\
i
}
t
;

 

March 3, 1980

ap

by Dan Hilborn

Student newspapers a-
cross western Canada have
to seriously consider cut-
backs according to dis-
cussion which took place
two weeks ago at a
conference of the Western
Region of Canadian Uni-
versity Press (CUP), which
the Other Press is a
member of.

The high cost of news-
paper production added to
the CUP membership fees
is making at least three
western college and uni-
versity papers, re-evaluate
their place in the organi-
zation.

A representative from the
Sheaf, the University of
Saskatchewan paper,
stated that unless WRCUP
reduces the number of it’s
paid staff from three to two
they could no longer afford
to pay their fees and would

Montreal [CUP - Some
people joke that you need to
rob a bank to*pay tuition
fees these days.

but at McGill University
Feb. 18 two armed men
took the joke one step
further when they robbed
the administration cash-
ier’s office of $50,000.

Although no one _really
believes it was a cutbacks
caper, police do suspect an
“inside job’’.

Cuts hit stu

in turn be forced to drop out
of the organization.

Similar situations exist in
two Calgary newspapers,
the Reflector from Mount
Royal College and _ the
Gauntlet from the U of A.

the Reflector also claims
that they have been
discriminated against for
being a sexist newspaper,
which they do not believe to
be true, and state that there
are hostilities against their
paper by other CUP
‘member papers.

Sexism in newspapers was
also discussed during the
three day conference.

The Capilano Courier from
Capilano College hosted
the conference at the North
Vancouver Outdoor School
in Paradise Valley and
approximately twenty stu-
dent newspapers _ sent
representatives.

University robbed

‘It appears that the job
was committed by people
who certainly knew how the
building operated, that
doesn’t necessarily mean
either McGill students or
workers were involved,’’
said Sam Kingdon, director
of physical resources at the
university.

Detective-sergeant Jean-
Guy Ladouceur said the
thieves took $5,000 in cash
and $45,000 in cheques.

 

(

  

‘Talent Hunt!

 

Canadian University

a national four-colour
campus magazine

member newspapers.

and illustrators are
invited to submit

sketches, ideas and
outlines for consider-
ation by the editorial

 

Press will be launching

(200,000 circulation) in
the fall of 1980, that will
be distributed through

Writers, photographers

samples of their work,

Please include a brief
resume, recent photo-
graph, present address
and telephone number,
with forwarding address
if applicable. Material
will be returned only if
accompanied by self-
addressed stamped
envelope.

Material
should
be sent
to:

BR a.
ra. The National

Campus

> ~ Magazine
Suite 202
126 York Street
Ottawa, Ontario
CanadaK1N 5T5

 

 

The Other Press

R2D2, shown here being mistaken for a garbage can at Douglas College tries to sell the
virtue of cleanliness to students.

Student —

Halifax [CUP] - Students
dissatisfied with the Mar-
itime Provinces Higher
Education Commission’s
(MPHEC) funding recom-
mendations called for more
representation on the
post-secondary education
planning agency, at a
recent meeting here.
Delegates at a Student’s
Union of Nova_ Scotia
(SUNS) conference Feb.
15-16 decided to seek two
representatives, appointed
by SUNS and either the
New Brunswick Coalition of
Students or Prince Edward
Island students, to the
Commission.

Delegates cited a lack of
consideration of student
interests by the govern-
ment when the _ funding
levels were announced.
They had previously con-

demned the MPHEC’s
recommendations of an 8.1
per cent in crease in

operating grants, the. in-
dexing of tuition fees to the
cost of living, and the
continuation of differential
fees for foreign students.

Currently one student,

 

who was selected two years
ago by the three provincial
governments from a short

dent newspapers

 

list prepared by the
Atlantic Federation — of
Students, a now defunct
regional organization, sits
on the commission.

SUNS did not communi-
cate with the MPHEC until
Jan. 14 at the agency’s

annual public hearings in |

Halifax where they con-
demned its funding report.

The commission’s funding
recommendations had been
sent to the provincial
governments in September
and on Jan. 14, also in
Halifax, the provinces
announced their approval
at a Council of Maritime
Premiers meeting.

SUNS has given May 17 as
the deadline for response to
their demand. Delegates
stated without guaranteed
input they could not have
any more confidence in the
commission and would call
for its abolition.

Delegates also laid plans
to support a rally at St.
Mary’s University during
the first week of March.

The faculty union at St.
Mary’s is working to rule
and a_= strike vote is
expected in protest over the
administration’s wage offer
in contract negotiations.

.the federal-provincial task

page three

>

Delegates decided not to
take a stand in the dispute
but plan to use it as an
example of how inadequate

funding
post-secondary

government
threatens
education.

SUNS plans to present the
post-cards circulated in
January protesting the
MPHEC’s funding __re-
commendation to a gover-
nment official at the rally..

In other business SUNS
agreed to support the
National Union of Students
in their efforts to secure
student representation on

force on student aid, and
for the task force to be able
to travel throughout the
country hearing — sub-
missions.

Delegates also approved
the organization’s consit-
itution and began working
on a statement of purposes
to be ready by the next
conference.

The next meeting the
SUNS is slated for March
22 and 23 at St. Francis
Xavier University in Anti-

gonish. vf