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E-vote disappoints some, pleases others Frustration runs high as people cast their ballots

LAUREN S. BRESLIN sages worked against the candidates, and in- imprint staff validated the Feds' claims that an online vote

would increase accessibility across the board. s the 2001 Feds election draws to a close, for some it is the barrage of A relentless campaigns that will be most

remembered; for othersit is the thrillof political debate whose echo resonates in our build- ings and balls.

An unfortunate few, however. come

"I have never activated my e-mail account, so I called the IST help desk to obtain a password," saysMichelle Rorke, a first-year Sci-Bus student who openly expresses her annoyance with the online system.

IST, the department that runs UWdir - the authentication system - is only able

away with only the IST only help tohelpwithauthenti- sheer frustrationof the cation ~roblems and electronic voting sys- not the whole voting tem. with authetication Droces.

The election is almost. but the im~res- problems, "When I men-

tioned that I was hav- sion of a sub-par e-vote ing trouble voting, lingers on. not voting. they [IST] were really

To be fair, this quick to dismiss my being the first full problem," she ex- online vote for the Feds, the system should not plains. "I realized that IST was absolutely no assume blame for a poor voter turnout; however, a flawed votingprocess does little to help matters.

"Serious configuration error: no voters list!" was one of a list of error messages that students encountered when trying to vote this past week. 'Your account has already been activated" was another one, prompting the student to locate their password from one of several offices on campus.

Along with other problems, error mes-

help, so I went to the Feds office, who told me there was nothing they could do either. After that, I just couldn't be bothered."

When asked about the problems with the online vote, namely the internal server errors, Dave Drewe, Executive Researcher of the Feds, jokes, "These things happen for areason," and confidently remarks that the majority of students who wanted to vote were able to do so.

On his Web site, datasquid.net - a site targeted towards Computer Engineering stu-

dent - Dan Colquhoun ranted about his experiences with the Feds vote: "So I quickly check off my choicesand hit 'vote.' Great, one vote registers. Then Inotice a 'vote'button for each question! Ack! WTF? So I go back, clickthe first, back, second, back, third etc. 'Decline ballot' wasmy selection on one of the one's I'm not eligable [sic] to vote for. I'm told I'm not eligable to decline the ballot. ARRRRRG. Then why the hell was the option there?"

There were students who found voting a simple process and had very few problems.

"I found the new e-voting system easy to use and it encouraged me to participate in the process," commented Jeff Bueckert.

Many students had yet to vote at the time this article went to print.

Most would agree that in spite of error messages, server crashes, and dismissive staff, an online vote is a groundbreaking electoral process -one that has the potential to greatly augment voter turnout.

Voting continues today until 4 p.m. and the winners will be known later this evening.

Fed up with Fed Hall SUSAN B U B A K

Imprint staff

K athryn Sinclair, a fourth year political science student, still gets emotional when she talks about how she was fired

from her job at Fed Halllast month. She claims she was fired without prior warning, and she never received an explanation for her dismissal. However, the Feds are defending the manager's decision to fire her.

"I was hurt by this and completely surprised," said Sinclair. "I had never been pulled aside and told that Iwas doing anythingwrong. I was never late for a shift. I never asked to be let go early. There wasnever an instance where

I was told, You're doing this wrong.' I was never warned of anything."

Sinclair was hired on December 20 of last year, and worked her first shift on Newyear's Eve. Like all new employeesat Feds businesses, she was put on a three-month probationary period. When she was fired on January 29, she claims that she received no explanation other than that she was being fired because of her "work performance and for the safety of the other staff."

The day after Sinclair was fired, she went to the Feds office and spoke toVPAdministra- tion andFinance Shannon Willis who oversees the Feds businesses. "I sat down with Shannon and told her what happened to me and that I

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KathrynSinclair said she had no idea her positon wasgoingto be terminated at Fed Hall.

wanted answers as to why I wasdism~ssed from FedHall,"saidSinclair. "Ibelieveditwasunjust and unfair and that I deserved some type of explanation."

According to Willis. the Feds are under no - obligation to give probationary employees an expalanation for their dismissal. "In a ~ r o b a - tionary period, there really is no wrongful dismissal." said Willis.

'You're on probation, so for any reason, if themanager feels that you should be let go, then that's sufficient, but at the same time we want to practice positive feedback."

Willis added that since Sinclair was fired during her probationary period, "we don't really have any requirements to give any rea- soning [for dismissal]. ..Regardless, we still try and give people feedback."

When questioned, Fed Hall manager Tamara Collinsrefused to comment, referring Imprint to speakwith Willis.

Sinclair maintains that she never received awarningabout her work performance before she was fired.

However, Willisclaimsthat she wasindeed warned. "There were incidents of poor performance that Kathryn was alerted to, but it wasn't in the sense of adisciplinary letter, itwas verbal feedback."

Since Sinclair'scomplaint againsttheman- ager of Fed Hall is the first of its kind, Willis is taking the manager's side. "We've never heard of any other incidents where anybody's had any problems with our manager, or any wrongful dismissals," said Willis. "If I hadaline-up of students, or more than one complaint, then 'there would be more cause for concern. This is

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NEWS Imprint, Friday, February 16, 200 1

Arts might look into a new logo HALA KHALAP

Imprint staff

T he new Arts logo designed by Patty Mah (Recruitment Li- aison and Publications Of-

ficer), Connie McEachnie (Market- ing Director) and Stephanie Checketts Keating (Marketing As- sistant) has resulted in a swarm of controversy from numerous quar- ters on campus.

Students' reactions towards the logo range from the severely critical to the extremely appraising.

On the one hand, students un- derstood and appreciated the message that the logo was trying to con- vey. "It looks pretty good. I like the fact that the f&re of the person in the logo is so big; bigger than the globe. It shows what an important role arts graduatesplay in the world," commented one student.

However, the majority of the reactions were condescending, dis- believing and bordered on the highly

- logo. Those who liked the logocom- the time." negative.

"Idon'tlikeit. First of all,itlooks mented on the balance between the So why exactly did the logo's too '80s, we need something more book, person and the world. unveiling exclude UW's students?

GlobalTelevision, CKCO, The , and so on. We planned on another ceremony after the

celebration but some munication occurred. The

help from the Arts Student Union." identity and brands the faculty. ma1 amount of students from differ- "We want to choose experts

that are not only considered the best advertising directors in Ontario, but also individuals that know what the public want and how they would receive it."

Dean Kerton is very aware that many people do not like the new

"It is a strong logo; a strong visual image," she explains. "The Faculty of Arts is extremeIy diverse andextremely difficult torepresent."

When asked about the negative onslaught arising from this logo, her responsewas simple andstraightfor- ward: "You can't please everyone all

T he new arts faculty logo was unveiled last weekin a ceremony

that kicked off the start of a new marketingcampaign. Being in arts, I feel compelled to offer my thoughts on the new logo and how arts students may respond to it.

First, we must take into consideration that people put time and energy into creating the logo and for thatweshouldgive themcredit. Hav- ing said that, I fail to see howthe new logo in any way represents the Fac- ulty of Arts at UW.

It's not just the designers that

are to blame, though. Ultimately, it's the university marketing gurus who gave the green-light on the desgn.

For those who haven't had the opportunity to see the new logo, it features what seems like a clip-art silhouette of aperson holding aglobe in one hand and a book in the other with the words "Arts @Waterloom resting over the book. There is an odd checkered string trailing from the person's foot into the back- ground. Oh, and the person has no neck.

The logo looks very simple,

which isn't necessarily a bad quality. However, I fail to see the details of the symbol that are supposed to dis- tinguish it as a Faculty of Arts logo.

Furthermore, I find it difficult to believe that out of all the programs under the umbrella of Arts, market- ii;% d 7 d n y t find a way to uniquely show off all of its academic facets.

In his column last week, Scott Gordon questioned the need for marketing the university when all efforts should be made to improve the quality of the university. Although I agree wholeheartedly w ~ t h Gordon'scomments, Ido believe that

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Those frustrated with the logo and the lack of student input hope that Dean Kerton's wishes for a re- consideration of the logo will be car- ried out. "Unfortunately, students didn't get a chance to voice their opinio~s with this logo." However, the Dean ofArts stressed his desire to receive as much student input as possible.

If any student wishes to comment on or discuss the search for a new arts logo at all, contact Dean of ArtsRobert Kerton at his request. E- mail him at kerton@watarts. uwaterloo.ca or call him at extension 2217.

Imprint, Friday, February 16, 200 1 NEWS Is your rent money going up in flames?

JLN J E F F R E Y special to Imprint

E very year, at least a dozen students are evicted halfway through the term because

they didn't ask their landlords a few simple questions.

The most important question to ask is: Is this house licensed? The landlord must have a licence once four or more people are living in the unit, according to Andrew Lillico, the Public Education Officer for the City of Waterloo fire department. Some landlords rent out houseswith- out city approval, and that's when students may run into trouble.

Thecityreceivesanonymoustips on unlicensed houses, and come to inspect. If theunit isn't up to fire code regulations (some aren't), then the studentsmay have tomove out. The landlord is required under the by- law to have a copy of the lodging house licence mounted on the wall.

When you're lookingat aplace, ask to see the licence. If thelandlord doesn't have one, find out if one is required. Contact the lodging house licence office at 884-0900. If a li-

cense is required and the property is not licensed, do not rent the place.

All the units listed in the off- campus housing list have been checked; landlords can't advertise their place without a licence.

Another question worth asking is, "Are the smoke detector sand extinguishers serviced and up to date?" You should have a detector on every floor, and an extinguisher by the kitchen. This extinguisher must have an annual inspection tag. The basement should contain two exits. Should your primary exit become blocked, you would still have a way to get out.

