11ber 7. 2009 Wednesday, September 16. 2009 • Volume 50. Issue 5 • thecord.ca ----------------------------------------~--~----------- ---·----------------------------------------- The tie that binds Wilfrid Laurier University since 1926 - Mustangs trample Hawks Laurier football team suffers a devastating loss to rivals Western; Hawks shut-out until final minute of the game 11-21 for just 71 yards as well as an JUSTIN FAUTEUX interception before giving way to SPORTS EDITOR back-up Evan Pawliuk early in the fourth quarter. The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Pawliuk would go on to throw men's football team posted their the Hawks' only touchdown of the first loss of the season in a rather game, a 34 yard pass to second-year embarrassing fashion on Saturday receiver Shamawd Chambers, with afternoon. 21 seconds remaining in the game. The Hawks traveled to London "We just stalled out there;• and fell30-7 to the perennially hat­ said Thompson of the offence's ed Western Mustangs. struggles. In a game that was meant to be a "Our defence was playing well but showcase of the two most complete we were the unit that really strug­ teams in the province, the Hawks' gled. We've got a lot of work to do, offence simply did not measure up. obviously we got blown out today, They were ineffective throughout but we're not going to run and hide, the game, finishing with just 208 we're going to come back fighting total yards- compared to the Mus­ and start preparing for next week tangs' 435- and coming within 21 right away:• seconds of being shut-out for the Providing stark contrast to the first time in 25years. Hawks' dismal passing performance "I think we beat ourselves more was Mustangs' quarterback Michael than anything;' said manager of Faulds, who went 21-30 for 315 football operations and head coach yards and two touchdowns against Gary Jeffries. the Hawks' defence, which put up "We had opportunities to make a valiant effort but spent too much plays but we just didn't. We said time on the field to remain effective. coming in that it was going to be a "Our defence came out and played field position game and we played a tremendous game;' said Jeffries. nearly the whole game in our own "They really gutted it out and end:' hung in there. We played pretty Third -year quarterback Luke much the entire third quarter in our Thompson was particularly off in end and we only gave up the long this contest. pass to [Western running back Thompson, a London native, had a rough homecoming, finishing page 28 YUSUF KIDWAI Pf IOTOGRAPHY MANAGER Emily Haines took the stage at a first-year exclusive concert held at the Athletic Complex on Saturday. Metric rocks 0-Week hit its high point with Haines softly The peak of the night was un­ REBECCA VASLUIANU singing ''I'm higher than high, lower doubtedly when Joshua Winstead ARTS EDITOR than deep;' sounding flawless live. began playing the distinct bass -line Metric then played several hits that could only mean one thing - From the moment Metric vocal- from Fantasies, including the ev­ "Dead Disco". Delivering an impec­ ist Emily Haines stepped on-stage er-popular "Help, I'm Alive" and cable live performance of the song, - a vision of sequins and striking "Gimme Sympathy". Haines' catchy lyrics had most of the dark makeup - the atmosphere at They also mixed in lesser-known audience singing along in unison. the Athletic Complex, packed to the tracks like "Sick Muse", which al­ Busting out another classic, rec­ NICK LACHANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER brim with first-year students, was lowed Haines to show off her versa­ ognizable track, "Monster Hospital", Shamawd Chambers (left) and Josh Bishop (right) Look on during out of control. tile pipes with strange vocal soloing. Metric pumped even more energy the final seconds of the game. Laurier Lost 30-7 to Western. If you thought 0-Week spirit was Following were guitar-heavy and excitement into the crowded, intense, imagine the gym packed "Gold Guns Girls" and groovy track sweatyAC. with 2,100 dancing, singing and "Handshakes" from Metric's previ­ Ending powerfully with the an­ "woo" -ing students, crowd-surfing ous album Live It Out. them "Stadium Love", or as Haines and chanting 0-Week cheers to Haines exuded frantic energy aptly re-named it, "Gymnasium No ·more free Metric's booming music. throughout, flailing rhythmically Love", Metric's vocalist simply Needless to say, it was an unfor­ like a possessed, metallic robot. stumbled off the stage near the end gettable end to a jam-packed week Going through what seemed like of the song and the band denied the for many first-years . mood-swings, Haines often drifted exuberant crowd an encore, despite football games The Toronto-based indie musi­ into the music, seeming to pay no desperate pleas; ending the concert cians began their set around 9:15 attention to the exuberant audience. at 10:30 p.m. after only 11 songs. p.m. with crowd-pleaser "Twi­ Several times though, she in­ For first-year anthropology stu­ light Galaxy" from their new album dulged the first-year crowd, even dent Kistufer Janaura, the lack of an Students must now pay $5 to attend Fantasies. yelling out "I hate this time of year. Setting the stage with its subdued I get so nostalgic for summer. Now page 28 keyboard-centric intro, the song it's back to mother-fucking school!" page 15 2 • EDITOR'S PAGE The Cord • Wednesday. September 16. 