The Cord Weekly (September 17, 1992)
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A WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBUCATION CORD S SEPTEMBER 17 1992 THEVOLUME XXXIII ISSUE WLU security gets tough SHELDON PAGE Some people walk around and towing regulations," said Jorg. The Cord keep their thumbs in the bottles." "We have to keep the fire routes Baal said that there can be no open, some of the fire vehicles Laurier Security is cracking bias towards students when en- are very long." down on alcohol and parking forcing the Liquor Act. Students using Laurier's park- violations this year. The Turret "The situation can get out of ing lots tend not to be aware that and the traditional Business hand, many non-university people parking is prohibited in all but tutorial line-ups are to be strict- are attracted to the campus. They one lot [13a at the North end of ly regulated. can't get into the bars [on the Seminary] from 2:00 am to Security is taking a zero campus] so they want to party 6:00 am. The parking ban is in ef- tolerance approach to liquor of- outside. We cannot enforce the fect to allow safe snow removal fences. "Students are trying to use liquor laws in a biased manner." in the winter. Jorg stressed that the campus as their own back- Frosh Week this year saw a after hours vehicles will be yard," said Laurier's security sharp decrease in the number of towed. chief John Baal. "It jeopardizes liquor offences. "Frosh Week liq- Today marks the first Turret university's liquor licence." uor charges are down from the the night of the year. Opening night Fines for alcohol related of- previous two years," said Jorg. "It at the Turret traditionally is fences are not to be taken lightly. is one third of the last two years. marked by long line-ups and in- "As of last October the fines have There were nine charges this year ebriated patrons. Security is up doubled," said security officer [during Frosh Week], 37 last for the challenge. Peter Jorg. "The fine for having year, and 45 for the year before." $103.75." will also be "The first Thursday and Fri- open alcohol is Parking policy Security chief John Baai. Photo: Sheldon Page "We have no choice but to en- strictly enforced this year. "Park- day of the year we have extra force the Liquor Act to the letter," ing is at a premium this year," staff to control the line-ups," said planning to line-up for Business "Line-ups will not be allowed to said Baal. "We have orders to en- said Jorg." Jorg. "The line-up starts down the tutorials this year. Campouts and form before 6:00 am in the morn- force zero tolerance." "During the 80's we thought Student Union Building stairs, overnight line-ups in the Turret ing." Jorg said that students do not usage would decrease," said Baal. outside the building, and down by stairwell have become a thing of "There is no point in bringing seem to know the definition of an "The lots are fully utilized, don't Mac House. We will control it as the past. a sleeping bag at 8:00 pm. The in open container of alcohol. "If the chance it [getting towed away]." we have in the past." "We will not allow line-ups students will be advised of this seal has been broken, it is open. "We will be enforcing the There is bad news for anyone inside the building," said Baal. their classes." Dean of Social Hawks kick ass Work passes away Dr.Shankar Yelaja, Dean of the Faculty of Social Work, passed away on Monday, September 14 at the age of 56. In a letter to the Laurier community, WLU president Dr. Lorna Marsden, expressed the sense of loss the community feels for Dr. Yelaja. Dr.Yelaja had been at Laurier since 1967 and became a full professor in 1971. He was appointed dean in 1984. Outside of the university, Dr.Yelaja served on the board of direc- tors of the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, and also on the advisory council of Inter-Racial and Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution Program at Conrad Grebel College. Dr.Yelaja was editor or co-editor of 5 books, as well as serving for six years as co-editor of the Canadian Social Work Review. At press time funeral arrangements as well as the official cause of death was unknown. Lancers don't fly, Hawks do. see story page 13 Photo by: Etia DiLiso on Dr. Shankar Yelaja. Photo: Institutional Relations THE CORD 2 Advertisement 11■—M. 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"Philosophically responsibilities as the newly submitted, but provisions have we need to look at some of the designated Associate VP: In- been made to undertake the audit, functional activities of the univer- stitutional Projects is to chair with or without government fund- sity to see in fact there can be the president's special com- ing. "We were of course hopeful more appropriate arrangements," mittee on human resource de- of receiving government funding said Wilgar. velopment and redeployment. but irrespective of whether we "We need to look very care- "The reduction of government did or not the Board [of fully at some of the staffing com- grants was a key issue [of the Governors] enforced its budget- pliments and that we are using committee]," said Wilgar. "Cut- ing in its budget approval the ex- part time dollars appropriately. backs of government grants to penditure by the university of the These are some of the activities one percent last year and two per- dollars to undertake such a that the university will be un- cent presumably this year and the study." dertaken in as efficient manner following year." Dr. Marsden after she took of- but in a different time frame. "The minister [of Colleges fice on August 1 furthered the Does everybody have to be here Jim Wilgar. Photo: Institutional Relations —— and Universities] laid out the con- university's effort of accoun- eight hours a day?" i cerns that the government had tability across a broad area. The current hiring freeze will sociation, and Rick Hook of the think beyond their own immedi- and to announce the fact that Budget rationalization, asset man- also be examined by the study. Canadian Union of Public Em- ate job. TTiey have to be construc- honest." there were going to be steps taken agement, staff structures, and op- "Should we be continuing the ployees. tive and be to arrive at greater levels of ac- erational efficiencies of various hiring freeze? Can we have a The next stage in the study in- The study will have to run on "All countability." units within the university are more effective redeployment of volves functional units which a tight time frame. of that is consuming. But we Universities in Ontario have some of the aspects that are being staff instead of hiring external- represent all the components of very time been asked to send submissions studied. ly?" the university. "Obviously con- don't have a lot of time. The ac- are very to the government in order to "Clearly with that [the objec- The Human Resource Devel- tact will be made with those func- tions of the committee and intensive." receive transition funding. "They tives of the study] as a publicly opment and Redeployment study tional units to identify assist focussed and fairly were limited to seven items stated objective, Dr. Marsden team is required to complete a them in terms of the issues that I Some of the team's reports each," said Wilgar. "This needed that to be done, and I was report in the second week of De- have spoken of," said Wilgar. will be public knowledge, but due permitted various sectors of the asked to do it," said Wilgar. cember. "The Study team has Wilgar said that a new way of to the confidential staff and thinking might university to sit down and think The study, due to it's scope been finalized," said Wilgar.