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Living

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Rent hike ,takes food from the? table A UW gradllate psychology student Fnd his family have been dealt a hard blow by a combination of adverse government policy and administrative decision. Jack Klieb is outraged by the recent hike in student housing rent, which will in&-ease the rent on his Married Student apartment by 14 per cent. Klieb and all other tenants with one year leases at the Married Students’ residence will have their rents boosted to $190 a. month from the present rate of $167 a month when their leases expire over the course of the next three months. The 14 per cent increase is much beyond the legal ceiling of 8 per cent established in the Ontario government’s rent freeze. But the increase is allowable because the government exempted student housing from rent review guidelines as a non-profit venture. This year’s operating deficit of

$2 1,000 at the Married Student Apartments will bring the total deficit to $44,000. But the income collected next year from the increased Eayments is expected to leave the apartments with a small overall surplus. Psychology professor Doug Wahlsten raised a startling point about married student rent in a letter to the Gazette of December l/76. He stated that “for Married Student Residences, nearly half of the income from rent went to pay interest on a loan from the Ontario Student Housing Corporatiofi which comes due June 1, 2021.” Klieb earns $267 a month as a teaching assistant. After the increase he will be left with only $77 a month tb support himself, his wife and his l-year-old son. Until now, they have been living on $100 a month, a budget which quickly eroded any savings they had. “I don’t eat breakfast, my wife doesn’t eat supper. We save that way.”

He has applied for a part-time position at Dominion, but they are not hiring. If he were to get an additional teaching assistantship, that could help him “break even”, although the extra hours. would hurt his grades and research. If all else fails, he will have to quit school. Klieb is presently working his way toward a PhD in bio-psycholdgy. If he does quit:

“Ten thousand dollars in student loans will have gone to waste.” Klieb has contacted both Cail Vinnicombe, director of housing, and Burt Matthews, UW president, about his situation. The answer came, back clearly:, “Nothing can be done”. For the time being, Klieb’s wife is planning to circulate a petition “to get a list of tenants who op-

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increase.

It is understood that the petition will not affec-t the administrative decision but they do want their opposition known. For more permanent action, a tenants’ association is being organized, with the first meeting scheduled for this week. -4orne

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The Board of Governors is expected to ratify the tuition hike set by the Ontario government at its next meeting, Tuesday February 1. The ratification is expected to be a routine matter following last week’s approval by the Board’s executive committee. A delegation of students organized by thq UW’Committee Against Cutbacks and Tuition Hikes will attempt to make a presentation to the Board. The committee has printed leaflets and posters speaking out against the tuition increase. They are urging students to attend the meeting in Needles Hall room 3006, at 10:OOam Tuesday February 1. The acceptance of the hike means that tuition fees will be raised $100 in September 1977 for full time students attending a full eight months. ($50 per term for co-op students) Also on the agenda for the Febuary 1 meeting is the subject of rent increases for student residences. The fees will be raised 5.4 percent for Minijta Hagey (Graduate residence), 7.8 percent for the student villages, and 13 to 13.8 percent at the married students apartments, depending on the length of the lease. - The fee hike will mean that single rooms in the student villages will cost $884 per term. A room in Minota Hagey will cost $485 (without meals), and the rent on a one bedroom apartment in the married students apartments will increase $21. The rent on a two bedroom apartment in the same complex will be increasing $23. -doug

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This was the scene of the a!! candidates meeting yesterday in the Erivironmental Studies coffee shop. Present were Doug Thompson (not pictured), Mark Wills (in white), joe McDonald (to Will’s left), and john Trump (Will’s right). Monday sees two more meetings: Math lounge at 72:30 and the Campus at 7:30.

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Drive, ability all you need

Job series misses mark With the threats of cutbacks still ringing in their ears, students are starting to worry about summer, or even permanent jobs. Chevron staffer jonathan Co/es reviewed a recent K-W Record careers series and found it less than informative.

One sure sign of an employment crisis is the appearance of advice on how to get a job. Apparently, it’s all a matter of hard work, persistence, and personal image. In December, the K-W Record ran a series of articles on various fields of work in order to answer young people’s questions- and “to prevent the spectacle of highly trained people being poured onto the job market from postsecondary institutions; then finding that no jobs are available.” The interesting part about this series is that it relies almost exclusively on the opinions of “industry spokesmen (sic), officials with employer’s associations, union officials, faculty and administrative staff at post-secondary sctyools, individuals in private positions and federal, provincial and municipa‘l government spokesmen (sic)“. This often causes the articles to be confusing, since opinions differ, and no attempt is made to reconcile the differences or to d&ermine who is right. For example, in the recreation article, one person says “the job situation has, been very good”. while another says “there’s a scarcity of jobs”.

Of the 23 articles, 20 tell you what salary you can expect, but only seven give any statistics on the number of positions available. This suits well the authors’ emphasis on the traditional values of persistence, hard work and projecting a good image in order to achieve financial success. You, in looking for a job, are exhorted to “be more aggressive”, “Have ambition,, , and “sell yourself’. However, since no statistics on positions available are given, you have no idea of what success your efforts are likely to bring you. This emphasis on individual, effort is also apparent in the summer job campaign of the Ontario Youth Secretariat, “your voice at Queen’s Park”. It is currently running an advertisement on radio and distributing a pamphlet at school placement offices to tell you how to get a summerjob. - The suggested approach is that you apply everywhere, whether the companies are advertising positions or not; arrange plenty of interviews, make up a good resume, look neat and tidy, not be put off by ads specifying experienced help, and be persistent. The pamphlet also advises you to use all your social contacts, assuming, of course, that you know. or are related to, people who are in a position to get you hired. Just in case you didn’t know. you are told that “job opportunities for students will be hardel than ever to find this summer”. This is quite correct. The rate of

unemployment among youth is thirteen per cent, almost double the national average. But drive and persistence is not all you need. The Record articles tell you that many fields also relquire some sort of natural ability. Aspiring architects are told that it “takes exceptional people”. If you want a career in computing “you’ve got to be bright”, “either you have it (the ability) or you don’t”. Salespersons are told, “You’ve got to be a hard worker”. UW Information Services Director Jack Adams, in a letter to the Record, praised the series, saying this was the kind of information needed in “today’s rapidly changing world’ ’ . He said it was unfortunate that the government had no studies which “match job and educational opportunities”. On the fifth floor of the Arts Librarq, a -short walk and an elevator ride from Information Services in Needles Hall, there are government publications. In Appendix D2 of the 1976 Ontario Budget there is information. broken down by occupation. on the number of unemployed persons per job vacancy in 1975. On the average the ratio was eleven to one. For specific occupations it ringed from a low of two to one for science:‘engineering. and math to a high of 59 to one for springtime work in the construction trades. How much persistence, ambition, and self-sell does it take to beat those odds? -jonathan coles

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The UW Committee Against Iutbacks and Tuition Fee Inreases has launched a campaign 1 mobilize student opposition to le $100 fee hike proposed by the )ntario government. Formed following a student ouncil meeting on January 16, the ommittee met on Wednesday to iscuss ways of fighting the fee ike, in accordance with recomlendations by the Ontario Federaon of Students at its special pleary meeting January 15. At its meeting on Tuesday the loard of Governors will be pre:nted with’s statement from the ommittee regarding cutbacks and le fee hike. A delegation of :udents is expected to attend the leeting to express opposition to pproval or implementation of the :e increase.Opposition to the $100 fee hike i’based on the fact that many tudents will not be able to afford . ‘Even with fees at their present :vels some students have had to :ave school for lack of funds. lany Ontario youth - particulrly working-class youth -, canot afford to attend university at 11because of the fees. On the other hand, some UW

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students - notably EngSoc ‘A’ president Peter King - have actually supported the proposed fee hike, saying he c-an pay it. The committee will fight the fee increase on the basis that students who can pay the exti”“a $100 should do so, and those who cannot afford should not pay. __ Posters have been put up around campus announcing the BOGmeeting and urging students to attend it. The cbmmittee has also prepared a leaflet explaining the nature .of cutbacks in general and the proposed fee hike in particular, as well as the need to fight both. Students interested in joining the campaign can attend meetings at 9:30 am. Monday and at 7:30 pm. Thursday, in CC 113. Mark Wills was the only presidential candidate present at the Wednesday meeting. (Salah Bachir, the AIA c-andidate, was also present, but has since withdrawn from the race.) Wills announced hi’s campaign committee has already decided the fee increase should- be opposed and that students should attend the BOG meeting to voice their opposition. -val

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Srey Coach Gray Coach bus service betseen the UW campus and Toronto lay be cut in half and many other jutes abandoned entirely if a deision by the Ontario Highway ransport Board is not reversed. Karl Mallette, president of Gray oath Lines Ltd., said the reducons will be made if the board Desn’t overturn its decision alIwing other companies to operate <press busses over three of Gray oath’s most profitable routes. The decision, handed down in ovember, allows Greyhound ines of Canada -Ltd., Eastern anadian Greyhound Lines Ltd. Id Stock Bros. Bus Lines Ltd. to aerate on the Sudbury-Toronto, uffalo-Toronto and Orilliaarrie-Toronto routes previously isigned exclusively to Gray oath. Gray Coach claims these routes *e the “financial heart” of the

Late OSAP -forces dropout& Students who have already’ t a k en a beating by having their Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) loans delayed took another knock Tuesday from math dean Ken Fryer. “Is this the sort of thing that’s been forcing students to-cancel their trips to Acapulco?” Fryer inquired, after listening to UW awards officer Don Pasta describe the aid foulup to a meeting of the senate committee on scholarships and student aid. Kasta replied he had heard travel agents are “doing poorly” this year. Acting federation president Dave McLellan had nothing to say to this, but student representative Heather Robertson took exception to it, pointing out to the committee that “some students have been forced to quit school because their loans didn’t arrive”.Kasta told the committee applications for aid are up 13 per cent this year, but because of a communications breakdown between OSAP an-d its computers, some students who applied in June or July still haven’t received their money. He added that he suspects the province‘will be lucky to have this year’s backlog cleared up in time to begin processing next year’s applications. To this Fryer remarked he is “sort of surprised” at all the appiications, since he read in the paper that only children of the rich attend university. In other business, the committee discussed and finally approved a

bus cut possible company, and says if it attempts to maintain its present service in the light af the decision, it will suffer a loss of $756,000 during lt977 rather than a $779,000 profit pre,viously projected. The “most viable Edurse of action” left open, it says, is to cut out ,a11 unprofitable routes and reduce the level of service on others. This, Gray Coach says, means abandoning its “long-established policy of putting public service first and profit second”. Gray Coach also points out that the new licences are for the highly profitable express service while Gray Coach is left with responsibility for the less profitable service to towns and villages along the route. Thecompany says that normally earnings from high profit routes are used to subsidize marginal ones, but asks where Greyhound’s

profitss will go, noting that Greyhound of Canada is controlled by a parent company based in Phoenix, Arizona. In the last five years payments from Greybound of Canada to the U.S. -parent amounted to $9.6 million, more than three times Greyhound’s original capital investment in its Canadian operations. Gray Coach points. out that if Greyhound had attempted to purchase rights to the routes in question it would have been subject to,investigation by the Foreign Investment Revenue Agency. The board’s decision allows Greyhound to obtain without payment what it could not otherwise accomplish without a review _ based on national interest. Grag, Coach, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Toronto Transit Commission, has appealed the decision to the Ontario cabinet. -

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J’* proposal by English professor Ken Ledbetter that will pay prizes of $100 each to high scorers on the English Proficiency Test. Three prizes will be given, one to each of the two highest scorers in the September sitting and one to the top individual in the January sitting. Ledbetter pointed out this is because approximately twice as many students wrote the test in September as in January. A number of committee members expressed support for the prizes because of the “favorable p-ublicity” they might bring to the university. One member thought it might bring some good publicity to offset the bad publicity of the test irself. Robertson was the only member to object to the award. She felt the test discriminated Against students

whose first language is not English, and also that prizes should not be given for performance on a mandatory test. All first year Arts and HKLS students were required to write the test this year. Next year satisfactory performance on the test becomes a degree requirement for students_ entering those faculties. Robertson agreed with Fryer’s suggestion that the award might more appropriately be given to a student who shows the greatest improvement during the tutoring program students who fail the test must attend. The prizes are being given this year on a “one-time” basis, but Ledbetter would like to see them continued; perhaps with an outside sponsor awarding the prize. -

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Grad job-interviews Job interviews for graduating students have been going on for the past three weeks, and of the 1,200 who registered, approximatel? 800 students took part. The interviews have now ended, but job offers will continue coming in till the end of March. About two hundred employers are seeking grads - down 5 per cent from last year -with approximately 450 job descriptions being offered. In a publication prepared before the interviews, 60 cotipanies were looking for engineering students, 38 for math, 19 for science and 23 for “All (including arts)“. Tom Fitzgerald, head of career planning and placement, says at this time there is no way of deter: mining how many will be placed. A questionnaire is sent out in the summer for this information, but the response rate is low - leaving the department only rough statistics to work with. This was “one of the better years for registration” said Fitzgerald, who feels there has beeri a good response from students’ regarding employment available. As for the job market, “I wouldn’t say it’s tremendous,” he continued. “Arts graduates are always going to have trouble finding permanent employment . . .In some places they will have to be less se@tive.” Engineering and math students are the easiest to place, while arts and science remain harder. -Arts students, Fitzgerald claims, “don’t seem to have the interest in seeking employment - or they have it too late”. In a fall information session arranged by the department for the foul- or five hun-

dred graduating arts students only one student showed up. The career planning and placement services are not well known in arts. The department advertises its services in the fall with letters to all faculties. Along with telephone blitzes, it mails out 1,500 pamphlets to employers in Canada, the U.S. and some- European countries. Job applica& select the interviews they wish from those posted, and the employer then prescreens from resumks and information forms, those students he wishes to interview. Ten percent of-the employers operate on a direct sign-up system ,in which the first students to sign for an inter-. view are the first served. Students can receive resumk writing and interview technique sessions from the department. Janbary interviews are for both non co-op and co-op students, while the earlier fall interviews are non co-op only. In April there is alumni placement for 230 employers seeking grads for hire in May. After the January interviews companies are still seeking workers, but. the response from students to late employers is lower. Career planning and placement, affiliated with thecareer information centre, offers many other services. It councils on labour market opportunities, and gives individual career councilling. Full-time, part-time and summer jobs are all handled through the department . For summer employment, Fitzgerald advises that now is the time to start checking out the market. ,

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6:00 RADlO WATERLOO NEWS 6:15 TOWARDS 1984 - From a series of lectures organized by the Board of Education, Federation of Students, this series of programmes takes a critical look at several asl pects of our society. We feature a I talk by Mr. Mipanik from the Cana1 dian Civil Liberties Association on What is a ‘Civil Liberty’?. As racism and discrimination appear to be increasing in all areas of society, violation of civil liberties is-an important issue. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is one of the,most out-

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1:00 MON PAYS/MY COUNTRY This is a bicultural programme, presented in a magazine format. The programme focusses on French and English Canadian music, literature and politics. International politics

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5:00 PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE CENTRE - The programme will be on Solar Energy. Premier Alex Campbell of Prince Edward Island discusses his province’s commitment to alternative energy sources; Dr. John Todd, Director of the New Alchemy Institute, talks about the ark that Institute set up in P.E.I. - it is self-sufficient in generating energy, growing food, recycling wastes and providing shelter for four people; and Frank Hooper, President of Envirogetics Ltd. and progessor of mechanical engineering at the University of Toronto discusses’the feasibility of using solar energy in Ontario. 6:00 RADIO WATERLOO NEWS

The Department ‘of Fine Arts will offer a Film Course in Europe (London and Paris) this Summer. Duration: 3 weeks; weight: one full credit. No prerequisite Students interested in this kourse please contact Prof. J. Uhde, ext. 3709 or Department of Fine Arts Office, ext. 2442. N.B. Number of participants limited e

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Elections to the Board of Directors of the Graduate Club will be held on Monday, February 14, 1977. Polls open at 1 the -Graduate Club at 10:00 AM and close at 500 PM. Nominations for the following consti\tuencies will open Friday, January 28, 1977 and close on Friday, February 1977. Engineering - 6 seats Mathematics L 5 seats Science & HKLS - 5 seats Arts - 5 seats Environmental Studies - 2 seats

