Memorial walk this morning

"We will walk from the arts quad to the great hall of the Student Life Centre to show our belief in peace," says Yaacov Iland, president of the Federation of Students. At the SLC, there will be words from Iland, from Sabesh Kanagalingam, the president of the Graduate Student Association, and from UW president David Johnston.

"The last part of the service," Iland said, "will be a presentation by several UW clubs affiliated with different religions. Each will present a traditional prayer of mourning from their religion and an explanation of its meaning.

"The event is jointly organized by UW, the GSA, the Feds and UW Clubs."

Kanagalingam adds: "We hope you will join us to pray for all the innocent victims of war and terror."

The walk begins at 11:15 in front of the Dana Porter Library.

Poll asks for views on new facilities

The same questionnaire will be on-line through Imprint, the student newspaper, and the electronic service 'uwstudent.org', and results will be tallied together, Imprint editor Ryan Merkley said.

He explained: "In order to gauge student opinion on UW's proposed expansion plans to the SLC and athletics facilities, Imprint and uwstudent.org have collaborated with an online survey. The purpose is to collect student feedback and opinions on the proposal. The results will be made available to student council members for the October 14 council meeting."

Student council is expected to make a decision then on whether to lend Federation of Students support to the proposal and call a student referendum to approve a fee to pay for the projects. The amount that's been suggested: $20 a term, for 25 years, to pay for slightly more than $7 million worth of construction.

The package would include an additional upper floor on much of the Student Life Centre; a new north campus fitness centre and gymnasium; and a lighted astroturf field.

Federation president Yaacov Iland said early this fall that his organization would carry out "consultation" with students and then decide on its position. But the consultation has been slow in getting started, and now is apparently delayed by the need for approval from UW's office of human research. Imprint reported on Friday that there was confusion about when the approval would be ready or was needed.

The Feds' consultation group was looking at a written survey, that article indicated, quoting Mike Kerrigan, one of the students on the committee: "Kerrigan told Imprint that the surveys had been sent to the office of research ethics for review. Once complete, the dons would distribute them to frosh, and OCD would orchestrate off-campus distribution. The survey results are to be used to modify the proposal to ensure that it meets student needs. The proposal must be finalized before the October 14 student council meeting."

Terry Matthews spoke in a Davis Centre amphitheatre in October 1999. "It's better to be taking a risk, to be creating a little sizzle, than to sit back and do a boring 9-to-5 job," he told his audience. "Be a little aggressive. If you work hard and are innovative, take some risk, chances are you will have rewards." Innovate presents entrepreneur today Terry Matthews, one of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs, will speak on campus today, brought in by the student Entrepreneurs' Association of Waterloo and the university's new "pre-incubator" agency, Innovate Inc. His talk starts at 5:30 this afternoon in Davis Centre room 1351. Matthews founded Newbridge Networks in 1986 and sold the company last year for some $10 billion. He is now chief executive of March Networks and owns what's been described as the most successful venture capital firm in Canada, Celtic House. He'll speak today on "Seizing Market Opportunities: It's All About Timing, Technology, and Channels". Everybody is welcome, and there will be pizza and pop after the talk, says Zafrin Nurmohamed, co-chair of EAUW.

Oktoberfest hockey tournament set

Among other sports results The field hockey Warriors edged Guelph 2-1 to remain undefeated at 7-0-1. . . . The football Warriors gave up an 11-0 halftime lead to fall short to the Guelph Gryphons 17-12. . . . The men's rugby Warriors improved their record to 3-1-1 with a 21-14 victory over McMaster. . . . The women's rugby team rolled over the Western Mustangs 26-0. . . . The soccer teams both lost to Laurier, the men 2-0 and the women 3-2.

On last weekend's trip, the Warriors played Ferris State and Wayne State and went 0-2 against the American squads. In game one, goalie Jason Willard stopped 48 of 53 shots but Waterloo fell 5-1 to Ferris State. Despite the loss Willard was named first star of the game. In game two against Wayne State, Warrior netminders Willard and Ryan Lowther saw plenty of action. The Warriors lost 4-3 and were outshot 49-19. Scoring for the Warriors were Richard Scott, Nick Landry and Brett Turner.

