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„„ JThe Production Posse's "One Single Bow Cult leaden TV is the Devil's tool. Butthead: Uhh, yeah, where is it? "Thethetie that binds since 1926" VOLUME XXXV •Cord ISSUE TWENTY-FOUR • WEDNESDAY, MAROI 8,1995 • VVLU STUDENT PUBI ICAIIONS - Sports andhigherlearning have an important role to play LIBBI HOOD education. University sports Cord Features Golden Hawks football veteran Pat week CordFeatures O'Leary agrees that academic expecta- at WdjridLaurier. This i Some people love them and some people MCKAY examines the nature this role in regards to i aren't as impressed, but nobody can deny tions at Ixiurier don't change when you of that our very own Golden 1 lawks are an are on a varsity team. Playing football for SCOTT theAmerican experience, the role ofthe media, integral part of life at Laurier. There is just three to four hours a day, six days a week, something about sports competition that combined with academics, doesn't leave and lesser acknowledged sports. anything else. O'Leary can awaken students, faculty, and staff much time for PICTURE: alike, turning them into a united body of noted that the team played up until in '91 season, and sports! frenzied fans cheering for a laurier team. November 30th the Of course, this isn't an experience even in the excitement of the Vanier Cup THIS ISSUE Pete Robinson sure was unique to YVLU. People everywhere know in Toronto, some players had to write (.his week, the power of sports competition. The exams in their hotel rooms, proctored by After what was one of the most interesting, busy writing the Superbowl, and the World team coaches. for lack of a better word, student elections, as he dominates this Olympics, examples of sports events Rich Newbrough, Director of Athletics the votes are finally in. Scott McCormick section with a variety of Cup are ail great pieces which reach out to far more than the at Ixiurier, believes that the varsity sports and Brad Ross are the new Pre/ and on event- the programs have to be compatible with aca- VPUA-elcct. Congratulations also goes out ing from vets leaving th emeu's hockey everyday fan. And who can forget took place when demics. "A definite sacrifice is made," said to the new Board-elect, all 15 of them. team, to the women's varsity swimmers, national celebration that won the World Newbrough in reference to the expecta- Don't mud dries and flakes off with- who are quietly stealing the show. Also, a a Canadian team finally worry, tions put upon athletes. out much of a stain. piece by Stefanie Trudca about your bike. Series? Fred Nichols, Dean of Students, Laurier athletes also have a higher I news I entertainment remembers I xiurier's successful football profile on campus than most other stu- 19605, it put dents, which adds to the expectations peo- Don't get those caf pco- Selene MacLeod trav- program in the and how of ple have of them. "Varsity athletes are pie mad! Look at that elled to the Volcano and WLU on the map. If people had heard I it to magnified through the media," said piece of hardware she is writes favourably of Laurier, was usually due athletics. 1 "helped Newbrough, and they are expected to be weilding.'lTiey are angry those Grasshoppers, The success of the team set a Nichols. more than the average student. due to the proposal to actually Grasshoppers good reputation nationally," said J the Student athletes are seen as athletes freeze their wages and roll back their minus two. Dave Scott checked out When the football team won '91, was first, and it carries over into all their employee benefits, and are ready to go on Hlastiea, and has confirmed that they are Vanier Cup in laurier again unit- pride. Suddenly people had heard actions within university life. Basically, if a strike. Check page 3 for more details. Also, one of the best live bands around. Well, if ed with Wilfrid Laurier University: the small basketball player gets in a fight, or a foot- a biz story. Dave says it, that's good enough for me. of school with the powerful football pro- ball player gets kicked out of a bar, people opinion | two cents worth gram. But that was almost four years ago. always seem to know that it was an athlete. The actions of any player carry over Not only is she our View from the Farm Soon there will only be a few permanent who to their entire team, and in turn to the dynamic, travelling really hits a cord this residents of the laurier community first-hand. entire athletic program. This increases the President, she is also week. Three and a half can remember the experience role on campus from that of stu- witty on command. weeks