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Football advances to The sun is attacking OUA semi-finals Page 20 earth today Page 11 £8GR3ae&! ; • •' i:i!^9BB@fiS£35B8PiW Wednesday 29, 2003 October 'ISSS33EZS£X&B.tttt'SirsaEa&zs 7.■ www.clublaurier.ca ■ii i niiiiflfwnnßßi'HraT44 . 88 »S6SSi9BSBB12 9VJB3. ~ r M.IMM Issue Volumema Fatal fire Brantford is on fire too at off- campus residence JENNIFER ASSELIN most tenants were left out- News Editor side in the cold and the rain. Eighteen firefighters A fatal fire broke out in one worked to put out the fire as of Laurier's non-traditional it was confined to residences, Richmond Macßride's living- room. The Square at 300 Regina Street cause is yet to be determined North, early Sunday morn- which has left Leentjes and ing' resulting in one death. her roommate, Erin Lewis, Students were left another Laurier student, a unharmed as the fire was little leery. The cause of confined to the single apart- their concern stems from ment on the ninth floor of' the fact that they share elec- the 18-story building. trical wires to the victim's Eighty-four year old Marion apartment that run through Macßride could not be their wall as well. revived when found by As for the first year stu- Brantford Photographer emergency technicians at dents scattered on 10 of the the scene. floors of Richmond Square Firefighters fight a blaze that took place near Laurier's Brantford campus, flooding the basement due to the overenrollment of of the Rizzo building. The building that was on fire was directly across the street from Grand River Apartment 901 poem: in students from the double Hall, a residence on Brantford campus. No students were harmed because of the fire. memory. Page 28 cohort, none of them were on the floor where the fire well given the circum- another stu- over to the Ontario The fire began just before started and evacuation ran Regina Street, turned stances. dent residence. Fire Marshalls by the 5 a.m. as Building one resi- smoothly as all students "It was a little chaotic," "Program safety was an Waterloo Regional Police. dent, Sarah Leentjes, a sec- were accounted for, - Marshalls ond student at Wilfrid said Lawrence. "But we did a issue at the beginning of the The Fire say the year "Everyone was evacuated head count year," said Lawrence. "So we case is still under investiga- Laurier University, was and there were no prob- and everyone tried to do as much . awoken by what sounded lems,*' Chris was there." plan- tion commented First year students at ning as we could then." Linda Williams, Fire like fireworks. Dodd, Housing and Richmond Square A community meeting Investigator commented Leentjes realized that a Residence have a Manager. plan for situations similar to was held shortly after the that there were many sam- fire had started in the apart- left in an "Everyone orderly what occurred on the week- fire to answer any questions ples taken from the apart- ment next to hers and left fashion." to the building after pulling to end just like any other resi- the students might have ment that had go to both According Adam dence explained Lawrence. had. Lawrence said that the forensic scientists and engi- the fire alarm. Lawrence, the Residence They are to meet in a certain questions surrounded the neers. Williams said it will Firefighters and ambu- Life Area Co-ordinator area between the two build- details of the fire, which no take up to two months to get lance were to quick to arrive assigned Richmond that area is not one results. according to Leentjes, as went ing's and if is clear on right now. Square, everything safe, they are to go to 265 The matter has been Pumpkin carving helps rainforests Sweatshops and Laurier the public eye at WLU. For Do you know half a decade many campus- es in North America have where your dealt with the issue of sweatshop products, partic- ularly licensed clothing Laurier gear is bearing a University's logo. The adoption of an ethical being made? purchasing policy or a code of conduct has been one of THOMAS THOMPSON the means to addressing Special Projects Editor this issue. Have we slipped behind the Does Laurier have a times? At Laurier many of responsibility to end the controversial issues that sweatshops? Page 8 faced our community are reflective of the problems The Bookstore currently that have our faced society. administers the sale of uni- For example, deregulation versity-licensed apparel at and the double cohort are Laurier and it does have a the and results of decisions policy. Its substance had policies outside of the uni- been questioned by the versity control yet whether belief of some that it is not if you agree with them or not, adequate enough to deal the administration has with the problem. Has reacted to these crises. fallen behind the However, Laurier there has been times when it has come to one problem that has been Michael Morris dealt with by dealing with the possibility several aca- of sweatshop products with- One team busily pieces together their pumpkin at the Environmental Club's Pumpkin Carving demic institutions in both in its merchandise? Contest that took place on Tuesday in The Quad. Alas, efforts made by all competing teams Canada and the United were to no avail as The Cord's pumpkin, named "Ow!" (inset) took home first prize. States that has been out of Continued on page 4 2 News Wednesday October 2ft. ?om Your money is no good here try source of the counterfeit. possessing or using counter- cheek for finer detail in the Theescalatesuse of counterfeitas studentsmoney on-campusto Staff Sgt. Wally Hogg, of feit money, they pay the texture of the bill. the regional police fraud price, depending on the cir- "Most people don't actively branch told The Record that cumstances. check their bills," he said. counterfeit distributors may "You will be charged by They are usually discovered pull one over on campus businesses be pawning off fake money to the police and an investiga- by clerks and business own- students since they are more tion will take place," said ers. likely to have financial need. Jorg. "Certainly do not but said accept year Jorg that for "They're uni- He advises students to offers for a bill APRIL some approaching large in CUNNINGHAM reason, they normally versity students and offering take a closer look the cash exchange of a smaller News Editor don't at one," turn up until closer to counterfeit currency at a cer- they are using. If the little said J org-. the end of the year. If The use of counterfeit money tain price and I'm presuming green dots peel off, then the you think you have a Although no Laurier stu- [it's] he to note is authentic. If they bill, you at Wilfrid Laurier has been appealing," said counterfeit are dents have been caught red- The Record. don't, it is counterfeit. Make advised to turn it in to oil the rise since the begin- WLU handed with fake bills, police If anyone is caught with sure there is a hologram and security. ning' of September with six have recently charged four counterfeit $20 bills being- students from the University discovered and turned in to of Waterloo with passing the Waterloo Regional counterfeit currency. Police's Fraud Department. "There could be a connec- The bills had been used at the tion between these recent Bookstore and at Laurier arrests [and the discovery of Food Services, counterfeit money on cam- pus].'' said Jorg. "If it's any "The use of indication, no more counter- feit bills have turned up since counterfeit money then." not just Chris Edey, President of has been the XJW Federation of unique to this Students told The Record that four or five counterfeit $10 year." bills were used at a IJW cam- -Peter Jorg, Manager of pus bar last week. So far, none have appeared at the WLU Security. Turret or Wilt s. Jorg noted that it would be easy for a counterfeit to be passed unnoticed in bars "The use of counterfeit where it is busy and the money has not just been lights are dim. unique to this year," said Both Jorg and the Cord Weekly Graphic Peter Jorg*, Manager of WLU Waterloo Regional Police said No, thafs not the Queen on that $20 bill but rather it's WLUSU VP: Finance and Administration, Steve Security. Typically, two to that it is difficult to locate the three bills are found each Welker. Hopefully none of your counterfeit bills look this. This bill is only good in Welkerland. Rae days for Laurier Bag O' Crime JEFFREY HAWKINS CAUSE DISTURBANCE 0211 Staff Writer THEFT UNDER $5000 SUN HRS SUN OCT 26/03

- a During- Sunday's convocation OCT 19/03 MON OCT 20/03 Officers responded to A WLU student reported the report at at the Waterloo Recreation of a potential fight his bike arrived, Complex amid fire alarms theft of from outside Wilfs. When officers and other disturbances, Bob the Library. those involved were in the leaving Rae was installed as Wilfrid process of and no Laurier University's sixth POSSESSION OF DRUGS further action was neces- Chancellor, replacing' ex- 0025 HRS TUE OCT 21/03 sary. Royal Bank President John A WLU student was found in of 0130 SUN E. Cleghorn. possession a small quanti- ASSAULT HRS Rae's unpaid position as ty of marijhuana in the OCT 26/03 chancellor is completely non- parking- lot at University A WLU student reported that male partisan and "will be done Stadium. The drugs were an unknown had out ol' the goodness of his turned over to Regional punched him and fled from own heart," according' to Dr. Police. The matter will also the area. The victim was Robert Rosehart. President be forwarded to the Judicial unable to provide any his and Vice-Chancellor of WLU. Affairs Council. description of assailant The former NDP Premier and did not want to pursue the matter of Ontario and current further. the MEDICAL ASSIST 0124 HRS Chairman of Toronto MISCHIEF 0135 HRS SAT Symphony Orchestra, stated FRI OCT 24/03 that he has no intention of An ambulance was called for OCT 25/03 at Person(s) unknown broke a playing any partisan role at a student the King- St the university. Rather, Rae Residence who appeared to window at Little House. be intoxicated and sees his chancellorship posi- extremely was vomitting' 2310 HRS SAT tion "as an opportunity to Courtesy of The Record continuously. MISCHIEF The student was transported OCT 25/03 speak for the university as a of whole, to lobby for the Newly appointed Chancellor, Bob Rae, participates in this past to hospital with residence Person(s) unknown set not and in the or students indi- weekends convocation ceremonies. Where can I get a hat like that? staff for treatment some firecrackers professors observation. Science Building. vidually." also lectures includ- According to Rae, his role President Rosehart giving guest music one on the film. When be, first added, "Since Laurier's ing* NOISE COMPLAINT 0345 as Chancellor will - is really the jewel of asked about what other areas HRS SAT OCT 25/03 MISCHIEF SAT OCT 25/03 a ceremonious program and foremost, university, students lecturing Rae position during- convocation, the he intends on Officers responded to a com- SUN OCT 26/03 should to hear Mr. Rae's stated that "I'll probably stick that unknown dis- the one he took part hope plaint there were sever- Person(s) such as as a con- with the al Hall extinguisher in on For future cer- acclaimed abilities fields that interest males outside Conrad charged a fire Sunday. me the most, such policy the emonies, Rae admits that he cert pianist." as shouting and attempting to on the bottom floor of Rae a and entry. arrival, will be required to "wear recently narrated public administration gain On no Arts Building. television film for the History but I plan on getting involved one was found. An interior those hats and ropes" - silly on the times in as I go." MISCHIEF SAT OCT 25/03 but do so to Channel life and other areas and exterior cheek of the will in order he SUN OCT 26/03 students and their "Additionally," added, building was conducted with "honour would like engage with results. Person(s) unknown dis- hard earned "I negative degrees." "I would like to students on a more informal charged a fire extinguisher Aside from tending to the to get a better feel for FALSE in the Science Building. Chancellor, basis FIRE ALARM 2053 formal duties of engage with the Laurier on the Board community." HRS SAT OCT 25/03 such as sitting who has three THEFT UNDER $5000 1320 and students on a more Rae, Person(s) unknown caused a of Governors attending attending the HRS SUN OCT 26/03 Rae be daughters McGill, fire alarm at Science convocation, will informal basis to College, and Toronto, Building activating a pull A student reported the theft with students on Kings by engaging feels that he is already some- station. No sign of smoke or of his wallet from a locker in an basis through get a better feel informal what knowledgeable of the fire were found. the men's change room at lectures and atten- guest for the Laurier woes faced by Laurier stu- the Athletic Complex. dance at athletic events. dents. "Mr. Rae was chosen due community." Throughout Sunday's con- to his personal characteris- - Former Ontario Premier were dedication vocation there repeated tics, long standing alarm dur- to public life and complimen- Bob Rae, Chancellor of fire interruptions ing Rae's acceptance speech Cord News Writers Meetings interests in Laurier's tary Wilfrid Laurier University and by the second interrup- music and sports programs," tion he humourously broke Dr. Rosehart. commented the of nervous par- Rose anxiety In heart's opinion, ents and graduates by 5:30 in the WLUSP Laurier needed someone "dif- Thursdays at that "this looks ferent" and "new", but some- remarking of Wilfrid Laurier and like the work of someone that the Sir Office. 3rd Floor FNCC. one still represents that as of his from the Common Sense Laurier upholds. commented part, ideals role as Chancellor he will be Revolution." I Wednesday October 29.2003 News 3

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Tenant Act revised

ness. Caplan intends to take a JENNIFER ASSELIN serious look at the Tenant News Editor Protection Act. focusing' specifically on making the The recently elected Liberal unfair increases illegal, government plans 011 alter- "The process has got to ing* the Tenant Protection Act start quickly because we which currently allows land- want to g'et that moving lords to charge any amount along - ," said Caplan in an they wish when a new tenant interview with The Toronto moves into a home. Star. This unfair rent increase Caplan plans on consult- will be a thing of the past if ing with tenants, landlords, David Caplan, Ontario's new legal clinics, among others, Minister of Public in order to create a more Infrastructure, has anything effective tenant protection to say about it. law, reported The Star, As his first point of bust-

THIS WEEK IN LAURIER HISTORY...

Thursday October 27,1988 Headline: OMB Says "No" to Turret Staff Turret and Wilf's staff members had a proposal turned down which would allow them to gain access to WLUSU liquor facilities without waiting in line with waiting cus- tomers. The proposal stated that a sign-up book would be avail- able which would give ten Turret and Wilf's staff the privilege of entering without waiting in line. "...It is not fair to the patrons who have been waiting in line for hours to have people walk in front of them and get in before they do," said WLUSU Executive Vice-President Wendy Watson. Added Student Pub Manager Lisa Fee, "It's unworkable. There too many that the would have are just people proposal' - v .-to include for it to be fair."

Jennifer Asselin Tragic crash kills No room at the inn. This week is Fair Employment week and Wilfrid Lauder's part-time faculty are taking part in the internationally organized event by voicing their concerns. Of particular interest is the issue regarding office space. Pictured here are members of part-time faculty cramming into one of their few offices. "Students are not having quiet one-on-one time with their professors. That's local philantropist whafs bothers me the most," said Jason Haslam, part-time faculty member pictured closest to the Property Management front. Meeting with students can be such a hassle, he noted, because if you have more than one pro- Lyle S. Hallman empire contained over 4. 000 fessor meeting with students, "then you have to start kicking people out." units. Much of the wealth he dies in accident accumulated during his years in business was circu- lated back into the communi- COLIN DUFFETT ty. News Editor Hallman's name, generos- ity and money could be Lyle S. Halliaan,, a successful found over the entire region. New Chair appointed businessman, local phil- His name can be found on an antropist and namesake of Ottawa St. swimming pool, the WLU based Chair of the MRI section at Grand from The Faculty of Social Work could benefit the Child and Family Welfare, River Hospital, and multiple appoints died St. Mary's hospital donations to community research in being' done." because of injuries suffered groups like the Waterloo the Dr. Gary Cameron as the first research The creation of in a serious car accident Region Children's Museum, research chair will primarily Sunday morning as he was the Iristitue for Health Chair in Child and Family Welfare free Dr. Cameron from teach- driving to church. Promotion at the University ing- duties, allowing- him to of Waterloo and the One focus on research. This extra Voice One Vision campaign. con the FRASER KING award, cited "the necessity to research time Id. in Hallman's name, ' Kitchener Mayor, Carl Staff Writer respect due process." university's reasoning', triple generosity and Zehr. was quoted in The The chair was formed or even quadruple the Record as saying, Wilfrid Laurier University because of Mr. Hallman's per- amount of teaching and money could be "(Yesterday's accident) is a has appointed the nation's sonal desire to see that research that the university found over the tragic loss to our community first research chair in child money donated to social work is currently producing-. and «it must be a difficult and family welfare. According to Dr. entire region. time for the community." A national search ended Cameron, the research gar- Mr. Hallman was a mem- on "Research is use- Thursday October 14th nered from the creation of ber of the Order of Cananda, with the the chair will on selection of Dr. Gary less without be passed to Hallman, 81 was driving amd a winner of the Canada Cameron, a WLIJ professor in people working in the field the faculty dissemination to along - Plains Road in 125 Medal. of social work. "through a variety of confer- Kitchener around 10 AM The appointment was made those that can ences, guest speakers, and possible by a large one-day when he crashed head-on and gen- teaching sessions." with Beatrice Hoist, 70, of erous it." Dr. mentioned donation of 1.5 million actually apply Cameron also New Dundee, who also died dollars from the late Lyle S. the creation of a comparative Hallman. - Luke Fusco, Dean of Social as a result of the accident. research group involving' Hallman's wife, Wendy When asked Work several why a nation- nations from Europe. Hallman, wasn't in al search was luckily needed when Despite the incredible gen- car accident, such a the during the strong candidate research is actually used to erosity of Mr. Hallman, Dean Mrs. Hallman was attending* already existed at Laurier, help people in need. Dean Fusco noted that "2.5 or 3 Luke Fusco, to errands in Waterloo at the Dean of the Fusco underlined that million dollars is needed for time of the fatal crash. Department of Social Work "research is useless without the chair to become effective" noted that Hallman made his for- the search was dissemination to those that further stating that "the uni- tunes buying and selling- conducted in respect for all of can actually apply it - Mr. versity should be looked to the property, both apartment people that could have Hallman wanted to make make up the difference." Contributed Photo possibly been buildings and houses. selected. Dr. sure the people that are actu- During his peak in the Cameron, the recipient of Hallman, the ally working- in the field 1990'5, the Hallman a successful local busi- nessman died this past weekend 4_SWEATSHOPS WIDNitSDAY OCioBER 29 2003 Laurier's sweatshop situation

