J9S days until WIIISU forces The Cord out of office space The Cord Weekly Is an apartment the right Women's b-ball on brink abode for 16 you? page of OUA title page 20 44 Volume Issue 24 Wednesday March 3, 2004 www.clublaurier.ca Adios Turret Thursdays As students opt to stay in and study, sales diminish and programming changes for on-campus bar JEFFREY HAWKINS nights. The committee, in Staff Writer consultation with several housing- dons and Residence The Turret Nightclub will be Life Area Coordinators, closed Thursday nights reviewed the surveys and for events. As except special Thursday revenues to gain a of last Friday. "Old School" better understanding of Fridays" and "Premier what students want and offered Saturdays" are now what would be financially for Turret patrons. feasible. According to Mandy Also taken into account Dennison, Laurier's was the competition the Students' Union Vice- Turret might face on Friday President: Marketing, the nights. decision to switch nights "We spoke to the dons came from a "Your Bar, Your and ELACs and discovered Say" survey. Over 500 that more and more first Laurier students took part year students simply have in the conducted too classes survey by many on Fridays, the A-Team in co-operation and are staying in on with the Business Thursdays to study," stated Promotions committee Dennison. "We weren't Week. to before Reading going go against them making class." "We'll be doing "We used to have Turret about Fridays five years ago more of a rock but then switched over to theme which is Thursdays, so switching- back won't be anything new. what exactly We are giving the students students indicated what they said they want," said Herman. they wanted more When asked about the possible competition the of" Wilbur McLean Turret will confront for -Dan WLUSU Herman, Friday nights, Herman stat- Rockin' the dance floor at the Turret during the first "Old School" Friday, one of the results of the President in the club. ed, "We shouldn't have a recent "Your Bar, Your Say" survey. At around 1:00 am there were about 40 people problem there because we are com- due to the double mirror comments made m Dan Herman, WLUSU are providing* a different really suffering, younger mented Dr. WLU cohort. Either I think the student President, stated that the kind of theme than the rest Rosehart, way survey. Fridays President and Vice- it's a that will consist of rock & then reviewed the He good thing they now survey was by of nightclubs." con- Chancellor. this are in favour of the retro music, whereas an ad hoc "renewal commit- tinued, "We'll be doing more "Maybe reacting- switch is an indication that current trend of studious will remain Top tee" specifically concocted to of a rock theme which is Saturdays are trying* to market to behaviour." 40, R&B and orient- decide whether to keep exactly what students indi- they hip-hop an older crowd since the Friday and Saturday ed. Turret Thursdays or shift cated they wanted more of." all first students are much nights are now structured to over to Friday and Saturday "Campus pubs over year bunch of from take a quotes onlookers and compile them into an accurate rendition of climax Gib's occurs Kid Exploding performance. Anyways, I've already talked about what each of CHRIS CLEMENS informed the ly by saucy these bands does in other Radio Laurier's final installment of Entertainment Editor RadioLaurier representative shouldn't reviews so I really Kat Lourenco that I was in have to do it twice. the series Last Thursday night at fact currently listening to Music Explosion proves Avid watcher Kate approximately 11 o'clock I the punk stylings of Kid Turner started the soapbox was swiftly walking across Gib. Taking out my leather- successful some commentary on a good note, yet again, despite the Concourse. I was also bound professional journal- enthusiastically revealing that the vaguely hoping ist notebook (read: neon that she was "thoroughly disappointing performances RadioLaurier staff had post-it notes), I set- orange impressed!" by the pop-punk somehow been incompetent tled in to take notes on the set that she had just wit- enough to delay their final remnants of the first band's nessed. Roaming passer-by Music Explosion show long performance. After spend- Melissa Shirley was more past its scheduled start time ing' at least two minutes dig- skeptical although she of 10 sharp. An excellent ging through pockets my admitted that the perform- Festival show had for I looked in Fringe a pen, up just ance "got better as it went run extraordinarily late, time to see that they were on." At this, I noddedsagely; and my carefully calculated finishing their