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The CORD WEEKLY , . ~ • , V -*£■_ . this issue february 11 at a general sac meeting it was decided to strike, what has hap- pened as a result of this meeting, most pages. ■ - ■■ . - - W\K J;.. * joel hartt, the man and the issue, an in- terview by david mckinley. page 5. Ontario pes held a leadership conven- tion. Ron kaden reports on pages 8 & 9- gay power, mary jane, + and so much more. A new wave volume eleven number nineteen Friday february twentysix nineteenseventyone 2 cord february twentysix nineteenseventyone Ludwig von Ichabod STRIKE for PARITY will go the hiring-firing of teachers? with too much emotionalism ever it proved impossible, for and information literature bom- down in the annals of student The Joel Hartt Affair was not and less factual material, which with the present company in barded the students upon their activism at WLU as another the first test-case at Lutheran. made the average student leery that System would not permit it. return; their return to finish donnybrook. Again the stu- Remember George Haggar, the of "facts" presented. Now, A significant Thursday was essays that are due. Colours of dents will be frustrated, because political science prof? Back in with more experience in gather- chosen to hold an emergency protest were distributed; but although this strike has purpose, those days, a Boycott of Classes ing factual material, again in- Senate meeting. Earlier that few except the militant and the it cannot achieve the desired was called to protest against formation is dispensed to the day, there had been a Presiden- incensed wore them at all. end. his dismissal. It was ineffectual. proletariet. tial election for next years SAC; On the whole, though, a we and this Perhaps I am cynic, and a More people protested against For Joel, lost another that night was Pub Nite, strike is gaining popularity. pessimist as well. But the round. for the was beginning of con- the Boycott by going to class Three Establish- Thursday the Unlike the first campaign, this servatism, the complacency and than there were the pro-Pro- ment. But the spirit of student Dead Week. Students were pack- one had a mandate, SAC stu- not ap- what-have-yous of Lutheran testers. Anyway, George had to participation did die. Stu- ing it in—homeward bound. proval and most of all, SAC dents will prove my prediction the dents realize they have no ex- When the announcement inter- leave. One for Establish- finance. This makes a world of as realistic. In calling a strike in ment. pertise in hiring teachers, so rupted the rock group Liberty, difference. The average heat so- mixed student the of emotionalism and There was Darryl Bryant, the emphasis shifted to contract- the pubnite crowd had who cares little to none renewal. At dis- about called student participation and too. Two for the Administration. This time, the latent feelings. first they were student politics is giving on student senators should be awareness that fateful Fri- And this academic year, the flexed their turbed that a dance thought to the Strike, instead of day February 12, the students muscle in the hallowed Senate, interrupted for such announce- Joel Hartt Affair rushed the stu- the usual harangue in the Din- are getting into matters they do dents into another letdown. I when WLUFA rejected any ments; then some listened, care- ing Hall, Torque Room, student voice. senators from the presi- and not fully appreciate. need not remind you what the The fully. The plea residences. But talk and thought Student representation in was. were surprised; the axiom of dent-elect asked that students result However, this af- are cheap. Will the student act? argument to a academics is in vogue, and seem- fair did prove a point. Now we logic, rational and ought to come special, Will the student honour the pick- ingly, departments in past years, have veterans, with scars of cool headedness was a falsehood. emergency SAC meeting—"Fif- et line? Will the student to Student tokenism! The ears of with IDs will make a decide want hear what students have mighty verbal vattle with the ty students in favour of student rights of sena- to say about teaching, courses, Establishment, and with a bit the elders were dumb. The quorum"—to show student dis- participation in his education, system marking, tests, etc. The depart- more experience in dealing with tors discovered that the approval of the Senate's de- and possibly for the future? Cer- ments and needed to of English History, the same ilk. But at that time, changing, but effect cision. Friday, and approximate- tainly the student will act, for for example, have councils a Systems Change they first ly 350 students showed up in the "straight" students believed in the act of INACTION, he has to in 10 a.m. whereby the student represen- that the longhaired, hippy weir- had change the Old Guard the Ball Room at Mir- decided, and acted. And is against tative may express the voice of does, shitdisturbers, and mal- that System. Another myth was acles never cease to happen at the Strike. And how many the students taking that particu- contents were the only ones be- exploded: It is said that it is Lutheran. of those will there be? lar course. Then, students got hind the Phil prof. Anyway, the possible to work within the at A militant, and time, ab- A Strike is concrete; the pur- the idea: why not participate in protest was poorly organized, parameters of the System; how- echoed through the surd voice pose behind the strike to the stu- loudspeakers. Again, the fev- dent seems abstract and distant. erish attack of emotionalism The student sees his lectures Two senators rang. student first and courses a bit more con- to "radical, long- apologized the crete, especially now with only 7 haired hippy weirdoes" of the weeks before the final exams. You'll buy life insurance Joel Hartt Campaign, and then He wonders about his wasted to proceeded report the hap- time, and feels guilty. Could he penings in the Senate. We lost. afford to lose more lectures, Shouts and advocations of "burn even just two days of them? the damn buildings!" to pranks eventually. Why not now Logically, if he had skipped IBM such as punching holes in classes up to now, and even if cards during the Pre-registra- he didn't skip any classes up tion rolled across the floor. Much til now. the student can afford when you'll save a bundle? was repetitious. People were to lose those two days. But that children, many frustrated. Like is rational thinking; the student wanted a good temper tantrum, Education isn't all academic matters. insurance builds steadily in cash value reacts differently. He will per- with destructive aims. Ludic- suade himself the opposite, and It's smart to give some thought now to through the years .. money which you rous. The majority was silent, attend lectures. matters outside the ivied walls .. such may need to pay off college debts, to put as always. as life insurance. Why now? Because you your new bride in a home of your own, Several ironies pop up. The can never buy at a lower rate than or to set yourself up in business. A good When the temperaments of the strike begins on Monday March speakers cooled, more logical today .. and that rate remains the same friend to help you with life insur- the first and continues on to the your suggestions came across. Bad for the length of the contract. Also, your ance plans is the Aid Association for second, with protests and other publicity for WLU, so profs with present good health will you Lutherans representative. "A fellow shannanigans going on as comic allow to any sense won't come to Luth- establish certain options that guarantee Lutheran, he puts it all together for you relief, but the Saturday before eran to teach (Do you see the 27) your ability to buy additional insurance in a meaningful way. It's all part of our (Feb. the students will duly fallacy here? If good profs don't file in the TA or the Teaching in the future even if poor health should common concern for human worth. come to Lutheran, and the Es- come your way. And permanent life Building to pre-register course tablishment is getting rid of the for next year. Wonder what good ones, what have the stu- would happen if as a prewarm- Theodore H. Luft Agency dents got for profs next year?) up to the Strike the students 86 Wedgewood Drive Raise shit, and general disorder do not pre-register? But then, to gain publicity from the news everybody wants to play it safe. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada media, and possibly support from Better timetables are had now the public. (Another fallacy. The than in September. memory of the fickle; public is if two day already there are too many stu- What happens the strike fails? Hypothetically, dent protests that the public are generally against the students let us examine the possibility Aid Lutherans is in favour Association for In Appleton,Wisconsin who participate anyway, with- that every student supports the strike for two out caring if the students are in and Fraternalife Insurance days. What happens afterwards? the right or not. Creating dis- have turbances of such an ilk would We have protested. But we to change. The only turn the public off, and they failed effect and the WLUFA has not, would say, "Is that our tax Senate what their dollar for education is permitting and will not, reconsider decision.