These are some of the minimum fire safety standards, according to Lillico, and they mupt be followed.

If your landlord isn't following these simple rules then heishe may not be concerned about the condi- tion of the house or your personal safety, and you don't want to live there.

If you're curious about your rights, contactthe Ombudspersonat ext. 2402, Roni Oestreich at Off- Campus Housing at ext. 5725, or the Fire Prevention Office at 884-2122.

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certainly on our files. If thiscomesup again, thenwe may have to question, but right now it's a 'she said, she said' sort of thing. We have to support what our managers are telling us."

Sinclair was dissatisfied with the Fedsresponse. "It'sdisappointing that they can't do more for the students, and that they chose to back up the manager because thisistheonly case."

Sinclair proceeded to sendan e- mail about her situation to the Feds Executive, student senators and university administrators, including President David Johnston. She also contacted the Ombudsperson aswell as the Office of Ethical Behaviour and Human Rights, which provides conflict resolution services.

Sinclair wanted to work at Fed Hall to get a reference from the university before she graduates. She evengaveupshiftsat her other job to work at Fed Hall. Now that she has been fired, she lost her reference and cannot regain the shifts she gave up.

Tisisaplacethatisrun,owned and operated by the students," said Sinclair. "A student gets employed there to help out their financial situation. I was let go and I wasn't given reasons why, no one was telling me why, and I felt that I was the run around by Federation Hall and the Feds.

"I just wanted other people to be aware of what happened to me. I think the students have a right to know what goes on at their businesses."

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Give me architecture or give me death 0 ver the past several months, the City

of Cambridge, in conjunction with a group of private interests, has made

motions towards attracting the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. Cambridge is willing to pay $7.5 million towards the con- struction of a new school in Downtown Galt.

Despite attention in the larger community, I am saddened to see a general lack of awareness (and, ~erhaps, apathy) regarding the proposed relocation within the student body. For those unaware of the situation, the School of Architecture, having just recently launchedamastersprogram, has founditself in dire need of more space.

The benefits of relocation for the City of Cambridge are relatively easy to see: the infu- sion of three hundred or so architecture students into its flagging downtown, ready to spend their money on nightlife, restaurants, and black clothing, is seen to be a catalyst for urban renewal.

While the relocation of the school will undoubtedly be in the interests of the City of Cambridge (and in meeting the short-term space needs of the school), I fail to see how the separation of the School of Architecture from the main campus will benefit the students of the University, and, in fact, may harm their education. To begin with, architecture cannot be an autonomous field; the benefits of transcending petty professional boundaries towards greater co-operation within and between faculties should be clear enough. Yet any proposal that aims to send architecture students and faculty some 22 kilometresaway will necessarily limit the potential of interdisciplinary work. Thus, architecture studentswill likely find it extremely difficult to takeclassesoffered by other schools and departments. The limiting of ones academic and educational potential should be seen as deplorable.

Second, students outside architecture will

findit difficultto take architecturecourses. The problemisexacerbated by the highratesof car- ion-ownership within the student population and the difficulty of taking transit between the university and dalt. -

Third, there are obvious questions of access to university facilities. Architecture studios require a lot of infrastructure, including computer labs (for word processing, photo ma- nipulation, 3D rendering, etc.), photo studios, darkrooms, and woodworking shops, not to mention libraries and photocopying facilities. At present, these facilities are shared with the other schools anddepartmentswithin the Fac- ulty of EnvironmentalStudies, and are open to people across a range of disciplines.

key difference is that whereas Brantford exists to tap under-served markets, the proposed relocation of the School of Architecture is purely a matter of space.

That said, I find it deplorable that the University and the Tory government have let the space allocation problem progress to its current state. If and when the proposal currently in front of the City of Cambridge is submitted to the University, I hope that both' students and faculty will see that the potential harm to quality of education will outweighany short-term space needs and reject the relocation scheme, while also appealing to provincial and federal governments for assistance so that the School of Architecture remains in Water- - - -

Unless there is duplication of facilities, any loo. proposed relocation of the school will result in the loss of services for students within the rest -Alan Tse of the Facultyandmay negatively impact upon their studies. Fur- thermore, architecture students would lose access to university- wide services and facilities, ranging from co-op services, resi- dences, athletic facilities, counsel- ling, the bookstore, and student clubs, not to mention the library.

Although the media has largely couched the venture as involving the development of a satellite campus, I know of no other schoolsor departments that would join architecture in Cam- bridge. Thus, the proposal currently before Cambridge City Council should be seen more as the separation of a school from the larger whole rather than the creation of a true satellite campus, as is currently underway in Brantford, where Laurier has recently begun offeringcourses. The THE DM)): SIDE OF THE MOON.

n Friday, just hours before voting was set to begin,

Feds referendum commit- disqualified the Yes side of Co-op Society referendum comments they made in the

orum section of this newspa- er. The Yes side apparently tepped over the line when it rote: "After all, CSAG and SS - their co-op related

believe things which are not true." As aresult, when students went tovote,

they're provided with this little reminder: "TheYES Campaign has been disqualified by the Referendum committee due to inaccu- rate statements made by their representa- tives, whichcouldcausevoters to believe that neither representation nor services for co- op Students are provided by the Federation of Students. The referendum is proceeding, buttheYES Campaign is barred from further campaign activities."

First off, disqualifying the Yes side was

clearly a kneejerk overreaction on the part of the election committee. While technically they're correct - CSAG and CSS have not been officially disbanded-the fact is the Feds decided months ago to disband them, they just haven't got around to doing it yet. Is the Yes side's argument slanted? Yes. But is it false? At best it's a grey area that requires a careful judgement call.

And who gets tomake this judgement call, youask? Adisinterested third party that hasno stake in thevote'soutcome? Nope. Despite the factthat the Feds tooksidesin the debate-W EducationMarkSchaan headedup the No side and council took an official "No" stand-it fell to a committee headed up by a Feds employee -Dave Drewe, the Feds Executive Researcher who is also the election's Chief Returning Of- ficer (CRO) - to decide whether the Yes side should be disqualified or not.

When arethe Fedsgoing to realize that the referendum processcurrently in place is funda- mentally flawed? After all, this isn't the first time in recent history that aconflict of interest has reared ~ t s ugly head during a Feds admin- istered referendum. Anybody remember the 1999 CapitalImprovement Fund referendum?

The proposal was to raise the Feds fee permanently by $2.00inordertocreate afund that Feds businesses could access and then temporarily raise it by $4.25 to pay for reno-

vations to the Bombshelter. As with the Co-op Society referen-

dum, it was again a Fedsemployee actingas CRO who was responsible for hsqualifying the No side after some allegedly inappro- priate statements were made regarding Feds financialpractices.

Two referendums in three years have left the Feds in an apparent conflict of interest situation. In both cases the Feds have had to disqualify the sides with whom they openly disagree, in effect silencing their opposition. Whether the disqualifica- tionswere warranted is beside the point. If the Feds want to take sides on referendum issues they can't pretend that they're objective supervisors.

Referendums need to be overseen by a third party with no interest in the outcome. By forcing the Executive Researcher as the CRO to pretend he or she is capable of being objective, the entire process is compromised.

It may be that this disinterested party would have also found the groups to be in contravention of the election rules. The differenceis, their decision would not have had the appearance of being politically motivated.

S c o t t Gordon, Editor-in-chief

Too rich to paint fire hydrants

D uring my almost three years here at Waterloo, I have made

many changes in my life. One change I was looking for-

ward to the most was being able to go to school wtthout hearing people complain about how hard their life is. I always thought that university was aplace where everyone was more or less equal and they succeeded on their merits.

I attended a high school in an affluent area. It wasn't a very long bus ride to school but it was worth it to enjoy the benefits of the enhanced program. It was a constant pain to listen to people throughout the school complain that "Daddy only give me $50 for lunch today," or "Daddy won't buy me a new car, I have to drive our old BMW." These people had no idea how good they had it.

They drove to school every day in their nice carswith their expensive clothesand thensaw the worldevery summer or worked for daddy for part of the summer and travelled for the rest. Which bringsme to mypoint. I am sick and tired of listening to co- op students cry. Do they not realize how good they have it? I would love to have an entire school set up programs and functions just for me. I would love to have a high-paying summer job handed to me on asilver platter.

In hisarticle on February2, Nick Taylor complains about all of the hardships he must endure. Hey Nick how about this: How about you give me the inevitably cushy job you land through co-op and I'll let you hunt around for your own job? I'll do ya one better. I'll set you up with the job I had last summer. You can walk aroundToronto pushing a shopping cart full of paint and paint fire hydrants. I had enough money at the end of the summer to cover tuition for one term, buy my books and pay two months rent. This left me with another term's worth of tuition and books as well as 8 months of food and utilities and 10 months more rent.

Next time you feel like complaining about not getting the job

you wanted most try thinking of those of us who have to find work on our own without the benefit of the Co- operative education system. You should tryitsome time.. . tryapply- ing for a job and have them tell you you have to apply through the school because they only have openings for co-op students.

-1. Matthew Bleuins 3N Planning

Job unfair

e write this letter in absolute w d . ismay over the disorganiza- tion of the recently held job fair. We thought the idea of holdinga job fair was great when we first heard about it, and made a point of going to it in the hopes of finding part time or summer employment as indicated in the many flyers and posters around campus.

When we walkedin the doorsat Bingeman's and began to look for booths that perhaps were of interest to our areas of study we soon began to feel overwhelmed by the number of tech companies that covered every wall and aisle in the fair. For reference purposes we are both students in Environmental Studies, in the Department of Geography and the School of Planning. We were opti- mist~cthat we would find some companies that would require people with our interests, in our discipline. However, only one was found.

