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University of Waterloo Wat&loo, Ontario volume 16, number 31 friday, february 6, 1976

Inside ........ .I .. .p. 3 Students in government ........... .p. I3 Fed council candidates ........... .p. 2I Reviews and overviews ....... .p. 26 Racism in British Columbia

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Harry the parrot was the featured attraction at the Theatre of the Arts on Tuesday, but a hostile audience caused him to fly the room. Eventually ruffled feathers were smoothed and Parrott returned to explain why he and Davis believe it’s not real/y in our interest to be here since we would be much happier working at Budd Automotive. % photo by graham gee

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COU reject& fee-‘hike, all-loan plan 9-

The Council of Ontario Univerities decided last Friday to reject

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L report calling for a 25 per cent Like in tuition and a student alloan plan. The report will be sent back to he drafting committee headed by

The report recommends that universities determine their own fees and that an all-loan scheme take the place of existing student aid programs. The COU reached its decision after Thomas Nind, president of

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Tr&t University, said the council should delay a vote nn the report until universities have had an opportunity to discuss it. (The COU is made up of the presidents from Ontario’s 15 tax-supported universities.) The report says while govemment funding has increased in recent years, the universities are

Students voice strong opposition’ eto cutbacks Three hundred angry students, that fee Components were down, was facDined by some faculty, confronted * and that the government ing a two billion dollar deficit. larry Parrott Tuesday in strong Members of the audience then bpposition to the Ontario govemnent cutbacks in education spendaccused Parrott of using the right figures but trying to mislead with ng. his analysis .* Against a backdrop of a propIsed 65 percent increase in tuition The government has a large deees and raise in the loanceiling of ficit because of its policy of 6x exhe Ontario Student Aid Program emptions for large corporations, 0 $1000 from $800, Parrott, prostudents said. rincial minister of colleges and One member of the audience lnivi=rsities , faced a hgstile crowd. pointed out that while Esso Oil, When accused of instituting General Motors, and large banks Jarbaric and regressive measures, in Ontario are making huge profits, le responded, “so what” and the government is forcing those in vhen asked about the way the education, health care and social government is attacking students, services to bear the burden of the “That’s your proble replied, economic crisis. em.” (An article in Tuesday’s Globe Facing increased shouting and and Mail revealed government leckling, Parrott finally stalked proposals to close 3000 beds and But of the hall, claiming that stu- eliminate 7000 hospital jobs across lents have no ‘ ‘social grace”. Ontario. The hospitals to be closed He came back minutes later’, in Toronto are in core areas of the lowever, with a student who had city where there is a high populavolunteered to chair the meeting. tion of working people.) The next ten minutes was spentby Students went on to accuse Parhe audience listening to him jusrott of not coming for “discusify the cutbacks and watching him sion” as he claimed, but to hoodlisplay charts. wink them. Parrott claimed that an increase n the, population of 18 to 24 year The government does not care about what the public has to say, IIds, $ong with other factors, had they said, pointing out that cutwrought on an increase in the lumbkr of students attending backs are already being implemented despite public opposi>ost-secondary institutions. With tion across the province. lis charts, he attempted to show

When the students told Parrott that the anger in the meeting reflected student opinion, which he should take to the government, he said that the crowd was not representative of the people of Ontario. One member of the audience said that the proportions were appropriate: a tiny minority govemment opposing a large majority (the students). In response to an earlier comment by Parrott that the higher tuition and loan ceilings would not prevent lower income people from attending university, a student showed that while craftsmen make up 33 percent of the labour force, only six percent of their sons and daughters are able to come to school. Many said that they would not be able to continue their education because of the proposed increases. The same student cited figures to show that Ontario is doing less than any other province to support its students. Even though production is steady, one professor said, the government is asking all the working people and students to give up things and to “restrain” themselves. However people are beginning to unite, he said, and fight back against the cutbacks. l

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when the now more “vulnerable” province faces “problems in meeting adequately the many legitimate demands on the public purse.” To reduce this dependence, the report urges universities to decrease their dependence on government financing by hiking tuition fees. “The financial independence of the universities could be enhanced if the trend to ever greater dependency on government could be reversed;” The report says there would be a number of. benefits& in allowing universities to set their own fees while at the same time maintainingthe present government funding. The move to raise fees will provide the universities with some flexibility to meet the costs of achieving their objectives, the report says. “Such flexibility is virtually non-existant at the present time since the universities are almost entirely dependent on provincial government grants for their annual operating income .” The report states university auta’nomy will be strengthened “by diversifying the sources of income and making them independent of each other.” In addition, universities would improve their efficiency if they were less dependent on the province. “Diversity would be encouraged since all universities would not necessarily make comparable decisions. Some might opt for low fees associated with an emphasis .on low-cost programs; others might finance new and costly undertakings through a higher fee structure.” However, the report says “an increase in fees, even if offset for those in financial need by an adequate student aid program, might appear to be a disincentive for some students. “It is widely believed that students fi-om disadvantaged families would be particularly reluctant to assume substantial debts in order to attend university.”

The report says if eligible students don’t attend post-secondary education because of higher fees, it would “defeat the universities’ and the province’s commitment to improved accessibility.” However, it must be remembered that accessibility is hindered by many obstacles, only one of which is financial, the report states. “Indeed, financial barriers do not appear to be the principal barriers among disadvantaged groups. ’ ’ The report says a provincial student aid program “in the form of grants would have to adjust to the levels of fees determined and charged by the universities .” However, this could give concern to the government “about demands on the public purse, the size of which would not be under government control ,” the report states. The report’ says a bursary program could be established in conjunction with a student all-loan plan to reduce the financial barriers to post-secondary education. However, the report recommends an all-loan plan if repayment is made contingent on future income and if loans could be forgiven for those whose income over a reasonable period of time didn’t reach a level where repayment is practical. In arguing that tuition fees should be hiked by 25 per cent over several years, the report now and for the says, “Since foreseeable future the students will represent a minority of the population, it is particularly important. .. that they, as beneficiaries, pay a fair share of the total cost.” A fair share, according to the report, “should take into consideration the questions of foregone earnings and lifetime earnings, and we believe that fairness should be related to average earning ability of students during their university experience. We are not able at this time to explore these considerations in depth.” -john

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Angola: Government of National Union or government of national betrayal? A representative from UNITA will speak on this topic. Noon. El -3516.

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Federation Flicks-Harry & Tonto with Art Carney. 8pm AL 116 Feds $1 Others $1.50. Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Brandy from g-lam. $74 after 7pm.

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& Tonto Presentation with coffee-Eye witness report on reconstruction in Vietnam. Daniel Zehr, Executive secretary from Mennonite Central Committee Canada. 3:30pm. Lower lounge. Conrad Grebel College. -O Physics Club Meeting. There will be a guest speaker at this meeting discussing a physics related topic of interest. Also, the Physics T-shirts are in, so come and get yours before it’s too late. 7pm. Physics 313. Duplicate Bridge. No experience necessary, partnerships can be arranged. Master points awarded. All bridge players welcome. 7pm. MC 3002.

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U of W Ski Club meetin Demonstration of base repair and I maintenance, outline of apres exam tl to Whistler, elections of 76-77 exec tive, general partying. 7pm. MC 513t Chess Club meeting. Everyone come. 7:30pm. CC 135.

In memory of Chou en-lai sever campus and community groups \n hold a meeting. Speakers will includ Paul Levine who teaches Chinese cl ture at Renison, Rick Guisso wt teaches Chinese history at UW and representative from Communist Par of Canada (Marxist-Lenninist). 8pr MC 1056. Gay Coffee House.

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Waterloo Christian Fellowshi 4:30pm Roman Bible study, 5:15p Supper, 6pm Rev. Wagner speaking ( Vocations. Come and join us. Camp1 Centre 113.

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Nativg American Film Series. Native Mosaic. Free. National Film Board Theatre, Suite 207, 659 King St. E., Kitchener. 2pm.

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Grand Valley Car Club welcomes you to our next meeting. Waterloo County Fish & Game Protective Association, Pioneer Tower Rd., Off Hwy 8 between Kitchener & Hwy 401. 8pm.

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Mathematician F. William Lawvere, internationally known for his developme,nt of a form of dialectics known as topos theory, will lecture on applying Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung thought to science and mathematics. 8pm. Physics 145.

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Christian Science Organiratio Everyone is invited to attend these re ular meetings for informal discussic 7:30pm. Hum 174.

Friday

The Love Mouse by Sheldon Rose Free admission. Directed by Robt Stetz. 11:30am. Theatre of the Arts Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noc Brandy from g-lam. $74 after 7pm. Federation Flicks-Nashville wi Henry Gibson. 8pm. AL 116. Feds I Others $1.50.

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U <EDERICTON (CUP)-About 0 students, most from the Unirsite de . Moncton, have ocspied the provincial legislature :re, demanding improvements in e province’s student aid progm. The occupation began Jan. 28, a :ek after an earlier occupation tempt fizzled when the governent refused to respond. Students 3rn the U de M participated but ft when the other students abanmed the occupation the same iy it began. When they got back to Moncton ,ey called a general meeting at hich it was decided to organize lr an occupation. Committees ere established , logis tic al planng began, and by mid-week the udents were en route to Fre:ricton. The U de M students’ demands -e the same as those advanced by re previous week’s demonstraon on student aid policy, a reducon in the loan ceiling to $900 per ear from $1800 per year, and in-eases in living and other allowIces. The students are occupying the jbby of the building, directly elow the offices of the NB Preiier Richard Hatfield. Hatfield merged about 5 o’clock the first ay of the occupation, and read a repared speech in French reject-

ing the student demands, and claiming that no changes could be made in the aid program until federal legislation is changed in 1977. The students rejected Hatfield’s position and told him they would stay until their demands had been met. They appointed a negotiating committee of two to meet with Hatfield and youth minister J.P. Ouelette. Meetings were held that evening and the following day, but no progress was reported. In those meetings the government reiterated its position that changes in the program cannot be made until 1977, while the students maintained that changes must be made effective September 1976. Negotiations are continuing, and will likely continue throughout this week. Hatfield has conceded, however, that there are “some problems” with the student aid system, and has admitted that setting the loan ceiling is a provincial rather than a federal responsibility. The occupation has achieved almost universal support among U de M students and faculty, and among high school students in the Moncton area. Six buses of highschool students are reportedly en route to join the occupation at the time of writing. And on Jan. 28, the U de M faculty decided to cancel classes “indefinitely” to sup-

port the occupation. There has -been little support, however, from the students of the University of New Brunswick. Observers say this is partly due to the conservative politics and history of UNB, as well as the inexperience of the UNB student leadership in alerting students to what is going on. On Jan. 28 about 15 students from UNB did arrive and were

given a tumultuous welcome by the students in the lobby. Meetings on UNB campus are being planned to encourage other students to join the occupation and other campuses in the province are reportedly chartering buses to take them to Frederic ton. The students in the lobby are reported to be in high spirits, and are passing the time reading, singing and discussing. The organiza-

tion has been described a,s excellent, with strike centres set up, courier service between Moncton and Fredericton op,erating smoothly, and even film and tape units present to record events. Discipline has not been a problem, since the students have set up their own internal security in the occupation area, and no confrontations with the RCMP or local police are expected.

Where does racism come from? Does it come from people or does it come from a government representing the interests of the ruling class? The answer reached by two speakers at a forum on racism held yesterday indicated that it’s a government representing the ruling class which fosters racial discrimination. Peter Rosenthal, a professor at the University of Toronto, said “the idea of racism being inherent in people is a bunch of crap.” He added that racial discrimination is fostered by the “powers to be” to

split the majority of’people. “It’s not natural for people to be racist. It’s other people who are building it up in Canada.” The people who promote racism are those who don’t want others to oppose the policies of government and industry, Rosenthal said. And the way the racists operate is to tell workers that immigrants are taking their jobs away and are the cause for unemployment, the professor said. “Robert Andras, the minister of manpower and immigration, tells workers that the reason for unemployment in Canada is because those immigrants are taking their jobs away.” Rosenthal also said the way to fight against racism is to organize national minorities so they can defend themselves against racist attacks: “It’s no use going to courts to fight racism because the courts are racist institutions.” He said it’s important to understand where racism comes from as it comes fi-om the capitalist ruling class which tries to divide workers. The capitalist class also tries to divide students when it tells them the reason why there are no vacancies in medical schools is due to an influx of Chinese pupils, Rosenthal said. “What they (the capitalist class) don’t tell students is that the Chinese are Canadian born and have the same right as anyone else to attend medical school.” A U. of T. official confirmed this attitude when he denied a Chinese student the chance to complete his education at medical

school solely because of his background, Rosenthal said. Black militant Rosie Douglas, a former student at Sir George Williams University who’s currently fighting deportation, echoed Rosenthal’s views, saying the state allows overtly fascist and racist groups as the Western Guard to intimidate blacks. “I was one of 50 blacks who received a dollar and a letter in the mail from a Western Guard backed group, the National Socialist Underground, telling me this dollar was to help pay my trip home.” Douglas ‘called on students to oppose racist research to be conducted at universities and praised the students who prevented sociologist Edward Banfield from speaking at U. of T. two years ago. “This Banfield is a good example of universities allowing sociologists to conduct racist research. For he bases his analysis of class distinctions on cultural, ethnic and physchological qualities rather than economic.” h Besides fighting racism, students should try to link their campus struggles with the struggles of the working class, Douglas said. “This move will strengthen the fight against racism and students will later inherit the advances of the working class .” Other speakers at the forum included: Theron Krammer, tde co-ordinator of the K-W MultiCultural Centre, Dave MacLean, the regional director of the secretary of state, Flora Comoy, a Native person, and UW professor Colin De’ath chaired the event. -john

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TORE HOURS Tues.,Thurs. 11-7, Fri. 11-9, Sat. loThese are some of about 600 students, main/y from the universite de Moncton, who have occupied the provincial legislature in Fredericton New Brunswick. They are demanding representation on committees which decide on student aid, and a reduction of the miximum loan from $7400 to $900. Student federation president, )ohn Shortall, went to Fredericton this week to give the students $7,000 from the Ontario Federation of Students. He reports that spirits are high and that the occupation is well organised. The occupants have their own security, there are three vans shuttling them to showers and they have a great deal of support within the community. While the government pleads poverty the students point out that their demands could be met with $3.5 million and they have issued a statement criticising a $10 million ‘giveaway’ from the government to NB industry.

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red counciLifgets quorum After achieving quorum last uesday night, the Student CounI managed to deal with slightly .ore than half the agenda before a te adiournament. It was discovered at the meeting lat three seats on the Athletic dvisory Board (AAB) have been bailable to representatives of the luncil . The AAB deals with bookings of le PAC. Therefore, the council as had no influence in this area. Earlier this year the board of enrtainment had to turn down con-

certs with Z.Z. Top and Super Tramp because of difficulties in booking the gym. Council chose Kinesiology representative Bill Barker, Arts representative Bruce Rorrison and newly appointed board of entertainment chairman Nig$ Bradbury to fill the positions. In a motion which was defeated, board of communications representative Ian MacMillan asked that $800 be reallocated to the Whiplash budget from various other Radio Waterloo budgets. +

cillors blasted wer tra sit

Instead of trimming the public -ansit system, Kitchener council)rs should think of expanding it to educe congested traffic in the owntown core, a UW professor uggested on Wednesday. Novia Carter, of the Planning c hool, told an audience at a forum n proposed cuts in the Twin :ities’ transit service that council)rs should “look ahead and reuce heavily congested traffic in he downtown core by increasing idership rather than decreasing rI. ” She charged Kitchener transit llanners with not carrying out sur‘eys on who uses the present sysem and criticized Kitchener allerman Frank Hoddle and WaterDO alderman Harold Wagner for ,aying there’s no time to assess rsage of the system. “There’s simply no account of he present ridership of the public ransit system.” Carter questioned the priorities If Kitchener council saying it earnarked $2.5 million for the Arts zentre, $14,000 for the residential >lanning department and $16,000 ‘or a labor relations specialist, vhile intending to pare public ransit by $1 million. “They (council) will sure need .he labor relations specialist if they 50 ahead and reduce the transit 3udget since they’ll have to fire 25 lrivers . ” She said the way council has ;one about proposing the transit -educ tions is “very revealing” as t show’s the body’s priorities are 3ased on economic rather than so:ial-consideratiohs. “This reflects a style of very autocratic decision-making which doesn’t take into account the so:ial consequences of certain actions.” Instead, council should attempt a “judicious blend” of both economic and social considerations before reaching a decision on such an important matter, Carter said. She said the definition of the “captive audience” of the transit service invariably is limited to workers, students, senior citizens and the physically handicapped. And for these people, the current service isn’t good enough, Carter said. “Every day I have to give rides to many teenagers on the way to work as the public system isn’t adequate. And this will bring up yet another generation in the habit of auto-transportation. ’’ Carter said she’s concerned about council’s “short term and parochial type of planning orientation,” as it will do nothing to alleviate heavily congested traffic in the downtown core. Other speakers at the forum voiced their concerns regarding the proposed 10 p.m. cutoff time for service, the reduction of routes and the fare hikes. Trish Wells, of the Rape Distress Centre, said the centre is mostly concerned about the prop-