until reality bites. The. rest of us arc left to wonder if there is athlete's in dent to representative. Athletes are Check out Dr.Marsden's To all those of you more to the idea of varsity sports school practically forced to be role models. view on bird courses. Fantastic article by grads-to-be who have a job, or even the Canadian universities than just winning and then. Some see this as an unfair and unfor- Jim Boyce dealing with just what exactly start of acareer. lined up for May, please bo the national title now is Varsity tunate situation. Others, like Dean constitutes being a victim. And finally, patient with all the rest of us neurotic Luckily, the answer yes. more than just Nichols, sec it as part of the package another great View (sniff) from the Farm. freaks that arc dancing on the edge. spoils in Canada are about winning, which may be more than can be which comes with playing Canadian varsi- feature said for American college athletics. The ty sports. In Canada, and subsequently at Laurier, "sports should be a medium to As you can tell from this ...Where it's at... difference begins with the athletes them- develop character," said Nichols. Athletes colourful cover, this selves, who have to be successful students have to recognize their high profile, and week's feature is on the News 3 before they can be athletes at this level. 1 future act accordingly Laurier's football team did role of varsity sports in Even before arriving at aurier, Opinion 7 they got involved with the Canada. Great coverage Golden 1 lawks have to measure up to the just that when Feature 10 Big Brothers organization this year, by Pete Robinson of the high entrance average that WLU requires. local comparison own well as - which adds to their profile as between us Northerners and those to the Sports 12 Once here, the high standards remain for are the school's, and increases favourable South. Libbi Hood also tackles the issues Entertainment 15 academics. The athletes' marks moni- tored to ensure continued eligibility, and relations with the local community behind the scene. Who we sec and who Neu Studenten Kunst 18 also to ensure that they arc receiving an Continued in the Features section we don't. Classifieds 19 Director WLU Student Publications is seeking to fill a vacant space on its Board of Directors, by means of K \^l The seven-member Board of Directors oversees all V jfß administrative and day-to-day operationsof the H ij|| corporation—as well as planning for its future. H V application to the attention of Susan Barry, •■ y-y^^ooX& Applicants must be a shareholder of the Corporation yy (a full-time studentat WLU) to qualify. WLU Student Publications BMj Third Floor, Students' Union Building 75 University AvenueWest, Waterloo, Ontario N2L3CS telephone (519) 884-2990 • fax (519) 884-5596 Hf MARCH 16 (ONE monlv u 4d |S; <§ PROUD TO BE PURPLE ANP GOLD NEWS Changing of the guard supposed to be doing." expansion underway, there is some As with any election, this one concern that summer students will Election saw candidates making promises not be able to contact the Union and that they aren't legally held to keep. will lose many services. But what promises are both McCormick tried to quell these Results McCormick and Ross willing to fears by explaining that "we (the make, right now, to the students? Union) are not moving. It would be The New Students' Union "Every promise that I have pub- too costly. While they're constructing President lished I intend to keep," said we'll just put up some plastic sheets Scott MeOormiok 730 McCormick. "I intend to see a con- and try not to breathe too much Mike McMahon 539 tinuation of the student-run course dust. All of our regular programs Paul Gray 157 evaluations, increased safety on (e.g. Foot Patrol) will be maintained Kcllv Westlake 150 campus and the implementation of despite the construction. Wilfs and a Speakers Corner for students." the Turret will be closed though." The New Vice Presidents KINZINGEP. Ross promised to "ensure that Neither McCormick nor Ross University Affairs people know what is going on in were just handed their positions. Brad Ross 716 PHILL the Students' Union. Both won in an election that fea- Pat MeMurrieh 487 Communication has to be main- tured a mud-slinging Open Forum, Anish Makim 321 PICTURE: tained." fierce competition, and that was Unlike cither McCormick or plagued by delays. The i99s/W6 VP University Affairs-elect Ross President-elect McCormick (left)and Ross, next year's Board ofDirectors McCormick thought that "it was Board ofDirectors a "no bullshit year".

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