DANGER _ NUCLEAR ENERGY: PLU'KNIUM SHIPMENTS COUID ENDANGER MCNTREAL AND TORCNTO, SAY CRITICS: mntreal YICUP) '-— Montreal or Toronto could be held for a billion dollar ransom if a shipment of deadly plu— tonium to Canada were to fall into the hands of terrorists, anti—nuclear critics have warned.
Nine kilograms of plu— tonium—-the key ingredient ‘of the atom bomb--a.re to be flown secretly to Montreal or Toronto this _ year from France and Italy for experiments at the Atomic Energy of Canada reactor «at Chalk River, Ont.
Fred Knelmen, co-founder of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament, warns that terrorists could use public documents to build a crude atomic bomb that could flatten either city.
Cordon Edwards, Chair- person of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, said Canada is a' likely target for - plutonium thieves because of the country's unfamili— ‘ arity with tough , measures. p: as :~.
ability," said Knehman.
"One millionth of a gram
of plutonium is dangerous." One one thousandth of a
gram, if ingested, could
cause death within hours.
Only 1.3 kilos were used
in the bomb that. destroyed
Nagasaki in 1945.
SHORTAGE EDUCATION: Canada will ex- perience severe shortage of researchers unless. immediate action taken to attract more Canadian students towards
Engineering Research Council. Ihis‘NSERC estimate is based on the premise that. '
the Federal Government
ls committed to spending 1.5 percent of the gross national product on re- search and developmen
by 1983.
"Given the current Static or decreasing enrolment in masters and doctoral courses at Canadian universities,
Within theshort frame called for. In fact, our R and D
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initiatives could be stunted to well below that target unless, action is taken immediately," according to the council. The NSERC estimates that almost 26,000 new researchers will be needed to maintain Canadian research and development within three years. Half of these researchers will require specialized training at the past—graduate level. The long—term problems in the area of research and development are even more serious. For a 10 to 15 year period after 1982—83 the number of new faculty appointments will be very low and after 1985—86 they will approach the zero level. This, according to the NSERC, will be due to the de— cline. in enrolment ex- pected to begin in 1982. Government figures indicate that the number of students will decline from 3.36 million that year to 2.65 million in 1996. After 1996 post- secondary school enrolment is expected to make a slight recovery. .
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SEXISM: ENGINEERS CANEL EVENT, RESIDENTS OUI'RACE DAIHOUSIE INSTEAD. Halifax (CUP) -- Despite the cancellation of the Dalhousie engineers' "Stag and Stein" night, the battle_against ‘ sexism on campus has just The engineers had originally scheduled a
‘ strip show, but protest;
by human rights and
women's groups on campus was responsible for its cancellation, according to some organizers. ’
And now the campus is up in arms over a recent party at the men's residence at which a stripper was raffled off.
Education professor Toni Laidlaw, was dismayed at the residents' behaviour in view of theprotest over the engineers" pro- posed bash. V
"I'm just wondering why they did it. Weren't they aware of the whole
question with the engineers?"
Laidlaw was one of the people behind the protest against the engineers' event.
"It exploits the woren ‘ doing it and is a‘ slap in the face of all women," she said. . ‘
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Christine Ball-MacKean, president of the Dalhousie Women's Faculty Organization said the engineering society's desire to bring in the strippers reflects a larger problem of sexism at Dalhousie.
Laidlaw was annoyed at the lack of student response to the two incidents.
"The thing that bothers me
the most is why aren't students getting upset? We just can't
keep speaking out alone. The students have to start speaking out themselves." A spokesperson for the men's residence council said the council did not know a stripper would be at the March 8 party. "This is the first time that a stripper has ever been brought in," he said. The party was private and
not sanctioned by the council
he added. , The spokesperson did not think the party was harmful.
"The people who organized
it didn't mean any harm.
We need some more spirit
in the, hall and they wanted something a little different for entertainment .
C.O. No‘rwood, dean of men's residence, said some dis— ciplinary action might be taken against the organizers
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EDUCATION: 'I'ENURE MAY IL'WER QUALITY OF EDUCATION SAYS OFS
Toronto (CUP) —- Tenure for post-secondary professors may lower the quality of teaching at universities, says Ontario Federation of Students (OFS) Chairperson Chris McKillop.
Speaking at Toronto McKillop said the tenure system which grants job security to professors may be a detriment to uni— versities because tenured professors are seldom dismissed.
"There is little in— centive to improve teaching once tenure is. granted," (said McKillop.
I Michael Finlayson, president of the University of Toronto Faculty Assoc, said U of T faculty members must undergo a rigourous review to becote tenured. He said the criteria for the granting of tenure includes achievement in research, effectiveness
in all aspects of teaching , assessment of possible future development and university participation.
While Finlayson did say
and expulsion is a possibility. that tenured professors
MEN BANNED
STUDENT HOUSING: MEN , PROHIBITED AT SAINT VINCENT: HaI Ifax (CUP) -- Despite protest from students,
men will not be allowed to visit female students in their residence rooms at MOunt Saint Vincent U.
The university's board
of governors voted unan- imously Feb. 21 to endorse the decision of the uni— versity's corporation,
the Sisters of Charity. The ‘Corporation' believes, the students' request, that men be permitted to , visit residence rooms, is contrary to the moral, ethical and religious codes of the Sisters of Charity. The Corporation's statement says, "The civic community still identifies
_ Mount Saint V. University'
with the Sisters of Charity
and because of this
they have certain expec— tations of this university, especially in the area of ideals and values."
It further states that "persons who come to the Mount do so moving its
phI Iosophy‘- and objectives
as well as its regulations."
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can be dismissed for ex— treme delinquency, he added that they are seldom fired.
Finlayson defended the tenure system for guar- anteeing academic freedom during research.
"In the course of their research (a professor) will not be dismissed for pro- pagating controversial views," he said.
Although he said adminis- trations should not have
I the right 120 dismiss faculty members without justification-
McKillop thought incompetent professors should not be allowed to continue to teach.
The OFS is calling for mandatory reviews of tenured professors every five years and stronger instructional programs to aid professors in maintaining their teaching abilities. University pro- fessors do not undergo formal training. 4
Professor Charles Pascal, director of the Ontario |University Program of Instructional Development,
' said tenure may be misused
to protect poor teaching and research. He said universities have not made good use of the system.
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