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SUSAN BUBAK lmprint staff

T he wait is finally over. After the nomination period for the Feds Executive election

closed on January 19, the candidates were officially declared at the candi- dates' meeting on the same day at Ground Zero.

This year, nine candidates are vying for the four positions on Feds Executive. ChrisDiLdo,YaacovIland and Albert Nazareth are running for President; BrendaBeatty,Yi Fan Chua and Jessica Gross are running for VP Student Issues; Andre Cousineau and Dawn Phillips are running for VP Administration and Finance, and Ryan Stammers has been acclaimed to VP Education. Last year, both DesireeTaricandShannon Willis were acclaimed to VPSIandVPAF, respec- tively.

All candidates were required to attend the candidates' meeting dur- ing which Chief Returning Officer David Drewe explained the election rules and regulations.

"It's a really procedure-heavy meeting," said Drewe. "There are six pages of election procedure we go through, plus all the posting rules, plus the time linesand picking out the colours for the posters."

The candidates also had the op- portunity to ask questions. "They're there to listen," said Drewe, "and

they're there to askquestionsif they have them at that point."

The candidates were required to submit their posters to the Elec- tion Committee for printing by Janu- ary 23 and a 1,000-word statement about themselves with a photo by January 26.

The candidates' statements and photos will be posted on the Feds election Web site on January 30.

The current Feds Executive had somewords of wisdom for the can- didates. "Get lots of sleep," advised Feds President Chris Farley. "Make sure that what you're doing and what you're saying is what you really believe in."

Farley's first Fedselection cam- paign was a learning experience. "I've run twice," he said. "The first time, Ilost. When we were running, it wasn't a whole lot of fun, but the second time around, we just had a blast. Take it for what it's worth."

But don't take it personally. The voters are just "one group of people whowillsubiectively decide whether or not they like yo"," said VP Edu- cation Mark Schaan.

"So much of that depends on what the weather was like that day, or what they were wearing, or what they had for breakfast and how it makes them feel. This is not a true test of whether or not you're agood person."

Schaan added that the most

difficult part about campaign- ing was the "in- credibly rigorous s c h e d u l e . Desiree, Chris and I were up at 7:00 a.m. every day of the cam- paign and didn't go to bed until 1:OOa.m. Wedid 130 classroomsin 10 days or some- thing, plus all the forums, plus all the poster activ- ity."

AlthoughVP Administration and Finance Shannon Willis was acclaimed to her position last SUSAN BUBAK

Back to junior high

yearishealso had FedsExecutiveCandidatesare:first row,from 1efttoright:Yi FanChua,]essicaGrossand Dawn some tips for the Phillips. Second row: Albert Nazarethand AndreCousineau. Third Row: Brenda Beatty, Ryan candidates. "Do your research on Stammers, Chris DiLulloandYaacovlland.

the history of the Feds and what the Executive this VP Student Issues DesireeTaric about them." year has been working on," she said. encouraged the candidates to get Taric added that the candidates "Don't make far-fetched promises involvedwiththeFedsby volunteer- should find out "what we did, what because even the ones that you think ing. Since one of the VPSI's respon- we didn't do and why we didn't do seem realistic may be hard to keep." sibilities is to coordinate volunteer it."

As for campaigning strategies, activities, Taric advised the candi- Whowill the four survivors be? Willisadvisedthecandidatesto "get dates to "volunteer with the [Feds] Who will get voted off the island? out there, meet withstudents, talk to services because it's hard to manage You decide. VotingbeginsonFebru- them and hear their ideas." services if you don't know anything ary 9 and ends on February 16.

UW student being sued by Degrassi HALA KHALAF "They're false." In fact, he vehemently

Imprint staff retorts with, "This is complete bullshit. They aho said I sell product sand services. Idon't sell

M arkPolger,aUWgraduatestudent, products and services. I simply answer refer- isbeingthreatenedwithalawsuitby ence questions." Epitome Pictures, the producers of In early 1998, Polger created http://

the Degrassi television series, for creating an www.degrassi.ca,http://www.degrassi.org,and unofficial fan Web site on Degrassi and "for http://www.degrassiweb.com, Web sites that providingthe show and its producers with free contain facts andinformation about the show, publicity, advertising and marketing." How- its characters, its crew, links to other Degrassi ever, this is not exactly sites, and basically a how Epitome Pictures place where Degrassi phrased his crimes.

- fans can hang out and

Polger has been P~lger simply wanted relate. M the infor- servedwitha 16-page mation he used on his statement of claim, to provide a site was recruited hon- which is a precursor to estly andlegally. "I've a lawsuit. This docu- reference source for been watching the ment is the final step show since I was 13 before litigation court, Degrassi fans. yearsold," saidPolger. and he is being accused He usednewspa- of "trademark in- fringement, using the web site and domain in bad faith, damaging the integrity and good faith of Epitome Pictures, claiming to be an official website, disseminatingofficialinforma- tionandclaiming to be associatedwithEpitome Pictures."

What does Polger think of all the mayhem arising from his innocent creation and all the accusations thrown his way?

per printings and arti- cles that he had collectedover the years, includ- ing his own research and knowledge. Polger, who describes himself as primarily a librarian, simply wanted to provide a reference source for Degrassi fans.

What theplaintiffsdon'trealiie,isthatthis issimply a hobby to Polger. He makes absolutely

please see page 5

Mixed reactions to professor's return

N lCOLE FAWCETTE AND shocked andoutraged with the decision made DURSHAN GANTHAN by the Court, while others merely dismiss it.

Imprint intern and Imprint staff Brenda Beatty, Co-coordinator of the Womyn's Centre, reacted by saying thecondi-

S tudentsreactedwithmixedfeelingsover tional sentence granted was an "unjust sen- the conditional sentence given by the tence by far." courts concerning the case of UW Math When questioned if the University's in-

Prof, Vladimir Petrovich Platonov. volvement was a grey area in the couple's Platonov pleaded guilty to aggravated private lives, Beatty responded, "This is not.

assault after he attacked his wife, Valantina, This is clear. He almost killed someone." over the head with a rock. On Thursday Janu- Shockedwith the factthat alesser sentence ary 17, Justice Robert was handed out be- Reilly sentenced cause of the appear- Platonovtoatwo-year "What he does at ance of a character conditional sentence witness, Beatty said, and home curfew of 6 home is different "Even though he p.m. to 7 a.m. beatshiswife,it'sokay

On November 5, 1999, Platanov ap- than what he does at ~~~~~~~~~~~; proached his wife from behind and beat her work." things better for the

rest of his sociew?" with a rock over the head. She was then pinned to the floor and beaten again with the 1.6 pound rockuntil she was able to break free by clubbing Platanov in the head. Valatina suffered from severe head wounds and im- pairedvision.

Currently Platanov is suspended from teaching at UW, however he still receives full pay. This is an issue for some students who are

Mary Pat Hinton, a fourth-

year English student, echoes the sentiment. "I would question if it had something to do with hisstatus.. . whether because of who he was that that was the sentence that was given to him. I would question that."

Whether Platonov will be allowed to re-

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D isturbing hate literature was foundoncampusin the Stu- dent Life Centre this past

week. Information sheets from the Heritage Front were found hidden inside books in the Used Bookstore andinside the newspapers outside of the Imprint office.

"It's really upsetting," com- mentedSLC manager Nancy O'Neill. Many students had approached O'Neill to complain about the litera- ture that was beingcirculated. "If we saw this happening, we would call the police directly. We would not approach them."

Students were also very upset, but thought that by seeing the litera- ture, people were informed.

"I think it'sagood thing that we see it," commented AliValli who felt that people need to be made aware of thisin order to makeup their own minds.

"It'sgoodthat it'sat auniversity andnotaprimary school," saidGillian Dingle, who felt that the minds of university students are not asimpres- sionable as those of younger chil- dren. "Ican readit and know that it's fullof shit."

When it was mentioned that the pamphlets were hiddenin booksand newspapers, Julie MacArthur ques- tioned, "Why do they have to hide it?"

LynneneTorokagreed, suggest- ing that people handing out this in- formation are "ashamed and do not want to talk to students."

When approached, a member of KW Anti-Racist Action wasUdoubt- fuln that theliterature wasplaced on campus by a student, but didn't dis-

miss the idea ei- ther. "There's a lot of local his- tory. They were really active in 1992193," he claimed. He re- ferred to an in- cident where a local Jewish woman who openly refuted the Heritage Front had her house burned down twice in Hate literaturewasslipped inside imprintsand books. one year, allen- - edly by the Heritage Front. In other words, the Heritage Front is an organization that is not to be taken lightly.

"In the last three months, there are three new groups that have formedin town.. . there'sanincrease in activity."

Another member of the anti- racist group wasn't sure what moti- vated someone to do this. "I find it really hard to get into the heads and motivations of people that believe this kind of thing."

The literature that was distrib- uted falls under the Canadian Crimi- nal Law section 3 19 that deals with the wilful promotion of hatred. A wilful promotion of hatred is de- finedas "everyone who, by commu- nicating statements other than pri- vateconversation, wilfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group is guilty of a) an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or; b) an offence punishable on summary conviction." Anyone caught distrib- uting hate literature can serve a sen- tence up to two years in prison.

The Heritage Front is an or- ganization that many consider a hate group because of their racist com- ments. Heritage Front claims that they are not a hate group. According to the organization's Web site, "while it is true that we "hate" this current climate of reverse discrimination and minority appeasement programs, it is preposterous to blame the benefi- ciary of such politics - rather than the author. Contrary to media and governmentreports, it has never been the aim of Heritage Front to domi- nate or subjegate any other race."

One of the newer groups in the area, theTri-City Skinsaskvisitors to the site and sign a guestbook where many people fill out a brief survey that includes favourite bar, band and beer. One "Warriorn named Farmer Cletus, whose favourite bar is the Bombshelter, wrote: "We do need to congregate and join. Let's get to- gether and rally, we have much more than we realize. And where the hell is the Heritage Front?"

UW Police stated that the case is "still under investigation" and that, as of yet, no charges have been laid.

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U of T prof murdered

Professor David Buller, a senior lecturer in the Fine Arts faculty at the University of Toronto, was found deadshortly before 7:OOam last Friday by acaretaker in his art ;tudio at 1 Spadinacrescent. Buller was last seen the previous day at 1 :00 p.m., hut was not present for his 6:OOp.m. lecture onThursday.

There were "obvious signs of trauma to Mr. Buller's body," ac- cording to a statement released by the Toronto police. Students at U of T are being offered counsel- ling through the Counselling and Learning SkillsService, Psychiatric Services and the Toronto Distress Centre.

A bargain on gas

Thanks to a decision t o prepurchase natural gas for itscam- pus earlier this year, the University of Regina will save $1.1 million. With.the price of natural gas in- creasing drastically in recent months, many people have faced higher natural gas bills.

Biggest bang for buck

According to the London, Eng- land-basedFimnciaITimes,uWo's Richard Ivey School of Business is number one in the world amongst - business schools in respect to "edu- cational value returnedto students when compared to their tuition fees." The programis ranked 19th overall in educational value.

A model ' experience

More than 300 Queen's students travelled to Ottawa this past week to participate in the eight annual Queen's Model Parl~ament. They debated the future of the country under the leadership of an NDP government and the debate ses- sionsincluded the presence of sev- eral Members of Parliament. A keynote speech was given by the Minister of Human ResourceqJane Stewart.

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University has already made in fa- turn to teach remains to be deter- vour of women's rights. mined. Certain students, like Sara

Ian Vollick, a first year Math Escobar,athird-yearPsychologyma- student, isnot in favour of his return. jor, question the safety of students in

"I think he shouldbelet go, until the classroom. "Personally, I would he's finished his sentence, without not," Escobar says in reference to pay." On the other side of the fence, whether or not she would feelsafe in Imran Aleem, a third year Science hisclassroom. and Chemistry student, questioned "If he'sable to lose control with the relevaniy of his personal life to hiswife,withsomeonethatheloves, his professional life. he knowsand supposedly loves, then

"Why should there be an issue? why couldn't he loseitwithastudent What he does at home is different hedoesn'treallyknowandhedoesn't than what he does at work. It's two care about?" different things." It is still unknown when the

Beatty was opposed to him re- University will make its decision on suming his duties on campus. She whether or not Platanovwillresume stated that allowing him back would teachingclasses.

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no profit off of the site; on the con- trary, he has to pay $30 US a month in order to finance his domains.

