A WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION VOLUME XXX11, ISSUE 4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1991 THE CORD News F eatmre Scene Commenf Sporfs Heads Up Frosh! Freedom — at home Musical Theatre The indispensible The Laurier sports New residence still and around the Laurier produc- Cord Guide to scene — join in on under construc- world p. 18 tion p.21 Froshdom is the fun p,31 tion p.5 here! p.29 2 TMI i CORI3 ' RroAY. SEPTEMBER 6. iq? sr^fe#w ii 3rd floor. Student Union. Building V=" =1884-1360 welcome1 Ski t - : \,; ••>•;- •;£• .. - ~• .••; : . •..,'": ':••• *. : '• ■:... i: "^H- , ;:::;x;x:x:x;x::;x : :;x;x;x\:xvxvx;x::£x'xvx':'x*x':*:vx*:v:'x£'x*:*x":"xv^ ■. v.7.... -ri.: :::': :xW::x ::%':':*:':v:v:v:%vx*:':S:¥x^ or returning! Utilities Days!!! Sept. 10&11 in the Turret from B:3oam to 3:3opm This is your opportunity to sign up for a new bank account (with CIBC, Royal, B of Montreal, Canada Trust, Montreal Trust and National Trust) or sign up with Bell Telephone and Rogers Cable TV service! Beat the rush! Sign up on campus! And introducing... The WLU Students'^ — ====== \ S? _ » II m PP .fI?S m sfs _ cs \student/1! 1 T T 9 & ® & $* 5 j» 5? 5? Sb m #w i? a? w w*s «s w «• #ir *s & m & m »ii*jOw s* s i* «* • v.// &® ® - S ® *jV § I | 'W «W* «s# ©S fife Is? is %sr S %g 5 B \T IK T|7 / I iy RXDAY. SEPTEMBER «5. 1991 THE CORD EDITORIAL PAGE 3 'Higher Education' for $35,000 Alex Why the hell do you want a university education anyway? You'll be asking yourself this question at some time during your tenure at Laurier — so you might as well start now. Sure your answer will change as time goes by, but that's...OK. So, again, why are you coming to university? Normal Reason Number One For Attending University: to get a formal education. This is ac- ceptable, if a wee bit conventional. Normal Reason Number One can also be titled "to get a job" but any graduate who has been forced to go on to post-graduate studies will tell you, it just doesn't work. University educates; it THE CORD doesn't train. The problem is that most people come here to get a formal education, only. As in sitting in class. As in doing assignments. As in writing exams, and getting graded. A Wirid Laurier University Student Publication 75 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ont. N3L 2C5 Grades, diplomas, letters after your name — all these things give you something tangible to Fax:(519)886-9351 show for the $35 000 you'll be laying out over the next three or four years. But where will all this assorted paperwork get you? SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 Nowhere, man. VOLUME XXXII, ISSUE 4 The education that you'll really need is not to be found within classroom confines, at least not very often. Which leads nicely to Normal Reason Number Two For Attending University: to get an EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mark Hand li informal education. NEWS EDITOR... vacant Classes teach you, to some degree, to think, to learn, to manage time, and to force yourself to ASSOCIATE NEWS do things you really would rather not do. But your real education will occur outside the lecture EDITOR Mike van Bodegom halls and labs. SCENE EDITOR .....—.. Charlotte Gravtev ASSISTANT SCENE Suddenly, you have what you've been pining for all through high school: freedom. — EDITOR ....— ............vacant You can go out when you want to and no one asks when you'll be back. Nobody asks ques- SPORTS ED1T0R.....— —..... .. Craig Boucher tions. However, much more importantly, for the first time in your life, there will be no one to give FEATURES ED1T0R...... — Karen Lennox PRODUCTION you the answers to your questions. MANAGER So, now you're free from interference ~ and guidance. You are on your own. >|2|'/ .'''' * i:, ''*■ z"'-''i Of course, everyone has to go through this process sooner or later, this 'growing-up thing', as Production Assistants: Niki Westman George Bush might term it. Your big break at university is that you can opt for later, rather than sooner. Coming to Laurier (or one of those other universities) gives you, first, the freedom to find out just who you are and Classified Co-ordlnator vacant could be. also the freedom Circulation ancJ PiilriQ....... vacant who you Coming to university gives you from the grinding pressures of Editors »•»«««•»*«*«»>•»>•••»•Jennifer O'Connell the real world, or at least a bit of breathing room. What a deal. Freedom to, and freedom from. The sad bit is that most of you won't take ad- vantage of it. You'll breeze through, pick degree, and relegate the university experience