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First-year visa student enrollment has dropped 32.2 percent this to last. There are \ year compared currently 147 first year visa students at the University of Waterloo

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while in 1976/77, 219 were listed. This is a drop of 72 students. Total visa undergraduate enrollment dropped from 610 to 590. The number of graduate students

on visas fell from 307 in 76/77 to 269 in 77/78, according to the latest information from the Graduate Students Office. Full-time visa grads now pay $664.83 per term instead

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of the $264.00 it costs domestic graduate students. Students with government visas entering their first year at an Ontario University are now forced to pay a differental fee which is approximately $1,57 1 per’ session at Waterloo ($300.00 p\er course foi part time). With tuition fees an average of $678.00 in 1976/77 at Waterloo, this represents an increase of more than double (230 percent ). “The differential fee had some impact on first year (visa) students this year; it is ridiculous to think otherwise”, said UW registrar C.T. Boyes. He also felt that there might have been an increase in foreign student enrollment last year due to people trying to get a jump on the fee increase. Fifteen countries had their first year visa student enrollment reduced to zero at the University of Waterloo. Hardest hit in numbers are visa students from Hong Kong (the United Kingdom). Enrollment dropped by 58 students -from 123 students in 76/77 to 65 in 77/78. This figure is weakened by the number of “Not Specified” listed for country of citizenship, some of which would be from Hong Kong (see chart). According to a yet unreleased report from the Canadian Bureau for International Education (C.B.I.E.), Hong Kong students have, on average, Iess financial support than do other foreign students in Canada. This could account for the drop in enrollment. The differential fee was announced in the Ontario legislature May 4th 1976 by Minister of Colleges and Universities Harry Parrott. He gave as his reason that “a greater share of the burden of educating foreign students must be shifted from the shoulders of Ontario citizens.” Parrott said, “More than 60 percent of the cost of educating a foreign student would stili be borne by taxpayers.” Ontario and Alberta are the only provinces in Canada to implement a differential fee structure. The Federation of Alberta Students (FAS) has been mandated by its members to take legal action against the government on its stand of charg’ing visa students an additional $300.00. Ontario takes in 38.7 percent of Canada’s foreign students; Quebec 31.3 percent, Nova Scotia 7.4 percent, and Alberta 6.9 percent (according to I974 figures). Two Ontario Universities did not impose the increased fees: Trent and McMaster. McMaster, however, has also experienced a decrease in foreign student enrollment ‘according to McMaster Foreign Student Advisor, Patrick Fernando. Fernando explained that the university was unable to assure foreign students that they would not be paying the increase in late1 years since the administration was “not sure they were able to continue (their policy)“. He also cited stricter exchange control regulations that many foreign countries are imposing on their citizens as a cause for the decreased enrollment. Ontario Federation of Students staffer Abdul Gafoor said there had‘ been a 20.9 percent decline in visa applications in Ontario. The Universities’ Application Center in Guelph reports that it received

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Engineering students watch, with mixed reaction, as the three candidates for federation president give their spiel at an a// candidates meeting yesterday. The meeting later broke down into an open discussion on refundable tee.s, the chevron, and the state of the federation. Students get a chance to vote in a president, and decide upon refundable or compulsory federation fees this tuesday.

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rend-um~ laid to rest A referendum on the chevron, dum because of the concerns at brainchild of caretaker president least 20 students expressed to him Eric Higgs, was quickly laid to rest since he took office. He said he had after a short life of infamy last support for the referendum from week. the society presidents and the inThe referendum, which Higgs vestigation commission chairman claimed would not be binding but Frank Epp. rather a test of student opinion was Epp told the chevron Sunday withdrawn Wednesday. that Higgs had contacted him last It asked students whether they Tuesday and asked whether he were in favour of “empowering the thought the referendum would conFederation of Students to make the flict with what the commission was student newspaper, The Chevron, “My feeling was a separate autonomous corporation . doing. He said, that he had no obligation to check from the Federation of Students”. out eit herthe procedure or the cubIt went on, in parentheses; to stipustance of the questions, not with late “This corporation vould have a board of directors elected by the me as chairman of the commission, or with the commission itself. I’m students.” not sure why the Federation is askA yes answer to this question ing these questions at this time, but would permit students to answer it’s really none of my business.” three more: should the fee be compulsory or refundable, what would Higgs’ claim of unanimous supbe a suitable amount (with options port from a Tuesday society resiof $2, $3, or $4 per annum), and dents meeting W&Y soon dispelled should the fee be additional to, or when ArtSoc president Joe Macdeducted from, the present fed fee. Donald told the chevron Sunday The referendum, although night, “This is one society presihatched earlier in the week, did not dent who didn’t give it his support, come to the attention of the chevl which makes it not unanimous.” ron until last Friday. Chevron MacDonald objected to the reEditor Neil Docherty pointed out ferendum on the chevron because several objections: he thought it might colour the re- the chevron was not consulted. sponses to tht. refundable fees renor was Students’ Council: ferendum. - it is the tavk of the investigation “And then there’s the question commission to determine the future of the chevron investigation comstructure of the paper and its relamission”, he continued, “(It) tionship to the federation: and any hasn’t come out with anything on referendum should be held after the the chevron and the federation yet. commission has completed its They’re still holding hearings and it work. .-- the referendum doesn’t seem to be wise politically would force stuor ethically to come out with somedents to make an uninformed decithing v-$-tually condemning the sion on only one of the many possichevron all over again witho’ut ble ways in which the paper could council’s approval, without the apbe organised. whereas the commisproval of the students.” sion would make recommendat ions EngSoc vice-president Jim based on investigation. Clark, who attended the Tuesday Higgs said he called the referen-

meeting, indicated that he had got the impression from Higgs that the investigation commission thought the referendum a good idea. His assessment was, “1 don’t think any of the presidents thought anything would become oft his little quest about what should happen to the chevron - that should wait until there’s a president that’s been elected and see what type of mandate he has and wait on the outcome of the investigation.” In a council meeting Tuesday, although it did not achieve quorum, Higgs was grilled about the propriety of calling such a referendum. After a few minutes he left, stating that he would consult a lawyer and make a decision the next morning about upholding or withdrawing the referendum. Docherty, who attended the meeting to give chevron staffs position, protested that it was not merely a legal question, but this did not stop Higgs from leaving. Before Higgs’ arrival, (he was an hour late), investigation commissioner Don Martin had read a statement from the four commission members calling the referendum on the chevron a violation of the agreement between the .chevron and the federation and an “unwarranted infringement upon the mandate and duties of the commission” . It further stated that the action was “entirely indefensible”. Epp could not be contacted Tuesday night. When contacted by the chevron Wednesday he said that the commissioners were entitled to their opinion, but he did not agree with

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13,705 applications this years compared with 17,330 last year. “These are applications not bodies,” explained Gafoor, but he maintained that the figures are indictive of a decreased foreign student enrollment across Ontario. Students with landed immigration status and visa students who are past first year, until completion of their current program, or until January 1, 1980, are excluded from paying the extra fee. Program transfers are allowed except “if in the opinion of the Minister, a program transfer is made with the intent of frustrating or defeating” the regulations. Parrott stressed in the legislature (May 20, 1976) “that students who are sponsored and financialy assisted by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will be exempt from the higher fees.” There are approximately 1,700 CIDA students in Canada; 500 in Ontario, and 10 at UW according to Foreign Student Advisor Ruth Rempel. Opposition to the differential fee was wide-spread from the beginning. The National Union of Students (NUS) stressed that “international education is an integral part of post secondary education” at its 8th semi-annual conference in 1976. The Ontario Federation of Students (OFS) said in July of that year the fee was a promotion of racism , and a prelude to an attack on all students. Many student unions took a stand against it, including the UW Federation of Students in May of 1976. Thirteen Chinese students’ associations supported the University of Toronto’s Chinese Student Association’s stand against the fee . hike at a Symposiuin in August 1976. They decried the hike as favoring “well-to-do families, especially those from developed countries.” They worried that it could “promote tension between Canadian and foreign students” and also believed the amount the government would save by the move would be inconsequential. The International Students Association (ISA) at Waterloo sponsore.d a panel discussion on the differenEia1 fee last fall. The Canadian Association of Colleges and University Student Services (CACUSS) took a stand on July 6, 1976. They claimed that “those from the third world who continue to come will be from the privileged social, political and business elete.” “Canada has long benefited from the skill of persons educated at the expense of other countries. often less wealthy than Canada itself ‘. stressed the @anadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC). The Council of Ontario Universities, the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), and the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations have all taken stands against the higher fee. “Almost every university senate in the Province has condemned the fee”, says Alan Golombek ofOFS. At UW, the senate is committed to investigating the “academic implications of making it difficult for foreign students to study at Waterloo. Included in their probe is the

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Pencaflopeng Babakan Dances from Sunda, Indonesia. One based on the art of self defense and the other a sophisticated masked dance accompanied by Gamelan Music. A rare opportunity to see these thrilling dances from the East. Admission $5, students/seniors - $3 8 pm. Humanities Theatre. Federation Flicks - See Friday lecture for meditators. 8pm. E3, Rm. 1101. 576-2546.

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Top Liberal MP caught l’j,ting abOut BYI C A Liberal MP tried last Thursday to win support for the new Immigration- Act, Bill C-24, by claiming that it would help solve Canada’s “population problem”, but’ the “demographic goals” of the government’s immigration policy were shown to be fraudulent, and the speaker was caught lying by a representative of the Canadian People’s Defence Committee, Aideen Nicholson, MP from the Toronto-Trinity riding and Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Manpower and Immigration which was responsible for the final version of Bill C-24, spoke to about 150 students and faculty at an Environmental Studies lecture series on growth and population. Addressing herself to the question pf what kind of society Canada should have “to the end of the century and beyond”, Nicholson expressed doubt about our ability to maintain our present lifestyle as well as a high rate of growth. She expressed concern about the limited amount of goqd farmland in Canada and the high rate at which it is being paved over by urban expansion. She repeated the arguments given in the 1975 Green Paper on Immigration, that Canada is coming to have a “population” problem, especially because both citizens and immigrants are coming to the cities, thereby causing “congestion”, traffic jams,. housing shortages, strains on sewage facilities, etc. Although immigration is only a “tributary” to this river of migrants, it is one which can be readily controlled by government policy, and this is a central goal of Bill _ -C-24, she claimed. Consequently, Nicholson asserted, the most important chitnges in the new Immigration Act are thk parts relating to “demographic goals”, that is, the size and distribution of population in Canada. Specifically, the new Act requires the Minister to set annual quotas on

the number of immigrants, and it provides formal authority for federal-provicial agreement on regional population needs. During the question period, lboug Wahlsten, a UW psychology prof and spokesperson for the Canadian .People’s Defence Committee, denotinced Nicholson as a windbag and a fraud, and argued that these so-called “demographic of immigration policy are goals” merely a cover-up for the real purpose of Bill C-24, to greatly increase the persecution of immigrants by expanding the grounds for deportation and escalating the penalties for violating the Act. He said that these new features are designed to terrorize the immigrant communities, to force them to submit without any resistance to the most brutal exploitation and thereby guarantee maximum profits for the rich minority who own the factories, mines and big farms of Canada. Responding to Wahlsten’s assertion that the “quota” system is a sham, Nicholson read aloud Section 7 of Bill C-24 directly from her copy of the new Act: “The Minister, after consultation with the provinces concerning regional demographic needs and labour market considerations and after consultation with such other persons, organizations and institutions as he deems appropriate, shall lay before Parliament, not later than the sixtieth day before the commencement of each calendar year or, if Parliament is not then sitting, not later than the fiftee.nth day next thereafter that Parliament is sitting, a report specifying (a) the number of immigrants that the Government of Canada deems it appropriate to admit during any specified period of time; and (b) the manner in which demograhhic considerations have been taken into account in determining that number.” However, the CPDC spokesman pointed out that there is nothing in the Act which says this number

must actually be admitted. It shall be laid before Parliament, and there it may remain. Quotas are never mentioned anywhere else in the Act. The flow can be changed arbitrarily whenever the government wants, using the point system and the regulations.

ing and terms and conditions are imposed, no such term or condition may (specify the area iri which that person shall reside.” As a result, nothing in the Act explicitly implements “demographic any goals”, which proves that Nicholson’s whole case is a

These are the sections of Bill C-24 which Liberal MPAideen Nicholson told a mgeting on campus last Thursday did not make the final version. Nicholson, chairperson of the Commons standing Committee on Manpower and Immigration was proven wrong by CPDC spokesperson Doug Wahlsten.

19. (1) No pekson shall be granted admission if he is a member of any of the following classes: (d) persons who there are reasonable grounds to believe will (i) dommit one or more offences punishable by way of indictment under any Act of Parliament, or (ii) engage in activity that is part of a pattern of criminal activity planned and organized by a number of persons acting in concert in furtherance of the commission of any offence that may be punishable under any Act of Parliament by way of indictment; 27. (1) Where an immigration officer or peace officer has in his possession information indicating that a permanent resident is. a person who (a) if he were an immigrant, would not be granted landing by reason of his being a-member of an inadmissible class described in paragraph 19(l)(c), (d), (e) or (g)or in paragraph 19(2)(a) due to his having been convicted of an offence before he was granted landing, (b) if he was granted landing-subject to3erms and conditions, has knowingly contravened any such teim or condition, (c) is engaged in or instigating subversion by force of any government, When the MP could find nothing to refute this poiht, Wahlsten made* his next point: As far as regional population needs are concerned, the Act allows “terms” to be imposed on new immigrants, and this provision was originally intended to force immigrant workers to go to specified regions of the country, wherever the capitalists needed cheap labour. The CPDC spokesperson said that adverse public opinion over what appeared to be a system 6f slave labour persuaded the Parliament to insert Section 115(4) into the new Act. This reads: “For the purpose of this Act and the regulations, whenever a person is granted land-

cover-up and a fraud, he argued. The MP ignored this point and called for a question from someone else. There was only one other question, and when it wag answered, the CPDC spokesman completed his case. He said that the government can now deport a permanent resident merely for suspicidn that he will commit a crime in the future (Section 19 (1) (d) ); no actual offence need be committed. Wahlsten also said the Act lends support to the Ian Smith regime in Rhodesia and$her oppressive regimes by thkeatening to deport anyone who advocates forcible overthrow of ‘any government in the world (Section 27(l)(c) ).