set and leav- every time Fve seen Kid Gib schedule of events was con- ing the stage. Not good. they ended on a relatively sequentially shot to hell. I strong note. However, a was missing the ultimate of comments "What's with the variety rang- samurai showdown of ing from"I wasn't paying WLU's best bands, the win- mouth?" and potty attention." to "They sucked," ner of whom would repre- similar comments to "What's with the potty sent our school against mouth? They kept dropping other 'Battle of the Bands' the the made it suggested F-bomb," appar- from champions campuses ent that the masses were masses were across the nation. somewhat displeased. To be The echoing sounds of somewhat fair, Kid Gib was ranked new school punk confirmed fourth out of all the com- that I was going to be displeased. petitors and consequentially unfashionably late. destined to the show in open I Nonetheless, effortlessly I won't lie to - I you front of a relatively sober breezed past the two people about thought making- up have crowd, so they may in line outside Wilfs with some kind of cool story RadioLaurier been irrevocably cursed by incredibly influential about wild antics and my guitar Satan. Student well with Publications cre- but I Kid F-word did not over possibly goats, quickly Gib's excessive use of the go dentials and was immediate- Wilfs. figured out that I could just Thursday at Continued on 22 the Music Explosion crowd this past page * S. MMIB| J|v£ rriTlTSjWlIPC111 LwTSJI B IjiT| [imflH ||| (1|il) St. Patricks Day Wednesday March 17th What better reason to take a day off? You deserve a Break. from Tickets $10 any Wilf's Employee BRUNCH - LIVE ENTERTAINMENT - GOOD TIMES mmmmmmmmnmmmm—————iBWBBBWBHWBMiawHHWHWMWBWi mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm News Wednesday March 3,2004 3 Board questions VP hiring he should come and of the WLUSU's governance policy. policy, Members 2004-2005 WLUSU BOD to hold the is to with me try "It my responsibility speak personally," follow these policies," he said. said Welker. accountable for "The concerns do not Union their recruiting practices hiring committee Costache's there. assures these policies are end committee complied with." "Are [hiring CUNNINGHAM committee recommends. "It's not so much a matter APRIL Costaehe has done a little members] recommending the News Editor But Costaehe feels BOD of trust," said Costache. "It's research on the Ontario best people, or people they members are in a position to a matter of wanting to know with?" Corporations Act, under can work well of WLUSU's new board direc- see more information, what it is we what per- are ratifying." which WLUSU falls. He is "Isn't that you would tors is already taking- steps to haps even all applicants' Matt Vice Chair of pro- Gouett, concerned that WLUSU poli- want?" asked Welker saying the of noted ensure transparency posals. the Board of Directors, that it is for the cy does not completely corre- important and of its "I the organization would rather be sleep- that it is not feasible for to be able to work spond with the act. president ing at 7:30 in the members to have a in hir- with vice managers. morning say The act stipulates that well presidents. the of next With hiring than being a rubber all in the Welker admit that stamp," ing- positions organ- directors of the corporation did vice occur- such to year's presidents ization as co-ordinators, Costache was just trying the ring throughout past executive members and part- do his job by promoting week, board time does incoming mem- staff. References were transparency. But he ber Tudor Costaehe illustrat- staff at made to hiring not believe Costache under- his the ed concern regarding Harvey's. stands how serious it would of the new BOD in role "Where is the line, be if a VP was not ratified. chosen candi- approving Tudor?" lie asked. Hiring would have to be re- dates. also used the Welker opened and time frames forth motion Ball deco- He brought a example of Charity would be skewed. that would allow board mem- rations. He said that the This is the first BOD in bers to be debriefed with board cannot be involved hi recent that has pro- memory ratification. posals before The deciding how to decorate the caused such controversy over not trusts motion was passed. facility and the the hiring of VP positions. do Charity Ball Committee to In the end, Welker and the in must "Are [hiring so the same way they committee provided a bit trust the Committee Hiring more information than has committee to recommend VP candidates. been supplied in the past. Costache believes that members] Wilbur Mclean by Wilbur Mclean "They told us the using such a comparison.