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VOL 1, No. 17
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By Dennis MacKay
Thean amnual “Direction of thé‘ Union Address”, was given by the new president, Jim Ross, March 15th, at Duffy Amphitheatre.
Ross’s speech was divided into basically two parts, one concerning the Union involve ment outside of the Univer- sity and the second part con:- cerned with the Student Un- ion’s role in the University community. '
Speaking about the pro- gram which has been started off campus, Ross said. “I can see that it has had many suc- cesses along with many fail- ures. I should like to continue such a program and even ex- tend it. but such a program undivided support.”
Byfarthebestpart ofthe will fail unless you give your speech was concerned with
internal matters. Ross said, “Our internal organization must and will be improved. . ”
In pointing out some of the problems which had to be over come Ross gave the ex- amples of Communication he says that this was a problem which plagued the Union all “year but hoped it would be helped when Radio UPE'I goes into operation.
Speaking on finance, Ross said, “I see a real need for the Union to support finan~ cially the programs of inter- mu-rals.” He went on record as being against any increase in fees in the area of ath' letics.
Ross concluded by saying that he was very optimistic about the future of the Union, and requested that all stud- ents get involved in the Un- [01].
and questions
During the question period following the “Direction of the Union Address” Paul
Lynch questioned Ross on
the future of the proposed Student UniOn building and why the Council had disband ed the present Committee which was working on plans for the new building. There to be some concern at the time whether the Execu- tive had disbanded the com- mittee so that they would be able to stay here this sum- mer. with extra salary, to work on the project.
On Wednesday afternoon Ross attempted to clear up this question; with The CADRE. He said that he had done away with the First Commit-be because “It was sort of mixed up”. Ross said that they were going ahead with one type of Union build- ing and did not consider oth- er plans enough. He also felt
that not enough emphasis had been put on getting help from
‘ professionals.
He said that the new com- mittee would be appointed by him and he hoped that the executive would work on this project in the summer. He felt thatif the salary of the Executive was extended so that it would include th e summer months, it would keep the Executive here.
Ross said that he wan-ted the new committee to look at as many alternatives as pos- sible. He said “Some students felt it was one person’s Union building, some thought it was Paul Lynch’s”. He said he felt the whole project had been rushed too much and that the ne w committee should take a long look at the whole project. “We may even be able to erect the building without an. increase in Union fees,” said Ross.
Fraternity formed
Phi Kappa Theta, UPEI’s first fraternity, came into ex- istence on March 7 with the initiation of the first pledge Class. The Charlottetown chapter, going u nd er the name Rho Epsilion, part of an' international fraternity Which began around April of 1959. The fraternity cur- rently has 68 active chapters in the US. and 29 associate chapters in Canada and the . .8. There are 21 members 111 the Charlottean chapter.
The fraternity hopes to en- cOurage the attainment of high scholasic standing while promoting a spirit of loyalty to mata and provide bro
therhood, achieved through close association b a s e d on common ideals.
Members of the executive of the fraternity’s local chap-
ter are: Dave Reynolds, .P-re- '
sident; Ben Poirier, Vice-Pre- sident; Peter Shannon, Secre- tary; Marty Cole, Treasurer; Norman McNaught, S o c i a 1 Chairman. a
Ed Kirchner, Vice President for Expansion of Phi Kappa Theta visited UPEI and help- ed the fraternity get off the ground. He was successful
in purchasing a 15 room
house is located on Pond St. andshould be ready for occu- pancy by late April.
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. l.
MARCH 20, 157-6 "
NATloNAl ROCHDALE WEEK TO OPEN ON APRIL FOOLS DAY
TORONTO (CfUP) ———Roch- dale College, Canada’s oft- publicized high-price free school, laid claim Friday the 13th (March) to their “right— ful tithe” on all marijuana pushed in Canada for the week beginning April: Fool’s day.
Those who don’t sell dope can buy themselves a degree cheap.
Rochdale national co-ordin- ator Ian Argue announced the tithe from the institution’s ‘war room’ Friday, as 14 members of the college pre- pared for a 9-day, nation wide campaign in conjunction with “national share th e wealth with Rochdale week”, April 1 to 7.
The move, Argue said, is an attempt to arouse national in— terest in the .beleagured insti- tution during its c u rr e n t crisis: overdue debts with the government - owned Central Mortgage and Housing Cor- poration.
