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ELIZABETH DICESARE CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR

Nearly a week after Wilfrid Laurier University students in Waterloo College Hall residence discovered they had been the victims of a number of break-ins, further information on the robberies still remains unknown.

While Chris Hancocks, the operations manager for Special Constables Servies, told The Cord there have been 25 reports of theft from students in WCH. While John Goodman, staff sergeant for the Waterloo Regional Police, told The Cord roughly 20 reports have been made, and Sheldon Pereira, manager of residence life, reported that only 22 thefts have been brought to his attention.

Hancocks told The Cord that the investigation being carried out by Special Constables and the WRPS is still on-going.

“We’re working closely with the Waterloo Regional police to investigate … they have started canvassing the building, and we are providing safety tips … [and] it’s progressing as fast as we can go,” he said. “[The canvass] is more of a prevention [measure] — the problem

“We’re just looking for any good tips that we can get.”

—Chris Hancocks, operations manager, Special Constable Services

is that the building was pretty much empty, but you never know if someone was in there and we haven’t spoken to them yet, or if they remember something, so we’re just looking for any tips that we can get.”

Goodman echoed Hancocks’s comments, and added that WRPS also added safety tips on their university blog. These tips, however, simply reminded students to keep News, page 3

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2,600 grades not submitted less than a week before term JUSTIN SMIRLIES NEWS DIRECTOR

The policies surrounding the submission of final grades were altered slightly at the last Wilfrid Laurier University senate and board meeting on Jan. 14.

For classes that have no exams, instead of having the faculty give those grades 96 hours — four days — after the final class of the semester to the registrar’s office, they now have 96 hours after the final examination date of the semester. Professors at Laurier also have 96 hours after the writing of an exam to submit their final grades.

While the policy about classes

with exams was in effect prior to the senate meeting, Ray Darling, the registrar at Laurier, placed a large emphasis at the meeting about professors meeting the deadline. By Jan. 2, 2,600 grades were still outstanding — two weeks after the final examination date of the fall semester and just five days before the start of second semester.

“It’s pretty much been an issue every term that grades in general aren’t submitted on time,” explained Darling. “Until we get all of our grades in, we’re not able to roll grades to be official, which is kind of a system thing.”

Darling noted that at this point most grades from last semester have

been submitted, but the delay could have created some issues with upper-year students requesting transcripts for graduate school applications, most of which are due by early to mid-January.

“Laurier students applying for these places, it’s always kind of tight for them. So we want to roll grades for that so we can release official transcripts,” said Darling. He added that students that fail a prerequisite or have to withdraw from the university won’t find out until later in the semester because of late grades.

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Caleb Okwubido

Jennifer Taborowski

Stepping forward Four Laurier students come forward with the intention of running for WLuSu president and cEo Annie Constantinescu Justin smirlies NEWS DirEctor

Four Laurier students are gearing up to launch their campaigns for the position of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union president and CEO. Annie Constantinescu, Caleb Okwubido, Jennifer Taborowski and Chris Walker have come forward to contend for the position and will officially launch their campaigns Jan. 21.

The elections for this position, as well as the board of directors, will be held on Feb. 4 and 5.

Walker was first to announce his presidential bid via Facebook on Jan. 10, while The Cord was able to learn the identities of the other candidates through other sources.

Of the four candidates, three are from the Waterloo campus, with Taborowski being the only one from Brantford.

Annie Constantinescu

Annie Constantinescu, a fourthyear business administration student at Laurier, is using her experience in residence life as the basis for her reason for running. By being a don for the past three academic years, and as last year’s Inter-Residence Council (IRC) chair, Constantinescu is looking for ways to support the student public in a different capacity.

“By living with the students and

Chris Walker actually engaging them on a dayto-day basis … I learned a lot about what this campus really means to a lot of different people,” she explained. “I was fortunate enough in the last three years [as a don] to accomplish that and I’m always looking for ways to give back.”

According to Constantinescu, she started thinking about the idea — something she didn’t give much thought before — until one of her first-year students suggested it last year.

“It was one of my students last year — right after the year was finished — they asked me, ‘Hey, Annie, why didn’t you run for Students’ Union president?’” Constantinescu added. “It planted a seed with me and stuck really well and I had a summer to think about my past experiences at Laurier.”

Unlike the three other candidates, however, Constantinescu doesn’t have any prior Students’ Union experience, but she noted that she has been working for the past four months trying to learn everything about the organization.

“For me, personally, I think that it’s almost beneficial in a way if there is a fresh perspective,” she said about her decision to run.

Caleb Okwubido

Current board director Caleb Okwubido, a fourth-year global studies and political science student at the

Waterloo campus, has been looking for ways to get more connected to the Laurier community.

“I’m going to relate this to my personal experience,” Okwubido told The Cord. “I was disconnected to the community, and I was isolated. I had no one to talk to. That’s when I realized there was something in the Students’ Union.”

Okwubido joined the board of directors this year after being elected last February. He added that within the board, he was elected to ownership linkage committee and gathered more experience that way.

“By being in that committee, it gave me an eye-opener,” he added.

Since being involved in that committee, Okwubido realized that his work wasn’t completed and there was much more for him to do within the Students’ Union.

“Let me put it this [way]: I have not achieved full connectivity with the students,” he explained, adding that he’s looking forward to the experience. “I just want to make a mark.”

stronger way.

“I basically love Laurier, I love the students, my peers and everyone who works at the university, especially within WLUSU,” Taborowski explained.

“I thought it was a perfect opportunity to continue on with my experiences in a bigger capacity.”

With her experience as a director, Taborowski warmed up to the idea of running for president and consulted her friends and family about the decision.

“They thought it was a fantastic idea and thought it was a great fit for me,” she shared.

Taborowski added that she is really excited for the opportunity to run for president and she is open to whatever this experience may have to offer.

“I’m not sure exactly what experience I’m looking for, but I’m definitely open to anything to what it has to offer. I know it’s a great way to build relationships and see a different side of how things work,” she said.

Jennifer Taborowski

Chris Walker

The only presidential candidate from the Brantford campus, Jennifer Taborowski, a fifth-year concurrent education student and WLUSU director, told The Cord that her reasoning for placing her presidential bid was because she wanted to further her experience at Laurier in a

Chris Walker, a fourth-year political science student, is no stranger to WLUSU, having been involved with the organization since his second-year. After being elected to the board in first-year, he then moved towards being the chair of the board and then into the role he currently

has — vice-president of university affairs.

“It’s something that I’ve thought about awhile and it’s definitely not an easy decision because it could have dramatic impacts on an individual and certainly on the organization,” he told The Cord about his reasoning for announcing his decision to run on Jan. 10.

“Ultimately I wanted people to know.”

“A lot of people were asking and I thought it was my way of saying, ‘this is me, this is where I’m at,’” Walker added.

Walker believes that with his previous experience with the Students’ Union he should be able to give a solid direction of where the organization should be heading. He also stated that he’s looking forward to having discussions with the other candidates.

“I’m really looking forward to a constructive campaign that is focused on how we could better the organization for students, and I hope that with my competitors — we’ll keep it clean obviously — we can have a constructive dialogue about what the issues are,” he said.

The all-candidates meeting will be held on Jan. 21 and from there each candidate will be able to campaign and release their platforms.

The Waterloo open forum will be held on Jan. 29 with the Brantford one being held on Jan. 31.

students’ reports differ from university’s —cover

expensive personal belongings by themselves.

Last week, however, a WCH student told The Cord that upon returning, their doors were locked, and they are still extremely skeptical as to how their rooms were broken into. Being an older residence, WCH also does not have any security cameras built into it.

However, Pereira explained that residence life is looking into having security cameras installed.

“The process of bringing cameras into Waterloo College Hall … has been initiated,” he said. “[But] we’re not a big fan of having security

cameras in a residential environment because we want it to feel as much like home as possible.”

He continued by explaining that residences that see high, non-student traffic, such as King Street residence, have security cameras because they are in busy areas. WCH, however, is on a quiet street, so additional security was never an issue residence life believed to be necessary.

Pereira also emphasized that while there are security measures within residence, students are still responsible for themselves.

“A lot of the safety and security of residences comes down to personal safety,” he explained. “At the end of

the day, security is everyone’s job; [it is] the responsibility of the resident to make sure that their room is locked and their belongings are secured.”

And while Special Constables and WRPS are working towards finding who was responsible for the breakins, it is the students who are now responsible for themselves after being affected by the events.

“The university or residential services will not be compensating students for the value of any stolen belongings because that would be the responsibility of their insurance coverage,” Pereira said. “When we have students sign their residence agreement, we have a stipulation …

that requires all residents to have insurance to protect the contents of their room.”

While no more reports have been filed since the initial wave, Special Constables is still unable to comment on any details of the investigation. However, Hancocks stated that if someone is found guilty, they will be charged “with 25 counts of break and enter, and theft … and whatever the courts [decide].”

While police resources are still being used to investigate, Hancocks emphasized that the building was and still is secure, and Pereira ensured that residence life is working towards ensuring students feel safe and comfortable once again.

“The university or residential services will not be compensating students for the value of any stolen belongings ....”

—Sheldon Pereira, manager of residence life

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CAMPUS Food services seeks feedback Campus News Editor Elizabeth DiCesare edicesare@thecord.ca

Student opinions needed for new review KATELYN CULLUM LEAD REPORTER

Wilfrid Laurier University has recently put together a committee that will look to discuss, solve and improve the food services on campus.