Furthermore, Polger made sure to include a disclaimer on his Web site, that has been there from day one.

1t statisthat the information on his sites are unofficial and that the sites are not affiliated to Epitome Productions in any way. He did not need to contact Epitome Producers or anyone else before creating his Web site, simply because he wasnot required to. As he repeatedly points out, it isan "unofficial fan site."

This issue has been dragging on for almost a year now, and Polger plans to fight it all the way.

He is hopingand expecting that the plaintiffs will settle out of court, seeing as legal procedures could cost over $100,000.

He is being requested to hand over his Degrassi domain names to E~itome Pictures in order to use the domain as a supplemental tool that would provide valuable promotion

for their new series. According to Polger, if it wasn't for hiswebsite that has been maintained on a daily basis since 1998, there would be no audi- ence for the new series.

The reason Polger was not threatened until two years after the creation of his site is simple. It takes a while for a Website to become popu- lar. In thiscase, there were only three Web sites dedicated to Degrassi in 1996. That number has gone up to 40 in 2000. Polger has been one of the first in thisventure, andEpitome Pictures knows this.

"Without Polger's hard work on hisweb site, mailing list, andcon- vention, thwe would not be amarket for EpitomePictures to work with to create anew series. Epitome Pictures should support and thank polger for his effortsanddedication rather than harassand bully himwith the threat of a lawsuit," the press release stated.

While it might be a while for Polger to receive any thanks for his "hard work" from Epitome Pictures, the site remainsup andcan be visited at http:llwww.degrassi.ca and fans are encouraged to swing by.

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year ago under Federation of Stu- dents' President Christine Cheng, the A idea of electronic voting was born.

Two students, Ching-Yen Chen and Saleem Kanji, created a system to handle the election online as aclass project. Their system was to be implemented in time for the 2000 executive elections; however, technical snags prevented that system from being implemented. Reg Quinton, a security expert for IST, was called on to complete the project in time for the February vote.

mation and when they vote. The goal is that if cheating occurs, people will have an opportu- nity to catch someone using their account and such fraud will be accounted. It is not possible to remove the vote since it isn't attached in any way to an account, but a certain confidence in the results can be expected.

The paper system wasn't fundamentally free of fraud either. It was anticipated that the poll clerks would be honest but it would be impossible to verify. A clerk could stuff the ballot box with little chance of detection and simply verify that the appropriate number of names were crossed off.

In a federal or provincial election the The original system was designed for'use existence of parties ensures aclose scrutiny of

withMicrosoftInternet Informationserver on the process. In those cases as well there are NT. However, forsecurityreasonqitwasported criminal sanctions for voter fraud, which are to Per1 for use on a Solaris server. determined by a legislature.

Concerns have been raised that the new In student elections there is far less scrutiny system made it too easy to cheat. These con- and one of the few possible penalties that can cerns are being addressed through an email beappliedisthedisqualificationofacandidate. verification system where students will be no- Students arelargely free frompossible penalty tified of changes in their authentication infor- for eleciton fraud.

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on Monday January 2gth, 6-7pm Village One, Great Hall

Applications for Residence Dons for the Fall 2001/Winter 2002 terms are now available

in the Housing Office, Village One or can be downloaded from www.housing.uwaterloo.ca

Application Deadline: Friday February 2, 2001

I like monev Millions donated to inforhation

technology trust LAUREN S. BRESLIN

lmprint staff

0 ver the years our fine university has maintained itsreputation as aleading school in the field of information

technology, and respectfully, the weight of that title must be attributed to 1. Wesley Graham.

Giving credit where it's due, Tuesday, January 23, marked the official establishment of amulti-million dollar information technol- ogy trust fund in honour of the late J.W. (Wes) Graham, a former Wprofessor of computer science, and briefly, the Dean of Computing and Communicatiofis.

The opening event, which was held at the Dana Porter library, celebrated the accumula- tion of over $5 million in pledges towards the J.W. Graham Information Technology Trust. The trust will support University ~;ofessor- ships and J.W. Graham Fellowships/Scholar- ships in the field of Information Technology. According to the university'snews bureau, the IT trust "will play a central role in enhancing UW's achievementsin research and education in information technology. It will provide a new level of encouragement and support for top undergraduate and graduate students."

Now dubbed "the father of computingnat UW, Graham joinedthe faculty in 1959, a time when computer access was granted to a select and privileged few.

Shortly into his career at Waterloo, Graham worked towards making computers

WPIRG

more available toundergraduate students. After discovering that the computer software of the 1960s was ill-suited for teaching purposes, he co-developed the Waterloo Fortran Compiler (WATFOR) in a matter of months.

WATFOR was immediately recognized and adopted by other universities facing the same problems in computer programming in- struction; it garnered much attention, andlaid the foundation for UW'sinternationalreputa- tion as a cutting-edge school for software de- velopment. Graham's contributions also in- clude WATFIV (Waterloo Fortran IV), the successor of WATFOR, aswellasa host of other software packages and two best-selling text- books.

Susan Bellingharn, head of special collec- tlons at the UWlibrary comments "it was as an academic that Graham recognized the wider applications of computing in education, busi- ness, industry and government.

The software designed under his direction was able to locate programming errors more quickly as well asspeed up response time, thus providingfaster more reliable methods of com- puting which were adapted by many other organizations."

Graham, the man who has been described as both "a Canadian pioneer in the field of computing" and as the individual "chiefly re- sponsible for the ~niversity'sinternational~rep~u- tation in software development" was awarded the Order of Canada shortly before his death in 1999.

to studv ecological resideice

ROBIN STEWART at California State Polytechnic University. The Imprint staff Lyle Centre isan interdisciplinary project that

. will eventually house 90 students, faculty and

L iving in harmony with our staff. naturalsurroundingsisagoalthatmany Not only do the residents of the Lyle UWstudents aspire to. Actually putting Centre actively participate in sustainable living,

that goal into practice, however, can be a the Centre also houses a variety of research seriousordeal,especiallywhenconsideringthe projects on developing and improving tech- limited time and re- niques t o develop sources inherent in healthy, functioning student life. natural systems that are

With thatchal- "improved, not just sus- lengeinmind, a few tained" by human pres- membersof t h e w ence. community will be The group's researching the work comes at a par- concept of building ticularly relevant time. a new studentresi- Not only is there a dence on campus crunch on student built around the housing in the areanow concept of sustain- as the University works able living. towards the ability to

The Waterloo guarantee every first- Public Interest Re-

P year student a spot in

search Group residence, but'the infa- (WPIRG) hasestab- ,,,,, mous "double cohort" lished a working issue is also looming group whose main goal is to create a proposal large in the minds of UW administrators. for ecological student housing on UW's North In the 200W2003 academic year, Ontario Campus. The CampusMaster Plan, developed high schools will produce a double graduating in 1992, calls on North Campus development class when the last students in the 5-year high to "become a prototype for comprehensive school systemgraduate. environmental planningn and "set new stand- ' Thechallenge presented to the group is to ards for urban development." Renewable en- convince UW administrators that an ecologi- ergy capture, passive solar designed buildings, cally sound residence would be an effective way water recycling, nutrient cyclingand foodgrow- of adding to both our capacity and our research ing systems could all be elements of the final excellence. proposal. Any student interested ingemng involved

The group will use as its model the John withthe workinggroup cancontact WPIRGat Lyle Centre for Regenerative Studies, located 888-4882.

Irn~rint, Friday, lanuary 26, 200 I NEWS

. Back to bi-weeklv Casual workers continue to get Gay

every other week HALA KHALAF

Imprint staff

L ast November, students employed on campus were in an uproar when in- formedthattheir casual payroll may be

:hanged from a bi-weekly cycle to a monthly $e.

The University Administration has since retracted its decision, deciding to remain with ~ t s bi-weekly plan in response to students' ap- peals.

Student employees sent lettersto the Feds, Human Resources, and Imprint, asking them to reconsider this change that could uproot their Financial plans and force them to look to other venues of employment.

Apparently, their efforts have not been in vain.

Studentscomplained that amonthly pay- roll could only lead to negative consequences. These payrolls go towards paying such ex- penses as rent, tuition, transportation, food, and basic living expenses.

As one student said in a letter to the Editor earlier this year, "These expenses occur every- day, not monthly."

Hundreds of students, some of whom work for only a few hours a week, are em- ployed by the University.

Thisincrease in the number of students is what led to the concept of transferring to a once-a-monthpayingmethod. Catharine Scott,

Associate Provost of Human Resources and Student Services, explained some of the rea- sons behind the need for redefining the pay- roll.

The idea "was a direct result of the dra- maticincrease in the number of casualearnings payments in the past three years, the continu- ingcomplexities of the payroll system, and the account management required for these pay- ments."

Despite these problems, the HR depart- ment has decided to address the need of its students first. And the students are not unap- preciative.

"It's great," was Christine's enthusiastic repsonse to the decision to remain with a bi- weekly payroll. Whenaskedif it makesadiffer- ence to her and her colleagues at the Bombshelter, she said, "Definitely!"

Bev, another Bomber employee, said that the change would not have affected her di- rectly, but she stressed, "I cared for other people, and worried how my friends were going to handle this."Sarah, working at Aussies, agreedthat HR'sdecisionwasfor thebest. "I'm happy with it," she said.

Laura at the Used Bookstore said it best: "I was really happy andreally pleased. I felt like our voice was actually being listened to and we were actually being heard. It was great.[Otherwise], I would have had to find another job for sure; there is no way I could have stayed [working] here."

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Welcome to Needless Hell I t took me almost three years to discover

that it is not the staff at Needles Hall that are stupid and incompetent; it's the stu-

dents. Every term I have to spend an afternoon

in Needles Hall, picking up OSAP, picking up marks and other little things that I have to do to survive as a student, but prove to be a bit of an annoyance. Iused to standinline, bickering along with everyone else about how slow the service was in Needless Hell and how they shouldget more staff. Iused tocomplain all the time to my friends about how I hatedentering that building because of the stupid people behind the counter that had no idea how to do their jobs.

Then, this pastweek, I had arevelation. As I was standing in yet another line, waiting to pick up yet another form, I heard the lady behind the counter explain the same thing over and over to a female student who was not

. . . cowrdcrlgn: Bllly Tuns

listening to a word the lady was saying. After the lady behind the counter ex~lained that the student had not filled the form out properly, the student complained about the form in general and how she didn't understand why it couldn't be processed. The lady behind the counter again explained the form, the proper way to fill it out, andwhere to findmore forms so that the student could try it again.

Once the very patient lady behind the counter had finished, the student repeated that she didn't knowwhy the "stupid people at Needless Hell" couldn't process the form.

Another example of stupid students took place just minuteslater at the cashierlsoffice.As I waited in avery slow line, I leaned up against the wall and read a newspaper. I never both- ered to look at my watch, mainly because if I look at my watch, then I realize just how long I've been waiting. Inany case, Ifinally got to the front of the line. I waswaiting for the girl ahead of me to finishwith thecashier when I heard yet another stupid comment.

The girl ahead of me wasarguing with the

cashier because the girl wasn't able to pick up her marks. The girl's friend was standing with her at the counter, both of whom were getting angry because the first girlcouldn't pickup her marks. The cashier tried to explain that, if you haven't paid for last term, you can't receive the marks yet. You have to pay up before you get your marks. Sounds simple, right? Well, it took the cashier ten minutesto get that point through the student's thick skull.

While people were gmrnbling in line about the slow service -one girl even had to leave the line because of a class -they had no way of knowing that one of their own, a student, was the one actually holding up the line.

When I finally got up to the counter, I smiled at the cashier and, because I had done everything properly, was able to leave the office just moments later, knowing I wouldn't have to see another line

you're standing in line somewhere, don't just assume that it's the staffs' fault you are not getting served as quickly as you would like. Lines will move quickly if people do what they are supposed to do. You would be in and out of Needles Hall a lot faster if the stupid people would just stay away from the buildingentirely. Unfortunately, keeping stupid people away isn'tanoption, so1 highly suggest that, if you are not sure how to fill out a form or where to go for something, go talk to an advisor. They aren't getting paid to sit on their asses all day and not do anything. Advisors get paid to, surprise, advise you.

