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Get fit without the weights Women's ball headed to CIS page 16 championships page 20 Volume 44 Issue 25 Wednesday March 10, 2004 www.clublaurier.ca Unexpected OUA champs Bowker was surprisingly let Lady Hawks en go less than a month into the campaign. route to Montreal Given the off-the-ice dis- tractions and the fact that for new bench boss Rick Nationals Osborne was not hired until almost two months after BERNARD DAWSON Bowker's departure, the Staff Writer Golden Hawks could have been forgiven if they did not The Wilfrid Laurier Golden meet their high expecta- Hawks entered the OUA However, team did final four tions. the Women's hockey not fold and earned a spot in as four seed and the number the OUA Final Four at left with another OUA cham- Clarica Arena, located in the A pionship banner. pair of Waterloo Recreational over the upsets favoured Complex. University of Toronto and Queen's Golden Gaels earned the Hawks the title of OUA mm 1 Queens 1 Champions and a spot in the CIS Finals, which begin first hurdle for the at McGill The Thursday Golden Hawks was the num- University in Montreal. ber one team in the OUA, Lauriers nemesis the The season has University of Toronto Varsity Blues. The Hawks been difficult for were able to grab the lead the Hawks with the early on. scoring* once in the first period and again early loss of Head Coach in the second for a 2-0 advantage. Bill Bowker, and The Varsity Blues struck star goaltender, back and beat Laurier goal- tender Emily Stein twice Cindy Eadie. before the buzzer sounded to end the second frame. Both teams retreated to their The season has been a respective locker rooms in rough one for Laurier with a to for a way to of opera-like order search number soap break the 2-2 tie. events overshadowing the team early in the season. www.laurierathletics.com Eadie Star goaltender Cindy Assistant Stephenson (left), and Captain Alison Goodman, of the Golden Hawk left the squad before the sea- Captain Ashley Continued on page 20 3-1 over the Gaels this past Sunday. son and head coach Bill women's hockey team celebrate their victory Golden More marks allocated at end Senate passes motion allowing up to 50% of mark accrued in last week

APRIL CUNNINGHAM motion is not really fair to News Editor students. Carroll is also VP: Human Resources for Professors can now make WLUSU. assignments worth, up to "Students work on a pri- 50% of a student's mark due ority list," she says. She during- the last week of thinks that even if students classes. know a large assignment is The WLU senate passed due in the last week, there the motion on March 4 with are always important just two student senators things coming before it that opposed. The new rule will demand attention. "What be put in place for the they're expecting of stu- Spring' 2004 term. dents is unrealistic." Jason Shim, a student senator who presented the on motion on behalf of the "Students work Academic Planning a priority list. What Committee, thinks that the former regulation was too they're expecting ambiguous. of students is It stated that no tests, exams or assignments unrealistic." should be due during the -Sarah Carroll, Student last five days of class, Senator excepting 1 small weekly quizzes. He says the new rule Shim thinks that stu- "allows more flexibility" dents need more responsi- Wilbur McLean because students have an bility handling their work- extra week to work on large load. projects. Contestants of the Kidney Foundation team work dilligently to create a culinary masterpiece at Park Boys Tribute But another student sen- last Thursday's Iron Chef Competition. The host Culinary Arts Club and the Trailer ator, Sarah Carroll, says the Continued on page 2 Club won the event. Inset is just one of the many creations crafted by the eager entrants. 2 News Wednesday March 10.2fwu Turret's dilemma VOCAL CORD WLU's Senate has just passed a motion Research simply have too many classes conducted shows change to 011 Fridays." But the study to have conducted by Laurier stu- allowing professors Fridays won't help; underagers using dents suggests otherwise. worth to of The study was based on assignments up 50% your fake IDs, going to house parties the attitudes and behaviours week of classes. of Laurier students; both grade in the last What those who are of legal drink- NADIA NICCOLI reason why first-years are ing- age and those who are do you think? VANESSA WEBSTER choosing- to go elsewhere to not and how their situation Cord News be served alcohol. relates to their alcohol con- Twenty-seven percent of sumption. First year students are using* first-year respondents stated This issue also brings into fake IDs and are choosing that because of their atti- question the competition that residence and other people's tudes and their lack of access the Turret will face now on houses as a place to congre- to alcohol, it has forced them Fridays instead of drink. These are the Katie Keats gate and to choose residence and other Thursdays. To support the 3rd Year reasons why, as a recent pilot Development people's houses as a main "Your Bar, Your Say" survey, International Studies and study conducted by Laurier place to drink. the pilot-survey also found Religion and Culture students this semester points This offers another rea- that 95% of those surveyed out. Turret Thursdays have son as to why so few first are not deterred from going* "It's not a very good idea been doing poorly and in years are attending' the to the Turret because of the turn, because it's right before programming changes Turret even when "dry- under-age drinking policy. exams and have been made. everybody's nights" are offered. It raises Therefore, marketing 1 to the going to get screwed." The findings illustrate the question, "Why would older crowd is the right idea. that there are multiple rea- they go to a licensed venue In addition, it was found sons as to why the Turret has and not be served when they that as the year of study pro- experienced a decline in can simply stay at home or gressed so did the amount of interest, particularly on go to a friend's house and alcohol consumed. To illus- Thursdays, and that there have the luxuries of alcohol trate this, the study showed are other reasons for this at their fingertips?" that 33% of first years con- shift. sumed more than six drinks The study indicated that per week, whereas 67% of first years prefer to go to an 24% stated that fourth years consumed more off-campus venue because they have a fake ID than six drinks per week. Josh Creswell they are able to use fake IDs. Even though the pilot- 3rd Year Geography and Twenty-four percent of and would use it study did have similar find- History respondents stated that they ings to the "Your Bar, Your a ID off-campus wheras have fake and would use Say" survey, the alternative think the move is one it off-campus. No one would "I no one would use survey supports that it is its use it on-campus, however. that's not without prob- it on-campus. necessary to take into con- lems, but as long as you can This proves that the sideration other factors con- WLUSU drinking policy is bring it up with your pro- cerning attendance at the fessor to be lenient with It that if effective. says an Turret other than classes on deadlines, it's okay." underage student is caught Last week The Cord ran an Fridays. drinking, he or she will be article on the reasons behind So maybe saying good- dealt with by the Judicial the change from Turret bye to Turret Thursdays isn't Affairs Committee and will Thursdays to Old School the best solution. be banned from attending Fridays. Mandy Dennison, any on-campus bar for one WLUSU's VP: Marketing said The pilot study was a year after their nineteenth that the alteration was the requirement for a senior level birthday. This is also impor- best possible solution partly sociology course conducted by tant because it offers another because "first year students Niccoli and Webster . Christin Kim Ist Year Global Studies

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Continuedfrom cover students with work all at Literatures who sits on the once, and we want to give senate, abstained from voting* "They need better time them a reasonable amount of on the motion but thinks management skills and to time." says Smith. that, "50% is a little bit too hold themselves to their own Mike Borrelli is the other much." personal agenda." he says. student senator who voted She thinks that at the very Roßb Dickson (hat) and Dr. Rowland Smith, VP: against the motion. He does- least, there should be more Russ Latimer Academic also sits on the n't see any positive impact on distribution in the break- 4th Year Business Senate. He says there is a students arising from, the down of" marks. misconception with the new change in regulation. "If students do badly in RoBb; "I don't have a prob- regulation and that the whole "Professors will pack one area, they should be able lem with it. All of my work's purpose was to avoid crowd- assignments during the last to compensate elsewhere," done at the last [minute] ing at the end of the term. week and mark during she says. "There should be anyway. I like to put things "No one can spring it on exams when they don't have some kind of balance." off till the. last minute." class," Borrelli, you," he says. The regulation says He says Rowinsky says the whole Buss: : "I would put the same stipulates that assignments the last week is important for issue was too rushed. amount of effort into a 25% due in. the last week should students to be able to prepare "There was no profound paper as a 50% paper, so be made known in the course for exams and that having discussion... because there maybe it would be better for outline and at the very least, large projects due during are just too many issues to students." students will be provided six this time will be too much. cover," she says. weeks notice. Both Carroll and Borrelli The Academic Planning "[Students] need express similar sentiments. Committee was also trying- to "It's frustrating' because prevent teachers from hold- better time [issues] go through academic ing final exams in-class dur- skills planning and are pushed ing- the last week. Under the management through senate," says policy, only classes with a and to hold Carroll. "There's not a lot of final during- the exam period themselves to their consideration for what is best are allowed to have tests for students, but what is best Tom McCourt worth up to 20% during the own personal for the administration." 2nd Year History last week, unless they are Smith is willing to work agenda." to small regular quizzes. find a solution. "I don't think they should be -Jason Shim, we it "It was meant to accommo- Student "If find produces able to do that. It's too [the date instructors that had a Senator problems, regulation] stressful and I need time to will at reasonable plan," he says. be looked again. I'm party." According' to Smith, the concerned with student change in regulation was "[lf] you give people soft workload and that it's sensi- forcefully lobbied by the deadlines, of course they're bly assigned." School of Business and going to put it off," he says."I Economics who find impor- don't think the arguments tance in large projects that faculty gave were strong are worked on all semester enough to warrant change." and are handed in at the end Dr. Mercedes Rowinsky. a of term. professor from the depart- "We don't want to lumber- ment of Languages and Wednesday March 10.2004 News 3 10 questions with WLU's mascot as many as I could because Cord News Editors sit down with last year I started half way through the semester, so I Golden Hawk to discuss life missed a lot of the games Laurier's before. And basically I just show up to the game and go as a bird nuts. Harass the fans - our own fans and other fans and ASSELIN The JENNIFER Laurier buddies. Hawk the teams. Play with some CUNNINGHAM Squad, was APRIL yon know, it ful- who like to kick me but News Editors kids filling' my need for the that's fun too. Laurier pride but what better 1. a) How did you become the job than the Hawk right? Hawk? d) What kind of rules do you What better way to show have to follow? much love to the university Basically I was involved in a you're at? organization Well you can't talk to the wonderful kids. called Hawk Squad and the b) Is your That's the main rule this first because do - head guy there of the time experience being a mascot? if you the kids decided, because the old actually think it's magic. They don't think it's a person Hawk wanted to get a I was actually a mascot at my replacement for me, so I got in the suit, it's really interest- high school just for a couple ing. Other than not talking, his e-mail. Ie-mailed him and of times because it wasn't he said e-mail Roly Webster you can't really beat up peo- really a big thing but yeah, though they beat [Development Officer, basically first full-fledged ple, even up my You if' Athletics and Recreation] so I mascoting job. you. know kids come e-mailed Roly Webster and he up and kick you in the shin, said "Are you available for you can't necessarily kick the Alumni Game?" and I said "When you go them back. 'Sure". That was my first away to meet other debut. mascots there's a 3. How much time and energy b) Is it a paid position? does it take? How many whole mascoting hours a week would you say? No. world that nobody ever knows about." Usually events are on the c) So it's all volunteer? weekends and I have a job too -WLU Golden Hawk Mascot so it's kind of hard to juggle Yeah. school, job and maseoting" but it's basically just on the 2. a) Why exactly did you weekends and I can book work off for that, so some- want to be the Hawk? c) What are your responsibilities as the Hawk? times during the week for My brother went to Laurier basketball games and Wednesday night's volleyball so I thought it would be a show to Basically I up major have the cool thing to tell his old events. games. They Kids I tried this year to do Club this year so basically when the Kids Club is going on they like the mascot to be there because the kids just love the mascot. b) What is the Kids Club?

It's an organization for kids I think 12 and under - they James Hertel basically sign up for free and you get some benefits with Laurier's Golden Hawk cheers on one of WLU's many athletic teams. that. It gets a lot of kids out The Hawk is a volunteer position that requires much dedication. to the games. 4. Do you do any travelling? talking- to the mascot before like I plan on going to college arid he said, he misses it so after this so if they have a Yes, I didn't do that many much. He's out in the real mascot there, definitely I this year but last year I went world and lies like "Oh, I just would apply for it. As a long- to McMaster. This year I went wanted a great replacement." term career - maybe if I had a to the Toronto Rock half time So I was thinking of maybe crappy position in the compa- show where they had about getting an interview process ny and they have a suit then ten mascots from all over for when I graduate. But I'll put it on but other than Ontario and basically they yeah, it's a real struggle that I don't think it'll be any- played mascot lacrosse. It sometimes with my job and thing long-term. was so funny. I did the half with school, like playoffs time show at the Vanier Cup now and midterms, it's kind 9. How do you get into too. Roly Webster got me of prazy. character? involved in that as well. I don't really know. It's kiiida b) What happens if you're "I forget where I weird. Sometimes it's hard sick? because my own character was [at the time kind of comes through as the I cry a lot. I was really sick but] said Hawk. Like the specific way I one day and I couldn't make somebody dance per se. How I shimmy, it to one of the hockey games 'Oh my gosh, you sometimes - I forget where I but] and that was really upset- was [at the time I was ting'. dance like the dancing and somebody said Hawk' and then I "Oh my gosh, you dance like the 11 I c) So they don't have a back " Hawk and then was up? was like 'Abort!' like "Abort! Abort!" 1 had to -WLU Golden Hawk Mascot dance a different way. My I think they do sometimes if own personality has to come it's an important game they through, it's not really a split get somebody to just hop in 7. We heard that the last personality disorder I hope. the suit. mascot went to Mascot Camp, would you do such a thing? 10. If you were on a deserted 5. Are there any behind-the- island by yourself and could scenes stories? Yeah, he did. I might actually only bring three things with be going- this summer when you, what would they be? When you go away to meet the cheerleaders go to cheer- other mascots there's a whole leading camp in the States As a person maseoting world that nobody and they have a mascot camp A member of the opposite ever knows about. We talk kind of. sex, a picture of myself about how to fix your suit [with] the Hawk and a lot of and just little tricks from b) Where is it? toilet paper. people who have been doing* Tennessee, As it a long time - just weird It's in I believe. the Hawk information. You talk about- Apparently you just go and My favourite bird seed or to The like what happens if your they teach you some stuff maybe a couple of mice. feet are causing shin splints, do when, you don't know second thing I would bring you can cut the holes out of what to do anymore kind of would be a large fan base the bottom of them. It's hilar- thing. because without the fans the so ious. Hawk's really nothing, I'd 8. When you're done at bring people. The third thing 6. Would you recommend the Laurier, do you see yourself I would bring, would be The life to friends? doing any more mascoting in Cord so that they can have a the mture? new office. Photo illustration Susie Q Oli my God, I don't want to Guess who?!? As part of Athletics' rules and regulations. The Hawk give it up. It's hard, I was Well I probably could because cannot talk when in costume or reveal its true identity. 4 News Wednesday March 10.2004 Bag O' Crime Increase expected MEDICAL ASSIST 1215 HRS report of several males who MON MAR 01/04 appeared to be "smoking up". Officers responded to the Those involved were gone WLUSU insurance Dining- Hall after receiving a when the officers arrived. report of a student who had cancelled; costs to fainted. On arrival the stu- NOISE COMPLAINT 0300 dent was concious and was HRS SAT MAR 06/04 rise exponentially assisted to health services. A number of complaints were received regarding' JENNIFER ASSELIN MEDICAL ASSIST 2245 HRS excessive noise from a num- News Editor MON MAR 01/04 ber of parties on the third A student fell in the Athletic floor of the King St Insurance fees for the Wilfrid Laurier Students' Union will Complex gym dislocating- his Residence. The music was to turned down when request- be increasing by approxi- elbow. He was transported mately hospital. ed. $100,000 according' to WLUSU President Dan SUSPICIOUS PERSON 1800 THEFT UNDER $5000 1200- Herman, The current cost is HRS TUE MAR 02/04 1330 HRS SAT MAR 06/04 roughly $14,500 per annum. A WLU student reported that A patron using the men's The Canadian. University she felt had been locker room University Reciprocal Insurance she at with watched by an unidentified Stadium reported the theft of Exchange (CURIE), Union male while en route to the his pants and wallet when whom the currently on King St. The they were left unattended for does business, recently chose University the insurance Contributed Photo matter was referred to a short time on a bench in to discontinue business have been Regional Police. the room. they Here is the website for CURIE, the current insurance carrier for offering to all universities WLUSU. The Union has until March 31 to find a new company. MEDICAL ASSIST 1115 HRS MISSING PERSON 0100 HRS since 1988. TUE SUN MAR 07/04 This cancellation of cover- es, it."he said. MAR 02/04 in to the Officers and an ambulance A don at Conrad Hall report- age is due, part, WLUSU managed to get The extension ends March responded to a classroom in ed that a resident had failed company perceiving' students an extension on their current 31, leaving WLUSU to find the Peters Building after to come home after complet- as an increased risk. plan for the past three another company to work receiving- a report that a stu- ing her shift at work. The "Unfortunately we've been months though, and the with as soon as possible. Over dent had fainted in class. On individual turned up a short generalized with all students issue was then brought to the the past five months they the student was con- time later. even though we have never public in November once a have been looking' at several arrival had a cious and was subsequently claim," commented solution had transpired. different companies. FIRE DEPT RESPONSE 1845 Herman. "Essentially we are "Since November it's all "We've been actively mar- transported to hospital by to ambulance. HRS SUN MAR 07/04 being* compared the lowest been very open," said keting' ourselves to insurance Waterloo Fire Dept respond- common denominator despite Herman. "Once we had dis- brokers in order to ensure we MISCHIEF 1745 HRS FRI ed to a fire alarm at the King being one of the best facili- covered that we had a prob- are getting' the best deal pos- 05/04 St Residence. The alarm was ties." lem we kept it in earnera just sible." said Herman. MAR WLUSU of A that the caused by a build up of food has been aware because the impact of insur- "We're looking for the student reported this since the sum- side window of his particles in the tin holder situation ance affects so many." He most comprehensive cover- driver's mer it vehicle had been smashed under the element on the but wasn't until late continued, "We didn't want to age at the most competitive the parking stove. The duty don had October to early November scare people." price." while parked in that realized were garage at the King St extinguished the fire with a they they All employees of WLUSU That exact price is yet to appears fire extinguisher prior to the having difficulty finding' cov- fall under this insurance be determined but by the end Residence. Nothing issue, however, to been taken from the Fire Dept arriving. erage. The plan. This includes commer- of the month WLUSU will have within vehicle. remained incamera cial liability, communication have to come to a decision HARASSING PHONE CALLS Board of Directors' meeting's, liability, alcohol liability and and choose a company to do SUSPICIOUS CIRCUM- 2120 HRS SUN MAR 07/04 meaning that the issue was directors and officers liabili- business with and it's almost 2145 HRS FRI A student reported receiving discussed in secret. WLUSU ty. Essentially, as Herman guaranteed that that new MAR 05/04 a number of phone calls from could have been potentially pointed out, the plan covers contract will come with a Officers responded to the a male caller asking personal operating without any insur- any singie student who $100,000 plus price tag. ance CURIE outside Willison Hall questions. The matter is coverage as had walks into the building'. area decided to cancel their servic- near lot 4 after receiving a under investigation. "There's no real people part of

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Cultural program ANDREW DUGGAN who want to become cultur- Staff Writer ally aware citizens," said Castricano in a Laurier As of next September, media release. Laurier will be offering a new There are two new cours- Cultural Studies program in es being- offered this the Faculty of Arts at both September, KS2GO and the General and Honours lev- KS2OS. KS2GO is a full year els. course that teaches the fun- Cultural Studies is a field damental theories, analytical of study that bridges the gap techniques and critical prac- between humanities and tices of cultural studies, social sciences and examines while KS2OS looks at the all aspects of culture. roles of cartoons and comics — "It is designed to look at from the 18th century to the / s the culture that we are present. These courses will immersed in," said program build on skills already Interested in representing the students? Here's co-oi'dinator Dr. Jodey learned in the two first year Castricano. courses, Culture in your chance! Enrollment has already Historical Perspective. been impressive for the two KSIOO and Culture in first year courses that were Thematic Perspectives, offered this year, and it is KSIOI. Oth, hoped that many of these Cultural Studies is gain- Nominations open Wednesday, March 1 close same students will decide to ing popularity in Canada register for the new program and many schools are now March 17th at noon Election on March 24, 25,26th next September. offering courses or degrees ' "We are 100% behind this in Cultural Studies. One of in the Concourse program. It will expand the the best known schools for 11 intellectual context of the Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Arts and I predict moment is Trent University that it will be extremely pop- in Peterborough, which was ular," said Dr. Robert the first school in North Packages available at the University Secretariat's Campbell, Dean of Arts. America to develop this pro- Cultural Studies will be an gram. The school has office in P2092 and at the Students' Union interdisciplinary program, emerged as a world leader in similar to Global Studies and this field of study and it is Medieval Studies. Students hoped that Laurier's pro- enrolled in the program will gram will gain a similar rep- also have to take a joint utation. For more information, contact the elections team major in another discipline to Only time will tell how complete their degree. successful Cultural Studies at [email protected] The program is intended will be at Laurier but the for students "who want to increased interest in this 1 X. : = J learn to think critically about field is a good sign that it is the world in which they live; here to stay.

