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University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario volume 78, number 24 november 4, I977
Ticket sales lacking
Concerts off for term A disasterous lack of attendance at federation social events has resulted in a mortorium on concerts, South Campus Hall pubs and Campus Centre coffee houses for the remainder of this term. And the problems are not confined to federation events. Low attendance at MathSoc pubs has caused cancellations for the remainder of the term. Early this week, the decision was made to cancel Wednesday’s Gentle Giant concert. Advance ticket sales for the concert numbered 200 at the end of last week, and in the face of a projected $10,000 loss on the event, the Boa+ of Entertainment cancelled, it. At the federation council meeting Wednesday, president Ri.ck Smit announced that a cancellation penalty of $3000 (American) will be paid to Gentle Giant, and further losses of about $1500 on promotion of the concert will have to be absorbed. Smit said that the total cost of the cancellation will be “upwards of $4500.” At a meeting of the federation executive, Board of Entertainment officials and &ffee house coordinators Monday, it was decided
chevc ___._ _--.-----.-.-_._^__ that the South
Campus
Hall pubs
will cease after November 11, the coffee houses after November 13 and the concerts after Harry Chapin’s, yesterday. At that meeting, Board of Entertainment chairperson Bruce Rorrison said that the board needs time to find the cause of the low attendance at federation events and implement a solution. Rorrison stressed that entertainment events will start ag,a& next term.
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l3wkc#bot3 he!s not refkndable Burns Proudfoot, a U W socialogy student, failed Wednesday in Waterloo small claims court to get a refund of his last three terms’ student activity fee. The judge threw the case out of court on the grounds that the relationship between the federation and a student is not a contractual one and that the federation does not act as an agent of the administration. He ruled Proudfoot.thus had no “cause of action”. Proudfoot began his quest for a refund of the $13.75 per term fee last fall when he became disgruntled with the federation’s actions in its dispute with the chevron. The administration collects the activity fee at registration and turns the money over to the federation. Payment of the fee is mandatory. However, following the results of a recent referendum, students wiil be able, starting next year, to ask the feds for a refund within the first
three weeks of the term. Proudfoot claimed the adm;nist-
’ ration did not have the right to collect the fee. When he first asked the administration for proof, specifitally the minutes of the Boat-d of Governors meeting where the
.
Rorrison said that to solve the problem this term while maintaining entertainment would necessitate “legislating more days in the week”, -apart from the amount of money that may be lost. The Campus Centre coffee’ house is already $1200 overbudget. A subsidy of $1700 for the event had been approved by council, and to date the losses amount to $2900. The coffee house held Sunday in the Theatre of the Arts drew only 35 people, despite extensive advertising. The loss for that evening has yet to be calculated exactly, but at the Monday executive meeting it was confidently stated that it would be several hundred dollars. The coffee houses scheduled for November 6 and 13 are expected to add another several hundred ,dollars to the deficit. Contracts for performers at coffee houses after November 13 have already’ been signed, and coordinator David Assmann told the
chevron Tuesday that he expects problems with the cancellations of these bookings. Three performances which have already been booked will have to be cancelled. Assmann told the chevron that the contracts do not contain clauses governing cancellation penalties, and so it is not yet known how much the cancellations will cost. Assmann is unhappy with the way the coffee house problems have been handled. He said that a few days prior to the Monday meeting, there had been a Board of Entertainment meeting at which “we were talking about different ways of publicity and different ways of cutting back on expenses and losses.” Asstiann continued “I don’t think it’s good practice to cancel help the contracts. . .it doesn’t federation’s reputation in any future bookings.” Assmann said that he recognises that the cof?ee houses have a serious problem, but he feels that the schedule for this term should be completed and if the problems cannot be rectified, the coffee houses should cease after the presently
signed contracts have been honoured. The MathSoc pub held Tuesday in the Math Faculty Lounge was very poorly attended, and Math councillor John Long, who is also active in MathSoc, to’ld the chevron that the pubs for the remainder of term have been cancelled. Long said that the upcoming “Mathweek“ will not be affected by this decision. A survey organized by mathNEWS this week showed that of 102 students surveyed, 10 per cent attend MathSoc pubs, 40 per cent attend “sometime3’ and 45 per cent never. Long told the chevron that MathSoc must pay for the disco service and is forced to use food services bartenders at their pubs. MathSoc does not begin to recover its costs until a minimum quantity of alcohol is served at the pubs, at which point food services turns over a percentage of the profits. Long said that MathSoc is not opposed to running the pubs at a deficit, but there is a limit to how few people can be entertained at MathSoc’s expense. -nick
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CKMS blots out the competition Not everyone is pleased with the $400 Panasonic receiver. Assman said he would reply to new arrival on the FM band of CKMS, formerly Radio Waterloo . the letter in the Record and would say “we do blot out -WNED, but we Complaints from the community are that not only does CKMS blot don’t interfere with anyone else ;’ ’ He added that he also wanted to out reception of Buffalo station WNED which occupies the same correct the letter’s assertion that 94.5 MHz frequency, but it also in- the station played punk’rock. Joe McIntyre, Technical Superterferes with the CBC from Toronto on 94.1. One listener, in a visor at CFCA told the chevron and shielding letter to the K-W Record also com- various grounding problems at the transmitter site plained of interference with CJRT could cause the problem but that it Toronto on 91.1. Complaints from the student vil- might be difficult to trace. “It sure as hell isn’t going to get lages are that many people can now better by itself,” he said. get nothing but CKMS. Assman said the station tests its The situation is now at a standequipment once a week and it is off. CKMS co-ordinator Dave subject to regular tests by the .DeAssman maintains that the station partment of Communications. is running according to regulations but the situation for listeners i’s not The only solution McIntyre improving. could offer listen&s was the instalAssman explained to the chevlation of a “trap“ between the anron that people with poor receivers tenna and the set. The trap works who live near transmitters often by weakening the signal of the inhave this sort of problem becauseterfering .station while leaving the the strong signal can overload the other untouched. They are availaset’s tuning circuits. ble in radio and TV shops; as an One of the off-campus complainexample, Radio Shack sells a tunaants lives two miles from the Arts ble model for about $4. ‘Library transmitter and is using a -jonathan coles
mandatory activity fee was established, they said they could not find them. At the trial Proudfoot com-
plained university
officials
had de-
nied him access to document relevant to his case. Among his com-
plaints was that the commissioners
of oath on campus had refused to notarise his photocopied documents to attest to their authenticity. He said he had been given the reason that since the case was under litigation there could be no communication between him and the university and none of the documents in question could be made public. Proudfoot now hopes the university will show him the documents he wishes to see. He says if he is
refused
he will subpoena -nash
them. dhanani
Halloween evening saw these creatures on display in the Campus Centre great hall, along with people in costume apple-bobbing, square dancing, and watching a tree movie, Putbstuft’. photo by ron reeder
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Friday
Pinochet. The People’s Front is a broad united front of all of those who are resisting the dictatorial regime. 7~30 pm. AL 105.
European Images, 1954-1977 an exhibition of photographs by Aubrey Diem, Thematic drawings by Adrian van Arkel and maps by Alan Hildebrand. UW Art Gallery. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sun 2-5pm. till Nov. 13. Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Jim Ledgerwood from g-lam. $50 after 7pm. Seminar on the Role of Women in the Church. 7:30pm. McKirdy Hall, St. Paul’s College. South Campus Hall Pub featuring Jackson Hawke. 8pm. Admission $2.75, Students $2.00. Sponsored by BENT. Federation Flicks - Cassandra Crossing with Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardener, Burt Lancaster. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1, Others $1.50.
Agora Tea House. Herbal teas and home-baked munchies are available. A time for discussion and conversation. Everyone is welcome. 8-12pm. cc 110.
Saturday National Rape Protest Day. Sexual assault happens in the K-W”area on an average of once a day. What can you do? Join a protest march. Write your MP and MPP concerning law reform, support your RAPE DISTRESS CENTRE by sending letters of support, becoming a volunteer, sending donations. For further info phone Waterloo Regional Rape Distress Centre at 886-3170. More than Just Elephants. Entre Six Dance Co. introduces children to the classics. 10:30am Humanities Theatre. Admission $2, children 12 and under $1.50. Tickets at box office.
Resistance in Chile - A representative of the People’s Front of Chile will speak at UW about the current situation in Chile and the resistance of the people to the fascist dictator
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Sunday Jewish Revivalist, Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis will speak in Kitchener at Beth Jacob Congregation, 161 Stirling Street South. Student tickets !13;im Refreshments to follow. Campus Centre Coffee House with Pear of Pied Pumpkin. 8pm. Admission $1.50 for students, $1.75 for others. Sponsored by BENT in cooperation with CKMS-FM and the Campus Centre Board. Transcendental Meditation, advanced lecture for meditators. 8pm. E3-1101. K-W Symphony Orchestra Concert. 8pm. - See Saturday. Federation
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Cariboo
Flicks
Monday
with
Honeywell.
3pm.
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4th Year Psychology Students. interested in Graduate School. There will be an informal question and answer period at which time you may obtain some valuable information and some free coffee and donuts. 4pm. Psych 3026. Co-ed Kung Fu Classes in WLU athletic complex. U of W students are invited to join. 4:30-6pm. Sifu R. J. Scarlet Dragon Society. Day, 744-9551. International Folk Dancing to learn and dance world famous folk dances. 7:30-I 0:30pm. Senior Citizen’s Centre, 103 Charles Street East, Kitchener. $I per person per evening. Info: Mary Biqh 744-4983. cuso - 7:30pm. Kitchener Public Library. - See 3:30pm.
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Thursday Legal Resource Office - See Monday. Table Hockey Tournament. loam. MC 3rd Floor Lounge. Campus Centre Pub opens I2 noon. Hardtail from g-lam. $1 after 7pm. Free Movies 2-5pm in pub featuring Day at the Races - Marx Brothers, Murders in the Rue Morgue - Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Arlene Francis. WJSA - Hillel Study Group. Topic: Modern Jewish Problems led by Rabbi Rosensweig. Participants may purchase Israeli lunch for $.75. 12:30pm. CC 113. City 4: Heart of the City Boomsville. Part of the Planning Film Series in the Faculty of Environmental Studies Guest Lecture Series. 12:30pm. El-351 6. A talk on careers in Banking and management by Mr. Baker from Imperial Bank of Commerce. 2:30 pm. For info contact Career Planning and Placement. NH. Interviewing, 3:30pm. - See Wednesday. Waterloo Christian Fellowship Sup per Meeting. Join us for a time of worship. 4:30pm. Hagey Hall Undergrad Lounge. e Bridge Tournament. Admission $.50 per person. Prizes will be awarded. 7pm. CC 110. For info see Turnkeys.
Friday Campus Centre Pub - See Thursday. No movies in afternoon. Math Society Semi-Formal with Chelsea Morning at Waterloo Motor Inn. Dinner 7-9pm. Dancing g-lam. Tickets $15/couple. Available MC , 3038. Hayride for those interested meet at Laurier parking lot in front of theatre. 7pm. Cost $50 Food, games and movie afterwards. Sponsored by WCF, LCF, GCF. Everyone welcome. South Campus Hall Pub sponsored by BENT. L’lverpool. 8pm. Admission $3.50, Students $3.00. Federation Flicks - Cross of Iron. with James Coburn, Maximillian Schell, and James Mason. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1, Others $1.50. Cruel Tears a country opera featuring the Dumptrucks by the Arts Blub Theatre of Vancouver 8pm. Theatre of the Arts. Admission $6, Students/Seniors $4. Tickets at Box Office. Interviewing: group sessions will be held in Room 1020 of Needles Hall. If” you wish to attend please register with Career Planning and Placement. Participants will be limited to 25. Dates Nov. 16, 3:30pm and Nov 17, 12‘30pm. The Waterloo Regional Lung Association is sponsoring “Better Breathing Classes” to help those individuals with Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis or Emphysema. Clinic will begin on Tuesday, Nov 15 at 7pm. WLU athletic complex. It continues for four weeks and is free of charge. Pre-registration must be done through the Waterloo Lung Association (251 King Street West, Suite 327, Kitchener or phone 579-l 140) at least one week in advance of the class. This service is provided from your contributions to Christmas Seals. Thirty-five (35) Great Summer Positions with Bell Canada for Economics and Geography students. For more information come to Career Planning and Placement as soon as possible, as Bell Canada will be interviewing on-campus November 28, 1977.
