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Q uiz This picture is on the front’page of the chevron because: (a) a rabid engineer came in and demanded it, and he looked so hopeful we couldn’t let him down, (b) it’s a mistake, (cj cameras aren’t allowed inside the Private Bills Committee room at Queen’s Park, cd) it is the last Engineering stag allowed to be held on the Waterloo campus, making this a historical picture of great im- portance, or, (e) scratch an artsy and you’// find an engineer. Correct answer will appear in next week’s chevron. volume 13 number 1 friday may 12, 1972 Student Parity snubbed U of-W Ad passes committee by george kaufman the chevron After more than four hours of mostly unproductive haggling, the University of Waterloo Act emerged only slightly altered from the Private Bills Committee room at Queen’s Park Wednesday. The scene was a long way from the shouting crowds and sit-ins of a month ago; bureaucratic hem- ming and hawing and parliamentary rule (backwoods Ontario style) held the day. Following almost automatic approval by the legislature next week, the new Act will become reality in november, with student and faculty representation on both the new Board of Governors and the new Senate for the first time. A ridiculous token concession was thrown to the Federation of Students and Graduate Student Union in the form of one additional representative each on the Board of Governors, and two other im- portant concessions were won, but in general the members of the committee ignored the student representatives and chose to pass the sections as submitted. On an amendment to the section dealing with the Board of Governors, the members trimmed three of the ten representatives to be appointed by the province, added one of them to the faculty representation, and one each to the undergrad and graduate students. After that earthshaking en- dorsement of student parity, the committee then refused to amend the section giving the university powers to penalize students ex- clusive of court action. Members didn’t seem too con- cerned about the philosophic implications of double jeopardy. The National Canadianization Committee and sympathizers was the only group to win significant members that “corporate clergy on the Board now. Despite objections from the inroads from the-committee. executives” now rule the But he assured the members that students and a few committee The ‘committee overwhelmingly university. the present Board members would members that the new Board- passed an amendment stipulating Under questioning, ad- appoint representatives for the including students and faculty by that all members of the new board ministration president Burt new board who would be “more then-should choose -its own of governors must be Canadian Matthews admitted that there are representative” by the time the’ members from the community, the citizens. no women-“ladies”, as he says- new Board meets for the first time legislators left the decision to the The canadianization advocates brought all their heavy ammo to try to gain a repeat of. the University of Toronto Act section which stated that all members of the U of T’s new unicameral body will be Canadian citizens. George Haggar, Jerry Malzan and Leo Johnson from the Waterloo group and Robin Mat- thews, Carleton University’s well- known Canadianizationist, all showed up to argue for the citizenship requirement. In a paradox of reasoning, the legislators later rejected an amendment calling for 85 percent of the new Waterloo Senate to be citizens. At present, over 90 percent of the Senate members are Canadian citizens and only three members of the Board-an Australian, an Englishman and an American- are non-Canadians. However, the federation representatives found out that the members were not ready to con- sider larger student membership on the new Senate. - Federation vice-president Dave Robertson addressed the MPP’s on the students’ case for more members, outlining the federation’s proposal for re- alignment. But, before Robertson could even get back to his seat, the. chairman took a quick look around the room and declared the section passed as is, with only nine students. The students also voiced disatisfaction with the current “broad spectrum” of represen- tation from the community at large on the Board, telling the no labor representatives and no next november . Hard/Cmes at Guelph by cousin bill dumont the chevron In a move earlier this week the student govern- ment at the university of Guelph tried to shut down the Ontarion, the university newspaper. The staff of the Ontarion have been notified that they are being kicked out of their office, that funds are being withheld, that the Ontarion is no longer the official student newspaper and that the issue they print this week will be their last. No staff members were informed of the student council meeting or asked to speak to council. The student government at Guelph is made up of J the committee of college presidents (CCP) and functions informally without a constitution. The CCP came into existence after the official student union was forced into bankruptcy in 1969-a move that was largely engineered by the university ad- ministration. The CCP is closely integrated with a voluntary student activities association called Impact which also grew up after the student union was smashed. Most of the present executive of the CCP work for or have worked for Impact. ,At present the CCP and Impact are beginning to publish a magazine called Looking Glass which is an ‘official organ’ for the two groups. Before Looking Glass the two groups were using a magazine called Dream Magazine as their official organ. However, disagreements arose between the editorial staff of Dream Magazine and the CCP- Impact group. Dream Magazine went independant because of this conflict and is still publishing. While-Dream Magazine was the organ of the CCP- Impact group there. was considerable antagonism between them and the Ontarion staff. Recently, however, they have been helping the Ontarion to publish partly because they fear that their necks will be next on the CCP-Impact chopping block. out-going Board members. Since the death of the official student union, the Ontarion has been operating on a shoestring budget using off-campus facilities. They have been doing their copy on a selectrix typewriter, doing their own paste-up of copy and trying to pay for printing with ad revenue and minimal grants from the student government. Now the CCP has refused to provide them with funds which were guaranteed for the year beginning in January and they chave been unable to get any response from Impact, which owes them 506 dollars for advertising. The CCP rationalized its actions by stating that the Ontarion has given inaccurate news coverage, has refused to print news and has less than 75 per cent students on the editorial board. Jeff Spalding, editor of the Ontarion, said in an interview, “The charges are all false. We have not distorted or refused to print news, and over 80 per cent of our editorial board have attended university in the last two semesters.” He also said, “We have approached the administration and they have refused to interfere in any way with the CCP’s present actions.” dTom Baker, also on the Ontarion editorial board, questioned the timing of the actions. Guelph is in its summer term with only 1800 students on campus as compared to a fall and winter registration of 6-7,000. Baker pointed out that the present secretary of the CCP is also the editor of the new magazine, Looking Glass. The Ontarion staff feels very strongly that the charges are nothing more than a cover-up for a well planned (and well timed) effort to establish a power monopoly on campus. They feel that the members of CCP-Impact are making that effort in order to gain complete control over student revenues and the campus advertising revenues and that they are doing this without regard to the welfare of the students.

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Q uiz This picture is on the front’page of the chevron because: (a) a rabid engineer came in and demanded it, and he looked so hopeful we couldn’t let him down, (b) it’s a mistake, (cj cameras aren’t allowed inside the Private Bills Committee room at Queen’s Park, cd) it is the last Engineering stag allowed to be held on the Waterloo campus, making this a historical picture of great im- portance, or, (e) scratch an artsy and you’// find an engineer. Correct answer will appear in next week’s chevron.

volume 13 number 1 friday may 12, 1972

Student Parity snubbed

U of-W Ad passes committee by george kaufman the chevron

After more than four hours of mostly unproductive haggling, the University of Waterloo Act emerged only slightly altered from the Private Bills Committee room at Queen’s Park Wednesday.

The scene was a long way from the shouting crowds and sit-ins of a month ago; bureaucratic hem- ming and hawing and parliamentary rule (backwoods Ontario style) held the day.

Following almost automatic approval by the legislature next week, the new Act will become reality in november, with student and faculty representation on both the new Board of Governors and the new Senate for the first time.

A ridiculous token concession was thrown to the Federation of Students and Graduate Student Union in the form of one additional representative each on the Board of Governors, and two other im- portant concessions were won, but in general the members of the committee ignored the student representatives and chose to pass

’ the sections as submitted.

On an amendment to the section dealing with the Board of Governors, the members trimmed three of the ten representatives to be appointed by the province, added one of them to the faculty representation, and one each to the undergrad and graduate students.

After that earthshaking en- dorsement of student parity, the committee then refused to amend the section giving the university powers to penalize students ex- clusive of court action.

Members didn’t seem too con- cerned about the philosophic implications of double jeopardy.

The National Canadianization Committee and sympathizers was

the only group to win significant members that “corporate clergy on the Board now. Despite objections from the inroads from the-committee. executives” now rule the But he assured the members that students and a few committee

The ‘committee overwhelmingly university. the present Board members would members that the new Board- passed an amendment stipulating Under questioning, ad- appoint representatives for the including students and faculty by that all members of the new board ministration president Burt new board who would be “more then-should choose -its own of governors must be Canadian Matthews admitted that there are representative” by the time the’ members from the community, the citizens. no women-“ladies”, as he says- new Board meets for the first time legislators left the decision to the

’ The canadianization advocates brought all their heavy ammo to try to gain a repeat of. the University of Toronto Act section which stated that all members of the U of T’s new unicameral body will be Canadian citizens.

George Haggar, Jerry Malzan and Leo Johnson from the Waterloo group and Robin Mat- thews, Carleton University’s well- known Canadianizationist, all showed up to argue for the citizenship requirement.

In a paradox of reasoning, the legislators later rejected an amendment calling for 85 percent of the new Waterloo Senate to be citizens.

At present, over 90 percent of the Senate members are Canadian citizens and only three members of the Board-an Australian, an Englishman and an American- are non-Canadians.

However, the federation representatives found out that the members were not ready to con- sider larger student membership on the new Senate. - Federation vice-president Dave Robertson addressed the MPP’s on the students’ case for more members, outlining the federation’s proposal for re- alignment.

But, before Robertson could even get back to his seat, the. chairman took a quick look around the room and declared the section passed as is, with only nine students.

The students also voiced disatisfaction with the current “broad spectrum” of represen- tation from the community at large on the Board, telling the

no labor representatives and no next november .

Hard/Cmes at Guelph by cousin bill dumont the chevron

In a move earlier this week the student govern- ment at the university of Guelph tried to shut down the Ontarion, the university newspaper. The staff of the Ontarion have been notified that they are being kicked out of their office, that funds are being withheld, that the Ontarion is no longer the official student newspaper and that the issue they print this week will be their last. No staff members were informed of the student council meeting or asked to speak to council.

