The Cord Weekly Volume 20 Number 16 Mackay, Brown, Erschen Pres Candidates
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Thursday, January 31, 1980 the Cord Weekly Volume 20 Number 16 Mackay, Brown, Erschen pres candidates Frank Erschen Virginia Mackay Mike Brown Frank Erschen says. He noted that every year all together. Ifthestation.doesn'tget Laurier. She thinks that it would be works and that this experience and candidates promise to let students their licence, then he feels it would great to have an incorporated radio involvement will help ensure a Erschen is in third year Honours know more about WLUSU but they be hard to continue it. station but it could be expensive for common sense approach. Business and is running for get involved with everything else He would like to downplay the the small campus. His two main priorities would be president of WLUSU. He has held expected of them in the job, and antagonism between the Arts and Another major issue is advertising the successful completion ofthe new the positions of Manual Program don't have time to do it. In order to Sciences faculty and the Business the Student Union. WLUSU does floor ofthe Student Union Building, Co-ordinator, Advertising Co- have good communications with the students. Although he is in Business, need all the help they can get from including the operation of the ordinator for the Festival of the students, Erschen would use the he says it is not the only thing in his willing students, and she would licenced lounge facility which the Contemporary Arts, secretary ofthe information committee which he horizon. like to see the students more students were interested in. He Cultural Affairs Committee of the feels is an vehicle would also a under-utilized of Virginia informed about WLUSU. She undertake re- Senate, Marketing Club executive information, and the newposition of Mackay would work with the Director of evaluation of CILR. Being on the and was on the Student Liaison Director of Promotion. He thinks Mackay is presently in her third Promotion to see that there is more Planning Committee, he was Committee. that weekly flyers distributed year Political Science and is running communication. exposed to the situation and feels He has realized that the around the school would be a good for president of WLUSU. This year Brown that this year's board must make a fundamentals of the WLUSU by- idea. she was Orientation Co-ordinator Mike final decision. He would like to see laws state that the student comes With regard to the cancelling of and was involved with the Brown, presently in third year the DJ service expanded, but feels first and that the duties of the exams held the last week before the Homecoming Parade, Winter Honours Political Science is running that the board must assess whether president in the short-run include holidays last year, Erschen said that Carnival and the Winter Carnival for president. He is currently an Arts or not spending the money as making sure that the policies are although timing was bad and a lot of formal. She also works in the Turret. director on the WLUSU board, and CILR's five-year plan suggests is followed, and, in the long run, people ended up in bad spots, there She hopes to go to law school when is on the Planning Committee, the feasible. ensuring that they are developed were good reasons behind it and it she is finished her degree at WLU. Small Clubs Committee, and the He is skeptical about the properly. In line with this last showed that the administration will She believes that the completion Research Committee. He has also usefulness of the inter-residence expectation, he would like to see listen to the students whenthey have the the Student Union Building is been house president at Little council and feels that the president Radio Laurier get their licence since a legitimate concern. important. She hopes that the House, the chairman of House of WLUSU should become more there are many students involved He feels that there is a lot of work planned licenced lounge will help cut Council and a member of the inter- active in residence problems. this year. involved in the completion of the down of the lineups at the Turret on residence council. Brown believes that the He feels that when the WLUSU Student Union Building. He has Friday nights as well as providing He believes that the president of President's Council is a useful body board goes incamera that the by-law discussed the possibility of having a more jobs for WLU students. WLUSU has two reponsibilities. as long as the student's concerns are of listing motions passed then room for the Chinese Student's Mackay would like to see One is to ensure thatthe studentsget voiced there. should be followed, as it has not Association but realizes that it something done about the parking a fair deal and see their $50 fee put to He would like to see more been this year. He would stress that would be difficult to cater to one problem here. She doesn'tthink that good use. The entire board must community involvement in the meetings be open,or that motions be club and not the others. He would the university should sell one-third prove themselves to be good fiscal Student Union, in programs such as posted immediately if they are like to see space allocated for clubs more parking stickers than they managers. The president must also blood donor clinics or food drives passed in camera, especially if there as a whole,and believes thatif Radio have room for. have a clear voice for student for the poor. are guests present. Laurier got its licence, then it should She feels that they must find out concerns with regard to the He believes that he has gotten Students would be his priority, he definitely be moved to one location what the budget is like for Radio university and the community as a involved to the point that he is whole. committed to theStudent Union and Since he has had experience on the he would like to serve in a greater Off-campus residences improving board he feels that he knows how it capacity in the position ofpresident. by Carl Friesen with the thin walls makes the Paleczny said that the Hickory St. WLUSU briefs Privately-owned off-campus building rather noisy. Shea says that residence compares favourably with residences, a new idea this year at most people have difficulty studying other housing commonly offered to Only two acclamations WLU, are improving despite some in their rooms because of this. students in the K-W area. The persistent problems. Shea added that there are other kitchens have all new equipment, Greg McFarlane Christine Shea, one ofthe dons at physical problems with the building, microwave ovens have been the women's residence at 10 Hickory such as the fact that the roof still provided, and the building can be On Monday, January 28, McFarlane was acclaimed as the St. E., said she does not think that leaks and the basement still floods air-conditioned throughout. He said Graduate director on the WLUSU board. He told a Cord reporter that the building should be used as occasionally. With the rush to that the budget does not allow for he decided to run for the position to give grad studentsa voice in the a residence again. She said that it is complete the building, there were new furniture. school. He said he talked to Jeff Blakely, the outgoing grad rep, and not conducive to residence living, shortcuts taken in construction. One or two of the residents are other students about sitting on the board. McFarlane is in hisfirst year the major problem being the noise But things have improved since upset at the conditions in the of graduate studies in Social Work. said, but most are levels. the beginning of the year. Shea said building Paleczny happy with the situation. dimming This residence for 40 people, built that fire extinguishers were finally Anne Since for many ofthe residents it privately, was offered to students for provided a month ago, and is the first timeaway from home, he Cumming, a first year Music student, was also acclaimed the first time this year. Most desklamps were installed a week on said, many have unrealistically high Monday for the position of Music director on the WLUSU board. students there are in first year, and before Christmas. expectations. Headded that many of Because she served on the Music faculty council this year, she was the university provides dons to Virginia Mackay, one of the students don't appreciate the interested in representing students on the WLUSU board. supervise. Financial arrangements senior residents, said that there have the extras that they do have, and only are between theresidents themselves been fewer problems as the year has talk about the things they want. and the owner. proceeded. She said the noise levels Dean of Students Fred Nichols $200 Promo The building is constructed in a gone down since September, as to have continue using the Hickory fairly open style, and this combined women learned more plans to Last week the board passed a proposal ofthe Honoraria committee the year unless what consideration for others and as the St. residence next which instituted a new position in WLUSU, the Director of he sees as the major problems in the Promotion. The report of the Honoraria increasing school workload left less Committee states that building are not satisfactorily "promotion success events time for relaxing. Most people is crucial to the of the and services of Political rectified over the summer.