Lucky Few Get Bucks

B.C. Fed asks Socreds to let NDU live 1 which covered 73 per cent of the the Universities Council to be He also noted it provides jobs for enough groups and organizations By SUE VOHANKA in the Nelson area protest the The B.C. Federation of Labor university's budget., responsible for preparing NDU's 48 faculty members and about 100 "And the former education budget. other staff members, and is one of government decision, the govern has called on the Social Credit ment will be forced to change its government to reconsider its minister (Eileen Dailly) had made "Without cutting back funds the largest employers in the Nelson a commitment to continue fun from the other three provincial area. position. apparent decision to discontinue "Where governments tend to be funding of Notre Dame University ding," Johnson pointed out. universities, there's not going to be Johnson said the government He also said that during the any funding for NDU," Johnson stand on NDU indicates the concerned in this province is when in Nelson. the people in the province begin to Ron Johnson, the federation's election campaign premier Bill said. government is dominated by Bennett "made commitments that Armstrong has said that people who believe that B.C. stops think they're Vancouver director of educational research, dominated." Wednesday termed the govern there would be no jeopardy of NDU university funding generally is not at Hope. if the Social Credit were elected." very encouraging. "I think it's a really backward Johnson said the labor federation ment's position on NDU "a really will urge the government to backward kind of step." However, in late January, Johnson said McGeer should kind of step," he said. "The world education minister Pat McGeer reconsider NDU's fate because the doesn't revolve around Van reconsider funding NDU when the Universities Council chairman said the new government would university serves the Interior and couver." federation presents its annual William Armstrong indicated discontinue the grant and asked the Kootenay area. Johnson said he hopes that if report to the cabinet. recently there is very little chance "I don't know what more it (the the university would get enough federation) can do," he said. "We provincial government funding to can't really do anything in terms of continue operating next year. advising them (groups within Last year, the NDP government NDU) as to what they should or gave NDU a $1.8 million grant, shouldn't be doing." THSVol. LVII, No. 55 VANCOUVER UBYSSEY, B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1976 <*$H*>48 228-2301 Lucky few get bucks By MARK BUCKSHON There's about $1 million of provincial government money available to senior UBC students for summer jobs this year — but the persons responsible for doling out the cash say only one of 50 eligible students will get any. And those who are lucky enough to benefit from the Professions for Tomorrow program, known as Careers 75 last year, will get the same wages as in 1975 — between $600 and $750 a month, depending on how senior the student is — with no provision for inflation. Program co-ordinator Richard Spratley said the Socreds have chopped $181,000 from last year's allocation and included education students in the scheme, who had previously received separate funds from the provincial education department. The result of the cutbacks will be a reduction in the number of UBC students employed to 250 from 500 last summer, Spratley said. Cutback figures were not available for the rest of B.C.'s students. The decision by labor minister Allan Williams to suspend the NDP- initiated program, while he decided whether or not to continue it, means there will be only three weeks between applications becoming available March 5 and the labor department's deadline. Before March 22, the job ideas initiated by students and profs must be examined and approved by departments and faculties. The program provides jobs in fields related to academic disciplines and the money is divided on a per capita basis among UBC's 13 faculties. A provincial allocation of $1.5 million to UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria was divided Monday by an ad hoc B.C. Universities Council committee. In a rare example of student participation in decision-making, three student representatives were on the 12-member committee and, ac cording to Spratley, the labor department requires student involvement in decision-making at the department and faculty levels. But Basil Peters, the UBC student representative on the committee and a board of governors member, said he doesn't know how much student input will be allowed at UBC. Peters said he, Spratley and assistant graduate studies dean Llewelyn Williams, also a member of the ad hoc committee, will watch the campus- wide program, but ideas must first be initiated and approved at the departmental and faculty levels. Spratley said ideas such as a music department singing group would have "100 per cent student involvement," but a physics department —doug field photo research project probably would require co-ordination by professors. SOME PEOPLE don't know how to separate work from leisure as witnessed by library book stacker who But there isn't that much money to give to the students who apply, who reads during break. Like most students who deal with libraries these days she is probably wondering why must have completed three years of university. 