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orcarqingthepr&nancytofullterm, which can mean loss of job, ti the Abortion wLav- stage& a *VW!! out of/ school; to peaceful demonst&i& o&side K- financial bur7 ,en or emotional c W hospital to protest the fact ,that disturbance. the hospital performed only 94>of The Coalition believes since Jhe 368 therapeutic abortion applichospital, is publicly-funded, it . ations last year. shouIdbeservingaUsectorsofthe Later that day, _atiut l,& COIMIUI&. By not meeting 5the supportersoftheK-WRightto’Life need for therapeutic abortion in the and Youth for Life demonstrated K-W area, the members feel the outside the hospital in a2 “silent hospital- is. not serving the comt’ vigil b” -to “mom9’ & mmity adequately. The coalition .ieymination of those:pregnancies. does not advocate abortion and They feel that human life begins ,doesnotwishtoimposeanymoraI - at coqeption and that, therefore, view on anyone, but belieliys that -inM,miscarriage is a form of the present laws are unjust murder, and condone abortion only becairse they serve the moral view when the mother’s physical life is of only one small, part of society. in jeopardy. They are also against They would dso strongIycobject to birth control. rqi@g qpygme to-have or perThe Bight to Life r&ently voiced form an abortion unwiUingly. o@osition to Manpower and ImThey feel that’ every woman Supporters of the K-W Women% Coalition for Repeal of the Abortion laws march in hont of the K-W migrationlIIi&ter Robert Andras’ must have the-right todecide for M~ital Sti%k$y. %he k&.& is pkoteking the fact that the hospital Derformed only !&! of the 368 requksted - ’ decision to give a $%,#)o grant to herself, in consultation with her therapeutic abortions last year. About SO-marchers joined in the p&test. the Calgary Birth Control &&or,ifsheiswillibg~aibleto . \_ Association, which they called . take on the reqxmsibilities of child-* ‘-use of government funds.” to my attention that the rearing, according to her own . K-W. Right to Life President, a!rg@zation, the s*m, of the moralstandards. _ Judith Vanderkooy, was quoted in Federation,has reached ,an imThe coalition also supports the the K-W Record as saying that the passe,” the letter begins. rightofalltphavereadyaaxssto grant 7s just one more instant in In the rambling and often selfbirth control, information and . which we as Canadian taxpayers contrgdictory letter which follows, devices, and sez education in the are helping to destroy thousands of DufQlamen~ the erosion of power elementary, secondary and pastunborn Canadian , babies every held by the president since Telegdi secondary s&ills. They support YT-*” hastakenoffice,andchargesthe the right to.vohmtary sterilization The KLW Women’s Coalition federation council of being 35 opposed to \ forced which has been m&labelled a; and stand unawar& uncooperative, Xllogical, being proabortion, object to the Sk~tiW. unreasonable and unobjeqtive who A recent campus referendum, fact that the 274 women who were will not work to find out-what the at 12 major Canadian refqed therapeutic abortions by taken hell is going on within Jht< universities showed 8$ per ten) of the hospital, as well as many system...” . others&ho did not approach the K- the student body to be in favour of - It appears as if the- Federation Telegdi Wednesday, resigned his DuffyahdFredBuntingwerecorepeal of abortion laws. In ‘ad- lb&m0 I W boardwere consequently forced ,War chronicled in last postascochairmanof3henewlychairmen,of the grievances board, a january Gallup Poll to choose between only four dition, week’s chevron has triggered the rejuvenated board of student which was given more money than reportedthatwellover6opercent alternatives: illegal abortion, resignation of a Federation. grievances. ,last year in hopes of expanding its . of the gem&l public: agree with whichisverydangerous;goingto executive mtiber, “After having- md (board of role on cqmpus drastically. that stand.1= ’ another Canadian city, or another Tom Duffy, in a ‘two-page letter education coordinator) RobertAtamepoint,Duffylikensthe country, which is very expensive; *il thorpe and cara meI& to the federationIpresideqt, Andy son’s memo of May 9, it has come federation to corporations where lp has worked: I-“Any political organisation must ‘have a president. A leader. One who cannot p&s the buck; The federation ha6 nothing comparable. I can iniagine ivhat reaction I would re&ive if I told my general manager that “I don’t like your decision. It is uprto the workers and myself as to how we shaIlrunthisplant!“Five&conds ad I would be out?’ He claims that the president’s powers have been ‘LusuIped.i.to then point where his position is completely meaningless as a ’ ma&ger, leader of the Federation ‘of 23t@ents.” In the b3.l paragraph, m apologizes to all those. who depended on him, but takes one last bitter slap at the %ouncil members: ‘oT,s thb council, I will never t apolqlize. I pity them.?’ _ Duffy . was an engineering representative to council, and it -Was not dlear from h@ statement a ma_rch earljein the day by ’ yembers of the K-W Right tb Life and Youth for Life groupS. hold a . on the i;o/d, windy day to counter whether he was also resigning his z ‘silent vigil” outside the K-W Hospital Sunday to mourn the loss of . persons urging re;peal of ‘abortion laws. They werb dso protesting a chair on wuncil. -

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Residents of Albert street and themselves, and questions that relate to the quality of life for all of other downtown areas, who have organized over the past two us will no longer be the exclusive - months to protest the proposed province of Messrs. McLennan IMeston and Motz. widening of Albert street, faced city hall a week ago Wednesday dfeanna kaufman and, to their own surprise, got exactly what they wanted. Albert street will not be widened and the “quality of life” in that neighbourhood will be preserved. The trees will not be cut down..’ . Those who would see this as a victory of participatory democracy, however, should realized that the protest was apparently not a contributing factor in the decision to abandon the project. This decision came when G city engineer James Willis made it Swift it wasn’t but justice finally clear to council that it really had no ground out a victory of sorts for the other choice. The widening had’ striking Dare workers this week. been deemed necessary to the Judge J.R. Kirkpatrick presiding over provincial court _ installation of a new hydro feeder line into the downtown area; this found Dare Foods Ltd. and its vice-president William line would have gone along the east executive side of the street and caused the Thom guilty of three violationsof the Ontario Labor Relations Act. removal of some of the trees. Willis informed council that the The- charges which were brought new line had to be installed by the by striking Local 178 of the United Brewery Workers resulted from a summer, and that considering costs and the time required for company sponsored advertisement in the K-W Record and a letter expropriation, the new line could not possibly go down the east side. aimed at the company’s striking employees. It is surprising that it took council two months to come up with this The advertisement ‘, was information,’ particularly since an published June 19, almost a year alternative (rebuilding the new ago. The strike itself beganon May iine along its present route on 29. Judge Kirkpatrick found the Albert’s west side) was readily available. company and its vice-president guilty of transgresdng sections of At the same meeting alderman ’ Rudy Kominek proposed that the act that forbid employers to traffic studies should be updated to interfere with formation of a union or use coercion or threats of determine Albert street’s eventual fate, but council elected to post- dismissal to keep an employee from continuing his or her union pone that matter till next year when responsibility for roads may membership or joining a union. be reassigned to the regional \ Fines totaled $1,500. Phrases in the advertisement er government:--l... It is probably ‘not unfair to like “the union’s i&%ference can and “past assume that the repaving of no longer be tolerated” Albert’s scarred surface, also experiences lead us to believe that requested by some residents, will it would be futile to renew a also be shelved at least until then, relationship‘iKith the union such as The ( most encouraging thing we have had-to the present” were about the whole Albert street affair cited by the judge as the ones was the demonstration it provided relevant to the case. The K-W Record, which that people are willing to tackle government on issues that affect published the offending ‘adthem, even if, as in this case, their vertisement, has since apparently grown -tiser in the ways of the la-w. protest is to be circumvented byexternal circumstances. ’ H When the union approached’ the Perhaps’broader issues relating Record about the publishing of a the to deveIopment and urban renewal counter-advertisement, will one day also become topics in newspaper,on the -advice of its which citizens ’ will involve solicitor, refused to print the ad on 7

