China exchange agreements expand More University disciplines involved oncordia's recently­ with The People's Republic has laborative research and student signed electrical engi­ already succeeded in serving as training, Concordia faculty C neering and computer "a vehicle for Concordia to members did not receive one .s cience agreement with th~ establish itself, alongside other penny of those funds . Nanjing Institute of Technolo­ large Canadian universities, as The China initiative should gy may have stolen all the a full participant in govern­ begin to change all that, Whyte headlines, but the University's ment-funded international said. For a variety of reasons - ongoing China initiative development programs," he not least of which is the innova­ involves disciplines in numer­ said. tive nature of the linkage with ous University departments. Whyte noted that in 1985-86 NIT - "it is unquestionably In a report to Senate last alone, the Canadian govern­ the strongest project Con­ 1riday, Vice-Rector, Academic, ment allocated $22 million to cordia has ever had for obtain­ :<'rancis Whyte said that a total Canadian universities for inter­ ing very substantial Canadian of six agreements have been national academic activities government funding in the area negotiated with universities in involving China. Despite the of international development the People's Republic of Chi­ fact Concordia is very active in activities." The magic offilm. See stories on movie stars and a film about a na. Four were signed during international exchanges, col- See CHINA page 2 woman guerrilla, page 4. February and March; the other two will likely be signed during upcoming visits to Concordia by three delegations from The Of trusteeship, funding & vandalism People's Republic. These "other"· agreements centre on the fields of eco­ Senate discusses, approves variety of items nomics, (at Beijing's People's University of China); inorganic by Barbara Verity built into the process of trustee­ trators, thus resulting in aca­ unanimously, with Dean of materials (involving Nanjing ship and that a regular review demic concerns becoming sec­ Arts and Science Charles University and Concordia's enate approved Con­ of the situation during trustee­ ondary. Others pointed out the Bertrand abstaining. During Departments of Chemistry, cordia University's first ship should be carried out. difficulty of devising general the debate, he said that because Physics and Electrical Engi­ S policy of departmental The hour-long debate, procedures for what is always a of the difficulty of putting neering); microbiology (at the trusteeships after a prolonged which led to amendments to the unique situation. together a policy of general Microbiology Institute of Beij­ debate during the March 27 regulations, centred on the role The amended version of the principles to be applied to ing's Chinese Academy of Sci­ regular Senate meeting. The of administration, faculty and regulations assures that the fac­ unique circumstances, he ences); educational technology policy will go the the Board of students when trusteeship ulty and students within the thought the University would and TESL - the teaching of Governors before becoming occurs. Some senators feared department under trusteeship be better off without an official English as a secoµd language official. that too much power was being will be informed of the process. policy. Almost any document - (at Shanghai's International The four-page document, placed in the.hands of adminis- The regulations passed See SENATE page 2 Studies University); and prepared by Vice-Rector, Aca­ mechanical engineering (at demic Francis Whyte at the Jiaotong University in Shang­ request of the Senate Steering hai). Committee, detailed the proce­ Who's using computers: Whyte told Senate that the dures to be followed if a depart­ "model agreement" (the joint ment must be placed under doctoral program) signed with trusteeship. Prof. Malcolm Poll results the Nanjing Institute of Tech­ Foster had put forward a draft nology "has attracted publicity motion on the subject to Senate by H. Taylor Buckner ingly hold the opinion that they Engineering-Computer Sci­ on a scale quite unprecedented late last year. Concordia ·pres­ will not get as much computer ence Faculty reporting the for Concordia, and enhanced ently does not have regulations ver half of Con­ training and experience at Con­ highest level of ownership. The our reputation - across Cana­ governing measures for sus­ cordia's undergradu­ cordia as they will need for percentage of students report­ da and abroad." pending the normal operating 0 ate students have now their intended careers. ing that another family mem- In that sense the agreement procedures of an academic used one or more of Con­ The survey, which ques­ See POLL page 6 .............