Socreds hack UBC budget

. ’IfhatamouGis not made up in some way, it will be extremely difficult,” White said. “Dr. Kenny will have to look for other sources of revenue.”

Administration president Doug Kenny has publicly said he does not want tuition fees to increase next year. But he has also said the administration would not involve itself in political crossfire if the

V O ~ . LIX. NO. 28 VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1976 <gD4’ 228-2301

Cocke hits at high tuitions

By STEVE HOWARD Tuition fees should be

eliminated, Dennls Cocke, provinciai NDP education critic said Wednesday.

..I beiieveln education as a right, i n c l u d i n g p o s t - s e c o n d a r y education,” Cocke said. “Anybody who has a yearning for higher education should have access to it. .4 tuition fee increase runs counter to th~s argument.

. . I certainiy support those of you who have taken a position against an increase in tuition fees,‘’ Cocke said. But he said his support is on behaif of those who can‘t afford to come to UBC.

Cacke sald although much of the working class is now middle class and can afford post-secondary education, there are still many people who a r e poor. He said these people a r e kept out of higher education.

..One of the most offensive things i n education is using money a s a way of keeping people out, of keeping (so-called) triflers out,” Cocke said.

Cocke challenged young people to get a good education and to respond to the stresses of society and the need of others to gel a good education. “More than anything we need participation,‘‘ Cocke said. “There should be discussions at the university about what we should do in the future.

.‘There should be an im- provement in the education climate. There‘s far too much general dissatisfaction among students.

Cocke said almost $4 billion is spent on education and health care each year in B.C. “We can only continue to pay these bills if there arepeople out there who can carry the load to pay them,“ he said.

He said there must be a set of checks and balances in education financing.

Cocke said ‘he thinks the In- surance Corporation of B.C. sur- plus this year will be about $100 million. He said the NDP would try to hold Pat McGeer, minister of education and ICBC president, to his promise of rebates for those drivers who do not submit an ac- cident report.

Cocke said McGeer will likely “spread the loot around by offering rebates to other age groups besides the under-25s. But he said the rebate offer was unfair because all those who had submitted accident reports will be ineligible, even if they were not a t fault in the ac- cident.

Cocke said McCeer as minister in charge of ICBC is unresponsive to the public. ”If he’s going to do the same thing in education it’s unfortunate.” Cocke said.

..He’s firmiyentrenched with the new group ( Social Credit) now and It’s the bottom line syndrome,” Cocke sald. McGeer was formerly a Liberal ,MLA.

Cocke said if the Socreds lower ICBC rates, it will probably be prior lo an election.

If we get back lnto government, we won’t turn it (car insurance) hack to private firms.

Cocke said money from ICBC premlums IS Invested in B.C. He said I f private firms had access to the premlums, the bulk of the in- vestments would be made outside the province.

Cocke was vice-chairman of ICBC while the NDP was in power.

, . I f the private enterprise system can produce nothing better than 10 or 15 per cent unemployment, .or even 30 per cent in Terrace, then the system is a failure,” Cocke said. ‘.Where it fails there is a necessity for the government to intercede in the marketplace.

..We were criticized when we were in the government for in- terfering in the marketplace.” He said thousands of jobs were saved by the NDP government’s pur- chase of Canadian Cellulose and other smaller firms.

..Unless we start thinking in those terms again and put people again as a top priority then we’re in deep trouble,’’ he said.

amount needed is -$15.5 to $16.5 million.

And since the two main sources of revenue are the government’s grant and student fees, the dif- ference needed must come from these sources. This year, the government gave the ad- ministration $92 million. Student fees brought $12.4 million. .

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Trident protester hauled out of court By TED DAVIS

Anti-Trident protester .Jim Douglass was hauled out af a U.S. district courtroom Tuesday as he tried to read a prepared statement before he was sentenced on two counts of trespassing and destruc- tion of government property.

Douglass and four other

protesters received sentences ranging from 30 to !w ) days on charges stemmhg from a fence- cutting protest 4ug. 8 at the Trident nuclear suLmarine base in Bangor, Wash.

The protesters are members of the Pacific Life Communities in New Westminster and ;Seattle. ;The

PLC is a pacifist group aiming to halt the spread of nuclear weapons through non-violent protest.

Douglass, and John William of Seattle, have both said they will fast for their entire ‘30-day jail terms. The two men received concurrent 60 and ‘30-day sentences on trespassing and destruction

By JAN NICOL and MIKE BOCKING

The student representative assembly Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected the principle of instituting differential fees for out4f-province students.

The motion to oppose a differential fee system was a reaction to a proposal by student senator Joan Blandford tointroduce such a system a t IJBC. Under this system out-of-province students would pay more than B.C. students, and foreign students would pay even higher tuition fees, she said in an interview Sunday.

