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nt For the first time a federation vice-president may be getting a hefty salary instead of a modest honourarium.

If the proposed federation budget is accepted, vice-president Ron Hipfner will be taking on more duties for which he will receive

$4,160 - instead of a $300 honourarium.

At its board meeting Tuesday evening, the federation executive reviewed and discussed the 1977-78 budget prepared by treasurer Martha Coutts.

According to Board of Publications co-c hair-person Randy Bark-

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man, there was some contention over the proposed allocation of a half-time salary to the vicepresident.

Last year’s federation budget (printed in the April 2, 1976 issue of the chevron) allocated $1,000 for the vice-president.

This year it could shoot up to

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There are moves afoot to purge decisions were made by staff, however, Dillon replied that one must one of the two editors of the Federation’s paper the Real Chevrealize “the Real Chevron is noron. Federation president Doug thing like the free chevron.. . . We Thompson made it clear at were told we could do whatever we want.”

Tuesday’s executive meeting that Bruce Burton was no longer welThompson, a major contributor come to his half-time salaried posito the Real Chevron, has claimed tion. that the paper is “a federation house organ. ’ ’ Burton, who was The controversy arises from the sole editor of the paper for 13 Burton pulling an article which however, feels that the commented on an article written in weeks paper should remain editorially inthe free chevron.

Burton removed dependent. the article in question from the Recently, when vice-president paste-up sheet at the printers believing it to be “a letter or a comRon Hipfner claimed that he would pull a letter if submitted by a free ment, but not a news article.” chevron member, Burton warned Thompson pointed out that coeditor Mike (Mad Dog) Dillon and him “not to let the vice-presidency . go to his head” according to Bureditorial co-ordinators Wolfgang Nagy and Pattijoy Armoogam had ton.

Burton claims that Thompson, complaints against Burton and before he was president, had claimed the staff was ready to quit if Burton was not removed. phoned him asking if he wanted to be editor of “the chevron”.

He Thompson further told the execusays Thompson had ideas of changtive that Burton had a low job ating the Real Chevron into the chevtitude, was under the false assumpron over the summer when fewer tion that he still had editorial con-. people were on campus.

Burton trol, was late on deadlines, and was further stated that Thompson, now not putting in his alloted time. Burmore than ever, talks of changing ton says these charges are unfounded and insists that his firing the paper into the chevron. Burton opposes this. come before council.

Thompson has been pushing for Thompson argued that decisions a Federation newspaper similar to on the paper should be made by the chevron since October 4. In the staff. When acting OFS chairpermeeting of that date he son Gord Swaters asked Dillon if executive

was the sole member who pushed for a greater scope in publishing and advertising for an interim newsletter which would fill in for the closed chevron.

He later edited the newspaper called “the Bullseye”.

The Real Chevron was authorized $3,480 last November.

When Burton’s three week salary ran out he continued to be paid.

The position remained illegitimate until four members of the Board of Directors (one by phone) granted it “an honourarium equivalent to a full-time salary” on February 9 at midnight.

Honourariums are usually $300 a year.

Despite the fact that there are four paid positions on the paper, none of them have been ratified by council which is normal procedure.

The positions of editorial coordinators came up in a meeting between Thompson, Burton, Dillon, Armoogam and Nagy.

When Thompson asked Burton if Armoogam and Nagy should be paid for working on the paper, Burton was hesitant, according to Burton.

Then “somebody suggested that they needed the money” and this, says Burton, “seemed to be the deciding factor” for Thompson to create the two new jobs.

-randy

barkman

$5,460. This would include “advertising and communication”, “entertainment”, ‘ ’ special projects’ ’ and ‘ ‘ salary ’ ’ .

Defending the proposed salary, federation president Doug Thompson said that his work load is too heavy and that some of it could be shifted to the vice-president.

The proposed federation budget is expected to undergo more consideration by the executive before it is submitted to Students’ Council for readings and ratification.

Also discussed at the executive board meeting was an investigation committee.

Last Sunday; council passed a motion

by Renison councillor Larry Smylie to launch an investigation into the chevron-federation dispute.

No one at the executive meeting volunteered, however, to get the investigation started.

It was finally decided that the question of the investigation committee will be brought up at a special meeting 5 pm. Sunday. Submissions will be accepted at that time.

Smylie’s notice of resignation was also discussed Tuesday.

He ‘has offered to resign once and threatened to resign twice. But he is always back voting at council meetings, however.

At the Tuesday executive meeting there was almost unanimous consensus to accept Smylie’s resignation.

There were even a number of suggestions as to how to go about it. .

Another item of business was the Coates/Hamilton motion on the CR0 report. The motion calls on council to reimburse political science student Val Moghadam because of the improper and irregular manner in which former CR0 Gary Prudence handled her nomination for an Arts seat.

Moghadam had called for a byelection, but this was rejected by council.

It is expected that she will be reimbursed for the expenses she incurred in her futile campaign.

In addition, Gary Prudence will be informed he is being dropped as Chief Returning Officer.

Radio Waterloo’s budget also came up on Tuesday.

There was discussion over salaries, but RadWat was eventually assured money to cover broadcasting and the application for an FM license.

The three RadWat positions will be extended. The full-time position of administrative co-ordinator was created last year and is held by Dave Assmann.

In January the position of fulltime technical--co-ordinator was _ created, and is held by Bill Wharrie. Niki Klein was hired March 1 as administrative assistant on a part-time basis, on the recommendation of the temporary staff review committee.

There was talk of holding a referendum on the question of a separate fee toward Radio Waterloo.

There will be more discussion on this potentially controversial issue.

-val

moghadam

The continued existence of the and that it could be applied to any federation’s weekly bus service to bus run between two points that and from Toronto is soon to be deoccurs more than once, over any tided in court.

I period of time.

A preliminary hearing today will United Trails also claims that set a trial date for the Crown versus this is the first time that a charge of United Trails, the charge against operating a recurring service withUnited Trails being that they operout a license has been contested, ate a “recurring service” between and so there are no precedents to UW and Toronto without a license, refer to. and thereby violate the rights of If the court upholds the decision Gray Coach Lines who hold a of the Ontario Highway Transport license to operate a daily service Board, United Trails faces a fine. between Kitchener-Waterloo and The only way that the weekly bus Toronto. service could continue would be for The federation hires United United Trails to obtain a license to Trails buses each week to provide operate a recurring service.

This transportation to and from Toronto, would be costly and would meet at less than half the price of Gray with strong opposition from Gray Coach Lines, which operates out of Coach Lines, who were motivated the Kitchener bus terminal. to complain by their Toss of busiGray Coach Lines initially cornness. plained to the Ontario Highway Thus the most far-reaching effect Transport Board, which decided of a court decision against United that due to the regularity of the bus Trails would be the doubling of runs, United Trails is operating a transportation costs of students recurring service rather than a who travel between UW and Tocharter service. ronto on the weekend, since Gray However, United Trails claims Coach Lines would have a that the term “recurring service” monopoly on bus service. has never been rigourously defined -nick redding

At&Env fights

back

Man-environment students are continuing their struggle against the recent cutbacks in the department.

In a meeting Tuesday, about 60 students and faculty resolved to “demand that the dean” explain in writing “what is happening with the department.”

The dean will be asked to submit his report to the department

by Monday.

The assembly also resolved to strike a one person committee to receive from the dean “assurance that the department of ManEnvironment is recognized as an important program dependent on a low student-faculty ratio,” George Priddle, chairperson of the department of ManEnvironment stated that the assembly “certainly had a case for conveying their concern of cutbacks.”

However, he felt that getting assurances from the dean was next to impossible. “It would be like pulling hen’s teeth”, stated Priddle.

-heather

robertson

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Friday CC Pub: opens 12 noon, $.74 after 7pm. “Michael Hasek” 9-l am.

SCH Pub: opens 8pm. “Lavender Hill Mob”. Stu $1.50, others $2.

Plays: U of W Drama Group presents “Good God Darling, Not in the Nude” & “Leonie’s Jumped the Gun” by George Feydeau. Humanities Theatre 8pm. Info-8854280.

Fed Flicks: “Animal Crackers” with the Marx Brothers. AL1 16 8pm. Feds $1, others $1.50.

Angora Tea House: 8-l 2pm. CC1 1 O.Sponso,ed

by WCF. Lecture on Judaism: CC135, 12:30pm Sponsored

by WJSA. Heaven on Earth: free music jam, 8pm. 1056 Highland Rd. W. Kitchener Info-743-8662.

Colloquium: “Environmental Issues and M’edia Formats”.

Speaker: Phil Lind. Fee-$3, contact Colin De’Ath

ext. 3621 or 3066.

Photo Contest - entry deadline Monday at noon at Turnkey desk. For further details see the turnkeys.

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Colloquium: see Friday CC Pub: opens 7pm. Adm. $.74.

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Coffeehouse: 8:30pm, CC1 35, sponsored by WJSA. Fed Flicks: see Friday Invitational Martial Arts Tournie: 12pm, Kitchener Family YWCA. Fee: Stu $1, Adults $1.50, children $.50 Symposium: The Role of Wildlands as a Natural Resource”.

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Bruce Cockburn Concert: Humanities Theatre, 7pm.

Heaven on Earth: Spring Awaken,s, noon-?, 1056 Highland Rd. W. Kit. Info-743-8662.

International Folk Dancing: 7-10:30pm. 310 Charles St. E., Info: Mary Bish, 744-4983.

Coffeehouse: CC1 10,8:30pm. sored by Gay Lib.

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F‘ASS: script brainstorming session fcDr next year’s show, The Roaring 1‘wenties and the Mob. Everyone wrelcome.

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Fed council appoints A motion for an investigation into the chevron-federation dispute was passed Sunday night - on the condition that there will be no further discussion at council meetings pertaining to the chevron until the investigation is completed.

It was obvious that a number of councillors had not read the proposal in its entirety, and were not aware of the condition. But the mo, tion was carried 13-6-O. Students’ council met for the special meeting Sunday night to deal with two motions --that of Renison councillor Larry Smylie for the investigation, and Doug Thompson’s proposal for reinstatement of the chevron.

(Smylie’s motion was tabled at last week’s meeting, for which he angrily resigned from council. According’ to Thompson, however, Smylie has since “verbally rescinded” his resignation.

Smylie remains councillor, then, despite that and his campaign promise to resign at the new council’s first meeting so that another Renison student could run for the position.)

Smylie’s motion was placed first on the agenda.

His proposal calls on council to establish out of itself a commission of enquiry into the conflict, and requires the federation executive and the chevron staff to prepare and present evidence and witnesses.

Issues the commission will deal with include the federation’s right to hire and fire employees and cease publication of its newspaper; whether the chevron had been conforming to CUP standards; the terms of reinstatement.

Another issue - one that was not raised until recently - is whether the chevron really was denied a fair trial before drastic action was taken against it.

Some federation officials, including Thompson, are now claiming that the September 30 council meeting constituted a fair hearing.

The chevron has consistently maintained that the closure and firings were done on the basis of rumour and allegation - *as conceded in the federation executive’s own minutes of September 24.

The chevron was not allowed to prepare a defence and respond to the charges in a formal and fair hearing.

(It is believed that’the issue of the September 30 meeting is being raised at this time to create confusion, and because other excuses for

Admin agrees The Married Student Tenants’ Association has achieved some success in its negotiations with the administration.

The planned rent increases of 13 .O% to 13.8% for this year have been reduced to a range of 8.5% to 9.3%.

The administration announced last week that they would implement suggestions made by the tenants’ association to cut budget costs.

Some savings will be made in the areas of furniture amortization, maintenance personnel and housing administration.

The largest part of the rollback is a result of recouping the current deficit over three years rather than all at once, as originally proposed.

Further meetings between the tenants’ association and the administration are planned for October or November to consider next year’s rent.

-lorne

gershuny

not reinstating the chevron have failed.)

Speaking against Smylie’s motion for an investigation, graduate rep Dave Carter reiterated that the chevron was indeed convicted without a trial.

“It is self-evident that the September 30 meeting was not a fair tribunal,” he declared. “ Henry Hess, for example, was not given a chance to defend himself.”

Carter referred to a letter from the chevron staff to council mem-

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bers, inviting them to an informational meeting on Tuesday at which minutes and a tape recording of the September 30 meeting would be available.

Carter proposed that council table Smylie’s motion until after the informational meeting, although he made no formal motion for tabling.

Support for Smylie’s motion came from math rep Steve Risto and engineering councillor Wayne Burton, among others, who main-

Active Towing, moving into the spring season, continues to remove students cars from campus - but it appears that this term more dubious means than

tained that one way or vestigation vide factual

they could not decide the other unless an inwas launched to proevidence.

Before Carter had a chance to move to table, Smyliels motion was put to question.

A roll call vote. proved 13 in favor and 6 opposed.

At this point- Thompson’s osal for reinstatement of the ron was to be discussed. councillor R.A.G. White, ever, moved nonconsideration,

propchevMath howcit-

ing the adjoiner to Smylie’s motion.

The adjoiner reads: “that pending completion and findings of the Commission of Enquiry - no matters pertaining to the chevron conflict will be taken under consideration by Students’ Council at Council meeting(s).”

The Chair ruled the Thompson proposal out of order, and the meeting was adjourned - only 45 minutes after it began.

-val

moghadam

before are being used. . . if the car won’t run when you get it back, the problem of illegal parking is solved. (see comment on page 15) photo by randy barkman

Psi -changes policy for refunds PSI, the company that sells love, success and personal “growth”, has announced policy changes after complaints and court cases over its guarantee.

The changes were announced in PSI’s monthly newsletter, Chimo, which is sent to graduates of the PSI courses and is available at their introductory lectures.

Effective immediately, all deposits for their two and four-day courses are non-refundable.

However, applicants ‘ ‘will be given 24 hours to change their minds, in all fairness”.

After the 24 hours have passed, the money may only be used toward course tuition for the applicant or a relative or friend.

The announcement continues: “Up until now, in every single class ‘just before the course begins, between 20 to 30 percent of the people drop out of the course or postpone their decision-making.

Never has a change in company policy been so welcome by both the staff and the graduates alike, because this new policy certainly will help the mental !/?!%&s to make up their minds for this incredible, beautiful course.”

It is not clear whether the deposit is refundable under the PSI guarantee, which states that “unless you have experienced mind to mind communication at the Altered State of Consciousness by the completion of the four-day course you will be given the following 24 hours in which to request a refund of your entire tuition”.

When contacted by telephone, PSI spokesperson Paul Pond refused to discuss the new policy,

and in particular Pond would not say if the deposit is refundable under the guarantee.

Pond said that PSI has another new policy under which interviews with the press must be taped and conducted in person. The tape recordings will be used as evidence in court if PSI feels that they are misrepresented.