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- Better late than -never? For one brief, shining moment Monday the Federation of Students breathed in the heady air of radicalism, But then the Ontario government brought it all to a sudden end. Late Monday morning, five members of the Federation board. of directors passed by phone vote a motion calling for withholding the seven percent sales tax until it became law, and protesting the principles behind the tax itseM. But on the sameday, the Ontariolegislature pushe’d the controversial bill through finally, ending all the mini-revolts around the province by making it legal to collect the new seven percent on sales. The&rectors unanimously voted

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to condemn collectii the extra thi grounds that part of its content might be illegal. two percent tax before it was tax It is not known, however, if the and protested the tax itself, for Record consulted legal advice “discriminating against people in before publishing the ad- the lower income brackets”.There vertisement for Dare. was one dissenting vote against $he The union recently turned down final provision to withhold the sales the latest company offer to hire tax until it -me law. As it -back 50 of the striking workers. turned out, that section was not Almost 400 workers are out on applicable anyway. strike. The cookie factory on The full Federation council had Kingsway Road in Kitshener has debated the protest of the sales tax continued operating using scab in its last meeting of last term, but labor. voted to put off any formal voicingDare has refused to offer -a _ of protest penc#ng further studies settlement which will recognize the of the issue. It was not clear what union and has also refused to further studies of the tax structure guarantee that it will hire back any led the board of directors Monday of the leaders of the strike-. morning to decide over the phone A march will be held in Kitthat the sales tax “discriminates chener beginning from- Victoria against people in the lower income Park on Saturday, May 26 to brackets”. _ ., ’ support the union’s demands. Organizers hope it will ‘be an even larger version of a march last month that attracted 1,200 people.

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%iZCo~cBC Radio is dipping its little toe into the bubbling pool ofrock music for the first time, and University of Waterloo’s own Bruce Steele is one of the prime movers behind the venture. Steele, former Chevron staffer and groupie, former U of W student, former Radio Waterlti staffer and former instructor at the university, will host a two-hour rock music show on CBC Radio (AM) starting at 8:03 p.m. every Sunday. The show-&led “The National Rockworks Compan,yj’-will feature Steele, Top40 jockey “Bad Dude” Burrows, Lance Rock the singing Mountie and featured rock artists each week. The show plans to regularly introduce new Canadian talent, groups previously unrecorded, using specially-recorded 84rack tapes for music andinterviews. A Rockworks ‘Encyclopedia will also be included, a look at the history of rock, beginning with the first recording of Bill Haley and the” Comets’ _“Rock Around the Clock:”

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On April 29, 7945, in Ms aif-rafd bunker tn Berlin, . Adolf Hffler mcwrfed Eva Bmun. Martin Bofmunn was the best man. Each of the wedding guests ,received a silver-fmmed photograph of the Fuhrer o cyunide capsules.

