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The Cord Weekly (May 28, 2008) The Cord WeeklyThe tie that binds since 1926 TUITION FRUITION DEADLY DISASTERS SIM-TERVIEW Why tuition is increasing, and what Earthquakes, tornadoes and floods A chat with the co-founder of Maxis can be done ... about it... PAGES 10-11 damage the globe ... PAGE 6 Software, Jeff Braun PAGE 17 Volume 49 Issue 1 WEDNESDAY MAY 28, 2008 www.cordweekly.com WLUSU board's big budget Largest Board to date; so really we just take whatever received $49,844.61, $32,329 and budget majority spent on training and chair salary money we have in our bank ac- $32,091.50respectively, this year 13 countsright now and spend as little percent of the overall WLUSU bud- LAURA CARLSON budget for the Students' Union. of WLUSU. as possible to get us through the getwent direcdy to the BOD. SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR The BOD's own portion repre- LeFevre noted that the Presi- summer, but still [allow us to] be a "This year's budget is definitely sents $31,575.87 of the budget. dent's interim budget is quite stan- functional organization," he added. the biggest I'm aware of," noted Asif Fresh into its new term, the Wilfrid "Interim budgets from the op- dard compared to those approved While departments such as Bacchus, chair of the BOD, regard- Laurier University Students' Union erations side are literally a budget in the past, and within $300 of last Marketing, Brantford and Human ing the $31,575.87 allotted to the (WLUSU) Board of Directors (BOD) that gets you through the summer," year's interim budget. Resources make up the largest board. has passed the $252,037.53 interim explained Colin LeFevre, president "We don't have a huge cash flow percentages of the budget, having - SEE INTERIM,PAGE 5 WLU supports accused student Laurier MBA student Suresh Sriskandarajah is a "role model," according professors and peers KEREN GOTTFRIED explained. STAFFWRITER "He's just been an exemplaryrole model on all levels," she noted. Wilfrid Laurier University staff, pro- Dr. Hugh Munro, MBA Programs fessors and students are in strong Director at Laurier and one of Sris- support of the decision to award a kandarajah's professors, describes prestigious new entrepreneurship the allegations as a "big cloud that prize to a student accused of acts of hangs over him that is holding him SYDNEY HELLAND terrorism. back. UNION DUES - Jobs in the WLU bookstore and Athletic Complex may become unionized next year. The award winner in question is "As an institution I think we have Suresh Sriskandarajah, a Masters of no other way to judge it other than Business Administration Student, what he brings, how he acts and whorecently completed his educa- behaves, and he has been nothing tion in engineering at the Univer- but professional with us and for us," sity ofWaterloo. said Munro. Student jobs may "The university recognizes the Dave Mann, an MBA student and principle in law of the presump- friend of Sriskandarajah, said he tion of innocence," explained Kevin and his peers have been helped by Crowley, Associate Director of Pub- him even with simple tasks like set- be lic Affairs at Laurier. ting up Internet and photograph- still unionized as no team, "As long there's immediate ing their softball noting that danger to surrounding students, when drinking events were held, the university assumes that the al- Sriskandarajah always acted as the Laurier students will be allowed legal representation over the decision of legations are just allegations." designated driver. The CIBC Leaders in Entrepre- "He's pretty much the link be- whether or not to unionize all student employment on campus neurship is in its inaugural year, tween the professors and the stu- and is designed to recognize a stu- dents," said Chris Dutra, another dent that "demonstrate(s) active classmate. "You got a problem with KEREN GOTTFRIED with an agreement by the arbitra- Allison Roberts, Assistant VP: involvement in entrepreneurial anything, go see Suresh and he'll STAFF WRITER tor and the parties' lawyer to al- Human Resources at WLU, ex- activity" with an award of $5,000. make sure something gets done low undergraduate and graduate plained that "WLUSA seeks to The criteria also include academic about it." Do you want your job unionized? students to hold legal standing at represent [students] under the performance and financial need. MBA student Ben Crane has For 1,200 students employed at subsequent meetings, which will current certificate, so students will Dean of the School of Business heard ofthe alleged links of his peer Laurier, this is going to become a continue in March of next year. not get a vote." and Economics (SBE) and Chair of to the Tamil Tigers, a militant free- very real question in March 2009. WLUSA initially attempted to With legal standing at meet- the SBE Award Committee Ginny dom organization described as a The Wilfrid Laurier University pursue this initiative without the ings, students will now have a Dybenko said that