tion at the Un iversity of' enforcement of ethical pu r ­ While Laurier's Bookstore has a no-sweatshop policy, a Guelph he said that h e ·had chasing policies. An thony not. IT WLU adopted an ethi­ Piscitelli, a s t u ­ more reputable and accountable system of ensuring cal purchasing policy, Billing dent m ember of said that it would not the· Board of affect the Governors, sweatshops are avoided is being pushed for by students described the (continued from cover) letic wear was manufactured Billing told me how he visited COmlllOll mis­ by Russell Athletic and had a facility in Toronto and conception Inaug·urated as a campus been made in Mexico, as well that the workers were well about students club this fall, Laurier several of the Laurier hats treated and highly paid. I against sweat­ Students Against Sweatshops that were manufactured in agreed that there are many shop and ethi­ has emerged · both to bring China. Though I didn't have ethical employers. I also cal purchas­ greater awareness about on me at the time I had docu­ remember having a similar ing policies sweatshop abuses. Jocalyn ments supporting the fact conversation with David Weibe, the clubs president, that both the Mexican Preston, the Canadian Hig·h there are several goals that maquiladoras and the work Commissioner to Bangladesh Laurier SAS has for the conditions in China can two years ago. (The Cord upcoming year. Laurier SAS include sweatshop like condi­ Weekly vol.42 issue 23) On e is planning education and · tions. In fact USAS, an of' his points was th at despite awareness campaigns at both umbrella organization of Ba n gladesh's status as a the university and possibly campus students ag a in st third world nation, its own local h igh schools during the sweatshops campaigns, iden- garment manufacturing was fall and winter term. Another goal for Laurier SAS is to Sweatshop is a place of manufacture where either help introduce an ethical pur­ chasing policy. human rights or labour laws are abused. In Canada there are approximately thirteen uni­ versities that have either Ethical Purchasing Policy is a code that is adopt­ adopted an ethical purchas­ ing policy including the ed by a licensor of a clothing line that require its University of Toronto, suppliers and their sub-contractors not engage in McMaster and Trent or are in the process of creating an sweatshop or related activities. ethical purchasing policy such as the University of Waterloo. While the language Third-Party Monitoring is the evaluation of a may differ a little the University Of Toronto Code of manufacturing establishment conducted by an inter­ Conduct and the McMaster ested.group such as a labot;~ror human rights University Code of Labour as being adversarial Practices both call for similar organization that is not directly involved in the man­ against the companies manu­ compliance and ethics as the ufacture and sale of clothing. facturing the clothing. first Ethical Purchasing "Enforcement is not firm. Policy adopted by Duke The important thing is to University five years ago. tified Russell Athletic as a also high-tech. He, however, operation of the bookstore. work with the companies, Ron Billing, the manager company that had a past of did not deny that sweatshop ''Third party monitoring instead of closing the plants of the bookstore recently using sweatshop conditions. conditions also existed is absolutely necessary in because there would be no took the time to explain the Billing identified these amongst manufacturers in order to ensure that everyone work for people." Piscitelli current policies of the book­ nations as developing indus­ that country. at WLU involved in ordering said rather than boycott a store in this regard. " We trialized nations and that in When asked if the book­ clothing items now and in company it is best to cooper­ send out letters requiring the case of Russell Athletic store uses third party moni­ the future adhere to a no ate with the manufacturers suppliers to disclose their the clothing is usually just toring, he replied that they sweatshop policy," Weibe stat­ to improve wages and work­ codes of conduct every two cut in Mexico and is actually did not and reiterated the fact ed in regards to this book­ ing conditions and he alluded years," Billing said. Billing assembled in the that they were periodically store policy. The reasoning that a contract should only be also mentioned that request­ United States. assessing the voluntary behind this as Weibe cut if problems are not solved ing sub-contractor's invoices codes of conduct of its suppli- explained is that a buy over a long period of time. from each supplier would ers. I also inquired if he Canadian policy is no assur­ "The goal is to turn a sweat­ ensure verification of a sup­ had any problems ance against sweatshop con­ shop into a normal place of plier's compliance with these ditions since the abuse of work." codes. workers rights is becoming Russell Athletic was one more commonplace, even of the companies that have within Canada. Weibe noted been identified by third party "We are pulling that home workers people sources, often a combination this brand because who do s-q.bassembly out­ of human rights groups, side of a formal workplace labour movements and uni­ we are concerned work conditions are not versities themselves, and monitored and that docu­ have had to improve their that it is being mentation seems to indicate labour conditions in the made in sweatshop that the average home work­ maquiladoras where they er makes a wage about sixty operate. Third party monitor­ conditions." five percent of' the minimum ing gives universities and -Ron Billing, Manager, wage. Weihe's concern is that even the suppliers the lever­ there are loopholes in the age to enforce ethical pur­ Laurier Bookstore bookstore's policies. chasing policies and it also "The bookstore policies do gives greater opportunities As he gave me a quick show concern for the condi­ for workers to organize. tour, a run down of the ori­ tion that the clothing is made I asked Weibe if she g·ins of each product Billing under, which is lacking in expected any resistance in s~id, "That if it is possible we many businesses, but the pol­ attempting to get the intro­ try to buy products that are icy is very subjective. This duction of an ethical pur­ manufactured in North leaves rooms for decisions chasing policy in the Laurier America." This policy was where the Bookstore may community. "Seeing-that Mr. quite evident since much of choose to buy from a compa­ Billing has acknowledged the the university-licensed ny with low labour standards problem of sweatshop labour, apparel was made in N:orth in order to receive a better I would not expect much America including brands deal." Weibe elaborated that resistance from the book­ such as Tiger Knit and she doesn't believe that Ron store." She seemed more Bruzer that are one hun­ Billing wouldn't intend for skeptical about the adminis­ dred percent manufactured with suppli­ this to happen. An ethical tration. "The administration in Canada. Taking me over to ers in the purchasing policy would set and the Board of Governors a shelf of knit golf shirts, past. In his a standard to ensure that may see the ethical purchas­ Billing pointed out one that We also four years as sweatshop products would ing policy as an unneeded bore a WLU alumni logo. briefly discussed the manager of the not be sold at WLU. extra step in the purchasing "We are pulling this brand high-tech advancements bookstore at While criticizing the book­ process. However, the because we are concerned that are being used in manu­ Laurier and in store's policies it is equally University of Toronto, Trent that it is being made in facturing of garments. his previous posi- possible to be skeptical of' the and McMaster have all adopt­ sweatshop conditions." ed ethical purchasing poli­ Billing pointed out a tag Laurier Bookstore goes "International" cies." She hopes to encourage sewn in the shirt that indi­ the administration of Laurier cated it was made in ITEM COST MANUFACTURER COUNTRY OF ORIGIN to do likewise. Guatemala.· He further elabo­ Piscitelli supported thi& as rated that this brand was Blue Shorts• $22.95 Russell Athletic ElSalvador well, when he brings the idea being replaced with a of an ethical purchasing poli­ Canadian one. Gray T-shirt $15.95 R1tssell Athletic Mexico cy to the development and "The- opportunity for community committee, he sweatshop products to enter Black Sweatshirt $69.95 Hotline Canada doesn't expect that there will into the bookstore is here," be any opposition or any Billing· admitted as he J>urple Sweatshirt $69.95 Hotlim! Mexico trouble introducing it to the showed me a pile of little trin­ Board of Governors. "It's not kets such as key-chains and Navy GolfShirt $39.95 Russell Athletic NIA like this a new idea or an souvenir items. The problem unusual policy. It's becoming is that it is hard to discern Black GolfShirt $49.95 Hotline Canada a standard today." the origin of these products. One thing that did concern Purf!J~. Laurier Hat $19.95 NIA China me was that much of the ath- + Sweatshops 5 Wfdnfsday October 29.2003 Sweatshops being shut down More and more, the often horrific labour conditions in sweatshops are being challenged by students and denounced by academic institutions THOMAS THOMPSON countries such as Mexico and It was not just for the simple pressure from globalization Special Projects editor Guatemala. With all five of fact that this is the time that and the drive to create 'free them employed they are bare- we lived in. rather he always market' and corporate friend- The sun has set over Maria's ly able to afford a reasonable emphasized that we live in a ly economies has forced hometown hours ago but her standard of living for them- time like no other in history many governments to ignore small nimble hands continue selves. where people experienced or relax its own labor laws. to feed fabric into the Across the globe the sun such a high standard of liv- The problem of sweatshops is quenchless appetite of the has just risen in India where ing and a personal freedom. further compounded by the large industrial sewing- hundreds of workers have In my naivete at the time I fact that even internationally machine that sits in front of just shown up to work in a never imagined that children signed accords and the her. Time seems endless as small factory. Here cut my own age working in Charter of Human Rights is she works endlessly into the leather from Indonesia used harsh labor conditions. being violated in the name of evening but she dares not in running shoes is sewn and Sweatshops, a term origi- economic progress. complain. then glued to rubber soles. nally coined to describe the In the last five years the All too often agitators Since the late 1980s, compa- terrible work conditions of battle against sweatshops have been dealt with severely nies such as Reebok have European and North has found an unusual set- whether it has been a doc in relocated operations to the American textile factories in ting. the university. In what their pay or worse a physical "world' largest democratic the nineteenth and early has been considered one of assault. Twelve hours have nation" utilizing nonexistent twentieth century, were now the most successful resur- passed and she is thankful labour standards as a substi- being reborn in my lifetime. gence of student activism that no of the supervisors tute to manufacturing in Is the twentieth century, since the 19605, the Students have sexually harassed her China. The common thread which had hope and progress Against Sweatshops has Contributed Photo like so many of the other that binds all of these work- so strongly associated with made significant inroads in girls her age, but she is ers is that they are part of a it, a time of failure? The early creating improvements for Cool hat... wish I had one... afraid that the closer she gets multi-billion dollar garment 1980s saw the re-emergence the conditions of workers by maybe I'll start a revolution to her sixteenth birthday the and apparel manufacturing of sweatshops and grueling a unique approach. Rather chances of this happening- industry that has grown labour conditions that we than taking on the impossi- workers to assemble and are going to increase. Despite enormously profitable at the were once thought to be just ble task of closing sweat- organize. the hardships she is thankful expense of the very people the part of fiction only found shops, Students Against Monitoring- is also sup- that she has the job. Both her who manufacture its goods. in the words of Burke and Sweatshops, on campuses all posed to address abuses that brothers and her parents also As a young adolescent Dickens. across the continent have have been documented in work in the maquilodoras, going through the pains of In the rapidly growing been able to get universities sweatshops, physical and the free trade zones with low growing up, my father often global economy sweatshops to implement ethical pur- sexual assault, harassment taxes and very few regula- told me that there was 110 bet- and sweat labour has prolif- chasing policies. The purpose and even more disturbing tions that dot Latin American ter time to be alive than now. erated all across the world of these policies are to ensure issues such as forced confine- whether it is in Southeast the suppliers and subcontrac- ment and forced abortions. Asia, India, China, Latin tors of university licensed In the same year United America or even North apparel are abiding by all Students Against America. legal and international con- Sweatshops, an umbrella The existence of sweat- ventions regarding the con- organization of campus anti- shops raises several dilem- ditions in which the apparel sweatshop campaigns, was mas and issues, not just is manufactured and it pro- also founded with the intent about consumerism, it is vides support for third party of encouraging" similar cam- about competing ideologies monitoring. paigns on campuses across within economics, sociology, In March of 1998 Duke the continent. The result is and gender. Perhaps one of University set a precedent for that today there are over two the most profound questions the academic community hundred universities and col- of this is if business is ethi- when it was the first univer- leges that have endorsed an cally bound to support the sity in the United States to ethical purchasing policy. It rights of its workers regard- adopt an ethical purchasing lias not come without its less ol local labour laws. policy in respect to its price. When the University of A simplistic approach of licensed apparel and athletic Oregon adopted an ethical this can be found with the wear. purchasing policy, Phil Nobel Prize winning* econo- The advocates for this pol- Knight, CEO of Mike mist Milton Friedman. To icy believed it was a social Corporation and alumnus, summarize the theories of his responsibility of the universi- withdrew thirty million dol- arguments, business has ty to help promote ethical lars of funding towards his only two responsibilities to business practice. It is esti- alma mater. make profit for its sharehold- mated that almost two mil- One observer explained ers and to obey the law. This lion workers in one hundred this phenomenon bv basically view presents a benign exam- fifty countries, mainly saying that the timing was First, ple of business practice women and young* girls, are correct. there have where social responsibility is employed in sweatshops. been several exposes' about the realm and domain of the The policy set a standard for sweatshops and companies government. If we were to the manufacturers of the that have used them. At the accept this approach, the University's licensed apparel. same time there were ethics of business would be to The clauses policy explicitly attempts by the sweatshop support the government by outlined the conduct that the workers themselves to organ- paying taxes and obey any manufacturer and its sub- ize. Also there were domestic labour regulations estab- contractors the manufactur- issues on campuses in the lished by it. Business is not ers had to comply with and it US. In the year 2000 at benign and the world is not emphasized the role of inter- Harvard, the SAS campaign that simple. nal and external monitoring and adoption of an ethical Today many of the largest of each company's labour purchasing policy had fol- corporations have greater net conditions. Specifically, the lowed a living wage cam- paign for the subcontracted L — mwmuamm i incomes than the majority of policy attempted to address staff on cam- Contributed photo the countries in the develop- issues such as compliance and university ing laws, a pus. One could speculate that Sweatshop workers in world. with labour minimum Bangledesh sleep side by side on the floor. Apart from the accusation age for employment, wages students had identified a Anyone a feel like whining about double rooms in residence now? of inherent corruption, the and overtime and the right of local problem with global deigone. 6 Opinion Wednesday October 2ft. 2ntre The Cord Weekly Unequal democracy The tie that binds since 1926 lature. PR is straightforward and electing- a regional A representa- Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publication Features fair and with some modification tive. However, countries like Third Floor, Fred Nichols Campus Centre Editor it could be adapted to suit the Germany and New Zealand have 75 University Avenue West, political climate in Canada. Fair- dealt with this by filling half the Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5 Vote Canada (fail-vote.ca) is work- seats in their house with regional ing towards this end. representatives and the (519) 884-1970 ext. 3564 other half If all the recently founded with a percentage of seats per Fax: (519) 883-0873 Craig democracies have rejected first- party reflecting the popular vote. Advertising: (519) 884-1970 ext. 3560 Radcliffe past-the-post, then why has I was taught in Grade 10 that www.wlusp.com Canada (or Ontario for that mat- coalition governments (minority e-mail: [email protected] At the best of times the democrat- ter) not reconsidered the demo- governments) were a bad thing ic process is a way to ensure fair cratic implications of their sys- because they reduced the efficien- and equal representation for all tem? Simple answer: those in cy of the government but as I see "I don't know, I don'tspeak Colombonian." citizens; at the worst of times it power want to stay in power. I it now a coalition government - Bryn Boyce, InternationalEditor, who also thinks becomes corrupted and the sys- checked recent Federal and allows for better representation Colombia is a city, not a country tem fails to serve the best inter- Provincial election results and of the people, which is exactly ests of the majority. This is the strangely enough I couldn't find what a democracy is supposed to Editorial Board worst of times for democracy. a single election in recent history do. The "efficiency" issue is also Canada's first-past-the-post where the "majority" government unfounded, as only two of the 75 system of democratic election is really had a majority of the popu- democracies using proportional Editor-in-Chief Wilbur McLean one of the most unfair in the lar vote. With a new and more representation have experienced Production Manager Caitlin Howlett world. For example, if there were acceptable election system these any notable problems. four in "majority" would It Donkey relatively popular parties governments is a travesty when democra- News Editors Two-cent a riding it would be possible for a give way to minority govern- cy is sacrificed for efficiency or Colin Duffett candidate to win a seat with only ments where all sides would actu- party interests. Political self- Opinion Editor Stefan Sereda 26% of the votes in that riding. ally have a chance at getting interest that has prompted the Extending' that to a broader their voices heard. Federal to a Bryn Boyce level, Liberals defeat recent International Editor we could have a Prime Minister motion to investigate Entertainment Editor Chris Clemens in a majority government whose ...a coalition Proportional Representation 144- Sports Editor Derek Iwanuk party 01117/ had 26% of the popu- 78. With this kind of refusal to lar vote but a majority of seats. government allows even investigate PR, things look Features Editor Craig Radcliffe That would mean that 74% of the for better bad for democracy on the Federal Student Life Editor The Jesscredible Hulk population would not be repre- level. However, members of Arts Editor Katie West sented in the legislature. representation of Federal Parliament from parties You might think to yourself the as diverse as the C'andian Special Projects Editor Thomas Thompson "Well, it's hopeless so I might as people, which Alliance and the NI)P have shown well not vote... who wants to go is what democracy support for the movement to PR C ord Staff .to American Eagle?," but it's not and the McGuinty government in hopeless. Many democracies have should do. Ontario has commissioned a Amy Production Assistants Mallett shunned the first-past-the-post Democratic Renewal Secretariat Carly Beath April Cunningham system (Canada, USA, Britain I'm not saying that to look at the prospect of PR in and India are the Denise Fung Ananthan Sundaresan only remaining Proportional Representation Ontario. The political culture in democracies to use this system) would be a cure-all system but I Canada is slowly waking up to Brandon Currie Jackie Cain in favour of systems such as know it would provide further what the rest of the world has Copy Editing Manager Amanda Elliott Proportional Representation (PR) checks and balances (as any good known for decades: first-pasl-the- Associate Copy Editor Amy Rogers that more accurately represent democracy should have) that post does not work. the citizens. PR governments would prevent the unilateralism Copy Editors Kim Brown base the make-up of their govern- of a majority government elected Kevin Field Kate Johnston ing' body on the popular vote: the by a minority. Implementing* a Liz Goheen Brenda Heatley percentage of votes going- to a fair voting- system would be a dif- particular party dictates the per- ficult change for many Photo Manager Matt Benassi centage of seats held in the legis- Canadians who like the idea of Distribution Manager Tali Spivak Discues this Advertising Manager Elisabeth Oliveira Ad Production Manager Nicole Wilker A d Production Asst 's Sarah Fabbro Kam Athwal Mikel Sala Crediting the uncredited IT Manager lan Lochbihler WLUSP Administration Devoted to those people who remain in the shadows of life President Laura Jardine friends. Signs point to this being remain in the shadows of VP: Finance Tunde Igli Editor in tJncredited's girlfriend. Palisades, California. Sadly, VP: Advertising Angela Foster Episode #1-6: In the past two Uneredited believed Zit Off! is the chief episodes, there has been no sign end to all of his problems. How Board of Directors of Uncredited with his girlfriend. foolish. Henein Marc Sandra Mackenzie Wilbur Did they break up? Another scene After watching dozens of Bryden Gage Jennifer McDonald in The Max reveals that, no, episodes I've determined that ulti- McLean Uncredited is still existence is Adam Mike D indeed, dating mately, Uncredited's Fox 'Aloisio his black girlfriend. But what's mixed with emotions. Despite Corporate Secretary Amanda Kirkwood After watching- as many episodes this? As the camera pans further having' no direct interaction of Saved By The Bell as I have, back, there's another girl at the whatsoever, I've deduced that Contributors I've been surprised to notice how table... an Asian girl! All three of Uneredited is an acne-inflicted, many things I've picked out since them are getting up to leave the low self-esteem suffering, multi- Dillon Moore, Brittany Lavery, Brendan Juries, Sarah Graves, Mat Street, purchasing- the recently released table together. They're leaving race loving polygamist. The Alison Murray. Mitre BorrelS, Josalyn Wiebe, Kate Zieglei; Dave Neate, DVDs. Having: already memo- The Max together. This is unbe- issues this guy and his pony tail Dave Ricci. Dave Bone, Daniel Roth, Darne! Wilson, TJ Hill, Mike Brown, rized just about every episode, in lievable! Uncredited has a harem! must face on an everyday basis Rich Kawamoto, Josalyn Wiebe, Alex Dcoanu, Pete Cram, Nick my umpteenth viewing 1 I've Initially, I'm unsure whether to are almost too great to even fath- Czekurion, Stephanie Butcher, Michelle Pmchev, Lauren Thompson, Etio instead resorted to picking out cheer or boo for him, however, om. Chow, Fraser K?ng Bernard Dawson, Mane! jno-Baptlste Mary Erskine. the nuances of the show, the after calming down I realize He'll never find the spotlight. Chris Preston. Emily DlCKinson don't Know her the (you way Bryn does), in the background that I must be He'll be as cool Zack, as chapeaus, freedom hate, dumps due to slashings, Bloody Dessie: Trophy thing's Uncredited polygamous never as husband for the dozen doughnuts, Pete's orange pants and the guys wouldn't normally notice. because of his Mormon beliefs. smart as Screech or as athletic as heckling. Scott tor getting me In trouble; Depeche Mode, Mites Davis, the This altered approach has pro- It's difficult to fault a man- or a Slater. Heck, he'll never even have Velvet Underground, Neil for buying trie pitcher, Bob's vertlcle smile, Little duced one primary question that pony-tailed guy for that matter- the pizzazz and teddy bear-like Guy but not tor scaring me, happy belated birthday Jones, good luck at has continually nagged me: who based on his religion. lovability of Mr. Belding. the gig, Zefangus: hyperactive cat owners. Obviously corporatism sucks, is that dude with the ponytail? On the other hand, Uneredited look at all the complaining in this section. In every single episode of the has a charm the others lack. He's -SJS and the gang first two seasons, this guy in a Uncredited is an Zack without the nauseating pop- appears. Sometimes he'll ularity and arrogance. He's "Ifyou were sad, would this make you happy?"... My roommate lias my ponytail acne-inflicted, low walk the likeness tattooed to her chest... To the group ofpeople who sent us that just by in hallways, Screech with social skills. He's very strange letter thai we didn't print: did you actually think we would other times he'll appear in The self-esteem Slater with a personality. He's Mr. print that?!... Kroeker's still an idiot: "At least they're reporting news Max, sitting at a table on the suffering, multi- Belding, sans 25 years. now!".. Is it vacation time yet?... To all the also-rans In the pumpkin carv- opposite side from The Gang. Uneredited will never be in ing competition, there will be viewing hours for the winning pumpkin with His face is instantly recogniz- race loving every club, on every team or at accompanying first place ribbon m the WLUSP office, Friday from noon able, yet his identity remains the forefront of every incident. until 3 pm. Hahal Chumps',. This Saturday should be fun in a strange, unknown. He's just that guy sit- polygamist. Uneredited doesn't know all the twisted kmd of way I want Curnmle to still be doped up on painkillers ting behind Zack or Kelly, incon- cool people who pretentiously when we go "Gay is Gay is OK . Gay is OKI.-WM OKI.. 1 spicuous. never speaking, never ignore him despite seeing him TheCord Weekly is the officialstudentnewspaperof WilfridLaurier University. It isan editoriallyinde- #1- 8: Uncredited has Uneredited doesn't Laurier University StudentPublications, Waterloo, made aware. Episode everywhere, pendentnewspaperpublishedby Wilfrid a corpo- in happy within ration withoutshare capital. WLUSPis governed by its board of directors. Alas, with each passing spoken. Indeed, this classic care because he is episode his personality began to episode whei*e 2!sack and tScreech his own existence, pony tail and All letters to the editor must be signed and submitted with the author's name, student identification take shape as I scrutinized every create and market a pimple ail. number, and telephone number. Letters mustbe received by noon Tuesdayon disk, or via e-mailat 3.5 seconds when my new friend. cream, Uncredited lauds Zack for Don't you see? Uneredited is [email protected] with the subject heading of Cordletter '. Letters must be typed or easily legible "Uncredited", managed to sneak his invention, "Zack. you're each of us. In the Saved By The and maynot exceed 350 words. The Cord reserves theright toeditany letter tor brevity and clarity. onto the screen. going to make millions from this Bell of life, 99% of us are Spelling and grammar will be corrected. The Cord reserves the right to reject any letter, in whole or Episode #1-3: Uncredited Is stuff. Thanks, man!" cries Uneredited, while a select few inpart. seen seated in the comer of The Uncredited as he passes Zack in have the opportunity to be cheer- the halls. Poor Uncredited, leaders, football class The Cordreserves the right not topublish material thatis deemedto be libelous or in contravention Max with a black girl. My initial players and with the Cord's Codeof Ethics or journalistic standards. theory that Uncredited didn't Things are becoming clearer now. presidents. hang out with The Gang' because Uncredited doesn't roll with The Mot me, though. When listing Opinionsexpressed are thoseof the author and do not necessarilyreflect thoseol theEditorial Board. Lisa was "too ghetto" for him are Gang because he has self esteem your credits, please leave me out. The Cord, WLUSP. WLU orHamilton Web Printing. immediately quashed. Alas, he issues. A skin, problem has led I want to be Uneredited. and the black girl are sitting far Uncredited to shy away from the subscription are $20.00per term tor addresses within Canada. The Cord is printed by Cord rates too close together to just be spotlight, choosing - instead to Hamilton Web Printingand ispublishedevery Wednesday. Opinion Wednesday October 29.2003 7

