Wednesday, February 16, 2000 •Volume 40, Issue 22 Theartbeingof single Theface of hockey ■ 44 3 News 6QpiniqnBlnternationalthelOFeature 12 Cord StudentLife 14 Sports 16 Entertainment 18 Arts 19 Classifieds Talking down Election results in to poverty Sean Geobey this front, Dr. Kossaifi argues that pol- itics, not economics, are often the While development agencies like the most important cause of poverty. It is United Nations, World Bank, and the 26 million internally displaced United Nations Development people, the 19 million refugees, and Program (UNDP) usually emphasize the 128 million land mines worldwide economic issues when dealing with that are among the greatest hin- development, this single-dimensional drances to development. view tends to ignore many underlying The lack of transparency and rule causes ofpoverty. Dr. George Kossaifi, oflaw also play key roles in impeding who has worked with the UNDP in his the economic growth of countries like native Lebanon, provides an intrigu- Russia. In fact, Russia provides a star- Jim Donnelly Grady was acclaimed in last year's The increased voter turnout ing alternative to this standard view. tling example as to how a country can election, was largely due to the efforts of He argues are at properly follow international there least four recom- Another WLU student election has Charmaine Cunningham Task Force 12, who staged several aspects - economic, political, cultural mendations on privatization and free- come and gone, this time with con- walked away with the WLUSU VP: events in an effort tostimulate inter- social, and possibly environmental - ing markets, yet still fail miserably in siderably mare voter turnout than: University Affairs crown, crushing est within the student body. to examine when dealing with devel- terms of development. Indeed, its the previous by-election in October. rivals Steven Hennig (319) and "We had two goals at the begin- opment, and these must all be actions have not made an environ- 20 per cent ofLaurier students, Maneesh Sehdev (1 96). ning of the election" said Doug addressed on the regional, ment conducive to the wealth gener- national compared to just 12 per cent in the AH WLUSU and WLUSP referen- Short, Task Force co-ordinator. "Wo This creates ation, but instead created, along and international levels. have fail, made their way to the polling wanted to make the. students who a model that takes the usual econom- with corruption and overly liquid cap- Election Results areas last Thursday, electing Jeffrey already vote more informed, while ic arguments into account but also ital markets, the perfect environment Kroeker and Chris Pearce as the WLUSU President WLUSU VP; at the same time attractingnew stu- 1} adds additional variables to help for wealth stripping. new JotlreyKroeker University AiFain. WLUSU and WLUSP 545 dents to the ballot box," explain both the root causes and con- Dr. Kossaifi s talk was most impor- Presidents respectively 2} Bhatm Makwana 1)Charraaine Five events were staged by the sequences tant combating poverty. of underdevelopment. in the area of Both races were dose, but none 544 Cunningham 677 Task Force, including a "Meet the In addition, even the standard By seeing political, social, and cultur- 3) Jeremy Evans 2)Steven Itennig could equal the intensity of the 105 319 Candidates' session, a debate in the economic views of development, al solutions in addition to the stan- WLUSU Presidential contest. Kroe- 4)Andy Dennett 3) Maneesh Sehdev 24-hour lounge and a question 82 196 focused solely on growth, are too nar- dard economic ones, this view shows ker ousted his closest rival, Dharm booth in the Science Building in rowto poverty. there are more weapons available adequately address Makwana by only one vote, WLUSP President Both WLUSU and which students were asked to sub- Based on the high growth rates and than usually appear in our war on WLUSP BOD acela- mit to at "The Students' Union Presid- 1} Chris Pierce mations are located questions be asked the per capita GDP in countries poverty. The inherent egalitarianism levels ential race has never been this <513 on page 4as well as debate. such as Brazil, one would assume in Islam could be emphasized to a close, to the bestofmyrecollection," 2}Luxiutm Aloyaius the results of th« Short was optimistic about the poverty was being dealt with greater degree in combating poverty 552 Referenda question very said the Chief Returning Officer, votes. impact made by Ills group. effectively. world, as However, this fails to take in the Muslim in some of Andrew Strutt. "I don't think its ever "We achieved our goal of 20 per into account the dramatic concentra- Iran's successes. Alternately, Western been decided by just one vote." da questions passed easily, the clos- cent or more voter turnout. We tion of wealth that allows many peo- consumerism