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October 19, 1970 \ OCT 2 Ol97lf !,_ -.·, \~ of largest student weekly newspaper in Canada. Volu• 3, Nu•, 6, Octoller 19, 1971J \--- - , ______;_ __________________________ ___..;;, ___________ Loyola Coll•..,. Sir G•Ofll Wiliams University,----------" L E S A Council Elected At Sir Geor~e by Dennis Cusson The 11 member Executive mittee, the Student Life Com­ An additional seven or eight Working Council of the L.E.S.A. is fair­ mittee, the Convocation Commit­ were eliminated when they ly evenly divided. Five women teemand the Task Force to Re­ learned that to be eligable for and six men were elected to constitute the Senate. Council, a student had to have Women Council at the General assembly After the address, nomina­ taken one full academic year of Class Reps Oct. 17. tions were opened for election in the Evening Division prior In order of vote they were to Council. Reps were advised to the elections. H . Hinton (the only Council car­ that they should volunteer them­ Out of the remainder, 16 were Organize ry-over), A. Martyn, J. Con­ selves if they were interested nominated or volunteered them­ way and P. Pitt (tied), J. Ber­ , as they were probably not known selves. nard (Miss), S. Birnbaum, L. by the others. After a secret ballot, the 11 Gleason (Miss), M. Kontra mentioned above, were elected by Doug Wiltshire At this time it was discovered to Council. Persons not elected (Miss), J. Demko (Miss), B. that only Hal Hinton of the old Marcus (Mrs.) and A. Nadler. to Council will be used in the L.E.S.A. Council wanted to run Enter another organization to One interesting case was that event ofmresignations by mem­ again. Sir George! And this time it's of Jocelyn Bernard, who through bers of the present Council. not a student idea. It's called not a member of council last Apparantly it was too exhaust­ They are R. Trottier, C. the Working Women's Associa­ year, worked extensively in ing to run for more than one Johnst<in,MM. Howard, M. Pal­ tion of Sir George and is open Creative Arts. Miss Bernard year. mer and K . Lewinski. Interestingly enough, all the to any female in the university's was not able to attend the elec- · This knocked about five of women were elected. employ. tions but her nominating speech, the class reps present out of made by Sylvia Green, a 1970 the running. Cont'd on page 2 Christine Gasside of the asso­ member of Council, convinced ciation told the Paper that the The new LESA interim pre­ the class reps present that Miss group was formed after a dis­ sident. He's the 0'1.ly council Bernard should be elected of­ cussion amongst several fellow returnee. ficially this year. workers about the system of The meeting opened with 30 day care centers adopted by class reps present. schools in the United States. After a brief introductory ad­ dress by Hal Hinton, Chairman She said there are a lot of • of the 1970 Class Reps, Dick women with young children - Key, president of the L.E.S.A., in the university structure - addressed die members. secretaries, faculty members Noting the sparse attendance, and even some students, who he explained that "for the past need a place for their children two years the outgoing council to stay because many cannot has canvassed each and every afford a professional service. class in an effort to force the individual classes into choosing Further, the group is trying a class rep." to contact the city to establish He continued, "This year it the legalities of such an enter­ was decided because of the ra­ prise "hopefully in one of the pidly increasing enrollment and annexes of Sir George". consequently the larger number of classes, that such activity A questionnaire is to be pub­ was no longer practical." lished and distributed to the Quality was more important working staff and faculty mem­ than quantity he stated and went bers to aro._use interest in the on to justify his position with idea. the explanation that experience One of the complaints that the had shown that those harrangued Working · Womens' Association into coming simply didn't do cites is that s.ecretaries of the any work. · photo 1,;German university if fired or laid off The class reps were encou­ We stand on guard for thee. A number of "Canada 's finest" cannot collect unemployment raged to participate more fully msurance. in university life. can be seen around Sir George, particularly on MacGregor's "embassy row". SecurTty measures in the university have At present evening students An academic institution is LESA past president sit on the