Cover |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 12 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
How did the Graduate Society 2ttn> VOLUME 17 ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1967 IWktail Party Go? Editors, Councillors Threaten to Resign By Richard Stoker, Gus Lilly, and Margaret McCurdy Two Council members and three MUSE editors threatened to resign over the issue of freedom of the press for the MUSE at the Council meeting on Wednesday night, January 18. This freedom ;was finally, passed in principle. The MUSE constitution was an item on the agenda after being put off since the beginning of the university year. Editor-in-chief Richard Stoker, Associate Editor Margaret McCurdy, and Executive Editor Gus Lilly declared that if an amendment granting censorship powers to the Council were passed, they would resign. "Make that four resignations," said Publications Chairman Robert Pelley. Council Chairman John Frecker said, "If this constitution is not passed tonight, I will resign from Council." The constitution was not passed in its entirety, but the MUSE entered a plea that if Chairman Frecker were making this announcement on their behalf, that they, as the party most intimately involved with the passing of this constitution, urged that he remain in office. "On these grounds, I withdraw that threat," said Mr. Frecker. The controversial article read: "The MUSE shall be the undergraduate newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland and shall be a self-governing autonomous body without censorship from the University Administra- I. D. Notice As of January 27th, Student Union I.D. Cards will be compulsory for admittance to and participation in all C.S.U. sponsored events. Students who had their photos taken during Orientation Week but have not purchased their I.D. