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be not involved. It is imperitive to find and abolish a school of ihought for the. involvement of the sociologist.

Nonparticipation is very dqubtful on - ,the pah of the sociologist.

He pu’blishes his thoughts he is present in the gathering of statistics. I think and fe@ that the very success of the field of sociology depends upon this important. issue. Sociologist I ask you, are you \ involved?

DEAR EDITQR: 1 wish Sam Wagar would go‘ and ctieck. ‘his facts before claiming who is and who ‘is not a mkmber of !he Wayne Moses, Undergrad C:R.G. I refer specifically to the claim that a Mr. White who sits on council, is a C.R.G. member. We do have a member called Alex White who is a Computer Science student. However, when Mr. Wagar referred to White, I believe he was referring to the exFederation speaker R.A.G. White.

Dear Editor; ; R.A.G. White, is not nor ever has been The Ontario Provincial Police have a. member of the C.R.G. If a person quietly “advised” magazine was to claim that he was a member, ’ very distributors that in their opinion the Mr. White and many’members of the April 1977 issue of Penthouse is C.R.G. would-. be very upset at that obscene. rf the magazine is put on claim. I hope Mr. Wagar will in the sale the distributors’ will be charged . future be more cognisant, of the feelings of Mr. White and the C.R.G. In and all copies wilf then be seized.

So Penthouse sits in warehouses. the future, I hope he will no‘t make _---.. ---%rck about the The London Free Press (March krkc-accusations 18) &ported that lO,O,OOO copies of C. R.G. zhe magazine were seized in Mob. \ treal. It is not on Sale in Hull so it J.J. Long seems that the Montreal Police took ~ present chairperson the entire Quebec shipment.

The Campus Reform Group Quebec Provincial Police does not seem’to have been involved. So it appears the Montreal Police have decided that citizens of that great cosmopolitan city, and all other QueI hope my letter to your paper isI becers as well, should not see the accepted with some seriousness.

I April Penthouse, presumably because . walked into Sam’s the other day and . nor. wlfnln ..I’ communiry2. sranaaras. .

I I it.. 1s noticed a newspaper clipping on a The same decision has been made bulletin board inside the store. After ,by the O.P.P. In this case they have reading it I asked one of the stiles made a decision affecting all eight \. clerks where .th’e article came from. million residents of Ontario, by arHe t;gld me it came from th’e U of W bitrarily lumping cities a thousand paper. I assumed he was talking about miles. apart unde; the same comthe ch,evron. munity standards, as defined by the Here is my reply to the a@nce O.P.P. It is interesting to note. that critic, who disgraced your paper and _I _I, 1 orcm.renrme average mommy sales student+. May I have the honour f0 house in Ontario iS about 400,000 do some disgracing now? copies. One is left to wonder ju?t I wonder what upset the person. how the O.P.P. determines communwho wrote that little article about the ity standards. audience at last month’s Genesis conI have personally checked by tele: cert? He entitled his criticism “Dear phone with city police forces in maKitchener.” jor cities in the other eight provinces, This person came on pretty strong non-e of which have provincial police, but pushing his “university-ism”, and they all said the magaz!ine is on sounded ‘no more like a stuck-up sale as usual. So Canadians from creep. I paid $7.25 to see and enjoy Newfoundland to British Columbia Genesis, which I did, not grumble can bLiy the April Penthouse, except about the audience.

Besides. what residents of Ohtario and Quebec. the hell was wrong with the audience?

Apparently our community standards Furthermore, what was all this crap are quite different from the rest of about acting like kids, lack of maturCanada.

At least, so say the O.P.P. ity, and not having respect for Geneand the Montreal Police. This may sis? ‘You’re really too much! Tell me or may not be the first time the O.P.P. about all the maturity at university has tried to suppres$ a magazine in pubs, where you’re all 10-O% mature this manner, but we should certainly uni’ver+ty students.

As for your thoughts . .. invest your s make sure it is the last time.

I am circulating a petition addressmoney in a good stereo system and a , ed to Premier Davis objecting to record collection, and have your own this-arbitrary censor hip by the O.P.P. Genesis concert at home ... maturely. \ of the petition.

U of W Grad There are two versions The first is specifically about thq O.P.P. action regarding the April Penthouse.

The second allows those people who >do not personally approve of Penthouse to voice their objection to tensorship in principle, as well as opSociologists Involved or not In the past the sociologist has been posing the present O.P.P. action. At instructed to not ge? involved but one location in one afternoon in London, 105 people signed the first pe. merely take a view of the situation non-involvement standing tition and 44 signed the second. from a Petition A reads as follows: point.

Ntin-involvement standing means silence and absence of pres- WE STRONGLY O.BJECT to the acence. The greatest sociologist e.g. tion taken by the Ontario Provincial Police-to prevent the sale of thk April Marx and Toinbee never claimed to

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by Canadian Customs officers and b,y an adult magazines . review board. (London Free Press, March 18, 1977, p.8.) \NE DEMAN’D that the O.P.P. agree not 10 file charges against any magazine distributors or retailers, and allow the April Penthouse to go on sale immediately.

IN ADDITION, WE INSIST that the 0. P.P. stop the use of coercion to sup-, press the sale of any magazines. ’ Petition 6 has the same four pare- graphs as A, but has an additional paragraph <at the beginning. It reads: ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT personally approve of Penthouse magaiine, we do believe in the principle of a free press and the right of adults to pur-. chase the magazines of their choice: Petition B in fact makes a stronger statemenrthan A. For it says,that people do n’ot want the police to decide what people can or cannot’ read, , even though they may not personally approve of certain magazines. ’ I suggest that people throughout Ontario . use this petition, or draft similar ones, and send them to ,Premier Davis or the O.P.P. at the addresses given below. Yqu do not need a long list of names. Ask your friends to sign. Circulate the petition at work or school. If you ‘sell magazines or own a bookstore, post a petition in your store. Please ask people- to priht their 6ame and give their address, in addition to signing. Have columns for this purflose. This will make fhe petitions Tuch more effective. , ln,dividual letters may have an even greater impact. Write a brief note to Premier Davis, Queen’s Park, Toronto, M7A 1Al. Or write O.P. P., Commissioner H.H. Graham, 90 Harbour St., Toronto, M5C 1C5.

The central point in this controversy is that the magazine has not been proved obscene.’ The O.P.P. has simply “advised” the distributors that they will be charged if they distribute it. After that it would be up to the courts, not. ttie pbtic’e, ‘to decide whether of not it is obscene. As it is, the distributors are holding the issue back only because it might be ruled obscene. This is an unacceptab’le situation.

T,he police sho’uld have to prove in court that a magazine is obscene, before they cap prebent its distribution entirely.

The . magazine could be held by the distributors’ for a few weeks while the courts decided. But the present system is, in effect, police censorship without legal justificatioti.

Let me point out that I am in complete .agreement with those who want adult magazines out of the reach of children and out of ihe sight of those adults who are offended by them. I support the idea that these magazines should be placed on the u.pper shelves and that barriers should be placed in front of the covers. But adults must be allowed to purchase the&e magazines if they so desire. ‘ And please note that I have no connections with any magazine.

I urge you to express your opposition to this type of interference with freedom- of the press and freedom of choice. Ask for Penthouse at’ your local newsstand. Tell the owner how you feel. Start or sign a petition. or write a letter yourself. Now is the time to take action.

Yours sincerely, Charles Rose Philosophy III _ University of Western

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I To the Real Chevron staff, l wish I could say that your attempts at humour are funny, but l “really’? think that they, like you, are pathetic.

Sincerely, \ Laurie Gourlay ...and from a non-member chevron..:

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To the Editor, Real Chevron; Our entire floor in the village enjoyed your edition last week. It took a while before we realized that it was April 1. But we all had a lot of laughs at the expense of* those people at UW that make student life interesting.. What do we have to do to get the Chevron back, with you as Editor?

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’ I guess t?e latest issue on Canadian campuses’is the hue and cry abo.yt our PM’s comment concerning students and the summer job market. * ‘-Ev$ryone immediately ‘interprets his comment about students having no right to jobs, and that they should leave the country if they can’t-find work, as a complete disregard for the “welfare” of the people, or some such thing..

University graduates have been crying for several years now that there are no jobs for them when they are out of sctiool for good.

Students complain ‘every summer that “they can’t find a job”. What they really mean is that tHey can’t find the ideal job for themselm one that’s easy and enjoyable,. with good pay. Hell, most people can’t find that job, so why should a four-month member of the work force think that it should be available ta him or her.

