EPORT ATA GLANCE: Sociology professor Hubert Guindon has been elected to Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada and will be inducted in the society at a ceremony at the Univer­ sity of Western Ontario, London, on June 4 • Electrical Engineering professor J .F. Lindsay is chairman of the organizing committee for the first Canadian Con­ ference on Engineering Education to be . held in Montreal May 1& and 16. The conference aims to provide a forum for people from educational institutions, in­ dustry and government to discuss engin­ eering education in Canada • Concordia's Spring Convocation dates have been set as follows: Commerce and Administration, June 4, 2 p.m. at Loyola, location to be announced; Fine Arts, June 6, 8:15 p.m. at the Alumni Auditorium at Sir George; Engineedng and Computer Science, June 8, 8:15 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium, Sir George campus; Arts & Science, June 11, 2 p.m. at a Loyola location to be announ­ ced ; in case of inclement weather, arts and science convocation will be held in the Loyola arena in two shifts, divided alphabetically, the first half at 2 p.m., the second half at 8:15 p.m. Receptions will follow all ceremonies • Printing services recently held a contest for students in conjunction with the opening of the new University Copy Centre on the main floor of the Hall Building. Winner of the Sony Fire in Commerce faculty AM / FM Radio/ Cassette recorder was Fire devastated the administrative George Secretarial School. Ms. Bina Sanghvi • Purveyors of food ­ offices of the Faculty of Commerce & There was another fire of similar origin stuffs to university cafeterias generally Administration at Sir George on Wednes­ upstairs on the fifth floor. but it failed to do hear only complaints from their cus­ day, April 19, destroying most of the files more than damage a few sheets of marks tomers, so Saga's Moe Whyte must have and much of the furniture. and scorch the wall. been heartened to receive a letter from a But incoming Dean Pierre Simon said Neither police nor Concordia security dozen Loyola students thanking Herb that duplicate files are kept elsewhere. are able to determine whether the two Conve ry and staff "for making the Montreal Police suspect arson. "It looks fire are connected or even were set at the cafeteria so much more than just a place to like a student got mad when he saw his same time. grab a quick bite to eat". The letter went marks on the wall and burned them. Then "We can only say that they were on to say students "have been made to feel it got into the paint and spread," said di cove red together," said Concordia more like V.I.P.s than customers" • We arson squad Sgt.-Det. Claude Tremblay. security director R. Barnabe. didn't realize what we were getting The fire tarted in the YMCA building's Mr. Barnabe said his men sealed off the ourselves into when we said we'd publish 2nd floor, where the dean's area is located, area to prevent pilferage and have now the schedule of the 1978 Learned Societies and was stopped by fire curtains between designated it as a "controlled access area," conference to be held in May 21 - June 3 at the Y and the Norris Building. There was which can only be entered by contacting the University of Western Ontario: taking moke and water damage to the 3rd floor his office. part will be some 59 groups, from the above. Dr. Pierre Simon, who officially takes Canadian Society for the Study of Names "When the heat reaches a certain level, over a dean of Commerce & Administra­ to the Canadian Association for the the fire curtains come down automatical­ tion on June 1, said he didn't expect things Advancement of Netherlandic Studies, ly," aid Sir George safety officer R. Lo be set right much before September. with societies for biblical, patristic, Nicholson. Meanwhile, the administration of the Renaissance studie in betwe~n·. May w~ The fire left 40 feet of corridor with facul ty has commandeered office space of uggest instead that interested scholars office on both sides a charred ruin, part-time lecturers, hoping to gradually contact conference organizers at Room de troying much i,n areas controlled by move back to their area over the summer. 