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University of Waterloo Waterloo, On tat-i0 Jolume 18, number I8 October 7, 7977

Hdrry Parrot meets the students dt Seneca College in Toronto

last Wednesday

to talk OSAP. photos

On a tour of the province to explain his changes to the Ontario Student Aid Program, Minister of Colleges and [Jniversities Harry Parrott has been confronted by angry students.

incur a loan of $1,000, as is presently the case. What is not known, however, is the level of parental income necessary for a student to qualify for agrant without a loan, or what the grant-loan ratio will be.

A major complaint with the new scheme to be implemented in SepI.;;amb,c~-of 197g is that it limits grant assistance to a student’s first four. yex:: I??post-:L(;.‘miary ecluc~ttion, and thus effectively deniec st!!-

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I For full details see story below!. !BLILihe plx.lgram ixc? COfne undes varyirig amounts oi‘ fire from ail sides - student organisations, opDo&ion crilics., and even administr;z a t’ions - more for what ha:; been Ieft vague by the ministe1° than fo1 the >,pecific statements. For example in principle the new scheme has the improvement that it will make grants available to students without them first having to

Though the full impact of the recently announced changes to the Ontario Student Aid Plan (OSAP) cannot be measured until more details are released, what has become clear is that graduate students and students in professional courses will suffer. Under the new scheme to be implemented in 1978-79, a student is only eligible for grant assistance for eight terms, and an eligibility period is used up whether or not the student received. OI- even applies for a grant, and whether or not the student is full or part-time. Thus by the time an undergraduate degree is completed the grant eligibility periods will be all used up. Chevron investigation at U-W reveals that such a scheme, if it was in effect last year, would have denied 304 graduates of grant assistance. That equals the number of graduates who received OSAP grants in 1976-77, and it represents 22 per cent of full-time graduate eni’oll_ment in the fall and winterterms, The breakdown by faculty shows that grads in Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies, and Arts are likely to suffer most from the new scheme D

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I?1 11976-77 197 of 445 Arts’ grads received an OSAP grant (44 per cent): in HKkS the figures were 24 Of 46 (52 per cent); Environmental Studies - 24 of 89 (27 per cent); Engineering - 40 of 346 ( 12 per cent): Math - 10 of 241 (4 per cent); and Science 9 of 207 (4 pel cent).

Other UW students who will be affected by the revamped plan are those in optometry and arc hitecture, whose programs exceed eight academic terms. Figures from last year’s enrollment at the University of Toronto also illustrate the startling effect the new aid scheme will have on students in graduate and professional programs. According to figures the Ontario Federation of Students says it received from the university, 72 pel cent of students in dentistry. 66 pel cent of those studying education, 63 per cent of the medical faculty, 57 per cent of those in law, and 18.5 per cent of doctoral and masters students received OSAP awards. YVhile not ofthese students, who number 3,225, received grants the OFS says mosi did. The only morsel thrown to graduate students by Harry Parrott (the of Coileges and Uniaii

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derive their expected contribution. These and other complaints have been thrown at the minister and his Parrott’s response to similai aides in sometimes heated excomplaints at a meeting in Seneca Part-time students will be able to changes during his tour. At ConCollege Toronto Wednesday, was receive an OSAP grant for the first federation College in Thunder Bay to ask for suggestions on what the time under the new system, but the fiaw her-e is that they will only be S@pr 23, only twnls days after the parental inccme level should bc bea~e-q program was announced, fore a student is refused a grant and eligih;le for grants for eight terms, about SO students turned out to forced to take all-loan assistance. and they use up an eligibility period , -:7..,ul 3-2~ ‘lis,le~:t.o?‘lthe =jnrtyl-. ‘t-y f-i‘g-f;;rig ~‘p~ipl~:_lf~“l~~yJf‘ St;.. ,,~I iPhi:IhfzY -.i. L’ij,’ ..t:k>’ :‘ft,:,i ,$~3:~?$jx3.s syT,“‘=.“‘:?Ij :? ;“i’; ~L‘;:j?Ji]V z:‘gn ;q-J]y f-$.31;i. p-::.r:t, %tip. pQjjj;t$, -4 income of $10.000. :ind Eiberai out That this time Crame is inadeh/aihnp -:5d (lff‘ici;t] e4i11r,3tic~nc .C.! a;j-itic: quate since it f&es at least 5 to G S\yee;i2 \i yy&ing ;I[ u:,j/ .3 G h n yea-s ir kl part-iime itudenr 20 ear’n Vv’ednes;la~~ +,c+irj ‘he di,lso feit this ii de(rree. .3 in/as a i-easonable J nlevel. Other compiaints of the new Another improvement in principrogram is that it offers no relief for students whose parents refuse t0 ple which ?arrott’s refci-ms inCritical questioning and quite a aljude, is that 2 student’s assessed meet their assessed contribution. bit of heckling also faced the minisAlso independent stattls has been contribution to his or her education ter vvednesday -wherk he appeared expenses is to be based on actual tightened from 2 to 3 years full time be$src aboalt 300 Toronto and area summer earnings and not on the arin the work force. F~arther, parents students aa Seneca College. bitrary table used now. will now have to sign a statement Throughout the minister has There will nonetheless be a manallowing the government to check complained about a hck of ““posidatory figure which the student will eheir tax records and to assess their tive input” 4 but thrQUghQIIt it be expected to contribute irrespecassets as well as their income to seems he has failed 10 provide questioners with specific a.nswers, saying that the full details wii% not be worked out until Jan 1978. In Toronto his response to questions was invariably “‘what would you suggest‘??’ saying that he was versities) is that the number and Instead, the minister or one of his value of Ontario Graduate Scholaraides would ask the student “‘What seeking student opinion. The quesships has been increased. tion has been raised, however, that do you recommend?” and would But it is a morsel, and in no way if the minister seriously wanted offer the assurance that there will compensates for them being sebe “grandfather clauses” in the feedback why did he choose to visit vered from OSAP grants. They are only three community colleges, new scheme to help those students Western University, traditionally up to 1200 from 945 and are incaught in the transition period betone of the province’s most consercreased in value to $1,500 a term ween the old and new programs. vat ive from $1,450. The details of these clauses, how.student centres, and Laurentian (his last stop Thursday) ever, have not been revealed. These scholarships are granted one of the province’s smallest union merit, not on financial need, and Then, for those students in versities and so avoid some of the have been decreasing in number for grqduate or professional courses in larger and more active campuses. the last seven years, while enrollthe second ye& of the new progA final complaint raised this ment has been rising. ram, when there are no “grandweek came from UW students In 1969-70 2,751 were awarded father clauses”, all the minister awards officer Don Kasta, who at a time when full-time graduate could offer was the prospect of an said Wednesday that the new progenrollment was about 12,000, while $1,800 loan from the Canada Sturam with its four components-the for the 945 this year it is projected dent Loan Plan and the possibility Ontario Study Grant Plan, the that there were about 15,400 of an interest-bearing loan from the Canada Student Loan Plan, the Ongraduate students in the province. province, to ease what the minister tario Student ILoan Plan, and the called ‘“your cash-flow problem”. Ontario Special Bursary Plan In light of all this it is not surpriswill be extremely complicated to None of this satisfied the quesing that graduates and students in professional programmes have tioners. The typical story was of a administer and he fears serious delays in students receiving their been well represented at the student who hadjust completed her money. This has been a problem minister’s meetings throughout the first degree without applying for which has plagued OSAP until this province, where he has tried to exOSAP, and now when she requires year, Pasta said. plain his new brainchild. help from the province to continue For those likely to be baffled by she finds she will be ineligible. the application form, or forms. the At Seneca college in Toronto ministry’s answer is a film, either Wednesday graduates, medic5 and other grads, medics and law stumovie or slides, at each awards ofIaw students were continually ap- dents berated the minister, expressed gratitude for being in their last fice which will weave students pearing before the microphhsnes year and sympathy Tar those tolthrough what is expected to be a with the question “‘Why are you lowing behind them. bureaucratic maze. doing this‘?” and the reply never seemed satisfactory, .;j

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Friday Furniture and Fraktur an exhibition of artifacts from Waterloo County and Germanic Ontario, currated by Michael Bird and Stan Johannesen. Gallery Hours: 11:3Oam - 5:3Opm, Monday-Friday and 2-5pm. Sundays. Open Thanksgiving Sunday and Monday. Exhibition runs till October 16. Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Taped Music from g-lam. No covercharge. Agora Tea House. Herbal teas and home-baked munchies are available. A time for discussion and conversation. Everyone is welcome. 8-l2pm. cc 110. The Primary English Class by Open Circle Theatre. A delightful hilarious play about learning English as a second language. A comedy hit from Toronto. Admission $6, Students /Seniors $4. Tickets available at box office, ML 254. 8pm. Theatre of Arts. Theatre of the Arts. Federation Flicks I Will, I Will . . .For Now with Diane Keaton and Elliott Gould. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1, Others $1.50.

Saturday Campus Federation Will . . .For and Elliott $1, Others

Centre Pub closed, Flicks I Will, I Now with Diane Keaton Gould. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1.50.

This Week Qnr Cmrqxaa is a free cotumn for the announces merit of mTletings, speciat seminars or speakers, s~ciat events and happenings on campus-student, f&w& or staff. Sse the chevron secretary. Oeadbw is noun Tuesdays. Maximum of thirty words per submissicw.

Sunday Astrology Course ,at Heaven On Earth Learning Centre, Fee. 12 noon-2pm. For info 743-8662. Campus Centre Coffee House presents Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne. 8pm. Students $1.50 Others $1.75. Home baked goodies available. Federation Flicks I Will, I Will . . .For Now with Diane Keaton and Elliott Gould. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1, Others $1.50. Transcendental Meditation. _ Advanced lecture for meditators. 8pm. E3-1101. 576-2546.

Monday All members of the human race, living and dead are urged not to attend Foundation Licks which are not being presented this week. Yoga course at Heaven On Earth Lerning Centre. Fee. 9:3Oam 10:45am and Wednesday 6:30 7:45pm. 743-8662.

Arts Society Nominations Nominations Election: Seats

open: close:

Electi>ons Oct. 6 Oct. 13, 4:30 pBm. Oct. 20

Open General Arts 1st Year General English Drama/Fine Arts Sociology Languages

Nomination

Coed Kung Fu Classes. U of W students are invited to join. WLU Athletic Complex 4:30-6pm. Sifu R. J. Day Scarlet Dragon Society 744-9551. International Folk Dancing. To learn and dance world famous folk dances. Location: Senior Citizen’s Centre, 310 Charles Street East, Kitchener. 7:30-10:3Opm. $1 per person per evening. Info: Mary Bish 744-4983. Conversational Spanish course offered at Heaven On Earth Learning Centre. Fee. 8-l Opm. 743-8662.

Wednesday Legal Resource Office provides free legal information to students. 9:30-l 0:30, 1:30-3:30 and 6:30-l 0:30. CC 106 885-0840. Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Flattery from g-lam. $1 after 7pm.

Tuesday Legal Resource Office provides free legal information to students. 885-0840. Hours: 9:30-l 0:3Oam 1:30-3:3Opm, 6:30-l 0:3Opm. CC 106. Campus Centre Pub Opens 12 noon. Flattery from g-lam. $1 after 7pm. Cooking & Nutrition Course at Heaven on Earth Learning Centre. Fee. 5:45-7:45pm. 743-8662. Chess Club Meeting. Everyone Welcome. 7pm. CC 113. Even Dwarfs Started Small (Germany 1970) - UW Arts Centre Iniernation& Film Series. Directed by Werner Herzog; English subtitles. 2 Canadian Short Subjects - Oddballs, Credit Valley Album.Chapter 1 of serial “The Phantom Creeps”. Membership $2 - film fee $1.50 (Students/ senior$l) Box Office, ML 254.

Lutheran Student Movement. Contemporary Issues study group. 4pm. NH 2050. Coed Kung Fu Classes. U of W students are invited to join. WLU Athletic Complex. 4:30-6pm. Sifu R. J. Day, Scarlet Dragon Society 744-9551. CBC’s Romeo and Juliet with Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn - the full length Ballet classic on film. Sponsored by the UW Dance Department. Admission $1 at the door. Open to the public. 7pm. AL 113. Transcendental Meditation, Introductory lecture. All Welcome. HH 261. 7:3Opm, Gay Lib Coffeehouse. 8:3Opm CC 110. Campus Centre Free Movie In the Iron Mask. 9:3Opm. Great

Legal Resource legal information

A general meeting of Cross Country Ski Team. All persons interested in racing and conditioning are welcome to attend. 5:3Opm. PAC 1090. Deadline for application forms for the Federal Government Public Service Commission. Career, Planning & Placement. E.S. Visiting Lecturer Series: Canadian Population Policy will be discussed by the Hon. Aideen Nicholson, MP for Toronto-Trinity. 8pm MC 2066

Friday Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Flattery from g-lam. $1 after 7pm. Federation Flicks - Harry & Walter Go To New York with James Caan, E. Gouid, Diane Keaton. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1, Others $1.50

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9:30 - 10:30am, I:30 - 3:3Opm, and 6:30 - 10:3Opm. .CC 106. 885-0840. Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Flattery from g-lam. $1 after 7pm. Free Movies from 2-4pm in Pub. Cops-Buster Keaton, From Soup to The Nuts-Laurel & Hardy, Pharmacist--W. C. Fields, and His New Job-Charlie Chaplin. Career Task on Careers with Hydro. l2:30-2pm. EL 112. Ontario Hydro will be recruiting on-campus for all disciplines. Waterloo Christian FelPowship Supper Meeting. Join us for a time of worship. Everyone welcome. 4:30pm. HH Undergrad Lounge.