‘fOh! Dick-why?” Because I want to so terribly; can’t go on any longer sweetheart, it’s impossiblemust.” , “No-Dick.” “Yes-darling-yes. Let me, say played remarkably well, the part of you’ll let me.” a dry-though not lifeless“I don’t want to.” country spinster in the former. “Oh! darling, it’s because you Collaborating with husband don’t know. Please, darling, let director, Paul Newman. Woodward me.” captures exquisitely, the frus“No...No...” tration of an inner city mother and so on. of two, reduced to a humiliating As the relationship progresses, characterized by existence Hesta gives up her music at Dick’s complete lack of control over her insistence and becomes bored situation. Beatrice, the mother, is a Daphne duMaurier’s I’ll Never sitting around their small apartvery tightly wound figure of a Be Young Again (Avon paperback) ment doing nothing but catering to hard, cold bitterness penetrated is a first person narration of the Dick’s ego. When Hesta becomes with a lyrical dreamer quality. The adolescent conflicts painfully sexually frustrated due to Dick juxtaposition of these two qualities encountered and most often spending so much time writing gives the character an added avoided by its’ hero, Richard. ” and sleeping, Dick is appalled, richness. . As the novel opens, Richard is The movie, based on a Pulitzer “You musn’t, Hesta sweet, you leaning on a- bridge in London Prize winning play, written by Paul musn’t be like that. It’s Zindel, is in general, excellent. about to make a leap in true ghastly-it’s-l can’t explain. A Three actresses, Woodward, with theatrical style. He is saved from woman should never tell a man his supposedly untimely demise by she feels like that...lt’s all right Roberta Wallch as Ruth, and Nell the intervention of a stranger who for me to want you, but not for Potts as Matilda; Beatrice’s two becomes Dick’s only friend and daughters, corn bine to produce, you, ‘but not for you-at least virtual guardian for the first half of pretty much alone, the exnever to say. It’s terrible; the novel. The rest of the book cruciating paih and sensitivity darling.” concerns Dick’s relationship with I doubt very much whether I mixture which gives the picture its a woman he meets in Paris, where force. The relationships between would have stuck it out and read he lives in garrets, fancying the three are marked by both the whole book if It was not up-for himself to be an aspiring writer. As affinity and revulsion. Beatrice is review. But though it was tiresome ugly, revolting to her eldest the novel closes, inevitably reading, it did make ~some woradolescent child Ruth, who enough, Dick has ‘left them both thwhile comments. Dick’s nonetheless, requires her mother behind, returned to England and longsought maturity is attained deeply. Similarly, this “half a gained a full measure of maturity. when he realizes that he is simply novels of an ordinary mind” epileptic daughter is at one Unlike other person. He is not duMaurier’s in my experience gifted like the genius father he has time doted over and denied by this ‘underground woman’. With the (Rebecca, The Scapegoat) I’ll tried so hard to emulate, he does other child, the more subdued and Never Be Young Again has no not have the right to manipulate introverted of the two, Beatrice suspense, mystery, or excitement, someone ‘like Hesta in the firm disgust, then acnot even a mildly intriguing plot. belief that he is a true artist and combines and The only development, if it could she is his possession. The book is ceptance of her preoccupation with her “Man be called that, is in the meanirritating to read because it is a finally acclamation in the Moon Marigolds” science dering tangle of Dick’s emotions, direct account of Dick’s rather project. All of the activity is un‘beliefs, morals and ideals. irritating personality. Writers by a profound The first half of the book is spent often model their narrative style to derscored following Dick and his friend Jake separation of one character from their purpose. Here, du Maurier as they travel through Scananother, as each is essentially puts the reader through the dinavia. They are variously crew ’ onto her .own axis, painful thought processes of introverted Norweigan steamer, unable to project effectively on a Dick’s troubled mind to further travellers through the-mountains beyond this. The three perform in emphasize his inner conflict. Her on horseback, and passengers on a treatment compact unit, and of his chauvinism is an extremely hold together “Marigolds”, in all tourist boat in the fjords. enlightened for 1932, the Richard is naive and foolish. He copyright its pathos. date of the book. glorifies every place he goes and Another lucid performance is Listening to Dick in his predictable everything he sees, putting of naivete and selfishness makes it given with the characterization himself and the situation in an all the more real. the cast-off mother, presented to incurably romantic light. He never I put down I’ll Never Be Young the family, for care, by her believes Jake when told that he Again thinking that it was a trashy business woman daughter. She will change his mind. Richard is book, yet I started to see evidence disappears leaving this mute and impressionable and weak. When in of Dick’s annoying youthfulness a shade of the in aged woman, the mountains he denies existence, who drifts in myself and in people around me. family’s civilization as he is faced with and out of situations, a moving So I guess that Daphne duMaurier solitude and silence but when he is made’her illustration and part catalyst for point after all. It’s just in the towns he craves the bodies wry situation. Facial too bad that it had to be made so this terribly of the pretty women. laboriously. expression and very fine camera Dick’s attitude towards women work make this woman’s image -kim moritsugu is ceaselessly chauvinistic. When almost beautifully lyrical. travelling in Scandinavia he Newman with the foremencomments to himself many times tioned, has produced a really how unfortunate it must be for worthwhile picture, good to see, if girls who are not pretty. When a for nothing else than for Woodpretty girl that he is taken with ward’s performance. makes a particularly asinine Something else of interest, was remark, he winces inwardly but the short that came with decides that, “a girl with a face like “Marigolds”. Ordinarily, shorts are that could get away with murder“. something to be endured but this In Paris, he is even worse. He One of the more revealing in- one, a Canadian production enconvinces himself that he can be a dicators of an actor or actresses’ titled the “Violin”, was a beautiful great writer and starts work on a ability is their facility to play and engaging piece. The story is play and a book. He has molded greatly contrasting roles with very simple ; based on the and manipulated a young female convincing intensity and senrelationship between a boy and an music student into becoming his sitivity for them all. Such has elderly traveller who find common mistress and living with him. He proven to be the case with Joanne ground with their attachment to virtually forced her to sleep with Woodward, a noteworthy example the violin. It is a very poetic him: given with the contrast between presentation of tutor Istudent“I said, “Hesta, darling, Hesta,” the movie “Rachel, Rachel” of man/child. Camera work and facial and she said, “Yes?” and I said, several years ago, and now, “The expression are the essential “Can’t I love you?” Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in ingredients of the delicacy that She said, “You are loving me.” the Moon Marigolds”. As should be makes up this picture. “No,” I said, “really, I mean.” fairly commonly known, Woodward -4udley paul

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“Collections” are very much in vogue-today in the music‘industry; “‘fans” appe?r to be sold on them as an inexperisive way to sample the fare of--an artist wh&e career , was somehow missdd, the moguls obviously profit by them and the !‘stars’$f they are stillalive, seem to raise’no objection to the kind of repetition toat “Golden Greats” 6r “Best of” albums inevitably bring with \ them. Moreover outside the distasteful / p,rofiteerink.evident in/the release and reHermann Hirschfelder the viola, Helmut ___rblease of materials &ffer death (especially Reitiann, the. gelTo, and Karl ‘Kruger 2tlie Hendrix and Allman), collections and double-bass: \I can serve a useful “specja I” editions . In the summef:of 1819 Franz Schubert, ikilfull selectiqn can gat,her purpose; then twet-@-two years old, had been inv’ited together --,essentiaI materials , from the by the town of SteYr In UPPer Austria to wealth of albums that face the buyer, the culminating in ,- a product which is quintet is biographica,lly faithfull whi!e consigning the in shit to t_he scrapheap.. . Steer by a iSYlvester Paumgartner, an . This i’s certainly the case with The BesT of Ekseption 3 (Philips Recqrds 6413007) amateu_r cellist, wind-player and patron of the- James Gang (ABC Duqhill-ABCXis arr attempt by-a dutch group by the same the musical commlfnity. In Tgreeing to-this 774), a’compilation of tunes taken from the name sans the ‘3’ to put to music The Little commission Schubert was composing for an , th’ree albums recorded for RCA while Joe Prince by french author Saint Exupery. unusual ensemble. Instead bf a second Walsh was ’ still -with the group. This \ collection yiolin a double-bass was. called for. ByI The Little Prince is a chilgren’s story brings together almost two full experimentiqk with the use of instruments, sides of what ‘the Gang was ‘best atbook aimed at adults. The themes within achieve simplified, funky rock Fnd roll, exemplary the stor$have to do with living, specifically: _ Schubert was able to successfully for chamber music. for its lack of depfh and the rebounding life, love and death. Within the discussion of ’ new tonal presentation and has I drive which renders it perfect dancing Iife,w& are shown glimpses af the,life of a The quintet is in five movements, ‘\ occasionally been described as “a serenade music. politician, a king, a rj@h man, etc. These for chamber,ensemble”. There is a cer;tain - I Prizes on this album-&e funks “48” and short epi?odes haye the effect of attacking throughout the ,quintet “49”; “Walk Away”, “Yadig”, “Woman” and the nqture of choices of life style and oc- joie de vivre ?c upation to which we are restricted in an bcissibly due to the. fact that he-wrote the “Stop” ; ‘oddly, whoever did the selecting piece as a sp?ntan&us bit of holiday music threb in several extras like “Ashes, The ecohomy based qn the mark@ place. ‘The ,theme of love within the book is a for’ non-professiona I mu$icia ns and was Rain and I”; “The Bomber” a?d “Take a take-off on Voltaire’s theme of’ “tend your thus less cpvcerned with the fqmal Look Around” rath?r than featuring some own garden” -in his satire Candide. The parameters ,of quint& writing. 8 of the livelier-or even the more tender, rose, of course, is the object oj his love, and The Nocturne is not very often performed, acoustic-materials from, James Gang‘ the small planet on which he lives and/it in concert yet it isan exceptionally pleasant Rides Again. This album-certainly their piece to listen to.-Very little is knowTof the best effort-argued powerfully that Joe blooms, is the garden. It is for that love that piece except that it was published in 1844 Walsh was capable of much more than the prince musti/leave his plan@ and -his Grand Funk with elegancy. Conclusions to be dtawn from all of this are that the album gibes the beginner most of what he needs and that no matter what additives Dom Troiano brings,with him, the James Gang is no more. While ‘$oniebacks” haviialways been a common occurence in musical circles, they , also serve the industry. as a splendid opportunity to get yet more milkage out of old materials. Eric Clapton, whose infectious style and met’ebric career left lots and lots of items for re-release, is- perhaps the most prominent e)tample of this type 01 exploitation. Wha! with a history of The Cream issue, a two volume history’ qf Clapton, another single Clapton anthology and the .renewed popularity of Derek and the , Dominoes,, one would have thought 8 . disqove’ryof absolutely earthshatterjng consequence r. nece!sary to jtistjfy the release of yet another album. j N6t so. It is now possible to own another new album,j comprised exClusiv&ly of materials released els&where. To be fair at least 1two thirds. of the album shines,, especially those cuts like “BelC Bottom, Blues” and \“Have You Ever Loved -a Woman” which thrive on a captivating, slow-rocking, guitar dialogue between Clapton ‘and- Duane Allma?, and Ciapton’s searching vocals. Dollar for dollar on& ti.ould of co&s@ da -better to lay i,n either the iayla or the History of album, along with the Eric Clapton numeer+all , the necessary materials a’re.contained therein, al,ong with’ _ a whole lot tit other; better o&s which Clapton (Polydor-2383-192) neglects, L