Blandford, who was not present at. the SRA meeting, admittedshe did not know what effect such a system would have on the university budget. She also said she did not know how many out-of-province

or foreign students there were at UBC. “I haven’t done ail the groundwork yet to speak to the motion. 1’11 h,ave to find out how many people it will affect,” she said.

M ~ E Sihota, external affairs officer, said that a differential fee system would have an effect on the univlersity budget of’about 3/10 of one per cent.

According to the registrar’s office there are a total of 3,715foreign students enrolled a t UBC this year. Of these students, 2,675 a re landed immigrants who will presumably become Canadians some day.

Sihota said that an increase in fees for students from other countries would limit the number of students from underdeveloped countries who would be .able to afford any education here. “The

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charges, as did J o Maynes, also of Seattle.

Douglass completed a 30-day fast in Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. He lost 34 pounds in that fast, but PLC member Marty Osberg of the Community’s house in New Westminster said Wednesday Douglass has regained his weight and.strength.

Magistrate John Weinberg gave Douglass‘ wife Shelley concurrent 30 and 60-day sentences for the same offences, and Caroline Wildflower of Seattle was sen- tenced to 30 days for illegally re- entering the Trident base after receivinga previous barring letter.

The Aug. 8 demonstration protested the building of the Trident base, which by 1979 will be the home of at least 10 550-fOOt nuclear subs.

‘The submarines are designed to each carry 408 indwidually-guided nuclear warheads, which will make the Trident system the most powerful in the world. It will be capable of launching a first-strike

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SRA reps don't like fee plan -

From page 1 education of foreign students is one of thecheapest formsof foreign aid Canada can provide," Sihota said.

No one spoke in favor of dif- ferential tuition fees and there was only one vote against the motion.

The motion stressed the desirabil i ty of, having foreign students as.a part of the university community.

Basil Peters, student member of the board of governors, said he

doubted -the issue would arise. during the next board meeting.

Provincial governments in Ontario and Alberta have decided that there should be higher fees for foreigners.

The Alberta government is pressuring that province's university boards of governors to raise tuition fees for foreigners but the boards are fighting such a move. They have hiked tuition fees for foreign students at the University of Calgary.

-Peters said other provincial governments are watching the effects of the system in Ontario, before deciding whether to apply it in their provinces.

UBC would probably not demand higher tuition fees from foreign students, saidPeters. "I doubt that the board of governors would be in favor of differential fees," he said.

Sihota said that apart from the United States and Ontario, most western countries do not have differential tuition fees.

Jail sentences set From page 1 earlier this year gave 30-day jail

assault on at least 4080 targets at terms to three women involved in a once. May demonstration inside the

prepared statement Douglass, who holds joint Canadian and American citizenship, began to speak about Canada-U.S. relationships and Canadian involvement in the Trident project.

Weinberg declared this irrelevant and asked Douglass to confine his remarks to the case.

Douglass continued reading

Half-way through reading his Trident base.

from his statement and Weinberg ordered him removed from the court.

A sixth convicted protester who was also scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday did not appear in court. Laurie Raymond was arrested Monday night by Washington police for spray-painting a downtown Seattle theatre and was still in jail a t the time of the sen- tencing.

She was sentenced Dec. 6 with three other people arrested at the ,4ug. 8 protest.

The protesters a re being held in the King County jail in Seattle.

Three other anti-Trident protesters were found guilty Tuesday in Seattle on charges of destruction of government property during another fence- cutting protest at the Bangor base Sept. Ti.

Thev will be sentenced Dec. 30 bv judge Donald Voorhees, ' who

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Thursday, November 25, 1976 T H E U B Y S S E Y Page 3

Foreign students hit fee motion Many foreign students will be hit

hard if they a r e forced to pay higher tuition fees than B.C. residents, a Ubyssey survey has found.

Some foreign students in- terviewed Wednesday said other studies at UBC a r e subsidized and they -would not have any trouble paying higher.fees, but others said higher fees would make it difficult for them to continue here.

The students were reacting to a notice of motion, presented to UBC senate by student education senator Joan Blandford, which advocates increasing tuition fees for students from outside the province.

Joseph Sugasaga, fine arts 2, said he will undergo financial hardship if foreign students’ fees are increased.

“I am paying my own way and I think any increases will affect me,” he said. “The economic situation in B.C. is getting worse and worse. You have to pay more for clothing, housing and food, and so any increase in fees will make these costs harder to pay.”

Sugasaga said he is already considering dropping out of UBC and going to another university.

He said he doubts the money the university would get , from collecting higher fees for foreign students would have much effect on the university‘s budget. “I would understand if foreign students were 50 per cent of the university population. But such a small percentage, how will this benefit the university?‘’

There are 3,715 foreigg students enrolled at UBC but 2,675 of them are landed immigrants and would not be affected by fee increases. Another 369 students are being sponsored by their home govern- ments and so would not feel the effects of an increase.

