Nov. 25 - University of Victoria

VOlUme
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
11, Number 13
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 25, 1971
I
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Tenure cases Cclosed9
sayMcKenzie,Farquhar
The dispute between Philosophy Profasor Ron Kirkby and
his department, is drawing to a close. For details, see the
story on page 3.
It’s
“extremely
dikely”
that the cases of non-renewed
professorsWilliamGoede,
andTobyGraff,willbe
reopened,
according
to the
Board of Governor’s Chairman, Lloyd G. McKenzie.
In view of President Bruce
Partridge’s
resignation
last
week, it had been speculated
thatthe cases might be reexamined.
Partridge
was
censured by the
Canadian
Association of University
Teachers,earlierthisyear,
because of his mis-hading of
the cases.
McKenzie said, however,
that
considered
he
the
d i s p u k to be finished.
“I think it’s highly unlikely.
It’s extremely unlikely”, the
hses will come up again, he
said.
Pro tern President Dr. H.E.
Farquhar,
agreed
with
McKenzie, saying “As f a r a s
Residence 6lustice’
.
comes under fire
by Greg Middleton
Charges of ‘injustice’ in
disciplinary procedures were
of the
brought againstone
womens residences by four
students in a closed meeting
Tnesday night.
A brief containing a number
of suggestions,comments,
and complaintswas presented
by Lansdowne resideritand
member of the Representative
Assembly, FriedaLockhart,
AI Turner and Dan McLeod,
also on the RA, and past AMs
president, Robert McDouga,
to an ad hoc meeting of the
Lansdowne Women’sCouncil
and their dons.
The criticismsthatwere
voiced were:
1) The selection of members
of theStandardsCommittee
should be semi-fixedor chosen
ad hoc for impartiality.
2) An examination of
present methods of appeal.
3) The position of the don on
the
committee
- voter? mediator? - judge?
4) The desirability of having
the accused and the accuser
testify in each
other’s
presence.
5) The desirability of either
i) posting with names omitted,
or ii ) noting ina singlevolume
‘forfuture reference of the
Committees,thedecisions
made in each case, with a
view to building precedent.
6) The
advisability
of
publishing
the
structure,
methods and sample punishments
pertaining
to
the
Standards Committee and its
appeal bodies in the Residence
Handbook.
7) The
necessity
for
reporting all serious decisions
to the
of the
Committees
Director of Housing
for
consideration.
Of these Mrs. Shirley Baker,
Director of Housing, agreed to
impliment the. redesignation
of caution money a s application depositswhich would
be appliedagainstresidence
fees. This
is
already
in
practice in summer session
and could gointoeffect
in
January. Baker also agree to
pay 6 per cent interest on the
deposit as of next year.
These
changes
will now
make the residences comply
with the Landlord and Tenant
Act on these matters.
There was also considerable
discussion as to the authority
of the dons and whether in
exercising their authority
they
may bebreakingcertain
provincial statutes.
One council member stated
“...a don has the right
to enter
my room if
the door is
open”, while another said that
she would not feel guiltyif she
went intoanother
person’s
room. Judy Krestinsky, a first
year education student and a
member of council
com-
mented, “livingin residence is
just like livingin
one big
family”,towhichRobert
McDougall replied,“There
must also be some protection
for people who do not wish to
be part of one big family.”
Al Turner added that the
presentsituationleaves
the
dons in an unfair situation.
Baker asked the dons to
acceptthiscriticismand
stated that “as far a s possible
we shouldrespect
people’s
privacy”.
Lockhartlatercommented
that she thought that
the
question of the dons had been
resolved andthat shebelieved
that there would be no more
trouble.
Krestinsky tried to make the
point
that
the
residence
cannot
be
interpreted
in
purelylegalistic terms. The
fact was stressed by Turner
that “many people are from
out of t o w n . have no experience with lhe law ... no
parentalguidance ... and if
abused one way or another it
may well affecttheir whole
life a t university.”
On the
questions
of the
StandardsCommitteeand
appeals, Miss Lockhart (who
has recently been before the
Standards Committee on what
Nancy Lake, president of the
council, would only identify a s
Cmtinued on Page 2
I’m concerned
the cases
are
Doyle couldn’t be
reached
closed.”. ’
comment.
for
but was
Farquhar said, however,
reported in Tuesday’s Colonist
that he’d been toobusy
to
as saying: “We hope to con“give it any thought,” as yet.
vincetheinterimpresident
He added that he’d have to
that
the
association
is inbe approached by someone
terested in the goodof
the
beforethesubject
could be
university. We don’t feel the
examined.
casesweredealt
within
a
Farquhar said he’d heard satisfactorymannerand
we
“through
the
papers”
convince
hope
to Dr.
Faculty Association President
Farquhar, andthroughhim
Dr. Charles Doyle planned to
the Board of Governors, that
approach him on the topic,but
these cases should finally be
said,
“There’s
been
no
dealt with properly.”
discussion ... so far.”
Deancommittee
in confusion
by Dave Climenhaga
Higinbotham,
student
a
A request by Lloyd
representative, D. Fernandez
McKenzie, Chairman of the
Board of Governors a t UVic,
theGradStudentrepresenthat all senior administrators
tative,and Hugh Farquhar,
Protherecentlyappointed
remain in their positions until
1973 has thrown the Dean
Tem president, a s to whether
Selection Committeeintoa
it will even meet again.
state of confusion.
Professor Powers said that
the committee hadbeen asked
The committee was set
up to
appoint anew dean of Arts and
not to hold a meeting for the
Sciences when the
present
timebeing,butprobably
dean,Dr. John Climenhaga,
would any way if only to
steps down from his position
choose a chairman.
next July.
He said the meetingswould
B rPuacret r i d g e ’ s
in all likelihood be deferred
resignation as president of
until it is known whether Dean
UVic, and McKenzie’s ensuing
Climenhaga will stay or not.
statementhave
thrown the
“Even if thepresentdean
proceedings into a state of
staysthecommittee
will
confusion.
probably still be,” he said.
“In thelight of theabove
Michael
Ashwood-Smith
decisions,”saidMcKenzie
saidhoweverthat
if the
last Wednesday in a statement
present dean remains “there’s
he read to the assembled Joint no pointin havingthecomFaculties,“theprospect
of
mittee.”
changes in othersenioradHe went on to say that the
off until
ministrativeoffices,andthe
“last meeting was put
weknow the position of the
state
,of
instability
in the
a d m i n i s t r a t o (r D
” ean
governance of the university,
theboard of governors has
Climenhaga).
This,
he
said,
had been
decided to request incumbent
announced in the Faculty of
senioradministrators, in so
far as possible, to remain in
Arts and Sciences meeting but
that thedean had not yet given
theirpresentpositionsuntil
any
indication
of
what he
January 31, 1973.
planned to do.
The
“above
decisions”
When asked if Hugh
referred to by McKenzie were
Farquhar would remain on the
resignation
the
of the
committee after being appresident, and the designated
pointed pro-tem president,
Academic Vice President’s
Ashwood-Smith
said
“he
decision not to confirm his
hasn’t resigned formally yet,
appointment:
but obviously he will do so.”
“The boardwill be reluctant
Dean Climenhagawould say
to makeanyadministrative
only
that
he
has
not yet
appointmentsparticularly of
received enough information
external
candidates,
before
to say what decision he will
thatdate or untilahigher
make in the matter.
degree of stabilitybecomes
apparent on the campus.”
McKenzie went on.
The last remaining vacancy
There is now some question
on the Boardof Governors has
on the part of the committee,
been filled.
made up of Dr. M. AshwoodS.J. Clmliffe, a Victoria
Smith of the biology department; Dr. Richard Powers of
resident, has been appointed
Political science, Dr. Michael
f o r a -year
term, acPierce of Physics, Dr. Toby
cording to B.C. cabinet orders
Jackman of History,Bob
made public Monday.
New Gov
”
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THE MARTLET, November 25, 1971 Page 2
...Residenee charges
Continued from Page 1
conceded that it was
only after
‘a charge’) voiced in an ininforming her of her punishterviewherstrongdisapment. Miss Lakewas
then
proval of agroup
thatshe
asked if this was not too late
s t a t ei s
not
impartial,
and a t a timewhen it would be
operates in secrecy, does not
impossibleto obtainfriendly
allow a person brought before
andsympathetic
counselin
it to directly confront the
theresidenceandespecially
accusers and willnot permit
fromthedons,she
replied
witnesses for a defense.
When asked directly ‘do you with a “No comment”.
hold some council meetings
‘NO comment’ was the reply
and alltheStandards
Comof not only Lake and Storvold
mittee meetings in camera, in
but also of Barbara Mezinski
secrecy,and
in fact in an
(the don on Lockhart’s floor).
chamber
almost
star
After the meeting Lockhart
fashion’, the president of the
emphatically
denied that she
men’s
council,
Clifford
has anyinterest in personal
Storvold,
replied
“that’s
vengeance.
right”.
Apparently theresults
of * appears
It that
the
these meetings are even kept
Residence Standards Comsecret from Baker.Neither
mitteehas nopower
under
Lake
nor
Storvold
would
or the
Senate
regulations,
comment on whether they felt
Board of Governors.
the Standards Committee was
Secretary of Senate, Ronald
a just body or if the present
Ferry
stated that the Faculty
system was fair but
Lake
Council is the body to which
carefully pointed
out
that
any
disciplinary
action
there was a ‘right of appeal’.
regarding students shouldbe
She admitted thatthe methods
referred.
of appeal werenot listed in the
r-esidence brochure nor were
In response to a question
theyposted anywhere in the
Board
of
asking i f the
residence buildings. Lockhart
Governors hasat any time
who has been
on
both
the
given the Residence power to
council and the committee last d i s c i p l i nset u d e n t s v i c e year said that until recently
President J. T. Kyle said,
that she was not aware of a
“No, nottomy
knowledge.”
process of appeal.
He alsostated“Isuspect
Lake,thepresident of the
thatresidenceregulations
council, said that she had told
were set up by Housing before
Lockhart of these ‘rights’, but this was a university.”
Remember when
you usedto
skate on your
ankles?
Well, cvcryhody’s got to hc a beginner somctimc.Andnow,
isn‘t
of whizzing
thatgorgeousfeeling
awkovcr thc icc worth thosc first,
w a r d stcps?
Learning to usc Tampax tampons
is alotcasicr.Infact,youwon’t
hclicvc how comfortable, howeasy
to usc untilyou‘vetricd
thcyarc
thcm.
T a m p a xt a m p o n sw e r ed c v c l so youknow
opcdbyadoctor,
thcy‘rcsafc.Thcycomcinthrcc
ohsorhcncy-sizes:
Regular,
Super,
Junior. No other tampons do. A n d
one will he pcrfcct for you.
They hove asllkcn-smoothcontainer-applicatorthatmakesinsertion tolrcct and comfortohlc, cvcry
hnlc And for cxtra safety, the withi s chainstitchedthe
chawalcord
of thetampon.