The committee is comprised of the president and CEO of the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union Michael Onabolu, Jeyas Balaskanthan, the director of hospitality services, Ryan Lloyd-Craig, director of food services and David Hutchinson, the assistant director. They meet to “advise the operations of food services with respect to menu concepts, diversity of options, everything from lay out to hours of service,” explained Chris Walker, vice president: university affairs.

Furthermore, three customers who are enrolled in the meal plan, as well as two general customers, three student staff and one representative from the Eco Hawks make up parts of the committee.

“It is a way for consumers and meal plan users to provide feedback on the current status of food services,” Walker expressed.

While all the places in the committee have been filled, students who are not involved are still able to give back their feedback and opinion on the food services. First-year students, who are heavily involved in the food services at Laurier because of their purchase of a meal plan upon attending school, are a big component of the committee.

However, upper-year students are still included in the participation and discussion because they still indulge in the services available on campus.

“We are trying to improve the services of food for the students on campus,” Walker said. “[We are]

trying to pursue constant feedback for continuous enhancement for food services.”

Walker further explained that he believes that there is an accurate representation of all students on the committee, since the positions include both first-year students of all the residence options, as well as second, third and fourth-year students, who aren’t required to have a meal plan, but still frequently use the services on campus.

“Considering we are the ones eating, I think it’s a good idea,” said Ivana Ivankovia, a second-year student at Laurier.

Brittany Smith, a third-year student, expressed her concerns regarding food services and what the committee could do to improve the services on campus.

“There is never any room in the terrace,” Smith expressed.

“The new dining hall set up isn’t great,” added Ivankovia.

Both students were interested in the committee and believed that it was a good idea in solving any of the food services problems that the campus has, as well as improving some of the services that already benefit students.

Walker explained that the committee has discussed possible additions, such as dons and RLACS because they are frequently engaged with students, especially first years, and understand their needs for food services.

“The value that we have outlined as a critical part of what food services should incorporate are: food, service, quality, value, access and diversity and sustainability,” Walker explained.

The first committee meeting will occur this Friday, Jan. 18.

DANA SILVESTRI STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Measuring climate change with backyard hockey rinks JAMES SHIN STAFF WRITER

Glaciers are melting, polar bears are dying and migratory behaviours of birds are changing.

These are all interesting aspects about climate change, but Robert McLeman, a geography and environmental studies professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, worries they will only be regarded by the general public as more relatable facts rather than the harsh reality.

“When we talk about climate change, we often talk about things like polar bears and receding glaciers,” he said.

“But most of us have never seen a polar bear or glaciers, it doesn’t really connect to us.”

This widespread disconnect is what McLeman — along with fellow WLU professor Colin Robertson and masters student Haydn Lawrence — is trying to address with their new project, RinkWatch.

Launched just last Tuesday, rinkwatch.org is a website where Canadians with backyard or outdoor rinks can regularly record and submit information on their skating conditions.

“We’ve seen research suggesting that climate change is going to reduce the amount of time we have outdoors to go skating,” said

“When we talk about climate change, we often talk about things like polar bears or glaciers; it doesn’t really connect to us.”

—Robert McLeman, WLU professor of geography and environmental studies

McLeman.

“And we thought, ‘hey, let’s get them interested in climate change and climate research by getting them to look at their own backyards and how it’s being affected by changes in weather conditions’.”

The website works by having individuals pinning their rink location on a Google map, then submitting the skating conditions of their rink once a week.

Over a long period of time, this information can be used to track the changes in variability in winter climate conditions.

There are already dozens of rinks registered and McLeman hopes to

further develop the interactivity. “[There’s going to be] a community of other people out there who’s also interested in the same thing,” said McLeman.

“So as we build our user community, we’re going to try to build some sort of social networking around it so people start to talk to other Rink Watchers.”

McLeman believes this can be a fun science project for kids, which will allow them to connect with nature in the process.

He thinks this is important because kids and young adults are the ones who are going to have to deal with the consequences of climate change head on, so they need to be more personally engaged.

“Right now, people say, ‘Polar bears are dying in the arctic — how terrible,’ but they don’t follow it up with, ‘What can I do about it?’” he said.

“But if people take an interest in changes in their backyard, maybe they’ll say, ‘What can I do about it’,” continued McLeman.

This is what McLeman hopes to get out of Rink Watch — genuine concern and interest in climate change.

The impact will remain to be seen in the coming years as the website’s community grows in number.

Deadlines for final mark submissions enforced —cover

performance and we may discover after the last grades come in that [that] student may no longer be eligible to continue and to me it’s difficult — we do it still — to tell a student during the second week of school that they’re no longer eligible to continue,” he continued, noting that the policy at the University of Guelph while he was there was only 48 hours.

The major change to the policy, however, was for classes with no exams.

Mary Kelly, a finance professor at Laurier, had many fourth-year classes that had a final assignment instead of an exam and said that the new policy will give students and professors the time they need.

“I was in violation of that original [policy that stated] they have to be in within 96 hours of the last day of

class,” she said.

“I think faculties and students a lot of the time want to say when an assignment is due, there are good teaching reasons why.”

But with the limit of 96 hours, Kelly raised a concern about the increasing size of first- and secondyear classes and how that could directly impact the time it takes to submit final grades.

According to Kelly, with only a handful of teacher assistants (TAs) and hundreds of students, marking that many exams could be troublesome.

“It could be tough to get 400 exams marked in 96 hours, and we don’t want to always do multiple choice [tests],” Kelly continued.

“We don’t want these policies to dictate the best way to actually examine students.”

Chris Walker, the vice-president of university affairs at the Wilfrid

Laurier University Students’ Union, echoed Kelly’s remarks, adding that TAs are not usually required to work so many hours marking exams in such a short period of time.

“As a student, you don’t want a TA staying up all night drinking Red Bull [and] marking our exams.

When they see the same thing time after time, undoubtedly that’s going to have an impact to how they perceive things,” he explained.

But Walker did assert that students should get their marks relatively quickly after an exam and that the policy of 96 hours is a reasonable deadline.

Since illness and busy schedules can impede professors from reaching the deadline, Darling understands that some marks will be coming in late, just not as high as it was this past semester.

“The vast majority of our faculty

“As a student, you don’t want a TA staying up all night drinking red bull [and] marking our exams.”

—Chris Walker, vice-president: university affairs

members do this and they do it on time,” Darling concluded.

“What we’re trying to highlight …it has real implications for the students.”

96 Number of hours after an exam before profs must submit final marks must

2,600 Number of outstanding grades as of Jan. 2, 2013

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CAMPUS

Survivor shares experience ERIC THOMPSON STAFF WRITER

NICK LACHANCE PHOTOGRAPHY MANAGER

Max Eisen explained the population of Jews in Europe during WWII.

On Jan. 14, Hillel Waterloo, the centre for Jewish campus life in Waterloo, welcomed Max Eisen, a Holocaust survivor, to speak at Wilfrid Laurier University. Eisen captivated students as well as community members with his story of struggle and survival.

“I’m a very fortunate man to be able to stand here and tell you this,” said Eisen. “Be very careful what you buy, because when lies become the truth things go upside down for an entire society.”

Eisen was born in Czechoslovakia. In 1944 his family was forced off their farm and taken to Auschwitz.

Eisen spent nine months in the camp as a slave labourer, and Jan. 14 marked the anniversary of when S.S. units took him on a death march.

For over three months he was taken across Europe by train and foot in what he jokingly called “his tour of Europe.”

He noted that most of Europe looked the other way when Jews were being taken prisoner.

“We need to think about this very seriously, how people get on board the monster. How the lies become the truth. They said, ‘make the lie big; the bigger the lie the sooner people will believe it,’ and this is what happened to Germany,” he said.

Eisen was finally freed on May 6, 1945 by the 761 Black Panther Battalion.

“So now you are free you would think that we would all get up and sing and dance, but you know, we couldn’t get off the ground,” he told the audience. “The war was still on.”

Eisen was thankful of the efforts of two men in helping him survive.

“I’m a very fortunate man to be able to stand here and tell you this.”

—Max Eisen, holocaust survivor Dr. Tadeusz Orzeszko, a Polish doctor who gave him work in Auschwitz to keep him safe, and Staff Sergeant Johnnie Stevens, who led the squadron that freed him.

Long after the war, Eisen was able to establish contact with Stevens and the family of Orzeszko and thank them properly. Eisen was the only surviving member of his family. He made his way to Canada in 1949 and he has been speaking for over 21 years. He has no desire to stop now as he sees anti semitism creeping up again.

“As long as people deny [the Holocaust], I will stand up and say what I have to say,” he said.

Hillel Waterloo will have another speaker coming later this month in order to educate the public regarding the Holocaust.

“I think Holocaust education in general is such an important thing,” said Rachel Malin, president of Hillel Waterloo.

“Because it is not going to be possible soon. You are not going to get a first-hand account of what happened. I think it’s important to recognize this is something human, this is something that happened and affected so many people.”

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Laurier in brief Laurier increases safety measures

On Jan. 14, Wilfrid Laurier University released its new Emergency Notification System, which can be used by students, staff and faculty.

With this new system’s, cell phones can be registered through LORIS, which will allow them to receive texts from Special Constable Services in the event of an emergency situation.

“Everyone carries cell phones now,” said Chris Hancocks, operations manager for Special Constable Services. “We figured that would be the best way to get everybody.”

This way, no matter where a student is, either on campus or at home, they will know if something is happening that would hinder them from being in a certain area on campus.

While it is an important program that Hancocks hopes will be successful, he stressed that Special Constables hopes it will never have to be used.

