, • P 0 T£ I Le premier journal etudiant de I'V niversite York Glendon's Student Weekly College • Glendon. College Ie 16 novembre 1987 Volume 27, No.9 .,, J 0 •t 0 j ......(])" I -u ::J- q;0 0 ::J- ::Co (/) JJ (]) (]) Q ! Glendon: York Campus Look-Alike? by John Sullivan proved by Glendon and the Lawrence and Bayview inter: it will then pass. If Glendon unless Glendon takes the lead Glendon College could soon York Development Corp. section. The impression re­ students are opposed then once role because residents have no have a new face as a result of (YUDC) or else the entire pro­ ceived was that Mr. Aubin­ an objection is made to city plans to pursue this issue." two condominium buildings ject cannot proceed. We do Roy thought the GCSU would council the matter will be for­ Do Glendon students ap­ scheduled to be built on the have the power to block this." not object to the development. warded to the Ontario Munici­ prove or disapprove of these immediate North side of the When contacted on Thursday However, when Eliza Cic­ pal Board (OMB) for an appeal condominiums? The following front gate entrance. The North Nov. 12, Mr. Aubin-Roy re­ cone, Director of External hearing. Representing Glendon is a complete list of contacts Affairs, was contacted she felt York city council has accepted quired time to refresh his at the 0 MB could cost upwards related to this issue: 0 a proposal by Cheddington memory, "I know very little that the student body was of $2000 in legal counsel but Eliza Ciccone, Holdings Ltd. to build a ten about this." It is appalling against the development. She this cost could feasibly be GCSU Director of External and eight storey luxury con­ that this issue has almost was going to contact the stu­ incurred by the administration. Affairs 487-6720 dominim complex. The Ched­ passed by the Glendon com­ dents via a meeting this Thurs­ The area residents and four Jacques Aubin-Roy, dington Mansion will remain munity unnoticed. day, November 19, at 1:00 in City representatives are op­ Executive Officer 487-6708 intact but will be renovated When Mr. Aubin-Roy con­ the GCSU office. The GCSU posed to the development and used as the front lobby to tacted Pro Tern on Friday, wishes to get a clear picture of because they fear the devel­ Glendon College Dean's Office the condos. In addition, the Nov. 13, he informed us that the student view before put­ opment will set a poor prece­ 487-6708 accepted proposal indicates re­ the university is neither for ting forth a stand. dent. Should Glendon run into York University Development commendations to move the nor against the development The status of this issue is financial difficulties the temp­ Corp. 736-5341 Glendon gates inwards as to ~f the Cheddington properties. that the proposal has been tation would be great to trade City representatives Salmon, allow the only access point of He also indicated that they accepted by city council and is prime Toronto real estate for Moscoe, Summer and Labatte the condos to join the now would not be skyscrapers but presently being drafted by the cash. By the turn of the cen­ (all ofwhom are also opposed) Glendon private road. he had not seen the final plans planning department into a tury Glendon could win the 224-6017 The Glendon administration (the proposal allows for a by-law in order that it return "York Campus Look-Alike" Ifopposed, the student body is being represented by Jacques maximum height of 144m). to council for final vote. Inter­ contest. must make its views known Aubin-Roy, Executive Officer He seems to think that if the ested parties only have 35 days Councillor Salmon, the area both to the GCSU and the at Glendon, who said,"...the entrance is moved back it will to object before the vote and if representative, said "...there administration, otherwise SI­ driveway issue must be ap- ease the congestion at the no objections are articulated will be no objection made lence means acceptance. , • 'Pro Tem2 November 16,1987 EDITORIAL Already Too Many! Letters/ Lettres I'm sure we all agree: the natural opulence of to be misleading, and his Mr. Sullivan, for treating Glendon is unsurpassed in Canada. We are blessed Forum point-of-view seems to be us like children. with overwhelming natural, beauty and peaceful sur­ disturbingly in favour of Sincerely roundings. Even when you failed all of your mid­ To the Editor: curbing the freedom of Stefan Caunter terms, a walk in the quad will brighten your heart Re: Forum Nov. 5, 1987 students, apparently be­ again. Regarding the Forum cause of a Parliamentary Restricted page of5 November 1987, report