Letters to The Cord Anger over Oktoberfest's 16,20G3) were strong and they can't be happy sitting on respect for her, and more dents from the main campus. well thought out, however I the couch playing- video importantly, quite a few peo- This will occur for one solid representation have a major problem with games? Many lazy people do ple lost respect for Bacchus. reason: we are all Laurier an the arguments against the enjoy smoking pot, simply Maybe Ms. Athwal students. I understand everyone has Marijuana makes because it's a way to make remembers me. I was on that opinion, but in the past three narcotic. ripped you fat? All you do is play their lazy lives a little bit same bus, the person at' the Matthew Cutting weeks The Cord has You more to with- video games? forget exciting. Pot doesn't front facing the back of the Oktoberfest pieces, things? It makes you stupid? make people lazy; people bus and shouting to other out considering - those who festival. If you ask me, they all seem make themselves lazy. people. I find it irritating No place for wet t-shirts are involved in the Dumb? This is just insult- whole told Oktoberfest started over like ridiculous premises. that the ride you three indi- #1) Marijuana makes you ing. I've been smoking mari- me that I must: "SIT DOWN" am writing to express my 35 years ago, by the THE I viduals, one who attended fat because you get juana almost everyday since and "FACE FRONT." disgust with an advertise- eat junk food. first it WLU. It was started to keep munchies and year, and hasn't affect- Whatever happened to the ment for The Manor that I In my entire life I ed my intelligence or per- the German heritage alive, disagree. Bacchus of yore that people appeared on page 10 of your never weed formance. am As while giving back the com- have heard of a I currently in respected? 2001 Bacchus October 22, 2003 issue. I to heard of belly, my fourth of I have been dancing, gut (I've a pot year the BBA coordinator Sophie don't know you are aware munity. a if volunteering and working at but that's used in different program. I almost always Kotsopoulos once said, "we're of this, but this is an adver- since was three, context), however, there are study and do homework like that best friend that's tisement for a strip club, or Oktoberfest I eat I friend, and this year was crowned beer guts. People junk high, and occasionally write there for their and "adult entertainment com- I during Miss Oktoberfest. A while food any social gath- exams high. Marijuana has being there means caring plex" to be more politically erings a mis- not affected who back there was an article in and it is just my short-term and helping those need correct. Please tell me. what The Cord (Nicole Huggins' conception that people memory or intelligence. In it, not judging or trying to place does an advertisement in fact, tests control and control portion of "Mirror mirror on indulge much more junk taking is probably people for a strip club have in a stu- the wall" October 8, 2003) food when they're high. Not my biggest strength in activities." It seems this state- dent newspaper? I am sure that was not researched and to mention the fact that there school. Other people do suf- ment spits in the face of what there are many students at unacceptable. The writer are WAY more calories in fer from some short-term some volunteers now think Laurier who regularly visit than claimed to do her research alcohol there is in weed. memory loss, but they proba- their mission is,;:! The Manor and other such about the process of selection #2) All you do is play bly would even if they didn't Here's a tip for Ms. Athwal establishments, however that for Miss Oktoberfest but obvi- video games. That's just a ter- smoke pot. and any other volunteers like isn't sufficient reason to that and I've ously did not. When I went to rible point doesn't Oh, yeah, solved her: promote safe sex and advertise it. the website Ms. Huggins deserve argumentation. the mystery that Chris can't responsible drinking and This is a university, a went to, there was a press #3) You forget things. understand (why "so many everyone will love you; inter- true, place of higher learning. As release about the changes in This may be but at the students succumb to this fere with people's fun and try students we are supposed to the contest. same time.ihow many nights guilty pleasure" - smoking to control them and retalia- question what is right and All of the girls who have have people forgotten every- weed). tion will surly occur. It is wrong and try to improve the been past Miss Oktoberfest's thing while drinking? Or Student life is stressful about time Bacchus quit play- society which we live. As woken beside someone in have been intelligent and up and requires hard work. ing the victim card and educated people I would hope wonderful girls who did who made you want to gnaw Students like to take a break realised that the events that one would realize that we live unwind, and excellent jobs of spreading your own arm off? Does this and often turn have happened in an overly sexualized socie- cheer to our community. Not mean alcohol should be ille- to substances. Alcohol should the result of intoxicated stu- ty without our school paper as on only did the writer insult me gal well? It all depends only be used occasionally dents, but have been aided by further promoting such as an individual by saying the amount you consume, when it's time to party, since some pushy volunteers that things as overt sexuality. Can this was about "beauty, just like alcohol. getting drunk usually lasts seem to enjoy total control of we not be who we are, be that #4) breasts and bulimia" but also You get stupid. This is for many hours, and often the situation. students or people, individu- her own Laurier community, another myth in my opinion. involves nausea and hang- To everyone else on. sex? not can ally, without I am where many of the Professors I guarantee that at least overs. Marijuana, on the Bacchus, keep up the great saying that I think sex is a and staff have been extreme- 70% of university students other hand, gets people high work. Don't let the actions of bad thing, or that I want all ly supportive and thrilled (probably higher) have at one and helps them relax for an a select few muddy your rep- life two, at strip clubs shut down. I just that I have received this title. point in their tried mari- hour or which point utation or otherwise stain think there is a time and a sBid;anysne into coii- juana, and clearly to; getinto: the student is in fine shape to you image. take- cannot stu- place for advertisements sideration what this festival university you be continue working. Though such as this and the school does for our community? pid. some people feel tired the Dave Howden is not it. no paper Over 400 volunteers work In conclusion, I have morning after, this is noth- 4th year Business I would ask that you year round for Oktoberfest, problem with people debating ing compared to the feeling please reconsider your adver- which brings in over 1.5 mil- whether marijuana should be of sitting in class sweating when not, tisement choices pub- lion dollars to our communi- legal or however if you your alcohol away, trying to Brotherhood with lishing The Cord: a generally ty through the halls, lottery choose to argue the latter, at hold your vomit in until class Brantford reputable, entertaining, and and button sales. Visit one of least do so intelligently. is over. even informational source of the German to see that Don't worry my fellow It is very evident at our small news on on at clubs. Alex what's going people come from near and Kowalchuk marijuana users. Smoking Brantford campus that we Laurier. Let's promote a safe far for the cultural food, Ist Year Arts marijuana will not make you get very excited when we are school environment and posi- music and entertainment. fat, lazy and dumb. featured on the front page of tive choices rather than wet There are German dance The Cord Weekly. Howevei\ I tee shirt contests, and over- groups performing over 35 Why I love Afroman David Dumais found a pattern that seems to sexixaiimfcion. times throughout the festi- 4th Year Business evolve almost every time our val. Thousands of pounds of Chris Clemens' arguments name is mentioned within the Christine Williams food are donated to the food against marijuana ("Is smok- pages of the student newspa- drive, which is one of the ing- reefer madness?" The You're Bacchus per. Yes, you guessed it: we many things I talk about to Cord Weekly, October 16, volunteers, not bouncers Brantford students get 110 Stadium requests the 27, 616 children that are 2003) are illegitimate. He respect. visited during the week, takes the generalizations cre- It is ..unfortunate that bad In a recent opinion article As I recall, there were more along with the history of how ated by popular media as things happen to Bacchus a great deal of metaphorical adults than students at Oktoberfest began. Each year fact. Apparently, smoking volunteers. I only say this references are used to show Harvard's sporting events. I women are recognized in the marijuana makes people fat, because I think Bacchus is just how small the main cam- wish there was a section for annual Oktoberfest "Rogers lazy, and dumb. great. Unselfish individuals pus thinks we are. It seems, parents and seniors to cheer Women of the year" for their I admit that marijuana volunteering- their precious in my opinion of course, that together each Saturday. Also, involvement and achieve- can and often does increase time to ensure and promote people on the main campus could someone mark the ments. Many retirement the appetite; it is often used the safety of others is a noble don't seem to understand entrances to the stadium sec- homes are visited and get to medically for this purpose. I cause. that way down here in down- tions so that we can tell our have their own taste of will not admit that 'the However, not all volun- town Brantford there are fel- friends to meet us in section Oktoberfest. munchies' will make a person teers are created equally and low Laurier students. During A, B, C. etc.? I only wish that someone fat. Potheads' eating patterns this seems to ruffle feathers O-week I couldn't keep track To add colour to the who sees this festival as a are not usually affected sim- within the Laurier communi- of the amount of first years games, I wish there were 'beer-fest' at night would take ply because they smoke so ty. Case in point: the that wanted to go to main portable stands behind the the time to actually experi- much pot that it becomes nor- "assaults" that occurred last campus to visit, just to see visiting team bench so that ence all the other events that mal, and munchies don't Thursday night. What tran- what their fellow students we could enjoy the reaction of Oktoberfest has to offer. exist. I don't get the spired that night was in no are like. We don't feel that their fans and cheerleaders, munchies. Recreational and way close to resembling' an same kind of brotherhood and vice versa. Melissa Melnychuk opportunity smokers do get 'assault' or, more precisely, a down here. I can't figure out why The Miss Oktoberfest, 2003 the munchies, but they "pummelling" as Ms. Athwal From our point of view it Record never promotes the smoke so rarely that refers to it. Although I in no feels like we are simply a college games on the front : 'launeMes' won't make them way condone what happened, child whose mother let go to page of sports until after a Is this letter late because fat. in reality it was a retaliatory play in the park, that we couple of matches. In other the author was high? Laziness? Laziness is a push that came as a result of serve no real purpose in the college towns, it's the biggest personality trait that exists Ms. Athwal pushing- the man big picture of Wilfrid Laurier news each late August and The arguments in The Cord within a human being. Lazy in question. That she unjust- University. Well I will tell you September. as to why marijuana should people obviously know ly reported it the way she did that I see the men and women be legalized I ("Is smoking- they're lazy, and accept it. and made that man out to be at this campus every day that Ted Rooney reefer madness?" October Who are we to tell people that a monster makes me lose all will emerge as the leaders of Senior Football Fan our society, as will the stu- We can't hear you. Send letters: [email protected]

Maximum 350 words (so we fudged that rule a little this week) Opinion 8 Vednesday October 29. ?om Should Laurier support sweatshops? NO!!! store that also sells clothes by money back to the family Russell Athletic? Without Sure, why not? farm where they are strug- information on corporate external monitoring, how gling to pay the taxes Sweatshop labour exploitation is widely can anyone be sure that this Sweatshop imposed by their govern- available. In a culture where company or any other that ment. Which I might add, are stingers everyone's buying into abus- makes products for the book- | supporter either communist or do not es somewhere on the horizon, store isn't exploiting its covet the rights of private will it affect anything if you workers? property. Do we see the real Stefan make transactions in blood- Economically, contracting Brendan Satan now? money too? labour out to sweatshops is While mainland Chinese Sereda an Jones Probably not, but an inac- appalling measure taken workers were sweating away tive defeatist approach cer- by Canadian business. Yes, it under socialist rule, their The majority of students on tainly isn't the solution to provides cheap labour. It also I love the smell of capitalism brethren in Hong Kong were this campus, myself includ- ending labour violations in decreases Canada's full-time in the morning'. The smell, sweating their way to a better ed, have shown support for North America and abroad. workforce because personnel that sweatshop smell: smells life. Now, over 50 years since human rights abuses. This What happens when a sizable in developing countries have like victory. By now I've prob- GATT, Hong Kong enjoys sentiment does not have to institution tolerates indigni- no other option but working ably offended just about higher living standards than result from directly mistreat- ties, and forces its members in poor conditions. Yes, it every one of you, but I beg mainland China where trade ing- another person. Instead, to by association? When this benefits Canada's economy by you to read 011. When you barriers were not brought that we permit such viola- occurs, the atrocity has set creating jobs in the retail sec- lose a coin toss, have you ever down until 1979. South tor... but tions to take place is often the itself up to be knocked down employees in this checked the other side of the Korea is another fine exam- consequence of individual by uniting a large group of sector are mainly part-time, coin to see if you've been ple where living standards passivity, an attitude shaped individuals who may have grossly underpaid, lacking cheated? are far superior for the work- by a broader cultural disposi- felt powerless in the face of in benefits and drowning hi There is no question that er compared to its North Korean tion towards injustice. global injustice. stress. conditions inside "sweat- counterpart. Unless You don't have to be the Such is the case with Of course, what these shops" are not what we in our you have a better idea on how manager who sexually Laurier's sale of products workers go through does not wealthy. Western, First World to make a poor state wealthy, assaults employees, fires manufactured in sweatshops. compare to the deplorable microcosm would ever con- maybe we should stick with of this one because the last pregnant garment workers On a campus that claims to treatment sweatshop sider working' in. So is the time (or persuades them to have be an institution for higher workers. The goal isn't to put answer to improving' the con- I checked, the amount of peo- abortions), promotes unsafe learning that hangs the these struggling people out ditions inside Third World ple living below the poverty labour conditions, pays United Nations' Universal of work, but to improve the sweatshops shutting' them line was shrinking. conditions If If reasons unlivable wages or commits a Declaration of Human Rights they toil in. stu- down? Then we would be economic aren't host of other horrendous in public areas and sashays dents demand and the Board worse than those purveying enough, closing these sweat- Governors an ethi- shops can have much crimes to their unfortunate around wearing its second- of adopts the deplorable work environ- worse personnel to condone this place McLean's ranking like cal purchasing policy, then ment. We would be denying consequences. When Nike would behaviour. You don't even it's cock-of-the-walk, there is monitors come to the the poor the opportunity to closed two Cambodian facto- have to go near a sweatshop no place for policies that aid of garment workers sim- earn a higher wage than ries employing 2000 people, of whom were women, or a developing' nation to let allow these goods to be ply by inspecting their facili- what they would be falling 90% these wrongs go unnoticed bought and sold. ties. back on when Nike sweat- some of those workers were This is the and these cries for aid go Though WI.U has a 'no- step necessary to shops close their doors. swallowed up by prosper- unheard. No, all you have to sweatshop' policy, it lacks an catch up to a growing cultur- ing Cambodian sex slave al movement which takes aim. industry. Media pressure do is go to the shopping mail ethical purchasing policy, as I and buy some clothes. it does not insist that a third at corporate human rights ...the last time about the sweatshops and indeed In such a case, that's your party monitor and inspect abuses, to catch employing 15-year-old girls up checked,the Nike to close down business. When everyone else the production of Laurier with other intellectual prompted sees the fine stitching that merchandise. Since other bodies. With an institution amount of people the factories. Now some of five-year-old did on your Gap universities go as far as to full of intelligentsia rallying these girls will die before the living below the end sweater, they probably have travel the world investigat- behind an idea, significant of their teenage years is set from no grounds for self-right- ing human rights abuses in precedence for even poverty line was AIDS. more universities All eousness, as they are proba- sweatshops, shouldn't to follow. shrinking. this negative media bly wearing Nike Like the smoker who cuts attention is only going to shoes, Laurier at least make good to start drinking Coke, or fuelling on its boycott? down, it should also help all force these companies their car. Since ignorance No wonder the Business of us sleep a little easier at If you were making 30 using mechanized produc- as we make a move tion methods, where no cannot pardon you under- Ethics course is the butt of night cents an hour laying bricks Canadian law, there is no jokes at WLU: how can stu- towards a guilt-free con- or tilling a field under the unskilled individual is science. in more developed question as to everyone's learn when sun, wouldn't you jump at employed, dents anything need the guiltiness, especially since they buy textbooks from a the opportunity to earn a dol- nations that don't lar, let alone 50 cents an hour economic boost. Have you doing minimal labor? Of ever considered that these course, if" you ask the people sweatshops might be collec- who work in these places, tively advancing the lives of column they will tell you the condi- those working in them? This brought it is we tions aren't a cushy leather Perhaps time stop office chair with a key to the spray painting "stop the war executive washroom. In some in Iraq" on Starbucks or cases these are women or throwing rocks at cops children who are the sole because all this jumping to M&M Meats conclusions is going to get us to you by in then- family breadwinner or they are sending the nowhere. Monsanto room," In capitalist vogue, the SBE is trying There is also the issue of just how gauche all this to sell us corporate-sponsored classes should seem. At least some of the students in the SBE pro- Shifty's donation, and are well suited gram seem to have accepted This is to the underlying" ethos of the the idea that deregulation bizarre... SBE anyway. But if all that is would bring* with it a higher true, why does it still seem so degree of prestige for the wrong*? prog-ram. The shiny new Top I'm not going to suggest Schlegel Centre, (literally, Dillon that the businesses so hon- take a look at those sparkling' 10 Moore oured will now hold too much floors) appears in hindsight ...most horrific visions of

