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ministration and! phone calls ! m angry parents put an end to ‘ artheid simulation day at a { liege in Montreal. _

For one day during the anti- } artheid activities at Champlain ‘ liege in St. Lambert, a suburb Montreal, last week, race re-

’ ions were to be reversed. Dif-'

ent areas of the college were ing to be segregated along racial es in a school where blacks ke up about 8 per cent of the pulation and whites over 70 per nt. '

“In the cafeteria, blacks and loureds, were to have a section— -0ff area with comfortable

uches, and dinner tables with

ble clothes. The whites only

regular cafeteria tables,” accord- ing to President of the Champlain Anti-Apartheid Committee Robert Douglas, who organized the weeks’ activities.

The organizers were going to put a yellow line on the floors designating where whites. and blacks could walk. The two main central washrooms on the first floor were to be for blacks only. Whites would have had to use the more out of the way bathrooms on the second floor. The front door, the only fountain in the cafeteria and the main fountains on the ground floor were to be exclusively for blacks. Benches would be marked “blacks only” and “whites only”. Also, the radio station was to be run by

blacks. “We were going to play"

music disliked by the majority of I

the population,” said Douglas. White students were to be the monitors in charge of enforcing

- this simulation apartheid.

The school administration re- jected the entire proposal because they were afraid fights would break out between monitors and students. However, once 20 teachers offered to take over the “policing”, the administration backed down.

But, the next morning, 'the director of Student Services re- ceived two phone calls from aneg parents. One woman said her son should not be discriminated against and his rights should not be infringed upon, according to Douglas. She said school was “a

‘place for education and not this

sort of thing.”

Douglas was approached in the hallway by several students. “One wanted to start a petition against the day saying that we treat our blacks well at Champlain and there is no reason whites here should have to pay for the pro- blems of apartheid.”

Another student with similar complaints said she had never heard of apartheid, Douglas said. After talking to both students for less than 15 minutes, they had changed their minds, he added.

However a bomb threat put an end to the good will.

Someone from within the college phoned the Director of Student Services Andre LeBlanc and said if the apartheid day went ahead, they would explode a

College

National universities

r. C. William J. Eliot will be died as the third president of University Vof Prince Edward s d on Saturday October 19 at remony in Dr. Steel Recital l. The Installation marks the Ming of National Universities k across Canada, and the I d University has planned ral outstanding events to k the special week. NUW has proclaimed by Prime ister Brian Mulroney, and its 6 is ‘extending ideas into the munity’. hainnan of NUW is Professor ar Zimmermann. Free of ge the Planetarium will fea- A Comet called Halley, based l alley’s comet due to appear 986. Sh0w times are 1:30, 3:00 4:15 pm. Tours of the Atlantic rinary College site may be e on‘ Saturday, October 26, at and 3 o’clock, by telephoning reservations at 566-0825. Panel discussion and a debate set for Monday and Tuesday ctively'. The panelists? will uss Why Canada Needs Unl-

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versities, with, discussants Presi- dent C.W.J. Eliot, Professors Reshard Gool, Lawson Drake, Roger Black, and senior student Carolyn Ryan. It will be presented in the faculty lounge, Main Building, Monday, October 21 at 7:30 pm. - '

The debate _will resolve that A Causeway should be built with student debaters Barry Linkletter, Luke Triantafillou, Scott Pryor, and Peter Hunt. It will be held in the Robertson Lecture Theatre at 7:30p.m.

The Alumni will mark NUW with a luncheon at Inn on the Hill, with William W. Wedlock, chair- man of the Board of Governors, asguest speaker.

A lunchtime concert by the Music Department will be pre-

sented in the-Student Lounge at

noon on Wednesday. That even- ing at ‘8 o’clock, writer—in-residenoe Silver Don Cameron will read from his works in the Faculty Lounge. 2

[On Tuesday and

evenings Dr. Eliot will visit

Thursday, I

Summerside and Souris, respect- ively, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., as a guest speaker of the UPEI Board of Governors.

The Venerables Present, a per- formance featuring senior citizens in sketches, monologues and song will be presented in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Friday at 12 o’clock. During recent weeks the presentation has been performed at several Island centres with great success. It is produced by the Island Community Theatre. No fee is charged.

In sports Alumni basketball is slated for Friday October 25: women’s teams play at 6:30 pm. and men’s at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. UPEI hockey meets Acadia on Saturday, October 26 at 7 pm. A strong possibility exists that soccer playoffs will be held on campus

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Throughout the week Channel 10 Cablevision has allotted time for, ,Inginute xjpterviews, with

UPEI professors. and students, at

6:45 pm.

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VANCOUVER (CUP) — The collapse of the Alberta-based Northlands Bank last week left Douglas College’s student union president facing impeachment charges and the council holding its breath for $16,000 of uninsured term deposits.

Without consulation student union president Michael Glavin put $76,000 of which only $60,000 was insured into term deposits at the Northlands because it offered the highest interest rate.

But when the bank, which NDP finance critic Nelson Riis said had “hints of a loan shark to it” for its higher interest rates, became insolvent, Glavin did not report the possible loss to the newly elected student council. He said the issue was “virtually resolved” by the time council met.

“We have receive $60,000 of our original investment, leaving a balance owing to us of $16,000,” said Glavin at the time.

However, the. student news- paper The Other Press discovered that only $26,000 had been re- turned from Northlands.

“so far we’re received 32601),” admitted Wayne Schmuland, the council secretary.

“The rest, including the $16.01), we'll get within five weeks, guaranteed by CDIC (Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation)"

But Glavin admitted this was just

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bomb in the school.

According to LeBlanc,- the call Was probably an idle threat, how- ever, if they got such a call, the school would have to be evacuated and closed for the day.

“We had to pull the plug on the whole project,” said Douglas, “but because of the controversy at least people have had to think about it."

Douglas had to call the CBC’s “Journal” and local newspapers, who were going to cover the event, to say the day was off.

“I am black and I think I would have learned something as well,” said Douglas. “I would have felt very guilty that day. Apartheid and racism not only hurts those who suffer from it but the people who enforce it too.”

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member, said Glavin ignored a society bylaw which states “all business or financial transactions on behalf of the council shall be approved by the council.”

“They (executive council mem— bers) decided that policy w0uld come out of the executive rather than the council which is bullshit. The final responsibility has to be the council according to (bylaw) 3—1,” she said.

Fartaczek said Glavin should resign and threatened to begin impeachment proceedings.

According to Glavin there are some areas in which the executive has to act on its own.” Financial things have to be kept going,” he said.

Glavin said he knew the con- stitution restricted his actions but said, “It’s difficult to get council approval when you can’t get quorum at council meetings.”

He said the money had been in deposits which had come to term and he felt he had to do something with it.

“Otherwise we would have had a wheelbarrow full of cash at our doorstep.” _

“I would have been negligent to leave that kind_ of money in achequing accoun‘tll” 1% ,3

“I brOught‘dhe mfitter tothe council aftei‘Wards arid they Were

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