University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario

volume 16, number 1 friday, may 9, 1975

University may fire UW president Burt Matthews

told a Senate Finance Committee last Tuesday “We must prepare for the worst’ without panic”.

The committee had gathered to review a brief to bepresented to the Ontario Council of Universities Af- fairs (OCUA) to outline the despa- rate financial plight of the Univer- sity of Waterloo.

OCUA is the appointed body which advises the provincial gov- ernment on university policy.

The brief, prepared by university vice-president in charge of finances Bruce Gellatly models the effects the continued provincial govern- ment’s cutbacks in education would have on universities until the 1980-81 academic year.

Gellatly told the assembly of ,Deans and Senate members the university might have to fire 60 fa- culty in 76-77 and a cumulative total of 137 faculty by 1981. The biggest cuts would have to be made in the 75-76 academic year when the sixty faculty might be fired.

Geiiatly commented this model must show “OCUA just how ridiculous the situation is if the government does not increase grants in line with inflation fac- tors’ ’ .

Further to this Matthews added “if they are not impressed with our position we are in great trouble”.

“The minister (James Auld) can say its a 16 per cent increase (the increase in university financing) on a system basis, but this does not do US as much good as we are only

Burt Matthews, UW president, warned a gathering of faculty Deans ani;l Senate members they must prepare for substantial budget cuts in their faculty spending for the coming academic year.

If you plan to live off-campus next fall, you’d better look for a home now as UW’s housing office predicts a 200-room shortage.

Housing director Cail Vin- ’ nicombe said Wednesday that there are generally enough vacancies in the community to accommodate the stu_dents, but owners are wary of renting to students because of a “rowdy” student image -’ created in the radical 1960’s.

“Apartment owners consider students a high risk tenant and won’t rent to them due to this radi- cal image,” Vinnicombe said. “This image in the minds of the landlords accounts for the shortage at the beginning of the term.”

However, now the “whole at- titude of students has changed over the last few years and they’ve be- come more mature and responsi- ble,” Vinnicombe stated. So what is needed at present is better public relations with the local landlords to appease their fears.

Vinnicombe said he’s; in co-

Engineers According to W. A. McLaughlin,

Dean of Engineering, the faculty has only $6,500 available for new lab equipment for undergraduate

courses. Last year the faculty had $59,000

for equipment, however even this figure failed to cover the $200,000 cost of required new equipment. To meet this expense the faculty had to dip into a decreasing surplus accumulated over previous years.

McLaughlin told the chevron that with only $6,500 to spend this year, the surplus will disappear by the end of this year. At this time, unless more funds are made available by the province for education, no more equipment will be purchased.

Undergraduate students will suf-

operation with the Federation of Students, trying to coax the Water- loo Regional Apartment Owners Association to rent to student ten- ants once again.

He said last year there were 3,700 off-campus rooms listed, now he only expects 3,500 this year.

He expects that during the first week of registration many students will have no place to sleep. It’ll be more serious this year ‘than last when there were 100 rooms left re- gistered by the end of September.

He urged the news media to pub- licize the expected shortage as’ a means of enticing “non- professional’ ’ landlords to make rooms available. The response to last year’s plea for rooms was more than 100 families who offered makeshift accommodation solely out of concern for the students’ wel- fare, Vinnicombe said.

So he hopes similar help can be relied on this year as there’ll be a greater number of students search- ing for rooms at the last minute.

Last year, Vinnicombe told stu-

fer most because professors and

to stiffer graduate students receive funding from the government and industry. They can use this money to purch- ase any scientific equipment needed for their research.

Though some of this equipment can be used when teaching under- graduate engineers, most of it is highly specialized, complicated and single-use’equipment.

McLaughlin is quite concerned about the situation, “the lack of equipment threatens the viablity of our program because we depend on the labs for teaching”. _ This equipment is essential for an engineering education but it ap- pears the provincial government is unwilling to increase funding.

-robert ma klan

dents’ council that during the month of August there were 50 stu- dents coming to his office each day looking for housing and that by early September 100 to 200 stu- dents were dropping in.

Council, sensing there was a need for immediate accommoda- tions, set up a “Tent City” outside the Campus Center for those un- lucky students who couldn’t find a place to stay. “Tent City” was housing students until the end of September.

-john morris ”

1,37- profs getting 8.5 per cent”, Matthews added.

-. --- Government funding&r 1975-76

Gellatly referred to a $2.1 million problem, the amount expenses will exceed income in 1976-77 unless the government changes the finan- cial picture.

The Senate Finance Committee now must find areas in the university’s budget where they can cut financing.

