Vol. 16 No. 15 January 30, 1992 Christopher Ross named Dean . of Commerce and Administration, rbara Black The suspense is over. After 14 months as Acting Dean of the Faculty of Corn- . rnerce and Administration, Christopher A. Ross, 43, has been confirmed in the job. His term ends Jan. 31, 1995. It was business as usual last week in the dean's office, however. Ross has al­ ready grown into the post he assumed provisionally in August 1990, when Steven Appelbaum resigned. Slightly more than a decade ago, Ross arrived at Concordia, freshly minted doctorate in hand, to teach Marketing. During that decade, the Faculty grew into the third largest business school in Canada. Ross looks back on this time of ex­ plosive growth with some wonder. In 1984, the Faculty was bringing in $40,000 in research money; four years later, it had climbed to $500,000. During the rnid-'80s, everything grew: undergraduate enrolment, the size of the faculty, and the quality and number of doctorates granted - from PHOTO: Charles Belanger See NEW DEAN page 10 Christopher Ross, Concordia's newly-appointed Dean of Commerce and Administration, brings years of experience to the job. Effective this summer Students will pay higher tuition and academic materials fees students will pay an increase of $2.53 The Port of Montreal traces the history of the city -from sailor town to a highly mechanized centre. per credit, or $1,341 per year. Full-time Geography Professor Brian Slack has studied the rbara Black Canadian graduate students will face port for several years and he is confident that the an increase of $2.20 per credit, or $1,166 facility will continue to thrive and compete in the per year. world market. Tuition and academic materials and Effective thisyear, academic materials services fees will rise, effective this sum­ and services fees will also increase an­ nually, by the same percentage as the mer, for all undergraduate, graduate Benedictine monk Phil ip Kaufman is making and international students. regular tuition fees for undergraduate waves in the world of modern theology. His com­ students. ments during a Canadian tour to promote his book At its regular monthly meeting on Jan. Why You Can Disagree ...And Remain A Faithful 24, the Board of Governors voted to fall For 1992-1993, the fee will increase to Catholic have so incensed hardliners that they in line with the Quebec government's $3.71 per credit from $3.50 a credit. have banned him from speaking in their dioceses. decision, announced last Dec. 12, to tie The increases are the latest in a series Kaufman came to Concordia last week. tuition fees to the consumer price index, implemented since December 1989, which is based on the cost of basic con­ when the government lifted a long­ sumer items. standing freeze on university tuitions. Since the consumer price index for the For some 20 years, Quebec students en­ Nearly 2 1/2 years ago, Concordia became the joyed the lowest or near-lowest tuition first post-secondary institution in Montreal to im­ applicable period (as defined by the plement a no smoking policy. Though smoking is government, i.e. June 1990 to June 1991) in Canada. on the wane, the policy will be more stringently has risen by six per cent, under­ Even with the higher rates, Quebec enforced at the University to ameliorate the quality graduates can expect a six-per-cent hike university students will still pay lower of life. in their fees for the 1992-1993 academic tuition than their counterparts in On­ year. tario and much of the rest of Canada. Full-time Canadian undergraduate See TUITION page 11 2-Jariuary 30, 1992 Higher Education Minister tours Loyola and SGW Lucienne Robillard gets a glimpse of life at Concordia ·1via Cademartori Concordia played host to Higher Education and Science Minister Lucienne Robillard Monday during a whirlwind tour of the Loyola and Sir George Williams campuses. Robillard and a team of ministry offi­ cials used the half-day 'walkabout' to visit a Design Art classroom in the VA Annex; the Education Department's Observation Nursery; the downtown campus' Centre for Disabled Students (both located in the Henry F. Hall Build­ ing); the CONCAVE (Concordia Com­ puter-Aided Vehicle Engineering) PHOTO; Charles Belanger Research Centre on St-Jacques St. West; Third-year Design Art student Carlos Rodriguez (centre) demonstrates some of the work he does for Higher Education and Science Minister and the Loyola Campus' Georges P. Lucienne Robillard and Fine Arts Dean Robert Parker during her whirlwind half-day tour this past Monday. Vanier Library, Concert Hall and Ad­ ministration Building. University's senior administration, in­ The topics discussed at the hour-long employment equity, sexual harassment Robillard' s visit began with an infor­ cluding Board of Governors Chairman session included academic program­ and the ombuds, status of women and mal meeting with the members of the P. Andre Gervais. ming, the University's mission, space disabled students services). requirements, finances, graduate