I ■ • 1 power over what is lectured - to be the implicit acknowl- at least not directly. My class edgement that the SBE was laurior's corporate- In any statement a person or on "Draeula" in the M&M set on raising* tuition. But institution makes, there is Meat Shops classroom did. not now this edifice of "higher- influenced future going' to be the palpable devolve into a sales pitch for quality education" is just a influence of certain assump- bit tackier than it was a few blood pudding or pre-inade 10. The Marlboro tions or certain mentalities. gravy, thank goodness. But weeks ago, and just a bit Quad 9. Records buys out the Radio Laurier Booth, turns every dj into a Part of the reason for getting there is a difference between shabbier (although in a very Virgin an education is to learn how solariunis or computer labs different way) than many of manufactured superstar overnight, and the world gets fifty more Avrils to distinguish such revealed and a classroom. The latter is its older counterparts on 8. Nike buys the A.C. and forces the women's basketball team to stop biases. It's something' that campus. Dr. Carson has not wearing Converse gear; "Just Do It" becomes Laurier's official cheer in the course seen, to my know! everyone does yet been The faculty becomes "IBM all stu- of the day anyway. For My class on edge, wearing* a plaid suit, 7. of Computer Science compatible": instance, if a person com- "Draeula" in the and there haven't been any dents get internships , not one of them gets paid ments that they volunteer for giant inflatable gorillas spot- 6. Student Publications "acquired" by any American news media organi- the NOP party, we assume M&M Meat Shops ted on the roof, but make no zation, pro-Bush propaganda soon follows that they hold left-of-centre room did not mistake about it, the sale is 5. Tim Horton's merges with Security Services, employees to be paid on a on issues. opinions many underway. liquor If recognition of mentali- devolve into a sales Then again, what can be commission of one donut per violation handed out "Wal Mart ties is so routine, why was I expected in a school where 4. The Communications Program agrees to add a course in so taken aback by the new pitch for gravy, only last year the residents of Greeting" placards next to each of the thank goodness. Mae House decided that tart- 3. The Concourse starts doubling as a shopping mall (wait, that's for the rooms in the Schlegel Centre? ing up their building in the "Top Ten ways Laurier is currently selling-out" list) After and colours all, the Schlegel Centre entered with, the intention of familiar slogans 2. Shell overthrows the hold that Labbatt's and Molson's have on the is meant to be a sort of entre- a lecture or of a faltering restaurant hearing engag- gas the choice recreational substance preneurial hotbed, a place ing in an academic discus- giant would be a clever spirit- Turret and Wilf's; huffing becomes where young' capitalists sion, and when the room builder? I truly wish someone abuse at Laurier learn how to best make their itself is labelled with a busi- would refute the rumour that fortune in the free market. So ness's name that discussion they asked Mickey-Ds for the ...and the number one worst way Laurier could sell out is: these new signs, which re- is already contained within a privilege of advertising on christen SBE! 1230 the M&M ideological frame- their behalf. Like greasy fast particular Disney purchases the Hawk and makes it a talking animal sidekick Meat Shops classroom for work. Imagine the statement, food, some events on this example, are a nod to gener- "I went to my Ethics of campus can just turn your ous businesses for their Science lecture today in the stomach. Opinion Wednesday October 29.2003 9 Compulsive campus consumption

ever alcohol they drink is room to grow. Relationships Opinion more highly concentrated in are merely boozy conversa- the blood. tion and drunken sex." Editorial Less concrete evidence Women working* in fields exists but there are worries such as nursing or teaching that alcohol increases a apparently have fewer drink- Dr. Don woman's risk of having- ing* problems than women in Morgenson unprotected sex, contracting traditionally male dominated HIV and/or being sexually fields such as finance, bank- assaulted. For example, in ing or business. The differ- While following two male sexual assaults, more than ence in drinking patterns university students up the half involve alcohol use by may be that women are escalator in a classroom either the man or the woman drinking in patterns similar building, I overheard this or both. Women also establish to men's because they now conversation: "Hey Ed, more rigid drinking patterns must face the same profes- whatcha doin' this weekend?" earlier than men and such sional/social pressures as Ed's response: "I am gonna drinking patterns are pro- men. do some very serious drink- gressively more difficult to Women used to be solitary ing." Perhaps this is a typical break. drinkers but that pattern has male university student For some university stu- changed. Those who increase exchange, the stuff of male dents, drinking is associated alcohol consumption over camaraderie - killing off a with difficulties in making* university years suffered couple of "2-4s". I thought it the transition from being- a more major life stressors, was typical of male cama- family member to being an had parents who drank fre- Caitlin Howlett, who was also drunk that night raderie until a first-year stu- independent adult. And who quently, associated more with is in wine. It dent came into my office the knows what dynamics may alcohol-using* peers and felt This poor chap half the bag off cheap Baby Duck looks following day, reciting- a emerge with the double significantly less family sup- like he's having fun, but he was really hungover the next day. litany of worries and con- cohort crush of younger stu- port. And we cannot forget cerns about her own drink- huge amounts of money mar- settings, officials report that dents on our university cam- the extent to which alcohol the cases alcohol ing- habits. I was reminded of keting their products to involving puses? Some of the students use imposes hardships on young people. poisoning- of students treated many studies conducted who had conduct difficulties nonusers, those students recently reporting- university One executive was quoted at university medical centers in high school are more like- who are trying to study while as saying: "Let's not forget has doubled over the past women drinking- more and ly to be binge drinkers in the party is going on. drunk for that getting a first-year stu- years. getting the same university years. One survey found that at dent to Preventive reasons men drink - to get choose a certain programs heavy-drinking schools, non- mean that on drunk! And they are getting brand of beer may mounted campus empha- Women confess to drinkers and moderate he/she will maintain such a size courses on sensible drunk deliberately. drinkers were two to three Women confess to drink- brand loyalty for the next 20 approaches to alcohol use drinking to loosen times more likely to report years. lie or she turns out and outcome studies indicate ing- to loosen sexual inhibi- If physical assault, sexual a drinker, course participants sig- tions; they drink to conform sexual inhibitions; to be big the beer that harassment, destruction of their alco- to group pressures and they company has bought itself an nificantly reduce they drink to their property and interrup- annuity." hol consumption and main- drink to fog memories - to tion of their sleep and studies forget. However, that is conform to groups University sports promo- tained that reduction even by drinkers. Some female results where any similarities exist- two years later. Such and they drink to students claimed they woke are even more impressive ing between the genders end. up Sunday after Sunday to More than half of Researchers studying- drink- memories. because the student selected fog find a strange man in their for the classes were consid- ing have reported that alco- - all sexual assaults roommate's bed often the ered at high risk for alcohol hol takes a greater toll, in man was a to stranger the involve alcohol use problems - either because every aspect, on women when One critical factor appears roommate, too. to by either the man, they were heavy drinkers or compared men. According to be the person's attitude Related to this are reports history of to recent studies. 55% of uni- there was a family toward drinking. In one suggesting that binge the woman, or alcoholism. versity women binge drink - study evaluating risk factors drinkers are rather moderate And while our own defined five one both. as drinks at for alcohol use, the fact that to poor students academical- Bacchus initiative on campus sitting. Women, however, do had the highest correlation ly, achieving many of the Ds and achieves noble not see themselves as binge attempts with alcohol use were "nor- and class, - - Fs in any given tion where allowed - special goals encouraging* safe-sex drinkers when the drinks are - mative beliefs" specifically, whereas nonusers were, gen- parties where one brand of or sensible drinking - how spread over a lengthy dinner beliefs that alcohol use is erally speaking, among the A or over an entire evening... beer is utilized exclusively, can we encourage responsi- prevalent and acceptable and B students. when there are but it brewery sponsored music ble drinking binge drinking is! among university students. If such worries were not but (loos- Drinking- puts at events, T-shirts bearing- a subtle strong forces women Some women confess to enough, we have an aggres- inhibitions) greater risk for liver damage favorite beer logo, on-campus ening social and drinking alcohol to alleviate sive media campaign mount- and than it for beer representatives in blatant forces (brewery does men. Alcohol depression, to help smooth ed. by the breweries to "hook" on compromises a woman's some cases, heavy advertis- advertising' campus) out their self-consciousness young people. And the rea- ing university newspapers encouraging more and more immune system and some in and ease sexual inhibitions. son is no mystery: the big are drinking? Once thought sen- studies indicate it increases all diverse ways of One survey reports that 74% alcohol consumers are people appealing specifically to the sible and usually under con- her risk for breast cancer. of sexually active university between the minimum of* trol, women Other evidence suggests that university students. in particular are women would NOT have drinking age and 34 years of are more dif- women are not as metaboli- Campus officials finding it more and indulged in sexual activities age; the thirstiest appear to becoming more and more ficult to resist peer pressure cally well equipped as men to had they not been drinking- be those between 18 and 24. a where drinking break down alcohol: this concerned about these pres- in climate at the time. One recovering- And though few brewery which, to is not only thought to be the means of sures if the data are thai more the alco- alcoholic said: "One of the executives would confess to believed, our hol is absorbed and, because be bode ill for norm but "cool." motivations for drinking is encouraging university stu- students, the women retain less water in particularly that it is a way of not dealing. dents to drink, companies women. In some university their bodies than men, what- You don't give yourself any across North America spend Thrift stores vs. The Gap: round 5

jeans, an Abercrombie and tastes, there's bound to be Why not stand out from the crowd with cheap, quality Fitch sweater, and a 40-dollar some tiling" for everyone. It hat sporting a team logo? just depends on what one is vintage clothing? Maybe a T-Shirt that reads "David Admittedly, perhaps these 'looking for. If you're treasures were purchased absolutely stuck on brands, Cassidy Rocks with income earned before there are always a few Adidas My World," or some parachute pants? university education became T-shirts and Gap skirts that The inconsistency driving sides is that of students a real issue. Bnt if you'll rich people have tired of. & times, Pen Ink my easily confused little dressed in brand names from allow my generalization, However, many youll Soapbox mind in circles is that of the head to toe, Daily, companies someone who feels pressure find a stash of realty old stuff astronomical cost of the such as American Eagle. to buy expensive, branded that your neighbour's grand- whole university package in Mike, Roxv. The Gap, and clothing will most likely also ma has finally cleaned out of comparison with some of the Ecko Bed assault my poor feel pressure to continually her attic. With this you score Brittany brand names X see students eyes from the underhanded replace last week's fashions old band t-shirts, crazy Lavery wearing and driving. The position of my peers' cloth- with newer, equally as costly pants, and jackets that brand-new, souped-up ones. The more probable situ- almost look as though, they're Mustang complete with elec- ation is that inommy and contemporary. The great I have claimed many times, to tric Since the clothing daddy are definitely handing thing- about thrift stores is the blue ground lights and point of nausea and an out a very handsome sum for that they're unique. You've exhaustion, expensive stereo system is coming from to be the diction- that pulls in beside my hum- their precious youngster's got a one in a million chance ary definition of the by-now- people with education. of having- the same shirt or cliche ble second-hand vehicle in phrase "starving uni- student parking' begs the varying styles and For those of as plebes out- pair of pants as the kid sit- versity student." I doubt question of side the upper-class elite, a ting' next to you in Psych many would dispute how the" driver this fact. managed to finance such a tastes, there's very attractive alternative is 101. We've all got bills to pay, the thrift store. Not only is So if you're willing' to rifle landlords to thing. Forgive my cynical bound to be appease, hungry mind for jumping conclu- this a drastically cheaper through racks of unwashed young tummies and to to fill, sions: heaven forbid that I something for you. option, it's also more fun. pants at Value Village, and there's transportation to be Items from a second-hand put the thought of dirt, skid had, for should make an assumption some of us. However, about outlet are not as predictable marks, and lice out of your it seems to someone's financial sit- me there is a uation based on her material ing\ I can't help but ask; how as regular merchandise mind, you're all set to meet rather portion of noticeable possessions. can kids who have just found in stores such as Old your meager student budget. the student populace that is Navy. Since the clothing is Although I take no blame if exempt from Wheels aside, the more shelled out four grand for this stereotype. common walking paradox tuition afford wear Nike coining from all comers of you don't wash the clothes Or at least it appears to this that surrounds me from all sneakers, Phat Farm blue the community, from people first... way. with varying styles and 10 Opinion Wednesday October 29.2nm Gretzky should run Super ESBI Hour for government Eye Exam Arranged

Extra-extra press scrums. Rick Mercer would dictate that we! would win my vote for practi- should think about pro- value spiel cal reasons: we could wipe wrestlers and action stars as out the national debt with all leaders. We .have some —^======i"i = = - -"i the pay-per-view revenues of those too, but I don't know from his discussions with how well they would fare for Brendan American officials. uniting- Canada. Keanu Jones Disliking Americans has Reeves is a little too robotic always been, a good way to for me; we could be risking- bond Canadians as well. him capitulating to his If a wrestler cart win Perhaps Michael Moore Liberal robot masters. Bret Minnesota and the would be a good choice; I'm 'Hitman" Hart was a good Terminator can win a state sure he would leap at the wrestler but doubt the con- twice I with the population of chance to criticize Bush at servatives would be able to Canada, perhaps a celebrity the UN and economic sum- deal with his pink could bring' an end to the mits. The only drawback tights. Kiefer Sutherland Liberal regime. This poses an would be the chance that he might have a shot. He's interesting- question: who might try and invade the US proven in the POX show '24' would be an adequate celebri- by crashing all our rusty hel- that he is damn good at wip- ty for the Conservative Party icopters on them. This could, ing , out terrorism, and he to defeat Mr. Martin? While cause all of us to have to hide likes hockey. and Harper, McKay Harris How better to secure votes may be political across the country than with celebrities fight now, but per- Laughter has a hockey player'? Doug - haps our own Terminator is always been a Gilmour could easily sweep needed to destroy the Ontario and Quebec but Liberal robots from the good way to win might be lacking in the future. over the Canadian West. Pat Qumn would also Laughter has always been do well in Ontario but his a good way to win over the people. record as GM for the Leafs Canadian people. As comedi- leads me to believe that the ans are one of our primary brain drain would only get exports, there is a lot of in our Diefenbunkers while worse. I'm sure that after we choice in this category. Mike an army of comedians and beat the Americans at the Myers is an obvious candi- hockey players march over last Winter Olympics, howev- date and one can't help but the Ambassador Bridge to er, Wayne Gretzky could eas- smile at the idea of Mini-Me try and secure strategic loca- ily form a majority govern- as deputy prime minister. tions like the Detroit auto ment. Jim Carrey would probably plants. We would then bring* Regardless of whoever be able to defeat Martin with the Americans to their knees our prime minister is after would ease as well. Everyone by wiping out their supply the next election, let's just love the sight of him debat- of beloved automobiles. But hope that they follow a better ing in the House of Commons this plan for regime change course in regards to with his ass. Norm McDonald is likely to fail in the long dealing- with Bush and the would be another sure run. Americans than Jean bet. His obscure references If we don't want to annex Chretien. Otherwise we may and dark humor would bring the US, maybe we could join run the risk of being suspect- down the house, pun intend- them. The American doctrine ed to possess weapons of be a riot in ed, and he would of celebrity government mass stupidity. "Thanks, Boss."

Vote This November 10th for DAVID WELLHAUSER Waterloo's Ward 5 City Council

• The energy, intelligence, and com- HL. mitment to do the work necessary ly| for fully understanding the issues before the city Contributed and clearly manipulated photo • Will sit on the WLU Board of Should Canadian politics marry the American system of celebrity governance? If so, Arnold might have another Junior on the way. & Governors and represent students' m J interests in reevaluating tuition

Vltil • Weekly open office hours to lIOWWNE'S Sjr increase transparency and public / ; ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ||P||K \ 1 participation in local government • Will lobby the region for a strong by-law restricting the cosmetic MONDAY AMATEUR STRIP NIGHT use of pesticides and move to restrict development on environ- mentally sensitive lands

Prize CASH! • Will conduct a full property standards review within 90 days of being $1000 elected,and propose appropriate amendments to these by-laws FOOD SPECIALS MONDAY TO THURSDAY Dedicated to Returning Municipal Government EVER? fRIDAV & SATURDAY BUFFET fWM NOON 10 3PM to the People it Serves - US MQRTHHELD Kim STREET NORTH WATERLOO AT www.wellhauser.ca - 888-0695 Tel: 888-7565 Wednesday October 29,2003 International 11 Angry sun lashes out at Earth BRYN BOYCE International Editor

