University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario

volume 15, number 25 friday, january 11, 1975

Fellow students: The University of Waterloo se-

nate at its Dec. 16 meeting voted in favour of allowing professors to cancel their classes on the after- noon of Jan. 15 to enable members of the university community to take part in a study session on the university’s financial crisis.

The study session is jointly snonsored bv the Federation of Students, the%W administration, the Graduate Club, the Faculty As- sociation and the Staff Association. The event will be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Campus Centre Great Hall.

The study session was precipi- f‘. ‘ tated by the Nov. 18 provincial

government announcement regard-

ing the levels of operating support to universities for 1975-76. The ac- tual increase in funding for univer- sities worked out on a per student basis is 7.4 percent, less than the current inflation rate.

The Ontario university represen- tatives condemned the level of support granted by the government for 197576. It is clear that-the gov- ernment has opted for a deteriora- tion of universities. .

At an emergency meeting of the Ontario Federation of Students Dec. 16, student presidents from 25 universities and community col- leges discussed the implications of the recent announcement of the government’s financial cutbacks on their institutions. These impli- cations include the possible closing

of both Lakehead and Laurentian, Universities, overcrowding of classrooms, nonreplacement of ob- solescent equipment, the phasing out of courses due to lack of facilities and faculty, elimination of experimental programmes, under- paid staff, ,cutback in student services-ah leading to a general decline in the quality of university education.

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The Federation of Students and the Ontario Federation of Students are working hard, together’ with other groups, to protect the interest of the students. It is hoped that you will take the time to attend and take part in the study session.

Andrew Belegdi president of the

Federation of Students

Irla*nd and Raphael art exhibition in ,

Wednksday “ Humanities Theatre. 9-4 pm. \

Friday K-W Symphony in Humanities Theatre r . L .

, r Federation flicks-“Paper Moon” 250 and 730 pm. S ocial and ethnic dance club first

with Ryan O’Ne‘il and Tatum O’Neil meeting and dance of winter term. New

lrland and’ Raphael art exhibition in members-welcome. 8 pm CC 110

Basia lrlancf and Shirley Raphael Humanities Theatre. 2-5 pm. - share extiibitron at the Art ‘Gallery lt~

Duplicate IBridge-open pairs. No ex-

Humanities. Free admission. Ivlon-Fri Federation flicks-“Paper ‘Moon” perience necessary. Partnerships can

9-4 pm, Sun 2-5 pm with Ryan C’Neil and Tatum O’Neil .” be arranged. All bridge players wel- come. 7 pm M&C 3rd Floor Lounge

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Saturd+y East Indian Telugu movie “Manavudu-Danavudu” will be screened in AL 105 at 7:30 pm.

United Farm Workers Grape and Let- tuce Boycott picket at Z h& in Glen- ridge Plaza at University 9” Lincoln Road in Waterloo.- 1 O-12 am(noon). Con- cerned students most welcome.

K-W Symphony in Humanities Theatre. 730 pm.

Monday General meeting of the Association of Greek Students to discuss forthcoming events and organization for these events. 730 ~pm CC1 10.

lrland and Raphael art exhibition ‘in Humanitiis Theatre. 9-4 pm

. Tuesday Film - “Martin Luther King LMontgomery to Memphis”; the opening of a symposium %n non-

Debate on “Rights and Representa- tion of the Palestinians”-sponsored. by International Students Association in coordination with ‘Arab Students Assoc. and Waterloo Jewish Students ‘Assoc. 8 pm M&C 2065.

lrland and Raphael, art exhibition in Humanitiis Theatre. 9-4 pm.

Thursday Psych Society is having a “Roller Skate” at Bingeman Park (which we

. ’ Federation, flicks-“Paper Moon” ‘violence sponsored by Conrad Grebel have rented just for us wonderful psych

with Ryan O’Neil and Tatum C’Neil College and Federation of Students. kids and friends).5 11 wus leaves Psych 730 pm in MC 2065. For further details Building 6 pm Skate, 8 pm Drink, 1130

liland and Ra$haeC art exhibltion in concerning the symposium see full bused home. Admission $1 Bus 50

Humanities theatre. page ad. . cents. (pay for ticket at Psych sot off ice : or psych coffee shop.) I

_ Chess clubmeeting at 730 pm in CC Sunday 135 Free introductory lecture on Trans- Advanced lecture for Transcenden- . cendental.Meditation and the science tal tieditatcrs only. 8 pm. ENG 3 1101 Stratford Festival Ensemble at 1230. of creative intelligence. 8 pm MC 2065

Application is open to University graduates for the 1975-6 One-Year Programme leading to the Bacheior of Education degree and Ontario Ministry of Educa- tion teacher certification for secondary schools or for secondary and elementary schools.

The programme offers a wide range of courses and practice teaching in a variety of schools in Metro- politan Toronto and surrounding communities.

For an application .package or further infbrmatib, write to: . !

Admissions -Faculty of Education University bf Toronto ._

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Of course, our stan- dards are high. But then, so are the financial re- wards and career securi- ties for engineers who can help us achieve our goals.

- If what we offer appears to match what you want,!talk to your j Campus Placement Officer. And the way we’re moving, today would be a good day to.do it. _

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Want to Fass? - AS you have wandered around campus perhaps you have seen post-

ers displaying the word FASS and perhaps you have wondered who or what FASS is.

Well, now the truth shall be revealed. FASS stands for Faculty, Administration, Staff, and Students. Each

. year the FASS organization gathers‘together a grotip of people who write a play based on life at the University of Waterloo.

A particular theme is chosen and the script of the play is written around this theme. In the past FASS presented its play with a western theme, a futuristic theme, and an ancient Rome theme to name just a few.

This year FASS is a bomb. The theme of this year’s play is based on an uprising of the peasants of the country of Waterliechtenstein who decide that they don’t like the way things are being run. The story is intriguing, mysterious, and hopefully funny.

This year’s production will be presented during the first week of February. Take a break from the drudgery of everyday life here at UW and come out and see FASS.

For those interested FASS needs lots of people to help with the production backstage. So if you are interested in costumes, sets, light- ing, or anything at all come out and help. For information go to the FASS office (6083~) in the Math and Computer building.

K-W area meets China The Chinese Students Association of the University of Wat&loo is

sponsoring a China Week from January 19 to January 25 featuring films, guest speakers and a variety show.

The programme’s principal aim is to promote awareness of the Chinese society- its culture and customs.

Three guest speakers will be featured during China week. William Hinton, author of Fanshen and Hundred Days War will speak on “New Developments in China”. Carmelita Hinton, daughter of William Hin- ton will speak on “Student and Factory Life in China” and on “Values in Contempprary Society”‘.

Also Paul Lin, director of East Asian studies.of the McGill Univer- sity, will speak on “Values in Contemporary Chinese Society”.

The Chinese Students Association has also booked several films, “One Man China”, a documentary; a film on the use of Acupuncture; the “Red Detachment of Women” and the film “Wushu”.

Over 100 photographs will be on display in the “World Room”, in the Campus Centre 217.

The Chinese Students Association guarantees that the highlight of the week will be the variety show of “China Night” on the last evening at the Humanities Theatre. Tickets are available at the Central Box Office in the Modern Language Building.

Performance of the night will include folk songs and dances, the lion dance, Wushu (Kung-Ft$ demotistrations, the playing of Chinese mus- ical instruments-the Pipa and Jeng and the dramatization of the story of the Yellow River. ’

For further details and information regarding the time and place of the events of China Week contact the Federation of Students.

OPIRG wants Waterloo’s Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) badly

needs students who are willing to subr@t project proposals or volunteer to help out on this terms projects.

The projects can be on any area in which the student is interested. OPIRG is considering projects on activities of the oil industry, and

the insurance industry, investigating the local land development indus- try, the political urban plapning process, and Ontario Hydro’s possible misuse of nuclear energy.

OPIRG also hopes to do research into t‘he plight of Canada’s native peoples and the United Farm Workers.

Terry Moore, a member of the OPIRG’s board of governors hopes to look into the problems disabled workers are having with the Workmen’s Compensation Board.

It is possible for students to receive a course credit for their work with the research group.

Last term professor Kent Gerecke of the school of urban abd reg- ional planning gave a group of his first year students a credit for their work on a ward system newspaper which was distributed among peo- ple in the community during the last munucipal elections.

The newspaper outlined,the reasons why Kitchener voters should vote for the ward system. Kitchener voters voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ward-system in a referendum held on the issue.

The people at OPIRG are willing to hear any project ideas. Interested students should contact Victor Chan at the OPIRG office on the third

floor of the Chemistry-Biology link, room 351.

Switc The university switchboard will be closed ‘on weekends in future,

except for special occasions such as convocations. Callers to the university number, 8851211, -will hear a recording

advising. them that emergency ca!ls will be handled by the security department at 885- 1637.

Switchbbard hours now will be 8:15 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday only. (During the night, Monday through Thursday, security will answer calls to 885-1,391 and. put them through to extensions as necessary; but this service will not be available on the weekend.)

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many cutbacks Rag&g inflation and shrinking

government grants forced the ‘Uni- versity of Waterloo (UW) to pro- ject a $1.2 million’ deficit on total expenditures of about $49.5 million for the 1975-76 operating budget.

The deficit, covered by $3 mill- ion in surplus funds, was triggered by a provincial government an- nouncement Nov. 18 saying that over-all grants to the university- college system, for the upcoming year, would-be increased by about 16 percent.

“In view of these constraints, it will be impossible for the university library to maintain its present level of support for existing teaching and

-research programmes. Further- more, it will be in no position to offer any assistance in the support and development of new or e,x- panded programmes.”

UW will be forced to-trim its staff and “cut all the corners we can” in the long run, he said.

Ontario university presidents were unanimous in criticizing the government sudport level, as they argued that on a per student basis the grants increased by only 7.4 percent, well below skyrocketing inflation.

The draft budget will be voted on by senate, Jan. 21, and by the board of governors, Feb. 4.

However, despite the proposed deficit, U W financial experts slashed allocations in academic and student services, as well as other areas in the univei-sity programme.

. Some of the affected areas in- clude the library, counselling ser-

I’vices, the campus centre, health services and the cultural prog- ramme centre.

Library cutbacks Late hours for the university

library-midnight to 8 a.m.-will be discontinued during January and February. However, during exams it’ll be open until 2 a.m. The money outlay for the purchasing of new books and periodicals will be fro- zen at present levels, which means an erosion of 14 percent due to “in- flationary pressures.”

The draft budget, regarding lib- rary expenses, points out that: “A static budget must compel a re- assessment of policies with respect to new subscriptions especially in the light of the need to devote av- ailable resources to the support of existing commitments.” ’

“Inflationary pressures and the need to observe the priorities en- forced by existing commitments result in a decline of over-all pur- chasing power, and a consequent reduction in the degree of coverage of printed and non-prifit materials, which the university is able to offer ..’ ’

According to a statistidal report, released by the university librarian Murray Shepherd last March, UW spent $220.79 per student on library expenses in 1973-74 which places the university 18th in a sample pool of 19 Canadian universities.

Counselling trimmed Counselling services will be

trimmed by $25,000 which will re- sult in staff reduction and longer waiting hours. In addition, the cut will curtail such services as peer counselling (i.e. Hi-Line and the birth control centre), career coun- selling, marital counselling .and {he Internatio_nal Student Office.

Also there’ll be fewer intern- ships for counsellors which will further curb the services provided during the peak periods in the au- tumn and winter terms.

The proposed cut when coupled with a similar one last year will slash counselling services by 30.5 percent over a two year span.

Other slashes n Ticket prices for cultural prog- ramme centre events will increase next year and the year after. Also there might be some reductions in the professional programme. I Health services’ infirmary will be

-closed altogether and there’ll be a sizeable reduction in nursing staff. q Maintenance for the’ campus centre will have to b’e curbed soniewhat as the university will not pick up the tab to cover increased costs in janitorial services. Also turnkey shifts will be cut during the early morning hours.

