The Cord Weekly There was a ...last week in explosion... Wilfs Page 26 ,musical _ ...... - * Volume 44 Issue 13 Wednesday November 5, 2003 www.clublaurier.ca The gay Res rescinded Glass, Head of Guidance, After five years, Laurier backs down "Laurier might lose out escapades on good students coming on guaranteed residence policy from small towns." adds Dallas, APRIL CUNNINGHAM scholarships, After that, Peter guidance coun- Six straight guys spend an Staff Writer entry is based (up the sellor at MSS. to tar- lies get total) on average enter- The challenge in adventurous night at the gay bar After five years of maintain- ing grades." effectively predicting the ing- an open-ended residence As a result of this change 'target total' specified in the guarantee for incoming- first in policy, students applying policy. The closer the admin- istration comes to matching year students, Laurier's with an. average below 80% to the administration has decided may not get into residence. the predicted number that this promise lias been actual number of students too hard to keep. applying, the fewer the "There had to be some Change in policy amount of students who kind of qualification." says means students could potentially miss out on David McMurray, Dean of residence. Students and member of the applying with an Anthony Pisciteili, a stu- Enrollment Management average below dent representative on the Committee, which made the Boai'd of Governors, says decision. 80% may not get that since 1998 the current been Every year the school into residence. administration has estimates a target total doing a bad job at predicting amount of students who will enrollment. enroll and seek residence Guidance counsellors at Between 1998 and 2001, space. Wilfrid Laurier's Midland Secondary School, a net total of 962 students Admissions Viewbook for which typically sees a good applied over the estimated 2004 states that Laurier will number of graduates head- target number. That number guarantee residence for stu- ing to Laurier, think this was only 13 between 1992 dents within this targeted may affect students' deci- and 1997. number. "If that target is sions to apply here: "They exceeded, the guarantee still will probably rank Laurier on page 2 applies to all those on entry lower now," says Hillary Continued Men making out was just one of the sights seen when male Cord staff members made their virgin voyage to Club Renaissance. WILBUR MCLEAN Editor-in-chief guy just checked us "Club Renaissance, please." out. In a cramped hall- The dead silence follow- Thatway, single file, waiting ing* the request made to our to pay our $2.50 cover, a old-school taxi driver was club patron leaving- the bar awkward, but not complete- for a cigarette sporting his ly unexpected considering- bleach blonde hair, gave our destination was each of the six of us a look- Kitchener-Waterloo's num- see. It was clear he didn't ber one '•alternative" night- like any of us, though, as club. We were going' to the indicated by the brevity of Laurier Athletics gay bar. Alas, the only word his up-and-down, which did- muttered by the curt, mid- n't evolve into the "I'll- Defensive lineman Justin Shakeli (91) squares off against a Queen's tackle in Saturday's OUA semi- dle-aged man over the entire deposit-hiin in to-the • sav- final. The Hawks won 36-33 in double overtime to advance to the Yate's Cup where they will take ten-minute trip was ings-account-and-make-a- on runningback Jesse Lumsden and the McMaster Marauders. For more on the win, see page 23. "Abstract", correcting* us withdrawal-later-tonight" after a short debate about look, all too well known to the identity of a club we anyone, regardless of their passed 011 the way. bar of choice. So began the night for The homosexuality of Women's hockey coach six heterosexual males split everybody, from the blonde- into two separate cabs, fore- haired smoker to the coat going a typical Saturday check guy to the bouncer night say of keggers, Phil's and who examined our IDs, was fired, sources The Turret in favour of what stereotypically evident. would be an evening of While it's natural to expect WILBUR MCLEAN The Cord Weekly was able week by Bowker. While none transvestites, flaunting'ly everyone in Ren to be gay, Editor-in-Chief to contact Bowker at his of the players were willing' gay shooter guys, dirty old these people were the types Ottawa home early Tuesday, to comment officially, both men and stereotypes both that could easily be picked Reports indicate that but Bowker refused com- Blundy and Djukie were perpetuated and eliminated. out in any crowd as being Laurier Women's Hockey ment when asked about his reinstated