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Lao Tzu, who some regard as a bhilosopher, of the fifth century 3.C., once said, “Those who ,peak do not know, those who now do not speak.” That quote nay best summarize the credibility jf reports presently being received rom China. Last Thursday Wiliam Hinton, who had spent many rears living on rural communes in he People’s Republic of China, :ave his interpretation of recent vents there. Hinton’s view was sympathetic 3 the new Hua Kuo-feng regime nd of their arrests of the so-called ‘gang of four”. The “gang of our” consists of Chiang Ching, Vang Hung-wen, Chang Chunhiao and Yao Wen-yuan, four of he top leaders in the Chinese govrnment until their recent arrests. Iinton said, “From my point of iew what bothered me was that lere wasn’t an earlier confrontaon and exposure of these peole.” To Hinton the problem arose lith the several recent deaths in le Chinese leadership and from re “gang of four” ‘s insistance pon taking power. This “insistence” resulted in ieir arrests. “Chiang Ching and er group,” said Hinton, “came rto conflict with Chou En-lai very arly as they refuted Mao’s aproach of presuming that 90 per:nt of the people are good,” and e said, “they reversed this so that veryone was in suspicion until roven good.” He added, “It’s a Bt easier to pull someone down ran to give them responsibility.” ‘hese accusations went largely nsubstantiated. The “gang of four” ‘s arrest he rstified on the grounds that they lere following a dangerous politial line. “Mao Tse-tung argued rat the Great Proletarian Cultural evolution from the start should e one of reasoned struggle instead F violence. But Chiang Ching,” inton argued, “rapidly changed ris to one of any means. Their ogan was, ‘attack with reason,

defend with force. . .‘, thus much which, accused Hinton, was actuviolence soon broke out.” ally a set up by Chiang Ching’s To Hinton, the “gang of four” group. The official government grew into an isolated group which and party line was that it was Teng stalled the achievements of the Hsio-ping. cultural revolution. “People, even “They greatly resented Chou last year, were saying that Mao En-lai because his line was Mao’s knew the ‘gang of four’ were runline.” Hi,nton continued, “By 1974 ning a steel and hat factory. That this group worked up a clique atis,” Hinton said, “they were tacking true revolutionary gains crushing people with the steel and and attacking everyone else as putting hats on people - labelling ‘having ulterior motives.” them of one or anot her Hinton held the basic reason phenomena.” why they rose so high and held so Another thing he pointed to was much power was the result of Mao the group’s constant denunciation Tse-tung uniting all factions of Tang Tsaio-ping. Hinton argued against Liu ‘Shiao-chi and his rethat Tang, who was forced from visionists. his positjon for wanting to return His prediction for China is that, to many ways of Confucianist “there will be very sharp class China was harassed by Chang and struggle. Already there has been a co. for many small mistakes and- Ta Chai Conference and Ta Ching that they created the impression in Conference. So produciion will go China that Tang had thousands of up and further class consolidation followers throughout China. will go on.” A further accusation was that In summary he said, “I think the “gang of four” had “left apHua, has acted in a principled and pearances and the essence of the decisive manner and according to right.” He said that, “Mao wanted Mao Tse-tung thought. He acted youth to be both red and expert very boldly and accurately.” with red coming first. What Chang The western press has, like HinChun-chiao did was to make this ton, generally sided with Hua red and red alone and if one-was Kuo-feng and has merely served to expert, then to them there was relay reports from Peking. The something suspicious? This insisreason why isn’t buried too deep. tence, to Hinton, distorted the The “gang of four” have been made to appear by Hua as being growth of technical skills in the Cultural Revolution. obstructionists to foreign trade and Another accusation was that. imnorts. “Chiang Ching demanded great ’The four accused often stressed privileges, special food, special policies of economic self-reliance sleep, special kinds of things. For over dependence of foreign techexample, she insisted that when nology- to build up industry. Now she was asleep and if there was a that ‘the group is gone, western in: car within 15 kilometers, then it dustrialists wait like vultures for had to-be pushed so as not to wake Chinese representatives fanning her.” the globe on a spending spree. Perhaps the greatest charge was At the same time Taiwan’s Hinton’s accusation of the “gang China News ghoulishly predicted of four” ‘s framing of Teng HsioMao’s death was the beginning of ping. Behind the riots last year in the end for the Communist era and Tien An -Men Square, Hinton bethat Confucianism would certainly lieves it was this group who held +be restored as the national docresponsibility. The riots which occurred after trine* ’ Chou En-lai’s death involved Thursday’s audience was unstudents who denounced Chou usually silent and sombre for what

are usually contagiously optimistic gatherings about China. The exception to this were a few students who took a noticeable difference with Hinton’s position. Perhaps most in that audience is best. capsulized when one person said, ‘,‘I .

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William Hinton was the expert brought in for this year’s China Week. He told of what he had heard in China, and of what a bad lot the “Gang of Four” are, and all went well - during his formal a lecture. But afterwards in informal discussion, when tie was forced to deal with direct questions, he found he could not fair so well on hearsay evidence. For example Hinton had criticised leading “Gang of Four” member Chiang Ching for objecting to the film “Pioneers”. But when UW psychology professor Doug Wahlsten also criticised the political line of the movie and asked Hinton specific questions, the China expert defended the film but would not discuss it further because he had fallen asleep while viewing it in China. Hinton also slipped around a discussion on the three world thesis and the two world theory. (The one divides the world into three political blocks according to economic development, while the other splits the world into the progredsive and reactionary forces in each country, and on a world scale.) _I Hinton claimed Mao was the author of the three world theory. When pressed to cite a source for this, he said he couldn’t give a- chapter and verse. Pressed further, he conceded that Mao had not written on it,-but that he (Hinton) had been told by Teng Hsiaoping that the theory originated with Mao. Teng Hsiao-ping was deposed as premier of China last year. The China-Week guest was also put on the spot when a Chinese student baited him with a couple of questions. First he was asked what were the gains of the “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” ? Hinton replied that it alerted the country against revisionism and developed the revolution. So then the student wanted to ‘know how it was that all the members of the group which lead that movement were now being branded counter-revolutionary? ’ Hinton conceded that it was “quite extraordinary”. His explanation was that the “Gang of Four” where not rotten from the start, but that power can go to people’s head. Hinton had to do some fancy footwork on another question. He spoke about dialectics but when he was questioned on a specific formulation contained in a recent “People’s Daily” article he hedged. He said he agreed with the formulation that revolution and production are in contradiction., However, when Wahlsten argued that there was not a dialectical relationship between the two, Hinton persisted that’there was, but said he couldn’t deal with the question because he hadn’t read the article. -neil

Feds a writ off The January 25 election “deadline” date passed without incident Tuesday with the chevron staff still occupying its offices. The “deadline” was an invention of acting federation president Dave McLellan, who claimed that the free chevron staff had been given a writ of possession and presented it, although not officially, to the free chevron’s legal council January 5. The list-was inaccurate and was not intended to be officially served. Since then the free chevron has drawn up a staff list of over forty names and presented it to the federation’s legal council for use in the formation of a writ of possession. Upon the day of the serving of the writ of possession a twenty day

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A demonstration against racist tacks Saturday went on in frigid eather but with a warm reception om people in Toronto. Ten UW students, led’ by the nti-Imperialist Alliance, joined le demonstration, which was bonsored by the Toronto chapter ’ the East Indian Defence Comittee. The demonstration of 200 pro:eded from Queen’s Park through ‘Market and the ensington hinese district of central To#nto, where it was well received / passers-by and shoppers. The slogal “Self defense is the ily way!” evoked a sympathetic sponse from people along the ute of the march. other slogans in the demonstra)n were “The Canadian people e not racist! The Canadian state racist! Death to racists! and The 2st Indian community will not be timidated!” The demonstration was a reply a series of racist attacks on imigrants of East Indian and Cariban origin in Toronto and other ties over the past ‘several anths. Several of these racist attacks Ive occurred in the Metro Tonto subway system, where the ctims have often received aid Jrn other passengers. But Toronto police have warned ople not to go to the assistance a victim of racist attack. Anyle who ‘intervenes to stop or prent such an attack could be liable arrest, the Toronto police chief s announced. At the same time, ere are no patrols on the sub.

people coming from such countries .m and that is why it persecutes the people of East Indian origin.” The leaflet pointed to the federal government’s Green Paper on Immigration as another example of the Canadian state’s attack on immigrants. Introduced in February 1975, the Green Paper “tried to whip up racist hysteria against the East InI dian and West Indian communities by blaming these communities for all the ills of society - starting from unemployment, to inflation, to general breakdown of the society.” The Green Paper on Immigration took up the views of the Toronto-based fascist party, the Western Guard, which cal,ls for a “Keep Canada White” policy. ’ With the state as the initiator of racist propaganda and attacks, the leaflet continued, how should immigrant communities defend themselves? ’ “It can only be through active self-defence, through relying on our own forces by further uniting the ranks in our communities and uniting with the rest of the Canadian people. Not by relying on the - very same state that is the organizer of these racist attacks. Racist attacks should be fought by taking up revolutionary struggles, tit-for-tat struggles against the attacks of the state and not by nurturing illusions about the ‘good nature’ .or ‘humanitarianism’ of the, Canadian state, or cherishing hopes of reforming the Canadian state.”

don’t care if Chiang Ching is guilty or innocent, 1 don’t care who Hua Kuo-feng is ! All 1 care about is what’s to become of China and its people.” That riddle is now being fought out.

IID% march against racism ways planned by the police department. Instead, off-duty police will ride the subway, if and when they have the time to spare. In a leaflet distributed along the demonstration route, the East Indian Defence ,Committee explained that this is an example of “the role of the police in or-1 ganizing and facilitating physical racist attacks.” “It is an established fact that when victims of racist attacks seek help, the police are never to be found. And when they do come, they do not show the least-interest in laying charges against racistattackers? even if the racists are brought in front of them. But ‘when it comes to laying charges against East Indians, there is no problem!” The leaflet pointed out that the Canadian state has always used racial discrimination against one section of the people, with the attack shifting from one nationality to another. The leaflet continued, asking “Why are the East Indians made a special target of attack? This is because the Indian nation is under foreign subjugation, a semi-feudal, semi-colonial country whose state is subjugated by imperialism and social-imperialism. In opposition to this oppression, the Indian peo-ple have been involved in great revolutionarly storms for well over a hundred years. Indian people, when they come to countries like Canada, bring with them irreconcilable, uncompromising, anticolonial anti-feudal ideas. The Canadian state is deathly scared of

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eluding whether the CUP executive still recognizes ’ the federation’s violation of the CUP Statement of Principles, and the violation of the federation bylaws in the September closure of the chevron. The staff also asked whether the CUP national executive recalls an October 31 Ontario Regional CUP motion which condemns the federation and calls on it to reinstate the chevron. Yet another question raised is the reasons why CUP would agree to an investigation now, when CUP executive members Dan Keeton told the federation council Septmber 26, 1976, that a CUP investigation was unnecessary since

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period takes effect before the federat ion and the free chevron staffers present their cases in court. Meanwhile federation legal council has advised the free chevron “that they are seeking an interim writ of possession for immediate eviction. This will have to be granted by the courts. The free chevron’,s position is that the shutdown of the paper contravened several federation bylaws. The staff maintains that they have every right to use the offices and to continue to put out a student newspaper from them. The federation will have to prove that the lack of the federation authority to use the Chevron office space is suitable grounds for , eviction. -tom

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1 the federation had clearly violated CUP principles in locking the doors of the chevron September 24, 1976. At the same meeting council rejected a CUP investigation. In the past both the CUP national executive and CUP member papers , have supported the chevron’s demand for reinstatement and investigation by a body composed mainly of students. The chevron staff asked the CUP executive what had changed their minds on the principle of Reinstate! ‘Investigate! The questions have been sent by telex to the CUP national office and by mail to all member papers. -

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OTTAWA (CUP) - Although the newspaper advertisements say Young Canada Works is a summer employment program for students, officials with the department of manpower and immigration admit they don’t expect to see many students apply directly for the $30 million available. Instead it will be up to established social agencies to sponsor a project which will be funded by the government, with students paid the minimum provincial wage and hired through the existing student manpower centres in their areas. Young Canada Works is manpower and immigration minister Bud Cullen’s answer to the defunct Opportunities for Youth program which provided money for groups of students to plan and carry out community projects during the summer. Cullen says Young Canada Works “will be oriented to the interests an’d aspirations of young Canadians” but the national secretary of the National Union of Students (NUS) says “This (program) is exactly what students don’t want.” Dan O’Connor says students want to be part of a-yearround activity. Young Canada Works was unveile’d in a debate on the throne speechOctober 21, 1976 as part of a year-round employment program call Canada Works, costing $700

million. In that debate Cullen said he hoped to see 21,000 jobs -created in the summer program which will have many of the same basic features as the year-round program. The summer program will con-0 sist of projects from six to 14 weeks in duration with a federal allocation of not more than $25,000 and minimum wage salaries for students ranging frbm $106 in Ontario to $120 in Saskatchewan. The deadline for applications to reach regional ienters is February 1.

Projects that “create jobs which -are over and above those that *would normally exist in the community” will be considered for funding, but projects that are bf the “same activity in the same community as a job creation project.that was funded the previous year ” &ill not be considered. NUS’s O’Connor says the list of qualifications and conditions listed ‘are often contradictory and are “almost impossible to meet”.

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provided they get letters from local organizations or agencies stating why they would not sponsor the project, Curry said bluntly: “You have to have a sponsor, really”. He said although applications have been available in the main Ottawa centre since the middle of December, only a few students have picked them up. Another centre in the city reported that only a few requests about the program had been made. That centre had never received any application forms. Curry said most of his time had been spent sending the applications out to area social organizations and groups which he thinks might take advantage of the money. He &id he thought there was no need to extend the deadline. Supervisors of projects for the Eastern Ontario region reported problems in the publicity for Young Canada Works program. They seemed to agree with statements made by a public relations officer for th’e department who said the main problem was not difficulties with the program planning but with the attempts to explain what it was all about. Criticisms of this kind of student summer employment plan have not just recently been voiced however. On October 13, 1976, in a letter to Cullen, the National Union of Students (NUS) stated that job creation projects “should be funded on a long-term basis.” “This (new job projects suggestion) should not be tagen as opiosition--to assistance for existing community services, but rather the suggestion that new programs must do more than that,” the letter said. In conclusion, the letter, signed by NUS president Riel Miller stated that he hoped it should be possible for “Canadian students, through their representative organizations, to make a useful contribution to the development of federal employment policies.” In his reply, Cullen- “requested that officials of my department contact you to determine a mutually cbnvenient date when we might meet”. No meeting was ever requested by his officials. None is planned. -peter

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is dissatisfied with the early closing date for applications. As ‘part of the overall Canada Works program Rodriquez says it “sounds sound”. Ottawa student manpower centre supervisor Brian Curry said he thinks about 120 students will find jobs through the program in the Ottawa area this summer. He said the system forcing project managers (they are the leaders of the projects and get paid slightly more) to hire their students through the student manpower centres will make it difficult for people simply to hire their friends for a project. Although there is a provision for individuals to apply for funding,

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He cited the lack of recreational programs in his Sudbury area and the difficulty of getting drama& arts programs in French as examples of possible projects. He says he

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He said he suspects that when the final applications are considered, the government will be forced to loosen the guidelines or be politically embarassed by the lack of funded projects. Travelling puppet shows and adventure playgrounds will be the kind of projects again supported through this kind of program, O’Connor says, ,because, like the OFY program, it does not help in long term or continuous projects

