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Lacrosse nets sixth goldThe Golden Hawks stamped themselves as the dominant force in the OUA as the team go undefeatedfor the second year in a row, defeating the Toronto Varsity Blues and Western Mustangs for the top title

LAUREN MILLETSPORTS EDITOR

The clouds parted and the sun be-gan to shine on Sunday just as theGolden Hawks women's lacrosseteam took to the field looking to

prove they truly are the class of theOUA. And what the fans witnessedwas the Hawks dancing their wayto their sixth consecutive OUA goldmedal with a 12-5 victory over theQueen's Gaels.

"Teamwork," commented HeadCoach Lynn Orth on the reason fortheir perennial success. "Everybodyis on the same page on the team,they all support each other, they alltrust each other, and the result is awinning team."

The Gaels came out with onething in mind: knocking the Hawksoff their perch atop the OUA, andthey netted the first score earlyin the first half. What ensued wasa back-and-forth battle, with theHawks working hard to keep pacewith a very determined Gaelsoffence.

"Against a strong team we alwaysstart out that way, we can even be

down a couple goals, but we knowwe will be able to keep playing ourgame and we will take charge,"commented Orth.

Third-year midfielder KristenSarson finally gave the Hawks thelead for the first time; and theywould never relinquish that lead.While the Gaels managed to tie itat four, the Hawks simply poweredaway for the rest of the half, endingit 8-4.

"The top four teams are reallyclose, we had good competition inthe semi-finals and today, they re-ally gave us a run for our money,"commented fourth-year attackAmy Fincham. "Our game plan isjust to come out hard, and justplayour best game. The way we canwork together, we can always bring[the game] back."

Fincham, playing the last game ofher purple and gold career, finishedstrongly with two goals in theirsemi-final match against Toronto,and three goals for the Hawks intheir gold-medal game.

The second half opened with a

Gaels defence braced for the on-

coming Hawks attack and, while

they were able to hold them off atfirst, relentless pressure by the of-fence and an amazing performanceby rookie goalkeeper Hanna Bur-nett proved too much for the Gaels,and the Hawks ran away to a 12-5win.

"Our team dynamic is amazing,coming into the game, we kneweveryone was out to get us," saidveteran attack Kirsten Gerrie. "Wedidn't win any major awards, butthe biggest award was getting ev-eryone a gold medal."

Gerrie finished the game andher Golden Hawks career with fourpoints: a goal and three assists. Shealso had two goals against the Var-sity Blues.

The Hawks opened the weekendtournament with a meeting againsttheToronto Varsity Blues. They dis-posed of that opponent, soaring toa 13-9 victory thus advancing themto the gold-medal game against theGaels.

"A lot of us grew up playing to-gether, and I think that makes ahuge difference," said second-yearattack Braedyn O'Rahilly. "Wejust genuinely all like each other,

and that shows up on the field."O'Rahilly had three goals and oneassist against the Gaels, while post-ing two goals and three assistsagainst the Blues the previous day.

"It feels great," concludedO'Rahilly. "This is the first time I'vebeen able to hold up my fingerswith six. I like it."

Looking forward, the future ofHawks lacrosse appears a little lesscertain. "We have seven graduatingplayers, and they are all awesome,"said Orth. "They take the lead andare able to take control on the field,and that makes a difference."

"Hopefully the tradition contin-ues in terms of teamwork," Orthadded about losing the graduatingplayers.

Fincham displayed confidencein leaving the team in the handsof the younger athletes. "We havesome amazing skill coming intothis year."

When asked what the youngerHawks will need to do to continuetheir winning ways, shereplied thatthey need to "just keep working offeach other to learn and keep work-ing together."

LAURA TOMKINS

LAURIER DYNASTY - [From left] Kelly Bedore, Heather McHardy, Brittney Boynton, Amy Fincham and Kirsten Gerrie display their winning trophy.Women's lacrosse proved their superiority over the rest of the OUA with their sixth consecutive championship victory since 2003.

WLUSUelectionreformposedRanked ballotingsystem turned downby WLUSU board

REBECCA VASLUIANUNEWS EDITOR

The Wilfrid Laurier Univer-sity Students' Union (WTUSU)Board of Directors (BOD) re-jected a proposal of ballot re-form towards a ranked votingsystem at Friday's meeting.

.The motion was put forthby Director Michael Lockhart,chair of the Elections ReviewCommittee, as a result of re-search the group had done onthe organization of ballots forfuture WLUSU elections.

The motion put forth theconcept of a ranked ballotingsystem where voters would beallowed to express preferencebetween candidates.

Some directors criticized it,saying that a ranked ballot sys-tem would result in confusionthat would drive students awayfrom voting.

"Basically a ranked ballotingsystem allows voters to expresspreferences for who gets elect-ed. Instead of just having thesingle line of dots on the sheetwhere they fill up to 15, they'dbe able to say this person is myfirst choice, this is my second allthe way down to the bottom,"Lockhart explained.

Two ranked balloting sys-tems were presented to theboard: single transferrable vote(STV) and board account. STVwas the method recommendedby the committee because, ac-cording to Lockhart, the systemis more representative sincethere are no wasted votes.

STV is a new ballot reformin which the leading candidatewould need to receive a certainthreshold of votes to be elected.After one person has been elect-ed, the surplus votes for thatcandidate would go towardsthe voter's second choice. Thiswould continue until enoughcandidates have reached therequired number of votes.

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Directors divided overpepper spray statementLegal counsel will be consulted regarding the implications of the WLUSU Board of Directors' positionJEREMY TREMBLAYNEWS EDITOR

At last Friday's WilfridLaurier Uni-versity Student Union (WLUSU)Board of Directors (BOD) meet-ing, the board decided to await in-formation from legal counsel be-fore issuing a statement regardingSpecial Constable Services (SCS)being authorized to carry pepperspray.

Regardless of what decision ismade, the board's statement hasno official power. Approving SCSto carry pepper spray is a matter ofuniversity governance.

Discussion and debate on issu-ing a statement followed a presen-tation by Ted Carroll, president ofPolicingand SecurityManagementServices Inc., which had been con-tracted by WLU to prepare a con-sultant's report on pepper sprayand SCS for the university.

The report contained threatand risk assessments, a feasibilitystudy on the use of pepper spray,the mandate of special constablesand the neighbourhood aroundthe university.

It has not been released to the

public.Board members were divided on

whether or not the board shouldendorse, condemn or make aneutral statement regarding SCSbeing authorized to carry pepperspray. Although the board couldhave chosen to not make a state-ment, this option received littlediscussion.

"I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION

FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE GIVEN THAT

IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION

THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SORT OF

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS INVOLVED,"

- Jon Champagne, WLUSU boardmember

Eventually, the mention ofpossible legal implications of astatement was made by WTJJSUPresident Colin Le Fevre.

"If we don't make a decisionit would be a disservice to thestudents," noted Director MikeOberle.

Despite some directors' com-ments urging the board to make astatement, fear of legal action pre-vented the board from agreeing ona statement.

"To make a neutral statement isthe best option right now, becauseit's not harming us in any way,"said Director Sunny Chan.

Paul Laanamets, a fourth-yearbusiness studentwho was a directoron the board lastyear, said that hewas disappointedby the board'sdecision to referthe issue to legalcounsel.

"I would liketo have seen themrule in one wayor the other andnot take a neutral

stance. It's an issue that's beingtalked about a lot now. Studentshave become engaged in this par-ticular issue," he said.

"They owe it to students to letthem know what theWLUSU pos-ition would be."

Members of theboard, however,

defended the decision to send thematter to counsel.

"I think it was the right decisionfor the board to make given that itwas brought to our attention thatthere may be some sort of legalimplications involved," noted Dir-ector Jon Champagne.

"Do I personally think that thesituation exists? No. Probably not,

but I'm not a lawyer. No one on theboard is a lawyer."

Director Andrew Fryer, who wasadvocating for the board to issue aneutral statement, noted that themeeting served as a learning op-portunity for directors.

"1 think it was a prudent deci-sion by the board although per-haps unnecessary. I think that theboard in the future will probablyhammer out these ideas and askfor the input of legal counsel be-fore the board meeting. These areall things that have been learned."

The consultant's report will bepresented to the university's Auditand Compliance Committee whenit meets on November 3.

See PAGE 18 foreditorial reaction to this story

NICK LACHANCE

PEPPER PRESENTATION - Consultant Ted Carroll presented some findings of his report prepared for WLU to the Board of Directors on Friday.

2 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29,2008 ■ THE CORD WEEKLY

However, after a brief discussion,the motion was rejected in a 6-5vote of directors.

While the issue was scheduledto be discussed early on in themeeting, it was moved to a latertime to accommodate discussionregarding the BOD's official state-ment on Special Constable Ser-vices (SCS) being equipped withpepper spray.

The original 30-minute time pe-riod allocated towards its discus-sion was also reduced to approxi-mately 10 minutes.

Lockhart feels that the main rea-son his motion was not acceptedwas because of time constraints.

"There was absolutely no time togo over the reports, there was no

time to go over the reasoning be-hind why we recommended singletransferrable vote or a ranked sys-tem at all so I don't think that theelections committee got the time itneeded to fully inform the board"

"The main reason why it failed isthat we had five minutes to discussit. We were supposed to have overhalf an hour," he explained.

"I think Friday wasn't exactly anexample of the BOD acting in fullknowledge," he added.

According to AsifBacchus, chairof the Board, the proposed ideawas too complicated.

"We've been struggling with vot-er turnout and anything that com-plicates a ballot presents a genu-ine concern of 'will that deter evena handful of students from comingout to vote,'" he stated, adding that

he thinks the specific recommen-dation of STV was overwhelming.

Instead, Bacchus believes a gen-eral motion to consider the idea ofreforming the ballot to a rankedsystem would have been moreeffective.

"I think it was the specific ideathat was turned down, not the ideabehind it that was rejected," saidBacchus.

BOD Secretary Andrew Fryerbelieves that the reform not beingaccepted was ultimately a goodthing.

"I don't think the failure of STVwas a particularly bad thing ... of-ten voters are able to go into thebox and they have up to fifteenchoices but rarely do they makeuse ofthat. [They usually make] be-tween five and ten choices for who

they want to see on the board," hestated.

Fryer added that he believes aranked balloting system may bemore effective in an online format,but the current first-past-the-postmethod is adequate for the paperballot.

While the motion was notpassed, Lockhart plans to raisethe issue again in another BODmeeting.

"It's something I definitely planon bringing up again when it's alittle less packed schedule-wise soI can actually let the board take fullconsideration."

During the meeting, the BODagreed that four issues, includingtwo-year director terms and elec-tions marketing, fell outside of thecommittee's focus.

VOCAL CORD

"How adequate are libraryservices at Laurier?"

"Good. The IT Desk is really helpful."

-Hayley ThompsonSecond-year communications

"They're OK. It would be better if therewasa 24-hour service."

-AnkurChawlaSecond-year economics

"I don't really use it. When I do use it Ifind it helpful."

- Danielle ZiesFourth-year communicatons

"I hardly go there so I don't know."

■ Ken SzetoSecond-year business

"Anytime you need help they knowwhat they're talking about."

■ Suniti SantoshFirst-year economics

Compiledby Mara Silvestri,photos by Rebecca Vasluianu

Globe grades LaurierAdministration not surprised by grades, happy overall with Will's performance in newspaper report

JEREMY TREMBLAYNEWS EDITOR

Last Thursday, The Globe and Mailreleased its 2009 Canadian Uni-versity Report.

The publication gives Laurieran A- for overall student satisfac-tion, meeting the average markfor medium-sized universities inCanada.

The report, formerly knownas the University Report Card, isbased on data collected from over40,000 students at 55 universities.According to an article by reporteditor Simon Beck, its goal is "toprovide university applicants andtheir parents a unique view intowhat it's truly like to study, eat,drink, play and live on any one ofthese campuses."

The majority ofWLU's marks areAs and Bs, on par with or slightlyhigher than the average mark formid-sized universities nationally.

One area whereLaurier was per-ceived as slightly below average,however, was under the categoryofacademic resources.

Student satisfaction with theease of registration received a C+,while the national average was aB.

"I'm not happy about it," ex-plained Ray Darling, who has beenWLU's registrar for 15 months.

"My impression is that LORISis not entirely a user-friendly sys-tem," he said, explaining that hisoffice has slowly been makingchanges to help improve the sys-tem for both students and staff.

Darling explained that majorchanges include the introductionof the "slot system," which hasstudents sign up for courses onvarying dates depending on theiryear and faculty, and automaticprogram confirmation to improveregistration for students.

The student information pro-gram that Laurier currently uses is

an off-the-shelf product accordingto Darling, which means that anyupgrades are costly and may bedifficult to incorporate into futureupgrades.

"That being said, there are somethings that you justneed to modifyto make life easier for students andstaff as well," he added.

In January, the Registrar's Officewill bring in an individual to dem-onstrate how the student interfacecan be modified to make the sys-tem more user-friendly.

Another set of marks that fellslightly below average were thoseunder the libraries category; WLUreceived a B+ for overall librarysatisfaction while the nationalaverage in the mid-size categorywas A-.

Satisfaction with library hold-ings and staff received Band B+respectively, both slightly belowaverage. Library expenditureswere significantly below average,totalling $3,025,000. The nationalaverage for mid-size universitieswas $6,266,000.

