The Lance: School Year 1997-1998

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by  University of Windsor

UNIVERSITY OF-" WINDSOR, ~-. VOLUME 70, ISS.UE 1 TUES_DAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
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Higher education gets higher price tag
sttics $280 million in funding.
By Andy Vainio
As of 1996, Ontario universities
As is the trend at universities received the lowest level of pro-
vincial government funding in
in Ontario, tuition is up again this Canada.
year at the University of Wind- In a 9 6 report entitled The
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sor. Financial Position of Universi-
Students enroled at the U of
ties in Ontario, the CounciJ of
Ware paying tuition fees that are Ontario Universities concludes
ten percent higher than last year, "Ontario has one of the most
and students enroled in the Fae-
poorly funded university systems
ulty of Education arc paying in all of
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year. the de- ANTE UP, EVERYONE - Tuition is up ten percent this year at Windsor
E r 1 c dine." Pho/Q l?J Roxanne Qrmem
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of Vice ...................................... -.. ...... ________ According
Higher learning in Essex Hall
President Finance and Adminis- to recent
figures released by Statistics
tration has cited declining enrol- Canada, tuition has increased an
ment and government funding
as the reasons behind the tuition average of 8. 7 per cent across By Lindsey Woodgate charged under Section 7(1) of alone and no further arrests are
increase. the country. the new controlled Drug and anticipated.
All of this has student leaders On August 6, 1997 charges Substances Act. Dr. Keith Taylor of the chem-
Decreases in govcrnmen t concerned.
were laid against a University of RCMP were alerted to the istry department refused to
funding from both the federal University of Windsor Student Windsor lab a~sistant in a chem production of the substance by comment on the incident.
and provincial levels are behind Alliance President Dave
istry lab m Essex HaU, for t11e ~enwr personnel wiLhin 1hc Carrington went on to say
the higher cost of higher educa- Young says that the university has
manufacturing of a controJled chemistry faculty. "We were saddened by the
cion. h · h ·
a c O)CC w en lt comes to substance. ''The chemistry departmen1 is whole thing and our Lhoughts arc
CoAnfsteerrv taatkivineg g ooffviecren, mOnetnatr icou'st whether or not to tncrease tui 100 grams of Methylen to be commended for their co- with the family."
. . . . tion. ediorym ethyl am ph etam1 ne operation and for alerung ~ am us securiiy is an ongo
operatJng grants to uruvcrs1t1es
by $16.8 million, and introduced While the university is trying to (MD!v(A), commonly refe rred police", said John Carrington, ing issue. ublic place,
"maintain a good financial posi to as ecstasy were seized by the public relations spokesperson which at the same time mnuu~bt::""---
a fifteen per cent reduction in tion," he says "they (the Board Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the V of \Y1. kept secure", said Carrington.
~h~v~~;tl~~;r~;:~ rc:~.tsT~; of Governors) 1s just trying to (RCMP). The accused, Robert Robert Drake, son of chem- The Uruversity Campus Police
move alone cost Ontario univer- pass the buck as the government Drake, age 24 years of Univer is try professor Dr. John Drake, assisted the RCMP drug squad
m "Higher Edwation" on S s~ty Avenue West, Winasor was was believed to be working to effect the arrest by helping
ire 'Higher l.rammg" on )
Tenant "Protection" Act di!aws fire
By Andy Vainio Landlord Tenant Act. on the student housing market. Carol McDermo , a taff law
INSIDE The bill will be making its way The Standing Committee on the yer with Legal Assistance o
With CUP files through the Ontario legislature Impact of Bill 96 toured the Windsor, a poverty law clinic,
Critics of the Tenant Protec this fall. province this summer, conduct said vacancy decontrol will have
tion Act say it will do anything Critics of the Tenant Protec ing hearings in several cities, in a negative impact on low m
but. tion Act arc concerned it will cluding Windsor, to solicit pub comc tenants.