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In Europe:
with education
studevltspaymom Having to line up outside the open door of a classroom because there is no room inside, or being restricted to four years for all studies, while student aid declines, is how cutbacks are making European students pay tiore for a lower quality of education. Meanwhile, job prospects are worsening. These reports come from Manchester Guardian Weekly the week ending October 23.
the for
France In France,
the Guardian
reports,
universities suffer from overcrowded facilities and inadequate government grants, while student aid, in real terms , has declined. Guardian writer Walter Schwartz cites the example of Paris VIII University at Vincennes; it has a student-staff ration of 80-to-one, four times the national average: it has so little lecture hall space that students sometimes have to stnad outside the open door; and it receives an annual per student grant of only 37 francs ($8.86). He admits
that Vincennes
is an
extreme example, but maintains it is still a fair one because its problems are common to most universities. He notes, these problems do dozen or so elite “grandes ecoles” , high standards privileged minority.
Inequality
however, that not apply to a universities, which maintain and serve a
increasing
Under the French system, university education is open to all who have obtained their Baccalaureat, a high-standard secondary school graduation. However, the drop-qut
cutbacks
rate in the Baccalaureat program is 50 per cent on the national average. This past year a trend towards university education being available to financially poorer students suddenly reversed. Government figures claim that, in 1976, 13 per cent of students were working class; this represents a doubling over the preceding 15 years. This year the proportion has dropped to Under the nine per cent. government’s criteria the working class comprises 43 per cent of the French population. Further, the Ministry of Education is introducing a new streaming policy designed to separate out the bright students for university and send the rest to technical colleges.
Germany
“The chair will not reco,gniLe dt Wedneday’s meeting.
disorderly
Council The federation council seems to be back on its feet after a series of meetings this term marked by frequent lack of quorum, disorder that approached hysteria and a inability to cover all of the business on the shortest of agendas. The council meeting opened Wednesday with 17 councillors, four more than nee.ded for quorum. The entire agenda was covered, and although there was disorder at times the incidents were isolated and easily subdued. Council speaker Maul-0 Mavrinac had opened the meeting with the announcement that disorderly conduct would not be tolerated, and offending councillors would be ejected.
News
editor
to be paid
Council voted 9-6-2 release the funds from the chevron budget allocated to the salary of the news editor. The position of news editor is presently held by Jonathan Coles, who has been working without pay since September. At a September 26 council meeting, ex-Federation president Doug Thompson (acting speaker at that meeting) ruled that to pay Coles before the chevron investigation commission releases its conclusions would be to contravene the chevron settlement. However, council agreed Wednesday that this was not correct, and Coles will be paid retroactively to September. His appointment will run either to April 3 1, 1978 or until the chevron commission recommends that his position be terminated, should the latter occur. During debate on the motion to release Coles’ salary, Math councillor Steve Risto said “I vote for what’s in the interests of students;
conduct,
” said the speaker,
and councillors
managed
to stay in their seats
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by john w. bast
In Germany, reports Guardian correspondent, Siegfried Buschschluter students are being hit by enrolment restrictions and reduced :eligibility for student aid. This is despite constitutional guarantees of the right to a place in university for every peconday school graduate. In Canada the National Union of Students and its provincial counterparts have been campaigning for sometime for this right, which they call “universal accessibility”. -. Since mid- 1960 in Germany the number of students has greatly increased, but facilities haven’t. The German government instead set up a central office to distribute the available places according to a special formula. Sixty per cent of the seats are filled by top-placing secondary school graduates ) the remainder are filled from a waiting list of
ins quorum, finishes agenda students have been fighting to prevent the Anti-Imperialist Alliance for having control over the newspaper for the last year. I know they do not want an Anti-Imperialist Alliance member to be paid for working on the chevron, and I will oppose it forever.” Risto was challenged on his allegation that Coles is a member of the AIA, and Math councillor John Long replied by asking if it could be disproved. Coles told the chevron that he is not a member of the AIA. Federation president Rick Smit spoke in support of the motion to release Coles’ salary. In reference to the chevron settlement, Smit said “It’s not something that we can treat lightly at this point, and I believe if either party negates on it then we are subjecting ourselves to another condition on this campus which existed over the past year and a half. ” Smit felt that to deny Coles his salary would be to abrogate the chevron settlement, which invited the chevron staff submit a candidate for news editor. Thompson told council that they “have no choice” but to release Coles’ salary because “We are in the position of a banana republic living in fear of the army, except our army is the chevron.” Thompson continued that council must “honour that agreement (the chevron settlement) which this council passed, or rescind it and face an open war with the newspaper, a war which we know we can’t win, in spite of the fact that the students may be behind us.”
Attempt
to oust
speaker
fails
A motion to remove council speaker Mauro Mavrinac was defeated 7-9-2. Math councillor John
Long moved that Mavrinac be , to leave or stay. It doesn’t bother ousted because of poor attendance me; I’m not fighting for this posi-tion.” Mavrinac said that he would at council meetings. stay on as speaker or leave, acMath councillor Steve Risto, cording to council’s wishes. who seconded the motion to oust Mavrinac, said that up until three OSAP resolution weeks ago, Mavrinac had not been Council endorsed a resolution, to any council meetings since June brought forward by NUS/OFS 26. liaison officer Steve Kassner, opRisto also said that Mavrinac’s posing the government’s proposals knowledge of Roberts Rules of for changes in the Ontario Student Order “leaves something to be deAssistance Plan (OSAP) which sired.” would limit grant assistance to Arts councillor Bruce Leavens eight terms (thus cutting off said that Mavrinac “virtually tried graduate students and those in proto attack council” in threatening to fessional programs) and make it eject members for being disorderly. virtually impossible for a student Leavens claimed that the speaker to be considered independent of has no such power. (In fact, his/her parents. Roberts Rules of Order stipulate The government plans to implethat the speaker does have such ment the revised plan in September power.) next year, and the resolution pasRenison councillor Larry Smylie sed Wednesday is in support of the called the motion and ensuing destand being taken by the Ontario bate “despicable”. Smylie said Federation of Students. that other councillors (including -nick redding himself) are “equally guilty” of non-attendince at council meetings. Smylie said that “ if we’re to fire him because of that (nonattendance), then we should consider firing each and every one of ourselves.” Mavrinac explained to council The chevron investigation comthat his non-attendance during the mission, having completed its insummer this year was due to his vestigation into the legality and residing in Windsor, and having to propriety of the newspaper’s closwork to pay off a loan. ure last September is now in the Mavrinac told council “I took on process of writing its report. this position originally to help out The five-person commission council, not to help out’ myself.” held three meetings last week to Mavrinac continued that he is formulate the report and commisnot involved in the disputes that sioner Don Martin has been chosen take place in council, and “quite to write a draft. frankly I don’t need this kind of environment for my head.” The report when finished will He continued “You (council) are complete the first two sections of the commission’s mandate. Work not doing me a favour by asking me
C Ievron d lafting
slightly lower-placing the previous year.
graduates
of
The Guardian report; the increased pressure on students to get high grades has resulted in increases in nervous complaints, stomach disorders and attempted suicides. To add to students”woes eligibility for student aid has declined. In I975 almost half the students were eligible L today the proportion is one-third. Yet this is not due to any improvement in students’ conditions, as most students are still forced to live on borrowed money. At the end of his/her studies the average German student will be 5000 marks ($2,545) in debt.
I
In addition, under the new university bill German students face severe academic restrictions and political repression. The new act imposes a four-year limit on all studies. While this increases pressure on all students it hits hardest those who are forced to take jobs in their spare time to finance their education. In September Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Harry Parrott announced a four-year limit on eligibility ,for student aid grants, saying this was to encourage students to complete, their studies quickly.
Political
Respression
German students’ voice in university affairs has been abolished and the so-called political mandate of their studerkt,unions has been banned. One German state, Baden-Wurttemburg, has dissolved the student unions there because they expressed views on political matters. The government claimed the unions had thus assumed a mandate they didn’t have. Buschschluter compares today’s student unrest with that of ten years ago as follows: “Ten years ago German students demonstrated against the visit to Berlin by the Shah of Iran, against the Vietnam war and against the proposed emergency legislation. Today they are fighting for the bare necessities of life.” In both France and Germany unemployment threatens students. A recent survey shows only about seven per cent of French collegeleavers and graduates take longer than a year to find a job, but the time needed is increasing and they are accepting ever humbler jobs. In Germany there are very gloomy forecasts which predict that by 1990 there will be 180,000 scientists and engineers, 60,000 journalists, interpreters, librarians and artists, and 50,000 lawyers unemployed. A particularly pessimistic estimate by the teachers’ union says there will be 200,000 teachers unemployed by 1980. -jonathan
coles
commission its report
_
on the third - to make recommendations of the future relationship of the paper and the Federation of Students has already started. Commission chairperson Frank Epp has sent letters to federation president Rick Smit and the chevron staff asking for written submis- * sions by Nov 15 on-the future set UP. The commission has also placed\ an advertisement in this week’s paper inviting submissions from anyone interested. jules
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Law students dan occtmatiim The students of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University have a sit-in planned for the Law Library today in protest of a plan by the’university administration to sharply reduce library hours. A general meeting last Wednesday of over 150 students unanimously adopted a resolution calling for occupation of the library to commence at 5 p.m. Friday November 4 - the first scheduled curtailmentof regular services. The university intends to shut down the law library and all other university libraries at 5 p.m. each Friday, instead of the regular 1lc p.m. closing time. As well the university has given notice that it intends to close libraries all day each Saturday or Sunday in an effort to reduce ‘expenditures. “Daily access to the library is essential for law students” Legal &, Literary Society president Carol Beckman said in a press statement, “because almost all of the publications in the library used regularly by students can not be taken out. Law journals, case reports, and important texts must be held onreserve and remain in -- the library as they are used constantly by many students.” The occupation is being planned bythe Osgoode Legal & Literary Society, which is the students’ council of the law school. York university student newspaper The Excalibur reported last week that the university administration had decided to lop 18 hours off the campus”s main library’s weekend hours. Acting Director of Libraries William Newman is quoted in the paper as saying the cut will save the university $9,000 and that he has no alternative “other than cutting the book budget which has aheady been hit by a $30,000 cut this year.” Nor is there any respite in sight. Newman is predicting that next year’s library finances will be “fairly restrictive”. -neil
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Mathweek Math week, seven days of fun and frolic organized by the Math society, kicks off today with a broomball tourney at the St. Clement s Arena. ‘Saturday there is a pinball compeition in the campus centre at noon, and later that day all-night movies begin. According to the schedule Sunday seems to be a day of rest before the slide rule contest Monday. The rest of the week is scheduled to continue in that vein to culminate with a semi-formal in the Waterloo Motor inn Friday evening with Chelsea Morning supplying the entertainment.
Students get Olympic boot BRANDON [CUP) - The 1979 Canada Winter Games will have a major impact on students at Brandon University. Residence students will be required to vacate their rooms and will have their personal belongings moved out so that the athletes can stay in the residence. The Games will also mean a loss of one week of classes and it has not been determined how these classes will be made up. The residence students will be provided with room and board in
Brandon if they cannot return home during the Games. According to Hans Burmeister, a faculty member on the Games committee, personal articles will be moved at no cost to the student. The decision to use the university residence to house the athletes. was made in 1975 by the Games committee. Robert Campbell, student union president and student representative on the committee at that time, supported the decision. Since then, other council members complained that Campbell never consulted them on the issue and they still feel left out of the Games committee activities. The student representatives are beginning to accept the residence decision as a fait accompli. However, they are pushing for more input into the planning of the housing scheme- in order to minimize the inconvenience t‘o students.
Polytechnic memorial The Greek Student Association is inviting statements on the occasion of its memorial meeting for the more than 200 students who were killed at the Polytechnic School of Athens by troops of the fascist military junta in 1973. I The memorial will be held Sunday, November 13 at 7pm in Physics 145. Statements should be submitted to the Campus Centre turnkeys by November 11. -
Rape distress benefit concert A folk con cert is being held for the Waterloo Regional Rape Distress Centre at the University of Waterloo, Theatre of the Arts, on Sunday November 13 from 4:00 p.m. to lkO0 p.m. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are$3.00 for students and $4.00 for general public and are available at the door. All ticket proceeds go to the Waterloo Regional Rape Distress Centre, a registered Canadian Charity. The IineLup of musicians includes: Daudlin, Richard Keelan, Vicki Taylor, Susan Cogan, Kent County Pickers, Terry Jones, Bob Burchill & Perth Country Applejack.
