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Volume 50. Issue 18 Wednesday, January 6. 2010 thecord.ca 'I am trapped here' The Cord speaks with two emotionally abused students who still carry the psychological baggage of their relationship trauma
- sexually abused by two former boy- '~ ALANNA WALLACE friends can attest to Ramirez's im- "' '"'~ r LC'_O_R__ plicationofthistypeofabuseand [He] broke my heart. the toll it took on her psyche. Women everywhere show the marks "You want to believe that what [He] was the one that of abuse, though not all their scars you saw the first time wasn't are visible. wrong;' explained Thomas. "That made the rules. [He] Violence takes many forms and your judgment is better than that can be conducted in several ways. and that you're not an idiot for treated me like I was But when an individual suffers at the having loved [your abuser] at any hands of a partner who is supposed point." meat. Like I was there to embody love and devotion, the Thomas is far from alone. Statis experience is detrinlental to their tics Canada reports that 81 per cent solely for [his] pleasure emotional and overall health. of university and college males ad Emotional violence is rarely a mitted that they had psychologically and that's not right:' centerpiece for discussion, despite abused a female partner. the fact that it often comes hand-in The United States Department hand with other types of abuse. And of Justice has found that women while physical wounds heal, many ages 16-24 are most likely to suffer Victim ofemotional abuse carry emotional scarring long after from intimate partner violence. This the abuse ends. makes the issue a challenging one "The entanglement [of emotional for university students, who fall di- abuse] is so intense and so com rectly into this age category. plex;· said Wilfrid Laurier Univer "Emotional violence, controlling sity's women's studies professor behaviour... there are tons of things Helen Ramirez. "There's something that I know people have experienced so incipient about emotional abuse and they wouldn't necessarily call it thatyou can carry for an entire life. abuse ... that's a part of their rela YUSUF KIDWAI HOTOC KAD . ' . A ER It's so disheartening." tionships," explained Kate Klein, a Coming to terms with being a victim of emotional abuse and Robyn Thomas*, a university stu progressing towards finding a healthy relationship can be daunting. dent who has been emotionally and In Depth, page 12 Beloved professor no longer teaching Students will greatly miss Ramsoomair
comment on any specifics of the situation. · .~ :, E"D TOR "Alii can say at this point is that the university and professor Tenured Laurier professor Frank Ramsoomair have come to a mutu lin Ramsoomair, who has been a ally satisfactory resolution of the is faculty member in the business de su~:s;' said Maclatchy. partment for the past 20 years, is no "Everything else is confidential. longer teaching at the university That was agreed to by both pro The multiple winner of the "Pro fessor Ramsoomair as well as the fessor of the Year" award was a be university:' loved faculty member by both stu During the summer, an e-mail dents and co-workers. Students are was circulated by former students left unsure of the reasons for his ofRamsoomair. The e-mail asked departure. those who had been taught by ''I'm still on Laurier's payroll. I Ramsoomair to write letters to ad have opted not to teach, but am still rrunistration in support of him. very heavily involved in research;' "He's unlike any other profl've said Ramsoomair. ever had. He's got his own style;· "Because ofthe negotiations that said Laurier graduate Matt English. we had, I'm under a legal agreement English, who completed his honours that I cannot discuss; commented business administration degree in Ramsoomair. 2009, noted that students really Vice-president of academics Deb Maclatchy was also unable to page4
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Vocal Cord This week n quotes ( What was your new il year's resolution? When someone has You would think I A experienced that was referring to a l level of trauma and country that has very R tc disintegration of one's little experience with o\ 0 being, then you have to democracy:' ~ be present for a lifetime:' -Laurier proftssor David Docherty Kj on the Harper government's history "To be a more stud:ous -Launer women's studies proft>sor Helen ofprorogation ofparliament student· Ramirez on supporring loved ones after -Lauren Oliva ~ they've left an abusive relationship. Second-year sociology pi CQ "I can see how administration would hate him. He's not about the textbooks th and the assigned readings. In one class, he gave out textbooks for free.• To represent the world is -Matt English referring to former Laurier proftssor Franklin Ramsoomair. he something only a select o.J "It isn't a decision based on what may or may not be a good or bad review:' -Former director justin Glover on his decision to resign from his few will ever be able to dt position -not the result ofthis ivsue's board review. n expenence.. " ac "Update on survey; the update is that it's ongoing:· wt -Graduate students' a.~ociation president Melany Banks I_ Laurier wide receiver Alex Anthony na "To get 11ealth•er and get to pl1 the gym more • Dt -Ashley Tossounian Fourth-year biology en be Cil cal From the archives 0\ ho 5years ' Senate and board ofgovernors positions added to WLUSU election ballot bd The Cord reported that for the first time students would be voting for the saj student board of governors and senate positions on the same day as the Kit Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union president and board of direc l tors elections. This was done in an effort to increase the incredibly low voter COl turnout for the governor and senate elections. Previously, when the elections "My life wll be organized it~ occurred at separate times, it sometimes took several days of the polls being and I will be on top of my vis open in order to reach quorum. friends. work and school." Printed jan. 6. 2005 -Katrina Parisi 25years Third-year English 50 per cent tuition hike suggested The Bovy Commission, formed to plan the restructuring of the Ontario uni versity system and the cause of much controversy between 1984 and 1985, released its recommendations on Jan. 15, 1985. Among the suggestions was a 50 per cent increase in tuition for students, which caused an uproar across the province. Particularly vocal against the recommendation were then New Democrat Party leader Bob Rae and Liberal leader David Peterson. Printed Jan.l'j. 1985 35years Money tight, programs expected to suffer "They're dumb Everyone Financial difficulties struck Wilfrid Laurier University during the '7os; gov just sets themselves up for ernments were cutting back on funding to post-secondary institutions. At themselves to break them Laurier, new programs had recently been developed in anticipation of the 1n the end ... no one fol funding and were in danger of being cut from the academic department. The NICK LACHANCE ~.;OTOGRAPHY MANAGER faculty of music, masters of business administration and co-op programs lows through • were close to being launched, and the school did not want to set these initia -Brian Voegtle tives back any farther. I E~~ r2up9a~a~~~ ~~~i~ Championship final at First-year psychology Printed jan.16. 1975 Wilt's Last night only to be disappointed in an overtime upset.
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Editorial Board Volunteers Colophon Preamble to The Cord THE CORD n.Coo41odoooftXjoJ--oldooW'oi&WLoorin constitution Eoldor-bo·au.£...... LAURA CARLSON Cord W. FAilor. . • • • • • • • • . • . • .. Adam l.uzamlO Ulllvtni~COIIIIINN(J. lcartson@thecord ca Co,;r!llltbacMaa.pr ...... Clna Ma.cdonJid Th~ Cord will kttop r.auh with itl radotrt by pft:ten~ ntwa and Pbotop11p""~' .•••...... •..NICK LACHANCE C..,Editor. , • • • • • , • . . Kn.tf'n Rowatt Stattrd in 1926 a$ thr Cllllt¥ Ctml, 1M Cord ss m ccli~Dna.llyao>ltolWUJSP 1,.... 75 University Ave W .• Jo LAUREN MILLET He added that he plans to con WIN E ) ITOR tinue to spread information about WLUSU and bring issues to the It is unfair for me to be Justin Glover, a member of the Wil board that students inform him of. '' frid Laurier University Students' "This isn't a decision I came to in that room; it's unfair Union board of directors, has re lightly;• he said. signed from his position as an elect According to chair ofthe board to the other people in ed student representative. Saad Aslam, it will be up to the A letter of resignation was sent board whether they want to replace that room:' yesterday evening stating that he did Glover's seat or not. not have enough time to commit to However, Aslam predicts the seat the board. will remain vacant for the remainder "Right now I cannot make the of the term. board a priority for me. It is unfair A similar situation occurred last for me to be in that room; it's unfair year at this time when director Tay -Jusrin G/over.fomrer WLUSU director to the other people in that room;• lor McGuire stepped down from his said Glover. seat. The board did not replace him. He added that this semester he is "It's unfortunate that he has to taking two more classes than he had step down, but if he doesn't have been in the fall and that he also has the time to commit, at least he was two jobs. up front about it. I appreciate it and Glover noted that he enjoyed his I'm sure the rest of the board does as Prior to the Christmas break. Glover also time as a director and feels he has a well," said Aslam. resigned.from his position ofstudent FILE PHOTO much stronger grasp on policy now. senator. Glover plans to continue to bring issues to the WLUSU board. GSA report The Jan. 5 board meeting marks changes for Laurier graduate studies students ANDREA MILLET LEAD REPORTER I want people to feel GSA-GRT '' On Monday Jan. 18, full-time gradu like they can make a ate students will vote in a referen dum regarding the fee changes sur difference because rounding GRT bus passes. Grand River Transit has asked for anybody sitting here can a five per cent consumer price index increase to the graduate student u bring a motion foward. . :' PASS fee that will be effective as of September 2010 despite their con tract not running out until Decem- ber2011. -Dana Gregoire, newly acclaimed chair GRThas also offered an opportu nity for a three-semester U-PASS as they currently only have it for the fall and winter terms. There will be two ballots avail YUSUF KIDWAI f RA.H f Mli.NA.GE.R able, the first addressing GRT's GSA- chair Throughout the fall 2009 term, food bank co-ordinators and its 30 volunteers made 76 deliveries. I initial proposal asking students Former graduate studies association whether or not they support the U- chair Bob Shields has stepped down PASS fee increase. after being a non-student for several The second will address the latter months has left him ineligible for issue, asking students if they sup the role. Food bank briefly closed port the three-semester pass for At the board meeting on Jan. s. graduate students. Dana Gregoire was unanimously Laurier students able to access food after two day hiatus The poll will take place on Jan. 18 acclaimed as the new chair. from n a.m. until2 p.m. at the GSA "I want people to feel like they can office and from 12 p.m. until1 p.m. make a difference because anybody TARYN ORWEN- PARRISH needed only a key code for the el food bank makes two to three deliv at the social work campus. sitting here can bring a motion for s-AFF WRITE' ~ evator to access the basement. eries per week. "It's a Monday, the reason we do ward and ... they can do anything Starting in November, volunteers Though the program runs all year this is so that MBA students and they want to do, but they have to feel The Wilfrid Laurier University Stu wishing to access the basement -·round, it is mostly used during exam MSW students have the time and like they have a say and they have to dents' Union food bank was founded were required to use a key. periods and at the end of the year are on campus to poll;' said chief re feel like their opinions are impor three years ago to provide hungry Volunteers could not access the when students have run out of mon turning officer Dawn Adams. tant and the chair can do a lot to Laurier students with free food. basement; therefore, the food bank ey on their OneCard. There will also been an opportu wards that," said Gregoire. By filling out an online request was closed while the necessary keys For the 2009 fall term, food nity for advanced polling starting on Gregoire has prior experience in form, students are given a ham were copied and distributed. bank co-ordinators completed 76 Thursday Jan. 14 where students can this field as he served as chair of the per of non -perishable or frozen "Everyone was aware of the is deliveries. vote online via e-mail, which will be undergrad council at the University items, fresh food and even hygiene sue;· said vice-president of services Ansell explains that co-ordina confidential. of Manitoba, where he attended pri products. Odette Ansell. tors plan to include an educational The polling will close on Jan. 18 or to Laurier. He expressed a clear The hamper offood is dropped "It was well communicated component within the program, and the verdict of the questions will understanding of Robert's Rules of off at various lockers around cam through Joel Robinson's (vice-pres such as how to create easy recipes be tallied and announced. Order, and is confident that he is pus and the student is provided with ident ofpublic affairs] office as well with the food provided and how to right for the role. a locker number and combination. and through the student food bank shop economically. "It was the right position for me at The entire process is completely itself. so it wasn't really a huge issue. "We're always there to help (the the right time," said Gregoire. anonymous. The turnaround for delivery is student~). but once they leave Lau The food bank was closed tempo usually one to two days anyways. so rier they don't have a student food rarily for two days in November due it didn't really hamper the service bank, so (these new initiatives aim] to security changes on campus. that much," said Ansell. to help them for the long term as As the food is stored in the base Food was delivered to the stu well as the short term:' thecord.ca ment of the Dr. Alvin Woods Build dents once the food bank re-opened. ing (DAWB), volunteers previously With 30 volunteers, the WLUSU 4 • NEWS The Cord • Wednesday. January 6. 2010 Tht Flu reporting changed WLU will be reverting back to its previous policies for sick days 2009 in preparation for an H1N1 Maclatchy noted that this deci LAUREN MILLET pandemic. sion is based upon what the Cana NEWS EDITOR Laurier will now use the policies dian Public Health units are saying that were in place before September about the flu being on a decline. Wilfrid Laurier University has re 2009. They are not expecting a serious verted back to its original policies "We're going back to what we've outbreak in the near future. regarding missed work due to illness always done regarding student ill If in fact there is another outbreak for students and faculty. nesses, in that it is the student's ofthe virus, Laurier will re-evaluate Beginning in full 2009, Laurier in responsibility to do whatever the the system. troduced a "flu declaration" website instructor of the course requests According to Maclatchy, final where students and faculty could re that they do, or as per their faculty numbers about who used the online guidelines;' said vice-president of system will be presented at the next ' port illness online to prevent further spread of the virus. academics Deb Maclatchy. Senate meeting, which will be held The initiative was part of the Lau "[If required, studentsJ will have on Thursday, Jan. 19. rier Pandemic Plan created in April to get a physician's note for the flu:· Laurier student leaves climate ThE had change conference disheartened mal in tl When the dust settled in Den- I make a difference:' (0( DAVID GOLDBERG mark and 193 nations jetted back to It wasn't good news for Canada bee W B EDIT..::O.:..:.R____ _ their respective states, the Copen- either. The Harper administration in tl hagen Accord had been reached. was awarded the Fossil of the Year ing Emily Slofstra, a third-year Laurier "It's not much to talk about;' she designation once again as "the ab- dep student, travelled to Copenhagen for said. solute worst country at the talks," ou. the 15th annual United Nations Cli- What she'd rather not talk about announced a number of environ- han mate Change Conference (UNCC) is the world's agreement in principle mental groups at the conference. em with a delegation of students with to fight climate change by reducing "Canadians themselves are not ofh hope for serious change. emissions - exact goals are to be re- content with the country's handling Ha' However, the results of this year's leased at a later date. of these issues," said Slofstra of her 10-t UNCC have left a bitter taste in Slof- "The Copenhagen Accord that experience at the UNCCC. seaJ stra's mouth. was created was developed in a back ''Most NGOs and observers espe- ou. "The original goals that were set room with only a few nations. When cially found Canada to be a laggard, Gre out about a fair, ambitious and le they started to cut back on observer especially on the issue of the tar YUSUF KIDWAI f'l TOGRAP~Y MANAGtR All gaily-binding treaty did not come to entrance numbers, they completely sands:' Franklin Ramsoomair poses here with his "Professor of the Year" Rob fruition. The police state in Copen- blocked Friends of the Earth and Slofstra said the highlight of her award from 2005, voted by business students and faculty. hagen was ridiculous and one expe- eventually almost completely cut trip was walking with Canadian -Tic rience with almost getting beaten by out NCO entrance .... To be honest, journalist/activist Naomi Klein at p f t f copbatonswasenoughforme- at Igottiredofthepettinessbytheend oneprotestandgettingtomeet ro 0 oc us 0 n least without full body armor," she of the second week and left before American environmentalist Bill said. Obama arrived. I knew it wouldn't McKibben. ~~~~~~~~~~-~ hu~anitarian~ork Des terl: from cover Ramsoomair, who will be greatly fen~ loved Ramsoomair, as he taught missed by those in the business pro feril things that would not only get them gram, said that if he could tell all fu wee through university but continue to ture students one thing, it would be finit help them throughout life. to "develop a social conscience." 