Wespoke with afewpeople that we met up with at the fair and they had the same comments as we did: there are no jobs here for those of us that are outside of the engineering and computer science programs. Why has there never been a job fair that has targeted ES, Science, AHS, Arts and even the Math department?

When one looks at co-op postings, the majority are for engineers and computer science as well. I think this is a good indication that there is little being done to recruit employers for the rest of us on campus. We pay the same feesand yetwe don't receive the same treatment. It becomesvery clear in situationssuch as this that engineers and computer

( MORT 'N NEWTON> EVAN MUNDAY

science students truly run this campus.

The rest of us may be in smaller faculttes but we are here to learn as well. Why, should they receive all these extra privileges while the rest of us are left out in the cold?

Perhapsus "lesser known" fac- ult~esneed to make our voices heard and make it clear that we are able minded as well and deserve the same opportunities as those in technical programs. We are the teachers, de- velopers, artists, accountants and scientists of the future, and yill be neededlust asmuch as someone who is in engineering or computer science. We feel that it is time that this is finally acknowledged and efforts are made to atd us in attaining our future career goals as well.

-Matt Standen 2N Planning, -Elizabeth McLaren, 2N Geography

Branding is good

W hy shouldn't Arts develop a brand for themselves? uWCS

students (and probably engineering students) have been milking the Wa- terloo brand for years.

The UW CS program is well- known for being one of thetop CS programs worldwide. Companies like MS and Trilogy come to UW and all but begforrCsumtsfromus. They give away free software. They raffle off high-tech toys in exchange for rtsumb. Trilogy went so far as to draw rCsumCs for a Lexus. Why? Because UW CS has a reputation for excellence.

And that's what a brand is: a reputation. Levis has a reputation for comfortable, well-made jeans. Disney has a reputation for cute, family-oriented entertainment. Microsoft has a reputation for . . . well, let's avoid a lawsuit and not go there.

I'm a CS/English RPW double major. I picked UW for its CS program, figuringwhatever English program they had, it hopefully wouldn't be too terrible. ItwasonlywhenIgot into the RPWprogramthat Irealized that not only was it an excellent program, it's also a unique and innovative one. There arevery few schools that approach communications the way the RPW program does; simi- larly, there are very few schools that approach CS the way UW CS does.

I'm sure that there are many other programs here that are excellent and innovative, but get over- shadowed by the CSIEngineering brand. I simply have never heard of them. Coming in, I didn't know UW had architecture, let alone one of the best architecture programs in On- tario. Most people assume that Arts at a university known for technical excellence must be pathetic at best; in my experience, that's simply not uue.

You may not be comfortable with the idea that Arts is explicitly marketing themselves, but the fact remains that if high school students don't know about the quality of our non-technical programs, many talented students will go elsewhere. If employersdon't know, they will recruit from other schools.

S o n a l Champsee 4B CSIRPW

Don't be a victim

To the editor,

T he case of the 19-year-old fe male being attacked on Tues-

day, February 6 attracted my attention. As a female, I feel that women should all learn to protect themselves.

Having discussed this case with my fr~end, she told me about an interview she did a while ago. She interviewed a group of rapists on what they look for in a potential victim.

All the ladies should watch out for these facts: The first thing they look for is hairstyle. The crime com- mitters are most likely to look for someone with long hair, a ponytail, braid, or other styles that can be easily grabbed. The second character they look for is people who are on their cell phone, searching in their purse, or doing other actions while walking.

Thevictims who aren't aware of their surroundings are more easily overpowered. Here are some tips that I've learned from a self-defense class: It is ideal to carry an umbrella or other objects that can be used from a distance. If someone follows youin anelevator, onastreet, or into your garage, lookatthe person in the eye and ask the person a small question such as, "What time it is?" This is to let the attacker knowthat you can recognize them after you've seen their face: Nevertheless, the most effective way wouldbe to yell "Stop"

or "Stay back" if someone is coming towards you.

This actually convinces the attacker that you arenotworth attack- ing. Areminder is that they are looking for an easy target. If they know that you are more powerful than what they predicted, they will draw back. The last thing is to always be aware of your surroundings. If you have to walk alone, go somewhere that IS well lit. However, it is always suggested to walk with a friend. If youareaguy, tell your friendsabout this. I hope that the ladies will learn to prevent being the next victim.

-Joyce Chan 1 N Planning

Learn self defense

I am writing in response to the recent sexual assault that occurred

in Waterloo Park early last week. What kind of sick person does

this sort of barbaricthingto aninno- centwoman?Asafemale, Ilike to feel fairly safe whenIwalkthestreets. But it is incidents like this that make me feel uneasy when1 leave the comfort of my house. In this day and age, women should not be treated so horribly.

I feel it is very important to know what to do in case you ever find yourselfin thissort of situation. Some tips include: taking self-defense courses, always know your surroundings and who is around you, and never walk alone in isolated areas or at night.

Most importantly, don't let the predator take you to a second location. I know that self-defense prac- tices won't always be effective in a

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comment in this matter. I really would like to see the Fedsmake a deal again with Coke.

Voting is e-=cult Continued from page 7 Want some cheese with that whine?

If you really want us off the doorstep, then get us back our room. Otherwise, get youself a gas mask and piss off.

traumatic situation. But it is better to know what to do than to not be able to do anything at all.

I also realize that this man hada weapon, but there are things that you can learn to do if this happens. Chances are that he is just wielding it to scare you and has no intention of

To the Editor,

G ood lord. What the hell's with the letter "E" these days. Imean,

its on pretty much everything; e- trading, e-voting, e-commerce, e- breathing. It's e-xasperating.

So I ' m ~ o t going to vote. I went to the Web site for this purpose and immediately became frustrated. Get a password. Verify. Sit around. The usability may be fine enough, but who should feel as if they're pulling teeth instead of selecting their sm-

-Abbas Halai ith regards to lastweek'scom- w plaint tosmokersaroundcam-

pus by Steve Workman, I have to bitch. I've been around since'96 and I've been smoking on and off since then.

WhehIstarted, there wassmok- ing in the SLC smoking room which disappeared some time before May '97. But thatwas justified by students being able to smoke at the Bomber; not anymore, since the Bomber decided to go non-smoking. The rea- sonIsay "decided" isthat asa~rivate

--Graham Duke A good way to

meet new people Drink Pepsi, be sinful

using it. If you find yourself in a critical situation, fight back! They usually don't anticipate this and it could be the only chance that you

I am writing in regards to the letter "Moral Island." I agree with the

belief that anyone going on this show for the good of their relationship is stupid. Where I disagree is that you have to realize these people are not going on the program to show their partners how much they love them. In my opinion, these reality shows are fixed. If it is not fixed in the script, then it is the producers choosing people who have already cheated.

People donot goon thisshowto prove how much they love their partners. They go for afreevacation on a tropical island with many hot and horny people of the opposite sex.

These couplesare probably losing interest in each other and they figure that thisisa good way to meet new people. I agree with you that this show is immoral, but what most easily sellstheirproduct issex. It isthe same reason why people watchsoap operas.

It is the immoral actionsandsex that caused your housemates to scream with excitement when thev

I am writing this letter in response to the recent take over of Pepsi in

the business run by the Federation of Students.

I can remember for the past three years this campus has always been a Coca-Cola campus and I for one loved every minute of it.

The Bombshelter, Fed Hall, the Variety Store are all presently selling Pepsi. I for one rather dislike Pepsi and I am quite sure I am not the only one.

There are many others who have voiced their grievances to me about the fact that when smdentsgo out to any of these places they endup having to drink Pepsi.

I for one do not drink alcohol, but still enjoy going out to the Bomber and Fed Hall and try and enjoy myself there. Since alcoholand Pepsi are both sinful for me to drink, I just find myself not going to these places anymore.

The variety store in the SLC is another lace where I would like to

have of gettingaway. Remember, be safe and be careful, don't fall victim to another one of these disgusting and appalling attacks.

dent government. Not me. So I tried anyway. I

must have entered something wrong so anerror message cameback. I took it as more of a, "Ha ha ha, you tried to vote in this election and failed. Try again when you have become more comfortable with your computer. Dork." Message received. One less vote for the lofty Feds.

With that said, I have only one suggestion. Let usvote in person. Let us take a pencil and make an "X" on the paper beside our candidate of choice. Call me old fashioned but I digthe aesthetic of crouching beside a cardboard wall andmarking my so- called territory.

I'm not trying to be a hypocrite making all these suggestions to astu- dent government I'm not going to vote for. I'm sure my withheld vote will be replaced by a robot somewhere. I'm iust saving the last thing

club, they are not legally required to comply to the municiple no-smoking

Are boys stupid? No, girls are.

legislation. The MC had a smoking room

too, on the fifth floor. That vanished likeafart in the windabout two years ago under the excuse that the office space was needed. We're talking about a room less than a quarter the size of the comfy lounge used by twice as many people.

Ichoose to smoke and I canlive with being relegated to standing outsidein the cold, but I cannot abide whiney jerks complaining about me taking up one square foot of real estate outside the door and filling the environmentwithsomething far less bad than comes out of my car.

To the Editor,

B oys are stupid? I really enjoyed the poem written by Mae Can-

tos since I have known her for many years. I do not doubt that this poem reflects her experiencewith the other sex. But I do ask . . . Who is more stupid? The stupid boys or the girl who goes for the stupid boys. Hmmm ... -Rex Turgano 4th andfinal year (Yahoo!) ERS

Hygiene is 4 so . . - - buy some Coke but end up having to were watching it. If this show is so the Fedsshoulddo ismakethevoting go across to the Campuscove or the offensive to you, all you have to do process more difficult. Remember vending machinesonthe main floor. is change the channel. the turnout last e-year?