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osed cut-off time as “the city doesn’t close down at 10 p.m. and women depend on public transit to get around. “Women are the ones who can’t afford cars. If you’re outside Mutual Life at 4:30 p.m. you’ll notice that it’s the women catching the buses and the men driving the cars.” Wells said women will compensate for a reduction in public transit service by hitch-hiking and this increases the danger of rape. “During the recent transit strike there were two rapes reported to the centre which occurred after 10 p.m. and both were caused by the lack of buses.” She said a poor transit system caused an average of 300 rapes a year in a small American town with a university and to counter this the women formed a transit authority w hit h offered rides. Rapes were then reduced by a quarter. Junius Lockhart, a senior citizen, complained about the proposed elimination of routes, saying that last summer he wanted to go to Doon Village and couldn’t because he had no means of transportation. “I. was completely stumped because the transit service didn’t, go out that far.” He also griped about the slated fare hikes for senior citizens by remarking most only have their pensions to live on. “Senior citizens are asked to pay a 50 per cent increase while others are asked for 40 per cent.” Lockhart said the whole orientation of Kitchener has been towards automobiles rather than increasing the scope of the transit system. “Kitchener is wasting acres and acres of land for parking lots instead of improving the system so less people will use their cars.” Earlier, Kitchener city traffic director John Webster outlined several proposed cutbacks which included elimination of certain routes, reductions in others and fare increases. If implemented by council on Feb. 9, they would result in a saving of $1 million. -john

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The purpose of the request, according to MacMillan, is to pay the Whiplash manager. MacMillan claimed that RW staff had determined that the manager must spend approximately 10 hours per week on his Whiplash duties. MacMillan told the council “At one time, Whiplash was earning the board of communications $6,000 per year and we need that money now .” Recently, he said, Whiplash has been earning nothing but the demand for its service is increasing. He told the chevron the monev will be needed for broadcasting equipment necessary for the on-air broadcasting system RW will be using once the CRTC grants them their FM licence. Later MacMillan told the chevron the manager will not have to generate the money through his business engagements. In other business, council voted to send $200 to New Brunswick to help feed hungry students who have occupied the legislative buildings in protest of the $1400 student loan ceiling in that province. Math representative Gary Dryden was elected to the committee to investigate the distribution of executive privilege cards. The cards entitle free admission to campus events for the holder and one guest and have become a financial problem because of the number in circulation. -graham

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TORONTO-The Ontario caucus of the National Union of Students accepted Saturday a proposal which could alter decision-making in the. union if it is endorsed by other regional caucuses. The proposal calls for NUS to have formal ties with provincial student organizations and for mandatory membership in both the former and the latter. “NUS should reflect the regional organizations to far greater degree than at present, particularly at the level of the (NUS), central committee,” says the proposal prepared by Ontario Federation of Students staffers Rick Gregory and Marilyn Burnett. “To that end, central committee representatives should be elected by and responsible to the regional organizations .-Where such organizations don’t exist, central committee reps would be elected in the current fashion.” Presently, the reps on the NUS central committee are elected yearly from a general plenary of. the union. If the proposal is finally ratified at the annual meeting of NUS in May, it means “central committee reps would be automatically and necessarily members of regional executives and be responsible to them on a day-to-day basis.” In addition, by constitutional

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amendment of both NUS and the regionals , dual membership would be mandatory, the proposal says. However, the plenary powers of NUS and the regionals would be preserved in their entirety, says the proposal. “In practice, strategy would be developed by the central committee, subject to the approval of both regional and national plenaries. Tactics and the implementation of strategy would be a regional prerogative.” Gregory told Ontario caucus members that the proposal will “reflect more the provincial character of this country and will demystify to a very large extent what restructuring actually entails .” The OFS staffer said his organization is unable to’cope with such ._national questions as housing and FEDERATION

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Twenty-three Canadian students are studying at the University of Mannheim and five German students from Mannheim are studying in Canada this year. The “Waterloo in Germany” program-which sees Canadian university students spending one at the University of year Mannheim-is not just for German language students. Students majoring in a number of other areas including mathematics, philosophy, economics and political science, have also participated.

Now in its fourth year, the “Waterloo in Germany” program was organized by UW. The first group-11 students with one UW professor-spent the 1972-73 academic year at Mannheim., More have gone each year since. J.W. Dyck, of UW’s department of Germanic and Slavic languages and literatures, spent last year in Germany; a Wilfi-id Laurier University professor is currently 1 at Mannheim.:,, “When we organized the program, our primary thought was for

the German language students”, says Dyck. “But there are many advantages for students in other disciplines if they speak German well enough. So we include them if they can make satisfactory arrangements within their .departments for academic credit for their Mannheim experience .’ ’ He feels Mannheim’s standards are equal to those of Ontario universi ties. Mannheim is particularly strong in economics and computer science. “Of course there are obvious

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the language of the country which they want to do business “Most German industries ha special English classes for th executives and administrato These people have many dealir with the English-speaking wo and want to become more prc cient in the language.” Dyck says the practice of havi a UW or WLU professor acco pany the students is working we “The professor can be helpfu the students run into problems, they housing problems, illne: loneliness, or whatever,” he say “The faculty member can al provide liaison between Mar heim and their Canadi campuses -so they will be sure get academic credit for their wc in Germany. “The real task of the accol panying professor is academic nature, however. He teaches o course to the Canadian studer and thus familiarizes himself wj each student’s intellectual abiliti and deficiencies. “He also assists them in maki direct contacts with the Germ university teachers who, as a rul are not as readily available Canadian faculty members. ” Next September. Hans Banthc Germanic and Slavic, will actor pany students to Mannheir Further information and applic tion forms are available from hi in room 306, modern languagl building, or from room 3 13, mo ern languages. Deadline for app cations is April 1s Cost of taking part in the pro ram will be approximately $2,65 including travel costs and the reg lar tuition fee at UW or WLU. “There are some ways I minimizing the cost but studen must figure on about $140 a mon for basic living expenses in We Germany these days,” says Dye Many students are housed in ur versity residences; others are private homes. Dyck says that although tl program is run by UW and WLI students from other Canadian un versities are welcome to partic pate. +mdrew

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advantages for German language students to live in Germany and be immersed in German culture but there are some less obvious advantages as well.” One of these is the opportunity to gain a .&esh perspective toward the subject in which one is majoring, or toward universities in general. “There’s a different flavor, whether it’s in Mannheim’s approach to teaching German literature, or sociology, or mathematics,” says Dyck, “and this broadens the students’ perspectives . ’ ’ Extra-curricular opportunities are also substantial-the music, plays, visits to museums, art galleries, historic cathedrals, castles and even a visit to parliament while in session.~ “Travel is so reasonable,” says Dyck. “For instance, last year our students were able to take an eight-day excursion to West Berlin-travel, meals, hotel room-at a cost of about $25. Mannheim has one of the best opera houses in Europe, and students get in at half price; the same with plays. It is a tremendous advantage to German literature students to be able to see so much excellent drama.” Inevitably, students become much more proficient in German and Dyck has some comments on this : “I think we North Americans are going to find it is to our advantage to change our attitude towards learning other languages. “It is true that English is still the language of the world business community, but already we see other nations saying in effect, ‘if you want to do business with us you’ll have to do it in our language.’ “During my year in Germany I learned that businessmen in that country are paying #a great deal of attention to the learning of other languages. I have heard the view expressed that this is one of the reasons why Germany has been outstripping France in intemational trade in recent years. . . the Germans take the trouble to learn

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el A masters degree in welding buld be a possibility at UW, if the 2nadian Welding Institute of Tolnto decides to move to Water-

field of energy development. ” In a letter to Matthews, federaIn other business, the board aption president John Shortall says, proved raising residence fees an “The Federation of Students has average of 7.8 per cent in Sepno objection to the proposed in0. tember. This means the cost of a crease in the athletic fee for The UW board of governors ag- double room in the student villages 1976-77. The $2.00 increase does ed Tuesday to earmark 20,000 will be $1,530, up from $1,420 this not seem unreasonable given the 1. ft. close ’ to the Optometry year. rising costs which all of us must hool for the institute. The site The cost of the interconnecting contend with. ill allow expansion of up to single will be $1,585, up from “In addition, we don’t believe a 1,000 sq. ft., and the institute will _ $1,470, and the singles will fetch referendum is necessary given the :gin construction in three years. $1,640, up from $1,520. enthusiastic support intercolAt Minota Hagey residence, legiate athletics is enjoying. This In the meantime, the institute fees will increase 3.4 per cent, to ill lease from the university 3,000 in no way precludes the possibility 16,000 sq. ft. of the building to be $920 from $890 last year. of referenda in future years, as we The rates at the married student believe the students should have )nstructed adjacent to the Arthe opportunity to reassess the ritecture school on Philip Street.’ apartments will increase 4.7 per The institute is a non-profit, cent on an eight month lease for program on a regular basis.” the one-bedroom unit, to $157 And yet another student fee was :derally chartered operation passed by the board. This time, hich is supported by industrial from $150. And for the twoit’s a voluntary one and $2.50 per membership. Its main objective is bedroom unit, the rent will jump to term will be assessed from under) provide an educational resource $172 from $165. graduate engineering students as a 1the field- of welding research and The board also raised the student intercollegiate athletic fee by contribution to the Sandford Flemevelopment. ing Foundation. Academic plans could involve two dollars, leaving the compulThe foundation is named after re offering of a masters degree in sory levy at $22 per head effective the nationally renowned engineer relding which will be earned on a in September. who drafted the plan for the CanaUW president Burt Matthews ill-time, part-time or co-operative pointed out to the board that the dian Pacific Railway among other asis. In addition, there’s a proposal to student federation is in total ag- things. Its purpose will be “to adreement with the hike. vance education and encourage :t up a joint program with the niversity’s Engineering Faculty nd the institute to offer a masters egree in welding engineering. me course in welding is already ffered to senior engineering unergraduate and graduate stuents. Postgraduate work on welding as been carried out at UW’s civil nd mechanical engineering for a umber of years. ing the Gospel of Christ to the Too many of us are in places In its proposal to re-locate on we don’t want to be. Doing things North American people. For over 100 years the Paulists have done this we really don’t want to be doing. ampus, the institute says, “The Sometimes, it’s because we can’t through the communication artsbenefits to UW in having the instithink of anything better to do-but books, publications, television and ute located nearby would be radio-on college campuses, in parthat’s no way to live. hrough the interaction and instiin missions in North America, Since you have only one life to ishes, in downtown centers, in working ute researchers, the ready acceslive, you might as well live it with with young and old. Because we are ibility to institute seminars on joy . . . with a feeling of satisfacflexible, we continually pioneer new tion and accomplishment . . . and lew developments in welding approaches. To do this we need the knowledge that you are giving, ;iven by international experts .” dedicated, innovative men to carry not taking. Why not decide to live Other benefits include, the acon our work. for the best . . . for a great purpose To find out what road God has essibility of specialized research . . . for something bigger than you chosen us to walk is one of the most nw:quipment, the involvement in the cut;: 3 important tasks of our life. nstitute’s development programs If you want to change the diWhich road will be yours? rection of your life, you might inor industry and the possibility of For more information on the vestigate the Paulist way of living. raining graduate students and Paulists, fill out the coupon and The Pauhsts are a small groun of senior co-operative students in the Catholic priests dedicated topreichmail today. r-‘+ ~~~~~~~ -------m-7 nstitute’s laboratories, the propIsal says. Missionaries to Canada and the U.S. “The University of Waterloo is tlready probably by far the most Name ztive university in research and Address ;eaching related to welding which Rev. Frank DeSiano, C.S.P., City las become an exceedingly comI PAULIST FATHERS Province Zip 3lex high technology process, 415 West 59th Street Colle e New York, N.Y. 10019 I knowledge of whit h is increasingly , Class of~ atten 3 ing 1 U.S.A. I important to many of Canada’s major industrial developments, particularly in those related to the

improvement of co-operative enuniversity and Gellatly said this gineering by such means as burshould be treated as a “contingent saries and scholarships,” says a ., liability . . . , repayable to the unisubmission from the campus enversity if the club ceases to opergineering student societies. ate or moves from its present preIn another matter, the board demises .” cided to reduce the rent charged to The board also appointed Craig the UW Faculty Club to one dollar Davidson of Toronto as its vicea year from $14,000. Bruce Gelchairman. Davidson is president latly, UW finance vice-president, and a director of the Confederation told board members that if the rent Life Association. isn’t reduced, “the club could go He replaces Wallace Rankin into bankruptcy .” who, in turn, has become the He said surveys of other Ontario board’s chairman. The previous universities including Western, chairman, Carl Pollock, of KitchGuelph, McMaster and Queen’s ener, was named UW chancellor indicated that faculty clubs are last year. charged only for utilities and Davidson has been a member of maintenance. the board since 1%7. He played an The club will have to supply the active role in the drafting of the university with financial data to University of Waterloo Act and in see whether actual and proposed the university’s last major fundbudgets match, Gellatly said. raising campaign several years At present, the club has a ago. -john morris $76,740 operating debt with the

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To many who admire China and its achievements under socialist construction the question is often asked: “What is to stop China going like Russia?” By that it is meant how do you stop a bureaucratic elite rising to the top and running the system for their own gain. That is the restoration of capitalism, only this time a bureaucratic capitalism.. In China the Cultural Revolution purged many bureaucrats who were building themselves empires. And today the Chinese are arming themselves against revisionism, such as in Russia, by mass political education. It was the extent and impact of this education which most impressed Jack Cranmer-Byng , during his recent trip to the People’s Republic. Cranmer-Byng, a professor of Chinese history at the’ University of Toronto, was in China last October with a delegation from the Toronto Canada-China Friendship Society. He and another member of the delegation, David Apavoo, a sociologist from Innes Co11 ege , spoke on “China Today” at a meeting of the local friendship society at Trinity United church last Thursday. A three week trip around China left Cranmer-Byng with many impressions but the most striking was: “a disciplined sense of purpose-a tremendous feeling of energy-which was generated by

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group co-operation, to carry out Confucius is criticised, e. rational plans for clear objectives, lained Cranmer-Byng, because affecting the welfareof all. A sense views are based on the old sl; of everyone going in the same disystem and are against any kind rection.” social, economic or politi change. This energy and purpose could Lin Piao because it is deen not be explained just by the strong that his views would have led feeling of national identity nor the revisionism-e .g. “only a f urge to industrialize, said people have the ability to 1~ Cranmer-Byng. Nor can the while the masses are ignorant” achievements made by it be judged by our values and beliefs, he said, I The theory of the dictatorship the proletariat is studied the p because “they are not taking the fessorexplained, so that the pc same road as us.” ple understand that in a period What the professor and his colsocialist construction there is c( leagues came to realise was that stant struggle going on. The stn this national unity could only be gle is between two 1inesMarxi: explained with an understanding of and revisionism ; two roa Chinese propaganda campaigns. -socialist and capitalist; and tl But not ‘propaganda’ with the classes proletariat and bourgois derogatory Western connotation, In order for socialism to be bt rather “an intense and allit is essential for the people to t pervasive form of political educaderstand the theory. And the ca tion’ ’ . paign to study the works of Ma] What Cranmer-B yng referred to Lenin, Stalin and Mao has t was mass line campaigns where same objective. the whole country takes up the The criticism of “Water M; study or criticism of important gin” Cranmer-Byng said is aim questions. at teaching the people to recogni During the visit he saPd there capitulationists. The main he were four such campaigns. They of the novel based on an uprisi were: criticism of Confucius and around 1120 and w?itten cir Lin Piao; the study of the theory of 1420, had traditionally been I “the dictatorship of the progarded as a hero, but under carel letariat” ; the study of basic Marxscrutiny he is now seen as a m ist theory; and a campaign to ‘unwho surrenders and then goes fold’ criticism of the Chinese novel fight against the real peasant lea ‘ ‘Water Margin’ ’ . ers . Cranmer-B yng said the articl All four, he said, were aimed at in the Peoples Daily criticising ti preventing revisionism. novel explain to the people how distinguish, in complicated stru gles, acorrect line from an erron ous’ one, and recogni: capitionalis ts. As well as these four campaign there were also general line Cranmer-Byng said, which ‘ ‘cl be regarded as continuing ma movements”. . As examples of this he cited tl slogans which are seen ever where: “in industry learn fro Males wanted for treatment study of health Taching and in agriculture lea] attitudes, experiences and reactions. to from Tachai”. These are mod \ . areas where the people relying c pain . their own efforts, co-operatin and refusing to bow to natur; hardships have developed in tlVolunteers Will be paid $5 for first an oilfield and in the secon transformed a stony mountain sid 2 - 5 sessions. . into terraced farmland. Another widespread sloga which is used as a guide to correc action is: “Serve the people’ This - is seen everywhere sai Cranmer-Byng. He explained th; it is associated with Norma Bethune, the Canadian doctor an communist who fought with an ‘died serving the Chinese peopl during the revolution. It is thi spirit of dedication to the peopl and selflessness which is promote1 ‘by the slogan. “These mass campaigns an ideological lines are clearly bein studied and carried out in actio by the people. . .” the profess0 said. But it wasn’t until he go -home and read the major docu ments of the Fourth Nationa People’s Congress held in Januar: 1975, that he realised the full sig nificance of them all. The pronouncements of the re vised constitution which came ou of that congress were what he hat witnessed being carried out. The culmination of these was a quott Note: New Club Hours from Chou En-lai’s report to tht Mon-Thurs 9-1 am congress: “we can certainly built China into a powerful moderr Fti & Sat 8:30-l am socialist state in another twenty years or more-before the end 01 the century. ” This was, the common purpose and determined struggle the Toronto visitors had witnessed and this was the importance of the political education, the mass lines and small group discussions which they saw everywhere.

