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the Harris speaks » , : pounder to in KitAener Pmm*W&iCS ■ ■ -i Cord ; 3 12 18j Wednesday, February 3, 1999 volume 39 issue 23 Puff CSS fee revamped Powder wraps up include: KATHERINE HARDING The Student Service's Operating will • fee for five Agreement outlines that the SSAC Establishing a stable a human now have direct control over year term (May 1999-Aprit 2004) It has been hailed by Assistant Vice and finances. • Free admission for WLU students to President: Student Services David resources, facilities, home intercolle first its The Athletic Complex's (A.C.) $2.5 all regular season McMurray as "the document of million renovation project has also been giate kind ever developed in Canada." games and the incorporated into the agreement. • Student employment opportunities On January 27 29, particu- Athletics Student Students will for half of the renova- (Career Services, lars of the proposed Operating pay tion and the will be drawn from Leaders) Agreement for the renewed money monies collected from the • Extended service by two additional Comprehensive Student Services Fee compulsory fee. The is to secure to and Health (CSS fee) were unveiled at "Town University planning nights Counselling other half of the renovation Services Hall/Open Forum" presentations. the cost donations. • Reserve/New Initiative fund potential After months of negotiations through external contribution with 100% student control over dis between the University, the WLU The students' monetary the AC. will fall in line with the bursement Students' Union (WLUSU), and Graduate to project Students Association (GSA), the triumvi- duration of the Operating Agreement, Reaction to the fee with fees until this the "Town rate solicited public discussion on the not beginning At January 29 Hall/Open Forum" several Operating Agreement for the CSS fee. September. presentation questions that a After the in were raised. HARDING The agreement's hallmark is agreement expires 2004, the entire deal will be re-negotiated. a fourth business 50/50 partnership will be established Jen Allchin, year full-time stu- between the University and undergradu- Currently, undergraduate student, asked the presenters why students in the students pay $110 per semester for the dents who don't use the A.C. still have KATHERINE ate and graduate and Student Services Fee. to for its renovations. finances/funding, operations, man- Comprehensive pay Student Services. The new fee will see that figure rise to "You could that about area Reservoir defeat Snow Devils in final agement of say any Dogs continue $130 which is an increase of Students not uti- Student representatives will per semester, Services, everyone make of the Student Services of half course. lizes the services, but we still Powder Puff close. to up 50% $4 per Chaplains Last Sunday, the annual women's football tournamentcame to a which Other highlights of the collectively for it," all-star will Advisory Council (SSAC), selves Operating pay The Reservoir Dogs and The Snow Devils, (along with an team) repre- for Student for the renewed weekend. Good luck Puffers! as the steering group Agreement sent Laurier in the Ontario Championships this Services. Comprehensive Student Services Fee See "AC renovations" p. 6 Educating, inspiring, and touching reluctant to publish such authors. JILL KLEPACKI the hardships black women and children faced, European diseases, mass slaughter, and infanticide. reiterates out that Native Canadians find it fleeing from the bonds of slavery in America's deep Also, this prose similar events that Cooper points to Native Americans in North America especially hard to be published because the themes Included here is a little taste of the brilliant poetry south. happened sometimes deal with a and Aztec in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, -and Chile. of their writing topics regard- of Afua Cooper... just enough to tempt one's palate. Also, piece of historical prose punctuates land sensitive issue Born and raised in Jamaica before migrating to ing claims, a among many Toronto in 1980, Afua Cooper delves into themes of Canadians. of her racism, slavery, feminism, and a host of other However, Cooper speaks very highly pub- lisher, Sister Vision: Black Women and Women of issues in her poetry. Not only does Cooper have a Colour that "created a revo- substantial poetic repertoire, she is also the author Press, suggesting they lution in black literature." of a collection of short stories, Blood Ties, and a in Sister Vision has novel, The Rowing. Founded 1984, opened up and for women Among Cooper's poetic repertoire, The Red many new avenues opportunities Street is of of colour. Sister Vision has now over 60 Caterpillar on College a book children's published several of which belong to Afua Cooper. poetry often featuring Toronto's landscape. When titles, She also