1977-78_v18,n37_Chevron by Editor Imprint

volume friday,

Over

5,000

students

gathered

at queen’s

park

yesterday,

to protest

government

cut b&s

in secondary

education.

attend.

Bill Davis

refused to meet the students,

78, number march 77,

and Harry

Parrot also declined

--photo

Entertainment

7978

by ran reeder

controversy q

There are rumblings of conflict between the Arts Society and the Federation over entertainment and a proposed new Arts constitution. The new constitution, presently awaiting approval by the Fed council, changes the society’s name to “The Arts Students Union”, and appoints councillors from the presidents of various clubs, rather than electing them from the Arts students at large. Arts society president Joe Macdonald explained that the elected representatives didn’t attend meetings, and didn’t report back to the smaller societies. He felt that the clubs really represent the Arts students, and putting club presidents on the executive would allow for more direct contact between the Arts Society and its smaller components. However, Federation president Rick Smit opposes the new constitution, saying that having club presidents on council would be undemocratic. BENT chairperson Nick Redding also supports direct election, and says that ifasociety’s constitution was undemocratic then the federation subsidy might be cut. Macdonald has threatened that if the federation cuts Artsoc’s subsidy, he would advise Arts students to refund their federation fee. Arts society is also angry that the federation scheduled the March 17th Jesse Winchester concert

INSIDE:

within four days of the Arts Society’s Oscar Peterson benefit concert. Macdonald complained that the federation was late in delivering tickets for the Peterson concert, saying that this had an adverse effect on ticket sales. Smit considers the late delivery hasn’t made any difference. Also, Artsoc claims more consideration is given to Math and Engineering than to Arts. Smit feels

that this is because Artsoc is not living up to its potential in producing events. Macdonald’s response is that Artsoc’s problems producing events ended when they found a new entertainment director. He pointed to this term’s inter-club pubs, semi-formal and benefit concert as evidence of this. -Sheila -ciaran

stocking o’donnell

EngFsh skfl!k are properly taught ,A 300-page report entitled “ Achievement in Basic Skills’ ’ was released in January by the Ministry of Education. The scientific study, sub-titled “A Longitudinal Evaluation of Pupil Achievement in Language Arts and Mathematics”, compares the skills of public school pupils from grades 5 to 8 over a forty-year period beginning in 1933. The author of the report, Dr. H.G. Hedges, concludes that there is clear improvement in the language arts over that time. In spite of the report’s sub-title, the actual study dealt only with reading skills and vocabulary. As a result, one must take some care in generalizing from these results to abilties in other language skills.

Further, since the study was carried out in public schools in St. Catherines only, it may have no significance for-the rest of the province. The author points out, however, that “most -school systems have gone through approximately the same stages of development”, and it is clear that he considers current criticism of pupil performance a result of poor memory and biased outlook. This report, the only one of its kind, completely refutes any notion that the reason language skills are poor at the end of high school (if they are) is that students were not properly taught in public school. 4on

CH !ic 1.

Armed forces jobs ’ chevron referendum (?!) UW’s Board of Governbrs Entertainment begins

martin

P 3 P 5 P’ 12 P’ 17 l

IMPORTANT: due to Easterholidaysthe chevronwill bk published on Thursdayof next weekAll deadlinesare movedup accordingly

The Ontario government’s financial vise continues to tighten or UW, President Burt Matthews said Wednesday in announcing tht 1978-79 budget. The new budget projects a 5.2 per cent income rise, a figure which does not match the 1977 inflation rate of about 8 per cent, Matthew: said. The main factor in this decline in real income is the skimpy Ontario government operating grant to UW, and to other universities ir the province. The 1977-78 income increase was 10.2 per cent. As a result of this cut in real income co-op students will have to paJ higher co-op fees, salary and wage increases for faculty and staff will bt held to about 5 per cent, and the proportion of the university budge allocated to library acquisitions, furniture and equipment purchase! and travel will decline. “We have to face the fact that the provincial treasurer has spoken not only about the current year but also about future years - and we don’t expect much deviation from his figures,” said Matthews. Co-op fees will’rise to $75 per term from $60, resulting in an increase of $120 over the five years of an average co-op program. Matthews argued that the fee has not changed since September 1970, a period in which tuition fees have risen by 37 per cent and co-op students’ incomes have risen by 80 per cent. The total amount of money available for salary and wage increases for the 735 faculty and 1,800 support staff will be held to $2.7 million in the new budget. That is a full $1 million down from the amount allocated to salary and wage increases last year. The total wage and salary budget for faculty, staff and teaching assistants is about $56.5 million in this year’s budget. The provincial treasurer’s March 7 announcement that Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan costs will go up by 37 per cent beginning in May will cost faculty and staff money. The extra $227,000 in fees will probably be taken out of the $2.7 million fund available for increased wages, Matthews indicated. At present the university pays 92 per cent of the OHIP costs for its employees, but that figure will drop if the OHIP increase is passed directly on to the employees. If the university decides not to pick up the tab the OHIP increase will come directly out of the employee’s pockets. The budget anticipates a drop of $140,000 in tuition fees because of a decline in enrolment of about 190 full time equivalent (FTE) students from last year. The decline in student numbers from the 77-78 year to 78-79, could result in a reduction in the student-faculty ratio, Matthews estimated. This reverses a trend of steadily rising faculty-student ratios which began in 1971-72. From that year until 77-78, total student enrolment rose by 24.7 per cent while faculty numbers increased by only 2.9 per :ent. The change pushed the student-faculty ratio from 15 in 71-72 to 18 n 77-78. But if the ratio is reduced this year it will not be through additions to Faculty numbers ‘stressed finance vice-president Bruce Gellatly. The ‘reeze on new hiring of faculty and staff positions continues, and “just 3ecause there’s a position open doesn’t mean its filled,” Gellatly said. The budget passed the Senate finance committee Monday. It will be ‘orwarded to the Senate Monday March 20 and will be passed on to the Board of Governors for final approval April 4. The $68 million budget projects a deficit of$400,000, but Matthews :xpressed confidence that prudent spending throughout the year will :ut the deficit and perhaps even produce a balanced budget. -larry

hannant

the chevron

b-day, can help you. Come to Overeaters Anonymous. 7:30-9:30pm. CC 135. pus-student f faculty or , Deadline is noun Tues-

Friday Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Kent County Pickers from g-lam. $1.25 after 7pm. Table Tennis Club. Regular playing session 7-lOpm, Players of all calibre welcome. 7-10pm. Upper Blue Activity Area. PAC. The House of Bernarda Alba. A drama about women in the villages of Spain by Garcia Larca. Directed by Tom Bentley-Fisher. Tickets are $3, Students/seniors $2. Available at the main box office, ML 254. 8pm. Humanities Theatre. Federation Flicks The Pink Panther Strikes Again with Peter Sellers. 8pm. AL 116. Feds $1, Others $1.50. Agora Tea House. Herbal teas and home-baked munchies are available. A time for discussion and ‘conversation. Everyone is welcome. 8-12 midnight. CC 110.

Saturdav Eckanka-rlCentre

Opening.

Talks,

Film, Discussion and Light Refreshments. Everyone most welcome. 3-6pm. Royal Bank Building, Corner of King and University, Waterloo. Campus Centre Pub opens 7pm. Kent County Pickers from g-lam. $1.25 admission. Upstairs at the Grad Club featuringDoug Reansbury. 8pm. Grad Club. $.50 students, $1 others. Cash bar. The House of Bernarda Friday.

Alba -

See

Sunday Worship with Chaplain Kooistra An interdenominational service sponsored by the Christian Reformed Church. llam. HH 280. Table Tennis Club. Regular playing session. Players of all calibre welcome. 2-5pm. Upper Blue Activity Area, PAC. Lutheran Student Movement Co-op Dinner. 5pm. NH 2050. Enter from Librarv entrance of NH. Transcendental Meditation. Ad-

vanced lecture for meditators. 8pm. E3 1101. Federation Flicks - See Friday. Worship. Lutheran Campus Ministry. MC 3010 9:30pm.

Monday Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Taped Music from g-lam. No cover. Legal Resource Office provides free legal information to students. 885-0840. cc 106. Hours: 1:30-3:30pm. All are welcome to attend a bible study and discussion session on Liberation and Politics of the Gospel. Sponsored by St. Jerome University Parish. 6pm. St. Jerome’s College, Coffeeshop. International Folk Dancing. To learn and dance world famous folk dances. 7:30-l 0:30pm. Senior Citizen’s Centre, 310 Charles Street East, Kitchener. $1 per person per evening. For more info: Mary Bish 744-4983. Mime - Karen Waterman and Company One present a lecture and demonstration at 8pm in the Humanities Theatre. Admission is free.

Tuesday

BRESLAU

HOTEL

LAST TWO NIGHTS!

6‘SHIRLEY OPEN

EIKHART”

MON-SAT

NOON-lA.M.

Now That’s Entertainment

BRESLAU BRESLAU,

HOTEL ONT.

Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Taped music from g-lam. No cover. Legal Resource office - See Monday. History Lecture Series, Russel B. Nye, Pulitzer Prize Winner and distinguished professor from Michigan State University will speak on Popular Culture and History. 2-4pm. HH 334. Chess Club Meeting. Everyone welcome. 7pm. CC 113. Table Tennis Club - See Sunday 7-1 Opm. WATSFIC: The University of Waterloo Science Fiction club. All are invited. Free donuts for members. 7:30pm. MC 3011. Overeaters Anonymous. Are you a compulsive overeater? If so. . . we

Lecture - Workshop. “The Inner Life.” The search for true satisfaction. Second session of a 4 session intensive course on meditation and spiritual philosophy. Admission free. 7:30pm. CC 135. History Lecture Series, Russel B. Nye will give a lecture on “Popular Music in the Twenties: Stars and Styles” (Illustrated) 7:30-9:30pm. AL 124. On CKMS 94.5. A wide range of Chinese music and speaking in Cantonese. Music is the universal language. 8:30-9:30pm.

Wednesday Anti-Imperialist Alliance Literature Table. Literature of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tsetung and Enver Hoxha, plus revolutionary materials from Canada, Albania and other countries. IO-2pm. AL History Lecture Series, Russel B. Nye, “Mirror with a Memory: Photography and Culture 1839-1889.” 11:30-l 2:30pm. EL 110. Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Taped music from g-lam. No cover. Legal Resource Office - See Monday. Open Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Intercollegiate Program Everyone welcome. Support. 1:30pm. NH 3002. Lutheran Student Movement. Contemporary Issues Study Group. 3:30pm. NH 2050. There will be a meeting of the UW Ontario New Liberals for the purpose of electing the executive for the 78-79 school year. All interested are welcqme to come and run, all members are asked to come and vote, or send a proxy. 3:30pm. CC 113. History Lecture Series, Russel B. Nye will speak on “The Thirties: The Framework of Belief” 3:30-5:OOpm. Bl ,269. Christian Discussion Fellowship with Chaplain Kooistra, discussing Reflection of the Psalms by C.S. Lewis. 7:30pm. E3, 1101. Coffeehouse. CC 110. 8:30pm. Sponsored by Gay Lib. Free Movie - Among Other Things

march

17, 1978

and Silent Running. 9:30pm. Campus Centre Great Hall. Sponsored by the Campus Centre Board.

Thursday Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. Masquerade from 9-I am. $1.25 after 7pm. Legal Resource Office - See Monday. Waterloo Christian Fellowship Supper Meeting. Topic: Worship Service. Everyone welcome. 4:30-6:45pm. HH Undergrad lounge. Table Tennis Club - See Sunday 7-l Opm. Jazz and Blues Club. Jazz Vocalists old and new: bring along yourfavourite records and share them with us. 8pm. Kitchener Public Library. Free lectures and practice in prayer and meditation. 8-10pm. 50 Peter Street, Kitchener. Sponsored by the Universal Peace Mission. 578-2584.

Friday Campus Centre Pub closed. Table Tennis Club - See Sunday, Federation Flicks - No movies. There will be a full moon meditation meeting at the Universal Humanity Centre, 14A Charles Street West, Kitchener. 8pm. Admission free. All welcome. Reminder from the Library. Term loan material is due Apri I 14,1978. To avoid the rush bring your books to the library now for renewal to the August 9, 1978 due date. Easter Hours: The Library will be closed Good Friday and open Saturday and Sunday regular hours. Notice to Graduating students 1977/78. When you have made your after graduation plans, please complete and return a status survey to Career Planning and Placement. These forms are located in all Faculties and in Career Planning and Placement. Career Planning and Placement has received the literature and application forms for Experience ‘78. This is the Ontario Government summer work program. In may cases, program participants will be able to apply their educational experiences to their job. Iranian Students Association invites you to its New Year celebration. Program: songs, play, film, Persian .dinner. Literature table, Persian handicrafts. Tickets $5 adults, $3 children. Available at Fed Office, chevron, International Students Office (Needles Hall) Saturday, March 25, 1978. 6pm. E3, 1101 (red carpet lounge).

(Basement

of jason’s)

We are open 24 hours 7 days a week We also have: 10 pinball

So, Come or&own. It’s lots of fun.

For

machines

info:

578-0270

NEW HUMANITY BOOKSTORE specializing Astrology Yoga Meditation New Age Aquarian We

jr7 the f’(>~-c~~lt” White Magic Self-Development

Books, Reading

Buy or Used

etc. Room

Sell Esoteric

14A Charles (Downstai Kitchener

Trade New Books

St. W., F r-s)

friday,

march

77, 7978

the chevron

Cutbacks rally prepares for denionstrat/‘on Protests

Wednesday noon saw a rally in the CC great hall on the subject of cutbacks, what they are a?d what students can do about them. Burt Matthews, one of the main speakers, is seen addressing the approximate/y 50 people who attended.

-photo A subdued rally against education cutbacks Wednesday brought out about 50 people but produced no fireworks. The three main speakers, chevron editor Neil Docherty, UW president Burt Matthews and Ontario Federation of Students (OFS) fieidworker (and former UW federation president) John Shortall, viewed the cutbacks from different perspectives, but all three provided detailed documentation that cutbacks are a serious problem for university students, staff and faculty. Docherty called for students to join the chevron and continue the newspaper’s fight to defend the basic interests of the students. He invited students, staff and faculty to participate in a Sunday-evening seminar on journalism and cutbacks, to be held in the chevron office at 8pm. Docherty also gave an overview of the chevron’s work against the cutbacks, including investigation and exposure of the English Language Proficiency Exams and investigation and defence of the married students Tenants Association’s fight against rent increases in their apartments. John Shortall explained recent contrtiversial changes in the Ontario Student Assistance Program. He showed that full-time students will not be eligible for ‘grants after they have attended eight terms at school, that students applying for OSAP aid under independent status must now have worked three years rather than two; and parents are now expected to shoulder more of the cost of the children’s education. He added that students also suffer from high unemployment, which is expected to be at least equal to last summer’s rate of 15 to 17 percent. Matthews also acknowledged that cutbacks exist, explaining that from 1970-71 to the present, the increase in provincial government grants to the university has been 12.6 percent, while Ihe enrolment of full-time students has increased 28 percent. At UW, the increase for next year’s budget is 5.2 percent (see budget overview, page I ). compared to an increase in 77~78 of 10.2 percent. In light of this, he said, there is no room for increase in staff and faculty salaries and the budget for replacing equipment and buying books has suffered a real decline. But the new OSAP regulations sparked a minor conflict -when Matthews defended the changes, saying they make grant and loan aid more available to students.

Shortall replied that by OFS calculations the Ontario government’s examples of typical student aid cases overestimated the amount of aid available to students by up to 38 percent. In the question period several students challenged Matthews, while Federation president Rick Smit defended him, expressing the hope that the session wouldn’t turn into a roasting of Matthews. Grad student David Cartetcharged that Matthews and the UW administration have supported OSAP changes which cut off grads from provincial student aid. He said the administration opted for fewer, but richer, grads through their tacit agreement with the Ontario government’s reduction in aid for needy students which coincided with increased graduate scholarships. Carter explained that the increase in scholarship income available to grads has been only $1 million while the loss of OSAP grant income has been $7 million. Matthews replied only that UW wanted the very best graduates. AIA spokesman Doug Wahlsten addressed the question of what action students should take. He stressed the importance of students relying on their own strength atid not relying on administrators or sellout student “leaders”.

by john

w. bast

Wahlsten pointed out that certain concessions could be won from the government if students keep the initiative in their own hands and create public opinion favorable to their just cause. He explained that students and workers are the victims, not the cause, of inflation and should unite to make the rich pay for the economic crisis because it is the rich who are the cause of infla-dianne chapitis tion.

