The CordThe tie that binds since 1926 Weekly Running alongside women's What's the Da Vinci Code got to basketball... Page 28 do with Mona Lisa?... Page 14 Volume 45 Issue 13 Wednesday November 17, 2004 www.clublaurier.ca International Feature Report... Yates Cup champions Civil strife in the Ivory Coast explained France should fear the strength of an oppressed people Ruben Gu-Konu Ivory Coast Correspondent From the late 1970s to the early 19905, the Ivory Coast was the largest global producer of coffee and cocoa. Known as "the pearl of West Africa"' because of its skyscrapers, fancy cars and booming tourism, the Ivory Coast was the most successful country in western Africa. As the economy improved, immigration also boomed. People from neighbouring countries rushed to the borders and, by 1997, 18% of the country's popu- lation was foreign. But in the midst of all this, the political realm was struggling. The French settled in the Ivory Coast in the 1880s. They established their control on the western coast, and they devel- oped that area more than the rest of the country. They introduced Christianity to the southern region, but paid less attention to the Muslim-dominated north. - Please see Coast page 13 Andrew Zimcik Linebacker Bryan Sloot hoists the Yates Cup celebrating the Golden Hawks 31-19 victory over the University of McMaster. The Hawks travel to Quebec to take on the Laval Rouge et Or in the Uteck Bowl this Saturday. The winner will advance to the Desjardins Vanier Cup on November 27 to play the winner between St. Mary's University and the University of Saskatchewan at Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton. time since 1991. When the final whistle blew, some 3,000 supporters poured Concordia lobbies for onto the field to celebrate the end of Mac's four straight Yates Cup victories, with their heroic stu- organic tampons dent athletes. BRYAN SHINN Sports Editor Hawks, champions. MISHA WARBANSKI cotton products," said Voutou, an "There's something special The Link (Concordia University) art education student. lot changed on November about this team," said Lee Voutou said she is surprised MONTREAL (CUP) — Taking 13, most notably the history Maggiacomo, who was playing nobody has lobbied to get the A the health of female students into of university football Ontario. his last game at University products in the dispensers in her own hands, Concordia Introducing your Stadium. Yes, these Hawks had changed, especially at a universi- Wilfrid University student Anastasia Laurier University Golden once again found a way to win, as ty as progressively minded as Voutou is out to make some Hawks, Yates Cup Saturday's victory was certainly Concordia. Champions. changes to bathroom On reminiscent of their play all sea- vending "Personally I feel it is inex- Saturday afternoon, in machines. front of the 8,175 fans son long: slow start, clutch cusable that these products are in assembled "What I want to do is try and at University Stadium, the Hawks defence and a dynamic forth there. Women's health should quarter. get all the tampons and the pads come first." Contributed Photo beat McMaster 31 - Marauders out of the vending machines on 19 to stake claim to the title of Thousands of ivorians have taken - all the campus bathrooms and to the streets to demonstrate Ontario the first Please see Yates, page 26 Please see Tampon, page 16 champion for replace them with organic, all- against French intervention. 2 News Wednesday November 17, 2004 - The Cord Weekly No compost in sight $50,000 pot for Other schools best business plan since its whole'purpose is to bring compost but Venture people of different educational and practical backgrounds to one not realistic for Competition place. LaunchPad solicits anyone in Wilfrid Laurier solicits all the community to participate. The only requirement is that each APRIL CUNNINGHAM students and team consists of at least one News Editor Laurier and one University of community to Waterloo student. of food waste is participate The students involved do not Tonnesshipped to local landfill sites necessarily need to be from a from the WLU campus that could APRIL CUNNINGHAM business program. be composted. For Laurier, the News Editor "It's not just a business initia- composting option just does not tive," says Maherali. "I want to seem realistic. A new venture creation competi- find those hidden gems in Arts That's the conclusion that tion initiated by the Laurier and Science." Michael Morris, president of School of Business and Laurier's Environment Club, has Economics with the University of "It's going to be the come to in his experience of pro- Waterloo will be "kindling for moting environmentally friendly fireworks," says student Alim next RSM or the next practices on campus. Maherali, a director for the proj- Open Text." "[Composting] would be ect. great on campus... it's just the The Math-Business double - Alim Maherali amount of work and the commit- degree student is adamantly pro- ment is more than any group moting the competition along Maherali noted that the suc- with a series of workshops and would be willing to put in," he cess rate of businesses founded says. presentations which lead up to by entrepreneurs with a multidis- Morris says the only way "LaunchPad $50K" in May of ciplinary background is about 75 2004. composting would be possible is percent while those founded by if a policy were created and a people with a narrow background was responsible group for enforc- "It's your chance to only have a 30 percent chance of ing it. succeeding. LaunchPad, it seems, "The [Eco-Hawks] should start and develop a allows an opportunity for that have a sub-committee and they real business." variety of backgrounds to get would take care of it,"he says. together. "But they would have.to go - Alim Maherali, director, "We're harnessing the poten- and the and hound the Pita Shack April Cunningham $50K Launch tial," says Maherali. "It's going to Dining Hall for all their organic A Food Services employee scrapes leftovers into the garbage can in be the next RIM or the next Open waste." the Dining Hall. Most of what is scraped can be composted but isn't. Text." At that final competition, "Basically what we want is outside the back of the FNCC, the benefits $50,000 in will lishments are seeing prize money be more businesses founded in the "It's like a false but he the process was as are able to cost shared supposes they plan food among the top three community... and this is your sense of comfort." eliminated since it was "just savings based on the amount teams. of chance to present your business another responsibility." waste that goes to the compost "It's your chance to start and - Morris, President, plan to a panel of experts," he Michael WLU But the business," university's lack of bin. develop a real says says. Environment Club composting methods are quickly as Other schools such the Maherali, who has recently start- The next free workshop will becoming outdated as more and University of Waterloo, York and ed his own business. consulting be focused on selling one's busi- more communi- McGill have been He he became post-secondary fostering com- says involved ness idea to investors on ties make substantial efforts to posting programs for years. York in the project because he has the He also noted that there just November 25 at university of become more waste conscious. even runs a box" first hand isn't enough room on campus to "green program knowledge of what it's Waterloo. "Ignition $1K" on The University of Victoria has both on-campus and in the sur- like to be an facilitate a program. entrepreneur. "I've January 13, 2005 will feature a been composting since April of rounding community, paying for seen the potential, but I've also Another element that is chal- $1000 prize to the team who can 2004. They estimate that to as incentive lenging is that composting causes 130 the service for busi- seen the gaps." most effectively pitch their busi- 150 tonnes of trash will be saved ness participation. individual trained in more work for employees at food An fully ness idea. from making it to the landfill site But even Laurier's current business often does not have the service outlets. Morris says that More information can be by end of the program's recycling is ineffective, technical or practical to get in 2001 there was a composter the first program skills found online at www.launch- Additionally, year. campus estab- says Morris, calling it "terrible." their idea off the ground, he says. padsok.ca. According to Morris, if any LaunchPad could fill this gap garbage is mixed in with the recy- cling, the contents of the entire Page bin is sent to the dump - which 1965 Two Girl isn't uncommon. "It's like a false sense of com- fort," he says. "I think the problem is a cul- tural problem. People just don't see the connection... We don't have to face living in a dump because of the way urban plan- ning is in Southern Ontario." Students don't seem to care enough to go the extra mile with their trash disposal. Despite Moms' pessimistic view on the state of recycling and composting standards at Laurier, he says there is a place to start. "Right now it would be too much to ask if we said, 'Don't eat at Harvey's,"' he notes, referring to the excess of packaging that accompanies the typical take-out meal.