The Cord Weekly (October 24, 2001)
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You all missed a Laurier's gay party community Preatage 16 THE Page 20 CORD WEEKLY Wednesday October 24, 2001 Laurier's Official Student Newspaper • Volume 42 • Issue 11 5news Discussing globalization advent of computers has eased this Author speaks about its nega- process so there is a minimal loss in efficiency. This opens up access tive effects on Mexican work- to cheap labour forces in countries like Mexico. Wages are kept to a ers and factories minimum by stripping workers of benefits and safer work environ- Corwin Leifso Global Assembly Line. She person- ments. ally has over two decades of work Consequently, Fernandez-Kelly Renowned sociologist Maria experience along the US-Mexico feels the voices of workers in Patricia Fernandez-Kelly visited border and other impoverished places like Mexico have been Wilfrid Laurier University Thursday areas of the United States. Her silenced. They can not fight for to participate in the Laurier publications, which "show pas- benefits and improved standards Interdisciplinary Lecture Series. sion" according to Dr. Andrew because labour costs would be The title of Fernandez-Kelly's lec- Lyons who introduced her, focus raised as result. Increased labour ture was "The mainly on how costs force corporations to move Silence of Free r "i structural eco- their factories to cheaper places to Trade: Mexican Wages are kept to nomic changes stay competitive. So, even if the Maquiladoras and affect real people. workers were to gain their bene- Globalization," a minimum by Her focus this fits, they would most likely lose which fits aptly stripping workers lecture was on the their jobs. into the "silence" ofbenefits and effects of According to Fernandez-Kelly, theme of this Globalization on labour wages in the US and Canada year's LILS. safer work the Maquiladoras. have dropped as well. However, Fernandez- environments. The Maquiladoras ROCHACEWICH because the workers in these coun- Kelly is the author ■J- are hundreds of tries are the benefactors of the of "For We Are 4 man ufacturing LAURA cheap, foreign manufactured prod- Sold, I and My People: Women and plants in Mexico along the US bor- Author and Emmy award-winner Maria Patricia Fernandez-Kelly talks ucts, why would anyone complain? free trade and wishes Laura could have caught her at a better moment. Industry in Mexico's Frontier" der, many of which are subsidiaries Cheap commercial havens like Wal- which was nominated as one of the of large US based corporations. ment strategy. For the US, this explained, is the geographical Mart exist because of globalization. best 25 monographs of the last 25 Legislation in Mexico allows for means they have a close supply of expansion of companies. So man- In the land where Martha Stewart years by Contemporary Sociology. raw goods to be imported and fin- virtually tax-free labourers who will agement can be located in a central is Queen, who would dare break She also co-produced an Emmy ished products to be exported with work for practically nothing. country, and manufacturing can be the silence? Award winning documentary: The ease as part of Mexico's develop- Globalization, Fernandez-Kelly placed anywhere in the world. The Men's basketball undefeated in tournament Craig Reaney Mary's crawled their way back to within three with less than a minute to go. Laurier's reputation for producing less than Fortunately for Laurier, an off-balance three stellar men's basketball teams may have to point attempt by a St. Mary's guard was off be re-evaluated after this past weekend's the mark, eliminating the possibility of over- tournament. The tournament took place at time. The final score was 85-82 favouring the WLU's Athletic Complex and its participants Hawk's. consisted of three Atlantic Conference teams The tournament continued with Laurier and Laurier's Golden Hawks. facing the Dalhousie Tigers on Saturday afternoon. It was clear that Laurier meant business right from the opening tip, as their Laurier 85, St. mary's 82 communication on defence was impressive. Laurier 80, Dalhousie 75 The Hawks played with higher levels of con- Laurier 71, Acadia 67 fidence and their turnover numbers decreased accordingly. A larger portion of the game consisted of exciting plays with The tournament began on Friday fewer poor decisions made by WLU. evening with Laurier. doing battle with the Though Laurier's consistency improved, St. Mary's Huskies. The first half of play was the score at halftime did not represent this. characterized by polar extremes. At times, Dalhousie was up 38-37 after the first twenty Laurier was a calm, yet exciting team to minutes of play. Unlike the previous game, watch. On other occasions, the game was the Hawks came out flat at the start of the filled with turnovers and bad decisions. second half. SOLANKI In contrast, the second half told a differ- The score was close throughout the rest ent story as the Hawks came out flying. The of the game, but it was WLU's Todd Cooney JYOTI many days. The final score was WLU 80, combination of improved shot selection as who would make a clutch play as time We're pretty sure at least one of these guvs Dalhousie 75. plays for Laurier. We don't know much. well as better rebounding allowed the wound down. He received a long outlet pass The final game of the weekend for Laurier squad to lead by as many as fourteen over the Dalhousie defence and converted Laurier was against the Acadia Axemen. This points in the early stages of the half. the layup for an easy two. It put Laurier up game was more one-sided as the Axemen But a blow out was not in the cards. 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The trees were purchased as When Don Crowther shoveled the part of a city program called Trees first pile of earth around the edges for Life. Through the program, of the new trees by the Science institutions are "offered a 15% dis- Building Monday morning, it count on the cost of trees in order marked the beginning of a joint to make it more affordable for environmental renewal project them to green the urban space," headed by the administration and said Elizabeth Podgurny, co-ordi- the Students' Union. nator of the Environmental The project calls for $20,000 to Awareness Committee. be spent during the fall semester The $12,000 is expected to buy on trees, bike racks, a reusable cof- over 60 new trees to be planted on — fee mug cam- — campus. paign, compost- "Some of the ing programs and "Some of the trees are in the environmental trees are in ground and with- awareness cam- the ground and in the next two paigns. weeks we should within the next to see W!("H Recently, the be able and : administration two weeks we enjoy the rest of and the Students' should be able them," said David I?('X"HACF both Wellhauser, Union to see and JPA agreed to put Executive Vice A! $6,000 towards enjoy the rest President of I Planting trees... or craftily burying the evidence? the purchase of of them." University Affairs. new trees to be Wellhauser now initiative, it is also long overdue. I posters and wants to start a pilot Due to a long dry summer and planted on cam- plans to work sincerely hope that this is not just composting project later this year recent campus construction that pus. Environment Minister with Ron Dupuis, WLU's Assistant a one-time occurrence," said once they've discussed the merits necessitated the removal of many Elizabeth Witmer and Waterloo Vice President of Physical Wellhauser. of the idea with the food services dead or obtrusive trees, as well as Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft attend- Resources, to develop a long-term Podgurny is taking steps to and residence life committees. to a sudden rash of vandalism in ed the ceremony and have both environmental plan for the school make sure that this is not the case While she is eager to get things recent weeks, the trees that will be committed to donating a tree in over the next few months. as the Environmental Awareness rolling, "we're still in the planning planted are much needed. order to help the school achieve its "As excited as I am about this committee has secured 10 corn- stages," said Podgurny. Confronting tragedy through faith Members of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions gather at Laurier to discuss faith in the context of tragedy and hope. Stefan Sereda Service were all given a chance to ly means "he who struggles with source of hope.