Student Life 201 - July 2009

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headLinesOrientation Leadership Conference | 4Athletics Update | 4Student Life 101 Volunteers | 5 BookLook | 6The Student Awards and Financial Aid Office | 6AV Jobs | 6Make More Informed Career Decisions| 6Primo Set to Replace the Trellis Catalogue this

Summer | 7IYA 2009: Discover Canadian Telescopes | 8Welcome from the Academic Integrity Office | 8Precautions Against Theft | 8Check Out Geo-Abstract Davis and Porter | 9Coming Out Callout| 9

FeatUresWhen the Internet Takes Over | 10Get a Grip: Stress and Stress Management | 12

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Montréal | 13Late Night Movies with WPIRG and FEDS | 14

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CaLendar JULy 2009Canada day

Join in UW Canada day Celebrations, held on the University of Waterloo’s north campus on the Columbia Lake fields, Columbia Street West, Waterloo. Festivities will take place on July 1st from 2 p.m. – 10 p.m . they include performances by adults and children, an arts and crafts marketplace, face painting, food and, of course, fireworks. Visit www.canadaday.uwaterloo.ca/index.htm for more information.

pre-enrollment for the Winter term until July 5th (begins June 29th).

student Life 101

this amazing program has been designed by students to help incoming students with their university transition. student Life 101 is taking place on July 25th between 9am and 4pm. to volunteer, sign up at www.studentlife101.uwaterloo.ca/volunteers.

open enrollment

during open enrollment all students are able to enroll into courses.

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Warrior WeekendsJuly 10th-11th

Warrior Weekends is a student-run event which provides a diverse assortment of activities to all students in an effort to increase student night life at UW! most events take place in the sLC. event information can be found at www.warriorweekends.uwaterloo.ca.

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the annual montréal Jazz Festival trip is organized by Feds. tickets are available at the Feds Office. For more information, see p. 12 or visit http://pulse.feds.ca/node/1989.

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orientation Leader Conference

Free for all orientation leaders. Visit www.legendaryleaderconference.uwaterloo.ca to register and uncover more information.

Flag Football tournament

$40/teamregistration begins June 22. For more information, visit the Athletics Office or www.gowarriorsgo.ca.

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Athletics Update

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Swimming Lessons

Athletics will be holding swim-ming lessons for all levels this term in different session lengths. Check out www.gowarriorsgo.ca for more information on the 10 week, 5 week, 2 week (everyday for 2 weeks) sessions.

Come cool off in the pool!

Flag Football Tournamentsaturday, July 11th

Campus Recreations’ Flag Football Tournament is coming on Saturday July 11th. Only $40 a team! Regis-tration begins June 22.

For more information, visit the Athletics Office or www.gowarriorsgo.ca.

Orientation Leadership Conference

“With great power comes great responsibility”-Uncle Ben, Spiderman

It’s not a spider bite, but it can help you live up to your superhero potential. If you’re an Orientation Leader you are invited to attend the 2009 Orientation Leadership Conference (OLC) on Saturday, July 11th.

What’s your superpower? This year’s OLC is known as the Leg-endary Leadership Conference, and will offer matchless leadership training and tremendous fun while being phenomenally FREE. Key-note Ian Tyson will speak about the “Hero Inside” and conference ses-sions will focus on: special events planning, team building, com-munication, first-year experience, conflict management and leader-ship. Other highlights to anticipate

are: bonding with your committee members over Swiss Chalet lunch, completing your Ask Me hero training and learning the epic Black and Gold Day Half-Time Show dance.

So power up and take advantage of this amazing opportunity. Visit www.legendaryleaderconference.uwaterloo.ca to register and un-cover more information.

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BookLook

BookLook can help you find course materials for on campus and distance education courses. You can search for course mate-rial by course code, title, key-word, author, or ISBN number.

Booklook: www.bookstore.uwaterloo.ca/booklook.html.