The 41 engineering students who had collected sponsors on

Saskatchewan board meeting March 9 and at least 1000 people were expected for a march there March 16. Students also held a rally that day in Regina. In Quebec students have occupied cafeterias, and a major library. Classes were boycotted and offices occupied to protest cutbacks in facilities. Students also occupied the Montreal Ministry of Education offices and marched to Quebec premier Rene Levesque’s office. In the Atlantic provinces students confronted the premiers of the three Maritime provinces at a meeting March Students at three Ontario universities, Carleton, Trent, and McMaster have occupied administration offices and have held anti-cutbacks rallies. The latest occupations took place at the University of Toronto, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and Guelph. In Guelph Monday about 20 students spent the night in administration office hallways. They demanded that classes be cancelled on Thursday, March 16, to allow students to take part in the mass demonstration at the Ontario Legislation in Torbnto. -dieneke

than

Jobs created in the forces Funding to create summer jobs for students and youth through the Department of National Defence and the Solicitor General’s Office has increased substantially over the past six years. _ The DND budget for summer jobs in 1978, $10,582,000, is 38 percent greater than 1973, and 121 percent over the 1974 budget. And since 1976, the Solicitor General’s office has introduced several new programs which involve students working in the RCMP, in federal penetentiaries and with police in “Neighborhood Watch” programs. Major Dave Letson of the Department of National Defence in Ottawa t-old the chevron that spending on summer employment

Engineers’energygoesto charity K-W witnessed an example of engineers in action last Satin-day as Engineering Society A held the second annual Bus Push. This event was held to collect funds in support of the near-bankrupt Big Sisters organization in Kitchener.

are trend

In recent weeks students have staged occupations at Ontario and Quebec campuses, confronted boards of governors at Saskatchewan and Alberta universities and organized rallies and demonstrations. Petitions opposing cutbacks were circulated in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. In British Columbia students are taking a university to court for raising tuition fees this year. The federation of Alberta students is running a wellorganized campaign against a ten percent tuition increase. More than 5000 students from various post-secondary institutions participated in a motorcade to Edmonton and demonstration at the provincial legislature March 15. Both the University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg have started mobilizing against the unexpectedly high tuition increases of twenty per cent. In addition to the proposed increase, differential fees for visa students stormed a board of governors meeting at the University of Regina March 2 and 500 students rallied afterwards to protest the third consecutive year of tuition increases. About 400 students pretested at a University of

a per-kilometer basis - plus Bell Canada local manager Hunter Brown - took 1.5 fiours to cover the 4.8-km route along University Avenue and King Street. Last year’s bus push collected about $1500 for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organitations. --robert

hockin

73 74 75 No. No. No. Budget Employed Budget Employed Budget Employed $5,48O,ooO 7,500 $3,800,000 4,320 $5,200,000 4,000

Reserves Cadet training $598,000 Community Assistance Program $1,594,000 TOTAL

4,000

$650,000

2,600

$300,000

_____~

3,700 $1,700,000 395

$869,900

~______

5,600 810

____

$7,672,000 76

14,100 $4,750,000 8415 $7,769,900 10,410 77 78 No. No. No. Budget Employed Budget Employed Budget Employed $4,900,000 3,440 $6,029,0oo 4,000 $5,919,000 3,350

Reserves Cadet training $1,700,000 Community Training Program $952,000

5,400 $2,998,000

7,485 $2,868,000

6,650

800 $1,889,000

1,450 $1,795,000

1,235

TOTAL

9640 $10,916,000

12,935 $10,582,000

11,235

$7,552,000

is completely separate from regular tions Service and 30 in the National DND spending, which itself is Parole Board. ,‘An additional 488 scheduled to rise by 12 percent will be employed in the “Neighover and above inflation each year borhood Watch” program. , until 198 1. The “Neighborhood Watch” The table on this page shows the Program is a program of “prevennumber of studei7ts and youth hired tive policing” explained A. Roy of through the Department of Na. the Solicitor General’s Departtional Defence and the budget for ment. The program puts a number the summers 1973 to 1978 incluof students to work in a residential sive: community, in projects called The militia reserve is the main “Operation Identification” (labelDND summer emplog/ment proging articles of value in a home ram for university students, providwhich might be stolen, -facilitating ing students with a weekly wage of subsequent identification), or$127. The cadet training program is ganizing a neighborhood watch for a shorter duration and aimed at program and “getting people talkstudents and youth aged 13 to 18 ing to each other,” said Roy. years. Both programs involved “The Summer Students’ Assismilitary training in uniform. tance Program is mainly to pull The CommuI’lity Assistance Program (CAP) sets s,tudents to people who are interested - university graduates or university stuwork on local improvement projects in regions of high unemploydents who are looking around 01 wondering about the criminal jusment, especially the Maritimes and tice system - to pull them into Quebec. There is no CAP in the some component of it and have Kitchener-Waterloo area. them work in it first hand,” Roy The number of students and told the chevron. “It gives them a youth hired through the Solicitor General’s Department was I, 100 in better insight, and they can determine there whether or not they 1977, but will decline slightly to want to continue in that field or do 1,059 in 1978. Of the 1059, 397 will something else.” be working as regular RCMP officers for the hummer, 147 will be working in the Canadian Correc-larry hannant

SCARBORO HIREIGN MISSION SOCIETY Personal Pregnant & Distressed? The birth Control Centre is an information and referral centre for birth control, V.D., unplanned pregnancy and sexuality. For all the alternatives phone 8851211, ext. 3446 (Rm. 206, Campus Centre) or for emergency numbers 884-8770. You’re pregnant but not alone. We can help. Call BIRTHRIGHT 579-3990 for confidential assistance. Gay Lib Office, Campus Centre Rm. 217C. Open Monday-Thursday 7-l Opm, some afternoons. Counselling and information. Phone 885-l 211, ext. 2372. Interested in involvement with CUSO? See us in Room 234A, South Campus Hall, Monday to Thursday, 12:30-3:30pm. Disc-Jockey Service for any occasion. Make your dance, wedding party etc a success. Call 886-1773 today. PAST MASTERS CLUB (mailing address 447 Ontario Street, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2V9). We’re a Think Tank, an Egg Holder, a Brains Trust, an Ego Club and copy righted individuals. Student membership $5/yr and Companies $30/yr. Penpalls welcome.

The life of a Scarboro Missionary is based on the conviction that the value of each individual person surpasses the most sophisticated technical accomplishments., We are convinced that only in Christ does the mystery of man take on light. We invite you to share in our mission 3s a Priest or Lay Person.

For Sale

Address Jluil to:

<EY vo.

’

cuw

ForIrl,ltlon-~dLl~‘ltion Departnnc‘llt hlissionb, 2685 ELlngston Rd.. Scdrboro, Ont. Ml Xl 1ht-k

Scarbor-o

Ski Equipment - Hanson Boots Excellent condition, can be custom fitted at minimal cost. Olin Mark II Skis - 210 cm, immaculate condition, with Look Nevada Racing Bindings. Roy Skis with Solomon 555 Bindings. Call Herk - 886-2056 8am to llpm. Ampex 20/20 plus recording tapes for sale. C90 cassettes: $2.95, 1200’ reels: $4.95, 1800’ reels: $5.50. Call

Financial Assistance for Students

Dave, 884-7738 or John, 884-9489. Also deal in Phillips speaker components. Blue Cotton/polyester school jacket. Worn only 3 mqnths. $9.00 Call John, 886-4856. 1977 Yamaha XS 500. Like new. 886-3138. 1969 Datsun 510. Comes with 4 doors, AM/FM stereo and a tape deck. 63,000 miles. $250 as is. Call Rick at 884-8656. Raleigh International ten speed. (24 112”) Reynolds 531 double butted frame, campagnolo Neuvo record components. Mint condition. Carl 885-6322. Moving must sell! 72 Ford Van. Good condition. Needs $lOO/work for certification. Call 743-1652 or see Laurie in chevron office. Brick two storey house completely renovated. Eleven rooms, two four piece bathrooms, full basement. New roof. Live on the first floor and have terrific income 700 monthly. Excellent Waterloo location, immediate possession. Anxious to sell. Come on in and make an offer. 885-2890.

Wanted Wanted: a female room-mate working in Sarnia this summer. Abstainer preferred. Call 884-9951 anytime. Aquarian business opportunity. Aspiring, creative, industrious person interested in meditation, divine enterprises and spiritual service wanted to manage and expand a New Age School or an Occult Bookshop. Profits sharing or commission basis. Inquire at: 14 Charles Street West, Kitchener.

TY ping Essays, Theses, Resumes, Etc., (Any Typing) Experienced Typist Electric Typewriter. 742-1822 or 576-5619 Sandy Typing: Essays, theses, etc. Proficient, intelligent typist. IBM Selectric. Reasonable. Five minutes from universities. 886-i 604. Will type

Student Assistance Program

essays,

work

reports

etc.,

IBM electric. Reasonable rates. Lakeshore Village. Call 885-1863. Experienced typist, essays and theses, reasonable rates, good service, no math papers, Westmount area, cal I 743-3342. Fast efficient typist. 50 cents a page.& Pickup and deliver at University. Call Kathy (Galt 623-8024). Essay and term paper typing. 50 cents a page. Phone Fran 576-5895. Fast accurate typing. IBM Selectric. 50 cents page. Call Pamela 884-6913. Custom essay service, essay research assistance and typing. Results assured. 2075 Warden Avenue. TH 30, Agincourt 291-0540.

Housing

Available

Furnished rooms close to university. Available April - September. $85 monthly. Ladies only. Private entrance. 884-2831. Two bedroom apartment to sublet in London for May to August term. Furnished. Can accommodate 2 or 3 people. Prefer females. Rent negottable. Includes all utilities. Near Western University. Call 432-9555. Townhouse to sublet - May 1 - August 31, 1978. 3 bedrooms, close to both Universities and plaza, swimming pool -option to take o?er lease in September. Call 885-2552. Two bedroom apt. -furnished close to U of W and WLU. From May 1st $150/monthIy. Call Pat at 884-6611 (option to lease September 1st). 4 people needed to share fully furnished house. Broadloom carpet, dishwasher, TV, Piano. Close to University. Only $80/month. Available May - September. Phone 576-2813. Apartment to sublet May ‘78. Option to lease. Spacious two bedroom with parking and laundry room. Walking distance to universities. Utilities included. Rent negotiable. Call 885-4473. Apartment to sublet, May 1st - September 1st. Large 3 bedroom, 1 l/2 baths, sauna, parking. 10 minutes from U of W, near Westmount Mall, $288/month. 886-6362. House for sublet - May - August, 3 bedroom, room for 4, furnished, close to campus. Call 884-9963.

Moving Will do small moving jobs half-ton pickup. Reasonable Call Jeff 884-2831.

Don 7 Wo

OsbAP is 4 plans in one 1 The Ontar Study Grant Plan helps needy students 0 offers financial assistance for with non-repayable grants for up to 8 terms of study at needy full- and part-time a college or unrversrty in Canada. graduate and undergraduate ’ students i 2. The Canada Student Loans P/an makes subsidized l provides non-repayable loans available to needy undergraduate and graduate study grants without first . students studyrng in Canada or overseas. requiring students to borrow money 9.4be Ontarlo Student Loans Plan helps eligible students l allows some students to m their first degree or diploma whoStudy In Ontario but do not qualify for a Canada with little or no debt Student Loan or who need more financial assistance than the Canada Student Loans Plan provides. 4 The Ontario Special Bursary Plan gives non-repayable bursaries to Ontario part-time students In serious financial need. Literature and application forms are available from Student Awards Officers and Guidance Counsellors. Apply early!

Hon Dr

Harry J Gordon

Parrott Parr

DDS Deputy

Mlntster Mlnlster

Mon - Sat 9am - 1Opm Sun and Holidays llam - 9pm

with a rates.

friday,

march

77, 7978

the chevron

Two petitions calling for a separation of the chevron and the federation circulated campus last week, and with one of them complete federation president Rick Smit has called for a referendum on the subject for March 28. The chevron staff, which is currently negotiating with the university administration on the ramifications of separation, was not consulted about the referendum. The official chevron position is to separate from the federation. One of the major problems however, is how a fee for the paper would be collected. The normal procedure for the federation and other organisations is for the administration to collect the fee at registration and then pass the money onto the relevant organisation. The problem is that in agreements with the other campus organisations the administration reserves a completely arbitrary right not to collect the fee. It is on this point which negotiations are taking place. While the staff was pursuing this and other questions on separation and a referendum, one staffer, Chris Dufault, decided to petition for a referendum on his own. He started a week last Wednesday, and had gathered the necessary signatures (about 806) by Monday. It was reported he garnered some signatures from outside a student pub. Asked why he decided to take this action outside staff, Dufault said he felt staff was taking too long to deal with the issue. With the petition in, Smit was quick to call a referendum. On Monday he reserved space in the chevron for an advertisement even before the signatures on the petition had been authenticated. Asked on two different occasions Monday if the signatures had been checked Smit said they had. The person assigned the task,_however, Prue Davison, confirmed that she hadn’t even started on it. At press time Wednesday the job was not complete. At students council Tuesday evening Smit said about 400 of the 800 signatures had been checked and only seven bogus names had been discovered. The ad submitted by Smit was

held back by the chevron staff in a special meeting Wednesday, pending a full discussion of the proposed referendum at the regular staff meeting today. According to the bylaw the ad need appear only 72 hours before the polls open, which leaves ample time for it to run next Friday. The other proposed referendum in the works stems from three students in Math Sot - Geoff Hains, Brian Gregory and John Ellis. Ellis told the chevron Wednesday the petition was prompted because “Rick Smit’s been sitting on his ass.” meaning that Smit has not called the referendum he had promised in his election. Ellis admitted that none of the petitioners investigated the status of negotiations on separation and a referendum within the staff. The petition has received help from some persons in Science Society. A petition was posted on the wall opposite the society office under the heading “Better dead than red”. Ellis said his petition has about 400 names and that more are being solicited eyen though the other one has been handed in. The two are very similar, the only apparent difference being that Dufault’s explicitly states that the staff should incorporate if the papel is separated from the federation. Both suggest students pay a $2 per term fee for the paper. A!though the wording of the Dufault referendum is copied from a motion passed in the chevron staff Feb. 17 it is felt that a referendum called now could weaken the staff”s position in negotiating a better deal from the administration. Another complication is that there is a move on staff to reverse the position already taken and to have the Chevron Investigation Commission recommendations upheld. A section of staff believe that the investigation commission is binding on the students’ council and the chevron staff, and that there has not been enough discussion of it in staff. If the recommendations are upheld it will mean that the chevron remains as part of the federation under revised bylaws. This matter is also scheduled for discussion at today’s staff meeting. -neil

ADVANCE is an evolutionary company that has established new standards on the loudspeaker performance vs. cost scale. The extraordinary accuracy of the ADVANCE SPEAKERS WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED IN THE MARKETPLACEATTWICE ITS PRICE

Hear

them

232 KING

now at... ST. N. WA

docherty

The university Faculty Association decided Tuesday to support students in protesting cutbacks in education. Economics professor Grant Russell moved the following motion of support. “The Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo sympathizes with the concerns of Ontario students over the current restraints on educational spending, especially insofar as these restraints and cutbacks affect the quality of education and free access of all students to post-secondary education, and supports student action to britig their concerns to the public and the Government of Ontario.” It passed unanimously. The presidents of Ontario universities came under sharp criticism during the meeting. Dr. Paul Cassano, Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association (OCUFA) chairman, claims the presidents of Ontario universities are not taking an active stance against government cutbacks. Cassano stated, “There are some institutions in a good financial state, and some that are not. The presidents in the thriving institutions are more concerned with their own institutions.”

Photo C of the centrespread March 10 is not “Calisthenics” it is a,n “Introductory Peiping Qpel’a Dance technique workshop”. It was held (and videotaped) in Humanities Theatre on Wednesday, March 8, 1978., Photo D entitled “‘Foot Fuck” is actually “Second Comming”. Someone in charge of display m&labelled it.

Me also stated “They are very powerful, but not very pro-active, they could take a more active stance, and take a higher profile, but basically they resist pressuring the government, and are afraid of rocking the boat.” Earlier in the day UW president, Burt Mathews, addressing a campus centre rally against the cutbacks was asked how the Ontario presidents protested them. In response he stated “As vigorously within our power”. Asked if he supported the demonstration at Queen’s Park why he wouldn’t attend, he replied, “Because I’m more productive speaking to him (Harry Parrott).” Matthews feels his participation

in the demonstration would be “counterproductive”. Salaries was another important item discussed at the meeting. The association was informed by Russell that there were deliberations on UW faculty salaries because of financial constraints. Another meeting was to be set up to discuss the salaries. At the University of Toronto the faculty requested an 8 per cent increase, the university offered 3.75 per cent. A mediator agreed with ’ the 8 per cent increase given the rate of inflation, but also agreed the university couldn’t handle an 8 per cent hike. Indications are the faculty will accept the 3.75 per cent.

The UW Caribbean Students Association hosted a very successful “Sports Carnival Weekend” for about one hundred and seventyfive fellow Caribbean students from five other universities in Ontario and Quebec March 1 I to 13. The major feature of this weekend was sports activities. The five univers-ities, Concordia, Guelph, McMaster, York and Scarborough College (University of Toronto) competed for trophies in soccer, volleyball, basketball and table-tennis competitions. A dance was held on Saturday night which attracted over 400 people. The proceeds from this will go towards funding the association’s activities next year and towards the cost of a return visit to Concordia, Quebec planned for April. The weekend concluded with a dinner for the students participating and the presentation of

trophies. Waterloo won a trophy for being the “most disciplined” university participating in the games. The Caribbean Students Association plan to hold two movies about the Caribbean, “The Harder They Come’ ’ (Jamaica) and “Bim” (Trinidad) before the end of the term. This is the second year that the association has hosted this weekend visit which is part of a series of exchange visits between Caribbean Students in universities and colleges in Ontario and Quebec. These exchange visits are designed to bring students from various parts of the Caribbean together as a group to share common experiences and culture. They also serve to expose Canadian students on campus to the culture of the Caribbeans.

Small businesses thrive on sound management and solid financing. You know it, we know it. That’s why our. Business Program for Professionals combines expert financial advice with the cold hard cash it takes to start your business, to keep it going, or to expand it. We can provide you with as much as $50,000 depending on your circumstances. Our operating loans are geared to yearly terms with revolving payments

--peter

--bridgett

based on your cash flow. Our capital loans, have terms up to 10 years with flexible repayment schedules. And both loans are available with optional life insurance coverage. As an independent professional, this program is available to you through any of our branches. Ask about it and you’ll find it’s more tangible than talk.

ROYAL BAN I< 7he business builders.

hoy

rowe

friday,

march

77, 7978

the chevron

How..the. hell did you learn to say that? Psychologist Jerome Bruner, author of Beyond the Information Given, addressed an enthusiastic audience of over 250 last Friday in -PAS on his work in’language development from infancy through early c hildho-od. b

Shown above is a 2400 bits per’second modem which will connect the Math Faculty’s Honeywell 66160 computer to Be// Canada’s new trans-Canada computer network DATAPAC. Via DATAPAC, computer users can connect their terminals to U of W from anywhere in / Canada, at rates comparable to a local call. Despite reports in the Gazette and K-W Record to the contrary, the computers DATAPAC connection isn’t working. Asked for an explanation, computer g_ ru Mike Afholdt said “the software isn’t written Y yet.. . l’ri doing it now”. -photo by tony pan I .

Happy .New -Year! The Iranian Students Association of Kitchener-Waterloo is holding its Now Ruz (new Year) celebration here next week, and all are cordially invited to attend. The Iranian New Year falls on the first day of spring, March 21 or, according to the Iranian calendar, Farvardin 1. The ISA (K-W) program for the evening includes songs, a play, a slide-show, and a Persian dinner. There will also be a literature table, and Persian handicrafts for sale. It will be held Saturday, March25 at 6 pm in Engineering 3, room 1101 (red carpet lounge).

