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MEGAN CHERNIAK STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Photo of the week ' "''m not really worried until more information Participants in Laurier's annual Winter Carnival take part in a "jump shot" last week on Alumni Field during one of the scheduled events. comes up." Sarah Triu This week in quotes Bag 0' Crime First-year general arts
Injured/Sick Person A female Laurier student was ob Location: Residence served kicking the front doors of a I mean I have these Reported: Jan. 12@ 12:54 a.m. residence by regional bylaw officers. A female Laurier student from a Special Constables attended, identi ''weird, odd dreams of residence was complaining about fied the female as a resident of the stomach cramps. Emergency Re building and escorted her to her res getting a huge voter sponse and a Special Constable at idence room where she was left in tended. The individual was trans the care of a sober roommate. "We should do some re turnout but the fact of ported to Grand River Hospital for search and find out where observation. Theft Under $5000 it came from." the matter is in student Location: Library Emma Bomberry Injured/Sick Person Reported: Jan. 14@ 10:30 a.m. elections it is quite low:' Location: Residence An employee had their wallet stolen Fourth-year film studies Reported: Jan. 12@ 1:17 a.m. from under their desk. There are no -Graduate Students' Assoccation president A female Laurier student was suf suspects at the present time. Melany Banks speaking about her hopes fering a panic attack. Emergency for a large turnout in the GSA referendum. Response was able to control the Alarm situation. No further action was Location: 152 Albert St. "You have all these people and the question is well are they European? Aie required. Reported: Jan.15@ 9=59 a.m. they going to take over Europe? Aie they going to take over our identity?" A security alarm was activated by a -Global studies professor Ali Zaidi discussing Islamophobia. Theft Under $5000 contractor working in the building Location: Nichols Campus Centre who did not have an access code to "It's a moral license to practice journalism and it's immoral not to do your best:' Reported: Jan. 12 @8:15a.m. disarm. -Author Jan Wong speaking to a room ofaspiring journalists. A male Laurier student reported his "It's only three out of how jacket was stolen in the early morn Alarm ever many thousands ... "Our job is to hold everyone to account. The media is not the opposition:' ing of Jan. 8, 2010 while attending Location: Residence so stuff happens." -Columnist Andrew Potter describing issues journalists face when interviewing politicians. the Turret in the Nichols Campus Reported: Jan. 16@ 12:12 a.m. Krystal Gayld Centre. A pull station was activated on the He later returned to the Special 7th floor of the residence. First-year psychology Constable office to report he found The cause was determined to be a his jacket. false activation and the building was From the archives cleared for the return of residents. Injured/Sick Person There are no suspects. 5years Location: Alumni Field Booster Juice set to open at King and University Reported: Jan. 12 @ 4:31p.m. Property Damage It was announced that Booster Juice would replace Scotiabank on the cor A female Laurier student was on Location: Residence ner of King Street and University Avenue. The venue was set to open in April Alumni field when she was acciden Reported: Jan. 16 @ 1:20 p.m. 2005. tally kicked in the face. A window was broken when a resi Printed Jan. 19, 2005 Emergency Response and a Spe dent accidentally slipped and fell 25years cial Constable attended. The in against it. "''m not really worried. In pursuit of cheaper textbooks dividual was escorted to Health Arrangements were made to have Laurier is really clean and For the first time, a book exchange was created for students. The bookstore Services. the window repaired. food services is excellent." announced that at the end of each term, they would buy back hardcover Addesse Hille books for 50 per cent of their original price and so ftc over books for 40 per Intoxicated Person Ifyou have any information regard cent. They would then re-sell them at discounted rates for future terms. Location: Nichols Campus Centre ing these or any other incidents please First-year math and Printed Jan. 31, 1985 Reported: Jan. 13@ 2:00a.m. cal/519-885-3333 or Crime Stoppers at business 35years A male Laurier student was escort 1-8oo-222-TIPS. The Bag 0' Crime is Student aid tenned 'welfare' by OSAP ed to his home by friends after vom submitted by WLU Special Constable The head of Ontario Students Awards Program {OSAP) challenged the gov iting in the Hall of Fame inside the Service. Compiled by David Goldberg ernments handling ofloans and grants. He argued that the financial assis Nichols Campus Centre. Photos by Nick Lachance tance program was nothing more than welfare. The amount given out by the government was based on students living on $32 per day. Intoxicated Person PrintedJan23, 1975 Location: Residence thecord.ca thecord.ca Reported: Jan. 14 @ 4:37a.m. Read the full version online Watch video vocal cord
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J The Cord • Wednesday, January 20. 2010 • 3 NEWS News Editor Lauren Millet • [email protected] Senate meeting provides few answers "What we need are programs that will attract and move students away from Waterloo and towards another campus." -VP: Academic Deb MacLatchy on the Waterloo campus being "physically maxed out" that while it is unlikely that funding that we can't turn on a dime;' said The debt and expansion Applications MIKE LAKUSIAK would be cut back, there would be Butler. questions Laurier's registrar Ray Darling STAFF WRITER "very minimal increases:' While Butler called this a "transi Joyce Lorimer, a professor in the spoke to the incoming students ap tionyear" and a time to address is history department brought up Lau plying to Laurier and how that will Reports from administration and Cuts looming sues, faculty worried that students rier's accumulated debt and how be impacted by cuts and an un questions from concerned faculty While the reports from adminis would be in a difficult situation. further expansion, including a cam certain future. While applications representatives surrounding budget tration, including the report from "I know in our department there pus in Milton, factored in. across the province have remained cuts and pension issues dominated vice-president of finance Jim Butler, aren't going to be enough courses, "A Milton project is an option to stable, Laurier experienced a 1.7 per discussion during the first Laurier mentioned the economic climate the even ifyou increase class sizes too spend more on capital and grow cent drop in applications from last WLU senate meeting of the 2010 university is facing, it was during close to room [capacities]. Are we ourselves more into debt;' said year and a five per cent drop in stu year, which was held yesterday. Un questions from faculty representa going to be looking at that last min Lorimer. dents placing the school as their first certainty and government influence tives that the impact these broad is ute scramble for funding?" asked Butler responded by emphasizing choice. Darling called the drop "a on Laurier's operations were raised, sues would have on faculty and stu Glenda Wall, faculty representative that there will be no further expan little bit worrisome;' adding, "We as figures and projections offered dents was brought up. of the sociology department. sion "unless it's paid for by fund don't know the quality of those ap by the university provided no real In Butler's report, budget cuts Vice-president of academics Deb raising or some third party:' plicants yet:' conclusions. of 1.5 per cent and six per centre MacLatchy said that departments Speaking to the fact that Laurier MacLatchy continued, 'At the end Laurier president Max Blouw cit spectively over the next two years would need to apply for "transition remains one of the most indebted of the day what we have to make ed dropping tax revenues, growing prompted questions on the ef money" to accommodate students. universities in the province, Butler sure is that we have quality students expenses and the provincial govern fects cuts would have on student "It has to be a different status quo noted that, "We don't like it... .I think coming in and that's our focus now:' ment's financial woes as factors in experience. than what it has been for the last it's time for the government to step What quality of education those stu provincial funding that could have "We need to think about the kind while. It includes curriculum revi up to the plate and put some capital dents can expect in light of financial an impact on the school. He noted of cuts in front of us and recognize sion and different approaches:' behind the system:' uncertainty remains to be seen. •:! Ecohawks launch composting trial medium-sized building, and that JACOULINE HOVIUS they will further expand the idea in STAFF WRITER. the future. Although a similar trial was launched in 2009, it did not follow Early nextweek, the EcoHawks and through because ofwhat Belanger Residential Services will be launch refers to as a lack of communication. ing a pilot composting program at University Place Residence. Signage and bins are being dis tributed to student apartments this week and green bins will be avail able outside University Place early All of us have an KENNETH LEUNG STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER next week. Students in University Place residence are running a pilot composting program with the Ecohawks. Director of residential services Mi ''obliga tion or a duty to chael Belanger is optimistic that the "We needed to know about ... a staff, our students and our full-time of the next step to take to reduce program will succeed. make the campus a little bunch oflogistical things. You've got paid custodians - we do think it will the amount of garbage we produce "I fully expect that it's not a matter 3,000 kids in residence here and you succeed and that we will move for overall. of whether we'll do this or not, it's a more green:' really need to nail down exactly how ward with it;' said Belanger. "I think it's in the university's and question of how quickly we can get it's going to ·work:' He further commented on Lauri the students' best interest. You can't the other residences ... on board, all The change to composting will be er's evolution in becoming a greener pick up a newspaper where there the staff trained, the proper equip an adjustment to students and staff. campus. isn't some mention of either the en ment and everything in place to be "There's always a bit of a learning 'All of us have an obligation or a vironment or recycling or that sort able to proceed with this:' curve to doing this, but in our case, duty to try and make the campus a of thing. We'd like to ensure that Belanger explained that they -Michael Belanger, director because we're not relying on vol little more green. [The composting we continue to play our part in that wanted the trial to take place at a ofresidential services unteers - the program involves our program] is just a natural evolution evolution:' GSA bus referendum passes said GSA president Melany Banks. and interested in the issue, as s'een ANDREA MILLET "This really helps out those stu by the turnout. Question 2: LEAD REPORTER dents who are still here and who are The new three-semester bus pass 62o/o still using it:' will not have an opt out option for - Grand River Transit has pro On Monday, the Graduate Students' The referendum was open to full students who do not require the bus posed a new 3-semester per cent the votes passed with Association (GSA) voted in a ref time graduate students and saw an services as per the agreement with (12-month) grad uate U-PASS erendum regarding changes to the 18 per cent turnout by those who GRT, functioning just as the under program, to replace the current Grand River Transit bus pass. were eligible. graduate pass works. 2-semester (8-month) program. Both questions posed in the ref Voting was made accessible to beginning in May 1. 2010. The erendum passed, with 62 per cent of students through online voting as 3-semester program cost will be those who turned out to vote agree well as at a polling held on Jan. 18 in as follows: ing to a new three-semester pass. the GSA office and at the faculty of Question 1: As of May 2010, members of the social work campus in Kitchener. May 1-August 31. 2010 $42.62 The new fee per semester GSA at Wilfrid Laurier University "[Voting] is probably higher [than - Grand River Transit has pro September 1. 2010-August 31. will now have year-round access to expected] .... It's above our 10 per posed a 5% + CPI1 ($3 02) in 2011 $52.94/semester. GRT services as opposed to the pre cent cut off so that's important; 18 c rease to the grad uate U-PASS vious two-semester passes they had per cent is good;' said Banks. fee of $42.62 per semester from - "Do you support the proposed before. Despite the higher than usual September 1. 2010 to August 31. 3-semester graduate U-PASS This makes the alternatively turnout, the vote was close, separat 2011. If accepted. the new fee program? Yes or No .· proposed five per cent increase to ed by less than 40 votes. w ill be $45.64 their two month passes no longer There were no "yes" and "no" Former fee for GSA students applicable. campaigns during the time before - "Do you support the proposed "It's great because graduate stu the referendum, meaning that stu inc rease to the grad uate U-PASS dents of course are registered for 12 dents did not take the opportunity fee? Yes or No" months, or at least most programs to debate about the questions posed. are, so formerly in the summer they Regardless, Banks believes that had to start paying individually," students were informed of the vote 4 • NEWS The Cord • Wednesday, January 20. 