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graduate students until September this year. The reprieve applies to all graduate students who have been continuously registered in a graduate programme since Sep- tember, 1976. Lynn Watt, dean of graduate studies at UW, said that the Minis- try of Colleges and Universities made the decision in response to complaints, first from the Univer- sity of Toronto then from several help you. The tember. If the fee increase were implemented on May 1, graduate students at U of T (and at other k Burt : 1
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1 The referendum background k : 1 In early April, Federation Students’ council voted 1l-2 in favour of a July 6 referendum to decide whether federation fees should be voluntary rather than compulsory as they are now. - 1 The referendum is the result of Engineering Society’s “long term dissatisfaction with the federation” according to a statement re- 1 leased by society presidents Aivars Kakis and Peter. King. At a March 28 press conference, King based the need for refunda- ble fees on federation inefficiency, “shady operations,” and “too much bloody politics”, as well as the federation’s poor handling of w the chevron affair. i A statement issued by King claimed the federation “has no moral I right. . . to force a student to be a Federation member.” He further ‘&. stated that refundable fees would help to keep the federation honest 1 and allow students to show their displeasure. The call for a summer referendum on fees came with a warning: “The employment of stall tactics will force the Engineering . Societies to take steps to secure total sece>sion from the federa- tion”. A defeat in tlie polls.would also mean withdrawal, according to the statement. Thompson, who favours a compulsory fee, argues that since z i “every student benefits, it’s only just that everyone should pay.” : The watchdog nature of the ‘federation against the administration would be weakened through voluntary fees, claims Thompson. Thompson suggested an October referendum, but, on April 3, after long debate, council approved the July 6 date sought by King and Arts Society president Joe Macdonald. The referendum is to be worded as follows: Do you support making the entire Federation of Students activ- ity fees, as collected by the University of Waterloo, on behalf of the Federation of Students, refundable upon demand? These refunds are to be returned within a three week period at the start of each academic term, as defined by the University of Waterloo calendar. King later claimed that the reason Eng Sot went to council “was to set the date and wording themselves instead of giving the federa- tion a chance to play around with it. ” He was surprised that council passed the summer date so easily, saying that if it had not, the society planned to petition engineering and use this as an ultimatum to Thompson - either call a July referendum or be recalled. -randy barklnan Feds and Eng Sot ii getting mad The planned Julv 6 referendum on voluntary fees might very well be delayed until the fall term if Fed- eration President Doug Thompson has his way. Engineering Society “A” President, Peter King, says EngSoc has reached the stage where “federation games” will no longer be tolerated. Thompson is rallying council members for a May 8 council meet- ing for whit h Federation vice- president Ron Hipfner, after dis- cussion with the executive, has given notice of motion to rescind the April 3 motion, passed 11-2, to hold the referendum in the sum- mer. If council does not achieve quorum, a Board of Directors meet- ing will be, called, according to -Hipfner. In such a case, councillors will be contacted to see where they stand - in fact one council member, Janet Rokosova has al- ready given a written opinion to Hipfner . Asked if the board would delay the referendum even if council did not achieve the required two-thirds majority necessary to overturn the motion, Hipfner said that “that- University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario . volume 2, number 7 -may 6; 7977 This was the scene outside the Waterloo Provincial court yesterday. Why? see page 7. e chevron coi7tinues . j I #hat is the free chevron, and * is it now entering its third .‘, and its 27th issue? Since ’ I arbitrary closing of the chev- * on September 30, the free kllevron has represented a struggle for due process. But, more accurately, it is the old chevron and its staff under e%ergency conditions, now be- ginning its 18th year of publica- tion. This student newspaper will continue to publish with the free chevron flag until the chevron yegains its right to function =, .~sely. It has defended this right by consistently demanding a reinstatement and investiga- iion. This is the just demand that I ;;le right of due process be rec- ognized which means the right to be presented with clearly specified charges, to be heard by an unbiased tribunal, and to have decisions (judgements) made on the basis of facts. None of these conditions were met when the council withdrew fund- ing last September. Instead there were vague charges which were never sub- stantiated. The chevron staff were never informed of the charges against them so that they could prepare a defense, and the two paid staff who had their positions eliminated were never given a fair hearing. Also, the Students’ Council, which officially closed the paper on September 30, representing one side of a dispute between a student government and a stum dent newspaper, could not be called an unbiased tribunal. Due process was not fol- lowed. The paper is therefore innocent until proven guilty. This innocence should be rec- ognized through reinstatement of the paper. Then, the air should be cleared with a full and open student’ investigation into the whole affair. This was never done by the federation. They did not investi- gate the paper before they de- cided to close it down. Instead, they acted, by their own admis- sion, on the basis of rumours and allegations. (See executive minutes September 24). would be a moral decision. . . we’re not strictly going by numbers”. Since he thinks that EngSoc went the proper route to get the referendum, King is more than upset by the recent moves. Citing the “too frequent” use of the board of directors and “voting by phone”, King claimed that certain federation members were again “showing their negligence and lack of respect for the students”. “Unless two-thirds of council reverse council’s decision to hold the referendum on July 6, then Thompson and his crew are in big trouble’ ’ , declared King. Either way, King proclaimed, there will be a referendum in engineering. King is adamant that if council manages to delay the referendum there will be a three-question re- ferendum among the engineering students. The first will ask if the students support total secession from the federation. The second concerns refundable fees while the third asks if an increase in society fees would be acceptable given a decrease or elimination of federa- tion fees. Hipfner justifies the fall referen- dum by saying the summer poll will be too costly ($2,000 estimated), and unfair to the “6,500 students who will be here in the fall for which we would not be able to get an address (2,500 returning,’ 4,000 frosh).” Hipfner also claim&he results of the referendum won’t come into ef- fect until the fall of 1978 since the Roar-d of Governors is not meeting m the summer and therefore cannot ratify the decision. Thompson exp- rads -get in fee i lained that this problem exists since federation fees are a requirement of registration. Calling it a technical- ity, Thompson said that in the fall, “if we wanted to give it back, I don’t see why we couldn’t”. The referendum must be held in , the “fairest most reasonable way possible” said Thompson. Having , rc the referendum in the summer stacks it in favour of the refundable fee, Thompson claimed, since the federation is now at “rock bottom” - “This has been a bad year for the federation. . . It’s not fair - it’s like kicking somebody when he’s down.” King believes that since first year students haven’t had much experi- ence with the federation they would be less qualified to judge the situation. In any referendum, he said, there are going to be disen- franchised students. Talking about the proposed delay, King said that “if Thompson keeps playing these federation games, he could very well find him- self out on his ear.” Math society president Kevin Willis was in support of a compul- sory fee when contacted. The soci- ety, however, has not yet taken a stand. Arts Society president Joe Mac- Donald stands behind the volun- tary fee since it “gives you an out .” He says the 1976-77 Arts Society Council generally supports it also. MacDonald, who has conferred with King on this matter, says “if the federation fools around, the en- gineers will pull out - there’s no doubt in my mind.” -randy barkman The $50 increase in tuition fees will not be applied to most Ontario graduate students until September this year. The reprieve applies to all graduate students who have been continuously registered in a graduate programme since Sep- tember, 1976. Lynn Watt, dean of graduate studies at UW, said that the Minis- try of Colleges and Universities made the decision in response to complaints, first from the Univer- sity of Toronto then from several others, including U’W. Graduate students at U of T are assessed an annual fee each Sep- tember. If the fee increase were implemented on May 1, graduate students at U of T (and at other universities with the same fee sys- tem) would have had to have been reassessed for the additional $50. Thus the ministry decided that students who paid their fees annu- ally would not have to pay the in- crease until September. However, this decision brought complaints from Ontario univer- sities which assess fees on a semes- ter basis. UW president Burt Matthews wrote to the ministry ex- plaining that students who pay fees each semester would be penalized for doing so, since if they had paid annually their fees would be $50 less. The ministry then made its deci- sion to reprieve graduate students who have been registered continu; ously since September. Watt said that about 50 graduate students at UW who have only been registered since January, 1977 will also be spared the increase this summer. However, UW will have to absorb a loss of revenue since the ministry will not reduce the formula fee for these students. UW registrar Trevor Boyes said that much the same argument could be applied to undergraduate stu- dents, especially co-op students re- turning this summer for a study term. However, the ministry re- jected a proposal that under- graduate students should not pay the increase this summer. -nick redding Work? ’ 0 If you are looking for work (you and a million others), the federation of students has set up a service to help you. The Student Employment Centre is in the Federation of Stu- dents office, room 235 of the cam- pus centre. It is open from 9:00 am to noon and 1:OO to 4: 00 pm week- days and Saturdays from 1:00 to , 4:00 pm. The centre works with the plan- ning and placement departments at UW and WLU. It has sent a letter to each student and to 1500 businesses advising them of the service. A thousand letters were also sent out to alumni asking them for help in spreading the word that the centre is open and providing information on companies that are hiring. The centre provides a phone for students’ use. About 25 students have registered at the office to date and eight have found work; six full-time, two part- time.
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1 The referendum background k : 1