There are plenty of jobs in this country. But they are unfilled simply because they are healy, or dirty, or time-consuming, or require too much initiative, or pay less than Unemploymenb Insurance does for doing nothing. ’ I find that students who legitimately have to work du-ring the summer to put themselves through school, as oppdsed to those who merely mouth the words, always manage t6 find som’e source of summer income.

Sure, it would be hice if we could all have a “job:’ for four months of the^year, to earn enough money to carry us through.tharest of the year. But it doesn’t quite work‘tbat way. ’ If “students” ‘want to be given a job during the summer, they t-t&St be willing to’do the heavy, dirty, time-consuining jobs, and accept the fact that employers will, exploit your labour,“ because they realize that you need the job.

-, If you don’t want to do the uncomfortable jobs, go to the’employer that you want to work for, and.convince him that it’s to his advantage to hire you. Sell yourself!!!

Don’t expect a job to be waiting on your doorstep as soon as exams are’over.

No student who goes lookiqg for summer employment is any more special than any other, and that’s a fact that each student should have to accept. If Miss Diane Chapitis wtints to accuse me of “mysticism”, that’s her perogative.

At the AIA Forum IaGt week, it was proposed that Trudeau’s statement that there were too. inany university graduates for the jobs available was not true. The true story was that there were not enough jobs.

Brilliant! ! !

Obviously, if there are too many applicants for a job, it alsd‘6eans that there are hot enough jobs fbr the number of applicants!

The problem, however, lies not in the number of actual idbs available.

It lies in the fact that the Unions have decreed that 8 person.holding certain credentials must receite a certain salary for the work he does.

Because of this,.we hear of people being turned down f&r a job because of “over-qualification”! sim’ply because an employer does not want’ to, or cannot afford to, pay the required salary, because the work provided does not bring the necessary return for the.investment. ‘* The only way for people to take any “blame” off themselves for not having a job is to blat?te it on the government.

After all, everyone knows that the government can create any position simplyiby passing ah Order-in-Council!

If students wish to remain as students, they must realizelright nowfthat they &ill go through the same thing every summer, and after graduation.

It will* be a long time for some before they find their niche after leaving school, simply because jobs don.‘t magically open up to accommodate a them. .

0a.e of .the reve@ “freddoms” of our society *is the “f reed6 m ‘of choice”, It is the choice of every student that (s)he atten& a posi-s&on’ dary institution dr join the work force. If (s)he then thinks that there is some sort of “right” adhering to this attendance, then the lack of intermittent or subsequent employment does not lie &ith,the employer, or the \ government,‘but with the student.

Nobody has a “right” to anything. The “rights” thit we have, and the U.S. claims to be inalienable, are “privileges” which we possess because past members of our society have sacrificed to gain them., I * ’ If students want a job this summer, many of them will have to simil_arly sacrifice to get one, whether?t means taking a job, that is personally distasteful, because of the type of job, or the work shift, or any number of other factors.

The.only job-related right that student’s have is the right to compete on the open market for any available job, along with other students and full-time members of-the work force. And don’t be surprised if, when you manage to beat out all other applicahts for that one particular position, that you are paid less than. the full-time member, because you most probably will be.

The job market is competitive, and, until people are willing to do s,,It jobs for shit wades, it will remain so.

dented at least one ,important fact the admission that money was being wasted. Why? Is this what students aye entitled to? What is the Federation executive and Council doing for students? , The President and Vice-President have budgeted for $23,580.00 for their own personal involv.ement areas, much of which is salary and enter/ tainmen$ allocetion ($13.580.00).

The Federation -*“A cos& Farce?”

Here, I at least, - wonder what they do for this money of ours. The ans.wer .

At Council (April 3/77), the treasseenis simple enough when one enurer reported that 53% ($187.000.00) quires into what they db. . of’students money is spent on salarThe Federation Office Manager ies, honorariums, and prbfes&onal (Helga) has stated that there is no fees. This however, does not appear ’ Presidential work-load increase over to include additional sums being last year, yet, our President “cries” u’sed for Federation Executive.

For at fxecutivd meetings that his workexample, the President is allocated load. is too much for him (in execu’ $700.00 for his entertainment fund tive m@ute<). Moreover, these exe(champagne or beer fund?), travel 6xcutive meetings are held in a manpenses for Executive and/or many ner which restricts elected council other.. -very questionable areas. Unmembers attendance. Why? By whit fortunately, the budget only states authority are the student . elected headings and amounts, ’ and thus, representatives restricted from meetleaves very important questions unings which discuss Federation busianswered. Namely: “do the students ness? ‘receive representation?,’ is the sfagThe Federation Office Manager gering expenditures wasted for the (Helga) has clearly established (facbenefits of’only a few?” tually, that there is no by-law which The Engineering and Arts Societies even authorizes the formation *of an Presidents clearly evidenced their executive committee, let alone give societie_s dis‘pleasure at how the Fedit any authority or power to act and make decisions.

Moreover, there is eration represents students on our - Campus.

They processed a motion no council passed policy which has for a refundable fee referendum, and allocated any such formation or auafter lengthy debate, it was passed tonomy, yet this unconstitionalized (about time!). Here the debate evi(illegal?) committee does many things.

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april 7, 1977 What? Why? The exe-c$ive committee has in Mr. 6. Burton’s words - attempted to force him to resign in a “closed meeting”; attempted to remove his editorial veto power with the Real Chevron. Here it is important to note that Mr. Burton was hired by and given editorial veto power by students council (the complete, autonomous elected authority under bylaw (1) articles No. 10 and 1 1). Is this type of action that an unconstitutional, powerless committee should be taking - or is it an arrogant, disdainful attitude toward the students and their elected council?

Unsatisfied with their lack of success in pressuring Mr. Burton to resign or remove editorial control from him (he complained to council and had it placed on the agenda), Mr. Hipfner and Mr. Dillon, executive members, appeared before the C.R.G. (Campus Reform Group) and attempted to pressure this group to vote (in block) against Mr. Burton at council. Why? It is clearly established that some executive members are attempting a “takeover”.

In all these matters, there is factual support evidence.

For example, the by-laws, the lack of authorizing policy for executive committee action, interview quotes derived from executive members in print in the newspaper, a written report in the newspaper, and witnesses.

When one investigates what our president does with his salaried time for, and in the interests of the student members (all of you), one uncovers many interesting facts. First, witnesses have made the following exceedrngly clear.

Our president “sometimes appears at work by 11 a.m.; at other times, by 1 p.m.; yet at other times by 2 p.m.” (the Office and Business Manager’s, Helga and Pete) and my own personal observations.

Secondly, when the president is asked why he does not work at his office he replies that he works elsewhere. Here, it is interesting to note, several students have observed our president in the Integrated Studies and other lounges - when asked why - he replies he “does not want to be bothered by people”. Now, “is this what students pay him $8.320.00 a year for?” Obviously he thinks so and yet cries about his work-load.

What do you think? Are we getting our monies worth? Is this all we are entitled to?

I made the foregoing public at council meeting last night. I also made known many, many other areas of very questionable action by some executive members.

The manner in which this was accomplished was delegation.

Moreover, I moved that the president be removed from office and replaced by someone interested in earning his salary by working in students interests rather than his own. However, our elected council defeated the motion and approved not only the presidents actions - but also the disgusting actions of the unconstitutionalized executive committee.

Now, “is this what the students on this campus are entitled to?” Are we not entitled to responsible action on daycare problems, on departmental cutbacks (M-Environmental fighting without Federation support) etc., - you fill in your own priorities.

the real chevron utter compjete failure to represent individuals as I have now witnessed and experienced by the current Federation president and executive. Moreover, C.R.G. members on council thought it was hilarious that anyone dared to question the executive and voted in block against removal of the president - and you the students that they represent.

In conclusion, two questions: Will the President fail to fulfil1 his promise for investigation of my charges against him before“ council like he has failed to fulfil1 two separate motion to investigate the councils’ Federations actions and the Chevrons actions; What is he afraid of in a full, thorough investigation?

L. Smylie P.S. I have demanded a full detailed, itemized statement on every expenditure item: Will I receive it?

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There are hardly words in the English language to describe my reaction to Mr. Smylie’s accusations about the Federation of Students. “Juvenile paranoia” suits best.

All the questions Mr. Smylie raises have answers, and answers that I feel are very sound. With innuendo, paranoid suspicions and the assumption that everyone in the Federation IS dishonest, Mr. Smylie, by not bothering to ask relevant authorities, creates ‘an impression of gross impropriety. That assumption is both absurd and false, it is a most reprehensible brand of rumour-mongering.

