The Cord Weekly (February 6, 1992)
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A WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 20 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1992 THE CORD Bylaw violated by Election Council PAT BRETHOUR ecutive officers like Bowden are is wrong - the decision was ap- advice on the bylaws. tificate or degree granted by the The Cord members of the corporation, and pealed to the Dean's Advisory Kendall refused to comment University and having paid the can run for office. Council. The student spoke to the on whether the Election Council appropriate student fees." The Election Council has broken Michael Reed doesn't agree. Cord on condition of anonymity. had broken Students' Union Section five states, in part, Students' Union bylaws, said cor- "That section of the bylaw is The DAC, which has final bylaws since an appeal had been that "The affairs of the Corpora- porate lawyer Michael Reed. not talking about running for jurisdiction in student matters, is made to the DAC. tion shall be managed by a Board During a Friday morning election, it's talking about scheduled to hear the appeal on The bylaws in question are of Directors composed of the meeting, the Council ruled that qualifications to hold office," he Wednesday evening. The out- section five and 32 of bylaw 11. President, Vice-President Univer- Jeff Bowden, this year's VP Uni- said. come is not known at press time. Section 32 defines a member of sity Affairs, and fifteen directors, versity Affairs, and a part-time "One of those qualifications is John Kendall, the lawyer for the corporation as "individuals each of whom at the time of student, would be allowed to that they must be a member of the the Students' Union and Student that are duly registered in a full- his/her election, and throughout stand for election as Students' Students' Union. Then you look Publications, said he was not con- time undergraduate program of his/her term shall be a member of Union president. at the definition of membership -- tacted by the Election Council for studies leading to a diploma, cer- the Corporation." Before the Election Council they must be enrolled in a full decision only full- time un- time, undergraduate degree. dergraduate students were al- "It seems to me even if you lowed to run for election. ran for office and were elected "It was a tough decision," said you couldn't hold office. You're Overflow ofTalent Devin Krueger, a member of the not a member," said Reed. "The Election Council. "There were election could be set aside. two conflicting bylaws, and we "If you're not a member of had to decide wliich one took that corporation in law, you have precedence." no rights in that corporation, in Jana Watson, Chief Electoral law," Reed said. Officer, and chair of the Council, Jeff Bowden, however, does said the council decided that ex- agree with the Election Council's ruling. "I think it's justified. I wouldn't have applied other- wise," he said. "It's a sticky bylaw and hard to enforce." Bovvden's rivals in the presi- dential race also agree with the SUMMARY Election Council's decision - but with some reservations. "I have mixed feelings. I don't feel someone should be penalized for being up here and paying fees," said Christina Craft, NEWS one of Bowden's opponents. "But at the same time I don't think Thieves Lurk at Laurier.. pg.7 someone should be directly Special Election breaking the rules when they're Feature pullout aware of them." The other presidential candi- dates, Brett Grainge and John SCENE Smith, also had no problems Musician's Network record- The group performed their single band on the Musician's Network about Bowden being allowed to ing artists Free Time indulge in "Turn the Jukebox On" as well as album Campus Grown '92 is an run. harmonic rhapsody at the Turret some golden oldies. Led by unplugged highlite of WLU's Holly Cole on Scene pg.13 at one Saturday night during the guitarist/vocalist virtuoso Math- budding talent. See page 13 for Shining like the Black But least Laurier stu- Network's Album release party. ew Osborne, the only acapella Home Grown review. Hole pg-13 dent thinks the Election Council f ORTS Battle of Waterloo pg.21 Going for Gold pg.25 Win over Big Mac intermission. The BUSINESS By JeffDragich Western in the previous game, the The other big change for the ly by the Cord Sports squad changed a few things. Hawks was the insertion of guard Hawks went to the locker room Third-year forward Sue Jill Napier into the starting with a 28-21 lead. continued their The Lady Hawk Hoopsters Eagleson said, "We came togeth- lineup. She hadn't received