Thursday

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Numerology course at Heaven On Earth Learning Centre. Fee. 8-lOpm. 743-8662.

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Federation councillors made it into the movies last Monday as they paused during their meeting to become actors in the federation’s publicity film. Amidst grumbling from a few councillors who said that the sequence would appear stiff and unnatural, Kevin O’leary filmed a reenactment of the speaker calling the meeting to order and announcing the first item of the agenda. O’leary, who is producing the film, then filmed some close-ups of a councillor addressing the speaker. This sequence was also acted. O’leary and his film crew had arrived too late to film the actual opening of the meeting. O’leary also tbld council that acting the parts was preferable to filming actllal debate because councillors might be disturbed by the noise of the cameras and the lights. After council resumed the meeting, O’leary remained and filmed a very short sequence of actual debate. However, it appears that some of this sequence will be unusable because science councillor Gerard Kimmons was displaying a “Vote Refundable sign reading Fees” when the filming was taking place. Kimmons explained that he did not wish to appear in the film, and the sign was a way of guaranteeing that. However, the polite behaviour of councillors in the film was not representative of their conduct later in the meeting. The meeting degenerated to the point where Doug Thompson, acting as speaker, became so enraged with his inability to control the meeting that he flung his gavel from one end of the room to the other. Most of the uproar occurred during debate on motions by Renison councillor Larry Smylie regarding the Board of Publications report. Smylie complained that the 1977 student handbook contains submissions from the Anti-Imperialist Alliance (AIA) and the Canadian People’s Defence Committee (CPDC) in the section entitled Clubs and Organizations. Smylie said that these organizations should not be advertised in the handbook because they are not recognized by the federation. Board of Publications cochairperson Randy Barkman replied that the handbook does not imply, and does not require, that the clubs and organizations described be recognized by the federation. He cited Greenpeace as an example of another organization described by the handbook but not recognized by the federation. Smylie then objected that the AIA submission was much longer than any of the others. Barkman

agreed that the article was too long, but it was at the discretion of the , handbook editor, Doug Hamilton, that it was not shortened. Smylie then moved that the cost of printing the submission, about $46, be deducted from Hamilton’s salary. There ensued a heated debate, during which the meeting became so chaotic that the speaker called for a 15 minute adjournment to allow councillors to calm down. Smylie finally withdrew his motion after many councillors had pointed out that Hamilton was no longer on the payroll, and he would have to be sued if the money were to be recovered. Speaking about Hamilton’s performance as handbook editor, Barkman said that he did virtually no work for months. Barkman took over control of the handbook on July 3 1, and with Hamilton working very hard, and with the help of federat ion fieldworkers, the handbook appeared only a week late. Council passed a motion calling on the chevron to provide a written rationale for each of the paid staff positions associated with the paper. The motion arose out of a discussion of the status of the chevron’s news editor. Last week, acting speaker Doug Thompson ruled out of order a motion to release funds in the Board of Publications budget for the payment of the news editor’s salary. Thompson ruled that under the terms of the chevron settlement, a news editor could be appointed “unless the investigation commission recommends otherwise”.‘According to Thompson, a full (eight month) appointment cannot be made because the commission had not completed its inquiries. Thompson said that any appointment must end at the time the commission makes its recommendations, if they recommend that the position of news editor be eliminated. Thompson announced that a federation lawyer has agreed that the chevron agreement would have to be rescinded if an eight month appointment were to be made now.

Chevron

to be microfilmed

The council approved $200 to be contributed to the cost of microfilming the UW student newspdper from its inception. The microfilm will be available in the library. Council decided that the “Real” Chevron, the Bullseye and the Other Voice, publications produced by the federation during the chevron dispute, should also be microfilmed.

Meeting

not official

Although the meeting was conducted as if it was official, council

never actually achieved quorum. At the beginning of the meetivg, council voted to proceed as usual

and forward the minutes of the meeting to the board of directors. The board of directors has the

power to accept the minutes as advice and the motions then become binding. ----wick redding

Other than chevron reporters, federation of students officials, and the three speakers, only about half-a-dozen students turned out for a rally on the changes to students aid. The meeting was organised by the federation of students and featured (left to right) Liberal MPP and official education critic john Sweeney, UW students awards officer Don Kasta, and Ontario Federation of Students fieldworker John Shorta//. The meeting, in the Theatre of the Arts, was supposed to be a primer for another meeting in Toronto where the Minister of Universities and Colleges Harry Parrott was speaking. Three buses were ordered to transport students from UW to Toronto. Two of them were cancelled and the other was used to take a handful of federation people to Parrott’s meeting. Photo by john w. bast

This is the second in a series of articles on the state of the campus societies. This article looks at ArtSot. EngSoc was covered last week.

ArtSoc is suffering from a lack of participation. A spokesperson for the society said that many activities and projects were planned for this term, but not enough students have shown an interest. This problem seems to be highlighted in the society council where 14 of 26 seats are vacant. These are two for General Arts, two for English, plus one for each of Sociology, Languages, and Drama/Fine Arts, as well as seven first year spots. Nominations opened yesterday, and are due to close on Oct. 13, and if there is to be an election, though most seats are normally acclaimed, it will be on Oct. 20. Lack of participation was also evident at the last Arts Society General Meeting Jan. 27. According to the constitution it needed 250 members to achieve quorum, but only 11 showed up. Commenting on the society’s problem, president Joe MacDonald

said: “If 20 out of 800 first year arts students became interested in the society, we would be laughing.” Even though there is a shortage of help, however, the society has decided not to try and entice students with money. Last term it voted not to offer honoraria since it feels positions in student organizations should be voluntary, although money is being offered to anyone who is willing to take minutes at society meetings. The society admits to having a communication problem, both internally and externally. The reasons given for this are that there is a great diversity within the faculty, and that it has more, and smaller, departments than other societies. Suggested solutions are liaison officers elected by the societies and direct action such as exchange of minutes plus reports between the federation and the society.

Services Among the services offered by the society are an emergency loan fund and a coffee and donut stand in the undergraduate lounge in the Humanities building. The emergency loan fund has $2,200 in its coffer which is doled out in short-term, interest-free, loans of up to $100. Application forms are available from society treasurer Hank Van de Vondervoort. The society office is in Humanities Hall room 178A. Upcoming events are a co-ed broomball contesl Nov. 4 and the society has 100 Ocktoberfest tickets for tonight’s festivities in the Kitchener-Waterloo arena. Like the other societies, ArtSoc is funded by a refundable fee, and with the exception of Chinese students who withdraw their $5 to use to support their own association, there are few who ask for their money back. -nash

dhanani

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The 4A Mechanical class proved itself the only one capable of putting the books aside long enough to gather the varied assortment of articles required in the Engineering Scavenger Hunt. We don’t know how they managed to get hold of some of these things, but it got them 5680 points. photo by neil docherty

A chevron survey reveals that UW students are not happy with the recent changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) limiting grant assistance to four years of post-secondary education. The survey, conducted during registration week, was designed to discover how many students obtained summer employment and to determine their present financial situation. Full details and interpretation of the survey will be published in the chevron next week. Of the respondents, 77 per cent said they did not support the restriction of grant eligibility to a student’s first four years of university or college, which is one of the changes to OSAP introduced last month by Minister of Colleges and Universities Harry Parrott. OSAP now requires students to save about $700 from summe employment, regardless oftheir actual earnings. The survey reveals that 37 per cent of the 1409 students who answered the question on summer savings could not save the required amount. Ten per cent of the respondents said they did not work during the summer. The survey did not ask if the student was a foreign student . here on a student visa. They cannot work in Canada. Asked how they were supplementing their summer earnings to finance their education, 41 per cent said they were applying for OSAP. Surveys conducted by student newspapers and associations throughout Canada and reported by the Canadian University Press 1 (CUP)? reveal that unemployment and underemployment were serious problems during the past summer. These will be summarized next week.

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Personal Pregnant & Distressed? The Birth Control Centre is an information and referral centre for birth control, V.D., unplanned pregnancy and sexuality. For all the alternatives phone 8851211, ext. 3446 (Rm. 206, Campus Centre) or for emergency numbers 884-8770. Gay Lib Office, Campus Centre, Rm. 217C. Open Monday-Thursday 7-l Opm., some afternoons. CounselPhone ling and information. 885-l 211, ext. 2372. BIRTHRIGHT offers free pregnancy tests, medical assistance, housing, legal aid, maternity clothes, Hope, Friendship & Support for women with problem pregnancy. 579-3990. CHRISTMAS FLIGHTS TO VANCOUVER AND HALIFAX! Toronto/ Vancouver/ Toronto Dec. 2O/Jan. 03 and Dec. 21/ Jan. 05.. . $199. Toronto/ Halifax/ Toronto Dec. 19/ Jan. 03.. . $125. Contact Canadian Universities Travel Service, 44 St. George St. Toronto (416) 979-2604 or 173 Lisgar Street, Ottawa (613) 238-8222. Past Masters Club. (Think Tank). Members’ Ideas Published. $5/yr. Club. $2 Ego-I.Q. Test, 447 Ontario Street, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2V9.

Single Beds $5 and up. Chest of Drawers $10 and up. Writing Desk $40. Stove $12. Shelves $10 and up. Apply in person between 5:15-6pm. 130 University Avenue West. Garage Sale, Saturday October 8. Starting at 9am. Numerous household items, furniture, desks, tires, clothing etc. About 100 items) 542 Fallingbrook Drive, Waterloo. I am liquidating my entire collection of 8-track tapes, recording and playback equipment. The equipment consists of an Akai Model CR-81 D recording playback deck. A frequency response of 50 to 16,000 Hz, a wow and flutter less than .25% RMS and signal-to-noise ratio better than 47dB will give better recordings and playback than many cassette decks. Asking $135.00 (list was $280.00). A Milda stereo and quadraphonic playback deck - a perfect addition to any quadraphonic or stereo system. This unit was purchased only a few months ago and is in mint condition price $55.00. A set of headphones asking $7.50. Also selling a Muntz mini 8-track player for the car - asking $20.00. Over 300 tapes are also for sale. I have everything from hard rock to classics, moldy oldies to current big hits and all for an amazingly low price of $2.50 each. Fifty pieces of modular shelving is available at $1 .OO per unit. Even though Kitchener transit has agreed to stop their bus in front of my house, I am home only evenings and weekends, so call 744-3162 or visit 718 Queen Street South, Kitchener before everything is gone.

Wanted Part-time job available for student ,as aide and chauffeur to local people. Alternate weekends - Fri. p.m. to Mon. a.m. - beginning Nov., including Christmas and New Year’s days. Phone 579-1337, daytime.

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Want a ride to school daily. Start classes at 9:30 a.m. I’m willing to share gas expenses. You can call evenings after 7pm. My address is 60 Cardill Crescent, Waterloo. Phone 885-5141 I

Stwdent typing. Reasonable Rates. I.B.M. Electric. Lakeshore Village. 885-l 863. Experienced typist available. First quality typing to display your efforts. Phone 743-2933 evenings. Fast, accurate typing. IBM Selectric. 50 cents page. Call Pamela 884-6913. Essays, Theses, eswmes. 12 years experience - Electric typewriter 742-l 822, 576-5619 Sandy.

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2 bedroom apartmemt to share. Highland 8: Stirling area. Approximately $105/month. Phone 578-6943. A~~lic~t~~m~ far the stuems A men& are now being ccepted occupancy commencing January 1, May 1, and September I, 1978. Applications may be obtained at the Housing Office in Ira G. Needles Hall or the Managers Office, Married Students’ Apartments, 159 University Avenue West. Direct inquiries to extension 3991.

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Doug Thompson, former federation president, and a federation executive member last fall when the chevron was closed, failed to appear at an investigation commission meeting Wednesday evening to answer questions arising from two written submissions he had previously presented. This was the second time that failed to appear for Thompson Commissioner Don questioning. Marrin informed those gathered that Thompson wc?.s unable to atiend due to his involvement in the prodtlcrion ofa film currently being lnade by and of the federation. Prelirilinaries of the -meeting included a reply from commission ch;iirman Frank Epp to the chevron statement of Sept. 32 concerning procedures of the commission. Epp reiterated the concern expressed by the chevron delegation, but also noted some of the “handicaps” under which he felt the commission had been operating. Although Thompson was not present, a formal discussion took place concerning his testimonies. This discussion was begun by commissioner Dieneke Chan, who presented an analysis of the content of Thompson’s first submissionthe one which deals with the circumstances surrounding the chevron’s closure. Her analysis was as follows: irrelevant information 16 paragraphs - hearsay (rather than direct personal experience) - seven paragraphs - documented evidence - references to two federation documents - subjective impressions and opinions - nine paragraphs - not true - one paragraph - background information (my name is..., etc.) - seven paragraphs -- his opinion on how a newspaper should be run - 29 paragraphs - Thompson’s version of the actual occurrance of events took up the little remaining space. Chan noted that Thompson’s opinion on how a newspaper should be run “is really contrary to what CUP (Canadian University Press) says about an autonomous newspaper.” The remainder of the discussion concentrated on Thompson’s first presentation - those commissioners who referred to it merely pointed out that almost everything it contained was unsubstantiated no one present questioned this.