Already _ Gellatly is looking at professors’ paid sabbaticals as an area where cuts could be made. “Although this is a well accepted procedure (sabbatical leaves) in the university community, which we could not give up, at the same token we must eye the money available to us” Gellatly commented.

The budget allocation used to re- pair university capital equipment and renovate or .alter university building has been cut to thirty-five per cent of last year’s level.

The brief announced that the parking susidy , will be reduced 100 per cent which will result “in stu- dents paying a higher parking fee in 1975-76’ ’ .

“People’s Radio Waterloo, UW’s campus

radio station still needs more vol- unteers to work on summer pro- jects.

Dave Assman a station staffer told the chevron “if anyone missed Thursday% summer organizational meeting to give the station a call or come up to Radio Waterloo in per-

cl : s 14 an 6-1 ? sf?ffer will introduce people to the facilities”.

There are several distinct areas of interest within the station. Most popular in previous years have been the stations music shows which dominate its programming schedule.

However, Assman emphasized the station is expanding into other areas this summer. Radio Waterloo will begin a new series “People’s Music” showcasing local musi- cians. The station has already taped ten shows to be broadcast during the summer.

The station also hopes to provide the campus with radio news cover- age. Furthermore, the station will

is not adequate to fund equitable salaries for Unkersity personnel in relation to comparable employees in the public and private sector, was another conclusion of the brief. -

The report noted that Waterloo did not grant any interim increases during 1974-75, though this was done at many other universities. The university has to be in a com- petitive position to hire good staff. However the Ontario Civil Service was recently granted a salary in- crease of 21 per cent. At present there is not any way the university can match these salary increases.

The meeting adjourned with the gloomy faces of the university se- nate committee members having to face the possibilities of deteriorat- ing buildings and equipment, firing university professors or’ perhaps worse having to close the univer- sity if a source of heat cannot be found (the university will be cut off from its oil supply by 1976).

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music” provide live coverage of campus sports if they can find interested volunteers.

Recently the station completed its four track recording and now needs people to operate the equip- ment. The facilities will be used by local musicians and other groups on campus and in the Kitchener- Y;atzrloo Cor+nUniijr .

For the technically minded, the station has new equipment to be used for the station converts to stereo that needs to be built and repaired.

Anyone interested in joining Radio Waterloo is welcomed to drop by the station facilities in the Bauer Wharehouse located about a half a mile behind the optometry building (or call university* exten- sion 2330).

The station always have person- nel on hand to show newcomers the facilities and help them get into an area in which they’d like to partici- pate.

-michael gordon II

A different kind of graduation... -- /

Man-Environment students Sean Casey and WaIly Rempel presented a petition for separate convocation ceremonies to the Senate Executive Committee during its May 5th meeting. Representing approximately half of the students graduating in Man-Environment studies, they succeeded in obtaining permission to ho/d their own convocation on- May 25. Listening are Chris Redmond, editor of the Gazette, and history prof Ken Davies. photo by hess

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This week on campus is a free column for the announcements of meetings, special seminars or speakers, social events and happenings on campus -student, faculty or staff. See the chev- ron secretary. Deadline is noon Tues-

Friday Grand River Car Club welcomes you to. Wednesday Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon. our next meeting. 8pm. Waterloo Audiomaster from 9-1 am. 74 cents after County Fish and Game Protective As- Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon.

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Saturdav Campus Centre Pub ooens 12 noon.

Auction bf surplus UW property Yukoi from 9-l am. 74 &nts after 6pm. Transcendental Meditation lntroduc-

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services building at 9:3Oam. No war- 3:30pm. Professor Maurice Morton,. 7pm. MC 2065.

ranty; strictly cash and carry. University of Akron. Thursday Fed Flicks-Serpicc+AL -116, 8pm, Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon.

Feds $1 .OO, Non-feds $1.50. Rehearsals with the UW summer choir. Yukon from g-lam. 74 cents after 6pm. AL 113.7pm. Further information Alfred

Campus Centre Pub opens 7pm. Au- Kunz AL 6 ext. 24g3* kditions for the summer drama pro-

diomaster from 9-l am. 74 cents admis- duction of “I am a Camera” by John van

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CSME student chapter. Refreshments Friday S&day and snacks. All mech eng students and Campus Centre Pub opens 12 noon.

K-W Jr. Symphony Admission $2.00, faculb are cordially invited to attend. Yukon from 9-1 am. 74 cents after 6pm.