much The Hawks Cross Border Debate pg-10 half, split their two games last week, er this week. We had two good playing time early in the season, excellent play in the second comfortable lead. grabbing a home win over practices and did the job. It was a but played well in the Western maintaining a never closer McMaster, and losing to Guelph great team effort." game, so Lindley rewarded her The Marauders got than two points, and that only C )M ENT on the road. Head coach Sue Lindley with the start. at 35-33, with to go. The Hawks appear to be on added, "We did some soul search- Napier played a solid game, once, 12:11 went on a 15-5 run the road to improvement as both ing as a team after the losses to providing defensive pressure on Laurier then to largest at OUIJA pg.ll games showed a higher level of Brock and Western. And we had the point, relatively error-free achieve their lead 50- finished with Yappy People Pg-11 play than in their previous two our best two practices all year on play on offence, and taking her 38, and the game 2 games. Monday and Tuesday. And I shot when open. points in the win department. the vic- LAURIER 61, McMaster 52 think everyone just made a con- Laurier used a solid full-court Janice Field credited team effort. "Our LETTERS The Hawks never trailed in certed effort to work hard, be press to open the game, and help tory to a strong a role this game last Wednesday night, focused and be enthusiastic about them open a comfortable lead. defence played really big in "Jill Napier which was by far their finest ef- what they were doing. Also important to the lead were the game," she said. was a real go-getter on defence. Feminism rages on pg.4 fort of the season. In fact, the "When you put those three Eagleson and Bunning, who were played excellent. It only tie in the game came at 2-2. things together, our team can ac- hot throughout the half, having And Sue Following a 38 point loss to complish great things." scored 10 and 8 points respective- cont'd on page 23 || I $4wuUu, felu*MyB (Um tfa* 4 l:00f*h) j «TPi i (W: 1122 Uwm H (jut4t i ill 8 5 | rN _ ! FRST YEAR COUNCIL !t ,f<- |NAV 12. \ i*ipUT14141: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY <S, 1992 THE CX»RI) EDITORIAL PAGE 3 Editorial: Apathy? Who cares? apathy hit an all time high this week. The majority of positions in the upcoming Students' Union/Student Publications elections were acclaimed. StudentTwelve of fifteen available Students' Union Board of Directors positions were acclaimed along with four of the six Student Publication Board of Director positions. Just what is happening to the students at Laurier? Have they become so apathetic that they don't give a damn how their money is spent or how their facilities are run? Unfortunately, this seems to be the case. Why even bother to have an election? Our student corporations are as far away from being representative as possible. Why not make the positions first come, first served? A Laurier University Student Publication Wilfrid That's how it worked this year. It would be a hell of a lot cheaper than an := 75 University Ave, West, Waterloo, Ont. N3L 2C5 running election. (519) 884-2990 --Fax: (519) 888-9351 The entire point of a student government is to be representative of the students. Ours p, * Advertising: {519) 884-5092 next year will not be representative. There were not nominees to fill the available iS:' '> enough S positions. The candidates will not be forced to defend their positions, and as far as policy 6, 1992 FEBRUARY goes, they will be representative of the students. VOLUME XXXH, ISSUE 20 Fortunately there are several candidates for the presidential positions. Too bad that the Board of Directors makes the decisions. Too bad it is the Board of Directors that the EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mark Hand students seem to care so little about. Sure, being president sounds attractive but there is NEWS EDITOR Mike vanßodegom more to both corporations than the president. ASSOCIATE NEWS There will have to be a by-election to fill the positions that are left on the corporations' EDITOR Sheldon Page SCENE ED1T0R,..,, ...DaveMarcus Boards. This is a last chance for students to get involved. Usually there is more SPORTS EDITOR .......Paul Reed competition for these last minute positions than for the main election. Unfortunately it is PRODUCTION far too late for a representative government,but you can still get involved. MANAGER Stephanie Perrin Elections are funded through student fees. Rumor has it that the by-election will be STAFF integrated in an upcoming referendum to cut the cost of another election.