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Despite the myriad of motions termines national student aid polpassed at the conference, delegates icy, and the program is being reand staff of the national union left viewed at present. the conference largely dissatisfied NUS approved a merger with the Association of Student Councils in with the results of the weekend The Ontario Public Interest Remeeting. its first move to add concrete sersearch Group announced last A lack of focus and direction was vices to the NUS portfolio. AOSC, Wednesday the publication of two I which operates recognized by some, but most had a student travel handbooks for consumers. service. has more than double the little idea as to how the problem Caveat Venditor - Let the Seller BeNUS membership. The AOSC could be dealt with. ware begins by challenging the notion of consumer power in the marketplace. Injustice to consumers, the authors argue, stems from a fundamental power imbalance Undergraduate students who are registered at UW now and inthe power of corporations to make decisions while people bear the tend to enrol1 in undergrad programmes again in the spring term consequences. The boo-k serves as (May to August) of 1978 should preregister. a step towards redressing this imThis gives the student an opportunity to select in advance the balance by providing consumers courses to be taken in the May-August term and allows the faculties with a knowledge of the law, their to allocate sufficient resources to meet these requests. A failure to preregister will be interpreted as an indication that the student rights, and how to exercise them. does not intend to register for UW for the spring 1978 term. In a question and answer format, it explains such things as contracts, - Preregister November 9 through 11 with the advisor of your warranties, and credit information. department or faculty;It also provides information on who to complain to, how to complain successfully, and, should the need arise, how to use Small Claims court. The Crooked Path to Good Eating is a nutrition handbook with a straightforward presentation of the basics of good eating. It answers some of the questions about alternate sources of protein, meat substitutes, and nutritional, inexpensive foods. One section discusses processed vs.. natural foods and compares the nutritive and economic value of convenience foods to their less convenient counterparts. The handbook also presents a critique of the food industry and some practical altematives to it. Both publications originated with the .OPIRG-sponsored Consumer Action Centre in downtown Kitchener. “The Centre was closed when local business applied sufficient pressure to cut off government funding,” said Peggy Nickels, author of The Crooked Path to Good Eating. “We put OUF final effort into printing some of the information we had gathered. Instead you get rock journalist Jim Millican who counts down the hottest songs from Canada’s national top 40 surWhile some of the referrals listed vey which is compiled by computer every week. are local ones, both handbooks Instead of inane chatter and interruptions you get the most can act as quick reference guides music and meaningful talk including behind the scenes profiles of the artists, the song writers, the record producers no matter where you live.” and up to the minute reports from the pop music capitols OPIRG is a student-supported . of the world. research and education group with “Ninety Minutes With A Bullet” is high calibre rock radio Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. wherever you find CBC on your chapters on five Ontario university + dial. campuses (Guelph, Trent, McMasr3iir rdnbr ter, Western and Waterloo). The publications are available from OPIRG offices for 50 cents plus postage. CALGARY (CUP) - Unemployment emerged as the top priority for research and action at the National Union of Students conference here Oct. 23. Other issues discussed includedstudent aid, education cutbacks and the NUS merger with AOSC, astudent travel service. The recognition of the Quebec student union also grabbed delegate attention for part of the conference. On the unemployment issue, de-
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The Ontario Federation of Stu- plan, since many of them are not position parties raise it in question dents is planning another mass aware of the details; period ; -press the minister to release The main criticisms says Kasslobby of Queen’s Park in its campaign against the new aid scheme the actual criteria which he will use ner will focus on the eight-term to establish eligibility for grant as- 4 eligibility limit on grants which deannounced by Minister of Colleges and Universities Harry Parrott last ’ sistance; nies graduates and students in proSeptember. -put forward student objections fessional courses this form of aid. According to the federation’s to the new plan, especially its effecThe new independence criteria OFS liaison officer Stephen Kasstive denial of grants to graduates will also be under attack. (Under ner it is hoped that delegations from and students in professional the new scheme, for a student to be the province’s universities will de- ’ courses ; assessed independent of parental scend on the politicians to: -‘bring student aid up for discusincome he or she must have worked sion in the legislature by having op-inform them about the new full time for three years. At present, independence is given to students who have either - worked
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nonetheless met a large number of students who were critical of his new plan. OFS says about 2,200 students attended the five meetings and that Parrott announced several concessions as a result. Though nothing formal has been announced according to OFS Parrott indicated the following at the meetings: -that the Ontario government will support changes in the -- Canada -_ Student Loan Plan, the federal scheme which provides the loans administered through OSAP, so that repayment of loans begins six
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It appears that UW soon may not be the only English-speaking university in Canada with a school- of optometry. In an article in the University of Victoria’s student paper, The Martlet, it was reported that the Senate at U Vic is investigating the possibility of opening its own , school of optometry. Among proposals on how to get the school underway is the setting up of a coop program between Victoria and Waterloo. Under the. proposed program students would take their first three years in optometry at Waterloo and then go to Victoria for their last year. Professor Long, of Waterloo’s Optometry School, said the Water: loo Senate has not come to any final agreement on the co-op program as far as he knew. “I suspect that the UW senate would be agreeable, but there is no formal agreement. This still-has all the hurdles that any idea like this has to jump.” There are currently 48 students studying optometry from Western Canada at Waterloo, out of a total enrolment of 240. One program that may be affected by the school in Victoria is the agreement among the three pirairie provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), UW ’ and the government of Ontario, whereby the western provinces finance the optemerical training of a limited number of students from each province - Alberta finances .7, Saskatchewan 3 and Manitoba 3. -doug
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meeting expressed a similar posiA native person and three UW tion. One “The Great American professors addressed an audience Goose Egg Company of Canada of 150 persons last Thursday on showed corporations enNorthern Ontario development and ’ Limited” tering the north to “develop” it, by the problems it poses for the Native replacing natural sights with billPeople. Archie Cheechoo from the Asboards and buildings only to abandon it all later leaving a scar on the sociation of Treaty Number Nine landscape. Chiefs is part of a group ‘on a tour of 19 maior southern Ontario cities - Rogers’ presentation followed the same theme. Looking at the life with ihe aim of making people of the Native People in Northern aware of the situation the ‘Ojibway Quebec, Rogers showed how and Cree face. things changed for the People after The other speakers were Jean they came into contact with the Rogers and Sally Weaver from Anwhite society. The Indians forgot thropology , and Terry Downey old customs and skills, taking adfrom Political Science. vantage of the materialism the The main point made by white man introduced. They are Cheechoo was that the native people are close to the land and anynow faced with the problem of not fitting into either society. Rogers thing which harms it, hurts them. also said mercury pollution and He said his people wished to meet other environmental disasters must white people and to do so without be dealt with now. conflict. One major problem he felt Downey introduced the audience was that development meant one in Canada thing to his people and another to to resource development and overview of the probthe white community. _ a general . . . Two films shown during the lems it is POSW.
He believes the government is not doing enough to control the resource exploitation. Canada is a major exporter of raw materials such as lumber, wheat and nickel yet we are also one of the major importers of finished products of these raw materials such as paper supplies. Thus we lose many of the benefits, he said. He also stressed that more consideration should be taken into the health hazards posed by the extraction of these raw materials. He ended noting resource development is a key to economic development especially helpful in times of slump.
Weaver specially attacked the problems the Native People face. She said they are not listened to and cited as reasons for this that they are a minority with a power too dispersed, and suffer from poor articulation of issues and informal contact with officials. -maria
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Price index is being revised It seems the government has found a way to reduce inflation revise the Consumer Price Index. The Research Bulletin of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America notes that by Statistics Canada’s own calculations the revised weighting for the CPI results in an understatement of half of one per cent. Since the late 1930’s revisions to the index have been made at tenyear intervals. The present weightings are based on the spending patterns of families of up to six persons living in centres with populations greater than 30,000, with incomes between $4000 and $12,000 a year. The new weightings will include single persons and families with more than six members and the income range will be $7000 to $2 T--7-1.500. The Bulletin says there is no
doubt the changes will distort the index. It says a larg number of fixed income people will not be included in the survey while the increased upper limit will introduce groups with different spending habits, especially single persons with high incomes. According to the Bulletin, Statistics Canada is working on a separate price index for pensioners and low-income families, to be introduced in 1978. The Bulletin gives its opinion that such an index would be a more accurate gauge of the impact of inflation on those most vulnerable. The “basket” of goods and services monitored by the index is to be expanded to included items new to the market in recent years, but this will take longer than the other revisions. -maria
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Due to lack ofspace we were unable to /xint the detailed breakdown of the voting last week. Most no&b/e in the above chart is the spread between votes cast in the referendum and in the presidential race. A large part of this is due to the off-term vote: these students voted in the referendum in the summer when they were on campus but mailed in the presidentia/ ballot. The off-term response is normally less than that on campus. Also notable is the increased spoilage of presidentia! ballots. Spoiled ballots accounted for 5.7 per cent of the ballots cast in this election, but in the last election they accounted for \only 2.5 per cent.
A videotape on CIA activities in Iran and elsewhere, and a film on the Palestinian struggle will be presented here next week by the Iranian Student Association (K-W). The program has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 9 at 7 pm in room 1052 of the Math ‘and Computer Building. The half-hour videotape is the second of a three-part series made for TV following revelations last year of illegal CIA activities in the U.S. and clandestine operations around the world. The videotape reveals how the CIA encouraged and financed the I953 coup d’etat that toppled the nationalist government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh in Iran. The coup, led by the right-wing, pro- U.S. military, reactionary clergy and lumpen elements, returned the present Shah to power. Since then, the Shah has become an absolute monarch, of whom the slightest criticism is illegal. To maintain his authority, the Shah terrorizes the population with his notorious secret police, SAVAK. In the videotape, a CIA agent in Iran claims that the U.S. financed the coup with only $10,000, This figure is nowhere near the amount really spent; indeed, the agent goes
on to admit that the U . S. military advisor in Iran provided the guns, tanks, uniforms, etc., necessary for the operation. The videotape also shows how the CIA managed to infiltrate workers’ syndicates in Guyana to get rid of Dr. Jagan. Guyana is only one of the many countries in Latin
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The videotape ends with an expose of CIA attempts to sabotage the Cuban revolution . Following the videotape, hour film on the Palestinian gle will be shown.
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diseases, including heart attacks and other heart ailments, high blood pressure, blood clots, strokes and brain hemorrhages. The new finding also suggests that the risk of death associated with the pill may increase with the length of time a woman takes it, and that this risk may remain elevated for some years after pill use is discontinued. Combined with cigarette smoking, the dangers of pill use were said to escalate further. The study has prompted British lnedical authorities to recommend ‘that women over 35 stop using the pill.