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Memento isn't brought up scriptive view of life on the fish - Production Assistant Carly Beath, in reference to her by saying, "high heaven, this fish friend who was no longer needed to draw a penis woes wouldn't exist. is living in squalor!" that anyone International I'd love to go knock on God's even considers the merits of fish life. been Editorial Board Editor upper-Manhattan office door and I've told how to live and demand to forget. And maybe most of the time I wish I couldn't chastise Him a bit for thinking* remember. Editor-in-Chief Wilbur McLean memory was a good idea in the There's always someone yearning to say "try Production Manager Caitun Howlett Bryn first place Shame. this" or Boyce I believe that if you want to be "think like this". Socialism, con- News Editors Jennifer Asselin happy in a life with memory then servatism... you name an -ism. April Cunningham you really have to love the mun- Same with business plans, big- ideas and great opportunities. Opinion Editor Stefan Sereda My roommate bought a fish and dane. named it Freedom. Freedom has no realization Sometimes it would be great to International Editor Bryn Boyce He lives in a Brita jug in front that his world is actually going to talk to these people and watch Entertainment Editor Chris Clemens of our stereo and thrashes kill him (because certainly well them forget what the hell they were talking about. Sports Editor Derek Iwanuk around his decorative habitat forget to change the water some- replete with what seems to be time or he'll get some horrid form It's the simple life that appeals Features Editor Craig Radcliffe melted down chunks of of Leukemia and float slowly to to so many people (including Student Lite Editor Vacant Moosehead bottles. He makes me the surface). He's just happy to Paris Hilton), but there's nothing- simple about a life of Arts Editor Katie West smile. keep on keeping- on in his perpet- remember- This fish lives the best life I ual oyster of a world. Why can't ing'. It drags it out into one giant Special Projects Editor Thomas Thompson could, ever possibly imagine. His I? introspective nightmare that, at life seems so inconsequential, best, blurs in the background what with his swimming and I'd love to knock on while you immerse yourself in bumping' into the rocks. some activity and. at worst, Cord Stait Freedom's not going- anywhere he God's upper- conies into focus long enough to hasn't already been but he loves wish it didn't. Manhattan office Now this all sounds Production Assistants Carly Beath it. really He goes up one side and then door and demand to negative but that's the beauty of Denise Fung Susie Kovacs down the other. Repeat. You see, loving the mundane. The "swim- Jacquelyn Cain Ananthan Sundaresan goldfish have an enviable six-sec- forget. And maybe ming aimlessly" and "banging into rocks" of life is makes Copy Editing Manager Amanda Elliott ond memory span after which chastise Him a bit... what everything becomes new again. it tolerable, but it's also what we Associate Copy Editor Amy Rogers Mo lingering pain, no fear, no least appreciate. Copy Editors Kim Brown anything. For him, there just is. For Freedom these activities are all he has. For us. these activ- Kevin Field Kate Johnston In six seconds you can't be I understand that this world wasting time thinking about the will kill me, one way or another, ities are ail we need. Liz Goheen Brenda Heatley situation in Iraq (although per- and that makes everything pretty Heather Olaveson haps you could create it..,), or dicey. I mean I'm not out in the Photo Manager Matt Benassi even the development woes of street screaming at the night try- sub-Saharan Africa. In fact, if we ing to figure out "why", but I Advertising Manager Elisabeth Oliveira had this gorgeous gift of memory could be. This fish is still bright- Ad Production Manager Nicole Wilker revoked, these situations and eyed about his whole situation Ad Production Asst's Mikel Sala Kam Athwal IT Manager lan Lochbihler WLUSP Administration <„ Program interrupt President Laura Jardine VP: Finance Tunde Igli VP: Advertising Angela Foster with it money, are both quantita- Time, order, convention: are we tive merchandise; we are Board of Directors Mike D always 'Aloisio trying- to get more of both. Marc Henein Sandra Mackenzie programmed to believe these things? And However, realizing alternate Bryden Gage Jennifer McDonald potential for this merchandise (rather than desire for Corporate Secretary Amanda Kirkwood who programmed us? The only wolf-man? more) yields the recognition that perhaps they are not the ultimate ing people act as they have been of goals. CONTRfBUTORS Sweet led or instructed to. And suddenly you might feel Sven McCuilough. David Alexander, Len Bail, Fraser King, Daniel Roth, Conventionality is consequently a that you got back something you Pete Cram, Sarah Graves, Dave Bone, Michel® Pinchev Laurie Deals social disease, and therefore were missing. Perhaps not some- Vandenhoff, Jeffrey Hawkins, Andrew Duggan, Natisa Niccoli, Vanessa should not be considered an thing missing, something mis- Webster; AJ iafrale, Dave Rico, Era: Chow, Dmitri Dimupopolus. Kris appropriate tool for understand- placed. Like a twenty dollar bill Cote, Sarah Graves, Ruben Gu-Konu. Yusuf Faqiri, Tyler Williams, Alysia Len ing civilization, as the disease is you stashed for an emergency Wyvie.'Mike Morris TJ Hill, Dan Wilson, & Joe 6amtax. Ball socially created. and then find it months later Neil (I'm crossing my fingers), Bob (poorAndrew), tittle Guy (2 will cleaning up, knowing that it was become 1), IS. Eliot, E.T., Chewbacca, The Wolf-Man, Buck Rogers for Conventionality is you who did the stashing, but the column, Dr Don Morgenson for coming through with three articles. totally forgetting when it was Prince for going on world four, Diet Coke with Lime (death, I know Susie Deprogramming. Ridding- our- consequentially a you did it. Sometimes not under- Q), the ladies of production night and Ananthan, the R&R Hall ofFame selves of that overindulgent and standing something can be more for Inducting Prince, Guacamole Doritos and Fig Newtons. oppressive conscripting force of social disease, and interesting than fully compre- Congratulations to the new Student Life editors. Happy Birthday Jackie!!? control over thought and action. These wishes will be belated by the time you read this. should not be hending it. Understanding every- It's not that all forms of con- thing would a fairly -Stefan Joseph Sereda a yield monot- trol are negative, but that the bor- considered tool onous and boring lifestyle and derbetween structure and Ananthan for spending far too much time editing down the women's repres- there would be no point in desir- bas- sion for understanding ketball preview, a task which Is not even close to being what he signed up is poorly defined. ing new expei'iences. I remember for... Cellle and her friends for providing rne with such a fun and interest- Everything seems that it must civilization. a phrase from American Beauty ing weekend... Chrissy for the walk... Cumrnie for being a sucka MC, possess some type of order, a log- (Lester Burnham) along the lines even from Spain... April for letting me borrow Babe so 1 can re-experience ical and understandable progres- of how it can be very reassuring the line a most revere... 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Shifty's Letters to The Cord [email protected] Welker, Gouett, and one Together, the VPs form the print. orgy of an bulk of the Management Ironically, editor-in-chief oligarchy Committee which makes Wilbur McLean himself or most, in this week's issue It was with great concern many, even deci- states Top that I read April sions on behalf of WLUSU. that "being reviewed as Cunningham's piece in last Contrary to what most pieces of performance art 10 undergraduates presume, instead of sub-par, volunteer- Tips on houj to auoid week's Cord regarding the gives legiti- recent WLUSU VP hiring the democratically elected run school plays BOD is reduced to rubber- macy to the productions... disrespecting uiomen controversy ("Board ques- to tions VP hiring," Mar. stamp status, a fact that is The Cord continues review 3, highlighted in the current volunteer performances ouer International 2004). Specifically, I was respect the pro- puzzled by Mr. Welker and approach to VP hiring. because we The BOD does not merely fessionalism of what is pro- Women's UJeek Mr. Gouett's rationale for rejecting incoming WLUSU delegate VP hiring, as duced. If we did anything in rude." Director Tudor Costache's Gouett suggests; reality, it else, we would just be control And am left to wonder- criticism of the current VP forfeits to a commit- so I tee that fancies itself was this a mere oversight, or hiring practice. rude? following accountable not to elected is The Cord just bloody Perhaps the student representatives but, quote, attributed to incom- to ing WLUSU President Steve instead, the WLUSU gov- Kathleen Shaughnessy Welker, was taken out of con- ernance manual. Some may text: "If you can't trust [the see the VP hiring issue as a hiring committee] on this technicality, but beneath the Exploding Fringe rage issue, how can you trust [the surface are pressing issues that must be dealt with if Upon eagerly reading the hiring committee] in other last issue of The Cord, some issues?" I certainly hope it WLUSU is to evolve from its Otherwise, would present Management serious inequities became was. it Committee-centric (oli- very evident. In particular seem that he implied we shoddy treatment should blindly assume that garchic) governance model were the to a more representative, The Cord afforded the Fringe the committee has selected Festival, as well as one par- the best VP candidates not Director-driven (democratic) for any rational, concrete framework. ticipating writer/director 10. Stop making Martha Stewart 9. Start accepting Janet reason; rather, the Board of and her play. out to be an Eve figure. Like Jackson's nipple as a natural Greg Smith Now, to give the rnuch- Directors should mindlessly ballyhooed Fringe Festival you've never stolen anything. part of human anatomy. rubber-stamp the commit- its only dues on page 26 tee's choices because the of A bit bloody, really rude seems like an injustice in brazen act questioning- itself. However, let us take a one decision might lead us to For the past six days I was look at what spectacular arti- question other decisions. "Reviews from Costache's point was pre- eagerly awaiting the release cles beat out of this week's (March 3, the Fringe!" shall we. cisely that we should not Cord, "Adios Turret have to 'trust' them: the com- 2004) anticipating' Hmmm... either complete reverence or Thursdays" gets a wonderful mittee should explain, justi- front spot. And a colour fy, and, if necessary, defend ntter disdain regarding my page contribution to this year's photo too. This is only right- its decisions to the Board FRINGE festival, a play enti- fully so given that the Turret instead of simply presenting closing them for "rubber-stamp" tled "The Classified". My play on Thursdays and its was one of eight showcased is such a big deal to every- ratification. festival, yet I am just basing that on Later in the same article, in the strangely one. incoming WLUSU BOD Vice- enough was the only one not its fantastic attendance fig- Chair Matt Gouett writes-off reviewed in this past issue of ures and hot Friday conver- The Cord. sation topic status. Costache's proposal by way "Exploding climax of a drawing-the-line logical Now I will admit, my sur- 8. Read Errata: The Women's 7. vival as a human being cer- occurs". Well, another article Turn your KISS albums down fallacy: since it wouldn't be event Centre Newsletter instead of to which tainly does not hinge on The about an arts-based an appropriate level... feasible for the Board to Cord's happening at Laurier. Swank, or the Old Testament. scrutinize all hiring deci- opinion of my theatri- is off. Always. cal contribution to society. Nothing specifically against sions which would include but if give dozens of part-time positions But even a response like this coverage, you I wish it front-page coverage, plus at WLUSU business opera- "your play sucked and I had thrown rotten, the colour photo, wouldn't tions, it would therefore be mouldy to tomatoes at you" would have you think the continuation inappropriate carefully been preferable to no men- of' the story could be hidden examine only the five VP tion positions. at all. Simply put, it somewhere. care would have been nice to see Why should students Continued on page 9 about the VP hiring* process? the bard work of my brilliant cast and crew recognized in $85 for our thoughts Rosehart. among others. There is a rather large UW Federation of how permanent resi- 6. Guest Although gap in Refrain from publicly debating 5. Forgive your mother for never Student's President, Chris dence and students feel about whether or not you would kick buying you that tea set because Columnist Edey. spoke about his propos- housing- in Waterloo. So how Sheila Copps out of bed. she was trying to raise a 'man'. al for a student precinct, can our perspective be heard there seemed to be a distinct if this symposium, which has Amy lack of student representa- the potential to create consid- Rogers tion before the symposium erable change in the area, even took place. essentially locked out the stu- I only learned of this dent voice? On March 4 and 5, the Town opportunity to participate in Students compose a sig- and Gown Committee of the community decision-making* nificant portion of the popu- City of Waterloo hosted a a week before the actual lation of Waterloo, yet our symposium on student hous- event, and when I looked into influence as residents of this ing- entitled, "After the it further I was dismayed community is overshadowed Double Cohort: Student- that I would have to fork over by our individual transience. Community Relations." $85 to participate. The officiating- members of The purpose of this two- local government cannot day symposium was. accord- How can our keep pushing - us aside in ing- to the city's website, "to favour of the permanent resi- exchange best practices for perspective be dents. If the issue of student issues relevant to communi- housing' is recognized as a heard if this little is to 3. Forego verbally abusing strip- ties hosting post-secondary problem, and done 4. Keep jokes that associate consult the student popula- or forego the trip to the students, identify common symposium women with the kitchen to your- pers... barriers to improved rela- tion in this matter, then the self. strip club altogether. tions. and consider possible essentially locked City is in effect recognizing avenues for future action." out the student us as a problem. Also, the opinions gathered I don't really feel like a at this meeting* will be pre- voice? problem; my ideas regarding sented to provincial and fed- student housing and commu- eral governments. The lack of advertising nity relations could have It's about time this com- and the ridiculously high enhanced the discussions. munity made a serious price of registration leads me But, I felt shunned because I attempt at openly discussing* to believe that few students couldn't afford admission. I the position students are in attended this, let alone even am anxiously and fearfully with all relevant community knew about its existence. I awaiting the recommenda- members. After all. the stu- did not attend, so I don't tions and decisions that dent population is about 25% know how many students result from this symposium. and growing. were actually there, but I'm But wait. Where were the willing to bet that it wasn't students? Advertised speak- enough to properly voice our our 1. Don't use the "Vagina ers included Waterloo's concerns and contribute Monologues" as an excuse to mayor, Brantford's mayor constructive ideas to the 2- Overlook the housing' crisis. back room. "pick up chicks." and WLU President, Robert 8 Opinion Wednesday March 10.2004 Great minds think with disparity My was built by aliens. You Ever wonder if communists, aliens, Keith Richards, the British and the know the British Invasion in rock music was probably an David Two alien invasion. glasses Alexander's mom bought for him were connected? DA: Really? SM: How else can the Rolling columnists brainstorm in one epic meeting of paranoid minds Stones be 65 and not have grey hair? And how is Keith Idealist at make enough to buy your Or was it? Perhaps they plan, that think they're Jesus. Richards even alive? They're freaky glasses justifies my to do away with me. The auto They've been predicting that aliens. Work unpaid weekly service to the workers are dangerously the world will end for years. DA: Yeah, and David Bowie is paper. powerful, you know, So far the world has ended in definitely an alien! DA: Many people in the DA: I like anything that's 1996, 1998 and 2002. SM: And the Beatles played Union deserve it though. dangerously powerful... DA: What about Marx? I on Ed Sullivan 20 years to David SM: Nice save. They scare especially in public. know he was unemployed, the night before 1 was born. Alexander you, don't they Dave? SM: Are you planning on but I think he lived in a com- Coincidence? I think not. DA: (No comment). My mom inciting a riot? They'll throw John Lennon once said, "stay What were bought my glasses for me. you and your commie glasses in bed for peace, and grow SM: Well there goes my "Did in jail for that. your hair for peace." Those you thinking? your mommy buy them for DA: I'm a pacifist, so any riot sound like the words of some you?" comment. I would incite would be non- alien conqueror persuading DA: On an unrelated note, aggressive. us to let our guard down. George Bush scares me. SM: Mennonite pacifism or I)A: Doubtful. John Lennon Sven SM: That's not unrelated. Ghandiesque? Or smelly, hip- got shot because he was a McCullough Your glasses make you a pie, lying-in-the-streets-of- socialist (John Lennon... or commie, so the leader of a Seattle-because-you-don't- John Lenin?). And he didn't superpower that isn't the for- like-The Gap-and-capitalism spray any weird green blood I David Alexander: don't mer USSR should, scare you. pacifism? all over the place. Lennon think that Stefan should You plan to take down the DA: All of the above... except was probably killed by aliens. hired have two opinion Canadian government, I bet, the smelly part (I hope). I'm SM: As I sit here with those columnists named Sven and and replace it with your not familiar with Mennonite sandals swiped from that names I Len. People whose Students' Union compatriots. pacifism. How is it unique? Jesus impersonator, I have to with Zen are don't rhyme DA: The Canadian SM: Mennonites don't like believe his doomsday warn- invented the underrepresented. Government is irrelevant. So anything after ings. The British are coming ! I Sven McCullough: don't even are the Russians. I don't 18th Century, so that The British are coming! I got I'm a I think hired, as share their ideals... includes big wars, assume, There is a massive alien con- volunteer. Volunteers should SM: What backwards country and riots. But I wouldn't riot spiracy out there! The British allowed do whatever I be to does have your disturbing against The Gap. used to are actually behind commu- they want without the hassle way of thinking? Cuba? not like The Gap either. That nism. The commies are I'd of hiring. Although sure North Korea? I'm leaning* was until I found my new behind sweatshops. my that sweet either jeans. Those commie coun- like a piece of towards communist clothes and your glasses. So tries sure know how to mass you Dave, are an alien by my a nice produce garment. powers DA: not of reason. It's The Gap that is DA: No way. The communists the problem. The problem is would never work with the the system that causes The British... capitalism supplies to Gap violently exploit Contributed Photo the British (alien or not) with in countries. women poor all of the exploitative prac- SM: Don't forget children; Chewbacca the Wookie on an tices they need. they have smaller hands. alien invasion of Earth: Just to be on the safe side And isn't the SM: The Gap prob- "Rrrraaauurrrrr-rrraaurrr-raur" we have to stop letting the lem. I agree. It's American British alien invaders influ- Eagle. Have ever been mune... I wish I could steal you in ence us, or they have won. So there? Ms beard! that means, get the queen off I DA: No, but it really bothers SM: bet Marx was an alien. our money, stop playing soc- me that think it's cool I think lie was people DA: No, legit; cer and don't watch James to wear the same shirts as he wanted to overthrow the Bond movies. start the else... reminds British I'll everyone me elite. rebellion by forgetting every- of communism. The uniforms SM: Speaking of the British, thing* I learned about. Britain are different, but the con- did you know Sting* has a in History class. formity is similar. song* called "Englishman in SM: My brother gave me a gift card for AE, but every- thing in the store was a little too pletch for my liking*. I tried to use the card to get Contributed Photo the cheapest thing (socks), Commie Chairman Mao Tse-Tung probably wouldn't love David's but they said I couldn't get since a that offers too much variety the change back. So I glasses, they're product stormed out. DA: Bah! The other thing WI.USP pie. way, about them is that they're DA: Something we can both DA: See, the problem with the marketing clothes that look agree upon. mainstream conception of like they're thrift. SM: I heard that The Cord edi- communism and socialism is SM: People like looking like tor-in-ehief (aka Wilbur that these countries practice crap. They wear a lot of dum- McLean) makes $15,000. them in the same way that bass shit. Like foam and What the hell is up with that? the left imagines them. mesh hats. Man I hate those. DA: Well, the EIC does a lot of Countries like Russia, China, DA: There is a cheap and easy stuff. For example, he edits. and North Korea may have way to get clothes like that. Contributed Photo Hmm, I've never been edit- had planned economies, but You don't even have to go to a Keith Richards on aliens in rock music: "Aweoijhg;hasd;hg;„. "2000 ed... but he does choose the they are/were undemocratic mall. Light Years from Home"...asdf;sdlkjf;lsdajfa;sdjf... slag ofL.assdfiu" other editors, sell ads and and oppressive. I'd take dem- SM: Are you suggesting that write articles. (Editor's note: ocratic capitalism over unde- we rob a homeless person and The editor-in-chief is not mocratic communism. Now. take their tattered clothes? New York", where he says responsible for the sale of ads. if only we could get demo- DA: I'm not suggesting any- "I'm an alien, I'm a legal Alas, editor's notes are all I cratic capitalism, or social- thing, but I have to say that alien." I think that means the do.) -WM ism... Cuba rules! the clothes I've stolen from Brits are all aliens. SM: Maybe the job deserves SM: You're right; commu- homeless people have been DA: Wait a second, didn't cash pay-outs, but I disagree nism sucks and has no place very satisfying. Wasn't Jesus Marx say he was "alienated" on the grounds that I don't within our society. Also, I homeless? I'd love to steal his from the means of produc- shouldn't have to see Reds, clothes. tion? That's probably his way ever. Commies at the school SM: I see guys downtown of saying* that we are bother me, with their red enslaved by aliens. stars and Castro hats, I don't SM: But what could they be think you should be allowed scheming' about? Or maybe to wear military clothing' at they have already taken over school. Especially if it's from the world. You know, the some country I don't like. British Empire with their DA: I heard that our universi- colonies? Sounds menacing*. ty is breeding' Bolsheviks. And they already have the SM: The people who killed the entire world speaking- their Czar? alien language. DA: I'm not really sure. DA: They probably left Who took this photo? SM: Well. Russian nonethe England and moved to less. So we can't trust them. America at around the time "Yeh, I make Wilbur McLean: What are the Laurier ones up America became the biggest $15,000... racists!" to? superpower. DA: The propaganda didn't SM: America fought the War make money. really say... although, I've of Independence against DA: The same is true about heard rumours that there are them. And the movie WLUSU. X don't make any forces at play trying to put "Independence Day" was money there, but many oth- the means of production back Contributed Photo about aliens. Hmm. ers do. into the hands of the work- DA: I always thought that Contributed Photo SM: That sucks for you, but it ers. E.T. disagrees with Sven's posi- Nixon was a robot... was he makes my day better. SM: I know what you mean. I tion on aliens, but only because built by aliens? Fergie's final word: "I only look Knowing that you have to got mail from the CAW today. he phones home to Habitat for SM: He was pretty stiff. He so marvellous in my old age work somewhere else to It was addressed incorrectly. Humanity seemed fake, so Nixon proba- because I'm an alien." Wednesday March 10.2004 Opinion 9 The professor and the absurd both want and attempt to about the world is the truth, one's students, so that in edges the demands of the Opinion make a difference. They toil the teacher will say that the learning, the teacher and the world as well as the hopes of at coming to terms with, the truth lies in what science students will learn the world the soul, the facts of history, Editorial absurd nature of our world: implies about the world, for as chosen and personalized." economics, mathematics and the relation between the the world is not merely what the details which make up ineluctable human hunger we see but also what we do what Jose Ortega y Gasset Dr. Don for order, beauty, happiness not see. Teachers are called referred to as that "mountain Morgenson and wisdom and the ugli- Teachers are called upon upon to discover of knowledge to be mastered ness, strife and disorder in to discover unity in life's only by the daring climber." the day-to-day process of liv- experiences; to make har- unity in life's And teachers, those who The university professor ing* and learning. The long- monic sense of chaos. experiences; to struggle to bridge fact and today is much like a modern- ing for such, a reconciliation Teaching- represents a pas- fancy, past and future, the day Sisyphus. Remember is very urgent, and for teach- sion for unity, the unity make harmonic world and its meaning, live that prankster who so infuri- ers part of this Sysiphysian between what we long for sense of chaos. this dialectic acutely. The ated the gods they con- quest is the realization that and what the world offers. objective world and the long- demned him to rolling a boul- this longing goes largely The teacher who con- ing to know are the two fac- der up a hill only to have it unfulfilled. fronts the absurd must have We are well aware of the tions of a cosmic tug-of-war roll back down, and on and Among the many ques- a sense of style and must transitory nature of teach- and the teacher is the rope. on, in perpetuity? tions facing any teacher is fashion for him/herself the ing. We can teach only what In the short span of a life- Somewhat like rolling a how to remain true to the art of living fully in, as well we now know. But how will time in the classroom, the boulder up a hill, professors experience out of which the as out, of the classroom; liv- the world know itself in a teacher must bring to life walk into their classrooms, absurd has been born with- ing out the private as well as hundred years hence? What whatever values and mean- open their syllabi, confront out denying it or succumbing the public self. The teacher's radical changes in epistemol- ings he/she has chosen to be their students' faces and to either nihilism or ortho- life and the living of it is ogy can be anticipated? Yet to and to teach; teachers enact engage their students' doxy. To remain on that active choice in process. To teach, knowing that one's and re-enact these values and minds. Then they close their dizzying crest without teach is to choose; and if not teaching has such a shrunk- finally bow down and bow syllabi at the end of the lec- falling - that is pedagogical to choose, to have all chosen. en future, is the only way out without ever having ture/day and do the same integrity. And difficult As Martin Buber said: "To open to the teacher. And it is exhausted the infinite num- again tomorrow and tomor- though it may be, our pri- teach is to select the world in this absurd context that ber of yet existing possibili- row and tomorrow. Sound mary purpose as teachers is that will become the world teaching becomes an art. ties. The struggle itself, how- somewhat Sisyphisian to to be honest... intellectually for the student; it is to incor- Teaching is constantly ever, and the sincere acting you? honest. porate into one's living the dialectical. It simultaneously of one's part is enough to fill Perhaps part of this While the scientist may aspects of the world one confronts the objective and a teacher's heart. absurdist scenario, teachers insist that what science says chooses for oneself and for the subjective, and acknowl-

