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38th Year GUELPH Total to date: $170,000 Volume 38 No. 41 Ar University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Dece•mber 14, 1994 FIRST GLANCE Heritage See you next year to benefit This is the lasl issue of At Guelph for 1994. The first issue of 1995 will appear from sale Jan. II. The deadline for submining news and infor- mation for the January issue of Stone is Jan. 4 at noon. Have a safe and happy holiday. Road land Occupational Health moves U of G closed the sale of Stone Road Mall land Dec. 12 to a sub- Occupational Health Serv- sidiary of Hammerson Canada ices will relocate to the En- Inc .. a wholly owned subsidiary of viron mental Health and Hammcrson pie of London, Eng- Safety portable complex on land. Christie Lane Dec. 19. Hammerson Canada Inc. was Current services wi II con- founded in 1968 and specializes in tinue to be offered at the large-scale commercial real estate new location, including investment and development. lt medical surveillance pro- owns the Square One shopping grams, approval of return to centre and has its head offi ce in work and modified work Mis~i ssauga City Centre. placements, first aid and the The Stone Road land was sold counselling component of forS9 million, says administrntive the employee assistance vice-president Charles Ferguson. program. The proceeds will be credited to U of G's consulting physi- the Real &tate Divhion awJ. on cian, Dr. John MiJlman, will the approval of Board of Gover- continue to see employees nors, transferred into the Hcntagc Thursday mornings. you If and Endowment funds of the Uni- have any questions about versity. he says. occupational health or B of G had cleared the way for counselling services, call eventually selling the Stone Road Gisele MacNeil at Ext. Mall land in June 1994 when ii 2 133. reaffirmed 1ha1 1hc property wa.-.; non-core (not esscntiaJ to the Uni- SPC report due versity's present or future aca- Jn the new year, watch for demic needs.) the Strategic-Planning The Real Estate Development Commission's interim re- Committee of 1he Board of Tru-.;- port, e.pected to be released tces of the Heritage Fund, along at the end of January. with B of G's Physical Resource..-.; and Property Committee and Ex- Inside: ecutive Commitlee, had reviewed Included with this issue 1he case and agreed that this w a\ non-core land and was therefore is the Arborelum's available for sale under the right seasonal program. Puppy power!· c ircumstances, Ferguson says. The paper chase gets Under the clever disguise of a cute and appealing puppy, 11-week-old Tusker, a labrador/shepherd The Un.iver.,.ity'scurrent core land pricier . 3 cross, gets set to hurl a snowball at an unsuspecting photographer. Providing strategic arms support is holdings still exceed those ac- owner Krista Firth of Kincardine, a fourth-year student majoring in fine art. Photo by Trina Koster quired in the 1960s. Ferguson bids adieu 5 After acquiring 1hc leasehold in- Uniled Way goes terest in the Stone Road Mall from over Ihe top . 8 Sinon Properties in July I 994. HJmmer;;on entered into di-.;cu-.;- Christmas is a time for sharing - with family, friends and the ~ 1 ons with U of G aboul possible community. It's a time to reaffirm the common bond that ties us purchase of the mall land, he says. Thought for the week Al ils November meeting. B ofG together on this earth. It's also a time for renewing hope and gave approval to conclude 1hc Change your thoughts and looking forward to the joys that the new year will bri11g- sale. you clumge your world Bo11nie, Daniel and I wish you a wonderful holiday season The Heritage Fund was estab- lished in 1991 to build an inna- and a very happy new year. lion-protccted endowment lhat Nonnan Vincent Peale will provide a perpetual, d i ver~i Mordechai Rozanski ficd and secure flow of fu nding to OOW'\'TOWN fil\l' serve the Univer-.;ity's revenue ===GUELPH II!!!.= need~ . 0 •Pay bills including major credit We just opened a CIBC branch in your home, 111? office, car, cottage. LINK UP is 24-hour, fully- CIBC cards/department stores automated telephone banking-the ultimate CUnkUp •Account balances,including VISA convenience... only from CIBC. •Transfer between accounts 23 College Ave. West 824-6520 •MUCH,MUCH MORE... .. 2 At Guelph I Dec. 14. 