In addition, penalties for violating the Act are increased from a maximum of 6 months in prison and a $500 fine under the 1952 Immigration Act to as much as 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine under Bill C-24 for the same offences, Wahlsten said. But Nicholson, who is Chairperson of the Standing Committee responsible for immigration policy, told the students that these things in fact arcnot in the final version of the Bill C-24, that they had been in the initial version but were removed, and that the CPDC spokesperson should investigate before attacking her this way. Whereupon Wahlsten ihallenged her to read the pertinent sections from the copy of Bill C-24 in front of her. Nicholson refused and was supported in her refusal by Man-Environment professor Ed Farkas. Some of the audience also declared that they did ndt want the MP to read the sections, and Farkas adjourned the meeting. Then a group of students descended on the platform’to investigate what the -bill actually said. Several were shocked to learn that Nicholson had lied. The sections were exactly as Wahlsten had said. Nicholson left the meeting hall soon after the lecture was adjourned, and a reception scheduled in her “honour” afterwards was cancelled due to lack of mass support. - -Afterwards, Wahlsten told ;he chevron: “Today, reactionaries in Canada like Aideen Nicholson are feeling on edge. Even a minor amount of opposition from one or two individuals puts them up against the wall. They become panic-stricken at the mere rustle of leaves in the wind.” He maintained that the lies of thegovernment officials and the repressive measures passed in the Parliament are signs of the decadence and deca/y of the monopoly capitalist system; they show the utter inability of the rich minority to find a way out of their crisis. -peter

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Can Buti* close the federation? UW president Burt Matthews does not plan to close down the federation if a vote for refundable fees on October 25 is followed by withdrawal of more than 50 per cent of the membership. 1The Gazette reported October 5 that Matthews had “hinted” to acting federation president Eric Higgs that following refunds of more than 50 per cent of the fees collected, “the university could close down the federation.” In a telephone interview with the

chevron, Matthiws denied that he had said this, or suggested it. Matthews said that he told Higgs that if more than 50 per cent of the students ,withdraw their fees, he would recommend to the Board of Governors that UW stop colle.cting the fee at registration. Matthews pointed out that this is not the same as closing down the federation. It simply means that the federation would have to collect its fees itself. Matthews added that the OPIRG

fee is collected at registration under the same condition: following refunds of more than 50 per cent of OPIRG’s fees, UW will stop collecting them,. Higgs maintains that the Gazette report is accurate. He told the chevron that both he and Board of Entertainment co-chairperson Bruce Rorrison were present when Matthews allegedly made the statement. -nick

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The federation council meeting scheduled for last Tuesday .mustered fewer than eight cm’&llors, and thus was not conve’ned for lack of quorum. It was @he.third consecutive meeting to’ be cancelled for.this reason, and Tuesday’s attendance was an all-time low. Even acting pres,ident&icHiggc; was over an hour late for the meeting. Prior to Higgs’ arrival, science councillor Gerard Kimmons remarked that “There’s never been a council meeting like this where so few people showed up. This is the first one that Higgs hasn’t shown up for.” Higgs did not appear surprised to find an informal discussion amongst councillors taking place rather than an official meeting. He ’ did not attempt to explain his lateness, nor the conspicuous absence of a cquncil recording secretary. Higgs left the meeting .immediately after the discussion about the chevron referendum (see separate story). Quorum for the federation council is 13 voting members. The recent difficulty in obtaining quorum at meetings has been attributed to the eight vacancies that will be filled in the October 25 elections. _ Council speaker Mauro Mavtinac addressed the councillors present on the subject of how

council has been conducting itself of late. “In the little bit of time I’ve been here ,” said Mavrinac, “I’ve hoticed that, council has been preoccupied with internal factors rather than external factors.” Mavrinac explained that from his council experience .at the University of Western Ontario, “this is not what it is all about.” Mavrinac suggested that councillors were bringing their personal differences to council meetings, and that this is not constructive.‘He said that he would like council to adopt a more “business-like appreach” to it_s meetings. Mavrinac cited the chevron affair as an example of how council takes the wrong attitude. In reference to the chevron, Mavrinac said “Council has decided to disrupt something which was good, rather than support it.” Mavrinac continued: “And I don’t care what their (council’s) reasons are. . . the issue is that it (the chevron) is a newspaper, it is _ an iilstrument of the university and co-operation should have been given to keep generating this sort of enterprise. ” Mavrinac concluded that “these problems could have been handled in council with the effect that the newspaper is left unscathed.” -nick

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BIRTHRIGHT offers free pregnancy tests, medical assistance, housing, legal aid, maternity clothes, - Hope, Friendship, and Support for women with problem pregnancy. 579-3990. Gay Lib Office, Campus Centre, Rm. 217C. Open Monday-Thursday 7-lOpm, some afternoons. Counselinformation. ling and Phone 885-l 211, ext. 2372. CHRISTMAS FLIGHTS TO VANCOUVER AND HALIFAX! Toronto/ Vancouver/ Toronto Dec. 201 Jan 03 and Dee 21/Jan 05 . . . $199. Toronto/ Halifax/ Toronto Dec. 191 Jan 03. . . $125. Contact Canadian Universities Travel Service 44, St. George Street, Toronto (416) 979-2604 or 173 Lisgar Street, Ottawa (613) 238-8222.

For Sale 1974 Ambassador Brougham 360 Engine 49,000 miles, Automatic, All power, Air Conditioning, Radio, Radials, Four Door, plus many options, certified, No reasonable offer refused. Excellent condition. Phone 884-3868. Selection of Psychology, Sociology-* and Drama textbooks. Willing to take half price. Titles include: “Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life” - 5th edition - Coleman; “Psychology and Life” - 9th edition - Zimbarda ” & Ruth; “The Essential Theatre” Oscar Brockett; “Concepts and Methods of Social Work” - Frjedlander; “Delinquent Boys” -Cohen; “Character and Social Structure” Gerth & Mills; and more. Call 884-8611 Marina or Arlene. Bed $5, Desk $5, Kitchen set $26, Chest of drawers $8, Couch $22, Writing desk, arborite covered $30, Stove $15. Apply in person 130 University , Avenue West, 5:15-6pm. 884-9032.

Wanted Part-time job available for student as aide and chauffeur to local couple. Alternate weekends - Fri pm to Mon am - beginning Nov., including Christmas and New Year’s Days. Phone 579-1337, daytime. Renaissance Dancers need ;wo male members for noon-time performances in January. Social or folk dance expeiience helpful but not essential. Grdup rehearses Wednesday evenings. Phorie Jil’ Officer, ext. 3665 or 3147. Models needed for photographic’assignments. For more information on the assignments call Paul 744-5113. Person to draw cartoons for research paper. Approximately 20 cartoons needed by mid-November, will pay $1 per cartoon. Phone Sue 885-6510 for mQre information.

TY ping Essays, Theses, Resumes. 12 years experience. Electric typewriter 742-l 822, 576-5619 Sandy. Fast accurate typing. IBM Selectric 50 cents page. Call Pamela 884-6913. Experienced typist available. First quality typing to display your efforts. Phone 743-2933 evenings. Student typing. .Reasonable rates. IBM electric. Lakeshore Village. 885-l 863. Effi’cient typist with IBM Selectric. Charge 50 cents per page. Call Anne I at 886-3406. Custom essay service, Essay research assistance and typing. Results assured, 2075 Warden .Aeenue, T.H. 30, Agincourt. 291-0540.

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following: “what will be the intellectual effect on departments if they can no longer attract top students from all over the world?” The governing bodies of Ottawa, Toronto and Carleton Universities implemented the differential fee hike with great reluctance: It is to be reconsidered after one year at \ Toronto. Many Universities, such as Toronto, have increased assistance programs to help foreign students

unable to come to Ontario due to increased fees. Queens University held a referendum on the matter (March 23/77) and 1,277 students voted in favor of the differential fee with 927 against. Both opposition parties in Ontario are against the hike. The NDP felt the fee would deter students from developing countries coming to Canada. -randy

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Way We Learn -; see 12 noon -The Oct. 21. 2:30 pm - The Federation Refundable Fee Issue 5:00 pm - African Music 9:00 pm - The Lying Baron - see October 21.

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8:45 am - Leisure - Dr. Lloyd Heywood of the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies discusses Education for Leisure. 12 noon - From Orient to Occident - Tea - A beverage conquers the world. 2,:30 pm - Multi-Ethnic Canada 5:30 pm - Greek Student Association 9:15 pm - Live From the Campus Centre Coffeehouse - Pending permission from the artist, we will be broadcasting live from the coffeehouse where Don Campbell will be playing.

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IO:30 am - Radio Waterloo News II:15 am - DownTo Earth Festival - Zero Population Growth. 2:30 pm - Heritage -The effects of Minamata disease on native people in Northern Ontario and the issues surrounding mercury pollution. Pt. 1. 5:30 pm - Numerology - A practical, holistic approach to knowing and feeling the subtle vibrations influencing life, harmonizing the energy within one’s being, with Marcus. 6:00 pm - Radio Waterloo News 6:15 pm - CommunityService OPIRG 9:00 pm - Musikanada - Interview and Music of Harmonium. 11:45 pm - Radio Waterloo News

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powered by Students’ Council to make recommendations concerning arrangements for the future a student publication of newspaper(s) on this campus. The results of the referendum would then tie the Commission’s hands in this respect and would to this extent go contrary to the spirit of the FederationIChevron’agreement. “My term in office h.as been fraught with problems and pitfalls. A major portion of my time during the past few weeks has been spent in attempts to repair problems generated mostlyt by people who have

little concern for the need or proper functioning of a student union. If the students at the University of Waterloo want to intluence government, improve our position with the administration, better the services and activities on campus, and most imporfant, improve the academic atmosphere at this university, then we must gather together our resources and collectively press for goals which represent the common good. “We need,a union representing all of the students!” -jonathan

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Fed film reviewed The Federation’s publicity film made its debut last Friday, playing to an unusually small audience at the Fed Flicks. The audience reaction was subdued, although there are reports that subsequent showings drew extensive booing. Last Friday’s showing drew boos only when the camera cut to. ;I

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In last week’s Chevron we t-eported on the after tax profits of “Gulf Canada” (owned by Gulf Oil of Pittsburgh (68.5%) and controlled by the Mellon family). The after tax profits of Gulf Canada, according to the Globe and Mail were $9 1 million dollars for the 2nd quarter of this, year. It has assets of $1.63 billion dollars in Canada. In July Gulf threatened to shut down a chemical plant in Shawinigan Quebec unless it received government aid. The closing would threaten 390 jobs. The federal government announced that it would give this foreign monopoly an $800,000 grant from the Department of Regional and Economic Expansion and a loan and grant of $1.6 million dollars from the Department of Industry and Commerce. The PQ government announced that HydroQuebec would renegotiate a contract that would supply energy to Gulf at cheaper price. This is an indirect grant this year of $400,000 dollars and $300,000 for each oft he following years. The Quebec Ministry of the Environment had previously stipulated that Gulf would have to spend $3 milliop on anti-pollution devices this year. (-The company manufactures calcium carbide). However, the decision was reversed and the Ministry had allowed Gulf to reduce its spendings on anti-pollution devices to $1.7 million dollars. The PQ government and the Federal government gave these

handouts over the concern for jobs and liveljhoods. But on the same day the federal government passed Bill C-27 which deprives from X0,000 to 250,000 workers of unemployment benefits. These grants (and they are not exceptions) are an example of one method that the government aids foreign corporations in plundering Canadian resources. --salah

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However, the viewer must take this stateme‘nt at face value. There a are no examples cited of the federation making itself heard at any level a ‘of government, OI- standing up for a students’ rights in any sense. The film is a slick pitch to stu- a dents who are interested in direct a material returns on their fees. It a will not appeal to those who are more interested in the political p-o- a tential of a student organization. a This film is the most costly item a in the federation’s $3000 campaign to influence the referendum vote in a fztvour of compulsory fees. ‘To- a gether with the posters around a campus listing the services that will “cease with refundable fees”, the 0 film shows that the federation is 0 staking everything on the serviceI oriented students. On Wednesday, we will know if the’federation’s $3000 gamble has paid off. -

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The three presidential candidates entered into public fray this week, but seemed keener to do battle with the chevron t-han each other. In two public forums Wednesday they deviated little from their pub. lished statements in the .Gazette andthe chevron, and there was virtually no cut and thrust debate among them. The three candidates, vying foi the spot left open by Doug Thompson who was ousted from the presidency by the Federation Board of Directors, are Earth Sciences student Rick Smit, Renison student Larry Smylie, and Planning student Jim Todd. _On the main issue oft he day Smit and Todd are against the federation having a refundable fee, while Smylie says he favours it until he has cleaned-up the organisation. Then he says he will return in the elections next February and ask for a compulsory levy. While Smit and Todd do not believe the Federation could exist

claimed he had stateme.nts from students who have quit the paper frightened and terrified. Todd, however, restricted his criticism to passing remarks in his speaches and to placing quotation marks around “student” as in his statement that “ . . . the ‘“student” newspaper barely serves their (the students) needs. . .“. Though the candidates raised it as an issue the chevron question drew little response from their audiences and in the main the public meetings were subdued. The campus centre one only came to life when former federation executive member Gord Swaters complained that the candidates had said nothing about how to deal with the government’s cutbacks in education spending. A heated exchange erupted: moderator Chris Wheatley said the meeting had run out of time, shut off the microphones, and this prompted Smylie to walk the length of the Great Hall shouting his answer to Swatters.

For the presidency

’ Candidates off and running* without compulsory fees t tiey do advocate that CKMS and the chevron be separated from the organisation and survive on a refundable fee. In one of the forums Wednesday Smit said that it is unfortunatethat the chevron issue keeps coming up. Yet it was he who kept’raising the subject. Discussion of the newspaper took up about half of his statement printed in Wednesday’s Gazette, and he offered his views on the matter at both forums.

In an interview on CKMS Tuesany names and I don’t want to be an day Smit responded to a question antagonist.” saying “I feel the chevron is fulfil’ However, by the afternoon when ling this obligation (of being a good he spoke in the Mathlounge he destudent newspaper) in a certain cided that the problem was the sense and it’s not in others.” He Anti-Imperialist Alliance which complained of what he called was dominating the paper and forc“biased editorialism that is coning people off.it. tinually appearing in this paper”. For Smylie the problem with the In the campus centre Wednesday he said the problem was the “bias - paper was the “garbage” that it political views of certain people on prints and its cost. He claims it cost chevron”. the Though he over $61,000 in the last two years. taut ioned, “I don’t want to give On CKMS Tuesday he also

Mr. Smylie requested that we not print his picture.

