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- WATERLOQRWKILE Town and Gown panel discus- Azion. featuring Mayor Herb Epp nd Wilfrid Laurier president Bob Rosehart, kicked off a sympo- sium the city hosted last week to help find solutions to the student housing crunch. Student housing debate continues The discussion last Thursday allowed the 80 spectators. made up of concerned citizens. municipal work- ers, politicians, landlords, community and student leaders, university staff, post-secondary education and hous- ing agencies. to hear the problems and solutions associated with the city); housing struggles. The purpose of the symposium was to exchange best practices for issues relevant to communities host- ing post-secondary students, identify common barriers to improved rela- tions. and consider possible avenues for future action. The panel discussion was part of a two-day symposium on student accommodation called "After the Double Cohort: Student-Community Relations". which took place at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Com, plex, Epp said the symposium is impor- tant, "because the challenges of a large student population have the potential to overshadow the tremen- dous economic and social benefits generated for the prescnce of univer- sities and colleges. Some of those issues include bylaw enforcement and off-campus housing. Epp explained that Waterloo arguably has the largest student In permanent population ratio in all of Ontario. "While we have come a long way in dealing as a community with issues some. Concerns still remain." But the city is also leading in "Town and Gown" by having commu- nity development and a liaison per- son to deal with student issues in the community. The city' will also he holding infor- mation sessions for landlords and ”y.-. ‘_,-.._, 7 a _ 77,,7 v, ywljlgwl '.rrartmtt0reormr-sG5' kwhmmmflwh1fitlimwme-mmmmwmmwrnuo wow. “lunmwwmmewmlnâ€"«mul-nahkhmnoxh-(mâ€"wmmbun-um Te,ushrsrqr.mr-rhrs 'tus-o-v-r-r-tseat-tqua-et-arse-" "rr-r-r-vor-r' meusznumbmm-umnwsmnluw "an Wgomm-u-mnww has; 'uso-c-res-snr-or-r-rat"'")"'--"'-""-""'-"""". ~mrunamw .mvn..~s....w extreme BY JASON Miami-tron For The Chronicle Long before the advent of sports. there was winter driving in Sweden. Continued on page 4 WEDNESDAY. MARCH to, 2004 . WATERLOO. ONTARIO Thieves target grieving families They used In call them ghouls or grave robbers. But after a string of break-ins families of the dearly departed have a new name for these thivves -- the lowest of the low, That's what Al Reninger of Waterloo calls the bandits w’tm tar- geted his family after his mother- in-law Rose Strauss recently passed away. The thief or thieves read of her passing in the local obituaries and hroke into his sis- ter-in-law); and brother-in-law?; homes while they were attending her funeral Feb. 18. The only reason Rettinger thinks his home was spared was the luck of the draw. His brother, irriaw's and sister-in-tawk names appeared first in the death Winston Churchill public school celebrated the 33 (countries of origin and more than 26 languages spoken by students at the school with a special Multicultural Fair last week. Kicking off the week~long celebration of cultures last Thursday, students took part in the traditional Chinese Dragon parade (shown above). BY Boa VIIIMNMT HIM“ ML . . . BUATEEIE‘L Serving your community smce 185 - A Dances with dragons announcem'ent. while his came next. “They started at the top of the list and worked their way down." said Reuinger. "We were the third on the list, hut they got the two of them. "We consider ourselves fortu, mate. but we feel that there was a target painted on us too, as was indicated by police." "We found it very stressful on top of the "normal stresses of losing a loved one. " Local polite put out an extraor - Al Rottinger grieving family member $1 INCLUDING GST dinary warning to local families last Thursday after investigating a string of home break-and-enters in Kitchener and Waterloo in Hrtr ruary that all seem to be connect In each case. the residents were away from their homes either attending visitations at local funeral homes or burying their loved ones. Thieves kicked down or pried open doors and helped them- selves to electronics gear. jew- ellery. alcohol and other valuables. They even broke into the home of one of the deceased. In total, 10 incidents of thieves preying on families in mourning were reported in Kitchener. with another three occurring in Water- loo. tres-r-mob-sos-de-i-Omer-qt-e--" "eheet amuswmmtwummi*h zommSub't-Iscon Sed-harm-Co-sr-Heb-r-es" ilvwe'y Ind Ky swrrfaces MW mam-nut Electron: MW“! sr-s-her-sat-tos-od-r-ca-ttrar-so-or-or-ooh- - AmdMcsrurersoeMreot_m6tecoMo'-ster_.rertem' mwxmwwmw ""s""le'x1t"" Sid Itltth-utht.k. l-‘Ibv'm‘MnQyCMou 134,900 taol-door-z ”Whom '6rBtteast.tt.NH8tt Lg; LIBRARY Obituaries 22 Melody Schleicher lends a helping Siskins have a good year at the turn- stile. Viewpoint battens Pro Certified Windows" WHATS INSIDE iPHRI VNrHI Page” Page19