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School of Community and Public Affairs names representatives to board A Board of Advisors with broad Power Corporation; James McDonald, corporate, government and community vice-president (corporate development), representation has been named by Canadian Pacific Ltd.; Gordon Robertson, Concordia University's School of president, Institute for Research on Public Community and Public Affairs. The Policy; Patricia Roman, Positive Action board's prominent members will work to Committee; Guy Saint-Pierre, president, ensure lhe school's continued contact with Ogilvie Mills Ltd., and vice-president, John the outsid'e community. Labatt Ltd.; Ruth Selwyn, director The 22-member board will work with the (community programs), YWCA; Jake school's faculty and fellows on curriculum Warren, vice-chairman, Bank of Montreal; deve lopment, as well as on community Juanita Westmoreland-Traore, lawyer. relations, fund-raising and other outreach Vince Sirois, retired seni or vice-president programs. Members of the Board of and director of lmperial·Oil, chairs the Advisors will also be involved in the advisory board, and Gerald C. Gummersell, school's internship programs. of the School of Community and Public Following is the membership of the Affairs, is executive vice-chairman. School of Community and Public Affairs' The first annual meeting of the Board of first Board of Advisors: William Archbold, See "SCPA" page 5 president, Business Council on National Issues; Roch Bolduc, president, Commission de la Fonction publique (Quebec); David Braide, senior vice president and director, CIL Inc.; Camille Dagenais, chairman and chief executive officer, The SNC Group; Michel Fournier, vice-pFesident (public affairs), Air Canada; "Human Rights, which, if any, there are" is the subject about which Jan Narveson, a Ro11!!_and Frazee, chairman and chief University of Waterloo Philosophy professor,' will speak about on October 31 at 2 p.m. in executive officer, The Royal Bank of room H-765 of the Hall Building. Sponsored by the Philosophy Dept., Narveson is one of Canada; David Grier, chief advisor Canada's most prolific writers on philosophy and social affairs. (government and corporate affairs), The Royal Bank of Canada; Edgar Gallant, chairman, Public Service Commission of Canada; Victor Goldbloom, president, Broader sponsorship for Canadian Council of Christians and Jews; John Gratwick, vice-president, (corporate affairs), Canadian National; Dianne Hall, visiting lecturers sought senior vice-president, NOVA; Alphonsine Only a handful of departments are Commerce and Engineering faculties in this Howlett, chairman (board of directors) , sponsoring public lectures and the area. They noted that not a single funding Ville-Marie Social Services Centre; Patrick university's Vi siting Lecturers Committee request had come from Engineering in Kenniff, deputy minister, Affaires wants to know why. several years, and that a marketing lecture, municipales (Quebec); Ronald Lang, At its meeting earlier this month, the the one event organized by Commerce last director (research and legislation), Canadian committee revealed that the English year, was cancelled. Labour Congress; Paul Marrin, president department and the colleges were Of the 26 events that the committee has and chief executive officer, The CSL responsible for all but seven of the requests agreed to sponsor so far this year, only Group, and vice president and director, for funding submitted to it this year. The See "Lecturers" page 2. two groups also organized more than half the events supported by last year's committee. A. & S. Curricu/u.m· Task The Visiting Lecturers Committee, which includes members from each faculty as well as two student representatives, is given an Force wants response annual budget by the rector to help support On Sep.tember 5, the Arts and Sc-ience · distributed. · "intellectual and cultural events outside, Curriculum Task Force chaired by Division , Next week The Thursday Report will but related to the academic program". Ill Dean Maurice Cohen issued a · print summaries written by Cohen and Most public. lectures, seminars and poetry consultation document reporting its Tittler of their respective papers as well as readings held at Concordia receive financial findings. The task force mandate was to comments sent to TTR by Professor Gary support from this committee. ascertain the strengths and areas for Boyd. ' While praising Division VI and the improvement in undergraduate education at In the interest of encouraging a debate English department for their initiative in Concordia for the 1980s. Because there on the subject, The Thursday Report is b'ringing outside speakers to the university, were only a few briefs submitted, the task opening its pages to comments on the the committee expressed concern that other force widely circulated the document in Cohen document. Please send all departments weren't following their hopes of increasing awareness of the issues submissions both to the Editor, The example. involved. · Thursday