"It's the case for a number ofrea-sons," explained University Librar-ian and Archivist Sharon Brown.

"One is that we have suddenlybeen promoted into the medium-sized [category] from small. That'sthe first time that we're up therewith Guelph and Queen's andsome of the traditional big-timeplayers that also have a lot moremoney than we d0.... We've hadinvestments in our library but notto the same degree. Our suddenexpansion into 13,000 studentsfrom about 8,000 when I came heresix years ago is a huge increase in ashort time."

Despite the slightly-below-aver-age grades the library received,Brown pointed out that the li-brary's overall grade and gradesin five areas improved from lastyear's ranking.

"We've tried really hard to im-

prove ... the accommodation ofstudents in arelatively small spacebecause the library hasn't grownand the student numbers have. Idon't think we're where we shouldbe with the accommodation ofstudents yet, but it's a question ofmoney and priorities in the uni-versity," she added.

The report gave the overall qual-ity of student services a mark ofB+, which matches the averagemark for mid-sized universities.

In food services, WLU receiveda C+, slightly above the average ofC.

Looking at "a C+ mark or a B+mark, while ... comparably good, itwould be nice to see those higher,"explained General Manager: Stu-dent Services Dan Dawson.

"We have to do a better job alsoof promoting the services that weare providing to the campus com-munity. I think sometimes we getfocused on operating and doingour day-to-day activities, but wedon't necessarily promote every-thing we're doing in those areasto the student community as a

whole," he explained.Dawson pointed to the offering

of Halal chicken and implemen-tation of a compost program atthe dining hall as two areas whereLaurier has strived to improveofferings.

"One of the things that I thinkGuelph University does very welland why they lead in this categoryis they do a great job of marketingand promotion of what they do,"he said.

According to Dawson, the datacontained in The Globe and Mail'sreport is useful in combinationwith results Laurier receives fromMaclean's rankings, the NationalSurvey of Student Engagementand Canadian University SurveyConsortium data. The combinedfeedback is used to gauge wherestudent services are performingwell and where changes need tobe made.

"There's always room forimprovement," he added. "We'realways striving to improve and en-hance services that students willget good value from."

THE GLOBE AND MAILCanadian University Report

GRAPHIC BY SYDNEY HELLAND

Election issue to be raised again- FROM REFORM, COVER

The Cord Weekly ■ Wednesday october 29,2008 News 3

Recount will start todayBeginning today at 10 a.m., ballots for the Kitchener-Waterloo riding will be recounted to resolve a 48-vote difference betweenConservative and Liberal candidates; the count will take place at the riding's returning office and no timeline has been setREBECCA VASLUIANUNEWS EDITOR

Kitchener-Waterloo's federal re-count was scheduled to begin to-day at 10 a.m. at theriding's return-ing office. After a vote validation onOctober 17, Conservative candi-date Peter Braid's lead over Liberalincumbent Andrew Telegdi wasreduced from 73 votes to 48, a dif-ference small enough to make therecount automatic.

The duration of the recount isunspecified, according to an anon-ymous source at the Superior Courtof Justice in Waterloo. The sourcealso noted that Superior CourtJustice Donald Gordon will bepresiding over the procedure, andrepresentatives from the local Con-servative and Liberal parties will bepresent as well.

With no designated MP in theelectoral district for the past twoweeks, the results of the recountwill rectify Kitchener-Waterloo'scurrently dormant federal repre-sentation.

"Right now it's in limbo," saidTelegdi, whose 15-year run as MPin the riding was threatened by Oc-tober 14's election results. "We'llsee what happens."

WTiile Braid has decided not to

speak to the media until the re-count results are released, his cam-paign manager,Aaron Wudrick, hascommented.

"Our expectations are that there's

a process in place that is fair for ev-eryone ... we're hoping that the re-sults will be the same as when wewent in," said Wudrick.

"It's very nerve-wracking, but weknew this was going to be a closerace going in," he added.

According to Wudrick, Braid cur-rently has "a very fine line to walkbetween not doing anything toprepare and not being caught hot-footed once it is final, so he hasn'tbeen doing awhole lot."

For Peter Hughes, a member ofTelegdi's campaign team, the Lib-erals are not experiencing the samekind of pressure because for theConservatives, "it's theirs to lose."

Wudrick, however, believes a lossfor Braid is unlikely.

"We would obviously be disap-pointed if that would happen, butas I said there's no reason to believethere's any serious irregularities ...

I believe the average change it'llmove around is 10 or 15 votes," heexplained.

If Telegdi's defeat is validatedthrough the recount, he notes thathis biggest regret will be not havinghis voice in Parliament and havinga Conservative party take over theriding.

"I'm one of the very few parlia-mentarians who stands up to myparty whether in government orin opposition," said Telegdi. "Oneof the problems is ... when you'rea Conservative Member of Parlia-ment you become a megaphone for

the Prime Minister's Office in theriding."

Telegdi says that he will takea sabbatical from politics if he isdefeated.

To Wudrick, the success ofBraid's campaign can be attributedto "hard work," explaining that theparty "spent a great deal oftime try-ing to get him door-to-door," andthat the party canvassed 40 to 50polls in the riding.

When asked, Telegdi admitted to

The Cord that he believes the votecame so close in part because ofthedifficulty students had proving theirplace ofresidency with leases.

"Leases should've been accept-able. It's definitely something tolook into because 6,000 less peoplewent to the polls this timefor a rea-son," said the former Liberal MP.

To this, Wudrick replied that hecould not confirm or deny the ob-servation because the Conservativeparty's scrutineers did not reportanything, and as far as he knows,the Liberal party has not lodgedany complaints over the issue.

"We can all speculate but even ifthat were the case, how that couldaffect the outcome nobody knows,"he noted, adding that the Liberalsare assuming that students do notvote for the Conservatives.

"But ifyou lookat some ofthe stu-

dent poll numbers we don't do thatbadly there at all," saidWudrick.

To findout the finalresults, watchcordweekly.com for updates.

Election recap:October 14Results of electionnight place Braid with a 73-vote lead over

Telegdi.

October 15Returning officer Henry Schmidt announces he will perform a vote

validation.

October 17Vote validation brings difference between candidates down to 48

due to vote-input errors. Mandatory recount announced becauseamount is less than 1/1000 oftotalvotes cast in the riding.

October 24Recount set for today (October 29).

YUSUF KIDWAI

BRAID - KW candidates will receive final election results soon.

Former VP:Academic diesRowland Smith, who served as VP: Academic at WLU from 1994 to 2004, died in Calgary last Monday

JENNIFER RAESTAFF WRITER

On October 20, former Vice-Pres-ident: Academic Rowland Smithdied of a heart attack in Calgary,Alberta at the age of 70.

Having spent much of his careerin university administration, Smithheld the role of VP at Laurier from1994to 2004 before accepting a po-sition at the University of Calgary,where he served as the Dean of theHumanities faculty.

Before coming to Laurier, Smithlived in Nova Scotia, acting as thechair ofEnglish as well as the deanofArts and Social Sciences at Dal-housie University.

"He was a wonderful man inall sorts of ways," remembersLeo Groarke, acting Laurier VP:academic.

"He had a passionate interestin higher education. He asked the

big questions. What should highereducation look like? What were

the key trends, and how shouldit take into account contempo-

rary realities, like diversity andinternationalization?"

Sharon Brown, university li-brarian and former colleague ofDr. Smith, recalled his remarkableability to relate to his students andform lasting relationships, offer-ing valuable support and endlessencouragement.

"He never lost sight of the fact

THAT THE STUDENTS ARE THE REASON

WE ARE HERE. HE WOULD ALWAYS

FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH STUDENTS

AND TALK TO STUDENTS."

- Sharon Brown, university librarian

"He never lost sight of the factthat the students are the reason weare here. He would always find away to work with the students andtalk to the students."

Born and raised in South Africaduring apartheid, Smith became aCanadian citizen in 1972.

Smith was raised by his school-teacher parents and came from alow-income environment.

Despite his humble background,he found himself interacting with asociety much different from whathe was used to when he attendeda private boys' school in Johannes-burg on scholarship.

Smith first at-tended the Univer-sity of Natal, wherehe received his BAand PhD, and methis future wife,Ann; he attendedOxford for his MA.

As an individualwho experiencedmany different cul-tures, Smith went

on to become a great supporter oflearning abroad, and was a cham-pion for exchange programs, suchas Laurier International.

The Dr. Rowland Smith Awardfor International Student Exchangewas created in 2005 in recognitionofthe time Smith spent atLaurier.

During his vice-presidency, Dr.Smith was also an integral part ofthe development of the Brantfordcampus curriculum.

He was also well-known for hissupport towards the Faculty of Mu-sic and was actively involved in therenovation of the library, accordingto Brown.

"He thought we were even,"laughed Brown. "I kept remindinghim that he owed me for an over-due book, but he would say that hehad paid for the security gates inthe renovation."

Smith was also described asan avid fan of rugby, poetry andopera."He had a fine tenor voice," said

Brown, who also refers to him asa true "book person," having val-ued the importance of literature atuniversities.

Brown remembers Smith as kindand hospitable, notorious for hisengaging personality and comedictendencies.

On one occasion he even dressedup as the Laurier Golden Hawk for

homecoming, said Brown."He was fun," said Groarke. He

had a wonderful sense of humour.He was a great conversationalist.Nothing made him happier thana witty repartee, preferably over a

bottle of wine."Smith's memorial gathering is

tentatively planned to take placeat the end of November at Laurier.Smith is survived by his wife andtwo children, Russell and Belinda.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

BELOVED VP - Rembered as hu-morous, kind and full of life.

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WLU Last Lecture seriesLast Wednesday two award-winning professors gave lectures reflecting life's lessons to a full house in N1002; donationscollected went to Project Ploughshares, a non-profit organization that promotes the peaceful resolution of political conflicts

Dr. Mercedes Rowinsky-GeurtsJEREMY TREMBLAYNEWS EDITOR

At the age of 19, Mercedes Rowinsky-Geurtsbegan teaching.

In her native Uruguay, she taught a class ofabout 50 grade one students ranging in agefrom six to their early teens.

Today, Rowinsky-Geurts is an associateprofessor in WLU's Languages and Litera-tures department.

Speaking as part of the Last Lecture serieslast week, she reflected on her experiencesbetween then and now, which include livingunder dictatorship, immigrating to Canadaand working as a cleaner while studying part-time as a mother of two.

"I love to have an audience," she told a lec-ture hall packed to capacity. "Today is a goodday."

Rowinsky-Geurts spoke about lessons shehas learned so far and urged the audience toappreciate that "impossible is nothing."

She explained the state of fear and "com-plete terror" she experienced in Uruguaywhen the country she loved became run by amilitary dictatorship.

"We woke up to the unbelievable situationofbeing persecuted for no reason."

In 1976, she moved to Canada with herhusband and two children.They arrived inToronto at the end of January, leaving Uru-gay's summer for -45-degree weather.

"It was frozen hell."In 1983, she decided to return to school.

First, however, Rowinsky-Geurts had to en-roll in an English course to prove her lan-guage skills were adequate. Despite the factthat her instructor recommended she dropthe course, Rowinsky-Geurts passed thecourse and then enrolled in part-time un-dergraduate studies at the University of To-ronto's Mississauga Campus.

After her graduation, Rowinsky-Geurtsdecided to continue her studies, going on toearn her Master's and then her PhD.

"University gave me a sense of self," sheexplained.

Rowinsky-Geurts, who has taught at WLUsince 1994, explained that interaction withstudents is an essential part of what shedoes.

"The students are what give me the chanceto be who I am."

YUSUF KIDWAI

Dr. Donald MorgensonREBECCA VASLUIANUNEWS EDITOR

"Anybody can slay a dragon, but getting upeach day and loving the world all over again,that is a hero.... "I know each day, when Iwalk into the classroom, I come to love thatworld all over again," said Professor Emeritusof Psychology Donald Morgenson at WLU'sLast Lecture series, speaking about his pas-sion for teaching.

Having educated for over 50 years and a"survivor" of nine presidents at WLU, Mor-genson offered his words of wisdom aboutteaching to a packed lecture hall.

Morgenson began his lecture by tellingthe Greek myth of Sisyphus, a man who wascursed to repeat the same task of rolling aboulder up a hill for eternity.

Likening him to the educator, Morgensonexplained that the professor constantly triesto make a difference with very minimal evi-dence that the end goal has been achieved.

Despite the "absurd" nature of the teach-er's task, he told the audience that the goodeducator continues with full intensity andpassion.

"To remain true despite the absurd, that isintegrity. It is in this absurd context thatteach-ing truly becomes an art," he explained.

While at points he criticized the "bor-rowed knowledge" the academic world usesas its currency, likening higher education to a"mystification process" in which students aredazzled with information and discouraged tothink for themselves, Morgenson stated thathe has never felt disappointment towards the"exquisitely absurd possibilities of teaching."

"I love teaching. Teaching is urgent, in-tense and full of character," he stated, addingthat the most adept metaphor one can usefor teaching is "touching."

"In touching, it's got to be love that ener-gizes and motivates," he added.

While his lecture was largely focused onthe art of teaching, Morgenson ended it poi-gnandy on a more personal note, mention-ing the fulfilling nature of teaching.