Jim Todd

My name is Jim Todd and I am running for the presidency because I think it’s time for the Federation to start serving students in an efficient, business-like manner. Over the past year, this campus has witnessed destructive argumentation regarding the newspaper. By now, most students are confused, and rightly so, because the “student” newspaper barely serves their needs and the Federation has been barely able to do anything about it. Now is the time, and this is why I support thecreationofan incorporated newspaper, separate from the Federation, with its own refundable fee and its own, -student-elected, Board of Directors. This will give us a newspaper which is responsible to the students and allow the Federation to get back to its main purpose - providing service to students. There is much that I feel must be done for students. The Federation Transit study must be finalized for presentation to city council. If expressed properly, our hope to have proper bus service for the students in Sunnydale could be realized. A new pub has always been a dream; I see it as a real possibility. I intend to ask, in a referendum, if the student body is willing to provide $7 each for the construction of a pub. With student student support, based on student dissatisfaction, it is completely possible. These plans and many others can only be realized within an efficient organi-zation. The structure of the Boards and offices must be reshaped. It may be dull, but its vital. The Board of Entertainment needs written operatimg policies. The Board of Education needs, and has started, a complete overhaul. There’ is a desparate need for vastly improved communication with the societies, amongst the various Boards and with the administration on the campus. Furthermore the by-laws that guide the Federation are so out-dated that we are constantly hampered. Although none-of these areas are politically colourful,. they are the real problems. With a smooth, efficient organization, the Federation would then be ready to voice the students needs in our community. We must lobby for more rental accomodation, we need better bus service to the north, residence fees are going up, we are faced with perpetually crippling tuition hikes and our prospect for employment is grim. This is where we need action. On October 25, there is an election and you will be asked to vote for .a President. As an urban planning student, I have learned to respect an organized holistic approach to our world. As programming director for the Board of Entertainment, I have learned to respect the need for organization in the midst of confusion. As Orientation Chairperson, I realized the need for communication with all parties. Throughout I have seen the Federation do its best with insufficient and outdated tools, and with a few good people badly overworked. -As president, I would use my experience and my skills to make an efficient Federation the effective voice of the students. Speak your mind on October 25th.

Larry

Smylie

The Federation’s mismanagement, disorganization, and the disdain which it exhibits for its responsibility to US, the . student members, is well supported. Financially, students’ affairs can be managed in three ways: at a loss, break even, or profit basis. Here, our chartered accountant’s year end audit reports clearly established a trend. Our Board of Entertainment has cost the students $80,805.00 more than the revenue it received in a three year period, #and the chevron’s expenditures has been $61,693.00 more than the revenue it received in a two year period. These two areas alone have cost us - you, I, and other students - $142,495.00 in Fed fees. Little wonder that the Engineering and Arts societies support a “yes” vote on refundable fees next Tuesday. The Federation says, “But we must spend the $300,000 yearly Fed fees. True, however, as one of your Federation Councillors I believe it could be better spent on our student clubs, associations, college councils, and societies. Thus, more students would benefit and the Federation would be run on a break even rather than a loss basis. IN SHORT $300,000 could be dispersed in subsidies to students clubs, associations, college councils, and societies. Since last March, I have been requesting reports from the boards chairpersons at council meetings, and later from individuals themselves. Only the Creative Arts complied. Consequently, in September, (1) I presented and debated motions, at council, which finally removed the entertainment chairperson for incompetence; (2) I opposed (unsuccessfully) the chevron’s motions for a salary increase of $5,120. Why? The present staff has failed to produce my requested /demanded report for any rationale justifying their present costs let alone this increase! Notably, U of T’s Varsity paper publishes three times weekly for less salary than our chevron spends on one publication. My opposition to mismanagement and report refusals has met with both federation and chevron disapproval. THAT’S TOUGH! The Feds and chevron staff councillors have refused my requests for a general meeting. Are they that afraid of having to account to you the students? I’m not! I am seeking election as your President. My platform: CLEAN UP THE MESS! “How?” (1) a general meeting where all boards’ chairpersons shall present reports on their financial and organizational conditions at present. Any recommendations or criticisms that you the students have to make will then be voiced. I as your President will ensure that a constructive, productive, reorganization based on your recommendations will take place. In short, TAKE BACK YOUR FEDERATION! MAKE IT RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU! FOR ACTION - VOTE SMYLIE 7 VOTE REFUNDABLE FEES!

Rick Smit A Statement

of Responsibility

During the past week and a half I have been campaigning on certain issues. The response you have shown has been very encouraging and I feel that my platform reflects the ideals.of many students here at Waterloo. The handout, “Rick Smit On The Issues”, is a clear and definitive platform statement and is being circulated to as many of you as possible. To avoid any duplication, I will use this opportunity to outline what I feel my responsib-ility to you would be, if elected on Oct. 25. As President, it would be my responsibility to actively represent your needs as students, within the framework of University life. I also feel that it would be my responsibility to keep you informed as much as possible on your Federation. To accomplish this, I intend to submit articles to the chevron for publication, to let you know about major issues, policy statements and Federation performance. I would maintain a high degree of objectivity in relaying these facts to you. I feel that it would be my job to evaluate the paid positions and major’ Federation expenditures to ensure that they are justifiable and are working towards your best interests. It is your money they are working with and because of that you have a right to know how it is being used or abused. Remember that the Federation is responsible to you. If you feel that they aren’t serving you properly, let them know! As another facet of the job of President, I would act as an Ombudsman on your behalf to bring about a speedy and satisfactory solution to your problem. I would also endeavour to attend as many society council meetings and club meetings as possible and would be available to as many students as time permits. I am not a political animal in the Federation circus. I am a strong-willed, logically thinking and rational STU-DENT. I am running for the job because I feel I have the forcefullness and ability to actively and fairly represent the students of Waterloo. _. / With your support at the polls we will be able to bring about a new and strong Federation,-one that is truly representative of the students and one that lives by the ideals of co-op in the broadest sense: “The willingness to work with others.”

By-elections

Council by-elections will take place Tuesday in two constituencies!Three sedts are open in AMrts,ior which there are tbur contenders, while in Integrated Studies there are two in the race for one seat. Below are statements the cdndidates submitted to the chevron. Pictures were not available for either of the IS candidates’. Five other constituencies each had a seat open, but there was no contest. There were four acclamations: john Ellis in Math Co-op, Alex White in Math Regular, Larry Lake in Science , Regular, and Asad Mohammed in Environmenta/ Studies. The nominations for the j HKLS Co-op seat had to be reopened for lack of an applicant. The extended deadline brought no response and the seat has been declared vacant.

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the student, to find out what your needs are. Communication in the past has been inadequate; after elections the representatives would disappear into the woodwork rarely consulting those people whom they represented. If I. am elected one of my first goals would be to inform you about what’s going on. The Federation should be an organization serving you. In the past there has been a lack of general knowledge about what was happening so a minority used it to play their political games. I’m not interested in ieeing how much money I can spend. I’m interested in representing you, the arts student in Arts the best manner possible. Arts is a diversified faculty. Because of our diversity we’ve got a great deal to contribute. Yet our diversity is not only our strength but also our weakness. Our varying fields of study cause us to lose contact with people who share our interests. As your representative I will strive not only to keep in contact with you,.but also to keep you in contact with each other. Through closer contacts we will be better able to present a united front and put our ideas into real action. The Federation should be an organization of students for students. I shall strive to make it that. The Federation won’t be improved by cutting its source of funding but by Nash Dhanani voting responsible people into The upcoming elections are very , council. Due to lack of participation important to make the federation in past elections people have more responsible and responsive got into office whose single aim is ’ to STUDENT NEEDS. This can to manipulate the Federation for be acheived by voting for REtheir own purposes. This must FUNDABLE FEES. I favour a cease, for it has reduced the Federsolution that includes a certain ation to the incapacitated state it’s proportion of the fees as compulnow in. sory, for example, ten percent. The The Federation must be in concompulsory proportion would only tact with the students, constantly be used to maintain the essential informing them as to what is hapservices if many people withdrew. pening. We need a truly unbiased The refundable fees should also student newspaper that will fulfil1 make the federation deal directly this need. It is debatable whether with financial problems ihe average the Chevron fulfills this function. students are facing, and not use up ,I, as your representative, would valuable time on political rivalries strive to fulfil1 these goals and your and disputes within the university. needs rather than those of any politA revitalized and concerted efical faction. I hope you will give me fort should be made on coyour support to this end. I feel the operating with other federations to Arts faculty is a group well worth pressure Minister of Colleges and working for. Universities, Harry Parrott, to revise OSAP and base it on realistic needs of the students. That is what the average student is concerned about and is mainly what the federation members should deal with. VOTE FOR MORE STUDENT AID AND REFUNDABLE FEES - VOTE NASH DHANANI.

Tim

Little

As a third year student who has been active in various student organizations,

having

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the Political Science Union, the Arts Society Executive and the Student Federation’s Board of Entertainment, I have come to realize the value of student government. I view the Federation Council as a body which has true potential in areas

Margaret

Kerr

The representation of Arts students on the Federation Council has been lousy. In the past less than one hundred votes sufficed to w-in a seat in a faculty that numbers close to three thousand. I want to change that. The arts representative should have you!: support. This requires being in contact with you,

of student

concern.

How-

ever, the frequent resignations, acclamations, oustings and ensuing lack of quorums of the recent past have seriously threatened that potential and undermined the representative nature of our Federation Council. The basic democratic principles which ought to be upheld and promoted within a University’s student council are often being lost amidst useless

squabbles and interest group clashes. The present condition of the Feds is not at all healthy. Should we just wash our hands of the existent troubles in our student government. 3 No! I’m confident that increased Direct Democracy can come about through elected representatives who will cooperate on the student’s behalf. I inust therefore take the opporttinity to voice my opposition to Refundable Fees. We must be aware that the concept of Refundable Fees is a totally negative manner of protest. Sure, mismanagement of student affairs is a reality but we have the opportunity to opt for change and progress as opposed to the dissolution of our student union. Among th.e answers to our Federation’s problems is involvement. That is why I am a candidate for Arts representative on the Council; to responsibly represent Arts students while helping to create the type of Council about which we won’t have to shake our heads. Some new faces and fresh ideas will help remedy the present situation. Let’s work together! Get involved by voting on Oct. 25th!

Don

Salichuk

Since April, I have served as your Federation Board of Communications chairperson. And it has been since April that I have watched and participated in the affairs of your Federation. And it is because I believe in and support our student union that I ask for your support in electing me as your representhtive. Service to students is the model on which I base my chairmanship on and upon which I base my campaign. As an unpaid executive member I understand that the only way our student government works is with your interest and your participation. It is perhaps lamentable that few have taken an interes‘t. However, there is no mystery about the Federation organization. It exists to serve the interests and concerns of as many students as possible. What past administrations have lacked, and what is still lacking, is wide scale student involvement. If you think the Federation needs reform - participate! If you would like to help out or would like to organize something - ask. Politically, I believe Waterloo must have a stronger voice. We must let our governments know that cutbacks and OSAP changes, that increases in tuition and apparent Government apathy to student needs (like requiring more buildings on campus) is ‘irresponsible government. As students who will one day help form the destiny of this country it is our duty to allow equal opportunity to our successors. Education is a right, not a privilege! In conclusion, I believe your Federation has served you responsibly and will continue to do so if we all show more of an interest in our affairs. Participate ,in your Union - help out at concerts organize forums - design posters. You-can do it through your Federa-

to get moving, a~ah th:i! 1 intend to push for. Our Pub le:lve\ much to be desired and there 211-e\ever:il poss$bilities for improving the \itlr-

po tion and I will help each Arts student to do so. As your voice on council I will respond to your needs. I an always available through the Federation office c/o the Board of Communications, drop by and let’s discuss your student government, with thanks.

‘IS Doug

ation, including the very po~\it~le construction of a new facility. The Transit study that I launched when president needs to be followed up and there is a possibility of improving bus service to, and from areas of high density student housing. I’m running out of space and this is but the tip of the iceburg. Remember though, whoever you vote for, vote! Only through you can democracy work.

Sam

Thompson

The role of I.S. rep on Fed Council is unique and in the history of I.S. we’ve had three kinds of reps: Sleepers who you never saw or heard about; Fed Hacks who you heard about but never saw; and Representatives who you not only saw but also heard about. The latter category came into being for I.S. following my first election to Fed Council in Feb. ‘76. Regular reports to Operations Council, regular questionnaires on important topics and -personal availability to students in the lounge were hallmarks of my time as Fed Rep. I’ve been around for some time, including an 8 month stint as president during one of the worst crises in Federation history. I have gained from this a considerable amount of experience which I am prepared to offer I.S. again in the capacity of I.S. .rep if that is the wish of the programme. In terms of Fed policies of importance to all of us, I’ll give you a summary of some of my perspectives: NEWSPAPER - still the hottest issue on campus, if elected I willwork towards the ultimate separation of the newspaper from the Federation of Students. I’d like to see a referendum on chevron independance to guarantee a truly free and responsible newspaper and at the same time relieve the Federation from the almost impossible task of trying to manage a newspaper. As long as the chevron issue hangs over the head of council, too much time will be spent on it which should go to more important things. FEES - In order to plan ahead and launch new initiatives in the service of students, the Federation needs‘a conmpulsory fee. Remember though that I favour a separation of the chevron and of Radio Waterloo (RadWat wants that too). This by itself will knock several dollars off the current fee and I’m inclined towards further reductions. INITIATIVES - there are several areas where the Federation needs

Wagar

There are any number of reasonswhy I am running for the I .S. seat on the Federation Council, too many to list here, but I’ll put down the most importantsones. First, I suppose is my basic belief in the necessity 6f some form of student organization on Uniwat campus and my hope to get ,involved in building one that has the support of most of the students here. Over the past year here at U.W. I’ve observed many failings in the Federation leadership on crucial issues like the chevron, the emasculation of the Math antical, and in general a failure to have any sort of idea of what the Federation really is and should strive to become. Second, is my own interest in politics on campus and my own ideas as to how the powers in the university should be distributed (basically into the hands of the broad mass of the student body rather than in the hands of the administration) and some notion of how to begin the fight for the shiking of powers through the Federation. Finally, I expect to, from time to time, interject some element of reality into the frenic power-politics that permeates the Federation at the present time. The organization exists to serve the students as their political representative and to fight injustices perpetrated against them. It does not exist to further the political ego-building activities of a group of closet civil service (bureaucrat) aspirants or feather the nests of the “in-group”. My qualifications for- the position: I am intensely interested and concerned, I can work with any of the presidential aspirants, I have no old grudges or pork-barrel friends, I have been peripherally associated with the federation for a year and a bit so I have some understanding of how it functions, and, lastly, I own a tie to enhance my dignity at Council meetings. If you want to get any more information talk to me any afternoon in the I.S. lounge.

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Societies tackle -.refundable fees --. This Tuesday, on-campus students will vote on whether or not they want refundable federation fees ($13.75 per term). The poll is the result of fngineering Society who called for it last winter term after growing dissatisfaction with the federation. Below the chevron presents the stands of the societies ‘and student councillors on refundable fees. Only three societies submitted a statement. ArtSoc informed the chevron Tuesday that it had passed a motion that it &reed in pkiple with refundable fees and SciSoc said it was ‘not taking a‘stand so as not to influence the vote. In the feedback section there is more on refundable fees.