Soonly 643 foreign students, here on student visas, would be af- fected.

Other students said their financial situation is difficult because they are not allowed to work while living in Canada on a student visa.

Yau-Nam Cham, . business graduate studies, said: “It ’ is

impossible for foreign students to get a jobin the summer. No matter how hard the employer may want to (hire the student). The f e e in- creases will definitely reject some of these students.“

Another student, Raphael Ramotete, said foreign students who do not have government sponsorship find it hard to meet the costs of studying in E1.C.

”1 think for the third world countries it is a disaster, for it is cutting off a channel towards higher education.”

Another problem for foreign students is that it is hard for them to receive grants when they are outside their home countries. -

”In my opinion the Canadians can do what they wdnt. The Canadian politicians must listen to what the Canadian public wants. If they want to increase fees for foreign students, then the politicians must do it,” Ramotete said.

Mireille Arnold said she is here on a Canada Council grant so f e e increases would not affect her.

I I I Teacher tralnlng at UBC unfairly

By VICKI BOOTH Allegations that student

illiteracy is caused by poor teacher training are exaggerated, education dean John Andrews said Wednesday.

But he said there are some faults in the faculty‘s program training teachers to teach English.

Andrews was commenting on a report put out to the provincial education department, in which some teachers surveyed expressed dissatisfaction with their .university training.

“Virtually every profession has this difficulty,“ he said. “The members run into . practical situations difficult to handle, and it is natural to blame the training Institutions.

”However, we (the faculty of education) need to do a good deal more than we presently are doing wth respect to language-arts and Iiteracy.”

Andrews said some changes to programs have been made and more a re being considered. One of the biggest changes was made two ‘{ears ago when a course in reading ;or elementary school teachers became mandatory.

But, Andrews said, this has not

.I. I

yet had any effect on teaching. Screening and remedial tests

nave also been implemented to ensure that grammar and Ianguage education students use is acceptable.

Bill Broadley, B.C. Teachers Federation president, said the problem lies in communication between the high schools and the universities.

”Teachers attack the faculty of education, the universities attack the high schools, the high schools attack the elementary schools, and the elementary schools attack the parents,” he said. “But all these attacks don’t help to solve the problems.

“Steps need to be taken to im- prove communication between the faculty of education and schools.”

Broadley said: “UBC has traditionally been the most dif- ficult to reach. But within the last few years, there have been some innovations and programs have been made more meaningful to students. ”

Broadley and Andrews also had opinions about education minister Pat McGeer’s decision to create province-wide English placement exams.

“It will depend on the way in which the results from these exams are used,” Andrews said.

“If they are to be used to place students in different kinds of English programs, I think the exams will be beneficial. But if they a r e to be used for admission purposes, the results could be damaging.

.‘Although that is not the in- tention right now, I‘m afraid it could happen.’’

Broadley said he does not have too much faith in the idea of an exam.

..Is the result of one exam - a number - going to allow the university to place students in appropriate courses?‘’ he asked.

“For an indication of a student’s work, a teacher should take a lot of assessments during the ’ school year. ‘This would be a better in- dicatlon to universities regarding student achievement.”

He sald placement tests do not take Into account factors such as now a student wdl feel on the day he I S given the exam.

..I have a great fear in the confidence which people give to the credibility of numbers,” he said. “ I ’m afraid these placement tests will become like IQ tests were a few years ago. A student will get a number stamped on them that tells

But she said: &‘It does not seem fair to increase. foreign student fees since they face higher ex- penses than do Canadian students.”

She said foreign students con- tribute a lot to the university academically and if some are kept

away by higher fees the academic standards of UBC will suffer.

Jaime Nierras, commerce graduate studies, said many foreign students, however, will not care if fees are increased because they are subsidized to attend university and their fees are paid.

-dean what they can and cannot do.”

Robert Jordan, UI3C’s English department head, said the education faculty isn‘t all to blame for the teaching training problem. .‘That includes the English department ,” Jordan said Tuesday.

He said the education depart- ment’s report makes the point that English teachers should be trained in English skills.

The English department has improved over the past several years, Jordan said, and results in the report on teacher ):raining have a time lag because many teachers have not undergone training for seIreral years. But he added there is :;till room for improvement.

But he said Improving university training and giving teachers more ume for each s:udent will ultimately cost money.

He said the grade 12 exam will help both the faculty and the students. ”It will give us a lot more rime to deal ,with the results,” Jordan said.

The education d’epartment’s deveiopment of the report and the exam a r e “encouraging,” said Jordan, “but a t the same time I’m frightened by all these cutbacks.”

