SAC President Fights to Give Himself Raise by John Lyons and Tim Kraan Be out Hustling 'All the Time

. " . Parkingthe United Way new office on tlie way PHOTO BV KEVIN You're nabbed! ^ number President Robert Gordon posed for our McALLISTCR camera last Monday before he was thrown in jail to raise money for Etobicoke student centre to kick off the three-day event which has targeted $500 as Squee's General Hospital. Faithful supporters gathered outside the Gordon Wragg bail. Does this mean if we don't come up with the cash we don't get him back?. Triple the amount! SAC President fights to give himself raise by John Lyons and Tim Kraan be out hustling 'all the time. It's "I do the same, if not more ago by an outgoing president. They are not allowing us to make Despite charges of pork- like a guy selling vacuum cleaners work than her (Boyer)," Young Young does not see why the decisions on our own," he said. barrelling, hustling and conflict of for a commission," she said. said. CSA must approve the motion Rick Bendera, chairman of the interest, Lakeshore SAC is press- As of now, the Lakeshore con- However, Boyer countered by passed by his council. CSA, said the issue must be ing ahead in its bid to more than stitutional amendment allowing a saying she represents more than "I do not understand why the "looked at closely. triple its president's salary. full-time president who is a part- five times as many students as administration is stepping in. Currently, Robert Young time student has not been passed Young. makes $75 a week; he wants $245 by the CSA. Previously, a presi- North campus SAC Vice- However, administration is un- dent had to be a full-time student President Kevin Anyan, also a likely to allow such a move, "I ran under the present con- CSA member, said raising Lab over budget according to Sandra DiCresce, ex- stitution. I had no idea it wasn't Young's salary is not in the best ecutive-secretary of the approved," Young said. interest of CSA Lakeshore students. by John Miller which must approve the increase. The CSA is composed of five "Since Young moved the mo- A new food lab built at Humber's north campus this year for "He is saying 'give me a job'. student and five administration tion himself, it is a conflict of in- Hospitality students cost $10,600 more than expected, the col- It's called pork-barrelling," she representatives. Both Boyer and terest," he said. lege's Board of Governors was told at a property committee meet- said. Young are members. Boyer agreed. ing last week. SAC's budget and constitution Dara Boyer, north campus SAC "He is working his ass off The $ 1 29,000 lab, located in D 1 29, exceeded its budget because must be approved by the CSA. It president, makes $250 per week down there, but I can't support some work took more time to complete than anticipated and can withhold $70,000 in student as a full-time president. him in his quest for a salary. enough materials were not ordered. As well, changes to the safety activity fees from Lakeshore if "He has a valid point, but I code, not known at budget time, resulted in higher costs. Young insists on carrying out his cannot support the personal The area which housed hospitality offices was scheduled to be plans without CSA approval. gain," she said. renovated for $115,000. Young claims his salary will not Young said, however, that the BOG allocated $105,000 and the Ministry of Colleges and come from student activity fees, only personal gain he receives is Universities granted an additional $10,000. but from revenue generated by the experience of the job. The breakdown for the over-expenditure is as follows: SAC activities. "The students want a full-time • dismantling and the removal of equipment, $2,800. *'My pay is not coming out of president," he said. "The money • cleaning and patching of tile floor, $3,000. students' money. 1 guarantee that is just to cover my living ex- • installation of new kitchen duct work, $4,800. if I don't get (additional revenue) 1 penses. I can't collect OSAP as a Physical Resources Director Ken Cohen said that the cleaning won't pay myself," he said. part-time student, he said. and patching of the new floor was "labor intensive" because the Yet some CSA members say Lakeshore SAC approved the laborers had to spend more time than planned removing the ex- Young was not elected to make a raise on Sept. 17. The issue goes isting glue from the tiles. profit. to the CSA Oct. 8. Furthermore, the planners assumed there was more tile on hand "(Young) was not elected to The conflict.of interest charges than there actually was, said Cohen. generate revenue. He was elected arise from the fact Young seeks a The biggest expenditure was the installation of new kitchen duct to represent students," Boyer salary for himself as a full-time work. The original duct could not be used because it was under- said. president. sized and not up to the Department of Health and Safety's regula- ' 'I don't doubt th^t Rob is there A salary for the north campus Rob Young tions. for the students, but he shouldn't president was imposed four years / s ' Page 2 Coven, Thursday, October 3, 1985 Some classes off campus Hospitality students mad by Gerald J.Gibbs about the situation. Although many of the students ' Classroom shortages at Hum- "It's a bunch of crap, ' said Ro- detest having to travel to class, ber's north campus have forced ger Toirreoro, a second-year hotel one instructor believes it's the best Hospitality students to travel to and restaurant management move the hospitality divisions the Humber Tower to attend some (HRM) student. "We (hospital- could have made. classes — an arrangement many ity) are' always getting the short "The classrooms were far too dislike. end of the stick." overcrowded last year," said Dave Darker, hotel and res- One student fears what may Joseph Whitfield, teaching mas- taurant management co-ordinator, happen during the winter months. ter. "I'd rather deal with the in- said the growth of the program "Walking over here in the win- convenience and have better faci- required his students to take their ter is going to be hell," said John lities than go back to last years theory classes off campus, Wilcox, also a second-year HRM timetable. "We were short bf theory clas- student. "None of the sidewalks "Last year I had 1 80 students in ses last year and ^e wanted some- are going to be plowed, I know one class and some had to sit on thing better this year," he said. it." the floor," he said. "When you TTie Humber Tower is located Randy Rose, a second-year have that many it's just informa- on the comer of Finch Avenue and HRM student, said the college tion giving, it's not learning." Humber College Boulevard. It's should provide the proper facili- Whitfield added that he doubts visited by about 400 hospitality ties for the number of students in many students will drop out of the students each week. the course. course because of this situation. I PHOIX) BY MARK REESOR The students have accepted the ' 'The college can the tui- "Nothing has happened so far accept to meet a fellow freshman fact that they must go to the tower tion to overcrowd but can't afford but it will be interesting to see 4n expensive way for classes but many are furious the facilities," he said. "Some- what happens when the snow — First-year Business student Daryl Cooper (far left) gazes in a thing's wrong there." comes," he said. "Some first- bewildered stupor at his crumpled fender shortly after a collision Darker, years might (quit) Correction however, wanted the but not second- with first-year Architectural student Mauro Greco's (second from space at the Humber Tower to year, they've put in too much right) Nissan Sentra Friday afternoon in Humberts silver parking In a story in the allow students a more convenient effort." lot. No charges were laid, and damage to both vehicles has yet to be Sept. J9 Coven, quotes timetable. He said he asked for the Darker said because renting four rooms when he discovered space is cheaper, the college has estimated. attributed to Humber' the college was moving the pre- no plans to construct new rooms faculty union vice- vious occupants to the Woodbine for Hospitality in the near future. president Gary Begg Centre. The college was considering "Last year, we were last on the classes at the Woodbine Centre for SAC will charge were that offaculty un- list for classroom space so we had Hospitality, Darker said, but later ion president John to take what we could get. We had decided against it. classes at eight in the morning and "It's just too far," he said. It's for typewriter Huot. Coven regrets the ' use four, five, six and seven at night, about double the distance to there error. he said. than to the tower." by Denise Lyons that because the student has to Two out of four is certainly bad bring his own disc there is no fear when it comes to working type- of damaging the machines. writers in the gallery, but that will "All they will damage is their soon change. own disc so there is no problem Be a part of some According to Kevin Anyan there really," he said.

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