Discntirclength
posal is no problem either, because
hoth thc applicator a n d thc tampon
arc cornplctcly flushable.
Tarnpaxtampons.Millions
of
girls all ovcr the world have tried
them A n d uscthcm.
Some d a y
you‘llrcmcmhcrwhcnyoufirst
trlcd thcm too.
And you‘ll he glad you did.
SAULT
STE. MARIE council
31
ratified
the
a lively battle positions.
on the part of Algoma College
Algoma College is the Sault
ago,
the
students a year
Ste.Marie
campus of Sudcollege’s highest academic
bury’s Laurentian University.
governing body last week
granted students parity.on the
NEW SHIPMENT
a
AcademicCouncilwithout
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
shot being fired.
ON THE NEW
A meeting of the Council,
Nov. 11, unanimously affirmed the principleof student
representation, thenwent on
to pass a parity motion giving
students 31 representatives on
he body. The motion was
passed
with
nine votes in
favour, none against and five
Now equipped with head
rests. 4-speed syncmesh
abstentions.
transmission, shoulder type
A student-faculty
comBeat belts, back up lights
plus many other new feamittee
discuss
to the
tures.
Eeasibility
of
student
representation failed to meet
last year andhad left the issue
unsettled.
This year’s student council
requested clarification of the
question fromtheacademic
body and
were
given
the
parity-motion in response. On
November 15 thestudent
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See Cutting through it, a column on pg. 5 for more along these
same lines.
Students get parity
without firing a shot
Final three
performances
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Saturdayat 1:Wp.m.
Sunday at 3:Mp.m.
Charges laid against President
Crown refuses to prosecute
Two of thedemonstrators,
Toronto ( C U P ) - The
librarianBrian Leckley and
Crowntold
aFort
William
clerk
Margie
Walley were
criminal court last week that
fired from their jobs in the
it would
not
prosecute obstruction charges laid against university by Tamblyn who
used
their
arrest
for
L a k e h e aU
d niversity
trespassing as a justification
President W.G. Tamblyn.
for
his
action.
Both a r e
The chargeswerelaid
by
members of the
Canadian
C a n a d i aLni b e r a t i o n
Liberation Movement. Wally
Movement Chairman Gary
Perly after Tamblyn failed to has sincebeen reinstated as a
result of a union grievance.
appear in court November
10th. The president had been
subpoenaed by the Crown to
testify in the trespassing trial
of eleven Lakehead students.
Tamblyn’s
lawyer
had
reportedly told the Crown that
Tamblyn was in Ottawa at the
Some $378 went missing in
time. He was later discovered
theoffice
to have been in Thunder Bay Accounting
recently, andwas located only
on November 10th.
after
an
investigation
was
It was the fourth time the
undertaken by a student.
case had been in court. Set as
The money, tuition payment
a peremptorytrial, Tamblyn’s
of firstyearstudentJanice
failure to appear
for
the
White, was received by the
hearing of the
trespassing
Accounting
office
on Sepcase. forced the court to drop
tember 27th, but receipt was
all
charges
for
lack
of
not acknowledged
until
evidence.
November 8th.
The eleven students had
First. indication
that
the
been charged with trespassing
money was missing came on
at Tamblyn’s home during a
September 30thwhenWhite
demonstration there May 1st.
was informed that herfees
his
They were demanding
had not
been
paid.
She
resignation for refusing to reprotested,
saying
that
a
popular
hire
sociology
cheque had been sent to the
professor Victor Wightman
University by her brother in
and institute an appeal board
London Ontario,
September
against
future
arbitrary
24th.
findings.
The
Accounting
office,
Tamblyn has since resigned
however,
denied
having
but stillrefusesto
rehire
received the fees, and stated
Wightman. The resignation
that White must pay $378,and
takes effect June 30,1972.
in addition alate f e e of $17.50.
Wightman
fired,
was
White produced a Xerox
allegedly
for
opposing the
copy of the cancelled cheque,
treatment
meted
out by
sent to her by her brother, but
American-ownedpulp’and
paper companies to thepeople Chief Accountant D.G. Davis
still
maintained
that
the
living in their company towns.
Tamblyn
has
refused
to
consider
the
re-hiring
of
Leckley.
At the trial both the Crown
attorney
and
Tamblyn’s
lawyeraskedthejudgeto
refuse to even hear CLM
ChairmanPerly’sargument.
The crown attorney gave no
reason for -refusing to
prosecute. He has himself
admitted that he has recently
student’s fees...
prosecuted the same charge
againstotherpersons
under
similar circumstances.
Jim Young, Perly’s counsel,
said that, “theQueen may not
wish to prosecute but Perly
does.”
Young explained that under
theCriminal
Code,
“if
the
Attorney General
does
not
intervene” in thecase, ther,
theperson
who laysthe
charges
asact
may
prosecutorinstead
of the
Attorney General.
Thejudgeadjournedthe,
hearing to decide whether or
not he will hear the arguments
of Perlyandthe
crown attorney on the
question
of
Perly’s
right
be
to
the
prosecutor.
.
...mislaid
W ’ s all done by cornputor’
against your f e e account . . . .
cheque had not been received
temporary
assumption
that
has been cancelled, and your
by the University of Victoria.
this was the probable purpose
Davis suggested
that
the
of the payment, expecting that f e e account is fully paid.”
manager
bank
Said
cheque had been sent to the
when student
allfee
Hackney: “They don’t many
University
of
British
a s s e s s m e n t(sr e s i d e n c e ,
manymistakesoverthere,
Columbia, said White, but did
tuition, etc.) were reported to
becauseit’salldone
by
not explain how thecheque
u s by variousUniversity
cornputor.”
could have been cashed by
departments we should have
White said that she’s tired
of
anyone other than the payee:
one to match the payment.”
being a punch card, and plans
.the University of Victoria.
Davis also
assured
Miss
withdraw
to from
the
Manager of the
campus
White that “the late payment
University.
branch of the Bank ofMonfee
which
was
assessed
treal, R.H. Hackney, told the
Martlet at this
point that there
was “the possibility” of error
’on the bank’s part, but thought
it unlikely. He said itwould be
a simple matter to determine
if a Xeroxcopy of thecancelled cheque was available.
Ron
Kirkby,
UVic
Document, said Rankin,the
He said he hadreceived no
meetings were to be held in
philosophy
professor
now
request for investigation from
under suspension, getshis last
camera.
the Accounting office.
The
hearings
began last
chance to save hisjobthis
.Davis admitted that he had
Monday andwere closed on
week.
made no effort to verify
Thursday. They will reconKirkby was suspended last
whether or not UVic had been
vene on December 13th,he
month in adispute with the
credited with the money, nor
Philosophy departmentover
said.
didhe
make anyeffortto
Dr. Kirkby could
not
be
the way he planned to operate
establishwhether or not the
his courses. Hewill have his
reached for comment.
cheque had been received
case reviewed by an external
here. White, however, set
review board, as outlined by
about to get proof of her claim. tenure
document,
the
that Accounting had gotten the
sometime in the next
two
money and mislaid it.
weeks.
As the chequehad been sent
He had planned to combine
by registered mail,it was easy
all thecourses
he wasto
to discover that the item had
teach, into a special nine unit
been received at the Victoria
course of studies with a limit
Principal of Bishop’s
post office,said White, and
of twenty-five studentsin each
University, Dennis Healy, had
that it had
been signed for by a
section.
apparentlybeenseriously
UVic courier. A phone call by
Thedepartmentrefused
consideringacceptingthe
the Tartlet, tothecampus
him permission togo ahead
enough on campus to have
position of Academic Vicemail room revealed that they
with hisprogrammeand
in the
played
part
a
President
a t W i c ,but backed
had a record of delivery.
suspended him
when
he
resignation of. Partridge.
out at the last moment.
When questioned on this,
refusedtochangehisplans.
In an interview with the
In astatement,Tdesday,
however, Davis told the MaTo date,
all
Kirkby’s
University
of
British
November 16th, concerning
rtletthat White’s feeswere
hearings with his department
C o l u m b i a s’ ts u d e n t
theresignation
of UVic’s
still considered unpaid.
and with theadministration,
newspaper,TheUbyssey,
President,BrucePartridge,
“We haven’treceived her
as well a s with special
a
Auchinleck reportedlysaid:
the Board of Governors said
money.” stated Davis.
committee
of
Faculty
feel
“I
given different
a
that
“In
view of this
When asked if Accounting
members havebeen unable to
situation without the
antidevelopment
(Partridge’s
had been aware that the mail
resolve the problem.
American sentiment which is
resignation),
the
Vice
room had a recordof delivery,
If the
present
review
prettyprevelant ... andthe
P r e s i d eAncta d e m i c
Davis
admitted
that
his
committee is unable to resolve
tenure situationhe could have
designate has decided notto
departmenthad done no inthedispute between Kirkby
done an excellent job”.
confirm his acceptance of the
vestigating into thematter.
andtheUniversity,
Kirkby
“We began to doubt Parappointment.”
Davis said
that
he
felt
will be fired.
tridge’s ability to hang on in
Chairman of the
Board,
White’s brother - living in
The committeeis composed
h e politics of the university.
Lloyd
G.
McKenzie,
admitted
London - “was in abetter
of threeprofessorsfrom
Therecomesa
point where
~
~
e
s
d
a
that
y
Healy
had
been
position
to
undertake
inuniversities other than UVic.
you can’t ask a person to carry
the
Academic
“designate”.
vestigation.”
These three are: Dr. David
on,” he added.
There
had
been
much
He later chanued hismind
Huberman, of the Faculty of
The Ubyssey also reported
speculation onwho the Viceon that point, however, and
Law a t UBC; Dr. Roly
Auchinleck,
that
when
President appointee might be,
soon establishedthathis
Lambert,
an
educational
questioned on the importance
but McKenzie’s was the first
department had been in error
psychologist
the
from
of degrees, said “Idon’t know
public statement on it.
from the start.
University of Calgary, andDr.
what they represent ... what
McKenzie saidthat Healy
Kenji
Okuda,
economics
White receivedaletter
of
they’re worth.”
had “indicated in a one line
Simon Fraser University.
The Board
hasn’t
really
apology, together with the
letter the situationbeing what
Dr.
Kenneth
Rankin,
given any thought to the
explanation that “we received
it was here, hedidn’t want to
Chairman of the philosophy
finding of a new president or
your cheque by mail but there
come.”
department, that
said
appointment of selection
a
was apparently nothing on it
Asked if Healy’s withdrawal
although h e could verify that
committee
yet,
assaid
or with it to identify what the
wasduespecificallyto
Parthe
meetings
were
taking
Auchinleck.
paymentwasfor.
Since the
t r i d gr ee s’ isg n a t i o n ,
place, he was unable to give
“We’re still getting over the amount of thechequewas
McKenzie said
“That
cerdetails a t the present time.
Partridge’s
shock ” of
exactlyequal to firstterm
tainlywas one of themore
the
Under
resignation, he said.
residence fees, we made the Tenure
significant factors.”