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Few UW graduates realized it, but they recently became members of a newly formed provincial graduate organization, the Ontario Graduate Association (OGA). Two delegates from UW’s Graduate Bo,ard of Directors met October 14-16 with representatives from Queen’s, Lakehead, Western, Ottawa, and Toronto in London, and endorsed a draft constitution for the OGA. They agreed to set the organization up as a commission of the Ontario Federation of Students (OFS). In a meeting of the Graduate Board of Directors October 18, Bob Pajkowski reported that the OGA, as a commission, will be free “to formulate its own policy,” “will not be bound by OFS policy decisions,” and will have a financial independence in “a particular sense.” He explained that graduate schools which are already members of OFS in their own right, such as Toronto, or graduates which are under the umbrella of a campus wide membership, such as Queen’s and Lakehead, would continue to pay their fees to OFS. The other schools would pay directly to the new OGA. However, the funds from all the graduate schools would be used to support OGA and pay for the personnel, office, and equipment services which OFS will be providing. The exact operation of this system is yet to be finalized. According to Tom Bollis, the other UW delegate, there were two opposing views on the question of association with OFS. Western, playing the part of the “most antiOFS” delegation, refused to accept a close tie with the predominantly undergraduate Ontario organization. Queen’s, on the other hand, “was absolutely opposed to autonomy” from OFS. The decision to adopt a commission status for OGA was a compromise allowing Toronto, Queen’s, and Lakehead to remain full members of OFS and OGA at the same time, while not forcing the other schools to join anything but OGA. Queen’s, Toronto, and Lakehead, which will continue to pay OFS a per capita fee of $1.50 per year, proposed that the schools that joined OGA only should pay the same per capita fee. Waterloo and Western protested that they should not pay the full fee since they would be members of the commission only and would .not have all the benefits of full membership in OFS. In a compromise it was decided that those schools which were members of OFS would continue to pay the same fee to that organization, and that new members to the OGA would pay something less than the $1.50 to the OGA. The OGA, however, remains a ‘ provisional organization’ for U W grads. It isn’t incorporated yet and the students have not yet voted on membership and the payment of fees. OGA has taken a position of strong opposition to the recent action of the provincial government to cut off OSAP grants after the first four years of post-secondary education; and it has decided that as a province-wide body it should, reported Pajkowski, “encourage the growth of campus-wide graduate organizations,” formulate @licy to oppose the cutbacks and secure an income fol graduates, as well as look into the problem gf employment after graduation. -dave
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~Irish peace leader talks on campus A key peace movement leader led a critical analysis and discussion of the causes of the Northern Ireland conflict, at Conrad Grebel College last Friday. Father Shaun Curran, director of the Glencree Reconciliation Centre, began by stating “the conflict is not a Catholic-Protestant religious one at all. . . it’s socio-economic . . . between two slightly different ethnic groups living in fear of each other”. He said that the religious difference was not important in the conflict and that he used the terms “Catholic” and “Protestant” merely as convenient labels. Ulstermen had historically been at the forefront of the Irish nationalist movement, he said. For instance, Northern Ireland opposed dissolution of the Irish Parliament and unification with England in the early 1800’s. It was only when nationalism became equated with republicanism, and “Home Rule” with “Rome rule” that the Northerners backed away from independence, he said. Curran said that just after the formation of the Irish Republic, 40 per cent of the six county’s population was Catholic, but the then leaders, fearing the Catholics might become a majority and cause assimilation into the Republic, instituted systematic political and economic discrimination to encourage Catholic emigration. The present “troubles” date from the removal of discriminatory legislation in 1969. Curran said the Catholics fear most a return to the pre-1969 discriminatory period. The Protestants fear absorption into the Rome-dominated South. They trace an identity crisis, since they feel being Irish has become associated with being “Roman Catholic in religion, ‘Gaelic speaking, and playing football on Sunday”. But nor do they see themselves as English, especially after the British Army intervention. ’ Curran enhanced his description of the Northern Ireland situation with a film called “Steel Shutters”. It is a documentary of a 36hour confrontation between 9 Northerners, mixed Catholic and Protestant, brought together for the first time, in the studios of WQED-TV, Pittsburgh. At first the participants engage in intellectual discussion of the conflict, but this soon, leads them to express the daily fear they live under because of the violence of the situation. After fear they reveal their resentments: A Protestant woman complains that the Catholics warn the IRA paramilitaries when the British Army moves in to search an area. A Catholic worker declares “we will not give up our gunmen”. The woman retorts that such attitudes are the cause of the conflict, but the worker defends his position, saying that when they did cooperate with the army whole neighbourhoods were ransacked. Because of this, he says, they feel the gunmen are the only people they can trust. After extensive continued argument the participants come to mutual understanding and shyly invited the others to their homes. According to Cut-ran, the film is used as a catalyst among small groups of Catholics and Protestants. Curran said that on all such occasions he had attended or heard about, the reaction of those seeing the film follows exactly that in the film. Afterwards, the participants in these meetings often set up small
co-operative ventures, hiring equal numbers of Catholics and Protestants, he said. Of the four copies of the film in Northern Ireland, three have been destroyed by the paramilitaries. The fourth has been missing for several months, and is presumed destroyed. Curran argued that the resolution of Northern Ireland’ s conflict lay in pluralism, a concept he said that was totally foreign to the Irish. He blamed the churches, saying they identify their interests with the establishment. “They helped maintain the status quo in the conflict, and ignored the peace movement.” Curran stressed that he had no answers to Northern Ireland’s problems, but he did expect eventual independence from London. He said current political differ-
ences centre over the question of federation with the Republic. Curran claimed that at present, there is no party representing working class Ulstermen, Catholic or Protestant. But he said that Glen Barr, a Protestant leader of the 1974 general strike which brought down the Faulkner coalition government was forming such a party with Paddy Devlin, a Catholic MP. Barr has changed his position, he is now against the use of force. In an interview with the chevron after the meeting, Curran expressed great hope for the Barr-Devlin coalition. When asked about the political implications of “plurality” in an independent Ulster, he said he felt it could be implemented by decentralization, giving more political power to the community level.
Trudeau to read the chevron It seems people in high places want to read the chevron. The paper has received a request for a subscription from the office of ‘the Prime Minister. Stephen D’kgostino of the Prime Minister’s staff asked for the office to be put on the mailing list in a letter addressed to chevron editor Neil Docherty Ott 18. Interviewed by the chevron D’Agostino said he has been hired to do research into issues affecting youth and is requesting some campus newspapers to keep him in touch. He said “Ottawa is like living, in Disneyland,” and “there is no point researching issues which no one cares about”. His purpose is to find out what
issues Canada’s youth are interested in and to provide the Prime Minister or other members of the office with information they may request. D’ Agostino has just been hired to do this research and ordering campus newspapers is a recent move by the office. He said the only paper they have received in the past is The Varsity from the University of Toronto. The PM’s aide said he has sent letters to about 20 ca.mpus papers, some chosen by region and others recommended to him by an officer of the Ontario Federation of Students. The chevron he said was recommended to him by a friend who isastudent at UW.
The Glencree Reconciliation Centre tries to bring people on different sides of the conflict together, he said. Last November the Protestant paramilitaries stated their political goals in a paper called “The Unfettered Ulster”, which argues for an Ulster independent of both England and Eire. The media and Irish political powers said the authors were just “thugs and gunmen” and ignored it. At a conference at Glencree economic, social and political experts discussed the report with the authors and decided its proposals were workable. Curran argued that discus:ion and communication like this was what was missing in the Northern Ireland conflict. If one ignores the paramilitaries when they come up with concrete political proposals, their only alternative is to be “thugs and gunmen” he said. An extensive question period followed the lecture-and film. One woman asked about Ian
Paisley’s political strength, pointing out that Cur-ran’s claim that the conflict was not religious was weakened by the fact that Paisley was a Protestant minister. Curran said that Paisley’s power had been much weakened after the collapse of a general strike that he had organized last year. He said that Paisley’s influence was not religious: “Paisley is a politician first and foremost. He’s a demagogue. And that’s all. . . . He hasn’t got a role in it, except whipping up hatred before elections”. A man asked whether the fear shown by the participantsin the film was representative of the Ulster people as a whole. Curran answered that in selecting people for the film, they had tried to get as broad a cross section as possible. When, however, they had tried to include two paramilitaries, Catholic and Protestant, the American consulate had refused them visas. -ciaran
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Candidates running . /’ for OPIRG Board ta1 issues in Ontario. It has been public, information on issues and active in Mercury Pollution in ’ institutions that influepce every day life. In so doing, allowing indiNorthwestern Ontario, Occupa: viduals to act more responsibly, tional Health &- Safety, the Food Industry, Corporate Responsibilwhether in small w*ays within their \ ity, etc. homes or in more active ways in the We as students support OPIRG greater community. My personal interest with through funds, through research, and through the Board of DirecOPIRG lies with their present retors. search into the Development of a The Board determines what is- Food Commission. sues are to be taken on as. major Kim Perrotta areas of research and public educa= Man-Environment tion and how much of your money will be spent in doing so. ’ The members of the Board represent the student body here on campus and at the provincial board level. (OPIRG is also located at Guelph, Western, McMaster, and Trent.) The key to success has been involvement by students in all aspects of OPIRG’s activities. ’ BRUCE MACKAY
OPIRC undertakes and supervising Six students arti runnina for the the operations of OPIRG. Current/y four seats on the Board of Directors OPIRC-Waterloo is involved in proof the Ontario Public interest Rejects- on Freedom of Information, search Group at Waterloo Occupational Health and Safety, the .A (OPIRG- W). Elections will be WedHartt, Commission into Northern nesday, November 9th. Al/ students and the Food - who did not get a refund of their ’ Developn?ent, Economy. ‘OPIRC Voluntky Fee are eligible to OPIRC is a student-funded public \ vote. Polling stations will be in South interest research, education and acCampus Hall and the Campus tion organization with chapters at Centre. \ five Ontario universities; Members Me&&-s of the Board >it for a of the Waterloo Board of Directors \ two-year term, and are responsible automatically sit on the Provincial for determining what projecti Board.
clout between the eyes can soon rectify that. Secondly OPIRG is justrfying its non-partisan supporting role with the smoke and noise of being a reference centre. The truth is that without a goal no group can effectively take up any sort of responsibility for its society. We have made the burden more appealing to our student directors and shown wishy-washy principles by passing the buck. Thirdly and lastly, OPIRG must get me as a director. This means that you must vote for Edwin Klimek!
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for U.W.. I would like to describe the role of OPIRG as-1 perceive it because I feel that best reflects the way +in which I would function as a Board Director. I see OPIRG as a student funded group whose responsibility is primiarily that of making available to the
OPIRG is the students’ voice of concern in social and environmen-
OPIRG is a train that has gone by largely unnoticed. It has sent up a few signals and made a bit of noise, but it has not begun to live up to its potential as a primemover. It has tried to serve the best interests of the community as an unbiased research and organizational agent, - and allowed people milling about in the waiting rooms. to join flagwaving rides that have had limited effects. Sure OPIRG has given the mercury pollution problem an airing out, and poked at the Reed Paper problem. It has even taken a few looks at the local sleeping giant, Westons, but who knows of it? Getting the goods to the consumer and making him realize that his society is what he makes ofit is the most important thing that OPJRG could ever do. OPIRG has the potential to sponsor research, gather information, and give it to the public in a tidy package that is free from the biases found in government or business. Unfortunately few people even know its exists. I once thought that it was some obscure department of the Dept. of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, then I realized that it is cooling itsheels right here on campus in Waterloo. OPIRG is a train with a tremendous untapped potentiai, but it has just not gotten its signals straight. The past directors - have tried to carry on in the face of an unconcerned public and this must change! Firstly, OPIRG must shake off its shroud of mourning. The public is not dead from the waist up and if its attention is short, well, then a /
I am a second year Man Environment student involved presently with OPIRG on a project team studying Development in Northern Ontario. My interest in OPIRG stems from its ability to provide for students a meaningful outlet for their skills and knowledge. Students have-an important contribution to make to the world outside the confines of the University and OPIRG provides one such outlet. I wish to involve myself further with OPIRG as one of its-elected directors and encourage other students to utilize the resources and potential of OPIRG. Phil Weller
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commission which delved into the social, environmental and political impact on the Northwest Territories of the “Arctic Gas” pipeline.
In this feature fourth-year mechanical engineering student W. Reid Glenn examines some of the background to the largest single private energy project in the world, which‘US president jimmy Carterand Canadian Premier Pierre Trudeau agreed to last September.
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Glenn concludes with the criticism that Canada’s oil is destined to flow south to the US rather t_han east to other parts of the country.