I am sure other people feel much in thesame regard. Please feel free to -JordanBarclay -Ryan Shaw overrated

M l N H TRAN special to Imprint

Analogies can be drawn to further defraud the farce we call hygiene. Are the girls most confident about their looks the ones wearing the lip liner, mascaraand eye blush or those without? No, and that's why they pile on the lipstick and why you pile on the deodorant. Were the bullies who stole your lunch money and gave you wedgies in elementary school the strongest within themselves? No, that's why they masked their inner-weakness with drop-kicks

I t becomes tiring after a while, walking around campus hearing the endless tirade: "I brushedmy

teeth twice today," "I shower on a daily basis," "I'm wearing fresh clean underwear!," "I wash my hands after taking a dump." and on and on. What is this obsession people have Iced in black with hygiene and basic cleanliness?

People. Give it a rest. The only person you've managed to fool is yourselves. Lookwithin,that'swhere the fungus, dirt, bacteria and stinkis. No matter how hard you scrub outside y'all still smelllike doodoo inside. Cleanse vour soul instead of flossing

and fists of fury and why you mask your inner odourswith Paco Rabanne and Obsession.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is that instead of plaguing yourself with fear of whether anyone is seeing you pick your boogersinstead of blowing your nose, you should address inadequacies you have with yourself directly.

NADIA L. H O H N special to lrnprint

Experiences on Film, WPIRG's first Annual Black Film Festival at the University of Waterloo, met a great need. The event took place from. February 9 to February 11 in the Davis Centre. Despite large articles in the Echo, the Record, radio com- mercials and interviews, on-campus ads, and the front page of the UW Gazette, the turnout was mediocre. (Doubtless this festival did not even dent the numbers of audiences that filed into mega theatre outlets this weekend, playing the blockbuster American filmsthat continue to score millionsof dollars at the box office.)

What many didmiss out on was quality films and discussions between filmmakers, academics, experts, and audiences. "Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary, " aNational Film Board new release had a sold-out audience in Toronto and is currently on its national tour.

Citizen Kane, the hip hopgroup on which the film was based, the film's director Alison Duke, producer Karen King-Chigbo, and WLU prof David Black added to our discussions about the music and film biz. CK along with UW Breakers performed

at the Bombshelter for the Iced in Black opening night after-party.

Theuniversity of Waterloo was the first location to screen "Speakers for the Dead." Director David Suth- erland thanked the organizers for this rare opportunity to have such a venue to show his film.

The discussion of "Black, Bold, &Beautiful" covered the sociopolitics and personal experiences with hair. The award-winning "Another Planet" brought forthscores of laugh- ter and talk about "culture shock" experiences and African spirituality and culture.

Virgo Night showcased two award-winning films by filmmaker Clement Virgo. Rude, representing Canadaat the Cannes film festival in 1995, was a three part story that unravels over an Easter weekend. The star of the heart-warming "The Planet of Junior Brown" gave insight to the acting industry in Canada as the audience munched on West In- dian food and drink.

All in all, Iced in Black was a success and marks the beginning of a new and exciting tradition here at the University of Waterloo.

N orthern exposure is tough for any Canadian filmmaker. How

do yougetnoticedamongstall of the Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock films out there when you've got Mark Taylor and Rachel Crawford in

- your gums, purify your spirit instead of wiping yourbums. Letthisbecome your mantra.

The evidence can be found everywhere. Lady Macbethwails in Act , 5, scene 1, line 31: "Out, damned spot! out, I say!" as she attempts to scrub clean the perceived blood on her hands, to no avail. Because the filth is within her - the murder of King Duncan a stain no water can remove.

In the Simpsons' episode "Treehouse of Horror III" Produc- tion code 8F17, when Burns asks Smitherswhat he thought about hir- ing Marge, Smithers says, "I think women and 'sea-men' don't mix." Burns replies, "We know what you think!" Hygiene-obsessed Waylon Smithersisunable to confront Burns regarding his homosexual feelings for him and instead buries himself in neatly maintaining a collection of Malibu Stacy dolls, etc.

yours? (Recognize thosenames?You get some maple syrup and a Mountie's hat if you did). The point is that there isanuneven playing field in the film industry.

Canadian filmmakers have a fraction of the budget, little media coverage, and no "high-profile, glossy" Canadian actors (when you're high profile you're "over- exposed" in Canada and a "star" in the US). This statement is even truer for filmmakersof colour who are just

Exorcise your demons. Exactly how you do this I have no idea, everyone takes their own path to what Icall "inner-hygiene." Listen to Coltrane, readThoreau, debug your Goddamned Java, determine why the constant "en stays the same no matter how many times you derive it andsomewherealong the way maybe one day you'll wake up in the morning and not feel the pressing need to brush your teeth. I know I don't.

getting their stories told. Token designations are being

removedas the "colour bar" isslowly being lowered. Today, black directors are being taken more seriously andgiven more control of their own film production.

For this reason and many others, Iced in Black Canadian Black

I f y w ~ 1 d 90 anywhere fw reading week where w 1 d y w go? Tales Coghlin and

Adrian Chin

"Vegas baby! " "Cancun and Paris." "Acupulco, because of the "I'm going to get lost in the "Icefishingin Alaska." weather, the beach and the BermudaTriangle."

Aimee Demeter Kim & Shauna women." Sean Flanagan Dominic & Andrew 4B RPW KinesiologylBiology Rajeev Duyal 3A Arts 3A Actuarial Science

"Anywhere with a beach and "Rocky mountains." "Anywhere but Waterloo." "Grandma's house for "Toronto, because there is a hot boys." some real food." lot of strip clubs." Catharine & Maria Cameron Dunning Alvin Tam Melissa Findlay Sami Badawi 2B Psychology 1 B Civil Engineering 1B Accounting 1 B Kinesiology 1 B Planning

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The conference is sched- uled for Thursday, February 22 to 24, on campus at the University of Waterloo. We've been lucky enough to get Tony Wilson-Smith, National Affairs Editor for Maclean b and, as Director of Media for Maclean Hunter, the person responsible for bringing Maclean b to the Web. Wilson-Smith has served as Maclean's Moscow and Ottawa Bureau

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Russian aluminum foil saved this man's life Experience as a foreign correspondent was "the best time" for Wilson-Smith

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0 n February 22, the Univer- sity of Waterloo will play host to 40 student journal-

ists for to the Imprint National Jour- nalism Conference. Arnongthe many featured workshops and seminars, there will be a free public lecture on February 22 by Tony Wilson-Smith, who is the National Affairseditor for Maclean's magazine and the Direc- tor of Media for Maclean Hunter.

Wilson-Smith graduated from Concordia University not in Jour- nalism, but in Political science. "Whether it's better to go to [journalism] school or not, it's split, six points for and six against," he says. This rings true with many UW students who may have an interest in journalism but have no journalism program.

Wilson-Smith spentthreeyears (1987-1990) in Moscow as a correspondant forMaclean's. He says that it was "the best time. . .not only in professional terms, which is obvious because the world's attention was focused there, but also in personal terms." Heexplainedthat West- erners held an odd reverence from the population at large.

"We don't know still if it was truth or mythology, but there was this idea if you were a foriegner or westerner inMoscow thatwherever you went every step you were shadowed by the KGB. Because of that ordinary citizens left you alone, and there was really almost no danger of street crime, even though as a stand- ard issue Westerner I hada lot better living conditiones than most Rus- sians at the time.

"I never had to really worry about being mugged because everybody figured 'jeez, if Irob thisguy the Secret Police are five feet behind him and then I'm really in for it."

Wilson-Smith also reported on war-torn Afghanistan during that time, which led to few apprehensive moments.

"I was flying into Afghanistan on a soviet troop carrier from Uzbekistan. Theway to [land] inthose days was that you'd fly over the airport then turn the plane on its nose and fly in a corkscrew going down towards the airport. The reason for that was the rebels all had US made stinger missiles.

"[The Russians] would release literally strips of aluminum foil from the bomb chutes of the plane to con- fuse the radar on these stinger mis-

siles. And I remember thinking, 'all you need to know about how screwedup international politics and international relationshipsis that here I am a Canadian counting for my life on that Soviet technology will be better than American technology.' Obviously it was, because here I am today."

One of Wilson-Smith's biggest accomplishments has been putting Maclean's onthe World Wide Web. He is cautiously optimistic about the influence of the Net on journalismas a whole.

"It's democracizing the news process, both the manner in which people are reading and the manner in which people collect news. In terms of gettinginformation to the masses it's been great, because theres mil- lions of different voices out there. The downside is that it becomes difficult to pick out the ones you should listen to and the ones that aren't as reliable." His talk will cover many different topics including corporate involvement in journalism and changingprinciples within the field. Tony Wilson-Smith's lecture willtake place on Thursday, February 22 at 7:30 in Hagey Hall. Tickets are free andcan bereservedat the Hagey Hall Box Office.

Africville, the devastating story of a Black settlement in Halifax

Me LAN I ST u PARYK who did their best to survive in the dents resisted, but having no rights, sation. Bulldozers were sent in to stands only inmemory of the spirit of imprint staff conditions they were forcedto live in the city went throughwithit anyway. level the community, not only the Africville, astronglittlecity, thatsur-

by the Canadian government. Many citizens were shipped off to houses,buttheirlivelihoods--stores, vived hundreds of years of neglect w hen we think of Nova Despite the rosy reputation slum housing, their personalbelong- businesses, andeven thechurchwere and turmoil. The surviving citizens Scotiaandthe Maritimes, Canada has of equality and the anti- ings transported to their new loca- all destroyed in the dead of night. now put forth all their efforts to we thinkof the salt seaair slavery movements, the travesty that tions in city garbage trucks, and they The site where Africville used to recover the history of the commu-

andthe fisherman. Whenwe thinkof was Africville shows anotherside of were given less than $500 compen- stand is now an underused u ark. It nitv anditsamazines~irit. Canadian Black History we think of the Underground Railroad andpeo- ple like Harriet Tubman who assisted slaves escaping from the US.