2009 Brick Brewery sued for lime News ....................... ·3 beer Local ....................... ·7 Life ........................ 18 National ....................10 Feature .................... 23 International ................ 11 Opinion ................... 24 Local, page 8 Arts ........................ 13 Sports ..................... 28 Editor-in-Chief Laura Carlson • [email protected] News Ed This week in quotes Vocal Cord What do you think 0-Week of the AC's reduced hours? "We have seen the Bag 0' Crime ''unco-operative nature THEFf OVER $5000 struck in the neck and nose, sus­ of this very rigid prime Location: Nichols Centre Quad taining minor injuries. Reported: Sept. 7 @ 3:19 a.m. minister and his A WLUSU staff member reported ASSISTANCE CALL FROM the theft of a rented golf cart from PUBLIC inability to work in a the Fred Nichols Campus Cen- Location: Residence tre Quad. Video surveillance of Reported: Sept. 10@ 10:20 a.m. minority parliament ... the Quad showed four individuals Special Constable Service received "Um. .. they have reduced standing near the cart. Approxi­ a call from a concerned parent who in a constructive way. hours? I don't like that at mately 10 minutes later, the video had not heard from her daughter in all." showed the cart being driven from the last 24 hours. The student was - Nathan Nichols the quad area, heading towards located in her room and explained - Andrew Telegdi,former MP for Waterloo, Fifth-year math and com­ Bricker Ave. The cart was found on that she had spent the night at a on the possibility ofa fall election Sept. 8 near the main entrance to friend's house. She was advised to puter science the Peters Building. No suspects contact her parents. have been identified at this time. I"What a lot of campuses have done is they've stopped allowing ASSIST OTHER SERVICE food to be prepared and/or sold in common, open areas where INJURED/SICK PERSON Location: Parking Lot 10 there isn't proper storage and blah blah blah blah blah:' Location: Residence Reported: Sept 10 @3:20p.m. -Dan Dawson, director ofstudent services regarding new policies on selling food in the Reported: Sept. 8@ 1:32 a.m. Special constables assisted regional concourse. A special constable and ERT re­ Police with a vehicle theft inves­ sponded to the west stairwell of a tigation. Regional police reported "There is a gap between what we want to do and being able to do residence after receiving a report of that the Grand River Car Share ve­ it:' a severely intoxicated male. On ar­ hicle had been reported stolen but - Vice-president academic Deb McLatchy speaking to the senate regarding Laurier's rival, the male student was found had since been recovered. Regional academic planning and the constraints due to a lack ofprovincial andfideralfonding. seated on the floor amongst several police requested Special Constable "Terrible. I work out all the pools of vomit. His speech was in­ Service review video footage of the "What we agreed to, here, as ministers in the G2o, is that the time. They reduced the coherent and he was having diffi­ area on campus where the vehicle world economy is stabilizing. We also agreed that no clear hours when students are culty remaining seated in an upright is usually parked. The surveillance recovery is evident. So we're being very cautious because we fear most free." position. Witnesses reported that video indicated that the car had not going back into recession:' -Tim Lao the individual had consumed about been parked in the designated spot -Jim Flaherty, Canada's minister offinance, on the G2o minister's summit in London. 15 shots of alcohol in a 45 minute during the time frame in question. Third-year business time period. INJURED/SICK PERSON BREAK & ENTER Location: Residence Location: Residence Reported: Sept. 10 @ 4:10 a.m. Reported: Sept. 9@ 8:30p.m. A student who was preparing to Person(s) unknown stole a potted evacuate a residence during a fire plant through an open window at alarm injured her head when she From the archives a residence. A male had been ob­ bent down to put on her shoes.