The McGill Tribune Vol. 04 Issue 21

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P u b lis h e d b y th e S t u d e n t s ’ S o c ie t y o f M c G ill U n iv e r s ity

T u esd a y 19 M arch 1985

Lights O n M cL ennan H ours E xtended C ouncil C alisthenics

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t h a t it d i d

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t io n p e r io d , S c o tt K e a tin g , V . P .

m e n d e d b y th e r e p o r t, th e r e b e a

m e n d a t io n s

n o t h a v e e x c lu s iv e ju r is d ic tio n

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r u m o u r h a s it t h e P G S S h a s n o t

tio n .

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g iv e th e m th e m e r it in c r e a s e .ā€ It

tio n s

b o th

C o u n c il t o r e c o n s id e r th e g r a n t

w a s fin a lly a g r e e d o n a m o t io n

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g r a d u a te

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on

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m e r it o f e m p lo y e e s o n a n o n g o Ā­

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of

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c o u n c illo r s

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in c o r p o r a te d

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th e a p p o in t m e n t s b y th e ir c o n Ā­

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it

th e

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m ig h t

if

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su ch

w h ic h w a s d e liv e r e d o n M a r c h

n o t b e a d v is a b le fo r S t u d e n t s ’

w ondered

J u d ic ia l

in

m ake

ā€œ I ’m h a p p y t h a t it ( a u t h o r i t y )

m e n d a tio n s b y S e n a te . The

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our nor

v ie w , th e fr o m

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t h e y ’v e

a r g u e d in t h e p a s t f e w m o n t h s , ā€ s a id F r a se r . R eferrin g a rg u m en ts

to

S tu d S o c ’s

th a t th e

B oard

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