In early April, Federation Students’ council voted 1 l-2 in favour of a July 6 referendum to decide whether federation fees should be voluntary rather than compulsory as they are now. -

1 The referendum is the result of Engineering Society’s “long term

dissatisfaction with the federation” according to a statement re- 1 leased by society presidents Aivars Kakis and Peter. King.

At a March 28 press conference, King based the need for refunda- ble fees on federation inefficiency, “shady operations,” and “too much bloody politics”, as well as the federation’s poor handling of

w the chevron affair. i A statement issued by King claimed the federation “has no moral

I right. . . to force a student to be a Federation member.” He further

‘&. stated that refundable fees would help to keep the federation honest 1 and allow students to show their displeasure.

The call for a summer referendum on fees came with a warning: “The employment of stall tactics will force the Engineering . Societies to take steps to secure total sece>sion from the federa- tion”. A defeat in tlie polls.would also mean withdrawal, according to the statement.

Thompson, who favours a compulsory fee, argues that since z i “every student benefits, it’s only just that everyone should pay.” : The watchdog nature of the ‘federation against the administration

would be weakened through voluntary fees, claims Thompson. Thompson suggested an October referendum, but, on April 3,

after long debate, council approved the July 6 date sought by King and Arts Society president Joe Macdonald. The referendum is to be worded as follows:

Do you support making the entire Federation of Students activ- ity fees, as collected by the University of Waterloo, on behalf of the Federation of Students, refundable upon demand? These refunds are to be returned within a three week period at the start of each academic term, as defined by the University of Waterloo calendar.

King later claimed that the reason Eng Sot went to council “was to set the date and wording themselves instead of giving the federa- tion a chance to play around with it. ” He was surprised that council passed the summer date so easily, saying that if it had not, the society planned to petition engineering and use this as an ultimatum to Thompson - either call a July referendum or be recalled.

-randy barklnan

Feds and Eng Sot ii getting mad

The planned Julv 6 referendum on voluntary fees might very well be delayed until the fall term if Fed- eration President Doug Thompson has his way. Engineering Society “A” President, Peter King, says EngSoc has reached the stage where “federation games” will no longer be tolerated.

Thompson is rallying council members for a May 8 council meet- ing for whit h Federation vice- president Ron Hipfner, after dis- cussion with the executive, has given notice of motion to rescind the April 3 motion, passed 11-2, to hold the referendum in the sum- mer.

If council does not achieve quorum, a Board of Directors meet- ing will be, called, according to -Hipfner. In such a case, councillors will be contacted to see where they stand - in fact one council member, Janet Rokosova has al- ready given a written opinion to Hipfner .

Asked if the board would delay the referendum even if council did not achieve the required two-thirds majority necessary to overturn the motion, Hipfner said that “that-

University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario

. volume 2, number 7 -may 6; 7977

This was the scene outside the Waterloo Provincial court yesterday. Why? see page 7.

e chevron coi7tinues . j I #hat is the free chevron, and

* is it now entering its third .‘, and its 27th issue? Since

’ I arbitrary closing of the chev- * on September 30, the free

kllevron has represented a struggle for due process. But, more accurately, it is the old chevron and its staff under e%ergency conditions, now be- ginning its 18th year of publica- tion.

This student newspaper will continue to publish with the free chevron flag until the chevron yegains its right to function =, .~sely. It has defended this right by consistently demanding a reinstatement and investiga- iion.

This is the just demand that I ;;le right of due process be rec-

ognized which means the right to be presented with clearly specified charges, to be heard by an unbiased tribunal, and to have decisions (judgements) made on the basis of facts. None of these conditions were met when the council withdrew fund- ing last September.

Instead there were vague charges which were never sub- stantiated. The chevron staff were never informed of the charges against them so that they could prepare a defense, and the two paid staff who had their positions eliminated were never given a fair hearing.

Also, the Students’ Council, which officially closed the paper on September 30, representing

one side of a dispute between a student government and a stum dent newspaper, could not be called an unbiased tribunal.

Due process was not fol- lowed. The paper is therefore innocent until proven guilty. This innocence should be rec- ognized through reinstatement of the paper. Then, the air should be cleared with a full and open student’ investigation into the whole affair.

This was never done by the federation. They did not investi- gate the paper before they de- cided to close it down. Instead, they acted, by their own admis- sion, on the basis of rumours and allegations. (See executive minutes September 24).

would be a moral decision. . . we’re not strictly going by numbers”.

Since he thinks that EngSoc went the proper route to get the referendum, King is more than upset by the recent moves. Citing the “too frequent” use of the board of directors and “voting by phone”, King claimed that certain federation members were again “showing their negligence and lack of respect for the students”.

“Unless two-thirds of council reverse council’s decision to hold the referendum on July 6, then Thompson and his crew are in big trouble’ ’ , declared King. Either way, King proclaimed, there will be a referendum in engineering.

King is adamant that if council manages to delay the referendum there will be a three-question re- ferendum among the engineering students. The first will ask if the students support total secession from the federation. The second concerns refundable fees while the third asks if an increase in society fees would be acceptable given a decrease or elimination of federa- tion fees.

Hipfner justifies the fall referen- dum by saying the summer poll will be too costly ($2,000 estimated), and unfair to the “6,500 students who will be here in the fall for which we would not be able to get an address (2,500 returning,’ 4,000 frosh).”

