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     What 
     
    
   
   
    
     Many Atlantic student 
     
     councils have had it with 
     
     the Atlantic Federation 
     
     of Students (A.F.S.) The 
     
     growing dissent, begun ‘ 
     
     last year by a‘ few 
     
     student unions, is now 
     
     more widespread and major 
     
     institutions have vowed 
     
     to end their association 
     
     with the organization. 
     
    

    
     At an August meeting 
     
     of representatives of 10 
     
     Atlantic institutions, 
     
    

    
     6 of the 7 AFS members 
     
     present voiced extreme 
     
     dissatisfaction with the 
     
     organization. 
     
    

    
     'lhey weren't very 
     
     specific about the 
     
     prdaleme with AFS, but 
     
     there is one thing they 
     
     do agree on - the 
     
     organization is just 
     
     not working. There was 
     
     talk of simultaneous 
     
    
   
   
    
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     campus—wide referenda in 
     
     hopes that students will 
     
     cease their support of 
     
     the organization. 
     
    

    
     AFS presently consists 
     
    
   
   
    
     of 15 member institutions \_ 
     
    
   
   
    
     whose students, after 
     
     approving membership in a 
     
     democratic election, each 
     
     pay a $1 levy to the 
     
     federation. 
     
    

    
     Dalhousie Student Union 
     
     President Mike Power says 
     
     there is a credibility 
     
     gap in AFS. He feels the 
     
     organization is not 
     
     representative of the 
     
     students. "It's just not 
     
     delivering," says Power. 
     
    

    
     "There are two ' 
     
     distinct parts to AFS - 
     
     the federation and the 
     
     membership. I tend to 
     
     think the reps on 
     
     councils are of the same 
     
     'ilk as those they 
     
    
   
   
    
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     complaining‘don't want » 
     
     to do any work." _  ’  
     
     Denise Roberge, Nova-47%!- 
     
     Scotia member on the ' ’ ‘ 
     
     AFS executive, concurs 
     
     that the  is 
     
     ' sound. She believes 
     
    
   
   
    
     represent. The AFS 
     
     executive is idealogic— 
     
     ally~~different."' ‘ 
     
    

    
     B.J. Arsenault, Acadia 
     
     Student Union President, 
     
     is also fed up with. the 
     
     organization. "Student 
     
     unions. have tried to the problem. is in the 
     
     work with AFS. Acadia Way peOple  their 
     
     has always tried to be roles. "They see 
     
     a leader. 'Let's give selves a${§.SCIIEfl1ing 
     
     it one more chance" was apart fraficthevféqeratim. : 
     
     the attitude in the 'past. 'Ihe student unions" and“ 
     
     NON it's time to do the executive should 
     
     something else." analyze their roles." 
     
    

    
     Diane Wright, President AFS consists of four 
     
     of the Mount Saint provincial caucuses \ 
     
     Vincent Student Union,  a representatiVe 
     
     says the basic problem  _ “from each   
     
     wit-h AFS is the member-.  " executive- ""Iheg p2,; 
     
     ship- "Many people are -'  ' -- 
     
     not in to utilize ' ' ere? 5‘3  4* T 
     
     the  The - is that Newf  
     
     structure is set up to 9nly.haS_‘W0 menber 
     
     function if people institutions and P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     has only'one, so there 
     
     are difficulties in 
     
     forming strong provincial 
     
    

    
     . caucuses. However, it 
     
     would be a bigger problem ‘ 
     
     is the provinces 
     
     decided to work alone." 
     
    

    
     Both Power and 
     
    

    
     Arsenault believe there 
     
    

    
      ,is a need for some type - 
     
    

    
     "  n“'tafeo‘reafirzarmeame’rwm‘ 
     
     than AFS. Arsenault sees 
     
    
   
   
    
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     "The way things are 
     
     organized nm, Halifax 
     
     tells people what to do. 
     
     If there were 4 
     
     organizations, each would 
     
     know their om province." 
     
     ‘ Power thinks a new 
     
     organization would be more- 
     
     service—minded. He 
     
     believes individual 
     
     student unions have ‘ 
     
     enough Power  
     
     governmentsmtheéaxxom s 
     
     - Without the needvffea-aésisera: 
     
     organization to represent 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     . Wright say" it is. 
     
    

    
     ' necessary to have a 
     
     regional organization due 
     
     to the political structure 
     
     in this area. "Anyone 
     
     Who thinks individual 
     
     councils can ; deal with ' p 
     
    

    
     . government more adequately 
     
    

    
     ‘ than a mufied body does 
     
    

    
     . not understand the 
     
     - - i _ ' situation." 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Tnere have been.troubles 
     
     before.......‘   ~ - 
     
     In November 1976 student 
     
     . representatives decided ‘ 1  
     
     ' , AFS was ' effective. .  
     
     ' ‘ They un rstood the need . 
     
     for a strong regional”  9' 
     
     organization and felt?  " 
     
     ,it could not   '  
     
     achieved without a—Soun 
     
     financial base, a full-' 1 ' 
     
     time staff person and a 
     
     regional office. At the 
     
    
   
   
    
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