Energy, economics, and their interelationship are increasingly becoming more important as a part of any nation’s future. Thus the recent news concerning the routing of the natural gas pipeline from Alaska to the southern parts of the United States, across Canada is very significant to Canada’s plans for her northern territories. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) had several catastrophic incidents during its commissioning in August but currently is delivering oil from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Cherry Point, Washington. The transfer is accomplished by a heated oil pipeline from the oil fields, across Alaska, to Valdez; on perennially open tide water. Mammoth oil tankers than cruise along British Columbia’s shores to complete the journey to the refinery. The oil fields, on Alaska’s northern sea coast, also contain respectable amounts of natural gas which must be produced along with the associated oil or the total fields will be wasted. The American government received proposals from three multi-national consortiums dealing with the actual realization of natural gas transportation from Alaska to the United States’ mainland. The first and most expensive plan was to paralled the TAPS; a huge liquifier would be constructed at Valdez and tankers would sail to Los Angeles with the gas as a pressurized liquid in their tanks. The first cost of the pipeline, the gas plants, and the cryogenic tankers effectively prevented this plan’s fruition. The second proposed system would deliver Alaskan gas via a route along Canada’s Mackenzie Valley. The federal government of Canada investiaged this line and found the oil companies’ proposal totally inadequate. The third, and least expensive system, would pipe gas along the TAPS right-of-way only to Fairbanks, Alaska: thence along the “Alcan” highway, through the Yukon Terriotry, to Northern Alberta’s existing gas trunk lines. This last system, with several provisos, was agreed to by both Jimmy Carter and Pierre Trudeau last month, in Washington. The analysis of this decision was begun in 1974 when the Canadian government had already committed itself to building a pipeline but only afterwards instituted the Royal Commission investigating the route’s effect. Judge Thomas Berger sat atthe Head of the 170’
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Arctic Gas was an American consortium which hoped to supply natural gas from not only the Prudhoe Bay Fields but from undelineated areas of Canada. A huge (60“) diameter pipeline was to be built and the gas chilled prior to injection in the line so the maximum possible amount of gas could be delivered in the shortest time. The technical preparation and analysis performed by Imperial Oil and its American partners and submitted to the Royal Commission was totally inadequate. It was envisioned that if the piepline could have been constructed, fully equipped maintenance facilities would have had to be permanently manned at every compressor site (about every 60-100 miles) so the inevitable breakages due to frost heave, landslides, and river ice jams could be speedily repaired. The Arctic Gas route also raised the ire of both environmentalists and the native peoples. The calving grounds of the remaining caribou herds were to be violated and with the loss of the caribou the natives would have had a similar fate to their southern brothers of a century before. Social costs to the NWT and the federal government were also weighed, using Alaska as an example. There the state was required to provide social service buildings for the large construction workforces. These structures are largely idle now that the pipeline has been put into operation. Also the government of the territories has no ability to tax construction or the operation of the line, so benefits would accrue in a more indirect manner. The aboriginal natives of the MacKenzie River would have to be compensated for the loss of their territories before construction could begin. I
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One supposed advanted of the “Arctic Gas” route was that Canadian gas could be supplied from the MacKenzie River Delta Fields to Canadian consumers. However, there is now an overabundance of available Alberta natural gas and this condition is expected to continue until at least 1985. Also, the Canadian reserves in this northern area are owned by American-controlled companies and already one (Imperial Oil of Canada) has sold its vast interests in this area to other American firms. It is not surprising in view of this overwhelming evidence that Berger’s main recommendation was for a ten year -moratorium on any construction in this great river’s valley. This time period would I IO
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allow a more complete appraisal of the petroleum reserves m this area and possibly allow Canadians to reassert their control over the exploitation of their country’s resources. The publishing of Berger’s report, “Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland” brought to a timely end the consortium known as At-tic gas. However, the federal cabinet also takes recommendations from the National Energy Board. The NEB traditionally has approved the selling of Canadian resourcesto the USA by American controlled companies operating in Canada. A recent example is the sale of vast amounts of Canadian gas to, the USA last winter. At that time, American producers refused to meet the domestic demand for inter-state natural gas because a higher price could be realized in the unregulated home state market. Recently the NEB’s chairman, Marshall Crowe, was found by a judicial inquiry to have serious conflicts of interest regarding ‘his duties involving the board’s pipeline inquiry. The NEB, under a new chairman, reinvestigated the substance of the Berger Commission and recommended in midAugust that the federal cabinet should adopt Berger’s Report and reject the MacKenzie River route in favour of the “Alcan” route. It is significant that the native land claims in the Yukon, where the pipe will pass, have been settled in an agreement similar to that signed by the James Bay Indians in Quebec.
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Thus, in mid-September, the largest single private energy project in the world was initialled by Carter and Trudeau, prior to formal approval in the respective countries’ legislatures. The reason why this line was approved was that both countries will realize significant economic benefits. The American gain, besides a significantly lower economic cost in the USA will, in effect, begin to receive the pipeline’s gas almost immediately. Under the agreement, Alberta will increase gas exports to the USA next year; possibly to recover these exports when the line becomes operational in 1983. Canada’s supposed gain is two-fold. First, the oil-construction boom in Alberta will continue past the imminent end of the Syncrude project with the fabrication and installation of the pipeline through the Yukon. Secondly, a spur line from Whitehorse to Dawson, in the Yukon territory will be 2/3 paid for by the American sponsors. Eventually gas from Canada’s reserves could be channelled through this line and SO the main gas line south of Whitehorse will be 54” in diameter as compared to the 48” line running from Prudhoe Bay. This spur line, however, ends about 500 miles south of the de-
According to a story in the Globe and Mail Business Report Nov. 1, Alberta, with a shortterm natural gas oversupply, is looking to exporting its surpluses to the American market in order to receive preferential export tariffs on its petrochemical and agricultural products. A United States State Department official has said that his country would be interested in obtaining as much natural gas as possible from Canada, especially during the high demand winter months. Canada would receive better trade conditions for exporting into the United States along with payment for the cost of these fossil fuels. The U.S. official also indicated that such trade discussions would have to be initiated by Canada and although the result would probably be rather complex the United States is definitely interested and will have policies formulated to cover such eventualities by the end of this year.
-, lineated gas fields in the MacKenzie Delta. The federal government, after 32 years of construction has finally awarded the last contract in the Dempster Highway Project. This highway will run from Dawson to Fort McPherson, in the MacKenzie Delta, and so it is likely that any pipeline to our reserves will parallel this all-weather gravel road. This last section of the pipeline, solely benefitting Canada could only be initiated after the rest of the line is complete probably in 1983-1985.
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K-W Chamber Music Society presents the Stratford Ensemble in its third 1977-78 series concerts. K-W’s Stratford Ensemble is a unique musical organization, highly praised by critics and professional musicians as one of the nation’s leading chamber ensembles. The Stratford Ensemble will be playing on Friday November 11, 8pm at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kitchener (corner of Queen and Margaret) and Sunday November 13, 8pm at Parkminster United Church, Waterloo (Erb Street East near Expressway entrance .) The program is Mozart, Divertimento in D, NO. 17, K. 334 Copland, Quiet City, for Trumpet, English Horn, and Strings, Beethoven, String Trio, Op. 9, no. 3 in C Minor. Tickets are $4 and $3 and are available at the door, K-W Symphony Office, and Sam the Record Man in Kitchener.
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ener, is strong evidence that perhaps the road to Heaven is paved with bad intentions. Consider the ingredients: Roger Corman, a man who proudly calls himself “King of the B Pictures”, the kind of producer who wouldn’t stoop to sacrificing box office returns for the sake of artistic integrity; a long-titled book that was a minor hit well over a decade ago; and finally, the totally unexpected success last year of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a film based on a long titled book that was a minor hit well over a decade ago. One can almost see the dollar signs in Mr. Corman’s eyes as he snatches up the rights to the book, ready to add another quick killing to his record. With this sort of attitude, where could the film go right? Almost everywhere. The King of the B’s has brought out a film that, while still maintaining a bit of that B flavour, surpasses most of this year’s so-called A’s in its beauty, its terror and its depth of emotion. No one’s complaining, but how can this be? The major reason for this major delight is the acting of the two principals, Kathleen Quinlan and Bibi Andersson. Quinlan’ s performance is almost sure to get her an Oscar nomination. Nevertheless, it is a fine piece of acting. Her portrayal of the schizophrenic girl occasionally borders on the contrived and the melodramatic, but finally comes across as a performance which is both sincere and very powerful. Bibi Andersson seems to have
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aged centuries since she played the young wife in The Seventh Seal, but her acting is still in its prime. Witnessing such a fine performance makes one regret the way her career seems always to have been overshadowed by that of Liv Ullman. Andersson portrays the psychiatrist as a person possessing almost unlimited reserves of compassion, yet not without problems of her own. It is admirable that such a strong character could be presented in a role which consists of little more than a series of short dialogues with Quinlan. The rest of the film serves mainly to provide an environment in which to watch these two perform, and it does so very effectively. Photography is subdued, but it misses nothing. The transitions to the dream sequences are particularly well handled, and the sequences themselves succeed in being surreal without being silly. So where’s this “B flavour” I spoke of? Well, you see, it’s the bit parts. Most are well handled, some are excellent. Unfortunately, a few of the inmates simply reek of eau de someone-who-is-trying-to-play-aloonie. Perhaps some asylums do contain insane people who make a conscious effort to act crazy (not insane, crazy), but in a movie they look like actors who make a conscious effort to act crazy. And that seems to detract from the rest of the production. There’s one quite interesting as-
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pect about Rose Garden. A friend remarked that it’s not a movie you’d want to see twice, not because it’s painful but because you can take in everything it has to give in one sitting. Everything’s on the surface. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Much as it may distress those who can’t be happy with a film unless it stands up to repreated viewings and thousandpage critiques ,’ it’s really quite pleasant to see a movie which is easily digestible without coming across as mental Pablum. It’s sort of like cinematic yoghurt. The only disadvantgage, and the film’s only real problem, comes from an attempt to cover a very large area in a short time. We’re given a glimpse of the doting mother and the distant father, but their relation to the schizophrenia isn’t developed. We’re given glimpses of the doctor’s attempts to come to grips with her patient’s disease, but we never see it being defeated; we just see the patient’s symptoms go away. We’re given glimpses of the dream world which dominates the patient’s life, but we never see just how it dominates. We’re given glimpses of the patient discarding her dream world for reality, but we never see why she’d want to make such a traumatic change in her life. In short, Rose Garden leaves you full and nourished, but strangely hungry for more. --steve
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Record Reviews In the space of two albums the Doobies have transformed themselves from a basic three-chord boogie band into a laid back jazzrock outfit, complete with electric piano, vibes, rapid chord shifts, and mellow vocals. Tom Johnston, whose writing once dominated the group (“Listen To The Music”, “Long Train Running”, “China Grove”) doesn’t write, co-write or even inspire one note on this album; instead he has been relegated to rhythm guitar and backing vocals. It’s a good album, at least as good as Takin’ It To The Streets, but by placing the emphasis on Mike McDonald’s vocals, there is a danger of another one-man band situation. Nonetheless, a fine easy listening record with much to commend it.
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As might be expected, this protege of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks sounds a lot like Fleetwood Mat only without the bite. There are two high points here. One is the single’ “Only The Lucky” which could have been lifted right from Rumours; the other is Stevie Nicks’ violently sensual vocal on “Yes I Guess I Am”. Otherwise, buy this only if you like
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Ponty’s followup to highly successful Imaginary Voyage is another album of enjoyable electric violin jazzrock. The six selections range from the soft funk of “The Trans-Love Express” to the fast and furious “Enigmatic Ocean Part III”. The most memorable tune here is side two’s opener “Nostalgic Lady”, a graceful and evocative melody with a flowing solo from Ponty . The Album’s centrepiece however is the three part “The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea”, which allows the other members of the band to stretch out with individual spots. Allan Zavod’s tastelful synthesizer solo on “Part I” contrasts nicely with Ponty’s lightning fills on something called a violectra which comprises all of “Part II”. The rest of the group members take brief solos to round out the piece, and Ralphe Armstrongs’s ,wandering bass solo which kicks off “Part III” is particularly. memorable. Ocean is sure to please who was enchanted by Iinaginary Voyage and may even interest some of those who enjoy Jeff Beck’s recent dabblings in the broad spectrum of jazz-rock. Enigmatic
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Looking for something to fill that musical gap? Then try the new improved “John Tank Quintet”, in concert in the Theatre of the Arts this Saturday at 8 pm. Sax player Tank is here with well known Toronto pianist Bernie Senensky and special guest guitarist Munoz (pronounced Moonyos) from New York.. Tank has been seen on campus
previously and. was warmly received. Saturday’s concert promises even more with virtuoso Senensky at the grand piano and Munoz (who has been compared with John McLaughlin) on guitar. Admission is a nominal $1 for students, others $2 and children free. The group will feature original compositions as well as some free form improvisation i? what could well be one of the better concerts this season. -lawrence
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PUDDLE “Here goes”, John thought, and plunged down the stairs into the rain. His vision was blurred by the fine droplets of mist which drifted aimlessly among the raindrops. Blinking, he cleared his eyes and brought the streetlights more clearly into view. tiMust get glasses”, he mused half-seriously when continued blinking failed to bring the streetlights as clearly into focus as he thought ought to be possible. His headlong dash slowed instinctively as his
feet sensed the slickness the wood Tteps.