he was selected terrorist group by many countries. Staff Association (WLUSA) filed input of students. voice through Andrew Camman, because he met the strict criteria "It's something that seems to be an official grievance against WLU They filed the grievance last Oc- the legal representation for both and was weighed fairly against the blown up, from what all the stu- that, if successful, would unionize tober with the university, stating the Wilfrid Laurier University Stu- other candidates. dents are talking about. He's kind of many student employees on cam- that WLU has "improperly exclud- dents' Union (WLUSU) and the "The individual that I have en- caught up in something that didn't pus, such as those working at Park- ed from the WLUSA Bargaining Graduate Students' Association countered is a person that's not really involve him all that much," ing Services, Athletics and Recre- Unit all office, clerical and techni- (GSA). only very intelligent, and very so- said Crane. ation and the WLU Bookstore. cal positions at WLU that are being cially aware, but in addition to that A seven-hour arbitration meet- performed by registered graduate he is applying energy to make the - ing on Friday, May 9 concluded and undergraduate students." SEE JOBS, PAGE 3 school a better place," Dybenko - SEE SURESH, PAGE 5 28,2008 ■ THE CORD 2 News WEDNESDAY MAY WEEKLY The Cord Weekly - The tie thatbinds since 1926 ~ phone: (519) 884-1970 ext. 3564 fax:(519)883-0873 email: [email protected] The Cord Weekly 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 WEDNESDAY MAY 28, 2008 VOLUME 49 ISSUE 1 Next Issue: June 25 QUOTE OF THE WEEK "I totally want to go down and look at beavers." - A&E Editor Daniel Joseph on the Waterloo Region's interesting wildlife. WORD OF THE WEEK Ahoy-hoy - Thegreetingthat Alexander Graham Bell deter- mined tobe most appropriate foruse over a telephone. CONTRIBUTORS Kimberly Elworthy Brittany Da Silva KerenGottfried Michael Kocheff Neal McCarten WLUSP STAFF Copy Editing Manager . Meredith Barret Copy Editor Ariel Kroon IT Manager Kayleigh Leßlanc Distribution Manager Nicole Weber WLUSP ADMINISTRATION President Greg Sacks VP: Advertising Angela Foster VP: Brantford Holly Gibson Chair of the Board Bryn Ossington Vice Chair . Janice Lee Board of Directors Brendan McGill Luay Salmon ADVERTISING All advertising inquiriesshould be directed to SYDNEY HELLAND VP: Advertising Angela Foster at 884-0710, ext. 3560 or [email protected] TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS - Construction workers gutted the entire room, starting the renovations to Arts IEI from the ground up. COLOPHON The Cord Weekly Is theofficial studentnewspaperof the Wilfrid Laurier Universitycommunity. Started in 1926 as the College Cord, Vie Cord Weekly is an editorially independent newspaper published by Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications, Waterloo, a Arts 1E1 renovations begin corporation without share capital. WLUSP is governed by its board of directors. Cffllfifit IjurierTOWffjff^^ wIuSF need of a the infamous Arts lecture hall is a complete renovation and QJgß3£pMkaclons In "facelift," 1E1 undergoing Opinions expressed within The Cord are those of the author and do not necessarilyreflect those of the Editorial Board, The Cord, the Arts building Tim Horten's has been removed, to be replaced by a new seating area WLUSP, WLU or Can Web Printing Inc. All content appearing in The Cord bears the copyright expressly of their creator(s) and may not be used without written consent. ALEXCORD EDITOR-IN-CHIEFHAYTER mately seven months ago, Nower were coming from. Now, in her fi- fire safety regulations. The Cord is created using Macintosh computers running OS X.2 using Adobe Creative Suite 3 (InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, was unable to comment on why it nal term asVP: Academic, the con- The hall's tiered steps will be Distiller and Illustrator). Canon Rebel XT 8.0 megapixel digital cameras are used forprincipal photography. has taken so long to update the lec- cerns are being addressed. finished with ceramic tile, and the The Cord Weeklyis a proud member of the Built in the 19605, the Arts IEI lec- ture hall. "We're fortune right now Bill Januszkiewicz, Coordinator: seating area carpeted - a material Ontario Press Council since 2006. T> Any unsatisfied complaintscan be sent ture hall has not seen renovations that we have some money from the Renovations & CAD Systems of used in lecture halls for its acoustic to the Council at [email protected]. for at least a decade. But on May 1, province, and it's a priority for us Physical Resources at Laurier, ex- suitability. The Cord's circulation for a normal Wednesday issue is 7,000 copies and enjoys areadership of over 10,000. Laurier Physical Resources moved to enhance student areas." plained the new upgrades in some Finally, the wall panels are to be Cord subscription rates are $20.00 per term for addresses within in to the entire room.
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