1977-78_v18,n12_Chevron

Thompson ousted by Directors University of Waterloo

Waterloo, On tarjo volume 78, number 12

july 22, 1977

Commission is in pursuit An investigation into the

chevron-student federation conflict began last Sunday.

In a brief session the cap was put on what the chevron staff had been demanding for nine months - the paper has been reinstated and now an investigation into the closing last September and into its future relation to the federation of students is underway.

The meeting in the Board of Governors room in Needles Hall was in accordance with the agree- ment which reinstated the paper and called for an investigation to begin by July 18.

Don Martin a student on the investigation commission chaired the meeting in the absence of Con- rad Grebel president Frank Epp, the commission chairperson.

The main purpose of the meeting was to request some basic information from the chevron staff and the federation executive.

The chevron was asked for names and telephone numbers of all staff on Sept. 24 (the day the paper was first closed) and the federation was qsked the same for executive members, councillors

N&ice . The commission to investigate the closing of the chevron will accept written briefs from any individuals, groups or organizations which have information relating to the closing of the chevron or information relating to the dispute between the Federation of Students and chevron. Written submissions may be left with the library staff at the main circulation desk in the E.M.S. Library or at the 1st floor reserve desk in the Arts Library between the hours of 9 am. and 5 pm. Ad- dress all material to:

The Investigation Commis- sion.

and employees on that date. Each party was also asked for

published material on the dispute, and names and phone numbers of any other persons who have information on the closing.

Federation representatives, Math rep John Long and executive member Gord Swaters, complained that they were being asked to proviqe material published by every executive member but the chevron was only asked to provide their newspaper.

Martin clarified the commission’s request saying what was wanted was material emanat- ing from the executive and circulated on campus.

He also asked the chevron for all published material, including leaf- lets which had been produced, but not necessarily printed in the paper.

After more discussion, federation vice-president Ron Hipfner accepted the federation letter saying it was open-ended, a start, and adequate.

For the chevron, editor Neil Docherty accepted the letter saying there would be no problem

Clarification In the article “Investigation is

forging ahead” in the July 8 chevron Brian Jones is reported to have been chosen for the Chevron Inves- tigation Commission. Jones, however is not mentioned as one of the five commissioners in the following issue of the. chevron (the article “Commission launched”, p. 1).

The reason for this is that Jones dropped out of the commission the day after he was chosen, saying that he did not think he had suffi- cent time for it.

It was not clear in the last article In the first accident, a Mercury Cougar (above) hit a Chev, Datsun, and on the investigation commission Dodge, before coming to rest. The Cougar was totaled, and, had done that of the four commissioners chb- considerable damage to the other three cars. sen by the federation council and While security was working at the scene of the first accident, a second car the chevron staff, three are stu- came around the corner and slammed into the rear of a Mustang. dents and one, Tom Hanrahan, is a No one was seriously injured in either accidents, though the driver and former student who graduated with passenger in the .first car were taken to hospital to treat minor cuts and a masters degree this May. bruises.

Doug Thompson, is effectively no longer president of the federation of students as the federation board of-directors purged him from this position late last Monday night in Toronto. Thompson refused to resign as expected. Vice-president Ron Hipfner now assumes the role of “acting president” at .full pay until September 10/1977.”

In an article in the Gazette this week, titled “Fed head quits”, it is claimed that “President Doug Thompson tendered his resignation Mon- day.” Thompson (before the directors’ meeting) is quoted as saying: “I’m feeling a tremendous sense of relief.”

But Monday night, no such thing happened. Thompson got cold feet. In a closed-door session, Thompson told the directors he had not yet made his decision. Hipfner told the chevron July 13 (and many times before) that Thompson had decided to resign. Hipfner says that Thomp- son also assured him Sunday night that he would leave. He said they planned the details that night.

The closed-door session was soon broken up and Hipfner stormed out of the room, furious with Thompson’s latest decision. Later, the meeting re-convened. Arts councillor Bruce Leavens then read a motion (which Hipfner had written moments before in the hallway) to get rid of Thomp- son.

The motion extends Thompson’s leave of absence until September 10, but it will be without pay. At that time it says “the presidency will become vacant. ” ,It also calls for a fall election.

The motion carried 4-O-l with Thompson abstaining. This &ded Thompson’s presidency which started February 9 in a board of directors’ meeting when president Dave McLellan appointed (president-elect) Thompson to vice-president and then resigned. In the February election, Thompson won with 804 votes. His closest rival, Joe MacDonald, was 35 Gates behind.

Thompson had been on a leave of absence from the president’s office for about a month. He has had personal problems at home and increasing opposition on campus.‘ A recall petition had been started and was widely circulated in-Engineering. There was also a motion of non-confidence in Thompson on the most recent council agendas.

Hipfner will leave campus September 10 as he is committed to a job in TorontoI’He says he is “extremely perturbed by the federation and with trying to accomplish something.‘? He further said that he could not provide direction since he was “not a political person”.

The directors also passed a breakdown of the chevron budget as an interim measure (before it goes to council) so that the paper can pay recent bills. -

A motion proposed by Hipfner, decreasing the number of field-worker positions will be Entertainment Program Director, Para-legal Co- ordinator and one position under the Board of Education. Each will carry a half-time salary ($80 a week), though at present they are all full time.

The possibility of leasing or purchasing a van for federation business was discussed. It was moved that this should be further investigated. ,

-randy barkman

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See Comment, page 7 providing the required information.

Martin also announced that the commission would welcome written submissions from anyone with Landlord remains relevent information. He warned that all submissions at this time would be considered public and _. _ _ the question of non-public submissions would be dealt with in the future. Docherty said that the chevron staff view was that all submissions should be public.

Special boxes will be placed in the two main campus libraries for submissions, the commission announced.

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in $300,000 home A local landlord, attempting to

evict a tenant from his $230 a month townhouse since January so that he could. move in, is still living in his $300,000 home.

A writ of possession was granted May 17 to evict a UW student, Burns Proudfoot, and his family from their Westcourt Place home (see free chevron May 20). At that time it was made clear that Proudfoot must vacate the townhouse by June 20. *j

The basis for the eviction was the claim by Proudfoot’s landlord, Cyril Kayman that he wanted to move into the townhouse with his family. Proudfoot contends, however, that the eviction was nothing less than a vendetta in response to Rent Review hearings last year in which he won against Kayman. Commission meetings will be

advertised in the chevron and on posters around campus.

-neil dochetiy -jules grajower

Proudfoot and his family moved out of the Westcourt Place townhouse on June 8. But Kayman and his family did not move in June 20.

It is now July 22, nine weeks after the court hearing and six weeks -after the townhouse was vacated. The only sign of life hav- ing been in the house since that time is several articles of furniture piled in the centre of the living room -- apparently untouched since they were moved in in early June.

Kayman’s claim during the court hearing was that he planned to move in as soon as possible. When asked by the chevron Tues- day why he had not yet moved he replied “I don’t think it’s any of your business .’ ’ Subsequently he stated that he would be moving in “as soon as the place has been cleaned up.”