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Further analysis of Thompson’s the closure of the chevron to be presentation revealed to the comlegal is essentially the followmissioners that essentially it gave ing: no reasons for the closing of the Bylaw 2, Section 1 states ‘the chevron. purpose and function of the Board Little of Wednesday evening’s of Publications shall be: A. to pubdiscussions dealt with Thompson’s lish all authorised Federation pubsecond written submission, which lications, subject to the direction of claims “that the Sept. “76 closure Student:; Council: 13. . D. C . . “*I of the chevron was legal, moral 3 Thomy?son c!aims- that “subject proper. ” The following are among lo the direction of Students’ Coanthe sratements made by Thompson cil’ s implies that “the bylaws in order to argne the propriety of pertaining to the B of P clearly ake the closure. ma ~~~st~t~~~~~~~~~doacurrs-sents nor to be tampered with, but rat hes regula“‘Law is alway; as much a matter tions to be followed in ihe absence of interpretation . . . as it is a mattei of specific direction from council.“ of written statute . . . as to whether VIith rererence to Bylaw 1 SECor nor the c’hevroil closing was tions 10 and 11 Thompsor7 ;‘ilrthei legal . . . I dg3 not know if 1 am right claims that “‘Students’ Council had or even if there is a right or wrong the power and the right to close the on that question . 1 . As far as the chevron. . . . ali Boards and all spirit of the law goes. . . propriety bylaws pertaining to the operation is all on the side of the Federation of Boards are subordinate to the of Students with a couple of Students’ Council and that the exceptions. . . The Federation of Council retains in al1 cases the right Students acted, at all times with the and power to control and direct.” intent of upholding certain essential principles of democracy. .. Since Thompson did not show up Law must be applied with a uniand to allow form and firm hand . . . There can be to answer questions, on his tesno doubt as to the wishes of the cross-examination timony, 1 feel obliged to deal with student body expressed through his claims in writing. the democratic process.” Thompson’s main claim is based There are two relevant sections on two premises: to Thoi-npson’s legal argument: (i) a misrepresentation of the pow(i) the motion to close the chevron: ers of Students’ Council; and and (ii) the creation of a new beast (ii) the motion to dismiss the prothe bylaw which need not be folduction manager and news editor of lowed. the chevron It is from Bylaw 1, section 11that Item (ii) asks the question “Was Thompson extracts for Students’ due process accorded Docherty Council more powers than it is acThis is answered by and Hess‘?” tually given. This section, entitiled claiming that “ . . . ideas concern“Powers of Students’ Council” ing what due process is vary.‘* states: “The Students’ Council Subsequently Thompson claims shall form Boards and Committees, that Docherty and Hess were acwhose terms of reference shall be corded by Students’ Council the determined in bylaws. . .; provide particular process they were due, for the appointment of chairmen of and further claims that this action all Boards and Committees of Stuwas “clearly within the power of dents’ Council and delegate any of council.” its powers, while retaining the right Item (i), the argument claiming of control.”

Thompson’s contortion of this to read “that all Boards and all bylaws pertaining to the operation of Boards are subordinate to the Student-s’ Council” is neither the literal meaning of the bylaw, nor the intent of the students who established it. Pn fact what the bylaw states is that the Students Council retains its right of coiltroi over its powers, which it may delegate. But what are Students’ CC3itncii’s powers? Again, this too is h;tated: “The Students’ Council form Boards and Committees whose terms of reference shall be determined by bylaws. . .” Thus, Students’ Col!ncil retain:; the right of contro,l over its powers, 5%hich ru-e determined in bylaws. Students’ Council doe5 not retain it5 right right of control over bylaws, since it is never given this right. In fact, Student?,’ Council’s rights are ‘*determined by bylaws”, 157~15, Stndents’ Council is bound to abide by the bylaws. The ~1 t t e 1’ absurdity of Thompson’s argument is obvious. ‘The regulations making up the Board of Publications By-laws are binding unless Students’ Council directs otherwise. But binding on who‘? Why the Board of Publications, of course. But what is the Board of Publications‘! Why it’s merely a board of Students’ Council. Is the picture clear now’! Students’ Council is bound to abide by the by-laws unless Students’ Council directs otherwise. This, of course, is utter nonsense. %tis only logical that these by-laws were established by the students precisely to designate to the Students’ Council the parameters of its powers. If my arguments have not yet convinced you, reference should be made to the minutes of the Federation of Students’ Executive meeting minutes of September 24, 1976 keeping in mind that Thompson himself was on that executive and was at that meeting. The mi-

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nutes state (with original emphasis): “The following points were then put to motion and received UN,4NIMOUS acceptance: . . . 4. To call a general meeting to consider a new by-law to allow the establishing of a-n editorial board. . .‘* So, here an acknowledgement is made before any actions were iaken by Studepots’ Council. that CoLincii had not the po\ver~ to establish a new by-law ~anotbei- claim made by Thompson). Zut J/SO, this statement by the e.xecutive (including Thompson 1 indicate ihat Studenr’s Councii was bcjur-!d by the Boa:-d of Prlbli~~aiions By-Jas;/s -- fcr why V,IQL!ICJthgy go to ai] ;iie v,;!s~-l; of tailing a general meeting if they co~ild mereiv*< have ‘-directed ‘ the establishment of an editorial board’? Both of Thompson’s statements presented to the commission have little to do with objective real@. HIS statements are libeious, his claims absurd, and his testimony nothing better than useless. It is little wonder that the investigation commission decided not to invite him back again. assertion that “Students’ Council had the power and the right to close the chevron, or for that matter, to do anything else that a corporation may do.” Hn Seyternber 1976, Students‘ Council had no such rights or powers, nor does rhe present Students’ Council. The students of this university established, and continue to establish by-laws which define the limitations of Students’ Council, and which define operating procedures for various aspects of the Federation of Students. These bylaws included, and include, procedures for dealing with complaints about a newspaper. These by-laws were not followed. The Students’ Council thus violated the students’ trust. The closing of thechevron was illegal. ---gerard

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TM (Transcendental Meditation) is back on campus. It was reported in the Sept. 23 chevron that the room booked on campus for the organization had been cancelled. They were booked through the Students International Meditation Society (SIMS) which is a club in the federation. TM had been holding meetings on campus that had 5s a requirement for attendance an off-campus meeting reauirinrr fees. Then acting fevderation president

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Ron Hipfner felt this was a violation of the agreement between SIMS and the federation. TM’s rooms were cancelled. Now acting federation president Eric Higgs has signed a contract with SIMS representative Robert Wilson. It allows TM to book rooms “only if the meetings carry no burden of financial obligation for the students attending the meetings.”

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Sl!f&t~~, is to be presented by Dr. David Parkinson, a Toronto physician specializing in preventative occupational medicine, and Tony Mazzocchi, legislative director of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers’ International Union. and a leading figure in the fight against occupational disease in the United States. Saturday’s programme includes reports from the OPIRG chapters at Waterloo, Guelph, Trent. McMaster, and the University of Western Ontario. These will be followed by afternoon workshops on particular issues. Occupational health questions have increasing importance in Ontario as horror stories about the long-term illnesses from exposure to toxic chemicals show LIP with alarming regularity. Students working with OPIRG have produced pamphlet literature and background material on the hazards associated with industrial processes. Current projects include an index of toxic compounds used in the rubber industry and an analysis of the proposed omnibus bill on occupational health and safety in, Ontario. The workshop on freedom of information will deal with the problems in getting an American-style Freedom of Information Act in Ontario. The provincial government, scarred by repeated revelations of cover-ups, is trying to delay passage of legislation. OPIRG’s Freedom of Information Documentation Centre is serving as a clearing-house and resource centre for groups campaigning for changes in government information policy. OPIRG’s ‘interest in freedom of information arose from a study of mercury pollution in NorthWestern Ontario, where the government systematically hid studies indicating the severity and source of the mercury pollution problem. ‘The ad,mission, late last year, that the government was planning to give Reed Irrrternational 1 the company that made mercury pollution famous, 19,000 square miles of the last virgin black spruce forest in Ontario lead to an outcry from environmentalists, native peopie, church groups, and politicians. As a result, the provincial government has appointed a Royal Commission (the Hartt inquiry) to investigate development in Ontario’s north. Students working with OPIRG are researching a variety of issues: boom and bust cycles, forest management, single-company towns, in preparation for the commission. Environmental assessment procedures were established in reaction to demands from environmental groups for greater protection of the environment. The exemption of the Darlington nuclear plant from the environmental assessment act and the consequent occupation of the Darlington site by environmental groups is indicative of some of the political problem6 arising from the act. Saturday’s major forumwill be “The Hartt Inquiry into Development in Northern Ontario” with Chief Andrew Rickard of the Grand Council of Treaty no. 9 Indians. Rickard will present a critical analysis of the proposed development by Reed International in the Red Lake/Ear Falls area. Sunday’s agenda includes the meeting of OPIRG’s provincial board and workshops on specific projects underway. People wanting more infor-mation should contact the OPIRG office, Physics 226 or extension 2578. -ewgene

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Cutbacks in social services and education are the order of the day. The Ontario government announced this in its announcement of the government’s spending plans for the coming year. The announcement made by treasurer Darcy McKeough will effectively mean higher taxes and fewer services for the vast majority of people, and for workers in the public sector it will mean fewer jobs, lower wages and increased work loads. One of the principal “restraint” measures in the government’s spending plans is the elimination of thousands of jobs in the public sector. Since 1975 it has eliminated the jobs of 3,000 workers, and this coming year it plans to eliminate “2300 man-years of employment.” Those remaining face increased workloads. Workers in the public sector also face major wage cuts as a result of this “restraint programme”. The government has decided that it would not raise the wages of employees by more than four percent in the upcoming year. With prices currently rising close to ten percent, this is an actual cut in salary. Workers employed by local governments and school boards will also be laid off by the new restraint program as Municipal grants will rise by only 4.8 percent in 1978 over 1977. The reduced funding of local governments will mean cutbacks in various social service programmes, such as municipally administered welfare programmes etc. With this “restraint programme” announcement the government increased camping fee increases to go along with the other taxes introduced in the budget such as increased car registration fees, cigarette and tobacco taxes. McKeough announced that these cutbacks are “the only way we can pump resources into the private sector and permit free enterprise to move forward. . . .” Thus, while the taxes on the people increase, the taxes on those who own the means of production were reduced. The table below shows that the taxes on the people have increased at a much more rapid rate than the taxes on the corporations. In 1970-71, personal income tax and retail sales tax accounted for 33.2 percent bf the provincial government’s revenues, while corporation tax accounted for 8.2 percent. In the fiscal year 1977-78, personal income tax and retail sales tax account for 42.6 perqefit while corporation tax accounts for only 11 .O percent. Other forms of tax such as health insurance premiums have skyrocketed.

The provincial government’s “restraint programme” only restrains a section of the spending. The government divides its spending between that which is “committed” and that which is “controllaexble”. The chief “committed” penditure, that which cannot be “restrained” is the interest payment of the public debt. In 1972-73 this payment amounted to $480 million, but in the current fiscal year it will be $1.042 billion, and by 1980-81 it will be $1.33 billion. McKeough pointed out in the April

budget that “the main impact of expenditure restraints must necessarily be the controllable portion of expenditures.” Between 1970-71 and 1977-78 the proportion of the provincial budget spent on health remained virtually the same; the portion of the budget spent on pctymetzt qf’ interest on the debt increased by 60 percent in 1977-78. There is no restraint when it comes to paying off the big U.S. money lenders (a handful of big financiers). -salak bachir

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Do you want to be reborn, to relive the moment of your first breath? , Michael Rolle, a UW graduate student, held a seminar on rebirthing Thursday Sept. 29 and claimed that one could “use this process to change your mind about anything.” Eight people attended. Rolle believes that your outlook on the world is directly affected by the way you are born. “There is an endless succession of disaster if you came into life improperly.” Giving the example of France’s Dr. Frederick Leboyer’s work in the field, Rolle claimed there are better ways of delivering babies then the traditional method. Normally, the umbilical cord is cut immediately and the child is slapped to induce breathing. Then the baby is taken from its mother and placed in a nursery.

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breath on its own. The child is then held in a warm tub of water to show there are pleasurable experiences in life. The’theory is that with a lack of negative experiences at birth, life will be more pleasurable. But Leboyer claimed that one cannot change one’s breathing process after birth. Rolle said it would be unfortunate if this were true, for those who were not brought into the world by the Leboyer method would have no recourse. Rolle, however, claimed there was hope, by returning to one’s birth. Rebirthing is a process of breathing, he explained. It dissolves negative thoughts and fears by “opening up space inside thk mind” and allowing energy into the system. During rebirthing, a person lies down, and with a rebirther, starts to breathe through the mouth into the cavity in the chest. The emphasis is on inhaling, while exhaling is regarded as a mere release of energy.