PAGES
The Tenant Protection Act (Bill affect the availability of afford lic input on the proposed legis This means landlords could
96), brought forward by On able housing, allow irresponsi lation. increase rent by any amount
NEW PRESIDENT tario's Harris government, ble landlords to get away with One of the most controver when a tenant moves out.
would replace several pieces of failing to maintain their rental sial aspects of Bill 96 is vacancy McDermott said that land
legislation governing rental hous housing at the expense of ten decontrol, which would elimi lords could "wait until as late as
ing in Ontario, including the ants and have a negative impact nate rent controls in Ontario. possible in the month to rent
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vacant uruts because they know
that the more desperate tenants
get for housing , the more they
DELERIUM will pay"
"These changes will me.to a re
duced affordable housing s10ck
as units arc convened to
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bid agamst each othl'.r lor the
ngh1 10 lt,·e m poorly m:1J11111md
TEXTS ...
housing." she s.11d.
AT WHAT COST She also recommended n:1:un
ing a prm,s100 that c:-.1s1 s undt.:r
current lcgisbuon \s 11 ~,and
now, an Order Prolubnmg Rrnt
lncrease can he issued t11 a l.1nd
lord \\"hcncn:r he or she l.111~ 111
comply ""11h .1 work urdt.r 111
ordet 10 force landlord, tu
Opponents of Bill 96, tile Tenant Protection i\ct, stage a mock auctwn of n.:mal units to illustrate their
make n<.•ccss:ir,· rep-urs on rc.:11111
concerns. rent~ v.~ll increase under the Jcg1sl.it1on.
"LIFE JS TOO SHORT!"
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)S· untin11td. fro,,, page 1 "This is by far an isolated in agination that there arc any other duce another 150 grams of
cc them to monitor Drake's activi cident. There is no reason to be persons on campus (producing MDMA with a potential street
~ty ties. lieve by any stretch of the irn- narcotics)," said Foreman. value of S76,000.
rv- "We were ap Police csti A sench of a commercial
proached by the ma te the.. storage facility in the City of
RCMP and a request ''This is by far an isolatedi ncident. There is street value \Vmdsor resulted in the seizure
was made for some of the seizure of sufficient prccursoi: chemical
no reason to believe by any stretch oft he
assistance by Campus of MDMA to produce in excess of 2:'S'mil
Police in the investiga imagination that there are any otherp ersons to be lion doJlars worth of MD:\fA.
tion. We provided that SS0,000. Also Drake was released on bail and
on campus.,,
assistance." said Jim seized at the a court case tn pending.
Foreman, Director of laboratory "We arc not in a position to
Jim Forman were suffi-
Campus Police Serv make any judgements in regard
ices. Director, Campus Pollce cicnt chemi to the case at this time," said
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Accordmg to
former UWSA ... the UWSA Human Rights
Human Rights Co
Oflice has a detaDed policy that
ordinator Mike
Perry, it was rebuilt outlines the rights ofs tudents
to better serve stu
dents. and the proccedures that arc in
In April, the
place for dealing with com
UWSA voted on a
motion brought plaints · complaints and
forward by Perry concerns that arc
to abolish the po brought forward
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Rights Coordina The office also
tor and replace it employs two co
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Student Board of Governors
reps. shun tuition hike
the Organization of Part Time
By Andy Vainio
Students, said he was convinced
that as increases in tution arc cor
They came, they saw, they
rclat ed to decreases in enrol
voted against.
ment.
In \pril of this year, the Uni
"As t uiuon increases, enrol
versity of Windsor Board of
ment declines. You should vote
Governors voted thirteen to
no based on two things the
eight to increase tuitjon by ten
impact on students and the im
percent for all students, and by
pact on institutions."
twelve percent for students
All three student presidents,
enroled in the Faculty of Edu
Williams, Lowman, and
cation.
Christine Jones, outgoing
The decision was not made
Gradute Student Society Presi
without some vocal opposition,
COMING SOON! dent, presented a petiton signed
however.
~ by 1200 undergraduate and 130
All the student representatives
. h- . lnlin graduate students opposing any
c sokat on the Board of governors
Alwmnum assis e es ... ~99.95 SNOWBOARDS voted against the increases, and increases in tuitfon fees.