6-2 "It's definitely a shame that they Ramsoomair will be receiving pr01 have lost one of the better teachers the 2010 Bob Marley Humanitarian sho in the program:· said English. award for humanitarian work in the ing He added that it felt as though classroom and with the community. ing Ramsoomair genuinely cared about He is currently working on of pi01 his students and their successes. ficially launching his foundation, oft! "All you have to do is go upstairs in Dream High and Fly, which provides witl the SBE building and look at profes business education for youth who COUI sor ofthe year and you'll see his pic have been identified as marginalized one Waterloo Co-operative Residence Inc. ture multiple times," said English. or disadvantaged. fin a 268 Phillip St. SOIll Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6G9 -Jus Mor:e info~mation Laurier fills government http:ll relations position JACQUELINE HOIVUS Rosborough arrives at Laurier CORD NEWS with 20 years of experience in gov ernment relations and public policy. Brian Rosborough has recently been He is a graduate from Dalhou hired by Wilfrid Laurier University sie University, holding a bacll to the new position of director of elor's degree in political science government relations. and a master's degree in public The director ofgovernment rela administration. tions will work as a main contact He has most recently worked for between Laurier and the provincial the Association of Municipalities of and federal governments. Ontario as the director of policy and Rosborough will have a key role in government relations. advocating and increasing Laurier's The relationship between the profile to decision- makers within government and Laurier is crucial the government. in order for the university to provide His responsibilities will include high quality education and research ensuring that both the government programming. and Laurier have an awareness of Post-secondary education is a each other's priorities. very competitive and complex area, He \vill also keep Laurier aware of thus Rosborough's experience is an legislation that has an impact on the asset to the university. university. "From Laurier's perspective, it Rosborough highlights the impor means better public policy that tance of the relationship between helps meet the needs of the univer Laurier and the government. sity and the students included;' said "About half of Laurier's revenue Rosborough. comes from government sources, so "So things that are better for the it's increasingly important that Lau university and improve the quality rier is having conversation with the of education, those are in both the government so that [they) under university and the students interests stand what Laurier's priorities and as well." objectives are in terms ofquality of Pro education," said Rosborough. cha ------·----~--~ - ~·---~----- The Cord • Wednesday. January 6. 2010 NEWS • 5 Alternative medicine Two professors from Laurier's musical therapy program lead a new project, chosen as a finalist for the Aviva Community Fund to discovering new ways to treat the Music Care Conference finished DAVID GOLDBERG people's physical and developmen 13th overall with 19,848 votes. WEB EDITOR tal ailments with musical therapy "I just want to thank all the peo techniques. ple out there who voted for us;' said The Music Care Conference, a proj Foster, the executive director of Foster, ecstatic that their efforts had ect intending to educate health care Room 217, began planning the event made it this far in the contest. professionals across Canada about with Willingham and Lee in Sep The conference is taking place in the benefits of music therapy, is one tember 2009. Waterloo on Nov. 6, 2010 regard step closer to receiving extra fund Foster and her planning group less of whether or not they get the ing to make their event the best it are seeking S150,000 for resources, funding. can be. staff, programmers and advertising Still, Foster knows that getting Performer, songwriter and music from Aviva if they are selected as the the backing of an organization such educator Bev Foster came up with winners. as Aviva will increase the reach of the idea of the Music Care Confer Aviva started the competition to what she is trying to accomplish. ence and is working alongside Lau help Canadians make their commu "Health conferences like this gen rier music faculty members Dr. Lee nities better. erally aren't that accessible to lots of Willingham and Dr. Colin Lee. Three winners will be chosen: a people," she said. The Laurier Centre for Music small idea proposal requiring less The final decision will be made Therapy Research, along with the than $10,000, a medium-sized idea June 25 when a panel of judges will Room 217 foundation, made it to the requiring $10,000-$50,ooo and fi choose the winning bid based on finals of the Aviva Community Fund nally a large-sized idea that could attributes of impact, likelihood of Competition. receive up to $250,000. success, longevity and sustainabil Launched in 2005, Room 217 is a The 25 finalists were chosen ity, originality and the quality of the non-profit organization dedicated through an online voting system and proposal. NICK LACHANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER Health sciences student Latif Murji donated $2,000 to the program. Student donates to health sciences which students are very supportive While you were out OLIVIA NIGHTINGALE of each other. STAFF W._;_R:.;..;IT-=Ec..:R______Despite the positive response from students so far, according to Brantford denied funding Tire was determined as the cause of Laurier student awarded for The winter semester is back in full Murji health sciences is "not a per In December, the federal govern the fire. community involvement swing and Wilfrid Laurier Univer fect program yet:' Students and fac .ment officially told the Laurier -Compiled by Andrea Millet Laurier first-year business student sity's health sciences program is be ulty are working together to improve Brantford Campus that they will not Corey Sherwood received the 2009 ginning its second semester. the program and develop it further. be getting the $15 million they had Lincoln Alexander Award on Dec. Although it maintains a low pro Murji has taken an active role in hoped for to build a new sports and 10 for his efforts to end dis crimina file at the university, the program is creating the Health Sciences Stu recreation complex. The project's Projects apJ?roved to in tion and promote tolerance in his evolving with the help of involved dents Association ofwhich he is the co-ordinators will continue to look crease Launer services community. The award is in honor students, such as Latif Murji. president. The group's main goal "is for other sources of funding. The President's Innovation Seed of Lincoln Alexander, the first black Murji, a recipient of the TD to address issues related to cours - Compiled by Andrea Millet Fund committee approved three lieutenant-governor in Ontario. Scholarship for Outstanding Com es," explains Murji. new programs with the intention -Compiled by Andrea Millet munity Leadership, has quietly do The biggest matter they are ad of increasing the number of service nated $2,ooo to health sciences thus dressing this semester relates to programs available at Laurier. The far which will be utilized to further the necessity of the calculus course Fire alarms evacuate Conrad programs are Laurier English as a develop the program. MAno as mandatory for the pro On Sunday Dec. 13, students were Second Language, BOOST and the Laurier announces two se He explains that "because I had a gram. With most of the health sci evacuated from Conrad Residence Brantford Advanced Summer Accel nior interim appointments full scholarship, I felt that the health ences students hoping to apply to for approximately 15 minutes after eration Program. Following the departure of Dr. Leo sciences program would be a great medical school, the Health Scienc burnt food in one of the kitchens set -Compiled by Andrea Millet Groarke, principal/vice-president of cause to give to and would allow me es Students Association wants to off the fire alarm. Laurier's Brantford campus, Dr. Les to have an impact:' evaluate which courses will be most -Compiled by Andrea Millet ley Cooper has been hired to serve in The program is something Mur useful for writing the MCAT. the position until July 2013. Dr. Su ji is very passionate about. After With one semester complet- Three Laurier researchers san Cadell has also been hired to act choosing to attend Laurier over oth ed, health sciences students seem awarded funding as dean of the faculty of social work er schools such as McMaster, which pleased with the direction in which Car catches fire outside the Biologist Dr. Mihai Costea, psy until June 2011. has a well-known health sciences the program is moving. university chologist Dr. Diano Marrone and - Compiled by Idil Herzi program, Murji describes Laurier as Murji maintains that he is "really On Dec. 15, a Porsche 924 Turbo psychologist Dr. Bruce McKay, three offering something that similar pro happy with the1iecision to come to belonging to Laurier administra Laurier researchers, received infra grams at other universities lack: "a Laurier;' and looks forward to being tive assistant Cindi Wieg caught fire structure funding from the Ontario small, very personal program with a part of the first graduating class of at the intersection ofAlbert Street Research Fund (ORF) to assist with very tight-knit environment:' the program in 2013. and University Avenue. 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January 6. 2010 rhe - WLUSU unde r rev1ew• The Cord evaluates the performances of the 2009-10 students' union board of directors and president thus far and gives insight on their trajectory for the rest of their term IJ ML ter Despite having several strong di Iha1 rectors sitting on this years Wilfrid Con Laurier University Students' Union Lau1 board of directors, it is hard to iden mel tifY a single thing this year's board Facw has accomplished. A While they started the year off sent quite strong- acting very efficiently to bt and effectively at the summer inter ofo1 im and operating budget meetings maj1 - the board seems to have lost the ever necessary passion and engagement T1 that will make them successful. worl In the beginning, the board ap witll peared to work well together, foster bes~ ing constructive discussion regard pror ing topics on the agenda. The senior bein directors seemed to be paving the inte way for the newer members to be VI come more involved. tho~ As the semester has progressed, just however, some board members tive -especially returning directors that seem to have given up on this years' abo1 board, while younger directors are T1 still struggling to find their role on tern) it. abo1 A divide is evident, with directors havE often operating in subgroups. implementation of the market re in the process of collecting and in willing to ask questions when they presence of management or devel cleaJ Tension is most apparent be search project, which was proposed corporating student input into fu are unsure of something, for certain oping board positions on matters of hard tween the chair and the other direc and passed by the board at the June ture plans. issues might be under-analyzed due importance to the student body. mor tors, which has significantly hin budget meeting. The board needs to be careful to lack of examination. As with mostyears, sadly, it's an a nyc dered their success. This initiative shows that the when discussing issues, as some Overall the board suffers from other underproductive year in stu The one noteworthy thing that board cares about the future of the times debates can wander offtopic. a lack of direction and engage dent politics. was has resulted from the board is the student's union, as the union is now Board members should also be more ment, failing to be aggressive in the men whe Cor( ded H Laura Sheridan - President and CEO There is no doubt that Sheridan is the upcoming Know Your Fees cam together leaders from across cam- • that passionate about her job as presi paign and additional assistance in pus and has started a dialogue about 11 dent and puts everything she can the finance department have been the importance of networking and wo into the position. implemented, there is some doubt combating silos between various ton She works countless hours and is that these reforms are actually mak student groups. gon~ constantly seen around campus ef ing the union more transparent and As the CEO ofa multi-million facil fectively engaging with both the stu accountable. dollar company, Sheridan has reno dent body and administration. Sheridan came under fire follow made some mistakes, including a one In terms of her platform, Sheridan ing the small monetary donation $300,000 budget misallocation from imrr has worked diligently to complete the Charity Ball committee made, the finance department and select Ill several of her tangible goals, includ yet she failed to take responsibility monitoring reports the board has how ing ensuring the proper implemen for the union's mistake and instead sent back. has tation of the WLUSU restructuring, defended something that many stu Despite this, directors have great vJ upgrades to the Terrace, the new tray dents were unhappy with. respect for her, and appreciate her system and increased composting. At times such as this -when conduct during board meetings - Having effectively utilized online someone is highly critical of the often allowing members of manage forums such as Facebook, Twit- union - Sheridan fails to act in a ment to speak on issues she is less ter and the union's website, Sheri satisfactory manner, as she can take familiar with, which is helpful to dan has provided mid-term re things very personally. board members. ports and her President's Updates To increase dialogue with stu Sheridan has followed through in order to engage the student body dents regarding the union, Sheri with the day-to-day concerns of and maintain a degree of transpar dan has altered her platform to hold students, including making greater ency that has not existed under her open houses rather than an open study spaces available on campus muc predecessors. forum in early January. If properly during the exam period. that Though her updates reach many utilized, they can engage students She has exhibited strong commu faCt\ students, they often do not contain and open WLUSU to feedback from nication with WLUSU management OUT I tangible elements such as facts and those who are not part of the union. and full-time staff. heal figures, which can be frustrating. Sheridan has already worked to Her ability to reach out to all par - Klj The line between transpar do this to some extent through the ties has maintained her role as an ency and public relations is often creation of the Student Congress. effective figurehead for the student blurred. Though initiatives such as This group, which she