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SS5* GEOKGE WILLIAMS UM5YESSITY 11BSA9Y SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY VOL XXXII, NO 7 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1968 8 CENTS S.L.C. denies support to Biafran rally The Students’ Legislative Council has decided to endorse the stand of the Federal Government on the Nigerian Civil War and not to support a demonstration scheduled for Saturday aimed at dramatizing the plight of the Biafran people. Arts Representative, Mark Medicoff introduced a motion “that the S.L.C. endorse and approve of the demonstration to be held Saturday on behalf of the Biafran people and condemn the Canadian government for its inaction on the matter” . M edicoff s motion was subsequently defeated by a vote of 5 to 4. The feeling of those who voted against the motion was eloquently articulated by Student Affairs Vice- President, Laurie Abrams, after the meeting, when he commented that he didn’t care about the plight of the Biafrans as long as he was able to enjoy the comforts of his environment. He qualified the state- ment by saying that he, personally, would donate money for this “worthy cause" but that he would not go against the wishes of the government by endorsing a vote of condemnation for their stand. Representatives from Commerce, Science and Engineering also voted against M edicoffs motion. There is a possibility that a revised version of the motion may be introduced at a future Council meeting. In other business, Council also defeated a motion presented by Educational Vice-President, Donald Rosenbaum, proposing that the “ SLC refuse to send representatives to meetings of the University Council until they are declared open to members-at-large of the University Community. This motion was a modified version of an earlier one introduced by Aids Representative, Murray Smith, to the effect that Council refuse to accept “tokenistic" representation on the faculty and University Councils. Smith’s motion had no seconder. Official Council action on the Senate proposals was nearly stymied when a Rosenbaum motion to form an ad hoc committee of the SLC to prepare a proposal for the reor- ganization of University government at SGWU, found few volunteers. Mark Medicoff and Colin Wheeler (Science) immediately offered their services but it took sometime for a third Council member, External Vice-President, Solomon Schinasi, to grudgingly volunteer. Council also delegated individual faculty associations to select their own representatives for positions on the faculty councils. The associations may choose their own methods of selection. On Tuesday, October 8 the ces- sation of major activities of the SLC is scheduled in order to allow the members of this body to convene and discuss the direction of the SLC. Students are urged to participate and present briefs. Suspension of prof precipitates sit-in “Join the American revolution fight the draft” “ Girls say yes to men who say no” Posters; matresses; people; gui- tars; food supplies; soup boiling over a bunsen burner. Cigarette smoke has become an air-substitute. Some sit outside Liberation 130 to breathe every now and again. A commis- sionaire, sometimes a university- paid security policeman, peers around the corner of the corridor - just checking. The place is Loring Bailey Hall, the Physics and Biology Building- on the Fredericton campus of the University of New Brunswick. The time is anytime between Thursday Sept 26 and today, Tuesday Oct. 1. Liberation 130 is the office of Dr. Norman Strax, temporarily sus- pended from his duties as physics professor on Thursday morning (Sept. 26). The episode originated with a de- cision by U.N.B.'s administration to obtain I.B.M. cards for the library in lieu of the regular university identification cards. Strax, and a group of S.D.S.ers vehemently ob- jected to the measure claiming abrid- gement of civil liberties because, he said that the action would, among other things, prevent non-students from using the library facilities. Strax’s subsequent suspension, re- sulting from the demonstration, pre- cipitated the sit-in. Strax has also defied a court injunction which had ordered him off the campus. The people in and around Liberation 130 want, at the very least, only that Strax be justly treated, reinstated and/or given full explanation by the administration (and/or board of go- vernors) for his suspension. The demonstrators are an ideo- logically heterogeneous group. Some are New Leftists; some are SDS radicals; some are liberal demo- crats; some social democrats; some democratic socialists. Some of the demonstrators are ideological con- servatives; they are protesting the arbitrary suspension of a faculty member by an oligarchic, politically irresponsible elite. All decisions at Liberation 130 are democratically voted upon. This reporter watched on, taken by sur- prise, as the thirty or forty demons- trators took a vote on whether to allow access to a CBC newsman. Strax has been summoned to ap- pear in court in St. John (68 miles south of here) at 9 am Wednesday, Oct. 2, on a charge of contempt of court. He refused to comply with an injunction presented him Monday morning, ordering him to end his demonstration and vacate his office in Bailey Hall. ©on Conservative MP lidifty NP0 member Ed Bred dcflbt on African Affair B mke pih oomstone ( 11 Rev, leahard Mason I

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Page 1: SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY VOL XXXII, NO 7 … · Dr. Norman Strax, temporarily sus ... cipitated the sit-in. Strax has also defied a court injunction which had ordered him off

SS5* GEOKGE WILLIAMS UM5YESSITY

11BSA9Y

SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

VOL XXXII, NO 7 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1968 8 CENTS

S.L.C. denies support to Biafran rally

The S tudents’ Legislative C ouncil has decided to endorse the stand o f the Federal G overnm ent on the N igerian C ivil W ar and not to support a dem onstration scheduled for Saturday aim ed at dram atizing the p light o f the Biafran people.

Arts R epresentative, M ark M ed ico ff in troduced a m otion “ that the S .L .C . endorse and approve o f the dem onstration to be held Saturday on behalf o f the Biafran people and condem n the C anadian governm ent for its inaction on the m atter” . M e d ico f f s m otion was subsequently defeated by a vote o f 5 to 4.

The feeling o f those w ho voted against the m otion was eloquently articulated by S tudent A ffairs V ice- President, Laurie A bram s, after the m eeting, w hen he com m ented that he d idn ’ t care abou t the plight o f the Biafrans as long as he was able to en joy the com forts o f his environm ent. He qualified the state­m ent by saying that he, personally, would donate m oney for this “ w orthy cause" but that he w ould not go against the wishes o f the governm ent by endorsing a vote o f condem nation for their stand.

