~;:~:~i'"'' ~). -.-:::::.::=?: ~,,' ~ ,"- '--~! 1L9· ~ ~ COUNCIl. ASKS VOICE ON 80ARD-SENATE Murray Coolican The Student Council, at a lengthy meeting students. Before going through the report elections. Monday night, approyed the brief on 'Student section by section, Rick stated that univer­ Speaking of elections, PreSident Jim we~- . Participation in the Government of York sity should not be a 'degree-mill' but a corned 'the first year reps to the railroad' 0 University'• . community of scholars. Students and facul­ The publications Commission tabled its The report recommended: «i) that the spe­ ty, he said, are the major components of a report based on the meeting held last Wed­ cial jointSenate-BoardCommittee discussing university, and therefore the students have a nesday to inquire into Pro-Tern (see below). the university government be' expanded to right to participate in the university govern­ President Jim reported that the Advisory included several student representatives, ment. In closing, Rick emphasised that (Our Committee on Student Affairs will begin il) that students have direct representation aim is not to get power, but to make York meetings next week. Despite the fact that on the Board of Governors and'on pertinent a better institution, if possible'• there will be only one member from each Board committees. lii) that students have There was no major opposition to the Student Council at York, Jirn felt that a direct representation on the Senate and on principles stated in the brief. A few council member of the Glendon Council shouldattend pertinent Senate committees, iv) that stu­ members, however, felt that the report was to help with the groundwork. Council agreed dents have direct re'presentation on the , shallo~ • After two and a half hours of, and Jim was appointed as the Glendon Council various Faculty Council committees, v) that debate the motion to adopt the brief passed. representative. joint student-faculty committees be esta­ Chief Returning Officer Mike Scott tabled Jim also mentioned that Principal Reid's blished within each division and department, a report on the election of first year reps, advisory committees on Athletics, Library, and vi) that the Student Council approach saying that the votes were tabulated by a .Book Store, Food Services, Medical and the Faculty Association to explore the possi­ preferential system. He also informed Psychological SerVices, House Residence, bility of establishing a committee that could Council that only 130 (or 33.2%) of the and Student Affairs will be meeting soon if discuss areas of mutual concern.' Freshmen voted. Due to criticism of the they haven't alreadyo When asked what the Committee meant by election, Jim McDonald moved that a com­ After a long, hard, and tedious meeting, (direct representation', Rick Shultz, who mittee, chaired by Mike Scott, be created Council unanimously agreed to adjourno presented the brief, said that his could be to study the election laws and to report to an undergraduate, graduate, or a:1umnus but Council by January 9, so that any changes the representative must be chosen by the reco.mmended may be used in the spring ···~n'~ ~; * ~ «> expo67 .' Volume VI Number Six' The Student Weekly•of Glendon College, York University Toronto, Canada, October 20~ 1966 VERDICT ON PRO·TEM Camilla Marsden TEACH-IN'66 Pro-Tern, its format and policies, came under heavy fire at last week's meeting of In spite of the audio difficulties and the the Publications Commissjon. In a report to apparent lack of organisatioI\, this year's -c611ncil Monday night, the cornmission ex­ Teach-In held last week-end at U of T, pre­ 1 pressed its confidence that Pro-Tern would sented a fairly complete picture of China as improve as Mr0 Adams and his staff gained it is today. Several topics concerning China more experience. were dealt with in thefour two anda half hour A civil war developed in Pro-Tern several sessions. They ranged from China's internal -.--.ks ago which left John Adams virtually "--~f-less. politics to international reaction towards The dissenters--Larry Davies, China"s foreign policy--or lack of it as Jo11n: Ron Lieberman, Garnett Barlow--presented N. John A(iams announced suddenly on Gittings of the University of Chile argued a brief at an open hearing last Wednesday during the third session. charging that ~Pro-Tern does not present Tuesday, that he was resigning his post of Pro-Tern because he is withdrawing from The audience of five thousand responded to a varied and interesting programme', that ' the different speakers with reactions ranging 'the publisher and consumers are the same York University. This is an unexpected move as Adams' from_ enthusiasm to boredom, from antici­ people·, and that Pro-Tern was not utili- pation to relief. On several occasions, it ,zing its great resource--the students. Mro policies received the full support of