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The music of the 20th century is like the opening line of a Dicken’s novel, the ,best and worSt of times. There ismuch here that is so awful it barely deserves the n&me music. But there is also much that is very ’ rewarding and this fraction holds many of my personal fa30rites. The musip of the late 19th century progressed fairly logically, at least for a ti‘me, into that of the 20th so any of the last. group of composers mentioned last week ‘might be-included in this group with,equal validity. Debussy) and Ravel are names associated with th‘e deep soft impressionism‘ which was their style. Ravel was the mot% ,vet= satiIe ‘of the two, making stronger use of ’ melodyand rhythmqsthe backbones of his) works while Debussy relied on a very subtle and uniq& style of phrasing and colouration. Erik Satie is a composer familiar‘to manythrough the inclusion of part of his ‘Trois Gymnopedies’ in a past BS&T. album. He is not terribly well represented on record, the most available alljnms being substandard recordings on Deram 18036 and 18052 where an out of place Moog is presumably used to pdpularize the music in a way-/that isn’t reallynecessary. English music behtveen the tyrn of the centut-&.and //VWr as might be expected, is -full of the patriotic, self as,sured sounds of England at the pinnacle of world power. Most obviously -are Elgar’s ‘Pomp and circumstance Marches’ some of which will be recogni>ed from the soundtrack of ‘A Clockwork OLange’. Best version, Angel S36403 with Sir John Barbirolli conducting. Very strongly recom,mended I also is Holst’s ‘The Planets’, DGG 2530102 with William Steinberg conducting the Boston Symphony, a pioneering work of new har-monies familiar to us now through the plagarism of countless SF _space movie score writers.The work which shattered the continuity of the- transition between i9th and 20th centuries was Stravinsky’s ‘Rite of Spring’. This is such a ,great and important piece that I . hope to give it’ a more complete discuss&n in the future. If yo,u feel compelled to buy.a copy now, try DGG 2530252 with the Boston Symphony conducted bjl Michael Tilson-Thomas. Suffice fro say that it is dynamic enough to be immediately Iikeable yet deep enough to sustain interest through repeated listening?. ’ The revelution which Stravinski started has unfortunately degenerated info a limbo of formlessness and atdn$ity which -ha’s succeeged in bringing ,.a malnstream of classical music to ‘an effective ,‘dead end.\ This setback how&e-r I& &ved to force -open the door&f the classical repertoire to a variety of music which &erwise would not have been considered because of its sOu rce. Many composers divide(d) their time between writing popular music, film scores and the-like, and music for classicat performance, such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland and Sergei Prokofiev. There are, of course, composers who do not,. such as, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams and -Benjamin Britten, but it is healthy to see some of ‘the snobby crust between ‘legitimat?: and popular music’ shedded as works like the ‘Piano Rags’ of . Scott-Joplin and the orchest_raI version of Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’ are included in this new repertoire. Maybe even ‘Tommy’ will find itself adapted for this use someday. S

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n 1973, society in Canada and in North America as a whole finds itself in a curious paradox. Science and its accompanying technology have mushroomed in recent decades until they now affect every aspect of our lifestyles-via the pill, antibiotics, transistors, synthetic fabrics, television, jet travel, instant foods, poilution. Yet the-majority of us are almost totally ignorant of the workings of science and scientists. Furthermore we have come to believe ourselves incapable of understanding what goes on in university and government taboratories. The result of this ignorance has been to abdicate any responsibility in guiding the application of science. In respecting scientists’ expertise, we have given them and government agencies control over the enormous questions of morality and philosophy which arise out of and guide their work. Yet through our taxes, to the tune of $1.2 to $1.6 biBon annually, we are paying for the research being done: scientists, like politicians, are ultimately civil servants. Further, we are directly affected by the products of science. We cannot escape them. For these reasons, the public has not only the right but the responsibility to contribute substantially to decisions on the pursuits and applications of science.

