Fee Increase May Discriminate Against Anglos by T o m D u ffy It is n o longer new s th at foreign students com in g to M cG ill next year w ill be paying a higher tu itio n fee. T he new rate w ill be $5800, an am ount w hich represents a thirty-five percent increase over the fee currently paid by foreign students studying in th e pro vin ce. T his increase sh ou ld not com e as m u ch o f a surprise in light o f the fact that it is the third increase since 1978. W hat is new s is th e fact th at Q uebec has decided to raise the tu ition for C anadian students com in g from ou t side the province. F urtherm ore, the governm ent has revealed that it h opes to exem pt fran cop h on es com in g from other provinces from this differential fee. A ccord in g to a com m u n iq u é issued b y the M cG ill P u b lic R elation s O ffice, P rincipal Joh n ston received con firm a tio n o f the new fee p olicy in a letter
from D ep u ty .M inister o f E d u cation , M ichèle F ortin. In her letter, Fortin said that students from ou tsid e o f Q uebec w ill pay a tu itio n fee o f $1000 beginning in the sum m er o f 1985. She also p oin ted ou t that the governm ent h op ed to establish agreem ents w ith the other provinces w hich w ou ld exem pt
fran cop h on es from this differential fee. T his d ecision has p rovok ed som e harsh criticism from o ffic ia ls at M cG ill as w ell as from other interested groups. A llian ce Q uebec has v oiced its o p p o si tio n to any fee increases for foreign or C anadian students. Their feeling is that
th ese increases inhibit the free flo w o f ideas and this d oes n o t co n fo rm with their vision o f Q uebec as a society op en to a m ultiplicity o f p eop le, ideas and languages. W h en co n tacted , D o u g M c C all D irector o f P rogram s for the A llia n ce, said that he w as not aware that the governm ent intended to ex em pt fran cop h on es from the fee in crease. H e added, how ever, that the A llian ce w ou ld be o p p o sed to such a p o licy as it cou ld exacerbate rather th an solve the language problem . V ice-P rincipal o f P lan n in g, D r. Ted Stansbury, added his vo ice to the chorus o f concern a b ou t the new p o licy . H e argued that using province o f origin and language as criteria for determ ining fees “ h old s dangerous im p lica tio n s.” In his view , “ T he m easure threatens to isolate Q uebec as w ell as en d an ger M c G ill’s lo n g stan d in g co n tin u ed on page 2
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McGill Tribune Published by the Students’ Society o f McGill University, Montréal, Québec.
Volume 3, Issue 21
T u esd ay, M arch 27, 1984
A Friendly Ear In The Night by Brian T odd Im agine spending a night every tw o w eeks in an o ffic e from ten o ’clock to fou r o ’clock in th e m orning w ith tw o other students, w aiting for the p h on e to ring. Im agine com b attin g bored om and sleep w ith endless cups o f c o ffe e or tea, biscuits, b o o k s and talk w hile you w ait for th e p h on e to ring. T his is the w orld o f th e M cG ill N ig h tlin e volunteer. T h ey stay-up all night to m an th e p h on es that listen w hile the rest o f M cG ill sleeps, the volunteers aw ait the sou n d o f tired, lo n ely , b ored , depressed, frightened or ju st plain con fu sed v o ices. M cG ill N ig h tlin e has a sta ff o f 35 each w ith his or her ow n alias to protect everyon e’s con fid en tiality. E quipped w ith huge stacks o f reference m aterial on alm ost
any subject im agin ab le, the centre acts as a friend, a reference service and a listening p o st for students. A b o u t seven calls co m e in per night to the N ig h tlin e, in betw een the tiny lights are set low and the m usic plays q u ie tly in th e b a c k g r o u n d . T h e volunteers cou n t on the support o f their fello w s to give them the patience and con fid en ce to keep answ ering the p h on es. R eliability seem s to be o n e key to the N ig h tlin e o p era tio n . A n y tim e during the night during the w eek there w ill be so m eo n e there to talk to y o u . In A p ril, the lines w ill b e open o n the w eekend to handle th e extra pressures o f exam s. T h e volunteers except the num ber o f calls to increase during ex am s as ten sio n s m ou n t. T h ey h op e that p eop le w ill take the op p ortu n ity to vent
McGill Successful at UN by M ario M cln ally O n the last w eek-end in February, 18 M cG ill students played the role o f the C had delegation at the H arvard N a tion al M od el U n ited N a tio n s held at B o sto n ’s Sheraton H o te l. M cG ill’s role at the U N con feren ce w as to represent C hadian interests in the various co m m ittees and com m ission s. M uch o f the w ork d o n e by th e 1,000 or so delegates from the various north am erican col leges and universities w as d o n e through these com m ittees w h ose purpose it w as to discuss the assigned top ics and to co m e up w ith resolutions to be ratified in th e G eneral A ssem b ly at the end o f the 4-d ay event. A s new com ers to the M od el U N ,
M cG ill w as w ell received and con tributed to m ake the con feren ce a suc cess. T he M cG ill delegates were prom i nent in m an y o f the com m ittees and led the w ay in putting w orking papers and draft resolu tion s o n th e floor for d iscu ssion . Like the real U n ited N a tio n s, H arvard’s m ock U N did include a certain a m o u n t o f d ig ressio n , p olitical b ack-stabing, and diplom atic n on sen se, but as pragm atism replaced idealism so m e con sen su s w as reached by the end o f the session. D u e to ston g financial support from various sources M cG ill w as able to send a delegation to attend the m odel U N for w hat am ou n ts to be an con tin u ed on page 2
their sm all frustrations b efo re they b ecom e m ajor crises. M cG ill N ig h tlin e w as started from seed m o n ey from a D ean o f Students discretionary fu n d . T his allow s them to p ay for the tw o p h o n e lin es, the
autom atic sw itching equipm ent bet w een them and any adm inistrative costs they m ay have. E veryone is a volunteer. T he service is com pletely a u to n o m o u s, run by students, w ith continued on page 2
ASUS Election Results by Brian T od d W ith a turn-out rate o f over 20 percent the A S U S races featured controversy and som e tightly fo u g h t b attles, including the presidency w here Jack V incelli held sw ay over R obert E pstein b y o n ly 31 votes. In other tight races M arie D a v is defeated Jerem y Jonas 168 to 147 to w in the race for V ice-P resident Science and C arol J. Brebner (313) and Sim m a L evine (276) w ere elected to C ouncil as A rts R epresen tatives. L evine narrow ly d efeated D rew Y ou n g w h o w as but 11 votes behind her. T h e fo llo w in g are the results for all candidates:
P R E S ID E N T R obert E pstein 325 L ie f M on tin 282 Jack V incelli 356 V IC E -P R E S ID E N T F IN A N C E B enn M ikula 440 A lexander P aradissis 337 V IC E -P R E S ID E N T A R T S T ed A lpert 213 E lizabeth F ogler 372 V IC E -P R E S ID E N T S C IE N C E M arie D a v is 168 Jerem y Jonas 147
SC IE N C E M E M B E R A T L A R G E D avid D an n en b au m 86 M elissa G rigion e 207
SC IE N C E R E P R E S E N T A T IV E T O C O U N C IL M yles D ruckm an 200 T odd R . K asenberg 94 Stephen Kravcik 91 Suzanne M artineau 196 A R T S R E P R E S E N T A T IV E TO C O U N C IL C arol J . B rebner 313 Sim m a L evine 276 D ave R ose 182 D rew Y ou n g 265
ARTS M EM BERS A T LARGE A llan D w yer 193 D avid M . G ibson 339 K aty G raham 422