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The rebirther is simply a comforter - ideally one could rebirth oneself. The process lasts from I to 3 hours. A tingling in the body is experienced, said Rolle, followed by “a different but good rhythm” which becomes easier. Paralysis in the hand is common. “Then you watch what the energy does.” There’s little vocalization, though one might feel like crying, Rolle said. During rebirthing one relives “in some form what happened when you were born” - a time when all of the senses open up to the newly born child. The time when we learned to breathe. Breath, to Rolle, is the connection between the physical body and God. “Rebirthing destroys the blocks to this connection.” He stressed the importance of oxygen. No one in the audience volunteered to be reborn that night. Rolle, who has “rebirthed” people, has been “reborn” himself about 18 times (he calls himself a slow learner). He says that whenever he’s feeling low he must go to upstate New York to get reborn since rebirthers are not easy to find. He claims he is more relaxed, finds life a lot better, and is easier to get along with. There have been cases where epilepsy, asthma and various respiratory diseases have been cured through rebirthing, Rolle said. He was unable to say whether it was belief in the breathing process or the proce~:; itself which cured the people 1 Some rebirthers, carrying the ideLl th;lt thoughts create experie n c c , bt?liCVkZ in the concept of physical immert;-biity , said RolXe. 5bBd~~~~ die l)ecause you expect to.”

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Twelve demonstrators were arrested last Saturday for trespassing on Hydro property. The demonstrators were part of a protest against building a nuclear power plant at Darlington, near Bowmanville ) Ontario. The protest was the first of its kind organized by anti-nuclear groups in Canada. In the llnited States and Europe, thousands of people have occupied power plant sites. Last weekend’s action was organized by an Ontario group called Save the Environment from Atomic Pollution through its Bowmanville chapter and the Greenpeace Foundation, well known for its environmental activism.

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services closing at 1lpm, on an experimental basis. Murray Shepherd, chief librarian, said the hours were found to be satisfactory and have since remained the same. According to him, surveys showed that only about six students were using the 1000 study places after lam. But not only were hours cut, there was an IS-month moratorium on serials orders. During this period the libraries’ subscriptions were re-assessed, resulting in 1700 cancellations and saving $38,600. Shepherd said the action was taken because of skyrocketing subscription rates and a sinking Canadian dollar. He added that the results of this were “rather gradual” since many publications are annual or semi-annual. Shepherd said further cutbacks are not planned unless something “drastic” happens to the budget. -anita -jonathan

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EDMONTON (CUP) - Students applying to some faculties at the University of Alberta may next year be turned away if the university goes ahead with proposed enrolment quotas. Minimum entrance requirements will probably be raised for arts and sciences and quotas will likely be set for agriculture and forestry, and physical education and recreation faculties in 1978. University spokesperson Myei Horowitz said the restrictions were

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We hire all kinds of people--from marine biologists to industrial relations specialists. In the coming year, we expect to have a greater number of job opportunities for graduates in accounting, auditing, computer science, economics, certain engineering specializations and all areas of administration. For information and application forms, see your campus placement office or your nearest Public Service Commission regional staffing office. Your application must be postmarked no later than October 13, 1977. If you are interested in a career in any of the administrative areas, you will be asked to write a general examination. If you are applying to the foreign service, you must write the foreign service exam. Foreign General

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TORONTO (CUP) - York University will place a freeze on staff hiring this year as the first step in a reorientation which would see the university specialize “in its areas of excellence. ’ ’ The suspension is a result of the university’s uncertain budgetary outlook, and the need to plan for the future in terms of definite priorities, according to York president H. I. Macdonald. The freeze is also a result of a decrease in firstyear enrolment, down almost 400 students from last year. “It’s a question of where the slack can be picked up,” Macdonald said. “Reducing course options is one, and a hiring suspension is another.” Among the other recommendations of the group’s report were increasing the size of undergraduate classes and decreasing the number of courses offered to students. This year’s hiring suspension “will undoubtedly lead to a decrease in the number of faculty at York, although it doesn’t mean that all vacancies which arise will not be

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raved. abandoned; primaev;ll ’ , loose stone that covered the In the comfort of his. own entrance to his tunnel. He countryside s,prawled betdungeon he scratched on used the.metal spoon that he ween all horizons a. black, “I do not,” he said, and the wall of his cell: Allegory ate his daily gruel with to tortured, writhing net of evil, left them standing, ring gasping clpuds swimming in is a witch, a sorceress of corready, dumbfounded. I scrape’ away the rock, blind cbnfusion. Far away ruption who leads us to stray though he had his choice of Outside it rained. It had he could hear the wind from the paths of reality. She the most modern electric rained since the beginning scream in phobic agony, veils Truth in a Sloth of illudrilling equipment that the of September, and was now 1 sion & lies, and leaves us in mightily advancing hand of though the air abdut him the second week of October. our folly to gaze, openwas dead. Sciknce & Technology had So what? mquthec!, upo,n t-h@ garto offer. He used a spoon. With cold, impartial fasWhat joy it was, to be freei ments as the thing itself. But He ate the dirt so that the ‘cination bordering on horror ‘Unbounded, infinite Joy! He the Empei-or wore -no guards would not find it, he sati hovering above the parted crowds that flowed most distant edge of the vast, clothes! _ which was a good thing, Platitudes & Aphorisms! by, chained to their-tidal sinc6, being on a diet con-steaming forest the thing that ebb, while black, mirrored, What a tangled web we s/sting purely of gruel, he’ set the skies in tumult: a weave, 0 Lord! he thought needed all the roughage he. fiery-brilliant gape that< towering walls glowered, ‘*to himself, and sr$iled at the breathed ,tirath into the menacing, above him. He could get. irony latent in the darkness - not the sup, but shook his triumphant fist de-’ F dramatic On the last day the turnthought. He then reached for fiantly at the evil gods th,at key told him he was-quitting his older, murdering ruled his mind. his copy of Fowler’s Modefn because the dungeon air brother. It gave no light or English Usage to look up ’ was bad for his arthritis, but Hdw grandiose! How -warmth, but caused the air to, “dramatic irony”. cryptic! He revelled in his not to take it personally, release a bdeep, sonorous, The doorbell rang. premonitory moan. About it profundity. Rain streamed in since he considered it He got up and pressed his otherwiseoneofthe most in-the black clouds thinned to a tear&down his face. Thunder face against the bars. He terejting jobs he eve; had., ’ swarming grey haze that, ,crackled & lightning roared. shouted for the turnkey. No like insects drawn .to a fire, People fled, freniied, from He then gave him @ack the burned in idiot amazement, the fear that snatched, - one came. Thedoorbell rang key and left. This was also a switch-like, through the again. and shrivelled in the coiling good thing, since, in fourstreets. The sheer joy of it! “Come in!” he shduted-. blaze. teen years the tunnel had “It’s all right!” ‘came the He turned’ away his eyes. to be in controj ; to be the advanced only seven inonly creature in existence!. reply. “I just dropped by to ches. He walks on the ‘sodded, Who is -this? Is it tell you it stopped raining!” When he stepped outside I ground, his path dimmed byanother fictional character “Who is it?” he asked. closing twilight, stumbling. he found that, in’deed, it had with a make-believe name? There was no answer.’ ’ ’ He remembers nothing now, stopped raining. Or is it a portrait of an actual \ He then spent the next He stood, solitary, befot’e his object to forget. He does person - a madman the aufourteenr years digging a, the cold, impassive stone not know why -%e cannot thor once knew? Perhaps it tunnel out of his cell.. He wal,ls that had withstood remember. isn’t a per-son at all but a COI-, onl’y worked at night to He has lpst everything ,I centuries, and seemed to even his sense of humour. lective reljresentation of a avoid being heard. Under defy time itself. Far above He cann& appreciate the set of ideas - a figure of‘aljhe wooden board that was the sprawling, niaSsiv”e his bed, which hung by-, dungeons that were rooted pointed absurdity of hissitulegory! inexorably in the lush, . ation: a nameless hero trap-. “I hate allegory!” he chains from the wal+, lay the

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Ever take notes at a horror movie? It tends to take away from the suspense. Students of the Cinema are the most pitiful lot. Always expecting whats’ to come; making mental notes of good and bad points instead of reacting. So never trust a critic (I realize you don’t already) for s(he) is probably the least typical of those in the audience. Well - it seems that during viewings of “Attack of the 50 Feet Women” there are other just-asunnatural occurrances happening at the Drive-In it’s showing at in the movie “Ruby”. Why are people being murdered in numerous 4 eird ways by nothing but a wicked wind. There’s got to be a reason, and there is. After all this is Hollywood not french surrealism. Let me take you back to 1935. To a misty swamp - any misty swamp

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-somewhere in Florida. Visualize the scene with water filled eyes. It is here where young Ruby’s lover Nicky is shot down by Jake’s gang. Ruby (Piper Laurie), goes into convulsions and gives birth to their child (Leslie) at that moment. You will get to know this scene if you see the fiim for it is shown every ten minutes throughout. Sixteen years later when it was tough to get a job in a gang and still .pay the rent, all the old gang members are working at Ruby’s drivein. Sixteen years later, also, Nicky is feeling revengeful. The fact that he is dead isn’t going to get in his way. A story of revenge! Leaves shake, it thunders, the wind blows, windows burst open, tables rattle and people are killed. One ex-gang member gets hung in the film room, author gets ripped

apart in the woods, one in the soft ,drink machine, another hung from the drive-in screen and one stabbed in a wheel chair. All of these murders are supposed to be gruesome and unexpected. However, now-a-days, gruesome is common place and the unexpected can be prejudged. At least the director doesn’t make us take his film too seriously. There are such humerous moments as a lady inserting her coins into the soft drink machine and receiving a cup of blood in return. For those of you who missed the Exorcist, fret not. For this film also involves a possessed girl in bed going through convulsions. It even has those weird noises, so predominant in the Exorcist to portray evil. Are we shocked to hear this young girl speaking in a male voice? A bit; it has worked before. Instead of an exorcist, “Ruby” has a psychic psychologist figure out the whys and wherefores. Here’s an example of some of the great conversations this doctor finds himself in: Dot: “She’s in a kind’ of somnambulist state” Ruby: “0, Dot don’t give me those 10 dollar words” There are some memorable scenes such as: Ruby alone at the

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drive-in while all the speakers are calling her name in Nicky’s voice, and Nicky appears on the screen with his bloodied face. “Blood and lots of it-well thats what they want now-a-days” we hear Ruby saying about the audience of 1951. Nothing much has changed. Ideally, this film should be seen in a drive-in not a movie theatre.

The eerie feeling the film tried to portray will probably be more ef: fective while surrounded by the setting of the movie. Roll your windows up and see it on a double feature with “The Attack of the Fifty Feet Women.” I give this film a .05 on the James Warke scale out of 20. This is slightly less than average. -randy

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Steely Dan releases Aja / Steely Dan is the most antiromantic band existent today. Their music is cool, almost middle-of-the-road jazz-pop, their lyrics mainly cynical wisecracks. The band’s sound is characterized by Donald Fagen, who with his narrow-edged voice exhibits a nonchalant matter-of-factness, the perfect vehicle for their numerous put-downs and cryptic celebrations. The band is more a concept than anything else, revolving around Fagen and Walter Becker, their songs and various satellite musicians. The musical boundaries staked out by the pair since the beginning five years ago are extremely limited - almost all of their tunes rotate around a single model idea, that of revealing the sleaziness of our ways - and after six albums the strain is beginning to show. ‘&Aja”, their new release, finds their formulas in desperate need of some kind of overhaul. While “Aja” is definitely not a concept album, every song - with the exception of “Deacon Blues” -concerns the narrators experience with

“The other backers and I feel that you’re attempting to incorporate too many unrelated themes into one movie.”