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children, and can be obtained from the Federation of Students, the Chevron, and the International Students Office (Needles Hall). The invitation reads, in part: “Your participation in our celebration for the New ,Year is in support of our cause for freedom and justice in Iran. We hope that the spirit of our celebration will remain with you and be an inspiration for your continued support throughout the year. With our combined support, the spring of our people will arrive sooner. ” -val

Bruner described his theory as a gap filler between the old behaviouralist view and Noam Chomsky’s theories on language development. According to Bruner, the behaviouralists see the child’s learning of language as a process of association, imitation and reinforcement, while Chomsky argues that the child is equipped at birth with an innate langauge -acquisition device (LAD) to facilitate _ his learning of language. To fill the gap between .

what he

terms “the impossible” and “the miraculous”, Bruner suggests that the child’s basis for learning language is functional. That is, the child is able to understand concepts and,his world around him before he is capable of verbalizing those concepts.

of children are emense. Furthermore, this type of approach encourages a different approach to those children who do not have language. If we can view the language disabled child as being equipped with highly developed ’ cognitive knowledge lacking only the labels to express this knowledge, we can approach these children with viable programs and treat their handicap in proper perspective. Give these children a means to communicate; any means to communicate and the best means possible. Bruner aptly pointed out: the most important thing, at all costs, is to “communicate, communicate, communicate. ”

Language is directed for four purposes - affiliation (social exchange), requesting, indicating and the generating of possible worlds (make-believe/games). Before the child acquires the ability to speak, he has already become efficient at communication, particularly with his closest caretaker who is usually closely tuned to his communication skills. The implications of this view on the cognitive development theories

-1orraine ball -Sheila stocking

I Whatto do’aboutthe cutbacks?1 Demonstrationsmay be fine but a longer term 1

strategy is required.- 8pm this- Sunday ik the chevron’office, CC140

moghadam

ENGINEERING GRADUATES . CAREERS IN MANUFACTURING Procter & Gamble’s corporate success stems from the quality of the people in its organization. The company moves ahead only as it succeeds in attracting individuals who think in new and stimulating ways. We are in constant need of people who combine imag.ination and initiative, who act with energy and self-confidence, and who challenge present thinking and procedures. Most important are basic intelligence, leadership, healthy ambition ‘and a strong team spirit. We are seeking individuals interested in professional and personal growth to be trained initially as: PROJECT MANAGERS, ’ PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS, STAFF COST SUPERVISbRS, and STAFF CHEMICAL MANAGERS.

Your university degree may be in any field of engineering or honours chemistry. Currently, Mechanical Engineers are of particular interest. Additional information is available in the placement office in our information finder or in the UCPA Careers book or by writing to me. Please indicate your interest by sending your resume or UCPA job application, including an ‘indictation of area of interest and a summary of your academic and other achievements. Replies will be treated in confidence and should be directed to: Mr. A.W. Bouskill, Manufacturing Recruiting Co-Ordinator, The Procter &Gamble Company of Canada, P.O. Box 589, . Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3L5

’ Light,smooth Heineken.

Fullflavour satisfaction-for

Limited,

Mlarruttteroftaste. IMPORTED HEINEKEN -AVAILABLE AT LIQUOR STORES Represented

n Canada by Sainsbury

lnternatlonal

Agencies

Ltd.

t I ina verv long while does a t!h~ONEE like this come along. Run, don’t ‘walk to your nearest Pioneer Dealer. You’ll find the sounds and the prices sweet musicto your ears. sx-450 Medium-Powered Stereo Receiver with FET FM Front End, PLL MPX, Precision Equalizer and High S/N Differential OCL Power Amplifier. 15 watts per channel, min. RMS, at 8 ohms, 20-20,000 Hertz, with no more than 0.5% total harmonic distortion and more features. Super-Clean Stereo FM/AM _ Receiver with 20 Watts per Channel min. RMS Output (8 Ohms, 2020,000 Hertz) and low 0.3% total harmonic distortion. Click-stop tone controls, two-deck tape monitors, dubbing terminal plus as above and more.

SX-650 High-Medium Power Stereo Receiver. with FET FM Front End, PLL MPX, Precision Phono Equalizer, Plus/Minus Split Power Supply for OCL Power Amplifier.* Continuous power output of 35 watts per channel, min. RMS at 8 ohms, from 20-20,000 Hertz, with no more than 0.3% total harmonic distortion, plus tape to tape dubbing connect and more. Much more.

sx-750 Advanced, High Power AM/FM Stereo Receiver with continuous power output of 50 watts per channel min. RMS at 8 ohms, from 20 to 20,000 Hertz, with no more than 0.1% total harmonic distortion. Two tape input/output circuits and tape duplicate switch, high cut filter, phase-locked loop circuit in MPX section, FM muting circuit, two meter system for precise reception and much, much more. Sole Canadian Dkstr~butor

fiP

S.H,.RARKER

CO.

67 I-esmill Road, Don Mills, Ontario M3B 2T8 .

575 Lepine Avenue, Dorval, Quebec H9P 2R2 Burnaby,

3917 Grant Street, British Columbia V5C 3N4

/Friday, march

Maybe

77, 7978

---_

the chevron

not pra’ctical;but....

“COnSewer~ -ethi-C”-i,CouId solve a-11pro*bl&is

Andrew We//s, one of the leading proponets of a new-communal conserve; ethic, was the keynote speaker at the UW Planning Conference last -photo by marg boggie weekend. -

The popular belief that economic growth will lead to prosperity, happiness and plenty for all is a myth. So says Andy WellsThe keynote speaker at the UW Planning Conference last weekend. Not only is continued growth environmentally dangerous, but it also fails to improve the quality of life for those who sweat to produce profits. Wells is one of Canada’s leading proponents of a new communal conserver ethic, and is currently the executive direct-or of the Institute of Man and Resources in Prince Edward Island. He was previously the principal secretary and policy advisor to thePE1 premier, -Alex Campbell. c In Wells’ view, we must reverse our present trend toward greater dependency on industrial economy and governmentprograms. The conserver society which he advocates would, b;y contrast, be environmentally balanced and socially rewardi=. Materialistic goals would-give way to being -economically and socially selfreliant. He sees a society where family, home and community

would provide most wants and big government and big business. needs. Work would be socially and Ignoring the inevitable massive repsycholo’gically’ rewarding and sistance by the full weight of both -_ productive ., was seen as a deadly oversight. He said that decentralized local Second, Wells’ utopia was a energy sources and economics _ land-based agrarian and small-unit would take over from the strongly urban society. It was suggested institutionalized and profitthat this model was much more oriented forms of the present. realistic in the Maritimes, with Trends in government today towhich Wells was most familiar, ward authoritarianism and represthan in the megalopoli of Central sion would be replaced by truly Canada. democratic, responsive and parWells gained support from many ticipatory government. delegates for his rejection of the noThe subsequent discussion from tion of “business as usual” in his the floor, however, revealed that as radical formulation of the Conwith most utopian scenarios, server Society. This represented a strategies for achieving the utopia significant departure from the timid were often overlooked. j proposals of such bodies as the SciFirst, Wells did not present any ence Council of Canada, which clear notion of the process of suggested minor tinkering to permit change. There was no firm bridge the market system to better reflect built between the present conthe true cost of an item in terms of sumer and the future no-growth its external costs such as pollution. society. As several delegates Andy Wells, who has been called noted, the Wells model would disthe <New Conserver, lives his ensolve the power and wealth base of continued on page 11

Last Shot .

When you’re drinking tequila, Sauza’stl 3e ‘r _ shot that counts. That’s why more and more people are asking for it by ’ name. , TEQUILA SAUZA Number one in Mexico. Nhnber one in Canada.

\ ’’

,I /

the chevron

friday, march

17, 7978

IFYOUWOULDN’T . ’ CAR...WE CANFIXIT NOBOD~LLKN -_

INCOGNITO

WITH

OUR

(On loan for test drives

GROUCHQ

at your Pontiac

GLASSES. dealers.)

why you won’t be embarrassed after the test drive Because then you’ll know for yourself that Pontiac Acadians right up there with the hottest imports when you get down to value, quality, performance, and fuel economyl’ And no way is our Pontiac Acadian some kind of “el strippo” model! Acadian comes complete with hatchback, 1.6 litre engine, four-speed, reclining buckets, AM radio, white-wall tires, body side moulding and more as standard equipment. But being loaded with features is only half the Acadian story. Check out the prices on the imported heavy-hitters? * Heavy is right! Because Acadian at

comes in as the lo,west-F -I-1 l--l -1-l -1 Bncea natcnoack in I1tne 1 line-up. More than $1,100 less than SOImethinq like VW Rabbit. We don’t haveto spell out what you can do with bucks like that. So dump the disguise. You don’t need it in an Acadian., Because Acadian’s really got its act together. Do yourself a

vour...test drive an Acadian today! And remember, nobody’s n ,. 7 1.1 got1 it.; like Yontiacs got it! __ HATCHBACKS* * --____ $3941*** Pontiac Acadian Honda Civic $4095 Ford Fiesta $4385 Toyota Corolla 1200 $4523 Datsun B210 $4625 VW Rabbit $5095

PONTIAC

ONOMY FIGURES litre [98 CID] I-bbl. manual transmission) .Y Hiihway-78 km/g (48.5 mpg) Combined (41.4 mpg) ‘rJ I rnese 11 67pgures l-. km/gucc ,-,Y,, r.r+:-s.*rr~ Ln.-#.,J nernemaer C;)L,,,IULC~ UU~C:U on approved Transport Canada test methods. The actual fuel economy you get will vary according to the kind of driving you do. your driving habits. your car’s condition and auaila ble equipment. Prices are based on Suggested Retail Prices

Manufacturers’ and specifications for Z-door hatchbacks equipped with standard euuinment obtained from readily available pibiished sources and believed to be in effect Feb. 15. 1978. Provincial or local taxes. or handling charges where applicable and transportation charqes are extra Standard equipment may vary with each manufacturer. Dealers may sell for less. Manufacturers’ suggested retail price for a Z-door

Acadian

Hatchback

Coupe

with

standard equipment. Federal Tax included. Provrncial or local taxes tohere applicable and freiqht are extra

Nobody’s got it like Pontiack got it.

L+cllers

may

sell for

less AC-378

friday,

‘\

77, 7978

march

the chevron

PlaniGng con*skirts

issues -

In an economy built on an ernmental institutions away from economic growth ethic, what are narrow economic goals to social the consequences of the increased and human goals. A questioner realization that scarce resources from the floor however, wondered impose constraints on that growth, whether large corporate concerns, and pressures on society? This was such as oil companies, would be the central question posed in a responsive to such pleas. weekend conference at U of W enThe first two Saturday sessions, titled “Planning in a No-Growth “Resource Industries, No Growth, Economy”. The Conference was and Implementation Policies” and r the third organized by students “Profit, Planning and the Periphery from the School of Urban and RegRegional Development and ional Planning, and attracted 120 No-Growth” seemed unable to get participants. to the core of the issues discussed The conference was stimulating by Wells and in the introductory with its precentation of 13 invited debate. Roy Woodbridge, Pieter speakers. Many-delegates howPrins, and Hugh-Wynne-Edwards, ever, felt that it largely skirted the gave a thorough analysis of the ficentral issue of the nature of nite nature of resources and growth. Many students stated that energy. Some delegates, ho.wever the familiar arguments on the exwere critical of their solutions and tent of scarcity of resources and analyses: the technical answers energy, and the pleas for new social silicon fibres instead of copper goals and attitudes were all too easwires; mathematical equations for ily presented without sufficient the quality of life; and the correlaanalysis. tion of points on GNP graphs with A formal panel debate introtransformation of birth rate trends duced the conference with a disfor example. cussion of the resolution “that John Perry, Richard Phidd and nongrowth strategies are desirable Derek Ireland, on the panel on regfor Canada”. Two economists, ional development, described how Robert Jenness and Seymour tinkering with public policy - DeFriedland argued_.__ that growth partment of Regional Economic strategies were desirable and esExpansion grants and a few new sential to maintain economic welljobs - would help regional debeing and social cohesion. They velopment. They warned however, placed reliance on a well-oiled that in a no-growth situation the marketto equitably distribute ,deprived regions could probably scarce resources. Ray Jackson of look‘ forward to being deprived the Science Council and Beatrice even further. Olivastri of the Toronto-based Na-‘ tional Survival Institute, supported the concept of limited or controlled growth, with some changes to the existing social and economic structure. The economistx however, it was -generally felt by the conference delegates, presented a more articulate and effective position. Andy Wells of the Prince Edward Island Institute of Man-and Resources, in the keynote address, -, argued that any economic policy should be socially and ecologically responsible and should encourage independence, and self-reliance. He called for a significant shift in the orientation of corporate and gov-

The concluding panel, “No Growth, Social Change, and Human Services” was a notable change in perspective to the previous two. Dimitri Roussopoulos, the editor of Our Generation and Leon Kumove, a social policy and planning consultant, argued that a crisis is at hand because of rising expectations and highly centralized control of the economy. Roussopoulos in a well researched and presented statement, argued that we cannot expect change to a no growth society when a small but powerful corporate elite’ holds a tight rein on economic and political power. How can one consider, he argued, the future use of scarce resources, without having a look at who has control of them now? Those who thought that they might hear of ways in which planners could bring about the nogrowth conserver society were disappointed. Roussopoulos and Kumove believed that planning keeps the growth society tidy and comfortable. It was not the current planning role to upset applecarts. Contemporary planning was seen by the panelists as bereft of ideas, power or committment for dealing with the ills of. society. The dismantling of the corporate power structure, advocated most strongly by Roussopoulos, could be a new role model for the planning profession.

continued

from

page

visioned lifestyle as conscientiously as possible at present. He ad. vised the audience at the Planning Conference to do likewise. Regarding the profession of planning, he stated that planners “are creatures of a growth ethic, the infantry of the growth society protecting itself cleaning up messes created by growth - responding to crises.” Not a very complimentary picture, but to the majority of observers, a painfully accurate one ! -lo&se 4uncan

March

Casanova

atkins bury

9:15

l ooooooooooooooooo

l ooooooeoooooooo..

Mar 21 & 22

4uncan

bury and john watt

NEXT WED - SAT

COMING

SOON -

“JACKSON HAWKli” “MAJOR HOOPLE”

REMEMBER: Our disco provides continuous music throughout the night. - 1 Every Monday night: GONG SHOW ,Every Tuesday night: AMATEUR SHOW Every Wednesday night is UNIVERSITY NlGHT Show your I.D. for free admission.

the chevron

n II II II - II iI

frida y, m

Your Chaplains

Present:

*- Francis Schaeffer’s

“FINAL

B I El cheeses govern U

Film

CHOICES”

. Consider

Thursday,

Christ as your Choice

March

Stay

for

23,

PM EL 703

7:30

refreshments

discussion

and

afterward

Conrad Grebel College is a Residential and Teaching College If you are attracted to life in a small community with names and faces, where students and faculty are seeking personal and academic values within a Christian context, we invite you to apply for . dpenings in our residence for women and men for Spring term 1978 $680 for Fall or Winter term $860 Y CONTACT:

Director Affairs

of Student

(8850220)

’ *Motor

’ .’

Hotel w

071 Victoria St. N. - 7443511 Every Wednesday is Singles Night

In the past year, the Ontario government has increased tuition for all students by $100, restricted the number of students eligible for student aid, raised fees for visa students by 250 per cent, and cut back funding for universities through cuts in the real BIU. These cuts have been passed on to students by the Board of Governors. This same board was asked this year by the Married Students Tenants Association to unite with it to fight the Ontario Government cutbacks. The board turned the tenants down and instead raised-the rent by 13.2 per cent. So who are the Board of Governors? Are “typical taxpayers” as the they Kitchener-Waterloo Record described them in May of ‘68 when they criticized a student brief which described the Board as a gang of manufacturers, lawyers, and other business people (see chevron May 26, 1968). There are 36 members on the board, seven of whom are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (the Ontario cabinet); seven are appointed by the senate from the faculty reps; 5 students (2 grads, 3 undergrads) appointed by the senate from the student reps; ten members from the “community at large” (including two alumni) elected by the Board of Governors; two members elected by staff; five ex-officio members including the ‘president, the chancellor, the mayors of Kitchener and Waterloo, and the regional chairman of Waterloo county. So who are these “typical taxpayers”? Chairman: J.P.R. Wadsworth, retired as chairman and chief executive officer of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). CIBC’s assets in 1976 were over$26 billion and its profits stood at $146,898,000. Current chairman of Confederation Life Insurance Company; director , California, Canadian Bank; director Holt Renfrew and Co. Ltd. ; director Macmillan Bloedel Ltd. (assets of $1,520,207,000 and 1976 profits of $22,842,000; director Pilot Insurance Co. Vice Chairman: Edith I. Macintosh: former Kitchener mayor; past president- of Consumers Association of Canada; past president of Ontario Consumers Association; director of Canada Safety Council; director of Lutheran Life Insurance Company of Canada; director Children’s Aid Society (Waterloo County); Chairman health and social services, Regional Municipality of Waterloo. 0 Ex-officio members (voting members): Chancellor Carl Pollock, on the Board of Governors since 1957; former president and chairman of the board of directors of Electrohome Ltd. (assets $65,799,000, 1976 net income of $5,116,000; former president of Canadian Manufacturers Association, of Electronic Industries Association, of Ontario Chamber of Commerce, of Ontario Research Foundation, of Natural Design Council. Former president and cd-founder of Central Ontario Television Ltd.; former president of Raytheon Canada Ltd.; director of Royal Bank of Canada Ltd. (1976 assets of $28,83 1,586,OOO and 1976 profit of $157,389,000); director Dominion Life Assurance Company; director Waterloo Trust; director Burns Food

Ltd.- (1976 assets of $163,950,000 and 1976 profits of $5,691,000); director of CourseHinds Company of Canada Ltd. B.C. Matthews, UW President Morley Rosenberg, Kitchener Mayor Marjorie Carroll, Waterloo Mayor , Jack Young: President Custom Leather Company; former school trustee for Waterloo Township for the past 14 years; Progressive Conservative activist; appointed by Bill Davis as Chairman of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. ’ Appointed by Lieutenant Governor in Council (the cabinet): R.A. Edwards: senior partner of the law firm of Simmes, Edwards, Jenkins, Somerville and Lebrun; President of Diversco Holdings and Industries Ltd.; former alderman and chairman of finance, in Galt; director, Ontario Trust Company; director, Firth Brown Tolls (Canada) Ltd.; director Baron Wines Ltd. ; director, Kaufman Lumber Ltd. C.N. WEBER: owner C.N. Weber wholesale distributors; past president Ontario Hospital Association; past chairman of Ontario Association Boards of Trade and Commerce; past president Kitchener Board of Trade: director of Equitable Life Insurance Company; director of Economical Mutual Insurance Company; director of Missiquoi and Rouville Insurance Company. Weber died March 1. R.N. WASHBURN: Vice President, southwestern area of Bell Canada; director and vice president of Ontario Safety League: director of the Donwood Institute: director Toronto Board of Trade; director Canadian Chamber of Commerce. D.G. MACLEOD: ‘president of Savage Shoes Ltd.; president of Interco Savage Ltd.; president of Shoe Mantifacturer’s Association of Canada. G. PATTINSON: member of the Brantford Board of Education: vice president of the Ontario Federation of Labour; member of the mayor’s advisory committee (Brantford). He is supposedly “labour’s representative” on the BOG (appointed by the provincial cabinet). M. Munnoch: (No information available) R.B. Willis: (No information available) From the “Community At Large”: Edith Macintosh (Already mentioned) J.P.R. Wadsworth (Already mentioned) John Bergsma: former UW federation president, 1968; general manager of Columbus McKimon Ltd. ; member of Professional Engineers of Ontario: member of Canadian Society for mechanical engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the St. Catherines Progressive Conservative Association. M. Brechin: member of Order of Canada, past president of Consumer’s Association of Canada. G. Chapman: past president of the K-W Jaycettes; convention director for the city of Kitchener, trade associations and service clubs; director of Central Ontario Exhibition. J.M. Douglas: president and chief executive -officer of Babcock Wilcox Canada Limited

IN THE CROWN ROOM Appearing this weekend

CROWBAR NEXT WEEK

STAMPEDERS COMING

SOON

THE GOOD BROS. GUESS WHO

Board

Specifically, the 1 - appoint, promc ident and all other o heads and associate of any other acaden faculty, or staff of other agents and se] r grant tenure to to terminate tenure - plan and imp1 operational develop and to exercise all tl achieve a planned development; - borrow mane! university and to gi such terms and in s board of governors or as from time to 1 - regulate the c faculty and staff a coming upon and L mises of the univer - establish and for academic tuition kind which may be and to collect sucl proved by the boars of any entity, organ university; - levy and enfc suspend or expel fr or from employme deny access to the1 university; - establish and ( tions with regard to its buildings and i tions; -enter into agre or affiliation of the versity or college c - provide for tl charge of committe to and the conferrin tees, authority to al nors with respect t - enact bylaws conduct of its affai The day-to-day university are mad official status under loo Act - the Exe Comprised of the academic vice-pre: president, the sevel tor of academic ser tor of the researclmeets every Wedn and minutes are ( vate. The Executive items as the unive past has simply bet Board of Govern0 All members oft their appointment: nors.

