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Humanities Ass'n May Form ' On Campus

Phofessor Graeme Decarie is heading a drive to form a Charlottetown chapter of the ~Humanities Association of Canada.

He recently received a re— ply from Gerald Morgan, Pre- sident of the Association, which stated that forming a Charlottetown c h a .p t e r of

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HAG would be a simple mat- er.

Constitutionally, it is pos— sible to form a chapter with :twenty members with a. Pre- sident and Secretary. Mem- bership is Open to all discip- lines of study and faculty, students, and general public may J01n.

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Meetings are usually held once a. month, and usually involve presentation Of a pa- per followed by discussion. Topics under discussion are usually quite broad, states Decarie, and no discipline of study should feel that it is excluded. The National Ex-

ecutive of HAC arranges for

speakers whenever possible.

Fees for national member- ship are $3.00, and $1.00 is usually added to this figure for local expenses. Member- ship entitles a chapter to re- ceive the Association’s mon- thly m ag a zli n e “Bulletin”, and the chapter may send voting delegates to regional

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a nd national conferences; their expenses paid by the Association.

Professor Decarie is ask- ing that interested parties leave their names in his mail- box, and has indicated that he will hold a meeting as soon as he has approximately a. dozen names.

VOL. 1, No. 5

Several n- a s t y surprises awaited UPEI students when Student Union election nom- inations closed last Friday at 5:00 pm.

Only seven of the 18 coun- cil positions were contested, with no more than two can- didates for each position

PRES. J. KEAVENY

There was only one candi- date each for Union Presi- dent and External ViceaPre- sident. No one ran for Vice-

UNIVERSlTY. OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND KEAVENY, LYNCH, WIN BY ACCLAMATION

U. P. E. I. S. U.

President Comptroller. Sena- tor and Freshman Arts had only one candidate each.

Student Ombudsman Paul

. Poirier named John Keaveny

Union President and Paul Lynch External Vice—Presi- dent by acclamation, While Senior and Freshman Arts went to Gary MacLeod and William Corcoran respective- ly under the same ruling.

The seven positions still open are: Vice-President Comptroller, F re sh man Science, Senior Science, and Education. Nominations are expected to be reopened for these positions very Shortly after the conclusion of to- day’s election.

Keaveny indiCatedl that it was regrettable that no one wished to contest the Presi- dency, as a contest would have made students more aware Of the problems and

policies the new union will have to deal with.

Several students expressed disgust over what they felt to be an extreme tendency of students to become totally uninvolved with issues that vitally concern them. “What the hell can you do for them if they (the students) won’t go to meetings, won’t partici- pate in programs, and won’t support elections” said one observer at the Student Unh ion office as nominations were disclosed after the 5 O’clock Friday deadline.

T h e contested positions are: Executive: Internal Vice-President: Bea Keaveny and John Morrison; Treasur— er: Charles Day and Danny Tweel. Representatives: En— gineering: G ar y MacC‘aull and Kenneth Montgomery; Junior—Senior Business: Bill LeClair and Jerry Brim- combe; Junior Arts: Susan

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7 POSITIONS STILL VACANT

Elections In Progress

Sherwood and Ralph Mac- Donald; Sophomore Arts:

.Brian Pollard- and Myrtle

MacNevin; Freshmen Science David Gallant and Lawrence Lacey.

Concerned students have expressed that they hope the lack of candidates does not indicate that the majority Of UPEI students will ignore participating and voting in this election. It was stated that lack Of participation in student elections and student affairs in general would be launching the first year of the new Students’ Union in the new university on a very bad start.

One concerned student said that “it is important that stu- dents become interested and involved now, as the next few years will determine how much influence students can exercise in the new univer- sity.” ‘

Candidates have expressed hope that as many students as possible will vote in to- day’s election. One stated that “there Should be no ex- cuse for a student withhold- ing his vote on election day. The ballot boxes are easily. accessible to students on both campuses and even if a student has a full class sche- dule, it should be no trouble to take a little time out be- tween classes tO pass in his or her ballot.”

He went on to state that all candidates are m ak i ng special efforts to acquaint their constituents of their policies and that lack of knowledge should not prevent a student from voting.

The new council Will hold its first meeting on Monday, Nov. 10, at 7 pm. in Duffy Amphitheatre. All students may attend. _

“I have resigned because UPEI students are not really considered in the Senate”, said student senator Reg Phelan following , his! resig- nation from the University Senate at its bi-monthly meeting held October 29, at Montgomery Hall.

His resignation followed a I lefeat Of a Senate Comb mittee on Committees mo tion which would have al- lowed students to choose their representatives on the» {grious Senate sub-commit-

es.

The Committee on Com- mittees adopted its resolu- tion at a Senate meeting held several weeks ago. Student senator Dennis

Kay said “our decision did not come about as the result of a formal vote, but as the result of a consen- sus of Opinion”.

He further stated that .V the motion, if adopted,

would have allowed stud- ents “to determine who their representatives would be on the Senate sub-com- mittees. As it stands pres ently, student members on theSe subcommittees will be Senate appointees.”

When the resolution was tabled by the Committee October 29, it was defeated by a majOri’ty of administra tion and faculty members who felt that such a move would increase factionalism within the Senate and be- cause the committees would be solely composed ocf sen,- ators, their appointment should come {from within the Senate.

A majority of student senators and several factuly members supported th e Committee’s- motion. Follow- ing a lengthy argument be tween the two factions, and after consulting his stud,- ent colleagues, Phelan sub- mitted his resignation, as he

felt that the Senate’s ac- tions in defeating the mo- tion made the student sena- tors ineffective members of that body as they could not express the wishes of their constituents.

Reactions of other sena- tors tO Phelan’s resignation were mixed: according to reports, one other student senator considered resign— ing; most students on the Senate we re disappointed that the motion do not pass, but felt that they should re- part of the Senate. Feeling among the adminis- tration and faculty members seemed to indicate that Phelan’s resignation might make students lo0k irres- ponsible and would under- mine the power already pos— 1sxe:ssed by student legisla-

rs.

One student senator, Den— nisMacKay stated that “It’s not doing one damn bit of

PHELAN RESIGNS FROM SENATE

good! to have students on the Senate; at least with the existing student proportions on the Senate. All it does is merely legitimize, in the eyes of the majority of stu- dents, decisions made by ad- ministration and faculty.”

He stated further that: “If students think that they play a meaningful role in decision making, they are being deceived; the fact is that six students in a senate of 24 are about as useful as a snowball in hell}?

He also remarked that he might also re Sign but “wants to see what happens to committee structuring at one more meeting.”

Senator MacK-ay also stat- ed that he feels unless stu-

. dents are granted a greater

role in decision-making by faculty and administration, decisions will have to be made outside existing struc- tures. .

hope that students here should not have to resort to confrontation, but u n 1 e s s there is a legitimate shar- ing of power among admin- istration, students and fac- ulty, there will be no other course of action to take.”

that Phelan’s was a meaningless gesture, as he held his senate posi- tion by virtue of his posi- tion as Internal Vice-Presi- dent of the Student’s Union, which he would have to va- cate almost immediately due to elections for a new stu- dent’s union council. Phelan has stated, however, that it was the principle be hind his resignation rather than the resignation itself which led to his course of action.

senators will take place Nov. 7.

“Summing up”, he said, “1

Several students have said resignation

Mr.

New electiOns for student