–Elizabeth DiCesare

Sushi returns to the Terrace

The empty displays at the sushi vendor which occupied the Terrace for the whole of last term are filled once again, but a change in provider accompanied the re-opening at the beginning of January.

Ryan Lloyd-Craig, director of food services at Wilfrid Laurier University, explained that Bento Sushi, which is currently operating, is Aramark’s contracted sushi provider for Ontario.

As Ah-So-Sushi was already under contract last school year when Aramark took over the Terrace it continued to operate for the remainder of its contract. Only minor changes to the menu will accompany the switch.

–Marissa Evans

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LOCAL

Local Editor Lindsay Purchase lpurchase@thecord.ca

Fighting family homelessness

RIM hopes for renewal

LINDSAY PURCHASE LOCAL AND NATIONAL EDITOR

New device to be released on Jan. 30 JUSTIN SMIRLIES NEWS DIRECTOR

After an unstable and challenging 2012, Research in Motion (RIM) is hoping that the launch of BlackBerry 10 on Jan. 30 will bring momentum back to the struggling Waterloobased company.

With upset stockholders, numerous layoffs and stiff competition from Google and Apple, RIM is putting a lot of emphasis on their new smartphone device. And consumers will have to as well if RIM has any hope of rebounding from 2012.

“Nobody understands more than we do about getting BlackBerry 10 right. And right the first time,” said Nick Manning, a spokesperson for RIM. The release of the BlackBerry 10 has been delayed numerous times, with many launch dates originally slated for the fall of 2012, but the device will officially launch at the end of this month. Commercial availability for the device will be shortly afterwards.

“There are really very exciting and innovative things about BlackBerry 10, we’ve really listened to the demands of the consumer and the market to try and understand what people want,” continued Manning.

“We’ve obviously been engaging with community partners and developers for a very long time to share with them BlackBerry 10, to make sure they understand how they can work with it.”

According to Manning, BlackBerry 10 will feature a multi-function operating system where users can quickly go from messages to Internet browsing to applications without closing anything.

The device also features a “time shift” photo application that takes a few photos instead of just one so users could alter the image afterwards to get the most perfect result.

RIM has been a vital aspect of Waterloo’s economy and many, such as Ian McLean, the president and CEO of the Greater KitchenerWaterloo Chamber of Commerce, are hoping that BlackBerry 10 brings more economic prosperity to the

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company and the city.

“It’s a great opportunity to hit the reset button for them and I think it will be very well received,” said McLean. “I was very, very impressed with the technology and with the actual version that I’ve seen of BlackBerry 10.”

McLean added that RIM, as of late, has become the “whipping boy” for stock analysts.

While RIM stock reached a nineyear low in July with a price of $7.09 per share, their shares grew about 18 per cent in November after the BlackBerry 10 official launch date was announced.

“I think it was unfairly beaten down,” explained McLean. “I think their management team has been put very well together [and] they are poised for a good stretch of positive news.”

“I don’t think people should write it off it so soon,” he added.

However, according to McLean, RIM can’t just stop at BlackBerry 10 if it is well received by the public. He

noted that that was one of the small reasons why people started moving towards other and more powerful competitor products.

“I think what they’ve learned from [recent struggles] is that they can’t wait and rest on BlackBerry 10,” he said.

“They’re going to be looking to whatever else is next, whether that is BlackBerry 11 or enhancements to BlackBerry 10 because the market is looking for the next improvement.”

Manning noted that the Waterloo community has been very supportive over the last year and that the new product will rebuild their confidence in the company.

“We understand the difficulties we have faced in recent years has been hard for the community and we’re really grateful for the support they have been able to show us,” Manning explained.

“But we want to make sure we really get it right the first time and deliver value for our stakeholders.”

Family homelessness in Waterloo Region is coming under greater scrutiny with a federal funding allotment from the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) to study this local issue.

The funding, which was announced by Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid last Monday, totals $64,000 and will be used by the region to research more effective means of addressing family homelessness.

The funding, according to Braid, will “support the Region in their efforts to conduct a study on the risks of family homelessness to better understand the factors that increase risks of homelessness and how as a community we can mitigate those risks.”

Waterloo Region is one of 61 communities across the country that was designated by the HPS to receive support after its inception in 2008, Braid confirmed.

The Region submitted a proposal in June of last year after the HPS issued a call in the spring for applications for research on family homelessness.

“We were identifying that there was a phenomena occurring within our emergency shelter system which looked at a burgeoning number of families who were homeless, and we wanted to begin to understand what this looked like,” explained Lynn Randall, the director of Social Planning, Policy and Program Administration for Waterloo Region.

Between 2010 and 2011, the number of families accessing emergency

shelter services increased by 30 per cent.

The Region will be accepting proposals to determine who will be conducting the research.

It will also be working with a team of local organizations consisting of “primary operators who serve families within our shelters and homelessness system,” Randall specified.

This will include organizations such as Mary’s Place, Lutherwood – Families in Transition and Marillac Place, among others. The agreement for the research will conclude on March 31, 2014.

Although the research will be focused on Waterloo Region, its applicability may extend beyond this community.

“While we’re being funded to look at it in our local context, the idea behind it, from the federal government’s point of view, is that this would be something that could possibly be applicable across the country, so that there’d be value in it for everybody,” Randall continued.

This particular project, according to Braid, aligns with the federal approach of addressing these issues at a community level first.

“We [the federal government] support the work of local governments and local organizations who are closest to this issue on the ground, who understand local problems and know how best to develop local solutions,”said Braid.

“These are important investments for levels of government to make,” Braid asserted.

“Having access to safe, affordable housing is an important building block of a strong community.”

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“He got out because he didn’t want to be embarrassed.”

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Glen Murray, MPP for the Toronto Centre riding, has dropped out of the Ontario Liberal leadership race, leaving six other hopefuls in contention.

In the fall, Murray resigned from his position as minister of training, colleges and universities in order to run. He was the first to announce candidacy after former Premier Dalton McGuinty resigned.

“He got out because he didn’t want to be embarrassed,” explained Barry Kay, a political analyst and professor at Wilfrid Laurier University acknowledging that Murray likely wouldn’t have won.

Kay went on to explain that some of the candidates are in the race for more symbolic than literal reasons.

He expressed that some enter the race with an awareness that they may not succeed in order to gain the “support of a significant amount of people in the party that will position them for the future” by contributing to their political reputation.

In response to the fact that Murray is now endorsing a leading candidate, Kathleen Wynne, Kay said that the support obviously doesn’t hurt, but he isn’t sure that it’s going to make a huge difference in terms of what actually happens.

John Milloy, MPP for the Kitchener Centre, expressed his thoughts on Murray’s recent drop out.

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There are now six candidates left in the running for leader of Ontario’s Liberal party.

of course to drop out and support Kathleen Wynne.”

Out of the six remaining candidates, Wynne and Sandra Pupatello are currently in the lead. Last weekend’s delegate voting showed

Pupatello leading with 27 per cent support and Wynne trailing slightly in second with 25 per cent.

While Kay acknowledged that current polls are pointing toward a female leader for the party, “the key

element is going to be what happens in terms of second ballot support from others.”

He also identified that image could play a role in how votes are cast during the next provincial

election, which could impact the selection of the Liberal leader.

“In terms of the next election, the way most Ontarians are going to decide on the way they vote in the next election, and we might have one in a few months, is the way they look on television,” he commented.

While this isn’t the single determining factor to political success, it may play a role in the decision made by less informed voters.

“Are liberal activists going to be more concerned with the person they like the best based on their policies and intellect, or are they going to be motivated by who they think has the best chance of winning the next election?” Kay questioned.

Glen Murray was unavailable for comment.

The Ontario Liberal leadership convention will take place during the weekend of Jan. 25.

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Waterloo has an arts problem.

At least, that’s what they say. People seem to believe that cool, fun things aren’t happening in this city, and it’s hard to convince them otherwise. Why? Is the populace too old? Is the focus on tech and science, the lifeblood of the city, too all encompassing? Or does the gleaming beacon of Toronto just an hour and half down the 401 diminish Waterloo’s light?

Yet arts and culture is certainly here. As Waterloo grows and becomes more important on the international map, it’s time to figure out the role it plays.

Fractures in the community

Joseph Chen has spent a great deal of time thinking about art and culture in Waterloo. He’s the founder of the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema, a now world-renowned film festival. The festival originated at the University of Waterloo’s, Chen’s Alma Marter, but as it grew more popular, he found himself looking for a space that could support it.

Chen couldn’t find anywhere in Waterloo that met his needs. He began looking in Kitchener and ended up purchasing the Chrysalids Theatre and L-Lounge, a theatre space in Downtown Kitchener that he now runs full time.

“Waterloo has not had the benefit of having cheap, available spaces,” said Chen.

Downtown Kitchener is full of them thanks to a dearth of decaying factories and spaces. Places like the Tannery and The Breithaupt Block have been refurbished into pristine offices where big players like Google and Communitech can rub shoulders with people working out of smaller and cheaper places.

“Rents are naturally quite a bit lower and that draws in a significant crowd of creatives,” said Chen.

Chen also believes Waterloo has suffered because the city hasn’t put as much capital funding into the

city’s arts and culture.

“Waterloo didn’t inject capital in the same way that the city of Kitchener did to develop its downtown,”he said.

In years past, Waterloo didn’t need to. It had a perfectly nice downtown core. Kitchener, however, saw an opportunity to improve upon what it had.

Living in Waterloo means, for some, that you live with a dichotomy. On the other side there is Kitchener; historically working class and “scary”, if you believe some people.