I larbottle said while students
a number of concerned students
have re
and fac-
quested
ulty were Thirty percent of this
B0ARD+BOOTS+BINDffiGS=~399.95 a freeze
on hand
years tuition will be set in tui
t i o n ,
aside for student aid
"we (the
univer-
s i t y )
tuition.
m u s t
The
maintain
Bo a r d
our revenue."
was told by U of W Vice Presi
Without an increase in tuition,
dent Finance and Administration
the university would run a defi
Eric Harbottle that the univer
cit of $3. 7 million in the 1997-
sity is facing declining enrolment
1998 academic year, he said.
and, in light of decreased gov
He also said the U of W "is in
ernment funding, must increase
the bottom quartile of tuition in
tuition fees in order to maintain
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tuition increase of twenty per
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vincial government.
hundred students," he said.
He sai<l the university tried tu
He said that thirty percent of the
follow an "overall philosophy
revenue collected via the increase
of keeping tuition in the mod~
in tuition fees would be set aside
est range" in setting tuition for
for student aid.
the 1997-1998 academic year.
Outgoing University of Wind
He said while he is uncomfort
sor Student Alliance President
able with the lack of funding ·
Fant a Williams, in voting against
universities are receiving, running
the increase, said "education is
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a deficit ''would signal to the
not optional anymore. .. you (the
government" that the university
university) are providing an es
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She said the ten percent tui
stitution smoothly."
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crease in tuition, but an annihila
you say you oppose the Harris
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Tuesday, September 2, 1997 the Lance Page 5
...T enant ''Protection''
s ... higher education
C11nlm11ed from pa!,r I A'1hnutd from page I "Any informauon I've seen, 1
uruts. Mumcipal Affairs and Housmg Boston I Iousmg Court increases s." looks hkc university pres1clc111
She said some landlords in the Minister Al Leach, says the new from 5000 to 7500 the year af "The universities themselves and administrators arc not real!
nl' Windsor area arc under the im- lcgislatfon is designed to coun- tcr rent control was chmmatcd ren't sending a clear enough concerned about tu1uon 11'
cd pression that it is the responsi- tcr a lack of rental apartments and the average rent in the city essage 10 the government not their major concern," he s:ucl.
)r bility of tenants to do repairs on by giving landlords more mcen- rose by 14 per cent. 1bout things like tui11on," he "Windsor should hold the Jin
the rental housing in which they tives to invest in rental buildings. Even some Ontano landlords aid. on tuiuon while other univcrs1
live. She said it would not result in arc opposed to certain compo- J Ic said that the provincial tjes raise theirs. I thmk we coul
ol U nder Bill 96, landlords could skyrockeung rents. ncnts of the Tenant Protection overnment is 1110cons1s1ent" 1n make up in enrolment number
)IC collect rent increases even if "PresentJy, less than 50 per cent Act. Daphne Dean of the King ts approach to cclucatmn fund what we would make hy raisin
he there arc outstanding work or- of units arc being rented at less stun Student J Iousmg Owner's ng. tuttJon," he said.
m- ckrs on rental units they own. than the legal maximum. If land Working Group, which n:pre- "The (Ontario) Tory govern Young says that 11's pos~1bl
Tim Welch, coor- sents private sector nent wants an educated enrolment would nse 1( the um
ltS, d1nator of the landlords 10 Kmgston orkforce, they want people to vcrstty clicl not increase tu1uo
ncl Coalition to Save who rent primarily to pgrack their education," but at fees.
