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Tuesday’s 80 kmp winds and 30 cm of snow caused 77 accidents but couldn’t close UW (or Laurier for that matter). And neither wind nor sleet nor fear of Feds will close the chevron, either. Read the editorial. I must be crazy .to take pictures in this weather! -mad photographer jwb

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army ads banne The Canadian student press has taken a firm stand against the RCMP and the federal government’s military spending. At the 40th annual conference of the Canadian University Press held in Halifax Dee 26-Jan 2 two strongly worded motions were passed on these .matters, and it was resolved that none of CUP’s 60 member papers will carry ads from the RCMP. Also 16 papers signed a petition stating that they will not accept military ads and the action of these papers was endorsed by the plenary (see motions and background on pages 6-7) The motion against the RCMP charged that since the force’s inception it has been used “ . . . to persecute Canada’s native people, workers, immigrants, and people who hold progressive political views,” and it protested the government suggestion that the force be given even greater power. The motion against the military spending criticised the unprecedented military spending and stepped up recruitment which the government has authorised at a time of economic crisis. The Prime Minister’s New Year statement to the press that ifnecessary the army may be* used ‘in Quebec was also given as a reason for not accepting military ads.

Both motions were initiate\ by the chevron delegation at the conference as a follow up to motions passed by staff against these ads. On the RCMP motion the chevron delegation pointed out that it was not just the most recent revelations which exposed the force, but that a review of its history showed that it has always been used as a means of suppression. (Details of the chevron’s arguments are on page 7). Contrary to statements made by various politicians, including local NDP incumbent Max Saltsman, that the people are defending the RCMP in the face of recent scandals, there was only one person in a plenary of 150 who tried to bat for them - a delegate from McMaster University’s Silhouette, and a former policeman. He charged that the chevron’s case was biased but offered no defense for the RCMP. The main obstacle to the motion posed by some papers was that they depend on ads like the RCMP and army, which are sent to papers through CUP’s national ad network, Youthstream. The original motion ordered Youthstream to cancel the RCMP contract, but it narrowly failed mainly because some papers felt the motion should be phrased to

Cowt decillion The Federation’s weekly bus service to Toronto may be .a in jeopardy. Last week a court decision handed down in Waterloo County Court by Judge David Mossop ruled that the service provided by United Trails Inc. was not a charter but a “recurring” service and therefore is illegal. United Trails’ licence allows it to run only charter services. The court decision overturned an earlier decision made last April, At that time, Justice of the Peace Bruce Jardine ruled that United Trails was not guilty as charged by the Ministry of Transportation and Communication of operating a recurring service. This decision was appealed by the Ministry which led to the most recent trial this past December. The problem is that the Ontario Public Vehicles Act does not define what is’ meant by a “recurring” service. It is still unclear whether the Federation’s service is a “recurring” service, as the Ministry of

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each paper to decide to cancel the ads.

However, slightly reworked it was brought back to the plenary from the Objectionable Advertising Committee, this time with the instruction that Youthstream should replace the RCMP contract with alternative accounts. It was argued by the chevron and others that it was unacceptable for CUP, which considers itself “an agent of social change”, to have member papers rely on revenue from the RCMP so that they can publish. The motion passed by a healthy margin. On the army ads it looked as though there would be insufficient time for a motion to get to the floor, so the chevron sent a petition around on the last day of the conference. y It was signed by sixteen papers and included most of the organisation’s largest papers. There was also strong indication that other papers would join this list once the, delegates had consulted with their staffs. According to Cam Killoran of Youthstream, the RCMP and army each spend between $20-30,000 a year with the network. This he estimates to average out to 2 ads per paper per term.

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Transportation and Communication maintains, or a charter. Rick Smit , Federation president, said that he intends to keep the Toronto bus service in operation. Smit stated that he was investigating various ways in which the Federation could continue the service. Lance Othmer, the Federation’s bus coordinator, has also said that he is exploring methods by which to mobilize student support for the bus service. He said that students might be encouraged to write letters to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication asking for the continuation of the service,. The indications are that the buses will run on Friday. Matthew Leidl, one of the owners of United Trails, said on Monday that the company intends to appeal the court decision and that they would continue supplying buses to the Federation as long as possible. Leidl was optimistic about the prospects of winning a future court

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In the face of stern opposition from the tenants’ association the university has modified slightly its proposed rent increase for Married Students’ Apartments. But the tenants are far from happy and have called on the university to explain itself at a public meeting Jan. 18 in M & C 5158. Originally the administration was firm that it required a 16 percent increase in rent’ but in a revised draft budget for 197879 a 13 percent hike is proposed. Linda Ross spokesperson for the tenants’ association negotiating committee told the-chevron that the new offer is “an insult to our intelligence”. Last year the tenants took anine percent rent increase, and since then they have had a charge levied on their dryers which Ross estimates effectively increased their rent by $2-8 per month. This year the association has taken a firm’position that the residents will pay no more than 6 percent, which is the level set by Ontario’s rent review legislation. The university, however, is not affected by the rent review guidelines because under the act it is considered non-profit housing. So the students and the administration are in a stand-off. The word from the administration is that it will take the 13 percent rent increase to the Feb. 7 Board of Governors meeting for approval. Meanwhile the students are trying to take their case out of. the

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Goodnevvs While a fight simmers over the proposed hefty rent increase for Married Students Apartments there is some good news for other campus residents. Warden of residences Ron Eydt told the chevron this week that fees in the villages are likely to rise by only 1.8 per cent next year (as of May l), and that there will be. no increase recommended for the Minota Hagey residence. Both residences have suffered from hefty increases in the past, he explained. The per term fees for the villages this year, which include meals, are $884 for a single room in Village 1, and $838 for one of the double rooms in Village II. The term fee at Minota Hagey is $485.

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appeal. He said that “United Trails would fight in order to maintain the service .” No date for an appeal has yet been arranged. Leidl also stated that this case is being watched by other bus companies in Ontario because of the possible repercussions to their own charter operations. If the service was discontinued it could adversely affect many of the 200 to 500 students who use the buses weekly. A number of these students have part-time jobs in Toronto and depend upon the inexpensive Federation buses. The Federation charges $3.10 for a one-way coach ticket and $2.00 for a school bus. Gray Coach charges $4.50 for a one-way fare, or $38.30 for 10 tickets. Many students have stated that they could not go to Toronto as frequently if they did not have the Federation buses. Students prefer the cheaper prices and convenience of the Federation service over that of Gray Coach.

The Federation of Students has operated the Toronto bus service since 1970. The contract for supplying the buses has been held by various local bus companies. Gray Coach Ltd (a subsiduary of the TTC) has complained a number of times-that the Federation’s bus service interferes with their own Toronto bus route. Gray Coach is the only carrier permitted to operate a passenger service from Waterloo to Toronto. Previously Gray Coach has offered the Federation of Students a scheme which would allow the Federation to sell Gray Coach tickets at a discount and permit Gray Coach buses on the campus. The Federation always rejected these offers. It was originally Gray Coach’s complaints to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication which resulted in United Trails being charged last year with illeg*ally operating the Federation bus service, -don

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negotiating room and into the public arena. The whole campus community is invited to the Jan. 18 meeting, and the governors and top administrators are getting invitations. The tenants intend to explain their case at the meeting and, according to Ross, are challenging the administration to do the same. Ross doubts that the administration will show. Last weekend Eydt and vice-president, finance Bruce Gellatly were asked to appear on a

more information on the Married Students Apartments on the centrespread. CKMS radio show opposite two members of the tenants’ association, but the administrators refused the invitation. For the adminstration the budget is not up for public debate. Eydt told the chevron that is why he refused to go on air. He said, if invited, he would go to the Jan. 18 meeting but not for a debate. “I’m not prepared to debate the budget,” he said, “I’m prepared to explain the budget.” He said he is not willing to get into “fundamental principles” such as whether the university should have borrowed money to buy the apartments in the first place. In the latest proposal the rent on a one-bedroom apartment will increase by 13.3 percent come May 1. That will raise the rent to $188 per month from $166. On a twobedroom unit the proposed increase equals 13.2 percent which will raise the rent to $206 from $182. The warden of residences professor Ron Eydt told the chevron he was able to cut three percent from the original position by “taking two very big risks”. The first is budgeting for only a three percent vacancy rate next year instead of the traditional four percent, and so increasing the income side of the budget. The other is further cutting the $3 11 ,OOq which Physical Resources Group requested for routine maintenance. Eydt originally cut that by $25,000 to arrive at the first offer and now has cut it by a further $25,000. Maintenance is a big problem for the residents. The buildings, built in 1970-7 1 by Cadillac Corporation, were poorly constructed and PRG estimates they are in need of over $600,000 in routine maintenance and catch-up work, left over from previous years. The major item in the budget, and a big bone of contention with the tenants, is the debt retirement on the complex. The university borrowed about $7.5 million from a crown corporation - the Ontario Student Housing Corporation - to pay Cadillac in 1971. The money was borrowed on a 50-year mortgage. at 6.9 percent. Generations of tenants will pay off this debt at a cost of $26 million. So that by 202 1, the university will own the complex. The interest alone on this debt is the largest single item in the budget and constitutes about 40 percent of the rent this year. -neil

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CC Pub: opens 7pm. Adm. $1.25. “Full House” - 1 am. v Fed Flicks: see Friday Upstairs at the Grad Club: local musicians performing upstairs at the Graduate House, 8pm. Featuring Tom. Greenwood and Tom Kalman. Adm. $.50. Cash Bar. Harry & David Owen: Flamenco guitar duo. Two brothers from Vancouver who learned their art from the great guitarists from Andalucia. 8pm. Theatre of the Arts. Stu/Seniors $3.00 others $5&O.

Art Exhibition - “A Foursome”: four young Canadian artists. Free admission. Gallery hours 9-4pm Mon-Fri, 2-5pm Sundays. Modern Languages building. CC Pub: opens 12noon. Adm. $1.25 after 7pm. “Full House” g-lam. Maryland Ballet: one of America’s foremost regional ballet companies. Stu/seniors $4.50, others $6.50. 8pm Hum. Theatre. SCH Pub: Adv. tickets $2.50 at sot. offices and CC 235. Adm. $3.00 at the door. Jackson Hawke doors open at 8pm.

Ukrainian Students’ Club: invites you to their Ukrainian New Year’s Dance. Adm. $6 adults, $5 students. Price includes hot buffet, music by “Home Brew”. Cash bar. All welcome. Come and have a good time!

Agora Tea House: Fridays 8-12pm. CC 110. Herbal teas and home-baked munchies are available. A time for discussion and conversation. Everyone is welcome.

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Fed Flicks: “Network” starring Peter Finch and William Holden 8pm, AL 116. Feds $1, others $1.50.

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Area, PAC. Players of all calibre welcome. Transcendental Meditation: Adv. lecture for meditators, 8pm. Eng 3, rm 1101. 576-2546. Harry & David Owen: see Saturday Fed Flicks: see Friday Campus Centre Coffee House featuring Christopher Kearney. Admission $1.49 students and staff, $1.99 others. Tea, coffee, cider and baked goods. 8pm. Campus Centre Pub Area.

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Pollution Probe ReorganizationalY Meeting. Anyone interested in Environmental issues please come out and add your input. 11:30-l :30 KW Probe Office, Env. St. 214. CC Pub: opens 12noon. Taped music.’ No covercharge. Legal Resource Office: provides free legal information to students 885-0840, CC 106. Hours 1:30 - 3:30.

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Legal Resource Office: see Monday Tour of EMS Library: a guided introduction to the facilities and services of the EMS library. Meet at main floor info. desk. 11:30am. Hillel Lunch: CC 113, 11:30 - 2pm. Cost $1.25. CC Pub: opens 12noon. Taped music. No covercharge. Elise Boulding will be in the IS lounge at 3pm to discuss feminism. Chess Club: Meeting 7pm. CC 113. Everyone welcome.

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Tour of Arts Library: A guided introduction to the facilities and services of the Arts library. Meet at the main floor info. desk. 10:30am. CC Pub: opens 12noon, Taped music, no covercharge. K-W Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic: 2 - 4:30pm, 6 - 8:30pm. First United Church, King &William St., Waterloo. Quota 300 donors. CUSO information session at Waterloo Public Library, 35 Albert Street, Waterloo. All welcome. 7:30pm. Transcendental Meditation: to develop and live an evolved state of life. Introductory lecture 7:30pm. AL 211. Advanced Wen-do: 7:30 - 9:30pm. St. Michael’s Library Resource Room, 64 University W. Wat. $3.0O/night. Coffeehouse: 8:30 in CC 110. Sponsored by Gay Lib. Free Movie: “Lord of the Flies” starring James Aubrey. 9:30pm Great Hall, CC. Elise Boulding will give a lecture on her research on the history of women through four millennia entitled “THE UNDERSIDE OF HISTORY”. The lecture will be held in the Psychology Anthropology Sociology (PAS) Building room 2083 at 2:30pm. All wel-. come.