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GET i1 YOUR LIFE 1’ Y New,sounds to IN I I delight your ears , 1 \ . I IBALANCE . 1 Undaunted by forbidding tales of bad luck on a Friday the 13th, Alfred Kunz, UW’s director of music, confidently intends to go ahead and conduct a premiere performance of his first Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in the Theatre of Arts Friday evening, February 13. q Kunz almost seems willing to tempt fate, for he is thinking of bringing a black cat with him onstage. - Although&is might bring an uneasy quake into the hearts of many believers, to the mischievous conductor it is just a lot of fun. He claims not to ,fall .for any kind of superstition. / Kunz composed his piano concerto during the summer and fall of 1974. He wrote it specifically for pianist Kenneth Hull and UW’s Little Symphony Orchestra. Hull is presently finishing his second year in music at Western University. He is a former philosophy student of UW. But even while studying philosophy, music always played a major role in Hull’s life. He could often be found playing piano at several of UW’s afternoon concerts. In the summer of 1974, he Yeceived a job playing the harpsichord for the Stratford Festival. He is a former student of Erhard Schlenker, Waterloo and holds

much promise for the future. ” yaw does one compose a concerto for piano and orchestra? To Kunz, the entire concept of the concerto must be in his mind,, first. Once he has visualized all themes and movements of the work, he is ready to compose all the intricate details of additions for both piano and orchestra. “It is working out the details that takes time”, said Kunz. There are three movements in his concerto. The first is very broad and vigorous, with “contrasting rhythms, dynamics and moods ’ ’ . In contrast to the vitality of the first movement, the second is slow and romantic and as Kunz puts it, ’ “almost chopinesque”. The final movement is a toccata with “violent rhythms”. To Kunz, it is “almost like a dance of exorcism”. On the same program, Hull will also play Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 15. UW’s Concert Band will also perform music by well-known american composers as a tribute to the American Bicentennial. The concert will take place at 8:00 pm, and in spite of the ghosts. of superstition looming overhead, the program promises to be a beneficial reward for any brave listener who ventures out. Jsabella

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Economics students were up in arms over what they saw as a ‘ ‘drastically reduced quality of education” in their department, at an economics club meeting on Wednesday. . Student complaints, ranged from course cancellations and overworked faculty to faulty calendar advertising. Inadequate funds preventing the hiring of new faculty has meant a ceiling on enrolments in some courses, and teachers who “don’t have the time to mark papers and deal with individual studeuts’ problems ,” said 4th year student John Rose. The department receives the second lowest grant per student/course even though it has the second highest per course enrohnent , students claimed, pointing to the Oct. 8 issue of the Gazette. Students also accused the department of placing false informa-

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co-ordinator Shane Roberts said students might. be able to sue the administration for “false advertising” if they failed to “announce at registration that certain courses will not be offered now or in the future.” Economics club president Dave Herbst said the purpose of “protesting what’s happening in the department” is “ilot to threaten the administration, but rather to warn it that students are becoming exasperated .” Department chairman Bob Kerton told the chevron later he agreed ‘ ‘the qu&lity of education is definitely being affected” and that he is constantly “hassled” by problems with allocating funds.

specialization requires a consistent undergraduate program, students said. A student suggested telling UW academic vice-president Tom Brzustowski, the person responsible for Arts budgetary allocations, to “give us the people to teach, or shut down the department.” Another said “economics students are too quiet. We must show the department we are very unhappy, very unsatisfied. ’ ’ Another student suggested informing high school guidance counsellors of the department’s problems so they could advise prospective students of possible future hassles. Student federation education

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Creative The Creative Energies Centre has been providing an alternative form of education for the past five years in this area. It originated as the Young Adult Program which was then functioning as a free school. However, as time went along and the people involved drifted away, only to be replaced by others, the program became more and more oriented towards the arts and crafts. For the past two years the centre has existed almost solely for the benefit of giving workshops in such areas as photography, ceramics, textile arts, women’s self defence, drama, guitar, printmaking and woodworking. The workshops are somewhat unstructured and are aimed at stimulating the creative aspects of each of the different areas. In addition to the workshops, people are encouraged to work together in areas of common interest. A life drawing co-operative for example happens on Monday evenings. In these co-operatives there is no instructor as such, but rather interested people get together and hire models with the emphasis on self-help. There is no prerequisite of skill required for these workshops, since the emphasis is on developing the individuals creativity regardless of any particular level of skill, rather than achieving a specific level of expertise. The winter workshops St&-t next week and more information can be obtained by calling 743-l Ill during most afternoons and some evenings. .

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speaker A representative of the National Jnion for the Total Independence If Angola (UNITA) will speak on he civil war in Angola Monday at JW. The meeting, entitled “Angola: 3overnment of National Union or \Jationa.l Betrayal?“, will be held it noon in Room 3516 in Engineerng 1. UNITA is one of the three An;olan liberation movements now warring against one another and against the intervention of outside 3owers in that southern African country . UNITA was founded in the interior of Angola in 1966 on the principle that the struggle to liberate Angola from Portuguese colonial control must be based within the country and must rely on the broadest section of the people. With the two other liberation UNITA waged a movements, struggle against the Portuguese. The liberation was formalized in the Alvor agreement of January 1975, which proposed a govemment of national coalition based on elections which were to be held in October 1975. The elections never were held. Civil war erupted among the liberation movements, with the Soviet Union pouring arms and material into the country in support of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which it labelled “socialist”while calling the other two movements “im-

% I The memory of one of the world’s greatest leaders will be honoured on campus next week. Several community and campus groups are sponsoring a meeting to pay tribute to Chou En-lai, the late premier of China who died of cancer on January 8 this year. The meeting will be held in room 1056 Math and Computer. Paul Levine who teaches Chinese culture at Renison college will be one of the speakers. Levine travelled to China with the committee of concerned Asian Scholars and had a private meeting with Chou. Professor Rick Guisso who teaches Chinese history on campus will speak on Chou’s career from a historical perspective and a representative from the Communist Party of Canada (MarxistLeninist) will discuss China’s foreign policy.

perialist puppets”. Western and Sovi .et news media have claimed a link exists between UNITA and South African forces. UNITA has categorically denied any alliance with the racist Vorster regime in South Africa. In fagt, says UNITA, its forces fought South African troops, as did the MPLA, when South Afriqa first invaded in July 1975. In a Jan. 27 interview with People’s Canada Daily News/On The Line, Jeremias Chitunda,

UNITA representative to the United Nations, reiterated UNITA’s call for the formation of a govemment of national unity in Angola. “Such a govemmknt must include all patriotic forces which will defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of our country,” he said. ’ Chitunda also denied claims that Cuban-led MPLA forces are driving UNITA from Angola. UNITA forces have not lost an inch of territory over the last month, he said. -larry

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Why should math and science students read Chairman Mao’s works? William Lawvere, one of the world’s leading mathematicians, will give reasons when he speaks Marxismon “Applying Leninism-Mao Tse-Tung Thought to Mathematics and Science” this evening (Friday) at 9 p.m. in Physics 145. This is a popular lecture, open to the public. News continues to arrive from China concerning dramatic advances in science and technology, advances attributed to the scien“tific application of MarxismLeninism-Mao Tse-Tung thought. Scientific journals published in China give serious attention to the social and political significance of scientific work. Yet the uses of the dialectical method are at an early stage of development in Western science. Lawvere points to chairman Mao’s whitings “Where do Correct Ideas Come From?” and “On Contradiction” as the basis for his outstanding mathematical achievements. In this talk, he will show how

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th science is corrupted to pseudoscience under imperialism, and how kenin’s “Materialism and Empirio-criticism” serves as a guide to science and mathematics under the two superpowers. Lawvere, now teiching at the State University of New York at Buffalo, is internationally *known fdr his development of a form of dialectics known as topos theory. This work has e&bled previously unrelated trends in mbdern mathematics to apply concepts and methods developed by each other. First applied to geometry and logic, Lawvere’s work is now finding its way into applied mathematics. He will also be giving an address to the Ontario Mathematical meetafternoon. This ing, tomorrow second lecture, at 2:30pm in MC 5 158, concerns his mathematical work, and is entitled “Topos theory as a clarification of some relationships between set theory,” logic and sheaf theory”. The talk Friday evening is jointly sponsored by the physics department and the Mathematics Faculty. -

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Cranmer-Byng, a professor of Chinese history at the university of Toronto, and Apavoo a sociologist from Innes College, were members of a delegation from Toronto to visit China last October. As his behind wore a circled path in the seat the animated -Apavoo described China with the aid of his slides as “fantastic, “wonderful”, “amazing” and much more. In contrast with CranmerByng’s neat presentation Apavoo was spontaneous and ob-

viously very excited by what he saw in China. His most striking impression was of the love and warmth he witnessed in the Chinese communities and of the secure and confident women playing a full role in the country’s development . Though their styles differed Cranmer-Byng and Apavoo did make a complete package. Slides of Peoples Liberation Army doctors and of a PLA hospital illustrated much of what Cranmer-Byng had talked about in

his presentation: the army does serve the people; the head of this hospital was a woman doctor and she combined her mental prowess with manual labour one day a week in a herbal garden. The self reliance and refusal to capitulate in the face of natural hardship, which Cranmer-Byng had talked of took on greater meaning in a series of slides showing fertile terraces circling what was once a stoney mountain, and in the picture of a gaping hole which the people had tunnelled through the mountain so they could bring back soil from the other side to lay on the terraces. And so the slides went each providing a graphic insight into China today: droves of bikes and few private cars a combination which Cranmer-Byng said im-

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Kathy Bergen Having worked on Phil Fernandez’ election committee, ; well as having experience in the Renison Academic As:mbly, I have been actively involved in investigating the ain issues which are affecting students on this campus. Through these investigations it has become clear that the Lain concern is the cutbacks in education spending being nplemented by the Ontario government. We students, particularly those of us in Arts, have al:ady felt the effects of these cutbacks on the quality of our jucation. For example, the Arts Library, as well as reduckg their hours, has subscribed to fewer journals and has ought less books because of lack of funds. In the History bepartment, several faculty members have been forced to :cept part-time positions and reduced salaries, while acral class sizes are increasing and the number of course hoices are decreasing. The Psychology Dept. is facing ruch the same problems as their budget continues to ghten every year” These activities are escalating in all depts. 4 as witnessed y the fact that within the Arts Faculty as a whole there ill be a reduction in the Spring and Summer Programmes. Lnd already we see that one whole department, HRCS, ha.s een threatened with extinction. As if this is not enough, the Ont. government is attemptrg a further assault on us students. The Henderson Report roposes a 65aPoincrease in tuition fees, as well as an inrease of up to $1800 in the ioan ceiling and a decrease in re size of grants. With all this going on it is clear that we students have no hoice but to fight back. Either that or we face the strong ossibility of being unable to attend university in the near rture. The latter choice I refuse to accept. We students ave a right to continue our education and a right to a ecent quality of education. The main obstacle we face in taking up this fight against re cutbacks is the current misleadership in our federation. i is controlled by a group of self-styled “student leaders” rho are in effect nothing but a clique of bureaucrats. In rder to fight the Ont. government cutbacks, we need a ghting, democratic federation. To build it, we students rust have a council which will actively take up ou delands. If elected 9 1 intend to do just that. kathy bergan In participating in the Phil Fernandez election commitee, we made a commitment to the students of U W to build Lfighting democratic organization which is among the stulents, representing the students, and can lead them in fightng the cutbacks. Students are concerned about the cutbacks’. We cannot jely sit by while our classes increase in size, and while oan ceilings are raised and grants are lowered. This is Loupled with the fact that a whole department may be losed down, along with cutbacks in faculty and programs n other departments. Is it any wonder that students, and arts &dents in paricular are calling for a fighting federation that can defend heir rights. The only thing that has blocked students from organizing tnd fighting the cutbacks has been a federation led by a :lique of bureaurocrats who have not taken up the call of tudents to fight back. For example; a demonstration which was called against the cutbacks by OFS on January !lst was undermined by the federation in that they did not ake up OFS’s call and did little to educate students about he issues. Many students who went were even wondering where the buses would leave from and where their ‘student eaders” were. These same federation hacks have attacked students and heir organizations (e.g. attack on the students who or-

ganized and participated in the rally to defent their rights and to oppose political firings), and have already showed that they are interested in liquidating movements instead of uniting students. A bureaucratic clique that can lose $11,500 of the students money on a circus and two concerts and organize on trial,and error instead of consultation with the students; a collection of old faces, some of whom have been here for 6 years, who stifle activity by underfunding student organizations such as the Chinese Students Association, the African Students .Association, etc.; a federation made up of people who for too long have been making money off students to further their own careers; a federation that blames its councillers as apathetic and has to reward them for showing up, must be changed., We must organize to fight the cutbacks, and to sweep away the bureaucratic clique which has held us back. We can fight back, and we can win! patti gilbert In the past few years, there has been a complete lack of responsible representation to Students’ Council on behalf of Arts students. The logical alternative to this problem is to elect representatives who are prepared to work in the interests of the students they represent. We feel that we are best qualified to serve the interests of Arts students for the 9 reasons outlined below. FRANZ KLINGENDER (3rd year Honours History) has been actively involved in various Federation activities for the past 3 years, including coordinatin several symposia for the Board of Education. of which he is currently a co-chairperson. Through this Board he has dealt with students’ problems on an individual basis.

f ranz Klingender DON ORTH (3rd year Honours Political Science) has been actively involved with Paralegal Assistance for the past 2 l/2 years, serving as both President and Vice President. In this capacity he has dealt directly with such student problems as housing, landlord-tenant disputes, and employment problems. He is at present SecretaryTreasurer of the Political Science Union. DONNA ROGERS (3rd year Honours Spanish and Latin) has been involved with Radio Waterloo for 2 l/2 years, and is a member of its Steering Committee. She is currently a co-chairperson of the Board of Communications, and sits on both the Advertising and Broadcasting Committees of that Board. We promise to attend Council meetings to ensure that your voice is heard; to use the Councillors’ “expense account” to publish newsletters and conduct surveys to learn

Don Orth

students’ opinions as to which social and educational events they- would like to see held on campus, and we would do our best to implement the results. We are willing to work with Shane Roberts to deal effectively with issues such as the impending cutbacks in educational spending, and the ever-worsening student housing situation.

Donna Rogers We promise to have a responsible and informed attitude toward problems, and not an extremist or illogical appreach as displayed by certain groups on this campus. We feel that we should explain why we are running for council as a group. Because there are so many candidates, we feel that, collectivelyJ our position is clearer, and that, because we hold the same opinions and goals, we will provide the most effective and responsible representation on behalf of you, the students of the Faculty of Arts. On February 12, make the logical choice: Vote KLINGENDER ORTH ROGERS

Rudy Poifier The year ahead poses quite, a challenge for the federation. Many crucial decisions will have to be made and we are in need of responsible individuals to make those decisions. It is particularly important that before any major decisions are made, the federation get input from the student body. It seems there is an ever-increasing communication gap between the federation office and the student-atlarge. I propose bridging this gap in the upcoming year by more student input and an increase in federation output. A number of occurences this year illustrate the value of sounding student opinion before committing the fderation in any one direction. Entertainment is one of the many areas where such input is badly lacking. When the f&eration dishes out thousands on a big production, it should first be secure in the knowledge that it isn’t just throwing the students’ hard-earned money away on acts that just don’t draw crowds. With student input, this need never happen again As it is now, many’ federation-sponsored activities only involve a small percentage of students. Many students don’t even know of a lot of the services offered by the federation. Once again, a communication gap clearly exists. Those services that the students am familiar with are, in many cases, not meeting the demand. (Federation Flicks is an example). I propose that we look into filling the vacuum that exists between the student and his student government. A review of the effectiveness of the present federation structure is in order. The recent recommendations of the Henderson Report (along with the previously-announced cutcontinued on page 14

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backs scheme), like it or not, affect every student on campus, and therefore must be dealt with as effectively as possible by the incoming council. I have been actively involved in the cutbacks issue over the past year. Last March I represented U ‘of W students as a delegate to the three-day Ontario Students’ Action Conference on Post-Secondary Financing (the Brock Conference), I was a,member of the campus’ committee to oppose the cutbacks, and was aboard the bus that went to Toronto Jan, 11; (to U of T and Queen’s Park). I have experience and dedication in dealing with the cutbacks. We need only look to the ANEQ victory in Quebec to show we can win. If you’ll elect me to council on February 12, I’ll work on your behalf to get more student input and to improve on federation services, to re-establish two-way contact between students and the federation, and defend your right toan education that’s within your means. -

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bureaucrats” but I do intend to ensure that the or to have myself as the only one of the five enFederation becomes more effective in communicatgineering representatives in attendance. Further the involvement of most councilers tends ing with the students.’ For instance, I would favor. holding Federation meetings in different buildings to. stop’ at council meetings. Few councilers get in. volved with-the day to day operations of the Federto make the Federation at least more physically accessible to students. ation and itsBoards where the decisions to spend I have been a member of the Board of Entertain- that $250,000 are made. I have and will continue to have involvement in these decisions. ment for 2 l/2 years in various capacities (ie Personnel Co-ordinator, Social Director). Ialso work Any counciler can be reached through the Federation Office if you have any concerns to voice. at the CC Pub. I plan to use these experiences to try and achieve the quality and quantity of the enterUnder my direction agendas for upcoming council tainment we had two years ago. The CC Pub is not ’ meetings are being published in the Chevron. If something that interests you is on the agenda talk to a “perfect operation” by any means. your representatives or go to the meeting. ’ As an Arts representative on Federation council During the last year I have not missed a council and a Federation employee, I feel I would carry the necessary “weight” to constructively criticize and meeting while I was on campus and if elected I will effect necessary operational changes (eg. a lower continue to represent engineers on council. . cover charge ‘for students)-changes for -the stuOn Feb. 12 elect representatives who will ensure that the voice of engineers will be heard on council dents. I ask for your’ opinions, I ask for your support and in the Federation of Students and its Boards. and I urge you to vote on election hay. Ian MacMil Ian

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We, as engineering students, form the largest full-time undergraduati faculty at Water&s, and yet, our $4.00 society fee seems to get us a lot more than the federation fee of $13.25: The impression I get is that if the federation were suddenly to vanish, . the only effect it would have on us is that the Chevron and the Campus Centre Pub would disappear. I would like to do something to change this. Before this term, I was an academically good student. This term I decided to get more involved in the other things that go on here, I started playing floor hockey, and joined the Enginews staff. Working for-the Enginews, I have written an article about OPIRG, which appeared in the latest issue of Enginews. I was considering writing an article gn the federation, when I learned that the student council j elections were going to take place. I think that it would be more constructive if I were to sit on the council, rather than write about it from the outside. I am prepared to devote time and effort .to help change the federation so that it-relates more to the majorities and less to the minorities. Therefore, your vote for me will help make changes for the . better. .