believes that Sister Vision "pushed at her son, Akil, was a child, Cooper recounts that she searched around for literature for him, but found lit- the boundaries of the publishing industry" and forced mainstream to their to tle that wasn't geared towards Canada's "dominant publishers open eyes ethnic writers. culture." Cooper decided that she would create The Red most of Cooper's focus on her Caterpillar on College Street for her son and Though poems other and the experiences of other children that explored more of the "ethnic personal experiences black she maintains that the issues dealt experience," and would "strike a chord in black chil- women, When what wanted dren." with are übiquitous. asked she readers from her However, Cooper believes that the themes in to get poetry, said that like she wish- this are universal. With Cooper any wishes, anthology poems entitled poet of making "Caribana," "Black History Month," "Kensington es her audience to realize 'the beauty words." She that her can touch a Market," and "At Sick Kids," to name a few, this hopes poems is in her readers and she hopes that her anthology an important educational tool for all deep place children. are memorable. poems Cooper finds to be a "heal- Memories Have Tongue is yet another jewel in Personally, poetry tool." The last in Memories Have Cooper's treasury of poetic works. Cooper explains ing poem that "these entitled "The Upper Room," is a spir- poems came out of [her] experiences of Tongue, very that she found to be for herself. being a a black immi- itual healing woman, mother, a person, an poem does have in for her a And what Ms. Cooper store grant, student, a daughter, a grand-daughter, a that she is lover and a wife." includes readers? She answers currently Cooper personal poems eager about thesis but she has another Jamaica's rural and urban landscape and also MARTYN working on her PhD cre- about her ative manuscript in the works. Watch for her memories as a child and young women. Bird of Paradise. Memories Have is historical upcoming poetry anthology, Tongue a very account, LUKE too. Certainly, Afua Cooper has achieved in her poet- Poems such of When asked if she it difficult for what she wanted to: she has educated her read- as "Harriet Shepherd" and "Fleeing Cooper's poems. "500 Years Discovery" thought was ry Girl of Fifteen in the of colour be in other authors and touched a Male Attire" came from the research describes how Arawak Indians of Jamaica were women to published today Canada, ers, inspired women retorted that Canadian seem in all who read her Cooper has done on the Underground Railroad and killed by the Spaniards several centuries ago by Cooper publishers deep place poetry. 3 News 7 taiernational 3 Opinion 10 Stiidemliife 12 Features 16 Sports 19 Entertainment 22 Arts 23 Classifieds "Be it resolved that WLU Student Publications needs board members." be the WLUSP offices Applications can picked up at 3rd floor Nichols Campus centre after Steve gets over his wicked flu. Applications are due Feb 27, 1999 get experience running a real autonomous corporation! -"Stag Nntipp of SO'Cdlinsbarrow I 111 I Tel: <s 19> 725-7700 m. y L J m W OwttmJWw. Fax:(sl9) 725-7708 A %/ _JL Referendum AUDITORS' REPORT On February 9, 1999, the members of Wilfrid " Laurier University Students' Union will be ' 1 i asked the referendum the To the student, of following questionon 1 TNFTVf? Wilfrid Laurier University election ballot: Zf}' We have audited the balance sheet of Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union at April 30, 1998 and the statements of revenuesand expenses, students' equity and cosh flows for Jf # then 1997-1998 Wilfrid the year ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the organization's "Be it resolved that the .Jr B8 """ " rri is —' Our to an on these financial statements based on Intmm management. responsibility express . • • . 5* l" 1 opinion * T o i ,IT »«xi M jL JT * Laurier Students Union audited £ our audit. University '%/ jp ,1111 l We conducted audit in accordance with standards. Those financial statements be passed 3S M '■^iw^" our generally accepted auditing present- 112 standards that we and an audit to obtain assurance m —- \ require plan perform reasonable whether the j5? M "•Jf'V financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test \ V a evidence the and disclosures in the financial audit also t basis, supporting amounts statements. An a \ \ includes the used and estimates made LT « assessing accounting principles significant by g m Jr as well as the overall financial statement management, evaluating presentation. The audited statements inclusive of notes will I / \ y £ \ In our opinion, these financial statements in all material the financial be available tor ifl the present fairly, respects, public viewing | r-H | I of the as at 1998 and the results ofits and cash flows I r" jP'i ■ April 30, „ .