chairs, brings body. Saad Aslam - Chair of the board Coming into the position of chair that Aslam attempts to push the Though his conduct during meet - to which he was acclaimed - the board in a certain direction, even if ings is something Aslam should learning curve was steep for Aslam. it clashes with what the majority of improve upon, he works well with Unfortunately, in the eyes of his fel the directors want. directors outside ofthe board low directors he has failed to recover Aslam has been able to stream room. from an unproductive summer. line discussion during board meet He always makes himself avail With little transition between the ings, avoiding last year's prolonged able for anyone who has questions incoming and outgoing chair, Aslam discussions. He has succeeded jn or concerns. lacked definition in his role, and maintaining control of discussions His implementation of one-on both directors and As lam agree that during meetings, moving topics one meetings has been a valuable the position should no longer be along from one to another while not resource for directors who opted to full-time over the summer. allowing ideas or statements to be take advantage of this opportunity. Frustrations have been expressed drawn out too long. For the remainder of his term, regarding Aslam's relationship Aslam sometimes fails to re Aslam needs to regain the esteem with management, as many felt main impartial on issues, and his of his directors, show respect in the that he was pushing their agenda, language in the boardroom can be boardroom and demonstrate confi with things such as trying to get the harsh. dence and leadership abilities. $43,000 project passed. At times he prematurely cuts Others need to be reminded of Directors have also expressed people off, and becomes visibly up why Aslam was the strongest choice concern that Aslam is not always re set if discussion goes a certain way, for chair going into this year. ceptive to what they say. showing bias when he should re Often during meetings it appears main neutral. The Cord • Wednesday. January 6, 2010 BOARD REVIEWS • 7 Laura Allen Sunny Chan Jackie Dobson Greg Evans I Stephanie Francis Not being vocal in the boardroom is Despite having good ideas, Chan Dobson remains a strong direc- Evans brings a humourous yet pas Although taking an active role Allen's biggest weakness as a direc has trouble communicating them tor; she is very passionate about sionate voice to the boardroom ta within the board by participating in tor. Self-admittedly Allen is shy and to his fellow directors. Though his her work, understands her role as a ble. He keeps meetings lighthearted the ownership linkage committee, often refrains from asking questions comments at times may seem ran director and is always prepared for while still offering valuable advice Francis could take a more vocal ap when she believes they might be ir dom, usually his statements have meetings. As a second-year director to fellow directors and taking a proach to engaging in board meet relevant or she is unsure of some validity. she has a thorough understanding balanced approach to board-level ing discussions. thing. Though Allen has shown Chan has a firm grasp on policy of policy governance and remains issues. She rarely voices her opinions, some improvements in this area governance and the role of a direc a valuable asset and resource to the Though many directors enjoy which makes her one of the more she needs to find the confidence to tor, but in order to be taken seri board. his sense of humour, others feel unnoticeable board members. speak up and offer her perspective, ously he needs to be more coherent Despite her senior status on the that he often acts immature and as she very often has valid points to when expressing his ideas. Having board, it's disappointing that Dob unprofessional. bring to the table. failed to be elected to any commit son has not taken on more of a lead Evans' co-curricular involve Behind the scenes, Allen seems tees, Chan has pursued involvement ership role in committee work. To ments, which include his roles of engaged, as demonstrated in her in other areas on campus, notably maximize her engagement in the president of Sigma Chi and a direc work on the ownership linkage within the faculty of science. boardroom she needs to speak more tor of Laurier Musical Theatre, keep committee. However, it is hard to frequently to set an example for her him in touch with the needs of stu pinpoint exactly what this commit fellow directors. dents, which is important for an ef tee has accomnlished. fective director. Andrew Fryer Justin Glover Peter Hanna Emily Harason Kyle Hocking Fryer is one of this year's strongest Glover's poor attendance at board Though quite vocal in the board Harason is one of the least vocal di Hocking's ability to seek out direc directors, being recognized by his meetings and lack of communica room, Hanna's comments are of rectors on the board, often remain tors for advice has given him an up peers for his leadership, knowledge tion with his peers have been his ten interpreted as accusatory and ing silent for entire meetings. How per hand in the boardroom. He is and engagement in board meetings. biggest flaws as a director. rude. At times he appears stubborn ever, she surprised everyone and has willing to scrutinize management As a second-year director, Fryer Having missed four out of the in his opinions and is hesitant to been applauded for having success and raise student concerns, which is highly regarded by other board term's eight meetings, it does not take what other directors say into fully chaired the committee for sus are important attributes for a direc members and many tum to him for appear that Glover has been able to consideration. tainability development. tor to have. Hocking's perfect atten advice. He has made an effort to im effectively fulfill his role. Glover at Although he sat on the elections Now having the experience of dance and obvious eagerness shows prove his conduct in the boardroom tributes this to his rigorous work policy review committee, he failed working well with a small group, his promise as a director, yet there is following last year, when he was of schedule, and he has also resigned to show up to any meetings and Harason would benefit from still much work for him to do in the ten accused of being disrespectful from his student senator position. then was very critical ofthe work bringing her ideas forward in the remainder of his term. and unprofessional. When he is in attendance at produced by the committee. This boardroom. The ends policy review commit Fryer effectively proposed the meetings, Glover often appears demonstrates his apparent lack of tee he has been elected to, which market research project, which, al unprepared, having not read the commitment to the board. failed to meet first semester, would though setting WLUSU over budget, material, which disappoints other Despite numerous requests, Peter Han be the perfect opportunity for him to will provide students an opportunity directors. na rtfosed an interview with The Cord. take on a leadership role in an area to voice their concerns and expecta On Jan. 5. 2010, Glover announced his he is very passionate about. tions of the union. resignation ftom the hoard. Jordan Hyde Christopher Oberle Michael Onabolu Kayla Smith These rev1ews were written collaboratively by Local and Nat1onal Editor L1nda Givetash. News Ed1tor Lauren Millet In Depth Ed1tor Alanna Wallace and Ed1tor-1n Chief Laura Carl: son Hyde has effectively immersed him Oberle has taken a leadership role Onabolu has a positive presence in Being the board's only representa They are based on collec self in the role of a director and has among first-time directors both the boardroom, asking important tive from the Brantford campus, tive observatoins from attend taken the time to ask questions and during meetings and while sitting questions and supporting fellow Smith attempts to represent not ing the board's bi-weekly pub educate himself on various issues. on committees. Oberle sat on the directors. Holding the role of sec- only the 2.400 students of Laurier's lic meetings and conducting He is often vocal in the boardroom, sustainability development com . retary, Onabolu has been given the satellite campus, but also keeps in more than 20 hours of inter facilitating discussion, asking valu mittee and acted as the chair for the opportunity to take on a leadership mind how her decisions will affect views with the student repre able questions and putting forward elections review committee. position and has ~rformed ade Waterloo students. sentatives motions. Hyde's business back Fellow directors applauded Ober quately in this respect. She chaired the Brantford realign ground and ability to analyze WLU le for his work on the elections re His charisma and general de ment committee, which allowed her These 1nterviews were speofi SU finances is an asset to the board. view committee in particular, re meanor allow for his words to be to excel in an area she is knowledge cally designed to evaluate the His focus on short and long-term gardless of the fact that the board considered by other directors, even able in. Other directors claim Smith elected performances based goals for issues such as environ rejected many of his suggestions. if they do not always agree with his brings a good perspective to the on both self and peer evalua mental sustainability have made Because of his great passion for stu views. boardroom, because it allows them tions him an effective board member. dent issues, he at times gets emo As a second-year student with to always keep the Brantford stu This, combined with his ability to tional in situations such as these. great potential, Onabolu should take dents in mind. Photos by Nick Lachance and remain impartial, has won him the the remainder of his term to be more Yusuf Kidwai. respect of his peers. engaged with WLUSU issues. Disclosure: Jordan Hyde is the chair of Wi{frid Laurier University Student Publi cations board. 8 • The Cord • Wednesday, January 6, 2010 The ( ------~~~~--~------======~ -~======~ LOCAL Local Ed1tor Lmda G vetash • lg1vetash@thecord ca Providing warm meals on cold days D Dearl 8o bags of chips, granola bars, 50 li expressed the desire to make it an letter I LI NDA GIVETASH tres of ice cream, hot chocolate, iced annual event. The long-term sus your a 0 A ... AND "JAr ONAL ED TOR tea and juice. tainability of St. John's was also an acom1 "Everyone was so grateful be area Luis considering helping with. All We give. We cook. We care. On Dec. cause roast beef and ice cream arc "What happens when you provide ymouJ 4. a group of eight Laurier students two items they don't usually provide one dinner or one lunch it only pro words took this slogan to St. John's Kitchen because it's expensive;• explained vides the problem for that one day, Subm1 in Kitchener to provide meals to ap Lu. you want something [to help] on a thecor proximately 250 people. The lunch was prepared and dis continuous basis, generating a much each u "I had this idea in the back of my tributed by Lu, Catherine Horrigan, bigger impact;' explained Lu. head to do cooking during the holi Sean Gallaghar, Andrew Moores, "Food is a right, not a gift:' Dear! days for the homeless people," said Kristen George, Jacqueline Chan, lam Lucas Lu, a third-year business stu Aeron Lawrence, Kyle Martin, Scott Ten~ dent, who established the event. Cherry and Keeley Philips. orNe After being approached by a The abundance of food result St. John's there. homeless person following a night ing from the fundraising efforts of that I out with his friends, Lu considered the students was noted by Gretchen Kitchen group how to make this idea a reality. Jones, a cook at St. John's. ~Nobody ~ d . c;, 1n of The Work ng Cen thew• St. John's Kitchen was suggested heard the word 'no; 'you can't have tre a non-profit venture that youc1 to Lu and his friends as a suitable more; 'you have to wait until the prov1des tools and opportunit1es Since venue to provide meals to those in end: People were served uncondi for people to get Involved in the ReaiP need. tionally," she said. building of community projects The group created a Facebook The volunteers were also encour 1n Kitchener-Waterloo Dear! event calling for donations or any aged to line up and receive a part of -The meal program is run by I kno means of help Laurier students the meals they were handing out. 160 volunteers. time could provide. With the initial fund "It gives you the opportunity to be - Prov1des up to 300 meals per cent!) raising goal of$300, Lu was as at the same level as the people you day. free shower and laundry fa do no tounded by the final outcome, which serve;· said Lu. cilities. psychiatric outreach and is yo~ was over double this amount. "It's something that really chang JOb placement opportunities. "This effort, this contribution es your perspective;' he added. - Many of those who use their from all the generous Laurier stu The students' willingness to par services suffer from physical and dents made this whole thing hap ticipate and interact with the volun mental health 1ssues. c~ pen;· said Lu. teers and patrons was appreciated. - Approximately 200.000 pounds Students provided monetary "They were just the most amaz of food are prepared or distrib donations, made holiday greeting ing group ofyoung people and they uted every year. cards and provided food products to really got it, they really got our phi - The marketplace distributes m COUR~ESY OF LUCAS LU be prepared for the event. losophy," said Jones. food to be taken home to pre After raising over $850, students helped prepare and serve A total of$856 was raised to pur Future projects haven't been de pare. prov1ded by the Food Bank breakfast and lunch to the appreciative St. John's patrons. chase 100 lbs of beef. 97lbs of pork, termined as ofyet; however, Lu of Waterloo Reg1on sno\"oo Student groups J lookiJ your ! scrutinize wards Legend fortu1 lim itt 11111 proposed boundaries icpro Boundary changes recommended better - current boundaries weeki representation for university residents proposed ward 6 proposed ward 7 LINDA GIVETASH and those who live south of Laurier. LOCAL AND NATIONAl EDITOR "What this means is that even proposed ward l stead though there is a large number of okay I Waterloo's mayor and council re students in Waterloo, there is un to prE ceived a letter last month addressing likely to be a representative on city concerns that students are under council that responds to student is represented as a result of the current sues because the student voice be TRINA SCHMIDT rRAPHICS EO 0« ward boundaries which divide the comes a minority in two separate This map depicts the current community zoning with Laurier under ward seven and UW under student population. wards instead of a more powerful ward six. It also shows the proposed recommendation to hold universities in ward six. with I The letter sent by Griffin Carpen voice in one ward," said Carpenter. feel in ter, chair of the ward review com In addition to students becoming befo< mittee for the Mayor's Student Ad a minority group within each ward, encompass both universities in a be two councillors responding to "I think that this would be some goou visory Council, and Kory Preston, the wards themselves become po single ward. student concerns instead of just thing for the next council to look at ingn1 Wilfrid Laurier University Students' larized by the differing needs of stu This recommendation reflects an one," said Carpenter. early in 2011 and start having that audit1 Union vice-president of university dents and permanent residents. option proposed to council in 2005 However, the issue will not be ad (discussion]," said Mayor Brenda Danct affairs, outlined concerns with the "These councillors are asked to to hold both universities in ward dressed in tinte for the municipal Halloran, in response to the stu 1Vwl current ward system and provided represent more people than other six when the boundaries were last election this fall. dents'letter. pleer recommendations for a more repre councillors are and also asked to discussed. "City policy states that if there is Until the issue can be formally sentative model. represent very diverse opinions, It was not put to motion unlike changes made to ward boundaries addressed, it brings forward the im While Laurier resides in ward which to no fault of their own, the current divided model, which they have to be made a year before portance of student engagement in seven, the area north of University makes it difficult to be very effective passed narrowly 3-2. an election;• said Carpenter. the community. Avenue West and encompassing the representation of all of those groups "The scenario where students Though it will not be considered "If we can start this type of dis University