The McGill Tribune Bruce Hicks: Up Close and Personal by Brian Forsythe Todd
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fo r th e first tim e h a s g o n e in to th e p u b
H icks:
This is the fir si in a series o f interviews with the Executive Com m ittee o f the Student's Society. Today’s victim is Bruce Hicks. Vice-President (Internal Affairs). Tribune: Could yo u give us a thum b nail sketch o f r our life?
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w h i c h h a s n ’t h a p p e n e d f o r q u i t e a f e w
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u n d e r th e im p re ss io n th a t th ey n eed ed
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p rio rities
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H ennesy
s i d e o f p r o g r a m m i n g , w h i c h t h e r e is a
to im p le m e n t th e ir id ea s th ro u g h
a n d h a d lo st by 35 v o tes. O v e r th e y e a r
n e e d fo r b u t 1 q u e s tio n th a t p rio rity . T h e
d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty e x e c u tiv e ra th e r th a n th e
K e ith
had
been
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th e
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d e n ts ’ S o c ie ty s h o u ld b e g o in g . T h e y try S tu
w e b e c a m e v e r y g o o d f r ie n d s . It w a s his
o th e r th in g s w e h a v e trie d to a c c o m p lish
S t u d e n t e x e c u t i v e u t i l i z i n g t h e s t a f f . I t is
in te n tio n
t h r o u g h g e n e r a l b u d g e t i n g p r o c e d u r e is
a h u m a n t e n d e n c y a n d 1 d o n ’t f a u l t t h e m
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S tu d e n t
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o n e p e rs o n to try a n d c h a n g e th e sy ste m
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a n d t h a t if y o u n e e d a s t r o n g t e a m , i d e a l
fo rm o f z ero -b a se b u d g e tin g w o rk in g on
th in k th a t e sp e c ia lly th is y e a r I c o u ld say
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a d v is o ry cap a city to stu d e n ts b u t
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s tu d e n t affairs o r stu d e n t g o v e rn m e n t. I
t e r m . S o w e d e c id e d if w e r a n to g e th e r ,
tu re years.
tio n .
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th e
even
Tribune: What about the accusation
Tribune: C ould yo u
t o d o w a s t o r u n a s p e a k e r ’s p r o g r a m s o
stro n g e r
in d iv id u a ls
I g o t in v o lv e d w ith th e P o litic a l S c ie n c e
w o u l d . S o t h a t ’s w h e n 1 d e c i d e d t o r u n
that it is the permanent sta ff who run the Students' Society and not the Executive Committee?
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an
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f o r V i c e - P r e s i d e n t . It w a s n e v e r m y p l a n
u p in O t t a w a 1 k n e w a lo t o f t h e p e o p l e
to ru n f o r o ffice. I g u e s s y o u c o u ld sa y
th a t th e y
t h e r e s t is h i s t o r y .
S tu d e n ts ’ A s so c ia tio n .
c a m e to
w a n ted
to
b r i n g in. W h e n
M c G i l l it w a s t h e
T here w as
a
referen d u m
1
id ea l tim e .
ta k in g
p lace
t h a t y e a r a s w e ll a s tw o fe d e ra l e le c tio n s a n d a p ro v in c ia l e le c tio n . W e ra n a v ery e x p e n s i v e s p e a k e r ’s p r o g r a m
fo r th o se
T ribune: With your first term passed as
V.P. (Internal), how has your expe rience been with the job? Can you point out som e o f your achievements, maybe som e disappointments? H icks: 1
years.