The student government at Guelph is made up of J the committee of college presidents (CCP) and functions informally without a constitution. The CCP came into existence after the official student union was forced into bankruptcy in 1969-a move that was largely engineered by the university ad- ministration. The CCP is closely integrated with a voluntary student activities association called Impact which also grew up after the student union was smashed. Most of the present executive of the CCP work for or have worked for Impact.

,At present the CCP and Impact are beginning to publish a magazine called Looking Glass which is an ‘official organ’ for the two groups. Before Looking Glass the two groups were using a magazine called Dream Magazine as their official organ. However, disagreements arose between the editorial staff of Dream Magazine and the CCP- Impact group. Dream Magazine went independant because of this conflict and is still publishing.

While-Dream Magazine was the organ of the CCP- Impact group there. was considerable antagonism between them and the Ontarion staff. Recently, however, they have been helping the Ontarion to publish partly because they fear that their necks will be next on the CCP-Impact chopping block.

out-going Board members.

Since the death of the official student union, the Ontarion has been operating on a shoestring budget using off-campus facilities. They have been doing their copy on a selectrix typewriter, doing their own paste-up of copy and trying to pay for printing with ad revenue and minimal grants from the student government. Now the CCP has refused to provide them with funds which were guaranteed for the year beginning in January and they c have been unable to get any response from Impact, which owes them 506 dollars for advertising.

The CCP rationalized its actions by stating that the Ontarion has given inaccurate news coverage, has refused to print news and has less than 75 per cent students on the editorial board.

Jeff Spalding, editor of the Ontarion, said in an interview, “The charges are all false. We have not distorted or refused to print news, and over 80 per cent of our editorial board have attended university in the last two semesters.” He also said, “We have approached the administration and they have refused to interfere in any way with the CCP’s present actions.”

dTom Baker, also on the Ontarion editorial board, questioned the timing of the actions. Guelph is in its summer term with only 1800 students on campus as compared to a fall and winter registration of 6-7,000. Baker pointed out that the present secretary of the CCP is also the editor of the new magazine, Looking Glass.

The Ontarion staff feels very strongly that the charges are nothing more than a cover-up for a well planned (and well timed) effort to establish a power monopoly on campus. They feel that the members of CCP-Impact are making that effort in order to gain complete control over student revenues and the campus advertising revenues and that they are doing this without regard to the welfare of the students.

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pollution You are invited to enter the

annual bike-a-thGn sponsored by K- W Probe and the Fat Angel Drop In. The bike-a-thon is one of three events during bike week in K-W. The other two are a raffle for a ten speed bike and a parade down King street. These events are being organized by Probe to promote the use of the bicycle as a healthy, non- polluting form of transportation and to raise money for its operation.

The idea behind the bike-a-thon, which occurs tomorrow, is the same as for a miles for millions walk. The riders find people to sponsor them for each mile travelled. Since the route is 50 miles long, five or ten cents a mile would be a reasonable request. A

prize is being offered for the person sponsored for the largest amount of money per mile. Sponsor sheets are available from Probe, the Fat Angel or any record shop.

The 50 mile route extends through Conestoga, the Elora gorge park and back through Bloomingdale to Bridgeport. There will be checkpoints along the way at which free food and drinks will be available for refreshment. ’ The whole route will be super-

vised by the Red Cross, policemen and ~ Probe members who will provide assistance to anyone who requires it. If a rider cannot finish the distance then they will be transported back to the city along with their bike. Bike repairsrs will also be available in case any bike

breaks down. A prize donated by Dunnette Jewellers is being awarded to the first person to finish.

The hard work of the bike-a-thon drganizers and donations of food and such from many industries is helping to make this event possible. The success of it will depend on the riders themselves and their sponsors.

The remaining event of bike week, (to take place on the same day as the bike-a-than,) is a raffle for a ten speed bike donated by ccm. Tickets are available from ’ the Probe office at 25 cents each.,

For more information on any of these things and for sponsor sheets drop into the Probe office in the biology building, room 158A.

tvvoc FRIDAY Arab Student Assoc. general meeting 8 pm E2 1101 Federation Flicks. Taking Off and Tilly and Gus (W.C.Fields). 8pm AL116. 50 cents U of W un- dergrads; $1 others. Sponsored by Federation of Students.

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’ GRADUATE STUDENT UNION r

announces a

GENERAL MEETING , and

WINE AND CHEESE PARTY

(free to members) on I

Wednesday, May 17th, 1972 at 8:OO p.m. in the

Faculty Club, U. of W. -. -_

This week on campus is a free column for the announcement of meetings, special seminars or speakers, social events and other happenings on campus-student, faculty or staff. See the chevron secretary or call extension 3443. Deadline is tuesday afternoons by 3 p.m.

Interested in ‘playing sixteenth others. 8pm AL116 Sponsored by and seventeenth century music? Federation of Students. You’re not the .only one. Ca II ext 2505. K-W Bilingual June Bazaar White SATURDAY Elephant Sale. Home baking, Federation Flicks Taking Off and children activities. loam-2pm Tilly and Gus (W.C.Fields) 50 Victoria Park Pavillion. cents U of W undergrads;

SUNDAY

Beausoleil resigns A foreign student, in general, is

recognized as being very sen- sitive; he or she might misun- derstand and over-react to any action construed as snobbish. The university realized such dif - ficulties that the foreign student undergoes and created the foreign student office to help “break in” these students at the university and in the local community.

Unfortunately, foreign students have, for a long time, felt that help has not been genuinely extended to them at the foreign student office. They feel that they are being in- structed and lectured to when instead, they should be received with a listening, congenial ear.

As a result of growing disatisfaction with the foreign student office, Mrs. Edith Beausoleil, foreign student ad- visor, resigned her position in mid- april. She did not want all the critical publicity her office went through in july of 1968.

Foreign students and their respective associations stated in a detailed letter to Burt Matthews that Mrs. Beausoleil was generally unhelpful and unfriendly towards them, often talking about her personal problems rather than foreign students’ problems. President Matthews responded by saying that the situation merited his earnest concern and sincere interest.

A Federation advisory study has been initiated to investigate’ the function and purpose of the foreign

Film shows 1) Battle for student office, and a report is

Bangladesh admission free. 2) pending in the fall. Until that time

Munna by K.Z. Abbas and 3) the position will remain vacant.

In july of 1968, the chevron and the federation of students indicted Edith Beausoleil on the basis of several notarized incidents con- cerning foreign students. They demanded her withdrawal to * prevent further conflict.

Then administration president Gerry Hagey was determined to discredit or ignore the denun- ciations of foreign student advisor Beausoleil. At that time he was concerned about the problems that would arise if he intervened.

Hagey however said, “If the federation is concerned about the situation in the office of the foreign-student advisor, we would be glad to investigate their con- terns . ’ ’

But former federation president Brian Iler and former past .president Steve Ireland _ main- tained that the problem had been brought to the provost’s attention many times in the previous year. No action had been forthcoming until the chevron story.

The indictment centered on Beausoleil’s remarks that “if it has anything to do with jews, I don’t want any part of it. It would be on my conscience if I did%nything for Israel.”

Chevron editor Stewart Saxe was critical of these views as he suggested they were anti-semetic in nature. Hagey was quick to point out they were not intended to be so, and tried to defend her right to hold such views as a form of academic freedom.

After the allegations were printed little else developed until the present situation evolved.

Jalshagar by Satyajit -Ray. Ad- mission charge for 2 and 3 $1 2 pm AL116. Sponsored by India Canada Association.

MONDAY

Gay Liberation Movement genera I meeting. Everyone welcome. 8 pm classified ( cc113.

WEDNESDAY

University Flying Training ground FOR SALE school. 7-10pm MC3003. Fee $15 books extra $17. 1955 BSA 500 frame engine for

parts; also rebuilt 1956 TRW 500 Federation flicks Presents SV (triumph) engine. Call after Nostalgia Night (vintage 1932) 5pm 884- 3797. Make a Wish (Bobby Breen) and It Happened in New Orleans (Bobby Hofner electric guitar in good

Breen and Basil Rathbone) 50 condition $130 or best offer small

cents U of W undergrads;’ $1 \ amplifier is desired. Call Ian Angus

others. 8pm AL116 Sponsored by 743-1884 or leave message at

Federation of Students. chevron. (hi eenie)

MARKETING MANAGEMENT TRAINEES Burroughs -has specific opportunities for students interested in a marketing career

in data ,processing. We market the widest range of hardware in the industry and are recruiting students with Bachelor or Masters degrees for positions in Kitchener,as well as other major cities across Canada.

Our Managers want graduates with long or short hair, with beards or without.

But mainly with brains! Other requirements are a basic knowledge of accounting methods and a course in computer science or other computer related subjects. Excellent training programs q compensation plans and benefits.

Please call or write me: ;1. A. Murdoch

Burroughs Business Machines Ltd. 928 King St. W. Kitchener

\/ 744-7367

WANTED

One fine person to join one fine house. Two smallish rooms. $60 month. Close to campus and downtown. 44 Dunbar road south 579-4432 or 3754.

Go Go dancers wanted for weekend only. 579-8085.

HOUSING AVAILABLE

Girl needkd to share apartment ’ immediately. Very inexpensive. Close to university. Phone 576- 6064.

A 3 bedroom apartment with all appliances and facilities at 43 Bricker. Broadloom throughout; coin laundry; available im- mediately. Apply Mr Hudson apt 4, 101 Albert street.

Unexpected vacancy for male student. One single in clean quiet home five minute walk from university. Private entry and bath; fridge but no cooking. $11 weekly. 204 Lester 743-7202.

Accomodation for students or employees. Kitchen facilities; air condition; close expressway. Phone 744-8432 or evenings 576- 1224.

For rent fully furnished apart- ment may to august. 137 University avenue west. 742- 4105.