So why do we never put these twoimagestogether? The textbooks that teach us about slavery and the history of Blacks in Canada during elementary school rarely, if ever, mention one of the most important stories in Canadian Black History: Africville.

Africville was a small settlement in the north end of what is now Halifax settled by former Black American slaves after the War of 18 12. Itwasofficially foundedin the 1840s, but many of the familieswho settledthere can trace their originsin Africville as far back as the 1700s, its people were among the first settlers in Nova Scotia.

According to Parks Canada records, the population of Africville never exceeded 400 people, who came from up to 80 different fami- lies. It was a tight community of law- abiding, tax paying, Baptist citizens

the story. In the decades before the city of Halifax bulldozed Africville to the ground, they made life miserable for its citizens.

Due to unequal political rights and discrimination, the residents of Africville had no say in what happened with their community. The city built up a series of offensive industries around the community's borders; a prison, night soil disposal pits, an Infectious Disease Hospital, and a dump and incinerator.

As a result of these industries and the lack of sewage, water, and lights, Africville gained the reputation of a dirty lawless slum, when in reality it was a group of heart bound citizens striving to survive while being treated like lower class citizens.

In the 1960s Halifax beganpost- war renewal projects to clean up the city and wanted to clear out the area where Africville stood. The government officials offered the residents of Africville better homes, jobs, and economic opportunities in turn for tearing down their homes; the resi-

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w orld Champion and 01- ympic gold medallist Daniel Igali has been

thrust into the Canadian spotlight since hisvictoryat the Sydney Olym- pics last year. His gold medal in freestyle wrestling was a first for Canada in the sport and one of the highlights of Canada's lacklustre performance at the games.

Few Canadians can forget his touching victory celebration. After winning gold, Igali placed a Cana- dian flag on the wrestling mat and proceeded to do a few victory laps around it; he then knelt before the flag and kissedit. Itwas a truly unforgettable expression of his love for Canada, his new home. However, even more awe inspiring than his Olympic gold is the story of how Daniel became such a beloved Cana- dian.

Igali was born in Nigeria to a very modest and large family. His father had fourwives, which resulted in 21 children. The children would sleep four to a bed and share tooth- brushes. It was those humble beginnings that sprouted a world class wrestler. In 1990, at the age of 16, Igali began to freestyle wrestle at the national level. He won the senior national championships and went on to wrestle as a job. His success continued and he became the Afri- can champion in 1994.

It wasin 1994 that Igalicame to Canada to compete. In the Com-

monwealth Games in Victoria, he finished 11th. Itwas during thisthat he made the very difficult decision to stay in Canada. Igali began studying at Simon Fraser University while con- tinuing to wrestle. In three years at Simon Fraser, he won 116 matches without a loss.

lgaliwith Chretien after discussing fundingforarnateurathletes.

During his stay in$&&&&# host mother, MaureenMatheny was very important and inspirational to him. Igali'ssuccess in wrestlingcon- tinued to grow in his new country. He placed fourth at the 1998 World Championships and second at the 1998 World Cup.

Igali reached the top of the sport in 1999. At the World Champion- ships in Turkey he faced Lincoln McIlvray, his nemesis, from the United States in the finals. Igali had lost his three previous matches with McIlvary. It was avery close match, but Daniel won 3-2.

In nine years, Igali had gone from bleak beginnings in Nigeria to world champion. Unfortunately, no

the sport ofwrestlin& Not one fan, not one reporter.

But there was something of much greater importance to Igali than waiting reporters. Hisadoptive mother was dying of cancer and she was his first priority. He was able to share his world championship with her during her final days; she died five days after his victory. Igali says that she continues to be one of his greatest inspirations.

After victory in 1999, Daniel's sights were set on Olympic gold. In Sydney hewasafavourite towin, but still faced some stiff competition. One of those would be his archrival, McIlvary. They facedoff in the semi- finals went into overtime. Igali soon pulled out the victory and upon at- tempting to shake McIlvary's hand, he was rejected.

Prior to his gold medal match Igali had a dream about his adoptive mother where she told him how proud she was of him. He won the match 7-4 and thrilled Canadians with his victory lap.

Upon returning to Vancouver after his Oiympicvictory there were certainly morereportersgreetinghim than before. The airport was full of fans,anxiousto welcome home Cana- da's newest hero. Igali is now finishing his criminology degree at Simon Fraser University. Visit Igali's Web site atwww.igali.com

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Follow your dreams A friend of a mine recently quit other joe job. So he decided to make should follow his lead.

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Why did he leave school, why did he quit?

"I quit because it was crap and I didn't want to do it anymore."

I asked what he meant by this statement.

"I was waking up everyday and doing anything but school because I hated it so much."

I asked him why he hatedschool so much.

"It's not that I hated it, it's just that itcompletely disinterestedme. I was much more interested in so many other things, like writing, like music, like acting, and so on."

He didn't want to get just an-

artistic. It's very easy to fail in an artistic world," my friend reveals, "but if you think about it, what does it matter? Who does it hurt if I fail? It hurtsnobody! Icould just geta job, make some money, quit that job and try the artistic life again."

I asked him if he knows what holds people back from doing the thing that they really want to do.

"Some people are just sitting around doing what they are doing because they think they are supposed to," he answers, "or they aren't doing what they really want to do because they are afraid they will fail."

I asked him if he thinks others

magician, but their parentswant them to be an accountant."

Can you sum up what you're trying to say?

"Sure," he says, "do you want this life that you're making for yourself? If you never ask that question, then you are losing out. It's not like you are killing apiece of yourself, it's like you're not giving that piece a chance to live."

In last week's column two lines were alteredthatdidnot expresstheviewsof thewriter. ~ e a ~ o l & e forthealterm: tionandany misinterbretations that occurredas a result.

Crowded house Q I share a house with six other

students and my landlord is trying to evict some of us. Officials from the City of Waterloo inspected the house recently andtold the landlord there are too many people in our house. Can the landlord evict us?

A The City of Waterloo requires dwellings that house

four or more people to be licensed. This lodging licence isgranted to the landlord only after he complieswith safety and fire code regulations.

The licence is renewed once per year and the lodging house is in-

spected regularly by municipal officials. One of the safety and fire code concerns is overcrowding. To this end, the lodging licence will specify the maximum number of people per- mitted in the dwelling.

Whether the landlord filled the house with too many lodgers or you decided to bring in extra roommates to help with the rent, the landlord must reduce the number of lodgers to comply with the licence.

If you and your landlordcannot negotiate a settlement regarding who will leave, the landlord will have to make a formal application to the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal for

an eviction order. TheTribunal may then order the eviction of the ten- ants, who will then have a few days to vacate the dwelling.

Therefore, it is to your benefit to make sure your prospective landlord has a lodging house licence and to review it before you agree to rent such a dwelling. The licence will increase your safety and your secu- rity.

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S o the big day has passed, but you're stillinto each other, right?

Okay, okay, it has garlic in it, but I mean, what's a little bad breath be- tweenvalentines? Eat it up, it'sgood.

POST V-DAY LOVE SALAD

Ingredients: 12 oz package of bowtie (farfalle)

pasta 1 red pepper, cut. into 112 inch

pieces 1 yellow pepper, cut into 112 inch

pieces

1 medium eggplant, cubed into 1 inch pieces

2-3 portebello mushrooms (tops only), sliced

3 small yellow squash (or amixture of squash and zucchini)

1 112 ounce sundried tomatoes (soaked in 112 cup boiling water)

112 cup torn arugula or your fa- vourite field greens

112 cup fresh basil 2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar 2 Tbsp garlic, minced 113 Ib of feta cheese, crumbled 114 cup and 2 Tbsp olive oil

Directions: Preheat the oven to 450° F Line acookie sheet with aluminum

foil and spray with a non-stick spray In a large bowl, combine all the

vegetables, garlic and the 2 Tbsp of olive oil and toss to coat

Bake for 25 minutes on the cookie sheet. Tossoccasionally

In a pot of salted water, cook the pasta until al dente

Rinse under cold water and drain. Drain the water from the toma-

toes, saving the liquid In a large bowl, combine the pasta,

arugula, basil, tomatoes and vegetables

Add the remaining oil, reserved liquid, vinegar, and feta cheese

Toss to coat Season withsalt and pepper to taste

and serve immediately

MAGDALENA KONIECZNA special to Imprint

lot has been saidin the media recently about genetically- A modified organisms

(GMOs). Every report seems to con- tradict the previous-some groups argue that untested and potentially misunderstood organisms are being soldin the produce aisle of your local grocery store, while others believe that GMOs have been proven ad- equately safe for human consump- tion.

It is difficult for average consumers to know what to believe and whether or not they should be concerned about the food they eat.

According to Dr. Bernard Glick

land, rice and n kenfoods

of uws biology department, much of thisconfusion can be attributed to a misunderstanding among the general public about the nature of the technology and its potentialimpacts.

He cites as an exam~le a recent survey performed in Ireland. Pamci- ants were asked whether itwas true b a t genetically-modifiedfoodcould alter the consumers' genetic makeup. Twenty-five per cent of participants believed the statement - which scientists agree is strictly untrue - to be correct. Forty-five per cent said they were qot sure.

"That's 70 per cent of the people who don'tknowwhat'sgoingon and think that their genes are going to be modified by eating transgenic fruit," Glick said. "So we've done a poor job of educating people about science."

The first gene-splicing experi- mentswere performed in California in 1972. For the first time DNAfrom one organism was cut and spliced into the DNA of another forming what is knownas arecombinant DNA molecule. At the time, the experi- ments generated a tremendous amount of controversy.