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charges made against the that community help how much the bill was but it Frankenstein process in the Continued from page 7 play. It was a beautifully (involvement) can make a big couldn't have been low creation of music, more so written critique of human difference to those who are enough to make up for the then was ever possible with Apparently not as the relationships. The second act homeless. I don't mean to other shortcomings. I would analogue recordings. To me continuation took as much blew me away with its theo- guilt everyone into volun- give this restaurant one cord the purpose of recording is space as the Fringe Festival ries on human love. The teering' at a soup and tell it exactly what it two fold. The first is the received in total, and on a third act was an equally kitchen. What I'm talking' could do with it. accurate reproduction of a better page also. The icing on thought-provoking dis- about is getting" rid of the performance of a song. This the festive cake was however, course between a robot and a stigmatization towards the Ryan Jakubowski reproduction is usually done the glaring omission of one human and the complexities homeless. Next time you're Concerned Curry Consumers as cleanly and with as few person's play from what of both those titles. walking* in downtown Advocacy Group mistakes as possible. mediocre coverage the Cord Yes. it was profound, but Toronto don't look away in However, the key to a provided, Kathleen shouldn't that be a good shame as if the homeless Seek help before it's too good recording is spontane- Shaughnessy's» "The thing? Shouldn't we praise don't exist, acknowlege them late ity that is an element of Classified", was the only play an intellectual piece of art as and perhaps give them a uncertainty in a recording, I Treat otherwise the performance to appear at Fringe, NOT highly as a comedy? smile. homeless people Last Friday morning* I covered by the Cord's staff. thought the Fringe Festival as persons. will sound stale and over- received an email notifying rehearsed, instead of That the writer's/director's of was a venue where experi- me that Tooker Gomberg reflecting the kind of risk these plays, as instrumental mental, poetic and original Sharon Glenn took his own life. For those I, that can pan out in to their success as they are, projects were valued. for of who didn't know pay-off you him. live performance as well. are often ignored in the cred- one, hope to see more from Tooker was one of Canada's its in lieu of the the writers of "The Not in a hurry for curry There must be a sense of live top environmental activists. performance to the finished actresses/actors is unfortu- Robopera" at Fringe next Several years ago the WLIJ Re: - product, otherwise it nate enough. That Ms. year. Besides, there was a Food for Thought Curry Environment Club brought remains soulless. Shaughnessy was quite thor- tap-dancing robot... what in a Hurry... him to Laurier to participate oughly ignored, and thus more could you ask for? The only tiling- good about The second type of record- in a day of environmental was in disrespected, by The Cord this establishment is its in a ing, which pioneered activism. He participated the Beatles, makes this individual quite Anne-Marie Longpre name. David Bone tries to parking- space take-over, lec- popular music by others, is the record- upset. This medium is often convince us that he is knowl- tured to a politics class, among Indian as performance that is the only true public recogni- edgeable of food spoke in the Concourse and ing tion these inspiring and cre- Hero for the Homeless because he lives with the creative use of the record- participated in a critical to some- ative forces receive. Indians. Well I don't live with mass bike ride. ing in order create The failure to at least I fully agree with Craig restaurant reporters but I for thing that could not be done I think it is important otherwise. The key to this recognise the organisers of Radeiiffe's article regarding know a thing 1 or two about us to ask why and how such From approach is the willingness the event, Chad McCordic the homeless and societies objective dining-. my an involved and important towards at Curry in to experiment and be cre- and Marta Krzyzanowski, ignorant view experience a member of our society could What one hears most also seems to be most them("Homelessness is not a Hurry, they fail so miserably become so overwhelmed with ative. name often hears in most modern heinous. Coverage of Haiti crime" The Cord Weekly, Feb to live up to their it's grief and pain that he would we almost The music is the strict adherence seems so plentiful when com- 26 2004). Unfortunately, comical. service take his own life? I read on pared to coverage of Laurier. still do live in a society where was slow, despite there being- to successful forms, a.k.a. the internet that "suicide is that rip-off Creed I would hope Ms. the homeless are blamed for only one other sitting* cus- not chosen; it happens when the bands misfortunes, - syndrome. Shaughnessy, Mr. McCordic, their own even tomer and one g'uy waiting pain exceeds resources for and Ms. Kryzanowski all in Toronto as Craig- men- for takeout. I sat and Most of my favourite coping with pain." When a twenty receive an ample apology tioned. with Mayor Mel watched the waiter/cashier person commits suicide their albums of the past from the Cord in the next edi- Lastman's effort to crack doing- nothing- while I debat- years have been staunchly pain may end, but the pain of tion. and I will personally be down on the homeless by ed whether or not it would be experienced by those around anti-digital, and many looking forward to read it, as criminalizing- them. The rude to wave at him so he these were recorded in the them just begins. of indie rock known as well as taking note of the homeless are seen as crimi- would know, despite his is genre Suicide a very sensitive 10-l'i (artists: Pavement, (probably) obscure local it nals. the enemy: the problem valiant effort, that I had not topic. But apparently it is a of combina- Eric's Trip, Sebadoh, etc.). will receive. when in many cases they are quite yet died a common phenomena. I'd the victims. People become tion of boredom and hunger. These tend to be recordings encourage anyone who is recorded on substan- Dave Howden homeless more often due to When he finally arrived I depressed or feeling over- that are dard analogue equipment at 4th year Business structural inequalities rather ordered the Chicken Tikka with talk whelmed pain to or studios than from their own individ- Masala (easily better then and get help. home, in primitive with someone in garage/base- (Editor's Note: The Cord ual faults. Butter Chicken, but that's Life is too precious not to. someone's regrets accidentally omitting The article also pointed subjective) and the A 100 ment. There is something My deepest condolences go about the form which is Shaughnessy's play last out different examples of Gobi. I request one rice and out to whose been from everyone inherently intimate as only weeks reviews. A review of these inequalities: de-instiu- one naan. The dishes were affected by suicide. "The Classified" can be found tionalization of the mentally not hot, in reference to tem- songs recorded within the on page 28. W.M.) ill, welfare cuts and perature, and so mild that I privacy of one's bedroom can Respectfully, but child/health care cuts are all can only hope the cook had David YVe lllia user be, also liberating Domo arigato, part of the reason that an merely ran out of spices that because often the intent of increasing number of people day and does not routinely these recordings is merely "Robopera" for the amusement of the are finding- themselves with- serve bland curry. I also Two fold recording out a place to live. Once ordered a lassi (sweet) and it 'artist.' Lo-fi recordings are This letter is in response to homeless, the obstacles to was lumpy! Worst of all. I often not intended for mass the poor review given to "The finding employment are was served some sort of imi- The article "Technology: audiences, but they are mere- Robopera" in the last issue of almost impossible to over- tation naan. Naan is a flat music's shiny new god" by ly artifacts created by the The Cord ("Reviews from the come. bread but whatever they Chris Collie seems to advo- artist on a whim. The cre- is Fringe!", Mar. 3, 2004). In I would personally like served me clearly contained cate everything- that ative impulse acted upon for the review, "The Robopera" is to commend Craig* Radcliffe yeast as it had risen quite a wrong- with the past 20 years its own sake. torn apart for being- incom- for highlighting- the reality bit. It was more like a pizza of music, namely digital prehensible. I was at the of homeless people. I base then the traditional tan- recording. This approach to Zachary Horn 4t!i year most led to sort same performance and com- would also like to point out doori fired naan. I forget recording- has a of History/Sociology pletely disagree with the 10 International Vednesday March 10.2004 Greek Socialists defeated DEMETRIUS DIMOPOULOS Turkish Cypriots, quick deci- Cord International sions and resolutions must be made before Cyprus joins the The conservative New European Union in May. Democracy party defeated the Other tasks include solv- ruling Socialist party in ing the inflation and unem- Greece's national elections ployment problems brought this past Sunday. With nearly on since changing the cur- 98 percent of the votes count- rency from the drachma to ed by Monday morning-, the euro. Costas Karamanlis, leader of The Conservative win the New Democracy, had gar- marks a major shift in Greek nered 45.4 pex*cent of the politics, as PASOK had been majority vote. The Socialists in power for the last decade had only 40.6 percent. and led the country for 19 of Socialist leader George the past 23 years. The con- Papandreou, a third genera- servative victory was tion prime minister - both his described as a 'new policy in a father and grandfather had new era,' after the Socialists been past leaders during the had governed since 1998, and Pan-Hellenic Socialist had only been out of power Movement (PASOK) - accept- for three years since 1981. ed defeat after the polls indi- The Socialist government cated his party would not be had hoped they would regain serving for a fourth consecu- the office, based on its roots tive term in office. and history. However, it was Celebrations erupted in an uphill battle since the elec- the streets of Athens and fire- tion was called last January. works blazed as thousands of George Papandreou had citizens drank and danced only been leader and Prime over the con- Minister for a servative victo- month. The for- ry. Karamanlis "We must make mer foreign to promised so minister of the make the the best efforts outgoing gov- upcoming en the Olympic Games ernm t , Olympics his Papandreou was top priority. are the best and rushed into Karamanlis, safest ever held. It office to replace nephew of a Costas Simitis former prime is a great because of a sig- minister, faces opportunity. nificant decline a tough job in -Costas Karamanlis, poll ratings. pr e p a r i 11 g* Many voters Athens for the President-elect of Greece believed the Summer Socialists to be Olympics, as preparations corrupt and that a change in are significantly behind leadership could not breach schedule. At least half the the already strong New city's projects for the Games Democracy lead. have yet to be completed. In In his concession speech, contrast, the 2000 host, Papandreou stated that there Sydney, had finished all had been voter fatigue with year earlier. major building a the Socialists' long years in Contributed Photo In his victory speech, power. He added, "When I Karamanlis said there was no started [as party leader] a Pro-Karamanlis supporters celebrate the election results which saw the Socialists lose for the first time time to waste. "We must month ago I realized we had since 1993. Many analysts believe the Socialists lost the elections more than the Conservatives won it make the best efforts so the made mistakes and that we Olympic Games are the best were tiring." and safest ever held. It is a The result of the election great opportunity for Greece is expected to give the to show its modern face," he Conservatives up to 170 seats added. in Human the 300 member parlia- rights Athens Mayor Dora ment. Under the Greek sys- Bakoyianni was hopeful but tem, the winning party takes realistic. "The job will be dif- the majority of the seats for a ficult and the work ahead of four year term. us is hard," she said. The With the mere five percent report blasts US Games are scheduled for difference, pollster Andreas August 13 - 29. Panagopoulos said, "This is Afghanistan have been con- Aside from the Summer an intensely anti-PASOK vote Human Rights Watch accuses US of demned as other the torture in Games, other major issue and not so much one in countries. Such behaviour, it facing the government-elect favour of the New dismal conduct in Afghanistan concludes, sends a message concerns the island of Democracy." that "the US operates on a set Cyprus. With the island split of double standards," a between the Greek and YUSUF FAQIRI "almost entirely outside the Cord International rule of law." charge that seriously under- Also according- to Human mines the support for its war on The United States military Rights Watch, at least 1,000 terror. personnel are in a lot of trou- Afghans and other nationals Afghan human rights ble after a report issued by a have been taken into custody activists have also voiced human rights group. The since 2002. These arrests concerns about American report referred to the US mil- have often been accompanied tactics. The human rights itary and intelligence units* by excessive and indiscrimi- report plays a very important terms mistreatment of Afghan nate force and have led to the role in of politics. The civilians. The report accuses death or injury of many report may cause some dis- the US of using excessive innocent civilians. In one comfort for the government force, carrying out arbitrary cited case, helicopter gun- of President Hamad Karzai. detentions and mistreating ships were used to fire on The government is being told people in custody. residential homes even when by many top officials to pres- The United States keeps US troops faced no aggres- sure the US government to 9,000 troops on Afghan soil sive opposition. uphold humanitarian and who are primarily involved In military bases, like human rights laws in in fighting the Taliban and Bagram Airbase north of Afghanistan. Although they Al-Qaeda forces. According Kabul, prisoner mistreat- have expressed concern to Human Rights Watch, ment is common and Human about some US tactics, partic- many US actions already Rights Watch stated the ularly over incidents where in have have violated international report that "detainees are fre- innocent civilians been law. The report is damaging quently subjected to sleep killed, they have been reluc- to the US because it takes deprivation, extremes of tem- tant to criticize the American cer- away from their credibility in perature and in some cases military publicly. They the eyes of the Afghan people beatings." tainly fear that losing the and the international com- Two people have died in American presence in munity. The report is entitled US detention in Afghanistan Afghanistan will throw the as "Enduring Freedom", a play and both cases have been country into disarray on the name of the American ruled as homicide. The report power re-disperses through military operation that oust- says that these incidents the various exiled warlords. ed the Taliban in 2001. The have still not been propei'ly This Human Rights report, which focuses on explained by the Pentagon Watch report underlines American human rights and the document's authors some of the gravest accusa- abuses by US forces in fear that "appropriate crimi- tions of wrongdoing that the Afghanistan, made special nal and disciplinary action US government has had and mention of the American pol- may never take place". brings up serious questions Contributed Photo icy of detaining people in The human rights group about Afghanistan's present military bases across the out (and future) autonomy. Coalitions forces scour caves searching for points that the types of Taliban/al-Qaeda forces. country. The human rights actions that the US govern- Human Rights Watch condemned American prisonner treatment group describes this as ment has taken in Wednesday March 10,2004 International 11 Convicted Nazi war criminal seeks clemency KRIS COTE Staff Writer