Proudfoot told the tchevron that ‘he had “left the townhouse spot- less” when he moved, so as “not to provide Kayman with an excuse for not moving in.”

Kayman insisted that any ques- tions on this matter be directed to his solicitor W. Jenkins (of McGibbon, Harper & Haney). When Jenkin’s office was contacted, however, the chevron was informed that he was on holiday until August 8.

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friday, july 22, 7’977 the chevron 3 12

Obtaining permiti’ I / may cause problbms

Lynn Watt, dean of graduate studies at UW, will.invesugate the possibility of relaxing ‘some of the new constraints place& on visa grad students recently. -. -

The chevron reported last week that the UW graduate studies administration now requires visa grads to obtain work permits ‘for teaching assistantships before the payroll department can process request to pay them.

This’ may cause delays in payment because teaching assistantships are not assigned until the beginning of each term. The permit must name. the department in which the grad will work, and in some cases - particularly in Mathematics - this information is not available until the teaching assistantship is assigned.

Members of the ‘Graduate Club executive met with Watt last Wed- nesday to .discuss this problem, and Watt agreed that the payroll department- shouldn’t re&rire a work permit to process a request for payment.

The chevron also reported last week that visa grads will have to obtain separate work permits for each teaching assistantship that they are assigned. This will require visits to the immigration office

‘each term.

Immigration officials have con- firmed that they prefer to issue

payment can be made. This pro- tects both the student and the university because visa students -who are paid without first obtaining a permit face deportation, and the university would face prosecution.

However, the payroll department could process a request to pay a visa grad, and then withhold payment until the permit is obtained. l

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Watt pointed out that this is be-. cause many departments cannot determine which grads will be em- ployed more than one term in ad- vance. However, in departments where the amount of support is de-

After the rains came down and the federation’s bluegrass festival moved from Colur;nl%a~ field and inside the Campus Centre, hundreds of students enjoyed the easy pickin’s of the Kent County Pickers and two other bluegrass groups. There was a barbecue outside-the building serving food. Lots of the food was unsold, however, and tons of buns and meat are dying in the federation office.

\ / / photo by randy barkman -- termined annually, it will be possible for a visa grad to obtain a permit which is valid for a year. - Native ‘IMOBWS odDression - -

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dales and 75,for females. For the rest of the population, the figures are 62 and 37 per cent respectively. The study also disclosed that Na- tive People are granted bail far less frequently.

permits on an annual basis of Native People in Canada under the age of 25 have been jailed as have 18.3 per cent of those aged 25 and over. This compares with rates of 3. I per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively for the rest of the population. The study found that the “crimes” the Native People are associated with are due to pov- erty and oppression. Many of the prisoners in the provincial prisons are there because they were un- .* . r* * -1 L#?(

Last week, Harry Daniels, president of the Native Council of Canada predicted that the Native People will participate in various acts of civil disobedience if steps

\I are not taken bythe state to rectify the situation facing the native peo-

. . ples’ in prison. Daniels has estimated that some

provincial prisons have .a consis- tent Native population of up to 90 per cent at any given time. ~ He noted that while the Native People make up less than 5 per cent of the. Canadian population, that about 12.5 per cent of all federal prisoners are Native People.- <

A native group in Toronto (The

.Watt pointed out that a work permit must be obtained before

whenever possible.

Inside the prisons, Native groups have continuously protested the inhuman conditions and savage treatment they receive in prisons. Many have complained about being tortured and beaten up by racist prison guards.

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Nelson Small Legs Foundation) recentlv dinclnned that

able. to pay me exoroitant rmes. The study also found that when

the Native People are charged with an offence, there is a far greater likelihood the judge will order them jailed than if they were non- natives. . The percentage of Native peoples’ * iailed when charged was 76 for

the prosecutor never showed at all, The judge was halfLan-hourlate,

and Marsha Fine, charged five months ago, had to wait around to the very last moment before leam- ing that the charge against her was being withdrawn.

Fine was arrested February 23, when the RCMP raided her apartment and charged her-with aiding Frederick Alan Mason to violate the Immigration Act. Fifteen others were also arrested for aiding . Mason that day when the RCMP raided the Waterloo branch of the ’ Norman Bethune Institute. (NBI is a research centre of the Communist‘ Party of Canada (Marxist- Leninist).

contempt of court because he had *Patrick to hold the prosecutor in

obviously not forgotten. But the judge would not let him

make his point. He insisted that the case was dismissed and there was no reaso-n for Wahlsten to tell him anything.

Fine protested the whole affair, saying it was the latest in a series of harassments because she was prog- . ressive and a genuine patriot. The judge cut her off, saying she was in the wrong forum to make her corn-. plaints.

The Native People have continu- C- ously demanded and are fighting for the immediate restoration of their heriditary rights, %hat is the right to live and, work as they _

She was successful,, however, in demanding. that material taken from her apartment be returned.

She said “I want all the material stolen from me, including my social - insurance card, . . . and a poster of Comrade Hardial Bains -hailing the Third Congress of CPC(M-L)“.

- She said the theft of this material proved that the raid had nothing to do with immigration but was political persecution.

Kirkpatrick ordered that the material be returned. .

Hardial Bains, \ chairman of CPC(M-L) and Richard Rathwell still face charges of aiding Mason. Rathwell has a trial date in Sep- tember and Bains in October. ~

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Two weeks ago UW psychology ’ professor Doug Wahlsten, one of’

those arrested; -had the charge against him withdrawn because the prosecutor said much of the evidence against him was inadmissa- ble.

At that time prosecutor Doug McDowell, who set all the trial dates, sent his partner Eric Hafe- man to court because he had to go out of town.

Fi’fre appeared in court on Y schedule at 10:00 a.m. Friday.

Judge James Kirkpatrick came from his chambers at 10:30. He heard thYe,first case on the docket; and when he moved .onto Fine’s case discovered McDowell was not in court.

Fine demanded that the charge be dropped if the, prosecution couldn’t even be bothered to ap- pear. Kirkpatrick, however, reces- sed the court for 15 minutes so that McDowell’s office could be contacted.

At 11:OO McDowell’s junior law partner; Paul Heath, showed up to say the charge was being withdrawn. He said McDowell had, “forgotten” about it and when reminded did not consider himself properly attired for the dignity of the court.

The case was dismissed. Wahl- sten tried to point out to the judge that he had contacted McDowell three times that week about the case and had talked to him the day - before. He was going to ask Kirk- _ ._ .___ . .

K-W record is cauaht sleetha I

The established approach to this difficulty is to compare the difference between DZ twins to the difference between MZ twins. If the environmental contribution to the intrapair difference is the same for the two types, then a greater observed difference between DZ than between MZ twins is evidence, albeit indirect, that hereditary differences contri- bute to individual differences in sleep patterns.

However, if the magnitude environmental differences between the twins of the two types (MZ and DZ) are not the same, or ifthe experiences of the two members of a DZ pair are correlated with their re- spective heredities, then no conclusion’ whatsoever can be drawn concerning the cause of the difference between the DZ twins.

The Queen’s study provided no evidence perti- nent to this question. In other studies where these assumptions have been evaluated with direct evidence, the assumptions have often been found un- tenable.