of Waterloo resides in through that one councillor," ex were put in separate wards was giv for quite some time the recommen course in the surrounding commu ward six. plained Preston. en a positive spin in that it was ar dation has set the foundation for nity about what the needs of stu This not only divides the two uni Thus a more representative model gued that there would be more rep- discussing the representation of the dents are around Laurier then we'd versities into separate wards, but was suggested in the letter to change -:resentation if the students were in student population and bringing have succeeded at least in bringing also students who live in Northdale ward boundaries, which would different ward because there would forth ideas to improve it. that to the forefront;' said Preston. KW in brief Crowd forms as DriveTest Municipal election candi Attempted assault with a approximately 5'9" tall. had begun fighting in the street. strike comes to an end date announced lmife -Compiled by Rebecca Vasluianu According Olaf Heinzel. public Nearly 100 people lined up to book Waterloo city councilor Jan d'Ailly Near the University of Waterloo affairs co-ordiantor for the WRSP, their driving tests on Monday in announced on Dec. 17 that he will be campus at Phillip Street, a 20-year four males were taken to the hos Kitchener. running against the current mayor old was threatened with a knife pital with non -life threatening It was the first day that the Driv Brenda Halloran in the 2010 mu when a man demanded money Stabbing near Laurier injuries. eTest employees had returned to nicipal election, expected to be held around 10 p.m. on Monday night. campus Three of those males were re work following the four-month On in October. The victim received no injuries On Jan. 1, Waterloo Regional Po ported to have stab wounds, while tario-wide strike that began on Aug. D'Ailly is currently city council and the Waterloo Regional Police lice Service (WRSP) responded to a the fourth sustained facial injuries 24. lor for ward six which encompasses Services are currently investigating disturbance on Hickory Street, near resulting from kicking. There is currently a backlog of Northdale, the community north of the incident. Spruce Street, in Waterloo. The incident is said to have been 300,000 tests in the province. Laurier campus. The suspect 1s described as It involved a large group of males alcohol related. -Compiled by Rebecca Vas/uianu -Compiled by Andrea Millet a male in hi s late teens and is from two difference residences who Laurrn Millet The Cord • Wednesday, January 6. 2010 • 9 NATIONAL National Editor Linda Givetash • [email protected] Canada in brief Parliament Ontario PSE system broken: of Science says that industrial pollu book tion from Alberta's tarsands opera TORONTO (CUP) -Academic Trans tions is five times greater than the formation, a new book by four Ontar industry and the government has 1 io university professors, accuses the claimed. Shuts down province of failing students and calls The report found that the amount for education reform. of toxic chemicals Syncrude and Laurier professor David Docherty and KW Ian Clark, co-author of the book, Suncor deposit into the surrounding told the Globe and Mail that the cur environment each year is equivalent MP Peter Braid explain the implications of rent system of universities combin to a major oil spill. proroguing the federal government ing research and teaching is crip -Keith McLaughlin, The Meliorist pling Ontario's post-secondary edu cation system. Growing pressure for professors SEAN HAYWARD to produce groundbreaking research Lang becomes 17th journal STAFF WRITER- means they are spending less time ist Jillled in Afgliamstan -- It does not help the teaching. Part-time faculty are do BURNABY, B.C. (CUP)- Four Ca On Dec. 30, the Governor General '' ing more teaching as a result, which nadian soldiers and a journalist Michaelle Jean, acting on the advice institution of parliament compromises quality of education, didn't live to see New Year's Eve this of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, explained Clark. year. prorogued parliament until early in the public's mind to The book was commissioned On Dec. 30, Calgary Herald jour March. by the Higher Education Quality nalist Michelle Lang and four Ca The government cited the need to have the prime minister Council. nadian soldiers were killed when consult with the public and prepare - Danie/le Webb, CUP Ontario Bureau an improvised explosive device de the next phase of their economic treat parliament with Chiif stroyed the armoured vehicle they program as reasons to suspend the were traveling in near Kandahar. sitting of parliament. such disrespect:' Late on the afternoon of Jan. 3, At a press conference immedi the bodies of Lang and the four sol ately following the decision, Prime -David Docherty, associate professor Sombre memorial for diers arrived at the Canadian Forces Minister Stephen Harper stated that Montreal Massacre Base in Trenton, Ont. A repatriation Canada's Economic Action Plan will YUSUF KIDWAI F'LE PHOTO MONTREAL (CUP) -A single white ceremony was performed on the five continue to be a priority in the new PM Harper closed parliament rose lay on one of the 14 monuments bodies at the base. session to ensure that it is imple after receiving approval from that honour each ofthe women who Lang is the first Canadian civilian mented to benefit Canadians. the Governor General. were shot and killed 20 years ago at to be repatriated. Emphasizing the government's Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. - Sam Reynolds. The Peak focus on economic recovery, Con raised by the opposition about the was allowed to survive when the Aside from the rose, the Place servative MP for Kitchener-Water Mghan detainees," said Docherty. Liberals agreed to support the bud du 6-Decembre-1989 showed little loo Peter Braid stated, "Canada's "They're hoping that Canadians getin2009. sign of visitors or mourners on Dec. Economic Action Plan has accom will focus on the Olympics instead The current break will give the 5, one day before the anniversary of Body scanners coming to plished a great deal and has placed of other things and they're help Prime Minister time to appoint five what has come to be known as the airports our country on the road to recovery;' ing them to focus on the Olym new senators. Montreal Massacre. According to Rob Merrifield, min he said. pics by giving them less to focus on This means in the new session, The school held a private cer ister of state transport, 44 body "In the upcoming session, the elsewhere:· the Conservative government would emony at the Notre-Dame Basilica scanners with the capability to scan government's economic priorities Rather than having MPs and sen have a majority on senate commit on Dec. 6 to mark the milestone an through clothing have been ordered will be completing the implementa ators return on Jan. 25 as was previ tees where Liberal senators have re niversary of the day that also saw 13 for Canadian airports. tion of the Economic Action Plan, ously planned, parliament will re cently delayed federal government people injured at the hands of Marc I CBC News has confirmed that returning the federal budget to bal turn on March 3 and a budget will be bills by making major amendments Lepine, who was 25 years old at the they will be installed in Vancou ance once the economy has recov introduced the following day. to them. time. ver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, ered and building the economy of In support of the prorogation, "There are some things that this -Chris Hanna, The Concordian Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and the future:· Braid said, "Prorogation sim- government has done that I have Halifax. Each of the three opposition par ply means we start a new session liked, there are some policies that I These new security measures are ties criticized the conservatives for of parliament, beginning with a have not liked, but that is irrelevant;' in response to new U.S. security suspending Parliament, accusing Throne Speech that will set a fo said Docherty. Report refutes industry protocols following the failed terror them of trying to prevent debate on cused agenda for the country:· ''As someone who studies our tarsands claims ist attack on a Detroit-bound flight issues such as the alleged abuse of In Dec. 2008, Prime Minister parliamentary system, this is an LETHBRIDGE, A.B. (CUP) - Are on Christmas Mghan detainees transferred by the Harper requested a prorogation of abuse of parliament. It embarrass port published in December from -Compiled by Linda Givetash Canadian Forces to Mghan prisons. parliamentto avoid a vote of non ing and appalling. the U.S.-based National Academy David Docherty, associate profes confidence that would have defeated "It does not help the institution of sor of political science at Laurier, his government and caused its re parliament in the public's mind to believes that the prorogation is in placement by a coalition of the Lib have the Prime Minister treat par Check for Canadian University Press wire updates throughout the week fact an attempt to distract the public erals and the NDP, supported by the liament with such disrespect:' from criticism of the government. Bloc Quebecois. - Withfilesftom Emma God mere, CUP thecord.ca/national "They want to effectively shut The Governor General granted his Ontario Bureau Chief down the questions that are being request and the Harper government CENTRE FOR MILITARY ~~t~~."'~..·· #. 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The power of the English language IJ Grant recipient Meropi Deligiannis experiences the education system in post-conflict Nepal first hand Just like many university under The price of education fundamental benchmark in under graduates, I found the opportunity WLU Student Publications However, English education is not standing and evaluating any coun Nepal facts: to teach English overseas an intrigu free. There are three different school try's development. However, in Ne ing proposition. systems in Kathmandu: private pal, it would seem that the best edu In addition to Mount Everest. the During the summer of 2009, I schools, public schools funded en cation is primarily English-focused. country is home to eight of the traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal with grant tirely by the government and com world's tallest 10 peaks. Peace for All International, a non munity schools like Manasalu, The 'brain drain' issue government organization founded which are privately owned but sur In recent years, Nepali schools have While Nepal was the birthplace of by Laurier studentAyiko Solomon vive during difficult times by taking tailored to parental wishes -chil Buddhism. today 1t is home to a to do just that. out loans from the government. dren fluent enough in English to Hindu majority. As one of seven volunteers hosted As principal Shrestha explained, leave the country for post-second by Laxman and Laxmi Shrestha, I "It is like a company, it all has to do ary education or work. This contrib In 2006. Nepal's 10-year civil worked with my team at the Lotus with property:' utes to the accursed "brain drain:' war ended. Children's Home, a small orphanage English as essential While those attending private In Nepal, money is put into the the Shresthas manage in the capi English education is crucial in Ne schools pay the most, community education system to educate its However. the country is still strug tal city. pal. In 2008, the country faced an schools depending on their stan population. The problem is that gling to recover from a decade of As I did not have any prereq unemployment rate of nearly so per dards have varying student, exam most educated Nepali who have Maoist insurgency. uisites in teaching English, I as cent. Today, tourism serves as a ma and computer lab fees. desired skills and knowledge leave sumed that I would be a teacher's jor source ofincome for the country. Laxman's two boys attend Mana the country to create a better life for In May 2008. the country's last aid - assisting students with their The locals understand that Eng salu; their education fees are paid themselves. Thus, they do not con monarch was removed from schoolwork. lish competency provides a market for by a dose family friend, total tribute to Nepal's development. power and a democratic repub However, the school had other able advantage, not to mention a ing 7,000 Nepalese rupees (NPR) Nepal is not alone; brain drain is lic w as instated. plans. livelihood. a month - just under 100 CAD - a the reality for many underdeveloped Manasalu Higher Secondary As our host Laxman Shrestha ex steep price for many. countries today. Since 2008. the country has been School, the focus of our volunteer plained, in Nepal "English [educa Why pay for schooling, you might While Nepal's education system plagued by a 46 per cent unem efforts, was short on teaching staff. tionJ is a good idea .... Everything is wonder, when the government pro has obvious problems, something ployment rate. The most logical thing to do was in English: work, banks, everything:' vides it for free? The major reason can be said for the free public educa provide us with whiteboard mark Moreover, all post-secondary ed is that public schools do not teach tion system provided for the govern Nepal is one of the poorest ers, brushes and classrooms full of ucation in the country is conducted English. ment, however sparse, and its exclu countries on earth. excited Nepali children. in English. To have any chance at At Manasalu, about so per cent of sion of the English language. In the beginning, miscommuni a college education in Nepal one students continue their education Only seven years prior, civil war Approximately one half of the Ir cation was rampant and learning needs to be literate in English. This past tenth grade to complete"+2" forced Manasalu to close its doors country's population lives below what was expected ofus was some idea was reiterated within the con (two more years that would prepare for two full years. The system has the internationally sanctioned times an uncomfortable experience. fines ofthe Manasalu School. them for college). made notable progress in the post poverty line of 1.25 USD a day. Even though the principal and All classes at the Kathmandu Principal Shrestha explained that waryears. teachers taught English to their school were in English and students there are many science students, For those interested in develop Nepal is landlocked between Nine students, the language barrier was were expected to speak only English and because it is so difficult to find ment, especially in teaching English two of the developing world's Dire· undeniable. while at school. The school's aim jobs in Nepal, they go abroad, pri as many university undergraduates powerhouses - India and China. Stan Not because their English was was to create an environment con marily to China. After my sophis do, I believe going to Nepal to teach Rele. poor, but as foreigners, with differ ducive to learning the language. ticated survey ofthe Manasalu stu English should be looked at more The country is heavily reliant on *.., ent pronunciations and a completely The school's principal, Bhakta Ku dents - having the pupils raise their critically. Perhaps we should be neighbouri ng India for trade and Acac different cultural frame of reference, Shrestha, explained, "Parents have hands- science was the dear favou working toward development in ar economic support. Day we had trouble understanding them. expectations for English school:' rite for subject matter. eas that would encourage well-ed stud• Not surprisingly, while tackling He said they "expect to send their Education in Nepal is a complex ucated Nepali citizens to remain in Foreign aid is vital to Nepal's Broa each classroom, our main focus be kids abroad- there's nothing here, issue for volunteers interested in Nepal and contribute to their home survival. nam came English pronunciation. no jobs in Nepal:' development, since education is a country's development. Di mus· Con1 rectc ama Fe Lewi left, I tali: -Am Avatc Dire Stan Said *..,Rele JamE Titan wait Kl visu: lyw< duce w rom: craft MEROPI DELIGIANNIS IJ GRANT MEROPI DELIGIANNIS IJ GRANT bea1 Young Nepali students in class at the Manasalu Higher Secondary School. Manasalu students are only permitted to speak English on school grounds. -Elis The Cord • Wednesday, January 6, 2010 •11 GOMA,DRC KABUL, AFGHANISTAN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK MARSEILLES, FRANCE World in brief The BBC reports that Mount According to the BBC, the Afghan The Globe and Mail reports that a According to the BBC, a pastel work Nyamulagira, one of the most active parliament has rejected 17 out of Somali man has been charged with by artist Edgar Degas titled "Les -Compiled by Marie Andie volcanoes in Africa, erupted on Jan. Karzai's 24 cabinet nominees. The two counts of attempted murder for Choristes" has been stolen from the 2. The eruption sent lava into the rejections stem from the belief that an attack on Danish cartoonist Kurt Cantini Museum. The piece was Virunga National Park, threatening many individuals were selected to Westergaard. Westergaard is the on loan from the Musee D'Orsay in the many species of endangered repay political favours rather than artist responsible for 2005 cartoon Paris. The French national museum wildlife inhabiting the area. for their competency. of the Prophet Muhammad. service places its worth at £710,000. ------I Yemen's threat I ~ With this coupon get I The attempted terror attack on Christmas I Day renews terrorism fears in America I I eHAMBLBON The AI Qaeda bombing of the USS HAIR SPA I PRAVEEN ALWIS Cole at the port of Aden made Ye I 255 King St. N.,Unit 10, Waterloo CORD INTERNAT O NAL men a focus for counter-terrorism 519-746-7171 I efforts in 2000. www.chameleonspa.com The failed Christmas Day attack on More recently, a group calling it I Northwest Airlines Flight 253 serves self Islamic Jihad in Yemen claimed I as a startling reminder of extrem responsibility for the 2008 car I ist violence and exposes the grow bombing ofthe American embassy ing terrorist threat of the Arabian in the capital city of Sana'a. $10.00 off 40°/o off I Peninsula. 