Hipfner also claim&he results of the referendum won’t come into ef- fect until the fall of 1978 since the Roar-d of Governors is not meeting m the summer and therefore cannot ratify the decision. Thompson exp-

rads -get in fee i

lained that this problem exists since federation fees are a requirement of registration. Calling it a technical- ity, Thompson said that in the fall, “if we wanted to give it back, I don’t see why we couldn’t”.

The referendum must be held in ’ , the “fairest most reasonable way possible” said Thompson. Having

, rc

the referendum in the summer stacks it in favour of the refundable fee, Thompson claimed, since the federation is now at “rock bottom” - “This has been a bad year for the federation. . . It’s not fair - it’s like kicking somebody when he’s down.”

King believes that since first year students haven’t had much experi- ence with the federation they would be less qualified to judge the situation. In any referendum, he said, there are going to be disen- franchised students.

Talking about the proposed delay, King said that “if Thompson keeps playing these federation games, he could very well find him- self out on his ear.”

Math society president Kevin Willis was in support of a compul- sory fee when contacted. The soci- ety, however, has not yet taken a stand.

Arts Society president Joe Mac- Donald stands behind the volun- tary fee since it “gives you an out .” He says the 1976-77 Arts Society Council generally supports it also. MacDonald, who has conferred with King on this matter, says “if the federation fools around, the en- gineers will pull out - there’s no doubt in my mind.”

-randy barkman

The $50 increase in tuition fees will not be applied to most Ontario graduate students until September this year. The reprieve applies to all graduate students who have been continuously registered in a graduate programme since Sep- tember, 1976.

Lynn Watt, dean of graduate studies at UW, said that the Minis- try of Colleges and Universities made the decision in response to complaints, first from the Univer- sity of Toronto then from several others, including U’W.

Graduate students at U of T are assessed an annual fee each Sep- tember. If the fee increase were implemented on May 1, graduate students at U of T (and at other universities with the same fee sys- tem) would have had to have been reassessed for the additional $50.

Thus the ministry decided that students who paid their fees annu- ally would not have to pay the in- crease until September.

However, this decision brought complaints from Ontario univer- sities which assess fees on a semes- ter basis. UW president Burt Matthews wrote to the ministry ex- plaining that students who pay fees each semester would be penalized for doing so, since if they had paid annually their fees would be $50 less.

The ministry then made its deci- sion to reprieve graduate students who have been registered continu; ously since September.

Watt said that about 50 graduate students at UW who have only been registered since January, 1977 will also be spared the increase this

summer. However, UW will have to absorb a loss of revenue since the ministry will not reduce the formula fee for these students.

UW registrar Trevor Boyes said that much the same argument could be applied to undergraduate stu- dents, especially co-op students re- turning this summer for a study term. However, the ministry re- jected a proposal that under- graduate students should not pay the increase this summer.

-nick redding

Work? ’ 0 If you are looking for work (you

and a million others), the federation of students has set up a service to help you.

The Student Employment Centre is in the Federation of Stu- dents office, room 235 of the cam- pus centre. It is open from 9:00 am to noon and 1:OO to 4: 00 pm week- days and Saturdays from 1:00 to , 4:00 pm.

The centre works with the plan- ning and placement departments at UW and WLU. It has sent a letter to each student and to 1500 businesses advising them of the service. A thousand letters were also sent out to alumni asking them for help in spreading the word that the centre is open and providing information on companies that are hiring.

The centre provides a phone for students’ use.

About 25 students have registered at the office to date and eight have found work; six full-time, two part- time.

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Open 8:30&m. ’ Entertainment nightly _ Tuesday to Sunday.

:30 Ontario St. I(itcheqer ,’ . ?44-7781

ice, campus centre, Rm 217C. Open, Monday-Thursday 7-10 884-362g. -;., _ pm. Some afternoons. Counselling , Room $13 per week. Double .full and hfomlation. Phone885121 1 ext. 2372.

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Rida+ ’ 1 CC Coffehouse, Campus Centre,‘ Fed Fliqks - M.arathon Man - star- University of Waterloo, with Richard ring Dustin Hoff.man, Laurence Keelan. Doors open 8 pm, Admissi,on Olivier. AL1 16, 8pm and, 10:26pm. 8’. e

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FYed members with I.D. $1, Others $1.50.

Worship and Study at ConradGr)ebc this evening at 8:OOpm. No mornin

Saturday - . service: ..‘.

Fed Flicks-Marathon Mzy-see f;i- We&e-bdtii

day. _ Coffee House 6.& pm in Room i:lcT

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GraUuate Club, Univer%ity o.f Waterloo. :. / ; : ‘.

Nomindtion ‘forms aie avaikble. &t the/- ’ Graduate Cl,ub-:office during normal off& ..’ hours. Nominations cloge on,MondBy,‘Mtiy

‘* ‘16. All full-time gkduate stud,ent$a,re eli& ’ 2: ble for nomination,Par&timF gr$dti&tq,sty’-‘;, I- _ , dents may bec0m.e elig-iblk. by ‘%yj,pg +&$~ ‘I .Graduate Club fee of $?.5c) pet term. . : * : 4 . \‘ : % .1 j ‘.

friday, may 6, 7977 the free chevron 3

Court rules

d buses get clearance The right of the Federation of ample. charter services being operated in

Students to run a weekly bus ser- The defense lawyer pointed out KW, such as transportation of vice between UW and Toronto was that this was the first time charges sports teams, which have not been upheld in a Kitchener court April of this type had been brought to challenged. 15. court. There are also other regular -nick redding

United Trails Bus Lines, which provides charter buses for the ser- vice, had been charged with operat- ing a “recurring service” without a licence. The charges were dismissed by Judge Bruce Jardine after a four- hour hearing.

The charges were made by the linistry of Transportation and

2ommunications after investiga- -ion of complaints by Gray Coach Lines that United Trails is compet- ing with their regular route between Kitchener and T&-onto. Had the charges been successful, the bus service (which operates from Sep- tember to April) would cease.

In his judgement, Jardine said that the intent of the regulations is to prevent charter buses from com- peting with the licenced route car- riers on a daily basis. He said that his decision will undoubtedly be

appealed by the plaintiff.

The lawyer for United Trails, Gordan Brock, claimed that the regulation regarding recurring ser- vice is too vague. He said that the te’rm “recurring” is not precisely defined, and, if the dictionary de- finition is used, the regulation pre- vents a bus company from charter- ing a bus to the same party more than once.

.: ! Under cross-examination, a pub- Mike Visser seems to be stretching the rules a little as he puts his hand in the

lit vehicles inspector could not give iace of Bob Sharpe. Shape led his Estonians from Toronto, National Senior A a definition of recurring service, champs, to a 105-92 victory over the Warriors in a game played in the PAC

. but claimed that the United Trails last week. Sharpe was the top scorer for Estonia with 26 points including two service to the federation is an ex- on this play. Visser led the Warriors with 2 I.

ment dis _ A controversy arose Monday that Bill Groom, the chairperson of

over how to fill the top job in the the Campus Centre Board, had de- ’ CamDus Centre. tided that the discussion of the hir-

I

Sue Phillips, the Campus Centre lng’ scheduled for Monday

Coordinator, will be leaving this afternoon’s board meeting, should

month, and there was a dispute be closed to the public.

about who would hire her replace- Over half the turnkeys showed ment and how the decision would up for the meeting to discuss the be made. hiring procedure.