"People feared it was going to create monsters," Glick said. "Peo- ple felt that it was man playing God."

Many newspapers ran editorial comics depicting things such as an elephant's head fused onto a fly's body. "That was just an indication that people didn't understand what a gene was and what the nature of

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the technology was," Glick said. "We don't just take some DNAand throw it in and hope that it works. We can define precisely that DNAso we know exactly what protein it's going to produce."

By inserting well-defined DNA segments, one gene at a time, the outcome of the splicing can be pre- diaedto about 80 per cent accuracy before even performing an experi- ment, Glick said. Another 19 per cent certainty can be gained in the lab, leaving a very small margin for unpredicted behaviour.

"A plant has about 4 to 5 billion genes. We're adding one or two genes," Glick said. "We're adding a miniscule amount of DNA.

"We're changing the properties of the plant, butwe're changing it in a very small way. Is it a different species?Absolutely not."

Glicksaid that the potential benefits of the technology far outweigh the possible risks. For example, 400 million people in the world suffer from vitamin A deficiency, and 3.7 billion fromiron deficiency. Most of these people live in the world'spoor- estcountriesand their major staple is rice. By genetically-engineering a variety of rice higher in vitamin A, many of these people would receive much-needed supplements to their diets.

In fact, rice strains have been

created that are high in bothironand vitamin A. Althoughthese grains have not been grown in large quantities, the ~otential clearlv exists for im- prwednourishment for the world's poorestcitizens.

Glick argues that opposition to examples such as this makes it obvious that people are not fighting against the science, but rather against the corporations which are imple- menting it.

"I think that corporations obviously think in the short-term and I thinkhave theconcernsof their share- holders as their first concern, and that's why a lot of people would prefer not to have the technology at all," he said. "Ithinkit'sthrowing out the baby with the bathwater."

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"The science promises to create untold wealthandto feed the world's population in an efficient and effective manner in a way that we've never been able to do before. It promises literally another green revolu- tion."

"We as scientists have not done agood job of explainingthe technology to the general public. However, the general public is brought up on Sesame Street and wants everything explained in 90-second sound bites and it's more complex. To truly understand it, YOU have to work at it a Imprint science: An intelligent constant bit and not everybody is prepared to do that," Glicksaid.

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Indoor hockey

arrior indoor hockey team travelled

d OUALeague Tournament. Water- wakedaway from the weekend with4-

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nd 4, hosted by the War-

rrior hockey team had the oppor- make life alittle bit more stressful

e WLU Golden Hawks last weekend. In the openinggame of a back-to-back

es the Warriors tied the Hawks 2-2 at ica Arena last Thursday. Rob Maric

red the Warrior goals. Warriorswere back at f the ColumbiaIcefield proved anything but

gracious hosts. Mike Nixon scored three goals in the

Warriors 3-1 victory over the Golden Hawks. Brett Turner hadthree assistswhile Rob Maric contributed two helpers.

The Warriors host Windsor in their final regular season game on Sunday, Feb- ruary 18 at 2:00 p.m. at the Columbia Icefield Arena.

I Volleyball

The women'svolleyball found the win column again lastweekwith a3-1 win over the McMaster Marauders. The 5-13 Warriors defeated the Marauders 25-21,27-25, and 25-16 losing the second set 25-17.

Later in the week, the Warriors were defeated in three straight sets byToronto. The set scoreswere25-18,25-9 and25-15.

The Warrior men handed McMaster a 3-0 defeat en route to a playoff berth for the Warriors.

Waterloo defeated the Marauders 25- 19,25-23 and 28-26. The 8-6 Warriorssit in second place in the OUA West and will host Windsor in a playoff game this week.

bring home the first Warrior gold in the OUA Championship Men's Relay competition.

Inspired by the men, the women's team showed what they were made of in the reliy. Kelly Skinner started strong for the Warrior women keeping the team in the hunt and handed off to Mary Ellen Wood in fourth.

Wood blew past Queen'sasshe came from 22 seconds down to 6 seconds up at the tag off to the powerful Dupont. Andrea put it into overdrive on the final leg, picking off Laurentian's Alison Jeffkinsin the final 1.5 km. Andrea had the second fastestwomen's time of the day on the hilly 4 km Camp Fortune race course. The last seconds of the race were the most exciting, as Dupont wasclosing in fast on the Lakehead team, placing a close second.

The battle ground was more favourable for the warriors on Sunday as the women had amazingraces, finishing second. They were led by Dupont's blazing second place followed by Woodin eighth. Colleen Lynch, whogot acast off just in time for the race, placed ninth. Skinner, Henriques, and Terri Hancock rounded up the women's team in fast style.

The men's competition was a nail biter. Led by Faulkner in third, with Curtis, Gumble and Crane in hot pursuit, the team finished

KELLY SKINNER A N D formances by Mary Ellen Wood and Monica second for the day. JEREMY CRANE - Henriques placing the team in fourth. As the snow settledafter the battle, Water-

special to Imprint The afternoon brought the highly antici- loo left Ottawa with four all-stars (Dupont, patedrelay for which the Warriorswere ready Wood, Faulkner and Curtis), a fourth for the

amp Fortune, in the renowned to strut their stuff. In the men's race, Jeremy women and second for the men.

L - Gatineau hills near Ottawa, was the sight of the first Ontario University

Nordic Ski finales of the 21st century. Here, Waterloo squared off against their competi- tors in what proved to be a battle of the titans.

JackFrost gotthe weekendoff witha bang, by covering the entire course with a layer of freezing rain before blanketing the area in an arctic air mass. This turned the already technical course into a skating rink.

Despite initial doubts, racing began on Saturday with the skate race. This battle was rough on many of the Warriors, but Justin Faulkner conquered the treacherous conditions to place fourth with other strong performances by Kyle Gumble, Ken Murray and GregBrigley. With thispowerfulleadership the men's team wasable to place second, only nine uoints behind the Laurentian team.

Crane skied a valiant first leg, and then handed off to Justin with a 45 seond deficit to the front running Lakehead and 3 0 second deficit to the Voyageurs. Justin was on fire, leavingavapour trail behind as he sizzled on the second leg made up of 2x4 km loops. He caught and destroyed the wills of hisLaurentian andLakehead rivals on the final kilometre of lap one uphill leading out of the Camp Fortune stadium. He continued to keep the hammer down over his final lap giving anchor Charles Curtis a huge 1:30.00 advantage for the final l e ~ . Charles held off -

The women were led with strong per- Laurentian's Chris Algar to Hot~nthetrail,Waterloopushesitscompetitorstothelimit.

Warriors clean up at OUAs 6 medal winners and 14 records broken

LISA MAINS special to Imprint

eptember to February. That's five long months of early mornings but in the end, it was worthit for the Warrior swim team

as they posted their bestresult in recent memory at OUA championships and the records of 14 teams were erased.

The Warriors started off strongly on Fri- day as 12 swimmers qualified for secondswims. And we occupied an amazing 6 of the 16 qualifying spots in the men's 100m breaststroke finals. Leading the way was Athlete of the Week Matt Mains, who won gold while settinganewteamrecordin a time of k03.03, while Carlo DiStefano was seventh in the "A" final.

Inthe "B" final,AndrewMoffat, Grahame Jastrebski, AlanLee and Parag Shanbhagscored ,

17 points while finishingthird, fourth, fifthand

seventh respectively. Shanghag took off an incredible five seconds to qualify for the "3" final. JulieSteinbergbrokeVal Walker's (1999- 2000 female athlete of the year) record in the preliminaries in the lOOm breaststroke and lowered it again in the finals while claiming silver.

In the 400m Individual Medley (IM), Steinberg and David Rose each captured silver with Rose lowering histeam recordto4:27.65. Lindsay Beavers also had a record breaking performance in the 200m freestyle winning silver in a time of 2:03.56.

The 4x100m medley relay of Kristen Brawley, Steinberg, Gen Sweny and Beavers raced to fourth place and anew team record in a time of 4:29.72, only 0.01 s off the podium.

The Warriors were more than ready to go on Saturday with large expectations after Fri- day's performance.

The breaststrokers led the way as three

men qualified for the "A" final. Once again, Mainsledtheway qualifyingfirstwith DiStefano and Moffat qualifying fifth and sixth in a tight field. The Warriors were hoping-to see two swimmers on the podium and they did not disappoint.

Mains destroyed the field by four seconds while breaking former Olympian and world record holder Alex Bauman's OUA record in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2: 16.25. Not to be outdone, DiStefano swam an incredible race to grab the bronze medal and qualify for CIAU competition with a personal best time. The surprise qualifierJason Kinnear took off 15 seconds to reach the "B" final and finished seventh. In the 200m IM Rose col- lected silver and another team record.

Not to be outdone by the men, Julie Steinberg won the 200111 breaststroke and de-

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Im~rint , Friday, February 16, 200 1 SPORTS

Games have just begun for XFL 0 n February 3, a new league when there's a kickoff or an extra And then there was Jesse

began their inaugural season in point, for it is quite exciting. Ventura, who should really stick to Las Vegas and Orlando. Finally, there is the no fair catch his day job as governor of Minne-

VincentK. McMahon, themod- rule, which means that once the ball sota. He knows as much about foot- ern day P.T. Barnum who proved is caught, that jobber must run or be ball as Don Cherry knows about ice hrvnnd a shadnw nf a douht that hit into sometime next week. hockey.

UW basketball goes big KERRY O'BRIEN after questioning a defensive foul

hprint staff against Waterloo. The team man-

Despite losing their head coach to a technical foul halfway through the game, the Women's Basketball War- riors managed to pull out a nine point victory against the Windsor Lancers Wednesday night, 67-58.

