Hockey Warriors bound for Queen's Cup

The Waterloo Warriors men's hockey team swept the OUA West Finals Saturday with a 5-3 victory over the Windsor Lancers at the Columbia Icefield.

The team will now go on to play in the 102nd Queen's Cup OUA Championship game next week, hosting the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Patriotes on March 9 before heading to Saskatoon for the CIS tournament starting March 14. This is Waterloo's first appearance in the Queen's Cup game since winning the provincial title in 1996.

A full description of the game is available on the Athletics website and photos can be found in the Athletics gallery. A video of the game's highlights is below:

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International Women's Week begins

Every year, March 8 is designated International Women's Day, and a week's worth of events sponsored and organized by groups on campus including the Women's Studies Program, the Federation of Students’ One Waterloo Diversity Campaign and The Women’s Centre have been lined up to celebrate and educate.

The week begins today with a talk by Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, executive director of the Stephen Lewis Foundation at 2:30 p.m. in HH 1101 with a reception to follow.

Tuesday brings "What Evolution can’t tell us about Women's Sex and Women's Work" by Carla Fehr in the Student Life Centre's multipurpose room from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., and a paper mache bust casting event at the Women's Centre (SLC 2102) at 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday's events include a Craft Hour in the Women's Centre at 2:00 p.m., a "Find Your Feminism" speaker event at 3:00 p.m. (also in the Women's Centre), and "Celebrating Women: Bold & Brilliant," an interactive display in the SLC Great Hall that runs from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. At 7:00 p.m. there will be a screening of the film "Status Quo?" in HH 280 presented by Women's Studies and the Canadian Federation of University Women. On Thursday, the Women's Centre will hold a second bust casting event from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

On Friday, International Women's Day, Women's Studies is hosting a dinner at the University Club featuring Wendy Mitchinson. The event is nearly sold out, and tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, March 6.

In addition, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is hosting a conference in honour of International Women's Day entitled "Women in Physics: Past, Present, and Future."

A full schedule of events can be found on the Federation of Students' website.

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Entrepreneurs hurl pitches at Nicol competition

Eight teams from the University of Waterloo competed in the uWaterloo Nicol competition at the Conrad Centre on Tuesday, February 26, with three cash prizes and a chance to pitch at the national finals on March 26 up for grabs.

Launched in 1997, the Nicol Award is "a national program designed to generate and reward interest in entrepreneurship on the part of undergraduate students in any faculty or field of study at participating universities across Canada."

The student teams each had an opportunity to deliver a 10-minute pitch to a panel of four judges that included Ignacio Mongrell, senior analyst from the Accelerator Centre, Aditya Bali, founder of BufferBox, Rob Scully, investment manager at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, and Corey Flatt, founder of Bonfire. Each pitch was followed by a 15-minute question and answer period.

The student teams included:

• Vetica Interactive, a new media venture developed by William Zhou, Ryan McKay-Flemming and Tou Tony Cui;
• StuddyBuddie, an enterprise built by Andrew McDougall and Matthew Biskup for the purpose of education;
• SciGit, a new media/Internet venture comprised of Eric Ho, Doug Sherk and Hanson Wang;
• EcoPlace Organics, a company developed by Emily Peat for the food industry;
• Weston Expressions, a marketing enterprise comprised of Douglas Lusted and Ashok Patel;
• Counter Intuitive, a countertop distribution venture led by Chris Sharp;
  
• Game Press, an IT venture comprised of Behroz Saadat and Haned Saadat; and
  
• ShockLock, an industrial design enterprise developed by Shiva Bhardwaj and Zhisheng Jia.

The first prize, $5,000 winners were EcoPlace Organics, with SciGit taking second place and $2,000, and Game Press rounding out the top three with a $1,000 prize.

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Monday's notables

VeloCity is hosting an open house today from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Minota Hagey residence.

The Pension Team from Human Resources is scheduled to deliver a Lunch and Learn Pension session entitled "Three Ds to Consider" tomorrow in DC 1302 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. "We will be discussing the issues of Disability, Death and Divorce as they relate to your uWaterloo Pension," says the message from HR. Information about future sessions can be found on the HR website.

Here's today's nutrition "myth vs. fact" from Health Services dietician Sandra Ace:

"Myth:" Red meat is bad for your health.

"Fact:" Red meat is rich in many essential nutrients, including protein, iron, zinc and B vitamins, and, despite widely circulated scare stories, can be part of a healthy eating pattern. However, high intakes of red meat and processed meats are associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancers. To minimize this risk, limit yourself to 1 pound/500g or less of red meat a week. That translates into eating a maximum of one Canada’s Food Guide serving (a piece equal in size to a deck of cards) per day. Choose vegetarian alternatives like lentils, chick peas, beans and tofu more often and also aim for at least two weekly servings of fish. Try to skip the processed stuff (luncheon meats such as salami and ham, sausages, hot dogs, bacon, cured meats) most of the time.

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