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WHAT’S WHAT It is important that all clubs, organizations or groups who want to make a submission to this year’s handbook, contact either Randy Hannigan or Sylvia Hauck at ext. 2331, in order to discuss submission. Deadline for subhissions is June 10.

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F&i’&bticin provides student garage If you own a car and want to

economize, you could do well to use the fix-it-yourself garage pro- vided by the Federation of Stu- dents and the Engineering Society.

The facility, dubbed the “stu- dent garage” by students’ council on April 22, should be ready by the end of May. It will be located in the south-west corner of the Bauer Warehouse (adjacent to Radio Waterloo).

For use of the garage, a $2 per term fee will be levied and servicing will be limited to body work, lubri- cation, engine tune-ups, tire changes and exhaust system re- pairs. The garage will accommo- date three vehicles at a time.

president -Kim Etherington said the purpose of the venture is “to pro- vide a facility where students may

The “student garage” will cost $7,000 to build, with the federation paying $5,000 and EngSoc $2,000.

In a renort to council, EngSoc

- repair their private vehicles in- doors where a minimum of equip- ment is available. ’ ’

Moreover, the garage will ‘ ‘pro- vide a permanent structure for storage and maintenance of the University of Waterloo Off-Road Racing Club’s ‘Warrior’.” The “Warrior” has competed at the Kitchener International Raceway and the Mosport circuit over the last two years.

He also said “the EngSoc office receives several requests each term’ for a nearby garage where minor

Etherington argued that although the “Warrior” reached the top five at the Kitchener raceway in 1974, high maintenance costs and “in- convenient” repair facilities ac- counted for deteriorating perfor- mances. Hence the need for a gar- age which would give the “War- rior” a “boost” and provide a car repair outlet for UW students.

repairs may be effected.” The “minimum equipment” for

the garage includes: a “sturdy but portable ramp”; a 225 Amp arc welder; a monorail with chain hoist; a hydraulic dolley hoist; a light duty air compressor; a library of repair manuels; a 1 lo/220 v. 3ph. power supply; a metal work bench with heavy duty vise; an oil dis- _ posal tank and a fire extinguisher.

In other business, council gave $2,000 to the Young People in Legal Difficulty (YPLD) to help the project tide over hard times while it waits further federal and provincial government funding.

from all kinds of problems such as no money, no job and no place to stay.”

One of the project’s directors, Sandra Sachs, said that the main objective of YPLD is to orient young people coming to court for the first time. “ These people suffer

Women to march in Toronto Women across Canada have set-

aside the day before Mother’s Day as a time to make public statements clarifying their demands for change.

On Saturday, May 10, marches and rallies are planned in many

’ Scientists Geoscientists from Canada, the

United States and several other countries will be taking part in meetings to be held at UW from May 15th through 17th.

The annual meetings of the Geological Association of Canada and the- Mineralogical Association of Canada will be held in conjunc- tion with the North-Central section of the Geological society of America.

The programme has attracted over 380 scientific and technical papers which will be presented in the Engineering Lecture Hall of the university. As of the beginning of April, several hundred advance re- gistrations had been received from places as distant as Australia, New Zealand, India, Bulgaria, East Germany and Sweden, and it is ex- pected that over one thousand sci- entists will attend the Waterloo meeting.

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cities to focus attention upon the demands of the Women’s Move- ment. These demands include:

Equal pay for work of equal value.

Universal access to quality child care.

Equal rights in marriage and property law.

Safe and effective birth control for all.

Removal of abortion from the criminal code.

Freedom for Dr. Henry Mdrgen- thaler. *

The spread of the Women’s Movement has prompted govern-. ment policy makers to declare 1975 International Women’ s Year and to set up advertizing campaigns and offer grants for women’s projects. The question being asked by many

women, however, is “How much will all of this contribute to the con- crete social changes that feminists are seeking?”

Although International Wo- men’s Year is described in one government publication as a” ‘grass. roots” movement, women across Canada feel that the government is not addressing itself to the most important issues and is trying to tell women what the issues are rather than to find out by asking.

Women from the K-W Women’s Place are planning to join the de- monstration in Toronto. It will begin at 1:00 pm on May 10 at the north end of Queen’s Park. Any women interested in joining are in- vited to contact Phyllis Waugh at 576-9477 or the Women’s Place,at 744-70 11:

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According to a leaflet distributed to councillors, the, goals of YPLD are: -to intervene and mediate in situa- tions which would otherwise reach the courts; -to assist young people in the courts, in association with other groups such as probation services; ?-to monitor cases progressing through the courts; -to collect and analyze data col- lected in the courts; -to staff and maintain a home for young people in trouble with the law in the Kitchener-Waterloo area.