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Dr. Hans Selye, famous for his stres s ! s@& s ! tend existingr,Jimits? Secondly, it pioneering research on the role of is uponthe premise of conserving stress in our lives, was the guest a fixed adaptive capacity that he speaker of this year’s Hagey Lecgives further guidelines of action, tures, which are sponsored annusuch as the preferability of tolerally by the faculty association and ance of circumstance over active the university. struggle to transform life. Besides the 700 people who fillThe “do your own thing” ed Humanities Theatre, another philosophy which follows seems to 40 to 50 viewed Selye’s Monday ignore the fact that there exist denight talk on closed circuit TV in finite problems which most of LIS classrooms. have in common, and which This’ lecture, the first of two, necessitate our joining together if was based on ideas which are also we want to overcome them. presented in his book “Stress Also, someone else’s “own Without Distress”. In the course thing” ‘may seriously impinge on of describing the history and some aims which are for the general aspects of his stress research, he good, although Selye attempts to also promoted a code of behavior qualify this by adding “as long as it based on his personal philosophy, doesn’t hurt anybody.” His and for which he claims the scienjingle: “Fight for the highest attific support of stress research fintainable aim, but don’t put up a graptm by.R Crumb dings. struggle in vain,” not only subshow that there are two roads to secondary quality of the human -His second presentation, the folstitutes utility for principle, begsurvival: tolerance and fight. The mind . . .the really first rate quallowing evening, was a talk on ging the question of when a strugformer of course is generally more ities are intuitive thinking . . . .” It “Creativity and Science”. Here he gle would be worthwhile; in the acceptable.” (acceptable “of is this intuition which Selye conadvocated developing and funding context of,a fixed adaptive capaccourse”, but to whom?) siders necessary to a scientist who a scientific elite -to -do basic reity it promotes a play-it-safe In presenting his code of becan be successful in basic research. Selye is also presently philosophy which subverts creativhavior Selye leans heavily on pre- - search, defining basic research as seeking support for a Canadian ity. In other words it seems we viously known facts such as “the “the study of natural laws for their stress research institute. UW should, for example, ‘adapt’ to evolution of natural selfishness in own sake, irrespective of imGazette this week published the changes in our environment living beings”. Based on the mediate applicability. . .” prepared text of his two talks; brought on by others if it appears “deep-rooted* biological need for “A nation’s culture, health and below, some of his main arthat to struggle in the interest of the completion and fulfillment of strength depend primarily upon its guments as published and stated at our aspirations,” our aim would risk our adaptive Selye states that creative basic scientists.” (What UW this week are outlined and capital without leading to success we need a purpose in life-“ do of a nation’s creative basic peodiscussed. and we should leave daring atwhat you want, but have an aim.” pie?) “The future welfare of hutempts at creative solutions to an “STRESS: WITHOUT But in order to accomplish anymanity depends largely upon the DISTRESS” elite. The application of this thing, we must rely on the cooperrecognition of first-rate basic reBiology to Philosophy ‘philosophy’ to the education cutation of our fellow beings. This search in its earliest stages., *when ’ Stress is now defined as “the it lacks practical applicability. . . backs and tuition fee hikes could leads to his motto; “Earn thy be easily used to justify all kinds of nonspecific response of the body neighbour’s love.” This “altruistic only the kind of research desig, liberal apathy towards consolidato any demand-made upon it. This egoism” nated as ‘basic’ is true discovery. considers love, respect, tion of elitism in education. nonspecific reaction calls for adapfriendship, as items of wealth to What follows is development.” tation to a problem, no matter “greedily hoard”, while we+work Selye scandalously claims that “chance favours In discovery, what that problem may be.” thy neighbour’s love” is towards a goal of our choice. the prepared mind.” Selye, a “Earn There are two basic mechanisms “only-a simple rewording” and not fourth generation physician from which react. to stress: syntoxic a revision of “Love thy neighbour Vienna, advocates preparing the “CREATIVITY AND ones which help us put up with the as thyself.” The “altruistic minds of an intuitive elite to do SCIENCE”: stress, or catatbxic bneswhich ategoism” which he promotes is rebasic research. Lauding the examtempt to destroy the cause of the The Case For a miniscent of the utilitarian ple of the Soviet Siberian scientific stress. Stress, as defined, is an inhumanism of MO Tzu (480-400 BC) Scientific Elite. city Akadem Gorodok, he suggesseparable part of everyone’s life, “The love of others is a sort of Selye proposes that great dis: ted at Monday’s press conference indeed, VVl‘l ynrrr 1.w personal insurance or investment coveries depend upon certain that such work could be done betstress is death.” which “pays”, as Americans non-intellectual qualities in the ter in an atmosphere of mental ~SX.XI~~say.” (Fung Yu-Lan: “A discoverers. Three which he stimulation created by concenHistory of Chinese named are “instinctive awaretrating brains and money. Philosophy”, p 56). Selye is ofHe said that individuals with ness”; recognition of an unexpecfering a protestant ethic emotional ted significance of accidental “merit” should be given special investment strategy for getting phenomena which one notices; education from an early sge, in love by accumulating goodwill and finding unlikely solutions to order to make more fertile the capital with our associates, while ground for bringing “one or two waking problems through one’s .. dreams. “Most of the great disworthy ideas in a whole long ’ each of us works toward individual goals. This way of life would imply coveries come from dreams . . . lifetime . . .from a stage of a dream reducing #our social relations to pure intellect is a comparatively to the stage of a reality.” I.. 1 1. XT 1 * commoairy rransacrions. v aming * .

others in this way offers a stress coping reform at the expense, of emphasizing a personal isolation. One final point with respect to thiscode of behaviour; one should realize that simply because it is claimed to be “based on scientific principles” does not in any way imply that this philosophy has any exceptional merit. Basing an understanding of human interaction, and indeed of v the actions of entire civilizations, on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of organisms is not-scientific. A truly scientific approach to developing a code of human behaviour would be, all too obviously, based on investigation and study of societal interaction and history. We believe Selye means well, he is a nice old man who has made valuable scientific contributions and tells engaging and instructive stories. We are cautious, however, about the social implications of his philosophical message. What Selye seems to do is to place creative adaptability on an elite pedestal, ‘while the rest of us mill around the base of the tower trying to cope with stress. Is this what his message implies: Reform our stress by adapting conservatively to life’s conditions, and cultivate a creative elite which will discover new solutions? Is the ability -to dream true part ofthe inherited adaptive capacity of an elite, and are they going ‘to dream for all of us? A scientific test of the ability to dream true - to create, to discover - is the test of practice. ’ Selye speaks to some people’s present needs by promoting individual behavior reform and brain trust futuristics to create a base of new knowledge --“for_ what? for whom? For most of us, and not only a few people, to realize their creative dreams would require a fundamentally different social future than creative elite and adaptive masses. We believe a commitment to create this future can be effective if most of us choose, and do, work together to make it reality. Our social practice can test and show whether or not there is more to people than Selye’s “altruistic egoism” allows for. , 7 gerard kimmons - ernst von bezold

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photo by gervasio “Each of us has an optimal stress level,” and we should work to keep stress from becoming excessive - from becoming distress, “ . . .animals exposed to continuous stress for long periods necessarily go throughthree stages of the general adaptive syndrome: the initial alarm reaction, followed by resistance, and eventually, exhaustion. Evidently, adaitability, or adaptation energy is a finite amount of vitality given to us at birth. It is comparable to inherited capital, from which we can withdraw throughout life, but to which we cannot add.” (emphasis added) (Why is it that because certain things are observed in animals, that, evidently, human adaptation potential is fixed by inheritance? Do humans not have resources and qualities such as creativity, initiative, will and love beyond those of animals from which we can draw, and which will affect our adaptability?) “In terms of the adaptation energy consumed by the stress of life, the secret of success is not to avoid stress,. . .but to learn to use our capital wisely, to get maximal at the lowest satisfaction price. . . .Scientific observations

The work which Dr. Selye has asked of his “code of behavior done in opening up and continuing based on scientific principles.” is the investigation into the imporhow does the fixed adaptive capactance of-stress is certainly remarity of humans follow from the obkable; his work has : unques,I servations of the results of stress on animals and studies of human tionably created an impact on all of our lives. What is questionable, pathology? however, are the ideas which he This question is important for presents on his code of behavior two reasons: firstly, how is this reand on research funding, and the ductionist view of the human way in which he .attempts to supmechanism compatible with such a port these positions. quality as creativity which, by deOne of the first questions to be finition, implies an ability to trans-

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A DECLARATION Whereas, on January 22, 1918, the “Central Rada” the legitimate government of the Ukrainian people prociaimed the Fourth Universal in Kiev’and by this act established the independent and democratic Ukrainian People’s Republic. And Whereas, the Act of January 22nd-is for Ukraine a declaration of Ukrainian Independence in opposition to national enslavement, a proclamation of the democratic freedoms in defiance of colonial exploitation, an assertion of national, cultural, and spiritual self-determination in the fight against genocide, and the establishment of the unification of all Ukrainian territories heretofore under foreign occupations’into a single Independent / state. And Whereas, the anniversary 1of Ukrainian Independence Day is a precious part of our cultural heritage, Ukrainian-Canadians keep alive the aspirations for freedom and independence of Ukraine, for they believe that, globally, freedom is indivisible. , Therefore, let it be known, that We, the members of the Ukrainian Student’s Club at the University of Waterloo, are appealing to all Canadians to support the right to self-determination by the Ukrainian nation as well as by all other nations and minorities enslaved by Soviet Russian imperialism. We appeal for solidarity with the dissidents that are struggling for national and human rights in the Soviet Union. We appeal to all to denounce the Helsinki Agreement as a treasonable act against humanity for it “legitimizes” a totalitarian regime that has destroyed millions of lives and has eroded the freedoms of millions of more people. It is the duty of all progressive individuals, especially in our free society, to unite and become conscious of the universal struggle for justice and the right to self-determination by all nations and the genuine recognition of all basic human freedoms.

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As a student on the campus of the University of Waterloo, I strongly believe that the Federation of’ Students, as the student government, has let the students down. For too long it has_ been run by a small group of people, who have been divorced from student lif$, and who afe incapable of understanding the problems that confront us all. ,It seems to me that an individual who is not a student and who is not committed to obtaining an education, is in no position to administer the affairs of students. To this end I have decided to. run for the office of President of the Federation of Students. The recent administration has demonstrated quite admirably its inability to govern. The “chevron-federation affair”, the fieldworker situation, and the lack of co-ordination between the Federation and the Ontario Federation of Students have to be cases in point. It is only a complete change in persdnnel that will allow .the Federation to be run by the students who pay for it. As part of that change I intend to u,se the entire resources of the Federation to resolve these problems and the myriad other problems that may develop, in order to protect and further the interests of the students on this campus. Therefore, as a full time student, concerned with the student government and the problems that face all of us as students, I urge you to become part of this change in a positive way. On February 2, 1977, by voting for me you will have taken the first step in the right dir,ection. Return student government to the Students! It is indeed time for a change.

’ Janet

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communication between students, the Council andthe President. A student provost should be appointed; this person provides direct communication from the student body to the President of the University. The provost is responsible for representing student’s views to the administration, as well as to the Federation Council. This communication may counter apathy by students, thus making them feel important; not only B.I.U.‘s. The reality issues: bus service, cutbacks and tuition fees, off-campus alienation, housing, food, jobs are real problems. Bus service for students should,, have a flat reduced rate. I support student resistance to the tuition fee hike, as the cutbacks of grants to universities by government mean increased student’s fees. Residence fees are high, so lowering of food and maid service might reduce cost. An off-campus student’s organization and an affiliated community hall in K-W could alleviate alienation. Housing occupancy standards should be established as well as inspection by a legally-appointed committee be established. The issue of food and of alcohol should be looked at with alternatives in mind: health food outlets; more coffee houses. The summer unemployment situation is difficult and should be studied. Perhaps a trimester system for non-co-op courses may be instituted; or a summer placement centre. In this 1977 election, the issues are important as well as the students. The federatiqn is important and needs leadership, positive action and direction. Question: Cutbacks and Fee Mikes I do not agree with cutbacks and tuition fees being raised. Specific Action: l.- Close investigation of the channels of money usage by the university proper and by the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Colleges _and Uni. versitkes. 2. Open forum with the Ministry of Colleges and Universities specifically with Harry Parrot, Minister of Colleges and Universities. This forum is to inform the Minister about students’ reactions to a fee hike and the possible ensuing hardships to students due to a fee hike. As a result, the Ministry should receive possible resolutions and alternatives to its proposed fee hike. The Federation should follow this up and make sure the Ministry implements a change or a statement to the University. 3. Have a cohesive network of univer’sities in Ontario voicing their opinion about the cutbacks and fee hikes. This wotild be done through the Ontario Federation of Students. Y 4. Propose a new attitude to education by the city sector. That is: education of young people is the future of Canada. If a certain percentage of youth cannot attend universities, then only a small section of able paying people can afford the university’ training. Hence, a poor person considering school at a university level may discard it. An educated society leads to progress and to satisfactory stability. 5. Propose to the government that: 1) Less money to the corporations as they make their own profits quite readily. 2) If the corporations refuse, propose a legislation that the corporations subsidize univer-’ sities by grants as well as the governments. The amount of subsidization of each would have to be worked out between them. 6. A communique of the Ontario Federation ok Students and the heads of corporations could lead to a general conference. The issue being the need of utiiversities to have corporate support.

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tainment to students 5) involve students and faculty in getting to know one another 6) have3 broader range of contacts and areas on campus than at present. Problems

with the federation:

1. Lack of organization - lack of central control. Proper delegation of power and committees or boards of X(sic) be responsible for their own depts. Need a stronger council and a decisive mature council that knows WHAT IT IS DOING, AND WORKS, TOGETHER, and have PROPER CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THEMSELVES. 2. More communication to the students through a Federation Students Newsletter, once a week. It should include council agendas and resolutions and the successful completion of the resolutions. 3. More c,ommunication between Federation of Students and the student representatives in the senate and the university administration. A solidarity of administration should be achieved for the common good of the university community and the students. Therefore problems and issues could be handled effectively and solutions more rapidly implemented. And the outcome of this solidarity be reported in the proposed Federation of Students Newsletter.

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JANET ROKOSOVA, student at the University of Waterloo, from 1969-1974; presently enrolled it-i/ the Faculty of Envirtinmental Studies. The realities and possible solutions are issues facing both the Federation of Students and students. The Federation administration should have open

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No I don’t oppose cutbacks and tuition increases. First, I don’t see how students can mount any effective opposition to these questions and second I don’t think that tuition increases are unjustified. On the “issue” of cutbacks: There have been no real cutbacks in education, it’s just that faculty and funding have not grown as much as the number of students has. Instead of criticizing anonymous people in government and administration for “cutbacks”, the onus should be on us, the students, to get ourselves the best value for our money. * It is charged that the government is on its way to the full implementation of the Henderson Report (ie. tuition of $1000 and nd grant portion of OSAP), but I find it hard to believe that the government It’s that time of year again. The presidential elections are upon us and barring another recall, the candidate chosen will be around to haunt-us for a year. Polls open at 9:30 am Wednesday January 25 and close at 4:30 pm. Before you start picking between the eight candidates look twice because there are now four. Bill Barker is now an ex-arts student who hit the road for the greener pastures of the real world.. Doug Antoine, decided to pull out because he feared that he simply didn’t have the time and if he took 0% more commitments it would be curtains academicly.

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The students of decisively in the nev opinions are on the 1 I hope to have a ned, based on the which all fee paying goes into the paper. paper, and,protect tl have the power to L situation on the pay he couldn’t be fired conditions of his en The general edits separate body direr per referendum. Tt tide what goes into power to question t the paper was tend contrary to set polic secommend any ch: The editor and s -weekly, content of 1 by the by-laws an eluding CUP code c tion. Problems

Student Newspaper:

Reinstatement - why? If investigation shows that reinstatement is justified, then reinstatement. Reason: if reinstated, investigated and then not reinstated, why reinstate? 1. Legal hearing by lawyers (2), appointed by the university administration. Also, a panel of journalistic heads of newspapers to relate the p_r,oper functioning and purpose of newspaper. a) Will consider a student-jured investigation of the newspaper mess. 2. This hearing would have present at it: 1) Free Chevron 2) President of the Federation 3) Student panel at large. 3. The outlining of a policy that a paper on campus is student and campus content. 4. The establishment of an independent committee that is itself answerable to the federation but independent -of Federation control. Any paper on campus would be responsible to this committee. 5. Re-evaluate the role and function of the Board of Publications 6. Have the select committee screen pro!-pective employees who would have permanent positions as to their suitability journalistically. 7. A student newspaper should

would go through v are not committed tc livious to the need: implement it fully. The one tuition f that applied to foreii sider our education: ces of Canadians, 1 resource which shol made boundaries.

