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No unsigned letrers will be published Submisstans may he edited for length sa please be briet Copyright mdetiers and other imatenals submatied to the Publishit sud ancepted for puhlication remazns suth rhe author but the prblisber and «s berosces may freek eprodice thein in print electranicar ather forms dhur morling address is 74 Wieher St N Urut 20 Waterien NOLR® Andrea Bailey Bob Vrbanac Editor, Ext. 215. Sports Editor, Ext. 229 Bob Zarzvcki Letters Policy 5> SK\ Audited creulation 2 Bill Pihura 5 34 Council ward map choice no surprise e fact that Waterloo city council voted for a new I ward boundary system that split up the two universiâ€" ties instead of keeping them together should come as no surprise. It represents the type of traditional thinking that politiâ€" cians and others have had about university students in this community. It represents the reality that there are two Waterloos in existence â€" with the division coming between people who call the city home for much of the year, and those that visit for eight months at a time. _ Perhaps those who think citizens who live here, work here, pay taxes and raise families here should have more of a say in running the city have a point. â€" But at least they should come right out there and say it, instead of hiding behind platitudes that the decision wasn‘t made on that basis. And what was the big threat anyways of having one ward that predominately represented students? They pay rent here and sometimes buy homes and settle here, so shouldn‘t they be welcome to the process as well? That was part of the reason concerned citizens in this community pushed council to add more voices to the horseshoe in the first place, to make it more representative of the city we live in. The student voice would be just one on an expanded council, and the preferred option supported by citizens involved in this process was far from a student ward approach. People who live handâ€"inâ€"hand with students would still have a big say in their neighbourhaods and in the council lors who represent them. It was a missed opportunity to change some of the thinking of the city‘s relationship with students. We sometimes forget how much of our prosperity we owe them "It would be lovely to have a younger person on Waterloo resident on the city‘s new ward boundaries Strong words... VIEWPOLINT Bring on the next bundle of joy I'm tired of the midnight feedings, the sleepless nights and the constant cryâ€" ing â€" and my wife isn‘t even due for another week. But seriously folks, the last few weeks of pregnancy isn‘t something I‘d wish on my worst enemy. Your body constantly rebels against you, and your significant other just doesn‘t get what you‘re going through. 1 think that‘s why my wife, Tara, might have suckâ€" erâ€"punched me in the back of the head the other night even though both of us were asleep in bed. It was her body‘s way of saying. "Thanks for what you did to me, you jerk," and "Why should daddy be left out of all the fun if baby‘s going to kick mommy all night." She apologized, but there was no need; I probably deserved it, even on that subconscious level. As a husband you can‘t seem to do anything right in the heightened emotional state that comes just prior to labour. Gentle teasing is like waving a red flag in front of bull, and offering a helpful suggestion | just â€" might require your own visit to the emergency rmoom for passiâ€" ble amputation of the foot vyou just stuck in your mouth You‘d think the second time around would be easi er. but the truth is that the bar has been raised Being on your hest betumxrour during the first pregnancy is taised ta the level of mannets yiou not mally reserve for meetings with the Queen. And even she can‘t order your execution these days. Mother Nature hasn‘t abliged in making the secâ€" ond pregnancy any easier by unleashing the hottest sumâ€" mer since the earth was first spewed out of the sun. Sure air conditioning can help, but being comfortable isn‘t the same as staying cool. We‘ve had a record 26 days hotter than 30 degrees Celsius this year, including two in September if you can believe it, and I‘ve have spent most nights shivering under a cover while the air conditioning is on full blast I‘ve even had to serape the window to see what it‘s like outside in the morning while my beautiful wite is still drenched in sweat At least the anxiety level has been ratcheted down the second time around. You just don‘t know what to expect until that first baby finally arrives Last time 1 was constantâ€" ly glued to my cellphone waiting for a call to rush home at a moment‘s notice. I even carried it on my brother John‘s wedding day, and nearly jumped out of my skin when it rang in the middle of rehearsal the night before when my bride was a twoâ€"hour car ride away. I used those firstâ€"time daddy jitters as a pretty good gag at his wedding, setting it off in the middle of my speech at the reception that followed. It‘s lucky 1 had it all worked out because my funâ€" loving friends had the same idea and were trying to reach me on the phone at the same time. This time [ don‘t even know where I left my cellâ€" phone â€"I‘ll have to call my wife. And when a coâ€"worker asked if I have a bag packed and child care linedâ€"up for my son, Luke, 1 didn‘t know what to say. I‘m sure it‘s all arranged, or it‘s probably an the honeyâ€"do list that I‘m handâ€" ed every night when I get home; I just haven‘t checked it off. That list, by the way. seems to grow daily, even though repainting the haby‘s room and pretty much every other thing you can imagine in preparation for a birth has already been done. In fact, this kid will be 18 before I‘m done some of the things my wife wants me to do So hurry up kid, hecause I m really getting tired And remember to thank your mom for all she‘s done lor you 1 know Ldo