Former federation president Andy Telegdi urged council to sup- port the project as it would do much

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to improve student relations with the community. He pointed out that as- a former member of a Local Initiatives Programme granting committee, he could safely say the project received the highest re- commendation. 3

Council also approved several summer positions for <the various federation area boards such as en- tertainment, housing, education and publications. Entertainment orientation chairperson will be Joan Fischer; education re- searchers/planners will be Shane Roberts and John Morris; housing co-ordinator will be Sandy McDonald; and handbook editor will be Randy Hannigan.

-john mods

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Campus centre. pub open There will be beer, liquor and

nightly entertainment for all as the campus centre permanent pub opens its doors for another term

The facility is being run jointly by the university administration and federation of students. Federa- tion officials hope the entire opera- tion will eventually be under the student management.

At present Bill Deeks, university administrative services chief, and the federation are negotiating an agreement which will give the bar to student management.

The signing of the agreement will cost the federation some fifty thousand dollars which will pay for the renovations and’additions of required bar facilities. *

The pub was closed last fall for the renovations and opened again for business in the middle of January.

Pub workers complained about “a minority of patrons, travelling from table to-table with drinks in their hands which is in direct con- travention of liquor laws, and also moving tables from room to room”.

Other offical house rules include: identification must be shown on re- quest at the door; the management can refuse to admit anyone; and the service of alcoholic beverages is available only to students, faculty, staff and their registered guests. ,

Pub qfficials insist the liquor license can be withdrawn at any time should a liquor license board

inspector see any rules broken. The situation has proven quite a

headache for Bill Deeks because if the license is-lost at any of the many licensed areas on campus the uni- versity loses its license for all areas.

This would mean the South Campus Hall would also lose its license to serve liquor, and all Vil- lage pubs would be cancelled inde- finitely.

Although the winter term was a worry to all pub officials they are confident their problems will be re- duced in the spring term as patrons become acquainted with the rules.

-michael gordon

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Track meet corn-ing After an absence of one year, the ‘73) the spectators were confined to

the first few rows of seats: The other seats in the stands had been declared unsafe.

The meet director, Bob McKil- lop, has been very encouraged by the number of entries that have been flowing into his office. “In spite of the number of new meets that have sprung up in the spring- time, we will still have a very large . number of entries this year. It cer- tainly bodes well for interest and enthusiasm in track and field in On- tario.

Pub management officials are being very strict about those who contravene the house rules. During the third week in March the pub was closed for a week due to con- tinuing abuse of the house rules.

Deeks, in a recent chevron interview, said about this abuse “Well there have been many and they allhave a potential of affecting our license”.

The Friday night preceding the shutdown a scuffle broke out in the pub and finally precipitated the dry week.

Warrior Trophy Track and Field Championship for high school stu- dents, will be resumed this coming Saturday, May 10, 1975.

The athletic department of the university of Waterloo was forced to cancel last year’s Meet due to problems in communicating with the high schools ‘around the pro- vince. This situation was brought about by some-problems within the mail-handling industry.

Another feature of the resump- tion is the return to full use of Seag- ram Stadium. The stadium has re- cently been refurbished with new seats. When the Warrior Meet was last held in Seagram Stadium (in

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Leading the entries will be the perennial powerhouse from To- ronto, Michael Power. Michael Power has won the Warrior Trophy in five -out of the last six years, its string broken only in 1970 by Park- dale Collegiate from Toronto. The Michael Power Trojans, led by their coach, Father John Redmond, have another excellent team, this year.

The Trojans, always strong in the track events have some very good performers in the field events this year. Leading the field event competitors is Ed Kwiatowski in the discus. Last week, Kwiatowski set a Canadian inter-scholastic re-

cord with a total of 186’5”. ,’ If Kwiatowski can come any-

where near his throw of last week, he will have a good chance of breaking the longest-standing re- cord in the Warrior meet. The dis- cus record for the Warrior Track and Field Meet was set back in 1966 when Zenon Andrusyshyn, now a kicker with the Toronto Argonauts _a@ then performing with Oakville-Trafalgar threw the dis- cus 177’. - The Warrior Meet will get un- derway at 11:OO on Saturday (May 10) with the heats in the 110 meter hurdles.

There will be a track break from 1250 until 1:30. The last event is schedule&for 5:20, the 4x100 meter relay.

Spectators are welcome to at- tend the event. There is no admis- sion charge. There is adequate free parking beside Seagram Stadium.

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Bluegr ass It was only a few years ago that

all the music being played over the air waves could be classified as one of three different types. The music was either rock and roll, country and western or classical.

