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Inside This Issue News 3 Classifieds 8 Opinion 10 Student Life 11 Feature 14 Sports 20 Entertainment . 25 Brain Candy 31 "The tie that binds since 1926" Volume XXXVH • Issue Four • Thursday, September 5,1996 WLU Student Publications theFroshWEEKLY Cord Week '96 B&D BEUVEMES/r INC. o t C/rt >i/c and 'SWW' II A 45 ™ a/ue^ j - Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:30 a.m. 10 p.m. • Friday & Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. * TREND MPC 5120 TREND MPC 5133 TREND MPC 5150 TREND MPC 5166 ti < y fKSSSBBBM * * ghtfrafdve * » ■ 13^3n UIH Intel Pentium Processor J 20MHz Intel Pentium Processor 133MHz Intel Pentium Processor 150MHz Intel Pentium processor 166MHz ° ° c 11E s s 0 R ■ " Warranto ss * ■ ® * ndlianiy chipset Chipset * 8__ *NEW INTEL 430VX M/b New Intel 430VX m/ New Intel 430VX Chipset m/b New Intel 430VX Chipset M/B Meg * * * ■ ■ *• *16 ram 72 Pin 256Kb pipeline Cache 256Kb Pipeline Cache 256Kb Pipeline Cache " * | * * * 3.5" FLOPPY t6 Meg RAM 72 PIN t6 MEG EDO RAM 16 MEG EDO RAM ■ * Ultra B Fast 8X CD ROM 1 .OS Gb Hard Drive 1.70 Gb Hard Drive 1 70 Gb Hard Drive ■ " * * 16 Bit Stereo * I |||g| Sound Card Ultra Fast 8X CD ROM ultra fast 8X CD ROM Ultra Fast 8X CD ROM "** * I W" 11l Stereo Speakers 16 Bit Stereo Sound Card * Sound Blaster AWF. 32 * Sound Blaster AWE 32 " " I IB 14" SVGA N.l. 28dp Monitor Stereo Speakers 15 * Stereo Speakers * Stereo Speakers Pffjf ' MPEG Standard Video IMb * 15" SVGA N 1 28dp Monitor • 15" SVGA N 1 28dp Monitor * 17" SVGA 1280 x 1024 Monitor * * 104 keyboard a mouse • mpeg exp ' N i ? 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All Listed Prices are cash discounted ! . NEWS Students' Union tightens security Security system bought after summer break-in MELANIE SEAL assets that need protecting," Lynn Student Centres have some type of Cord News explained. security control: "It's a safety pre- On August 19, WLUSU installed "Our number one concerns are caution ... it allows us to have con- a "Defence" alarm system on its vandalism - we need to protect our- trol of who is in the building." profit centres and main office, selves - and theft: we don't want to The alarm system is equipped which acts as both a motion and fork out because of a robbery in the with the ability to expand through- audio sensor. "Any time an area is Unret," Lynn noted. "Hopefiifly the out the entire building, should the violated, we can pick it up, we can alarm will deter those who want to Students' Union decide toremove its keep track of whois going where by ruin the buildingfor everyone else." status as 24 hour accessible build- their log in numbers," Students' Campus security is hooked up to ing. "The lounge is going to remain Union President JoelLynn said. the alarm system, and is immedi- open 24 hours until we complete The May break-in on Wilfrid ately notified in the event of a the audit of the alarm system. The Laurier University Students' Union break-in. Security will in turn notify decision on closing the building is was a deciding factor in the future the local authorities, ifnecessary. yet to be decided. We are very ofthe building. Tightening the security around proud of the building, we want to Money hungry... The Students' Union Turret safe found itself ravished "In light of the recent break, in the Students' Union Building is not make sure that the current state is by thieves in search of cold hard cash. we realized that we had a lot of a new idea. Lynn said that most maintained," Lynn said. WLUSU cuts WLU sees more green General MELANIE SEAL Wey said, "but they don't want to Cord News take anymore than they already do WLU's custodians have extended because we're in a valley right now Manager their duties to include the universi- Because the bottom fell out of the ty's recycling program. Previously, market it's tough to find a contrac- they only collected fine paper and tor to do both (systems of recy- position cardboard. Their new responsibili- cling)." ties include maintenance of blue Currently, the city of Waterloo bins in open and academic areas. and Laidlaw have separate con- MELANIE SEAL The primary objective ofthe pro- tracts with the residences and the Cord News gram is to ensure carts are emptied academic areas. The containers in WpM laurier IjyversMy Studen&T each week, and are always returned the residences will accept coloured Union has undergone substantial to their original locations, remaining glass, while the receptacles in acad- changes in its senior management accessible. emic areas will not "Educating the 'lira Ilranka, the former General "Custodial services" and Wilfrid students is difficult when there are Manager firthe Students* Union was Laurier University Students' Union's two different systems," Wey said. 3G£h, and tiepossSon Environmental Council promote a PP&P reports that although the waserased within the corporation. wastereduction and reuse program. program has been well accepted by Physical Plant and staff and students, Ihe General Manager to more of a Planning conduct- Recyclables are the enormous bulk business manager position," Joel ed a survey to of recyclable mate- Lynn, President of WLUSU said. decide the degree rials is lost to regu- "We've grown, we now have a lot of of activity in build- contaminated.. lar garbage management, Our needs have ings around the because it has Laurier campus when non- been "contaminat- lynn saw the re-arrangemont of and where the ed". Recyclable senior management as positive. most ideal loca- material becomes ate fc«asig times-for tions for recycling recyclable contaminated poration, exrjting times for manage- stations would be. when non-recy- ment \Ve have a good crowd of fUfl- Large blue material is clable material is carts were placed found inside a con- The eradication of WLUSU's in open areas so tainer of recyclable .ition was a they were easier inside a con- material. An directive of WLUSU Board of to access and example is when more visible on tainer of recy- trash is put inside When asked if the move to campus. There a glass jar or a pop another full-time position would are carts for fine can. "We're short affed the governing ofWLUSU. Lynn paper, newspaper, clable material. the man power. cardboard, clear We don't have the glass, coloured glass, and aluminum time to sort," Wey said. On-campus recycling should be easier this year after improvements dents normally deal with will still be cans. George Raptis, WLUSU Vice in the collection of cans, bottles, newspapers... (you get the idea). Waterloo Region appreciates the President: University Affairs felt that Lynn said the environment easy availability ofthe carts and the students are eager to help their grams in residences with the assis- about what can be recycled. Regier around WLUSU after the lay-off willingness to participate in the environment by using recycling tance of WLUSU's Environment saw ignorance of the benefits Teds of very positive. Everybody feels waste reduction program. WLUSU receptacles. "I think when people Council "We have little blue boxes recycling as a major problem. "I and PP&P have shared the cost of see the carts and blue boxes, they here and there," Sonja Regier, don't think people realize the ways buying extra blue boxes for the resi- tend to use them" Raptis said. "If I WLUSU's Environmental Council's that things can be reused and creat- many outside ofWLUSU, and n<& dences. However, the recycling mar- have a pop can in my hand and only director said, "but we really have to ed into other things," she said. ket is at em all-time low. Joe Wey, of a garbage can in front of me, I think getmoving and shaking on this." PP&P challenges the university WLUSU is known for.