2010 Students and staff E. coli symptoms Prevention How you catch it - Start about seven days after - Cook ground beef to at least - Eating undercooked ground recovering at home infection 155°F beef (pink inside) - Severe abdominal cramps that - Defrost meats in the refrigera- -Drinking contaminated (im start suddenly tor or the microwave pu re) water from cover outside the Laurier community recently. -Watery diarrhea, causing ti red - Keep raw meat and poultry -Drinking unpasteurized (raw) "If it's here, we want to fix it. If it's Most cases occur during the sum ness as a result of dehydration separate from other foods milk not, then we want that information mer as they are often associated out to the public;' said McMurray. with hamburgers in the barbeque - Dia rrhea changes to bright red - Don't consume unpasteurized -Working w ith an imals. mostly He added that while evidence season. bloody stools milk. cheese or dairy products cattle remains to be collected, all of Lau "Sometimes you never really find rier food production on campus will out what the cause is;' said Wang. - May have a mild fever -Keep food refrig erated o r fro - Passed between workers in day continue to run as it did before the "It doesn't mean there is a risk as zen care centers and nursing home outbreak. sociated with the Laurier campus, it - Nausea and vomiting are also The Waterloo region normally just means that we have to look into common symptoms - People w ith diarrhea. wo rki ng *A person infected is very con sees about 20 cases of E. coli per it to ensure there is no ongoing risk in day cares or homes for the tagious year; however, there haven't been to the people on the campus:' elderly or cooking should wash any other reports from people their hands ca refully and often News in brief WLUSU changes elections policy Canadian artist's work AW@L asked to leave by stations. These three people cannot cam recognized Campus Clubs LAUREN MILLET Aslam noted that although this paign on a team for a candidate, be Wilfrid Laurier University Press This week, Laurier's campus clubs NEWS ED ITOR wasn't one of his original plans agents or scrutineers. released a book titled Woldemar are holding their winter semester as chair, it was somethingWLU The final change was to there Neu.fold's Canada: A Mennonite Artist recruitment drive under the theme The Wilfrid Laurier University Stu SU had been talking about as an imbursement policy for campaign in the Canadian Landscape, 1925-1995. of "Go for Gold;' referring to the up dents' Union has made three main organization. teams. The full amount of money Co-written by professor Paul Ties coming Winter Olympic Games. changes to their elections policies "(SBESS] took the initiative to run spent during the campaign teams sen, the book documents the work Former Laurier working group this year. The most significant is all the supplementary training for will now be reimbursed, opposed oflocal artist Waldemar Neufeld. AW@L took this opportunity to that the School of Business Stu the candidates; they're going to run to the previous figure of only 8o per Neufeld moved to Canada in 1924 raise awareness of what they refer to dents' Society (SBESS) will be hold their own open forum. All we're do cent. and attended a school run by WLU, as "the dark side of the Olympics;' ing their elections for next year's ad ing for them is providing the ballots "It's something that was floated then known as Waterloo College. In implying the negative social and en min at the same time as WLUSU. and we're going to count them;' said around last year, and it wasn't ac 1993, the university acquired 300 of vironmental consequences that the "They're the only ones we had Asla~. cepted. But I think enough people his pieces. games bring to the host city. time to do;' said Saad Aslam, chair Another change to the policies in supported it to bring it back to the A book signing will be held at Although campus clubs was ini of the WLUSU board of directors. eludes an updated list of what cam board this year;' said Aslam. the Gallery on the Grand in Kitch tially accepting of AW @L being "Hopefully next year we can get all paign support WLUSU employees "My goal was to open up the ener on Jan. 23-24 between 2 p.m. present, the student activist group four (student groups] to run their can offer. "We added the associate doors and get as many people in and 4 p.m. along with a display of was asked to leave later in the day, elections with ours:' and vice-presidents as well as direc volved as we can. I know personally, Neufeld's works. ending the peaceful protest. There will only be voting for tor of orientation programming and having to front like $12 5 you may not -Compiled by Andrea Millet -Justin Fauteux SBESS at the business polling events at Brantford;' said Aslam. get back is a big financial barrier:' ~·HUMBER The Business School POSTGRADUATE Exploring a "green" career? Don't miss this! CERT\F\CATES FOR REWARD\NG CAREERS Panellists will discuss our greening economy and career opportunities for the next generation of FINANCIAL PlAN NING professionals. GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Enjoy locally sourced refreshments after the event while INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT networking with individuals from: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MARKETING MANAGEMENT • Sustainable Waterloo PUB LIC ADM INISTRATION • Grand River Conservation Authority • International Power Canada and more! / Register through Laurier Navigator: www.wlu.ca/career Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:30-8 p.m. BA102 (Bricker Academic Building) Pliore LAURIER 192 King St. N. • 519.884.0710 ext. 4495 Career Development Centre [email protected] • www.wlu.ca/career We are committed to providing inclusive programs and services to all students and alumni. Please contact us if you require accommodation for a disability. thecord.ca The Cord • Wednesday, January 20. 2010 NEWS • 5 -=~~~======~======Study shows impact of relationships on self Wilson. individuals with different attach who ended the relationship. There fail. TARYN ORWEN-PARRISH Wilson's research on relation ment styles. One's attachment style search revealed that for this type of "We didn't find any relation be STAFF WRITER ships began in 2006 when she was develops in early life through the person, rebound relationships al tween how quickly people get into approached by Spielmann, who was relationship with one's parents and lowed them to move on. a new relationship and how happy Anne Wilson, an associate psychol interested in studying the effect of is often repeated in subsequent re "Rebound relationships seemed that relationship was. Rebound re ogy professor at Laurier, is cur break-ups on the selffor her hon lationships, including those with ro to help th~se anxiously attached lationships seemed to be just as rently focusing her research efforts ours thesis. mantic partners. people get over their past partners:· happy as non-rebound relation on studying the self, motivation and Through a collaborative effort, Wilson explained that there are said Wilson. ships," said Wilson. self-concept. Wilson and Spielmann conducted two attachment styles the study The study also suggests that the Furthermore, attachment styles In her paper On the Rebound: Focus studies at Laurier as well as at the focused on: securely attached and rebound relationship can function and how an individual copes with a ing on Someone New Helps Anxiously At University of Toronto, where Spiel anxiously attached. as a means to fulfill a need for reas break-up did not depend on gender. tached Individuals Let Go ofEx-Partners, mann went on to pursue her PhD "Someone who is securely at surance and validation. Wilson maintains that while the which she co-authored with former and where relationship expert Geoff tached is pretty comfortable with "It's probably not the rebound rebound relationship can allow for Laurier honours student Stephanie MacDonald joined their research their relationship. They think that itself, not the fact that they've re certain individuals to overcome Spielmann, Wilson examines how team. they're a good, loveable person. kindled a new romance, it's that they a break-up, the broken-hearted relationships impact the self and, Throughout the study, the defini They're not constantly question have this underlying need for proof should seek to uncover the root of more specifically, how the rebound tion of a rebound relationship re ing whether or not people are go that they're going to be accepted and their insecurities. relationship affects insecure versus mained broad, simply described as ing to like them. But people who that they're loveable people. One "What [anxiously attached indi secure individuals. any relationship that followed a past are anxiously attached are the ones way for them to confirm this need is viduals] need to do in the long term "[The research] doesn't neces relationship. who come across as clingy in re to get into a new relationship." is to find ways to be more secure sarily mean that rebound relation The study also focused solely on lationships, who need constant As well as revealing the effect of about their own worth and if they ships are great and that we should university students at Laurier and reassurance." the rebound relationship on anx can feel like they're loveable people, prescribe them, but it could mean the University of Toronto. Wilson explained that anxiously iously attached individuals, Wilson then they're not going to always that maybe they're not as bad as Wilson and Spielmann aimed attached people cope poorly with and Spielmann also disproved the need to be in a relationship to prove everybody always supposed," said to uncover how break-ups affect break-ups, even if they are the one notion that rebound relationships that:' Business students land first place "It was a huge accomplish with the ICBC, we were confident in OLIVIA NIGHTINGALE ment for so many Laurier students our ability to succeed:' STAFF WRITER to qualifY for the final round of Tying for first place in the quali (the competition];' said fourth fying round, Guba and Grossman On Jan. 7, the 32nd annual Inter year business student Catherine were among the six teams to ad Collegiate Business Competition Guba. vance to the finals in the human re (ICBC) finals - a four-day event The impressive performance by sources case competition. that pits the country's top business Guba and her fourth-year business Guba described the final round as students against each other in a peer Jare~ Grossman in the human very stressful. "We were presented case-study challenge - took place in resources case study resulted in a with a case study and spent five and Kingston; Wilfrid Laurier University coveted first place finish. a half hours in a room working on was well-represented, with seven Both Guba and Grossman had it:' students qualifying. never participated in any sort of The two completed the case, beat Students from across the country, business competition before but ing out the other teams from Con handpicked by their professors, par were asked to compete by a faculty cordia and the University of Calgary ticipated in the event. member. to take home the first place trophy. A qualifying round took place pri Grossman explained that he and . Grossman credited their success COURTESY OF JOHN YOUNG or to the winter break through which Guba worked diligently in the quali to "the support from the Laurier fac Jared Grossman (middle left) and Catherine Guba (middle right) students were selected to compete fication round, stating that, "Al ulty and our previous experience pose with judges after their first place win. in the finals. though this was our first experience solving real-life business problems:' Have you ever thought that being a Director of a non-profit organization was too far a goal to reach for? Are you looking for an interesting and rewarding challenge? professional experience, skill-building and the chance to strengthen your resume? Join our 201 0-2011 Board of Directors! The Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) is a community organization that promotes Social Justice, Environmentalism, Empowerment, and Fun! By offering research grants, training opportunities, and options for social entrepreneurship, LSPIG is a dynamic organization that is leaving a mar_!< in our community! If you want to gain experience stewarding a non-profit, working on a Board of Directors, networking with the local social change sectors, or for any number of ways to make a difference, consider running for. a position with LSPIRG's 2010-2011 Board of Directors. No experience is required, and we encourage people with a diversity of values and backgrounds to apply. For more information, please contact Humera at [email protected] or visit our website at www.lspirg.ca. The Nomination packages are available on our website. Please note that the complete nomination package must be returned to the LSPIRG office, room 3-301 of the WLU Library, by Noon on January 21st, 2009. • • Laurier Stud-' Public Interest Research Group )f 6 • STUDENT PUBLICATIONS PLATFORMS The Cord • Wednesday. January 20. 