The Cord WeeklyThe tie that binds since 1926 GUNS N' ART LEARNING LAURIER FRINGE BENEFITS Artist Jamie Owen's exhibition Take the test: how well do you know The Cord previews the annual criticizes violence ... PAGE 25 Laurier? ... PAGES 14-15 WLU FRINGE festival ... PAGE 24 Volume 48 Issue 18 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16,2008 www.cordweekly.com Ladies dominatebattle ofWaterloo Golden Hawks 'showed a lot of depth' in lopsided victories over the Warriors in back-to-back games this past weekend SYDNEY HELUND SURE SHOT - Kaley Powers (16) and Kate Psota (7) watch as Powers' shot flies toward the net. Jenna Plezter, goalie, deflected the puck only for Powers to score on the rebound. LAUREN MILLET the Warriors 40-17 with second- It wasn't just one line scoring; it the pace and play of the game, they "Generally Waterloo is a pretty SPORTS EDITOR year goalie Liz Knox earning the was pretty much everyone getting couldn't seem to penetrate Pletzer. dirty team, so whenever we have shutout. in on the action." "It was a tough, rugged first pe- a double-header against a tough The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks Sunday, fourth-year netminder While keeping their own end riod, but I was proud of the robust- team like that we have to make sure continued their annihilation of Morgan Wielgosz saw only 13 shots clear of their opponents, Bevan ness of our team," said Head Coach that we're playing with intensity, OUA women's hockey last week- while WLU pounded Warriors' came away with a goal and an as- Rick Osborne. yet maintaining our composure," end, overpowering their cross- goalie Jenna Pletzer with 52. sist on Saturday, and an assist on "It was simply a matter of time said fifth-year Captain Lauren Me- town rivals, the Waterloo Warriors, "We played really well, compared Sunday. for us, however, and the key was schino. "I think we did that really with a combined score of 10-1 over to previous games against them," In Sunday afternoon's contest, the powerplay in the third period. well." the two games. said fourth-year defender Andrea the first period went scoreless, and In a 2-0 game, the next goal is really On Saturday, the Hawks outshot Bevan. "We showed a lot of depth. while the Hawks were controlling huge." - SEE HOCKEY, PAGE 10 WLUSP's inaugural OpenForum Presidential and Board of Directors candidates answered questions from sparse crowd yesterday SHANNON FARRELL at the WLUSP Annual General RYAN STEWART STAFF WRITER Meeting. PUPILS ON PARADE - Students gather for the annual Winter Carnival experience on Laurier's campus. The forum, moderated by WLU- Yesterday marked the first ever SU VP: Marketing Ross Fraser, Open Forum for theWilfrid Laurier opened with the directorial ques- University Student Publications tion and answer period, featuring Winter Carnival hysteria hits (WLUSP) presidential and Board Eric Chow, Brendan McGill and of Directors (BOD) elections, tak- Bryn Ossington, three of the five ing place on campus in the 24-hour candidates vying for four board po- Annual week-long Laurier event began Monday and runs until Saturday Lounge. sitions. Janice Lee and LuaySalmon The forum allowed students the were absent. VICTORIA KENNEDY Carnival, which carried the theme table group at WLU - painted their wore KFC buckets on opportunity to ask questions of STAFF WRITER of '"Around the World" was called faces black, candidates running for the presi- - FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, into question following an inci- their heads and carried novelty- dential and director positions for SEE FORUM, PAGE 5 Winter Carnival at Laurier is an dent in which one group of stu- sized joints, while representing the 2008-2009 school year. annual week-long event which al- dents expressed derogatory ste- themselves as Team Jamaica. a minority group The elections will be taking place - FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND BOD lows all students to display their reotypes towards at 7 pm on Monday, January 21 in INFORMATION, school spirit. through their costume choice. - SEE CARNIVAL, PAGE 2 the Senate and Board Chambers SEE PLATFORMS PAGE 6 However, the spirit of last year's The Water Buffaloes a chari- 2 News WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16,2008 ■ THE CORD WEEKLY The Cord Weekly - The tie that binds since 1926 - phone: (519) 884-1970 ext.3564 fax:(519)883-0873 costs email: [email protected] The ofcopyright The Cord Weekly 75 UniversityAvenue West ALISON GRENKIE ing fees to authors after their work has been page." Waterloo, Ontario STAFF WRITER printed. Based on his extensive work in the Copy Cen- N2L 3C5 Access Copyright executive director Mau- tre, Laurie believes this may be one of the rea- WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 2008 It's that timeof year again, when students cam- reen Cavan clarifies her organization's role. sons why some professors choose to work with VOLUME 48 ISSUE 18 pus-wide can be heard griping and moaning "It's pretty