MathSoc

On Monday June 27, 1977,. MathSoc council passed a motion supporting compulsory federation fees. Rationale for the compulsory fee was discussed and the following are some of the points which council members felt were important in the decision that was made. Past precedents indicate that where voluntary fees were adopted for student councils at other universities in Canada (most strikingly at the University of Guelph) the student organization would quickly disintegrate. This would leave the students without any effective representatives to lobby the university administration. The orientation events, early in the fall term, operated and entirely funded by the federation, require a -

FEDERATION

large sum of money. The federation does not obtain its funds from compulsory fee levies’ until midOctober. Thus, to fund the orientation mentioned above, loans must be obtained from private lending institutions. The loans are given on the basis of the compulsory fees collected for the federation by the university administration (i.e. the compulsory fees are a collateral). Other union or professional organizations, though not requiring membership or participation, have compulsory fees that are usually built into licensing practises of the jurisdiction concerned. Such organizations have socially desirable services, and are used to represent the wishes of the membership to governments, etc. Without such compulsory fees, the budgets of such organizations would be too small to ensure effective operation. Math Sot council feels that services provided by the federation, such as the housing office, supplementary manpower office, bus service to Toronto, para-legal assistance, Radio Waterloo (CKMS), and others are important to many students. As well, federation funds are disbursed to many student organizations on campus such as the various student societies (e.g. for activities, Math-Arts-ESS Week) and many student clubs (e.g. the 1Computer Science club, the Amateur Radio club). For the above reasons and others, council feels that the federation fee should remain compulsory, and urges students on campus this term to vote for compulsory fees in the upcoming referendum. Mathsoc

OF-STUDENTS

a Notice

By this writingit is hoped that all students at this university are aware of the upcoming Federation Refundable Fee Refer.endum. To newcomers on this campus, it should be noted that it was Engineering Society B and A who asked for this referendum in the Winter of 1977 term. The first part of this split vote has already occurred last July 6, and the uncounted ballots were sealed in publhc notary to be -counted after the vote next week. Since the-day that the Referen-dum was requested many uninformed persons have gone to the extent of namecalling and critisism of Eng. Sot. It has been suggested that we are ‘trying to destroy the Federation or kicking them whilst they are down and other such nonsense. Indeed, it appears that the referendum may be coming at an inopportune time. The Federation is about to select its sixth president within a one-year period and has just looked bad in the Free Chevron/Chevron affair. Both Engineering Societies have, for a number of terms, and after consultation with Dr. Mathews and admmrstratronj been planning this referendum. An arbitrary term was selected and it was then decided that no matter what condition the Federation was in, the referendum would be asked for. Had the Federation just come through shining, getting free tuition for all and wages for attending classes, the referendum would still have been asked for. So the referendum has not been planned so as to hurt the Federation to a maximum. It falls, by chance, at a low spot. Our reasons for calling the referendum are to let the Federation

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know if they still have the support ’ of the students they represent. Since the Federation joined with this Society, shortly after the Federation formed, Engineers have been unhappy with all the silly politics and salaried positions and lack of good student services provided. Every term a sizeable number of students approach our office with the request that this Society become an independant body, as it was before the Federation. The fees referendum should indicate to the Federation if the feeling is very localized here, or if it -exists campus wide. Although this Society Executive is, in majority, in favour of Refundable Fees our greatest concern is that all students get out and vote, either way. It is imperative that the Federation get a strong indication --of feelings. Please weigh the services of the Federation against the over 50% of collected fees going to paid positions, the disinterest in student feeling shown by the Feds when dealing with the Free Chevron and the lack of proper entertainment provided. Decide if you can proudly state that you are University of Waterloo Student Federation member. Or would you rather have the right to disassociate yourself from the organization? Since the recall of President Shane Roberts, the bylaws of the Federation have been modified to make another recall of a president rather cumbersome. Student voice in the Federation is becoming fainter and fainter. The fee referendum gives the students a chance for a powerful voice in the running of their student “government”. If you don’t care what the ’ Federation does, vote whichever way. If you do care about the Federation, vote for refundable fees. That way, should the Federation start to conduct activities you disapprove of, use the most powerful voice you have, your money, to let your feelings be known. We won’t deny that if Refundable Fees win, and we do hope students care enough to make them win, the Federation will have to quickly realign their priorities if they wish to stay alive. Still, they will have at least 8 months to prove themselves and certainly if indica@ens show they are going in the direction of best student interests, few will ask for their money ~ - back. Advice on how the Federation could improve itself, to this date has primarily been ignored. Certainly if this trend persists, and refundabLe fees become a reality, the Federation may have to close its

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doors. That could be a sad day as they could be a useful group. Let us hope they will open their eyes and see student wishes before that date. Again, let us urge you to go out and cast your ballot. Let us make our feelings heard. Results going either way, this Society will, in, about three years hence, be asking for another such referendum. They used to be quite periodic but since the early 70’s have not. Our aim is to make them periodic once again. Without doubt, you are also aware of the fact that various other questions shall be asked on the referendum ticket. Do not let them alter your refundable fee vote but do answer them fairly and honestly. They are a step in the direction of finding out the actual wishes of students, by the Federation, and this step must be commended. Let us hope that this is just a first step and that the trend continues. Then, should refundable fees become fact, perhaps student confidence in the Federation will be such that no one will want returned fees. Should the fees stay compulsory, there is the possibility that this step will be the only step. You decide what should occur. But decide. And Vote. President,

Aivars L. Kakis Engineering Society B

ESsociety The position of the Environmental Studies Society is a negative one on the Referendum for Refundable Fees. We would not like to see the student activity fee going to the / Federation a refundable fee. If the fee were to be refundable the Federation would be unable to plan for the coming year. It is not a good position to be in. However, we do feel that there should be a split fee. The Chevron and Radio Waterloo should have separate fees from the Federation with a Board of Directors elected by the students. This fee should be refundable with a mandatory fee for the federation to maintain their services and organizations. If the Chevron and Radio Waterloo had seperate fees which were refundable they may become more responsive to the students. It is thought that the Board of Directors which would be separate from the Federation would also serve this purpose. President,

Since&y, ESS council.

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Councillors’views Larry Smylie -Vote Yes!

(Renison):

“Why?” There are many supportable reasons for you to consider: Federation misrepresentation. *The Feds reinstated the chevron and defeated my motion calling for a students’ elected editorial board. Thus, they abrogated the students’ referendum directive twice (see council’ s minutes). Federation mismanagement. The boards of entertainment and publications had expenditures in excess of revenue received by $54,905 and $61,693 respectively in a two year period (see auditor’s reports). Federation disorganization. Board files-have been in a bloody mess. There has been lack of meetings, and direct failure to make reports when requested and later demanded. This situation still exists (see council minutes and cassette tapes). Federation council and general meetings non-productive, ridiculous fiascos. Obstructionism, hollering, swearing, screaming, chairperson and councillor incompetance and lack of procedural knowledge is the order of the day. Federation refusal ‘to account and to report to you - the student members. They have refused my many requests for a general meeting, and therefore, are preventing the students from becoming informed. This is obstructing students from their right to make decisions and give direction to their federation (council meeting tapes). Here - a question: “Why are they so afraid to come before the student body and account for themselves?” In conclusion - the feds DO NOT DESERVE OUR CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME! Therefore, I respectivefully request ALL students to vote yes for refundable fees until-the “mess” is cleaned up. Steve

Risto

(l/lath-Co-op):

The refundable

fee question

The Creative

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matter which we, very serious should all consider carefully. Before I get into my own views I must ask all students to vote, no matter what their views, as it is through the lack of student involvement which has caused many of the problems in the federation this past year. Now I must admit that I’ve somewhat changed my own views from what they were two years ago, and even from this last summer when I felt torn both ways. How‘ever, having given it much thought I’ve come to the conclusion that non-refundable fees are a necessity at this time. A year or two down the line the situation may have changed so that a refundable fee is feasible, but not now. . The list of services provided by the federation, both visible and non-visible, is quite extensive. I couldn’t possibly list them briefly, I only suggest that you read one of the posters up now which list them. But it doesn’t end here. The federation sponsors a large number of clubs and organizations. Many of the events put on by societies such as Mathsoc and Engsoc are supported in part by money from the feds. Many of these wouldn’t take place without federation help. This campus is going to be a pretty dead place ifthe federation is crippled. Entertainment such as fed flicks, the Campus Centre Pub, concerts, South Campus Hall Pubs are bound to suffer. If the federation goes, don’t expect a new organization to form to provide these services while you’re still around this campus. I fully realize that many of you will disagree, with my views. All I ask of you is to investigate the matter, and consider your vote carefully. Don’t believe everything you read on the subject, as this newspaper is exactly noted for its version of reality. If its the chevron that you’re upset with, then I urge you to vote for refundable chevron fees, and for non-refundable federation fees. In any case, please vote,

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as it is only with the votes of stu- * Would these two organizations like He cited the examples of dents that the federation can possitheir respective society and budget’ OPIRG, EngSoc, and the free work. subsidies indexed to the net fee inchevron, “ . . . but they must keep -bly__---take? in touch with the students.” On the referendum, itself, I hope “To my mind this bureaucratic Stephen Coates (Science Coall students wiJ1 make their own de- organization has not kept in touch op): cisions, and not mechanically folwith the students.” I am personally in favour of a low the dictates of the Chevron, partially refundable, partially comGerard Kimmons (Science Copulsory fee, which would share the Eng Sot, or any other writer on this op): I -advantages of both, but its too late page, and vote., “On principle no-one should be to consider this now. I might have forced to pay fees into an organizavoted for compulsory fees if it Dave Carter (Graduate): “It’s‘ about time that students tion which works against their inhadn’t ,been for the fdm, but since terests.” the federation has decided to go should have the chance to withdraw their support from an organi“Implementation of refundable ahead with this media monstrosity’, zation which they might not see any fees is a $tep towards destroying I think it should now be put to the benefit in.” the current bureaucracy of the fedtest, and I will vote for refundable “Voluntary organizations, run eration and the establishment of fees. I also feel this way because of on the basis of voluntary / refundaan organization which can effecthe similarity to compulsory union ble fees have proven that they can tively defend the basic interests of dues, which I think are criminal. survive. ” the students.” *.\ What bothers me more than the film, however, is the attitude of the Engineers. These students are the first to complain about the problems of the federation, but the last to try to do anything about them. The attendance ofthe three counWill Be On Campus cillors from the B stream, has been far from perfect, and they have NOVEM-BER 1ST done little while there. Except for the three, few, if any engineers have made any effort to participate For an information session in the federation at all. I think that Wayne Berthin’s comment about covering management career Engineers not belonging in a federopportunitiesjwith Allstate ation with Artsies (October EnI Insurance. ginews) is asinine. One of the predominant complaints of the EnIf you are interested in a ’ gineers is about the Chevron, but challenging career which offers despite frequent notices, no engineers ever show, up at recruit-. excellent opportunity for ment or staff meetings. advancement, then be sure to The Chevron itself, however, is attend. also far from blameless. Its criticism of the federation seems to be in vengence of the closing, despite We Will ‘Be-In Needles Hall the fact that only one person who voted for the closure is still on Room 3006 Starting At 3:30 P.M. council. Like the engineers, the These Are Not Sales Positions chevron seems to only criticise, but never encourage the federation.

ALLSTATE

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OF STUDENTS, OF WATERLQQ,

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THAT

1. A REFERENDUM ON THE STUDENT ACTIVITY FE-E; --.. 2. A PRESIDENTIAL BY-ELECTION; and 3. A STUDENTS’ COUNCIL BY-ELECTION IN ARTS & I.S. will take place on Tuesday, October 25,1977. The polls will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. I.D. CARDS MUST BE PRESENTED TO VOTE. Mtin$’ will be by faculties, with polling, stations located in the main foyers of the following buildings: Arts & Integrated Studies: Modern Languages Engineering: ’ Eng. II Environmental Studies: Env I H.K.L.S.: Phys. Act. (red north) Mathematics: Math & Comp (3rd floor) Science: Chem-Biol. Link Optometry: Special poll from IO:30 to 1:30 p.m. only: at Optometry Bldg. At all other times, vote at Science poll. Renison: Renison College St. Jerome’s: St. Jerome’s College ‘\\ Graduate: By faculty, as listed above c

THE WORDING TtiE STUDENT

OF THE BALLOT OF THE REFERENDUM ACTIVITY FEE IS AS FOLLOWS: .

“Do you support making the entire Federation of Students activity fee, as collected by the University ~ofWaterloo on behalf of the Federation of Students, refundable upon demand? (These refunds are to be returned within a three-week defined by the University

period at the start of each academic of Waterloo calendar.)”

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Starting on this page are letters on the refundable fee referendum. Other feedback is on pages 75 and 22.

NO fee refunds It’is time to clear up some misconceptions about refundable fees that have been printed in some campus papers. I will make it clear that I believe that students should have the right to decide whether their fees should be compulsory, refundable, or voluntary. I also can see the principle of not forcing a person to join an organization, becaus-e the person’s religious or moral objections to it. I will not debate the morality of refundable fees, but analyse other arguments concerning refundable fee’s. Some say that refundable fees will make the Federation more responsive to the students. With less money (caused by refunds), the Feds will not have as much flexibility and thus be less responsive to the students’ needs. Others say the Feds have nothing to fear if they do their job, but many will withdraw fees anyway just to get their $13.75 back. Some people charge that there are too many salaries in the Federation budget. Well some of those can be cut, but some are necessary to maintain the level of ser.vice. It is interesting though, that whenever the Federation tries to reduce the number of salaries in the chevron or RadWat those groups cry foul. A lower Fed fee caused,by reduced services are an independent chevron an.d Rad Wat may reduce refunds, but how do you administer the refundable fee. Without pictured ID cards how do you tell the member from a non-member. The system is subject, to much abuse. Another misconception is that the Federation is the only incorporated student union in Canada. This is just not true, Mr. Kaikas: Over 80% of the student unions in Ontario universities are incorporated. As for the president appointing the directors, such a byJaw can be changed to- make the whole Council irito the Board of Directors, as at U - of T and Laurier. All one has to do is participate in the bylaw amendment process. The Engsoc president said that the Feds ignored the Engineers, but the Engineers were pretty quiet when it came to expressing their opinions on the chevron issue. They told the Feds to do “something”, but never said exactly what. They would appear at a meeting and not be seen or heard from for months after that, but you can rest assured I the chevron people were there. Engineers walked out of a General Meeting called by the Feds in October to reform the chevron. Some of them wanted the chevron offices cleared, but there were no Engineers there on Feb. 27. Kaikas complains about the reinstatement/Fed-surrender, but the reps from his own faculty voted 3-O-l for reinstatement, while Math reps voted 4-l-O against. The point is that Engineers, like on faculties (including Math) have legitimate complaints about Federation actions. Before they try to torpedo the Feds they should examine the reasons for these actions, whether or not they w&e partially at fault, and what they can concretely do to change things, without resorting to what might be called blat kmail. On that topic, Engsoc has a point about calling the “Service Stops” signs, blackmail. These services will not automatically stop with refundable fees, but could be greatly reduced if sufficient numbers withdrew their fees. They MAY actually stop totally, with refundable fees. I can give a speech about the noticeable services that may stop with refundable fees, but the Federation also performs a less noticeable political service by protecting students against attacks by the administration or the government. Through OFS the Federation has fought tuition increases, if it wasn’t for OFS, tuition would have risen higher and faster than it did. Wayne Berthin calls $100 a reasonable increase, I won’t dispute this, but I will say that ifthe Federation doesn’t protest it, in the future the govern-

ment will be inclined to impose a much larger increase, figuring that students will be an easy mark. Right here in campus, the Feds have helped to prevent the society coffee stands from being controlled by Deeks and the administration (I know this, having been a former Math C&D manager). I can see that the Federation has benefits that are worth keeping. I am also not naive enough to believe that we do not have problems. There are other SolutionS besides-refundable fees to improve the Feds, such as better entertainment, more involvement from those in neglected faculties li&e Science and Engineering and tighter budgetting. The idea of a lower Fed fee that is partly refundable has merit, though I cannot support the idea of a completely refundable fees, as I believe that they would do more harm than good for the students, and thus they should _be rejected. J. J. Long, MathSoc Rep