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I can see several tion at the present terest in its operat turnout in election ling space as board I think that as ml promote student ir give students the 01 members. I_propose that a 1 to students who do this refund would privileges for those Ten dollars wou teen would be reful sary to pay permal services. This would resul budget and high sa would have to taE budget would also sons’ careful scru t and the president’ greatly limited. This would also the necessity of fi planner. But carefi must be undertake) ily abandoned. Salah Bachir, tl also dropped out press time the Air ment for Bachir’s knd finally Ja wayside at the lasl If you want to there are still two are on Monday thl Computer Lounge second in the cam Concurrent witk an arts undergrzc

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take up this work. This organization.would take the form of a club which could be recognized by ihe federation and receive some funding. Preliminary research done by my campaign committee has shown that problems lie not only in the funding from the Provincial government but also in the distribution of funds by the UW administration. It appears that while more money is going to administrative purposes there are serious cutbacks in areas of concern to students. For instance the drop in the number of courses offered, the rising student/teacher ratio and the limited funds for lab equipment. On the baiis ‘of this research the federation will take its case to the Ontario government and the administration. There is no doubt that our position will be that both the cutbacks and tuition increase are unjustified. Both the Minister of Education and a representative of the administration will be given a chance to answer our position tind attempt to defend the cutbacks and tuition increase. After exposing the facts ,surrounding the cutbacks and hearing the stands of the government and administration we will have to map out a strategy to mobilize students to stop the cutbacks and the tuition increase. For those who insist that they can afford the tuition increase and want to pay it, I say fine - pay it. But we must real&e that there are many people on campus who cannot afford it and even more who never came because they couldn’t afford it. The role of the federation must be to organize those who cannot pay to oppose the tuition increase.

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newspaper desigle referendum, in e a voice on what would publish the lcerning it, but not :ide to change the :ditor was elected ilfully viblated the vlould be set by a hy the students as Id not have to deut would have the ff, if they felt that era1 issues, ‘to run have the power to : as necessary. Intro1 directly the : would be limited itorial policy, in:rning the publica-

=ms in the Federaack of student ine seen by the low ‘re unqualified file has been done to y alternative is to ing full Federation fees be refundable : full members, but lied by decreased sory while seven10 would be necesmaintain essential : in the Federation. sees (ie. president) The decrease in le board chairperlard expenditures, ry fund would be us the question of 16 the researchertheir effectiveness rogram is arbitrar-

The Role of Student Government The events of the last year have proven that the Federation cannot afford to become alienated from U of W students. Student representatives must work to inform their constituents on pressing matters and in turn, discover what students believe to be the issues upon which council should act. 1 Beyond this, however, the Federation representatives must promote and organize students to participate in the legislation and execution of the decisions which directly affect them as students. We must move away from this tendency, to hire people on the basis of social relations to provide jobs and concentrate on getting large numbers of interested, active students involved. Finally, the student government cannot be above critical judgement. Rather, it must,-in fact, encourage constructive criticizm from within students council and from the student body at large, and build in the mechanism for such. Students are presently faced with an unjustified tuition increase, to pay for an education, the quality of- which, has steadily declined over’the last five years. Clearly there is a need for a strong student government to lead in opposing such unwarranted actions by the Ontario government. In closing, we encqurage all those interested in developing a more active .and responsive Federation to join this campaign and help create a student government of a new type! ON FEB. 2 VOTE MARK WILLS X 1) Q: Do you oppose the cutbacks in education spending? A: Yes! I- oppose cutbacks in education spending. The government of Ontario and the administration say that the reason for cutbacks and tuition increases is the rising costs of running universities. However all investigation has shown that students’ are in no way responsible for these rising costs. Therefore I do not feel students should have to pay for them. Q: What do you intend to do? A. Fifst I want to organize research into the cause and effect of the cutbacks and tuition increase. The recent article by the free chevron’s cutback bureau (free chevron January 7, 1977) is a good example of what can be done. I would propose the formation of an organization open to all students which would

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serve for a one month term. Doug Hamilton and I Stephen Faraday are after that seat. There was to have been a by-election ‘for the St. Jeromes seat but no one came forward to run.

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Proposal For Bringing a Just And Expedient End ‘l!o The Chevron/Federation Conflict ’ It is the opinion of this committee that the actions taken by certain members of students council in closing the Chevron were undemocratic and arbitrary. By the executives own admission, these actions were based on rumour and allegations. There has been no attempt to provide evidence to back up these charges and no attetipt to investigate to find \ any evidence, if it exists. This whole affair has been very detrimental to the effective functioning of the student government and newspaper. In order to deal with these problems we offer the following proposal, which we feel will be both just and expedient. 1) Reinstate the chevron pending an investigation a) restitution of the budget originalli approved for the paper b) return of all Chevron eqtipment and restoration of all services c) withdrawal of all legal action by the Federation against the Chevron and by the Chevron against the Federation 2) Inaugurate an impartial public investigation by a body composed mainly of UW students. The investigation body would examine all charges ges against the Chevron and its staff to see whether they are based in fact. It would also examine ‘all actions taken against the paper and its staff to deter-n&e if they were morally and legally correct. The investigation body would also address itself to the question of how this situation was able to arise and would make recommendations for action to prevent it occurring again and for any required changes in the paper. 3) Structure of investigative body All aspects of the investigation, except that it must be open and handled mainly by students; are negotiable and should be acceptable to- both sides. This would include .nember of students, length of investigation, admission and role of outside parties (OFS, NUS, CUP, legal experts. . . ) etc. The role of student government Recent events have shown that the Student Government has lost touch with the student body at large. It has become a top-heavy salaried bureaucracy discouraging large-scale student participation. Student fund? are increasingly being spent to maintain an office and the jobs of people who seem more concerned with their own self-interests and holding of their jobs than with serving students. We are proposing a new emphasis for student government. The federation must be opened up, encouraging students to take an acti,ve role in specific areas of their concern. In the past, the students’ council has played a reduced role in dealing with major student issues. The responsibilities of council have too often been taken over by a few-members of the federation executive. We would like to see students council become a more dynamic and representative force on this campus. There’ll be Some Changes Made In order to make the student government more democratic and reassert the decision-making role of council we propose the following changes in the structure of the Federation, changes we would like to see implemented, some examples of which are: an end to such blaring contradictions as the positions of president and chief justice being held by the same person; - immediate broadening+ of the inputs for the selection of the vice president, with the aim of eventually‘ having this position filled by general election.

- an end to the abuse of the power of the Board of 1Directors - reduction in the number of paid positions, to be replaced by voluntary student workers - an end to unnecessary expenditure by the Federation;esultifig in either more services or a reduction in Federation Fees. ’

,Doug --Thompson

Internal Organizatibn - our own house must be set in order first by: Improving Up-dating obsolete by-laws, Society/Federation Communications, lmproving Federation/Student communication, Expanding opportunities for students to become involved More money for Entertainment, Creative Arts and other student initiatives Academic Concerns - a prime responsibility of the Federation is to go to bat on Student Problems! Coordinated action w’ith undergrad student senators; Course Evaluations in all Departments, Representing students caught in the bureaucratic Mill, Student-Aid counselling before each term begins, Students really serving the real needs of students. Social and Living Needs - the needs of education extend beyond the campus Work with city for better buses, Investigate student housing close to campus; Lobby with city for morerental units to keep rent costs down. Cutbacks & Tuition Hikes - We need informed de- - _ bate and discussion, not idle sloganeering! Only a strong Federation can deal with cutbacks and Tuition hikes. Students must seek the aid of the community, parents of would-be students, etc. Communication between the Federation and the student body and public discussion must precede precipitous actioin. NUS, OFS, Exteinal Affairs Re-evaluation of the role of OFS & NUS on this campus. Study possibility of a referendum on our continued membership in these bodies, establish ongoing liaison with municipal governments. Students first, Community Second, Others, third! Students’ Council - an end to government by executive fiat, a return to democracy, limitations on power of the president, more authority for Society Councils, more student representation on all Federation Boards and in all Federation services. Give the Federation back to the students. ’ If you feel that action is needed on any or ali bf these fronts, support Doug Thompson for president on February 2. Let’s have a responsive, Responsible Federation which’ listens to the students, which serves the students, and which puts student needs /above all else. 1) Cutbacks? Yes! I also oppose the Federation cutbacks in the entertainment budget for the past few years. We fight all cutbacks by building a strong, decentralized Federation with real student involvement. We fight tuition hikes ‘by gaining public support‘ for university accessibility. Those who are able should be students, not just those who can pay! ,2) Newspaper. The chevron affair can only be shed by informed action based on an independent investigation. The referendum has said no to reinstatement and we stand by it. Launch a student investigation with professional assistance, have this commission write new referendum questions to clear up ambiguities in’the last one, modernise and streamline the by-laws so that another chevron affiir cannot happen, and gssure a responsible and accountable student newspaper run by students! 3) Federation Problems... Obsolete by-laws, ovec-bureaucratization, ineffective communication with students and with societies all reduce student involvement. Too much attention has been paid to provincial and national issues -and our own students have been ignored. By focusing attention on this campus we can reverse that.

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Athletic Clubs are again featured in this week’s report. Remember that these clubs are still open for membership and welcome _ ’ to anyone who is interested in joining. The Sailing Club obviously can’t do much sailing in the winter, however, they do have a series of lectures going on every Tuesday night. The course is in B2350 on Tuesdays and is taught by Nick Kowen, an Engineering prof who is president of the Canadian 505 Association. It’s a racing course and participants should know something about sailing to get anything out of it. Slide shows, movies and guest speakers highlight the lectures that cover racing rules, tactics, etc. During the Spring and Fall Terms, the club has 5 Sunflowers that sail around Columbia Lake. The club offers a full instruction program for all levels of sailing. They hold regattas and pubs throughout the term. Entry fees are $5.00/spring term and $2.OO/fall term. The Club is hoping to expand their program, they hope to get more boats and possibly get together with the Conestoga Sailing Club who have a more popular boat, the Albacore. The Club has an arrangement . with the Oakville Yaught Squad, the club acts as a go between, making arrangements enabling members to sail or crew that club’s bigger boats. For more informa-

tion contact Chris Dufau1t at 885-6073. The Table Tennis Club has about 35 members that play in the Blue Activities Area thr‘oughout the week. Every Friday, they hold a group round robin tournament, otherwise the time they have is generally open time. These times are Tuestiay and Thursdays 7:00 - 10:00 pm., Wednesday 5:00 -7:00 pm., Friday 7:00 - 1O:OO pm. and Sunday 2:00 - 5:00 pm. In March the club has their annual Intramural tournament for the CSA Award (Chinese Students Association). You don’t need to be a member to join this tournament that has A & B levels for both men and women. It is a double elimination singles tournament. Since the OUAA dropped table tennis from their program, the club has gotten together with a number of other Ontario Universities to meet on February 20 for a Round Robin Tournament. The day before 20 members will be in Sarnia for the Blue Water Open. Members pay $3.00 to join of which 50 cents goes to the OTTA. Contact Gaeten Massie for more information. The Fencing Club has instruction and competition in foil, epee and sabre. They meet on Monday and Wednesdays from 4:OO p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Red Activities Area. No previous experience is necessary to join. .

Finally the Rugby Club is a fun loving bunch that organizes a number of activities for their members. They have a tloor hockey and basketball team playing competitively and participation in pub facilities. Their awards banquet is Friday, January 28 at the Faculty Club. There will be dinner and dancing, speakers and awards. The probability of having a few. drinks is very high. The big even? for the Club comes during reading week when they travel to New Orleans for the Mardi Gi-as festivities. They’ll be competing in a tournament there also! More information about the Rugby Club can be had by contacting Mike’ Hazel1 at 884-7343.

Intra-sport ’ Men’s

Competitive

Hockey

In League A, St. Jeromes and Optometry have been impressive in their opening matches. In, League B, East A, VI East, VI South, Co-op and Conrad Grebel all h&e 2-O win-loss records. , Men’s

Competitive

Basketball

The Men’s Competitive Intramural Basketball league got off to its usual good start last Sunday. A few complications arqse over forfeited game and ineligible player, but these have been straightened out for the best. Early stacking shows that the teams to beat in A league this term are the Summer Rats and The Waterloo Wizards. B league have 43 teams and to choose an early leader would be difficult, but the Basketball’ers and Renison both look good.

About 775 swimmers and divers 72 from U W W’oman’s International Intercollegiate Swimming and weekend. Pictured here is UW’s Val Quirk .who came meter diving. Val placed seventh out of six contenders Olympic team. Aleta Rice from the U.S. won the 7 and 3

Researching

Officiating has been of the usual quality, from near flawless to almost non-existent. Overall, however, the refereeing is of a quality that reflects that of the game. A well-played game usually accompanies good officiating. We see a number of players constantly harassing the officials and this eventually detracts from the game.

Some of the action in the PAC last Tuesday night as ‘the mixed double; badminton tournament wound up. A large number of participants turned out to compete in this tourney orgahized by the lntramurals Department. photo by Gervasio

A team of researchers at UW have received a $27,000 research grant from Health and Welfare Canada to study what happens to people when they play hockey. Due to the increasing popularity of recreational ice hockey as a physical activity for the middleIt was diTficuIt to choose a game aged, the researchers are interested of the week. There were lots of in the hazards of the game and how close ones. Oddballs tied the Ball they may be avoided by slight reHogs, Math B squeaked by the structuring. “They call it ‘old age,’ hockey Chinese Student Association by 2 points. St. Jeromes A edged the and it is played by people 35 years Tiny Toddlers 37 to 36 and of age and more ,” says Dr. Howard associate professor in Dromedaries slipped to Conrad 8 Green, Uvri’s Department of Kinesidlogy. Grebel 47 to 44 in overtime. Thegame of the week for outstanding “There’s been a great outburst of play was Waterloo Wizards vs activity all across the country with Alufahon. Although the Wizards more teams and more tournaments won by 20 points, the game was every year. It may prove one of the well played, particulalry in the fiist most effective ways of .keeping quarter as Alufahon held the lead. large numbers of Canadians inNext week, the B league game of terested in physical activity in the the week: winter months. Certainly jogging January

Renison basketball Renison College will hold it’s Ninth Annual Invitational Basketball Tournament Feb. 4th and Feb. 5th at the PAC and WLU sports complex. Te,ams will include Waterloo ‘Firehouse’, Renison Rats, and the best intramural teams from WLU, Western, McMaster, Erindale College, Trent and York. The tourney starts Fridajl February 4th at both the WLU com-

plex and our own tivities Complex, Saturday at the PAC 4 pm. There will be for the tournament prove as well as a lot exciting. For further Ted Williams at Renison 884-4859.

Physical Acwith finals the Finals at no admission which should of fun, pretty

information contact or Mike Town’shend College 884-0429; , ’

Ski through reading wee-k Attention all UW Skiers, because of the number of people requesting a reading week trip to Quebec, we haGe put together the cheapest package around. However this trip is dependent on the number of people that are interested - We must fill a Bus! For only $124.00 you can have a fantastic week of skiing on the best

slopes of Quebec. Tentative time of departure would be early Sunday Feb. 20 and return after tows close Friday Feb. 25. If you would like to go and want to get in some grea_t skiing contact Viki 884-3485 or Deb 886-0565. Sign up now at the PAC Red NorthOffice.

