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The Cord Weekly TheCordWeekly 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.
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