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Pandemonium was’ the key word to describe events as the International Students Association met last Tuesday, January 10 to choose a new president. The meeting was called by the ISA executive in December, when former president Salah Bachir resigned on the grounds that he was no longer a student. The meeting was held in the World Room of the Campus Centre and was attended by about 30 students, despite inclement weather. The excitment started when federation president Rick Smit . started to speak. Smit addressed himself to an article that appeared in last week’s chevron. Terming the article “crap”, Smit began to give his reasons for his withdrawing federation recognition from the ISA. He started his speech by saying that he didn’t care what any person’s politics were, “You can be communist or reactionary”, but then assailed the Bachir’s political beliefs. Smit, and ISA vicepresident Yahaya Chindaya, said that Bachir had been leading the ISA in a direction that its members didn’t want to go. Smit in particular said that Bachir had been unconstitutional in his running of the ISA, stating that the constitution of the ISA precludes any political activities. On this point, and many others, a large number of the students became incensed at Smit, some to the point of accusing him of being a liar. There was open dissention as the meeting progressed, and it was evident that there was a split among the students present. Though there was a group present who supported Smit and Chindaya, it was clear

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that a majority of the people condoned the actions of the Bachir executive. With Bachir as president, the ISA had held a forum on Zimbabwe along with forming a support committee, issued statements against the Imigration bill and the differen: tial fee signed by most of the International students groups, and held a Christmas party. At one point, Smit, Chindaya and their supporters walked out of the meeting. On his way out Smit said “I’ll not take any invoice from any elected officals, as of tonight.” For those who were confused about the legality of any elections held that evening, it was pointed out that the constitution allows the executive to call elections. It was also pointed out, by members of the executive, that Chindaya himself had voted in favour of holding elections Tuesday. The association then got down to the business at hand as Bachir, who chaired the meeting, since he was the out-going president, asked for nominations. Abera Mahannen was the only person nominated,

Fe and was elected unanimously by a vote of 20-O-O. The association then decided _ that they would draft a letter giving the results of the election and the article of the constitution that proves their legality. The various international student associations will then be able to ratify the election. 4oug

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correction Our article last week on the ISA conflict quotes Salah Bachir saying _ the ISA executive “decided that since the vice-president wasn’t doing any of the work, wasn’t coming around, wasn’t participating ... that someone who had been president would be interim president.” The first occurence of the word “president” should be omitted. We’ regret the confusion this may have caused, as Makonen had never been ISA president before his appointment by the ISA executive in December and subsequent election Tuesday. We also apologise for misspelling Makonen’s name.

oriented” and 66 per cent considered there was opportunity for promotion. About a third of the respondents decided to continue their education. Half of them went for teacher training, despite poor job prospects in that field. The survey shows that threequarters of the students who went for teacher training were female, while well over half of those who went to professional school were male. According to the Ontarion, UG has surveyed its grads yearly since 1973, but did not release the full report from i976. An individual working on the survey who was not sympathetic to the administration leaked information which allowed a reporter to come up with the figures.

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Toronto (ORCUP) - Ontario Federation of Students (OFS) chairperson Miriam Edelson and members of the OFS executive expressed disappointment in the results of a Tuesday mqeting with Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Dr. Harry Parrott. “We expected to get some answers and didn’t get anything new”, Edelson told a press conference later that day. In a communiqu& issued by Edelson after the meeting, she stated that “his bottom-line position on grant eligibility periods, after months of negotiations, is that eligibility periods are here to stay .’ ’ The Ministry of Colleges and Universities’ proposal to limit grant assistance to eight terms (four years) would make over 6000 profe ssional and graduate students , and possibly over 9000 students in total ineligible to receive grant assistance next fall, according to OFS. The MCU has released few details of their new proposals for stujent aid, dubbed the Ontario Study Grant Program. The plan was originally to have been unveiled sometime this month, but indications are that it won’t be made public until March. Parrott’s executive assistant carol Vaughan told the chevron

Students who live in the Sunnydale area of Waterloo can catch a bus at the Bauer Warehouse in inclement weather, under a program unvieled at Tuesday night’s student council meeting by vicepresident Don Salichuk. Salichuk told council Tuesday the federation can hire a school bus from Shantz Rentals for $15 an hour and by charging students 15 cents a ride the service can support itself. He said he had wanted to start the service Monday; but had to wait until council allocated mone’y to operate it. His enthusiasm met with only slight reservations. Grad rep Dave Carter said “If there’s a rush, ok, but if there isn’t a rush all these things you’re bringing forward - it would be nicer to s&e down in print.” There was confusion when IS rep Sam Wagar moved that the report be accepted. Some councillors objected that it was only a verbal report. Wagar then suggested a motion that a report be made and that council then ratify any actions taken. There were some further rumblings and Federation President Rick Smit suggested a $200 ceiling on the project. Salichuk said $50 would be adequate. Salichuk further assured council that there could be no such trouble with the provincial Department of Transportation and Communication, as United Trails encountered, since the service would operate on University property. Administration and security officials have given their approval, he said. Council approved the service on a trial basis and allocated $50 to it. Salichuk told the chevron later the trial-run service would last until the money ran out. In a memo issued Wednesday, Salichuk said the bus will rtin every ten minutes between Bauer Warehouse and the Math Building between 7:50 am and 10:00 am Wednesdays. According to Salichuk, yesterday morning’s run drew only 38 students. He attributed this mainly to the mild weather, and said that it was well received by those who used it. jonathan

35% unemployed More than 35 per cent of Guelph University’s 1975-76 graduates who sought permanent employment were still unemployed five months later, according to UG Career Planning Group information obtained by the Guelph student newspaper, The Ontarion. Of those who got work, 40 per cent earned less than $175 a week, and 25 per cent earned less than $150 a week. The latter figure comprises 17 per cent of the employed males and 36 per cent of the employed females. Most of the employed found their jobs in Ontario towns of more than 30,000 population; 25 per cent worked in Toronto and another 25 per cent in the Guelph Cambridge KW area. Of those surveyed, 82 per cent described their jobs as “career-

“the minister said he would finalize it by January, but the students themselves (OFS) said no, we’d like ‘more time to put input into you. . . and have discussion on it, so he, at their request, held off awhile.” OFS fieldworker John Shortall called this claim “entirely fallacious’ ’ .

graduate student receiving assistance ,under OSAP, and having been at school for more than eight terms would not be suddenly cut off with the advent of the new plan. According to Vaughan, the ministry is confident that the forms and brochures for the new program. will be available in April, as normal.

“What we said was we wanted the details out soon, that we couldn’t have input into something that we didn’t know what the hell it was, and we made that argument consistently throughout the term,” he said. The plan includes a new table for determining the amount of parental contribution, and thus the amount of assistance received. Currently, if parental income is over $10,000 parents are expected to contribute about 10 per cent of that income to the student’s costs. The new plan also includes a proposal to base the student’s contribution on actual summer earnings, rather than the table previously used to determine OSAP grants . The MCU is reportedly considering some kind of “grandfather clause” to act as a buffer in changing over to the new program. This would mean, for example, that a

Earlier in the week NDP Colleges and Universities critic Ted Bounsall had complained that students would face delays in getting information and applying for the new plan, and that this would force some to drop out. He claimed this material was normally available in February. UW awards officer Dave Reynolds confirmed that April was the usual time to receive the application forms for the next academic year and that the province had assured him the material would be available. However, he said “I feel uncomfortable about it .” Edelson is on a three-week blitz tour of the province’s campuses which started at U of T yesterday in preparation for a meeting with the Davis cabinet Feb 9. “‘We want them to know where they stand after this meeting and they can decide where to go from there ,’ ’ said Edelson.

BENT- limps It’s going to be a quiet semester for student entertainment. With. four months remaining in the fiscal year the Board of Entertainment budget has already been spent. Tuesday night Council allocated $6,690 to subsidize student entertainment this winter. The funds will be taken from the Board of Education budget. Students can look forwqrd to two pubs a month, with live bands, and a few Disco pubs to fill in the gaps. Jackson Hawke, Lavender Hill Mob, Charity Brown, and Hot Roxx have been hired to perform at Pub nights in the South Campus Hall. A Blue Oyster Cult concert was planned, but the band cancelled recently. BENT hopes a replacement can be found to fill the March 10 date in the P.A.C. A Winter Carnival is possible and a few Saturday night get-togethers, featuring local performers, will take place at the Grad House. The operations of BENT over the past two terms have been a

The Chinese Students Association will soon present China Week ‘78, the purpose of which is to broaden the Canadian’s accessibility to Chinese culture. China Week on the UW campus is from January 16 to 20. The week’s highlight will be a talk by sinologist Felix Greene on contemporary China. January 16 has two movies in MC 2065 at 8:00 PM; The 17th has “The East is Red” in EL

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along series of fidscos. Bruce Leavens; the firit chairperson of BENT was ousted in early October. His replacement, Bruce Rorrison, resigned Dec. 5 after it was revealed that the entire BENT budget for 77-78 had already been spent. Returns from pub entrance and concert tickets did not come anywhere near paying for the entertainment, as most BENT events were poorly attended. Nick Redding took over the post of chairperson of BENT on Dec. 8. He hopes to run student entertainment on a “shoestring” budget this winter. Redding told students’ council Tuesday that BENT had been ineffective because of delinquent society reps and lack of board members with entertainment experience. “ I feel personally that I can make the structure of the Board of Entertainment work . . . there was a lot of blatant spending last term, but as for us going over the budget this term, I guarantee that this will not happen” he said. -huge

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101 at 8:00 PM; Jan. 18 has Shirley MacLaine’s “ The Other Halfof the Sky” in the CC Great Hall at 8:OO; January 19th has Mr. Greene’s lecture in Eng, Lecture Hall Rm 101 at 8:OO.PM. The Chinese Students Association welcomes everyone in the comlmunity to enjoy China Week. For additional .information please contact the Chinese Library in the CC basement or watch for posters.

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Agahst

“three

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The theory of “three worlds” 1957 the Canadian armed forces are to overthrow the rich minority of and the restoration of Teng Hsiaocontrolled by Washington, which exploiters who are leading the ping to power in China came under gives itself the right to violate world towards war. heavy criticism in the December 8 Canadian airspace, waters, etc. According to the AIA, world war political forum held by the AntiCanada’s military spending is is not inevitable; it canbe averted Imperialist Alliance. The present $4.8 billion this year and is by the revolutionary overthrow of leadership which seized control of scheduled to increase 12 per cent imperialism. If the two superpowthe Communist Party of China and per year over and above inflation ers do manage to launch a war, this the state in a coup in October 1976, until at least 1981, in order to will certainly give rise to revoluwas accused by the AIA of “workstrengthen the block of countries tion. ing to restore capitalism in China.” aligned with the U.S. -salah bachir The appointment of Teng as the This activity by the Trudeau government was actually praised in vice-chairman after he had previously been removed from office in the September 5, 1977, issue of April of 1976 for being a “capitalist “People’s Daily” in China, which against the roader” was given as an example of called this “vigilance Polar Bear.” (the Soviet Union) this. The theory of “three worlds” This support for the war preparawhich is the basis for the foreign tions of the Canadian state was vigpolicy of the new rulers of China as orously denounced at the forum. Crown prosecutor Douglas well as the domestic policy for their The February 25, 1977, issue of McDowell has asked for a postfollowers around the world was Peking Review suggested that the ponement of the trial of Comrade first elaborated by none other than people of France should support Hardial Bains, Chairman of the Teng Hsiao-ping in a speech to the their government’s plan to “deCommunist Party of Canada United Nations in 1974. velop conventional forces while (Marxist-Leninist), on charges of This theory divides the world strengthening nuclear power,” de‘ ‘ aiding’ ’ an American communist into three groups of countries, with spite that France is an imperialist to violate the Immigration Act. The the two superpowers, the United country which still holds some coltrial had been scheduled to comonies and is waging war against the States and the Soviet Union, formmence at 10:00 am today at the ing the “first World.” Indu’sliberation fighters in the Sahara, Kitchener Provincial Courthouse. trialized countries such as Japan, the AIA spokesman said. McDowell said that the prosecuCanada and European countries The new leaders in China have tion had “some last minute stuff to comprise the “second world”, also extended support to NATO for prepare” and that one of the RCMP whereas the poorly developed its strengthening of Western Eurowitnesses could not attend because countries of Asia, Africa and Latin pean military forces in opposition his wife just had a baby and he was America form the “third world”. to the Soviet Union (Peking Retaking the week off. According to the AIA spokesview, Dec. 23, 1977). The Bains case is the last one man, the current leadership in But the AIA spokesman stated remaining from the February 23, China condemns the Soviet Union that “NATO is an instrument of 1977, RCMP raid on the Norman as the main enemy of the world’s U.S. imperialism in Europe, and Bethune Institute in Waterloo people and the main threat of a new the task of the proletariat is to opwhich led to the arrest of 16 people world war, whereas they play down pose all such military alliances. for “aiding” one American to violthe threat posed by U.S. imThe AIA opposes both NATO and ate the Immigration Act. Charges perialism, which they claim is a de- the Warsaw Pact.. .” were dropped against all the others, clining world power and therefore a The theoreticians of “three although in three cases the proforce which can be united with worlds”, explained the speaker, secution forced individuals to preagainst the “one main enemy.” On try to smooth over class contradicpare their defence and then dropthese grounds, Teng and his ilk tions within various countries and ped the charges at the last minute. support the preparations of the dissuade the workers and oppresSeveral witnesses had travelled U.S. for war against the U.S.S.R., sed people from organizing revolufrom across the country at their and they have even gone so far as to tion against their own ruling clasown expense to attend today’s say the US should step up these ses, under the hoax that world war trial. activities and have actually berated is inevitable and that all forces The defence. has maintained the US for “appeasing” the Sov. should form a united front against from the outset of this affair that it Union by restraining its armaments danger”, the Soviet is a frame-up designed to discredit the “main procurement and military budget, Union. “These chieftains of opporand harass the chairman of which will reach only 126 billion tunism, draw no distinction beCPC(ML) because the state cannot dollars next year. tween socialist countries and deal directly with his MarxistIt was pointed out that an Americapitalist countries, and they anLeninist political line. Bains says can “opportunist nounce support for so-called ’ that the Canadian state is quisling sect”, the Oc“anti-imperialist” elements such and that it persecutes genuine pattober League, which supports Teng and the theory of “three ..as the Shah of Iran, Pinochet of riots who are opposed to the domiworlds”, Chile, Nimeri of the Sudan, who nation of Canada by the finance recently denounced are in fact puppets of imperialism capitalists of the U.S. He is a reJimmy Carter for deciding to cut and butchers of their own people.” volutionary who stands for the back production of B-l bombers, calling this move “appeasement” In opposition to this theory, the overthrow of the capitalist system AIA spokesman said that and the establishment of a socialist as well (The Call, July 11, 1977). Marxist-Leninists see the world distate of the dictatorship of the proThe AIA spokesman said this letariat. vided into two opposing camps, the American group calls itself “comThe RCMP, on the other hand, camp of the progressive forces munist” while at the same time calmaintain that this case is simply a struggling for peace, democracy, ling for the bolstering of the U.S. matter of immigration law and that independence and socialism; verwar machine. there are “no political overtones.” sus the camp of imperialism and The AIA says that “both U.S. The prosecution has refused to rereaction headed by the two superimperialism and Soviet socialveal what evidence it has or what is powers plus their puppets in variimperialism (socialist in words but the nature of its case against Bains. ous countries. imperialist in deeds) are the main They are still holding a large quanMarxist-Leninists do not call for enemies of the people of the world tity of political documents seized in rapproachment between the opand pose the same danger.” Both the Feb. 23 raid. pressors and the oppressed but superpowers are armed to the teeth 4oug wahlsten struggles and stocking up even more arms in rather for revolutionary preparation for aggressive war to redivide the world, seize new markets and sources of raw materials, and drown the revolution in blood. YOUR CHAPLAINS PRESENT: The current rulers in China also support war preparations of “second world” countries such as Francis Schaeffer’s Film: Canada that are aligned with the U.S., the speaker said. “THE SCIENTIFIC AGE” A detailed analysis of the role of the Canadian military was presented at the forum. The Trudeau ARE SCIENCE AND FAITH IRRECONSILABLE government’s white paper on deENEMIES? fence, “Defence in the 70’s” states that Canada’s defence should assist the efforts of the U.S. and that Thursday, Jan. 19, 7:30P.M., EL 103. militarily “Canada is closely associated with the United States. . . North America can only logically Stay for Coffee and be seen as one set of targets. . . the Discussion Afterward. Canadian and U.S. economies are highly integrated.” (p. 25) Under an agreement signed in

