THE U.P.E.I."SUN, Nov. 29,1979, Page 3 3TH”! , 2 MW WI 7 TIME! {Hf/W .4 r: a or ‘r SEXISM; CINI‘ROVERSY ABOUT U OF TORONTO ENGINEERING * PAPER CONTINUES AS WCMEIN'S STUDIES PROFESSOR THREACIENS To SUE EDITOR ToRmI'o (CUP) -— A lengthy, controversy about the" University ‘of‘ Toronto '5 engineering students' navs—“ , the Toike, has heated up, with a women's studies professor considering a libel Suit against its editor. Professor Kay Armatage says she may sue Toike editor Bd) Moult, after Moult accused Armatage Of pressuring her students into writing to Toike ‘ advertisers in an attatpt to cut the paper's advert- ising revenue. U of T. women's groups and others have attacked the Toike's content for beng consistent- ly sexist and offensive. Moult called for Armatage's . resignation in an Open letter printed in some ’ campus publications but later retracted the remarkS‘in his letter. Armatage was also attacked. v a - in an issue of the Toike which several s v jokes about wanen named ' Kay but said the letter would be the basis fran Topics g - _ The first debate to be . presented by thenewly- . formed University Theatre Society is set for ‘ ' Tuesday, December 43,-. Duffy Amphitheatre Vat! ‘ ' 8:00 p.‘ni’. subject-of L ' debate is: be it resolved . that capile_ . - restored in. ’ \ da. Ll Cans ~ ‘ r , and Dr, Brendan O'Grady. 2' “Coordinator Of the debate a . is Dr._ Betsy Epperley, j, 1“; ' of, English. moderator if _ u Milan» ‘“ Physician. ’i-‘De’bators 7 are .’ of the laWsuit, if it goes ahead. ' Armatage has asked engineering dean G.R. NSlemon to make a public statement on the Toike "even if it is to dissaasociate hinself from the faculty" and is working with Watén Fighting Sexism (WES) ,‘a campus group who are circulating pamphlets and a petition. _ condemning sexist material in. the paper. ' The University-College Literary andAthletic ‘ Society has passed a motion recommending that an . ad hoc committee be setup by the Students' Administ- rative Council (SAC) to investigate the sexism allegations and the SAC wanen's commission is ex— « pected to join the campaign _ soon. v 'Meamvhile’Moult has organized a rally in support of the Toike. The Engineer- ing Students Against V‘ Féninists Against Toike ‘ (ESAFAT) will rally against people who take the Toike: too seriously, he said- Moult and a' group of engineers also ran into I ' trouble recently after harassing a wanan collecting petition signatures in a, Capitor PUnishment is Subject pfFirs’rD’ebafe" ’ ‘ ‘ Police Donald-S. Saunders; Ronald Dalzell, ,Charlotte- » town lawyer; professor : IVan Bowling, UPEI Dean of ScienCe, and Lachlan' "‘ ' MaoQuarrie, UPEI Arts Student. r Judges. are Prof.R.J. "Baker", Dr. Edward Edmonds. campus lobby. Campus police were called to the scene and Moult was ordered to "cool up a table in the lobby with copies of Toike and defaced WFS pamphlets and Moult ' allegedly pointed a toy _rifle at the woman with the petition. _ Armatage said the incident indicates the situation is "getting rough and scary" . The engineers had set ‘ People. involved with the SUN, CIMN, the photo Club, and yearbook will be in the Barn on Tuesday night, December h, celebrating the end Of their jobs for the term. The occasion will be a pub. People involved with the above organizations wll be admitted free, and they.will also receive a number Of free refreshments. Everyone is welcome and it will hopefully be a good time for all. k SENATE CONGRATULATES SYM POSIUM COMMITTEE In a memo to‘the UPEI SUN,Michael Hennessey, the Secretary of the UPEI Senate, revealed that Senate approved a motion directed to the Committee for ,Symposium '79. This happened at a Senate meeting ‘On November 15, and the motion read as follows: We congratulate.you, and all the students who worked with you, on conceiving and making a great success of symposium,'79. On behalf of the UPEI Senate, we thank you all for the oppOrtunity to learn of students' perceptions of issues of fundamental .importance to UPEI. We hope that you will find means to continue to foster discussion among students, and between students and members of the UPEI faCulty and administration, and assure you that we are willing to help you to do so. marlottetom; g ’ ‘ 1g]; ."{’NORTCQ,JEWELLERS':' ‘ ' “a,” . 117 Kent Icharlot'tevt‘own,P.é.l. , M ‘ Phone-894mm? (HR/films} Siffjiemopg cg . amonttah- 9p.m.-la.m.i 6 dollars a couple \ .MUSICVBY KARSON ‘ SEE YOU THERE Tickets available from: ' Graham Rodd— Marion Hall Sharon I‘Timmons- Bernardine Hall . Advance tickets sold Dec.2nd & 3rd at the Barn Sponsored by the Freshman Class