assessment (Strong Interest Inventory) – 2 to 3:30 p.m., TC 1112. Note: there is a materials charge of $10 payable at Career Services prior to the session. Once you have registered and paid the fee, you will be given information on how to complete the Strong Interest Inventory online. The online test must be completed a few days prior to the workshop. Monday, March 21, 2011 Careers Beyond Academia – 12 to 1:30 pm., TC 2218. Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Successfully Negotiating Job Offers – 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., TC 1208. Note: this workshop is geared towards graduating students. All About GMAT – 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., TC 2218. Presented by Stuart Kovinsky, Academic Manager, Kaplan Ctr., (Southern Ontario). Thinking About an MBA – 5:30 to 7 p.m., TC 2218.

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2011 March 10-12: UpTown Comedy Festival May: UpTown Waterloo Jazz Fundraiser June 18: UpTown Country

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Winter Cycling: Snow and Safety

Zoe Kim

Tory Auld reporter

inter cycling is an interesting issue all over Canada, and Waterloo is no exception. With temperatures falling well below Waterloo’s winter average of -6°C, on top of the cold weather and plenty of snowfall, it makes many people curious why people choose to cycle. It’s hard enough to walk short distances in the winter, so why in the world would you bike with a wind chill that hurts to simply walk in? This year in September, a 43-year-old male was hit while biking on University Avenue. Two years ago, another cyclist in Waterloo was also fatally injured after being hit biking during the winter on a rural road in Waterloo. If bikers are in danger, even during warmer months, it brings light to the added danger of bad weather. Kenny Edwards, a first year chemical engineering student at the University of Waterloo, is one of the brave few who bikes during the winter. Besides putting on the obvious attire

of a facial scarf and warm gloves, Edwards said that winter biking is harder than the summer. “You have to pay more attention,” he said. “With two wheels you’re going to fall over if you hit a patch of snow. Your back tire goes to one side. You have to have good balance.” When asked about how well the City of Waterloo does in terms of clearing the snow ridden roads, Edwards said that cyclists should only go on the sidewalks. “[But] in Waterloo they do a decent job with the roads.” The idea that the City of Waterloo does a decent job clearing the roads does make sense. The city has to clear the roads to a certain standard in order for people to get to work and school everyday. But is this standard good enough for people to potentially endanger themselves? The idea some people have suggested is that the city could invest more in clearing the roads, which would no doubt make people feel safer and create more bikers. Some suggest that these bikers would then personally benefit by saving on alternative transportation costs.

On the contrary, the weather in Waterloo this year has been crazy. Feb. 2, the worst snowfall of the year, closed most schools in the surrounding region and halted the job fair at UW. There will no doubt be a snowfall like that in the future, and an added investment in snow plowing services would only be able to do so much. In this scenario, bikers would not only be testing their own balance, but how in the world would a driver with poor traction, barely able to see, be able to pay attention to an added number of cyclists? Another question that could be asked is, would these added bikers just be bad for everyone’s safety? Why should drivers have to worry about bikers when they themselves are having a hard enough time avoiding accidents? The issue of biking in the winter definitely gives everybody in the community something to think about. A small population of bikers is going to continue to bike during the winter, and until more people decide to bike or current bikers become more educated on the City of Waterloo’s treatment of snow disposal, things are unlikely to change.

In a public attitude survey of 371 individuals 15 years or older across local municipalities: 60 per cent said the quality of cycling routes and facilities in Waterloo Region is “good,” 30 per cent said “fair” or “poor” 25 per cent are utilitarian cyclists, 29 per cent are recreational cyclists, and 46 per cent are non-cyclists Cyclists comfort levels decrease considerably where cycling measure are not in place: 63 per cent are comfortable cycling on major roads with a wide curb lane 22 per cent are comfortable cycling on major roads without bike or wide curb lanes One in five utilitarian cyclists identified traffic conditions and driver behaviour as a concern, whereas one in five drivers indicate that improper cycling behaviours are a concern Information courtesy Region of Waterloo

The quest for hot and sour soup always made a personal note of visiting, having been told about it years ago by someone else. It is when I’m told by multiple mouths about the same obscure place that I get excited.

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crowd every day. It remains a ghost town for those brave enough where enter any time after to the lingering family who owns the hideaway eats together in the late afternoon.