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also said an extension may be granted to allow them more time to gather the needed signatures. CKMS was able to get a letter sent to the UW Board of Governors from the Federation of Students recommending a separate refundable fee be set up for them of $2.50 per term and that the federation fee be reduced by $1.75 per term. A quick chevron survey on campus shows 10 percent of the 70 people interviewed do not know what CKMS-FM is. A little over half of the students listen to the station at least sometimes - most of them to the music. Concerning the petition, the majority of students have not seen the petition although they have heard something about it. Most of those who have seen it have signed. -maria

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Whereas the Trudeau government is increasing military spending to unprecedented levels while telling the Canadian people that in the midst of an economic crisis they must ‘“tighten their belts”, Whereas military and para military recruitment is being stepped up by a government which has no solution for unemployment and other problems facing youth and students, Whereas, the government has indicated its willingness to use the armed forces against the Quebec people, Whereas the armed forces aim their recruitment campaigns at students through our , \ newspapers, Be it resolved that Youthstream not send the following papers any more armed forces advertising and that Youthstream provide these papers with alternate advertising.; At the Canadian University Press (CUP) conference two weeks ago sixteen campus papers, in a protest

against the government’s war preparations, decided to no longer ‘accept armed forces recruitment ads which

are carried

by CUP’s national

ad network (see story page 7). The chevron staff made that decision last September.

editor

Neil

Docherty

Below chevron

outlines

enormity of the government’s military spending.

the recent

On December 22, Barney Danson announced that the Trudeau government approved the expenditure of $63 million as the first step towards acquiring six new patrol frigates for the Canadian armed forces at a total cost of $1.5 billion. Danson’s announcement is the latest step in the Trudeau government’s move to strengthen its armed forces. Within the last year, the Trudeau government has announced the purchase of the following items: -18 long range patrol aircraft at a cost of $1.1 billion -700 armoured cars at a cost of $350 million -200 Leopard tanks at a cost of $350 million -130 to 150 jet fighter aircraft at a cost of $2.5 billion -the E3A airborne warning and control system at a cost of $200 million -many other smaller items amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. A further $100 million will be spent on the construction of new ship repair facilities, and the government has discussed plans to replace 20 destroyer-class warships at a cost of $10 billion.

In 1977 the Trudeau government allocated $4.8 billion ( 11 per cent of its budget) on the military, and it has decreed that the portion of the budget set aside for new equipment will increase by 12 per cent per year over and above inflation, until 1981, when the figure, for capital expenditure is expected to reach $11.3 billion. The Trudeau government has also increased the size of the regular armed forces as well as the size of the militia and the reserve. The government has suggested that a national con‘scripted army be instituted, and has frequently spoken of civil war between the people of Quebec and the people of the rest of the country.

youths, who were looking for alternatives as a “force to serve the country”. The increased military spending is not designed to defend the country against any foreign power. The white paper,“Defence in the 70’s” makes it clear that there is no pretense that Canada may ever have to

defend its borders against US aggresslon. It states: “In defence of North America, Canada is closely associated with the United States. . . North America-can only logically be seen as one set of targets. . . The Canadian and US economies are highly integrated.” The point is underscored by a 1957 agreement which allows the US to deploy Canadian troops. The agreement puts the US in charge of NATO and NORAD troops. The white paper also points out that the purpose of defence must also be directed against, “the threat to society posed by viQlent revolutionaries and the implications of the recent crisis (October 1970 War Measures Act). . . merited close consideration in projecting Canadian defence activities in the 1970s.” The white paper also takes into consideration the “growing num-

bers of people (who) appear to be prepared to resort to violence to destroy the democratic process.” This sort of statement explains the government’s rational in purchasing 700 armoured cars, which are of little use in war, but are the type used by the British troops to patrol the urban streets of Northern Ireland, and for riot control. They also have to be seen in the light of statements made by various politicians - Allen Blakeney, Joe Clarke, Pierre Trudeau - about the possibility of civil war between the people of Quebec and the rest of Canada. Add to this Danson’s stated sup- ’ port for the neutron bomb, an instrument of mass slaughter, and you have good reason why a protest must be lodged against the government’s war preparations and military advertising in student papers. -neil

docherty

In response to growing unemployment among working class youth and university graduates, the government is expanding paramilitary programs, including Katimavick, appropriately known as Barney’s Brown Shirts. Meanwhile the amount spent on social services has been drastically cut back. What is the purpose of this increased militarization? When Danson introduced Katirnavick he made it clear that it was in response to the “powder keg” and “time bomb” of unemployed youth. He said there was a need to attract “highly motivated idealistic youth” and to use these The graphic on the left is how the RCMP portray themselves in the advertisements it places in student papers, opposite is the force doing some riot control training.

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The ads run by the RCMP in the -against the RCMP. student press depict the officers as all-round nice guys - helping peoSome actions against ple across the street, giving directhe native people: tions, speeding .- to the ,Trescue . . in a motor boat -all part ot what the ao 1873 - forerunner of the RCMP calls a “rewarding career.” formed as the North West Mounted They of course make no mention Police (NWMP). The main task of of barns being set ablaze, wire tap- ’ this force was to clear the way for western expansion. T,hismeant Ping, bomb Planting, mail opening, or the penning of a fake radical clearing the native people off their communique, - all activities land and onto reservations. The LO 11gi11 111 LUG 1cRailway Canadian Pacific cent mvestigations into the force. stretched westward and the It was because of this sort of ac- NWMP cleared the Indians from its tivity, and the history of the RCMP path. 1885 - the railway was used to that the chevron staff decided last NWMP troops to crush September not to accept its re- transport the North West Rebellion. cruitment ads. Activities against the native peoAt its annual conference in ple have continued to the 1970s. Halifax two weeks ago the Cana1971 a native person, Fred Quilt, dian University Press, a codied in custody. Lorn and Carolyn operative of campus papers also Brown - : ‘Unauthorised history of adopted this position. the RCMP” explain the case: “It was the RCMP who “allegedly” Below are some of the historical examples cited by the chevron de- beat Fred Quilt. It was an exRCMP officer who ordered the aulegation at Halifax in their case l

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topsy and conducted the first inquest. RCMP chose the jurors. RCMP suspended witnesses. TWO RCMP did the first investigation of the case and now again it’s two police doing the secret special investigation.” 1974 it was the RCMP in full riot gear who launched an assault against the native people’s caravan which was demonstrating on Parliament Hill. Against workers: During the building of the CPR the NWMP acted as strikebreakers and even worked as scabs. 1919 Mounted police armed with baseball bats charged a demonstration of workers during the Winnipeg General Strike. Two workers were killed and 30 others injured. 1931 another three workers were killed when the RCMP opened fire on a demonstration of 400 workers during the Estevan coal miners’ strike. 1977 it has been revealed the ~~___

RCMP sent in agents to infiltrate@ the Common Front of three trade unions in Quebec, and kept files on them. Also the force has been spying on officials of the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Government Employees Union. . Against immigrants: The RCMP has always held the immigrants are ‘ ‘the troublemakers” in Canada. During the high u nemployment of the 1930s the Cana .dian government deported tens of thousands of immigrants . 1931 the RCMP helped deport 7,000 people. During the Second\ World War they helped herd Canada’s Japanese immigrants into concentration camps. 1960- 1970s the RCMP denied entry to thousands of young Americans who refused to fight in Vietnam, but after the war saw no problem in allowing General Quang, a known -

Vietnamese criminal, to enter the country. 1977 the RCMP Security Service insisted that the Domicile Status be removed from the new immigration act. Under this provision an immigrant who had lived in Canada for five years could not be deported unless he or she had committed a serious offence. Against Communists and *progressives 1918 NWMP was used to enforce the War Measures Act which outlawed most forms of strikes, prohibited publication in 14 languages, and forced thousands of immigrants to register with the police as ‘ ‘enemy aliens’ ’ 1919 a NWMP cavalry unit was sent to Soviet Russia as part of an attempt by Western Powers to crush the new Soviet government. 1931 the RCMP was used to enforce section 98 of the criminal Code which made it a crime to belong to an “unlawful organisation” which was defined as one whose professed purpose was to bring about any governmental, industrial, or economic change by use of violence or threat of violence. In 1931 there were 720 arrests and 155 convictions of communists and progressives. 1970 RCMP played a imajor role in suppressing the Quebec people under the “War Measures Act”, 1971 Prime Minister Trudeau expanded the political police role of the RCMP by creating the Police and Security Planning and Analysis branch of the Solicitor General’s Department. 1977 we were witness to some RCMP activity locally. Feb. 23 Security Service officers and local police raided a research centre of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (CPC(M-L),) and four apartments allegedly in search of an illegal alien. Seventeen persons were arrested including the alleged “illegal alien.” While they were held in gaol the police searched the centre and left with four suitcases of political documents. The .RCMP claimed that security police were sent from Ottawa, to execute an “immigration raid” with no political overtones. Yet people were arrested who were not in the centre at the time, political documents were seized, warrants were not shown, and the local immigration department knew nothing of the raid.

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budget WATERLOC

STUDENT

for

Married

BUDrafts 1978-79

Forecast 1977-78

audget i977-

Income

Total

1,388,420 32,ofio

rentals inccne reserve on

from earned

Rents investigated:

1977 Apartments.

APP.RTPlWL'S

COMPARISON

Apartment Washerfdrjer Transfer Interest

Students

1,217,~54 24,000 22,000 31,314

19,775

reserve

1,134,869 17,226 31,905

1,294,468

1,286,679

The university wants the tenants of lfllarried Students Apartments to pay over 13 per cent more in rent next year, and the tenants association wints the administration to explain itselfrat a public meeting Jan. 18. The chevron has already stated in a Dee 2 editorial that the proposed increase is outrageous and has supported the tenants’ stand that they should not pay more than a six per cent increase. Below is an information package prepared by the chevron for the public meeting. AOso,chevron editor Neil Docherty analyses the effect of the university’s self-financing policy for the apartments, which forces the tenants to pay for administration mistakes. Salah Bachir analyses the ramifications of last year’s settlement of a nine per cent increase and shows how the students are being forced to pay while the government, oil monopolies and financiers reap the reward. The information was researched by Johnson Chang, Doug Wahlsten, and Marc Shafroth.

1,238,2ar 16,090 32.398

1,440,195

Income

Actual 1976-77

76 $

1,184,OOO

Exwnses Salaries

Supplies

33,734 74.461 3;360 1,632 3,000 7,065 4,868 5,000 la,474

31.825 70.363 3;200 1.540 3,000 6,582 4,608 2,000 16,627

29,332 64.716 3;200 2,184 3,000 5,783 4,608 2,000 16,627

3,200 517,814

3,200 517.814

3,200 517,814

14,200

7,200 125,900 29,000 82,390 6,000

6.459 105,000 29,000 77,000 6,000

6,459 112.000 41,000 77,000 4,950

office custodial custodial office apartmeht

Emergency cleaning Pension Group insurance Pest control contract Cable TV ProvLsion for amortization furnishings and equipment @apita debt rrtirrzw.: Provision for amortization major repairs Interest charged University overhead Heating Water Electricity Chemicals Telephone Insurance Housing administration Municipal taxes Washer/dryer repairs Furniture Mainte,nance chargeouts

642

600

7,050 8,300 213,541 2,000

Q61.000

ExDenses

Operating Unallocated of Year Unallocated

(Drficit) (Deficit)

Carried of

1,305,844

Increase

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Rent

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(74.367)

(62.991)

(22,616)

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$494,000

500 750 167,795 -

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5,292 12,722 172,512 1,599 1,351 136,899

Beginning

F>rvard

1979-79

629

6,550 7,597 174,623

25,464

~ Impact

15,890 1.085 5,695 88,686 26,282 69,486 5,390 600

6,550 7,597 199,884 1,000 2,000 189,795

1,414,731 ----Surplus Surplus

11,038 ;17,a14

Total

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Vacancy Table Average Vacancy Empty , mthly. rent Apts . rate $161.00 13 2.1% $25,116 $175.00 22 3.7% $46,358 / 1. $203.80 ’ 22 3.7% $53,803 2. $198.8 18 3.0% $42,941 3. $198.8 30 5.0% $71,568 The table shows the cost of vacancies to the tenants of Married students apartments. Each apartment left empty increases the rent for the tenants (see story) 1. is the first proposed budget from the administration which was based on a vacany rate of 3.7 percent. 2. is the figure from the latest budget for which the administration is banking on a decreased vacancy rate. 3. is the option discussed in the article which points out what could happen if high rents and poor conditions drive residents away. Budget year 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 (Draft)

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There are 240 one-bedroom and 360 two; bedroom apartments in the Married Students housing complex, but it is rare that all of these are occupied. When an apartment lies vacant owing to high rents or poor management, it is the tenants in the other apartments who must pay the costs. This is a direct, unavoidable consequence of the administration policy that the apartment complex must be totally self-financing like a privately-owned high-rise in Kitchener- Waterloo. This problem was apparent even in the school year 1976-77 when a vacany rate of about 2 percent colhtributed to a budget deficit of over $40,000. The housing officials in the administration carried this deficit forward to the next budget year and tried to recover it by raising the rents for students living in the apartments during 1977-78. Rents were raised in order to yield a $20,000 operating surplus. However, the higher rents evidently repelled some students, and the projected vacancy rate of 2 percent for 1977-78 grew to nearly 4 percent, wiping out any budget surplus. Combined with an unexpected $25,000 increase in municipal taxes on the apartment complex, this will result in a budget deficit of at least $11,000 this year, in spite of an $8,000 hike in washer/dryer charges to students and $22,000 hauled out of a reserve fund. A large part of the 13.3 percent rent increase scheduled for 1977-78 by the administration is intended to create a $25,000 budget surplus in order to pay off the deficits incurred because of apartment vacancies back in 1976 and 1977. It is difficult to come up with any convincing reason why tenants in 1978 should have to pay because of administration bungling in previous years. The cost of vacant apartments in terms of lost income from 1976 to 1979 (Dec. 1977 draft budget figures), shown in the table, totals $114,415. This is more than the cumulative deficit at the end of the 1977-78 budget year of $74,367. If the administration had shown more diligence in keeping the apartments filled, there might be no deficit at all. It stands to reason that apartments maintained in good repair with an attractive rent would not be vacant so often. But this is not the situation at the University of Waterloo. Instead, the Married Students apartments are being allowed to deteriorate while rents are rising rapidly, thereby discouraging prospectixe tenants and compounding the difficulties of the current residents. A third figure for a possible vacany rate of 5 percent is given in the table to show what could happen if high rents and bad condi-

tions drive away tenants. Deficit will rise, and remaining residents will be expected to pay for these losses. The absurdity of this situation is shown in the following example. Suppose that, instead of 13.3 percent, the rent increase for this Spring were 25 percent, raising the average monthly rent to $219.50. Now, if this drove out no more than 5 percent of the present population, yeilding a vacancy rate of 9 percent, the total income from rents woul‘d actually be $50,000 greater than the budget currently anticipates. Bruce Gellatly , vice-president, finance, would no doubt be hailed by the government as a financial wizard for squeezing a budget surplus out of a living complex with such a high vacancy rate. The next year the administration could do the same thing, and if they managed to achieve a 15 percent vacany rate, one of the 90-apartment courts could. be closed, generating fantastic savings in heating bills and maintenance. Then they could lease this vacant space for use as an office building or maybe a prison, generating actual profits. Gellatly might then be offered a cabinet post. Married students face hard times, not because there is a shortage of housing near campus, but because there is a shortage of affordable housing. Actually, there is a small surplus of housing but a real shortage of students who can pay for it. As long as the administration and the Ontario government insist that “student” residences must be 100 percent self-financing and that all price inflation should be passed on to tenants, students with insufficient means will be increasingly excluded. Already the proportion of married couples living there is declining and groups of single students are pooling their resources to pay the rent. In May the administration intends to start-renting space needed by low-income students to professors who can better afford it. This university did not hesitate to shell out $100,000 to buy a house for Burt Matthews -so he could entertain his rich friends on the Board of Governors, but it is a real pinchpenny when it comes to students. The university was very generous when some big professors wanted their own Faculty Club on campus, and it even guaran* teed loans for faculty who bought their own houses. It provides sophisticated research facilities for the big corporations and.trains specialists for them in the co-op programmes at no cost to the monopolies. But it turns its back on students who can least afford to pay a rent increase, forcing them to bear the burden of the economic crisis. -neil docherty

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Married. The Married Students Apartments Tenants Association enters the current round of negotiations facing a 13.3 per cent rent increase for 1978-79. This follows on the heels of a substantial 9 per cent rent hike for 1977-78. Last year’s agreement with the administration opened the way for further deterioration of the living conditions in the 600-apartment complex, and it ap.proved the principle of making the students pay for inflated energy prices as well as budget deficits incurred because of poor management. In late December 1976 the UW administration gave notice to the tenants of their intention to jack up rents by 13.8 per cent. This provoked an immediate uproar. and nearly gave rise to a march of mothers with hungry babies to confront the Board of Governors. Several graduate students, already hit hard by cutbacks in financial aid, were faced with living costs for mere subsistence that would exceed their meagre incomes. With strong backing from the tenants, the executive committee of the tenants associa-

tion approached the administration and demanded that the hike be rescinded. Entering into a series of negotiations over costs of various items in the budget, the two parties finally reached a sort of compromise - a9 per cent rent increase. The administration had argued the necessity of the original 13.8 per cent hike on the basis of higher prices for heating oil, water, electricity, garbage and snow removal, and grounds care. There were also to be increases in costs of janitorial services and repairs to the buildings. Finally, the increase was supposed to make up for part of a deficit of $40,000 incurred largely because of a high vacancy rate. The administration remained immovable on one major point - the apartments must be self-financing. All payments of interest on the mortgage, municipal taxes, etc., must come out of the pockets of the married students, even though these items are paid for directly by government grant for university buildings other than residences. All price in-

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The eight tables and one chart provide a profile of the major costs in the budgets of the three campus residences. It is the beginning of a chevron investigation into where the money goes, who gets it,, and who pays. Table 1 shows the major costs on all rents - the interest on the university’s loans. The ratio of principle repayment to interest in 1977 was 1: 11.3 for the villages; 1: 12.9 for Minota Hagey; and 1:20.5 for Married Students Apartments (MSA).- Note all figures in the table are rounded to the thousands which means that the figures for Minota Hagey are inaccurate because the sums involved are small. Table 2 shows how much the cost of utilities has increased over the years. * It should benoted that the MSA were not fully occupied until 1972 which explains why the cost quadrupled in the period. However, it can be seen that since 1972-73 the costs in all residences have more than doubled. Table 3 shows where the MSA tenants really lose out. They have to pay municipal taxes out of their rent, while in the other residents do not. Maintenance, table 4, is another area where the MSA tenants have suffered, mainly because the buildings were poorly constructed. But because of the university’s self-financing scheme for that complex the tenants have to pay for the sloppy building practices of Cadillac corporation and the lax supervision of the Ontario government. Table 8 and chart 9 should be compared. The chart shows the monthly cost of a single room in the various residences, excluding food, from Minota Hagey and the Villages. When compared with table 8 it shows how the rent is increased as the residences go into deficit. The deliberate self-financing policy in -MSA is particularly marked. Even though the complex loses money in 1972 and 1973 the rent is not increased until 1974 when the cumulative loss becomes greater than the amount of profit to that point.

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for reduced services. There was no celebration in the Married Students Apartments. Looking at the reasons for increased costs, it is clear that government-regulated price fixing on behalf of the big energy monopolies was a major culprit. Soaring oil and gas prices accounted for major chunks of the projected rent hike, considering that gasoline costs were a large part of maintenance charges as well. They obviously were not caused by high wages, because earnings were under severe restraint by wage controls and the AIB. Profits for the big U.S.-owned oil monopolies, the U.S.-owned transportation and equipment monopolies, and the finance capitalists of Wall Street and Bay Street are at an all-time high owing to price inflation and high interest rates. There may be an eConomic crisis, but you sure couldn’t tell it by looking at these big money-bags. So who is paying for the crisis? At the University of Waterloo, the Married Stu-

or less dents apartments in particular, the people are being forced to pay. The burden of the economic crisis is being shifted onto their backs. Increased operating costs have hit hard at custodial and maintenance workers who have lost theirjobs and the tenants who must pay higher rents that they can ill-afford. Summed up succinctly - the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer. In our society, it would be difficult’to find anyone richer than the oil barons or poorer that some of the graduate students living in Married Students apartments. The great injustice of last year’s rent hike is obvious. The administration’s proposal for the 1978-79 budget holds custodial services, repairs and replacements spending to the reduced level of 1977-78, but even then a 13.3 per cent rent hike is on the agenda. Once again, the main sources of higher costs are heating (oil), electricity, municipal taxes, maintenance chargeouts, and recovering of operating deficit. -salah

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At a time when one film can make or break a major studio, Columbia is banking on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to be its North Sea oil, saving itself from enormous debts. It will; it already ‘has - an $8 million advertising budget helps. The concept of the film is not novel - we’ve had close encounters before in such films as “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “War of the Worlds”. But, besides severely dating these films, “Close Encounters” is riding a science fit-’ tion tidal wave. Star Trek couldn’t die, and indeed is emerging from a time warp back onto your television sets, sans Speck. In the recording industry, s where it’s now fashionable to have a flying saucer on your record cover, Boston, ELO, Klaatu and Prism are currently on a Sci Fi kick. It was “Star Wars”, however, that sent the box office into hyperspace just as “2001: A Space Od‘jlssey” did on a smaller scale in 1968. Heaven knows what’s next. “Close Fncounters” is a fantastic film, but it isn’t much else (It doesn’t need to be). Master illusionist Douglas Trumbull deserves full marks for giving writerdirector Steven Spielberg’s film a ’ chance at superstardom. Trumbull also did special effects for “2001” and “Silent Running”. He is now turning his attention from animation to designing amusement parks. Spielberg has established himself as one of the three wise men of Hollywood. The other two are his friends Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas. Each takes turns directing the biggest money making movie of all time. Lucas’ “Star Wars’ ’ replaced Spielberg’s “Jaws” which replaced Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Following

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“Close Encounters” turn (though I doubt it - it’s not the type of film you see twice), which will be replaced by Coppolti’s “Apocalypse Now”, a film about the Vietnam War. No wonder Hollywood entrusts millions to these upstarts. They have not only earned the reputation of being artistic, but commercial also. The latter is essential, the former, nice. In “Close Encounters”, an inconsequential everyman, Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss), is transformed into a man obsessed with a vision after experiencing close encounters of the first and second kind. He is driven to sculpt what turns out to be Devil’s Tower, a large, flat-topped rock formation in Wyoming. To Neary, “This means something; this is important.” To Wyoming it probably means an increase in their tourist trade. Together with a woman who shares his vision, he sets out to try to understand what all of this means. Meanwhile, a team of experts have come to the same location - Devil’s Tower - through clues found in Mexico and India. What results, as the two groups ogle extraterrestrial diplomacy, is a visual feast. Spielberg’s directing shows that he still has his wit. Neary becomes so obsessed with his vision that he attempts to Sculpt Devil’s Tower in his mashed potatoes. We see what should be a car’s headlights pull up behind Neary’s truck. He motions for it to p&s him, but it elevates

instead. There are other good scenes: At night all the battery operated toys in a child’s room are suddenly activated, to the wakened child’s delight. In another scene, that could from have been clipped “North by NorthHitchcock’s west”, Neary and two others climb Devil’s Tower (in lieu of Mt. Rushmore) while being pursued by

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“crop-dusting” helicopters. The directing, however, is hampered by the ludicrous nature of the little plot there is. Neary’s vision is comically absurd instead of mysteriously credible. Character development is stalled at the “ Tell me if this is really happening” level. The characters are merely an extension of the gawking audience. “Close Encounters” is clearl/ not an actor’s film. If you want to see Dreyfuss act, see “The Goodbye Girl’ ’ . Teri Garr, as Neary’s wife, repeats her horrid performance of “Oh God!” as the woman who thinks her husband is nuts for believing what he says he has seen - switch UFOs with God. The great French director FranCcois Truffaut, however, is refreshingly enjoyable, as Lacombe. Vilmos Zsigmond’s photography is excellent; clear and sharp. Many of the night scenes are appropriately coloured with the haunting shades of an El Grace painting. Musically, the biggest novelty is a dueling banjos-like dialogue between a tuba from outer-space and an earthly

oboe.

John William’s musical score will probably not win him the Oscar he received for “Jaws”, nor the popularity he achieved in “Star Wars’ ’ . The main theme is based

on the five notes the aliens use in their contact with earth. Williams wrongly figured that if Beethoven could use four for his fifth, he could use five for his Third. There isn’t much science to quench the thirst of a Sci Fi nut in ’ “ Close Encounters”. There is only casual reference to. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity in which he determined that time would stand still for an object travelling at the speed of light. The aliens turn out to be largeheade;bmunchkins similar to the little green martians we have always envisioned. What is left is a rather popularized film on the UFO phenomenon complete with a cameo appearance by the world’s expert, Dr. Allen Hynek. Columbia will have lots of people looking into the skies in 1978. There will be increasing numbers of UFO sightings and alien contacts. The media will play them up big, just as they did man-eating sharks after “Jaws” was released. Extraterrestrial spacecraft do exist, but only in animation, an art form limited only by the imagination. We are alone. But it is such a popular deceit; “Close Encounters” is well worth the price of admission. -randy

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Rehearsals are beginning on January 10 for the Creative Arts Board next major musical performance, March 15 under the direction of maestro Alfred Kunz. You are invited to join in a lighthearted romp with “wicked and Godless instruments” through one of Haydn’s finest creations. Concert Choir rehearses on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in AL 116, and Little Symphony Orchestra on Sundays at 8 p.m. in AL 6, or if you are interested - the Stage Band rehearses on Fridays at 3:30 in AL 6 and the Concert Band on Wednesdays at 5:30 in AL 6. For more information, call Alfred Kunz, Music Director at ext. 2439.

