VOLUME XXXII ISSUE 18 Seagram: We pay ANDREW THOMSON If WLU fails to live up to its end of the bargain then WLU gets its The Cord money back and has to cough up the field. Lauder is undertaking a projected renovation plan of just over On September 23, after a period of quiet negotiations with Waterloo four million dollars. City Council, the administration announced they had purchased The process is gradual and incremental; no money will actually be Seagram Stadium for the low price of one dollar. paid before the spring of '93, and will continue into the middle of the It seemed appropriate that the Stadium was returning to the decade. venerable institution for which it had been built. WLU would have its What was decided was that three million dollars should be raised own stadium, and the prestige and benefits that entails. through a campaign. Responsible for the campaign is the The sale was conditional though. WLU could rename Seagram, STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE: Fundraising for but nothing that was offensive to U of W, because they'll continue to Seagram's Stadium. play there for the next few years at least. The Stadium must continue The committee includes such familiar names as President Weir, to serve the Waterloo public, for local sporting events and the like. Dean Nichols, CIAU coach of the year Rich Newbrough, and WLUSU President Nick Jiminez. Their Case Statement targets alumni for $1.75 million, corpora- tions for $800,000, Friends for $175,000, foundations for $150,000 and Faculty, Staff, and Students for $125,000. The chief item on the list is a new field of artificial turf. Estimates vary as to its cost but the figure on the minds of those who decide such matters is approximately 2.5 million dollars. There will also be new dressing rooms, and a revamped athletic training centre, and work on the press box to name a few areas of improvement. The issue confronting the Student body is whether or not to finan- cially commit to taking a part in the renovation through an organized effort, such as an addition to student fees. Once again there is no concrete agenda, but a suggestion is that the amount would be roughly $10 per student, maybe divided into 3 installments over the next 3 years. To this end an ad hoc committee has been formed from the BOD. The committee was given the directive to come up with an action plan that would outline how the Student Body would be informed of the issue, their opinions registered and a response given. The report was tabled list Friday to the approval of the BOD. The initial steps are to uiarket the issues of Seagram, distribute a fact sheet, approach the Cord about running a series of articles on the issues, holding an open forum and then taking a survey to find the results. Among the smorgasbord of issues to be explored could be the role the students will play in future administration of the Stadium. A document entitled Strategy, Campaign Materials and Require- ments was written so that certain key donors would see formal ar- chitectural plans and budget costs for die project. It was mentioned at the Wednesday January The Hawks were rejected big time! 15 meeting of the ad Story on page 21. pic: Jen Kuntz Continued to page 7 Rain Reigns SUMMARY NEWS KEVIN WATSON original about Cheer's Lylith ample. Their different approach Cord Entertainment Crane being the hottest woman to music has already earned them The Dummies CRASH on the planet is just such an ex- a small amount of success. They Pg- 15 The Laurier audience's cry for are featured on last year's CFNY precipitation was answered as Go FISH for New Talent modern music talent search al- WLU's own Pray For Rain Pg- 17 bum."This big break has helped stormed through Wilf s Saturday acquire gigs over other night. them bands", said Torres, "because it To try and compare this band SPORTS impresses the bar owners." to any other is difficult. I suppose the word "unique" would best de- After seeing endless bands Men's Basketball SHOT scribe the experience of seeing who are too caught up in either down! pg. 21 perform, performing their music or them- this band particularly Super Bowl, Super Picks with respect to bassist lan Torres. selves it was refreshing to witness When Torres is not chatting a band that not only performs, Pg- 25 up the audience, or bobbing wild- but entertains as well. Audience ly to the beat, he, along with participation is built into their act, guitarist Steve Halvargson and with such things as guest