The tie that binds Wilfrid Laurier University since 1926 Volume 50, Issue 27 Wednesday, March 17, 2010 thecord.ca NICK LACHANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER Dining hall Hawks win CIS bronze to close for said Laurier head coach Rick Os­ rookie Devon Skeats chose the per­ top line with team captain Andrea JUSTIN FAUTEUX borne. ''I'd say this season was prob­ fect time to record her first career Ironside and fellow rookie Candice SPORTS EDITOR ably the second best we've ever had, hat-trick, scoring all three goals en Styles. summer and I only say that because we had route to a 3-2 Laurier win. Skeats's five goals would be ANTIGONISH, NS-The medal a national title [in 2005] ....We only "This is the best feeling I've had enough to give her the tournament WLUSU operations may not be the colour they set out lost one game in regulation this year all year for sure;' said Skeats after lead in both goals and points. for at the beginning of the year, but and unfortunately that had to be to her career night. "It's just a great "I don't know how Skeats did it," will remain open the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Alberta (in the opening game of the feeling to help my team out like that, said Hawks' goalie Liz Knox. "She's women's hockey team ended their CIS finals]~ especially being a rookie." a trooper, we're happy to have (her] season on a positive note on Sun­ After losing Thursday's opening The Hawks found themselves on our team .... It was really great to ANDREA MILLET day afternoon, coming away with game of the national champion­ playing for bronze after the Pan­ see her go out and produce like that." LEAD REPORTER the Canadian Interuniversity Sport ship - 1-0 to the eventual champion das clinched their spot in the gold Despite her personal successes in (CIS) bronze medal. Alberta Pandas in a penalty-filled medal game with a 2-o win over the this tournament, Skeats remained Food services, who usually main­ The 4-0 win over the St. Mary's affair - the purple and gold found X-Women. humble after the bronze med- tains limited hours during the sum­ Huskies in the national third-place themselves in a must-win situa­ And with a medal on the line, a! game, putting the focus on her mer term for students and faculty on game gave the Hawks their first CIS tion on Friday night versus the host Skeats showed that her performance teammates, particularly those who campus, will be closing down all op­ bronze medal in team history. team, the St. F.X. X-Women. against the X-Women was no fluke, played their last games at Laurier on erations this summer, including the "The bronze medal feels good, but In that crucial game, the story of netting two of the Hawks' four dining hall and the various coffee the way we played feels really good," the Hawks' tournament emerged as goals after getting promoted to the Sports, page 19 outlets throughout campus. "We are planning to close down all of our Wilfrid Laurier run food service operations for cash business this summer because we are going Inside to do some fairly significant renova­ Laurier's hidden talent tions;' said director of student ser­ vices Dan Dawson. What you didn't know Knox named MVP The renovations in the dining hall about March 17 The dancers of East Meets West win four will include a new station that will Laurier goalie Liz Knox became serve Halal food, a market that they Your week in pointless the first Golden Hawk to win the first-place prizes in national competition have not been able to cater to very information CIS player of the year award well in the past. The inclusion of this new station Classifieds, page 15 REBECCA VASLUIANU will also require ventilation work ARTS EDITOR People thought, 'Oh to be done, meaning that the entire ventilation system will have to be How to survive For most of Laurier's population, ''are those those little shut down during renovations. St. Patrick's Day this past Monday had little signifi­ The coffee outlets around campus cance. But for 200 students, the day will also be receiving upgrades, en­ 8 simple steps for making it Indian kids practicing abling them to run more efficiently through the most important marked their return to the university drinking day of the year after achieving something unprec­ in the Concourse?' The and serve a wider variety of custom­ edented and remarkable. erneeds. Feature, page 15 Wilfrid Laurier University Stu­ answer is, 'Yes, we were "We're looking at updating equip­ dents' Union campus club East ment, counter space and trying to Meets West competed this weekend representing Laurier:" improve ventilation to be able to in the national South Asian Alliance expand the menu opportunities in Cl,llture Show (SAACS) at the Her­ - Amit Tandon, East Meets those areas;' said Dawson. lr. shey Centre in Mississauga,leaving West senior advisor Food services will be closing their Sports, page 19 with an unprecedented four first­ operations at the end of April, after place finishes. the exam period, and the renova­ Performing in front of more than tions are expected to be complete by Budgeting a deficit s,ooo people, East Meets West se­ the week of Aug. 16. nior advisor Amit Tandon explained "If we don't get it done during the The implications of the federal that for those involved, their victory classical and best artistic direction, summer then it's really challeng­ budget on students and Canada's was "larger than the Vanier Cup;' re­ beating out teams from large univer­ ingto keep everything moving;' said future ferring to the Laurier football team's sities like the University of Toronto, Dawson. national win in 2005. York University, McMaster Univer­ This deadline will provide time to National, page 9 The competition is the largest sity and their biggest rivals, the Uni­ set up and allow staff to become ac­ of its kind in all of North Ameri- versity of Waterloo. customed to the changes before the ca, allowing student teams across "It's the first time Laurier's ever food venues are reopened for the fall That six-letter word the country to compete classical, won at such a big competition. 201oterm. Bhangra, Bollywood and hip-hop fu­ We were speechless, the whole "What we're kind of optimistic for Laurier hosts the annual Vagina sion dances. team;' said East Meets West vice­ is that this will be one summer of Monologues The group not only won first place president of finance, as well as significant interruption and then we overall, but also nabbed victories in Arts, page 12 the categories of best dance, best Arts, page 12 News, page 4 2 • EDITOR'S PAGE The Cord • Wednesday, March 17. 2010 Editor's Choice News ....................... 3 Arts ........................ 10 Editor's Choice Local ....................... 6 Feature ..................... 14 In Photos: Women's hockey The five stages ofgrief National .................... ·7 Opinion ....................16 International . 9 Sports ...................... 19 wins bronze at nationals Opinion, page 16 thecord.ca Editor-in-Chief Laura Carlson • lcarlson@thecord .ca St. Patrick's Day Bag 0' Crime Vocal Cord Crimes of Laurier's past What is your favourite St. Patrick's Day memory? 2009 wait in the Terrace Food Court for four males wandering around Property Damage his friend. The male returned twice and breaking flowerpots. The A residence don reported that sev­ to the bar - on the second time, he suspects had left the building eral males were trying to enter was arrested under the Trespass prior to the officers' arrival. the building through a basement to Property Act. Due to his level of window. intoxication, it was decided that 2001 WRPS would be called to transport Mischief 2007 the male to Division 1 cells for the Officers responded to a call from Liquor Offence night. Wilf's staff that there was some Special Constables stopped a male kind of disturbance going on in the non-student on Mid Campus Drive 2003 hallway leading from the Concourse "In first year my friends carrying a large bottle ofliquor. He Attempted Theft to the Arts E Wing. On arrival, of­ and I were too late to was issued a provincial offence no­ Special Constable Services received ficers found that a large window had 1995 get into the bars so we tice and sent on his way. a report of a stolen fire extinguisher been broken. No suspect could be Disturbance from the first floor hallway of a resi­ found. A group of rowdy individuals were ended up drinking at 2007 dence. The building was checked evicted from the Arts Building after Lucy's Seafood." Trespass but the extinguisher was not found. 2000 a complaint was received. -Justine Taylor Special Constables arrested a male No suspects. Arson Second-year non-student in the FNCC after he Person(s) unknown set fire to a 1993 communications was evicted from the bar for be­ 2002 poster hanging on the wall in the Mischief ing intoxicated. The male had been Mischief hallway on the fourth floor of Brick­ Two males were observed leaving separated from his friend, who was Officers responded to Clara Conrad er Residence. The investigation with a blue recycling bin from the a student. The male was told to Hall after receiving a complaint of continues. students' union. Week From the archives This in quotes "There was some party ,_, 5years ruckus next door and we Women's hockey wins first ever national title threw a banana at the After claiming their second consecutive Ontario University Athletics cham­ window ..