Also present at the meeting were studies, student services, enrolments, department Deputy Minister Pierre co-op education and many of the Lucier and Assistant Deputy Minister ground-breaking services or program­ Leonce Beaupre. mes introduced at Concordia (such as See TOUR page 10 Professors English and Mikkelsen on cutting edge of electro-chemical analysis Getty negates fundamental fabric of society, Sizeable grant sets biochemists on way says Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay to increasing ability to take measurements Off the Cuff is a weekly column of opinion and insight into major issues in the news. If you are a Concordia faculty member and have something to say "off support from each, saying that this the cuff," call CTR at 848-4882. technology is both viable and useful. Alberta Premier Don Getty's recent comment that official bilingualism should not be rl Jarosiewicz Winning this award was a major imposed on Canadians drew criticism from politicians, language watch dog groups surprise for us." and citizens alike. But Concordia Political Science Professor Reeta Chowdhari Tremblay says Getty's comment that official multi-culturalism should also be Electro-active proteins scrapped "has been gently brushed aside." Chowdhari Tremblay teaches compara­ In a quiet recess on the 11th floor of tive public policy. She is herself a member of a visible minority and has strong views the Henry F. Hall Building, excitement on multiculturalism. is steadily growing. The ideas of two English, who has been at Concordia members of Concordia's Department of since 1982, had previously attached "Regardless of his motives, Alberta Premier Don Getty's comments regarding the Chemistry and Biochemistry are com­ chemical groups to protein surfaces to scrapping of official bilingualism and multiculturalism negates the fundamental fabric ing together into a new research project. examine internal electron transfer. Now of Canaqian society, which is tolerance and div,ersity. Professors Ann English and Susan she wants the transfer to go from the "Fortunately, with the exception of the Reform Party leader (Preston Manning), Mr. Mikkelsen have just been awarded a protein's active centre to the surface Getty has been unable to mobilize support to place linguistic policy and official strategic research grant by the Natural group and, hopefully, to an electrode. multiculturalism on the constitutional agenda. Science and Engineering Research When Susan Mikkelsen came to Con­ cordia in 1989, they began trying to "Though his comments on official bilingualism as a failed experiment forced upon Council (NSERC) to develop new make proteins electro-active. Canadians have been widely criticized, it's unfortunate his attack on multiculturalism methods for the trace analysis of specific organic molecules in biological has been gently brushed aside. "The biosensor aspect is something I fluids or environmental samples. had some experience with before com­ "Hiding behind the principle of equality for all Canadians, Mr. Getty has maintained Their work could increase the ability ing to Concordia," said Mikkelsen. that multiculturalism should not mean hyphenated Canadians. of scientists to take measurements, such "These are devices that combine some "For Mr. Getty, equality implies uniformity. And recognition of different cultural and as monitoring antibodies in a patient's sort of instrumental component like an ethnic communities implies preferred special status for such groups. One must remind bloodstream, or chemicals in the en­ electrode with a chemical or biochemi­ Mr. Getty that Canada's demographic structure has undergone tremendous changes vironment. cal recognition element, which is usual­ in this century. The allophone community makes up more than one third of Canada's This type of research award is new to ly a protein or nucleic acid . And the population. For this grou p of people, multiculturalism and bilingualism are important both researchers. combination of those together con­ symbols of tolerance and respect for diversity, which make Canada a very special "We didn't expect to get funding the stitutes the biosensor. place to li ve. first time around,""'Said English. "The "My background in that area, in com­ We can't a ll ow po liticians li ke Mr. Getty to place in jeopardy the consciously cultivated success rate for this kind of competition bination with Ann's background in is around 25 per cent. We anticipated protein modification and electron offi cial responses to the cultu ral and linguistic diversity of Canada." taking two or three years. "You have to transfer within proteins, makes us a have industrial contacts, and a letter of See BIOCHEMISTS page 12 CONCORDIA'S Thursday Report January 30, 1992 -3 History of Port of Montreal tells story of the city chel Alkallay A Monet depiction of a northern French beach hangs on the wall of Geography Professor Brian Slack' s of­ fice and his files are crammed with facts on world-wide transportation.