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NOVA-SCOTIANS

by Valerie Monsour Canadian University Press

Nova Scotia studait representatives have Called for opposition to any and all tuition fee .increases. Delegates 'from seven post—secondary institutions met November 25 and 26 at Acadia to continue work on the new provincial student organization which is to be called Students' , '

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A steering committee was established to prepare a brief to be presented to the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission, and to meet with the province's education minister.

The chair of the committee

is B.J. Aresnault, Acadia student union president, who will be the spokes— person for the organization. Students plan to continue local campus work against cutbacks. "Students should demand that administrations take a stand on cutbacks,"-

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said Gene Long, Atlantic . Fieldworker‘. for the National Union of Students. "Admu'nistratims have, always talked about the quality of education, but then they accept the level of government funding. That's surprising because "of the year to year difficulties they face."

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major concern of the .~ delegates. The MPI-IEC will" ‘ this year 'begin a- ' comprehensive study into student aid. The committee willinclude student: v 3' representation although/the commission has yet to decide how students will be ' chosen. Tne committee will-

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DISPUTE ovm PROF FIRING“.

by Valerie Monsour Canadian University Press

The l973 disputed firing of Acadia University music professor Robert McCarthy should be resolved by March 15.

'Acadia Board of Governors gave approval November 25 to university preéident Alan Sinclair's recommendations and rejected the president's resignation..

Sinclair had tendered his resignation October 18, only five days after his installatiOn, because r

he wanted freedom to

resolve the McCarthy controversy. , McCarthy was refused tenure in 1973 after teaching at Acadia for one year. An independent hearing committee had recommended he be retained for another year after which his contract would be reviewed, but he was formally removed in 1975. Sinclair had recommended that a two person committee, one member chosen by faculty and one by the board of ' governors,

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who will study and \ reselve the dispute. The

investigator will be appointed by December 31 and must be completed by March 15, 1979. Oral and written reports by interested people will be

received by the investigator.

"The feeling at Saturday's board meeting was quite good," said William Parker, spokesperSon for the Board of Governors. "People are looking forward to the McCarthy case being resolved for once and for

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Roger lewis, Acadia faculty association president, said that the faculty wanted binding arbitration all along. "Now we've come down to the nuts and bolts". lewis said the faculty was concerned that the arbitration would be in private. "It will be important to have the

opportunity to protect our ~

position and challenge statements when necessary." ‘

"But I have confidence .

' in‘Dr. Sinclair," Lewis

said. > "I'm sure whatever happens will be accepted common practice in the

country . "

Lewis said the faculty will be bound by whatever the arbitrator recommends. "He can recommend anything from immediate reinstate- ment to no action on grounds of no merit, and anything in between."

"The faculty's position all along has been ‘ immediate reinstatement," ‘ said Lewis. "The procedures

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were never carried out. original non—renewal of this contract gave no reasons for his dismissal."

"The board of governors has had the attitude that they don '~t have to give a reason‘," levis said. "But that's obsolete now. If you don't want to renew someone you have to give them advance notice, and you have to provide reasons."

The executive of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) decided NOvember 4 to recommend totheir council that Acadia be censured for their handling of the McCarthy case. If a settlement is reached before the May meeting of the CAUT, the motipn of censure will be dropped.

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the increase," said Howard Ba'shinski‘ of Acadia. "But I Can't stress the import— ance of student aid."

Mike MacDonald, Nova Scotia rep on the NUS central committee, told delegates 'of the need to discuss issues such as cutbacks with the province '5 labour officials. "It would be good to get union support," said MacDonald. -‘ "Workers'

“families are most

affected by government cutbacks and tuition increases." / A John Wiles. from said that both staff and faculty have vested interests. "They are all affected by cutbacks. If all parties ‘are together we can get more done fast." MacDonald will be [meeting with Union people to discuss these issues and report“‘t‘6"tbe"fléxt‘meeting. ‘

Delegates worked out a constitution for the new organi zéticfi' fOr membership by campus r'eferenda with a per . student fee levy.- Student councils will be ' discussing holding these referenda in “the spring so thatthe organization can officially begin * next fall. / '

The constitution also calls for the implement- ation of campus ccmmittees to carry out the work of the organization. "

'The, next meeting of SUNS will be at Church Point, N.S.— hosted by the Universite Ste—Anne, the last weekend in

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