Today however, these categories are no longer sufficient to classify any one song. Rock groups have teamed up with sym- phony orchestras, rock operas have come on the scene and very defmite country sounds have per- vaded the top forty charts.

While the country sound has definitly formed a separate identity apart from “western” music, with western music still being domi- nated by a twangy voice, there is a part-of country music that is gaining steadily in popularity. The music originated in the hills of Kentucky and came to be known as bluegrass. With instruments such as lead ban- jos, fiddles, guitars, mandolins and stand up bass, groups came out of the Kentucky hills with a unique picking style that culminated in the now famous “breakdown music”. This foot stomping music began to move north, and his gained alot of popularity among the “back to the land’ ’ -people.

Although originally, there were no electrified instruments used in bluegrass, and there still remain groups that refuse to use amps, the electric bass and to some extent the electric guitar has come onto the scene. However the basic, foots- tomping fast paced music is still there.

Locally, bluegrass music or bluegrass oriented music has been introduced by such bands as Kit Carson, The King City Slickers, Salt Spring Rainbow and perhaps the best known bluegrass group in Canada, the*Good Brothers.

It would probably be a surprise to most music fans to learn that the largest music festival in Canadais a bluegrass festival held each year at Carlisle near Hamilton. In it’s third year, the festival has grown from an attendance of 2600 persons to a

point where this year producer, Don Bird, is limiting ticket sales to thirty thousand.

The groups that have been signed for this year’s festival in- clude Bill Monroe, the “father of bluegrass” from Kentucky, the Good Brothers from Toronto, the Country Gazette, the country Gentleman the Seldom Scene all from south of the border, Josh Graves and Norman Blake and many others. These names may not mean much to the uninitiated but the festival will provide the biggest cross section of bluegrass music ever assembled in Canada.

The festival begins on Friday June 6, 1975 at noon and continues until midnight Sunday June 8. The festiv’al area is a large park near Carlisle on highway 6> and the park has a large camping area for all those attending the three day ses- sion.~ The stage is separated from the camping area and there-will be a craft city set up where crafts will be displayed and sold. Food will be sold on the site, and for those camp- ing liquor will be allowed at the tents, since that will be the place of residence for the weekend.

While the main attraction will probably be the stage shows, there will be other attractions also. Bluegrass groups have a habit of,

jamming just about anywhere and there will be workshops held for those who want to learn about some of the finer points of picking or playing a breakdown.

The cost for the weekend is thir- teen dollars which includes the camping and parking fee, and there will be a one day ticket for Sunday only which will cost about eight dollars. Tickets are available at Sams in Kitchener.

For those unfamiliar with blue- grass, listen to John Denver’s new release or remember Dueling Ban-

jos which was formerly called Feuding Banjos and thats music with bluegrass roots.

-randy hannigan

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h Lecture Series on Women The last three talks, part of a series presented by the K-W

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May 16th Effective Communication in Human Relationships Gloria Taylor, Nancy Smale, Interfaith Pastoral Counselling Centre. Communication is more than talking. How well do you hear?

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May 20th Expanding Choices for the Older woman Hala Pierkaraski, Conestoga College. Life after 40 brings changes: in health, in appearance, in family structure and in work. How will you meet these changes? _

June 17th The Woman’s Movement: Perspectives . Diane Duggan, Sue Berlove-Woman’s Place. Does the woman’s movement mean different things to different people?

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NUS-pushes for changes in student. aidcL programmes - . .

The drive for a student aid prog- ramme aimed at breaking down the financial barriers for students from low-income families remains the key concern of the National Union of Students (NUS). .

Other priorities include the pub- lication of a university women’s survival manual and investigations into student housing and employ- ment problems. * NUS met last weekend at its third annual meeting in Toronto to

main goal of the union is to push for ‘ ‘a more equitable student aid prog- ramme” which would involve a substantial revamping of the exist- ing federal and provincial assis- tance ‘schemes.

He argued that a more equitable programme would further the breakdown of the current elitist image of the universities as a grea- ter number of students from low- income families could attend higher education.

draft an “action list” for the up- coming year and to discuss pre- “The concept we go by is pared studies of the diverse facets that education is a social of student life. Over 80 delegates

, from 25 post-secondary institutions righlt and not a privi-

’ across Canada attended the con- lege. . . ” ference.