What would you do if God came back to earth and contacted you to tell you that the worl’d can work!

love gone bad or love which has never grown up. A Steely Dan outing usually includes at least one or two outstanding tunes, and here they get close but never quite make it. While some of the writing this time is firm and clean - as far as I’m concerned muchof “The Royal Scam” does not even come close to “Aja” - the band all too often depends for melody on fill-ins played by a good number of sessionmen, and fill-ins are no substitute for the absence of real melody, nor can they improve on a mediocre one. Listening objectively to “Aja” was difficult, and once in a while it is a pleasure to be’proved to your own satisfaction that you were wrong. I had all but written off Fagen and Becker as able but not very interesting musicians who had a habit of stretching mediocre ideas out to the most indulgent lengths. While they do turn up a few clinkers here “Aja”, “I Got The News”, and “Deacon Blues”the body of “Aja is what could have been the killer pop release of the year. Characteristicly strong horn ar-

rangements tend to offset the weaker material, thanks to Torn Scott, a capable flutist and saxophonist in his own right. His charts here are beyond reproach, and it doesn’t hurt at all to have the little-known but greatly accomplished Plas Johnson alongside (check out his work on Streisand’s cover of “N.Y. State of Mind”). The highlight guitar playing on this release belongs to Crusader Larry Carlton, who breathes life into such cuts as “Home At Last” and “Black Cow”. His rhythm guitar on “Josie” is so sinewy and melodic that I found myself staring at my turntable in disbelief. This way he weaves in and out of the lead pattern laid downby Becker is astonishing. It is glorious headlong playing like this that makes this rather diverse album worthwhile. Special mention is also due to Doobie Mike McDonald for exemplary background singing. For those who admired the Dan in their previous incarnations, this might be a bit of a disappointment, but, judged as the result of their new directions in pop, it is a cut above what is now being hustled in the marketplace. -peter

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A searing satire on half-baked revolutions EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL, the first feature of the International Film Series sponsored by the UW Arts’ Centre,- will be screened in the Humanities Theatre on Tuesday, October 11 at 8p.m. Admission is by membership only and memberships at $2.00 each are available a11 season at the Main Box Office, Room 254, Modern Languages building, University of Waterloo, or at the door. Film fee per night is $1.50 (Stu./Sen. $1.00). EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL (Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angefangen) was made in Germany in 1970. It’s a blackand-white film in German with English Subtitles. Directed by Werner Herzog, Germany’s most important young director, this film is a hallucinatory, sardonic, cruel

attack on half-baked revolutions, entirely enacted by a cast of dwarves in Kafkaesque settings designed for normal-sized people. Grotesquely, obscenely funny, the film confirms Herzog’s extraordinary visual flair and directly echoes Swift’s virulent satire on political man in Gulliver’s Travels. This film is a true parable of our times. Included in the cast are Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer and Erna Gschwnedtner. Two Canadian short subjects will also be part of the programme on October 11. “Oddballs”, a 1966 black-and-white film directed by Robert Fothergill is an absurd comedy about a Sunday game of croquet, presided over by Robertson Davies, which escapes the quiet confines of Massey college and proceeds around the city of Toronto. “Credit Valley Album”, a

1974 colour film directed by Paul Caulfied is centered around the haunting beauty of a forgotten mill in the Credit Valley. As the seasons unfold, so does the history of the region, through paintings and c photos dating back to the 1870’s. And to make your evening absolutely complete - the first chapter in the spine-chilling, cliff-hanging, old-time serial “The Phantom Creeps”. In this mystery-filled mad scientist caper, the brilliant but fanatical Dr. Zorka seeks to dominate the world with his arsenal of powerful inventions which inelude an invisibility machine and a fearsome eight foot tall robot. The fate of the world rests in the hands of Captain Bob West of U.S. Intelligence and Jean Drew, the attractive female reporter assigned to cover the action. Chapter 1 is entitled “The Menacing Power”.

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Dance- Plus Four provides varied programme ‘Few companies have responded ’ The original group members, Gabby Miceli, aid Nancy Forbes, to the rising public demand for solid entertainment as DaQce Plus Four both trained in ballet and modern has done in the Kitchenerdance technique, work together as Waterloo area; finding an audience artistic directors-choreographers in every age group. for Dance Plus Four. - First started in 1975, Dance Plus The newest members, their varFour is a “collective” effort, each ied talents contributing to the member being multi-talented. company’s development consist of When not performing or rehearsing Oonagh Fitzgerald, graduate of the their own repertoire the company Dance program at Ybrk Univkrmembers are busy instructing Sity; Jacques du Plessis, who in the young dancers as hell as offering past has worked with several advanced workshops in choreog‘Canadian dance companies and reraphy and dance interpretation. cently returned from dance training The company, while continually in New York; Isolde Faulkner a producing new works, has gone graduate of drama from Guelph, through a process of development. who has joined the company as

Local jazz thrives 0 112 K Wal Me a The last of a series of Jazz concerts, performed by the John Tank Quintet in the Twin Cities, was given on Sunday September 25 at the Kitchener Public Library. The group was composed of Barry Wills on piano, Dave Miller on soprano sax, Doug Wicken on bass, Randy Coryell on drums, and John Tank playing tenor saxophone and flute. In addition Jerome Jarvis on percussion and John Weir on saxo-alto were invited to sit-in and contributed to expand the colour and brilliance of the group. Each of these musicians gave a good performance of John’s compositions and of a compositiofi~,gf Barry Wills executed in trio. The audience’s attention was retained throughout the concert as the musical quality and diversity was kept on top level. In fact, the group showed an homogeneity which at times had been missing in some of the earlier concerts, due mainly ti, the short time the group had been working together. Barry Wills, whom the Jazz buffs from the K-W area already know very well, brought his melodic and inventive feeling on the piano, David Miller on soprano sax added a brilliant colour but could have, without negative impact, used a more powerful sound to balance John’s uninhibit_ed lyricism. Doug Wicken apparently more ’ relaxed than during thg past outdoors concerts provided a solid and articulate bass line. Randy Coryell on drums displayed an enthusiasm and solidity which are surprising for a drummer who pIayed in a jazz group for the first time.

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and Eileen Ran- w3luron Country Playhouse and the manager, who ‘Central Ontario Exhibition. the company in Aiming to not only entertain, but include the non-dancer, the comLong before its pren+er engagepany also has a workshop program. ment at the University of Waterloo This consists of a discussion and last May, the company ha& been = class to introduce movement as a touring educational institutions dance techniq,ue to the non-dancer. throughout the region. This SepScheduled for the company’s tember, Dance Plus Four was met upcoming performances is a series with great enthusiasm during an inof programs with the Midwestern vitation lecture and demonstration Regional Library System and the for U‘of W dance students at the Public School Board. Dance Plus Theater of the Arts. _ Four has been invited to share an evening with the London SymThe company performed pieces phony and will be performing from its children’s and adult’s re“Rumpelpieces -from its children’s reperpertoire including stiltskin”, “Clowns”, “Sequins and toire. Coming up in the New Year, the company will be performing Sass and Oodles of Class” to mennew works, during a public contion only a few at Grand Bend’s

cert, to b;e held in the Humanities Theater at U of W. The evening of October 29 will open Dance Plus Four’s fund raising Masquerade Party at the Valhalla Inn. They are anticidating a very enthusiastic response from both the University community and general public. With its operations expanding rapidly, company members are pleased to announce the opening of a permanent studio and new school of Dance Co. in downtown Kitchener. Here, the members will be instructing in Modern, Ballet, Jazz and mime classes. For Dance Miceli,

further information on. Plus Four contact Gabby phone 743-2128 evenings.

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Jerome Jaivis’s percussion added another dimension to the overall sound of the band and John Weir provided a nice counterpoint and interesting solos in the second part of the concert. Finally John gave us his beautiful and bouncy sound on the tenor sax. On some of the tunes Johrr .produced an ethereal sound effect by using an electronic “phase-shifter” which expanded the dimension of the song’s development. Unfortunately for the audience John (-lid not play the flute this Sunday, and we missed his lyrical and poetic approach on this instrument which without doubt shows the instrumental and musical versatility of this musician living in New York butpj??sently in vacation. at his parents’ home in St. Agatha. Obviously, the music composed by John has much to offer in terms of harmony, brilliance atid rhythm, from the latin feeling of “Book’s Bossa” to the wonderful beat and ear-catching lines of “Inter Action” , “New Island” and “Train of Thoughts” among many others. These songs provide the listeners with a fluid and yet powerful base to which it is easy to associate individual iinages and thoughts in a kind of spiritual communication. John’s compositions and interpretation denote a strong power and control of the direction’ and structure of what the “Free Form” Jazz idiom represents. Along with a strong influence of Coltrane in the area of instrumental exploration, John’s background and experience gathered in NewYork’ (by playing with people like Elvin Jones, Charlie Mingus, and Rashid Ali) blend successf&ly to provide a personal sound and musical structure which pe.rmit him to be identified among the best compbsers and players of the Jazz community. s -jacques myon

Dance Plus Four - “Solitudes”. Dancers Cabby Mice/i and Nancy Forbes. Choreographed by Gabby Mice/i.

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Multicultural play at theatre of arts Tonight at 8pm in the Theatre of the Arts, the Open Circle Theatre is presenting “The Primary *English Class’ ’ , a comedy dealing with the language problems of immigrants. Written by Israel Horovitz, the play performed to 97% capacity audiences last summer in. Toronto. “The Primary English Class” uses every ,possibility for insanity as it depicts a night class in English for newcomers to America! A very talented cast uses every chance to

make the most of the situations that immigrants from varied back/grounds dan encounter. The play has received good reviews from many directions. The .New York Times called it “hilarious” and the Toronto Star more recently labelled- it a “joyful surprise. ” Tickets are.$4 for students and seniors, $6 for non-students available in Modern Languages. -r. carter

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(Germany, 1970) Directed by Werner Herzog; English subtitles A hallu&natory, sardonic, cruel attack on half-baked revolutions, entirely acted by a cast of dwarves in Kafkaesque settings designed for normal-sized people. Grotesqtiely, obscenely funnv. _

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rugby teams still unbeaten Last Saturday the Waterloo Rugby Football Club travelled to St. Catherines to take on Brock University, and they came out on top by a score of 17-O.

UW t&tmplaces 3rd .

The men’s cross country team placed third two weeks ago at the RMC Invitational in Kingston. The Queen’s A and B teams were first and second, respectively, and appear to be the top University in the, OUAA. ( The individual champion was Clause Rinne of Queen’s in 3 1:54 over the 5.6 mile course. Top Waterloo runner was again Tom Boone, who was fifth in 32:37. Pete Gove was 12th (34:23), Grey Kay 18th (35:18), Peter Piercy 24th (36:00), Doug Black 35th (37:18), and Francis Cadeaux 45th (3807) of over 50 entrants. The following day Howard Saunders ran one of his best races in the prestigious Springbank Road Races. Howard was 27th in the 4.5 mile event in a time of 20:52. There were 293 entrants in this race won by Duncan McDonald of Hawaii. Other Waterloo placings were: Tom Boone 90th (23:02), Gary Crossley 92nd (23:07), Dave Zap-

poroli 100th (23:23), Pete Gove 131st (24:25), Terry Novak 136th (24:31), and Tom Eizgerald 165th (26:34). Lasr week at York University the team met strong contingents from Queen’s, Western, and Toronto who, in order, were ahead of the Warriors in the team placings. The individual champion was Nil Lavallee of Laurentian with a time of 34:08 over the 7 mile course. Tom Boone was the top Warrior harrier placing 10th in 35:58. Gary Crossley picked up 12th spot in 36:04 with Howard Saunders just behind in 14th place with 36:14. Other Warriors included; Grey Kay 42nd (38:42), Keith MacKay 47th (39: 1 I), and Tim Bradich 79th (43:27) of 92 finishers. The team will run in a special cross country race which has been added to the Waterloo Invitational Track Meet’s programme. The race will start at 1:35 today and will be run through Waterloo Park.

kicks up and. down the field. The Warriors came close to scoring on a couple occasions with good individual efforts, but unfortunately they were unable to capitalise on these. In the second half the Warriors came to terms with the wet conditions and really took control of the game. Shortly after the start of the second, fly-half Dave King opened the scoring with a penalty ,goal to make it 3-O. As the Warriors applied constant pressure to the Brock line, inside-centre Ralph Jerchoff made a half break through the Brock back line before flipping out a pass to wing-three quarter Todd Girdwood who crashed over the line for the first try of the game. King kicked the conversion, making the score now 9-O. The next score soon followed. As, from a five-yard strum, No. 8 Dave Biehn took the ball and piled his way over the goal line. The conversion was missed, leaving the score 13-O.

Due to a sudden rash of injuries, the Warriors called on the services of five members of the “Socalled” second team to replace the normal starters. The fine performances put on by each of these players show that the Warriors will again have strength in depth, and that nobody in the club can consider their position secure with so much talent available. The conditions for the game were’less than favourable, with a strong wind driving diagonally across the field and a heavy rain, which caused the field to become so wet that before long it resembled more of a swamp in places. Play in the first half was very stagnant both teams found it difficult to maintain a good hold of the greasy ball, and this resulted in the teams exchanging a series of

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The University of Waterloo Women’s Field Hockey Team travelled to Laurentian University in Sudbury on September 30 to participate in the O.W.I.A.A. Early Bird Tournament. The Athena’s first game was against McGill University. Due to very it was a game of stop and go with many penalty poor field conditions, strokes being called. Unfortunately, the Waterloo girls were not able to get their momentum going and were defeated 3-O. Next was Queen’s University. This time our home team dominated the game achieving the longest ball possession time. But they could not emerge victorious and the game ended in a I- 1 tie. Scorer for Waterloo was Marie Miller. University of Toronto was Waterloo’s next challenge. Toronto has always been a strong team and Waterloo played well against them. But strong drives from the top of the circle by Toronto’s forwards gave University of Toronto the victory, 4-O. On the next day, Waterloo met McMaster University. Waterloo dominated the game leading 1-O until the final minute of play. The McMaster girls rushed Waterloo’s goal and scored on a scrimmage in front of the net resulting in a l-l tie. Scoring for the Athena’s was Marie Miller. Against the University of Western Ontario, our home girls played an defense but aggressive game. They maintained pressure on Western’s could not score, the game ended in a O-O draw. Next was York University. York controlled the play and kept the ball in Waterloo’s defensive end. Score 3-O York University. Waterloo’s final game was against Guelph University. This was a game with lots of mid-field play with neither team being successful in scoring. Final tally O-O. “Rough and very soaked field conditions lend to low scoring games with few opportunities for accurate passing and goal scoring”, was how coach Judy McCrae summarized the hockey week-end for the girls. This week-end Waterloo hosts their Annual Invitational Tournament. Come out and support our Athenas.