difficult for individuals to call any alternative printing services. Next Issue: January23 over the cost of books. individual publisher, any individual creator, He suggests that Kinko's may not follow the While some students will buy and sell used and ask ifthey can make material copies of their same guidelines for charging copyright fees. QUOTE OF THE WEEK textbooks on their own, the majority still go works. So it's a collective to make that easy, a Located on University Ave., Kinko's charges "That's an interesting thought...l've never through the Laurier Bookstore in one form or service to the industry and the education sec- $0.11 in copyright fees, per page. done it?" another - be it through the Bookswap, the Book tor," Cavan told the Canadian University Press. Marios Saluszewski, Kinko's Assistant Man- - Features Editor Dave crying with hard-on. Shore, on a Buyßack Program or the shelves ofthe store. Zybala explains that at Laurier "we are re- ager, estimates that the store prints just over 20 Course packages, notoriously difficult to quired to record every article that we reproduce Laurier course packages per term. WORD OF THE WEEK buy or sell used, are also distributed by the in every pack, which on average is approxi- Saluszewski claims that the key selling point Trepidation - tremulous fear, alarm or agitation; as if cam- Bookstore. mately 3500 articles per term." for printing with Kinko's is the speed at which pus events unfold a certain way within thenext week. Mike Zybala, the Bookstore's Manager ofAca- The Bookstore pays royalties on all of this they fill orders, usually within 24 to 48 hours. CONTRIBUTORS demic Materials, estimates that the cost of pro- material, and Zybala says they charge students In contrast, Laurie says that the Copy Centre ducing a course pack is made up of 60 percent accordingly. asks professors to have their materials selected Michelle Attard AlexandraHoward Greg Sacks Ellse Cotter Daniel Joseph Mara Silvestri some students are how approximately six weeks before for Ashley Doodnauth , Victoria Kennedy Greetha Thurairajah copyright fees and 40 percent printing fees. Yet unhappy with classes the Shannon Farrell Allie Maxted Laura Tompkins Raymond Glu Stephanie McEnery Sarah Topple Copy Centre Coordinator Rob Laurie also much these course packs are costing them. new term begin. Alison Grenkie Andrea Millet Ryan Stewart Kevin Hatch Jamie Neugebauer Rebecca Vasluianu Shivani a stu- The Access rate is $0.10 Jennifer Rae points out delivery and shelving costs, though Tripathi, second-year business Copyright currently he agrees that the largest cost incurred is the dent, recalls paying just over $45 for a 13-page cents a page, a penny less than a Kinko's. How- WLUSP STAFF copyright fees. course package last term. ever, this is a large leap from what Zybala esti- and copy- "I can't what would cause some- mates may have been a $0,035 rate in 2000. Copy Editing Manager Caitlin Henderson At universities colleges in Canada, imagine Copy Editors Ariel Kroon right fees are paid to an organization called Ac thing so small to cost so much," she says. "There has been a significant increase over Meredith Barrett Marissa Newfeld cess Copyright, a group that distributes licens- "It worked out to be over three dollars per the past couple of years," Zybala observes. Emily Slofstra Kendra Howard He attributes this to increases in publishing Miriam Cunningham which may result.from the rising IT Manager Bryan Willey fees, trend for Distribution Manager Nicole Laouataris professors to pull together customized material Production Assistant Christine Parent rather than simply requiring textbooks. This means losses for the publishers, who inflate WLUSP ADMINISTRATION royalty fees in order to make up the difference. President Keren Gottfried With all of these fees, Debohra Da Costa, In- VP: Advertising ...... Angela Foster VP: Brantford Dan Schell terim Director of Bookstore and Printing Ser- Chair of the Board Colin LeFevre Vice Chair Rafiq Andani vices, says that the Laurier Bookstore will usu- Board of Directors . Ryan Clubb Rachel Crawford ally break even on course packages. When it comes time to order textbooks, ADVERTISING instructors will most often deal with • sales " representatives. '' Alladvertising inquiriesshould be directed to VP: Advertising Angela Foster at "There are a number offaculty who will con- 884-0710, ext. 3560 [email protected] tact the bookstore before making decisions to research the pricing," Zybala says. COLOPHON Zybala added that the Bookstore also tries to materials that stand Ihe Cord Weekly is theofficial student newspaper of keep an eye open for any theWilfridLaurier University community. out as being over-the-top. book Started in 1926 as the College Cord, The Cord Weekly is an Zybala elaborates, "If a is two-hundred editorially independent newspaper published by Wilfrid Laurier University Student Publications, Waterloo, a some-odd dollars we will notify [the instructor] corporation without share capital.