2010 The WLUSP annual general meeting will be held on Jan. 25, 2010 in the Turret on the fourth floJ.tr of the FNCC. At 7 p.m. there will be a reception and meet and greet with the candidates, followed by speeches and proposed by-law changes at 8 p.m. Voting will begin at 8:45p.m. and a guest speaker will take the stage at g:15 before the announcment of resUlts and adjournment at g: 50 p.m. President and CEO (acclaimed) Bryn Ossington Please come out on Jan. 25 to ask questions of myself and the board candidates and hear what I hope to accomplish in the coming year. Board of director candidates Erin Epp Tarun Gambhir David Goldberg Jordan Hyde Luay Salman WLUSP is an exceptional media or My name is Tarun Gambhir and I My name is David Goldberg and I My name is Jordan Hyde and I am My name is Luay Salman and I am ganization that I have been privi am currently a Residence Life Don am currently an editor at The Cord. the current chair of the Wilfrid Lau a business student who is running leged to work with both as a writer in Willison Hall. If elected, my com The primary reason I am vying for rier Student Publications Board of for board of directors for my third and as Editor-in-Chief of Blueprint mitment combined with deterrni a director position is the new chal Directors. If re-elected, I will strive year. I hope to once again take part Magazine. As a director ofWLUSP, nation will further build upon the lenge it will present me with. I have to build upon the framework de in WLUSP and its legacy next year I would apply my knowledge of the foundation established within stu been volunteering with WLUSP for veloped over the past year by the and to further strengthen its image organization gained through my dent publications. I will seek to pro four years now which has provided 2009/2010 board of directors and on campus. WLUSP is a vibrant and volunteer experiences to ensure vide quality publications that appeal me with an understanding of how management team. My objectives important organization that brings WLUSP's long-term sustainability to the greater Laurier community the organization functions. My ten as a director are to work towards the already tightly knit Laurier com and growth. I would also implement in ensuring that our student body ure with student publications has engaging Laurier's vast community munity even closer. It enables stu policies to ensure that every volun is well informed. I intend on play enabled me to distinguish between by providing meaningful and high dents and staff to express their feel teer's experience is fulfilling, educa ing a pivotal role in connecting the what allows us to operate efficiently quality student publications. It is ings, thoughts and beliefs. Together tional and fun; as a volunteer-driven Laurier community by providing a and what inhibits us - requiring a my hope that these publications will we can create a lasting impression organization, it's of the utmost im breadth of opportunities through revaluation of our practices. I would aid in providing opportunities and that reaches far beyond a school portance that WLUSP implements the student publications. be a valuable director to WLUSP be education to all Laurier students. paper. and engages further with diversity My experience as a Residence Life cause of my existing rapport with and anti-oppressive policies. It is Don has allowed me to grasp the dy my colleagues. Most importantly, also crucial that we increase the namics of working on a team in ac this includes my involvement with presence of student publications in complishing a set of common goals. both the Waterloo and Brantford the greater KW community. This It has developed my ability to com campuses and their respective pub would increase the resources avail municate effectively with my fellow lications. I am the one candidate able to the organization and cre- staff members, while acknowledg who knows both operations well. ate long-term ties with off-campus ing and being responsive to their initiatives. A university should not input. My role has proven me to be exist independent from the commu a highly interactive member within nity in which it exists, and the first the Laurier community. My fervour, step to bridging the gap between reliability and motivation will serve campus and community is through as important functions as a director. media publications. 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Discover work that matters. ic.gc.ca/careers Canada The Cord • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 • 7 LOCAL Local Editor Linda Givetash • [email protected] Innovative tonn.ections A conference hosted at the Waterloo Inn on Jan. 15 and 16 gave students and industry professbnals the opportunity to connect and discuss their passion: technology personal seminar experience with is to really work with our corpo HEATHER GIES a variety of speakers and presenta rate sponsors and companies, en STAFF WRITER tion topics. gage·some of their employees and There were also a number of spe to bring out students to talk about Technology-oriented students, pro cial events, including an exhibition global problems:' fessionals and academics joined to of industry leading technological Ei3 member, Lu stated, "It is a gether this past weekend to partici advancements, panel forums and new initiative that focuses on con pate in EpCon, an inaugural confer Elympics - events that challenged necting the gap between the haves ence at the Waterloo Inn hosted by delegates to be tech-savvy through and the have-nots:' EPIC, a student-run organization. technology-focused competitions. He explained that the "haves" are EPIC, an acronym for "educate, Amulya Raja, a third-year UW the technologically privileged, while promote, inspire, connect;' is a not systems design engineering stu the "have-nots" are the less privi for-profit organization intended dent and EPIC project manager, ex leged. The purpose ofEi3 is to tackle to impact and e:»cite students who plained that the inspiration for initi these social issues and "connect the have a passion for technology and ating EPIC sprouted from the found gap t9gether by using technologies innovation. ers' realization of the shortcomings and leveraging what we have ... in a MYLES WILSON STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Representatives from various associated with their participation creative way :• Saturday morning keynote speaker Paras Dharamshi, vice- president universities, such as the Univer in other conferences. Lu highlighted the power of so of client services at Simpro Solutions. used his own experience to sity of Toronto and the University She noted that most conferences, cial media and noted that many are address some of the myths and realities of being an entrepreneur in of Waterloo, have collaborated on despite being exciting two-day in excluded from the phenomenon of the technological industry. the initiative, forming partnerships teractive and informative events, connectivity. between students, academics and lack the follow-up necessary to "In Ei3 we will look at different business leaders who are also en enable lasting connections and ways to use these social platforms gaged through EPIC. growth. and apply them to the lives of the EPIC "EpCon really provides a platform EpCon also emphasizes the cre less privileged people and help them for these people to come together ation of partnerships between stu with theirissues:' technology and share their ideas;' said third dents and experts for the long-term. Although EPIC has been focus year Laurier business student and Raja expressed hopes of develop ing on EpCon and has not had an organization EPIC executive member Lucas Lu. ing a network between conference opportunity to formulate plans for "Our mandate is to connect stu participants to "bring them together other upcoming events, members - Launched in 2009 dents with technologies and also to really collaborate, share informa expressed high expectations for the - Led by students from technol- with industry experts in the techno tion and actually work beyond the future, with hopes to expand and be ogy schools across Canada logical field:' two days and form a community:· able to influence and educate more - Acts as a student network for The two days of EpCon featured EPIC was also excited to launch people, especially students. those interested in technology a series of keynote speakers, short Ei3, a think-tank initiative to engage According to Lu, ''A future plan - Hosts interactive events for power talks and breakout sessions issues,ideas.and innovation. would be to make EPIC even more students and. industry leaders to during which delegates had a more According to Raja, "The idea epic:' communicate 8 • The Cord • Wednesday. January 20. 2010 to all our (~ () ll N C.~ I L I ()H. I I I ~ I I l L L l (~ I LJ ;\ l /\ q) ClJl -rlJR/\1 I) I \ lF l ()Pr\1\1 T ()F l-1 J F AR·rs *Formerly known as Arts Student Advancement Program (ASAP) ASAP only sponsored arts students.from The Cord ~- c::anVVeb Printing Inc. and KW Guardian Pharmacy Un~yersity Pharmacy This past week, representatives from The Cord were given the opportur)ity to attend the ' Canadian University Press National Conference in Edmonton, Alberta. Only through the ) a generous donations from the above organizations was this possible. The Cord would like to extend its thanks to CICDA, CanWeb Printing Inc., the Wilfrid Laurier University 1 Students' Union Grant Fund, KW Guardian Pharmacy and University Pharmacy. t t t E a s The Cord • Wednesday. January 20. 2010 • 9 NATIONAL National Editor Linda Givetash • [email protected] The future of TV consumers after previous private us paying for it;' said Dotto. LINDA GIVETASH meetings were held during the year. Dotto, who experienced the LOCAL AND NATIONAL EDITOR Although the CRTC has consid changes first hand when his show ered posing a 1:1 ratio for American was offered the ultimatum to pay the The future of Canadian content in to Canadian content, there is a con network or be cancelled, explained the media is looking bleak. As cable cern about imposing such regula that it's the small, locally produced companies and networks continue tions. Currently, the CRTC puts the shows that are getting cut as net to prefer American programming onus on the networks and providers works remain profit-conscious. for its assured profit, both parties to follow their guidelines. "I refused to do the show for fight for revenue. "They are very reluctant to use them and then pay them money to In the future, the cost of produc that power because they don't want be on the air like an infomercial;' ing Canadian programs will likely the perception of government inter saidDotto. be placed on the consumers or the ference in our industries or in our As networks increasingly charge shows themselves. media;• explained Kinahan. to air shows, the landscape becomes "It's a problem right now and Without stricter regulation, cor difficult for independent produc there's a great fear that we're go- porate entities - such as the cable ers to break into the industry, while ing to see the disappearance oflocal provider Rogers Communications already existing stations across KATIE FITZGERALD CORD GRAPHICS television in particular;' explained and networks including CTV -con the country, including CTV's sta The cost of local programming may be placed on the consumers. Anne-Marie Kinahan, assistant tinue to hold the power in the media tion CKNX-TV in Wingham which professor of communication studies that is available to Canadians. closed in 2009. Although the Internet offers new how to fund local content. at Wilfrid Laurier University, adding possibilities to provide content, Ki "It's interesting that there has not that distinctly Canadian content will Local closures A new platform nahan explained that it will notre been much talk of a way forward or also be impacted by this trend. Steve Dotto, executive producer, With the cancellation of his show, solve the debate in the industry. a compromise or a solution:' Kina writer and host of the information Dotto found a new medium to pro hannoted. Addressing regulations al show Dotto Tech which aired on vide his information on the Internet. Unanswered issues The CRTC hearings, the next of The Canadian Radio-television CityTV until its cancellation last fall, "If people are consuming their "There's still tremendous numbers which will be held on Feb. 22, have Telecommunications Commission expressed his concerns about the local news on hand held devices, of people that want to watch tele thus far proved to be unproductive. ( CRTC) has held ongoing hearings current climate. streaming into a Blackberry or into vision on television in the living "What we see as consumers is a to develop new regulations to pro "Now all these greedy large cor an iPhone or even online at the web rooms:· said Kinahan. very routine standardizing of con tect local television and Canadian porate entities are not happy with site as opposed to turning on chan The undying popularity of tele tent;' said Kinahan. content. Public hearings in Decem just making good profit, they want nel37 on their television, we should vision requires that networks and "The power lies with the broad ber 2009 opened the platform to to make outrageous profit and with be honouring that:' said Dotto. providers reach an agreement on casters and the cable companies:' Canada in brief Conservative visits WLU Increase in summer jobs in the number of applicants to post Rancourt alleges in an online re OTTAWA- On Jan. 12, Diane Finley, secondary institutions. The number port that Maureen Robinson, a for minister of human resources and of high school applicants rose 2.7 mer student, collected information skills development, announced that percent. by taping conversations, creating a an additional $20 million in fund A total increase of 46 per cent in fake Facebook persona and attend ing will be put towards the Canada applicants to Ontario universities ing activist student events. Summer Jobs 2010 program. has been noted since 2000. -Charlotte Bailey, The Fulcrum Finley stated that the additional -Compiled by Linda Givetash funding, which is anticipated to cre ate thousands of more jobs, will Cabinet shuffle benefit students after the poor sum OTTAWA-On Jan. 