Partridge’s
sneeessor needn’t
be Canadian
The a s yet
unformed
presidential selection committee shouldn’t place too
much importance on finding a
Canadianreplacement for
Bruce Partridge, according to
amember of the Board of
Governors.
Vice-chairman of the Board,
Gill Auchinleck, said Tuesday
that apparent “anti-American
sentiment” at UVic should not
be major
a factor
in the
choosing of a new president.
“Nationality is the lastthing
to consider,” he said. “But if
an American and a Canadian
were equally qualified
I’d pick
the Canadian”.
Auchinleck said he realized
“There’s a lot of antiAmerican sentiment in the
country,” but statedhe wasn’t
aware of how strong or weak,
nationalistfeelingswere
on
campus.
“Ihaven’t
beenaround
there all that much,” he said.
Auchinleck, who works for
B.C. Tel., lives in Vancouver.
He moved thereearlierthis
year.
Auchinleck
did
say,
however, thathefeltantiAmericanism
was
strong
Kirkby dispute
drawing to
Healy
backed
out
THE MARTLET, November
25. 1971 Page 4
The Martlet
Academic funny
Some time ago we published
an exam from Dr. Monk’s
Education 420 course which, in
our opinion, was thesort of
tripe which
should
not
be
perpetrated on students in this
or any other university.
One result of daylight on
that
particular
swamp
has
been the letter whichfollows
in full, as we received it from
thc
chairman of
the
philosophy department. Dr.
Itankin’s comments are not
only acute and informative,
but also encouraging. His
letter is evidence thatthere
can be a proper productive
critical function served by
getting this sort of question
outin the open, andfurther
thattherearemembers
of
faculty who
will
tackle an
honest academic issue without
the phony niceties of the
colleague thing.
We thank Dr. Rankin for
his candour. We would like to
see more subjects discussed,
for
instance,
a faculty
criticism of students. Thatwill
only occur if you send in your
pet beef - you may notbe
right, butwe may all learn
something. - ed. note)
...wasn%a joke
Dear Sir,
The Martlet ofNov’ember
under
4th. 1 9 7 1 . features
Academic
Funnies
a
philosophy
examination
in
.allegedly
employed
Education 420 - a course in the
philosophy of education. I t is
worth stating explicitly why
such
an
examination
is
inappropriate.
1. The aim of a philosophy
teacher should be to provoke
students to ask
themselves
certain types of fundamental
question.Thetag-defining
multiplechoice
examination
youpublish misdirectstheir
attention
towards
the
classification of theories. or
answerstoquestions,
which
they may not properly understand or feel inclined to
worry about.
2. Philosophical
enquiry
requiresargumentative
and
critical
ability.
The
examination
encourages
students to memorise formulae instead.
3. Philosophers do, indeed,
employjargon-wordsfrom
time
time.
to
But
it
is
axiomatic that this has to be
done with extreme caution for
two reasons.
The
(a)
precise
application of such words
often depends heavilyon
context.
con(b) Their use often
ceals
unexamined
and
h i g h lqyu e s t i o n a b l e
assumptions.
The examination, on t h ~
other
hand,
seems
to
represent
the
use of
as
philosophical
jargon
carrying something like the
theoretical
authority
and
precision attachingtosuch
scientificterms as “mass”,
“neutrino”, “chromosome”,
l
“integer”, etc.
4. As a measureagainst
i n t e l l e c t u af l a t u l e n c e
phileophers must observe a
scrupulous regard for the
English
chastity of the
language. By incorporating
such barbarisms a s the word
“dialecticalism”,and by the
dubious use of “methodology”,
the
examination
sanctions the reverse.
5. In a number of cases the
allocation of tags
to
their
s u p p o s e da lpyp r o p r i a t e
definitions does some violence
to
syntax.
English
Respect for syntax is essential
to accurate reasoning.
6 . Quite apart from this,
few of the definitions would be
adequate for any of the tags
w i t hcoounts i d e r a b l e
qualification.
7. Some of the
other
multiple-choice
questions
display a muddled
kind
of
dogmatism.Whateverthe
answer, itwould have to be
supported by quite lengthy
reasons.
Altogether most of what the
examination
appears
to
presuppose, andthesort
of
achievement
seeks
it
to
promote,isdiametrically
opposed
to
the purpose of
philosophy,and,forthat
matter, education as well.
Whether it is conducive to the
purpose of any course in
Education is perhapsfor
others to say. But
in
the
meantime, it isto be hoped
that no-onewill fall into the
error, which your headline
might suggest, of confusing
Education 420 with the course
in philosophy of education
offered by the Philosophy
Department in the
spring
term.
Yours truly,
K. W. Rankin,
...”
“Another heartwarming story of a fun-loving public figure
bind?
no way!
Dear Slr :
I would appreciate the opportunity to
ask through the columns of your paper
that all Third Year Arts and Science
students who have not alreadymade
appointments at the Advising Centre of
the Faculty of Arts and Science
tMacLaurin 323) In order to complete
Record of Degree Programmes do so as
soon as possible.
Students are asked to complete the
Hecord of Degree Programme in order
t h a t they can be assured that successful
completion
of
thew
proposed
programme of studies will enable them
to have fulfilled the requirements for the
degrees which they seek. I would like to
emphasize that the completing of a
Record of Degree Programme by a
student in no way binds the student to the
programme.
Yours sincerely,
W.R.Gordon
Assistant Dean
Faculty of Arts nnd Science
(You’re welcome - e d . note)
Peking high
Dear Sir:
Justa noteto enclose with copy of
clipping which you will want to publish
as a sequel to ”The New Opium Battle”
Sept 16. To deliberately fall to provlde
your readers with full Information would
be to stoop to the most Immoral kind of
hypocrisy - pretending to inform
wlthout really doing so. which is the
same brand of evd as that condemned in
the article you published.
If you adhere to editorial integrity
please do not regard this as anaccusation: if you are not Interested in
honesty, but use the paper as a
propaganda mind-bender. don’t ever
pretend that you care about people or
you will thereby confirm your hypocrisy
twice over. An editor has a great moral
obligation to his readers to inform them
honestly without pushing them around anything
other
than
this
the
is
distillation of selfishness and disregard
for the dignity of humanity.
Since I have no idea who the editor of
“the Martlet” is thereis nothing personal about what I have said. but I know
some papers are published with the sole
purpose of pushingpeoplearound
without regardforthetruthand
how
things really are, and I wanted to say
this in case you are evertempted to
muck about in the gutter of deception.
Good luck.
- unslgned
RED CHINABRANDEDNO. 1 DRUG
PUSHER
TAPE1 (UPI) - An antiCommunist
exhibition by eight National government
agencies reported today that Red China
is smuggling at least 10,000 tons of
narcotics into the free world each year.
The agencies,f o u r of them intelligence
agencies which operate on the mainland,
branded Peking the world’s No. 1 drug
pusher and said it netted at least )so0
million a year.
The exhibition which also catalogues
allegedCommunistcrimes
on the
mainland, opens Sunday f o r two months.
Newsmen were given a preview today.
Three Alms
Theexhibition listed three aims of the
Communists.
”Peking wants to obtain more foreign
exchange through drug trafficking.
“ I t wants to finance its underground
espionage networks with proceeds from
the narcotic sales.
”Peking hopes to poison freedomloving people in the world as part of a
plan of world conquest.
US. Troops
The exhibition. illustrated by graphs,
charts and photographs, said Communist Chinais dumping heroin and
morphine in South Vietnam to poison
American troops.
I t reported that heroin of more than 90
per cent purity worth W.OO0 an ounce in
the United States is sold in South Vietnam at half the price.The exhibition
charged that nearly 30 percent of the
American trtopsthere
have become
addicts.
(Thank god you wrote when you did, It
was nearly toolate.but your letter saved
the day for us all! We’vebeen under
polltlcal pressure for the last few weeks
- the Representative Assembly wants
us to become part of their overall plan
for world conquest -and at the last staff
meetlng one reportersaid
he’d had
enough. “I’ve had enough!&‘he said.
“Let’s stop playing cricket. and start
mucking about in the gutter of deception!” His emotlonnl outburst seemed to
find support. as three slaffers cheered
and immediately began to filetheir
pencils (so as to make the lead slanted1
while our photographers began babbling
aboul relwchlng negatives. and our ad
manager
screamed
somethlng about
phony ads and burning all his contracts!
Well. le1me tell you. I was in a near state
of hysteria. but because I’d attended
several RA meetings In the past I was
able to adjust lo the panlc. Luckily your
letter was close a1 hand, and after a few
phrases like “propaganda mind-bender”
and “dlstillation of selfishness” reason
prevailed. The article on how Peklng
wants to poison freedom-lovlng people In
the world conquesl turned the tide. and
vou’ll he happy to know all thoughb of
btooping l o the most Immoral klnd of
hypurlsy vanlshed In a cloud d smoke.
4.note)
jock’s jeer
Sir :
You guys probably heard of me on
account of I play for the Vikings and I
wouldn’t expecta bunch of phonyIvy
League intellectual assholes like you to
know a goddamn thing about sports.
Anyway, around our locker room your
“newspaper” (“piece of shit” is more
like it) is about as popular as a brain
tumor. The way you four-eyed. smart?wed mental cripplesdump allover our
mostsacred ~nstitutiavl is encugh to
make me want to m e , and is probably
treacherous to our country, too. After
talhing about this over a few beers last
night. me and some of the guys on the
teamthatstill
love W i c decided we
would come to your office on our next
trip to the Sub Puband
kick your
collective ass. Would Thursday, Nov. 11
a t 9:oO be okay.
Fraternally yours.
1.J.M.
688113
A&S3
(Why don’t you steal sumetblng rlght out
of National Lampoon.
then
sign
somebody else’s lame to it? You clown.
Ian J . McKinnon may have strong
dislikes for the Martlet, but I’m sure li
he wanted to make them clear to us hr’d
dosoln his own words. Not only that, but
there’s no SUB Pub on Thursday night.
4.)
free speech
Dear Media,
The refusal by Dave Fisher, chairman
of Academic Affairs to pay $100 o u t of a
budget to the people who sponsored Sean
Kenny’s well attended speech, indicates
a political bias Fisher has; Fisher deals
no justice. nor money, to those who have
opposite political views. The people
might have got their money back from
Flsher if Mickey Mouse, Spiro, Milhaus,
WAC, Howdy Doody and Cowboy Bob or
Kate Smith has been the speaker instead
of amember
of the IRA. McKinnon
“doesn’t have Brian Green to
kick
around anymore” so he Instead made a
puppet o u t of Fisher. The results? Just
ask the people who tried to get their
money back
Amen,
Bill Dougan.
it isn’t over
Dear Mark (a letter to the editor from a
former
editor,
who alas
has
no
typewriter) or, AN OPEN LETTER TO
UVIC:
Now that the ecstatic clinking of beer
glassesandshouts
of celebration
following Partridge’sresignationhave
probably died down 1 hope that the real
issue of the professors who were
grievously wronged during his brief but
untimely tenure of office will not be lost.