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AI Qaeda is "largely free to do what While disaster was averted, the it wants in certain areas;· said incident has highlighted what U.S. Princeton University's Gregory president Barack Obama called Johnsen in an interview with the "systemic and human failures" in New York Times. American intelligence during his ·According to Johnsen, AI Qaeda address from Honolulu on Dec. 29. leaders have begun marrying into Obama also confirmed reports Yemeni tribes and are assuming po that prominent Nigerian banker and sitions of social leadership. former statesman Umaru Mutallab, "This development is both new Umar Mutallab's father, had relayed and worrying because it has the po concerns of his son's extremist in tential to turn any counter-terror volvement, which "could have, and ism operation into a much broader should have, been pieced togeth- 1 war involving Yemen's tribes," said er" by American counter-terrorist Johnsen. agencies. While the events of Christmas Equally as concerning is the or Day have emphasized the impor chestration ofthe plot by AI Qaeda tance of stabilizing the region, in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), experts warn against aggressive a subordinate faction ofAI Qaeda American intervention. based not in the familiar extremist Former U.S. ambassador to Ye homesteads of Afghanistan or post men Barbara Bodine told the Toronto war Iraq but rather in the emerging Star, "Ifwe try to deal with this as an hotbed of Yemen. American security problem ... dealt Obama explained during his with by American military, we risk address that Mutallab had trav exacerbating the problem. eled to Yemen where he had come "The objective of U.S. policy into contact with AQAP members should therefore be more modest who "trained him, equipped him and aimed at helping to bring Ye with those explosives and directed men back from the brink by increas him to attack that plane headed for ing its domestic stability. 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If your rel startingt< box, that i relations} YUSUF KIDWAI PHOTOGRAPHY MANA< ,FR Signs an individual may be trapped in an emotionally abusive relationship are very subtle, meaning it is difficult not only for the individual but for others to realize his or her plight. Elizabeth Hi Partner violence through an em lnt1mate partner violence (IPV) pre lationship, exp dominantly includes the follow1ng versity studen1 fou· types of behav•our to find their id1 1) Physical violence: Any type of Acting-out phase the trappings c physical force towards a partner. Charactenzed by outbursts of v1o ent flourish. such as h1tting. kick1ng and push abus1ve 1nc1dents During th1s stage Hill explain• Ing the abuser attempts to dom1nate h•s believes that u 2) Sexual violence: Forc1ng a part or her partner w1th the use of VIO get caught up i ner to engage 1n sexual acts aga1nst lence. whether physical. emotional or to the point wl their will. among other sexually re otherw1se comes a fixatic lated dominance. "They lose a 3) Threats: The use of words. ges tions that help tures or objects to convey a mes Honeymoon phase uals," said Hill saqe to a partner w1th mtent to Charactenzed by apology and apparent end of vlo ing as a couple harm ence Dunng th1s stage the abuser s often apologetiC other things:' 3) Emotional abuse: Threaten1ng a and affect onate Some batterers shower the r v1ct rns Carolyn Bell partner or harmng the1r sense of w th affect1on and love dunng th s t me her former boy self-worth. 1nclud1ng name-call1ng. need to please intim1dat1on or isolation the cycle of via any wrongdo it actions. Tension-building phase "Hepreyedt Warning signs Charactenzed by poor communication tens1on my best to be a A partner's behav1our may escalate and fear of caus•ng outbursts on the part of the "It didn't rna to be•ng abusive 1f they: v1ct1m Dunng th1s stage the v ct1m tnes to calm like shit becaw -Always have to be right the abuser down to avo•d confrontations thought I was~ -Dec1de what to do. when to do 1t. plained Thorn! where to go tifY your wortli -Control the finances t A partner often practices emotion al abuse by: Constantly criticizing their partner -Using humiliating language -Threaten1ng harm -Threaten1ng su1c1de 1f the partner leaves IN DEPTH The Cord • Wednesday. January 6. 2010 • 13 The burden of a restricting relationship continued from cover Thomas's next partner ended up be The toll of psychological abuse, "You need those support systems if Thomas and Bennett both agreed ing both emotionally controlling and which so often escalates towards oth you're in an abusive relationship be that they can recognize and deter be member of the co-operative leader sexually abusive. er forms of violence, sexual or physi cause otherwise you'll never leave and haviour that they find abusive. They ship at the WLU Women's Centre. "I didn't think I was worth anything cal, as it did in Thomas's relationship, ifyou do leave, you'll be so broken are also able to create boundaries to Because emotional abuse is so ab more so it didn't occur to me that I is tremendous. · you'll go back." explained Hill. protect themselves against abuse. stract and its employment is different went into the next major relationship "You just get weighed down;' ex Bennett agreed that often one Both have developed boundar- in each unhealthy relationship, the basically with the same kind of man plained Thomas. "Every time there's needs te come to the realization one ies and discovered what they want in discussion of emotional abuse with who completely emotionally black a dig, a barb, every time there's a joke, self before they decide to end a de their future relationships as a result of an objective eye is imperative if the mailed me every step," she explained. it's all about the intention of keeping structive relationship. professional counselling. trauma so many individuals endure is Thomas believes that being molest you down so that they can keep look "It needed to be on my own terms." ''I'll be a little smarter; said Thom to be identified and halted. ed as a child and having an emotion ing like the bigger, the more powerful, said Bennett. *It makes me sick to as about picking a partner. Through ally abusive mother made her gain the better." think of what I would feel like had I seeking counselling she now cares weight as a mechanism to distance After attending professional coun stayed:' about herself enough to know what a.."'?..Q herself from others and that in the selling, Bennett realized that she was Ramirez explained that being emo she deserves. C/-~ end, her weight gain led her to believe unable to define what she wanted in tionally abused "frames who you are" For Bennett, who is in a new rela that her abusive boyfriends were the a partner as a result of her manipula and takes a lifetime to overcome. tionship, the positivity of a healthy "Like a box" best she could attract. tion by a former boyfriend. Although Hill's friend overcame her partnership keeps her optimistic Ramirez explains that what Thom "I don't even know what a healthy destructive relationship and contin about putting her past relationship as and Bennett both endured was relationship is anymore," she said. ued a new and healthier partnership, behind her. ~omplexity often makes emo a matter of power and control, as "(He] took that time to know all my Hill believes that her friend will never "Everything is different," Bennett tional abuse hard to recognize, even well as the struggle that goes along weaknesses and to know exactly what be the same. said of her new relationship. "There's for the victim. Every abuser uses dif with dominance and assertion in a (he] could say to manipulate the reac "You saw her lose herself, you saw just a level of a respect there in every ferent strategies, and for the most part relationship. tion [he] wanted:' that he took some of her light and aspect that was never there [before]:· the reactions of the abused differ. "It is about power and control over she'll never get a part of that back;' But their leftover emotions are hard "It's multi-faceted," explained women emotionally, making sure that Hill said. to bear, and both Bennett and Thorn Thomas. "You can identifY certain ex they cannot assert themselves, that a.."'?..Q Most importantly, there must be a as say they have unanswered ques periences and reactions as being the they cannot exist without this person C/-~ stronger emphasis on healthy, recip tions and anger towards their former same but the fact is that it's never ex controlling all aspects of their being," rocal relationships. partners. actly the same:" said Ramirez. "Present for a lifetime" "I feel frustrated with him and an As Klein points out, emotional Klein explained that in her experi · gry with him. But I feel more frus violence can include controlling be ence working with women who have trated with myself for not having lis haviour and the imposition of strict I been emotionally abused, abuse is aen the point of realization '~~ tened to all those people who loved gender roles, two phenomena that are generally the product of an individual for an individual in an abusive rela You want to believe that me and said something was wrong," sometimes overlooked as characteris who feels a sense of entitlement over tionship is aided by a strong support said Bennett. tic of abuse. their partner. She said that the power system. Those who have been emo what you saw [in the "[He] broke my heart. (He] was the For these women, identity is- and control aspect of psychological tionally abused often suffer in silence one that made the rules," concluded sues often become a catalyst for their intimate partner violence magnifies because of the Jack of rhetoric that person] the first time Thomas, "(He] treated me like I was impending manipulation by male its intensity. surrounds their plight. Friends and meat. Like I was there solely for (his] partners. "Nobody should ever be in a situa family must take the important role of wasn't wrong:' pleasure and that's not right:' tion where they have to limit who they supporting loved ones. are to fit into a box of a relationship;' "You sit there and listen and you explained Klein. "Ifyour relationship sit there for a lifetime," said Ramirez a.."'?..Q is starting to feel like a box, that is not of those who help the emotionally C/-~ If your relationship is a good relationship:" abused. "When someone has experi The entrapment of a restrictive enced that level of trauma and disin *The names ofthe individuals interoiewed starting to feel like a relationship that Klein explained is tegration of one's being then you have "It's hard to understand the fallout," herein have been changed due to the sen I intrinsic in emotional abuse is not to be present for a lifetime:• said Thomas. "What's the next logical sitive nature ofemotional abuse, out of box, that is not a good visible to outsiders, which makes it Bennett had a friend supporting step and how is your next relationship respectfor their saftty and to conceal the harder for those around a victim to her through her struggle to end her affected?" identities oftheir abusers. relationship:' identifY when friends and family are abusive relationship. to whom she in an unhealthy relationship. says she owes her mental health. She speaks about her final recognition of the abuse she suffered as coming to fruition on her own terms. 0(9 "I realized that she'd been holding me up for two years and it was time Elizabeth Hill*, who helped a friend "I'd become a prisoner" for me to walk on my own two feet," through an emotionally abusive re said Bennett. lationship, explains that what a uni versity student endures while trying E:1t:;women don't realize that to find their identity at school allows what they sustain during a destructive a.."' ·?..Q the trappings of emotional abuse to relationship is abuse, but the warn C/-~ flourish. ing signs tend to become clearer over Hill explained that as a result, she time. Bennett remembers a moment "Everything is different" believes that university students often where her inner voice told her she had get caught up in their relationships to find a way to leave her unhealthy to the point where their partner be relationship. ~al decision to leave an comes a fixation. "Over and over in my head Ire emotionally destructive relationship "They lose all those other connec member thinking ... 'You have the must be made by the abused. Howev tions that help them grow as individ power in this. Just get up and walk out er, this individual must be surrounded uals;' said Hill. "They focus on grow the door; and I couldn't;" explained by those who support their decision ing as a couple and they lose all these Bennett. "It was really scary to realize to cut themselves loose from their other things." I am trapped here and I can't get out." abuser. Carolyn Bennett* explained that Often the abused becomes en her former boyfriend manipulated her snared by the whims of their partner need to please and constantly used whereby they learn to be submissive; the cycle of violence to reinforce that as the cycle of violence continues, any wrongdoing was the result of her they become accustomed to periods Every time there's a dig, actions. of trauma that are replaced by a hon "He preyed upon the fact that I do eymoon stage. a barb, every time there's my best to be a good person;' she said. "You learn that you shutyour "It didn't matter if he treated me mouth and you let him do it because a joke, it's all about the like shit because at least someone otherwise it will be hell for the next thought I was good enough;' ex day or two days; explained Thomas of intention of keeping you plained Thomas. "You almost iden her sexual and emotional abuse at the tifY your worth by the fact thatyou are hands of a former boyfriend. "I always down:' with someone:' felt like r d become a prisoner in my And although she ended one own body." emotionally abusive relationship, YUSUF KIDWAI PH O~OGRAPHY MANAGER Victims of emotional abuse often struggle with new relationships. 14 • The Cord • Wednesday. January 6. 