authorities banned a Roman the World Windows to protest march for supporters of Erich Priebke scheduled for Saturday, citing concerns of public order. Jewish groups and the families of the Ardeatine massacre were executions, but argued he basis that lie was following* set to meet the protesters, would have faced death him- orders, but he was subse- and authorities worried that self if he disobeyed his order. quently found guilty in 1997. violence would erupt. He claims that "I don't feel He appealed the decision in Priebke, a former Nazi SS the responsibility to repent 1998 but lost the ruling. Captain, was sentenced to life for something: I didn't want Priebke admits to having imprisonment in 1997 for his to do. I was against it. I had shot at least two victims, but part in the Ardeatine mas- to obey, like every soldier argues he is being used as a sacre. He was released into must do." scapegoat while other perpe- house arrest in 1999 due to trators are free. poor health. His supporters Opposition groups are argue that "he is old and "I don't feel the outraged that Priebke is sick. This treatment is inhu- responsibility to seeking his freedom. mane and degrading." Riccardo Pacifici, a Priebke was the com- repent for some- spokesman for Rome's mander of the SS troops who thing I didn't want Jewish community, stated killed 335 civilians in 1944 that "it's incredible that out of retaliation for a bomb- to do. I had to Priebke is seeking mercy ing that killed 33 German obey, like every when he had no mercy for troops. 77 of the victims those he killed." Contributed Photo were Jews, while the remain- soldier must do." Priebke is supported by OTTAWA, CANADA der were political prisoners. ex-fascists of his generation - Erich Priebke, Noted spendthrift, Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, Herbert Kappler, the head of and members of the extreme- former Nazi SS Captain welcomed UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan to Canada. the Gestapo in Rome, was right party Forza Nova, or Annan is on a quick stop in Canada and intends to address forced by the Nazi to name 10 New Force Party. Italian Federal parliament for just the third time ever. He has civilians to be executed for Priebke fled to Argentina President Carlo Azeglio already flattered the country by stating that Canada is a 'pil- was every German soldier killed, following the war, and Ciampi has stated that he lar' of the United Nations and praised our multi-cultural and and was later sentenced to only extradited to Italy in refuses to offer Priebke diverse society. He emphasized Canada's role in the UN and life in prison. 1994. He was pronounced clemency since the families of stated "What we need is a new global consensus... the deci- During his trial, Priebke 'not guilty' during his first the victims will refuse the sions needed make our organization effective willrequire court 1996 to never denied having led the martial in on the pardon. a high degree of political will among member states." Martin and Annan both touched upon the issues of terrorism, envi- It's here to stay... ronment and AIDS in their addresses. lies are going- to accomplish are working long hours for Give it up very little when the top little pay. multi-national companies One of my favourite make more money annually quotes is from the movie Wall than most small nations, Street when Michael Nike, Tommy Hilfiger and Douglas, playing* stock Tyler companies similar to them tycoon Gordon Gecko says, Williams outsource and used cheap "Greed is good". This quote foreign labour because it sums up the essence of what makes financial sense. Their makes the capitalist system In recent times, particularly primary objectives aren't works. And while, from since the devastating- altruism or social responsi- human rights standpoint September 11 attacks, one of bility, it's to make money. capitalist leaves a lot to be the most important and bit- While the act of recruiting desired, it is the only game in ter struggles waged in uni- men and women to work in town. versity classrooms and on poor conditions for little Communism failed miser- the streets has been the clash money is inhuman, it is a ably, and the other major Contributed Photo between globalization and practice that will not change. political ideologies are fringe IRAQ the anti-globalization pro- If Nike gives up the tech- ideologies that appeal to a testers, The struggle has nique of outsourcing then handful of people. Capitalism Twenty-five pens lay out on a table inside the Iraqi become one of' the most another company will do it has certainly worked for Governing Council chambers in preparation for passing an important cultural conflicts and reap the financial Canada. Since the beginning interim constitution. The constitution was not signed imme- in recent history. rewards. The fundamental of the modern capitalist era diately as Sbiite representatives. including- the top cleric, While the precise defini- concepts of competition and immediately following the rejected some of the charter. After a weekend of negotiations tion of globalization is some- greed are the bedrock of cap- end of World War 11. Canada's with L. Paul Bremer, the top American civilian administra- what mysterious to even the italism and will not change. Gross Domestic Product has tor, the Shiites reluctantly agreed to sign Iraq's historic doc- most avid scholars and pro- increased tremendously. ument. They noted that they will likely seek changes to it in testers. the symbols of it are Every benefit that Canada's the future. The crux of the Shiite complaints surrounded a crystal-clear: The images of Capitalism isn't youth enjoys: the cars, the veto power clause for the Kurds and another that sets presi- it are every where. Tiny chil- expensive clothing", the dential guidelines or the future. dren working in factories going anywhere so chance to attend a postsec- making Nike shoes, übiqui- kick back with your ondarv institution it owes to tous fast-food franchises, riot capitalism and more recently, police tear-gassing protest- Nike shoes, drink globalizatipp..,. ers in a dozen cities around your imported cof- So why fight it? For the the world and the chilling- people who do protest and image of the World Trade fee and embrace struggle to overthrow global- Centre burning. fact you're rich ization and believe by hurl- In any university around the ing a few rocks at riot police the country, one of the pri- or by boycotting a depart- mary debate topics among A few people refusing to ment store they can over- students from a variety of buy Nike shoes or clothing throw a system where the programs is the conflict from the Gap means 358 richest people in the between those who are pro- absolutely nothing' in the world are wealthier than 45% globalization and anti-global- long' run. The capitalist sys- of the world's population ization. These debates are tem and principles that guide then they face a unwinnable fuelled by the fact that in it are too entrenched to battle. As for me. my belief many ways the globalization change. Particularly for the that the process of capitalism movement is aimed at youth. younger generation this and globalization can be The huge ad campaigns put world of designer clothing, reversed dissolved when on forth by companies such as instant communications and September 11 over 3000 peo- Nike and the Gap are aimed the glorification of greed is ple died in the name of C°"'M pho,° squarely at youth. the only world that they protest against the economic MAJVA&UA, NICARAGUA the In debates at universities know. Asking them to give imperialism of West and to the to nothing changed A group of Nicaraguan farmers took streets lobby around the country students this up is like asking them to absolutely government for compensation. The farmers, largely a wearing shoes the Nike and give up everything that they as a result. Chemical, and Standard Fruit, suc- Tommy Capitalism isn't going part of Shell Dole Food Hilfiger clothing know. rallied to fine the three companies nor globaliza- cessfully the government passionately denounce the It's easy to convince a fac- anywhere is $82.9 farmers claim that skin disorders and globalization so back with your for million. The movement cit- tory worker that makes 10 tion kick were the result of pesticide used by these US ing a litany Nike shoes, drink your sicknesses of human rights cents of the injustices of multinational corporations. There have been a long line of abuses. The sheer hypocrisy globalization and by exten- imported coffee and embrace °112 law suits coming out of Nicaragua. In the past decade alone, this means that in a sense sion, capitalism. It's a whole the fact that globalization of pesticide the richer than 600 Nicaraguan farmers have died as a result leaders of the globaliza- other matter to convince a 16 has made you contamination and hundreds of children have been born tion 80% world's popula- movement have won. year old kid to give up their of the defective due from parents involved with these corporations. The fact that I have come BMW convertible or their tion. to realize is that globalization new pair of Nike shoes and all it to a entails, is here because some strangers in Compiled by Bryn Boyce stay. All the boycotts and ral- unpronounceable country 12 International Opinion Wednesday March 10.2004 Joseph Stiglitz vs. David Landes Cord International's new Book Club is much more reputable than Oprah's

Books: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (David Lendes) & Globalization and its Discontents (Joseph Stiglitz) Topic: Globalization and Equality Decision: Stiglitz

MICHAEL BORRELLI Staff Writer for tlie World Bank, offers an insider's analysis of the I've to take state Over time come of global economies. From a through for granted drive his privileged vantage point, a between sky- city, weaving- St iglitz explains how he saw scrapers in a state-of-the-art first hand how automobile, cursing the traf- poorly about thought-out and adminis- fic on the highway I'm tered I've pro-market policies to merge onto. never con- pushed by institutions like we, sidered why or how as the World Bank and human beings, have come so International Monetary far from hunter-gatherer to to Fund (IMF) resulted in tribes using machines poverty and declining living propel us at high speeds standards in countries through landscapes built of that were forced to adopt the now concrete and glass. Why are dreaded "structural adjust- some of the six billion plane- ment" measures. tary inhabitants lucky While a growing economy enough to only worry about a and is good for the citizens of stocks and the weather, Stiglitz argues others forced to scrounge for nation, that the IMF's insistence that enough food to eat? developing nations adopt gap between The global strict austerity measures to Contributed Photo rich and poor has increas- trim the size of their govern- been a of in ingly focus study ment and reduce its interfer- Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has not co-operated with his coalition government members the rapidly globalizing econ- omy and. according to histo- ence in the market has resulted in more uncertain rian David Landes, the answers as to why the rich and worsening conditions for their citizens, especially Gbagbo needs to start are so rich and others so their poor. poor, are a mixture of geog- raphy, luck and culture. While it sounds crude to lay Stiglitz offers the working for the Coast out the key contributions to one of the most hotly debated tighter, better the government together in for the country's advance- issues of modern socio-eco- realized argument The Old the past four years has led to ment". nomic thought so matter-of- and one that I find Continent serious friction between his The PDCI decision will factly, The Wealth and party and the various rebel make matters tougher as the Poverty of Nations has no easier to swallow in groups that now refuse to implementation of the peace qualms about it. disarm on schedule. The agreement was suspended Landes' basic argument is light of his unique Ruben rebels announced that they following' the walkout of the not new; anyone who has perspective Gu-Konu will no longer take part in rebel forces in September heard of Max Weber's classic Protestant the National Commission on 2003. Even though the rebel The Ethic and the Stiglitz is by no means disarmament, demobilization ministers have returned the Spirit of Capitalism will feel a is so close. sense anti-globalization. He knows The Ivory Coast and rehabilitation (DDR). peace process has not. major of deja-vu while freer With just one year to go reading Landes' analysis, that international trade The commission was put in Although the March 2003 is a for both before presidential elections especially he desirable goal place following the cease fire cease fire has been respected since frequent- way can begin resetting* a legiti- ly alludes to intangible qual- rich and poor. But the agreement and was to begin by all sides, ethnic and tribal that been mate democratic base for ities of different national globalization has on the Btli of March as a cru- violence still takes place in administered by the World expansion, irresponsible cial step toward a lasting parts of the country. work ethics. The first half of actions on the part of" the book is a detailed and Bank, IMF, and World Trade peace in the country. The rebels have been more organization has President Laurent Gbagbo easily readable history of the largely The impetulence of than patient in dealing with been without any fore- have begun alienating' mem- Gbagbo has delayed the DDE Gbagbo in this process but if past thousand years concen- bers of his fragile coaltion trating mostly on the devel- thought to social conse- to the point of risking a he continues to circumvent such as losses government. If the Ivory of science, quences job or return to the type of violence the coalition while in power, opment technolo- increased prices for food or Coast is to return to its his- that rocked the Ivory Coast he will find himself out of gy, and commerce in differ- toric level of stability in West ent areas of the globe and electricity that developing last summer. control again. His coopera- nations to deal Africa, it will need to begin the scene often have tion with the party has been setting for a with. Certain measures, with better efforts on the part The rebels aren't dismal while the rebels have European and Western domi- of Gbagbo. nation of the world. such as market liberalization made concerted steps toward have been uneven too, On March 4th the disarming as stabilization. They have The second half degener- Democratic Party of Cote ates into a fairly uncritical requiring developing shown their desire for peace economies with dlvoire (PDCI), one of the planned due to recounting of colonialism, fragile by releasing over 40 prison- industries to open up their two main opposition parties, Gbagbo's poor ers of war in late December the industrial revolution and walked out of the coalition the development of markets to foreign competi- and eight more last Thursday commer- tion while developed nations government. The party sus- cooperation cial markets around the as a token of good faith. The like the US quietly maintain pended its participation International Committee of world. While Landes culls claiming that they were together of protectionist policies. Disarming- now without the Red Cross (ICRC). the tonnes interest- While the two being "ridiculed" by Mr. ing and offbeat views seeing any positive progress overseeing body of the facts that offered Landes and Gbagbo. The PDCI was in will probably a by will make months of fighting humanitarian effort in the open few Stiglitz are not mutually power from 1960 to 1999 at eyes, the main thesis of the meaningless, according to a country, has confirmed the exclusive, Stiglitz offers the which time a military coup senior rebel leader in explain- release of the prisoners and latter part of the book boils sent the party and its leader down to soft tighter, better realized argu- ing the rebels non-compli- believes the rebels have a sell of free- I into The had market ment, and one that find eas- upheaval. party ance with DDR. released all the prisoners of economics and the to light of been accused of mishandling benefits that ier swallow in The latest and most incen- war. increasing GDP recent history and his government funds leading* to diary action by the PDCI The PDCI's walk out on can do for citizens of a mod- the country's current eco- ern liberal democratic para- unique perspective on the came after President Gbagbo the government, the rebels situation. nomic downturn and deep contracted out control of the refusal to disarm and the lat- dise. ethnic and tensions. The book, however, It's human nature for us religious country's main port, Le Port est outbreak of polio in the was to and Since December 1999, the published justbefore the eco- think we're special D'Abidjan, to a French com- country seem to cast a strik- that we deserve what we Ivory Coast has been mired in pany. He did this without ingly negative shadow on the nomic collapses in East-Asia, political gridlock that saw Mexico and Russia leaving have (the cars and the sky- consulting the government presidential and legislative it scrapers, the satellites and rebel groups jockey for or the PDCI's Minister of elections scheduled for 2005. as the perfect pick-up point not power causing an explosion for Joseph Stiglitz's influen- the lattes), but we may Economic Infrastructure, If Gbagbo doesn't set aside have earned it: it's far easier of civil conflict. The once Patrick Atchi, who controls his agenda and concentrate tial Globalization and its united country has been Discontents. A critical exami- to exploit preexisting the country's ports and air- on keeping this coalition inequities or our own divided, with the northern ways. The PDCI called the intact, the efforts to hold the nation of the same free-mar- pursue front being controlled by ket policies that Landes pro- selfish goals than to advance move wounding to their Ivory Coast together since fairly and ethically. Often rebel groups pitted against meaningful participation in 1999 will be lost to more bru- motes, Stiglitz comes at the Laurent Gbabgo's govern- subject from the view of a we don't give any thought to the coalition government. tal uprisings. It's time he those billions of people who ment. Late in 2003, after According to Kakou takes some real and sincere Nobel Prize winning econo- the mist instead a didn't benefit from the same months of absence, rebel Guikahue, a spokesperson steps toward strengthening of well-read we groups returned to the coali- historian. Stiglitz, historical accidents that for the party, they have been the democracy and stability formerly did, as we pat ourselves on tion under international some time a Clinton administration frustrated for now of his country. Even if only the back for our hard woi'k. pressure. with Mr. Gbagbo's actions, for one more year. advisor and chief economist Gbagbo's failure to hold which are seen as "negative Wednesday March 10.2004 International Opinion 13 The boy who cried anti-Semitism International plain ridiculous. These are have no statistics to offer believed at the time. 'IsreaF linked together with the divisions that lead to con- that suggest there is a rise in In Sweden, Zvi Maze! the by a swastika replacing' the Editor flict. anti-Semitism in Europe. "It Israeli ambassador, 's' in both words. Chris Recently, Israeli leaders would be infinitely preferable destroyed an art exhibit that Reddy, the artist, claimed have begun touring around if we were able to give hard he claimed was "a misrepre- that his work is meant to Europe trying- to gain statistical evidence," said sentation of reality". The challenge nationalism and Bryn momentum to fight the so- ECRI chairman, Michael exhibit featured the photo- that the pressure which had Boyce called tide of anti-Semitism Head, The baselessness of the graph of Hanadi Jaradat, a it pulled from the gallery is a which has swept through claims made by such groups female Palestinian suicide fascist form of censorship. Europe. This traipse through give rise to strong media bomber, floating in a red Whether the nature of this A new line must be drawn in pool Europe was preceded (at least misconceptions the water. the or not, sand. Criticism toward about of One of artists, art makes you gasp the in the media) by several extent of Jewish hatred. con- remember of and opposition to Israel's Israeli-born Dror Feiler. that freedom smaller rumblings that fuel Among the most absurd fronted Mazel to explain his expression is not to be is not anti-Semitism. meant actions the fires of misrepresenta- incidents of overblown art to has got to stop using reac- only be put-down. "He limited by what is taboo but Israel tion. tion happened last year when said he was ashamed that I instead by what is hateful. the Holocaust and accusa- In an. anti-Semitism semi- the World Jewish Congress was a Jew," Mr Feiler said, This is an important distinc- tions of anti-Semitism to nar last year Rockwell evieerated Belgium for adding: ' We see this as an tion as well. If people are too shield itself from criticism. Schnabel. the American releasing the results of a sur- offensive assault on our right afraid of being labelled a With all the recent public- ambassador to the European vey. The Eurobarometer to surrounding the sup- poll express our thoughts and racist to even question Israeli ity Union (EU). caused a stir stated that 59% of European feeling's." policy, then freedom of posed "rise in Jewish hatred," after stating that was don't anti-Jewish Union citizens felt Israel A radical artist in Norway expression is being curtailed many people critically sentiment was a to world in what anti-Semitism reaching lev- "main threat recently had his art pulled by a way that defeats the pur- consider els not seen since the 19305. peace." after as what it isn't. the director complaints pose of it's enshrinement a is and For There have been endless par- The Congress went way of intolerance. The art fea- "fundamental freedom". there has been a lot instance allels drawn between the off base in this pointed criti- tured the words 'USA and of confusion surrounding Holocaust and the Middle cism of Belgium. For one the Zionism, the concept of a East situation and it's obscur- survey was conducted by Jewish homeland. ing the debate over Israel Eurobarometer and aimed To me Zionism is as back- making it too dangerous to only to gauge public opinion. as ward an idea there can be touch without serious reper- Other perceived threats to in a world such as ours. The cussions. world peace included the US belief that we need yet anoth- The European at 53% and Iraq at 52%. The er designated area for yet Commission against Racism results, although not flatter- another religious, ethnic or and Intolerance (ECRI) ing, should not be construed ideological group is just recently admitted that they as anti-Semitism as many Canada's getting out First hand experience in Afghanistan reinforces the need for Canada to extended peacekeeping in "War on Terror"