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hockey/ has never, by and large, proved popular.” While Dr.’ Green is in complete favour of physical activity he notes the game involves a number of potential hazards, although minimized by rules hockey still lays some extreme challenges on the hkart. “When they are out on the ice, the players’ heart rates go right up to the maximum,” says Dr, Green. “If someone isn’t ready for it he risks placing more strain on his heart than it can stand.” “We also need to know more about preparation and conditioning,” he says. “For example, we need to know about how to warm up prior to the game. It may be that without warm-up activity to increase the heart rate a player risks not beirig able to get sufficient oxygen to the heart to cope with his ‘needs during a sudden rush down the ice. Possibly one of the most dangerous things player can do, after finishing, is to sit down on the players’ bench and rest. It could be this causes the blood to pool in the lower legs, which could greatly reduce blood flow to the heart.” Dr. Green suggests that a better idea might be to have the players remain standing, or walking around between shifts. He stresses a need for more knowledge about the relationship between diet and *fatigue. The research team ‘is also interested in the effect of regular, systematic activity on factors that have been shown to relate to heart disease (blood pressure, blood cholestrol and body composition). !t is hoped that the application of this knowledge will lead to better training techniques, safer, more effective participation and a maximi-? zation of health benefits relation to activity in sport& Members of the research team besides Dr. Green, a physiologist, include Dr. A. A. Ranney, physican, Dr. Jay Thomson, a chemist, Mike Houston, 2 and Dr. biochemist. -

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Murray McLauchlan’s album “Boulevard” is different from his previous musical endeavours in many respects. While still acknowledgijng his folk origin, McLauchlan has moved towards a popular rock direction. ’ Backed by a competent band dubbed the Silver Tractors, highlighted by Ben Mink who is superb on mandolin and fiddle, McLauchIan has left his quiet sound behind. Boulevard is an attempt by Murray to hold on to his old fans while garnering a host of new ones who have rock in their blbods. It remains to be seen if he will succeed. The album is also aimed to the folks south of the border. McLauchlan’s albums have done well in Canada but it was only a matter of time befrore he could resist taking a shot at the biggest music market on earth, the good ole3 USA. So with a good ,review of Boulevard in the Rolling&one and with increasing air time from some key American FM stations, the album is slowly gaining in US sales. It was planned to release his live double-album “Only The Silence Remains”, to American audiences long ago but legal hassles have held back this gem. Though some people will say that Boulevard is a sellout to commercial rock this is not necessarily the case. Most of the songs on Boulevard are a full five minutes long and not the three minute bubble gum quickies than AM thrives on. Rather, McLauch-lam has created an album with a mixture of moods and music suited to the progressive FM’ers. The first,side starts with Harder To Get Along. It features folk be-_ ginnings, rock passages and finished with subtle McLaughlan vocals and piano. Train Song, while a little drawn out is a good old fashioned railroad blues song laced with social commentary . Met You At The Bottom, dedicated to losers one and all is spoiled

with a carnival-like heqyy metal sound. Listen to the original version on the live album and note the difference. The closing song La Guerre C’est Rini Pour Moi, has McLauchlan using his Silver Tractors to the fullest fashion anti-war song. Boulevard, which opens the second side captures some of the emotions of the average faceless workers in society, and is a good title cut for commercial purposes. Ai Lonely As You is the prettiest song on the album. It uses crystal clear instrumentation to accompany Murray’s mournful vocals. It is dedicatedjo the lonely people who dwell in single room flats. McLauchlan’s lyrics touch the listener: Your lovers leave Before it’s daylight They want it for fun You want it for life And you get so angry If they tell you the truth I never knew anybody As lonely as you The next number Cryin’ To Me is a typical crying in one’s beer song and is the weakest moment on the album. Slingback Shoes is definitely the new McLauchlan. Straight punk rock it scorns a Mrs. Robinson type of woman Murray once encountered. But, it will send most of his folk fanatics into a rage with screams of “put down that damn electric guitar and go back to .5 basics’ ’ . Gypsy, Boy, the cl;osing number, is much more appreciated. It paints such a relaxing scenario of the carefree easy life that it almost makes you want to pull out your credit cards and head south. All in all, though Boulevard isma much more electric, packaged and confined product than Murray has presented us with in the past, it will nevertheless please a lot of people. The sad partlis that many of his fans many shed a tear for fear he will never write a folk album again. -

tom cody

S&t springs in CC The students who made it to camptis last Thursday were entertained by “Salt Spring Rainbow” in the campus centre. This excellent bluegrass band consists of six musicians playing an array of instrtiments including the banjo, Hawaiian guitar, harmonica, recorder, 3 electrical guitars, morroccas, acoustic guitar, violin, and of course,, the percussion sectioa. All the members take part in Salt Spring’s vocal presentation and, in some songs, all at the ‘same time. The harmonize with the _ ~, 6 I vocals 1)r.> I ”I? _

consistency of experience and the same thing can easily be said for their music. The harmony of their songs is the major result of Jerry Till“s contribution, the man in -charge of the band’s mixing. With only a few short intermissions, the bluegrass band played -from about 12:30 to 3:30 holding a complimentary and steady audience throughout. So with little complaint, the mid-day concert by “Salt Spring Rainbow” was well presented and quite a surprise for most of the students ‘Thursday. -Scott

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The theatre was dark. The red lights on the amplifiers glowed like fireflies in the night. A voice over the P.A. system then said the words the audience had been waiting to hear: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Murray McLauchlan.” A white spotlight followed a young blond haired man as he led his band on to the stage. The crowd applguded in recognition of the person who had drawn them there. McLauchlan immediately established an easy rapport with the crowd, joking with them, telling them about what he had been doing, a-nd even pretending -to forget to use a cape when he started his first song. But when the music started it was obvious that McLauchlan hadn’t forgotten anythirig about his material. , He started with an acoustic song, “Gypsy Boy”, that highlighted his ability with a guitar and harmonica. His mammoth tour of Canada last fall showed its benefits in the way that he and his backing band, “The Silver Tractors”, played each song tight and easily as if each tune was implanted in their minds, (by now that would be no surprise) and just second nature. ) After some work on both electric and acoustic guitar McLauchlan sat down at his flat-black painted piano and showed himself to be a more than credible pianist. Playing the t’itle track from his latest album “Boulevard” and three other songs

for and about losers he’s known (Met You At The Bottom”, “Getting Harder To Get Along”, and “As Lonely as You”) McLauchIan and his band displayed the talent that is always being written about, but it didn’t stop there. After a rendition of “Sweeping The Spotlight Away”, Murray picked up his electric guitar and started playing some unbelievable riffs. I was taken aback by it all, long ago I had classed McL.auchlan as country-folk on the basis of his limited AM work.

each song had that same intense feeling behind it, whether it was the country style “Train Song” or his greatest AM success (to date), “Down By The Henry Moore”. Called back for an encore he performed “Hard Rock Town”, and “Lovk Comes And Goes”. Both tough rockin’ Lunes that Murray and his band cranked out at full force and full steam ahead. Certainly it was over too soon but the man did have to do another show that night. McLauchlan and his music are two very interesting topics, the last Now he and the Silier Tractors year has seen Murray make a major were playing this fantastic song impact on the Canadian market and “Slingback Shoes” that could only public. With his latest LP be called “rock”. While McLauch“Boulevard” certified gold in Ian was singing there was little done Canada, and making @od waves by the band but be-tween the verses stateside, it appears that McLauchthey cut loose and ran with the Ian has started his career moving. music, building the momentum, A member of the generation of excitement, and power of each Canadian performers who are song. trying to make it in the post CRTC The Silver Tractors personnel _ Canada, he has most likely found worked closely with McLauchlan that even though a comfortable and complemented him every step living can be eked out in the frozen of the way. The guitar work of north, the south still holds its alGene Martynec was outstanding, lure. And the prestige of making it particularly on slide guitar. Ben big stateside may eventually take Mink also put in a sterling perforMcLauchlan away from the cool mance on Mandolin and Fiddle hospitality of Kensington Market, (violin if yob wish), throughout the like people ‘such as Joni Mitchell, show. Bassis Dennis Pendrith and Neil Young, and Gordon Lightfoot drummer Jorn Anderson gave the before -him. group that needed back\beat supBut 1 doubt if this self-styled plemented the tough kick-ass style champion of the working man will of music that McLauchlan does so make any visit to Uncle San$s well. kitchen into a permanent stay. Through to the end of the set -doug hamilton I

Alice . or Lenny? ,Two ’ excellent showing on campus

movies aie this week.

Tonight through Sunday the feds are showing “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” in AL1 16 at 8:00 This is the film that put Ellen Burstyn in the limelight for her charming portrayal of a mod&n-day Ameiican mother. She and her charming kid live in a charming house with her charming husband who ups and dies on them. They sell the house and most of their possessions, and they leave in their car to see if Mom can fulfil1 her dream and become a singer. The charming kid tur?ns out to be a foul-mouthed brat, and Mom has to settle -for. waitressing instead of stardom, but their exploits are far from depressing. Although the movie is a great comedy, it maintains enough credibility to also qualify as “drama”. The basic concept of the film (leaving home, seeing “the world”, and finding love) is nothing new, but the attitude of the movie is so refreshing, and the setting so contemporary that the net result is very unique and original. Kris Kristofferson is insignificant enough. in the moyie that he doesn’t do it too much harm. Occasionally he gets in the way, but most of the time he just hides behind his beard, and you can ignore him. “Alice” is not great cinema. It is, however, a great story, and is great fun to watch (don’t miss it!).The other movie is “Lenny”,

showing Wednesday at 10: 15 pm in the Great Hall. The Campus Centre is ndt the best place in the world to see movies, but it’s free, so don’t complain about the Shartage of chairs, funny projectors and, other disturbances. If you come twenty minutes or so,,early, you’ll probably get a seat anyway. “Lenny” is a “fictionalized documentary” About the latter part of the life of Lenny Bruce - the controversial American comedian who died from drug abuse. Dustin Hd/ffman plays Lenny Bruce to perfection. His performance is so astounding that it draws away from the other, lesser, characters. The best parts of the movie are the nightclub acts; they are so stunningly convincing and intriguing that one ten& to forget the other sequences. The movie is in black and white (it works!) arid takes the form of a series of interviews. Valerie Perrine plays Bruce’s ex-girlfriend who talks to the interviewer. In between are the flashbacks to . i iI

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The “comedy routines” are brilliant social satires - you cringe in you‘r seat as he cuts down bigotry by mimicking it. Hoffman causes these scenes to retain the flavour of improvisation, even though it is inconceivable that an actor could carry them off without hours of’ practice. Hoffman is likely one of the best actors around today. I don’t remember ever seeing him muff a rGle. Last year alone+ he’s been in two great movies, “All The President’s Men” and “Marathon Man”, and I expect he’ll do as well or better this year. Downtown your best bets are ’ still “The Seven Percent Solution”, a strange new Sherlock Holmes pit-ture showing at the Capitol 2, and “The Pink Panther Strikes Again” with Peter Sellers as the perennial Inspector Clouseau and Herbert Lom as his nowrmad ex-superior, showing at the Waterloo Theatre. P1

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Lysenko debate begun

I had thought that Dr. Wahlsten was going to investigate T.D. Lysenko’s writings and research in order to prepare a report on them. From his little note in the recent free chevron I assume that he has: (a) completed his study: (b) decided what conclusions he will reach without doing the study; (c) postponed his original quest in order to test the viability of Lysenko’s theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics from two other sources, viz., my letter to the free chevron(Jan. 2 1, 1977) and a popular article I wrote on “recombinant DNA” for the Gazette (Nov. 3, 1976)(l); (d) opted to concentrate on both Lysenko and me simultaneously; or (e) shifted the focus of his attack, shelving Lysenkoism completely, to proceed under the premise that the burden of proof against any theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics rests with me. Which is it, Doug? If you’ve decided to pursue me, you’ll be wasting your time for many reasons. Surely, the mountain of positive evidence you might amass from a thorough study of Lysenko’s papers and the works of his colleagues would be sufficient to convince any rational man that the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics is correct. On the other hand, the evidence you think exists may not have weathered well over the last 25 years. For that matter, little of Lysenko’s data may ever have been meaningful in theory or practice. Why don’t you do what you promised? Since you seem to be convinced that I have not provided direct evidence against Lysenko’s theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics, nor that I am (or will ever be) able to present a coherent argument against it, the least you can do is to provide us with direct evidence that proves Lysenko’s theories. In addition, you can explain how Lysenko’s views are consistent with known biological principles. In other words, I’m still waiting for your definitive analysis of Lysenko’s scientific claims and theories. If you need a reference list, I will gladly supply it.(2) There is-an old Russian proverb Professor Wahlsten may want to ponder. “No amount of exercise can make a blind man see.” Sincerely, J. Pasternak (1) Neither of these items, in all candor, were rigorous statements on Lysenkoism. (2) In this context, Prof. Wahlsten may also want to refer to Dr. Seuss’ “Horton Hatches an Egg”. Professor Pasternak: You have tenure already, so why are you so hysterical about debate? With two letters to the free chevron, you have yet to offer the readers anything but sarcasm and confusion. Professor Gabow of the Anthropoly Dept. has at least presented a coherent argument and some pertinent evidence, so why can’t you? At any rate, I will delay the analysis of your first letter in order to add this one to the brew, in the spirit of investigating a phenomenon before drawing conclusions about it. As for your Russian proverb, it 4s a pessimistic, feudal remnant which contrasts sharply with the recent, concrete experience of New China, where the deaf have been made to hear and exercises have been developed to prevent myopia. I believe that every disease without exception is curable, even professorial panic. doug wa hlsten

ebate continued Dear J. Pasternak; As a historian, I am totally unqualified to discuss the ‘genetic’ inheritance of acquired

characteristics, i.e. whether it is possible or impossible. You do imply, however, that it is a fallacy that human beings acquire ‘characteristics’ from their ancestors that are important. There are ‘characteristics’ in my terms that are directly inherited from father to son that are vitally important to the study of society. The Rockefeller brothers, for example, have inherited from their grandfather and father a large tinancial empire that has great significance in our Western society. The English-speaking Canadians in Westmount, Montreal, have acquired privileges created by their recent ancestors dominance of Quebec. The present government in Quebec is attempting in its social democtrtic way to redress some of that imbalance. These are the types of acquired characteristics that are rather important and are definitely environmentally induced, to say the least. I am not at all convinced that what we would normally consider genetically derived characteristics in human beings are of vital importance beside the environmentally conditioned characteristics that we inherit from our social system. I await with eagerness a debate in the letters section of the free chevron on the topic. Rick DeGrass

Pseudonym stinks The. “real” chevron staffer and fed member who has written under the psuedonym for the “real chevron” “Chih Kang’s-tu” last week, claimed not to have intended to insult anyone when in fact his mocking the stereo-type Chinese has insulted all students ‘at UW. He said that, “The pseudonym is simply how the classic Dr. Fu Manchu might say Ho! Ho! Ho! Bruce Bur“Chicken stew”. ton, so-called “editor” of the so-called “Real” chevron very well knows that sick and racially tainted jokes like the one above soon bear bitter fruit in social cost. We can conclude three things from the “real” chevron’s encouragement and tolerance of this sort of thing. First, if we go by the rule that a government treats its minorities in a manner in which it would treat all its other subjects, if it could get away with it, then UW students had better watch out as the feds wouldn’t give a trifle for any of us. The “real” chevron letter to itself secondly illustrates how the feds and “real” chevron rate the average student. The “real” chevron is using the tactic of finding a lowest common denominator “type” of student and appealing to him. The trouble is that their lowest and common denominator is . just too low and just too common. This isn’t the fifties Mr. Burton. Students here have grown up experiencing and re,? futing the lies which the politicians in the southern USA and those men surrounding Viet Nam encouraged. They won’t eat up your racist crap. A third conclusion we can draw from the fed letter is that the fed and “real” chevron are practicing trickery. They have no other intention but to deceive you! At the beginning of this dispute they tried to divide us, faculty against faculty.. Now this race-against-race business represents a new all-time low in attempting to sabotage the student movement. They mock the Chinese by stating that this pseudonym is how Fu Manchu would say “Chicken Stew”, yet one needn’t be a scholar to kndw that he is trying to typify all Chinese in how some poorly mispronounce English words. The federation hacks at-the “real” chevron, by developing such havits as those described above, only serve to impede the building of the student mover-rent. The outrage of the “real” chevron is that they are using our own money to divide us so that when we have to fight the governmentcutbacks or the special foreign students fees, all oru energy and time have been exhausted. Who are the feds working for, anyway? It’s enough to drive one to anarchy! In conclusion let me say that at first I felt

that when the “real” chevron staffers made jokes at the Chinese names they were unintentional racists and thus salvagable, as they only had to be made conscious of their racism to c@t it. But when they began to deliberately degrade a foreigh people’s pronounciation of English, that is where all students should shout “factionalist and traitors!” Shih K’ang-ti

Familiati fanatic

I noticed the cover of last week’s “real chevron” had a cover. picture of former’ fieldworker, former “Other Voice” production manager, former paid editor of the fed rag “Bullseye” (which lost $2,100. of student money) Doug Thompson. They claimed Thompson was coming in to give them pictures for the paper. Tell me, does the chevron know why the fed paper had no pictures in it or why Thompson was on the front page? , J. Brent

