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Weekly Thursday, November 7, 1974 the Cord Volume 15, Number 8 Bylaw highlights B of G meeting by Fred Youngs sucess, then they could use the The second Board of Governors school name. meeting for the scholastic year was The programme, started in Schultz held Tuesday, November 5, in the Durham, England, has spread to by Tamiae Lounge in the Central several other countries in Europe, Teaching Building. and although it is not quite perfect, photo Dr. Neal Tayler, acting president it is a success. for this year, made his second re- With this success, came the port. The report consisted of two university's desire to take it over. major parts. The first „part con- This is not a "control" move by the cerned enrollment at WLU this university, but one of pure logic. year. Since the courses and programmes On a whole, enrollment is up would run much more smoothly about one hundred people. (All. with a full-time director, it was felt these figures are forecast as of De- to be a necessary step. cember 1, 1974.) However, part- Dr. Weir pointed this out, when time enrollment was down. he made an example of the Busi- The increase in enrollment fol- ness School's successful night lows a general nation-wide trend of courses, which after a few years lower university enrollment. It were brought under the jurisdiction should be noted that university en- of the school. Dr. John Redekop, rollment is up across the country chairman of the Political Science this year. department suggested that the mo- There were two drops in enroll-, tion be tabled, as it would be better ment this year. First, there is a drop protocol and more logical to post- in the number of freshmen attend- pone the move until the chairmen ing the school.Last yearthere were of the areas in question could be nine hundred and twenty-eight consulted. freshmen as opposed to about eight The final part of the executive Tarn Giesbrecht after the meeting hundred and ninety this year. committeereport hadto do with the The more important drop in en- Cord, the student newspaper at rollment was the number of part- WLU. that the administration has been ding their figures, in such a way by recording. It was suggested,-, time students. Last year there were In' its first issue of the regular disappointed with the speed with that they make ancillary services however, that the only thing being 1,668, but this year there were only year, (volume. 15, issue 2) David which C.U.P.E. has responded to look more expensive than they re- recorded was the truth and there 1,922, a drop ofabout 13.2percent. Schultz wrote an editorial "Blast the conciliation. ally are. Giesbrecht categorically was nothing wrong with recording These drops are not anticipated to from the Past". The Administra- The revised budget was pre- stated that the facts presented in the truth. The motion also does not continue, as university enrollment tion took exception to this and in- sentedand ratified in the usual haze the budget are as realistic as possi- provide for members recording the is on an upward trend this year. It timated, in a letter to Schultz, that ofmystery that shrouds anythingto ble. meeting. As it stands, any member would however, not bode well for they would start proceedings do with a lot of figures. The most important matter for could walk in with a battery of the future if this type of drop were against him for slander and defama- Several things from the budget the whole meeting was held until lights and cameras and record the to continue. tion of character, should he not re- are wprth noting. The university is the last part of the meeting before meeting for posterity. tract it. He did, however retract it. getting a larger income than was adjournment for lunch. The bylaw now provides for Overall, the increase in enroll- It did spur some discussion expected in the Tentative Budget. The first bylaw to be added to the open committee meetings. This is ment means more money for uni- though. It was felt that the Cord This is caused by the larger WLU act, the provincial act gov- important to students, in that such versity use. Not all your tuition was not a vehicleofdiscussion, and 8.1.U.'s (government grants per erning the university, was brought groups as IRC (Inter Residence money goes to the university. In thus the executive decided to deal student) and higher enrollment, forth. Council) can now sit in on property fact, a small portion of it is all WLU with Schultz directly. The question bringing in more academic fees. In Originally on the agenda as a re- committee meetings. Whether they' gets. was raised as to whether the matter all the school is over $500,000 port, it was, in fact, passed and ac- will exercise this right is highly This money, termed "free of Schultz no longer being related furtherahead thanthey expected to cepted. This, according to a usually open to debate. monies" is that which is charged to the university as a student (he be. reliable source, did not allow for Two problems with the new over and above the fee formula. graduated in 1973) or an employee In all, the school ends up with the properamount ofscrutiny. Had bylaw have already arisen. One Universities in Ontario are allowed really mattered. In the end, it was about $23,000 surplus at the end of it been put forward as the final concerns the use of the bylaw, to charge no less thanfive-hundred felt that the retraction made his the budget. draft, as the source was told it which was already used on Tues- and eighty-five dollars per student. issue a dead one. but it'does raise Ancillary enterprises brought in was not, then the scrutiny and criti- day, though it went into effect on Anything charged over and above serious questions about the less money than expected because cisms of it would have been Wednesday. One Board member that is for the university itself. This Executive's position towards the of the fewer number of students in much deeper and more thorough. implemented the new procedure free money goes to such things as Cord. residence. Their overall deficit, The bylaw basically is an operat- for questions from media and spec- ancillary services (residences, din- Vice-President Tamara Gies- after incurred expenses, will be ing procedure for the Board. It en- tators when Diane Murphy, of ing hall, Torque Room, etc.) and brecht then reported on the negoti- $135,478. compassed meeting protocol, CKCO, requested to speak on the grounds and maintenance. ations with C.U.P.E., the union This has been attributed to sev- which will be run on a parliamen- matter of press using cameras and The final part of Tayler's report- governing the maintenance de- eral factors, the most important of tary basis, and such things as con- tape recorders. Then, after lunch, dealt with an appointment of afull- partment. which is inflation. Heat and lighting flict of interest and in camera ses- if the bylaw were to be adhered to, time director for the Continuing The maintenance department's costs of the residences have risen sions. the meeting could not have con- Education courses offered by the contract expired on the fourteenth considerably over the past year. As of the inception of this act, tinued because there was no university. of October, and as yet they have Heating cost, in particular, have there will be times when there is a quorum according to the new These courses had their birth not reached an agreement with the risen thirty-eight percent over last session dealing with matters per- bylaw. several years ago, when Dr. Walter university., year's cost. sonal to people, and these sessions The second, and more important Shelton, former chairman of the Maintenance has been asking for This is affecting all universities can be closed to the public at the matter, has to do with the passing history department, put forth the a thirty-two percent increase over across the province. Giesbrecht discretion of the person in ques- of the bylaw when it was presented idea that courses, taught in the two years. The school offers pointed out that several univer- tion. as a report. Walters, in presenting summer, in Europe would be both twenty-two percent. sities are banding together to ap- Also, as of the inception, the bylaw stated that it was neces- an enjoyable educational experi- There have already been proach the government to ask for "cameras and electronic equip- sary to get a bylaw on the books ence and possibly financially bene- twenty-five articles in the contract less stringent demands on the uni- ment" will not be allowed for use "as fast as possible". With the pas- ficial to the university. ratified, along with a cost of Jiving versity as far as control of the by the press during meetings unless sing of the bylaw today, the Board clause added. There are still eight monies that can be-used for ancil- previous permission is granted by seriously broke protocol, some- The Board of Governors was outstanding articles to be ratified. lary services. the Board. This ruling was, osten- thing which it seems to pride itself very skeptical about the idea at The call for conciliation was The government wants what sibly, to be used so members ofthe on. It also may have left many first, saying that ifthey could make heeded and will soon start.

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