Representatives from C om m erce, Science and Engineering also voted against M e d ico ffs m otion.

There is a possib ility that a revised version o f the m otion m ay be introduced at a future C ouncil meeting.

In other business, C ouncil also defeated a m otion presented by E ducational V ice-President, D onald R osenbaum , proposing that the “ SLC refuse to send representatives to m eetings o f the U niversity C ouncil until they are declared open to m em bers-at-large o f the U niversity C om m unity. This m otion was a m odified version o f an earlier one

introduced by Aids R epresentative, M urray Sm ith , to the effect that C ouncil refuse to a ccep t “ tok en istic" representation on the facu lty and U niversity C ouncils. S m ith ’ s m otion had no seconder.

O fficia l C ouncil action on the Senate proposals was nearly stym ied when a R osenbaum m otion to form an ad hoc com m ittee o f the SL C to prepare a proposal for the reor­ganization o f U niversity governm ent at S G W U , found few volunteers.

M ark M ed ico ff and C olin W heeler (S cien ce) im m ediately offered their services but it took som etim e for a third C ouncil m em ber, E xternal V ice-P resident, S olom on Schinasi, to grudgingly volunteer.

C ouncil also delegated individual facu lty associations to select their own representatives for positions on the facu lty councils. T he associations m ay choose their own m ethods of selection.

On Tuesday, October 8 the ces­sation of major activities of the SLC is scheduled in order to allow the members of this body to convene and discuss the direction of the SLC. Students are urged to participate and present briefs.

Suspension of prof precipitates sit-in

“ Join the A m erican revolution fight the draft”

“ Girls say yes to m en w ho say n o”

Posters; m atresses; people; gu i­tars; food supplies; soup boiling over a bunsen burner. C igarette sm oke has becom e an air-substitute. Som e sit outside L iberation 130 to breathe every now and again. A com m is­sionaire, som etim es a university- paid security policem an , peers around the corner o f the corridor - ju st checking.

The p lace is Loring B ailey H all, the Physics and B iology Building- on the Fredericton cam pus o f the University o f New Brunsw ick. The tim e is anytim e betw een Thursday

Sept 26 and today, T uesday Oct. 1. L iberation 130 is the office of Dr. N orm an Strax, tem porarily sus­pended from his duties as physics professor on T hursday m orning (Sept. 26).

T he episode originated w ith a d e ­cision by U .N .B .'s adm inistration to obta in I.B .M . cards for the library in lieu o f the regular university identification cards. Strax, and a group o f S .D .S .ers vehem ently o b ­jected to the m easure claim ing ab rid ­gem ent o f civil liberties because, he said that the action w ould, am ong other things, prevent non-students from using the library facilities.

Strax ’ s subsequent suspension, re­sulting from the dem onstration , pre­

cip itated the sit-in. Strax has also defied a court in junction w hich had ordered him o ff the cam pus. The people in and around L iberation 130 want, at the very least, on ly that Strax be ju stly treated, reinstated and/or given fu ll exp lanation b y the adm inistration (and /or board o f go ­vernors) for his suspension.

The dem onstrators are an ideo­logically heterogeneous group. Som e are New Leftists; som e are SD S radicals; som e are liberal d em o­crats; som e social dem ocrats; som e dem ocratic socialists. Som e o f the dem onstrators are ideologica l con ­servatives; they are protesting the arbitrary suspension o f a facu lty

m em ber by an oligarchic, po litica lly irresponsible elite.

A ll decisions at L iberation 130 are dem ocratica lly voted upon. This reporter w atched on, taken by sur­prise, as the th irty or forty dem on s­trators took a vote on whether to allow access to a C B C newsm an.

Strax has been sum m oned to ap­pear in court in St. John (68 m iles south o f here) at 9 am W ednesday, Oct. 2, on a charge o f contem pt o f court. He refused to com ply with an in junction presented him M onday m orning, ordering him to end his dem onstration and vacate his office in B ailey Hall.

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Conservative M P lidifty N P0 member Ed Bred dcflbt on African Affair

B m k e p i h

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11Rev, leahard Mason I

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• • •T he M ixed badm inton P ro­

gram w ill be getting under way on M on day , O ctober 7 in the B oys G ym at M ontreal H igh S chool located on the corner o f university and Sher­brooke. Courts w ill be avail­able for both beginners and the m ore serious players in­terested in com peting for the university team . P lay w ill go from 6:00 to 9:00. For in ­form ation con tact the A th le­tics ’ O ffice in the H all b u ild ­ing.

A Pre-University Commit­tee & “ Phase” meeting will be held in the Education office of the 3rd floor on M o n d a y , O c t o b e r 7. E v e ry o n e is in v ite d to d is c u s s the h ig h sc h o o l situation in Quebec.

• • •For those w ho believed it

could never be done, and for those w ho never lost faith,

Cafeteria C om m ittee has fi­nally announced that all m eet­ings and m inutes o f the C om ­m ittees w ill be m ade pu b lic , allowing interested students and facu lty to follow the d e ­liberations from the “ inside."

T he decision , taken at the last m eeting o f the C om m ittee, reflects the a ttem pt on the part o f the leadership to d is­sipate the growing d iscontent

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8:00 pm W ine and Cheese Party R enow ned Folk Singer Shim on Ash

T hursday, O ct 10 - 1:00 pm Speaker T B A - 8:00 pm M ovie

Friday, O ct. 11 - 1:00 pm Paint-In

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As a specia l feature for three days on ly O ct. 9, 10, 11, there w ill be an “ All You Can E at L unch for $0.50” from 12:00 - 2:00.

• • •

S G W U Literary S ociety w ill have an open m eeting in H-413 on Friday, O ctober 4th from 4:30 - 5:30. Infor­m ation w ill be given . to this year’ s areas o f interest.