When asked for a recorded interview, Pond stated that he will be unavailable for the next few weeks.

The free chevron has- printed several items on PSI. There have been four letters, only one of them in support of PSI. The one letter that praises PSI was written by fifteen graduates of the seven-day, $1000 course for which the fourday course is a prerequisite.

This letter was reprinted in the PSI newsletter and states that “the premise of PSI’s operation is to help people, not to make profits”.

The authors say they found the courses “informative, interesting, and very helpful”.

Chimo’s preblurb says: “In the fall of 1976 a small negative letter about PSI appeared in the free chevron, the student newspaper at the University of Waterloo.

The letter was written by a man who had completed our four-day course successfully and who had the au.dacity to want his money back.”

The three other writers all had difficulty in obtaining refunds. One person, who was afraid to sign his or her letter for fear of possible legal consequences, has waited nine weeks before getting a refund.

A man complained that he was still waiting for his refund after five months, despite repeated telephone calls.

Two UW students, who had taken PSI to court over their refunds, wrote to express their disappointment with the organisation.

There were two court cases involving these UW students.

The first student lost because of a loophole in the PSI contract.

The judge described the contract as’deliberately misleading, but thought

he had to uphold the letter of it.

The second student won. The judge in this case said the original decision was wrong, but that he could do nothing about it. PSI was ordered to refund the course fee plus court costs.

The newsletter also announced that it will no longer be mailed free to “graduates”, but will be available only by subscription, for eight dollars per year.

-jonathan -nick

coles redding

Murder apology Reed Paper, the international conglomerate famous for its role in the Canadian environment, is putting on an art show entitled “Changing Visions - The Canadian Landscape”.

When they come to London there will be a few people there to greet them.

The Coalition Against Mercury Pollution, with local organisations ‘in Waterloo, Peterborough, Guelph, Hamilton and- Toronto, and the London Labour Council plan to hold a large informational picket at the show on March 26.

Films will be shown and a press conference held in the same building as where the art show is scheduled.

There will be -several speakers, including a representative of Grand Council Treaty n-umber nine, (probably Grand Chief Andrew Richard), and Terry Moore, pro-

vincial co-ordinator for the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG).

There will be a sign-painting bee March 24 at 38 Margaret Avenue in Kitchener.

Paint, brushes and bristo1 board will be supplied. Call Ian at 744- 1324 for further details. If you can provide transportation, help with pamphleting or postering or wish to make a donation, call OPIRG at 884-9020.

C.A.M.P. was set up following OPIRG’s investigations into Treaties 9 and 14 and mercury pollution on the English-Wabigoon river system, which led to the publication last fall of “Quicksilver and Slow Death”.

They have also organised a defence fund for the native people in the affected area and have spoken on the subject at several schools.

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11:30 am Chemical Food Additives 2:45 pm Derek Stevenson from IS FIVE talks about the Foundation, which is an environment research group based in T.O. 5:OO pm Law & Politics in the U.S. - William Kunstler

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9:00 pm Bob Seeger Story courtesy of Capital Records - produced in Toronto at Crystal Sound Studios.

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11:45 pm Radio Waterloo News.

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2:30 pm Alcoholism and Behaviour 0 Modification Part 1 5:30 pm The World’s Exploding Cities - Reverand Albion Wright of the Canadian Urban Training Centre in T.O. talks about the problems of ever increasing urbanization around the world. Discussion is also focused on the messages of HABITAT to the world.

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11:30 am Seven Arrows - This features medicine stories of the Crow, Blackfoot and Cheyenne people.

12 noon Canada and the Third World - Urbanization and Environmental Issues Dr. Balaunde Terry, former President of Peru, talks about the problems of rapid urbanization in the 3rd world with particular reference to Latin America.

2:30 pm National Sports.

2:45 pm Down to Earth Festival The Libertarian party discusses their beliefs in a decrease in size and cost of government and opposes such things as rent controls, because they believe that there should be less interference in private life.

5:00 pm From the Centre - Work Can Kill You Pt. 3 6:00 pm Radio Waterloo News 9:00 pm Musikanada 11:45 pm Radio Waterloo News

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6:00 pm Live from the Slaughterhouse A This week features David Essig.

9:3O pm Live from the CC Coffeehouse - Pending permission from the artist. This week features Melissa Peterson, Peter Mathieson.

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12 noon Canada and the Third World - Canada’s Role - Past & Present - Sir Robert Jackson, Under-secretary General of the United Nations talks about the development of the United Nations and the role Canada has played both in the development of the United Nations and in the assistance of developing nations.

1 pm Strictly Canadian - Featuring Gino Vinelli 2:45 pm People or Planes - This group is opposed to the construction of the Pickering Airport and outlines the work that has been done to oppose the airport.

4:30 pm Poetry Readings 6:00 pm Radio Waterloo News 6:15 pm Heritage - The Berger Hearings 9:00 pm Visions - J.J. Cale 11:45 pm Radio Waterloo News continued from AIA Literature

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Table: MarxistLeninist Literature, Arts Lecture 10:30-3:30pm.

Marxist-Christian Dialogue: Dr. Oz Arnal will discuss the present cooperation & dialogue between Marxists & Christians.

All faculty & students welcome.

World Room, CC, i:30pm.

Thursday

Poverty. ’ Chastity.

Obedience.

Two total denials, one ’ absolute-acceptance.

The vows can be looked on as burdens, of course. But they can also be looked on as kinds of freedom.

When you renounce the acquisition of wealth, you are free to concentrate on the values of sharing. When you deny genital love, you can forcefully point to another kind of love, the way Christ loved. 1.f you obey His will, and accept that obedience, you are free to serve within that will.

Put it another way: many are called, few are chosen.

We said it was an extraordinary life; we never said it was easy.

Valdy Concert: 8pm, PAC Photo Djplay: CC Great Hall.

CC Pub: see Monday.

Inter-varsity Christian Fellowship Supper Meeting: 4:30pti, HHl61. Ail welcome.

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12 noon Canada and the Third World - Education: Women and International Development - Dr. Caplan of OISE, talks about education in the 3rd world must take an entirely new approach to education rather than rely upon the models of education that the developed world has set up. Hi= emphasizes that educational systems must reflect local culture. In the second part of the programme Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, from the World Bank talks about the role women play in international development.

2:45 pm Down to Earth Festival Bruce Ryan from Pala, an experimental community based out of Toronto talks about a society of integrated living.

3:00 pm Perspectives - A look at the United Nations Development Programme, and an examination of it’s policies, methods and prospects.

5:30 pm Community Services The Glbbal Community Centre in Kitchener seeks to make people in the K-W area more aware of the‘ world around them, with particular emphasis on the 3rd world. In this programme the workings of the centre are examined.

6:00 pm Radio Waterloo News.

6:15 pm Research 77 - A series of programmes focusing on research on campus.

11:45 pm Radio Waterloo News Thursday,

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11:30 am Sex Counselling & Sex Therapy - An open forum which looks at the need for setting up minimum standards to govern sex counsellors/therapists, at the types of problems which require therapy, at methods of finding a therapist, and at ways sexual problems can be avoided or dealt with. Part 1.

2:45 pm Down to Earth Festival Paul Ogden talks about exposing the health industry and focuses on the “health And illness business.”

5:30 pm Sports Report 6:00 pm Radio Waterloo News 9:OO pm People’s Music - Dick Goodle t 11:45 pm Radio Waterloo News “Crisis of Conscience The Quebec Lite’rary Scene”: Speaker Prof. P. Socken, AL 113, 7-9pm.

Friday Fed Flicks: “Mother, Jugs & Speed”, Raquel Welch & Bill Cosby. AL1 16, 8pm. Feds $1, others $1.50 Agora Tea House: 8-12pm, Sponsored

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At a Math Faculty Council meeting Tuesday the Standings and Promotion (S&P) Committee attempted to block what they saw as

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a loophole in granting. Math degrees. The motion, which was narrowly defeated, referred to the following situation.

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UW student president Doug Thompson banned a salesman from campus last Friday. Ray Parsons of the pyramidic sales company, Bestline Products of Canada (which sells soap) was asked by Thompson not to canvass on campus, and to stop harassing.students. In reply, according to acting OFS chairperson, Gord Swatters, Thompson was told by Parsons, a former UW Grad Student, “I’ll have you hung, drawn and quartered.”

Bestline Products has been actively canvassing in KitchenerWaterloo and at UW through the use of billboard ads and personal approaches on the street, on buses etc. These promoters invariably talk of “excellent retail and management opportunities”, their “income potentials”, and trips to the Bahamas! They never name the company or its products (soap) but invite people to the orientation presentation (see “Soft soap sell” in last week’s free chevron.)

At their meeting they describe to newcomers the ‘four “levels of investment” in their company.

The “Local Distributor” who sells the soap products door-to-door, earns a 20 per cent profit. The next three levels of distributors can earn a 30, 40 or 50 per cent profit.

Naturally everyone wants a 50 per cent profit, but to qualify for this, an investment of several thousand dollars is usually necessary.

Every encouragement is given to new people to beg, borrow, etc. this money because the promoter who first invites a new investor to the meeting gets a substantial cut of this investment money. In fact he,gets a cut from everyone whom he attracts to the company’s top two levels (40 and 50 per cent levels) plus a cut from the people they attract, and the people the attracted attract and so on down the line.

Someone who joined the company early in its expansion could make a lot of money, but most people join later, when there are fewer positions to fill.

Numerous students have been approached about these “excellent managerial opportunities” but few have actually been asked to buy the soap.

Parsons claims he was not canvassing on campus. He said he was just handing out some cards and talking to a few people. “It’s not canvassing it’s just sharing a good opportunity.”

He said he doesn’t feel he is banned from campus, and since he is a student here he will continue to come and talk with ‘people. A typical approach he described is that he will bid someone good day andask-“ How are you‘? How much money do you make?” If the person shows an interest, he explains the opportunities with the company.

Parsons said the company is opening up in this area, thus more management people would be needed for expansion purposes. But Nevin Gingerich, also a Bestline distributor, indicates the company has been active locally for at least five years.

Parsons claimed Bestline is not a pyramidic sales company.

However, the Government of Ontario required them to register under the Pyramidic Sales Act of 1972.

Strangers promoting Bestline are reluctant to reveal the company’s identity.

Their business card bears their name and phone number, but no company name, and they will give you the best line you have ever heard.

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If you have had any experiences with Bestline, contact Phil Marquis at the Federation office or visit the free chevron office.

If you are a third or fourth year student and have just realized that you are not going to qualify for a degree from your own faculty, all is not lost. You can apply to transfer to Math, and if you have six acceptable math credits, and ten others, you can apply immediately for a three year pass degree from math. Even though you may be a registered mathie for only a few minutes, you might get it.

However, enough members felt that if courses are acceptable to the faculty, and degree requirements are met, then the degree should be granted.

S&P complained that too many borderline students were remaining in co-op at the expense of good regular students and first year applicants. At present those who fail four half-year courses in two consecutive terms are refused readmission.

W.F. Forbes, dean of Math, presented a brief on the new budget.

The university distributes funds to the faculties on the basis of the number of students and courses taught, as well as equipment needs.

Math and Science got 5% and 4.9% increases this year, with the other faculties averaging 2.7%. Despite this, the faculty is going to have to cutback somewhere.

A suggestion of proposing a limited first year enrolment was opposed by many professors.

Other suggestions include setting up mechanisms to fail more first year students, cutting back on marginal courses and channelling more students into low enrolment courses that must be offered anyway, restricting class sizes in upper years and raising admission standards.

Some objected to the latter on the grounds that students from a high school with high standards would be at a disadvantage compared to those from schools with lax standards.

Cutoff high school grades for applicants are already well over 70% for co-op.

The meeting ended with a motion cancelling *operation “tele-math” this year. 1300 first year applicants were contacted by phone last year and students’ questions were answered. Council felt that it should not overly encourage prospective students in view of a 25% increase in applicants this year, combined with the budget restrictions.

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CSA reveiwed at AGM Last Friday the Chinese Student Association (CSA-UW) held its annual general meeting. Over 100 people attended’ the assembly where they were free to query the leaders about their actions during the past year and to elect a new executive.

Sammy Chan, CSA president, when asked to clarify the CSA’s criticism of the “Real” chevron last year, replied that “the picture of the mouse and the side caption of “Mouse Tse-tung” was felt to be “an insult to the Chinese people, and an explanation was demanded”.

Another member inquired as to the outcome of the racist attack against a Chinese, “reported last autumn in the free chevron”.

Chan replied that CSA’s investigation at the time revealed that a mutual agreement between the parties was arrived at and that no charges would be laid.

A complaint was voiced, which appeared to represent the view of a sizable minority, that the annual general meetings are “usually flooded with election campaign propaganda ” - that attempts are often made to laud the successes of the preceding year when in fact, nothing happened.

The criticism continued, “Only 200 of the over 500 Chinese students are members of-the CSA. I feel this executive is

directed to a small group of the politically left .” The suggested changes were that much more social activities should be planned by CSA. In response to these complaints another member, Mr. Book, pointed out that the CSA is open to all Chinese students and that they decide the executive’s composition, and thus its policies, stating that CSA’s purpose is not to give dance parties.

Perhaps the best news of the night was the announcement that UW CSA had received the “China Bowl” from U of T CSA. This is the trophy for the top CSA basketball team in Ontario- and Quebec.

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On Friday and Saturday (March 18 and 19) Environmental Studies will host a colloquium, on media formats and environmental issues.

The focus will be on problems common to environmentalists and the media: broadcasts of complex environmental issues, use of small and large-scale media by environmentalists, developing communication between media personnel and environmentalists.

Friday opens with a talk by Phil Lind of Rogers Telecommunica-

tions on ‘bEnvironment in Search of a Medium” at 7:00 p.m., Theatre of the Arts.

Workshops will be held on Saturday raising such topics as newspapers and energy issues, the third world and media oppression, alternative press, environmental films and the politics of filmmaking, among others.

For further information contact Colin De’Ath, Dept. of ManEnvironment, 885-1211, ext. 3261, 3066.

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Quit by hypnosis You may get rid of the long standing bad habit of smoking in an hour if you are a suitable subject for hypnosis and have $50.

If you want to quit smoking Dr. Dan Andrew at Health Services has a system of hypnosis that could possibly work for you. If a person is a suitable candidate to stop smoking, then she or he will stop smoking with only a one hour session.

The success rate is about 50%.

The principle of hypnotic therapy to quit smoking is based upon the smoker’s ambivalent or love-hate feelings towards smoking. Says Andrew: “Intellectually s/he (the smoker) wishes to stop smoking for various reasons, but emotionally s/he cannot do so because of habit, memory, and possibly other needs. There is a constant conflict within the person between his/her emotional self or subconscious which keeps him/her smoking, versus his/her intellectual or actual thinking self which wants him/her to stop.”

