The Cord Jan. 9, 2019

THE CORD THE TIE THAT BINDS WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY SINCE 1926

VOLUME 59 ISSUE 15 • JANUARY 9, 2019

THE CAMPUS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN Taking a peak at alternate designs of Laurier’s campus News, Page 3

POWERFUL WOMEN

BEST OF LAURIER

SEASONAL DEPRESSION

R.KELLY’S DOCUMENTERY

CHEERLEADING SEES SUCCESS

Chancellor at Laurier gets prestigious title

You voted. We have the results

Confronting your winter woes

The controversy surrounding the singer

Laurier team wins ninth championship

News, page 3

News, page 8

Arts & Life, page 11

Opinion, page 13

Sports, page 16

Election season is officially in full swing SAFINA HUSEIN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The 2019 Students’ Union election has officially kicked-off. On Sunday Jan. 6 at 8 p.m., the all-candidates meeting took place. At the meeting, CRO Troy Freiburger and Chair and CGO of the board of directors, Adam Kovacs, presented important dates, rules, regu-lations and more to candidates and their campaign teams. At the meeting, candidates running for Senate, Board of Governors as well as presidential candidates were present.

This year, four individuals have entered the race to be elected as the 2019-2020 Students’ Union Presi-dent and CEO. One of the four candidates — Ibrahim Musa, Klaudia Wojtanowski, Tahla Naeem and Zemar Hakim — will be elected as the new president at the end of the month, on Jan. 24, 2019 at Wilf’s Night. For Wojtanowski, heading into her third election period with the Students’ Union is an exciting period. “I’m just really excited, this is my third time running in an elections. I just love representing the student voice and the coolest thing that I

“The cool thing

is showing the opportunities that Laurier has for students. I’m personally just really excited at building a campaign team...” -Klaudia Wojtanowski, presidential candidate

think elections have is the opportunity to talk to so many students and them very willingly giving you their honest opinion,” Wojtanowski said. “The cool thing is showing the opportunities that Laurier has for students. I’m personally just really excited at building a campaign team [and] building a platform — thats been really exciting.” Health and wellness is a big component to Wojtanowski’s platform. Additionally, she hopes to work on enhancing clubs and associations. For Hakim, his platform is largely focused on both external

and internal components to a multi-campus. “One of the points is to have a 24-hour student building access in Waterloo and Brantford, as well as enhanced food services with a smoothie bar at our athletic facilities,” Hakim said. Naeem, as former chair and CGO of the board of directors, feels confident heading into the campaign period. “Going into this campaign time, I feel confident, I feel ready — I feel i’m doing something which will serve the Laurier students,” Naeem said. Continued on page 5.

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