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By Christine Vila

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NYONE WHO STILL WONDERS ABOUT THE PASSION

d intensity of the student movement obviously did not attend

Canadian Federation of Students’ annual general meeting Nov. 7-14in Hull.

Among other things, the CFS voted to stage a one-day nationwide strike in protest against the Liberal government's social security reform proposals on Jan. 25, 1994.

The CFS isa national lobbying organization that repre- sents more than 50 campuses across the country. It is designed to give students a powerful voice in both tiers of government. It typically deals with student concerns such as tuition fees and social justice issues.

Many delegates agreed that action against the social

security reform proposals was the single most important ele- i ment of the general meeting this year. This year, students from across the country have joined it together and agreed that one of the most critical things facing students is the social program review,”’ said Chloe Burgess of Malaspina Students’ Union. ‘“We are going to strike.”’

She underlined the importance of the CFS’s voice. ‘* According to Maclean’s magazine two years ago, we're one of the top 10 most powerful lobbying organizations in the country.”” ( She added: ‘‘It’s something that should keep people

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going because if we don’t joi) what’s coming up,people who tutions are going to be much | *?The motion to supp that a national strike and actic as a result of the federal gover tion of students loans and the Andrea Harrington, ch dent Union,expressed her sup) ”| think that our coalit on students who can get large do effective media action to s which is education -- but for t] She stressed. ‘““We’re | Canada’s way of life, and if we ... then] think we’re letting alo to support this.”’ i John-Henry Harty, CFS LUCKY V. 28 Island Student Association agn DRAW ON N O . people to support this motion. , ;

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Every constituency groi A g crucial. If we don’t stand up for and accept privatization of post- important. ”’

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employed as a lab assistant in the biology department. Like : many of my colleagues, I spent Monday morning wandering : around campus like a homeless child, listening to whatever rumours or scraps of information I could glean about Duffy. I i was lucky in that I had lost nothing in the fire except class time and possibly ajob. Some stu-

; dents lost notes, discs, books and the hip-wadersthat were stored in the biology lounge. The professors whose offices and labs were in Duffy were, the biggest losers.

It has now been de- termined that the fire was caused by an electric heater in the biology lounge on the third floor. Immediately abovetheloungeisthe ‘‘fish room’’, which incurred the heaviest damage. The floor of the fish room buckled due to heat from the floor below and the weight of the aquariam. The floor in the centre of the room is now at least eight inches lower than the floor at the edges.

; Dr. Ed Johnston had been doing research on Pacific salmon reared in this room for years. His entire stock of fish, approximately 50 animals, has been eliminated. These fish were also used for the cell and animal physiology classes, as well as Johnston’s fish biology course. A

bo aise Also damaged was the research lab on the third floor. |. The back of this lab is adjacent to the student lounge. A gene laboratory skylight had to be broken while fighting the fire. This b lab was shared by virtually the whole biology department. The remainder of the building is more dirty than dam-

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tory periods in Duffy will resume before the end of é ae the semester, others seem — equally sure that students will not be allowed in the building until 1995. is : ¥ :

Classes have been relocated to various buildings across —

campus, including in at least one case to the actual floor of the gym in the sports centre. Some labs are taking place in the Atlantic Vet College. Others have been cancelled for the rest ofthe semester. Professors are either assigning extra class work to be completed during laboratory times, redistributing marks — or doubling up on laboratory periods when classes resume in __ For the time being, biology professors have been relo- cated to the fourth floor Dalton Hall and the department office relocated to the first floor of Memorial. Engineering profs are in Cass. Physics profs have also been relocated.

. November 22, 1994

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