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The Federation of Students will be contending with many problems this year (eg. cutbacks, stu dent loan ceilings, no dances at South Campus Hall, few concerts-thanks to the university administration). \ 1 I feel that my experience as a past Math Society council member and a present council member, Socid Director and Undergraduate Affairs Group representative for Arts’ Society will enable me to inteligently voice your (and my) concerns on Federation council. I don’t intend to “wipe .out any ~ Federation

In this period of education cutbacks, OSAP difMark Wills f=u.lties and uncertainty about the role of the federIn the coming year, the need for a strong rep_ ation, Arts students need strong representation. I resentative, and most important, active student r have provided this in the past and will continue by ; government will become imperative. voicing my,opinions at students council and making It has become clear that in the nextfew years the myself available to the Arts Society and the stugovernment, of Ontario is -planning on giving Unidents to maintin student rapport. particular, a I am the onl y rep. to consistently communicate _ versities in general, and students-in real economic squeeze. with the Arts Society and with their co-operation \ We have for example, the “Henderson Report” initiated an overall, “Meet ,Your Rep Night” this which even if implemented over the next 2-3 years, January at Arnies. This was an opportunity to stu-as it suggests, .would spell economic disaster for e dents to meet those who represent them in a social atmosphere. Aside from our president, John Shor- - large numbers of students who can not afford a 65 per cent tuition increase and., resulting from a tall, I was the only Fed. Rep.‘ in attendance. Stuhigher loan ceiling, thousands of dollars more in dent societies are often closer to the student pulse debt after graduation. on issues so a good rapport is essential. In this reStudents must realize that the government no gard, I feel that my experience&i Arts is a definite longer sees post-secondary-education as a priority asset. I have been involved with the inception of and if we wish to even maintain present standards, Coffee Shop, InterI’ such things as the Humanities we must have a strong representative student br-. Faculty Social Weeks and the Arts newspaper ? ganization.. (Knot Garden). My relationship with the deans ofIt should oppose attempts by the =-government, to fice has allowed many student problems to be solundermine the qualit) of education and shift-the and%rough Unde@%d Affairs I contributed to \ .ved cost onto the students. such-thingsas upcoming course evaluation in Arts These are some of the major problems the ‘stuand maintenance of the three week drop-add period dents will, be facing in the coming year. The main when Faculty wanted it shortened. reason I am running-for re-electidn is that I want to I feel that I have the experience and concern to and will continue-to work to make the Federation promote an active relection of the student situation reuresent the interests of students. in Arts and would ask for your support. Mark Wills -3rd Year Honours, Fed. ‘Rep. 75176, Undergrad . - Affairs 75/76, Arts Society President 75/76, Men’s ~Intramurals 74175 . ,

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In the last year I have been involved with the Federation of Students as a students’ council representative from Engineering and as* the executive member for the Board of Communicdtions. This involvement has shown me a number of disturbing apsects in the way the Federation operates.: , First let me state that the Federation of Students has a budget upwards of $250,000 ‘of which engineers, being members of one of the larger fact& ties, have contributed a major portion. Yet, it is not unusual t? not obtain quorum at a council meeting

During the recent presidential election; we heard Having been an statements about federation-society co-operation. nandez election car Some of this “co-operation”* would affect us, the tion of students ser engineers, directly. . tion presidential el Cutbacks will affect us more than atiy other stumajor concern of st dent group on campus. emment cutbacks w I Not only would an increase in tuition, already the becoming apparant x highest on campus, and a decrease in faculty have ties. Of particular - their affect, but, also the department of coStudies students is ordination and equipment budgets have a greater and Environment d( <affect than in other faculties. I : Our student feder Statements were also made concerning the fact and organize those c that orientation exists only in September. Orientaj ’ and: oppose the cu1 tion: qthough : some events are directed a% the ~ posed to represent 1 ‘Frosh, is for all ,of the students and co-op students; ’ ‘_ to this point it has largely engineers; returning, other than for the fall ; people to fulfill thei term, are ignored: Direct and hones i -, By working with” both the Engineering’ Society counc3i in order to ir

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be manipulated by a select few. We cannot afford to have a council under the direct control of the federation- executive. The inability of council to achieve quorum many times in the past year is indicative of the difficulty students and councillors have in dealing with the federation executive. The federation has also failed to keeep in touch with the interests of the students, and as a result lost $11,500 ononly three entertainment activities. We as students have a right, not a privilage, to be totally involved in determining the outcome of decisions in our federation. The attitudes, ideas, and opinions of all of us enrolled in Environmental Studies mus be presented accurately in council in order that the Federation of Students works for us! Steve Parniak Environmental Studies

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I I am running for Environmental tion because I am n student affairs. 11Studies Society 3roblems many of e most important k of student utili: existing power the students are isure that our inms such as cutals which student unately, the past :h of a record for 1 the best interest o attend all meetnd play an active ies Society Council Rep. ncil (1 Term) louncil (3 Terms) lage 2 (1 year) Dave McLellan

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r of the Phil Ferlrough considerated in the federaobvious that the the Ontario Govhese cutbacks are he various faculo Environmental postion the Man 1s itself in. z little to educate villing to stand up ederation is sup3 a whole, but up a small group of .s .

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In participating in the Phil Femandez campaign, I have become concerned about the main issues that are affecting students on this campus. Through my investigations it has become clear that the main issue facing students are the cutbacks which are being implemented by the Ontario government. I feel that we, as Environmental Studies ’ students, should’ organize and fight against the cutbacks and therefore protect the quality of our education and our right to be here. To cite a few examples of the cutbacks, students will be receiving less grants and higher loans, coupled with the Zfenderson Report’s i-ecommendation that tuition be increased by 65% over the next three years. In our own faculty we are faced with the firings of professors, such as in Man & Environment five part-time professors are being dropped. There is also a strong concern among faculty and students that the Man & Environment Dept. will be axed in the near future. Many of the Geography classes are overcrowded. My GeogFphy 201 class has people sitting in the aisles and standing in the back to take notes. There is no reason why this should be allowed to happen. There is just not enough lab space, equipment or teaching assistants for the many labs that we must take. Something must be done. Since the original proposal of adding to our building has been phased out, the only other solution in sight is to cut back on student enrollment. For example, last year in Geography, 202 first year students were admitted. This fall the number will be** only 160. Our administration is trying to solve our problem of overcrowding by reducing student enrollment. This is something we as students should not be prepared to take. It is obvious that our present Federation has not taken a stand to protect us from these cutbacks at a time when it is vital that it do so. I am prepared to take up the students’ call for a fighting democratic Federation which will defend their interests and fight the Ontario government cutbacks. Students in Quebec have fought the cutbacks and have won. So can we! Rudy Peters Environmental Studies Hi! My name is Heather Robertson. I am running for E.S. Federation Rep. ‘because I ‘think I have something to offer to both the E .S. Faculty and the Federation of Students. I have been in the E.S. Faculty for three years, and consequently, feel that I am aware of the problems and concerns of the E.S. students. I am, presently, secretary to the Environmental Studies Society which has enabled me to gain the knowledge, experience and insight into the Faculty that I feel a Federation Rep. requires in order to be an effective entity. I am actively involved in the activities of E .S.S. both as an organizer and participant. During my first two years at Waterloo, I was floor representative on both Athletic and Village Councils. I was an active participant in the Village programmes. To the Federation of Students, I offer a person who has both the time and energy to become actively involved in Council work. I also offer a new person, with fresh ideas, who has not allowed

apathy and cynicism to become installed in the walls of her life. I would like to be one of the E.S. Fed. Reps.; I feel that I have the capabilities, time and energy, and so ask for your support and vote. Heather Robertson Environmental Studies

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I pledge to fight very vigourously against the Ontario government’s educational cutbacks. The cutbacks have hit graduate students particularly hard. In my own department, History, the cutbacks have forced a total reorganization of the department, placed several professors’ jobs in jeopardy, and forced a relative reduction of funding for graduate assistants. Other departments in Arts affected by the cutbacks include Psychology, Sociology and In Arts, particularly, the Human Relations. grants programme and the Teaching Assistant salaries have not kept pace with inflation and the workload for graduate assistants has been increased over the past few years. In Math, the graduate teaching load has been increased. In Engineering and the-Sciences, the cutbacks in laboratory equipment means that research in some areas will become more difficult. The Library, another example, is buying fewer books, fewer periodicals, and cutting back other services such as the length of hours the reference desk is open. This forces an increased use of the Inter-library loan system. Because of this increasingly serious situation, because the Henderson report recommends no new graduate programme funding plus increased tuition which will affect all students, I joined the Phil Fernandez campaign committee to help organize effectively against the educational cutbacks, To be successful in opposing the cutbacks, graduate and undergraduate students will have to unite in their opposition to the cutbacks. The problem facing us in brganizing strong opposition to the cutbacks is that there is a small bureaucratic gang in command of the Federation of Students. These individuals have refused to organize the students and have done everything to divert the student movement. Just to cite a recent case: when they were called on to organize students for a recent rally in Toronto they refused to carry out this proposal. As a result, only a handful of U of W student showed up at Queen’s Park. They have underfunded the clubs and societies that are the main source of social, cultural and political activity on this campus; they have refused to uphold the rights of students to oppose political firings of professors and they have generally carried on in an elitest, bureaucratic manner, detached from the students. That is why I have joined with the slate to Sweep out the Bureaucrats, Build a Fighting Democratic Federation and Op-pose the Educational Cutbacks. I call upon my fellow graduate students to put some fighting spirit into the Federation and elect me to council. Rick DeGrass

Lee

Currently I am completing my 4th year in the Honours Biology Programme in the Faculty of Science. I am running for one of the two seats in the Graduate constituency on the Federation Student’s Council. Under the present constitution, my eligibility to stand for office is not and should not be an election issue. My decision to run was prompted by a concern that certain fringe elements were attempting to takeover the apparatus of the Federation for their own partisan political ends. Also I have had a change of attitude in that I want an opportunity to initiate changes for the better rather than wait for changes to miraculously happen; I want the opportunity to lead rather than wait to be lead. I am well aware of many of the problems specific to graduates. To the best of my knowledge, finances are presently not a problem of the majority of graduate students. This situation may change within the next few years with the Federal Government’sseeming inability to act on inflation coupled with cutbacks in grants, in job opportunities and in Provincial Government support of post-secondary education. As a member of Federation council I would support the Federation’s efforts to get the municipality to recognize the economic significance of the student population in the area. dne of these is a continued municipal subsidy for day care. I am well aware of many problems that exist, for example: the status of women on campus, the lower standard of undergrads, the continued dilution of education by the substitution of quantity for quality but space does not permit delving into my position on these matters. Although a novice at Campus Politics I am confident I can do the best job for my constituents if elected. So on Feb. 12, 1976 at the-appropriate polling station, VOTE ! John Lee

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Doug Thompson .

This is the first Council Election in I.S. history. The I.S. seat has always been won by acclamation in the past. Although I did not expect this campaign, I ‘welcome it as an expression of growing interest in the Federation and as ; an opportunity, to increase this interest. As Ontario Universities face growing threats of financial attacks from the Government, this is a time of unique importance for student concerns to find expression and for these concerns to be turned into definitive action. Hopefully the Fed Council can play a useful role in this endeavour. I am seeking a mandate from IS. to voice my concern about threatened tuition increases and to object strenuously to any cutbacks in faculty or in student enrolment. If elected I shall commit myself to do everything reasonably possible to organize an effective resistance to any and all government moves to destroy the university as we know it. continued on page 16

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AS credentials I offer my experience in I.S. politics combined with work experience as a stringer for the Globe and Mail and staff positions on several other papers which I feel have given me some perspective on the pragmatics of mounting an effective organized opposition to the govemment. I cannot promise to change anything, but I do promise to do my damnedest in consultation with the programme and in cooperation with the Federation of Students. Douglas Thompson

Mike Wallis

My name is Mike Wallis, and I am running for the posiStudies representative to the Federation council. I am, and have been, involved with many of the Federation people for some time now. I know the new President, Shane Roberts, reasonably well, and have worked with him last term. I have several friends on the council from various faculties, and know several of the people running in this election. These people will listen to what I may say, and are,likely to help I.S.‘s single seat to be heard. I feel that the Federation Council should be strongly opposed to any cutbacks in education spending, and should spend time and money when needed, to raise the student awareness of what is being done to them., The main problem that has occured with past attempts at this is the failure to use proper and sufficient means of publicity. I have been involved with newspapers and various media systems for three years, and have developed an extensive knowledge of how to get a message across to a large number of people- The f. S. sea.t is only one on a Council of 26, but I think that. I can do the best job of voicing the

tion of Integrated

-past CRD for Mathsoc and Federation elec tions . -started a review of Federation bylaws -recommended a new Federation salaries policy -regularly attended Mathsoc and Federation meetings since becoming involved -former member of the Federation Board of External Education, one of the most active boards in the Federation -presented useful proposals to amend the Mathsoc constitution -helped improve Federation and Math Society relations -worked on mathNEWS and the Math AntiCal I have tried to increase student representation on Faculty Committees. Presently as Mathsoc Education Director and student rep to the Math Faculty Council. I am trying to stop the implementation of a 4 week drop per od and restrictions on the number of courses one can take a term. I have attended Board of entertainment meetings since late 1973 and I know that with the exception of the pubs there has not been much entertainment on the campus as expected by the students. Hopefully we will have more responsive leadership on the Board of Entertainment in the following year. I *would like to work for: -discussions by Federations and P. A.C . personnel to make a change in policy so we can have more concerts in . the gym. -greater use of the Humanities Theatre for small concerts -Society-Federation pubs in Food Services -a major entertainment week each term -an improved orientation with a mini-orientation in the winter and summer terms. I hope to talk to you during the course of my campaign about the issues. You can visit or phone Mathsoc (MC3038, ext 2324) or the Fed Office (CC235 pext 2405) and see me or leave a message. My home phone number is 745-097’7 and my Honeywell user id is “JJLONG”. Since I hope to continue to represent you and communicate with you, as I ,feel a council member should, I need your support. Without YOU neither I nor the whole Federation can make it happen. Remember on Thursday, Feb. 12 VOTE J.J. LONG FOR MATH FED REP. e J J Long

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Cord Swaters

The established trend, that only those with sufficient financial means are able to get a university education, is on a sharp upswing-even loans are limited, since the ceiling on summer earnings, to qualify for OSAP, is going up a? well. Here on campus, as elsewhere, the cutbacks have already begun, affecting the quality of education directly; they have taken the form of: (a) the firings of teachers and support staff; (b) the proposal to close Human Relations department; and (c) a squeeze on other departments and c facilities (e.g., library services). We oppose this overall assault on social services (which drastically affects, among other things, health care and hospitals in every aspect) in order to pay for a corporate welfare program of “investment incentives”, forgivable loans and deferred taxes. Immediate steps must be taken to stop the government attack and the cutbacks on this very campus. The mobilization of students on January 21st at Queen’s Park shows the way. Stop The Henderson Report! NO TUITION FEE HIKES! END THE l?IRINGS OF FACULTY AND SUPPORT STAFF! STOP DEPARTMENTAE CUTBACKS-SAVE THE DEPT. OF HUMAN REEATIONS! SUMMER JOBS FOR ALE STUDENTS! VOTE YOUNG SOCIALISTS: GORD SWATERS FOR MATH RF,P IN THE FEDERATION

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of the Integrated Studies students and those of the * qkions rest of campus. li hope th& you will take the time {o get out and vote, and that you will wte Mike Walk to the Integrated Studies seat on Federation Council.

On Wednesday, February 11 elections for next year’s Federation Student Council will be held. I am one of the candidates for the seat representing all regular Math students. The reason I am running for this position is because I feel that in the past there has been too much student apathy on campus. The only way we can put an end to the problem is if each student does his part, simply by getting invdved, which is what I would like to do via this position on Council. During my three years as a student here I have been a member- of -various councils, boards, and committees. I have been an active member of both Student Village councils as well as a Village I quad council. This past year I have been very involved with Math Society as a result of my position as Social Director. This position also required me to be a member of the Board of Entertainment. It‘ is my involvement with this Board which has sparked my interest in the Student Council.

).). long

My name is JJ. Long, your current Math Rep and candidate for re-election to the Federation of Student’s Council. Through my columns in mathNEWS, and my visits to Math classes and lounges, I have tried to give an interesting view into the happenings in the Federation and the Society. I’ve also tried to obtain your opinions on major issues of the Federation as they affect Math students. I believe my experience is most important to provide the strong leadership that is needed on council. At this time . when your quality of education is being threatened, responsible student involvement is essential. Before I tell you what I would like to do for you, I should give you an idea of my past involvement: -math rep on Campus Centre Board in 1973 -former member of Federation Board of Directors, as Treasurer

I feel that I could make a contribution to this Council and that I could fairly represent my fellow Math students since I am in contact with a broad base of these people and am very open for feedback. It is for this reason that I would &k you to vote for me. If you do not feel that I am the right person for this position, then I would ask you to at least do your part to end student apathy by getting out and voting for the candidate of your choice.

Selma

Sahin

The Henderson report proposes a 65 per cent increase in our tuition fees and an all-loan student “aid” program as part of an overall assault on social services. Already the Davis government has announced the increase of the loan ceiling of the “aid” program to $1000 before we qualify for a grant. The result will be that those sectors of the population traditionally underrepresented at university-women, immigrants, native people and those from a working class background-will have even greater obstacles to overcome in the future in order to get a foothold in post-secondary education.

Harry

Vancierzand

Hi! I am Harry Vanderzand and I am presently running for a seat on the student federation council in the Mathematics constituency. Currently I am in my third year studying for an honours computer science degree, and aside from that I am a member of the University Senate representing the undergraduates of the mathematics faculty. The main reason I’ think I should be elected-to council is that I can represent the students better on Senate as a council member, and vice versa, I could represent the students very well on students council since I am a member of senate. Furthermore I have recently become very interested in what is happenning to us as students and thus I thought that as a council member I could help work for our best interests. As a married student dependent on my loan and grant I am at complete disagreement with the governments proposal to increase the loan ceiling and to limit the grants. That, plus the proposal to increase tuition in 77178 would make it much harder for some people to get an education if they so desired. For our rights and anything else of concern to us‘ as students I -aim to work for if I am elected to students council. Anybody wishing to contact me can phone 7456917. Harry Vanderzand Candidates who are also contesting the election but who did not respond or could not be contacted are: Heather button-Arts Manny Brykman-Engineering Paul Buckham-Engineering Ron Hatz-Grad students

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Western track meet The Varsity track team cometed at the First Annual Western Ipen track meet in London on aturday. Nineteen men and seven romen represented Waterloo at lis competition which included lany American er$rants . On the way part of the team rere almost stranded in a snow ank after trying to make a U-turn. ‘ortunately, it was a simple matter 3r two van-loads of athletes to ush the tilted van out of the snow. The Meet itself was one which eld mixed blessings for the team. iany Warriors and Athenas put in leir best performances to date. [owever, many more ran afoul of le meet organizers. The men’s 4 by 200 metres relay :am achieved a stunning victory ver teams from Toronto and Michigan. The Waterloo team of =ff Mohun, John Doyle, Clive and Scott Margison McKenzie, ad the slowest qualifying time but uickly corrected that mistake. Doyle, running an exceptional econd leg, pulled the team into a =ad which they never relinuished. Steve Keating, who had run Jith the team when qualifying, did lot run in the final because he was ,o distressed after being excluded torn the 50m dash final. Steve

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qualified for the final but was subiequently told he could not run because there was no record of his performances. He was replaced by a UWO athlete. Rick Heemskerk continued to dominate the high jump with his third successive victory. He again cleared 2.05m (6’8”) but was unable to clear 2.10, partly because the officials tried to rush him so that the women’s event could start. Ted McKeigan led the Waterloo 3000m (2 miles) runners with a 2nd place finishing. His fast last lap moved him up in the crowded field but he could not catch the leader. Ted ran again Sunday in the 15 kilometre event of the Metro Toronto Road Racing Assoc. and managed a 4th in the senior division. Liz Damman was beaten in the 50m hurdles by Deby LaPlante, the American record holder. Liz thought she had defeated Deby but the race was recalled when one athlete’s blocks had slipped. The starters gun jammed and the women ran the complete race before being recalled. Liz also placed forth in the 300m race. Jeff Mohun ran a 6.2 second 50m to place 4th overall. Jeff won his semi-final in 6 flat to qualify for the final. Steve Keating also posted a 6.0 second time to qualify but as mentioned earlier the officials would not let him run. Another Waterloo athlete, Clive McKenzie, did not make the final after being eliminated for touching the

starting line. This normally results in a warning but instead Clive was ejected from his semi-final race. Gord Robertson after qualifying for the 50m hurdles with a 7.1 second time placed 5th with a 7.3 clocking. During Gord’s race one Michigan hurdler was severely injured and could not run, or even walk because the hurdles were improperly spaced. The race had to be rerun without the American. This was the first meet to hold the shot put event permitting Barb Chitovas and Chris Young to show their skills. Chris placed 8th while Barb took 5th spot with a heave of 10.67m. Scott Margison running his first 300m dash of the season just missed qualifying for the final. He placed 5th with a time of 36.3 seconds. Many other Waterloo runners competed at this distance, in- 1 eluding Barb Robinson and Sandra Ford, but their placings and times were not published or announced by the disorganized officials. Dave Simonds and Jiti Stinson both ran well in the 600m race. Dave placing 9th out of the 100 entrants with a time of 1:24.7. The team will be competing in the University section of the Maple Leaf Indoor Games in Toronto on Feb. 13. Liz Damman and Mike Lanigan have qualified for the presigious evening meet. Mike ran a 4: 13 mile in Toronto to qualify in 7th spot. The team is also competing in the Ontario Senior Championships on Feb. 7. -gord

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The* Warriors extended their win streak to four in a row and upped :heir record to 5-2 by beating both Brock arid Windsor this past-week. The Warriors travelled to Brock In Wednesday to ‘meet the Badgers and handed the Badgers their First home court defeat of the seal son. In previous games Brock had gone 4-2 including last second wins aver Laurier and Windsor. The major reason for this resurgence by Brock is the additional scoring power provided by McMaster transfer Herwig Baldauf and 6’3” zornerman Rick Mozdzier, a transFer from Bryant-Stratton College in Buffalo, N.Y. giving them three 4mericans. The other is of course, XJAA all-star forward Ken Mur-ay . The first half was a scoring duel, Brock shot 65% from the floor and Waterloo 60%, as the teams raced to a 57-48 half-time score. Jamie Russell led all scorers with 23 points in the first half. He finished the game with 32. The second half saw Brock slow down and attempt to hit good shots over the Waterloo zone and the Warriors begin to fast break over a

rapidly tiring opponent. Waterloo led by a wide margin most of the time and only in a press in the final moments allowed Brock to make the score respectable at 93-82. Herwig Baldauf poured in 30 points by the final buzzer and was the only bright spot in the Badgers offensive game. Phil Schlote continued’ to lead the Warriors with his strong rebounding (12) and accurate shooting (20 points). Don Larman, Seymour Hadwen and Mike Visser combined to score 25 points and collect 15 rebounds and gave the Warriors the domination of both backboards that they needed to enlarge their lead during the second half. Jeff Scott and Pat Brill-Edwards simply outclassed the Brock backcourt and directed a Warrior offence which began to score from inside and to fast-break at every opportunity. Saturday night was the second of three grudge matches the Warriors have to play this year. The Windsor Lancers came to Waterloo after beating the Warriors in Windsor 80-75. This game turned out as advertised, a war under the boards, as Dr. Thomas sent his

troops out to try and rattle the Warriors. In a game which saw 53 1 personal fouls called, Windsor showed that it can rough it with anyone. But in the end the Warriors won 81-7 1. Trevor Briggs hit 11-15 shots from the foul line and collected 25 points and sundry lumps to lead the Warriors. Jamie Russell hit for 18, Phil Schlote got 12, and Mike Visser rounded out the scoring with 10 points. Visser, Schlote and Seymour Hadwen pounded the boards and came away with 8,8 and 10 rebounds respectively and combined with Jamie Russell’s 16 rebounds, the Warriors out-muscled the Lancers 58-45 on the backboards. This proved to be the major difference between the two teams. Once again, the Warriors managed to fast-break well and maintained their lead in the closing moments with some easy baskets past the Windsor press. -The Warriors have this Wednesday off, with the freshmen playing the Guelph Oaks in an exhibition game at 5 :00 in the PAC. The next league game is on Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in the PAC against the Western Mustangs who at 3-4 are not yet out of the running for the play-off spot.

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Renison tourney B This Friday, February 6, and Saturday, February 7, Renison College will be holding their eighth annual basketball touinament. Nine intramural teams have bee‘n entered from York, Queens, Guelph, McMaster, Western, Wilfred Laurier, and Waterloo. On Friday, from 9am to 5pm, the games will be held in the PAC. From 7pm to llpm, the games will be held at the Wilfred Laurier gym. On Saturday, from 9am to 5pm, the games will be in the PAC again. The tournament is being sponsored by Carling’s. Admission is $1 .OO for a tournament ticket, $.25 for two games, and $ SO for the final game. The first round of the tourney is as follows: 9am-Wilfred Laurier vs. Renison S .S. 1 lam-McMaster Bordello vs. Guelph lpm-Western vs. McMaster Therm0 3pm-Queen’s vs. York

UW’s Math *A’ hockey team takes on UT’s Scarborough College on Tuesday Feb. 10 as part of a UW-UT doubleheader at the barn. Game time is 6:75pm and will be followed by a game between the Warriors and the Blues at 8:15pm. Math went undefeated last term in capturing the ‘A’ division intramural championship. Their record at present is IO- 7-O with the on/y defeat being a 5- 7 loss to Scarborough College in a tournament at York. The Math squad has bolstered its roster since this tournament and hopes to avenge this lossin front of home fans. So come on out and he/p Waterloo to a double win over Toronto. The tussle above occured last friday when the Warriors took on Cuelph and left the ice with a 4-2 victory. --photo by grant macfarlane

Athenas curl -and smash w The opening OWIAA Bonspiel at Guelph saw the Athena ‘curling team tie for first place for the 4th straight weekend. Chevron readers could note the last three weeks that the team took top honours at Kitchener, London and Toronto Bonspiel. The girls didn’t curl as precisely as they have in past weekends but were able to amass a 3-1 record. They had easy victories over Western (5-4) aid Laurier (15-1) and struggled to a 7-6 win over Guelph, -losing to Windsor 5-4 marked their record. The girls con***************~*~***************~ yl

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place this past weekend at Brock. All the members were ranked in the”A Flight tournament. Although none of the girls had a perfect wjeekend, Cathy Wake (no. 7 rank) and Sue Garceau (no. 2 rank) dropped one singles match eac’h and paired in doubles to lose one match to Guelph. The team amassed 34 points in total for the weekend to put the team standings at: Western 132 points Queen’s 103 points Waterloo 91 points Guelph 87 points Toronto 83 points

OTUMBA, MEXICO (CUP)-A friends hip game between rural amateur soccer teams ended suddenly when the referee was beaten to death by members of the hometown team. Only five minutes remained in the scoreless game when the 40-year-old referee called a foul against Otumba and gave the opposing team a free penalty shot. Four members of the Otumba team attacked the referee, beating and stoning him to death, police said. The four players accused in the referee’s death are in police cusody.

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Last Wednesday, January 28 saw twenty-two men enter the Brunswick Lanes-to take part in U of W’s Intramural Snooker Tournament. After a couple of hours of stiff competition, both Mike Shultz (VI East) and Rick Kingston (MZth) had managed to reach the championship round. After ’ a couple of interesting games, Kingston emerged yictorious and had successfully defended his title of champ fi-om the previous year.

Gruelling Day for All! The IM English Squash Tourney was held Saturday, January 31 in what turned out to be a gruelling day for all. With A, B and C leagues going everyone was kept pretty much on the run. In A league, Ian Robertson (Kin Grad) captured the championship over Al Mason (Kin) with scores 9-2, 9-3, giving Robertson a perfect win-loss record. Pete Oxland (Eng) managed to capture the B league title by defeating W. Ceroici (Sci Grad). However, because the draw was set up as a double elimination Oxland, after losing one match, was forced to fight his way through the consolation side of the draw. Still he managed to hold up and defeat Ceroici with the following scores of 9-2, 9-4, 9-7, 9-2. The C league saw E. Chang (Fat) defeat T. Bozza (S,t. Jeromes) in a gruelling final championship. Bozza won the frst match 7-9, 9-5, 11-8 but Chang ended it all with scores at 9-l) 9-4. Briaq Douthwaite and Bob Long playing in last week’s round of the Chess Tournament being held by the UW Chess Club. Douthwaite took advantage of the time pressure difficulties that his opponent found himself in to win 7is second straight game. In other developments the no. 7 UW ‘73” Chess team lost by a 3-I margin to the strong London no. 2 “B” team. Even chess masters have to do home work so bob inkol’s chess column will appear once every second week. -photo by robert inkol

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At the International Invitational In January 24 and 25, the Water00 Swimmin’ Women placed 2nd behind the powerful Clarion State ream. Pool and team records topBled in both heats and the finals as he two day meet progressed. From Clarion, Gretchen Sand0 >laced first in the 100 and 200 yard jreast-stroke. Clarion’s four dijers had stiff competition from Waterloo’s only diver, Val Quirk. In the three metre board Val ‘inished 2nd behind Clarion’s Chris Seufert; while on the one netre, Miss Quirk was 5th behind ;he four Clarion divers. Chris Seufert again placed first. Sharon Burlingame from Oakand University, finished first in :he 50 fly and 100 back and 2nd in :he 200 back. Team mate, ShanIon O’Connell also did well by Ninning the 4OOIM, and 800 free snd placing 2nd in the 400 free. 41~0 from Oakland, Deb Saputo, ‘inished first in the 200 fly setting a lew pool record of 2:16.0. Miss Saputo also won the 100 fly with a time of 1:Ol. 1 which ties the pool -ecord. A Toronto swimmer, Karen Legresly, won the 200 and 400 free 2nd placed 2nd in the 200 IM and BOO free. Also, from Toronto, Jane Wright was first in the 200 back and 2nd and 3rd in the 100 back and 200 fly respectively. With these good swims, Toronto managed to finish 4th and was the closest Canadian team in total point standings to the Waterloo Athenas. Waterloo’s Claudia Cronin, hailing from Acadia, did well by winning the 100 free with a time/of 56.8 and also winning the 50 free with a time of 25.8. This set a new

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team record. Cronin 1also placed 2nd in the 200 free. A rookie Athena, Karen Murphy, a product of EMAC swim club, showed Waterloo that she wasn’t really a rookie by winning the 200 IM, setting a team record .of 2: 19.3. Karen finished 2nd in the 100 breast with a time of 1: 13.2 and 2nd in the 400 IM with a time of 4:54.1 with both of those being new team records. Miss Murphy also placed 2nd in the 200 fly. The veterans of the Swimmin’ Women did well in their individual events. Pat ’ Gorazdowska did a lifetime best in the 100 free with a time of 58.7; she placed 2nd in that event. Pat also placed 4th in the 200 free, 6th in the 800 free and 7th in the 400 free. Elaine Keith swam well in her freestyle etents by placing 3rd in the 200, 400 and 800 and 6th in the 100. Maida, one half of the Murray twins, finished 2nd in the 200 fly and third in the 50 fly and 100 fly. Marg Murray placed 5th in the 200 back, 7th in the- 100 back and 8th in the 400 free. Cathy Adams added some valuable points by finishing 8th in’her four events, 200 and 400 IM, 200 fly and 200 breast. Daphne McCulloch, in- her second year at Waterloo, swam well by placing 10th in the 200 breast and 400 IM and 11th in the 100 breast and 200 IM. Team mate, Marianne O’Neill, finished 9th in the 200 breast and 14th in both the 100 breast and 800 free. The 400 medley relay composed of Marg Murray, Karen Murphy, Maida Murray and Claudia Cronin missed placing fiist by one second behind the Oakland team. The girls set a new team record of 4:20.1. The 400 freestyle relay

Claudia Was catching up to the anchor swimmer on the Oakland team. Unfortunately, the Oakland swimmer touched out Claudia by a mere 2/lOths of a second. Nevertheless, the girls set another new team record of 3:50.7. and again placed second. Many of the girls qualified for the CWIAU nationals which are being held at the PAC pool on March 4,5 and 6. As one may see, Waterloo has a very strong team and there is a definite possibility of not only placing first in the province but also first in the nation. Keep that weekend free and come out to the Uniwat ,pool.

Snow No Problem!? The Faculty Joggers bad some tough competition last weekend and did not manage to hold onto their title as champions fdr this year’s Ring Road Relay Race. This year’s entries which totalled 6 teams in all were faced with what could be termed “rotten” weather conditions and had little choice but to run in snow squalls and extremely cold winds. St. Pauls Circumnavigators seemed to be able to withstand weather conditions. They managed fo run the Ring Road in 37:21 min. to capture the title of champs. Their closest contenders being the Faculty Joggers, whose ‘time was 39:02 min. Other entries were from St. Jeromes, Sunnydale and M&C Btiilding. On behalf of the IM department, I would like to commend those of you who braved the weather to take part in this event.

Remember Ski Day!! Today is your last opportunity to purchase your tow tag for th’e Ski Day, February 12. You can purchase your tag from the receptionist in the PAC for $1 .OO. Remember if you decide to wait until next Thursday at Chicopee to buy the same tow tag, it will then cost you $4.00. Ski Day starts at 12 noon with buses leaving from the Campus Center and returning at approximately 5pm. There will be both recreational skiing and also competitive skiing for those of you who would like to try your hand at the Giant Slalom. For the Cross Country skiiers, you can pick up a map of Cross Country Ski Areas in our area from the Intramural Office, room 2040 PAC.