ng Tenant's Rights, students,saidaclause he same time JS Introducing re Young says that the vote 1
These changes wiff mean a
:s1- said the Tenant " in Bill 96 which pro- tricuons on OSAP funding that raise tuition hv the Board o
1ed Protection Act will reduced affordable housinu hibits landlords from akc it difficult, parucularly for Governors wa~ ''close," muc
30 allow landlords to l:, entering into tcrmina- art-umc students, to afford a closer than at other u01vcr<.1ues
stock"
ny raise rents on ten- tion agreements with niverslly educat10n, he said. and people at other schools wer
ants to their tenants when a He said that the: new six hun "supnsed and impressed" by tt
nts accomodate rising Carol McDermott, staff lawyer for lease is signed. ired dollar cap on money I le said increased student rep
re utility costs and Legal Assistance of Windsor She said this would ·arned by •audcnts w:ith OSAP rescn1adon m universttygovcrn
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:ze He said in the to offer and maintain nake it more difficult students best interests arc protected
ui- wake of the I lards govern- lords could get it (now) they student housing units on a twelve o make ends meet. "It boils down to student rep
n, meot's downloading of services would," said Dundas, pointing month lease cycle." Many Lowman, President of rcsentation and diffc .rent men
he to municipalities, there could be to Massachusetts as an example This would result in student he Orgamzauon of Pan-Time tahues at the Board (of Gover
:r- significant increases in property of successful rent decontrol laws. rental housing being unavailable ·1uden1s, says mcrcasing tuition nors) level. t\ lot of the Boarc
y ) taxes to make up municipal "The state of Massachusetts has at the beginning of May and ces could be a deterrent to en of Governors arc very hosnl
s t budgetaryshortfalls. This would phased rigid rent controls September when students need olment at the U of W. and anti-student at the Boar
run translate into significant rent in- out. and there is a huge increase it most,\hc said. "I thmk the university needs tor--~-=-----------'
creases for tenants, he said. in new rental units, and rent did She also said the cxisting•leg- et out and agrcssivcly market
)n, "Not every landlord will do not go up," she said. islation governing relations be- hat we do well herc. . .it has to
!fi that, but it will allow landlords But research complied by the tween landlords and tenants ·ome down to a commitment
':J7- to legally do that," he said. Massachusetts Tenant's Organi- "works well" for landlords who >n the part of the university to
Anoe Dundas, an advtsor to zatton shows that evictions in the rent to students. o something about it," he said.
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U of W procures new president from
I in
:lid
Laurentian
ary
SerVIce Canada, and vice-presi
er
By Lance news staff
dent for North America of the
ro-
International Council of Dis
Ths summer the University of
tance E<lut:atiuo. I le holds a
to Windsor's Board of Governors
,hy unanimously approved Dr. Ross PhD Jn comparative education
xl Paul as the university's new presi from the University of London,
England.
for dent.
His area of expertise is distance
r. Board of governors Chair
education, and he has published
trt Donna Miller saaid "Dr. Paul is
ext~osively in the area.
ing • a person committed to support
Paul is replacmg Dr. Ron
ing ing students, building consensus
Ianru, who rerircdearlicr this year.
he on campus and reaching out to
Ianni suffers from amyotrophic
;ity the community."
lateral sclerosis, otherwtse known
blc Paul, whose term begins in
as Lou Gehng's Disease.
tn- early 1998, is currently the presi
I le has been installed as presi
dent of I..aurentian University in
dent emeritus at the university.
"If Sudbury. He 1s also curcntly the
Dr. Gordon Wood, a former U
rris chair of the Policy and Planning
ad Commission of the Council of of W vice president academic, - ·eAR 5 GRILL-
has been named Acting President
us, Ontario Universities, vice-presi
until Paul begins his term.
i>O· dent of the World University
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Student leaders attend roundtable
By Lance news staff ency v,rith the (Ontano) gov
ernment On one hand, they're
\ccordmg to the latest fig- saying students should be
ures from Staasucs Canada, the working wo pay for their edu-
cost of university arts pro- cauon, but at the same ttme
grams in Canada has doubled they're luniting that," he said.
in the last ten years. "It was really vital for us to
With Ontario at the bottom come to this meeting. .. to work
of the university funding heap on the public image of stu-
1n Canada, and with tuition ris- dents, and towards student
J.
mg, student leaders seem to be debt reduction," said Ryan
searchmg for a course of ac- Peters, President of the
uon to address the problems Mohawk Student's Assoc1a-
f ac ing tion.
