THE CORD WEEKLY Volume 29, Number 10 Thursday Nov. 3,1988 Wilfrid Laurier University WLUSU and Feds move to offset Transit strike by Bryan C. Leblanc and depend on the transit system to 7:15 am and 8:15 am and an eve- WLUSU Info Booth. Shane Carmichael believes that Karen Cusak get to and from classes. ning run from 5:00 pm to 10:30. the central issue is student safety. Several different routes will be Students will be charged a He believes that a campaign At a meeting held Tuesday, serviced and the waiting period nominal fee to cover the cost of should be initiated to alert stu- A public transit strike has hit student leaders, university offi- will vary depending on the time the program. The projected cost is dents of possible trouble spots in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and cials, Waterloo police and a local of day. The service will continue approximately $300 per day. the city. "There are students here student organizations at both uni- bus company established a plan for the duration of the strike. In- who have never walked home versities. are taking measures to that would transport students to formation may be obtained at the UW Federation of Students from classes and who are not ensure the safety of students who and from the universities between UW Campus Centre or the V.P.: Operations and Finance aware of the possible trouble spots in the city," said Carmichael. Inspector Miller of the Waterloo Regional Police of- fered advice to students walking home at night He suggested that dark streets be avoided, and that general common sense be utilized when venturing out at night. Miller also warned about the effects of blowing the safety issue out of proportion "I have worked three transit strikes in Toronto and did not notice an increase in sexual attacks or assaults. We must be careful not to over publicize any perceived danger. It could give the prospective per- petrators of crimes some ideas." The striking workers and the city seem to be far from a settle- ment, with the dispute centred around wage issues. Students who have purchased a November bus pass may receive a refund from the WLUSU Info Centre. The pass must be sur- rendered before a refund is given. INSIDE Gridiron Hawks run over Gryphons: The Laurier Football team Let's give the boys a big hand as they travel to London this weekend won a hard fought battle against the Guelph Gryphons Friday, Mustangs don't last to bring the Yates Cup back home to Laurier. Those NEWS prevailing by a margin of 31-24. The game was arguably one of the stand a chance! CORD Photo by Tim Sullivan most entertaining to be seen in Seagram Stadium for quite some time. Universities rot../3 Robin, famous partner of Batman WLUSUprez and Cord EIC swap jobs dies.../3 Municipal candidates take by CORD Staff said. Bird did noi consult the forgo her responsibility on pro- stands News editor Bryan Leblanc on various student issues.../5 WLUSU Board of Directors duction night and either appoint said, "I'm upset because we've job Cord Editor-in-Chief Cori about her involvement in the someone who knew something had to compromise the status of Ferguson and Wilfrid Laurier switch. about editing or leave it vacant. our autonomy as a student paper SCENE Starkey said the content of the ~ University Students' Union Presi- The concert isn't till 9pm she and throw everything into turmoil dent Karen Bird switched posi- newspaper would not be affected. could have had all the editing simply because the EIC wanted to An electic group, the Shuffle "Complete editorial control tions last Tuesday, as part of a done and left nothing but produc- attend a rock concert." Ferguson demons were back at the bomber was never of it. Cori would plan to foster better relations be- part tion to do." last Saturday night../11 have final of tween WLUSU and WLU Stu- a lookover the dent Publications. paper, and all important decisions would be referred to her," he As well, Ferguson was able to LSD makes you smart!? FEATURE see the Stray Cats concert on a added. Cord production night. However, the Cord staff, And the survey says.../24 DENVER, Co. (CUP/CPS) -A majority of Originally, Ferguson had dis- aside from the editorial board, the students at North Carolina's Duke University who have taken LSD get very good cussed the possibility of changing was not informed of the substitute editor until all the plans were grades, a preliminary report on drug use reveals. the Cord production cycle in or- finalized. Sports editor Fifty-four per cent of the students who have used the hal- der to free her Tuesday night Brad SPORTS Lyon said, "It presented fait lucinogen LSD have 3.5 or higher grade point averages. schedule. But after meeting with was a remember it "Duke students seem to be able to juggle drug use with the the Student Publications Board, accompli. I can't if Hawks defend their 1987 Yates voted noL" Other staff ability to keep up their grades," said university health centre offi- Cup at the final decision was to replace was on or this weekend West- members said it had not been cial Robert Gringle. The clinic polled 400 students. em..yi7 her — with the Student Union on. editor Erika Gringle said results are preliminary only. President. voted Features But the Sajnovic said, "None of this was "There's nothing we could say about that connection or lack WLUSP President Chris Swimmers excel at Windsor ever explained to us. It only af- of connection (between drugs and grades)." Starkey said he had been consid- meet.../19 fects Entertainment and News. A July 1988 University of California study found that drug ering staff exchanges between Brad and I are lucky — we don't users of all ages are more likely to drop out of school than their WLUSP, and university Men's soccer team squash Wind- WLUSU have our sections gone over by 'clean' colleagues. administration in order to foster sor and Western in weekend ac- someone who doesn't know what "Drug abusers leave school earlier, start jobs earlier and form cooperation between groups. tion.. Jl9 they're doing." families earlier," University of California at Los Angeles profes- When the idea presented to was Sajnovic continued, "I would sor Michael Newcomb concluded in the study, which was funded board members, "every- WLUSU have preferred if Cori would by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Maryland. body got a big laugh out of it,"he continued on p. 6 The Cord Weekly 2 Thursday, November 3,1988 THE CORD WEEKLY TJews is FUNHI November 3,1988 Come on out and find out... 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