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th e b ig g est d i s a p p o in t
c le a rly
1
th e
suggest som e changes that could be made in the job o f Vice-President (Internal Affairs)? continued p. 8
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T h e R e d p a th U n d e rg ra d u a te L ib ra ry
Tribune: So. how did you get involved
m e n t i s t h a t y o u r e a l l y c a n ’t a c c o m p l i s h
r e f e r e n c e s t a f f f e e l s t h a t it c a n s e r v e s t u
with the Student Society?
a lo t in a y e a r . S t u d e n t s ’ S o c i e t y in o r d e r
d e n ts
m et
t o d o t h in g s lik e p u b r e n o v a tio n s , y o u 'r e
w e ll a s t h e b o o k s s h e lv e d in t h e s ta c k s .
d o w n a t o p i c t h a t is m u c h t o o b r o a d t o c o v e r p r o p e r l y in a t e r m p a p e r .
H icks:
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T ay lo r,
who
I had
b e tte r
by
p ro v id in g
serv ices,
p ro g ram ,
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T h e te rm
a s k e d m e if I w a n t e d t o g e t i n v o l v e d in
c ia lly if y o u a r e t a l k i n g a m a j o r r e n o v a
key
th e P ro g ra m
tio n .
th r o u g h th e m az e o f re se a rc h to o ls th a t
w o rk in g
on
th e
s p e a k e r ’s
B o a rd w h ic h a t th a t tim e
w a s in a f o r m a t i v e s ta g e , t r y i n g t o b r i n g
H o w e v e r , i t ’s n o t a l l g r i m . 1 t h i n k t h a t
t o g e t h e r a ll t h e p r o g r a m m i n g a s p e c t s o f
i n o u r s h o r t t e r m i n o f f i c e w e ’v e a c c o m p
lea rn in g h o w to use th em . A d v ic e
as
p a p e r r e s e a r c h w o r k s h o p is a
se rv ice
to
h e lp
g u id e
is g i v e n
H a n d o u ts
stu d e n ts
on
on
how
co rrect
to
n arro w
fo o tn o te
and
b ib lio g r a p h ic a l sty les a re d is tr ib u te d at th e
a re a v ailab le to th em .
w orkshops.
T hese
p rocedures
are
a ls o e x p la i n e d a t t h a t tim e .
T h e last set o f th e s e w o r k s h o p s w a s
t h e U n i v e r s i t y s u c h a s t h e s p e a k e r ’s p r o
lis h e d q u i t e a b it. W e s t a r t e d ’ S t u d e n t s ’
h e ld f r o m
g ra m , th e
S o c iety d o w n
s e r i e s w i l l b e g i v e n f r o m F e b r u a r y 14 t o
d u l e d f o r 1 p . m . . s o t h a t t h e y w ill fit i n t o
18. T h i s w o r k s h o p c a n
m o st lu n ch
R ed and
W h ite
R e v ie w a n d
t h e W i n t e r C a r n i v a l . A s it w a s t h e y w e r e
th e ro a d
to w ard s a ser
v ic e -o rie n te d S tu d e n ts ’ S o c iety . M o n e y
Jan u ary
fin al p r e p a r a tio n
Cutbacks th e
fo r
of
g o v e rn m e n ta l
budget
c u ts
aro u n d
by stu d e n ts, m o st have tro u b le
u n iv e rsitie s
is
to ssed
h a s c o m e f o r a ll t h e s t u
F eb ru ary
w o rk sh o p s
are
sche
b reak s. T h ey a re o n e h o u r
lo n g a n d w ell w o r t h th e tim e in v e s te d . P ro fe sso rs c a n sc h e d u le a p p o in tm e n ts t o b r in g t h e ir c la s s e s t o a w o r k s h o p o f
S e p a r a te le c tu re s a r e g iv en fo r th e s o ty. T h e tim e
issu e
be v iew ed as a
fo r th e e ssa y -w ritin g
b i n g e s in M a r c h .
by Peter Brawn W hen
The
18-21 a n d t h e f i n a l
c ia l sc ie n c e s a n d h u m a n itie s . A l t h o u g h
t h e i r o w n , a s l o n g a s it is a r r a n g e d w i t h
m uch
th e
of
th e
m ate ria l
co v ered
is
th e
referen ce lib ra ria n s
in a d v a n c e .