could also be examined It was the closest Presidential est being WLUSU question #5 con- wanted more and we're open to on as a cause ple to live at Western standards of liv- a deeper level ofimpov- election result ever, making the cerning the retainment ofappointed suggestions as to how we can ing in the south, yet leaves millions in erishment in both the developing and close races of 1997 and '98 seem BOD member Ethan Markham attract the other 80%." the rest of the country deeply impov- the developed world. like blowouts. Stew Wong won in Markham received nearly as many The Task Force's ballot contest analysis development, erished. In his of Dr. '97 by 38 votes, and Gareth votes to end his appointment to the for free tuition has yet to be drawn. like Kossaifi the often forgotten While economic conditions argues Cunningham by 19 in 1998. : WLUSU BOD as he did to attain it in It is scheduled to take place on point that there is more to these are startling, they are more the poverty Present WLUSU PresidentDevin the original election. Friday, February 18 at 9:30 ant. outcome of poverty, not its causes. On than being poor. Forging the future of non-tuition fees Kristina Spence member, said it Is better public relations for the The lab fees for Business 111 and 121 only calendar every year and ensure all fees are val- university to not have students pay money can into effect two years ago but will be idated. 11 you've been hoping for more bang for your towards graduation, especially because it is the removed, taking away about $50,000 from the He also hopes future students on the com- buck, you just might be in luck. last fee that shows up on a separate invoice. School of Business and Economics(SßE). mittee will be open to various options. The Non-tuition Fees committee, com- Without the graduation fee, the University The SBE justified the creation ofthe $25 fee "Students have to be willing to go the other prised of live Student Union and two Graduate will need to reallocate about $45,000. due to the lack of provincial funding attributed way - the Registrar may levy a $10 overall fee Student members and seven members of instead ofa pay-per use system," Burrow said. University administration, approves the cre- Currently though. Burrow does not think ation and elimination of all fees students incur The $30 graduation fee and $25 there are any additional fees up for argument. outside tuition payments. "We don't want to reduce fees just for the Undergraduates on the committee include Business 111 and 121 lab fees sake of fees," he said. WLUSU President, Devin Grady, VP:Finance, Students' Union President, Devin Grady, Jeff Burrow, VP:University Affairs, Cameron have been eliminated. said it was the Unions idea that students Baliantyne, Board of Directors member Andy should not be paying using fees for such serv- Pushalik and Petra Hroch. ices, especially the graduation fee. Eliminated were the $30 graduation fee Burrow said he thinks the money exists to tire enrollment ofUniversity ofWaterloo stu- Grady said the university needs to be "more and $25 Business 111 and 121 lab fee while somewhere and if it can't be found, then the dents. creative" when developing the budget and the deferred examination fee was reduced situation will reveal that the budget process Burrow said the university budget will be focus on reorganizing priorities. from $90 to $40 and additional transcripts can Isn't good enough. developed without the monies previously Grady also said the Union will be watching be ordered for $5 each when ordered with an 'They've never been pushed before and acquired from the fees included in the figures. to ensure students do not incur the fees original $8 copy. this is a tiny nudge," Burrow said. Having researched the histories of fees through tuition increases. Jeff Burrow, VP: Finance and committee Lab fees were the other major fees chal- through library archives, Burrow hopes com- "Any fee can be up for discussion. We took lenged by the committee. mittees of the future will go through the course out key ones we could deal with immediately." •I^im i •!•! k *^m.*,l*l" I \ H HI \ n HI \, i§ " \ M>■ ■>. 1 «,; i ■ iliil^-.:t ii ■ ' | ■ . sn|H»: I Hm News 3 News Rankings under fire Chris Philips and health. Incurring debt university debt is Bites On Tliesday February 15, 2000 Ann believed by many to be more benefi- Johnston, from Macleans came to cial than foregoing a post-secondary speak at Laurier. education. Johnston, editor of Maclean's As Johnston states people no Canadian University Ranking Issue, and the longer get their B A just in case it is University guide book gave her com- needed for the future but because it connection ments to the approximately 30 facul- isrequired fora better life within cur- Scientists from Canada and the t£ ty, staff and students who came to rent society.