the Publication Committee this week. (See Ver­ demanded more fair play from the speakers. Lieberman termed the editing ·prejudicial-, The most memorable example of this was the reporting 'slanted and inaccurate'. dict on Protem on this page.) Adams explained, 'I have received a job when it booed at David Crook's insulting The commission refused to establishformal comments about Lord Lindsay of Birker0 guidelines which would prohibit the freedom opportunity of ,unique challenge; thiS, some personal reasons, and my vindication as The speakers themselves ranged in interests of future editors. It did, however, make se­ and attitudes. During the first session, there veral recommendations to guide Mr. Adams editor at Mondays Student Council meeting, have all acted to alter my· plans for this was the· elegance and charm ofDroHanSuyin, in his policieso In affirminghis editing rights, who dominated that session. Then there was the commission felt he had the'priviled§e year. I believe the present Pro-Tern staff will do an excellent job.· the didacticism of John Gittings of the of using as much ofthe copyas he deems fit, third session; finally, there was the in­ including the 'deletion and rewording of Penny difference of Charles Marshall. Dr. Han, paragraphs and sentences'• Share This Week Berton during the first session was involved with The commission hoped that internal pro­ explaining what we know today as the cultural SHARE has come to Glendonl It got a head blems on Pro-Tem could be -cleared up and revolution in China. She said: 'What was won expressed that better staff relations and start two weeks ago with Monte Carlo Night, by .the first generation by blood must not be co-ope,ration would be developed. which, thanks to the hard work of the girls lost in the secondby squandering.' Therefore, In concluding, the commission recommended in the Women's Residence, cleared $300. China is trying 'to make her own progress that future editors not be allowed to work as SHARE i~ the name given to the World s~cure by working on $e young'. and in­ part-time reporters for city newspapers. It University' Services' (WUS) annual fund­ volving them in preserving Cornmunismo And could forsee a conflictof'loyalties, interests raising campaign. WUS is an international so, she saw the Red Guards as the involve­ and attidudes' arising from this situation university organization which raises money ment of the young in the current cultural and thus strongly advised John Adams to to finance its student aid projects and im­ revolution. David Crook held an attitude give up his affiliation with the Toronto prove. educational facilities throughout the similar to Dr. Han. He said that China Telegramo world. 'wants the new generation to be true to the This year, the WUS club at Glendon has revolution.' Lord Lindsay, on the other hand, organised a week of activities as part of maintained that the Red Guard existed·only its annual contribution to SHARE. to instil revolutionary fervour which he saw The movie 4The Challenge and the Answer' as being necessary in order that anything be shown on Tuesday demonstrated what is done in China. It can be seen from the argu­ being done with the proceeds from SHARE. ments each presented that there was a diver­ The traditional Slave Auction on Wednes­ sity of opinion and depth of thought. day with Arabian Al as auctioneer was, as One fact came out of all the speeches: that usual, anoutstandingsuccess. Andfor Rhythm China exists and is involved in worldpolitics. and Blues fans, don't forget the dance in As Stuart Schram quoted Mao Tse-tung as ~ York Hall Friday- night with the Howling saying of China: ~Our nation will neveragain Massesl be an insulted nation. We have stood up'. The climax of the weeks events however, will be the guest appearance of Ian and Sylvia at a folk concert Tuesday night. It is possible that The Travellers and Alan McCrae will also perform, along with other I Toronto folk-singerso DAVID CROOK of ITl SHARE needs your help! Even though you , spoke at Glendon Tues­ may not be actively involved in the WUS day. club at York, you can help by supporting LINUS PAULING, twice Nobel Prize winner, at the events this week and by contributing l--I York Saturday for convocation. directly on Thursday. "'I '..';'~kM.:' )<'S' "",;-'" ,,' ."""~'-' ..",,~, +- ',;,~Aa._, : _ " ~ c.' ;aa" _, ·,·"q;-9:'4it_;~~l~ <~".., - T f I ~_._~ pro-tem \) • Editor John Adams Viewpoint Glen Willianls News Editors Dan Scott Andy Graha'l1 Features Editor Jim Weston I am sure that those of you who were fluential in forming U050 policy towards Sports Editor lan Wightman consciencious enough ~to journey to the (In_ China. Business Manager Michael Woolnough ternational Teach In' this weekend were, Tpe last session was the only one in which Staff Reporters Camilla Marsden to some extent, disappointedo Proceedings at least a (semi-Hawk' was present.