The McGill Tribune Vol. 04 Issue 24

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Volume 4, Number 24

Published by the Students’ Society of McGill University

Friday 12 April 1985

W helanom ics by Victoria Hammond “ W e may have to change som e o f their ways o f living and they’re not going to be happy about th at.” Eugene W helan, sans fam ous green hat brought a message o f mixed hope for Ethiopia to a small group o f listeners at McGill last week. A s President o f the World Food Council, W helan, former Agriculture M inister, could speak with som e authority a b o u t t h e s o l u t i o n s to Ethiopia’s current plight. “ The problem can be solved, but it’s not a one year program, it will be a minimum o f 10 years.” Whelan suggested that the technology exists already that could be put to use in Ethiopia. “ It isn’t big technology farming with $100,000 John Deers but farming with oxen and small anim als.” “ These people are suffering. I don’t care what political beliefs you have. Back in Amherstburg (Ontario) if so­ m eone needed food we used to give them it, no matter what ethnic group or religion they were.

Congrats Skip, here’s your brand new graduation present. You’ve come a long way, son Whelan rejects the notion put forward by som e that “ if it rains, they’re going to be saved .” “ They d o n ’t have seeds; they don’t have oxen. They don ’t have the strength to plant a crop. They’re miles from their fields and even if they were there, there’s no trees or grass left on them .”

Despite his professed aver­ sion to political beliefs in the matters o f charity W helan con­ tinues to see the answer to the Ethiopian situation in the freemarket system. “ W e’ve not showed them how to farm. We never showed them anything about m arketing.” “ N o coun­ try can be productive unless there is incentive to survive. The reason Canadian farmers are so successful is because they know the land is theirs.” W helan sees the crisis in E th io p ia as “ th e b ig g e st challenge the world has ever faced.” But he does see the solution resting in Ethiopian hands. “ There is no greater pride than a people doing things with their own hands.”

Green Gene harangs “ missionaries” with his message of hope

photo by Ezra Greenberg

Vacancy Vote Vetoed by Brian Todd It seemed like it was going to be an easy transition, the new Students’ Council taking over for the Old at last week’s meeting o f the 1985-86 Council. Easy, that is, until it was brought to the C ouncil’s atten­ tion that the residences were without a representative. T h is a p p a r e n t la c k o f representation wasn’t a problem for this inaugural m eeting where President-elect James Green simply explained Council procedures and the responsibilites o f several internally elected positions. The problem was going to arise, however, when at the next Council meeting nom inations are to be closed and the Vice-President (Finance) and Vice-President (U n iversity A ffa irs) elected from within Council. Jo Ann Evans, Residence Representative to the 1984-85 Council objected to the sugges­ tion that as yet unelected posi­ tions be filled by non-voting

representatives from the current Council. She suggested that it was not a valid proposition for the residences to be representated by their various faculties. “ The residence vote can’t be split up. The residences are a unique situation; that’s why the Residence Representative was created in the first place,’’main­ tained Evans. At the suggestion o f Daron W estman, Clubs’ Rep, a m otion was passed allowing all vacan­ cies on the 1985-86 Council to be filled with representatives from the current Council with observer status alone, over the objections o f Evans. In other business, nomina­ tions were opened for the two Vice-Presidents. Marie Davis, Arts R ep., and Stephen Hum, Clubs R ep., were nominated for V .P .(F in a n ce). A m y Kaler, Sen ate/B oard o f G overnors R ep., and Gracy M imran, Graduate Studies Rep., were nominated for V .P.(University Affairs).

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