SCENE drummer Jamie Forsythe provide audience singers, and guessing Sexist Posters, Active Im- a tight rhythm section. Key- B.J. Everhart's impersonation boardist B.J. Everhart, and sax (Congratulations to wh <mever aginations? pg. 5 players Carl Berger and Rob guessed Stan Smenge). Sheldon Wrestles at Fenton are notable musicians in Wilf's pg. 8 their own right. Although they are A word should be said about all solid musicians, the band vo- the opening band Foolsbus. The vocal stylings of lead singer Bob CORD cals leave something to be THE desired. Maybe this was a result Cave are a mix between Gord BUSINESS of the constant mic problems dur- Downie of the Tragically Hip and ing the first set. Joe Cocker. Since bassist Ed Rusk was absent (lan Torres LAURIER Business Team The unique quality of this stepped in) it is hard to judge this Wins pg. 10 band gives it a definite edge over band. Although not as entertain- others. Rather than regurgitating ing or unique as Pray For Rain, note for note old cover tunes, they are a band to look out for. they offer altered versions of Watch for both of these bands cover tunes mixed with some to be featured on the upcoming very original material. Their pic: Kevin Watson Musician Network album. || storting NOW | ' H jj Eg Beat the posted score on the gaye | —y— t of the leek and ill a jIS '"E j order of Mte..ioB so. j HN>eyC T is nggdgd [ ' i' L ' ' / v m St m * I . jTO R6FL6CT TH<E N<EUU IMRO€ c Eq ! Bring your submissions up to the w,ywirwwTA' MxwwiwwftY^TwwTwwwpwwT^T i" l3u 14 w^w^^^^Y i Union offico ' ________ iTTTTir-■„■■l % .L~J I I (K>o> (U(NI]©N ©63 (nXra€ @Ul®(l@iyi _ Ex jk A A D%/ ' C ! MlUI ftnJ | i WLU astl Rerame Serrioe [ I■■ I > Get your ESSAYS and Resumes ■ B f| J-j} | |» ' J | accurately and quickly typed at the C .Tar>i lary 24th. j WLU Stndenb' Union Typesetting andßmoiim C tOOnS: LoOnlE . _ _ i.:Very competitive prices. E>etalls at tlie. % 2 ».m. Friday-™sl i~hs.«hr. — "I~l\\l \ I I ' [ i iznzJr \™w?w* 1 s (.«. m, -& w i uasVsss 112 xrj Tickets at the door $4 other yi warems Week] THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1992 THE CORD EDITORIAL PAGE 3 Editorial: I lost my virginity to OSAP I first obtained an application for OSAP, I was unaware that I had opened my life to turmoil, to pressure, and to the violation of my own person. I thought that all they wanted was friendship; I was in- nocent and naive. Little did I know that I would be left feeling used and dirty as a result of my rela- Whentionship with the OSAP office. I applied for OSAP in late June of *91.1 was told by the OSAP office that this would be sufficient time for my application to be processed and I could look forward to a cheque in September. After a wonderful summer I returned to register, with the expectation of receiving that cheque, which would allow me to pay for one more year of education. A Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publication When I asked for it, I was informed that they had not received my application. Very nice. I was further in- 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ont. N3L 2C5 that some applications in - formed are lost the mail every year. (519) 884-2990 Fax: (519) 886-9351 Advertising: (519) 884-5092 Well, I understood that this was no fault of theirs and such things do happen and are a part of life. They sug- gested that I reapply to OSAP "right away". I mentioned that without OSAP my current budget would last me one month. They again suggested that I reapply to OSAP "immediately". JANUARY 23, 1992 So I did. Two weeks later they sent a letter to my parents informing them that they needed a notice as to why VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 18 I was not living at home, in order to determine whether or not I should be awarded "cost of living on my own ex- penses". My mother sent the letter in promptly. Two weeks later, I returned to the OSAP office to find out what stage of the process my application was at. I EDITORIAL BOARD , approached the desk and was asked for my number. The lady punched & I.D. it into the computer and stared at the I EDITOR-IN-CHIEF .. Mark Hand screen. IrasVVS EDITOR Mike vanßodegom ASSOCIATE NEWS She told me that my application had been sent back to my parent's address. I told her things didn't sound EDITOR . Sheldon Page right and that what the OSAP office had sent was a notice explaining that my parents should send in a letter SCENE|EipOR Dave Marcus giving reasons for me not living there.