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Centre plagued by same old probkms - . , by waiter powell the chevron

The first campus center board meeting of the summer was held on tuesday in room 211 of the campus center. Such things as whether or not to let the engineers have a ping pong table were’ thrown to the floor with en- thusiasm and bantered about with diplomacy. However as the meeting progressed it became apparent that the policies discussed were not as important as the general attitude of the board members. Through 1,ack of organization and irresponsibility the campus center and its facilities are now in a state of turmoil. The campus center board is faced with the problem of straightening things out so that when the new turnkeys take over in a week it may be done with a relative amount of ease.

_ The main problem is that the people who use the centre have complete disrespect not only for it, but for their fellow users as well. The situation has degenerated into a kind of game to see if the campus

. . center board can put things back together faster than the students are able to destroy them. As an example, at the meeting 125 dollars was alotted to fix the sound system in room 110. This sound

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system is in a continual state of ill- repair due to the misuse of it by the students.

This is only one example in many. Look around and notice the shit. What happened to the fabled pin ball machines and where is the elusive coffee urn? These things were trashed out by supposedly responsible members of the student body.

However the students are not the only ones to blame. When something gets destroyed the blame falls to the turnkey who was on duty at the time and most things get ruined on the “graveyard” shift. During one of these shifts a turnkey can be found either asleep or drunk, in fact, it has been suggested that the only way to handle a graveyard shift is to come stoned and to stay stoned. So at a time when the turnkey is just as beat and bored as everyone else and is quite likely to be asleep, drunk, stoned or a combination of all three, the vandalism goes unchecked.

Also, at this time of night the campus centre is a depressing place. Come in some time and see the searching stares of the bridge game freaks or witness the soul rendering gazes of * the human zombies that haunt the halls in the early hours of the morning. As one

Trudeau’s! revenge by deanna kaufman the chevron

Another university of Waterloo student has been charged in’ connection with the -alleged disturbance during the prime minister’s visit to Kitchener.

John Larocque, a general arts student was arrested as he was preparing to testify May 4 at John Joisce’s trial. Joisce was arrested outside the Valhalla Inn March 23 while prime minister Trudeau was addressing Kitchener-Waterloo Liberals.

Larocque was arrested after Corporal Donald Underwood told the court he recognized the student as the person who jumped on his back outside the Valhalla Inn. He was placed in the prisoner’s dock in magistrate’s court and remained there throughout the three and a half hour trial. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of assaulting a police officer and was remanded until July 31 for trial.

Joisce’s trial was remanded until May 26 for Kenneth Rae, assistant crown attorney, and James Neeb, defence counsel, to present their summations. The court instructed the attorneys to direct their attention to the matter of initiating a disturbance.

The 25-year-old political science student is charged with causing a disturbance and assaulting Un- derwood during the demonstration outside the Inn.

Although Joisce arrived at the demonstration at 5:3O pm, an hour after some 100 persons had gathered, he was designated by police as a ringleader. Joisce had not arrived when the prime minister’s party disembarked and were showered by slogans and bologna sandwiches. Joisce told the court he had tried to enter the Valhalla Inn to speak to Trudeau and was pushed back by police. He then asked why he could not enter. “1 was told to shut up and go away by Corporal Underwood,” Joisce said.

Joisce claimed he made no resistance at all when arrested and

when he was led away by two of- ficers to a police car. He denied knocking off Underwood’s hat or kicking him in the leg.

The prosecution witnesses told’ the court that while Joisce was being put in the police cruiser others opened the opposite door of the car and tried to pull Joisce out. He said he may have shouted at one point but was usually talking in a normal tone of voice. “It was nice of you to hold back,” the crown attorney said.

Joisce said that Larocque could not have jumped on Underwood’s back since he was not near Joisce when he was arrested. Although Larocque took the-stand to testify for Joisce, he spent some time denying that he jumped on the officer. \

The crown attorney suggested that ,the mood of the crowd was ‘(ugly,” but Larocque responded that instead it was “frightened.” Assistant crown attorney Rae devoted considerable time to asking the witnesses how Joisce was dressed and how loudly he was speaking. All denied that he was any different than the average person attending the demon- stration. “If he was not unusual looking, no louder’ than the rest, polite, then why on earth did they arrest him? ” Rae demanded.

A series of defence witnesses denied that -Joisce was shouting and said they did not see him resisting arrest, knocking off Underwood’s hat or kicking him.

The crown attorney and the court showed a momentary in- terest in a person who was lying unconscious on the pavement and even asked one of the witnesses who the person was. But the line of questioning was shortly dropped.

The crown attorney asked the witnesses if they heard the word “pig” shouted at police although the defence was not charging excessive police reaction in the arrest or in controlling the crowd. Only one witness said she heard the phrase (‘fascist pig” shouted after Joisce was arrested and driven away.

turnkey put it, “The campus’ center eats souls and is capable of destroying people. We are not psychiatrists and cannot be ex- pected to play babysitters much longer. It is not the turnkeys that are irresponsible, it is the job which alienates us from respon- sibility.,” As an example, the campus security has told the turnkeys that they are totally useless as anything more than an information desk and a local distributor of cards. (However the security division does not seem to have taken any action either.)

These things do not go unnoticed and the campus center board plans to tighten up this summer. They now have the power to fire tur- nkeys who prove their. in- competence continuously ; also proposals have come before the board which would close the campus centre.

After a lengthy discussion regarding “selective closing” of the campus centre it was agreed that the campus centre close from 2 until 8 during a period from three days after exams end in August

until three days before registration begins in September. It was fur- ther agreed without formal motion that arrangements begin im- mediately to publicize the closing, and the decision could be reversed if it met with too much opposition.

There will be a new campus center summer office located in the old Rap Room (106). Also there is a planned program of regular sunday movies and concerts as well as guest speakers who will talk on a variety of subjects in- cluding mathematics and engineering.

Sic Semper Tyrannis by mart roberts the chevron

Members of the federation of students have been lobbying with members of the private bills committee in Queen’s Park in order to elicit certain consessions for the proposed University of% Waterloo Act.

The federation’s prime concern seems to relate to the general welfare and status of the student. They feel that, due to increased unemployment, a student must take an active interest in ’ the direction that the university takes.

The federation is asking for a total of twenty-six seats on the university’s two governing bodies, board of governors and the senate committee. There would be six undergrads and two grads on the board and twelve undergrads and six grads on the senate.

Students have tried since 1966 to change four or five items in the act. Countless submissions were made to, various Act committees but all were ignored. The federation executive felt that a unicameral system of government would have served the. “purposes and interests” of the university better than the bicameral proposal that is before the private bills committee now.

This bicameral structure is virtually identical to the one that Burt Matthews proposed in sep- tember , 1971. His recom- mendations included the addition of some students on the governing bodies, but in effect were only slightly a revision of the 1959 act.

SPECIAL GRIEVANCES

Section 15, clause Ce) of the Act gives the Boardlof Governors’ the power “to regulate the conduct of the students, faculty and staff and of all other persons coming upon and using the lands and premises of the University”.

Section 15 (g> which carries on in the same vein, gives the Board the power “to levy and enforce penalties and fines, suspend or expel from student membership or from employment with the University or deny access to the lands and premises of the university”. These two clauses can potentially create a situation of double jeopardy under which a person may be penalized both by the university and the civil authorities.

The Federation of Students feels that ‘the law of the land’ covers all aspects of conduct within the ‘university with the exception of academic conduct. If the university is to be a democratic institution it cannot legislate rules of conduct beyond those set down by our government.

Another -objection that should be raised is in regard to Sect. 28 (1) (2)) the provision in the act for the B. of G. and the Senate to hold “in

camera” sessions (a situation in which access to the meeting is restricted to voting members, and these members are obligated to keep all discussions of that meeting confidential > to discuss matters of a ‘confidential nature’.

Just what ‘matters of a con- e fidential nature’ are is left to your

imagination and the governors’ discrimination.

Furthermore there is the issue of the 10 members to be appointed by the lieutenant-governor in council. It is logical (and in keeping with historical reality) that since the lieutenant governor is only a figurehead he will be acting on the advice of the party in power. It can - be concluded that these ap- pointments would probably be political in nature and have nothing in common with the in- terests of the university.

There is also provision for the election to the board by the members, ten members from ‘a broad spectrum of the com- munity ’ .

The present board is by no means a representative cross- section of the community, being, almost without exception, from the upper echelons of the business and professional sector. As a safeguard against this happening again, the composition of the community-at- large portion of the board should be specified so that representation from a broad segment of the community be insured.

To complicate matters, the faculty representation on the senate is determined by a formula which specifies that the faculty must hold half of the seats plus one (plus the seven deans). There is also a subsection which specifies that the senate may from time to time-as they see fit-appoint additional ex-officio voting

. members to the senate. However, due to the above formula they must also add the equivalent number of faculty. Thus they can effectively dilute what little say students do

have whenever they choose. In . light of the fact that a

unicameral system was approved in principle and studied for six years and yet a bicameral system was adopted within two months on the motion by Burt Matthews (who favored . limited student representation from the start) the only possible alternative available is to bring the act back to campus.

FEDERATION BRIEFS

l there was a general discussion and a consensus was reached that students (users) should control the athletic (extra-curricular) program.

l steering committees regarding an environmental conference are being set up. Tentative dates are 9 - 13 October with Ralph Nader booked to close the conference.

l delegates will be sent to an Ontario federation of students conference on may 26 and 27. Federation is applying for membership at a cost of approx. 25 cents a student. Bernie Mohr. federation executive, will be running for a seat in the Ontario federation.

Pimel y note On the morning of april 11 it was

discovered that about 1,380 dollars had been taken from locked cash boxes contained in locked-desks in the engineering society office. Campus security was called in and an investigation began im- mediately to determine what had happened. The money in question was, in the main, study desk refund money.