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Entitled “The Royal Courts Revisited”, this programme, planned by the UW Renaissance Dancers is more than just another dance performance. It will feature a slide presentation with short explanations providing a cultural background to the colourful dances of long ago. The programme will trace the development of dance from 14th century Europe to the highly complicated forms of court dance in the 16th century, and promises to be a very interesting and entertaining presentation. The dancing will be accompanied by five musicians playing a variety of instruments from these periods. Performances will be on Tuesday, January 17, Thursday, January 19 and Friday, January 20 at 12: 30 noon in the Theatre of the Arts. It is open to all and free of charge. Highlight of the programme will be a slide of a 15th century “Basse Danse” manuscript which the dancers and musicians will interpret. The UW Renaissance Dancers is made up of four men and six,

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In what can on/y be described as insane brilliance, head writerjim Gardner and fellow writers have come up with the best script yet in the 76 year history of FASS. As a totally unbiased observer, I was invited to attend the first script reading of “The St. Valentine’s Day Fassacre”, this year’s presentation by the world renowned FASS Company. From the opening /in& it was packed with salubrious mirth, delightful delectation and a staggering a<mount of o/d fashioned humour. Yes, HUMOUR!!

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer seemed a logical growth of the British Progressive rock scene when they emerged into public view in 1970. Emerson was a classically trained pianist who had made a name for himself playing keyboards for Nice. Palmer, also trained in the conservatory tradition had been the percussionist in the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Lake had been bassist and vocalist with the immensely popular and inovative King Crimson. The rise in popularity of the group was astronomical on both sides of the Atlantic. They had recorded six gold albums by 1974 and achieved critical acclaim almost as consistently complimentary as their public acclaim. After their sixth album however the group ceased both recording and touring until the release of two albums in 1977, the rather pompously titled Works I and II. Works I, in particular, was quite inovative. Both comeback albums, however have encountered an almost uniform barrage of criticism. Works I and II have been called fragmented, insubstantial and pretentious. The group started a summer tour of North America in late May 1977. This was no ordinary tour, the group was augmented by a full symphony orchestra. Originally, this freshly recruited orchestra of fifty-nine american musicians was to play every town on the tour from Knoxville to Chicago. However, by mid-June three outdoor shows had been cancelled at a loss of $2 million in potential revenue. Either the tour would collapse in financial

disaster, or the orchestra which cost over $200,000 per week, would have to be dropped for all but the largest concerts - New York, Detroit, Chicago and a few others. The technical problems of balancing fifty-nine acoustic musicians against the band’s highly amplified electronic instruments were overcome successfully enough, but .at huge expense. Whether the expense was justified depends on your view of ELP’s music, which falls, very roughly, into four categories. First, are adaptations of classical works. Most of these & the Bach/Palmer Two part invention in D minor and Emerson’s adaptation of the fourth movement of Ginastvia’s First Piano Concerto (Toccata), - are essentially ELP transcriptions or arrangements. Occasionally, however, a piece is augmented beyond this. Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man was used as bookends for a blues jam, and in their popular modification of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, they added vocal and instrumental movements. Somewhat similar are a series of long original compositions built out of several small movements and blending contemporary and conservatory ingredients. These often have a fantasy or science fiction theme. The album ‘“Tarkus”, for example is a suite about a mythical half-tank half-armadillo, written in this manner. Thirdly, there are lyrical acoustic ballads usually written and sung by Greg Lake. These are often shorter works like “Knife-Edge” or “Hallowed Be Thy Name”.

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reat co eehouses without Fed support A capacity crowd at last Sunday’s Campus Centre Coffee House was captivated by the music of Willie P. Bennett, Paul Campbell and Jamie Sutherland. Jamie Sutherland is the first of what CCCH co-ordinator Bruce Tomlinson is determined to make a regular feature at the Coffee House. “Every week,” Tomlinson said, “we are going to do our best to bring in a fine localfguest artist .” Wille P. was in top form-on the eighth. His repetoire included songs from both his albums, Hobo’s Taunt and Tryin’ To Start Out Clean. The highlight of the evening was his rendition of the old spiritual “Will you Miss Me When I’m Gone.” Paul Campbell, who will be appearing January 22nd, put in a surprise appearance during Willie’s second set, meeting with a warm audience response. Federation support for this term’s performances was withdrawn after organizational confusion led to financial problems.

sion led to financial problems. CKMS-FM and the Campus Centre Board are sponsoring the current entertainment. CKMS is booking the musicians and has also been providing regular free on-air publicity. / The Campus Centre Board has established a contingency fund to cover potential niggling expenses. Volunteers staff the entire operation. Because of the present clear-cut organizational structure and financial arrangements the Coffee House staff anticipate a successful series of Sunday night Happenings. The next CCCH attraction will be Christopher Kearney. Kearney, who has released three albums on the Capitol label, will be making his second appearance here. Last March he played to a large and enthusiastic audience. “We’re really lucky,” said Tomlinson, “to start the year with two such excellent artists as Wille P. Bennett and Christopher Kearney .” -burns/assman

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A cast of gargantuan proportions under the expert hands of director Ian Allen will display talent the likes of which has never before been witnessed in modern day theatre! The tickets for this not-to-be-missed extravaganza may bet obtained from the Central lox Office in the Modern Languages building beginning Mon’day, january 16. The show runs from Feb. I-4, so buy your tickets soon to avoid a horrible disappointment!!! -david gouthro

ted00 Finally, the group plays a number of heavy metal rock, jazz/rock numbers such as “Nutrocker” and the very popular “Tank”. The most surprising thing about ELP’s work is how well it hangs together despite the different elements and personalities. The reason is simple: Regardless of who initiates an idea, everybody has to be behind it or it won’t be used. So what can you expect from the current ELP tour which brings them to Kitchener on Wednesday, January 18th? Mostly, good entertainment, visual as well as aural. Emerson was one of the earlier practitioners of rock-as-theatre in the 1960’s, attacking his instrument, leaping over it, even overturning it. Even today, despite Palmer’s revolving drum stand with its computerized light show and dragon bedecked gongs, Emerson provides most of the spectacle. The theatrics certainly add to the group’s entertaining ability but some might argue that they detract from the music. That is something everyone must decide for him/herself. -peter

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Hardy gives a fine performance Hagood Hardy, a native of Oakville Ontario, played before two packed audiences at the ,Hagey Hall of the Humanities last Saturday. Both shows were sold out several days in advance. The show as opened by singer and flautist Katherine Moses and her Trio which included Ralph Piltch, playing electric and occasionally acoustic guitar, Tom Sizniak on fretless bass, and Brian Leonard on drums and percussion. This group played several light progressive jazz pieces which the author particularly enjoyed, featuring solos by all four artists. After the warm-up, Hagood Hardy and his orchestra, which included the warm-up band members came on stage, and played for about an hour. His music, a not easily labeled blend ofjazz, pop and office background music, was well played and backed-up by ’ 12 violins, 4 cellos, 2 french horns, a trombone, an oboe, and an assortment of percussion devices, in addition to the talents of the four opening musicians. Hardy himself finessed on the piano and vibes and displayed a good sense of humor between songs. Although few students attended the concert, the crowd was largely members of the community, who reacted favorably to the performance. The UW Arts centre has several more performances including jazz and classical concerts and dance displays scheduled for this term. -stephen

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Pre-season Wrapped-up The regular season started for the warriors last Wed. night with a game against MacMaster. The outcome of the game will most likely be important come the end of the season. In preseason play the warriors finished with 9-5 record with wins against 2 American schools, Brantford Seniors (2), Toronto Estonia,

McGill (2), Brandon Manitoba, and St Mary’s. They lost to Dalhousie, Manitoba, Estonia, and Mercyhurst. The last game of the preseason was a 73-72 win over St Mary’s in the consulation final of the Nova Scotia Invitational played in Halifax. The warriors were down as much as 22-6 but surged to

Men are top seed The fencing team took the York Invitational Men’s Trophy for the most points scored in this 3 weapon event. The men’s epic team consisting of veterans Rob Nichol, Jim Hamilton and Tony Remy tpok an easy first. Rob and Jim then teamed up with George Masurkivitch and together they sliced-out all opposition to take the sabre.’

Tony Remy lead the rooky team of Joe Fereny, Greg MacDonald and Robert Goss to take a well earned 5th in the foil. These victories, plus a previous foil championship at Kingston -makes the univ of Waterloo Men’s Team the top seed in all three weapons for the up and coming OUAA championships. yeorge

within 6 points (34-28) at the end of the half with the play of Jim Commerford. In the second half each team traded baskets until 5 minutes to go when the Warriors managed to maintain a 1 point lead. The win by the Warriors was considered an unset. I Coach McCrea was impressed by the play of Lyon Passmore and Brian Ray: -

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Final notes: WLU has added another American to their line-up, a guard, D. Whaley . Symore Hadwen was chosen for the all-star team in every tournament the Warriors played in. The OUAA West may be a five horse race for four positions with Windsor, WLU on top and MacMaster, Waterloo and Guelph mixing things up.

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The Athenas basketball team fouls on the shot to go to the line started off the new year with a close \ several times. victory over a club team from ToLouise Taylor and Bonnie Zagronto, the Stingers. rodney, guards, both had a good The Toronto team played a zone first half. Directing the offense defence which caused the Athenas well, Lou was penetrating and to be down a few points at the be- going for the shot. Bonnie scored ginning of the game. Coach Sally nine points and demonstrated her Kemp made afew adjustments, and hustle and aggressiveness by pickthe UW team ran the offense which ing up the rebounds. enabled it to attack the zone. Before Christmas, the Athenas Kemp played everybody during played two league games to bring the course of the game, trying diftheir season record to three wins ferent combinations of players. She and two losses. Waterloo defeated felt it was not a bad game, considerCarleton 72-24, and- the next day ing it was the first time back after proceeded to overwhelm the Windthe holiday break. sor team 92-41. The Athenas used a full-court A great game to watch this man-to-man pressing defense for weekend will be the one against the most of the game. In the second half, they tried a zone defense, but National Champions from Sudit was not effective. bury. This hustling, hard-driving tqam from Laurentian University The half-time score showed UW has a 6-O league play record so far. ahead 27-23. In the second half, the The match will be held this SaturStingers outshot the Athenas to day, January 14 at 8:00 pm in the bring the final score to .a close main gym of the PAC. 57-55. Sue Porter had a great second Yet another exciting game is exhalf, coming up with 8 points and petted next Saturday when U of plenty of rebounds. Another post Ottawa travels to Waterloo to meet player, Jan McMullan, exhibited the Athenas on home court. Game her aggressiveness by drawing time will be announced next week.

Tourney starts On Friday and Saturday of this weekend, 13th and 14th, the University of Waterloo Athena’s will host their 1 lth Annual Invitational volleyball tournament. This tour. nament is a notable one within the province and will feature many high ranking teams both’within the province and outside Ontario. Teams such as Michigan State, University of Manitoba, Dalhousie and the defending champion, Sherbrooke Quebec will be here. From within the province the top ranked Western team will be present to try. and capture the coveted gold med-l-

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A psychology professor concluded in the December 2nd chevron that “The more brain workers the nation has, the richer it is.” There seems to be a serious shortcoming to this theory. I don’t see how it can account for two well-known phenomena confronting educated Canadians today. First, it has become very difficult for university graduates to find good jobs because the demand for educated people, which the professor calls “brain workers”, has declined. Second, the government has been cutting back spending on higher education since 1971 and is, now taking steps to restrict university enrolment, especially the enrolment in graduate and professional schools. As I understand the above theory, if the “nation” wants fewer “brain workers’ ’ , then it follows that this “nation” does not want to become any richer. This is difficult for me to swallow. I invite this professor to show how his theory can account for these two phenomena. I suggest the following modification of the theory: The richer the nation in relation to its population, the more brain workers can it afford. Over-production of commodities threatens a decline in the profits of the capitalists, so they lay off their employees and shut down production. The level of unemployment rises, leading to a further reduction in demand for commodities and a deepening of the crisis. Production stagnates, investment in new plants and technology declines, and hence the demand for highly educated “brain workers’ ’ also declines. The government responds by cutting back on education spending and diverting the money saved to the big corporations in the form of tax cuts in order to bolster their sagging profits. The burden of the crisis is shifted onto the backs of the people. Profits remain high, whereas students from the working class who have taken out loans to pay for their education will not be compensated by jobs commensurate with increased qualifications. The rich get richer, while the poor get poorer. David Ricardo Economics

Stan up to old tricks Stanislav Reactionnaire is up to his old tricks again (chevron, Dec. 2). He dishes up a real concoction which he terms “the essence of Marxism” and then refutes it with some equally dubious theses, - This blockhead cannot deal with what Marx and Engels really said, so he tries to discredit them by fabricating his own version of “Marxism”. To put the record straight, let me quote what Engels termed the “fundamental proposition” of the Communist Manifesto, a proposition which he said belonged to Marx: “That proposition is: that in every historical epoch, the prevailing mode of economic production and exchange, and the social organization necessarily following from it, form the basis upon which is built up, and from which alone can be explained, the political and intellectual history of that epoch; that consequently the whole history of mankind (since the dissolution of primitive tribal society, holding land in common ownership) has been a history of class struggles, contests between exploiting and exploited, ruling and oppressed classes; that the history of these class struggles forms a series of evolutions in which, now-a-days, a stage has been reached where the exploited and’oppressed class the proletariat - cannot attain its emancipation from the sway of the exploiting and ruling class - the bourgeoisie - without, at the same time, and once and for all, emancipating society at large from all exp-

loitation, oppression, class struggles.”