By using hypnosis, Dr. Andrew can take the intellectual reasons which the patient has to stop smoking, and transfer these reasons to the sobconscious or emotional level. “The smoker,” says Andrew, “usually wishes to quit smoking because of fear for his/her health, but that fear is not at a profound or emotional level. Thus through hypnosis,_one can implant this fear at an emotional or subconscious level, where it will overcome the emotional need to smoke.

This cannot be done, however, without the patient’s willingness to be hypnotized, as well as a genuine concern about the dangers of smoking.”

In many areas Andrew sees hypnosis as having a bad reputation because it should not have been used in the first place. It is not a panacea for every problem. “Often a good technique”, says\Andrew, “will fall into disrepute because it is used by amateurs, and as an answer to all problems. A good example of this is acupuncture, which can be useful if used by experts who know its limitations.

Similarly, hypnosis should be practiced only be adequately trained people who know its limitations and pitfalls. I think the disapproval of hypnosis is by people who judge work done by inadequately trained people who become over enthusiastic in their application of hypnosis.”

Andrew learned hypnosis through workshops of the Ontario Society of Clinical Hypnosis.

This is a component section of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. This is also a local chapter of the Ontario Society which is called the Waterloo Wellington Chapter. Membership in the Ontario Society of Clinical Hypnosis is open to physicians, dentists, and registered psychologists.

There are several dentists in the KitchenerWaterloo area who use hypnosis to great advantage in their practices.

Recently hypnosis has been criticized by some psychologists on the basis that the method involved actually avoids the source of the problem because instead of appealing for the patient to make rational judgement based upon full consciousness, it apeals to the subconscious.

Andrew reacts to this by saying that in fact, “some conditions such as phobias, bad habits, and certain fears are at an emotional level, and most people cannot rationalize them away. There is no deception involved, because the patient has to be completely voluntary and wil-. ling.

“I would think the method of ‘behaviour modification’ could be described as deceptive, but it is a well accepted method of therapy because it can do the patient some good. Here again, it depends on the expertise of the therapist, and the recognition of limitations.”

The cost of this is $50 per session which is payable as a donation to the university’s special scholarship fund. Before you give up because of the cost, it should be noted that Dr. Andrew was heard on one occasion to have said, “I don’t personally get the money, and I don’t actually care if you pay it.”

Even if you pay the $50 (at $.80 per pack, one pack a day, that’s just over 2 months of cigarette money) this could pay rich dividends. It is a method which appeals to the individual’s love of life and thereby is a self-motivating approach. Says Andrew, “it is recognized that lung cancer, bladder cancer; and other serious or fatal illnesses are caused by smoking.

It is a significantly high number, and does not always ‘happen to the other guy’. It is always 100% for the person who gets it.”

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The history of nuclear power in Canada can be traced as far back as the early 1900’s when Ernest Rutherford, a father of nuclear physics, did much of his research at McGill University.

The technical proficiency required to harness the atom peacefully was developed during the last world war. At the end of that conflict, Britain, Canada and the USA had a virtual monopoly on the knowledge and expertise required to build atomic energy sources.

Soon after the war Canada de-

ship between Ontario Hydro and the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) became apparent.

At that time they opened the Nuclear Power Demonstration unit at Rolphton. This plant pioneered the CANDU power system and has since been supplying the OH power grid with about 20 megawatthours (MW) of energy from natural uranium fuel.

Douglas Point A was already under construction at that time. I‘i became operational in 1967 with about 200 -MW of atomic energy.

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Chalk River, discussions.

Presented here is a prenorth of Ottawa, continued as i liminary look at the history of atomic . top-secret military research estabpower in Canada, and a review of lishment and soon developed many some of the recent events he/d at medical applications of radiation. It UW. was not until 1962 that the partner-

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atomic station opened in 1971 with about 2000 MW on line to Ontario consumers.

This dramatic growth is presently being furthered at the Bruce installation which, when fully operational in 1979, will supply us with another 3000 MW of electrical power.

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The success and safety of this generating system has been based on solid engineering designs which have been tailored for Canadian conditions.

The CANDU system is designed for continuous power generation, even during refuelling, as contrasted with most other designs which require the disassembly of the reactor and the attendant radiation hazards.

The Canadian system uses pressure tubes to generate steam rather than the inherently less safe pressure vessel which has peen

pioneered by the Americans, among others. (It is interesting to note that when pressure tubes began to replace pressure vessels for vapour generation in the 1850’s, the incidence of catastrophic explosions of power plants dropped dramatically .)

CANDU also uses the best material possible for moderating the nuclear fires: heavy water. This single cooling/moderating medium makes the Canadian system inherently much safer than any of the other competing designs. CANDU reactors are the most efficient in converting uranium into electrical power (about 25% more efficient than the American system) and, because of this, they can burn uranium in its natural state.

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The Canadian system requires nuclear separation for its continued operation but the process is-performed on water and no insidious residues are created. Deuterium is a naturally occuring isotope of hydrogen which is twice as heavy as regular hydrogen and ocdurs in water as deuterium oxide, or heavy water. In plants such as the Glace Bay installation, water is processed to remove this heavier portion.

All other countries employing nuclear reactors also use separation plants, but their operation is extremely hazardous.

Systems not using heavy water require that the fuel be processed prior to its insertion in the reactor so that the fissile material is increased.

Such concentration is required since the reactor is not as efficient as CANDU and cannot burn unenriched uranium.

In addition to processing the fuel prior to the reactor, these countries also employ separation plants to remove the plutonium created in the reactor from the spent fuel. The uses of this separated plutonium are mainly in the production -of more atomic weapons for that country’s arsenal.

On Thursday March 10, Energy Probe showed a film called More About Nuclear Stations.

The forty-five minute colour film was shot on location at various atomic stations and reprocessing plants in Britain and in Europe. The movie, which admittedly was not overly optimistic of the safety standards published by atomic industry, outlined the slow passage of the atomic fuel, from the reactor to the processing plants, to the final storage. The narration of the footage brought home to any viewer the vulnerability to accidental release that the transportation of the spent fuel provides.

In later years, with even more atomic stations, these risks must increase and the terrorist threat of hijacking such cargo is true!y frightening.

However, the reprocessing plants where the various radioactive isotopes were remotely controlled through a separation system appeared even more insidious.Various areas of these plants could not be routinely maintained because of the extremely high levels of radioactivity.

Work forces of several thousand were employed to achieve simple maintenance on the factory since a single worker could only be exposed to the contaminated area for a few minutes.

The legacy of such reprocessing plants is twofold.

First, there is plutonium, aptly named the ultimate carcinogen.

Due to its extremely high radioactivity, minute

amounts carried by the wind could ‘affect huge areas. Somewhere in the reprocessing cycle up to 5% of the plutonium put through is routinely lost. The Belgians are at present operating a plant that is old and leaky, but it cannot be shutdown, save by filling the whole area in with concrete.

The other result of such factories is the irradiated fuel leftover ffom the reactor. In order to separate the plutonium, the fuel is dissolved in nitric acid. This acid must be stored fyr the next two hundred and fifty thousand years so as to keep its contamination from our living biosphere. The acid waste boils because tlie heat is still being released by the fuel and is extremely corrosive on the steel and concrete containment vats. Accidental releases from such storage areas are documented and their safety in the next thousands of years is in grave doubt.

Radioactive wastes which are not quite as deadly ad the aforementioned are being stored underground in salt caverns. These mines should keep the wastes sealed and out of any groundwater system for the required decay period.

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The CANDU system has been designed to-avoid many of these pitfalls and for these reasons the Canadian system is acknowledged to be the best for megawatt production rathe than megadeath occurence.

Although this is the present state of affairs, AECL admits that by the turn of the century it will be necessary for Canada to institute its own reprocessing industry, along with its attendant evils. In future articles I will attempt to explain this seeming contradiction and the stands of concerned parties on this essentially political issue.

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Social The social held’ last Saturda) evening in Village I Hall was at. tended by 300 students and raisec over $300 for charity.

The or. ganizer, Rex Auyeung, has caller it a grand success.

He wishes to thank all person: and organizations who supporter this venture, especially Gract Ng, Frances Ma, Janet Li, Gov ind Chan, David Chan, Dominic Yan, James Tso, and the Canton Restaurant.

Because oft he great support he received, he feels this could bezome an annual event.

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The Ukrainian Students Club held a discussion Thursday, March 10, on dissidents in the USSR. Marko Bojcun, from the Committee in Defence of Soviet Political Prisoners in Toronto, gave a general presentation on the Soviet Union and on the dissident movement as a whole. ’ He said the situation in Eastern Europe is changing very rapidly, as evidenced by the strike in Poland in the summer of 1976. It allowed for more public dissent, especially in Czechoslovakia and Soviet Ukraine.

Historically; political opposition grew in the 1960’s after the 20th congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). But the opposition has been confined to the intelligentsia, which led to the formation of an elite, he said.

He felt that the dissident movement is dependent on the intelligentsia.

The intelligentsia was aroused after the 1972 crackdown and gave rise to more nationalist viewpoints, especially in Ukraine.

Bojcun stressed that the liberation of people has to be not only social, but moral. Thus, some dissidents are calling for opposition parties, a private sector to oppose the state sector, trade unions separate from the Party, and the right to strike.

He also felt that state censorship prevented the intelligentsia from expressing ideas and prevented creative ideas from being formed.

The intelligentsia will be forced to

choose sides, said Bojcun. Some sections will begin to have a more working class orientation.

He said there was a general dischord among Communist parties, pointing to the deterioration of the situation in Eastern Europe and the recent massive wave of strikes.

Some of the European Communist parties are in support of the dissident’s struggle.

Ivan Dzyube, a Ukrainian Marxist who wrote the book “Internationalism or Russification” , points to the colonial exploitation of non-Russian nations and a divergence from Leninist principles by the CPSU. He also outlined the prospects for opposition, in contrast to, and taking into account, the narrowness of the opposition in the 1960’s.

What has been absent, he said, is that there were few people active in political struggle, and in Ukraine, there was contempt for the working class by the intelligentsia.

The intelligentsia, Bojcun said, must integrate the working class into the struggle.

Ukrainian opposition, declared Bojcun, is of a different character that the intelligentsia’s opposition.

Dissidents are being recruited from workers and peasants and the orientation is not so much for creative freedom as a change in the ac-

ament. The rich dictate policy in their own interests.

He denounced groups like the NDP, who promote the idea that state ownership is socialism.

He called this a deception. In order to bring about socialism, he said, the proletariat or working class, which comprises the majority of society, must seize power and become the ruling class. Under socialism freedom for everyone is not guaranteed. Capitalists will be suppressed, that is, their right to exploit will be taken away from them.

Canada, according to the AIA, is a fascist state. The spokesperson cited the War Measures Act, which allows a person to be barred entry to Canada, or deported, if the minister feels there are reasonable grounds to believe” that they might engage in “subversive actions”.

An immigrant can be deported at any time and the minister can deny the right to appeal.

The presentation ended with a brief illustration of the omnipresence of the state. The example used was UW. It is set up under the Uni-

Fight persecution + A press conference, demonstration and rally against political persecution, led by the organizing of the Canadian committee People’s (Citizens & Residents) Defence Committee, will take place in Toronto tomorrow.

These events are part of the defence committee’s long-term program to “organize certain public manifestations in order to mobilize opinion against state-organized political persecution, and. . . contact directly a large number of progressive and democratic individuals and organizations in order to call for their support”, says a CPDC press release.

The press conference, featuring Hardial Bains, Chairperson of the Communist Party of Ca,nada (Marxist-Leninist), one of the politically persecuted individuals, will take place at 11:30am at Toronto city hall. It will be followed by a “militant demonstration against political repression and stateorganized racist attacks” at noon.

At 7:30pm in Bloor Collegiate, there will be a rally, also against political repression.

The organizing committee was formed by several people who were outraged by an RCMP raid on the I K-W Norman Bethune Institute, a research centre, February 23, (see the Feb. 25 free chevron).

versity of Waterloo Act, which dictates the structure of its administration. The Board of Governors, which is given final authority over all that occurs at UW, is almost all chosen by the LieutenantGovernor of the province, herself an appointed official.

Even the Federation of Students is like this. It is registered with the state as a corporation.

The board of directors has complete control, but only the president is elected. The people, he said, do not have dayto-day control.

Next week’s forum will be on imperialism.

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The nature of the This week’s forum departed from the series’ usual theme of political economy to deal with the nature of the Canadian state, which is now topical, in view of the RCMP raid on the Norman Bethune research centre in Kitchener just over three weeks ago.

The presentation began with some theory on just what a state is.

Marx, it was said, described the state as an organ of the rule of one class over another. Engels elaborated on this by saying that the state was the product and manifestation of the irreconcilability of class antagonisms.

This rule is armed rule, ’ it was pointed out. The state has police and prisons and armies.

The AIA spokesperson then went into a brief explanation of the difference between the state under capitalism and the state under socialism.

He said that under capitalism there is only democracy for the ruling class, the rich. Parliamentary democracy he called a sham, saying that the important affairs of the country and its economy were not decided in parli-

tual social conditions.

But there is a strong alliance and widespread support bv the working class for the demands ‘of the intellkentsia.

He broke the struggle down into four sections: the demand for democratization of socialism in the USSR; the seeking of an alliance with the working class on the basis of a program; the liberation of nationalities and the independence of national republics, promoted by nationalist groups like the Ukrainian National Front and the Workers and Peasants Union; and finally , social protest and the awakening of the working class, as evidenced through strikes, etc.

Bojcun concluded that in the next few years, the left wing current of the intelligentsia will emerge on the basis of an alliance with the working class.

In the ensuing discussion, people pointed out that the character of the dissidents can be broken down into several categories.

The orientation of Solzhenitsyn and some other dissidents is toward the Tolstoy image of Russia - an indivisible Mother Russia; while “democrats” such as Vladimir Bukovsky, who has spoken on the National question in the USSR, and Leonid Plyusch, a Ukrainian dissident who was recently released from a psychiatric prison, are calling for freedom of the national republics.

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The Native Sons are a group of Native Indian inmates in the Correctional Centre at Guelph who are anxious to hear from University of Waterloo students and other people outside of the centre.

Some members of the group are interested in furthering their education while others enjoy art, sports, and reading. They would like to discuss these various aspects and more with any students who feel like writing or visiting.

Most of all, they would simply like people to write to them, or drop in for a visit once in a while.

The Native Sons came together to learn more about Indian culture and heritage.

