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The Cord Weekly ...What's where... the News 2 Opinion 6 Feature 8 Sports 10 Entertainment 14 Classifieds 18 NSK 19 "The tie that binds since 1926" VOLUME XXXVI • ISSUE FOURTEEN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1995 cord WLU Student publications Champions once again TEAM SOCCER WOMEN'S COURTESY PICTURE: The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk women's soccer team came home from Ottawa with the national title in hand. The championship is the second in four years for the team. tainly implied that some of the rea- but other than Karen Conboy, Gigi sons for the snub were political. Ggnini and Lorraine Hodds, the rest PETE ROBINSON lineup, MacLean guided his team Despite being clearly the best "There's a lot of animosity from ofthe team went unselected. Cord Sports through the OWIAA schedule, even- team in their division, the Hawks other teams around the league," he One gets the feeling that after It began in the draining heat of an tually clinching first place and a were largely shunned in the All-Star said, adding that many ofhis players last weekend, MacLean and his August training camp, and ended on berth in the OWIAA championships. selection process. Although he didn't showed all year long that they team have the last laugh. a snowy field in Ottawa on Sunday. "He was great. He always knew come out and say it, MacLean cer- deserved to be on the All-Star Team, The end result for the Women's when to give us a kick in the pants," Soccer team was their second said Burkitt. National Championship in four A 4-0 blowout against Queen's in years. the final set the stage for last week- "Expectations were always end's foray into Ottawa. Entered into How the weekend unfolded high," said Head Coach Barry a pool with Canada West champ MacLean. "It's an unbelievable thing ÜBC, MacLean saw the T-birds as BARRY MACLEAN overcome. Hie Ravens were con- crossed a precision ball into the to accomplish." the biggest obstacle between his Special to The cord tent to pack their goal area and penalty area. The ever presfciit All year long, MacLean stead- squad and a national title. The Laurier Golden Hawks defend against the potent Laurier Burkitt seemed to be heading on a fastly stood by his assertion that his "We came out and we were ten- Women's soccer team completed a attack. Alexa Hodgldnson opened collision course with the Dalhousie team had what it took to bring home tative," said MacLean of the dream season this weekend in the scoring for Laurier witha classic goalkeeper as both players bravely the National Championship. The Women's preliminary round match Ottawa, winning the National header which was quickly followed raced toward the ball, dutch per- Women delivered with a 1-0 victory with the B.C. squad. Championship against the by a goal by Karen Cortboy. Leading former, Burkitt, won the race and over Dalhousie. "We played into the wind and Dalhousie Tigers. 2-0 at the half, Laurier continued to neatly headed the ball into the back "After playing on a fairly nice were down by one at half. Then we The Hawks began the tourna- pressure leading to second half ofthe net day Saturday, we woke up to a -23 came out and completely dominat- ment as the third seed, placed in a markers from Vejvalka, Conboy After euphoric celebrations, the degree wind chill and the field cov- ed. I would say that they were the group with the second seeded ÜBC and rookie Kara Yates. The 5-0 vic- Hawks held off a desperate ered in snow," said MacLean. number two team in the tourna- Thunderbirds and die host Carieton tory over the Ravens ensured Dalhousie attack to ensure the "I thought that the conditions ment, so the win was huge." Ravens. The Hawks opened the Laurier's place in the final Hawks a second National were an equalizer them." With the them : for win behind tournament against .. the The final would pit the defend- Championship. Celeste Burkitt's goal with just Laurier had to get, past the host side Thunderbirds on Thursday in freez- ing National Champion Dalhousie Vejvalka was named tourna- over five minutes to play sealed the Carleton, a clearly inferior team ing conditions. The Hawks, playing Tigers against the Hawks. With the ment MVP and, along with Conboy win for the Soccer Hawks. Up until who qualified solely on the basis of against gale force winds, trailed at wind chill factor at minus 23, gust- and Hodgkinson, named to the that point, Laurier dominated the being hosts. Despite Carleton play- the half 1-0. laurier turned the ing wiods said a snow covered Held* Tournament All-Star Team. Rookie play but couldn't get one past the ing ten players behind the center tables, pressuring ÜBC for most of the conditions were less than ideal. Lorraine Hodds was named player tough Dalhousie goalkeeper. stripe, the Hawks were able to score the second half. The Thunderbirci