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THE CORD WEEKLY Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Thursday, March 24, 1983 Volume 23 Number 21 No Quotas for Visa students at ... • (OR!) | . ■ Plwin Welcome to spring! Laurier by Mike Strathdee spots for foreign students of the 800 WLU has no immediate plans to available for freshman math Katimavik offers challenges implement any quotas on foreign students at U of W, brings to seven student enrolment at the university. the number of Ontario universities Dr. Max Stewart, interim Vice- which have placed quotas on visa by Fred Taylor parade drill and defensive driving. beginning but that most new President Academic, said that he students in some programs. After her Katimavik experience, programs need time to work out does not foresee any change in the Stewart said that a question which You've probably read an which she highly recommends, problems, and establish guidelines. existing system whereby visa is jiot addressed is that of the for Katimavik, the Carolyn travelled on her own for Sigler states that the quality of the students are admitted to the "advantage to students of having fnational volunteer youth service two and a half months before programming has improved, there is university on the basis of their visa students here at (WLU)". He 'program. The ads usually begin with entering Wilfrid Laurier University. better administration and better facility with English and standard added that the potential is quite a line like "Work hard for nine Jim, unlike Carolyn who had just group leader training. She sees the entrance qualifications. For great for positive interaction 4ndnths and earn $1 a day." completed high school, decided to program as having undergone a example, the cutoff entrance grade between students. It doesn't take a mathematically try Katimavik after his first year at "process of evolution and change." for admission to first year Honours minded person to realize that this university. He was tired of school, One of the changes in the program Business in the fall of 1982 was Last year, visa students attending fcjype of remuneration wouldn't was looking for "an adventure" and has been with the placement of the 76.5%. Stewart stated that it WLU paid approximately double suffice alone. Katimavik also wanted some time to think. group leader. Originally, this person unlikely that the cutoff grade this the amount charged in tuition fees to ■ provides the essentials; food, His first placement in October of travelled with each group to a fall will be any lower than that, if not Canadian students. The fee assessed llodging, transportation and basic 1981 was at Courteney 8.C., on project where he worked with the higher, in fact. The admission of as of last summer was $1025 for for program activities. Vancouver Island. He spent periods sponsor from the community to foreign students to this or any other regular students, and $2040 for visa [There is also an honorarium of one of two weeks working at a day care establish work schedules and program is determined by their high students. Those visa students who fthousand dollars for completion of centre, a training centre for the organize. This system presented school grades. applied for admission after ;the program. mentally retarded and with a sixty several problems, the greatest of A recent decision by the September 1, 1982 paid $2771, and For Carolyn, a participant in year old fisherman building a which was the lack of initial University of Waterloo's math those wishing to enroll in the music boat-house, the part of the an levy. Katimavik's second year 1978-79, best cont'd on page 9 faculty to place a quota of 35 to 40 program paid additional the budget for essentials wasn't entire program for Jim. For the enough to live on at her first rest of the first three months the project, Harbour group visited with other Katimavik Breton, Newfoundland. With six groups, and travelled to Victoria. apples selling for $3.00, Carolyn and For the second project, Jim and Inside her group had to supplement their his group were flown into the O'Keefe - leaves post diet by fishing an occupation not isolated Indian Reserve at Muskrat this Dam in Northwestern Ontario. by considered unusual by the people of Mike Strathdee a job which he has held for the past Harbour Breton, ninety-five per There the group worked with the Jim O'Keefe has resigned as two years. cent of whom were employed by a Band Council and cut down trees for week local fish factory. a sawmill. Jim worked in the WLUSU Liquor Services coordin- O'Keefe has also served as head ator, resident of