The Warriors only shot 14 per cent in the first half, but still managed to pull ahead by six points before halftime. With about seven minutes left to play and the Warriors up by

aged to hang on for the victory. After aroller-coaster season, the

team has clinched fourth place in their division. While this might not sound like much, it means that the Warriorsare assured of their playoff spot for the first time in over five

The Warriors play McMaster at home next Wednesday. February 21 at 6:00 p.m., and theh host thk playoff game Saturday, February 24. Their opponents could be Brock, - -- -- -

suckers were not born, but rather On the broadcasting side, there Judging by Cherry's past en- nine,coachTomO'Brienwasejected WLU,orWindsor. bred(andattimesinbred),wasthere are interviewers who interview the deavours (Colorado Rockies, in LasVegas with pomp andcircum- ~oaches,~la~ersand judges while the Miss~ssauga Ice Dogs), it's a wonder stance that rivals the Queen Mum. game is going on. that this wahoo is still on the air.

Jesse Venmra made his debut as For those who are interested in The football itself can be excit- a colour commentator and Jim Ross what really happens during the game, ing at times. But the gameslike the Las also commented gn the game. this is a plus, although it can get VegasOutlawsversustheNewYork-

But, being objective as I always annoying at times. New Jersey Hitmen (and Outlaws am, Iwatchedtwo weeks versus the Memphis worth in order to pass a Maniax), can become verdict on the X-treme For the most part, you'll be god-awful affairs that FootballLeague (XFL). make a mockery of the

ito of d,thereare howling in agony at the sport. positive aspects of this There have been a league that in my mind fumbles, missed plays and couple of excitinggames improves the game. like the Los Angeles

In promising a strategic blunders. Xtreme versus the Chi- smashmouth, in your cago Enforcers (which face game, the tradi- went to double overtime) tional coin toss has been replaced Buttry as thisleaguernight,there and the Orlando Rageversusthe San with amad 15 yard dash for the ball. arebigproblemsthatplaguetheXFL. Francisco Demons, but the league is While trainers andcoaches cringe at One thing is the camera angles. basically nothing more than a glori- the very thought of a player getting Attimes,it lookslike someone tooka fiedNCAADivision I-AAgame. injuredbefore the game even begins, home video camera and filmed the Yes, fans, there is some good itstill provides an entertaining start. game. In fact, therewere some tech- football out there in them hills that

Also, one of the easiest things to nical difficulties experienced that Vinny built, but for the most part, do in the game ofAmerican football, added to the frustration of the fans. you'll be howling in agony at the the point after, cannot be kicked in Also, the "cheer1eaders"ladced fumbles, missed plays and strategic the XFL. No, the ball must either be certain things like coordination and blunders. run or passed into the endzone to synchronization. While they were Overall, thisisspo~~wise anokay receive the extra points. This is a attractive enough (I am a leg man league, but nothing to write home goodthing, for if onewantshepoints, myself), it looked at times like I'd about. If there isnothing else on, the you pretty much have to earn them. been watching The Replacements, a XFL is suitable, but the best advice is

Onkickoffs,oncetheballreaches movie that makes HowardtheDuck to wait for NFL Europe to start on 20 yards, it canbe consideredlive for look like Oscar material. Really, if I April 21, when the Scottish Clay- any of the two teams to catch. wanted to go into astrip club, Iwould mores face off against the Frankfurt

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Great Lakes Swim Challenge

Don't see the point to swimming back and forth and back and forth in the pool? This term, instead of swim- mingcountless, monotonouslengths, challenge yourself to swim the distance across one of Ontario's Great Lakes.

The Aquatics Department of campus ~ e ~ h a s designkd a program this term to keep you motivated to- - . wards your fitness goals. By record- ing exactly how far you swim each time, we will calculate how close you are to swimming across the Great Lake of your choice. All participants will receive a Campus Rec T-shirt when their swim has beencompleted.

For more information, consult the Swim Challenge binder on the pool deck, or one of the friendly lifeguards.

Campus Recreation Heart and Stroke

Volleyball Tournament

This past Saturday, February 10, the PAC gym was filled with people digging, spiking and setting. That's right, the annual Campus Rec Heart and Stroke Volleyball Tournament turned the gym into a battleground withwhite missilesflying everywhere.

The tournament provided players with an excuse not to study on a Saturday and helped raise money for the Heart and Stroke ($945.50 was raised by players). The top fundraising team was B1 CS Grads who raised $300 as a team.

Two pools comprised of five teams each played in round robin action throughout the morning and early afternoon. When the dust had settled, AS Iron Monkeys came out on top of the "AnpoolandM Dragon Balls were the number one ranked team in tlie "B" division.

25-14,25-21 match-up. Over on the consolation side,

A3 Steve's Minion and A2 Word to Your Muthah came out on top of semi-final gamesagainstB1 CS Grads and BS Inverse Matrix respectively. The consolation final was a bitter battle, but Steve'sMinion ultimately gained the title after three games (25-23.19-25 and 8-15).

A special thanks to all the referees who donated their valuable time and effort and helpedmake the tournament aqualityevent. Hope to see everyone on the courts next year!

Iron Monkeys made the championship finals, beatingB3 AsianSen- sation in two games in semi-final play. A1 Wheat Kings emergedasthe other finalist, surpassing Dragon Balls in three games. In the end, Iron Mon- keys took home the gold medals, in a

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Athletes of the week

Julie Steinberg Matt Mains Warrior Swimming Warrior Swimming

Athird-year Recreation student from New Hamburg, Julie had an excep- tional weekend at the OUA swimming championships weekend.

Competing against a couple of Olympiansin the Individual Medley events, she swam to third place in both the 200 and 400 I.M., setting personal best times and a new War- rior team record in the 200.

In her specialty, the breaststoke events, she improved upon her I.M. event placings with a win in the 200 and a second in the 100.

Both times were new Warrior records surpassing Val Walker's records. For her medal efforts Julie is recognized as an OUA All Star.

Matt is a first-year Computer Sci- ence student from Kitchener.

When it comes to settingrecords Matt took on one of those set by an Olympian and world record holder of note. The old 200 m breaststroke record was held by Alex Bauman and Matt proceeded to surpass the old record time of 216.85 with atime of 216.45. Thisgave Matt first placein the 200 m, to go along with his first place in the 100 m breaststroke.

Matt also had a second place in the 50mbreaststroke andafourthin the 200 m LM.

For his medal performances Matt is recognized as an OUA All Star.

Leaders of the week

Naomi Carrara

Naomi is the Referee-in-Chief for Campus Rec competitive basketball and one of the sport supervisors. She coordinates and schedules 20 referees during the term, which means 384 referee games to schedule. Naomi is extremely organized, and youcan bet nothingslips through the crackswhen she'srunning the show. She has covered gameswhen referees had not shown up and oversees games practically all day Sunday and Monday - helping to keep the league runningsmoothly. Congratu- lations, your work in CampusRec is noted and valued.

Referees from the Heart and Stroke

Volleyball Tournament

These volunteer referees took agood chunk of their time out of this past Saturday, February 10 to assist with the Campus Rec Heart and Stroke Volleyball Tournament.

Their enthusiasm was a great asset to the competitive tournament and their expertise was much appreiciated by players and organizers alike.

Most of theserefsalso refereein the Campus Rec competitive league and are an asset to the program. Thank you folks!

Edgy, unscripted hilarity '

PAUL S C H R E I B E R imprint staff

"0 nce I had to save the world with a toothpick and a t-shirt," Greg Morey explained, smil-

ing. Improvisational theatre is like that. Some- times you're talking about chicken feed, other times it's half-eaten wedding dresses.

Being able toinvent your ownskills on the spot is an interesting challenge; you have to think on your feet and work your way out of trouble. When Morey's not working on his Master's degree in Computer Science or playing drums, he's making pebple laugh as part of Theatre on the Edge (TOTE).

We sat in Williams Coffee Pub, munching on bagels and sipping kiwi juice. Morey and Bernie Roehl, a software developer in the department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering, describe what makes a good improv show.

Like any well-told story, improv should have strongcharacters, an interesting location, andconflict. All the elements come together to make a scene successful. "Agood location gives you goodcharacters, good characters give you astrongconflict, and 8 strong conflict makesit easy to raise the stakes," Morey explained.

"Raising the stakes" is a technique where improv performers make another character's goal harder to attain. For example, instead of meetingastranger, you'dmeet acharacter that you later found out had "murdered your par- ents, ran off with your spouse and stole your bunny slippers."

Roehl's been active in the improv scene for a long time - back in 1981 he was a part of Theatresports. As TOTE's Artistic Director,

he's responsible for coordinatingand teaching workshops, selecting cast members and determing the artistic focus of the group.

TOTE is composed of 25 people from a wide variety of backgrounds - students, salespeople, tech workers - ranging in age from earlv twenties to late forties. Morey and Roehl are not the only UW people in the group; TOTEcounts close to a dozen alumni as active participants.

Two weeks ago, the group took part in "Pushing the Envelope," an improv competition in Hamilton. Six teams were given 15 minutes apiece to impress the judges. Theatre on the Edge performed a musical, a Shake- spearean play andascene called "The Balladeer" in which one performer sings a ballad and the others act it out.