Through group interaction and weekly discussion

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they hope to regain their awareness of what it means to be an Indian in today’s rapidly-urbanizing society.

The Native Sons have found themselves with plenty of time to reflect on the many problems they have encountered in adjusting to urban life. Many of them, through their experiences, have gained new perspectives on the urbanization of North American Indians.

They feel that by bridging the gap between Indians and “white man” they can broaden their perspectives even more, and perhaps fully realize their potentials as Canadian Indians.

If you wish to become a “pen pal” to a Native Son, or learn more about the group, contact Marg.

Nealson at 886- 1157.

~History under revision - coriection dip please In the days of chairperson Mao Tsetung, Chinese vice-premier Teng Hsiao-ping was denounced for his “counter-revolutionary line” and fired on April 7, 1976, at Mao’s suggestion, by the Chinese communist party central committee.

Mao had advocated that the people should take class struggle, against the bourgeoisie - the “capitalist-readers” - in China, as “the key link” to continuing the socialist transformation of their society.

After Mao Tsetung’s death last September, four Chinese leaders were purged who had up to then been generally accepted as being staunch supporters of his revoltionary political line. Chairperson Mao’s successor led the attack on the “Gang of Four”.

The effort to destroy the influence of the line they represented included a several-month shutdown of most Chinese foreign-language publications for editorial ‘reorganization’ .

A correction slip which appeared in Sept-Ott Scientia Sinica (Vol. XIX, No. 5), journal of the Chinese academy of sciences, is reprinted here as an outstanding example of the editorial change of heart. Scientia Sin-&a is not usually noted for humour: -a

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Harry Parrott was sighted leaving Queen’s Park in his station wagon at approximately 5 pm Monday Feb. 21. This shouldn’t surprise anyone . . . anyone, that is, except the press people who attended the press conference called by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) that afternoon. You see, Dr. Parrott, MCU Minister, hadn’t bothered to show up. After purusing the report of the Interim Committee on Financial Assistance for Students in Ontario, it’s not hard to see why Parrott decided to skip out. The 38 page document and accompanying indices is in its entirety a snow job.

The report was so slickly presented by the committee’s cochairmen, Stefan Depure and Norman Sisis, that the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star printed laudatory-if somewhat lacklustre -feature pieces on it the next day.

Unfortunately, neither the Star’s reporter Philip McLeod nor Lawrence Martin of the Globe managed to read the report. The lack of perception in the questions they asked at the press conference left one wondering why their papers didn’t just run a verbatim copy of the committee’s news release.

Particularly damning were the Star’s Tuesday headline, “ Free College Tuition Urged for Students with Low Incomes”.

No less incomprehensible were the warm words of approval on page one of the Globe: “Student grants urged for poor without need to go into debt”.

Just in case the print boys blundered onto any of the more obvious regressive measures in the report Premier Davis chose the same day to announce that tuition fees for Colleges and Universities, which will rise significantly next fall, will not be permitted to escalate further during the 197879 academic year.

That the new guidelines will mean a doubling of the student loan debts for a large proportion of postseconday students in/Ontario is of small concern to the press.

Although Student Aid Committee co-chairman Norman Sisis admitted there‘ had been no indications that loan defaults under the present system (interest deferred until six months after leaving school) were abnormally high, the committee seems to think that de-

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ferring interest on loans while students attend school is not in the best interests of society. In order to balance the ledger, however, .interest payments will now be considered part of allowable costs. This means that if you qualify for a grant under OLANG the government will calculate interest costs into your grant. If you don’t qualify for a grant - if your parents’ net income exceeds $9,500 you don’t qualify - you’ll simply have the interest added onto what you owe, thus compounding indebtedness when they calculate your interest next year, etc. ad nauseam.

While-every student applying for a grant or loan will now be expected to contribute $500 towards educational cosjs - as opposed to the sliding year scale of required summer earnings contributions under OSAP - students who cannot cough up the five bills will be allowed to borrow this additional sum, with interest. Thus even students whose parents live at the poverty line stand a good chance of owing at least some money on their education.

The 1976 Carleton University Summer Employment Survey indicated that while 36 percent of the Canadian population lives at income levels below $10,500 annually, only 14 percent of the university group surveyed come from similar backgrounds.

Dupre saw this as the main reason behind “redistributing” government aid to students.

Redistribution is jargon for taking from some in order to give to others without spending any more. The official rationale for OLANG is that the new system will increase accessibility to postsecondary education for students who, owing to economic reasons, have chosen not to attend.

A recent Canadian Magazine article, entitled “The Real Cost of College - why a.B.A. is a bad investment”, calculated a 4 year degree costs (including foregone earnings) a whopping $42,889. The article goes on to say, “In those 4 and a half years a typical apprentice can earn $40,695. Prof. Norman Eley of the University of British Columbia’s mechanical engineering department points out that this gives the tradesman a $40,000 head start on the university person whose “better earnings potential may not be sufficient inducement

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Student aid junkies know that under the present student aid plan, OSAP, a student could achieve independent status by being in the workforce two years. Or one year in the workforce and three years at school.

Or after four years at school. A tactic often used by student aid stammers involved obtaining a signed letter from one’s parents stating clearly that they had no intention of subsidizing their war.

Under the new plan, the Optional Loan and Need-tested Grant Program (OLANG), you are inextricably attached to the income status of your parents throughout undergraduate and post-graduate education - in other words, until you get a job.

Under OLANG many who qualify as independents under OSAP (and would therefore be entitled to grant money) will now have to apply for assistance using their parents’ income as the indicator of thier financial well-being. The only ways to beat the rap are to get married, in which case your spouse’s income will be considered as part of your own resources, or to work for three years before entering a postsecondary institution, in which case you will be expected to contribute 10 percent of your last year’s income towards the costs of obtaining a higher education.

Outgoing Ontario Council on University Affairs chairman Stefan Depure called this “ending the free ride” for those lucky enough to gain “independent” status under OSAP.

granting of the loan. The pay-asyou-go principle put forward by the committee was defended staunchly in the report: “The committee believes that the interest feature of the loans plan encourages a- responsible approach to debtretirement by both borrowers and lending institutions.”

Previous studies of lifetime earnings have indicated the average university graduate’s lifetime income exceeds the average skilled tradesman’s total by $14,000 to $20,000. Under the OLANGcprogram a university student from an income background of $17,500, where there are two other children in the family would be responsible for all of the costs of his or her education.

The interest feature of the OLANG program means that this student could easily owe in excess of $15,000 for an undergraduate degree. If you add on the costs of a three year professional program the potential amount owed is in excess of $30,000.

Debts of these proportions easily put the skilled tradesman ahead of the university graduate in terms of overall lifetime income. Add to that the fact that business programs prefer to hire community college graduates, and you may start to perceive that the disincentives to obtaining a university education outweigh the incentives, especially for those who grew up in the pragmatic world-view of the working class.

The most distressing aspect of OLANG however, lies in the poDupre’s new deal also means, tentially disastrous effects it mav among other things, big bucks for have on lower-middle income the banks. While students from groups. Appendix F of the student poverty-line families will no longer aid report contains a comparison be required to sign on for a $1,000 between OSAP and OLANG benefits based on net family income. loanbefore receiving grant monies, The table portrays a deceptive case all OLANG loans are interestin which children of families with bearing (rate to be tied to Canada net incomes up to $6,500 receive Savings Bonds) immediately upon more grant monies under the new program. Unfortunately the figures are fixed. The following example indicates the misrepresentation employed by the committee in order to justify its cause.

A three-children family - two attending university and one in high school - whose gross income is $17,500, is defined, under OLANG guidelines, as having a net income of $10,150. OLANG rules stipulate that the parents should contribute 25 percent of their net income towards the support of each child’s university education.

Since our model family has two university age offspring this means the parents must contribute a total of $5,075 or $2,537.50 per child -- an _ unrealistic expectation even for a family with a significantly higher income. Neither student is eligible for grants under OLANG and must therefore borrow the full amount. If neither student found a summer job, then each would have to borrow the $500 expected student contribution to education.

That means a $3,037 loan for each. Interest , payments, inflation and increased costs will cancel out any contributions expected from summerjobs in the ensuing three years so that each of these students will emerge with an education whose cost under OLANG will mean a $15,300 (plus) debt upon entering the job market.

With jobs in scant supply for university graduates, and with interest payments compounding the debt, it is not unfair to suggest that neither a

of these students will choose to attend university.

Under the present OSAP regulations the same family’s net income is calculated to be much lower $7,561, a difference of $2,589.

Under OSAP each would have toborrow $1,000 but they would also be eligible for grants. Instead of being required to contribute $2,537 per child (OLANG), the parents would be expected to give $704 per child (OSAP). If one studentd were a second year undergraduate female, she would be required to contribute $672 from summer eamings. The government would give her $564 in grant money.

If she hadn’t landed a summer job, then through an appeal she would receive an additional interest free loan of $672.

The other model student is a first year science undergraduate male.

Although he is expected to contribute $384 towards costs, he too could receive an interest-free loan for this amount through appeal procedures.

His grant entitlement under OSAP would be $852. Under OSAP the most he could owe after four years is $6,884.

Under OLANG his debt will jump to $15,300.

The previous example nicely il- I lustrates bureaucratic blindness at its worst. By ignoring the number of children in the family, OLANG regulations inflate the net income of the family so- as to render the children ineligible for government assistance.

Under OSAP the part nts were expected to contribute a total of $1,408; under OLANG $5,075. Imagine a family unlucky enough to have three university age children; under OLANG four such siblings would be expected by the government to eat up 100 percent of their parents’ income. Hardly an ‘equitable’ situation.

But the unfairness of the OLANG proposals exceeds the comparisons herein contained.

Under OSAP a student is freed from parental income levels after 4 years in the system.

After four years a student can qualify for government assistance as an independent under the present system.

OLANG stipulates that a student is tied to parental income throughout the post-secondary educational experience, thus penalizing individuals and families to a degree unprecedented in Canadian educational aid schemes.

Since 1971-72 the Ministry of Colleges and Universities has returned to the Treasury Board $29.29 million in unspent OSAP funds -that is, they have managed not to spend $29.29 million in funds allocated for the needs of students in the province.

Under OLANG the province could spend even less on needy students.

When one examines the broad terms of reference given to the Interim Committee on Financial Assistance for Students, it becomes apparent how little the committee accomplished.

In determining the formula for grants based on financial need versus allowable costs, committee members chose to accept the allowable living costs presently specified under OSAP. For several years the OSAP living allowance has been pegged to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) instead of the Student Price Index.

Under the CPI, 43 percent of the “average consumer’s” expendi-

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tures are assigned to food and shelter, while 57 percent are assigned to all other costs of living combined.

Under the OSAP living allowance, 80 percent of costs faced by students are assigned to food and shelter, while 20 percent are assigned to other costs of living. Because of this weighting the student price index increases exceed the consumer price index. Last year the difference between the bare minimum needed by a student (in the Toronto centre region) and the actual OSAP allowance was $352.76. The year before it was $429.94.

The committee had ample time (two years) in which to research and answer the following questions: What percentage of the population with low family incomes will they be helping to attend college?

How many thousands of students will be cut off from grant monies as a result of the proposed changes in the assistance program?

What is the propensity to incur debt in the various income groups directly affected by the switchover from OSAP to OLANG? How have these income groups been affected by the loss of real earning power

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resulting from the inflationary spiral of the last five years? Will the vastly increased debts for lower middle income students act as a disincentive to attending postsecondary institutions?

Will such interest-accruing debts substantially increase the default rate on educational loans? Giving the prevailing employment conditions can such debts be paid over a period of time in such a way as not to undermine the standard of living for university and college graduates trying to raise families? If loan debts are to be substantially increased, then what kind of repayment plans will be available? The committee seems not to have bothered with such piddling details.

Finally, the government made a severe mistake in appointing a committee whose members would only recommend changes they thought the government would be likely to accept.

As outgoing Chairman of The Ontario Committee on University Affairs, Stefan Dupre is a past master at pleasing the Minister - he’s also looking for a new job, and therefore not likely to offend his employers.

The other co-chairman of the committee, Norman Sisis, is Dupre’s counter-

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Students hitfr’ng jobless fines .

Students may find this summer’s job market lean, to say the least.

Just how lean it will be is difficult to tell right now. With the entire economy performing fiscal gymnastics, the outlook seems bleak.

An omen perhaps, of the extent of the problem, is the lack of information available of government offices concerning this problem.

The Unemployment Insurance Commission’s offices on Duke street, was unable to provide any statistical information on student unemployment for the past year other than that the unemployment rate for university students is approximately two and a half times the national rate.

One civil servant who was able to give some sketchy information on the student employment situation.

He informed me that “approximately 700.000 students will be looking for jobs” this summer in what he called a “tight job market”.

He was not able to say how many of those students would be expected to find work, or how many will be looking for jobs in the K-W area.

Also, he didn’t know the rational behind the discontinuation of the student unemployment statistics by the federal government.

Last summer the federal government changed its method of collecting and recording statistics, in the process eliminating the special figures on student unemployment.

Karen Taylor of the Temporary Student Manpower Center said in an interview that the center found jobs, either full or part-time, “for 4,804 students who registered with the center last summer.”

Taylor didn’t have the figures on how many students had registered last year, and hadn’t “been able to count how many people have applied this year so far”. She said that it would be “really good to register as soon as you can”.

“Their center operates as a service to both employers and students who register. We try to match employment needs with the manpower available.”

“In addition to local employment we also have information on government projects here at the center. In particular, there’s Experience 77 (run by the Ontario government) and a number of federal programs, like the Young Canada Works program.”

Taylor added that “once a student gets a summer job in one place, they often return there the next summer, though there’s always new kids coming up.”

The Student Manpower Center is located at 29 Duke St. in Kitchener, though it will be moving to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Queen and Weber, on April 4. The current phone number is 579- 1550, after April 4 it will be 742-5866.

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part - Chairman of Council of Regents for Community Colleges.

This long-time bureaucratic servant and former shop teacher blundered through a belated defense of the committee’s findings with the following racist comment: “There is some suspicion that somehow we’ve come out on the hymie side. If you want what is in your view more generous terms, that is to say if you want us to spend $200 million instead of $50 million, then you are simply saying spend

more money, a point of view that is and with very little direction. far removed from the realities of Dupre tried to defend the the present overall budget.” philosophy of OLANG at the In any event the government is Queen’s Park conference: “ To me not likely to implement a program . there comes a point where I have to that would alienate many of its bite the bullet for public resources lower-middle income supporters that are relatively limited. I have to just so that low-income students. make my choice.

Who are you may obtain a chiefly grant-financed going to help more?”

Unfortupost-secondary education.