2010 ARTS Arts Editor Rebecca Vasluianu • [email protected] 'A giant fill-in-the-blank' FRINGE, the annual student-organized arts festival, opens its do_ors to an unprecedented six films this year The plays The films Heroman! Memorandum Written by: Andrew Posen Written by: Dave Rodgers The tale of a formerly popu Tom and Andy. a couple. l1ve lar superhero whose decline together with the1r common in perceived usefulness leads friend Laura As Tom becomes to eviction from his secret lair. Increasingly emotionally dis which leads to despair when tant. Laura becomes obsessed he realizes that his lair has in with Andy Laura moves out, fact been discovered. leaving Tom and Andy to deal with each others' dysfunction. Going Up Written by: Carty Lewis Stoner vs Zombie' Gomg Up features an odd as Written by: Tim Green semblage of strangers who are A graduate student at Launer forced to abandon what they drops a test tube that smashes know about elevator et1quette and lets a zomb1e virus loose. when they become trapped Tre only antidote for the virus IS cann1bis. Smce it JUSt hap The Whirligig of Time pens to be Apr. 20. known as Written by: Travis Herron & "Four Twenty". many students Luke Dotto are immune, leav1ng them in a A rag-tag group of World War YUSUF KIDWAI PHO-OGRAf'HY MANAGER quest to survive One soldiers m the trenches of Andrew Posen, writer of the play Heroman!, rehearsing just over a week before the festival begins. war-torn France get the call to At the Bat go over the top and rush the students artistic license to take an And with the termination of Lau Written by: Wade McAdam German front lines; each tries REBECCA VASLUIANU idea and see it come to fruition. rier's theatre program over 10 years A comedy about relationshipS to conv1nce another to go over ARTS EDITOR "We are not affiliated with WLU ago, FR!NGE fills a special niche. and conscience the top instead with increasing SU. We are not a campus club and "Laurier at one point had a drama ly ridiculous rationales. rom Jan. 14 to 16, various Lau because ofthat we don't have to program and they got rid of it, so Sensitized rier students will smother necessarily be grouped in with af FR!NGE keeps that element alive," Written by: Mike McMurran The Fairy Godfather molasses all over their bodies, filiations and any bureaucracy that explained Andrew Posen, who has Th1s film centres around an ur Written by: Lisa Sondergaard Fbecome immune to a zom happens. acted in, written for and been a co ban legend of a preacher that The world's most exciting ren bie virus by smoldng marijuana and This way we get full artistic con ordinator of the festival. apparently snapped and killed dition of Cmderella takes to the burst into song. trol over the product;' explained Posen also explained that with a young couple after they at stage in a musical extravagan No, it's not a cult uprising or Ar FR!NGE's other producer Adam Ci the dissolution of several theatre tended the opening night of za that's sure to be Broadway's mageddon- it's FR!NGE. levitz, who has been with the festival companies in the region, the festival The Texas Chainsaw Massacre greatest h1t! The only problem7 The FR!NGE festival- an arts for five years. provides plays and dramatic perfor back m the 70s. Prince Charming can't act event organized and performed Cilevitz explains that one year he mances for the entire community. by students - has been providing wrote a play about panda porn and While FR!NGE has been known Vehemence Girls Who Ride Horses unique, hilarious and horri!Ying was able to make it into a produc best for theatre in the past, this year Written by: Ron Butler Written by: Maeve Strathy & moments for the Laurier community tion through FR!NGE. the festival has for the first time This film takes two characters, John Kaye to share for almost 10 years. "I really enjoy the outlet;' he con brought in six films, along with six Francis and Anna. through in Girls Who Ride Horses is an ex "I have to stand up at the begin tinued, adding, "There's no other plays. tense moments of understand · ploration of the pressures put ning before each showing and say, that allows you to express yourself "A lot of people in the film studies 1ng and coming to terms w1th on women. as well as their 'Okay, so there's going to be swear in the same way:• program are aspiring filmmakers. their relationship. self-destruction The audience ing and blood and strobe lights Because the festival does not en In the past we've been able to show will observe a variety of forms so ifyou have a problem with any force censorship on its productions, case maybe the one or two films, but We Shall Not Look Upon Its of pressure. of those you should leave now';' Cooper notes that there is great po this year I wanted to make it more Like Again laughed Kate Cooper, one of this tential for creativity. balanced," said Cilevitz. Written by: Ted Steiner Public Display of Reflection year's FR!NGE producers with four "There's a lot less red tape with it. With each film and play not ex Extrapolating upon Godard's Written by: Adam Cilevitz years of festival experience. I hesitate to put censorship on peo ceeding 30 minutes in length, the theoretical musings as to the In the middle of a burgeoning Based off of the worldwide arts ple, so ifyour play involves smear festival provides the opportunity to perpetuity of humanity's rep career as an actress. an un festival with its biggest events in ing molasses on yourself in front of witness the creative work of one's etitious intellectual evolution. named character sits in front Edinburgh, Scotland, FR!NGE at the audience, you have at it - which peers in an approachable way. the aim of this short film is to of her vanity mirror. As she re Laurier engages with the concept of will happen this year;' she said. And for Posen, the festival has ap further probe the theory of the flects on her past. present and celebrating independent produc Cilevitz added that part of peal to anyone, regardless ofwheth "no-thing·. Existing -according future. her ·reflection· seems tions on a smaller scale. FR!NGE's overall goal is to offer er they are involved in the arts. to Godard - simply between to be uncannily dissociated Providing individual projects with something different and cater to "You don't know it's not for you ·something· and ·nothing.· w1th her physical presence. a budget allocated from the previ "the population of Laurier that lives until you try it;' he explained. -Descnptions courtesy of FRINGE ous year's ticket sales, FR!NGE gives a bit on the fringes:' "You will laugh a lot;' he added. THE GLOBE AND MAIL PRESENTS Arts bites TBB ~OIO While you were out. .. John Frusciante leaves the Weezer bus crash Chili Peppers (a year ago) A tour bus carrying Weezer front While rumours ofhis departure had man Rivers Cuomo and his fam OANNBS surfaced beforehand, on Dec. 16 ily hit black ice on a highway near guitarist John Frusciante officially Albany, N.Y. on Dec. 6 and plunged announced to the public that he was nearly 10 feet into a ravine. no longer a part of the Red Hot Chili Cuomo sustained rib, back and Peppers. minor internal injuries to his spleen LIONS Frusciante confirmed via his and a punctured lung in the crash MySpace page that he had in fact left which left him in hospital for six INTERNATIONAL the band nearly a year earlier while days. the RHCP were on hiatus after ex There is no word on whether ADVERTISING FESTIVAL tended touring in support of Stadium Weezer will continue to sell its Arcadium. own version ofthe "Snuggie" - the Prolific as a solo artist, Frusciante "Wuggie" - at shows when they re PLAYING UNTIL JANUARY 21 released his latest album The Empy sume touring or if Cuomo wearing rean in January 2009 and plans to fo such a garment in the accident pre 6 Princess St. W., Waterloo 885-2950 cus on his solo work. vented further injury. Paiii!issOINEMA www.orincesscinemas.com -Mike Lakusiak -Mike Lakusiak .0 The Cord • Wednesday, January 6. 2010 ARTS • 15 ~ January in arts and culture: From Thin Air by Ed Pien Arkells Pecha Kucha Night WLU Jazz Ensemble By Divine Right Jan 6 - Feb. 23 Jan. 7 at 9 p.m. Jan. 22 Jan 24 at 7 p.m Jan. 27 at 9 p m Art exhib1t Concert Design exh1b1t Concert Concert Robert Langen Gallery W1lfs The Button Factory Maureen Forrester Hall Starlight A new year in entertainment Staff Writer Mike Lakusiak and Arts Editor Rebecca Vasluianu discuss 2010's most exciting releases Black Keys, Interpol and LCD More music a new album include Mos Def, Griz Despicable Me In music Soundsystem. The coming year also provides mu zly Bear, Spoon, Sonic Youth and Release date: July 9 U.K. group Los Campesinos! are sic fans with some odd releases. Jay-Z. Steve Carrell, Julie Andrews, Jason Long-awaited music scheduled to release their third ef Lil Wayne's rock album Rebirth, A lengthy tour extending long Segel, Will Arnett and Danny Mc This year promises to provide lots fort in the past two years on Feb. scheduled to come out on Feb. 1, into the new year featuring Kanye Bride star in this long-anticipated ofvariety in terms of new music. 1 with Romance is Boring. Vampire marks a departure from rap. West and Lady Gaga was scrapped animated film about a villain who In the coming months there will be Weekend's much-anticipated sec Limp Bizkit has reunited and last fall. decides to steal the moon but runs new full-length albums from Vam ond album Contra comes out Jan. 12. plans to release an album this year, The Glastonbury Festival in the into trouble when three orphaned 0 Weekend, Later in the year, Blink-182, along with Good Charlotte, The U.K. will feature U2 and Pearl Jam little girls enter his life and foil all of Spoon, The MGMT, The Red Hot Chili Pep Pussycat Dolls and Jessica Simpson. this June as well as a rumoured per his plans. pers, Arcade Fire and Wolf Parade Britney Spears is reportedly formance by the Strokes. are all expected to release new working on material for an album While most festival line-ups are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows material. to be released in May, and Christina not finalized until the spring, the Release date: Nov. 19 As well, Radio Aguilera's first album since 2006 Canadian Music Fest in Toronto this Another David Yates production, it's head guitarist Ed tentatively comes out in March. March is set to feature many big the second last installment of the O'Brien has said that Courtney Love and Hole's album name acts. Harry Potter movie series, meaning the band is working Nobody's Daughter that was post EdgeFest and North by North that with the novels completed, we on an eighth al poned since 2007 is set to come out east in June and the Guelph Hill will have nothing else to look for bum for release this year, although Love's loss of side festivals should also provide ward to. Ever. late in the custody of her daughter in Decem a lot of selection for your summer -Compiled by Rebecca Vasluianu year. ber may or may not lead to a differ entertainment. ent title. -Mike Lakusiak More film 1e Tours/Festivals The Book ofEli e Bands touring in support of new al Release date: Jan. 15 bums will be playing shows In film throughout 2010. Some The Lovely Bones )f notable artists tour Movies to anticipate Release date: Jan. 15 'a ing as are sultoforin Shutter Island Iron Man2 spite of Release date: Feb. 19 Release date: May 7 ril notre Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Di leasing Caprio collaborate again for a thrill Robin Hood er centring on the convoluted hunt Release date: May 14 l for an escaped inmate of Shutter )f Island's hospital for the criminally Shrek Forever After insane. Release date: May 21 ?t Alice in Wonderland Prince ofPersia: The Sands ofTime ]1 Release date: March 5 Release date: May 28 1- Retelling one of the most beloved stories ever told through the mind of TheA-Team Tim Burton, this long-awaited film's Release date: June 11 star-studded cast includes Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne The Green Hornet Hathaway and Alan Rickman. Release date: Dec. 22 it e • In review : "d Holiday releases - n Nine UpintheAir Is Directed by: Rob Marshall Directed by: Jason Reitman Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis Starring: George Clooney and Vera Released: Dec. 25, 2009 Farmiga * *1 Released: Dec. 25, 2009 ~ Academy-Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis stars in Nine, the star ***From Canadian1 director Jason Reit- studded film adaptation ofthe man Uuno) comes the eagerly-an s Broadway production of the same ticipated highly-nominated Up in the name based on Fellini's film 8 ~. Air, a coming-of-middle-age dram Directed by Rob Marshall, the edy about the highs, lows and in-be Private bedrooms musical revolves around Guido I tweens oflife. Individual leases Contini (Day-Lewis), a movie di Starring George Clooney as the rector whose lack of focus has led to successful-yet-isolated Ryan Bing Minutes to both universities a man lost and a project gone awry. ham, career man extraordinaire (just across Bricke r St. from laurier) For those of us longing for Day whose sole responsibility is to end Lewis circa There Will Be Blood, you're the jobs of others, Reitman succeeds New la undry facility left wanting, although his perfect in establishing three-dimensional Italian accent cannot be denied. characters that accurately depict the Parking available -Anne T. Donahue struggles of internal conflict. [Q r '1 >OIIcH[N • vi dJ As Bingham struggles to balance Monthly cleaning included o "'v -D=imwT y·J n the responsibility of training the company's latest addition (Anna Amenities subject to change 4 9Jubuuun :: 2 9Jat/Vuuun Avatar Kendrick of Twilight) with the im Directed by: James Cameron portance of prioritizing family rei a Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe tionships, he reaches a decision that Saldana and Sigourney Weaver changes his life - all while striving Release date: Dec. 18, 2009 for 10 million frequent flyer miles. Co-starring Vera Farmiga and James***1 Cameron 's first project since Jason Bateman, the film is true-to Titanic has proved well worth the life, raising some tough questions wait. that prompt intense self-reflection Known for his ability to balance and introspective thought. visual affects and action with equal However, ifyou're banking on a ly worthy storylines, Cameron pro light-hearted tale of self-discovery, duced an exceptional work of art. think again. 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I admit it, in the past I was neurotic 40-year-old living in his mother's stopped receiving inappropriate messages, spe Worst guilty of associating online dating with basement. cifically from people interested in an "intimate M neurotic, overweight men in their 40s The best part about all of this was that if I encounter:' experiences living in their mother's basement fishing for an wasn't interested in the person contacting me, I Regardless ofthe fact that I was not looking equally neurotic female partner. just deleted their messages. Of course, they were for a relationship, I did agree to go on a few dates Recently, however, a close friend signed up for able to see that I deleted their message, but who to see if it was possible to find someone I was in Damlau_86 asking me plentyoffish.com, and guess what, she is not a cares? terested in through an online dating website. neurotic, overweight man. Go figure. With online dating there is no commitment, For the most part, these dates went off with if I would be interested Intrigued by my friend's newfound social net no awkward rejections, no beating around the out a hitch. We agreed to meet in a public place working tool, I decided to sign up and learn first bush. during the day and I made sure a friend knew in a personal striptease hand if online dating was all she had talked it up And so with this sense of freedom fresh in that I was meeting with a new person. to be. my mind, I went fishing. I looked at profiles that The dates consisted of chatting over drinks or viawebcam. I chose plentyoffish.com primarily because it interested me and contacted a few men who I coffee. Two of the four dates were what I would was free but also because I know more than one thought were worth my time. Over the course call successful, one was incredibly successful and couple who have met on the site. of two weeks I casually conversed with dozens the other was simply a case of no real chemistry. I filled out a few short character assessments, of individuals; I even came across a couple of In each case, the men I met with were my age threw up a picture and wrote a generic list of inter friends on the website. or slightly older, good-looking, happy and suc v.... ~tellingme ests - music, fitness, writing, friends, family, travel One of my most interesting experiences hap cessful. In short, they were not the type I expect ... you know, the things no one in their right mind pened shortly after I dyed my hair from blonde ed to meet on a dating website. I guess the inter I lOobd. Jike)ia mother would actually dislike. to dark brown. The number of new messages I net has a lot more to offer us than free music and Plentyoffish.com emphasizes that the best way received each day was cut in half after changing wikipedia. I would recommend online dating to aud then asking me out to meet new people is to make your profile unique, my profile picture to reflect my new hair colour. any of my friends. so in the about me section I added that I have an tbtclrinks .. irrational fear of balloons (yes, sadly this is a fact). Apparently the people at POF know what they are talking about. Within the first day I had re ceived over 6o messages, and more than halfwere about my fear of balloons. w ·.· r_._ asking me What really surprised me was that more often than not the men contacting me were attractive, ifi~~in well-educated and generally-speaking accom plished individuals. ,having phone sex. ~ runitr~ . TRINA SCHMIDT GRAPHICS EDITOR The Cord • Wednesday. 