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THE CORD the Tie That Binds Wilfrid Laurier University Since 1926 Master Plan Open for Student Input Volume 50. Issue 7 Wednesday. September 30. 2009 thecord.ca THE CORD The tie that binds Wilfrid Laurier University since 1926 Master plan open for student input University Graduate Students' As­ campus during this time. ANDREA MILLET sociation Melanie Banks is the Open forums with stakeholder LEAD REPORTER graduate studies representative on groups such as students, alumni and the steering committee; other than the City of Waterloo were point- The Wilfrid Laurier University Mas­ those two positions, no other cur­ ed out to be advantageous when ter Plan will be publicly released to­ rent students are involved with the the plan was first touched upon day, providing current students with committee. last spring, as were student input their first real look at how Laurier is "The university master plan is sessions. set to grow over the next zsyears. something that's been in the works To date, students have not been "It's a snapshot into the future for a while but it's getting at the given a chance to openly and freely of what the campus might look like stage now where there are some discuss their opinions. given growth and given the passage concrete final plans in place;' said "I know that that type of thing is of time;' said Laurier president Max Sheridan. difficult and time consuming but, Blouw. An open house will be held from for something that is the magnitude "It's a redevelopment of the old­ n:oo a.m. until2:oo p.m. and then that this plan is, it would probably er parts of the campus and then a again between s:oo p.m. and 7:00 be beneficial;' said 2008-og WLUSU minor expansion to include a little p.m. in the lower concourse today president Colin LeFevre. bit more ... on the perimeter of the and tomorrow, providing visuals LeFevre feels that student input campus:· and information about the plan. is critical in the development of a YUSUF KIDWAI PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER Until the release of this plan, Representatives from the external plan for Laurier's future as they are Hawks quarterback Evan Pawliuk completed 12 of 17 passes against there has been very limited student consultants, IBI group, will be pres­ the ones living and experiencing the McMaster Mauraders in his first career start last Saturday. input going into its development. ent to answer students' questions Laurier. There has been little to no oppor­ and hear comments and concerns as "We're the experts at Laurier tunity for open discussion and input they look at Laurier's future. right now, this is our campus, we Pawliuk leads Hawks from the average student. While students participated in know what's going on, we all prob­ Wilfrid Laurier University Stu­ both Waterloo and Brantford work­ ably have our own ideas of how this dents' Union president Laura Sheri­ shops that discussed issues about campus can improve and what we to victory over Mac dan is currently serving as the un­ the master plan, most of the work want to have stay," said Sheridan. dergraduate student representative was done over the summer months "So by the time I was coming out and president of the Wilfrid Laurier so many students were not on page 4 JUSTIN FAUTEUX of the tunnel I had no fear at all:' SPORTS .::.:ED::..:.IT~O::..:.R.:__ _____ Pawliuk had a very impressive game, finishing 12-17 for 276 yards The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks' and a pair of touchdowns. men's football team came into Sat­ "We had a lot of faith in Evan urday's game against the McMaster [Pawliuk] coming in, but he exceed­ Marauders missing their starting ed any expectations we had;' said Art takes over KW quarterback, starting slot back and Jeffries. "It was his first start, in a both starting defensive ends due to really meaningful football game, on injury. the road; I can't think of a more dif­ Despite playing without such ficult situation to stick him in to. But key players, the Hawks earned their he just ate it up, he was terrific:· most emotional win of the season, Pawliuk was in complete sync downing the Marauders 30-14. with his receivers,leading to out­ "No one should ever think we standing games from second-year can't come back;' said manager of Shamawd Chambers and third-year football operations and head coach Dillon Heap. Gary Jeffries. "We're back;' said an exuberant "If we face adversity, we're going Chambers, who had four catches for to come back from it and that's just 122 yards and a touchdown. "Were­ what we did today:' alized that we had a lot of injuries The most talked-about concern but we believe in everyone around for the Hawks coming into the game us and I had no doubt in my mind was the loss of starting quarterback that Evan [Pawliuk] could get the job Luke Thompson. After Thompson done. We're only going to keep on suffered a season-ending knee in­ rolling from here:· jury last week against Waterloo, Heap, meanwhile, racked up 420 back-up Evan Pawliuk took over the total yards- 130 receiving,179 on offence, making his first career start punt returns (a Laurier record) and against the Marauders. 