Afghanistan. The Taliban has Zens don't know whether Don't Leave already planned and carried they will even live through out numerous attacks on the next day. I can relate to Afghanistan innocent Afghan civilians. In this problem when on the the minds of many Afghans spring of 1988 I almost lost life after the Taliban regime my life. Yusuf has been a pleasant one in I was shot in the back by a Faqiri terms of civic rights. Soviet soldier by accident However when one looks after his bullet ricocheted off beyond the surface of the US- a wall and hit me. Luckily for The days of 2,100 Canadian implemented government led me my father is a surgeon troops stationed in by Hamad Karzai, regular and was able to tend to my Super Afghanistan are numbered. life hasn't really changed. wound on the spot. role There is What am Canada's in Afghanistan still extreme poverty I basically try- 1 Hour Service will soon be diminished as and massive illiteracy and ing- to say here is that Canada's one year rotating living conditions aren't Afghans no longer have any Eye Exam mandate expires. In the last improving in any discernable strong- faith in the concept of several months it's been the way. In terms of infrastruc- living' a normal life. Afghans Arranged Canadian troops who have ture, streets and roads are always in constant fear maintained order in the remain the same with a few for their life. If the Canadian Afghan capital. Kabul will be changes here and there. troops leave the capital, a in a lot of trouble once the Albeit it's only been two and whole host of problems will soldiers evacuate the country half years since the oppres- flood in to the city. causing tribal tensions to sive regime was ousted, the The next problem here is resume. fact of the matter remains that there are no other The whole reason that the that there have been no sig- Northern Atlantic Treaty Taliban came to power in nificant improvements under Organization (NATO) coun- 1996 was because of the Hamad Karzai. tries that want to replace OPTICAL inability of the Afghans to Life in Afghanistan has 2,100 Canadian troops and '"Y unite and form a stable gov- not really changed that much prevent this power vacuum ernment. The people of since I left it in 1993 to come from overtaking- the country. www.opticalillusionsinc.ca Afghanistan have had a to Canada, I was born and It will be interesting- to see tumultuous history in the raised in Afghanistan for what is going to happen to Better Glasses, last 25 years causing many nine years. I can attest to the Mr. Karzai's government and M to fear for the stability after problems that Afghans are his ability of controlling- Better Service, Canada pulls out. having right now becuase I Afghanistan once these : , Better And Afghans should fear went through these same Canadian soldiers leave 4 Value for their lives because there problems when I lived there. Afghanistan. 255 King St. N. Waterloo are still Taliban officials who In Afghanistan nothing in run wild and unchecked in life is stable and certain, citi-

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CRAIG RADCLIFFE Saying that pornography MIKE MORRIS creates, for the viewer, their Features Editor decreases the pleasure of real STAFF WRITER own personal orgy. While sex gives too much credit to surfing for pornographic Last semester, one of my pornography. Pleasurable Watch less and live more. imagery the viewer has total profs compared the differ- sex is the culmination of sen- Pornography is avant-garde control of the images on dis- ence between watching' porn sory input coupled with gen- for a hands-off society. Too play. If one body is not pleas- and having sex with the dif- uine emotion towards your frequently are we satisfied ing, there is a cornucopia of ference between eating - ham- partner. Porn only has visual with the removed experience others mere mouse clicks burgers and eating steak. stimulation, whereas sex has via television, film and the away. This devalues the par- made the She analogy that if it all. Body warmth, internet. Hours of research ticipants in pornography. someone ate hamburgers all pheromones and genuine have yielded an unsatisfied The person who is being their life and then ate steak, love for the other person are viewer. The over saturation viewed loses any personal then would they not like the all part of what makes sex a of hyper-real pornographic identity in the over-saturated taste of steak and would want, pleasure. imagery available online market of images. Viewers do more hamburgers. She both Porn serves only the base desensitizes the viewer. Porn not praise the images for explicitly and implicitly sug- urges and it serves them is without a doubt the pinna- their personal beauty. that gested porn kills real- well. Watching' porn will not cle of a society that chooses Granted, some may be saved life sexual desire. destroy real pleasure; it's the virtual over the real. as pin-up picks-of-the-litter, The argument is that merely a way to satisfy the Pornographic images are but the main appeal in view- overexposure to the sexual sensory urges when real the professionals on display. ing is excitement. the in porn If images pornography both interaction is not possible. The male and female stars of person an online porno- the in destroys pleasure in see- The problem with porn the porn industry are sex graphic image does not ing- the sexually aroused lies not with the genre itself objects that go beyond reali- please, there is nude immediately body and sets an unrea- but with how much individu- ty. The sexual self-worth of nothing stop the viewer sonable to expectation for real- als accept as being realistic. the viewers is lessened in the from moving on. life sex. A similar argument has come face of professional hardcore Over-saturation leads to up from time to time con- veterans. The stars look and destimulatiou Porn's abun- Adults are mature cerning violent video games. act in ways that common dant accessibility makes for a Overreative parents have individuals would not nor- deadened libido in the viewer. enough to distin- tried time and again to blame mally idealize. Oin* porHogyspMc rich socie- guish between video games for violent ty requires more stimulation actions. However, none of The amateur to become excited. Amateur mainstream porn these complaints have been genre porn is by far the easiest to and the intimate act proven as true. People are not otters an infinite stomach. However, at some more likely to be violent if influx point amateur to between loving they play video games. The of images that please. The expectation of partners same can be said for pornog- regular individuals certain images, becomes the raphy. norm, at which point they If a person sincerely cannot hope to become unpleasurable. believes that the overly ideal- compete with. Merely looking' at a naked ized figures in mainstream man or woman eventually I absolutely disagree. It porn are in any way some- pales comparison videos cannot be there in to denied that thing that their significant depicting degrading* sex acts are some people out there other can live up to, then I in after of one would never suggest a who, years pornogra- think they have greater prob- However, the presence of real-life situation, A real sex- phy as their sole source of lems than too much porn to this imagery in < >u; porw sa< ual com- sexual knowledge, relationship cannot ultimately worry about. urated society sets a prece- pare with the expectations set unreasonable expecta- Yes, porn is the hamburg- dent that the sexually active created a infinite tions for their by virtually partner. er of sexuality and intimate feel a need to live up to. number of images offered I would argue, however, sex is the steak. It merely Missionary is not exciting that the majority online. of adults gratifies the immediate anymore; it's just status quo. There wrong distin- is nothing are mature enough to hunger but it's not as fulfill- Furthermore, most women with a By guish between the calculated, naked body. no ing or satisfying- as the real do not have large breasts nor should pornography sex means fantastical of mainstream deal. However, if anyone do men have throbbing, be banned. I am concerned, porn and the intimate act spent their entire life eating- twelve-inch penises, yet these however, with a society that between loving partners. I hamburgers, sincerely are the motifs of pornogra- is content with the virtual. if we're Besides, discussing believe that a taste of steak phy. Porn creates an ideal Deriving more excitement body image problems, I think would be heaven on earth. that regular men and women and pleasure from the hyper- there's a much better case cannot live up to. real than actually living is against mass media advertis- Even the amateur genre is to ers avoiding life. My advice and entertainers having offers an infinite influx of turn off the computer, shut an influence over perceptions images that regular individ- show com- TO down the VCR and of body image than the HEAD HEAD uals cannot to hope compete your significant other a good small market for paratively with. The flood of imagery of time. pornography. objectified men and women 15

their sisters in mind. Of not a bad idea to pick up a course, with a ten billion dol- new technique from intense Porn is empowering lar industry to consider, they consensual porn. If you're a are going* to target the most visual learner, pop in the frequent consumer: men. people. Or, just watch themselves does not lead to poi'n, shot' because really, who When many women don't for that happy feeling- that 1*1h y i n0s the corrosion of family", to be in the "the likes shot face a so don't give me of (That's know what vagina looks comes from seeing people any that with cum? a rhetori- I can understand most of with bullshit. I cal like, why enjoying- the basic like good old-fash- question. Keep your they wouldn't want to see the human desires. ioned consensual to cum militia porn and fetish yourself.) The hardcore copulation that the Porn is two or more peo- the enjoyment that can shot is a of be product the male in most films then and Alysia reaped from pornography. and the shots porn ple enjoying bodies gaze perpetuation in showcase. To see a woman the things they can do with I Wyville hear so often that porn is the adult film industry of the enjoying' what is so often them. It's an exploration of vile, idea that is degrading and offensive porn just for men faked can be shocking. That desires and sexuality. It's a to women. to Nope, What is vile, enjoy. is what is great about ama- showcase for the exhibition- This is not to say degrading and offensive As a I am not usu- I like porn. woman, teur Chances are that ist to be who are: porn or that I women a the porn. they really that I like rape about expressing ally consideration for they really are enjoying a nasty, uninhibited freak, pornography leads to their even think sexuality through their typical porn producer, themselves. which is a wonderful thing. To say that I chosen medium? Whether it's the producers them- prostitution. though I don't want to see the It's about violent porn, bestiality in magazines, internet usually have vaginas. experimentation enjoy or selves man yanking violently on the and liberation. It's fantasy these or child pornography would film, women are focus- With a huge boom of women woman's ponytail while she for the viewer and creator. I be untrue. also think that ing on how they can make producing porn, unfortu- gives him a blowjob but it's adults indulging in the view- money by enjoying them- nately they aren't keeping ing of other adults enjoying selves. I don't like the 'money Porn is for the DiudarJi Publicujiuxjs incredibly lazy is Uirimj: want to participate in (ass beads, anyone?). The reply Cartoon came: she would not want to Cord Production Manager be with that person then. Cord Editors Workhorse. This makes sense to me. Isn't it a strange sort of com- Human Resources Sarah petition, the girlfriend, and Manager the porn star? I think that is Marketing Manager Graves the sort of race I'd like to drop out of. Thanks dear, IT Manager I don't mind public displays you can keep the porn star. of affection (PDAS), to an To me, the person who Advertising Ad Production Manager extent When couples start has a strong- affinity for dry humping in front of me, porn is quite like the person Advertising Ad Production Manager I get a little uncomfortable. who will watch the movie For me, porn is just like instead of reading the book. Photography Manager (2) - Honourarium that PDA that goes too far. It It's quick, easy and requires doesn't fit into the spectrum little effort. So much is lost, Copy Editing Manager of things. You can either use however, when someone else Corporate Secretary your imagination (porn star- is providing the imagery. ring you and the guest star There's often a sense of WLUSP Board of Directors member of your choice), manually disappointment seeing the satisfy (possibly with the aid film adaptation of a favourite of any number of battery book. They leave parts out. powered devices) or get it on everyone looks strange and with someone else. things just aren't as inti- To me, porn can't compete mate. Porn seems to be the with any of these. Why same thing. Witnessing an would I want to watch some- intimate moment but bring- one else do something I ing none of yourself into it. friend could do myself? A of So don't like porn. I mine I brought up the point don't really mind if others that she would be severely watch it but I'd rather not be bothered if her significant there when it happens, in the watch other would rather same way that I wish that porn than participate in the couple sitting in a very pub- same acts with her fine foxy lic place would stop the self. I asked what would be heavy petting and grinding. the case if said acts were such that she would not Wish you could live Are you 19 yet? in Residence Again? All Ages University Night

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35 University Ave. E. Waterloo, ON N2J2V9 (519)885.1436 www.doolyswatertoo.com 16 Student Life Wednesday March 10.2004 Hey you, put down those weights Interested in unique ways of living a healthy lifestyle? There are more options than you ever believed possible LAUREN THOMPSON Pilates offer the unique cial while channel-hopping 1. Staff Writer opportunity of a balanced It is a form of Pilates pio- workout through the condi- neered by Mari Winsor, per- If you are like me then you tioning' of the whole body. It sonal trainer to Hollywood, have used any and every does not provide a bulking up which focuses on burning excuse in the book not to go of the body but rather a ton- calories and shaping" the to the gym. Perhaps it's too ing of it with emphasis on a body. If shedding the pounds far, it's too crowded or maybe flat mid-section. Although it is the aim, Winsor Pilates is it just is not you. Personally I is quite challenging, the ben- an adequate type to go with. find gym regulars are efits make it more than The advantage of this form of* already in physical shape and worthwhile to put effort into Pilates is that it is easy to to go there reinforces the mastering the craft. Not only partake in from the comfort notion of a gym culture that do Pilates condition the body of your home with the help of you may never be a part of. but the exercise also corrects a series of videos that However, because exercise is posture and relieves stress. It instruct and allow you to go so important to a healthy helps to bring the mind and at your own pace while lifestyle, alternatives must be the body together as one due receiving the training' of a explored. As a result of the to the necessary concentra- well-known and employed gym dodgers like me, many tion that is undertaken as a trainer to the stars, new-age forms of exercise result of the emphasis put on A second somewhat recent have gained popularity and breathing. form of exercise that has reaped financial rewards. As a consequence of its been popularized is Yoga. It These alternative methods low impact conditioning, is a relaxation method that Erika Ivanic of exercise offer the same Pilates cause minimal physi- brings together mind and Try this position: the Athletic Complex offers classes in Yoga, Pilates results as the gym and pro- cal stress to the body and can body similar to that of Pilates and a multitude of other choices, depending on your interest. vide outside options to people be taken on as a first-timer but turns its focus away from who do not feel comfortable without the dreaded day- calorie-burning to higher formed on the ground. of exercise that some in would the gym environment. after of pain and stiffness consciousness in hopes that Yoga has become a big- not even characterize as There are methods of exer- often experienced following weight loss and, more impor- business with stores dedicat- such. They are art forms not cise that can easily be an introductory workout at tantly, a healthy life style will ed to the sale of supplemen- unlike dance that encourage employed in or outside of the the gym. I am sure that any- follow. Yoga is used as a rem- tary equipment and studios the harmony of mind, body home. The method of partic- one who watches late night- edy for everything from back solely devoted to the exercise. and spirit through medita- ular interest that has recent- television has come across pain to infertility, but our However, do not get pulled tion and breathing exercises. ly gained a wide range of the Winsor Pilates infomer- focus here is weight loss. It into the propaganda, the only Those that prefer Yoga attention is the art of Pilates. works through the strength- thing that may be of need in and Pilates to the traditional ening of the metabolism to order to be comfortable while exercises available at gyms allow quicker burning of carrying- out the poses inher- enjoy the benefits of relax- calories resulting in the ent in Yoga is a basic exercise ation and stress relief with- shedding of unwanted mat. Other yoga equipment out weight loss as a focus but pounds. that is marketed such as rather a happy bonus that In order to be successful Yoga music, books and results from a noticeably in using Yoga as a tool for clothes are only needed toned body. They can both be weight loss the various and depending on individual enjoyed in group settings or numerous poses of the body preferences but are not essen- individually depending on must be mastered. Because tial to its success. Like preference as well as by both these poses are numerous, it Pilates, Yoga can easily be men and women. The most may appear overwhelming to enjoyed in the comfort of notable benefit of these new a first-timer to learn them your home with the countless age forms of exercise arise but they are simple and videos that are offered, espe- from the mind-body connec- relaxing, making* it a fun cially useful if you do not feel tion and the fact that you experience to experiment like observing the rears of become so in tune with your with them. Poses range from others as they bend down in own body that you are able to standing to lunging'. Yoga is front of you. discover capabilities you a form of exercise in which Yoga and Pilates are not never imagined you pos- Erika Ivanic you cannot be afraid to get new to the world but- have sessed. down and become one with gained popularity as their Weights aren't the only way to go. Check out alternative forms of the floor, as many of the posi- benefits have become better exercise for building your mind more than your muscles. tions necessary are per- known. They are two forms Food for Thought

entered and sat ourselves at a rubbery at all, but simply when you consider that they peppers, spinach or sun small table iu full view of the delicious. are not a pizza joint, but have dried tomatoes but that'll Leafs game 011 tlie huge Other items in this por- so much else to offer. We split cost a few pennies extra. widescreen TV located on the tion of the menu include the a 17-incher right down the We had such a good time wall of the upper tier. The Chicken Club Salad ($7.95), middle as I put banana pep- we stayed and had a couple lower tier has a bunch of French Onion Soup ($8.95) pers, Italian sausage and red more pints over a few games tables along with a foosball and the West Coast Spinach onions on my half and my of pool, while our lovely serv- table and three pool tables, Dip ($6.95) which 1 hear is friend put bacon, pepperoni er continued to give us great always handy. amazing. The middle of the and green peppers on his. service throughout the rest Our server came over menu is comprised of two Served piping- hot on a cool of the evening, McMullan's quickly and we got started sections. Sandwiches & Pub little stand, the pizza lived up was impressive and should by ordering- some beer. The Food and Entrees. My friend to its reputation and was be high on anyone's list if only thing that rivals the originally ordered the worth coming* back for any you want a fun night out amount of beer McMullan's Barbequed Beef ($8.75) from time. You can also get gour- with fantastic food and a has on tap is the amount of the sandwich menu but met toppings like chipotle great crowd. DAVE BONE beer-paraphernalia that is unfortunately it was unavail- Restaurant reviewer hanging from the ceiling able. The Curry Wrap ($7.95) and clad all over tiie walls. and the Reuben Ciabatta With the amount of local They feature many imports ($8,95) are highlights from grills and and pubs in that are hard to find in other under this part of "the menu around the campus area, it bars,, including* Kilkenny along; with many can other be somewhat overwhelm- and Hoegaarden along* with expected pub staples. Under ing to choose a place if you a host of others. Entrees a,re a few pastas, want to a " grab bite and/or On the first part of the Fajitas ($8.95) arid pint. For the pubs, this laminated. one-sided menu Panzerotfe (88.95). but the means that they have to dif- are the Soups, Salads and most interesting part is the t'ereiatiate 1.ves themse in Starters section, and we listed House Specials. Every some way to g*efe us pub decided to begin with the night you can walk in, and experts into their establish - Combo Platter ($9.95) to $20.00 ments. for get a pitcher of share. It. consists of battered beer and 20 wings, a combo McMullan's on King- mushrooms, onion rings, platter ox* a 17-inch pizza. Canadian Pnb & Grill House sitified ja 1ape no s. cheese This "deal, not is truly a great has been around as long- sticks and spicy potato especially when it comes to as some of their competitors wedges that come with three the pizza part, which I will but they are quickly becom- different dipping; sauces, and touch on now. ing- one of the more popular our server appropriately I mentioned earlier in the that spots aforementioned coined it the heartstopper. pubs need to keep their repu- pub industry. Even though What impressed us most tations distinct in an effort, to the weather is getting' nicer, on the plate were the cheese attract clientele and we would have been a bit sticks, which were the best I McMullan's does this overzealous to try to eat on have probably ever had. My through their pizza. It is the great patio they have, so friend pointed out that the becoming widely known as www.mcmullansonking.ca we chose a table inside. It cheese was actually melted some of the best pizza in McMullan's is located in a prime district of Waterloo, only a short was alive and bustling' as we on the inside and was not town, a high compliment walk away from late night hot spots perfect after a good meal. Wednesday March 10.2004 Student Life 17