John watched the streetlights flicker brilliantly from the wet sidewalk as he reached the foot of the stairs and moved left down the street. Sometimes fro_m brick cobblestones with myriads of separate reflections, sometimes from the softer curves of black asphalt with shallow wide mirrors growing in the hollows, the light jumped up at him from the gr6und. It was late. There was nothing to distract him from his idle thoughts. The cold wind pushed him to walk faster, and his thoughts
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The wind funnelled mist and rain over the collar of his fall windbreaker, chilling him and causing him to reflect on the cbmplete absurdity of loose-collar ‘clothing in this kind of climate. He pulled one ungloved hand from its reluctantly windbreaker pocket to clutch the collar tighter against his neck, trying at the same time to offer it some protection against the wind and rain.
reached forward to the warmth of his own room. It was in this absentminded state that John reached the crosswalk, turned right, and stepped out off the curb: He automatically braced for the splash when he saw the dark expanse his foot was baring down on, both accepting his wet fate and discarding his carelessness as an intrusion into h‘is daydreams in the same thought. It was just large enough that a spurt of energy couldn’t bring him over the far edge, and yet
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over his face; a telltale disturbance similar to that one senses when immersing one’s arm slowly in, warm water such that one cannot tell the air from the water except for the tickling of the surface tension at their boundary. John disappeared at about the same instant that the puddle- vanished, and the spirit which had emerged from it spread two ethereal wings, and vaulted into the Hallowe’en night.
somehow small enough that it avoided giving off any warning reflections when tucked up against the curb. John’s foot never hit that puddle. Had his customary powers of observation had he might more time, have noticed things about this puddle which ought to have told him that it couldn’t be a puddle. John felt an almost indescribably ring of tingling pass up around his outstretched leg as his momentum carried him gently down into the wet pavement. The ring passed
Icarus A silent bird of waxen wing, Feathered though; is still not Fowl Nearer the sun toward chill cold, Wings that seem melt, freeze yet brittle. Pinions fall, the flyer tumbles; Then alone flies the wiser old-s SO learns the young; so learns the old.
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With seven freshmen in the lineup and with none of the other members listed on the roster having more than two year’s experience, it could be said that the University of Waterloo Warriors face a rebuilding year. “The term ‘rebuilding’ is one that I don’t feel should apply to the university scene in Canada. There should always be third and fourth year students who are evolving into skilled players and they should not be submerged to make way for a group of freshmen who may bring dividends in some future years. “‘While we will go with a roster that has mostly freshmen on it, it means, not that we are in a rebuilding year but rather that we have certain areas of our game which will take more of our practice time than might otherwise be the case. “One of those areas in *experience or rather inexperience. We’ll have to spend extra time on some facets of our game which we would not spend if we were going with experienced personnel. “We have no outstanding big man or men, the type who can dominate the backboards in our defensive end of the court, as we have had in the past few years, (who can
rlhrs stress way through last season and was exposed to playoff action. He will be a swing man, playing both the point and the wing positions. John is the best perimeter shooter on the team.
forget Lou Nelson, Jamie Russell, Art White, Mike Moser etc.). “It means that we will have to stress team defense. We’ll have to work especially hard in our defensive end of the floor. “We’ll be able to run with anyone. Our offense seems to be rounding into shape. In fact, when I really reflect on it, I’d have to say that this team has the best overall shooting talent of any team that we have had in the immediate past years. “In looking at our schedule, it may be a little too tough for us at the first of the season. We have to be a little more patient with the inexperienced personnel than we have had to be in the past. With some of the very strong opposition that we will face early in our schedule, a lot of our players will really gain their experience under fire.”
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Ron is the veteran of the Team. His experience will definitely be a very valuable asset to the Warriors. Ron, who has responsibilities in one of the UW Residences, was late turning out for the Team but has shown good progress. _
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With the Warrior’s double post offense, Kent is one of six players who may fill that position at one time or another. He is an all-round athlete and has shown a tremendous ability to adapt to the Warrior’s system.
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From last year’s team, which won the OUAA Championship and finished third in the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union Championship, three players have graduated, one player has dropped out of university and another experienced player has taken a year ,off from his studies. With no exp*erienced transfers turning up on campus, Coach McCrae will go with seven freshmen and six experienced players. They are:
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As one of the Co-captains of the 35 diehard Kurtz 1977-78 Warriors, as an OUAA All While he did not see too much Star, Seymour is expected to play a floor time last year, he is expected very important role with the Warto play a significant part in this riors. His outstanding leaping abilyear’s Warrior Team. He is one of ity helps at both ends of the floor. two outstanding leapers on the It’s worth the price of admission j team. just to watch him in action.
These have been the reflections of Don McCrae the Head Coach of the University of Waterloo Basketball Warriors as he heads into his seventh season with the team.
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In fifth @tce On October 28 and 29, Waterloo hosted the OWIAA Field Hockey Finals. The Athenas ended their season in fifth place. This weekend proved to be an unsuccessful one for our women as they dropped all four of their matches. Coach Judy McCrae, summarizes the-week-end for her team: “Our win-loss record is not indicative of our play. The women played very well, but we Just couldn’t seem to finish. Against Queen’s University and York University, we. dominated the game, creating lots of offensive pressure,, but we couldn’t score. Many .of our players turned out ,their best per-l formances yet and four members of our squad were selected to try out for the Ontario Provincial Team. We had a young team this year but
most of the women will be back with us next season, so we should be stronger and more exper-ienced. ’ ’ Final league results were: University, of Toronto lst, Queen’s University 2nd, York University 3rd, University of Western Ontario 4th, University of Waterloo 5th, University of Guelph 6th; and McMaster University 7th. University of Toronto will travel to the Canadian Championships in Montreal as Ontario representatives this week-end. And since Quebec is hosting the CWIAU’s and they have only one team, M&Gill University, they have given Ontario the host team slot and Queen’s University will fill this position due to their second place finish.
Warrior and Trojan rugby teams showed their superiority in competition last week. Wednesday warrior’s nipped Cuelph Gryphons 7-3 and the Trojans beat the jr. Gryphons 73-6. Saturday Warriors trounced MacMaster Marauders 37-0 and the Trojans clipped Mat 78-4. Both Warriors and Trojans play in the finals Nov. 72 at Cohnbia Field. \ 0 -photo by p. namigqn
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Christian cooperation This is the completion of my response to Dr. Schroeder’s letter of four weeks ago. In this letter I wish to expand upon what Dr. Schroeder claimed were the aims of Christianity and in so doing hope to offer an alternative to them. However, before I do so, there are two other things which I wish to say. First I apologise Dr. Schroeder for the tone that my letter of two weeks ago conveyed. I do not repudiate the content of my letter but I do wish to make amends for the aggressive and almost hostile way in which I expressed myself. Secondly, I feel a great need to respond to the comments of Mr. Chan who wrote a letter to the editor last “Marx not Christianity.” week entitled, Mr. Chan, your unbridled optimism about the ultimate triumph of socialism and the abolishment of the social conditions that give rise to religion is a bit premature. I say this because I have yet to hear of any society that has abolished all social injustice, exploitation of man by man, and the attendant evils of power and wealth. Some have striven heroically to do so, but it is questionable if they have succeeded yet. Even if they do succeed, there remains one further condition for the rise of religion which both Marx and most of his followers have ignored. Religion as such will not disappear until you have learned how to abolish death and the conditions which give rise to death. Until you do so, religion will remain. As I know that neither Marx nor any of his followers have the divine power to end the contradiction of death, then I rest easily in Christ’s claim to have overcome it and all the results that come from this condition. The creation of a more humane social order will merely reveal in a greater light the final contradiction of life and death and the culmination of that struggle in the risen Christ. For this reason alone Mr. Chan, I find Christ (not religion) quite relevent to man’s situation if only to demonstrate the limits of Marxism /*and its inability to transcend material reality. I advise you to moderate your optimism with this in mind. Returning to the issue at hand, Dr. Schroeder, let’s deal with some of the fundamentals which you present as the basis of Christianity. I have little to argue with when you present Christ’s mission. Christ’s death being the expiation for sins I agree with entirely. His rising from the dead I will not contest nor do I disagree with the fact that personal and corporate renewal and transformations take place with the aid of the spirit. In a like manner I agree that people will be in some manner held responsible for their actions in the world and that there is life after death. However, I do think your claim that Christ only sets men free from sin and not free to do things or have things is absurd and totally unsupportable. In addition to this, your contention that the methods of spreading Christianity are different from those of Marxist’s is an interesting diversion i&o fantasy, but it cannot be bourne out in reality. The tactics of most * “evangelicals” would be instructive for any propagandists interested in learning how to manipulate people’s minds. Your final comment that Christ was not interested in a classless society is such a transparent attempt to manipulate the bible to your own ends that I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry. To claim that an observation by Christ regarding the social realities around him is an actual statement in support of that reality is not only absurd but it is perhaps even dishonest. You state, “a classless society in my opinion is not the aim of Christ” You then quote a passage in which Christ says, “the disciple is not above his master n& the servant above his lord.” In case you are interested, he is making an observation, not a doctrinal statement as you would have us believe. In future, please don’t choose verses so much out of context to make a point. Those I believe are all of the points that you make about Christianity with the ‘exception of the three aims you list. These bear the need for special treatment and it is
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to them which we must turn our attention power transformed, those who have wealth now. and power are to be led to a woeful state and In your letter, you state that the aims of the poor and the disinherited given the inChristianity can be basically reduced to heritance of the kingdom. Justice, rightethree. 1) the keeping of God’s commandousness, and the beginning of all things new ments by men in this world, 2) the salvation ’ are at hand in the Kingdom of God that of men through repentance and the remisChrist came to proclaim. Salvation then is sion of sins by God, 3) everlasting life for not merely a personal affair, indeed outside men in the other world. of the transformations wrought by the KingThere is no doubt that God wants us to dom, salvation is meaningless. The salvation keep his commandments. But which comof humanity is to be found in a society in mandments are you referring to? In the radical disjuntion to the present social orders Torah, there are literally hundreds of them. that we know. Your claim that Marxism is Obviously then, people are going to stress interested in the creation of a new social those aspects of the law which suit their own order while Christianity is concerned with particular purposes. Usually, when we think the aim of salvation is true. The fact you of the commandments of God, we think of have failed to see is that both aim at creating the ten commandments. There are other a new social order, salvation in its broadest laws however which may prove interesting sense is to be found in the establishment of in the light of our present concern. I suggest the Kingdom of God. that you read Deut. 14 and 15 as well as The third aim you set forth for Christianity Leviticus 25. In this part of the law we find seems all right except to qualify it by saying that the concerns are with the economic relathat eternal life, like the kingdom starts here tions in Israel. Here we find that a major and now. This is not to say that it is fully celebration was instituted in order to redishere, but it must never-the-less start to be tribute the land, forgive debts, free servants manifested now. We are responsible now for and slaves, and restitute the poor. what occurs and it is for this reason that we The major event here was known as the must stress the reality of the Kingdom in our “year of the jubillee”, and every fifty years !own time, not at some nebulous future date. was when it was to take place. These who My major argument has not been with had lost their land due to debts were given your definitions as such, but rather has been their land back, and all those who were reconcerned with their contentless form. I duced to vassals due to debts were to be hope that the depth I added to them makes it released. Every seventh year, all debts were clear why I see co-operation with Marxists to be forgiven. In a society that had its on occasions to be acceptable. The gospel wealth in land and servants, this constituted we want to share with others should be simia radical redistribution of wealth. This was lar to Marxists in that it must address itselfto not a mere reliance on people’s benevolthe realities of humanity, to personal and ence, and charity, this implied a legislated corporate evil, to economic social and politiredistribution of wealth. Like all other comcal injustice, and to the realities of the Kingmands, if this were disobeyed, the judgedom Christ came to institute. To the extent ment of God would be on the people. The that our concern for human liberation, juspeople of course did not listen to this law and tice, and the creation of a new social order so we find that the prophets were constantly coincide with those of Marxists, then to condemning Israel for its failure to enforce that extent we can work together. I am not this law in particular. They constantly consuggesting the absurd notion that Marxism is demned the economic and political exploitaChristianity, nor the opposite. We will retion of the poor, the widows, the orphans, main distinct always. However, the hostile and the strangers, and all those who were and often paranoid reactions that seem to defenceless in the face of those with power mark any interaction