A 250 dollar reward has been offered for information leading to the return of the stolen money. Contact any executive member of the engineering society or phone 885-1211.

l a housing program to study student problems has been set up and will be run by Eric Mackie, George Green, and Al Lukachko.

l applications for managership of radio Waterloo were present for a discussion on the station and the managers position. John Dale was hired as station manager from may 1 to October 31, 1972. Dale is directly responsible to the federation as to the state of the station.

0 consensus reached that federation should continue to support W.U.S.C.; C.U.S.O. and Crossroads Africa on the basis that these operations are of relatively small cost and serve as a useful facility to many people on campus.

o consensus reached that the federation will not start any fur- ther unbudgeted cooperative services prior to the fall, at which time the year’s revenue will become certain.

l thanks to negotiations with Bill Deakes the vending machines are now under one contract - all drinks cost 10 cents. The E.S.S. initiated the action by installing a rebel machine in their lounge at Christmas.

l on the line; a worker’s paper in Kitchener, was granted $300.00-

l consensus was reached that the executive recommends the federation join the Ontario federation of students with a membership payment of $2500.00

l the day-care center has been I set up. It will be operating in june from St. Jerome’s College. If you are able to help in any way contact Pauline Pariser in the federation office.

l quote of the week: “spell my name right” by Bernie Mohr.

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Cockb’urn & Simon: 2 supe,rb~alb’ums , I first heard (and heard of)

Bruce Cockburn over two years ago at Massey Hall, *where he served as warm-up for the Pen- tangle. Although all the Pentangle fans were anxiously waiting to

hear the Efiglish group, Bruce came on so low-key and un-hyped that they were right with him, this little guy out on the stage with just his guitar and a piano.

It seemed obvious to me then that this man’s song-writing ability and his soft gentle, . . voice and- above all-his unique instrumental knowledge would take him far beyond the warm-up stage. I was not, of course, the only person to feel this way about him. After that, every time I saw him perform- here, in Kitchener, or in Toronto or at Mariposa -every audience responded to him that way.

But, somehow, we’ve been frustrated in our hopes of seeing Bruce Cockburn achieve the recognition he deserves. True, he has a good following in Toronto and Ottawa, but for some reason he’s still unknown to too many people.

If you’re .one of-the people who’s missed him until now, his recently-released third album,

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sunwheei dance, should convince you that he deserves a listen. He records on the True North label,’ which has-built up quite a stable of young Canadian musicians in Toronto, but Cockburn is far and away the best of them, and perhaps the best in Canada. _

Though sunwheel dance ’ is in some ways less of an impact than his second album, High winds, White Skies, it is still one of the best albums I’ve heard in quite a while. Like a lot of young musicians in these days of per- sonal music, Cockburn is quite hard to categorize. He comes out of folk,bbut has stepped into folk-rock and other experimentations in- strumentally : Lately, his arrangments. have taken on a decided Eastern flavour. -

His poems seem a little weaker on this album- than in his earlier work, but he is still one’of the finest guitarists I have come across and, in addition to some outstanding acoustic guitar passages here, Cockburn also plays electric guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, harp, bottleneck guitar and piano.

His guitar work is simply a joyto hear, floating along above and below his gentle voice lines, often mirroring his voice exactly before climbing off on some tangent of its own.

The title tune is a great example of4 his guitar ability. It’s a little exercise he has played every time I’ve seen him, in one version or another, although it’s never the same.

“My Lady and My Lord”, “Fall” and “Dialogue with the Devil” are all beautiful soft ballads, and the last is one of j the best dialogues between his voice and his guitar.

“Up on the Hillside” is a fascinating, bluesy foot-tapper with ’ fine bottleneck work, and “It’s Goin Down Slow” is the closest he’s come to folk-rock.

- Sunwheel dance is the kind of album you should get if you feel overwhelmed suddenly by am- plifiers or you want to give something nice to someone _ you love.

Paul Simon Paul Simon also possesses a fine

singing voice, is a very talented guitarist and is generally acknowledged to be one of the select few of the “rock poets” whose words will outlive our generation.

But still, something seems to be missing from Simon’s first solo album, tailed Paul Simon, on Columbia (KC 307501. And, that I decided after hearing it for three or four times, is Art Garfunkel.

Maybe its nothing more than simple Pavlovian conditioning, but wehn Simon drifts off one one of his carefully-woven songs, I find myself waiting for Garfunkel’s high, angel-like voice to come soaring down out of the upper scales, pulling something special out of the vocals, that special harmony no other group has seemed to be able to duplicate over the years since Simon and Gar-

funkel first put out‘ “Wednesday Morning, 3 a.m.” in 1965. 1

This is not to take away from Paul Simon any of the credit which is rightfully his. It is obvious, now - that Garfunkel has turned 1, to movies, that Simon’s is certainly the overwhelming talent1 behind ’ the duo. But Simon himself admits that he became accustomed to writing for Garfunkel’s voice (who else could have sung “Bridge over _ troubled water”?) and I think he hasn’t shaken that habit on this album:

“Mother and Child Reunion”, the lead cut which was released as a single, could have been written in 19% and climbed to the top of the charts. But despite its familiar R and B rhythm, Simon turns it into an enjoyable song. “Everything Put Together Falls Apart” is a - fascinating duet between Simon and his guitar, and “Duncan” is reminiscent of “El Condor Pasa” on S and G’s last album, using the same beautiful haunting flute refrains. .-

Everyone seems to put at least one bottleneck blues-type cut on an album these days, and Simon’s is “Paranoia Blues”, with Stefan Grossman’s guitar work, but the words and arrangement are just unusual enough to make this one interesting. An instrumental, between Simon’s guitar and Stephane Grapelli, “Hobo’s Blues”, is also well done.

Despite the loss of Art Gar- + funkel’s voice, Paul Simon has put . together a superb travelogue of the , music in his head since the two parted. The tracks are recorded in Jamaica, Pa_ris, New York, Los Angeles and San Fransisco. Simon continues to be one of the more listenable and intriquing characters in the rock world and, unlike Cockburn, his works have been easily taken on by many other . performers.

~Firesign - friends . i

And a new-old album from some other dear friends: the Firesign Theatre, called Dear Friends (Columbia KG 31099).

These are actually excerpts from tapes of old radio shows this wacky gang of merry madcaps performed in the late ‘60’s

Due to the- nature of what the Theatre was trying then, this . material has its ups and downs, especially when they get self- conscious about what they are doing.

For anyone unfamiliar with the Firesign Theatre, there’s no way I can describe them here, you’ll just have to give them a listen. Three years ago that wouldn’t have been easy, but these days almost everyone has at least one of their records, so ask a friend. If you’ve ever heard tapes of the old “Goon Show”, you’ll have an idea.

For those familiar with Firesign, by now you &ther love them or have been bored to tears, so judge this album on that experience.

‘There are some really amusing word-play games here, and many of the exchanges were improvised, which give them a quality missing in their later, more theatrical work.

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Ya Really Had to be .There to Dig It -\ Last Fall in Toronto the nor-

mally staid environs of Massey Hall were temporarily enlivened by a concert featuring those good old local boys, Crowbar, supported by such estimable friends and relations as Lighthouse, Dr. Music, and King Biscuit Boy. The evening was, according to all who were there, a complete success; but Larger Than Life (Daffodil SBBX- 16007), the resulting double album, strikes me as a very uneven set containing roughly equal proportions of dynamism and lethargy. I

Not surprisingly, such familiar Crowbar material as “Murder in the First Degree, ” “In the Dancing Hold,” and “Oh What a Feeling” comes off best, with Kelly Jay screaming out the lyrics and “The Ghetto” tossing off some of the funkiest guitar licks these ears have heard lately. The band also cooks well behind Biscuit Boy’s “Corinna Corinna,” and pays short but energetic tribute to “Rock Around the Clock” and “Shake,

\ Rattle, and Roll.” When Crowbar forgets to rock, ,

however, the results can be pretty godawful. Their one attempt at playin’ da blues, “Tits Up On The Pavement ,” is, if anything, less exciting than its ostensible sub- ject-hitching through Wawa Ontari-ari-oh-and also typifies the sort of late 50’s male chauvinism preserved in the guise of being rock’n’roll revivalists. Several inept exercises in theC & W vein and a plethora of painfully insincere Kelly Jay raps round out a release which contains about one

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LP ‘s worth of good music. Imagine My Surprise (Columbia,

C 30966), the second album from Dreams, has to be in the running for the “Most Disappointing Follow-up Of The Year” award, as the group appears to have aban- doned the jazz-rock experiments of their initial release for a more conventional Chicago-BS & T- Lighthouse style, which is neither distinctive nor even particularly “good of breed.”

Imagine My Surprise dwells on the level of an album such as Lighthouse’s Thoughts of Movin’ On : superior arrangements and instrumental musicianship, mediocre material, and amazingly inadequate vocals. In the case of Dreams, however, I know that they are capable of much better; and I will therefore not be satisfied with slick versions of King & Goffin’s “I Can’t Hear You” or Winwood’s “Medica ted Goo”, good background music though they might be.

Although this is by no means a bad album, it is a rather sad example of the workings of a record industry which can force a group of unusually talented musicians into a commonplace mold. Forget Imagine My Sur- prise, but if you want to hear what

Dreams can do, check out the “New York, New York” and “Devil Lady” cuts from their first album-something’s happening, but Dreams’ producers don’t know what it is.

Not having heard Luke Gibson since his days with The Apostles, his transformation into a folkie on Another Perfect Day (True North TN 6) required some aural ad- justment before I could get into a rather delightful album.

In terms of tonal quality, Gibson does sound a bit wasted from his days as a rocker, seldom risking a complete extension of his vocal cords and making frequent use of both background vocalists and extra instrumental ac- companiment to augment his naturally thin sound. He writes his own stuff, however, and has wisely chosen to stick with relaxed, reflective material quite suited to his voice.