Matthews talks cutbacks UW president Burt Matthews

said, at a regularly scheduled news conference Friday, that there’ll be continual money shortages for uni- versities in the next few years.

In order to counter this shortage

Matthews *also said ,the reason why the cut must be made on salaries in the long run was because they account for 80 percent of the university budget.

However, he pointed out that the cutback in staff and faculty mem- bers would be made through nor- mal turnover and resignations, and would not result in any firings.

“It’s not a crisis or anything where you’re running ‘around tap- ping people on the shoulder and saying “you’re it”, he said.

According to Matthews, UW will have to cut about $2 million from its annual expenditures in order to avoid deficits after the 1975-76 operating year.

“That is not going to be easy, but I believe’ive can do it in 18 months, and do it wisely.”

The university currently emp- loys about 1,800 staffers, 700 fa- culty members - and several hundred part-time teachers.

Although Matthews stressed that the teaching area would be the last to be cut, he said there would be an increase in the number of students per teacher.

-john morris

Creative energies

The YAP-Creative Energies Center is again offering evening workshops in several arts and crafts areas. All courses ofcered are on the beginning level and in some courses such as photography an advanced course is offered. Work- shops offered this term are in wood-working, life drawing, ceramics, flute, guitar, repair of fretted instruments, art, move- ment, photography, drama and week-end -residential gestalt work- shops. The registration dates ‘&r these workshops are January 20-23, with the workshops starting the week of January 27. For more information please phone 743- 1111 or write to 125 King St. West, Kitchener.

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BBC world report Music Music The world around ,us- grape boycott-discussion with Jessica Govea of the UFW Part One Music Hockey Warriors vs Guelph The mutant hour Signoff

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Saturday Jan. 11 6:00 BBC African theatre 6:30 Music 9:oo Music

Something fo‘fcheers”abouf: Now the glorious beer of CopenhageGs brewedkght here in Canada. ’

It comes to you fresh from the brewery. So it taktes even better than ever. And Carlsberg is sold at regular prices.

So let’s hear it, Carlsberg lovers. “One, two, three . . . Cheers!”

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Sunday Jan: 12 6:00 Rest of the News 6:15 Music 9:oo Music 12:oo Signoff

Monday Jan.‘13 Noon Soviet press review 12:15 Music 3:oo Music 6:00 Community services-

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Tuesday Jan. 14 Noon Perspectives-United

Nations 12:15 Music 3:oo Music 6:00 Agency for International

Development 6:30 Music 9:oo Music 12:oo Music 2:oo Signoff

Wednesday Jan. 15 Noon Thihking out loud-Radio

Moscow 12:15 Music 3:oo Music 6:00 The world around us-

discussion with the UFW- part two

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Thursday Jan. 16 Noon Rest of the news 12:15 Music 3:oo Music 6:00 Rest of the news 6:30 Music 9:oo Music 12:oo Music 2:oo Signoff

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In the past two years counselliig services budget has been cut by more than 30 percent. Because of these cutbacks no new staff will be hired and most temporary or part-time staff Will be fired. Reduction in staff will result in the curtailment of the Hi-line service, career counselling and vocational testing and the development of programmes with international students through the international students office. A/so the number of internships for human relations graduate students will be reduced.

Plaza gets council’s approval

The inaugural meeting of the new Waterloo city council got off to a contentious beginning as the newly elected mayor, Herb Epp, cast a deciding vote in favour of the prop-

‘osed new north end plaza. The proposed development

which was subject to much debate this past summer will be built on a 65acre site northeast of King Street and the Conestoga Parkway by Select Properties of Missis- sauga.

Council plans to bring in. the plaza began in November when an amendment was sent to the Ontario

- Municipal Board to amend its offi- cial plan in order to bring in the north end development. The amendment was accepted by the province but later rejected due to some procedural quirk which even chief planner Richard Danzinger admittedly was at a loss to explain.

A motion was tabled in the coun- cil meeting by alderman Roy

Bauman which would postpone passage of the amendment. Ald. Mewhinney , Ald. Bauman, Ald. Turnbull and Ald. Carroll voted in favour of postponement. The mo- tion was voted against by Ald. Voe- lker, Ald. Wagner., Ald. Kominek, Ald. Henry and Mayor Epp and went down to defeat.

Immediately after the vote Ald. Mewhinney leaned over to Rudy Kominek and joked: “Did we have you sweating Rudy?”

Ms. Mewhinney’s comment was understandable for the vote was very much a surprise. The previous council for the most part voted strongly for urban development and expansion. Consistently acting as the de facto official opposition, in the old council, were Roy Bauman and Mary Jane Mewhin- ney who argued for the preserva- tion of community structures and for the guarding of the outlying farming areas fro’m urban sprawl.

Monday night t,hey found some friends. Marjorie Carroll and Brian Turnbull, just elected in the recent municipal elections, voted with Bauman and Mewhinney in favour of postponing passage of the amendment.

What this vote means in terms of the upcoming two years is difficult to discern. Bauman and Mewhinney’s vote is understanda-

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Personal Pregnant and Distressed? Birth Control Centre 885-l 211, ext. 3446. Doctor re- ferrals, unplanned and unwanted pregnancy counselling follow-up birth control information. Complete confi- dence. Pregnant and Distressed? Birthright 579-3990. Pregnancy tests; Medical and legal aid, housing, clothing, com- plete confidence.

My friend and I are appealing to the students for correspondence. We are seriously thinking of continuing our edu- cation in Canada and wish to corres- pond- with students to familiarize our- selves with the atmosphere and envr- ronment. We urge you to write. James Cook T.R.C., P.O. Box 5500, Chif- licothe, Ohio, USA, 45601

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Housing Available Three bedroom apartment to sublet ‘75 summer, furnished, 812 King West, $24O/month, after 6 576-4231

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for winter term. Co-op students wel- come. 139A Columbia St. W., Phone

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ble in light of their past record. The motives of Carroll and Turnbull are less obvious. Whether their con- cern lay with the upcoming meeting with the Oxford Development Cor- poration who had strongly argued against the plaza vis-a-vis their proposed re-development project in downtown Waterloo or with the loss of valuable farm land sac- rificed for the plaza is as yet un- known.

At any rate for erstwhile repor- ters eager for copy the close vote was a definite turn for the better.

-doug ward

Library hit by inflation S

Due to the continuing spiral of costs and the stinginess of the pro- vincial government the university’s libraries are being forced to make large reductions in the number of new books.

University librarian Murray Shepherd told the chevron that as much as 45% of next year’s funds for new books and periodicals will be spent on just binding newspap- ers and periodicals.

The libraries are going into the next year with a large deficit in their budget. Consequently several areas ‘of service are already cut back.

Shepherd and members of the Senate library committee con- cluded that the all-night hours of the library will have to be elimi- nated.

Library studies have revealed only 17 to 20 people were entering the library between midnight and 8 a.m.

Shepherd told the Senate last spring this measure would save the library about $12,000 a year.

Also the circulation desk will be closing at 11 p.m. instead of’at 12 midnight. Studies show only 2 to 3 percent of library transactions occu,r within these hours.

The money saved from this cur- tailment of service will be allocated to hire more people on day shifts to speed up the processing and shelv- ing of books. The library staff have been receiving complaints about the slowness of library service and they hope this will speed up the circulation of books.

Shepherd is also most concerned about spending for next year.

“We are anticipating a 22% infla- tion rate next year which is reduc- ing our buying power by the same amount.”

Another problem is that the lib- rary is heavily dependent on American and European book pub- lishers and it is there that inflation is worst.

Library officials are especially concerned about the increasing rate of inflation because it makes the planning of spending for next year almost impossible.

One library official thinks it may get worse when next years budget takes effect on May 1. Present cut-backs are only to reduce this year’s budget deficit, however “there may be even less money and more cutbacks of service after May ,, 1 .

Murray Shepherd told the chev- ron he hopes we will only be forced to cut out the frills of past library service and get-down to what he terms “the basics of good library service”.

One cheerful note for library of- ficials is the continuing increase in library use.

There is clearly a demand for lib- rary service however the provincial government has seen fit to only in- crease university grants by 7 per- cent. With a 12 percent inflation rate that is an effective budget cut of 5 percent.

-michael gordon

Friends of China -

The new year-saw a new group begin in the K-W area+he Canada-China Friendship Society of K-W joined the list of other such organizations which exist in Halifax, Regina, Montreal, Van- couver and other cities.

The K-W group came together for the purp’ose of promoting friendship and understanding bet- ween the people of Canada and the people of China. The group repres- ents all segments of the K-W community- students, workers, clergy, professors, etc. Member- ship is open to anyone who wants to learn about Chinese socialism through films, discussions and speakers. Topics that will be dis- cussed include health care, educa- tion, women, child care, as well as a broad range of questions on the economic and political develop- ment of China.

The first meeting was held in the Workers Centre in Waterloo. Over 50 people filled this new centre which is open for the use of any progressive group in the area. The staff of the centre prepared a table of good food for everyone to enjoy after the programme. The first programme was the showing of the film “Away With All Pests” which describes the experiences of En- glish Surgeon Dr. Joshua Horn. Horn describes his experiences with the “Barefoot Doctors” of China and his work inthe treatment of severed limbs.

The audience enthusiastically responded to the film and there was lively discussion in large and small groups following the showing.

This new group grows out of a series held at the University of Waterloo to celebrate the 25th an- niversary of the People’s Republic of China. Hundreds of people came to hear speakers on China such as Leo Johnson, Hardial Bains and James Endicott. There were also a series of films on China’s great pro- letarian revolution and talks by many friends of China.

An organizational meeting of the Canada China Friendship Society will be held on Wed. Jan. 22 at 8 p.m. at the Workers Centre (40 King St. in Waterloo). The film “Red Flag Canal” will be shown and there will be an election of of- ficers. Everyone is welcome. For further information write to the Workers Centre.

-marsha forest

Campus centre looks for new head ,

The Campus Centre Board has as yet received no applications for - the position of chairperson, and has - therefore extended the deadline for , nominations another two weeks.

At a board meeting Wednesday, none of the board members, the only people eligible for the posi- tion, volunteered for nomination,

Fred Bunting, chairperson of the *board for the past two years, is un- willing to run for the position again this year.

Another problem that came up in the meeting concerned the recent budget cuts, which the board’found , itself unable to deal with for lack of a copy of next year’s campus centre budget. However, the ef- .* fects of the budget cuts, particu-

ylarly on the turnkeys, were discus- sed and it was brought out that two turnkey shifts are to be eliminated. - According to Susan Phillips, op-

erations coordinator of the campus centre, the two shifts are to be eliminated because there are few people in the building at that time. - There will still be a turnkey on duty 24 hours a day, however where there were formerly two turnkeys on duty from 12 ,to 8 am on fridays and Saturdays there will only be one.

The budget cuts will also result in shorter hours fcr the day janitor, and, during the month of August when there is little activity in the - building, fewer turnkeys and janitors.

Hal Mitchell, a turnkey and member of the board, suggested that a committee be set up to look, into and evaluate the various ser- vices provided by the CCB, such as the Wednesday night movies. Mitchell agreed to chair the corn- mittee, but there were no other volunteers.

The question of Phillips’ raise also came before the board, but was tabled until next week, when a copy of the budget would be avail- able. Phillips’ status of employ- ment will possibly be changed from part-time to full-time, and she is re- questing that her salary be raised from $97.00 per week to $139.40. In addition, the raise will entitle her to OHIP and other such benefits.

Phillips also mentioned that be- cause of the success of previous Crafts Fairs, they will now be held on a regular basis, once a month for one week. The next one will be held in February.