In an interview, NUS president “The concept we go by is that Pierre Ouellette said presently the education is a social right and not a

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privilege, and the way to imple- ’ However, of those receiving stu- propriate age bracket not enrolled ment this is to have no financial barriers whatsoever.”

dent aid, about 54.8 per cent- bor- row under $1,000 during the entire

in ‘post-secondary institutions; -those who enrolled but never

NUS deals with the federal pers- pective of student aid and leaves provincial assistance programmes to such regional unions as the On- tario Federation of Students, the Association Nationale des Etudiantes de Quebec, the Atlantic Federation of Students and the British Columbia Student Federa- tion, Ouellette said. .

However, the regional student unions depend upon and use a con- siderable amount of NUS research.

Ouellette pointed out that ~ the political stands of NUS will “prog- ress only as far as students have intemalized the arguments of their lead r-s.” Student officials should pres f ure their constituency to be concerned with society as a whole and not just with self-centered is- sues.

// . when informed, stu- d& will act again.”

Asked about the image of the “apathetic” student depicted in re- cent stories run in the daily press, Ouellette noted that “even in the militant 1960s only 20 per cent of the student sector participated in’ the movement and that when in- formed, students will act again.”

He cited last fall’s student marches and strikes in Quebec where over 100,000 students op- posed the government’s assistance scheme as being inadequate and in- efficient.

Active lobbying on the part of NUS to push for reforms in student issues will enable the movement to ‘ ‘blossom”, Ouellette said.

In a plenary report on student aid-, NUS charged that the present educational system is unequal for three reasons:

“-the financial and social bar- riers which continue to exist;

“-the lack of information about educational opportunities and stu- dent aid programmes ;

“-the inequitable manner of distributing these funds.”

The report says that federal- provincial government commis- sioned research, the Peitchimis Report, 1972, has shown students from low and moderate income families are “greatly under- represented in the post-secondary school system. ” In 1973-74, pnly 35 per cent of university students received federal and/or provincial assistance leaving. the remainder dependent on parental contribu- tions or savings.

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period of their studies, the report completed their courses; asserts. ‘&those who were accepted but

So given the current figures, the report states that “a large propor- tion of students attending post- secondary education have better financial means than the majority of Canadians. ’ ’

But the report warns against “the extreme caution now ‘being taken in increased spending on post-secondary education” which is “due to the fear fostered by politicians, of overspending on education at the expense of other social needs. ’ ’ For, although stu- dent enrolment and government funding increased considerably be- tween 1960-61 and 1970-71, these figures “are far less alarming when one realizes that only in recent years was thefinancing of post- secondary education recognized as a government responsibility.

“Prior to 1951, the only federal financial assistance to post- secondary students was the ‘Aid to Veterans Programme’ and until the Canada Student Loan Plan came into effect, there was virtually no government student aid that was meant to be directed specifically to those who could not afford to pay for their own educational costs,” the report states. I

The report stresses that govem- ment should consider how the money is spent and who benefits rather than how much is being spent.

failed to enrol. “The completion of these sur-

veys is essential if we are to deter- mine to what extent those who do not receive a post-secondary edu- cation are restricted by financial considerations ,” the report as- serts.

The report urges that the surveys be conducted as soon as possible as both the federal and provincial governments are considering policies on student aid without this information.

It also lists the following recom- mendations to improve student as- sistance:

“-that the provincial and fed- eral governments undertake a thorough review of their respective aid schemes with the intent of con- solidating these into one national aid programme ;

‘ ‘-that this programme include abolition of tuition fees and an ade- quate living stipend for all students;

“-that the costs of this prog- ramme be borne by the federal gov- emment ; .

“-that this programme assess the students’ needs according to the following criteria: 1) the age of independence to be 18; 2) students’ needs to be calculated by taking into account the individual student’s financial resources: in- come, gifts, bursaries and scholar- ships; 3) all students regardless of discipline, type of institution or year of study to be given equal con-

. . . money does influence sideration; 6c --that Dart-time students be the educational oppor- tunities for young pe&le. same considerations as given full-

time students, their needs to be as-

- eligible for {he programme with the

sessed on a pro-rated basis with full-time students;

In addition, the report cites the Porter study entitled “Does Money

, Matter? Prospects for higher edu- cation” (conducted in 1973 by Mar- ion Porter, John Porter and, Ber- nard Blishen) which affirmed, after surveying 9,000 Ontario high school students, that money does influence the educational oppor- tunities for young people.

The Porter study also showed that over 40 per cent of grade 12 students didn’t know. how much money they could get in govem- ment assistance if they went to uni- versity. L

This leads the NUS student aid report to assert that: “If students at this point in their education are not informed of the financial assistance available to them, then we can only

, conclude that the government aid is not intended to serve as an incen- tive to higher education.”