• • •Swing w ith the Engineers

from 8:00 - 1:00 at the P O O P D E C K B A L L , Satur­day, O ctober 12. A dm ission

w ith food services w ith in the university.

The com m ittee is com posed o f students, facu lty and a d ­m inistrators and is respon­sible for determ ining the p o ­licies and procedures o f all cafeteria . services. A lthough it has always, by university tradition and precedent, con ­vened in closed session a p ­pointed m em bers have now realized the urgent need for frank and fluid com m u n ica ­tions at all levels o f u n i­versity operations.

An im pending proposal is to p lace vending m achines in the cafeteria area, offering all liquid refreshm ents (co f­fee, tea, m ilk, and soft drinks) at 10 cents per glass.

Patrons then w ould have the alternative o f purchasing from the m achines, or from the cafeteria counter at 12 cents per cup and 20 cents per pot.

C orrespondingly, the a d op ­tion o f the plan w ould also involve the extension o f ca ­feteria hours to allow students the use o f the area and the new m achines until the Hall B uilding closes. Cafeteria presently closes at 10 p .m .

is $5.00 per couple. T ickets can be obta ined from the E n ­gineering C lass R eps or the Students A ssociation R ecep ­tionist.

• • •

T he Zone is featuring a book review by Father G. Predelli and discussion on M arshall M cL u h a n ’s “ W A R A N D P E A C E ” . It w ill be held on T hrusday O ctober 4th at 1:00 pm in the Zone.

• • •A ll students are invited to

attend a m eeting o f the S tu ­dents International M editation S ociety on Friday, O ctober 4 at 8:30 in H-635.

• • •The L iberal C lub is giving

notices o f by -e lection for the position o f secretary. T he O c­tober General M eeting w ill be held on W ednesday 16th at 1:00 pm . T he room num ber w ill be announced.

• • •Please leave your hubble-

bubble for a m inute and put your nam e on the list to form a new exotic club - the A rab ­ian Society. Form s can be p icked up at the S .A . recep ­tionist. • • •

A cross section o f the black com m unity has organised a congress o f b lack writers. It w ill be held from O ctober 11 to 14 at M cG ill. T he re­gistration is $4.00.

Final decision on the plan is in cu m ben t on an exp lication o f financia l contingencies by W illiam R eay, Treasurer o f the U niversity.

A ny im m ediate questions or concerns regarding food ser­vices m ay be d irected to L au­rie A bram s, Chairm an o f the Cafeteria C om m ittee and V ice President o f S tudent A ffairs for the S tudents’ A ssociation.

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C O M M E N T by Pete r K le in

I attended the b itch -in with the intention o f b itching about people w ho d o nothing but bitch. As it turned out m y words at that “ gathering of eagles” w ould have been irrelevant, as a great percentage of the approxim ately 37.5 attendees (the poin t 5 is in reference to one gentlem an w ho cam e, saw, delivered his d iatribe, felt that he had contributed to the struggle against apathy and prom ptly departed) are involved in one area of activism or another. Therefore, in an a ttem pt to bring the student body an im portant word from their sponsor, I herewith subm it this serm on to the great mass o f the unwashed.

The central or m ost recurrent them e at the b itch-in was the in com petent and inadequate system o f registration. If the reader is a freshm an or a sophom ore, please note that the present system of registration will screw you up tw ice or

-once—in the future - respectively. So, I w ould like to inform you that your co m p ­laint and subsequent assailm ent o f the system is legitem ate - but we d on ’ t do anything but talk about it - and m erely discussing it in the cafeteria am ong ou r­selves is not going to alleviate this p rob ­lem. The same is app licable to the d if­ficulties surrounding a satisfactory b ook ­store policy , cafeteria etc.

It is not m y purpose here to discuss the best m ethod of reform , that is whether the problem s can best be solved by re­volution or evolution - th at’ s up to your individual politica l philosophy. H ow ever, I w ould like to point out (I am w ell aware that I am a victim o f obscurantism and tokenism ) that there are jo in t student- facu lty com m ittees open to at-large-stu- dent representation and by conscientious representation an effort can be m ade to am eliorate some of these problem s. One statem ent w hich sum m ed up the feelings

o f those w ho attended the sum m er con ­ference, (the corelation o f SLC m em ­bers not attending the sum m er conference and the B itch -in was interesting) was “ the adm inistration w ill listen to us when we have som ething to say” . As long as we just sit on our cans and bellyache (li­tera lly?) in the cafeteria, we have nothing to say and the adm inistration has nothing to listen to.

Last O ctober, 2,500 students held a sit-in to protest inaction over the im plem entation o f a report recom m ending student repre­sentation on the a cadem ic policy m aking bodies and governing boards of the u n i­versity. B ut how m any really knew w hy they were there? M ost o f those that thought they were aware as to w hy they were there, thought that they were there to protest against the bookstore (sic) (obscu - rantim , an yone?). B ut even assum ing that everyone knew the purpose o f the sit-in , how m any really gave a dam n ? A statistic if I m ay - roughly 1,500 people in Arts were eligib le to app ly for three positions on F aculty and U niversity C ouncil and only six people bothered to file a p p li­cations. D id you know that students are being sought for to sit on Faculty su b ­com m ittees - w ith the sam e voting and discussion rights as any D ean or depart­m ent head? No. Because you d on 't give a dam n.

In sum m ation , we find that the prevelant attitude on cam pus is one o f “ I d on 't give a d a m n '’ - the peasants d on ’ t give a dam n, the knights don ’ t give a dam n and the king sure as hell doesn 't give a dam n. Students, facu lty , adm inistration. R evolt-fine, evolve - fine - but above all - give a dam n. F inally, the easiest thing in the world is to be a shit - d isturber - how m any o f us are interested enough to be shit-rem overs.