"The sincere acting of my own diminish-ing and assigned part has been and is todayenough to fill my heart."

See PAGE 18for editorial reaction to this story

YUSUF KIDWAI

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BAG O' CRIME

INJURED/SICK PERSONLocation: Parking Lot 24Reported: Oct. 19 @11:42p.m.A special constable and ERT at-tended to a female student whoappeared to be having an anxi-ety attack. Oxygen was admin-istered and she was escortedhome once she recovered.

THEFT UNDER $5000Location: Aird CentreReported: Oct. 21 @ 1:33 p.m.A custodian reported the theftof some money from her purse,which was left unattendedfor a short time. The area waschecked, with negative results.

INJURED/SICK PERSONLocation: Bricker AcademicBuildingReported: Oct. 21 @ 4:30p.m.A special constable and ERTresponded to the Bricker Aca-demic Building after receiving areport of a female student feel-ing faint. EMS was called andshe was taken to hospital.

DRUGSLocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 23 @ 12:48a.m.A special constable attended auniversityresidence inresponseto a report of the odour of mari-juana. A suspect was spoken to,but no substance was found.

DRUGSLocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 23 @ 11:10p.m.A special constable assistedresidence staff with a residentin possession of a bong. It wasdetermined that there were nodrugs in the bong and it wassubsequendy confiscated anddestroyed.

DRUGSLocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 23 @ 12:10a.m.A special constable attendeda university residence in re-sponse to a report of a strongodour of marijuana comingfrom the lounge area. On ar-rival, the lounge was vacant buta faint odour could be detected.No further action was taken.

INTOXICATED PERSONLocation: Paul Martin CentreReported: Oct. 22 @ 3:20 a.m.A special constable respondedto a report of an intoxicatedmale in the area of the Paul Mar-tin Centre. It was determinedthat he was a first-year studentand he was escorted back to hisresidence by residence staff.

ALARMLocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 22 @ 1:12 a.m.Special constables and Water-loo Fire Department attended aresidence regarding a fire alarm.There was no sign of smoke orfire. The cause of the alarm wasdetermined to be heat comingfrom an oven when the ovendoor was opened.

FRAUDLocation: Off-CampusReported: Oct. 22 @ 3:43 p.m.A resident student reported thetheft ofher walletand iPod fromher room and that her creditcard had been used at an off-campus location. A suspect hasbeen identified and the matteris under further investigationby Regional Police.

INJURED/SICKPERSONLocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 22 @ 5:07 p.m.A special constable and ERT at-tended a residence regarding areport that a student was hav-ing some sort of allergic reac-tion. He refused medical atten-tion and was advised to go toHealth Services if his conditionworsened.

THEFT UNDER $5000Location: Aird CentreReported: Oct. 22 @ 9:52 p.m.A student reported the theft ofher bike from outside the AirdCentre. No suspects.

MVC-PDLocation: Laurier PlaceReported: Oct. 23Special constables investigateda property damage motor ve-hicle collision at 192 Sunview,where a vehicle driven by a stu-dent struck a tree. There wereno injuries.

DISTURBANCELocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 23 @ 12:35p.m.A report was received fromResidential Services regardinga male student who had causeda disturbance there earlier. Theindividual will be spoken to.

PROPERTY DAMAGELocation: Nichols CampusCentreReported: Oct. 25 @ 2:20 a.m.Two as-yet-unidentified maleswere observed breaking theglass in a door leading out oftheNichols Centre. Video surveil-lance provided clear pictures ofthe suspects. The matter is stillbeing investigated.

ASSAULTLocation: ResidenceReported: 2:36 a.m. Sun Oct

26/08Special constables attended aresidence in response to a re-ported fight between two resi-dents. The matter is being dealtwith by residence staff.

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DRUGSLocation: ResidenceReported: Oct. 26 @ 12:26 a.m.Special constables responded toa call at a residence regarding astrong odour of marijuana. Res-idence staff were already speak-ing to occupants of a unit on thefloor, but no odour ofmarijuanawas detected. There were somerolling papers and someresidueon the kitchen table. The matteris being dealt with by residencestaff.

THEFT UNDER $5000Location: ResidenceReported: Oct. 26 @ 12:20a.m. A student in residence re-ported the theft of her wallet.There are no suspects.

ALARMLocation: Nichols CampusCentreReported: Oct. 26 @ 3:31 a.m.Special constables responded toan alarm at the Nichols Centreindicating a troubling conditionin the lobby. There wasno sign ofsmoke or fire. The system couldnot be reset and PP&P werecalled in to make repairs.

INJURED/SICK PERSONLocation: University StadiumReported: Oct. 26 @ 1:07 p.m.EMS and a special constableattended University Stadiumin response to a report of asuspected neck/back injury.The individual was taken tohospital.

Ifyou have any information regard-ing these or any other incidentsplease call Community Safety &

Security at 519-885-3333 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. You canalso report a crime electronicallythrough the Community Safety &

Security website. The Bag O' Crimeis submitted by Community Safetyand Security.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Will student's extraditionhearing set for early 2009Laurier student Suresh Sriskandarajah,who attracted national attention for hisconnection to the Tamil Tigers in Mayof this year, has been scheduled for anextradition hearing in Toronto early in2009.

Sriskandarajah began working on hisMBA at Laurier shortly after his arrest in2006.

University of Waterloo (UW) studentRamanan Mylvaganam will be extraditedto the US because of charges of his al-leged support of the terrorist group.

This follows a 2006 arrest, in which 12men were charged for involvement withthe Tamil Tigers.

Four of those arrested had links to UWand the Tamil Students' Association atthe university.

The arrests resulted from a joint in-vestigation performed by the RCMP andthe FBI, who were looking into issues ofpossible weapons trafficking and moneylaundering for the benefit of the TamilTigers.

Mylvaganam was working on his Mas-ter's at the time of the extradition order,which followed a courthearing in Bramp-ton in September.

- Compiled by Natalie Dias

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U of T proposes tuitionfees deregulationTORONTO — This week, studentsat the University of Toronto willface a plebiscite proposing the de-regulation of tuition fees.

If adopted and approved by theParliament of Ontario, the pro-posal would allow the university toset tuition fees independent of theMinistry ofEducation.

The proposal is a part of U of T's"Towards 2030" plan, a series ofsweeping reforms concerning theaffairs of the university for the next20 years.

Deregulation would most likelyresult in tuition increases to helpthe university cope with great-er enrollment and "budgetarypressure."

"Towards 2030" and the pro-posed deregulation have faced op-position from the U of T Students'Union as well as large contingentsof the student body.

Critics argue that deregulationwould make U ofT a private entityand increase the university's al-ready high tuition fees.

"Towards 2030" counters that in-creased privatization could lead tosmaller classes and money to fundon-campus services and activities.

Decrease in needs-oriented grants: studyA national study reported by theGlobe and Mail reveals that whilestudent financial aid in Canada hasincreased within the last decade,the portion going to students withlegitimate need has decreased.

The study, conducted by TheCanadian Millennium Scholar-ship Foundation, reports that ofthe 7.1 billion dollars in financialaid available, only 61 cents of ev-ery dollar are rewarded to studentsin financial need.

Ten years ago, 80 cents of everydollar were targeted for financialneed.

Research indicates that thischange is due in part to the install-ment of universal programs suchas tax credits and post-graduationrebates.

Such programs increase theamount of financial assistanceavailable to everyone, thus result-ing in surplus aid being rewardedto students who do not require it.

The report also focuses on typesof financial support offered to stu-dents in different provinces andhighlights that, although financialaid has increased on a nationallevel, it is lowest in Ontario.

The study concludes that whilestudents are receiving more finan-cial support, the financial situa-tion remains unstable as the costof schooling increases.

Ontario may ban roadcell phone useTORONTO — A proposed newlaw could have drivers paying asmuch as $500 iffound on their cellphones while driving.

The new legislation was draftedby Ontario Transportation Minis-ter Jim Bradley and applies to theuse of handheld devices, portablevideo games and DVDs.

Prohibited use of handheld de-vices while driving includes talk-

ing, e-mailing or text messaging;however, individuals will still beable to make hands-free calls anddial 911 ifneeded.

Global Positioning Systems(GPS) will also be permitted, aslong as they are attached to thedashboard.

No demerit points are directlyoutlined in the bill, however, of-fenders can legally face up to sixdemerit points, up to $1000 infines, driver's license suspensionand prison time.

According to the ministry oftransportation, the ban is nec-essary because 20 percent of allaccidents are caused by driverdistraction.

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CIGI '08 looksat relationshipswith ChinaHEATHER MACDONALDINTERNATIONAL EDITOR

PAULA MILLARSTAFF WRITER

CIGI '08 is the fourth annual con-ference of its kind, put on by theCentre for International Gover-nance Innovation (CIGI), and thisyear's topic was "China in the Shift-ingWorld Order."

Participants from all over theworld gathered together at CIGIto dissect the issues facing Chinatoday and their international rela-tions. On Saturday morning, Bar-bara McDougall, Chairman of theBoard for the International Devel-opment Research Centre, openedthe weekend with her keynotespeech on the impact of China'sevolution on the world.

"Everything about China is big... with aspects that we can onlyscratch the surface of," said McDou-gall at the beginning of the confer-ence. However, the conferencemade an attempt last weekend togo beyond "scratching the surface"of a country that is home to one-fifth of the world's population.

After giving a briefhistory of Chi-na, McDougall commented on theWestern world's urgency for a newpolitical stance in China, saying,"We would like to see democracyin China but I thinkthe Chinese arecontent with their rate ofprogress."Yet, she also stated, "Our Westernway is not always the right way."

Despite the Western world's dis-agreements with China's choice ofgovernment, their lack of environ-mental concern, their rate of illit-eracy and their control over me-dia oudets, McDougall "believe [s]strongly that the western worldcan have a good relationship withChina."

China and the WestOne session offered the audiencevaried insights from experts on therelationship between Chinaand theWest. "Power and power of ideasresides in the West," explained PaulEvans of the Asia Pacific Founda-tion of Canada.

As a relative newcomer to politi-cal modernization, China faces anexisting power struggle betweenEastern and Western civilizations.The panelists' opposing viewpointson China and the West were char-acteristic of this heated relation-ship, represented by fundamentalmisunderstandings, between thetwo worlds.

CIGI Senior Visiting Fellow MeiPing said, "the West should beprepared to accept a more power-ful China ... should get used to ev-ery country having its own viewsand values, and ... should changeits condescending and arrogantattitude."

While Barbara McDougall said,"our Western way is not the onlyway," many Westerners still do notapprove of all of China's policies.The majority of Canadians strug-gle with issues including humanrights, democracy and child labourto name a few.

The West feels other countries'values should live up to some es-tablished standards; however, "TheWest and its universalisms are notnecessarily the future ofthe world,"said Evans. All panelists agreedthat a common ground needs tobe found within this controversialdiscussion.

China and AfricaPanelists described the transfor-mation and development of theChina-Africa relationship. It wassuggested that the Chinese are in-

creasing their ties to the continentof Africa, in line with their buddingpower on the world stage.

Zhang Haibing, associate pro-fessor at the Shanghai Institute forInternational Studies, made it clearthat China's approach to the con-tinent is fundamentally differentfrom that of the rest of the world.In particular, the Chinese perspec-tive on aid to African nations is onethat Zhang Haibing says "is more ofa mutual help and assistance, withemphasis on mutual."

She supported China's inten-tions to supply aid; however, theAsian country expects somethingin return. For instance, the China-Africa relationship stresses a politi-cal equality with a basis in mutualtrust and respect for sovereignty.

All panelists agreed that "extremedichotomies of China" fabricatedand spread by the internationalcommunity, need to be eradicated.They argue that views are either de-monizing China for theirrole in Su-dan and Zimbabwe, or see China asa purely charitable nation and aremerely "overly pragmatic."

In reality, China's dealings withAfrica are making for a more com-petitive continent and increasinginterest about African developmentthroughout the world. However, as-sistance for Africa is not solidifiedin a China-Africa partnership. Allpanelists agreed a successful Chi-na-Africa relationship is dependenton the revision of many marketing,trade and economic policies.

Internationalization ofhigher educationAnother session's panel focusedon the global transformation as theworld shifts from diverse local com-munities to a single unified globalsociety. As international trade, re-lations and treaties have becomecommonplace, many believe glo-balization to be integral to buildinga more harmonious society.

Gail Cuthbert-Brandt, a Univer-sity ofWaterloo (UW) professor, ex-plained UW's emergence as an avidsupporter of this trend. She out-lined the university's current aims,including establishing a physicalpresence in two areas of the worldand international student-levelgoals on their campus.

Cuthbert-Brandt explained thatUW believes there are advantagesto internationalizing higher educa-tion: the production of global citi-zens, educational opportunities forthose from less-developed coun-tries and creation of global compe-tition, which will ultimately launcha worldwide campaign for the bestand brightest.

Premier McGuinty recognizesthe importance of this and will bein China next week, signing legisla-tion to allow for reciprocal studentexchanges to take place betweenthe two countries. Gail Cuthbert-Brandt says we must recognize theimportance of internationalizedhigher education as "very impor-

tant to business activity, not justimportant cultural exchange"

Adjusting to ChinaOn Sunday evening, the last sessionof the conference was addressed bymembers ofBRICSAM - comprisedof representatives from Brazil, Rus-sia, India, China, South Africa, theAssociation of South-East AsianNations and Mexico - countriesthat form 50 percent of the world'spopulation.