************* department. In Quebec, only cordia's computers, according tioned 552 undergraduates in the Universite du Quebec has to a survey carried out in 24 classes selected to represent Grad· such a policy. February and March by the the four faculties, Loyola and Describing the regulations, Sociology Survey Research Sir George <ind day and evening One more Whyte stressed the exceptional Methods class. Commerce stu­ students, is considered to be wins Oscar_ nature of trusteeship and rec­ dents reported the greatest accurate within' plus or minus to·go A 1977 Concordia film ommended that the term itself increase in computer usage. 50Jo, 19 times out of 20. The production student, Stephan be avoided because of its nega­ Users of most of the Univer­ 1986 survey, which questioned The next issue of The Thurs­ Dupuis, won an Oscar at . tive connotation and its link in sity's computers were more sat- 723 students, was selected in day Report (April 9) is the last Monday night's Motion the public mind' to financial . isfied with the experience this the same manner, and has a one for the semester. The dead­ Picture Academy Awards mismanagement, which is not year, compared with the 1986 similar margin of error. line for submissions, notices, presentation for his makeup usually the case. He said the survey. In spite of the increase Personal ownership of com­ events, and classified ads is work on David Cronenberg's regulations reflect the princi­ in computer usage, students, puters grew only slightly, from before 5 p.m. April 6 at BC- film The Fly. ples that sat'eguards should be from first to final·year, increas- 15 to 17%, with students in the 223. Page 2 THE THURSDAY REPORT April 2, 1987 LETTERS SENATE continued from page 1 ..Di~~ will cause a problem, he said . more interested in the package library, Vice-Rector, Services During the question period, that is to come," Kenniff com­ Charles Giguere said that the TOTHE Senate chair Rector Patrick mented. use of electronic security equip­ Kenniff outlined the Univer­ Concordia officials are also ment is being studied. There is ED ITOR sity's financial position. The awaiting with cautious opti­ no possibility of replacing the recent government announce­ mism word from the govern­ replica. ment of spending estimates for ment on additional funds for Senate unanimously accept­ Re illiteracy, vandalism & bookburning 1987-88 so far reveals a 7.711/o the two library projects. The ed a proposal to make the increase in university grants. contract for expanding the services of the Centre for To the Editor: As a result, Quebec universities Vanier library will be awarded Mature Students University­ will not be faced with cutbacks as soon as the funds are wide instead of focussing wo weeks ago a Senate of all people, announced a in government funds. However, announced, Kenniff said. mainly on Arts and Science report on educational 'Burn Your Books Bash' for · only in early May will Con­ Word is expected by mid-April. students. The Centre will be T objectives was turned April. cordia know whether an In response to questions, part of Concordia's goal of back in the Arts and Science Can we wonder why · the adjustment will be made to the Kenniff said that Concordia's regaining its competitive posi­ Council for its illiteracy. Last Provincial Government doesn't funding formula, · which cur­ deficit will likely be higher than tion among universities in week unknown intruders van­ take us seriously? rently discriminates against forecast. He also said that there attracting part-time students. dalized the Vanier library. This Concordia, and whether the are no plans at present for Part-time enrolments have week the Communications Robert Tittler government will take steps to suspending the University's been slipping in recent years, Studies Students' Association, Professor of History deal with the accumulated Uni­ employer contributions to the Vice-Rector Whyte said. versity deficit. pension plan. Senate also approved a name Redesigning Library's space "We can be satisfied with In response to questions change from the Department what has been obtained so far. about recent vandalism, which of Electrical Engineering to the To the Editor: ·But we're still concerned and destroyed the replica of the Department of Electrical and avid is gone! Rather rain or hail storm it makes an watch very carefully. , We are statue of David in the Vanier Computer Engineering. than present a person­ irritating and distracting rack­ D al view on senseless et. vandalism I prefer to address Second, those flood lights the topic of what should be are also no great loss as they are CHINA done with the space now. Con­ useless from two storeys up as Whyvve cordia University libraries have they tend to exhaust the eyes a well-known problem of a lack after prolonged reading. continued from page 1 of study space and storage The Vanier Library is slated support the space for library materials. for redesigning. To accommo­ It will create "increased A small portion of this prob­ date the construction books, opportunities for Concordia lem could be relieved if the equipment and people will have faculty members to -: :1.in I C~pital Cantpaign open area above the Vanier to be moved.