Next time you're standing in line, itching to complain, consider yourself lucky. At least you're not on the other side of the counter.

in Needles Hall for an- other term. SANTA MONICA Bv: Billv Guns

My point hereisnot that all students are stu- pid, just some of them. All you have to do is fill out a form properly, stand in the right line and don't ask stupid questions. I had a friend tell me that he didn't realize there were so many stupid people at university, and after that long experience in Nee- dles Hall, I can totally agree. I would love to say that every student Waterloo accepts is bril- liant, but that is simply not the case. Somehow, some stupid people slipped through the cracks.

So the next time

t's difficult to know what ex- list. There was, however, nothing stopping a actly tom&eof theupcoming nefarious polling clerk from simply scratching

Feds online election. Like any a bunch of names of students who didn't vote political undertaking it and using these ballots to increase the margin

s possible to put what ever of votes cast for the polling clerk's favoured you want on the experi- candidate.

There were, of course, some checks and epending on your point of balances on the system, but the point is that it

is virtually impossible to design a completely technology that will only en- airtight,cheat-freesystem. Somemeasurescan hance the democratic rights of be put into place to safe-guard against fraud - Wstudentsorit'sapremature and the Feds have taken some precautions -

but in the end, every election, no matter whether cause more done on paper or on computers isgoing to rely

to some degree on trust. Democracy is to some be the big- extent predicated on a faith everyone will otingmake respect the same rules.

So the system may be a little more secure ingtomanipulate thevotesresults? Well, the now, but is the new system really worth all the answer seems to be a decisive maybe. In spite fuss? Certainly, it will make it easier for co-op of Feds Executive Researcher Dave Drewe's assertions to the ontrary, it will be possible to cheat. But make no mistake, it was also possible to do so under the old system. In fact, it may have actually been easier to cheat in years past than it will be this year.

In yearspast, the Fedsreliedonstudents to administer the various polling stations who relied on paper printouts of eligible student voters. Those whovoted were given a ballot and had their name crossed off the

students to participate in the elections. At a school with as big a co-op program as W this isimportant. It'snotuncornmon, I'msure, to be away on a work term during the elections but be in school for most of the elected executive's time in office.

There used to be an elaborate mailout with information about each candidate and a ballot to be mailed backbutthis wasnotthe most efficient or cost-effective method of including co-op students in the democratic process.

election But what seems to have been lost in the

trumpeting of these advantagesis the poten- tial loss of visibility. There will still be a mailout of sorts for the co-op students - they'llall get a post card with the FedsURL reminding them (informing?) them about the vote -and Fedsare planning to increase the number of posters around campus pub- licising the election.

Be that asit may, under the new system there will be nopollingstations, no tangible face-to-face reminder of the vote as you're heading to class. While difficult to measure, it would have been interesting to see some stats regarding the number of students who votedsimply because they walked by apoll- ingstation and decided to stop and perform their civic duty.

As cheap and as efficient as the new electronic systemmay be, it ultimately lacks the in-your-face quality of past elections. It will be the numbers that tell the real story: if the percentage of -voting students drops significantly during this election the Fedswill have to think seriously about retrofitting the old system - that is, having the option to vote both at home or at a polling station - rather than simply getting rid of it com- pletely.

-Scott Gordon, Editor-in-Chief

FORUM Imprint, Friday, January 26, 200 1

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games to kick backand take my mind off school. However, much to my chagrin, I found the state of the "video games" absolutely horren- dous.

For starters, none of the games workedperfectly. Hereisashortlist: Daytona USA has several broken steering wheels, NFL Blitz hasa bro- ken passbutton, StreetFighter 111 3RD Strike hasacouple of buttons broken and a messedup display, Capcom vs SNK has NO fierce(that7s the top right button) on the left player side, Marvelvs Capcom's buttonsneed to be pounded by a hammer before they register, just to mention a few.

What I fail to comprehend is how this could happen. In most of the video arcades I've been to, they have twice as many games, yet they still manage to be in working order. Plus the games are just 50 cents at most, as opposed to a dollar at the "Cove."

Although it's conceivable that the "Cove" is basically a monopoly establishment since it's the only video arcade in Waterloo, at one dollar a pop, I'd expect alittle better quality

from the games. If you fix them, they will come.

In order to run an establishment that serves as a place of relaxation and entertainment for students,three things need to be done: Fix the ma- chines, lower the prices and get more games. If the current management can't do that, maybe somebody else witha little more experience in busi- ness can.

The big empty

To the Editor,

I hate to belittle the hardwork of others but it baffles me that an

event as disfigured and misinformed as the Big Chill could have taken place on January 20 in the SLC among consenting adults.

That an idea of such deluded proportions could have matriculated past the germinal stage of incubation into the octopus that it became indi- cates that there is no love of fellow

Ken Dryden at UW "I n 1904, PrimeMinister Wilfrid

Laurier declared that the 20th century would belong to Canada. He was wrong. Canada wasn't big enough or strong enough for an age of power. But Laurier may have spo- ken 100 years too soon. This century will not belong to Canada, but it will belong to the attitudes, values and understandings that are our legacy," asserts Ken Dryden who is the fifth distinguished speaker in WPIRG's "2020 Building the Future" lecture series. Hewillbe speakingon Wednes- day, January 31, at 7 pm in the Theatre of the Arts in Modern Lan- guages.

Ken Dryden is an NHL legend and the Toronto Maple Leafs presi- dent. In just seven fullNHL seasons, Ken Dryden won six Stanley Cup rings and established himself as one of the all-time greats, claimingcount- less individual awards for his out- standing performances. From early on, the articulate scholar-athlete's commitment to education was also apparent. He missed the 1973-74 season to fulfill hi law school re- quirements.

Since leaving the game as a player, Dryden has written several highly acclaimed, best-selling books, including The Game (acknowledged by many as one of the finest hockey publications ever written), and Home Game, which was developedinto an award-winning documentary series for television.

In his 1995 book, In School, he thoughtfully and compassionately documented life in the contempo- rary high school classroom. Dryden has also worked as a television com- mentator and host, as well asaYouth Commissioner and consultant on

youth unemployment and educa- tion.

More recently, Dryden has been appointed President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. A frequent lecturer, Dryden is known for his passionate views and willingness to tackle difficult issues with superb powers of observation, compassionate insight, honesty and humanity.

Dryden has a long history in supporting active citizenship. While attending law school in the 1970s, Ken Dryden interned with Ralph Nader's Public Citizen organization and campaigned to establish PIRGs in Ontario. Andtoday.continues his . . support by acting as an advisor to the Ottawa-based Democracy Watch, a citizen advocacy organization that works with Canadian citizens and organizations in pushing Canadian governments and businesses to em- power Canadians in their roles as voters, citizens, taxpayers, consum- ers and shareholders.

2020 encourages thought about the upcoming 20 years by exposing attendees to visions, strategies and trends as seen by leaders and experts in various fields. The seriesattempts to broaden the outlook of students, and supplement their learning by establishing the potential for a more complete liberal arts education.

Otherupcomingeuents, visitupirg.q fordetails

Jan. 29-AuthorBrewsterKneen on biotechnology.

Jan. 30 -Rogmerro Santana with the Cuban Consulate 6 the film, LUCIA, about Cuban women

Feb. 2 -WLUprofDavid Black onMedia Criticism

man here atwaterloo. After attend- ing, I hatedmy life and wanted to die.

-Mid Tran 2A ElectricalEngineering

Score 1,000 for the bad guy

I f there's one thing I've learned from the situation involving

Vladimir Platonov, it'sthat the value society assigns to an individual is merely amathematical formula. The individual is assigned a value for his potential output and then receives demerit points for any crimes he might commit. As long as the score is positive, the individual is contribut- ing to "the good of society."

If I were ageniusand hadpoten- tial to further society's base of knowl- edge in some way, I might receive a score of + 1000. But if I were just an ordinary citizen, that score would be much lower, probably around + 10. Thenthevalue of the demerit points is simply equal to the number of

society points that the act inquestion has removed from society.

Here's an example to illustrate my point. Jim Bob is a geneticist, a very promising one at that; in fact, so promisinghe might just findthecure for cancer. Jim Bob's wife, Mary Jo, however, is average; she runs her own business downtown. Jim Bob's society score isin theneighbourhood of + 10,000, whereas hiswife'sscore isonly +15.

One day, Jim Bob gets mad at Mary Jo for no reason, and decides to kill her. Society does the math. Jim Bob still has a score of 9 985; there- fore, society decides to give him aslap on the wrist and that's about it. Basi- cally, Jim Bob could kill 666 more Mary Jo's before society would get overly upset, because until then he still has positive output. Of course if he were to upgrade to killing doc- tors, who would probably have a basesociety score of +SO, he wouldn't be able to kill nearly as many before society took note.

So, what's the real reason for higher education? Survival. Not be- cause itwill provide youwithenlight- enment or abetter career, no, it gives you a higher society score so killers

Investing in students MARK A. SCHAAN

Feds VP Education

1s week I received a lovely T"' Purolator package in my mail box that tweaked my interest. I'm always excited about mail, but mail coming in by courier is usually even more exciting.

Akhoughmostoften it'sanother round of cheques from the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance for me to sign (I'm the president andone of the three signingauthorities), this week it was a lovely stainless steel mug.

One might ask, who wouldsend such a thoughtful gift (especially to an ardent coffee-drinker)? Itwas you actually, or at least, it was your tax dollars.

The mug was a thank-you gift from the Investing in Students' Task Force, the group commissioned by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to investigate cost- savings and efficiencies in the On- tario post-secondary environment.

While it seems of interest that a committee struck to look at saving money has no problem spending some of it, I hope that the mug is more indicative of what their report should offer.

Jalynn Bennett, is an independ- ent Toronto consultant who has worked with the committee in hold- ing roundtables, surveying thou- sands of students, and meeting with literally every sector of theuniversity system.

The task force has actually done considerably more in terms of re- searching the post-secondary system than we could have ever imagined. Similar to a Royal Commission,

Bennett has done much of the groundwork that we hoped would be done before decisions of the fu- ture of the sector were made.

The committee will report its finding on January 31, 2001. Our hope is that they can really only reach one conclusion. Asan editorial in the WinnipegFreePress today read, the university sector is in desperate want of "the four f's." Universities need funding to make up for their growing needs and the significant cuts they have faced over the last number of years.

Universities need facilities to solve the growing issue of deferred maintenance. The universities need faculty, somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 before 2010. Finally, the universities need to address fees which have sky-rock- eted over the last decade.

It is our hope that with such massive consultation, research and investigation, the Investing in Stu- dentsTask Force will reach this same conclusion.

Ontario currently ranks 59 out of 60 for funding per student out of every state and province. We are falling behind and we will continue to falter if we do not educate the leaders of tomorrow.

As the FreePresseditorial quoted from former Harvard president Derek BokUIf you thinkeducation is expensive, try ignorance."

So we will see on January 31 whether or not the only investment the Investingin StudentsTask Force and even more importantly, the Government of Ontario (after re- ceiving their recommendations) will make is in shiny stainless steel coffee mugs. I hope not.

will think twice before knocking yo1 off (unless of course they choos~ quality over quantity). Plus, if eve some person happens to tick you off well, you have points to spare so wh: not let him know who's the boss.

Maybe this is slightly exagger ated, but judging from Platonov' case, how far is society from reachinj this point? Granted Vladimi Platonovdidn'tkill his wife, and yes he is receiving some form of punish ment, but the sentence would b~ much more severe if he were somc blue-collar worker. What kind o precedent will thiscase set?

It would seem that society i asking, "What can the individual dc for society?" more frequently than "What can society do for the indi vidual?" which, to me, is counter intuitive if society is determined tc maintain "the good of society."

The Gulf War never ended

To the Editor,

T en years ago, the world watchec in horrific fascination asthe firs)

made-for-TV war was beamed intc our living rooms. Thatwas the "Desen Storm."

When CNN cameras stoppec filming from Baghdad, the work quickly forgot about Iraq. But tht war has never ended. Unhr the sanc tions designed by the US and imple. mented under the auspices of thc UN, Iraqis have seen their standarc of living plummet. UN agenciesesti. mate that 1.5 million Iraqis have diec as a result of the sanctions.

Scott Ritter. a former American marine known as one of the toughest inspectors, has emphatically declared thatthe UNteam'swork from 199 1- 98 incapacitated all of Iraq's weap- ons of mass destruction. However. the US insisted that the sanctions would stay in place as long assaddam Hussein remained president. Saddam, awar criminal, enjoyed the support of US and many western arms suppliers. And what has the Canadian government done about the sanctions?,Virtually nothing, f o ~ fear of angering its US neighbour.

