_, , .... ■1 sSpQKtS: MF„ m ,U. J , ~ , ... Feature A brief Exploring Athletic history of Ontario's Complex Waterloo it topless © to get 1j II Region derate face-lift Jl iJ the "The tie that binds since 1926" Wednesday, July 30,1997 WLU Student pubucations Cord VOLUME XXXVIII • ISSUE THREE Hillside Music Festival University president appointed KATHERINE HARDING CordNews A new era will be swept in at Laurier on September 1, when Dr. Robert Rosehart becomes this University's fifth president and vice chancellor. The position became available community external to the universi- earlier this year when Dr. Lorna ty Marsden accepted an appointment While president of Lakehead, as president at York University. Rosehart directed major initiatives Marsden, who became YVLU's including the development of that president in 1992, will continue on university's academic and strategic as University president until this plans, and several capital expansion Thursday. In the interim, Laurier's projects. He also presided over two VP: Academic, Dr. Rowland Smith fundraising campaigns that gener- will serve as acting president. ated $32.4 million for Lakehead. Rosehart's appointment was Since his appointment, Rosehart announced June 25th by Jerry has visited Laurier s campus several Young, chair of the times to prepare University's Board of for his new leader- Governors. ship role. Young said in his "After every announcement that, visit, I leave with "Dr. Rosehart has three inches of an excellent blend of reading material... leadership skills and I'm being briefed academic creden- by a number of tials that will lend groups on cam- themselves well to pus," Rosehart the unique environ- commented. LYNCH ment at Laurier." Stew Wong, Young added Students' Union that Rosehart "has president, said, STERLING an excellent grasp of "Dr. Rosehart is the issues that con- Dr. Robert (Bob) Rosehart extremely PHOTO: front post-secondary approachable and education and possesses the ability congenial. He will certainly be an STERLING LYNCH a powerful set of simple, witty, and Colin James: Just one of the to lead the University superbly." asset to Laurier." Cord Entertainment intelligent songs as the Friday many performers at Hillside. Bringing 13 years of experience Rosehart is a graduate of the With the summer, the sun. and the night headlines An excellent song- as Lakehead University's president University of Waterloo, where he mosquitoes, come the music festi- writer and an great entertainer, The one element, unique to to his new position, Rosehart is, holds BSc, Msc, and PhD degrees in vals. Like summer itself, these fes- Dan Bern is a must see if he ever many summer festivals which I "excited about this new challenge." Chemical Engineering. He is mar- tivals are often a double-edged wanders through the K-W area. To most enjoy are the intimate work- Rosehart said in a telephone ried with three children. sword. They oiler some great tal- put it simply, he impressed me. He shop sets. Basically, a group ofper- interview from Thunder Bay that he ent, a chance for a good time but, was a greatstart to the festival. formers are thrown together on a is, "impressed by the people and with hours and hours of & week- Kinnie Starr gave an excellent, small stage and asked to jam and community at Laurier" end to fill, they often fall short. but short performance on the festi- involve the audience. When the "Laurier is an academically This past weekend I attended val main stage Sunday afternoon. workshops work, they are an strong and distinctive institution, Inside the Hißside Festival, which occurs The majority of the material she incredible experience which the and that my challenge will be to International . .4 annually on the last week of July performed at Hillside existed in the concert go-er can not get any- reinforce our identity and to build Opinion 5 The where else. festival, located in the Guelph space where hip-hop and electron- on our strengths," Rosehart said. 6 Lake Conservation Area, offers a ic music meet. The vibe was mel- Unfortunately, a number of During his tenure, Rosehart Studentlife weekend of music, camping, and low, her lyrical compositions com- Hillside's workshops were nothing would like to concentrate on student Feature .8 other odds and ends. y : plex, and her energy contagious. It more than performances in a recruitment and accessibility, devel- Sports 10 Dan Bern, cut from the was a great performance. Kinnie opment of research and science Entertainment... 