Nor is nately Dupre’s particular choice the Ministry likely to strike another means that more are to be helped committee; the net result is that the less. When men like Dupre bite the student assistance programs will be bullet, the rest of the province gets allowed to drift, without planning lead poisoning. \

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St. Jerome’s continued to avoid them and the game ended, St. Jerome’s 53, Tiny Toddlers 45.

The game was sown on strategic and consistent offence against the Toddlers’ strong defence.

At no time did St. Jerome’s panic and lose control.

It was this consistency that won for St. Jerome’s both B league and A league championships.

In B league final, St. Jerome’s B defeated the Mists 47-40. The Mists, relatively unknown throughout the season, came on strong in the playoffs and nearly upset the favoured St. Jerome’s squad. The Mists committed many turnovers and bad passes in the Iirst half and came out down, 25- 13.

With a stronger effort in the 2nd half, the Mists tied the score at 38-38 with 8 minutes left, but St. Jerome’s applied enough pressure in the remaining time and came away with the win. Matt Wever had 9 points for the winners. Lauri Williams, a standout all season for the Mists, had 10 points.

Summary of Men’s Competitive Basketball This term’s men’s basketball league comprised 56 teams and over 450 players.

The quality of basketball ranged from pick-up to well-above average. A number of ex-junior varsity players kept the quality excellent. There wasalso a championship team in the “B” league play. The Chinese Students Association travelled to Toronto to win a Chinese Student Tournament for the second year in a row.

League play was not without upsets as not one of the four undefeated teams failed to reach the finals. Both “A” league division champions, the Summer Rats and Waterloo Wizards, were eliminated in their first games. “B” league had some excellent competition in the finals.

A number of teams with a weaker season record, upset over alleged verbal abuse of the referees, should perhaps stop and--consider just what they would do if they were in the officials’ position. This year’s group of officials, headed by Doug Richard, were more than satisfactory.

Thanks also go out to the players who play the game for enjoyment and recognize the game as simply that - a game. They are the ones who tell the winning opponents they played will and shake the official’s hand, they are the very best in the league and make all the effort worthwhile.

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money’s worth! The match proved to be one of the most exciting of the season. In the opening minutes of the game, it appeared that Bad Company was going to run away with the game. They kept the puck in West’s end for the first five minutes of the game and only the’magical work of Dave Henning in the West goal kept Bad Company off the scoreboard.

Play evened out in the second half of the first period and each team enjoyed numerous scoring opportunities which kept the crowd on edge. Bert Keene had the best chance for West by virtue of a breakaway, but Bubnick came up big in the Bad Company net to stop the drive. Bad Company had the closest opportunity of the period when Bruce Warkus hit the post on a two man break. The first period ended without any scoring by either side, and after a short intermission the second period got underway .

Bert Keene proved to be the hero for West by scoring three times in the final frame to win the game for West Alumni.

Bruce Warkus of Bad Company opened the scoring at 1:45 of the second period, but one minute later Ted Sanders sent Keene in alone on Bubnick, and this time Burt made no mistake as he picked the bottom left hand corner to tie the game.

Bad Company regained the lead at 14:30 of the second period when Craig MacLeod scored on assists from Bob Ballantyne and Teminski.

Bad Company’s 2-l lead only lasted for one minute as Bert Keene sailed in unassisted and tied the game for West. Two minutes later Keene sent the crowd into a frenzy as he scored his third goal of the game to seal the victory for West Alumni.

At the end of the match, the crowd poured onto the ice to congratulate Keene, who was voted the most outstanding player of the game.

Men’s Compeiitive Basketball “A” League: In a fitting climax to a term of well played basketball, St. Jerome’s breezed by the Tiny Toddlers for the Men’s IM A League Championship.

In an excellent first half, the lead changed several times and the crowd looked forward to a close finish.

St. Jerome’s managed to edge ahead, and the half ended 25-31 in their favour.

The second half was an entirely Broomball Tournament ‘different game. The Toddlers lost The Whiz Kids won the shoe the ball repeatedly and were unable league championship, defeating to rebound against St. Jerome’s tall Renison 1-O. In the consolation forward, Shaw . shoe league game, the Hot Dogs, The lead steadily climbed as the led by “Scrooge”, defeated Thee Toddlers were unable to sink an Team in overtime I-O. In the nonoutside shot. The ball handling of shoe league, Co-op defeated the Walker brought them close to key, Wreckers 2-1 in overtime.

St. but no one seemed able to sink a Jerome’s took the consolation shot from outside twelve feet. Fichampionship. nally settling down, the Toddlers Ring Road Relay tried to run their strong offence but Six teams completed the Ring could never quite manage to break Road Relay on Sunday, March 6. horn-e.

The Faculty Joggers won the event Short flashes of brilliant play were shown, as in the-case of an with a time of 35:20. I. Williams had excellent rebound and inside shot the best lap time of 8 minutes 34

by Frank Moskal, but these were seconds. very sporadic.

In sheer desperaUniversity of Waterloo Invitational tion, the Toddlers fouled Curling Tournament Slowikowski and the other guards Sixteen teams representing6 in an attempt to regain the ball, but universities, competed on the

weekend.

Each team played 3-8 , ended games and gained points during each game; 5 points for a win, 1 point for a win, one point per end won, l/2 point for a blank end and l/4 point per rock. Two of UW’s teams swept both honours.

Pat Munro’s team finished first winning the Molson’s Award.

Dave Smith’s team won the President’s Trophy, finishing second.

Women’s Competitive Basketball Tissue Tension?

You bet, as players and coaches alike took the floor to officially begin the final games in the Women’s Intramural Basketball Schedule.

The first game of Monday night’s agenda was the B league clash between Village 2 East B and Co-op.

I must admit that if one were to glance over to the Co-op bench, one would certainly consider the Co-op squad the underdogs. This is simply because of the limited reserves they had to call on - one and the fact that some of the women had somewhat limited experience playing basketball.

On the other hand, there was the Village 2 squad, a well disciplined and experienced team who looked rather impressive and, along with their colourful fan club, seemed to dominate the court. Although Village 2 did not have my verbal support, they could quite easily have influenced the direction of my bet, if only I could have found the local bookie.

As the final score indicates, 15-14 in favour of V2 East B, Co-op did in fact display excellent basketball techniques - most importantly, the desire to hustle in order to stay in the game. One could easily have learned a lesson from that particular game . . . _never underestimate a group of individuals’ determination, if they desire to attain a mutual goal. Village 2 East B is definitely the Women’s B League Champions, and rightfully so, but the Co-op squad deserves mention, for they’re the type of people that makes Intramural activities fun.

For that reason, I applaud both teams for their excellent presentation of Intramural basketball.

The evening included the final games for both men’s and women’s basketball leagues, but the game I’d been waiting for had Village 2 East meeting the West Wildcats.

To be honest, I took Village 2 East to triumph over the Wildcats, but my major concern was- to have a good, entertaining game.

Entertaining it was, and quick, almost to the point where I was getting exhausted sitting beside Sally.

Nevertheless, the final score was 23- 15 in favour of the Wildcats.

The game was balanced until the Wildcats began pressing near the end, which may be responsible for the wide gap in points. Once again, the final scores were V2 East B - “B” League Champions West Wildcats - “A” League Champions.

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The first one-act play presented is “Good God Darling, Not in the Nude”. In it, Clarissa, scandalizes her husband, Ventroux, by wearing her nightgown during the day and exposing herself to her ,son. She scoffs at these social taboos while her husband worries about how this will affect his career as a member of parliament.

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Ingrid Boulting gives a wood performance in the female leading role. This disappointment is eclipsed only by the underwhelming acting of Theresa Russell.

She comes across as a sexy automaton in her role as the daughter of the boss, Robert Mitchum.

Robert diNiro never has a chance as the tough, business-like producer in a big movie studio. The part is so thin and the dialogue so predictable that diNiro is restricted to no more than three facial expressions throughout the film.

Elia Kazan’s uninspired directing adds to the feeling of general fatigue with which the viewer leaves the theatre.

Of several priceless gems of conversation, the line before the longanticipated, dramatic sex sequence is the most memorable.

Kathleen (Ingrid Boulting), finally succumbs and breathes the immortal words “This wasn’t my idea”.

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The second play is a classic mix of opening and shutting doors, fickle women, class confrontation and, as always, the frustrated husL,,,A UQ11U. Toudoux tries his best to comfort his pregnant wife, Leonie, but she finds fault with everything he does.

Her mother arrives and his woe is magnified.

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The surprising twist near the end leads to the hectic final scene where the characters are still preoccupied with such trivial objects as chamber pots and macaroni.

Applause is due to the entire cast for a fine effort in creating some moments of genuine hilarity.

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Mozart requiem Classical music performed, and welcomed, with feeling: I heard, saw and felt it flourishing gently and powerfully in last week’s choir-orchestral concert.

U.W. brass quintet opened things up with mellow and cheerful, sometimes crisp Jean Joseph Bouree, ragtime and jocularly recycled nursery rhyme. They were more cordially received by a relaxed and serious audience who comfortably filled the theatre of the arts.

Theconcert band gave us some of Handel’s Royal Fireworks Music, with a very solidly-placed sentiment for the music which the audience seemed to sense and share. For example in the first movement, despite overbearing trumpets on the double fortes, a serene and majestic atmosphere was created by concert director Alfred Kunz’s careful molding of dynamics.

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The Mozart Requiem, sung and played by U.W. concert choir and orchestra, with soloists -the musical manna which drew this and other hungry listeners? I would like to share that satisfaction with you next week. Space has run out in this week’s pages of the belt-tightened - but free - chevron.

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Bruce Cockburn, the master At thirty-one, Bruce Cockburn’s musical reputation is firmly anchored and he has a significant following of faithful fans.

Cockburn is a songwriter, musician and singer par excellence who easily captivates folk music buffs with the tasteful artistry of his albums and his intimate live performances.

His first album, unimaginatively titled “Bruce Cockburn”, was released in 1970 and immediately won over the music critics.

Time Magazine, in its Canadian days, toasted Cockburn by calling him “the best folk singer to emerge in Canada since Neil Young”.

That was seven years ago.

Cockburn has since released six more albums. His last two, “Joy Will Find a Way” and “In The Falling Dark-“, are considered particularly praiseworthy.

Cockburn has sold over a third of a million albums, 70% of them to his fellow Canadians, and has won three Juno Awards for Canadian Folk Singer of the Year. Numerous artists, including Tom Rush, Valdy and Anne Murray, have recorded his material. Now Cockburn is on his fourth national tour to bring his music to people tired of AM, punk rock and other bemoanable forms of musical expression.

Cockburn was born in Ottawa in 1945 and still calls that city his home. He had a fairly ordinary musical beginning, but it turned into something promising during his two years of study at the Burklee School of Music in Boston.

After spending a few months as a street musician in Europe, he returned home and worked his way through a number of local Ottawa bands, having some success in the late 60’s with a group called Children.

His career broke out of the doldrums,when he recorded his first album.

Cockburn has described his path to a musical career as a search beginning in his adolescence, “when you’re looking for anything to do other than that which you’re comhas admitpelled to do’ ’ . Cockburn ted to wanting to be like Elvis Presley. His parents were somewhat concerned when he adopted sideburns and a leather jacket, but in the end they helped to guide him towards a more traditional musical education.

Today Cockburn seems to avoid pushing himself for the quick dollar. He has opted for a more relaxed, minstrel style of travel and performance which allows him a fair bit of time-out between shows to travel the countryside with his wife, Kitty, and their dog, Aroo.

Cockbum’s music is somewhat difficult to define. One cannot easily slip his works into the category of folk or country music. Cockbum, although he admits to being greatly influenced by jazz, doesn’t consider his works to be jazz. In fact, on one occasion he said that he had never thought of himself as a folk singer.

Whatever the definition, there are a number of key qualities of Cockbum’s works which merit particular attention.

For one, Cockbum’s tone is supremely quiet and peaceful.

His songs are uplifting, thoughtful and euphoric.

Cockburn refuses to demean or have contempt for his listeners.

His songs have a strong

aesthetic intent which makes him one of the most likeable songwriters one could choose to listen to.

Cockburn’s lyrics, while sometimes obscure, are certainly not meaningless.

As one critic put it: “Although some of his poetry demands concentration, none of it is designed to hoodwink the listener.

Cockbum possesses a lyrical integrity which forbids putting one on”.

His lyrics paint images that are deeply rooted in nature; sea, stars, the countryside, and “an eagle seen against the sun”. Cockburn uses nature to draw out peaceinstilling words which inspire caring and understanding.

Many of his more recent songs contain stronger religious influences than his previous works. An example is “Lament for The Last Days” from “Joy” : Oh Satan, take thy cup away I’ll not drink your wine today I’ll reach for the chalice on Jesus’ table Cockburn is not shy about introducing his faith into his work. “I just feel it’s a fantastic thing. I just want to share it”.

Cockburn has delved deftly into the field of protest songs as well, but his are much more soft-spoken than traditional songs of dissent.

His superb number “Burn”, from “Joy”, is a biting, calypso-style satire of big-brother America: Phillipines was yesterday Santiago and Greece today How would they ever make the late news pay If they didn’t have the CIA “Gavin’s Woodpile”, from “In The Falling Dark”, is a sharp criticism of an uncaring bureaucratic government in the light of Reed Paper’s activities in northern Ontario and the mercury poisoning of the native people.

Putting lyrics aside, Cockburn’s musical abilities leave little to be desired. His songs have intriguing melodies -once begun, they seem capable of perpetual motion, yet he always finds suitable ways of bringing them to logical conclusions.

The melodies have the right combination of craftsmanship and musical ‘hooks to lull you into loving them. The background female VOCFor The Last als in “Lament Drop” are haunting and unforgetable.

Lately, Cockburn, has been showing touches of African influences in his melodies. “Joy” and “I’m Gonna Fly Someday”, the title track from “Falling Dark” show the positive results.

Cockburn’s strongest point is his skill with the acoustical guitar. It is no exaggeration to say that Cockburn sounds better tuning up than many guitarists sound playing. As one critic summed it up: “He has the sort of skill which would command the respect of the best Nashville pickers and highly disciplined guitarists alike”.

As well as being expert on the acoustical guitar, Cockburn can play half a dozen other instruments with ease.

Bruce Cockburn’s concerts are a special treat for his fans.

Cockburn’s live performances are almost a living room event. His whole approach towards performing is to establish an intimite camaraderie between himself and his audience.

In contrast to McLauchlan’s more agressive

style, Cockburn wins an audience over with his soft and subtle ways.

His current concert tour is expected to be his most successful ever, and some of his shows will be in Quebec, which is a first for him.

As a side note, Cockbum’s latest albums have included bilingual lyric sheets, and Vagabondage, a French number from his latest album, is expected to be released in Quebec as a single.