students. « We .. want the federal and "(It's)
T h i s i.aJ key to
provio.c.. gover11ments to
August, making
student know that although we may thegov-
leaders e r n -
be represented by di/Terent
from a m e n t
uroups, WeTe sti11 united as
number of On-
of On- ,::,-· tar i o
• SfU,.JAnt'S ,, d
t a r I o Ut.,..,.., un er-
colleges - Nathalie Carrier s ta n d
and uni- VP External, Students Federation of that it is
,·ersities t i m e
the University of Ottawa f r
gathered O
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Roundtable of Ontario Nathalie Carrier, Vice-Presi
schools to discuss of issues in dent External for the Students - Fall & Winter
post-secondary education. Federation of the University for School
ckets on Sale
The meeting produced of Ottawa, said "We are not
agreement on a number of is trying to form another student
sues, including lobbying for a lobby group, or threaten those
National Education Act that exist because there are valid FALL JACKETS
modelcd on the Canada reasons for having them, but
I lealth Act in order to intro we do want to create a forum *North Face
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There was also agreement also want the provincial and
on the need to push for in federal governments to know
creased student representation that although we may be rep *Bike Wear
on decision making bodies of resented by different groups,
post-secondary institutions. we're still united as students."
The student leaders also Young says "On the provin SKI EQUIPMENT
Inline Skates
agreed on their opposition to cial level, students and student
certain changes to leaders have a responsibility to
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postsccondary education in identify key issues they can all
Ontario, including the $600 agree on and take their mes
low prices
cap on earnings by students sage to the government. I think 40 - 60% OFF
working under the Ontario the problem is the government
Work Study Program .. sees students as divided. That
Dave Young, President of really causes problems when it
the University of Windsor Stu comes to representrng stu
dent Alliance, who attended dents."
the conference, said the S600 He said a balance need to be
cap on what students can earn struck between the "despera
under the Ontario Work Study tion" of universities to meet
Program will have a negallve their costs and "student's best
impact. interests."
"In my opinion, it's going to
destroy the Work Study Pro-
gram at the University of
Windsor. It's another inconsist-
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Tuesday', September 2, 1997 the Lance Page 7
CIBC pulls plug on student loans in Nova Scotia
By Michael Connors, pired on June by 250 percent in the past five a break-even basis, which was underfunding of provincial uni
Derek Chezzi and Angela 30, leaving the Royal Bank as the years. always our goal," McCreath versity systems by the fccleral
only private supporter of the CIBC has agreements with six said. government, says Brad Lavigne,
Pacienza system. provinces to provide student "We never saw ourselves mak chairperson of the Canadian
"The program, we feel, 1s in loans. In Nova Scotia, the pro ing money on student loans, but Federauon of Students.
(CUP)- trouble. It's not satJsfactonly pro vincial government covers the we think it's not unreasonable Jl e believes federal government
More students with more debt vtding students with the level of interest on all loans while the stu that the program should at least cuts have left students can1,ng
declanng more bankruptcy were financial support they need," dent is in school. In addition, the break even." too heavy a burden for funding
the reasons given by a major said Peter McCreath, a spokes government also pays tile bank Kevin Lacey, a student coun univcrsitjes.
Canadian bank for pulling out person for CIBC in Halifax. a risk premium worth 5 per cent cil vice-president at Dalhousie "This was an experiment
of Nova Scotia's student loans A lack of jobs has led to too of the value of the University, says the high rate of where you tned to have a quasi
program. many students With too much loan. But the premium was not student bankruptcies is the main private system and it just wasn't
The Canadian Imperial Bank debt being unable to continue covering the number of defaults. re a -
"According to CIBC spokes
of Commerce has decided not paying off thetr loans, said "We put forth a variety of sug so n
to renew tts contract with the McCreath. "It was just not a VJ· gesuons to the government of t h C man Peter McCreath, student
Nova Scotia government be able program " l\ova Scotia. .. but they declined cur
cause the current loan system is McCreath says student bank any changes significant enough rent bankrupcies in Canada have
leaving students with unmanage ruptcies in Canada have increased that at least it could operate on loans
increased 250 percent in the
able debt loads. The contract ex- s y s -
temis past five years,,
n o
longt.-r
work-
ing.