In what can only be described as a pre-emptive strike, the Sun or 'Sol Soils', has unleashed a furious electro- magnetic cloud at the planet Earth. Sunspot 486, one of the largest sunspots, is wide- ly believed to be the culprit but has yet to step forward and claim responsibility for the attack. This cloud, known formal- ly as a coronal mass ejection, is the third most powerful in recorded history and even outweighs one which Contributed Photo knocked out a Quebec power A mother and her son stand in front of a memorial outside a Moscow theatre. One year ago, the theatre was the site of a 58-hour hostage grid in 1989. The cloud con- action carried out by Chechen rebels. A memorial statue was created to commemorate the 129 innocent victims of the crisis. sists of charged particles and is emitted from a sunspot on the solar surface. Sol Solis fired its electro- magnetic storm at terra firma some time around Russia honours victims 6:ooam on Tuesday morning and experts say that it could BRYN BOYCE ing* an array of bronze cranes his anniversary address to potency of the narcotic. hit the earth midday on The cloud elec- International Editor taking- off. the Russian public- "We man- Since they used gas, Wednesday. of The names of each victim a,ged to do the near: save the then 800 doctors should have tromagnetic energy takes about SO hours to reach earth The fall months of 2003 have were listed separately in the lives of hundreds, hundreds been, attending the 800 peo- been stained and tainted by memorial and candles were of people. We proved that it is ple who were sitting- in the according to Joe Kunches, the lead forecaster with the deadly bomb attacks and lit outside the theatre. impossible to bring' Russia to theater, ' said Dmitry painful memories of similar The memorial in Moscow its knees." Milovidov, who lost his National Ocean.ograp.liic and past massacres. From commemorated the hostage The third morning 1 of the daughter in the crisis. Atmomspheric Baghdad to Bali, present to crisis that cost 129 innocent crisis brought in the notori- Since the incident, 64 civil Administration. the past, there seems to be lit- theatre-goers their lives. ous use of force that gar- cases seeking- compensation One of the most interest- tle shelter from mourning Forty-one heavily armed nered heavy criticism from for grief and loss have been ing effects of this phenome- and memorial. Chechen militants stormed the Russian public. Russian rejected and the Putin admin- non is aurora boreal is - a The one-year anniversary the showing' of Nord-Ost, a Special Forces used a power- istration is reluctant to admit zesty electromagnetic dance and colour in the of Russia's Nord-Ost hostage Russian musical, and took ful analgesic gas to incapaci- fault in the deaths. of light crisis too. came and went nearly 800 innocent people the rebels before burst- The anniversary falls just northern hemisphere's sky, tate ■ Northern under these sombre skies just hostage. ing into the theatre, killing- weeks after a widely discred- also known as the this past Thursday. The Russian administra- all 41 Chechen militants and ited election in Chechnya that Lights. If the cloud's charge Thousands of Russians tion was thrown in the mid- carrying the unconscious saw the Russian-backed can- is in an opposite direction to that passed in front of the Theatre dle of a political crisis that innocents out. didate, Akhmad Kadyrov, of the Earth's magnetic which was the epicentre of a posed a threat to the unity of One hundred and twenty- take the Presidency. Many charge then this colourful 58 hour standoff. the country. The rebel nine of the hostages never worry that the rigged elec- display will certainly materi- alize. The mayor of Moscow, Chechens were seeking to .awoke from the gas's effects. tions will further incite However, if the charge will Yury Luzhkov, unveiled a make a political statement to According to Russian Health Chechen's to take arms is northern as well, "it more memorial on the Theatre the Russian central govern- Minister Yurii Shevchencko, against the Russian central glide easily by us," said grounds and cut the ribbon ment who was at war with the gas was non-lethal but government and catch more Paal Brekke, a scientist mon- the to officially open the ceremo- rebels in Chechnya. the strains of 58 hours with- innocent Russians in the itoring SOHO, satellite who detected the ny. The memorial piece is a Russian President out food, water or fresh air process. first flare. effects, white granite base support- Vladimir Putin was defiant in ended up increasing the It is unclear what if any, this assault will have on the world's population but many males have begun fear- Lloyd Axworthy ing for, and covering their lectures Laurier Brekke assures genitalia. the public that "people on the Global understanding and to Canada's international role ground shouldn't worry." involvement key Major satellite-based com- MARY ERSKINE eral federal Cabinet positions, 'what is in our security inter- can't possibly claim to be munication systems and serv- Cord International most notably that of Foreign est as Canadians?' Mr. global citizens until we each ices are the most likely to be Affairs Minister. Last Axworthy commented that understand strengths and affected. Credit card, cell- Body checking, foul lan- Wednesday he gave a lecture we value the protection of flaws of democracy here in phone, ATM and newswire guage and dirty looks—this to Laurier students on some individuals in Canada very Canada. He touched on such services are the most likely to seems to be routine for stu- of the ideas presented in his highly and simultaneously problems as the decline in go down during Sol Solis' dents waiting impatiently to recently published book, spearhead international voter turnout, the sparse 20% furious electrical attack get into their next class. "Navigating a New World— agreements such as the land female representation among which can last several hours. However, there was some- Canada's Global Future." mine is a cause our members thing treaty. This of of Parliament different about the Axworthy's lecture particular interest to and he also challenged our group of people waiting to touched on three main issues he past the get Axworthy, as was instru- first post electoral into the lecture hall in the that we, as co inhabitants of mental in developing" the system where a party can Bricker Academic Building North America, should be Ottawa win without a this Treaty—a global power majority Wednesday. aware of - Canada's interna- treaty which banned anti- of the popular vote. Mixed in among the tional stance, our security, personnel landmines. His According to Axworthy, the group of yawning university and our internal govern- efforts even garnered him a sooner we recognize these students in track pants and ment. Peace nomina- we jeans Nobel Prize problems the better able was a curiously large Canada's first challenge, tion. to number Axworthy's main ques- will be understand and of suits. It seems according to Axworthy, is to tion to the audience was why approach global issues. people from all walks of life decide, "what should our as He audience with were aren't we, Canadians, left his here to listen to the stance as Canadians be?" pushing harder for the full the idea that global citizen- Honourable Lloyd Axworthy. especially in the context an us do Lloyd of implementation of ship implores to more Axworthy is cur- North American influences. international Criminal Court. than just understand the rently serving as the director For example, neighbouring This court would attempt to issues of the day - we and CEO of also the Liu Institute the United States presents us eliminate borders and bring have a duty to get involved. for Global Issues at the with a great University opportunities, criminals from any nation to We must realize that interna- of British but some choices may carry justice 011 an international tional events do affect us as Columbia but is most serious bilateral conse- level. Canadians Contributed Photo renowned for and that, in his successful quences with them. Finally, Mr. Axworthy Axworthy's words, "we can't Ex-Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd 27-year career in politics. The next During question pre- brought his discussion closer afford to be indifferent." Axworthy on internationalism this time he held sev- sented to the audience was, to home. He stated that we 12 International Opinion Wednesday October 29.2(HR My Papal smear to Too many Saints and scared altar boys; it's time the Pope Windows and Roman Catholicism leave it to the people 1 think it's safe to say that have been adorned the titles World International the Vatican is building a "Blessed" or "Saint." Like the more corporate religion to most thing's, there were high m Editor consolidate itself in the mod- times and low times. The ern, secular world. Setting- drunken Swede who got the up shop world-wide if you nod in 1170 was definitely a Bryn will. One hundred and three low and ever since the Pontiff Boyce Koreans were canonized by has reserved the right of the Pontiff for their steadfast final approval on all canon- dedication to the religion. izations. The Roman. Catholic Church, This gesture was seen by Even since then, some of centered around the Vatican, many as a shameless return the selections have been fair- is slowly but surely becoming to an imperialistic spread of ly sketchy. St. Simon was a laughably archaic institu- Christianity with a great tapped for sitting on a pillar tion in society. The reputa- likeness to the cancerous for 45 years but Oscar tion of pumping - out Saints exportation of big-box corpo- Romero, the Archbishop of and abusing- small boys is rate culture to the developing San Salvador who rallied beginning to erode their world. against state corruption and credibility and really the reli- was executed on the altar got gion (and small hoys) can the big "no-dice" from the exist without such central Pontiff. Although, it's not rigidity. like inconsistency is any- Mother Teresa was recent- thing new to a rigid, abso- ly beatified making her the lutist denomination like 1,315th person to be given Roman Catholicism. The man is a figure head, the title, "Blessed," by Pope Contributed Photo John Paul 11. This beatifica- he's lasted 25 years in a posi- tion fell quite close to the tion of religious idolatry Heavy rains and flash flooding in Thailand have incapacitat- Pope's 25th pontificate (although he would never ed transporations between the capital of Bangkok and most anniversary. In 25 years he admit it), but now is the Southern regions. Some 210,000 people in the southern has beatified and canonized opportune time for him and provinces of Petchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan and more people than the last 700 his Papal niche to take a gra- Ratehaburi have been under water since the flooding began years worth of Popes com- cious step back from the late last week. So far the flooding has claimed one life, that bined, lifting 476 Blessed limelight of a 13-year old boy in Raehaburi. Many tourist destinations souls to the title of "Saint." The Pope and the Vatican and historical land marks have been flooded and the military The man is a Saint are rigid, traditionalist mani- has been ordered in to secure a dyke around the Phra Ram machine. He canonizes people festations that have become Ratchaniwet royal palace. Currently the provinces most like he's Mattel pumping out obsolete social tools. Strict famous site has only a 50-metre buffer zone between the TickleMe Elmos. More and Contributed Photo religious practice has been Petchaburi river. more eyes begin rolling each slipping in Western society time the Pope prances around The best part about being Pope for decades. It's now just a in his impenetrable Pope- is the infallibility aspect. The matter of coming to grips mobile from country to coun- worst is abstinence.' with the spread of secularism try, beatifying and canoniz- and the concept of 'mild faith' ing until his throat bleeds Monica Besra, who was throughout the world. from holy prayer. apparently cured of an Religion can, and will, Three-hundred thousand abdominal tumour one year still exist without centralized, people crammed into St. after the death of Mother leadership. Look at the mil- Peter's Square, Vatican City Teresa, now espouses lions of people with casual, to watch a frail Pope stumble Christian virtues herself, personalized faith in Canada. through his prayers and then despite being Hindu. "I They may not attend church just give it up for MC always loved Christianity weekly, but many of them whichever-Cardinal-is-to-my- and named all my children pray when they need com- right to finish off that pesky with Christian names. Even fort. They may not all recite homily jazz. before I became Christian. I scripture, but many will still Many have argued that loved Jesus." This 'miracle' form their core values the Vatican is trying to create cure was the one which gar- through religion's lens. Their modern-day models in a nered Mother Teresa her heroes may not be Saints world of false idols, but beatification. anymore but maybe that's a Sainthood is clearly begin- Since canonization began good thing. It's time to start ning- to lose its novelty and in 1089 under Pope Urban 11, looking up to ourselves and in the posing heroes. meaning process. tens of thousands of people as our own Contributed Photo Real Internet Banner: Christian Singles! Find your soul mate with matching based on Christian Principles Gun violence and arms dealing has become so rampant in Brazil that peace activist groups and concern citizens have risen to criticize the government's control and security poli- cies. These Brazilian women from an NGO called Sou da Paz (I am of Peace) lit 9,969 candles in front of the Cathedralof Racist UK police officers Se, one for each Brazilian who has died as a result of gun vio- lence in the last three months. Some 40.000 people were mur- dered in Brazil last year alone giving it the highest murder rate in the world. The Brazilian lower house of Congress has exposed in documentary passed a bill which will see gun registration implemented for the first time in their history. Compiled by Bryn Boyce Racism survives even in the most multicutlural societies denounced the officers' nic diversity are apparently behaviour and has promised insufficient indicators of a full investigation into the racial tolerance. It's clear that police force in northern would conduct a traffic stop matter but these verbal re- many people who reside in England. He posed as a if the driver belonged to one assurances are not enough. these societies and the justice Guest trainee for five months and of the ethnic minority There are vital questions system which protects their Columnist subsequently served as an groups. that need to be answered rights can still spawn and officer for two months before Many stated that they before the police force's credi- support racism. being* discovered, arrested considered themselves to be bility can begin to repair. For and charged with obtaining- a racist and indeed racial slurs instance, what is the likeli- Many officers stated Marrel salary by deception. The such as "nigger" and "paki" hood that other recruits and Jno-Baptiste charge was an atrocious were repeated throughout active police officers share that they considered move and a slap in the face to the documentary. these same racist views but to be a man who not only raised Police Constable Rob have been found out? themselves world have not Around the many the issue but provided evi- Pulling, a senior officer, was How far up the police chain racist and indeed experienced and shared the dence of racism in UK's crim- among the most offensive, of command does this racial shock and pure disgust after inal justice system. showing his racial prejudice prejudice exist? Also, how do used racial slurs like reading about the BBC docu- by wearing a home-made Ku you prevent people with "nigger" and "paki" mentary "The Secret Klux Klan hood. racist tendencies from Policeman," The documen- Constable Pulling Pulling also made several becoming a part of the crimi- on tary aired in the UK made several violently racist comments nal justice system? Other multicultural coun- October 22nd. Their reac- also including voicing his desire The fact that several of the tries such as Canada where tions to this documentary are violently racist com- to kill an Asian person if he officers were mere recruits there are reported instances totally justified and many of could "get away with it"and shows that their extreme of racial profiling 1 should us would react in the same ments, stating he that Hitler had "the right racist views exist not only in take note of this matter. They manner if we were shown would kill an Asian ideas." He also made acrid the police force but also with- should seize the opportunity videotaped evidence of police comments about the murder in their society. It's still puz- to eradicate racism from officers and recruits person if he could of a black teenager Stephen zling that in the 21st century their societies by implement- unabashedly expressing get away with it by saying that "he deserved there are people who can be ing' a method of screening their racist views and admit- it"and that the killers should so crtiel and xenophobic recruits/trainees as well as ting- to acts of racial profil- receive "diplomatic immuni- towards others who are dif- police officers for possible ing*. One particular section of ty." ferent. This just proves that racial prejudices. Doing this An earnest thank you and the hour-long documentary Since the TV documentary even in developed and ethni- may just take us one step commendations should be featured some of the officers aired, six officers have cally diverse societies such as closer to burying this can- given to BBC reporter Mark admitting that they racially resigned and three have been the UK, racism still exists kerous sore that has plagued Daly who conducted this profiled ethnic minorities. suspended. As expected, the and needs to be dealt with. the world for far too long. undercover story by joining One officer admitted that he Manchester Chief Constable Multieulturalism and eth- the Greater Manchester Wednesday October 29.2003 International 13 United we stand, divided we progress Hierarchical social movements must give way to broader more diverse forms of social expression in a global world Guest Columnist

Michael Borrelli Space is filling up fast If the Internet lias given us one thing- it's the unprece- dented ability to connect with millions of other humans from every corner of the globe and create dialogues on such a scale that previously been BOOK now! would have impossible. That's not to say that peo- ple weren't able to communi- cate across the world before but it was mostly restricted to a monologue emanating ' - ' . ■ I*..'.i'l t....r-.-,MWBwwwa-.w...-.-,-.v....-'y...-.y.v.w,... — i^j from a television or radio, or Contributed Photo a deliberate person-to-person The global village has linked activists as much as it has corporations exchange on a phone. The internet opened up new doors a success because it demon- force. They take the old to global citizens, allowing us strated that many groups Marxist route which requires to seek out and converse with could work together to fight one united class, and this is new, random partners, final- a common foe. It also pre- all well and good for getting sented itself as an ly creating the Global Village organiza- specific goals accomplished Wilfrid Laurier University that had been promised since tion model that manifests but it too necessitates a top- democratic, down, CUTS Fred Nichols Campus Centre, 3rd Floor the 60s. itself as a more hierarchical form of See the world your way The World Wide Web bottom-up alternative that organization that marginal- 886 8228 allows us to create a wide values a diversity of opinions izes dissent and ignores *Some conditions apply. Contact us details. Travel & operated by of array of diverse communi- instead of as consensus-ori- smaller issues. for more CUTS is owned the Canadian Federation Students. ties, letting users revel in ented hierarchies. To see In light of the current their differences instead environmentalists who want- state of the world, the ques- becoming a homogenous ed policies that could create tion over methods becomes human mass. If you are a job-losses march alongside more and more important. gay, black, German surfer, trade unionists who wanted Can we honestly believe that there is a web-based commu- to protect their jobs, was a diverse collection of mini- nity out there for you and if more than ironic: it was a movements can fight war, there isn't, you. can start one. sign that civil society could imperialism and global injus- These communities don't be organized in a new way. tice just as effectively and exist in isolation either. Participants didn't have to more democratically than a There is a lot of interaction be 'anti-globalization' protest- large one can? I think that between them and many ers, they could be "environ- the anti-war movement members belong to more than mental conservationists proved that it can. fighting the I one community. Most impor- way corpora- If I'm a Marxist, may not Icl I I