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The final try came later in the game’when Dave King crosskicked the ball and Ron Fukushima on the follow-up, pressured the opposing full-back into losing control of the ball, whereupon he dribbled it over the goal line and pounced on it for the try, making the final score 17-O. The forwards really came to life in the second half winning an abundance of ball and their ability to link up with one another, resulting in many long, sweeping runs. Meanwhile back in Waterloo, a mixture of the Waterloo second and third teams faced Guelph in an exhibition game. The home team came out victors by a score of 9-0, with Rob Kitchen scoring a try and Brian “Yosemite Sam” Ytrell kicking a conversion and a penalty goal. Stevie “The Demon” Love11 claimed to have scored a try. Unfortunately though, nobody else seems to be able to bear witness to this unearthly feat having occurred. Right, Ref?!

Soccer wins Waterloo’s soccer Warriors won twice on the road last weekend, to make their 1977 league record 2-l. The Warriors defeated RMC Redmen 4-l on Saturday. Keith Gittens contributed two goals, while Zenon Moszora and Cameron Ward scored one goal each. RMC’s lone goal came from Stu Laurie. A second sodden session on Sunday saw the squad shutout Queen’s University 2-O. Left winger Bert Van Hout authored both of Waterloo’s goals, with a shutout by Tony Carriera completing the victory. Coach Ron Cooper says “We’ve got a ways to go yet.” But referring to the coveted top two playoff spots, he feels “If we can continue to play this way, we’ll be there. Both of these victories followed a solid 3-l defeat of the Ontario Selects under 21 team, last week at Seagram stadium. This exhibition match was a good indicator of the quality of play which Waterloo can produce, as the Ontario Selects were Bronze medalists in last summer’s Canada Games.

Strong runners It would appear that the women’s track team is going to be the strongest in Waterloo’s history. At the present time there are 16 active members with the possibility of several additions. The only event which does not have any competitors is the 1OOm dash. At a meet held in the rain last Saturday at Queen’s the Athenas were victorious in 5 events. They were the: 800 (Rina Klevering), 1500 (Jennifer MacPhail), 3000 (Mary McKenzie), and both the discus and javelin (Barb Chitovas). Runner-up laurels went to Sandra Ford in the new 400 hurdles event and Marg Lesperance in the 400. The men’s team was also hampered by the rain but managed some respectable places. Steve Harrington, new to OUAA outdoor track, pulled off a remarkable victory in the 1OOm dash with a time of 11.2. Rob Town was first in the shot and third in the discus. The jumps saw Jim Nishikawa place first in the triple and third in the long jump. Tom Fitzgerald managed a third in the 3000m steeplechase despite the waterlogged track. The track teams hope’to achieve even greater successes at the Waterloo Invitational held today at Seagram’s Stadium commencing at 12 noon continuing to 5 PM. Please come out and support these teams,

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Ballroom dancing is an extremely successful instructional program has been developing nicely since it’s genesis three years ago. Until this term, the program involved a minimal fee but now is a total freebee due to it’s absorption into the Intramural budget. This program runs every Monday night at 7:30, 8:30 and 9: 30 p.m. and one could enjoy the festivities by simply poking one’s head into the Village 1 Great Hall. My first reaction to this activity was in the form of two questions; Who’s participating‘? and Why? First who’s participating. Obviously students, but with the support of faculty and staff and with a wide diversity of such factors as: age, sex (?), faculty enrollment, and ethnic background. Therefore, 1 feel comfortable that we can eliminate all stereotypes of only the elderly, undersexed, upper classed European, participating because of an over abundance of leisure time. This leads us to the question of why? Several reasons including such factors as the development of social skills, folklores, Oktoberfest prep, girlfriend’s persuasion,, a need to develop a variety of dancing skills for other festivities, and simply an evening out for a couple. Intrinsic motivation plays an important role and supports the basic philosophy behind the Intramural Department as it pertains to developing personal growth. Nevertheless, contact Sally Kemp at Ext. 3533 for more information. Outer’s Club The club this fall with bers. There and that is about.

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At least two trips have laready gone out this term with several plans for the rest of the year such as: Cross Country Skiing, Rock Climbing and Algonquin Canoe Trips, etc. For more information, please contact Cress Walker (886-4729) or Kevin Boggs (885-6969). Men’s Competitive Soccer Intramural soccer got underway on Wednesday, September 21, and after only a week and a half of league play, there are definite . trends taking place. In the “A” league, E.S.S. is currently on top of the league with 2 rather convincing victories, ‘both of which were shutouts. Also the Math Soc’cers have 2 victories and they too were won by shutouts.-It seems that both of these teams have a strong offense to win games convincingly and at the same time, a defense that doesn’t allow the opposition to score. In the “B” league a tight race is developing between Renison Rats. Dirty Feet, and Plummers Best, who have all won their opening 2 games. Come on out and check out

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tion of the track and the fact that a Laurier-Western football game had to be played at Seagrams on October 3, this tournament has been cancelled for the term. The Village Co-ed Slow Pitch Tournament has also been cancelled due to the weather conditions. Coming up are the: 1. 8th Annual Bicycle Race at Laurel Creek Conservation Area. Deadline is Monday, October 17 - Race Date Saturday, October 22. 2. 7-Aside Rugby Tourney - Deadline is Wednesday, October 12 Tournament Date - Sunday, October 16. 3. Men’s and Women’s Singles Badminton. Deadline is Monday, October 24. Tournament Dates - Wednesday, October 26 and Wednesday, November 2 “COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE”

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a game one of these Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Sundays at Columbia Fields. Men’s Flag Football The Flag Football season has come off with an impressive start this fall. With rubber cleats now available for use in the conference we still haven’t seen any serious injuries - such as crushed fingers, punctured heads and the sort. There’s a lot of talent out there on the football fields with several teams off to decisive starts. The Lakeshore Freskins have impressed a lot of onlookers with their quick and direct three straight wins. They are certainly giving the usually strong church-college teams a run for their money in the B4 league. West Quad and the ,Bionics are two other teams which have ‘had good beginnings in the

top honours in their league. Although, Optometry has had one win and a loss as their front three comes second to none. Sources have informed me that their front line has a combined weight of over 750 pounds; they should provide some tough competition in “A” division. The season is young and there certainly is plenty of time for teams to prove themselves. Games are usually held Tuesdays and Thursdays with some scheduled Mondays and Wednesdays. If you want to have a good time, come out to a couple games - the fields are turning into mudbaths and should be great to watch. Tournaments’ Fall 1977 has not been the best term for Intramural tournaments. The Tennis tournament originally scheduled for Sunday, September 25 had to be postponed due to weather conditions. The draw was modified in order to let the full tournament be played October 1 and 2, but again the tournament was rained out. It has been unfortunately cancelled for this term.

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Hitchhiking mot all bad Recently I have been aware of a number of articles, comments, etc. which have been made regarding the subject of hitchhiking. The tone of the police has seemed to me to “we’re doing this for be a condescending your own good” attitude. In my opinion, however, there has been no overall view on the subjtct. I say this, based on my own experiences hitchhiking over the last 10 years (since I was thirteen) and having travelled, by use of my thumb and patience, around the world. I myself have found that hitchhiking has opened many, many new perspectives and enlightened me to experiences, living styles, and a sense of adventure which I would never have known if I had engaged in any of the more conventional means of travel. I have been forced to constantly readjust my beliefs, ideals and self-concept because of the people I have met while hitchhiking. I can say honestly that through hitchhiking I have come in contact with a wide segment of humanity - from getting rides in a Rolls Royce at four o’clock a.m. through London, England, to riding on the roof of a dilapidated bus through the mountains in Northern Pakistan. I have slept in houses of the very rich, been roused from under park bushes by policemen, and gone for days without sleep while being bounced in the back of a trailer crossing Iran. I have been helped when sick and have in turn helped others who have fallen under hard times. Through all this I have talked and listened and learned of many experiences, fears and beliefs. I have changed in what seems an endless number of ways. What it all amounts to is that I have a personal knowledge of many individuals, societies and cultures and feel confident in encountering almost any situation. To a great extent I no longer feel the fear of new experiences, which so many peoplea who have chosen more sheltered existences seem to feel. All of this may sound like a simplistic, over-enthusiastic account of the glories and benefits of hitchhiking and I freely admit that this is so. Along with these experiences however there are many hours of waiting where on’e’s patience is stretched extremely thin; there are- freezing temperatures, and extreme heat to endure; as well as disappointment, paranoias, inner conflicts, and self doubts to overcome. There is also the inevitable encounter with accidents or emergencies along the road and the times when the hitchhiker will find that he/she can depend only on his/her self in the immediate situation. For me however times like these, although being quite harrowing, have been beneficial in that they have helped me to know myself better. When I look at the “dangers” of hitchhiking, which seem so often to be the only aspect discussed on the subject, I find that for me they have been quite minimal. In ten years of thumbing I have been assaulted only once - in London, England. As well I have had a few sexual come-on’s but have talked my way through every one. Other people - the police and the general population may assert, have not been so lucky and so, based on these assertions, the _ generalized concept that all hitchhiking is bad, is believed. I protest vehemently against such generalizations. The circumstances - such as when and where the person was picked up, the hitcher’s appearance, and the appearance and apparent character of the driver (if he/she seems strange - don’t get in!), all play a part in whether or not a safe experience will be enjoyed. In spite of this, suggestions for an outright ban against all hitchhiking, or statements such as “hitchhiking is dangerous” are still made. To me, statements such as these are foolish generalizations made by people who do not fully understand the activity they are talking about. When one approaches from the perspective that hitchhik-

ing costs no money except for personal expenses (I travelled for a year, around the world in 1973, on 1800 dollars), is sometimes quicker than paid transportation (I hitched to Vancouver in four days), and provides a wealth of experiences and learning about oneself and the world, the only generalization I can come up with is that hitchhiking is good. Certainly the individual must weigh the advantages against the disadvantages, and decide for him/herself whether-to undertake the experience, but blanket assertions that hitchhiking will get you raped and/or murdered are both misleading and false. In my own view it is the right of the individual to decide for him/herself whether or not he/she will participate in hitchhiking and the experiences/dangers it involves. To depict only one side of the story is both manipulative and irresponsible, and I believe that the police are guilty of these tactics. In my opinion therefore, it is time that individuals think for themselves how they feel about the subject, rather than just believing the constant drone of antihitchhiking stories which the established authorities are so willing to wave under the public’s nose. It is with this hope of providing people, and in particular the police, with another perspective, that I write this letter. Laurie Gout-lay

CPDC is ,disruptive A forum is an organized environment for the expression of ideas. It allows - or should allow - controversial points of views to be expressed in an eniironment which encourages all the audience to participate in the discussion and to come away betier informed on the issue and better ablk. to take and defend a position. The Immigration Forum of September 20, is a case in point. A representative of the Canadian state was present to defend the new immigration bill (C-24). Two lawyers who actively oppose the new immigration bill were there to explain the reactionary nature of government immigration policy. Ideally, the interchahge between the three panelists would have set the stage for tough questioning from the audience, and all of us would have come away with a clear picture of Canadian Immigration policy. From what we were allowed to hear of what the speakers had to say, there is little doubt that that policy is both racist and repressive. We would like to voice dissatisfaction on behalf of that portion of the audience who came to hear the speakers, but instead witnessed a verbal assault by members of the Canadian People’s Defence Committee, on the panel. We are at a loss to understand the actions of those people: if it was their intent to convince the representative from the government of their hatred, then they were successful. If their intent was to present an alternative interpretation of thezimmigration bill to the audience, then the tactics used (shouting down both the speakers and the members of the audience who objected to the disruption) could not have been better designed to alienate the audience. ’ The slogan “facists have no right to speak” and the use of intimidation tactics against people who disagree with the claims that the Canadian People’s Defense Committee “represents the Canadian people” are strange tactics coming from a group which is both a persecuted minority and which claims a program to advance the basic interests of the people. One is left wondering what the litmus test of fascism is. Finally, we have to question the reporting of the forum by the chevron. While basically accurate, the article on the immigration forum left the distinct impression that the audience was united in vocalizing it’s opposition to the government’s immigration policy. While there was no doubt that the substantial majority of people present opposed the racist and repressive nat”ure of immigration policy, it was substantially mis-

leading to suggest that the audience uniformly supported the tactics of CPDC. In fact, as your reporter well knew, many people present objected vocally to the intimidating and disruptive tactics of CPDC. Eugene Beuthien, OPIRG Morris Ilniak, Educational Fieldworker lettitor Your criticism of my .article is sound. For ‘the record, let me state that quite a number of people in the audience that night expressed strong objections to the tactics of CPDC members and supporters. val moghadam