The absurdity of the charges makes them hardly worth answering, but in this time when people seem to believe anything and/or everything about the Federation I will take time away from my other duties to present a full rebuttal.

Salaries and honoraria take up 53% of the budget. True. Salaries go for such things as a business manwork, office manager, secretarial ager, and yes, my salary.

These positions are full-time and absolutely essential for the continued operation of the Federation.

Any large organization requires staff to do the necessary work to keep the organization going. Half of our budget goes to salaries. The university allots 82% of its budget to salaries and benefits.

People resources are the most important of all and are indispensable to the organization if it tries to do anything other than merely disburse funds to other groups.

Salaried positions in the Federation have been pared down consistently over the past few years and I feel our current budget presents the ideal happy medium between salaried and non-salaried activities. If anything, we don’t have enough staff to take care of the workload.

The president is alloted $700.00 for entertainment. Although Mr. Smylie’s innuendo suggests that I use this for private parties that is anything but the case. The money has been used in past years to entertain Our President did promise that society presidents at meetings, to he would answer the many serious buy pizza for a late night meeting dereliction charges made against when everyone is tired and hungry, him - before council. Furthermore, to provide food for out-of town visithe promised that witnesses and eviors in the pursuit of Federation busidence in support of the charges would ness, etc. be heard as well. Here, I wonder!

Every penny is fully accounted Our President was an executive for and a full explanation of any and member of the last council which can and will be passed a motion to investigate the every expenditure to any student making a Federation/Chevron conflct. yet provided request. If Mr. Smylie is suspicious nothing materialized: he is now presiof this budget, why doesn’t he ask for dent of this current council which an explanation rather than spreadhas also processed a motion to investiing the unfounded rumour that I keep gate so students can be supplied with factual information to clear up their a fridge full of champagne for some unspecified purpose? confusion; he attempts to remove opposition to his own goals at closed The question, “Is the staggering expenditure wasted for the benefits executive meetings, yet does nothing to fulfil1 the present investigative of only a few?” can be answered with a definite “No!!!“. motion (investigation discussion developed nothing - in executive minThe societies’ request for a refundable fee does not equal an admisutes); he fulfills his election promises of better Society/Federation sion that money is being wasted. comIt seems to have become some sort munications and relations, Student/ Federation communications and re- of conventional wisdom that money is being wasted in the Federation. lations, by effecting Society forced This charge is totally irresponsible referendum for voluntary fees and unless those making the charge are my resignation as a councillor.

It has never been my experience willing to specify who is wasting it and where. in 47 years to witness such arrogant, disgusting disdain for people and As I’ve’ mentioned, the Federation

accounts are protected by elaborate and thorough bookkeeping techniques. Anyone who wants can go through the books and see for themselves where each and every penny has gone. If one then wants to suggest that a certain expenditure was ‘a waste. fine! But to suggest blanketly that money is being wasted without a single concrete specific charge is entirely reprehensible, sowing the seeds of unfounded suspicions in a paranoid and irresponsible fashion for which I have utter contempt and considerable anger.

Mr. Smylie has investigated what the president “does”. Office management workload has not increased, according to Helga, the office manager. It would be more accurate to say that the ‘over-workload’ may not have increased. Ask any of our past presidents about the workload.

From the moment I get up in the morning until I go to bed at night I am living, breathing, and eating Federation of Students, usually seven days a week. Council meetings and Executive meetings, Committee of Presidents’ meetings and consultation with councillors and executive take up a great deal of time. I spend several hours a day on the phone talking to students with problems and inquiries, another while with budgeting and bookkeeping.

There are agendas to discuss and write, councillors’ ideas to talk over and follow up, city council agendas and minutes to keep on top of, Board of Governors and Senate meetings to keep up with. I have been charged with spending time in Biology or Psychology lounges “studying”.

That’s true. The pace of the Fed office is hectic, and if I’m to go over a Senate agenda (I am also a member of Senate) without an interruption every fifteen minutes, then I have to go to a quiet place to work.

The pace of the president’s job is gruelling.

There are many matters I’d like to spend more time on than I am able to. As it is, finding an hour or two here or there for something as mundane as doing my laundry sometimes takes days. Yet Mr. SmyIre loves nothing more than to present the image that I’m sitting around twiddling my thumbs all day, just because I won’t spend an unlimited amount of time subjecting myself to his verbal abuse. Whether or not there has been an increase in the President’s workload since last year is not the point. The point is that the President’s office has involved more work than can be handled in a fifteen hour day for years!

Mr. Smylie mentions quite accurately that the Executive Board has no by-law governing it. He then says that it does many things. He then asks What and Why? How does he know that it does many things when he has to ask what it does?

The Executive Board is, as Mr. Smylie would have been told, had he asked, an informal consultative body. What it does is talk about Federa tion activities, problems, new programs, how to organize certain programs, etc. etc. Is Mr. Smylie suggesting that we need a by-law to permit us to talk to each other?

The Executive Board has no legal or constitutional decision-making power and takes no formal decisions.

We often make recommendations to Council. Is Mr. Smylie asking that we not do this? Is he unaware of any reason why we need to talk to each other? In fact, what the Hell is he getting at?

The accusation that the Executive Board tried to force Mr. Burton to resign is an outright lie, plain and simple.

The ‘clearly established’ intent of the executive to take over the real chevron is not only utterly absurd but ENTIRELY without foundation. mere idle speculation and gossip which has no place in responsible student government.

Mr. Smylie feels that much of the Federation’s activities are questionable. If Mr. Smylie is unaware of what we are doing he could ask. If he did he would be told. When, however his method of inquiry is a motion of non-confidence based on the fact that he doesn’t know everything that-is going on and has some questions about it, one has to ask a few penetrating questions about his sanity.

If one is ignorant of the operations of an organization, is it not better to ask questions than assume that the fact that no public announce-

ment has been made indicates somebody is trying to hide something.

Mr. Smylie wants to know where money is going. He could ask. If he did he would be told. If any student asks they will be told. The books are open! Nobody is trying to hide anything.

The innuendo that Mr. Smylie makes is that hrs own ignorance of the Federation and neglect to bother asking questions indicates gross impropriety and is indicative of the style of this obnoxious gentleman.

It has never been my experience in 24 years to witness such arrogant, disgusting disdain for simple human and political relationships as Mr. *Smylie has displayed.

Normally if one has a question, one asks before presuming guilt.

Normally, human beings are able to listen to others which speak their own language.

Normally, human beings are capable of thinking, of discerning between rumour and evidence, between gossip and fact and between childishness and responsible action. Unfortunately Mr. Smylie is incapable of these basic human functions, so wild is his paranoid imagination. so overblown is his own sense of self-importance, so disrespectful is he of any opinion but his own.

Mr. Smylie is a costly farce. He has taken an incredible number of hours of Council’s time blabbering jibberish. He is a large part of the reason ‘why the current Council has been slow in reacting to certain problems, so much time is spent listening to the Gospel according to Smylie.

If there is a communication problem in the Federation, a part of it, and a large part of it, stems from Mr. Smylie’s favourite pastime of strutting into the Federation office to shout the ears off anyone who doesn’t have the spirit to tell him to shove it. Day in and day out I sit in my office listening to Mr. Smylie’s hysterical hollering outside my door.

When I ask him to keep his voice down he looks innocently at me and asks “Was I shouting?”

Whereupon he proceeds with his shouting.

Numerous councillors have complained to me that they find it very unpleasant to visit the Federation office because they do not wish to be submitted to Mr. Smylie’s proselytization on his own ego.

-The cost to the Federation of Mr. Smylie also includes the total absence of effective representation to the students of Renison College for whom he was representative until Sunday night. A man with the social skills of a skunk cannot possibly represent anyone in a democratic organization that depends on consultation, communication, and compromise to function effectively.

He who demands all or nothing and considers himself more important than anyone else in the world will soon find himself with nothing.

No respect, no credibility.

That’s where Mr. Smylie is now.

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A few weeks ago I published a letter in the Chevron explaining that contemporary Communist systems in Europe and Asia are essentially class societies where the situation of the class of employees (blue-collar and 1white-collar workers) is much worse than the situation of the class of employees in the so-called capitalist system. From this viewpoint, the Communist systems are, at present, unable to develop into a society which gives the individual a maximal freedom for his intellectual and moral development.