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Tubular mmadawn From the man who brought us that ever-so-evil theme from the Exorcist comes an angelic work of art named OMMADAWN. At first I thought Mike Oldfield’s newest creation was just another copy of that first one, Tubular Bells, but now I realize this was a mistake. The first thing one notices about the album is the color of Mike Oldfield’s piercing eyes. That deep ocean blue is as hypnotic as his incredible musical talents. The feeling of Ommadawn is not as sinister as Oldfield’s other creations, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge. There is a much more floaty atmosphere about Ommadawn. Of course his other two albums were floaty as well, but this time one gets the feeling he is floating upwards. Perhaps it was because of the movie which Tubular Bells was connected to, but for some reason

I always imagined I was being drawn closer to hell whenever I heard it. Regardless of which side he is on it must be admitted that Mr. Oldfield has to be one of the most dedicated musicians of our time. He performed every instrument on Tubular

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Here, even though he is accompanied by a large number of accomplis hed musicians, he still plays a major role in the production of this, his third album. The instruments he plays include harp, electric guitar, ac?ustic bass, electric bass, acoustic guitar, twelve string, mandolin, bodhran, bazouki, banjo, spinet, grand piano, electric organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel and assorted percussion. Not too many musicians can boast of such a wide variety of musical skills.

Turning to the album itself, I must say it is extremely difficult to put into words either the music or the listener’s emotions. This album is so different! The drumming and chanting which build up half way through the first side is so beautifully done! This is where the title of the album is taken from. When asked what the meaning of Ommadawn was Oldfield said it is simply one of the words chanted by Clodagh Simonds. (He went on to say that he thought the chanted words meant something backwards. Perhaps they do but it sounds too much like a gimmick a certain John, Paul, George and Ringo used in order to sell extra copies of records a few years back. That also fits into the Exorcist. Please Mike, we don’t have to know the backward meaning.) A comment on Simond’s chant? It’s enchanting, to say the least. When a friend heard this part of the album he told me it caused him to think of Armageddon in the Bible. Hmmm. Ommadawn, Armageddon. Hmmmm! The second side of the album, like the first side, is peaceful, ever

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so peaceful, Herbie does such beautiful job on the Northumbria] bagpipes. This slowly gives way tl a catchy bass rhythm that make one move, regardless of whethe he/she likes this type of music o not. The last s&g (the only one wit1 decipherable words) has to be rn: favorite part of the album. r? horseman sings softly of how hc prefers being a horseman tc anything-snow, grass, thunder city... “some find it strange to be here on this small planet.. . i’d rather be here than flying through space. . .” The feeling of being totally con tent stays for a while ,afte Ommadawn fades. Then the re cord click click clicks and there i: a choice to make. Listen to it agail or face reality. I choose to listen tc it again and again. You too have a choice to make I advise you to get a copy and es cape into Mike Oldfield’s reality We’ll be hearing much more of ant by him soon enough. (Ommadawr is rated at an incredible nine out o: ten in my book.) -p.d.

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Jefferson Starship-Red Octopus Although this album has been out for quite’ some time it is still well worth reviewing. Every time I hear the tentacles of the Red Octopus I’m taken back to the fantastic concert on Labour Day. The Starship were incredible. They mellowed out the dazzling effect of Gentle Giant and the rowdy get-up-and-scream effect of J. Geils . The only problem was that everyone in the audience was so vegged out after the strain of those two fine groups that Jefferson Starship brought many of us right down and passed us right out. (For cases such as myself it was extremely difficult to keep awake because the previous three days were spent in the semi-heaven of Mosport Park where Melanie, Valdy, Steve Goodman and countless others played music while the audience just played.) Yes, everytime I hear this album the Labour Day weekend flashes back. . ’ Red Octopus is really a work of musical art. This group is so tight! Well, considering the fact that Jefferson Airplane were around so long ago it makes sense. The first song, “Fast Buck Freddie, ’ ’ is a suitable introduction to the album. One becomes immediately aware of the clarity of Gracie Slick’s voice. Considering how like sandpaper over a blackboard her speaking voice sounds it is amazing she can still sing at all. This song also exposes (ever so slightly) the most talented musician of the Starship. I know that with age comes experience and with experience tames ‘close-toperfectionism’. Papa John Creach has attained that nearly perfect style on the violin. Every so often you’ll hear that violin going and it seems to drown everything else out. Bcit later you realize it is background music. Jt’s that good. The next song is one we have all heard for months on the radio “Miracles” really a beautiful song. We can be sure AM radio is headed in the right direction when’ songs such as this are aired. There is a part of the song which I have never heard on. the radio; Irv Cox’s sax piece keeps one waiting for more, but it just disappears. “Git Fiddler” was written by Papa John, Kevin Moore, and John Parker. I think it is the best song on this side because it stands Creach up front, where he should

be more often. If you like thaf southern ‘down home’ qualit) you’ll just love “Git Fiddler”. The last song on the first side “Sweeter Than*Honey”, is so we11 done, musically. It expresses the enthusiasm of Craig Chaquico and Pete Sears that often keep Jefferson Starship as alive as they are. The tempo is incredibly quick bul still it’s all so well done. What 2 strain on the bass player! Pete’s paino is so good on this cut. Song5 like this make one well aware thal the Starship has a crew of musical geniuses aboard. \ Now’ flip over the album. The first couple of songs on the second side are a bit of a disappointment. I guess they are more suitable as background music for a chatter party. One would not exactly interrupt a good conversation to concentrate on either “Play on Love” or “Tumblin”. But “I Want to See Another World” is a different story. No, it is not an &rgument about which soap opera to watch, it’s a fantastic song. This is the first time we hear from Paul Kantner this album (from a song-writing point of view). This song wakes you right up. I think it could be the harshness of Kantner’s cries that arouses so much interest in the listener, but it’s hard to pinpoint. This song is an appeal for everyone to get along with each other, but still it is well done, especially Kantner’s rhythm guitar. Then there is a rather short instumental song by Pete Sear. ‘ ‘Sandalphon” focuses primarily on Sear’s Arp Synthesizer. Really it is nothing special though. A fine piece of music and lyric (by Paul Kantner again) is the final tentacle of the Octopus. “There Will Be Love” is a strong song to end such a dynamic album with. I lost myself in-this last song, floating back to Labour Day Weekend. This was one they played at that concert. Ahhh, those good old days (choke, sob). Red Octopus is more than a record album, it is a page out of musical history. Not too many groups today have such a story behind them as Jefferson Starship has. Like Jefferson Airplane the label of their second record company’ is GRUNT. But you won’t, not at all when you listen to the Red Octopus. -p.d.

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Abduction . of the mind “Abduction” begins with an absurdity and is punctuated throughout by many more. But it is not a comedy; the absurdities are professionally done ’ and easily swallowed unless one approaches the film with a critical eye. Since many people go to films seeking unquestionable entertainment, a lot of these misrepresentations of reality will not be recognized as such; people will consume the entertaining parts such as female nudity, male coolness, fighting, arguunexpected and ing, “suspense”, violent turns of events, etc.-and merely let the rest go by. But the trick is: to what extent do those “absurdities’‘-all those character portrayals and sequences of events between the sex and violence-seep into our minds reinforcing old anyway, stereotypes and initiating new ones in very subtle ways? And, if we consume a steady diet of these absurdities-by regular moviegoing and TV-watching-are they any less dangerous to our mental health (or, indeed, our physical health) as anomalies in our food? In a not-too-dissimilar way to “we are what we eat”, we too often “believe what we see”, either consciously or unconsciously. Although the best way to improve our diet is avoidance of bad food, the same logic cannot be applied as easily to our visuallearning process: we can’t go around with our eyes closed and still hope to deal with the world in a healthy way. But the least we can do in our culture of media hyperexposure is attempt to tell the difference between the sensible and the ridiculous. So, what are some of the absurdities being posed in the dramatic clothing of this supposedly “serious” film? At the beginning a line is flashed on the screen to the effect that the film is based on a novel written in 1972 and that any similarities to real people is pljrely coincidental. Initially, this line is laughable: all the promotion for the film clearly suggests that it is a dramatization of the kidnapping of Patricia Hearst, even going so far as to name the protagonist in the movie “Patty”. The actress looks iike Patty Hearst and the people chosen to portray her parents are even more accurate appearance-wise in those roles. But understanding the intent of the disclaimer becomes desperately schizophrenic as the movie rolls on: the events of the film obviously do not fit in with the facts of the case as uncovered by some investigative journalists, and we are left confused as to whether the film-makers are lying in the dis-

claimer or in the film’s promotion. A good counter-example to their use of “the facts” are the articles written for Rolling Stone magazine by Howard Kohn and David Weir. Their portrayal of radical activists was at least superficially sensible and recognizable to anyone who has had any experience in radical politics. However, some of their attempts to add meat to the personalities in their articles resulted in rather anemic character sketches. The makers of “Abduction”, on the other hand, were using a medium that necessitated portrayals of this depth of personality; it is this element which allows both drama and identification for the viewers of the film. And it is in this area where the characters do not make sense. The kinds of maniacal eruptions of arguments among the kidnappers would within days jeopardize the cohesion that was needed by the SLA for evading the authorities for as long as that group did. The conversion of Patty was implied to be based on a “perverse” sexual need which she felt even before the kidnapping but which was satisfied for her only by her kidnappers (“perserse” in this instance is the context used by the film-makers; although I think that their overall attitudes towards sex could be judged as perverse). This conversion took a mere three days to occur in the course of the film and appeared to be quite voluntary despite her being raped two or three times in the first two days of captivity. Of course, she ends up “deeply in love” with her chief captor and tormentor and even is willing to kill to defend him. The suggestion that violent, sadistic sexual activity can be translated so easily into a heroic love (“heroic” implied by the apparent safe escape of the converted Patty together with her abductors at the end of the film) is not much short of fascism. Instead of mere ransom notes and tape recordings, the abductors send, as threats to the parents, video tapes of their methodical and grim-faced rapes of their victim. This is not only an intolerable scene in itself, but also indicates some kind of intentional dishonesty on the part of the film-makers. They are obviously responsible for dressing up the original novel to make it look like the Patty Hearst situation; yet there is no indication that the real Patty was sexually assaulted by her captors. If inform,ation about such an important and tragic event as the Hearst kidnapping is going to be made public -even in a metaphorical

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form-isn’t there a responsibilitv to stick to that information whit h is actually uncovered? But the absurdities go on in the movie. Patty’s father is shown ‘in the long drawn-out scenes sitting somewhere in his mansion in a dark room where even his wife doesn’t dare enter. Is-he trying to work out some details of a plan for setting his daughter free? Is he going through some deeply personal session of self-criticism over the political charges addressed to him? Hardly; he’s deriving some weird kind of satisfaction from repeatedly watching his daughter being raped on an array of eight video screens. Any disgust felt for that. character should be directed at the people who thought up and executed this ’ movie. And more: the ransom demands in the film are that a new luxury , apartment building built by Patty’s father be immediately destroyed-yes, blown up, not used at reduced rents for lowincome families or turned into something useful for a community,. but spectacularly demolished on TV. How does this destructive demand compare at all to the constructive aspects of a free food distribution plan as demanded by the SLA? One of the abductors is homosexual, but her lesbianism is only seen as another sort of assault on Patty. The video cameras capture this as another threatening “ransom note” which turns out to be further s amusement for the father. None of these scenes are all that much unusual for movies these constituted the normality in politidays. In fact, they‘d0 have the poscal kidnappings and to do so either sibility of happening in real life. consciously or unconsciously reSooner or later there’s bound to be sults in the worst form of misleadsensationalist stories concerning ing one-directional propaganda sexual assault of a victim of politithat is available to the general pubcal kidnappings and sooner or later lit . some group of kidnappers is going Even if this attempt were conto make ransom demands that are scious, the timing would not be betas hard to make sense out of as the ter. The film is being released at the blowing up of a new building. But same time that Patty Hearst’s trials to pose these and other abnorare starting. It also comes at a time malities in a feature film as if they when there is a vacuum of in-depth

information about such political acts. Such vacuums should be filled in a responsible way with efforts made to answer as many questions as possible. Movies like “Abduction” result in just the opposite. They exploit the lack of information by mystifying the event even further; a cheap trick for the sake of suspense and drama. Such sensationalism is the Shit!&

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Since I have labelled this my favorite album of the week I feel I should share these thoughts on musical ecstasy with someone. You’re the only person who’ll take what I say seriously so you’re going to have to be the one. (At least wait until you’ve read the name of the album before you flip the page. Promise? Okay, thanx.) I must admit I really do not know too much of this group although they have been around for quite a while and their name is familiar to most of us. Individually they are: Lindsey Buckingham (guitars, vocals), Chris tine McVie (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals), John McVie (bass), Stevie Nicks (vocals) and Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion). Together they produce a unique style of rock music which can be partially detected these days on radio. Both AM and FM are giving a sufficient amount of air play to one of this album’s songs, “Over My Head”. As usual, this is to encourage those with slightly overweight wallets to thin them out by purchasing the album; it’s called Fleetwood Mat. (If you haven’t guessed the name of the group after having it spelled out twice I advise you to turn the page.) Fleetwood Mat, as I said, has been together for a long time but they change personnel almost

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every album. I really hope this combination stays together for at least a few more recording sessions . I’ve been listening to it for two months now and the emotional ties are getting tighter and tighter. If they do shuffle the group around again I’m sure this album cannot be outdone. But don’t quote me on that. I’m trying to keep these reviews brief (primarily so those of you who have better things to do with your spare time can read them while a lecturing prof turns his back, or whatever) so I” won’t describe every emotion felt as the sound gets me higher. Just believe me, this is the album you want to hear when the urge to get lost in good (and I do mean GOOD) “mellow-rock” hits you. If you are normal in any way you’ll soon find yourself dragging the speakers into the. bathroom, turning the bass right up, turning the volume just below speakerblow level, enjoying your shower like you never have before. That’s what I do and I advise it to anyone. Believe me, it’s better than singing to yourself. Oh-“ Rhiannon” is playing right now! I’m sorry but I’ll have to partially break my promise because I have to try to describe one or two of the feelings aroused from this song.

The thoughts that that girl’s (I can’t tell if it’s McVie’s or Buckingham’s) voice stimulates in my mind when she sings about a “woman taken by the wind” who “rules her life like a bird through the night” are just incredible. And when she asks “who will be her lover?” my dreams flow. Ahhh Rhiannon, “she is like a cat in the night, and then she is the darkness”. What a woman she must be. Then the singer asks, “Would you stay if she promised you heaven?’ ’ . The answer just reaches my lips and then my fantasies are shattered by the harsh reality of the cruel words “will you ever win?“. The song fades long after my dreams do but the truth of the last line echoes one time too often-‘ ‘ Love’s a state of my mind.” Enough of that. I really cannot determine what the strongest point of the album is. It’s all so well done. Try to get hold of a copy of this album from someone and listen to it; it will sell itself I’m sure. If you’re not in the situation where you can afford it encourage a friend who is. That friend will be grateful. It’s simply entitled F&twood Mat. The cover is black lettering on a white background and has a picture of two guys from the group standing in a doorway. One of them is a bit too short. You’ll see what. I mean. It’s on the Warner Bros. Reprise label. There’s also a lyric sheet enclosed, which is always nice. Listen to it a few times I know it’ll be one of your favourites for at least a week. -a.

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She wishes she could do a lot of things she says, “but I can’t” she says, “right now”. Unfortunately she grew up, as they say ‘on the wrong side of the tracks’, and unfortunately, while you were hoarding facts she was in a line-standing . assembling parts of some kind or another. Day after day, seven to five for food on the table and clothes on the backs of brothers and sisters that hardly remember now, and too exhausted by night to read anything other than a romance or two; just simply worn out from a hell of a long day in some stuffy-air factory. But she did it, almost after too many years said “fuck it” to ‘piss factory’, as Patti Smith calls it, and she went back to school; one last chance to escape that rut of a life she’d been living. But now, as if it ain’t hard enough, some goof proposes to raise tuition 65%, and a staff cutback too. Well, it doesn’t leave much room for imagination to see why the rich know more of and the poor know less of the twentieth century knowledge _needed to Bring in the Bucks without being bored out of your mind in the process, and it ain’t too hard to see Huxley’s nightmare a dream in some rich idiots eyes. But let’s just leave the late sixties b out of the late seventies; save it for the eighties or the nineties, for Christ’s sake \ we all know it’ll be over by 2000. Just give her a book or some music, or a film, or some drink or sex, or whatever you’re giving away this year, that’s not too dear or detrimental to your politics, that slips its way down from the head of ‘piss factory’ to her, more than suggesting her spot back in the factory.