Thompson3 sad record The upcoming presidential election at the university promises to bethe most interesting in many years. With the multitude of issues that face students; it is important that the candidates are competent and are able to give some answers to these issues. Let’s look at the record of the CRG candidate Douglas Thompson. Mr. Thompson is certainly no stranger to the affairs of the Federation of Students. Since his election as Intergrated Studies rep on council last February, he has held the following positions, Ontario Federation of Students Liaison Officer, campus fieldworker, National Student Day Co-ordinator, chairperson CC Pub Manangement Advisory Committee, and editor of the “Bullseye”. Now let us examine Thompson’s record in these positions. He resigned as OFS Liaison Officer to edit the “Bullseye”, and was responsible for three issues of Bullseye, a newspaper which was dedicated to inflaming-the chevron affair by its lies, libels, and biased reporting. Thompson resigned as NSD coordinator three weeks before NSD,, leaving his successor Diana Clarke little time to do virtually all of the organizational work. Thompson had taken responsibility for co-ordinating NSD several months before, and it is very significant that he had done virtually nothing. Mr. Thompson recently resigned as campus fieldworker after acting president Dave McLellan, after taking office in late December, had asked him to resign on at least two occasions. To me that indicates dissatisfaction with his job performance. Before announcing his candidacy for president, Thompson was one of the founders of the Campus Reform Group, a coilection of student councillors, federation employees, and students, which arose out of the recall of Shane ‘Roberts. This group on many occasions claimed it had a majority of votes ‘on council, and named several councillors as belonging to the group. Thompson, for -example, claimed that R.,A.G. White (Math) and Bruce Leavens (Arts) were members. When initially contacted Mr. White had never heard of the CRG and Leavens strongly denied being a member. In the January 14 issue of the “Real” Chevron, a front page ‘article written by CRG member Mike (Mad Dog) Dillon (under the pseudonym of Chih Kang s’Tu) claimed over and over again that the CRG “controlled” the meeting - voting down Free Chevron motions etc. ad nauseum. This gives the very misleading impression that council is divided into two groups, the CRG and Free Chevron supporters. Where does this leave 5 councillorswho regularly attend meetings and don’t belong to either Leavens, Manny Brykman, group -White,

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Don Orth, and McLellan? Also when Arts Councillor Donna Rogers at the last council meeting asked the CRG members to identify themselves,not one would do so. Thompson is the CRG’s cofounder and candidate for president. Is this the kind of leadership that students deserve? One further example of Thompson’s activities isworth mentioning. Last May the National Union of Students held a conference in Winnipeg. Two representatives from the Federation were sent: Doug Thompson and former-councillor Shelly Trupp. Thompson travelled by rail while Ms. Trupp flew: It appears that Thompson didn’t like what was going on so he and Ms. Trupp flew back. Upon arriving back in Waterloo, Shane Roberts convinced Thompson to return. Thompson and Roberts flew back to Winnipeg, attended the conference and flew back. Calculating the fares at $250 return for plane and $55 for train one way, the total spent on transportation alone was $930. Three guesses who paid for it. So here we have the record of Douglas Thompson, who in his campaign posters promises a “concerned and responsive: federation. I say if you want a concerned and responsive federation, then please don’t vote forDoug Thompson. Phil Rogers

Defihitions disputed Mr. DeVillaer: Since you apparently missed the point entirely of most of my letter in the free chevron of January 7th, 1977, I, too, will try to make myself clear. By consulting Webster’s Dictionary you discovered the definitions of the words “slander” and “libel” as presented by an acknowledged expert in the field of the English language. However, what actually constitutes either libel or slander is still a matter of opinion. Even in court, -it is the judge’s and/or jury’s opinion which determines whether or not the defendant guilty of ’ libel or slander. Obviously, there must be a difference of opinion regarding the guilt of the defendant in a particular libel suit or the case would never have gotten to court (unless, of course, the parties involved cannot decide on a settlement: however, then the case is no longer a libel suit, but how much of a libel suit). As a further indication of the differences of opinion” on what constitutes libel, I am sure that without much difficulty one could find records of several libel suits where the decision in the original case was overturned in a higher court. Thus, we have it that whether or not Professor Wahlsten was a victim of malicious libel in the Fucking Thing is and always will be a matter of opinion. It is conceivable, though unlikely, that there is no difference of opinion and that everyone who has read the article in the underground newspaper agrees that Wahlsten was slandered. This does not mean that it is a fact that he was slandered; this only means that no one has yet said they , don’t think he was slandered. Whether Wahlsten has been slandered has never been the subject of my letters. My argument has been that you are presenting your opinion as fact, and that does?ndeed represent poor reporting. That Wahlsten was the victim of libel is your opinion and it is not Cact. I agree with you that this argument has continued long enough. I cannot make my argument any clearer. If you can’t see my point now then we must agree to disagree. But if you wish to continu; the discussion, my address is in the student directory in the Campus Centre. However, before you write me any more letters, I suggest that you consult ‘your dictionary once more. This time look up the definitions of “opinion” and “fact”. D.E.G. Hare

Who are, the racists? There were certain inaccuracies in Salah Bachir’s letter in last week’s free chevron in which he criticized the report in the December 10 issue written by Val Moghadam and myself on the address given at UW by Dr. Yoram Dinstein. I am replying to his letter from two viewpoints: first as a responsible journalist, and second as a Jewish Partisan. One must realize that there is a difference between the reporting of a political assembly and the writing of an editorial. Unfortunately, this fact always seems to escape some people. A reporter reports facts. Once these facts are made known an individual may reach his own conclusions and an editor may write a comment. Val and I were assigned to report on the visit of Yoram Dinstein. We were not assigned to glorify hecklers. For example, when Dr. Dinstein, in response to an interruption, likened some of those present to the ‘Hitler Youth’, you, Salah, intervened by asking: ‘What about 800,000 Jews murdered by, Rudolf Kastner, collaborator with ‘the Nazis?’ The implication, clearly, was that -Kastner, not Adolph Eichmann, was responsible for the death of the Hungarian Jews. (Kastner was acquitted on this charge by an Israeli jury - a jury of his peers.) In the pamphlet ‘Zionism is Racism’ this assertion is ‘proved’ by, among other quotes, words attributed to Eichmann in articles from the ‘Life’ magazines of November 28 and December 5, 1960. Such an assertion is exceedingly foolish. We did not have room in that article to quote every statement you made, Salah, just as we did not quote every response made by Dinstein. Your statement regarding the destruction of Arab homes in the occupied territories was not included and neither was Dinstein’s response - isn’t that fair? Again, I stress, Val and I did not attend that meeting in order to determine the absolute rights and wrongs of the Middle East Conflict. No new truths were illuminated and similarily no falsehoods were deflated that evening, nor could they have Abeen. You went on to accuse Val and I of “purposely obscuring” the difference between trading and military links. I think you are confused. According to your analysis, it was Dinstein who did the “obscuring”, and your argument is with him, not us. You accused LIS of not investigating first. Our task was simple: attend the meeting and write a report. Conclusions must be reached by the reader, notby the reporter. Before I conclude my first line of questioning I will ask one last thing, Salah. If our coverage was as poor as you contend, why did you await the publishing of two regular issues before responding? Now I will be more partisan in my criticism. Whenever Salah and his friends want to ‘prove’ a point about Israel they spew out several passages from newspapers that they would otherwise accuse of being controlled by the Zionists, such as the ‘New York Times’. If these papers are so dominated by the ‘Zionist Conspiracy’, Salah, how can anything they say be taken seriously? A favourite tactic is to quote “such and such” UN report of “such and such” a date and use this as the justification to reach erroneous and absurd conclusions. Let us remember that this is the same UN that forgot to comment on the PLO-inspired war in Lebanon. Even if Salah’s figures of blownup homes (from a UN report) in the occupied lands is accurate, the destruction of property is desirable to the annihilation of human lives. Remember the PLO’s murder of Olympic athletes and innocent children on their way to school. The opponents of Israel continually harp on the ‘South African-Israel Connection’. What about the ties, military and trade, between almost every African and Arab coun-

try and South Africa? -Last week the PLO again sold out the Palestinian people. They are presently engaged in building a military pact with Jordan. Jordan’s area includes at least 80 percent of w,hat you, Salah, refer to as Palestine, and whose population is almost exclusively Palestinian. Jordan, originally called Transjordan, was created by the British, who gave the area to an Arab ‘leader’ in 1922-for services rendered?-who established an hereditary monarchy of which Hussein is the present representative. In 1948 Jordan annexed 2,000 square miles of Palestine. Hussein is the enemy of the Palestinian people, not Israel. Yet, there is no outcry against the PLO who think it is perfectly acceptable to work with Hussein. Val and I did not support the ‘racist state of Israel’. as you like to put it, Salah, nor did we rely on the ‘lies peddled by this racist (Dinstein)’ in our article of ‘December 10, 1976. Now, however, I want to explain who the real racists are. YOU, Salah, are the racist. You are one of those who believe that the characterization of all Jewish leaders as ‘Zionist Chieftains’ and all Jewish communities as “Zionist ghettos”, is accurate. You, Salah, believe that the reason Jews have always lived segregated from other peoples in Europe and elsewhere is because “Zionist gangsters have always worked hard to provoke and fan the flames of racial hatred and superstitions towards people of Jewish background’, (from page 33 of “Zionism is Racism”). I suppose the Jews of Spain were expelled in 1492 because of “Zionist agitation” and Hitler’s “final solution” was drawn up by the Zionists. I guess we can believe, as you and your allies have also said, that Roosevelt and Mackenzie King refused to allow the immigration of shiploads of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany ,into North America because of the pressure from Zionist leaders. Yes, you Salah, the AIA and the CPC(M-L) are the racists, not Yoram Dinstein. Phillip Cramer

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This is a response to the debate on the inheritance of acquired characteristics which Doug Wahlsten declares to be “on”. Wahlsten says that Pasternak provides no direct evidence against the theory that acquired characteristics are inherited. But the burden of proof lies with the proponents of the theory, not with the skeptics. Though it is obviously impossible to prove that acquired characters are never inherited, there is a substantial amount of direct evidence against the theory. If acquired characters are inherited, this sh,ould be demonstrable in bacteria, since, compared to animals and plants, these organisms are especially susceptible to environmental influence. If a large number of bacteria are grown in a medium containing an antibiotic, after a number of generations the bacterial culture will be resistant to the _drug. The relevant question here is whether the antibiotic directly changes the bacterial cells in the direction of resistance, or whether the antibiotic merely kills off the non-resistant cells, leaving a few resistant cells (spontaneous mutants) to reproduce and eventually make up the entire culture. In the first case the’ inheritance of acquired characteristics would be supported, but the second case would not support the theory. Several experiments have been devised to test the two possibilities. In one experiment, bacteria are grown on two plates containing solid media. The cells in one plate are spread around with a sterile glass rod; the other plate is untouched. If antibiotic is then added to both plates and the plates are incubated for 24 hours, a strange thing happens. The plate which has been spread contains many more drug-resistant colonies than the untouched plate. If the drug directly induces the change to resistance, spreading the cells before the drug is added should not make any difference. If, on the other hand, a few colonies of drug-resistant cells (mutants) existed before the drug was added, spreading would break up the colonies and distribute .

them throughout the solid medium. When the drug is then added, and kills off the nonresistant cells, many more resistant colonies will be found than in the unspread plate. This experiment therefore is direct evidence against the theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Objections can and have been raised against this experiment. But many more’ sophisticated experiments have been made on bacteria to test the causes of drug resistance. In all cases the evidence indicates that spontaneous mutation and natural selection are sufficient causes of the phenomenon. The drugs themselves apparently do not directly induce the changes. In fact, by using the technique of replica-plating (Journal of Bacteriology 63:399-406 - 1952), it is possible to produce drug-resistance in a culture without it ever being touched by the drug! There are also some general reasons for thinking that the inheritance of acquired characteristics is not a common or important phenomenon (if it occurs at all). . 1) Lysenko and his cronies had some 30 years and practically unlimited funds to prove their case. Apparently they did not do so to the satisfaction of the Soviet gevernment. 2) It has not been possible to replicate Lysenko’s critical experiments on wheat and tomatoes. Some of his results have been attributed to impure starting materials, ignorance of known varieties of plants, and improper statistical methods (e.g. J. Huxley, Soviet Genetics and World Science - 1949). Experiments on rat learning which purported to show similar Lamarkian effects were also not possible to replicate (J. experimental Biology 3 1:307-32 1 - 1954). 3) The contrary theory, involving the notion that the genetic material (DNA) is stable chemically and that information passes from DNA to the cell but not the other direction, has been remarkably successful since the 1950s. . 4) Our everyday experience speaks against the inheritance of acquired characteristics. We know that parents with acquired blindness or paralysis give birth to perfectly normal offspring. Mothers-to-be can suffer an incredible range of mutilations and diseases without passing these on to their future offspring. Hundreds of generations of circumcision have been practised by some human groups, but every newborn male child still requires the operation. Certainly thereis a tremendous amount of this evidence - much of it quite direct. For these reasons and others it seems to me *that the inheritance of acquired/characteristics has been proved to about the same extent as telekinesis or clairvoyance. The critical tests speak against the idea. One last comment. The domain of Marxism is in the study of society’and historical change. However valid Marxism is in these fields (and I believe it to be quite accurate) it cannot be applied to the study of living organisms. One may as well apply Maxwell’s electromagnetic equations or the Theory of Relativity to the evolution of tomatoes and the descent of bacteria. S. Gabow Anthropology The phenomenon of antibiotic resistance in bacteiia is a good testing ground for the possibility of the inheritance of acquired characters, and it is also an increasingly grave health problem today. Studies more recent than the ones you cite suggest that bacterial heredity may be modified directly by the antibiotic in some cases and not merely through selection.- This phenomenon warrants further investigation. As for Marxism, the philosophy of dialectical materialism is universally applicable. It is a theory of development which holds the unity of opposites, the contradictions within a thing, to be the fundamental law of the universe. It can be applied to nuclear physics, mathematics, psychology and cosmology. The most thorough application of Marxism has, of course, been to political change”, but this economy and “historical does not mean it lacks validity for other phenomena. Be patient, and you may yet see an application of dialectics to heredity. Doug Wahlsten

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All is not right in the field of Federation of Students legal assistance, as I have clearly found out. . 0 Being perplexed about a legal matter between myself and my landlord. I attempted to get advice of Para-Legal Assistance, a federation service concerned with helping students cope with the law. I had paid my first two months rent for my apartment and then was pressured by my landlord to sign a lease. The apartment was also in need of major repairs which had gone unrepaired for many months prior to this. The turnkeys in the Campus Centre referred me to the Federation Business Manager, Peter Yates, claiming that my problem was one which Yates had the expertise to handle, and that Para-Legal Assistance should not be bothered with such a minor matter. I first phoned the Landlord and Tenant Advising Bureau for their advice and was told that 1 did not have to sign a lease since I had been living there and paying rent without one. Wanting a further opinion, I consulted Peter Yates, who accepted the authority to advise the students on housing matters. Yates’ advice was that I must sign the lease or else be evicted, and that I could not force the landlord to repair the apartment. When I told him what the Landlord and Tenant Advisory Bureau had said, he claimed they were wrong and that sfudents had no rights in this matter. With- these two conflicting opinions facing me, I consulted a lawyer, who confirmed that no tenant could be evicted for not signing a lease, and that the landlord could be forced by a court order to repair the apartment. No doubt many other students have Iis-‘ tended to Yates’ advice and believed it. Surely this man is incompetent and should not be allowed to continue misdirecting students in legal matters. I call on the Federation to replace this fool at once. Jeff N.D.P. Wood

A letter to Michael McCartney: Even though in last weeks free chevron you successfully exposed and disgraced yourself in your own letter, I was still compelled to reply to the rude and distasteful comments you made about Erhard Kienitz and workers in Canada. It is obvious that the reasons behind the Kienitz fast never really dawned on you. Not only was Kienitz protesting the injustices that so often occur at the Workman’s Compensation Board; he was also protesting the adverse working conditions that workers are faced with in Canada. The fast was brought about by five injuries Kienitz received while on the job. The issue, Mr. McCartney, is not that Kienitz should make as expedient a recovery as possible but, that an investigation should take place as to how Kienitz could have been injured so many times. I am unimpressed with your catalogued credentials as a labourer, Mr. McCartney. You failed to give LIS a complete history of your working career. I would imagine that you are a co-op student that has had four, four-month work terms. Four months at any one of those jobs unfortunately didn’t give you a complete picture of some of the working conditions in Canada. What you experienced in your short working career seemed to be all good, which you then assumed was truth and fact across the country. I too have been a labourer, Mr. McCartney, and, though I didn’t work as long as you, I was far more perceptive of the poor working conditions there are. During the summer, I worked for a logging company in British Columbia. My job entailed “more than a wee bit of personal risk” to use your own words. >/

