• at what • price? Strike nears end? The Dalhousie Faculty Association reached a tentative agreement with the University's administration on Tuesday. >News pg 3 Beloved basket a I nter & Ron coach cut win appeal > Sports pg 12 Anna Hunter jumped up and cheered when she found out her and slate-mate Dave Ron were reinstated to the DSU presidential race on Thursday. N > ews pg 4 TroubleSum FourSum Sum41 's favourite pastime: snatching all hotel furniture from their guitar tech's and recreating replicas of his room in the hotel lobby (down to the last article of clothing). No piece of furniture is spared. >Arts pg 11 Editorial elections lor TION 2002/2003 Dal Gazette. 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Link from www.thedsu.com. Your T2202A is also online at Dal' s Web for Student web page IlQ.ER.P.AIRQh! ... ______________... PHONE494-6400~sod~ho the GAZETTE March 28, 2002 NEWS 3 Deal reached · strike over? Classes tentatively set to resume April Fools' Day by tyler kustra the gazette the Dalhousie Faculty Association "It's absolutely binding. This letter announced. Therefore, she said, network has got to stop," he said. bargaining unit and Dalhousie's speaks to the actual replacement a media blackout that both sides Lewis said everyone at To the relief of 14,000 board of governors must approve of members, the maintenance of agreed to is sllll in affect. Dalhousie is happy there's a tentative Dalhousie students, professors began the agreement before classes can complement." Earlier, she said the university deal. · voting Thursday, March 29, on a resume. Wainwright said the DFA was administration could not agree to the 'The university, and I expect tentative agreement to end the four­ The faculty will be voting from "generous" in allowmg the university DFA's proposal on complement. [Dalhousie] president [Tom] Traves, week old faculty strike. 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Thursday at DFA to decrease complement by up to 12 "If the union's staffing is pleased we 'vc reached an 'Tm pretty excited that it's headquarters. The board is meeting professors. demands were accepted the agreement." over," said second-year health­ at noon. He added that after I 0 months umversity would be required to hire Travcs was unavailable for education student Stephanie The two sides reached a of negotiations the DFA was professors when it did not have the comment. Needham. ''I'm going a little sttr tentative agreement on March 25, victorious. money to pay them and, in some The agreement also contains a crazy living in residence." with the help of provincial mediator 2.8 percent raise each year for faculty Third-year philosophy major Milton Veniot. They had been "We won this strike. Unfortunately we and the members. The DFA had been asking Dave MacDonald echoed her continuously negotiating for five for 3.4 percent increase in the comments. days. students had to pay a great price, but the first two years and a four percent 'Tm relived. It's been too The deal contains a letter of future of the university is the better for it." increase m the third. The university long." understanding, requiring Dalhousie - DFA president Andy Wainwright admimstratton offered a 2.6 ratse Dalhousie Student Union to employ at least 760 full-time percent each year. president Shawn Tracey exploded faculty so long as its operating budget The pay hike mo\es the mto dance upon hearing the news does not decrease, after accountmg "We won this strike. cases, to htrc professors 111 faculties umvcrsity to the middle of a pack of the deal. for inflation. Unfortunately we and the students with declinmg student enrolments." of I 0 similar umversities across the He added, however, that with The DFA had been fighting had to pay a great price, but the she said. country. Dal had previously been professors on strike and classes for staffing levels - known as future of the university is the better A professor. who wished to ncar the end. cancelled since March 4, the deal complement - to mcreasc by 18 for it." remain anonymous, said the union The senate. Dalhousie's highest was long overdue. positions during the course of three­ Dalhousie public relations broke the university administration academic hody, ts meeting Thursday ''I'm upset at both sides for year contract. manager Stacey Lewis said she since the admimstratton agreed to at 4 p.n . to approve changes to the taking so long to come to an "The mediator said he viewed wouldn't comment on details of the guarantee complement. academic t1mctablc. exammat10n agreement," he said. [the letter] as a guarantee." DFA agreement because the results of "In strategtc terms it has dates. and course requirements Both the 772 members of president Andy Wainwright said. the ratification vote ha,·e not heen shown the hoard or governors that it Classes arc tentatt\CI) set to has to change and that the old boys resume on Monday. Apnl I. Hunter and Ron · Back in the race wtthm one dollar of the maximum the fines were unwarranted because by caitlin kealey allowable fines to which the room it was an accident on their part. the gazette clapped and cheered. The ruling They should IMve heen more leaves them standing at $159, careful, but given the computer Anna Hunter jumped up and meaning that they cannot garner crashing and how crappy Wcbmail cheered when she found out she any more fines when the stnke is , we decided it wasn't deliberate and her slate-mate Dave Ron ends and campaignmg resumes. and that it would be equitable to not had been reinstated to the DSU "We were both pretty happy stop them from their performance prestdcnttal race on Thursday and excited that they \Otcd tn our 111 the elections." evening. favour," said presidential-candidate In an email, Chief Returning Hunter was in the process Hunter. Officer (CRO) Antka Adckayode of having a nap on the floor of Hunter and Ron said they states that the election will take Tom Traves' outer office when arc planning on doing the forum place three days after school goes Ron entered. He silenced the room but, for the most part, they will back. There will be a two-day and told Anna to wake up. With a be playing it safe. Toth, the chair campaign period but with no grave look on his face he informed of the appeal committee said that pestering allowed. everyone that he had just received based on the facts the committee "Campaigning was over on a phone call from the chair of the decided to reverse the Elections March I st. We arc allowing this judicial board, Krisztian Toth. Committee decision. time however because of the strike. these posters down. Many of the is working on ways to ensure The room was quiet, even the The team was fined over Since it is only for two days candidates used up their poster students come out and vote. They Dal security guards seemed to be $75 for an email that went though, it is too short a time to allowance. We will be sticking arc going to be posting to the is2 listening. out minutes after the official be able to regulate the posters up a poster with the candidates' aecounts and putting up banners, Ron then broke into a huge campaiging curfew had expired. properly and with everything we pictures and blurbs though." sending out announcements to grin and announced that they had "They were reinstated based now have to do, we do not want During the campaign period societies and they will also have been reinstated. The judicial board on explanations from them [Hunter to run around the campuses 24 there will he a forum in the SUB between four and six roaming had decided to reduce them to and Ron]," said Toth. "We decided hours before elections to take all lobby. The Elections Committee balloters. 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