, , • • , , • • , • , PRO TEM office without fees increase? The last of the great fire traps. • r -Inside Page 5-8 Volume IX, Number 6,. Toronto, Canada, October 14, 1969. Election Supplement What do you want? Where do we go from here? carllpus fn Canada. the socialists and liberals. To the And another fees referendum has By ANDY MICHALSKI In this case, it is a 'no' vote to best of my knowledge, Glendon's come to pass. The conflict of bills Tomorrow, Glendon students will council. The request for more funds, elitest structures have yet to carry versus money has reached the most be asked to approve a $ 10. fees to some people, is unjustified. Why out the same policy. There's a crucial point. increase for this year. The addi­ supply all this money for organiza­ chance for democracy at Glendon A pressing bill of $2, 400 to the tional fund's will be used for the tions that only serve a minority? yet. Students' Administrativ.e ~ Council expansion of club activities on this After all, if the majority desires to Then there?s PRO TEM. (SAC) Press awaits the fiscal year. campus. One of these 'clubs' is remain apathetic, why should they Even the most pessimistic of the With non-payment,e interest charges this newspaper. It is the gravest fork out money that they themselves disillusioned will admit that a cam­ of 1 1/2 % per month will be ap­ question to this newspaper since will literally, never see again.? pus newspaper has a definite func­ plied•. To postpone the debt for Nick Martin began coverage of the The paradox is that only when one tion to play in this community, Glnother year, and face another fees local.. sports_scene. begins to participate in any student If it cannot fullfil its role, the com- referendum, would be ludicrous.. ~''7 One 'w'onders if the Serpent of acrivity does one notice the lack nlunIty. IS...laggIng.. I the Don has had his final say in of money. TW9 years ago, when PRO TE:t\.1 All PQssible costs cut all this debacle. The polluted Don Student Council is not a fraternity, boasted four pages to its readership, meanders on, despite (according to though some may question that; and most people admitted that something After the accumulation of this Martin), the Serpen't's effqrts to L'Association Culturelle Artistique . was lacking. It just didn't look like debt, PRO TEM acquired on lease, plug, overflow thatturpid water, is, not a sororit~ and no doubt, a 'professional' newspaper in the 'adjustowriter' machines. (They and severely damage this campus some will question that. They are all remotest sense of the word. The type all the copy into even columns). beyond recognition. But then, there contributing cliques to campus life. readership and newspaper staff de­ The production, instead is always the Viet SqUirrel who The only way to change a clique, manded something better. of being done at SAC Press, is just might rescue us, steal the or its contributions, is. to join it, done in the PRO TEM offices. All doomed ballot box, and throw it weaken it, and change it.- Progress.was made. Debts -accu­ possible cost cuts have been taken. in the Don for good. The' Czech Communist Party has mulated. A fees referendum was Money that produced four pages of a purge now and then to clean out defeated. Nick Martin ,went on. newsprint two ·years ago, now pro­ Doomed ballot box duces 12 pages. In the event 'of a 'no' vote to the That doomed ballot box is the pro­ fees referendum, this newspaper duct of this college, or more ex­ will be embroiled in a financial plicitely, the non-product. If past mess bordering on chaos and pre­ events are any guage of the stu­ dent response tomorrow, it is un­ mature death. likely that there will be a 50% turn­ out at the ballot box. And, what's With the present budget it would more, how is one to expect a 2/3 be impossible to continue running majority vote in favour of the re­ at the present loss, to payoff ferendum? a huge debt, and produce a 'good One can only say that the turn­ newspaper'• out at meetings is a negative res­ Editor in Chief Graham Muir was ponse to council's request for more right, when he told the October 8 funds. And, there is an answer to general meeting called to discuss that. the budget, that "If all you want It would be simple to blame the to pay for is a crappy newspaper, problem on the catch-all phrase ­ that's what you're going to get, student apa.thy. It's no new problem but don't come to us and say it's to student leaders on any university crappy." At the bud et meetin The situation for US•• At the general meeting val of 50% of the These are the facts concerning the fees from the Student Union. of the Student Union held electorate will be necessary increase in regards to PRO TEM: . , 4. Because we have cut production costs last Wednesday it was point- . to obtain the fees increase. 1. The difference for us is $2,000. With­ in half and we ,shave expenses in many ed out that the change by It was also decided by' out the fees increase, we will receive other ways, we can put out the same size Student Council last year the people at the end of $4,000, with it $6,000. If we don't get that, paper of equal or better quality as much of the referendum from a the meeting, who numbered we will only be able to put out eight larger campuses whose papers have bud- two-thIrds requirement to a about twenty at the time, pages for the rest of the year. Even then, "gets up to six times as, large as ours. simple majority was uncon- to make the fees incr~ase that estimate counts on at least $4,000 5. The debts that we have to pay this year were built up last year in an attempt stitutional. for this year only. This would in advertising revenue tl mean that again next year 2. Without the increase, we might" hav~ to to produce a respectable, effective news­ In order to change the re- the student fees would only ston publishing altogether for awhile. paper. We may have to borrow money ferendum rule it is neces- be $17 and if council needed 3. Because PRO 'TEM is only a small in the immediate future to pay these debts, sary to take it to a refe- additional money a fees ref- fringe publication it does not get a great but, with the fees increase, we can pro­ rendum vote itself. There- erendum would be necess- deal of advertising revenue. The bulk and duce a good newspaper and have a balanced fore a two-thirds appro- ary again._ mainstay of ourfinancial support must come budget at the end of the year. Vote YES on fees- increase tomorrow - 2 * PRO TEM- * October 14, 1969 Council' order' to overrule group participation By DAVID STARBUCK with plagiarism. Under the and one at Atkinson next Jim Jac~ a student Facul- year' ancl 'full-time' student. new rules, an instructor re- summer. ty Councillor, retorted" Unles this is the onlychange, Orderly procedure is· ceiving a plagiarized essay, The committee recomm- '''The onus for appeal, if I suggest that this motion more important than com­ or one that he believes to ended that "in view of his an appeal does exist, should be referred to CEAS as part munity participation and o­ be plagiarized, would reject economic situation, the pe- be brought forward by the of a general re-evaluation. penness. This is one of the the essay, assign a mark titioner should carefully petitioner. The petitioner al- The petitions can only act general fundamentals laid of zero and advise the consider the advisability of ways has the right to ap - within the bounds of present -- down in the report of the student to redo the essay. transferring to part-time peal." regulations." Faculty Council's Commit­ If the assignment was re- study," because there was Echard thought that the Gregory opposed the re- tee on Rules and Procedure. done, the grade of zero would no precedent to cover his two sides were not in fun- ferral to committee. How- The report was presented be deleted and a new grade case.. damental disagreeIl?-ent. ever the referral was car- to the Council last Thurs- put in its place. Professor ried by a vote of nineteen . day at the Faculty Council WaIter Beringer who pre- "'I see no real disagreement. to seven. meeting in the Board-Senate sented the report, thought Harris objects Faculty Council has the right Room by Professor William that this was "the most sen- to interfere. Petitioners E'chard, Chairman of the sible procedure." have a right to appeal. The Reid: committee. Harris, the committee principle, in general, is Glendon is chairman, objected to the that Faculty Council allows Echard stated, "The Com­ A definition of council intervening in the the committee discretionary a success mittee was concerned with plagiarism affairs of his committee. power, but retains the right orderly operation. Too of­ to establish general gUide­ Principal Escott Reid read ten we allowed the ope­ lines for the committee," a statement in which he said "The petitions committee that he thought that the ration of Faculty Council The Committe intends to is a discretionary body with he said.