Panelists answered questionsabout the relations of their respec-tive countries with China. CBCanchor Diana Swain described Ca-nadians as being wary of a relation-ship with China because of humanrights and environmental issues.Swain then challenged each of thepanelists for their views on thesetopics.

While Andres Rozental, the Mex-ican representative, said "We don'tworry about these problems," Bra-zilian Paulo Sotero countered thestatement by saying, "Brazil thinks[human rights] issues are alot moreimportant than Mexico [thinks]."

Each country continued to dis-agree on various topics but AlkaAcharya, an associate professorfrom India, suggested that "every-body needs to engage with China."Sotero agreed, saying, "I don'tthinkthere's a country in the worldthat can afford to not engage withChina," pointing out the main focusofthe entire weekend.

RYAN STEWARTCHINA CHAT - Experts gathered together in Waterloo last weekend to discuss China as an emerging power.

RYAN STEWART

BRICSAM RESPONDS - Representatives from Mexico, India, Russia and Brazil answer questions at CIGI about the relationships that their home countries have with China.

8 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29,2008 ■ THE CORD WEEKLY

Votingforpositive changeWorld Challenge' 08 encourages everyone to vote by November 21 for themost innovative project across the globe. The winner will receive US$20,000

HEATHERMACDONALD

EDITOR

World Challenge '08 is in its fourthyear of finding innovative ideasfrom small businesses or projectsacross the globe. With 12 final-ists chosen from Africa, Asia andSouth America, the responsibilityfor crowning the winner with US$20,000 is being handed over to therest of the world.

The wide range of projects in-cludes educational programs inKenya, Brazil, Paraguay and Kyr-gyzstan, as well as projects fur-thering the economy in India withhoney production, recycling flip-flops into useful products in Kenyaand, more specifically, businessesthat encourage women throughjewellery-making in Kenya andbeekeeping in Pakistan.

On the website, www.theworld-challenge.co.uk, each of the final-ists has a video describing whattheir business is and what theywould do with the money if theywon. The videos are themselves in-teresting enough to check out.

One participant from GreenGold, the eco-friendly gold pro-duction company in Columbia, ex-plains his gratitude for the compe-tition, "We have already won, justby being given the opportunity toshow the world we exist."

Two runners-up will also receive

US $10,000 to put directly into theirproject/business. Even this couldchange the lives of the people dir-ectly involved with the projectand those in the community thatwill reap the benefits of a growingeconomy.

When I took my turn at voting,it didn't take long at all. I watchedeach video and chose my favourite.Simple as that. Plus, I got to do itfrom the comfort of my own home.

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I did struggle with one thing,though. While voting in the fed-eral election a couple weeks ago,I struggled with picking a politicalparty because I didn't want any ofthem to be in power. For the WorldChallenge '08, I struggled again,but it was because I couldn't decidebetween the amazing things eachbusiness seemed to be involved in.

Simple things like encouragingwomen to work, giving childrenan education and hosting film-making classes in the slums ofBra-zil tore me from one group to thenext. With each video I watched,I thought, "This is the one I'm go-ing to vote for." It's too bad our fed-

eral elections didn't force people tothink about the positive effects ofeach political party, as we're oftenchoosing between what we believeis the lesser of two evils.

Last year's winner was PotatoGoldmine in Peru, and in 2006,votes went to Elephant Paper inSri Lanka. I can only guess whateither of these companies contrib-ute to society, but all ofthe finalistsseem to be using their own resour-

ces to further theirlives and the livesof people aroundthem in a positiveway.

We live in aworld of mass-pro-duction where big-ger is better, andit's a place wherewe take little things

like education and technology forgranted. The participants of WorldChallenge '08 were nominated inhopes of creating a better life forpeople that often make somethingout of nothing.

Taking about 20 minutes out ofyour day to watch a few video clipsand cast your vote will not onlyeducate you about some of thecommunities around the world, itwill also help out those commun-ities. We really need to start lookingoutside of ourselves and encourageeach other to lend a helping handto the world around us, even if it isthrough a simple task like votingonline.

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A Golden hopeThe Hawks dream big this year with returning stars and promising rookies

SAM RICHESCORD SPORTS

The Golden Hawks men's basket-ball team wrapped up The HawkChallenge this weekend with a re-cord of 1-1. The tournament, whichsaw the visiting Bishop's Gaitersand Concordia Stingers take on theGolden Hawks, was the final pre-season warm-up before the regularseason begins on November 7.

A restructured Hawks squad,which brought in five rookie play-ers this year, is looking to push thetempo this season on both offenceand defence. Head Coach PeterCampbell knew what the teamneeded to improve upon last year'srecord. "We needed a point guard,we needed some depth in thepost, and we've never been a veryphysical team, so we needed sometoughness," said Campbell. "That'swhat we tried to recruit, and basedon the way we played so far, that'swhat we've got."

Much of the point guard respon-sibility will fall onto the shouldersofrookie Travis Berry, who showedpromise in the tournament, con-trolling the offence under pressureand distributing the ball. Berry wasespecially effective in the first gameagainst the Bishop's Gaiters, whomthe Hawks defeated 97-76.

"I just want to get everyone elseinvolved in the game, and just dowhat I can," said Berry. "I know I'mgoing to face my bumps being arookie, but I just want to do what Ican to help the team."

Even with the new additions,the Hawks will have to stay on topof their offence if they hope to playdeep into the season.

"Our strength is our weakness,"said Coach Campbell. "When weshoot the ball well, we're a verygood team, but when we don'twe're not as capable."

The return of the reigning OUAand CIS Rookie of the Year KaleHarrison, means the Hawks will still

have his potent offensive abilitiesto complement the team. Harrisondisplayed just that in the secondmatch against Concordia, going 10of 20 from the field for 24 points.

And although the Hawks lost thegame to the Concordia Stingers 77-86, there is reason to be optimisticfor the upcoming season. The teamhas addressed many of its weak-nesses and the players are respond-ing. "Everyone is buying in," saidCampbell. "Every one of them hasdone exactly what we thought theycould do at least one or two gamesthat we've played, so that's a goodsign."

As long as the team continues toplay together and Berry remainshealthy at the point guard spot, thisyear's version of the Hawks shouldbe able to improve upon last year's12 and 20 overall record. The realtest begins November 7, when theHawks will start their regular sea-son on the road, facing the RMCPaladins.

RYAN STEWART

SUPERSTAR - This year, Kale Harrison looks to lead his team to victory.

Men advance to semi-finalsLUKE DOTTOSTAFF WRITER

In what may be described as thewildest game in school history, theGolden Hawks men's soccer teamadvanced to the OUA champion-ship weekend with a 4-3 victory,sending home their rival WesternMustangs empty-handed.

Spurred on by the school's peren-nially boisterous fans, the Hawkspushed the Mustangs to the brinkearly.

Halfway through the first half,midfielder Ariaan Rueurink con-verted on a free-kick, and then,early in the second half, MathieuMori tucked a loose ball up and un-der the crossbar, out of the keeper'sreach. The Hawks were up 2-0 andcruising.

Then, aided by a questionable

call, the Mustangs got on the boardwith just 20 minutes to go.

Fourth-year goalie Yousef El-Abbar had the ball roil off hishands from a close-in shot, and asit hugged the post it was unclearwhether the ball fully crossed theline.

With just a single minute re-maining in regulation, the refereeawarded Western a penalty-kick.Western converted and overtimewas looming.

Being just 60 seconds away fromvictory, the Hawks were visiblydistraught and exhausted. Laurierneeded to tap into their last re-maining reserves of energy.

Striker Spencer Cawker was ableto chase down an errant ball andslip through the Mustangs defence,tucking the ball into the corner.

The referee then gave Western

yet another break: a free-kick fromthe top of the box with just fiveminutes of overtime remaining.Scott Cameron was able to curl theball around the three-man wall thatscreened El-Abbar, and theball wasjust out of his reach.

Coach Mario Halapir was lessthan satisfied with the officiatingin the game. "It gives you a heart-attack; it really isn't fair to the kidswhen they work so hard, and thenthings like that happen that deter-mine the ending of the game."

The game was once againdeadlocked.

The Hawks went down 1-0 afterthe first round ofpenalties. CaptainAlex Doma and midfielders ChrisWalker and Richie Martins all con-verted forLaurier after that, puttingthe pressure on Western.

A save by El-Abbar and a mis-

placed shot over the bar by theMustangs put the game on thegoalie's shoulders.

His decision was to dive low left,which is exactly where the shotwent; El-Abbar stopped it, sealingWestern's fate.

Clearly the man ofthe match, El-Abbar was flying high: "Right now,I'm in the sky."

The Mustangs were a mainstay inthe CIS rankings all year, but onlymanaged a draw and two lossesagainst Laurier.

"Maybe they don't match upwell against us, [but] we shut themdown," remarked Halapir.

The Hawks will now travel to Yorkto play the number-one rankedCarleton Ravens in the OUA semi-final. No matter the outcome, Lau-rier is guaranteed a chance to playfor at least a bronze medal.

LAURA TOMKINS

MAN OF THE MATCH - Goalkeeper Yousef El-Abbar makes the winning save during the Hawks' quarter-final penalty shoot-out win over Western.

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LAUREN MILLETSPORTS EDITOR

It was freezing cold last Satur-day, and although only 1,404 fansshowed up, the Wilfrid LaurierGolden Hawks were on fire as theysoared over the McMaster Maraud-ers to earn themselves a spot in theOUA semi-finals.

The Hawks will renew their rival-ry as they travel to face the dreadedWestern Mustangs next Saturdayon the road.

"It's the greatest rivalry in thecountry. They will be ready, but sowill we," said Manager of FootballOperations and Head Coach GaryJeffries.

The Hawks defence took the fieldfirst and came out firing, as theypushed the Marauders offencedeep into their own end, forcingthem to concede a safety just 1:27into the first quarter.

"We are a different football

TEAM ... THERE'S NO FRESHMEN ONTHIS TEAM ANYMORE. WE'VE ALLGROWN UP."

- Gary Jeffries, head coach

"Absolutely unbelievable," com-mented second-year quarterbackLuke Thompson regarding thedefence.

"The defensive coaches, theywere so smart all week, they re-ally prepped our guys for the game.We couldn't move the ball on thedefence all week; we had a feelingthey were going to come up big."

"That's an explosive offence rightthere, and to see our defence shutthem down like that, that's the bestperformance I've seen them haveall year."

Thompson completed 10 for 15,throwing for a mere 69 yards, in-cluding two touchdowns.

Veteran running back RyanLynch, however, displayed bril-liance not seen all season in whatwas likely his last game on Knight-Newbrough field, rushing for 229yards in 30 carries.

"I'm going to miss it here; I'vehad a lot of good games here," com-mented Lynch.

"We always knew we could run,we were passing a lot [earlier in theseason] because that is what wasworking but we practiced well, andour number was called today andwe did exactly what we needed todo."

"Nobody thought that we couldrun, but our offensive line andour running backs were putting inthe work day-in and day-out," saidThompson of the Hawks' runninggame.

"It makes it extremely hard forteams to defend us now moving on

in the playoffs."Thompson finally reached the

endzone four minutes into the sec-ond quarter.

After leading the Hawks througha nice drive, he ended with a six-yard completion to rookie receiverShamawd Chambers, putting theHawks up 12-0.

The Hawks defence continued todominate the Marauders offence,not allowing them anywhere nearthe scoreboard.

They held starting McMasterquarterback Ryan Fantham to only165 yards in 14 completions andthree interceptions, while runningback Joey Nemet could only musterup 66 yards in 16 attempts on theground.

"We said week nine, that's whatwe were shooting for. We continueto get better and better, and weproved that today," said Jeffries.

"All three phases were excellenttoday."

"We are a differ-ent football team.A lot of young kidshave had a lot ofopportunities, andthere's no fresh-men on this teamanymore. We've allgrown up."

While therewas no scoring

in the third quarter, kicker ChrisMamo opened the fourth withtwo field goals of 38 and 26 yards,respectively.

Thompson concluded the game,with two minutes remaining on theclock, with a 10-yard pass to receiv-er BJ Malott in the endzone.

"Our offensive line, they wereroad graders all day," said Thomp-son. "They were just hounding theMac defensive line and they werecreating holes that you could drivea truck through. I couldn't be hap-pier with them and with our run-ning game today."

When asked what was differentcompared to the rest of the sea-son for the Hawks' running game,Lynch responded: "It was a bunchof things, receivers blocking, allweekwe harped on they were goingto blitz and we gotta be able to pickit up."

Heading to Western next Satur-day, Thompson was not at all con-cerned about the Mustangs having

to rootd WCCK Ull IU itoi.

"We have some momentum rightnow, they've had some time to rest,but I'd rather [have] momentumand a win going into this game thana bye. We just have to answer thecall."

While facing the possibility ofending their season next weekendagainst the Mustangs, the Hawksare ready for the challenge.

"There's nothing like it, go-ing down to Western," concludedLynch.

RYAN STEWARTDEFENSIVE DISPLAY - Third-year Taureen Allen intercepts a pass intended for Marauders receiver AndrewRoss during their shut-out victory and a spectacular defensive performance.