Evening Division Com- also been stepped up. classified by the government as a non -profit organization -and is not liable to adhere to this em­ ployment structure as are other employers. an the inside ... "I think we need something Alcan of Canada is willing to give away $3600 to a student willing to do graduate like 50' < of the employees de­ work in Chemistry. You don't have to put up aluminm siding or anything. manding it before the University See pg. 2. is legally obligated to help pay. Hear the last public words of Robert Lemieux and Michel Chartrand before I'm not sure of the exact figur~s they were whisked away in the early morning hours of Friday - the illlfamous but we're looking into it." W1r Measures Act. It's "all together" on pg. 3. · High fashions on pg. 7. Mini, lllidi or maxi7 This is one issue The Paper couldn't One of the Association spokes­ skirt. women did not want to elaborate on this any further because it Entertainments leads the way with deep, deep, in-depth reports on Montreal's was still in early development English theatre - at least one of the surviving ones - Centaur. On pg. 11. stages and "we'd lose our stra­ There's also movie criticism. TV criticism, a plug for Judy and a punch for tegic position." Apparently the Rob just abour round off the section. Pgs. 10-12. University doesn't want this em­ Sports has football co•ing out of its ears as the 1111gic game rolls off the ployment right instituted because grid iron hot onto the presses and hotter into your tiny little hands. Of course they would have to contribute Rob's Shoot to Score may have you a little waffled . .. Pgs. 13-16. half of what is paid into the insurance scheme. 2/THE PAPER OCTOBER 19, 1970 Pari'zeau Coming to Loyola Prof has grant - can't give it awlly The first in a series of talks, not come at a more appropriate A professor in the Chemistry department has with tuition paid, for an M. Sc. (Chemistry) ·most of which are to be held time, in view of today's situa­ a very strange problem. He's got a $3,600 candidate who will carry out applied research Friday evenings, sponsored by tion in Quebec. grant to give to a student interested in doing involving x-ray fluorescence analyses of bau­ the L.E.S.A., will take place Dr. Parizeau, a Rhodes scho­ graduate research in chemi~try and no one to xite. next Friday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. lar at Oxford and former ad­ give it to. The late date of settling the grant has created The speaker for the first dis­ visor to both Primier Jean Le­ Professor J .G. Dick of the Chemistry depart­ a problem in locating a properly qualified stu­ cussion "Quebec Today - Que­ sage and Daniel Johnson, is ment spent some 25 years in industry before dent, Prof. Dick says. Most graduate schools bec Tomorrow" is Dr. Jacques currently Professor of Econo­ coming to Sir George on a permanent basis. candidates have already located themselves as Parizeau, the President of the mics at the University of Mont­ of August. The purpose of these grants would be ·to Executive Council of the Parti real and the number two man Pro(_ Dick urges qualified individual to get in provide living allowance and tuition fees for Quebecois. in the Parti Quebecois. touch with him as soon as possible. graduates intending to do grad work at the M . Though the talks were plan­ Admission is free and open There are no skill testing questions to answer Sc. or Ph. D level. ned some months ago, the ap­ to-all of Loyola. er puzzles to figure out. pearance of Dr. Parizeau could The first of these grants was made to Prof. But it would be nice if you had a Bachelor Dick by the Aluminum Company of Canada in of Science with Honours in Chemistry. It beats August, and covers a yearly payment of $3600, 50 cents a week with Loto Quebec. At LoY.ola CSA's Citro Disco No ·Lemon by Joanne Smith and safer atmosphere than most generated by the surroundings, of the local night spots. as by the lack of problems that Le Citron, Loyola's new dis­ The fact that there is no stro­ override the downtown places. cotheque holds great possibili­ be light might effect the quality Hustling by the waitresses is ties of becoming "the place" of. Le Citron as a disco for out. and hassles either between for Friday night gatherings of some, but the management has particular individuals or groups today's university students. assured The Paper that as soon just isn't tolerated by the four Located in Loyola's cafeteria, as a replacement for the ori­ bouncers employed to keep peace.
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