The Cord Weekly (October 29, 1992)
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1 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY STUDEN PUBLICAI lON THE CORD VOLUMEXXXIII ISSUEII OCTOBER 29 1992 Joyous blue Jay fans ™ ..„—„. — -r «ssr. mmmsmmm mmmmm m 'msmmm'. - Jays fans at Laurier show their passion after Jays win the World Series. Photo: Keith Robinson Chu violates election by-law INSIDE CATHY JO NOBLE closed Monday night, the Elec- The Cord tion Council met to discuss in- Although the results of the Stu- fractions to the election policy. dents' Union by-election are in, Although there were four minor News like last year the issue is far infractions in regard to poster from over. policy, the main concern focused Marsden installed. ,page 3 Monday night after the elec- on actions of Students' Union tion Jim Lowe, a candidate in the board of director member Clark election, gave his intent to appeal Chu. the results. Lowe's appeal was a The Election Council has Sports referred the matter to the Dean's Advisory Council for considera- tion. Yeomen demoted.........page 13 Darren Mahaffy, Chief Returning Officer and Kathleen Clark Chu. File photo Wong, Deputy Returning Officer said that on only one occasion, said that Chu was infracting on Entertainment when questioned by a student, did by-law 3ABOD-D2 which states he state his opinion. "I simply "...campaigning shall end at 5:30 AngryKimm page 21 stated how and why I voted," Chu in the afternoon before the day of said. the election.." Lowe, when he gave notice of Wong said that "on more than his intent to appeal asked for both one incident Clark was telling the resignation of Chu from the Feature I Jim Lowe. File photo people to "vote for Kerri" and B.O.D. and a re-election. Lowe reaction to an infraction of the "not to vote for Jim" during the stated that a re-election would "be Women's HM0ry..........page 18 Election Policy regarding time he was around the polling the only way to see a clear verdict campaigning on election day. station between 10:00-11:00am of what people wanted since what day." change the At an Election Council meet- on election Clark did could results." ing Tuesday night Lowe with- Mahaffy also said that he landscape of the Comment release issued by drew his appeal on the grounds "warned Clark once during the In a press Council, that that it would not effect the out- day against campaigning on elec- the Election it stated Laurier's unapaHsetic...page 29 council regarded the actions come of the election. The charge tion day." 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Honourable Willard Z. Estey. He then addressed the assembly with an in- vitation to the Board of Governors to administer the Oath of Office to Lorna Marsden. The oath requires Marsden to promote the university's well being Lining up for diplomas. Photo: Ken McGuffin and its members in the The installation of the Presi- and representatives from across Lorna Marsden with her Presi- dent commenced once the tradi- the country were present, as well dent's address. She spoke of the tional Wilfrid Laurier University as Walter McLean MP Waterloo, achievements of today's students, Mace was placed before the Elizabeth Witmer MPP Waterloo, and declared that a university ed- Chancellor, the Honourable Wil- and Brian Turnbull, Mayor of ucation "enriches the mind", and lard Z. Estey. He then addressed Waterloo. encourages students to "act with the assembly with an invitation to Another event in the skill, to be analytic, and to dis- the Board of Governors to admin- ceremony was the installation of cipline one's own mind." ister the Oath of Office to Lorna Dr. John Weir, former WLU Marsden. President, as President Emeritus. Marsden made mention of the The oath requires Marsden to David Pady, chair of the Referendum vote as an example promote the university's well Board of Governors, introduced in today's political spectrum being and its members in the Dr. Weir with a speech highlight- where students with an education "statutes, liberties, customs, ing Weir's contributions to Wil- can "develop analysis, debate rights and privileges" of the uni- frid Laurier in his period as Presi- with others, and make their own versity. dent, which included the building decisions." Marsden was officially in- of residences, and induction of stalled by the Chancellor as Presi- academic programs. Weir was of- After outlining the assets of dent and Vice-Chancellor of the ficially installed as President the university way of life, she fin- WLU, and was presented with the Emeritus and was presented with ished by addressing the Chancel- robes of office, and signed the a scroll. lor: "I am happy and proud to be University Registrar. The first official presidential President of a University that Many university presidents duty was then carried out by Dr. makes all this possible." Marsden gets installed. Photo: Ken McGuffin Foot on patrol CAREY WATERS Eisler and Barlow The Cord JIM BOYCE A presentation was held on Tuesday, October The Cord 27, in the Concourse for the official opening of the Foot Patrol. Riane Eisler and Maude Barlow were the keynote speakers at the Substantial student attendance may have been WLU Education Conference held last weekend at Laurier. partly due to the timing of the presentation, which On Friday night, Eisler spoke and reiterated the themes found in was held between classes at around 11:20 on Tues- her book, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (she day morning. Many students did linger, however, to said the book was the "first gender holistic study of human society.") what was said about the new service. Eisler discussed two types of cultures, the dominator ("man over hear The media was well represented at the confer- woman, man over man, nation over nation") and the partnership ence. A television station, two radio stations, and (based on teamwork). She classified our culture as a dominator but K-W were present. Brian McQuinn, the said that, on the fringe, there were partnership elements including the Record Foot Patrol Coordinator said that several media in- movements like environmentalism and feminism. were During the question period, the audience raised the question of terviews conducted last week. At the beginning of the presentation, Foot Patrol "remything," that is, changing the stories on which we base our lives. volunteers distributed pamphlets and stickers For instance, one audience member, Susan Drake, said children were throughout the crowd. They were clad in uniforms learning new stories about the environment which have led to an in- of blue windbreakers and hats with the Foot Patrol creased consciousness about recycling. This type of remything is con- Logo. sidered necessary if society is to change from dominator to partner- ship. The format of the program included the volunteers introducing themselves and explaining Eisler ended by suggesting three courses of action. First, she why they volunteered. Basic reasons that were called for, "a global campaign against violence and abuse in intimate given were "to promote safety off-campus" and "to relationships," saying that private rights must be respected before ensure the safety of students on and off campus." public ones could be. Secondly, the promotion of a partnership econ- problems with the microphones prevented omy that retained the best features of capitalism and socialism (in- Some of from being heard. Coordinator Brian McQuinn and patroller cluding the recognition of the unpaid labour of women). Thirdly, a many the responses A was in presenta- Sarah change in the way we educate children because, currently, "education demonstration included the Fontaine. Photo: Sheldon Page is indoctrination". tion. Dean Nichols made a call for a walk to the will be available every night. "Our main mandate is Maude Barlow, author of Parcel of Rogues, took her turn at the Women's Centre. The dispatch responded and Foot to give people back security," McQuinn stated. podium on Saturday morning. She expressed her concerns about the Patrollers staged the walk.