1994 Farcus LETTERS Community must be respectful of need for safe space We are writing as members of the direct way. In the context of a society and a eradicating racism at U of G, we U of G community who believe There is a fundamental differ- university campus where racism as a community need to support that clarification is necessary re- ence between what is at play when exists, people of color and abo- the Munford Centre as it currently garding the purpose of the C.J. a group that holds power chooses riginal people are in need of safe operates. Munford· Centre and the way it to exclude another less powerful spaces. It is incumbent on all of us Ml know ll's tradition, Nick - bul we can't operates. group and when a marginalized to be respectful of that need. As a Karyn Sandlos dlscrlmlnale against tall people anymore." First, it is our understanding that group chooses to gather in solidar- symbol of our commitment to Leonard Preyra the centre exists in part as a drop- ity and support. in and resource centre that is avai l- Traditionally, people of color able to the campus community at and aboriginal people have been large. A library will be built with excluded a nd discrimin ated Was letter harassment? 00 funds received through one-time- against on the basis of race, a prac- only grants and in-kind contribu- tice rooted in individual and sys- On reading the Dec. 7 letter from is well funded merely because he $750. tions. Gayle_Yaleriote. l was shocked by is white? A rather biased assump- temic racism. Second , part of the centre is des- The Munford Centre does not the vituperation heaped on Daniel tion, is it not? REBATE ignated as a "safe space" for per- exclude white people on the same Sellen for hi s Nov. 23 letter in At I regret that she has met with so for Graduating Students sons of color and abori ginal per- basis. Indeed, it cannot because Guelph about the Munford Centre. much arrogance and racism from Can Sellen's letter really be con- sons only. Racial or cultural racism can never be ''reversed" white members of the University background is self-determined by sidered lo contain harassment? Call for details: against a group that holds power community. I am supposing that individuals wishing to find refuge And was he in fact " heaving" this and privilege on the basis of race, she is a person of color, because it Qi(dWellington in the space. harassment at a room? My under- at all levels of our society. would otherwise be the epitome of The criticism has been made that The Centre was created out of an standing of his letter was that he 'ti Motors Ltd. arrogance for her to suggest that all forms of exclusion on the basis underused weight room in the was trying to point out that racism in the Guelph Auto Moll people of color cannot speak for of race contradict the goal of unity basement of Johnston Hall by a will not be wiped out by creating themselves. and inclusiveness. Indeed, the group of dedicated students who more racism - a point well taken, challenge of building a society fiHed it with cast-off furniture and I think. that respects and values differ.:- Why does Valeriote assume that Margaret Berry turned it into a sanctuary. The cen- 822-8950 ences is one we all need to take up. Sellen has plenty of privilege and Applied human nutrition tre is a place to find support, vali- The report of the President's dation in shared experience and, Task Poree on Anti-Racism and for some, a place to replenish the Beautiful Country Race Relations contains this defi- endless amount of energy re- Property nition of racism: "Racism mani- United Way co-chairs quired by people of color who 30 acres. comer lot on Highway fests itself in racial discrimination struggle daily to build a more in- rrontage tn a very progressive and racial harassment of individu- offer kudos all around area. 50 miles north or Gu elph on clusive society. H\8hway6. als, as well as in racially biased We' d like to extend heartfelt Male, Bruno Mancini, Rob This property Is rolling land wtth societal/institutional practices, an J8 year old bungalow. policies and procedures.'' Racism thanks to all faculty, staff and stu- McLaughlin, Dan McNally, Alan panoramic view and a large b'out dents who supported the also manifests itself in the fonn of 1994 Meek, lain Murray, Sean pond fed by an ever nowlng spring United Way campaign. Donations stream. Acres of ptne and cedar racial assault. Thanks for Reynolds, Mary Ann Robinson, to the campus appeal have soared trees and a producttve young We know that racism, sexism, George Taylor, Paulette Samson, apple orchard with an cslabllshed to meet our $170,000 goal. Special the kindness Janet Wardlaw, Jane Watt and vegetable garden. 30' x 40' heated discrimination and violence are thanks to the University's retirees, block building at the highway and realities in our current social sys- Sandra Webster.