French to implement educational reforms

■ (C P S ) -- An educational re­form program , w hich if car­ried out w ill significantly ero­de centralized governm ent control over university life was approved last week by the French governm ent.

The program , the govern­m ent's answer to the massive student-w orker strike last M ay, is considered the first sign ificant change in centuries in the education system of France. Its passage through the C abinet is credited to new m inister of education Edgar Faure.

T he reform s still m ust be approved by Parliam ent. D e­bate there is scheduled to begin today, and Faure ex ­pects passage o f the m easu­res. Im plem entation o f struc­tural changes is scheduled for February.

T he m ajor change provided for in the program is the establishm ent o f a governing cou ncil in each university, to be m ade up o f students and professors, students constituting “ up to h a lf" the m em bers. T he councils will set their own policies and procedures for budgeting, a d ­

m inistration , teaching m e- ■ thods, exam inations and m ain ­tenance o f order. T he pre­sident o f the university will be elected by the student- facu lty council, and w ill serve as ch ief adm inistrative o ffi­cer.

T he reform m easure also contains provisions for a llow ­ing student p olitica l activ ity on cam pu ses--activ ity w hich has always been strictly ba n ­ned.

The m easures w ill give new power not on ly to students, but also to professors, w ho under the present system of alm ost com plete control from Paris had as little voice as students in the running o f the universities.

Som e observers see the e- du cation reform measure as a forerunner o f change in all areas o f French socia l and politica l life, m oderation o f the doctrine o f centralized control over all aspects of life w hich has ruled France since the R evolution .

S tudent reaction to the re­form s seem s m ixed. A lthough the m ore radical students re­portedly are con tem ptuous o f

the changes and determ ined to re-start the protests when school opens in O ctober, m a ­ke-up exam inations from last M ay have been adm inistered on all university cam puses w ithout m ajor in cident and w ith abou t 90 per cent a t ­tendance.

Pope praises youth protest

V A T IC A N C IT Y (C P S ) - Pope Paul, in an audience yesterday, said “ the new ge­neration deserves praise" for its rebellion against “ trad i­tional hypocrisies."

T he Pope called young p eo ­ple ’ s reactions in protests and dem onstrations “ unleash­ed against w ell-being, against the bureaucratic and tech n o­logical order, against a so­ciety deprived o f superior and really hum an ideals, perhaps the result o f insufferance of psychologica l, m oral and sp i­ritual m ediocrity ...aga in st the im personal un iform ity o f our surroundings as m odern c i­vilization has m ade th em ."

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f * editorial

HTowards a more

relevant educationIt is very diffucult to discover at first w h a t Professor

Compton 's letter (appear ing on this page) refers to. In looking over all the issues of the georgian that so far appeared, w e do not find a barrage of insults or misin­formation directed at the administrat ion. Two recent criticisms of registration m a y have been a bit sharp, but an article which included the admini strat ion 's v iew of the problem appeared in the very first issue, (with suggest ions that they have not yet commented upon).

Information about the inner work ings of the adm in i s ­tration can only come from them and when such inform­ation is received w e will be g lad to publish it; ( and w e hope it will be more concise than w h a t w e have heard from the cafeteria or bookstore in the past.)

If there exists an elementary ignorance about w ha t universities have been and are, w e have done our best to dispel it: (see the articles which appeared in the supplement to the second issue).

If Professor Compton feels that our proposal for complete student control of the university is naive, then w e must agree with him. It is naive, certainly, to believe that the administration will easily hand over to us the reigns of government. It is naive also to believe that when this happens all administrat ive problems will cease to exist immediately. It is usually on these two points that criticism is directed aga ins t the student movement, and for this reason most such criticism is meaningless. These are not the contentions of student power advocates.

Our a ims are not to m ake administrat ion more efficient by replacing experienced executives with inex­perienced students. Our aim is to change the funda ­mental goals towards which the efforts of the adminis-. tration are directed. Our a im is to achieve the freedom to determine these goa l s for ourselves. W e are only secondarily interested in administrative problems; (particularly since m a n y of these problems would cease to exist if some of the present a ims were abandoned) .

It m a y be naive of us to believe that w e can achieve w h at w e want, or can achieve it easily; but what w e w a n t to achieve is not naive and has been clearly expressed time and aga in. W e w a n t an education that is relevant to our needs, not specialized training that is not. W e w a n t to set our o w n criteria for w h a t constitutes education. These are not administrat ive problems; these are issues the administrat ion has not even consi­dered. A n y meaningfu l criticism of the student m o v ­ement must m ake this distinction between the problems that administrators face, and the fact that they refuse to face certain problems.

the georgianThe georgian is an editorially autonomous newspaper published by the Communications Board

of the Students' Association of Sir George Williams University, Montreal. Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa, for payment of postage in cash. The editorial offices are located in Rooms 648 and 649 of the Henry F. Hall Building, 1455 de

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betters to the Editor1Letters to th e E d itor o f th e g e o rg ia n m ust be s u b m itte d ,

p re fe ra b ly ty p e w r it te n , to Room H -6 4 9 . A ll le tte rs m ust b e a r th e n a m e , fa c u lty a n d y e a r o f th e w r ite r . The g e o r­g ia n reserves th e r ig h t to a b r id g e le n g th y subm issions a n d correct g ra m m a r w h e re necessary.

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E ditor; the georgian,

As a facu lty m em ber w ho has had his share o f clashes w ith the adm inistration over the years, I should like to express m y utter con tem pt for the m anner in w hich so m any of your correspondents and contributors write about the university's problem s and the unfortunate individuals w ho are trying to cope with them . W hy these underpaid and overworked adm inistra ­tors continue to give their best in spite o f the barrage o f insults and m isin form ation is beyond me. After one has m ade every allow ance for the fact that so m any of the letters are w ritten by boys trying to prove they are m en, there rem ains the very real qu es­tion o f whether students w ith such severe psychologica l problem s are in a condition to profit from a university education .

