The Cord Weekly (February 12, 2003)
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Laurier's Official Student Newspaper The Weekly Cord Thinking of going Oh my! Rosehart has a knife! Page 2 Volume 42 Issue 23 Wednesday February 12 2003 www.wlusp.com Herman victorious Stefan Sereda A witch's brew of mixed emotions exploded in Wilf's last Thursday just before 2:00 am. Deafening shouts of triumph drowned out quietly accepted loss, when next year's Students' Union President was announced after hours of anx- ious waiting. With 920 votes, the victorious Dan Herman will now be adding the title "WLUSU President" to his Musical reflection: Euphonium tubas took centre stage on Thursday in the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall list of accolades. Herman, a former where Dave Csinos, Corey Rempie, Malt Minnielly Tim Norman and Darren Kools "oom-pah"-ed for the Residence Life Don and manager small The highlight of the night was a rendition of the theme from the Super Mario videogame. crowd. of The Turret, received 120 votes more than his closest running- also commented "the nerves were Leaked WLUSU Presidential Election Breakdown mate, WLUSU VP: Human incredible." Herman alluded to the Resources Development, Lindsay risk of "putting yourself out there," Markle. and mentioned he had "never Music Science Concourse Schlegel Co-op Brantford TOTAL Both candidates acquired sig- worked so hard at something, so to Tudor A. Costache 8 63 112 19 0 9 211 nificantly more votes than nomi- have it turn out as it has is so nee Ryan Vogel, who mustered rewarding. Dan Herman 26 185 405 272 0 32 920 335 ballots, and Tudor Costache, "The biggest thing for the next who garnered 211 votes. Herman's two weeks is putting together a Lindsay Markle 17 92 401 232 7 51 800 largest support came from those good team," Herman continued, in voting in the Schlegel Centre, relation to selecting VPs. The new Ryan Vogel 14 39 145 130 1 6 335 where he received 1 72 more votes president elect wants a "team that than his fellow business major, can be trusted," noting the incredi- Ryan Vogel. However, Herman's ble effort put forth by his campaign dominance was shown even more team and the confidence they gave clearly in the Science Building, him. where he crushed the competition. Serving with Herman when his Voting information leaked Markle received more votes from term begins on May 1 are the 1 5 co-op and Arts students than Directors selected by the student Christine Cherry Gilbank noticed files entitled ously he hadn't." Herman, and Markle's total at the body. Connolly Aziz received the "Ballot Counting spreadsheet.xls" While technically students Brantford Campus equaled the most votes, drawing in three more Technology can be a tricky thing, and "Ballot Counting.xls" under can have access to the tally infor- total amount of ballots cast for the votes than Herman himself. Mark as the Chief Returning Officer for the laptop's default save setting. mation "traditionally just the other candidates. Walhout was given the second- the 2003 WLUSU/WLUSP elec- Curiosity got the better of him, overall totals have been released" Although Herman remarked he highest amount of votes, with 768. tions, Vic Truong, is discovering and he opened the files. Realizing Pushalik offered. According to was "confident going into it,"he (continued on page 2) the hard way. what they were, Gilbank took a Pushalik, if anyone had come to Spreadsheets for last copy of the information to Cord him to discuss the breakdown of Thursday's election results were News Editor and WLUSU BOD votes by faculty he would have 2003 WLUSU Election Results left on the hard drive of a PRISM elect, Bryn Boyce. given them that information. laptop used by Truong; the sensi- "I believed I had discovered Questions arose as to PRISM's WLUSU President Anthony Piscitelli - 491 tive information was not deleted privileged information culpability - that would in deleting files from Dan Herman - 920 Rishi Kumar 487 prior to being to - returned PRISM. otherwise be unknown to the their laptop hard drives, however, Lindsay Markle - 800 Andrew Howell 469 The spreadsheets included the campus community," Gilbank Sean Lichty, PRISM Help Desk Ryan Vogel - 335 - vote tally of the first round of bal- commented. "I was shocked that I Manager, pointed out that under Tudor Costache - 211 Kevin Spahich 453 lot counting for WLUSU had discovered something of this the current system PRISM does Nicole van der Wolf - 442 President and CEO, WLUSU magnitude on a public comput- not have the resources to do this. WLUSU Board of Michael Morris - 439 Kadie Gorman - 432 Board of Directors, Quorum er." Students would likely have to pay Directors form) Myles Wilson - 422 check (in an incomplete WLUSU President Andy much more for this to be an Connolly Aziz - 923 Candace Ramshaw - 407 and WLUSU Referenda