Euler and Leopold Carolyn found the situation reservation school as an assistant effective March 11th. Fedsjob creation program a teacher. He also with residences over the past academic awkward at first, but came to like lived an Indian sham? pg, 3 year, an affiliation which he hopes to working for the community. During and learned to set rabbit traps. retain next year. her three months there she and her bor Jim there Why pay a Cord Editor? wasn't much Although O'Keefe's wife will be group built a baseball diamond and point in continuing on to the final pg.4, pg. 6 taking courses at WLU next year, added plumbing, electricity and project in Quebec. He now had O'Keefe is uncertain at present homemade furniture to the ninety a job in to go to Penetanguishene whether he will be returning as head Superficiality; Fashionable year old house where they stayed. and the Katimavik program had resident. shallowness pg. 7 Carolyn also helped slow readers "nothing better" to offer him. He O'Keefe said that his job with from Kindergarten to Grade 3 in a commented on the amount of "dead Carling O'Keefe came about as a school which contained all grades to time" when there was nothing to do, Ontario gov't freezes OSAP result of expansion which Carling's Grade 12. the lack of organization at some of living allowances pg. & is currently undergoing. He hopes From November to February, the projects and the "hippie school" that his work within the Carling s-Carolyn's half of the group cut ski philosophy that he felt Katimavik critical organization will eventually lead to Cockburn of frails near Snow Lake, Manitoba, a had. After a working for while, Jim work in public relations and Canadian Foreign Policy Wn 3500 north-west of proceeded to the Honours English 9 «; photo by Karim Virani promotion with the company PS- Winnipeg. This group's only line of program at the University of "down the road." communication from their bush Western Ontario. O'Keefe's decision to leave WLU for c O'Keefe describes his years at amp to the town six and a half miles According to Elaine Sigler, a position as a sales representative Nader Laurier as a "learning experience" urges Canadians to away was by C.B. radio, which Recruitment for Carling O'Keefe breweries in the only Katimavik's Regional which develop citizen skills pg. 9 - saw several "good after 9p.m. The other half of Director for the province of Ont- K-W Cambridge area marks the 'forked developments and modernization" e group at Snow Lake operated a ario, the program has a twenty per end of several years service to the at the Laurier pubs. weekly newspaper from a restored cent "departure rate," meaning that WLU community in a variety of He added that there was often "a David Wilcox interviewed Printing press above the town hall. one out of five participants in the positions. O'Keefe first worked lot of hard work," but he found his pg. *0 The final three months of the Katimavik program leaves before part-time in the Turret as a WLU ' job rewarding in that it was shared at mavik program was the best the nine month period is completed. student between 1978-1979. Upon I' with "a lot of good people". Part for Carolyn. She had chosen the Sigler also stated that eighty-five per graduation in 1979, he accepted the Who is Bob Fripp? pg. 11 tary option and as it happened, cent of those who completed tire position of Lounge Supervisor with WLUSU business manager John sP ent the it in Quebec, the compulsory program go on to further education. Student Union. When, then Karr stated that WLUSU does not How to work abroad pg. 12 Part of the program. At the Val Sigler has been with Katimavik on Liquor Services Coordinator Mike plan to replace O'Keefe until mid- artier Army Base all thirty-three in field staff, as a group leader and for Belanger accepted the newly created August. Karr said that since there is Feature: A.C.'s in Ontario er group lived in barracks, took three years in her present position. Housing Director position one half no time at present to look for a Pg. 16 purses in French for half the time, She admits that the program had its year later, O'Keefe moved up to the replacement, and that business at first aid, rifle handling, share of "horror stories" in the Liquor Services Coordinator's post, cont'd on page 8 2 The Cord Weekly, Thursday, March 24, 1983 7 ; It- f,| ; . I Pfl* ' " /I '*{ flf lR 11 V * : • f J '■ -Wr ■'■<{■■■■■■■ ■..'■■■*:-v- > :: / gf: -"V J$ ' :•>:•:%vt-:v:v^":<:;:::>:::<:::;X;:v:;:wXx:;:v: ;:y:;:x:;y::cv:-:v>:%*:*:':*:":v:':v:":«:";->>x .w.v.-.v -:•:•:•■ •'•■•'•'•*•••■ ;.// :. 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