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DECEMBER 5, 1969

VOL. 1, "No. 8~

Council holds record

- Poverty» Committee meeting Monday night at the Basilica Recreation

Centre at 8:00 o’clock.

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STUDENTS Wlll ADVISE DEPARTMENTS

Recently there has been ‘a move within some of the de- partments at .UPEI to allow students to participate in de— partmental decision-making.

Professor Smitheram of the

Philosophy Department dis- closed that two students with full voting rights will be

prefessor. .

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(The senate has decreed that all students shall take Christmas examinations, and that the mode and recording of evaluation will be done by the individual

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The November 1-9 meeting also decided that grades given V by professors should be easily convertible into a syStem which will be used by the registrar’s office.

The new grading system will use the letters A, B, C,

and'F instead of number. grades.

"It I was "also decided that exams in nonaterminal courses should not take place after December 10, and that «exams in courses be held no later than Dec. 16.

elected December 5. Th ey will help decide what type of representation students wish, the agreed-upon number will then aid in departmental de- cision-making.

The Economics Department

says that they are working through an economics club,

which is discussing the pos- sibility of students with full voting rights participating in departmental meetings. No— body participated in the first organizational meeting that was called, 'bwt Professor O’Connell stated that another meeting would be called soon.

English Department head Dr. Coyle said “We are con- sidering i”, When asked if students would take part in a decision—making proc e s s. He feels th‘at‘a Major’s asso- ciation might be feasible where students could partici- pate, but not make depart- mental policy.

In the Physics Department, six students were asked to participate in decision-mak- ing along with faculty.

Business students are al- ready involved in decision- making through a departmen- tal society, said Business professor Mr. Revell, Wh 0 further stated that th ere should be little disagreement between students and faculty, as both had common goals. He said that at the present time, numbers of representa- tives were not considered.

by mike mcgaughey

The controversial Educa- tion Committee Budget was still the topic of debate at a record six-hour council meet— ing at Duffy Auditorium last Wednesday.

The cause of it all was a petition which was presented to council by a student group called “The nc—longer Silent Majority” which wished dras- tic amendments to the Com- mittee’s budget.

The 379 - name petition re- commended that certain pro- j ects could be handled better by other agencies than an Education committee. Fear was also expressed that the committee’s program would become “leftist” oriented, and recommended that commit— tee programs and finances be directly under council con- trol.

The petition also expressed concern that the Education Committee was attempting to claim that they were re- presentative of the e n t i r e student body and that its founders were “known Left- ists”, whose programs might prove detrimental to the stu- dent body.

The real battle began when petition spokesman Paul Poir- ier attempted to have the petition passed intact by council. The motion was de- feated, and council proceeded to debate the petition’s claus- es section by section. A five- hour marathon debate follow- ed which lasted almost until 4 o’clock the next morning.

Accusations and insults were exchanged by both fac-

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tions as debate began, and at one point President John Keaveny was forced by coun— cil to retract a statement he made against supporters of the petition. Supporters of both sides refused compro- mise conditions, which con- tinually prevented any defin- ite conclusion.

In the midst of the debate, President Keaveny asked for permission to bring up the suggestion that he resign. Seconded by ‘Poirier, council accepted the suggestion, and Poirier read Keaveny’s re- quest that he be relieved of the Presidency.

In the letter, Keaveny said that he felt he no longer could command the confi- dence of the student body and asked that the council care- fully consider its decision whether or not to accept his resignation.

After a lengthy d e b a t e, council rejected Keaveny’s re- quest and expressed a vote of confidence for his policies and actions as President. Several observers felt Keaveny was trying to force through his measures by threatened re- signation.

Debate then continued on the Education Budget until 3 am. when the budget was

finally accepted with minor revisions.

The remaining period was used to discuss several other budget proposals. The Engin- eering Society Budget was chopped from $800 to $300, and plans for a feasibility study of a Radio UPEI and a Student Union Building were passed.

MacKAY WALKS OUT OF SENATE

by marjorie stevenson

A second student senator may resign from UPE‘I’s academic Senate.

Senior student Dennis Mac- Kay walked out of Wednes- day’s Senate meeting after stating “If senate doesn’t be lieve that s t u d e n t s have enough experience to handle Senate problems . . . then they shouldn’t be allowed on Senate.” .

He was referring to a. Sen- ate initial rejection of stud- cut-faculty parity on the Student - Faculty Academic Flaming Committee. Discus- sion on this topic ensued af- ter his departure. The nom- inating committee later re- commended that the student advisory committee be com- posed of two administration, twtes faculty, and four stud- en .

Mr. MacKay was unavail- able for comment, but is be- lieved to have reconsidered his actions and may return to the Senate at its request.

President Baker introduc- ed the information that the Board of Governors has ruled that all non-academic regula- tions will fall under Senate jurisdiction. The Senate de- cided under this ruling that the “Student Judiciary Com- mittee” should handle all matters of student discipline. if extreme legal issues are involved, these issues will in

future be presented to the Senate.

The Christmas g r a d in g system was discussed with a. decision to leave the present percentage system as is until after the new year when im- plementation of the new sys-

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