Differential fees imposed af Calgary CALGARY (CUP) - The ,4lberta advanced education

University of Calgary board of minister, that the board take such governors has bowed to pressure action. from the provincial government The request was contained in a and implemented increased tuition private letter to board chairman fees for visa students a t the Ross Mackimmie. university. Mackimmie denied Tuesday that

The decision to add a $300 in- the board had had undue pressure crease for new visa students was exerted on it by the government. announced Tuesday and follows a He said the board had been “pretty “request” from Bert Hohol, responsible” in i t s decision and

Raid policy set RCMP staff Sgt. AI Hutchinson said Tuesday he has issuedl a lengthy set

of instructions to UBC’s detachment as a result of a po1:ice raid on a Totem Park floor mixer Friday night.

The instructions clarify detachment policy. “Student rooms are considered to be private residences, and police

officers areonly to go there for two reasons,” Hutchinson said. Police should go to residences only in response to a direct complaint or

in a public service role to convey messages, such as a death in the family, he said.

Hutchinson is conducting an inquiry into the raid by five RCMP members, led by Corp. David Patterson, which shut down a ]mixer on fifth floor Haida. He said the investigation is not complete and no action has been taken against Patterson.

“I’m still waiting for the rest of the students’ statements to complete the investigation,” he said.

claimed the university’s autonomy “had not been compromised.”

Rut, board member Harvey Buckmaster, a physics professor, said Tuesday that Hohol had threatened to change the province’s Universities’ Act, which says only the board can implement fee increases, if the board did not go along with his wishes.

‘.The minister said ‘you do it (oppose fee increase) and 1’11 change the act,“ ’ Buckmaster said.

Vic Cowley, students’ union services vice president, said the move will generate very little new revenue for the university. If the same number of new in- ternationals is admitted next year as in the current year, only an extra $12,000 would be raised, he said.

In its resolution, the board said differential tuition fees would discourage students in lower in- come brackets from attending the university, restricting attendance to those who have the money and not necessarily the academic ability.

The resolution also said “any

Canadian university of stature” must have “an appreciable number” of visa students. It said Canadian universities “have a responsibility to contribute to the higher education of visa students,” especially those from third world and developing nations.

The increased fee will be im- plemented only for next year’s newcomers and will not affect visa students already enrolled at the U of c.

After next year, tuition fees may be determined by the board and approved by the minister, the resolution said.

The resolution also called for a royal commission to look further into the role of visa students in Canada.

Board member Pat Ruby- O’Conner, students‘ union president, said she is “pretty disgusted” with the board’s decision. It was, made under a great deal of political pressure from Edmonton, she said.

Ruby-O’Conner said she would have preferred a board resolution clearly and firmly opposing dif- ferential tuition fees.

Page 4 T H E U B Y S S E Y Thursday, November 25, 1976

Rot n roll 9 9 What's wrong with Rolling Stone magazine indicates

what's wrong with rock 'n' roll: i t 's no longer culture, it's business. The counter culture has become the over-the-counter culture.

This year, Rolling Stone moved i t s offices from San Francisco to New York, for two reasons: one, New York is where the money is, and two, New York is where the political action is, and there's nothing - not even money - Stone editor Jann Wenner would rather have than a U.S. Senate seat. Now all we're waiting for is for Rolling Stone (of which Xerox holds controlling interest, by-the-by) to change i t s name to Rostoco Inc., producing the magazine as a "leisure service of Xerox."

Recently, the Stone devoted a whole issue to Richard Avedon photos of people who are somehow supposed t o be America's leading lights. Some names were unrecognizable. A few issues later, one of these supposed leading lights wrote a letter to the Stone, thanking them for honoring him by including his picture. Many people whom he didn't even realize read Rolling Stone congratulated him on the portrait, this man wrote.

And who was this so-honored man? The president of the largest advertising firm on this globe. It would be cynical to suggest that the Stone ran his picture for that reason (magazines like Stone like lots of attention from advertising companies, especially the world's largest advertising company).

Rolling Stone has reached middle age. I t used to write honestly about rock music, an important part of a vital, growing culture. Now, like the culture, like the music, Rolling Stone has reached fat, comfortable middle age. In i t s heyday, Rolling Stone had no golden calves. Even Bob Dylan was dumped when he turned out a lousy record. But that attitude died when John Lennon produced a record that so awed Rolling Stone that they decided they were not worthy of writing about it.

And Rolling Stone i s a good analogy for rock music. Apart from reggae music, there have been no new musical developments since the late 1960s. Most rock musicians are doing the same sort of thing they were doing 10, 20 years ago, and in many cases are literally doing the same stuff (George Harrison, for example). The other day, a ClTR jock told us that so far this year, only three non-disco singles have topped North American popularity charts this year. Disco?

The name of Elvis Presley's first greatest hit record was something like 50 Million People Can't Be Wrong. Maybe, but taste is another matter.