111 on kick-offreturns (a Laurier re­ 18 Pawliuk showed no signs of ner­ cord) - on his way to being named vousness in his starting debut, run­ OUA special teams player of the 23 ning the offence with poise and effi­ week. ciency all game. "I had opportunities and got some 3 "I definitely had some nerves great blocking," said Heap. "But it coming in, but I have such great really just felt great to get the win. I 21 guys around me and in pre-game think we showed the entire league NICK LACHANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER speech Coach Jeff told me they all Dung Beetle by Max Streicher, a 30-foot-long inflated sculpture constructed on recycled billboard 4 had my back;' said Pawliuk. page 23 vinyl, set up at Kitchener City Hall. The installation is part of the CAFKA art festival. Ar• page 13 3 14 Inside 16 Laurier's own Van Wilder Canadian adventures Olympic controversy A look at the academic career of The final installment in the series Local group Anti-War at Laurier AsifBacchus, a student who first exploring cross-country summer (AW@L) protests the Olympic came to WLU nine years ago travels torch's stop in Kitchener Features. page 14 Life. page 16 Sports. page 23 Trudeau in Waterloo Cord-o-scopes Illegal fee collection The Liberal MP discusses political Predictions of the scariest Concurrent education students Hawks engagement with students at UW moment ofyour life at Laurier Brantford are illegally LAURA TOMKINS KEYSTONE PHOTOGRAPH Y MANAGER charged a fee by Nipissing Alyssa Lagonia (12} eludes a York defender during Sunday's game. The Hawks beat York 1-0 and remain undefeated. Sports. page 23 I National. page 8 Life. page 17 News. page 3 2 • ED ITO R'S PAGE The Cord • Wednesday. September 30. 2009 Editor's Choice News ...................... ·3 Feature ............ ...... 14 Former dean ofarts kicks it old school Local ... .. ...... ..... .. .... 6 Life ........................16 National .................... 8 Opinion . ................. 20 International ................ 9 Sports ... ..... ........... 23 Arts, 11 Arts ........ .. .... ..... ... 11 Editor-i n-Chief Laura Carlson • lcarlson@thecord .ca Bag 0' Crime Vocal Cord From the archives Do you think 5years Compassionate to locate I A tulip tree was damaged outside Internet slang is Laurier breaks record with 2,873 simultaneous whoopee cushion sittings Location: 345 King St. the main entrance of MacDonald Whoopee cushions were distributed at half-time of the Homecoming foot­ Reported: Sept. 23, 2009 House. hurting the English ball game with the intention of breaking the world record for most simulta­ Officers assisted a concerned parent language? neous whoopee cushion sittings. A total of 5.421 cushions were handed out in locating his son. Theft under $5000 but only 2,873 people signed the required registry. Location: King and Spring St This was still enough to break the previous record of 1.372, which was set Trespass Reported: Sept. 27, 2009 in the U.K. Location: Alvin Woods A male was approached by officers Printed Sept. 29,2004 Reported: Sept. 24, 2009 for urinating in public. The sub­ Trespass warnings were issued ject was also in possession of a can 25years to four people skateboarding on of coffee from Tim Horton's which Campus clubs given funding campus. was later established as being sto­ The Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union president changed the way len from the Tim Horton's outlet at campus clubs are funded on campus. Each club was to be allocated a mini­ Injured/sick person King and Spring Street. mum of $200, as long as the respective groups spent the money within the Location: Residence constitution laws. Reported: Sept. 25, 2009 Injured/sick person "I think it's having a nega­ Additional funding was to be considered based on the size of the club and The Emergency Response Team Location: Residence tive impact on the writing the number of members who would benefit from the services of the club, attended and treated a male for a Reported: Sept. 27, 2009 skills of students." among other things. small laceration to his forehead. A WLU student was injured when - John Paulino Printed Sept. 27- 1984 he was stuck in the head with a 24 Second-year communica­ Indecent act case of beer that was thrown out of 35years Location: Northdale Campus a passing vehicle on Bricker Avenue.
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