Int’l F

EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT ’ IS AMATEUR NIGHT IST PRIZE IS A TRIP TO

FLORIDA Amateur Night Every Tuesday 4 licensed lounges

(assets of $72,587,( president of the Can tion. D.P. Allison: mana; Sutherland-Schultz J. Brechin: Ontario 1 Canadian Labour C R.B. Rodger: Ottaw housing officer for sponsible for resear and implementation rams; executive off dian Sea Cadets Co D. W. Maguire: mar IBM CANADA Ltc There are two mo -elected from the U’ five faculty member senate; and five stul grads) appointed fro of the Senate.

The University of Waterloo Board of Governors at their last sessions, where Tenant’s Association’s request that their rent not be raised was refused.

the Married

-photo

Student5

All students are Night, Wednesday This year’s pro! Theatre of the Art! wide variety of cu these include Hu and Indian folk d2 nian dance troupe Admission

by john w. bast

fee i

the chevron.

or and past ear Associa:ineering rector

PHOTOGRAPHERS

for

GRAD

of the

Authority Ottawa (reformulation, rousing progRoyal Cana-

PHOTO PACKAGES FROM $37.50

Graduate

Attire

Supplied

259 King

St. W. Kitchener

esentative of 1,000). s of the BOG iere are also j by the UW ids, 3 underent members t-S

vernors can: ove the prese university, : faculties, or members of sity, and all e university: )f faculty and physical and re university o control and lope of such u-pose of the therefore on ts as the said er advisable, e required; ;he students, ther persons nds and preand charges rvices of any he university charges, apIt-s, on behalf mlement of the es and fines, membership university or .emises of the :s and regulaoccupancy of other operahe federation with any uniirning; nent and dishe delegation such commitbard of goverzr; and tions for the f running the p that has no sity of Watertcil. ?resident, the finance vicems, the direcand the direction office; it s meetings , strictly prirks out such which in the 2mped by the :nate. : council owe rd of Gover-sala h bachir

International je held in the will feature a ies. Some of :ek, Turkish 1 as a Ukrai-

to.

in Chichester

’ “The Cracker National Bank board of. directors ‘meeting stands adjourned. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s board of directors will please come to order. ”

Fine

future

Canada’s unemployed university graduates and foreign ownership problems are symptomatic of feeble national economic policy, Joseph Kates, chairman of the Science Council of Canada, told 150 people in the annual Sir Sanford Fleming address Tuesday. He said Canada needs a concerted “federal and provincial thrust for world strength.” The lack of national economic policy leaves us in danger of sacrificing cultural and economic autonomy to other countries, he stated. Kates viewed technology as important to Canada’s economic strength and suggested basic principles: -Canadian ownership of vital technologies;

foreseen -

government support of technological development; - encouragement of new firms; - firms should serve national needs. He suggested the government sponsor development of more efficient transportation and health care. He said he sees “a fine future for the country” if the’. universities train minds to apply principles. One man in the audience suggested the universities should train their students to be “entrepreneurs” with “daring and initiative” who believe that “the government can’t give people everything, they have to do some things for themselves.” This won a hearty round of applause and Kates’ approval. -john

Q UR BRILLIANT

BAND

You’fe the radiant star at your wedcljng. The music of your heart is in perfect harmony with your dazzling diamond band. We have a glorious selection . . . in modern and traditional designs. Let us help you choose the ideal one.. . to enhance the brilliant tone of your wedding.. . we know the score.

w. bast

Cigars down, taxes up If the Ontario Budget brought down on March 7 could be summed up by one example it would be taxes on cigars. For people who smoke stogies which cost less than seven cents apiece the tax is two cents; the tax on cigars priced between 8 and 10 cents rises by one cent to five cents, which means that an 8 cent cigar is taxed a whopping 62.5%. But for those who make a habit of smoking two dollar cigars the tax will decrease by 41 cents. The main feature of the Ontario Budget is to further tax the people, and to hold down their incomes while the government provides more tax concessions and handouts to the big monopolies and multinationals. 1. The budget increases the premiums on the Ontario Health Insurance Plan by 30%. With last year’s increase the rate is double what it was two years ago. This means beginning May 1, health insurance premiums will jump to $22 a month from $16 for single people and to $44 a month from $32 for families. 2. Tobacco taxes will rise for the third straight year, rising 2.8 cents on a pack of 20 cigarettes. The tax on a pack of 20 cigarettes increased by 5 cents in 1976 and 5 cents in 1977. 3. Taxes on a case of 24 bottles of beer will rise 15 cents bringing the price up to $8, effective April 1. The price of 24 bottles of beer was also increased in 1976 by 15 cents. Other increases will average 25 cents a bottle on Canadian spirits, 15 cents on imported spirits, 15 cents on a bottle of Canadian wine and 10 cents on imported wine. In 1976, the government announced an increase of 30 cents on a 25 ounce bottle of spirits. 4. The government has planned a 17 per cent increase in rapid transit fares, which

DIAMONDS

STRIKE-UP YOUR WEDDING

will come into effect April 1, and a 40% increase in provincial park fees for this year’s season. 5. The government will also hold down the pay increases of civil servants to 4 per cent which, with a present inflation rate of around 9 per cent, will result in a real loss of income. But not everyone is affected in the same manner by the new Ontario Budget. 1. For tk mining industry there are incentives to deduct from their taxable profits the full cost of operating European refineries to process Ontario ore. A major feature of this tax concession to the nickel monopolies is that it encourages the export of ore abroad and will do nothing to provide new jobs in Canada. It has been pointed out by the opposition that this only reinforces Canada’s role as a supplier of raw materials to foreign countries, a feature of the. Canadian economy which gave rise to high levels of unemployment in the first place. 2. Under the Ontario Youth Employment Program (OYEP), the Ontario Government will provide a $1.25 an hour subsidy to every employer who creates new summer jobs for people aged 15-24. This program will cost Ontario taxpayers $17.2 million. 3. The government will also cancel the sales tax on hotel and motel rooms. They estimate this change will provide the tourist industry with an additional $30 million this year. 4. The insurance industry will experience tax cuts: for instance, the insurance premium tax rate will be reduced to 2 per cent. 5. Any corporation may write off its expenses for pollution control equipment. -peter hoy --salah bachir

30 KING ST. W. KITCHENER

ARE YOU to offer leadership in outdoor and environmental Unique

place where you can live and learn in an excit

country as wil beautiful as Cantain James discovered it in 1778. The apprenticeship and internship programs are job oriented and offer credit at U. of Alberta and U. of Victoria. Apprenticeship programs start Mar. 20, April 20, May 20, and Sept. 5, and continue for fifteen weeks. Summer internship offers five core programs and is from July 17-Aug. 29. There is a residency program for those who want outdoor experiences and rural lifeskills from Sept. 7-Dec. 15. Shorter educational holidays for the time of your life throughout the year.

STRATHCONA OUTDOOR EDUCATION BOX 2160, CAMPBELL

CENTRE

RIVER,

B.C. Vgw

q e-EEs-rEmE,EEr~~-,

Please send me your free 32-page calendar 1978 STRA THCONA PROGR-4MS-oIter programs to* choose fkom.

of 60

I am particularly interested in Apprenticeship ( ), ’ Internship ( ), Residency ( ), Canoeing ( ), Kayakin Mountaineering ( ), Fitness and Preventive Medicine Log Building ( ), Sailing ( ), Native Culture ( ), Coas Backpacking ( ), Environmental Studies ( ), Wilderness Photography ( ), Wilderness Survival ( ), First Aid ( ). We are always looking for well qualified Canadian outdoor leaders. Write if you want a job application form, if you think you are ready! NAME:................................-.-.....-~..-...-..... ADDRESS:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..L.............

Code................

the chevron

friday,

FA0 report:

The 130-page World Food Survey, released Monday, is based on reports from 161 countries, and it

ACCOMMODATION STUDENT VILLAGE

IN 1

UNIVERSITfi FACULTE

For the Spring Term Commencing May 1, 1978 SINGLE ROOM - FULL BOARD

$884

ECOLE July

Right on Campus - 5 min walk to class No deposit required Phone in every room Cable T.V. available at an extra charge Please

Write

To:

St-Jean

in the heart

METHODS: beginners;

Waterloo Co-Op Residence 280 Phillip St., Waterloo

speaking

Inc.

1978 residence Double $714

& Board

Booklet

Double $714 $195

& Board only

Non-resident

used

with

Montreal has been selected as a the Federal-Provincial bursary who wish to learn French as a information on these bursaries, of the program at the department

province.

figures from the 32 poorest countries, which the study estimated at 2000 calories. The FA0 labeled the report as “disquieting”, and pointed out that firm evidence is not yet available of any significant progress being made since 1974 in reducing the numbers affected by inadequate

suppliesof food.

While food production in the rich nations is on the rise, at the rate of about 1.4 percent per year, one of the most alarming facts pointed out by the report was the decline in food production in some of the “most seriously affected countries” at the rate of about .4 percent per year. FA0 analysts called this decline ‘ ‘ a new and most serious phenomenon.” The gap between the rich and the poor countries is likely to widen because, as the report showed, the countries with the lowest food production also have the highest birth rates . An example of the consequences of food shortages is the fact that in Latin America, half of the deaths of infants in their second year is attributed to nutritional deficiency, and that 100,000 children in developing nations go blind each year, with another 200 million suffering from goiter. The FA0 hopes this survey will prompt the rich nations to step up their foreign aid programs, and cut down on the gross waste of food in their own countries, before the death toll gets any higher. -rick

on request:

Ecole

Single $813 $315

f rancaise

d’ete

DE L’EDUCATION PERMANENTE UNIVERSITE PE MONTREAL

C.P. 6128, ,I

Montreal

101, Quebec,

CANADA

meals

Five full term meal options available each of our three residences. non-members

of your

Single $813

Fall 1978

from

life.

methods are in seminars.

families.

BURSARIES: L’Universite de participating institution in program for Canadian students second language. For more please contact the coordinator

FACULTE

Applications Apply early.

D’ETE 1978 11th

of the French-Canadian

The latest audio-visual advanced students work

of education

Spring

Room Room

FRANCAISE 2ndiAugust

PERMANENTE

ACTIVITIES: French-Canadian life discovered through folksinging evenings, cultural manifestations, excursions into the typical Quebec, countryside strolls and sightseeing through the warm, beautiful and well preserved region of Lac St-Jean. Recreational workshops in various fields of interest. Sports activities are part of the daily activities. Students will live with French

Room

DE MONTREAL DE L’EDUCATION

Under the direction of I’Universite de Montreal, the largest French-speaking university on the continent, you LEARN FRENCH WHERE FRENCH IS AT HOME. L’l%ole francaise d’ete takes place in small villages located on the shores of Lac

Housing Office, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario or Phone: (519) 884-0544

for non-residents

are processed

on a first come

in basis.

DOOR CRASHER SALE Saturday,

March

18, 9:30 AM

One free album per person to the first 100 purchasers of a regular priced album -A

SAMPLE

QF THE SAVINGS

Eric Clapton Slowhand

Linda Ronstadt Simple Dreams

$2.99

RECORD

WORLD

Hours: Mon, Tues, & Sat 9:30-6 Wed, Thurs & Fri 9:30-9

91 King St. W., Kitchener

745-2961

77, 7978

rich get fatter estimates the world’s undernourished at 450 million, with numbers expected to increase. In the rich and industrialized countries the FA0 found “excessive food intake or improper diets” which they felt led to “the steadily risingaprevalence of diseases”. The daily caloric intake has soared to 3,380, compared to the declining

A global survey, conducted by the United Nations’ Food and Agricultureal Organization indicates that the world’s rich are getting fatter, and the poor are getting hungrier.

march

CHECK NEWSPAPER LISTINGS THEATRE NEAR YOU

FOR A

mitchell

day,

march

77, 7978

Student stl’ll evicted

UNIVERSITY g PHARMACY !Bervim

preacrlptkm

Open 7 Dnys A Wwk

232 King Iv. Waterloo, Opposite A thletic

Phone 885-2.530 Complex.

‘x~xx~xz~~--I. SOFT CONTACT NOW

SAME

i HUNDREDS IN STOCK.

9AM to 11 PM

LENSES

IN STOCK! e

DAY SERVICE WITH PRESCRIPTIONS

OF FASHION FRAMES 10% OFF TO STUDENTS

MOST

WITH

I.D. CARD.

z!k

MR. OPTICIAN 8 WATER ST N. 742-7651

POSITION

OPEN

CHEVRON EDITOR Written applications must be submitted to Sylvia Hannigan in the Chevron office by noon, Tuesday, March 28. The election

will be held on

Thursday,

March

A local landlord, who had UW student Burns Proudfoot evicted from a $230 a month townhouse last June so that he could move in, is still living in his $300,000 mansion. Cyril Kayman, one of the larger property holders in town, claimed that he wanted the apartment because of its close ,proximity to his office and his daughters’ school, and because the neighbours were personal friends whom he considered to be a good influence on his daughters. On this basis he won a writ of possession last May. Proudfoot was required to vacate by June. As late as last September Kay man told the chevron that he would be moving into the town“very shortly next house month.” Nine months after Proudfoot’s eviction the townhouse is still unoccupied and is listed with the rental office as being for’the use of the owner. Proudfoot has stated that Kayman is sacrificing the rental income out of “personal vindictiveness.” Proudfoot had initiated rent review hearings over a proposed rent increase of 14 per cent and won. When the lease expired Kayman moved to evict him. The Landlord-Tenant advisory bureau told Proudfoot he had grounds to sue if Kayman didn’t move in. -case van ma&en

Mystics

not recognized -I

Student’s council Tuesday turned down an application from the Kundalini Club for recognition as a campus organisation. This normally wouldn’t have come to council but the club’s association with the controversial PSI Mind Development corporation made it “too hot a topic for the Board of Entertainment to handle,” according to BENT chairperson Nick Redding. Redding told council there was “some suggestion, backed up by a few newspaper clippings”, that Kundalini and PSI had the same board of directors. He referred also to newspaper stories about graduates of PSI courses going into mental institutions. Art Ram, speaking for Kunda-’ lini, said the aim of the club was to investigate the mystic “life force” known as Kundalini. He said he would recommend the PSI courses to someone who wanted more knowledge of Kundalini.

He denied that the two boards of directors were the same, but admitted that they had some members in coi-nmon. He said the OPP had investigated PSI and had laid no charges, so the newspaper allegations were “not worth considering” . “I’m sure people can understand now why I passed the buck onto council, because this is a very sticky question,” Redding said. During councillors’ attempts to understand the group’s aims the discussion became philosophical, with speaker Maul-o Mavrinac explaining the relationship between the “Kundalini concept” and 10th century physics. A motion to recognise the Kundalini club failed, but vicepresident Don Salichuk assured them they would still be able to book rooms on campus for their events, although they would then have to pay for them. -jonathan

coles

NOTICE STUDENTS INTENDING TO GRADUATE SPRING 1978 CONVOCATION Students expecting to graduate at the Spring Convocation, May 25, May 26, May 27,1978 must submit an “Intention to Graduate” form. The forms can be obtained from the Office of the Registrar, Student Services Building, or from the departmental offices. If you submitted a form earlier in the year for the Spring 1978 convocation, you need not submit a new form.

at 1 PM.

ho F

PIRAK

STUDIO

PHOTOGRAPHER Graduate Portraits 1 8x10 MOUNTED 2 5x7 MOUNTED 8 - WALLETS *o0a0ooooeooo0*ooeooeooeooooaooooo NO. 2

$37 .

4x5 MOUNTED 24 5x7 8 - WALLETS

$40

$45

$56

l ~o~~~e~~ooo~oeooeooeeeeoeeeeeeoee

NO. 3

21 5x7 8x10 MOUNTED MOUNTED 4 4x5 MOUNTED

l oeeoooeoaeeeooeoeeoeeeeeeeeeooeee

NO.4

1 11x14 MOUNTED 2 5x7 MOUNTED 4 4x5 MOUNTED - WALLETS

, Dual

does! Seventy-five years of experience have taught the people at Dual a thing 1 or two about building turntables. Even though they make some of the finest platter 1 drive systems in the world, they have not forgotten about the most important part of all, the tone-arm. Dual tone-arms are engineered on the same principles as the finest separate tone-arms money can buy. So if you care about your records, and we are sure you do, let us explain the impQrtance of a good tone-arm. f

Who cares about tone-arms? Wesseling Advanced Audio does’.