/ Horoscope He Said She Said Week of march 10-17 Second year housing... Is living with a significant other a good move? Or is living with friends the key? Happy Birthday Libra Pisces Smarter 2/4 ■■■ Qxcter '22 He Said/She Said, Dear Sle Said... He Said... If plans start to fall apart on It's time you took matters LAURIE VANDENHOFF DAN ROTH your birthday, don't blame into your own hands. Don't Next year, I will be liv- yourself. With the business of let anyone make decisions for school right now every one you. You are the only person ing off campus and I may be putting: more time who knows what is best for am trying to decide who I think there are a few thing's So, you want to know if mov- into doing work than spend- you. Don't hesitate to voice that you should consider. ing in with your partner is a ing time with friends. Make your opinion to someone if live have months I should with. I First, six is not a good idea. sure to monitor your spend- your motives are being ques- long* time to be dating some- Well there are many fac- ing* over the next while also. tioned. a few options: Some 1 think one and you both probably tors which you Luckiest day: March 12. girls from my residence have a lot to learn about each should consider before com- have other. Living together proba- mitting to this step of your this year asked bly isn't the best way to do relationship. If you feel that to live with them. I the of have grown so me that either. Next, consider two you Aries Scorpio can also live with what will happen if the two close together that yon are

- of you break up, either dur- able to share a common rfeth 21 i 19 rrtrtet 23 - !i:veri:er another group of ing the semester or in the dwelling' and expand on friends that include my summer. Breaking up can be your feelings towards one Everything' is going to seem March is going* to be a lucky hard, but think about how another, that's super. to go your way for the next month for you so make sure boyfriend. hard it will be if the two of But, if you just want to while. Make sure yon take you try something new; it 'Eric' and i started you are living in the same get it on without the folks advantage of this lucky will probably end up working house. There will be no self- hearing', then. I suggest you streak as it won't last forever. in your favour. If you are dating six months ago pity nights spent with a tub hold off on that whole mov- If you put a little extra effort going- to be doing- something and things are going of chocolate ice cream and ing in thing. If you're feeling into whatever you're doing it different this month, make bag of Oreos while watching the need for some action, will pay off in the long' run. sure you research the new great. We never fight reruns of "Sex. in the City" if why not just try out the 24- Luckiest day: March 11. situation well. and we spend lot of your ex is in the next room. hour lounge. PDA's don't Luckiest day; March 16, a Also, think about how seexn to bother the couples in time together. No one much 'fun' it will be when there who are always trying- in this group has a your boyfriend knows your to eat off each other faces. every move. He knows every- Also, have you thought Taurus Sagittarius problem with the two of where you go. who calls you, about what's going to hap- us being a couple and when you come home at pen when the spark fizzles? /pri 1 20 ■ May 20 l-fcMßtter rerjsntei: 2.1 night and the list goes on. Are you ready to witness the living in the house If this g'uy is really 'the skid marks in the under- You are going' to have to If you are having some prob- together. think it would one' you'll have the rest of wear, the bathroom 'tradi- make a number of decisions lems keeping everything I your lives to live together. If tions,' or the suspicious over the next while. Take the organized, don't hesitate to be a good opportunity he's not then you will be smells? Are mutual friends time to consider the conse- ask for help. There are lots of to see if he could be grateful you didn't live with going to have to choose sides quences of any issue. There people around you who are Mr. Wrong. Some of the best between the two of you if you could be more at stake than willing- to give a helping* 'the one'. times you will have will be break up? I think it's an you realize. Consult someone hand, but you must ask for What should I do? living with your friends, so issue that the two of you will if you're having trouble their advice, it won't come enjoy them while you can have to discuss at great deciding-. naturally. and leave all the grown-up length. Don't do anything Luckiest day: March 12. Luckiest day: March 13. - Heidi Homel stuff until later. you'll regret.

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Strongbad's dragon 34 -Maria Liqueur Luckiest day: March 16. 18 Student Life Wednesday March 10 7004 The evolution of an orange race is a cosmetic People usually tan three Most health experts agree ning considered that, the roots are thera- times a week while building exposure to harmful UV Tanning: solution to a winter exercise, its (whether many people still this initial base and then rays in natural sun- peutic and or tan for similar reasons. Many decrease depending on the light tanning- salons) ghost epidemic or a revolutionary increases your people who are diagnosed responsiveness of their skin. risk of skin with Seasonal Affective It's your choice whether cancer. However, many doc- form of therapy? in Disorder (SAD), a kind of or not you wear clothing tors argue that when you although have a base tan, your MICHELLE PINCHEV Sara, the tan- depression attributed to lack the tanning beds, chances who hits up in the nude of burning in the Staff writer ning salon whenever she gets of exposure to sunlight, are most people lay sun instructed by doctors to sit in because they find it more decrease significantly. A tan a chance, is one of the many the As yet another front of UV lights to make up comfortable and no ugly tan is body's natural protec- relentless teeny-boppers flocking" to tion against winter tapers off, it seems as all over for the deficiency. lines will develop. burning. tanning beds North there Vacationers often though another race of America the influence While you tan, tan to under reduce heat gradually humankind is emerging. and The Basics should be a fan to get their skin used of celebrities models to UV light. Orange people walk amongst sporting the 'Coppertone' and there is almost always us now. look. Despite about The tanning experience, for music playing. Some salons warnings as Just look at Miss Aguilera skin cancer and premature those of you who are in the have headphones well and change radio Tanning Safety or Paris Hilton who has said aging skin, countless men, dark,' consists usually of allow you to to the public that she spends women and now growing either lying or standing in stations or even play your Essentials... about $1,000 a month on tan- numbers of young teenagers some sort of enclosed capsule own CDs. Nearly all tanning salons ning- sessions. Aside from the opt for a fake "n bake. Pasty in a private, locked room for wide of spe- fact that people are begin- white is out. a pre-determined amount of offer a selection 1. Make sure the tanning salon ning to resemble Muppets, Although tanning has its time during which nearly cial lotions created specifical- you choose has a disinfecting many want, us to believe that benefits and can be lots of fun your entire body is exposed ly for indoor tanning, called policy. It gets hot in those help you beds tanning has a much darker (a 15 minute trip to Barbados to ultraviolet lights. 'accelerators.' They and sweaty. Naked people have side. for some), people should be tan much quicker and also been there before you. It's hard to know who to wary of becoming 'tanorexic,' replace and maintain mois- It's hard to know the signs listen to these days with der- or obsessed with tanning. A ture. Some reduce 2. Your salon should have you fill matologists on one shoulder natural-looking glow is very who to listen to of aging, something we may out a skin type analysis form and a crispy, brown, flawless- attractive, but skin that looks not think about yet, but you first tan, with dermatologists lotions means before especially if ly skinned celebrity on the like leather is not. should. Using you sign up for a package. other. A myriad of tanning- on one shoulder and you can tan with less expo- Tanning is not for every skin type. salons make claims that A Bit History... sure to UV rays which of a crispy brown, less exposure to UV rays is actu- involves much risk. 3. If you are taking any meds, tell ally good for us. claims that Long before the first indoor flawlessly skinned Tanning salons also offer them. Some medications don't are now being supported by tanning facility was set up in special goggles or stickers mesh well with prolonged expo- the them some doctors and other North America in the late celebrity on for your eyes to protect sure to heat and light. experts. '70s, Europeans were doing it other. from UV damage. Some What do teens think about for therapeutic reasons. salons have other perks such 4. Get a pair of FDA regulated the orange faces? Especially in countries where as moisturizing lotion, goggles. Your sight can be great- "Christina's tan is awe- the sun is more scarce, The average person can deodorant, mints/candies and ly damaged by exposure UV the to some," says 13 year-old Sara Europeans used to tan develop a base tan in 8-12 beverages to complete lights. Don't worry about raccoon who we came across in one of indoors under sunlamps that sessions, starting off with tanning* experience. eyes, goggles with tiny eye the tanning salons in let off UV light for its psy- usually only a few minutes in pieces are available and your Waterloo. "I'm getting there, chological and physiological a tanning bed to as much as a Why Tan? eyelids don't tan anyways. though!" benefits. Although today tan- full 20 minute session. Waves of organic thought ERIKA IVANIC Staff Writer

During' my most recent trips to the grocery store, I have Apply How for ■■ been spending' ridiculous »• 2005 —"I amounts of time in an aisle that once upon a time I never even knew existed: 'Once upon a time' meaning 1 as little as a few weeks ago. Now I refuse to turn a blind eye to the organic foods available in local supermarkets and the implications associated with Erika Ivanic it. Note: eating' organically * E-mail; [email protected] • does not make one a vegetar- Before you pick up that fork, consider how your food was grown Call Ton free: 1-868-488-6780 www.e3ateacti.fiBt ian or a vegan. I The prices of organic issues of health and nutri- foods are high but the bene- tion, animal welfare and the fits are many and they offer a state of the environment, refreshing alternative for organic food sales are begin- Discuss your options healthy eating. Organic ning to boom in North Kill B Uvimmmm farms do not use fertilizers, America. Organic food is directly with synthetic pesticides, herbi- more than just farming', it is cides, hormones or antibi- the beginning of a move- Education representatives otics. Thus, the food retains ment, a new way of life. Soil nutrients and minerals that fertility is viewed as a natu- I L from: chemicals strip away and ral process, rather than a ■i\l||3A ■111 i w 1 11 111 B replace with nothing in ordi- commodity to be placed on nary food production. For the market and exchanged Cook University food to be considered organ- for the highest possible price James ic,' it must be certified with tlie lowest input. according to strict standards Grassroots organizations Monash University of how the food is grown and are campaigning' to elicit fair LwilklllfIIFVHUM handled. trade and sustainability, University of Melbourne The only foreseeable while halting the practice of downfall here is that since genetically modified foods, University of Newcastle farms like this require more through events, websites and labour, the result is higher various publications. If prices. However, other foods becoming directly involved is ÜB4IUU|£Sm One day only! contain many hidden costs too extreme, then try spend- such as hazardous waste dis- ing more time at the grocery posal, pesticide regulation store. Bead the labels, pay an Learn about entry and environmental damage extended visit to the organic that we pay for through foods aisle and actually think requirements, application taxes anyway. about what it is being eaten. Buying organic foods As 'starving' students, it Bmml Auhl processes, tuition fees, means supporting something' appears so obvious to take beyond one's own state of the easy way out, to purchase BBBMBBB!Is!ffiuSIf 1 Australian student visas & nutrition. Organic agricul- cheaper, packaged and ready- ture replenishes the soil and made foods, but instead, Ontario teacher certification results in more sustainable weigh all of the benefits. ecosystems. Healthy living Consider how choices affect soil then produces healthier not only personal health but crops and livestock and even also have a major impact on tastes better, dispelling- the the future of this world. ftffljg zTRSKK need for artificial flavouring. Organic practices also help Here organic info: keep our water clean, by releasing fewer pollutants than conventional farming. organlcconsumers.org [email protected] Further, they utilize less proorganics.com energy and support the biodi- www.oztrekk.com versity of the earth. greenearthorganics.com With more and more peo- ple beginning to consider the Wednesday March 10. 2004 Student Life 19

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Canada Research Chair in Global Studies and Political Science Student Internship Program Sponsored by Professor Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, Chair Holder The CRC internship program provides and opportunity for students to attain an internship in the area of human rights. This area s broadly defined to include development efforts or environmental issues as well as the more 'traditional' area of human rights. The program is aimed primarily at the creation of international internships, but proposals for domestic arrangements may be considered. The maximum extent of an internship is one academic term and the maximum value of an internship is $5000. An internship is normally held in the summer term.

An internship program must be associated with a recognizable organization or institution that is active in the area of human rights. The program provides an opportunity for a student to work in that organization, with expenses and living costs partially paid by the internship. Before a grant is made, the internship must be formalized by an arrangement with a representative of the organization. This must include a specified range of activities/initiatives to be undertaken.

The program is open to students who are registered in the third or fourth year of their undergraduate academic program. Students' academic program and/or extracurricular activities must demonstrate an interest or experience in the area of human rights (e.g. courses taken, research undertaken, extracurricular volunteer experience). Preference in selection will be given to:

students with a strong academic interest in human rights as demonstrated (for example) by taking one of Dr. Howard- Hassmann's courses students with a strong academic record evidence of contact with a responsible human rights organization (evidence of acceptance by the organization of the internship must be provided before funds are committed) applications with a coherent program of action and rationale applications with a high likelihood of benefits and success

Upon completion of the internship, students are expected to make a presentation(s) about their experience, either at Laurier and/or in the community or by preparing an article for publication in the community. Students wishing to use the internship as the basis for an academic credit can make the normal arrangements for a reading course or directed studies, as outlined in the University calendar and department regulations. Students holding an internship will sign a liability waiver.