I expected a response from those who call themselves “progressives” (although they are not, because they promote a social system which is against people, anti-democratic and anti-social).

The response which I got was surprisingly mild, and the writers of the letters, Mr. Mills, Mr. Chang and Mr. Cheng, obviously did not grasp the main points of my discussion. I also found a few points in the letter of Charlotte von Bezold which I consider interesting.

(Charlotte, the next time you start to tutor the “Canadian people” about what to do and what to study, omit that feudal predicate “von” from your

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name. Your letter sdunds as if you discipline the serfs on the estate of your grandfather. Incidently, the nobility does not belong in the proletarian party. The Marxists are usually very genetically winded on this point.)

I did not want to answer these few letters at all because they did not offer anything new to our understanding of how the world looks today. Then, I noticed that these letters are classical examples of the intimidation technique used by Stalinists for the purpose of confusion.

The analysis of these letters may therefore be useful.

The interesting feature in them is the use of terms such as “reactionary”, “viciously attacked” (Stalinists, in reference to themselves, “comradely criticise.”

All others “viciously attack” ), etc. A typical part of Stalinist “argumentation” is so-called “argumentum ad hominem”. In Aristotelian logic, this is one of the faulty arguments in the discussion. Such is the situation when, due to the lack of proper argument, one is accused of being a homosexual, of cheating on one’s wife, etc. In our case, the omnipotent word is “reactionary”.

If your adversary is a reactionary, one does not have to take his argument seriously, does one? The Stalinists developed this art to the perfection. Both name calling, such as fascist, revisionist, deviationist, right (or left) opportunist, and campaigns of hatred, intimidation and slander are used quite often. In order to discredit Alexander Dubcek after 1968, the Stalinists in Czechoslovakia circulated a “photograph” of him in the nude with a well-known female pop singer. Compared with this, the accusation of antisocialist and anticommunist behaviour (letter of Chang and Cheng) is very innocent.

People who are not used to dealing with them are usually very easily discouraged.

After being called for example a fascist pig, the ordinary reaction is, “Why should I waste time with these types?“, and one gives up.

Then, they claim another “ideological victory in the struggle against capitalism”. This is predictable and this is what I expected. In the past, ordinary, honest people were called, in the Chevron, “police spies”, “supporters of fascism”, etc., etc. All these titles leave me completely calm. In fact, I find them rather amusing.

I do not want to stress again my past personal experience, but everyone may imagine how it was when I had nothing to read but something like the “free” Chevron, with all those words, week after week, year after year. I was expected to quote from it to my students, to believe all those half-truths, lies and cursings, and to be silent. Finally, one develops a sense of reading between the lines. Behind all those “revisionists” and “reactionaries” is an inner insecurity of people who attempt to believe something they do not know very much about.

Otherwise, all the letters which were published are just a not very imaginative repetition of standard quotations.

I personally have made fun of everything that is written in these letters since I was seventeen years old. I was, however, in a better position than the local guys. I had the opportunity to compare the theory with the practice of Stalinism. This is, I feel, the main point. One has not only to read the classics (as Frau von Bezold recommends) but also to see how the system works, or at least to study the evidence and testimony of the people who live (or lived) there. To judge the practice of Stalinism from the writings of Lenin, Stalin and Mao, and to exclusively use quotations from them, is like attempting to discover the truth about Watergate from Nixon’s pre-election speeches.

One of the problems is the confusion in the terminology.

What we call communism today is far, far away from the term which Marx used as a description of the system where the basic needs of all individuals are satisfied adequately and where all people work for the society. That is why I distinguish between “Communism” as an oppressive Stalinist system where the new ruling class replaced the old capitalists, and “communism” as one of the possibilities of the deveiopment of mankind. If you will talk with people who have just recently arrived from Communist countries (and I have met more than a few), they will tell you that it is here, and not over there, where we are much nearer to the real communism.

The system of welfare, subsidized housing, unemployment pay men ts leaves only very few people behind

page 4 - the real chevron who die of hunger, do not have shelter, etc. is deliberately This confusion abused by Stalinists in order to push their own cause. I believe that there are many people in all those parties, maoists, trotskyists, pro-soviet Communists, who deeply believe that they are helping a good thing. This is a misunderstanding on their part. They believe literally what Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao wrote. Sometimes it really sounds great. The truth, i.e. the real application of the theory, is, however, different. All those who are sincere in their belief find sooner or later that they were fooled by irresponsible propaganda. If not now, they will find out later, after the Stalinist takeover.

Recently, I received some direct personal news from Vietnam. Even the local communists themselves do not agree with what is going on there today.

I knew many guys like that. The Charter 77, a document requiring nothing but the fulfillment of the Helsinki agreements in Czechoslovakia, was signed for example by former members of the Communist Party such as Pave1 Kohout, L. Vaculik and others.

In 1950. Pave1 Kohout wrote a song saying, “Tomorrow, people will dance everywhere, when our victorious red flags will climb on the flagpoles of the world”. Today, he is a dissident. That shows how the honest people develop.

But; let us return to that letter of Chang and Cheng. Their letter reminds me of a well-intentioned, but rather mindless endeavour by the members of a church committee who repeat, ’ without deeper understanding, the ideas of their beloved pastor. The writers used a series of quotations from Marx in which they were trying to show the antagonistic character of our society. I did not challenge that! I am only showing that the same, and e’ven more intensive, antagonism developed in the Stalinist countries as well.

The Stalinists believe that the revolution will solve all problems everywhere. They are unable to grasp that the laws governing the development of the society are still valid, objectively and independently of their wish, and sometimes in direct contradiction to their intentions, after the revolution. In order to conceal this, Stalin liquidated Soviet sociology, and still today, most data obtained by sociologists in the “socialist” countries are secret.

The situation of the working classes in the Stalinist countries is worse than here. They do not have any organization protecting them. The Party, the trade unions etc. are oppressive organizations for them. Kuron and Modzelewski (1965)’ write about this in “Revolutionary Marxist Students in Poland Speak out”: “In 1962. each industrial worker created on the average a product with a net value of 7 1.000 zlotys, from which he received an average of 22.000 zlotys in the form of wages. In other words, during a third of the workday the workers n ecessa ry produced their own minimum living wage and during the other two-thirds they create surplus product.

The working class has no control over the size of this surplus product, or over the way it is apportioned, or the uses to which it is put; for, as we . have already seen, it has no say in the decisions of the authorities who control the means of production and production itself. It is not the workers who decide on the wage rate; this is handed down to them from above along with production quotas Workers have neither the right nor opportunity to defend themselves economically; for, as we have seen, they have been deprived of organization, the absolute prerequisite for any effective strike action. Any organizing agreement .among workers to fight for higher wages is illegal and, as such, is prosecuted by the apparatus of repression: the police, the judges, the courts. The surplus product is thus taken from the workers by force in proportions not of their own choosing and used in ways they cannot control.”

And this is my point. Now do you and understand it, Mssrs. Chang Cheng? From this viewpoint, it is possible to also answer other problems.

It is amusing th t the AIA recently organized a discus 3 ion about Lenin’s book “Imperialism-last stage of capi-

talism”. The only appropriate question which one may ask is, “H<w is it possible that imperialism is also the last stage of leninism?”

The revolutionary actions in Kronstadt in Russia in 192 1, in East Germany and Pilsen in 1953, in Hungary and Poland in 1956, in Novocherkassk in 1964 and in Czechoslovakia in 1968 were all revolutions of the working classes against the ruling monopolistic, bureaucratic class. The 150,000 Czechs and Slovaks who emigrated from Czechoslovakia in 1968 were blue-collar workers, students and intellectuals.

There were no capitalists in that country for twenty years. One has to believe either that all of them were bribed by Western imperialists (which is nonsense) or that they simply felt the pressure of the class oppressive system and preferred the uncertain life in exile.

One reason why the Stalinists use their weird language and inappropriate arguments, as we have seen in those few letters, is, of course, their lack of knowledge of the real situation. Another reason is that initiative from below is something unusual in their party. Only the Leader may decide what arguments may be used. If the party member puts something together on his own, he may easily become a deviationist himself! Thus, if you ever discuss social problems with the Communists, and you get the usual shower of quotations, do not be angry. The discipline of their party does not allow them to tell more, and if you push them into independent thinking, you may get them into trouble. And anyhow, problems which are not explained in the classics do not exist for them. That is also one of the reasons why a real dialogue with them is impossible.