Among the highlights are the title song and “Did You Ever,” where Luke sounds very much like Bruce Cockburn (who plays guitar on the album), and the excellent (but uncredited) violin work is also worth mentioning. Another Perfect Day won’t destroy you, but it is an album of small but definite pleasures, undemanding but

rewarding whatever attention you’re able to give it. (Sounds like the perfect relationship, doesn’t it? >

An album such as Shawn Phillips’ Collaboration (A & M SP 4324) is really painful to review, because this artist’s obvious talent has been allowed to expand into areas-composition, in par- ticular-for which he just as ob- viously has no discernable ap- titude.

Ry Cooder’s new release, Into The Purple Valley (Reprise MS 2052)) is an interesting collection of both familiar and obscure folk songs, performed in an at times disconcertingly tongue-in-cheek fashion.

Cooder is a superb guitarist (The Stones supposedly ripped off much of Let It Bleed from him), a competent though unexciting singer, and a man whose taste encompasses “Money Honey” as well as traditional protest protest ballads such as “Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All.” Oc- casionally he becomes patronizing, as in the, phoney revival meeting setting of “Denomination Blues,” where the genre has been parodied so often that something more than goofing on it is required if satire is to succeed.

Phillips has a very rich, and perhaps a bit foreboding, tenor voice, one which I would love to hear performing songs by other people. But yes, it is his album, and that means that we must be treated to his original material- and that means pain. A snatch of “Us We Are” should suffice: I know I’m living in utopia with a strangely cloying abscence of euphoria. Throw in standard schlock production, with superflous strings I which somehow add to the banality of the lyrics, and the result is a rather unnecessary release.

If he ever teams up with a decent writer, however, Phillips could become a very entertaining per- former-but Collaboration doesn’t make it, and that’s something of a shame.

Even the numerous campy Finally: Hot Rocks (London 2PS moments are rescued, however, by 6660) is a double set of The Stones Cooder’s awesome guitar technique, of which his l&string

big 1964-71 hits, and while quib-

introduction to “Vigilante Man” is bling would be possible, it’s quite a

perhaps the finest example. So if a good selection of “memorable

fair amount of BS won’t put you moments” from a band which just

off, Into The Purple Valley is seems to get better and better over

recommended; but cut the crap, time. See what you’ve already got. and decide accordingly.

Ry, and leave the medicine show at home next time around.

” mother jones & the birth of american labor ihe Autobiography of Mother Jones, Mary H. Jones, Charles H. Kerr Co., 1972.

Mother Jones has been described in various, apparently con- tradictory, ways. In the in- torduction ’ to this book, ,Fred Thompson tells the reader that she is “one of the most forceful and picturesque figures of the American labour movement.” A prosecuting attorney, pointing his finger at her, states, “Your honour, there is the most’ dangerous woman in the country today.”

- Born in Cork, Ireland in 1830, she

came to the United States when her father sent for the rest of the family. She spent some years in Toronto because her father worked on railway construction in that area. Although Mother Jones married and bore four children, it was not long before she was widowed and childless. for a vellow

She became involved in the American labour movement by working with the Knights of Labour. Throughout her autobiography, Mother Jones recalls those early years. She states that, “Those were the days of sacrifice for the cause of labour...Those were the days of martyrs and saints.” These views are in stark contrast with those that she holds concerning the elite of the labour movement in the 1920’s. She casts aspersion on the I modern labour leaders who do not share the rigours of the rank and file and who wander “from the thorny path of these early crusaders”. Often, claims Mother Jones, workers must struggle against their own leaders as well against the factory owners.

During her years dedicated to the betterment of the working class, both economically and spiritually , she travelled

bourgeois press, against the state and its omnipresent police forces, and the capitalists who hired lackeys to intimidate strikers. She tells the reader that the reason violence was endemic, for example, to the Cripple Creek, Col. strike, was “just because miners wanted a better chance for their children, more of the sunlight, more freedom.”

Her role during industrial conflicts varied : Mother Jones organized women in forces armed with “mops and brooms and pails of water” to chase scabs; she motivated workers to reverse decisions which called off strikes; and her words, “I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate, mothers. I laid out the dead, the martyrs of the strike.”

Undoubtedly, the most stirring chapters are those in which Mother

Jones describes the injustices perpetrated by capitalism on children. She speaks of a textile strike in which 10,000 of the 75,006 workers were children, many of whom “were stooped little things, round shouldered and skinny”. This strike prompted Mother Jones to lead a march of young workers to show the evil effects of child labour.

There were a number of ideas in, the autobiography which were of special interest to me, namely the role of women in society and the part of violence in industrial struggles. Although she has great faith in women, she believes that careers for them are unimportant and that their prime’responsibility is the training of children. Con- cerning violence, she advocated,, that workers not use firearms or sticks, clubs, etc., when on strike, but Mother Jones did call for ar- med retaliation on the part of

strikers if attacked by the militia or company thugs. One remark in the book which has a Maoist touch is, “In the end, bayonets always win.”

One of the prominent thoughts within’ the autobiography was that American democracy would ultimately secure for the working class, economic and spiritual well- being. I rejected this kind thinking and statements such as, “I believe that this country is the cradle of liberty,” as nothing but rank nationalism.

For those interested in’ working class struggles in the US, the book is valuable reading because it presents an account of a segment of the American labour movement in a direct, emotional manner unfettered by theoretical argument. \

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fever epidemic in Memphis throughout the US., helping claimed her family. She moved to miners, textile workers, and steel Chicago where she established a workers to organize themselves. dress-making shop which was Her autobiography gives a clear subsequently destroyed in the picture of the daily struggle of the great Chicago fire of 1871. working class against the

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The folldwing “confidential” doctiment was 1975-76. Limiting enrolment will- mainly affect prepared by the Treasury Board for the Policy and those students entering the system who are the Priorities Board of the Cabinet in early November, least employable of the 18-24 age group. In. terms 1971. This is the “confidential” report, the con- of ,1972-73 projection, this will reduce the fresh- tents of wh.ich Phyllis Grosskurth leaked ic the men intake by 16,000 and may result in a shift to Globe on March 24, that the Graduate Student. part-time study. Union has been so concerned with of late. lt was ln Searching for al&native -ways of reducing intended to give some indication of the type of costs levels to that of the current level of service, post-secondary education questions considered at -or some other level decided upon, the following the Cabinet level. six areas are presented for consideration:

. The present %pen-door adm&ion policy” 1. Reduce stirdent assistance. providing student places -to all qualified ap- 2. Increase tuition fees. plicants now accomodates a total of 176,000 full: 3. Curtail capital expenditure. time students, 18.9 percent of the 18 to 24 age’ 4. Limit graduate enrolment. group. The. full-time enrolment -for 1972-73 5. tiotd basic ‘income unit value. 1 is estimtitbd at 2Oq,OOO which represents 20.8 6. Revise program weightjngs. percent of the s%nk age group. Piojecting through A combination of the above constraint alter- to 1975-76 academic year, this policy, would be , natives could be adopted to reach the desired expected to serve 244,000 full-time students, or level of expenditure. The resultant savings from 23.3 percent of the 18 to 24 age group at a cost of the first three alternatives are in terms of a 100 I.055 million dollars. ’ cent dollar, while the remaining three alternatives

The “current /eve/ of service” concept used in will ~ reduce Federal support under the Fiscal the five year forecast represents a deviation from Arrangements Act. this “open-door” admission policyl It reflects the costs of enrolment limited to a constant 18.9 percent of the 18-24 age group, the level bei_ng

Reduce student assistance: served in 1971-72. The cost associated with this level of service is estimated at 719.4 million

0 Loans:

dollars *for 1972-73 rising to 895 million dollars for’ Increasing loan portion under the student

awards program is a cost saving alternative in- dentified by Department. Basically, the loan could be increased to Can’ada Student Loan Plan limit of 1,000 dollars. Ejeyond that point, provincial funds will be required to finance a Provincial Loan Program.

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This method will not 1 inequalities in various progra substantial. fee increase woulc

At present, a dontingent repayment loan plan deterent and cause shift to fu$ ..,

for Canada is being studied by the Council of ’ The net financial effects of Minister of Education and the Federal Goverri- ‘crease-for various institution? ment, but may take several years to introduce on a ,’ Canada-wide basis. Increasing the loan portion will discourage poorly motivated students on one hand, but it will also affect students from lower income income groups unless a contingent repayment feature is introduced.

$000

’ l Graduate fellowships: ihese‘awards could be eliminated and sttideits

who need assistance would be supported through the student awards program. However, the elimination would reduce graduate enrolment in areas now receiving least support. A system of incentive grants for students in underdeveloped programs could offset this disadvantage.

l Teacher education awards: These awards could also be eliminated

providing that t&tion fees are introduced at the Teachers’ Colleges. This approach would be consistent with the policy of basing financial assistance on need and might reduce the supply of teachers in the future.

l Ontario scholarships: These scholarships could be replaced by some

type on non-monetary Honourary Award and funds be redirected to expand the Secondary School ,BurSaries to needy students,- in effect, improving accessibility for students from low- income groups.

‘Tuition fees - The present fee structure has remained un-

changed for a number of years while operating grants have increased. While any decision to modify the present fee structure is a complex and difficult one, the financial implications are relatively clear cut.

Three alternatives are presented and all financial implications are expressed in terms of net savings: l Increase fees for all foreign graduate ‘students

tg 970 -dollars. l increase fees in specifi’c programs in 1972-73-

970 dollars (twice the arts. fee)-.for all programs with form.ula weight of more than 1, 0, and ,’ ’

--a85 dollars-for CAAT, Ryerson, . Teachers’ Colleges and Nursing Schools.

0 Increase fees for all post-secyndary-institutions and introduction of fees at Teachers’ Colleges and Nursing Schools by:,

1972-73 -200 dollar increase for Universities, ’ CAAT, Ryerson

-intrdduction of 350 dollar fees for ’ Teachers’ Colleges and Nursing

schools < . 1973-75 -further 200 dollars for all institutions 1g74-75 -200 dollars for - CAAT, Ryerson,-

Tea’chers’ Colleges and Nursing schools.

