CFS Conference Readying
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Volume 35, Number 9 Memorial University of Newfoundland Friday, November 23, 1984 After a five-month drought, the · Atlantic region of the Canadian Federation of Students finally has a . fieldworker. Judy Guthrie, a native of Saskat , chewan, was appointed Atlantic Fieldworker for CFS on November 6th. · Former fieldworker Mark Linehan resigned in June, but sat on the re hiring committee. Interviews for the position were held in August and September, but selection was delayed when interview tapes were held up at Mount Allison tJniversity in New Brunswick. A fieldworker was chosen on November 1st, but she had another job by then. The committee's second choice was also employed . .Guthrie was the third choice. There was some controversy on the choice of Guthrie, .who is monol ingual in English. Bilingualism is a re quirement of the job, but the hiring • • committee thought Guthrie was otherwise qualified. Presidents of CFS some regional student councils have OTTAWA (CUP) - One hundred half ago. issues as long as they are related to refused to deal with Guthrie because and twenty student politicians took "I was naive then," she said after education, voted to recognize the of her lack of French. an inward look at Canada's national the general-meeting. ''CFS wasn't a Canadian University Press statement Guthrie has plans to enrol in a student movement and many did not presence, it was an acronym. I wasn't of principles and to support the French immersion course to improve like what they saw. convinced it was doing work for the Canadian Association of University her knowledge of the language. Confronted with a bureaucratic students of Alberta.'' Teachers' education financing act. The duties of the fieldworker in structure, a poorly publicized cam Donaldson's election came after A few important agenda items, clude promoting awareness of CFS paign against underfunding and fuzzy nearly a week of long-winded debates such as the budget . of the CFS among students, helping to organize . priorities, delegates at the Canadian about procedure and few discussions Services board, were not debated at meetings and referenda, acting as a Federation of Students seventh semi about issues in Ottawa's Chimo Inn. all because delegates ran out of time. liaison between individual student annual general-meeting Nov. 4 to 11 Delegates focused their energies in the CFS's national executive later passed unions and the CFS main office, and simplified the organization's internal 14-hour final plenary on thrashing the budget without any change. ensuring services and feedback from workings and vowed to look after I out the details of the organization's Although delegates renewed their CFS. Guthrie will also help organize issues most pressing to students. budget and combining the boards call to the federal and provincial the proposed Provincial Students' The delegates representing about directing the federation's political Continued to page 5 Union. 50 post-secondary institutions elected · and services activities into one na Barb Donaldson, a ''low key t~onal executive, which will ensure activist'' and home economics stu mandates set at general-meetings are dent from the University of Alberta, followed by CFS staff. to the position of CFS chair. CFS, grappling with a deficit of CFS conference readying Donaldson, the Alberta represen $65,000, decided to suspend the posi tative of CFS's 13-member national tion of information officer until at Preparations are well under way Newfoudnland," she says. Bruce executive and former student council least May 1985. The position of ac for the next Canadian Federation of noted at the recent national con vice-president academic, beat Walter cessibility researcher, vacant since Ju Students national conference, to be ferences in Ottawa and Edmonton, Mykytyshyn, another of CFS's na ly, will likely not be filled until held at Memorial in May 1985. delegates saw "nothing but their tional executive and McMaster January 1985. The Council of Students' Union rooms and the campus." The CSU is University student, as well as Aaron Delegates also created the position has hired Don Perry, once a remedying the complaint by organiz- . ' Engen, a newcomer from the Univer of deputy chair to help inte~r~te the fieldworker with the National Union mg a tour of St. John's and surroun- sity of Lethbridge. Engen was the on two boards. John Dore, a commerce of Students, as the conference ding areas. ly fluently bilingual candidate. student and student council member organizer. NUS was the forerunner of The conference, to be held from Donaldson ran on a safe platform, from Kwantlen College in B.C., will CFS. May 4th to the 11th, will concentrate saying she wants CFS to ''listen to the fill the post voluntarily until May, Margot Bruce, CSU Vice-president on house business, including drafting members" more and heighten its when it will likely become a paid posi Communications and a member of a new budget for the 85-86 fiscal year. presence on campuses by strenghten tion. the National Executive of CFS, says Bruce says no specific themes or ing its national student campaigns. "I love this organization," he said the CSU can hope to entertain bet goals have been set for the con Ironically, she did not support the at the -general-meeting. "We got so ween 100 and 150 student politicians ference. She says the National Ex idea of a national or provincial stu many problems, but I love it." from across the country, although she ecutive will discuss the matter at their dent organization when she ran for Delegates passed a motion saying says more will probably attend. next two meetings in January and vice-president academic a year and a CFS will deal with international " Everyone wants to come to March. Friday, November 23, 1984 Page 2 ~--------------------------1 I I I I I I I I I I WE WANT YOU! I I I I I c I ON ALL ATHLETIC SUPPLIES I • I I - s I THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE SALE ITEMS OR BOOTS & SKATES I I u Over the next few weeks, a major review of the structure of the CSU will be undertaken. All aspects of student politics at MUN will be reviewed. We want you to get involved! Open and private \ meetings will be held with residences, dubs and societies, and we want to hear from individual c.s.u. , students. Referenda We want to hear from you! Just drop a line to on ' A. 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"We ought to The goal of the Coalition is, in hired as scab laboureres for New Memorial knew something must be up. challenge the assumptions of our socie Cashin's mind, "to engender a kind of foundland Telephone. She said during The occasion was an open meeting for ty," he said. debate about the kind of goals that we the summer, students had taken the all students to discuss the newly "We have to be concerned with ought to have, and to do it in a striking workers' positions at New formed Coalition for Equality. social issues, we have to be concerned humanitarian spirit." foundland Tel, and she pleade to the The Coalition for Equality is "a about basic human rights." Several members of the audience, studj!nt population to turn down such non-partisan association of organiza Cashin said university students have most of them members of the CSU, jobs in the future. tions formed to address public issues,'' a role to play in the debate over social rose to ask questions after the three Ed Byrne, CSU President, said the according to a pamphlet distributed at issues. "Especially in an institution like panelists spoke. The main concern students hired were Engineers on work the university. A broad range of this we have to challenge the assump seemed to be what advances the Coali terms and their work had nothing to do groups are involved, including labour tions of our government,'' he said. He tion holds for students, and whether with the positions of the strikers. unions, women's groups, Oxfam, and encouraged students to become active student issues would be eclipsed by About 300 students attended the the Newfoundland Teacher's Associa in the Coalition for Equality·, saying union affairs if students did get involv- meeting.