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Prepare for a horrific Frightening Hallowe'en event forced labour in as well as different positive Second annual Hallowe'en Horrors ways that we as students can try and make a difference to fair provides information about the stop these horrors. The fair Burma is there for students who wish to stop by and learn real horrors of the world issues. There funds the who about these JOSALYN WIEBE or to citizens won't be any speeches or need it the most. Canada has MATT STREET Halloween Horrors Fair, a protests, just people ready to In 1990 the National League encouraged companies not to chance for the Laurier com- give out some information. do but for Democracy and their business with Burma In preparation, for munity to learn about real a business and ethics Originally Global female leader Daw Aung San don't Hallowe'en we are constantly world horrors. Studies Club and LSPIRG hand in hand. Sua Kyi won 82% of the always go thinking of ways to dress up This year will be the sec- (lspirg-.com) event, it She was never Approximately 49 million will Burmese vote. and create a fantasy world of ond year that the Concourse now around 15 cam- dollars Burmese imports include permitted to take office. San of horror. Instead, maybe we will be filled, not with ghost a and pus clubs and few commu- Suu Kyi has spent the major- enter Canada every year should be spending that day and goblins, but with infor- year almost every that nity groups. This ity of the last thirteen years cent of learning about real world mation about child soldiers, Western is going to be start- mili- is towards the imprisoned by the junta money going horrors. Okay, maybe it blood diamonds, women's a similar event it continued and ing up and tary regime (the ruling- oppression shouldn't be all doom and shelters, environmental dev- is our hope that the power of Burma/Myanmar). human rights violations of gloom but at least there astation, land mines, Burmese citizens. Halloween Horrors Fair will San Suu Kyi has continued to should be some recognition refugees and the flower continue at Laurier the to grow fight for Burma, winning* Students Against that there are real horrors trade (just to name a few). and on other campuses Peace Prize in 1991 Sweatshops is committed to Nobel going on in the world. This We wanted to highlight glob- across Canada, and attending" all possible company responsibility and was the idea behind the al, national and local horrors protests against the injus- the improvement of working tices of the government. conditions (as opposed to The junta regime enslaves boycotts and factory shut- its citizens and forces them to downs); however, all money provide the cheapest labour that enters Burma benefits possible, thus tempting inter- only the military elite and national companies to do continues their oppression of business with them. Such the Burmese public. This is the Burmese why Laurier SAS, in conjunc- Secret practises allow Trials...ln military regime to continue tion with the Maquila the oppression of their citi- Solidarity Network and zens and spend about 40% on Canadian Friends of Burma, weapons and less than two are advocating boycotts of all percent on healthcare. Burma/Myanmar made prod- Canada? The United States has ucts. To learn more about banned all trade with Burma. Burma, the companies that Every cent that is put into buy from Burma and what trade with Burma is dealt you can do please join us in is inferring to the that CSIS has not backed up with through the military the Concourse this Friday the Ralph ALISON MURRAY accusations regime and provides no aid 31st. "Security Certificate", a their against mechanism put in place by these particular men with The cell of Hassan Almrei is CSIS (Canadian Security evidence. The hearings small and bare. Only a con- and Intelligence Service) to against them are held in crete bed breaks up the detain and remove persons secret and the evidence, if stark walls and floor. It is from Canada. While the cer- any, is "classified" and there, in his cold compart- tificate can be used against therefore not accessible to ment at Toronto's Metro any refugee or permanent either the men or their West Detention Centre that resident, the five men cur- lawyers. Almrei has spent the past rently held under such Matthew Behrens, friend two years in solitary con- premises are all Arab or of Hassan Almrei and coor- finement. Like other prison- Muslim. dinator of the campaign, ers, Almrei hopes for his Under normal circum- notes that these five men release. Unlike other indi- stances, the racism behind leave behind family mem- viduals incarcerated in this such a practice would seem bers who have no idea what country, however, he has blatant. The times being their fathers or husbands never been charged with what they are, however, have been accused of. If having committed an illegal CSIS has to do little more deported, these men face act. Almrei, who has gar- than label a man such as torture and death in the nered recent media interest Almrei a "threat to national countries from which they for his ongoing hunger security" or an "alleged ter- have fled, a fate which has strike for heat in his cell has rorist" and people's fears get befallen other men deported also drawn attention to the the better of them. from Canada on a Security process of secret trials in Groups like the Campaign to Certificate. Canada and caused people of Stop Secret Trials are work- For Behrens, trials held different backgrounds to ing hard to fight racism and secretly are out of place in a raise questions. demand justice for Almrei, nation that prides itself on Diana Ralph is one of and for Mohammad an open, accountable justice such people. The daughter Mahjoub, held since June, system. This Friday, of a Nuremberg Trials 2000; Mahmoud Jaballah, Halloween, is a National lawyer, Ralph has long been held since August 2001; Day of Action to Stop Secret interested in combating Mohamed Harkat, held in Trials. Students of Laurier racism and inequality. solitary confinement since will be joining hundreds of Speaking of injustices in December, 2002; and Adil others from across Canada other countries she says, Charkaoui. at CSIS headquarters in "we need to look in our own While there is no doubt Ottawa to let them know backyard and see the same that there are individuals in they think secret trials are denial of human rights tak- this world with the intent to scary and that racism is not ing place here." cause harm, many point out acceptable. WHPNESDAY OCtOBER 29. 2003 Feature 15 Creepy coffee corruption Deregulation Coffee trade unfair to its workers; a witchcraft better option is available The horror! The horror! BORRELLI will munity, have a choice. We MIKE W AXA ALEX DICEANU have to do because learn- —~ —— can choose the fair trade i ￿ 5 J.. JC' 1 11 Students in ing isn't free, especially not The majority of us con- model sold at various busi- are already deep vast Tuition at WLU. sume on a daily basis nesses (Yogen Fruz, debt, *gasp*. fees coffee rose 137% the 90s. The best part is that those and when we consume coffee Starbucks) on campus. The through fair trade certification Some programs, deemed students who'll be paying- the we are making a wide range big money for the first few of us think process ensures that over 5 deregulated by the provincial of choices. Most years won't even be seeing a only of what flavor to buy, million workers across the government, have risen 300% world have safe and in a few years, ouch. quality increase for their what size, cream or sugar environ- cash. we know it mentally friendly working Laurier's BBA program hard-earned The etc. Yet, whether money all of us are making a conditions, a minimum tuition will increase $1500 a they'll be forking or not, over will be barely more serious choice, one guaranteed price and access year for the first three years t far enough to cover the * that has serious conse- to credit and technical assis- with the sky as the limit. The $1 million+ deficit hole 1 quences for millions of peo- tance. Under the fair trade specter of deregula- model, growers participate tion is haunting WLU. and in that the School of ple around the world. Business and Economies has Essentially, we are all in democratically run com- less than two years the first cooperatives and batch of fresh-faced BBA stu- dug- for itself over the past choosing between two busi- munity few years. ness models: the convention- t;col'U.-5 are■ invested 'it; dents will see an extra schools, $1500 charge on their Laurier students reading al coffee trade or fair trade. local health care this now: be happy. You could :,seds. tuition bills. While they'll The conventional model is ochfcv basic be among the last generation one where approximately 70 In short, when we be sitting* in classes with the of Canadian students to j some students paying enjoy million workers are exploit- :«ho©Sf:' fair tv«.fl '. . lower fare, other students Public Education before it's ed by local thugs, middle- Colfefe wi■ . buried a shallow grave men helping mil- from poorer backgrounds in and multinational cor- next and welfare. 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I Jesus The Life and Teachings of Jesus 16 Student Life Wednesday October 29.20m Feeling stressed? Midterms getting you down? Don't get buried under the weight of studying and writing papers. Follow these five easy steps... MiCHELLE PINCHEV Cord Student Life Don't Give Up It's easy to give up when This is about the time of year faced with stress. That's why when work begins to pile up it's common for people to say around us to the point that "screw it" when confronted we feel buried underneath with such an intimidating our stress. Guess what? work load. You feel as Everyone goes through it. though you'll never get it Yon can either curl up on the done and you're going - to fail Melissa Moffat floor and cry like an infant or anyway, so why bother? tackle these obstacles with Many give up and turn to Look at these smarties studying their brains off, when in reality they are probably going to fail anway. confidence. It's time to get drinking or even drugs to real and deal with it. Hereare run away from their respon- exercising, five feel-better points of sibilities. We still need to the stress will eventually Don't become so focused between eating and advice to remember when you have fun, even during' mid- catch up with you. on your work that you begin healthy getting' plenty of are feeling stressed out. to neglect yourself. Laurier sleep, you still shouldn't Set Attainable Goals has tonnes of physical and deprive yourself of simple Don't over-react You feel as though You have to create a rou- creative outlets. If you like to pleasures. You need to keep In this life, we must tine for yourself that works. sing, dance or play sports, your brain happy or else it'll expect a certain degree of you'll never get it You need to be happy and feel there are boundless opportu- turn on you in your time of mistakes, failures, sorrows, done and you're good about yourself or else nities to get involved. Even need. Comforts are a necessi- etc. But if every time some- stress will devour you whole. going* to the gym routinely ty, whether its chocolate-chip thing goes wrong yon turn it going to fail Don't have the kind of mind- will relieve a lot of stress and cookies or a good flick. into a major crisis or disas- anyway, so why set that sets you up for emo- keep you motivated, disci- ter, you're out-of luck. Try tional pain again and again. plined and confident. On that You Are Not Alone not to exaggerate things in bother? For example, if you keep set- note, make sure you eat prop- You are surrounded by your mind, making everyday ting goals that are unattain- erly. If you're eating too people here who are all going difficulties so critical and able, of course you're going much junk, or too little of through the same thing. urgent. While you're breath- terms. But start going out as to be disappointed with your- anything, chances are you Make sure you have a tight ing- into a paper bag, you a way to reward yourself for self. Don't be so hard on won't have the physical or support network of friends could be accomplishing a all you accomplished during yourself. Set reasonable emotional energy and alert- and family. And bear in whole lot- and being produc- the day. If you start giving goals. ness you need to accomplish mind, Laurier has amazing tive is what's most likely to up on yourself and partying anything at all. That goes for student services. Don't be make you feel better, not wal- to get away from it all, you'll Take Care of Body, sleeping too. You can't expect afraid to take advantage of it- lowing in despair. just feel like a failure, and to function properly, let alone call 884-PEER if you need Mind and 50u1... study on little to no sleep. In someone to talk to. I love this bar with the outcome lacking any Whether your bar of choice is Rev or confrontation but ending* in a simple mutual apology and Phil's, Front Row or Elements, chuckle. The difference here is mainly the pool of individ- a to own uals that decide to attend everyone has club call their clubs, Waterloo is mainly a LAUREN THOMPSON The appeal of clubs is that town of students too focused on what next to Cord Student Life there is a special one that to drink give coincides with every day of another thought to a conflict. It is also evident the Every generation has its the week. So don't just through people of these clubs that hang-out. The 50 s had malt go out on the weekend, but visiting* are also shops, the 70s had discos almost every night. And if people in Waterloo and we have nightclubs. In your friends are into the less concerned with appear- and not uncom- this generation we have a scene, they are sure to be ances it is Book of Fred mon to dress to sweat as sort of neo-eulture, a club present without you having guys are having a great time in their favourite bar. culture in in opposed to dressing to These fact. Nightclubs to ask the question. Maybe not general have become our gen- due to the large population of impress. Although it is it is not even eration's hang-out. our place students in the area that are recommended, guys wear to meet others and have fun. looking- for a good time all a big deal for to Most of ns began our jour- the time, Waterloo has a hot track pants, I have seen it done (although it looks odd WEEKLY ney into this culture as pre- spot for each day of the week. teens attending all-ages hot It is often argued that when they are with a girl in time to dress spots, dressing more mature- comparing nightclubs in who took the up). BAD ly to catch the eye of that Waterloo to those of the more popular in Toronto. Waterloo is a distant runner-up. This Toronto's club DRAWING The appeal of clubs comparison, however, is quite is that there is a arbitrary since it is quite dif- culture can cause By Pete Cram ficult to compare the two. one's life. special one that Toronto is a metropolitan fear for centre that offers numerous coincides with From choices in this arena, howev- today's club culture club kid. kids every day of the er. its choices often consist of arises the Club those that attend the that are graced with are week. clubs clubs the presence of individuals same every week and the majority of other who are not necessarily look- know name and are older guy or girl who just ing for a good time but in fact attendees by also known name and face makes our heart skip a beat. are pursuing the goal of ulti- by Many As we got older we became mate snob. There are more by the club's staff. of us are what too cool for that scene (even instances of violence over here at Laurier would be club though we were still under- miniscule circumstances considered kids. Nightclubs, especially age) and moved up to the of- such as a person stepping on top 40 have age nightclub. So again we another's Air Jordan's. of the genre dressed and acted more Toronto's club culture can become a dominant part of the maturely under the mistaken cause fear for one's life, in socialization of today's belief that the bouncers case you look at a person the youth but different regions wouldn't be able to see past wrong way or accidentally mean different club experi- that bogus I.D. It's all about bump into the wrong individ- ences. Thankfully, we all live the thrill, and once we got ual. in a town full of diverse clubs a relaxed atmos- lucky enough to be greeted Clubs in Waterloo are all that offers and by that less than brilliant about a good time. The people phere, casual dress code crowd, so in K-W the bouncer and welcomed in that attend them are fun-lov- friendly club culture continues to live with open arms, we were ing individuals seeking this instantly transformed into end. The truth is that you can long and strong. club junkies. bump into another person Wednesday pmnRFR 29.2003 Student Life 17 Food for Thought rich and very sweet and was sauce on a bed of rice was best described by my friend very appetizing and my guest after she tried it as "almost a enjoyed it very much.. My dessert." We started with two salmon was poached in white appetizers to share, the wine and dressed in a lime Camembert fritter ($7.95) and cilantro butter sauce and the curried erabmeat dip with rice and vegetables. The ($7.95) on the server's recom- salmon was done just right mendation. Four small frit- and the butter sauce was a ters came out on a plate great complement to the rest adorned with deep fried pars- of the dish, proving- to be a ley and a red currant and wonderful combination of ginger sauce. The fritters flavours that I enjoyed to the were lightly breaded with last bite. Main courses come pecans and the cheese melted in all shapes and sizes at DAVE BONE in my mouth, proving to be Marbles, from their lighter Restaurant Reviewer quite delicious. The curried- side choices to their large crab meat dip was a healthy selection of burgers like the On the corner of William and portion topped with melted Basic, Big Blue, Lamb Burger King Street behind Quizno's cheese alongside Melba toast or the Chateau Gruyere, all subs lies a small restaurant for dipping, the perfect aper- reasonably priced from and patio that is far too often itif that I would highly rec- $6.95-$9.95. Entrees range overlooked. Marbles restau- ommend. from $14.95 to $17.95 and rant is a unique blend of a Other appetizers include include options like the New cafe style bistro with inclina- things like nachos and York steak, pasta shells, and tions of a warm and friendly Indian samosas and are all pub atmosphere. Inside, the around the $7.95 price Melissa Moffat walls are decorated with a range. Marbles also offers a The curried-crab variety of different pictures large selection of soups and meat dip was a Marbles offers casual fine dining at a reasonable price. You can get and huge wooden beams salads, from Greek to class and value in one place, how exciting! accompanied with stained spinach to Tropical or the healthy portion glass windows rounded out ever trusty Caesar, so there is and old-fashioned tin roof of restaurant, they seem to topped with sundae ($3.95-$4.95). It the decor. The large framed something for everyone's Melba was have hit the right combina- board clad with scores of tastes and wallets running difficult to choose but eventu- tion of menu items at decent toast for dipping, we marbles greets guests on the from about $5.50 to $9.95. ally came to a consensus prices with a great atmos- on the seasonal way in and creates an appeal Our server promptly took the perfect crisp, which phere and sharp service. that is very inviting. away our finished plates and happened to be apple straw- Unlike many restaurants appetizer. and Once we were seated at retooled our cutlery in prepa- berry the pecan pie with who try to be different and our table, a friendly server ration for the main event. even caramel ice cream. The crisp have no direction, Marbles prime rib available on was came over to us quickly. My My friend ordered the Saturdays. warm and flavourful and accomplishes what it sets out my piece of* pie was to friend ordered a coffee and I Chicken Stir Fry ($14.95) Dessert was never in ques- massive. do and deserves a thought ordered The ice cream was a nice when a strawberry milk- and I chose the Fillet of tion and the options were thinking about your complement to a shake ($4.95). which was Salmon ($17.95). The bounti- plentiful. Options included dynamite eating- destination the next made from scratch in a few ful medley of vegetables York dessert. time you're eating out. and New style cheesecake, Although short minutes. It was thick, chicken in sweet and sour banana chocolate chip Marbles may cake not fit into a category or style

with or favour one another - Ed way she will hopefully this cannot happen. Yon ai*e take the light-hearted reac- putting- everyone else in an tion. If she drudges up the AskKate... extremely awkward position. old feelings from first year, My position is you should you can say we thought not sleep with your house- about this but we felt confi- Getting it on your mates, just for any further dent it was something* long with roommate's old flame uncertainty, it's not a good forgotten. Let her vent and idea. And when you enter a say what she wants but be who is also your roommate...oh my! living situation as unnatural stern. You are all adults here as university student hous- and aren't apologizing for Dear Kate, friend will take it. The two of make sure you ing- you should lay some what happened -you are only them never had sex and she say we are not apologizing' ground rules. For example, apologizing about hiding it I lived in res first year and has dated other people since but tell them what has been Suzy, Frank and Flo clean from her. met my two bestfriends there. him...she shouldn't be mad goingl on (sleeping togeth- the kitchen on Monday, I hope for all of your sake Obviously when second year right? er/seeing each other, Wednesday and Friday and that you are in a house of came around we decided to whichever label you think Edna and Albert are respon- understanding* people, there move into a house together they will be more comfort- sible for organizing- the bills are many reasons why your with three other people that From Horny Housemates able with). I say don't apolo- and oh ya - no fornicating housemates will be angry we met. One ofmy bestfriends gize because once you start with each other. with you. But, we all make 1 a saying- sorry then people Now as for best a an d ™e other is a guy. will your friend, mistakes and things happen At the beginning offirst year Dear Horndogs, assume you feel guilty for obviously I don't know her or when you are at this age, they kina of had a thing for something, and besides hurt- her tolerance for anything of spending as much time at each other but it was done If you never created a rule ing your other best friend I this nature. But take it to her such a close proximity as and forgotten by the end of amoung'st the members in don't think that is the case. lightly, and take it to her housemates do - stuff like September. Since living your house that said hands State that if at any time they first before you address the this is bound to happen. together my best guy friend off people in the house, they feel uncomfortable with your others, She has known you Don't worry - but like I said and I have been secretly really have nothing to be newfound closeness to talk to the longest and if you try and avoid this kind of sleeping together - and it has- angry about. But if you are you guys. include her in the group she thing in the future;" c'lan9ea anything in any of having sex with him just Once it's out in the open you will most likely feel alienated tne house dynamics. But we because it's fun to hide it might feel like it's not fun from your little trio. Do not Always, are getting more daring I from your housemates, let's anymore and that it's not suggest that she should be Kate. guess and we've almost been get serious you need to find worth ruining, like you said, uncomfortable just wait to caught a few times. We have other outlets for your bore- the group dynamics in the see her reaction. If you to tell our housemates but we dom. If you like him we have name of sex. If you continue assume that she will be Kate Ziegler appears in the Ask are S( scared... what do we a much larger problem; I'll to do what you've been doing angry or feel betrayed then Kate advice column weekly. Ifyou SC o t> you will eventually come to a she would most likely feel would like to ask Kate a question t a^so really worried address it later. aoouts' point where you may get that way - but you send it to [email protected]. how our other best Sit your housemates down, if tell her Identity is jealous of one another, an honest light-heart- confidential. All argue in and questions are welcome! 18 Student Life Wednesday October 29. ?om Horoscope Week of October 29- November 4

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Scorpio! Septembet 24 - October 22

Whatever you are doing right Amongst ail the chaos that is now is going to have a, signif- going- on right now you will icant influence on the future. manage to find the time to Be sure to do things correctly enjoy your birthday. Make and go into any situation sure any friends and family with a positive intent. A lot of who want to spend time with new situations are going to you have the opportunity to be starting, so have fun. do so. Someone will have a | surprise for yon. Luckiest day: October 30. BLwl| lili

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- March 21 April 19 October 23 November 21 <, t Try to separate yourself from Family is going to start hav- other people's problems. If ing a surprising influence on you find yourself being you over the next while. So if dragged into someone else's you are stuck on an issue business just let this person don't hesitate to go to them know that they have to solve for advice. There will be times any problems on their own. coming up when you'll have You have enough to worry to be more sympathetic. about. Luckiest day: November 1. Luckiest day: October 30.

Taurus Sagittarius ' .

April 20 - May 20 November 22 - Decenber 21 After a lot of struggling and You are going- to have to hard work you will be able to make a decision regarding celebrate what you have several different issues in achieved. But don't get too your life. The best way to comfortable, a new challenge make the correct choice is to is about to present itself. look at what you really want You'll have to think a little and then choose appropriate- more creatively to solve any ly. You will be happiest if you new issues. follow your heart. Luckiest day: October 31. Luckiest day: November 1.

Gemini Capricorn Mcsy 21 - June 21 December 22 jonuory 19 Don't expect results Try to separate yourself from overnight. Yon have quite the any negativity going- on task ahead of you. In order to around yon. People may be achieve success you'll have to trying to get you to si.de on complete one stage of a an issue which works best for process before you can move them. But over the next little on to the next. Overall, the while it's best to not make thorough process you went any solid decisions. through, will be worth it. Luckiest day: November 3. Luckiest day: November 4.

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- June 22 July 22 January 20 - February 19 Several different influences After a long* struggle you will are going to make you feel finally be able to celebrate all overwhelmed. The best way to of your achievements. Try deal with this situation is to and relax over the next little sort through each problem while, busy times are quickly individually, not combining approaching and this oppor- any of them. Know that bet- tunity to rest may not present ter days are almost here. it self again soon. Luckiest day: November 4. Luckiest day: November 4.