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by Karolyn Fendrick At present,-post-secondary education in

this province is financed through a weigh- ted formula based on Basic Income Units (BIU’s), which are per capita grants to post-secondary institutions. For instance,

’ an undergraduate arts student is “worth” one BIU, whereas a doctoral student is “worth” six BIU’s. Students in science and professional faculties are worth more, than arts students.

In addition, financing is done on a slip- year system; that is, post-secondary in- stitutions receive their grants on the basis of the previous year’s enrolment. Obvi- ously, this favours a declining or static en- rolment‘situation, and, in fact, the system was instituted in-the early 70’s when en- rolments in universities were declining. However, this system was also imposed on colleges, which have always showed strong growth, and has not been changed in the last few years when enrolments in uni- versities have begun to climb once again.

Further, in the past, universities have been eligible for supplementary, or extra- formula, grants for special financing dif- ficulties. These have been almost automa- tic for the so-called emerging universities, such as Lakehead, Laurentian, Carleton, and Brock. All of these are schools that have large undergraduate-liberal arts popu- lations, and, thus, do not get the advantage of the weighted BIU’s that go to the schools with large graduate and profes- sional enrolments. The rationale for the distribution and amount of these sup- plementary grants has never been clearly

‘delineated. In the past the Ministry of Col- leges and Universities has distributed the money based on the negotiations between the individual university and the Commit- tee on University Affairs, now replaced by the Ontario Council on University Affairs (OCUA).

The whole formula financing system has been one of controversy: the larger univer- sities,! such as’ Toronto and-Western, tend to favour it, since they receive the advan- tages of the weighted BIU’s, whereas the smaller and newer schools would like to see it replaced with some other scheme; and over-the past few years they have kept whole bureaucracies busy devising com- plex alternatives of varying degrees of im- practicability.

Since 1972, the annual increase in the value of the BIU has not kept pace with inflation. Since 1970 the value of the BIU has risen only $370, from $1,730 to the an- nounced value for 1975-76 of $2,100 for university students. As a result, univer- sities have been cutting back and dipping into rapidly depleting reserves for the last few years. Their staffs have been falling behind drastically in relative pay scale, while students have been fac&g larger classes and an increasing emphasis on rote learning. At the same time, this rationaliza- tion of the learning process has been plan- ned and executed by a centralized and un-

representative body of administrators and academicians both on the local and provin- cial levels.

The Crunch i In late November, James Auld, Minister

of Colleges and Universities, called a spe- cial meeting of university and college ad- ministrators to announce financing ar- rangements for 1975-76. He announced a 7.4 percent increase in the value of the university BIU, from $1,955 to $2,100; and a 5.5 percent increase for college students, up to $2,063.

At the same time, Auld said that if the Council of Regents and the Ontario Coun- cil on University do not wish to continue the present formula financing arrange- ments, they can suggest other ways to dis- tribute the $109 million increase in total operating grants (a 16.9 percent increase). However, said Auld, post-secondary in- stitutions cannot raise tuition fees nor make any changes in the present policy of accessibility. /

Inflation is projected around 14 percent for the year, and enrolments rose this year about 6 percent in the university system and near 8 percent in the colleges. Post- secondary institutions are already ex- periencing incredibly high turnover rates in their non-academic staff because of the bad pay. College faculty, unionized under the CSAO, are already negotiating for salary increases, and the university faculty have set a bargaining .figure of 25 percent. Ac- cording to COU figures, hospital salary set- tlements for clerical and technical workers

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are 22 percent to 50 percent higher than those for comparable university staff filling similar jobs.

The COU had recommended a 17 per- cent increase in the value of BIU’s, which had led most universities to prepare their budgets for 1975-76-on the basis of a 9 per- cent or more increase., The situation is compounded by‘ the fact that universities have tended to underestimate their enrol- ment increases in the budget preparation, and further compounded by the slip-year financing; which penalizes post-secondary institutions for increasing accessibility to them.

Due to the government’s financing plans, 14 of the 15 provincial universities (the one exception being Wilfrid Laurier, apparently), have announced that they face serious financial difficulties next year. Many of them have raised the spectre of bankruptcy within the next few years, while all of them face serious deficit financ- ing. The universities claim they face a col- lective deficit of $35-$40 million next year if they carry ahead all current programmes and increase salaries to keep pace with in- flation. ,

Queens fac& its third year of deficit financing, and York is already paying over $400,000 a y ear to service its present de- ficit. Whatever the exaggeration ‘of their present woe, the universities’ story is not a bright one; but it is darkest of all for the people who will bear the brunt of the cut- backs, yet who are least represented in the policy decisions the post-secondary in- stitutions are now making-students, staff, and the public which finances these institu- tions.

The Reaction So far the reaction of the academic estab-

lishment has reflected the elitist and self- serving nature of its decision making bodies. While claiming to have the best interests of the academic community at heart, individuals and organizations within the establishment have responded in ways that can only alienate them from potential support from students and the community at large and that can only increase the public’s perception of them as a narrow

interest group. . John MacDonald, executive director of

the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), has been quoted as saying that universities may have to limit enrolments. The Cana- dian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has recommended an increase in university tuition fees adjusted annually to the rise in the cost of living. This is similar to the position taken by secretary of state Hugh Faulkner in a recent speech to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) . In addition, individual administrators, such as University of Toronto’s John Evans, have come out-in favour of indexing tuition fees to the cost of living. These retrograde proposals come at the same time that administrators at the University of Wisconsin, where such a pol-

icy is now in effect, are working out plans for lowering tuition fees because inflation has made it too much of a burden on stu- dents. l

Some universities, including Queen’s and Toronto, have said they may soon fire some academic staff. Others have threatened that they will make only token salary adjustments for their staffs. The cutbacks in services planned everywhere will mean serious lay-offs of non-academic staff. However bad the situation at univer- sities, it can only be worse at the colleges. Staffs there are already paid less than at universities.

Students, as well, are being forced to carry the brunt of the cutbacks. At the same time that it announced that it would deficit finance its athletic programme, Carleton University attempted to take over tiny St. Patrick’s College, which it owns. By marshalling the support of alumni, faculty and students, St. Patrick’s

I has staved off the takeover for the time being.

The University of Toronto has dropped a planned increase of $550,000 ih graduate fellowship support. In its brief to the OCUA, dated December 20, Toronto has announced that it does not intend to relieve the staffing squeeze in its biology depart- ment, where enrolment has increased by 122% in the last four years. “For the last

two.years,” says the brief, “there has been an overall increase in the ratio of student! BIU’s to full-time equivalent faculty of 5 per cent per year.” In addition, Toronto announces that it will cutback on library hours and acquisitions and that it will abandon its interdisciplinary studies prog- ramme. Since Toronto is in better shape than most other universities, what is hap- pening there will be accentuated else- where.

At community colleges, where student services are already insufficient,% the ef- fects will be felt even more keenly. Equip- ment required for courses will not be re- placed or maintained adequately.

The universities are also using the vag- aries of the present financing arrangements

’ to blackmail the government and the pub-, lick Because BIU values are weighted away from the humanities, arts courses are basi- cally a losing proposition. Thus, Evans has threatened that the cutbacks may force To- ronto to “forsake our inheritance and phase out a large part of our work in the humanities. ”

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secondary education an easy target for budget trimming. Academia (including * ’ students) has so divorced itself from the public that the government thinks the pub- lic will sacrifice an open post-s,econdary system. What the government ‘has con- fused, of course, is the structure of academia with the principles of education as a social priority. Adequate support for students, staff and institutions is obviously a prerequisite for a high quality of educa- tion. And in the long run the government’s present policies can only restrict access to institutions that are already far too much the sphere of the economically privileged. *

In economic terms, it would be hard to I justify the government’s cutbacks. The percentage of the provincial budget de- voted to post-secondary education has fal- len in the past few years, although more . people are within the system. Corporate taxes, on the other hand, have not in- creased significantly. I

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But if the government has demonstrated no support for the principles of universal accessibility. and educational quality, neither has the academic establishment so far.

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Insofar as they have acted only to pre- serve their own positions, their responses can only be termed irrational, in the short- sighted way that closed bodies become. By offering alternatives to the present formula financing, the government has also ensured a good measure of internecine wrangling among the various post-secondary institu- . tions. An amazing portion of the Toronto OCUA briefis spent justifying the present formula, which favors a large university like Toronto over its smaller sibling- institutions. Thus, the universities not only have acted in ways that tend to alienate them from their students and the community-at-large, but are also squabbl- ing among themselves.

Students, who are a fixed income group, and staffs are increasingly pinched by infla- tion. As we have pointed out, OSAP, the student support scheme in this province is both inadequate and inequitable. Instead of supporting such claims, the academic es- tablishment is clamoring for higher tuition and restricted access. It has fought at every step of the way efforts by teaching assis- tants to unionize in order to secure decent wages and working conditions. It main- tains sexist hiring practices and unequal wage scales for men and women emp- loyees. In’ short, it adopts the attitude of private industry towards its workers; and like private industry it is attempting to shift the burden of inflation onto students and staff. That this is the case is largely due to the closed, corporate ways in which deci- sions are made in academia.

Centralization of power has led to an arrogation of authority among post- secondary institutions. They have claimed the right to withhold public information from public bodies, for instance. Recently, - . the COU has said, “the restrictions are going to make it necessary for universities to rethink their long-term plans.”

What we see clearly is that our fight is with the government for a decent post- secondary educational system, which im- plies not only adequate support for stu- dents, staff, and institutions, but which also implies an open, responsive, and democratic post-secondary system.

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“The popular picture of a few tremend- dusly wealthy Arab sheikhs holding the world to ransom, indifferent to either the fate of Western industrial civilization or the pov- erty of the Third World, is a gross caricature” SAYS London Observer’s Robert Stephens in the following article describing the splits. in the Wesf on h6w to deal with the oil producers.

mited nossibilities for home development. But *even these five Arab States, espe-

cially Saudi Arabia, Libya and Kuwait; have substantial development programmes of their own, and also have their own pfiorities in disposing of surplus earnings. After their ow’n development, their first concern is for external investments that will enable them to survive when their oil begins to run out. At the moment, this mainly means investment in industrial countries. So they have an interest in the economic health of at least those Western countries where they are investing their money or buying capital or consumer goods. (Most OPEC members have also a political interest in a healthy West as a support against Russia.)

for Western Europe. He comments: “Spread over two or three years, such transfers would amount to only a fraction of a single year’s increase in GNP, i.e., well below the impact of similar changes in the terms of trade or of cyclical fluctuations in general often experienced in the past by all countries.”

by Robert Stephens Fifteen months after the oil crisis began,

the Western Powers are still groping for a way of dealing with its serious financial consequences. The delay has been due

- partly to deep differences about oil strategy I between the United States and its Euro-

pean allies. Some steps have been taken-to deal with

other aspects of the oil crisis. There has been agreement, though without France and Norway, on the creation of an Interna- tional Energy. Agency, with the outlines of an energy programme. This includes oil- sharing in the event of a new Arab em- bargo, reducing dependence on oil imports by developing alternative energy resources and restricting consumption. But the main industrial powers, the United States; Japan and Western Europe, have not yet decided on how to mitigate the international finan- cial effects of the four-fold increase in oil prices.

There is still no agreement on how the more economically vulnerable oil- importing countries can be helped to pay their greatly increased oil import bills, or on how the international monetary system can handle the investment of the oil- producers’ huge surplus revenues-two sides of the same problem that has come to be called ‘recycling. ’

US Resistance For most of the past year, the US re

sisted any new arrangements for recycling, because it thought they might delay the achievement. of the main American aim of forcing down oil prices.

Now the whole problem, and various proposals by the US and others to deal with

) it, are to be discussed at a series of critical international ministerial meetings over the next few weeks. The first began Jan. 6 in London between the Finance Ministers of the European Community.