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eing told by a young apprentice chef about the best hot and sour soup in town, I found myself intrigued. The Chinese soup is definitely well known among the masses, but my experiences with it have been unsettling. I’ve had it too thick, too flavourless, too lumpy, even with hair petrified in its gelatinous constitution. It wasn’t until last year, when I met a dear friend of mine, that I decided to give it another chance. One of my dear comrade’s many food vocations was to find the best hot and sour soup in town, and this took us to many places. As is my constitution as a gastronome, and having overcome my adverse neurosis of soup, I made tasting the supposedly best hot and sour soup in town my most recent duty. The location was a pleasant surprise because it had been a place that I’ve

As is my constitution as a gastroneme, and having overcome my adverse neurosis of soup, I made tasting the supposedly best hot and sour soup in town my most recent duty.

Kim Seng Seafood Restaurant seats itself ingloriously in the plaza between Westmount and Westwood Drive, Kitchener. Its doors are devotedly open to the lunch buffet

Mounted on the place’s brick paneled wall is a television showing the ever-present Chinese period drama watched diligently by a family. But it is left alone when the news comes

on and later changed by the younger members who come from school in the even later afternoon hungry not for food, but cartoons. Beyond that corner: a bar, a buffet table, and a mirror trim surrounding the ceiling as if encouraging whatever diners to police each others’ meals. The floor is red carpet, the chairs are black rimmed seats with green “pleather” cushions and pastel print supports; the tablecloths are nothing more than plastic throwaways readied for mess, and the cutlery a generic white. Beyond the shrines and folk art hangs something I dread: wall menus written in traditional Chinese, leaving the illiterate Western diner out of potentially better meals from the already extensive 201 item menu. Kim Seng’s menu certainly is overwhelming. It exists almost as a catalogue of Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine, offering infrequent

restaurant fare such as pig’s stomach with chilli sauce, to more familiar dishes like hot and sour soup. Being the fair diner I am, it would have been foolish to avoid ordering what the place’s name implies as its specialty (or so my company told me). I mean, of course, seafood. We ordered what we had initially set out to eat — hot and sour soup — warned that the portion of a small was enough for two people eating other choices. We split it between ourselves. To accompany that, we settled for chicken with mustard greens and shrimp with eggplant. At $5.90, $8.99, and $9.99 respectively, we assured ourselves that with some rice (two dollars) we’d have a meal that rounded to about $15 per person; and assuming the portion sizes and the dishes we chose, we thought we had made a good choice. See SOUP, page 22

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Agricultural Biotechnology For hundreds of years, humans have been genetically modifying their food. For most of our agricultural history, we have carefully promoted certain plant and animal traits through selective breeding; an imprecise process that spans generations. In our more recent history, we have learned to directly transfer genetic material from one organism to another, vastly changing and speeding up the process of genetic modification (GM). It’s like the difference between dedicating your life to weight-lifting and absorbing the radiation of a gamma bomb to become the Hulk. The possibilities of agricultural biotechnology seem incredible, from vitamin enriched rice to pigs that produce less environmental contaminants. The novelty of this technology and the accompanying lack of information are cause for some concern, though. Enviropig to the Rescue One of the most recent biotech innovations from the University of Guelph is a GM pig known as Enviropig. According to the University of Guelph website, “Enviropig™ is a trademark used to designate a genetically modified (or genetically engineered) line of Yorkshire pigs that produces phytase in the salivary glands (parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual), and secretes the enzyme in the saliva.” Why would farmers need a pig that does that? These pigs were engineered to meet a specific environmental problem caused by industrial pig farming. Pig feces, which contains phosphorus, is normally used as a fertilizer. Intensive swine production yields excessive buildup of phosphorus in the soil that runs off into surface waters. The resulting algae growth causes a decrease of oxygen in the water that kills fish and makes the water undrinkable. In addition, it is expensive to transport or dispose of such a huge amount of dung. The Enviropig was engineered by researchers in Guelph to produce

phytase to better digest phytate, the form of phosphorus found in pig feed. The result, according to the University of Guelph, is that the Enviropig’s feces contain up to 70 per cent less phosphorus. “Raising Enviropigs instead of ordinary pigs … would contribute to an overall phosphorus pollution reduction in addition to reducing the feed cost by eliminating the need to supplement the diet with either phosphate or phytase.” Environmentally, this is beneficial to the ecosystems near industrial pig farms. Economically, it could be beneficial to farmers who wouldn’t have to pay for manure disposal or special feeds. With regards to health, however, is it beneficial for consumers? A report by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network points out that no genetically modified animal has ever been approved for human consumption anywhere in the world. If Health Canada rubber stamps it, Enviropig will be the first. Enviropig’s Weaknesses If Enviropig hits the market as pork, consumers will have no idea whether or not they’re eating genetically modified meat because it is not mandatory to label GM food. Health Canada is currently assessing the application to make Enviropig available for eating. How this assessment is being conducted, though, is a bit foggy since Health Canada does not have any existing guidelines for evaluating the safety of GM animals. Furthermore, according to the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network, “Health Canada does not conduct any of its own safety tests of GM foods but relies on data submitted directly from the product developer, in this case the University of Guelph.” Environment Canada has already approved the scientifically enhanced squealers for production and exportation. There is considerable doubt as to whether Canadian farmers would really benefit from this innovation. Pork production is a huge industry in Canada, and represents 20 per cent of the global pork trade. Producing genetically modified pigs could heighten consumer uncertainty about pork, which already took a hit from the swine