'The
(CIHC) pull-out is basically going to work,'' says Lavigne
showmg that the student loan ''The problem ts with debt ac
system m Nova Scotia has been cumulauon."
in a colossal mess for a long \\7}ulc CI BC J-. not pr0\1dmg
..
•, time," I.ace} c;aid "People are any new Joane; tn NO\ a Sco11a, 11
defaulting at qwte an astound 1s honouring the SlOO m1Lhon
1ng rate." worth m student loans sull out
Lacey say:; when the lime st.andmg. The Royal Bank 1s now
comes, the bank wtU hl.cly not the only pnvatc bank process
want to renew its other provm mg new loans m that provmcc.
cial contracts euher. "It hap
pened to us first, but as other
contracts expire, CIBC ha:; said
it will not conunue in the student
loans business in other jurisdic
tions m the country."
The CIBC decision points to
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Universities lose cash on B re-X scam
By Craig Saunders and But neither university thinks the made up for by gains in other tawa taking more money for pany, especially as evidence has
loss is much of a big deal. areas, with the fund receiving a CPP, the result will be less money arisen that the overly-oplim1suc
Michael Connors "When you look at the total 15.6-pt.'t-cent return on its invest going into the university fund. Bre-X csumates may have been
(CUP) - Two Canadian uni amount of the Bre-X invest ments last year. Hickman says the university is the result ofdcliberatc tamper
versiues are the owners of al ment, that's not a disproportion But the president of Memo still determining what the im ing of samples by Bre X em
most $2-million in fool's gold ate amount ... for any single in rial's Faculty Association says pact of CPP wilJ be, "(but) I ployees in Indonesia.
after the Bre-X boom went bust vestment," said Dr. Fred Fisher, there is still some cause for con tend to think that at the end of
last spring. chairperson of the Pension Fund cern for the future health of the the day we'll still have a very
The University of Victoria and Board at UVic. He estimates the pension fund. healthy fund."
Memorial University of New fund's current value is about ''Whar we're waiting for now At UVic, no pensions arc at
foundland each used pension $275-rnillion. is ... [to) see what the bigger risk as a result of the loss and
fund money to buy stocks of "It's a 0.44-per-cent loss," he picture is," said John Bear, who the board is not formally con
the Alberta-based mining con said. "Our monthly vanation is also sits on the pensions com sidering any legal action against
cern, after Bre-X Minerals Ltd. more than that. It's not trivial. We mittee. "Dr. Hickman suggests the company.
had announced finding a vast don't like losing a million bucks, that it is quite bright, but there is A number of shareholder
gold fidd in Indonesia. especially on a scam." more to the story than what he groups throughout North
Bre-X's early estimates of the Fisher's colleague at MUN, implies." America have filed lawsuits
amount of gold were revealed George Hickman, says roughly "On the one hand, apparently against the now-dormant corn-
to be false at best, and at worst the same thing. the stock market has done rca
s o o ably well for the pension r;:;:;:;:::::;:;-;::;::::::::;:itt;~:;-;;::::::;:::::::::;::;::;::;-:;::::;:::;::;:;:::::::;:::;:::;::;::;::::;,
a fraud when an independent "[The Bre-X loss] represents
mining firm revealed that the two-tenths of 1 per cent of the fund. On the other hand, CPP
company's gold field had "insig total value of the fund," said contributions arc being raised
nificant" amounts of the pre Hickman, director of human by the federal government."