1972-3 '1 C.A.A.T. 4,500 ii Ryerson 1,100 ’ Nursing Schools 310 - Teachers’ College 100 Universities 12,900

18,910

Limit capital fundir

Limited capital fundin: I requirements for cash flow, th will be reflected in the redu(: repayments in future years uric year term. Limiting or reducing the post-secondary institutigns increased utilization of existir

Two methods are presented 1972-73.

0 Limit overall annual allot Construction to a fixed $rn

l Reduce 96 net. assignable student used in present 1 In mu la -for universities.

Lim’it graduate e&c at universities

Under formula financin , 1

g are in the high-weighting ca eg more saving per student if grac curtailed. The number of ’ students has grown from 2,600 13,200 in 1970-71. While it could be achieved by &or enrolment,- to be effective,,

-plemented in the form of selec certain programs. The curtails students at the entering If program& Throughout the pla F.T.E. graduate enrolment repre yotal university F.T.E. enrolme”ri operating grants- constitute 25 1 grant.

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Ip to balance s. In general, a end to act as a r part-time study.

30 dollar fee in- .e as follows:

'3-74 1974-75 (000 5,600 1,200 1,400

310 310 1

100 100

1,400 14,300 Three alternatives are illustrated: ),OlO 21,710 -

l Limit full-time equivalent graduate enrolment to 1.6 percent of the 18-24 age group.

l Limit total full-time graduate enrolment to 10 percent of total full-time university un- dergraduate enrolment.

It only reduces l Hold full-time gr.aduate enrolment at 1971-72

level of 13,747 students. long-term effect

on of debenture ‘r the present 30- Hold basic income unit value available space to vc.uld necessitate

facilities. Under the present system of financing, jr introduction in government grants comprise the major revenue

source for post-secondary institutions. A freeze on

lent for Capital B.I.U. value would constitute an important cost saving technique since “autonomy” makes it

unt. difficult <for the government to pin-point areas

?et per weighted where possible savings should be made. Holding

?rim Capital For- down of grants would force the institutions to economize and improve their productivity.

The effects of holding B.l.0. value are presented:

lment l Hold at 1971-72 level of 1,730 dollars throughout the period.

0 Hold at 1,730 dollars for 1972-73, allow 2 percent increment for subsequent years.

aduate programs l Hold at the announced 1972-73 level of 1,765

ry*thus producing dollars from 1973-74 to 1975-76.

date enrolment is l Hold at 1,765 -dollars for 1973-74, allow for 2

Ill-time graduate percent increment for subsequent years.

n 1960-61 to over evident savings Revise we-ighting

rolling graduate lis must be im- for universities ve curtailment of 7t will only affect /el of graduate ining period, the enJsl0 percent of , but the resultant !rcent of the total

No major revision in the weighting of different types of courses has been made since the operating formula came into effect. By changing the weighting given to different types of courses, the ease or difficulty of financing these courses could be affected, thereby bringing pressure t9 bear on universities to shift their emphasis.

‘De-emphasizing undergraduate non- professional courses by reducing weighting would force universities either to reduce enrolment in these courses or selectively raise fees, thus putting pressure on for reducing enrolment.

Similarly, such effects could be induced in professional or post-graduate courses by reducing their weights. Because the formula financing system has tended to pay much higher grants for graduate and some professional programs than for most undergraduate programs, a reduction of weighting at the graduate and professional levels would be most effective in generating savings to the province and should be effective in tran- sferring more of the burden of education to those who receive the greatest economic benefit.

In order to facilitate long range development in the field of post-secondary education, directions in the following areas are required: l Is the primary objective of the post-secondary

education to increase the general education level of the population? or

0 Is the primary objective to provide Manpower Training and to maintain balance of supplies and demands in the labour market?

l To what extent public support of post- secondary education should be limited to: -three years

Factors other than savings in Provincial grants should be taken into consideration if the weights are to be revised. For example, reducing the weightings for professions could result in in- stitutions curtailing enrolment in areas where both the need for graduate is great, and the employment prospects are good.

-all CAAT, Ryerson, Teachers’ Colleges, Nursing Schools, and university undergraduate . . programs -continue the present practice -other

In order to guide the Department in preparing the 1972-7.3 estimates, decisions as to which constraint alternatives should be followed in meeting limitation on expenditure are required.

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Three alternatives are presented: l Overall reduction of 15 percent in weighting

for undergraduate non-professional programs. 0 Overall reduction of 30 percent in weighting

for professional programs. l Overall reduction of 30 percent in weighting __.-

for graduate programs.

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Locals in Boston Marathon On Monday, April 17th; in a

small Massachusetts town called Hopkinton there assembled 1,235 marathon distance runners for the 76th running of the famed Boston Marathon. In all there were run- ners from a record number of

*states (42 plus the District of Columbia), a record number of Canadians (671, and a foreign contingent representing 10 nations. Also for the first time in history there were female runners (9) who were eligible contenders in this the most popular marathon in the United States.

Waterloo kinesiology student Pat Reid was fortunate enough to qualify for this year’s marathon and took in the event with four

_ other YMCA fitness runners from the Kitchener Waterloo twin cities. Highlights of the race for the locals included the start where the KW contingent heard the sourid of the gun but were somewhere “in about 600th place at the time”, and were merely jogging on the spot for about 30 seconds! Finally the mob started to move very slowly but did not thin out for about two miles. All five runners found it very

frustrating to try to pass other runners at that point in the race.

At the front of the pack at the start, the top distance men were seeded (given the front two rows> and were able to escape the crunch as they battled it out from the start. The 70 degree weather soon took its’ toll as runners started to drop back, and many dropped out. Thousands of people lined the 26 mile 385 yard course which winds through the many communities between Hopkinton and Boston. At about the 13 mile mark, the students from Wellsley College (girls college) lined the sidewalks to cheer on all competitors, but especially the women.

At about the 21 mile mark is the renowned “heartbreak hill” which is an unassuming mile and a half, uphill grind that is situated at a demanding point in the race. Once a runner can get to the top of the grade, the last five miles is roughly downhill to the finish in downtown Boston.

Another amazing runner was Harry Cordellos of San Franscisco who finished in a time of 3 hours 28 minutes. The amazing point is thrt Harry is totally blind ! He ran with his white cane in front of him and various runners held onto it and . guided him over the course and passed most of the competitors. Cordellos has run in 9 such marathons and has a partner who trains with him (has his sight) and 1 who usually accompanies him ~ through his races. This time _ however, his partner had come i down with the flu, so Cordelloa caught a plane to Boston and worked things out on his own.

Pat Reid finished the course in exactly three hours. He was in approximately 250th position of the 1,235 runners at the end of the race, but none stayed around to pick up exact placings due to the fantastic number of spectators and runners (in varying states of rigor mortis)! which congested the finish area.

The first woman to finish the race was 33 year old Nina Kuscsik (housewife and mother of three children). She finished in a time of 3 hours 10% minutes. The top male was Finlander, Olavi Suomalaine in a time of 2 hours 15 min.

Another amazing pair of runners were the “Kelleys”. They are a , father and son team that has dominated the marathon in it’s 7t; year history. The younger Kelley is “only” in his forties and has won the famed marathon a couple of times in the past. This year, he finished in 79th spot in a time of 2 hours 40 minutes. His father John, Kelley “the elder”, also has won the marathon a couple of times in the past and this year, at 64 years , of age, he was competing in his 41st Boston Marathon ! He finished in a time of 3 hours, 35 minutes.

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The team award went to the. Mexicans who placed runners in 3rd, 4th and 5th spots.

The four Kitchener Waterloo ’ finishers hope to return next year ’ along with other area runners, : including Arthur Taylor who just ( underwent a foot operation and : was unable to compete this year in. i the marathon. (Arthur was 35th . last year). Dr. Mike Houston of the kinesiology faculty at the U. of W. also hopes to return to the same marathon which he has run twice t in the past. I

Joggers drink up I The new- event of cyswogin- cumulate the milage during the

steining this summer will un- week preceeding friday af- , doubtedly provide many persons ternoons. It is then that everyone I with a much needed incentive to keep fit during the next few months.

The program incorporates cycling (cy 1, swimming (sw 1, jogging (ogin), and drinking (stein), but not necessarily all four. The idea behind the whole event is to accumulate by cycling, jogging or swimming the number of miles equivelent to the distance to a predetermined pub. Milage is accumalated on the basis of one mile for every mile jogged, one mile for every five miles of cycling or one mile for every quarter of a mile of swimming. One does not have to cycle or swim or even jog to the actual pub, but must ac-

gathers at the pub to celebrate their accomplishments by drinking drafts at the rate of one for every mile accumulated. One does not have to accumulate milage using, all three events, any combination of the three is acceptable, or just pick one event.

The distances to the pubs in- creases every week with the first pub>being four miles plus a bit and the last pub being fifteen miles away. The total accumulated milage at the end of the summer will be one hundred miles.

This event is for both males and females, and to enter and receive a mug and map see the intramural office for more information.

The long awaited and much needed squash court repairs are finally done. The repair work was mostly patch work so there is nq guarantee that the walls will not suffer the same fate in different areas.

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Over 20 recreation, instructional and club In- tramural programs are offered this summer, on a team, individual or toed base.

The largest number of team activities are offered on a men’s and toed and women’s basis in both indoor and outdoor activities.

If you wish to enter a team simply.: (1) Gatlier a group of friends. (2) Pick up an entry form now from the receptionist in PAC. (3) Complete the entry form indicating- a. name of activity b. name of your team-be original c. captain’s name and phone number d. the name, I.D. number, address, faculty year of all team members e. time, day you would prefer to play. (4) Return the completed form to the Receptionist on or before the entry deadline. (5) Must send a team representative ‘to the prescribed organizational meet’ing to pick up schedule and discuss the rules. (6) Anyone who isn’t on a team \and wishes to play,

simply come to the organizational meeting.