As it turned out, the Queen’s study found no significant difference between the similarities of sleep patterns of the two types of twins. Drawing the appropriate conclusions required by the stated purpose of the study, it follows that “sleep is conditioned by the environment.”

This is not such hot news. It is common knowledge that people who have to work at two jobs in order to make ends meet, or students who. must study long hours in order to get passing marks, do not sleep with the same patterns as those who get a regular eight hours. Some people are so worried about the future that they cannot sleep at all. Others, such as members of the chevron staff, adopt a wildly irregular pattern of sleep because of the complicated nature of the struggles which they are waging.

The Queen’s study has no pertinence to the difficulties which many people have sleeping. Even if a person sleeps in an unusual manner because of some hweditary factors contributed by a parent, this does,

j not in any way mean that the sleep pattern cannot be modified by experience. Irrespective of the hereditary influence, knowledge of how to ameliorate sleep problems can be attained only through attempts to actually change them by modifying the enviran- ment. There is no possible human benefit to be de- rived from a mere comparison of how adult twins sleep. ,

According to the July 12, 1977, issue of the K-W Record, a Queen’s University student is doing a study “to determine whether we inherit the way we sleep or ‘whether sleep is conditioned by the environment i ’ ’ Besides describing some rather shoddy science, the Record article is incredibly out of date.

A phone call July 12 to the student’s advisor, Dr. W.R. Thompson of the Queen’s psychology department, revealed that the articlewas based on an interview given to the Kingston Whig Standard in November 1976, after the student placed an ad sol- iciting subjects, and in the mearrtime, the study had been completed, finding no significant results.

According to the Record news desk, the article came in on the CP wire service and had been sitting around the office for some time before they decided to run it last Wednesday.. The Record did no investigation of its own into the progress of the research to supplement the unsubstantiated speculation which it regarded as news. . The experimental design of the study is no better

than the Record’s “journalism”. The student obtained five pairs of fraternal (two egg) twins and five pairs of “identical” (one egg) twins. Sleeping pattern was assessed by measuring electrical brain’ waves and eye movements. Each pair of twins was tested together in the same laboratory on the same night. Furthermore, each pair of twins had been raised together in the same home. As a result, it is utterly ,impossible to evaluate the relative contribu- tions of environmental and hereditary differences between the twins to differences in sleep patterns.

Fraternal twins develop from two separate eggs fertilized by two separate sperm, whereas “identi- .cal” twins have a common origin in a single fertilized egg which later divides into two separate embryos. Hence, the heredities of “identical” or monozygotic (MZ) twins are much more’ similar than those of fraternal or dizygotic (DZ) twins.

I Even if twins are raised in the same home, their environments or experiences are never identical. When MZ twins differ substantially on some charac- teristic (e.g. sleep), it is reasonable to infer that the cause of this difference is a difference in the environments of the two individuals. However, for the DZ twins the causes of the difference in their charac- teristics cannot be ascertained directly; it could be a difference in heredity, experienee or the interacting

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Thompson on trial

The assault trial of Doug Thompson; originally set for July 20, was adjourned Wednesday till September 21 at the request of the _ crown.

- The crown is assisting the prosecution on behalf of Larry Smylie, the original complainant. Smylie suggested that the trial date be postponed till two witnesses, who are students, return to campus for the fall term.

The charge stems from an incident in the Federation office last term.

Thompson is being defended by Federation lawye.r, Gary Flax- bard. .

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~Cmtida’s wornah baskdbdl team loses to. lWCI I Tuesday night, about 50 spec-

tators were treated to a glimpse of Canada’ s Womens National Bas- ketball Team as they scrimmaged against the WC1 boys senior .basketball team, this year’s city champions. The WC1 team was missing a few players, and for both teams this marked their fiist‘com-

petitive action in several weeks. Final score was 78-72 in favour of the WeI team, but the Nationals showed great determination in overcoming a twenty point deficit to make the score close in the last few minutes.

WCX was ahead 40-27 at half- time and appeared to have the

end up the winners _, . Intramural basketball concluded

Wednesday night as the A and B-league champions were decided. d In B-league, Psychos met East 5 ’ after knocking off heavily favoured Engineering., Pyschos won the hard fought struggle by a 49-41 score. Although entering the second half with a five point lead (27-22) Pyschos’ aggressive play soon got them in foul trouble as East 5 came back to challenge their lead. In the lastfour minutes, good team play earned, the Psychos several quick breaks as they’ put the game out of. reach. Bob Ley scored 20 for the winners while Mike Hunter added 12, John

In A-league, Turbos were high after knocking off the Rats in the. semis, but the Toddlers built an early 11-2 lead and led at the half, 24-20. Toddlers again took com- mand in the second half and they appeared ready to lock up the victory until both starting guards fouled out with a few minutes left to play. Some good shooting by Fred Dimson brought Turbos even and Phil Schlote hit a free throw with two seconds remaining to give Turbos a 44-43 victory. Congratu-

I lations are ,extended to all four finalists who demonstrated a high calibre of basketball and sportsmanship. - \

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game in control beginuingthe sec- ment whichincludes strong teams ond half. However, an effective from the Soviet Union, United press and aggressive play’ by the States and Japan. Although Wo- girls led to many turnovers and mens Basketball is a new sport at

breaks in the Nationals favour as the Olympid level, Canada already the girls outscored their opponents is behind the other basketball pow- 45-38 in thesecond half, even after ers as we finished sixth out of six. falling behind by 20 at one point. teams at the last Olympiad.

Particularly impressive for the .The girls average about 5’10” in girls were Liz Silcott with 19,points and Candy Clarkson with 13. How-

7 height, with one at 6’6’ and five girls over 6’. Their biggest asset, ’

ever, it was the team play of the however, has to be their hustle and girls which was most impressive, desire, combined with several ex- and there were several others who cellent lo@-range shooters. The showed they could score as well,‘as four others had six points each,

game Tuesday was;quite rough at times but the girls refused to back

down or be intimidated by the WC1 team,as they fought hard for every rebound and loose ball. More competition is necessary to improve the, girl’s timing, which will lead to fewers turnovers, especially -as coach MacRaefinds which combi- nation of players- are most effective I

The upcoming tournament will be the first major test for the girls, . and if they can maintain their desire and enthusiasm, European-basketball fans will be treated to some highly entertaining action. ’

-ray clement many coming from outside shots. 1

For the WC1 Seniors, Rick Zel- lers was top scorer with 18 points while Tim Harrold netted 16 and r

Badminton is -a hit Rich Nemesuari added 14.

Since it is generally accepted that the level-of basketball now played by Womens National Teams is comparable’ to that displayed by major- Mens High School Teams, this game augers well for our future in international competition.

_ For the past six years, six different coaches have guided our girls 1 team, and it is hoped that the four- year appointment of Waterloo’s Don MacRae as head coach for the Girls National Team will supply the team with much-needed stability. The team leaves Friday to partici-- pate in a major European touma- ’

The open-to-all badminton tournament organized by thechinese Stu- dents Assoc. ended on July 7 in two breath-taking games.