A/A for fee refunds The Anti-Imperialist Alliance believes that the basic interests of the majority of students at UW would be,served by building a student defence organization based on voluntary fees. The immediate question -compulsory or voluntary fee - cannot be addressed outside of the issue of what kind of organization students need to deal with their problems. The capitalist and revisionist world is gripped by an economic crisis, part of the overall crisis of imperialism. In an attempt to save itself, the reactionary Canadian bourgeoisie, through the state, is attacking students and workers in order to shift the burden of the imperialist crisis onto their backs. These state attacks take the form of cutbacks in education spending, tuition fee increases, restrictions on the right of students to, an education through proficiency exams and propaganda about students’ “academic inadequacies,” among other methods. Td resist these state attacks students require a mass defence organization which implements the slogan Defend the Basic Interests of the Students and which mobilizes students to resist these state attacks. For the large majority of students, their basic interests are the same as those of the working class and can be defended only by opposing the interests of the rich and their state. However some students’ interests are to serve the bourgeoisie. They suggest that students should not oppose the interests of the bourgeoisie and some even promote collaboration with the bourgeoisie. Hence they support education cutbacks and wage class struggle against the masses of students who want to resist state attacks. For example, when the $100 tuition fee increase was announced late last year, certain UW student society presidents declared their support for the increase, even though it will add to the economic burden borne by the majority of students. It is not possible for a student defence organization to adopt a policy that wiil serve all of the students or the “common interests” of all students. Such “common interests” simply do not exist. The line that students’ “common interests” are met by a “service” organization is actually a trick to cover up serving the bourgeoisie through class struggle against the basic interests of students. Students with different class interests do interests.” A student not have “common organiza,tion is not like a trade union, to which all workers belong. Workers in a trade union are of one class only. They have the common interests of opposing wage cuts, unsafe working conditions, arbitrary dismissal, etc., imposed by the capitalists. A mass defence organization of students must work to unite the majority of students in action against their enemy, the rich and the state of the rich. This can best be done unde-r the slogan, Defend the Basic Interests of the Students. To accomplish this, it is necessary for students to rely on their own strength and not to

turn their struggle over to a handful of careerists and corrupt officials. Otherwise bureaucratism sets in, as ‘at UW and at most other student unions and federations throughout the country. At UW, corrupt federation officitils and careerists, who actually serve the rich and oppose the basic interests of the students, have a long and active history. For example, it was the Federation of Students which initiated the attack on the AntiImperialist Alliance, and which continues to withhold federation recognition.. In this attack the federation has worked hand in hand with the UW administration. And of course, it was the federation executive who launched the campaign against the democratic chevron using every weapon at its disposal. Students must defend themselves through mass struggles, and student leaders must work to mobilize the masses of students to participate in these struggles. Officials of student organizations should be closely integrated with the masses of students, and should actually be students. Membership in a democratic student organization which defends the basic interests of the students, the interests of the majority, should be voluntary. Those students who do not want to join the struggle against state attacks should not be compelled to belong to such an organization. Thbse students who are reactionary and who actively attack students and assist the state should not be allowed to join the organization. Membership should be voluntary and fees should be low so as not to place a burden on the members. The organization should rely on recruiting large numbers of students to become active on their own behalf, in mass struggle. Membership in a mass student defence organization should be voluntary in order to insure that the organization does indeed serve the basic interests of the students. It should regularly be forced to win the approval and aitive support of the masses by serving their basic interests. This means that members must be able to withdraw from the organization at any time. This general line should hold not only for an organizatioxi on a single campus, but also for provincial organizations like the Ontario Federation of Students and national organizations, like the National Union of Students. All of these organizations should rely on student volunteers to carry out their work. The contrary line on a student organization is that some “officials” should be elected by the masses once each year, that these officials should hire some “experts” (hacks) to do the work in place of the students themselves, but that all students should be taxed in the form of a compulsory fee to pay these elected officials and their camp followers. In practice, these officials are mainly interested in their own careers, and they find it expedient to sell out the basic interests of students in order to curry favour with the state. They hand out paid positions to their cronies as political patronage and buiid up a corps of professional hacks who leech off the students. Then they attack‘sthe masses as being apathetic and backward. When democratic students do rise up to seize the initiative in the fight for their basic interests it is the hacks themselves who offer the first resistance to such efforts. The AIA calls on UW students to build a mass democratic organization of students to defend their basic interests, an organization based on voluntary membership and fees and on class struggle against the rich and the state of the rich. Anti-Imperialist Alliance

Get involved yourself On Tuesday Oct. 25 there will be a referendum on refundable fees on this campus. Supporters of refundable fees claim that they are the greatest things since motherhood and hula-hoops, and that they will be an effective cure for all the ills presently facing the Federation (like Dr. X’s miracle.tonic that you used to buy from travelling salesmen). Op-

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ponents, on the other hand, are painting catastrophic scenarios of the collapse of student services, and arguing that refundable fees will initiate a more cataclysmic series of events than Gabriel’s horn. I would like to present a third viewpoint, namely that the issue is largely irrelevant. Few people on either side claim that the Federation isn’t worth the fee. For about $1 a week the Federation organizes and subsidizes a large array of services. In fact it would not be difficult (for the more socially inclined) to save that amount of money on student discounts at Fed movies, pubs, concerts and at the record shop. Besides organizing and backing the concerts on campus the Federation provides free movies, cultural and educational events, coffee shops and concerts. The Federation is responsible for Orientation and all its associated events. It subsidizes the various clubs and organizations on campus. And of course it heavily subsidizes the chevron and, for the moment, Radio Waterloo. So, if the Federation is so hot, why do people want refundable fees? The answer is an ideological one, they feel the Federation should be more “responsible” to the students. They think the Federation dould and should be doing a better job (which is probably true), but they don’t suggest how it ’ should improve, what a “responsible” Federation should do. Unless, of course, individuals start describing their own personal preferences (If the Feds were responsible to the students they would do what I want them to, since I am a student ?) ). However my real point is not that there are a lack of alternatives but that refundable fees would not be of any significance in accomplishing them. What effect would refundable fees have? It is highly unlikely that it would mean a substantial loss of revenue and the downfall of the Federation. Considering the experience of other organizations which run on refundable fees, where refunds are usually less than I%, and considering the wide range ’ of services previously mentioned I do not think there will be a flood of people demanding their money back. The only major difficulty would be in trying to budget without knowing h&w much money there will be to spend (lots of headaches). Some services would probably face cutbacks, but what else is new? Refundable fees will not ruin the Federation. Will they make it more responsible? The idea is supposed to be that the students threaten the Feds “You do what I want or else I won’t pay you” and the Feds start jumping. But the Feds are mostly elected student councillors. And I always thought elections were supposed to make politicians responsible (I better do what my constituents want or else they won’t elect me). If it doesn’t work for elections why should it work for refundable fees? Are two threats better than one? Does money talk louder. than votes? (maybe. Let’s not talk about it). The real problem is not that the Feds don’t care about what students want but that they don’t know what students want. How do you decide what “the people” want when so many different people want different things? Especially on a campus where apathetic students don’t get involved and give feedback. The only way is for Fed members to make guesses, according to their personal biases, which may be right or wrong, but you can’t make everybody happy anyway. The only real solution would be for the Federation to do more and diversify, but this needs more money and more involvement. When it comes down to the crunch what the Federation really needs to make it more responsible is feedback and involvement from more students and more people willing to work for it and implement various suggestions. Refundable fees by themselves won’t accomplish either of these. By bringing the. issue into the open it qay give some people an opportunity to express their views. By bringing the problems in the Federation out it may encourage people to get involved and change it. By showing the amount of valuable services it provides the tarnished image of the Federation (as a result of several political crises) may be polished up a bit. But the implementation of refundable fees will not cause any fundamental changes. Continued on page 15

Con!inued from page 14 Refundable fees have many pros and cons. But if you want to improve the Federation the way is to get involved. If you think they’re doing something wrong, speak up and let them know. Or better still, offer to make it better. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Stephen Kassner

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I am aware that there is supposed to be a referendum concerning refundable Federation fees, sometime in October. However, like most students, I am unaware of the “rules” governing the referendum. Is the Federation bound to abide by the outcome of such a referendum? Must a-certain percentage of University of Waterloo undergraduates vote in order to make the results binding? I feel that the Federation has made little effort to convey to Waterloo undergraduates all possible consequences of the referendum. Their most visible efforts have been to spend a few thousand dollars to produce what is essentially a “propaganda film”, and to generally prophesize doom, if refundable fees are approved. ’ Continued from page 22 cause they do not pretain to the life of the students at this university. As for the reprints of the P.C.D.N., most of them are -pretty funny. Just because you printed an article from P.C.D.N. that was not funny just shows bad planning on your. part. Just out of intrest’s sake, do you remember the reprint that was printed in the bullseye?? now that was really funny!!!!! As for the same “charges”, I would like to know what you are talking about. Mr. White did not get involved with the whole chevron affair last year and my self the only charges 1 made about your paper was that you were total hypocrits (the free chevron, vol. 1, no 24). The fact still remains that you are hypocrits. The other thing is that if you check with Salah Bachir you will findthat I did indeed go down to the chevron office and I did do my own investigation. I therefore suggest that you check out your facts before you go and try to insult me. Also I noticed that you did not try to defend the statement about Neil Docherty. Yours still laughing Geoff Hains Alex White P.S. 1 noticed the quality of you humour was down this week. Better luck next’week.

The Canadian People’s (Citizens and Residents) Defence Committee is a mass organization which opposes attacks on any *section of the people by the reactionary Canadian state and its Trudeau government. Since July 28, 1977, we have been waging a campaign in opposition to state-organized - attacks on immigrants, Bill C-24 in particular. CPDC regards the immigrants as part and parcel of the Canadian people. We advocate not only that immigrants should fight back against racist and other attacks under the slogan Self?Defence Is The Only Way!, but that citizens should join this struggle and unite-in action against the state. Now we hear that twoopportunists at the University of Waterloo are whimpering and expressing surprise that we disrupted the presentation by one James Cross, Director of Special Projects for the federal Department of Manpower and Immigratiqp, at a forum organized Sept. 20 by the Federation of Students and the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (chevron, Oct. 7). Of course we disrupted Mr. Cross! We are not a debating society. We are a fighting organization that is resolved to oppose all attacks on j immigrants. If anybody tries ta unleash a verbal assault against the immigrants in Canada, we wiIl respond in kind. The CPDC would like to raise the point that forums like the Sept. 20 event are consciously organized by the state with the aid of opportunists in groups such as OPIRG for

The Federation seems to be taking an “all or nothing” approach, and is ignoring other alternatives besides mandatory or refundable fees. A year ago, one candidate for Federation president proposed a combination fee. This would consist of a small mandatory fee from all students, plus an additional voluntary fee, paid by students interested in reduced rates for “nonessential” services, such as pubs, concerts, and other “consumer” goods. 1 studied possible alternative fee structures in a report whch 1 wrote for an english course. I discussed the present mandatory. fee structure, a voluntary fee, a combination mandatory-refundable fee, a lower mandatory fee, and lower fees for Spring term (coop) students. Part ofthis report was based on the results of a survey of undergraduate students which I conducted, to measure views on Federation fees. Though I gave the Federation a copy of my study, 1 have not since heard or read anything about alternative fee structures. Rather than taking a threatening stance to attempt to coerse students into accepting the present fee structure, the Federation should consider alternate fee structures, and should attempt to communicate to the students the possible effects (under the present federation bylaws) of the referendum. Billie Eadie the sole purpose of providing a “democratic” platform from which fascists can attack immigrants and national minorities. The state used precisely this method in the racist Green Paper campaign against immigrants in 1975, when it invited the Western Guard to spout its racism at public meetings. It is trying this same tactic now -in the “national unity” debate. The Canadian state wants the people to debate fascism and not to fight it tooth and nail. But the sentiment of the people is strongly against fascism. The atrocities committed by nazi Germany and the thousands of Canada’s sons and daughters who sacrificed their lives in the battle against fascism still burn intensely in the memories of our people. The parallels between the Hitlerite propaganda against the Jews and the present-day campaign by the Canadian state to use immigrants as scapegoats for the economic crisis leave no room for complacency or conciliatory attitudes. To promote a situation where some racist is allowed to hurl lies and slanders as a “democratic” forum is a gross perversion of the concept. “democracy.” In a society such as ours where there are inherently antagonistic interests between the exploiters and the exploited, the rich and the poor, there is no possibility of freedom for everyone. Freedom for the big capitalists to exploit the working poor necessarily denies the workers freedom from exploitation and oppression. Freedom for a racist to attack the immigrant communities negates the freedom of national minorities to defend themselves against sue h attacks. Today, “democracy” in Canada is democracy for the rich and especially- the U.S. imperialists who dominate our country economically, politically and culturally. The quisling Canadian state guarantees the freedom of these money-bags to plunder our natural resources and exploit our labour. Today, that state is waging a campaign to terrorize the immigrant communities en masse and force immigrant workers to submit to severe exploitation in order to insure maximum profits for the rich minority who *own the factories, mines and big farms of Canada. As part of this campaign, the state uses the universities and its agents in student organizations like OPIRG and the Federation of Students to do propaganda against immigrants. The CPDC stands for genuine democracy. By “genuine”, we mean freedom for the vast majority of the people and suppression of those who want to exploitthe workers. A democratic organization fights vigorously for the interests of the majority: it does not allow a handfhl of -reactionaries to run around attacking immigrants or any other section of the people. Many students at the University of Waterloo have already taken a correct stand against the anti-immigrant Bill C-24, and we

call on them to mobilize further opposition to this fascist Act. The students should never give government officials like Mr. Cross a moment’s rest when they come to the university. -CPDC-