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continued from page 13 We were required to survey acres of mountain country that had been left idle in some cases for nearly ten years. Quite often, access roads to these areas had been washed out, or trees had grown over the road. We were then forced to abandon our truck and walk two or three miles with our equipment back into the bush. Despite all this, we were not given radios. The reason we were told was that we would never put them to good use- only the foreman knew how to do that. In order to get back and forth to work we had to drive on active logging roads - again with no radio. That’s all very well and line until you’ve been driven into a ditch by a logging truck that is travelling at an exces‘sive speed - logging truck drivers usually get paid by the unit load. We were required to work 9 l/2 hours for only 8 hours pay, no matter what the weather. At one point, we had to plant trees in the snow. During the course of the summer, I never received an “injury serious enough to compel me to take time off the job” (to quote you again). There-were lots of other workers who never got hurt that summer either. But is that any reason to excuse the deplorable conditions we had to work under and further, chastise those workers who were unfortunate enough to get hurt? The Workman’s Compensation Board could be considered anything but an active agency designed to compensate workers injured on the job. The WCB has proven, by practise, that it is merely another bureaucratic obstacle for workers to subdue. Even the science behind the WCB is bankrupt and anti-worker. The Board charges companies a regular fee according to the number of workers they _ employ and the company’s injury record. The more injuries the .workers of any company procure, the higher the fee. Most companies go as far as to discourage their workers from reporting injuries to the Board that don’t require more than a couple days from work. Workers of Canada not only suffer from inhospitable working conditions, unjust and heavy taxation, lack of true political power, exploitation on the job by aggressive fat cats who only want to make a buck, but they suffer from unfair impudence individually and a group from self-righteous snobs like you, Mr. McCartney, who, after a few times working as a labourer can’t understand why the workers of Canada no longer wish to be abused. I most heartedly endorse the actions of Erhard Kienitz and denounce you as the fraud Mr. McCartney. It’s liberal intellects like you that perpetrate the exploitation of workers in Canada. Heather Robertson

JWcCartney corrected .

Michael McCartney’s letter to the chevron (January 21, 1977) implies that Union of Injured Workers president Erhard ‘Kienitz must be either accident-prone or faking because he has suffered several accidents at the place of work. This claim fails to account for the more than 73,000 work-related injuries and 91 fatalities incurred by Ontario workers in 1974-7s. Certainly the 91 workers killed in industrial accidents (and this is outside of those killed and hurt at mining and construction sites) were not faking their injury, so they must have been accident-prone. McCartney’s argument rules out injuries due to unsafe working conditions, poor , safety equipment, excess,ive pressure on workers by the capitalists and their hired managers and foremen, inadequate training, and inadequate or non-existent medical care at the job site. As a worker in severaidifferent industries, I have witnessed accidents caused by the very factors which MdCartney disregards. 4r’ ’ : :.

His attempt to blame Kienitz himself for his injuries is typical of the method used by the social class which pays a paltry 37 cents for each injury their inhuman working conditions inflict on workers. Blaming the victim is a widely-used deception of the monopoly capitalist class. McCartney wants to know why Kienitz was starving himself in protest of “alleged Workmen’s Compensation Board injustices”. To my mind, Kienitz’ own words are eloquent answer. But just to give McCartney another reply, I’ll tell him why I support Kienitz’ protest, My support is based on my own experience, and what I know of others’ experience. with injuries on the job. Last summer I worked in a furniture plant in this area. At this plant the owner (a prominent local “benefactor” of UW) made the doors in one section of the plant extremely low in order to save money on fuel by reducing heat loss in winter. How many hundred workers had rapped their heads on those low door frames, I don’t know. But not being particularly accidentprone (considering the dozens of times I ducked under the fr;ames each day) I was several weeks on the job before my head and the low door frame collided. The result was an injury to my spinal column and the muscles in my back shoulder, although I did not realize it at that time. I went to the company nurse, who gave me two aspirins, rubbed some analgesic bafm on my shoulder, and sent me back to work! Days later, I was laid off, due to lack of work. But the pain didn’t end with the job. After several weeks of run-around with doctors, I began to appreciate the seriousness of my injury and recalled the incident which had caused it. I applied to the Workmen’s Compensation Board and got another run-around for several months. After the company received my compensation claim, they too delayed for several weeks. Then they announced that they had no record of the accident at all, and no record of my first visit to the company nurse. Finally, the Workmens’ Compensation Board rejected my claim, implicitly suggesting I lied about the accident on the job. I have received nothing by way-of financial aid, and probably will receive nothing, despite the fact that I have not been able to work since, and may not be able to do heavy work for some time. Occasionally the thought strikes me that, aside from my education, the only thing which stands between me and a lifetime of poverty is the capacity of my back and shoulder tollift and carry. For workers without the same kind of education an injury on the job spells impoverishment, enforced by Workmen’s Compensation Boards, welfare agencies and the like. Do you wonder that the working class rebels at such treatment, ‘Mr. McCartney? I wonder only that the working class does not immediately turn against the capitalists, rather than starving themselves. An angry worker

Free press required % This letter reflec$s a strong personal disappointment in the response of a majority of students to thechevron affair. It appears that in the confusion many of us have lost touch with the issues with which we were originally concerned. Reactionism, prejudice, and an ignorance of the-facts have produced a response which is little less than a disregard for democratic principles. As students we have two main concerns: that the federation use our funds to maintain a responsible student government which initiates and organizes events, and -secondly that we have the best student newspaper possible to inform us of campus activities, to educate, and to entertain us. Unfortunately,

rather than taking positive action toward these goals, the chevron affair has done the exact opposite. Instead of making an effort to increase its rapport and involvement with the student body, the federation has concentrated its efforts on cleaning out (wiping *out might be more appropriate) the chevron. The chevron (alias free chevron) on’the other hand has had to direct most of its energy to defending itself instead of improving its journalistic content. The tremendous irony is that if we‘ ignore personality conflicts, mudslinging rhetoric, political accusation and insinuation we find a number of the members of the federation and the chevron have the same goal. Let me further clarify this statement; members on both sides want (if they do not always actively seek - eg. rock throwing, fighting) a fair and just solution. I have no authority to comment on the internal problems of the federation. But on the role of a campus newspaper and the plight of the free the.vron I feel compelled to speak. While doing a number of research papers, I have exchanged opinions with a major newspaper editor and spent a day with a reporter. Granted, this experience would not guarantee me a position on The Washington Post but it has taught me the value of a high quality free press. Ever since I arrived at Waterloo, I have felt the chevron could use a lot of improvement, improvement in quality. It nows appears that I am also wishing for a free press. Any intelligent and fair analysis of the referendum shows that it is not only contradictory (in itself; and with CUP principles) but raises questions about its impartiality. There are so many rumours and misconceptions about the whole chevron affair that it is not surprising that the average student would.just like to see a settlement. The referendum certainly reflected this. But let us be quite sure of what we’re settling for. COMPARE: hysterical cries of “communistic” and,“undemocratic” to a meeting of the chevron staff which drags on for hours just so that the entire staff can express opinions on the issues. My experience is that anyone is not only welcome but encouraged to participate; even though a member of the staff joked that I might be an undercover fed I was still welcome. The whole chevron affair has had one beneficial side effect. The challenge from outside has created in the staff a strong belief in a free press, a responsible free press. It is difficult not to be impressed with the enthusiasm, integrity and dedication of a number of these eople. They are aspiring to producing the king of paper Waterloo deserves (without much encouragement I might add). Certainly the chevron can be further improved, let’s not waste or destroy the spiritthat can contribute to this improvement. Brian

Byrnes

Was the _’ chevron the _force? In reply to Robert Hyodo’s article, in the free chevron of January 14, 1977, I would like to submit the following evidence of my statement that the free chevron was the force that recalled Roberts. Manny Brykman The “evidence” Brykman submits is the cover of the house organ of the 39th Canadian University Press {CUP) conference held recently in Vancouver. The cover reads “Victory for the Free Chevron!!!!” with a kicker announcing . “Shane Roberts officially recalled”. The house organ was written by CUP delegates and resource persons. The chevron representatives did not write the cover material, nor were they consul-

ted before the printing. Of course the recall of Roberts was a victory for the chevron. It was also a victory for the students of UW. Brykman’s charge that this means the chevron recalled Roberts is typical of-his illogical thinking. lettitor

Inheritance and change

The inheritance of acquired characters means that modification of the body of an organism by the conditions of its existence, ie. the environment, can under certain circumstances cause a change in the reproductive cells or the substance of heredity of the organism. This modification can then be transmitted to the offspring, who can in turn pass it on to their offspring, etc. It is not necessary that the modification transmitted to the offspring be the same as the original bodily change in the parent. Neither is it necessary that the change always be useful to the organism. If the acquired hereditary character proves to be deleterious, it will be eliminated by natural selection. A mechanism such as this would allow evolution to proceed much more rapidly than selection alone, because the efficacy of selection is limited by the existing hereditary variation in the population. More than this, it would allow rapid, rational direction of hereditary change by scientists and agricultural workers who possess knowledge of the laws of heredity and development. As Lysenko put it: “Once we know how the heredity of an organism is built up, we can change it in a definite direction by creating definite conditions at a definite moment in the development of the organism.” (The Situation in Biological Science, July 3 1, 19481 Now let us look at Professor Pasternak’s article in the Nov. 3, 1976, Gazette entitled “Genetic research and political uproar,” which explains the phenomenon of recombinant DNA in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Here are the steps in the process: 1) Isolate and purify plasmids from E. coli and mix them with fruitfly DNA. 2) Treat the mixture with an enzyme which “cleaves” the DNA, producing “sticky” ends. 3) Add another enzyme to seal the cleaved pieces into new combinations. c 4) Insert the new substance back into the E. coli. Evidence suggests that this new substance is functional and can “perpetuate itself indefinitely.” Thus, we have a) modification of the body of the organism by extraction of a part of it and addition of two distinct enzymes, b) change in its heredity as a consequence, and c) transmission of the modification “indefinitely.” True enough, this recombinant DNA procedure is very primitive. Change can be directed only in a most crude manner requiring physical separation of the organism into its parts and modification of the heredity of a cell other than the one which originally donated the plasmids. Nevertheless, it is an example of change “in a definite direction by creating definite conditions at a definite moment in the development of the organism,” a change which greatly accelerates the evolution of E. coli. As knowledge about this organism increases, it should be possible to direct changes in its heredity more- precisely and without the need to extract the plasmids. Whether these new techniques will be used to serve the’masses of working people by improving health care and agriculture or to serve the superpowers in their frantic arms race in preparation for a third world war by providing’more deadly material for biologidal warfare, remains to be seem. All biological methods, whether they are based on the inheritance of aquired characters or not, must be opposed by us and suppressed if they are being used for nefarious ends. Doug Wahlsten

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Thompson sent the following letter,to the chevron: “This is just a quick note to tell any of you who may be concerned, that the rumours of the chevron being ‘shut down’ are greatly exaggerated.” Is it any wonder that the chevron staff came to ‘distrust the federation so much? This eventjwas certainly a key factor in making negotiations between the two groups next to impossible. , Thus, while some people were genuinely concerned with bringing a solution to what may be the most unfortunate incident in federation history, Mr Thompson’s actions I \ only worsened matters. In’s letter to the free chevron, (issue 3) David Colburn, of the Canadian University It has recently come to my attention that Press, had this to say of Thompson’s covei-Doug Thompson, UW’s infamous politiage of negotiations on the chevron cian, journalist, and cross-country skier, affair: “In a scant few paragraphs Thompnow has designs to become Federation presson managed to make an unfair and inaccuident. rate report. In addition, the articlk was based Well, considering the last two presidents ‘& largely on statements made in a closed he doesn’t have much to live up to, but I- me&g of members of “the executive and think there should be a limit to how low we some society reps: a meeting which was can go in filling this vital position. clearly defined as confidential and not subLet us first look at Thompson’s record as ject to news reporting.” Despite his unethieditor of the Bullseye. cal and unfair actions, Thompson had the In the masthead of the first issue of Bullnerve to say “the chevron is not in danger of seye, Thompson wrote “Providing news to being muzzled by us, the danger is from the the campus will take precedence over politiAIA”. “Political commentary will cal commentary. Let us now look at ,Thompson’s perverted be restricted to interviews and editorials and idea of democracy. In the/third issue of the will be labelled as such”. Many people were real chevron, Thompson said, “To recall impressed by this promise, since they wanthe president now would be to recall demoted a newspaper removed from the political 2,000 students felt that cracy. ” Over controversy of the time. Roberts had acted in an irrespsnsible and However, by the third issue of the BullundemoCratic manner, and so they recalled seye, the paper had been changed into the him in a democratic manner. These were most politically-oriented paper ever to ap- individual people expressing their views, pear on this campus. None of the articles but Thompson think‘s thejl were undemocwere labelled as political commentary, and in the second ratic in doing so. Further, campus news certainly did not take preceissue of the Bullseye, Thompson commendence. salaries of the staff, however, ted, “The Radio Waterloo’s programming schedule were paid by council, leaving council with was left out so that Thompson could get all the implicit power to fire staff.” of his political garbage in. It is indeed ironic Thompson seems to forget that just bethat while the chevron was being persecuted Doug Thompson cause people elect a person to a position for being “communist”, does not mean that he can do anything that was putting out a newspaper that had more he wants to. He has also forgotten that all articles relating to communism than probstudents pay the salaries of staff, not-just ably any dozen issues of the chevron comcouncil. bined. In addition, Thompson’ s statefnent is legThus, once Thompson’s ambition of becoming editor of the Bullseye had been ally incorrect. An employer only has implicit power to fire staff if he has good reason and realized, he was clever enough to introduce news to the camis able to provide proof for this reason. To it as a paper “providing pus”, but then gradually subverted it to a this very day there has not been any evipaper serving his own political ends. dence provided that shows good reason for The masthead of ,the first Bullseye also the closing and firings. A favorite scheme of Thompson’s, that he claimed that it “will adhere to CUP code of ethics”. It was no surprise that the Bullseye uses often to deal with complaints, is to did not adhere to CUP ethics, especiglly in admit that a problem exists but then to try to light of a statement Thompson made to justify it with some excuse. An exam,ple Ryerson’s “Eyeopener” in which he referis: when criticized about all the copy on the red to CUP as “a bunch of fucking asshochevron affair in hI: supposedly apolitical les” . newspaper, Thompson admitted that there ,Thompson has come under attack from was too much, but then justified it by saying that due to the complexity of the situation it many directions for his role in the Bullseye. At a council meeting on Oct. 17, vicewas necessary to give it the “fullest possible president Dave McLellan (now president) coverage’ ’ . * reprimanded Thompson for putting out a Another example occurred when I was newspaper rather than a newsletter as he talking to Thompson after a council meeting was supposed to. anclexpressed my disgust with the behavior when Thompson was In addition, of the councillors. Thompson agreed with ’ criticized for an %rtiqle entitled “Getting It me but then excused it by saying that it was Up For Mao”, he replied, “I found it no worse than what went on in parliament. A Since Thompson himself has third example is in the sixth issue of the real ~ amusing.” said that “the Bullseye has never claimed to chevron in which Thompson said that he be a democra’tically-run newspaper”, one agreed with the free chevron that the recan only conclude that his opinion of the ferendum was,less than perfect, but\he then comment was all that mattered at the time. said that he supports it because “it is better One very interesting fact that most than nothing”. , students probably don’t realize is that the Thus Thompson’s technique of justifying person who initiat/ed the spark that ignited problems solv’es nothing. This campus needs the chevron affair was none other than Doug a president who, when he sees a problem Thompson himself. The suggestion of taking with something, will work hard to solve it action against the chevron was made by and not try to by-pass it with a half-assed Thompson to Roberts. It was Roberts who excuse. took action (and paid for it), but it was Thus, Thompson’s aim to become presiThompson who provided the motivation. dent is a joke at best when his capactities are -Apparently Mr. Thompson does not want considered. However, what disturbs me the this fact to become generally known because most’is that the real chevron is using student when I approached hi& on the matter, he money to promote this menace. I mean, reinitially denied it, but finally admitted it ally, .a front page glossy of a candidate just when I pressed further. two weeks. before an election is just too much. Please note, just a few days after the lqcks Ml’ke DeVillaer were changed on the chevron doors, Doug

