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Crossword Sports-., Classified .r University of Waterloo Warriors pulled off a shocking upset at No. 1 McMaster on Saturday, Now they're off to the Nationals, _ _ T 21 _18 19 21 26 m 1 l was John Whitney: a Waterloo commercial real cslalc broken sad Monday the mall's owners actively began trymg lo sell the mall (his past November, The current asking pr1ce IS 516 5 million Although Whnney sand he wasnl the comrnercral real estate broker retained l0 sell the mall, ho: has been working with some Toronto real estate agents In [heir attempLs lo scll " "Frankly, from a palm of new of selling the centre, the fact that the space (Kmart) Is now available PS likely a plus as the people who have looked at the mall previously were quite concerned that Kmart would ttot be renew- mg tts lease because of the smaller sue of that store," Nuspl sad Lou Nuspl, the director of real estate for Adason Properties Ltd, of Toronto, sald last Friday although the owners of the mall were disappointed to a certain extent when Hudson's Bay announced March l " would be clor Ing the Waterloo Town Square slurc, along With 38 other kmarts dLme Canada, [hey also fell thc loss of one of the mall's lwn anchor stores would not hurl lhmr dllempls to sell Ihc mall A spokesman for the owners MWaterloo Town Square says the closure of the malts Kmart store wnll nol adversely affect attempts to sell the mall. llmlm closure won’l ullecl sale of mull. say mull owners University of Waterloo eng'neering students tkxed their mus- cles Saturday morning when they hauled a school has from rumpus to downtown Kitchener during their annual Bus Push. The event is held to raise money for Big Sisters of Rich- ener-Waterloo. Held since 1983, the event has to date raised more than $60,000 for the organization. NEED A TOW? Tim Gardner C hmmrlc Staff l, .199 (Continued on page 9) Deb-ho-diet" "Who would have thought " woudve happened here," said McCarthy: "But when it does happen here ll shakes pecple's emo- nuns, and that's what wire dealing wnh. We're trying to heal as best as we can." Bul the mcldent happened on school grounds. and unleashed a flood of con- cerns as to why ll happened, and why ll happened at a school with such d strong acaderruc repulauon Const. Cal Roy, a w school liaison officer with Waterloo regional police servu‘e. agreed with McCarthy. The officer who spends half a day a week In the school said there was no gang activity m the school, and no mum. "on of trouble brewing. "Two people get mm a fight - how arr you supposed lo knou what's m the otlwr pcrson?, mmd," he sad"lt's difficult in pre- dict. You have your normal incidents of an argument, or a fight. bul nothmg of this nature at WU, not even dost t" "lt could have hap- pened at the mall, It could have happened at the roller rink. It could have happened anywhere." The school community was shaken when 17-year-old Jeff Mitchell was stabbed in the heart after an argument over a card game. but has pulled together to honestly deal with the realities of the Incident, "This was an isolated Incident very " administrators get to experience, and very few schools get to experience," sand McCarthy "l would " never have predicted u tt 00“ would have happened ham‘ in Waterloo County. let alone the rest of man, n 0 Ontario. 1.-....“ Principal John McCarthy said the past week has been a test of stung how well a school can respond to a tragic incident. A week after a stabbing In Waterloo col- legiate institute's (WCI) school cafeteria, staff and students are looking for answers instead of looking for someone to blame. ‘ISIIlATEII INCIDENT Stabbing not an indication of bigger problems at WCI, says principal Part of that healing is preventing any Bob Vrbanac Chronicle stg “It could have happened at the mall, it could have happened at the roller rink. it could have happened - McCarthy "There IS nothmg you can do about u because nobody knows 11's couung." slw sod. "You can put handcuffs on cvcryunc - that's all thats gomg to stop IL and It probably wouldnt have stopped n VV Sophie Kolsopoulos, ii,inus upset bv the portrayal of the school In the commu- nity. 'trthy "l want to clarify that " (the stabbing) doesnt have anything to involve wath gangs or race." said 17-year-old Jody Brown a friend of the 17-year-old young offender charged Wllh the attack "The Wm people Inmlwd played on the same football 1mm earhcr m the year. and thcre were no problems thcu " Ihe week heforc we were all grumg along Ys Just a had argumcnl taken too far I guess" Chris Mellon], lb, mud you couldir blame the fight on the school or Its an” Them was no warning and no way Ith, pm vent what happcncd A group of WCI students met with The Chronule, Monday. to discuss their news of the lragedy. Some were friends of the we tlm, others fnends of the accused A num ber of student leaders I have were also m attendance I at tho looking for ways to reclaim thor school's I.” have solid reputation, McCarthy said that friends of both ind" viduals have "broken bread" and have been to his omce and discussed the events of that day. He was quick to reassure parents that the school was "doing its best to deal with the emotional fallout of the stabbing. "A lot of these Issues have to be dealt With head on," he said. "Parents have to know that our staff are dedicated and want to look after them (the students)." thoughts of retaliation, while taking the fear of unccnalnly out of the snuanon. It's finding answers, even if there are none to find. It frustrates me that one inudenl like One Ihmg they shared in common - none of them saw the tragedy coming, and they were all shocked hy the out- come. (Cootioued on page 5)