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LETTERS Cooke shows knowledge of complex system People are against impaired driving and people are against cancer. Aspirin and apricot pits are not a cure for cancer and visceral reaction of increased sanctions against impaired driving is analogous. Severity of punishment is not a deterrent if it is not accompanied by a realistic chance of detection. Your best chance of getting your pockets picked in medieval England occurred during festivals, a time when pickpockets were being executed. It is important that when seeking to find solutions to societal ills that we undertake a realistic study of the problem and look for workable solutions. The provincial government would have done well to have Rowing machines are a hot item in the fitness industry. I‘m sure many found one under the Christmas tree. If you were lucky, you got it from someone who didn‘t scrimp, and got a good one. A good rowing machine would have a smoothly sliding seat, comfortable boot straps (so your feet are secure); separate calibrated tension adjusters for each oar (to give the weaker arm a chance to build up to snuff on its own); cushioned hand grips (to lessen blister trouble); and a good sturdy construcâ€" tion. (Any wobbles and imbalances will cause you to use one side of your body more than the other.) In order to get a machine that accommodates all these features, the price tag would have to be at least a couple hundred dollars. No need to ask; that would be tacky. Just take a look at your machine and see what you can do to make it of better quality. Foot straps can easily be riveted on in some fashion; bicycle tape can be wrapped around the hand grips, or you can buy good leather gloves (which you should wear while rowing anyway); you can fashion your own padded seat or pillow; and you can correct any imâ€" balances by building up where needed with towels or more permanent pieces of metal or wood. You cannot, however, correct the tension or split the tension between both oars to give separate movement if it is not built into the machine. In order to correct arm strength imbalances which could lead to extended use of one side of the back more than the other, you should try muscle building in the weaker arm between rowing sessions. A heavy can or dumbbell is all that is needed. Try __Feedback "I‘ll quit smoking for the day." R ’;” Dave Bateman General Arts Fitness Forum Asked at WLU Kathy Hammond Fitness Inttructor repetitions of 30, moving the arm up and down, from the chest out to the side, from the hip up and out to the side, from the hip and back and so on, until the weaker arm‘s strength is built up someâ€" what. If you are in poor physical condition and the rowing machine is an incentive to lose weight by some loving member of your family, don‘t set yourself up for disappointment by setting your weight loss goals too high or within too short a time period. Because rowing requires upper body movement, your pulse will shoot up faster than activities requiring primarily leg work (jogging). This means you will have to row initially at a slow pace. Row at a low tension for about one minute rowing about 15 to 20 strokes per minute; rest for one minute; continue again at the same slow pace, for a total of 15 minutes. Coordinate your arms with your leg pushes. Your legs should be straight when your arms are closest to your chest, and your legs bent when your arms are straight. This way your arms and legs will be doing equal work. Only increase this pace when you can row for 15 minutes straight. Increase the tension as well. Don‘t get discouraged as you will eventually tone and lose the flab. Rowing provides excellent cardiovaâ€" scular conditioning (anaerobic for the first 10 to 15 minutes, becoming aerobic after that time), as well as excellent strengthening for arms, upper back, and upper legs. Flexibility exercises should be done before your rowing sessions, however, as this is not provided for while rowing. sent its legislation to its judicial commitâ€" tee for debate, prior to passing it. Proven deterrents to impaired drivirig are public education and effective enâ€" forcement. This is the area where we need a determined government and community action. The scarce resources that we will waste on mortar and bricks to build new jails, guards and extra court personnel, not to mention the families of offenders who will be forced on social assistance, would be much better spent on public educat'g)n. treatment and enforcement. Kitchener MPP, Dave Cooke, showed the breadth of his knowledge of a very complex system when he suggested that the new legislation will not necessarily have the desired effect. "It‘ll make me think about stopping but I doubt if I‘d quit for the day." Andrew Telegdi Executive Director Youth in Conflict with the Law Martha Smith General Psychology It is Weedless Wednesday. Does this day affect you, and how? Ever notice in this day and age the cortstant assault on words of the English language?