New magazine

Ottawa (CUP) — A new national magazine for the Canadian gay and lesbian community is set to roll of the presses and into the publishing void left by the recent demise of The Body Politic.

_ Epicene, whose title is derived from a Greek word incorporating both sexes, is the response to the needs of the country’s gay pop- ulation, said business co- ordinator Charles: Philips.

“The eae reason why we committed ourselves to such a large un- dertaking was that we felt it was essential to have a forum for the community throughout Canada,” said Philips.

Among the articles in the first issue, which was set to be on the stands by the end of March, is a fea- ture on The Body Politic, which folded to the sur- prise of the gay and lesbian

community because of fi- nancial and administrative problems.

The first issue will be 64 pages, though regu- lar size is expected to in- crease to 80 pages. Ed- itorial co-ordinator Chris- tine Bearchell, one of the collective members of The Body Politic, said there are

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Calgary (CUP) — The University of Calgary has announced a hiring freeze effective immediately as the first step in a program to reduce operating funds.

Associate Vice- President Academic Lorna Cammaert said the admin- istration is looking at ways to change its early retire- ment program to give pro- fessors incentive to retire before the age of 65.

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plans for international dis- tribution, though the main focus of promotion is’ the North ‘American market.

Other first edition ar- ticles include an interview with U.S. writer Samuel Delaney, a work of experimental fic- tion for men, and an article on censorships

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Cammaert said early retirement and other possi- ble changes are now negoti- ated with the U of C Fac- ulty Association.

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now \vacant and to addi- tional vacancies which may occur this year. The freeze does not apply to new pro- gram development grants,

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said Cammaert. Sessional instructors are not affected by the freeze. Any vacancy left by a retiring professor will be filled by a sessional. In announcing’ the freeze, Vice-President Aca- demic Peter Kreuger said the university is trying to

protest funding for gradu- ate students.

“Our first priority is to prevent the decline in grad- uate programs and in grad- uate student support,” he saida

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