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FEE GOES MASSIVE women's hockey - - QUAKE VOLUME 41 WEDNESDAY, jANUARY 31 2001 ISSUE 20 TO REFERENDUM HITS SOUTH INDIA WINS THREE Schlegel Schematics In Students' Unit troubled with planning process DILLON MOORE The project will also include There have also been town CORD NEWS two other major changes to the hall meetings regarding the university grounds, billed as the addition and the plans have Construction of Laurier's first "Superbuild" project, and fund- been up for viewing in the major building plan in ten years ed by government capital Peters building for quite a is set to begin in just a few improvement funds. while. months' time, but the way in The library will be renovated Kroeker dismisses the above which the school is handling so that the bottom two floors, as advisory roles, and not the planning phase is fast which are now comprised directly involved with the deci- becoming a very contentious mainly of classroom space, will sion-making process. issue. be available for library purpos- Rosehart, however, dis- Students' Union president es. This will bring the library agrees. Jeffrey Kroeker has informed the closer to the accepted standards "Their advice is treated very Cord that he is in the process of for a university the size of seriously," said Rosehart. contacting legal counsel, and Wilfrid Laurier. According to him, the filing a formal complaint with The third part of the plan Aesthetics Committee is one of University President Dr. calls for an. addition of halls of the most powerful groups Rosehart, over what Kroeker tiered-seating classrooms to be involved in the planning alleges was a breach in the added in parallel behind the process. Operating Procedures main arts hall. Diagrams of the proposed Agreement (OPA). Physical Plant & Planning building which are posted in The complaint stems from head Ron Dupuis remarked the Peters Building lobby for the method of selection that that, all-told, the construction students to see are not the latest was used to pick students to be should add up to a net gain of at version. on the "user groups" which had least twelve classrooms. The proposed site for the Schlegel Centre is in Kroeker has stated that he a say how the building the parking lot currently situated between the initiative should be designed. "supports the behind Library and the Peters Building The project began when the buildings", but more stu- Laurier approached Bob and dents' input should have been Merna Schlegel with a request put into the project. for funds. Bob Schlegel is a The issue of particular con- graduate of the Laurier business cern to Kroeker is the user Winter Carnival Ends program and a very successful group that gave input on the entrepreneur. The Schlegels Schlegel Centre. The students donated two million dollars appointed to that group were towards the building of the from the School of Business and planned Schlegel Centre of Economics and were chosen by Entrepreneurial Studies. members of the administration. The planned addition to the Kroeker argues the OPA stip- Peters Building would be built ulates the Student's Union over the parking lot that cur- should have been the body to rently exists between the select the students put in place Library and the Peters building. in that group. The new section would contain He feels their appointment a number of offices, including by administration has unfairly the relocated BBA office, as limited the input of the students, well as an Entrepreneurial and has led to many of the Centre. issues that concern students Dr. Scott Carson, Dean of the being overlooked in the plans, ACTIVITIES' School of Business and in favour of those features that Economics, envisions the appeal more to the administra- Schlegel Centre as becoming in tion. STUDENT!" the future something akin to the Both Dr. Rosehart and Dr. OF Laurier Enterprise Centre, a stu- Carson stress the important role dent-consulting program that they feel students have had to used to exist at Laurier. play in the development of The Schlegel Centre might these projects. COURTESY also serve as a sort of "business lUTACH (the Senate Participants spell'out this year's Winter Carnival title on Willison field in advance of this year's festivities incubator" providing services Committee responsible for IT Yet another Winter Carnical came to an end The former Spirit Cup winners took the and perhaps even micro-loans development), as well as the this week, y/ith a new champion being spot vacated by the perennial WC champions, to start-up businesses. The Aesthetics Committee and the crowned in tfte annual ice tournament. the now-suspended Waterbuffaloes. expansion would also provide a Space Committee all had stu- Foot emerged victorious from the This year's theme was WCI - taking it back grander entrance to the Peters dent representatives, some from Patrol pack, finally Stepping up from their near miss- to the beginning. Building, which would lead the Student's Union and the es of the last ;j|wo years. into the Atrium in the centre. Graduate Students' Association. - Opinion. INSIDE: Find the feature it's election time and we've got everyone's platfop.m. More stuff in 2 News 6 Opinion 10 International 12 Student Life 14 Feature 18 Entertainment 22 Business 24 Sports 27 Classifieds NEWS 2 L.L.F.T. up in the air Major IT proposal goes to referendum next week ASAD KIYANI in the IT sphere. "We've come to realize that While the hottest topic in elec- the currrent IT level at WLU is a tions is who is and who isn't little bit lackluster," said running, the most substantial WLUSU Director Andy Bruce. changes are likely to come Bruce went on to note that where no candidates are Laurie is the only Ontario uni- involved - the referendum versity that does not have fully questions. Internet wired residence. The question which is likely The idea behind LIFT, he MARTYN to raise the most controversy is says, is to help create funds the that of the LIFT proposal - a university has made plans to LUKE WLUSU initiative to improve spend but doesn't already have. LIFT, the new WLUSU information technology proposal, could potentially relieve the overcrowding seen here the level of information technol- Before LIFT can become a Timing is also a key issue. being set up in support of LIFT responsible for seeking out ogy at Laurier. reality, however, it has to pass The LIFT supporters are confi- and an email address where stu- matching external funds. The proposal, now in its referendum. Opposition is like- dent that given time to consider dents can send their questions School administrators would twenty-second draft, calls for a ly to come from the fact that it the information, most students has also been established have non-voting status on the new student levy of ten dollars will be an expensive project, would agree to the new fee. ([email protected]). Board, but the final say would per course (up to a maximum of costing the average full-time However, with the referendum The concerns don't stop remain with the students. $50 a term) of all undergraduate student an extra $100 annually, little more than a week away, should the proposal pass. The A key fact to remember, said students (including part-time). "Ideally, we wouldn't want time is running short. questions of who will adminis- Kroeker, is when the money will The money would be set aside to ask students for money up "I don't think it's the concept ter the fund and how remain. actually be allocated. in a student-controlled fund front," said WLUSU Director that will fail," says Bruce. "I According to WLUSU "The Board only releases the which various campus groups Ben Durrer. think it's the timing that would President Jeffrey Kroeker, the money after a project has been would apply to for funding their Yet the student money is lead to failure." fund itself would be run by a completed to satisfaction of the own IT projects. needed to attract matching "Now is the time to do it," board of seven WLUSU- Board," said Kroeker. The LIFT (Laurier Innovative funds from corporations, alumni says Durrer. "I don't know when appointed students. The Board Another concern that has Fund for Technology) proposal and the government that could the opportunity to do something would be considered separate been raised is potential compe- arose from concerns WLU was double or triple the student con- like this will come again." from WLUSU after the initial tition with IT groups such as falling behind other universities tributions. An information campaign is appointments and would be PRISM. Birds Can Write? Don't call it a comeback Foot Patrol Van set to return; DAVID FIELD where the publishing company thinks of an idea for a book and seeks out an Disappearance blamed on overuse The President of Penguin Canada author to write it. This way the publish- Cynthia Good spoke about publishing er remains in control because it supplies MICHELLE SCARFONE "It almost seems as though it was the and being published as part of a lecture the funding for the project. Good said extreme success of the program that presented by the English and that "a large percentage of books [non- For the past 4 months there has been a became the issue." Communications Studies departments. fiction] come from this". noticeable change in WLU's Foot Patrol With the van out of service, about The lecture was held on 24 January Cynthia Good also spoke about the Service.

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