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We, the undersigned, are writing this letter in support of the candidacy of Franz Klingender, Don Orth, and Donna Rogers for positions of Arts representatives on students’ council. , It is our opinion, that these three persons have the experience and responsibility to serve Arts students in a better capacity than the other candidates in this election. The following is a brief outline of each candidate’s qualifications 1 Franz Klingender : third year Honours History. Franz has been actively involved in the Federation-of Students for the past --three years. He is presently ‘the cochairperson of the board of education’. Franz has been involved in the planning of such events as the Symposium on Native Peoples (TANDI); the African People’s Symposium and China Week. He has also been on the senate library board for the past two years. Don Orth: third year ‘Honours Political Science. Don has been actively involved in para-legal assistance for the past two and a half years. He has served terms as both president and vice-president of that organization. With para-legal assistance he has dealt with such student problems as housing, landlord and tenant disputes and employment problems. Presently he is the secretary-treasurer of the Political Science Union and is on the external affairs committee for that department. third year Honours Donna Rogers: Spanish and Latin. Donna has been involved also with the Federation of Students. Since September, 1975 she has been co-chairperson of the board of communications. With that board she also sits on the broadcasting and advertising committees. For two years she has been actively involved with Radio Waterloo and is presently serving on the steering committee of that organization. As a team, Klingende;, Orth and Rogers have promised to fight the decrease in educational spending and the increasing of tuition fees. These three candidates have also promised to maintain regular communications with their constituents and will attempt to get Arts students’ input concerning what they would like to see done on campus, both socially and educationally. Furthermore, Klingender, Orth and Rogers have expressed. a willingness to cooperate with the federation president, Shane Roberts in hopes that the student council can work in a positive fashion and not be split by extremist political views or petty in-fighting. Ted Haugen-Arts Council Rep.-History Laurie Lawson-2nd Year Arts-Turnkey Micheal Cormier-President Para-Legal Assis. Don Young-President Political Science Union Ken Johnston-President English Society Hilda Young-President History Society and

History Rep. on Arts Council Ada Lorenz-President of German Club Lang Rep. Arts Society Kim Fullerton-for the Philosophy Undergrad Assoc. Bernard Walsh-Presldit of Anthro Club Bruce Duncan-President of Psychology Society Arts Council Rep. for Peych. Douglas Antoine-Vise-Pres. Arts Society Leonard Frlesen-Vie President Conrad Grebel College Student Council

Election - a correctiofi On reading the “Election Results”

in last week’s Chevron I found that you had failed to list the results for my faculty, namely, Integrated Studies. Some simple calculations soon revealed that the results were: Fernandez-5, n Roberts-5, Rorrison-1 . This in turn means that your report that Shane Roberts won in all faculties was incorrect. The election for president of the Federation of Students is one story- the Chevron should take seriously. How is it then, that, with a full time paid staff of three and a number .of volunteer staff members, the Chevron could not get the simplest of facts straight. John Stafford The table of results we published was copied from the blackboard used by chief returning officer Gary Prudence to tabulate the results. There was no breakdown for IS on the board, hence no breakdown for IS in the (paper. We regret misleading you. lettitor

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campus .” (? !) Clearly the main enemy of the students is the Ontario government cutbacks, and the employment of such tatics I feel, is an outrage to all those who subscribe to the basic principles of democracy! In his campaign, Roberts continually avoided the main issue, that is to unite all students to fight these cutbacks, by bringing up attacks on a student organization. Yet this organisation was not even allowed to step forward and defend itself. According to the basic principles of democracy, once an organization has been attacked, it has the right to step forward and defend-itself. The Federation of Students, which is supposedly a democratic organization representing all students, made clear their support of one candidate, Shane Roberts, in opposing the other two candidates’ stand on NUS and by intervening in the election with the leaflet, “NUS is US.” This leaflet was clearly an attempt to discredit one of the candidates and his position on NUS. Furthermore, a chairperson of one of the federation boards, stepped forward to undermine one of the candidates’ platforms. Is it a principle of democracy that a person in an appointed, official position, paid by the Federation of Students, take a stand against one of the candidates? Of course not! I consider these actions an outrage and a violation of the principles of democracy. I am sure that other democratic students‘ are in agreement with me. Dianne Chapitis

draw as a candidate, hoping to strengthen his own support, we, the students were dealt a vicious insult! We should never have allowed such an intent to slip by us so unnoticed. Third, it seemed that especially in the later stages of the campaign, the issues of greatest concern to students were buried under a personal and political attack by RQ~U~S on Femandez which became the focal point of the election. Roberts’ attack and the defence that followed should not have been allowed to take precedence over the platforms of the candidates. This desperate attempt to divert attention from. the real issues of the election should not have been successful especially at a time when platform issues were most crucial to the map jority of us-Fighting the Cutbacks! Not all of my reflections of last week, however, are so negative. For the first time in a long while there was a political theme to an election that has been in the past, largely decided upon by pubs and concerts. Also during the course of the sometimes bitter campaign clearly two lines were defined, a progressive line which proposed to take up the leadership to direct us in our fight against the cutbacks and to wipe out the bureaucracy of the federation; and the reactionary line which will uphold bureaucracy and in my view, do little to stand in the way of the cutbacks. The encouraging element however, is that the upholders of the opposing themes were exposed and Roberts should have severe difficulty in maintaining his image to students as a leftist of any sort. If you’re thinking that my choice of candidates didn’t win you’re right! But far from being bitter. I feel that this could and should be a%gnificant victory for all students if we; 1. Pressure the federation for change concerning the by-law on election eligibility. X 2. Denounce dirty campaign tactics and strategies. 3. Continue our fight against the bureaucrats. 4. Continue our fight against the cutbacks. \ Clara Kisko

Looking back at the federation election, I feel that all students, regardless of the candidate that they supported, should now be 1) questioning the rules-governing the eligibility of those running for office and 2) questioning the tactics, and strategies used by certain candidates and their committees. With sufficient support from all students perhaps the injustices apparent in the past election can be corrected and we may begin to define what we consider to be legitimate and acceptable behaviour for elections in ~ the future. In observing the presidential election First we must take a stand on the by-law that allows past-presidents of the federation campaign, I was shocked at the underhanded tactics employed by one of the canat the University of Waterloo to be eligible for presidential nomination long after they ,didates , namely, Shane Roberts. One of the methods was exposed- by cease to be students at this university. Do another candidate, Bruce Rorrison, in his we feel that they can be truly representative of the student body and have our present platform given at the two forums held in interests in mind? I . think not, and urge. Engineering Four and the Campus Centre, other students to stand firm against this byTues. Jan. 27th. Prior to the start of the law. We must pressure the federation to election campaign, Shane Roberts apremove it from the constitution. proached Bruce Rorrison suggesting he Secondly, we must never again allow the drop out of the, campaign and collaborate with him, in return for some appropriate back-room, gutter politics of the past election to occur. When a desperate Shane reward, to fight what he called the main enemy of the students, “the Maoists on Roberts asked Rorrison to voluntarily with-

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the first Sikh settlers were mostly former policemen and soldiers of the British imperial service. To fight oppression is a founding principle of the Sikh religion. More than other immigrant communities of Vancouver, the East Indians have refused to accept the intimidation and discrimination imposed on them. The ways and means of such refusal have been debated since the early .days of Sikh settlement, in the gurdawara (temples) around the Fraser Valley. At present internal tensions within the community are high. Should Sikhs give up their turbans and beards? Should they. avoid using Punjabi . in public? -Should they counter violence with violence? On one extreme are the religiously orthodox who withdraw into their communities rather than sacrifice symbols and principles of their creed to accommodate a culture they see less ’ tolerant and more hedonistic than their own. On the other, are those who stress the links between imperialistic oppression of their homeland and their own fate as second-class citizens here; the violence of oppression can only be met with counter’ * violence. Both traditions have a long history. In the extreme, neither tendency is representative of attitudes of the community as a whole. But both are perfectly understandable within the context of the Indian community’s experience in British Columbia. Camouflaged discrimination The federal government has traditionally gone along with British Columbia’s antiAsian tendencies. Early in the century, for example, Mackenzie King, later to becpme Prime Minister of Canada, visited London and Calcutta to press the viewpoint that Asian immigration be restricted. Following the example of South Africa, Canada fully imposed such restrictions by 1918. (The number of permanent East Indian residents in Canada fell f?om more than 5,000 in 1908 to less than half that number in 1911 as the%door closed.) Most Indians have come to Canada only since 1967 when the first relatively nondiscriminatory immigration regulations were introduced. Ottawa’s Green Paper on immigration suggests that this policy will become an aberration and that new policy wil.& among other things, once aeain accommodate the

*Anti-Asian tensibns - ’ ‘a in British Columbia His position did not lack precedent: in 1906 the mayor of Vtincouver forbade a boatload of East Indian immigrants to disembark at the city’s pier (an action repeated subsequently by provincial and federal officials) . Henry Gladstone, a nephew of the famous British Prime Minister who had served in India, pleaded, “The Sikhs are scrupulously clean and I regard them as a very fine race of men. ” Nonetheless the mayor cabled Winston Churchill, requesting the then Colonial Secretary in London to staunch the flow of Indian immigrants to British Columbia. In 1906 the Lower Fraser Valley had about 5,000 East Indians in a population of less than 100,000. Today there are about 22,000 among about one million people in the Vancouver metropolitan area. A recent poll of -Grade 11 students made in Vancouver by the department of manpower and immigration showed the overwhelming majority to be hostile toward immigrants generally. According to a senior department ;Official, who insisted he not be quoted, most answered that they felt immigrants did not speak English well, made no attempt to fit in and used an inord,inate amount of welfare. They felt immigration should be stopped. The survey did not ask which ethnic group was least liked, but according to the life in British Columbia, but one cannot officer East Indians experience the most radeny it still plays a role. cial discrimination: “B.C. has always been In 1974 mayor Art Phillips of Vancouver dominantly waspish. People here have gotclaimed the influx of “coloured” (in, Vanten accustomed to the Chinese, but the couver that means East Indian since there Chinese act the way the white man likes to see the little brown brother act. Sikhs are are’very few black) immigrants would lead to racial conflict. He called on the federal warriors: they don’t put up with that shit!” government to recognize that the rate of Reaction to oppression immigration has been too great for the The warrior ethic of the East Indian community to absorb. * community has been much overblown. But

We reprint this article from the Last post for the historical background it presents on, the government’s racist policies and how they have affected the East Indian community in British Columbia. However, we would like to caution readers about a serious bias carried by its I ’ *author, Michael Morrow? Morrow believes that racism is “entrenched” among the pepple of BC and that the government is accommodating those feelings. We don’t agree with this: In our view the Canadian people are not racist. There are some racist elements among the. people but they have no broad support. Canadians fought agains; fascism and racism in the second World War and more recently when the government tried to f/oat its Green Paper on immigration which blamed East Indian and Caribbean people for virtually a// the problems in Canada it met with stern opposition from the people. Our view is that the Green Paper and other state acts against the fast Indians are an attempt by the government to whip up racial hysteria so that people will blame their neighbour rather than the monopoly capitalist system for problems we face. 1 The Green Paper slandered Asian and Caribbean immigrants. It blamed this tini/ segment of our population (less than 70%) for the housing and land shortage, pollution, and urban congestion. By promoting these totally unfounded views the government hoped to stir up hysteria. Its paper served as a platform for the fascist party, the Western Guard, to have representatives appear on TV and radio to spout their filth. Morrow is aware of the faults of the Green Paper, and his article deals with s&era/ other attacks which the state has launched against the fast lndians e.g. -the continuous passage legislation, an@ the refusal to let a boat load of immigrants /and, yet his solution to the pro&m is for the government to investigate why some Canadians are racist. In-reality what this means is that a government which promotes racism should investigate how much effect its propaganda is having. We consider Morrows opinion to be wrong. Our view is that it is the government which is promoting racism, that the Canadian people are not racist and that the East Indians and other minority groups who have been attacked by some thugs have every right to defend themselves, as the East Indians have chosen to do in centres across the country by forming defence committees.

ARMISTICE DAY, 1918. Around ’ the world the Great War had ended; in a Victoria Saloon a small disturbance had begun. “Take your hat off,” said the one-legged veteran. “Please, it is my religion to wear this,” said the other man. “Take it off!” “Please!” . The crippled veteran’s arm flicked out; it ripped the turban from the Sikh’s head. Just ti stiiftly the bearded man lunged at his tormentor, driving him to the flodr. It was. soon over: other white men in the bar beat the ‘Sikh to death. This incident was not the first example of , racial violence in British Columbia involving immigrants from the Indian subcontinent-nor the last . I In 1914, for example, the Komagata Maru affair had erupted in Vancouver’s English Bay. -Directly and indirectly, the affair claimed nearly 500 lives, helped spark India’s fledgling independence movement, and filled Vancouver’s papers \;vith mutinies, murders, intrigues and executions. Sixty years later, ‘Vancouver’s papers liote an increasing number of incidents of racial violence involving East Indians. From the inflammatory tone of some local radio talk shows, bne is led to believe that the level of racial tolerance among British Columbia’s whites has not changed much since the beginning of the century wlien Sir Wilfrid Laurier, then Prime Minister of Canada, wrote, “Strange to say the Hindus.. .are looked upon by our people ‘in British Columbia with still more disfavour _ than the Chinese...” British Columbia has always received &ost of Canada’s immigrants from Asia, and anti-Asian feelings have deep roots. Even before the first 45 Indian settlers to Canada had come to Port Moody, (today a Vancouver suburb) in 1905, the provin&l legislature had denied all Asiaris the right to vote-not to return it until 1947. * . The Indians-most of whom were Sikhs though mis-called ‘ ‘Hindoos’ ‘*ould not avoid the lyrics of a song popular along the B.C. coast in the early part of the century:

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tensions c’ontinued from page 24 anti-Indian feeling which exists in the province. At the federal level, discrimination against East Indians has often been camouflaged. The first and one of the most effective barriers to Indian migration, for example, was a 1907 Order-in-Council which prohibited the landing of immigrants unless they came from the country of their birth or of their citizenship by continuous journey and on a thro,ugh ticket purchased before leaving home. H.H. Stevens, then member of parliament from Vancouver, admitted at the time that the minister who drafted the order “knew, and his government knew, that there was no steamship line-direct from India to Canada and therefore this regulation would keep the Hindu out, and at the same time render the government immune from attack on the ground that they were passing regulations against the interests of the Hindus who are British subjects.” * Green Paper bias The Trudeau government’s Green Paper treats the racial question with similar Victorian circumspection, but clearly East Indians, other Asians and blacks are the primary targets of its bias toward policies to curtail immigration or make it more geographically discriminatory. According to the Paper, the inflow of Asian and Carribbean immigrants coincides with continuing internal migration into the

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biggest cities. “It would be astonishing if there was no concern about the capacity of our society to adjust to a pace of population change that entails novel and distinctive features .” The Paper does not explain why immigrants should be held responsible for such

The KomagataMaru incident by Sheila Adams On May 23, 1914, the Japanese steamer Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver. Aboard the steamer were 376 East Indian men who wanted to immigrate to Canada. The immigration department refused to allow the passengers to leave the ship, and it lay at anchor in Burrard Inlet for two months. During this time, a tense drama was taking place in the courtroom, on the pages of Vancouver’s newspapers, and on board the ship. For two long months, the men were confined to the ship while they awaited the final decision of the immigration department. When the Komagata Maru finally left Vancouver on July 23 to return to India, it was under the escort of HMCS Rainbow, a cruiser of the Canadian Navy. The prevailing attitudes of the white population of B.C. at that time were profoundly anti-Asian, and white workingmen in particular felt threatened by the pool of cheap labour formed by Chinese, Japanese and East Indian immigrants. The Canadian government had already passed restrictions against Chinese immigration, but in order to do the same concerning East Indians, it had to circumvent the fact that East Indians were British subjects; , restricting their immigration would cause a strain in relations between the two Commonwealth countries : Therefore, two Orders in Council were passed in 1908; one required that each Asian immigrant had to have $200 in his possession upon landing in Canada, and the other required that all immigrants must come to Canada directly from their country of birth or citizenship. Since there was no direct steamship service between Canada and India at that time, the order proved to be quite effective. , After examining the passengers and allowing 20 to land who had been to Canada previously, the immigration department issued a deportation order which was based upon the Orders-in-Council. The local Indian community secured legal help to fight the deportation order, and this became a lengthy court battle. It ended in defeat for the Indians, as the order was upheld by a Court of Appeal on July 9. During this period, the passengers had run out of food and water and threatened to hold an immigration official as hostage unless they were given some food. The immigration dept. complied but refused to give them further provisions until the ship was ready to sail. The passengers eventually mutinied against the Japanese captain and crew, and refused to allow them to fire up the ships’ engines in preparation for departure. The immigration dept. and local police, with a force of 150 men, tried to quell the riot and board the ship from a tugboat, the Sea Lion, but they were repelled by the passengers, who threw lumps of coal and sticks at them. At this point, the Member of Parliament for Vancouver, H.H. Stevens, who had been aboard the Sea Lion, secured the use of the Canadian Navy cruiser Rainbow. It was rushed to the scene, equipped with eight guns and a detachment of militia, and was used to escort the Komagata Maru out of Vancouver harbour. The departure of the ship was observed from the shore by a force of troops on the docks, andthousands of Vancouver residents. When the men landed back in India, their frustration at having been refused entrance to Canada, and having been on board the ship continuously for six months reached the breaking point. A riot ‘ensued in which 26 men were killed and over 200 arrested. Many disturbances thereafter were attributed to these men, whose experience on the Komagata Maru had indeed caused them to be further disaffected. “In Vancouver, a trail of In his book, A History of the Sikhs , Khushwant Singh writes: Dept. had engaged the services of a violence followed the departure . . . . The Immigration Eurasian policeman, William Hopkinson, to break up the Ghadr organization (a Sikh political party). Hopkinson’s chief aide was one Bela Singh. Two of Bela Singh’s henchmen were found murdered. At the post-funeral service of these murdered men in the gurdwara, Bela Singh killed two and wounded six other men. William Hopkinson volunteered to appear as a witness for the defence in the trial of Bela Singh. On October 21,1914, Hopkinson was shot and killed by Mewa Singh, the priest of a gurdwara. Mewa Singh was sentenced to death. Prior to his execution he made a confessional statement . . . : ‘My religion does not teach me to bear enmity with anybody, no matter what class, creed or order he belongs to, nor had I any enmity with Hopkinson. I heard that a Sikh-could no longer bear to he was oppressing my poor people very much . . .I-being see the wrong done both to my innocent countrymen and the Dominion of Canada.’ .. . Mewa Singh was hanged on January 11, 1915. The anniversary of Mewa Singh’s martyrdom is celebrated every year by the Sikhs of Canada and the USA.” Following the death of the Komagata Maru voyagers in Calcutta, a battalion of Indian soldiers in Singapore mutinied, and released the German prisoners of war they were holding out of contempt for British authority. They were all shot before a firing squad. Indian settlers *from the Vancouver area returned to India to take part in the so-called Lahore Incident, one of the first overt acts of rebellion against British rule leading up to the country’s independence more than three decades later. ‘.

