The Cord Weekly (July 12, 1994)
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ITwujJl July 28 10:00 - 4:00 Aug. 8- 12 10:00 - 4:00 Sept. 12 - 15 10:00 - 7:00 Sept. 16 10:00 - 7:00 r V? T T t I'a\V theCord "Lite tie that binds since 1926" THIS ISSUE volume XXXV • Issue two • Tuesday, july 12,1994 • wluStudent Pi bijcations So how's the summer going? This is the second, yet last,issue we'll be putting out this summer. Stay tuned for our next issue in September, which will be coming out in Frosh Week - (oops! I mean O- week.) Did the summer fly or what? ....News Flying is exactly what is happening to mer- chandise around cam- pus as Ingrid Nielsen explores the rash of unprecedented thefts recently. This is also documented in the beloved Bag O' Crime ...OPINION... Crime is exactly how Scott Stinson descr ib e s the cover- age of the O.J. Si m - ps on fiasco. At the sa m e time, Ing r i d Nielsen takes the new thrust to combine universities and colleges, and tries to look at it from a new angle. ..FEATURE.... Lulu's opens up the Imagine, Greg (Hick) Sloan prcxlucing a feature on Farming. Lynn McCuaig a new and Alex Moiseev help out with some stage to sound: insight on farming, as well. ...SPORTS... .There's an article on the Blue Spirit ofthe West Jays(Rob Brennan) and a column on the CFI/Scott Stinson), est album Faithlift, and that's it, says and a bunch of stuff from Save Stinson, sports This House, the live sound and editor. Check Spirit! feel were fabulous. From songs out the article Catchj the with the evening such as "The Old Sod", and "Bone of on this page dedicated to musical kinship and plea- Contention",the band performed with dealing with sure, not mere idol worship. professional ease and enthusiasm, I can't paying to get Spirit of The West appeared totally at emphasize enough the joyous atmos- into the AC. DAVE SCOTT home on stage, slipping easily between phere that engulfed those fortunate to be ....ENTER-TAIN- Cord Entertainment various instalments both modern and tra- present. Nice one, Spirit. Nice one, Lulu's. MENT Dave There are numerous reasons to feel good ditional. It's clear from this performance A memorable evenings' entertainment Scott has been about the recent Spirit Of The West show to see why this is one of the few indeed, and with shows coming up at doin' the concerts at Lulu's. Canadian bands to achieve noticeable Lulu's, such as "The Ramones", hopefully around town, and has Firstly, Lulu's got away from it's famil- international success in recent years. good turn outs at these gigs will mean brought back his awesome pics and iar oldies format, by presenting an Playing a lot of material from their lat- more new music at the madhouse. reviews. A new edition to this section evening with one of Canada's most talent- is Aural Stimulation, cool CD reviews ed bands of the present musical era. complete with the CD cover for easy Secondly, the large dance floor in Summer fees spottage. We hope you're having a front of the stage was great for a band at A/C great summer, and let's all have a Red that gets people up and moving. The cav- Dog lx;er in gratitude for advertising ernous dance floor was packed. Thirdly, SCOTT STINSON order to use the facilities. However, rules are again and getting us some colour on Lulu's has the best lighting in town for Cord Sports After sinking thou- rules, so now anyone our poverty-stricken pages. Just don't concerts, from a photographers point of So you thought being a sands of dollars into this wishing to use the A.C. turn the bottle upside down. Why? view. Laurier student entitled fine institution during the must obtain a summer Because the beer would nin out, silly! The evening was a joyous occasion you to use of the Athletic- school year, most students membership card. from beginning to end, with Kingston's Complex year round? Not feel that one should be If you are taking at "The Mahones" warming up the crowd so. Thanks to an adminis- able to use the gym and least two courses at WLU quite nicely. It's been a long time since tration decision that stu- pool occasionally without in the summer, you have I've seen an opening act so enthusiastical- dent I.D. cards are only having to fork over an already been charged an ly received. With their Celtic, Pogue-like valid from September to additional thirty dollars. Athletic