NB Students to March on Legislature

:r January 22, 1976 Number 17 Volume 108 N.B. students to march on legislature by Cate Young and Sara Gordon In Fredericton, New Brunswick, Federation of Students. The Stu there is to be a march on the New dents are also demanding a 25 % Brunswick Legislature protesting increase in the student living insufficient and unjust Student Aid allowance. procedures. A referendum concern · The UNB Senate has given its ing Student Aid was held at all New support to this demonstration, as Brunswick universities; 48% of all have such diverse sources as the students voted . 71 .4% of these New Brunswick Federation of La were for decisive action concerning bour and the Anglican bishop of - Student Aid , 27 .3% were against Fredericton. This Wednesday , there action, and 1 .3% abstained. The was also a drive for the people of Students are demanding (1) a longer Fredericton to sign a petition waiting period before repayment of concerning Student Aid . Student Loan money, (2) suspen On Thursday at 10 :30 a.m., sion of reduction of bursaries from students from all over the Province 1400 to 900 dollars. The students of New Brunswick will meet at the are also demanding student repre campus of the University of New sentation on the Student Aid Brunswick. At 11 :00, the students Commission. The New Brunswick will march to the Centennial students are demanding the pre Building to present their demands sence of two students (one French to Premier Hatfield and Education and one English) on the Student Aid Minister Ouellette. This march is Committee. These two students sponsored by the New Brunswick would be chosen by the New section of the Atlantic Federation Brunswick sector of the Atlantic of Students. Government to cause strike at Dal on 28th by Ron Norman Barring any unforeseen develop say, however, that a meeting has Kelly from the union. They will ment chairman Richard Coughlan ments the Dalhousie maintenance been scheduled for Monday, Janu clarify the situation up to that date. · has assured the Gazette that events workers (CUPE local 1392) will be ary 26. At that meeting will be For students wondering about will take place as scheduled. on strike Jan. 28. In a telephone Vice-president Andrew MacKay the Winter Carnival activities which According to Coughlan, the only interview with the Gazette, Minister from the administration and Bill commerce on Jan. 27, entertain- possible exception would be the of Consumer Services Dr. M.C. ·beer bash. MacAskill said that an anti-inflation agreement between the Federal and Nova Scotian governments is not expected to be ratified before February 1. A strike, then, seems Dal policy will cut faculty contracts inevitable. Though Dr. MacAskill did hope that an agreement would be by Michael Greenfield reached earlier than Feb. 1, he The university administration has especially valuable if the economic faculty members whose contracts thought that it was unlikely. He a new policy concerning faculty cons.traints become so tight that were involved. They should have said that "details" had still to be contract renewals, and not all of the faculty size has to decrease. And been the last ones to be left in thE "hammered out" and that this faculty know about it. shorter contracts wi II not affect dark. necessitated the time consuming Every year contracts come up for tenure considerations as the faculty This situation is also somewhat · exchange of letters with the Federal renewal; in a series of recom members involved have already connected with the controversy government. mendations going from the Depart served three years and they can be surrounding Anthropology. There Concerning the strike itself and ment to the Dean to the President consider.ed for tenure after four. has over the past seven years been its purpose Bill Kelly, president of and for final approval to the Board This new policy particularly ef a group that believe there should be CUPE local 1392, informed the of Governors the fates of non fects the Sociology Department a separate Anthropology Depart Gazette that the union would not tenured faculty members are de which has four contracts that come ment. (At present Anthropology is "interfere with students going to cided. under the new rules. Still it is part of Sociology.) classes". Mr. Kelly inferred that the Usually it is a routine and simple evident that Sociology was not Dean Gray has appointed a picket lines were for the purpose of procedure. However, this year aware of the policy change when Faculty Council Executive Commit keeping garbage in and not stu problems have arisen , specifically they recommended the contract tee of Faculty to review the dents out. in relation to the Sociology Depart renewals. The Department asked structure of the Department. Dean Mr. Kelly also mentioned that ment which has five contract that the normal three year contract Gray told the Gazette that this their union have gained the support renewals under consideration. The