12 singer/songwriter cloth, performed Starr is another must see. Continued • See Summer page 13 | programs, fundraising, and building Arts 15 up relationships with the broader cordnews News Bites Summer I.C.E. week Students integrate business skills VP:ActingFinance appointed by in case-study competition TONY TSAI rent. The case itself had several embarrassing suggestions to improve I.C.E." outgoing Cord News spelling and grammar mistakes (the infamous Despite complaints, the general consensus If you happened to venture into the Peters "refer to the sex reports" quote). from the students was that I.C.E. week was President Building during the third week of July, you "It really sucked that it was a seven year not really that bad. would have witnessed a sight that would drive old case," chimed one third year student who "I had a great time" claimed yet another On June 13th, out-going University terror into the hearts of even the bravest of wishes to remain anonymous. "This is I.C.E third year student who wished to remain President Lorna Marsden announced the people. Hundreds of business students roam- week, it's supposed to be our chance to work anonymous, "I had a good group, we weren't appointment of Dr. Robin Armstrong to the ing the halls and classrooms huddled tightly in on a real Case and contribute our solutions to too competitive, and everyone got along. It position of Acting Vice-President: Finance groups, laptops clutched in hand, eyes shifty, a real problem for a company that wants a wasn't a strictly academic process, rather it and Administration. Armstrong will be whispering words like "synergy," "proactive," solution." was more about learning how to work well assisted by Mr. Robert Byron, former Chief and "paradigm shift." "The case was seven years old, it's already with other people under pressure and under- Administrative Officer of the City of No, this was not the invasion of the pod been solved and the issues are irrelevant to us standing group dynamics." Waterloo. people, this was I.C.E. week. today." said another third year student who Every business student in their last term of .Armstrong holds a doctoral degree in For students involved in the Integrated refused to be identified. third year is required to participate in I.C.E. physics from the university of Toronto and Case Exercise (1.C.E.), it was a week of intense Other complaints included the lack of pro- week. Ten per cent of their marks for every has held many academic and administra- group work, lots of frustration, and a hefty fessionalism exhibited by some of the internal third year business core course is based on tive postings. lie was Dean of the Faculty amount of uncontrolled giddiness near, or board members because they were dressed their performance in I.C.E. of Arts and Science at the university of about, 3 a.m. the morning of the report's casually during the presentations. This is the nineteenth year I.C.E. week has Toronto from 1982 until 1990. He was deadline. "We get complaints every year," noted been run. Wilfrid Laurier is the only school in President of The University of New I.C.E. is a large scale case study involving Jane Osborne, who is responsible for the North America which offers such an experi- Brunswick from 1990-1996. Armstrong all the functional areas of business adminis- administration and preparation of I.C.E. "It's ence. will serve from July 1 until December 31, tration (Finance, Marketing, Operations, and very difficult to find a case that satisfies the 1997 on a part time basis. Organizational Behavior) and is based on a needs of over a hundred students; we're I.C.E. week winners: (L-R) Jason Byron will serve until December 31st, real life situation. Stress levels soar as groups bound to get some complaints," she adds; "yet Guiricich, Krista Neila, David Gardiner, 1997 on a full-time basis. He brings over of five to six randomly chosen students are despite all the complaints, we hardly ever get Amanda Tausendfreund, Walter McNally. 31 years of management experience to formed and given a case to solve in five days. Laurier and has expertise in municipal Apart from the written case report, stu- government, real estate development and dents are required to give a presentation on intergovernmental affairs. their solution to an internal board comprised of professors in the School of Business and Economics (SBE). After the initial presenta- Deer Ridge tions, five groups are selected to go on to finals where they present their solutions to an Golf Club external board comprised of industry repre- sentatives, or those connected with the case. A winner is then chosen and is awarded with establishes some sort of prize (this year it was sweat- shirts) and a full 10/10 mark for I.C.E. entrance award This year the winners of I.C.E week were The Deer Ridge Charitable Foundation has Amanda Tausendfreund, Walter McNally, presented laurier $30,000 for the estab- David Gardiner, Jason Guiricich, and Krista lishment of an endowed bursary that will Neila.