The Association was rather pleased with the warm response from students. There were a total of forty participants in woman’ s single, man’ s single (A), man’s single (B), and double. However, woman competants were comparatively lowin percentage. It is hoped that there will be more female participants in the future.

The tournament reached its highlight in the final match of man’s single (A) between Leung Goh and Colin Field. All eyes were drawn to the perfect stroke and-foot-work of both players. After losing a few. points consecutively with,back-hand stroke on the baseline, Leung used the strategy of inserting stroke of netball in highball or smash to alternate. baseline angles. Although Colin remained firm and powerful-in his return, Leung managed to gain points when Colin showed errors in judgement. Leung won the game by 2 to 1. It was a hard won game $or him and well-played on both sides. .L

The final match in double was less exciting than that in man’s single (A). The players were Robert Adiwanta, Raymond Lee, and Leung Goh, Joseph Lui. The champion was in the court again, but his team lost the match. The victors showed superiority in co-operation, partly due to the fact that they were even in strength/and skill. Whereas, Leung was exhausted in the previous final match in single.

The champion of woman’s single was Cyd Ho, and the runner-up, Rosa Jim. Kwong won the +mpienship in man’s single (B) and the runner-up was Scott Kan. . -

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CSA has especially formed a committee to organize this tournament. Because of the large number of teams involved in this event, the committee has encountered some difficulties in various areas. For instance, we are still trying to find an appropriate place to accommodate the players overriight. However, a great deal of valuable‘advices an’d support have been received to help the oommittee solve these difficulties. In particular, we would like to forward our sincere thanks to Dr. Matthews, Booking

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-A report, on youth in Albania explaining their role in socialist construction and their significance for Canadian youth was pre- sented at Conrad Grebel on Thursday, July 14. ”

The meeting was attended by over 70 people, who watched an Albanian film on the war of National Liberation, and listened

-to the report with great enthusiasm. ’ Albania is a small socialist country on the

Adriatic Sea,It was visited recently by a delegation of the Communist Party of.

Canada (Marxist-Leninist) at the invitation. I of the Party of Labour of Albania. The de-

legation was led by Hardial Bains, chairman ’ of CPC(M-L), who has been touring Canada

delivering reports on various aspects of life in Albania.

The reports always include a large display of photographs and political posters from and about Albania. The display was so large in fact, that some of it had to be set up in the hall outside- the meeting room. ,. In his speech Bains emphasized that to

understand the youth of Albania one must / keep in mind their role, both past and pres-

’ ent. .

It was the youth who fought in the Na- tional Liberation- War and established ’ People’s Power in 1944. The average age of

- the 28,000 martyrs in the liberation war, the People’s Heroes, is less than 20 years. These . youth were faced with the question of liberating their homeland or capitulating in the face of attacks by foreign facist powers.

Today’s youth are faced with much the

the Labour Youth Union, provides oppor- tunities for the youth to participate in politi- eal life and the cause of world revolution. Bains- described it as a “school of com- munism’ ’ .

, Another mass organization is the pemoc- ratic Front-of Albania, a continuation of the National Liberation Front established in 1942 tocarry out liberation under the lead- ership of the Communist-Party of Albania (now the Party of Labour of Albania).

Membership in this organization is open same question, said Bains, for Albania is encircled -by hostile _ countries, both capitalist and revisionist (those who have given up socialist construction and are taking the road to capitalist restoration).

The Albanian people have a proud tradition of struggle.

“ There were a large amount of uprisings -in the period of 500 years of Ottoman rule in Albania, and- they have a tradition of fighting. The people of Albania literally had to fight for everything, for their language, their traditions, for -their culture, to establish their nation state, and all this,” Bains said.

Since liberation, living conditions have improved tremendously. For example, the life expectancy of”an Albanian in 1938 was 41 to 44 years; it is now 68 years. ’

Great advances have also been made in education. Before 1944 there were no universities and few high schools. The schools were only open to the propertied’ classes and all-the university-educated people were educated abroad. -Now. there is extensive education, all free. In addition, much of the responsibility for early education in pat-

Hadial Bains; chairman of the Communist Party of Canid? (Marxist - Leninist), delivers a riotism and serving the masses the parents. - 1

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ceport on youth in qlbania at a meeting on Thursday, luly 14. The meeting was organized as part of a national tour to inform the Canadian people about life in socialist Albania;

- The youth not only have formal education, they also learn from participation in

.._ --photo by neil docherty mass organizations, Qne such organization,

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Reinstatehvedgate - recommendation-in March was that it be set up immediately. .

‘proficiency tests for foreign students, and that they will not see the liberating force of tuition increases. Marxism. 1 According to Pugh, Toth has supported The Albanians point out that the struggle .

these and similar policies, so in a comment is not against individuals, or even against in the Sheaf he calls for the president to 6e individual priests. No. one has been impeached.

\ punished for practicing their religion, Bains 1. . *

The University of Saskatchewan is over l,QOO miles away, but the situation there sounds a lot like Waterloo.

A conflict between the student newspaper, the Sheaf, and the &dent-govem- ment has been _ raging, the administration has interfered in student affairs, there is talk of recalling the student president, and the slogan Reinstate! Investigate! has been raised. ’

Gne of the key figures is David Toth the student president who ssys :he doesn’t like the content1 of the-campus newspaper. ’ A simmering dispute between the paper,

andthe student government culminated last March in motions to close it down.

Instead of that drastic step, council was persuaded to call an inquiry by the Cana- dian University, Press (CUP) and the Na- tional Union of Students (NUS).

The inquiry met-and reported its findings in April but that hasn’t settled anything.

Since that time the summer on the US campus has been marked by: - Terry Pugh, a sheaf staffer elected to! the student union executive, being purged from the position by a dubious administration rule which the student union complied with; - the first summer edition of the Sheaf being seized by the executive before it could be distributed;

the executive interfering in the paper’s - , choice of printers; -

- and editorial salaries being held-up. In its report the CUP/NUS inquiry cast

some blame on both sides of the dispute, recommended “ . . . fieldworking, plenty of it, from both CUP and NUS,” ,and suggested a commission be set-up to re- evaluate the structure of the paper and its relationship to the student union.

Council agreed to set-up the commission and charged Toth to establish and head it. That was in March but the commision ha$ not been set up. Sheaf editor Marc Stobbe told the chevron that the CUP/NUS inquiry

I in an oral report to Students Council recommended the commission be established immediately.’ He said it is recorded in the council minutes and he believes Toth is stal- ling -on it.

The student president, however, claims that the executive has. not had a solid block of time to deal with the commission. He told the chevron that it would be underway by the th?nd week of July and denied that the

One of the items which has cut into the - executive’s time is a retreat they had with a

counsellor in group relations, who was hired to teach the members how “they could best relate to each other.

But the major event of the summer has been Pugh’s removal from office. On May 2, two months after he was elected by the students, and at the-end of term when there were few students on campus, the university administration declared that .he was in- eligible to hold an executive position on the’ student union.

The administration claims there is a university rule that only full-time students can hold such positions and that a student is only considered full-time when s/he has completed three full-time courses. .