Before looking at the main rival propos- als, however, it might be helpful to disen- tangle the real scope and nature of the prob- lem from the mythology that surrounds it. For the popular picture of a few tremend- ously wealthy Arab sheikhs holding the world to ransom, indifferent to either the fate of Western industrial civilisation or the poverty of the Third World, is a gross cari- cature. It may respond to racist prejudice, or to the needs of political warfare, but it does not help us to understand the real situation. \

OPEC States Who are the OPEC States, how rich are

they, and where does their money go? Four of the most important and populous

of OPEC’s 11 members (with two as- sociates) are not Arab-Nigeria, In- donesia, Iran and Venezuela. Despite their new earnings, the OPEC States as a whole still come nowhere near the Western world in wealth. Their combined gross national product is only about 4 per cent of the total GNP of the 24 industrial nations of the OECD (which includes the US, Western Europe, Japan and Australasia).

The four non-Arab members of OPEC, together with two of the seven Arab members-Algeria and Iraq-form a group

Y which has a total population of some 240 million, with low average-living standards, which need most of their oil revenues for their own development. -

The other five OPEC ‘members-Saudi Arabia, Libya, Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi-have a total population of only 11 million, a high per capita income and li-

OPEC Aid The second priority is investment and

aid for countries with which the oil produc- ers have special links of political friend- ship, alliance or regional or cultural affin- ity. Thus, for the Arab oil producers, it is the other 11 States of the Arab League that have no oil or not enough to export, and especially the four Arab countries on the front line with Israel-Egypt, Syria, Jor- dan and Lebanon.

In addition to direct government grants to these countries, the Arab oil States have set up various multilateral development aid funds-the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, with a capital of over 1,000 million sterling pounds; the Abu Dhabi Development Fund of 250 million sterling; and the 100 million sterling Arab Fund for Social and Economic Develop-

r ment. There is also an 80 million pound fund to help African States buy Arab oil, a 200 million pound Arab Bank for Agricul- tural and Industrial Development and a new Islamic Fund of 1,000 million pounds, to which Saudi Arabia and Libya have largely contributed, to help development in Muslim countries.

The next priorities, after particular friends and relations, are likely to be aid to other developing countries, and last of all aid to developed countries which have no special political or economic claims.

Altogether, OPEC members have made aid commitments totalling 9,000 million pounds sterling during the past four years. During the past year, their aid commit- ments totalled 3,000 million or over 3 per cent of their GNP-about 10 times the av- erage proportion of GNP given to aid by the OECD countries.

Other Reserves .After meeting these demands, how much

is left? Figures, especially for future opera- tions, are speculative.

The current account surpluses of the oil exporters during the past year are vari- ously estimated at from 27,000 million pounds to 33,000 million, with about the same expected for 1975. The reserves now held by the OPEC countries are estimated at between 16,500 million pounds and 21,000 million, most of it held in banks in the US, Britain and Western Europe.

An estimated increase of 28,250 million pounds in the world’s oil import bill looks daunting when expressed in terms of the non-Communist world’s monetary re- serves (about 35 per cent) or its total ex- ports (about 25 per cent). But in terms- of the required transfer of real resources to the oil-producing countries, it may not be so enormous and unmanageable as it seems.

Professor Triffin, the Harvard economist and international money expert, has pointed out that in terms of GNP it represents only 1.4 per cent for the US, 4.3 per cent for Japan and less than 4 per cent

- Western Debt Nevertheless, Western exports could

not quickly be boosted to such levels; and meanwhile, OPEC will build up huge re- serves, and some of the oil importers will

accumulate enormous debts. Britain, Fr- ance and Italy now each have oil payments deficits running at between 2,500 million and 4,000 million pounds sterling a year. Britain’s deficit is substantially, if precari- ously offset by oil money kept on deposit in sterling-in other. words, on short-term loan to British banks.

Unless the oil producers choose to leave more oil in the-ground, there is nowhere else to invest their money than in the West- ern industrialised world-(either directly or indirectly by financing purchases from the industrial countries by the poorer nations). But the real problem of ‘recycling’ is how to ensure that enough of the oil money goes to the economically weak industrial coun- tries, such as Italy, and not only to those, like the US, Britain and West Germany, which already attract most investment.

The American plan, proposed last November by Dr. Kissinger and the US Treasury Secretary, Mr. William Simon, is to set up a 25,000 million dollar ( 1,100 mill- ^ ion pounds) fund to bail out the industrial nations. The fund would be financed by those industrial countries holding surplus oil money. The International Monetary Fund,would be left to help th% developing countries.

The British have proposed creating a re- cycling fund within the IMF and contri- buted to mainly by the oil producers. The IMF president has himself proposed some- thing similar. The West Germans do not like the Kissinger-Simon plan because it would involve them in too big a contribu- tion. They and the European Commission favour a mixture of bilateral or multi-lateral loans guaranteed through the Community and the Bank of International Settlements.

The question of the framework of the fund may seem academic, but it marks a crucial difference between the American and European approaches to the oil ques- tion. Dr Kissinger and Mr Simon have both made it plain that the main purpose of their fund is to back up their central strategy of forcing down oil prices and, if possible, break OPEC’s hitherto united front. The aim here is as much political as economic-to reassert Western and espe- cially American power, both in the direc- tion of the world economy and in world political influence. Therefore, the recycl- ing fund should be kept within Western and primarily American control, both as a means of whipping the Western oil con- , sumers into a common front and in order to exclude any say in it for the oil producers.

US Hardline The constant hints coming from

Washington, most recently from Dr Kis- singer himself, of the possible use of force againsi the oil countries seems to be all part of this tough strategy. Dr Kissinger’s re- marks may have also been intended as a warning to the Arabs against tl new and more severe embargo in the event of another Arab-Israeli war.

The Europeans, on the other hand, have never believed that oil prices could be forced down. They regard co-operation with the oil producers as absolutely essen- tial, and a strategy of confrontation, as planned by the US, as fatal.

Hence they prefer to have oil funds hand- led through the IMF or other international institutions in which the oil producers might make a bigger contribution if they also had a bigger say.

The Europeans are, of course, all the time conscious that the consequences of an unsuccessful confrontation could be far worse for them than for the US. At a pinch, the US could probably survive without im- ported OPEC oil, but Western Europe could not.

Behind the haggling over economic de- tail lies a very big political question. Is the ~ West to attempt a kind of counter- revolution against the raw material pro- ducers of the Third World who have chal- lenged its traditional economic hegemony? Or is it to recognise that a basic shift of world economic power has taken place and that a new, more equal and co-operative relationship must-now be negotiated? Not only Europe’s economic welfare but world peace itself may depend on the answer.

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The following article is based on a chapter from The Future of Collective Violence: Societal and Interna- tional Perspectives, (Lund; Sweden: Student literature, I 974; joseph Ben-Dak, editor). The chapter is entitled “An Examination of the Significance of Domestic N&Go/en t Action for Development of a Substitute for hternational War.“ /t was written by professor Gene S&p of Harvard’s Centre for international Affair:.

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by Gene Sharp ’

If ever in world history awareness of the destruc- tiveness and brutality of war and the relative power of military systems might have been expected fo increase efforts to abolish the military system and to increase the prospects for doing so, it should have been by now. Instead, we have witnessed the demise of even major efforts to end war.

Whether to be held in reserve to back up one’s p&ition in international negotiations, to deter attack by adequate preparations, or to defend in case of attack, military systems have been believed neces- sary since no other way to fulfil1 those functions of . deterrence and defense has been seen to exist. It has been commonly believed that the alternative to war is impotence, cowardice and passive submission,

j and that perc$ption of ordinary people has -been shared by statesmen, policy makers, intellectuals and academics. Even nuclear and similar weapons have not changed this, for people believe that, though they normally ought not to be launched, their existence will prevent attack, and thus provide safety and avoid helplessness.

All this is fully compatible with the application of Robert Merton’s “basic theorem” to the problem of war. For Merton postulated that efforts to remove a basic structure without providing an alternative structure for fulfilling its function would be doomed to failure. The need for defense of a society, dts populace, its institutions, way of life and the like, is such a basic societal need that in conditions of per- ceived and actual threats of attack, the military sys- tem will not be abandqned when it is perceived that this will leave the society helpless and defenseless in

meeting real or imagined dangers. Yet thiS is what proposals for abandonment of war and the military syste_m have alm’ost always meant or been perceived to inean.

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Separating Structures and Function

Peace movements and most peace proposals have in their assumptions and analyses often confused structure and function, conftised institution and job, or instrument and task. Exponents of peace have largely accepted the identity of the structure (the military system and war) with its perceived most justified functions (deterrence and defense), just as have the exponents and practitioners of the war system itself.

The simple distinction between structure and function, or instrument and task, applied to war and defense may free us from the axiomatic presumption of the identity of defense with the military system, and enable us to ask whether there can be alternative means of defense which are not military, a question which to most people has been inconceivable.

The world, much less politics, is not divided neatly into violence and non-violence. There are many intermediary phenomena, and many which are neither violent or nbnviolent .

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Nonviolent struggle Our awareness and understanding of the nonviol-

ent counterpart of violent struggle is generally shar-ply limited and filled with so many serious dis- tortions and errors of fact that an initial effort is usually requiyd to free our minds from inaccurate perceptions of this type of struggle which we have accumulated from .a culture in which belief in viol- ence as the ultimate f&m of power and as the most significant single fact in history-both of which are now challenged-are fundamental axioms. This be- lief in the omnipotence of violence, and ignorance of the power of poy?ular nonviolent struggle, may have also been compa’tible with the ,interests of past dominating elites who did not want people to realize their power potefitial.

Unfortunately, it may be necessary to indicate some of the things that nonviolent action is not. This technique is the opposite of passivity, submissiveness and cowardice. Nonviolent action uses social, economic,-psychological and political power in the matching of forces in conflict, and is not to be equated with verbal or purely psychological persua- sion. This means of struggle does not assume that man is inherently “good.” This is not “‘pacifism”; in fact, predominantly, this technique has been used by “ordinary” people who never became pacifists and some pacifists find it offensive. Nonviolent conflict may operate even in cases of extreme social distance between contending groups. This technique is prob- ably more “Western” than “Eastern.” It is de- signed to combat a violent opponent, and does not presume a’nonviolent response to the nonviolent challenge. This technique may be used for both “good” and “bad” causes, though thesocial conse- quences of its use for “bad” causes differs sharply from that of violence. While violence is believed to work fast, and nonviolent action slowly, often viol- ence takes a long time and nonviolent struggle may operate extremely quickly. Finally, nonviolent ac- tion is not limited to domestic conflfcts within a democratic system; it has been used widely against dictatorial regimes, foreign occupations, and even totalitarian systems, and it has already been used without advance preparations internationally even in improvised national defense struggles.

It has been widely thought that, foi- the most part, politically significant nonviolent struggle began with Ghandi. We now know that it has a rich and vast history which we are only beginning to piece to- gether which goes back at least to several centuries B.C., and ranges over many cultures, continents, countries, historical periods, issues, types of groups and opponents. Instead of the list of specific methods,- or forms, of action included within this technique being relatively few, a dozen or so as was once thought, we now know that even with a’partial

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listing the number is at least 198, arranged in three main classes of nonviolent protest and persuasion (the milder forms), noncooperation (including boycotts of social relations, economic boycotts, Strikes and political noncooperation), and nonviol- ent intervention.

It was thought by &me that conversion of the. opponent by the sufferings of the nonviolent ac- tionists was the only, or at least the best, way in which nonviolent action produced change. We now know that this is not true, and that nonviolent strug- gle can also be coercive, possibly even more so than violence against an obstinate opponent. This is be- cause nonviolent struggle is capable of severing the various sources of the opponent?s power, as by mas- sive civil disobedience of the population as a whole paralyzing the political system, strikes by workers

and noncooperation tiy governmental structure ing the repressive ca equally important but I

Nonviolent action ha vised wjthout significal tory of this type of- st waged without qualif compensating wide pc technique, without the requirements for effec tions and training, withc without studies of strat scious development of without a consciousne they were waging a spec the most unfavourable

servants paralyzing the iny by soldiers destroy- f, and in many other subtle ways. ost always been impro- areness of the past his- e. It has usually been :adership, or without . understanding of the I comprehension of its less, without prepara- alyses of past conflicts, -id tactics, without con- weaponry”, and often ong the actionists that pe of struggle. In short, nstances possible have

accompanied the use of this technique. In contrast, for many centuries military struggle

has benefited from conscious efforts to improve its effectiveness in all the ways in which nonviolent action has lacked.