“People view them differently,” said Chen. “What is damaging is when they compete with each other in areas where neither of them have the resources to compete on their own or when people withhold their attendance for one kind of fear or another.”

When Chen first moved WFAC to Chrysalids Theatre, he estimates that attendance dropped 95 per cent. Old stereotypes about Kitchener are keeping people from crossing the border between the two cities. It goes the other way as well. For a certain demographic of younger folks, Waterloo doesn’t seem as dynamic as it’s rough-and-tumble little sister. “I’ve heard it often and over and over that real artists belong in Kitchener,” said Chen.

It isn’t just Kitchener versus Waterloo that divides the community, however. “There’s a ‘suburbs versus urban’ divide here, I think,” said Hilary Abel “There’s nothing wrong with either setting but the acceptance to try things in both settings is important.”

Abel is well-known for being the organizer of Steel Rail Sessions, a yearly party that takes place on a train to St. Jacob’s. Organizing and connecting with people is her passion and while she is very good at it, you can only get people to come to what they want to come to.

It could also be that what makes Waterloo’s location so great for businesses looking for cheaper rents

is what does damage for those in the arts scene. Toronto is more accessible to Waterloo residents than ever before thanks to improved GO transit service and a VIA connection. But even closer is Guelph, a small town with a tightly knit arts community.

Some of these disconnects carry enough historical baggage with them to fill a cargo plane. Others simply came with the advent of technology, the growth of the universities or, as many of those interviewed noted, a lack of communication. Ask Average Joe Waterloo why he didn’t go to the gallery opening last night and he’ll respond, “I didn’t know it was happening.” People are doing wonderful and interesting things. But it’s hard for people to find them.

A model of arts growth

On the edge of the American south-west, there is an oasis of culture and cool; Austin, Tx. It’s founders, buffalo-hunters, would be shocked today to find a city that has become known for two things: it’s booming tech sector (the city is home to Dell computers amongst other tech companies) and its vibrant cultural scene.

The capital of Texas is also the place you can see emerging bands and eat some of the best food to be found in the United States. It’s a city that is lauded for having the best of both worlds; a growing economy coupled with culture that makes its residents happy.

It’s this kind of scene that Betty Anne Keller and Beth Rajnovich envision as Waterloo’s future. The two City of Waterloo workers (Keller manages arts, cultures and festivals and Rajnovich works in policy) have been charged with undertaking Waterloo’s new culture plan; a comprehensive study and eventual blueprint that will guide Waterloo as they attempt to funk things up a little bit.

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eld belief that K-W has a non-existent arts and culture scene

their development, both economically and culturally (Kitchener completed a culture plan of their own a few years ago). The last time Waterloo had a comprehensive plan was 1952 — a recreation plan in 2008, however, saw the need to start addressing culture planning in the city. Waterloo’s is a massive undertaking has already been going on for a year.

It’s at this point in the conversation you can’t help but bring up Richard Florida. The University of Toronto professor put art on a lot of cities radars with his book The Rise of the Creative Class. Where once a city may have focused on simply bringing in more jobs, the concern is that people’s creative needs are being met.

“Definitely one of the things we’re doing is looking to other cities…what can we borrow from other cities to achieve [the culture plan’s] vision,” said Rajnovich.

“I think the younger people living in the community…would like to see things a little edgier,” added Keller. She’s over 50, but keenly understands the tension that is mounting between the younger generation of students and young professionals who are staying in Waterloo, and the older generation that is used to having their city be a certain way.

Florida’s work comes up often in Rajnovich’s and Keller’s conversation and documents. Their eagerness to support innovative culture is shown in how much they have thrown their support behind Dan Lauckner.

Lauckner, the organizer of KDUB.ca, puts together the Waterloo Zombie Walk along with Shake – and – Skate, DJ’d skating parties on the rink in Waterloo Public Square. Another arm involved in the creation of the culture plan is the Creative Enterprise Intiative.

Much like a small business accelerator, CEI provides resources for creative businesses who need funding for projects. Their goal is to foster a sustainable creative economy. Thus far they’ve helped Kwartzlab in

Kitchener get money for a new laser cutter and assisted the Koi Music festival get publicity outside the Waterloo region market.

“At the end of the day it’s about economic prosperity in the region and making sure that this community is competing for talent on a global level. We need to shore up our offerings in the creative sector to be able to compete on that level,” said Heather Sinclair, the CEO of CEI. While the actual plan is ways off, the department has begun reaching out to the community. At any one of these events, everyone who cares (the City calls them community stakeholders) comes to chat about what they want in Waterloo. The ideas fly fast and furious as they try to take everything down. Still, some are skeptical. Can a cultural scene be made and not created from the grassroots?

From the bottom up

For some organizers, getting people to come out has been no problem at all. Charlotte Armstrong, Ryan Consell and Eric Moon would certainly agree. The three are the organizers and founders of K-W Nerd Nite. It’s part of an international network of events where amateurs and professionals get together to talk about whatever gets their engine going, be it astronomy, peregrine falcons or Robocop. Three participants give an entertaining 20-minute spiel and the rest of the night is spent playing trivia – which gets pretty nerdy and a little giggly, as you can imagine.

“It’s a social opportunity for everyone,” said Armstrong. At their events, they get everyone from undergrads at University of Waterloo to retirees. If people show up alone, Armstrong will happily introduce them to a new friend (and in a few cases, those friends have gone on to become significant others). They’ve promoted their events almost exclusively through

social media and word-of-mouth. While they to have encountered difficulty with communications, they’ve still managed to enjoy some relative success with events. “There’s more freedom to do events here,” said Moon. “In Toronto, there’s a lot of different communities mashed into a small area. Here because it’s smaller, there’s a little more freedom.”

Abel echoes this sentiment. Steel Rail Sessions has gotten bigger each consecutive year she’s taken on the project. “I lived in Toronto for 24 months and didn’t make a single friend … but when I moved back here I instantly felt like I was connected to a lot of different groups of people,” she said.

We typically think of arts and culture as going to the symphony; viewing paintings; seeing a band; and maybe going to a play. But in K-W, culture can mean a lot more things. It can be the kind of nerdy fun promoted by Nerd Nite — which makes a lot of sense given that there’s probably more computer geeks in Waterloo than any other place in Canada— or it can be, as Chen pointed out, talks at the Perimeter Institute or the Centre for International Governance Innovation. If we pull back and broaden the scope of what we consider to be culture, it becomes clear Waterloo has it in spades.

The attendance at WFAC did recover. “Eventually the people who valued our work would find us,” said Chen. Abel purposely wanted to have Steel Rails on a train because it became about exploration and adventure. People responded to this enthusiastically.

Lauckner in fact enjoys that his events bring a smaller crowd. It’s not the number but the feeling, that of intimacy.

There’s no magic formula that makes a city cool (Toronto’s been searching for one for years). Waterloo has a lot of cool creativity hiding in its streets; now you just have to find it.

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Being vegetarian is a popular health decision but what does it take to become one?

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A new year has begun and this is the time when we might make a resolution or two. For many, one resolution is to eat healthier. It’s why more and more people are asking themselves: To be or not to be vegetarian?

It can be a daunting choice but don’t despair. I’ve gathered some information that will assist you on your journey towards vegetarianism, and help you do it locally.

What’s in a name?

According to the Vegetarian Society (vegetariansociety.com), there are four forms of vegetarianism.

A lacto-ovo-vegetarian is the commonly known vegetarian that does not eat poultry, pork, fish and shellfish but will eat dairy products and eggs.

A lacto-vegetarian will consume dairy products but not eggs. Alternatively, an ovo-vegetarian will eat eggs but not dairy products.

A vegan pledges to protect

animals by not eating meat or partaking of any animal by-products.

For example, to be vegan means that you choose not to wear leather shoes, eat cheese or honey, and you support a more environmentally, eco-friendly lifestyle.

Where to go?

Whether for health reasons or a lifestyle choice, vegetarianism and veganism are gaining in popularity, which in turn is opening up consumer markets for producers and vendors alike.

Established local specialty health food stores like The Old Kitchen Cupboard in Kitchener and The Natural Food Market in Waterloo offer a variety of vegetarian and vegan dietary products, but they’re no longer alone.

Large grocery chains are diversifying and expanding organic areas to carry vegetarian and veganfriendly products too.

Sales of natural products have been consistently rising, demonstrating that this area is a growing

trend for grocery retailers with potential for further development.

Traditional market venues such as the downtown Kitchener Market and the St. Jacobs Farmer’s Market continue to be valuable resources for locally grown produce and products.

Growing in popularity are the seasonal UpTown Waterloo Market and Bailey’s Local Foods buying club.

In addition to locally grown produce and fruits, Bailey’s offers other local options like grains, breads, preserves, cheeses, peanuts and peanut butter, honey and dried beans.

Restaurants are expanding their menus to include locally grown produce and better vegetarian and vegan options. At Borealis Grille & Bar in Kitchener, you can try the zucchini and corn fritters or the handmade vegetable samosas.

How to go about it?

Taking the first step to a healthier lifestyle, which could include

becoming vegetarian or vegan, begins with education.

A visit to the local library or bookstore like Words Worth Books, 100 King Street will provide you with plenty of cookbooks and guides.

Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming can help get you started.

These sisters are the authors of best-selling cookbooks Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood and Quinoa Revolution. Quinoa’s popularity has recently skyrocketed.

The United Nations General Assembly has even declared 2013 the International Year of Quinoa. To learn more about this versatile, gluten-free, high protein grain and find recipes check out at patriciaandcarolyn.com.