19 Prime Min mer job market in 2009. Ex-prof accuses U of 0 of ister Stephen Harper appointed two -Compiled by Linda Givetash 'covert surveillance' new ministers to cabinet and shuf OTTAWA (CUP)-Denis Rancourt, fled several others. a dismissed physics professor has Ministers who maintained their filed a union grievance against the positions from the previous cabinet University applicants soar University of Ottawa, claiming that include minister of finance Jim Fla TORONTO-The Council of On the administration hired a stu herty and minister of defence Peter YUSUF KIDWAI PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER tario Universities (COU) announced dent to gather information on him MacKay. Tim Hudak, leader of the PC Party of Ontario, spoke to Laurier on Jan. 18 that there was an increase through illegitimate means. -Compiled by Linda Givetash students on Jan. 14 at Wilt's. THIS IS AN ADVERTISMENT THE GAZETTE Page5 LAUR KotM&l PRESENTS... Local nob commits suicide over family problems CHARITY M 0 VALLEY Shock, Stockgrove and Two Smoking Barrels By local reporter and gossipmonger Alison Wale hardShips it is linle wonder that the Stockgrove family· , An inquest declared on the Rt. Hon. Judith Hard the shotgun used by Lady have been trying to stay out Tuesday that the rragic death man, suffered a miscarriage Daphne's Gamekeeper and of the public eye. of Tobias Stockgrove. son after a riding accident on the ended his own life. Police Fun her problems are set of Lady Daphne Stockgrove. Park grounds when her hor.;e had initially treated the death 10 hit the public arena as was caused by suicide. stumbled on uneven ground as suspicious, but subse· there have recent! y been pro And this nlling is just one created by resident protesters quent investigation had re tests held on the Stockgrove more blow to the ailing who have been on the vealed no reason to suspect land. as activists have cam Stockgrove family. who Stockgrove land for several foul play in the incident. paigned so save endangered have recently sold off some weeks mising awareness of Lady Daphne and Judith wildlife species. all centred of their local country estate. the ecological problems that were yesterday unavailable around a new leisure devel Stockgrove P'drk. in order to may he caused by a new for comment, it is helieved opment that has pa.<>Sed plan maintain the famil) fortunes. development to be that the pair have taken the ning proposals and is set to Tobias he~d been 'uffer annonnced shortly. news hard, and with the be unveiled S Laurier community reacts to the crisis People are living in the A convicted terrorist's bid to from cover ''streets , the lucky ones practice law in Canada is denied alone. are living in tents:' As a result, in the immediate after not solely for his terrorist actions as bachelor's degree from York Univer math of the disaster, the international MARlEANDIC a young man, but also for his subse sity as well as a law degree from the community rushed to aid the poverty CORD INTERNATIONAL quent illegal entry into Canada. University of Windsor. stricken nation. -Timothy Donais, Laurier professor According to the National Post, In late 2006, he applied for ali As of Jan. 19, Ottawa increased its The highly sensitive issue of ter Saini has several applications pend cense to practice law in Canada. relief pledge to 135 million CAD. Ad rorism was brought close to home ing. These documents assert that Last week, that bid was denied by ditionally, the Canadian government this past week with the Law Soci he should be allowed to remain in the Law Society - who refused to is agreed to increase troop numbers on ety of Upper Canada's decision on Canada for fear of persecution in his sue Saini a license to practice law in the ground. The boost will make the at minimum" from the international convicted Sikh terrorist Parrninder native India. theGTA. Haiti effort the largest relief mission in community will be necessary. Singh Saini's high profile bid to To date, he has yet to achieve According to the Toronto Star, Canadian history. Donais spoke of a tragic reality all practice law in the Greater Toronto landed immigrant status andre the Law Society of Upper Canada However, Haiti is no stranger to Ca too typical on the international stage. Area. mains designated as a danger to the has ruled Saini to be, "not of good nadian handouts. "Haiti falls off the headlines, people Parminder Singh Saini has re public. character:' Even before the earthquake, the is forget about it and then the situation portedly been refused a law license While in Canada, Saini earned a land nation was the second highest goes back to where it was before:' recipient of Canadian financial assis Donais pointed out that "the inter tance in the world - only second to national community does not have a Afghanistan. particularly good track record in this As Haiti is an established beneficia type of commitment, especially in ry of Canadian funds, it is also a popu Haiti:' Five years later and orange is out Jar site of humanitarian missions. For Ideally, in the long term, key issues this reason, the safe evacuation of Ca such as Haitian economic and politi nadian nationals from the decimated cal development, as well as the issue of Ukraine's election drama continues as a runoff date is set country became a mounting issue for environment vulnerability must be ad the Canadian military. dressed for the rebuilding process to be While the pro-democratic co a runoff election will take place on Within the Laurier community, the a success. PAULA MILLAR loured rebellion was a success, Sun Feb. 7· Wilfrid Laurier University Students' However, as the humanitarian crisis INTERNATIONAL EDITOR day's election proved what a differ Until this time, Ukraine's soap Union is making significant steps to worsens and the lives of three million ence five years can make. opera-like saga will continue. contribute to the worldwide Haiti re Haitians hang in the balance, it ap The first Ukrainian presidential On Sunday, Ukrainians chose to lief effort. pears that long-term development is election since the country's Orange oust Orange Revolution darling According to WLUSU president sues will be on the international com Revolution took place on Sunday, Viktor Yushchenko. Laura Sheridan, the students' union munity's backbumer for some time. Jan. 17. According to the Mos will be donating all of the cover from Donais concluded that "Haitians Just five years ago, Ukraine was a cow News, voters punished the Turret on Saturday night, $1 from need international help now because nation in turmoil. Yushchenko by only afford every meal served at Wilfs on Friday the government has effectively col The country's 2004 presidential ing the leader s per cent of and $1 from all purchases at the Ter lapsed and people are very much on election was marred with the sus the vote. race on Saturday. their own right now:' picion of a rigged election, plagued This left candidates Viktor Donais believes that "in the short The global studies department is by electoral intimidation and inter Yanukovich and Yulia Tymosh term there is no choice other than to sponsoring a roundtable session to rupted by the poisoning of one can enko, both known fo r their deci provide the certain massive finan help the Laurier community better un didate - Hollywood could not have sively pro-Russian tendencies, vy cial influx to be able to: (a) save lives derstand the situation currently un crafted a better drama. ing for the top post. and (b) allow people to return to folding behind Haitian borders. When Ukrainian citizens began According to preliminary some semblance of having a dignified On Wednesday, Jan. 27, a number of lashing out against their govern results, Yanukovich secured life:' Laurier professors well-versed on Hai ment, believing they were victims of 35 per cent of the vote and Ty However, Donais said that in or ti will put the earthquake and its af electoral fraud and that the Kremlin moshenko 25 per cent. der for a long-term solution to be re termath into perspective in Arts 1C18 was the mastermind behind it all, As no candidate secured alized, a "10 to 20-year commitment from 4 to s:30 p.m. the Orange Revolution was born. so per cent of all ballots cast, helping Laurier students to look and see their be st since 1995 OPT/CiiL Now Accepting Nominations! inc. 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Iii TSST Iii CONCOURSE BUSINESS: PE I ERS lun.DING FOYER SCIENCE lun.DING M SIC: I 2ND FLOOR MUSIC Bun.DING FOR MORE HORMAllON, CONTACT IIJCOJ.E REBRY: CHIEF Rm1RNNJ IIFfDR EI..ECTIONSfi'WLUSU.COM IIIHI84-0710X4S78 12 • In Depth Editor Alanna Wallace • awattace@thecord ca IN DEPTH Agoba vew• In Depth Editor Alanna Wallace examines Rise of the European far-right world issues that have the potential to The Daily Mail reported that far-right gestures, despite adamantly dt become the world's next big news story Austrian political parties like the ing any affiliation with the extJ Freedom Party (FPO) along with the right. Education has the power to liberate, globalization and the evolution of the Alliance For The Future (BZO) gained Strache isn't alone. Right-w empower and mobilize. With our ev planet. 29 per cent of the public's vote in Sep Dutch legislator Geert Wilders er-changing world and the spread of The following are ongoing world tember of 2008. The same amount of also made public anti-Islamic globalization, issues pertaining to any events that few know about, despite citi2ens voted for the Social Demo marks, like claiming that the Q region of the world are closer to our their rising importance. They there crats, Austria's main party. incites violence. doorstep than ever before. This is why fore must be monitored and studied, The new movement towards in In another legislative tum a1 it is important to observe intemation as they may evolve into bigger stories creased representation for far-right Islam, Aljazeera.net reported t al events with a watchful eye. of international interest. They have parties has led to a renewing of dis per cent of Swiss voters appro1 With knowledge of current events, the ability to develop into issues that tant memories of the rise of the Nazi ban on the construction of mir we can grasp the complexities of the transcend boundaries and affect our Party in the 1930s. on mosques, with supporters c world so as not to be left behind with nation. "I see it as this streak within Eu change saying minarets "repre ropean populism," said Ali Zaidi, a the growth of an alien ideol<>gJ global studies professor at Laurier. legal system that have no plact "Sometimes it submerges and then Swiss democracy:' sometimes it erupts above the visible "Some of the reasons for it h level." do with the European Union ar There has been a recent rise in sus tegration into the European Ur Pillaging the planet picion that over the past three years said Zaidi. "[It) arouses a lot ol extreme right and neo-Nazi groups nomic and political insecuritie The trafficking of wildlife, including one glaring problem. Because the have begur1 an underground infiltra also the cultural insecurities al endangered and rare animals both convention applies to wild animals, tion of German and Austrian political who we are, what is our identit dead and alive, is arguably the world's any specimens bred in captivity do parties. are our values?" most profitable illegal form of trade, not apply, which means that many Far-right politicians like FPO Not only political actions bu according to National Geographic. The smugglers forge paperwork or estab leader Heinz Christian Strache cam civic unrest has plagued areas industry is driven by Asia's desire for lish fake breeding facilities that claim paign on mono-cultural platforms of tria, with neo-Nazi thugs dese fine cuisine and the medicinal usage the animals they are trading were anti-immigration and anti-European ing Muslim graves as well as a of rare wildlife as well as Westerner bred in captivity. Union. Strache has even been photo tika flag unveiled in Braunau, I financiers who enjoy exotic animal Wong plans to open his own zoo graphed at an alleged neo-Nazi train hometown. paraphernalia. with the help of business partners so ing camp and motioning neo-Nazi However, in the process of search he can breed wildlife like tigers under ing for the possession of these luxury the guise that he breeds all the ani items, the individuals who traffic ani mals he trades at his zoo. mals both dead and alive are empty However, there is hope for the eco ing the planet of its rare ecosystems. systems not only in Southeast Asia, At the forefront of the controversy but for the animals ofAfrica and other is Wong Keng Liang, the kingpin of parts of the world that are imported the wildlife trade, who advertises that there to ultimately be shipped to buy his company sells between U.S. $50 ers. The Association ofSoutheast million to U.S. $100 million annually. Asian Nations' Wildlife Enforcement The Convention on International Network (ASEAN-WEN) was estab Trade in Endangered Species of Wild lished four years ago; its ten members Fauna and Flora (CITES) has 175 plan to have customs agents, wild member countries and attempts to life officers, prosecutors and police monitor wildlife trade. work together to protect the world's Despite its efforts, the treaty has wildlife. $100,000 13,356,588 w1tt buy a Spix"s macaw live an1mats and $15,000 30,309,815 w1ll buy 20 T1mor pythons animal parts were legally export ed from Southeast Asia between $10,000 2000 and 2007 will buy a dead, adult mate tiger -National Geographic Iranian blogging Citizen journalism and blogging has become a form of political expression for many opposing the Iranian gov ernment. Expelled from Amirkabir University in Tehran in 2008 because of his political views, now-exiled Saeed Valadbaygi