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UNIVERSITIESBOYCOTT A.F.S.

AWAITRELEASEOF FWANCIALSTATEMENT

The largest Student body in the Maritimes is with- . holding contribution of funds to the Atlantic Fed- eration of Students, until organization presents an accurate financial state- ment. _

Dalhousie University Student Council voted last Sunday to‘withhold funds _ until AFS establishes its credibility.

Robert Sampson, Student Council President, told

Athe SUN in a telephone

interview this week, he wants to see exactly where' the organization is going before he authorizes any contributions.

“The AFS had problems all summer, and is present- ly on shaky ground”, Sampson said. He said Dalhousie will delay payment of fees until.,

Who is the new. Basketab

by Brian Deveau

As you all know we have a new coach this year for .our UPEI Men“; Basketball team so the Sun decided to send "Brian Deveau’to in-_' terview the new coach and this is how it went. Mr. George Birger was born in South Dakota and all through his life he has been involved in sports. Mr. Birger is married and is the father of four child-i ren.I His oldest soinerry, 2h, attends Lakehead Univer— sity, La Rue, 2i, works for CNR, Denise, I8, is in her second year of college in Tuscon, Arizona, and Lance, IE, is attending Grade 10 at’ Colonel Gray. V ' . Coach Birger well be living on campus in Blanchard Hall with his wife and youngest son. Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Dakota, Springfield, a Mas- ters of Education from the University of South Dakota in vermillion and has done‘ some post graduate schooling at the University of Oregon.‘ During both high school 30d university coach Birger excelled in'sports.: In uni- versity he recievec 3 sport 5 letters in football, basket- ball, and track and field. it is most unusual for one person to do so well in three Sports at one time._.ln his‘ senior year in l952 Mr. Bir? Qer was voted All State and All Conference in football. , _In the coaching-field Mr. B'rger coached ll years at .the high school level and 0 Years at the university lev- e .

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COACH BlRG‘E I As a Whole he has com- piled an impressive record of 239 wins compared to 77 ,losses. In high school he

champion squads. In his 4 years coaching university ball he has a record of 65 _ wins and 27 losses.

He last success‘

ful basketball coaching sea-

son was at Lakehead UniVersity

in the 1969-70 season where he coached his team to 23

victories with only 2 losses. ,

While coaching at Lakehead, he served as Athletics Di- rector and was involved in Sports Administration. Mr. Birger is credited with the development’of the School of Physical Education and

planned the present Athletics

Complex at Lakehead.

For the past couple of years, Birger has/worked administratiVelydin‘ama- teur and-professional

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coached_3 state championship . 'teams and several conference

- the organization gets baCk

in shape.

An AFS SpokeSman considers the move premature.

“Considering they had not seen the books, Dalhousie was perfectly legitimate in withholding their fees, but now the statement is avail- able.” said Don Soucy, sec-' retary co-ordinator of the organization;

The statement, made avail- able Monday, shows a $5,000 deficit last year, with ant- icipated revenues of $22,000 for the upcoming academic year.

Although Dalhousie students approved AFS membership-in a Referendum last February, they have no legal claim on the one dollar levy paid by each student there.

Pressure on the organiz- ation was increased Monday when the Acadia Student Union _President hinted that school may follow Dalhousie's lead.

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Dave Arenburg said the move was a regretable one,_how- ever, “right now it is the proper thing to do.”

Mike Mclnnis, chairperson of the AFS Nova Scotia Caucas claims he knew the Dalhousie move was coming.

“In a way it was justified,” he said, llbut the statement is out know and 4 hope Dal retract their stand. He noted the $5,000.00 deficit is from a loan the organization

3received last year, which will

be repaid with this years fee's.

The organization will receive no money from Dalhousie until the approval is granted by the student union sometime next week, if it is granted.

Student fees collected from . member institutions in the Maritimes conStitute the or- ganizations only source of funding.

The AFS has 12 member instit- utions representing each of the Atlantic provinces.

TASTELESS_PROPOGANDA -lNF|LTRATES.CAMPUS

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Campaign posters promoting this year's Sophomore Class elections are being described

as "tasteless propoganda” by~

candidates.

” The posters are disgust ing, degrading, obscene, suggestive,v the lowest form of propaganda, and in poor taste.“ Presidential Candi- date, Marsha Gaudet; said VWednesday afternoon.

The offending posters were placed at strategic locatiOns - across campus.

One poster in the main entrance way at Blanchard Hall read: ” Have you screwed your fellow class man, .or class woman?...well you don't have to...Vote first---Screw later.“

” This sort of thing sho-

ould be controlled more carefully,” a resident of Blanchard Hall told the SUN.

Sophomore, Valerie Moore, told the SUN she was embarr-

l :assed to see her name on the

poster. She was doubly vexed when she arrived at the polls and found she couldn't vote because the polls had closed one hour earlier than adverte. ised. '

Various students inter? viewed indicated they had a low opinion the poster in Blanchard, and other posters on campus which were similar in tone.

” We've seen efforts by

many people on campus trying to regulate 'wit' of this kind,” stated one candidate. ” l'd say this is a big step backwards.”

No formal contol of pos- ters and other forms of dis- play material exists on cam- pus. Commercial advertising is an exception.

” Anyone can rip down a poster they consider offend-- ing,” stated a Student Union spokesman.

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