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The tie that binds Wilfrid Laurier University since 1926 Volume 54, Issue 5
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Students drink up While some are careful, others are prone to bad habits ALLY FLACK STAFF WRITER
JODY WAARDENBURG LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are now 0-3 after losing 33-20 to the York Lions Saturday afternoon, the first loss to York since 2002.
Loss plunges Hawks to 0-3 An 0-3 start — which the Hawks have not been a victim of since 2002, when they finished the season 1-7 — means another long season for Laurier. More importantly, with the OUA powerhouses still to come in the Hawks’ schedule, it could mean a season without a berth in the OUA playoffs — the first time since that dreadful 2002 season. “I think the coaches take the losses harder than the players sometimes, and a lot of our players are 18, 19 years old. Some of the veteran guys take the losses a little harder, much like a coach,” head coach Michael Faulds said Tuesday, before the week’s set of practices in preparation for Saturday’s game. “So, the overall spirit of the team is good. I wouldn’t have said that on Sunday, but as we get further along into the week, the past is the past and everyone’s kind of focused for Waterloo.” Coming into the 2013 campaign,
the men’s football team knew things weren’t going to be easy. After a 3-5 season featuring three games without a point, four games without a touchdown and a 34-0 quarterfinal blowout, Faulds came in to take the program in a new direction. And while the OUA record doesn’t hold much as valuable evidence, the team does look better on the field in some regards. The nohuddle offence that Faulds implemented has worked well for an offence that didn’t produce a touchdown for 24 straight quarters, as the drought was snapped last Monday against the Toronto Varsity Blues. The Hawks even got on the board against the Lions twice with consecutive touchdowns — from both a reception and a rush. “We have to build off every loss and take the things that we did well and learn from the things that we didn’t do well,” Faulds said. “So, we look at our last two games in
Head-to-head
Road to recovery
Shine time
Lighting up
In this week’s “Weigh-in,” two columnists debate the impact of 7 a.m. classes at Laurier
The cause of the fire that devastated St. Jacobs last week is still unknown despite reopening
The first-years raised $161, 170 for cystic fibrosis research and awareness during O-Week
Canadian musician Lights treats the first-years at the on-campus party during O-Week
Opinion, page 23
Local, page 8
Campus, page 4
Arts, page 19
SHELBY BLACKLEY SPORTS EDITOR
It’s hard to look at the positives. Three weeks into the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) football season, there are merely two teams in the 11-team conference that have yet to earn two points. One is the newcomer, the Carleton Ravens. The team, made up of a large portion of freshmen and inexperienced players, sits at 0-2 after losing their home opener to the Waterloo Warriors 47-8. The other? The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. With a 0-3 record. Not only did the rain not take a break anytime throughout the four quarters on Saturday afternoon, but sack after sack, turnover after turnover and penalty after penalty pushed the Hawks to give up a 15-2 lead, as Miles Gibbon and the York Lions walked over the visitors en route to a 33-20 win.
“We have to build off every loss and take the things that we did well and learn from the things that we didn’t do well.” —Michael Faulds, head coach for the Golden Hawks
particular, and the UofT game two weeks ago we played well in the second half, and this past week, we played well in the first half. So our goal this Sports, page 25
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Drinking and partying have become a distinctive aspect of university and college culture and, with two growing universities in town, Waterloo is swarming with students, some of whom exhibit hazardous drinking patterns. Binge drinking is typically defined as five drinks or more in a short period of time for a male and four drinks or more for a female. It is often done deliberately, with the intent of intoxication. According to the Waterloo Region Community Assessment of 2011, undergraduate students are more likely to drink heavily than other students. In Waterloo Region, 19.8 per cent of youth aged 12 and over report binge drinking at least once a month, while 40 per cent of adults aged 20 plus have binge drank at least once in the last year. Health education and promotion co-ordinator at Wilfrid Laurier University, Marilyn Nieboer explained how the drinking is not necessarily always a problem; however, it is definitely an area of concern. “Most students don’t get into a problem. They’ve figured out that alcohol is toxic and there is a limit that they can take. There are a few situations where it’s abused and overused and that is a problem. Education and awareness is important,” Nieboer explained. According to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, in Ontario, 45.1 per cent of post-secondary students exhibit at least one dangerous drinking pattern. “Drinking has always been in the picture, but the total amount is shocking and frightening,” said Nieboer. News, page 3