In support of Fun campus clubs human rights Page 16 Page 4 THE CORD WEEKLY Wednesday October 17, 2001 Laurier's Official Student Newspaper • Volume 42 • Issue 10 3 News 6 Opinion 8 International 10 Feature 12 Entertainment 14 Sports 16 Student Life 19 Business 20 Classifieds Hawks clinch playoff berth Derek Iwanuk referee. Cheap shots and dirty with a punctured lung and had to knocks were thrown from the be taken off the field in an ambu- This past weekend, Laurier's Mustangs as Laurier began to dom- lance. defending national champion inate the game. Although the first half of the men's soccer team won two key Finally, after many obvious but game was a breeze for the Hawks, games over Western and Windsor, missed calls, a red card was issued the second proved to be more and in the process clinched a play- to the Mustang's Mikael Gebre- challenging. The Lancers came out off spot. Mariam, after he took a deliberate fired up and started to attack the On Saturday, the Hawks shot at the knees of one of the Laurier defence. There were sever- topped Western despite poor offi- Laurier players. al instances where the Lancers ciating, beating the Mustangs by a Questionable officiating and came close to scoring, and about score of 2-0. dirty play did not distract the ten minutes into the second half a The win elimi- Hawks, as Niki questionable call resulted in a nates the Laurier 2, Western 0 Budalic scored on penalty kick for Windsor. The Mustangs from a breakaway. He Lancers scored on the attempt as a post-season play was able to launch diving Pieter Meuleman barely and clinches a playoff spot for the the shot over the Mustang goalie missed the blistering shot. Hawks. This is a sweet taste of for the second goal of the game. The Hawks struggled a bit in revenge for the Hawks as the After this goal the Hawks were on the second half but regrouped Mustangs have been the only team cruise control for the rest of the quickly and picked up a quick to beat Laurier so far this season. match, leading to a 2 - 0 victory. score by Steve Cox midway The game began with a very Tension between the official through the second half. That goal conservative approach, as both and Laurier Soccer Head Coach took the wind out of the Lancer's teams were concentrating on con- Barry MacLean was obvious sails as Laurier wrapped up anoth- trolling the ball. The teams seemed throughout the match. At one er victory. to be feeling each other out as point in the game the referee came When asked if he was surprised there was little offence being dis- over to the Laurier bench and gave by the winless Lancer's aggressive played and scoring chances were a warning to MacLean. ROCHACEWICH style of attack in the second half, few and far between. Overall, there When asked about the officiat- Laurier Soccer Coach Barry was little action in the first half. ing, the coach responded, LAURA MacLean stated: "Not really, they Laurier rolled over Western and Windsor this weekend That changed in the second "Horrible, absolutely horrible. always play us tough." When asked half as both teams began to open it Obviously he has something the motivation we need," ty by blowing a shot past the if he thought fatigue played a key up. At the sixty-minute mark, against us." This was evident, as explained MacLean. Lancer's goalie. in the game the coach responded Laurier finally broke the scoreless after the whistle had sounded the Coming off a huge win on The aggressive pursuit did not honestly. "We went through a bit of tie after an indirect kick found its official refused to shake MacLean's Saturday, the momentum seemed quit after first blood had been a bad spell there in the second way to Keith MacCuish, who was hand. to carry into Sunday's game as drawn. With the half coming to a half. I thought we got a bit cocky." able to put it in the back of the net. Despite the sorry scene, the Laurier started the close, Joel The nationally third-ranked This goal was win MacLean in the one that led to had good spirits. match with an Laurier 3, Windsor 1 Abwunza found Hawks wrap up their regular sea- the Mustangs' demise, as Laurier When asked if he thought the win aggressive attack the back of the net son this week with games against took control for the rest of the meant any more since the on the Lancers. It and Laurier went Guelph and Waterloo. The game game. Mustangs were the only team to was clear early-on that the Lancers into the half with a commanding 2 against the Warriors is important as The Mustangs would not go hand Laurier a loss this year, the could not handle the attack as they - 0 lead. Although the Hawks were the winner will earn first place in down without taking a few retalia- coach responded, "It doesn't mean fouled on a clear breakaway. The easily in control, there was a nega- the OUA West division, which tory hits at the Hawks, which much more. This rivalry has been foul led to a free kick and Dave tive side to the end of the half. One MacLean has called "probably the seemed to slip discretely by the going on for a long time. That's all Nutt capitalized on the opportuni- of the Lancers players went down toughest division in Canada." Student leaders talk growth, plan campaign Nadine Fladd missed (their target) by 10-15%," said Rosehart and the administration] keep mak- A market research group is expected to Tunstall. "The two arguments the university ing decisions on an ad hoc basis," he said conduct a survey in the Concourse next Approximately 20 students met in the makes for growth...are the responsibility referring to first year entry and the universi- week in the hopes of discovering what Students' Union board room yesterday after- .argument and the financial argument," he ty growth related to it, "we have to force Laurier students think and feel about the noon to discuss the issue of growth at said, explaining that the university feels an them to make a decision." growth issue. Wellhauser explained that Dr. Laurier. obligation to take in students, especially in For Tunstall, the options regarding Rosehart is aware of the event planned for Those present included members of the the impending double-cohort year. Laurier's growth include, "one, responsible November 6th, and stressed that, "it's very Board of Governors, Students' Union, and He notes, however, that in institutional growth. ..two, we stay the same...three, we important for students to know it's com- Senate, as well as student leaders not affiliat- plans for first year entry at other Ontario shrink." ing...some exciting things are going to hap- ed with any of the above organizations. universities, the projected numbers jump In response to the issue of responsible pen." He also stated that he believes that Simon Tunstall, a student representative on "for two years," to accommodate the double- growth, those in attendance discussed a many of the problems he's seen throughout both the Senate and the Board of cohort students, but then return to near "Town Hall" event in which all students are his tenure are "directly tied to over-enrol- Governors, chaired the meeting. their previous levels. invited to participate. ment and growth." Statistics presented included Laurier's At Laurier, he explained, the projected "This is not just a one-day thing," said Students interested in the growth issue target enrolment of first year students versus numbers do drop after the double cohort, Tunstall, referring to yesterday's meeting. at Laurier are invited to e-mail David actual enrolment numbers since 1992. but do not return to anywhere near their "This is the first day...of a campaign for the Wellhauser at [email protected] or to attend According to numbers provided with the original levels before it. next five or six months." Thursday's Senate meeting. Details about meeting's agenda, target enrolment for 2001 "The idea that we have to grow is a com- After twenty minutes of opening remarks Town Hall, which will take place from 10:30 was 2,275 students, while actual enrolment plete myth," said Tunstall, who argued that and background information on the growth a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Paul Martin Centre, was closer to approximately 2,600. the claims of responsibility and a financial issue, the meeting went in-camera before will be advertised in The Cord. "Three of the last four years they've need to grow are unfounded. "They [Dr. any real discussion had taken place. 11 ifili from 9a.m. 5 fffHt V LARGE 3 TOPPINGS FREE DELIVERY (on campus only) — T " V J —Wi££—'■ 1 -— : t>\4 yoa tvrfy* tfcat 1 ':% tilt# 1 nfrht at MWs? ■ V^' 1 ACCESS LAURIER rlli| ANYWHERE WITH ... -«(|Bt> LiJUjgjJlfp - http://www.clublaurier.ca New volunteer opportunities will be available soon. J. 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