1003, Dental Sciences Building, UWO, the Sir George High School and the Sir turn to p.3 London, Ont., (519) 679-2607. FOR THE RECORD: Brief backed in principle by Senate Concordia Senate last Friday approved of learning as a value in itself and the probing nature, from the Commission in principle the university's response to encouragement of freedom of thought." d'etude des universites. the preliminary report of Quebec's Com­ The document was based on the results of un ivt'r"itrs. mission d'etude sur !es universites. inquiries mad~ among the faculty and is in While Senate asked for revisions to the response to a questionnaire, of a highly -Christy McCormick Concordia lrief, several members congra­ tulated James Whitelaw, associate vice rector and Michael Sheldon , assistant to Library bill watered down the rector, for havi ng produced a "magnificent" and "commendable" docu­ Stud ent Senators David Redmann and deleted in favor of: "Be it resolved that a ment. Jean Robertson managed to get their high priority be given to increasing the The document is not only a response to library upgrading resolution through fund s allocated to the Concordia library a Quebec .government inquiry, but also a Senate on .March 31, but in a much more system." high-level examination and articulation of watered down form than they had Dean Bill Akin said that he was not what Concordia is and what it stands for. intended. aware of reports that the Sir George There were objections to several para­ The original resolution called for the journalism program was to be moved to graphs. Prof. Charles Bertrand, history, library operating budget .to be increased Loyola. He said there has been some felt that a metaphorical reference to the from 8.2 per cent of the total university <"on sideration of affiliating the program · collective bargaining process -had an anti­ budget to 8.7 per cent for the year with an academic department. As it union tinge. Others disagreed, but to 1979-80. I stands the director of a program reports make sure it had no such bias, they agreed The motion also called for 10 per cent of directly to the dean. to amend that section . Prof. Mair Verthuy the university's budget to be used for The director of the journalism program objected to an analogy with abortion and libraries if the Quebec government saw fit has resigned and Dean Akin said he there was agreement that it should be to increase the annual grant. ex pected that candidates for the vacant removed. But Prof. J.C. Giguere wanted the . position would be interviewed in coming But the senators were largely impress­ speci fi cs of the student motion to be weeks. ed by the Whitelaw-Sheldon .draft, which told the government "the university has to preserve the rights of both the rebel ".Cum Laude" comes back and the believer." Which meant it could The old Loyola convocation distinctions Distinction", equal to Magna Cum Laude not march to · the beat of any . one of Cum Laude, eliminated some time ago, and Summa Cum Laude respectively. drummer, despite the fact it' was ready to were temporarily re-instated by Senate The temporary re-instatement of the accept government supervision of its last Friday. Cum Laude results from concern that activities. Two classes of student are entitled to students who registered under the old the old Loyola distinction under the new The Concordia document said: "The regulations are entitled to receive all roncept of a ,network of different, and ruling: honors awarded under those regulations 1) Students who graduated at the 1977 changi ng, institutions, each implementing which governed their academic lives at convocations under the Loyola Academic separately the purposes of higher educa­ Concordia. Regulations of 1976-77, which means a -C.McC. tion while part of co-operative system, number will be awarded retroactively. seems entirely valid ." 2) Students who graduate at this year's Seniors scholarship The docume nt a.lso said: "Recent and later convocations, yet were register­ decades have sharpened the class dichot­ A senior citizen scholarship program ed under the old Loyola Academic was approved in Senate last Friday. omy between learning for its own sake regulations of '76-'77 and who have and learning as a source of advancement­ The program, advocated by Prof. maintained continuous registration in Howard Ripstein, will provide free tuition for the individual and for society. Univer­ their degree programs. sities preserve their si ngular responsibil­ for senior citizens but will not set them Students falling into those categories apart from other students or regular ity to serve as guardians of learning as a are entitled to receive the following good in itself, whether research or programs. distinctions if they have the marks. In discussing the new program, Prof. teaching, discovery or diffusion. Summa Cum Laude .. .. .. .. .. 90-100 "And that today may w~ll prove our Ripstein, Accountancy, said that the Magna Cum Laude .. .. .... ... ... 80-89 money was available through the univer­ most difficult task; t he demand is for Cum Laude .. .. .. ... .. ... 70-79 quantifiable results, but the acquisition of sity development fund . The program must For the rest, the new ranks will be first get approval of the Board of wisdom does not lend itself to computer­ "With Distinction" and "With Great ization.