which states that Have you ever seen a visitor to our glorious abode I think that the peripa­ "1,5 million Canadians Dear Editor: who has not been impressed by the luxuriance of our tetic prose of Messrs. Sul­ seriously abuse alcohol." campus. livan and Den Tandtcould Mr. Sullivan errs in Re: "I don't know what it Alas, all could change if the Cheddington Condom­ stand some examination. stating that it is the "Uni­ is..." by Mike DenTandt inium Complex is constructed. With all respect to my versity" which has "ex­ (Nov.5, 1987) But enough pomposity; notwithstanding the good friend Mr. Den tended" pub hours. Rather change in the beautiful scenery that the two concrete Tandt, it unfortunately it was Glendon's own I would like to say that Yuppie towers will cause to the entrance of the col­ appears that he has been administration which res­ I always enjoy reading lege, automobile congestion cannot but become attending the Kenn Ross tricted student access to Mike DenTandt's empas­ worse. School of Art Criticism our pub; all pubs at the sioned essays. They are Hoards of BMW's and Mercedes that will congre­ for Enthusiastic Under­ Downsview campus are highly personal, yet well gate to the new condos will unavoidably cause major graduates. Generaliza­ open until 1 a.m., i.e. as thought out and written. I traffic problems to Glendon and Atkinson students tions, vague assertions, the province permits. don't want to rebut his that will try to enter the campus in the evening, even and meaningless bravado The issue of responsi­ latest diatribeon the sculp- if the gates are moved back to accommodate our new do not make for effective ble drinking is not, con­ I tural piece in the quad. I neighbours. criticism, nor do they trary to the assertion of would, however, wish to Another possible problem is that the Yuppie towers make interesting prose. Mr. Sullivan, "only begin- . express disappointment might restrict, and even halt, events at Glendon such This "unfocused" ap­ ning to be addressed here that DenTandt took time as the Carnaval because they would be deemed too proach to art and social at Glendon." The issue to view only one third of noisy. This has already happened. The St. -Jean Bap­ criticism, whereby any was prominent in the early the work by Ron Sandor tiste celebration had to be cancelled because of com­ semblance of premise is 1970's when the Pipe that Glendon Gallery has plaints from the present neighbours. The new ones sacrificed on the altar of Room Board incorporated in the show Twinkle, could make it even more difficult for us. polemic, is not only ener­ and made its initial appli­ twinkle, little bat: The vating and irritating, it is cation for a liquor licence. House Project, the Nur­ Condominiums have already destroyed the view of counter-productive. There has been a seminar sery. Yes, war is a terrible .Harbourfront, they should not do this to Glendon. To denounce with con­ presentation to residence thing. You asked what you We, the students, should protect our campus' siderable vitriol the work students on alcoholism for were missing? You were scenic beauty and, at any rate, who wants more Yup­ of an artist's work into a number of years, and missing the other two sites pies in the neighbourhood? the context ofcontempor­ the GCSU Council is res­ of the piece. The outdoor ary and past art move­ ponsible for the security piece is meant to be sim­ Un petit mot en passant ments removes the would­ at any dance or event ple and direct to work be critic's credibility, and where there is a bar. with the other two parts in IIUn bulletin mal foutu!" reduces his commentary Incredibly, after critici­ order to try to examine Avez-vous regarde dans votre bOlte aux lettres dimanche to malicious doggerel. I zing the "University" for how images of war and soir dernier? Avez-vous vu Ie bulletin de rAECG? Avez­ quote: "The result is flac­ "extending" pub hours to conflict manifest them­ vous'eu envie de ... en lisant ce texte ecrit en cid, lifeless garbage." where they shouldbe, and selves in the nursery as a pseudo-francais? Mr. Sullivan's premise are for the other 9 million context for socialization. II est comprehensible qu'une erreur ou deux se glissent is, to some extent, clearer Ontario residents, Mr. Yes, war is terrible. But, dans un texte. Par contre, il est inadmissible qu'un texte and, to a minor extent, Sullivan declares it a this is by no means the comme celui de rAECG soit distribue sans avoir ete cor­ supported by some degree "non-issue". To further bottom line in this exhibi­ rige (et meme refait) par un francophone!!! of evidence.