An all party House of Commons committee dominated by the gov- ernment's own members wasso over- whelmed by the evidence against the sanctions that it unanimously recom- mended the immediate lifting of eco- nomic sanctionsin April, 2000. For- eign AffairsMinister LloydAxworthy responded to the recommendation by suggesting that UN resolution 1284, which allowed a few more itemsinto Iraq, could be interpreted asaneffectivelifting of the sanctions.

Canada has spent over $1 bil- lion to oppose Iraq and implement the embargo in the past decade, a colossal waste of taxpayer money.

Surely the irony is apparent to all that in attempting to rid Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction, hun- dreds of thousands of innocent peo- ple have been killed.

What can possibly justify this madness?

Imprint, Friday, January 26, 200 I FORUM I I

Would you ever want to be cloned? Why or why not? Adrian Chin

and Durshan Ganthan

"Originality is the only way."

Matt Bryan 4B Planning

"No, my individuality isvery important to me - it's my defining trait." Leo Dominguez

"Yes, there'll be more of my lovin' to go around." Rachel Nazareth 3A Religious Studies

"Yes, cause you can never get enough of a good thing." Jamala and Duane ActScilMath

"No, because the world can only handle one of me. " Nadia Hohn Psychology

"I like being who I am and knowing I'm the only one." Abby Martin Health Studies

Technology & Culture: How does our faith relate?

January 30,2001 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Needles Hall, Room 3004 University of Waterloo

Refreshments provided

Guest Speaker: Bob Hudspith Director and Associate Professor of Engineering & Society at

McMaster University in Hamilton.

When confronted with questions of how the Christian faith relates to issues that involve technology we often start and end with a discussion of ethics. But what are the limitations to this approach? Are there other ways technology and faith need to be considered? The speaker will lead a discussion on these questions.

Contact Graham Morbey

Huron Campus Ministry Phone (h): (519) 886-1474

(b): (519) 884-1970 (Ext. 2739) E-mail: gmorbey@wlu.ca

Sponsored by the Institute for Christian Studies and. Huron Campus Ministry at the

/ University of Guelph, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University 1

Institute for Christian Studies 229 College St., Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5T 1R4

1-888-326-5347 www.icscanada.edu

"Yes, because then I could 'tag-team' women." Henry Garcia 1 B Arts

"There ain't nuttin' wrong with more me." Mike Noble 2B Science

"No, two of me would be three too many." Ramzi Abdi 3B Economics

"Yes, this world needs more good looking guys like me ." Darcy Mackinnon 4B English RPW

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early because they know that stu- stunning on a complete resume. contains links to other sites where dents do start looking early, so they UW's Career Resource Centre, job-postings are constantly updated. want the process up and running," locatedinNeedlesHall1115,isprob- Monster.ca is an online power- saidMartin. ably the best place tostart searching house when it comes to job search-

Even though New Year's and for summer work. They have an ex- ing. Usersare able to create personal the thought of resolutions may be tensive library of both video and accounts that track their job search

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S ummer job searching begins after you've ~erfected your tan, right? Wrong. If you're

more concernedwith buffingup your bod than your resume, consider this your warning. Did you know that while you're at home, eatingnachos and watching wrestling, there are 85 companies desperately searching for students to take summer jobs? Pam Martin, Career Resource CentreAs- sistant, toldImprint that "eighty-five separate companies have advertised" for jobs this year.

All those juicy jobs in the or- chard of employment are ripe and ready to be picked, it's all amatter of starting early. Most jobs are very competitive and students need to start early "to get themselves organ- ized. So that they don't miss the fed- eral government and the [compa- nies] that advertise early. . . that's why they need to get themselves organized and not leave it to the last minute,"said Martin.

fading, it is now the time to s h a r p e n those em- ployment skills, as they may have be- come dull or rusty. "It's a long process in that they should be doing the traditional job search, effortslike network- ing and a ~ u l v i n g

p r i n t e d works and connections to jobs that others may not be aware of. As well the trained staff is always available to assist in your searching. "All of us at the front desk are trained to show them the different areas, andwe do ask them immediately what year

and even e-mails them when new jobs, pertaining to preferences, are posted. A Web site very similar to Monster.cais Headhunter.net. Itisa job portal that allows you to search for jobs dependant on your degree, location, keyword and salary prefer- ences. Workopolis.com providesus- ers with tons of information about employment through daily articles and a comprehensive help centre.

On a local note, the Waterloo Wellington InformationNetworkfor Employment and Training, (http:l/ wwinet.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca) offerscom- munity job postings, government and community information, as well as links to entrepreneurship informa- tion.

If web searching has led you nowhere there will be a job fair tak- ing place on Tuesday, February 6 at

McGowanlsinspiring book, How to Find Work 6 1 the 21" Century. The book educates people about the changes that have occurred in the workplace and equips them with a strategy and some tools to find contract work.

No one can argue that to- day's workplace haschanged and one's approach to success must be a brand new venture. The 21- century workplaceisconfusingand uncomfortable, and not at all pre- dictable. However, there are still endless opportunities for work. You just have to learn how to search for it and find it. You have to stop searching for a 9 to 5 job, and instead find work that you can excel and succeed in.

McCowan hasaaep-by-step process to get results. He stresses the benefitsof contracr work,and the need to market yourself. This means showingaprospective em- ployer how great you are for the job. What you have to remember isthis: what makes you different? This is what your prospective em- ployer will be thinking, and you have to provide the answer.

A - . - to jobs in the newspaper andthe local employment offices," saidMartin.

Asummer job shouldn't be flip- ping burgers and shovelling fries when there are tonsof jobs available for students to gain experience that is relevant to their faculty and areaof interest. Relevancy equals long term benefits, as jobs that share a relation- ship with your future career look

they are andwhich faculty theyire in and try to point themso that itrelates to their faculty as well," saidMartin.

Career Services can also be accessedthroughtheir own Web site

Bingeman's. The fair issponsored by UW, WLU, UofGandConestogaCol- , lege andincludes 185 recruiting em- ployers. Students attending the job fair are encouraged to bring their resumes. Career Services will be of-

As absurd as it sounds, some companies start searching for sum- mer workers in December. The rea- son for this is because of special dead- lines. "Some deadlinesare in Decem- ber, and then again, some smaller companies are still advertising in April and May, and still scrambling for people. But alot of themlike to start

feringtwo workshops to prepare for the fair, taking place on February 2 and 5. Sign-ups are at Needles Hall room 1020.

which offers a multitude of links to pagescovering everything about find- ing employment, whether it's UW related or not. The Web site also

Are you still homeless? MELANIE STUPARYK

Irn~rint staff dent to choose from both on and off campus it's just a matter of knowing how to find them. Locatedinvillage 1, room 205 is the Housing Office (www.housing. uwaterloo.ca) which is an excellent resource for finding housing on and off-campus.

Living On Campus

year students in the event that the residencesget overloaded. The Hous- ing Office will know by the end of June if upper-year students will be allowed to apply. Wellesley Court (three and four bedroom suites) is reserved specifically for upper-year students.

live, andof course, study. TheHous- ing Office can provide you with ten- ant information books, and maps of the city if you choose to venture off campus. They have a housing board outside the office for students and landlords to post accomodations. There are phones provided to make on the spot local calls to landlords, as well as a kiosk to search online list- ings and housing sites.

The Housing Office publishes a list of off-campus housing in both hard copy and online. The lists are updated online every 28 days and will be available forthe fall onlineon February 5, and for the Spring on

Another off-campus option is to live in the Co-op Residences. They are located just off-campus on philip Street and the low cost living includes 'ustwhen you thinkeverything is

said and done, your classes are all in order, you've bought all of your textbooks, paid all your

feesand you'vesettledinto tryingto keep up with your term, someone asks you, "So where are you living next year?" I hate to be the one to burst that illusion of relaxation, but it's already time to start thinking about what you're going to be doing both in the summer and the fall terms.

- a meal plan. These residences are cheaper than living in rezand are still very close to campus. Living in a co- op residence means pitching in with food service and cleaning, but it's a On-campus housing includesthe

Villages, Church Colleges, Colum- biaLake Townhouses, andUW Mace. Many of the ChurchColleges accept a limited number of upper year stu- dents, and the application process will take place on thecollegecampus

small price to pay for close living. For more information on Philip St. Co- The earlier

you start looking, the

better chance you have.

op ~esidences you can visit their web site at www.wcri.org.

Don't forget to check the board outside the Bomber in the SLC where students post sublets and leases for It may seem like starting to plan over the next month.

Unfortunately for upper-year students, as of September 2001 Vil- lage 1, Ron Eydt Village, MacKenzie King Village, and Columbia Lake Townhouses are limited to first year students for the fall terms only. However, upper-year students can still apply for the winter and spring.

Available to upper-year stu- dents on campus are the various buildings at UW Place. Formerly the UWMarriedStudent Apts., UWPlace has both apartment style and suite accomodations. This year Beck Hall (230 beds) is being held back for first

your fall term in January is jumping the gun, but there are lots of items to get into order before you head home or abroad for the summer, because once you're out of Waterloo, getting things organized is much more com- plicated.

We've all heard about student ghettos and disgusting living condi- tions, and unfortunately they really do exist. If you leave it to the last minute, you could end up paying $600 per month for a dingy place 45 minutes from campus. There are a lot of living arrangements for stu-

upcoming terms. The Feds Web site alsocontains

a link where students can post and searchsubletsand housingis listedin the Classified ads in Imprint, as well as the K-W Record.

If you look off-campus make sure that you ask a lot of questions and get a good idea of what's avail- able to you.

Finding the perfect place is not easy, but the earlier you start looking, the better chance you have of living

February 13. A hard copy can be picked up from the Housing Office or the Turnkey Deskwill have a copy for viewing. Lists will also be avail- able for co-op students looking for accomodations in other cities.

The Off Campus Housing Web site (www.housing.uwaterloo.ca/ OffCampus/off.htm) containsaddi- tional information as well as a query to stipulate what kind of place you're looking for. When submitted you

The Housing Office is currently revamping its Web sites, but by the end of February all applications for upper-year students to live on cam- pus will be done electronically.

Venturing Off-Campus There are several on-campus

resources you can tap to help you find the perfect place off campus to

receive an electronic list of housing somewhere clean, nice and within that meets your criteria. your budget.

Imprint, Friday, January 26, 2001 FEATURES 7 I ,

Adoption options A round 10 per cent of hetero-

sexual couples are considered infertile. Infertility is generally de- fined as a year or more of trying, unsuccessfully, to become pregnant. With suchahighstatistic, it'sno won- der that adoptions, sperm and egg donors, and surrogate mothers have become a part of pop culture. Gay couplescan also be considered infer- tile, and the same options are avail- able to them as to straight couples.

Celebrities like Rosie O'Donnell have helped raise awareness about adoptions. While O'Donnell has adopted three healthy, white, infant Americans, very few couples can ex- pect to be so selective. With such a low number of babies available for adoption in North America, many couples travel to other countries like China and Russiato adopt orphaned children. Whether foreign or do- mestic, a couple can expect to pay about $10,000 to adopt a child.

Gay couples often findthey must be lessselective than straightcouples. In places where gay couples are not generally allowed to adopt (like the USA), many have been allowed to raise children with special needs, es- pecially those with low chances of survival. In Canada, gay couples hold

equal status to straight couples in terms of adoption rights. Being fos- ter parents is another option for coupleswho would rather raise older children.

Lesbian couplesmay seekasperm donor and have a child through ar- tificial insemination. The male equivalent of this method is to find an egg donor andasurrogate mother ( a procedure which is slightly more involved).

Gay couples often find they must be less

selective.

In that kind of case, the surro- gate mother becomes the legal mother, despite the fact that thechild may not be hers biologically, or that a contract has been signed claiming the adoptive parents as the legal parents. To minimize these legalcon- flicts, many couples enlist a family member or friend to be a surrogate andlor donor.

For alesbiancouple it is possible to start a family without spending any money unlessthey pay for sperm bankservices. Generally agay couple who wishes to have a child with a surrogate mother must pay for in- vitro fertilization, which costs on average about $10,00Oper attempt.

Clearly, an infertile or queer couple needs to be financially pre- pared before deciding to have a fam- ily. Additionally, parents who decide to adopt must also participate in a "home study" where they demon- strate that they would make compe- tent parents. For these reasons stud- ies show that parents who put in the effort to start a family end up being better parents than the average cou- ple.