Pugh, who was taking three courses, dropped one in between the time when he was nominated and the election. He and his supporters say this administration rule, which the administration has not been able to furnish in print, is irrelehnt. The student

-constitution, they-point out, states in Bylaw No. 3, l(b) a candidate must be registered

_ as a full-time student in the year during which the student seeks to-be elected.

According to the student union constitution the candidate need only be registered as full-time in that year; while the administration rule says the student must have completed three courses.

Stobbe, who has been pressing the administration for proof of this rule, points out that if it is followed then no one would be a full-time student until the end of the year.

Toth, however, claims that Pugh is inelig- ible/because he dropped the course. He said

-he and his executive complied with the administration ruling.

To replace Pugh they appointed Fred Racz, whom Pugh defeated in the election. Racz also has a history of opposing the Sheaf. He seconded a.motion in March to close the paper.

The Pugh purge, has raised protests’ on campus. The Sheaf ha9 run an editorial cal- ling for him to -be reinstated and for an investigation into the administration’s and the executive’s actions. There have also been letters of support from campus organizations. The letters point out that Pugh is an outspoken- critic of various administration and government policies, such as English

to all persons-over the age of 18, except-for a handful -of internal enemies who have been disenfranchised.

The Democratic Front has as one of its main tasks to “mobilize the broadest sec- tions of the people to participate in the organs of People’s Power.”

“The organs of People’s Power in Al- bania are not ftied with Party comrades”, Bains said. He pointed out that in Albania there is not a dictatorship of the Party.over the masses; as there is in revisionist coun-

I tries. Those people who are elected to the organs of People’s Power have both

-legislative and executive powers, whereas in the capitalist and revisionist countries these two powers are separated.

As well as mass organisations there are mass movements in which the youth play a vital role. In the 196O’sthe youth launched a widespread campaign against religion and other ideas they consider obscurantist. They occupied the churches under the slogan “Priests, hand over the keys!” The churches have since been turned into-sports arenas and museums. .

Bains noted that in Albania there is a Museum of Atheism which exposes the role of religion in oppressing the people. It has in

-~ its collection pictures, for example, of the Pope blessing Italian fascist Soldiers_who at- tacked Albania, and Cardinal Spellman blessing American troops going to invade Viet Nam. ”

Bains criticised the view that Christianity and Marxism have. the same aims. He said this is promoted only to fool the masses so

Stobbe reports that preliminary plans are being made to recall the president next

4 term. The Pugh purge $urther exacerbated the /

Sheaf-student union conflict. In its first summer edition the paper ran a front page _ story and an editorial on it, but the issue ’ was seized by the union executive before it could be distributed. The paper was re-- leased ‘a couple of ‘hours later after Stobbe protested.

Toth told the chevron he seized the paper

said. When People’s Power took over people

spoke up and revealed the priests’ practice. They spoke, for-example, of some priests who carried on affairs with several women despite their teachings that adulterers would go to hell.

Anothermass movement of the youth is volunteer labour. All the -Albanian railroads were built by the youth; none existed before Liberation. ’ .

Bains also described the cultural life of the youth. The Albanians play many sports

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because he was concerned that some of the comments in it were libelous and the news

and-set up various friendly &nte&: For

story wasn’t fair. - ’ example they held-quizzes to see who best

He claimed the story made no mention of .A knew the resolutions of the Party of Labour

the administration’s case against Pugh. The at its seventh congress last November.

.E CheyrOn, however, has ShXlXXkWd aCOpy

verywhere the delegation went they found

of the Sheaf in question, and the front page the youth energetic, he said.

story makes clear the administration’s The evening ended with a short fdrn and a

reasoning. Also, there is nothing in either brief%ultural program of revolutionary

the story or editorialwhich seems libelous. songs.

Since the seizure incident Toth has inter- . -jonathan coles

fered with a Sheaf decision to change printers. Stobbe said the paper moved to another printer because theywere offered better service at a cheaper price and- the,,

ZANU makes new? printing shop was unionized. He complained that the old printer used to hire natbnal tour - - --~ -,--- -- --- Chilean refugees at below minimum wage. A representative of the Zimbabwe ADA

Toth, however, phoned the new printer rican National Union will be making a and told- him not to publish any more pap- tour of 23 Canadian cities to speak on the ers. He told the chevron he took the action current situation in Zimbabwe. The tour because the student union was not mformed is being organized by the Zimbabwe Sol- of the Sheaf’s move. He said the service * idarity Committee and will feature the from the old printer was excellent and it was ZANU representative in Canada, A.M. bad business ethics to move. Chidoda.

The Sheaf is now being published by the A meeting in Kitchener-Waterloo will old printer, who has reduced his’ price, de- - be held on August 5 in the Breithaupt spite Stobbe’s preference for the new shop. Centre, Room 207 at 7:30.

, Another example of ‘“petty harassment” ZANU and its armed wing, the Zim- according to Stobbe is that he has now babwe African National Liberation worked three months but so far has only Army, are leading the struggle to over- been paid a reduced salary for one. He has throw the racist and facist regime of Ian been toldtthat there was a mistake in pro- Smith;- cessing his wages. Toth said he knew no- In recent weeks the ZANLA fighters thing about the delay and that the emp- have scored numerous victories over the loyees are paid through the administration’s Smith regime, which will be elaborated pay system. ~ on by the speaker from ZANU. -

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In the la&Fall of 1976 a small group connected with the Students’

approach might be effective in re-

Council decided through unified action to influence the Federation in a

versing this trend. This concerned .

more progressive and pragmatic direction. They were coneemed that

spontaneity produced the Campus

such things ,tis entertainment; cul- t&al affairs and the service aspects

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secondary importance to vague ex-

As the number bf elected Candi-

ternal endeavours and petty poli-

dates tiith a similar philo‘sophy

tics. Federation planning seemed to be done by the theorists who pre- ferred to concentrate on long-term

/ programmes of questionable value

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at the expense of short-term viable ’ solutions. It was felt that a grass-

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least looked like some progress could be ‘made in the Federation, Unfortunately theZRG had a loose structure, which while encouraging open debates, made it hard for it to develop a solid base across the campus, despite popular support. This loose structure led to the CRG’s downfall as there were few adequate safeguards against the political intrigues of various bdi- viduals. Though the CRG attemp- ted to be refoimist, it became used as a tool in political power plays such as the Chevron issue.. As the CRG departed from its pragmatic ideals apd as discussion on reforms atid student accoutitability les- sened, so did the involveme& of the original CRG members in Fed- eration affairs. ,

members were honourable evTkn if their approach was somewh;dt idealistic. The CRG died long ago; it just hasn’t been buried.

, Wi: consider otirselves resigned from the Campus ‘Reform Group Fd regard the group as disbanded. We wish the best to any responsible new group, with similar aspira-

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The following is a rep/y by ,On- tario NDf leader Stephen Lewis to the Gourlay-Redding letter printed in Feedback )uly 8. Laurie Courlay recieved the letter and submitted it to Feedback,

There is no way for me to assess the situation you outline in your June 8th letter without knowing all sides of the dispute. ,I rather thitik that our candidate, Mary Jane Me- whinney, took that position, though you interpreted it as one-of taking sides. In any case, I will forward your letter to our campaign committee for assessment, and I hope the matter will be resolved without lasting bitteiness.

