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l M ' “vars-Emmi ' if“ 5 ‘ \ L A /’ if» b 1 â€" 4 {e WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 25, 2010 0 WATBRLOO, ONTARIO * $1 lNCLUDlNG 081“ an. St d t ' W ' u ' at ' 8 « o 1.“ 110118ng na- 5 74 ‘ ~ at, ,~ ' . P r' ., ,. g. , fibers ’ “f“ we «is ‘ w 2 “Fr“ r?" 878me OWEN“ . . “h 4 . Special to the Chronicle - m ' 2 11 “in. J’s V A AA A .A. . . . . ' . were“, in covering the floor. dead bugs , , g e - , , D lining window sills, makeâ€"shift , , ' {g , .'“"~‘ ‘3 SPORTS closets complemented by peeling ’ ' , ‘ if a 5“ my Til-City Roller Girls floor tiles .»' _ J j -‘ a ~ - ff J", This is a standard house in Waterloo’s A 4. .. ‘ , . 3 p? ‘ _ fl“ ’ - it Page 24 infamous student ghetto, A, “a" , 4 ,,~ f ‘.- / :, “z . . Kayleiyl Pond, a fourth-year arts and as ff JG} 5,5wa 9, F ,' ’ l "l t‘..’ w». . " business student at the University of : g“ _ ,' _,-f ‘ (A; , , if.“ I, ~ ' v x: fies-fl“, , i Waterloo. is no stranger to this type of g, ‘ _ ' j” 1 ‘ . ' V' l , > M,“ environment. .‘ ‘ 7 , ’ _ l . q _ _, . “The most disgusting thing about this . , ‘ .. 9 _ ' f .~ " . place was that one of the rooms had a g" " * f}? C a; we? r 2 “he; ... single mattress lying on the floor with ' t ' _ ‘ ”j?" A j 5 ' ‘ 7 ., . tr used condoms beside it, and who knows ~ ' i a is " a: f «the! kind of pills." she said. referring to a . ' A, ~ ' , , 3 ‘ , house on Dawson Street shown to her ‘ = , ~ g {of " he? duringher house huntlastAugust _ , , , ._ an! ‘ This is the reality in Northdale, Water- , ~ A , l 3; , a, ; loo's 80-6de ghetto, the place where 3. , . ‘ , i; ' ’ ‘ g, » , students and long-term residents just if “" ; f j p,“- f . . can't get along For students, there's more .- ' ; ‘ thanjtmamkyneighbourstodealwith. ?- 3» Throughout Pond’s {our years of CCGG ‘ schooling. she said she witnessed many \ , . _",;;, ,_-’ ; a"; . u} _ . v , repugnant rental units within the North- . a , 1.3“ " f“ ' gag t- FUNDING daieambutthishouse stoodoutabove kw, ' {no . ‘..f’“»‘w"f-" . M‘ v t . ,. there-t. -' 33, r. r , ~§§f~we Gallerygetsgmm Mandingtol’ondwhen sheandher >s~i".; -: m-~. », “it? . _. Page4 roommates pulled up to the house. the g” {l ’ “ a“ .'~.;,~:;,:S. . _ _, ', g _ ‘ lawn was littered with garbage, fast food new if 1, «M: «g .p~.»;f;:;;:;~~ gm- â€"_ W "aw-Lu. “ “kg-Ab wt «:»<?Â¥t3-»-““.' ~ : Q, .~ 3! , A "1 ~ cups. rotten bananas and smashed beer :éi§-p3.§’. «;‘_‘;.-:~p“.\;;,, . , “a 5.;¢~gt-_.;{;..:; -_ ; "Pf fikfi’i’fif ,. e bomfi t , . r‘ "\=“"‘,"“- ‘9 “m" .â€"\.<r:-et*;57~:\1‘?{.io .,' ‘ (ab J” L . tar-rt, . $%‘3*\§£é3&}\*x ‘ f"- , \ 7:5.)- u -- -.» 4 . t ,. > i ‘ _ \ ' When they entered the livmg room, »; as?» a; f.” _ fis‘ Fe?! ‘ , ; w , ‘ ‘ . . - f» ,._\ s...“ 3; r!“t"~"$~, r, A g s- ,. " ~~;,~\..,,~â€".¢%..n.;c, there were pictures hanging on the wall "<3" _ '7;“$‘¢"\7‘*‘3~' $333, 35,1? {73,3 ~ $973,031» “is. by” , x , < ; that a past tenant had drawn of machine m; g«vvgfafi‘fcnflm‘fl’x'”fairsw ”a j: J» h ,. "P “ "' guns and decapitated stick figures. in the - ”ffifl‘fiyrfilfsi fiffffifififftgafrfi . mini?" m """""""‘ " . " ”f“ w‘ r "e - bedrooms. there were make-shift closets “’ ‘ 35. f“); “u “mat-lg "" grave. 341 W3“? .. D built from hanging rods with no doors. ,4'?‘>“:ԤMggg§§§iw "$1153.“ 3153, tits“? “When we walked into the kitchen a ( " ' A ' > ' a“ mo“ “mo , _ . ,. , _ . . c , cat rubbed up against my leg and we u- t _; 1 : _ 5 :_ M4- asked whose it was." said Pond. "One of ' the tenants told us that no one knew." swmg away Jason Bajaj swings at a ball while he practiced cricket at Waterloo Park last week. Baja] spent the after- For aChronlcle investigation into North- noon taking batting practice. , dale’s student housing situation. see , a _ - . . . m& 319-383-U£c_ / ll you could desugn your dream WlndOW, what would it be?; ,â€" a myMarv‘m by E “2 3 Q 5 . 3 fl ‘ s ”C - ' ‘ ‘ "‘ ' avarlan ‘ ' Mark Lain ._ if m“ n- Photographer “l N D ow VI 0 R “ ‘,‘ w1n‘b" n be“; M ‘m, Come In today and be hsplred with on the latest Marvin has to on, i ,_ m we Shirley Drive. Kitchener . 5196784930 . m.bavulmwhdm.eun 5