Queer couplesare fortunate that so many optionsexist when deciding to have a family. The options are largely available because of theneeds of infertile straight couples. Currently there are very few gay families in Canada, most of which started by female couples. Now that gay fami- lies are legally protected in Canada, we are sure to see an increase in the number of gay families, as well as in the demand for adoption and repro- ductive technology.

Fairweather friends 1s story happened many years Th. ago and it's one of my favour-

ites. Its events unfolded at a mall in Ottawa when my friends and I had a very surprising experience.

We weren't getting along for some reason or another, so we de- cided to split up. We had a meeting place set for later, but at the appro- priate time, only three of us showed up. We waited and waited, and then decided it might be fun to page the rnissingpersonover theintercom. So we headed for the information desk and had our fourth companion's name broadcast across the mall. And then we sat back and waited.

Now, back then my attention span was as short (or rather, shorter. than it isnow). Istarted to get restless, and frankly rather distressed, that someone from our group seemed to have taken off on us. So I wandered around and examined the stores nearby.

There was this one store called Fairweather where a number of peo- ple, maybe five or so, were gathered around the display window looking at some new dresses or something.

"Bigdeal," I thought. Stupidsociety, so obsessed with glamour and mate- rialism. So I thought, "why not give themmore than they bargainedfor? Why not add my grey sweatpants and white t-shirt self beside the luxu- riousgowns?"

Interesting. . . it was a very soft shoulder

for a mannequin.

So I entered the store andstood in the display window. I started mimicking various elegant poses which was humourous given my choice of attire.

More and more people contin- uedgatheringaround, and they were smiling and pointing at me. I guess I was feeling pretty good, so I leaned on one of the beautifully clad man-

nequins beside me. Interesting. . . it was avery soft shoulder for a manne- quin.. . WHATTHE?!?!

The crowd burst into visible laughter through the soundproof glass at my expression. By then, my friends had wandered over.

I began pointing to the manne- quins-turned-modelsandmouthing the words "They're real! They're real!" The audience, which had grown to over thirty people, contin- ued to laugh.

So I began to play games with the models. I leaned in very close, waved in front of their faces and even tried sitting in one's lap, but they all remained perfectly still. It wasn't until I whispered into the best-lookingone's ear that she broke her convincing pose with a smile.

A moment later my shirt collar was yankedupwards and backwards as I was dragged out from the store. The audience which was by my estimation around fifty people ap- plauded as I made my dramatic fwced exit from the store.

Rejoining my friends, I headed home with a story I'll never forget.

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FEATURES Imprint, Friday, January 26, 2001

Difficult Times Last term I went through a might be arranged at a later date. If very difficult emotional time, thisisnot feasible, youmay complete

a "Petition for Exception to Aca- as a result I was unable to properly demic Regulations" form. focus on my final exams. Previous to this, Iwasastudent in good standing, but last termlfailed three finalexams and as a result, I failed two courses. What recourse do I have?

A During traumatic events such as these it may be useful to

visit Counselling Services, which is located on the second floor of Nee- dles Hall. Professional counsellors are available to assist you through thisvery difficult process.

In terms of your academic stand- ing, you have several options open to

A petition means you are ac- knowledging that university regula- tions have been applied correctly, but you are asking for an exception based on your current difficulty. You may petition to repeat the courses or you may make an appointment to see your academic advisor to discuss other petition options.

Your completed petition form and all supporting documentation should be sent to the Registrar's Of- fice on the second floor of Needles Hall. Make sure you keep a copy of all this information for your own

vou. Your first ~rioritv is to s ~ e a k files. with the professors of the courses in All information in thisarticle was ob- which you failed your final exams. tainedbmtheRegrstrar'sOflic, Uni- Do this immediately, and provide versity of Waterloo, Needles Hall, them with documentation to con- Room2001. firm your situation. Contact the Ombudsperson at SLC

Under certain circumstances a Room 2128,888-4567ext. 2402 or rewrite of the final examinations mmiller@uwaterloo.ca

VlVlEN WONG Imprint staff

S eeing as it's Chinese New Year, I thought you might like to try

some simple Chinese appetizers. These two appetizers are healthy, tasty, and easy to make.

They are my favorites to cook when I don't have much time, but want something delicious to eat. For those of you who are afraid to cook with hot oil, don't worry there is none involved.

I think the contrast of hot and cold dishes go well together. Hope youenjoy themasmuchIdo! Happy Chinese New Year to all of you!

Happy Coohng!

Egg Drop Soup (serves 3)

Ingredients: 1 can of cream style corn 1 can of chicken broth 1 egg

Directions:

pour cream style corn and chicken brothinto apot (youmaywish toadd only 3h of the chicken broth and add in '/4 water instead if you prefer it to be not as salty)

bring to a slow boil beat the egg in a separate bowl and

slowly pour it ina thin streaminto the soup in a zigzag fashion while soup

isboiling

Chinese Fruit Salad (serves 4)

Ingredients: 2 apples 2 pears 112 a honeydew melon or canta- loupe (you can substitute the melon for any another kind of fruit -except oranges - if the melons are difficult to find in the winter) 2 eggs 1 potato mayonnaise

Directions:

peel apples, pears and honeydew melon and cut into small cubes

hard boil the eggsandcut 1 egginto liwer tern- slices and the other into small cubes

peel and cook potato, then cut into small cubes throw all cubed fruits, pota-

eggs into a bowl, add se and mix as you would essing iced eggs on top of the r decoration and serve

January 29 to February 2 FANTASY 4

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Student Life Centre WILDLIFE 4

Multi-Purpose Room h o u r s b GIANT-SIZED POSTERS

l a s t d a y

his week at UW

Indoor hockey

Warrior indoor hockey team travelled ork to take part in theYork Invitational

he indoor hockey team will be in again this weekendwhen they travel

Toronto to take part in the U of T

asketball team took two tarting with a 56-49 road

rock Badgers. Casie Kergan loo scoring with 16, while

ellscored 11 andstefanie Egilo

rday, the Warriors built up a ead against WLU before the -

Cddenhawks got with~n two points of the g ~ d . The Warriors regained their compo- sure and went on to win 61-52. Casie

Leslie Mitchell led the scoring 16 points each while Stefanie

he men, however, were not so lucky, 82-66 to the Brock Badgers. Down t the break Waterloo battled back to

pointswhile Mike Sovran and Dan Schipper followed with 11 and 10 points respec- tively.

Saturday, the Warriors avenged their early season loss with an 86-71 win over WLU. Leading the Warrior charge was Dan Schipperwith26points andShane Cooney with 16 points.

Both teamsare inaction on January27 when they entertainBrock. The women tip off at 12 noon and the men at 2:OOp.m. at the Physical Activities Complex.

Warrior Hall of Fame

The UW Athletics Hall of Fame will wel- come five new members this Saturday, Janaury 27.

The new inductees are Barney Law- rence (Squash), Steve Hisey (Squash), Karen McAllister-Kenny (Volleyball), Dr. Chris Glover (Hockey), andNancy Falls (Campus Recreation).

The night will also honour last season's Athletes ofthe Year. Val Walker (Swim- ming), f eat her M O ~ & ( ~ u ~ b ~ an rack and Field), Ryan Wilkenson (Football) and lason

- Figure skaters strike gold

UW ends Queen's winning streak to finish first overall NATALIE HERR

special to Imprint

t the Waterloo Figure Skating Compe- tition held at Columbia Ice Field on A Saturday the Warrior figure skaters

made history. After aday of battling for the first place position, Waterloo came out golden at the awards ceremony. Queen'sUniversity, who placed second behind the Warriors, has won every competition in the past seven years. In the processof breakingthis streakand winning gold, the team also skated for a combined points total of 8 1 -the most points by Warrior figure skaters in a number of years.

JudithTuck and Sherri Molzan paired up for the Warriors' first gold of the day. Both skaters' excellent jumps as well as their out- standing overall pairs program ranked them first in the Intermediate Similar Pairs event. Tuckalso placed thirdin the Senior Afreeskate.

Jen Littwowed thecrowdwith two double axel attempts, the first landed witha double toe on the end, and won the Short Program hands down. Litt then joined teammates Molzan, Melissa Ens, and Wisty VanSnellenbergin the Pairs Fours freeskate, in which all four skaters were triumphant.

Ens and VanSnellenberg later paired up 'again for silver in the Senior Similar free skate event, landing anumber of double jumps. And VanSnellenberg cleanedup in freeskate, again skatinga program of consistent double jumps, with another second place finish in the Open Singles event. Amanda Breen had a strong finish in freeskate as well, placing fourth in the Senior B Singles event.

Waterloo placedamongthe top teamsnot only in free skate, but in dance events as well. In the final dance event of the day - the intermediate Similar Dance - Kristie Vermeulen and Stephanie Schmidt danced a

powerful HarrisTango to another gold medal. Kristy Bertrand, in Senior Solo Dance,

sweptpraaically all first place ordinalswith her lilty interpretation of the Killian. She later paired up with Michelle Wong to finish fifth in the Senior Similar event.

The Warriors finished the day with a sur- prising third placein precision, which put them ahead of all other teams overall. As part of Waterloo's goldenvictory, special mentiongoes to the outstanding efforts of Allison Bethune, Hayley Carroll, Katie Churchill, Teresa Townsend and Jean Yoon.

The Warrior figure skaters next compete at the OUA finals held at the University of Guelph, February 24-25, when they take on their new rival Queen's, as well as eight other Ontario universities. Waterloo is looking for- ward to another golden finish and will be defending their newly acquired title in the hopes of bringing home an OUA banner.

Onlv the beginning for UW track ALISON BRAZIER

special to Imprint

T he Track and Field team headed to the St. Denis Cen- tre in Windsor this past weekend for

the Can Am Classic. Who better to start the first night of com-

petition on the right foot than "tough as nails" pole vaulter Dana Ellis? With a camera crew following her every move Danaclearly didnot disappoint her fans. She vaulted four metres (good enough to further secure her first place ranking in Canada), set a new varsity record and a new Windsor field house record.

With Dana'sresultsinmind, the Warriors tookto the track for the running of the 1,000m. Kim Neumayer ran a Lifetime Personal Best (LTPB) of 3:03.28 in the 1,000m to place second and Shauna Ellis placed a close fifth. Training partner Will Gibbons placed ninth in the 1,000m with a LTPB of 2:38.76.

The women's 4 x 200111 A and B teams placed third and ninth respectively. The 4 x 8OOm women'srelay improved upon their last performance with a time of 9:39.18, with Jill Patterson and Neumayer both running LTPBs and Shauna Ellis and Captain Allison Salter both running Season Personal Bests (SPB).

The first night of competition at St. Denis Centre proved to be successful for the men as well. Themen's4x 200mAandB teamsplaced third and eighth respectively, with Paul Monte and captain aso on ~ockendorff both running LTPBs. The4x 8OOm men's team consistingof Will Gibbons, Pierre Labreque (who ran a & ~ of 159.2), Stephen DrewandRob Bruceplaced fifth.

Daniella Carrington proved that she came to run. She went through the heats and semi- finals, improving with each race. As she went into the 60m final with the fastest qualifying time, she ran a LTPB of 7.62 s to win the final and gain CIAU standard. This time ranks Daniella third in Canada, only .12s from the top ranking. Alison Brazier alsomade the final placing seventh in a LTPB time of 8.00 s. The men's 60m final took to the track next, where

'Tmeisslowingaround us!"

Nvinderpal (Paul) Gill placed fifth against a field of nationally ranked competitors.

Meanwhile, in the field events, Leanne Stanley and Angela Player finished 12th and 16th in the shot put. Alison Brazier placed first in the long jump, with Dana Ellis finishing sixth with aSPB and Alessica Celliplacing 12th. Joe Brown placed a solid eighth in the high jump.

Backtothe track, as Pierre Labrequeplaced first in the 600m with a SPB of 123.48. This rankspeirre 1 lthin Canada, but his time isonly three secoilds away from the top rankings.

Warrior Jill Patterson stepped to the line in the 1,500m with previous CIAU competi- tors, but this did not faze her. With numerous Warrior team members cheering her on as she passed athletes on every lap, she came blazing into the final lap in third place. With 15Om to go, Jillpicked up the pace and passed one more competitor to take second with a huge 12 secondLTPB time of 448.27.Thistimeplaces Jill fourth in Canada in the 1500m. In the 300111, rookiesKristy Heemskerk andStephanie Freeman placed seventh and 10th with SPBs.