In order to assess “the extent of educational equality,” the report recommends that “to ensure that the appropriate changes may be made to achieve maximum acces- sibility to post-secondary educa- tion in this country,” surveys be conducted of:

“ -all individuals in the ap-

“-that governments expressly recognize the right of representa- tive student organizations to par- ticipate on all government bodies determining policies, criteria and administrative procedures, and . that immediate discussion be opened with the National Union of Students to achieve this goal;

“-that the formulae for student aid be thoroughly publicized to all adults and high school students;

“-that any’ form of the canting- ency repayment scheme whereby assistance is given in the form of loans be rejected. ”

“Our society mySt be trans- formed into one in which full educational equality exists for all citizens.”

Finally, the report notes that: “Our society must be transformed into one in which full educational equality exists for all citizens. No one should have to forego an ac- ceptable standard of living in order to attain the education he or she wishes.”

-john morris

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Engineer t j defends . * RCMP ’

Re ‘the Art of Interrogation’, April 4, ‘75.

This booklet was meant to accompany or supblement the author’s lectures to RCMP trainees. The RCMP makes no attempt to censor any of their lecturers. (Shades of Renison). The lectures are ineant to expose

I the trainee to as many facets of the society in which (s)he will work as possible. The RCMP prints “lecture notes” for those lec- turers who do not have the facilities to print a 6opy for each trainee, (thus the RCMP crest on the cover), and what is printbd does not necessarily represent official pol- icy.

The trainees are expected to make up their own minds about the use or applica- tions of what they read or hear in lectures. (Most people that I know, or know of, know something about the Germans’ treatment of Jews during the war. Because they know how these things were done doesn’t mean they do them. I have yet to meet someone who has taken his neighbor- hood jew(s) and roasted them in an oven.)

Keep your eyes and ears open. You, too, could have obtained this information.

Fora short article, I think that ‘the Art of Interrogation’ is a good description of some common non-violent interrogation techniques.

Paul van Leeuwen 1B mech. eng.

Weights now need repair ’ I

It may not be known to most of the stu- dents at this University who pay an annual sum of $22.00 towards Athletic fees, but a conspiracy has been taking place: in the Jock Palace. (otherwise known as the P.A.C.).

The weight room is .permanently oc- cupied by a variety of barbells, dumbbells (not all human), a leg machine, and two Universal weight lifting machines. Out of all the equipment in the room, the Univer- sal machines have the largest work loads. Having used the room for two years now, I can honestly say that students have taken better care of the equipment this year than they have in the past.’ But, the puzzling thing (one of the 8 great mysteries of the world) is that the equipment is in the worst condition that it has ever been in.

What could be the cause of this unbe- lievable fact? The answer-poor maintai- nence by the administration. The only reason the equipment is breaking is be- cause the equipment is receiving no main- tenance care. I think it is very senseless for the University to spend our money to buy new equipment and then leave it there to take care of itself! When you buy a new car, do you sit back, and let the car change its ownoil, add its own antifreeze, fill its own tires with air or even wash itself when it is dirty? Of course not ! And, I assure you that a weight lifting machine has no more intel- ligence than a car; so somebody better get up to that room and do something about the expensive equipment that is rotting there! There is only about half left that is still useable,. All that is required is a little time to oil the ‘machine and replace wornibut parts with new ones.

I admit that consultants have been called in to examine the faulty equipment but after heeing and hawing for half an hour or so, they could do nothing but suggest that they should go for a coffee to think over the situation!

It is also unfortunate that a person using

the machine received an ugly gash across the back of his neck when a cable snapped and the weight came crashing down upon him. After his blood was spilt, we naturally figured something would be done about this intolerable situation. But we were left standing there in the cold with our jock straps in our hands!

As you’ve probtibly noticed, the crime rate on campus has been quite low this year. This is partly due to the fact that, Captain Power and his fellow crime fight- ers (with the likes of Clark Kent, Shazam, the Mighty Hulk, and Steve Austin) have been working dut daily at the weight room. But, if the administration doesn’t fix the equipment, these heroes will be forced to leave the area and give Security a headache they may not be able to handle.

So, don’t give our weight lifters a let down ! Please fix the equipment!

/ Zorro

Well I wouldn’t hold your breath. The provincial government is forcing the university to cut its budget for repairs, 65.5 percent. In the next year alot of equipment will be falling to seed due to the . lackoffunding. ’

-1ettitor

Simplistic \ thinking c I m de .