5th level entrance in Main has been closed down. Anybody know? See page 2: LIMITED Why did the Conservatives go for Joe? Everyone now knows that the Progressive Yet the first shift of sweepers had scar is a moderate left-wing Tory, a thinker and u Conservatives elected a virtual unknown for cely taken to tht' convention hall's floors professional politician... their leader at last weekend's convention in when the political pundits, who had preyed To the average Canadian, he is a virtual Ottawa. But no matter haw closely you vulture-like over the candidates on the unknown watch what happens an television, there's campaign trail and during the four days ot In part, he was shortchanged by the press nothing like being there in person lo watch the convention, began their post mortem - accorded the draught rattier than deluge all the bachraaming (he camera missed. dissections treatment given certain other leadership, Ubyssey correspondents Denise Chong Caught with their pants down by the Joe candidates. and Maureen Boyd attended the convention Clark 'upwrt' and embarrassed by their pre- The media concentrated almost ex and watched from the floor as. the spectacle ccimeiition predictions, the pundits, clusively nn only lho.se envisioned a.s unfolded. In today's paper [ see page 5 also I proclaimed the victory as the "scourge nf 'contendere.' amonc them Wagner. Brian a series nf background pieces on the lriefenbaker loyalists." hased on the lout* Mulroiw}, the slick Montreal Iaw\er. for leadership convention analyzes what led up fact th.it Claude Wagnei. war defeated mer Liberal cabinet minister Paul Deliver to Joe Clark's victory, why the pundits were hy Dielenhaker'h hle.».sm^ early in the 1 anil Flora Macdonald the unman candidate wrong and what ihe futun r>ui>hr hold for Ivillollllf! with Ihe fumou> naiiieh.ikr the haplftsTtitiev who hawi't lasted pov.t>t (lark, like mam of the candidates placed F'.'wn in pro convent inn week, ihe com since the r);efent>aker yeai* !«ir h.ick in the e.irly running n." the mt iil.ilors i|joke only M Ihi-M liair trout leadership rare >el w.i.s considered a! lu-si runnei" and areiwii !heiu"rl\i»- h\ jnim: P+l By DENISE CHONG a dark horse candidate going into the con through the mental exercise of thinking up i<& OTTAWA — Tangled clothes lines of vention. aU the possible combinations on the final campaign banners, abandoned placards, But through a shrewd, low-key campaign" ballot. discarded lapel stick-ons, coffee cup debris gcaredto peak at the convention, he took the No mention of Clark. and wilted daffodils — that's Ottawa's civic leadership against all pre-convention odds So where had the pundits erred in-their \«B ^ centre hangover from the four-day and defeated the big guns of the Tory party. Sunday miscalculations'? Progressive Conservative leadership At 36. he is the youngest man ever to lead In vicariously thinking that old demons convention. a major national political party in Canada, See page 8: TORY Thursday, February ,26, 1976 Page 2 THE UBYSSEY SUBFILMSOC PROUDLY PRESENTS Fire hits CUP HQ UTAMLET KUBRICK t| OTTAWA (CUP) —Theeditorial proved futile when it was DAYS LEFT! and executive offices of Canadian discovered that it was empty. University Press were hit by fire CUP president Francis Fuca 3 when an exploding light bulb in the said the three-person national offset press ignited chemical executive has decided the first solvent used in the printing process priority is to set up temporary and spread from there to an ad working facilities to resume To Renew Your jacent wall. publication of the twice-weekly SUB AUD. Thur. 7:00 The Feb. 18 fire was put out national news service. He Fri., Sat., Sun. 7:00/9:30 quickly after firemen arrived, but estimated it would take "at least a 75C, AMS Card, not before the $6,000 press was week, maybe more" before even a no hallucinogens required completely destroyed. Smoke and modified service could be put out. water damage was serious, For the present, the national although news files and the office staff of.

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