RYAN STEWARTHEADSTRONG - Running back Ryan Lynch splits two Marauder tackles.

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Warning: the following article may contain aspects of fear, fright or terror and may not be suitable for all readers. Side effects may include chills, nightmares or the need to tear one's eyes away from the page. Reader discretion is advised.

Halloween is upon us, and what better way to usher in the spooky holiday than a closer look at its related film genre: hor­ror. Horror has spanned decades of life and death and is still scaring its way into the future. During a roundtable discussion, horror buffs and experts alike joined together to poke and prod at the genre and find out why it has become so popular.

History of horror

Peter Kuling, professor of film studies at Laurier, says that horror can find its roots in the late sixties, "when America really start­ed to have this phenomenon of a lot more reasons to be more scared of itself'

"Suddenly, we were past the nuclear age and we weren't wor­ried about giant ants and things like that coming to life;' said Kul­ing, adding that the seventies also created a "real era of notice­able directors and noticeable killers. They have a timelessness because they were some of the first serial monster people:'

Master's student of English and film studies Mark D'Amico

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agreed with Kuling's suggestions of horror's origins: "I often see, especially with something like [the original) Night of the Living Dead the monsters are actually people ... in the shape of a hu­man ... I think that sort of creates that realism there that is more frightening than the monsters or the sensational stuff that came before:'

"I think that from the sixties, seventies and into the eighties you see a narrowing of focus until eventually you go from Night of the Living Dead, social unrest, social revolution to the seven­ties with people in the backwoods who are very different from you and then right into ... the eighties where your own body is out to get you;' said Jon Smith, PhD student of English and film studies at Laurier, providing a map of the changes in horror films over the years.

Kuling also cites Carrie as "one of the principal horror films of all time;' reasoning that "it's not only scary in terms of its su­pernatural, telekinetic power that Carrie has, but the idea that Carrie is just a normal girl like any of us, who could be in high school being harassed by all of her friends:'

The Future of horror

As for present horror films being made and the direction the genre is headed, Generation X employee and horror expert

Colin Macleod suggested that the current culture is in a state of stagnation,

and requires a revolution. "Part of the problem is culture be­

comes so segmented that there are these unique and clever horror films that get made, but they don't really get a lot of main-

stream attention, they just get a

DVD release;'

said Macleod. Kuling also described how "we have series like Saw that ap­

pear but they don't have the same sort of mystical appeal that, say, a John Carpenter movie has, or knowing that you're going to encounter Michael Myers or Freddy Krueger:'

Cord A&E writer Wade Thompson referred to movies like Clo­verfield and Quarantine, interested to see where the handy-cam filming technique used in these films ends up.

Macleod brought up George Romero's Diary of the Dead, which uses similar handy-cam filming, using it to suggest that this filming technique is "kind of an outgrowth of the Youtube culture, everybody being a filmmaker potentially:'

"We're too obsessed with realism today;' argued Kuling. "People need to see someone's actual limb tear open and all the blood and guts:'

"Within the next five to ten years there's going to be some sort of a revitalization of the genre. Because we've gone to that ex­treme of showing everything now ... people are starting to real­ize that's not all that it's about anymore;' said D'Amico.

What makes a good horror film

The idea of the other was a popular suggestion as to what makes a good horror film. "I really enjoyed the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers;' said D'Amico. "Even though it's not realistic in any sense, it [has] a very supernatural plot based around the fact that your wife, your girlfriend, your husband, your brother could be an alien just overnight, you could wake up and they're just cold, unemotional ... I think that often makes for me a really frightening killer:'

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"That's always the thing with Romero films, that usually it's the humans that kill more humans than the zombies;' pointed out Cord A&E writer Trevor Loughborough.

For Macleod, good horror is "able to combine that underlying psychological horror with a more over.t, visceral, gory approach:' In regards to The Exorcist, "it had the obvious sensationalist mo­ments ... [and] it was backed up by the themes of loss of faith and the psychological horror of what was happening to such an innocent girl:'

Bringing it back to Carrie, Kuling proposed that "religion is the essential essence of horror in that movie and I don't know what's scarier; somebody who believes in God with a knife or someone who's just a sadistic killer with a knife:'

Thompson argued that the scariest part of The Mist is the use of religion for fear. "You have that central character, [a] church­going, Jesus-loving lady and she converts the entire grocery store of people ... you're fearing not so much the monsters out­side but her being able to turn all these people against the good guys and actually becoming the real villain:'

Sub-genres of horror

Horror as a genre is an umbrella term, encompassing within it several sub-genres. Loughborough, like many others, wonders how to tell the difference between a psychological thriller or Hitchcock films from the general genre of horror.

Many horror films are fluid and cross over between various genres. "For me the idea of horror ... still principally has to have that element of fantastical translation;' said Kuling. "It's that fact that Carrie has the telekinetic powers that makes it horror, not just family thriller ... horror should involve a mutation or a

change, even if it's not visible:' Of course there are clas­

sics, like zombie sub­genres, but there are

also "hybridized multi-genres;' says Kuling, referencing The Burrowers, a cowboy horror. Similarly, there are police drama thrillers like Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs. Macleod joked that The Silence of the Lambs "stopped being a horror when it won Oscars:'

Smith raised the idea of torture porn as a sub-genre, noting how it's anomalous to see a horror film without violence. With recent series like Saw and Hostel or even Rob Zombie's Hallow­een remake, Smith's point is clearly validated.

Thompson enjoys comedy horrors like Ghostbusters and Grindhouse. "They should start doing midnight screenings of [ Grindhouse] in full with the fake trailers because ... I saw that movie by myself in the theatre and it was the most fun I've ever had in a movie theatre:'

International horror

Macleod began the discussion of international horror films with insight into the difference in audience affecting the film's material: "It's great because in Europe they're not afraid to aim higher than the teen mall crowd demographic in terms of mak­ing these films and making them absolutely without comedy like Hollywood horror films are frequently compelled to do:'

"The coolest thing about [Japanese horror] is how unpredict­able it is; it breaks so many conventions that we're used to as Hollywood movie-goers, you're never really sure where they're going to go with it;' said Macleod, referencing Miike's Audition.

"It's done so well stylistically ... because [the] movie entire­ly stylistically shifts in that you could be watching a romantic comedy, or a romantic drama but by the end of it when you're sucked in, it's too late. You realize that there's some serious stuff going on here;' said Smith of Audition.

D'Amico brought up Italian horror: "Normally with American horror films, you're always with the victim as they see the killer ... but with [director Daria] Argento you're seeing through the killer's eyes, literally point-of-view shot, the camera moves

and you are the killer:' It becomes a "little more disturbing in terms of that voyeuristic feeling of be­

ing the killer and enjoying watching that;' added Macleod. For Kuling, Italian horror knows just how to instil the

sense of what it is to be terrified. "The Italians always seem to get that. They know how to really hit

you with it. I don't know if their narratives sustain themselves all

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the time but they know how to scare you:' Kuling also suggests French horror films Frontier(s) by Xavier

Gens and Inside by Alexandre Bustillo as "taking that horror home again. These are horrors of the house just like Carrie and just like Halloween. It's one thing in Hostel to go to Europe and get caught up in that but it's another thing to once again have horror come home:'

The popularity of horror

Horror movies are scary and often violent, so why have they re­mained so popular throughout their existence?

"Fear is just such an addictive feeling;' said D'Amico. "It's in­vigorating; it gets you excited. It's not like the movie's over and your experience is over, your experience continues because you have thoughts about it, you have nightmares about it. It's a sub­conscious thing that gets built into you:'

"Fear is enticing to people;' said Thompson. "They want to be scared just the same way they want to laugh at a movie ... they want to laugh, they want to experience something that they wouldn't normally be experiencing, and as far as horror goes, they would go to see it to put face to their fear, so they wouldn't have to deal with real life as opposed to anything else:'

Furthering the speculation on why horror is so popular, Kul­ing drew on the survival principal. "It's the idea that [we] watch a zombie movie and ask ourselves, what would we do? In reality, most of us would be zombies, we wouldn't be trying to fight the zombies; we'd be dead already. But we go to [watch horror films to] feel a sense of survival:'

"It does matter though that when we're watching the horror film ... you know you might be terrified and having bad dreams, but at the end of the day ... it's contained within the movie, and it's not ... 'real horror;" added Smith, saying that Hotel Rwanda was one of the scariest films he has seen recently.

Kuling referred to the amusement effect as instrumental in stimulating the popularity of the genre. "The amusement park is a realistic place, but it has completely unrealistic experiences ... you go to the amusement park to have these surrealistic, un­realistic experiences all the time and you do them safely, you know you go on and you come off. Horror's that different kind of catharsis, because we all have to eventually accept that death is coming; we just have to find a way to deal with it before we get there:'

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Student Life

Hysterics ofbeing a HarloweFemale Hysteria: A Burlesque Musical Comedy premieres to an amused audience, tackling old and new gender stereotypes

WHITNEY MCLACHLANCORD STUDENT LIFE

Thursday at the Turret was thepremiere showing of Female Hys-teria: A Burlesque Musical Comedy- a show that has been years in themaking.

The production, which was alsoperformed twice on Saturday atthe Rum Runner Pub in Kitchener,received a lot of enthusiasm frompatrons.

Opening night was lively as theaudience seemed to be taking quitean interest in the play, but evenmore exciting is the fact that it waswritten, directed and produced bythreewomen in the local universitycommunity.

Kara Harun, a UW drama stu-dent, wrote the script five years agowith musical help from the pro-ducer of the show, Laurier studentLaura McDonald.

McDonald took the script toKate Klein, arts coordinator of theWLU Women's Center, and thetwo of them developed the scriptwith their cast as an independentproject.

Set in the basement of a certainDr. Strangelove's Victorian men-tal institution, the bulk of the castconsists of the Harlowe sisters,

five women labelled "crazy" and inneed of a cure for their "hysteria."Dr. Strangelove (Rachael Baker)and his dubious assistant Lasglowattempt throughout the play to"cure" the Harlowes, with debate-able success.

Female hysteria was an "illness"women were diagnosed with dur-ing 19th century. The choice not tomarry, having menstrual crampsand voicing their own opinionswere all "symptoms" of a disease inneed of curing, according to doc-tors. The cast involved in the Fe-male Hysteria show worked hardto portray these 19th-century ste-reotypes and relate them to theircounterparts in today's culture.

Female Hysteria was empower-ing for women not only throughthe cast's strong performances, butalso through the use of comedy todeal with real issues. Kali Grevewho played male scientist Lasglow,believes that, "The beautiful thing isthat it's a musical comedy, so eventhough we are talking about theseserious issues, it's fun." This pointrang true, judging by the laughterthat carried through the Turret onThursday night.

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Beingoldat WLUDJ Demers offers students his outlook on being a fifth-year student at WLU

DJ DEMERSSTAFF WRITER

A retired athlete returns to his oldhome venue. A former rock starvisits the site of her first gig. A poli-tician stops in at the first business

from which he accepted illegiti-mate bribes.

I can now relate to the commonfeeling in all of these situations.

The feeling to which I refer is avague sense of familiarity inextri-cably linked with the knowledgethat everything has changed. I findmyself in this niggling state of fluxbecause I am back at Laurier for afifth year. The reasons for my pro-

longed educational run are not im-portant, so we will not go down thatroad (but seriously, they expect usto take five courses per term? That'scrazy!).

What is salient is that I no lon-ger belong on this campus. I am ahistorical monument that was mis-takenly left behind en route to themuseum (or mausoleum, depend-ing on how grim you want this anal-

ogy to be).Every day, I am reminded of the

chasm that separates me from thegeneral school populace. I real-ize that most students don't evenknow what the previous workoutfacility was like before the newgym was constructed (answer: itsucked). Pretty soon, students willnot even know that the originalGolden Hawk emblem in the HallofFame was taken out in the courseof a misguided renovation.

These young guns won't evenknow what the field and parkinglot looked like before Alumni Fieldwas constructed. Actually, I don'teven remember. Thanks, marijua-na! I do, however, have a vague rec-ollection that one did not need toperform a 14-point turn to extricateone's vehicle from a parking spacein the old lot.

I am reminded of the changingguard at Laurier every time I havea particularly "old" thought. LastThursday morning, I noticed astreet sign that had been broken atits base and was lying in the mid-dle of the sidewalk on Ezra St. Thisobviously was the work of a drunkman the previous night (I knowyou women aren't perfect, but youare far less likely to engage in thiscommon male ritual of arbitrarilysmashing things, bless your souls.)

"Why," I asked myself, "wassomeone that inebriated on aWednesday night?"

Then I remembered that, as auniversity student, the day is irrel-evant. If you can find any excuseto get drunk, you will. Wednesdaysare no different than Saturdays. Af-ter recovering from the realizationthat I am turning into a rational hu-man being, I took stock of my sociallife right now. Do I still engage innights of drunken revelry? Yes, I do,thanks for asking. However, thesenights are nowfar less frequent and

not nearly as sloppy.It is almost the end of October,

and I have not been to Wilf's or theTurret once this year. Ifyou are hav-ing a hard time determining if thatis a noteworthy statistic, I shouldmention that I virtually lived at

Wilf's and the Turret for the betterpart of university. If people neededto find me, they knew it was smart-er to search those establishmentsthan the classes in which I wasregistered.