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Some evidence of a new disillusionment towards science has become visible during the last two or three years: In this period of relative economic insecurity, governments are beginning to question the reasons for large-scale financial support of science. M.P. Lord Rothschild in’ London has launched a vigorous attack on expenditures by England’s scientific community, advocating a reassessment of aims and funding. In the U.S., Nixon’s distrust of intellectuals has spread to apparent abolition of the Office of Science and Technology and the President’s Science Advisory Committee. American scientists are therefore now directly accountable to the White House. Cuts in American research grants are panicking scientists who have formerly enjoyed almost unlimited support. And in Canada, Senator Maurice Lamontagne published two volumes on this country’s science, calling for drastic reorientation of goals and funding. These measures reflect attempts by governments to direct scientific research more strongly towards problems whose solution would bring industrial, economic, and political payoffs.

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grants. And it ignores the fact that the effects of the products of science have a much more drastic impact on society than a novel or a painting. It is necessary to understand the hierarchy of the scientific community to see that conservatism and a substantial degree of self-interest are built into the system. The Ph.D. has become a minimal prerequisite for membership in this elite profession.

Other attacks on the scientific establishment have been made by groups such as SESPA (Scientists and Engineers for Social and Political Action) \who argue that science should serve the people, that it should direct itself towards solving the problems of rats in ghettoes, for example, rather than collecting rnmn rocks. The response of scientists to such attempts at influence are interesting, and raise doubt about the disinterest and objectivity which scientists claim. One of the most common responses is simply to accuse critics of ignorance, to claim that only scientists have the understanding to define scientific priorities. Yet scientists are not adverse to capitalizing on money assigned for research on cancer, pollution, or Canada’s north. The concept of pure science, unfettered by material or practical goals, is firmly propagated. Yet this ‘art-form’ argumerit does not explain why these particular artists, unlike sculptors, painters, writers, should receive high salaries and thousands of dollars in

ewards of tenure, salary raises, recognition, and research grants are not achieved through criticism of the status quo. Witness the case of Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, whose lobby for peace lost him his grants, his passport, and his position as Department Head at Cal Tech. In Great Britain, the prestigious Royal Society embraces only 600 leading scientists out of 50,OOO. En the U.S., the National Academy of Science, even more exclusive, is comprised of 850 members from a community of 300,000. Government and industriat advisory groups are generally drawn from this elite. The political nature of criteria for selection to membership was strikingly illustrated several years ago by the blackballing of ecologist Lamont Cole because his public statements on the hazards of the SST in terms of air pollution ran counter to those of the president of the N.A.S. It is interesting to note

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It is potentially dangerous for the public to believe in the myth of scientific neutrality. I can cite several cases of the intrusion of socioeconomic and political ideas into scientific work. In Germany in 1940, Konrad Lorenz (now widely respected for On Aggression) wrote in a scientific journal: “the selection for toughness, heroism, social utility...must be accomplished by some human institution if mankind, in default of selective factors, is not to be ruined by domestication-induced degeneracy. The racial idea as the basis of our state has already accomplished much in this respect.” Nobel laureate physicist William Shockley at Stanford has tried repeatedly to gain support for research into the genetic deterioration’ of white American stock through breeding with blacks. Richard Hernstein at Harvard claims evidence that social position in America is genetically determined: the offspring of ditchdiggers are suited to ditchdigging, and the sons of doctors are good material for medical school. At-thus Jensen of Berkley claims blacks exhibit a genetically determined lower IQ. than whites, even as other geneticists agree that this question is impossible to determine in a racist environment. “Recent/y the Associated Press reported on a forty-year medical study of 4.H black syphilitic men in Alabama i(Vho were left untreated in the interests of science.” hy money is spent on this issue at all is a sociological and political question. Carl Larsson, head of the Genetic Institute in Sweden, published a paper in the American Military Review outlining the science to construct biological weapons which would kill selected races, while leaving others unharmed. The infamous JASON group of outstanding American physicists, including Nobel laueates, has existed for years in close’ association with the U.S. military, to extend the arsenal of military weapons. Recently the Associate Press reported on a forty-year medical study of 431 black syphilitic men in Alabama who were left untreated in the interests of science. Spurious reports of L.S.D. effects on chromosomes based on very poor exp,eriments were given wide publicity for over a decade. In Canada, the ‘objectivity’ of scientists and technologists. has been similarly compromised. Dr. E.O. Dodson, a geneticist at the University of Ottawa, advocated financial bonuses for college graduates becoming parents, as if university education and intelligence are necessarily correlated. Dr. Roberts while in office as president of the powerful Canadian Medical Association, suggested t.hat welfare recipients be sterilized, in order to improve our gene pool. An anthropology professor at U.B.C. has suggested that blacks have a higher innate tendency to murder. A professor in microbiology at U.B.C. conducts classified research for the U.S. on airborne viruses. This list could go on and on, a striking rebuttal to the neutrality which scientists claim. The public must stop assuming that scientific expertise guarantees moral excellence. It must also decide how accountable a scientist should be to Canadians, and what his or her responsibilities as a funded researcher or technologist are.

W tt of the 850 members, only seven-are women, and ly one is black.mln Canada, the Science Council isended to direct Canadian science policy and is nposed. of members elected by previous mem‘s. Its past president is Dr. Omond Solandt, vicetncellor of the University of Toronto, viceairman, Electric Reduction of Canada Ltd., and ector, the Huyck Corporation, Stamford. In nada the small size of the community does allow senting voices to be heard.- But the threat of missal or loss of grants cannot be ignored. arly, objectivity and freedom of thought are not ;y to achieve in such a hierarchical and political lation.

Another complication for ‘anadian technology lies in the fact iat most Canadian companies with ?e resources to utilize scientific iscoveries are subsidiaries of merican companies.” nother complication for Canadian technology he fact that most Canadian companies with Durces to utilize scientific discoveries are aries of American firms. Research relopment in Canada therefore contribute mately to the U.S. capitalism and is an example . imperialism.

