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Wong, Armstrong on board By GEOF WHEELWRIGHT Brito were winners while at the Politicos Glenn Wong and Bruce Gardner tops senate poll, Watts, MacMillan building Andrews and Armstrong were elected as student Wong polled highest. representatives to the UBC board Two other elections were held of governors Thursday, easily Short, Niwinski and Smith follow this week for law senate candidates defeating law student candidates and the science undergraduate Carlos Brito and J. Vian Andrews. society fee referendum. And Anne Gardner easily topped Don Thompson won the law the polls in the student senator race senate seat while Tuesday's SUS fee with 1,157 votes, followed by Doug referendum passed with 296 votes Watts with 852, Brian Short 799, THE UBYSSEY in favor and 64 opposed. The Chris Niwinski 785 and Geoff referendum was short of quorum Smith 625, according to results by 150 voters. SUS was forced to 228-2301 released from the UBC's registrar's Vol. LXI, No. 41 VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1979 hold the referendum because a office. similar one last year also failed to Wong had a wide lead over his indication of students' opposition for Davis' resignation and students student position," Armstrong said. reach quorum. closest opponent Armstrong; he towards recent board actions such will be meeting with him Tuesday to Wong said one thing he wants to The first board of governors polled 1,041 votes while Armstrong as the expulsion of student board discuss his performance as housing stress is the necessity for openness meeting for the new representatives mustered 903. member Paul Sandhu. director. on the board. is Feb. 6, and new senators will not One surprising election result was "I hope that Dr. Kenny and "It's quite possible we will bring "It's a publicly funded in attend a senate meeting until April. the remarkably small number of other board members take note of up the whole subject of his (Davis') stitution and the students have a students who turned out to vote. this election," he said. competence," Armstrong said. right to know (what goes on at the Most newly elected student Only 1,740 ballots were counted Armstrong said he and Wong will He said possible tuition fee in board meetings)," he said. senators said they saw a need for in the senate election while 1,759 probably bring to the board's creases and the ejection of Sandhu Wong and Armstrong polled the more student caucus solidarity. students filled out ballots for their attention the actions of housing are other issues he and Wong want most votes at all but three of the 13 According to Niwinski, a veteran favorite board candidate. director Mike Davis in a recent to bring up at the first board polls on campus. At the civil and senator, the person elected as Armstrong said he thought his Gage Towers incident. The student meeting. chemical engineering building and caucus chairman will have a great election and that of Wong was an representative assembly has asked "You'll see a more unified the law building polls Andrews and effect on the success of the caucus. 23 of 2,300of 23,000 With 23*000 UBC students, a quorum of 2,300 was needed to hold Thursday's Alma Mater Society general meeting.— but only 23 people appeared. fhe meeting, held in SUB ball room at noon, was to introduce a new constitution to students and to vote on whether or not to adopt it. AMS president Paul Sandhu criticized the supporters of the new constitution for the expense and time the AMS had to spend on reviewing it. Much preparation was needed for the special general meeting when there seemed to be no visible support for it, he said. Sandhu said Thursday the AMS spent more than $1,000 on legal fees to review the legality of the new constitution under the pro vincial Societies Act. Several hundred dollars were used to advertise the meeting, as required constitutionally, in The Ubyssey and an untold amount of money went to pay AMS office staff td arrange the meeting, type up —peter menyasz photo documents and maintain SEAMY SIDE OF Alma Mater Society politics is demonstrated as newly- members Glenn Wong and Bruce Armstrong and senators Geoff Smith correspondence with lawyers and elected student politicos exert influence on Ubyssey to run their photo on and Chris Niwinski. Celebration in Pit marks second time in week that students. front page. From left, well middle of road actually, are board of governors Smith has used pressure to get his picture in paper. "The thing that disappoints me is that they can get a petition signed by over 1,000 people and only 20 people show up for a Broadbent slams foreign investment meeting," said Sandhu. By TOM HAWTHORN He said because of the lack of Hebb Theatre that Canada will be Broadbent also warned that B.C. 60 B.C. fish processing plants and people at the meeting he seriously The federal government cannot in serious economic difficulty if could lose control of its fishing and control two of the top three." doubts whether or not students protect the economic interests of Canadians do not regain control of fish processing. The Canadian Development Cor knew what they were signing when Canadians because foreign interests the natural resources base. "Japanese capital has started to poration, a federal corporation they signed a petition last fall control Canadian resources, federal "Ontario is about to become a move into the B.C. fishing field, established to aid businesses with endorsing a new AMS con NDP leader Ed Broadbent said 'have not' province and the reason and has now invested between $20 capital grants and loans, has not stitution. Thursday. is that the branch plant structure is and $40 million. Japanese interests made enough funds available for "It is obviously not the way to Broadbent told 500 people in seen to be uncompetitive," he said. have now obtained shares in 12 of B.C. fishermen and this has forced change the constitution," he said. them to accept Japanese capital, "It's what I expected," said Broadbent said. constitution mover Brian Short of Go directly to jail, do not pass BCRIC "Canadian fishermen, both as the general meeting's poor tur fishermen and processors, have nout. By PETER MENYASZ for the Canadian Penitentiaries Service, was not so attempted to get capital from the Short said "Thursday the For once, people on welfare might be just as well off certain. banks and failed. Nor did they get it students who signed the petition as the people in prison. "Under the regulations, a person has to go to the from the Canadian Development did not show up because they What do they have in common? Similar status as bank to apply for the shares and has to go back to the Corporation." knew another constitution potential shareholders in B.C.'s Resource Investment bank to pick them up," said Loughlin. The CDC has created 20,000 proposal would be coming up and Corporation. It is not likely that the Penitentiaries Service will jobs, but half of those were created support it instead. release all of their inmates to allow them to get their outside of Canada, he said. People enjoying the state's hospitality in either pro He said those who signed the shares from the bank, she added. "The CDC is operating like any petition realized before the vincial jails or federal penitentiaries may not be On Wednesday The Ubyssey learned that some of eligible to receive the five free shares offered by the other multinational. It has meeting they would not be able to B.C.'s underprivileged citizens may lose their welfare provincial government last week. forgotten its central task. get 75 per cent of the 2,300 benefits if they accept the Social Credit government's "We should ensure that B.C. student quorum to support On first enquiry, a source in the attorney-general's offer of the five free BCRIC shares. The gift would be fisheries and processing plants be office said that there should be no difficulty in ob Thursday's constitutional considered an asset, possibly pushing welfare owned and controlled by the people proposal. taining the shares for prisoners that want them, as all recipients past their allowable asset level and leaving of B.C." A hearty crowd of 23 AMS one-year residents of B.C. are eligible. them ineligible for social assistance. 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