The existence of a strong oppressive Stalinist system also brings many problems to us here. The ordinary people (Stalinists call them the proletariat or working classes) who are in the class society are exposed to two forces. One is their own capitalist class, a still developing and still important factor in social development. The other is the ruling bureaucratic class in the countries which call themselves communist and socialist, although they are not. This class now devotes about 40% of the gross national product (in the U.S.S.R.) to military expansion with the aim of destroying the freedoms of those 90% who the maoists call the “proletariat”. The existence of this enemy, and his allies in the Western world, distorts the development of the free countries and directly provokes the necessity of the antidemocratic measures here. We have to protect ourselves against them, and therefore we have to limit the free movement of people across the border. When we read an article against the government, we have to ask “who wrote it and why?“, our police have to prevent their terrorist and antidemocratic actions, and thus, we have to give up a part of our freedom<. Therefore the existence of different Stalinist regimes and their allies among us has a direct anti-humanitarian effect on our society.

Our society is brutalized. The development of Nazism in Germany and McCarthyism in the USA were in direct causal relationship to the existence of ruthless antidemocratic “Communist” systems.

The Stalinists claim that in the course of history, socialism and communism will eventually win. Maybe; but that will be a system different from the Stalinist idea of socialism and communism.

The philosophy and practice of present-day Stalinist countries make them a side-line of the development of man kind, dinosaurs of history which will eventually die out.

I was also disciplined by Mr. V. Mills because I did not describe adequately the personality of Lenin.

It would be nice if Mr. Mills could. tell us where his information is coming from. One must not forget that in the system of controlled information and deception, everything that the Stalinists say is a potential lie. The wishful thinking of some people in the West helps to spread the lies even further.

Daily I see in the Psychology department the picture of fatherly Lenin greeting me with a friendly smile.

After Stalin’s crimes became widely known, the Soviet propaganda started to use the image of Lenin more and more. The myth of Lenin reached enormous proportions.

Even the dissidents in the East believe that

Lenin is not guilty for all that is going on now.

If you want to study the personality of Lenin, do not ask for information from the official Stalinist propaganda.

Try to find a historian who is an independent witness. One such person is Solzhenitsyn.

His book, “Lenin in Zurich” is great, but it is indirect testimony. Another, the most impartial witness, is Angelica Balabanoff.

She was a collaborator with Lenin for many years, an old Bolshevik, one of the first secretaries of the Communist International, a participant in the revolution of 1917, in short, a true inside witness. She wrote a most remarkable book, “Impressions of Lenin”, after she left Russia.

Here are a few quotations.

“It must be emphasized that however vast the number of crimes against humanity for which Bolshevism is responsible, however many the victims and enemies of the regime Lenin founded, no one has ever doubted Lenin’s own complete unselfishness and abnegation. This quality reflects the immeasurable distance between Lenin the dictator, conscious of his calling as executor of the final verdict of history, and other dictators imbued with and guided by their own petty egos.

Friends and foes, disciples and adversaries often identify Lenin’s intention with the outcome of his action. True, Lenin was a man all of one piece; Qis mind and temperament made him embrace a specific cause and conceive a particular plan. Through his will, he was able to subject to this plan all men and all things. But under careful scrutiny the outcome, object and disastrous as it was, shows that a man’s will, even when guided by uncommon intelligence, firmness of purpose, and exceptional courage cannot triumph in defiance of the basic laws of social development.

From this point of view, Lenin’s life is an immense tragedy. In Goethe’s phrase, it can be said of Lenin that “he desired the good and created evil,” and both in unsurpassable measure.”

One characteristic of Lenin became disastrous during history. Balabanoff says: “Lenin made the decisions, the professional revolutionists carried them out, the workers obeyed. This concept, far from being Marxist or democratic,. created the demarcation line between the doctrine and practice of Bolshevism and the democratic forms of proletarian organizations in all civilized countries. Holding in little account the conscious action of the masses, Lenin attributed great importance to the obedience of those few called upon to bring the workers to the point at which, according to him, they could not arrive by their own strength. Each of those whom he considered capable and on whose blind obedience he could count had to be a sort of traveling handbook of Bolshevism.

This was the reason for Lenin’s violent hatred of those intellectuals who attacked his point of view. If they were not Bolsheviks, they had to be fought, isolated, slandered.”

Probably the most important from our contemporary viewpoint was this: “One was faced with a puzzling psychological situation. Lenin was neither blind nor indifferent to the harm personal dishonesty might do to the movement, yet he used individuals who were the scum of humanity. This system, exported by the Bolsheviks to all countries of the world and exerting its deleterious influence everywhere, requires closer examination if one wants to understand the nature and scope of communism then and now.”

The enormous tragedy of Lenin and his work is summarized in the following quotation from Balabanoff: “It must be conceded that without Lenin there would have been no Stalin, even if Stalin was only a monstrous caricature of the founder of Bolshevism.

From the very beginning of his career as a revolutionist Stalin embraced Lenin’s theory and methods; the repulsive traits he revealed as a dictator were developed under Lenin’s regime.

The apparatus devised by Lenin made it possible for individuals like Stalin to develop their innate wickedness. Given his intellectual insignificance and lack of initiative,

Stalin could not have been an innovator like Lenin. Bolshevism as doctrine and as antithesis to socialism was entirely Lenin’s creation.

Lenin - let me reiterate- was a man of incomparable courage. Even in his youth he defied doctrines, theories, and traditions: it was a battle of one against all. When he felt impelled to act he did so alone, antagonized by his collaborators, derided, threatened, persecuted, and slandered. He even acted contrary to Marx’s theory that a social revolution presupposes a certain level of technical and industrial

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political maturity of the working classes.

This condition did not obtain in Russia, and Lenin, atthough he realized its significance, wanted men and environment to skip a phase in the development.

Nature made him pay dearly.

Stalin only applied Lenin’s max‘im, “The end justifies the means,” (and consideredhimself a priori (absolved of his crimes. His contribution to the moral deterioration of the Soviet regime was merely quantitative. He introduced no new element, but multiplied the misdeeds and annihilated by his example the last remnants of scruple that still lingered in Russia. He made arbitrary rule, terrorism, VUIgar careerism, and the secret accusation method triumph.

Under Stalin the brutalization of the masses assumed frightening proportions. Yet he merely hastened the morale debacle of the regime, using the methods introduced by Lenin.

Stalin entered history as a personification of violence and terror. And this characterization is justified.

But we must not forget that even in the spreading of terror he was Lenin’s disciple. The Stalin pseudotrials of the old-guard Bolsheviks,

april 7, 1977 whrch aroused protest and hatred all over the world, had their prototypes in the trials - staged during Lenin’s regime in 1922 and after- _ of revolutionary Socialists and Russian noncommunist technical experts who were made responsible for economic deficiencies.”

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* Applied Though thk University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics has been offering co-operative programs for 10 years one of its departments, t+he department of applied mathematics has “goneco-op” for the first time this year.

(Co-op programs are those in which students alternate between their campus studies and work terms in industry, business or in ptiblic service, usually every four months. They take longer to complete their programs but the students get some work experience, plus income, as they move along. ) The applied math department enrolled its first “co-opers” last September.

At present all 30 of them are off on work terms.

“It’s a new experience ‘for us,” admits Prof. Arthur Beaumont, chairman of the department, “particularly since these students are involved in a rather special program that hasn’t existed until now..”

There is nothing new about the subjects they are taking, he hastens to add; they’ve been available for years. What’s new is the idea of offering them as a package arrangement, and tieing the package in with the co-op system.

“The students would have been able to take the courses all along,” agrees Prof. Ian McGee, also of applied math: “However, they would have had to make the appropriate selections themselves and in truth, many of them would never have appreciated the advantages of these particular selections. ” Basically, the packages consist of a core of mathematics subjects plus a variety of engineering subjects that are to be taken as “electives.”

“Our hope is that these engineering electives will equip these students to interact ’ better with the technological and scientific community,‘1 says Prof.

Beaumont.-“We are not educating them to become pseudo engineers. They will be applied mathematicians.

But, they should be able to relate ’ better to the real life problems of the engineer.”

He notes that it is not the function of the program to qualify people for professional engineering certificatlbn through the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.

“There are many situations in industry and government where the ability to come up with a mathematical solution to a problem is very important indeed,” says Prof. McGee. “This involves making a number of simplifying as-

sumptions, but the simplifications have to be done in such a way that the results of your calculations can be put to use. You have to be able to use them to interpret and to predict.

“In other words, the more closely the mathematician’s assumptions correspond to the real world the better his solutions will be as far as the engineer is concerned.