Make More InformedCareer Decisioms

andrea Corkestudent Career assistant in Career services

During the last years of high school, students are forced to choose what type of post second-ary education they would like, what major they should declare and what types of co-op positions to aim for. This fast paced decision making is leaving a majority of the students confused about their future and their career. As a third year student, from first hand experience, I can say that investigating your interests and personality type are some of the best ways to make an effective career decision. Self assessments discuss many areas such as your strongest skills, your values or your best characteristics. All of these are important when considering your future occupation.

Career Services offers several workshops throughout the year with topics relating to career ex-ploration, interests and personality type. As well, you can make an ap-pointment with a Career Counselor to discuss possible career options. I encourage you all to find out as much about yourself as possible, as it will provide you with direc-tion and make you discover traits you never realized you had. For more information about workshop times, individual appointments and other resources, please visit www.careerservices.uwaterloo.ca.

For a sample test of the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator with inter-pretation, please visithttp://www.personalitypathways.com/ or http://personalitypage.com/careers.html.

The Student Awards and Financial Aid Office

Are you confused about the difference between a bursary, a loan and a scholarship? Do you need information about loan programs, OSAP application deadlines, budgeting tips and application forms?

The Student Awards and Financial Aid Office (SAFA Office) offer programs ranging from bursaries, provincial loans, emergency loan funds, work programs and scholarships.


UW’s ITMS department pro-vides AV Services on Campus. We are currently looking for intermediate, senior and gradu-ate students to work part-time as Video Camera Operators and Student Projectionists. We want applicants who have strong interpersonal abilities, possess a strong sense of job commitment and are reliable and responsible. Experience is an asset.

Work according to your avail-ability, most assignments are weekdays between 8am - 10pm and the pay is $15/hr. Paid training is provided.

For more information check outhttp://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infoav/student/jobopportu-nity.html. If interested please send a resume to Pavlina Penk, [email protected].

AV Jobs

Helpful resources like the FAQ section, obligations, eligibility and much more can be referenced at the following link: http://safa.uwaterloo.ca/index.html. Visit the SAFA Office on the 2nd floor of Needles Hall where university staff can assist you with your inquiries between the hours of 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday.

Primo Set to Replace the TRELLIS Catalogue this Summer

Get set for Primo! The Library’s new search tool, Primo, will re-place TRELLIS as the library catalogue this summer. As you may know, Primo has been available in beta format for ap-proximately the past 7 months, ac-cessible only from a link in the top banner of the TRELLIS catalogue. Shortly, however, it will replace TRELLIS as the default destination when you run a quick search from the Library’s homepage.

Not sure what Primo is, or wondering how it compares to the TRELLIS catalogue?

Primo improves upon TRELLIS in many ways. Several of its main advantages over TRELLIS include:

> Its ability to grow. Unlike TREL-LIS, Primo has the ability to ex-pand to include data sets beyond the usual library catalogue records. It will grow significantly in future months to include other resources like full-text articles, images, and e-books – all available from one search box!

> Search results that are easier to understand. If you’ve ever looked at your TRELLIS search results and thought “huh?” you will ap-preciate how Primo’s behind-the-scenes data management makes search results easier to comprehend and navigate. Among other things, Primo combines duplicate records and groups like titles together to condense your search results and help you find relevant items faster.

> More options to refine your searches. Primo lets you quickly narrow your search results to “available” or “online” items. It

also includes “facets” which are links that are automatically gener-ated from your search that high-light parameters you can select to narrow your search (i.e., library location, collection, material type).

> A fresher design and more intui-tive functionality. Primo has ad-opted a lot of the design and search conventions that you’re used to from the web – including a clean look, easier navigation, and social software features like tagging that let you share information with oth-ers.


IYA2009: Discover Canadian Telescopes

Visit us at the Davis Centre Library to “Discover Canadian Telescopes,” the second exhibit in a series to celebrate the International Year of As-tronomy 2009. Now open, the exhibit is showcas-ing until August 31.

This second exhibit takes a look at modern Canadian telescopes. You will discover that Canadian telescopes are found not only in Canada, from the East coast to the West coast, but all around the world, from the Northern hemisphere to the Southern hemisphere. Learn how Canadian institutions have partnered with other institutions around the world to become a driving force in astronomical observation and discovery.