Just when you thought that was it, the grand finale of track, the 4 x 400m relays, took centre stage. The women's 4 x 400m A and B teams placed fourthand fifthrespectively. We took our positions on the track, ready to cheer on our boys. They were looking to do some serious damage and they did not let us down. Adrian Blair's start fired out of the blocks and he handed off to Gill who ran past Western and Windsor inless than three strides. He passed off to Neal Roberts who heldour lead. Itwas all up to Labreque to bring it home and he came across the line in 3:24.93. Not too bad, I suppose. That time not only won the race, but gave them the Can Am Meet record, the sec- ond fastest 4 x 400m time in Warrior history, and ranks them nationally.

After all of this excitement, a U of T com- petitor came up to me and said, "Can you guys get any better?" I answered, "This is only the beginning!"

To check out how our teams rank in Canada, see the national site at http// www.sportingcanada.com/index-tf.cfm.

Imprint, Friday, January 26, 200 I SPORTS

Curling team wins some, loses some sreve Urz special to Imprint

P erhaps this year's Men's Var- sity skip Chris Schell described this past weekend's trip to the

West-Sectionals best with the well- known sports clichk, "You win some, you lose some." For it was certainly a wild roller coaster ride of a week- end for the Waterloo Men's varsity curling team.

Their first game was a close one that saw Waterloo and the heavily favoured Windsor teams trade un- believable shots until the tenth end when Schell found himself traillng 8-7 and facing three Lancers stones, including one fully in the four foot. Needing a piece of the button to send the game to an exuaend, the reliable skip made acolddraw to the pin. But in the end, Windsor survived this scare with a 9-8 win by virtue of a single point in the extra frame.

The boysthen found themselves facing Lakehead University. The hard-throwing team from Thunder Bay blasted their way to an early 6-1 lead over the Warriors and clung to their five point margin, winning by a final score of 9-4.

In their third game, the Warri- ors faced a team from Western, which they had tied only a month earlier. Perhaps angered by their slow start, the Warriors showed no mercy with

their charges that hammered out a string of three consecutive steals for eight points, finishing after just five ends on the happy side of a 9-1 scoreline.

The squad roused Sunday morning only to be routed by the Brock Badgersin the most unusual of manners. The boyscurled pretty well, but as Schell later confirmed, they failed to take advantage of opportu- nities to score points and reverse the momentum. The teamcalled it quits after five ends.

The weekend concluded with another nail-biting match, this time against Wilfrid Laurier. The Warri- ors came out firing, stealing one in the first and forcing the opposing skip to draw against three in the second. A marvelous split by Steve H e m in the third set up a deuce and from there on Waterloo was gener- ally in control of play; the front end of Dave Cerantola and Jeff Dungen were superb, representing the dif- ference in the late ends. Skip Chris Schell wrapped up the victory with yet another cold draw to the button with his final stone of the extra end.

The Warriors will take their record of two wins and three losses with them today and tomorrow to the Avonlea Curling Club in To- rontoin hopesof winning four more in the fight for a OUA Champion- ships berth.

Athletes of the Week

Mark Robson Melissa Ens Warrior Hockey Warrior Figure Skating

Athird year Economics student from Melissa is a fourth-year Kinesiology St. Mary's, Mark scored two goals student from Burlingon. She (along and had three helpers to spark the with her teammates, Litt, Molzan, Warriors tovictoriesover the urevi- and van Snellenberd olaced first in

This year's Women's Varsity curlingteam isawonderfully capable crew of fundamentally solidcurlers. Each of Valerie Sloan, Tara Middlemiss, Andrea Bartlett, Jerianne Montgomery and Jen Mer- cer have made superb curling shots despite the discouraging result this past weekend at the West-Sectionals in St. Catharines.

Men Windsor 5 0 mu 3 2 Lakehead 3 2 UW 2 3 UWO 1 4 Brock 1 4

Women uwo 4 1 WLU 4 1 Windsor 3 2 Brodc 2 3 UW 1 4 Lakehead 1 4

Despite their best efforts, the Waterloo Women trailed from the start in their bout versus Windsor. The Lancers had the Warriors chas- ing after their well placed stones all game long and itwas only a matter of time before they cracked the game wide open. Steals of two points by

Windsor in both the seventh and eighth ends, followed by another in the ninthsealed Waterloo's fate. The final score was an unfavourable 10-5.

The Warriors next drew Lakehead, and as before, fell behind, but caught a huge break in the third end when the opposition acciden- tally ended up taklng out their own rock, and skip Jen Mercer drew to the four foot with her last stone to tie the game. This seemed to breathe new life into the Warriors, who traded points until the crucial ninth end, when a magnificent draw by Andrea Bartlett forced Lakehead to play down an unpredictable stretch of ice. Three misses later, Waterloo had a steal of three for 10-7 lead, which proved to be the final score.

Having gained some momen- tum, Waterloo began their thiidgame by scoring three straight points against the University of Western Ontario Mustangs.Yet much to the dismay of our fans, the Mustangs replied with eleven straight points and won in seven ends.

Putting the past behind them, the Warriors began Sunday morning in theunenviable position of playing Brock on their home ice, and their opposition's familiarity with the peb- bled playing surface proved para- mount. The Badgers were successful inluring the Warriorsaway from the

finesse game, and missed takeouts by Waterloo made the difference in Brock's9-6 triumph.

In their finalgame, the teamwas at its finest, opening their game against Laurier with their four best called, executed, and entertaining ends of this year's campaign. The Warriors led 4-2 and coach Scott Allen could scarcely conceal his de- light that the Golden Hawks were seemingly at our mercy. Unfortu- nately, and it seemed harmless enough when it happened, the Laurier second slipped her first stone of the fifth end behind cover and Waterloo hit the panic button, once again reverting to the hitting game. Laurier put up three points, and followed with four more in the sev- enth.

Trailing 9-5, skip Jen Mercer craftily carved achance toreturn the four-ender with her final stone of the eighth, but she was much too heavy, garne~ing only an inconse- quential two points. Waterloo suc- cumbed to their cross-town rivals 11-7.

This final crushing blow left Waterloo with a record of one win against four lossesthrough the round- robin; thus, the teamwill be insearch of at least three more winswhen they resume match play today and to- morrow at the AvonleaCurling Club in Toronto.

Swim team makes waves Warriors are ready for Western

LISA MAINS top three in all of his events if he ingthewaywasKristenBrawleywith special to imprint wasn't exhibition this year. a win in the lOOm backstroke and

two second place finishesin the SOm

T he Warrior swim team had a butterfly and 200m freestyle. rough time in Guelph as both Courtney Mitchell had the other the men and women lost. The Warrior win in the 5Om baikstroke

men had excellent swims from Matt alongwith athirdplace in the 1OOm Mains (100m Individual Medley, backstroke. lOOm breaststroke and 5Om butter- Melissa Thomas sprinted to sec- fly) and Dave Rose (200m freestyle, ond in the 50m freestyle and 50m 200m LM. and lOOm butterfly) who backstroke. Jenny Scott was not far won each of their three events, while behind in the 5Om freestyle as she Alan Lee provided the only other placed third. Lora White was thirdin win. in the 5Om breaststroke. Kurt the lOOm breaststroke. RohmannandCarlo DiStefano each The Warriors look forward to -. .

ously unbeaten Western Mustangs the Pairs Fours event and later went had a pair of thirds in the 5Om and Only eight of the 19 women Saturday, January 27 as the "most and the Windsor Lancers. Check out on toplace second (with partnervan lOOm backstroke and breaststroke competed at Guelph, as eight are on lovedn team in the OUA, the West- the action at the next hockey game Snellenberg) in the Sr. Similar Pairs respectively. Dave Clarke, a transfer co-op and three were sick. With this ern Mustangs, pay avisit to the PAC. on Sunday, January 28 vs. Ryerson, event. All this paid off with a gold fromLaurentian,dsoswamwellwith small team, they could only rack up Hope they're bringing their 2:OOp.m. at the CIF arena. medal finish for the team. swims that would have placed him 59.5 points to Guelph's 139.5. Lead- lifejackets.

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nless one has been llving in a cave or Afghanistan, many people know that the u

Super Bowl will be on January 28. Held in TampaBay, this year'sannualevent is between theNewYorkGiantsand the Baltimore Ravens. Yes, this should be quite interesting. Indeed, touchdowns for this game will be worth their weight in palladium.

Of course, if you aren't interested in the match, there are always the commercials that pop up while the quarterback readjusts his spine and internal organs. From familiar cor- porations like Coca-Cola t o Whatdowesellagain.com, these multi-million dollar adverts have the potential to garner new customers and delight viewersin what can be an extremely boringgame. This year, EDS isplan- ning to have a commercial that mocks the' annual tradition in Pamplona, Espafia. Yes, it involves squirrels. And guess what you're not going to see if you live in the Great White North?

Every year, Global Television shows the Super Bowl using feed from CBS, Fox or ABC. And every year, Global has decided not to let Canadians see these American commercials. Instead, Izzy Asper'snetwork shows shameless promotions thatwouldn't even pass the stand- ard for Qatari television. Worse, when you tune in to an American channel, lo and behold, they screw you over the table by showing those same blessed Global promotionsandlame duck adverts. Why, oh why, does Global play thls insidious trick upon us?

Well, the reason is really simple. It's all a matter of simulcasting. To those who don't watchmuchin the way of television, thissadistic and debased practise is used by Canadian net-

works to substitute American ads with Can- adian ones. Americans docome up witha fairly decent one about once a week, but Canadians are lucky if this occurs once a month. The rest of the time, the Canadianads try to humour us, but no dice. What's worse, this is done in the name of culture. The CRTCcondones thisevil. satanic and perverted custom, saying that this is done to preserve Canadian culture. Yes, the CRTC are the same gits who told CBC Newsworld they could not show The Royal Canadian AirFarce and This HourHas 22 Min- utes, because they are not news programmes. True, they are not news programmes, but rather satires of events in the news and thus, they deserve time on this channel. But I digress. . .

Now, Ilike Canada just as much as the next guy. I'm a regular fan of the two above men- tioned shows, I enjoy drinking Canadian beer (although Fosters and Dos Equis are my fa- vourites), I do read Robertson Davies and Farley Mowat and I do enjoy the odd beavertail. But if Iwant to see Canadian commercials, then I'll tune in to acanadiannetwork. Similarly, if I tune in to an American network, I expect American commercials. Combine this with the fact that Global has these virtual billboards in stadiums like Miami, Denver and Milwaukee makesmy blood boil.Yeah,like I'mgoingto see aresident of Houston try to pawnoff Canadian Tire dollars in my lifetime.

Hopefully, these folks from Global will allow us to watch the Americancommercials on CBS. Or at least, show one or two of them. Otherwise, I may have to go to Toronto and enlighten them on the error of their ways, if you catch my drift.

Warrior ice hockev team prove lousy &sts

Imprint staff

w hat a difference two days makes! The Warriors began last weekend as a team hovering around the SO0

mark. Yet, when Dave Cressman's crew left Windsor on Sunday night, the Warriors were firmly entrenchedin second place andonly two wins away from clinching a spot in the mini- tournament. How did the Warriors get into

Two daysafterthe huge win, the Warriors went to Adie Knox Herman Arena to play the University of Windsor Lancers. Having lost to the Golden Hawks a day earlier, Mike Rice's squad hoped todefeat the Warriors. Thus, Rice decided that Ryan Gelinas was the man who would stop the highly charged Warriors. Cressman, on the other hand, relied on McCracken once again to protect the Water- loo net.

this position? On January 19, the Warriors, on theirway

to the Thompson Recreational and Athletic UW Warriors 6 ,

Complex to play the third-ranked Western Western Mustangs 5 Mustangs, received some good news. The last game against the WLU Golden Hawks was awarded to the Warriors after it was discov- ered that the boys from the high school down the street had allowed an ineligible player to

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play. With the two points Waterloo gained, WindSOr Lancers 1 they hoped to add to this weekend by ending western's %game winning streak.. For the goalies, it wasgoing to be a&at battle between For the early going, the Warriors experi- Waterloo rookie Take McCracken and West- enced a bit of aletdown. The Lancers beean the ern veteran Denver England.