be granted the faculty members. Committee will also look into any of all Dal unions with the exception cause of the problems lies in a When the three year recommen other problems the Sociology De of the operating eng ineers, the one failure in communication which dations were overturned by the partment might be having. union they have yet to meet with. saw the implementation of a new Dean of Arts, James Gray, the Thus it is especially important to The vice-president of Major Vend university contract policy without faculty members whose contracts keep things " flexible" in the Depart ing's oper~tions, C.J. Con rod the faculty members involved being were reduced to 1 year were ment as structural and size changes dispelled the rumour that Major made aware of it. puzzled , to say the least. may be recommended. Vending may ignore the picket The new policy comes from There was an article in the This lack of communication lines. Mr. Conrod said that though President Hicks who has recom University News just before the between the Administration and there was a responsibility on their mended that the terms of contract vacation pointing, but not speci faculty is perhaps just one example part to feed the students, Major renewals should be kept to 1 or 2 fically mentioning, to the new of a problem of communication Vending would "follow the Student years . According to previous policy policy of contract restraint. In the with the administration in general. Union position." the usual term of renewal is letter sent to the professors inform Just recently the administration Any opposition from Major Vend outlined as "normally for three ing them of the 1 year length of the neglected to inform the students of ing seems unlikely. years". contract no mention was made as a change in student loan policy. The Faculty Association has yet The reasoning behind this new to why only a year. Perhaps the Administration should to formalize their position with policy is one of economic practi This breakdown in communica try harder to keep in mind those its regard to a strike. Head of the cality. The shortening of contracts tion has resulted in an uneasy policies are affecting. Association , Prof. T. Ghose, did allows for greater flexibility. This is situation, particularly among the The Dalhousie Gazette/January 22, 1976/ 2 Dalhousie students oppose fascism Student Government History # 62 At the beginning of the 1935-36 DAAC recommendation. Eric Merc a world-wide war that threatened President , Harold Taylor, was academic year freshmen had the er presented Council with a civilization. The newspaper said that content to call the questionnaire unusual experience of hearing the proposal for a student plebiscite, to interest in the federal election was "silly" . university and student presidents be called the Peace Questionnaire. due to Mussolini's troubles, the Perhaps demonstrating the au agreeing about something. Both Council agreed to sponsor the vote assassination of Huey Long, the thority of a university professor, one urged involvement in extra-cur on condition that the results would Social Credit victory in Alberta and of the professors who spoke to the ricular activity. A week later it was only be published with Council Steven 's new federal party. freshmen declared his support of clear that under Carleton Stanley permission . This condition was The Peace Questionnaire turned Carleton Stanley and asked for the University authorities were accepted . into a major event. Much of the better appreciation of art and continuing to reduce student-uni Despite abolition of the Commit GAZETTE's front page was taken music. versity co-operation. The Student's tee of Nine student-alumni relations up with "PEACE or WAR". One The Council quickly recovered .Council was told that the Senate had were improving as demonstrated by editorial discussed the issue and from the peace excitement, merely unanimously decided to resume GAZETTE institution of an alumni predicted a large turnout while giving permission for publication of jurisdiction over the matters which section. another expanded at length on the the results. It moved on to the had been administered by the As orientation continued the -theme, " Let 's Keep Canada Out" . question of budgeting for the -.Committee of Nine. The committee freshmen were treated to events It was reported that Students' academic year. There were doubts was a composed equally of students more usual than student-Stanley Council feared student endorse about the Council 's financial stabl alumni and faculty. Its purpose had harmony. John Fisher was emcee of ment on an illegal course. Pacifism ity so by narrow margins many been to regulate student-university the Glee Show and he used the was receivi'ng so much attention requests for increased funds were affairs without the expected bad occasion for discussion of his ideas that the paper never got around to defeated.

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