Leo Pisces Btfj July 23 - August 22 February 20 - March 20 Don't hesitate to ask for assis- A new twist on a relationship tance if you are having trou- or friendship is just what you ble dealing with an issue or need right now to feel better. problem. You are about to After a bit of a rough time embark on something new. this special person is going to This new situation is going to make you feel truly happy require a lot of tedious work, again. Make sure you let but it'll be worth the effort. them know how grateful you are. Luckiest day: October 30. Luckiest day: October 30. Virgo r :Ti| August 23 • September 23 Someone for whom you have Daniel Roth is a Journalism much respect is going to be graduate of Conestoga ('allege offering* you something. This (aid is currently a person has much respect for Communication Studies you and you should feel student at Wilfrid kaurier. He proud that he or she thinks has studied Astrology and THETII CITIES-: other topics tjjmt genre I'TniißKniEs'i knltsi-CiriES' so. Someone else could be sur- of for ».':. almost 10 - »Q'. ; prising you with a night out years. 1 i ; on the town. Luckiest day: November 4. |Ajl|l|Lllj; 131111M5 : I^Jllllj3 Sign up for Grad Photos today at - www.Clublaurier.ca

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(wIuJCTQ ' ffIBERTf publications) ? 20 Sports Wednesday October 29. ?nm Hawks capitalize on Ottawa to give the home side an early the end zone. 7-0 lead. The Laurier offense was The Hawks quickly got finally stopped on their next the ball back as the tough drive but they would not be Laurier defense forced on the sidelines for long*. Ottawa to go two and out. Steve Surya picked off an Pyear led the team down field Ottawa pass and Brian Devlin and TD machine Bryon hit his second FG of the game BERNARD DAWSON Hickey punched the bail in to make the score 29-0 at the Staff Writer from, one yard out to make half. the score 14-0. The second half began the The Golden Hawks of Wilfrid Ottawa tried to fight their same way the first one did, Laurier University ran up a way back into the game, but with the Hawks scoring. 8-2 record daring' the OUA the Laurier defense held Devlin drilled a 32-yard FG football season. Literally. For strong. Gee-Gees Q.B Nathan through the uprights and the entire regular season the Thompson spent most of the suddenly the score was 32-0 team depended on the fear- first quarter running for Ms for Laurier. But the game some foursome of Derek life as Golden Hawk defend- was far from over. Medler, Nick Cameron, Bryon ers ripped through the The Ottawa offense Hickey and O.J. Tasse to Ottawa offensive line on emerged from the half look- pound the ball and light up almost every passing play. ing' far better than they had the scoreboard. On Saturday, A Pyear pass to Derek during the first 30 minutes. things changed and the Medler led to a 12-yard Brian Nathan Thompson connected Laurier passing game Devlin field goal. The first with Andrew Riley for a 27- stepped up to dominate the quarter ended with the yard TD pass and the score- opposition. Golden Hawks dominating board read WLU 32. Ottawa 7. Quarterback Ryan Pyear the game and holding a 17-0 The Gee-Gees then pulled led the Golden Hawks to a 38- lead over the visiting squad. something from their bag' of all photos courtesy of www.laurierathletics.com 17 victory over the visiting The second quarter was tricks and caught Laurier off de ja vu all over again as Joel guard with an onside kick. Derek Medler breaks a tackle against a weak Ottawa defense. The Ottawa Gee-Gees at Hawks to to roll next week at Queen's. University Stadium. The Wright made a circus catch Ottawa recovered and drove offense will look continue on a the ball into Golden Hawks' aerial onslaught also Pyear pass for a 31-yard deep killed the movement. showdown with the Golden Bryon Hickey added his Hawk territory. The Gee-Gees featured great individual per- gain. The Gee-Gees did not have Gaels. While Laurier has lost second one TD run ended with a field formances from receivers yard of up goal, the ball for long'. Yanick their past three meetings the afternoon to put the and the Laurier lead was cut Andrew Agio and Joel stepped up with a bril- with the team from Hawks up down to Carter Wright. 24-0. 22 points. liant interception of a Nathan Kingston, the largest margin The Laurier defense con- Ottawa did not feel like The Gee-Gees came out of Thompson pass and the of victory between the tinued their mastery the their luck a second the locker room expecting* of pressing Laurier offense was back on schools was three points. Ottawa offense. A drive - time and kicked the ball deep the Golden Hawks to run. the field. A Bryon Hickey 23- The past losses do not sit killing sack by linebacker on the kickoff. Laurier had other ideas and ensuing yard run led to a 42-yard well with the Golden Hawks, MacNeill forced the Nevertheless the were the Hawks came out blazing. Kevin Hawks Devlin field, goal. especially with Laurier's star to a safety a promis- Ryan Pyear hit Andrew Agro Gee-Gees concede able to put together still had fight in quarterback. want to get as the drive but a. fumble inside Ottawa "I for a 29-yard touchdown pass on the next play ing them and came out throwing some payback." Pyear said Ottawa punter took a knee in the Ottawa five-yard line on their next possession. after the game, "I want to Nathan Thompson picked up show them how it feels to be his second throwing* TD of on the other end of the the day and put a dent into score." the Laurier lead. In order to beat the Golden The Golden Hawks spent Gaels, the Hawks will need to the rest of the game basically play solid, mistake-free foot- using' Nick Cameron to run ball and strike a balance on out the clock. Cameron fin- offense. "We proved that ished the day with a solid we're not one-dimensional," 100- yard performance on the remarked Andrew Agro. And ground. Brian Devlin added the Hawks cannot afford to his fifth field goal of the be a one-dimensional team if afternoon and when the final they hope to leave buzzer sounded, Laurier, had Richardson Stadium victori- a 38-1? victory. ous next Saturday. The win means that the Hawks will travel to Queen's this weekend for another Hawks tie U of T Lady Hawks go to final four BERNARD DAWSON TJ HILL was winding down on the Staff Writer Staff Writer Blues chances to tie. However, when a rink-wide The Wilfrid Laurier The Golden J' aen's pass was tipped by a Hawk University Men's Soccer team hockey team their defender onto the stick of a has been a source of pride for 2003-2004 : season wide open Jesse Rycroft, the the Laurier community for Friday at he jdiist the Hawks victory was in jeop- the last few years, but this University of do Varsity ardy. past season ended earlier Blues. Rycroft's goal gave U of T than Golden Hawk soccer life, as shortly after that they fanatics are use to, added another one to tie the A 2-0 loss to Laurentian in laurier 3 Toronto 3 contest. The score stayed that Sudbury last Thursday way through the end of regu- marked the premature end of Despite the absence of last- lation time. the Golden Hawks for the season's top scorer, winger In. the extra frame both 2008 campaign. This season Kevin Corso, the Hawks still teams traded scoring chances was a rebuilding* year for the managed to earn a point in a but neither could bulge the squad as the team was forced 3-3 tie. In fact, if not for a late twine. to replace a number of talent- third period breakdown, Although Laurier was dis- ed stars who had led the Ashley Hill fights for possession with a Toronto defenderat the quar- which saw the Hawks allow appointed in giving up their Hawks to back to back CIS terfinal playoff at University Stadium. The Hawks won 1 - 0 in OT. two goals in 1:12 seconds credit must be Championships in 2000 and lead, given to by with- they would have opened the Toronto as they kept coming* 2001,' of the OUA playoffs at time periods drifted out a The game would season with a win. all night and showed no Breaking" in a number of University Stadium on goal. be decided by penalty kicks. After a scoreless first peri- signs of quitting' in their new contributors, the team Thursday. od, the Hawks came out fir- finished the OBA regular After four shooters, both game. teams were even at two goals ing" on all cylinders in the The Hawks did. not make season with a respectable 4 -3- second. Rookie defensemen 8 record, h at that mark was laurier 1 IsrtS apiece. Laurier goalkeeper the same mistake Saturday the Rob Dniytruk opened the not good enough to give the AM Goodman stopped night against, The Ryes-son team captain cold and. scoring* on the power play as Sains, Again, quick out of team a home playoff game. The match was scoreless York first sudden death the match came down to his point shot defeated off of gates, built The squad certainly had it's until the the Laurier a late Golden Hawks captain a SJ of T skate. lead they did not relinquish. down moments, such as a 6-1 overtime period. Laurier Dmytrak struck again on pounding- at the hands of the game substitute Stephanie Tammy Scurr. Scurr drilled another the team was Veseio ended the game and the ball past the York keeper power play midway York Lions, but berth in through the period. He sniick still able to make the play- the hopes of the Varsity and earned Lau rier a in from the poll t and buried offs, Hawk fans do have Blues with a kick that found the Oil A semi-finals. net, giving The "Heart Attack Hawks" a nifty Brian Kazarian pass Forwards something to cheer about: the the back of the Bryan a vic- will face the Queen's Golden over the glove hand of Bines Kazarian, Nick Gibson, Matt young team gained valuable the Hawks 1-0 overtime and a in the OUA Gaels in the semi-finals, goalie, Tim Knight. Grennier and David Brown experience this season and tory spot York. which will be held at Western U of T got themselves scored for the home team as should he ready to break out quarter-finals against back to within one see funk next Almost a year to the day this coming' weekend. The only to the Hawks downed the Rams of their year. will Laurier right winger, Nick While the men have been after York had ended the winner of the game 4-1. Lady hopes, advance to the OUA finals Gibson restore the Hawks Laurier travels to rebuilding, the women have Hawks playoff the Hawks were able to get and earn a spot in the CIS two goal cushion with under next weekend to been making a serious r un at Kingston some National Championships to two minutes left in the peri- battle the Golden the QUA title. Following* a 5- payback. Again, the Queens be held at MeGill University od. Gales Friday night with puck 3-2 regular season, the Lady game finished regulation scoreless but time in Montreal. Laurier seemed to have drop at 7:oopm. Hawks hosted the University time this things under control as time of Toronto in the first round the two sudden death over- Wednesday October 29.2003 Sports 21 Men's Volleyball

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' , . ; ',' . .: , . ".;. . can only look up „ Team hopes to rebound from sad sack 1-17 season with new coach and new attitude RICH KAWAMOTO assistant coach with the lady Cord Sports Hawks for the last two years. His volleyball knowledge is what will "New Season, new coach, new take his team to new heights. Hawks." On the offensive front, the That's going- to be the motto for Hawks are swinging high and this year's men's volleyball team as swinging hard. Looking to make they begin their 19-match season his mark on the OUA this year is next Thursday. But what can a left-side hitter, Luka Senk. The 4th team who finished last year's cam- year Kin/Phys.Ed student and team paign in the cellar of the OUA captain is ready to lead his team to expect to accomplish? How about a more prosperous season than in winning a few matches here and year's past. there? Well that's one of the main "The makeup of this year's team goals for this year's squad. is great. We're all on the same page Throughout the off-season, the and we're really working together Hawks had the opportunity to to improve." improve the coaching* staff in large Senk, like coach White, is opti- dividends when former head coach, mistic about the group ofplayers. Todd Dougherty decided that a 3- "We have to work hard day in year record of 7-34 was enough to and day out. Harder and longer 112 «*jpii» call it quits. Although his shoes than any other team in the league. " ' ' ' '' ' .' '■' ' •: '' ' '' ' '■• .' ■, may seem to be too big to fill, newly Our goal is to be the best defensive ■ ■ hired head coach Shayne White is team in the OUA." up for the challenge. Even though the perennial pow- "We talked about last year's (1- erhouses in the OUA continue to be 17) season for a little less than a Toronto and Queen's, White isn't day,"' noted White. "We're not about to back down from them. dwelling on last year at all. We're "We don't really care about; any- putting all of our focus into getting one else in the league. As long as respect from Laurier and the rest we can be happy with our own play, of the OUA." that's all I can ask. But at the same The discipline and determina- time, we're not afraid, of anyone tion that has already been shown that we come up against." by the Hawks is a true testament to So what goals can you expect to White's ability to motivate a group set for a team that was on the brink of athletes. of being eliminated from WLU's "There's a new dedication on. the varsity program? White knows the team this year. It starts at the top answer to that. but filters all the way down to the "We're shooting to make the . J&~ J IgsM *; players, coaches, trainers and man- playoff and. to qualify for the 2006 r agers." Nationals." i*. ''m?&sz&'' This is White's first year with Is this attainable? The Hawks aßßfe' the men's team., but lie is certainly first step will take place on J no stranger to the volleyball court. 30th versus the : JL ; ' ; Thursday, October ■Ko!.i' 1-xS;. WmMm'i:"' :^^:i; ■ v 'K£: White has received numerous acco- University of Toronto Varsity lades including- Provincial and Blues. National titles in both men's and women's volleyball as well as being ii|B|^^ :" < ' - ' :: ' - ' ; %. J 'v\ ;„ :■ ".■ I|l Sports 2003 OUA championships for Hawks finish a disappointing fifth Cross Country at OUA Championships

The Laurier Cross Country Team The Laurier varsity golf season participated in the OUA came to a disappointing close with Championships this past Saturday, the end of the recent OUA at Sunnybrook Park in Toronto. Championships at Victoria Park Following- a morning of persistent East Golf Club in Guelph. The showers, the clouds parted just in men's varsity team, traditionally time for the start of the first race. among the top three or four For the 89th annual ten km schools in the province, sat in third ~,,, *r Men's run, Laurier placed tenth out place after the first round, behind H of twelve competing- Ontario uni- Guelph and Waterloo. versities with a score of 328. The Entering the tournament, the Golden Hawks top three runners Golden Hawks were hoping for a were: Sean Delanger with a time of" top three finish, "Bronze was cer- 36:45, James McGillivray with a tainly achievable," said Hawks time of 37:18, and Daniel Johnson coach, Chris Dodd. It was not to he, with a time of 37:14. The top run- however, as the Hawks were passed ner in this category, Ryan by both Toronto and McMaster in MeKenzie, set the pace with a blis- the second and final round, despite tering time of 31:04. shooting a combined score of 300, a For the 26th annual 5 km three stroke improvement on their Women's run, Laurier placed first round tally. The hosting eleventh out of twelve competing Gryphons faltered somewhat in the Ontario universities with a score of second round, falling* to second 267. The Golden Hawks top three place behind Waterloo. Toronto runners were: Erin Fox and Kate rounded out the top three. Andruchow with times of 19:30, Although the Hawks were hop- and Leah Jackson with a time of ing* for a better team finish, Tim 20:14. The top runner in this cate- Ash, a third-year communications gory Beth Wightman, led the field studies major - finished the tour- with a very respectable time of* nament tied for third in the indi- 17:08. Her Queens Golden Gaels vidual standings after notching squad placed first with a score of impressive scores of 73 and 74 at 58. the par 71 course. Though the results did not In addition, lie was honoured as measure up to a trip to the CIS a second team OUA all-star. These Cross Country Championship in honours came as no surprise to Moneton, the Golden Hawks have Dodd, who characterized Ash as "a much to be proud of. An autumn very skilled player." full of intense training culminated On the female side. Amy in very strong performances from Robertson finished tied for fifth in each of Laurier's runners. representing the Hawks as the first Combined with a noticeable show of female varsity golfer in the school's support, this team made some history. noise in Toronto. Indeed, the future of cross-country running at Laurier looks very promising for 2004. Dan Wilson Mike Brown 22 Entertainment Wednesday October 2ft ?ofre Horror-ible films In honour of Halloween, we thought a guide to avoiding the five worst horror movies of all time was appropriate ERIC CHOW even buy, these films. My Take: A clear example of Cord Entertainment Jack Frost (1997) American society and how gam-loving, trigger-happy Halloween is fast approach- Premise: A serial killer en individuals are embraced ing- our social calendar and route to his execution is cut with open hands by the film- every year corporate America down by a truck carrying- viewing audience. Michael approaches this "scary holi- toxic waste that mutates his Gross reprises his 'southern' Contributed Photo day' very and and it with aggressively, DNA merges character, Burt Guminer, 1000 for good reason. They view it snow. Snowman murdering- So how is this zombie from House of Corpses supposed to eat which is possibly the only if he's that metal on? as a cash cow whereby mil- ensues. reason why this sequel was your brains got stupid mouthguard lions of dollars are spent on even filmed. The problem to believe that a shark is able back his pot of gold so candy, costumes and that decora- My Take: On a positive note, with this film is the absence to reincarnate itself and come we don't have to endure tions. But what is often over- Shannon Elizabeth is eye of Kevin Bacon. I'm sorry, but back to life, let alone be able another one of these straight- looked is that Hollywood has candy in this film and is PG- this film and franchise just to differentiate one person to-video films! I immediately the - exact same viewpoint -13 nude leading- up to her isn't the same without Bacon. from another. But this is came to the conclusion that hence the large number of death scene. But that's about Also, seeing as how Burt has what Jaws, the famously the film was bad when a) its films that are mass-produced the only positive thing I can already survived two previ- massive shark, is able to main stars are Coolio and Ice- for the of purposes scaring say about this primarily ous encounters with the mon- accomplish. Nonetheless, 1 T and b) come on, look at the the pants (or skirts) off the Army of Darkness wannabe. I sters, I find it somewhat far- don't find either premise as title. At first, I could only film-viewing- audience. mean, it wanted to be a fetched to think that he still farfetched or idiotic as the laugh at the premise of this wannabe real bad. This film lias a somewhat difficult time idea that Ellen Brady comes film and think that it was The sheer pain of had the cheesiest one-liners, trying to 'take care' of them. up with in the plot. She has merely just another "so the most ridiculous death 'woman's intuition' that there pathetic that it may be funny viewing an scenes (the snowman pokes a House of 1000 Corpses (2003) is a killer shark who wants to film" but 1 quickly realized evil snowman woman to death in a bathtub hunt down her whole family, the error of my judgment. I with his carrot nose) and the Premise: A group of road-trip so she seeks shelter from soon found myself taking a gallivanting around poorest match-up between kids attempt to play detective Amityville and retires to, page out of Shifty Stefan's a town full of the music and the horror in trying to solve a town-wide wait for it, the Bahamas, book when the leprechaun about to unfold. The sheer riddle about a killer doctor, Why would anyone, when did his freestyle rap, as I hapless hicks was pain of viewing an evil ram- but break down during a wanting to seek shelter from attempted to clear my head of snowman too to bear. paging gallivanti- thunderstorm. All hell a vengeful shark, consider the horrible music by putting much ng around a town full of hap- breaks loose soon thereafter. moving' to AN ISLAND? I had a lighter to my ear. less hicks was too much to many migraines trying* to My poor eyes were scarred As a result, there have bear. In fact, this film was so My Take: I came up with the solve that riddle. for life when I saw the lone been some truly terrifying awful to watch that I shoved premise for this expose dur- 'sex' scene. I tried to wash films that are critically laud- a pen in my eye hoping- that ing my initial viewing. You that imagery away from my ed by film reviewers and the pain would distract me watch this film and all you memory and my eyes by scholars. Consequently, year from the film. If it weren't for are thinking is "What in the using Lysol and Dove soap after year the general public Shannon Elizabeth, this film world just happened? Does but it turned out to be very is bombarded with what are would be further down the the possibility of a plot even ineffective (my eyes still considered the most list. remotely exist within the one hurt). After watching "acclaimed" horror master- hundred and twenty minutes Leprechaun in the Hood, I was pieces: Event Horizon, Alien, that have just been wasted?" left with a few questions if Halloween (such a creative However, these weren't exact- that's even possible. Were the title). Stephen King's IT. The ly the words my friends and I studio execs as high as Mack list could go on forever... used to describe this frag- Daddy (Ice-T) when they okay, maybe not forever, but mented over-the-top gorefest. decided that it was a good there's no fun in continuing In fact. I would not be able to Contributed Photo idea to make this sequel? And this trend. It lacks sex our repeat exact sentiments The Leprechaun prepares for his what were they thinking appeal. I've definitely seen of displeasure for this PG-13 when they thought that the my share of these forthcoming Def Jam recording acclaimed Contributed Photo article. But you catch my best time to introduce Coolio's films. drift. I think with this film, character was to have him However, I feel that it is Scarier than a normal snake one's IQ, drops significantly And finally, the worst horror going into a church and 'act- almost my duty to punish because of the bizarro head as the movie progresses. Stay film of all time.... ing' as if he was late again myself and watch the most as far away as possible. You Leprechaun in the Hood for the Sunday mass? Even ridiculously trashy horror have been warned. (2000) though I watched hundreds films I could find for the pur- Tremors 111 (2001) (OK, maybe not hundreds) of pose of providing- you with a Jaws 3D (1987) Premise: A killer leprechaun bad horror movies prior to list of 'the top five most poor- Premise: The long-awaited' is unleashed onto the people watching this film, nothing ly made horror films of all return to the town of Premise: A super shark is out of Compton when a group of can prepare you for how bad time' so that you will not Perfection, Nevada, where for revenge by seeking the wannabe Christian rappers Leprechaun in the Hood is. have to endure the punish- the worm-like creatures are people who were the reason robs a g°axiig* leader of golcl Simply put, mere words fail ment yourselves. If you're again wreaking- havoc on its for his earlier demises. coins. to express the awfulness of some kind of messed up townspeople. My Take: I don't know about My Take: For the love of this film. sadist, then by all means you you, but I find it kind of hard Lucky Charms, give the man should rush to rent, maybe Canadian pop music's identity crisis

