_ “‘ «u. '

/,

HALIFAX (GJP) :- 'Ihe Nova Scotia Caucus of the Atlantic Federation of Students decided Saturday to challenge the Maritime Provinces Higher (Education Oommissidl by demanding that they face students in public forums on campus.

m.

THURSDAY. Ft'amukgy 1.51 mm

'Ihe M’HEC had invited AFS to meet with them formally «hile in Halifax on a speaking tcuf later in alarch.

An earlier motion to boycott the meetings was defeated. Student representatives felt that

ELECTION “ TO BE “HELD. WEDNESDAY

'Ihe I9 78 'General Student

lhion Elections will be held.

an Wednesday,February 22.71he .results of that days voting will determine the Student

_ Council of U.P.E.I. for 1978-

79,thus making this coming Wednesday one of the (most important days of the year

for U.P.E.I.‘studentsulhe gra-I,

vity of this occaSicn cannot be stressed too much and so, it is with a recognition of the importance of this. day

‘ that I urge all U.P.E.I. students to "go—to Robertson Library between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22 to vote for next

years Student Council.chever

if it is impossible for some

to vote on Wed. ,y'ou will have equal opportunity to exercise your right at the advance poll

on inesday,Feb.2] bemeen 12 noon and 5:00 p.m.

The issues in this election

are of great importance and

the stand. taken by the cand-\

widates on each issue is the greatest singular factor in determining the incam'ng Octmcil. It is on the basis Of each candidates" plat— form that he Or she .is ele- "cted. In order to make an

open-minded and honest jud— gement on election day, it is essential that the voter

knows wach candidate's plat—-

form. {A general meeting. will be held on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7:00 p.m. in Duffy Amphitheatre so that every— one will have the opportun— ity to meet the candidates running for the council po—

_ sitions and to hear and I question the speeches of the

candidates running for ex— ecutive positions. The speeches will also be bro— adcast over CINN, so if anyone is unable to'go to Duffy, you will be able

to hear the candidates on radio. '

Again, I urge everyone - to vote on Tuesday or Wed- neSday. Each and' every candidate is putting his/ her utmost into this elec- tion and they all deserve your consideration for their respactive positions. In closing, I wish all can- did'ates the very best of luck and look forward to seeing all voters at the speaches on Mmday night and at thepolls Tuesday 0

»

Wadiesday. , __

up

vQLunE NINE

AFSCHALLENGES MPHEC

although the MPHEC had proven to be a "facade", more could be gained by questioning the commission in front of students.

Matt Adamson, Saint Mary's Student Council external Vice—president, said, "By exposing the MPHEC to students, AFS can show everyone what a farce this supposedly 'neutral' body has become. This will be an education for students."

Last year the MPHEC asked the governments to increase subsidies to the institutions for 1977—78 by 11.5 per cent, but the government decreased this figure to 7 per cent. 'lhis year's recommendation of 14 per cent was out almost in half.

Delegates to the meet- ing mapped out a campaign against educational cut- backs urging students to research cutbacks in various university departments to discover the effects on the quality of education. This research was called for at a November general meeting of ABS but had‘ " not gotten underway.

Gene long, Atlantic fieldworker for the National Union of Students, told delegates they must continually, gather information and keep the cutbacks issue alive on campus. As'well we should pressure the administrations to take

PANTHERETTES «TOURNAMENTv

UP IN

by Nancy Farrell

Congratulations are in order for the UPEI Pantherettes Broomball team who were victorious at the annual Morell Broomball Tournament on Saturday, February 4.

Eight teams partici— pated in the day-long tournament. 'Iheir first encounter was against the_Bristol Stardusters, ‘ taking that game in over— time 1-0. 'Jhe second game, against Fort Augustus. Rec. Centre, was won 3—0.

ISSUE EIGHTEEN .

ARCHIVES U. P. E. I.

a stand on tuition hikes, he said.

The caucus voted to pay special attention to the situation at Universitie de Ste. Anne where there may be drastic cutbacks in the number of professors. Students there are attempting to gain repres- entation of the University's Budget Committee. The small university is unique because of its bilingual nature and could greatly suffer if the administratio

‘ administration's plans of

cutting down the faculty of 30 are carried through. Anne Soucy from Saint Mary's addressed the meeting about part-time students. Delegates agreed that work on student aid for the coming year should give priority to part—time students.Presently there is no aid for part—timers in

_ Nova Scotia.

Chris Lavinge from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design was elected Central Committee member for the province, replac— ing Don Soucy also of NSCAD Paula Wedge from Mount Saint Vincent was appointed to the Student Aid Advisory Committee and Mary O'Donnell from Saint Mary's is the new student aid co—ordinator. Denise Roberge of Dalhousie replaces Marc Allain, also of Dal, as the new Nova Sootia caucus chairperson.

SWEEP

The playoffs began Sunday night with U.P.E.I. taking the first game 1—0 in overtime against the Livingston Welders Vampires. The champion- ship game was at- 6 p.m. against Eldon‘s Esso which was won by 4-1.

leading scorers in the tournament were Barb Mill with five goals, Sandy Dunsford with two and Linda Wournell with a single.

The UPEI team's record for the season was 6 wins, 5 losses and 2 ties.