The first goal came courtesy of Ryan Painter, who at the seventh minute snuck the puck in to give Waterloo the early lead. The Warrior lead lasted for five minutes before Shaun Fairweather penetrated the five-hole of McCracken to tie the game up. Then Darren Mortier scored a decent goal on a face-off between him and Mike Nixon. After one pe- riod, the Western Mustangs were in front, 2-1.

In the second period, Waterloo went on a scoring blitz and bewildered both the Mustang defense and England. The first goal, off a power play, came from Mark Robson. This prompted Clarke Singer to take England out of the game temporarily, allowing Jarrett Rose to take a few shots. After a minute of solid goaltending, England reentered the game. Mike Murphy then scoredtwogoalsin a span of four minutes to give the Warriors a two-goal lead heading into the third.

The third period was one of agony and ecstasy for the Warriors. The Mustangs, sens- ing danger, began their assault on McCracken. With one minute expired in the period, Jeff Attard wasted no time in exploiting McCracken's weak side. Brett Turner scored three minuteslater to recover Waterloo'stwo- goal advantage. But after Turner's goal, the Mustangsrelentlessly attacked Waterloo's ter- ritory in hopes of continuing the former's winning streak. Justin Davisscored agoodgoal to reduce the lead to one goal. Then, with 3 1 seconds left in regulation, Fairweather sick- ened the Warrior fans by scoring on a breaka- way. But Turner would be the hero of thegame when, with 42 seconds left in overtime, the Warrior forwardcapitalized on a turnover and with a mighty shot, scored the goal that ended Western's 16-game winning streak as the War- riors won 6-5. Clarke Singer, coach of the Western Mustangs, was somewhat glad that the Mustangs finally lost a game. Now the pressure will be off the Mustangs as they plan to take their frustrations out on the University of Guelph Gryphons tonight.

., game charging the Warriors, but their lack of accuracy and constant mistakes would con- demn Windsor time and time again. One of the more fatal mistakesthe Lancers made was in the first period, whenTurner got a hold of aLancer turnover, passed the puck to Mike Johnson and watched as the latter completed an excel- lent two on one play that would make even Don Cherry greet. When the first period ex- pired, Waterloo had a one-goal surplus on the Lancers.

The second period would prove to be a clinic for the obviously outclassed Lancers. Waterloo knew that they would have to im- prove their performance if they wanted to win. And improve they did. The first goal came in the ninth minute, when Jay Henry's top shelf shot whizzed past Gelinas. But the real blow to Windsor's pride was with five minutes to go in the second period, when Mark Robson re- ceivedan unfair minor penalty for obstruction. Despite the penalty, Mike Murphy and Sami Hakola both scored a short handedgoal togive the Warriors an almost insurmountable four goal edge on the Lancers.

The third period was probably the best period Windsor had played. Unfortunately, thatwasnot sayingmuch. DanielMurrell, with help from Kevin Hansen and Darren Schmidt, scored a consolation goal for the Lancers, but Mark Robson and Chris Hopiavuori tallied two great goals for the Warriors. Even Brandon Moffatt had agood opportunity for agoal, but Gelinas stopped him cold. Nevertheless. Wa-

- terloo clobbired windsor 6-1. Waterloo will conclude their little adven-

ture on the road when they travel to Thorold Arena to play the Brock University Badgers on January 26. The game commencesat 7:3Op.m. Then, the Warriors will play on Sunday at Columbia Icefields against the perennial whip- ping boys of the Midwest, the Ryerson Poly- technic University Rams at 2 p.m. Both games should be good, so come on out and watch Waterloo beat up some poor defenseless (and offenseless) animals on the ice.

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February Fit ~ k s t

On Saturday, February 3, Waterloo is hosting the February Fit Fest. This one-day workshop is ideal for per- sonal trainers, fitness leaders and aquafit leaders. Learn new skills for teaching, be introduced to the latest popular classes, refresh fitness knowl- edgeandhave agreat day of funwith fellowfitnessleaders.

Presenters include some of the top names in fitness in Ontario, with many diverse fitness backgrounds. The cost is only $35 for the day, so contact Rebecca White at ext. 5034 or in PAC 2053 for details.

Black Knight squash tournament results

The Kings and Queens of the courts for the winter term were decided this past weekend as the PAC was home to another incredible squash tourna- ment, brought to us by Black Knight. Three round robin matches on Sat- urday and single elimination playoffs on Sunday satisfied everyone's hun- ger for some intense action.

Black Knight's ongoing sponsor- ship of the CampusRecreation tour- nament provided prizes for every- one and free racquets to try out and evaluate. The biggest prize of the

weekend went to GarthSheriff, who walked away with a free Black Knight racquet of his choice valued at over $200.

After the round robin, the com- petitors were dividedinto five pools for the playoffs to match players of equal skill against each other. In the competitive Adivision, Andrew Kane and Anthony Bellomo took an early lead and both players won the semi- finals against DavidBraun andsatyen Vyas respectively. The final was a hard fought battle, with Kaneemerg- ing as the winner.

The highly talented players in the B1 Division put on quite a show of physical and mental skill. Glenn Parmenter and Shawn Kashyap emerged from the round robin un- defeated with each having lost no more than 30 points in nine games! After surviving semifinal playoff matches against Matt BeHaan and GarthSheriff respectively, Parmenter and Kashyap were pitted against each other in the championship. Al- though Kashyap put up agoodfight, Parmenter claimed a decisive vic- tory.

In the B2 Division semifinal% Asif Makhani andTommy Li won to advance to the finals. Ina hard fought final match, Makhani eventually won over Li.

The B3 Division semifinals saw

the

TimHughes winagrueling match to advance to the finals against Robert MacKenzie. Hughesemergedvicto- rious in a 3-9,9-2,9-5 win.

Finally, Darrin Gavey and Josh Pike hooked up to contest for the C Division championship. In the end, Gavey proved too good on this day claiming the title by scores of 9-7, 9-5.

Overall, the friendly, competi- tive tournament was a success for evervone involved. Don't miss out on this exciting event in the future.

Ski and snowboard club trips

The UW Ski and Snowboard Club (UWSSC) still has roomavailable for their day trip to Devil's Glen on Feb- ruary 8. The cost is only $35 for members and this includes transpor- tationand liftticket. Register by Feb- ruary 5,4p.m. in PAC 2039.

The annual reading week trip is almost full. Members who are inter- ested in going on this four days of sluinglriding in QuCbec andVermont should get their $370 into the PAC 2039 and register assoon as possible. Youwill not finda better deal on aski/ ride package around, so sign-up to- day for one of the best trips you will ever go on.

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Andrew was the convenor for the BlackKnight squash tournament that took place last weekend. He did an excellent job registeringplayers, an- swering rules and format questions, keepingtrackof scores and any other tasks that helped the tournament runsmoothly. Inaddition to hiswork as the convenor, Andrew also com- peted in the tournament and won the A division finals. Keep up the great work Andrew.

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Fantastic fifth-floor photography FELIX YIP

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new trend has emerged in the photographic world and A it's not another high-tech,

state of the art camera, but rather the use of apinholes or low-end, plastic toy cameras like Holga, Diana, and Kodak 126.

Toy cameras have been around for quite some time and have been falling in and out of fashion since they were first introduced. Now they're back and hitting the artistic photographic world in a big way.

Elevator Photo Gallery & Fram- ing, founded by photographers Bob Carnie and Kevin Viner of Toronto hosted aToy Camera Chal-

for individuals fromallover the world who share the same enthusiasm in toy cameras. There are two catego- ries, one for students and an open category; both have grand prizes of $l,OOO.

The competition's jury is com- posed of Dianne Bos from Sheridan College, an expert in pinhole pho- tography, Stephen Bulger of the Stephen Bugler Gallery, PhilNielsen of Agfa Canada, Cathy Bidini of Humber College and Paul Hoeffler, a commercial photographer.

"It's more liberating, it's about capturinga feeling," explained Kevin Viner, co-owner of Elevator Photo Gallery, describing the appeal of a toy camera. There is no worrying

about the technical aspects because there is little or

the outcome of the

Until you pick it up rom the lab, you won't have

wxnr Avisitorto the ElevatorGalleryadrnireswhat's hangingaround.

a clue as to what you'll get. The images created by these

cameras have a soft focus effect due to the unsharp lenses. Because of the cheaply-built camerabody, there are often light leaks that end up giving a surprising effect, with avintage look.

Shooting witha toy cameramay 0 4

not be for everyone. The photogra- pher must be willing to lose control andletthecamerasurprise him. 'You must bypass your ego, and the results are just on the wall," explained judge Paul Hoeffler, while pointing at the wonderous images on display.

Toy camera photagraphy is "a 4 4 4

reaction against digital technology," noted Hoeffler. The toy camera movement, in taking a step back- wards in technology, seeks to reinvent photography and return it to its ori- gins. The movement showsthat artis- tic value is not simply derived from the ability to master technology.

Rockin' twins gritty, honest all the way PAUL SCHREIBER

Imprint staff

"I wouldn't be able to handle it," Sara confesses. "It would be like meeting Santa Claus, it's not true, you can't meet

him.'' She's talking about Bruce Springsteen. "He's not human.". If Sara was stuck on a desert island, the Boss's Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ would definitely be with her.

The younger half of Tegan and Saraison the phone fromSaskatoon, :alking about what gets her passion- lte about music. Touring with Neil foung and The Pretenders, for in- stance. "I was blown away every light."

She's passionate about writing, LOO. "Everything inspires me.

"I went and saw that cheesy movie Proof of Life; I'd never felt 'lore inspired in six months. I got out 3f Proof of Life and I was dying to write. Acheesy love movie will make n e feel like writing."

Tegan and Sara's latest album, l%is~u&essof~rt, was produced by heeclectic Hawkslev Workman. who Sara describes as a normal guy. His ikill as a producer came from his xrongmusical background. "Instead ~f having to try and explain what he anted to hear, he'll just get on an nstrument and show you."

With Workman, what you see is lever what you get. "I dway &ought ~f Hawksley as Hawksley until1 found

out it wasn't his real name, and then I couldn'tstop thinking of him unless I knew his real name."

The pseudonym illustrates the striking difference between Work- man and the twins. "Part of having a fake name is sort of about what he really does. We're about the grit and the honesty; he's playing a game."

The pair are very active politi- cally and lend their talents to benefit women's rights causes whenever possible. Sara explained that "while our music isn't political, we try to make sure that we get it in at least on apersonal basis."

Tegan and Sara have played TakeBacktheNight, Rockfor Choice (twice), and Vancouver politicalfes- tival Under the Volcano.

Sara's a strong advocate of the pro-choice movement, due in pan to her mother'sinfluence. Her mother works with teen girlswho have been prostituting or have been sexually abused. "I've alwaysbeen pro-choice and have gone out and stood up for

Tegan andSara pose forthe prornoshot.

the rights of women." As for the pro- abadvibe withit. I wassointimidated life festival, Rock for Life, and their and I was so far away from home." boycott of pro-choiceamsts? "I think But time, familiarity and a move to that'sgarbage." Toronto have changed that.

Touring keeps the duo busy; "Ontario has grown on me like they'vebeenbussingtheirwayaround a bad pair of shoes." The vibe's a the west coast and are spending a goodone these days. "I like how into couple of days in the States before the music people are. It really is dif- heading up to Ontario for a week of ferent than touring anywhere else." shows. Sara'slooking forward to the The singer-songwriter prefers gigs, but didn't used to be that way. smaller venues to larger ones. Sara

"IusedtodespiseOntario.When explained that the biggest venue I first startedplaying there, I had such they've played on this tour is 500

people. "Five hundred and under, it's heaven." While the audiences have been at times disorderly and drunk, Sara relishes being able to look at every person in the crowd and feel theinteraction.

Last year's tour of the States with Young was different, she ex- plained. "Americans are dumb.

"I spent awhole summer listen- ingto them be dumb. It's a secret, you

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The musical evolution of a self-proclaimed goof

own music was pt aYork University campus pub. "I was terrified!" she recalls. "I remember being in my resi- dence room all day practicing."

She graduated from York Uni- versity with a degree in Theatre and Art History, and says that York was very supportive of her. "I submitted aproposal to the school for my first CD to be an independent study, and they approved it," explains Erin.

"The thing ;bout the labels is that it's a mega-corporate business, and right now they want Britney Spears or Korn. And we ain't that!"

