l tudent~ CQunc ·1 unhappy ithf canteen By STEPHEN COOPER Student's council is not happy with Versafood Services opera­ tion of the Dalhousie canteen. • Council president John Young says 1I council could find another competitive food s e r vic e the "council would be pushing very, very ha rd to see that the best company would be awarded the nustr facilities on campus." He says that in addition to looking for competitive bids the THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1966 HA LIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA NUMBER 9 council is also considering the possibility of operating its own food service. Young ma y be disenchant~d with Versafood Services but he Press reP-orts said university jlas nothing but praise for the being done by the manager of the Arts Annex canteen, George Murray Lyons. fraternities are had influence ... " Lyons does work hard for the canteen. He gives up his time to open up in the evening for Pizza. Lyons even cooks the pizzas made in the evening - he used to be a chef at Dino's." Young says the idea of selling pizza in the evening is working out well. He said 1t was because Littl evidence to iustify they a re a quality product and are the cheapest in town. The canteen is also opened for business after each home foot­ ball game on Saturday, Prices at the canteen are set by the university business office but the canteen' s manager usual­ ly has his way. cr·ticisBy The Gazettme News Department of fraternities Versafood Services take all IIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIDIIIIIIIIIIIDIIIIIWIIII IIIIIIIIIU II price change proposals to stu­ Two weeks ago The Halliax Mail Star published a report headed dents council. Versafoods say "Frat Houses Said Bad Influence. " The newspaper was repor ting they believe that the students remarks made by recently- re-elected Halifax alderman Gordon have a right to help control Black. prices. Immediately ther e were pr otests from graduate and under­ However, it was stressed that graruate fraternities in the city criticizing the alderman for his the business office has the final statements regarding noisy, partying s tudents. say about prices both at the Arts The alderman, a fr ate rnity member himself, then attempted Annex canteen and the Dal men's to clarify his position, explaining that he did not want to be regarded residence. as opposed to fraternity activities, but said that he had received Versafoods rationalizes its a telephone call from a Halifax homeowner complaining about a higher prices in the annex can­ noisy band playing at a nearby fr aternity. teen by saying that there is more Reporters from The Dalhousie Gazette have tried to ascertain staff in the annex which results the extent of opposition to fraternity activities - by interviewing in ' 'higher operating costs' '. citizens living near frate rnities, the Chief of Police and fraternity members and non-members, Their findings appear to indicate there is little justification f oJ condemnation of Halifax fr aternities. Ruff1nan miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUIIIRIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIII lllllllllnlllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIRI at CUSO Alder1nan Blacl{ parley states position• • By ALEX PETT next door to her in a fr aternity October 13-15th Dalhousie's Gazette News Staff { house. c US 0 chairman on both the Halifax fraternities: mutual benefit. Alderman Black said he was a faculty and student level were in fraternity member himself and ••• and s~cial enjoyment ottawa to attend the fifth annual The alderman who caused a s ympathized with those whowere meeting of the Canadian Univer­ fiasco among Dalhousie students annoyed over the derogator y at­ sity Service Overseas (CUSO), Beefs galore 1 as t weekend when he was re­ titude of the article towards fra· ~~ .. bloodv nonsen~t~'" ~ The Dalhousie Council of stu­ ported as having told the city ternities. dents si!!nt grad student A'lan Ruff­ wor ks committee that fraternity ' 'I don't blame them (frater nity man, the campus student chair­ houses are having a bad influence member s) for getting upset," he man and the Dalhousie Adminis­ Hennigar resigns · on Halifax south end has taken said. Dean Stewart won't be tration sent Professor Lionel .elaborate stc.