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hat lies in the future for science? I find it highly unlikely that the hierarchical structure of Canadian science will break down in the near future. The rewards and punishments are still very great. However, political and economic problems are leading to the need for a, clarification of both the role of science in Canadian society and the responsibility of individual scientists. Significant change from within the vested interests of the scientific community are highly unlikely; so , just as civilian control must be exerted on the military, the public must demand accountability of scientists. It is no longer sufficient to suggest that science is too complex for the lay public to understand. The popular books, television programs, and articles which do exist, if in limited numbers, attest to public interest in science. Application of scientific discovery must \ ultimately be determined by the people subsidizing and affected by it. In order to fulfil1 that responsibility, the public in turn must demand that scientists who stand at the interface of esoteric science and everyday life must translate their knowledge into English, in books, television,. newspapers, for all to understand. This provision for self-education is the necessary first step toward exercising an informed influence on our own future. Only public demand for scientists to perform this function will make it happen. m’

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university people using these facilities would create an overcrowding condition. One might wish that the socially exalted members of the tennis club would see fit t-o lower themselves to the extent of permitting the minimal intercourse with university people that this concession would require. Advanced bookings may be made for special events- such as kinesiology skills classes, , intercollegiate programs, instructional intramural programs, clinics and tournaments. All these events must be pre-booked well in advance on mutual consent between the interested parties. Further information may be obtained from Peter Hopkins, directqr of intramurals, ext. 3532. Any feedback on the present regulations would be greatly appreciated. , I’

Warriors host track meet Although the stands at Seagram stadium have been declared unsafe for spectator use the remaining facilities are still available. These facilities will be in full use tomorrow when the thirteenth annual warrior invitational high The plastic bubble is down, the school track and field meet gets at 11 am. lights are up and the courts are underway Many of the best high school already in use. The May to August track and field athletes will be at regulations for the courts have the meet to tune up for the Ontario been set. Courts will be available high school championships which frdm 9 am to 11 pm. Those faculty, staff and students who have paid are only two weeks away. The their athletic fees may use the javelin event should be one of the best competitions to watch. Last facilities in the rnanner prescribed year the Ontario championship by the regulations. All courts should be reserved at was won with a throw under 200 feet; this year at least four athletes least 48 hours in advance to ensure / that they will be available when have surpassed this distance. To date there are 35 schools desired. Reservations can be made for the by telephoning 743-7691 or by entered in the competition trophy. Michael Power visiting the Waterloo tennis club warrior will be out in full strength again clubhouse. When making bookings all players must be named and this year in hopes of recapturing the trophy, which they have won on identified, which means that no four previous occasions. guest will be permitted. The meet has been a great As is the case with most tennis success in past years for both clubs, the preferred attire is white and this with smooth-soled shoes. No athletes aud spectators, years meet looks as if it will be as barred, heeled, or ripple-soled shoes will be permitted as it will good if not better than in the past. Special provisions will be made so damage the playing surface. that spectators will be allowed to There are some racquets from the available at the tote room of the view the competition There is no admission PAC building, but since there are a infield. charge so if you are on campus limited number your personal tomorrow and are looking for equipment would be preferred. something to do drop in for a Only two of the six new cburts might even pick up will be available to members of the while-you hints on how to keep physically fit. university community. Although this regulation may appear to run counter to the priginal concept of equal sharing of the Waterloo tennis club facilities, what was mealit by equal sharing was equal time, and since the present agreement gives the university community more court time during the winter and the fall the Waterloo tennis club has a larger proportion of the court time during , the summer. The present agreement between the intramural department and the tennis club can Softball: 27 hopeful teams in be renegotiated in the fall if the three leagues started play last demand by either night. The strengths and weakgroup necessitates a change. nesses of each league are hard The university community is not to assess at this time as all 27 are permitted to use the changing confident of success. Each team facilities at the tennis club-they plays an 8-game schedule with 16 must use the PAC building or teams advancing to the playdowns Seagrams stadium. The reason for early in July. There appears to be a this regulation is that the club feels very keen rivalry between the that their changing facilities would defending champions, Math teams, be overcrowded. Somehow it is and co-runners up 4A Kin and 4A , hard to believe that the number of Civil.

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All games are played on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5 and 6 :30 pm on four diamonds. If you wish to play an exhibition or challenge game contact the director at ext. 3532 for an open diamond. Soccer: Ten teams this summer including defending champions “The Professionals” start play on Wednesday, May 23, at 5 pm on Columbia no. 1. Competition should be keen between the co-ed teams of Math United and Systems Design. Rumour has it that there will be a new champion this summer. We will have to wait and see. Anyone still wishing to’ join a soccer team, contact the director at ext. 3532. Ball Hockey: When F Troop plays the Bearded Clams, i‘he TNuts could be playing the Roadrunners. If names have anything to do with ability it should be a fun league this summer. An &team league started play on Wednesday, May 10, at Seagrams from 5 :30-8:30 pm. Interested players are still needed for some teams. REMINDERS: Organizational Meetings1. Competitive Basketball, Wed., May 23, 7 pm, Rm 1083, PAC; 2. Co-ed Innertube Waterpolo, Tues., May 22, 7 pm, Rm 1083, PAC. All teams must attend these meetings or they will not be included in the schedule. Ceed Volleyball League will start this Tuesday, May 22 at 7:15 pm while ‘I-Aside Touch Football begins Wednesday, May 23 at 5 pm on Columbia no. 4. Co-ed Slow Pitch starts on Wednesday, May 23 at 5 pm on Columbia no. 5 and no. 6. Anyone interested in playing but is not yet on a team call ext. 3532 or 3533 and arrangements will be made. Cyswoginsteiners Unite: A special meeting of all prospective Cyswogers and Steiners is being held Thursday, May 24 at 8 pm in Room 1083, PAC. Join the fitness revellers in this unique program. Learn how to jog, swim, cycle and stein. Improve yourself totally. Following the meeting will be a sojourn to th’e country to “discuss” the first week strategy of Cyswoginstein. Join -the draft-Cyswoginstein. Golf Day is Wednesday, May 23, at Foxwood Golf course. Anyone wishing to play golf may do so by paying the $2.50 green fee and receiving a $1 refund at the end of the round. Learn to Swim: This starts Monday, May 28, at 7 pm in the pool, PAC. Beginners welcome. Sailing: Nightly sailing on Columbia Lake in a Sunflower. Pick up your Club Card at the Receptionist’s desk in the PAC. Underwater Club: All carded divers are welcome to use the pool facilities on Thursday from 6-8 pm and join’ other divers for weekend open water dives. Reminder: No one ever drowned in his own sweat. This summer, the Kinder Program will encompass only the swim and not the gym aspects. Pool sessions are held on Tuesday mornings from 9 : 30-10 : 15 a.m. and from lO:l5-1l:OO a.m. starting Tuesday, May 29. They will run for 7 weeks until July 10. The cost is $2.50 per child., All children must be accompanied by an adult. To register: Go to the Reception Desk in the PAC anytime from 8: 30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 to Monday, May 28. For further information contact Mr. Peter-Hopkins at ext. 3532.