Th& Hawks completely dominated ofthe game in the final, and named The win is a crowning achieve- five goals to thump the Ravens 5-0. goalie stoned the Hawks repeatedly the first half, plspng with the wind, to the All-Canadian second team. ment for MacLean, who returned to The win set the stage for the before Camilla Vejvalka scored with but were continually thwarted by Goalkeeper Rachel Zuidervliet was coach Laurier this year after taking National final against the Atlantic a spectacular long range shot, The All-Canadian goalkeeper Leanne outstanding, allowing only one goal a one-year hiatus to coach at Le Champions, Dalhousie. Burkitt's Hawks continued the pressure until Thompson. The second half was in the entire tournament Moyne College in upstate New York. goal not only secured the obvious, Celeste Burida won the ball in the much tighter, with neither team ere* laurier also scooped a number The 34 year-old coach and former that being the National ÜBC penalty and slotted the ball ating many good scoring chances. of awards a* Friday's All-Canadian player at Laurier, was the catalyst Championship, but for MacLean it past the goalkeeper to ensure the As the half progressed, the Hawks Banquet with Gigi Cigini named as for success this season. Starting off proved wrong some of the forces Golden Hawk victory. started te gain the advantage, and the CIAVs player ofthe year, as well by recruiting some standout players that he maintains worked against The host Carieton Ravens were with five minutes to play Vejvalka as being named a first team All- supplement an already talented Laurier all year. the next obstacle for the Hawks to broke free down the right flank and Canadian, NEWS Laurier places fourth in Maclean's Issuefocuses onfinancial crisis ofuniversities KATHERINE HARDING respectively. survey of 3,402 high school guid- experiencing. Cord News Comprehensive universities con- ance counselors, academic adminis- Maclean's pointed out that ICO Maclean's much anticipated, annual duct research activity and offer a trators, and CEO's of major corpora- considering both federal and £ university ranking hit the news- wide range of programs including tions. Laurier was recognized as provincial governments are O 5 stands this past Monday. Laurier both undergraduate and graduate being a high quality and innovative set to slash university fund- to moved up a notch from last year, professional degrees. university among the primarily ing, things are only going to 6 ranking fourth in the "primarily This year the University of undergraduate universities. Stephen get worse. g undergraduate" category. Victoria secured number one, with said Laurier's success in this area The article noted that in Q. The ranking divides universities University of Waterloo placing third should be "attributed to the stu- 1993-94, university students bor- affect a university, and consequently into three categories: medical/doc- behind Simon Fraser. dents". rowed more than $1 billion in feder- the education it can provide. torate, comprehensive, and primari- Within the 3 categories, each In the past, the university issue al student loans. The number of Stephen commented, "we are ly undergraduate. school is ranked according to their has been one of the most controver- food banks at Canadian universities going to have to tighten our belts Laurier falls into the primarily student body, classes, faculty, sial issues Maclean's publishes. Last and colleges has almost doubled in and protect the things we care undergraduate category. These finances, library, and reputation. year fourteen universities decided the past three years. about - however, there is no magic schools focus on undergraduate Laurier earned first and second not to participate in protest of the Not only is the future looking wand." programs and offer few graduate places in "proportion [of students] methodology Maclean's uses. grim for students, but faculty and The university issue is by far programs. Mt. Allison, for the fourth with 75% or higher" and "average However, three dissenters, Carleton, administrations are facing funding Maclean's most popular issue, out- year in a row, ranked first overall, entering grade" in the student body Concordia, and Winnipeg, rejoined program cuts that will force them to selling their average weekly issue 4 followed by Trent, Acadia and category. the ranking this year. make difficult choices. to 1. Canadian University Press Wilfrid Laurier. Arthur Stephen, .Assistant VP of Unlike past university issues, this This year, every university in executive Stu Clark observed that Medical/Doctorate universities University Relations, was "happy" year's magazine took on a serious Alberta dropped in the Maclean's the universities shoulder the cost of offer a broad range of PhD pro- with Laurier's standing, noting "we tone.
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