V o lu m e 4 , N u m b e r 2 1
P u b lis h e d b y th e S t u d e n t s ā 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
It m a y n e v e r g iv e t h e lib r a r y of
b y B r ia n T o d d W h a t h a p p en s w h e n th e n o r Ā m a lly p la c id S tu d e n t s ā C o u n c il o f ea g er S tu d e n t S e n a to r s fr o m co m m u n ity
co lleg e
out
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b o o k s and
r h e to r ic
handĀ
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sta n d s ev ery w h ere. W h a t s h o u ld h a v e b e e n a d u ll
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lo o k -
a lik e s p o n t if ic a t in g a b o u t s e e m Ā
r e p o r t o n th e r e la t io n s b e tw e e n G ra d u a te
S ociety S tu d e n tsā w ere
S t u d e n t ās
(P G SS)
and
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w ith
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and
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stu d en t b o d y .
th e fo u r t h f lo o r , n e c e s s ita t in g a of
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m eet
p r ic e b e y o n d t h e c u r r e n t b u d g e t
m e e tin g s
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p ly o n ly t o th e s tu d y a r e a s o f
a llo t e d t o lib r a r ie s f o r t h is m o v e
t h e lib r a r y a n d n o t t o its c ir c u la Ā
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rep resen Ā
ta k e n o f h o w m a n y stu d e n ts u se
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li b r a r i e s
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t h e d e m a n d is t h e r e w e m i g h t b e
e x te n d
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p a ir
of
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to
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th e r e s u lts f o u n d b o t h s id e s a n x Ā
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d id
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io u s t o d e c la r e v ic t o r y a n d w a lk
tio n s fo r g r a d u a te stu d e n ts .
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report
to
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c h a n g e fo r C o u n c il to c o n s id e r .
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fin a lly
c o m m itt e e
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lib r a r ie s t o k e e p o p e n f o r t h e e x Ā
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a ll
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on
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to
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th e n ecessa ry q u o ru m o f 5 0 % , th e
p h y sic a l
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pm ;
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a
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(U n iv e r s ity
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of
th e e n d o f th e te r m w o u ld b e th e
by
th a t M c G ill fo r m a n y y e a r s .
w h ic h w o u ld s e e th e e lim in a tio n of
h o u r , f o r f iv e w e e k s in c lu d in g th e fin a l e x a m s p e r io d .
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w e e k s ...R o n L eb er a n d I a g r e e d
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b e e x te n d e d
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in g ly m in o r m a tte r s . I r o n ic a lly , th e tw o
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t o e n d w ith te a r f u l c o u n c illo r s
ā D r . M Ć“ lle r (a c t in g d ir e c t o r d o n e ,ā
1 0 :0 0 a m t o 1 1 :0 0 p m .
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p e r io d .
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and
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of
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in
a
m o n e y , b u t M c G illās M c L e n n a n
hours
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th a t
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of
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m e r i t in c r e a s e
sta ff
as
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F in a n c e ), c o n c e d e d
b u t it r e f u s e d t o r u le t h a t P G S S
t h a t it d i d
n o m in a tin g
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
a c tu a lly
(F in a n c e )
s y s te m fo r o n g o in g s t a f f e v a lu a Ā
c o m m itte e
w as
o v e r m a k in g r e c o m m e n d a tio n s
r e c o m m e n d a t io n s , a r g u in g th a t
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 .
b r o u g h t to th e fo r e th is y e a r b y
t o S e n a t e , b u t it a r g u e d it h a d
th e p a r tie s c o u ld b e s t r e s o lv e th e
g o n e to te n d e r fo r th e r e n o v a Ā
E x e c u t iv e D ir e c t o r , e x p la in e d in
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of
t h e a u t h o r i t y t o d o s o b e c a u s e it
m a tte r
tio n s
d e fe n c e
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w as
h ad b een a sk ed to m a k e reco m Ā
a u th o r ity , its e lf.
w ondered
of
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if,
ā as
H ou se?
Paul of
M cC ann, th e
S tu d S o c
in c r e a s e
th a t,
to
F ra ser, w ho
G iv e n th e u r g e n c y o f th e m a tte r
ā p e o p le k n o w w h o r e c e iv e s th e
d is r e g a r d in g
w h ic h
m e r it in c r e a s e s .
a g r e e m e n tā
th e
g r a d u a te
rep resen Ā
In
tim e s o f 4
th e
of
fe lt a
n o m in a tin g
S e n a te P r e s id e n t S tu d S o c
ā g e n t le m e n ās
b e tw e e n
th e
tw o
ta t iv e s h a d im p r e s s e d u p o n u s , ā
an d 5%
i n f l a t i o n i t is a l m o s t a
s o c ie tie s th a t w o u ld a llo w P G S S
K e a t in g
t o m a k e its o w n r e c o m m e n d a Ā
15,
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
S e n a te c o m m itt e e s .
fo r
g r a d u a te
sea ts
on
a rg u m en ts
fr o m J o h n M u r p h y , th a t a p r o Ā
o th e r p o in t s ,
ā In
c e d u r e b e c r e a te d t o a n a ly z e th e
d e la y s in th e a p p r o v a l o f P G S S
SSM U
S tu d ie s e x p la in e d th a t th e p r o Ā
m e r it o f e m p lo y e e s o n a n o n g o Ā
n om in ees
p r e c lu d e d
p o sa l had
in g b a s is .
n o m in a tin g
to
th e P G S S . fr o m
been
ch an ged
fr o m
C itin g ,
am ong by
r u li n g
e le m e n ts in
a
of
d e c is io n
n e a tly b a la n c e d in th e m id d le .
The
c o u n c illo r s
B oard
in c o r p o r a te d
G r a d u a te
o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0
S tu d S o c ās
c o m m itte e ,
PG SS
fin a l
does
not
rest
not
w ith
S tu d S o c .
th e a p p o in t m e n t s b y th e ir c o n Ā
p u n is h m e n t t o e m p lo y e e s n o t to
it
th e
T h ey are
m ig h t
if
S e n a te ,
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 ā
w ondered
J u d ic ia l
in
m ake
ā I ām 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
c o u ld
c o m m itt e e ,
our nor
v ie w , th e fr o m
r e c o m m e n d a tio n s
n e ith e r
th e
PG SS
are
a d v a n c in g fo r
s u ita b le
s titu t io n .
r e q u ir e d t o m a k e
T h a t ās
w hat
t h e y āv 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 ās
th a t th e
B oard
d id
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