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31,1981 JANUARY the cord THURSDAY 19 ISSUE XXXI VOLUME PUBLICATION STUDENT UNIVERSITY LAUREER WILFRID A Szeibel Tom photo: THE SCENE: A and SPORTS: The basketball BUSINESS: Learn the IN THE NEWS: War FEATURE: Sweeping deep look the into the truth about how rages and the Laurier reforms have rocked insightful at Ladyhawks jump businesses discriminate in little Poland. How has it of entertain- win column. community goes a profundity nuts. changed, how has it ment in Poland. hiring. remained the same? 17 page page 19 page 29 page 15 page 3 the 2 cord Thursday January 31. 799/ We Now Have In Stock: ' Purple Corduroy Baseball Ops choke of 2 HAWK $9.95 each your logos 4* Old-Fashioned NATURAL King & University • Baseball Shirts S-XL $44.95 Sun.-Wed. 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Coyne The Cord to abortion. elections while sion of the to not in- constituencies, F.C.P. took some favour easy access to come, CoR, government minister also for local education SEAN CONWAY, MPP, the votes from the Liberals and Con- The former defined by Conway as an off- crease funding leader of the Liberal that the of new shoot of the P.C.'s and similar in boards, to deputy Party servatives to put an N.D.P. mem- noted growth contrary promises of former education min- the Western made the Ontario, ber into parliament. The F.C.P.'s parties is quite "interesting". He policy options as during campaign. will little of the talk dealt with ister in the Peterson government, main plank of their policy plat- did predict, however, that the based Reform Party, likely A of "third much the record of the and WLU alumnus, spoke to a go the way most not so of students last like the Criditists of Liberals while in for five group Tuesday. parties", power the of About 20 students gathered to Quebec, a party that lasted only a years, but on quality people hear Conway speak on a range of few elections. that were in cabinet during those but Most but issues, mostly concentrating new parties "shine, years. Specifically, Conway men- on the history of elections in the die", Conway mentioned, and tioned Elinor Caplin, former min- province, and the changing politi- CoR is expected to be of that sort. ister of Health, Murray Elston, to cal allegiances in the country. The reason, according Con- also a former minister of Health, went from uni- is that when Mike Harris as- Conway right way, Robert Nixon, former Treasurer, versity into provincial parliament sumed the leadership of the and Gerry Phillips, former minis- in 1975, representing a riding in Ontario P.C. Party, he clearly ter of State for disabled people. the Ottawa Valley. In his remarks brought it to the right. CoR, The speaker noted that these to the Conway noted is the extreme assembly, similarly, on right days a mix of people, many quite that 1990 was "a very interesting of the Ontario political spectrum, young, form the caucus of the in Canada. year" and will have to be absorbed by Liberal Party. He added an appeal Prime the events to the P.C.'s. among to young people to get involved which he was alluding were the On the side, Con- in the because ideological political process defeat of the Liberal in the will Party predicts that the N.D.P. listened He way young people as to. election and the in September move right because, being cited his running for Queen's debate and defeat of the Meech government, many policies are CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Lake Accord in June. The election of the New Dem- ocratic Party was a central theme WLU leads throughout the talk. Conway Prof noted that the N.D.P. won a large victory with what turned out to be a lower popular percentage than anti-war protest Frank Miller's "defeat" in 1985. Sean Conway, former Laurier student and minister of A large portion of the talk education, and deputy leader of the Ontario Liberal S.S. Mouse The Cord focused on fringe parties, specifi- sums what he knows in a a dis- cally the Confederation of party, up pose during SMALL of anti-war led Professor Peter A group protesters, by Eglin cussion last Regions Party, or CoR, and Fam- Tuesday. Pic: Tim Sullivan of the Sociology Department, and M.A. student Jim McKinnon, Coalition or the F.C.P. ily Party, marched on Laurier's Summer Job Fair at the T.A. last Wednesday, but was met with skepticism and criticism from all sides. the of of Cana- The group was angered by presence a delegation dian Forces recruiters at the event as well as the limited reaction of bound students and faculty to the outbreak of war. Protesters also hoped to of where the recruiters Nicaragua send a to the Guelph were message University heading the following day. Professor Eglin, while complimenting the efforts of Lev Gonick other members involved with the Teach-in on the Gulf, Roxanne Chartrand The Cord tobacco industry and the child care centers which and faculty remained critical of reaction, "the faculty as a are part of Sandinista legacy. They also visited a highly faculty stating WHILE the rest of us were being festive with village that had been sieged by the Contras for eight collectivity has abdicated its moral and intellectual responsibility to friends and family over the Christmas holidays, a to an hypocritical, inhuman and mistaken war." years. respond unjust, of group eight women travelled to Nicaragua to to comment on student reaction but expressed Nicaragua is a very poor country. The people He refused overall, deliver supplies to the people. have low is with Heather and Marlie Yoshki who were actively incomes, everything very expensive delight Campbell Dr. Susan Heald, Petten, Claudia Filici, Angela the of violence in the Gulf and medicine is almost unavailable in this country. opposing use region. Danielle Balfoure, Kim Jones, Skye Gordon, Hanna They are, however, starting to get access to new CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Markus and Lynn Smith travelled through ravaged commodities such as bicycles. Central American countries and successfully Due to the poverty of the country, the people reached Nicaragua to deliver educational and medi- than when the were more grateful receiving sup- cal supplies, clothing and the bus they used on their plies the women brought with them, Dr. Heald said. mission. The with group was greeted a reception in the The trip was not uneventful, however, because women's clinic run in the town. The media as well the women were involved in a few incidents in as a number of women from different workplaces Guatemala. There was a small accident when their were present. bus, while pulling out of a parking space, hit the Heald Dr. went on to say that the women of bumper ofanother parked car. Nicaragua are very different from North American They were told they either had to pay $1,000 have achieved women. They equal pay for work of American or wait a certain amount of days for value. equal Most of the factory workers are tribunal. Later on, while still travelling through women because the men have been at war for eight Guatemala, they had to bribe two police officers who stopped them for speeding. years. The women work hard. They work in fac- Otherwise, the trip went smoothly and the very women tories, are community organizers, cook over commented that the people they met along open do hand with their travels fires, laundry by hand board and cold were very warm and friendly. water from Once in water, carry community taps and care Nicaragua, the travellers were lodged in for their children. a brick house in a tiny farming community that only received Dr. Heald, the major of the mission, running water in the last eight months and organizer and the other all that the electricity in the last three months. women, agree trip was a The good learning experience. "We accomplished what guests' meals consisted of rice, beans, fresh milk and eggs. Social activist and prof, Peter Eglin. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 During their stay, they were given tours of the the 4 NEWS cord Thursday January 31. 199/ Canadian Forces defend the right to be protested CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Jim McKinnon, a veteran who has returned to school recently, was vocal in calling for students to change the situation, saying that he "has been through it"and that they should "not just talk", as he led A a few protesters from the Concourse. speech in the Torque Room in which he asked students to "give the message we are concerned" was met with negative reactions from many students.