Inside This Issue News 3 Opinion 8 Student Life 10 Feature 12 Sports 14 Entertainment 18 Brain Candy 22 Classifieds 23 "The tie that binds since 1926" VOLUME XXXVII • ISSUE FOURTEEN • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1996 theWEEKLY Cord WLU Student Publications WLUSU named in OUSA lawsuit MELANIE SEAL the appropriate channels," said that OUSA laid a frivolous, vexatious Cord News Lynn , explaining that a liability suit lawsuit against me," is the focus "The Students' Union has been falls under Laurier s insurance cov- Lehrer's suit. named in a general liability suit as erage. "I will act based on what the WLUSU is named in the suit the result of an affiliation with insurance company solicitor asks of because of its association with OUSA," Joel Lynn, president of me." OUSA. "Laurier is involved because Wilfrid Laurier University Students' When asked if he was concerned they are on the steering committee Union, said at a Students' Union about the lawsuit, Burns replied, for OUSA," Lehrer said. Board meeting on November 7. "No, not at all. Not only is it improp- In the Statement of Claim, Andy Bratu Lehrer is suing for erly done, we know we're in the Laurier's role in the lawsuit is $500,000 and his legal costs. Ofthat, right, and he's in the wrong... The explained. "The plaintiff claims that $40,000 is listed as general dam- accusations he made were so outra- the student associations, alliances, ages, another $40,000 is classified geous. Obviously, we're going about unions, and federations which make as special damages, and $60,000 is this in a methodical way - we take up OUSA, namely the Association of claimed as punitive, aggravated, this matter seriously. At the end of Part-time Undergraduate Students and exemplary damages. Half the the day, I think we'll be on top." at the University of Toronto, the amount of the General Damages is WLUSU is one of eight student Federation of Students at the to be paid to the members of the government organizations named University of Waterloo, the Wilfrid Queen's Alma Mater Society. as defendants by the plaintiff, Andy Laurier University Students' Union, Michael Burns, President of the Bratu Lehrer. "It's a response suit... the Brock University Students' Ontario Undergraduate Student I'm not sure it's technically a coun- Union, the University of Western Alliance, said the claim is a result of tersuit, but it is in response to the Ontario Students' Council, and the an OUSA lawsuit against Lehrer a suit that was laid against me," University of Windsor Students' year and a half ago. Burns feels the Lehrer said. Alliance, as well as Michael Burns, decision to leave was affected by Lehrer originally claimed that are jointly and severally responsible Lehrer's actions throughout the OUSA had issued a fraudulent bud- for the actions of OUSA." Queen's University referendum, get to the Queen's Alma Mater In the Statement, Lehrer claimed which asked students whether or Society during the previously men- that after legal action was threat- not they would like to remain mem- tioned referendum. In his Statement ened by OUSA, he offered to issue bers of OUSA. "Certainly, the actions of Claim served to WLUSU, Lehrer an "unequivocal retraction" of his [Lehrer] took are contributors to stated: "The purpose of issuing a earlier comments providing that Queen's puUing out. Absolutely... fraudulent budget was to hide the OUSA present evidence with respect Financially, it has affected us. It's fact that OUSA occupied it's then to their landlord. "The Plaintiff also a shot at our credibility. His tac- offices at 481 University Avenue claims that this offer was ignored by tics were sleazy," Burns said. without paying rent." the Defendants, proving their bad Lehrer was head of the "No" "The President (of OUSA) wasn't in matter." faith this WLUSU President Joel Lynn tells the Board of Directors about campaign that ran during able to come up with Lehrer claims Queen's a finalized that OUSA threat- the lawsuit against OUSA and the Students' Union. 1994-1995 academic year referen- budget. There were two or three ened him with a lawsuit during the dum. "He was critical of OUSA's drafts written... OUSA wasn't run as spring of 1995, while he was trying ments to the media about the prised if some people from OUSA leanings... he didn't agree with them tightly as it could have been. I think to conclude his studies. This caused Plaintiff and the campaign he led." had said some nasty things about politically. He believed that OUSA it was general sloppiness," Kemp him "undue stress" while his father Still a member of the Alma him," Kemp said. was being shady," said Scott Kemp, said. was dying of cancer. Lehrer also Mater Society legislature at Queen's In the fall of 1993, WLUSU ran a News Editor for the Queen's Lehrer said who was paying claims that Michael Burns, University and a student, Scott referendum question to ask if stu- Journal. OUSA's rent wasn't the underlying President of OUSA, has "made scur- Kemp said that Lehrer's actions are dents wanted to join OUSA The ref- "We have forwarded it through issue of the suit. Rather, "the fact rilous, false, and damaging com- not supported. "I wouldn't be sur- erendum passed. PHOTO FILE Women's Soccer wenteast and came back bronzed Chi k h th t" : : £S®igB»sS«!Bg& -1' ; AV>./afiH I • • [SPOOKY HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR! "■ : : ( : \ THE LAB ASSISTANT IGOR'S SYSTEM THE MAD PROFESSOR THE MONSTER \ ! 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