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- I Capital Campaign ge~rs up By Minko Sotiron Officially, Co ncordia's Capital Cam Now that the.campa ign is in place, Ber pa ign' to raise $25 million begins on lettano says he is optimistic about the March I and will last two weeks; but uno f eventual success oT the cam paign. " I .t hink . fi cia ll y, the campaign already is in high we're going to make it becaus~ of the cali gear, according to Campa ign Director Jo bre of our volunteers. I'm a firm believer seph J. Be-rle-uano. in the notion tha t the success of a fundrais "The campaign organiza tion is virtua l ing cam paign depends on the q ua lity of ly in place," no tes Berleuano. " Across the the volunteer executi ve. T he most crucial country we have 300 high-level executives part of a successful campaign is to get it who have agreed to canvass for us. Can well es ta blished and have the best leader vassing in advance has begun, and (Na: ship possible." tional Campaign Chairman) Bill Stinso n "We've done that. We have leaders who , has a lready approached JO to 12 large cor- know and appreciate the Un iversity and Un titled (1981 ), Eric Fischl. The new season at the Sir George W illiams Art Galleries porations." · who have the ability to motivate the com bf'gins January 19, starting off w ith an exposition of works by Bruno Bobak (see story · Berlettano's own staff is also quite busy. m unity." To prove his point, Berlettano page 1 I ). Says he, "They've set priorities, made stra'. points lo the impressive list o f Chief Ex tegy and identified about 50 acti vities ecutive Officers (CEO ) and other high ex which must be accomplished." ecu tives who have agreed to serve on the Running a capita l campaign is a com campaign executive, not forgetting such plex a nd p ressure-ridden affa ir, bu t this p rominant members of th e business Part-time composition does no t bother Berletta no g iven his pre com m unity as A. J ean de Grandpre, vious experience as a fu ndraiser for Cen, Chairma n and CEO o f Bell Canada, who traicle. (Next week's T hursday R eport will is H o norary Campaign Chairman, and teachers voice grievances feature a profile of Joe Berlettano). Bria n Mulroney, Pres ident o f Iron Ore Its complexity bixomes evident as he Company of Canada, who is Campaign By Lise Marie Bissonnette describes Concordia's five-year campaign; Treasurer. indeed, his description resembles no thing Fo r some time now, Concord ia Univer At the head o f the campaign 's organiza A federa l Department of Labour repo rt less than a military p lan . " The compre sity has depended greatl y o n the services of ti on js the volunteer campaign executive. (quo ted in the G lobe and Mail) predicts hensive fundraising plan involves the re part-time teachers to relieve the teaching Tbe organiza ti on is then divided into div tha t if current trends continue, ha lf of all cruiting, orienting and training o_f per load o f its regul ar faculty. It has been no isions, each aiming at a specific type of jo bs in Canada will be ·pan-time by the sonnel. It includes internal p lanning for secret tha t m a n y o f these p a rt-time donor,. all headed by vice-chairmen . end of the century. external operations, budget-setting, nego teachers have been unhappy with their The two most crucial d iv isions in terms Co ncordi·a relies heavily on the use of tia ting with all the campaign di visions, working condiuons. o f potential donati ons are "National Cor part-time teachers. In 1979, there were 671 and es tablishing timetables, work activi Now their grievances have been voiced pora tions" and " Foundati.ons", according part-time teachers and 67 3 fu ll-time. ties and setting priorities." in a report wriuen by six pan-time in See TEACHER S _page 8. See CAMPAIGN page 4. structors and submiued LO the Wallace Commiss io n of Inquiry into ParHime Work in September. The grievances include "amongst other Caution advised using things, a salary that is proportionately much lower than that of a full-time facu lty " mem bers du ri ng the same work, no medi Lucieri L'Allier metro at night cal or pension benefits, and proba bl y the generally deserted, Lucien L ' Allier is an another memo. " It's a question of raising least-opportunity for ac:l vancement of any Complaints o_f increased vio lence and easy target for violence and harassment. people's consciousness," he