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      VOLUME
      35
      IssuE
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What’s
      Inside...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Editorial
      .........
      nel
      ie
      —
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Maple
      Leaf
      Forever?:
     
     
      Williams
      Defies
      Feds
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Movie
      Review:
      -
     
     
      Ocean’s
      12
     
    

    
     
      -
      CD
      Review:
     
     
      2004’s
      Top
      Five
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sports
      «2.22...
      Haass
      re.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      NFL
      Season
      Ends
     
     
      _-
      Canada
      vs.
      Russia:
     
     
      Rivalry
      Reborn
      _
     
    

    
     
      -
      NHL
      Lockout:
     
    

    
     
      Behind
      Closed
      Doors
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nities
      a
      a7
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      ‘Tis
      the
      Season?
     
     
      -
      Future
      Shopping
     
     
      -
      Weathered
      =e
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Date
      ines
      Drugs:
     
    

    
     
      Nothing
      to
      fear
      but
      —
     
    

    
     
      fearitself?
     
    

    
     
      -
      Shinerama
      UPEI
     
     
      NSO
      2K4:
     
    

    
     
      Model
      See
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      INIVEPerry
      |
      re
      a”
      2
      ne
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      aidat
      Captines
      Gold.
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      .p.11
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      STUDENT
      NEWSPAPER
     
    
   
   
    
     
      JANUARY
      11,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tsunami
      Devastates
      Asia,
      Africa
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ryan
      Gallant
     
     
      Managing
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Various
      UPEI
      organizations
      have
     
     
      began
      campaigns
      to
      raise
      money
      in
      an
     
     
      effort
      to
      aid
      the
      areas
      stricken
      by
      the
     
     
      tsunami
      last
      month
      in
      Asia.
      A
      benefit
     
    
   
   
    
     
      concert
      was
      held
      last
      Friday
      night
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      headlined
      by
      Smothered
      with
      Hugs
      at
     
     
      the
      Wave,
      raising
      over
      $500
      and
      this
     
     
      week
      the
      UPEISU
      Executive
      will
      give
     
     
      up
      a
      day’s
      pay
      to
      put
      towards
      the
      relief
     
     
      effort.
      Also
      this
      week
      UPEI
     
     
      Advancement
      Services
      and
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      will
      be
      setting
      up
      booths
      in
      the
     
     
      Student
      Centre
      to
      raise
      funds
      for
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      victims
      of
      the
      disaster
      in
      Asia.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      early
      morning
      hours
      of
     
     
      December
      26"
      (7:59
      a.m.
      local
      time)
     
     
      an
      earthquake
      measuring
      9.0
      on
      the
     
     
      Richter
      scale
      was
      detected
      off
      the
      coast
     
     
      of
      the
      Indonesian
      island
      of
      Sumatra.
     
     
      Preliminary
      reports
      estimated
      that
      the
     
     
      earthquake
      itself
      was
      so
      powerful,
     
     
      comparable
      to
      23,000
      Hiroshima
     
     
      bombs,
      that
      it
      shifted
      the
      earth
      on
      its
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      axis
      by
      as
      much
      as
      an
      inch
      and
      the
      US
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Geological
      Survey
      recorded
      that
      the
     
     
      vertical
      shift
      of
      landmass
      that
      occurred
     
     
      during
      the
      earthquake
      has
      resulted
      in
      the
     
     
      rotation
      of
      the
      earth
      being
      permanently
     
     
      sped
      up
      by
      2.676
      microseconds
      a
      day.
     
     
      It
      was
      the
      strongest
      quake
      on
      record
     
     
      since
      one
      measuring
      9.5
      hammered
     
     
      Chile
      in
      1960.
      The
      quake
      was
      created
     
     
      by
      the
      heaving
      of
      two
      tectonic
      plates
     
     
      along
      a
      1000
      kilometre
      fault-line,
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      resulting
      in
      the
      rising
      of
      the
      sea
      floor
      by
     
     
      as
      much
      as
      ten
      metres
      and
      thus
     
     
      displacing
      hundreds
      of
      cubic
      kilometres
     
     
      of
      seawater.
      This
      significant
     
     
      displacement
      of
      water
      generated
      a
     
     
      tsunami,
      a
      series
      of
      huge
      waves,
      that
     
     
      proceeded
      across
      the
      Indian
      Ocean,
     
     
      plowing
      into
      everything
      in
      its
      path.
     
     
      Waves
      reached
      the
      height
      of
      ten
      metres
     
     
      and
      affected
      Indonesia,
      Sri
      Lanka,
     
     
      India,
      Thailand,
      Somalia,
      Myanmar,
     
     
      Malaysia,
      Maldives,
      Tanzania,
     
     
      Bangladesh,
      Seychelles,
      Kenya,
     
     
      Madagascar,
      Mauritius,
      Cocos
      Island
     
     
      and
      Reunion,
      killing
      hundreds
      of
     
     
      thousands,
      rendering
      millions
      homeless
     
     
      and
      causing
      billions
      of
      dollars
      in
      damage.
     
    

    
     
      At
      press
      time,
      reports
      pegged
      the
     
     
      death
      toll
      at
      140,313
      to
      over
      156,000,
     
     
      while
      numbers
      reported
      by
      CNN
     
     
      indicated
      that
      the
      number
      of
      people
      both
     
     
      missing
      and
      dead
      totaled
      234,099.
      In
     
     
      addition
      to
      this,
      there
      is
      a
      fear
      that
     
     
      thousands
      more
      are
      vulnerable
      to
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      spread
      of
      disease
      and
      to
      malnutrition,
      a
     
     
      situation
      that
      could
      pose
      a
      threat
      to
     
     
      thousands
      more
      in
      the
      region.
      “We
      now
     
     
      estimate
      that
      as
      many
      as
      150,000
      people
     
     
      are
      now
      at
      extreme
      risk
      if
      a
      major
     
     
      outbreak
      in
      the
      affected
      areas
      occurs,”
     
     
      said
      World
      Health
      Organization
     
     
      Director-General
      Dr.
      Lee
      Jong-Wook.
     
    

    
     
      While
      the
      intermational
      community
     
     
      scrambled
      to
      get
      aid
      to
      the
      region
     
     
      quickly,
      UN
      Secretary
      General
      Kofi
     
     
      Annan
      re-iterated
      that
      the
      money
      and
     
     
      aid
      pledged
      by
      individual
      countries
      was
     
     
      needed
      sooner
      rather
      than
      later,
      and
      that
     
     
      $1.2
      billion
      would
      be
      needed
     
     
      immediately.
      He
      called
      the
      situation
      in
     
     
      Asia
      and
      Africa
      a
      “race
      against
      time.”
     
     
      In
      response
      to
      the
      disaster
      nations
     
     
      around
      the
      world
      promised
      aid
      to
      the
     
     
      tune
      of
      over
      $4
      billion,
      aid
      that
      the
      UN
     
     
      is
      intent
      on
      seeing
      reach
      the
      affected
     
     
      nations.
      Jan
      Eneland,
      the
      UN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      14