There are m any things wrong w ith this university. Som e are the fault o f society, som e of the Provincia l G o­vernm ent, som e o f the A d ­m inistration, som e o f the Fa­cu lty, and som e (dare I say it !) o f the students. H ow ever, the first step tow ards correct­ing any abuse m ust be an accurate diagnosis o f w hat is wrong and why. The geor­gian doesn ’ t exactly over­whelm us w ith that sort o f help. W hat is even m ore a p ­palling than the tone o f so m any o f your contributors is their elem entary ignorance a- bout w hat universities have been, are now and m ay som e day be. Such w idespread in ­tellectual laziness and lack o f im agination threatens to d iscredit the whole m ovem ent toward student power.

C an’ t you use your influence to raise, instead o f lower, the level o f dialogue at Sir George W illiam s?

N eil C om pton

The muzak man ?E ditor; the georgian,

I am sitting in the cafeteria sm oking a cigarette after a m eal. There is a fa in t noise com ing from the ceiling.

It is M U Z A K .The cafeteria could be a

good p lace to eat and relax quietly. One could get into the m usic, bu t there is n o­thing to get into. A lso som e of it is singing, w hich is utterly rid icu lous and u n ­thinking in a place where there are m any conversations.

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It w ould not be d ifficu lt to transcend the conversation noise if there was som e decent m usic. It need not be loud. W hy the hell d on ’ t we get som e decen t m usic into the cafeteria?

L et’ s do it N O W .Taking all conditions into

consideration I w ould suggest light classica l-C hop in w altz­es, M ozart. There is a wealth.

How can we do it?

M ark W ilson Arts II

You ore

X - 325

Editor; the georgian,T im G adban feels that so­

cial change im plies, am ongst other things, ‘abolition o f ins­titutions and no right o f ow n­ership.' I w onder if M r. G ad­ban really w ants the govern­m ent to take aw ay the last vestiges o f personal respon ­sib ility and incentive. D oes he not w ant to be able to own a business, by virtue o f having w orked harder than the next m an, and so pros­pering m ore? D oes he not believe that ownership gives a m an a p lace to stand, an

opportu n ity for deserved pro­fit? Is he so naive as to think that the abolition of own­ership w ould not lead to a faceless, colourless, doctri­naire socialist state, in which there w ould be no T im Gadban on ly servant o f the state num ­ber X 325...

Our society is “ designed for aggressive acqu isition .” Those w ho work, under the term s o f the Puritan Ethic w hich has m ade the North A m erican nations great, pros­per. T hose w ho are lazy, don't. It’ s really very sim ple. And M r. G adban can go on ad nauseam abou t the necessity for change, bu t he cannot de­base m an to the level he w ould. He cannot rationally propose a society in which the loafer w ould make as m uch as the worker, and all would be su b ject to absolute govern­m ent control. He cannot deny m an the liberty o f making an honest profit, owning what­ever he can afford, and stand­ing up for individuality.

I agree M r. G adban, that our society is sick in many ways. I have am bitions, too, w hich I w ill outline if given space to d o sam e, but your solutions w ould be far more sick, far more dangerous than anything going on in our so­ciety now.John L. Aim ers Arts I

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(C P S) - V ietnam ’s anti-war student activists have grown increasingly m ilitant this year despite the heavier price o f openly opposing the governm ent. If they wish to speak out strongly against the war, students face the choice of risking a long prison term or joining the N ational L iberation Front or its allies.

Som e o f the student leaders have already chosen the latter alternative. Several leaders of the Saigon Student Union in 1967 jo ined the N L F during Tet. Several of H ue's student activists, traditionally more m ilitant, jo ined the

~Ffont before the end o f last year.It is d ifficu lt to get accurate in ­

form ation on how m any students are actually working for the clandestine A lliance o f N ational, D em ocratic and Peace Forces or its student affiliate, the Saigon Students C om m ittee for Peace, both o f w hich have aligned them selves w ith the Front as an a l­ternative to the Thieu governm ent. One political figure w ell-know n for his anti-war stand believes that the figure is probably no more than 100. S tudent leaders them selves adm it that on ly about ten percent o f the approxim ately 25,000 qniversity students in Saigon even know or care about the A lliance and its purpose.

Advocate government overthrowAnti-war activists, however, have

clearly been driven to a position of advocating the overthrow o f the m ilitary governm ent by a C om m unist-led coa li­tion o f forces. One student leader inter­viewed at the Student U nion h ead ­quarters, still filled w ith refugees from the M ay offensive, said, “ The future role o f the generals who rule the country depends on how they respond to the peop le ’s wishes for peace. If they do not give the people peace, they w ill be lost".

M ilitance was also reflected in his position on the future reunification of North and South V ietnam . Far from speaking vaguely o f a ten -, fifteen-or tw enty-year period before reunification ,

the student said w ithout hesitation, “ R eun ification w ill take p lace w ithin five years, at the m ost. M ost people believe that all V ietnam ese are one, N orth and S ou th ".

T he activists are not typ ica l o f ‘Saigon students. It is usually estim ated that on ly about 10 percent o f the u n i­versity students are politica lly active. M ost o f them have little respect for either the Saigon politicians or the generals, and they have been perfectly w illing to let som eone else die if they can avoid m ilitary service. B ut since nearly all o f them are from m iddle- class fam ilies, m ost students also find a victory b y the V iet C ong u nacceptable .

T h ey are also quite insensitive to the socia l cleavages and con flicts w hich underlie the present war. W hen beg in ­ning students at Saigon U niversity were asked by an A m erican teacher o f English to write a com position on the racial problem in the U .S ., com paring it with V ietnam ese socia l problem s, very few m entioned the gu lf betw een the urban m iddle class and the peasant, betw een V ietnam ese and C hinese, or betw een V ietnam ese and M ontagnard tribesm en.