The resignation alone willonly be a
phyrric victory unless the students and
teachers aW
t ic
do something to
remedy a situation in which everybody
has lost and nobody has won.
During the year 196667 some of the
best teachers and scholars W i c has
ever seen were shafted by an inept and
vindictive administration. After a hue
and cry on the part of fewer faculty and
students than raised their voices against
the Partridge regime, the Dean of Arts
and
Sciences
and
the
University
President respectively resigned. Did the
(Continued on Page 10)
THE MARTLET, November
and other fables
by Norm Wright
It is probably fortunate that it was
Arthur Mayse who first
wrote, with surprising insight, of the problems of UVic after
Partridge. In sum those problems rest on the actions past,
present, and future of the Governors. They appointed and
supported Partridge as the instrument of a policy. He was
unable to bring that policy to completion, but there is little
likelihood that his departure
will see an end to thepolicy.
It isnot surprising, on the otherhand, that theChairman of
the Board spoke of, “the instability of the governance,” and,
“the survival of the University”. These comments mirror
accurately an attitude which sees stability in terms of an
imposed policy, and survival in terms of the continuity of
management.
The Chairman is in good company.
The Minister of Education has already servednotice that
government is intending to step into the field of University
affairs with revisions to the Universities Act at the next
session; this following theirrecentattacks
on both the
Medical and Teaching professions.
Clearly what is underway, and which nothing is likely to
forestall, is the setting up
of a political attack on “privileged
intellectuals” in the nameof “the long suffering taxpayer”.
Bennett knows how to choose his own issues when facing an
election and he is politician enough to make stick.
it
I must confess something less than overwhelming sympathy for the profs.
It has been, all too often, the unhealthy coincidence of
small minds and large appetites inconjunctionwith
the
market place and thepublic purse which has brought about
much that isopen to criticismin the province of the faculty.
But, as has been said before, like ‘emor not, they’re allwe’ve
got. Thefacultyand
a continuously changing student
population ARE the University in any proper sense of the
word.
The faculty then have a curious dilemma to face.To offset
an undesirable external
policy made worse by added political
strictures, they must develop an alternative.Not only must
the alternative satisfy the diversity
of interests of the various
be made politically coherent as a
disciplines, but it must also
policy of Senate. Further, and
perhaps of crucial importance,
a policy for the University mustbe acceptable to some
substantial numbersof the public, and lastly thepolicy must
command the respect and support of students. Without the
latter it will lead nowhere.
What is indicated here is not a call for either a faculty of
politicians or a faculty a s Union. What wehave every reason
to expectis a common effort to state in substantial terms the
needs of the University which if met will make it an institution of continuing value.
If faculty cannot or will not recognize and respond to the
real nature of the problem, then the battle for the Universities is over before it begins,
Ronald Reagan, anyone?
ting through
Dear Sirs:
Could youhelp us with this problem? We are male students
employedin the residents’ students dining room to clear
dirty dishes. We have been told that ‘action will be taken’ if
we do not trim our hair, None of us have hair longer than
collar length. What action, if any, can be taken?
- anonymous
Aspokesmanfor the personnel office of the university told
tho Martlet, “Our policy on hair is that it is up to the individual”. He alsostated that for
people employed in the food
services, their hair must be tied back.
We also contacted TheMetropolitan and Provincial boards
of Health and neither department had
any specific regulation
on length of hair.
The city health
board’s regulation on appearance of people
workingin eatingestablishments was very vague.The
regulation states “Proper and clean clothing, well-kept hair,
clean hands ...”
When asked if therewas a specific rule on length of
hair (for males), a spokesman for the boardsaid hairshould
be “above the shoulders”.
A representative of the Provincial Health Department said
that new regulations for eathg establishments will be
released by the government on Thursday.
He also stated, however, that he “would be very surprised
if there wasanything on hair length in the new rulings”.
When the Martlet contacted Miss Schuh, the manager for
the food services, she stated that “hairnets were
acceptable”
as opposed to a haircut.
Apparently, you are not required todo anything otherthan
tie back your hair. It seems the only ‘action’ that can be
taken against you already has been taken. In other words,
they can ask you to cut your hair, but they can not order you
to.
I
Getting shafted, hassled. and ‘ or tied up in red tape? Want
to find out if they really can do to you what they’re doing to
you? So do we ...Write and tell us what, who, & where, we’ll
findoutwhy. Your letters don’t have to be in triplicate,
typed, or even bear your name. This column’sabout red tape,
& cutting through it.
a critical look...
25. 1971 Page 5
...at ‘charge back’
O n e step forward
two steps back.3
A commentary by Steve
Porter
An inflatedbureaucracy
and less money for academic
purposes are the tangible
results of the administration’s
latest “efficiency” move.
At thestart of this fiscal
year a “charge-back’’ system
of budgetting was instituted
for department expenditures
on University services.
is
Each
department
“charged”forthe
AudioVisual, Computing, Printing
and Duplicating, and .other
services which it uses.
The Accounting Office then
subtractsthese“charges”
from the amount budgetted to
the department and compares
its results once a month with
an identical account kept by
each department.
The departments have increased their budgets for this
fiscal year by including in
them as “academic” costs the
funds for these services which
formerly
“adwere
ministration”costs.There
were no budget increasesto
cover the costsof the “chargeback” system itself, however.
Vice-president
for
Administration John T. Kyle, in
charge of initiating
the
system,saidthatitis“the
only way that one can assure
thatthe level of services is
adequate to meet the needs of
departments.”
Theoretically, atleast,the
departments will be able to
determine, through their own
budgetting,
the
“level
of
services” available.
Under the former system,
he said, “they were not getting
the services- computing was
one, printing and duplicating
was another. They were not
getting the kind of services
they had reason to expect.”
Assistant Manager of
ComputingServices,Dave
Stothard,admittedthat
“we
have never been able to offer
all the services” departments
would like.
Thecomputer . is simply
is
inadequate
and
there
nothing short of a new computer which cancorrectthe
situation, he said.
The new computer is on its
way, however.
“We plan to provide these
services next year. The new
computer is coming in about
better use of the Services, but
next May and it should have
whether or not the increase in
all the necessaryfacilities,”
efficiency will offset the costs
he said.
the
of
system
itself
is
Stothardalsosaidthat
debatable. Certainly there will
getting thenew computer was
be no savings this year.
a “question of demonstrating
Asked what the costs of the
the demand for it and getting
‘charge-back’
system
itself
the support of the University.”
are, Kyle said, “It is a small
This was accomplished by
price to pay” for theother
means of a survey of all users.
benefits derived.
The“charge-back’’system
Kyle does not knowthe cost.
came too late to have any
The
cost of the system hasnot
affect upon this decision and
been evaluatedandfaculty
its only affect so far has been
comments indicate they are
to decrease the demand for
moresubstantialthan
Kyle
computer time.
will
admit.
“Usage is less
than
we
expectedbecausedepart“other
benefits
The
ments arenow on the ‘charge- derived”
from
the
system
back’
system,”
he
said.
were emphasized by Kyle. The
Departments
seem
to
be
new systemwas“certainly
savingtheircomputer
time
not designed to save money.”
for later in the termwhen they
Rather its chief benefits are
may need it more, he added.
or
“philosophical
The computer is rentedon a
psychological”
stemming
flat fee basis. That is, it costs
fromthedecentralization
of
the sameno matter how much getting
influence
or
it is used. Due tothe
low
“authority into thehands of
marginal cost of computer
those who requirethe
sertime this decrease of comvice.”
putertime
used represents
Whatever that means.
little or no financial saving to
Is our Vice-president of
University
the
and
is,
Administration saying that
therefore,
an
absolute loss
theadministration should be
academically.
controlled by the people
it
The “charge-back” system,
serves?
Vice-president Kyle believes,
Surely there are better ways
will result in an increase in the
to achieve this goal.
efficiency which
with
Mr. E.B. Shoffner, Manager
University
resources
are
of Audio-visual Services, of
used.
the“charge-back”system
“The‘charge-back’system
said, “It is difficult in that it
puts the
dollars
available
requires a great dealof time.
i n the
users’
right
back
Theaddeddetail involved is
budgets,” he said.
rather considerable.”
He said that when money is
Asked if added personnel
in short supply (as per usual)
will be required he said, “If it
the departments will allocate
con(“charge-back”) is to
theirservice funds so as to
tinue we will have to.”
obtain the maximiun possible
He added, “The thing that
valueacademicallybecause
really bothers me about the
those services least valuable
‘charge-back’ system is not
academically would be
the
‘charge-back’
system
eliminated first.
itself, but the situation it puts
Under theformersystem
us in
with
relation to the
this was accomplished only
faculty.”
indirectly. An increased
So much information is only
departmental demand for a
available on film
that
a
p a r t i c uslearrv i c e
projector is often just as
necessitated a budgetinnecessary a s a teaching aid as
crease and a decrease in
a blackboard. “Obviously, the
demand allowed for a budget
attitude towards us is that
chop. The “first-come-firstbecause we charge lor these
served” budget restraint of
(projectors
other
and
this system is not sufficiently
equipment) thefaculty sees us
selective academically.
as hindering education.”
The“charge-back”system
Such are the psychological
will,
hopefully,
result in a
benefits so far.
Under theformersystem
the
cost
of Audio-visual
Services was paid directly by
the administration. Under the
new system a faculty member
is charged three dollars for a
projector plus a $2.50 delivery
fee.
As the Audio-visual Services’ costs are limited to
equal the “revenue” allocated
to it by the departments, the
. f e e structure may be adjusted
“up or down whichever way it
needs to go.” Thus any cost
increases
due
to
“chargeback” will be passed back to
the departments and services
reduced accordimlv.
It is not the function of a free press in a free society to save
freelyelected governments from embarrassment. - Lord
Astor of Hever.
university %‘vices “they are
perfectly free to
down
town,” Shoffner said.
t
Titterton on managing
by Derry McDonell
It has often been said that
the only person that could fix
be a good
the SUB
would
bomber. Well, he looks more
like a screen idol than a
subversive, butnewly hired
SUB manager David Titterton
is
loaded
with dynamite
nevertheless. Those of us who
fall into the dubious category
of SUB regulars havewatched
in amazement as the clutter
and
chaos
which
we
had
grudgingly come to accept a s
being part of the ‘charm’ of
theplace
has been blasted
away
before
our eyes,
revealing (wonder of wonders!) a building that was
actually fun to be in, instead of
the
sorry
evidence
of
a
psychologically
addicting
habit. Moreover, we have had
to dust off our diplomacy as it
becomesobviousthathis
revolutionarydesignsare
attracting a clientele which
extends beyond thenarrow
bounds of tradition. Good
grief, what’s the placecoming
to! Is theradicalstronghold
being shafted from
within?
Last week Martlet decided to
findoutfrom
Tittertonhimself. Planning our moveswith
meticulous care, we were able
to trip theelusive
bomber
somewhere between forays
into thebureaucraticmaze,
and strongarmed him into his
office ...)
.’L
happy
Martlet: Have you
been
disillusioned in any way?