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Two weeks ago the chevron staff asked students to boycott the one-sided, fraudulent referendum on the student newspaper set by the Federation of Students’ executive. . But the chevron staff also looked beyond the referendum. We put out a call for presidential and council candidates who would support our demand f.or democratic - Reinstate! Investigate! process The referendum has come and gone. As a guidb toJesolution of the conflict, it is useless. Even the propaganda harvest the federation executive hoped to reap with it has failed bec’ause of the chevron’s successful campaign to expose the referendym’s iticonsistencies and injustices. ” Because of the referendum’s failure, the ‘elections have taken on much greater significance. These elections could bring the just resolution to the chevron affair that has been stifled for so long. The chevron has scrutinized the candidates for federation president, keeping in mind its primary demand for reinstatement and investigation. Who has come forward with a platform which takes into account our call? Of the five presidential candidates who remain in the race, all but one REJECT due process and%OPPOSE a reinstatement of the chevron as it was on September 24,1976, and OPPOSE a full, public investigation into how and why the chevron.was closed and the actions taken by the federation council against the chevron. Of these, Thompson urges quick implementation of the referendum, Rokosova calls for investigation first, then reinstatement, possibly later, and the others are similarly against due process for the chevron. By contrast, Mark Wills has included in his platform a proposal on the chevron which he calls “both just and expedient.” Wills’ plan for the chevron would have the federation council “reinstate the chevron pending an investigation” and “inaugurate an impartial /public investigation by a body composed mainly of UW students.” We agree that this is a just and expedient method to resdlve the dispute. it means a fair trial before the rendering of a verdict, and then changes to the paper if ,- necessary. Reinstatement and investigation is a primary concern of the chevron staff. But that isn’t our only concern. We asked each candidate whether they opposed cutbacks in education spending, and what they planned to do to oppose them. We also asked each candidate to explain how he or she intended to clean up the federation. On the cutbacks and tuition fees, one candidate, Tromp, doesn’t even oppose them! debate and discusFederation hack Doug Thompson speaks about “informed sion” of the cutbacks and tuition fee hike. But when he was supposed to be organizing National Student Day he was too busy editing the yellow journal Bullseye, and when it came to the NSD workshop, he couldn’t even explain the function or value of a Basic Income Unit! 1 Rokosova would direct our attention towards informing the government about our plight. In effect, appealing to the gods of plague for an antidote to an illness induced by them. Joe MacDonald’s statement to the chevron doesn’t. even mention the tuition fee increase or the cutbacks! We haven’t seen such a travesty -of a platform since Shane Roberts ran for president in November 1972, just as the last tuition fee increase was being imposed on Ontario students, and scarcely mentioned this real \ . problem. Mark Wills’ opposition to the cutbacks and tuition fee hike is based on the fact that students aren’t responsible for the rising costs incurred by universities, and they shouldn’t be responsible for paying more for a poorer edu’cation. Some students can afford to pay the full fee hike, or more. They should pay. Many students can’t pay. They should not have to pay. And Wills recognizes that this _ tuition fee hike is only one part of the cutbacks, which all can be fought. b Similarly, with the organization of the federation, several candidates propose closer liaison with students and society executives. But only Wills actually sets down concrete plans to recognize a creaking federation structure - cut down on the appointed positions, and the political patronage called fieldworkers. Of the entire crop, Wills is the only candidate who has acted to clean up the ,federation for example, by recalling Shane Roberts. ’ The others have either hidden in the woodwork throughout this period of conflict, or have been actively complicit with the extravagant waste of students’ money by the federation office. For all these reasons, the chevron st*gff supports Mark Wills for federation president. And we do so openly, not with set-up front-page photos and ads slyly plugging one particular candidate as the “real” Chevron did this last week. The chevron staff urges students to vote Mark Wills for president. - the’chevron staff

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Another week and not another dollar. The below-listed names.are the people who keep putting out your student newspaper despite all the efforts of the federation jokers who insist on trying to kill a free press that refuses to be under corruption-racked thumbs. A lot of people who help this paper had never been in a newspaper office in their lives but joined after the illegal shutdown to fight for something a lot of people pay lip service to: democracy, due process and a trial before a veidict. That’s what it all boils down to folks. So here’s the list of democrats I’m prouder than all heck to be associated with: larry hannant, neil docherty, randy barkman, jules grajower, val moghadam, Oscar m nierstrasz, t alex beamish, lisa kwas, henry hess, ‘phi1 Cramer, salah bachir, dougs hamilton, dianne chapitis, dave carter, mike hazell, doug goodfellow, doug wahlsten, mart shafroth, peter blunden, jane pollock, marina taitt, loris gervasio, jamie thiers, heather robertson, ernst von bezold, phil rogers, rick degrass, rob taylor, scott barron, jonathan coles, shih k’arig-ti, mary faught, ning, donna rogers, lorne gershuny, jacob, gerrard, brent (rookie), and dennis (rookie). So all you closet democrats out theie take heed, we’re fightin’ for your rights as VW. Unless of course you care to join us and put your democratic beliefs into action for a change. Consider it . . . . . .cody. Henry Hess: So long Henry. It’s been really nice working with you. Best of luck in your new job.. . .pb & hr & jd & jh

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Hockey victory

friday,

Watiors fighting for first

Friday last, 400 rather docile fans witnessed a little of everything in the Hockey Warriors 6-4 victory over the Western Mustangs at the Waterloo Arena. Pre-game standings saw W&Stern holding down top spot, four points ahead of Waterloo, the Warriors with three games in hand. Sriarling encantations emanating from the Black and Gold lock& room between the pre-game warm-up and the start of the game suggested the Warriors were pre-

pared mentally for the key encounter. The Mustang net minder bore witness to the Warrior’s preparedness as he was strafed by all manner of Warrior attackers during a five goal blitzkrieg. The Warrior’s skated circles around a dazed and weary-looking Mustang defence, and amassed a commanding 5-O lead. The McKillop men outshot Ron Watson’s beleaguered Mustang’s 25-4 in the first period. The last five minutes of the

opening frame were marred by a minor brawl as Warrior Joe Marcaccio and Mike Ronypce took on Mustangs Frank Innoye and Bob Horton respectively. Waterloo had extended its lead by a margin of 6- 1 by the end of the second frame. Goal scorers were Archie Chase with two, the scrappy Marcaccio with a single, Mike Regan with his initial tally as a Warrior, Harry Robock and Al McKee. Warriors looked in the conclud;Ag and allowed three Mustang

markers in 1the final frame. Warriors stopped skating and checking, ahd generally appeared inept. The Mustangs were encouraged in their comeback effort by the Warriors, who continually took foolish penalties. Two of Westerns third period goals were of the powerplay variety. Joe Marcaccio’s return to action following a two week lay-off imposed by a bruised shoulder was a welcome edition to the team. Roqkie Dave Jubzi ‘is rounding back into shape after misSing three games because of an injured knee sustained in an auto accident. Eric Brubacher is looking good in practice, and could see action this weekend. Chris Chappll skated along with Brubacher in Fridays

UVV basketball loses on the road- 87-72 In a rare Sunday evening basketball game, the league-leading University of Guelph. Gryphons dumped the University of Waterloo Warriors 87-72 in Guelph. From the perspective of the Warriors, it was a game to be forgotten. Mike Visser and Seymour Hadwen, two of their more dependable players, were unable to find the. L range and shot 6 for 19 and 6 for 18 respectivel-y. Meanwhile, Bob Yuhatz while scoring ten points on nine shots had his mind somewhere else. He lacked t;lis usual alertness and knack for getting free, and was responsible for an unhealthy number of turnovers. From the other perspective, the Gryphons played superbly, combining solid outside shooting, good offensive rebounding, and good leadership from their guards. McKinnon and Vandenburg were the big scorers for the Gryphons getting 27 and 24 points respectively. The Warriors got off to a bad start in the first half and were unable to get on track thereafter except for a couple of short periods in the second half when it appeared they might come .back. That was not to be, however, Guelph was consistently able to extinguish any small fires that might have been kindled by Waterloo. .

Guelph is a very interesting ball club. Vandenburg, Bommarito, and McKinnon are all effective from outside and inside the_ key, while Tirnms, one of the starting guards, is one of the most exciting driving players in the league. He only scored 12 points but all were on court-long rushes and driving layups and all seemed timed to serve the appropriate psyc hological impact.

Track .

At the University of York Track and Field Invitational Meet held last Saturday at the C.N.E., Waterloo’s Faye Blackwood defeated E$-ock’s Marg Stride in the 50 metre dash. Blackwood’s time was 6.3 keconds. Blackwood was also a member of the 4 x 200 team which won their event in a 1:48.7 time. Other team members were Sandra Ford, Pat Sparling and Marg Sesperance. Sparling placed third in the long jump. U of W placed one other woman in the medals. Rence Klevering placed third in the 800

metres

in a 2:23.5 time.

Our men didn’t fare as well as the women. As their top spot was a second in the 4 ,x 600 relay. The members of this teah were Dan ‘McQueen, Doug Downing, Al Baigent and Howard Saunders. Baigent itlso placed third in the X00 metres. ’

The bright lights for the-Warriors had to be Pat Brill-Edwards, Lou Nelson, and Seymour Hadwen even though Hadwen, as noted, had trouble finding the range. It was these three who contributed whatever spirit and drive there was on the floor for Waterloo. Brill-Edwards and Hadwen in partitular were responsible - if anyone can be given credit L for ljfting up the team in their attempt%d comebacks . Brill-Edwards, with his great speed and equally great hands would be given the player-of-theweek award if there were such an award. His play against Western last week and against Guelph was excellent and was instrumental even though most of his work doesn’t show up on the stats sheets. --Hadwen, who also plays on- the National Volleyball team, shows himself to be a great athlete whenever he’s on the floor, so much so that it’s hard to believe basketball isn’t his first sport. Though ‘his shooting was off against Guelph he performed brilliantly making many steals, grabbing 5 rebounds, assisting on 6 baskets, and scoring 17 points on 6 field gqals and 5 free throws. Nelson, who scored 13 points, took the greatest physical beating in what could only be described as a very physical game. He took the beating and verbal abuse of the crowd, but still dominated under the boards. While the Gryphons seemed to have little trouble in winning this game, it is not to be assumed that the Warriors cap be written off. The biggest question to be answered about Waterloo is their ability to win on the road. They have the ability to go td the Nationals, or so it seems at home, but their pres-d ence at that event may not be determined in the PAC.

Upcoming Events Jan. 31 - Feb. 7

Phil Tamburino puts up a hook shot from the edge of the Key. Guarding against him are Henry Vandenburg (35), McKihnon (4.5) and Campana while Don Larman looks on. Cuelph defeated the Warriors 87-72. photo by J. Strappe

UWand UWQ voZZ& to Penn State H d

On Sunday January. 23rd, the Warriors Volleybait team traveled to Penn State University to compete in an All-Eastern USA Volleyball tournament. The Warriors finished third behind the Mustangs from Western who also made the trip to represent Ontario. It was the second time that Western and Wat-erloo have competed with USA teams this year. State

logg

(Michigan)

University

Community

Western the recent

decisively

Kel-

College

,participated invitational

Waterloo’s ment last November.

and

in tourna-

Kellogg beat in the finals. In

competition,

however,

Western Women’s Schedule Tue. Feb. 1 Basketball: Western Fri. Feb. 4 Basketball: Windsor Volleyball The OUAA volleyball row. UW am, Brock and Guelph at

note: (western division) men’s tournament is on tomorplays McMaster at 10:00 at ll:OO, 1:OO and Laurier

at 2:O0.

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Fielding the last of the torn knee triumvers takes to the blades Monday. He hopes to return for the Warriors final two games against Guelph and Western. Warrior’s face the seasons watershed this weekend. They play in Guelph on Thur. Jan. 27 (last night’s score was unavailable at press time), Laurentian tonite at the Waterloo Barn at 8:OO pm and take on the defending National Champion Toronto Varsity Blues Sunday again at the Waterloo Arena this time at 7:00 pm. Winning two, or even three of these games would keep the Black and Gold in the thick of the playoff drive. However two or more losses will put them behind the proverbial eight-ball in the quest for post season silverware. So lets come out and pack the land mark arena; make your presence known with vocal support. Sundays game is just another episode in the most fiercely fought collegiate hockey rivalry in Ontario. -xl

SpOrts + shorts

Penn Men’s Schedule Wed. Feb. 2 Manitoba Mike Moser Benefit Basketball Game Fri. Feb. 4 Volleyball Fri. Feb. 4 Hockey: Windsor Sat. Feb. 5 Basketball: Laurier

january

warmup but looks to be several weeks away from playing yet. Jeff

and Waterloo were more successful having defeated such nbtable USA teams as Penn State, Pitt, Maryland and Cornell. West-

ern was defeated in the finals by a very strong Rutgers - New Jersey team which included several national caliber volleyball players. Waterloo coach Wes Sime was very pleased with the Warrior’s third place finish. Outstanding performances from Tom Jarv, Bruce McDonald and Calvin Fair carried the team through this tournament.

Coach results

‘Sime “expects in league

even better competition

Saturday, January 23rd when Seymour Hadwen and Kevin Munhall return to the lineup. Saturday’s competition begins at 1O:OO am when the Warriors square-off against McMaster. That match together with the 1l:OO am match between Waterloo and Brock will virtually determine which teams will compete in the OUAA championships. Currently, Waterloo is in 2nd place behind Western. Two teams from this secFion compete in the OUAA’s. The Warriors defeated Brock on 3 straight games last Friday evening at McMaster. Waterloo also took 2 of 3 games against

McMaster.

The

come back from beat McMaster

Warriors

had to

a 12-5 deficit

16-1X in the

3rd

U of W Letterpersons (varsity athletes with 2 participation points) now have a place they can meet to play pinball, watch coloured TV, sit and discuss the finer points of their various sports. The room, 20’12, is located in the PAC and is adjacent to the squash courts, next to the weight room. The Letterman’s club, which is a branch of the Men’s Council on Intercollegiate Athletics, is responsible for the room and hopes that it will promote sport on campus as well as intersport communication. There will be a special hockey game as a preliminary game to the University of Waterloo Warriors and the Toronto Blues on Sunday, January 30. A more exciting game may be the preliminary game starting at 5:30 pm. The Fall Intramural A Champs, St. Jeromes College led by their super goal tender Peter Tetley will be pitted against West Attilas, the Fall B Champ. See some exciting action, guarantee yourself a seat - why not come at 5:30 pm. Toronto Blues hockey team edged the previously undefeated York Yoeman 5-4 last Tuesday. Worhen are gradually catching up with men in competitive sports and may equal them in the near future, according to an Australian geneticist. Dr. K.F. Dyer says a study of male and female athletic performances in 15 countries indicates that lack of sports opportunities, rather than physical differences, have kept women lagging behind

men in sports

competition.

He notes that women were not permitted to enter the Olympic Games until 1928 and points out that women have been steadily gaining ground on their male coun-

terparts

ever

since.

Women’s

times trail men’s by only six to 10 per cent and if that trend continues the two sexes could be equally competitive in sports, says Dyer.

Tonight is the Rugby Club’s Awards Banquet. It is being held in the faculty club. Tickets are selling for $15.00 per couple. This include the price of the meal and dancing. There will be numerous

game of the match.

awards

Coach Sime feels that this particular game may serve as the “turning point” of .the season for

terested phone “Dog” 884-4509. Sports on Radio Waterloo Today Laurentian vs the hockey warriors is on at- 8:OO pm: tomorrow Windsor plays our basketball team and hockey (against Toronto) is again broadcast on Sunday at 7:00 pm.

Waterloo.

Observers

of the game

noted that it was the best competition of the, year. -The Warriors seemed to develop into a very mature, experienced team.

and guest

speakers.

If in-