OLDIE GOLDIE NIGHT Every Tuesday _

from 8 p.m.

DUST OFF YOUR BOBBY SOCKS AND COME OUT FOR A BLAST FROM THE PAST

98 Queen Kitchener 742;6951

77 KING ST. Nm (at Bridgeport

Rd.)

WATERLQO 1

St. S. Thurs. Closed

& Fri., 10-9 Monday

the chevron

Enrolment For the past ten years the Ontario government has pursued, or claimed to pursue, a policy of providing access to university for all qualified applicants. To carry out this policy, massive amounts of money were poured into existing universities, and five new universities were built from scratch. Student aid schemes were developed for needy students, and teaching staff was imported from America and other countries. The result of all this action was that a growing percentage of the young people between 18 and 24 passed through Ontario’s universities. In 1960, before the massive expansion began, only 5.43 per cent of 18-24 year olds attended university, as undergraduates but the percentage grew every year, with the exception of 1972, so that by 1975 there were 12.93 per cent of the age group attending. Not only did the rate of participation of the age group increase, but the number of people within the age group rose dramatically as a result of the “baby boom”. In 1961 there were approximately 550,000 people between the ages of 18 and 24 in Ontario; ten years later there were 950,000an increase of 73%. Dur- . ing that same period of time, because‘ of the increasing participation rate, the number of university students, grads and undergrads, increased nearly 370 per cent from about 36,000 to about 133,000. The increase in the participation rate of females was significantly greater than that of males. In 1960 the participation rate of females (undergraduate) was 5.35 percentage points greater than that of males, but by 1975 the gap had narrowed to 3.54 points. All these trends - the growing rate of participation generally. the even more rapidly growing rate of female participation and the growing number of 18-24 year olds play significant parts in predicting, future enrolments at Ontario universities. The Ontario Council on University Affairs, predicting future, enrolment on the assumption that the participation rate will remain constant at the 1975 level, suggests that in 1983, when the population o-f 18-24 year olds will peak at about 1,230,OOO Ontario universities will have about 159,000 undergraduates enroled. On the other hand, if the rate of participation of females increases during those years until it equals the 1975 rate of participation of males, enrolment would reach about 180,000. If it is assumed that the participation rate of males increases over the next five years and that the participation rate of females increases to match it, the figure becomes still larger. As it happens, Ontario universities are now operating close to the limit which the physical limitations allow. If the participation rate of females were to equal the 1975 rate of males, hundreds of millions of dollars would be required for expansion of the universities to meet the 1983 pressures. Far from granting the extra money, the Ontario government is supplying even less money than is needed to maintain the existing system. Obviously the participation rate of 18-24 year olds must be brought down, or prevented from rising at the very least. There are a number of methods which can be used to alter the rate of participation. The Ontario Council on University Affairs suggests that these methods fall under three broad catagories the economic environment, university behaviour and Government policy. In the past year all three of these methods have been employed. Government policy has been used to “suggest" increased tuition

friday,

cut back while population for all students, especially foreign students. More subtly, the recent changes in student aid have been designed to increase the “rate of flo.w” of students through the system. That is, by restricting student aid to eight terms the Ontario government has encouraged students to get their degrees quickly and move out. In its 1976/77 annual report the Ontario Council on University Affairs assigns considerable importance to the rate of flow through the system. They suggest that if the rate is not decreased from 1975, then even if the participation rate of women does not come to equal that of men the “university system is rapidly approaching a serious deficiency of up to 15,000 student places.” The “economic environment”, as has been frequently emphasized, is not good. Besides the increase in tuition, graduates are finding it difficult to find jobs, and over a million people are without work thus effectively diminishing the partici-

pation rate of the poor. “University behaviour” has been used to raise standards. Programmes similar to the English Language Proficiency Programme at Waterloo have mushroomed across the province. To secondary graduates they are a new hurdle which must be cleared on the way to a degree, and they encourage students to drop out from the university by forcing extra non-credit work in the early years. For those who do not succeed in passing through the programme in the first year the value of course work is called into question. _ The aim of the government is a “steady state” system. The effectiveness of the various methods of restricting growth has been demonstrated by the fall in enrolment which has already taken place. With practice, the instruments of the government and the universities will no doubt improve so that enrolment will not vary unacceptably. -don

martin

PREPARE

march

77, 7978

rises

FOR:

TAKE OUR EIGHT WEEK TO PREPARmE FOR FALL TO USE OUR MATERIALS UNTIL EXAM. .

SUMMER EXAMS. AND

COURSES CONTINUE IFACILITIES

PERMANENT STUDY CENTER. SMALL CLASSES TAUGHT BY SKILLED INSTRUCTORS. TAPE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUAL REVIEW. FLEXIBLE PROGRAMS AND HOURS. COME

VISIT

OUR

CENTER.

For information, please call:

48511930

EDUCATIONALCENTER OFTORONTO LTD. 1992 Yonge Street, Suite 301, Toronto, Ontario M4S 127

The Other

TEST

PREPARATION-SPECIALIST

Stanley Puerto

Kaplan

Rico

and

Centers Lugano,

since in

Major

Switzerland

U.S.

1936. Cities,

fh c-hwron

Company One to perform Mime is the art ofsilence. the art ofcreating an illusion of reality. Imagination, awareness and physical control are essential to the mime’s performance. His use of focus, rhythm, the senses and an understanding of his fellow man make his world a poetic, heightened reality. Karen Waterman and Company One will follow the development of the history and philosophy of Mime from early Rome to present day through a series of eleven original pieces. The show is Monday. March 2Oth, at 8:OOpm in the Humanities Theatre. Admission is free.

EUROPE - you don’t have to be rich. NAT Eurotours are Camping/Coach holidays aimed at the Youth Market. You see as much as possible for as little as possible, with tours covering Britain, Greece & Turkey, Scandinavia, Central Europe, the Arctic Circle, North Africa and much more. For complete details contact us now. marketed by Lawson, McKay Tours.

INTERNATIONAL 1 ES

FILM

XEi&sTheatre

8 p.m.

TWO OUTSTANDING FILMS COMING UP! FORBIDDEN PLANET colour, CINEMASCOPE) A MUST

(USA

FOR SCIENCE-FICTIQN

1956

BUFFS!

The first of the great science fiction films created 12 “2001”. The film introduces the spiyears before rited, devoted character “Robbie the Robot”. The story concerns a brooding scientist who lives in isolation with his daughter and robot, and has parailels to Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Features Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis.

Friday, March 31 CITIZEN KANE 1941 B&W) The Great

Orson

(USA

Welles

Classic!

This is perhaps Welles’ most famous film and introduced new elements of cinematic vocabulary to an audience accustomed to conventional narrative films. Critics have marvelled at its beauty and its awesome aesthetic charm.

nesda

arch 22

AdmIssIon by membership only Membership $2 00 Nightly film fee $1 50 (Stu/Sen $100) Available at UW ARTS CENTRE-ROOM 254, MODERN LANGUAGES BLDG (885-4280) PR AT THE DOOR

-george

Eikhar

does s

Horizons Shirley Eikhard Attic Records Somebody over at the A & R Department of Attic Records is perpetrating a great disservice to the still budding career of Shirley Eikhard. From her “the next Anne Murray” stage through to the present phase of Fleetwood Mat covei songs, one characteristic has remained constant. and that is the ability to excel at delivering smooth soft pop. Such a talent is hardly compatible with the ambiguous tough cover pose of Horizons, which makes Eikhard look like an overdressed mechanic whose main hobbies consist of repairing jack hammers, listening to Deep Purple,

and nursing the accompanying migraines. Although the new image and LP title refer to Eikhard’s dabbling in the sleek disco pop which the Bee Gees have turned into the dominant sound of AM radio, the real meat of Horizons is still the seductive ballad. “Let Me Down Easy”, ‘*It All Comes Down To Caring”, and the charming schmaltz of “Some Day Soon” all exhibit a certain wistfulness which is catchy the first time around and subtly irresistable the rest. Unfortunately. the same cannot be said of the pseudo R&B which takes up most of side two. Aside from the fact that Eikhard simply does not sound as comfortable in

CONTINUOUS DANCING Nightly from 8 p.m.

8 e 0 8 9a 0 0 0 0 0 0 e e e 0 0 0 0 0 0 e e 0 0 0 e 0 0 0 0 0 e e e e e

THE GATHERINPLACE for

this genre, and thus has a tendency to be both cautious and undistinctive, the production represents an unconvincing approximation of what should be an easy to imitate musical form (disco pop). Instead of emphasizing the percussive elements, there is a tendency to substitute enervating horn chart\ and tired guitar riffs. In addition. Eikhard cannot p~ill off lines such as “Any way the wind blou)s/I go too.‘* with sufficient abandon to be convincing, especially in the face of the rather timid image presented on side one. The bright spots however often make up for the less successful aspects of Horizons. The album’s first single, a remake of the Buckingham-Nicks composition, “Don’t Let Me Down”, actually improves on the original version (from the pre- Fleet wood Mat Buckingham-Nicks LP) and defines one part of the direction Eikhard should be exploring. The other style which suits her perfectly is, of course, the love song. “Let Me Down Easy” and “I Don’t Want To Lose Your Love” are wonderful examples ofwhat the rest of the record could have been. -john

77 KING ST. N. (at

Bridgeport

884-3781 886-2567

alpha sounds DISC Weddings A Radio

Waterloo

JOCKEY -

SERVICE

Parties

Dances

CKMS

FEDS

SUNDAY NIGHT COFFEE HOUSE This

Service

Week

Sunday March 19 FRED GEE * 43

(Campus Centre Pub) Coffee, Tea, Cider and Goodies $1.49

+&+F**************

walker

(Students)

$1.99

(Others)

Rd.)

sakamoto

Welles cancells appearance Veteran actor-director Orson Welles has cancelled a scheduled performance at the University of Waterloo’s Humanities Theatre. Welles was to have appeared on April 4 as part of a tour of Canadian and U.S. universities, but cancelled the tour in order to accept an offer from a major film studio. In a letter to theatre series subscribers, Arts Centre Manager Geoffrey Butler stated, “Every effort has been made to book a suitable replacement for this attraction but those very few that could reasonably be substituted are not available in the appropriate time period .” Butler indicated that subscribers would receive full refunds for Welles tickets. Cancellations by major stars are a concern of theatre managers, and have affected many area theatres including Toronto’s 0’ Keefe Centre and Royal Alexandra. The problem is rooted in an “escape clause” in some performance contracts which allows performers to cancel a commitment in order to accept other more lucrative or prestigious engagements. When a show/ is cancelled, the local theatre is frequently blamed and accused of false advertising but in fact, the theatre is as much the victim of the situation as the disappointed ticket holder.

’

the chevron

friday,

Tuesday evening the Humanities Theatre stage was again occupied by Lhe IJ. of W. Drama Group with their presentation of Garcia Lorca‘s production, The House of Bernarda Alba. Lorca weaves a within the tale of intrigue house“hold” of Bernarda Alba and her five daughters. I stress the word “hold” since the play is based upon the emotional hold which Bernarda commands over her daughters as a result of her husband’s death and subsequent eight years of mourning. Simplicity of set, costume, and movement serve well to dehumanize the situation of the Alba family, but the opportunity to play upon the withdrawal from the real world is often lost to a mere recitation of lines. Because the props are very limited, blocking progression could have been more emblematic in order to tell more of a story. Getting used to Bemarda’s almost Irish dominance drew laughs at the beginning of the play, but Grace Newton’s consistency and perin the role made civerance Bernarda’s closing stand a convincing one. The old saying, “out of the mouths of babes”, reveals a prevelant issue in Lorca’s ideal of womanhood expressed in the play. Chris Jackson as Maria Josefa is the key to Lorca’s message. Being a woman of eighty, we can laugh at her senility but in truth, her insanity reflects the insanity of the Albian situation: a network of twisted desires, social checks, and sibling rivalry between the daughters, who range in age from 20 to 39. Ms.

Great

posing

in the House

of Alba. -photo

Jackson’s senility speaks the truth, and her presence on stage provides some much needed colour and visual imagery. Act 2 finds Bernarda’s daughters becoming a mere part of the furnishings, echoing her own words, “every class has its own place” yet the underlying conflict begins to show its face through Diane Stainton’s role as Adela. The attempt to slowly build tension for the climactic ending of the act is apparent, but the build lags leaving the ending the only hilite. The close of the act is an effective and necessary peak in the plot progression forshadowing the action in act 3. Act three picks up and carries the lag created by the first two acts revealing a whole new side to the play. The daughter’s sexual desires begin to break free, symbolized by

-mark

March

Starts Monday March 17 2 Shows Nightly 7 & 9:15pm Matinees Sat. & Sun. 2pm.

jardine

OPEN

DAILY

THURSDAY

AND

PROJECT ‘78 Fashion

by ron reeder

the freeing of the Stallion from his stable. Technical cues, specifically sound, could be improved but are not as important as the implied meaning they create. The heavy breathing just becomes irritating rather than suggestive, as the daughter’s feelings are for the most part quite obvious. The entire “out in the air openess” of the third act makes the play much easier to interpret and appreciate. The views and values of Bernarda’s daughters become clear concise leading up to Adela’s appropriate but expected suicide. Her death is staged very well providing a convenient opportunity for Bernarda to reassume her domineering control. Her suppression of emotion is a fitting ending of both text and the evening’s performance.

Thursday, 3

9:30 AM TO 6 PM FRIDAY

’

TO 9:30 P

PEOPLE SATURDAY, MARCH 25 II:15 AM, 1 PM, 2:3O PM

Show

A 40 minute professional musical presentation of singing and dancing by our own local youth

l-larsfai Marionette

SATURDAY, MARCH 25 IQ:30 AM, 12 PM, I:45 PM 3:30 PM, 4:30 PM A dynamic, humorous, family 30 minute puppet production 25 - 55 puppets 2 - 3 feet tall.

oriented featuring

ROAD

Westmount

7 PM - Inside Mall Free Ad m ission Door Prizes (Only Ticket Holders Eligible) 886-6260

wE3PmouNT

77, 7978

Style

march

Rd. at Erb St.

A show

to delight

all ages.

&9n

friday,

march

77, 7978

the c-hevr-on

an skillf The CCCH was in its Sunday best with a small audience to lend its informality to talented singer and songwriter Susan Cogan. Alternating between guitar and piano, Cogan let her voice dominate both of those instruments, singing with vibrancy and off-theshoulder ease. Her skill as a lyricist is promising and belies a wide, sensitive range of expression: the romantic irony in ‘Part-time Angel’ contrasted to the arcane melodrama of ’ Mandala’ evidences a capability that is deserving of the recognition she seeks. Susan will be performing in Toronto cafks in the next couple of months. Guest artist Thomson Laurie gave us some fine music. His vocals are strong and expressive: his , guitar work was backed neat and solid by a man named ‘Jason’. These guys played excellent material, mostly original. --$. aQm[jnson

This film represent?, the first deliberate attempt to create ;t science fiction “A” movie. Twelve years later MGM would pick up the theme again with “2001 *‘. “Forbidden Planet”, made in 1956. i4 a colour. cinemascope film that has become a classic. with it\ introduct ion of‘ the now mu c h-cop i e d . personality-plu\ character “Robbie the Robot”. The film is part of the International Film Series sponsored by the WW Art\ Centre and i\ open to everyone with the purchase of a 52.00 memberL,hip and a film

Household

Goods

- Personai

fee of $1.50 (Stu./Sen. S I .OO) available from the UW Art\ Centre box office or at Ihe door. It will be screened March 22 at 8pm in the Humanities Theatre. The programme will also include the Canadian short sub-ject Opus I and Chapter\ 10 and 1 I of the continuing serial “The Phantom Creeps”. “FORBIDDEN PLANET” hab parallels with deliberate Shakespeare‘,s “The Tempest”: the i\land is now ;t forbidding planet, and a brooding hcient ist lives in isolation, much like the

Effects

- Tourist

Purchases

K-W International Freight Forwarding Limited

niagician Prospero, with his daughter and hi\ “Ariel”, hi\ spirited and devoted robot. The revelation of the enemy i4 so astonic,hing and innovative that it widened the conventions of‘ the science fiction screen. The cinematic science fiction and fantasy screen was not to widen its horizons again until more than a decade later Mill-3 “X01”. ” Forbidden Planet” truly achieved ;t bold new cinematic plateau. The film features Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielson and Anne Francis and was directed by Fred McLeod Wi!cox. It’s it must for science-fiction buffs! Opus II is a 1972 colour film directed by Joyce Borenstein. The Montreal Star described it, ” . . . an exquisite series of variations on the theme of a tricycle. For sheer imagination. this film was my favour-

. . . an extraordinary programme 6f all-Louis works that includes the funny, jazzy, explosive number “Glances”, danced to the specially-commissioned score by jazz great DAVE BRUBECK. Students/Seniors $4.00 Others $6.00

lb2-2PMarnd8PM Two distinctly different programmes performed by one of Canada’s finest symphony orchestras. DON’T WAIT AND BE DISAPPOINTED, GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! Students/Seniors $5.00 Others $7.00 Appearing with the assistance of the Canada Council.

Main Box Office, INFORMATION:

254 Mbdern 885-4280

of the Touring

Languages

Office

Tickets:

Bldg. UW _

E HAVE THE STAR

Students $5 $4’5.

Others $6

$5’5

$6. at the door

BENT

us Q Bus

for’everyone.