Having such diverse, local resources is the benefit of living in a well-balanced community like the Waterloo Region and could increase chances of keeping that new year’s resolution beyond the month of January.

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The phrase “new year, new me” is possibly the most overstated phrase between December and January, because in most aspects, nothing changes especially the weather.

I’ve noticed that Waterloo’s climate is in a constant flux between terribly cold and deceptively warm, which is bad for my wardrobe and my immune system.

How is it possible to be the “new you” when you’re too busy trying to fight off the flu?

As this is the season of resolutions, I have resolved to put myself on a shopping diet for the month in an attempt to find the winter creativity that I let disappear around this time of the year.

The advice for dressing stylishly, yet warm, is typically the same each year: wear layers, invest in thick knits and own a solid pair of boots, even if they are just UGGs. It’s boring. As an adult, I know I am capable of keeping myself warm but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been fantasizing about lightweight fabrics and fun new patterns.

It doesn’t help that our favourite magazines and blogs showcase a winter wonderland where the weather remains moderately cool and the snow is a light dusting.

What magazines and style blogs tend to forget is that real winter does not give you the chance to dress how you would like to dress: in a staged photoshoot, wearing designer heels and nothing off the clothing rack.

I could count the amount of times I’ve tried to break out of my winter style rut and hated myself for it because it was too cold to be creative.

My observation has been that after we stockpile on discounted winter items during Boxing Day sales to make way for spring and pre-fall styles, we enter a Fashion Depression.

We’re still stuck wearing the same trends, and of course we can cheat by mixing winter and spring together but it doesn’t hold the same amount of satisfaction.

Even as we are pushed to buy more items that we won’t necessarily need in a few months, merely because it has been marked “sale”, the amount of stuff we hoard doesn’t really add up to the newness that we want.

The constant need to reinvent with the new, instead of with what we have, is more depressing than the weather outside.

In short, I really can’t wait for Spring.

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Everyone notices when someone is holding a cup of coffee from Starbucks. But the little tea bag labels that have been popping out of the travel mugs have become increasingly more noticeable. Tea culture has been evolving, creating a lifestyle culture that’s been increasing within the student body.

“More and more people are realizing the expense and health concerns related to drinking too much coffee. People are now turning towards tea while trying to maintain a healthier lifestyle,” said Annie Bender, the associate manager of

DAVIDsTEA in Uptown Waterloo.

Aside from the many social rituals that tea is used for, the health benefits are too promising to ignore.

Unlike coffee and lattes, tea leaves contain minimal calories and are filled with flavonoid antioxidants which are known to fight free radicals: a chemical known to cause damage and inflammation to the body.

“The amazing thing about tea is that people forget how diverse it is. There are non-traditional teas and for any ailment you have, you can usually find a tea that would be of benefit,” Bender noted. It’s much easier to have a cup of tea and

measure the amount of caffeine intake as oppose to when going for a cup of coffee, even if it’s just a small cup.

The variety of teas can be categorized as to whether or not they are derived from the camellia plant, such as white, green, black and oolong tea. These tea leaves are filled with antioxidants and are often fermented. This means that the longer the leaves are fermented, the higher the caffeine content.

Teas from the camellia plant are excellent cups to have as a breakfast beverage or an afternoon pick-meup without the jittery side effects experienced when drinking coffee.

Not all teas are caffeinated.

Herbal and rooibos teas do not contain camellia plant leaves but are instead are infused with fruits and flowers.

Specialty stores such as DAVIDsTEA supply more than just a plethora of flavours for tea fanatics. The availability of accessories further enhance the tea experience, making it easier for people to try out different types of tea.

“There are travel mugs that keep your mug warm all day with a press in it which allows you to brew your own tea when you put the leaves at the bottom,” Bender explained. The possibilities of tea are endless, from being able to ice tea as a cold beverage, to incorporating tea leaves into

Three’s company THE NAUGHTY PRUDE SEX COLUMNIST

Let us all welcome this year as the year of the threesome. Standards are evolving, morals are shifting and opportunities to be radical with your sexuality are more apparent than ever. If you have not been a willful participant in a threesome before, maybe this is the year for it.

I would never coerce you into anything outside your comfort zone, but a new year always encourages transformation and as the Naughty Prude, the need for some changes this year is strong.

Participating in a threesome both challenges and defies the sexual constraints that surround society.

Why do a large majority of our population view the threesome as some monumentally taboo sexual activity?

The threesome between Blake Lively, Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson in Savages was copasetic.

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Christine Taylor made it look easy in Zoolander.

There are obvious detriments to the threesome, which are heightened by carelessness, but if planned correctly, the threesome will be successful and present marvelous postcoital bliss.

The threesome can kick-start your inner prowess, unleashing secluded eroticism that you had no idea existed.

A disastrous threesome is not the end of the world when you

realistically think about things that matter in your life.

In order to make a conscious decision, make sure that you have a say with voicing your needs towards the threesome.

You should try and make your threesome as comfortable an experience as possible. Start by asking yourself some questions like: - Do you want to know both participants?

-Do you want them to be strangers?

- Do you want to indulge in a threesome with a couple?

- Do you want to make a list of Do’s and Don’ts in the bedroom?

However, there will always be aspects you do not have control over such as: -The need to be considerate to both participants.

-The need to concentrate on both participants.

-The need to control the amount of liquid courage you consume.

Never underestimate the power of the orgasm and never deny the chance for a sexual escapade.

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“People also appreciate the culture of sitting down and having a cup of tea—it’s a nice companion. It may be an ancient ritual, but it has become an integral part of human society,” Bender added.

While holding those little teal green cups may seem like a new trend that many students on campus have bought into, the results and acts of drinking tea shows that it is complementary to our health.

Next time you spend an all-nighter writing a paper, think about a breakfast tea or a flavoured green tea as a nice pick-me-up the next morning. I’m sure Tim Horton’s would understand.

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THE CORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 Arts Editor Cristina Almudevar calmudevar@thecord.ca

Apatow falls flat CAMERON NOBLE STAFF WRITER

The Academy gets it right With this year’s Oscars, the nominees were easy, but the winners will be tougher

WADE THOMPSON VISUAL DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow. Ben Affleck.

Quentin Tarantino. Tom Hooper.

Four directors who have been in the Oscar conversation all awards season, and who backed that praise up with very worthy films.

But, as if a running theme this year, there were just too many other notable contenders, and they were bumped from the final five. As good as those directors were, in 2012, “too many choices” is simply not a bad thing.

For the first time in a long time, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences seemed to get it right. There were an abundance of excellent possibilities this year, and with the fewest exceptions in recent memory, the Oscars have nominated the most laudable films and people. But that doesn’t mean the winners are going to be any more apparent.

This years nominations were spot on, but due to the quality of

the nominees, no real frontrunners emerged from most of the categories. Smart money would be on Lincoln and it’s 12 nominations, but it’s hard to count out the likes of Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Les Miserables or even a long-shot like Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The independent darling has managed to stick around since Cannes, reminiscent of last year’s winner, The Artist.

No category makes this “wideopen” theory more prevalent than the “Best Director” award though.

While a case could be made for any of Bigelow, Affleck, Hooper or Tarantino, the likes of Michael Haneke, Ang Lee, David O. Russell, Steven Spielberg and Behn Zeitlin all make just as much sense.

Yet the Director’s Guild only had Lee and Spielberg in common with the Oscar’s choices. While Affleck, and his movie Argo took home the Director and Picture prizes at this week’s Golden Globes.

When so many great possibilities are competing against one another, you can’t help but get excited about the actual show night. It’s going to be (hopefully) a night of surprises.

As far as some critical analysis of the Academy’s choices goes, I personally would have left Russell off of that list. But I also understand why he was included. It’s hard to

argue against a director who commended four acting nominations in all four acting categories for the first time since 1981’s Reds. Warren Beatty won the directing Oscar for that film, so Russell has just a good a shot as anyone else.

In the acting categories, there were more than enough “locks” this year. Daniel Day-Lewis looks poised to capture his record setting third Best Actor statue. So that’s a real exception to the “no frontrunner rule” even though Joaquin Phoenix, Hugh Jackman or Bradley Cooper could pull out a relatively plausible upset.

Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain will provide some tough competition for one another while holding off the young (newcomer Quvenshané Wallis) and the old (Amour’s Emmanuelle Riva).

Naomi Watts rounds the top five, but against that powerful quartet, doesn’t really have a shot it seems.

Anne Hathaway will be the one to beat as Best Supporting Actress, which is completely deserved if you’ve seen her heart-wrenching turn in Les Miserables. But you can never completely count out the likes of previous nominees Amy Adams and Jacki Weaver, or previous winners Sally Field and Helen Hunt.

Best Supporting Actor is the absolute most interesting category for

me though. It’s very hard to argue that Robert DeNiro didn’t give his best performance in over two decades, but Tommy Lee Jones brought his standard, incredible curmudgeoning to Spielberg’s Lincoln too.

And with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Arkin and Christoph Waltz rounding out the category, it’ll be interesting to see which previous winner will add another statue to their trophy case.

I could start to complain about some of my favourite films of the year not getting the love they deserved, but I honestly am content with the way the nominations went this year.

I mean, Looper and Rian Johnson deserved some recognition, and while there was no chance in hell The Avengers had a shot at anything anyway, I still would be lying if I didn’t consider that to be one of the best films of the year.

And there was Leonardo DiCaprio who was undoubtedly the greatest thing in Django Unchained, so it’s slightly disappointing to see him left off the Best Supporting Actor nods. But again, there was just too much this year.