following' But first, there was this gay. Coach, Bill Bowker, was situation. Bowker's dismissal, sources taxi driver, giving' us a Being just past 11:30, the fired from, his head coaching A team meeting was within the team said, healthy dose of the cold club was sparse. position late last week. reportedly held over the No official statements shoulder. Pulling into the Smatterings of people were There is no official com- weekend, informing- the have • been posted on the Club Ren parking lot, we on the dance floor, while a ment from Athletics at this players of the decision but Laurier Athletic's website handed over our fare with a few others sat at nearby time as Athletic Director few questions were and all website directives healthy tip included. tables or played pool. A bar- Peter Baxter said "I am not answered at that time. and phone extensions still "Thank you very much, tender soon informed us, at liberty to say right now," The reported termination maintain Bowker as the sir", 1 said in a final attempt however, that the place does- while Athletic Development comes shortly after two head coach. at contact. n't pick up until midnight, Officer Holy Webster direct- players, Merritt Blundy and. The Cord Weekly will have Silence. peaking at 1 am. ed any questions back to Candice Djukic, were cut a full report next week. (continued on page 16) Baxter. from the team early last 2 News Wednesday November 5. ?on3 Democratic forum draws few Few students attend session Wilfrid Laurier University, as other universities. Some of as Directors Piscitelli, Borrelli an institution, has a no- the points that were made by deficit policy. A no-deficit pol- Directors Borrelli ancl and Kumar raise questions concerning university budget icy means that the university Piscitelli included: Laurier isn't allowed to run a deficit finishing' last in the 2002 COLIN DUFFETT Borrelli and Rishi Kumar. As Piscitelli and Borrelli budget and is only one of two McLean's rankings regard- News Editor Their presentation, which pointed out, the long term Ontario universities that are ing first and second year- was accompanied by a hand- debt as of April 30. 2002 was currently running a deficit. class sizes and 19th out of 21 Have you ever wanted to file out, dealt with a variety of $52, 983. 000. As of April 30, The only other university universities when it came to grievances with the Wilfrid topics including the 2003, the University's debt to run a deficit is the third and fourth year classes. Laurier University Students' University Budget, growth will increase to an estimated University of Toronto, which As Dan Herman, WLUSU Union? Ever had concerns within the Laurier communi- $97, 018, 000, These points is currently going through a President noted, the that you wanted to get off ty, the quality of the WLXJ were coupled with the fact major construction and University's slogan your chest? Well, too bad. degree and class sizes. that the University has run a reconstruction phase. "Canadian Excellence," does- You missed your opportuni- In their presentation the deficit for five of the past six The other portion of their n't exactly ring true when ty. Directors shed light on some years. presentation that raised the you are comparing your uni- Thursday, October 30 saw very interesting- issues such The reason why this made most eyebrows was the por- versity to Brock/ Nipissing, the WLUSU Board of as the long-term debt that the for such an important point tion regarding* class sizes Trent and Lakehead, univer- Directors, clad in their gray University has accumulated. in the presentation is because here at Laurier compared to sities that hardly are consid- and orange sweaters, congre- ered among Canada's best. gated in the Concourse for Ironically enough, Laurier what the BOD termed a ranks behind all four univer- Democratic Forum. The point sities in the class size catego- of the Democratic Forum was ry. to allow the undergraduate "If we are going to consid- students of WLU a chance to er ourselves among Canada's voice concerns and allowed best we should be comparing them an opportunity to hear- ourselves to school's like about what the WLUSU Queen's, Western and Board of Directors has been Toronto," said Herman. up to. As well as seeing the pres- WLUSU Board and WLU entation by Piscitelli and Board of Governors member Borrelli, audience members Anthony Piscitelli remarked were also treated to small ses- "it's important to keep the sions by Vice President: student body up to date." University Affairs Meighan Those who put on the Doherty, WLUSU President forum and the few students Dan Herman and the Dean of who attended the forum were Students David McMurray.