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Feb. 9 $4.00 advance I 8:00 pm $5.00 door I filming for the video yearbook wrp "ENDLESS SUMMER" U I Beach Boys PETE WEBB I Cover Band NEWS 3 rT^^ED^Qß^iarirHan^^ ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR: Tim Sullivan Thursday, February 7,1991 WLUSU President acclaimed to the pen if quorum is not reached, Tim Sullivan The Cord Jimenez expects attend forum, despite having won by ac- Jarek said all the positions would LAURIER students are once clamation. re-open for nominations, and an- again asked to go to the polls. According to Amy Jarek, other election would have to be WLUSU's elected positions are WLUSU's Chief Returning Of- held. In such a case, Jarek said, up for grabs, and will be decided ficer, the election is going quite the position of President would on Tuesday, February 12. well. Only two candidates are re-open as well. For the taking are 15 Board of standing for the newly created When asked about the ac- Director positions and one vice- Vice-President: Student Services clamation, President-acclaimed presidency, the VP: Student Af- position. They are Tim Brown Jimenez said it would not affect fairs. and Jeff Bowden. the way he did his job. "It is un- The position of President also The VP: Student Services is fortunate to win in acclimation. I is due, but this year the presi- cut out from the previous VP: did not want to become President dency was acclaimed. According University Affairs, and has some this way," Jimenez said. to Karen Gordon, WLUSU'S Ex- responsibilities for which the Ex- He noted that he would run ecutive VP: Nick Jimenez was ecutive VP had been responsible. again if quorum is not reached on acclaimed at 5:30 pm on Friday, Jarek also noted that there are Tuesday. February 1, the time nominations 18 students running for 15 Board When asked if WLUSU could closed. of Director positions. There had have done anything different to "It's sad for Nick - for every- been more, according to Gordon, avoid an acclimation, Jimenez one. I mean, how good is it for but some withdrew from the race said "it is not up to the Students' the Student Union if someone is either just prior to the deadline or Union to find a candidate. Each acclaimed?" Gordon asked. "I'm during the weekend. person has to decide, and [the To-be WLUSU President Nick Jimenez takes a gander happy for Nick, that he does not Jarek noted that the acclama- lack of candidates] is no reflec- at his new acquisition - the Student Union Building. have to campaign, but the issues Jimenez not on tion of would make tion the Students' Union. _ ' on an Yes, handed to him acclaimed platter. Pl^,: , will not really come the fore- her job any easier. In fact, she "I cannot understand [why *_ Tony Burke front," Gordon continued. noted, "it'll give the election a there is no other contenders for business, so the Union should on their campaign. There is, however, an open lower profile, and we may have the presidency] since the Union is have more exposure. The president will make about forum planned for the students. trouble with quorum." Quorum of more accessible," Jimenez ex- Jimenez added that the Union $16000 for the year, plus bene- Monday at noon, the forum is 10% of the full-time students is claimed. He did note that partici- should get more publication in fits, while the Vice-President: scheduled to be held in the Con- required to make the election le- pation in the Winter Carnival was The Cord, more researched arti- Student Affairs will make $650 course, at which each candidate is gitimate. high, and that the campus pubs cles about the Union. per month for eleven months, and expected to vie for support. When asked what would hap- are apparendy doing a booming Jimenez expected to continue $650 a week for four weeks in the with his campaign in any event. summer. "I had a campaign ready", he The positions of VP: Finance, noted. "I will proceed with my VP: Student Activities, and VP: campaign." Media and Communications are Sexual harassment hired positions with similar As the rules stand now, candi- dates for the presidency are al- wages as the VP: Student Affairs. lowed to spend $150. Candidates Jarek said her budget for all for VP are allowed $150 for a elections is $6000. The bulk of campaign as well, and candidates the cost is for mail-outs to each policy promised for the 8.0.D. are limited to $60 student. Andrew Bailey The Cord Affairs, says the policy was con- reviewed by various groups. Wil- sidered by the Board of Gover- gar said it is possible the Board LAURIER'S sexual harassment nors at their meeting on Tuesday, may recommend modifications, Need relief? policy may be fulfilled as early as February 5. which could potentially delay its next week. Wilgar says the proposed implementation. However, Wil- Jim Wilgar, Associate Vice policy has been in a stage of de- gar added that he doubts the President: Personnel and Student velopment for some time, being Board will seek any changes. "It's very important that there Petition. be a stipulated policy to deal with the issue," Wilgar said. He added that ordinarily once a policy is Keith Robinson The Cord reviewed and passed by the MOST STUDENTS don't think about their Petitions Committee un- Board it becomes effective im- they really it. administration has three committees mediately. til need The WLU to oversee each of the Faculties of Music, Arts and Science, and the The commitment to put a School of Business and Economics. policy in place emanates from the More of an effort should be made to learn about them as they have collective agreement between the power to decide the fate of every student's university career. faculty and the university that While they are often used to settle minor issues, in general, the was reached last April. According Petitions Committee is brought into play when a student is asked to to Joyce Lorimer, WLU Dr. Fac- withdraw from a programme due to failure to complete of its require- ulty Association president, the ments. policy was supposed to be in If a student feels that they have a legitimate family or personal place within months of the three problems, then they can file a written petition explaining his or her agreement. reasons, as well as sufficient documentation (such as a doctor's note) However, she said she real- to corroborate this. izes a policy like this takes a lot The committees, which are made up of faculty, administration and of time, and the faculty agreed to students, meet every few weeks to rule on the appeals. While the give the university an extension. committee's decision can be challenged through the University "I believe there is a genuine com- Senate, in practice, it is generally final. mitment to get it through, it just The system seems to work fine for many, yet in some cases it's Associate V.P. Jim Wilgar expects the sexual harass- took some time," she said. overly bureaucratic nature makes the process seem insensitive and ment policy any day. The other guy is Wally McLean. Pic: Tony Burke CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 the cord 4 NEWS Thursday February 7. 1991 Recyclers cut off Peters Building the ure of the building's residents to ordinators' lack of volunteers has said. "We have the support from of fine paper "blue boxes" in Burke The Cord the building Tony use the bins properly. forced them to cut off the build- the administration but without also. The wooden bins for new- ing until those interested in recy- student help it will all just turn "Cripes! We get tremendous FRUSTRATION has prompted sprint and the plastic drums for cling these products in the build- back into garbage". volunteer support in recycling", Recycling Co-ordinator Paul cans have been habitually used ing "show some interest". The Physical Plant & Plan- Wilgar said concerning the lack aid in Stewart to cut the Peters Building for discarding rubbish, Stewart "People say 'it's great' but ning section of the university of student the programme. 15 from the weekly route due to fail- said. The Recycling Co- no-one wants to help", Stewart handles a certain amount of the "The people on the committee WLU's recycling needs -- such as are all volunteers." fine paper and now, cardboard, Wilgar added that the Univer- while encouraging other depart- sity could not afford to pay more ments to help with the effort.