between the two is a and wealth. It matters not which prophet you lamentable fact. I think we have much to read, the impending doom of Israel is always offer each other, if only we can get beyond closely linked to the failure of the people to our narrow parochial attitudes. The obey this commandment. The heart of the Marxist-Christian dialogue is one means of nation’s obedience could always be deterdoing so. mined by looking at the economic relations Steve Schildroth among the people. Is this then one of the Integrated Studies commandments you are referring to? If it isn’t, I would suggest that as a standard for justice it must be taken very seriously. In our modern situation, it could have extremely radical implications. The second aim that you credit to Christianity can be expanded in an equally interesting way as is this reference to the commandments of God. It has been shown Professor Schroeder’s letter in the Octhat God is very concerned about the tober 28 chevron contains various questioneconomic relations of people. He is also you able statements, errors and confusions and I claim, concerned with people achieving would like to point out some of these. salvation by means of repentance and the 1. “Modem science was born out of the remission of sins. The act of remission we Christian view that the world was created by agree has been achieved through Christ. a reasonable God. Consequently there is no What then does repentance consist of? It basic discrepancy between experimental involves a change in behaviour. This applys science and Christianity.” No evidence is on both a personal and collective level. For given for the first assertion here. There apexample, in ths book of Jonah we find that pear to be at least two difficulties in the way the whole city of Ninevah repented in it’s of providing such evidence. The first is that behaviour. Repentance then involves aceasone would have to show that the Christian ing to do evil and an active form of obeying view of God, up to and at the period of the God. Thus we find that if repentance can be birth of modern science, displayed God as corporate (i.e. social) then perhaps salvation reasonable, and, this having been done, that can also be corporate. So it is that Jesus modern science was born out of this view came not to bring about a new salvation cult, not, say, that modern science has led Christbut rather he came to announce the Kingdom ians to revise their views on God in an atof God. Each person’s salvation is part and tempt to make His Image more reasonable. parcel of the larger salvation he came to anThe ‘consequently’ in the second assertion nounce. In Luke 4: 16-21, we find that Jesus begins is an error: it is possible for there to be a basic His own ministry by announcing the acdiscrepancy between a view and that which ceptable year of the Lord” (i.e., the year of is born out of it. 2. “Experimental science has revealed to the Jubillee). Here we can see that the Kingmatter behaves but not dom of God is very much connected to a men mainly “how” society that has a concern for economic jusuniquely “why” matter behaves.” tice as its basis. In his sermon on the mount, The “has revealed” here is perhaps mis(Luke 6: 17-36) Jesus in the tradition of the leading, as if it isn’t people themselves who prophets describes what is to happen to do science. But the main trouble is that the those who are poor. The inescapable fact “how” versus “why” question, when posed that he confronts us with is that the kingdom with reference to, say, a scientific explanawill involve radical transformations in the tion of some phenomenon, is somewhat economic, the political and the social realms bogus: in practise one would be inclined to of life. Debts are to be forgiven, wealth and say-of an adequate scientific explanation that
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it answers both “how” and “why” and one would be a bit nonplussed to say which; rather than puzzle over that, one would obtain sharper information by discussing the extent of validity of the explanation, its relation to existing theories, etc. are concepts formulated -3. “ Forces through the imagination of Newton.” This is wrong: a force is a force, not a concept (though, incidentally, one does speak of the concept “force”, and even of the force of a concept); if forces were formulated through the imagination of Newton then unless one has very strange views of time, Newton’s imagination, and the processes of formulation through it, forces did not exist prior to 1642, which is known to be not the case. 4. Professor Schroeder refers at a number and to its “conof places to “dead matter” sistent” behaviour; it may be that he intends to imply that *‘living matter” behaves “inconsistently” and is therefore not truly susceptible of scientific study. This last conclusion is false, however, as recent advances in molecular biology, etc. readily show. Rather than speculate thereon, it would be better to await Professor Schroeder’s explanation of what he intends. 5. “Minds of men can not derive absolute ideas%- absolute values. Thus out of necessity, absolutes are formulated by man at his convenience.” The difficulty here is to know what Professor Schroeder means by “absolute value”. Insofar as it idea’ ’ and “absolute is meaningful at all, the notion “absolute” seems to involve a number of aspects, for example invariance (one thinks, perhaps, of an absolute value as being operative under all circumstances), and completeness (an act can, I suppose, be regarded as absolutely or completely wrong). Of course this is not even a partial analysis of what “absolute” might mean but I suggest that for the sake of ’ rational discussion one either explains the meaning one wishes to give to such a vague term as “absolute” or one does not use the term; probably in this case the latter is more conducive to clarity and understanding. If one prefers sophistry, one could criticize the above quote from Professor Schroeder’s letter by remarking that merely deriving absolutes might be thought rather easier than actually formulating them - and at one’s own convenience too; also that such ready formulation, by this person and that, would surely lack the authentic aroma of absoluteness. But such criticism of statemerits having dubious content carries with it the same infection. 6. “Man has a choice for the base of his reasoning and actions, will it be the ideas of Marx and Engels or of Skinner, all three denying the existence of the Almighty God, or will it be faith in Christ, the only begotten Son of the Almighty?” _ -There seem to be a number of things amiss here. There is the implicit suggestion that there are only three choices for the base mentioned, whereas it is easy to think of many more possibilities and it is not difficult, even, to think of not having only one single base for one’s reasoning and actions. It is not at all clear how faith in Christ, in particular, ’ offers a base for reasoning (especially since faith itself is akin to a wilful suspension of reason). Finally, Professor Schroeder offers no evidence for his assertion that Christ is the only begotten Son of the Almighty: evidence that He was such a Son would already be hard to produce, presumably; then one would have to show that He still is; and lastly that he is the only Such (don’t devout SFers imagine other worlds, other Sons?). It may be objected that pointwise criticism such as the above is a bit shallow and picky. To this I would reply that if a discussion is already defective at an elementary level then it is unnecessary and perhaps not especially meaningful - it may be misleading even to attempt a more penetrating overall analysis. Item-by-item criticism may lack any sort of sweep or grandeur; this does not imply that it is invalid. Two examples come to mind: one does not fruitfully discuss the depth or significance of a mathematical argument which is error-ridden and plain incompetent; nor does one debate the usefulContinued
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Pres a protests In the last issue on the front page an article appeared with the heading, “Smit wins, Feds Lose”. I must protest! Even though nothing iii the article inferred that because Smit &on the Federation lost, the inferrence was in the heading.Often people tend to read only headings and in this-case, a superficial glance at said headline could resuli in students making the association of, because Smit won the-Federation lost. I myself noted the confusion that might arise at first glance and many student’s indicated that they also read the heading in that context. I realize that the inferrence in the heading could have been unintentional but I truly would like clarification on the matter. Rick Smit, President Federation of Students Lettitor To clarify: The head “Smit wins feds lose” was in no way a comment on your victory. It was considered an appropriate head which informed readers that you had won the election and the federation had lost the referendum vote on refundable fees. Neil Docherty
Thorough/y disgusting I am finally disgusted enough with your paper to respond. The last issue was the last straw. On page one, the headline read ‘Smit wins, feds lose”. This is a typical example of your “unbiased” coverage? Who the hell is Stephen Coates (or whoever made the headline) that he/she can blatantly editorialize on the front page without the label “Editorial’ ’ ? Another example of this trash is found on page 3 in an article by Docherty . After a brief discussion of an obscure motion in city council, we are led with unprofessional manipulation, into a fear-reaction to the Canadian military - “ . . .there has even been talk of conscription into the military.” says Docherty. So there has been talk, huh? By whom? Since what time? What significance is this allegation supposed to have? In the last paragraph of the article Docherty uses the word “claims” instead of , or any other neutral word. To “statements” say that “John Doe claimed that he was not insane” is an emotionally coloured way of stating that John Doe said that he was not insane. Page 5 is filled with more chevron/AIA self-congratulatory hype. Who the hell is this Jonathan Coles? Is he practicing for the CPDN? Heroes of the people are again displayed on page 7 with the heart-warming caption ‘ “Dear God, please forgive the criminals from the Workmen’s Compensation Board and Dr. Fojcki de Aragon. They don’t know what they are doing’ “. My, how unbiased! How objective ! Don’t give me this crap about joining the chevron if I don’t like what is printed. We’ve heard the allegations about how the chevron is run by the students. Baloney. It is paid for by the students, however. So I read the letter section, sports, and the arts. You chevrics are selling out the students with each publication. R. Wardell
lettitor To the points which warrant a response: 1) You have misinterpreted the headline on the page one article. It meant Smit won the election but the federation lost the referendum, the “feds lose” was not a comment on Smit’s victory, nor was there any such com-
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ment in the story. 2) Talk of conscription came from Defence Minister Barney Danson on Sept 24 this year when he addressed a conference of the Toronto and District Liberal Association and called for a conscripted army. Two days later the minister said he had been misundejstood and that what he really favoured was a compulsory national serivce, which would be a mixture of military service and forced labour for the country’s unemployed youth. Also in a recent issue of the Canadian Defence Quarterly, a government publication, the editors launched a debate on the question -of a conscripted army. Neil Docherty
Presidential suggestions Having contacted many students this past month it became apparent that there were a few reoccurring gripes about the chevron. One such gripe is the printing of World News. (i.e. Chile, Angola, South Africaetc.) Many students have said that such material doesn’t belong in a student’s newspaper. I don’t agree. Students have opinions about world affairs and I myself find research into this topic intellectually stimulating. I believe that the basic objection to such articles appearing is the random inclusion into various parts of the paper. Persons skimming the headlines often read such articles out of context and prejudice towards the appearance of the articles, may result. I suggest that you devote an entire section to just World News. When,articles of a delicate nature such as these, appear under one specific heading or section, the students know exactly what they’re getting. They can read the section or avoid it and the erratic appearance of such articles will not form a basis of opposition of which the chevron faces at present. I follow the world scene very closely and would definitely submit articles if such a section existed. Just because we’re students doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t write down our views concerning the global stage. Rick Smit, President Federation of Students
Thompson3 ousting I am replying to Doug Thompson’s letter in the chevron last week in which he labels “malicious libel” the chevron’s claim that he was ousted by the Board of Directors. I was the reporter at the Director?s meeting held in downtown Toronto July 18, 1977. I was also there as a federation executive member. Thompson says I missed part of the meeting and was therefore confused about what happened. The minutes of the meeting read: 1. Call to order The meeting was called to order by Ron Hipfner at 7:Ol pm. 2. Board of Publications Randy Barnman presented. .. I turned out that I missed dinner. In the discussion at dinner it was clear that Thompson would resign that hight, according to Ron Hipfner. This conclusion was already reported in the Gazette and on CHYM radio. But tiis the meeting grew on it was also quite clear that Thompson was not going to resign that night. He had been stalling on resignations for at least a month by this time. The meeting broke up and people were leaving. Thompsdn was still -president. I convinced Hipfner and Bruce Leavens that they should go back into the meeting and remove Thompson. Hipfner asked me if the Board of Directors had the power to remove a president from office to which I replied (wrongly it turns out) that they could do anything. Leavens and Hipfner went back with a quickly drafted motion: LEAVENSIHIPFNER move that Doug Thompson’s leave of absence be
extended to September 10/1977, without pay, at which time the presidency will become vacant, forcing an election. Ron Hipfner will be acting president at full pay until that time. PASSED 2-O-l. Thompson abstained Hipfner assumed the presidency the next day. As for asking the Board of Directors themselves (which Thompson believes the chevron is afraid to do), the following are their opinions: Ron Hipfner - “The intent of my motion was to kick him out.” -Bruce Leavens - “I would say he was ousted.” Eric Higgs - “I thought we were accepting his resignation, but it turned out we were kicking him out.” (Higgs arrived very late) Martha Coutts - “We kicked him out, but he wanted out.” Thompson - “What upsets me greatly is the‘ chevron’s insistence that it is right, that was ousted, in spite of denials by everyone else who was at the meeting.” These are rather simplistic replies but all directors realize that the board had to act, as Thompson kept refusing to resign after saying that he would. The problem is that the Board of Directors does not legally have the power to remove the president (according the Corporation‘s Act). Weeks later, therefore, Thompson handed in his resignation to council. Legally, Thompson resigned as federation president. Realistically, he was ousted. Randy Barkman