1 The turnkeys, who staff the desk At a previous board meeting, ,h at the Campus Centre, were par- which did not make quorum, an ad ,: titularly upset when they heard hoc committee of five had been

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A motion to “advise the Federa- tion of Students to reinstate the vot- ing rights of the graduate consti- tuency and to follow fair and demo- cratic process in any future deal- ings with this constituency” was defeated by a 10 to 2 vote at the last meeting of the Graduate Board of Directors on April 20.

The graduates, who were non- fee-paying members of the Federa- tion, were denied voting rights by a motion of Students’ Council on March 23.

David Carter, a Grad Club direc- tor and grad rep on Students’ Council, stated that Council had “rushed” the vote ‘“without first considering the best interests of ail the students’ ’ . and had overturned a motion of the March 1 General Meeting to retain the graduate vot- ing rights.’

. He argued that this reversal of a decision of the general membership was undemocratic and showed

contempt for the role of the graduate students on campus.

Groom emphasized the role of the coordinator as an adminis- trator.

Bob Pajkowski, vice-president of the Graduate Club, was sup- ported by most of the directors when he argued that a challenge to the council was a “legal matter” in which the Board should not inter- fere.

He also felt that since the board had not met quorum at the previous meetings it should be his perdgative as chairperson and departmental administrator for the campus centre, to make many of the pro- cedural decisions.

Following this vote, there was a discussion on the role of the Grad Club Federation laison officer, Bob Pajkowski. Many Board members placed special emphasis on build- ing co-operation between the Board and the Federation. Dealing with the issue of the tripling of the foreign student tuition fee was stressed.

When Groom suggested that all people not members of the board either leave or keep confidential the discussion of the coordinator at the Monday meeting a number of the turnkeys objected.

It was finally decided by vote, to leave the meeting open for a dis- cussion on “policies and proce- dures” for thk coordinator selec- tion.

The Board also decided to host After a long discussion a new hir- the Ontario Graduate Student As- ing committee of five people was sociation Conference, tentatively selected to interview the two re- scheduled for August. The confer- maining candidates again. This was ence will be dealing with the possi- acceptable to both the board and bility of building a permanent On- the turnkeys present. tario graduate federation. --Borne gershuny

---&avid carter --david carter

struck to interview the candidates. With only three members of the

committee taking an active part, Sue Phillips, the present coor- dinator, Bill Groom, (neither of them having voting rights) and Joyce Pickard, the decision was narrowed down to two of the origi- nal seven candidates. One of the candidates has been working as a turnkey and the other is presently employed as a secretary for one of the administrative departments on campus.

The committee split over the last two candidates. Pickard and Phil- lips emphasized the importance of selecting someone with experience in the operation s of the campus centre.

King intend fundabl

In the followrng interview with the free chevron, Engineering Society “A” president Peter King explains why he now feels federa- tion fees should be refundable. Federation president Doug Thomp- son was also given an opportunity to present his viewpoint but he deci$ined, saying that this is not the proper time to raise the issue.

Engineering Society “A’ ’ reasoned that differential pric- president King has given up on ing for members and non- a compulsory federation of members might be a fairer sys- students at UW. The volun- tern. tary fee referendum demanded A refundable fee, according by EngSoc is the “result of to King, allows a student who buildup over the years of what objects to the intent of the fed- the students feel is poor ser- eration on moral grounds to vice and mismanagement. The disassociate himself from such chevron affair is what brought an organization. “They should it to a head but it all stems from not be required to pay the a basic dissatisfaction of the fee.” federation.” “I think it would be a bad

Interviewed in the EngSoc thing if the federation folded, office, King said that many but if it doesn’t act responsibly society members have asked to the needs and demands of when engineering was going to students’ my reaction is pull out of the federation, or ‘tough, it deserves it’ “. have asked if they could get King believes there would their money back. They claim be a fairly heavy demand for the $13.75 per term fed fee is the return of fees the first few not being used wisely in com- te;ms if they became volun- parison to the $4.00 society tary. The “large dissatisfac- fee. -. tion with the federation” could

King stressed that the feder- then reverse as it cleans itself ation should act as a student up. Then, 5 to 10 per cent service organization - but it might ask for their fees back doesn’t. “Too many people each term. Whether the feder- are being paid salaries,” King ation is ruined or not depends said, pointing out that 53 per on the attitudes the students cent of the budget is allocated and their leaders take, says to salaries and honoraria. “It’s King. being run like a business.” Engineering society would

Another grievance is what only be hurt through a de- King called a monopoly group crease in federation subsidies of federation people who wield alloted on a pro-rated basis. If “supreme power if things the society couldn’t maintain don’t meet with their ap- its present level of services, he proval.” He referred to the said they would probably raise Board of Directors over whom their fees if this was the deci- students have little control and sion of the engineering stu- who “short circuit students dents. If the society were to council” far too frequently. As pull out of the federation en- examples of this he cited the tirely it would try and replace directors changing of the recall the services lost. bylaw in February, and the The federation has, to a move to delay the referendum large degree, forgotten the proposed by federation vice- societies, King believes - president Ron Hipfner. “Doug Thompson has exhi-

Commenting on bited this very clearly in dis- Thompson’s claim that the cussions in Committee of Pres- federation can only maintain idents meetings.” When the its watchdog nature against the society presidents told administration by being com- Thompson to “adopt a nice pulsory , King dismissed this hands-off policy (to the chevron argument saying the federa- staff), the next thing you know tion has become so weak and he’s turfing you out.” ineffectual that “ people across King wants the referendum the country are laughing at this and he wants it now. By hold- campus.” ~ ing .the poll in the summer,

Listing some of the benefits only those who have been a member receives from the around for the last 8 months federation - CC Pub, Fed can vote. Flicks, Fed buses etc - King “I’m not trying to disen- made the point that most ser- franchise any group”, - the vices have very little subsidy more people voting, the better, and operate on a user-pay he felt since campus sentiment basis. “There is little return now indicates support for re- for the federation dollar”’ he fundable fees, he feels. concluded. Saying that differ- “ We’re not letting them put ent students use the services in it off.” differing amounts, King -randy barkman

0ur student government has blundered again, and this time it’s a dilly.

On March 23, the Council nar- rowly passed a motion to repeal the voting rights of all students who do not pay federation fees.

The intent of the motion was to disenfranchise the graduate consti- tuency. (Both graduate reps are Free chevron supporters.) Yet, al- though the sponsors of the motion did not realize it at the time, neither

the off-term co-op nor the regular students pay federation fees this term. Unless they want to cough up the $13.75, three quarters of the students and their council reps will be disenfranchised in the summer.

This means that the referendum on voluntary federation fees’ de- manded by Peter King, the en- gineering society president, and Joe Macdonald, the arts president. scheduled for Judy, will be voted on by the 4000 spring term students only.

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The chevron stafYs campaign for rein- statement of the paper followed by a full in- vestigation of the affair continued last term amid a disputed referendum, court action, forceful but temporary eviction of staff, and the now-famous Thompson two-step.

Meanwhile, support came from the Na- tional Union of Students (NUS), the Ontario Federation of Students (OFS), member pap- ers of the Canadian University Press, and UW students, including Don Orth, one of the federation executive members who origi- nally voted to close the paper.

Newspaper referendum

Ten days after students arrived on campus for the winter term, +%y were faced with a referendum on tFs chevron. The referendum was to det:,mine whether students wanted a paper and what structure it should have. Shane Roberts called it in mid-December, two weeks before a recall petition signed by over 2000 students forced him from office. He was replaced by vice-president Dave McLellan.

Chevron staff called for students to’boycott the referendum on the grounds that it was so one-sided, it was impossible to fill in the ballot in a way that supported the chevron staff position.

Among other things, the definition of “publish” given in the question on publish- ing responsibility changed the structure of the paper from what it was prior to Sep- tember 24 no matter which of the multiple- choice answers was selected, thus con- tradicting a “yes” response to the question on reinstatement. There was also no ques- tion on investigation into the whole affair which is an integral part of the chevron posi- tion.

Ckth changes his mind Don Orth, an executive member who

voted to close the paper in September, wrote - a comment in the free chevron in April stat-

ing that he had changed his opinion and now believed the closing was arbitrary and anti- democratic:

“At the September 30 Students’ Council meeting the executive unfairly forced the council to vote for closure under threat of mass executive resignation, including my own. There was no point in the preceding week (September 24-30) where the executive considered the possibility of establishing a proper investigation into the operation of the chevron where all students could present evidence as to whether the newspaper was fulfilling its function.”

He said he had re-examined the referen- dum questions (he had been on the commit- tee which drafted the referendum) and now realised ‘.‘ . . .that it did in fact contain the basic supposition that the chevron was guilty

What the judge said In setting aside an eviction order against the

chevron staff’s ’ occupation of their newspaper’s offices, which the federation of students gained from the County Court, On- tario Supreme Court justice, 1. Craig said in part:

“in any case it is not shown that they (the chevron staff) do not have the right to occupy the premises and I certainly would not be prepared to find or bold on the material before me that the defendents are trespassing.”

and had to be restructured. The referendum leave CC140. McLellan and council speaker was inherently one-sided and in parts con- Bob White began to serve the order that tradictory and it is even open to interpreta- afternoon; most staffers ignored it, but some tion regarding its legality.” tore it up and threw it back in their faces. The

He concluded that “the only course of injunction was overturned two days later in action open” to the federation is to reinstate Ontario Supreme Court. the paper and conduct an investigation. Assault charges resulting from a

When the results were tallied up, they November 16 incident came to trial at the showed, predictably, a strong vote against end of February.

reinstatement. McLellan said this showed “confidence in the way students’ council has acted” and rejection of the chevron. Chev- ron staff stated that the paper’s supporters had boycotted the referendum and pointed to the low turnout as proof of this. The turn- out was 2687, 18.1 percent, lower than both the 1976 presidential election, which drew 24.8 percent, and the NUS referendum, which drew 21.6 percent. McLellan said it was “pretty high for the federation.”

This would have been the lowest turnout in UW history, but the presidential elections in February set a new low. Doug Thompson came first in a field of four with 804 votes, 35 votes more than the second-place finisher. The total turnout was 2460, 16.4 percent of the electorate. A similarly low turnout elected to council a slate of Thompson’s supporters known as the Campus Reform Group. The CRG, largely a collection of vet- eran student politicians with its main strength in math, ran on a platform of up- holding the results of the referendum. Many of its members were present at, and some were active in, the eviction of chevron staff.

The legal front . Action began on the legal front February

7, when the federation obtained a temporary court injunction ordering the chevron staff to

Shane Roberts, then federation president, had tried, with the aid of Arts councillor Bruce Leavens, to remove a typewriter from the chevron offices. Neil Docherty, Henry Hess and Larry Hannant had resisted this move and a scuffle had ensued. Both parties laid assault charges.

, The judge found no one guilty. However, he ordered the three chevron staffers to sign peace bonds. This means that they must each keep the peace for a year, especially in relation to Roberts, or forfeit $200. In his summation he said that he believed Leaven’s testimony over that given by Hess and other witnesses. He also stated that he was not ruling on who had rights to the office space.

Thompson to power One referendum question concerned the

office of president after Roberts’ recall. Stu- dents were given the choice between having a by-election according to the existing by- laws, having the acting president, vice- president Dave McLellan, continue in office until the end of the president’s term, Feb- ruary 28, or having the president elected February 2 take office immediately, rather than March 1, as normal. The last two op- tions would require by-law amendments by the federation board of directors.

Forty percent of those voting chose the

second option, giving McLellan power until the end of February. However, IS rep Doug Thompson became president at a late-night board of directors meeting at McLellan and Roberts’ house February 9. McLellan ap- pointed Thompson vice-president and then resigned.

Winter was also a time of negotiation. Doug Thompson and federation lawyer Gary Flaxbard drew up a proposal in mid- February to simultaneously re-open the chevron and begin a two-part investigation.

Chevron staff rejected the proposal, be- cause the offer to re-open the paper, which Thompson had called reinstatement, was not in fact reinstatement since it would not restore the chevron budget, which includes back salaries for the two paid staffers whose positions had been terminated in October.

It was also noted that the investigation Thompson proposed had only a minority representation from UW students, had strict time limits imposed on it, and lacked the necessary scope to be thorough and fair.

The staff expressed willingness, however. to continue negotiations and made a counter-proposal outlining their position of “Reinstate! Investigate!”

“But I intend to solve this conflict come hell or high water”, Thompson said, “even if I have to bring 500 engineers with me to the chevron offices .”

Negotiations continued on the next day, a Saturday, and chevron representatives ag- reed to take Thompson’s position to a staff meeting the following Monday.

This was never done, for at about 7:30 Sunday evening Thompson and more than a dozen of his supporters entered the chevron office, forcibly evicted the two staffers main- taining occupation there, and locked the doors.

An initial attempt to re-enter the office failed when Thompson, campus cops and others dragged staffers back out. Telephone calls brought about 20 staffers to the Campus Centre. Staffers eventually re-entered the office at lI:30. (Method remains a secret)

The Thompson two-step

But negotiations did not stop there. Five days later Thompson brought a signed prop- osal to the chevron staff, which was very close to the staff position. In the next few days the staff held lengthy meetings on the proposal and suggested some changes. -

A motion was passed accepting the offer as a serious basis for negotiations.

They had expected to take their proposed changes to Thompson for discussion, but before they could do this he performed what the chevron has labelled “the Thompson two-step”.

At a federation council meeting Thomp- son said that even though he had signed the proposal he had never committed himself to it. When co-op science councillor Stephen Coates and a staff member reminded him that he had initially supported his proposal, he replied: “My position has changed.” He said that he had merely been trying to “facili- tate communication between the two par- ties.”

Some people present at the meeting sug- gested that he had given in to pressure from the Campus Reform Group (CRG).

So, the struggle continues. This paper is proof of that.

-jonathan coles

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The action follows the antics of the Charlestown Chiefs, a losing minor league hockey team that is doomed to extinction because the local mill is closing and ten thousand people are being laid off. The economics of the situation are simple: people with no money won’t come to see hockey.