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40% bad to, dropout , La Press Etudiante Nationale (PEN) is an organization of21 Quebec Student news-

papers. Over the years, Quebec students have fought many battles to defend their basic

interests against attacks such as cutbacks, unem$loyment, etb. Student news from Quebec has had a virtual blackout’ due to little-coverage f&m Canadian University Press and due to the fact thaf no formal relations between thb Chevron an4 La Presse Etudiante Nationale existed. The Chevron is working to rectify this situation. I

The Chevron is reprinting an article from PEN and a backgrounder to explain it.,The article is translated by the Chevron from the‘ May news service. ;

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(PEN) At the University of Quebec in Montreal, 5402 students did not register for the Winter 1977 term - the/number of student? enrolled thus fell from 13,179 to 7,777. This represents a loss of 40% of the students enrolled in UQAM. This situation is caused by the attacks which the State launched against the profesors and‘students of the UQAM during the Fall 1976 term. 0’

The professors were on strike from October l&l976 to February 16,1977 in‘order to resist State attacks against their working conditions. During the-per@& the students, who supported the professors -had their “financial aid” cut by the MEQ. This forced them to go,further into debt. On top of this, when the students went back to school on February 21, 1977, they were offered the same “gifts” asthe students at Lava1 Uni- versity. (see the article “Loans and Bursafies for the students of University-Lava1 and UQAM: the fraud of government aid” in ‘Bulletin de Nouvelles vol 2, No. 7, March ‘1977 ~22-23. (See the relevant extract reprin’ted on this page -+hevron staff), The results of these “gifts” was that 40% of the students at UQAM had to leave the university. .

Thompson gets the’ boot II’ This attack against the students at UQAM is part of the general plan of the State to

make the people pay for the crisis of impeiiaiism. Education costs are increasing rapidly and the State wants to make the stud.ents and taxpayers spay these,costs. Although it is therich who reap all the benefti’s of the-education&l syste,m, the !&ate is right now intensifying its &tacks to make the people pay. Th_e lo& of 4m of the students at UQAM is an attack without precedent against the students by the State of the rich. It is only by the fight of the rev,olutionary masses to make‘the rich pay that students’will succeed in fighting such attacks. . ’

Background- to the PEN article Extract frbm ’ ;Eoans and grants for students at Lava1 University and UQAM (Univer- sity of Quebec at Montreal); The Fraud df Goyemment Aid.” (Presse Etudiante Nationale) . \ .

. The system of Loans and grants particularly affects students at Lava1 University

knother federation preside% has fallen in disgrace in the world of student politics at *the University of. Waterloo. Doug Thomp- son was ousted from office last Tuesday night by the Board of Directors - the ma- jority of whom were appointed by Thomp- son himself.

In the fall - befdre the se&nd referen- - dum ori refundable fees T students will be electing their fifth president within a period of a year.

and UQAM who, at the present time, following the sttik@ of the professors at their universities during the fall term, now find themselves in a critical financial situatfon since the loans and grants have not been distributed to those eligible and since the possibilities of summer work are reduced by the prolongation of the school year. Faced with’that, tlie MIXQ has profited from th” situation by making a “gi@” to the students. This is what the “gift” of the ministry (of education) looks like:

Maybe they sfiould install a revol&ng door ro the president’s office.

It all happened in a kitchen on the seven- teenth floor of Tartu College in downtown Toronto. The meeting, oddly enough, was open to myself; a chevron reporter. I went because Hipfner informed the chevron that’ Thompson was resigning that night.

On the Calculation of _ Financial_ ye&i 1. The allowance per week for a student who did not work and did not‘ collect-unemp- loyment, goes from $61.45 to $45.00 (down by 26.8 percent) for the period September to December 1976 for the calculation of Loans and g:ants. 2. For all those who collected unemployrflent, 50 pet cent of the amount received is deducted in the calculation of Loans and grants. 3. The calculation of loans and grants for 197677 stops at May 1977. Students at L&al finish July 9. The period,May -July will enter into the calcu!ation for ‘77~‘78.

On the chairges of the dates of reception of the loans and g&u& 1. The loan for the school year ‘76-‘77 will be given out at registration in Ja9yry (for Laval). 2. At Laval, students will receive their whole gratit in February but the govemtient says thht it will subtract from the total amount, the amount of tuition.

‘3. The loan for school year ‘77~‘78 will be received in June. 4. Part tif the grant for ‘77-78 will be received at the beginning of the fall term, but a part of it will’ be kept back until the winter ‘78 terni.

* Thus, all this means that the- government not only . a) Zll’h&give out any supplementary student aid b) but the government will save vast amounts of money on the order of $10 million, on the backs of the students .e I. - c) these students are forced into a situation where they will go further into debt whether because they have to stop their studies and “take their chance” on the labour mtirket, or because the level of tinemployment for youth is at a v&y high level. In short, the government?mposes its solution on the students:- the shifting of the -burden of the economic crisis onto their backs, f

Many students have started to receive their grants (or at least what remains after the “gifts” of the MEQ) and many will be incapable gf doing the winter ‘77 term (April to July ‘77). A particularly striking example: a male s/u&nt and a female- student ip Political Science who are married received a grand total of $1,810 in aid (including $1,640 in loans).from the MEQ; in the course of the first term, they had to spend $1,000 to live; when they received their grant notice, they decided to quit University to pay their debts. I

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The meeting broke up with Thompson wailing, saying I didn’t understand that - peodle needed time to consider things. He envisioned what a terribl_e hosition the federation would be in if chevron people were . to take it .over. Thompson seemed quite - drunk.

The first hour of the meeting was spent discussing (minor) federation business. -This -. then disintegrated into two hours of talk on councillor Larry Smylie, cars, accidents, computers and girls. “This is a Board of Directors meeting?” I thought-to myself as I sat suffering, waiting for Thompson to resign.

Thompson was stiibresident, the meeting, was over, and I w&t to get my train home. However, I met eipfner and Bruce Leavens by the elevators. Hipfner was explaining that the situation on campus had settled down without Thompson present. He w-as en>raged at Thompson’s inconsistencies and the effect they would have on camptis.

Emerging from my role as reporter (and \- into my executive, or concerned student , suit), I startedlisting off Thompson’s faults, saying that it was inevitable that Tbompson will fall one way or another. It would be cleaner and faster to remove him from office right then.

But Thompson showed. no-signs of want- &g to .resign. He was busy playing the all- around nice-guy role, offering beer to everyone from the cooler he had brought

_ with him: Despite Thompson’s claims’ that the

meeting was over, Hipfner insisted that there was more work to dq.- As people drifted in and out of the room, another meeting evolved-(at the request of Thomp- son) behind closed doors and without me.

Leavens finally broke and consented to do it. Hipfner sctibbled down a motion in the hallway and the three of us marched back into the kitchen.

All the directors were there. Thompson, Hipfner, Legvens, Martha Coutts (Treas- urer) and IS rep Eric Higgs (who had just shown UM Leavens read the motion to rid Thompson from the federation.