Nowadays, whatreason do I haveto go to these bars? Most of myfriends have graduated and movedon and the patrons of Wilf's and theTurret are two to three years young-er than me. I am not an old fogey,but compared to the common de-mographic in these establishments,I am exactly that. I am so old that Iuse the word "fogey."

While this may sound like a la-ment for the golden age of my uni-versity years, I must admit that I amhappy with where I currently findmyself. It would be slightly depress-ing if I hadn't matured at all by now.At least I squeezed every ounce offun out of that epoch, and I encour-age the new class to do the same.

It is perfectly acceptable if yourmost frequent thoughts concernhow hungover you are, how drunkyou were last night, and how youplan on getting to the LCBO thisafternoon. Sooner than you think,your most recurrent thoughts willbe, "What should I do after I gradu-ate," "How am I going to pay offthese loans," and "Oh my God, I amgrown up! Oh shit!"

While you are in this fantas-tic bubble, isolated from the realworld, have as much ridiculous funas you can. Create your own storiesthat you can pass on to the nextgeneration ofLaurier students.

Just stay the hell off my lawn.

Laurier students take a bite out ofhungerThe Trick-or-Eat campaign at WLU aims to fill food banks with canned goods this Halloween to benefit the Waterloo community

JACLYN STIEFCORD STUDENT LIFE

This Halloween, Laurier studentswon't be saying trick-or-treat whenthey go door-to-door, but rather"trick-or-eat" On Friday, October31 from 5 to 8 p.m., students will befilling their pillowcases full of non-perishable food items instead ofthe usual chocolate bars, chips andcandy for ones

So what is the reason for thischange? It's all for the Trick-or-EatCampaign, where non-perishablefood items and cheques are col-lected to support those who are inneed in the community. The col-lected items benefit The Food Bankof Waterloo's 71 regional commu-nity food programs, which helpover 25,000 people make it throughthe fall and winter months on a fullstomach.

Laurier has been involved in theprogram for 15 years, ever since itwas first introduced by a student in1993. This campaign is a part of alarger organization called Meal Ex-

change - a program thathas spreadto over 40 campuses across Canadaand the United States. Two otherevents, Skip-a-Meal and Clear theShelves, are also run atLaurier dur-ing the school year to help gathermore non-perishable food itemsand clothing.

When asked why she got in-volved, Heather Gamble, Lau-rier's Trick-or-Eat coordinator,explained, "I had a friend who vol-unteered last year and she alwaysgot me involved. It just seems likea good idea to help the community.Especially I find certain times of theyear - Thanksgiving is one of thebig ones, and other main holidays- where the food bank runs out offood. These are the times whenpeople need food and there's nonethere."

While last yearwasn't a huge suc-cess, Gamble is not going to dwellon it. New goals have already beenset with the hopes ofcollecting 500-700 pounds of non-perishable fooditems. Other aspirations includeraising 100 dollars through cheques

and online donations to trickoreat.ca.

According to Gamble, the is-sue the campaign is currently fac-ing right now is a need for morevolunteers, although there is a bigimprovement from last year. At themoment, there are 30-40 volun-teers, with many potential helpersstill needing to confirm their in-volvement. All you need to do if youwant to get involved in any way isto e-mail Gamble at wlu@mealex-change.com.

"I just find university is all aboutschoolwork; it's all about succeed-ing in schoolwork. It's nice to getinvolved in the community anddo something for someone else foronce. It makes you feel good and it'sbeneficial to so many people and itgoes a long way for just a couple ofhours of volunteering."

So this Halloween, help raiseawareness about hunger and godoor-to-door saying "trick-or-eat" -

you'll be glad you did. LAURA TOMKINSTREATS TO EAT - Trick-or-Eat aims to fill food banks for Thanksgiving.

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Freedom ofsexuality and sexual ex-pression were denied in 19th- cen-tury Victorian culture, especiallyfor women.

Sex, for women, was constructedas a necessary evil in the task ofbearing children; sex for pleasure -

women's pleasure - was consideredtaboo, something which still lingersin society today.

"We are trying to debunk a lot ofmyths that are in the way of socialchange," said McDonald.The wom-en of Female Hysteria wanted toplay with gender roles and genderstereotypes in order to demonstratesociety's expectations of women.The show touched upon the mythsof women's roles as sex objects, asproperty of the men in their lives,of being insatiable sex fiends yet atthe same time, frigid bitches.

The ladies used sexuality subver-sively in terms of their burlesque-inspired costumes and their indi-vidual monologues about previouslovers.

"Almost any woman in the audi-ence can probably find part of her-self in all five of the women in theplay." This statement by Kate App-lin, an actor in Female Hysteria, issomething the women of this pro-duction tried hard to accomplish.

The actors' burlesque costumesand sexy dialogues served as aframework for the play's themesinstead of being used in the typi-

cal fashion of objectifying theperformers.

The women use their overt sexu-ality to talk about obvious issuesand play with the fact that a cor-set can be like a strait-jacket, forinstance. If the purpose of the playwas to get a message across, Fe-male Hysteria's cast and crew cancertainly consider their missionaccomplished.

The play was not a Laurier Mu-sical Theatre (LMT) production;it is wholly independent and col-laborative. This allowed McDonaldand Klein to offer flexibility in theway the seven-woman cast want-ed to get messages across to theaudience.

With fewer restrictions, everyrole was strong and equal in termsof stage presence. The show was ex-tremely funny, with actors demon-strating great senses of humour, allthe while portraying the plethora ofstereotypes applied to women. Theshow also did a great job in juxta-posing both the Victoria-era andthe present day.

In all, the production was em-powering, especially for the cast.Greve stated, "I feel very much thatI've imprinted myself in this andthat we all have."

Placing their stamp on the KWcommunity, the dedicated cast andcrew sent out a strong feminist mes-sage through an enjoyable - and de-liriously raunchy - performance. SYDNEY HELLAND

MANUAL STIMULATION - Rachael Baker (as Dr. Strangelove) demonstrates the cure for hysterical women.

Handling hystericsFROM HYSTERIC, PAGE 14

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BOD needs tofocuson what's importantThe current Wilfrid Laurier Uni-versity Students' Union (WLUSU)Board ofDirectors (BOD) has madea point to not repeat the mistakes ofprevious boards.

Instead, it is making a whole setof other mistakes. Whereas lastyear's BOD didn't foster enoughdiscussion, this year's board getstoo caught up in specific details tosee the big picture.

Last Friday's four-hour BODmeeting exemplifies this. The boardfailed to agree to issue a statementendorsing or condemning the useof pepper spray by Special Con-stable Services after discussing theissue for over an hour.

Instead, directors focused onthe possibility of WLUSU facinglawsuits regarding their statement,and onlyended up agreeing to sendtheir concerns to Legal Council.

This was not the only BOD meet-ing consumed by trivial matters;The Cord has observed this to be atrend so far throughout its term.

While the board does have toconsider the needs ofWLUSU as acorporation, they also need to rep-resent the needs of the students,and this is the wrong way to goabout it.

Representing the thoughts ofstudents is important, but directorswere elected to make decisions onthe students' behalf, and when theyfail to do so in hours of discussion,something is not working.

Furthermore, when the BODtakes too long discussing smallerissues, it doesn't have time to lookat the big picture.

Near the end of Friday's meet-ing, director Michael Lockhart putforth his committee's suggestionto change the voting system forWLUSU elections.

Half an hour was allotted fordiscussion of the issue, but by thetime the BOD got around to it, di-rectors were tired and fed up and,with sdme having already left themeeting, they only discussed it foraround 10 minutes before defeat-ing the motion.

This is thekind ofthing the boardshould be spending its time discuss-ing. When it loses sight of its role,the board ceases to be effective.

Hopefully the BOD will starttaking things into perspective andrealize what really deserves theirtime and attention. They need tostart accomplishing the things thatare important to students.

Classes should inspireLast Wednesday, NlOO2 was packed to capacity with students wishing tohear the lectures of some of WLU's most endearing professors. Anybody inattendance would likely agree that hearing these lectures was well worththeir time.

It's fantastic that this event took place but, while the organizers shouldbe encouraged to hold it again, the success of the Last Lecture Series atWLU points out a problem in our everyday education: normal lecturesaren't nearly as good.

It's ironic that we pay tuition for our regular classes, yet an event thatonly asked for a donation was far more inspiring. The full crowd indicatesthat WLU students are not intellectually complacent. We want to be in-spired. Our regular classes are failing us.

Professors should not be satisfied with lectures achieving two-thirds at-tendance, and they certainly should not be satisfied with simply present-ing the required course material.

Professors should know that they have done their job properly whenstudents come to class with anticipatory looks on their faces and leave in-vigorated withhaving learned something interesting.

This goes beyond lectures; perhaps everything from course content towhich classes we can take should be examined in order to improve ourquality of education.

As students, we should expect more from our education. Leaving uni-versity with a degree is important, but leaving school with inspiration andpassion is truly invaluable.

These unsigned editorials were agreed upon by at least two-thirds of TheCord's editorial board and do not necessarily reflect the views ofThe Cord'svolunteers, staff or WLUSP.

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Opinion

Students know how tocelebrate holidays rightDon't worry about looking foolish on Halloween; it's all about having fun

DAVE SHOREOPINION EDITOR

Two days from now, the city ofWaterloo will transform into awhimsical place full of fictionalcharacters, walking inanimateobjects and a bizarre amount ofslutty female professionals.

And no, you won't be on acid.This sort of oddity can only beexplained by Friday night beingHalloween.

One might say that it is a littleimmaturefor teenagers and early--20-year-olds to dress up and gal-livant around town. You could saythat us grown-up students shouldhave better things to do with ourtime.

After all, the days are long gonewhen we could collect piles ofcandy on Halloween. Shouldn'twe just give it up already?

Of course not. In fact, now thatwe've grown up, we can finallystart celebrating Halloween theright way. It's not about the candy;it's not even about the costumes.It's about the fun.

Let's face it, the reason we loveholidays isn't because we get coolstuff, it's because the environmentis always infectious; everyone ishappy, and it's nearly impossiblenot to be happy yourself as well.

■Students are able to cut throughthe crap. Most of us don't have thetime or the funds to craft inge-nious costumes or make elaborate

haunted houses. And no parent intheir right mind would bring theirkids trick-or-treating through thestudent ghettos.

So, without having to spendall the money or go through allthe effort that Halloween usuallyrequires, students do what theywould do on any other Fridaynight: they go out and party.

They spend time with theirfriends, meet new people, andhave a good time in each other'scompany. And this is what Hal-loween should really be about.

In fact, students, more than anyother age group, are able to cel-ebrate holidays the way they weremeant to be celebrated.

Christmas is probably the worstoffender of all. Bart Simpson hitthe nail on the head when he saidthat the real meaning of Christmaswas to celebrate the birth of SantaClaus.

The winter holidays (or what-ever inclusive term you prefer touse) have become about ram-pant materialism more than anyother holiday. Countless Christ-mas movies preach the true spiritof the holiday as spending timeswith friends and loved ones, notbuying awesome presents for ev-eryone you know.

Despite this, Christmas salesseem to increase every year, andthe culture of materialism sur-rounding the holiday seems to getmore and more pervasive.

Except for students, that is.Granted, it's mostly because byDecember, we're all flat broke, butthe student demographic is able

to celebrate the winter holidayswithout having to lay down hun-dreds of dollars.

We get together with ourfriends, we have Secret Santa giftexchanges that are capped at tendollars per person and we drinktoo much winefor our own good.Because of our unique situationas students, we are able to turn theholidays into a time of appreciat-ing our friends.

Perhaps the holiday that bestencapsulates the student spirit isSt. Patrick's Day. Much like Hal-loween, students each year spendmost of March 17 dressed inridic-ulous green garb and smashed outof their minds.

It mightseem barbaric and juve-nile to outsiders, but students getit. It's an excuse to have fun withfriends and be happy. It doesn'tmatter that St. Patrick's Day ismore or less culturally irrelevantto North Americans; it presents an

opportunity, any opportunity, toenjoy ourselves.

And if enjoying oneself andappreciating one's friends is ju-venile, I might just never leaveuniversity.

So on Friday when you'restumbling down King St. at 8p.m. dressed as a sexy NapoleonBonaparte, don't for a moment beembarrassed.

Sure, everyone passing by willridicule you and laugh behindyour back. But screw them. You 11be doing Halloween the way it wasmeant to be done.

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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2008 - THE CORD WEEKLY18

Constables should havepepper sprayThe students' union has no place in making a decision about pepper spray on campus; it's required for the safety of our constables

GREG WHITFIELDRUFFLING FEATHERS

The Wilfrid Laurier University Stu-dents' Union (WLUSU) Board ofDirectors (BOD) met this past weekto discuss their position - and byextension your position - on equip-ping Laurier's special constableswith pepper spray. By all reports,the debate raged on for well overthe allotted time.

This is notable in itself, since theBOD has no official say in the mat-ter - they're just looking to go on re-cord as for or against pepper spray.However, at issue was not whetherspecial constables should carrypepper spray, but whether an en-dorsement might expose the boardto lawsuits.

Who the hell do they think

THEY ARE TO BE WEIGHING IN

ON THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

See, the board fears that givingspecial constables the (symbolic)OK to use the stuff will result in thefirst student with spiced eyeballssuing them for facilitating his or heremotional trauma.