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Natural resources are not in finite, yet people regularly behave in ways that suggest MY-MOMMY'S otherwise. Recycling efforts should be universal. There is no ex cuse for not making the effort. Not only is it one of the BLUE BIN IS FULLER most basic forms of conservation that exists, but the Canadian government continues to make it easier tore cycle waste every year. THAN YOUR Even at Laurier, recycling is remarkably easy. There are dearly-labeled recycling bins across campus, a MOMMY'S composting system in the dining hall and a new eco container initiative that allows students to purchase a \J reusable container (which is even washed by the uni versity) for only Ss. However, the feelings some people have about recy cling has been exposed by recent educational calendar distributed by the City ofToronto- only 15 per cent of the waste produced in condos and apartments is actu ally recycled. The anonymity of high- rise living affords the inhabitants the social repercussions that not recy cling may force upon other types of residences, such as houses, without the standard blue bin. Regardless ofthe type of residence, not recycling is inexcusable. Laziness is no more acceptable than inac tion as a result of anonymity. The fact is, as university students, we are responsible for future generations; by not recycling we are contrib uting to the current environmental situation. Recycling is socially responsible and we all have a moral obligation to the planet. -The Cord Editorial Board Use Counselling Services The door of Health Services' packed waiting room stands directly opposite the quiet couches inside Wil frid Laurier Uniy~rsity's Cc;)lms~ll!ng ~rviEes Q~~7'. one of the school's most untapped resources. Students rarely hesitate to ensure that their physical health is up to par by visiting the doctor, but sadly their mental health is often overlooked. A negative stigma surrounds counselling that should not exist. Students are under a tremendous amount of stress at university; ignoring their mental health can The resolution: yea or nay? have a detrimental impact on their relationships and their academic performance. 2010 is not just any new year. a new decade begs the question of Counselling Services offers personal counselling, as whether new year's resolutions means real solutions well as performance coaching for those who need help conquering procrastination or managing stress. They also offer specialized services for music students and afraid to challenge their comfort myself to set specific goals based on athletes to optimize their performances. They can pro able, safe, predictable life. unchangeable timelines and would vide tips for overcoming traumatic events and offer ser I1 When I turned 20 I got my first not be able to learn more about who vices for those who have recently endured a break-up, tattoo; at 21 I signed up for a half- lam. abuse, roommate tensions or the loss of a loved one. marathon. Lastyear at new year's I Furthermore, this ritual of set As exemplified by the women ofthis week's In Depth was determined to get in control of tings goals everyyear necessitates article on emotional abuse (cover), for those who have what had become some embarrass one to re-evaluate themselves. The suffered from unhealthy partnerships during their dat KIMBERLY ELWORTHY ing partying habits. And I have fol big question becomes: am I the per ing lives, counselling services is an excellent resource to OPINION E0J70R lowed through, with my best effort, son I thought I would be at this point help both men and women define boundaries to ensure in everything I have taken on. in my life? If the answer is no, then they will not be manipulated by future partners. This year I have resolved to track change it, no excuses. With the wide array ofservices, which also include To resolute my 2010 newyear's resolution on New year's acts as a silent judg online articles and reading materials, the possibilities I thrive off of new beginnings. my blog: I took up the challenge to ment day, whether or not you for Counselling Services to help students are endless - Whether it's another birthday or a eat everything anyone offers me in achieved your goals it still looms all the while abiding by a student's budget. new year, I live for moments to start order to expand my eating horizons in everyone's mind and instills Unlike many services on campus, a student can book anew- my rebirth of sorts. (a lifetime challenge of food fear). an appropriate guilt trip for those up to eight appointments per semester free of cost Life gets stale pretty quickly and And while I could simply ac who, once again, settle for what's whether they are a full-time, part-time, graduate or un too often people find themselves cept my limitations, I make sure I comfortable. dergraduate student. in ruts - doing the same things day value those certain set dates every Although some may feel uncomfortable booking and in and day out without question. I year that act as reminders for me to Check out new blogs at continuing appointments, students are paired with a promised myself to never be one change my life for the better. With counsellor who fits their needs and personality type and ofthose people who becomes too I out them I would have never pushed thecord.ca/blogs appointments can even b~ made over the phone. Counselling is a service that those outside of uni versity will pay hundreds of dollars for, so students are it is they think will transform them more or be nicer to your family? Do the ones who will really suffer if they continue to un into a better person. And then the things you think you need t(! do . . ~.:..:\: '.; . .' . .. \.; .~ ': . .·. .. . 20 der utilize such an accessible resource as Counselling - ~.'>.~-. . .. '':: sometime around Jan. the crowds to be happier right now. Services. - ~;< . ' .~ begin to disperse and everyone goes Think of it this way: ifyou only -The Cord Editorial Board back to the life they lived before the ever waited 'till new year's to begin big day of change. betteringyourself. you would only Mill Don't be mistaken; I am not have 6o or so chances in a lifetime to SHANNON BUSTA knocking betteringyourself or phys change the way you live. FEATURES EDITOR ical fitness. Ifyou see every day as an op This unsigned editorial is based offinfomllll discussions and Both are worthy goals to strive for, portunity to make changes that will then agreed upon by the majority ofThe Cord's editorial board, but really, you do. not need to wait make you a happier, more content which consists of16 senior Cord staffincluding the Editor-in To not resolute for Jan. 1 to change your life. I say, and a more complete human being, Chiefand Opinion Editor. The arguments made may reference Why do we make newyear's reso change today. that number grows immensely. arry facts that have been nuule available through intmliews. lutions anyways? Why is it that we I know, M change today" sounds Whether you are trying to make documents or other sources. The views presented do not neces need a specific date to decide we like a terrible title for a ridiculous habits or break habits, change is sarily reflect those ofThe Cord's volunteers, staffor WLUSP. want to make a change in our lives? self-help book, but honestly, life is hard. The day you start has nothing It seems like the ultimate form of short. to do with how successful you are in procrastination to me. Relying on an arbitrary day to making that change. Every January the gym is flooded jurnp-startyour journey ofself-im So get on it, be the better person TM Cool is publi~ by with eager resolutioners who have provement is ridiculous. you long to be and don't wait anoth Wilfrid Laurier Unowrsity Stud.nt Publications. start Bryn P~nt made a promise to themselves to get Why not decide to reading er 365 days, by then you could have Contact Osslngton, WlUSP and CEO 1 75 University Ave.W, W•tertoo ON N2L 3CS ripped, skinny, strong or whatever more, start learning to cook, sleep already reached your goals. The Cord • Wednesday. January 6. 2010 • 19 THE FORUM Letters to the Editor Music faculty consis tently neglected ITh~ John Aird building I have become a loyal reader ofThe Cord over my three years thus far at houses a world class Laurier, and it never ceases to amaze me how utterly neglected the Music music faculty, complete Faculty is. As a publication aimed at repre with professors that senting the entire campus, you seem to be missing the entire goings on are arguably the best in of one important building that the majority of students pass through INorthAmerica. everyday. The John Aird building houses a world class music faculty, complete with professors that are arguably the best in North America, as well as promising hopefuls who are already being recognized at the national and Andy's Ego fans international level. arrogant What people don't know is that Re: Last Band Standing made bad choice, though we are a small faculty, we are Letter to the Editor Nov. 25,2009 just as well known in our respec tive circles as the business programs When reading The Cord I was not that Laurier so willingly boasts surprised to see that there was a let NICK LACHANCE !-'HOl OGRAPHY MANAGtR about. ter from a fan of Andy's Ego a band Though The Cord has made at who had competed and lost in the tempts in the past to write articles Last Band Standing that was held From the archives: Dec. 1. 1999 ER about our concerts, the majority mid-November atWilf's. have been so full of mistakes and a The angered fan had not agreed clear lack ofresearch, that they're with the decision that was made by f hardly worth reading for anything the judges and believed that Andy's more than a laugh (Opera Laurier, Ego shouldbave won the round to Class of 2000 anyone?). move on to the finals. However, what irked me the most The reason I was not surprised I'm a member of the class of 2000. four "University Preparation" Even when I was in first-year, stu was that there was absolutely no is because the same attitude was As a class, we're probably the lucki classes related to their programs of dents scrambled to find second-year mention ofthe music faculty any shown by their fans when Andy's estgroup of students currently at choice in order to apply. The process housing far before the Housing List where in the last edition of The Ego had lost in the finals lastyear tending university. sounds familiar, but the ramifica was published in March. Cord, a supposed review of the past for the same event. Not only did we avoid graduated tions are difficult to predict. Waterloo businesses thrive on decade. I am writing in to inform Andy's licensing and deregulation, we en For student unions, younger stu student money, and there is little Have we, as a faculty, really made Ego fans that this kind of arrogance tered the university system when dents will result in lower revenues doubt that more students are on that little of an impact? in the music industry will ultimate classes were still small, professors at campus bars and a dry Orienta their way to the city. Would it be lt Through reading The Cord, it ly lead to the band not making it were well - or over- qualified and tion Week. For academic commit feasible to make the whole city a would seem that Laurier has failed anywhere at all. there were enough residence rooms tees, less-educated students will re university town? to notice that we too have under Until the day Andy's Ego gets for almost everyone. quire more generalized courses and I'd be happy just to see a grocery gone a complete renovation of our their big break they will continue Even better still, we left university specific program counseling. With store within a 10-minute walk from facilities in the past year, while the to be an up and hopefully coming before schools, cities and students its admission requirements nearly the majority of student housing ar renovation of every other building band. This will not come very easy faced some of their greatest chal finalized, Laurier is one step ahead eas. Are housing and food too much on campus seems to be the topic of with fans and friends of the band lengesyet. -but, as a "small school," Laurier to ask for? n immense conversation. continually representing the band Just as preparations were neces could easily get left behind. Wake up Waterloo. Ifyou think In our experience as a faculty, in a negative manner. The music sary to minimize the impact of the Soon after universities manage city residents are angry with stu however, the rest of the school sure industry is harsh, and people more Y2K bug, so too are changes re the increased enrollment, they will dents now, wait until Laurier and has noticed. important than fans and friends will quired to minimize the damages to face the forecasted retirement and UW expand, maximize their land With the renovations has come a make decisions that may or may not the university system brought on by potential shortage of professors. Al and bring in up to 30,000 more string of major thefts (unreported go well with the public. excessive growth. ready Laurier relies quite heavily on noisy, messy and hungry university by Bag 0' Crime), vandalism, and Andy's Ego is a great band, but The double cohort is coming: part-time instructors for many of its students. And ifyou think students the occupation ofour rooms, pianos when the ego ofthe fans and friends nearly twice the number of eligible arts courses. will settle for over-crowded apart and study spaces by those not with come into play people's thoughts of students applying for a single year's I don't know about you, but the ments and overpriced food, think in the faculty. the band may change for the worst. enrollment- how's that for math? If qualifications of my professors were again. By all means, I would welcome - Michael1jahjadi high school marks are inflated now, very important to me when choos Universities, municipal and pro the interest of the wider student I can only imagine how teachers will ingwhich school I would attend. vincial governments and students body in our faculty. Letter policy be pressured to "tough up" grades so If a school cannot offer the right have a lot to wake up to on Jan. 1, But, unfortunately, without so Letters must not exceed 250 words. In students can get into the institution mix of educators to suit its stu 2000. much as a nod from The Cord, I fear clude yourfoil name and telephone num of their choice. dents, the value of the education is With luck on my side, I think I'll that the attention we attract as a ber. Letters must be received by 12:00 Laurier's senate recently passed compromised. take my diploma and start buying faculty will continue to be towards p.m. noon Monday viae-mail to letters@ an outline of its requirements In terms of housing issues, the lottery tickets. t our new equipment, rather than the thecord.ca. for students graduating from the City of Waterloo needs to work beautiful music we are here to make. The Cord reserves the right to edit for fourth-year high school program. with Laurier and UW to come up Kristina Spence - Kristen Morrison length and clarity or to reject any letter. Students will be expected to have with mutually beneficial solutions. News Editor SCREENING THE CARIBBEAN Do something about FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES Please join us for a special film series devoted to Caribbean cinema. All films are open to the public and all films sere those pounds you on campus will be free! All screenings occur between 7-9pm, in Bricker Academic, Room 201 on Bricker Avenue, Wilfrid Laurier University. Two films will be screened at the original Princess Cinema. gained first semester: See schedule below: Jan I 5: Life and Debt Become an opinion columnist or blogger Jan 22: Sugar Cane Alley Jan 29: Rude · and have the trimmest fingers in town. Feb 5: Finder of Lost Children {at the Princess) Feb 26: Sweetest M ango Mar 3: Love, Sex, & Eating t he Bones (at the Princess) • Mar 5: Agronomist Applications subcultures de..... """"J:'Lau.... out of social pressure. Clothing, lingo, physical appear This raises the question ofwheth ance, musical taste and athletic abil er things are popular because people ity are often important factors. like them or if people like them he In some circles, intellect can even cause they're popular. be mocked, and the appearance of The former explanation seems one's hair may be seen as more im more logical, yet the latter often JAMES POPKIE portant than the contents ofthe seems to be true. Many pay ob letters@ thecord .ca mind it surrounds. scene prices to buy certain brands of Although these types of social hi clothing such as Abercrombie and erarchies are most rigidly enforced Fitch or Hollister, not because they Although North American cul in high school and middle school, like it, but because the brand name ture claims to tout individuality as they often carry into young adult will gain them social respect. something to aspire to. Unfortu hood - it never really ends. Even Popular culture is created by nately this idealistic view has been though by their late teen years, the corporate world, and if there is twisted by popular culture and most people are mature enough profit to be made from manufac consumerism. to realize that this hierarchy is turing coolness and upholding the Self expression as a virtue has fake and wrong, it is continuously social hierarchy, they will continue been replaced by the encouragement perpetuated. to do so. Those who enforce these of its exact opposite - conformity to The discrimination against the hierarchies are often not express coolness. "freaks", "geeks" and other "uncool" ing their own personal prejudices so This is promoted through medi members of society is among the much as upholding the image that ums such as music videos and cloth most prevalent forms of discrimi pop cultural indoctrination has been ing advertisements. Popular culture nation in our culture today, yet it is jammed into their heads. values coolness over being oneself, also one of the least discussed. Identity means nothing in a vacu even when the two are mutually ex Perhaps its sheer pervasiveness urn, being oneself is only relevant if elusive, and encourages those who leads people to believe that this di one can do so in front of others. do not conform to be cast out. vide is something natural, unlike It is not coolness itself that is the This hierarchy can be enforced more easily identifiable aberrations problem, but its elitist and hierar overtly through physical bullying or like racism or sexism, which most chical enforcement. insults or more subtly through ex progressive members of society If everyone would simply be elusion and elitist attitudes. have vowed to eliminate. themselves and accept others for the What constitutes as coolness While some people may find their way they are - whether they fit the varies from one setting to an emulation of popular culture to standards af coolness or not- then NICK LACHANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER other, often reflecting what popu genuinely reflect their inner selves, the world would be a better place. 