Certain forms of nonviolent action are used inter- nationally far more frequently than recognized -such as embargoes, freezing the assets of another country., economic boycotts, cancellation of plan- ned conferences and diplomatic visits, refusal of diplomatic recognition, and the like. Other forms-which are far more relevant to our analysis- are the cases of widespread civilian resis- tance against invasion forces and occupation re- gimes.

The presumption that nonviolent struggle is only appropriate to domestic conflicts is not valid.

The case of Czechoslovakia in 196869 is the closest to what is envisaged-a nonviolent war of resistance which in the end seems to have been lost. But we learn from lost military wars and we can learn from lost nonviolent wars. According to some reports, the Russians anticipated military resistance from the able Czech army, and expected they could overcome it and install a puppet government within fourdays. Despite very considerable Czechoslovak military capacity based on years of preparations and training, the obvious futility of military resistance in face of five invading, armies including that of the Soviet Union produced a decision not to resist with military force.

Instead, an unljrepared, improvised nonviolent resistance occurred which despite serious prob- lems, and apparent major strategic errors, and some- times without adequate assistance from the official leadership, managed initially to frustrate completely the Russian efforts to install a puppet government in spite of the distribution of troops throughout the country, and to force negotiations with leaders (some, as Dubcek, already arrested and kidnapped) whose country was already totally occupied and whose army had never entered the field-conditions under which negotiations should not have been re- quired or expected!

Even after those negotiations, such resistance in less dramatic forms in fact maintained- the Dubcek regime, so hated by the Russians, in power (after their release from arrest and imprisonment) until April of 1969-eight months! Even then, it can be argued, the demise resulted more from the collapse of resistance by the government and Party at a time of anti-Russian riots (a break in the nonviolent disci- pline, possibly caused by agents provocateurs) than it did from any intrinsic weakness in the means of resistance.

Significant other cases of nonviolent resistance can be classed as nonviolent struggle for national defense. <These include the Hungarian struggle against Austria for home rule 1850 to 1867, and Finland’s struggles against Russification; especially 1898 to 1905. Even the Ghandian struggles in India against British rule are those of an occupied country seeking restoration of independence-surely an in- ternational conflict. During World War II, Nor- wegian, Danish and Dutch resistance against the Nazi occupations and certain other anti-Nazi strug- gles, including efforts to save the Jews, produced some modest but significant victories. Some of these actions had the support of, or were even initiated by, the government-in-exile:

A Basis for a Substitute for War? - /

Nonviolent action generally, and- its use for na- tional defense purposes, have never even yet‘re- ceived systematic efforts to develop its capacity, to increase its effectiveness, and to expand the areas of its utility. The nonviolent technique is thus an un- derdeveloped political technique, probably at the stage comparable to violent intergroup conflict sev- eral thousand years ago, hence, nonviolent struggle to date may only have revealed a small fraction of its potential fighting power and effectiveness.

Specifically, the question posed is whether a na- tional defense policy for both small and large coun- tries can be created by the capacity of the civilian population, trained, prepared, knowledgeable, in the wielding of nonviolent struggle, to make impos- sible the consolidation and maintenance of control by an invading force or a coup d’etat.

Is It -Possible?- . This type of policy is called civilian defense, that is

direct defense of the society, its principles, people, way of life, chosen institutions, right to maintain or change itself, by action of the civilian population as a whole, and their institutions, using civilian (non- military, nonviolent) means of struggle. It should go without saying that this is not a panacea and diverse ’ other programs are needed to help meet many other , needs.

Remarkably, this approach-which on a serious level of policy presentation is only about fifteen

\ years old-has thus far received the most serious .attention from people regarded as hard-headed realists, strategists, defense analysts, planners, and military officers, and least serious attention from people who have thought themselves peace-minded, liberal, radical and humanitarian. The response is as yet small, but it includes the official research interest and efforts of one Defense Department-that of Sweden. In that country it has also become a major topic of public discussion. In various countries there are now books and other publications on the subject in several European languages and Japanese. Thus within fifteen years, this idea has bee? transformed -

from the realm of the “crackpot” idea to a strategic proposal receiving serious thought from most un- likely people.

It is popular today to’pronounce that war is inevit- able because of man’s aggressive nature, and hence some conclude that this nonviolent thing is all non- ,’ sense. That is not the view of significant writers on - aggression. Konrad Lorenz has insisted: “. . . mod- ern war has become an institution and. . . being an institution war can be abolished.” Robert Ardrey, no less, has asserted: “We must be nonviolent. Yes, we can do it-but are we going to have to work at it .”

Civilian defense is set forth for study and research as a possible functional substitute for war, as a means of abolishing war while providing real de- fense by nonviolent means against tyrants and ag- gressors. If it could be made to work at least as well as military means, it would be possible for individual countries, alone or in groups, without waiting on others, to.transarm, that is to change over to this defense system. This wouldbe possible (in contrast to disarmament) because if it works civilian defense will maintain or increase defense capacity while making possible abandonment of military means. It would thus by-pass the most serious blockage to disarmament proposals, fear of reduced fighting capacity or an unfavourable relative fighting capac- ity.

Four Tasks \ A&vast amount of research, analysis and

problemloriented investigations is required to ex- amine whether this approach to provide a functional substitute for the military system is indeed a fruitful one, and whether, and if so how, the multitude of difficult problems associated with it can be solved. These problems include such questions as the means of training and preparations, how to handle the transarmament period, ways to meet the particular defense needs of particular countries, and the poten- tial of this policy (compared with violence) in con- fronting successfully the most extreme and ruthless regimes. l *

That may sound rather large. But considering the seriousness of our problems, this is a very modest proposal. If the research should reveal this to be a false hope, it would be worth the money and effort to know. But, after all, what if we could develop.an effective substitute for war?

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Intfamurals ‘75 I 1 . Recreational lntramurals This programme is geared to the leisure pursuits of the students, staff and faculty at Waterloo, who have paid their Athletic Fee. There are three forms of recrea- tional activities: (1) recreational team sports, (2) indi- vidual activities and (3) free time activities. Over 20 activities are offered on a recreational basis to those who have paid their Athletic fees.

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3. Complete the entry form indicating: -name of activity -name of your team -captains name, address and phone number -the name, I.D., address, faculty year of team mem- bers -time/day you would prefer to play. 4. Return the completed form to the Receptionist on or before the entry deadline. 5. Send a team representative to the prescribed or- ganizational meeting. 6. Note: Any individuals, male or female, not able to form a team but still interested in playing simply attend

the team organizational meeting or contact the In- tramural Office at Ext. 3532 or 3533. 7. Have fun!!!! 8. All teams must be represented at the organiza-

the Physical Activities Building-Red North Entrance. tional meeting. - ’ *

ACTIVITY ENTRY DATE

Coed Broomball Mon. Jan. 13

Ice Hockey ’ Mon. Jan. 13

Ball Hockey A&B levels

Fri. Jan. 17 c

Co-ed Inner-tube Fri. Jan. 17 i-

Indoor Soccer Fri. Jan. i7

Co-ed Volleyball Fri. Jan. 17

ORGANIZATIONAL STARTING DATE TIME/LOCATION

Tues. Jan. 14 7pm 1001 PAC

Wed. Jan. 15 Mon. 11 pm-l am Arenas: Waterloo Tues. 11 pm-l am McCormick, Moses Wed. 1 Opm-1 am Springer Fri. 12 noon-

5pm Twin City . Arenas

Tues. Jan. 14 Fri. Jan. 17 Fridays-noon- 8pm 1001 PAC 12 noon 5pm Queens-

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Mon. Jan. 20 Wed. Jan. 22 Mon. 4:45-6:45 7pm 1001 PAC Tues. 7:45-l 0:45

Wed. 4:45-l 0:45 Seagrams Gym

Mon. Jan. 20 Tues. Jan. 21 Tues. 7-9:30 pm 8pm 1001 PAC Sun. 6-8:30 pm

Pool PAC

Wed. Jan. 23 7pm Fri. Jan. 25 Fridays 2-8 pm 5

Wed. Jan. 23 7pm Mon. Jan. 27 Mondays 6:45- 10:45pm Seagrams

-7’ . Individuahecreation

- SKATING FREE TIME: This means that certain athletic facilities I. are open on a first come, first serve basis. The Gym- January T---March 20 -’ nasium at the PAC and Seagrams are most free during Tuesdays 1:30-3:00 McCormich Arena the day. Activities such as skating, swimming, badmin- Lakeshore Village ton, jogging, volleyball and weight training, or others, Thursdays 1:30-3:00 Waterloo Arena may be played when the facilities are not booked. Please check the weekly gy,m schedule posted in the BADMINTON PAC for available free gym time. Scheduled events like Varies week to week Kinesiology classes and intercollegiate games take precedence. Your own personal equipment is advised.

Please check weekly gym schedule. Normally PAC G ym is reserved: Wed. 7:30-9:30 pm, Fridays 7:30-9:30

SWIMMING pm, Sat. 9-12 noon NOTE: Free time gyms during day as well.

Pool PAC Beginning January. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

RACQUET RENTALS

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11:30-l :20 pm 9:30-l 0:30’pm 11:30-l :20 pm 9:30-l 0:30 pm 11:30-l :20 pm 9:30-l 0:30 pm

In order to pay for repair and breakage, a 25 cent charge

11:30-l :20 pm 9:30-l 0:30 pm is now levied for racquets in the Men’s Tote Room.

11:30-l :20 pm 9:30-l 0:30 pm 11:30-2:30 pm BUILDING HOURS 1 :oo-3;45 8:30-9:30 pm January 7, 1975 1

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(family j PAC (Intercollegiate meets may pre-empt the above times.) Mon-Fri

Sat 8;OO am-l I:30 ,prn

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TENNIS Sun. I:00 am-l 0:OO pm SEAGRAMS Gym Ext. 3356

Changing Facilities available at Club water100 Tennis Men-Fri Noon-l 1 pm Club. Closed Weekends Times Starting Jan 7, 1975 - I Booking a Court-l court/hr/person, 48 hrs in advance by calling 743-7691,. No changing facilities, only smooth FREE GYM SPACE . soled shoes. PAC \ SEAGRAMS ’ Monday 9 ,.am-noon 2 courts ,Tuesday 9 am-l 1 pm 2 -courts - Afternoons until Ext. 3356 Thursday ’ 9 am-11 pm 2 courts 4:30 pm Afternoons & Friday . 9 am-noon 2 courts Fri. evenings Fri. evenings. H

noon-2 pm 1 court ’ .

. Sat. & Sun. afternoons 2 pm:6 pm 2 courts

Sunday 1 pm-11 pm 2 courts TRAINING (INJURY) CENTER

SQUASH Injury procedure: All injuries must be reported to the rdure: All injuries must be reported to the

. IO Courts (PAC) . Intramural Office or Training Center PAC Blue North Office or Training Center PAC Blue North

8 singles 2 doubles (Squash, Handball, Raquetball) regardless of severity, Ext. 3532. If severity, Ext. 3532.

To Book-l court session 24 hours in advance in Men’s Times Mon. Wed. & Fri. 930 am-4:30 pm & Fri. 930 am-4:30 pm ’ ’

Tote Room. No phone reservations. Times

Tues. & Thurs. 12:30’pm-2:30 pm Jr-s. 12:30’pm-2:30 pm

Monday-Friday 8:15 am-l 0:30 pm . No weekend times. d times.