flu. The promised savings for farmers might also be overstated. Swine farmers are already indirectly paying for the technology, as Ontario Pork is the sole private investor of Enviropig, and has sunk over $1.3 million into research and production. This money came from the compulsory fees that farmers pay on each pig they produce. Ontario Pork has exclusive license to distribute Enviropig, and therefore will have a monopoly over its sale. Opposition to the engineered swine was voiced on Feb. 9, 2011, at a rally attended by over 150 students, farmers, and consumers. The protest took place at the University of Guelph at the same time that Members of the House of Commons toured the campus as part of their study on biotechnology. The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network is also organizing a letter-writing campaign to the Minister of Health, asking him to reject the request for approval of Enviropig. There are other alternatives for reducing the phosphorus pollution from pigs. For the past 10 years, a feed supplemented with phytase has been used to decrease the phosphorus excretions by up to 50 per cent. In reasonable amounts, the phosphorusrich manure is a great fertilizer. It is only recently, as swine farms became huge industrial operations with thousands of pigs in one farm, that the amount of manure has become too much for the surrounding environment to use efficiently. Bill C-474 While Enviropig’s opponents rallied in Guelph, Bill C-474 was voted down in Ottawa. The private member’s bill would have protected Canadian farmers by requiring “an analysis of potential harm to export markets be conducted before the sale of any new genetically engineered seed is permitted.” Though the bill wasn’t passed, it opened up an important debate about the role of government in regulating genetically modified organisms. Farmers and consumers need to be protected from economic and health risks, but that must be balanced with supporting innovation in the fertile field of biotechnology.

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Soup: saving the meal Continued from page 20

The soup came first. We managed three or four small bowls each, which in retrospect we were both grateful for, the soup having salvaged an otherwise poor meal. It had good heat and its consistency was charming. It looked thick, but poured fluidly, sans lumps every time we ladled it. It was filled with a good deal of ingredients, like tofu, fungus, pork, bamboo, carrots; the list goes on. I particularly enjoyed its fermented notes. My company thought its sour flavour was too much and resembled the brine used to soak preserves. Maybe I had a hankering for pickles. It certainly had flavour, and it lived up to its small reputation. I can’t recall a place having better hot and sour soup, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t out there. Next, and to our confusion, we received a plate of what looked like curPhotos Luigi Di Genarro

From top to bottom: Kim Seng’s shrimp and eggplant stirfry, hot and sour soup, and chicken and mustard green.

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ried chicken, which smelled strangely like the fare served at sporting events: mustard, processed meat, and carbohydrates. My dining partner said it was weird; I rebutted by saying it was infuriating. Our chicken with mustard greens was nothing more than chicken stir-fried with carrots and green peppers in repugnant amounts of honey mustard. There were no mustard greens about the dish. Also, the attempt to call a dish “chicken and mustard greens” seemed either a jejune mistake in translation and misunderstanding by a restaurateur, or a gross assumption that we as diners wouldn’t know the difference between mustard and mustard greens. Next, our shrimp and eggplant dish arrived, a dish also slathered with sauce but this time with chili, garlic, and black beans. The coup de grâce, though there was nothing merciful about it, was the

five shrimp that came with the dish. Though tender, they left little in terms of balance; it would have been better to name the dish “stir-fried eggplant with some shrimp accidently put in,” but flashy rhetoric seemed to be the foundation of Kim Seng’s menu. Who knew how other dishes were prepared and brought to the table? It took a good amount of effort to find the deep, sweet fermented black bean flavour that presumably accompanied the dish. It was spicy, but any other taste was lost in its starchy sauce, and it took a good number of bites to adjust my palate. Halfway through, we came to the realization that we didn’t have to finish, and that in a utopian society where all of our basic needs are met, there’s no need for bad restaurant food. If you don’t believe me, then by all means, try it yourself; or better yet, buy me lunch and prove me wrong.

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