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urban concentrations and not economic planners, entrepreneurs and others who put most jobs and social amenities in the big cities. In particular, the Paper does not explain just why these “coloured” immigrants are the root of the problem. By its own statistics, there were nearly 464,000 immigrants from Italy to Canada from 1946 to 1971 compared with slightly more than 263,000 from all of Asia. Why are Italians not the problem? Presumably, the answer has something to do with the “different” cultural baggage these “third world” immigrants bring with them. But the answer would also seem to have something to do with racial attitudes of some Canadians. In some ears there must still ring the ironical alarm sounded nearly 70 years ago by The Citizen of Ottawa: “It is impossible any longer to call Canada a white man’s country.” Stuart Rush, a Vancouver lawyer who specializes in immigration law, said existing immigration law already works against his clients, most of whom are Asians. “The points system is weighted in favour of whites;” he said, “the law also gives wide discretionary powers to immigration authorities-whites get breaks all the time; third world people get almost none at ,all.” Rush said “there is explicit discrimination against Asians here.. ..Next to the native Indians, East Indians are subjected to more than any other ethnic group in the province. ” According to Rush, the Green Paper is a move to make more explicit in law what has become increasingly explicit in practice: “They’re closing the borders to third world people because we’re moving into a period of depression and they don’t need the cheap labour. ” Rush claims that, unlike the situation at the turn of the century opposition to immigrants is not coming from “progressive” trade union leaders. Groups like East Indian forestry workers in Nanaimo and Quesnel are playing active roles in unions, which alleviates potential tension at that level. Trade union leaders understand that the way the economy is organized and managed is the root of Canada’s economic problem.

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At a working-class level, Rush sees differences springing from other fat tors-‘ ‘bigotry, differences in lifestyles’ ’ . He considers it abhorrent that Canada should allow immigration policy to be primarily determined by such considerations. Entrenched racism The Green Paper dismisses the argument that Canada has an obligation to assist in the solution of global population problems through immigration as not “practicable” or subscribed to by leaders of governments in countries with the largest and poorest populations. It avoids, however, the implications for Canada, and particularly for British Columbia where racism has been so entrenched, of not facing up to discrimination as it ‘now exists and as it might develop under future policy. Or, even more insidious, of using an Orwellian doublespeak to camouflage racially discriminatory policies in the tradition of the “continuous voyage” clause imposed on East Indians at the beginning of the century . The “realism and clear perception” by which the Green Paper claims to address itself would perhaps be better served by frank analysis of why some Canadians consider an East Indian immigrant a “Punjabi nigger” than by limp concern over “population change that entails novel and distinctive features. ” The first step to solving any problem is to expose it for examination, not to bury it in silly language. That immigrants in general, and East Indians in particular, are not popular in Vancouver and other parts of British Columbia has become increasingly selfevident. One can walk the streets of tickytacky houses in South and East Vancouver to get that message. But there is more to the problem than can be blamed on “coloured” immigrants, and more to its solution than racially exclusive immigration policies. If a progressive society is really the goal, the first step for Canada, and for British Columbia in particular, is to face up to a heritage of racism that locates it somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon Line rather than just north of the 49th parallel.

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The American academic system’s preferred image of itself is one that projects an increasing independence, from the time of its secularization up to the successful achievement of professionalization. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, colleges and seminaries transmitted the values of a community. Teachers were mere employees, badly paid and held in low esteem; their role was not even essential in the socialization of youth. By the middle of the twentieth century, the universities have become powerful institutions. Moreover, the teachers have gradually gained control of features essential to their management, to the recruitment and promotion of their colleagues, and to the organization of research-for which individuals rather than institutions receive the financial allocations. Their rights are recognized and their security of employment guaranteed, at least for those who have tenure. , Knowledge is respected and the teachers are paid at higher rates. Society recognizes that scientific research and higher education are factors essential to its own development. / Independence Independence has replaced dependence, and the bonds of tradition have been shattered by freedom in research. An outline sketch of this type, all the details of -which could easily be penned in, is a correct description of certain aspects of the evolution of the academic system. It is, however, dangerously misleading. . First, it arbitrarily isolates certain features of a situation that can only be understood in its totality. Second, it reduces the meaning of a situation to the understanding of one of its protagonists, namely academic man; the latter is thus judge and plaintiff and tends to identify his intentions with the social meaning of his actions. To define the academic system solely in terms of the professionalization of the teachers, or in terms of the objectivity of science (which comes to the same thing), would be to forget that between the scholar and scientific knowledge there is a stratum of interventions and limitations. -Not all academics are scholars; not all the knowledge created and transmitted in the universities consists of propbsitions that can be scientifically proven. -The majority of those employed by the academic system are engaged in teaching tasks, and teaching is not the simple extension of researc‘h, just as not all students are future research workers. -The characteristics of the student population-be it their social origin, their personal relationships, or their’professional opportunities-depend very little on the intervention of the teachers. -The development of scientific or intellectual work depends upon decisions and choices that are not taken uniquely on the basis of scientific considerations. Their financing does not directly respond to the scholars’ requirements. The list of these elementary conclusions can be extended ad infinitum. I have only referred to them as a reminder of the extent to which it is arbitrary to take for granted a direct and abstract liaison between the teacher and “values,” and to reduce the academic system to the organization of this privileged relationship.

Idealism While those who are not academics find these remarks obvious and of no interest, we must nevertheless bear in that as a general rule it is academics study universities and that they have a

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understandable tendency to analyze it from their point of view. (It is always difficult for a priest not to start a study of his religion by examining the relationship with his god and to make a critical analysis of the social-not the religious4eterminants of the language, organization, and practices of the religious life.) It is all the more difficult because in many cases the appeal to “sociology” only reinforces the fault in vision that it is supposed to correct. In effect, the more one insists on the social hindrances that stand in the way of creative activity, the more it appears that one is putting all that is secondary to one side in order to reach the essential-that is, faith, art, and knowledge. As a reaction to this idealism it is tempting to adopt a diametrically opposed ap-

This statement is similar to the one that we first criticized, which assumed a fixed point of comparison, namely, the values represented by scientific learning. the second assumed another, namely, class relationships. In both cases academic activity serves a social postulate to which it is subject and on the nature of which it has no influence whatsoever. This statement neglects an essential fact: knowledge is a force of production. At the outset of this study, I added that--it was linked to the cultural model. It is as impossible to say that this production is institutionalized and organized independently of class relationships and the political situation as it is to declare that it is only an ideological tool for the reproduction of class relationships. It is misleading to discuss the relationship

between the university and society if this small word and leads us to define the position of the university in relation to a society defined as not including the university, or exclusive of the production of knowledge. This would be tantamount to studying how the soul of the university is incarnated in the social body. We must first, therefore, destroy these fictitious persons -the university and society-and consider the various social roles of knowledge. I refer here to my opening remarks (in the general introduction), where I distinguished between the three main roles, which I termed theory, adaptation, and ideology.

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-the class conflict. Knowledge of adaptation because it is linked to social organization and primarily to vocational training. In this respect, it is a social resource utilized by a political system to achieve a certain production and therefore a certain transformation of social activity. The interplay of political forces determines the social uses of knowledge. Finally, knowledge is ideology to the extent that any ruling class is capable not only of pursuing its own interests but of using its ideology to enforce an order on society as a whole and to maintain the same both by repressive measures and by methods of socialization. In this respect, the universities have the double task of repression and of embedding the prevailing norms in the mental structures of the citizens. But it is not sufficient to distinguish these “functions” of the academic system. Do they in practice overlap? It may be maintained that the ruling class is sole possessor of the model of learning and the cultural model, that the political system is merely a means of reinforcing its domination, and that the language of a society is nothing but the ideology that the ruling class imposes on it; if this is so, the university is merely the instrument of the ruling class. .

preach. Given society as it is-its class relationships, its political system, and its organizational structures-teaching can be considered as a mechanism for the transmission from one generation to the next of norms and values, of vested interests, and inequalities. Teaching is only a form of ideology; if you change society, you must change both the organization of the university and the content of both teaching and research. There is no doubt that this reproductive function is one of the essential roles of the university. But can we content ourselves with a statement of this sort? It has in any event to be completed. A society is not static-and an industrialized society is even less so than the others. We are therefore led at least to say that universities assure a continuity within this change and that they maintain a fundamental social structure while adapting to change. For example, they maintain class relationships, while at the same time effecting a certain amount of individual social mobility and modifying the professional and cultural characteristics of one part of the population.

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The context is that of a closed society, which can, moreover, be technically dynamic right up to the time of its disintegration. The latter is caused both by the pressures of an uncontrolled environment and by the upsurge of demands repressed in the very collective consciousness itself by the dominant ideology. The same reasoning applies if we replace the ruling class as the principle of order by the power elite, or, better still, by an institutional expression of the collective consciousness and of social and cultural consensus. If, on the contrary, it is maintained that society is entirely open, that social classes are competitors capable of exerting a certain influence on each other, that the political system is a network of variable strategies, and that the language of society has no unity other than the totality of opinions expressed, appears as ._ - the university z directly linked to values. These values may be hidden from sight in the disorder or disorganization of society, but they are the only justification for its existence. One can imagine such situations existing. But the first (that of the closed society) is more likely to be found in low-differentiated societies that evolve slowly, where there therefore generally does not exist any specifically academic organization but other more comprehensive forms for educating the young. As to the second (the open society), which represents a society with no power, it seems to presage a generalized crisis in which the university would probably be dissolved, like all the other institutions. To say that the university serves values, or, on the other hand, that it serves the ruling class, is the equivalent of saying that our society belongs to one of the two types that I have just rapidly outlined above. But it probably would be more useful to examine less schematically the situations that lie between these two extreme types, situations that have the advantage of corresponding to an observable reality. The extent to which a ruling class has a hold on the cultural model, the extent to which the political system is open or closed, the degree of stability of change in the form of work of a society-these combine with one another to bring the academic system closer to one type or another, and to give varying importance to each of its functions. The general characteristics of American society are such that these three functions exist simultaneously, that is to say, they mutually limit one another, which allows us to conclude that the academic system is open and-consequently that it is purely a locus of tensions.

Cultural revolt This is apparent at first sight when we consider the crisis,of the 196Os, which was continued

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it once class conflict, crisis in government, rnd a cultural revolt. During this period the production role of .he university was challenged as was its place in the ruling apparatus of society; a :ritique was made of its decision-making system and of its adaptation to requirenents; and its ideological role of integration into the social order was rejected. The inventiveness and the significance of his movement would not be so great if socety and the academic system were not so ‘open,” if the radical students had been rorced to say “their” university. The openness of society by no means signifies that class conflicts are reabsorbed nto a pure complex of influences and strategies, and the dominant ideology into an open discussion. It means that the development of conflicts within a society is permitted through a differentiation of the problems, by the presence and the capacity for action of opposing social forces; and by the existence of a model of learning and of a cultural model that are endowed with autonomous forms of social existence and which are not in the sole possession of the ruling class. The opposition forces in this context are neither fundamentalist movements, attempting to recover the purity of their values, nor forces of total rupture that have no other perspective than to contribute to the disintegration of a society undermined by contradictions and by the accumulation of repressed needs. In other social situations, profoundly difTrent social movements have more reasons for constituting themselves. In a dependent society, maintained in a situation of underdevelopment by foreign domination, the opposition can only aim at breaking up the .society; there is no internal dynamic other than the pattern of uprising followed by repression. It is still more useful to compare the American academic situation with the French one, which is very different and situated in a! society that, despite archaic aspects, can’t be termed underdeveloped. The crisis in government and the crisis in organization are in the French case much more acute. In particular, higher education is compartmentalized so as to maintain at

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On the other hand, in large parts of the university, and especially at the level of the young teachers, the academic rhetoric has been overtaken by an ideology of opposition, or at least distrust? with regard to the powers-that-be. In this type of situation, the ‘Abstract’ * student movement is much more a rejection than a counter-project. The role of education in a society whose All the problems come on top of one cultural model is “abstract” is primarily another; there is a general crisis in the ideological. By “abstract”, I mean a society academic system that gives the movement a whose ability to act on itself is slight enough large revolutionary potential but also little for this creativity not to be perceived as a influence. It goes much further in its attack social practice but as a principle transcendon social order and threatens the regime, 0 ing practices, a society, for example, whose cultural model is not science and technolbut its main “contestation” disintegrates after this outburst as a result of the organiogy but a suprahuman order, state abzational and institutional crisis of the unisolutism, or even the “laws” of the market. On the other hand, the more a society versity. The liveliest tendencies of the student defines itself in relation to its capacity for movement always understood this and atchange and no longer in relation to the rules tempted to move outside the university. of its functioning and its perpetuation, the What remains of the May ‘68 movement in more teaching is closely associated with the the university is expressed much more by a production of knowledge. In the first situaconfused ideological production than by a tion the integration of the educational system capacity for political action or a true intelcan be extreme. But the history that we lectual criticism., This situation does not re- have outlined begins later, at the point when sult from the tendencies and the nature of the organization of movement prevailed the student movement, but from-the state of over the maintenance of order. This is why decomposition of the academic system. the integration of the academic system was The weakness of the American moveslight at the end of the nineteenth century. ment is the reverse; while it has extensive Education of the bourgeoisie, adaptation to influence on national culture and academic social and economic changes, and production of a new cultural model and of new organization, it has only low political capacity. Since it has insinuated itself deep into class relationships coexist within the same society, it is difficult for it to retain its assystem. pect of ferment for social opposition. It The attempts in the period between the therefore becomes reformist more quickly. world wars to restore to education a fundaTo conclude, we must return to the mental importance -the attempts of Lowidealistic inteeretation that I criticized at ell, of Hutchins, and the whole of the general education movement-are only atthe outset. tempts, and reactionary at that, which clash The facts that this interpretation invokes lead to the introduction of an idea that conwith both the increasing diversification in tradicts it, and that completes and corrects educational demands and the increasing the theme of relative autonomy of the social professionalization of the teachers; the failproblems of the university. ure of these efforts is obvious. The more professionalized the academic On the other hand, we have seen how, in system, the greater t,he importance of its the most recent period, there has been an role in social production; and the more preincreasing tendency towards the formation dominant its theoretical role, the deeper its of a hierarchical academic system of which consequent involvement in class conflict. the PhD represents the main unifying element. Between the reseatih universities These three attributes are inseparable from one another. and the colleges a continuity exists that is I have ,distinguished three stages in the based on the stratification of a society of production. l

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The role of the university in the social change controlled by the technobureaucratic class, is, then, the most important, rather than its role as the transmitter of a heritage. The proof of this is the appearance of the student movement. If the ideological role of the university were predominant, the students would only be the “heirs,” by turn conformist, apathetic, or bohemian. In this case, what explanation is there for their rebellion? It was not only the expression of a sensitivity to the internal strains of a society, or awareness of a desire for an modernization-that is to say, to the spread of the reign of innovating technocratics. The weakening of the ideological role of the university is well demonstrated by the progress of what is called, somewhat vaguely, a subculture of youth; yet the very existence of that subculture is evidence of the limited

influence exerted by the academic system. Similarly, the old forms of working-class culture dominated by overall dependence, both in work and outside work {an extreme form of which was the company towns), gradually dissolved as society became more mobile and more differentiated. This does not mean that the social conflicts disappear, but that their nature changes because the dominated classes are now more subject to the management of change than the maintenance of stability. As the ideologica,l role of the university recedes, a corresponding aftereffect progression of academic emerges -the rhetoric, the main themes of which (professionalization and ‘academic freedom) have been referred to on several occasions. These themes become significant only because academic activity is directly involved in the producuon of the cultural model of the society, which leads the scholars to claim that they are directly situated, in all aspects of their activity, at the level of “values”. This claim leads them at times, but always to a limited extent, to defend themselves against the ascendency of social power, but in fact much more frequently helps them to conceal the existence of this power and to feel themselves threatened by protest movements that openly challenge it.

. ‘Citadel of Peaanin But let me once again insist that this rhetoric cannot be assimilated into the ideology of the system. It is not a force of integration of society, but an attempt at integration at the level of the university itself, of the “citadel of learning,” or of the academic “sanctuary.” It must be pointed out, fitly, that this rhetoric is used within the class relationships and ideological action of the ruling class and, secondly, that it is an ambiguous “defensive” action. The behavior of the teachers during the crises of the 1960s is a good demonstration of this. The progress of-scientific knowledge and of its role in social development has replaced crises of socialization by social conflicts of general relevance, through which the class relations and struggles specific to technocratic society begin to take form. The university, because it is a center of production and diffusion of scientific knowledge, is increasingly becoming the main locus of the social conflicts of our times. Conflicts of this type are reinforced by the crisis in academic government and by challenges to the dominant ideology, but it is the conflicts themselves that give their true significance to these crises and controversies. The university is not tending to become the locus of professionalization-it is increasingly a place of production and of social conflicts . It is natural that the managers of the system (by refomling the government of the university and by changing or weakening its ideological role) should attempt to eradicate or institutionalize the fundamental conflicts that have appeared. Everything IT have said here leads to the conclusion that these conflicts will not disappear, because they aie at the heart of American s&iety, of its production, and of its class relationships, and because .they reveal the struggle for the possession of its model of learning, its forms of accumulation, and its capacity for development.

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