Thompson apologises Regarding last week’s Feedback letter titled “Smylie unfit” of which I was a cosigner, I would like to clear up one ambiguity in the first paragraph. The letter states that Mr. Smylie said he would resign in order to allow another Renison student to run but never did. This is true, however it should be noted that Mr. Smylie did submit a resignation to me, in writing, declaring this intent. This particular resignation was not dealt with by Council before Mr. Smylie verbally announced that he was quitting without any sort of qualification. That was March 8. On April 3 Council accepted Mr. Smylie’s resignation. There has been some dispute as to which resignation was dealt with by Council. The motion reads: THOMPSON/BERTHIN To accept Mr. Smlie’s resignation effective immediately. The motion was passed 12 to 0 with two abstentions. It would seem to me that an unqualified resignation would take precedence over the previous and subsequent qualified statements of intent to resign, and the fact that the member in question actually voted for the resignation effectively immediately and accepted at the time that he was no longer a councillor leaves me with no doubt that the Renison seat on Council was legally and properly declared vacant upon a valid resignation. The fact that Mr. Smylie is once again sitting on Council as the Renison Representative without benefit of being elected or acclaimed since his resignation continues to baffle me. Nevertheless, the implication in last week’s letter that Mr. Smylie was insincere in his declaration of intent to resign effective on the day of a by-election is, I feel, unfounded. I would like at this point to publicly apologise to Mr. Smylie for any embarassment caused him from the fact of my signature being attached to the previously mentioned ambiguity. Sorry Larry. No harm intended. Douglas Thompson Past President Federation of Students University of Waterloo

Fed mo As I picked up last week’s chevron, the headline “FEDS FILMING FOR SURVIVAL” caught’my eye. Reading the article, I was a little dismayed to discover that my fees were paying for a film solely to convince me that my expenditure was worthwhile in the first place. I was surprised that Kevin O’leary’s comment that the federation should “take steps to convince students that their fees are- worth paying” was accepted as valid, not an swered with indignance. If, as the federation seems to bel.ieve, our fees are being put to good use, the federation should be confident of that fact and the student body should be aware of it by virtue of the visible benefits we receive. The

federation’s apparent enthusiasm for this project indicates that perhaps it cannot justify its expenditure of students’ fees and is acting out of a desire more to stay in power than to effectively improve. Another line from the article that attracted my attention was the instance in which Larry Smylie “warned councillors that to vote against the motion would be to suppress communication with the students”‘. I have always thought of and defined communication as the passage of information and ideas between two or more parties. A promotional film certainly does not achieve this end. I don’t understand a supposedly representative body spending $2000 promoting itself to those it in theory represents. To justify this expenditure as being “of assistance in persuading students to retain compulsory fees” seems to imply that persuasion is necessary, which in turn implies that something is wrong within the federation. As was said by Science i=ouncillor Gerard Kimmons, “the federation should stand on its actions.” If it cannot do so, the answer lies in change of its attitudes and actions, rather than in advertising itself. I am new on campus and I certainly don’t wish to criticize the federation simply for criticism’s sake. It does, however, appear to me that the most worthwhile manifestation of the federation’s existence is a body which appears to be consistently at odds with the federation - the chevron. Since I have been here, it has been the chevron which has appeared to fight for the students’ interests - often, strangely enough, against the federation. I hope that after the October 25th election, the federation will be able to sort itself out of its apparent turmoil. My congratulations also to the chevron for a consistently fine production. Keith MacNeill

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Under the guise of reforming the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) the Minister of Colleges and Universities Harry Parrott has launched yet another attack against students. In the new aid scheme announced September 21 there are some reforms, but the main thrust of it is to increase students’ economic burden, raise academic standards and so cut enrollment. The clearest example of this is the announcement that a student will only be eligible for a grant for eight terms, and even if a0 student doesn’t apply for a grant he or she still uses up one of the eight terms. This means that all graduate students will now be unable to receive a grant. Also those students who take more than four years to complete their course will now be denied a grant after eight terms. It is estimated that the effect of this at University of Toronto, based on last year’s graduate enrollment figures, is that 3,225 students would have been denied a grant. That figure represents 18% of masters and doctoral students: 27% of the students in dentistry; 57% of those in law; 63% of those in medicine; and 66% of those studying in education. Also last year at UW 304 graduate students received an OSAP grant. Under the new system they (25% of graduate enrollment) will not get a grant. In a piece of chicanqFy Parrott increased the number and value bf Ontario Graduate Scholarships as if to compensate for this severing graduate grant aid. They have been increased from 945 to 1200 and their value has been raised by $50 per term. These scholarships, however, are not based on financial need, but on merit, and for the last eight years the standards necessary to receive one of them have been skyrocketing as graduate numbers increased and the number of awards fell. Between the academic years 1969-70 and 1976-77 grants declined by 65% while graduate enrollment rose about 15%. In 1969-70 2,751 scholarships were awarded thus the small increase announced this year bill in no way compen-

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sate graduates for what they havelost. This increase in standards is also apparent in how the new aid program affects’undergraduates. Parrott has stated that it will encourage students to complete their studies quickly and “will clearly favour students with full courseloads and efficient The new program will study habits.” penalize students who switch courses after a term, or go part-time at some point, since they will have used up one of their eligibility periods. This trend is that only the students with the highest grades will be encouraged, while those who are capable of getting a degree but may need some more assistance are being discouraged. This allows the government to produce more graduates per dollar. This trend is also evident in the proficiency exam campaign and the talk of university admissions tests. If fully implemented these would mean that students would have to fulfil1 an extra requirement before getting their degree, or even before being admitted to university. In essence then, more is expected now of students than in previous years. For the vast majority of stutients, it means they will have to meet higher standards and they will have to pay more for their education. This discouragement for the majority of is in keeping with the students government’s new university funding policy which allows universities to receive more money per student if they .cut enrollment. This policy has been emphasized by Parrott in public speeches. Speaking to high school students in Elora .June 18, 1977, Parrott warned his audience to consider all the alternatives before coming to university. As Minister of Colleges and Universities, Parrott has a history of attacking students. He tripled tuition fees for foreign students, increased tuition by one hundred dollars for the rest of us, raised the mandatory loan portion of student aid to $1000, and when reproached about his policies by 300 UW students in February 1976, he retorted “That’s your problem.” It is important to see that these policies, including the latest changes to OSAP, are all part of the government’s campaign to make the people pay for the economic crisis. The reactionary bourgeoisie in Canada, that which is Canadian and that which is an extension of the U.S. big-bourgeoisie, is using its state to shift the economic burden onto the backs of the people. Education cutbacks are part of the same campaign as wage controls, increased restrictions on employment insurance benefits and a host of other attacks on workers. The Anti-Imperialist Alliance, the UW student wing of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist), believes students and workers should oppose this shifting of the economic burden and should launch struggles to make the rich pay. The rich can pay, and they should be forced to do so. The AIA calls on all students to go to Seneca College in Toronto on Wednesday, October 5th, to confront Harry Parrott when he tries to defend his latest attack at 2:30 p.m. (The Federation of Students is supplying buses and a free ride to Seneca College. They should be leaving the Campus Centre around 12: 30). The AIA takes note that in his tour of Ontario university campuses, Harry Parrott has avoided UW. Last time he was here in February 1976, he was strongly denounced by over 300 students. Avoiding UW this year won’t save Harry Parrott. The UW students will confront him wherever he goes! Anti-Imperialist Alliance

ELPP is defended YOU appear to base your editorial opinion that the English Language Proficiency Programme “has almost nothing to do with students’ abilities in English and almost ev-

student a real disservice. Instead of knockerything to do with cutbacks in education” ing a constructive attempt to help students, (chevron, Sept. 9) on Don Martins article the reasons why entitled “English Profiency (sic) exam. a why don’t you investigate so many students arrive on campus without racket against students.” If his article is all the writing skills they need? the evidence you have, I suggest that you Angela Burnett re-read his article carefully. ELPP tutor. Among others, the article makes the following points: We have followed your excellent sugges1) The university authorities do not accept tion to re-read the article cited. Certainly it that good high school grades necessarily reis possible, perhaps even probable, that flect acceptable writing skills. Isn’t it just some High School marks are inflated or that possible that some high school marks are writing skills .per se are not adequately inflated or that writing skills per’se are not tested. That possibility, however, did not adequately tested? appear for the first time in 1976. It has al2) Americans “thought of the idea” that ways been a possibility. The fact remains writing skills have declined before Canathat according to the only study which dians did. Who cares who thought of it first, compared students skills over the years chevron? Ontario’s Secondary/Post Secondary Inter3) Questions used in the September, 1976 High School grades remain as exam. were silly. Don Martin mentions, in a face Study good as an indication of a students potential subordinate clause, that the test ‘was reat university as they ever have. placed and never used again. He then deFurther, that same study said quite votes 15 cm. of column space (I measured) clearly that there has been no decline in to quoting and commenting on questions basic skills since 1956. which he knew would not be used again. The government’s most recent study Why do you think that he did that, chevron? Basic Skills at School and Work-which was Isn’t it possible that he is seeking to ridicule commissioned by the Ontario the programme for unstated motives? Economic Council, states emphatically 4) Don Martin says that the ELPP fails to (pgs. 42-50) that the single most reliable demake a distinction between “changes in ,terminant of a student’s grasp of basic skills academic standards that might occur for is the students socio-economic background. academic reasons and those that flow in the As a group, the children of rich and eduwake of enrolment numbers that approach cated parents do better than the children of system capacity”. So what? If ELPP were a’ parents who are not rich and not educated. research programme designed to find out We believe that programs such as the Profiwhy writing skills have declined, that disciency Programme at the University must tinction would be an important one. Since be considered in light of their social ramifiall the ELPP is designed to do is help those cations. . students with writing problems (whatever Of course it doesn’t really .matter who the source of those problems) that distincthought of the idea of Proficiency Testing tion is irrelevant. first, but considering the influence that pub5) Don Martin finishes up with this breathlic opinion has had on this program (see takingly unreasoned statement: “. . . The Ledbetter’s report on the Writing Skills certain discouragement which it (the ELPP) conference) it is interesting to see whether provides (especially to those who come the opinion is home grown or imported. from homes where middle class English is The point of scrutinizing last year’s exnot the norm) can be seen to serve the ends amination is that last year’s program was of bureaucrats confronted with incentives billed as a pilot project. It, therefore, invites to curtail growth and, in fact, incentives to examination to determine its success and decrease the number of students”. How can value. No public examination of the progMartin prove that discouragement is “cerram has yet been done, nor have the desigtain”? Can you prove it, chevron? How do ners of the program ever encouraged public you account for those students who are acexamination. tually eager to improve their writing skills? We believe that, since the greatest effect What is middle class English? Does Don of the program is on students, it should be Martin mean standard English? If so, why open for scrutiny by students - last year’s does he give it what he apparently intends pilot project as well as this year’s full blown to be a pejorative label? What evidence is program. there that students who speak more than If all that the ELPP is designed to do is to one language are especially disadvantaged? help students, then why doesn’t it throw Above all, in what way does this supopen all of its documents for examination posedly certain discouragement serve the by students ? Surely young adults have ends of bureaucrats to curtail growth and something of value to contribute to their decrease the number of students? Is Don own help. Martin saying that the need to show miniThe proof of discouragement comes from mal competence in writing skills will disfirst hand encounters with discouraged and suade future students from enrolling here? disappointed students. Do you, Angela, If that is what he is saying, and you subconsider that the massive publicity stating scribe to that view, chevron, prove it. Do that huge proportions of students have you think that students are unaware of the failed the exam is encouraging to students need to write clearly and correctly? Isn’t it who have, say, barely made their qualifying possible that a prospective student might English grades? regard the chance to improve his writing The chevron accounts for those students skills as a bonus? If, indeed, any prospeceager to improve their writing skills by nottive student is discouraged from applying to ing that students are always eager to imU. of W. by the thought of a proficiency prove any of their skills. HOW do YOU expexam, what is to stop him from applying to lain the need for compulsion‘? another Ontario university which has no proYes, middle class English does mean ficiency test? The argument that the ELPP standard English. The intent of using “midwill reduce the number of prospective studle class” was not to be pejorative but to dents is specious nonsense. English is only emphasize that “standard” If Don Martin is not talking about disstandard for the upper and middle classes. couraging prospective students, what is he Once again the working class is put at a distalking about? He knows, and you know, advantage. that the proficiency exam is given after the If you do not think that being graded in a current first-year students have already foreign language by the same criteria which been accepted by the university. How could .-are used for native speakers is a disadvanthis exam. possibly be said to fulfil the tage, then we suggest that you look up the government’s plan to reduce numbers? meaning of the word “advantage” in a good Don Martin’s article is, in my opinion, a dictionary. dishonest piece of writing. Your endorseWhether or not the argument that the ment and expansion of its theme is even ELPP discourages prospective students is more dishonest. He, and you, chevron, specious, remains to be seen. It is perhaps purport to be concerned with student welsignificant that enrollment at Ontario unifare. His true purpose - a political one - is versities has declined this year contrary to revealed only in the last four paragraphs of all predictions. his article. If he, and you, chevron, have managed to dissuade a single student who Of course, other discouragements, such as increased tuition, have no doubt had needs help in improving his writing skills from seeking help, you will have done that their effect as well. Being forced to partici-