Things really start to @prove with the arrival of three identical brothers. They are all tall and bony and wear high-powered, black- rimmed glasses, overall resembling semi-intelligent apes. These fana- tics show the rest of the team that the way to win hockey is by using their bone-crunching technique to mutilate the opposition.

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The crowds grow more en- thusiastic as the carnage on the ice continues. As soon as the fighting starts, the spectators erupt in a crescendo of encouragement. The radio announcer tells the loyal fans back home, “Everyone’s up on their feet screaming ‘kill, kill, kill’. THIS IS HOCKEY !” The ultimate massacre occurs when the Chiefs start a brawl before the start of a game, with no officials around to break it up. By the time the national anthem is played, the players are sopped in blood, their visages visibly altered. The crowd howls its disapproval, not with the fight- ing but with the fact that their home team got butchered.

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About 200 people attended a conference in Arts Lecture Wednesday to found the Canadian People’s (Citizens and Residents) Defence Committee (CPDC). UWpsychology professor Doug Wahlsten (speaking above), chairman of the organising committee, said “CPDC was founded to mobilize public opinion against political persecution, which will mean exposing the reactio- nary essence of the Canadian state and the dirty work of police socialists in the ranks of the people. The committee will a/so do propaganda that political persecution can be ended only be the establishment of a genuine/y democratic Canadian state.”

The organising for the committee and its founding conference began after the Feb 23 RCMP raid on the Norman Bethune Institute, and private homes in Waterloo which resulted in 17 arrests, and which the committee maintains was an act of blatant political persecution.

The chevron staff also believe it was an act of blatant political persecution. See edjtorjal opposite.

More than 740 people demonstrated Thursday outside the Waterloo Provincial Court against RCMP attacks on the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) and its chairman, Comrade Hardial Bains. Inside the court, crown prosecutor Douglas McDowell announced that a// charges had been withdrawn for eight workers at the Norman Bethune lnstjtute who were arrested in a raid February 23. But charges of aiding and abetting an “illegal alien” will stand against Bains, Doug Wahlsten and Richard Rathwell, who were also arrested in the February 23 raid, and that a charge of assaulting police will stand against Marsha Fine. Bains and Rathwell will appear again in court iune IO, Wahlsten will come to trial ]uly 8 and fine will be tried july ? 5. A// of them to/d the court that the charges were clearly political persecution of CPC(M-L) and the eight whose charges were withdrawn denounced the Canadian state for holding them in jail, seizing personal property and for trying to fabricate a false case against them. -

demands evidence

For the last month UW psychology pro- demanded a trial date and asked to see the fessor Doug Wahlsten has appeared each evidence against him. He told the court that week in Waterloo Provincial Court, trying to he was being politically persecuted and that arrange a date for his trial. any evidence must be fabricated.

The prosecution and the court have con- sistently refused to give him a trial date, and at his last appearance Crown Prosecutor Douglas McDowell told Wahlsten “you must not have a brain in your head if you can’t figure out what is going on.”

Wahlsten also noted that the information on his charge states that he has been under investigation since June 1976, and so the prosecution has had plenty of time to pre- pare its case.

Wahlsten says he knows full well what’s going on - political persecution by the Canadian state.

The professor, who is the campus spokes- person for the Anti-Imperialist Alliance (AIA), was arrested February 23 during an RCMP raid on the Norman Bethune Insti- tute, a research centre in Waterloo operated by the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). He is charged with aid- ing and abetting an illegal alien to violate the Immigration Act, between June 1976 and Feb. 22, 1977.

McDowell maintained, however, that there was a lot of material to go through and suggested an adjournment, which Judge Gordon McConnell agreed to. Wahlsten was then forced to appear again the next week.

On April 2 1, before Justice of the Peace Betty Ann Futher, the same scenario was re-enacted and he was forced to return one week later.

He first appeared in court to set a trial date on April 7, along with nine others, all charged following the RCMP raid on the re- search centre and on private homes Feb. 23. (The charges are treated as separate of- fences; - the defendants are not charged jointly.)

On April 28, again before Futher, the case was adjourned to May 5, but this time McDowell lost his temper and told Wahlsten he “couldn’t have a brain in his head if he couldn’t figure out what is going on.” McDowell then stomped out of court to his office in the ,Marsland Centre.

Wahlsten said another lawyer in court told him that that sort of behaviour would nor- mally have been considered contempt of court.

At that time the prosecution argued that there was a great deal of material to peruse which could result in other charges, and that it was not prepared to proceed until June.

Statements by the accused that the charges were political persecution and harassment of CPC(M-L) were dismissed as “poppycock” by the prosecution.

Judge J.F. McCormick called for a post- ponement until May 5 when everyone could return and set a trial date. While some of the accused wanted to see lawyers before setting a date, Wahlsten was prepared to agree to June 10, as the date for his trial.

That was refused him and when he in- sisted on a June 18 trial and rejected the adjournment till May 5, the judge decided that Wahlsten would have to be remanded from week to week.

In an interview Wednesday, however, Futher said she couldn’t recall what McDowell said. She suggested talking to the court reporter, who confirmed that the pro- secuter had made a statement “to that ef- feet”.

Futher said she hasn’t considered con- tempt of court charges because she hasn’t received any complaint.

Interviewed Tuesday McDowell would neither confirm nor deny that he had made the statement or stomped out of court, He did, however, make his view on Wahlsten very clear: “He is being an ass, that’s all,” he said of the professor and his attempts to procure a trial date.

Wahlsten thus appeared in court April 14,

He said Wahlsten would get his wish granted May 5. He also said he is under no obligation to show Wahlsten the evidence against him, and has no intention of doing so.

-neil docherty

February 23 RCMP officers and local police raided a research centre in Waterloo which is supported by the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist). The raid and the events surrounding it clearly show that it was an act of blatant political persecution.

The chevron interviewed six of the 16 people arrested and all recount the same tale of the day (see free chevron Feb 25, 1977): A knock on the door at 8~30 am; seven casually-dressed men, one carrying a sledgehammer, barged in, saying they were the police.

They refused to show identification, and while they herded the occupants into one room they refused to tell them if they were under arrest. When asked, their only comment was “we’ll tell you later.”

A police photographer was brought in and attempts were made to take group photographs of those being held.

While this was going on, four other apartments were being raided in Waterloo and in Mississauga.

In the next hour a person entering the research centre was also held. Then, an hour after it all started, the RCMP announced that one person in the room was an illegal alien and everyone was being charged with aiding and abetting the person contravening the immigration act.

Everyone was carted off to the Kitchener jail while the police remained and searched the centre. Witnesses reported that the police left with four suitcases of material, and CPC (M-L) states that much of it was political and had nothing to do with immigration.

A person arriving at the centre at 4 pm. was also arrested on the same charge - more than five hours after the alleged illegal alien had been taken to jail.

Those arrested say that at the Kitchenerjail they were denied the chance to make a phone call. Several were told they were being detained because the RCMP had ‘ ‘doubts about their immigration status. ’ : All were Canadian citizens, and most were born in Canada.

While they were detained, several people had their apartments ransacked by the police.