launched the web site astreetjoumalist.com from his apartment in Toronto, Canada. Sites like this, as well as indepen dent journalists using blogs and social networking sites, have become an im portant source of information. "What's happening in Iran is not Read about more rising being reflected globally," Valadbaygi world events at told CNN. "We want to let the world know and let the state know that the world is watching." thecord.ca TRINA SCHMIDT . !APHICS EDITOR IN DEPTH The Cord • Wednesday. January 20, 2010 • 13 Standing up to the King The Kingdom of Swaziland stands credited with stopping Mswati's plans Just days after the results of the strong as one of the last absolute to purchase a personal jet. election were released, two individu monarchies left on the planet. The kingdom is not without its po als attempting to detonate a bomb The nation is ranked 142nd on the litical challenges, despite the outright near one of the kingdom's royal pal Human Development Index, its econ reign of its king and low public sector aces were killed when their device omy continues to falter and it is home spending. exploded. to skyrocketing HIV/AIDS infection Swaziland held an election in Sep Recent unrest and an overall feel fan far-right rates. tember of 2008; though political par ing of doubt regarding Mswati III has Succeeding his father, who had ties remain banned in the country, been observed, with many consider gestures, despite adamantly deny abolished Swaziland's constitution in freedom of association is allowed. ing the king's lavish lifestyle to be an ing any affiliation with the extremist 1973, King Mswati III took the throne Mario Masuku, leader of The Peo insult to the 69 per cent of the popu right. in 1986. According to the BBC, King ple's United Democratic Movement lation Amnesty International says live Strache isn't alone. Right-wing Mswati, known as Ngweyama, "the (Puderno), one of the parties banned on less than one dollar a day and the Dutch legislator Geert Wilders has lion," has been accused of requesting in Swaziland, dismissed the elections 40 per cent of the population who are also made public anti-Islamic re public money to pay for his lavish life as "a window-dressing exercise trying HIV-positive. marks, like claiming that the Qu'ran style which includes luxury cars and to pull wool over the eyes of the inter incites violence. numerous palaces. Street protests are national community:· In another legislative tum against Islam, Aljazeera.net reported that 58 per cent of Swiss voters approved a ban on the construction of minarets H IV policy ~urnarounds on mosques, with supporters of the On the heels of the 2010 World Cup, Zuma even pledged to undergo change saying minarets "represent last year's newly elected South M testing for the virus himself. the growth of an alien ideology and a rican President Jacob Zuma, whose "Let there be no more shame, no legal system that have no place in the reputation has been heavily criticized, more blame, no more discrimination Swiss democracy:· has begun to take steps to combat and no more stigma;• Zuma was re "Some of the reasons for it have to HIV in the nation home to the highest ported saying to the World AIDS Day do with the European Union and in number of citizens living with human crowd. tegration into the European Union," immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A country that once struggled with said Zaidi. "[It] arouses a lot of eco In 2006, Zuma was acquitted of apartheid, South Africa now faces a nomic and political insecurities, but raping an HIV-positive family friend. bigger threat if their current leader also the cultural insecurities about In court, he testified that he did not follows in the footsteps of the regime who we are, what is our identity, what acquire the virus because he showered he replaced - one where the former are our values?" after sex, causing widespread outcry. health minister of then-President Not only political actions but also The Guardian reported that last Thabo Mbeki claimed garlic and beet civic unrest has plagued areas of Aus World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, Zuma an root were treatments for the virus. tria, with neo-Nazi thugs desecrat nounced an increase in treatment for Zuma has harsh critics; turning ing Muslim graves as well as a swas HIV-positive infants, along with a around a nation where there are ap tika flag unveiled in Braunau, Hitler's groundbreaking campaign to mobilize proximately 1,000 deaths each day hometown. his populous to get HIV testing. He from HIV related causes, somewhere has also pledged to increase anti-ret around 5-7 million people living with roviral drugs to the millions of suffer the virus and about 59,000 babies ers, a treatment that helps boost their born infected annually will not be an inlmune systems. easy task for him to accomplish. 150 rangers have been killed in the last 10 years protecting the five parks of eastern DRC The two million acre Virunga National Park was found ed in 1925 and is Africa's oldest national park. -National Geographic Genocide courts Although less publicized than the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda {ICTR), which has been widely studied since it was estab lished in November 1994, the gacaca system was also created as a mecha nism to punish those accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. As there were a large number of ev eryday citizens who participated in the killings and the subsequent death of the majority of Rwanda's judges and lawyers, Rwanda's judiciary sys tem was left in shambles. Numerous gacaca courts have been Fighting for resources in Virunga set up in Rwanda to try those accused of participating in the mass killing of In June and July of 2007, seven of the borders. widely used in cell phones, computers about 8oo,ooo Tutsi and moderate 700 mountain gorillas left in Africa's Since 1998, the eastern DRC has and video game consoles) drive the Hutus. Congo Basin were found shot and been a hotspot for violence. desire for groups to control the area A panel of nine elected judges over killed in the Virunga National Park in According to USAID, as a result of of North Kivu and the surrounding see the courts, where a trial open to the Democratic Republic of the Congo fighting, disease and malnutrition, countryside. the public is conducted, and defen {DRC). unrest in the region has claimed an It has been assumed that the vi dants are allowed to plead their case Their deaths were attributed to the estimated 5·4 million lives. cious murders of the mountain goril and make plea bargains. illegal charcoal trade that occurs in The conflict is a mixture of two las have become a warning sign to the Many believe that the gacaca sys the forests of the national park. Nor rebel militias mostly made up of rangers ofVirunga, who patrol the tern of courts is an important process mally, wildlife of the area is killed for Rwandan Hutus and Tutsis fight park to protect its ecosystem, often that helps Rwandans heal from the - food for the many refugees who have ing with each other as well as with ensuring that charcoal is not being trauma caused by the nation's history fled to the area. the Congolese army, often join- harvested there. of conflict and genocide. However, The United States Agency for Inter ing ranks and attacking one another To honour the dead mountain go some critics argue that, despite popu national Development {USAID) es unsystematically. rillas, the rangers ofVirunga carried lar belief. the gacaca system is not a timates that three million Congolese The Congo Basin is rich in natu them ceremoniously on their shoul traditional way of employing law in have been displaced; National Geo ral resources and is home to a di ders to be buried outside the dense Rwanda, that the courts lack impar A SCHMIDT GRAPHICS EDITOR graphic believes 8oo,ooo have moved verse ecosystem. It appears as though bush. tiality and are at times emotionally - to camps on the national park's the charcoal and coltan (a material charged. 14 • The Cord • Wednesday, January 20. 2010 FEATURE Feature Editor Shannon Busta • [email protected] Features Editor Shannon Busta does the leg work for you and gets weblog (web'log·. -log') to know some of the best and n: a personal Website that provides up most unique pieces of new media dated headlines and news articles of other sites that are of interest to the user. also currently available online may include journal entries. commentar ies and recommendations compiled by the user; also called a blog. blog (bl6g') v To write entries in, add material to or maintain a weblog. podcast (p6d'kast) n: a podcast is an audio or video program formatted to be played on the iPod and made available for free or for purchase over the Internet. new media (nu'mee-dee-uh) n. any interactive media. esp. electronic mass media combined with computers; also. this combination as a profession. 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D The Cord • Wednesday, January 20. 2010 • 15 ARTS Arts Editor Rebecca Vasluianu • [email protected] Inside and out The Waterloo Regional Children's Museum's newest exhibit offers the unique opportunity to view skinless bodies The rooms are divided to display KATIE FLOOD the musculoskeletal system, head STAFF WRITER and nervous system, urinary andre Some people were ~ productive system, digestive system, h II Textbooks don't do it respiratory system and cardiovascu- "unsure about the actual justice, how amazing larsystem. · your body is," market While each room educates spec bodies, but once they get ing manager of the Wa- tators on something different, the terloo Regional Children's Museum most impressive part of the exhibi here they're in. It's awe- Angela Olano explained, referring to tion as a whole are the full bodies, the fascination and intrigue behind open and exposed to reveal the inner inspiring:' the museum's newest exhibition Our workings of a human being. Body: The Universe Within. "Just the way they're displayed ... Open Jan. 14 until Apr. 11, Our they're so cool, and nothing can re -AYlgela Olano, marketing manager at the Body invites viewers to take a unique ally teach you the way that can;' said Waterloo Regional Children's Museum look underneath the skin and ex Olano. t plore the inner workings of the hu Actual human bodies used in this man body. exhibition are preserved through a Spread throughout seven dimly process called plastination or poly lit rooms filled with skinless bodies, mer impregnation. preserved organs and educational The natural fluids are removed presents this exhibition hoping to facts, Our Body engages spectators in and replaced with a special liquid intrigue and educate. several different ways. designed to preserve the specimen. "It's for everybody. Hopefully The first room meets exhibi Ranging from a man with muscles what it'll do is show people how tion viewers with a large histori semi -detached from his body like much they need to take care of their cal timeline of health and medical a butterfly with wings on display to body... how intricate it is, and how advancements. a mini display room revealing fetus delicate it is and how it relies on us Starting at 1600 B.C.E with the sizes of each trimester, the bodies to exercise and eat properly," said Egyptians, the timeline makes are frighteningly interesting despite Olano. its way through the eras of Hip the taboo nature of their display. Our Body has been introduced as pocrates, Aristotle, Leonardo Da "Some people were unsure about a part of the Museum's "Festival of Vinci, ending at 1979 C.E. with the the actual bodies but once they get Health:' invention of the CAT scan. here they're in. It's awe-inspiring;' The second part to this festival With the basis of scientific history said Olano. is an exhibit entitled Germs! Germs! under their belts, viewers continue With Our Body making it's Ca- _ Germs! designed to further educate KATIE FLOOD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER through the next six rooms as ifthey nadian premiere in the Waterloo on health matters, and will be open One of the many real, remarkable bodies at the Our Body exhibit. are on an educational tour. Region, the Children's Museum ingJan. 