The inanity of these legal worriesaside, who the hell do they thinkthey are to be weighing in on this inthe first place?

If the constables and their man-agement feel arming themselveswith pepper spray will better en-able them to do their jobs in a safeand effective way, I feel pretty con-fident in trusting their judgementon the matter.

I'm much less confident thatstu-dentrepresentatives have even halfthe knowledge necessary to offer areasonably well-informed opinion.

But instead of just dismissing theanti-pepper spray crowd, let's con-sider their concerns for a moment.The first and most obvious objec-tion to pepper spray is that it mightbe relied upon too hastily. No onewants students or visitors sprayedunnecessarily.

This is similar to the growingconcerns over various police forces'use of Tasers. Here we see a less

lethal weapon - which is intendedto be used as an alternative to lethalforce in situations where an officerwould otherwise be forced to usehis or her firearm - used with tragicresults in situations where the useof a firearm was not called for.

The overuse of Tasers is a legit-imate concern facing Canadians,but it is not comparable to the con-cerns ofLaurier students over pep-per spray.

First, pepper spray is much lesslikely to kill a target than a Taser,so is not in the same class as theselast-resort weapons and thusshouldn't have potentially tragicconsequences if used.

Second, illegitimate Taser-relat-ed deaths are the fault of impropertraining, not simply ofthe issuing ofthe weapons. If officers are trainedto treat Tasers as they treat pistols- as weapons only to be used whenthere are no other options than

to kill a target - and if wetreat overzealous Taser usethe same way we treat im-proper pistol use, then theproblem is solved to every-one's benefit.

This choice between pis-tols and Tasers has distinct parallelswith the current choice that specialconstables are faced with betweenbatons and pepper spray.

Batons, which are the currentweapons carried by Laurier specialconstables, are highly unpredict-able weapons even for those welltrained in their use. Amount offorce and the location of a blowinteract to determine the differencebetween subduing a target withoutinjury and collapsing a person'swindpipe.

Even officers that are extensivelytrained and experienced in deliv-ering the proper amount of forcewith a baton can slip during a scuf-fle and misplace a blow, resultingin injury. So, not having a clear pic-ture of the likely injuries to resultfrom baton use, it is difficult to setout reasonable guidelines regulat-ing their use.

Pepper spray, on the otherhand, is a much more predictableweapon, the use of which reliablyresults in irritation and perhapsminor burns.

So knowing the likely conse-quences of its use, strict guidelineslaying out appropriate situations

which allow for it can be set by Spe-cial Constable Services and strictlyadhered to by the constables.

I want to emphasize that it mustbe left up to Special Constable Ser-vices to set out these guidelines inline with industry standards andthat they should not be subject tothe approval of the BOD.

The BOD needs to rememberthat special constables are policeofficers in all relevant practicaland legal respects. That means thattheir jobs require that they insertthemselves into dangerous, oftenviolent situations.

So if we're going to continue torequire that these men and womenjump into the fray, we'd damn wellbetter stop second-guessing themwhen they tell us what they requireto ensure their safety.

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NICK LACHANCE

PEPPER SPRAY - Laurier's special constables want to have the right to use this weapon for protection.

Campus Pictorial

RYAN STEWARTHAPPY DIWALI - Laurier students celebrate the Hindu, Jain and Sikh

festival of lights in the Quad on Tuesday night with a firework display.

Letters to the EditorDouble standard absurdI was really angered at the assumptions perpetuated in 'OurPromiscuous Culture' by James Popkie. I do agree with themain point of the article that it's no longer accepted thatuniversity students have sex, but rather expected, and thatthis can have detrimental effects. Students shouldn't feel likesocial outcasts if they don't treat the entrance to their bed-rooms as a revolving door of casual sex.

However I don't agree that, "if you're a girl and not 'put-ting out,' chances are there's a whole bunch of guys who feelfrustrated and angry atyou for it." This statement completely

reiterates the double standard that men are the power hold-ers in sexual situations, and women are the mere bystandersthat have to carry the social burden of promiscuity while theguys are high fiving each other. Why is the term 'putting out'never associated with men, why is there this continued as-sumption that a women is 'giving something out' when sheis having sex? I assure you women enjoy sex as well, and if aguy doesn't put out, girls get angry and frustrated too.

Popkie goes on to write, "there is also the ongoing attitudethat it is perfectly acceptable to treat certain girls like meresex objects if they act frivolous or sexually outgoing in theleast." Yes, there are probably many men on this campus whothink this way, but women also think this way about men,and the idea that women are the only ones being objectified

is outdated. A girl can wake up in the morning and just aseasily not respect the guy sleeping next to her for 'puttingout,' as he can her. I'm not suggesting that the objectificationof men is less detrimental then the objectification ofwomen,but there's definitely an equal playing field out there, andthose poor dumb lads that think they've got the upper handneed to get over the power trip. Girls are exchanging storiesof sexual conquests over beers, and high fiving each othertoo (and we're probably doing it in a lot more detail).

- GinaKish

Opinion. 19The Cord Weekly ■ Wednesday october 29,2008

SEE LETTERS, PAGE 20

Palin hurtsfeminismJONATHAN RIVARD

FROM THE SOAPBOX

As much as I disagree with the plat-form and policies of Senator JohnMcCain, my concern lies morewith his running-mate, Sarah Pa-lin. Since Palin was announced asMcCain's partner, the same, ter-rifying question has been stuck inmy head: what if John McCain diesin office and Sarah Palin becomesPresident ofthe United States?

MIT actuary Stephen Krayslersays Senator John McCain has a 1 in20 chance of dying in his first term,and a 1 in 4 chance of dying in hissecond.

Discounting those who havebeen assassinated, impeached orappointed to the position, onlytwo US presidents have not serveda second term in the last half-cen-tury. The majority have served twoterms and, ifhe wins, we can expectthe same from John McCain.

In addition to his record-settingage of 72, McCain is recoveringfrom melanoma - one of the dead-liest forms of skin cancer. His oddsjust aren't that good.

In the event that John McCaindies during his term in office, SarahPalin wouldbecome the next Presi-dent of the United States. This iswhere terror strikes me.

Palin's appealing qualities areobvious. She's outspoken, young,relatable and personable. She was acrafty strategic choice of arunning-mate for John McCain, breath-ing new life into a very stale cam-paign. But, as demonstrated in last

month's CBS interview with KatieCouric, she lacks an understandingof the things required to be an ef-fective Vice President.

In rhythm with John McCain'sown disturbing international per-spective, Palin expresses suspicionof her Russian neighbours, citingthe need to "keep an eye" on them.

Again, like McCain's distastefuljoke about the American bombingof Iran, Palin expresses distrust to-wards Muslims in the Middle Eastand a lack of familiarity aroundother cultures. It's not just an ab-sence of some experience; it's herlack of any experience outside oftheAlaskan border.

When something said by Pa-lin doesn't offend, it almost alwayscontradicts itself or comes acrossas absolute jargon.

Her education seems just as dis-jointed and unfocused as her expe-rience in international politics. In1982, she attended Hawaii PacificCollege for only a single semester.She later completed two semestersat the North Idaho CommunityCollege.

Then, after a brief pause, she at-tended Matanuska-Susitna Com-munity College for another singlesemester. Fourth time's the charm,as she settled at the University ofIdahowhere she completed a Bach-elor's degree in communicationsand journalism, which she used topursue a brief career as a sports re-porter in Anchorage, Alaska.

Her political career includes twoterms as mayor ofWasilla (a smalltown of only6,000 people), followedby two years as governor of Alaska- the third least populated state inthe country. Current Wasilla mayor

Dianne Keller describes Palin as "aPTA mom who got involved."

Palin admits her lack of inten-tionality, claiming she "never re-ally set out to be involved in pub-lic affairs, much less to run for thisoffice." Perhaps it's too much toexpect VP candidates to have a de-liberate political career, but to me itseems crucial.

When Americans vote for a pres-ident, they also cast a vote for vicepresident and a chance that thisindividual will take control in anemergency. Sarah Palin should notbe given this responsibility.

It was a disrespectful move to-wards the American public on Mc-Cain's end to choose Palin as a run-ning-mate. His decision was simplytactically effective for him.

Selectingayoung,vibrantwomanmade McCain seem more dynamicand modern than many thoughthim to be. Unfortunately, Palin isbeing used as an icon of newnessand feminism, and this presencemakes the Republicans more ac-cessible no matter what she says.

It was progressive of McCain tochoose a female partner, but hemade the selectionfor all the wrongreasons.

As noted by famed right-wingjournalist Kathleen Parker, "to ex-press reservations about [Palin's]qualifications to be vice president- and possibly president - is to riskbeing labelled anti-woman."

Opposing Palin is to risk beinglabelled a sexist, but to silendy sup-port Palin's superficial role as anattractive PR. person is to disregardfeminism where it's needed most.

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High school doesprepare you

As a proud alumnus (BBA '88),you can imagine my surpriseand disappointment when I readDevon Butler's opinion piece inthe October 22, 2008 edition ofThe Cord Weekly ("High SchoolDoesn't Prepare for University").

While I sincerely respect Ms.Buder's right to express her opin-ion (and regret that she did not

have a better high school experi-ence), I must object most strenu-ously to the journalistic standardswhich allowed a picture of Water-loo Collegiate Institute (WCI) tobe included with this article.

At WCI, we are justifiably proudof the performance of our gradu-ates in post-secondary education.There is ample evidence, both sta-tistical and anecdotal, that WCIgraduates excel in their academic,extracurricular and social livesat university (including the hun-dreds of graduates that we havesent on to pursue undergraduateand graduate studies at WLU!).

The physical proximity of WCIand WLU has also allowed bothinstitutions to develop a strong,positive working relationshipwhich is only weakened by thistype of journalistic practice.

I look forward to not only anofficial apology from The CordWeekly but also higher journalisticstandards in the future.

- Craig Nickel (BBA '88)Vice-Principal & GuidanceCounsellorWaterloo Collegiate Institute

Pepper only goodfor your eggsWhile I sat down to enjoy mymorning tea with eggs, sausageand home fries last Wednesdayin the cafe - I could not help butbe set aback by the Cord article,"Security may get pepper spray."While it is true students may getrowdy during a drunken night at

Wilf's or the Turret; or that stu-dents may have to be removedfrom the President's office one dayin protest to one of its perceivedfailed policies - campus securityin no way should have to restrain atuition paying student(s) with theuse of pepper spray.

This policy does not foster thesense of community that stu-dents, staff and faculty are tryingto endorse at Laurier if students,already on video camera every-where on campus, may one day bepeppered with pepper spray.

The question 1 have is: what arethe major instances on our cam-pus where the use ofpepper spraywould have been the desiredweapon in defense of securityand other students in the past andwhat are the future uses ofpepperspray going to entail?

If we did not need it in the past,why do we need it now? While se-curity being equipped with pep-per spray; more a result of our sur-veillance society and increasedpolice powers across Canada, mayindeed be inevitable (as it has al-ready been approved by the Presi-dents group) - the use of pepperspray should be tightly controlledand special constables must beheavily regulated and trained inthe use of this weapon.

Any use thereafter should havea regulatory report of why it wasused and could the situationhavebeen handled differendy.

I fear that if pepper spray is in-stituted its use will become morefrequent as a result.

Therefore, my lament is simply:pepper goes on eggs and not instudent's eyes.

- Luke Stewart

Letters Policy:All letters to the editor must be signed andsubmitted with the author's name, studentidentification number, and telephone number.Letters must be received by 12:00 pm (noon)Monday via email to letters@cordweekly.comor through our website at www.cordweekly.com. Letters must not exceed 350 words.

TheCord reserves the right to edit any letter forbrevity and clarity. The Cord reserves the rightto reject any letter, in whole or in part. The Cordreserves the right to not publish material thatis deemed to be libelous or in contraventionwith the Cord's Code of Ethics or journalisticstandards.

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JOSH SMYTHTHE EXAMINED LIFE

Were statistics actually collected onthese things, I'm pretty sureLaurierstudents would rank near the topin meetings, agendas, and actionplans per capita. The extraordinaryamount of volunteerism on thiscampus is so obvious as to makediscussing it a little bit cliche. Thisis a shame.

I wouldn't for a minute disputethat there is a tremendous amountbeing done, that much of it is greator that this culture is critical to Lau-rier's identity as a school. What Ihope we realize, especially in a yearof "envisioning" Laurier, is that thisculture is, if nothing else, a mixedblessing.

As inane as the envisioning pro-cess can seem, it's worth askingourselves a simple question: What,exactly, is Laurier for? It's cer-tainly possible to answer this withbuzzwords.

Hopefully, though, there will be aplace for looking around us with aclear eye and a measure of deduc-tive logic. In so doing, it becomesquite clear that there is a deeply es-tablished "Laurier model," one that

doesn't get honestly discussed veryoften.

Perhaps the best way to illus-trate the good and bad sides of thismodel is to take a moment to talk toone of the many agenda-carryingstudents busding by on their way toa meeting.

Most of us (I'm very much one ofthese people) spend far more timeon extra-curriculars than academ-ics. Most of us also dopretty well inour classes.

While I'd love to chalk this up tojust our inherent awesomeness, Ican't. While I've worked with manypeople who are incredible timemanagers, I have no reason to be-lieve that Laurier attracts them inunusual proportions enough tocreate a culture of volunteerism bydefault.