Their open scene revolved around one character in the midst of puberty and another going through a midlife crisis. The man having the midlife crisis tried to steal his son's girl- friend. Did he succeed? The audience was left hanging. TOTE won gold in the competition. - - -

JEFf EVANS The prize wasn't big-cookies-but the team came home all smdes. connecter pipe, you have to talk about a 10-

Theatre on the Edge'sshowsare amixture inch connector pipe, then 40 inches," Morey of games (hke the show Whose Line is it related, smiling. Anyway?) and open scenes. Popular improv At one of the~r weekly shows, they were games include props, shde show and musicals asked to combine Rumplestiltskin andTitantic. "where everyone randomly breaksinto song;" The funniestpart of thatshow,Morey recalled,

Besides performances and workshops, was that "at one point Rumplestiltskin asked Theatre on the Edge does corporate gigs, too. someone to go and find out more information In one instance, they were asked not to be frpm the female lead but not reveal his name. overly sexual, but the audience's suggestions Theguy goesout andsays 'What's your name?' turned out to be more explicit than TOTE's. andshe saidLI'm not gonnatell you'and he said After an audience member suggested using an 'Hisname's Rumplestiltskin .. . I'm the king of eight-inchconnecter pipe as a prop, thingsgot the world'"-the only Titanic reference in the going. "Once you talk about an eight-inch wholescene.

Ron Hawkins stays sharp DREW KUDELKA

special to imprint

hat rock star sets up an interview for 9:30 in the morning? "No rock star

would," replied Hawkins. Apublicist does, however. Hawkinsrelated that despite the early hour, he is very happy with hisnewdistributio~ company and has come a long way from when he would deliver his records on his bike.

Things are gearing up for Hawkins again. And they should be -he's been calling this way of life a living for 10 years now.

"Sometimes it's a good living, and sometimes I'mselling books and CDs to cover rent." That is not sur- prising coming from one of Canada's most real rock musicians. This new project of Hawkins has been around for quite awhile. Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails are based out of To- ronto and tour frequently.

I saw them in Guelph at the Albion hotel five years ago. At that point, Hawkins had just left the Low- est of the Low. We arrived early enough to catch the band eatingdin- ner. I gave an impromptu interview on the spot - digging out informa-

tion as to why the band broke up.He gave interesting but not necessarily true answers then. This time. I knew better than to ask. Surprisingly, the Lowest of the Low got back together for some reunion dates in Toronto last summer. Hawkins was surprised "how incredible it had turned out."

He suggested that the myth fac- tor had added to the band's growth in fan base. "We had 5000 people in two nights. I guess big brothers and . big sisters and word of mouth have been building up the myth of The Lowest of the Low." If you are looking for Lowest of the Low material, all the shows were recorded on twenty-four track and will be sorted out by this summer.

But Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails are not the Lowest of th'e Low. "At the beginning the Rusty Nails felt

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MONDAYS The Morning Watch: We are a non- denominational Christian group. We engage in scripture reading and silent prayer. Our purpose is to provide a time and place for busy students to pray on campus. 8:30-9:00 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, The Student Life Centre Prayer Room. For more info please e-mail Richard Boychuk at [email protected].

WEDNESDAYS The Wellness Centreweekly meetings start on January 17,2001 at6:30 p.m. at the Wellness Centre, SLC, located above Imprint in Student Service Re- source area, room 2124A. For details call 888-4567, ext. 5951.

THURSDAYS Group for Libertarian Activism and Discussion. Llbertarlanism in One Les- son study series at 6:00 p.m., Student Lifecentre, room 2133. Contact Graham at [email protected] or 725-781 0.

Students can transferto architecture - if you wish to transferto Architecture for the Fall 2001 term, make sure you have completed an "Application for Internal Transfer" form, which can be obtained from the Registrar's Office, second floor, Needles Hall. Applications must be received by arch 12, 2001. Turnkey Coffee House - if you would like to perform please contact the Turn- key Desk or Nancy O'Neil, ext. 6283. New office location for Adm~nistration - - ~

and Maintenance Office is 106 Seagram Drive, Waterloo. Getting married?Congratulations! Let us help you prepare.- he UW Chap- lains' Association and the WLU Chap- lains want to support your desire for a strong and meaningful marriage. We invite you to participate in a Marriage Preparation Course on Friday. March 2 from 7 to 9 p.m: and Saturday, March 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Resurrection College, Westmount Road, N.. Water- loo; Ontario. For more info call 888- 4567, ext. 3633 or 884-0710, ext. 2240 or 8844404, ext. 610 or 885-0220. ext.

220 or 884-81 11, ext. 281 or 885-1460, ext. 207. Marriage plans? Join with several oth- erstostudy Drs. Lesand Leslie Parrott's "Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts." Contact Jeff and Marlene Austen at [email protected] or 725-0265.

community based study halls. Students range from grade 3 to 12 and need support in English, French, high school Sciences and Maths. Own transporta- tion is preferred. Training and screening s r e q ~ re0 Call B.g S stersat 743-5206 Actors and tech nelp neeaea to v 0 . m

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,2001 Gays and Lesbians of Waterloo Com- ing Out Discussion Group. Topic: "What Do I Want in a Relationship?" 7:00 p.m. Social follows. ML 104. Meet old friends and make new ones. All welcome. De- tails: 884-4569.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25,2001 K-W Chamber Music Society presents "Janina Fialkowska, piano" at 8 p.m. at the KWCMS Music Room, 57 Young Street. W., Waterloo. For infolreserva- tions call 886-1673. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,2001

2002: Building the Future Lecture with Bob Rae, former premier of Ontario; 7 p.m.. Humanities Theatre. All welcome. Free admission.

Build Your Resume! Give to the community! Friendly volunteers are needed to provide companionship to people with Alzheimer disease. One to four hour weekly commitment. Training provided. Next sessions March 3, April 7 and May 26. Call Alzheimer Society 742-1422. P - raise money for our programs. You get bowling, pizza and fabulous prizes. Call our "Bowl for Kids Sake" hotline at 579- 3432 to register. Volunteers required - are you able to volunteer a few hours weekly during the school day? The FRIENDS service at CMHA matches volunteers with children who need additional support in their school setting. Please call 744- 7645, ext. 317 or &.cmhawrb.on.ca. Studv Hall Proaram - from Januarv 30 to ~ p r i l 5,2001T~niversit~ studenis to tutor young new Canadian children at

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w ith all that major-label amalgamation nonsense that's been in the music

news these days (can you even keep track of what company owns who anymore?), it sureisnice to findsome relative sanity among the smaller, independent record labels that keep quietly producing quality releases, free from the pressures of creating hit singles or chart toppers.

Most founders of indie labels cite frustrations with major labels and a desire to put out good, hype- free music as reasons for taking the major financial risks that go along with releasing records. Be glad that people like Shelley Maple felt strongly enough about the dearth of quality labels to take that risk - otherwise Jetset Records wouldn't exist.

Maple started Jetset in 1996 out of what she has said to be an almost "Christian duty." Though Jetset bands run the gamut from torch songs to post-rock instrumentals, all do share one thing in common: to take rock music and subvert it a little, resulting in mostly gritty tales and a dark, "rock noirn feel to many of the releases.

Prolapse's Black Saturday was the very first Jetset release. The album &d well in college radio circuits and the band ended up on tour with

Stereolab. Prolapse's most recent album, Ghosts ofDeadAeroplanes, isa great indicator of their modus oper- andi-swirling guitar, dreamy key- boards, and then the duelling vocals of a mumbling Mick Derrick and a softly singingLindaSteelyard, which keeps the music grounded.

Firewater is perhaps the "big name" band on Jetset's roster; their second album, The Ponzi Scheme, hit the top of college radio charts and was picked up by Universal. (It remains to be seen how they fared in the major-label shuffle). The band specializes in gritty rockwithEastern and Klezmer influences - a potentially messy mix, but they pull it off with a swagger best heard on their debut, Get Off the Cross.

Another successful bandin indie circlesisMacha, foundedby brothers Joshua and Mischo McKay. The band'ssoundisinjectedwithabase of almost-traditional Indonesian Gamelan music, which they success- fully top off with soft, whispery vo- calsandrocksensibilities. Their most recent project isacollaboration with the now-defunct Bedhead, an EP that marries the two groups'visions wonderfully.

Two groups on Jetset are duos who specialize in slow-burn torch rock. Elysian Fields, featuring Jennifer Charles (the daughter of a torch singer) and Oren Bloedow (who has played with avant-jazz

group The Lounge Lizards), create haunting songs of dark beauty on their new album Queen of the Meadow. Sally Norvell andguitarist extraordinaire Kid Congo Powers teamedup for one album,Abnormals Anonymous, under the name Congo Nowell. It's a thing of beauty - a slow, almost anguished look at love gone wrong.

Mogwai, though not well known in North America, gained widespread recognition in the UK after one of their songs was granted "Single of the Week" status by New Music Express. Since then, they've released four albums of dissonance, feedback andcrashingguitars, mixed with great melodies. -

Other great Jetset bands include Kid Silver, Arab Strap, Black Box Recorder, and the Go-Betweens, who just released their first new album in 12 years to great critical acclaim.

It would be no exaggeration to say that everything put out by the fine folks at Jetset is worth a listen, something that can certainly not be said of most record labels today.

People are starting to take no- tice: this past fall the label was re- warded with Gavin's College "Indie Label of theyear" award, honoured by the respected radio and music trade magazine.

If you find yourself disillusioned with the politics of major labels, try out asincere, heartfelt labellike Jetset.

Everclear ference in the two albums. Somaback foran Volume IIcontainsthe same kind

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F ormed in 1997, the Swedish band Last Days of April released Angel Youth last Sep-

tember. Within these 10 tracks are a variety of instruments, including a glockenspiel, organ and accordion that listeners had a tough time draw- ing comparisons to.

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"Track five is slow for what I like to hear. There are distinct and different songs, and I liked the majority of them. It didn't sound mainstream, but had a softer and slower bass."

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"All the trackswere goodexceptthe last one - there was nothing to it. It was really quiet and mellow. The CD was a catchy mix of slow and semi- fast, but still givesyouenergy. Over- all, pretty good."

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