CMHC reportedly is consid- ering turning over control of the 18-storey concrete college
a n d residence building to Campus Co—operative Resi- d e nces Incorporated. The move follows recent notice that Rochdale is $100,000 in arrears on payment towards a remaining $4.5 million
' CMHC mortgage.
The campaign, according to a Rochdale press release, is to “raise funds to support Roch- dale’s revolutionary educa- tional programme, “which are currently “totally unsubsidiz- ed-’,
The average subsidy for Canadian postsecondary stud- ents is 91 per cent, Argue said, except at Rochdale where the subsidy is less» than one per cent.
“In other words,” he said, “for every $100 spent by a. university student on his edu- cation, an additional $1000 is added by the government, through grants. For every $100 we spend on our educa- tion budget, the government chips in 60 cents.”
Th e 14-member national tour team will be selling memberships in the college.
They will also sell degrees to anyone who wants one.
According to the press re- lease:
“The B.A. granting course is $25. Course length is 24 hours, and the degree will be awarded on the answering of a skill-testing question”
Fifty dollars. and a question of the student’s own choice buys an MA. degree. PhD’s are going for $100—no ques- tions asked.
The prices are reversed for non-degrees. A non-PhD can be purchased for $25 with the only requirement “that you say something.”
Fifty dollars and saying “something logica ” buys a. non-MA. A non-B.A. costs $100, with the candidate re- guiired “to say something use- u ,3,
And for those pushers harm pered by the new federal cre- dit restrictions, “Rochdale is willing to accept 10 per cent of all cannabis in of cash.”
0. s. UNAMERICAN Acnvas COMMISSION BACK IN ACTION
WASHINGTON (CPS-CUP) —The US. senate internal security sub-committee (for- merly the subcommittee on
‘un-american activities) has
launched a new investigation against several US. radical groups.
The investigation, u n d e r the chairmanship of Missis- sippi senator James 0. East- land, involves at least four groups:
—Lihera.tion News Service, a news distribution agency which sends a packet of ar- ticles, photos. and drawings twice a week to 500 subscrib- ers in the US. and abroad;
—the New York regional office of the Students for a Democratic Society, now an independent collective. Th e office has been used as a
. meeting center and for print-
ing and propaganda work for radicals in the area; ’
—Cambridlge Iron and Steel, Inc, a corporation operated by radicals for the distribu- tion of money donated by a wealthy benefactor.
A spokesman for Cambridge Iron and Steel described the organization as a “fluke” —— that is, not an ordinary fund- ing arrangement for radical movements —— and said the name was a joke. The cor- poration disbursed n e a TI} y
$25,000 to about a dozen groups, including LNS and the SDS New York regional office.
—ethe Institute for Policy Studies, an academic “think- tank” located in Washington, DC. IPS’ fellows and visiting researchers include radical academics and activists. Its director, Marcus Raskin, was a co—defendant with Dr. Ben jamin Spock on charges of en- couraging draft resistance.
The Eastland subcommit- tee has so far obtained the bank record of IP-S (which offered no resistance) and of
Cambridge Iron and Steel
(whose bank, C a m b r i d g e Trust, did not notify the cor- poration.)
LNS AND SDS have suc- cessfully obtained court res- training orders to prevent the takeover of their records.
Continuing legal action by the two groups will seek to enjoin the subcommitte from continuing its investigation. So far, a federal judge has postponed making a decision.
The Eastland committee,
renamed in the b a. c kl a s h against red-baiting in the US
in the 1950's, made headlines a year ago when it called youth international p a r t y nonhleaders and anti-war ac tivists before its members.
Jerry Rubin showed up wearing war paint and carry; mg a toy sub-machine gun.
Senator Eastland, chairman of the committee, is a rest- dent of Sunflower County, Mississippi, where he owns . 5,800 acres of land, w o r t h about $4 million. Eastland also owns stock in the state's two largest and most politi- cally influential
Eastland family holdings in Mississippi in about $158,000 per year in federal subsidies for land left idle: his annual income is reputed to be in the neighbourhood of $250,000.
Most children Sunflower County grow up in families with total incomes under $1,000 per year. Most blacks in the county don’t vote, al’p though they make up 68 per cent of the county’s popula- tion.
According to the New York Times, Eastland‘ has bottled up more than 122 civil rights bills in senate committees during his political career.
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