We need to be honest here. Thereason that so many people at Lau-rier can afford to spend endlesshours planning and running eventsis that a good many of our classesare jokes, and bad jokes at that.

There are many flavours of birdcourse to choose from. Some workon a regurgitation model. Sometry and stretch one lecture's worthof material over a semester. Many,very many, are taught to the lowestcommon denominator.

I've sat through all of these. Anysenior student could sit a first-

year down and explain how to getthrough WLU with a GPA close to12.

This is not to say that there is acomplete dearth ofacademic chal-lenge at Laurier. I've been inspiredand intimidated and moved manytimes, but I've had to look for it.

The thing that we must realize is

THAT THIS UNDERBELLY OF USELESS

COURSES IS NOT AN ABERRATION, BUT

A CRITICAL PART OF THE LAURIERMODEL.

The thing that we must realizeis that this underbelly of uselesscourses is not an aberration, but acritical part of the Laurier model.

Consider this: the communityatmosphere and culture at Laurierhas always been our biggest sellingpoint as an institution.

As long as we keep academicstandards low, there will be a readysupply of students with ample time

to fuel the Laurier volunteer ma-chine. Indeed, many of the mostactive ones are the ones not chal-lenged enough by their classes.

This is actually an extremelyshrewd model froma business pointof view. There are many things thaterode the quality of our education

here - an over-reli-ance on part-timestaff, overcrowdedfacilities and point-less expansion, toname a few.

Under the Lau-rier model, theseare actually posi-tives. By driving

students away from academics andinto extra-curriculars, they ensurethe continuation of the culture thatsells this school to prospective stu-dents, while avoiding expensivefinancial and philosophical com-mitments to improving intellectualquality.

This is a disturbingly sustain-able model. The less you challengestudents, the less they fail. The less

they fail, the moresecure an incomestream they are for the school.

Not only that, but the "Rah-Rah"Laurier culture encourages victorylaps and extensive alumni support,further inflating our potential as in-come streams.

Indeed, by using student life as adraw, the school essentially trans-fers the job of attracting studentsover to other students, liberatingthem from a pressing need to in-vest in being academically, fiscallyor environmentally progressive.

Now, to be clear, I don't think thisis an agenda that is consciously ar-ticulated anywhere in administra-tion. It emerges whenyou sit downand look seriously at what the in-centives to behaviour actually are.

There is both hope and danger inthis. Hope, because a truly honestre-visioning of WLU could poten-tially turn it around. Danger, be-cause it's all too easy to let an invis-ible status quo stand.

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Graduate studies at theFaculty of Social Sciences

It starts here.Why choose the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Social Sciences forgraduate studies?

• Funded research: second in Ontario and among the top 5 in Canada in research supportfrom the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

• Financial support: over $18,000 a year for 4 to 5 years for doctoral students, and over$16,500 for master's students.

• Bilingual environment: programs offered in English or in French, the choice is yours!

More than 240 professors and 19 graduate programs.

Why I chose the University of Ottawa:"I chose the University of Ottawa because Canada's bilingualism matters to me and because the Universityof Ottawa provides attractive funding that lets students focus on their studies. The quality of teaching at theUniversity ofOttawa is unparalleled. The Graduate School of Public and InternationalAffairs stands out in thisregard. Itsprofessors are not only excellent academics, but also seasoned practitioners. They bring both theoreticaland practical knowledge to the classroom. What's more, they help students develop beyond the classroom byproviding meaningful advice and opportunities to put passion into practice."

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Saucy likea Manx

AMANDA STEINERCORD A&E

In all honesty, the location and au-dience of the Harry Manx show atthe Princess Cinema was not opti-mal for a teenage university studentlast Wednesday night.

First off, it was at the PrincessCinema - Uptown Waterloo's fa-mous independent theatre - some-thing that seems a bit odd initially.Sure, movies are supposed to playhere - but musicians?

Breaking the mould of a movie-going space only, the Princess isputting on a series of live musicalperformances called Live on Stagefor the next few months, featuring avariety offolk and blues artists.

After quickly scanning the crowd,there was a noticeable majority ofadult attendees compared to theadolescent population.

Once the performance started,however, the saying "don't judgea book by its cover" was certainly

proven.Canadian jazz musician Harry

Manx walked down the side aisleto the stage accompanied by a vig-orous round of applause, wavingpolitely and giving a pleased yethumble smile to the crowd.

Manx's mere tuning held theaudience captive and his twenty-string sitarguitar had many peopleleaning forward in their seats to geta better look.

Soon, the haunted tuning blend-ed itself into his first piece of thenight, called "Death Have Mercy"

Harry Manx's style is one thatmixes Western blues with Indianclassical music - a combinationthat may not sound appealing tosome.

However, as soon as Manx start-ed playing, any doubts about theodd combination turned into abso-lute awe.

The Indian twist wasn't so prom-inent that it dominated the music- rather, Manx added it so seam-

lessly into his pieces that it seemedutterly natural and fantastic.

The entire first half of the showflew by in what seemed like meremoments - and the fifteen-minuteintermission was amazingly boringin comparison.

So why the Indian, Western bluesmix? In an interview with The Cord,Manx said, "I'd been around Indiafor twelve years and I loved the mu-sic - but I'd always had a passion forplaying the blues. So, the combina-tion came naturally together in myhands and in my head."

And it came together with greatsuccess. His first album - 200l'sDog My Cat (which apparently isan exclamation, who knew?) sold40,000 copies and won the Cana-dian Independent Music Associa-tion's award for Blues Album of theYear. Manx has put out an albumevery year since then, and five havebeen nominated for Juno awards.

"I've been around music most ofmy life," Manx said. "I've had a nat-

Ural pull towards it. If I had othertalents I may have us6d them butapparently not."

Manx has been playing musicever since he was 16; now, at 53, heis still passionate about it.

For a greater part of his careeras a musician he was a street per-former, playing in a wide variety ofcapacities.

"I really enjoyed it," Manx said."It's a great way to experience andpractice your art. And it's a lot lessstressful, I suppose, than mostother jobs because you can controlanything and relax."

Manx even spent time playingon the streets of Japan. "It was verysuccessful," Manx said. "I mademore than most people - it was inthe '80s, Japan was an economicgold mine. I bought my houseon the West Coast of BC with themoney I made performing on thestreets."

There's always that nagging curi-osity to know what an artist's most

memorable performance was, soThe Cord asked Harry Manx to di-vulge his best.

"Well," Manx started nonchalant-ly, "I remember going to New Yorkand looking down at the audienceto see Bruce Springsteen there. Andhe got up and played with me, thatwas a lot offun."

Manx's music is unexpectedlybrilliant, combining Indian com-position with Western blues insurprising harmony - even using abanjo for some pieces.

"I had a close call with [my ban-jo]. I was in New York and stupidlyenough I left it in plain view in theback seat ofmy car. I left for an hourand when I came back, sure enoughthe window was smashed...andthere were three more banjos in-side. It broke my heart."

Some people just don't wantbanjos!

RYAN STEWART

LISTENING TO JAZZ - Harry Manx last Wednesday night at the original Princess Cinema performed his signature songs to an enthusiastic, albiet older than normal, crowd.

Mixing it up... media styleArtist Raffael Iglesias' exhibit Blitzkrieg Bop comes to the Langen Art Gallery

DANIEL JOSEPHA&E EDITOR

Blitzkrieg Bop, an art show current-

ly on display at the Robert LangenArt Gallery in the John Aird centre,

might just be the exhibit that willgarner more attention than previ-ous ones here at Laurier. Mixedmedia painter Raffael Iglesias'paintings explode with colour - ina visual style that is as unique as itis familiar. The viewer can be pulledin by the use of familiar symbolsand signs - and then stay for thedeeper message. "I can only hopethat's the case!" Iglesias laughed to

The Cord in a recent interview.When describing his work, Igle-

sias said that it's "a cornucopia ofsymbols and iconography just sortof coming together into a narrative."He thinks that the use of imageryand popular cultural icons meansthat anybody can relate to his work.It's "a common language instead ofa heavy art language" he said.

Blitzkrieg Bop is running in con-junction with the communicationsstudies course Introduction to Vi-sual Culture. With the course's fo-cus on advertising, Iglesias' worklines up with with the themespresented in it, specifically that ofadvertising. Iglesias, after gradu-ating from the Ontario College ofArt (before it was renamed OCAD)worked in design and advertising -

and painted commercial murals forvarious groups.

Aesthetics are important to anyartist - but in advertising it's differ-ent. They have to garner the atten-tion of the customer first, then sellsecond. Iglesias works in the sameway with his paintings. He says thatthe aesthetics are a metaphor forsomething greater. "The colour Iuse is very intentional. The iconog-raphy is very intentional. Every-thing sort of means something inthere. It's not arbitrary at all." Thatbeing said, he notes that, "At thesame time I'm a painter so I want

to make it look good. Sort of likethe way advertising works. I wantto draw people into it the same waythat an ad or movie poster does."

Hip-hop culture, especially graf-fiti, has had a profound effect onIglesias' work as well. He notes,however, that what he means byhip-hop is a lot different than whatsome would think. "[Hip-hop] hascompletely changed as a thing. Itsroots were way different - todaywhen people think hip-hop theythink about rap music. Originallywhen I was a kid - and this wasthe early '80s - break-dancing, rap,DJing and graffiti all made up hip-hop."

This fusion of culture and art isexemplified in the pieces in Blitz-krieg Bop - a cut-and-paste culturemirrored on canvas. Once upon atime Iglesias was out on the streetwriting on walls too, contributingto the conversation between youthand art.

SHEENA ARCHIE

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"Yeah, I wrote a long long longtimeago," laughed Iglesias. "That'sdefinitely in my past now."

When asked about how artbecame a part of his life, Iglesiasstruggled to find a time whenit wasn't featured prominently."I've always sort of done it. Eversince I was a little kid. I was al-ways drawing all the time and myparents were always wonderingwhy." He struggled in school, buthe got into OCA on his portfolioalone. Yet soon after he foundhimself struggling again.

It wasn't because he didn'thave the talent, but because hethought the projects were boring."Ironically, I almost failed colour

class." Forutnately a professorrecognized his innate talent andwrote a note that got him out oftaking the class. It would seemfrom the success that Iglesiashas enjoyed that this was an in-telligent move on the part of theprofessor.

No matter what though, Igle-sias always keeps one thing inmind when painting: "As long asit's honest, that's the most impor-tant thingto me. When everythingcomes together in equal compo-nent parts, and as long as it's hon-est, then it works somehow."

Blitzkrieg Bop is showing at theLangen Art Gallery until Novem-ber 8. It is open Wednesday toSaturday and admission is free.

Shout shout, let it all out out outCanadian electro pop group Shout Out Out OutOut was at the Starlight Lounge last Mondaynight and The Cord had its dancing shoes on

KARI PRITCHARDFEATURES EDITOR

Electronic bands Stereo Image andShout Out Out Out Out invadedthe Starlight for a night of fun anddancing last Monday.

Gearing up for a night of elec-tronic sounds was opening bandStereo Image, a two-man, multi-synth sampler band.

The crowd was eager to hearsome live music and surroundedthe stage to see what Stereo Imagehad to offer.

As visually entertaining as it wasto watch the band, the quality ofmusic just wasn't there.

The sound was very avant-garde,and the lyrics often didn't makesense, especially mixed with therobo-voice effect produced by thesecondary singer's microphone.

Although the lead vocals wereweak, the singer at least had a se-rious passion for the music he cre-ated. Dramatically singing his lyricsand moving all over the stage, vocalquality didn't matter as he was lov-ing every moment he was in thespotlight.

After a let-down opener, thecrowd was ready for Shout OutOut Out Out to take control of thenight.

The six-man, tight pants, messyhair band that is Shout Out Out OutOut took the stage to a room packedfull of fans eager to dance.

The first sound heard from theband was a synthesized drumbeatthatnot only got the crowd moving,but rattled the bones of everyone inthe place.

On top of the synthesized beat,there were two percussionists, two

on-and-off bassists, lead and back-up vox/sampler controllers and an-other synthesizer/sampler control-ler, all of whom worked together toproduce the music for the night.

Early in the set it was announcedthat Shout Out Out Out Out had justproduced a ton of new music overthe summer that was going to com-prise the majority of their set whilestill intermixed with old faves.

Throughout the show the floorwas constantly packed full ofsweatydancers, who jumped and swayedto the encouragement of the bandwho energetically danced on thestage themselves.

Shout Out Out Out Out, like theiropeners, used arobotic vocoder forboth lead and secondary vocals. Al-though this sounded cool and gavea unique, futuristic effect, it washard to decipher what the singerswere trying to communicate.

One of the new and undoubt-edly memorable songs of the eve-ning was the original show ender,the recently released single "In TheEnd it's Your Friends." According toShout Out Out Out Out, one mustbeware because "in the end it'syour friends that'll fuck you over."

The night ended with an encoreushered in by the unified chant of"Shout! Out, Out! Out, Out!" thatno band could resist playing to, sothey returned to the stage to playtwo more songs.

If you're into electronica or areopen to new music, keep your earsopen for Shout Out Out Out Out'snew release, expected to hit storesin March.

RYAN STEWART

DRUMMER DUO - Shout Out Out Out Out has not one, but two people who hit drums really hard.

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