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1 would like to comment with regards to the ‘Right-to-Life’ advertisement in the October 7, 1977 issue of the chevron. This is a brief objection to some mistateParticularly I would like to point out that ments and a reply to some points that apthe ‘Right-to-Life’ organization is conpeared in the Oct. 14 Enginews. tradicting itself by stating that abortion is Engsoc B president-A. L. Kakis is comkilling (eg. “Of What Value Is Your Liberapletely wrong on incorporation of student tion If It Assumes Your Right to Kill governments. A look at the vast majority of Others”), while simultaneously following a governments at universities and community policy which essentially states that abortion colleges proves it. Besides, the L.L.B.O. gives pub licences is sanctioned in the case of an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy where the fetus is formto universities, not student governments, ing in the tubes and the woman’s safety is and I would be surprised to see a Board of Governors letting an unincorporated student jeopardized). government manage a pub. The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) 1 think they would be crazy to turn over a also regards abortion as a viable alternative when the health oft he woman is endangered. penny in student fees to an unincorporated The discrepancy herein lies however, in the government. fact that the W.H.O. takes the less restricI would also challenge anyone to show me tive definition of health that accepts that a “any other paper” other than the administration oriented Gazette that provides coverperson’s health may be affected by either age of news and information relevant to stuphysical and/or psychological factors. The dents. The chevron is far from perfect, but I ‘Right-to Life’ people however believe only find the Gazette content to be geared tothat the physical wellbeing of a person is just wards staff and faculty more than students. cause for abortion. This belief therefore is Seriously, how can Mr. Kakis suggest that contradictory with the accepted common volunteers can run the federation, and if no knowledge that the physical wellbeing of an one comes out, “clearly the Federation is individual is also affe‘cted by that person’s not required “? Mathsoc and Engsoc, as well psychological wellbeing (eg. whether the as the other societies’ do not have enough person is feeling at ease, or under extreme interested volunteers. Many fed boards suftension because of an unplanned prefer from low participation, the Board of Pubgnancy). I would therefore conclude that the lications didn’t even have a meeting for two ‘Right-to Life’ organization - and the peoyears. ple involved with it, in taking a more limited Certainly the tree needs a good pruning of view and constricting definition of the word its branches, but I hardly think lopping off at health, are being both selective and subjective in their approach to the subject of aborthe trunk is the right idea. Wayne Bet-thin, an engineer rep on countion. Consequently a therapeutic abortion cil, also got in a dig at we poor students who for the sake of the health of the woman are too lazy to make enough money to pay would constitute ‘killing’ only when r-efor school. Although I would agree with garded from the narrow perspective that the some of his other comments, I’ve talked to psychological wellbeing (and therefore the too many other students, co-op and regular, physical wellbeing) of the pregnant woman ’ and after reading the survey results,-Iam was unimportant - as seems to be the posidead sure that his comments on that subject tion of the ‘Right-to-Life’ organization. Subare way off base. sequently I would ask people sympathetic to Wayne’s problem is that he bases his arthe ‘Right-to Life’ philosophy to ask themguments totally on his persona1 situation, selves “Of What Value Is Your Liberation If and I and others have as yet been unable to It Assumes Your Right To Impose Your Beconvince him that he is not by any means, an liefs On Another Individual”. Looking at average student. this - it is my belief that the people in the His earnings are far in excess of the aver‘Right-to-Life’ organization are therefore igage co-op student’s, even -in engineering, noring that it is the right of the individual to and in his last work term, earned about the make his/her own decision, and are thereby being self-indulgent in attempting to bring maximum a regular student could hope to earn to finance eight months of school. about reform which will lead to the restricWayne also does not mention the substantial tion of an individual’s free will. Specifically 1 scholarship funds he receives. believe that it is the right of an individual to what definition of Even given the same room and board as- judge for him/herself myself, he would still come out more than health to believe, and consequently in what state of wellbeing to exist. $1500 ahead in a work term, even though we are at the same academic level. I am earning If the people involved in the ‘Right-to Life’ organization are therefore of the belief an average co-op wage, but my job requires a that they would not choose to have an aborcar and dress clothes for work, major expenses Wayne doesn’t have that further tion then the current laws leave that option’ widen the gap between our savings. open to them. These laws are consistent with _I take even stronger exception to his the W.H.O. position on abortion and allow comment that Arts and I.S. control students people who decide (along with the approval council, which is ridiculous unless you conof their doctor and the Therapeutic Abortion sider everybody else other than engineers to Committee at the hospital), that the continube “artsies”. That would be 80 percent of ation of the pregnancy would endanger their health, to also have that option open to them. the undergrads, and even more of the almost 1500 grad students. Additionally I believe that, in not attemptArts and I.S. combined have more votes ing to present all sides of the issue, the than engineering‘. They also have the same ‘Right-to-Life’ ‘people are attempting to denumber of total undergrads as engineering ceive individuals as to the choices available to them. This, along with the emotional apand of course several hundred more students on campus at a time. If Wayne wants to stick peal that the ‘Right-to-Life’ uses, directly to his conception of “artsie”, then he truly is results in confusion and misunderstanding an n-ji-neer. about the issue of abortion. Furthermore, by Finally, I was not aware that engineers following the policy of not directing people had views diRerent from other people. They to organizations which will provide all of the stick so much to their own events and rarely alternatives for unplanned pregnancy, the get involved in non-social events concerning people involved with the ‘Right-to-Life’ orother students that one could almost conganization are imposing their own beliefs on clude on the basis of past performance that others and are therefore, in my opinion, they have no intelligent views of interest to being consistently morally irresponsible. the university as a whole. I hope to hell 1 am In ending I would therefore suggest that wrong, because 1 would not want such basthe people in the ‘Right-to Life’ organization ket cases carrying out the important funcseriously question the contradictions =and tions in society that only *engineers can and anomalies in their own beliefs and policies must. before attempting to change other people’s. Dennis Rekuta Laurie Gpurlay

Cosby/Poitier Have you been wondering what the solution to getting a job is’? Well, I (doh’t) advise letting Sidney Poitier tell you how to iet “A Piece of the Action” in this,, the latest team-up between Poitier, Bill Cosby and James Earl Jones. The plot: A retiring police chief (Jones) has enough evidence to put two crooks (Cosby and Poitier) in prison for about 5 years apiece. Ini_ stead he blackmails them into ~ working for his late wife’s Community lmprovement Programme Centre for the same period of time. Their job is to find work, and discipline 30 Chicago ghetto teenagers. And they do rather well. To PLitier, taming a rowdy crowd of young people is r_outine - 10 years before he had done just this in “TO -. Sir with Love”.

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Poitier also directed “A Piece of the Action”, clearly wanting to teach a lesson. Calling his class a bunch of “teenage guerrillas”, he starts to analyze their problems: “(Being cool) may make you feel good but it doesn’t give you life. . . you have to cut out every excuse you have to fail!” ~TO be a man or a woman, one must get a job. To get a job, all one needs is to smarten up and show some common courtesy in theirjob interview. With Poitier bribing them to be middle class America, they brush their teeth and get a job. Were it 001~ that simple. One scene has one young man crying avClay that he needs a job for the benefit of his mother who doesn’t-have the time to look after a

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Burton Cummings My Won Way To Rock Portrait ’ As disappointing as his debut but in a different way, My Own Way To Rock fails again to establish Cummings’ credibility as an album artist. The band rocks out more than on the first LP, but ultimately just doesn’t deliver the goods. Part of the problem here again is Richard Perry. While before he tended to overwhelm Burton, here he takes a back seat resulting in a puzzling, nondescript production. Perry may be many things, but he is e not the type of producer who can play a secondary role. Cummings adds to the problem by vacillating

between a straightforward rock approach as in Bob Seger’s “Come On By” and the Righteous Brothers’ “Try To Find Another Man.”

mentally deficient son. It is done in a mock interview in a manner demanding either laughter or compassion - 1 don’t know which. What was hard to believe was that the 30 teenagers were ghettopoor, and that their classroom was less than a set. With their well pressed, and super clean street clothes, 1 can’t help but feel that the throngs of (mostly black) people 1 saw lining up for the movie in New York city (two weeks ago), left the theatre laughing at these parts of the movie. They looked like excerpts from “Welcome Back Kotter’l. Poitier is as respectable as ever 7 even Playing a crook living in sm. His “wife:’ is portrayed by one of the wehitest black women possible. Taking a break from saying “Neet-0” to a bunch of kids in Jello commercials is Cosby , who shows that he hasn’t lost his knack for acting which he has had since. his television days in “I Spy” (1966-8). His humour ality can still culine charm females with, ated dancing

and friendly personbe seen in his masact h-e uses to impress and with his exaggermethods.

Though the film seems patchwork at times, ‘it still holds together. Poitier. has done a good job providing an entertaining lightweight movie. There is plenty of variety. Besides the repeats from In spite of all this, anypne who 3 “To Sir With Love” (or “Up the can write lines like “I’m gonna Down Staircase” if you wish), the take my silver dollar/Change it into movie involves con jobs, the mafia, moralizing, and romance. All set to quarters/Shove ‘em in the record music by Curtis Mayfield. machine . . .‘* and deliver it with Out of a possible 20, this film deenough conviction to recall the exserves a .057 on the James Warke citement of rock’n roll is far from scale. A fairly good movie. being-counted out.

Randy few guitar “Got To effective Who days

Bachman contributes a solos, and co-writes Find Another Way,” an ballad from the Guess of 1970.

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Gallery features “European Images” it is not often that gallery goers and the public generally has the opportunity to go with an authorresearcher in quest of material for his book. “European Images, 1954 to 1977” the exhibition at the UW Arts Centre Gallery opening on October 20, affords this rare opportunity. The show consists of photoAubrey Diem, graphs by . .a 1 ‘ I geograpner-autnor-pnorograpner and p,rofessor at the University of Waterloo, thematic drawings by Adrian van Arkel and maps by Alan Hildebrand. Professor Diem’s book, Western Europe: A Geographid-Analysis, will be published - in 1978 by John Wiley & Sons. The display cases adjacent to the Gallery in the Modern Languages building lobby will feature a compilation diselay of this forthcoming text. The 36 colour photographs ineluded in the Gallery exhibition are photographs taken during his European travels from 1954 to 1977 while doing his research. Included are abstracts, portraits, cityscapes

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The series of line drawings in the exhibition have been execited by Adrian van Ark&l for Dr. Diem’s book. Adrian van Arkel has exhibited his paintings in the UW Arts Centre Gallery in 1967. The meticulously drawn maps by Alan Hildebrand conceptually illustrate much of the written material in the Diem book. The exhibition continues until November 13. The .UW Arts Centre Gallery is located in the Modern Languages building and is open to the public, free of charge from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

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Atlantic released CSN has got to rank as one of the pleasant surprises of 1977. Theil second album in eight years, it is an outstanding collection of introspective harmony rock at its best. Although both Crosby and Nash provide exceptional backing vocals,

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the album really belongs to Stephen Stills. His songs deal largely with the breakup of his marriage, but manage to avoid the crying-in-my-beer pose that usually accompanies such depressing topits. In fact the only major weakness here is the lack of tough (i.e. Neil Young) songs: the album is just too pretty. After all, three part harmonies behind lines such as “She’s pleasant and she’s friendly while she’s looking at your crotch,” ‘cannot hope to sound anything but out @place. Nonetheless, ifyou’re willing to spend some tinie with it, this is ‘still one of the musical. high points of 1977. john sakamoto

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Kitchener-Waterloo and area audiences will have their first glimpse of Penca (pronounced Pen-chah), the art of self-defense from Sunda, West Java on October 22 when a troupe of four male dancers and three musicians from Panglipur introduce the art form to this area. Joining the martial dis-plays on the programme will be performances of Topeng Babakan, the masked dance theatre also indigenous to Sunda. The UW Arts Centre‘ is presenting the programme in the Humanities Theatre. Curtain time is 8 p.m. ‘.

The art of self-defense, practic?!d in many regions of Indonesia, is part of a larger tradition found throughout Asia. Penca dances usually begin with a section in which a single dancer displays his strength and skill in a series of fighting movements and develops into a battle situation with the appearance of a second dancer. Also on the programme will be demonstrations of fighting movements with a three-prong spear and knives. The interplay of self-defense and dance, combined with the music and the

element of danger, all make Penca the exciting and unique dance of Sunda! In sharp contrast to the battles of Penca, Topeng Babakan, the masked dance theatre, is the most dynamic and sophisticated dance form in the entire repertoire of Sundanese dance. Accompanied by gamelan music, it is a series of masked solo dances in which the principal characters from ancient

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Arts Centre Showing Billed as a multi-situation comedy with a brilliant series of misunderstandings, “Relatively Speaking’ ’ , a presentation of the Creative Arts Board, University of Waterloo, brings together a quartet of well-known community players. Featured in the cast are : Tessa Gillard, Chris Broga, George Joyce and Treb Allen. “ Relatively Speaking” directed by John Plank opens at the Theatre of Arts, UW on Tuesday, October 25 and runs until

vided by the much-respected Phil Ramone. If you buy no other album this year, then this is the one you should invest in; it’s as close to a masterpiece as anything you’ll ever have in your collection. And if you think that’s mere hyperbole, then you’re going to be pleasantly surprised. Blessed be the uncluttered! -peter

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The OUAA Track and Field Championship-, will be held at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario this coming Saturday, October 22. For the first time in six years, the University of Waterloo will be able to enter a full complement of twenty-five competitors. “Over the past few years, we haven’t had team members who have been able to meet the OUAA standards. Also, we just haven’t had enough competitors coming out for the team in the past few years, ” said the Head Coach of the Warrior Track and Field Team,

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The University of Waterloo also has a threat for a javelin championship in the OWIAA Championship. Meet which will be held in conjunction with the OUAA Championship Meet this Saturday. “Barb Chitovas broke the OWIAA record, which she holds in the McMaster Invitation last week,” said Coach Robertson. “Barb also has a chance at the.discus title .”

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Athena . field ’ hockey ~ The University of Waterloo Athena Field Hockey Team will participate in tile first of two round robin ,tournaments, this coming Sat. and Sunday at the University of Guelph. The second of the two tournaments will be held at the University of Waterloo on October .28 and 29. The tournamepts are set up to declare a champion at the end of the two tournaments. Each team will meet the other teams in the tournament on one occasion. “What it means,” in the words of the Athena’s Head Coach Judy McCrae, “is that the playurs have to play each game as though it was a. championship game. There’s no buildup. The players have to be at their best in all games. If you lose a game, you immediately have to forget it and get yourself ready for the next match.” This weekend, the Athenas will meet the University of Guelph, McMaster and the University of Western Ontario. The Athenas have beaten Guelph and McMaster in two matches played previously this year and they have split with Western.