Prospects dimProspects for the student anti-war

m ovem ent in V ietnam are worse than they have been since the fall o f D iem . Prevented from dem onstrating, severely lim ited in w hat they can publish , and continually harrassed by police , w ho frequently enter their offices to search for subversive m aterials, the activists still rem aining in Saigon are frustrated but determ ined. Asked w hat they could do to in fluence the governm ent's policy , one student leader replied firm ly, “ W e can only dem and peace, again and again” .

D. Gareth Porter, who teaches Po­litical Science at M anchester, College in North M anchester, Indiana, has just returned from Vietnam , where he wrote for CPS this summer. This story is part of a series describing the war and the country as he saw them.

The Pole poll

The recent debacle at M cG ill U ni­versity re: the “ e lection ” o f the D aily ’ s new editor, should silence, once and for all, those w ho believe that a new spaper shou ld rep resen t the v iew s o f the students. For those w ho endorse this line m ust surely feel that the on ly m eans of ensuring a “ representative” new spaper, is to elect its staff. Y et the e lection at M cG ill degen era ted in to a fa rc ica l com edy w hich proved nothing. The cam pus refused to participate in this glorified popularity contest and those w ho did vote d id not com e from the m ainsteam o f students, but from the scattered actist groups w ho wished to see the paper adopt the particular ideology of their organization. B oth the “ right and the “ left” rejected the con cept o f an “ e lected ” editor and the only useful purpose the poll served was to disuade o th er ca m p u s c o u n c ils from ever allowing such a b lunder to take place.

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Early this year, the U niversities Fa­cu lty C om m ittee sponsored the appear­ance in M ontreal b y Dr. A lje V ennem a, head o f the C anadian G overnm ent M e­d ica l T eam in V iet-N am , the adm in is­tration o f this team at K uang Ngai was Mrs. Claire Culhane. M rs. C ulhane has since becom e a very active worker in the cause o f peace.

Currently she is undergoing a ten day fast in O ttaw a to bring attention to the am bivalent position governm ent on V iet- N am . V ariou s typ es o f v ig ils and d em on stra tion s are be in g held in

On Saturday, O ctober 5, a dem on s­tration o f solidarity w ill be held in Ottawa. D etails about the dem onstra­tion m ay be obta ined by telephoning 481 1569.

In M ontreal, the vigils w ill be held at P h i l ip 's S q u a re a c c o r d in g to the follow ing schedule:

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Letters cont’d...

No profit?Editor; the georgian,

I have a question that I would like to ask M r. M cP hie and his staff. R ecently I was a visitor to one o f the hospitals in the area and ate in their cafeteria. I would like to know why, if both are N O N ­PRO FIT organizations, they are able to produce the fo l­lowing:80C m eal: tea or coffeesoup (clear or cream ) or milk or ju icem ain plate (B .B .Q . C hicken, veg & potatoes) salad (your choice o f dress­ings)

one desert (6-10 choices)40C m eal:same as the 80c m eal except the m ain plate was veal.25C m eal:tea or coffee or m ilksandw ich (p la in -12 or morechoices)desert.(For 30(1 you cou ld get a toasted sand, or a hot dog or ham burger instead o f the sand.)

Has our cafeteria becom e so d iversified that a decent price cannot be offered? Pos­sibly the Food A dm inistrators should go on a tour o f all the hospitals to gain som e ideas as to providing reason­able meals.

The second poin t that the Food Services C om m ittee should investigate is the price o f coffee and tea. T he lifeblood o f students everywhere m ust run java. The price here is slightly less then dow ntow n although it is self-service and supposedly non profit. The cost cannot even m atch the price, take this exam ple: tea b a g 1 1 ->clabour 1 cdishes 1 ccream , suger 1 1 •_>c

5cIt on ly seem s reasonable

that a student should be able to buy a cup o f col fee or tea for 5c especia lly w hen the profit m aking dispensors d o it for 10c.

Further, have you ever tried to read a paper in the students lounge on the 4th floor? If you aren ’ t right under a sp ot­light you can hardly read the headings m uch less the sm all print! It’ s alm ost like studing under N ebula ’ s rosy glow ! There is one com pensation-- it 's an ideal p lace for listful slum ber.

It is unfortunate that the Student C ouncils have not seen the effect o f eye strain. P os­sib ly then they w ill bring it to the staff’ s attention and a t­tem pt to install individual lights that could be turned o ff if slum ber is N o .l on the list.

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by Anne McLeanIn response to the need for

greater com m un ication bet­ween students, facu lty , and adm inistration , the m eetings o f the U niversity C ouncil on S tudent Life are now open to attendance b y all m em bers o f the student body.

T he decision follow s the p u b lica tion o f a report by the U niversity C om m u n ica ­tions C om m ittee, w hich was appoin ted by the P rincipal Rae Chaired by Professor Jim D ick , the C om m ittee recom ­m ended that m eetings o f all p o licy form ulating organiza­tions be opened to the U ni­versity C om m unity.

Professor D ick M acd o nald, chairm an o f the C ouncil on Student L ife, stated that in accepting the recom m en ­dation that the C ouncil seeks prim arily to establish “ a c li­m ate in w hich there can be no feeling on the part of the students that in form ation is being in tentionally w itheld from th em .”

He noted that the way in w hich in form ation is obtained often has a d irect influence on an in d iv idua l’ s perception o f a situation. He also m ain ­tained that students w ould be better able to arrive at a realistic understanding o f any issue w hich is discussed by the C ouncil, w hen business is con ducted openly.

Professor M acdon a ld p o in t­ed out, however, that the handling o f certain questions m ay require the C ouncil to m eet in camera. T his m ight be necessary, for instance, when “ the future o f some person at the U niversity is in vo lved .” In such circum s­tances, the C om m unications C om m ittee recom m ends that “ the ju stifiab le reasons as stated ought to be included on the agen da .”