Two days after the raid, while the chevron was trying to arrange an interview with the alleged illegal alien, he was deported, even though he was scheduled to appear in court Feb. 28 to face charges of being in the country illegally.

The whole affair stinks and the RCMP is doing nothing to clear the air. In four attempted interviews, they have refused to answer any questions on the

raid except to say that “there are no political overtones.” They claim they were only after an illegal alien.

But the chevron staff would like some answers to the same kinds of points which have been raised in People’s Canada Daily News, the organ of CPC(M-L).

Does it require at least 20 RCMP security police (and there is evidence that they were organized from Ottawa) to capture one alleged illegal alien?

Is it normal for the security forces to barge into a factory and arrest everyone in the building, including those who come in six hours later on another shift, with “aiding and abetting” one alleged illegal alien? This is analagous to the situation at the NBI.

Why would an American need aid to enter and remain in Canada, with the existing easy movement from one country to another? I)

If the aim of the raid was only to pick up an immigrant, why did the K-W immigration office admit that they did not even know about the raid until they saw it on television news on the evening of February 23?

Why, in this “immigration raid”, did the police confiscate political material? Why is it that in the House of Commons Feb. 25 Solicitor General Francis Fox

congratualated the “RCMP security forces” for their “immigration raid”? Is it not peculiar that the RCMP and immigration authorities admit they knew the

alleged illegal alien was in the country well before the raid, but waited until they could spring a trap before arresting him?

How does the commercial press justify blowing up a relatively minor summary offence into an international sensation? Why did all the commercial newspapers and agencies that carried articles, including the K-W Record, the major Toronto newspapers, Reuters and the New York Times, all rely on an RCMP press release, rather than getting the facts through investigation?

Why has the media tried to draw a link between the arrests and the expulsion of a Soviet spy the day after by the Canadian government the day after the raid? This despite the clear evidence that CPC(M-L) is opposed to the Soviet state?

Why have the crown prosecutor and the courts harassed Doug Wahlsten by refusing to set a trial date for him and refusing to show him any of the evidence they claim they have against him?

For the chevron staff, the questions, and the answers we’ve discovered show this to be a clear-cut case of political persecution. Attacks of this kind demonstrate how the immigration laws and other rules and regulations are used to attack progressive individuals for their “crime” of defending the Canadian people.

We condemn this recent attack and firmly support the founding of the Canadian People’s (Citizens and Residents) Defence Committee, an organization which was formed this week to build and mobilize public opinion against this kind of political persecution.

-the chevron staff

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A member of the Canadian University Press, the free chevron is produced and published by the chevron staff and is typeset by Dumont Press Graphix. The free chevron is produced from Room 140, Campus Centre, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. After three weeks, we’re back again. As we go into the third term of free chevrons, we once again extend an invitation to all aspiring student journalists, students who want tofightfor a just cause, and people who want to show that a university paper can survive without being beholden to anyone. For now, thanks to PEN and all the CUP papers who continue to support us. This week’s paper is the fruit of the labour of: larry hannant, neil docherty, randy barkman, mark mcguire, tom cody, peter blunden, lorne gershuny, dave carter, Chris dufault, nick redding, karen moore, mary faught, val moghadam, donna weber, shih k’ang-ti, Charlotte von besold, ernst von bezold, marina taitt, jacob arsenault, jonathan coles, dianne chapitis, heather robert- son and salah bachir. Also helping to hold down the fort were: Wendell fields, yves peyrard, gerard kimmons, doug hamilton, jamie thiers, jules grajower, doug goodfellow amd myself. Also dropping in were: mini pathria, nina tymoscewici, john jackson, t alex beamish, doug wahlsten, linda and henry hess, ciaran o’donnell, jayne pollock, oscar nierstrasz, stu vickers, eby, robert hyodo, eric mcmillan, rob taylor, donna rogers and doubtless others. Finally, we want to thank ali those who performed or participated in the benefit. A special thanks goes to jerry who keeps our quarters livable. Have a good summer.. . mart shafroth.

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Intta m al SP orts . friday, may 6, 7971

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THE “PLAY” P E O P L E Carl Totzke, Director of Athletics Room 2054 Ext.2474 John ficlver, Ret Team Sports Coordinator 886-0718 Peter Hopkins, Director of Hen’s lntramurais Room 2040 Ext.3532

iSally Kemp, Director of Women’s lntramurals Room 2050 Ext.3533 James Watson, Aquatics Coordinator 576-1692 U of W Switchboard Number 885-1211 + Ex t .

Lynn Hontag, Intramural SecrePary Room 2039 Ext.3531 Women’s Toteroom Ext . 3536Inen’s Toteroom Ext . 3535 Kathy Da Siiva, P A C Receptionist Room 2039 Ext.3302 Seagram Toteroom Ext . 3356

Instructional

EXPLANATION: This is the most structured level of intramural activity. I t is comprised of both Hen’s and Women’s sections and some combined co-ed activities. Competitive leagues are usually divided into A and B levels with A being the more experienced league.At this level of play, there are league standings, more structured rules, playoffs, officials and awards.

EXPLANATION: The instructional program is geared to those who desire to learn how to perform a certain skill. The lifetime skills or those that could carry over in later life are focused in this program. Last fall, 800 individuals

/ received some level of instruction in over IO programs.

REdlSTRATlON INFORHATION: 1. Ail instructional programs are available to students with valid I . D . cards or to faculty, staff or alumni, etc. with valid Intramural Activity Cards. 2. Registrations will be in person. Only one registration per person. 3. I f there is a charge for a program, course fee must be paid at registration. There will be no refunds after the 1st session of

any pay program. 4. Ail inquires regarding the instructional program should be directed to Sally Kemp room 2050 P A C Ext.3533.

How to Enter Team Activities:-any.group of interested people, faculty, staff and faculty and students can enter sInply by: > . Gather together a group of friends. 4. Return the completed form to the Receptionist on br before entry - 2. Pick up an entry form now from the Receptionist in the deadline.

Physical Activities Building-Red North Entrance. 5. Send a team representative to the prescribed Scheduling and Rules 3. Complete the entry form indicating: Meeting.

- name of activity 6. Note: Any individuals. male or female, not able to form a team but - nane of your team still interested in playing simply attend the team organizationai - captains name, address and phone number meeting or contict the Intramural Office, Ex t . 3532 or 3533. - the name, I . D . , address, faculty year of team members.7. Ail teams must be represented at the organizationai meeting. - time/day you would prefer to play. 8. Have fun!! ! ! !

CDHPETITIVE - S U I I H E R 1977

Classes start nay 17.18.19.

e improvement. Ail p y own bails. Racquet

I . 1 Ten’nis Club I

. S O M E INTRAHURAL POLlClES

1. A player may play for only one team. - .

2. A player must play two games to be eligible for playoffs. 3. Conduct - “Any intramural participant found guilty of spearing or butt ending

or intent to injure or found to be flagrant aggressor in a fighting situation, will be declared ineligible from further participation in the Intramural Program for at least one term.”

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4. Any men’~~competitive team failing to complete a game due to a disagreement with . the officials will be suspended.

65: All teams’ are expected to have a set of sweaters. Striking an official will mean automatic life suspension.