class distinctions and (Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party; Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1972; p. 13, Preface to the English edition of 1888). Is this not crystal clear, that Marxism regards class struggle as the basis for development of society? But S.R. claims that Marxism asserts: “The material base, i.e. the production of goods, is the primary fat-I tor in the development of society.” This blockhead cannot distinguish between the actual “production of goods”, and the “mode of economic production” and “social organization’ ’ . What he has dished up is more properly termed the theory of productive forces and this theory has landed him in the same cesspool with Teng HsiaoPing and other professional falsifiers of Marxism. There are a host of other distortions in his letter, but I will not belabour the point here. I have heard that some others on campus are also joining in the movement to expose this charlatan, so I will keep this note short to make room for them. S.R. concludes his letter by saying that “Boring repetition of quotations from a XIXth century philosopher will get us nowhere. Now, this may be true, but I would like to add that accurate “repetition of quotations” from Engels prove that Rennis is talking bullshit. An admirer

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More on StanisJiav I have just read Stanislav “Brainworker” Reinis’ letter to the chevron on December 2, 1977 - “Communism reactionary”. In his letter brainworker Reinis argues that the development of modern science and technology and its application to production means that: is disappearing as a a.> “Proletariat class. . .” b.) “‘There is not, there never was and there will never be any victorious proletariat.” Brainworker Reinis has raised this nonsense to attack Marxism and the AIA. He says that Marx reached the conclusion that the fall of the bourgeoisie and the victory of the proletariat are inevitable because he only took into account “the proletariat. . . using their hands and rather simple tools . . .” and not modern technology (or what brainworker Reinis says is “equipment designed by trained specialists” .) Reinis says that Marx “overlooked” the “equipment designed by trained specialists” and this led him to the mistaken belief that the fall of the bourgeoisie and the victory of the proletariat is inevitable. Reinis argues that technology is eliminating classes, class struggle and the necessity of proletarian revolution. I have two points I would like to raise. First of all, if the ‘proletariat is disappearing as a class...’ and ‘there is not, there never was and there will never be any victorious proletariat’ why is brainworker Reinis so hysterical in his attacks on communism and Marxism? What are you so worried about Stanislav ‘Brainworker’ Reinis? The second point I would like to raise is that Stanislav ‘ Brainworker’ Reinis must have failed Grade 8 history on the industrial revolution: a.) Reinis says: “In the XIX century, it was the proletariat which, using their hands and rather simple tools, produce the goods.” The point that brainworker Reinis wants to emphasis is the use of ‘their hands and rather simple tools’ in the time of Marx and Engels - the XIX century. He wants to contrast this with modern technology of the XX century. Reinis must have flunked his Grade 8 history: What Marx and Engels point out is that: “The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarcely one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together. Subjection of Nature’s forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture, steam-navigation, railways, electric telegraphs, clearing of whole continents for cultivation, canalisa-

tion of rivers, whole populations conjured out of the ground - what-earlier century had even a presentiment that such productive forces slumbered in the lap of social labour? (Communist Manifesto, p. 37). This was written in 1848, which is in the XIXth century. This is what brainworker Reinis calls the use of ‘their hands and simple tools’. b.) From the above its is obvious that Marx and Engels did not ‘overlook’ the development of science and technology and its application to production. Marx and Engels call this ‘Modern Industry.’ Here is what Engels says about this: “We divide the history of industrial production since the Middle Ages into three periods: (1) handicraft, small master craftsmen with a few jour? neymen and apprentices, where each labourer produces the complete article; (2) manufacture, where greater numbers of workmen, grouped in one large establishment, produce the complete article on the principle of division of labour, each workman performing only one partial operation, so that the product is complete only after having passed successively through the hands of all; (3) modern industry, where the product is produced by machinery driven by power, and where the work of the labourer is limited to superintending and correcting the performances of the mechanical agent.” (Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Introduction to the English Edition.) This was on April 20, 1892, which is the XIXth century also. Engels is obviously talking about ‘equipment designed by trained specialists’ and not the use of ‘their hands and simple tools’. The modem industry that Engels is talking about in the XIXth century “where the work of the labourer is limited to superintending and correcting the performances of the mechanical agent.” ’ From their study of Modern ,Industry (‘equipment designed by trained specialists’) Marx and Engels concluded: “The advance of industry, whose involuntary promoter is the bourgeoisie, replaces the isolation of the labourers, due to competition, by their revolutionary combination, due to association. The development of Modem Industry, therefore, cuts from under its feet the very foundations on which the bourgeoisie produces and apropriates products. What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, are its gravediggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable.” (Communist Manifesto, p. 46, which was written in 1848, which is in the XIXth century>

So, is it Marx who ‘overlooked’ modern science and technology and its application to production? Or was it the Grade 8 flunkey, Stanislav ‘Brainworker’ Reinis who ‘overlooked’ Marxism to attack Marxism. I would conclude that Marx overlooked nothing. Marx and Engels did not even overlook Grade 8 flunkeys. They described such charlatans as follows: “Just as in the modem state it is presumed that every citizen is competent to pass judgement on all the issues-in which he is called to vote, and just as in econo’mics it is assumed that every consumer is a connoisseur of all the commodities which he has occasion to buy for his maintenance - so similar assumptions are now to be made’in science. Freedom of science is taken to mean that people write on every subject they have not studied and proclaim this as the only strictly scientific method.” (Anti-Diihring, by Frederich Engels,p. 5 1. This was written on June 11, 1878 (which is in the XIXth century). So Marx and Engels even did not overlook the likes of brainworker Reinis who considers electric telegraphs, steam-navigation, application of chemistry to industry and agriculture, railways, etc. as the use of ‘their hands and simple tools’ in the XIXth century! Some “science”! Some “brainworker” ! a proletarian

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In a feedback letter Dec. 2 Stanislav Reinis used up two columns to first mangle Marxism, and having fully distorted it, to then spew out one assertion after another. In defense of truth I would like to take

issue with one of these “Assertions of, Stanislav Reinis”. First he devises a new class which is determined by the colour of a worker’s collar (hardly Marxist) and then states: “Even the character of the blue-collar class has changed. They are not poorer than one hundred years ago.” His implication is that workers are getting richer. Reinis, however, offers no proof of this, and there is of course evidence which sshows this not to be the case. For example it used to be that a family could live in their own house and be supported by just their father’s income but now the trend is that women are having to work so as to augment the family’s income, and the proportion of workers who own their own homes is declining. A study of the census shows that in 1951, 19.5 per cent of Kitchener’s women were in the workforce, whereas by 1971 69.7 per cent were working. Even with more women having to come out to work so as to augment the family’s income, the real disposable income for all family sizes in the income range from $3,000 to $20,000 in 1975 is actually less than it was in 1954. (Canadian Tax Journal March-April, 1977) Also, according to the Weekend Magazine (Dec. 24,1977) an Eaton salesgirl is actually worse off than her counterpart way back in 1901. Recently small farmers in the U.S. demonstrated to demand parity of their income in relation to costs with what farmers used to get in 1914. And just in the years between the 1961 and the 1971 census there was a marked trend away from workers owning their own homes. In 196128 per cent of the dwellings in Kitchener were not owned by the occupant, and by 1971 that figure rose to 40 per cent. The lesson to be learned, Reinis, is that you should stop talking tripe, and unless you are willing to do some investigation before you write, then shut up. Neil Docherty

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letter “AIA

I, myself, have found other reasons to dread the AIA. I have been told, for instance, that in the new and wonderful society-that the AIA is working for, there will be no place for bourgeois art, such as that produced by Beethoven. (I wonder if Neil Docherty still contends that ‘Beethoven served, and continues to serve, the ruling-class? Since the demise of the “Gang of Four”, the Canadian Brass has toured China and Beethoven has been performed in public by a Chinese orchestra in Peking!) The only culture that is p,ermitted, in their vision of the brave-new-world-of-the-future, is that which satisfies the criteria of “People’s Culture”. I am worried, therefore, that Jewish culture will not meet these stringent conditions and will thus be eliminated (along with most classical symphonic ,music) if the AIA’s conception of worldorder ever achieves world dominance. Understanding their contention that no artist can produce art which can transcend the class of his/her patrons, and that no artist can sever his links with his own class, enables me to perceive why the AIA can not comprehend that, as Jews, we possesss a distinct cultural identity which gives credence to our claim to peoplehood. It is their. enslavement to the strictly “material” dialectic that falsifies their vision of the world. To understand life, and the world, one must be aware that there exist intangible and non-material forces which have a real effect upon the real world. Otherwise, how can one explain why some atheists or agnostics and worldly Jews claim to be Jews. Are these secular Jews victims of capitalism and the propaganda of capitalism, or are they simply the inheritors of a vibrant cultural identity? continued

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continued from page 13 Not to suprisingly, when it suites them, the AIA can amend their definition of a Jew. For example, Marsha Forrest - whose parents were Jewish(?) - was a MarxistLeninist, and, therefore, anatheist by definition, has often been referred to (when referred to at all), by AIA sympathizers and members, as an “anti-Zionist Jew” in order to give credence to any anti-Israel ravings that she may have been instrumental in propagating. This is, indeed, peculiar when one recollects that, according to the AIA, to be a Jew one must embrace certain religious beliefs! In general, it is impossible for any person who considers himself a Jew to work in close proximity with any AIA member, for any length of time, without undergoing severe mental anguish. People whose parents were Jewish but who are not, personally, observant of religious or cultural traditions and values can, and do, co-exist with AIA members. This is due to the fact that such people are assimilated and, in reality, have no cultural identity, save that which is imposed upon them by the state or society. __- -. To me, the AIA represents a denial of my right to cultural and spiritual selfdetermination. The AIA says that in the future I will have no individual choice in either my secular culture or in terms of my religious and spiritual identity. The AIA says that I can not transcend my class and therefore I can not transcend any physical, or material, component of my existence. In the society proposed by the AIA, I will not be allowed to examine or expand the relationship between myself and (my conception of) God. The AIA does not recognize that it is not the existence of God that is significant, but, rather, the relationship between man and God. Metaphysics is not the stock-in-trade of an AIAer. The point with which I am concerned, more pragmatically, is that even though the WJSA has open membership, with restrictive requirements, we are not given the same access to space that the AIA is given. Whoever compiled the handbook this year did not bother to contact any representative of the WJSA - even though the Federation of Students Office had the names and addresses of our executive -to ask us to make a submission. Instead, the editor(s) merely lifted an obsolete article from a previous edition of the handbook and reprinted it! The AIA was given a full page, whereas we were given only one paragraphwe did not even have the opportunity to chose what paragraph should be reproduced. During the academic year 1975/76, before my tenure at the University of Waterloo and my association with the WJSA, the- AIA (under the leadership of Marsha Forrest) sponsored a demonstration outside a private community function held by the Jewish community at the Beth Jacob Synagogue in Kitchener. The assembly was organized by the WJSA and the program consisted of a banquet and was followed by a speech which was delivered by a supporter of Israel. If the banquet had been open to the general public then it would have been natural to expect that those people with opposing points of view to that expressed by the guest speaker, would legitimately have been entitled to demonstrate outside the forum. However, the internal functions of the Jewish community, though not closed to public scrutiny, are not the business of the AIA. A banquet at a Jewish religious or cultural community centre must be free from AIA harrassment, even if the ,AIA does not agree with all of the ideas expressed therein. There is no justification for the AIA’s apparent contention that they have the right to censor what ideas are conveyed to Jews or determine what speakers will be permitted to convey those ideas. Such audacity certainly represents an attempt to muzzle the intellectual freedom of the Jewish community. In the same way that police harrassment forces the AIA to act like an underground, or quasi-underground, organization, AIA harrassment of the Jewish community has forced us to have more closed meetings than we would have desired. In short: The Jewish community has

the right to investigate certain ideas, even if those ideas do not meet with the approval of the AIA. The AIA, however, does not recognize that its actions do manifest an unmitigated display of impertinence and demonstrates, “through its social practise”, that it has determined that it has licence to harrass Jewish assemblies and functions. It is for the above reasons that I feel that the inclusion of the AIA article - the AIA having irrevocably engraved its hostility towards anything pertaining to Jews or Judaism - and the exclusion of a recent and accurate account of our activities is, within the context of the implicit anti-Jewish sentiment of the AIA, indeed, grossly insulting to our organization and is, consequently, anti“. semitic in effect. Phillip Cramer