"Why do I do it? 'Cuz one of these times he"s gonna get his foot stuck, that's why."

Look for fee vote encore It's ironic that the referendum on Don't be surprised if council comes up

honorary membership for students' spouses, which received fewer votes than any other referendum, passed while two referenda, receiving a larger percentage of the vote, failed.

The reason is that the Alma Mater Society constitution requires a two thirds majority in favor of any referendurr involving money. So while an overwhelming majority of students are in favor of raising student fees by $5, the 37 per cent who voted against the. measure got their way.

with an amendment to the constitution: that if more than say, 20.or 25 per cent of the students v:>te, then only a si-mple majority is needed to pass a fee referendum.

Why the change? Because, believe it or not, you're going to face another fee referendum before this winter session is out. Council realizes that a fee increase realiy is necessary and we're going to get fee referenda thrown a t us until we finally pass It.

Blandford dust scraping anincredibleamount Blandford's motion it certainly "AS discuss union today hassle with both governments or education were hampered by

of monev together in our own would be a very bleak situation for

doesn't know UBC rates are some of the currency' just-to study here.

highest in the world today. How

what i t takes . would you like to be confronted wlth hgher rates just because you

every student, regardless of race, creed or origin. Everybody is affected by an increase in fees. We combined our strength when our government tried to raise our fees (to $ 3 0 0 ) and we succeeded in stopping that because we took more appropriate and effective action.

Blandford. Thank God not all So use your common sense, Joan

people a re like you. Jeremy Ralph

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Ralph is a former student council member at the Vrye Universiteit of Amsterdam.

'There may he some misun- derstanding among graduate students of the activities of the Graduate Committee on TAs due to the article published in The Ubyssey on Nov. 16 entitled UBC TAs to form union'?

One may receive the impression that the GCTA has already decided to form a union of TAs and is in the process of doing so. The position of the GCTA on all matters is available in the GCTA Newsletter which appears about every two weeks, copies of which are posted in every graduate department and sent to The Ubyssey. I quote the paragraph in Newsletter No. 4

EUS - injured 'innocence' Ubyssey has done it again.

If anything can be done to tar- nish the image of a well-loved and respected group on campus this rag will leap at the opportunity. I am referring of course to the NOV. 18 reporting of the CUS ICUS? Canadian University Students'? j pool table incident. What pool table? Who cares?

In looking f or a chance to slander (sic) anyone who wears red, your ace reporter was duped by an almost clever, halfbaked plot by CUS to drum up support and in- terestamongst their dull and dumb comrades. The main theme of the CUS turkeys' plot was to set commerce students against engineers (or anyone handy), a tactic copied rather blatantly from

and Co. Needless to say, a little shrewd

detective work by Sherlock Civil uncovered this singularly grisly scheme. By cleverly feeding one and one-half beers to a fourth year commerce cluck (he bought) I ferreted out the information that the table was in fact ripped off by those Classic Cry Babies, the CUS executive.

Nice .try, Henderson. You might have @ten away with your little caper if you had blamed it on the AUS, SUS, PEUS or any other dead and dying campus group, but really, the EUS is out of your league.

Well, back to your vibrators, eh

John Knappett applied science 2

b y s ?

THE UBYSSEY NOVEMBER 25, 1976

Published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society o f the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the staff and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. The Ubyssey publishes Page Friday, a weekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey's editorial office is in room 241 K of the Student Union Building. Editorial departments, 228-2301; Advertising, 228-3977.

Co-Editors: Sue Vohanka, Ralph Maurer

kiddies from The Ubyssey had gathered for a birthday party. Marcus Gee I t was Heather Walker's fifth birthday within living memory, and all the

snitched hunks o f cake when he thought nobody was looking. Stevie Howard cried because none of the presents were for him. while little Chrissie Gainor

Susie Vohanka showed little Ralphle Maurer and Mikey Bocking her pink looked adorable in a blue satin sailor suit with a matching bow In his hair.

panties, while Scoopie the fearless growing newspuppy and Dougie McMuilin

Donkey but pinned it on Teddy Davis and Verne McDonald instead. Kathy looked on. Shelley Roberts and Jannie Nicol played Pin the Tail on the

Ford and Vickey Booth, resplendent in frilly dresses. popped Matt King's and Dougie Fields' balloons.

which IS relevant to the issue of forming a union:

..Although the GCTA has com- mitted itself to not taking any large scaie action until the results of the questionnalre are known, an opinion was voiced and supported that we should start considering what form our action should take to acheve our desired objectives. One of the possible avenues that has been considered by TAs is that of unionization. In order to un- derstand better the consequences of this type of action, the next meeting is being devoted to the discussion of the possibility of forming a union (as at Simon Fraser Universi ty) , or a bargaining association ( a s a t the University of Toronto). The GCTA will hear reports of TA organizing at other Canadian universities. This should be the first of many discussions in which all opinions will be considered, and all those who wish to voice their opinions are encouraged to attend."

