Two-tiered health scare

Dear Editor,

Why do we have to put up with such nonsense?

I know Chris Schafer has the right to free speech, but does he really have the right to utter stupidity?

I know he is the head of the WLU Reform Club, but it seems to me he may be too radical even for them.

In particular, his proposal of a two-tiered health system is ludicrous. Has he not seen the results of just such a system in the United States?

Mr. Schafer is pointing us towards greater class division.

He is asking for the creation of an unbridgeable social schism between the haves and the have-nots.

The two-tiered system has not panned out in America, nor will it develop, as Schafer desires it to, in Canada. It will evolve into another tool to sift the rich from the poor and spark a continuing cycle that will restrict the ability of the poor (who definitely do existóIíve seen them) to distance themselves from the odious grasp of the poverty line.

Sara Pawlik

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Residence ruckus!

Dear Editor,

It has recently come to my attention that the residence system here at Laurier is going to be altered somewhat next year. As I understand it, instead of nine Head Residents, residence buildings will be managed by a few Residence Managers.

I have lived in residence and cannot imagine living in a building without a Head Resident. The Head Residentís job is predicated upon their availability and intimate familiarity with the residence building. If each building is not provided with their own Head Resident, these integral aspects of their position will be neglected.

Residents and residence staff come to rely on the Head Resident as an elder of the building whose consultation and leadership is invaluable. If their duties and responsibilities change, as they surely will, the Residence Manager will become a ephemeral figurehead known only to residents as a disciplinarian and to staff as merely a boss, not a friend.

Jenn Lee