Report, BC 214, and to Dean The members attending the October 15 Following distribution of the Cohen Maurice Cohen, H401-4 of the Hall meeting were particularly disturbed at the document, History professor Robert Tittler Building. Copies of either the consulting apparent lack of interest shown by the wrote a response which was also widely document or the Tittler reply are available at the dean's office, 879-4085. MS. Page 2. The Thursday Report · Sanz Cuer to perform 1 medieval music I4 ·1 I¾!S; t·l: I =1 tl I3 ti A step into medieval times is in order for Loyola. Chat Chits encourage student/faculty interaction those attending the Sar,z Cuer medieval Formed in 1976, the group has 1. Two years ago, as a way to encourage more personal contact between students and music concert this Sunday, November 2, at performed widely in Montreal and faculty members, Allegheny College issued "Chat Chits", tickets redeemable for two free 4 p.m. in St. Stephen's Church, 4006 elsewhere including Toronto, New York beverages at the campus grill for a student and an accompanying faculty member. Dorchester West. and Ottawa, and has been well recei~ed The response was so good that the college decided to issue "FAIR Share" tickets Sanz Cuer is composed of four women, critically. ("FAIR" stands for "Faculty Advisor Inflation Retarder"). Good for $5, the tickets are Michele Sauve, Ariane Dind, Suzie Le · The group's repertoire ranges from early intended to help faculty members defray the cost of entertaining students-in their homes. Blanc and Judy Cohen, who specialize in monophonic music to 15th century 2. ~aying that "the best .way to break the ice is to break bread", officials of the playing various medieval instruments and polyphony. In general, they enjoy University of Hartford have instituted " Operation Turkey", under which the university sing ballads and songs of the period. The concentrating on the earlier period, supplies a pre-cooked, 12-pound turkey to faculty members who invite new students to aim of Sanz Cuer-the name stems from a especially the songs of the French their homes to share it. ' song by 14th century composer Guillaume trouveres, the Provencal (Occitanian) and "The purpose is to further close contact with new students, particularly freshmen, in a de Machaut about a love. who is heartless, Galician troubadours and the German relaxed, informal atmosphere," says Peggy Leiterman-Stock, executive assistant to the hence "sanz cuer" -is to perform medieval minnesanger. Some favorites are the president. music from the 12th century to the 15th "Cantigas in praise of the Virgin" by Freshmen aren't the only newcomers to the university being made to feel.at home century in a dynamic, pleasing way to Alfonso X (13th century); a selection of his through gastronomic enterprise. At a recent meeting of faculty and staff members, modern audiences while remaining as 400 miracle songs describing Mary's Hartford's president, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, announced the availability of bottles of faithful as possible to medieval successes with pregnant abbesses, stubborn French wine to all who held wine-and-cheese par-ties to welcome new colleagues. performance styles. heathens and other repentant sinners; and - All this requires a great deal of research, the earlier Galician Cantigas de Amigo, Quebec boom in business school enrolment mostly provided by Judy Cohen, who has which are women's songs written down or Schools of business in Quebec have reported a boom in enrolment and applications as an M.A. in Music History from the . imitated by court troubadours. The group more and more French-speaking students seek business careers. Universite de Montreal and who is a part performs the one surviving song by a Such students account for 15 percent of the province's university population, compared time lecturer in the Music Department at medieval woman, Beatriz de Dia's "A with 12 percent nationally, and the number of applicants is four times as great as the Chantar . ". number of spaces available. Pierre Laurin, director of the graduate business school at the University of Montreal, reported that enrolment in business administration had risen from 35 students in 1960 to 500 this year. "Today, we have 2,000 applications a year-a full 1,500 more than we can -Election Results accommodate," he said. Laurin attributed the increases to changes in the "old-boy networks" that once hired Faculty of Arts and Science only English-speaking graduates of elite universities, and to controversial language legislation that has increased the demand for French-speakers in business. · UniversiJy AJ'Pt!Qls Board: As a result of the legislation, both Canadian and foreign businesses operating in Quebec Reg,ilar member: M. Danis have begun looking for qualified French-speaking managers, Mr. Laurin said. Alternate member: C. Fonda Dean's Advisory Committees: SSHRC grants up by $2A million Division I Division 11 Division Ill The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) inade payments totalling M. Petrie (3 yrs.) G.