There’s no use in coming up with a nice. neat mathematical solution that can’t be applied.”

Prof. Beaumont says that before launching the new program, which is a four year honours program, he spent several months visiting potential employers of the students, finding out what their needs are. The program was discussed at considerable length within both his faculty and the Faculty of Engineering, he says.

“We received a great deal of assistance from engineering, ” he says. .

Students will not begin taking their engineering electives until they have completed two work terms. That is, for the group who came into the program last September and who are now on work terms, the first engineering op-. tions will be available beginning in January, 1978. .

By then, it is hoped, the students will have some idea as to what engineering areas they wish to specialize in. They can choose one of five available packages of engineering options.

These are : (1) an option relating to “structural and solid mechanics” offered jointly by the departments of civil and mechanical engineering; (2) a “physical systems analysis and synthesis” option offered through the department of systems design ; ( 3 ) a ‘ ‘ thermofluid mechanics” option offered by the department of mechanical engineering; (4) a “devices, networks and communications” option offered through the department of electrical engineering and (5) a “power systems and control” option also offered through the department of electrical engineering.

The point is, once the student has made his or her -selection there is no switching back and forth. The student wi!l have to stick with it.

Even when it comes to mathematics per se, the students will be encouraged to get a broad perspective, Prof. Beaumont says.

They will be encouraged to take computer science, statistics and optimization subjects, as well as those taught within the depart-

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An important group of studies within the department -of applied mathematics involves students in learning to build ma thematical models that can be applied to real life situations.

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Despite his ful. Through! &xter&e use of incentive fpr tracking down the integrity. he has the’ occasional the hand-held camera .and pre!efrorist*.’ moment of self-doubt.

Marthe cise clipped editing during the *- It’s ironic that in >a land .where Keller is perhaps too glamour-’ climax, he manages to create Charles Bronson and7 Clint Eastous- for the role of Dahlia, but a bizzare, realistic atmosptiere wood seem to monopolize rough she ifhas /some colivincing y mothat achieves an. almost docujustice that it should_ be this m-&s. \ The best performance mentary film quality at tiqes. foreign intervener that is the by .xar is thaf’ of Bruce Dern, “Black .Sunday” cou!d easijy most efficient at disqovering a fine actor whose talents have turn out td cbe tlie- humdinger -clues and wielding. a revolver. never been fully realized. -He of the year, ‘There will probably In fact, when it cgmes dowd is compelling as the unstable‘\ bg, ti ‘lot of critics expressing to effectiveness in hunting Larner, who invokes, at the snobbish, contempt for the: down the bad guys. he &makes San%? time, pity and fear. Fritz film (as they did with “Jaws” . fools of -half the U.S. law eny Weaver as a--harried FBI agent and “The Omen”~) just because. forcement agencies.

-. and Micheal- Gazzo as a deadly . --it’s *popular, but. ‘it is an undeMeanwhile, Lander and -Qah- ,professional terrorist also Fut niably-exciting , f ilg.

Perhaps, lia are running into difficulties.

In good performances. over the next year or so, people b Throwha . combination of luck, John Frankenheimer, ‘, yho will be just ‘as hesitant- about going to- football games as’ they cunning and suicidal de$cahas direpted other fine thrillers tion they barely manage to such as “The Manchurian C&nonce were about swimming at evade their pursuers, leavingdidate”, “The Thin” and the beach. k. . several bodies strewn along “French Conne6Qon II”, keeps -Chris Wheatley the way.’ They are not, however. the- pacing tight and suspense-’ merely working with each oth-.

Scientists and psychologists , do all their’ er: They have a very bizarre relationship.

Lander, is dependant on her because she-is the experiments with rats, then apply their first person in years j to make hi,m “feel like a- man”.

Dahlia 4 findings to people.

Did yqu e&r . , wonder ! is taking .advantage of his y- ’ - ’ * ’ ’ need, stringing him silong, ob:\ PolisCi journal comesJo Wlil , sessed with her own, fanatical * -if that .&as sig~ifigant????.P????.‘????.p’ schemes.

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Contrary fo the impression that may ‘be given by the promotion for the film,. the football Jddtinaf of ’ -e@ce at .WLU. has been named Tie ‘-’‘CanadiaA stadium merely’ provides ‘the edi to6 as another Science-a major assistant Political stage fo? the climax.

There’s publicafactor in the agreement between academic , Caqadian plenty of action that takes WLU . Pres? and the ,,-editorial tion-will now* be published‘ place before we reach this board of the Journal, form-erly by- Wilfrid ~Laurier University, including a couple of published by the University of stage, press.

Toronto Press. dandy chase scenes.

Although “Published since i928 the’ ‘Jourthe film weaves together sev“The publication’ of the ~ nal was faced with escalating through locations Journal

by WLU Press : is’ a eral sub-plots costs threatening the future as varied as Beruit, Los Angeles, notabre event . for small uniof- its’ p6blication plans. VIiLU versities in general sand of p$r- -_t Washingtbn, and Miami, it Press has developed a ‘publicafor ,Wilfrid titular interes1 does not bog down with cointion program, which stresses piexit&.

The orily complaint Laurier UniLersity” Dr. Mcmore involvemeht on the part Minnehaha (LaslghinQ Water) _ ,,, Menemy said. that I have is that there ‘wasn’t of sdholars within - the prFfesWas the perfect_.3 ndian ‘daughter.: . You’khow when some-. ‘*It is relatively rire for a a break in the ov&all tension Famed inpoem a,nd in So6g; sion. The results to tate sug- major journal ’ one.tells you to take a in a large &afor the ‘two-and-a-quarter-hour Giggle, giggle, :all day: long; _I I \gest that quality need’ not. suf- , demic field to ‘be published at duiation of the.film.

Did you kndw she had a sister?/ Maybe they’ve got the fer while costs . to subscribers a’ s&ill university.:’ . ’ The characterizations se Brother, wtis that girl a blister! + can- be &duced.or at least, held WLU Press now Dublishes nothing to the- iritefisitv of P the ..

You can’t believe the tribdlstinkcon&ant. four journals ic ’ variobs fields -plot. &bert .$haw ha&es him When she swiped thft tribal mink, ’ self-with a lo\ of class 8s a man. as well as about 12 full-length Dr. John McMenemy, assoAnd took itoff across the sea, . . wh,ose life has. bben centred books each year. . ciate . professor of -political sciTo live it :irp in gay Paree! .= , to reality, is what makes ’ this kfter beirig ’ bombarded with the finest suspense !, movie I’ve &b .inediocre thrillers as “The - e seen in a long, long time. ) “Two Minute Warn--d Enforcer”; This incredible plan ,i-s put Prining”, and - “The Domino into operation by a member of ciple”,’ ‘ti’s refreshing .to see the Black September ’ movqan adventure’ mdvie virith bem&t, Dahlia- t Marthe Keller) lievable characters, genuinely who works .hand-in-hand wi$h ,I exciting action sequ&ceS and 1 Lander 1 Bruce Dern ), an ex\’ an intriguing storyline. . _ “Black Sunday“ opened at* POW 3 who- is bent j on striking .,back at the country that sent Capitol 2 lat Friday and., judghim to war. ing from the ,audiences’ ’ reac; They are being - fatiatitially tion, i’fll probably be around pursu?d by the leader’ of, ‘%?2. for a while. If you want to break for a few.-hours from _ Israli strike -force, Kabakpv (Robert Shtiw ), who emplojrs’ for exams, this is rabout you&r best bet for sure-fire. entertainmethods ‘as deadly as those of , his adversari’es.

‘During a raid ; ment. _ \ on a. terrqrist hide-but in Beruit, , The film centres avund ’ a ,he finds ,evidence of- “something terrorist plot to hijack the big”. being., planned. in Ameri- . goo’dyear blimp, descend ypon the Super Bowl game in- Miami, - %a.

Suppoiedly .:$vorking with the and explode a*’ large quantity of ‘FBI, he sets out to track down explosives, propelling _plastic thousan@s of deadly darts. at thethese ,two ,conspjr?ators using 85,000, spectators.

How the pro:. his’ ow? + . cbmmando tactics. , ducers managed to take such.

During the course.\, of his pursuit, - his comrade and side-kick a . far-fetched bremise and still keep‘*the film firmly~ anchored ’ 4Steven KeatsT’ is- murdered.

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And, since 4% was a comely-maid, In all res(jects, she bad it made.