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I . . ----lilltidoo. ...s:;:~ ...... 1*J ua....irPIIIIa·'lfNM.tiiiO 158 ·~~ Awi'llleWw"~. ? .· tJIIIIIINilyAIIInuiWIIl - b ...TCIIIiic.nft T.Mc.ilft· •···· &!. uaar... c..n 11N7Mit.l . 5..,.7111 I . ,...... _7UI t170flldllr.l-!lllftWIRald - 1170 Flallhar Hlllllnlmltiald I 1170 Flacller Hallnl.ttload OPEN LATE ALL WEEK LONG! thecord.ca 0 The Cord • Wednesday. January 6 .. 2010 • 21 SPORTS Sports Editor Justin Fauteux • Jfauteux@thecord ca Varsity sports fall review With 2009 complete, Cord Sports grades the performances of the teams that have finished their seasons Men's Baseball A Women's Lacrosse 8 Cross Country 8 The Hawks' men's baseball team The fall of 2009 saw the dynasty that Led by outstanding rookies Shoaib had a breakout season this year, was the Laurier women's lacrosse and Sohaib Ikram, the cross country making their first ever appearance team come to end. Fielding a team team had a solid season in the fall in the Ontario University Athletics of several inexperienced players, of 2009. The highlight of the year {OUA) championship final. Having having lost the majority of their key came at the Badger Cross Country been a virtually unrecognized team veterans to graduation, the young Meet at Brock University where the in the past, the squad overcame hav squad battled to a 7-5 regular sea Ikram twins finished in the top two ing their funding cut by the athletic son record, suffering the program's spots. To conclude the season, the department and went on to earn an first loss since 2006 but backing into men's team had seven representa OUA silver medal after fighting a the OVA playoffs in the fourth spot. tives at the CIS finals, marking the hard fought battle against the West In the post-season, the Hawks upset first time that the Golden Hawks ern Mustangs. Under the leadership the first-place University ofToron were represented at the national of head coach Scott Ballantyne, the to Varsity Blues in the semi-finals championship. Hawks finished their season with a but lost in the championship to the 10-8 record, going 2-2 in the post Western Mustangs. Although this -Justin Fauteux season. The team also boasted the was the end of a six-year streak of OUA Rookie of the Year Andrew gold medals, the second-place finish Greenberg, along with three OUA is definitely a positive result for such :R All-Stars- Chris Pittaway, Josh a young team. Robinson and Jesse Milanovich. -Justin Fauteux - Tieja MacLaughlin Men's Football 8- Women's Soccer 8- Men's Rugby C+ Despite key players such as quar Despite an incredible regular sea The men's rugby team had a suc terback Luke Thompson and de son by the women's soccer team, cessful run to the playoffs but ended YUSUF KIDWAI FII[-PHQTO fensive end Chima Ihekwoaba suf the defending Ontario University with a mediocre 4-4 record in the Likely the most pleasant surprise of the fall of 2009, the men's )- fering season -ending injuries in Athletics {OUA) champion Hawks regular season. The 2009 season baseball team came out of nowhere to finish second in the OUA. week three, the men's football team couldn't manage to keep their tor broke a three-year playoff drought finished the 2009 season with a rid pace in the post-season. They for the Hawks, but they fell at the GOLDEN HAWK 6-2 record, claiming second in the finished fourth in Ontario, losing hands of the McMaster Marauders provincial standings. The Hawks the bronze medal game to the Ot in the quarter-finals, going score showed flashes of brilliance, boast tawa Gee-Gees 3-2 in penalty shots. less for the first time in the season. i.JPDAT e ing three All-Canadians and hand Highlights of the year include domi Four players -Alex St. John, James Men's Soccer D ,. ing the eventual Vanier Cup cham nating performances by midfielder Stewart, Jeff Pickel and Spencer pion Queen's Gaels their only loss Heather Malizia, who earned CIS Houlihan- were named OUA All A decade to remember ended with Week of of the season. However, for a team All-Canadian honours, as well as Stars, but the team as a whole went a year to forget. For the first time )aa•a!'y 4-10, 2010 lS with one of the top defences in the a breakout season by forward Ali on to finish only fifth overall of eight in their recorded history, the men's country as well as a bevy of weapons McKee, who scored a team-high teams in the OUA. soccer team missed the playoffs and :d on offence, losing in the OVA semi nine goals throughout the cam relinquished their title as Ontario ~ooomru finals for the third year in a row is paign. Head coach Barry MacLean, - Tieja MacLaughlin champions without a fight. Coming U~lf somewhat disappointing. meanwhile, took home his second off their miraculous run last fall, the M Btiklball 60-C.-:ordi. 62 W Hodwy S- WMeoioo 2 ;= coach of the year award. team saw few key players depart and -Justin Fauteux a dearth of talented youth enter the W Hockey 2 - kue aD"Rll>undel' o -Kevin Campbell system. Sadly, the talent was squan ...... dered when injuries forced over half M Bask..-tball 5l - Acadia 72 of Laurier's line-up onto the bench W H~. ·London Jr. ~2 in the last half of the season. Down IUUI the stretch, the Hawks fielded a W~4-KWJr.~rs team that was mainly made up of W H Je- ~l.KtluRakt -James Choleras Men's~l ~. ~ s ~oi••••tl»g LAURA TOMKINS r• ~PHOTO ~\unc~~~ . ~ Probably the biggest disappointment of the first semester, the men's soccer team followed an OUA championship winning season in 2008 w ith a three-win season in 2009. www.laurierathletics.com - 22 • SPORTS The Cord • Wednesday. January 6, 2010 Anthony to compete on world stage COURTESY Of ROBBY DAVIS, THE SHEAI Team USA celebrates after defeating Team Canada to win the World Junior Championship gold medal. No silver lining for heartbroken Canadians U.S. was the last team to take the after comeback at the World Juniors KEVIN CAMPBELL gold from Canada at the tournament throughout the years, but this year STAFF WRITE R in Helsinki, Finland back in 2004. the Americans' blinding speed and Since then, Canada has wrung off offensive weapons exposed Can The streak is over. five straight gold medals with vari ada's hampered defence with Tra Team USA got their sweet re ous heroes emerging from the red vis Hamonic out with a separated venge from New Year's Eve, and and white to keep the streak alive, shoulder. Team Canada's quest for a record including this year's tournament 17-year-old goaltender Jack setting sixth-straight gold medal at MVP Jordan Eberle, with clutch Campbell took over for Mike Lee - the World Junior Hockey Champi goals at key times. who allowed three goals on seven onships came to a resounding halt It looked all but over for Canada shots - in the Americans' net early Tuesday night. earlier in the third period when the in the second period. The upstart Americans captured Americans took a commanding s-3 Campbell came up huge late in the gold in a 6-5 overtime victory in lead, but like they did in the New the third period and in overtime, Saskatoon. Year's Eve preliminary game, they turning aside shot after shot to pre In a game that featured every proceeded to blow their two-goal serve the game for Team USA. thing a hockey fan could ask for - margin. Canada will get the chance to try hits, goals, saves and comebacks - Eberle electrified the crowd with and exact some revenge on their American defenceman John Carlson two straight goals late in the final neighbours from the south next silenced the boisterous Canadian frame to further justifY his "Mes year when they look to re-claim the crowd 4:31 into overtime, beating siah" nickname, given to him by the gold in Buffalo in 2011; with the way NICK LACHANCE FILE PHOTO goalie Martin Jones blocker-side. locals of Regina, the city where he these two teams have played each Alex Anthony (12) became one of t he Hawks' most dangerous It was eerily fitting that the Amer plays junior hockey. other, it should be another instant offensive weapons t his season, catching four touchdowns. icans would snap the gold medal Team Canada certainly toed the classic. away from Canada's clutches, as the line with miraculous comeback touchdowns in his first season with TIEJA MACLAUGHLIN the Golden Hawks. STAFF WRITER Now Anthony will have the chance to share the field with the Alex Anthony, a freshman receiv top U-19 players from Germany, er for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, Swe Hawks' men's football team, has den and France...... been named to the Team World ju Before clinching a spot on the nior football roster as one ofthe final roster, Anthony's game film top players aged 19 and under from and stats were reviewed, his former across four different continents. coaches were asked their input and Later in January, Team World is his workout logs were tracked. A list set to face the United States junior of 100 top-seeded players was even national team, boasting the coun tually cut down to the 45-man final try's top-ranked high school football roster. seniors. The all-around athlete and aca "To be selected for the world demic was named B.C. High School team is one ofthe greatest honours Athlete ofthe Year in 2008, has rep someone could ever receive," said resented Team Canada at the Junior Anthony. National Football Championships "To represent your hometown, and Team British Columbia for your province, your school and your baseball, among other noteworthy country is one thing, but to repre accomplishments. sent the world is something only "An opportunity like this almost a select few will ever be able to never comes along:' said Anthony, experience:· anticipating the experience. "This Corning into the season, Anthony is the biggest game I've played to was one ofthe most highly-touted date:· recruits in the nation, and did not The game will take place in Fort disappoint when the season started. Lauderdale, Florida as part of Pro The kinesiology and physical Bowl week in front of a live televised education major made 21 catch audience on the NFL Network on es for 330 yards and scored four Jan. 30. lO The Cord • Wednesday. January 6. 2010 SPORTS • 23 r-:. KW joins.Olympic celebration Over the holiday break, the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay made its way through the steets of Kitchener-Waterloo I passion ofthe Games, the athletes "The spirit that has been here ANDREA MI LLET and the communities together. tonight ... I think surpasses any I fAD REPORTER While the Games are traditionally thing that we have done here at City about the athletes, this experience Square at City Hall. This is an amaz Residents ofKitchener-Waterloo allowed for the people in each com ing sight, an amazing feeling and took to the streets on the evening munity to also become a part of the what it does is bring our commu of Sunday, Dec. 27 to watch as the Olympics. nity together, and it symbolizes how Olympic torch made its way down Kitchener-Waterloo is now the country comes together for the King Street, starting at the Union among the links that Richards Olympics 'and our Olympians;' said Street intersection and ending at hoped would bring Canada together Kitchener mayor Carl Zehr. Kitchener City Hall at 7 p.m. throughout this journey as the flame Protesters set up outside of City Onlookers gathered to cheer on makes its way from community to Hall to await the arrival of the flame, - the torchbearers and celebrate as community across the country. holding banners and calling out their city became a part of Olym "Being selected as a celebration their concerns with environmental pic history as one of 1,035 Canadian community will leave an enduring and ethical issues surrounding the communities chosen to host a leg of and profound legacy that will con Vancouver Olympic Games. the relay. tinue long after the flame is extin Despite their efforts, the cheer Kitchener was one of the few guished;' said Bilodeau. ing crowds drowned out the protest honoured with hosting the flame The Olympic flame is intended as as Doherty made his way up to the overnight. a symbol of friendship, peace and stage. "To be selected to keep the caul unity, which was clearly evident by The symbol of the Olympic flame, dron overnight, I think that's great. the crowd that came together on representing pride and honor for There were only so many centres Sunday. Kitchener-Waterloo as well as the across Ontario, across Canada, and Waterloo Town Square was the community members who came we are one of them," said the fi- location of one handoff along the out to celebrate, also held a special nal torchbearer of the evening and route, and as the current torchbearer meaning for those chosen to carry it. :) prominent community member Pat made her way into the square and "It's just an awesome feeling and Doherty. the next made her way out, onlook I really feel like I'm a real part of my Also present among the onlook ers lined the streets, filled the square community. I'm carrying the actual ers were event organizers, torch and even stood on rooftops to se flame from Greece and it's just a bearers and all others gathered at cure their place as a part of the relay. wonderful experience to be involved City Hall were a collection oflo "It was neat to see how many in that,n said torchbearerTiziana cal athletes from past and present people came out; I thought it was a Giovinazzo. ''I'm so proud and so Olympic Games, as well as a few good crowd and a lot of excitement;' honoured:' -. hopefuls for the future. said KW community member Don Doherty also expressed his grati YUSUF KIDWAI PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER "We have all been brought here Marshall who came out to see the tude at being awarded the honour of The Olympic torch passes by King Street Residence. because of the power of the flame;' torch. final torchbearer, as well as his pride said Ann Bilodeau, chair of the Further along the road, crowds in the community members who "To reach the stage and get up Doherty will continue to share Kitchener celebration task force. gathered outside of City Hall not came out to show their support. there and see the mass of the crowd his experience with others as he Jim Richards, director of the Van only to watch the torch carried in by "A tremendous crowd ... com out in front of me ... the people that travels to different schools to speak couver 2010 Torch Relay, stated that Doherty but also to celebrate and ing down King Street from Ontario came out to supportthe flame and about the Olympics and what it it was the planning committee's share in the pride that comes with we could hardly get through,n said the Olympics, it's just great." meant to be a part of the relay. vision to use the relay to link the being involved in this event. 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