Here’s hoping that there are some real surprises at this year’s Oscars.

A cookie-cutter final tally will be just another dent in the Academy’s quickly decreasing credibility.

The Apatow family will have a strange chronicle of their professional lives as Judd Apatow continues to include his wife, Leslie Mann, and two daughters in several of his feature films, including Knocked Up, Funny People, and the recently released This Is 40.

The latter, also featuring Paul Rudd, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox and Jason Segel, is the sequel to Knocked Up. The story follows Pete (Rudd) and Debbie (Mann) as they wrestle with midlife crises, struggling to accept the onslaught of turning 40.

While the premise is overdone and somewhat weak, the film is for the most part successful because there are plenty of laughs. Much of any comedic film’s faults can be excused if you consistently laugh throughout and This Is 40 is generally funny.

Judd Apatow still struggles with editing—the film reaches well over two hours—and toward the end of the film, the already frail narrative becomes tedious. However, Rudd, Mann and the Apatow daughters all deliver effective roles and the movie has genuine laugh-out-loud moments.

Rudd, who still hasn’t convinced me he can carry a movie as lead actor, is in top form throughout. There is plenty of chemistry with Mann provides a lot of laughs; many of which derive from self-deprecation or struggling with her co-workers Desi (Fox) and Jodi (Charlyne Yi, star of Paper Heart).

Like the depressing Funny People, This Is 40 needs to be edited; some scenes tread for too long. There are far too many supporting characters that are introduced and go nowhere.

These are only small caveats for performances that are full of life.

Each scene bursts with witty banter among the characters and, as a whole, the film consistently maintains attention. For the most part, the jokes succeed and overall This Is 40 redeems its negative loose ends by not overstaying its welcome for too long. Ultimately, it doesn’t tread new territory but the formula works well enough to deserve your attention.

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Turret gets ‘Loud’ amy grief StAff WRitER

After a month of hype, Pittsburghborn rapper Mac Miller finally graced the stage at the Turret Nightclub this past Monday night.

With the 400 ticket pre-sale selling out in under three minutes, the show, presented by the A-Team, was almost sure to excite the all-ages crowd.

Opening the show was Canadian hip-hop duo SonReal and Rich Kidd who got the crowd pumped as people slowly trickled in from the long, winding Turret stairs.

Following a short musical interlude was the second opening act, The Come Up. Also from Pittsburgh, the two rappers jumped around the stage spitting rhymes as Miller “discreetly” stood at the side, his face shrouded by a zipped-up hoodie.

Finally, around 11:45 p.m., Miller took centre stage to thunderous applause and many a high-pitched

squeal.

With a distinct fan-base centered around the 18-22-year-old demographic, many girls were decked in out in homemade, puffy-paint bedazzled shirts declaring their love for Mac “Most Dope” Miller.

With the crowd pushed claustrophobically close to the stage, their uncomfortable stance proved fruitful as Miller often reached into the audience to interact with his fans.

An engaging and high-energy performer, 20-year-old Miller had his audience singing (well, rapping) and dancing along, mainly due to his fame and sheer star quality.

While the crowd seemed pleased with the show, a decent sound check could have made the night much more enjoyable.

After seeing Miller perform a sold-out show at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre this past summer, I was excited to see how his music would translate at a smaller venue.

What could have been a flawless and well-executed intimate show, largely due to the excellent planning and logistics of A-Team, much of the performance was ruined by poor sound engineering. Like many students, I like my music loud and heavy on the bass. I don’t, however, like the feeling of a 747 taking off in my ear.

Despite seemingly bleeding eardrums, it was easy to let loose to Miller’s distinct brand of brash and dance-y rap music.

Highlights included a sing-a-long of Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror”, a sample track of Biggie Smalls’s “Big Poppa”, and Miller’s original hit single (and YouTube video sensation) “Donald Trump”.

An overall enjoyable Monday night out at the Turret - thanks in part to the high volume of under-agers who kept the bar area clear for us legal folk - Miller seemed to give it his all at Laurier.

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The Golden girls liz smith StAff WRitER

As a general rule, it’s unwise to get caught up in Hollywood hype. All too often, that which is highly anticipated ends up falling flat.

Enter 2013 Golden Globe hosts Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler, kickass comedians and real life BFFs. If anything, the duo exceeded expectations; delivering a relaxed, brash and above all, charming hosting debut. It took only a few pans of the crowd’s uproarious reaction to the opening monologue to prove it: everyone likes Fey and Poehler.

And why not? They’re really, really funny.

Undoubtedly, the women of the biz stole the show at the Golden Globes. This coupled with Fey and Poehler hosting and so many of the shows best lines at the expense of Hollywood’s men it truly was a night for the girls. Early in the show, Poehler referenced Kathryn Bigelow, (best director nominee for Zero Dark Thirty), saying “When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron.”

Moments later, Fey joked about Anne Hathaway’s performance in Les Miserables, saying “I haven’t seen someone so totally alone and abandoned since you were onstage with James Franco at the Oscars.”

The ladies were sticking it to the men, and sticking together. Fellow SNL alum Kirsten Wiig was hilarious while presenting with Will Ferrell, racking up a few more points for the women of comedy.

And it didn’t stop with the veterans. Hollywood’s young stars shone just as brightly, with Lena Dunham cleaning up in the comedy category for HBO’s Girls, and Jennifer Lawrence giving one of the most endearing acceptance speeches in recent history for her win for Silver Linings Playbook. “What’s this say?

I beat Meryl [Streep],” Lawrence joked, referencing a line from the ‘90s comedy The First Wives Club.

The ladies were fashionably onpoint as well, with Kerri Washington, Kate Hudson and Helen Mirren pulling off completely current looks.

Even Jessica Alba (typically boring as dry toast), killed it in her second look, a graphic black and white number from Louis Vuitton Spring/ Summer 2013 collection.

Honourable mention to Hugh Jackman, Ben Affleck and Bill Murray - totally charming and timeless Hollywood hunks who make it impossible to completely forget the men, no matter how spectacularly the women steal the show.

With the Globes out of the way, excitement is ramping up for Feb. 24 Oscars.

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THE CORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013 Opinion Editor Devon Butler dbutler@thecord.ca

Transparency needed in Wch thefts University administration is being unusually quiet about the thefts that hit Waterloo College Hall over winter break.

Despite the fact that multiple sources within the residence have told The Cord and other media that upwards of 22 thefts occurred — including residence furniture and a flat screen TV — with one student losing upwards of $3,000-worth of goods, the university is downplaying the incident. The university is still saying they’re looking into the matter, only admitting that there may have been a few thefts, of which “there is still no proof.”

Yet several students in WCH are missing their property. Does the university think they’re lying? Even more concerning is how hard Residence Life appears to be working to keep the issue quiet. Aside from not providing any real information to media, Res Life has attempted to prevent students living in WCH from talking to The Cord.

Why shouldn’t students be able to express their concerns? After all, this is nothing more than a simple safety issue. The security of WCH was compromised; the students affected have every right to be upset and express their anger or worry to whomever they please.

Furthermore, every student at Laurier — at the very least every student in residence — deserves to be privy to exactly what happened at WCH so they can avoid the same situation happening to them. Yes, it is an ongoing investigation, so there will be some information that will simply not be available, but burying concerns doesn’t do anyone any good.

Profs must be accountable On Jan. 2, just five days before the start of the new semester at Wilfrid Laurier University, 2,600 grades had yet to be reported. With graduate school deadlines and last-minute class choices approaching, those students were without an essential piece of information; and that is simply not fair. WLU has a policy that professors have their final marks submitted within 96 hours of the class’s final exam. Considering the last day of the exam period was Dec. 19, either several profs didn’t respect the deadline, or the university didn’t do a good enough job enforcing it.

One thing that’s for sure: the only losers in the situation were the students.

Yes, professors at Laurier can be burdened with large class sizes, and many go without TAs. But this is a reality of post-secondary education in Canada and professors need to be accountable to their students.

When a student hands an assignment in late, they are given a penalty. Why then is it fair for professors to submit their work late with no repercussions? Marking students’ work may be just one part of a professor’s job. But it is, nonetheless, part of their job. And one that is very important to students, who, let’s not forget, are essentially paying customers in this scenario.

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Plagiarism is unforgivable AlAnnA FAirey LEAD REPORTER

After he was caught plagiarizing, it’s difficult for me to see Chris Spence as anything but a lazy, arrogant thief who plagiarized several articles and literary works to appear more intelligent than those around him.

With that in mind, there is no way he should be able to keep his PhD from the University of Toronto (U of T).

On Jan. 11, Spence officially announced his resignation as director of education of the Toronto District School Board and apologized for the obvious lapse of judgment.

Spence concluded his shockingly original speech by claiming that his intention is to now register in a course at Ryerson University for ethics and journalism to make amends for his blatant act of plagiarism.

If Spence wanted to truly make amends for his contradicting ethics towards the educational system, he should have his unashamedly unoriginal doctoral dissertation, deemed invalid by his alma mater, U of T. Though discussions are still

underway in regards to the status of Spence’s PhD, why should this man be allowed to hold this honour when he only did half of the work?

What about those who work hard on their thesis and do not get the same kind of recognition?

How could he have gotten away with it for so long as well? His use of plagiarism wasn’t just the odd sentence taken and then re-worded, but instead it was paragraphs of unaltered content.

The average university student knows to re-word and go to great lengths to make sure that they aren’t caught plagiarizing.