(ILicensed)

KMS

the chevron

64-character line, doubts spaced. A pseudanym may be run if we are provided with the real name of the writer. Letters may be edited to fit space requirements. Deadline for letters is noon

D I would like to respond to the article in the March 3 edition of the chevron entitled “March 8 Planned”. First I would like to ask why the chevron is willing to print an article which is mostly a reprint from an AIA propaganda leaflet while two articles submitted on the Small Planet food co-op were not printed. Also when a letter was submitted asking why they were not printed, no reply was given. It seems to me that the food co-op would be of great interest to the students who cannot afford or do not like to eat the processed food from the supermarket. Secondly, this is the first article dealing with (or not dealing with) the women’s struggles I’ve seen in the chevron for ages; and it’s mostly a reprint. This article not only negates women’s struggles, it denies there should be one at all! Every oppressed and exploited group is entitled to their own struggles, and women are now speaking out after being oppressed for so long. Only we are not an oppressed minority, but a majority! Women have been struggling against the causes of that oppression, and it has traditionally been men making those laws that repress us. For example, how many women are on the central committee in Chinia or Albania? Your coverage of gay rights has also been negligible. On the same page as the March 8 article is a verbatim coverage of a talk where H. Bains attracted 130 people. What about the rally and demonstration in Toronto in January against Anita Bryant which attracted hundreds and even thousands? Here gays and women united against this heroine, who discriminates in the name of god. No coverage at all. There is a gay lib office on campus which advertises their coffee houses regularly in the chevron, so it would be of interest to these students. But after all, being gay is only a “bourgeois degeneracy”, according to the accepted maoist doctrine. There are lots of struggles going on at the U of W besides the ones that the AIA are involved in. Why don’t you offer more coverage on these instead of reprints? Diane Ritza

mily plot The election of the new editor of the Chevron has shown once again (as if there were need for it) how a minority have more power than the majority and how this power is kept. At the beginning of the meeting many people were hoping to democratically choose the new editor. Their idea was very simple indeed: “let’s interview the candidates (Dave Carter: AIA, Nick Redding: Fed., ? ?: outsider), discuss it, and then let the majority decide. But simple things exist only in theory (and the theory, as known, is a monopoly of the Central Committee). In fact, the AIA had already decided that the new editor should be a person controlled &/or controllable by the AIA, as the old one was. The AIA’s desire to maintain power (a very typical conservative desire) was not shared by those who were without this power - the majority of the chevron staff. In fact they were only interested in: 1. choosing a “good” editor (qualified, efficient, etc.), 2. avoiding any power game in the Chevron. especially those played by the AIA. How has it been possible for the AIA to get power without making a revolution, i.e. without anyone noticing it’? With an old dirty trick. They couldn’t say: “We want David Carter because he is one of us, so we will continue to break the balls or ovaries of everyone disagreeing with us (and to disagree with the AIA perfectly defines reactionary fascists, trotskyists and, even worst, engineers and anarchists). So the AIA took the position that only the people that stay until the end of the discussion will have the

right to vote. Smart move! In fact the AIA and the sub-leninists of the CPC-ML were ready to camp in the Chevron office if needed - the correct line would have supplied the needed vigour (“We vigorously oppose. . . “>. The people, the other people, the “normal” people not only had the wrong line but also had time constraints. Some had a date, some had to go to work, others had to take their children (who couldn’t care less about the Chevron) to eat, etc. These naive people suggested‘that “it is not fair for us to lose the right to vote because we have to leave. Instead let’s record the discussion on tape so that those who cannot be present at the voting can listen to the recording and vote before Thursday. In this way, we guarantee that the whole staff can participate in the election of the new editor.” As anyone can see this reasonable proposal was also democratic: The right to vote was guaranteed to everyone, even workers (e.g. people leaving to feed their children). “This democracy is The AIA panicked: not the one of the Central Committee! It is dangerous, someone disagreeing with us may be elected!” So these neo-Christians started to attack, by filling the time up with slogans. They opposed calling the question until they were sure that people were confused, tired, fed up, in other words, until they were sure that they were going to win. The discussion on this motion lasted four hours, from 1PM to SPM. The AIA won. At 5:30 the crime had been committed; at 1AM the corpse was already stinking.

The comments of each member of the panel of four, giving different views on “the role of a Christian in a socialist revolution” at a meeting sponsored by the Waterloo Christian Fellowship in the Campus Centre, lead to paradoxial conclusions. Using the Chevron article “Marxist-Christian Differences Discussed” (Friday, March 3, 1978) which covered the meeting, I quote the following comments numbered (1) to (4) (the emphasis is mine): (1) Rempel felt that history had as an elementary purpose the achievement of justice, and that a Marxist basis was a good way of achieving this today: He said Marxist “utopianism” assumed “revolution was inevitable and always solves the problem.” (2) But Wahlsten didn’t feel that suffering was inevitable at all. In fact he said, Marxism had as its goal “eliminating suffering from the face of earth.” As well, Wahlsten said that the unity between Christians and Marxists was not a permanent one. After the revolution, education and propaganda would be used to corn bat “religion, mysticism, and philosophical idealism.” He cited the example of Albania where religion is extinct and its propagation banned. (3) Bryant stressed that lcommunism is not an appropriate social theory for Christians: “Marxism is a Christian heresy, once removed .” Bryant saw Marxism’s main significance for Christians in acting as their social conscience: Christianity needed Marxist’s “position for justice”. (4) Johnson cited a recent survey which, he said, showed that 80% of some Christian sects have racist ideas. He contrasted this to the non-believers who, have the lowest proportion of such ideas. Johnson said that man has no characteristics other than what could be measured: “There is no such thing as human nature.” What differentiates man from other animals is his ability to think and to reflect. From each quotation one can draw the following paradoxial conclusions: From (1) Justice can be based on utopianism. From (2) The combat and extinction of religion does not involve suffering. From (3) Christians should use a Christian

heresy as their social conscience to develop a passion for justice. From (4) Racist ideas could be measured (as thoughts are characteristic of men). Each of the above paradoxes reflects a basic fact about man: if man excludes Cod from his consciousness, he replaces realities by illusions or by fantasies. In his book “How Should We Then Live” Schaeffer puts it this way on the end of Chapter 10: “On the basis of revelation - the Bible and the revelation of God through Christ-there is no ultimate silence in the universe, and there are certainties of human values and moral values apd categories to distinguish between reality and fantasy. And there is a reason why man is man.” Thus, for the paradoxes deduced from (1) to (4) I have the following explanations: For (I) Since the propositions or premises of logic are extra-rational there is no base for justice, except what man establishes arbitrarily by intuition. Consequently, man does not know absolutes in morals or justice. Only if a man believed in God, the Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth as The Supreme Being, than the commandments of God become absolute standards for him. So the first reflects a reality of life: without God, justice is blindfolded and without the law of God written in the Bible, justice can be man-made utopia, since it is based on intuition. For (2) Christ, the only begotten Son of God, gave us “the first and great commandment” to love God and “the second commandment” to love thy neighbour as thyself. Unless we love God, we keep God’s commandments in our hearts, and we accept men as created in God’s image, there are no absolute standards for the treatment of our neighbours. We humans have a tendency to disregard sufferings, since we tend to use our own standards for our fellow men, whereas God commands to use His standards to love our neighbours. It is not surprising then, that for an atheist suffering in the combat and extinction of religion is an illusion. For (3) According to Webster’s dictionary (1958) socialism is ownership and operation of the means of production and distribution by society. The problem with socialism is that there is no absolute definition what a society is and no absolute base for the distribution of goods. In communism socialism is considered to be the stage of society coming between capitalism and communism, which is a classless society without God, called the Marxist utopia. Marx said in the Communist Manifesto that the communist revolution has to be effected by means of despotic inroads on the rights of property. Christ speaks of ownership of property of an individual man (Matthew 20: 1; Luke 12: 16) and of injustice committed by an individal man (Luke 16: 19-3 1) or by members of a class (Matthew 23: 14). Marx writes about an injustice of exploitation committed by the class of modern capitalists as a whole. He completely disregards the compassionate use of capital by some individual capitalists. Marx was no fool, he realized that the arbitrary distribution of goods involves the violation of the rights of property, which is basically the right of an individual to own the fruit of his labour. This violation is in conflict with the commandment “Neither shalt thou steal” and abolishes the commandment “Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field. . . or anything that is thy neighbours.” Christianity is based on charity, which is voluntary. Christ asks us to give generously to the hungry, the thirsty and the naked (Matthew 6:3; 25:35-40) and to help those who are in distress (Luke 10:30-37). With the introduction of socialism into Canada an arbitrary distribution of goods has begun by a redistribution of income using a tax system, which confiscates now about one half of the value of all goods produced and services rendered by individuals. The effect of this on the conscience of men was made clear to me recently by the words of a young tow truck driver, who had picked up a wrecked car which w.as stolen. He said: “First they steal it, then they wreck it: that is what the world is made of today”. Thus, socialism and Marxism create a different individual conscience than Christian-

ity. Arbitrary distribution of goods destroys morals and removes the reality of true values. It generates the illusion that goods are free and that the world is so to speak one big mango tree, whereas in reality a lot of skill and work is required to produce even a plain old lead pencil. The social conscience of a socialist has nothing to do with the conscience of a man before God. Actually, a Christian uses evil and not Christian heresy if he employs Marxism to activate his conscience, since Marx denies that God is. For (4): If man is to have no characteristics other than what could be measured, he is considered to act like a machine. This is the proposition of materialism, that visible matter is the only reality and that thought, will and behaviour of men can be explained in terms of matter only. Ofcourse, materialism has been replaced by modern behaviorism, which holds that man does not act in accordance with his will but merely behaves by responding with his organism to the environment. Thus, a behaviorist has to reject the concept of the mind, if he is consistent. The rationalist had argued that God is not, since He is invisible to men, so why not argue that the mind is not, since thoughts are invisible? The paradox is that both arguments ,are also invisible. The reality of life shows that man can formulate the wildest ideas, but that he can not live by illusions without suffering selfdestruction. In accordance with the Bible, ea.ch man has been created to have his individual human nature, since he is created with a free will, since he can think, reason, believe, hope, love, hate and more. The functioning of a machine can indeed be measured, but people who think of men as machines, they themselves act not like a machine. The paradox in the idea that nlan has no characteristics other than what could be measured, is that the idea itself is a transcendental phenomenon and can not be measured. Effect of ideas may be measurable, but ideas not necessarily have effects. In conclusion I want to state the following: Marx writes in the Communist Manifesto that the Communists are that section of the working class parties which pushes forward all others. If Christians want to join the Marxists, they will be pushed to collide with others, just like a driver of a car is pushed into one in front of his, if his car is hit from the rear. Recently my dog, an Irish setter, aroused a rabbit which ran away. Since he is excited by animals that run or fly he tried to catch up with it. But he fell far behind, because right at the beginning of the chase he stumbled as he ran into a snow bank. So it is with Christians excited by th.e socialist revolution: they will stumble since socialism violates commandments of God and deceives the wbrds of Christ. Socialism is forced onto people and socialistic regimes come to power quite often by the use of guns. Socialism needs to be enforced by an authoritarian government, since it is based on coercion. We Christians forget too often that Christ said: My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight.. . (John 18:36) The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! OI lo there! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:20-21). Dr. d. Schroeder Professor of Civil Engineering

During meetings held as part of the Africa Weekend at the University of Waterloo, the issues of freedom and apartheid were discussed. We talked about the present situation in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) South Africa and Namibia (South West Africa). The participants oppose the investment in the oppression of the people of South Africa and Namibia by Canadian banks and corporations like Falconbridge, Hudson’s Bay Company, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Royal Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Comcontinued on page 21

letters to the editor, the chevs centre. Please type on a r line, -double spaced. A pseudonyrvt may be run if we are provided with the real name of the writer. Letters may be edited to fit space requirements. Deadline for letters is noon

continued

from-page

merce. and the Bank of Montreal. We note that these same corporations have also contributed to mass layoffs and growing unemployment in Canada. We also feet: I. The average Canadian has enough power to offset transactions between banks in Canada and corporate bodies in South Africa. 2. The average Canadian has been rendered passive to racism in South Africa by tack of a clear picture of the situation in South Africa. 3. Efforts should be intensified to inform Canadians through film shows and discussions, and more interaction with African students. 4. Groups (e.g. African Students Association) can help to 5top Canadian bank loans to South Africa by closing accounts and supporting the current campaign against Canadian bank investments in South Africa. 5. Information gathering is stilt needed to know the interlinkages between banks and corporations and to know whether banks we have not already pointed fingers at are also involved in bank loans to South Africa. Rita Nickamp Susan Godt Paul Puritt Laura McLachlan Kae Elgie Carol Kroft Susan Hurlich John van Mossel and members of the African Students Association

from the Edmund Burke Society aims or methods. Unfortunately by most people realise this, it may be Joseph

in thei the time too late. Federer

A dialogue with Doyboy

The following dialogue is completely made up. The names have been slightly modified to implicate the guilty. The whole unfortunate part is tha-lt there realty is an Experimental Aircraft Flying Club. And they deserve a written apology from the chevron. The scene takes place in the editor’s office. Neil Doyboy: Say Mike I hear you want to talk to me about your article that I did not let into the paper’! Mike: I was a little annoyed that a news story about students being pioneers in the experimental aircraft field was not thought of as ‘news’. In fact it was putted because of space I am told. But last week there were two articles on some dubious revolutionary activities instead. Neil, these people will have some difficulties remaining students if they are given no support. A local T.V. network wanted to film them recently. Yet why can we not defend their basic interests’? Neil Doyboy: What if I said it was just because you are a fascist and do not deserve to be writing for the glorious chevron’? Mike: The article is totally apolitical. If you dislike me, then submit it yourself. YOUI news editor J. Cotes accused me of writing it only to have 6 contributions in order to be a staffer. If you feet that way just print it and \ay you did it. The point is not who wrote it but what the story was about. Neil Doyboy: You have put me in a tight Throughout the pas,t several years in situation. I guess I wit! have to level with which the A.I.A. has been an active force on you. Look this club is interesting, right’? Campus, 1 have attempted to perceive both Mike: Welt. yes. their viewpoints, and those of their various Neil Doyboy: The article would have been opponents. To this end, I attended the I.S.A. very interesting to atot of students right’? lecture on ‘The Current International SituaMike: Sure. tion’ held on 28 Feb. As the speaker wa\ Neil Doyboy: Not only that it would have Hardiat Bains. Chairperson of the been a welcome relief from the political fanCPC(M-L). I felt that I would attain firctta\ie\ we print, right’? hand knowledge of the Marxi\,t-Leninist line Mike: Yes, so’! of thought. Neil Doyboy: So now’ you know why 1 Upon approaching the door of the lecture could not allow it. room, 1 and my two companions were stopMike: No I do not see at a!!. ped by three gentlemen (two of whom I later Neil Doyboy: Son, it is credibility. That discovered to be Doug Wahlsten and Satah Bachir). and asked why we were there. I story would have made LISactually took good to the student\. We cannot have thi\. I mean answered that I w’ished to hear Bains’ wit! destroy our purpose. Also speech. Thi\ apparently did not satisfy 0111‘ credibility consider the other \ide of the coin. What i\ and there ensued a protracted questioner\, the best way on thi\ campu\ to kill a story or inquisition dealing u ith our motive\ and any issue’? political a\\ociation\. One of my companMike: How’.’ ion\ ua\ even accused of being in the Armed Neil Doyboy: How naive \‘OLI are! If we Force4 (he ha\ short hair). yet he i\ an a\‘wo~~td have printed thi4 story the student\ owed pacifist. Eventually we u’ere ‘permitwould have been totally against airplane\. ted’ to enter. When Bain\ made hi\ appearance after a since we w’ere for them. Those guy\ building the 4tyrofoam plane were too nice to do that con\iderabte delay. he received ;I standing to. ovation from a large segment of the approxMike: But whose side are you on’.’ imatcty one hundred people pre\ent. At first Neil Doyboy: I wit! let you guess. But I 1 w;t\ impressed at his ability to speak at wit! give YOLI a few clues. If you wanted to length without note\. It quickly became obspread anti-comm-Gnist propaganda how vious though. that thi\ contributed to hi\ would you do it’? inability to produce any logical. or even senMike: Wet! I would write some stuff show\ibte argument\. He repeatedly made ating how \itty they are. tacks and allegations against almost anyone not connected with the CPC(M-L). In no Neil Doyboy: That would be as useful ;I\ case did he attempt to substantiate any of his peeing in the wind. You have to have style, son. What you do is set up a supposedly claim\. In addition, he accused various paper. Then you rant and groups and individuals of tying. However, he PRO Communist rave in it. You write totally absurd ‘comhimself uttered several blatant ties. At one munist’ positions. And you make yourself point. he explained how only those who fothated around the campus. You tow the Party tine in Albania are permitted to generally fight the students and tell them you are actuexpress themselves-and he had the audacity to refer to thi\ travesty as ‘freedom of ally on their side. By this time anyone who wa\ leaning to the lef‘t is now a rabid John speech’. Bircher. And there you have the perfect My impressions of thi\-group. as you may anti-communist propaganda. Neat. eh. gather, were not positive. In making my exMike: But why’? And whose side are you perience known, I have undoubtedly invited on. the wrath of the A.I.A. to descend upon me. Neil Doyboy: Wet! 1 cannot tell ~OLI right So be it. I feet obliged to make my position out. national security and a!! that. But let me known. I can henceforth not take seriously put it this way. You noticed when the RCMP any of the Marxist-Leninist’s aims or claims. picked up Prof. D. Vatshtein they let him go Should they gain power. I fear that their right away. Those boy\ do not go around definition of .protetariat’. which i\ alread) holding their own agent\ for very tong, let me restrictive. would guickty decrease in generality until it encompas,\ed only their ou n tell you. Ju\t think. who profit\ the most from having the left in disarray and i\otapourer elite. A\ one of my companion4 t ion’? pointed out. the) at- i‘ in no real M!;I~ differen

A plea for freedom

Mike: Wow, this is realty big! So at! this is realty an act. Neil Doyboy: Yup. I once played a weasel in a school play. I have always wanted to tramp the boards after that. This way I can do that and serve my country and the fuerher. Mike: Fewer what’? Neil Doyboy: Forget it, it was just a slip. Now run along so I can work. Wait a minute. Did you like the way I put L. Hannet’s piece on the closing of the Chevron in the fiction section’! I am so progressive, it hurts. Michael Webster