Champagne, fetes, and lots of jolliks, -Plus a star role in the Foilies: Nothing but the very best For the MBhican Mae West! , / \ m Minnehaha, perfect daughte;, Sits beside the laughing water, Pondering on hex endless days,> Sewing skins, and pounding maize, And, while sha wipes the baby’s bib, She’s thinking thoughts of I . i . .Women’s Lib.

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“Damn reports ! Always these damn reports ! If there’s one thing I hate about this job, outside of the people and the climate it’s having to do these bloody reports on every little thing that happens. ’ ’ The clerk continued with his although he thought it work, because he feared senseless, the consequences of what might happen. if he failed to file a report about something that his might hear about superiors from some other source.

He had been toasted at banquets and honoured

by Octavian himself, following the battle of Actium, at which he became a Hero of the Republic.

And, because of his ability to write, he had been given the position of Chief Historian of the Eastern Sector of the Roman Empire.

A nice title, he thought, but still a clerk’s job!

No-one had ever found out

istorian’ - a. short story

that it was not he who had fought so bravely in the turret single-handedly at Actium, holding more than a dozen of Antony’s men at bay, when they tried to board Octavia0 ship, but his close friend, Avoltius.

He had actually ‘d. been cowering in fear, afraid to‘ take up his station in the turret, behind some crates. It had been his friend who had occupied the position and exemplified himself so gallantly.

As Antony’s troops were being defeated, however, he saw his friend fall, fatally wounded, by a slash from the last enemy, who Avoltius then slew, with his dying effort.

It was then that he ran to the turret, to see after his fallen comrade, and it was there that he was found, and mistaken for the soldier who had so bravely defended the position.

At first, he tried to deny that it was he, but he quickly came

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to realize that Avoltius could not benefit from his deed, so why should he not?

As a result, when Octavian was made Caes;rr of the entire Roman Empire, the first thing he did was to reward the soldier who had defended his life from the enemy. His reward was the title of Chief Historian.

His job was to preserve to posterity the events of part of the empire.

What luck that he was one of the few of the heroes able to write!

“Luck! ” he thought, “maybe bad luck; I should have held out for a position in the capitol. After all, I was the biggest hero of the battle.”

He returned to his work, recording the incidents of a recent earthquake, and the murder that occurred during it. He had problems ‘getting all the facts straight, because of the conflicting reports from his various informants.

“These damn natives”, he thought, “they always bring their pagan religion into every event, and I only have to try and get some sort of sense out of their superstition.”

He had taken a wife shortly before coming to his new post.

After all, it would be a lonely life, in a foreign land, even for so great a hero!

Fourteen years she had been his wife. Fourteen years before she had died. Died, because of this accursed climate! ! She was never strong, even in Rome.

How could she be expected to stand up to the climate of this God-forsaken hole?

Fourteen year married.

It was unfortunate that she had proved barren; perhaps a son, or even a daughter, would have

Calling

“This year I’m gonna

finish

off the

basement!”

One way to do it!

The village of Ban Hai, in Thailand is unique from the rest of the world in one respect; everyone is building a second house.

The purpose of this construction is for resale.

This does not mean that the village is undergoing a population boom. On the contrary, the population growth is not outstanding, either in itself or when compared to any others.

The village is surrounded by Teak forests.

But the villagers are forbidden by law to sell this valuable wood to the Chinese dealers who drive up from the city of Chiang Mai. The law, however, does not prevent them from selling their house.

So a second house is built, which is then sold to the dealers, who , dismantle it and keep the lumber, leaving the house frames standing.

Each house sells for between $250 and $500, depending on size, quality, and the bargaining of each villager.

This is what most villagers could earn in a year.

In the big cities, only doors and window frames are made from the valuable wood.

But in this small village, even the floor and roof is made from the beautiful brown which is popular around the world.

The villagers explain their constant building by telling the

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authorities that they need more room for their growing children, since they normally have large families.

And so the village is constantly ringing with sounds of hammer and saw as the villagers rebuild a house which will be sold over and over.

The nails, however, are hammered in very lightly, so that the wood can be easily removed, undamaged, to make room for the next outer covering.

This is not the original meaning of the term, “cottage industry”, but it applies.

Woody Herman coming For any jazz fans in the crowd, Woody Herman, along with his band, The Thundering Herd, will be in the Humanities Theatre on April 21, at 8:00 p.m.

Admission is $4.00 for students and senior citizens. $6.00 for others.

Tickets can be purchased at the Main Box Office, Room 254, of t.he Modern Languages Building (885-4280 1, or at Bishop’s Style Shop, in the Stanley Park Mall.

provided some break from the to their homes. monotony of this place, and “And the body itself has disthis job. appeared”, he thought, reading He realized that he had been further along in the report. and returned day-dreaming, He must have had rich friends, tc his work. to be buried in such wealth On one point the reports that it was worthwhile for were agreed - the method of grave robbers to steal his body. death; it was barbaric, but But the natives were not rich. it was a popular means of killand grave robbing sometimes ing in this uncivilized land. proved to be a lucrative pro“The Governor had the fession in this barren place. chance! ” he thought, “he should He had heard rumours from have stepped in at the start, his supervisor, the Chief Hiswhen he had the chance! ” torian of the Roman Empire.

It was rumoured that the that he might soon be summonGovernor was a puppet of ed to Rome, to serve in the the Imperial Crown, and his palace. actions bore strength to this “I hope it comes soon”, he view. He certainly had no initithought. ative of his own, else he would At 47 years of age, he had have stepped in to stop the served the Republic, and then killing, with soldiers, if necesthe Empire, for a long time. sary. ’ He. deserved an easy retirement !

But that was the way of the “But these damn reports”, empire, now ; .political pay-offs, “If only something rather than rewards earned by he thought. of some valour and talent. importance would He read. the report from his instead of these conhappen, informant.

It stant reports of cultural dismost accurate was unfortunate that he had to agreements, of no interest to rely on informants.

But he could anyone outside of the society. not hope to gain the informaI must have sent thousands of tion by himself - the people did these things back to Rome in not trust any Roman, no matter the years I’ve been here, and But paying what the reason. they’re probably all filed in some insignificant file of insiginformants was so expensive! nificant facts, Although it did mean less travwhere this reBut that was port here will probably end elling around. up! made up by the continuous of events that ’ “Oh, well it won’t be for interpretation they kept injecting into their much longer, I suppose!

“What does it say about the reports.

“Damn them, anyway!” he guy who was killed?”

“Ah, here it is..... thought.

Victim’s Age.. . . . . . . ..33 This one’s reports told in Victim’s Occupation.. . . . Cargreat detail of the riots during penter which the stranger was killed, and the earthquake and storms Means of Death.. ..Crucifixion Victim’s name___. . . . . .. . . . . . . that occurred following the riots, sending everyone scattering

all poets !! Calling

Any hidden poets. frustrated bards, or unknown songsters, dig out your old love poems; those lonely, comic, or vicious lines ; the nature poems; or painful poems.

One of them may finally receive the recognition it deserves.

To win a weekend with 22 of Canada’s finest poets, you must submit a poem of not less than 16 lines, nor more than 130. to “Poetry Competition”, c/o Festival Coordinator, General Living Systems Ltd., 128 Hurontario Street, Collingwood, Ontario.

There are over $750 in prizes, including the scholarships to the festival of Canadian Poetry. being held May 21-23, at Blue Mountain.

Entries can be accepted from writers of any nationality. provided the author is living, is written in English or French, has not been previously published for money, and is not a translation.

Each poem must be accompanied by an entry form or facsimile, plus administrative fees of $5.00 for the first poem. and $2.50 for each subsequent poem.

A copy of the entry

‘Aladdin’ To keep things “hopping” for the youngsters over the Easter weekend, the UW Arts centre is PreSenting a Special musical production of . ‘ Aladdin and His Magic Lamp” by the Studio Lab Theatre of Toronto. Performances are on Saturday, ‘April 9th at lo:30 a.m.. l:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. in the UniverHumanities Theatre, sity of Waterloo.

Tickets for children 12 and under are $1.50, general admission $2.00. The balcony of the Humanities Theatre will not be opened for

form can be made in the Federation offices, CC235.

Copyright of the poem will remain with the poet, but the sponsors reserve the right to publish any selected poems.

Kunz

singers

all poets!!

The winning competitors will give the organizers the right of first refusal to purchase the poems for broadcasting.

The last day for receipt of entries is April 30, 1977.

here this term

Formed late last year, with an outstanding debut performance just before Christmas, the Alfred Kunz Singers are presenting 1 a second concert on April 16 in the Theatre of the Arts. University of Waterloo at 8 p.m.

