jaViL!J«shine,s >Tne Devilt. m AdvofealFeS ■e^0iilimiilWj| eahfebles! : i theCord 3 10 26 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER i6, 1998 Volume 39 ©Issue 6 New computers for WLUSU HARRIS BEN JAMES MUIR has up to date technology and most puters at a yearly cost of approximately this, the Union had identified their versation regarding the rashness of the include a 3.2 gigabyte hard drive, 266 $30,000. Previously, the Union was "needs" with respect to computers. board's decision. The board seems Over the summer the Wilfrid Laurier Pentium II processor, 32 megabytes locked into a five-year agreement at Dell was selected because they divided and many observers contend University Students' Union purchased RAM, a complement'of appropriate the end of which they did not own the offered the best solution to the Union's that the $73,000 price tag is exorbitant. 20 new computers and a seiver at a hardware and are year 2000 compliant. computers. "needs." In addition, their service and Some board members thought the cost of over $73,000 from Dell The decision to upgrade the Union's The contract was up and the Union warranty policies were attractive and purchase rash as the current lease Computers. computers was prompted by the disso- solicited 20 companies for their ser- the installation could be contracted out agreement will not terminate until The new computers will replace the lution of an older lease agreement vices. Five offers were tendered and at a cheaper rate. October. old computer system. The new system whereby the Union leased their corn- three were granted interviews. Prior to There has been considerable con- see computer p. 5 Sloppy Hawks give away opener MIKE KOSTOFF run to put a quick six points up on the board. Unfortunately, the charitable nature of Laurier on The Battle of Waterloo, 1998 edition, was waged this day was not limited to off field activities as at University Stadium on Saturday. With nine of the Hawks gift wrapped the following three 24 starters new to the Laurier Golden Hawk foot- Waterloo touchdowns as turnovers gave the ball squad this season, it was tough to know what Warriors the ball deep in Laurier territory. to expect from the boys in purple and gold. "I don't think that there is a team in this Unfortunately, Laurier fans watched in horror league you can spot 21 points and get away with as the Hawks dug themselves a 21-0 hole eight it," commented Zmich, who said that avoiding minutes into the first quarter, which proved too turnovers was something he and his coaching much to overcome as they dropped their first staff preached against and focussed on in the game of the 1998 OUA Football season 33-14 to weeks leading up to this game. A Warrior field their cross-town rivals from the University of goal late in the second quarter sent Laurier to the Waterloo. dressing room down 32-0. "They didn't surprise us on either side of the The silver lining for the Hawks this day was a ball, we just didn't execute" commented Hawks much improved second half which saw them Head Coach Rick Zmich, who attributed the defeat outscore Waterloo 14-1. After faltering somewhat largely to two fumbles and a blocked punt that in the first half, starting quarterback Kevin Taylor directly led to 21 Warrior points. "Out of 133 left the game in favour of 2nd year quarterback plays, take away three and we win the football Adam Lane. Lane, who missed all of 1997 with a game" noted Zmich. torn bicep muscle, led the Laurier offence to 16 With many Laurier supporters still shining for first downs in 35 plays in the second half, com- charity in the city streets, Waterloo opened up the pleting 11 of 24 passes for 134 yards. 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Mangers often com- $32,000; Trent raised $10,000; Mt. Alison delay to give them time to prepare the with beautiful weather and over $60,000 birds with one stone by raising money ment on how great it is too see such a brought in $15,300; and as of press time and give protesters the chance to case raised for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis and having fun". positive event be part of frosh week. it was still unknown how the University raise money for legal fees which could Foundation. Many participants commented on Started over 35 years ago at Wilfrid of Western Ontario fared. climb as high as $200,000. Protesters annual frosh event was big- the great support were denied federal funding for the hear- ger than ever with more than 1700 stu- from various orga- ing, while eight lawyers will be acting on dents registered for Orientation Week. nizations. Frat behalf of the federal police force. There were first year sites and four Houses, Out of the It is alteged that RCMP officers acted 64 student services sites located through- Blue, ambulances, on orders from the Prime Minister and out the area. and city and his office to prevent protesters from The Green team won SFIINERAMA school buses were embarrassing then-Indonesian president bringing in over $11,000. The team also all shined up to Suharto, whose human-rights record was won the whole week's events. raise money for being protested. Michelle Palozzi headed this year's the worthy cause. The hearing is to resume October 5. committee made up of Sharon Godkin, This year many Colleen Norman, and Regan Ruslim. commented on Working through the summer, Palozzi the human aspect Arctic Council said she was really proud of the support of the event. she received from the administration. "It's not just meeting She pointed out that some other about competing Northern Affairs Minister jane Stewart will schools are fighting against the adminis- with other schools. host the first ministerial meeting of the tration to keep the fundraising event Its about raising Arctic Council in Iqaluit on Thursday and alive. money for a worth Friday. Jacquie Mask of Red 1 said the event cause," Palozzi LI The council, made up of groups from "really brought people together." Kate said. Canada, Alaska, Greenland/Denmark, Geddie, also from Red 1, pointed out Palozzi also Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and GEOFFREY Russia, was formed to search for com- mon approaches to social, environmen- tal, healthcare, and cultural issues in the Arctic. Battling "the bulge": Sections added Address-less students letter delivered to accommodate first-year An envelope simply addressed "To Mr. KATHERINE HARDING the idea of students not getting into able, in 1992 first-year section sizes were "Clearly though, if we take more stu- Christopher Berry" was delivered from classes, empty classes from an adminis- on average 60.4 students, in 1996 that dents there is a probability that we have Blackpool, England to Kelowna, British This year the university is welcoming an trator's point of view is pretty disastrous. number jumped to 78.7. to add teaching resources." Columbia, and it was delivered in one unprecedented 1,996 first-year students At the end of the day I'd rather be facing Smith contends that while the "Our aim is with more students week. The envelope had no street to Laurier. The question is: What are we this problem than York's." increase in class sizes going through the address, city, province, or country on it. doing to fit them all? Laurier's first-year admissions is "cause for con- system we will A Canada Post official could not The already cramped residence sys- increased by 18 per cent this year while cern," in comparison the end of attempt to add the explain how the letter got to Berry, but tem has barely managed to accommo- York experienced an approximate 18 per to other universities "At classes needed to one theory says that since Berry's moth- date the dramatic increase and universi- cent decrease.