All in all, Cockburn has never aspired to the big time. His endeavours are aimed at an audience that appreciates his style of meaningful, masterful and tout hing music, not the mass market that consumes the thin offerings of a host of lesser talents.

Cockburn has found a niche in society which allows him to create music that pleases himself and has a following of fans who appreciate nothing less than excellent music.

Hopefully, Cockburn will continue to grace us with his creations for years to come.

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Bruce Cockburn will preform on Sunday March 20 at 7pm and Monday March 2 7 at 8pm. Both shows will probably be sold out at press time.

Valdy sings the simple Zij?e Valdy was born Valdemar and sincere country singer with the Horsdal, the son of a prosperous raspy voice.

Ottawa photographer of Danish He was particularly loved for his stock. When he dropped out of universion of “Rainmaker”.

During versity to pursue a singing. career the song he would inject a five mihis father didn’t want his son to use nute fantasy about the failure of the family name in such a questiontechnology to stop rain, leading up able occupation.

So, Valdemar to a final chorus in which everyHorsdal dubbed himself “ Valdy ” ._ body took part.

With the passing of the years and One critic, seeing Valdy in his his success in the music world, early days, said almost prophetiValdy’s father has had second cally: “One day very soon he will thoughts.

As Valdy put it: “Refind a record company minus all the cently my father, who just turned hype, so that Canada can have a 80, cameto one of my concerts and reasonable facsimile of one of her it was his way of saying that he better, more peaceful performers”. finally approved of what I’m doing.

Valdy did just that with Haida records, named after a coastal Indian tribe, a company he helped set up. Under this label Valdy recorded his debut album, “Country Man”. The album featured “Rock ‘N’ Roll Song”, “Hello Mr. Record Man” and his excellent rendition of ‘ ‘ Rainmaker’ ’ . The album was a solid success and is presently heading for platinumlevel (100,000 sales). Three sub-sequent albums have achieved Canadian Gold Album status (50,000 copies sold).

The most captivating feature of Valdy is his1 easy-going, plain and simple style. He doesn’t seem contrived, and there’s no hokum or razzamataz.

Valdy, with his Hometown Band, will be at the Physical Activities Complex for an 8pm show on Thursday March 24. Tickets are still available.

I think he is also impressed by what I’m earning. I’d like to start using my last name now .”

Valdy started his musical career playing Irish folk music while attending St. Pats University, He then played in a number of rythmn and blues and rock bands in Ottawa and London..

In 1966 he decided to head west. He ended up working for the city of Victoria, designing sewage and drainage systems. He didn’t get offon that at all, so he headed for a small spread of land “in the hills”.

Valdy started to play a number of west coast spots and made a name for himself as the honest, smooth

On stage he’s friendly, informal and always entertaining.

As a performer Valdy is capable of reproducing the entire feeling of whatever he’s recorded without the aid of extra musicians.

His guitar and voice can be used to orchestrate a tune just as well as spy symphony.

Although he’s on a 60-city cross-Canada tour with the Hometown Band as backup, the most extensive tour ever undertaken by a performer in this country, he can easily perform solo whenever the occasion arises.

After seeing him alone with his guitar at the Greenpeace benefit concert at Habitat-Vancouver last summer, one wonders why he even brings the band along.

Although Valdy tackles environmental issues in an occasional song, such as “Proud To Make A Living’ ’ , which attacks urbanisa-

tion of the countryside, he generally reinains a hopeful-sad idealist, nbt a protest singer.

His basic message is his love for the simple rural life he claims to have discovered, as best summed up in “City Musician” Yes the city musician shows me what I’m missing I’m slower to think up new chords But I won’t get sad ‘bout these things I ain’t had There’s a big hunk of land that I’m headed towards.

Valdy paints the country lifestyle as simple, calm and without worry.

He praises the romantic simplicity of returning to the land.

He eulogizes over the beauty of nature and the wandering life.

He loves the “Simple Life” without “a giant bank account or a name folks rap about”.

While romanticizing is seen as hokey and corny today we’re willing to accept it from Valdy because he seems to be a genuine country singer we can trust - a singer who has a true love for his subject matter, rural Canada.

Perhaps this is why Valdy is loved by many in Canada. Valdy himself admits there are other reasons as well. In his song, “Les Paul”, from the soothing live album ‘ ‘ Family Gathering’ ’ Valdy passes on thanks to the folks at the CRTC. Thank you for your foresight Prerre To get a little bit of homegrown music on the air You might have caused some radio programmers despair But you got our music around and we’ve written the stuff to share Whatever the case, Valdy’s message about the simple country life, although undoubtedly hopelessly trite and romantic to some people, has struck a chord in some people and pleased them in the process.

Valdy will for them remain the pleasing country man who sings relaxing songs.

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point, as I am unable to ascertain a satisfactory explanation from those that I have questioned.

Manny Brykman

Lenihism upheld j Last week’s issue of the “Real” “Chevron” carried a letter by psychology professor Stanislav Reinis entitled “Stalinism Refuted”.

The letter includes some vicious attacks on V.I. Lenin, which warrants an immediate response.

Contrary to Reinis’ assertions, Lenin did not “negate” or “modify” Marxism into a “specifically Russian phenomenon”.

Proceeding from the essence of Marxist theory, Lenin made a number of brilliant discoveries and drew new conclusions that are of decisive importance for the working class and its revolutionary party in the new conditions of the epoch of imperialism and socialist revolution. ‘Lenin pointed out, for example, that ascendant capitalism had become moribund.

In the conditions of imperialism, socialism could - and did - triumph in one country.

(Marx and Engels had discovered the laws of capitalism in its pre-monopoly stage, and concluded that socialist revolution would triumph simultaneously in all or most of the capitalist countries.)

Another example of the creative elaboration of Marxism was Lenin’s discovery of Soviet power as a state form of the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Basing himself on the teachings of Marx and the experience of the October Revolution, Lenin declared: “The proletariat must first overthrow the bourgeoisie and win for itself state power, and then use that state power, that is, the dictatorship of the proletariat, as an instrument of its class for the purpose of winning the sympathy of the majority of the working people.”

To that end, parliaments could be used. (See Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder.)

Until his death in 1924, Lenin strove hard by writing and example to instil communist equality and eradicate the old, deeply ingrained manifestations of social inequality and privilege.

The basis of Lenin’s power and success of the revolution was the class alliance between the peasants and the working class. During Lenin’s period there was collective leadership -discussions and controversy existed, but strict obedience to the final decision was demanded. Lenin stressed Party loyalty and spirit but feared bureacratization and control of the state by a party elite.

Only after his death was Lenin recognized as a leader of leaders. Personal humility and simplicity, readiness to admit mistakes, and above all total freedom from personal ambition will always be associated with Lenin’s name.

V. Mills

What is. this ‘free ‘?

RE. the name of your newspaper, the free chevron; to what does the “free” refer?

Is it the freedom of your staff to constantly ignore the wishes of the students: the freedom of a radical political group to barricade itself in the cellar of the campus centre: the freedom of the staff to deny the printing of opposing political opinion: the freedom of the staff and supporters to assault those not considered friendly, both physically and verbally; the freedom to continually disrupt council meetings through continuous attempts to monopolize the time of that bod;y; the freedom to continually defy legal process: the freedom of the staff to report the side of events that are favourable to their position, ignoring any others: the freedom to refuse to allow the organization to which they are a member paper the opportunity to inquire into the events surrounding the current conflict; or the freedom to weekly clutter the UW campus with twelve to sixteen pages of unmitigated bullshit? I would respectfully request a speedy reply on this

ical brutality and sophisticated psychologi* cal weapons of the SAVAK secret police. It has been translated and published in English by the London based Iran Committee under the title “Torture and Resistance in Iran: The free and genuine chevrics are the ones Memories of the Woman Guerrilla A. Defighting for freedom of the press - freedom hghani. ’ ’ from reactionaries (perpetratorts \of antiMarzieh Ahmadi Oscooi, a revolutionary democracy) who insist upon occupying the writer, poet and teacher, was born in afarmfederation office and publishing scab newspapers (such as Other Voice, Real Chevron, ing family. Being poor, she started working and Bullseye)! when she was still achild and as such learned lettitor a lot about the plight of the Iranian toiling masses. Comrade Marzieh, who worked as a teacher for a time, then joined a small revolutionary group and finally joined the OIPFG. Late in 1975, she fought a heroic battle against the Shah’s secret police in which she was finally martyred for the cause of the Iranian toiling masses, in the course of armed struggle, under the red banner of the On March 8th, 1908, thousands of working Organization of Iranian People’ s Fedayee women demonstrated against unequal workGuerrillas. ing conditions and demanded equal rights These are just a few of the many women with men. Two years later, in the memory of who have been martyred or are fighting for these struggles, 8 of March was called Interthe revolutionary movement. national Women’s Day, and is currently I .S.A.-K-W celebrated by all progressive and revolutionary forces of the world.

Participation of thousands of working women as freedom-fighters in the revolutionary movements of-the world and their heroic fight against class oppression and foreign domi nation has removed many obs- - w---tacles and paved the road to equality of men and women.

Dozens of Kitchener-Waterloo cab drivInternational Women’s Day is a token ers are ripped off every day. The surprising showing of invincibility and an-augury of the thing about this is is the ripping off is not great future which lies before liberation done by criminals such as those who operate movements of the working class. in Toronto (small-time thugs out to make a Iranian women have a long and glorious quick dollar), but by other drivers, those history in the Iranian people’s struggle who own their cars and employ the victims against class oppression.

This struggle has as extra drivers. reached a new turning point in the formation j - There are two types of cab drivers in any of revolutionary organizations and the intown. One group owns their cars, and drive ception of armed struggle. full-time for a living. The other group conThe Shah of Iran not only makes use of sists of people who, while possessing valid extensive brutality against the people of the cab driving licences, have not been able to country, but also does his utmost to obscure front the $10,000 necessary to buy a the very existence of their struggle by conlicensed cab from another owner. These feltrolling all forms 0 f the news media. lows (and women, as well) pay a cab owner a Hence, it is not surprising to understand that certain percentage of their take for the use of his twin sister and his wife, two of the the owner’s cab. In K.W., the cab owner most hated women in Iran, are “representkeeps 6% of what his alternate driver brings ing” Iranian women, while the true repin during a shift. This is an exorbitant rate, resentatives are to be found among the hunand the cab business in this city knows it. dreds of women freedom-fighters who are A’Toronto cab driver often will start out sacrificing their lives for the interests of the splitting his take 50-50 with whoever owns masses, for peace and liberty and to builda his cab, be it a large fleet such as Co-op, better society.

Metro or Diamond, or a private individual.

These are some of the women who have Once he has acquired a bit of expertise at his played a key role in revolutionary organizajob, and has begun to know the ropes a bit tions such as the Organization of Iranian better, he will usually start to work on what People’s Fedayee Guerrillas (OIPFG) and is known as a “deal” basis, whereby he will the Organization of Mojahadeen of the Peopay the owner a flat rate for the car, buy his ple of Iran (OMPI). own gasoline and keep the remainder.

The Fatemeh Saidi Shayegan (OIPFG), in most that any cab company charges for a 1973, after the martyrdom of her son, Iranian 12-hour shift is $30, and this is for a Friday revolutionary Nader Shayegan, joined the night when a driver can’t help but bring in revolution with her other sons aged 11 and more than $150 worth of business. The aver13. Later that same year she was arrested age Toronto cabbie can make over $100 on a and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. good night such as Friday or Saturday.

A Comrade Mother, now 53, was brutally torKitchener driver who brings in $150 keeps tured by the criminal secret police to the only $60 of his take. extent that her arms were both paralysed.

Cab owners in this town are quick to try In 1976, Comrade Mother was awarded an and justify their charging the 6%, citing high Honourary Membership of the Academic costs of maintenance and insurance as the Community, a symbol of the resistance and main reasons for their doing so. This excuse struggle against fascism and dictatorship in seems thin, though, when viewed in the light Iran, by the office of the Chaplain of Johns of the fact that insurance rates in Toronto Hopkins University, the Student Governhave risen dramatically in the last few years, ment Association of Morgan State Univerdue to the takeover of the taxi insurance sity, Coppin State College, and Goucher business

by Pafco Insurance Company.

College, at the Joint Session of American Rates in Toronto are now $1500 per cab per Communities to support political prisoners year, and they are steadily rising.

The cost of in Iran, in Baltimore. oil and repairs in Toronto is no less than in Ashraf Dehghani, 27, daughter of a politithis city. If a car is equipped with a radio, it cally conscious, poor working class family, will cost a driver a further $1200 per year for is a fighting member of the OIPFG. In 1971, the dispatch service. Yet some Toronto cab shortly after the OIPFG took up arms against owners charge their drivers as little as $23 the U.S.-based Shah Reza Pahlavi dictatorper shift, and still manage to cover their exship, she was arrested and subjected to repenses and show a profit as well. peated torture. She revealed nothing and in March 1973 made a daring escape from Qasr Kitchener-Waterloo may be a nice little prison in Tehran. town to live in, but when you’re a cab driver Comrade Dehghani kept a journal in struggling to make a dollar, it’s just one big prison and has recently compiled her notes obstacle. One driver in a K. W. cab reported into a book which sums up the revolutionary that he waslucky if he made an average of lessons she drew from her experiences.

The $2.00 per hour on a weeknight.

This reporter work focuses on the political understanding drove cab in Toronto full-time for three required to withstand both the extreme physyears before he moved to Waterloo, and sel-

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dom made less than $5.00 per hour during a shift.

If you should happen to take a cab anywhere in this town, be sure to tip the driver well. He probably needs it. If he owns the cab, don’t bother. He’ll make it back in spades once his night driver cashes in.

Art Muystra

For Israel3 existence.

The issue of Israel is indeed a much debated topic. Through all of the accusations & counter-accusations it is very difficult to determine what is fact and what is fiction. Both sides of the argument have valid points which need to be heard. However, antiIsrael groups, especially since the UN resolution equating Zionism with fascism, unbendingly are calling for the dissolution of Israel.

To call for this dissolution does not, and will not, help solve the underlying cause for the origination and growth of Zionism. Zionism grew as a national liberation movement of Jews in Europe in the 1800’s. To ignore the reasons why Zionism was originated is to ignore some very basic principles of history.

The lesson that history teaches is that it cannot tell us what will happen next but only how people tend to react. It is vain to expect logic - that is to say, a reasoned appreciation of enlightened self-interest - to determine the course of events. Since human behavior is not logical, history cannot be.

Rational thought tells us that the elimination or permanent weakness of Israel would restore the happy days of cheap oil or everlasting peace in the Middle-East.

