Admin Faces Faculty Protest by PETER MENYASZ President and Vice-President Over "Then Pedersen Said, 'I'm in the March 22, Said Associate History Dreadful Mistake
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Admin faces faculty protest By PETER MENYASZ president and vice-president over "Then Pedersen said, 'I'm in the March 22, said associate history dreadful mistake. The feeling of The administration president of the coals," biology professor David position now where I don't know professor Mike Fellman. faculty is not so much pro-union, Simon Fraser University admitted Baillie said Thursday. "It was an what to do next,' " added Baillie. If the strike is still in effect at that but anti-administration, for bungl Thursday that locking out clerical expression by the people in science Faculty members are not in the time, he added, the 14 faculty ing the affair." employees was not a wise decision. that they didn't like the strike and same position and have definite members will stay at home for one Fellman added that the faculty And because of his error, George they felt the administration had plans for what to do about the day. Then if the strike continues members are concerned over the Pedersen is facing a massive faculty handled the situation badly." strike situation. past March 27, they might honor lack of services at the university. mobilization against his administra Science faculty members arrang Fourteen members of SFU's the picket line indefinitely, he said. "The library's barely function tion's handling of SFU's clerical ed the meeting because they were history department announced their "There's a widespread feeling ing, there's nowhere to get a bite to strike. considering a motion to chastise ad demand Thursday that the board of that the lockout, done without con eat, and there's one men's room "In retrospect, I don't think it ministration affairs vice-president governors settle the dispute by sultation with any faculty, was a See page 7: SFU was a good idea," said Pedersen George Suart for mishandling the Thursday. "The information the strike of the Association of Univer people had who made the recom sity and College Employees local 2. mendation (to lock out the "The motion never got off the * *g* |p ^ - employees) was responsible for the ground because Pedersen took the •4.. lockout." blame," said Baillie. Pressure was brought to bear on He said Pedersen then admitted Pedersen at a meeting Tuesday with that the lockout was a mistake, and members of the faculty of science. said if he had to do it again, he T^" Ttt "The faculty of science raked the would not call a lockout. Vol. PCV, No. «5, VANCOUVER. B.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1979 228-2301 NUS report hits ed cuts By BILL TIELEMAN groups concerned with post- and PETER MENYASZ secondary education and to com The National Union of Students munity groups." has begun meetings with major na During his UBC speech Thurs tional organizations and federal day, prime minister Pierre Trudeau political parties to coincide with the answered questions on the NUS release Thursday of their report on brief asked by Kate Andrew, Alma the state of post-secondary educa Mater Society external affairs of tion in Canada. ficer, and NUS western fieldworker The report, titled Education: A Jeff Parr. system in chaos, outlines the history Trudeau said he had only receiv of post-secondary education fun ed the brief Wednesday, and was ding in the country and details the not prepared to comment on its problems universities and colleges contents. now face because of a lack of long- Trudeau told Parr he would be range planning on the part of the prepared to meet with NUS federal government, according to representatives or to recommend NUS. that the cabinet meet with them and "What we're doing is presenting discuss the brief. a very reasoned argument as to why "From what I'm told, he's said post-secondary education funding that once or twice before," said should not be cut back or de- Parr after Trudeau's Thursday priorized," NUS executive speech. "I was anticipating he secretary Pat Gibson said Wednes might try and evade the question day in Ottawa. again, and I was glad to hear him "The important thing at this say yes." point is that the student position Parr added the brief is only the has been consolidated and first step in a long-term effort to br- presented to governments and other See page 6: NUS Students' aim is true on Trudeau By MIKE BOCKING place," a tired and impatient They wanted meat, preferably Trudeau said as a paper airplane raw. sailed onto the stage. After For more than an hour before throwing a kiss and the airplane prime minister Pierre Trudeau back into the crowd, he said he was to speak in the SUB ballroom would answer questions instead. Trudeau gave stock answers to — kerry regier photo Thursday, more than a thousand PETULANT PIERRE LOOKS down angrily at "creeps" who heckled him throughout visit to UBC Thursday. the stock questions asked and students waited to get in, while Trudeau declined to give a speech to "Animal House inmates" but answered questions in between replying to cat Liberals, friends of Liberals, the played upon the divisions within calls. Observers suspect PM was vexed at his failure to become cream pie recipient like opponent Joe Clark on his press and Alma Mater Society the crowd to finally bring it into UBC visit. politicos waited inside. his camp. When the crowd was finally ad One questioner asked how the mitted in to get a glimpse of the Liberal government could have PM, they filled the ballroom to any credibility going into the up standing room only in less than coming election after fighting the Gov'ts threaten bursaries 1974 campaign against wage three minutes. They were tired, OTTAWA (CUP) — Students might not be able to until the funding for the annex programs was settled. controls and then promptly sweating, packed like sardines and get bursaries for second-language programs this The council told secretary of state John Roberts at a implementing them once elected. looking for a fight. summer unless a dispute between the federal and pro January meeting they would cut the programs unless When a hostile Trudeau finally Trudeau said the causes of vincial governments is soon settled. the budget cuts were reversed. According to Clement arrived, fresh from a grilling inflation during the election The provinces have threatened not to run the annex Duhaime, a press attache to Quebec education interview with hot-liner Jack campaign came from outside programs this summer, including the bursaries and minister Jacques-Yvan Morin, the move is seen as a Webster, all the ingredients for Canada and were outside the second-language monitor program, unless the govern pressure tactic. federal government's control. confrontation politics were ments soon settle the amount of funding the programs He said the summer programs would be cut because Increases in petroleum prices, present and only one side would are to receive. they would least harm the second-language teaching food price increases because of walk away the victor. The federal government announced last month it offered to minorities. Trudeau decided not to make a drought and floods in different was cutting $34 million from its budget for formula speech after AMS president Val- parts of the world and world-wide payments for minority and second-language education Secretary of state spokesman Robert Gordon said geet Johl and Vancouver-Quadra inflation were responsible for and for annex programs. Now the provinces are the federal government is willing to go ahead with Liberal candidate Paul Manning inflation in Canada in 1974, he threatening to refuse to implement the bursary and funding the summer program. "As it stands now, the were heckled. said. monitor programs unless that decision is reversed. federal government said it would finance the program. "I see they've let out some of "What happened by October^ None of the provincial governments want to cancel It's now up to the provinces and the Council of the inmates of Animal House," 1975, were inflationary expecta the programs, according to Lorraine Flaherty, in Ministers of Education." said Manning as he turned the tions," Trudeau said. formation officer for the Council of Ministers of But Duhaime says funding for the summer program platform over to Trudeau. People saw prices going up, so Education of Canada. will not counteract the effects of the severe overall v "I won't make a speech in this See page 6: I'M But she agreed the programs were "in jeopardy" budget cuts. Pag* 2 THE UBYSSEY Friday, March 16, 1979 THE MUSIC SYSTEMS AT FANTASTIC SAVINGS SB-4000 AUDIO REFLEX Tfechnics SA-SO Tfechnics SA-200 Linear-Phase BASS FM/AM Stereo Receiver with Main REFLEX Speaker Systems and Remote Speaker Connections 2-WAY SPEAKER Two-way linear-phase speaker system. 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