LAURIER STUDENT PUBLICATIONCORD VOLUME XXXIII ISSUE 26 MARCH 18 1993 A THEWILFRID Term ending pressure INSIDE News Lautier's future debated. page 3 Sports Domlnlqulsh slam dunks page 13 Feature Computer crash course page IB Entertainment Chomsky's Consent powerful,.....page 21 Comment Reeling from registration page 29 THE CORD 2 Advertisement Thursday, March 18. 1993 LIVE] ARE YOU REGISTERED ... I (THURSDAY MARCH 18.) TONITE FOR THE RACE OF THE YEAR: "FINAL EXAMS" help in any of the following: x Would you like — >S^~N I a&nx < ~\ — Bar )I "those end of the year projects and essays? rfru inn FREE Nacho t "preparing for finals in difficult subjects? ■ 11 I "cramming everything you need to get done I DOOR into your already overloaded schedule? PRIZES "relieving some of that anxiety and stress? 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It dealt with OUSA because it treats education issues such as budget cutbacks as a privilege, and not a right. and restructuring, as well as Johnson said that there should Laurier's vision for the future. be a progressive introduction of A high degree of student apa- free education, and that an in- thy could be seen in the numbers of come-contingent loan repayment empty seats at approximately ten plan would negatively impact those o'clock, when the teach-in began. students who can least afford it. Relatively small increases in at- Concerns were also raised tendance could be observed for the about the fact that Laurier has remainder of the morning session. about a $ 14 million surplus, but is Concerns about Laurier's in- still serving the faculty, staff and creasing costs were high on the students with budget cutbacks. agenda. There were also questions Dr. Thomas Hueglin, Politi- about where Laurier is heading in cal Science faculty member, said the future. that he questions why Laurier has The Ontario Undergraduate to react to government budget cuts Student Alliance (OUS A) attempts in the same way as do other uni- to address the economic concerns versities that are not in a surplus with a new vision for the future. position. Alexandra Stangret, Vice-Presi- Hueglin said that the possibil- dent University Affairs, was a ity of using these surplus funds, panelist in favour of OUSA. which were set aside for a "rainy The teach-in, while being well advertised had a pitiful attendance. Photo: Mark Hand OUS A wants to implement an day", should be considered now Marsden said that Laurier's the future. Laurier needs to ques- The teach-in provided the op- income-contingent loan repay- that Laurier has hit tough times. vision should be decided collec- tion who its clients are and how it portunity for members of the Lau- ment plan for Laurier students. Dr. Lorna Marsden,President tively, keeping in mind that uni- wishes to grow into the future. rier community to open a dialogue The plan would take into account of WLU, introduced a discussion versities are an important part of Christina Craft, President of on various issues of concern. the degree to which education re- on Laurier's vision for the future. civil society. As well, universities the WLU Students' Union, said More questions were raised ceived at Laurier is reflected in Marsden said that Laurier> should maintain intellectual au- that Laurier is becoming more than were answered, which clearly post-graduate jobs. ancestors had a clear idea of the tonomy, and, as far as possible, government oriented, and that she demonstrates the necessity for this Stangret said that the concept vision they wanted. They envi- autonomy from bureaucratic insti- envisions students becoming more kind of exercise at Laurier. In or- of cost-free education is unrealis- sioned asmall, intimate, academi- tutions. involved, aware and active. Craft der to provide clear and compre- tic and cannot be taken seriously. cally strong university, and Dr. Donald Baker VP: Aca- said that she encourages students hensive answers, Laurier's gov- Instead, OUS Amaintains that con- Marsden said that Laurier is all demic, said that Laurier's self- to use the Students' Union as their erning bodiesmustfirstknow what centration should be placed on re- these things. conception is key to its vision for government. the questions are. VP: Academicreveals the factsbehind smaller classes Steve Doak Cord News approximately 10,170 BlU's, By being underfunded to this ex- for different degrees have been same number of courses as they which is approximately three per- tent, WLU will be more likely to noticeably decreased. Fewer have in the past is because of the cent higher than what the govern- receive a larger amount of money courses are needed for each stu- increased costofprofessors, Baker Laurier students and faculty ment funds us for. when the government increases its dent, and a smaller selection of said. have been complaining about Laurier currently has a high budget foruniversities, Baker said. courses is needed overall, Baker Since the last agreement with cutbacks throughout the univer- proportion of general students and Laurier currently has a high said. the faculty, professors have been sity. The cause of the problem is fewer honours students than other proportion of general students and The smaller selection of required to teach five courses each that the government is funding universities. By increasing the fewer honours students than other courses costs the university less to rather than six courses, which was the university for fewer students number of honours students, the universities. By increasing the pro- operate than more courses would. the case before the agreement was than actually attend here, Don administration will increase the portion of honours students, the Fewer courses combined with made. Baker said. BIU level of the university. administration will increase the an increase in the size of the stu- The agreementalso includes a Baker is the Vice-President: The administration plans to BIU level of the university. This dent body has led to larger class yearly incremental increase in the Academic at Laurier. maintain the enrollment at this will make the need for funding sizes. salaries of professors. Professors The government funds uni- point in order to be atthe top ofthe more apparent to the government. The principle reason the uni- now teach fewer courses for more versities in increments called Ba- government's "funding corridor". In recent years, requirements versity cannot afford to offer the money than they did in the past. sic Income Units (BIU). One BIU is calculated as the approximate cost of a first year student in arts attending a year of courses. This Grogan violates election council's policy works out to about five thousand Ingrid Nielsen Cord News to Terry can be better prepared tained candidates' platforms. decided against disqualifying dollars. than the other candidates for the These platforms had been submit- Grogan from the election. Currently, Laurier has one of Terry Grogan, senator candi- open forum on Thursday," said ted for publication in the upcoming The election policy states that the lowest average BIU ratings in date, has been fined by the elec- Dave Bigoni, Students' Union di- issue of the Cord. a candidate can be disqualified for the province. The average BIU of tion council for accessing com- rector. In a letter to the election coun- a violation of the by-laws. If the students at WLU is 1.46. Other puter dies holding other candi- The election council met to cil, Grogan said, "I checked my candidate violates three by-laws, universities range from 1.42 at dates' platformson March 15, in discuss the charge on March 16. platform...then I looked at four or she or he is automatically dis- Ryerson to 1.99 at Queen's. The the Cord offices. The council unanimously voted five other platforms...And then I qualified. average for Ontario is 1.72. "So essentially, itcomes down for the motion to fine Grogan thought"You know, this is kind of "The only way that I could Laurier currently enrolls ap- $24.00. This is the maximum fine unethical", so I stopped going down really disqualify him [Grogan] is proximately 10,600 BlU's of stu- for a first violation. It is 30percent the list." if we charged him with each plat- dents. The government funds the of the allowable personal cam- Ryan Feeley, Art Director for form he viewed as a violation," university for about 9,870 BlU's.