Application forms are available in the office of the Dean of Arts and must be submitted by the 2nd of April, 2004. Applications will be reviewed by a committee comprising of the CRC Chair - Dr. Howard-Hassmann, the Chair of Political Science or Global Studies, and Dr. Hecht, the Director of Laurier International. 20 Sports Wednesday March 10.2004 Lady Hawks fall DANIEL WILSON picking up an offensive found. The Lady Hawks were Staff Writer rebound that established a continually given wide-open good inside game. Laurier shots that they converted and In a game that saw two com- fans held their breath for a when they missed, they were pletely different Golden moment as Channer took a given free rein of the offen- Hawk teams show up, shot to the face. However, the sive boards. If there was one Laurier lost the OUA final tough veteran shook off the bright spot for the Gee-Gees, game 64-60 against the pain and showed some nice it came from Moriah Trowel!, Ottawa Gee-Gees. In front of range to complement her who showed great skill pene- a capacity crowd at Montpetit solid work in the paint. trating' to the basket and Hall and a provincial televi- In fact, the entire starting- knocking* down shots from sion audience, the Lady unit for Laurier got of'f to a the perimeter. Hawks suffered their first torrid start. Robin Roszell Coming out from the playoff loss in a contest that looked very impressive con- recess, Ottawa finally started featured the top two women's necting on three jump shots to play some defense and look basketball teams in Ontario. in the opening half. Meaghan more like the team that went McGrath showed why she 17-5 during the regular sea- Ottawa 64 WLB 60 was named an OUA All-Star son. Rather than controlling www.laurierathletics.com by scoring 12 points, includ- the tempo of the game and The interior defense was exploited in the Hawks loss to Ottawa in ing some deep three-pointers. making the Gee-Gees work the OUA finals. The Hawks compete in the CIS tournament this week Before the opening tip, The floor general, Sarah hard for each possession, the there were a few factors that Zagorski, ran a disciplined Lady Hawks became very guard had her way with the victory looked much closer determined the final outcome Laurier offense by pushing careless with the ball and Laurier defense for much of than the debacle that of the game. First, there was the ball down the court when committed a rash of the game, whether it was occurred in the second half. the enormous question mark the defense was napping and turnovers. Combined with scoringl or sneaking- in for Despite the devastating attached to the Laurier interi- slowing things down when Laurier's inability to score, key offensive rebounds. loss, the Lady Hawks basket- or defense. The Hawks were a the help arrived. Ottawa was given all the fuel Trowell finished with 24 ball team can take a few posi- team that often looked vul- During the first half, the they desired to mount a points on 10-of-15 shooting tives from the game. For one, nerable deep in their zone Lady Hawks looked weak in comeback. and 12 rebounds. Laurier has many scoring 1 and an aggressive Gee-Gees only two aspects of the game. While the Gee-Gees kept options from the starting offense could exploit this After the first timeout was on chipping- away at the line-up. Six foot guard Kerri weakness. Second, there was called, Channer and McGrath The Hawks looked Laurier lead, it seemed as if Jilesen quietly had eight the issue of Dee Channer and found themselves on the vulnerable deep in the Hawks were prepared to points on 4-of-7 shooting and foul trouble. There is no Laurier bench as the second make their run. Coach Julius hauled in eight rebounds. secret that this talented for- unit came on the floor. their zone and an in a timeout emphasized this This strong contribution ward is the X-factor in order Perhaps it was the tighter aggressive Gee- point by saying, "This game took a lot of pressure off of for Laurier to win. However, Ottawa defense, but this is full of runs. They've had the shoulders of Dee with her tenacious style of group struggled finding- an Gees offense could theirs, now let's have ours." Channel', who was able to play near the basket, offensive rhythm. The big- exploit this Despite their best efforts, score 11 points, collect 8 Charmer often picks up quick scoring run came when both fatigue showed up early for rebounds and dish out four fouls that limit her playing of these starters returned to weakness. the team from Waterloo. As assists. Also, they have a time. The last factor would be the court. The other glaring the Lady Hawks kept on mis- point guard who makes wise fatigue. Laurier last played weakness could be seen every Julie Rodrigue started to firing 011 their shots, the decisions and plays hard on on March 3 in an emotional time an Ottawa player drove really heat up when it count- Ottawa defense continued to both ends of the court. Most defeat over Brock in St. to the net. This path was left ed for Ottawa. After a quiet swarm the visitors and force important, the Hawks saw Catharines. Meanwhile, open far too many times, first half, the veteran for- costly turnovers.After con- that they could play with the Ottawa had been resting up which resulted in easy bas- ward finished with 20 points necting on 3 out of 19 shots best team in the province for at home since February 28. kets for the Gee-Gees. in only 25 minutes of playing and finding themselves down a good portion of the game. If The championship game Laurier was able to build a time. She pounded her way to by 10 points, Laurier this team comes out and got off to a quick start with serious 41-29 halftime lead the net repeatedly and car- attempted to pull off one last plays a disciplined 40 min- both teams gunning- for for a couple of reasons. If one ried her team on her shoul- comeback bid. utes, they will stand a good provincial supremacy. Rather stat could tell the story of the ders during the Gee-Gees Despite finally getting the chance to upset some very than playing a tentative first first half, it was turnovers. comeback. ball to drop and using a full- talented teams at the CIS half. Laurier and Ottawa Several minutes before the When Rodrigue did not court press, the game clock Championships in Winnipeg, showed that they were will- break, Ottawa had already have control of the ball, it was not on their side and the Manitoba, starting on March ing to take chances to gain committed an embarrassing was in the hands of the effort would be too little too 12. the upper hand. Dee Channer 11 turnovers. Also, Ottawa's game's most valuable player late. When the final buzzer went straight to work early defence was nowhere to be Moriah Trowell. The gifted sounded, the 64-60 Ottawa Hawks can't tame Lions in final Laurier's playoff hopes as a series and turned out to be shorthanded goals surren- Shorthanded gaffes give York two costly giveaway allowed the the winner in a very tight dered to York proved to be a Lions to tie the game. Shortly contest. recipe for disaster and some- game sweep over Laurier after that, York took their David Brown roofed a bul- thing the Hawks could not first lead of the game and let shot past Dolson to bring overcome. TJ HILL down to special teams as not held on to a 3-2 edge going Laurier back within a goal Despite their struggles on Staff Writer one goal scored was at even into the third period. late in the third. The Hawks the power play, Laurier did strength. Although the pressed but could not capital- not go quietly as they battled The Laurier men's varsity Hawks were able to capitalize ize on any of the chances right down to the final hockey team took their sec- twice with the man advan- Ylll 5 IWHf 3 they were able to generate. buzzer and should be com- ond stab in as many years at tage they also gave up three An empty net goal shattered mended for their efforts. The the winning Midwest divi- short-handed goals in the Just 5:41 into the final all hopes of a Hawk come valuable experience gained sion final Friday in York for process. York made Laurier stanza a bouncing puck back as the York Lions won from playing* the division the in first of a best-of-three pay dearly on every mistake found its way onto the stick the Midwest division final for final for the last two seasons showdown. they made. "Good teams will of York sniper Shane Nash the third straight season, should give this relatively was The deck stacked kill you if you make too and with nobody but Day to taking Game 2 5-3. young* Hawk group some- against the Hawks heading many mistakes. If we don't beat he made no mistake. The If anything let the Hawks thing to build on for next into the series having only clean up our act they will Nash goal was York's fourth down in this series it was year. recorded one win against make us pay again tomor- shorthanded tally of the their special teams. The four York since the 1999 cam- row," Duncan said. paign. York went 011 to score five Despite going winless in unanswered goals in the sec- three meetings with the ond period chasing Hawk Lions this season. this starting goaltender Justin Golden Hawk group was ooz- Day out of the game. Richard ing with confidence after Colwill scored for the Hawks sweeping the Brock Badgers as the two teams exchanged in the first round of the OHA goals in the third period to playoffs. "We know that if we make the final 7-2 York. forecheck hard and play Laurier had little time to smart in our own end for the regroup for Game 2 as they full 60 minutes we are tough were back on the ice the next to beat no matter who we are night in Waterloo. This time playing," said Laurier rear Laurier drew first blood as guard Bill Duncan. Matt Grermier cashed in on a Derek Do 1son rebound to put the Hawks up one. YORK 7 Ml 2 The lead was short lived as York's Philip Knapp tipped In Game 1 Laurier looked a Daryl Bat slap shot passed like a confident team with Day to tie the score at one. something to prove as they Thirty-nine seconds into took it to York taking the the second frame Nick body at every opportunity. Gibson, Laurier's leading However, York opened the scorer in the regular season, scoring in the first period but gave the home team their sec- Laurier answered soon after ond lead of the contest with as Bryan Kazarian scored on assists going to Kazarian and the power play from Nick defenseman Riley Moher. Matt Benassi mistakes Gibson. Once again The Hawks fell short in both games The game would come would be the Achilles' heel of agains the York Lions. Laurier saw their playoff title hopes dashed for the second consecutive year. Wednesday March 10,2004 Sports 21 Women's hockey preview CIS bound finish in third in the Quebec Golden Hawks seeded second in division. However, their big* wins over fifth ranked McG-ill upcoming CIS tournament; Alberta and second ranked Concordia landed them a spot in the CIS Pandas favoured to win. tournament. These are big wins, and the momentum DEREK IWANUK tenth ranked University of that they carry into the finals Sports Editor Saskatchewan on Thursday may be enough to give the afternoon, Saskatchewan was Hawks trouble. At the beginning* of the year under .500 for the season in a The Hawks will have to if you told me that the weak division except for the contend with the perennial Laurier Golden Hawks two time defending* national powerhouse of the CIS, the Women's Hockey team was champions Alberta Pandas. Alberta Pandas. Don't let the going to make it back to the The Huskies beat the furry cuddly name fool you: CIS Championship tourna- University of Regina and these pandas are fierce. The ment without Cindy Eadie I their continued momentum Pandas are undefeated in would have told you to check may give the Hawks prob- their last 67 CIS contests and into a rehab clinic. After the lems. However, the Hawks are looking to win their third Hawks' outstanding goal- have a higher ranking- and CIS title in a row. The Pandas tender decided to forego this should be able to make dominated the competition by quick www.lagrierathletics.com season to train for the work of an under .500 team going- undefeated through- Canadian Olympic Softball that barely made the tourna- out the year. In fact, the last Djukic blows by a Toronto defender on Saturday. Djukic scored the team for the 2004 Olympics ment. time the Hawks made it this hatrick on Sunday to seal the OUA victory for the Hawks. in Athens, the Hawks had a far, they lost to the Pandas in big hole to fill with only a the final, 5-2. Record break- Continuedfrom cover put the puck into the short time to fill it. ing forward Danielle Queen's net soon. After a decent start, the Bourgeois is the main Laurier came out of the gate Eight minutes into the Hawks faced another obstacle weapon that Laurier needs to in the third period and third, Laurier finally got a in their quest to the OUA shut down in order to achieve quickly scored twice to give bit of luck, Candice Djukic finals. In the middle of success. Bourgeois set a CIS themselves a 4-2 lead. While shoveled a rebound into the November, their long time scoring record by scoring' 52 Toronto scored once late in Queen's net, tying the score coach Bill Bowker was fired points in 20 games this sea- the contest, the Golden at one a piece. The score and the Lady Hawks were son. Hawks were able to hold on. would not be even for long. coachless. But after hiring The tournament this year The 4-8 victory vaulted the Less than two minutes Rick Osborne and a key is unusual in the sense that Hawks into the OXJA later Djukic struck again, assistant coach in Brandy teams that should be there Championship game against blocking a Queen's defend- West-McMaster, the Hawks are not, and teams that are the Queen's Golden Gaels. er's point shot and giving- regained form and pushed there, with all due respect, This time the Golden herself a breakaway. She hard in the final half of the shouldn't be there. All three Hawks came out of the gate slipped the puck behind season. teams in pool A (Ottawa. slowly and found themselves Hare for her second goal of Now they find themselves Laurier and Saskatchewan) down 1-0 just a few minutes the period. in the final and biggest tour- upset their opponents to get into the game. The rest of Djukic completed the nat- nament of the year, the CIS hito the finals. The question the first period was unevent- ural hat trick with five min- Championship Tournament that surrounds all these ful as Laurier failed to cause utes to go in the game. After is whether their in Montreal. The Hawks are www.ualberta.ca teams consistent pressure in the picking off a Queen's clear- seeded number two in the momentum will be enough to Golden Gaels end and the ing attempt, she worked her tournament and hopefully Alberta forward Danielle take them all the way to the first 20 minute frame passed way from the boards, gliding- their momentum with big- Bourgeois is a problem for WLU final. Or will the powerhouse with Queen's holding a 1-0 past an outstretched Queen's wins over Toronto and of CIS women's hockey The advantage. player and slipped the puck Queen's will be enough to Ottawa is a spitting* image Alberta Pandas, give these The second period was far into the net for the third carrying- them through to a of" the Hawks, at least in how Cinderella teams a reality more exciting than the first time. The score was now 3-1 CIS championship. But the they got to the CIS tourna- check? The questions will all as the Hawks played better for the Hawks. road will be tough. ment. The Gee-Gee's went 6- be answered this weekend in but could not beat Golden The score stayed that way The Hawks open with the 7-4 in the regular season to Montreal. Gaels goalie Caroline Hare. for the final few minutes of On the flip side, Laurier the game, leaving Laurier goaltender Emily Stein stood with a 3-1 victory and their on her head, keeping the second OUA Championship score 1-0 with a number of in the past three years. Tilting with Pinball brilliant saves. The next test for the team The third period began is the CIS Championships to how true leaders and great with Queen's leading 1-0, be held at McGill University. Argos Head Coach Mike "Pinball" men and women make their despite numerous chances The Golden Hawks play fellow people better. He ended by the Hawks who out-shot their first game of the CIS demons inspires althetes and stu- this part of the afternoon the Golden Gaels 20-14 dur- tournament against the with a piece of advice for the ing the first two periods. The University of Saskatchewan dents when visiting Laurier on Friday gathered future leaders: Hawks had to find a way to on Thursday afternoon. "True greatness comes from BERNARD DAWSON Pinball stood on the floor how you treat people."' Staff Writer near the students, pacing* The fourth and final quar- back and forth between the ter was a opportunity for the Michael "Pinball" demons, chairs while speaking. audience to ask demons the current head coach of the To put the crowd at ease, questions. Pinball graciously CFL's Toronto Argonauts, demons began to tell fielded questions on losing, ! was a great football player humourous anecdotes a,bout his past and on the difference during his record breaking adjusting' to life in Canada between success and failure HH 894-0770 ■ career. But Pinball was and his football career. The in life. ra( j p always known as an even bet- tone for the next hour and a When the forum ended on your Q Su rom Suit, ter human being. half was set when Pinball Pinball stayed and spoke 1 f£l &/ Interview Suit, demons visited Laurier unleashed his first great with students who stuck I I II /n whatever the occasion I on Friday March 5 as the remark of the afternoon. "I've around. When asked why he 1 PEF fromsl49.oo in a new more yards than any- loves speaking to university first speaker gained THIS ENTITLES THE STUDENT BEARER TO 10% OFF THE WLUSU program designed one in the NFL or CFL, and students, he replied "I enjoy to promote leadership on you know what that means? the questions at this level." PURCHASE OF ANY REGULAR PRICED MERCHANDISE. campus. About 50 students Absolutely nothing." And He added, "I tend to get fewer offer validat abovelocations- one voucherperpromotion not validon sale merchandise- not validwithany otherpromotion took the time out of their from that point on he had the football questions and more busy Friday afternoon sched- crowd's undivided attention. questions about life." ules in order to hear Pinball The session then pro- speak. They were not disap- gressed into PinbalFs "four I've gained more pointed. quarters" view of leadership demons connected on a and inspiration. The first yards than anyone personal level with the crowd quarter was called "essen- in the NFL or CFL, from the moment he walked tials" and this was where into the room. Instead of hop- demons spoke about just and you know what ping on a step-up stage, enjoying' life and being- that means? happy. The two keys he stressed time and again were Absolutely nothing. z ! : I? ut Ira simple: "have fun" and "have -Mike "Pinball" demons ■ cl ; — I r n I o> SU;'liifc- passion". Toronto Agronauts Coach The second quarter of the afternoon dealt, with what I CO i I I Pinball called his "F.T.P." or He also added that his size fcl§MaMßpiil Fears, Tears and Peers. What I N69 this part of the section dealt (Pinball is 5'5 and less than ■SpBBSSSSI with was pretty obvious, but 200 pounds) allows him to I [ I Lodge St | demons was so engaging" relate more with, average stu- the that the audience hung on dents. "I think it's part of his every word. story. I think it makes the He spoke about not being- story more real." afraid to take risks or try When asked about his season, there anything new and even fail at team's goal this it. "If you haven't failed late- was only one answer that "Grey ly, you haven't challenged could be expected. lately," Gup," he said, flashing' his yourself no The third quarter of famous grin "There is Contributed Photo PinbalFs speech was ail about other goal." Clemons a concept dear to his heart: spoke to students team, demons spoke about about inspiration and leadership 22 Sports Wednesday March in, ?nai

ranks of the OUA. If this back to back and made an team hopes to make any appearance in both the 2003 Who to watch in Winnipeg noise in the CIS Elite Eight it and 2004 AUS Championship cannot afford to slide back finals. into the same inconsistent After missing the CIS The run down on qualifying women's teams in routine it fell into during' the Championships last season basketball regular season. after a tough three point loss CIS as The team is led by three in the 2003 AUS the told by their very own campus newspapers players: OUA All- Stars PG Championships, the Capers Sarah Zagorski, SG Meaghan earned a 67-61 victory over The University of son with a 16-4 record and a success in the future. McGrath and veteran F Dee Memorial University of Regina Cougars first place finish at the Channer. When these three Newfoundland Seahawks, to CHRIS JASTER Concordia University tourna- The University of are on their game the Hawks earn their berth in the The Carillon ment in December. Winnipeg Wesmen can outscore anyone, but national championships. Second-year student LEIGHTON KLASSEN when the team begins to The strongest player for With an 18-2 regular season Kelsey Blair has been mak- The Uniter hurry their shot selection the Capers has been sopho- record and the Canada West ing waves all season, leading Laurier usually finds itself in more Kelli McHugh who Championship, the her team to victory on sever- Led by all star point guard deep trouble. The defense is averages 17 points per game. University of Regina al occasions. Hot on her heels JoAnne Wells, the Wesmen solid but this is a team The Capers are a team that Cougars are a heavy is veteran Carrie Watson, closed the season with an known for its offensive tal- relies on the depth of their favourite to win the CIS who won the Canada West impressive 13-7 record and ent. bench and not on the abilities championship. player of the week award earned a trip to the CIS final of a small group of stars. You The Cougars led Canada after scoring 24 points, seven eight. The team's success was University of Ottawa can expect a balanced attack West in scoring, averaging rebounds, three assists and highlighted by a mid-season Gee Gees from the entire Capers line steals in 68.8 points per game, and four a game. 12 game winning streak. MELANIE HO up as they look to prove that defence allowing just 55.4 The T-Birds also have sev- The impressive success is The Fulcrum they deserve then* place in points per game. eral members heading up the attributable to then* veteran the national spotlight. Fifth-year guard and all-star team, including lineup who have achieved After defeating Laurentian coach Canada West MVP Cymone Deb Huband and Carrie back-to-back medal winning 68-55 in the OUA East cham- Bishop's University Bouchard leads the offensive Watson. With players like seasons. pionship game, the Gees, Gaiters charge, averaging 18.5 this taking to the court, ÜBC Wells led the team in under head coach Angie CHRIS JASTER points and 3 steals per game. will provide tough competi- points this year with 569 and McLeod, earned their first The Carillon Bouchard is backed by third- tion heading into the was the first player selected berth in Nationals, The Gees year guard Jana Schweitzer Nationals for the first time to the Canada West All-Star also defeated Wilfrid Laurier The Gaiters head to the who averages 14 points and since 1994. team. The year also marked University 64-60 for the OUA National Championships hav- shoots 42 per cent from the comeback of Heather conference title. OUA All-Star ing had a strong season in beyond the three-point arc. The Simon Fraser Thompson, who finished sec- Moriah Trowell led the Gees the Quebec Student Sports Great Plains Division University Clan ond in rebounds on the team with 24 points in the game. Federation. The Gaiters fin- Coach of the Year Jeff Speedy SABINE BOERSCH with 160. In the regular season ished the regular season with The Peak has implemented a strong Although the team suf- standings, the Gees were tied a 12-4 record. They beat the defence to complement the fered a total of seven losses, with both Laurentian and McGill Martlets 65-50 in the offensive talent he inherited After a turbulent start, the only two of those defeats Toronto for first place in the Quebec semifinal and defeat- have to after taking over the team Clan managed finish were on their home court. OUA East with a 17-5 record. ed the Laval Rouge Or 61- the et two years ago. With a combi- regular season with a 12- McLeod was also crowned 52 the final. 8 and the No. in nation of strong offense, record 7 posi- Coach of the Year in the OUA Second-year guard Anouk defence and players like tion in their conference. Wilfrid Laurier Golden East. Boulanger leads the offensive Due to Bouchard and Schweitzer, injuries and a lot of While second-year guard charge for the Gaiters aver- new the had a Hawks the Cougars will be the team faces, Clan Trowell has been the team's aging 12.4 points per game slow start to the season. BERNARD DAWSON to beat in Winnipeg. The Cord Weekly offensive strength this sea- while rookie forward Emilie However, CIS Champion son, other key players Crofton averages 10.7. coach Langford has fine- After a 12-10 include Julie Roderigue and Crofton also finished fourth The University of British tuned sub-par regular Columbia Thunderbirds the team into a power- season and a third place fin- Kristen Moyle. in Quebec in field goal per- JESSE MARCHAND house. Dani Langford has ish in the OUA West division, centage at 46.9. The Gaiters The Ubyssey had a great season at guard the Golden Hawks got hot at head into Winnipeg as the scor- University College of and leads the team in the right time for the second number five seed and hope to ing. The Clan also has a Cape Breton Capers Straight from the pre-season year in a row. A pair of huge JOE AXWORTHY prove that they deserve to be it was obvious that the ÜBC defensive force in Julia on the national towers OUA playoff wins against Caper Times stage. Thunderbirds were going to Wilson. The 6'4 centre Western and Brock, two have a strong year. Their over most of her opposition squads that controlled and leads in blocks and Losing only six games in the first two games were won BB- Laurier in the regular sea- past two seasons, the SS and 71-41 respectively. rebounds. 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Perhaps instead of desper- callously downloading their Passion of the Christ are rak- In my opinion, the option ately appealing' to the sympa- Chris 'masterpieces' are costing 1 ing in hundreds of millions to download movies has final- thies of a generally jaded Clemens them big money and they've of dollars and these people ly started to reward excel- public, the movie industry been forced to sell their chil- are trying- to convince me lence in the industry. No should work on innovating dren to the white slave mar- that, downloading films is longer do we have to take itself and giving us some- mediocre films thing worthwhile to pay for. I to movie ket or somesuch. Everybody murdering children? gambles on Every time go a pockets of pro- Wasting our time with inad- one of is supposed to shed a small Maybe the key point here and line the cinema and watch tear, with more vertently cornedic sob stories anti-piracy delete Kazaa from their is that the movies suffering ductions little those wliiny than ad campaigns. in the theatres will only cre- during the previews, I computers and learn a valu- in the box office just aren't flashy shorts worth I no The experience of watch- ate a backlash as people real- myself chuckling. able lesson about property paying for. have find law. who ing a movie in the theatre ize that they have an alterna- undoubtedly seen infringement sympathy for producers You've I find this campaign to be shovel the same recycled goat definitely beats previewing a tive to paying' for the 'art' before - the industry these ridiculous Not urine at the general con- badly shot camera screener that these 'craftspeople' con- lassoes poor schmuck generally some I complain on a tiny monitor with tinny tinually roll off the assembly built background only have just been raped by sumer and then who the ticket we don't drink it down. speakers, but at least now line and into our laps. scenery or trained the dogs atrocious prices of when The exploitation of Biggie Smalls Even today. Puffy is not stream media, find every Seven years and no legacy: Puffy and Bad Boy cash in finished making money off of interview, every live perform- Biggie. The Duets album is a ance and piece of concert without the successes of Puffy concept thai will see footage, and fuse these ele- Ready to Die (which has sold recycled Biggie verses insert- ments together with all of over four million copies to ed into song's performed by Biggie's music videos, ulti- date) and Big*gie's classic the superstars of today, The mately creating a legacy- sophomore effort Life After albu m will probably be a com- defining DVD anthology Death (which has sold over mercial success, lining showcasing every morsel of ten million copies), Bad Boy Pufi'y's pockets even further Biggie material that can he Records would not he the and pushing' Biggie's legacy found. powerhouse it is today. even deeper into banality, rel- Until that point, Biggie Here's where the problem, egating him and his name to will continue to be a pawn on in terms of Biggie's legacy, nothing- more than a money- Puffs chessboard, a figure- really starts to unfold. After making tool for Puffy. head upon which one can his death in 1997. the only Like many other hip-hop turn a quick profit and a cau- piece of material put out with fans, I believe that the time tionary tale regarding the Big's name on it was the has come to write the final dangers of artists giving posthumous release, Born chapter on the Notorious their managers too much Again. Instead of releasing 8.1.G. In other words, it's power over their careers. something personal and time for Puffy to do the right Puff should heed the words meaningful to Biggie's lega- thing and secure Biggie's of Nas - after seven long cy, Puffy littered the album legacy before it's too late. years, the time has come to with a ridiculous amount of Puff needs to roll his sleeves let the late, great veteran Contributed Photo guests, many of whom had up and get to work. He needs live', or at least let the man never met Big' let alone Boy archives rest in peace with his dignity knew whore even to scour the Bad One has to wonder whether Big ever that Puffy would worked with him. This as well as those of main- intact. his restless corpse out to the industry to keep his crappy label afloat. robbed the album of any fans from both sides of the redeeming qualities and AJ IAFRATE spawned a vengeful hatred of Staff Writer musical spectrum, from the underground hip-hop head to Puffy among- the leg-ions of Seven years ago this week, your everyday pop music fan. die-hard Biggie supporters. of Biggie's legacy Since the horror that was gunfire shattered the calm Right now. Born Again, Puff has done lit- an otherwise quiet Los is muddled to say the least. In to repair the damage Angeles night, ripping' 1993, Bad Boy Records was a tle on Biggie's legacy. through Suburban organization until inflicted a GMC fledgling' name the He has whored Biggie's and robbing entertain- Puff Daddy stumbled upon verses to ment community of one of the Notorious 8.1.G. Biggie's out, allowing classic most stars in album, Ready to Die, be included on various the promising debut in to memory. Biggie won commercial and critical artists' material order recent a small amount of Smalls was a rare breed. success, and skyrocketed receive buzz for their upcoming in his simple witti- both Puff and Big to super- Brilliant records. ness, he endeared himself to stardom. Needless to say, A return to old school police beatdowns lord. the stereotypes of the 70s and liomoeroticism in this film 80s but also to present itself got to the point where it not Academic Value in such a campy manner that only got annoying* but also This film highlights the satirizes itself that the audi- blatantly rude. power and importance of the ence cannot view this film English language, particu- with any intention of gaining Cheeky Fact larly in terms of the use of academic application. Did you know that Vinee persuasion and euphemisms. Without a doubt, the casting- Vaughn is banned from all Throughout the film. Hutch choices were correct in this Wilmington, North Carolina (Wilson) often attempts to film for there could not have bars after instigating a bar use the power of euphemisms been a more perfect pirnp-a- brawl in April of 2001? It's to get himself out of tight delic Huggy Bear than Snoop true! Kind of puts being jams. So are the use of Dogg. However, it must be kicked out of Phil's into per- the satirizing of spective, doesn't it? euphemisms limited to My Take noted that English papers and discover- This much-anticipated ERIC CHOW ing new excuses for being that Owen Staff Writer film re-teams tardy, or can they be used in Wilson and Ben Stiller con- the real world? I believe that stantly presented to me noth- & is a Starsky Hutch film it is the latter. One can see than adaptation of the famous ing- more a continuation these techniques being used Let us analyze 1970s and of' Zoolander. television show by business people and sales- their characters: they are acts a to the as prequel TV people constantly, particular- individ- series. revolves simply two nit-witted The plot ly those of the used car vari- who are at odds with around part- uals police detective ety. "It's not a rust-bucket, other and their ners (Stiller) each, dislike Dave Starsky but rather an antiquated of each other carries the plot and Ken 'Hutch" Hutchinson piece of fine machinery." "It's forward, Wilson's character who in (Wilson) fig'ht crime not junk-yard worthy, but a Bay Captain is free-spirited lady-killer. City. Their boss. rather a 'fixer-upper'." "Oh, Stiller is nothing- more than Dobey, labels Starsky and that colour, it's not puke Hutch team and an anal-retentive individual his "biatch" green but rather the sun is lives letter of the assigns to sin- who by the the pair every shining awkwardly on that law. Haven't we seen these gle tough case that conies metallic green vehicle." Never in any other film along. always characters However, they underestimate the power of before? Just don't think too manage to come out on top the English language. that one, or your the hard on with help of a smooth might cramp up. That Bear brain informer named Huggy Who should you see it with? is not to say that this film is (Snoop The film Dogg). Invite that phat cat from unoriginal and unfunny; on focuses on their first real The Cord, Bryn Boyce, who the contrary, this film was Contributed Photo case in which Reese Feldman that aviator sunglass- (Vince thinks light-hearted and somewhat streets, to intimidate Vaughn) is suspected es are still tres chique. refreshing. The film man- Starsky and Hutch patrol the mean eager of' being a drug-dealing over- aged to poke fun at not only dangerous felons with their accompanying smoke shield of doom Entertainment 24 Wednesday March 10.2004