I would like to point out that today's meeting will be the first meeting a t which the union issue will be discussed explicitly. I take this opportunity to invite all graduate students interested in the GCTA to attend the regular meetings, as this i s by far the best way to keep informed of our ac- tivities.

David Chapman for the CCTA

Letters should be addressed to the paper . a r e of campus mail or dropped off at The Ubyssey office, SUB 241-K.

Thursday, November 25, 1976 T H E U B Y S S E Y . Page 5

Ubyssey quote inaccurate, claims AUCE organizer I am writing with respect to the

article entitled Students surprised at admin raises which was published on the front page of the Friday Ubyssey, in which I was inaccurately quoted. I would request that you publish this letter as a matter of courtesy as it will serve as a retraction.

In the final paragraph of the above mentioned article you made

reference to a statement allegedly made or rather implied (you failed to use quotation marks which would indicate that the author was not reporting verbatim stateme,nts) by myself as spokeswoman for local 1. Whether the statement was meant to be implicit or explicit it is certainly contrary to any of the statements I made over the telephone to your reporter.

$3.50 too much to pay for Since this seems to be a mini- $3.50a shot for u s to view what has

Winter of Discontent at this recently been the crappiest university, I thought I‘d throw in collection of celluloid garbage in another worthy cause for US to recent memory. raise a stink about. Namely, the absurd practice of the majority of What with higher car insurance, theatres in Vancouver in charging rents, food costs, bus fares, etc., it

Plagiarism probe begins ,4t the moment this university

has no official definition of plagiarism nor any standard procedures for handling cases of alleged plagiarism. This is not to the students’ advantage. Nor to the professors’. It would be better for everyone if there were some im- partial standards and procedures that could be invoked in cases of dispute. Otherwise one student might end up being flunked for somethmg which hardly seemed to himher to be plagiarism, while someone else mlght only have to do a rewrite - even though every word of hslher essay was copied

The Faculty of Arts has recently set up a committee to study plagiarism. This committee reaiizes it needs student input to make a sensible recommendation. The members of this committee are Bill Anglin, Lois Bewley, Eiizabeth Bongie, S. K. Heniger, .Jon Kesselman, R. 1. Sikora and Tannis Williams. We would like to get a message through to students in let us know what they think about plagiarism. Please contact anyoneof us. I can be reached care of the philosophy department or in Brock 165.

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E’lrstly, when I was approached on this issue I maintained that AUCE concerned themselves with corresponding groups, employees at other universities, when drawing up proposals for increases in wages and that we were not overly concerned with what the big brass received. j[ also told the reporter that we did not discuss the increases recently received by the president and vice-presidents and

movies is high time we made an effort in the opposite direction. Depending upon how much student interest is shown, I would like to start up a petition urging the Famous Players and Odeon chains to im- mediately allow student rates to be applied to all university students, instead of their present policy of granting this saving to 18 year olds and younger, as is the case in every theatre in town, with the only exceptions to this being the Varsity and the Dunbar as far a s I know.

Hopefully a strong demon- stration of our concern would convince them that the monetary loss on individual tickets would be more than compensated by a substantial increase in student viewers.

So please, send your opinions to ‘The Ubyssey, and if enough of you show an interest in this, I will start work on the petition a s soon as possible. Kevin McGee

that our union had no opinions to render on the subject. The only time during our conversation that the amount^ of $2,400 was men- tioned was when the reporter asked me if it was true that that amount was the maximum allowed for under the Anti-Inflation Board guidelines - to which I answered yes.

To reiterate AUCE’s position on the AIB guidelines it can be simply said that we a re opposed to them. We do not consider them to be a fair criterion for establishing wage increases, whether they be in- creases received by labor or management. The statement published, “the increase was within the guidelines and the union would therefore consider it reasonable“ is certainly not my statement, nor sentiments. As a union representative I do not feel that the restrictions placed on Canada‘s working people by the AIB a r e in any way reasonable in light of the quasi-restraints placed on prices. But that‘s a whole dif- ferent ball game that I could write a few pages on so I‘ll spare you.

Inclosing I would appreciate it if in the future your paper’s repor- ting was more objective than subjective. I ask this as a student as well a s a member of staff, and as you referred to me as a spokeswoman. There are 1,400 members of AUCE local 1 and

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Fairleigh Funston union organizer

What Funston actually said, when asked her opinion of the raises given the president and vice- presidents, was “In light of the Anti-Inflation Board, the raises are in keeping with the guidelines.”

As she says, AUCE does not consider the AIB guidelines reasonable, and “unarguable” would probably have summed up her statement more accurately. Funston also said AUCE used increases granted to other campus unions in presenting their own arguments in contract negotiations, in particular the Canadian Union of Public Em- ployees, but would not be able to use figures relating to university administrators.-Staff.