Letter to Stephenson Dear Mrs. Stephenson: It was with great disappointment that I read your announcements concerning the minimum wage for those working in licensed premises. Having five years experience as a waitress I feet it necessary to point out some of the many disadvantages of keeping service people at this ridiculously tow wage. 1) Your proposal is sexist as it discriminates against people who work in less classy establishments where tips are poor. Mostly women I%!! into this category as male waiters are hired in prestigious establishments. The status of an establishment is often the deciding factor in tipping, not the quality of the service. At! waitresses in tower class establishments are therefore discriminated against. 2) This proposal encourages management to hire waitresses and then assign them many jobs other than waitressing as their labour is cheaper. Often these women are required to do kitchen work, food preparation and extensive cleaning duties. I worked for one company that followed this policy. Less than 50% of our time was spent waiting on tables. As you can see our opportunity to earn tips was greatly diminished. Any protest on the part of the workers against this unfair practice resulted in instant dismissal. 3) As waitresses we forgo many of the benefits regular minimum wage workers enjoy. Our hours are unstable and must follow customer demand. If it is not busy we are sent home. In many places the waitresses do not get meat breaks. They are on their feet for 8 to IO consecutive hours yet are paid as ifthey did receive breaks. Also many of LIS finish late at night when public transportation is no longer running. Taxi rides can quickly eat up the nickel and dime gratuities earned during the night. There are health hazards in thisjob as wet!. Bar waitresses must work in an at-’ mosphere thisck with tobacco cmoke and loud entertainment. They also risk being in-jured in fights between cuctomer\. Surely \uch conditions entitle us to minimum wage. 4) How much difference wit! the saving in wage cost make to the employer. It seems to me that if employers were obligated to pay their waitresses a decent wiige they might \tay at the job longer thus decreasing their turnover and the cost of training new employees. In the tong run this wit! save them money. Rent and increasing food costs make up a much greater percentage of operating costs. Why not concentrate on. these areas rather than shif‘t the burden to the backs of the hired help. 5) I predict this proposal wit! cause much employee dissension. An inadequate basic wage wilt result in everyone competing for prime hours when the tips are the best. Tips are not consistent or dependable. It is difficult to budget or plan big purchases when you never know how much your weekly income wilt be. 6) MOST IMPORTANT: Your justification of the tow basic wage i\ to keep the tourist industry costs in competition with the northeastern U.S. Is this fair to the Canadian workers’! As :my of us wilt tell you, American attitudes toward tipping are different than Canadian\. Americans tip very wet!, much more than their Canadian counterparts. Perhaps in time Canadians wit! rea!,ize that their waitre\\e\ are not making an adeyuate basic wage and wit! be more generous with their tips but until then how are use

supposed to live on an unstable, fluctuating income in these times of high inflation. I find it amusing if not ironic that highly paid civil servants who vote themselves generous wage increases, have the audacity to deprive us of a 35 to 50 cent an hour raise. We are not asking for your outrageous salaries. None of us are that decadent. We just want the security of a basic wage we can survive on. I would appreciate some comments on each of these 6 points; not just the first few tines of the letter as has been the case in past communications regarding this matter. name withheld by request

A StaKnist purge... In a letter to feedback last week, Neil Docherty called me a “puppet king”, only to find out after his letter was submitted that my kingdom is at least 26 staffers strong, large enough to veto the election of Dave Carter as chevron editor and force another election. The new election wit! be on March 30, and I intend to run again as does Carter. The election cannot be held until that time because Carter wilt be sunning himself in Florida until then. In the mean time, Docherty wit! no doubt continue his campaign of stacking the chevron staff with as many Carter supporters as he can muster. Docherty’s case against me is built on distortions. and shows him to be two-faced in the extreme. He claims that JJ Long and Rick Smit joined the chevron staff to help elect me as editor. At the same time, Docherty openly asks supporters of Carter to complete six contributions to the chevron so that they can vote in the election. Docherty says that I was caught tying at the election meeting. It may be significant that this statement is not accompanied by an example of a lie that I told at the meeting. Docherty is just slandering me; he has no evidence that I am a liar. Docherty claims that to write to feedback complaining about shoddy journalism is a “vicious” attack on the writers involved. At the same time, he denounces some of the most dedicated chevron staff (e.g. Randy Barkman, Oscar Nierstrasz, Mark McGuire, Jayne Pottock) as “reactionaries” because they dare to criticize the present leadership of the paper. Docherty claims that I, and my supporters. want to change the direction of the paper. This is a distortion: what we want i\ a newspaper that has a wider scope than does the chevron at present. White Docherty considers campus news to be unimportant, there are others who would like to see more in the chevron. This does not imply less coverage to the present subject matter of the paper: it simply means that more thought wit! have to be given to making the articles concise. The fact that people want more campus coverage is clearly shown by the survey conducted by staffers Ciarian O’Donnell and Peter Thompson. Of over 400 students surveyed, 80 per cent want more campus news in the chevron. Of course, the truth is too much to bear for Docherty and his cohorts. Last Friday, Doug Whalsten introduced a motion to suspend O’Donnell and Thompson for six months. His reasoning is that the survey is in \ome way fraudulent. It wilt be interesting to hear how Whatsten justifies this assertion. Perhaps we are seeing the start of a Statinist purge in the chevron: if O’Donnell and Thompson are removed, there will undoubtedly be further removals because each removal wit! make Docherty’\ block more powerful. In the end. there wit! be no dissenters on the chevron staff. If this atone isn’t a sign thai/Docherty and his block are out to eliminate their opposition, consider this: last Friday, Dave Cartee advocated the elimination of secret ballots at elections within the chevron staff. People should be prepared to defend the way they vote, said Carter. Indeed. and if YOLI don’t vote the right way. out you go! The vote in the ratification of Carter u’a\ a

continued

on page

the chevron

frjday,

march

77, 7978

Address all letters to the editor, the chevron, campus centre. Please type on a #-character line, double spaced. A

Letters

continued

from

page

26-26 tie. Although secret ballots were used, Docherty and his block apparently conducted hand-writing analysis, accompanied by demands on people to say how they voted, to find out who voted how. Whether he will succeed in intimidating any of the 26 people who voted “no” to Carter, or succeed in further stacking staff to gain a majority for Carter remains to be seen. One thing is certain: if he does succeed, it will be appropriate to change the name of the paper to the “chained and shackled” chevron: such a name would well reflect the status of an ordinary staffer. Nick Redding

Bains: a class fraud Recently the weekly newspaper The Worker carried an interesting story on the Chairman of the C.P.C. (M.L.) with the enclosed picture from the Montreal Star. The story read: “Bains complains of strike pains One gimmick used by the bourgeois press to drum up anti-strike and anti-working class sentiment is the “human interest” story about a typical, inconvenienced “member of the public”. Such efforts have become increasingly difficult. During the recent bus strike in Montreal an impressive number of those interviewed expressed solidarity with the strikers, and told reporters they didn’t mind the inconvenience. The struggle of the transport workers was their struggle too. The Montreal Star couldn’t have known the real story about the “outraged air traveller” they interviewed for their story about the Mirabel air-port’ strike. All they knew was that he filled the bill for self-centered whining and anti-working class venom. Why, he didn’t even say “make the rich pay”. But members of the left will recognize him: Hardial Bains, leader of the “Maoite” sect and a long established agent provocateur. The story is further proof that Bains’ zaney slogans are only skin deep, and underneath, as his airport behaviour shows, he’s a bourgeois fraud. It would be nice to write “we will warn our Indian comrades about his return . . .“, but fortunately this fake is an infamous in India, Ireland and his other mysterious ports of call as he is here.” Errico Pavlov

-. Long3 no-logic Wiz Long’s letter to the chevron ‘Down with slogans’ ,.March 10, 1978, was the third such attack on the line ‘defend the basic interests of the students’ to appear in feedback in recent weeks, and the third one which has neglected to deal with its actual content. Instead, each of the writers has dealt with the very general question of the value of any kind of slogan. I can only conclude, however, that there must be something particularly challenging in this slogan of the paper. Why else would certain people be so keen on maligning it? Anyway, let me deal with Long’s so-called logic point by point. Apparently, all slogans are inherently bad because they “have been instrumental in furthering the interests of hustlers and other professional or amateur manipulators. In the battle of ideologies, every politician (and I use the word loosely) utilizes slogans.” The logic here seems to be that since ‘hustlers’ and ‘manipulators’ use slogans, anyone else who uses them immediately becomes a ‘hustler’ or ‘manipulator’. Does this mean that if a quite reactionary person uses the pen to slander me, that I would transform myself into a reactionary if I also took up the pen to do battle with him/her. 01- that the Patriotic Front in Zimbabwe is racist because it uses the same

nay

be edited

weapons as the racist Ian Smith has been using to suppress the people of Zimbabwe. It’s absurd to say that a person of group becomes a’s bad as the enemy simply because the same weapons are taken up by each side. The fallacy of this argument can be seen if we recognize the real import of the slogan ‘defend the basic interests of the students’. The chevron’s slogan is pitted against the ‘new reality’ line of Burt Matthews and the ‘user pay’ propoganda of the Ontario Government. The Conservatives openly state that the user, the student, should pay a largei percentage, if not all, of the cost of his/he1 education. And Matthews shamelessly calls upon us to just grit our teeth and bear the ‘new reality.’ The chevron’s position can not possibly be equated with those of our administrative and political chiefs. They attack the ‘basic interests of students’. They squeeze more students out of the universities each year, and they allow the job situation to deteriorate so that a mockery is made of the utility of a college education. The chevron’s position is the very antithesis. It leads in the call for stqdents to defend their basic interests. Another of Long’s arguments is that “in most cases, this device employs only meaningless generalities. For instance, the Chevron’s slogan, ‘defend the basic interests of the students’ may be applied to almost any,aspect of student life from beer and ice cream through cut-backs and increased fees.” I have already responded to Oscar M Nierstrasz with a discussion of this very point, (See: feedback, Feb. 3, 1978 and Feb. 17, 1978) so I’ll just make one small but im,portant point again. How could anyone but the most devilish obscurantist read the slogan the way that Long did and call beer and ice-cream ‘basic interests’ of students? If they stopped serving beer on campus would a student no longer be able to attend university? If the federation ice-cream stand closed down on Monday would the utility of a student’s education be jeopardized? (Wake up Long, look at the real world, and try to come to’grips with the ‘basic’ issues facing people. You might also re-read my previous two feedback letters.) Long also referred to something I said during a chevron staff meeting on Friday, March 3, 1978, concerning the free chevron slogan, reinstate/investigate. I had said that it had been necessary for the staffers to go out and talk with the students about the position of the paper and thereby dispeI1 coufusion. Long takes this as evidence that “only after talking with them, not sloganeering, did they understand the Chevron’s campaign against the Federation of Students.” Slogans, as such, were not raised as an issue during the staff meeting, but given Long’s comment I see I must elaborate my position further. The free chevron staffers did not have to talk to students about the meaning of the slogan. What could be more straight forward than the line reinstate/investigate. A person or organization has the right to trial before conviction. The chevron had had no such trial, therefore it should have been freed Reinstate! Once that principle had been recognized the newspaper could have been tried - Investigate! The confusion of many students was not over the essential principle embodied in the slogan. The confusion was over the facts: e.g. -did the chevron get a trial,when it was first closed down? iJ -was the paper controlled by communists? -won’t reinstatement cost too much money‘? -why should an individual student get ,involved’! -etc. The same holds true for the slogan, ‘defend the basic interests of the students.’ While it is difficult for all but a few mystifiers to misunderstand the essential thrust of the slogan, there may be confusion as to what degree the basic interests of the students are being threatened or what students can do about it. This then is the role of a paper which ‘defends the basic interests of the stu-

to fit space

re-

dents.’ The chevron should and does arm the students with the facts and makes suggestions as to what the students can do about the situation. . Long’s final point comes in the form of a plea for me to join her and “understand that slogans capitalize on the political naivety of people and detract from any analysis of the situation.” But I’m afraid I can’t share her contempt for people. I don’t believe that you can just shout out a slogan, any slogan, and all sorts of ‘politically naive’ automatons will rally and rush out and do battle with the perceived enemy. I recognize that people have basic interests in life and that they also have intellegence They try to grasp what their problems are, learn the facts, and then act. The question of the use of the slogan ‘defend the basic interests of the students’ should not be whether slogans are good or bad. The question should be whether or not the slogan helps students come to terms with the basic issues facing them and leads them to unite on these issues. Another question can and should be whether or not the chevron does present the facts accurately and thereby gives the students assistance in the defense of their basic interests. Accuracy in reporting is one of the paper’s chief objectives. It’s time the critics of the slogan got away from abstract obscurantism and got down to dealing with the real issues and the real facts. David Carter

McGuire to be lynched It is absolutely correct to oppose Mark McGuire ! This arrant slug, this septic boob has the audacity to advise the elected editor of the chevron to “Wake up and smell the coffee!” in the Feb. 3 chevron. Who is McGuire trying to kid? The trouble with this mystifying merry-andrew is that he is in a minority position on staff. McGuire the fascistic felodese is trying to shift his blame onto the back of the elected editor. This bacchanal maenad has even duped, through personal friendship, others to defend this base insect of the students. Scientific Julian verity, however, speaks for the immeasurable vast majority of the students: facilis descensus Averno. Yes, scads of students from alpha to omega to Ed Frakshus demand that McGuire experience ptosis! McGuire, you call yourself a graphicist! Hitler called himself an artist! You haven’t done a progressive graphic for the bedlamite left in months. In fact your latest graphic was done for the anarchistic Babylon FASS. So the truth is out! It is you who supports the racist Vorster regime in South Africa! This vermicular vervet (or worm-like African monkey) has never drawn a graphic denouncing Vorster! Of course, McGuire’s integrity is no longer an issue. The difference between McGuire and the majority of the chevron staff is that they are communists and he is a raving knucklehead. This malevolent mamba is part of the ever growing Federation conspiracy to split chevron staff. This is the method of Shane Roberts and all bad people and is the tactic of last resort for corrosive cretins who oppose those who are able to differentiate between the correct and the incorrect. Weli McGuire, “The truth does hurt.” Randy Barkman

Wakefield3 misgivings This letter expresses my feelings about the CHEVRON over the time I have been at this university. To paraphrase Elvis Costello: I used to be disgusted, Now I try to be amused, I hope your presses get busted, . I’m tired of your slant in the news.

(To the tune of ‘Red Shoes’) Secondly, as a fees paying student, I ask for the resignation of Salah Bachir from the CHEVRON staff. In his attempt to prevent Fed President Rick Smit from joining the staff, he has breached the public trust inherit in his position. M.I. Wakefield

en press The Marxist position on censorship is best understood in the context of this anecdote. A few years ago, ostensibly anti-racist legislation was passed in Ontario prohibiting the spread of race-hatred literature. Apparently, the legislation was aimed at the Western Guard, a racist-facist organization which harasses and terrorizes ethnic minorities in Toronto. However, it was first used against a now-defunct Marxist-Leninist organization, strong in the east-end of Toronto, called the Canadian Liberation Movement. The Marxist-Leninists were charged with spreading race-hatred for distributing a leaflet denouncing US imperialism while the Shriners were in Toronto. Everyone knows that Marxist-Leninists are amongst the staunchest fighters against racism. The censorship legislation was not used for its ostensible purpose. Instead, it was use8 to muzzle a Communist organization when its activities were interfering with a section of the capitalist class’s (those involved in the Toronto hotel industry) ability to turn a good profit. The Western Guard has continued its race-hatred campaign completely unfettered by this censorship legislation. Marxists oppose all public censorship in a society where the bourgeoisie is the hegemonic class because this censorship will be directed, ultimately, against the left, labour, and oppressed sectors, even when it is ostensibly created to limit the activities of racists and fascists. Knowing full well, from countless historical examples and present governmental policies, that the bourgeoisie will not police the terrorist activities of the racist and fascist scum which will act as its gendarme (when the RCMP’s extensive illegal activities are not enough) in the final defense of its class dictatorship when a severe crisis undermines its hegemony forcing it to stop ruling in the same old way. Trotskyists advocate that the organized workingclass physically suppress the spread of fascist propaganda to ensure that it does not become a mass movement capable of carrying out its program of: smashing democratic rights; eliminating autonomous tr’adeunions; tying the working-class hand and foot to the boss; and, finally, perpetrating racial genocide. Those petty-bourgeois moralists who advocate that censorship powers be extended into the political sphere to suppress reactionary ideas are in effect calling upon the bourgeoisie to strengthen its repressive apparatus whose principle target is the left. Trotskyists believe that although censorship will be necessary in a civil war situation when the working-class is fighting militarily for socialism - a situation where words are directly translated into bullets and a capitalist restorationist movement on the home-front could critically wound the revolutionary forces - censorship would be a power unknown in a healthy worker’s state. As Marxists, we believe that in a healthy worker’s state, that is, a society where the producers own and control the means of production through collectivized property forms and democratic control over the enterprise structure and where the civil aspect of society transcends the political aspect as a result of the universalization of the producei class, that a truly popular administration will be created not reliant on coercive powers, such as censorship, for its durability and thus able to allow that widest possible exercise of individual freedom necessary for full democracy. The Leninist position is that a socialist government should allot media resources on the basis of popular political support as indicated by elections. _

continued

on page

the chevron

continued

from

page

Marxists oppose public censorship in both bourgeois and deformed worker? states. In bourgeois societies it is used, ultimately, to persecute the left, labour, and, as well, oppressed sectors, as in the recent suppression of the gay liberation magazine Body Politic. In deformed workers’ states, it is used by an entrenched state bureaucracy to maintain its political hegemony over the working-class and block the full realization of socialism. In fact, as those who have experienckd the chevron should know, censorship, although always created to defend some moralistic principle, is always used to suppress political opposition. At the chevron the censorship is particularly nauseating because it is carried out by the followers of an antiMarxist, petty-bourgeois, reactionaryutopian ideology. Maoism is anti-Marxist because it has replaced the historical-materialist notion that the political struggle of the working-class will create socialism by the bonapartist, populist notion that “the people” marching behind an aspiring national bureaucracy in the form of a Stalinist party which maintains discipline, like fascists, by political terror will create, to quote Stalin, a “socialism in one country”, i.e. a national socialism. Maoism is petty-bourgeois because it does not represent the interests of the working-class but rather that of an authoritarian statebureaucracy of some deformed workers’ state or lose its reason for existence. Recently, the CPC-ML’s frantic search for a “socialist fatherland” forced it to go to the utter absurdity of aligning with Albania, apparently the only socialist state in the world. (Can two million people be wrong‘?) Maoist regimes are reactionary because they politically expropriate the workingclass chaining it to a highly oppressive state. Maoists are utopian because their central notions correspond to those of the utopian socialists, whom Marx was polemicizing against when he formulated his notions of scientific socialism. “The utopian socialists believed that a socialist (i.e. collectivist) society could be formed on the basis of a backward technology by subjecting the individual will to the will of the collectivity. Further, they believed that a people could become socialist simply if they desired to do so. Marx attacked this notion saying that socialism would have to be a social form more economically advanced, i.e. providing a higher standard of living, than capitalism in order to transcend it historically. Returning to the issue at hand, an important distinction must be made between an autonomous press and a public press. An autonomous press is a press which consciously counterposes a particular interest to that of the hegemonic class. An autonomous press has to exercise the right of selfcensorship in order to express its sectoral interests. For example, a trade-union paper may decide that a policy of censoring articles of a racist, sexist, or fascist nature is in the basic interests of the working class. However, censorship as a public function is the instrument of the hegemonic class. Censorship in a public press, necessarily, ultimately acts in the interests. of the hegemonic class. For Marxists, the question of the correct format for the chevron hinges around the question of whether it is an autonomous OI public press. As it is presently constituted, the editor, officially, has the power to determine editorial policy. The editor is elected by staff members. Anyone who makes six contributions may become a staff member. The chevron, even though a student newspaper, is essentially a public press: therefore, the Trotskyist position is that the chevron should be an open forum where all articles submitted, which do not fall within the norms of yellow ~journtilism. should be printed. Trotskyists would advocate that the editorial section criticize and challenge censorship laws. In the event of an absolute shortage of space, the decision to exclude or postpone an article should be based on the completely objective criteria of seniority of submission and the size of the submission giving priority to shorter submissions in the interests of getting the maximum number of people cbntributing to the press. John Morgan