VI incidents unfortunate In the sixties, it was independence. And it was an issue. It’s not an issue now, but in many ways it is more a reality than it was then. The ideals, perhAps did some good after all, even if not all they promised to the starry eyes of youth. But the cynical seventies, and no one fights for ideals anymore. Perhaps we gave up too soon. Perhaps we thought the job was finished; that we could conduct oursel\;es by our own designs. But occasionally an incident intrudes into our lives,‘an incident that calls into question, all those things we have considered as our freedom. What justification can there be for prohibiting any activity which harms no one. Unfortunately there are many codes in our social structure which do just that, placing useless limits on the scope sf individual personal expression. Things like pornography, sexual preference, style of dress and use of some demonstrably harmless drugs; these things have seen the powers that be, deem us as unfit to find, for ourselves, their place in our lives. Until now we have lived (on campus anyway) by ignoring many of these codes. It was found by all to be an easier solution, than attempting to convince narrow-minded people that there are some laws which deny the very foundation ofjustice. In othkr words, let they who have suffered damages lay the charges. Am I not entitled to forgive someone for her or his transgressions against me? This discussion of the philosophy and actuality of personal freedom, has been precipitated by a series of unfortunate incidents, involving the usage of marijuana in Village I. In the last several weeks there have been three cases, in which complaints have led to police investigations. The most distrubing feature of these events is that in each case, a particular villager “i=oncerned” about the fact that laws being violated, lodged a complaint with the authorities. In none of these cases, was there shy prior complaint or warning to the “offenders’ ’ . The plaintiff is certainly within his legal rights, but is he within his moral ones? You decide. It would seem however, that the Village is not an appropriate place for any one with such a total lack of tolerance for others’
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Errors displayed I am afraid that there is an error in fact and another implied in your article “Hysteria marks council meeting” (P. 8, chevron 18:21 of Friday Oct. 28). The article states: “Smylie left the room at that point with Rokosova and Integrated Studies councillor Sam Wagar. Smylie, Rosokova and Wagar did not return after the recess and the meeting proceeded smoothly .” Firstly, I did not leave with Smylie and Rokosova, but before either of them. Secondly, unlike what the article seemed to imply to myself and several of my co& stituents, I am not in any way a political supporter of Smylie. nor do I endorse the disruptive tac!ics used by Smylie and Rokosova at the’ Council meeting of October 26th. I a? sure that these mistakes are purely a result of clumsy editing and reflect nothing more, and I hope they shant (sic) re-occure. Samuel Wagar Integrated Studies Councillor lettitor If Mr. Wagar left the meeting before Smylie and Rokosova, it must have been very soon before. For this factual error I apologize. The statement that Wagar did not return after the recess is true. Most of the disruption of the meeting stemmed from Smylie’s objections to the election results in Arts, and his position was supported by Rokosova, Wagar, Arts councillor Brirce Leavens and Arts president Joe MacDonald. Nick Redding
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This year, I noticed in the chevron,,andclin particular in the Letters, a growing awareness of the true character of different radical groups in this University. People ask obvious questions: “Why do you call yourself democratic when your actions are actually antidemocratic?” “Why are you afraid to answer our arguments, and if you answer, it is only in general terms and rude language?” etc. etc. I am pleased by this reaction, because it shows that a growing number of students know what contemporary so-called leftism is all about. It is difficult to be really convinced about the truth of Marxism-Leninism nowadays. There is too much evidence against its progressiveness and usefulness. Take the one million Cambodians murdered by real, true-blue Marxists. Take the fact that Marxism is unable to explain the real character of our industrial society, that Marxism, and its most corrupt branch, Communism, are unable to end the war and suffering, as promised. They are also unable to create a new breed of people somehow differently motivated from us. I would guess even in Cambodia where almost everybody has been moved to the farms and forced to work manually, and where the state killed practically all the intellectuals as “counterrevolutionaries”, nothing positive can be created. Let us hope that Cambodia is the last social experiment of this kind. I In this intellectual situation, when it becomes clear that revolution simply cannot give more freedom, and the theory of Leninism may only farm the people, the socalled radicals simply cannot enter into any meaningful discussion about their aims and philosophy. It is much easier to terminate the discussion by yelling than to convince the adversary. Leninism is too primitive, too schematic, and cannot give one any,real guidance and answers. This is the situation Continued ofi page 19
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Continued from page 18 which creates what some people call a Red Fascist. They are characterized by a lack of respect for the truth and for other people’s ideas. One year, they celebrate China; next year, they celebrate Albania or some other hermetically closed country. They confuse terms and facts. Look at the following letter, published in April 1977 in free/chevron and signed by James Kang. He says, under the title “Stalin,yes!“: “If it is Stalinist to oppose Zionism, racism and fascism; to support the national liberation struggles of the people of Azania and Zimbabwe, and other countries, against racist and fascist regimes; to lead the opposition to cutbacks, unemployment, and wage controls; and to defend democratic rights and mobilize against political persecution; if these things are Stalinist, then Long Live the spirit of Stalin!” This is what I call a creation of confusion. That person must know that all that is not Stalinism. A person who studies the history of communism must know that Stalinism is racism, because Stalinism destroyed whole nations and ethnic groups; it is a political , persecution unheard of in democratic countries. Stalinism is worse than fascism. It is a total abolition of democratic rights of the people. All contemporary Communist governments are, for all practical purposes, fascist regimes. How near is fascism to communism may be shown in this quotation: “Contrary to what the revisionists affirm, the theory of Marx is neither dead nor antiquated; that, on the contrary, it is younger, more alive than ever; the facts year by year lend lustre to it and history shows it to be true.. . .Against the new theory of collaboration or cornpenetration of classes, there stands firm and unshaken in its Marxist foundation the theory of class struggle; there stands the.concept of international struggle, the concept of class union of the international proletariat, the concept of the revolutionary conquest of public power.” This is an excerpt from a speech presented by a young enthusiastic Marxist on November 12, 1904 in Lausanne (Switzerland). His name was Benito Mussolini. Those are the intellectual roots of fascism. That is why it is easy to become a fascist, even if you proclaim ideas which you call progressive. The road from Marxism to Stalinism is logical. It is the road from the -dictatorship of proletariat to the dictatorship of the party, from the dictatorship of the party to the dictatorship of party officials, and from here to the dictatorship of a single person. One more comment to the letters in chevron: who are all those people who write these letters? Recently, I noticed the name of Bernard Chan. As fas as I know, Bernard Chan is a doctor in K-W Hospital. Is there a student or faculty of the same name? Or - is everybody in town invited to publish letters here? Stanislav Reinis
Democratic definitions So many people are running around these days claiming to support democracy, or democratic principles and calling other people fascists , that I thought it was about time that the chevron published the following two sets of definitions: The first is taken from Funk & Wagnalls Standard College dictionary and the second set is what appears to be the operant definitions of these two words as used by the AIA. FUNK & WAGNALLS fascism: A one-party system of government in which each class has its distinct place, function, and representation in the government but the individual is subordinated to the state and control is maintained by military force, secret police, rigid censorship, and government regimentation of industry and finance. democracy:
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political power resides in all the people and is exercised by them directly, or is given to elected representatives, with each citizen sharing equally in political privilege and duty, and with the right to do so protected by free elections and other guarantees. 2. A state so governed. 3. The spirit or practice of political, legal, or social equality. AIA DEFINITIONS Fascism: A form of government in which political power resides in all the people and is exercised by them directly, or is given to elected representatives, with each citizen sharing equally in political privilege, and duty, and with the right to do so protected by free elections and other guarantees. 2. A state so governed. 3. The spirit or practice of political, legal or social equality. Democracy: A one-party system of government in which each class has its distinct place, function, and representation in the government but the individual is subordinated to the state and control is maintained by military force, secret police, rigid censorship, and government regimentation of industry and finance. So the next time the AIA calls themselves democratic and calls somebody else fascist you’ll know what they mean. In the AIA lingo, fascists are what you and I would call the good guys and democrats are the AIA. Frank Spooner
A/A erratic In re., letter by the “Anti-Imperialist Alliance” headlined “3 Worlds theory shot” in the latest chevron - total crap! The parent group of the A.I.A. - the “Communist Party of Canada (MarxistLeninist) - which up until quite recently slavishly tail-ended the Peoples Republic of China’s political line and now kisses the butt of the Socialist Republic of Albania with equal fervour, endorsed the aid to Chile’s butcher regime and the political/material recognition/aid to such paragons of socialist virtue as Argentina, Iran and Pakistan by the P.R.C. under the leadership of Mao and the “gang of four”. The theory that they now denounce is the very theory that has always been followed by the Maoists and has, up until the very recent Albania turn of the C.P.C. (M-L.) always been defended vigoursly by the A.I.A. and C.P.C. (M-L.). The detente between the P.R.C. and the U.S.A. and the unity of these two superpowers against the U.S.S.R. has been developing for at least five years - only after one clique in the Chinese bureaucracy was ousted by another clique with the same politics and policies has C.P.C. (M-L.) awakened to the sell-out nature of these moves. Unfortunately I doubt very much that these 180 degree shifts in orientation are real, valid political shifts - I think, rather, that they are only two more in a series of opportunistic maneovres, of which C.P.C. (M-L.) has a lengthy history. Harry Schmidt Psych.
AIA is Whenever I read a letter composed by the AIA I cannot help but be amazed that such prose has been created by rational thought. They accuse others of mystification and yet publish items so confusing that they cannot help but to be guilty of the same crime. In order to indicate just how confusing their approach is, I shall prove the following theorem, by making use of some of their own material obtained from letters to the chevron. Theorem: The institution, called the AIA, has no right to exist. Proof: In order to prove the theorem I must
make use of the following lemma, deduced from the AIA letter, entitled “AIA for fee refunds”. (feedback, Ott 21) Lemma: Any institution which has made a mistake has no right to exist. Proof of Lemma: The AIA wishes to abolish the institution, called the federation executive because it tried to close down the democratic chevron using illegal means. It was the same institution, however, that reinstated the chevron and created the investigation commission. This evidently does not factor in their desire to have the federation exeerr+ tive disbanded and so it seems, by AIA rules, that once an institution has made a mistake it does not have a right to exist. (Back to the proof of the theorem) What is yet to be shown is that the AIA has made a mistake. I claim that the mistake the AIA made was to publish something mystifying, even they condemn mystification, and thus to contradict themselves. Consider the following quotation from the letter entitled, “ ‘Patriotism’ a fraud”, (feedback, Ott 28): “Patriotism, however, does not exist in the abstract, apart from the real world”. In the common sense of the word “patriotism” is an abstraction, whether it exists in the real world or not. Thus, what is meant by this quotation is mystifying. Granted, they may not be using the common sense of the word, but if it is not used in the common sense of the word, why is it not enclosed in quotation marks? Again, this is mystifying. But even if it were contained in quotation marks, the word could mean anything they intended it to mean. Sentences that contain words for which the meaning is not specified cannot be understood, and are mystifying. Thus, no matter how you look at this sentence, it is mystifying. The AIA has written something mystifying, contradicting themselves and thus making a mistake. From the lemma,-then, it follows that the AIA has no right to exist. Q.E.D. Warren Christiani Yr. IV Pure Mathematics
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One-sided articles The chevron has been serving the students of Waterloo since before my arrival on campus 3 years ago. After its recent trouble with the Federation, I can see that the staff has been trying to produce a first class paper. With this in mind, I would like to offer a suggestion. There have been several news reports in the chevron which appear to be slightly one-sided. In particular, Doug Wahlsten versus anybody (e.g., “Top Liberal MP caught lying . . .” in the Oct. 21 issue). For some reason these articles always leave one with the impression that Wahlsten can do no wrong. This is particularly unfortunate for two reasons. First - anyone who has been on campus for a while knows who Wahlsten is and what he has to say as spokesperson for the A.I.A. and the C.P.D.C. Since only a handful of malcontents ever listen a second time to his ravings of fascist this or reactionary that, many students wonder why a paper which is serving the majority would seemingly support his views. Second - this impression of one-sidedness raises doubts as to the creditability of these and other articles. What good is a student paper if the students have no confidence in the truthfulness of what it reports. _ While I certainly do not advocate any censorship, perhaps closer scrutiny of submitted articles by the editor could encourage unbiased news reporting. Further, I know many students would like to see much less space given to lunatic fringe political groups. If we heard about these interests only when they did something news-worthy they would soon be forgotten and we would be spared the embarrassment of having outsiders think these groups represent a majority of students. Don Harrington 3B math
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Hello, world! at 550 am on Thursday (already?) the paper is just about put together and it’s a pretty hot issue (especially coming from the “army” of a “banana state republic” as thompson called us at yesterday’s council meeting). this week’s army included neil docherty, jonathan coles, Sylvia hannigan who woke me last week, laurie lawson, randy barkman, ron reeder, oscar nierstratsz, stephen coates, maria catalfo, dave carter, salah bachir, jules grajower, diane chapitis, don martin, rick pluzak, tony pan, doug goodfellow, brenda roothan, scott barron, jayne pollack, Chris dufault and photogenic nina tymoszewicz. most people probably didn’t even read the list of names which is shoddy of them since I broke my retinas typing it. no persons living or dead were intentionally left out - if you feel you deserve in, write in you own name and then come to the office ‘cause we need recruits in writing and layout. ‘till next issue keep smiling! mad photographer jwb
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