the Other Press | Monday Nov. 14th, 1988 Women’s University Dumps Morgentaler From Agenda HALIFAX (CUP) -- The only women’s university in Canada will not be welcoming Dr. Henry Morgentaler as he embarks on a ‘tour of the Atlantic provinces. Mount Saint Vincent University student councillor Kelly Fisher tentatively booked Morgentaler, the controversial physician who operates abortion clinics, for an appearance on Oct. 20. But after negative comments from students and staff, Fisher abandoned the project. The university, located just outside of Halifax, is a non- denominational institution with Catholic roots and a student population made up of 80 per cent women. Fisher said the first sign of opposition came from an ein the university’s public relations office. "She brought up a lot of good points, saying that it wouldn’t look good for the school, it being a traditional Catholic school,” said Fisher. The employee declined to comment, saying she did not reflect the policy of the department. Fisher next went to the administration, to arrange for the school auditorium’s moveable dividers to be removed. The physical plant employees indicated they “couldn’t promise the walls would come down." Administrator Anne Eade cites a simple explanation: "That’s because one of the walls is broken. aroun youth? AUTHORIZED BY PC CANAI WHO? Who do you want to govern Canada? That's a serious question. On November 21, Canadians will answer. Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conser- - yvative government understand that the world - us is changing, and that our challenge is to manage global change to Canada’s benefit. Since 1984, the P.C\, government has put Canada on a solid footing. Who has more at stake than Canada's Before you vote, consider the facts. LEADERSHIP Since the P.C. Government was elected, the youth unemployment rate has fallen from 18.3% to 12.2%. This progress must continue. COURAGE The P.C. government has led the western world in taking a firm stand against the Apartheid regime in South Africa. VISION The P.C. government has produced Canada's _ first Environmental Protection Act, which carries harsh penalties for polluters. These are some of the issues which concern young Canadians. In four years, Brian Mulroney and his government have made great progress. Support the P.C. government, and the progress will continue. Who should we elect? : The P.C. Government. WHO ELSE! REGISTERED AGENT FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA We have no direction from administration." Fisher decided not to press the issue. "We're trying to keep peace with the administration." She also found many students were less than enthusiastic about the idea of having Morgentaler on campus. "When I went around asking people, they weren’t so much interested in what Dr. Morgentaler had to say, they were more interested in the controversy he’d cause." Student council president Paul Card supported Morgentaler’s visit. "I think the university is a place where people should have broad enough minds to listen to one side of the story," he said. "There are obviously some narrow minded people within the university." Drunken Students improve (Source: The Campus) LENNOXVILLE, Que. (CUP) -- First year students at Bishop’s University are more literate than last year’s bunch - or perhaps simply less drunk. Almost a third of Bishop’s 526-strong first year class failed a compulsory literacy test last year. This year 15 percent failed. The tests are held in the middle of orientation week activities and many students last year said they were drunk when they wrote the exam. Students are asked to write a simple, 400-word essay on a general topic. Bishop’s requires all students to pass the test before they can graduate. Students that fail must take a remedial writing course. N CS e AS ce EXCUSE THis Late. NIGHT INSANITY BREAK. f Ss ' XN | Buckle Up BC/ Safety belt use is a $$$ and sense issue. | (IBS Eon —apeaniint Tory Record On Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament TORY RECORD ' ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS, DISARMAMENT By James Young Vancouver (CUP) -- Following his election victory in September 1984, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney smiled his broad trademark smile and spoke in the smooth, carefully modulated tones that would become even more. familiar over the next four years. With Mila at his side, the Prime Minister modestly congratulated Canadians on their choice, and launched into a theme that he had used frequently during the campaign. "There is no cause more urgent and more necessary for your government than the reduction of the threat of war and to further the cause of peace," intoned Mulroney, acknowledging the tremendous responsibility the nuclear age had thrust upon its leaders. The Prime Minister went on to remind his audience that peacemaking was a Canadian tradition. Brian Mulroney doesn’t talk so much about peace these days. Well into the 1988 election campaign, neither Mulroney nor his Defence Minister Perrin Beatty will agree to a televised debate on the country’s defence policies. In fact, when peace activists recently tried to question Mulroney on Canada’s proposed fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, they didn’t get any answers - they got arrested instead. At an October 12 Conservative rally in the Toronto area, activists Bob Penner and David Kraft shouted their questions at the Prime Minister, who told them: "If 4 you let me speak, I'll let you speak.” Information to create a chart comparing stands of three major parties. 1. Support for a Canadian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone: Conservatives: No; Liberals: No; New Democratic Party: Yes (qualified support). 2. Opposition to Nuclear Powered Submarines: Conservatives: No; Liberals: Yes; ~ NDP: Yes. | 3. Opposition to Cruise Missile Testing: Conservatives: No; Liberals: Yes; NDP: Yes. 4. Opposition to Nuclear-Armed Warship Visits: Conservatives: No; Liberals: No; ‘NDP: Yes. 5: Opposition to Nuclear . Bomber“fests: Conservatives: No; Liberals: No; NDP: Yes. 6. Opposition to Star Wars: Conservatives: No (oppose direct government involvement only); Liberals: Yes; NDP: Yes. 7. Support for a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban: Conservatives: Yes (qualified support); Liberals: Yes; NDP: Yes. continued from page 1 Students Face Eviction when they realize the evictions could start so early." Levi points out there are 85,000 fewer names on this voters’ list compared to the 1986 version. Muriel Honey, an official at the mayors office, says the plebiscite is nothing more than an opinion poll. "It is not a binding decision. There would be a consultant and a series of hearings before anything happened." Levi estimates there are 20 to 30,000 illegal suites in the city, many of them located in East Vancouver, a section of town with large numbers of students and tenants of Chinese ethnicity who weren’t properly notified about voter registration. "People were left off the voter’s list, but it wasn’t random -- students in particularly. Most of them finish school around April or May, then go off to do whatever jobs they have to do. But registration started at the end of April," said Levi. There are 30,000 post-secondary students in Vancouver and there is no way of calculating how many live in illegal suites. The city’s vacancy rate is currently less than one per cent. "If you have any kind of mass eviction, we are talking about massive rental increases. And you know for students it is already hard enough to find housing,” said the NDP candidate. "If you evict all the people in illegal suites, you’ Il have to put them in apartment buildings. And people... will have to decide if they want to have an apartment building next door to house students." University of British Columbia student council president Tim Bird feels the issue is important and urged all students to register. He indicates however student housing is not one of the council’s priorities.