Nevertheless the feeling grows that if only the Jews of Israel would go away, and the Jews of North America would stop supporting them, the oil problem, the Palestinian Problem, and the threat of war, would vanish. It is interesting to note that before the formation of Israel it was considered by’ the Arabs to be antinationalist to call oneself a Palestinian. You were a member of the country of your birth (Egyptian, Syrian, Jordanian, etc. 1.

A second principle of history is the futility of appeasement.

The rule of human behaviour here is that yielding to an enemy’s demands does not satisfy them, but by exhibiting a position of weakness, augments them. One merely has to look at Hitler’s march through Europe. Given the Jews’ experience of regained sovereignty and statehood after 2000 years of being other people’s victims, suicide is not now likely to be the Jewish choice.

The situation in the Middle East is not basically a matter of Arabs versus Israel, but a rising, armed suddenly by the discovered power of oil, against the old white dominion.

This could hardly be more pointed than when the Arab-African-Chinese-et cetera bloc at the UN,’ led by an Algerian president of the assembly, welcomed with hono’urs a Palestinian guerrilla leader (Yasir Arafat) ostentatiously wearing a gun holster.

The disappearance of Israel would do nothing to change the movement; Israel is the excuse, not the cause. As always in history, from the Crusaders’ massacres and the black death to the Dreyfus affair, the Czarist pogroms and the Nazis, the Jews have been a distraction for other rages, other tensions and other aims. This brings us to antiSemitism, a human reaction so old and enduring that it can qualify as a historical principle.

Anti-Semitism is independent of its object.

What Jews do or fail to do is not the determinant. The impetus comes out of the needs of the persecutors and a particular political climate. Far from its origins, anti-Semitism endures because of the users it serves.

It is because of these facts that Zionism grew. Today North American Jews have learned that the restored sovereignty of Israel has marked the difference from the past; that-a people without a country were a ghost people and aliens everywhere, that if the continued

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state should be vanquished all Jews become once again vulnerable.

It is because of this that Jews throughout the world support Israel and feel threatened when Israel is threatened.

I must say that I unbendingly support Israel’s right to exist. When Israel’s detractors come to grips with this principle, then there will be peace in the Middle East.

Larry Sheldon

Warrior3 successful The Warriors’ Band (foreign expeditionary force), having returned from Halifax safe and moderately sound, would like to say “Thank-you” to all the Warriors’ basketball fans who gave us moral and financial support. We did our best to expose the rest of the country to some of your enthusiasm for the basketball Warriors and-cheer them on to victory for you. Although the Warriors were unsuccessful in their bid to take the CIAU championship this year we feel that everyone now knows what we have known all along: that the best fans in Canada are found right here in Waterloo!

Thanks once again (see you next year!)

P.S. Everyone will agree, that although the Warriors may be number 3 in the country they still are number 1 in our hearts !

The Warriors’ Band

‘Real’ scab I would like toe put the case for closing down the scabron on the basis that it is run by a small group of inept, anti-democratic scabs, all of whom have their fingers in the federation till. Take, as an example, the scabron of March 1 lth: the perceptive reader will note that this issue contains about 215 column inches of “news” and review, i.e. items apart from letters, lunatic declarations by Larry Smylie or Doug Thompson, and reprints of articles from T.V. Guide.

At least half the news items have no bylines, and are presumably re-writes of press releases. The news items that do have bylines suffer from bad grammar, bias and _ incompleteness.

As an example of the latter two characteristics, the report on the federation council meeting of March 8th mentions neither the ridiculous outburst

by Larry Smylie when his precious motion to investigate the chevron affair was tabled, not the defeat of R.A.G. White’s challenge of the chair. The latter incident demonstrates that the federation council at last has an intelligent speaker who does not rely on Robert’s Rules of Order to make decisions for him, but this good news goes unreported in the scabron for fear of embarrassing White. As an example of atrocious grammar, try parsing the second sentence of the-front page article entitled “Thompson offers Reinstatement”.

Pattijoy Armoogam should use some of her scab pay on a course in remedial composition. And the layout? It hurts my eyes to look at it.

How much does this garbage cost? The four scab editors/writers net $80 per week each (it’s hardly surprising that scabs require remuneration for their services), and if that money is spread over the 215 column inches of material that they managed to scrape up, it works out to $0.18 per line or$0.04 per word.

Compare this with the free chevron of March 1lth: in this twelve page issue (the scabron had sixteen), our perceptive reader will find 340 column inches of news and review. Only a few sports reports were without bylines, the remainder of the items being original material.

Had the free chevron been its ususal sixteen pages (Thompson’s “proposal” trick to disrupt production won’t work again), and had the $320 for the week been paid to the production manager and news editor, the

be well under $0.09 per line. There rests my case that the scabs are inept.

As for the anti-democratic way in which the scabron is run, I was told by Mike Dillon last Friday that scabron staff meetings are closed to people who are “with the free chevron”.

Moral: don’t be seen reading a free chevron if you want to attend a scabroqstaff meeting. When I argued that my three contributions to the scabron (I didn’t get paid for them, but at $0.18 per line I am owed $110) entitled me to attend, Dillon decided that the meeting was over. Oh well, what can you expect from a scab? . Nick Redding

Three real stroyers

and produce a newspaper that’s technically qualitatively excellent, one can still get one’s ideas across if one only has a minimum of the requisite skills.

And, the other thing about university papers. . . they are done at universities.

Universities used to be considered to be the most open places in a society, places where independent thought was taught, encouraged. They were bastions of freedom of inquiry, of the freedoms of speech and research. (Of course, these things change, especially in the twentieth century, with your mass media and mass opinion and action on issues.)

So I start to really wonder when there are strong reactionary trends against certain lines of thought in the universities of the place where I live (where my public school education taught me such concepts as honour, integrity, truth, honesty. . . ).

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people will win. It would, however, be very bad if all dissent were to be stifled for a long time. . . it would be, as they say, a severe setback.

I trust the students of UW and Canada (especially Quebec) will not be fooled by all the propaganda against progressive ideas.

I believe that there are many principled people, honest (if confused sometimes) people, people with integrity, on the campuses of Canada. They will rise up in defense of right, of people’s rights. Hopefully they won’t be too slow about it.

Charlotte von Bezold

Recognise democracy!

It would seem to me that the universities Whereas, Doug Thompson and a number are the places that sould be fighting repressive ideas and actions based on them. . . of past and present student council members and federation executive members assemsince we are the ‘future leaders of our counbled themselves into a small mob and attry’. Does the university population just On the evening of March 14, Manny tacked the chevron offices on Sunday evenwant comfortable job training?

There are ing February 27, 1977 dragging out two Brykman, Bruce Burton, and John Tromp less and less jobs for graduates every year. members of the staff and locking the doors entered the free chevron office to show us a (If the Stephen Coates article on computer picture which they had brought down from behind them: courses (scabron) is any indication, this whereas, Doug Thompson has no manthe “real” chevron office. It was abusive would seem to be true.) That’s very wrong, I date for the use of violence on campus; without a doubt and such a gibe the staff took think. whereas, the chevron believed they were without incident. What bothered me, howUniversities should be places where there at that time negotiating in “good faith” with ever, was that moments after they had left is a free exchange of ideas, where no one president, Doug Thompson; the office, apples were found crushed and should be afraid to say what she thinks. . . the federation whereas, the Supreme Court decision of smeared on the steps of the free chevron about anything. And there should be vigourthree weeks ago ruled against the temporary office. They should have known that such ous debate on all ideas that come up. And injunction for removal of the chevron staff actions only give the janitors more work. people should do research and develop ways from the chevron offices sought by the fedMost important of all is that the wilful deof dealing with problems that they experieration executive; struction of food is against all the laws of ence or situations that could be changed, whereas, this action sets a precedent on nature. improved.

Winston Ya-Tzu Smith this campus for students acting violently toThe papers of university people, from Columbia Lake wards other students; term papers to newspapers, should encourwhereas, the students on this campus have age and stimulate this thought, this debate. respect for the democratic principle of due Instead, it seems that there is a movement process ; to stifle and suppress ‘any ideas which are we condemn the strong armed tactics used different from, and threaten, those of the

by Doug Thompson and this gang and we status quo. Also, the conditioning has been oppose any use of violence by federation so long-standing and thorough (and conrepresentatives against students.

We detradictory) that most (if not all) “commie” -Imand reassurances from Doug Thompson haters have never even read the that he will no longer use or support actions a small speculative idea.. . philosophers of this system, have not invessimiliar to those taken Sunday evening. Nor I’ve been watching TV most evenings in tigated for themselves what’s so ‘bad’ about do we condone any such actions by any it. They would, I think, be quite surprised, the past week. I do that - watch TV, read other person on campus. especially by Mao’ s writings.

Playboy and Cosmopolitan, about once a We demand that the federation represento see where the enemy’s at.

Instead, they take the easy way out, beyear -just tatives recognize the democratic principle of lieving their teachers’ words.

After all, It got me to thinking about the chevron due process in all future dealings with the what’s the difference in form, between readstruggle, in a sort of particular way. That is, I free chevron. ing Mao and using his writings as a basis for noticed that the largest amount of content, Signed by Karen Mills and 13 others working and living, and using the Bible? On most especially the commercials, but also mere consistency, Mao has it way over the news coverage and programming, propaReminder: Letters must be typed, Bible (although, as a whole, Christ seems to gates and perpetuates ‘bourgeois ideology’. double spaced,ton a 32 or 64 characbe in agreement with Mao in the basics).

By this, I mean the ‘philosophy’ of the ter line and should be less than 1200 Do you all want to end up like in Orwell’s bourgeoisie - the rich. words. Anonymous letters will not be 1984? Winston Smith was completely supprinted, but psuedonyms or organizapressed, through entrapment and torture, to Buy this, act like this, look like that. If you tional names will be run if we are prodeny all his own thoughts. . . to deny even don’t, the implication is that you’re weird . . . vided with the real name of the author. his love. They had only one TV set (in each not necessarily in a dangerous way, but home and public places) with one channel, that’s easy to step to. . . different, other, is which they could only make quieter, but dangerous.

A threat to the status quo. (I never turn off. Having a personal journal know that this is all extremely obvious to was a crime of major proportions. some thinkers, but if you’ll bear with me. . . ) “Commie” fear and hatred is mostly derived from the allegedly basic fear of the Any way, the rich also own the expensive unknown (eg fear of the dark, where one media (in order of price, no doubt . . . ) If can’t see very well, in many young humans) you’re poor, you can get one TV and see all which is played upon by the ruling class the movies that you couldn’t possibly go to (about as minor a minority of the earth’s for $3 plus every night, in your own home. human population as you can get .) They (the Escape from the boredom and misery of bourgeoisie) need to do this to maintain working in a dull job day after day. (Unitheir own position. From the army to the royal, Budd’s) Pretend (identify with) education system, they have to control it you’re the hero of a show where all the obvi(they also like power). ously bad guys get their’s . . . not like in your So this system suppresses or tries to dislife, where you know you’re being screwed, credit any ideas or systems of ideas that but you think you have no power. might put them out of business (!). But it is not I know, it’s not all like that -- neither on at the really heavy part yet. . . just let the TV nor in real life. But TV is also a big, a students split and fear this large idea (with very big part of most people’s lives (wheQe relatively small numbers, but great energy, there is TV). It is used quite deliberately to of supporters).

The part where the ruling promote the ideas of its owners, the current class gets all control of all the media, so that ruling class. there is no opposition, that’s when it gets So newspapers, more particularly univerreally heavy . . . constant war. And, as we sity newspapers, are quite important, for a have seen in Orwell’s extrapolation, there couple of excellent ‘reasons.

One is that would still be some opposition. ... they’re relatively inexpensive.

Although the And it gets quite bizarre when its supporprice of paper has risen at least a dozen times ters realize that it is a mad system (viz, the in the past three-four years, it’s still the attempted assassination of Hitler by his own easiest way to communicate on a mass basis. generals). -

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I feedback feedbach‘ 1 Board ’ defended The subject of this letter, the proposed by-law establishing a chevron editorial board, will have been voted on three days before this issue is printed, but will have been written prior to that Annual General Meeting. To-set the context right, I suggest that anyone who was not at the’said meeting, get a copy of last week’s free chevron, and read their article ‘ ‘AGM Loaded”.

The proposed by-law will establish an editorial board-to oversee what is printed in the chevron.

(Since the proponents do not specify which chevron, presumably the free one will be reinstated.)

Throughout the chevron affair, the free chevron staffers have constantly demanded a trial before verdict, and repeatedly reminded us that the by-laws were broken when the chevron was closed. Free chevron articles have carried the message; “follow the by-laws”.

At the same time, numerous articles on the subject of presidential power, with the theme; “give the federation back to the students” have been printed. However, when Dave McLellan, and Rob White suggest giving the chevron back to the students, these same people cry foul.

The author of the article, Randy Barkman, states that it (free chevron) is currently under “open-ended staff control (with almost 15,000 students eligible)“.

I would like to know how many of the staffof about 40 are not students?

And while discussing staff, how many of the staff are (i) AIA members? and (ii) AIA sympathizers?

Furthermore, I find their “openendedness” highly questionable.

At the beginning of the term, I submitted an article on “Computers and the Faculty of Science” for publication.

Yet for two months, this article has eluded staff meetings, despite numerous individual staff member assurances that it would be discussed.

Although several excuses have been cited, it must be noted that if .my article were printed, it would be one step towards me becoming a staff member, and being an anti-communist (note: but NOT a fascist, racist etc.) my presence on staff would not be welcomed

by AIA members.

After skipping over the past few articles, I must admit that most of the news in the free chevron is student-oriented, and that their sports coverage is excellent.

However, I also found articles on: The future of China, and EIDC denunciation of the Canadian government, the complaints of an injured worker, Doug Wahlsten’s comments on Lysenko and David Suzuki, “repression” in Latin America, and coverage of two AIA

forums, one of which was planned, but didn’t even take place. All of these articles are (in my opinion) of less student interest than my own article.

More irritating, however is the issue of “democratic” principles, which the free chevron always claims to support.

The proposed by-law changes would be voted on democratically, and would create an editorial board which would be democratically elected by the students, and would itself vote democratically on the content of the chevron.

If this is what the students want, then this is what they should get!

To further investigate the free chevron’s support of democratic principles, I refer readers to a letter by Larry Smylie in the Dec. 3 issue of the free chevron. He refers to a conversation he had with Larry Hannant, who said that he (L.H.) would do everything he could to prevent the free chevron from printing anti-communist articles.

Larry Hannant does not dispute this statement in , his response.

Examination of recent free chevrons will show that he has been successful.

