The Cord Weekly (May 24, 1990)
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Li L J Quote of theWeek The Cord News "The Macdonald House lounges look Laurier Student Wilfrid University's Newspaper like someone took a (portable, slapped it against the side, and it News Editor: Mark Hand stuck. Or a big TV 1990 May 24 screen." Associate Editor: Tim Sullivan Anonymous 300 new rooms by September 1991 Mark A. Hand The Cord will be 300 residence IN SEPTEMBER 1991 there new spaces for first year students on the Wilfrid Laurier University campus. Construction of a new residence building will begin on June 1, 1990, provided a contractor can be found before then. The un-named building will be located at 44 Bricker St. next to Bouckaert Hall. The house that was previously there has been torn down and two portables have been moved to make room for the new structure. the is made The decision to put building on campus a recently one. It was up in the air for months as to whether it would be on or off-campus. When the plot of land at 202 Regina St. purchased by the University earlier this spring proved unacceptable for a new residence hall due to zoning by-laws, it was finally decided to build on Bricker St. The site of the new residence is very small. Attempts to enlarge the location by purchasing the adjacent plot at 46 Bricker St. failed when the owners refused to sell to the University. WLU officials did from the of Waterloo manage to get permission City to change by- bound- what the laws which restrict building within 15 metres of a neighbor's Fabulous artist's conception of new residence will look like. It's nice, but remember allowed to build to 6 metres from 46 Bricker St. that so was the fabulous artist's of what the Aird ary. They are now up conception Building was supposed to look out making the site larger. like. We'll find in 15 months if we have to cringe when we look at this one too. At least it The architectural firm of Fryett Shifflet Associates have com- won't be cinder-block white, though. pleted the plans for the residence. There will be 75 apartment units Woody Parker, Photo each consisting of four single bedrooms, two four piccc baduuuius, a and a closet. kitchen, a dining area, a common living room, storage head There will be a total capacity of 300 students plus 8 dons and a resident. B3 Willison the boot It will be buiit in a multi-level horseshoe shape. One arm of the given stories tall. The first horseshoe will be seven stories tall, the other ten floor members beer bottle throwing three floors will be common to all parts of the building running along were reported with Norman E. Wood from their third His was met the base of the horseshoe. The ground floor will house a head resident throwing eggs request from the floor. "In all and area in floor windows. Some apartment, laundry facilities, common lounges, reception The Cord complaints heckling time here as Housing Director addition to normal apartment units. were registered by people claim- my the will be between 10.5 12 million first students have had thrown at I've never been treated as appall- The price tag on structure to Twenty-six year ing to eggs revenue hit or as I was by them. They just dollars. It will be paid off almost entirely through generated in residence had to find another them. No one was reported ingly towards the for the last said 'who the fuck are you?' and by the residence. The University is putting in no money place to stay few days injured. Willison 'what the fuck do think of exams. Floor B3 of The next day, Tuesday April you SEE "NEW RESIDENCE", PAGE 6 said Hall were evicted from residence 24, the floor's pranks got more you're doing?'," Belanger. the for rowdy during the last He subsequently issued them being serious. WLU Security was "If the week of examinations. eviction notice. It read: April forced to visit the floor on three for- The eviction notice was person(s) responsible step separate occasions concerning ward and their involve- delivered to the floor on explain boy's reports of beer bottles being 23 Director ment, the balance of the floor will Wednesday April by thrown from B3's lounge. of Mike after be allowed to finish their term Housing Belanger Although when Security ar- "If no resi- of commotions on the normally." Otherwise, two days rived at the scene officers wit- floor. TTie notice told all residents dents care to admit responsibility nessed no bottles being thrown, "to leave residence no later than by 3:00 p.m. today, the penalties there were an estimated 40 11:00 a.m., Thursday, appl>\" April 26, 1990." The penalties outlined were to hit the wall in the letter the evic- (Highlights are in the They trying were: tion of ill residents by original document.) Little House with beer bottles The decision was 11:00 the next morning, made by Belanger after he damages to rooms would received numerous complaints broken bottles on the ground in be billed equally to the two room- be from Security and other students the morning. "They were trying mates., floor damages would of House to mem- about the activities on the floor. to hit the wail Little billed equally all floor According to Belanger B3 Wil- from their lounge," said Belanger. bers, and an extra $100 fine and lison had also been a source of The don for 83, Steve War- further cisciplinary action by the den, was not in residence at dur- Dean of Students to fail- trouble throughout the year. He anyone cited one incident early in the fall ing the trouble. Doug Reid, Head ing to leave by the appointed where several floor members Resident for Willison Hall, was deadline. The letter read that "I were caught pelting a WLU also not there at the time. Neither aiso vehicle with of them available for com- [Mike Belanger] regret that the Security eggs. were not actions of a few have caused this Usually there are very ment. problem for all of however, many people on residence floors On Wednesday morning you, received the will tolerate by the last week of exams. Due to Belanger more com- University not the examination schedule there plaints about B3 and decided to this type of behaviour." visit floor. At 10:00 Several residents was an abnormally high number the a.m. on complained this was unfair because they of people left on the floor. The Wednesday, Belanger roused all that them had been involved the inci- last day of exams was Thursday floor members and asked to not ii) dents. "I've been in April 26. Since all residents must meet him in the lounge. "The around residences for time 1 be moved out by 24 hours after place was a dump. There was a long ana Willison's washroom. This was know that even if some- Some of the nicer damage to B3 their last exam everyone would stuff: bottles, eggs, Kraft Dinner, by now home-made created all the showers have had all the walls one doesn't do something they caused by a sauna by running to be out by Friday the spaghetti sauce, over REALLY if know who did.