A
d e n t s o f t h e s c h o o l t o h e l p it o u t i n i t s
sa m e , e x a m p le s a re used fro m th ese p a r
g ro u p o f stu d e n ts can a rra n g e to have
tim e
tic u la r field s to
th eir
of
founded
need.
T h is
in stitu tio n
w as
o n th e g ra n ite o f e d u c a tio n a l
m a k e th e
in fo rm a tio n
own
w o rk sh o p
at
a
c o n v en ien t
tim e a lso . S c ie n c e s tu d e n ts m a y o r g a n
m o r e re le v a n t to th e s tu d e n ts ’ re se a rc h .
d is tin g u is h in g fact fro m fictio n . T h e fact
e x c e ll e n c e a n d s h o u l d c o n t i n u e in t h a t
T h e w o rk s h o p s try to p o in t o u t a lte r
ize a w o r k s h o p , b u t r e g u l a r l y s c h e d u l e d
is t h a t
a
v a l i a n t d i r e c t i o n . W h i l e it is t r u e m o n e y
n a tiv e s to th e s tu d e n ts w h o w o u ld n o r
sc ien c e w o rk s h o p s w e re d is c o n tin u e d a
sm a ll m in o rity o f th e v o tin g p o p u la tio n
a n d p e rfo rm a n c e a re n o t d ire c tly re la t
m ally w a n d e r d o w n
few y e a rs a g o d u e to lack o f in te rest.
a n d t h a t t h e i r v o i c e is n o t a l l p o w e r f u l a s
ed , th e p re se n c e o f fu n d s a llo w s fo r a
p ick
th eir
T h e w o rk s h o p s p ro v id e g u id elin es to
th ey
m o re
e n v iro n
e ssa y to p ic . P e r io d ic a ls a re sp e c ifica lly
d ev elo p in g research tec h n iq u es fo r u n
n a te ly , d e m o n s t r a t i o n s in Q u e b e c C ity
m en t. S in c e w e h a v e d e te rm in e d th a t th e
fo cu ssed u p o n as a n in fre q u e n tly u sed ,
d e r g r a d u a te stu d e n ts . Y o u m a y sig n u p
w ill p r o b a b l y
g overnm ent
b u t v a lu a b le so u rce. S tu d e n ts a re s h o w n
fo r a w o rk s h o p
h o w to c o lle c t s o u r c e s by u s in g s u b je c t
L ib ra ry
in d ex es a n d
m o re d e ta ils at 392-4288.
u n iv e rsity
w o u ld
have
stu d e n ts
us
b e lie v e .
go u n n o tic e d
th e o th e r d e m o n stra tio n s v a n ts
and
rep resen t
o th er
U n fo rtu a m o n g a ll
b y c iv il s e r
u n io n iz e d
w o rk ers.
source
fa v o u ra b le e d u c a tio n a l is
o f fu n d in g
in te rv en tio n
p lan s
fo r
short
te rm , th e
m ost
stu d e n t
lo n g er fo r
th is
a
re lia b le
school
we
m u st lo o k to w a rd a lte rn a te so u rces an d
w ill p r o b a b ly h a v e v e ry little im p a c t o n
T h erefo re
no
fin a n c in g .
H o w ev er,
stu d e n ts
can
in
th e
h e lp
out
t h e M i n i s t e r ’s g o a l s . I t s e e m s m o r e r e a
th r o u g h in itia tin g a f u n d strictly d e v o t
so n a b le to
effo rt
e d t o t h e e x c e lle n c e o f t e a c h i n g in e d u c a
to w a rd m o re c o n stru c tiv e re in fo rc em e n t
tio n . S in c e m o s t o f th e m o n ie s d o n a te d
d e v o te
th e tim e a n d
o f th e fin a n c ia l s itu a tio n o f th e u n iv e rsi-
continued on p. 4
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to th e sta ck s an d
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