Softball Over 30 teams are expected from faculty and staff

and students. The defending champions from math sot will have heavy ‘opposition from the ever powerful eng sot and phys ed. All gam,es played tuesday and thursday from 4:OO pm. Entry Date: friday, may 12th ’ Org. Meeting: monday, may 15th 7 : 30 pm in Rm 1083 PAC League Meet: tuesday, may 16th.

Ball Hockey A relatively new activity starting last summer

has seen a rapid growth in interest from 6 teams to i8 this winter. It is similar to road hockey with few rules and no officials: All games played Wednesday at Seagram’s. Entry Date: tuesday, may 16th Org. Meeting: thursday, may 18th 7 :30 pm in Rm 1083 PAC i

Basketball This ever popular activity will be played every

Thursday evening in the PA Building. Entry Date: monday, may 15th Org. Meeting: tuesday, may 16th 8:30 pm in rm 1083 Pat \

League Starts: thursday, may 18th.

5 Man squash Another relatively new event with increasing

popularity, features 5 avid squash players on a team basis. Each team plays a match against each other. Special bookings are pre-arranged for matches. Entry Date: friday, may 19th Org. Meeting: Wednesday, may 24th 8:3Q pni in Rm 1083 PAC League Starts: that week.

Soccer A toed team from Math society bewildered

everyone last summer with their talent-all games played Wednesday 4 :00-8: 30 pm.- on Columbia 1 Field. Entry Date: tuesday , map 16th Org. Meeting: thursday, may 18th rm 1083 at 8:30 pm PAC ‘\ ‘\ Starts: Wednesday, may 24th. Co-ed volleyball

Should be a successful event this summkr, if the winter term is ‘an indication. All games played tuesday evenings from 8:00 pm in the phys ed building. Ihtry Date: friday, may 12th ’ Org. Meeting: monday, may 15th rm 1083 at 8:30 pm PAC League Starts: tuesday, may 16th.

Co-ed inner tube waterpold j

A unique fun activity. .A must for everyone to try. All games thursday 5 : 30-7 : 30 pm in pool of the phys ed building. Entry Date: monday, may 15th Org. Meeting: tuesday, may 16th 7: 30 pm in rm 1083 PAC League Starts: thursday, may 18th at 5:30 pm.

Individual Ret activities

Twelve activities are featured on this level. For- badminton buffs, Wednesday and fridays

from 9 :00-lo:30 pm has been established plus free time hours in the PA complex.

For golf nuts, practise time has been set for tuesday and’thursday 7 :00-g: 00 pm in red activity area. Simply bring your own equipment and hit away.

Golf

Four reduced golf days have been scheduled starting Wednesday may 17th at Foxwood. Simply pay your $2.50 green fee, sign in when your round is completed and get $1.00 back.

On june 7th, a second golf date is set for Foxwood. . On june 22nd the second, mixed two ball foursome

will be held at Foxwood.

Frisbee competition On Wednesday, may 17th at 6: 30 pm on the Village

Green all throwers are invited to a frisbee com- petition. Time and Place thur june 8th on the roadway from village 1 to village 2. 2 Entries - Due at race time. Time - 6:00 pm. Learn to swim

For the first time a learn to swini program will be offered to beginners. All those interested are asked to attend the organizational meeting monday, may 15th at 7 : 00 pm in the pool gallery of PAC.

Offkcials needed urgent 1. Anyone wishing to officiate softball or basketball for pay contact the Intramural office now Ext 3532. 2. Anyone wishing to instl;uct in the Kinder Swim & Gym program contact the Intra,mural office im- mediately .

Athletic clubs Although you may have missed the club meeings .

this week, there is still ample-time to get involved. The club program is one of the most varied this summer. Archery

Shooting times - monday and Wednesday 7:00-9:00 pm in red activity area. 25 cents range fee. Contact Carson Payne or Eric Wright at 745-2867.

Cricket First cricket time is Wednesday may 17th at 6 :00

pm on Columbia field. Contact Jack Morris at Ext 3872 or Dilip Hingorani at 576-8391, Ext 3804. Underwater

Several open water dives are planned. Simply contact Mark Yunker at 884-0962.

Whitewater “. _

Several excursions & cruises are planned. Con- tact Bill Byars at 578-5396 or ext 2667 and Dav,e Rees-Thomas at 696-2628 or ext 2886. Sailing

With three new Sunflower boats, sailing should be the best ever - if they find water. Contact Bob Ward at 885-0283 or ext 2137.

Orienteering Meets are being held every Sunday at various

sights. Beginners clinics are held before,each meet. The “Wanderers 0 Club” is going to Hamilton on may 14th and to Guelph on may 21st. Anyone in- terested contact Molly Targosz ext 3137 or Dayle Smith ext 3550,or Gerrie Bay’croft ext 3663. - ’

Women’s intramurals Womens intramural events this term include toed

slow pitch on monday nights, toed volleyball on tuesday nights, women’s lib slow pitch Wednesday nights, toed inner tube waterpolo on thursday nights, mixed badminton on friday nights and these are only a small sampling of the activities that are available for the women on campus this summer.

Slow pitch is expected to be another big hit this summer as the campus chicks show their talents with the softball bat and glove. In summers past, this modified softball game has been very popular because it is easy to play and its great for girl watching. Rumor has it thehA kin team has been doing some advanced batting practise in an effort to regain the title they have up to 2B last summer. Equipment is available for anyone who wants to practise.

If you want to play get a group of lo-15 gals together and enter a team today. Phone Salley Kemp at ext 3533 right now so that your team will be entered. If you don’t have enough people to make up a team let Sally know and she will find a team for you to play on.

Some of the greatest social events of the season will be taking place this summer every friday as participants get together to discus,s their cyswoginsteining. You better get in on it. If you don’t know what it is phone ext 3533.

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Resurrection of traditional student; - In these days of higher and still

higher education where the goal of the graduate is not to gather knowledge but to lean on his winnings, it is a shame that this university is still infested with the worst type of academic pestulance imaginable under present circumstances. I address myself to the well known and acknowledged subject of tlhe traditional student, his dying role in society and associated be- moanings. We of the establishment have delt with situations like this before; we can certainly deal with them again.‘

Who is this crying sibling? Why does he sleep in the armchairs of society while questioning the softness of the down? Surely there is some way to make the goal of this system clear.. .

On a brighter note...there is a way. It’s called “fact”...pure science and mathematics, statistics and information...they approve of us...of it...of this

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‘Staff News’ letter sick

Whilst the statements made by Mr. Venkataramaiah are not GSU policy, and we are by no means supporting them, we feel that the statements made by the author, who had not even the courage to sign his name, are- personally

’ insulting to Mr. Venkataramaiah and nothing short of libelous.

We are disgusted that “Staff News” would publish such a letter without even a disclaimer. Presumably the letter represents staff association ,policy. We can understand that members of the non-academic staff might be hurt by some of Mr. Venkataramaiah’s statements, but to reply by making cheap insinuations about his character in an anonymous letter is only worthy of Archie Bunker.

We hope that the next issue of “Staff News” will contain a retraction of these remarks and an indication of the identity of their cowardly author.

Fred W. Hetzel President

Graduate Student Union Philip S. English

Vice President Graduate Student Union

Exit Sam ’ I would like to inform you I

would no longer be living in Canada for some reasons. However, I thank you very much for sending the Chevron news.

I was glad to know hundreds and hundreds of students of the university. I We had good times though I was too busy with studies. Unfortunately, university lacked to understand me and con- sequently flunked me for a few silly marks.

I quit of everything; I don’t have time to find all my friends (who know me as Sam (Saranitis) the Greek) and say goodbye. I trust you will find the space in the Chevron to give them the message. Thanks. Good life Chevron.

Sam the Greek

system. It’s written down. We’re o- kay!

Oh, we have our faults.‘We have our failings, minor though they may be. But I just remember the words of my father who told me. . . ‘Son, put a colour tv in every livingroom and two cars in every garage and there will be a colour tv in every livingroom and two cars

in every garage.” My father was truly liberal, leaving all moral decisions to me. And that’s what I ask all of us to do. Leave the moral decisions to yourself. You have to have the guts to make them the way 1 do. If you don’t, you’ll never make it.

Peter Trudeau. (speaking for the people)

Faculty saves students I warmly applaud the challenge

of Drs. Haggar and Malzan to the faculty of the University of Waterloo. Although my salary is not paid by the University, it also ultimately comes from tax dollars,, and therefore I do not feel as though I am giving cheap adivce.

Waterloo could put itself on the

I have become increasingly uneasy about the high salaries for “the exceptionally pleasant” life of the academic. There is no doubt in my mind that the faculty and administration ought to bear. the cost of the present crisis, and not the students. The university of

Pen pal anyone? -, I am writing to you in the hopes

that you will print this in your next edition of the campus newspaper or have it posted on the campus bulletin board.

If there is anyone who would like to correspond with me, I would gladly answer all questions, regardless of how personal they may be. I will also answer all letters that are written to me.

At the present time I am serving a sentence in the Ohio Peniten- tiary. I work in the prison hospital as a clerk. I am also an externs clerk. I am 28 years young and was born and raised in Danville, Virginia, U.S.A. I like all sports, especially stock car racing. Also, this is the only penitentiary in the United States that lets the inmates correspond with anyone they want to. The mail is not censored, going or coming into the prison.

Your kindness will never be forgotten for accepting these few lines. Thank you very much.

Frank E. Johnson No. 132-254

Box 511 Columbus, Ohio 43216

U.S.A.

academic map- by making a responsible moral decision not only not to accept a raise this year but to take the suggested 4 percent cut in favour of the students and the taxpayers.