Saturday-9 am-4:30 pm Sunday-l pm-g:45 pm MEDICAL/HOSPITAL COVERAGE Squash Ladder-friendly progressive tournament by The Dept. does not have medical coverage for particip- level of ability. Fill in token and place on challenge ants in its programme. Each student is personally re- board. New ladder will start Mon. Jan. 13. sponsible for his own medical and hospital coverage.

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One down 12 more to go hope you till out there like this issue if you don’t come down and help us out productjon this week: michael gordon, randy hannigan, doug ward, ken dick, jim dohetty, ralph torrie, terry harding, peter hopkins, dianne ritza, helen witruk, neil docherty, so &d so, nick savage for a brief visit, Susan Scott, jm. t

Puckers at btirn tonite

The University of Waterloo hoc- key Warriors saw their first action of 1975, Saturday (January 4, 1975) when they met the York University Yeomen in an exhibition game at the Waterloo arena.

In an exhibition game between these same two teams, -played on October 29, 1974, the Yeomen de- feated the Warriors by a score of 5-4. -

The Warriors who have been gradually rounding into their championship form of last season and removed the shadow of that defeat from the record with a vic- tory over the Yeomen on Saturday.

The Warriors were runnersup to the Loyola Warriors in the eight- team tournament held in Sudbury over the Christmas break. The competition was very strong and the Warriors went into overtime before going down at the hands of the Warriors. ’

In spite of missing the three games of the Sudbury Tournament, Ron Hawkshaw and Mike Guimond still lead the Hockey Warriors in scoring. ’

Guimond and Hawkshaw have been in Europe with the Canadian National Student Team for a series of games in Austria and Czechos- lovakia.

The basketball Warriors fresh from their win in the Carleton Uni- versity Basketball Tournament will wing away to Florida on Sunday, January 5, 1975. The Basketball Warriors will,‘play four games in Central Florida.

On January 6, the Warriors will meet Eckerd College in St. Peters- burg. On the 7th the Warriors will Ilieet Florida Southern in Lake- land; on the 8th they play St. Leo’g College in St. Leo Florida and on the 9th, the Warriors will meet Rol- lins College in Orlando, Florida.

Rollins College is coached by Ed Jucker. Jucker was the head coach at the University of Cincinnati and with the Cincinnati Royals in the days of the Big “O”, Oscar Robertson.

The Florida excursion will not be a drain on the budget of the Athletic Department in any way. The trip is financed by the guarantees from the host universities plus a small contribution from the participating players.

Third tourney win

The Waterloo Warriors con- tinued their winning ways over the past Christmas holidays in a tour- nament held at Carleton University in Ottawa. Carleton University, Simon Fraser University, A,c- quinas College and University of Waterloo all participated in the tournament won convincingly by the Warriors. It was their third straight tournament championship in Ontario.

The Warriors had newly-’ acquired Art White in the lineup and his acquisition reaped benefits in the tournament games. White is a 6’6” forward from New York who has had pro tryouts with the New York Nets in the A.B.A. and the Milwaukee Buts of the N.B.A. His good rebounding skills should help Mike Moser carry the rebounding burden. White also owns a good outside shot which adds another dimension to the Warriors offen- sive strategy.

The Warriors defeated Acquinas College from Grand Rapids, Michigan in their first game 91-83. Bill Robinson led the team in scor- ing with 28 points followed by Art White who hit for 20. Charlie Chambers, Mike Moser, and Tre- vor Briggs also made valuable con- tributions in scoring 15, 14, and 10 points respectively.

The Warriors were matched _ against Simon Fraser University in the title contest and won handily 102-66. Moser, as in most pressure contests, rose to the occassion with a devastating performance. Mike hit for 14 for 15 from the field and totalled 33 points. Robinson sank 14 points against his old teammates while White made his presence felt by chipping in with 12 points. Moser and Robinson once, again dominated post tournament awards as they were voted co-winners of the MVP trophey .

The Warriors are currently en- gaged in a four-game tour in Florida but will be returning for a league game on January 15 against cross- town rivals, Wilfrid Laurier .

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Chevron, Campus Centre. Please type’

-People {are starting 1 .

I have been following the fuss over the ’ Baskin-Robbins inanities and your cover- age of them. Congratulations on the back page of the Chevron of one week ago.

But why stop there? I notice the follow- ing statement under your masthead of De- cember 6: “answer this: do we need baskin=robbins banana splits to survive? hundreds of thousands of people around the world can’t get enough staples and are dying by the hundreds of hunger. How can we justify eating (wasting) thousands of

- calories of food just for a friendly contest? boycott baskin-robbins and every other es- tablishment which encourages waste ‘and decadence,. ’ ’

Then on the’back page of this present edition, I notice the appeal for students to vote Yes to-OFS which is “fighting for, among other -things, student pubs. .”

- ’ ‘.‘Renison

Let me rephrase your above quotation. : ‘Answer this:‘do we need beer to survive? Hundreds of thousands of people around the world can’t even get enough staples and are dying by the hundreds of hunger. How can we justify drinking up (wasting) thousands of calories of grain daily in the’ pursuit of happiness on campus? Boycott campus pubs, and every other establish-

.ment which encourages waste and deca- dence. Also vote No to OFS.”

RR. Hudgins

Both of us are presently full-time stu-, \ dents at RenisonCollege. We are taking the

initiative as concerned students in present- ing our views on the current situation at Renison.

b We feel very strongly that your decisions implemented during the past few months have been contrary to the true ‘Christian and democratic spirit one expects at a church college such as Renison.

A few’ factual examples will illustrate- how such acts have effectively split the students as well as faculty into opposing factions.

The most blatant .example being the speech delivered on the night of Nov. 22, 1974 which served to further widen the chasm already in existance between stu- dents and faculty. Furthermore, this speech in its content and delivery seemed to us totally ‘unchristian’ and made a moc- kery of the values of the college.

’ The fact that the firings of three teachers -. without student consultation or input was a direct rebuttal of the democratic process. We are totally opposed to such unilateral

‘decisions. Through conversations with fellow stu-

/ . dents, it has become quite evident to us that seemingly pertinent information about this “Renison affair” has been available to_ select individuals through the administra- tion at Renison. This tactic has further as- sisted in breaking down the-unity of the student body at the college.

After the first heat .of the firings died down, it became quite evident that an im- partial decision could not be made by any of the parties involved in resolving the con- flict; We realized that outside arbitration was needed to resolve the crisis.

We question your reluctance to accept CAUT arbitration. What have you to lose? What have you to hide? It seems quite clear to us that you have two choices open:

‘Adopt CAUT. arbitration as recom- mended by the faculty of arts and the Uni- versity of Waterloo senate. We wish to draw your attention to the fact that these two powerful bodies grant us our degrees. Adopting CAUT arbitration will bring jus- tice to bear on this issue and bring it to an end. This is what we wish.

The alternate choice would be to con- tinue to act in a,similar manner as last term. As you well remember, there was much student dissent during that period. In the confusion, some students did decide to leave college mid-term.

Most students have not left but will con- tinue fighting till their rights are realized and justice is done. It seems to us that if the present trend of events continues, student dissatisfaction and unrest will continue and possibly escalate.

We feel that it is time you stopped deal- ing with us from .a position of authority and dealt with us from a human level, taking into account our needs as students.

In conclusion, we feel that although this document has been the work of two indi- viduals; these views are shared by a large _ percentage of our peers at Renison. We hope that this new year proves mutually satisfying to all those who make up the academic community at Renison,. espe: cially the students.

Einar Carlsen Philip Fernandez

Western denounces muon .

It has come to our attention that two faculty members, Jeff Forest and Hugh Miller, have been released in a manner con- trary to the policy guidelines of the Cana- dian Association of University Teachers.

We also understand that a third faculty member, Marsha Forest, has been banned from the Renison campus.

. Further, these firings have taken-place without consultation with the Faculty/Student Council of the College and they represent unilateral actions on the part of yourself and the Board of Gover- nors of the Institution.

Further, there is much evidence to sug-‘ gest that these firings are the result of polit- ical discrimination and represent a viola- tion of academic freedom which is so . highly prized in the University community.

Consequently as concerned individuals we deplore your actions and demand that due process be instituted to decide this case.

University Students’ -Council University of Western Ontario

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Solidaritv,

The legal secretaries of Copeland, King in Toronto, members of the Office and Pro- : fessional Employees’ International Union,* Local 343; express their resolute support for the faculty and students of Renison Col- lege in their struggle to oppose the repres- sion and intimidation directed against them by the reactionary administration-of Reni- son. ’

We support the students’ demand to have a say as to what content their educa- tion should have and to oppose the arbit- rary dictatorship of the administration.

We also support those faculty members and students who are taking a concrete stand for the struggles of the working class, the Native People, National Minorities and oppressed nations of the World. We be- lieve that all Canadian people should take a stand on these issues, and on this basis we wholeheartedly back the faculty members and students who are committing them- selves to such a position. I

Fringe mentality I

’ We were recently ‘not particularly amazed to read Bruce Duncan’s observa- tion that the technologically-oriented stu- dents of Waterloo display a “fringe mental- ity”. Of course they display a kind of mind- lessness, in general, but so- do\ most stu- dents here. Snow’s terminology had an un- derlying implication that the really impor- tant distinctions between the members of his “Two Cultures” are to be made at some intellectual level above that at which most Waterloo students operate and at which a rudimentary “intellectuality” has already appeared.

Having said the above; we would like to express our support and appreciation of Duncan’s later letter in the Dec. 6th chgv- ron on the subject of laboratory animals. . He expresses concerns which do not seem to arise very often in the minds of people who make use or misuse of animals in their work. Here, surely, is something which I Duncan finds abhorrent in the attitude of students (and faculty) at Waterloo, but which naturally concerns those students (and faculty) who happen to be involved with the Biological Scie&e,s. However, rather than being an aspect of a “fringe mentality”, the disregard for needless suf- fering of laboratory animals is just a part of the “anything for marks” mentality which flourishes rfght across the faculties. Whilst we can set aside the question of the moral- ity of the use of animals in medical training or by genuine pre-medical students as de- batable, how could anybody justify the use of large numbers of animals just to give credits to Waterloo’s masses and jobs to the hypocrites who teach them?

If anyone reading this missed Duncan’s letter, ,he/she should get a copy of De- cember 6th’s chevron, because it contains something important.

Steve Gregory Grad Physics

Betty Trott Gregory‘ Alumna

replies ‘_ / I want to thank the three people who

responded to ‘my letter on fringe men- talities in science because it is through criticism, that new perspectives are born and re-examination of-concepts initiated. I have reread my own letter several times now and agree that the impression is created that almost all science students are narrowminded when it comes to their views of science and art. I did not say that we all are and I did not intend to imply that almost all of us are. I apologize for creating that impression But I cannot agree with Bill Murray (Feedback, December 6) that this narrowmindedness is expressed by “only a small minority of students”.

My personal experience is that a large number of students display a fringe mental- ity and I find this depressing. I am not “intolerant to the interests and values of science students”; rather, I am depressed by the interests and values of fringe men- talities and since my experience is with science students at this university, it is they who I am, criticizing. Many arts students; I agree, are probably equally as narrow- minded as the’ science students in question. . .I did not deny this in my origi- nal letter.

Let me also defend myself against the logic in the statement that “these values are not (my) own and (I) therefore consider them the sign of a shallow and uncom- prehending mind”. That I do not share the perspectives ofthe fringe mentality is cer- tainly not the reason I feel that their pers- pectives are inadequate. And lastly, that my stand constitutes bigotry is, in my opin-. ’ ion, an unfounded statement. -- . - . Bruce Duncan

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Blball u-pdated The following reports bring the Warrior Basketball team up to date, since the report in the last chevron.