Athletic Clubs j - -

H O U TO B E lNVOLVED I N A CLUB P R O G R A M : S IMPLY- I . Attend the Club organizational meeting of Your choice. -

ACTlVlTY Recreational Gymnastics

2. Experience one of their regular sessions. 3. Contact the Intramural Office. ORGANlZATlONAL MEETlNG 1 EXPLANATION [REGULAR sEss10~s Mon. May 16 7:00 p.m.

ICONTACT P E R S O N

Blue Activity Area P A C LOW key approached to gymnastics Hon. 7-10 p.m. and Wed. 7-iOpm Kevin Eby Friendly group of people. Blue Activity Area P A C 884-7411 Everyone welcome.

Fencing Simply contgct I f there is sufficient interest, Times to be decided by those J ip. Hami I ton Jin Hamilton special times wi ii be arranged. interrsted

nuters ( May 9 ~:OO p.m. Ex t . 3246

comb i n- non. Backpacks, tentq, baqs available Trips arranged through the ation of Cormer

Tom Cargill 886 -4855 Poem 1001 P A C on a rental basis. Trips Club as deterrrined by

Outers,White+later John Hannans884-9334

organized. Cost. $3.00/term or and Orienteering

interest and availability of Greq Derbyshire s5.no per year. leaders. (60 nenbers) 884-3319

Rugby , Mon. May 9 7:00 p.m. Cost S I O playing members and S5 To be determined at the (100 members)

Derek Humphries Grad Club soc>a I members. Establish member neetino. 884-7343

with Q . R . U Clubs in the area. / Weeklv shills oractise. Games

with K-W Pi rates. Newsletters. Sailing iled. May 4 7:00 p.m. Cost S5/year. 6 boats available As deterrined bv the Club. Mike Ru!:ald (100 members) nc 2066 for instruction, recreation and Usually daily for Club 884-9042 or

regattas. Boat house on Col.Lake members. Ex t . 3779 JOB OPPORTUNlTlES I N INTRAMURALS

Positions Available I . Conveners, Referee-in-Chiefs and Officials: Basketball, Soccer, Softball

2. Lifeguards: Hi nimum Bronze qualifications (Must attend organizational meetinq - see application form) 3. Instructors: Squash, Tennis, Swimming. F itness, Golf.

FACILITIES

FAClLlTV 1 TIME AVAILABLE 1 HOW TO B O O K I S E R V I C E S AVAILABLE Fields (Columbia. Village When not boohed for Intramurals. Book through Intramural Office room Fauiprient throuqh P A C Green (Softball, Football, 2040 P A C Ext . 3532. Toterooms Soccer)

- Seagram Stadium (qym and University time-non. & Thurs. Cook throuqh Intramural Office Ex t . Equipment avai lahle. Flu1 I weightroom) 5 45-lo:45 p.m. 3532 room 2040 P A C towel service.

City time- Remainder of hours Rio Caron 886-1550 Ex t . 48 or 60. No Ilo services available. change before 6.00 p.m.

Physical Activities-PAC Mon.-Fri. 8-00 am - Il.00 pm To book other than prescribed programsEquipment available on I D W”. weightroom. s‘quash Saturday z):OO am - 5:00 pm university booking department Ex t . card basis. TweI&Toteroom , courts, pool, combatives, Sundays I :oo pm - 4:oo p” 2207 Pool charge? can be expected for service until IO.30 p. activity areas (Red &Blue) guards etc. SFlulla ( racquet rental ‘I’ Sauna P A C - available in men’s and \~omen’s toterooms. HOW TO U S E : Open during normal P A C hours. Special Closing Dates: The P A C !li I I open Mon. Mav 2nd and i?iII be in operation unit1 Friday, July 29 ( P A C will close for P A C and Seagrams I reoairs Sat . July 30th-Mondav Aug. 22). Seaqrans wi

be closed on Mon. May 23; Fri. July I and Mon. Aug. in May.

I I open Mon. May 9th. P A C and all programs or I . P A C oyms occupied durlnq sprino convocat on

~ . , BRING IN YOUR BICYCLES FOR REPAIR% NOW aid the Rush - Have Your Repairs Bone Now

TIMAT!? SELECTl0.N IN:

eRALEIGH l C.C.M.

studio PHOTOGRAPHER

350 Ke St W, KitW, Ont, Phone 742-5363

GRADUATION -- Podbait Prices

PackageOffers

No. 1 1-8x 10 Mounted ‘2-5x7 Mounted 8-Wallets

No. 2 2-5x7 Mounted 4-4x5 Mounted I 38.00 8-Wallets

No. 3 1-8x 10 Framed 2-5x7 Mounted 4-4x5 Mounted

EXPLANATION: Recreational team sports are quite different than competitive leagues, in that these leagues are organized for those individuals who simply want to play for the sake of play. The only reward one receives is an intrinisic

one - the enjoyment of simply playing. There are no officials, awards, points, league standingslor playoffs and few rules - just play. High Skill level is absolutely not necessary. Last fall over 160 teams or 1800 people

were involved in this level of play. How to Enter Team Activities:-any group of interested people, faculty, staff and faculty and students can enter simply by: 1. Gather together a group of friends. 4. Return the completed form to the Receptionist on or before entry

2. Pick up an entry form now from the Receptionist in the deadline. Physical Activities Building-Red North Entrance. 5. Send a team representative to the prescribed Scheduling and Rules

3. Complete the entry form indicating: ’ neet i ng’. - name of activity 6. Note: Any individuals, male or female, not able to form a team but - name of your team still interested in playing simply attend the team organizational - captains name, address and phohe number meeting or contict the Intramural Office, Ex t . 3532 or 3533. - the name, I . D . , address, faculty year of team members.7. - time/&v You would prefer to play.

All teams must be represented at the organizational meeting. 8. Have fun!! ! ! !

We’re still here j , and we ‘re still recruiting rty something new, the free chevron, CC I40

4 Renison CoUegel 1977 SPRING TERM & SUMMER SESSION COURSE OFFERINGS * The following courses will be taught at Renison College in the 1977

Spring Term and Summer Session. These courses are open to all UW students even though they may n.ot appear on the course offerings I ists. C

SPRING . ISS 343R Int&disciplinary Investigation of Human Sexuality RS 267R (FINE 247*R) Religion & the Film 2 SOC WK 120R Introduction to Social Work SOC WK121R Social Problems SOC WK 220R Social Casework 1 SOC WK 221 R Social Group Work & Family Therapy 1 SOC WK 365R Medical Sodial Work I SUMMER

9:30-l 2:30R

7-10M 9:30-l 2:30T

6-9R 9:30-l 2:30M

3:30-5:OOMW 1:30-3:OOTR

ENGL 140R The Use of English 1 J 1:30-3:30MTWRF ENGL 141R The Use of English 2 A 1:30-330MTWRF ENGL 245R Form & Function M 1 Oi30-12:30MTWRF GEOG 125R Introduction to the Developing World J 10:30-l 2:30MTWRF RS 266R (FINE 246*R) Religion & the Film 1 J 10:30-l 2:30MTWRF RS 267R (FINE 247*R) Religion & the Film 2 A 10:30-l 2:30MTWRF For full course descriptions, see Renison or UW calendars. Further information may be obtained by contacting:

The Registrar, Renison College Phone: 884-4400. , ti i


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