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Intra-play re-play The Ski Club’s Annual trip to Vermont this year is to Smuggler’s Notch. For members, $75 includes a welcome party, ,2 breakfasts, a supper, all tows, and transportation. Also a shuttle bus will take you to free saunas and swims at Smuggler’s Inn and free admission to Salty Dog Disco. Non-members will be charged $82.00. I A $40 deposit will be taken at the November 2nd, November 14 and January 4 meetings or at the PAC Red North Offices. There is a 92 person limit so sign up soon. Don’t forget to get a membership or go to the November 2 fashion show/party. Women’s

Flag Football

Flag Football for women is alive and well! Every Monday and Wednesday at 4:30 and 5:20 p.m. on the Village Greens and 5:20 on Columbia 5A field, two teams meet and it’s a battle to the end. The games are fast, well-played and the guys could take a lesson from these girls on their moves. Several teams are pulling ahead. In the C.F.L. league, Village 2 South have decisively won all four of their games, three being shutouts. Right behind are Village 1 West, St. Paul’s and Village 1 North Stars scrambling for second place. The Blue Bombers with Lesley, Sharon and Janis are determined to claim first place in the N. F.L. league, although Renison Rats are giving them trouble with an excellent quarterback MaryLou McCarroll and point scorers Jane Larkworthy and Sharlyn Perera. If you want to see some fast action and great yardage, Village 2 North players, Deb Drake, and Patti McDonald are the ones to watch. The girls are enthusiastic and are having a good time. Come out to I see. Any questions or more information contact Lee-Anne Lemmer 884-9556. PLAY-OFFS begin on MONDAY OCTOBER 24; with FINALS on Wednesday October 26. Men’s

Flag Football

The Flag Football season is drawing to a close. I saw some great and some not so great games this fall. If scores of O-35 or 2-38 sound all too familiar to some of you Flag Footballers, the convener thanks you for hanging on till the end. If you’re not winning, you’re playing because you love what the game . offers. And that’s what it’s all about. The Referees did a solid job all around and deserve my congratulations. After all, how many times a week do you get out in the middle of a football field and deal with nearanimals. Fights were kept to a minimum with no need for ambulance service (thus far). A summary of the standings show , that; in “A” Division, East Quad in Al league and St. Jeromes A in A2 league seem destined.for top honours. Both have no losses. What follows them, amounts to a dog race for the remaining playoff spots. North D and West D Alumni lead that pack. West Quad is really on top of things in Bl league and have piled up a ton of points to go with their 4-O record. This is a hot-headed team which should do well in the playoffs if captain Ron Graham can contain their insolence. In B2 league, the East D Derigibles, a motley collection of notalents surprised a lot of people especiahy the convener with their showing. It’s hard to argue against a 3-O record and a 65 points for and 6 points against record. From what

they tell me they’re doing it all on flubber, so make way for the steam-rollers. With a front three of close to .800 pounds, there,just might be some substance to their victories. The Bionics, a tough undefeated team in B3 league are followed closely by the Recreation Brown Baggers and Sci-Sot. The Bionics have their work cut-out for them next week as they are headed for a clash with the East- D Derigibles in a cross league matchup. Will the Bionics get short-circuited or will the Derigibles get punctured? See for yourself Thursday, October 27 at 5:15 p.m. on the Village Green. B4 the Church College league is being taken to the chapel, so to speak, by the only non church college team, the Lakeshore,Freskins. Either the other teams come out with a few miracles or else the Freskins could come out without a loss, and in good shape for the first round playoffs, held next yeekend (October 29, 30). A reminder to all teams and fans that games will be played regardless of blizzards, rainstorms and the sort. The Flag Football standings can be s&en either on the bulletin board in the men’s toteroom or in the lntramural Office. Outer’s

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The Club has arrangements with local (Toronto) suppliers to purchase outdoors equipment at discount. Discounts for Club members run around 20% at Margessons, Woods, GDL, Hardee . . . To see our catalogs or order equipment call Brent Hegadoren (579-5579) or come along to ES 330 Mondays 12:30- 1:30 pm. For those readers who have not seen the light and become members of the Outers Club, here are a few of the advantages in joining. 50% discount on equipment rentals 20% discount on equipment pure hase Use of Club’s Kayak mould Free instruction in Kayaking techniques.

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For membership ($3/term, $5/year) call Ray Vles (884-6627) or come to a meeting. (Next meeting, Thursday. October 20, 5:00 p.m. room 2090’ PAC). The major function of this meet-’ ing will be to fix up some trips for November and to discuss a PARTY, which is to be held on October 22 at Tim Dyer’s, 168 Westcourt, Waterloo 884-933 1, following a Day Hiking Trip to Beaver Valley lead by Tom Cargill (886-4855). The Club is about to order some T-Shirts bearing its new attractive logo. The T-Shirts when available will sell for about $3.00. The only hold-up is that we don’t yet have a new logo. We are ,therefore announcing a competition in which you are invited to submit a logo (by internal mail) to Outers Club, Department of Athletics. The prize for the accepted logo was going to be a FREE TRIP TO THE ROCKIES, till we changed it to a free T-shirt: U of W Gymnastics

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of games at Seagram’s gymnasium. The game is similar to road hockey with officials and rules adapted fat safe indoor play. Playing five men aside, fast, wide open action is the norm and several of the experienced teams hatie shown excellent positional hockey complete with planned game strategies. Most teams have completed only. 2 or 3 of their 6 game schedule so it’s too early for any team to be assured of one oft he 14 playoff positions available. Game scores have generally been close but several lop-sided victories have occurred when teams arrived with only five players and were forced to play the entire game without rest. If you are interested in helping your unit to the playoffs, contact your Intramural Rep. or the I.M. office (2040) to find your team captain. To be eligible for playoff competition a player must participate in two league games, so it’s not too late to participate.

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- Debate on Christianity , vs Marxism Mr. S. Schildroth commented on my article “Marxism or Christianity” with his feedback article entitled- “Schroeder Obscure” (chevron, Friday, October 14, 1977). Mr. Schildroth states (and I quote) “It is up to you to show how the teachings and aims of each philosophy relate to one another and how it is that the aims are dependent on the teachings.. . . You have not concluded, nor even demonstrated in your evidence that the goals of Christianity and Marxism are irreconcilable. All you have shown is that atheism was part of Marx thoughts, whereas Christianity. implies a belief in God. . . . 2) You have failed to explain the connection you see between the aims of Marx and Christ and how a belief in God influences these, 3) your argument has failed because it is logically confused ” Firstly, I want to point oa that it was stated at the end of the first paragraph of my article “Marxism or Christianity” that (and I quote) “I will mainly quote, summarize and to some degree, compare what I consider to ’ be basic writings of Marx and Engels and fundamental words of Christ, so that the reader can also pass his own judgement”. So I did not intend to explain in detail the connection between the aims of Marx and Christ and how a belief influences these. I will, however, try to do this in the following. First of all, I have to correct Mr. Schildroth’s statement that in accordance with my article “Christianity implies a belief in God”. I have made it very clear at the end of my article that Christianity is based on belief in God, which is much more fundamental. I think, the main reason for the criticisms of Mr. Schildroth about my article lies inhis basic approach to Marxism and Christianity. He treats Christianity as a philosophy, whereas I have stated in my article that the base of Christianity is belief in Christ as the only ,begotten Son of the Almighty -God. Thus, Christ is for me fundamentally different from a philosopher. If Mr. Schildroth does not see this as a basic difference we really have no further argument. A philosophy like Marxism, which denies the existence of God, is against God and I believe that men can not do right if they turn against the Almighty or live in accordance with a philosophy based on the belief that there is no God. Consequently, the incompatability between the base of Marxism and the base of Christianity also renders their aims incompatible. When I began to believe in Christ about three years ago, I realized that the aim ofman changes, that he thinks and acts differently when he believes that Christ is the only begotten Son of God rather than if he thinks that Christ was a founder of another religion, or a philosopher or even insane. The development of philosophy in Weste-in Europe since the Renaissance has shown that philosophic thought based on rationality without belief in God, leads to nihilism, which denies the existence of any basis for knowledge or truth.. Rational -thinking is systematic, since Aristotle defined logic as a systematic process of correct reasoning. However, logic represents only a method of thinking and to date, man has not found a rational process by which he can establish unique, absolute values. Nobody has expressed this better than the German philosopher and nihilist Nietsche himself, who wrote in “Beyond Good and Evil”: “ with regard to the superstitions of logicians, 1 shall never tire of emphasizing a small terse fact, which these superstitious minds hate to concede namely, that a thought comes when “it” wishes and not when “I” wish.” Consequently, the outcome of the rational process of reasoning depends on basic ideas which come when they wish and it is logical to conclude that there is no base for know-

ledge or truth except for what man establishes intuitively. An alternative is to believe in the Christ of the New Testament and in his words, which then form an absolute base for knowledge or truth revealed by God. Nietsche understood well what it meant to deny the existence of God and to oppose Christ, when he said that man should not look too deeply into the abyss. - Philosophic thought without a Christian base has progressed in Western Europe from the early humanistic view that man can renew himself, to the thought of the rationalist that ‘man can find the truth by his intellect alone, to the claim of Marx and Engels that man changes with every change of its material existence, to the concept of the nihilist that there is no truth and finally to the pessimism of the existentialist which holds that man lives in a purposeless universe through the exercise of his will only. Existentialism is the last of the humanisms. Our generation is faced with determinism. From “Beyond Good and Evil” of Nietsche we are confronted with the Skinner primer “Beyond Freedom and Dignity”. Determinism holds that for men choice of action is not free but determined by a sequence of causes independent of his will. The determinists proclaim that man can be conditioned and Skinner advocates conditioning by equating the behaviour of the laboratory rat to the behaviour of men. Man without God becomes self-destructive. Since philosophies have an arbitrary base formed by intuition, I agree with Mr. Schildroth that teachings and aims of philosophies have to be related and that aims of philosophies can be the same even though the basic thoughts are different. However, a man w~ho believes in Christ as the Son of the Almighty God accepts the words of Christ as the absolute base of thought and this makes the crucial difference. A man whobelievesfn the Christ ofthe New Testament can not accept that man can renew or save himself, or that man changes basically with changes of his material existence, or that there is no truth, or that man lives by his will only. Christ tells us that man has been created in the image of God, that he .is fallen but can be saved through him. Consequently, a Christian can also not accept ’ that man is just a higher class of animal or acts like a machine, or behaves like a . molecule. He c-an also not equate beheaviour of the laboratory rat to behaviour of man in general. A believer in Christ adopts the aims of Christ as a consequence of his faith. He accepts the commandments, since they come from God, he tries to live by them, he fails, he repents, he asks for forgiveness, he prays and tries again. Man who lives in accordance with an atheistic philosophy is free to make their own laws at their convenience, since philosophy is based on intuition. Man lives differently if he believes that through Christ he has a Father in-Heaven, than if he denies the existence of God, which makes him a creature lost in the universe fighting for his survival. Dr. J. Schroeder Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

more debate I wish to continue the timely and essential debate initiated by Dr. Schroeder in his letter entitled “Christianity vs Marxism” to the chevron two weeks ago. No political or economic system can ever cause mankind to live together unselfishly unless it has the correct view of mankind. One cannot separate the theory that a system has of people from its practice which deals with people. From the exposure I have had to Communist theory, it seems that once the old system has been overthrown andthe new social order has been established, the nature of man changes so that he will live unselfishly with his brother. Not being an expert on Communist theory, I asked those who have more knowledge than I on this and was told that Communism does have this optimistic view. This theory of human nature implies that society, and not the individual nature of man, is responsible for man’s be-

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haviour. Once responsibility for action is possess no true reality. The struggle against removed from man, so is freedom of choice. religion is therefore indirectly a struggle Either man is free to choose and responsible against that world whose spiritual aroma is. for choice or he is not free to choose and religion. Religious suffering is at the same therefore not responsible. time an expression of real suffering and a On the other hand, Christianity teaches protest against real suffering. Religion is the that man is free to choose his actions but sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment responsible to God for them. Because of of a heartless world and the soul of soulless man’s choice to live his own way, his nature conditions. It is the opium of the people.” is forever selfish. No system of man can ever Marxism is not based on atheism, religion change this nature. Recognition of this conis only a side issue. Again Marx writes: “The dition and the need of God’s help leads to abolition of religion, as the illusory happisalvation. Only after this recognition does ’ ness of men, is a demand for their real happithe individual’s nature begin to change and ness. The call to abandon their illusions he begins to treat his fellow man properly. about their condition is a call to abandon a To identify Christianity with any political or condition which requires illusions.” economic system is a fundamental mistake Based on Marxism-Leninism, the people and shows misunderstanding of the very esof the world have won great victories includsence of Christian teaching. Christianity ing the great October revolution, the proworks under any system because it applies to letarian cultural revolution, and the victory the individual. Historically, great social against U.S. Imperialism in Indochina. In change has been brought about by men the bright future of socialism, religion will whose consciences have been aroused by become entirely irrelevant. Christian salvation, but to permanently weld ,There are, undoutedly many honest .peoChristianity to these various movements, ple within the ranks of Christians who strive especially after they have been corrupted is a to create a better world. But Marxism not mistake. Christianity is the science which makes a In all my experience in life, the Christian better world possible. view of a free man with a fallen nature has Bernard Chan proved itself correct over the optimistic view of Communism. I close by asking and answering-a key question: What happens after the Communists discover that man’s nature does not change following the institution of the new order? I predict that they will- use force and destroy the freedom of man which they don’t believe in from the start. I wish to thank Jim Doherty for pointing Don Fraser out a few errors I made in my letter to the Civic Engineering chevron regarding the English Language Proficiency Program (E.L.P.P.). In reply to his question if the grammatical errors I made were possibly intentional, no Jim, they came quite naturally. As for his statement “no sense whatsoever for spelling”, I think it is hypercritical and unjust. I spZlt one word wrong “analize” instead of “analyze”. I exWhat is the difference between Marxism cluded “follwing” for “following” as a and Christianity? Some people are very contypographical error. I would also like to fused about that. Some people create mysthank Doherty for realizing that the ELPP is tification on alleged “similarities” and indeed necessary. “compatibilities” between the two. The reHowever, Doherty seems to be harbourcent correspondence in your column are exing a few misconceptions about the program amples. The real differences, however, are which I would like to clear up. Though spelvery straightforward. ling and grammar are important in good writFirst Marxism is materialism, that is, ing they are only the beginning to the whole based on obejctive reality, while Christianity writing process. Once these building blocks is not. Engels writes “The great basic queshave been mastered the next step is to learn tion of all-philosophy is that concerning the how to organize one’s thoughts, write good relation of mind to nature. Which is primary, paragraphs, well organized essays and remind or nature ? Those who asserted the ports. It is this second step which is emprimacy of mind over nature and, in the last phasized in the writing clinic, improved spelanalysis assumed some kind of creation of ling and grammar for most of the recipients the world formed the camp of idealism. The are only by-products of the program. The others who regard nature as primary, belong main purpose of the program is to help those to materialism.” All modern science is based students with problems to overcome them, on materialism which is advancing rapidly, so that they can better cope with university including the science of Marxism-Leninism. assignments. The students also benefit from Second, Marxism is based--on dialectics the program by learning how to better orwhereas Christianity is metaphysical. Again ganize his/her thought processes thus saving Engels writes: “ The great basic thought is a great deal of time and effort on essay asthat the world is to be comprehended not as a signments and exam questions. ’ complex of ready made things but as a comI have realized for some years now that’1 plex of processes, in which apparently stable personally have problems with grammar. things no less than the concepts go through Though I am told however, that my eye for an uninterrupted change of coming into detail and my ability to commincate intelligbeing and passing away.” Marxism is based ently is quite excellent. I was unable to get on analysis of how things change especially expert help for my problem, in high school how societies ichange. Based on this because none existed; I am very glad that the analysis, a programme of action - revoluwriting clinic at the University of Waterloo tion - is put forward not just as a way of does exist. If this letter is still “a brilliant solving social problems but as historically display of syntactical maladroitness”, I inevitable. apologize. But please bear with me I have Thirdly, Marxists regard social being only been in the program three weeks so far; our everyday experience in production, I do not expect miracles overnight. class struggle - as determining the social F.J. Kennedy Jr. consciousness of people, and not the other way around. Marx’s observations on religion are particularly clear: “Man makes religion, religion does not make man. Religion is in deed man’s self consciousness and selfawareness as long as he has not found his feet in the Universe. But man is not an abstract being, squatting outside the world. Man is the world of men, the State, and It seems, from your responce, that you society. This State, this society, produce remissed the point of our letter (truly hiarious). ligion which is an inverted world consciousWe tried to show how absurd your paper ness because they are an inverted world. was. Religion is the general theory of this world, The references to Albania and Angola its general basis of consolation and justiticawere to point out the fact that such articles tion. It is the fantastic realisation of the have no #place in a student paper here behuman being inasmuch as the human being. Continued on page 15

