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Unanimous decision to
protest govt cutbacks
by Allan Zdunich “We don’t think we’re being radical, we have to be tough with ' the government" Dalhousie Stu- dent Union President-elect Robert Sampson stated at meeting of the Nova Scotia caucu of the Atlantic Federation of Students (AFS/FEA) in Truro last Saturday. Despite inclement weather con- ditions representatives of six of Nova Scotia’s eleven post-
secondary institutions were present ’
to make agu‘nanimous decision to protest recient actions of the pro- vincial government to restrict.ac-
Scotla government to disregard the recommendation/of the supervisory body on post-secondary education ’(the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, MPHECI- CESPM) and instead increase operating funds by 7%. MPHECI ‘ CESPM recommendations had” called for 11.5%.
As the other priority- for the Atlantic Federation of- Students (FEA/AFS) this spring, student leaders decided to oppose the introduction of academic criteria in the bursary program. The govern- ment would be tampering with
i ACADIA UNIVERSITY SPRING AND SUMMER SESSIONS
1977
ISUMMER SESSION
cess to post-secondary'educatlon. . ~.
“The reduction in government,
funding- means increased~ tuition ,
fees. An increase in tuition fees means that only the rich will be able to afford a college education" AFS/FEA secretary/co-ordlnator Don Soucy told delegates.
After discussing the effect of tuition increases in the range of $50 ‘ to $150 student‘leaders decided to
' make the financingpf‘post-second-
ary education their main priority this spring. By unanimous consent, leaders agreed to attempt a second meeting with government leaders representatives after the "aborted, meeting in February, when Edu- ‘cation Minister stepped out for half
‘an hour and never returned, some
members were hesitant about
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cern over the decision of the Nova academic freedom ,by deciding
‘ .which students would be eligible.th ' provincial assistance regardless of ‘: the decision of
the student's university. Student leaders decided
' that the government was‘ turning
the bursary. program. into-fa
‘ ‘scholarship program’. by determin4
ing bursary eligibility by academic performance. ’ ’ ~ Unanimous decisions'v‘of dele-
gates were made toiseek support from the university community and the general public to ,opppse the transformation of the bursary pro- gram into a sChbiarship program. ,The Board of Gov‘emorson each- .Icampus will giving the Minister .a second support-
be approached for
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by Jennifer Robinson and Marc Cassini , MONTREAL (CUP) -- Claiming that the TV generation is against the set norms of western society, Marshall McLuhan ex— tended the “brain hemisphere" theory to explain the roots of many of our social ills.
Key speaker at a Montreal symposium on “Life, Death and ' Psychical Research”, McLuhan, renowned communications theorist, captivated a standing-room only audience March 4.
Central to MCLuhan’s argument
' was his differentiation between the
functioning of the right and left brain hemispheres. Characterizing the left hemisphere as controlling logical, rational and linear thought, McLuhan stated that western cul- ture is dominated by the left, rational hemisphere. The hemisphere of the brain, he claimed, is more dominant in eastern and third world cultures and philosophy and is typified by artistic, disconnected and. intuitive behaviour patterns; "The Chinese ideogram is a characteristic of a right hemisphere-dominated society while the alphabet belongs to left hemisphere societies.
Prior to the appearance of the Roman alphabet, all societies were dominated by the more qualitative right brain hemisphere.
Referring to the findings of Harold lnnls, a pioneer in the study of the effects of technology on human society, McLuhan, asserted that the implementation of the alphabet and papyrus by Graeco- Roman cultures'enabied them to send messages and thereby control their armies. McLuhan traced the origins of imperialism and military bureaucracy to the alphabet. The natural consequence of the Graeco- Roman societies was rationalism,
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right ,
" , _ ‘ . ‘ A ' LNs—CUP-i ,TV 1 sconnotodopt agnosticiSm, orderly linear- thought
and, thus, technology. insisting that the dominance of either the right or
left brain hemisphere is solely dependent on environmental in- fluenCe, McLuhan explained the evolution of today's highly techno—
, logical electronic‘Western society as opposed to the highly developed eastern and. third world cultures that find their roots in less sequential thought. -
He glaimed that television view- ing sensitizes the right hemisphere of the brain because it has the same effect as addictive drugs, adding that the TV generation was made up of predominantly right hemisphere ‘people. The younger‘ generation does not readily fit. into the society created by lefthemisphere thought
\and behaviour, nor do ‘Tv‘kids’ adapt to the school system that Was created for and by left brain hemisphere people. .1Misflts,’ Or as McLuhan said, “Mystics are right hemisphere people plunged intora. left hemisphere society.” _ f ‘ McLuhan added that the western trend . tOWards eastern 'philosophy was matched by an eastern trend towards more rational and. linear thinking. ,This, eastern trend he attributed to the imposition iof the western alphabet, ideals, techno- logy and imperialism on eastern and third world countries.
The contemporary. school system
. is devoted to‘developlng ,the la.“ hemisphere of the brain, reflected McLuhan and added that. it teaches the gifted right-hemispheric Child the “correct” culturally dominated left hemisphere line of thought,
The symposium covered such themes as “Intimations of Im- mortality", “Psychic experience and the history of religion“ ending up last night with a PSA Demon- stration under the direction .Of Marilyn Zwaig 'Rossner. "
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