The April 16th programme will include Kunz’s “Choral Cycle”, “Eight Impressions” (set to Japanese Haiku poetry 1 and a delightful nonsense song called “The Rhinocerous” .

Other contemporary favourites to be given special treatment by the choir are songs from Jesus Christ, Superstar and Paul McCartney’s “Let It Be”.

Appearing with the choral group will be the “AK MiniPops Ensemble” with piano accompaniest Mark McDowell.

Solo artists will include Elaine Ernst, Mary Jane Bowman

and Cherry Fraser.

The group is made up of 30 voices, mainly from the KW region and is interested in adding to their numbers.

They have been meeting and rehearsing weekly since last fall. building a repertoire and providing through their concerts, a showcase for the many compositions of the prolific local composerdirector Alfred Kunz.

Anyone interested in joining the group (soprano, tenor, alto or bass 1 should call now for an appointment - 885-0246.

Tickets for “Spring Sing” on April 16 are $3.00, students and seniors $2.00-available i at the Main. Box Office, Room 254, Modern Languages Building, UW Campus - 885-4280.

Also Weber’s Rexall Drugs.

King & Scott Sts. Kitchener and George Kadwell Records, Waterloo Square. /

for big and little so there will be this event, fewer seats available and the Centre suggests that Arts those interested should get their tickets early!

“Aladdin and His Magic Lamp” has been written and directed

by Ernest J. Schwarz, and is based on the children’s old folk tale, set to swinging, catchy music.

It comes complete with a groovy genie. elaborate costumes colourful, and delightful special effectsgenie arrives in a puff of smoke !

“Aladdin” was originally

kids

produced several years ago and delighted audiences at international festivals in Venice.

Italy and *Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

The Company has been touring with this production through since the northern Ontario Fall of 1968. They are on tour again during April and May and this tour is the 17th in the 10th year of touring. for the April 9th f Tickets performance are available at the Main Box Office, Room 254, Modern Languages Bldg., UW Campus. 885-4280, and at Bishop’s Style Shop, Stanley Park Mall.

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Photo It’s now exactly 5:00 am, exactly, on the morning of the last day of my term as editor of the real’ chevron. It’s also the last day, I suppose of the real chevron, too. Chris Wheatly is reading a magazine on the couch, and I’ve just finished laying out every column inch of the paper.

Tomorrow (later today), I’ll find out where I mis-calculated.

I’d like to thank everyone who contributed to any of the 17 issues. The real chevron was not what a student newspaper should be like - that can only come with a sizeable staff, which we (I) did not have. I can now study for my last exam, a week today, and then do absolutely nothing all summer, except coach track in Oakville. Of course, I think I might (yawn) sleep a lot (z-z-z-z-z-z-z)! l guess that everyone’s heard by now that Brigitte Bardot made the exodus to the area where the great seal hunt takes place every year, and clutched a baby harp seal to her breast.

As the retiring only editor of the REAL CHEVRON, maybe I should declare myself an endangered species, and see what she’d do then.

- r.b.

The following May 21,1977.

Date April

11-16

April

18-23

activities

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contest

The Central Ontario Exhibition is sponsoring a photography contest this year, for amateur photographers only.

An amateur photographer is defined as someone whose full-time vocation is other than photography.

The theme of all prints entered must be ‘Summer Outdoors in Ontario”, and have been taken between May 15 and September 15 of any year.

For a $1.00 entry fee. you may submit four photos per class.

With each entry form, available in the Federation office (CC235 1, you must state the number of prints to be entered in each class,& order that sufficient entry tags can be supplied. The prints must be delivered separately to the Central Ontario Exhibition.

400 East Avenue, Kitchener, or mailed to Photography Department, Central Ontario ExhibiATTENTION STUDENTS

Disco & Taped

May 16-21

No Covercharge

Music

Music is nightly from 930 p.m. to I:60 a.m. The hours of the Campus Centre .Pub continue to be 12~00 noon to 1:00 a.m., Monday through Fridav. and 7:96 p.m. to 1:99 a.m. on Saturdays.

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tion, at the same address, N2H 126. They must be in the hands of the Association not later than 5:30, Friday, August 26,1977.

The best photograph depicting Waterloo County becomes the property of the Exhibition Association and may be used for promotional purposes.

In such event, credit will be given to the photographer.

Prints may be picked from noon, September 6 until 5:30.

September 12.. Anyone wishing their -prints returned by public means must give specific instructions in writing and forward in advance the necessary funds for transportation and insurance if required.

COMPETITION CLASSES Class

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presented to the exhibitor having the highest total point score based on the following system: 1st. place, five points ; 2nd place, four points; 3rd. place. three points ; Print Accepted. one point. An exhibitor must have entries in a minimum of three classes to be eligible.

In the event of a tie, the judges will determine the winner, who will receive from the Association a special cash award for $50 and a $50 Gift Certificate.

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The exhibitor will receive from the Association a special cash award of $50.

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Class 9 - Colour Architectural.

Class 10 - Black and White Architectural; Prints of any

Colour prints of living wild birds or animals in their natural environment .

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Class 3 - Colour Landscapes Class 4 - Black and Landscapes; Landscapes

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Intramurals The University of Waterloo Bowling Club concluded its most successful term in the club’s history on March 27. Team 7 (Kevin Eves, Hugh Rampton, Gord Robb, Sue Helm and Karen Robb) were the league champions while Team A2 (Ron Hope, Jerome Capricci, Fred Crigger, Barry Walser and Marg Miles) won the playoffs.

There were some \fine games bowled in the playoffs, including a 342 by Fred Crigger and a 338 by Dave Potje.

The individual trophy winners were : Hi-Average: Mike Roberts (228 ) ; Hi-Triple - Dave Potje - Kevin Eves (831) ; Hi-Single (310 ) ; for the girls: Hi-Average - Jane McClerahen (178); Hi(721) ; Triple - Judy Stonehouse and Hi-Single - Sheilah Hogg The’ trophies were all (255). presented at Mother’s Pizza.

The Club was also successful in Extra-mural competitions.

Our teams finished second and fourth at the Conestoga College tournament.

Good scores included Wayne Coombes (755), Dave Potje (677) ; Kevin Eves (667 ), Judy Stonehouse (655) and Paul St. Germain (645 ) .

On March 27, the U of W Bowling Club entry won the Durham College Tournament in Oshawa. Wayne‘ Coombes (766) won high triple for the men and Sheilah Hogg won (564 1 high triple for the women.

Also on the championship team were Kevin Eves (630), Mike Roberts (755 1 and Marg Miles (496 ) .

Our thanks to the Waterloo Bowling Lanes and all the bowlers for a most successful season.

Dave Potje

Soccer writer needed The conveners for a new soccer league are looking for someone to write up the games and player profiles in the Uniof Waterloo student versity presumably the newspaper, Chevron, starting this summer.

The league is to be called the Ontario Amateur Soccer Development League, and will be widely covered in the different media, ranging from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record to CHYM Radio to CKCO-TV. Anyone interested in this. should contact Mr. Rick Wessing, at 886-6601.

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The contest runs until May 1, 1977. Send a good likeness, snapshot or Polaroid will do, to: Bruno Gerussi, Look-Alike Contest, Molly’s Reach, .Gibsons, British Columbia.

If your looks run to this brand of handsome, you may be a T.V. star! ’

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OTTAWA (CP) - Professional sports is probably one of the major causes of obesity, especially among girls, Conservative MP Paul Yewchuk told the Commons Monday.

One reason he cited is Canadians “habitual practice of sitting and watching professional sport on television or at a stadium while smoking; heavily or consuming large quantities of high calorie junk foods and alcoholic beverages. ” Girls are the worst victims because “the exercise programs they are exposed to are geared to developing a few elite athletes, especially male athletes. ” Yewchuk, a medical doctor, noted that professional sport is almost exclusively the preserve of males and 78 per cent of Canadian girls may become obese before they finish high school.

His statements were a preface to questions posed to Sport Minister Iona Campagnolo who told the Commons Friday that professional sports serve as an example to people like MPs who have “spectator sport” jobs.

Campaganolo said she has not ordered any studies into the effects of professional sport on the general health of Canadians. She invited Yewchuk to join her in “an anti-obesity campaign at some time in the future.” Yewchuk is not fat.

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her department’s spending on amateur sport and recreation programs after Yewchuk said they were undermined by government spending on .&&elite international sport competitions and elaborate coach training // schemes.”

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