said. em p loyee group in the university," sta tes harassment in the Lucien L'Allier metro Concordia has received two complain ts of Emery said the situao on is of great con- - the report. station has caused both Concordia Secu r violence since l;ist spring, and it is cern to Concordia since half tl,le students The University i'S aware of the report ity and the Dean of Fine Arts LO advise reported tha t the YWCA, located next using the VA building, and therefore the and may have a partial solution to partic students to either ta ke tha t metro in door to the VA' building, has· received a L ucien L 'Al lier metro, are there al n ight. ula r part-time composition teach ers' groups or LO avoid it altogether. n um ber of complaints as well. " What can we do except give advice?" problems, according LO Dean of Di vision According to Ro land Barnabe, Director · According to · Dean o f Fine Arts, said Barnabe. " On the streets. we have no II, Don T addeo. o f Security·, signs will be posted in the Antho n y E m er y, t_he first incidence power." " Hopefull y, a firs t step will be taken in Visua l Arts building LO indicate meeting · occurred last spring when one p rofessor He advised students, and women in par the 1983-84 academ ic year, partia ll y re stations for students, staff a nd faculty was beaten on the way to the metro, in full ticular, that there are screamers on sa le at sponding LO some of the things in the re wishing LO find o thers to trek clown to the daylight, because she refused to give up the bookstore, and suggested courses in port," said T addeo. station . her purse. At tha t time, Dean Emery circu self-defence. According to John Daniel, Vice Rector " If you are a lo ne, I can only recommend lated a memo warning all professors, sta ff Si nce the inciden ts, the MUCT C has Academ ic, the p roblem s affecting the using the Guy metro," said Ro land Bar and students of the unsafe conditions of increased t he number of p9 lice pa trolling· part-time teachers a t Co ncordia are much nabe, Dir~ctor of Security. the metro station and o f its surrounding the stations, ~nd the si tua tion has ap par the same as those affecting pan-time The Lucien L 'Allier metro is familiar to · areas. en tly improved. workers in many o ther sectors o f the econ most students using the Vi sual Arts build T he second incident occurred in early Still, Barnabe warned that po lice travel o my. "What will help (the situa ti on ) is •ing on Dorches ter Boulevard. It is known December, when ano ther professor was o n the metros and canno t always be legisla tion," he sa id. as the cathedral of metro stations because · mugged at g unpo int, this time by three counted on. Dean Emery suggested the In the fa ll of 1981, Sta tis tics Canada es of its ca\'erno us interiors. youths in -the station itself. introduction o f cameras in the sta tion to timated that there were app roximately 1.5 Because the station is poorl y lit a nd Sin ce then , Emery h as circula ted _ facili ta te supen·ision. millio n Canadians who worked part-time . ,• .· I 2 The Thursday Report- This is the first in a series of articles featuring interesting To the Editor: The No Smoking members of the University sign carried in the , community. In the coming November 25Lh issue of TTR conveys a issues, our roving reporter message bul does lil• Philip Szporer will be lie to enhance )iteracy wilhin the universily · interviewing other communily. Ma-y I personalities. If you know Lherefore suggesl thal it be replaced by: someone in the University SMOKE community whose story CHOKE Lette'ls CROAK should be told, please give Jack Goldner the name to the Editor of Assistant Professor and \ The Thursday Report (BC- _ Student Counsellor mandate" bUL that general education must 213, SC W campus, Tel: also be pursued al Lh e level of an under graduate degree. As well , when I referred 879-8497). CLARIFIES ST ATEMENT to slude.nt dissalisfaction, I specifically To the Editor: · meant ·lhat lo .apply to their Universily education. By Philip Szporer_ fecled by religious codes. Bul for most even I would like to clarify the statement at· Harvey S hulman When in Lhe heal of an emergency, and Lhough they were freeborn (the highesl Lributed LO me at the social science debate Vice Principal in need of securily, you can (ind securfly casl of slave due LO Lh eir 'while' blood), on core curriculum.