vote tally. Pushalik stated that "(the spread- added of PRISM. Mark Walhout - 768 service Sherry-Lynn McKever - 403 These spreadsheets show a break sheets) shouldn't have been left "We (students) Andrew Pike - 772 warn that if Sean Simpson - 393 down votes by faculty on laptop." Sanjay Pottinger - of and the Pushalik 705 - promised you leave your project on the Jennifer Schaub 389 polling station, including is to Lyndsey - 623 those for that he "going look into the computer it is subject to pla- Jones Mark Teeple - 376 Bryn Boyce - 559 Brantford and co-op students, as matter and talk to the CRO." girism," stated Lichty. "It is the Jessica Waintman - 375 Lisa Miller - 550 well as information on spoiled Truong wouldn't speak direct- students responsibility to erase Adam Stevens - 360 J.D. Muir-545 ballots. ly to the Cord, instead Pushlik any of their information." Robert Demille - 351 Diana Spadafora -518 Jon Gilbank, a first-year busi- acted as Truong's media contact When asked for his comments Gregory Smith - 341 Michael Borrelli - 495 ness student and PRISM making the statement that "Vic on the spreadsheet error, WLUSU James McKay - 318 John Crowell- 493 Certification signed out felt (the Michael Overholt-275 Instructor, that he had erased spread- President-elect Dan Herman Colin Shonk -493 Thompson - the laptop for the weekend. sheets) from the laptop but obvi- declined to speak to the Cord. Thomas 274 2 News Wednesday February 12 2003 Student Services enhanced ty is required to match the CSSF's contribu- Bryn Boyce tion; however, if in any year the total rev- enues collected exceed 50% of actual Next year's Students' Union volunteers expenses" that extra cash is funneled into headed by Dan Herman, will have big the Reserve Fund. The fund is unique in that shoes to fill. Andy Pushalik and Dean of its distribution is governed entirely through Students David McMurray presented their the two student organizations. Student Service Operating Procedures This shared cost system is revered by Agreement (SSOPA) to the University's Laurier's student groups as it means that stu- Board of Governors for approval this past dents don't just pay fees, they also have par- Tuesday. tial say in the distribution. The tripartite agreement, between Laurier is considered to have one of the WLUSU, The Wilfrid Laurier University most powerful student unions and Student Graduate Students' Association (WLUGSA) Services programs in Canada. The agree- and the University Administration, is a ment continues this trend and now attracts renewal and extension of a previous agree- high praise from the Ontario government ment signed in 1999. for being the "best practice in higher edu- The new document was described by cation" (2001). McMurray as a "living document," one that A celebration in the Dining Hall, held is amendable and adaptable to student on Tuesday, was scheduled "to recognize needs. The agreement was already and thank the students for their contribu- approved by both WLUSU and WLUGSA tions" said President, Dr. Robert Rosehart. and only needed the approval of the Board Two large cakes were cut and served by Bryn Boyce of Governors, which it received today. Rosehart, McMurray and Pushalik as they The management of Student Services will Rosehart leads with the knife not the cake, Andy looks forward to graduation. praised the cooperative relationship that now fall under the control of the Student ment of the Athletic Complex and Co-oper- ment has "raised the profile of Student has led to the comprehensive new agree- Services Advisory Council (SSAC). The ative Education & Career Services. Services at Laurier." ment. The day also served as an opportuni- council is composed of six WLUSU mem- Heath Services and Counselling will So where does all this money come ty to showcase the new additions to the bers, two WLUGSA members and eight receive new funds and a Centre for from? Well 50% comes from the students. campus and an "informal grand opening of university employees under the Dean of Accessible Learning is set to be created You may have noticed the $ 130 fee on your the new dining hall," said McMurray. Students. "This is a really important agree- within the next two years. The centre will Laurier University invoice. The fee is called The agreement renewal is good for five ment because it gives the students a 50% provide space for the Special Needs Office, the Comprehensive Student Services Fee years, between 2003 and 2008, and Dean say in how services are delivered and man- the Women's Centre and a resource centre (CSSF) and it accounts for half of the funds McMurray's contract was also renewed this aged," said Pushalik. for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and allocated for the development of student past Summer, putting Laurier in a Some of the new additions to the agree- Transgendered community.