Profs could be sued for overcrowding |

by Neil Godbout

OTTAWA (CUP) — Pro-

fessors teaching in over- crowded classrooms may be legally liable for ignoring fire regulations, says an execu- tive of the faculty association

at Carleton University.

George Neuspiel, president-elect of Carleton’s Academic Staff Association (CUASA) said CUASA brought it to ad- ministration’s attention dur- ing an early January meet- ing.

The association was re- sponding to a memo from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associa- tions warning of potential le- gal problems for a professor who teaches in a class he or she knows is unsafely over- crowded.

The memo refers to The Building Code Act which

states that the occupant load for classrooms is one per- son per 1.85 square metres. The memo also recommends that “faculty should refuse to teach in overcrowded class- rooms.”

Neuspiel said that ad- ministration may post new Fire Marshall notices, mak- ing them plainly visible to those entering the class since the old signs have been cov- ered up over the years.

UBC prof turns garbage into student bursary

VANCOUVER - Geol- ogy students at the Univer- sity of British Columbia now have access to a $600 bursary because one professor be- lieves in the principle “waste not, want not.”

Professor Wibert Dan-- ner of geological sciences do- nated $7000 to a bursary with money he raised by col- lecting empty cans, bottles and loose change from UBC’s beaches and grounds.

“This fund really shows students what a waste of money it is to throw stuff around on the beach,” Dan- ner said.

Danner said “there is no stigma attached” to collect- ing bottles and cans and said he knows of other faculty who do the same thing.

But Danner’s’ bursary, aptly named the “beer, pop, can, bottle, deposit, refund bursary,” almost never got off the ground.

The Senate awards com- mittee thought Danner’s bursary ti- tle inappropriate and named it the "department of geologi- cal sciences bursary.’ Danner objected to the renaming.

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