cious metal last March. resources at Memorial. "It in no MUN employees pay about
That sent Bre-X's share value way has any influence on the 6 per cent of their salary into the
tumbling from hundreds of amount of pension that a mem pension plan, Bear said, part of
dollars to just pennies. UVic lost ber will receive at the end of the that going to the Canada Pen
$1 million, while MUN lost day." sion Plan, and to the university's
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Tuesday, September 2, 1997 the Lance Page 9
U of T students take on the Irving etnpire and lose
Courier spokesperson. other, n:calls McGowan. This, After lrvmg's Vl~ll with the.: em ing year with the ne:ir absence
By Sarah Schmidt
But for the 20 odd Midland just days aftc.:r the president of ployees, thetr dnve to form a of negouauon talks, the student
Cou icr workers, most of Midland Courier arrived with union under provmcial 1uriscl1c arc being told that their ware
TORONTO (CUP) - Three
University of 'J'oronto students whom worked part-time and clonut s JO hand. tton fell shon by one vote. But house jobs arc bemg contracted
who dared to go up :tgainst the were workmg to put themselves "We never got an nm, like despite a coun challenge by the out. Office workers and dnv<:r~
through school, the explanauon this before," said Mc(,owan. company, the students managed at the branch remain employed
powerful Irving family now (ind
themselves out of a job. does not hold water. "I le was there to int.mtdatc." to orgamzc under federal lcg1s The student asscruons that 1h1
The New Brunswick-based Wes Pc.:nwardc.:n, the president of lation last ~ummc.:r, which 1s a direct result of the union
When Chris McGowan, Rob
Irving family, which owns the Midland Courier, did not return requires only a majonty of the acuvity arc backed by labour
Starr and Charles Kernerman,
part time employecs 10 an courier company, has an esti phone calls and Robert Irving bargaming unit to sign union h1stonans and organizers 10 1 he
mated net worth of $7.5-billion, was unavailable for comment. cards. But now, aftc.:r a frustrat- Mariumes who say anti union
Irving-owned MidJand Courier
placing them among the top 10 m 'V of T J111dmts 'nn 10
w a r e •
richest
house in
families
The three student
Mi.~
in the FLAT RATE LoNG DISTANCE!
f i r s t
organizers say the world. $ J . 5
thought
of union Joss of a contract The * and it's two way, your friends can call you, too!
three
izing, it
is just a line being_ student *40 hours per month .,-
was to '>
organ
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about job
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no wages and no benefits. At the ~- . ___:._~ • • W~ • / Ava:.ible with tfle 40 l10<J cali1119 P¥s~<V!
end of July, Irving pulled the psaaynsy K geortn ewrminadn o, fu nitti. l "tWhee c oqumi 'N1tD•0 • 1•"""'""'""ec:...a, ~- < iuGtltpohr t.Ttjowr.9n'" ° Cities shown include surrounding local calling area~
plug on the operation, citing the '>--
etly talked to some of the guys. ..., .. .,-rSb':uord Brantford. r::'\
loss of a major contract with
No one went to management," ('''..., } W000:.od ...i iniltiin St.C.atll.anrtM
United Postal Service as the rea he said. '~\nd the company had k~ ~ Simcoe s~ Gregory Roach1 Sa!les/ L1ine~ -7 ~Day~s a :W:eerk
son. no idea it was happening." ~ e -- (Foci lri1)
"A significant change in our - "i7"Ad;J;:;;fho
But the day before the union any long distance service!
business occurred with the loss
vote, Robert Irving himself ar
of a major customer and we (~,,.. Optional O :IC [.] for Next Day Service N E T w P. K
rived from Moncton with an O
have altered our business opera impassioned speech in one hand u----.t·1 ,q,,r,11M-11yl!cl•,r&a,;eT -o;.T<:a~,,u,t,~ -'li=•1ncA 3,"iIr ~.stt ~.NO·t1mir.u.P4aeu b'::loWa AUTHORIZE O AGENT
tion to adapt," said a Midland
and Mr. Sub submarines in the
The UWSA is looking for can didates
for the following positions:
Council Chair
Environmental Coordinator
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Please submit your resumes with cover letter to:
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2nd Floor, CAW Student Center
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Deadline for all resumes is Friday September 12, 1997 at 4:30pm.