22. Arts bites The latest in entertainment news Celine Dion tops music Dexter and the villain from money-makers list Speed have cancer Celine Dion made the most money Michael C. Hall ofDexter and Six Feet of any musician in the 2000s, ac Under spoke of his battle with Hodg cording to a LA Times list. kin's lymphoma last week, and film Dion made almost$748 million veteran Dennis Hopper filed for di in the last 10 years, including over vorce while dying of prostate cancer. Ssoo million from her stint as a per Hall accepted his Golden Globe former in Las Vegas for 6oo shows for best actor in a television drama at Caesar's Palace from 2003-07. wearing a toque and was mocked by Kenny Chesney placed second a blogger unaware of his illness. with over $742 million. Hopper, director of Easy Rider, an Nearly two-thirds of that amount nounced his illness in October. was made through concert ticket sales. Despite not touring and being so SEAN POLLOCK STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER per cent deceased, The Beatles still Rocker Jay Reatard dies Dean of students David McMurray's entry to the "Find Your Feminism" project launched last week. made over $6oo million. Jay Reatard, whose latest album Watch Me Fall was critically ac claimed, was found dead at his home in Memphis last Wednesday. Numerous musicians and Well-known for his powerful live actors support Haiti shows including punching a fan who Creating discourse After last week's devastating rushed the stage in Toronto in 2008, earthquake in Haiti, artists have Reatard was an emerging talent in individuals, the event strives to ex emeritus Don Morgenson and Wil pledged support to a variety of relief rock with an extensive catalogue. He JESSICA HOWELL pose the concept's diverse nature. frid Laurier University Students' initiatives. reportedly died in his sleep. CORD ARTS Answers were adapted to individual Union president Laura Sheridan. On Jan. 22, George Clooney and posters placed on campus. "I was surprised by how many Haitian-born rapper WyclefJean To think about how feminism exists Women's Centre co-ordinator people said yes [to participating] ;• will host the "Hope for Haiti" tele in our own community, we should Kate Klein said that "[the exhibit] is said Klein. cast featuring Bono, Sting and Justin lloyd Banks arrested in acknowledge the various definitions about feminism at Laurier and what Klein acknowledged that perhaps Timberlake, among others. KitChener and facets that it offers. we are trying to do here is show that not all the people in the posters U2 and Jay-Z have collaborated G-Unit member Uoyd Banks and That is the message that the WLU feminism isn't dead. It's thriving would actually use the word "femi to record a charity song produced three of his entourage were arrested Women's Centre aims to spread on on this campus in places that you nist" to describe themselves, but be by Swizz Beatz of"It's Me Bitches" in Kitchener after a show in Brant campus through its new campaign wouldn't necessarily expect:' cause they were allowed to say what fame. ford. After appearing hours late, which launched last week. This project began in December feminism means to them personally, Perhaps disheartened that Jay- the New York rapper left the stage at On Thursday, Jan. 14, the Wom when the Women's Centre began its they were given freedom. Z chose to work with U 2 and not Club N.V. - Brantford's only club. en's Centre held an exhibit called search for people's "feminisms:' The reasoning behind this, ac produce a charity remix of one of After the promoter refused pay "Find Your Feminism" to promote Klein further explained that they cording to Klein, is that "there are as their songs, Linkin Park is one of ment, Banks and his entourage this campaign at the Hall of Fame. asked to know the feminisms of many kinds of feminisms as there many groups who donated songs for robbed, confined for an hour and as Various staff and students from those who represent the Laurier are feminists- it's not some dog download to the organization Music saulted the man in his hotel room, the university are able to answer the community and of those whose fac matic sort of rules you have to fol for Relie£ leaving him hospitalized. broad question: "What's your ferni es would be recognizable, as well as low, it's something based on who Other artists including Lady Gaga Banks posted bail ofSso,ooo but nism?" general people in the community. you are, what you're interested in, where you come from and what your have also donated the proceeds from was unable to return to the U.S. By gathering perspectives on The exhibit featured campus fig J upceming conc-erts to the effort. • -All brieft complied by MiJtcLakusiak •· '1 •wh:rtfeminrsnnneans to various i ures su~h :tS'psycholbgy professor" "E!xpe'ril:mces·haVe'been.•·" • • .. I ~ ~· ~~~~------~--..---- ~--~=~----~--~--~------·-----.-----·-~¥Me~~=~~·~==='~~~----·=-~-~~------~------ 16 • ARTS The Cord • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 If a Tonight Show host tells a joke in the forest and there's no one around to laugh... least a little scorn, as he can't seem summer ratings, competing against to accept the fact that he might be David Letterman's affair scandal or past his prime. even having a crappy lead-in ( re It seems he is allowing his de gretfully, The Jay Leno Show, followed sire to be on television outweigh his by the local news). common sense. But the fact is, once O'Brien took But we also have to acknowledge over The Tonight Show, it was a pretty WADE THOMPSON the obvious: NBC executives had a welcome change for many fans. THE REEL WORLD lot to do with the move. The net Leno never really possessed that work seems unable to accept the fact "young person" kind of funny, so his that their gamble with The Jay Leno replacement "CoCo" was refreshing. II 'm with CoCo" - it seems Show didn't pay off. We, as an audience ofyoung Iyou can't click anywhere They only gave O'Brien an un adults, threw our arms wide open these days without seeing reasonable seven months to show and embraced him (or at least, we the rally cry so many loyal the same numbers as his predeces were supposed to). viewers have adopted to show their sor, and then attempted to please I'm willing to bet that over half of support for Conan O'Brien. the older generation of viewers who the people throwing up ''I'm With In case you were living under a preferred the "safer bet" ofLeno. CoCo" logos in their Facebook pic rock, this past week the beloved co Why they think this move will tures rarely, if ever, tuned in to median turned down the opportu make them anything better than a watch Conan O'Brien host The To nity to ruin what is, in his mind, the fourth place network is beyond me. night Show on a regular basis. "greatest franchise in the history of Regardless, they carry a portion How do I know this? Ratings KATIE FITZGERALD CORD GRAPHICS broadcasting" by refusing to be a of the responsibility in this case, and don't lie. He inherited a show that part of the planned time shift of The we get to call NBC executives idiots consistently spanked the competi A brief history of late-night TV Tonight Show to 12:05 a.m. for the thousandth time this year. tion on other networks and brought This proposed shift was planned Who's up next? There are still it down to number three. The late-night division The shift to allow NBC to keep Jay Leno on the a whole lot of people to blame for Was it because he wasn't funny? Johnny Carson announced his The job of Tonight Show host network after his prime-time duties O'Brien's exile, none of whom seem Kind of- it's hard to be funny when retirement in 1992 as The To went to comedian Conan didn't pan out as expected. to be getting any mention in the me there's no one tuning in to laugh. night Show's host. David Letter O'Brien. Leno's ratings dipped. O'Brien didn't budge, got the boot dia. In fact, a lot of them are prob The idea of ousting Conan as man, who hosted Late Night, left (and $30 million dollars) and begin ably reading this article. host isn't the ideal situation for a lot NBC. Letterman was expected Things get weird ning in March, Leno will once again You can throw all the blame you of us, but he wasn't bringing in the to take over the show The sur In January, NBC proposed mov be the host of The Tonight Show. want on NBC, The Tonight Show cor numbers, and that is mostly on us. prising choice of newcomer Jay ing O'Brien's show to 12:05 Those of us who are against this respondents and even Jay Leno him You can like him all you want, but Leno is considered the source a.m. so that Leno could once malicious coup are attempting to self, but there has to be some sort of ifyou didn't watch his show, you are of a late-night war between again occupy the desired 11:35 find blame. emphasis put on us, the viewers. part of the reason it got cancelled. Leno and Letterman. After 1995, p.m. time slot. O'Brien refused, Who do we point the finger at for I could throw out excuses per In the grand scheme of things, Leno steadily did better than releasing a statement that he giving our favourite goofy redhead taining to his ratings that are out NBC ended the problem that start Letterman's show until 2009, would no longer continue at the the old heave-ho? of our control as viewers: the show ed with us. Be "with CoCo" all but the tides turned when Leno show if he was bumped. NBC People seem to put onus on Leno. premiering in June and having to you want, but the question is, why moved to an NBC prime-time and O'Brien are currently nego "The Chin" most likely deserves at deal with the very underwhelming weren't you with him before? spot with The Jay Lena Show. tiating a settlement ~·HUMBER The Business School would u rather. • • A Contest for Everyone I POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE win prizes and cash;t One smart career choice. So many opportunities. 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Apply now for September 2010 Sign up in the Concourse nuary 1&-22, :I.Oan1 4pm lfiore ctttatest starts Jan 25! ~~l.leauethepackbehind.org thecord.ca The Cord • Wednesday, January 20. 2010 ARTS • 17 Life on the fringe Staff Writers Elise Cotter and Jessica Howell attend last week's student arts festival FRINGE and review the films and plays his past weekend, the Vehemence (film) Death Pursues the Man Who Flees FR!NGE festival treated its Written by: Ron Butler (play) audiences to stories of mi * ..,=,. . Written by: Travis Herron and Luke Tnor-inconvenience-solving There was not enough talent to save Dotto superheroes, comical murder plots the many awkward moments of this and World War I soldiers, among short film. This*** enthusiastically-acted* com- many others. Director Ron Butler tried evok edy-4rama featuring a group of Two of The Cord's volunteers at ing a French new wave feel with the World War I soldiers attempt to tended Show A on Jan. 14 and Show over-emotional tale of heartbreak. convince others to leave the-trench Bon Jan. 15 to review the eclectic ar Butler's idea, despite its poten es instead of themselves. ray of plays and short films created tial, falls apart with bad acting and The play's plot would have be arid acted out by students. cheesylil}es. come monotonous except that the actors were able to delve into their Fairy Godfather. A Musical (play) character's personas so elaborately. Show A: Thursday Written by: Lisa Sondergaard Memorandum (film) .{leroman (play) Offering** the* best writing of all the Written by: Dave Rodgers Written by: Andrew Posen plays, the plot of a stage manager ** -;.; hiring a hitrnan to kill his lead so he The storyline of this tragic film was **1 I. A humourous alternative to your ev- can hire a more talented actor was slow due to its non -linear scenes. eryday superhero tale, the story fol completely unique. It was an attempt at contempo lows Heroman and Sidekick Boy as The jokes were wholly rary artistic expression in terms they try to save their grungy apart entertaining. of the actual filming and the plot, ment that they cannot afford. However, the cast was not strong which lacked an extensive narrative. However, instead of performing enough to do the script justice. heroic acts, the duo gets by on solv Girls Who RiJe Horses (play) ing minor inconveniences. Show B: Saturday Written by: Maeve Strathy and John The play is entertaining be Kaye cause the cast, most notably Wade Going Up (play) Thompson as Vitaman, fully com Written by: Carly Lewis The** play** makes many generaliza- mits to the ironic concept. tions about women and left the au ****In this light-hearted comedy about dience with the message that pres We SludlNotLook Upon His Like five people trapped in an elevator, sures about female appearance will Again (film) each learn from one another that lead to self-destruction. Written by: Ted Steiner nobody is perfect but that "mistakes At the same time, it demonstrated are portals of discovery." a divide between women and hostil The*** artistically* innovative short film The performers were vivid and ity towards girls who enjoy entering about the real abduction of Emma colourful and spoke each line with into practices offemininity. Smart is a challenging experience. excitement and sincerity; the actors This extreme notion was shock Pairing the low, intense voice successfully brought these odd roles ing; however, the acting was intrigu over with artistic black and white to life. ingly intense and powerful. images, the film captures the psy chologically comfort-twisting trau The Everwood Massacre (film) AttheBat(film) ma of such a tragedy. Written by: Mike McMurran Written by: Wade Thompson Public Diapllly ofRifl«tion (play) ***This film centred* around the theme This**** short and sweet narrative. is Written by: Adam Cilevitz of society's desensitization to the about a guy who is unlucky with on-screen violence constantly being women. His conscience comes to The*** best-acted"* of any play, the small depicted in present-day media. life while he is on a date. cast pulls off the story of a famous A horror film about a preacher The story of the film was absurdly actress reflecting on her past. who punishes youth for their sins, entertaining, as both the actors and Despite the melodramatic finale, it was easy to see that director Mike their cantor were comical and clever, YUSUF KIDWAI PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER the play is full of both hilarious and McMurran focused intently on the leaving the audience laughing by the An actress's silhouette during the play Public Display of Reflection. well-performed dramatic moments. p~ocess of filmmaking. end of the film. More of the same sonic landscape as the drums beat forcefully away, never subtle and ever-present. 