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0 the SUB pizza parlor will close Dm. 19 and not reopen until Jan. 3 except for special parties.

0 the gym cafeteria will close Dec. 8.

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The lecture and slide show take place a t noon today in Chemistry 150.

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0 the old auditorium cafeteria

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Christmas holidays and probably IRC snack bar Will close Dec. 23 nobody cares when food services and reopen Jan. 3; outlets will be closed. But here are 0 Place Vanier and Totem

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It's election time ... Politicos after BOG, senate seats

By MIKE BOCKING Student politicos are already

champing a t the bit for the annual race for board of governors and senate seats, which go up for grabs Jan. 19.

At this early stage of the cam- paign, it looks like the biggest fight is going to be for the two board seats now occupied by Basil Peters and Rick Murray.

Murray will not be running because he is no longer a student, but Peters , an e lectr ical engineering student, said Wed- nesday he intends to run again.

Moe Sihota, Alma Mater Society external affairs officer, is also planning to run. He said it is unlikely Peters will be re-elected,

BOG faces $$ squeeze

From page 1 But if the grant leaves the ad-

ministration short of funds, the boardofgovernors will be forced to increase fees to meet the estimated $15.5 to $16.5 million deficit.

So next year's tuition fees would have to increase from the basic fee of about $460 to $1,138 if no cut- backs aremade. If the government increases this year's operating grant by $8 million, student fees would rise to $570.

Deputy education minister Walter Hardwick has indicated the universities will receive little or no increase in their operating budgets next year. And in a similar war- ning to B.C. community colleges, McGeer h a s said operating budgets will not increase much until there is an upturn in the provincial economy.

but admit ted Peters is h is strongest opponent.

Sihota said Peter's campaign last year was freedom of in- formation for students. But: "I don't think he has kept students in the know. A lot of the things which happen on the board have not been discussed in the student representative assembly," said sihota .

Peters said there are certain matters discussed on the board which a re privileged information because they sometimes involve staff, hiring, firing, tenure and promotion. "I appreciate the criticisms of my politically am- bitious colleague, but I have at- tended all SRA meetings and have reported on all open board mat- ters," he said.

Peters said his strongest point is that he has not resigned his position a s many other student politicos have done, and that he represents a middle-of-the-road viewpoint shared by most students.

Bob Salkeld, president of the science undergraduate society, will also run for a board seat.

Salkeld said he is against in- creases in tuition fees a t this time.

Selkeld said a major plank of his platform will be a demand for a report about university financing. The report would examine alter- native methods of financing education so that tuition f e e in- creases can be avoided.

But Salkeld may have damaged hs chances for a board seat by resigning from his position a s SUS representative on senate.

Another possible contender for the board is Roger Schiffer, a first- year law student and former Simon Fraser University senator. There is speculation he will run because he tried to create a vacancy on the

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That controversy arose when Murray did not relturn to UBC this year as a student but decided to try to keep his student seat on the board.

There will likely be. other con- tenders for the bclard, but a t this early stage it looks like the can- didates mentioned will be the front- runners.

The .engineering undergraduate society will likely have a can- didate, and will u.ndoubtedly give unofficial support to current board member Peters.

The race for senate seats is 'less clear-cut, as the number of positions availalPle is greater. There a r e five senators-at-large to be elected and 12: positions to be selected from the undergraduate societies.

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WATERLOO (CUP) -. A University of Waterloo student federation executive member was apprehended in a rock-throwing incident late Sunday, which shattered a window in the office of The Chevron, the student newspaper suspended by the federation two months ago.

Franz Klingender was questioned after the incident.

A campus security spokesman said Tuesday charges will be laid by campus security "within the next couple of days." Klingender is

Carleton opposes

OTTAWA -- The number of international students in Canada is 'not sufficlently disturbing'' to

warrant dlfferential fees or quotas for those attending post-secondary institutlons, according to Carleton Un ive r s l ty ' s admin i s t r a t ion pres ldcn t .

"Differential fees IS one of the worst ways of applying a policy of some restrant," Michael Oliver told a workshop at the joint con- ference of World University Ser- mces Canada and the Canadian Bureau for International Education.

He said deciding how visa student enrolment should be limlted IS "begging the question" because there IS a lack of in- formation suggesting those students a re a burden on the economy or that they prevent Canadians from attending school.

The Ontario government's declslon to impose differential fees in .January "comes from a climate of mislnformation," Oliver said.

think the governments are respondmg in a very peculiar way to what they perceive the public thmks," he said. .

The Carleton president and member of a CBIE task force studying t h r d world students, said

America is 'hamburger society'

NEW YORK (ZNS-CUP) - The United States has become "a hamburger society," according to the WaU Street Journal.