Indie musicians are no strangers to the business of music, having to handlemoney, bookings, promotion, rehearsals, gigging, and producing CDs. Plus there is the creative side, and day jobs,and, if they're lucky, a social life. Thisseemslike alot for one

Sara continued from page 20

just go 'uh huh uh huh' and in your head you're thinking 'God, we're so much smarter than you.'"

The patriotic 20-year-old may not go around waving flags, but it's difficult for people notto beaware of their pride. "As soon as Tegan and I start yapping, everyone knows we're Canadian. I'm so proud to be a Ca- nadian artist."

Teganand Sara attract diverse a crowd to their shows, including a large gay and. lesbian contingent, which she attributes to the coverage they used to get in local weeklies.

"The only press we would get would be a picture of us, and a little article, and you get the whole grrl

crowd coming out." These days, that part of the

crowd has got lost in the rest of it. Getting airplay on MuchMusic and mainstream~ress hascreatedamixed audience, something more to her liking. "I like to see diversity. I don't want to be known as this type of act or that type of act, I like to thinkthat we're universal that we're writing music that can be open to anybody."

Music showcases aren't Sara's idea of a good time. She's a harsh criticof the industry schmooze-fests.

"It's so much not about the music." The places are crawling with industry types and there's a lot of pressure based on who turns up at the performance. "It'sso much about 'sell me."'

person to handle. "I take on too much," admits

Erin, "butitkeepsme busy. Ifindthat if I'm not doing much, then I won't do anything at all, but if I'm doing a lot, 1'11 do everything and then some.

"But it's alot of work, and some jobsare bunk. Sometimes you'redoing things and you're like, 'Oh my God, if I have to do this for five more

Boss Sara spends a good chunk of

time online, mostly usingitto keep in touchwith the friends she has spread across thecontinent. Butthat'sabout it. She hasn'tfor example, spenttime on Napster.

"I never download anything. My computer is slower than a grandma in a walker."

The Calgary-born singer c,asee both sides of the issue. "Iunderstand why people don't l~ke it and Iunder- stand why people think it's great." The online file-trading services isn't abigconcern, however. "I don't lose sleep over it," Sara added.

She hadn't yet heard of FairTunes.com, the onlinevolunta@ tipping service for musicians started by a pair of Waterloo students, but

minutes I'm g ~ i n g to snap!' "It's a little intimidating trying

to promote yourself. If you're pro- moting somebody else, you've got that whole degree of detachment where youcan say, 'This person isso great!' Burwhen you're like, 'We're really great!' you feel like a bit of an asssometimes."

Erin is always awestruck by the

comparisons she receives. "As a band we get a lot of Dave

Matthews, Ben Harper, and Jamiroquai, whichiscool because it's goodstuff. Vocally, I've gotten eve- rything from hickin' Jewel to Bjork. I got Lisa Loeb on this TV show we played, but I think that was just be-

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M y fondest memory of now-defunct Volcano Club in Kitchener was the

Headstones concert I saw in 1994. The Volcano had an intimate

feel to it, partially because of its size but also because the stage was fairly low to the ground. Back in those days, lead singer Hugh wore his tat- tered black army sweater to every show, and still had a penchant for gobbing on people. In the middle of the song "Oh My God," he plucked at my shoulder and pointed to the stage, where Hugh andguitarist Tim were thrashing around spastically, the former covered in spit, the latter soaked in sweat. "I just honked one right on Hugh's shoulder!" Steve yelledin my ear, grinningandpoint- ing like a proud father.

Hugh didn't seem too con- cerned about the risks of wearing the spittle of strangers back then and he was more interactive with the audi- ence, too. During "Absolutely," he proceeded to leap off the stage and advance, singing menacingly, to- wards my pretty friend Ali.

Poor Ali discovered she could only back up so far in a crowd, and winced her way through Hugh's beer breath and saliva covered gesticula- tions. That moment alone was worth the ten bucks I paid to get in.

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There aren't a lot of places like the Volcano around K-W anymore. It seems as though the main concert spots are either meat-market dun- geons like the Lyric, or mooky hangouts like Fed Hall.

I know I can't expect bands like the Headstones or Big Sugar to book just anywhere now that they're big name acts, but I miss the intimacy smaller venuesafford their audiences. I miss being able to make eyecontact with the band without running the risk of being squashed flat in the mosh pit, or squealed to death by horny groupies. I miss the good-na- tured folks that would scoop me off the floor if I happened to wipe out on spilled beverages, and I miss being able to get a drink at the bar without having to viciously wield my bony little elbows.

Mrs. Robinson's (now an off- track betting lounge) was another small but comfortable place to see a show. It had two levels of table seat- ing, perfect for those times you weren't in the mood to stand up and rock out. There was a step rather than a stage, which meant you were practically butt-grabbing distance away from the band. I saw the Phi- losopher Kings there, so1 knowwhat I'm talking about. That kind of raw sensuality and crazed energy would be wasted in a larger venue; Gerald Etonand his boys deserve to be seen in the kind of setting where it's easy

to haul acute girl up on stage and sing alove songto her. Rest in peace,Mrs. ~obinson's.

Although the Volcano andMrs. R's have gone the same route as Super Skate Seven, there are still a few decent places to catch a show in this city. I can always count on the Jane Bond to furnish me with aquirky band experience on a regular basis. It's a cozy, laid-back place with lots of opportunity for people watching and fashion critiquing. The most memo- rable band I've seen there was Transylvania 500, which consisted of a whacked-out duo named Count Suckula and Wolf Boy. They played a Hammond organ and snare drum badly, made venomous observations about audience membersspecifically, and insulted everyone (including each other). You just can't see a drunken drummer wearing a wolfman mask howling at the end of every song at a place like Fed Hall.

Where would their token guy in the Gorilla suit do his breakdancing? And how long could they make their jug of Mescallastinacrowd that big?

Places like the Jane Bond Cafe, the Bombshelter and even Club Ab- stract are keeping the tradition of small weird venues alive, and I'm thankful. I'd much rather have the opportunity to dodge gob or be per- sonally insulted by a singer at asmall clubthanbeafacelesscrowdsurfer at a laree one.

Smith's got nice pants continued from page 21 pected to be out in the fall. ally cool pants on, and some guy

"It's going to be partially live walked by andsaid, 'Hey,nice pants!' cause of my glasses. After a while it's tracks recorded from shows, par- And it just kind of escalated to the enough to drive you crazy!" tially brand new studio tracks, and point where we decided thatwas the

"I have a lot of fun playing up- partially re-mixes that some buddies best compliment you could ever get beat, dancey stuff," says Erin. "1 get of mine (from Mundane and Mon- from somebody." the best vibe from playing when ster Voodoo Machine) are doing," So in keeping with the grand 5 there'sawhole whackof people danc- Erin explains. tradition of goofy album titles, Erin ing and everybody's like, You guys The Erin Smith Band debut al- has been talung suggestions for the

2 make me happy!' That's agood feel- bum is Hey, Nzce Pants!; last year's new disc. b ing to walk away from a show with. follow-upisG&YourOumSandwich. While an honourable mention

"I'm just into positivity. There's "I kind of like doing the dorky goes out to "Get Your Sandwich Out f so much negativity in this world and title thing," expbms Erm, "because of My Pants,"Erinsaysthe name will in the business, and if you can keep we're pst goofy people, and to have likely come more organxally. f yourheadabovewater,doyourthing, some really artsy-phansy title just "It'sprobably gonnacomeup at have fun, and have people tell you doesn't suit me. some drunken, silly evening of row- 1 that it makes them really happy, then "TheHey, Nicepants! thingwas diness, and someone will say some-

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Imprint, Friday, January 26, 200 I ARTS 23

African then LAUREN S. BRESLIN

Imprint staff

A composer, aperformer, and an all-around enthusiast, Carol Ann Weaver isarather

accomplished musician. Originally fromvirainia. Weaver earnedaBach- - . elor's and Master's degree in piano performance at Indiana University, andshe isnow Associate Professor of Music at Conrad Grebe1 College teaching composition, jazz, women in music, and theory.

OnSaturday, February3, acon- cert and CD release of her latest recording, DancingRivers, will take place at Conrad Grebel'sGreat Hall.

Weaver's music has been en- ioyed throughout North America

les, fusion and all that jazz

. . and in various parts of Europe and Africa. Fusing avant-garde, jazz and world music, her compositionscover a wide range of sounds including chamber, solo, dramatic, lyric, cho- ral, orchestral and electroacoustic.

As a composer, it is extremely

relating to African themes and incorporating African rhythms, harmonies, melodies, and struc- tures.

Weaver spent her sabbati- cal yearin Durban, South Africa, performing research on female musicians in popular and jazz music, and studying SouthAfri- can jazz and mbqanga (African improvisation). While there, she was granted the position of Vis- iting Professor of Music at Uni- versity of Natal in Durban, and as such she gave various semi- nars, classes, and concerts. Ac- cording to Weaver, South Af- rica is a famousAfricancentre of jazz, containing its own distinct musical idioms and biases.

important to her that her music be accessible, rather than overtly aca- demic or obscure; as a performer, her work often features keyboard scoring that she herself plays on the piano or on synthesizers.

A former chair of the Associa- tion of Canadian Women Compos- ers and a member of both the Cana- dian Music Centre and the Society for Ethnomusicology, Weaver is a dedicated composer who displays a keen interest in musical fusions.

Weaver workswith avast range of genres, and is interested in the close interconnection between Afri- can music and Western jazz.

A year in Kenya solidified her fascination with African music, which has culminated in anumber of works

As subjects for ongoing re- search, her primary focusesare wom- .

en's contributions to traditional and popular music, as wellasthe intimate link between music andculture. Her research also involved interviewing and working with several leading women singers in South Africa, in- cluding such Zulu singers as Busi Mhlongo, dubbed the "Aretha Franklin of South Africa," Pumzila Ntuli, and Thandeka Mazibuko - two other prominent female vocal- ists. Discussing African vocalist Busi Mhlongo, she beams over the rap- port the two of them established after they met at a concert. "She actually calledme to wishme aMerry Christmas." Weaver exclaimed.

Reaiizing the limitations of ver- balinterviewswithmusicians. Weaver remarks that her insightsinto African oral/aural music were revealed through havingworkedin close quar- ters with them. "I discovered how strongly [African] singingis based on personal interpretation andimprovi-

sation rather than on adherence to a notatedscore," she observes. Having worked and recorded with both a Canadian band and an African band, Weaver describes the pleasures of playing with each of them respec- tively, cautious as not to exalt one over the other.

Although she admits to the ne- cessity of studyingin foreign cultures with an open mind, Carol Ann Weaver has ultimately maintained her own distinct musicalvision.

On February3, shewill perform alongside a lineup of stellar Cana- dian musicians - "the band of my dreams," as she likes to put it: Cate Friesen and Rebecca Campbell, vo- cals; Kim Ratcliffe, guitar; Andrew Downing, bass; Jean Martin, drums; and Dave Wiffin, Ernie Kalwa, and Bradley Moggach, saxophones.

The music that is featured on her latest CD, DancingRivers, is yet another testimony to her undying passion for Africa.

Paul MacLeod Every Wednesday

Johnny Fiasco's/ Waterloo

MacLeod got exposure on campus before Christmas when he was part of the crew opening up for Ron Sexsmith and has now released his first indie CD. The singer-songwriter playsguitar and has one sweet voice.

This local talent who is defi- nitely worth checkingout, especially for free. -JGB

Danny Michel w/ Andy Stochansky

January 28

Don McKay January 26

St. Jerome's University

When he's not dodging groupies, Michel can be found entertaining audiences with his talented songwriting and multi-layered gui- tar effects. Andy Stochansky, per- haps best known for his work with Ani DiFranco, isnow a big part of the Toronto indie scene. If you're lucky, Mchel will squeeze a marimba player or steel drum into the Jane Bond's tiny stage. -PS

Canadian poet Don McKay will be reading works from his new book Another Gravity. Governor-Gener- al's Award-winner McKay's poetry beautifully explores ideas of our home and place in the world, as well as being a reflection of nature and how we fit into it. "Natural history is family history" and all life on earth is somehow connected. McKay has an- other book coming out soon and the opening will follow the reading on Fridav. - MS

International Ad Festival until January 28

Princess Cinema1 Waterloo

Can't get into Crouching Tiger, Hid- denDragon? Why not check out the International Ad Festival on at the Princess. Sure, they've got Bud's "Whassup!" and the infamous Molson Canadian Rant, but they've also got some good ads too. -SG

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