I would like to comment on G. Finlay’s article “How the drug companies handle your headaches” which was printed in the last issue of the chevron.

The information given on the composi- tion and effects of the various drugs on the market was very useful, but the undertone and conclusions of the article were wrong: too much blaming “them”, too little realis- ing that it is we ourselves, allowing ourse- lves, to be conned by advertisement and other factors into the simplistic thinking “this @lI will make my headache go away in a moment”. Particularly what was said in the last paragraph-how can one be so naive to think that socialism will cure our societal headaches in a moment? or even at all? .

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Looking at the various “socialist exper- iments” presently “making progress to- wards communism”, and at history, it seems that no “system” as of yet has not been corrupted soon by individuals of that society. The capitalist profiteering attitude of the drug companies (like those of other industiies), is found in other societies as well, and in a different form, the “me first” attitude, is in almost everyone every- where. \

t Chris Hofhnann

Library . laurels’

I’m pissed off about all the criticisms the staff at the Arts Library has been getting lately. I have to say something on their behalf.

Quite frankly I’ve always had excellent service and treatment by the people there. When I was in first year and couldn’t tell the periodicals from comic books, there was usually someone shelving books or busy doing something else who would stop and help me.

Considering all the bullshit they have to go through I think 2 weeks is rather reason- able when requesting a book. We all know the game, right? You get a card in the mail saying to return a book someone else needs, but the book is just sitting on the shelf in your room. You say “fuck it” for a week or so; you might get around to using it and you can tell them you didn’t receive the card: Right?? Then there are the profs and grad students (some of them) who think it’s

below-their dignity to be “bullied” by that bureaucracy. If it’s not these uncoopera- tive sorts it’s those who get their thrills stealing the books we need. They are the ones who should face the firing squad.

All these cases are blamed on the library staff. Do you think that’s fair?

Do you khow how difficult it is to keep track of almost 700,000 books and periodi- cals? Our library is free of all the red tape like they have in Toronto. We can even enter the stacks to look at the books before we take them out. This makes for a lot of work, reshelving, shelf-reading (to put books on sheIves back in order after we’ve screwed them up) and finding the books requested that are in the library and not on their proper shelves. .

These people aren’t being paid all that much and on top of it they get some pretty degrading treatment. I don’t think what is usually said about them is very well thought out. Just think about some of the pressures they have to contend with. Then look at all the criticism of late and see if it’s either misplaced or just plain petty.

Art Farquarson 3rd year Sociology

Yes’ album J is fresh

This letter in reply to the critique of the Yes “Relayer” album in the March 14 Chevron. I was wondering how many times I the author has listened to that albuin before making his judgement? The reason why I ask is that I believe one needs to seriously listen to Yes’ works many times to fully appreciate the intricacies and fine melodies thai combine to create the whole. Each listening unfolds new textures and colours making the songs fresh and vibrant.

If Yes is the progressive group I think it is, then it is headed in the right direction in that the members are not afraid to change and experiment instead of stagnating in their past accomplishments. To me all too many bands choose the latter thus becom- ing little more than music machines.

When the author compares Yes to San- tana, I get the impression that he feels Yes is not being original. But then again, is San-

;tana being original? Not really. Is there anything wrong with returning to original music sounds and re-interpreting them? Does a group have to be totally different in orde?%o be termed “successful”?

I’m not trying to undermine the author’s comments, for music is relative to the lis- tener. I simply wish to offer another view. of some serious artists that deserve merit for their: willingness to grow instead of lying fat and fallow.

Gordon Stratford

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.As the sun sets behind the PAC building tho& chevrics who never give up are putting out the first issue of this years’ chevron, volume 16:l. The chevrics are an optimist lot, we’ve scheduled forty-nine issues for the coming year. This is an increase over last year’s publication schedule of eleven issues which is accounted for by the chevron scheduling an issue for every week of the summer term until July 25. Also the chevron will begin publication on a twice weekly basis beginning next January. Now you ask why the chevrics have decided to increase the number of publications. It’s simply because we figure the faster,we can get the news out to you the better service we are providing the campus communuity. So give us another read and I’ll’ bet you’ll find something you would like to read. So good luck on the summer term and enjoy the first few slack.weeks..Also don’t forget we are having a special meeting on Monday at 2:00 in the chevron office, campus centre r-m 140 for anyone interested in putting out a newspaper that gives this student body the quality news coverage it deserves. Production on this weeks’ paper included john morris, henry hess, randy hanriigan, Sylvia hannigan, diane ritza, and michaei gordon, peering up at passers-by between the PAC and the campus centre, hope to see you on monday, mg.

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