Warrior runner runner-up University of Waterloo student Danny Anderson placed second at the Canadian national &mile road race championship May 6 with a time of one hour, 20 minutes and 56 seconds. The winner ,/Brian Armstrong of the Toronto Olympic club, covered the distanc,e meet held at Etobicoke centennial stadium in 1: 20 : 07. Third place weht to Bruce Dewsburry of the Toronto west track club with a time of 1: 22 :07. Anderson is a member of the Waterloo track and cross country teams. A total of 58 runners took

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Albert Street: .-A not a real vi-ctory The stopping of the proposed widening of Albert Street is being touted as a victory, and perhaps it is. But it is_ the victory of a small battle, not the war. The positive things to come out of this incident are important: 1. The widening has been postponed, for at least a year or two-time enough for the citizens of the community to organize and decide whether to continue fighting this type of development, and how to go about that fight; 2. That organizing process has gotten off to a very good start because of the Albert Street “crisis”; this needs only to be strengthened and expanded. It was encouraging to see how certain citizens were willing to step forward and provide leadership, others followed and put in a lot of hard work door-to-door, and many others responded positively to the effort to organize; 3. Perhaps, most importantly, the Waterloo council and the planners realize they do. not have a blank cheque to rearrange the city as they see fit. Consultation with, and cooperation from the people who actually live on the streets they play around with is necessary. ****** This much gain can be counted from the skirmish; to claim a victory in the streetwidening issue is both premature and probably false. As the small cities’ and towns which make up the Kitchener-Waterloo ‘area grow larger, the more the decision-makers seem to cling to the long-gone idea that they are still living in a small community. Though we are living close to one of the world’s most progressive cities in the area of public transit-Torontothe concept does not appear to even interest local officials. If traffic becomes a problem, the inevitable answer is to tear up a street and the neighbourhood-and widen the street.

For its size, K-W probably has one of the worst transit systems around; anyone attempting to work and get around is all but forced to have personal transportation. The only thing close to a reliable public transit system here is the King Street trolley trunk line; anywhere off that line the intrepid traveler is faced with an uncertain and generally interminable wait for a bus, and even more uncertain connections to buses after that. The tunnel-visioned leaders and planners of the local fiefdoms are soon going to have to realize that they are no longer living in or ruling a small community; it will not be many years before the communities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Galt, Preston, Hespeler, Bridgeport, etc. - who continue to think of themselves as isolated groups despite official amalgamation and regional government will wake up to the fact that they are living in one city of two or three hundred thousand persons. A city that size must have a decent’ mass transit system, or else’it will wind up clogged and polluted by too much trafficmostly made up of one or two persons per car-just as has happened to nearly every other large ,city in North America. The time to start that transit system is now, and it is up to the citizens’ groups to also be aware of the larger interest of their community. It is not enough to protest the widening of Albert Street or William Street or any other street. The obvious alternative of mass transit service must be actively promoted by citizens wishing to preserve their neighbourhoods, as must be the conviction that extensive personal transportation is untenable in any community the size of the K-W area. Hopefully, the steps forward which have been taken in the Albert Street battle are merely the first steps toward a decent future for these cities, a future which will see us avoiding the unpleasant realities of other large cities.

Krerdin pawns tell all One of the more frequent observations made by those of our readers who responded to the infamous chevron questionnaire (for statistical breakdown see back page) was that this newspaper is, in one direction or another, biased. For different readers this bias manifests itself in different ways. For some, it .was represented by an over-emphasis on one subject, or by a tendency to speak to one segment of the university population over another. Others saw a set, of attitudes which pervaded chevron articles, or a tendency to editorialize in stories which they thought should have displayed more ‘objectivity ‘. Then again, many people said that the chevron exhibited no perceptible bias, and commended us for our disinterested approach. It is with these people that we disagree. This isn’t to say, of course, that we regret our various partisanships, or that we intend to be more impartial in the future. What it means is that, owing to the staff structure of the chevron, and the way in which the staff perceives its function, not only is bias inevitable, it is both useful and necessary if the chevron is going to provide anything approaching an alternate news service to its readership. To clarify: l the staff structure of the chevron promotes its own kind of bias because of two circumstances not found in the daily press. Firstly, the chevron depends largely on volunteer reporters, whose individual

leanings colour the material they write (as with any writer). However, dependent on volunteers as we are, very few submitted articles (and no letters) are rejected. Secondly, unlike the, dailies, the chevron does not have someone go over submissions and, by rewording or rewriting, mould them into a pre-ordained and arbitrary standard of objectivity . Another aspect of the chevron’s staff structure is that people write primarily about what interests them, and, since not all interests are represented some important areas are largely ignored, although we encourage those who would like to see more published about those areas submit articles. l Since it is felt that the mass circulation dailies are commonly biased in favour of a relatively small segment of the population, we see the chevron as being in some sense an alternative source of news on topics that the big newspapers report inadequately or not at all. An excellent example of how this works was provided in 1971, when the KitchenerWaterloo Record for months suppressed the news that the Oxlea development corporation was planning a major development for downtown Kitchener, that involved the demolition of the Farmer’s Market on Duke and Frederick streets. The Record had come to a covert agreement with the city planning board that the story, which caused great controversy of its own when finally released, would not be rununtil the deal was finally closed. However; acting on a tip from a disgruntled Record reporter, the chevron was able to break the story, and the Record was forced to follow suit. One change that we will be making this year will be to present articles giving the consensus position of the chevron staff onvarious subjects under the “chevron editorials” logo at the top of this page; other articles will be individually signed as before.

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We, the undersigned graduate students in the School of Planning, would like to make public our displeasure over the recent set of circumstances which has resulted in the resignation of Dr. Tim Burton, an associate professor in the School of Planning. The circumstances,’ as we understand them, are as follows: l On March 2, 1973, Dr. Burton applied in writing to the Director of the School, Dr. Robert Dorney, for a two years’ leave of absence from the School in order to assume the position of Co-ordinator for the Urban Environmental Quality theme of the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs. Copies ofthe letter were also sent to Environmental Studies Dean Peter Nash and Vice President Academic Petch. l On March 2nd-the same day as Burton’s request for a leave-Dean Nash appeared at the weekly Planning faculty meeting and stated that Burton would not be granted his leave of absence. However, Dr. Burton was not present at the faculty meeting at the time of Nash’s declaration and so was unaware of these proceedings until he later heard by word of mouth from other faculty members. l On March 9th, Dorney wrote Nash asking him to reconsider his position regarding Burton’s request for a leave. Dorneystated that it was his belief that the School could get by without Burton for the two-year period, and went on to /support Burton in his request. l On several occasions during the next month and a half, Dorney requested a formal decision from Nash. Nash declined to make such a decision on the excuse that he might as well wait until Burton’s contract with the Ministry had. actually been signed before he made the decision. ’ , l Finally, on April 2&h, Burton again wrote to Dorney (with a carbon copy to Nash) saying that while he still did not have his contract with the Ministry signed, he must have a decision. l The next day, on April 25th, Nash wrote to Dorney saying that he thought that he had made his decision abundantly clear at the faculty meeting on March 2nd. l On May 2nd, Burton appealed Nash’s decision to Vice President Academic Petch. His appeal was based on two major points : Firstly, that a verbal statement to a faculty meeting did not constitute a formal decision. Dr. Burton had applied for his leave in writing to his Department Head and should therefore have been granted the “courtesy” of a reply in writing. Basically, the‘n, Burton was politely saying that Nash had handled the matter in an inexcusable fashion. Secondly, Burton based his appeal on the fact that his Department Director had backed him in his request for a leave and had stated that it was his belief that Burton’s absence for the two years would not substantially harm the School’s teaching or-research activities. oThe next day, May 3rd, Drs. Petch, Nash, Dorney, and Burton met to discuss the matter. Burton’s request was formally denied. l On May 8th, Burton resigned from the University.