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The Caribbean island nation is riddled with excessive poverty, has a history of political instability and is dev astated on a nearly annual basis by tropical storms and ensuing mudslides. Haiti's poor infrastructure and ailing social welfare programs make the nation extremely fragile and argu ably helpless in the face of daily challenges, let alone in the aftermath of a paralyzing natural disaster. For this reason, Haiti has been on Ca11'ada's radar for a number ofyears. In addition to being the homeland of Canadian governor-general Michaelle Jean, to date, the country remains the second largest recipient of Canadi an humanitarian funds, second only to Mghanistan. To put the situation in even greater perspective, while 3,000 Canadian troops are on the ground in Mghani stan today, 2,000 troops will be assisting in the commu . nity effort in Haiti. With so many Canadians invested in the success of Haitian relief efforts at home and abroad, it is impor tant that we do not lose sight of the crisis. While public rallying for support and funds is crucial in the aftermath of devastation and crisis, the tendency for a short attention span is often a problem in situa tions such as this. Amidst the uncertainty in the coun try today, one thing that is clear is that a short-term fix will not be possible. A long-term solution for Haiti, one that addresses fundraising goals and humanitarian actions, must be established. If not, it is possible that as a newer or perhaps equally pressing crisis emerges elsewhere, the Haiti relief ef fort may be abandoned entirely by the international community. Just as other desperate situations before this, if we do not fight to keep Haiti in conversation, we may forget about the country as quickly as it became a household name. -The Cord Editorial Board MAYA UEMURA CORD GRAPHICS Conferences are for students Relationship support Conferences are often assumed to be something adults, businessmen or even Star Trek fanatics do in the "real world" to establish connections and gain information. While the idea of a conference can elicit feeling of in from friends is essential timidation, they are not exclusive to professionals; uni versity students should participate in them more often. Conferences are a platform for likeminded people to Personally, I am not at a place come together and gain insight and knowledge from ex in my relationship where I feel the perts and others in their field. need to move in with my boyfriend, For some students at the One of the largest misconceptions about conferences or anywhere close to being in a po- is that they are strictly for experts, but this isn't the case. ' sition to get married. However, I'll end of their university The primary job of a student is to learn; since con admit that I have been swept up in a ferences serve as a controlled forum for the sharing of world where I get to be my friends' career, graduation information, students should be encouraged to attend ALANNA WALLACE bridesmaids, plan engagement par- various conferences. IN DEPTH EDITOR ties and attend bridal shows. ' means the beginning of . A conference is an excellent place for students to gain Being single is not a determin perspective on a given topic and bridge the gap between ing factor in these situations, either. a life with someone else. institutionalized education and hands-on experience. The further I progress into my 20s, Friends of mine who criticize their This is important because there is a difference be- I the more the path my friends and I friends' partnerships are sometimes tweendlearn~ng willa~out a topic a.ndthundealrstandldingCh~~ . plan to take becomes intrinsically in relationships themselves. your e ucation serve you m ere wor . omer linked with our partners'. Often there are individuals who ences have the ability to expand one's university experi I have come to terms with the fact do not see a serious relationship in ence outside of the on-campus environment. that at some point I'll have to grow their future until a decade after they They are advantageous because participants can up and stop living with roommates. graduate from university. However, As my friends move out to be with make useful contacts that could lead to a job in their But this doesn't mean that every just because it's not for them doesn't their boyfriends, roommates are left field and also offer one the opportunity to meet individ one I know accepts that. mean they have to chastise their feeling abandoned. uals who share the same interests. For some students at the end of friends over their commitments. While some of my girlfriends look Overall, conferences are something everyone should their university career, graduation Going over the top is some- through bridal magazines and plan participate in. means the beginning of a life with thing I'm guilty of (yes, I do often bachelorette parties, a few loom in This weekend, Laurier is hosting the Global Citizen someone else. mark the pages I think my friends the comer and whisper hostilities ship conference, which is a great way to begin to en Although this is not necessarily a will like when skimming through about their friends being too young hance your education if you are at all interested in glob negative development, the progres bridal magazines), but there is al and moving too fast. al sustainability and social accountability. sion towards marriage or living with ways something to be said for the But if we are old enough to have a partner often draws a thick line support of friends, whether as ex friends who are getting engaged, we -The Cord Editorial Board between the "haves" and the "have treme as wading through an end are old enough to grow up and be nots" of serious relationships. less array of centerpieces or a simple happy for them. If our friends are old Recently, as my friends have be congratulations. enough to start a life with their part This unsigned editorial is based offinformal discussions and gun moving in with their partners, Passing judgment on the relation ner and they are excited, we should then agreed upon by the majority ofThe Cord's editorial board, getting engaged or even married, ships of others has become com also be excited for them. which consists of16 senior Cord staffincluding the Editor-in I have noticed a significant divide monplace among the groups of What others do in their relation Chief and Opinion Editor. The arguments made may reference between these individuals and my friends I belong to, and I can't quite ships and what they choose to do any focts that have been made available through interviews, single friends. figure out if it's pettiness or jealousy. with their lives should not affeet the documents or other sources. The views presented do not neces Not everyone seems to fit the Perhaps it's a mixture of both - a way we live our own. sarily reflect those ofThe Cord's volunteers, staffor WLUSP. package of such a polarization, but resentment that's fed by the imma If that means abandoning a feel its occurrence can have a detrimen turity of the few who plan to damp ing of envy or resentment towards a tal impact on friendships. It is a di en the fun of growing up to the point friend in search of happiness, then The Cord is published by vide rife with misunderstandings, of wanting to share a part of his or that may be a fall some have to force Wilfrid laurier University Student Publications. Contact Bryn Ossington, WlUSP President and CEO jealousy and harsh words that I find her life with someone who's not just themselves to take in the name of 75 University Ave.W, Waterloo ON N2L 3CS myself in the middle of. a friend. friendship. no The Cord • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 • 21 t THE FORUM Words of wisdom: Letters to the Editor Personalize the classroom Amalgamation disad Laurier is not a small jay vantages Kitchener, not school anymore :0 just Waterloo Re: "Student-faculty ratio still missing," Re: "What would you think ofa possible Jan.1] amalgamation ofKitchenerand Water loo?" Vocal Cord.Jan. 13 Laurier is no longer a small univer sity. It's hard to imagine and to be As an individual that has grown-up lieve but the small university we all in the region and know it well that came here for no longer exists. the question ofwhether Kitchener Sure, we may still be a campus and Waterloo should amalgamate is that is slightly larger than a city a terrible idea. block with a student body much It is correct that Waterloo has a smaller than other universities like better reputation than Kitchener; Toronto or Waterloo. however, Waterloo has the high- However, in the areas that mat e est taxes, worst roads, and property ters most, the learning environ prices are astronomical due to a lack ment, the Laurier experience, and a of space. deeper student-professor interac A friend's family recently tion, we have fallen behind other switched cities and his parents now universities. regret it because of the extra costs The small area of our campus is FILE PHOTO Waterloo requires. being compensated by stuffing more ~r On March 2, 1972, Dr. Morgenson addressed WLU students about the issue of sex in relationships. Also, the local Waterloo gov students into classrooms that were ernment was running a deficit, never designed to hold that many. even bigger than the one Kitchener Figures that show the University or her. In such an imagined dia tiring. I often think about the won has been forced to run due to the of Toronto having smaller student Iogue, I try to share the many joys of derful teachers I have had in my long recession. faculty ratio than us as well as the learning. As I embrace that solitary academic career. Waterloo now claims to have a Brantford campus have much higher imaginary audience, I embrace all Particularly, I think about my surplus, which is only due to a dra class sizes than they should are so students and experience the shared modern literature professor and matic cut in services coincided with bering news indeed. discoveries. how he, through his teaching meth a tax hike; that does not sound like In the meantime, while Laurier !Y· Attempting such a deep connec ods, helped me experience the sheer the type of city I would like. can once again become a small uni .ot DON MORGENSON tion involves some self-disclosure wonder of theorists such as Dos This may be speaking from the versity with the implementation of [email protected] and a little risk, including the risk of toevsky, Kafka and Camus. This was perspective of a Kitchenerite but, smaller student-faculty ratios, we making a total fool of myself. followed by a deeper understanding a few years back this debate actu can no longer call ourselves a small I once studied modem literature When I first began to teach I rath of their remarkable works. ally occurred and it was the Wa school, not when the numbers say with a very knowledgeable, wonder er exclusively focused on the mate He exposed me to what was new terloo citizens who did not want to otherwise. ful professor who would occasional rial: fascinating topics in modern in the ancient, what was so simple amalgamate. - Anatolijs Venovcevs ly sit cross-legged on the classroom psychology. While I was confident in the complex, what was facile in Citizens on both sides of the table; the lecture time I spent with with the material, as a young teach those difficult challenges, and final boundary do not want this to him was transforming. er I was not so confident with my ly, what was so compelling in that happen. Letter policy Alas, I have forgotten many of his self in front of the class. which appeared banal. For those who know the intrica Letters must not exceed 250 words. In words, but I will forever remember Now many years from those be He helped me see what was won des of the two governments and clude your foil name and telephone num his soft-spoken, good-humoured ginnings, I see the significance of drous in others, and what was won the distinct direction and culture ber. Letters must be received by 12:00 delivery. He always looked us in the sharing personal narratives, stories drous in myself. each city has taken and is pursuing p.m. noon Monday via e-mail to letters@ eyes, making each of us feel he was dredged out of my own deeply inti But most importantly, he taught understands that the status quo is thecord.ca. · speaking only to us. mate history. me to see what was wondrous about more than acceptable. The Cord reserves the right to edit for In my so years of teaching, I have Such stories re-humanize me the world we all shared. -Peter Hughston length and clarity or to reject any letter. tried over and over again to create while awakening students to their a comparable connection with my own vulnerabilities. Often, when I students, a feat now made more dif am stopped on the street by a for ficult with growing class sizes. mer student they will mention those I am grateful when it does oc- stories from which they apparently cur, and I am reminded of what 19th gained some pleasure. century poet Dante Gabriel Rosetti I remember one of my favourite refers to as a "spiritual contact hard authors Saul Bellow telling a class ly conscious yet ever renewed:' of students, "When I sit down to the The firm foundation of such feel typewriter, I open my heart. I try to ings is a deep caring for my disci leave nothing covered, suppressed, pline, affection for my students and out of bounds. I give everything I a love of the dual processes oflearn have to that moment:' ing and teaching. And this may be why, when leav Sometimes when I am teaching ing a classroom after a lecture, pro I imagine a good friend seated in fessors often feel somewhat drained the front row of the classroom and and exhausted. 