However, is this what the students want? During the last presidential election, the AIA candidate withdrew about two weeks before the election, probably (Salah, correct me if I am wrong) because the AIA couldn’t risk the embarrassment it would suffer if humiliated in defeat. The defeat of left-leaning Mark Wills and Peter Blunden in the elections is further evidence for the lack of student support for the left.

Further examination of the abovementioned response by Larry Hannant turns up the following quote: “This is, a student matter. Let the students decide.‘? Now, he was referring to the issue of having professional journalists on an investigating panel, but the whole chevron affair is a student metter, and should be decided by the students. Although Larry did not write the article I am examining, he is the editor,and the article must have passed a staff vote.

I have already stated how easy it is for the free chevron staff to prevent “nonbelievers” from joining, but there is another reason for having an editorial board. Many students, particularly those in the tougher programs, such as Engineering, Science, Architecture, etc., just don’t have the time to make enough contributions (6) required to become a voting staff member, but still read the paper and help PAY FOR IT, and should have just asmuch control over what is printed and what is not, as students in easier or reduced programs who have the time.

Returning to the article, I object to the labelling of an editorial board as a tens r P

A member of the Canadian Univergity Press, the free chevron is produced and published by the chevron staff and is typeset

by Dumont Press Graphix.

The free chevron is produced from Room 140, Campus Centre, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. issue is brought well, lucky process of elimination me again . . . this week’s very late-todumont to you by: the one and only heather robertson, peter blunden, randy barkman, jules grajower, tom greenwood, dave carter, salah bachir, larry hannant (he’s back!), ernst von bezold, charlotte von bezold, gerard kimmons, scott Sutherland, dougs (goodfellow & hamilton), donna rogers, val moghadam, jayne pollock, marina taitt,> neil docherty (the dishevelled), jonathan coles, mike hazell, Oscar nierstrasz, mark mcguire (if you think his grafix are great, you should see the envelope he sends them in), lorne gershuny, Scott barron, tom cody, diann chapitis, t alex (0, hast thou slain the jabberwock?) beamish, nick redding, rob taylor, the ducks at dumont (who should just love the rain we’ve been getting), rosco bell (who was left out by mistake last week, and after all that support, too). . . and if you think it could be better, just come on down and work on it any time.. . we’re still here all the time-(bring food)cvb.

board. This is exactly what the staff is now, especially when one considers Larry Hannant’s statement about anti-communist articles. The AGM article states that such a board would take away “freedom of the press”. Does this mean freedom of the AIA members and sympathizers to print whatever they want at the students’ expense, or freedom of the press to not be responsible to those who are paying them? What happens to “freedom of the press” when someone submits an anti-communist article, or even a non-political one such as mine?

Supporters of the free chevron have long been calling for reinstatement of the chevron to the situation as it was before Sept. 24, 76.

Having a pile of old chevrons around, I examined them to see what kind of a student newspaper we had then.

The reporting was similar to what we have now; fast, informative, excellent for sports, although news was often biased.

But the features! The July 23 issue was 8 pages long, and four of them were exclusively on Angola! Other features were on: An American Indian leader fearing an FBI investigation into his involvement in a murder incident, Cuban involvement in Angola, Rhodesia (mistakenly called “Zimbabwe”), Union building boycotts in Australia (2 pages), The CLC manifesto and day-ofprotest strategy (2 pages), and a “progressive” (progressive means communist in AIAspeak) view of the directions which science should be taking (3 pages long). It should be noted that all of these features were in the small summer issues. Features in full-length issues have been much longer.

Every one of the above-mentioned features is of marginal interest to students.

When questioned to this effect, one free chevron staff member told me that we students should be interested in such things.

Again, what about democratic principles?

Such statements strongly support Gary Phippard’s observation (the Real chevron, Feb. 25) that “they (the free chevron) support investigation, or any democratic or judicial process, ONLY if they can count on the outcome being in their favour”.

I agree. * I support reinstate-investigate, because it will deal with the chevron problem in accordance with the by-laws, it is democratic, and it is the fastest and most effective method of giving editorial control back to the students.

Once again returning to the article, we notice that a second motion would give editorial control to the board of publications, if the editorial board was “not properly constituted”.

Randy Barkman is more level-headed in his assessment here. Such a by-law would destroy the very purpose of an editorial board. Control of the student newspaper would be held by the federation, and not the students themselves.

So it boils down to this: one motion to take editorial control from the chevron staff and give it to the students (via a democraticallyelected editorial board) and a second motion to take back control and give it to the federation. I support the first one, but oppose the second. Give the chevron back to the students !

Stephen Coates The article you have written has indeed been delayed. This is mainly due to the lack of enthusiasm there was for printing an article that has already been printed in the “real chevron”.

Since your letter was written, staff has reached the conclusion that an update on the article needs to be written.

That you believe in the AIA conspiracy is unfortunate.

All staff would welcome you to the paper and we encourage you to join.

The article on China you mention was an on-campus event attended by about 150 people. The story on Latin America was also an on-campus event as were the AIA forums (all of which have taken place). Further, do you deny Wahlsten a comment concern’ing his field of study (behaviour and genetics)?

Why do you harp on the long political features of the summer issues? The majority of the present chevron staff agrees that these features were of questionable interest to students. As the first three issues in September will show, the chevron was improving.

The student paper should belong to the students. Each student should work to this goal even if he or she merely has the time to give his or her opinion of what a student newspaper should be.

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Below two radio Waterloo staffers explain some of the hazards of parking a car on this campus.

On the morning of Wednesday, March 9, we parked in Lot C, south of University Ave. We found that a security officer had diligently taken down the licence numbers of all cars that had entered illegally, and was going to remove them, as well as any cars that were not properly parked.

Upon further investigation, we found the operator of Active tow truck lo-75 attaching the cable of his power winch to the front bumper of a late model Honda Civic, and proceeding to pull the car out of its spot sideways! The car was locked and resting on dry pavement with its parking brake on. We asked the operator whether this procedure might not harm the automobile, and he ignored us.

We asked the security officer on the scene the same question. His reply was that the operator knew what he was doing. We looked back at the operator of the truck, who by this time had succeeded in pulling the car out and around. Instead of backing up to the car, he continued to drag it along on dry pavement for about ten feet, until it was in a position to be lifted.

We asked the security officer for his name, but he refused to give it.

In order to establish what kind of damage could result from this towing procedure, we contacted the chief mechanic at Kingsway Auto Haus, a local Honda dealer. He confirmed that this could have caused damage to the rear brakes, and that the steering and alignment could be affected. But he said he would have to see the car before determining the extent of any possible damage.

If your car is damaged during towing, you will run into many obstacles in taking Active to court. The risk is high, because if you lose you may not only have to pay court costs, but other damages, if the company files a counter-suit.

Mr. Michael Mollison of Osborne, Mollison, and Boehler, told us that although this did not sound like a normal way to tow a car, the question of whether Active could be found negligent depended on a number of variables.

Much of it depends on the agreement between UW and Active Towing.

We soon found out that the details of this contract are a cherished secret of the administration.

President Burt Matthews said “It is not a matter for the press. . .“.

He also emphasized that in the event of a court case, it would be the towing company and not the university that would be held responsible.

There are other closely guarded secrets. When asked how much is paid by Active to the university for the towing contract, an Active spokesperson said that “I don’t care what kind of story you are doing - it’s none of your business.”

This information is also not available at this time from the UW administration.

Although it would be simple for Active to ascertain the number of cars towed, they will release no figures. If they did, it would be easy to estimate just how lucrative the towing operation is, and this may be the reason why details of the operation are concealed with both anxiety and zeal by all concerned.

It is also difficult to understand why Active Towing will accept only cash in its dealing.

They also refuse to make change, much to the disdain of the folks at Radio Waterloo, next door to the pound.

If you are at all concerned about possible negligent towing procedures, and the secrecy surrounding the relationship between Active Towing, the UW administration, and security, we suggest that you make your indignation known, and demand your right to be informed.

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band wins too!

Athletic awards presented The Athletic Department of the University of Waterloo held its fifteenth annual athletic awards banquet last night at the Concordia Club in Kitchener.

One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of championship awards to UW’s only Canadian championship team of the 1976-77 season, the Warriors’ Swimming and Diving Awards.

The swimmers and divers brought the fourth Canadian championship to the UW campus.

Previous winners of Canadian titles were the hockey Warriors in

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1973-74, the basketball Warriors in 197575, and the swimming and diving Athenas in 1975-76. ’ Another highlight of the evening was the presentation of OUAA championship awards to the UW in recognition of their cagers, championship season in OUAA basketball.

This marks the fourth consecutive season in which the basketball Warriors have taken the OUAA title.

To everyone’s surprise, the major men’s award, “The Totzke Trophy ’ ’ , was not awarded, because there was no recipient.

The

women’s equivalent, “The Dean of Women’s Award”, for the top female athlete , went to Maura Purdon.

Purdon, who was also awarded an Athena silver pin for -outstanding contributions to the women’s athletic program, and the MVP award for volleyball, was recently presented with a Mike Moser Memorial-Bursary.

This award was for her outstanding contribution to extra-curricular activities at UW, combined with an exemplary academic record.

Other silver Athena pins. were

awarded to, Janet Helm and Beth Huether for field hockey, and Maida Murray for swimming.

(Murray has accumulated so many athletic recognition points that she went off the measurement scale.)

Judy Rash received her pin for volleyball, and Val Quirk got her’s for swimming.

The female MVP awards were as follows: Field Hockey Beth Huether Joanne Rowlandson Basketball

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Maura Purdon Maureen Long

Swimming

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The “Director’s Award” top student administrator given to Sue Tupling.

Murphy for the was

The Most Valuable Players on the 11 men’s teams were: Basketball Cross country Dave Irwin Football Duncan Prange GoIf Fred Wilder Hockey Harry Robot k Dave Dyer Rugby Soccer Marcus Klein

Swimming Track Wrestling

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Ron Campbell Boris Jacyszyn Geoffrey Dyson Jeff Mohun Don Mart-in

-Rookies of the year are: Basketball Phil Tamburino Cross country Alan Baigent Howard Saunders Foot ball Phil Fletcher Hockey Don Langlois Soccer Jim Valiant Dave King Rugby Track & Field Rob Town In addition to the awards presented to inter-university athletes, four awards were made in the field of intramural athletics.

The major individual awards, the Robert Allan McCormick Trophy for greatest contribution to intramural administration, and the Judson Whiteside Trophy for the person making the greatest contribution as a competitor, were awarded to Matt Weber and Larry Spriet respectively.

The last major award for student administration, the J.O. Hemphill Award, went to the Warrior Band, the great Warrior noise makers and spirit raisers.

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Notice Job Opportunities Student Assistants available)

in Intramurals -

(4 positions

$250.00 per term to assist generally in the Intramural Program plus performing specific tasks.

Positions Available - for Summer 1977 and/or Fall 1977

The Men’s Pentathlon was one of the feature events of last weeks Tri-Country Meet at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.

Here Canada’s john Gamble of Owen Sound Ont. runs second behind Fred Dixon of the US in the 600 yard of the Pentathlon.

Gamble finished here 3rd with a time of 7 : 75.7, one second behind the winner Dixon.

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WEST ALUMNI WINS HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP “A” League Semi-finals: On March 7, Optometry A and West Alumni met in semi-final action.

The Optometrists were dropped by a 5-2 margin.

March Richer picked up a hat trick for West Alumni and Ted Sanders scored twice to close out the scoring for West. John Kemp scored both Optometry A counters.

In the other A league semi-final, Bad Company shut out St. Jerome’s 2-O. Bruce Warkus and K. Bain scored for Bad Company, while S. Bubnick earned the shutout.

“B” League Semi-finals: Team Alufawhore’s unbeaten season came to an end on March 10, when they were defeated by VI South, 3-2, in the B League semi-finals.

Galt scored twice for the Villagers, while Herridge scored the other South marker. Dave Beason and Rossie Stachuk scored for the Alufaw hores.

In the other B League semi-final, Conrad Grebel lost an overtime decision to the Rockers by a score of 5-4. Robinson, Holroyd, Harris, Thrasher, and Bowes scored for the Rockers.

Robert Lofthouse scored twice for Conrad Grebel, while L. Block and K. Dick picked up one apiece ’ for the Bible Belt Boys.

Finals On Friday, March 11, the A and B League finals got underway with the Rockers meeting Vl South at

2:00 p.m. to decide the B League championship.

The Rockers proved to be the winners with a 3-2 overtime decision.

In regulation time, Handy scored twice for the Rockers, while Bajinski and Galt replied for VI South. Bowes scored, at 9:45 in the overtime period, to win the championship for the Rockers.

The A League final got underway at 3:30 and a partisan crowd was on hand to support the under-

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dog West.Al.umni team who upset Bad Company by a score of 3-2 to decide the title.

The fans certainly got their continued on page 9

1. Aquatics Coordinator: Duties - responsible for the staffing of th’e pool for IM programs and Ret Swim, Instructional programs, outside groups.

- to organize and administrate the Instructional program.

- to prepare a detailed checklist of duties for future reference.

- add your own.

2. Coordinator of Recreational Team Sports - Fall term only Duties - To organize and administrate the Ret Team Sports/term.

- to be responsible for scheduling the leagues and playoffs in each activity .

- to run the organizational meet-

ing for eat h program.

- to keep a regular check on the good order and conduct of each program.

-to prepare a detailed checklist of duties for future reference.

3. Publicity Director - Fall term only Duties - insure that the university is informed about theiM program.

- regular writings in the Gazette, chevron - flyers for each activity - special articles - features, clubs, etc.

- other promotional ideas - displays, half time announcements, special events.

- to prepare a detailed check listof duties for future reference.

- add your own.

Positions are open to all students until Friday, March 18, 1977. Interviews will be held with appropriate candidates the following week.

Apply tramural

through the Men’s Inoffice, room 2040 PAC.

Orient Bowl here in ‘78 The Sport Group of the Chinese Students Association of the University of Waterloo won the allround championship in the annual ‘Orient Bowl’ tournament, organized by the CSA of the University of Toronto, on February 19. Sixteen representative sports groups of CS’s from Ontario and Quebec universities participated in the tournament.

The competitive games are basketball, badminton, and table tennis.

The basketball team of CSA/UW won the basketball championship by outplaying the basketball team of Windsor University.

In the badminton competition, UW came third. As a result, the CSA of UW gains the honour of organizing the ‘Orient Bowl’ of Dianne jones, Canada’s 7976 outstandzing female athlete, shown here jn the shot put event of the Women’s 1978.

Triathlon, finished fifth overall with 2396 pts. jones finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 44 ft. 4.25 in.

- CSA/UW Sports Group a lane Frederick of the US won the shot put and overall event with 2887 pts.