Titterton: It’snot quite what
I expected it to be; but I’m not
atall unhappywith the job
we’ve doneso far. We’ve had a
lot of cooperation
from
students, both in and out of the
Council, andthestaffhave
beenwillingto
try new approaches as well.
I was disappointed in the
financial situation ... and I’ve
taken sometough measures to
stop deficit financing ... We’ve
got everything elsethat we
need to move ahead, people
who are willing to work, new
ideas,
etc.,
but
I’m
really
frightened by thefinancing,
and so is the Student Council.
SUB
Martlet: Whatabout
expansion; is that going to
come up again in the spring?
Martlet: OK, you came here
at a time when the whole
universitywas
in aserious
turmoil, how have. you survived so far? Have you found
that thepolitical hassles affect
your p b very much?
been
Titterton : We’ve
moving steadily ahead with
this idea for some time now
and we think we may have a
workable plan to offer.
Martlet: It isgenerally
believed that the construction
costs of an expanded SUB are
outrunning the revenue input
of the Ewing Fund. Is this
correct?
Titterton: No, not entirely.
Certainly
construction
costs
have gone up. and we cannot
build the same sort of building
we could have nine years ago
when the fund was started, but
w? can still do a sizeable job.
Titterton: Well I’ve been
“feeling” my way so f a r . I
have my antennaeout all over
theplace . _ Personally
_
I find
Martlet: How much would
we have to borrow?
Titterton: About ahalfa
we are
million ... theidea
turmoil?
.
the political part of it upsetting. I don’t like it; I don’t
understand it; andI regret
thataffectstheoperation
as
much as it does, (and there is
110 question that it does).
working on at presenttotals
around 5800,OoO.
Martlet: The AMS financial
position
being
what
is,
it
aren’t we a poor risk for that
amount?
Titterton: No,not at all.I’ve
talked tothebankersabout
that ... and even if our
enrollment doesn’t go up at all
we’re still in pretty good shape
... but we couldn’tafford much
more
than
that
without
sticking our neck out.
artl let: Are you saying
that we couldgo ahead with
the expansionwithout a fee
increase?
Titterton: We coulddoit
without adding to the Ewing
Fund grant, ($10 per student)
butonce
the building were
constructed, I would suspect
that wewould have to have
moremoney
to operateit,
because the bigger building
will be more expensiveto
maintain
... and w e
(hopefully) will have a
generallyexpandedlevel
of
activity, someof which would
be selfsustaining,
some
of
which would not.
Martlet: How much of an
increase in cost do you anticipate?
Titterton: At thisstage of
the game it is too hard to say. I
would think that locked into an
increase
operate
to
the
building would be an increase
for clubs, the Martlet, etc. ...
because with ourstabilized
enrollment
and
therefore
fixed income, we are going to
have to considera general fee
increase to maintain even our
existingprograms in anexpanded SUB, with expanded
club membership.
Martlet: Have,you checked
out fee structures in other
universities of this size?
Titterton: Yes,and for what
weoffer in the way of services
we compare quite favourably ;
but we do have a much
smaller SUB than most.
scatter?
Martlet: One of the
comes up
arguments
that
everytime
the
AMS starts
talking about SUB expansion
is: ‘Why not disperse
activities throughout the campus
ratherthantryingto
centralize themin the SUB, which
many students never go to?’
What do you see as the role of
the SUB in this respect?
‘rittertoo: We should be
filling the void that begins at
the
end
of the
classroom
structure, and starts with
what the student REALLY
wants to learn ... we could be
hosting a wide range of
speakers
groups,
and
everything from mllsic to
h a t e . I could be wrong but
that is what theSUB is to me.
We are workingon a very
modestlunchhour
speaker
program r@t now to try and
getsomeparticipationfrom
the student body at large in
this building ... The number of
kids who gravitate to, or swirl
by this
place
gives
us a
(potential) audience of 4500
and the type of expansion we
are looking at nowwith its
main emphasison flexible use
of space means that we could
have everything from movies
to mass meetings to offer
them.
revamp
Martlet:
Are
you still
working around the Di Castri
design?
Tittertolr: No not really ...
significant in the pian we now
have
is
a rather
large
revamping of THIS building...
acompleteredecoration,a
brightening up, to get ‘todays’
use out of a building that is
eight years old.
Martlet: Is this building
being overused, or just badly
used at present?
Titterton: Both ... it’s
a
hopelessly crampedand,at
times, dingybuilding.Being
so small means that we have
often to book groups intoareas
that I’d like to keep flexible.
The
lounge
for
instance,
should be for LOUNGING ...
but we are always booking it
for various clubs, etc ... now
that offends me a little bit. I’d
like to see that room kept at all
times for the purpose it was
built.
Martlet: Whatabout other
areas of the building: where
could they be improved?
area
Titterton:
The
downstairs,where the Caf and
pub are, is not an attractive
area. It’s barn-like, and not
L
much atmosphere. I can’tsee
why people would want to go
there ... part of our redesign
would be to makethat
an
attractive, convivial place.
Martlet: What is your
general opinion of the SUB
h b operation?
Titterton: I thillk we made a
mistake
last
year.
We
changed our emphasis and
got
slightly away fromwhat the
to be ... To me,
Pub was meant
you can kill this
type
of
operation if you
aim
at
pumping out more and more
cases of bocize instead of
creating a happy social evept,
making it as comfortable as
you can for the people who are
there ... by controlling the size
of thecrowd,
by providing
entertainment,
and
a supplemental food menu.
It seems obvious to me that
concerningyourselfsolely
withproduction
meansthat
you end up with a huge staff,
both in sales and security, sp
that you actually minimize
your marginal profits at the
same point
you
maximize
your sales ... we have already
begun to limit the size of the
crowd on Friday nights, and
I’m optimistic that the answer
lies in this direction instead.
changes
Martlet: The SUB is virtually unused on weekends. Do
you have any plans to change
this?
Titterton: Ohboy yes; this
place is a tomb on weekends!
We have a couple of schemes
now though, mainly bringing
in music, to try and generate
some interest here during that
period.
Martlet: Would this be
directed at residence students
mainly?
l5tterton: Not necessariiy,
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a SUB
sinking some old myths
-
though they are fee-paying
members, and we would like
to see them takeagreater
interest in this building.
Martlet: Let’s get back to
money for a moment. At the
present t@e the Ewing Fund
is untouchable by the AMs. In
January there’s going to be a
referendum to try and make
the
Athletics
budget
‘untouchable’, and now talk of
doing the same for the Martlet: do you think thisis a
healthy trend for the AMs?
Titterton: No,I reallydon’t.
I think there has got to be one
funding body for students ...
by subdividing the budget we
are dividing
loyalties
and
personalpreferences,and
we’re sacrificing the interests
at large. AU it’s going to do is
break down the main strength,
and that think
I
is verywrong.
By definition we a r e a
students UNION, and at this
particular time, when income
is levelling off and costs are
rising, we should be pooling
OUT
resources,
not
fragmenting them.
.It worries me to see these
separatist tendencies because
I can see EVERYTHING
splitting off that way, and
fizzling out.
Martlet: What do you think
we can do about it?
Titterton: Well there are of
course,manystudents
who
will never comenear the SUB
for many good and valid
reasons of their own; b& we
canattractand
hold many
more thanwe are now, simply
by making this an attractive
place to be, by making people
want to be here.Right now it’s
obviousthat
we a r e not
drawinganaccuratecross
section to the SUB ...there are
many reasons for this .:. I
think thedisputelastyear
exacted a heavytoll in many,
often unseen ways, not the
least of which was that this
a
buildingstoppedbeing
relaxing
place
to
and
hotbed of
becameinsteada
be.
politicalintrigue. Some former students have indicated
to me that when theywere
here they neverwent near the
SUB because(theythought)
that
there
was
a SUB
‘fraternity’that
had taken
over the place.
I’m hoping that
that situationdoesn’t exist any
more.
Martlet: How you
do
propose to stay clear of the
political implications of your
job?
.‘Ktterton: Well, it’s always
atightrope. You know,I’m
always asking myself, ‘Am I
trespassing on HIS territory
or
is
he
trespassing
on
MINE?’. There’s a helluvalot
of good
will
needed in a
situation like this, and more
than that, downright honesty.
I am not smart enough torun a
series of deceits on the
Representative Assembly; so
honestyis my policy,and I
only hope to get the same in
return.
Martlet: Sounds like a good
place to end don’t you think?
Titterton: Except for one
thing; you know, I can’t help
it,maybe
I’m a bit of a
d r e a m e r ; but
I
see
this
organization really taking off
in the next couple of years. All
we need is a little cooperation
and - yes,
little
a more
money.
Awright yew guys OFF D A P I G !
THE MARTLET, November
25. 1971 Page 8
.
Hiking,
camping
and caving
with a good selection of Blues
’120 YATLS PASSAGE
The OutdoorsClubis
the
club that tries everything and
is subsequently thelargest
club on campus. Our more
regularactivities
consist of
hiking, climbing, camping,
skiing,
canoeing,
caving,
supportingconservation
groups and “partying”.
A day tripis
held every
Sundaywiththemorning
meeting place
the
Mayfair
Shopping Centre. (Check the
notices in the Library,Sub and
Elliot for times. and places).
The overnight outings planned
for this year are Strathcona
Park
(4
days)
over
Remembrance Day weekend,
a ski trip to Forbidden Plateau
during Christmas holidays, a
Long Beach
trip
after
Christmas,
Washington’s
Olympic Park during March
( 4 days) and Cape Scott for a
week afterexams
in May.
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to our meetings in Cornett 16:
at 12:30 every Wednesday. I
costs no moneytojoin
an(
anyone is welcome.
Campidg gear is supplied for
those without it except for a
sleeping bag and food. All gas
expenses are paid for by the
club on these longer trips.
Anyonewith
an Outdoors
Club membershipcardis
entitled to a 10 per cent
Bullfights, boleros
and suneee
That is what youwill
be
getting daily in Madrid. Well,
how does a Victorian get to
Madrid free?
Nobody gets anything free!
Right, nobody does, unless you
are a member of the Spanish
Club.Then YGU havethe opportunity of working in
Madrid as a counselor. You do
not even
have
to
speak
Spanish.
All that a counselor has to do
is advise students- point out
the
cultural
differences
between Spain and Canada.
Relatively very little work is
required considering thatall
the counselor’s expenses shall
be paid.
The Spanish Club needs
counselors.
If you are interested in
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LH3
M32
c.2
V i k s Win
in soccer
was played under adverse
Both games on Saturday
conditions.
The
sun
was
were very close matches. In
shining.
the morning Rhonda Duncan
In &e first half, the Rebels,
againscored for W i c who
with the sun in their
eves.
defeated OregonCollege
of
Education 1-0, while in the
managed to score two goals:
UVk Vikings posted a solid second
afternoon the Vagabonds lost
the
Inhalf,
5-2 victory
over
Oak Bay
to Eastern Oregon College 1-0.
Esquimalt scored three goals
soccer club on the weekend.