Why didn’t Spence go to those lengths? Was it because of sheer laziness? Or did his ego tell him that he wouldn’t be caught because of his position? Either way, Spence clearly thought that he was above everyone else.

Spence admitted to giving failed marks to former students of his that were caught plagiarizing while he had clearly not practiced what he had preached.

Does a man of these contradictions sound like he is deserving of the PhD from a prestigious university on his wall?

The answer is an overwhelming no.

He is not deserving of his PhD and U of T should recognize this and by taking immediate and drastic action.

One of Spence’s plagiarized articles was written about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. In this article

that was published in the Toronto Star, Spence stole a passage word-for-word from Aisha Sultan of the St. Louis PostDispatch who wrote about an encounter she had with her son about the shootings three days before, Spence claiming it as himself about his own son.

This example of intentional plagiarism only heightens the insensitivity regarding the shooting. Spence’s “sincerity” about the issue was not pure.

He had to go as far as to steal another parent’s ability to genuinely feel for the loss of a child and the devastation of a loss of a safe environment.

Is this tactless nature the representation that U of T wants to stand for them?

Someone who cannot search within his heart to find the words that parents all over the world felt?

If this is a man that U of T wishes to glorify, then the university and its own ethics and morals should be brought into question as well.

By withdrawing Spence’s PhD, this will demonstrate that no one is exempt from the need to have integrity when it comes to what we say.

Regardless of one’s position, they should not be entitled to rob from others and expect to not endure any consequences.

For that reason, Spence simply should no longer hold the privilege of a PhD. He can still correct the wrong that he knowingly committed by giving back what was never rightfully his. letters@thecord.ca

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Opinion Editor Devon Butler dbutler@thecord.ca

Highway 407 is capitalism gone wrong The privatization of Ontario highways eliminates the use of infrastructure from those who need it the most

james popkie OPINION COLuMNIST

Although I consider myself nonpartisan, I do generally identify more with rightward than leftward politics, not only in policy and philosophy but also in attitude.

However, if one wants to look at the problems of the modern right encapsulated in one specific debacle, nothing is a more perfect image of the right’s deficiencies, both moral and practical, than the highway 407 Express Toll Route (ETR).

The story behind this freeway is that the Ontario government, largely under Bob Rae’s NDP regime, had paid for the vast majority of its construction. The Mike Harris provincial conservatives, however, sold it off to a Spanish private company, Cintra, in 1999 for $3.1 billion. Ever since, this company has charged exorbitant fees for drivers to use the road.

Roads are not like liquor stores, with the latter being an unessential service that should have been privatized in Ontario a long time ago.

On the contrary, roads are the most basic level of infrastructure there is. They are literally how we get from point A to B on a daily basis.

While privatization makes sense for many things, and there is still a great deal of unnecessary

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government bureaucracy, any sane conservative would see a privatized highway as an affront to the very idea of society.

The 407 is a road for the rich. And on account of its prices, it is the road less travelled. It is an extreme example of privatization where one of the most basic levels of infrastructure is priced prohibitively so only the wealthy members of society can use it.

It is an example of opposition to government-financed services to the point where even something

as basic as a road cannot be free to use, or at the very least, lightly tolled with affordable government tolls as is done frequently in the United States.

If people tried to cover up their license plates on highway 407, I would not blame them.

The 407 would feel more at home in a country where gross economic inequality abounds and where the government-owned free highways are so lined with bandits and potholes that the wealthy use their own alternative toll highways to avoid

these problems.

Privatizing highways is a radical, far right capitalist notion that neither the NDP nor Liberals support.

While there are radical leftist views on opposing the construction of all highways, it was the Bob Rae government that helped facilitate the 407’s construction.

Although the highway was sold for a mere $3.1 billion, the government’s construction costs prior to the handover had been $1.6 billion, but moreover, the government had paid around $100 billion to acquire

the right-of-way to build the highway. In 2010, the Canada Pension Plan purchased a 10 per cent stake for $894 million, implying a value of around $9 billion for the entire highway.

Not only was selling the 407 socially irresponsible, but the government was shortchanged on the sale too. Now, the Ontario government has plans to build a $1 billion eastward extension, completing the 407 bypass around Toronto.

The government will spend this billion to build and control a relatively small portion of a highway that is otherwise entirely out of their control.

Highway 401 through Toronto is one of the busiest freeways in North America, and yet the ownership of a sorely needed bypass highway to alleviate congestion was deferred to a private company charging exorbitant fees.

The 407 could be an essential part of the GTA’s freeway network, giving Ontarians a bypass around the GTA if its eastward alignment, meeting back with the 401 east of Oshawa, was completed. It would also be essential for commuter traffic.

While some of the communities served by the 407 are wealthy suburban communities inhabited by people with money, there are a great number of people who would benefit from the use of this highway but are simply unable to afford it.

The government needs to buy back this highway to make up for one of Canada’s worst examples of capitalism gone awry and privatization taken to its utmost extreme. letters@thecord.ca

re-discovering the wonder of the everyday With our technological advancements fazing us from the little miracles of life, it is time we learn to appreciate small wonders

leah dejong OPINION COLuMNIST

The world is short on wonder. The irony is that the world has never been more full of things to wonder at.

In the last year alone scientists developed actual Spiderman string, put a machine on Mars and allowed the world to watch, freefell from the edge of space and obtained video footage of the real life Kraken. These are all obviously wonder-worthy activities, yet we don’t wonder at them.

We get a glance between memes, a conversation with friends before class and an analysis by an expert somewhere.

Most people no longer see something amazing and feel free to stop and stare. Society has even managed to change the meaning of the word.

Originally wonder referred to something that was worthy of marvel but today it refers to the act of curiosity.

Wonder was deemed a primary emotion and was revered by the Greeks as they believed it led them on the path to science.

Later, French philosopher René Descartes agreed with wonder’s place as a primary emotion but saw it as a negative thing. He said wonder, which he called, “wundran” could lead to science but more often wasted people’s time.

Descartes and those after him wanted to move wundran from marvelling to curiosity and change the first step to science and the world has been trapped in it ever since.

We give a two-second appreciation to the awesomeness around us and skip directly to the who, what, where, when, how and why. It’s about the product, not the process.

Rather than wasting time with wonder, our society goes straight to wondering and gets things done.

But what have we lost? With the systematic death of wonder we’ve lost a vital part of life, as though walking through it with our eyes closed.

Yet we’ve managed to hang onto a piece of wonder. We still give the exceptional or things that peak our interest those two seconds of wundran, a first glimpse of Niagara Falls or the birth of a child.

We’ve graciously left wundran to the big moments, the once in a lifetime moments. That’s where the biggest loss is; we’ve constrained wonder to the big moments and removed it from the everyday.

The individual no longer immerses themselves in wonder. The little child might but they grow out of it all too quickly.

Adults don’t see it because we’re not looking, we’ve forgotten how.

However, the small wundrans and the joy that accompanies them rarely shout “wonder.” They usually whisper, “Hey, that’s a little cool.”

We just need to be listening.

In order to re-discover the wonder of the everyday, we’re going to have to go looking for it.

There’s wonder in watching a bug crawling vertically up a blade of grass, eating cake, seeing snowflakes landing on a mitten or even in the way classroom seats bounce up and down.

The key is not to immediately inhale the wonder but to embrace it.

To let it percolate before diving in and love the little things.

The benefits of wonder are not quantifiable; we can’t put them in a jar and measure them. But the benefit is there just the same.

The ability to see the wonder and therefore find joy within the normal brightens the day. It keeps us from falling into depression during those blocks of life where the big wonders don’t dwell.

Life is miraculous and it wants us to take note, not for itself but for our own sakes. We need to take note to discover joy and then take note again.

It’s a never ending process that we cannot let die because there’s a disclaimer on life’s invitation. It’s an invitation to endless wonder but not all wonders are endless. letters@thecord.ca

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THE CORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

SPORTS

Sports Editor Shelby Blackley sblackley@thecord.ca

An inspiring performance SHELBY BLACKLEY SPORTS EDITOR

Peter Campbell doesn’t know how his star player does it.

When Max Allin stepped onto the court Wednesday following an emotional moment of silence for his father Dave, he put on an unforgettable performance in his memory. And even Campbell, who has coached Allin for four years, was amazed.

“I [said] to him all the time... when his dad was alive, the one thing you can do for your dad is play well because your dad loved to watch you play,” Campbell said.

Allin’s father passed away Jan. 4 after being diagnosed late in 2011 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). After missing the first two games of the second half of the season, Allin exploded on the court last Wednesday, dedicating his performance to his dad.

“My dad was a big part of my life,” said Allin. “He taught me everything I knew about basketball and today he would want me to keep competing and achieving as much as I can out on the court.”

Allin recorded 28 points, ten assists and seven rebounds to lead the Laurier Golden Hawks to a 112-92 upset win over the No. 8 Windsor Lancers Wednesday night.

A mere three days later, Allin broke the modern day record for points scored in a game when he put up 43 points, eight rebounds and two assists.

“Mentally, I don’t know how he does what he does,” Campbell said of his fourth-year guard. “For the fall [semester], he carried us. We weren’t very deep; we weren’t playing a lot of guys, so we had a lot of trouble playing Friday night and Saturday night. He was the one guy that was consistently good both nights all fall.”

Allin’s performance earned him his 11th career Laurier Athlete of the Week honour and Monday, he was named the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) Athlete of the Week

for the second time in his career.

He also leads the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) in scoring at 26.3 points per game and is fourth for rebounds per game with 10.6.

But everything he’s accomplished he gives credit to the late Dave Allin.