Here Thompson informed the directors that he had not made* decision on resigning (contrary to what you heard in the chevron, CHYM radio, and the Gazette). Hipfner later‘told me that Thompson said he had “no data on which to make a decision.” He needed more time, though he had over a month, during his leave of abselice, to de- cide. Thompson two-stepped to the veI+y last.

I knocked on the door and it wa,s closed in my face by a person I had ne&, seen be-

\$ore. I knocked agairi; the door was opened and out stormed vice-president Ron Hipfner extremely mad at Thompson for not resigning (after he had said he would many times before). Hipfner, rightfully, complained that he had’ to deal and put up, with all of I

Thompson tried to take the coup (i&tat as if he were not surprised. But he still didn’t want to resign. The motion read:

LEAVENS/HIPFNER: Move -that ‘Doug Thompson’s leave of absence be extended to Sep\fember 1011977, without pay, at which time the presidency will become vacant, forcing an election. Ron -\ Hipfner will be acting President at full pay until that time.

Before it was voted upon, Higgs asked ‘whyIs Thompson was not leaving immediately and Thompson mis’understoog . the question, thinking he was asked why Thompson should leave. Thompson then started on a speeyh (which he said was “off the record”) which was interrupted by an answer to Higgs question. Hipfner wanted to ensure .a fall election. ’

The vote came and four of the Directors voted to get rid of Thompson. Thompson abstained. He never resigned.

-randy barkman

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\ yak Jn the shade withotit a fire. Throughout the struggle and the equally brain-squishing aftermath, I have certified one aspect of bourgeois culture: Neil Young has got to go. Also,

1 valuable lessons were learned t’the,CUP conference, the Supreme Court appeal and the Erb Street coiiec!ive “i (sporadically). t was worth, missing a few lectures on triple integrals to iive-

+ i . like a fighting free chevric, which was roughly comparable to the life of a New Guinea mud-man. \ The mental wrecks who worked on the ,papep this week were randy “twice” barkman,

cohe on down t0 Sylvia, ciaran,doug w., saiah, neii, jonathan, Wendell, peter, peter, juies, don, karen, hamiitdn,

, marina, nick,’ gerard(with one ‘r’), and hon.ourabie mention to iarry, HEATHER, cody, nina,

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scatty, aiex, paui greenwood and michei neray. To ail myFiends, be well, we will meet again, I’m sure. And remember, hamilton: life is not a bowl of cherries; it’s just the .pits it’s been a - siic~ . , .lorne .

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Tired of big fish, burning build- Guinness) sets out to rescue her. adventure.” ’ fantastic surreal approach to the ings and leaky ships? Star Wars (at Of course she is rescued (this At first Lucas wanted a remake genre. I grew Up on it. Star Wars is the Hyland and Parkway Drive-in) standard plot leaves no room for

doubt), for only she holds the sec- of Flash Gordon, but couldn’t ob- a sort ‘of compilation of this stuff

is .a welcome relief. - ‘ ‘ A slam- bang rip-roaring gal- ret plans to overthrow the evilem-

tain the rights to the pulp stories. but it’s never been put, in one story So he decided to write his own. before, never- put down on film.

lop”, says the Chicago Times. Var- pire and restore the galactic repub- iety Magazine reports; “Wow”, lit. And if you think this sounds like

“ I realizehat I could make up a There is a lot taken from Westerns, character as easily as Alex. mythology and Samurai movies.

‘: W hammo’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Sizzling. ’ ’ a story for the typical 14 year old, Two days before- the film you’re right. That is precisely the

It’s allthe things that are great put together. It’s not like one kind of

opened, Twentieth Century Fox’s reason’given for the film’s success. stock almost doubled. In its first

ice cream but rather a very big sun- “It’s fun,” says George -Lucas,

week, the film grossed about $3 the director, “that’s the word for it. I ‘recognized the taste of many - million. . It’s for young people. American

So what’s all the fuss about??“A long time ago,<in a galaxy far, far

Graffitti was for 16 year olds: this is for, 14 year olds. Young people

away a beautiful Princess Liae Or- don’t have a fantasy life anymore, gana (Cam-i Fisher) falls into the not theway we did. All they’ve got

MT& 1:: After all how could ,enemy different flavours in that big sun-

ships look &e anything but the ‘-Klingon’s? My expectations of se-

eing Fremen riding giant worms evil clutches of Lord Darth Vadar is Kojak and Dirty Harry. There’s were almost filled on a planet re- (David Prowse) and Grand Moff all these kids running around want- markably like Dune: Gandalf was Tarkin (Peter Cushing), leaders of ing to be killer cops.” Raymond (Flash Gordon’s author), in there too, and in this case he an evil Galactic Empire. Luke “Nobody except Disney makes <who took his character from Edgar actually confronted his evil coun- Skywalker, (Mark Hamill), a typi- movies for young people anymore. Rice Burroughs.” “ As a kid I read terpart. The little robot reminded

- cal Walt Disney kid, falls in love I want to open up the whole realm a lot of science fiction. But instead me of K. Vonnegut Jr’s little crea- with the princess afterseeing her in of space for them. Science fiction is of the technical, hard science writ- tion in “Sirens of Titan.” Even the a Holograph distress message and, okay but it got so involved with ers like Isaac Asimov, I was --in- - scene in the bar room could have aided by a monkish wizard. (Alex science that‘it forgot the sense of terested in Harry Harrison, and a been- borrowed from one of this I \

’ ’ \ ,They were the best of years. They differentiate among the three.

The introductions given by Lennon and McCartney are faithful to the image the press had given them, alter- nately shy, bold, confident and self- conscious. Lennon’s humour shines through with introductionsdelivered in an easy jovial manner. “Here’s an oldie for you now. Some of the older people in the audience may remember it. It’s from lasfyear.”

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town’s more rowdy watering holes, Add to all that a little of Lucas’s own imagination,- some nifty special effects, and a gee whiz story- telling- format, and the result is, well, neat!

But is it really just, entertainment as the director would like us to be- , lieve? Throughout the film-, a mys- terious spirit called “The Force” is brought to the viewers attention. Pay no attention to materialistic things, Luke is told. Let “The Force” be your guide. The ushers at the theatre wore buttons with - “May the Force Be with You”. A book of the Bhagavad Gita would have gone well in their outstretched

Perhaps most reviews praise Star Wars a bit too highly. It is not as

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fantastic as it is made out to be, but it definitely fills a void in the movie industry-. I just might stand in line again. _ -

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were the worst of times. They we,re the times of joy and happiness. They were the yea.rs of great sorrow. We all felt we were goinig straight to heaven. We all knew we were going straight to hell.

-’ These were ‘the -years that the tide went out for Am,erica. Kennedy’s Camelot had died, along with its Har- vard Lancelot.” The country was awakening from. the slumber of the 1950’s, with not a yawn but a roar. To be involved was the password.-.

Civil Rights, Vietnam, politics and a host of other matters were, laid open to discussion and action. It was open sea-,\ son on ‘taboos. It was a time for the casting down of false idols. It was a time for the creation of new false . prophets.