fee. To get your ...Where it's at... music, The Mahones induced the masses May, any WLU student The Department of summer membership card, to dance happily for the whole set. who is not registered in at Athletics and Recreation go to the A.C. and ask for News 2 Spirit of the West followed, and the least two summer courses feels the same way. it. Opinion 4 party continued with the swirling mass of no longer has free use of Usage of the facilities is If you don't meet the Classifieds 6 humanity in front of the stage in constant the A.C. way down in the summer minimum course require- motion. That means any full- months, so making the ments, have two Feature 7 you It must be pointed out here that one time student living in A.C available to whoever options. Pay the fee and Arts 8 of the refreshing things about this show Waterloo for the summer wants to use it, regardless get a summer A/C mem- Sports 9 was the pure energetic happiness in the has to purchase an A.C. of current course load, bership, or get your exer- Entertainment 10 house. Everyone was having a good time, summer membership in seems like a natural idea. cise somewhere else. NEWS WLU campus a den of theives "Unusually high" string ofthefts in a week INGRID NIELSEN signs of June 29. This The vandal(s) unscrewed the backs of Cord News forced entry." is the second three micro computers, and sliced out the cir- Wilfs, the library, the geography computer Dan time in the cuitry inside. lab, the Centre Spot, and the Second Cup, Dawson, past year that "Even if the computers were tied down," were all hit by an unusual wave of theft Programming a V.C.R. has says Jorg, "this still wouldn't have helped." which washed over Laurier the week of June and Services been stolen The next hit was a pop machine outside 27. Manager, from the the Centre Spot in the Students' Union On Saturday, July 2, $2770 in stereo equip- says that, library. Building. Someone forced open the lock on ment and miscellaneous supplies were stolen "No it's not The the machine, and took about $100 in change. from Wilfs. covered (the V.C.R. was Money was also stolen from the Second The stolen equipment included a V.C.R. stolen mer- attached to Cup, located in the Concourse. A $200 float with remote, a television remote, a tuner, an chandise). the counter was taken from a locked container in the Staff amplifier, a tape deck, and the "good" CD Because the with a cable, and Teaching lounge in the Central Teaching player from the Turret. insurance which was Building. All of this had been set up for a Stag and deductible is installed after "We're not sure of the exact time this took Doe party to be held at Wilfs that night. The $10 000, and the first place. It could have been between s:3opm equipment was on stage as a D.J. booth for the value of V.C.R. was Friday, July 1, and 7:3opm Saturday, July 2, or the affair. the stuff stolen this after s:oopm Sunday until 7:ooam Monday "When someone came in Saturday stolen is $2 year. morning," says Jorg. evening, at around 6:3opm, it (the equipment) 500." Earlier All of these events occured between just wasn't there," says Dave Hopkins, bar- He con- the same Monday, June 27 and Monday, July 4. They tender and security staff at Wilfs. tinued, "It week, on are also all under investigation, with no sus- Although Hopkins estimates that Wilfs doesn't take Monday, pects at this time. staff had probably left on the Friday evening a rocket sci- PAGE June 27, "There's nothing to indicate a link," says at alxxit 1:00 or 2:ooam, Peter Jorg, head of entist to fig- some on e Jorg, "although this amount of thefts in one Laurier Security estimates that the crime took ure that the entered the week is unusually high." place between I:3opm and 6:3opm on insurance SHELDON Geography Security holds the only master keys to the Saturday. policy should computer lab university, except for a few members of the Students' Administration. of the Union had be upgrad- 2E5 B , A member Can you spot the V.C.R.? We thought so. been in Wilfs to set up for the party that ed." PICTURE: between the Tliere are no plans for increased security evening, and left at 1:00pm, Saturday after- The crime Peter's build- at Laurier. noon. spree contin- ing and the As for the stereo equipment stolen from "She probably left the door unlocked ued as an $800 V.C.R.