Page 1O the Lance Tuesday, September 2, 1997
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''U of T students'' ride goes (too?) mainstream
ton/ 'd from page 9 says the test is simply about en ordinator of York University',
activity is not unusual for the sunng a union-free workspace. Transgendcred, Bisexual, Les
II Irving empire. "It emphasized an ideological bian and Gay Alliance. "Wha
ORONTO (CUP) - Gay
Arthur Capson, an execunve orientation, or what people arc we need is a pride march fo
ride Ohas changed a lot since
I of the New Brunswick Federa allowed to think. If they passed minorities."
ts ongm in 1981, and not for
tion of Labour, says the events the ideological test and recanted Chunara was not impressed b
he better, some criucs say.
at Midland Courier's l\.fississauga their previous union activities, the parade, and lamented th
Over 750,000 people were
branch 1s standard practice in they were allowed back," she "lack of representation for peo
·stirnated to have attended
In;ng companies. "\X'e're used Satd. pie of colour."
)ride 97, Toronto's 17th annual
to these tacucs down here. It's Michael Cross, a historian spe Despite the existence of ga
arade and festival in June.
typical," said Capson. cializing 10 Maritime history at m1nority groups such as Ga
One long-time participant
"Even a word of a union gets Dalhousie Vniversity, says cur Asian Toronto, "the majority o
ikcd what he saw, but with some
people laid off. Then they just rent pracuces are rooted in his participants were white an
eservations.
change the name of the com tory dating back to the first la male," admitted Doug Dent, th
"The gay community really
pany and b o u r co-chair of Pride 97.
The New Brunswick- omes together here ... too bad it's
continue c o o - o commercial now," said While Dent says the Pride 9 IPECIA.LIZING IN
on." fronta- committee lacked any non-whit
based Irving family; eorge Salizon, who has taken ELECTRONIC
The 27- tion in visible minorities, he argued tha
art in the past five pride cel
m O n t h which owns the courier t h e brations. there were complex issues t DANCE MUSIC
strike at 1940s. consider.
Company; has an a esti.- lle is refcni ng to the recent JU•titl I Dau.11 + a£ss
the Irving 'They've "Some cultures forbid homo
d ppearance of corporate span
Oil refin- mate net worth of $7.5 b e e n ors including Labatt's, Sony, sexuality so there's a lot of pee TICB•o
ery in St. q u i t e pressure to stay in the closet an HOUSEJAZZ
bDlion.. izza-Pizza and American Air
j O h n p r e - es. not be out there. . .it just happens DICSO
which pared that way."
"It's losing its grassroots feel
endedlast to use But Chunara doesn't agree.
g. Pride's gone mainstream," VINYL CD'S
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is often arm tac e said. nority homosexual communit MIXED TAPES It T-SHIRTS
orporate support was inevita
held up as the most obvious tics where they simply wore the was severely under-represented.
le, according to Paul Boyd,
example. After being subjected union down." It's a racism issue."
ride 97's entertainment co
to the company's private police Despite this support from
rdinator.
force videotaping, nine of the N.B. labour organizers, the three
''With something like this w 29 Park St. W. -
10 union executiveslost their jobs students and their co-workers
eed corporate money, other
and many of the remaining are still without work. 0
ise how can we expect t -E.
workers were forced to take a "The income wasn't great, the --
row?" asked Boyd. "Peopl
'bitterness test' and an 'orienta severance package was pathetic, ~
ust don't understand that."
tion' course to assert their loy and the letter of recommenda ~
For some people, the parad
alty to the company before re tion was useless. But it was still a ~
asn't changed enough.
turning to work. job," said McGowan, who needs ~
'Out of 750,000 people, mayb
Erin Steuter, a sociology pro to find work soon to pay his LOCATlll> ABOVESCOTIA BANK
ore, I barely saw any [peopl
fessor at Mount Alfoon, who is bills, one of which is tuiuon fees.
f colour]," said Rahi 29 Park St.
one of four people writing a W. Windsor. Canada
hunara, the summer co
book about the refinery stnke, only one minute from
the tunnel
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