pr.of s - The faculty association has de tided to buck the adrninist~ori’s parking policy. At a meeting November 13 the association appointed a committee on parking to investigate theparking fees introduced this year. On __________--_-__-_--------page 14 text of report _______________----------the committee were Professors Greg Bennett (mathematics), John Capindale (science), Don Epstein (arts), and Peter Silveston (enginAs instructed the comeering). mittee reported 10 days later. The report criticized the park-
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the student had previously been convicted and sentenced by the duly constituted civil authority? “We wish to protest that the student by virtue of his membership in the academic community should have been given specidl consideration in a court of law on the grounds that the university would further punish him.,, The motion added, (( since the civil authorities saw fit to return this individual to society for rehabilitation it is inconsistent that he should be prevented from participation in the academic community?, During the trial Magistrate Menzies said he was satisfied the university would take steps to deter students from taking drugs. “You might not be able to finish your course ,,, he told Kirk. “The court does not intend to rule on that but I think your chances arepretty slim.,, Menzies also said his decision in the case hinged largely on the attitude of the university. In ordering Kirk’s suspension
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port by treasurer Bruce Gellatly uses the figure $15 as the c‘opersting cost per year per place,,. This figure is also used by security director Al Romenco as reflecting’, the average perannum cost of servicing each parking space...,,. The faculty report notes, however, that (c nowhere is even the $15 figure justified.,, A major objection of the faculty is that the parking fee represents not only operational costs but also large capital expenditures. Thisis directly opposed to administration statements that the fees are for maintenance only.
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LONDON (CUP and staff)-A storm of academic protest has followed the expulsion of Mark Kirk, an 18-year-old student, from the University of Western Ontario. Kirk was convicted of possessing mari juana. Lately suggestions have been made that collusion took place be-------------___-__________ editorial page 75 -------------______________ tween the magistrate and the university administration during the trial. Kirk, a freshman, was arrested at his Sydenham Hall residence by RCMP officers in October and convicted November 15 of possessing marijuana. London Magistrate D. B. Menzies placed Kirk on probation for two years. Three days later the university board of governors met for an hour and suspended him for an in&finiteperiod, Student council formally protested the actions of both the court and the board of governors. Their motion, passed by a large majority, attacked the board, s action, #‘after
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ing fee as bearing “little if any relation to the actual cost of operating those facilities.‘, It also accused the administration of being,, uncooperative, unclear and untruthful in responding to requests for factual information...,, Finally it claimed the mannerin which the policy was imposed was cca gross violation of the rights, authority and express wishes of the f acuity.,, The report quotes from a memorandum by university president J. G. Hagey which states that the $24 yearly fee is the minimum required for maintenance costs. But a re-
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the governors said the university takes <‘the gravest view,, of possession of the drug. In a 450-word statement they added the warning: The board takes this occasion to remind those who may need re minding that the illegalpossession or use of drugs is not only a serious breach of the criminal law and highly dangerous in the opinion of every qualified medical advisor at the university, but also carries with it exposure to the penalties of suspension or dismissal from this university,,, Student leaders members, including university chaplains, criticised the boards Kirk, s case. Student council Larson felt Kirk double penalty.
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4’1 would have been very proud if the board and Dr. Williams (the university president) had the courage to stand up and defend the individual’s right to be subject to the law of the land without any infringe ment on his academic freedom.‘, Hugh Armstrong, president of the Canadian Union of Students, registered strong protest Tuesday to Kirk’s expulsion. He said students should receive exactly the same treatment under law as other Canadians. ((If a student commits an offense against the law he should be punished by the state, and the state alone,,, said Armstrong.
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The report states that the committee asked the administration for detailed figures on snow re maintenance moval and other costs. Information was also r& quested on the present number of parking spaces and the number when the south campus is completed. The administration refused on the grounds that other matters were more pressing and that the means for such a study were not available. The committee made some interesting observations about the connection between parking fees and the size of security forces. Universities with parking fees seem to have very large campus Waterloo has a sepolice forces. curity force of 24 at last count. McMaster has a staff of 18. Of universities without parking fees, Guelph has a force of six to nine constables, Western has six, Lutheran three and Queen’s two. The report notes that when Western tried to introduce a parking fee, it also doubled its security force. At Western the parking fee was repealed after protests by both students and faculty. The committee recommended the faculty association executive immediately ne gotiated with the administration to have the parking fee suspended, to have fees already paid refunded and to set up a joint study group to devise a scheme to meet parking costs.
There have been rumblings against the parking fees for some time. Two weeks ago, the science faculty council and the arts faculty council rejected the president’s report on parking. Now the faculty association is planning serious action. Copies of the report have been distributed and a petition is being circulated. “Hopefully this will be the stimulus for more faculty participation,,, said Epstein, chairman of the parking committee. “Parking in and of itself is not an issue of as much magnitude as curriculum, but many of us feel this parking issue symptomatic of a more basic problem in the relationship between the faculty and administration.,’ There has been opposition to the parking fee among secretaries and other staff, but they have no means for effective protest since they have no union. Hugh MacKinnon, presiProf. dent of the faculty association, said, “Of itself, the parking thing is one of those issues that break up marriages. Nobody really has nervous breakdowns over cancer It, s the research or Vietnam. seemingly trivial things like dripping faucets and creaking doors. <‘The annoyance was created by the manner the policy was imposed rather than the matter. There should have been consultation. All was worked out in the summer and presented to us as afait accompli.,,
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Booxodus - -~-_ TORONTO (Staff)-An orderly demonstration. by 500 Ryerson students protested the institute’s inadequate library facilities. Students checked out as many as ten books apiece to highlight the crowded study conditions and the shortage of up-to-date material in the library. The over 2300 books were taken during the two hour protest. They chanted “We want books,, and re arranged volumes by color to further their point. Student organizers said stat&+ tics showed Ryerson has 86 percent fewer books than Carleton which has the lowest book-to-student ration of any university in the province. Lynn Raeburn, a member ofRyerson, s student council, said there were only 4.8 books per student. She and other students pointed out ancient and irrelevant books which were useless to the students. Chief librarian Arthur Paulaitis
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said the institute had neglected the library during the administration of Principal Howard Kerr, who “felt you didn’t have to have many books in a trades institute library.,, ?aulaitis said with Principal F.C. Jorgenson plans had been approved for a 2,000 seat library with 300,000 volumes. Ryerson vice-president Willianl Trimble, said the problem with the library isn’t money. “1 can’t get at precisely what the problem is but students have the wrong impression when they point the finger at makers of the money policies in the university,,, he said. Paulaitis said over 2300 books were removed from the library but only 2054 slips were filledout. The chief librarian valued each of the 300 or more missing book at $L5 and added, “because of the condition of some books returning extensive bookbinding will llave to be done.”
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