© More and more people are routinely using words that don‘t and never should have existed. Then there are those who occasionally butcher the ones we do have (a favorite habit of mine, to see just how carefully this column is read). There are societies who figuratively purge words on an annual basis for overâ€"usage. And then there are those who can‘t leave well enough alone with certain words. Like the word alderman, one I happen to like and one that thanks to a wasteâ€"ofâ€"everybody‘sâ€"time resolution on the part of the city of Windsor, could soon find itself underservingly on the endangered species list. For whatever reason, Windsor‘s resoâ€" lution has gained significant support around these parts, not only in our own city two weeks back, but also in Toronto and surrounding boroughs. The way it works, after amendments at both the provincial and municipal levels, the term alderman as it is currently used will be history, replaced by councilior. Yawn. Windsor‘s reasoning behind their resâ€" olution is that alderman had its origins in centuries‘ old tradition, when elders and chiefs were almost exclusively men. It also pointed out that alderman predates the enfranchisement of women as electors and elected officials and there is no feminine form of the word. I have news for them. According to my dictionary, there is no masculine form either. Webster‘s Seventh New Collegiate dictionary has three definitions for the word alderman, none of which involves gender distinction. The third definition: "a member of a city legislative body", would seem to do the trick, but not so according to those suspicious of more deepâ€"rooted intent. And so, we are to get the term councillor, sounding every bit an apt description, spelling notwithstanding, for the boss of cabin seven at Camp The Waterioo Chronicle has won two premier awards in the recentlyâ€"anâ€" nounced Ontario Community Newspaâ€" per Awards for 1985. .. The Chronicle received a first for best tabloid front page in the overâ€"8,000 circulation category and also received an honorable mention for best Ontario Junior Citizen editorial. The two awards were among five garnered by newspapers in the Fairway Press chain. The New Hamburg Indeâ€" "I don‘t think I‘ll stop alâ€" together, I might cut back a lot."" (Alyson said she‘d stop smoking for today.) Award winners Alyson McQueen Honours English WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. 1986 â€" PAGE 7 Rick Campbell Chronicle Editor Who cares Runamuck. No, let‘s be fair, here‘s the same dictionary definition for counâ€" cillor: ‘"a member of a council." Hey, heavy stuff, certainly a label I‘d be proud to carry... _ O â€" Sarcasm aside, is there really a need to go through all this just because the expression in question ends with ‘"man." Really, 1 thought all that misguided campaigning went out in the late 70s, at a time things got so ridiculous that at one university south of the border they referred to council heads as chairpeeps because chairperson ended with "son". Or am I off base, here? Is there some other reason why there is this move afoot to cast alderman on the discard heap for once and for all? All the supporters of the move claim it‘s no big deal, so if it isn‘t, why is it a deal at all? Are we really making the switch beâ€" cause the term allegedly is outdated, or are we making it to comfort those yet uncomfortable with the notion that any reference to the term man can and does mean both man and woman? To their credit, at least Mayor Marjorie Carroll and Ald. Mary Jane Mewhinney feel unthreatened by the term in voicing their disapproval of the switch to counâ€" cillor. pendent took first for Champion Correâ€" spondent and staff writer Irene Gesza placed second in all of Ontario for best column general interest. Cambridge Times also took a premier award, finishing second in Citizenship for a feature supplement on the United Way campaign. The Chronicle extends conâ€" gratulations to both sister publications on these results. The awards will be presented at the OCNA annual convenâ€" tion in Toronto in midâ€"February. But for each one of them, we appear to have any number of elected officials who feel the opposite, both male and female. Pity poor North York alderman Bev Salmon, who claims she had the followâ€" ing stumbling block during the recent municipal election: **People were conâ€" stantly asking me what they should ‘call a woman who‘s running for alderman." Gee, Bev, that‘s a tough one... Editorially, I‘m the first to agree that all copy references where pertinent should acknowledge equally both sexes. But when it comes to changing perfectly good titles for no other reason than to satisfy egos, then I join the ranks of folks like Etobicoke alderman Chris Stockâ€" well, who says of the resoluton: ‘"Who cares? Surely there‘s something more important to spend our time on than this." Amen, Chris. "As a matter of fact it‘l] have no effect on me at all. I probably won‘t stop today because I‘d start again on Thursday. Anne Karai Psychology