The calibre of playatthe
while UVic, sun in their eyes,
After receiving a late start
conferencehasgreatlyimalsoscoredthree.Laurie
due totechnical difficulties, Bullivant scored two goals and
proved and the Vagabonds
the Vikings started their surge BrianAlguirescoredthe
played well in hard fought
with John Leier’s goal twenty third.Lauriehashadnine
games.
minutes into the game.
goals in six games.
Leier, playing at his finest
In other actiontheTigers
had amplechances to score beat the Orangemen,2 - 1, and
par- the
throughout the
game
Fossils
defeated
the
ticularly involving an open net
Castaways, 4 - 1.
situationwhere hebeat two
The
next
game
for the
opponents,
including
the
Vikings
against
is the
godie,
and
unfortunately
UVic’s Valkyrie girls field
Orangemen this Sunday,11:OO
passing the ball in front of the at UVic.
hockey team had a successful
netto whathe thought was
weekend at the
Evergreen
Standings
P W L T PTS
teamate Brian Barroclough. Tigers
Conferencetournament
in
9 6 1 2 1 4
Unfortunately Barraclough Rebels
9. 6.~~
2 1 1 3
Pullman, Washington. With
wasn’t around
and
the
op- Orangemen
9 4 2 3 1 1
fourteen
universities
atWic
9 4 4 1 9
position, .wearing
the
same
Foesils
from
tending
9 1 5 3 5 B.C.,
coloured
uniforms
atsh e
Castaways
9 0 7 2 2
Washington and Oregon, UVic
Vikings, kicked the ball out for
won all four games scoring 13
a cornerkick. Better luck next
goals for the the loss
of only 2.
time John.
The
first
game,
against
The Machory connected on a
Western
Washington
State,
penaltykicktogivethe
was a 2-1 victory with Janet
Vikings their second goal.
Williams scoring both goals.
RobinBurrellreceiveda
Stephanie Corby scoredfour
The
Vagabonds
travelled
to
rebound from the crossbar to
of
the eight goals she had in
Portland Oregon this weekend
givethemthree.Burrell
tournament
the
against
to
play
in
the
‘B’
section
of
the
scored againin the second half
Marylhurst,
Oregon
in
the
Northwest
Intercollegiate
kom cross
a from
Dave
svondgame,as
Valkyries
Women’s
Field
Hockey
Barraclough. Jim Marshall
posted a 5-1 win.
Conference.Twelveteams
shot the lastinto the net at the
On Saturday, Washington
Erom Washington, Oregon and
hirtyminutemark
from a
Statefellvictims
to the
Idaho
played
in
the
2day
*ass byDoug
Puitch.
rampant
UVic
girls
with
conference with the UVic
The game ended in twilight
Stephanie Corby scoringthe
team
being
the
only
Canadian
iue to the referee’s decision
lone UVic goal in a 1-0 victory.
entrants.Fridaymorning
:or a 60 minute second half.
In the final game, University
Vagabonds defeated Southern
of
Oregon went down to a 5-0
OregonCollege 3-0 withtwo
defeat
the
as
Valkyries
eoals bv centre forward
climaxedtheir
weekend of
Flhonda Duncan and one from
wins. Stephanie Corby scored
r i h t inner Carole Newes. m e
three more times, with Janet
Williams andLynette Wrer.
adding one each.
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Golden Bears at Esquimalt on Friday night at 8.00 p.m. and
on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. Vikings,who ran out of steam while
putting in a creditable performance against
U.B.C. will have
their handsfull here. Golden Bears narrowly lost in the dying
seconds of their game with the U.S. National Olympic team.
The score was 7-6. U.B.C. reports this to be the best UVic
hockey team they’ve ever seen. ...
- Basketball Vikings are also hosting Golden Bears this
weekend. On Friday and Saturday nights at 8.30 in the UVic
Gym, Vikings small but mobileteam will have to think fast to
combat theheight and weight of the U. of A. team. Forwards
like 6’8” Mike Frisby and 6’4”, 205 lb. Martin Lyons should
make the Viking task more difficult ....
-Action prior to the Vikings game will see Vikettes at 4.30
againstthe U. of A. girls, whileCoach PeterJensen’s
Jayvees take on the hot shots from Centralia at 6.30 p.m ....
-Rugby Vikings willplay league leading Castaways
in the
Stadium on Saturday at 2.30. Vikings who are out of the
running for the Rose Trophyand the Barnard Trophy stand a
chance of winning a moralvictory by defeating Castaways..
..
- -On Sunday theSoccer Vikings, withthe fearlessAchurch
once again in goal, play Roadrunners in an attempt to take
the lead in Div. 1. Kick off is at. 2.30 on Sunday a t Central
Park. Vikings, who play a fast, entertaining brand
of soccer,
deserve some support
in their effortsto topple CosmoRoyals
from top spot.. ..
- “he Field Hockey girls, fresh fromtheir victorious trip
to Pullman play Mariners on Saturday at 1 p:m. at Beacon
Hill,while
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letters...more...letters
transcendental.meditation
as taught by
Maharishi
Mahesh
Yogi
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION DEVELOPS CLARITY OF PERCEPTION AND ENABLES
ONE TO GRASP COMPLEX SITUATIONS QUICKLY, AND EXPRESS HIMSEW IN A I’!ORE
LOVING AND CREATIVE MANNER.
introductory lecture
dote: NOVEMBER 25, THURSDAY, 12:30
(continued from Page
profs get back to W i c . No. Everybody
lost - students, faculty AND - ADMINISTRATION. But the basic wrongs
were never made right.Nevertheless we
all told ourselves we wouldnever allow it
to happen again.
Well, History has repeated itself and
there is no evidence that four and one
half years later W i c is any betteroff or
more grown up. In fact, the reverse is
true. Back then no one outside Vancouver Island had ever heard d W i c .
Now it is a laughing stock here in
Vancouver and all over the country.
Partridge has finally caved in. It is
what we wanted him to do. And it was a
surprise. I can understandwhy he clung
so tenaciously to his job here and to his
mansion overlookingthe sea.He’ll never
get anything else like it in this country.
Andwhoknowswhen
Climenhaga,
UVic’s onemanRosencrantzand
Gildenstern - unlesstheEnglish
Department’s Roy Leslie is Rosencrantz
- will bite the dust. It is interesting to
note that he was not appointed to be
Interim Acting President. But who was?
Farqhuar. Who ishe? What does he
think? What is he going to do? Find out.
Thecases of Toby Graff and Bill
Goede must be reopened. You don’t need
to be a genius to see that Partridge’s
resignation isanadmissionthat
he
handled the whole affair wrongly. And
it’s too bad for him that he did. Despite
his questionable antecedents, he could
have made a good president, if only he
had left the academic decision making
up to the Academics.
Don’t let the new administration play
the old “It never happened; everything’s
fine” game with you. A new battle must
begin.
You must demand a new, unbiased,
professional tribunal, such as the one
suggested in the CAUT Report, to handle
the cases. It mustbe a tribunal made up
of appointees from alltheparties
involved and not just one party, the administration’s -set upunder the phoney
aegis of Prof Beattie Machanand the
sycophantic majority of a totally ad hoc
group, with no legal standing,called
“the Committee of Full Rofessors”.
The McLaurin tribunal, it must be
remembered, was never recognized on
this campus by students, faculty, or the
CAUT for that matter.
It has been long establisheh inEnglish
and Canadian Law that a man sitting on
a professional tribunal in an
adjudicative
capacity
should
be
disqualified or disqualify himself if there
is even a reasonable likelihood of bias on
his part. It need not be shown that be IS
biased; itneed only beshown that a right
thinking person would look a t the man
and his position versus the circumstances of the cases the tribunal is
looking at andassume
a reasonable
possibility of bias.
One of the men on the McLaurin
Tribunal is the brother of a University
President elsewhere, another is a Dean
of a Faculty at UBC andthe other a
former University Chancellor. Yes, they
are all distinguished men in their fields
but I am surethe average right thinking
person would assume that there would
be a reasonable possibility, on their
parts, of bias in favour of the UVic administration. This assumption is compounded by the fact that the tribunal’s
decision was made on the evidence put
forward by only one of the parties to t h e
dispute.
Thus another long standing
legal
principle .s shattered. That is,a decision
cannot be held to be binding unless the
arguments of ALL of the parties tq the
dispute have been heard. The McLaurin
Tribunal
heard
Partridge’s
and
of the
Climenhaga’s (sucha s it was) side
story but they didn’t hear Goede’s, or
Graff’s. or Jain’s.
The decision of the Mchurin Committee should therefore be thrown out on
the
of possible bias, its ad hoc
standing and its one sided procedure.
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Visitor off hisass.Encourage
your
studentsenators to raise the issue in
Senate. Try as hard a5 you can to get the
Board of Governors to open up on their
dark and secretive methods of decision
making. Above all, keep the pot boiling
in as many areas as possible!
a t W i cto
Now is the time for students
act strongly to ensure that teachers of
high calibre stay a t W i c - you may
have friendsor relatives who come here
after you’ve gone.
Now is the time for a couple of excellent
teachers
be
to
triumphantly
welcomed back!
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W i c ‘69.
sorry, gays
To THE MARTLET:
There’s a popular eating, drinking
spot in L m Angeles called Barney’s
Beanery. For years
a sign shouted at you
as you came in the main door. The sign
said“Faggots
Keep Out”.The
gay
people of Los Angeles fought to have that
sign removed, despite the harrassment
of the police and the obvious hostility of
the management. The sign is no longer
there. Do you want the sign forTHE
MARTLET OFFICE?
“Faggot” is just one of the words used
in a long tradition of oppressing
homosexual
people.
implies
It
a
stereotype into which gay men are
forced; it alsoimplies contempt for gay
people. The anonymous wit responsible
for writing that clever little piece cbcut
the fall fashion show (THE MARTLET,
Thurs. November 4, pg. 13) indicates
exactly where he stands
on the spectrum
of consciousness. To decry imperialism
or racism out of one side of your mouth,
then sneer about faggotsout of the other
is hypocrisy.
There are very few black people in
Victoria;therearerelatively
few
Quebecois. There are many gaymen and
women in this city,as in every city.They
are victims of legal discriminatlon and
psychological / social oppression. By
printing cheap slurs about gay people,
THE MARTLET takes its place in the
ranks d every institution in history that
has persecuted gays.
By printing things like thatarticle, you
help to do several things. One of the
things thatsort of writing does is to
reinforce the already-fucked-up attitudes d straight men and women who,
f a r one reason or another, are,like your
writer, willing to make gay people the
butt d their sick humor. Another thing
you have contributed to is the crippling
s e n e of guilt and social paranoia experienced by many homosexuals who
have a difficult enough time accepting
themselves in a society which tells them
they’re deviant and perverted. NiqgerChickCook-Faggot. Think a h t it.
In the same issue of THE MARTLET
you acmned the young Socialists of
a group of malcontents They may
be L!t. I think there are worse things.