Resmmse Johnston

After reading Paul Johnston’s “Comment on ‘ In defence’ ’ ’ (chevron Dec. 2,1977, page 23), there are certain “philosophies and ideas which I find disturbing”. The most disturbing of all is that Mr. Johnston claimed that there is an “increasingly common tendency of members of society to ‘protect their asses’, to try to hold on to or increase their share of the pie, without any regard for the consequences”. He refers to the public opposition to cutbacks in education and other services. Granting that there is a ‘pie’ to be shared among all -sections of the people, let us go ahead-and examine the share of-each section. The share of the education sector has definitely decreased. BIU (Basic Income Unit by which the provincial government funds universities) for the current fiscal year is at the level of 1968-69 and will decrease further in 1978-79. (chevron Nov. 18 1977, page 7). Students are faced with fee hikes as well as increasing difficulty in obtaining aids due to the changes in OSAP regulations (chevron Oct. 7, 1977). Therefore it is established that the share for the education. sector has decreased. Let us now look at the share of the largest section of the society, the workers. First of all, there is a grave problem of unemployment. Almost one million workers are without a job, according to official figures. This unemployedsection of the workers has no share-at (all and has great difficulty in getting one because the job situation is really bad. Moreover, more stringent conditions have been imposed for eligibility of the unemployment insurance. In K-W area, an unemployed worker has to have a job for twelve weeks (previously eight) in the past twelve months to be eligible for unemployment insurance. What about those ‘lucky’ ones who manage to hold on to their jobs? Have their shares increased? No! Their real disposable income is actually less than it was in 1954 (chevron Sept. 23 1977 page 7). Their wages lag behind inflation. With the rate of inflation at ll%, their wage settlements is held to a maximum only 8% (6% at present)(Chevron Nov. 18 1977 page 10). The injured workers have also found it hard to get compensations from the workman’s compensation board. A good illustration is the case of Mr. Erhard Keinitz of Kitchener (chevron Oct. 27 1977 page 7) who staged hunger strikes on several occasions to protest the maltreatments he received from the WCB. Hence we again establish that the share of the workers has also decreased. Other sections of the social service program has also had their share decreased. In health care, we witness the closing of hospitals, layoff of hospital workers, rise in the premium for OHIP, etc. An interesting question arises at this point. Simple logic tells us that it cannot happen that everybody’s share decreases at the same time. Someone’s share must have increased! After looking through the chevrons published in the fall, I finally found the answer. It is the rich, the big monopoly capitalists. Corporation profits enjoy an as-

tronomical increase for the past three quarters of this year, (77) an increase of 14.9% over that of the same period last year. Interest payments on public debt which also go to these big ‘money bags have also gone up. In 1972-73, it was $480 million, but in the current fiscal year, it will be $1,042 million and by 1980-81, it will be $1,330 million. (chevron Nov. 18 1977 page 10). Therefore the rich gets richer. It is clear to me now that there is an “increasingly tendency of members of society to ‘protect their asses’, to try to hold on to or increase their share of the pie, without any regard for the consequences”. In fact they do more than that, they want to devour the whole pie. These people are the rich, the monoply capitalists. But the people are not just going to sit around and let them do whatever they want. The people will resist. In fact they have resisted with successes. The people also know fully well what that consequences of their resistance are. They only lead to a betterment of their livelihood!, and a decrease in the profits of the big capitalists. John Taylor

More on Johnston In the feedback section of the chevron on December 2, Paul Johnston wrote a response to our open letter to Harry Parrot I (chevron Nov. 18, 1977, page 23). Apparently, Mr. Johnston and we do not agree on all major issues involved. In this letter,- we do not intend to respond to all the points he made because of the limitation of space. Mr. Johston claimed that “governments carry deficits in order to encourage the economy and satisfy public demand for services”. He went further to say that “today, both economics and politics call for a decrease in government spending to help fight inflation. The government has reacted to this situation in the only way it can and is truly acting in ‘defence of the Ontario -tax payers”. This is an unsubstantiated statement. Mr. Johnston made no attempt at providing some .sort of evidence to show us what the government’s reactions are and how they truly act in “defence of Ontario tax payers”. We did provide some illustrations which Mr. Johnston might have overlooked. In our open letter to Harry Parrot, we presented the following: a. Restraint program of the government means cutback in education, health care and other social service program. On the other hand, interest payments on public debt, which is termed “committed spending”, has increased from $480m in 72-73 to $l,042m in the current fiscal year and will be $1,33Om by 1980-81. Here we do not see any restraint whatsoever. b. The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of over 11% for the first quarter of last year while wage settlements increased by a maximum of only 8.6% and will be reduced to merely 6% for this year. This has resulted in the astronomical increase in corporate profits, 14.9% for the first three quarters of this year as compared to last year! c. In 1977-78, personal income tax and retail sales tax will have accounted for 42.6% while corporation tax accounts for only 11% of the Ontario government revenue. -Also, personal income tax has increased by 545% since 1967 while corporation income tax has gone up by only a little over 300%. After publication of the letter, new facts have become available, which show how the Ontario governme’nt is “defending the interest of the tax payers”. The case of Ontario Hydro is really a good illustration of the government’s “defence”. Ontario Hydro is second only to the federal government in terms of indebtedness. In 1974, the debt was $4.8b and since been increased to $7.6b in 1976. Close to $1.4b has been borrowed this year and in 1978, the borrowing is expected to be $1.7b. Almost half of these borrowings are done abroad, mostly in the U.S. Moreover, for the next

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five years, Ontario Hydro will borrow $12.5b for its capital construction and 75-80% of this will be done abroad, and again mostly in the U.S. This huge debt incurred by Ontario Hydro is a tremendous burden imposed on the people of Ontario. Hydro rates have increased by 12.4%, 22% and 30.3% since I975. There will be further increases of 9.5% in 1978 and 18.5% in 1979. Interest payments amounted to over $254m in 1975 and over $318m in 1976. Fully $.33 out of every dollar collected for hydro rates go into the big money bags, mostly in U.S., in the form of interest payments. Mr. Johnston may insist that Ontario Hydro has been “dictated by public demand” for energy to borrow all this money. However solid facts prove otherwise. In 1976, 25% of electric energy was consumed by households and they accounted for 33% of Ontario Hydro’s revenue. On the other hand, the largest industrial consumers used 31.7% of the power, but accounted for only 12.7% of the revenue. This phenomenon is due to the fact that ordinary people must pay about fifty percent more than the giant industries in hydro rates. So the way the government has reacted is not that mysterious after all. First they borrow a large sum of money from the New York moneybags to construct a hydro project. The people are made to pay for the debt plus interest. Then the energy generated is sold back to these same industrialists at a reduced rate. This is what we called __- milking the cow twice. We can list a host of other government _ actions, but these only reaffirm our understanding of the “government’s reaction”. For example, Ontario government announced on Nov. 14 that a grant of $2.77m is to be given to a research program over the next five years to assist mining industries explore new mineral deposits. Among the recipients of this service are the Into and Falconbridge which engage in massive layoff of their employees. Into and Falconbridge are the two leading nickel producers controlled by the U.S. investors. For the past five years, Into’s after tax profits totalled more than $lb. In 1976, this company ranked third amongst all companies in Canada in terms of net income. The government is certainly reacting to the situation. On the one hand, we see the generosity of the government towards the big corporations. While on the other hand, we witness the most stringent restraint being imposed on the people - the rolling back of wage increases by the Anti Inflation Board, stricter conditions for the eligibility for the unemployment insurance, fee hikes for students and differential fees for foreign students, cutbacks in education, health care, etc. This is “truly” a “defence of the Ontario tax payers”. Mr. Johnston, we agree with you that “there is a cost involved in the provision of services by the government” and that this cost “must be borne by someone.” However, the big questions are whom are these services for and who pays? Government provides service to the big mining industries at cost of $2.77m and the cost is borne by the tax payers. Ontario Hydro provides cheap electric power to the big industries both inside Canada and the U.S. at a reduced rate at the expense of the people. It is clear that governments are providing services to the big corporations both in Canada and in the U.S. and the cost of these services is borne by the people. The government has launched an all out campaign to make, the people shoulder the burden of the grave economic crisis and to blame them for all the problems of the society while handing out lots of money to the big corporations both in Canada and in the U.S. generously in the form services and interest payments at the expense of the people. The attacks on the students such as fee hikes, proficiency examinations, cutbacks in education etc., are just part of this program of the government. To attempt to split the unity of all students, foreign students have been singled out for attack: Recently, foreign students are de-

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nied the temporory premium assistance for OHIP coverage‘ which is an indication of the intensification of this attack. What should we do in the face of this attack? Our counterparts in Quebec and Chile have shown us examples. In 1973, students in Quebec, uniting around their student defence organization and relying on their own strength forced the government to change its policy on loans and bursaries. Just recently, students in Chile, under the fascist Pinochet regime, defeated the reactionary scheme of “self- fianacing of universities” (i.e. students are made to pay for the entire cost of financing the universities). They defied the threats of the government and refused to pay the enormous amount of tuition fees. They have successfully defended their basic interest. Let all students, faculty and staff unite in action to defend our basic interest! International Students Association University of Waterloo-

Smit is a true racist! On December 8th, you Rick Smit voted in support of a bill (Bill C-24) that would deport me for supporting the overthrow of any government in the world, including such fascist regimes as Ian Smith of Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda etc. This bill could also deport me for other reasons,. without ever knowing why I was being deported, no right to a trial, nor any appeal. You were the only one to support this Bill C-24 in the council meeting. (Even Larry Smylie voted against it.) In December you also went around tearing down posters put up by the International Students Association against racist attacks. You little petty dictator gave yourself the right to decide who can and who can’t put up posters. Tearing down these posters only means implicit support for racist attacks. In December you “Big Daddy” decided to cancel a Christmas party ‘for International Students who had no place to go over the holidays. First you refused the already allocated money; second you cancelled the room booking. (The party carried on with over 60 people!) You Mr. Smit complained that someone was trying to make you look like a racist in the January 6 chevron. You further state that “I am sick and tired of hearing about racist attacks against the people . . .” Your actions speak for themselves, the actions of a racist, a petty dictator. Mae Chong Bill Rono Mohammad Guita

Questions to h&ten It has taken one year for Dr Wahlsten to answer my criticism of Lysenko (see “Lysenko investigated”, chevron Jan. 6, 1978). I am happy that he finally came forward.with his letter. It is however easy to answer. In the manuscript of my old letter to the “free” chevron, which I still keep, I wrote: “According to Lysenko, genes in chromosomes are capitalist propaganda. “Probably due to a typographical error during printing of chevron, I noticed that the ’ ‘free’ ’ chevron printed: “ According to Lysenko, genes and chromoso..mes are capitalist propaganda.” Big deal, Wahlsten!

After one year of hard work you discovered one misprinted word. Why didn’t you ask me in time? Now, your personal vendetts mis%.fired again. Even the charlatan Lysenko cannot deny something that each high-school student may see under the microscope. I hope I explained this thing sufficiently in my letter to the Real chevron, March 18, 1977, when I quoted Kostriukova: “The hypothetical connection of the empty abstraction (of the gene theory with specific substrates chromosomes, DNA - declared to be “material carriers of heredity” does not confer on these abstractions material content. . . . ” etc. This quotation shows that I knew that they knew chromosomes. To other carefully selected quotations from Lysenko in Wahlsten’s letter I may only comment this: It is no doubt that in the works of unbalanced people with some completely . unacceptable views, one may find quotations which may be taken of the context of the person, time and conditions and interpreted as good, modern and progressive. You may murder people in thousands, and justify it by quotations from Marx. You may find very humanistic paragraphs in Marx as well! Every first year biology student knows that cytoplasmic heredity exists. But-was it Lysenko who discovered it, who produced some reproducible experiments demonstrating it? How did he contribute to our knowledge in this field? Answer, please, a few more questions: 1. Do you really believe that genes are empty abstractions? 2. Do you, with Lysenko, reject the chromosome theory of heredity? 3: Do you believe, with Lysenko, that cuckoos are born from other species of birds when they eat hairy caterpillars‘? Why don’t you buy a pair of canaries and feed them with hairy caterpillars? 4. Do you believe, with Lysenko and his pupils, that firs may be changed genetically into pines? 5. Which of the original Lysenko’s theories do you consider correct? Which of them are wrong? 6. /What do you think about Lysenko as an organizer of Soviet agriculture? 7. Where did you find that Lysenko was vilified and slandered by Soviet revisionists? 8. Do you know that he was a “Soviet revisionist” himself? And now, Salah Bachir with his letter “Reinis is obscure” ! By gosh, that is really fun! He probably spent the whole Christmas holiday concocting this beautiful example of Mickey Mouse-style Marxism. His letter is too good to be answered at once, and I shall return to it next week. Now, only one thing. Bachir says: “ . . . even those who only do brain work are part of the proletariat if they have to sell their “brain working power” as a commodity to gain the means of subsistence.” What a beautiful definition! According to Bachir, everybody is proletarian. I am a proletarian, and even the Queen of England is part-time proletarian. Prime Minister sells his “brain working power” to the bourgeois state. In the same way, the General Manager of the Toronto Dominion Bank is a proletarian; Members of Parliament are proletarians and divisible into Proletarian Progressive Conservatives, Proletarian Liberals and Proletarian NDP - unless they have some other source of income, for example, Canada Savings Bonds. Brothers, what are we waiting for? We may have proletarian revolution here and now! Let us only cut the throats of those who steal the profits coming from our work, e.g. those who get interest on their savings! By writing your letter, you became a right deviationist. You are now nearer to Renegade Kautsky or Willi Brandt than to Lenin and Mao. Otherwise, I don’t think I have to answer different character-killing comments and sentences like “a certain professor Reinis, “Reinis does not use his brain” etc. They are a typical example of Communist arrogance and obviously represent peaks of the sense of humour which both Wahlsten and Bachir are able to reach. Bravo, Comrade Wahlstenko, bravo!