T he U niversity C ouncil on Student Life was created by the P rincipal to d iscuss m at­ters o f concern to the aca ­d em ic com m un ity . T op ics for d iscussion can be raised by the respective A dm in istrati­ve, S tudent or fa cu lty bodies.

T he C ou n cil’ s constitution defines its purpose as follow s:

“ T he (U niversity) C ouncil on S tudent L ife shall cons­titute a forum where social and edu cation a l issues a ffect­ing student life can be heard and acted upon through re­com m endation s to the appro­priate bodies.

C oun cil m em bership com ­prises representatives o f both D ay and E vening S tudents ’ As sociations, facu lty , the Office o f G uidance Services, the D ean o f S tudents ’ O ffice, and the B oard o f Governors.

T he next m eeting o f the C ouncil on S tudent Life - the first to w hich all students w ill be adm itted , w ill take place on M on day , O ctober 7, in room H-762.

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National boycott growsD E L A N O , Calif. (C P S - C U P) - “ In the souls o f the

people, the grapes o f wrath are filling and grow ing heavy, growing heavy for the v in tage .”

So runs the final sentence in a chapter o f John S tein beck ’ s “ The Grapes o f W rath” . W hat was true a lm ost 40 years ago is still true this m on th as a strike by C alifornia farm workers spreads into a nationw ide grape boycott.

POVERTY ENGULFS WORKERSFarm workers in the U .S. are still forced to lead lives

geared not to advan cem en t bu t to bare survival. A California grape worker does not have to face the d ilem na o f whether to buy loafers or h ush-puppies for his ch ildren -- he m ust worry abou t having enough m oney to get shoes o f any kind for the m em bers o f his fam ily .

A t present, m any grape workers earn less than $1,800 a year. E ven if a worker were able to work 40 hours a week every week o f the year, he could on ly earn $2,386 annually -- approx im ately on e-h a lf o f the average wage for all Californians.

In the 1930’s, A m erica ’ s workers w on the right to organize and bargain co llective ly through the N ational Labor R elations Act. In 1968, farm workers rem ain exclu ded from this act. T o overcom e this handicap and win the benefits en joyed by other workers -- m inim um w age, collective bargaining, fringe benefits -- the farm workers o f D elano, C alifornia voted to go on strike for union recogn ition three years ago this m onth.

CHAVEZ ORGANIZES UNIONSince the turn o f the century, attem pts had been m ade

to unionize the farm workers in C alifornia, bu t all o f them had failed. T h is tim e, how ever, under the leadership o f Cesar Chavez, d irector o f the U nited Farm W orkers, farm workers have succeeded in w inning collective bargaining agreements for the first tim e in history. Several m ajor wine com panies in C alifornia have signed agreem ents with their workers.

B ut the strike is now in its 43rd m on th , and the workers are still out. Som e victories have been w on, bu t the goal o f total union recognition is still far in the future.

In an effort to put add ition al pressure on growers during Septem ber — the peak o f the grape harvest -- and to win nationw ide support for the strike, the U F W is devoting m ost o f its- energy this fall to enlarging and pu bliciz ing a nationw ide b oycott o f table grapes b y superm arkets, in ­dividuals and com panies.

WORKERS APPEAL TO STUDENTSCollege cam puses, w hich in the W est were the earliest

areas o f support for the D elano strike, are a m ajor target for the workers, w ho are being helped b y loca l branches o f the United M exican -A m erican Students (U M A S ) orga­nization, a new one on m any cam puses this fall.

U M A S groups are spending their tim e rallying cam pus support for the D elano strikers and p icketing superm arkets that carry C alifornia grapes (w ith som e results, apparently : one Denver superm arket chain now has signs telling shoppers the grapes “ were p icked by non-un ion w orkers” ).

POLITICAL SUPPORT RECEIVEDChavez and the strike have received support from R obert

K ennedy before his death, Eugene M cC arth y and H ubert H um phrey. R ichard N ixon has not endorsed the strike. One o f the workers’ avow ed enem ies is C alifornia G overnor R onald Reagan, w ho last fa ll reported ly allow ed growers to keep the children o f workers out o f school for tw o weeks in order to finish the p ick ing, while other ch ildren were sent back.

A successful strike cou ld change the status o f farm labor well beyond the California valleys. O nce the pickers are organized, the w ay w ill be open to union izing all o f C aliforn ia ’ s 300,000 harvest hands. A nd once C alifornia, the “ General M otors o f agricu lture” has been organized, the task o f farm labor organizers across the country w ill be w ell under way.

The workers say they are seeking four +hings w ith the strike: a m inim um hourly wage at all tim es o f the year, sanitary working cond itions in w orking areas, a seniority system to p rotect workers o f long standing, and an end to harrassm ent through the appoin tm en t o f stew ards w ho w ould represent any worker w ho felt he had been treated unfairly.

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by Stan Urman

Tune in, turn on and drop out”It seem s tha t a few S i r G e o r g e

f o o t b a l l p l a y e r s a r e t a k i n g T im o t h y Lea ry 's rema rk s e r i o u s l y .

5R u m o r h a s it t h a t not a l l the

p e r s o n s w h o d o n n e d the ' g a r n e t a n d g o l d ' u n i f o r m s la s t S a t u r d a y w i l l be d o i n g so a g a i n . It seem s they h ave dec ided to ' d r o p o u t ' for a v a r ie t y of reasons.

The l ist of e x c u s e s r a n ge f r o m long p rac t i se s , s m a l l i n a d e q u a t e l o c k e r r o o m s to a d i s l i k e of coaches . O n e p l a y e r even w e n t on to s ay tha t there w a s d i s se n t i o n a m o n g the c o a c h in g r a n k s itself.Th i s m a y be true but a l l the ab ov e g r i e v a n c e s a p p e a r pet ty w h e n it com es d o w n to the fac t th a t to p a r t i c ipa te , one m u s t h a v e a s t ro n g des i re to p lay .