>ps to rdract his "Let me assure you that I en­ Lawrence of the English depa rt­ statement. joy a party as much as anyone ment, the faculty chairman. Alderman Gordon Black sent a and the detrimental r emarks Dalhousie was also indirectly personally signed letter to pr esi­ about frater nities attributed to alone on 15th floor represented by graduate student as publicity head dents of all fraternities on cam­ me in the article wer e completely Ken MacKay and by Mrs. Diane pus apologizing for an article unfounded, " he continued. By BEVERLEY HARNISH search lab and one teaching floor. which includes the construction Baigent, both of whom are r e­ "Maybe," he said however, Gazette News Staff By ELIZABETH SHANNON that most of the major activities headed •1 Frat Houses Said Bad The departments represented of four new schools and the en­ turned volunteers who have been Influence'' which appeared in the "the boys could keep down the are physiology, pharmacology, larging of several others. CUSO staff for the past year. Student Government Editor as well as D,G,D,S, productions noise and try to be considerate F r ank Hennigar, publicity di- take place during the medical Halifax Mail-star. He also sent ''That is bloody nonsense!" bacteriology, biochemistry, ana­ He said the national and inter­ The meeting was structured to a copy of this letter to the editor of their neighbors ." tomy, pathology and a library. national recognition of Dal's familiarize the campus repre­ r ector for the Dalhousie Student students first and second tri­ This was the reaction of Dr. Union resigned last night after mester exams . Tan expressed of the Mail-Star. C,B. Stewart, Dean of Medicine, The first floor of a two-story medical school has resulted in sentatives with CUSO, its bureau­ -extent!on, that runs toward Uni­ his receiving several requests cracy, its aims and with the over­ being bombarded with " beefs" the dissatisfaction of the medi­ The article described him as to the rumor that he will have seas opportunity it offe rs people by Student Council members. cal students . He said medical having been "awakened from his the entire 15th floor to himself versity Street, houses a large for teaching positions. Police student lounge, four lecture The big problem for the Dal­ with post secondar y education. According to Hennigar it is not students pay 12,75 in Student sleep one night recently by a in the new Sir Charles Tupper realistic to produce posters. He Union fees like everyone else group of nois y students partying medical building, which is now rooms, and a lunch counter. housie school is finding the money The CUSO program for 1966-67 The second floor contains 200 finances orientation, and selec­ said groups would have to produce and we are not getting pur in a frat house." on frats under construction. to pay for its new building. Recent tion were discussed. their own posters and then bring money's worth." What actually happened, said He explained that on the top private study cubicles complete petitions have gone to the Mari­ Alderman Black, was that a lady, By ROBIN ENDRES (15th) floor there will be the of­ with desk and locker. These are time provincial governments and Considerable debate resulted them to the office. A big problem A few of the complaints Tan News Editor is putting the posters up said whom he termed "a real nut", fices of the administration. These available to students without suit­ the federal government. when the student chairman pre­ made wer e that only four pos­ Halifax Chief of Police Verdun Hennigar. ters wer e put up on the ''other called him late one night, asking include the dean's office, the as­ able study areas at home, Dr. Stewart said there is no sent questioned their role in Mitchell said that the general CUSO, ''Have we become merely He asked council members campus ," and ther e was no Fall if anything could be done to cut sistant dean's office, director of The cubicles are signed out plan to change the course next what changes they thought should Festival publicity put up at all. down the noise of a band playing policy taken with fr aternities was staff of post graduate studies, of­ for one year at a time and can year, but he acknowledged that recruiters for an employment to see that all laws are obeyed. agency?" was the question asked. be made in the Dal-o-Gram. He put the b 1 a m e on the Gaz· fice of the medical society of be used for full-time or occa­ there is a growing move to ex­ He s~Ud the re wer e frequent com~­ Nova Scotia, faculty council sional studying, The system is pand special training for general CUSO was begun in 1961 by a Council suggested less crowding ette for not properly dist ribu­ For additional plaints, mostly from one source, grass roots student movement of events and better distribution. ting the pape r s and on the ''ex­ room, faculty longe, and a rel­ designed to free students from practitioners. and people at the annual meeting Hennigar told Council a new ceedingly poor publicity car ried stories con­ a r esident in the ar ea. The com­ atively small lecture room of having to conform to set library This group usually has one year plaints ar e mostly about what he internship after four years in med questioned the campus student editor, Ed Brown had been ap­ out by Student's Council," 50 to 60 seats.