McGill says the problem is too many MONTREAL (CUP) McGill University has found a novel way to deal with the school’s lack of Arts profes- sors: admit fewer students. A proposal passed by the McGill Admissions and Scholarships Committee will require higher marks from applicants in Arts and is to students means Canadian students ap- plying to McGill average 70 per cent would no longer be consid- ered for acceptance. with an under However, Arts and Sci- ences society president Ge- off Moore said the university is taking the wrong approach the problem. be ratified at the next uni- . sity Senate meeting a think rer site 2 me : pe 4 Y : ‘ McGill is attempting to solve “There is a clear feel- aes : the problem of overcrowding ing within the faculty that student-to- teacher ratios are simply too high and McGill is facing a serious underfunding overnight if this is going to be effective it must be one step in a larger process,” he said. . : ; a sg: aaa HELP figan “Marks aren’t the only Martin Petter said of the 2 Bs way to judge a_ person,’ proposal. Moore added. p s * Currently, the average Che proposal would raise ys & students-to-teacher ratio at the McGill Faculty of Arts is 23 to one. The proposed pol- the acceptance marks to 70 75 and would mnly apply to students from Quebee colleges or per cent icy would bring it down to 17 and other Canadian high schools. This © one. n Plan to by Arman Danesh TORONTO (CUP) are still in danger of having their work ripped off under Canada’s new copyright leg- islation, the National Gradn- ate Council says. Graduate students NGC Jonathan Bremer says Par- liament sheuld double Bill C- 60’s three year statute of lim- itations Chair on prosecution for copyright infringement. The NGC, the graduate wing of the Canadian Federa- tion of Students, thinks grad students should have more time to file suit or claim dam- ages when a professor takes their work and uses it as his or her own. Ph.D. supervisor at Carleton who published a Bremer cited a student’s mas- ter’s thesis in four journals. But the student, unaware of the infringement until after the three year period, had no legal recourse. revise copyright laws And even though the bill has already heen passed in the House of Commons, Bre- mer is confident the Senate can still amend it in gradu- ate students’ favour. “The particular commit- tee (reviewing the bill) is the same committee (that re- jected) the drug patent bill,” he said. oP posed to standing up to the house.” hey are predis- Bremer said cases of pla- giarism are frequent, but very few are reported be- cause of students’ fears. “If they report, they probably won’t get their de- gree,” Bremer said. increase He said in the statute of limitations to an would stu- de- com- six years allow dents to hefore finish their grees making plaints about infringement. Plagiarism is especially common in the sciences where professors get co-authorship credit tor work done in their lab, even though they have no such le- gal right, Bremer said. This practice is so com- mon that it is not questioned, he said. Oeoret Hoffman been no reported plagiarism Ombudsman Liz said there have cases of this tvpe and there are no specific guidelines in the University’s Code of Be- haviour to legislate such con- duct. “Tf a case was brought to the approach the University as to this office, office would legality,” Hoffman said. “Tf it is a case of a profes- sor printing a total work with no credit, morally we would have a problem with it,” she “What to investigate is the legality.” the On- tario Graduate Association, said. we would have Bremer — said a wing of the Ontario: Fed- eration of Students, has re- tained a lawyer to help stu- dents fight copyright battles. Monday, March 21, 1988 TRIPLE CROWN NIGHT Mens Womens Basketball AUAA Champs Mens Basketball AUAA Champs LET’S SALUTE -- DRAWS - GREAT PRIZES - TOP 40 HITS - SPECIAL PRIZES ALL NIGHT Hockey AUAA Champs PANTHER ATHLETES nes WE DON’T HAVE treo ki WHAT NIGHT HH AT AS AE Everyone welcome to join in the fun. You might win or lose but you can al-ways draw. 7 ~@ Y (“9 iF Fx Lefl Saturdays / gine 4to7 pm~)™ SPECIAL PRICES SPECIAL PRIZES Ps ie Gat 7, - wa. a Bs EE] Wy ?