S A C R I F I C E N E E D E DA n y u n d e r t a k i n g d e m a n d s

sac r i f ice s . The p r a c t i s e h o u r s a n d lo cker a c c o m o d a t i o n s a re t h i n g s that a th le te s here a n d in o ther i n s t i t u t i o n s h ave to cope w i th . The p ro b le m com es d o w n to the fact that not ve ry m a n y people l ike f i g h t i n g fo r a lo s in g cause.

So Si r G eo rge lost one g a m e . B ig dea l. Th i s is not the f ir s t t ime the G e o r g i a n s h a v e lost an a th le t i c event a n d it c e r t a in ly w i l l not be the last. It t a k e s a certa in a m o u n t of m a t u r i t y a n d p r ide on the pa r t of co l le g ia te a th le te s to con t inue p l a y i n g to the best of the ir a b i l i t y in spite of the fac t th a t the te a m is not d o i n g we l l . W e feel h o w e v e r tha t the S i r G e o r g e foo tba l l te am does indeed p o s s e s s the po ten t ia l to w i n . p redict i n g .

The G e o r g i a n s h a v e one of the m ost e x p er ienced o f fen s ive b a c k - f ie lds in the le ag u e yet the su m total of the ir effort a l o n g the g r o u n d w a s 85 y a r d s . It t a k e s p r a c t i s e - a n d lots of i t-to perfect the spl it second t i m i n g requ ired to e x e c u t e a s u c c e s s f u l r u n n i n g p lay . The S i r G e o r g e te am h a s not yet h a d the t ime to perfect i ts ' r u n n in g or i ts ' p a s s i n g g a m e .

E R R O R M A D E W e feel tha t it w a s a m i s t a k e on

the p a r t of the A th le t i c s O f f i ce in not s c h e d u l i n g p r e - s e a s o n g a m e s for the p u rp o se of e x p e r i m e n t in g . O n c e the sea son ge t s u n d e r w a y , the c o a c h in g s ta ff s h o u ld k n o w e x a c t l y w h a t a t e a m ' s s t r e n g t h s a n d w e a k n e s s e s a re a n d sh ou ld d r a w u p t h e g a m e p l a n a c c o r d i n g l y . In i ts ' f ir s t le ague o u t in g , S i r G e o r g e looked l i ke it w a s sti l l expe r im e n t in g .

Th i s is p a s t h is to ry h o w e v e r a n d the C C I FC record b o o k s w i l l read that Loyola defeated S i r G e o r g e 2 7 - 7 on S a t u r d a y , Sept. 28. N o -o n e can c h a n g e that but t h i n g s can be diffe rent in the fu tu re.

N o w is the t ime for f a n s a n d p l a y e r s a l i k e to s t i ck w i t h the team, not dese rt it.

T ime w i l l heal m os t of the g r o w ­ing p a i n s tha t the f l e d g l i n g S i r G e o r g e te am is s u f f e r in g on the f ield. The p l a y e r s h o w e v e r m u s t p o s s e s s the in te s t in a l f o r t i tud e to

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Athletic Round-upF O O T B A L L

Sir G eorge’ s next outing is this com ingSaturday afternoon w hen they take on theM acdonald C ollege C lansm en out in Ste.Anne de Bellevue. The C lansm en were alsolosers in their season opener to R .M .C .18-6, in K ingston. The M acdon a ld squadcoached by B ob Pugh, have on ly sevenreturnees from last year's team w hich beatSir George 34-0 in an exh ib ition contestlast year. _

G O LFFor the second year in a row, golfers

from the M assachusetts Institute o f T e ch ­nology captured the G eorgians Invitational G olf T ournam ent. The M .I .T . crew finished w ith a team total o f 616 over 36 holes. In second place for the second year in a row were the Georgians coached by M ag Flynn. Sir George finished w ith a 620 total, 13 strokes ahead of third p lace P lattsburgh State, C arleton w ith 636, V erm ont 638 New Paltz State 644 and B ishop ’ s w ith 646 co m p ­leted the tournam ent standings.

Georgian Golfer, Bruce W etherly was the low m edalist in the tourney shooting a 150 total for the 36 holes. W etherly finished 3 strokes ahead o f team m ate K en M artin, M ike M cM a h on o f M .I .T . and D oug M ayer o f P lattsburgh State.

T he next golfing outing for the Georgians is this weekend w hen they set out to defend the O ttaw a-St. Lawrence G olf title w hich they w on last year.

SO C C ERThe Sir George W illiam s U niversity Soccer

Georgians open their 1968 season this Friday when they take on the defending co-ch am pions from R .M .C . The Georgians finished in a 3-w ay points tie w ith Loyola and R .M .C . last year. H ow ever, the latter tw o were declared co-ch am pions b y the O .S .L . d i­rectorate.

C oach L icorish feels that if the Georgians can defeat the R edm en it w ill launch his club on its way. Gam e tim e for the Soccer m atch w ill be 7:00 p .m . at N ew m an Park in Lasalle.

T R A C KT he university Track team , defending 0 .

S .L .A .A . cham pion , has begun training for this year's conference m eet in K ingston on O ctober 19th. D aily w orkouts are being held at Seaw ay Park in St. L am bert and C oach Insleay is op tim istic about chances for another v ictory in spite o f the absence o f som e o f last year's team m em bers.

Still w ith the team is B ill Peel, w ho contributed a steller perform ance last year and w ill be counted on very heavily this year. Aslo A lso returning are fie ldm en Phil C ooper, Steve W ent, R alph B illings, and K en R oyds, m iddle d istance m en Garry M ilton , Gary M unroe and John M acd on a ld , and O .S .L .A .A . dash cham p A lvin Shrier.

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