I’m not a member of the Young
Socialists, b u t I do know that one of the
first things effected by the Bolshevic
Revolution in this century
was
the
laws
discriminating
abolition of all
apinat homosexuals in the Soviet
Lhion. The Young Socialists of Canada
have taken a stand ic favor d Gay
liberation of all human beings; these
things go hand in hand, as it were). Not
only has THE MARTLET failed to do
this; TKE MARTLET is helping to
maintain a climate which shackla gays
position, subject to
into aninferia
dwision and vulnerable to unwarranted
and unprovoked hostility. This same
climateeffects not only homosexuals,
but all people whose preterencea do not
fit into the neat slob prescribed by the
of repression prevailingmores
probably a sizeable percentage of the
three billion or so human beings
inhabiting this planet.
In short, you have absued whatever
p e r you have. You’ve made at least
one of your readers doubt the sincerity d
every word you print, whether about
oppression in the education syitem,
political system or economic system.
Are you mouthing slogans about theae
things because the slogans happen to be
acceptable? Or are you really concerned
about the freedom and dignity of aU
people?
An apology is due. A re-examination of
your attitudes is due.
(The writer’s name withheld. at
rquert. to help hlm avdd ‘further
hassles wlu! the Immlgratlon Department’.)
of our at(Maybeanexplandon
Utudes would be more rpproprlate. We
do not conslder homosexuals to be
deviant and perverted, and that article
was not Intended to be an attack. though
you took It as me . . . . Well. that’s about
the seventh editor’s note I’ve started to
this letter; what It comes down to In the
end, however. Is - you’re rlght. we
apdoghe. We promise tore-examlne our
artiludes. but ask you to do the same of
your own. becsuse It seems youcould
avold a lot d paln If you’d take thlngs a
llttle less seriously. Anyway. we are
sorry . . . . As to the Young Salalhtr they may have dmc many good thlngs.
but we can’t help belng cynlcal d the
motives ot any group whlch runs about
shouting praise f o r themselves. 4.
note )
7
THE W T L E T . November 25.1971 Page 11
CIRita
Joe’
bitter state
position of the Indian in
the white society. The
overwhelming horror
L
and tragedy is that after
\the play’s ten day runa t
thereality
of it will
continue in more than a
\\.-
~
l!
secution of the Indianby
the white man.
Mary
Ann
MacNeill
dominates the play as the
slovenly, drunkenRitaJoe.
The nostalgia of her fantasies
highlights thestarkhorror
that the city holds for herself
and her people.
Theplaymoves
back and
forth
between
the
happy
memories of an earlier life on
the
reservation
with
her
father,
David
Joe
(Nigel
Whitehouse) ; andthebitter
experiences in the city with
her lover,
Jaimie
Paul
(RichardGilchrist)andthe
people that destroyedthem.
Chief David Joe portrays
the sadness and resignationof
an old man who sees his
people dying but is unable to
prevent it, “if weonly hunt,
fish, cut cordwood and pick
wild strawberriesin the bush ;
we are dead in a hundred
years”.
The ineffectual meddling of
charityworkersrepresented
by Mr. Homer, who is quietly
and effectivelyplayed by Rick
Hacket,
does
nothing
to
alleviate thedesperation to
which our society is driving
poor whites, Negrd;es and
Indians.
Itisunfortunate
thatthis
play like allsocialprotest
dramahadtomakethe
audience uncomfortable by
beingloud andharsh. It is
nevertheless truethat social
problems
must
be
overstressed
to
force
us to
recognize their existence. The
Reviewed by Greg Middleton
‘fat cats’ in the
audience,
wearing their $200.00 suits, no
doubt realizedthattheplay
had a ‘strong message’and
thought it was very real; but
an Indianwho saw the opening
night performance here said
“those people weren’tIndians,
no Indians move or talk like
that”.
The play was definitely
marred by the ‘Hollywood
Indian lingo’ as well as by the
loudness of both Rita Joe and
JaimiePaul,their
stiffness
and
their
excessive
facial
grimaces.
The
simpering
weakness of the judge and the
embarrassed impotence of the
policeman combined with the
exaggeration of Rita Joe and
Jaimie nearly
transformed
the play from
tragedy
to
tirade.
A powerful performance by
the
murderers
was
only
marred by the flatness of the
deliwry of their few lines.
Theexcellence of the folk
guitar background moderated
these
faults
and
with the
beautifullysubtlelighting
brought
the
whole thing
together.
It is a play that shouldbe
seen as it presents a reality
that we mustadmit, though
it’seasier
to ignore. Don’t
worry too much,
there
is
cnough humour in the play so
that
the
smug
smile
of
superiority won’t
be
completelywiped off yourwhite
anglo-saxon face.
Some good talkabout
Walkabout cabody movie’
by Dave Dunsmuir
“We don’t want people to thinl
we’re a couple of tramps.”
Towhich
her six-year-olc
brother replies blankly,“Wha
people?” Lucien John make
moresensethantraditiona
Hollywood moppets. Hc
whinesveryrealistically
among other things.
Associations change amoq
the three wanderers as the)
learn to relateto the land anc
to each other. Thedream thej
live cannot last, because thc
innocence that supports it ir
too vulnerable.
Even though the d r e a m
leads to disaster,itsbeaut)
lingers.This walkwith lovc
and grief is worth the trip.
Walkabout is a story of
paradise regained - and lost
again.
for
anyone
It’s a film
dismayed by civilization and
discontents.
its
Call
it
escapism, probably to a land
that neverwas.It’sstill
an
experience to treasure.
Theprincipals
include an
Australian girl and her young
brother stranded in the desert,
withnoway
back to their
comfortable handi-wrapped
version of reality.
Another version - one that
works - is personified in the
third
main
figure,
an
aborigine youth who rescues
the pair and coaxes them out
of their school uniforms and
sensible shoes.
David Gumpilil belongs. He
survives as partof nature, not
as-its master.
Heowns
a throwing-stick
and nothing else, buthe’s at
home with it. To his new-found
family he’s a provider as well
as a guide.
Grace andpower of hunting
sequencescatchthebreath.
Intruders in a jeep shatter the
pattern,
scything
down the
herd with a rifle. Technology
has cometothepeaceable
kingdom.
The Outback and i t s people
may not be as gentle as t,he
film suggests. Butthey just
might be . . . everybody
needs a dream.
Human pretensions dwindle
away in the Australian landscape.
Nicholas
Roeg’s
camera, which soared over
the
English
downs in Far
From The MaddingCrowd,
establishes a new scale of
grandeur.
Roeg’s direction
adds
a
compelling
insistence
on
texture.
Cityscapes close us in with
walls of brick andconcrete,
then open to the varietyof the
-bush: rippled sand and baked
clay,
scarred
cliffs
and
jewelled greenery. Life there,
in all its strange and teeming
forms,
is
portrayed
with
reverence.
Walkabout is a body movie.
It describes how the world
can feel againstthe skin. In
theprocess it flashesmore
skin than an unrestricted film
usually does, and that’s great
too.
As the lost girl,
Jenny
Agutterisappealinglyalien.
She clings to the empty values
of the city, tidyingupwhile
shestumblesthroughthe
wilderness. After all, she says,
by Christine Puhl
Mix a few youthful dreams
with an occasional boyhood
sexual encounter andtop with
disappointingglimpsesof
reality andthis is “RipOff” in
a nutshell.
The Canadianproduced film
is currently showing at the
VicOdeon 2 in Downtown
toria.
Although author,
the
William Fruet is Canadian
and
formerly
from
Lethbridge, Alberta, he has come
up
with
a Hollywood-style
story. Theplot is so simple you
think you might have missed
the point.
The film is about four high
school
boys
who are going
through
typical
growing
pains. All the old standbys are
included such as lazv summer
days, forminga r&k band,
hilarious episodes trying to
impress girls, being stoned in
class
and
even the “when I
was young” from DadThe
onlybne i f the four friends
who has any kind of life away
is Stev,
from his
friends
an
whileCoole,Michael
Richie seem naked
on
tk
screen without each other.
It is comforting however 1
see young actors who ha!
been seen through the last fe
years in other
Canadia
television series. DonSca
dino, Ralph Edersky, Mik
Kukulewich and Peter Gro!
hold their
characterizatior
even if each is symbolical1
simplified.
While the film is light ar
entertaining to watch for tl
most part,
the
camel
technique at the end, when E
is once again back to scho
days for the boys, is really
bit much.
Still itsa good SOPI
end, if that’swhata
persc
en joys.
THURSDAY NOV. 25
MONDAY NOV. 29
TRANSCENDENTAL
MEDITATION
There will be an introductory talk on
Transcendental Meditation in Elliot 168
a t 12:M p.m.
GLEE CLUB
Folk and madrigal singing in the
Campus ServiceBuilding dining -oom at
7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY DEC. 1
FILM
The film “The Oxbow Incident” will I
shown in Mac. 144 at 7:30 p.m.
ECKANKAV
Eckankav -The Ancient Science of Soul
Travel, SUB upper lounge 8.00 p.m.
(free)
FOLK DANCING CLUB
The Folk Dancing Club will meet in the
Sub Upper Lounge at 8 p.m.
FRIDAY NOV.
26
ART HISTORY SOCIETY
The Art History Society willhold
an
informal party at the Maltwood Art
Museum at 8:W p.m. All persons interested in art and art history research
should attend as an informal discussion
about the Art History Society andits
objectives will be given.
PSYCHOLOGY.LECTURE
Dr. D.B. Lubis will speak on “Transculturalaspects of Psychotherapy” in
Cor. 170 at 3:M p.m.
MUSIC ATNOON
Music at Noon will be held in Mac. 144 at
12:30 p.m.
SUNDAY NOV. 28
DUPLICATE BRIDGE
The Bridge clubmeets for duplicate
bridge at 7:30 in the Sub lower lounge.
CONCERT
There will be a concert in Mac. 144 at
4:OOp.m. today anditwill include Rudolf
Lomorous
“Gloomy
Grace”
and
Stravinsky’s ‘Three Pieces for Solo
Clarinet”
performed
by Donald
DeRoche.
Rip-off, isn’t quite
ROCKSCALINGCLUB
There will be ameeting of the Rock
Scaling Club in the Boardroom a t 12:M
p.m.
C H R I S T I A SNC I E N C E
ORGANIZATION
The Christian Science Organization
meets a t 12:Mp.m. in Craig 208.
YOUNGSOCIALISTS
There will be a meeting of the Young
Socialists in Clubs A at T:W p.m.
TUESDAY NOV. 30
VARSITYCHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Harld Bredsen will talk on the “huits
and Gifts of the Spirit” in Clubs Room A
and B at 12:Mp.m.
BIOLOGY CLUB
The Biology club will meet in Ell. 060 a t ’
12:30 p.m.
LIBERAL ARTS 305
Dr. Vance Peavy (Education) will speak
on “Personal Growth” in Elliot 168 at
1:30 p.m.
BIOCHEM SEMINAR
Dr.J.J.GowwillspeaktotheSeminarat
7:30 p.m. in Craig. 208.
martlet
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BADMINTON
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a t 8.00 p.m.