The team has big plans for the coming season, after a year in which it narrowly missed getting into the national championship tournament. The Warriors lost to Wilfrid Laurier University 3-2 in overtime during a "mini-tournament" to decide which local team would play the role of hosts in the nationals, taking place in Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

Kerry O'Brien of the UW athletics department reports on how things look through the eyes of veteran Warrior Brendan Moffatt:

Moffatt is one of the go-to players being counted on to pull this year's team together for a shot at the national title. A native of Watford, Moffatt has earned the right to wear the "A" on his sweater in his fifth and final year of eligibility after being with the Warriors through thick and thin. "My third and fourth years were up and down; missing the playoffs in my third year was not fun, [but] coming back for a winning season in my fourth year was."

Moffatt's consistency on the ice demands respect, as does his work ethic off the ice. He's done everything from figure skating (until high school, to help with balance) to workouts with football players (to make him a bigger physical presence) in order to build on his natural skills. This work ethic doesn't end with the hockey season, either. "In the summer, I play hockey about once a week, while going to the gym every day. I've realized that my success on the ice comes from my work ethic on and off the ice, in season and out of season."

Last year's team overcame the stigma of being shut out of the playoffs by going undefeated for the first half of the season, snapping powerhouse rival Western's undefeated streak in the process and getting an 11th place ranking in the CIAU, despite being part of what many observers believe to be the toughest division in the CIAU, the Far West. Unfortunately, the second half of the season saw the Warriors flounder and eventually fall, losing first to Western in their division finals and then missing the back door to the nationals in the mini-tournament thanks to Laurier, whom they had beaten in the first round of division playoffs. "It was very frustrating -- we just couldn't put it together on the ice," says Moffatt, noting that the much-publicized off-ice controversy surrounding the tournament played a large part in distracting and disrupting the focus of the team.

Moffatt is, of course, confident in this year's chances of bringing home some national gold to UW. "I think our team has a legitimate shot at going to Nationals through the front door. We have some excellent veterans, and some outstanding rookies on this year's team -- through the veteran leadership, and the growth of our rookies as the season progresses, our team will only get stronger as the season goes on."

United Way update As of late yesterday, the on-campus United Way campaign had collected $95,167 in gifts and pledges towards the goal of $150,000. Contributions had come from 302 faculty and staff members, 68 retirees, and seven graduate students. And special events had raised $251, with more starting to come in from all directions. A "50-50" draw in environmental studies today, for instance, should add to that total, and later in the month engineering is planning both a potluck lunch and a silent auction.

Also happening on a Thursday

"Careers in Math and Computer Science" is the topic today, as the Women in Mathematics Committee presents a career panel featuring graduates of UW's math faculty -- 4:30 p.m., Math and Computer room 4021. All students are welcome.

Visitors from half a dozen Ontario faculties of education will be speaking today in the Student Life Centre (multipurpose room). Would-be teachers can hear from Queen's University at 9:30, Windsor at 10:30, Western at 11:30, Nipissing at 1:30, York at 2:30 and Brock at 3:30. Videotapes of the sessions, both today's and last week's, will be available in the career resource centre in Needles Hall later this month.

The architecture school's weekly lecture series, "24 Academic Positions", continues tonight with a talk by John Straube of the civil engineering department, who also teaches in architecture, under the title "Green Glass: Sustainable Buildings, Double Facades, and Natural Ventilation". The talk starts at 7 p.m. in the "green room" of Environmental Studies II. Leading up to the event, there's an exhibition of Straube's work in the lobby exhibition space nearby.

And now, a painful topic: the Ontario Inter-Urban Pain Association will hold a one-day conference in Kitchener tomorrow, co-sponsored by UW's Centre for Applied Health Research. The conference, on the topic "Pain -- Something to Think About", takes place at the Freeport Health Centre, a branch of Grand River Hospital.

And tomorrow night, author and columnist Richard Gwyn will speak on "Coming Out of the Closet -- Religion in Public Affairs", at 7:30 p.m. at St. Jerome's University. More details on that tomorrow.

CAR