The Waterloo Warriors began their quest for a fourth straight O.U.A.A. Western Division chap- ionship by defeating the Windsor Lancers Dec. 4 by a low &ore of 63-54 in Waterloo. The Lancers and Warriors are rated the two top teams in Ontario but the game gave no indication of this. The game was marred by poor refereeing and sloppy playing. The Warriors com- ing off their big weekend in the Naismith Classic did not appear tb be the same team that defeated St. Mary’s in the -tournament win. In- consistent refereeing was certainly a factor in the ragged play exhibited by two pf the top teams in the na- tion.

The Lancer line-up .fLatured former Waterloo star, Ed Dragan and Alberta transfer, 6’8” Mike Frisby!. From the opening tip-off it was apparent that it would be a low scoring game. Even Bill Robinson was not able to hit on his usual con- sistent foul shooting. Mike Moser was spectacular in the rebounding department once again but only piled up eight points in the first half. Charlie Chambers was the most consistent player for the Warriors in the first half while forcing many turnovers and scoring some key

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baskets. Half time score was 28-23 in Windsor’s favour and the fans had visions of the unbeaten War- rior rebord of nine straight games being shattei-ed. Both teams shot a mediocre 35 pel’cent in the first half and 18 turnovers were committed by the two teams.

The Warriors began the second half with a little more consistency as Moser led the Warrior charge. The Wai-riors finally tied it up 38-38 on tw,o foul shots by Bill Robinson. With some fine rebounding and bet- ter field goal shooting the Warriors soon pulled away from the Lan- cers. Paul Thomas, the angered coach of the Lancers was called for his second technical and, this caused the Warriors to score one more plus gain possession. Moser hit for a three point play and that ga,ve the Warriors a seven point lead. The two teams traded baskets for the next few minutes until the score was 59-51 still in favour of Waterloo. The Warriors then worked their still offense to perfec- tion to protect their lead and keep their winning streak intact. Moser on a super second half including.1 9 1 points scored a total of 2’7 points in the season-opening game in a bid for his third straight scoring champ- ionship. Charlie Chambers hit for twelve points in a great effort while Bill Robinson also pocketed twelve points. Trevor Begs chipped in with ten points to” help the cause.

The Warriors next league game will not be until January 15 when Wilfrid Laurier will engage in a bat- tle.

Waterloo travelled to Oswego, New York, to participate in a four- team tournament. The Warriors- overwhelmed the host team, Os- wego State Lakers in their first game, 95--65. They utilized their fast break and shot a sizzling 49

percent from the floor. Mike Moser led the charge with 28 points, in- j, eluding 12 of the team’s first 15. He also dominated the game by hauling down a game-high 15 rebounds. Trevor Briggs played an integral part in the Warrior victory by pumping in 20 points. Bill Robinson contributed 12 in a strong effort. Comparably, Oswego shot on:y 35 percent from the floor and had sev- eral prominent players in foul trou- ble. Doug Rich scored 22 points for the Lakers while Jum pason added 17 in a losing cause. This victory earned Waterloo a berth in the final game against $he Bloomsdale Hus- kies from Pennsylvania.

Waterloo turned in a dismal per- formance in losing the title contest 79-57. The game was a complete ’ turnabout from the fine showing against Oswego State. The War- riors started slowly and found themselves down 32-23 at the half. Bloomsdale registered nine straight points early in the third quarter to put the game out of reach for the Warriors. Bloomsdale, was conse- quently awarded the tournament trophy. The Huskies outrebounded the Warriors and capitalized on 45 percent of their shots. The War- riors shot an unusually low percen- tage of 30 from the field. Waterloo was also inconsistent in the free throw department where they shot a meager 62 percent, including six missed one-and-one situations. It was a disappointing game for Coach McCrae and his Warriors after hav- ing experienced a season-opening winning streak of 11 games. The Huskies presented an evenly- balanced scoring attack. Radocha and Ognosky ignited th& attack with 16 points each. Moser again played an excellent game in scoring 23 poir$s, and this earned him a spot on the all-tournament team.

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acuity tenwe ’ . - ommitte .report, ’

The following feature contains the re- port of the University of Waterloo Fa- culty Association’s Tenure Committee on certain grievances against Renison College which were brought before the association. Also cQntained is a short history of the Renisdn affair since the firing of Hugh Miller, Jeff Forest and Marsha Forest, .all professors at Reni- son College.

This is a report of the University of Waterloo Faculty Associations Tenure Committee on certain grievances against Renison College which were brought be- fore it. The report is presented to the Association’s Executive for acceptance

_ along with certain recommendations for approval.

The Committee’s Investigation

The Committee first examined written materials which Prof. McDonald had gathered from the four complainants and others. Included in these materials were formal-letters of complaint to the Faculty Association, letters of appointment and dismissal, as well as other communications between the College and the complainants. Letters between the Association and Reni- son College were also included.

Because Prof. McDonald had carried out the initial investigations and had tried to mediate the grievances informally, he pre- sented a comprehensive chronology of his work in these two areas.

The Committee then invited written and oral presentadions from the four complain- ants and from the Principal of Renison Col- lege, Prof. Towler, the former Acting P&r- cipal, Prof. M’Timkulu, and the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Wm. Townshend. The Committee received presentations from the four complainants, Prof. Towler (as- sisted by the College’s solicitor, Mr. Haney), various other faculty members of Renison, and Renison students. The Committee tape-recorded oral submissions and also kept a shorthand record of them.

From these materials the Committee has compiled the following report.

The Four Cases The cases differ in significant respects

and must therefore be dealt with sepa- rately.

1. On October 31st Prof. Hugh Miller was given notice of dismissal from his probationary appointment as assistant pro- fessor and from his administrative ap- pointment as Academic Dean effective De- cember 3 1st. The causes listed expressly referred only to his alleged “failure to carry out those duties of Academic Dean”. These causes simply, do not support his dismissal from an assistant professorship. Academic reasons for his dismissal have been stated by the Principal of Renison. However, these were stated more than three weeks after Miller was given notice of dismissal. These reasons were never given to Miller prior to his dismissa in a form which indicated “dismissal was contemp- lated. Most\ importantly, Miller has never been given a proper academic forum in which to contest any of the reasons for dismissal.

2. On October 31st Prof. Jeffrey Forest was given notice of termination of his probationary contract effective April 30th. The termination of his contract was carried out under a clause which allows either

.,-party to break the contract by giving six ‘..

months’ notice prior to the end of Winter Term. No reasons were given for notice of termination of contract. It is the College’s argument that none need be given under current contract law. The College’s sol- icitor has also argued that this is not a proper grievance for the Faculty Associa- tion because no dismissal has taken place.

Whatever legal standards may be, the Committee addressed itself to this case from the point of view of proper academic standards. The appointment offered to and accepted by Frof. Forest contains an exp- licit commitment to consider him for reap- pointment to further probationary con- tracts. Moreover, the contract is clearly described as “probationary” both in the contract itself and in the letter of dismissal. If we accept Mr. Haney’s argument that Forest has not been dismissed, then we must ask what has happened to his connex- ion with the College? It is our conviction that sound academic practice dictates that unless a faculty member holding a prob- ationary appointment resigns or-does not have his appointment renewed he must be dismissed for cause in the proper way. To tolerate any other practice would under- mine the ‘whole purpose of probationary appointments. e.

Even if we are wrong on this point there is still ample reason for the Association’s

- concern. The Principal, Prof. Towler, has repeatedly stated reasons for the termina- tion of Prof. Forest’s contract. In these statements Prof. Towler has made allega- tions concerning both Prof. Forest’s academic competence and his professional behaviour. These have not been stated as reasons for dismissal to Prof. Forest. Neither has Prof.’ Forest been given a proper academic forum in which to re- spond to these allegations.

3. In a memorandum and in another statemsnt, the Principal of Renison has ac- cused Prof. Webber of unprofessional be- haviour. Prof. Webber has not been given an opportunity to respond to these allega- tions in a proper academic forum.

4. On October 31st Prof. Towler in- formed Prof. Marsha Forest that she did not have a cross-appointment to Renison. Since such appointments seem to be a kind of ‘courtesy appointment’, the College does not seem to have contravened CAUT standards. However, Prof. Towler also in- formed Prof. Forest that she could not “at- tend faculty or student meetings unless ex- pressly invited to do so by the Principal”. This raises the possibility that the normal academic freedom of both Prof. Forest and Renison faculty and students is being sig- nificantly restricted. Our fears on this mat-. ter are diminished but not completely al- layed by the Principal’s statement that al- though he would discourage the issuance of invitations to Prof. Forest by Renisop stu-

,dents or faculty, he would allow Prof. Forest to visit Renison as an invited guest. Prof. Towler has also made certain charges concerning Prof. Forest’s conduct and qualifications. .

The Principal’s Actions Ordinarily the above statement of viola-

tions of the CAUT Policy on Academ‘ic Appointments and Tenure would be suf$ cient for making a recommendation that the first three cases be referred to the Academic Freedom and Tenure Commit- tee of CAUT. However, this is not an ordi- nary situation. Further comment is neces- sary before presenting our recommenda- tions.

1. It has been argued that because Reni- son lacks any procedures for dealing with questions of dismissal or any other faculty grievances it cannot develop and -apply procedures retrospectively.

There are several points to be made id reply. First, before this crisis began Oct. 29th, the Principal did check on proper procedures with the Executive Secretary ofCAUT and the President of this Associa- tion. Both told him what these/procedures were. Both sent him copies of the .CAUT Handbook. The Association President also provided him with a copy of-the University of Waterloo Tenure Policy. Second, the Principal had available to him the experi- ence of administrative officers of this Uni- versity; we are certain that if he had asked for advice he would have been told to de- velop and act under proper procedures. Third, after October 31st, the President of the Faculty Association did frequently offer advice on the development and use of proper procedures. In this he was at times informally assisted by the’ Chairman of CAUT’s Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee.‘From these three points it should be clear that the College did not have to invent procedures de novo. The College di,d have offered to it at least two working models of procedure which it could have chosen to follow.

’ Fourth, the President of the Faculty As- sociation has urged the College to put these grievances to binding arbitration with the arbitrators chosen from outside Renison. The faculty members in question have ag- reed to this. This should answer the argu- ment that the College was too small and in too much turmoil to apply these proce- dures. ,

Fifth, in the last analysis, this argument is reducible to the contention that in the absence of procedures an academic institu- tion can proceed in any way that it wishes so long as it does not contravene the law. This is quite unacceptable.

2. We have already said that the Princi- pal of Renison, Prof. Towler, has made certain allegations concerning the four complainants and has not allowed them to respond in the appropriate setting. We must comment on the way in which these charges have been made and delivered.

On November 21st Prof. Towler sent

memoranda to Prof. Jeffrey Forest and Prof. Webber. In these he listed complaints that he had received concerning alleged unethical treatment of colleagues and stu- dents. The allegations were stated in the most general language and gave no indica- tion of the time, place, or context of the alleged offences. Further, the Principal wrote: “I should like a written response from you with regard to the above by 5 p.m. today, otherwise, I shall assume that these comments are valid.” When responses were delivered at 5 p.m. the Principal had left his office for the day.

However, most of the charges made against the four professors were not given to them in writing. Nor were they given an opportunity (however slight) to respond. In fact, these charges were made by Prof. Towler in a speech to over two hundred Renison students and faculty. Prof. Towler did, however, tell those present to write ‘confidential’ on the copies of the speech he had distributed after the meeting. After giving this speech Prof. Towler sent copies to thi heads of the Church Colleges, the President, the Vice-President Academic,. all the Deans, and several Chairmen.