Walter Klaassen, Conrad Grebel College

Reply to Record As I am a Vietnamese, your

article “Why not ask Vietnamese” (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 19, 1972) interested me very much and I appreciated your idea to consult Vietnamese, those who “live where the bombs drop” (the quotes come from your article), about the americanbombing in Vietnam. Although I am not living. under the bombs (neither is the interviewed Seantor Tran-Quang- Thuan who is living, in fact, rather comfortably in Saigon, away from the bombs), I hope your liberal newspaper shall not disdain my opinion.

Senator Thuan was perhaps right when he said: “unless the bombing could bring quick victory, it would give the other side the opportunity to rally its people”. But I must add that the bombing would rally not only the North Vietnamese, but also the entire Vietnam, from South to North, in a unified block against those who bomb and devast their homeland, namely the american agressors, the real enemy of the Vietnamese.

As far as the recent US bombing is concerned, your readers have certainly noticed Senator Thuan’s enthusiastic support for the view of the Nixon government, as well as his insensibility towards the atrocities endured by his com- patriots. A Vietnamese saying tells: when the rabbit dies, even the fox puts into mourning. I have no intention to reduce the distinguished Senator Thuan to the level of a beast, but I am certain that your readers would surely recognize traitors to their country.

I hope this little quarrel between Vietnamese does not distract our readers from the main point which is. that the Nixon government is leading a war of agression in Vietnam. The slogan saying that the North Vietnamese are trying to take over South Vietnam by force is simply one of the pretexts in- vented by the Nixon government to mislead the public opinion. In fact, one must understand that it is a duty for each Vietnamese citizen, no matter if he comes from the North or from the South, to defend his country T against foreign agression. The socalled South Vietnam is simply a zone tem- porarily still under american control, and the North Vietnam a liberated zone.

Mrs. Bui-Van

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Machismo in Washington ‘I I see by the New York papers that the

Bronx, like Vietnam, is plagued by civil war. I feel for Congressman Biaggi, who has been trying to bring its rival gangs together. There was something more than faintly familiar in the New York Times account on April 22 of his peace efforts. One gang leader, Ted Gonzalez of the Seven Immortals, avowed that his gang’s intentions were utterly peaceful, unlike its rival the Black Spades. “The Spades just want to fight while we want to make peace,” he told Biaggi. “But I tell you, if fight we must, then we’re prepared for a rumble too. No one’s going to tread on our turf.” This manly readiness to stand up against aggression, to face up to the test of will at whatever cost-this sounds like those who rallied to support Nixon’s bombing of Haiphong in the Senate a few days earlier.

If we fail to stand up to the aggressor in Vietnam, Th urmond of South Carolina told the Senate during the bombing debate on April 19, “our nation will be regarded with justification as a paper tiger.” “The in- vasion of Vietnam,” Dole of Kansas said, “is a test of our national will.” “Should we accept Hanoi’s terms now and surrender,” Tower of Texas declared, “the President would have to crawl on his belly to Moscow in May. ” “The President,” averred Allott of Colorado, “will not be in- timidated....” And Goldwater promised that the actions taken by Nixon “will overcome tie weak-kneed, jelly-backed attitude of Members of this body and citizens of this country who think you can end a war overnight by ‘snapping your fingers....” These Senators and the Bronx’s Seven Immortals have machismo in common.

A related maxim of statesmanly behaviour was reported by Terence Smith in the New York Times April 23. The day after the bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong the President ran into an old friend as he was leaving a luncheon on Capitol Hill. When the friend asked about the bom- bings, Mr. Nixon punched him af-

fectionately on the shoulder and said, “When they jump on you, you have to let them have it.”

The small boy mentality is also visible in military pronouncements. Orr Kelly, the Was hi ngton Star’s Pen tagon reporter, was given a “background briefing” on the tactics being pursued in the new bombings of the North. “US Following ‘Classic’ Script in Escalation,” said the headline over his story of April 23. The military in the Johnson-McNamara years claimed that the bombing of the North failed because the escalation was too gradual. The theory now being applied by the Pentagon, Mr. Kelly was told, “calls for rapidly increasing pressure on the enemy until he gives up.” The theory is certainly classic in its sim- plicity. The rationale, Mr. Kelly’s Pentagon informant explained, in an unconsciously revealing simile, “is much like the tactics of two boys fighting”: . If one boy gets the other in an arm lick,

the can probably get his adversary to say “uncle” if he increases the pressure in

‘sharp, painful jolts and gives every in- dication of willingness to break the other boy’s arm.

There are subtleties involved, -as in any systems analysis. “Between each painful move,” so Mr. Kelly was briefed, “he must pause long enough togive the other boy a chance to think things over and give up.” But if the pressure is applied “slowly and with obvious reluctance,” as under Johnson and McNamara, “the boy on the ground has a chance to get used to the pain.” This is the mistake the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Nixon are determined to

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one shudders to think just what all of this will look like in print, speaking of which there was, but for the grace of god and roddy & eddy & john 81 michael, a fine chance that none of this would ever have seen the light of day which might have been better for the world but certainly not for all the neurotics involved in the matter; which brings us to the story (freddy fireman) of how our typesetters shop almost burned down but was saved by the foresight of the aforementioned valiants, all of whom are probably enjoying nightmare fantasies about how they were made into celluloid and pulp fodder for the local media to consume in paroxyms of ‘human interest’ and ‘sensational’ delights, hows about that and speaking of which the best example of a press that glories in bootlicking and grovelling before certain vested interests is still the gazette, and con- cerning which we can only note with total joy that the style of reportage concerning the recent general meeting of grad students is tantamount to admitting publicly that they no longer even pretend to be objective and that in future it will no longer be necessary for a gazette reporter to attend news events-in future when something happens president matthews line will be reprinted verbatim (or so it seems to anyone who attended that particular meeting), anyway, not wanting to get too much dung on our shoes too quickly, it is probably time to sign off which we will do forthwith so long as a goodly number of you promise to come in and work, work, work (and if enough come maybe we’ll even field a softball team against the feds and the turkeys, ooops, turnkeys that is) . . . . . . . at entertainment: this week we were mike rohatynsky (ta-ta-ta-tuh-ta-ta) for his debut), george kaufman, paul w. stuewe, cubsy, ian angus (in charge this time) and janet was missed by all....thanks to the intramural department peter hopkins and sally kemp for the latest word on the intramural scene; pat reid dropped an article in and that’s about it, so anyone else willing to do some sports, either writing or photographic events, drop down to the sports department and talk to us. in general: allan (big al) the co-op Iukachko, deanna kaufman, len greener, mart roberts, Walter Powell, sorry to john dale, rona achillesI maria, Charlotte helped, hello to tom mcdonald, photogs were brian cere, Scott gray, miscellany were peter Wilkinson, john fraser, peter warrian, cousin bill dumont, randy who was handy but got missed above, our apologies to anyone who was missed above but what can you really expect from a crowd of first niters? gudnite, djc & gm.

not consult our allies in NATO, much less the United Nations. Acheson was sent, after the decision was made, to inform de Gaulle, not to ask his consent to the showdown. Should the Vietnamese confrontation erupt into nuclear war, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and South Korea, our allies in the Far East, would all suffer gravely, perhaps irremediably, even if only from radioactive fallout. But Nixon is not consulting them either.

No doubt Moscow and Peking are terrified of a nuclear confrontation. Nixon’s strategy of spreading terror by unpredictability recalls Hitler. I do not compare the President to the Fuehrer, but .- in this respect their tactics are similar. Hitler won Munich-style concession after another by them, e,but at a cost Germany and the world remember too well.

In the Tonkin Gulf we are again entering waters. The other day an American guided missile frigate, the Worden, was badly damaged by what appeared at first to be enemy planes. It turned out later that the ship was hit by two air-to-ground missiles from American planes assigned to bomb Haiphong. What if an American ship, what if a carrier, should be sunk with heavy loss of American lives? What if the headlines proclaim it an enemy attack? And we do not find out until too late, or perhaps ever, that our own bombs did the dirty work?

If we move toward blockade, if we mine the harbours, if Moscow sends protective vessels and mine sweepers, if the havoc done to Haiphong and Hanoi becomes unendurable even to the most appease- ment-minded in Moscow and Peking...? The chances of the situation getting out of hand, through accident or loss of nerve or design, will multiply swiftly, the flash point at which neither side can back down may pass much too quickly for anything as archaic as the Congressional right to declare war.

Secretary Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that r&-introducing US combat troops and using nuclear weapons were the only options excluded in escalating the war against North Vietnam. How easily these limits could be swept aside by some unexpected catas- trophe! It is time again to “Remember the Maine,” whose mysterious and still un- solved sinking precipitated the Spanish- American war.

The simple fact is that the world as now organized lives on the edge of destruction. Everyone knows it but everyone tries to forget about it. Most of the planet can be incinerated within less than a day should a crunch get out of hand. This didn’t happen over Cuba, but it may happen over Vietnam. If it doesn’t happen over Viet- nam, it may happen over the Middle East. lf it doesn’t happen there, there will be other flash points-Bangladesh was the first flicker of the lightning over the Indian Ocean, the newest theater of con- frontation. With each crunch, the probability- by sheer arithmetic-of its getting out of control will increase. The safety of mankind depends on somehow finding a way to a new world order in which no nation is so “sovereign” that it can press the button that may mean planetary extinction.

And what if Nixon “succeeds”? What if he escalates the bombing of the North without precipitating a third World War? What a price to prove that he and America are not “chicken.” How many must die in the smaller countries, how many millions elsewhere must be placed in jeopardy because the superpower suffers from an inferiority complex?

i.f. stone - reprinted from NYR

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numbs the gum,s where teeth once were.

Lions from the tundra wear- ing parkas and remembering the bolts that sheared

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