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police procedure The Church Council on Justice and Corrections has received a $15,968 contribution from the federal government to fund a study into the attitude of the public towards police powers and procedures. Council examines The program, which will focus on the investigation of criminal offences and the apprehension of criminal offenders, will be conâ€" ducted in the Kâ€"W area. The mechanism to be used is a community animation technique whereby citizens will be conâ€" vened in an informal setting to view a community cable TV presentation, produced by the Council, illustrating the use of police powers. Half the groups will be structured in such a way as to provide a mixed represenâ€" tation of the public, while the other half will represent specific groups within society. Information from subsequent discussion of the video will be collected by Church Council repâ€" resentatives .and forwarded to the Department of Justice. In this way, Waterloo area resiâ€" dents will be given the opportuniâ€" ty to discuss police powers, and the Department will be assured of input from average Canadian taxpayers who have no profesâ€" sional or specialized knowledge of criminal justice. A resource kit will also be developed by the Council to assist other communities orgaâ€" nize similar discussion groups. The Church Council on Justice and Corrections represents 11 denominations from across Canâ€" ada for a total of 14,000 conâ€" gregations. Its central mandate is to develop programs which can sensitize ordinary citizens to the realities at stake in the criminal justice system, educate them to examine and respond to policy concerns and to participate in the development of community responses to crime, justice and corrections. New WLU residence will add 145 beds â€" for women SEE YOU DO IT ... OUTDOORS! t&J officially launched with a groundâ€" breaking ceremony Tuesday, will add 145 residence beds to Wilfrid Laurier University‘s campus when it is ready for occupancy in September. ’l‘be;;raâ€"xzé'fio; 626 campus residence beds. 352 for men and 274 for women. In announcing the project, John A. Weir, Laurier‘s president, said the residence will be named Bouckaert Hall, in memory of Laurier student Brigitte Bouckaert, who died when struck by a bus at an offâ€"campus orientation event last fall. The popular student was about to enter her second year and had been a residence don. "We think it is most appropriate to remember Brigitte in this way," Dr. Weir said. "She was one of our best students and was very popular with everyone on campus. We want to remember her." _ _ â€" "i'iié}?é;fiéi.i added that construction of the residence ‘"is our contribution to relieving the serious shortage of acâ€" A fiveâ€"storey vgomep_’s residence, FAIRVIEW PARkK commodation for students in our comâ€" munity. Jt is a badly needed facility." Contractor for the project is Bill Brothers Ltd., the same firm that built the Frank C. Peters Building, completâ€" ed in 1979. '-lris-&ihg built at a contract price of $2.2 million, which was the lowest tender received. a Completion is set for Aug. 25, an unusually swift construction period, made possible by the use of slipâ€"form construction, which permits concrete floors and walls to be poured, then the form is moved up a floor, so that pouring can continue. The structure will be sheathed in brick to match and compliment the other campus resiâ€" dences. The building will be ramped for access by disabled persons and will have an elevator. The interior plan will be similar to present residences â€" with double rooms grouped with lounges and kitchenettes, and with single rooms for dons. The architect is John Lingwood of Kitchener. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESOAY. All residences on campus are linâ€" anced by their users, as will the new ‘"‘Unfortunately, increases in conâ€" struction costs make this building much more expensive than anticipated," said Mike Belanger, Laurier‘s housing director. "I am pleased that we found a way to make the project viable."‘ He said the building will be financed, both by its users, and by a $100 surcharge on all campus beds, beginâ€" ning this fall, a move approved by the interâ€"residence council, which is comâ€" posed of students currently in resiâ€" dence. Presently, a shared room costs $1,520 for the year. A proposed increase would bring that to about $1,590 in September, to which the $100 surcharge will be For the first five years, financing will come from the university, at a rate of 10% per cent, instead of the going commercial fiveâ€"year mortgage rate of 11‘%% per cent. MARCH 19. 1986 â€" PAGE 9