HEAR SAY SUMMER Toronto and Los Angeles, don't know, this week is Metric combines the sultry Canadian Music Week. This C OLLEGE PRO PAINTERS is presently sounds of electronic key- yearly ei'ent gives music JOBS boards and chilling' jazz style enthusiasts a chance to be for responsrhle/liardworking drumming*. Fronted by sexy exposed to dozens of hiking singer/keyboardist Emily Canadian acts such as hard- Haines, Metrics Last Gang' core sensations Boys Night university or college siudenls for; debut Old World Underground, Out and Metric. It's events Where Are You Now was such as these which help Part-time Marketing Positions M released six months ago and Canadian music fans become received 110 play from exposed to music that isn't i March/April) CoWgpfc PfOM Canadian or American radio crap like Avril or painfully stations. Six months later, American like Nickleback. Full-time Painting Positions thanks to word of month and hordes of touring', Metric is Thanks to word of at the forefront of the Canadian music under- mouth and hordes of ground. Including- such songs as 'Sockeye' and touring, Metric are PwfHfiw . 'Combat Baby', listeners of at the forefront of !i\s#ibkthrwfsww Orit«:rifi rj this 80s-influeneed pop record will instantly be the Canadian music hooked by the laid back Jfintesfdraill j-800-277-9787 underground scene... /\/\f\\ nature and sincerity of this % unique Canadian act. but nobody knows. #r itpph wri'me iit Jmfijj The question is. why should you care about Metric? Well for one thing, The bottom line is that they're Canadian and they Metric is a solid act that If you're familiar with don't sound like Nickleback. doesn't fall into the typical Toronto super group Broken If you've managed to avoid Canadian band mould. If Social Scene, you will defi- this group 'til now, you'll their stunning* debut is any nitely be interested in Metric. hear from them eventually. indication. Metric will soon Both bands are touring Toronto-based radio station enough become a homeland and friends have made it a Edge 103 is spinning their success story. tradition to perform together at current single 'Combat Baby' each other's shows. daily. Dave Ricci ■ Complete 30-Hour Seminars With members from I As most of you probably " Proven ESL Teacher Training Courses Test Taking Strategies

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" remainder of the album. •■ .■/$■ Wf'i "'-'A As on her first album. Come Away With Me, Jones incorporates sounds from blues and country to comple- ment her jazzv style, The electric guitar featured in "What Am I to You?" gives this song a bluesy kick that works well. However, "Creepin' In" featuring none other than the country queen herself, Dolly Partem, lias a back country, hillbilly, toe-stompin' sound that makes me skip this song every time it comes on. To be fair, it is not overly country One word to describe this but it does not fit with the CD? Simple. Yet that is not to rest of the album. say that the music itself is I found this CD to be very Jf Bi I I I I I simple. Rather, it reminds me relaxing. It's perfect back- of simpler times. ground music that will not \ For the most part, Norah compete with the task at Jones' new album. Feels Like hand. Although this album Home, has a perfect balance does not differ much from between vocals and instru- her first, Jones still has a

"M you ever want to do is drink and watch TV, frankly that t(wu] doesn't reafiy interest me. '1 swear Tm aoinq to bite you hard and taste your T'dldw 6food' c if you don't stop the seij-defeating lies you've been repeating since the day you brought me home. '] know youre'strong."

Do you know these admirable feline lyrics? Sing them in the shower perhaps? Be the first to send an email with the song- and artist name to [email protected] and I'll put your name in the next issue, plus you'll get a free CD that the nice record labels haven't been giving' to me! Last week:

Super director Kathleen Shaughnessy, who's last name was crazy enough that I had to check my email three times to make sure I got it right, is this week's winner. The song- was, in fact, "Slide" by Ani DeFraneo. PS: I did not choose it. Chris, 1Entertainment fEditor WrnNFSDAY March 10, 2004 Classifieds 25

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think that most reasonable assume that his other films amount of time to their field, solid base of devoted fans, Answer people can agree on that are as good as the ones that I but ultimately it is the public and an equally solid base of this: point, but one question have seen. But that is just an that will decide if art is good. people who dislike the book. remains for me. If art is assumption. That is. if you believe that art I think that it is an always subjective, then why What are experts, really? is subjective. American classic, while some are some things classified as If art is subjective, then why So can art still be good people want to ban it in Bernard good or bad art regardless of even if it is judged subjective- schools. If we're going to Dawson what anyone thinks about I'm sure you'll ly? How much would popu- work with the belief that art the piece in question? larity figure into the ques- is subjective, then how are Take Hitchcock, for exam- agree with me that tion? What I mean is, if opinions weighted against ple. Most of his films are clas- enough people love one paint- each other? Personally I have Well, what is art? Is art clas- sified as masterpieces and the the Godfather was ing. play, novel, movie or no clue, but I really do not sical music. Rembrandt ones that I have seen are a great movie or conceptual piece does that want to end up in a world paintings and short films? Or excellent, but does that make make it good art? where Britney Spears is Rock and Roll, Picasso and his entire body of work cine- that the Beatles' I'm sure that you'll agree given more respect than Hitchcock? Or even any of matic perfection? If art is "Hey Jude" is an with me that The Godfather Mozart. the above? I do not believe subjective then I cannot offer was a great movie or that the So is art really subjective that those questions can real- any valid opinion on films amazing song, Beatles' Hey Jude is an amaz- or does "good" Art exist ly be answered because above that I have never seen. ing song, but what about regardless of popular opin- all, Art is like beauty: in the I have read numerous when I inform you that my ion? Well I'm going to take eye of the beholder. columns and reviews written give major regard to experts? favorite novel is Salinger's the great Art cop-out again, That's right. I used the by film experts praising the I mean, I know that these The Catcher in the Rye? It is so it is up to you to decide for ultimate art cop-out, saying work of Hitchcock, so I can experts devote a large one of the books that has a yourself. that all art is subjective. I Substance Joe Bauman, third place winner in the (Hiiznos Sue Passion for Poetry contest returns for a victory lap... THE BEST SANDWICH YOU'LL EVER EAT! a vial of impure toxin reaching for tfie fips of the behold- TRY OUR NEW FHILIY CHEESE STEAK SUP er. Clip And Redeem This Valuable Coupon a crown of thorns waiting to scrape the last thought from the mind; FREE SUB* ! BUY ANY CHIPS seemng blood This coupon must be presented and surren- SANDWICH, straining veins I dered when ordering. One coupon per cus- AND 20OZ DRINK AND RECEIVE I clinging to a poison A SECOND SANDWICH OF EQUAL | remedy. ! without d tranferred "drink up!" the cries below I are not included. Void if copied, OR LESSER VALUE FREE. I from and where prohibited by law. I the I earthly confines | No substitutions. No Cash Value. I seduce a young woman. J * Valid at participating locations in Canada I "drink up! and scream with us! Expires April 30, 2004 dtiiznosSuE shout with us! come to us! and dance the holy dance with we who will hold you in our arms tight! if. ■Rome fell! ■Pompeii burned! now it is your turn to hold ' fy' the concoction and incantate our spirits as one with you, girl. ,; j! Make a career "fisteii to the merciless calls we give hear our beckoning for your dreams and prayers! T, out of the game drink the liquid that willbring you to us and heed our desires ■ you love. that wilt devour your soul; rot your cofjpse; consume your path! | Lodge St | J "drink up! drink thejvi I son! we are your remedy! with a 6-month post-graduate certificate program in scream witH us! shout with us! Professional Golf Management come to us! If you're a university or college graduate, you may qualify for Humber's and dance the holy tango, smell unique program. combines both business administration and golf the wilted rose; management training. Call (416) 675-6622, 3220 be one with us; we will hold e-maii [email protected] you. (Qj HUMBER we are your cure! Business School join our fiery rage and we will heal you!"

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W AWESOME PRINK FEATURES! jl DRAFT NITE Eg □ "i r i|A J Q WLU prof wins literary award tract to write his memoirs." his failed marriage and the "Camp wrote a book Laurier Political Science professor Stevens described the fact distant relationship that he Gentle Players and Polities that he was billeted a room at had with his children. and has been involved with Geoffrey Stevens wins a prestigious a Fredericton hotel in order Stevens also mentioned writing" since he was a stu- to write it. Stevens men- that Camp was concerned dent and he wrote for several literary award for his biography tioned that before Ms death about writing about his newspapers," Stevens added, Camp had written material involvement with Stevens mentioned that he a relatively short period of covering* the first twenty Diefenbaker since he led the found people best remem- time, about ten to eleven years of his life up to the movement to oust him. bered Camp for his political enlisted in wanted to on the CBC THOMASSpecial Projects THOMPSONEditor months," Stevens remarked. point where he the "He everything discussion radio "I was delighted to have won Initially, Dalton Camp him- Canadian Army for the be absolutely accurate." show "Morning-side". it.it was a pretty good book." self had started the work, but Second World War. Anna Porter contacted Stevens described Camp Geoffrey Stevens, a professor his untimely death in 2002 at Stevens to finish the book as a red Tory who admired in WLU Political Science the 81 work Camp had started. The work politicians like Winston age of left the •' 4 „■ jL, . !■ . I- - - ' : : *. *•' Department, mused to me as unfinished. Dalton Camp ...... V 3 V:'"- i \ s 1 was difficult and what had Churchill, a common sense I asked him how he felt about never served in parliament been a memoir was now a centre and that he was not an winning- The Drainie Taylor but was one of the most influ- biography. "I went to his ideologue like many Biography Prize from the ential members of the house in New Brunswick, his Conservative politicians. Writer's Trust of Canada. Progressive Conservative files were a mess and some of Stevens said Camp was The award was presented Party. them in the basement were against capital punishment, at the Great Literary Awards Camp acted as an advisor, wet." Stevens described that approved of the right to have held at the Arts and Letters strategist, and speechwriter Camp's house was deteriorat- abortions and same sex mar- Club in Toronto on March to several Conservative lead- ed and that Camp had little riages and even supported 3rd. It was only weeks ago ers both Federal and money. Apart from research the legalization of marijuana, that Stevens found out from Provincial. Jean Chretien in several archives, Steven Stevens and Camp even his publisher that his latest even consulted him despite was able to interview several shared the same column page book The Player: The Life their difference in political "There were several prob- relatives and colleagues in on the Sunday Star. "He was and Times of Dalton Camp allegiance. Camp also served lems that he faced in writing- order to gain material for the to represent the right wing- was short listed for this as the Federal PC Party the memoirs," Stevens added book. The two had also political views and I the left, award from a selection of President from 1964 to 1967 noting' that his memory was known each other. Sometimes his commentaries approximately seventy-five in a campaign to oust failing- him. but there were Camp devoted the final were every bit the left wing to eighty books by the jurors. Diefenbaker at that time. other problems such as it was phase of his life to writing, and sometimes more than my "The book was written in "Dalton was under con- hard for him to write about Steven mentioned. own." Girls with Pearls Add this to your The film itself carries throughout artful visuals, and Scarlett Johansson plays a convincingly intriguing- character. Both shopping list... her character and Colin Firth's Vermeer rely more on visual communication lias a job that would bore self in but she also faces a through facial expressions even the most diligent of situation that she has been and body language than workers, I l'oiuid it ridicu- ignoring for quite some time. through words. In this film, lously ironic that someone As well, Becky seizes an we see two actors who have like Becky, who is being opportunity to help like- the ability to express stalked by letters from her minded people, and shows thoughts and feeling's bank and bills from Visa, that every time she is weak- through their physical on- writes for a monthly maga- ened she gets stronger and screen auras. zine to advise readers on how smarter. KIM BROWN Nominated this year for to successfully manage their All in all, I have to say Cord Arts Oscars the categories of money. As the novel pro- that I really enjoyed this in " Cinematography. Art gresses. readers go through novel as it made me laugh The film, Girl With A Pearl Direction and Costume trying times with Becky as over and over. Some of the sit- Earring, is intriguing* from Design, Girl With A Pearl she first attempts to cut back uations that Becky gets her- the outset. Based on a novel Earring certainly deserves on her expenses and then self in have to be read to be by Tracy Chevalier, the story the recognition that it has attempts to make more believed. In the end, it is the involves Griet. a young girl received. As spectators, we money by getting a second character of Becky that who conies to live with a are given a glimpse into the job that doesn't even last a makes this novel what it is master painter by the name artist's creative eye and the day. and even if you can't stand views her in the beginning, Becky of Johannes Vermeer. way Vermeer the Are you one of those people Griet, played by Lost in manages to make you laugh who finds themselves gravi- with her. And even you Translation's Scarlett tating- Do if The two main towards the mall? never admit it, you too might Johansson, is sent by her dream about you the perfect have a little bit of the blind father to work in the characters do not pair of shoes and matching Shopaholic in you. Vermeer household as a cardigan? Do you find your- her end up sleeping maid. As a p-,rfc of duties, self hiding- from the bank she is given the task of together but have and not opening- your mail cleaning' Vcrmeer's studio, a for fear of credit card bills? where she encounters spiritual When inside a store do you Vermeer's works. She intellectual bond forget to check the price tag? becomes so intrigued by her You may not be as bad as master's work that she Jessica Simpson, but you still mix world. When I started this book, I begins to his paints for might movie be a Shopaholic. found the character of Becky him and eventually ends up This might not be you find yourself the out If frustrating' and annoying*. becoming the subject of his like all others there, to of most but you often answering 'yes' any The book, told through the famous painting. "Girl can learn these above questions, per- With A Pearl Earring". something from a new expe- eyes of a first person narra- rience. haps it might be a good idea tor, lets the reader in on This film steers away For example, one tid- for you to check out Sophie from the cliched pitfalls of bit that I took from this film exactly what Becky is think- Kinsella's novel, Confessions ing which, at the beginning films that centre around an was that the colour "Indian a Shopaholic. Centring artist and their muse. The yellow" was made from the of of the novel, isn't much two around the adventures and besides how good a certain main characters do not urine of cows that were fed even more misadventures of end up sleeping together but mango leaves. Whether it's cardigan or scarf would look instead for tiny bits of interesting Becky Bloomwood, we see on her. As well, we get to maintain a relation- how a trendy flat, ship of a more facts or a new way of look- glamorous hear all the rationalising that intellectual, socialite friends and a closet even spiritual, understand- ing at the world I strongly Becky does before she makes full of the latest designer a purchase and doesn't seem ing. For Vermeer. Griet is suggest this movie for any- fashions the one can cause financial, to have a single relevant person who can one, even those who might mental and emotional prob- understand his art and is normally steer thought in her head. the away from lems for someone one person who can inspire such films. who can't But as the book progress- afford such a lavish lifestyle. him to his greatest creation. es, we see Becky not only an indulgent As a financial writer for realize the gravity of the situ- The price of "Successful Savings", Becky ation that she has placed her- lifestyle is written on the tag Classified last not least many interesting- characters Time" on Coleco. The actor that are less than ideal room- who played Joel is deserving mate candidates, such as a of special mention for his relentlessly annoying' Ice- excellent acting- skills. This Breaker and a kleptomaniac, play had many creative and Easily the funniest person to funny scenes, including' a visit the apartment was Joel, continuous parade of poten- The Classified was the a confused video-game tial roommates set to cheesy Contributed Photo humourous story of a broth- addict, who isn't really look- sitcom music, and culminat- es and sister, Chloe and Ben, ing- for a place to live, but just ed in a clever twist at the end. Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth experience extreme closeness searching for a new room- shows up to eat Chloe and mate. "They come across Ben's food and play "Burger Carly Beath