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WOLF'VIIIE (CUP) - Delegates to an emergency plenary session of. the, Atlantic Federation of Students (AFS) resolved their differences Dec. 5 and breezed through business left over from a conference two weeks ago in Halifax. ' Representatives from seven of the eight member institutions present guaranteed the organization that outstanding student fees wouldbe paid toAFS‘ before the’new year. The

only exception was Dalhousie

whose student council

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'This week, the campus . radio station welccmed a' new addition to their staff. CIMN has decided to rent the news services of Broadcast News, and has had a teletype machine in- ' stalled. IA spokesman for the station, Dave Cairns, told the s_qg that the ’ teletype service, including the machine, Herbie, will cost the station about $125 a month,. plus supplies. (INN joins the majority of Atlantic university radio stations that already use ‘ tie services of Broadcast News.

'Ihere will be a number v of improvements in CID/N's programming, as a result of the B.N. machine. Four newscasts and’cwo sports casts will be broadcast daily, as well as regular weather sports scores re- ports. Special features providedby B.N. include record reviews, in—depth news presentations, Atlantic news, and university neWs . and The individual announcers will also be ‘ .’ able to present more information during their Own Programs. .

"In short, " says Dave "the station will become much more informative." Campus events and news ' lhcently, the insurance coverage on Student Union Property was increased and also extended in scme areas. In flie"'futL1re, . Losses by theft or Walism, with some‘can- ditions, will be reported to the insurance company V{Jhich will conduct an . mvestigatim before Settling the claim. If HEY report on the guilt.

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another executive position .

voted recently to withhold AFS funding and consider withdrawing frcm the federation.

"The meeting approved a budget that excluded Dalhousie fees, passed a number of- resolutions dealing with unemployment and educatim cutbacks ‘

- and elected a new

executive.

An earlier conference at Mpunt St. Vincent University was suspended when there were no candidates for the secretary—co—ordinator

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TELETYPE-

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continue to be report— ed on the daily Bulletin Boards, and on Cheryl

cannon's Campus News.

Has there been any problems so far with the B.N. service? Dave says he wishes Herby had arrived

sooner .

Rick Webber

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of any party, the contract specifies that the Student Union MUST consent to a prosecution in the courts.. that means it is not a matter for Student . Judicial Court reference but must go to the civil court downtown under a. criminal charge.

The Student Union sincerely hqnes that it will never have to resort to such a drastic step.

positions and some institutions would not agree to hand over student fees collected for AFS. \Delegates decided the federation's short—term objective will be seeking student representation on the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission and carry out research on each campus to determine the real effect of funding cutbacks on the quality of education. 'Ihe MPHEC is the agency that governs post-secondary education policy for the three Maritime provinces. 'Ihe federation will also actively support the efforts of regional groups to organize the unemployed and condetmed the federal

' government's anti-

inflation program as "a system of wage control."

'Ihe question of a staff person for the organization will be left up to the" new executive.

After five consective ballots the meeting finally elected 'Ibny Kelly a gradiate student from

‘ Dalhousie as the

federation's secretary- co-ordinator. Kelly was elected over Howard Bashinski, a graduate student from Acadia, who was later elected to the

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TORONTO (CIJP) — The editor of the student newspaper at Scarborough College, the vBalcan , has been suspended by a student council executive member _ because of "constant

antagonism" and the editor's

"attempt to censor" a cover photo she considered ~ sexist.

'Ihe emcutive member, Mike Griffin, informed the editor, Gail Misiunas, of his decision on Nov. 21 —— production day of the paper'sfinal issue of the term. The decision must be ratified, by the‘college council, but Griffin said it was ,V'very rare" for an executive decision to be rejected.

'lhe letter charges Misiunas with "grossly overstepping the duties of your office" by trying to stop the publication of a photo portraying " 116

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Kelly said he will begin the hiring process for the staff person and is optimistic AFS can make progress establishing itself in the region be- fore the end of the academic year.

"We have to go to the governments united with the faculities, the staffs, and even the administra— tions," he said, adding there is a crisis in post-secondary education in the region. The need for a regional student federation lnas never been more evident, he said.

Debate stalled on the question of where in Halifax the AFS office should be located. The Dalhousie delegation offered a free office on the campus, but after lengthy debate the sugges— tion was brushed aside.

As the delegates from Memorial University in St. Johns put it:"Oonsidering Dal's notorious reputation with AFS, it would be absurd to have the office right in their midst."

'Ihe AFS has 13 member universities, colleges, and technical schools and represents more than 24,000 post—secondary students in the four At- lantic provinces.

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pretty girls with Merry Christmas overlaid on it." Griffin also said there had been "constant antag- onism" between the editor and other members of the council's communications commission.

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Both Griffin and the photographer of the controversial picture are members of the communic— ations commission.

Misiunas said she didn't want to turn the paper "into the Tioke", the University of Toronto's engineer paper. She also said she didn't lmow why shewas suspended and that

the numerous criticisms the paper had received prior to the suspension were unfair in light of the

inexperience of the peo— ple working on tlne paper, including herself.