“Since I was a little kid he taught me everything I knew about basketball,” said Allin. “He’s always helped me and criticized my game and helped me grow as a player and I’m thankful for having him teach me the game of basketball.”

Allin comes from a big family, where he is one of eight children.

Campbell described the family as very close, saying that Allin’s father’s illness weighed heavily on him.

“And, you know, initially a year ago in January, Max said ‘the toughest thing is that dad comes to a game and I think about him’,” Campbell said. “And I said ‘tell him not to come, Max, because he wants you to play well’. And he said ‘well I can’t do that’. I said ‘that’s right. It’s the alternative.’”

But despite everything he’s gone through, Allin finds comfort in stepping on the court with his teammates and coach, whom were present at his father’s funeral last Monday.

And Campbell is amazed by his dedication.

“I think with all [of] that going on, it’s particularly impressive what he’s been able to do on the basketball court,” he said.

Allin had to miss every practice of the New Year before playing in Wednesday’s game against Windsor. And when he told Campbell he was ill Tuesday afternoon, the coach dismissed his absence.

“He doesn’t seem to need much practice,” Campbell laughed. “He hasn’t been in the gym for over a week.”

The modern day record for a single-game performance was previously held by graduate Kale Harrison — one of Allin’s good friends — who recorded 39 points against Carleton on Nov. 12, 2010. It was

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then tied on Jan. 5 of this year when second-year Will Coulthard scored 39 points against McMaster.

“It’s pretty impressive, I guess you could say,” Allin said of his 43-point game. “It was nice that Kale was there in attendance during the game and I got to see him after, which was nice. It’s an impressive record, but it’s not as important as winning.”

Allin still focuses his attention on improving his talent and helping the Hawks move into a playoff position despite his personal accomplishments.

Win over Guelph crucial Women’s basketball won their first game at home against the Guelph Gryphons, widening the gap in the OUA West JUSTIN FAUTEUX EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The Laurier Golden Hawks women’s basketball team had an unkind welcome to 2013.

With two of their first three games of the new year coming against the 11-0, defending Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) champion Windsor Lancers, it was no surprise they were looking to get back on track Saturday versus the Guelph Gryphons.

And that’s just what they did.

The Hawks won 79-49, riding a balanced scoring attack that saw 15 points off the bench from fourthyear Alena Luciani, 14 from veteran Kim Yeldon and 12 from newcomer Lee Anna Osei.

The win marked the team’s highest point total — and by far their the biggest win in terms of point differential — all season.

“It was a big win for us based on the standings,” said Laurier head coach Paul Falco. “With how tight everyone is in the middle of the pack it was huge to get a win over Guelph who we came into that game tied with.”

When Falco says the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West

standings are tight, he’s not kidding. Outside of 11-0 Windsor and Brock, three teams — Lakehead, Laurier and McMaster — sit at 5-6, with Western just ahead at 6-5 and Guelph just behind at 4-7.

The Waterloo Warriors are in last in the division at 0-11.

With Saturday’s game marking the halfway point of the 21-game season, Falco knows the stretch drive will be tight.

“We need to be improving week by week,” he said. “If we can play our best basketball these last six weeks of the season it should set us up pretty well for the playoffs.”

Falco has never missed the playoffs since coming to Laurier in 2008, posting the best season in school history in 2010-11, finishing fifth in Canada.

Currently, the Hawks occupy the sixth and final playoff spot in the OUA West standings.

However, with the tightness of the standings, even Wednesday night’s game against the basement-dwelling Warriors becomes key.

“It’s pretty easy for us to avoid looking too far ahead,” said Falco. “I think we learned from the first term that every game’s going to be a battle for us, no matter what the other

“It’s pretty easy for us to avoid looking too far ahead.”

—Paul Falco, women’s basketball head coach

team’s record is.”

Not looking too far ahead seems like a good idea for the Hawks considering what lies ahead after their date with the Warriors.

On Saturday, Laurier will travel to St. Catharines to take on the undefeated Brock Badgers. Game time for Wednesday is 6 p.m. while Saturday’s game tips off at 1 p.m.

Laurier’s road trip continues the following weekend when they travel to Thunder Bay for a pair of games against the Lakehead Thunderwolves before returning home Jan. 30 to play the McMaster Marauders.

“It sucked missing the two games, it sucked not being on the court with my teammates and I tried to make up for it in the last few games. I think we got a lot of talented guys on our team, we’ve just got to come together,” he said.

And despite his father not being present physically, Allin will continue to use him as his motivation throughout the rest of the season.

“Every time I step out on the court I play for him and I want to make him proud. So far I think I’m doing a good job and I’m going to continue to for the rest of the year.”

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THE CORD • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

SPORTS

Men’s hockey has win streak snapped ERIC THOMPSON STAFF WRITER

The Wilfrid Laurier men’s hockey team split games this weekend beating UOIT Ridgebacks 6-4 on Thursday before falling in Windsor 6-2 on Saturday night. After the weekend, Laurier remains in seventh in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) West division.

“It speaks to what we’ve been doing all year since the new year,” said second-year Frank Riddle following Thursday’s win. “We are never really giving up and always working hard.

When we get back to the basics and get it in deep good things will happen.”

Against UOIT, Laurier jumped out to a 2-0 lead on the strength of goals

by Greg Cerilli and Joseph Vanni.

However Laurier couldn’t keep up momentum, allowing the Ridgebacks to claw back to 2-2 with goals.

The back-and-forth pace continued with Benjamin Skinner, Zack Woolford and Cerilli helping restore a 5-3 lead before the third period. In the third a Trent Hawke power play goal extended the Hawks’ lead to 6-3.

A late UOIT goal made the game close, but the Ridgebacks couldn’t rally back in the end.

“It was little bit of a see-saw affair,” said Laurier head coach Greg Puhalski. “But when they made it 6-4 with about four minutes left in the game I liked the way we played the last four minutes. We really closed the door and didn’t give them anything.”

Riddle and Mitchell Good both added two assists. Riddle, who has normally played defence, is currently making the transition to winger in an effort to help the Hawks’ offence.

“We want him to focus on playing wing,” Puhalski commented. “He’s a good skater and he hasn’t played a lot of forward, but he has good speed and one thing we want him to

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do with that speed is help create a fore check and bang some bodies.

“Whenever you’re a good skater you can really set the tone for any type of fore check you are going to have so the skaters on our team they need to take a lead role in that and really help our hockey club.”

The Hawks fore check was strong on Thursday night, as the team controlled the puck for most of the

game. If not for a few giveaways and defensive breakdowns, the game could have been out of reach a lot sooner. Puhalski gave particularly strong praise to the line of Woolford, Good and Vandenberg.

At the back end, goalie Ryan Daniels made 36 saves in the win.

The win on Thursday gave Laurier its second three-game winning streak of the year.

“I think the one thing is play for the now and not get too caught up in any type of streak,” said Puhalski.

“Playing good, solid hockey is what we need to focus on. If we do that we’ll get the results we need.”

However, on Saturday night Laurier couldn’t continue rolling after jumping out to a 1-0 lead over the Windsor Lancers. The Lancers scored six unanswered goals

chasing Daniels from the net in the second period. Duncan Long finished the game for the Hawks.

Hawke and Riddle had goals in the loss.

The Hawks now face a huge challenge this Thursday as the OUAleading Western Mustangs come to town in the midst of a 15-game winning streak. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. at Sunlife Financial Arena.

Final stretch holds challenges for Hawks With seven games left, women’s hockey looks toward getting ready and focused for the post-season SHELBY BLACKLEY SPORTS EDITOR

ADAM GAGNON LAURIER ATHLETICS

Robyn Degagne celebrates a goal during Sunday’s match against the Ryerson Rams. The Hawks defeated the Rams 5-2 and have managed to keep first place in the OUA league.

The Wilfrid Laurier women’s hockey team is still hanging onto the top of the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) standings thanks to two wins this past weekend.

The Hawks rolled over the Toronto Varsity Blues 6-1 the Ryerson Rams 5-2, welcoming the second half of the 2012-13 season.

“It was definitely a good start getting back from the break,” said team captain Fiona Lester.

“We had a couple exhibition games after Christmas, but this was our first league game so it was good to get some offence going,” she said.

Laurier participated in two Christmas tournaments where they went 2-1 in each. The lone loss in in the Hawks holiday tournament was to the McGill Martlets while the Brock Badgers stunned the Hawks in the Waterloo Warriors Christmas tournament 3-2.

With the games against Toronto and Ryerson being the first two regular season games of the 2013 campaign, the Hawks looked toward improving on the performance they left with in 2012.

And while the team is always refining, Lester ensures the team has no issues to pan out.

Laurier is now in the final portion of their year, with only seven games remaining. While six of them are on the road, the Hawks will have a tough ending to a more competitive year.

“A lot of our next games are all challenging, even this weekend

“It was definitely a good start getting back from the break.”

—Fiona Lester, women’s hockey captain

coming up, it’s going to be definitely challenging but we are really focused right now and are working really hard off the ice as well as on the ice and just trying to make January a successful month,” Lester said.

Among the challenges lying ahead are games against Windsor, Western, Guelph and Queen’s.

While Western and Windsor have fallen in the standings since the beginning of the season, Queen’s and Guelph trail Laurier by one and two points respectively.

And although the team wants to be at the top of the league again, their first goal is to be ready for the postseason.

“We’re not even so worried about the results of the games in terms of winning and losing just as being ready when playoffs come so that’s what we’re focused on right now,” she said.

The Hawks will travel to Windsor and Western and York in the next two weeks before returning home to face UOIT.