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Smit in,the same l mould as Roberts “No one on campus wants to see a repeat of the conflict that happened last year”, said Rick Smit, referring to the chevron in hisoctober 1977 presidential campaign statement. Yet the day after his election he told the K-W Record (Ott 26 p.30) he didn’t like the “editorial rag” image of the paper; an image which according to the Record story, he says is due to “domination by members of the Anti-Imperialist Alliance (AIA), a political organisation”. He added - “ I want to convince the chevron to modify the editorial slant of the paper. . .I’ And what is this editorial slant? Since September the chevron has written the following editorials: - in opposition to the compulsory English Language Proficiency Program and i;s false premises; -in favour of a federation that defends the basic interestsof students (unlike the present one); - against the increased criteria for passing courses; - against Burt Matthews’ acquiescence to “the new reality” of even greater cutbacks and the increased workloads that carries for students, staff and faculty. in support of the struggle of the tenants of Married Students Apartments against an outrageous rent increase. This “editorial slant” is one of a democratic newspaper which defends the basic interests of students against attacks by the government, the administration, landlords etc. Rick Smit, however, wants to “convince” staff to change its stance. How has he pursued that aim? Has he written letters criticizing our editorials? No! Has he issued his own position on education cutbacks, proficiency exams, workloads, rent increases, OSAP restrictions etc, to show where we are mistaken? No! . In fact, since he assumed office of president, neither he, the federation executive, nor the students council has uttered more than a ppeep on these critical issues confronting students. One stand council has taken in defence of students since Ott 25 was to approve a National Union of Students resolution opposing the new immigration act Bill C-24. Smit, however, voted against the motion, and according to council minutes spoke in defence of the Liberal government policy. by Shane Roberts - to purge certain Smit has taken up the mission left uncompleted militants from staff and to reverse the editorial stance of the paper. Specifically, in last week’s feedback, he called for the ousting of the editor and news editor, elected by staff. He is trying to use the worn-out tactic of anti-communism to attack the basic interests of the vast majority of students. Although he claims the problem is AIA he includes on his blacklist staffers who are not members of AIA, but who happen to regularly work on cutbacks, job shortages etc. Now Smit may be doing nothing to defend students against the government, but he is taking up active harassment of the chevron staff. The only public statements he has been issuing are trite inane letters to feedback, usually complaining about articles in the chevron. Sometimes our coverage fell short for Smit, and other times we lacked humour, and last week he came away with this gem of utter nonsense: “Why do you conduct yourselves in a manner that borders on schizophrenia when confronted with laissez-faire ideals?” But the latest imitation of a student leader has done more than just write letters. As part of his campaign to “convince” us to modify our editorial stance he took to hurling snowballs against the editor’s office windows, for a period of about two weeks. He has also strutted into the offices disrupting our work to level withering criticism against certain staffers calling them “turkeys!” Meanwhile Smit is in charge of a federation which for the first time has-to survive on refundable fees. The entertainment program is in disarray and economic ruin. The fed prez has suggested the chevron staff is “far removed from reality”. Yet he is the captain of a sinking ship who seems oblivious to the holes in his own hull. We don’t think the students at UW want the federation and the chevron constantly at loggerheads in a rerun of last year’s battle. We believe that many stud.ents support our stand against education cutbacks etc, and want to see this content developed further. But Rick Smit wants to fight the chevron staff instead of the Ontario government. His original campaign statement was obviously a deception, and now the gloves are off. Fine, if Smit wants N a fight we won’t disappoint him. Defending the basic interestsof students includes fighting any federation hack who tries to force a change in the editorial stand of the chevron. -the chevron staff

the Member: Canadian university press (CUP). The chevron is typeset by members of the workers’ union of dumont press graphix and published by the federation of students incorporated, university of Waterloo. Content is the sole responsibility of the chevron editorial staff. Offices are located in the campus centre; (519) 885-l 660, or university local 2331. . m. and now for the most fulfilling part of the paper, our staff box masthed, that “first hello and last goodbye” (to quote god, or as-some know him, roger whittaker) from salah bachir, ciaran o’donnell, doug wahlsten (the mentor) (chuckle), maria catalfo (nice to see you back!), Oscar nierstrasz, dave carter (woken at an ungodly hour for a correction), doug goodfellow, andrew vanwyck, Scott barron, don (copy-editing) martin, peter (uncuttable) thompson - i moved an advertisement for his review . . . did you read it? go back you cretin it must be good, i moved an ad for it... david gouthro, mark mcguire, nash dhanani, brenda rootham (i think), george vasiladis (i think), jules grajower, mark schafroth, new working recruits hugo miCTer mi?) and eric anthony latimer (lo!) and greetings to those so new as to not have appeared yet in the paper - eleanor grant and david zapparoli and john renaud the sports photographer. i guess i should mention ckms because they mentioned us last tuesday at news time. . . if you want to be mentioned in our charming staff box, you can mention us on the radio or gander over to the office and contribute to the only nearby newspaper which defends the basic interests of the students and also teaches you newswriting, layout, and (by heaven!) photography. you may even be snowballed by smit . . . what more can you ask of life? and not only do neil docherty, jonathan coles, Sylvia hannigan, and laurie lawson send you‘best regards but so does the mad photographer jwb.

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raise On January 20th, the Athenas will be-holding the second annual Baskethon. This is a national fundraising project sponsored by the Canadian Amateur Basketball Association (C.A.B.A.).The basketball Athenas will receive 50 percent of monies collected, Basketball Ontario 25 per cent, and C.A.B.A. the remaining 25 per cent. The proceeds to the provincial and national organizations will be used to help promote the game among Canadian youngsters. The Athenas’ share will go towards the cost of the trip to the exhibition tournament held last November at Lakehead University. Participants in the individual section will take 100 foul shots. Pledges will be collected for each shot made. To be eligible for the following prizes, money must be in by January 28. Money Raised: $25 - Official basketball crest or pin! $50 - National Baskethon T-shirt plus crest or pin. $100 - Eligible for draw for 100 Molten basketballs or 100 pairs Converse basketball shoes. Most Money Raised: A) Top two in Canada - each win two air tickets courtesy Air Canada to Women’s

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Monday, January 23, 1978 is the starting date of the University of Waterloo - University of Victoria Jogger’s Challenge. The objective of this challenge is to determine which campus has the greatest per; centage of joggers amongst fulltime students, faculty and staff. To participate (or is it participact) one simply jogs a minimum of 24 miles within the period of eight weeks ‘(3 miles a week for eight weeks or 6 miles a week for four weeks or whatever). To register, come to the Intramural Office room 2040 PAC anytime between 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday and fill out a ’ registration form. You can register anytime until March 1st as long as you agree to run the 24 miles. When you have completed your minimum of 24 miles, phone the Intramural Office, extension 3532 and inform us of your fine effort. Anyone on campus, faculty, staff and students can register. University of Victoria has claimed that they have the most joggers on any University in Canada. We believe, we at Waterloo have more. Let’s find out. Come and register and participate. Contact Peter Hopkins in the Intramural Office for further details. Personal Challenges Ed Aziz challenges Mike Bryson to better my mileage during, the University of Waterloo - University of Victoria Jogger’s Challenge. If you have someone to challenge within our own University drop it off in the Intramural Office room 2040 PAC. Doubles Tennis Tourney Tournament Type: Men’s A and B levels: Women - one level only. Everyone guaranteed minimum of 2 games. Entry Deadline: Monday, January 23 4:30 p.m. room 2040 PAC. Draw Meeting: Wednesday, January 25 6:00 p.m. room 1083 PAC. Tournament Dates: Sunday, January 29,

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Leader Swim Course: Cost: $25.00; Approximately 13 weeks long; Starts Friday, January 13th, 1978; Every Friday at 2: 30-4: 30 p.m. Minimum of 10 for course; Hurry, hurry, limited numbers. Contact Jim Watson Ext. 3533 for information. A Kilometre of Quarters There will be a Royal Life Saving Society fund raising campaign on Saturday, January 21st, 1978 between 9:00-5:00 p.m. at Fairview ‘Mall. It is a “kilometre of Quarters” which entails setting up quarters in a long continuous line with prizes awarded at various intervals which are donated from local merchants and the R.L. Society. The funds will be disseminated to local Royal Life Saving projpts. For information contact Jim Watson at ext. 3533. Snow News (Is Good News) The bus leaves Friday, January 13 at 9:00 a.m. from PAC Blue South for Vermont. If you don’t have your final deposits in you’d better make it snappy so we can run a smooth trip (besides, to miss this would be a crying shame) Pay at the PAC offices. The Quebec trip is filling fast. For those of you who don’t know what it is., ther’s the lowdown. It’s from February 19-24, there’s five days of skiing at Mt. Ste. Anne and six nights accommodation at the Auberge Des Governeurs. The cost is $138.00 for non-members and $145.00 for non-members. The hotel is downtown so everyone’s close to the pubs and discos. We will be greeted by a welcome wine and cheese party. Everything is included in the price except food and proof refreshments. Upcoming, January 20th, we are going to Big Blue again. There’s an

CWIAU championship in Calgary or to Men’s CIAU championship in Halifax. B) Up to 100 top money raisers will each receive a savings bond worth $500.00

Best Shooter: The best shooter in each geographical area goes to an all-Ontario shoot-out to determine the Ontario Free Throw Champ-

ion. This individual will represent Ontario at the National Baskethon Shootout to be held at the Men’s CIAU Basketball Championships in Halifax March 10-12, 1978 and will fly there courtesy Air Canada.

X-Country Party coming up and a “picture” party- is in the works. For those of you who don’t know what this is don’t miss it. What happens is that everyone brings their best candid skiing pictures to a party and circulates them. Think snow. Outer’s Club The first meeting for the winter term in Thursday, January 12 5: 30 p.m. PAC 1001. The meeting will elect a new executive and fix some dates for cross-country/snow shoe trips and a rock climbing clinic. Canoe Clinic An instructional clinic in the art of canoeing is already planned for Saturday, January 14 in the PAC pool starting at 9: 30 a.m.. If you are interested in participating call Walter Kasper at 576-3783, come to the meeting on the 12th or come along to the pool on the 14th. Cross Country Skiing , Outer’s Club is amaigamating with the Cross-Country Ski Club. This means that there should be a lot of cross-country activity this winter - day trips, weekend trips and competitive events. -

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thimas’ fUnds ’ National Winner: The NationalChampion will win two air tickets to anywhere in the world via Air Canada plus $ 1 ,000.OO spending money. The team competition is being organized by the Women’s basketball team. This fund-raising event has an emphasis on participation. Any group of four people may form a team together and collect pledges. Each member will take 25 foul shots for a total of 100. The Athenas will provide prizes for the best four teams of the competition. Actual prizes will be announced next week. Participant forms may be collected from the women’s coach, Sally Kemp in room 2050 of the PAC, any time before January 20. Get ahead and start now! The shoot-off will take place Friday night. All of ;he Athenas will be participating in the National Baskethon. If you would like to sponsor any of them, contact the individual players or talk to the coach. You’ll recognize ‘the Athenas from the portraits around this article. : Good luck to all participants!

Warriors in Wrestling The University of Waterloo Wrestling Warriors will swing into action with two meets this coming week. On Wednesday, January 11, 1978, the Warriors will host the University of Toronto in a dual meet in the UW PAC Building. The Wrestling Warriors have been working out under Head Coach Kurt Boese and Assistant Coach Gary Gardiner. Gardiner, a graduate of Waterloo Collegiate has been attending Simon Fraser University for the last three years. Gardiner, although eligible to wrestle for the Warriors will probably concentrate on helping Head Coach Boese for the remainder of the ye-ar. Boese and Gardiner have been pleased with the work of Peter Muirhead and Jack Rodgers in the young wrestling season. “They have been our two hardest workers’ up to the present time,” said Gardiner. “Their hard work will pay off.” Two freshmen who have caught the eyes of the Coaching Staff have

been Andre Riopel and Maldwyn Cooper. Riopel, who hails from Timmins, will wrestle at 155 lbs. while Cooper, who comes from Bramalea Secondary School will wrestle at 120 lbs. Don Marin, one of -the veteran Warriors, has just returned to the campus from his work term. He had been working in Timmins. Don has been keeping in shape while on his work term and is ready to move into competition. Marin wrestles at I142 lbs. On Saturday, the Warriors will participate in the Queen’s University Invitational Wrestling Meet. ’ “This should provide us with a good indication of where the strength will be in the OUAA this season, ” said Gardiner. “After the Queen’s Meet, we’ll know where we stand in relation to most of the other OUAA teams.” Wednesday’s Meet in the PAC between Toronto and Waterloo will start at 6:00 P.M. There is no admission charge for the wrestling meets.

W Varsity s iers finish 3” The varsity x-c ski team was in Muskoka last weekend to compete in two separate racing events. On Sat. the 7th, the Joselin Cup was held in Gravenhurst. Toni‘(polesa-blazin’) Scheier came 4th of 30 racers in the 5 km. junior men’s event, and Therese Harman came 14th of 31 racers in the women’s 5 km event. Peter Laurich, Stuart Stark, Joe Lunn, and Greg Derbyshire placed 16th, 32nd, 53rd,‘and 62nd respectively in the senior men’s 10 km race. On Sunday the 8th, nothing could dampen the spirits of the 1200 or so racers and tourers who started the 9th annual Muskoka Loppet - not even a steady drizzle, rain, wet snow, and more rain

deluge. The 30 km Loppet starts on the lake at Port Sydney and winds its way though the woods to a finish ’ at Hidden Valley near Huntsville. Imagine about 1000 skiers, (some skiers start 10 km from the finish), thrashing for a good position at the mass start; within a kilometre, the track is groomed for two skiers only! In the Men’s Elite race, Peter Laurich placed 21st, Toni Scheier 26th, Stuart Stark 31 st, Rich Petit 35th, Greg Derbyshire 64th, and Joe Lunn 74th in a field of 120 racers. Both Therese Harman and Harold Mayer skied in the touring events and did well: Therese placed 42nd in the women’s eyent, and Harold placed 74th in the

men’s event. Literally hundreds of skiers started the tour. As a university team, Waterloo faired very well in competition for the Jake Edwards trophy (for varsity teams) by finishing 3rd overall, much to the dismay of the U. of T. ’ team! Only Western (2nd), and Guelph (1st) had the edge over us. But, next year. . . ! However, don’t you wait until next year to compete. If you’ve got a competitive itch to scratch, join us at the next race. Give Stuart a call at extension 2359 (days) for more info, or look at the team’s bulletin board in Blue North, PAC. It’s satisfying, and fun! Thanks, Helene, for coming up to Muskoka to support us. rreg

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