With "brilliant" exports like Avril Lavigne and Nickelback being shipped worldwide, does Canada's image suffer? Semi-formal identity. Trapped between exports, but what do they Entertainment waves of media from south of offer? Certainly not musical the border that portray us as innovation - Nickeibaek Editor polite pushovers with funny walks the tired footsteps of pronunciation and our own Pearl Jam and Avril is a pret- beer commercials that build ty image constructed to cash- Chris Clemens our identity from hockey in on decimated punk culture sticks and making' fun of stu- accompanied by some catchy pid Americans, Canadians pop tunes. Neither reflects are very anything positive about I love I really do. much an uncertain Canada, and Asian culture either: I'm When we ruined the USA in people. European Canadian countries rely on their rich sure many envisage that gold-medal Olympic cultures and status as hockey game a few years historical estab- Nickelback's lished history, the United unflashy clones of American ago, wav- I was unabashedly States takes the rockers as an indication of red foam overly-force- ing a giant finger ful role of distributing our universal blandness and around and inco- screaming democracy across the globe Avril as a symbolic represen- Contributed Photo herent obscenities at the and Canada shuffles its feet tation of Canada's childlike Canada's ambassadors of rock - oh God, we're in trouble now American montage of stars of stupidity and naivete. These and I've behind the curtains the stripes. flaunted my world stage, quietly mutter- are both stereotyped attrib- stuff out there. The image and identity weakness. Canadian over- nationality the "peacekeeper" utes that we need to lose as Tragically Hip have even I'm not asking* for a history- seas, our posi- ing- word confident in to itself for reassurance. soon as possible. managed to establish them- altering band or even some- tive and respected status on Sadly enough, this ongo- Now I'm not proposing selves as an iconic symbol of one with an excess of talent, the world stage. However, grasp for a that all Canadian artists be Canadian amidst our but rather a chance to throw every once in a while ing* definitive pride I can't identity appears to be mani- required to imbue their identity turmoil - an some musical figures with help but be a little embar- festing' itself in works with some sort of admirable feat. strength and confidence out rassed of similar to Canada's Canada, or at least the Heritage Moment crap (like I I just find it unfortunate into the world. We need to the boy whose has music, acts girlfriend that American and interna- said, our lack of solid identi- and ironic that the music start building a solid somehow puked into the tape tional labels choose to hype ty would make this near- which is generally chosen to Canadian identity through slot of a VCR at a party. outside the confines of our impossible). Nor am I sug- represent vis and our culture our media and I don't think You see, even centuries borders. Formulaic alt-rock- gesting that the Canadian to the world so blatantly Avril is up for the job. our after nation's conception, ers Nickelback and pop-punk music scenes be reformed or showcases, and occasionally we are still engaged in an grrrl icon Avril Lavigne top chastised - there's plenty of contributes to, Canada's active struggle for national the list of popular Canadian really great, groundbreaking shakily-projected national Wednesday October 29.2003 Entertainment 23

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■I' | § / Yet another Top 5 c%■yY££fcl\j J^XjTtCS Albums "(And Tm not ashamed of my recurring dreams Scary Movie about me and a gun and a different species ...to listen to if you're dressing up as a glam (flint: starts with "fi" and rhymes with breast implant jokes and the rocker For Hallowe'en "(Neuman's")" immorality cracks. But how (warning: obscenely tight does this film differentiate pants found within): Do you know these politically Proppy lyrics? Sing them in the itself from other Scary shower perhaps? Be the first to send an email with the song' Movies of the past? Well, for 5. Alice Cooper - and artist name to [email protected] and I'll put starters, it did not star even "Welcome to My your name in the next issue, plus you'll get: one Wayan brother, which is Nightmare" TICKETS TO SCARY MOVIE somewhat of a conundrum. 4. Prince's Batman 2 FREE 3!!! There was a Michael Jackson Soundtrack SWEET MOTHER OF GOD! look-a-like, who was hilari- 3. T-Rex - "Electric ous and completely satirized Warrior" Last week: the real deal. In all honesty. 2. Lou Reed - Contest semi-regular Lori Gagnon was first to guess that the Scary Movie 3 was so much "Transformer" weekly lyrics were from Counting* Crows' "Colorblind". I'm more comedic than its prede- 1. David Bowie - "The always happy when long time players finally win! As for her cessors were because it fully Rise and Fall of Ziggy CD...oh mercy. The new Crowned King, which looks to be ERIC CHOW played out its jokes without Stardust and the Spiders some kind of MTV2 ska? I dunno, I didn't open it. Cord Entertainment dragging- the process out too from Mars" long'. The majority of the In Scary Movie 3, Earth is in jokes that were used in Scary STEFAN SEREDA - Cfiris, iEntertainment (Editor horrific disarray. Platinum Movie 3 were surprisingly blondes have intelligence and creative and fresh. However, white guys have the hope of what definitely hurt this film ...released by Canadian being the next big rapper in was that its more prominent artists that should have the hood (cheese). There is humour was over-hyped in NEVER had a maple leaf the possibility of an immi- its trailers, leaving moviego- flag on them: nent alien attack on Earth as ers feeling somewhat unsat- well as the mass-distribution isfied. 5. Default - "Live a Lie" of an evil killer videotape to 4. ISliekelback - "The Long mankind. Who will discover Cheeky Fact Road" this unknown terror and Did you know that Charlie 3. Rush - "Grace Under km. save all of humankind? Sheen inadvertently and acci- Pressure" xm Stepping- up to the plate is dentally shot his then-fiancee 2. Avril Lavigne - "Let ESI Tcacher Training Courses ESL Teacher Training Courses whom then 8 Intense 50-hour courses Cindy (Faris), a ditzy news Kelly Preston, Go" » Intensive 50-hour TESL courses TESL " - "assroom reporter who believes that left him for her platonic 1. Celine Dion "Titanic" s Classroom management techniques management techniques " ,'*d ,c on lanninS she can make the connection friend John Travolta? Poor soundtrack (and let's be - Detailed lesson planning P 8 Sk,lLs development:f pronun- between the tape and the Charlie. (Weep, sob) At least realistic, all of her lull- * Skills development: grammar, promm- grammar, « ,eaku invasion, which she accom- he can console himself with length albums too) ciation, speaking, reading and writing ahon ' «*»■« and writing 8 Comprehensive plishes with the help of the fact that now he is now » Comprehensive teaching materials teaching materials " Teaching Orpheus and the Oracle. The married to Wild Thing Deni.se CHRIS CLEMENS ■ Teaching practician included included " ! is,ines and ' agencies, audience is left wondering if Richards. » Listings of schools, agencies, and of schools the title of saviour to recruiters from around the world recruiters from around the world Comact °xford mankind should be placed For More Snfo Contact Oxford Seminars: For More lnfo Seminars: onto the shoulders of the I -800-269-6719 / 416-924-3240 clumsy, absent-minded mwnipiiimiHiiit,.,,. waaa Cindy, but we have 84 min- I ii utes to figure that one out. Academic Value Is there even any academic merit to Scary Movie 3*? The question seems more like a PhD dissertation than a sim- ■Al ■ Rock with the K-W Symphony ple query but I will attempt to prove that there is indeed 'some' value for academia, through Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art." In his paper, he quotes Duhamel as saying that a film is nothing Mlllll—.v.-■- v I y, Ir v-rYVr ■ v T--n -viVi'r.'i .'iVrrr. why J more than a "pastime for Contributed Photo helots, a diversion for unedu- cated. wretched, worn-out Oh no, random porn star actress, don't go near that creepy water! creatines" and "requires no concentration and presup- poses no intelligence." : However, as Benjamin argues, with any form of art, one becomes absorbed into it. [o So does one not become 1 0 absorbed into Scary Movie 3 when concentration is put forth? But who cares, we're Authentic Japanese Food at the best too busy laughing* at the Eg* gL I RUMOURS. SWEET DREAMS to prices in town! Yummyaki Japanese " jokes comprehend this & WUTHERING HEIGHTS dubiously pP I important lesson. restaurant. Its worth the 10 min. drive!!! Who should you see it with? Invite the Wayans Brothers; 10% off. although you might have to rent the entire cinema to do Just show student I.D. when ordering. so. 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We then learn that one of the most famous liter- and Holden has been kicked out ary characters of the 20th about getting lost getting found of prep school, and that century and he is force BERNARD DAWSON order to search for "deeper Pencey Prep is not the first behind the staying power of Staff Writer meanings". education institution to give The Catcher in the Rye. By all rights The Catcher our hero the boot. Holden Caulfield is the If it was possible to kill a in the Eye should be relegat- Holden skips out a few personification of the rebel- book, J.D. Salinger's The ed to book storage closets of days before his Christmas lious and troubled youth. He Catcher in the Rye would your local high school, rest- break and decides to head isn't James Dean but Holden have died along time ago. Not ing along side the other texts home to New York City and manages to keep his individ- only has the novel been hacked apart each school clear his head. Avoiding his uality in a time when con- parents, he rents was Contributed Photo banned, it was also found in year. But this has yet to hap- a hotel formity prized by his American the possession of Mark David pen, in fact you'd be correct if room and spends time society. Don't judge a book by its cover. Chapman, the man who you guessed that Holden deep in thought and raging Salinger's hero is a kin- gunned down John Lennon Caulfield has been awarded against the conformist world dred spirit to the aimless and lished, The Catcher the him. in on December 8, 1980. literary immortality, forever around alienated youth of every gen- Rye is still one of the best memories eration. college Not to be forgotten is the opposing new generations of Haunted by of He inspired selling- novels in world. butchering' inflicted on poor "phonies". his dead brother and unable students in the 1950*s to Every year more and more to love, in against Holden Caulfield by English Ever since it was first pub- confront his first engage rebellion young- people are engaged by teachers everywhere. Almost lished 1951, Salinger's Holden basically blunders the "phonies" in charge of the personal struggle of old in New America. every high school student is masterpiece has held a spe- around York wondering Holden Caulfield. In the end confronted with the novel at cial place in the hearts of lit- what to do with his life. Holden commits one of the Holden has the last laugh in some point during their aca- erature lovers. Despite the Eventually he meets up with graves sins which can be his war against the "phonies" a he demic career. Students who controversy which has sur- number of odd but fascinat- committed by youth, of the world. Over fifty years are forced to ignore the grip- rounded the novel, the story ing characters, from the thinks for himself. Fifty and Holden is still Holden. it ping power of the story in "phoney" Sally Hayes to years after was first pub- "Lovely Bones" Michael Moore Apartment 901 llPliP mf ''DlJClt? WlloF6 *S STEPHANIE BUTCHER The lights on the fire trucks are seen in the pre- Cord Arts dawn sky. sly J.D.Salinger The is getting lighter, ~~m- 1003 • —**112 WRITTEN ON OCTOBER 2b, 8:20 AM 44mi a i ii Jetrv Seinfeld DEDICATED TO THE UNKNOWN PERSON IN But the rain does not cease. '.'^^4. APARTMENT 901 WHO LOST THEIR LIFE IN The Catcher in the "SemLanguage" THE FIRE. 5 it continues as a light drizzle. The day dawns tjrey, People still don't know what occurred. Rye" Andrew Fyper Raindrops spatter to "I heard a bang." "l smeM smoke in the hall- the earth "Trade Mission" " Lightly soaking us onlookers way.'' Aim-Marie MacDonald Sparks can be seen from a window. "what 's going on?" "Can Igo hack inside "The Way the Crow Flies" Sophie Kinsella T&ple ask questions... now?" "what happened?" "Where's the fire?" An ambulance pulls uj>... something doesn't seem "Confessions of right. Irshad Manji a Shopaholic" ,1 ' tired, grumpy chatter "The Trouble with Islam: i*"' 1 Pointing fingers; day "it's six in the morning!" "litis better not k l ite dawnedgrey in Waterloo wake-up call ' A for honesty* and Jack Kerouac ZT" fake." Raindrops spattered to the earth. tired and change" "On the Road" "Stupid fire alarm woke me up!" 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§||| ©1d SKoof P^p 28 Arts \SLiMbvus f)rroKF»?Q Hunchback not a slouch Stratford's production of "The HunchbackDame"Notre of hasbiteand more spite KIM BROWN within her confines. Here, he Cord Arts meets the ladies in his life- the belles of Notre Dame If you've never been to However, as the bell-ringer of Stratford, it's somewhere yon Notre Dame, lie's deaf by the need to go at least once. If age of fourteen. Shakespeare's not your thing*, that's ok. Along* with the staple Shakespearean But by far, my plays, Stratford also has favourite thing some great shows that do not involve the bard and his mus- about this play was ings. the For example, I was lucky breathtaking enough to score tickets for set. The Avon last Friday's Hunchback of Notre Dame. I know what Theatre was a sight you are thinking: Disney to behold. cuteness, singing gargoyles and cute little animals. But, the Stratford version of Contributed Photo Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Esmeralda the gypsy lives Paris is nothing like the a vagrant life, dancing for Esmeralda, object of poor Quasimodo's affection, seems to be striking a similar love chord with a num- Disney version. anyone who pays. She is a ber of other gentlemen Full of violence and unre- benevolent woman who quited love, this play revolves shows mercy to those she Esmeralda is taken prisoner bootie of her precious baby the entire theatre is bathed in around the gypsy girl meets; she saves Gringoire and tortured. Sentenced to Agnes, a bootie that is candlelight from wall Esmeralda. This lucky lady from a hanging, and is the hang, she is narrowly saved strangely alike to a magic sconces. When the curtain the has three men who are hot to only person who shows kind- from gallows by item that Esmeralda carries. lifted and the lights went up, trot for her: Gringoire, a ness to Quasimodo. However, Quasimodo, ever faithful to As tortured love triangles J have to say that I was very poet; Frollo, the archdeacon; she only has eyes for the woman he loves. (in this case, squares) go, impressed by the realistic set; and Quasimodo, half man Phoebus, a tall dashing man In a twist that we do not this is one of the good ones. it made me feel as though I and half misshapen fool. in arms. see in the Disney version, a But by far, my favourite was peeking into the hal- The story of Quasimodo in But when a rendezvous crazy woman named thing- about this play was the lowed halls of the Notre itself is sad tale to tell. Saved goes wrong, Esmeralda ends Paquette is an integral part breathtaking set. The Avon Dame. The lighting was like raves by Frollo from certain death up in a heap of trouble, and is of the play. She about Theatre was a sight to behold sun streaming through her that she lost from at the hands of the townspeo- charged with murder. In a daughter start to finish. stained glass windows, illu- ago, ple, Quasimodo is taken to society that believes in witch- years blaming the gyp- The Theatre itself is beau- minating Esmeralda's sensu- Notre Dame to live forever craft and enchantment, sies for stealing her away. tiful; a huge chandelier al, barefoot dance on the cob- She carries with her the hangs above your head, and blestone streets of Paris. Music at Noon: it's a good thing DAVE NEATE This Tuesday's "Music at Bach. Though only 2 pieces iii a daze wondering "what Cord Arts Noon" featured: featured vocals, (by Dan just happened?" Lichti and Kimberly Barber), Something' I did notice Tuesday afternoons at Noon Kiyy their short appearances were was that the Recital Hall the Maureen Forrester S« .■ OS ■' 0 amazing. appeared to be full of out- Hall in the John *i Recital Aird * la*<> ' ■■ Hi, The show opened with a siders from the. community Building is quite possibly Sonata composed by and Laurier . "iv;if Hum >I?')/>, fluv Music Students. "the place to be" as put so del- Telemann that included only Let's the fiaitmgar'c!. run; just get word out icately by Kramer and Frank r a flutist and a violinist. that Music at Noon is to nhop open Costanza (George's dad). ,Mw< v- \faso7i, Though Baumgartel and everyone! It is FREE and is a Every Tuesday, Laurie) Pi.'ut Fit {ford ■"*: Ho Hamilton were playing two great experience for anyone welcomes different perform- A fi€ho eI -Mi*' vis. ?' an -sit 112, ■:rd very different parts, it was who wants to get away from ers to showcase various tHzaheih />hr>r very clear through their eye the hustle and bustle of the musical styles from various YerJki'ik, ofto? contact and body language Laurier halls for an hour, disciplines. The invited per- that there was a strong con- and experience something a formers are not always The Recital Hal! was packed, nection between the two little different for a change. Laurier students (contrary to and ready to hear the group musicians. The music isn't for everyone, popular belief). of artists perform m various The hour included 6 but it is impossible not to The featured artists are combinations, ranging form pieces in total, and closed out appreciate the talents of the sometimes Laurier's own pro- a solo violin piece to a fuller with an amazing quartet. It artists featured on Tuesday fessors, but are most often, quartet for flute, oboe, violin seemed as though the per- Afternoons. musicians are invited from and con tin uo. The audience formers had swept, the audi- And, to take Martha Contributed Photo outside the school communi- was treated to Baroque style ence up and taken them away Stewart's token quote right ty to play for the Hall's audi- pieces by two ever- popular for an hour only to send out of context...Music at One hot stringed instrument ences. composers. Telemann and J.S them back out into the halls Noon, "it's a good thing." getting ready to be played... Elliot Smith dead at 34 NICK CZEKURLON The double album, which isons to musician Nick and The Beach Boys. Still, the Cord Arts will hopefully be released, Drake, revealing a drug- mainstream success he was reportedly titled "From a laden rawness and an awe- deserved seemed to elude Singer/songwriter Elliott Basement on the Hill," and some talent. A self-titled him. His last album "Figure Smith was found by friends contained songs such as album followed in 1995 to 8" was released in 2000, and last Tuesday in his Los "Let's Get Lost," "Strung Out equal praise, and with the in 2001 his 1995 song Angeles apartment, and was Again," and "Fond Farewell." ending of Heatmiser in 1996. "Needle in the Hay," appeared later pronounced dead at the A native of Portland, Oregon, his solo album "Either/Or," in the film The Royal hospital from an apparent Smith first appeared on arguably his best, followed a Tenenbaums. Every listening suicide. Although investiga- the music scene a decade ago year later in 1997. of that tune will now be for- tion is looking* into foul play, as a member of the band Smith, saw more than the ever haunting, as it offered a it seems clear that Smith Heatmiser. The band released release of "Either/Or" that cold background to the scene ended his own life by putting their first album "Dead Air" year, as a number of his in which Richie attempts sui- a steak knife through his in 1993, and their second. songs appeared in the film cide. heart. For fans of Smith, the "Cop and Speeder" in 1994- Good Will Hunting. Smith's The death of Elliot Smith news of his passing is now a neither album garnered song "Miss Misery" written is a tremendously sad loss- week old, but for those much praise from critics. It directly for the film, earned even more so since his pass- unaware of his music, I write wasn't until their 1996 album him an Oscar nomination- ing has fallen on many deaf this with the hope of inspir- "Mic City Sons" that the band although he lost out, absurd- ears. He is one of the greatest ing new listeners to the caught any attention: the ly so, to Celine Dion. songwriters of our genera- works of a musical genius. album was seen as a break- Smith had always worked tion and will be truly missed. Smith had been battling through, but it would be underground, but his per- If you're looking for a good drugs and alcohol for years, their last. formance at the Oscars led to introduction to Smith, pick and it was a battle that some Heatmiser ended up serv- the 1998 release of his first up "Either/Or," or watch friends believed he was win- ing as a launch pad for major-label record, "XO," on Good Will Hunting again, as ning. Drugs and alcohol were Smith's solo career, which Dreamworks. The album many songs from that album recurring themes in his had been ongoing since 1994 challenged the greatness of appear on the film. Discover, Contributed Photo music, and it seems that sui- when he released his debut his initiat- enjoy, and remember. previous release, Elliot Smith left a cidal thoughts were added to "Roman Candle." The album ing comparisons to the full, behind battle the mix on his latest album. quickly established compar- rich sounds of The Beatles with drugs and a musical legacy