CONTRIBUTORS: up your to Fred Nichols, Fisher Sheffield, Tony Burke, Terry that dusty file labelled 'Glory Days'. For those of you that choose this path (Normal Reason Num- Grogan, Roxanne Chartrand, Jason, Davis, Chris ber One, to be sure), you really don't know what you'll be missing. Read, Chris Skalkos, and anybody J missed in my So when it comes time to get out in the so-called "real-world" and people ask you what delerium. you did Production: Tony Burke, Tom Szeibel, Steve in university, and all you have to offer back is a yellowed peice of parchment and a blank stare, Burke, Art Garfunkel, and Jennifer "ads are now my you'll realize that you really did nothing after all. life" Laidlaw. For those of you that take the less-travelled path (Normal Reason Number Two), your choice Photo: Tom Szeibel, Chris Skalkos, Harvey Luong, and a whole bunch of other people. really will make all the difference. Meet people, meet friends, make enemies, build up, break down, drink, abstain...all these things will help you grow. And that's what Reason Number Two is all STUDENT PUBLICATIONS about. SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN Rick Dales So one more — you want a anyway? PHOTO MANAGER Lisa Darling time why do university education Photo Technicians: Ward Black -»■» Pier Paul Overduin Graphic Arts Technician vacant ADVERTISING: MANAGER... Peter Matiss BOARD OF DIRECTORS Blues Fraser Kirby, President Devin Krueger John McHutchbn Greg Chang Allan Lee vacant vacant Artinger Nick Jimenez (ex officio) INQUIRIES: 884-2990 (Editorial) University 884-5092 (Advertising). National advertising by Campus J.R. Plus: (416) 481-7283. Theby The Cord welcomes all things from our readers that you can manage to getpast the vicious penguins who guard our office: letters, stories, pic- tures, spiced herring. Please submit Letters to the Editor typed and double-spaced by Tuesday at noon for the following publication. We can only print letters that bear the author's real name, telephone number, and I.D. number (if applicable), but we won't print this stuff if you don't want us to. AH submissions become the property of The Cord and we reserve the right to edit and refuse any submissions, because we can. Further- mca®, The Cord will not print anything considered to be sexist, racist or homophobic in nature by the staff as a votingbody, or which is in viola- tion of our code of ethics,creed, or won't fit into'our secret agenda. Eight month, 24 issue Cord subscription rates are: $20.00 for ad- dresses within Canada and $25 outside the country, except for the South Pole (our penguins are ex-patriots). Co-op students may subscribe at a Dear Editor, buy the same hat without the logo for only $12 (individual rate of $10 per four month work term. As someone who purchase). you order bulk (as does), The offices of The Cord are scrunched between the Turret and finds it necessary on even the best of If in the university Wilfs, making it really hard to concentrate when you're thirsty. The days to wear a hat to work, I naturally assume it would be logo included, you can buy the identical hat for a stagger- Cord m.ptiated the cbffee drinkingpeople at the Cambridge Rq^orter. very collegiate of me to sport a Laurier hat. ing 12 bucks. Kind of makes you wonder, eh? A 100% The Cord is published once a week during the fall and winter terms, I went & may the Lord have mercy on our souls. The Cord is a member of the to Purple Gold the other day in order to do mark-up all in the name of the illustrious golden hawk. OntarioCommunity Newspaper Association, and darn, proud ofit just that. Much to my chagrin, I found out that a Laurier I am incredibly proud of our school and all of its tradi- Copyright (c) WLU Student 75 1991 by Publications, University baseball hat (of the Harpur's variety) was going to cost me tions. I would even hazard to say .that at times I'm some- Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5. No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission of the Editor-in-Chief. $28.1 bought the hat, but became increasingly angry as the what of a fanatic. It's too bad, however, that I will no Oh man it's late, if this thing actually makes it to press it'll be a day progressed. longer be able to afford to do anything about it. miracle. Yawn. $28 for a baseball hat is absolutely ludicrous. You can Nick Jimenez ri l l.i CXSKIU FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER <5, 1 4 LETTERS & WHINES Cord is arrogant Dear Editor, simply whining and complaining, it is a proactive When I heard of the demise of Question of the and positive force.