Claiming their students’ federation had done nothing to challenge a 15.5 per cent tuition increase, about 75 |students at the University of Ottawa took over the offices of university rector {Roger Guindon January 11. The two-hour sit-in began following an afternoon press conference, held by student groups who had tried to organizea boycott of the added tuition costs at registration. The - January 21st to February 4th, 1982 mans “Ex Other Press editor Keith Baldry now labour organizer. Good going Keith!!!! Police Threaten Student strike students left the press conference and walked to the rector’s office, confronting two secretaries. Guindon was not in his office to meet the group, but soon arrived to insist that they leave. Serge Lafortune, of the Students Action Committee, told Guindon they were demanding that the university accept payments at the previous term’s level, with no penalty for late payment. ~ The Other Press VANCOUVER CUP Teaching assistants at the University of British Columbia are taking five months of failed negotiations with the university administration to - the students January 22 in a one-day strike. The final bargaining session between the administration and the Teaching Assistants’ Union (TAU) ended January 4 when Bob Grant, UBC’s employee relations director, angrily stormed from the bargaining table. The - union voted overwhelmingly to strike at a January 7 meeting. Grant claimed he left negotiations because the union had changed members on its negotiating team and reintroduced points which had already been discussed. The union said Grant was simply unwilling to listen. “It’s clear to me they‘re not interested in coming to asettlemet,’’ said TAU Saying he could not change refulations to meet demands, Guindon left for a university senate meeting. | Campus security forces arrived, asking the group to leave the office, but were ignored. Ottawa police soon entered the occupied office, threatening legal action and possible expulsion from the university if the rector decided to lay charges. The occupation soon ended peacefully. Are You A Writer? Pearls, third edition, is now acepting original works of prose, poetry, drama, as wellas graphics. All manuscripts must be typed double-space on white paper. They must have the author’s name,.address, and phone number. Submit these works to room N312. Deadline for submission is February 28, 1982. For more information, contact Maurice Hodgson in Room N312. ee Sens Battle UBC Administration president Johnathon Katz. ‘They calculate their actions to frustrate and break the union.’’ Added union organiser Keith Baldrey, ‘‘We thought we were just start- ing to get somewhere when Grant threw a temper tantrum and took off.’’ ‘‘It’s noi the first time ne’s thrown a temper tantrum,”’ said Baldrey. ‘‘It seems every time we’re getting somewhere, they storm off.’’ Katz also said the univer- sity administration has misled students and faculty about the progress of nego- tiations through the univer- sity publication UBC Reports.He said the paper printed part-truths which gave the impression the university had bargained in good faith while misrepresenting union demands. Two issues stand Lafortune said the group feared criminal action and the possibility of expulsion. Earlier, in the press conference, Lafortune told reporters the Students’ Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) was “‘doing something even worse than nothing’ to deal with the tuition increase. ‘They put out a leaflet asking students not to pay til Friday (the final day of registration),’’ said Lafortune. ‘‘Does the administration care when they get paid during registration week! They McGill University Divests Against Racism MONREAL CUP The McGill University administration has made its first significant pro-divestment move by approving the transfer of over a half million dollars of student funds from the Bank of Montreal to the Toronto Dominion Bank. The $500,000-plus interest bearing trust fund consists of student services fees collected from McGill students. This money is used to operate athletic, chaplaincy and health services. The move to divest the 1 — anyway.’’ ‘decision. . created specifically for .. position. page 3 oetween the strike anda contract between the university and the union: union security and wages. The union wants a security clause which will ensure its survival. Under the union proposal, all TA’s would automatically become members with opportunity provided for them to opt out. But the administration wants to provide an option card with a yes or no choice during registration week. According to the union, the administration proposal does not allow exposure to the union before the choice is made and does not allow. : TA’s privacy in théir | The administration says ~ this may lead to courses TA’s. The union calls this a | misunderstanding of their , are getting the increase The students’ federation, which had supported tuition increase boycotts in previous years, came out against the withholding of extra fees this term. SFUO president Claude Joncas urged that students work with the administration instead of fighting it. The federation instead suggested that students pay their tuition at the increased level only on the final day of registration. Joncas said the intention was to ‘‘see if students react, see if they’care.”’ continued on page 8 funds came from the senate committee which coordinates student services. The committee requested that the trust fund be separated from the University’s internal accounting system, and then divested. | Student’s Society executive director, Ron Lerman, who put forward the motion on divestment to the committee, said ‘‘the move reflected the Students’ Society’s strong policy of urging divestment from corporations, such as the Bank of Montreal, which invest in South ) Africa.’’