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You bastards! God help you! !! Despondent taxpayer [This letter was received by the Federation from Delta, B.C., and refers to a government-fuaded project of the Gay Lib group on this campus-lettitor.]

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Your questionnaire on the back-page of the chevron asked whether I had ever written .to you and why not. Well, I’ve meant to for months, but like most other people my reasons were apathy, laziness, too much work to do, who’d care what I had to say anyway, what difference would it make to anything, etc. Remember all those stories you read about student activists in the papers? Well, if they’rejon this campus they either never attend classes or are afflicted with severe lockjaw when they do. I’ve been out of university now for seven years, .workmg. Recently I was fired from a welfare office for being too radical. I came back to school to learn how to be a social worker. I was expecting to see students who were involved, committed, challenging the lecturers, arguing issues. Instead I find students so apathetic that lectures have become a one-way monologue. When a student occassionally does ask a question, the looks of astonishment are everywhere. If the question is intelligent, one would think a bolt of lightening had struck the room. I’ve been in classes where discussion was actively encouraged. It would have been easier to pull teeth I think. And it’s not that students don’t disagree with issues and want discussion, the trouble is they do all their bitching outside of classes, behind the professors’

Burton’s abilities and achievements have not gone unnoticed. It is well-known that for each of the past three years he has received a merit rating which has placed him within the top faculty members of the School. In addition, and not too surprisingly in light of the above, kurton was the overwhelming choice of the graduate students in the recent search for a new director of the Planning School. It is realized, of course, that the Administration’s decision is not without some founding or logic. Clearly, leaves of absence are a privilege and not a right, and are subject to prevailing circumstances and conditions. Thus, the administration’s stated reason for its denial-that the School has already lost three senior faculty in the past year and cannot afford to lose another senior memberis not without some substance. (Interestingly, however, when Burton earlier this year applied for promotion to the rank of full professor, he was turned down on the basis that he was not a “senior” enough member of faculty.) Countering the Administration’s objection is the fact that Burton’s acceptance of the prestigious ministry job while he was still a faculty member of this university would bring considerable recognition to the university. Furthermore, Burton’s experience at the ministry would, upon his .return to Waterloo, certainly enhance his contribution to both teaching and research at this university. And, as stated by the School’s director, the School would not suffer appreciably due to his temporary absence (Burton has agreed to continue to advise those graduate students presently working under him). Of almost equal concern is the manner in which the whole affair has been handled. In addition to the very valid point Burton made in his appeal to Petch, is the fact that if Nash had given Burton a formal reply shortly after Burton’s initial request (Burton never did hear from Nash until April 25th, and only then via a carbon copy of Nash’s letter to Dorney), Burton would at least have-@ll had the option to withdraw his candidacy from the ministry. As it turned out, with Nash stalling to give a formal reply as long as possible, by the time the decision had finally been made Burton was virtually committed to the ministry-morally, if not legally-and had no choice but to then resign from the university. As it had become clear that Burton was going to accept the job at the ministry whether or not he got his leave, the question should then have become one of whether the university wanted to do without him for two years, or for good. Unfortunately, the best interests of the university were lost sight of in the eventual decision. We do not claim to know all the facts of the matter. What we do know, however, from what facts we have been able to gather, is that the final outcome of an affair which has been handled in an incredibly inept and inexcusable manner has resulted in the unnecessary loss of one of the School’s best faculty members. For this, we are truly sorry. Why was it allowed to happen? J.E. Whetzel Libby Street Claudia Milne Meena Dhar Michael Witen Lawrence Zimmering Tom Gunton

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So you will be getting a grant to study homosexuality-nothing better in the world to do??!!! And I, a widow working hard all my life have to pay income tax on my hard-earned pension to support this so-called project. You idiots!

The above set of circumstances is distressing in its own right; the fact that they occurred to Dr. Burton makes the situation all the more reprehensible. Dr. Burton has been the School’s graduate officer for the last two years and, by any standards, has done an outstanding job in that capacity. He is also the chairman of the Association of Planning Programmes at Canadian Universities. He has published three books in the last three years, including one on Canada’s natural resource policy. As for his teaching abilities, those of us who have taken his courses can attest to the fact that Dr. Burton is one of the best profs that the School has (evidence for which is further supplied by the higher-than-average I enrolments in his courses).

George West Paul H. Rennick Igor Jogan Jillian M. Rouiet Mairi Jorgensen Jan Macinnes R.L. Ward

backs. Rather than tell the lecturer to his face what they think of his class, they complain to each other outside of class. Why? Are professors really that imposing and frightening? Do they really put students down that badly when, they ask questions? Do students really have so little knowledge to back them up against professors who know so much to make the student look foolish? Are professors really that unreceptive to questions? Are classes really that big there’s no time for questions? Is there really so much work that one can’t prepare for discussions? Is the pressure really so great one can’t stop and think about important issues? Are all that many courses so focussed on memorywork and essays that one hasn’t the time to work on ideas and issues? While I think there is truth in all the above questions, the entire answer is not there. A very large part of the problem is we students ourselves. As I started out with, we’re apathetic, lazy, and maybe most important, we’re frightened of the looks we’ll get if we do speak out. There’s an awful lot of that going around! Like all letter-to-the-editor writers I don’t have any nice, simple solution to the problem: all I can do is complain. And, alas I must confess I am as guilty as all the rest in my silence and apathy. But still, it’s worth saying. \ Stephen Cooper

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The chief executive board and general commissariat of the chevron would like to express its indebtedness to the following people for helping make this week’s production the abandoned revel of sensuality it turned out to be: cara melbye, gail thorpe, unseen visitor dick mcgill, the cbc radio network, Charlotte, cia operative don ballanger, george neeland, doug thompson, george and deanna, Susan (yawn) johnson, jakob, kim moritsugu, correspondence student dudley Paul, nick savage, paul stuewe, deanna kaufman and a reliable but unidentified source.

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