3. The Committee ‘was puzzled by the chronology of events a/t Renison. From the evidence, it appeared that no serious com- plaints had been lodged against any of the four before this fall. Indeed, Prof. J. Forest* had received a letter of commendation ’ from Prof. M’Timkulu in the summer of 1974. In March Prof. Miller had been given an appointment as Academic Dean running six months beyond the expiration of his probationary appointment. Given overlap- ping vacations and summer work, the Prin- cipal and the four participants came into-a working relationship about the beginning of September. In the early part of Sep- tember the Principal seems to have had no serious complaints concerning these pro- _ fessors. Indeed, on various occasions he praised the Forests for their openness and teaching abilities.

The Committee could not help but won- der how since that time the Principal could have acquired sufficient reason for dismis- sing Forest and Miller, banning M. Forest from Renison, and late? issuing serious charges against M. Webber. From the tes- timony of the parties concerned we do know that Prof. Towler did present a few student complaints concerning teaching methods and course content to the Forests. It is our belief that the Principal simply conveyed these complaints and did’not in- dicate his acceptance of them. Nor does it appear that he ever indicated they were grounds for dismissal. We have heard con- vincing testimony that the Forests im-

-mediately took into account at. least some of these complaints concerning teaching methods and modified their approach ac- cordingly .

Prof. Towler also met once with Prof. Miller in part to discuss the latter’s academic credentials. Again there seemed to be no indication of impending dismissal nor even of possible non-renewal of Miller’s contract. (In violation of his con- tract, Miller had not been notified before September concerning renewal.)

Yet on October 28th the Principal told the President of the Faculty Association that he was prepared to act against the Forests and Miller. Some of the reasons he gave then concerned academic credentials and their treatment of students and col- leagues. We do not believe that Prof. Towler ever adequately conveyed these to the individuals involved or that he had suf- ficient time in which to authenticate these charges.

4. Prof. Towler made very &rious alleg- ations concerning the four professors in his speech to,Renison Students and faculty. The Committee looked at these charges in the light of a question put in the GAUT Handbook (p. 67) about dismissals but clearly of broader significance: “ . . . whether the decision to dismiss was fairly reached and is rationally supported in the light of (CAUT’s) principles both pro- ’ cedural and substantive”. To answer this

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auestion we had to look at the kinds of i.vidence presented in support of the Principal’s decisions.

In his speebh, Prof. Towler- said: Each of the statements I shall

read is accurate, fully documented, a sworn testimony and will stand up in a court of’law . It has been checked and approved by the College’s attorney and all of the signed statements support- ing it are now in his vault. (As- sociation Transcript of Oral Re- marks made by Towler, 25/l l/74, P- 6)

When Prof. ‘Towler gave oral testimotiy to the Committee, 60th he and the College’s solicitor, Mr. Haney, read por- tions of letters from students as evidence for the charges made. When asked about letters and petitions from students who wished to- deny these allegations, Prof. Towler questioned their truthfulness.

Prof. Towler was also asked why several of the student letters cited were written on the same date‘, November 6th. He said that he and other faculty riiembers had asked certain students to put their complaints into writing.

The Committee also asked about a statement quoted by Prof. Towler in his speech, namely that Dr. M‘Timkulu said that he had doubts regarding Prof. .I. Forest’s qualifications so he “,made sure to insert the clause in his (probationary) con- tract which allows either party to break the contract after due six months’ notice has been _ given”. Mr. Haney said that Dr. M‘Timkulu had made this statement on November 19th, 1974. From previous tes- timony, the Committee learned that other probationary contracts issued by Renison in 1973 contained the same clause. Further we received evidence that in the faculty- student committee which recommended Prof..Forest’s hiring there was no discus- sion of such a clause being inserted in his contract or of any reasons for such action‘.

This whole procedure of gathering and compiling evidenc\e is suspect. First, by carefully culling through material and ig- noring or dismissing that which does not support one’s case one can prove nearly anything. Secondly, gathering evidence after the fact is not a proper way of justify- ing one’s previous actions; indeed it invites the charge of manufacturing evidence. Thirdly, for faculty members and particu- larly those in high administrative positions to ask students to submit negative letters about other faculty members, particularly in an atmosphere of crisis arid fear, comes perilously close to intimidating students.

Concluding Remarks In their meeting with the Committee,

Prof. Towler and Mr. Haney raised the question of Prof. McDonald’s integrity. They seemed to feel that his attempts at mediation precluded his making any objec- tive. judgements about the Renison situa- tion. The other members of the Committee (Prof. Ord and Prof. Ashworth) would like to make two points in reply tcsthis accusa- tion.

First, the CAUT policy quoted earlier explicitly states that the chairman of a grie- vance committee should “attempt informal mediation between the faculty member and the relevant administrative officer.” Sec-

.ond, informal mediation is not incompati- ble with actively supporting a faculty member’s demand for proper procedures, since this support can be given indepen- dently of judgements about the substantial issues. Profs. Ord and Ashworth have read the letters written by Prof. McDonald asd heard his testimony, and they would like to state unequivocally their belief that Prof. McDonald acted in a fair and proper man- ner throughout the period of informal negotiation.

Profs. Ord and Ashworth would also like to state that they see no evidence that Prof. McDonald did, as Prof. Towler further suggested, apply pressure to Prof. Miller in

or&r to prevent him reaching a settlement with Renison.

Since the issues of integrity and of pres- sure on Prof. Miller have been raised, the Committee itself would like to make a comment on these issues. The Committee considers that a procedure which involves first sending a letter of dismissal to. a fa- culty member and then offering to negotiate is intolerable. It sets up a situa- tion in which the faculty member con- cerned has to negotiate with a gun held to his head. It also casts doubts on the validity of the reasons for dismissal, and on the motives of the person who sent the letter of dismissal.

Political Issue As a result of its hearings the Committee

came to the conclusion that the written and public charge’s made against the four fa- culty members did not make explicit some of the fundamental reasons which the Col- lege had for taking action in three of the

. ‘four cases, riamely those of Profs. J. Forest, M. Forest and M. Webber. These reasons .are political. The Committee naturally hesitates before making the grave charge that Prof. Towler considers the holding of left-wing political views, in itself and independently of any effect this might have upon such matters as classroom per- formance, to provide reasonable grounds for not retaining a person at Renison Col- lege. However, Prof. Towler himself made it clear to the Committee that he did con- sider the political reason an adequate one. Moreover, Prof. Towler’s remarks to the Committee cast light on the significance of the following iqcident: on September 12th, 1974, Prof. Towler appeared outside the door of a class taught by J. and M. Forest,

and was invited in by them. He picked up a textbook with a political title, and pro- ceeded to lecture the class on politics in the classroom. He later explained that he did this because a member of the Board had received a complaint about a Marxist text- book. He admitted that he did not know the names of the class, the professor, or the textbook involved, but had merely as- sumed that he had found the subject of the complaint.

The Committee does not wish to em- phasize that it was foblish of the Principal to have made the remarks he did to mem- bers of the Tenure Committee. However, the Committee does wish to emphasize that it is unconscionable for a member of the academic community even to consider tak- ing action against the mere holding of left- wjng political views, let alone interfering in the classroom or initiating dismissal pro- ceedings.

3. Until the current hearings, the Corn-.

mittee members had known little about Renison College. We were very favourably impressed by what we learned about the College’s attempt to provide a progrgmme which was unique not just because of its church affiliation but because of the way it involved students and faculty members in a joint venture. There was every indication that a strong collegial atmosphere was de- veloping at Renison. As a result, we feel a deep sense of concern at what has hap- pened to Renison in recent months. We would like to think that had the Principal taken more time and care, he might have

“come (0 appreciate the quality of Renison’s contribution to the University, and to share our concern that this contribution not be destroyed by precipitate action.

M.F. McDonald, Chairman ES. Ashwotth

J.L. Ord

Recommendations Having received the report of the Tenure

Committee, the Faculty Association’s Ex- ecutive has unanimously decided upon the following actions. 1. We strongly express our support of the principle that it is a right held by students and faculty alike on this campus to accept and issue invitations to visit all parts of this University including the church related colleges. This right is correlative with the visitor’s duty to respect the academic pur- poses of this University. Therefore, to in- sure that this right is not denied; we in- struct the Tenure Committee to maintain a watching brief in the case of Prof. M. Forest. 2. Since Renison College has neither apologized to Prof. Webber for the way in which it has presented charges against her, nor for its wide distribution of those charges, we refer this matter to CAUT for investigation and action by the Academic Fre\edom and $enure Committee. Since there are indications that the allegations brought against Prof. Webber may be used in support of her dismissal, before CAUT is able to complete its investigations, we recommend that if Prof. Webber is thus dismissed then faculty members and graduate students on this campus be ad- vised that they should not accept academic positions at Renison College until CAUT has decided on appropriate measures to be taken in this case. The only conditions under which this recommendation wili be rescinded are if Renison either withdraws the charges or allows Prof. Webber to ans- tier them in the manner set out in the CAUT Policy on Academic Appointments and Tenure. 3. The Executive appeals the case of Prof. J. Forest to CAUT. Further, until CAUT has made its decision on this appeal, we now warn faculty members and graduate students not to accept any kind of academic appointments at Renison College. The only condition under virhich this warning will be rescinded is if Renison College will agree to proper grievance procedures as outlined in the above mentioned CAUT Policy or if Renison will withdraw his dismissal. 4. Since in our judgement the matters pre- sented in this report are so grave, we in- struct the President of the Faculty Associa- tion to do the following: first, prior to its publication, to send copies of this report to the Renison Board of Governors; second, to read this report to the next General Meeting of the Faculty Association; third, to bring this report to the attention of the President of the University of Waterloo with the request that it be brought to the attention of the Senate and Board of Gov- ernors: fourth to bring this report to the attention of other faculty associations through OCUFk and CAUT; and fifth, to bring this report to the attention of any other persons that in his judgement can play a role in implementing these recom- mendaiions.

Histo.ry of ‘the ,renison affair

Oct. 31. Towler and the Renison Board 01 Governors arbitrarily fired H. Miller, J, Forest and banned M. Forest fron the College.

Now. 4. Renison students boycotted clas- ses in protest df actions of Towler and BOG.

Nov. 9. Renison BOG .ratified J. Forest’s dismissal

Nov. 12. Towler took the Honors Program to Arts Faculty Council for approval, not information, which gave the Arts Faculty Council control of the prog- ram.,

Nov. 18. U. of W. Senate passed the Hon- ors Program on the recommendation of J. Minas, Dean of Faculty Arts. _

Nov. 20. Mock Funeral and Wake was held by students in protest of the happenings and the death of Academic Freedom.

Dec. 6-10. RAA students visited BOG members to try and open the lines 01 communication.

Dec. 10. At the Arts Faculty meeting, Towler publically stated that one 01 the cases was settled and all that had to be worked out was the final details.

Dec. 10. Arts Faculty passed a motion expressing its hopes that Renison College will agree to follow CAUT procedures in order tb resolve the current difficulties at the College.

Dec. 11. Faculty Association report was issued stating that firings were politi- cally motivated.

Dec. f6.U. of W. Senate passed the same motion as Arts Faculty.

Jan. 6. Students returned to class to find-

a. Hugh Miller’s dismissal finalized b. ISS225R, Social Research, previ, ously taught by H. Miller being taugh by B. Lahue. c. Psyc. 368R, ,Socialization of Men previously to be taught by H. Miller being taught by B. Lahue. d. Psyc. 220B, previously to bt taught by H. Miller and assisted by J Forest, without an instructor. e. Social Work 368R zind ISS 121 F were increased to two sections. The first being taught as arranged by J Forest and the second section! being taught by Luke Fusco and R Courtland. f. Students found it impossible to set Towler to discuss the is’sue.

Jan. 13 at 12:30 in the Campus Cente room 135, members of the Faculty Associa tion, Mike MacDonald, President of the Fa culty Association, Jack Ord, Physics Pro fessor and Jennifer Ashworth, Philosophy Professor will be present to answer an) questions. Also, Leo Johnson, of the histor) dept. and Ron Lambert, sociology will bE present to discuss their motion made in the

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