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It does placed upon them academically by Statistics Canada indicates that male interest as in previous years. however, highlight an interesting is their families then girls do. women make up to 58 per cent of Naturally, she received harsh sue which exists in almost all Cana The future impact of female dom the student population at Can a criticism from the press, faculty and dian universities. inance is unknown at this time, but dian universities. Some universities students who were unable to toler A 2007 study conducted by Sta its important to question the value rank even higher; in 2008, full-time ate her advocacy for what is a privi tistics Canada examined the current of having both genders equally rep DEVON BUTLER Laurier undergraduates were 6o per leged social stratum of people. rise in female university enrolment. resented at a university. [email protected] ca cent female. A typical white male has not had It discovered that men and worn Despite the fact that women are In late 2009, female president to endure the same battles as worn en have different characteristics that still unequal in a number of situa When it comes to matters regarding of the University of Alberta Indira en have experienced; therefore, not contribute to how they approach tions, feminism should be about re gender inequality, I consistently side Samarasekera spoke out in an in much sympathy is given to a group school. storing both equality and balance. with a devout feminist standpoint. terview about the gender imbalance of people who once dominated the Men displayed a weaker academic Both gender groups should be Knowing where I stand on most at most university institutions. 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Apply now and be well on your way to a successful career . humber.ca/appliedtechnology/graduate I thecord.ca The Cord • Wednesday, January 20, 2010 • 23 SPORTS Sports Editor Justin Fauteux • [email protected] GOLDEN HAWK Hockey Hawks down Brock .i P...... DA 1 . )aaHIJlWII, .. ~lltlQ19U WCurlilfta ~ MCurlia& '1 .... w C>arling" ,_... M Curling- 9• ...... ,, M Vollioyb.illl 2 - Weslcm 3 W liodley 9- Waterloo 0 ll-16.11' .M llaolkeiNII .a- l..akeheaoi 79 W ...... 15-La~51 W~5-11Rxk7 M CIJitiaa 5 - lrod< 1 W Cwlina 3- w..&ea> 8 M CUJilnfl '-Wawm 6 Wliodley·-~1 III..U.W IIIIo ~y vs Guelph SUJIIi(&~uu Are,_, 7:30p.m. llfl,la.:&Q W liol:lsey vs WinQ&I;>( SEAN POLLOCK STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Suuufo FiiUUicial Aretu1, 7:30 p.,.,. Laurier captain Jean-Michel Rizk eludes a pair of Brock defenders during the Hawks' 4-2 win on Friday night. With the win, the Hawks a.Lif.14 have now gone seven consecutive games without losing in regulation, giving them an overall record of 14-4-2. W~vs~ Alhlef!il. ~· l;IJII p.ll!. M Bas~ .. \o\IAArt!ll9 Athletic Cqmpla. l:llll 11-"'" victory over the visiting Brock Bad 4-1 by the end of the period. "As the game went on our play Swimmill6 Laurier Meet Athletic CtJtnPiex, 1:00 P·IIJ. JAMIE NEUGEBAUER gers on Friday night. In the second period, Badger began to get choppy:• continued WH~vs~ STAFF WRITER "We came out really strong," said winger Adam Schwark cut the pur Bradley. Sunlifo FiiUUiciiJ,ArenR. 3:/lll~t-m. game-winning goal-scorer Paul ple and gold lead in half, but that "But we held them off.' a.LU.lO An explosive first period that fea Bradley. was as close as the Badgers would With the victory, the Hawk's climb 114 Hl:>\:lsey vs ~ S.mli.fr Finmrcial Arena~3111'· "'· tured Mitchell Good and Nathan "We had some great fan support get. one more spot in the Canadian In M Volleyball vs 'lbronto Peacock scoring 32 seconds apart so it was a good energy boost. We Laurier goalie Jeff MacDougald teruniversity Sport (CIS) rankings Athletic Complex, 1:00 p.m. within the first two minutes of the fed off their energy and we held our was brilliant in the effort, making 29 to number seven, with eight games game gave a boisterous Laurier own:' saves on 31 shots, solidly shutting left in the regular season. ~~ crowd, heavily made up of Winter Brock forward Steve Pattison cut the door to a late Brock come back. Laurier's next game is on Thurs ~(OO'lmml~ Carnival attendees, much to cheer the lead to 2-1 at the start of the first "Our goaltending was great to day when they host the Guelph Gry 1\"avia Berry -Men's ~ Candice Styleli- ~-·s Hockey for early on, as the Wilfrid Laurier period, but goals by Hawks' scoring night," said Good. "We had a good phons; on Sunday the number 10 Golden Hawks' men's hockey team leader Bradley and third-year sniper all-around four lines going, you nationally-ranked Lakehead Thun Come Support the Hawks! rode a strong first period to a 4-2 Voakes extended the Laurier lead to can't ask for much more than that:' derwolves come to town. www.laurierathletics.com Women's Eat Cheap WeeR Specials hockey 19-0 January 22-29 The Hawks continued their perfect season with two wins over Waterloo u.&; University Athletics {OUA) rookies TIEJA MACLAUGHLIN in points with 18. CURRY STAFF WRITER The Hawks also recieved two ~- goals and an assist from captain The number two nationally-ranked Andrea Ironside as well as a pair of · Chicken Gyro Medium Chicken Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks' markers from veteran Kate Psota, • women's hockey team faced the Wa and a goal each from Kaley Powers, Lunch Souvlaki Pita Pita Pepperoni Lo Mein terloo Warriors in a double-header Heather Fortuna and Fiona Lester. Pizza battle this weekend and took both Meanwhile, veteran net-minder games from their cross-town rivals Liz Knox recorded her_OUA leading by a combined score of13-1. ninth shut out of the season. $4.99 $2.99 $2.99 $2.99 $3.49 In game one on Saturday eve Knox also leads the OUA in goals ning, the Hawks had goals from against average ( o.66), save per four different players, with second centage {.970) and wins (17). year Vanessa Schabkar earning two "It was really a result of our points in the 4-1 victory. team's effort," said Knox. "Waterloo Veteran Liz Knox and rookie Kris didn't have many great scoring op ten Kilgallen split time in the Lau portunities, thanks to the five girls rier net; they combined to stop 21 of in front of me, which made my job n..a the Warriors' 22 shots. easy:' Large 1 Only Valid Onl.ine at In the second match-up, the pur The win moves the Hawks to Topping Pizza ple and gold earned three goals in 19-0 on the season, placing them the first three minutes of play and firmly atop the provincial standings, Order Food Online didn't look back, going on to trample 10 points ahead ofthe second-place ~ the Warriors g-o. Queen's Gaels with eight regular $4.99 .tb W• b . First-year centre Candice Styles season games remaining. uru canada.com continued her impressive rookie The purple and gold will look to season, leading the team with five remain undefeated this Friday when points - two goals and three assists they take on the Windsor Lancers at - in the game. the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Styles currently leads all Ontario Complex at 7:30. 24 • SPORTS The Co rd • Wednesday. January 20. 2010 Women's basketball 1-1 vs Lakehead rebounded with a much stronger JUSTIN FAUTEUX effort on offence and defence; and SPO RTS EDITOR came away with a 75-51 victory. "The biggest difference was our Over the weekend, the Wilfrid Lau defensive assignments and taking rier Golden Hawks' women's bas away what they liked to do;' said ketball team was looking to get to Falco. the .500 mark for the first time all " [On Saturday] we made them season as they took on the Lakehead go to some options in their offence, Thunderwolves in back-to-back which aren't as efficient:' games. The Hawks' up-and-down per However, after a loss on Friday formance this weekend is rep and a win on Saturday, the Hawks resentative of the team's biggest found themselves in the same spot problem throughout the season as the beginning of the weekend, - inconsistency. two games below ·500 at 5-7· The team hasn't been able to build "It was definitely a tale of two upon strong performances and as games this weekend," said head a result, they've only managed to coach Paul Falco. string together consecutive wins "We obviously didn't come out once all season. that well on Friday night, andre "We definitely need to become ally struggled defensively, but on more consistent;' said Falco. Saturday we came out much more "In order to do that we have to focused and stuck to the game come more focused for the full4o plan and put forth a really good all minutes. around effort:' "Teams in this league will always In the first contest, the Hawks hurt you when you slip up, but if couldn't contain the Thunderwolves' we can stay as focused as we were offence and ended up surrendering on Saturday then I think we'll have 84 points, on their way to an 84-61 much more consistent success:· loss. The Golden Hawks' quest for con " [On Friday] we missed a lot of sistency will start once again when our assignments and really allowed the McMaster Marauders visit the Lakehead to do what they like to do Laurier Athletic Complex tonight at and they took advantage of that and 6p.m. made their shots," said Falco. "[McMaster] will be a good test "[Lakehead] has a couple good for us," said Falco. post players who are really effec "They're coming off a big win tive when they get the ball down in against the number two team in the the paint and we were just allowing country in Windsor so they're ob KENNETH LEUNG STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER them to get where they wanted:' viously playing some really good Laurier veteran Renata Adamczykl(left) drives to the basket past Lakehead's Lisa Styles. On Saturday, the purple and gold basketball:' Hawks continue inconsistent season The men's basketball team managed to upset the Lakehead Thunderwolves on Saturday, but lost the rematch on Sunday put them up 34-24 at the midway Game two was a hard -fought bat TIEJA MACLAUGHLIN point. The squad continued to put tle, with the teams evenly matched STAFF WRITER pressure on the opposition; despite until the fourth quarter when Lake getting into trouble with fouls late in head pulled away, netting 26 points The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks' the fourth quarter, they managed to to earn the win. men's basketball team hosted the pull off the win. "It's disappointing;• said Lakehead Thunderwolves in a dou "We came out strong;' said third Campbell. ble-header this weekend, looking to year post Matthew Buckley. "The back-to-back games took improve upon their 4-6 record. In "We had a big game with big pro a toll on us; I don't think we're back the first contest, the Golden Hawks duction coming from the bench:' into the swing of things yet after the upset the number six nationally First-year Maxwell Allin contin break." ranked Thunderwolves 69-59 but ued his impressive rookie season, The pair of games puts the Gold fell short the following day 79-65. with 20 points and eight rebounds, en Hawks at 5-7 for their season, "I think we played well both both of which led the team. Allin's tied with Brock for sixth place in the games," said head coach Peter 103 rebounds on the season puts Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Campbell. him first on the Hawks and sixth in west division. "We had the chance to win both the province. They will look to get back to win but ran out of gas late in the second Second-year guard Travis Berry ning ways tonight when the Mc game:' also had a strong offensive game, Master Marauders -who rank just In the first game, the Hawks took chipping in 13 points and five re two points ahead of Laurier in the ..... control in the second quarter, out bounds on his way to Laurier Ath OVA west standings- visit the Lau KENNETH LEUNG STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER scoring the Thunderwolves 21-9 to lete of the Week honours. rier Athletic Complex. · Laurier's Matt Donnelly (11) goes up for a shot vs Lakehead. WLUSU and athletics team up for charity Lettermen Club partnered up tore schools and teaching them how to The Powder Puff program was "This year we've had the most TIEJA MACLAUGHLIN vive the event this year. play sports, as well as the Powder started in the late 1990s by current OVA schools involved," said STAFF WRITER "We're really excited to be a part Puff tournament. and former football coaches Josh Al Bestard. of [Winter Carnival] and have WLU All coaches and referees are vol exander and Kevin McNeill and has The OUA tournament will be held On Jan. 22 and 23, Alumni Field and SU and Athletics come together," unteers hailing primarily from the continued to expand over the years. Feb. 4-6 and includes 26 teams, University Stadium will play host said Lettermen president Jeremy men's football, rugby and soccer "There aren't any opportunities hailing from Waterloo, McMas- to the annual women's Powder Puff Chemij. "We have two of the big teams. for female football so it's great that ter, Western, York, Ottawa, Guelph, flag football tournament, presented ger organizations on campus doing The proceeds raised from the the guys come together and teach Queen's, Brock, Sheridan and Al by the Laurier Lettermen Club. something together, and it really event are then donated to various the game to females who want to goma College. This past weekend, the ladies brings together a lot of students." charities, with the Breast Cancer learn," said Powder Puff linebacker Laurier will enter 10 rosters, nine played a set of exhibition games as Lettermen is an all-male com Foundation being Powder Puff's Laura Tober. from the Waterloo campus and one part ofthe closing ceremonies for munity group at Laurier comprised sole proprietor. "It's such a good cause for breast from Brantford. Winter Carnival. In the past, the of athletes from a selection of var "We've donated upwards of cancer as well." "To have both [WLUSU and Ath event was part of the annual Laurier sity teams. The group hosts sev $2o,ooo over the best four years," The two-day tournament at Lau letics] come together is huge," said tradition, but it eventually faded out. eral charitable events throughout said referee Adam Bestard, who rier makes way for the Ontario Uni Bestard. "Not only for Winter Car The Wilfrid Laurier Univer the year including Kids' Day, which completed his football career at versity Athletics (OUA) tournament nival and Powder Puff, but for the sity Students' Union and Laurier involves bringing in local public Laurier tllis past fall. held for schools throughout Ontario. school as a whole."