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. The chevron which.appeared first took a stand tion. Some small bring the details

reprints below the editorial in the-july 4 issue, when we on the refundable fees queschanges have been made to ofoik argument up to.date.

It’s about time the Fe&ration faced the sfudents, but not just through elections to bodies in which the students h&e little or no faith. The upcoming referendum bn refunda; ble fee’s will give the students a chance to vote for a new mechanism through which they.can control the?r stu’dent government. Refundable fees provicle, the students with the gu’%antee that they can withdraw their support from an orgahization which I + fails to serve their interests. The supporter&of compulso$ fe& say that a student go@nment must have the backing of alI the students if it is going to defend their co&non interestsJet, do all students havi-these common interests? Compulsory fees have only served to bring together into one organization both the majority of ‘students whose interests .are harmed by increasingly exclusive educ’ational. policies and the’privileged &nority whose ‘interests are served by the weakened competition of elitist and more the basis of refundable fee&o ensure that it wiil work in the interest of the majority of students. Those who are serious about -working together will be able to unite around a strong programme to fight unemployment and the cutbacks, while those who do not supp9rtsuch attempts can withdraw their fees rather than obstructing this effort. The existence of compulsory fees has slowly transformed our Federation/ into a little bureaucracy with a guaranteed source of income which has attractedinto its ranks those looking for safe sinec’ures, or stepping stones for future careers. These peo-. ple, representing a minority of .,students, would be unacceptable dedwelght-in an organization fight*g to defend the l&sic interests of stude6ts. .A Federation of Students- should, and can be more than a business providing sbcial services for the students. We have agovernment on campus which provides every service ihe students could ask foi, yet our ‘leaders’ have lost the faith of their constituents. We need a stbdent government which will give the student active leadership and a programme to help them confront the problems of increasing unemployment, inflation, and the cutbacks in education. Only a strong voluntary organization, ‘which leqves no room for leeches, will ensure this. Those who !ay that the-Federation will collapse if refundable fees go‘thrbugh have not gone unnoticed, but their argument is bankrupt. There are many already at work on campus to transform the federation into an organization that will defend the batik interests of the stude’nts - if they are suc- ces’sful then the Federation will be able to continue without a devastating loss in

fees membership, and with continuing financial security. Yet, even without the present finances, those who/truly wish to work in the students’ int.erests will be able to do so by trimming the fat. To say that tlie Federation would fall if we rid ourselves of such bureaucracy is to hold the initiative and drive off the students’ in contempt. .Voluntary oi-ganisations can w&-k. During the chevron struggle many-people on campus volunteered to defend the basic interests of the students. While the Federation, with all its mpney and bureaucrats, lost the support of the students; the free ,chevron, cut off f&m any guaranteed source of incotie built up a large base of active student support. Students are waiig to volunteer their support to causes which they believe in. They do not want to become adjuncts to a business qrgainization. - . Some state That the federation is like a union and must be able to speak for all students. Theysclaim that students calling back their fees would undefmine this “representation”. Yet, how can a man like Doug Thompson, elected by the ldwest-ever turnout iti recent UW history, and ousted by ,the Board+of~ Qir-eprt-ars -her-,s%9%%t&,“legif% mately claim to represent all students, sim-., ply because he holds their -money-in his hands. Such pretensions have no place in a student movement. As the day for the first part of the referendum apptiached Thompson pleaded with the students for time to clean up the Federation because it “has never been in worse shape in its’ history.” The point, however, is not that anyone is trying to take advantage of the Federation by kicking it when it’s down. Indeed, students are struggling now to put new vigpur into the Federation. Hopefully the Federationcan be salvaged, but if it continues to work against the st.udents, then it deserves to ‘be kicked. Refundable fees guarantee the students this chalice. It is claimed that refundable fees will make it impossible for the Federation to, keep up all its social services. Yet there is no reason why this should occur. Most of ,the services’, the ice crean) - -stand, the pub, the Record Shop, the Bus service, etc., operate on a break-even basis. If they are financially solvent they will survive. The administration of these services-can be handled, for the most part, by voluntary. staff. Some of the societies, the Campus \ Centre’ Coffee Shop, the drama productions, etc., have demonstrated how well volunteers can produce social events. A student org’anization can survive on refundable fees if it rises above bureaucracy and begins to fight for the basic interesti of students and mounts an active campaign against student unemployment, the increasing cost of education, and the lbwering of the quality of education..The students at the University of Waterloo have proven that they have the ability to do this. -the

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APOLOGY The chevron staff apologizes for any inconvenience caked by the cancellation of our public forum on‘ refundable fees scheduled for last Tuesday. The main reason for the cancellation was bad planning on our part. The forum conflicted with a students’ council meeting and we didn’t want to hold a nketing on a vital issue to the federation while the council was in session. Attempts to have the council meeting postponed failed and while we awaited a decision on 1that we were unable to get publicity out.

Apologies are~due to rick smit for thejunintentional) implication in last week’s masthed that he is on the federation payro!l. He isn’t and never has,deen. Sticking.it out with me at 4:30 am were neil docherty, jonathan coles, randy barkman and rap reeger. Other less hardy but equally valuable contributors this week were john w baSt, laurie lawson, sylvi+a hannigan, stephen coates, maria catalfo, Oscar nierstrasz, dave:catter, sala’h bachir, jules grajower, diane chapitis, nina tymoszewicz, heather robertson, rob carter, doug goodfellow, rick pluzak, tony pan, richard devitt, Scott barron, peter blunden, jayne pollack, Chris dufault, liz rootham, brenda rootham and gord robertson.. . .nr.

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Soccer Warriors .trounce Laurentian Waterloo*s Soccer Warriors improved their standing last weekend, with a 4-O victory ovel Laurentian. Their won, lost tied record is now 4-2- 1. This puts them in third place behind York and Guelph in the nine team Ontario league. If the Warriors can win their last two games, and York or Guelph fail to do likewise, then Waterloo could gain one of the top two playoff spots for, the OUAA championships. Zenon Moszora led Waterloo on Sunday with a hattrick, and Grant Allen got the remaining goal. The Warriors led 2’0 at the end of the first half. Don Boogerman pre-

served his shutouf despite a penalty shot at this point: Warriors then added two more goals in the last 15 minutes of play to show their superiority. The Warriors host league leading York this Sunday at 2: 30 at Seagram Stadium. This final home game could decide if the Warriors make the OUAA playoffs. Should they fail, however, Waterloo at least has the consolation of already being in the Canadian championships. This is because they are being held in Waterloo this year, Nov. 11, 12, 13, and the host team gets to join in. c.p. dufault

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On the 8th of Oct. the Warriors travelled to R.M.C. where they dumped the army boys 16-O. Con. tinuity of play was severely hampered by the refwho blew his whistle too often, trying to keep a tight reign on the game. The Trojans were at Trent that day and they beat the Trent side 24-16. Both teams remained unbeaten. Last Saturday the Warriors R.F.C. played host to York for the grudge match of the year. The Warriors had beaten the Yeomen in regular season-play last year but lost to them in the finals. Field conditisns were good as the Warriors took to the field and it became quickly evident that the spectators were in for a good game. The Warriors had good pushes in the strums as the forwards gave it their all. About 10 minutes into the game a penalty was given on the Yeoman 10 metre line and StandOff Phil White got the ball and

dived over the line unscathed for a try. White had a good day netting 10 points in all for a Winning cause. Superior conditioning showed as the Warriors did not let up on a tiring York team in the second half. Inside centre Ralph Jarchow fed the ball out to the “Bald Barbarian” Peter Kewin who broke two York tackles driving down the sideline for 25 metres and crashed the line for another Warrior try. Mitch “the” Hammer turned in a good performance as fullback and forwards Steve “the Pres” Webb and Ralph “Cuddles” Wilson had super games. The backs Ralph Jarchow, Ron “Kamikaze” Fukushima, Alister “Stretch” Mathieson and Jon Issacs (known by some as the Black Sheep of the Bridgeport House) moved the ball well throughout the game. York found its attacks broken up too quickly by good Warrior tackles and so were unable to cross the try

line. White put a penalty kick through the uprights and the game ended 14-6, York only scoring on two penalty kicks. In the second game the Waterloo Trojans defeated the York 2nds 23-O. Early in the game stand-off Dave “Golden Toe” King put a drop-kick through the uprights to put Waterloo ahe’ad 3-O. Scott “tone-deaf Hadley scored from a York strum on the 3 metre line. The ball was put in by the York strum-half and it went straight through the strum. Hadley scooped up the ball and dived over the York line for a try. The half ended 7-O. In the second half, King put through another drop kick to put Waterloo up 10-O. A strum was formed on the York 5 metre line and the Waterloo forwards pushed the Yeomen back over their line, where upon Mighty Murray McCormick dived onto the ball and

Volley The Athena Volleyball Team attended a big tournament on Oct. 14115 at the ‘University of Illinois. The Windy City Invitational Tournament provided the Athenas with \ome stiff competition and the opportunity to gain some valuable experience against American College teams whd are in mid-season. The Athenas won 6 and losst 8 overall. Coach Pat Davis says,“It’\ too early to tell how the team will do thi\ year. ** “We’re going to play a different type ofgame this year, which will give the team more mobility and court coverage.” The Athenac, first home game is against Brock Nov. 22. Player\ returning from last year:

_F’6” Maureen Long _5’9” Betty Je? ell 5*x*Denise Sc heidetfl’X” Jill McDonald Elaine ILlcCt-e:i 5’3” Connie Sold2tt-i\ 5’6” Player\ (fit-\t .yeat-) from ‘77 Provincial Janet Ostt-om 5’7” ’ Cat-01;’ Aldwinkle .i’7” Player\ from Club Te>lrn\ F‘c)” Joann:t William\ Karin W i\rter 6’1” O)thet- Player-\ Julie Irvin 5’ ] I” Gail McCleeq 6’ I.’ Barb Not-t-ic, 5’9”

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d a try was awarded. King converted for 2 more points. Later Russell Simonds (alias Warren) got the ball from a loose ruck, was tackled but fed the ball out to Uncle Whip Watson who committed the last defender and pitched the ball to Mike McKinley who pranced over the try line unmolested. The conversion attempt failed. The pack had a good day totally dominating the yeomen making the backs job that much easier. The next Waterloo Rugby match will be played on Wednesday the 26th of Oct. at home. Come on out and cheer the teams along in their drive for both the varsity and club side championships. An exhibition match was held at Columbia field on Sunday between the Ontario. Selects and the Ontario All Stars, made up “University” from players from several Ontario universities. It was a game dominated by the forwards and hence the much more experienced Selects who have been playing together for a considerable time defeated the universities side, which had practised as a whole unit only that morning, 13-3. The Rugby Club’s intramural 7-a-side tournament was held on Sunday morning and despite the cold weather there was a good turnout of teams. The tournament was won by the Ragmen (alias the football team) after defeating the

The coa’ch of the Athenas basketball team, Sally Kemp, spent the summer in Poland with the Junior National Team. This invaluable experience has led to a change in coaching philosophy. Knowing what women are capable of accomplishing, she has high expectations of her players this year. Sally is very organized and definite in terms of what she feels they can do. With the change in the calibre of players, she can make the assumption that because they have experience, they will put out more when she asks for it. Blackboard sessions have become a key technique in the teaching and learning of plays. Chalk talk allows for -feedback and positive changes. Communication like this is an important part of getting players to fulfil1 their potential on the court. Coach and perhaps players share a confidence in themselves and their abilities. This comes as a result of knowing they have the material for a good team. The veterans are impressed by the enthusiasm of the rookies. As the players are of a

The Waterloo Athenas tennis tear-n hosted a Ranking Tournament last Sat. The Final doubles tournament will be held Sat. Oct. 22, and singles Sat. Oct. 29 at Western. Here Athena Stephanie Fereday serves during her double match. She was teamed with Peg Wallace.

Addicts in a hard fought contest. Previous champs, the Crunch Bun+ failed to make a showing this year. The refs Jeff “Satch” Sage, Mitch Hammer, and Steve Webb of the W.W.R.F.C. are to be commended for a job well done.

fairly equal calibre, scrimmages are productive. The Athenas are into a different style of game than has been played in the past. Their offense is continually in motion, always looking for the open player and the shot. Sally encourages them to go in and shoot. They are presently working on a fast-break, full and half court presses, offence against a zone and man to man offence. This requires lots of running stairs and those infamous ‘suicides’ have been implemented. Sally feels they will be well organized by the end of October. Two exhibition games, Nov. 2 vs. KW Reivers, and Nov. 4 vs. the London club team, should prepare them well for their first league game at Queens on Nov. 19. The Athenas are looking forward to the Guelph Tournament October 28 & 29th, the first of the season. Other universities playing will be Western, McMaster, Toronto, Lakehead and of course Guelph. Club Teams will be from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa and London.