The average American is now consuming 50 pounds of ham- burger ayear, the Journal says, up from a mere 20 pounds of ground beef just four years ago.

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scheduled to appear in court Dec. 1 .

Klingender is one of two federation councillors recalled by their constituents last week in a petition for failing to carry out campaign promises and backing federation president Shane Roberts in attempts to stop The Chevron from publishing.

A petition is also circulating to recall Roberts and, according to the Free Chevron published by Chevron staff, about 1,000 of the necessary 2,300 signatures have been gathered.

In related incidents, the federation executive changed locks on the doors of the photo and editor's offices of The Chevron,

University pres differential fees

the Increasing visibility of in- ternatlonal students has sparked an "emotional reaction" from the

Canadians a re not used :to people who look differently and talk differently" and a re irightened by those "whose race may he perceived as a threat."

i)hver said the costs of univer-

public.

sity would remain the same without international students and that government should "balance the costs with the benefits" of visa students participating in Canada's educat~onal community.

He also stressed the need for governments to base policy for visa students on adequate in- formation.

cluding five cameras seized by Roberts Nov. 16. The following day, an office typewriter was impounded by campus security as evidence after a scuffle between Roberts and Chevron staff following an attempt by Roberts to remove the machine.

The federation executive has also cut off The Chevron's phones.

.4t a meeting Sunday before the rock-throwing, council ratified a motion instructing the president and vice-president "to take those steps necessary for the federation to enjoy full and unencumbered access to and use of the space and facilities in its offices, especially room 140 of the campus centre" (where The Chevron office is located ) .

The motion passed 8-7 after councilspeaker Bob White voted to break a 7-7 deadlock. Both recalled councillors voted in favor of the mo tio n.

Council also voted 8-6 to approve an "interim publication" and pay its editor a salary.

The first emtion, which appeared Monday, was called "the real Chevron."

Four councillors a re challenging the legality of the council meeting

on grounds that Roberts allowed recalled councillors Klingender and Don Orth to vote.

They a r e calling for Roberts' resignation on the same grounds.

The Waterloo federation closed The Chevron Sept. 30, reversing a decision four days earlier when council overturned i t s executive's attempt to lock the staff out of the paper's off ices.

Council also dissolved two paid positions on the staff - production manager and news editor - ef- fectively firing Neil Docherty and Henry Hess respectively.

The executive charged the paper was taken over by a campus political group, the Anti- Imperialist Alliance, after the former editor-in-chief resigned, citing political pressure from other Chevron staff as his reason.

The council approved the closure after a special issue of The Chevron denounced the federation executive. Staff deny the charges of an .4IA takeover, and say the federation has never produced proof :or I t s allegations.

'Tney colltlnue to publish The Free Chevron, and demand the reinstatement of the fired staff and funding for the paper.

Guelph pres. contests referendum GUELPH (CUP) - The student

president a t the University of Guelph is contesting the results of a referendum in which students voted by a large majority to reject membership in the National Union of Students.

Peter Meisenheimer, central students' association president, accused the leaders of an anti-NUS campaign of electoral irregularities during the referendum last week in which students voted 2,200 to 400 against NUS membership.

Meisenheimer and other councillors a re calling for a new referendum, charging that an anti- NUS "committee for concern" violated voting procedures by:

0 covering pro-NUS wall posters with anti-NUS posters;

affixing "vote no" stickers to several ballot boxes, and

0 d i s t r i b u t i n g a n t i - N U S literature, after polling began.

The rderendum followed weeks

WASHINGTON (ZNS-CUP) - In a landmark decision the federal government has decided to supply about five marijuana joints a day to a young school teacher who claims he needs the pot to save his eyesight.

Robert Randall of Washington, D.C., has been informed he can now drop by the offices of the national institute of drug abuses once a week to pick

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He added that pot smoking relieved the symptoms of the disease, and produced medical studies and doctors' statements to back up his claim.

The 28-year-old teacher claimed that the govern- ment - in denying him marijuana - was preventing him from exercising what he called his "con- stitutional right to sight."

of campaigning by pro and anti- up his personal allotment of high-quality govern- This week, the government relented. The drug NUS groups in which both ment-grown weed. publicized their views in leaflets, The government's decision comes as ab result of program, Randall will be entitled to weeMy allot- institute says that under a special experimental posters and letters published in the Randall's arrest on pot charges last year. Instead of merits of pot grown at the government,s marijuana student newspaper. simbly pleading guilty to possessing marijuana, plantation in Mississippi.

ported by Meisenheimer and other losing sight in the other as a result of the eye disease, However, a crimina] complaint against Randall in councillors, stressed the national glaucoma. union's activities dealing with ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The pro-NUS campaign, sup- Randall stated he was blind in one eye and rapidly

the courts is still pending.