Precautions Against Theft

Register the serial numbers of your valuables.

UW Police offers a service that al-lows you to register the serial num-bers of your valuables (laptop, cell phones, iPods, cameras, bicycles) so that they can be easily identi-fied as yours if stolen. Although the University of Waterloo has a rela-tively low crime rate for its size, theft does take place on campus. By visiting www.police.uwaterloo.ca and inputting the serial numbers of your valuables at the “Serial Number Registration” link, you take an easy precaution that makes it possible to trace your posses-sions back to you. This information is kept confidential and is purged once you leave the university.


The University of Waterloo be-lieves in the right of all students to be part of a University where academic integrity is expected, maintained, enforced and protect-ed. The University is committed to create a level playing field for all students through information, education, monitoring, detection and sanctions.

Academic integrity is the cor-nerstone of research, teaching, and learning. Members of the UW community are expected to personally demonstrate academic integrity in their work. We are here to help you do so.

Visit our website at http://uwa-terloo.ca/academicintegrity to find out more information on the resources available to you, famil-iarize yourself with the policies, and check your understanding of Academic integrity by taking the online tutorial http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/ait.

All students want to do their best at their studies, and everyone is interested in the reputation of their hard-earned degrees. We are committed to providing you with a community where honesty, trust, fairness, respect and re-sponsibility are embraced.

Welcome from the Academic Integrity Office

Coming out Callout

“Brubakers cafeteria in the Student Life Centre is closed for the sum-mer and will look very different when it reopens for the fall term”, says Lee Elkas, director of UW’s food services.

Because the SLC is such a popular building for students to visit on campus, Brubakers must be ap-propriately maintained. Its renova-tions will allow Brubakers to better serve our ever-changing campus. Specifically, they will provide more healthy food options.

Teriyaki Made in Japan, Pizza Piz-za, home cooked daily specials, fair trade beverages and grab-and-go snack and meal options will con-

Check Out Geo-Abstract Davis

and Porter

The LGBTQQ Working Group is currently looking for “Coming Out” stories of queer identified students. If you came out before university, or are in the process of coming out, or if someone close to you is coming out, we’d be inter-ested in hearing your experience. All stories will be confidential and anonymous unless consent is given.

The LGBTQQ Working Group consists of Counseling Services, the Federation of Students, GLOW, Health Services, the One Waterloo Campaign. Police Services, and the Student Life Office. It works to promote the resources and services available to LGBTQQ identified, and allied students.

The working group is interested in your experience, the challenges you faced, or are currently facing, as well as the resources and supports that you rely on. These stories are being incorporated into program-ming for Coming Out Week 2009.

To find out more, and to collaborate with this initiative please contact:

Johnny trinhstudent Life Coordinator: Com-munications & special projectsStudent Life [email protected] ext. 35632


tinue to be available, but the UW community can look forward to the additions of a Subway franchise, pita concept, salad concept and a fruit smoothie concept.

The increase in production de-mands greater fridge and freezer capacity so another difference to expect will be a decrease in seat-ing. This is not an anticipated problem because Brubakers is removing tray service in favour of on-the-go meals. UW food services believes designing the cafeteria this way will better suit the lifestyles of UW’s busy students.

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Linda mackay, msW rsWCounselling services

How do you know if your internet use is a problem? We all use the internet every day. We cannot avoid it. How on earth did we ever do without it?

The majority of students have never lived without it and you are among the most frequent users of day to day Internet applications. In a counselling session I have to re-mind myself to clarify when a cli-ent states that they were “talking” to someone; is that talking face to face or is that talking through the keyboard? Most of you do not dis-tinguish between the virtual medi-um and having face to face connec-tions with others. Many students who connect on-line, either through email, Facebook, MSN or Skype, are connecting with your commu-nity of friends and family which may be in another city, province or country.