Dufault denounced It is right to oppose Chris Dufault. This phoney proletariat must be exposed. Unlike the majority of devout chevron staff members, this biological reactionary has wasted valuable column inches on bourgeois sports, photos and feedback letters, which could have been used for important issues such as the struggles of--the Australian sheep dog union’s strike, or the opening of the new racist attack co-ordination centre in Ottawa. His coverage of such irrelevant events as basketball games, etc., is a ploy to divert the student’s attention from the revolution. However, he is only Stalin for time. The masses will see through his filters and lenses, and expose his films for what they are. He’ll soon be caught with his shutters open. His lack of investigative journalism into such and other student news exposes him to be pro-cutback, pro-racist-attack and antiproletariat. Why this tape-worm has even been known to dine in the Laurel Room, where Burt Matthews has eaten. In 1974 this single celled amoeba circulated a petition in support of co-op biology. Such a program would not only create a class structure within biology, but would provide those students with both jobs and money, diverting their attention from the struggle. Dufault’s more recent bourgiouse activities include acting in last year’s FASS (fascist association of suppressive students), writing for the Sci-Sot News, and eating Federation ice-cream cones. Lately, this earthworm has joined the exploiting class as a T.A. During recent feedback letters, Dufault has had the Satan-inspired audacity to question the wisdom of Neil Divinity and his son Jonathan. While St. Neil and J.C. write many articles and laboriously produce the Chevron each week, our laboritorily cultured crustation merely disects it. This upper-crusted bourgeouse has been the president of the sailing club, not only for its elitist connotations, but for the gateway facilities he hopes it will provide him with when the peasants revolt. The ice on Columbia lake has not stopped him, however, he is instead using it for his walk on water demonstrations, which, he hopes will give him some credibility. But don’t worry fellow proletarians, the sun is shedding light on this charletan, his plates are being exposed, and the ice is wearing thin. Stephen Coates

On the class struggle... The chevron (Jan. 13, 1978) published a letter signed “An admirer of Karl Marx” which in rather unparliamentary language states that I am distorting Marxism. The author says: “Is it not crystal clear that Marx regards class strug& as the basis for the development of mlety’?” No, dear admirer, it is not crystal clear. Class struggle is a historically limited phenomenon, and the society developed before the class struggle started, and will develop after the class struggle ends. Class struggle is limited only to the social formations where the classes exist, and only to those formations where are the antagonist classes. The classes now exist in all social formations, even those who claim that they are classless. They contribute to the development of the society but they are temporary and secondary products of the mode of economic production. For years, I was trained in Marxism against my own free will. Marxism is part of the curriculum of all high schools and universities in communist countries and 1 was force-fed by all that, including nonsense like Engels’ “Dialectic of Nature”‘. But, at least, now I can show two things: First, that Marxism is useless as a guide for the development of our society, and second, that the people

who are admirers of Marx obviously know very little about real Marx and Engels. Read what Marx wrote about classes: “And now as to myself, no credit is due to me for discovering the existence of classes in modern society or the struggle between them. Long before me bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this class struggle and bourgeois economists the economic anatomy of the classes. What I did that was new was to prove: (I) that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular historical phases in the development of production, (2) that the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat, (3) that this dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.” (Marx’s letter to J. Weydemeyer of 5 March 1852). Classes are products of the modes of production, and therefore secondary, and the material base is the primary factor in the development of the society. Engels said this, and I did not distort it: “The new facts made imperative a new examination of all past history. Then it was seen that all past history, with the exception of its primitive stages, was the history of class struggles; that these warring classes of society are always the products of the modes of production and of exchange - in a word, of the economic conditions of their time; that the economic structure of society always furnishes the real basis, starting from which we can alone work out the ultimate explanation of the whole superstructure of juridical and political institutions as well as of the religious, philosophical, and other ideas of a given historical period.” This is what Engels wrote in “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific”, K. Marx and F. Engels Selected 1962, Works, Vol. 2, p. 134-135, Moscow and that is -what I was saying when I summarized Marxism. In a short summary of Marxism which I published on Dec. 2, 1977, I had to omit many things and limit myself to the most important issues. I had to omit the whole dialectic materialism, many problems of the Marxist economy, theory of alienation, class struggle, and also many errors and false predictions of Marxism. Here, I shall remind you of only a few of those unsuccessful predictions. For example, it was claimed that the conditions of the working class in the West would deteriorate steadily. get more and more unbearable. until the workers would be degraded to total poverty. There is also the famous prediction that communist revolutions would begin in such advanced industrial countries as England and America. Or the prediction that socialist states would not even exist. As soon as capitalism was overthrown. the state would wither away. Or the prediction that wars are inherent only to capitalism. Look at Prague, Budapest, Soviet-Chinese border, the Cambodian-Vietnamese border, and last but not least, the communist colonial war in Ethiopia. I have read posters and statements calling the present Ethiopian government fascist. They are not fascists of the MLISSOlini type, they are Marxists, communists in theory and practice. Another false predic-

tion of Marx is that communism maximal freedom for mankind.

will mean

There is one more thing which I want to discuss today, and that is the involvement of our communists in the fight against racism. Racism is a disease which cripples both the racist and his victim. It is difficult to treat it: but, the only treatment which I do not recommend is communism. Even communists in Czechoslovakia were racists in relation to gypsies. Stalin’s antisemitism is famous; so is his treatment of many nationalities in the USSR. Here is the quotation from Solzhenicyn (Gulag, vol. I, p. 247): “All the Chinese who lived in Soviet Far East were convicted as spies - Article 58-6 - and were taken to the northern camps. where they perished. The same fate had awaited Chinese participants in the Soviet civil war - if they hadn’t cleared out in time. . . .” If this is not racism, then there is no racism in this world. Thus, if the communists pretend to be fighters against racism and at the same time celebrate Stalin, they are not consistent in their views. Their real purpose is not the abolitidn of racism, but they abuse a natural anger of the victims of racism for they own purposes. What those purposes are, I have described in my previous letters, e.g. in a letter on socialist deomcracy. S. Reinis, Psychology

Hannant denounced To L~I-1-y Hannant : Don’t you realize that mathNEWS consists of volunteer columnists who are writing their articles because they want to‘? NOT, because they are trying to be such excellent journalists, such as those on your oh-sogreat-newsrag. We are not perfect, as some of your staff seem to think they are. (And we all know they are not.) Geoff Hains, nor any other Mathsoc council member, does not have any say in the content of mathNEWS, except by direct contribution and the editorial policy of our magazine is not that strict. Anybody, in Math, may contribute anything they wish, and the fact that there is a lot of anti-Chevrag commentary, should show something. MathNEWS represents a crosssection of the math students attending this university; since there are no Chevrix on the staff, there must be no staffers from your rag who are in math, or (more likely) there are probably no supporters in our faculty. I can see why there are no supporters: who would want to support a newspaper which proports to be a student newspaper, but is instead another organ for communist propaganda. Thank-you: (the MASKED MARUDER) mathNEWS contributor p.s. 1 agree with JJ Long, the tommies should be kicked out, by force if necessary (if that makes me a NAZI - then HEIL!!)

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. the masthed has been taken over! wrenched from the reluctant hands of JWB by two otherwise staid staffers. this week saw angry students storm Queen’s Park in protest over mounting cutbacks in education spending.. . some nincompoops are running around shouting “chevron referendum!” . . .will they never learn? . . .lots and lots of ads this week brings you lots and lots of chevron. . . .remember our two-for-one special . . .pick up one chevron and take a second absolutely free - give it to a friend!. . . defending the basic interests of the students in this week’s action-packed issue were: george walker, john sakamoto, brute tomlinson, mary Campbell, ron reeder, Scott barron, Sheila stocking, tony pan, peter towne, case van maanen, peter nagal, john Chichester, dianne chapitis, dieneke than, ciaran o’donnell, david carter, peter hoy, salah bachir, larry hannant, jonathan coles, barbara rowe, james kanq, Sylvia hannigan, margaret boggie, Oscar nierstrasz, stephen coates, don martin;duncan buiy, &ark jardine, johnson cheung, robert hockin, ruth harris, michael Webster, neil docherty. Smash the hegemony of John W. Bast! long live the freed masthed! nt and II.

the chevron

Warriors In swimming, just to qualify for the C.I.A.U. championships is an accomplishinent. Less than half of our defending champion warriors made this year’s tough time standards after a year of hard training (the strong Western team only managed to qualify four of their 22 swimmers). The next step is to make the top twelve in any event so you will score points for your team. The Warriors did that more than any other team as Waterloo, after a terrible first day, went on to win the three day national championship held in Etobicoke’s Olympium pool. Some Warriors had bad races on the first two days but on the last day, when we were behind Toronto by twenty points, everyone swam superbly to put the meet out of Toronto’s reach. Although the battle for first place was between Toronto and Waterloo, some swimmers from other teams came up with incredible performances. York’s Olympic silver medalist Gary MacDonald broke two Canadian Open records in the freestyle and Neil Harvey bettered Steve Pickell’s Canadian Open records in the 200 backstroke. Lakehead’s Andy Ritchie, an Olympic finalist, easily won both Individual medleys. As one might surmise, the competition at this meet was quite good. Individually the Warriors more than met the challenge. Leading the team was Dave Heinbuch. He won the 200 breast and was second in the 400 I.M., 100 breast. Ron Campbell won Waterloo’s other gold, topping the field in the 100 breast. He also came third in the 200 breast and fifth in the mile. John Heinbuch, coming off a fine season, took silver in the mile, fourth in the 400 free, and fifth in the 200 fly. Brian Harvey came third in both backstrokes and twelfth in the 200 I.M. After a disappointing 100 free Tim Wilson came back to take fourth against a fast field of 50 freestylers.

Banquet to honor athletes

The Honor Awards Banquet of the UW Athletic Department will be held on Tuesday, March 21st at Bingeman Park in Kitchener. The Annual Banquet is thq setting for the presentation of awards to the 1977-78 UW Athletes. Championship Awards will be presented to the Warrior Swimming and Diving Team who won a the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union Championship for the second consecutive year. The Rugby Warriors will be honored for their OUAA Championship as will the Warrior Fencers. Most Valuable Player Awards in Warrior and Athena activities will be announced as will the recipients of the Totzke Trophy and Dean of Women’s Award, the Awards for the top male and female athletes.

All is not lost

The Waterloo Wanderers did the impossible and lost their ,game on Tuesday night, therqfore the final sudden death game will be played on Friday, March 17 at 7pm in Wellesley. All fans are encouraged to come out to give Waterloo their home ice adwantage. -sport

friday,

march

77, 1978

splash to swim title

Consolation finalists were Murray White in the 200 free, mile and 400 free; Paul Alhoy in the 200 fly and 400 free; Carl Cronin in the 200 free and 200 I.M.; Dave Stonelake made top twelve in the mile and Mr. Dave Wilson made the 400 I.M. Every Warrior consolations. scored points. Waterloo did not win any relays but scored well in all of them. Brian Harvey, Ron Campbell, Dave Heinbuch and Tim Wilson took a bronze in the 400 medley relay behind York and Toronto. The 800 free relay was a surprise as Waterloo came second behind York, much to the chagrin of Toronto who could do no better than fifth place. White, Campbell, J. Heinbuch and Cronin took that silver. The last race of the meet saw York win the 400 free relay but Waterloo’s team of Tim Wilson, Dave Heinbuch, Carl Cronin and Dave Wilson outswam Toronto for second place. With two consecutive national championships under their belts swimming coach Claudia Cronin can now say her men’s squad is the winningest varsity team in Waterloo history.

Claude Claude

Cormier (r) and Steve Brooks (I) show took 1st in the Smeter, 2nd.

excellent

form in the Sprint Board Competition at the C/AU meet. -photo by ron reeder

Need win on Friday...

Waterloo Wanderers nearing 7:23 of the second period, assisted by Bev McKeown. No scoring resulted in the third. Barbara Campbell and Bonnie Zagrodney both played a strong game, but it was not enough to help break the tie.

As promised, here are the “semi-good” results of the Waterloo Wanderers’ semi-final game against Plattsville on Tuesday, March 7. The final score was l-l; another tie. Plattsville scored in the first period on a power play goal. The penalties so far in this series have hurt the Wanderers badly. MO Jo Long scored the equalizer at

In tra-Play Additional Recreational and Fitness Swim Hours Office anYes.. . the Intramural nounced today that additional hours are now available as of Tuesday, March 14th, 1978. Each day an additional hour from 4:45-5:45 pm .has been added to the Recreational and Fitness Swim Program. All those interested in a leisurely swim, simply wade over to the pool with suit in hand between: Monday-Thursday, 8: 15-9: 15 am, 11:45-1:15 pm, 4:45-5:45 pm, and 9:30-lo:30 pm. Fridays, 8: 15-9: 15 am, 11:45-l: 15 pm, 4:45b5:45 pm, and 8:30-lo:30 Pm. Saturdays, at 2:00-4: 00 pm, and Sundays at 1:30-4:00 pm.

Men’s

Competitive ball

Basket-

The Men’s Intramural Basketball league has reached its conclusion this term, there were 30 teams out of 56 to make the playoffs, 6 in A league and 24 in the B league. As always this year was not without its upsets, in the A league, both first place teams met their collective ends in the semi-finals. The previously unbeaten Outsiders were solidly beaten by the Alufahons, by a score of 65-35. In the other semi-finals, the other first place team, the Civies, were beaten by a margin of 15 points, 71-56 by the Tiny Toddlers. This set the stage for the champ-

On Friday, March 10, the Wanderers broke the series open by winning 4 - 2 over Plattsville. Waterloo needed to have won on

Re-Play

ionship game, the Alufahons vs the Tiny Toddlers, held last Sunday. It was a low scoring contest, not necessarily because of good defence, but the poor shot selection by both teams made it the game it was. The final outcome was 39-38 in favour of the Tiny Toddlers. The half time score was all the Toddlers, mainly because of the sharp shooting of Doug Wilhoughby, who put 12 points on the board in the second half and ended the game with 16. Rich Trotter of the Alufahons countered with 12 points. It was the solid second half defense of the Toddlers that won the game for them, although the Alufahons had 3 good chances to go ahead in the final seconds. It was a different story in the B league, as was expected the Offenders breezed into the final game, but their margin of winning got smaller as they progressed. They won their semi-final by a 57-51 score over a tough Engineering team. But the other team to make the finals made it the hard way, after four excellent ball games the 12th ranked Odd-Balls made it to the finals. They beat the 5th ranked Psychoes, then in the quarter-finals they beat the 3rd ranked South A team 40-24. In the semi’s the Odd Balls beat a tough South 8 Selects team 56-49 (the Selects had 17 straight wins over two terms before losing to the Odd Balls). These playoffs showed that the Odd Balls

Tuesday, March 14 to win the series. These results will appear in the next chevron. On Friday, Waterloo changed the pace of the game by scoring first (for once) on a goal by MO Jo Long, assisted by rushing defenseman Cathy Cumming. Plattsville then scored another power play goal to even the count. Waterloo scored on a brilliant passing play from Bonnie Zagrodney and Helen Mackey to the eventual scorer, Bev McKeown, who was in front of the net. Plattsville again evened up the

score while Waterloo was making a line change at the WRONG time! The Wanderers then took over in the final half of the third period and scored two goals, by MO Jo Long unassisted, and by Bonnie Zagrodney, assisted by Bev McKeown. The Waterloo team was even gifted by the presence of about six fans on Friday/night. That’s what made the difference between a win and a tie (we never lose!). Keep those fans a-coming. Thanks to those who came out.

were one of the best prepared teams, playing equal, time. The final game was an anticlimax to the two semi-final games, as the Offenders beat the Odd Balls by a score of 51-33. The Offenders proved to be too strong on the boards, and played a tbugh defence that prohibited the Odd Balls from putting their high scoring, outside game into motion. The half-time score was 23-14. The Offenders were lead by Ed Petryshuk with 18 points, and also Bill Boug chipped in 16. The Odd Balls had no one star as always their’s was a team effort, but, their high scorers were Dick Lux and Kev Grill with 6 apiece. Congrats goes out to the two winning teams and also to the teams in the two leagues. It was a miracle that the season was completed as those teams who played three games in the last week during the season, but gentlemen, look to next year and next season - it can’t be as bad!

squad. The final score was 19-16. In the A division, Village II South C didn’t seem to quite play up to par; and therefore allowing the Renison Rats to win the bout 21-13. Congratulations to the champions and to all those who participated and we hope to se,e everyone out and having fun again next year.

Women’s Intramural Basketball In last night’s final action, Village 1 South arose champions of the B division and the Renison Rats, who upset Preston Plus last week, the A division champions. The B division match was quite close all throughout the game but the Co-op Hustler’s just couldn’t seem to pull ahead of the strong Village 1 South

-sport

Men’s

Competitive

Hockey

The hockey season is almost finished for another term. Only the championship game remain to be played. The B final took place at lo:30 p.m. at McCormick arena on Wednesday, March 13, 1978. The A final will be played following B final at approximately 11: 00 p.m. In the A final, Optometry A and the Longshots will be battling for the title. Optometry reached the finals by defeated West Alumni 3-O in the semi-finals. The Longshots upset the previously undefeated Math A team 6-O. Co-op and the Rockers will be taking part in the B championship game. Co-op edged the Nags 3-2 to gain birth in the finals while the Rockers nipped Team Eernwood 2-l. I have seen all the teams entering the finals, play at least once and I’ll have to pick the Longshots and the Rockers to take the Championship of their respective leagues. Both games should be excellent, so come out and support your favourite team.