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pate in a Proficiency Programme and being told that one musttake on an extra work load is a bonus ?? If a student, after the first year, fails to pass out of the program, and if the student has found that the work load is excessive because of the “bonus” - two real possibilities - will the student have more, or less, reason for continuing. What if the student is crushed by debt? We do not knock any constructive atternpt to help students. We believe that a Writing Clinic is a good and useful addition to this campus. However, we do not believe that compulsory “help” is constructive. We do not believe that a “programme” which delights in publishing huge numbers of failures - even to the extent of including among the failures students who have ‘already fulfilled the requirements for exemption from the programme - is constructive. (On this point see last week’s editorial). - Don Martin

Pres seeks public opinion The Federation of Students has been attacked numerous times over the number of employees on its payroll. Many of these attacks emmenated from “The free chevron’ ‘(Council Holds Grads Out, Keeps Thompson In; April 7, 1977, King Interview: Refundable Fees; May 6, 1977, Feds Okay Half Million Dollar Budget; May 20, 1977). There are presently four full-time positions ($160 per week) associated with the chevron. Two of these positions are paid from the chevron budget (Editor, Production Manager). The Advertising Manager is paid directly from the Board of Publications Budget. The Board of Publications Secretary is paid by the Federation through the Administration. It should be noted that the Board of Publications Secretary has historically worked out of the chevron office. A candidate for the position of News Editor has been brought forward to Students’ Council in order to allocate another full-time salary. This would in essence mean five fulltime positions associated with the chevron, assuming the News Editor is approved by ,Council. A motion was brought forward at an unofficial meeting of Students’ Council (October 3, 1977) to “request a written rationale for the paid positions associated with the chevron” . This motion will be brought to the Board of Directors for approval. I’m quite sure that Students’ Council and the students will be most interested in the response to be provided by the chevron. Eric Higgs Acting President, Federation of Students The acting president implies that the chevron staff is attempting to add new paid positions. In fact, the chevron’s paid positions have existed since 1970. These paid positions include a news editor, hired for an eightmonth period. Consequently, paying the news editor does not add a new paid position. Furthermore, the news editor’s salary was included in the 1977-78 Federation budget, which was passed by council. Why this new objection to hiring someone with alreadyallocated funds? Criticism of Federation spending has arisen because there is no tangible evidence of the work of the many paid staff working for the Federation. The chevron staff produces a weekly newspaper, and the paid staff work long hours to do this. What do the well-paid Federation staff do? Moreover, you imply that only the chevron is critical of the Federation’s lavish- spending. This attempt to shift the blame for the problem onto the chevron ignores the fact that it is the students themselves who are demanding that the Federation serve them and end the porkbarreling which the chevron has exposed. The chevron’s criticism simply reflects the concerns of many students on campus; Answer to them, Mr. Higgs! -lettitor

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- Ideologies Icompatible In the 20 July issue of the chevron, a quote in an article on Albania denounced the Christian-Marxist dialogue as “prompted only to fool the masses so that they will not see the liberating force of Marxism.” In the Sept 30th chevron, Dr. Schroeder, a Christian, expressed the view that “there can be no reconciliation between Marxism (the thoughts developed by Marx and Engels) and Christianity (the teaching of Christ)“, because “the base of Marxism is atheism whereas the base of Christianity is belief in God. . .” May I offer, as food for thought, these words by the late Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti, who strongly opposed compromise between “the two ideologies”: “As for the development of the religious consciousness, we no longer accept the naive and erroneous view that an increase in knowledge and a change in social structures are enough to bring about a radical change in man. This view, inherited from the Enlightenment and the materialism of the eighteenth century, has been disproved by history. The roots of religion are deep. It is not true that the religious consciousness is necessarily an obstacle to the understanding and the achievement of the construction of socialism.” From The Destiny of Man, 1963. -val moghadam

An open letter to the feds Dear People According to an article on page 3 of the chevron 18, 17 (Friday September 30, 1977), “The federation council suspended one of their by-laws last Monday, because it conflicts with their plans for an October 25 presidential election.” Is it true that you have acted this way? Prior to 1977 no students’ council of the Federation of Students, University of Waterloo pretended to have the power of a general meeting of the members of the Federation, i.e., including the power to make by-laws. In spite of some of the business of this sort that went on with the council and with the board of directors this past winter, I thought that the members of that council might be exceptional in their attempts to take away from the general membership their right to exclusive exercise of the pow-

ers of a general meeting of the members. This im.portant right belongs to the members under the customary interp.retation of By-laws of the Federation, passed under the provisions of The Corporations Act (Revised Statutes of Ontario, chapter 89) for representation by meetings of delegates. It is clear both by custom and by the fact of the existence of By-law number 6, that the membership intended that a meeting of students’ council be different in its powers from those of a general meeting of the ‘members, including different in procedure. For example, all members at a general meeting have the right to be represented by proxy (The Corporations Act, S. 85) whereas at a meeting of council (i.e. of delegates), a councillor (delegate) has only one vote and shall not vote by proxy (ibid., s. 131). The provision of By-law I section 10 empowers the council to be deemed to be and to have the power of meeting of the members (read subject to The Corporations Act, in particular Section 131). Never before this year has this been taken to include the powers of a general meeting of the members of the Federation, and no general meeting has done so as I believe ought to be required for such enpowerment. I think you ought to recognize ‘that this action, if the newspaper report is correct, goes contrary to the common interest of the members in our democratic rights, and is not responsible student government. As such an action, it is not only ultra vires (beyond the power of the council to lawfully do on behalf of the Federation), it also violates two of the objects of the Federation stated in the provincial Letters Patent incorporating it. The matter is particularly serious because the council have “suspended” a by-law providing partly for the manner of election of councillors, i.e., when to be held, and they intended to do so. The members of this council who voted for the purported by-law “suspension” ought to re-examine the precedent this could set politically, if accepted by council and the general membership. If you do not agree with this view and act ‘accordingly by changing the election arrangements to conform with by-law, I call on you to explain your conduct to the satisfaction of the membership, or to resign. If those councillors referred to above fail to satisfy the membership, I call on the membership to consider their recall. Sanctions are provided for by law. All councillors are subject to recall nonre-election, at the members’ discretion, by By-law. Certain councillors are’ subject as well to the provisions of Section 362 (and other Sections, where applicable) of The Corporations Act. Thank you for your service and your attention to this matter. Yours truly, Ernst von Bezold integrated Studies, Psych 1051 University of Waterloo

While an increase in tuition has been cited by some administrators as reasons for a decrease in enrolment at Carleton university, others believe that a decrease in enrolment will force that university to cut spending. Surely administrators can now see that there is still nothing to be gained by increasing tuition fees. lt appears that increeased costs, originally partly to blame for the increase in tuition, and decreased enrolment are not mutually exclusive. Because tuition is higher, there are fewer students, and therefore little increase in the operating revenue of the institution. Cut backs are still very much a reality, but the universities have succeeded in further limitina its student

population to those with above average income. And these students continue to pay more and receive, in return, much less for their money than several years ago. It’s incredible that this all comes as a direct result of the increased fees and the belief that greater tax on students would pull the university out of its need for financial assistance. It is not at all unlikely that we will see similar situations across the country as tuitions continue to increase ‘at the university level. Just as it is not untikely that we wilt see unemployment among “general degree” graduates continue to increase as well. Increasing tuition is, obviously, not the answer to any problem on a university camDUS todav.

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NUS nonsense Regular readers of the chevron know that we have done some work on cutbacks in education and unemployment, and most would agree that these are the sort of issues that student newspapers should cover. Thus it is not surprising to find the Student Advocate, the newspaper of the National Union of Students [NUS), covering these issues. This paper calls itself “Canadian Students’ National Newspaper”. However, its treatment of these issues is so superficial that it denies students any real understanding. In particular, one of their editorials is nothing short of blatantly stupid. It says, as is well summed up in its headline, “Tuition increases not the answer to cutbacks”. Now, where would anyone get the idea that tuition increases weren’t actually part of the cutbacks? The call for increased fees, at least in Ontario, came from the provincial government. It is just as much a part of the cutbacks as are the raising of the OSAP loan ceiling which forces students into greater debt, the 1972 freeze on new construction which has yet to be lifted, and the reduction, in real terms since 1971, of the grant per . student to the universities. In addition, the editorial argues that the fee increase is self-defeating, claiming that higher fees mean less students mean less revenue for the university. This statement is dubious as it stands, and in Ontario, the government has taken a definite step to make sure it is not true. The

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province has set the average of the university’s last three years’ enrollment as a ceiling. Up to this ceiling the university receives, as it has in the past, a per-student grant called a Basic Income Unit (BIU), currently worth about $2300. However, for every student above this ceiling the university will receive only half the grant. And if it can reduce its enrollment, it will receive half a BIU for each student below the ceiling level. Thus the university can receive money for students which don’t exist! The editorial mentions the decline in enrollment at Carleton University in Ottawa, but fails to mention the provincial policy. In this way, it views reduced enrollment as a consequence of cutbacks rather than as an integral part of them. Yet, the government in the McKeough-Henderson Report in 1975 expressed the concern that “because of market forces and an over-supply of graduates in some disciplines, the economic benefits of-post-secondary education to certain individuals is no longer assured.” In other words, because of the economic crisis there are not enoughjobs for the graduates. It recommended no government support for increased enrollment and that tuition be increased. Thus the government is making the students pay. If NUS wants to help the students and have their support it will have to stop spouting nonsense and give the students a real analysis of the situation. -jonathan coles

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Member: Canadian university press (CUP). The chevron is typeset by members of the workers’ union of dumont press graphix and published by the federation of students incorporated, university of Waterloo. Content is the sole responsibility of the chevron editorial staff. Offices are located in the campus centre; (519) 8854660, or university local 2331. it’s sunrise again and thousands of UW students are coming back to face another day of waiting for the world’s shortest disaster movie to be completed and worrying where they’ll buy ice cream and records if refundable fees go through . . . thanks this week to gerard kimmons, john w bast, anita guggi, maria catalfo, Oscar nierstrasz, randy (retiring) barkman, larry hannant, heather robertson, nina tymo . . . (you think I’m going to spell that at this hour?), rob carter, tony pan, jim doherty, dave carter, doug goodfellow, nash dhanani, ron reeder, jayne pollock (did i get it right?), Sylvia hannigan, ernst von bezold, jules grajower, salah bachir, neil docherty, and me . . .ic. ’

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If it was emotion and desire Warrior Football Head Coach Wally Delahay needed to get his team winning it came to a head Saturday at Seagram Stadium. Waterloo came out fired up to brave the stormy weather and a l-3 Mat-’ Master offence and pounded the Marauders 34-O. Warriors after losing a couple of close contests this season still feel the playoffs are within reach and Saturdays win they hope will be their turning point. Waterloo opened the scoring with a pair of fieldgoals off the toe of Mike Karpow from 15 and 37 yards out. Bill Boug scored his first of two majors to end the first quarter scoring when he blocked an attempted MacMaster punt and sprinted across the goal line with the recovered ball. The second quarter saw no scoring although the Marauders had two easy fieldgoal opportunities but elected to go for the touch downs and were stopped cold by the Waterloo Defence. Starting Quarterback Gord Taylor was replaced by Greg Somerville after Taylor was ejected from the game on an unsportsmanlike conduct. The second half saw Somerville

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trounce .MacMaster getting his first taste of action this season throw touchdown strikes to Boug from 10 yards out and combining with flanker George Lomaga on a 35 yard pass and run play. Warrior rookie hopeful1 Steve Brown raced 21 yards around the corner for Waterloo’s Final major. Mike Karpow besides his two first period field goals converted Waterloo’s three majors and fired

Mike Karpow punts. Karpow hit for two field goals, 3 converts and boomed row, the elements drenched and dirtied the players.

a 60 yard single deep into the Mat endzone. Defence was the big story for the Warrior squad however. The front four of Mel Rudy, George Vasiladis, Andy Teminski and Tim Marks besides shutting out the MacMaster offence allowed only a 62 yard ground attack and put constant pressure on the Marauder Quarterbacks forcing them to toss up four interceptions to the War-

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rior backs. Dave Goodwin led the Waterloo running attack with 38 yards followed by Greg Jones with 33 yards. Waterloo’s 218 total yards of offence included 149 passing by QB’s Gord Taylor who completed 3 of 6 and Somerville 7 of 11. Kevin Beagle and George Lomaga each hauled in 3 Waterloo passes.

34-O j HASH reMARKS: Tonight Warriors tackle the Canadian Champion University of Western Ontario at Seagram Stadium. . . Monday evening Laurier booted a last minute fieldgoal to nip the Mustangs at Seagrams 19- 17. . . Waterloo has two more games remaining after to-nites contest at Guelph on Oct. 15 and at home against York on Oct. 22. -doug

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Women’s varsity tryouts The tryouts for the women’s badminton week of Oct. 17th. Exact times will be on the around the P.A.C. Come ready to work out. phone ext. 3663 for further information. Men’s tryouts will be after Christmas this

team will begin the gym schedule posted See Judy McCrae or year.

Men’s varsity BB tryouts All candidates for men’s varslL, -3asketball should appear Monday evening October 10 (Thanksgiving) at 7 PM at the PAC for tryouts. Enter the PAC via the Blue North entrance. Coach Dan McCrae.

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Practices are being held every week night at 5:30 pm in the PAC combatatives room. We are looking forward to a good year and everyone is WELCOME. Bruce Gammie 658-4087

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