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Sillabnb
Sorry thd title of this column
got buggered up last issue.
Supposed to be Sillabub, but
came out Silabus, which is a
non-word as far as we can find
out.
But
maybe
that’s
appropriatebecause if your
memorycan stretch back a
week we were commenting on
civic politics. Which is also a
non-word - or words if you
want to be sticky.
G l t a few comments on
those
pearls
of wisdom,
ranging from “why doesn’t
the Martlet mind i t s own
godam business” to “thank
god somebody finally said
something.”
Funny, isn’t it, that it’sokay
for the folks down-town to kick
the shit out of the University,
point the finger and scream
“you’re wasting the taxpayers
money.” But it just don’t sit
right when the University jabs
a prod down-town and asks
“what in hell are you silly
bastards doing in the name of
democracy?”
Ah, well, here are a few
more items ofno significance
that you’ll not see in the local
Press this sideof January 1st.
Peter Pollen, aspiring to
high office, didn’t attend the
Council Meeting one week.
Why not?
Shucks,
Peter
confessed all to a few close
friends
over
a glass of
vitamins. He forgot. Well,
hell, when a man’s busy you
can’t expect him to remember
everything. And what’sthe
Council
odd
meeting,
anyway?
But Peter’s gonnadookay
come December 11th. The
word is that goodoldDick
Wilson (remember him) and
his daughter
(campaign
headquarters) are in support,
which should be good for two
votes.
As chief scribbler for the
auto-seller’s Reach for the
Top effort the word is that
former Colonist staffer, and
former
supporter
of J .
Courtney Haddock, one A.H.
Murphy, has accepted thejob.
Apparently he’s following
a well established principle
set by such other formerhardnosed reporters (all we want
is thetruth,ma’am)as
Bill
Stavdal
(ex-Colonist
now
flacking crap for the School
Board) and Jim Hume (former Times-man who gets his
mess of pottage from the
Kwicky fwom Konncil
Regional District) still, and
all, it’s pmbably better to be a
Academic Affairs chairman
one-sided pro than a biased
Dave Fisher was accused of
pro claiming to make a living
“political bias” a t a recent
out of impartiality.
meeting of the Representative
Butweshouldn’tsound
Assembly.
bitter for all is not lost in the
The charges came from1
canyons of Douglas Street.
ExecutivememberDeny
Fromthe
basement of the
McDonnell, after Fisher had
Hotel Douglas earlier this
explained why his department
month came the voice of Jim
had not fiiancedthe
Irish
k i t h , CKDA, trumpeting the
R e p u b l i c aAnr m y
factsfrom our last column.
representative who spoke here
That radio should be a week
recently.
latp with the items a
is bit of a
“I felt that it wasn’t a just
rip-off, but that they had the
cause and I still don’t feel it
integrity to voice those facts
was a just cause.” Fisher told
when they found them is
the Assembly.
something. (You are nowin
“I suggest that you are not
the running for the ‘Big Bird
fulfillingyourjob.”said
‘award of the Year’ for news
McDonell, “You
don’t
have
reporting
Jambs.
It’s
an
the right to make a decision
award thatcomes mounted. In
based on political bias.”
fact,at ourexpense,
we’re
“Bullshit.” objected Linda
prepared
mount
toit
Flavelle, who underlined her
anywhere you want).
statement by banging a fist on
Now if Clare
Copeland
the desk top.
(almost everyone listens to CWhen asked to elaborateon
Fax - but not for long) will
his earlier statements, ~aer
get off his rear end, boot news
said, “I’ve told people I’m not
director Ron Greig in the bum
against the IRA and I’m not
who
in
turn will
boot
Art
against the Young Socialists.
Simmonds (Probe, but gently)
I’m against the spending of
... we might
just
get
money.”
something going.
Fisher, who has $1000
What should they do for
budgeted f o r speakers, did not
starters? Well, they could ask
respond when McDonell f i i
Bill Scott,
mayoralty
canback: “Aren’tyou going to
didate without a prayer but
spend any money this year?”
honest a s hell, why he doesn’t
nK $loo speaker fees for the
spend
money
on
an
adIRA spokesman, broughtin by
vertisingcampaign.Can’t
the Young Socialists. were
afford it? Oh, come now, the
raised by the YS and two
pawnshop business isn’t that
students,neither
of them
bad. Look, wewon’t reveal all
connected with the Socialists,
this time, j w t provide the
who were
interested
in
intrepid, fearless, present-all-Armythe
hearing
sidesreportersdown-town
representative.
with a tip and let’s see what
Clubs Council. however, has
they come up with.
decided toreimburse
those
Here you are: check the
who paid the speaker fees.
University of Victoria and see
Clubs director Dan McLeod
if Bill Scott ever put up $l,OOO
for a scholarship? And then, if
you canaffordit,check
McGill University, Montreal,
and see if the old China-hand
is accepting poetry, plays and
ever did the same there.
short stories for its upcoming
Does that mean Billwould
issue. The final date for
make a good mayor? Hell, no.
submission is December bt.
But that isn’t what
we’re
Please send all contributions
saying. Just call it straight in a stamped self-addressed
let’s know what the men we
envelope as it will facilitate a
vote for a r e like and bugger
quick response to the sender.
the slippery slogans.
If youwish to either bring
A question for J. Courtney
your work in personally or
how-do-you-spell-peoplemail it, the address is:
Haddock: Is the Cherry Bank
KARAKI Publications.
a good place to sing in?(Come
e o Department of English,
on, Jim k i t h , ask it
and
University of Victoria.
duck ) .
Victoria. B.C.
Karaki
I
organize
for
our
own
proteetion. But first we have
0 to raise OUT consciousness,
develop a revolutionary
consciousness. That is what
By O w Plagueand Garden
The first thing Was to find a
I’m trying to work towards as
Editor
spokesman
local
thefor
a member of the IRA, the
Irate Rabbits’ Army.”
rabbits, if one was indeed
“The
Forestry
Depart“Therapidlyincreasing
available. And we discovered
ment’s p i t i o n is that we are
number of wild rabbits on there was, with a vengeance.
southern Vancouver Island A shod t e l a~ll to
~ ~ not indigenous to the island,
are living in a legal no-man’s Mother
Cecelia’s
Go&
and
therefore
we
do
not
rabbits
legally exist. But that‘s okay,
land with no regulations as to Shepherd Animal Hotel and
that cuts both ways. We’re
their control and no govern- Bar, a known haunt of
that
multiplying so fast
ment agency in charge of homeless and
downtrdrkn
them.”
already there’s more of us
creatures, gave us our lead.
So began a curious article in
Mother
cmnected
than there are communists in
a John Bircher’s nightmare.
the Daily Colonist last week. us with Bunny Slivovitz, an
Soon they won’t haveany
Intrigued,
Martlet
the
organizer who had been atchoice, they’ll have
to
anxiously awaited a follow-up tempting to bring some order
recognize us.”
to the chaos of rabbit lives on
story. None being
forthhe
Asked if foresaw
coming, we decided to put a the island.
violence, Slivovitz’ reply was
crack investigating teamto
“As far as the government
lost over the telephone (it was
concerned,
we’re
just
work to discover more, or in is
a bad cmnectim). He was
newspaper talk, “to get the cottontail niggers”, he began.
understood to have said
“Our
only
solution
is to
story behind the story”.
Bunny bu ggers
7
saidhisdepartmentwas
picking up the bill because
previous to the arrival of the
speaker he’d promised the
Young Socialist
Club
to
provide the needed funds “If
budgets
other
proved
inadequate”.
The YS had originally approached Fisher, but he had
told them his department
wouldn’t fund the engagement
because “no one would come
on a reading weekend.”
An overflow crowd jammed
into Elliot 168, however, to
disprove
the
theory
that
students give priority to their
books.
Fee hike seen
for residenees
by Greg Middleton
A 10 per cent
raise
in
residence fees can be expected
next
year
if the
proposed Residences Budget
isaccepted by the Board of
Governors.
Thepreliminarybudget
request is for the f e e s to go
from $72.8 to $808 for a double
room; and from $790 to $888
for a single room. This is,
according to Shirley Baker,
Director
of
Housing,
primarily due totherecent
wage increase granted to the
Canadian Union
of
Public
Employees.
The Residences expect to
pay out approximately tsooo
morenext year, in salaries
and fringe benefits, in spite of
ruthless campaign to cut back
staff. The rest of the $45,420
extra - that will be collected
from the proposed rent increase - will go to cover expected small increases in just
about everything.
When asked if she thought
that thehigher cost of living in
residence
would,
in
conjunction with the high cost of
travel to and from the island,
contribute to an even greater
drop in enrollment next year,
Baker replied that this could
not be predicted.
She stated “we raisedthe
fees two years ago and it had
no effect”.
Baker commented that the
residences had always had a
waiting list and that they have
always been a little higher
than off campus housing. She
also
intimated
that
the
residencestudents are in a
position such that the higher
rates for housing are not too
great a factor
(possibly
because their parents are
paying for it).
She said “We give priority
to freshman students ... they
though that if things didn’t
improve “damned soon” there
wasgoing to b e a considerable
amount of rabbit
droppings in
area
water reservoirs.
As to the development of his
political philosophy, Slivovitz
acknowledged his debt to the
Front
de
Liberation
des
Lapins de Quebec (FLLQ).
How much ice this cuts with
west of the Rockies
remains tobe seen. HopefuUy
Slivovitz’
Saskatchewan
origins will stand him in good
stead with disgruntled British
Columbia bunnies.
A poll of hares in the East
Sooke and Metchosin regions
showed Se’Jenty percent of
adult
male
rabbits
to be
wholeheartedly in favour of
him.Of those opposed, almost
half wereunaware of their
legal position position while
the rest were breeding.
are aware of the cost and I’m
sure they takeit into consideration.
Both Bakerand Theodore
Sawchuk,
Director
of
University Services, agreed
that there was
no question that
they would be able to make
their
budget
balance
by
squeezing the extra money out
of the students. Hesaid thatno
other possible source for the
monies had been sought.
Cheaper,
quicker
Additions
to
two
UVic
buildings have been completed ahead of schedule and
at a lower cost than had been
expected.
A statement released by
Jack Kyle, the Vice-president
foradministration, said that
both the Clearihue
and
MacLaurin additions had been
completed
earlier
and
cheaper than planned.
The original budget for the
Clearihue
addition
was
$1,230,000. The
projectwas
completed,
however,
at
$1,158,762 a saving of $71,238.
It wascompleted 33 days
ahead of schedule.
The
addition
was
constructed by W. Campbell Ltd.
of Victoria and was given its
submarine-like appearance by
architectsWagg
8 Hambleton.
TheMacLaurinaddition
was completed 29 days ahead
of schedule, a t a saving of
$28,586. The fiial cost was
$173,414, the
budget
was
$202,OOo.
It was constructed by H.E.
Fowler and Sons Ltd. of
Victoria and designed by Alan
J. Hodgson.
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