Into this sea of violence, confusion, distrust, and alienation came four ’ British musicians.

They came from a city called Liver- pool, on the Irish Sea. At first they were dismissed by the English music scene. After all no one of any importance had come from Liverpool. Besides, they wore their hair greased up and overly long. . \

But anyone w,ho. heard them then heard the beginning of .a.. musical phenomenon that would alter the society that had spawned them.

They called tnemselves “the Beatles, with an ‘a’ ” . And they played ‘rock and roll’,. not the surf sound sticky sweet stuff of the Beach Boys, or the laun; dered muzak of the early sixties com- mercial rockers.

The Beatles secret was: go back to basics. They covered songs written by the immortals during the “Gol’den Age of Rock and Roll”: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. The Beatles played the basics, rhythm and blues, screamer vocals, good guitar licks, plus a twist of their own. . They took what they had lifted from

the gods of R&B, and did what only true creative genius can do. They improved on their predecessors work-to create a style of their own.

The Beatles founded their legend on

It’s hard today to appreciate-the im- pact of this band, since the last work they did together is nearly eight years old. But again we find ourselves in another musical morass. AM radio of- fers a staple of two chord, sluggish moving, disco music. FM radio, a sixties innovation, has become virtually stripped of its originality.

Loves You”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, and “All My Loving”. -

stands to boost Capitol’s profitsa per-

Each of them commercially palata- centage point or two.

ble, accurately aimed at the current top Originally, the tapes of two concerts,

ten, where most of them found a home: one in 1964, the other a year later, were

But each was a paean to youth. It was not suitable for pressing. But as tech-

adolescence exalted, simple songs nology marches ever onward, new sys-

about the uncomplicated days of youth terns were available twelve years later

and love. _ -that, could turn out a commercially ac-

Hotding hands, kissing in the dark at ceptable product.

the dance, getting pinned, going Certainly you won’t buy the album

steady. Life where the toughest deci- because you haven’t heard some of the

sions were where to take “your girl” songs. All of them are standards, AM

that weekend. material of yesteryear, the battle hymns

. It was pure escapism. It was shelter of the generation gap.

from a life that was quickly becoming The,delivery of the material isn’t that

more complex. It was shelter from the different either. The boys stay very true

horror and inevitability of the six to their studio versions, improvising is rj unheard of. .

o’clock news. 8 Since played to death, over-

What makes this album interesting is the sound. The sound of thousands of

exploited by companies eager for a fast buck and sure profit, this music turned

young people, mostly girls,screaming.

a generation’s ear in the direction of From the opening song till the final chord fades away, it is there. 0

the Beatles, and to the British ‘Isles, What the young heard from the Beatles

Crying, laughing, sobbing, moaning,

and their contemporaries ch-anged the and wailing. The sound changing into a

face of society. single ominous roar. Like playing a concert at Toronto International Air-

Capitol Records, in a bid to cash- in port, or at the Roman Coliseum with on today’s resurgence of “beat- the lions in the stands. lemania” released a live album called The Beatles At ihe Hollywood Bowl.

The Hollywood Bowl album\ stands

With the fab four’S.ol,d producer, more importantly as a historical or sociological landmark than a musical

A musical revolution occurred in the sixties. Spurred by the Beatles’ success, many groups were brought to the fore. The San Francisco Sound, a new wave of electric bluesmen; Nashville, Country-Rock, The, L.A-. Sound, and others, were uncovered, explored and exploited.

Now music has become splintered, moving in a thousand directions at once,. with no popular mainstream genre. And in the sea of musical mediocrity, saviours are few and far between. Almost all the musicians of importance are closer,to forty than twenty,. and getting older. So people are turning their gaze back to scenes like those two nights at the Hollywood Bowl. Back when music was exciting new-found, and fun.

George Martin captured this feeling in-the liner notes he did for the album:

In the multiplatinum, sophisticated

George Martin, at the helm this record

world we live intoday, it isdifficult to appreciate the excitement of the Beatles breakthrough. My youngest daughter, Lucy, now nine years old,

‘once asked me about them, “you used to record them, didn’t you daddy?” she asked “were they as great as the Bay City Rollers?” “Probably not,” I replied: Some day she will find out. -- 4 .:

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All the traditional features of -a James Bond movie are revived in the latest release, “The Spy _ Who’ Loved Me”. There are globe-trotting secret agents, rich and powerful mean men, high-tension chase scenes, unbelievable gadgets and, of course, a bevy of luscious females. 4 -,

This Bond adventure is particularly en- joyable because it is packed full of amusing

a situations. There are relatively few scenes of bullets actually penetrating people’s bodies. Instead, .our heroes go through a series of

- fast-paced scrapes and escapes, cleverly eluding the power-hungry nasty people who

- . want_to see them dissected. The only really regrettable part is the war

between the British and American good guys and the seemingly innumerable armed guards of the master schemer. Dead bodies fly -across the screen in an endless stream. - . -

Eventually the huge tanker, where the battle is fought, begins to crumble. After the nine- thousandth devastating explosion, the

-wreckage and death become less interesting. The tanker is the property-of the Stromberg

line. The evil villain Stromberg is played by Curt Jurgens. He deals sternly with enemies and traitors. ‘His secretary gets dumped unceremoniously into a pool with a hungry shark after she tries to sell the plans of his nuclear submarine tracking device. It

?/is an ugly scene as she -is munched by the-big fish.

The microfilm plans are the thing the major world powers are after. Both Britain

- and the Soviet Union are threatened. This leads the KGB director to announce “a new x era in Anglo-Soviet co-operation”.

What this means, of course, is that Roger Moore, as Bond, gets to traipse around the

-world with an enticing Soviet agent, played -

by Barbara Bach. They meet in Egypt, then rnee on to Sardinia to destroy the vast sub- merged empire of the terrible Stromberg.

There is beautiful photography of the Pyramids and the Sardinian coast (land and underwater), but the most exciting filming comes in the opening chase in Austria, as Bond-skis and parachutes his -way out of danger in the high mountains. There are breathtaking shots as the camera races down the slopes of the Alps with the skiers.

Among other perils, the agents are relent- lessly pursued by Stromberg’ s monstrous

-henchman, Jaws. This weirdo is like an Ad- dams family butler, but strange. He has shiny metal teeth which he uses to subdue his victims. To maim people,, he smashes $heir heads against any ceiling that’s handy. 3 He really is a durable character. An eiabo- . rate castle scaffold smothers him. He falls off a mile-high cliff. He goes head first

through the window of a moving train. He even survives the destruction ofThe burning tanker (which sinks in 30 segonds right before your eyes).

The most memorable trick of all is played ‘by Bond. Cornered by the brute,.Bond man- ’ oeuvres an electro-magnet over the other’s head and turns on the power, grabbing him by the teeth. He then drops him in the shark’s tank. To the delight of all, this amaz- ing man (?) not only lives, but chews the shark to bits. ,

Not all the scenes are as far-fetched as that one, but there is enough light-hearted killing and wounding to keep just about everyone satisfied. Yes, Martha, I agree that this film does -promote apathy, pessimism, deca- dence and especially sexism. Otherwise, it is a fine film..

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