What if this form of communica-tion becomes the only way you connect with people? What if you spend your days and nights isolated in your room, connected solely with your on-line community, most of whom you have never met? What if in spite of your friends or family or partner being in the same house or a block away, you prefer to disappear into the game, into the fantasy, into the chat, into the

on-line relationship? When does it become a problem? And when does it become an addiction?

Dr. Kimberley Young (Young, 1998) describes cyber-addiction as a type of obsessive disorder. She offers a short questionnaire as a preliminary tool to assess for ad-dictive use of the internet:

> Do you feel preoccupied with the Internet (think about it before and after use)?

> Do you feel the need to use the Internet with increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfac-tion?

> Have you repeatedly made unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop your Internet use?

> Do you feel restless, moody, de-pressed or irritable when attempt-ing to cut down or stop Internet use?

> Do you stay on-line longer than originally intended?

> Have you risked a loss of a significant relationship, job, educa-tional or social opportunity because of the Internet?

> Have you lied to family mem-bers, a counsellor or others to con-ceal the extent of your involvement on the internet?

> Do you use the Internet as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving a distressed mood (feel-ings of helplessness, guilt, anxiety or depression)?

Young also includes sleep and somatic assessments to ascertain whether someone’s sleep is dis-turbed or impaired or if there are physical complaints due to internet use (back, neck pain, tingling or pain in the arms and hands etc).

A cue that our behaviour may be a problem is when people in our lives give us feedback about it: “I am concerned you are always on-line, always playing that game”, “Why aren’t you ever going to classes?”, “I never see you anymore… what’s

When the InternetTakes Over


going on?” “You’ve changed, I don’t understand you anymore”.

It is easy though to minimize other people’s concerns. Also, many of you are far away from your family and friends who might know you best so no one is monitoring you. Isolation is a contributor to mental or physical ill health, and isola-tion can be the very thing that puts someone more at risk for internet addiction. Common to all addiction is that people hide their addictive behaviours from others. The inter-net offers a high degree of anonym-ity, convenience and ready escape. In Young’s research 54% of her re-spondents had a history of depres-sion, 34% had symptoms of anxiety and low self esteem. Interestingly enough however, her research also suggests that otherwise stable, healthy individuals can become addicted to internet use but indicate on reflection there was a precipitat-ing event before their internet use became problematic.

Young identifies the top ten issues people are avoiding or trying to manage through their internet ad-diction:

> Loneliness> Marital discontent> Work-related stress> Boredom> Depression> Financial Problems> Insecurity about physical appear-ance> Anxiety> Struggles with recovery with another addiction> Limited social life

Forms of internet addiction in-clude cybersex, gambling, surfing, relationship addiction, but popular to many students are on-line games (MUDs, MOOSHes and MOOs ). These offer a world of potential fantasy roles, never ending activ-ity and challenge. Gamers describe feelings of euphoria, powerfulness, energy and achievement as a result of their gaming role and interac-tions with other gamers. Many gamers cultivate relationships they would not imagine having outside of the game, confidence that only comes with their on-line persona, a feeling of belonging that eludes them in their everyday lives.

Is your internet use a problem? Are

you avoiding classes and social activities? Are you struggling with feelings of sadness, anxiety, anger or resentment? Are you spending more and more time on the inter-net every day and week? Do you go days without talking to people face to face? Are you afraid to stop? Do you believe you cannot stop? Are you afraid to tell anyone about this? Chances are if you are answering yes to these questions, your internet use is a problem and you will be able to see how it is harming you.

What to do? There is help. Talk to someone, a friend, a family mem-ber, a counsellor. Check out Kim-berly Young’s internet site, www.netaddiction.com which offers further assessment tests, referral and resources and even on-line counselling.

Better yet, walk over to Counsel-ling Services, which is right around the corner from you on-campus in Needles Hall or one of our satellite faculty offices. Check us out, face to face. Break free of your addic-tion so you can enjoy your whole life, on and off the net.


Get a Grip: Stressand Stress Management

Karen rittingerCounselling services

What is Stress?

Stress has become part of our everyday vocabulary. Why write about stress when everyone deals with it daily? Since stress is mis-understood and mismanaged, let’s start with understanding.

