Lhe See PAGE 2 April 5, “4985 national Conservative cash on campuses MONTREAL [CUP]--The United States Industrial Coun- cil Educational Foundation based in Tennessee bankroll- ed the seven conservative clone newspapers that appear- ed on campuses in Ontario and Quebec last fall. Jeffrey Dodt, programs dir- ector at the USIC in Brent- wood, Tennessee, said the foundation also gave funds and layout assistance to the McGill Magazine, University of Toronto Magazine, and Libértas at Queen’s Univer- sity. Dodt said he thought it was a good idea to publish the seven clones, which had iden- tical interior formats but dif- ferent covers. “‘They got our message out,’’ Dodt said. The newspapers were all: _ published by part-time McGill \ student Francis Willers, who is now producing a national 524-6322 A VISA: 320 6th St. New Westminster FREE HOME DELIVERY 524-8222 Steaks - Seafood Italian - Greek Dishes & Pizza House Monday to Thursday 11:30 -2:;00 Friday & Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Sunday & Holidays, 4:00 - 1:00 AMERICA EXPRESS | PLANNING A PARTY? Try Our Rent-Free Banquet Rooms Small Room 10-40 People Large Room 50-200 People Includes Dancing Area and Built-in Stereo ABSOLUTELY FREE All You Pay For Is The Food right-wing student magazine expected to appear this week. While the New York based Institute for Educational Af- fairs, which also gave money to the Canadian conservative newspapers, is more concern- ed with start-up grants, the USIC offers personalized ser- vices and expertise. The foun- dation provided professional conservative journalists, edi- torial advice and methods for approaching advertisers. These services are provided for free to ‘give them (right- wing newspapers) the oppor- tunity to compete against oth- -er university publications,’’ Dodt said. Fred Clarkson of change, a Washington organi- zation which monitors right- wing activity, said although the IEA and USIC have similar goals, ‘‘the USIC is much more right-wing and has fewer academics than the IEA.’’ 524-8177 MASTER CHARGE Inter- p= Dodt said there is a network forming in the U.S. of groups with similar goals: forming journalists who have a conser- vative bias and bringing con- servative ideas onto campus. “Campuses can be very hostile to new ideas and some newspapers have a very hard time getting established,’’ Dodt said. ‘‘Our message to them is ‘You’re not in it alone.’ ’’ The USIC, founded in 1974, mainly to sponsor anti-Com- munist lecture tours, extended into student journalism in 1981. Through its campus public- from page 1 igoing up, the cost of education was bound to increase as well. __ At the moment it seems that the majority of students don’t care about the effects of education cutbacks. They do agree that something should be done, but none of them knew ‘how to get the point across. + ations program, the founda- tion had established conserva- tive newspapers on a dozen university campuses by 1983. In that year, ‘‘leading profes- sional conservative cartoonists to more than 40 conservative newspapers and _ journals, playing a visible role in the battle of ideas at many of America’s Jeading schools.’’ The council has also estab- lished two journalism award programs to ‘‘find outstanding young writers and encourage them to become opinion lead- ers in their field,’’ so that they will ‘‘promote and defend the traditions of a free society.’’ Winners are those whose One action the concerned students hope to take is the proposed summer semester, program. This is an attempt to help students, in tutorial fash- ion, get ready for the fall semester. The tuition would be 50 cents per student, and the money received would be giv- en as a Scholarship ‘‘to a de- serving student who has shown a need, not just how well they did in the academic work ‘‘best defends and pro- motes traditional values and the principles of the free market.’’ Financially, the foundation is doing very well. Income grew from $124,000 in 1980 to $370,000 in 1984. In its 1983 annual report, the foundation says it got 46 per cent of income from foundations and trusts, 26 per cent from cor- porations, 23 per cent from individuals and 6 per cent from dividends and interest. However, the ‘‘foundations and trusts’’ figure is mislead- ing since most foundations and trusts get their ‘money from corporate donations. standings,’’ said Derrick. The point raised by the concerned students is to show the government that they are not apathetic, and they care about their education, even if they have to teach themselves. “We're trying to make the government aware that we care enough about our fu- ture,’’ said Regan Ord, ‘‘and maybe the government ‘should be concerned with tomorrow, not just today.’’ She. F, WWERT, ¥.