Stress denotes the changes that we undergo as we experience and adjust to our continually changing environment. It has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feel-ings. As a positive influence, stress creates anticipation and excitement and can compel us to action (re-member that clutch single that won the T-ball game for your team?). As a negative influence, stress can result in discomfort, anger and re-jection, with health problems such as headaches, upset stomach and insomnia.

Although almost everyone re-sponds to some situations with a high level of stress (death of a loved one, birth of a child, begin-ning or ending a relationship), individuals respond differently to most situations. These become

stressors for an individual only if they are construed as threatening or dangerous. Most of us cringe at the thought of having to parachute from an airplane; some find it a challenge. Most of us avoid contact with snakes. Others keep them as pets. Most of us experience anxiety at the thought of presenting in front of a class, and while some will do anything to avoid it, a few get totally turned on.

The goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and even use it to help us. Coping with Stress

The goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it, even use it to help us. Raise your aware-ness of your stressors and your reactions to them.

Don’t ignore your problems.

If you failed the first test of a course, decide what you can do to increase your chance of success next time.

What can you change? Can you avoid or eliminate the stressors?Are you working too many hours?

Is this interfering with your educa-tional goals?

Can you reduce the intensity of your reaction to stress? Are you making a difficult situation a disas-ter?

The presentation is only 5 minutes in length and worth 5% of your grade.

Can you take better care of your-self, building your physical and emotional well-being? Exercise, sleep, nutritional eating and watch-ing what you smoke and drink all add to your physical health.

Cut one cup of coffee from your morning routine.

Having mutually-supportive friend-ships, setting realistic rather than perfectionistic goals and being good to yourself all contribute to managing stress. For further assistance, talk to a counsellor or take a workshop from Counselling Services.

Visit the counselling services web-site at: www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs.


Homecoming andBlack and Gold Day

Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 26th, the day of this year’s exciting Homecoming. Homecoming is not just for alumni; students will love…

> Cheering on their UW Warriors as they go head to head at football with the Windsor Lancers.

> Hearing this year’s keynote speaker, alumnus Chamath Pali-hapitiya (BASc ’99), Vice Presi-dent of User Growth, Mobile and

International Expansion at Face-book , speak about social media and his experiences at Facebook.

> Supporting their fellow student groups as they entertain family carnival participants through mu-sical and dance performances.

> The possibility of winning a $250 prepaid BMO credit card! Simply submit a video in re-sponse to the challenge- “Show

us your Waterloo!” and you could win.

Keep your eyes on www.homecom-ing.uwaterloo.ca for contest and event details. You can also join our Facebook group at www.facebook.com.

Interested in volunteering? If you want to gain event experience, have fun, and be part of an incredible day, please e-mail us at [email protected].

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Late Night Movies with WPIRG and FEDS

WPIRG & FedS Present:Late Night @ The MoviesStart time: 9pmJuly 9th and 16thHagey Hall Courtyard, University of Waterloo

Join WPIRG and FedS for two outdoor films this month!

Continuing from last year?s run of social justice and environmental themed films, this time around we will be showcasing the stories of significant people in the history of social justice activism. Beloved or controversial, famous or infamous, they changed the world and the way we look at it.

milk9pm, thursday, July 9th

Award-winning director Gus Van Sant dramatizes the life of upstart politician, community activist and gay icon Harvey Milk. After settling in San Francisco, Harvey Milk suffered several electoral losses, battles with anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant, and political differences with other San Francisco leaders yet be-came the first openly-gay politician in America. Star-ring Sean Penn. 128 minutes.

motorcycle diaries9pm, thursday, July 16

Based on the journals Ernesto ?Che? Guevara wrote when traveling across Latin America as a young stu-dent. After deciding to travel across Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela to do their medical residency at a leper colony, Guevara and his close friend Alberto Granado experience the culture and beauty of Latin America’s many countries and cultures while developing a consciousness of the deep inequal-ities that run throughout them. Starring Gael García Bernal. 126 minutes

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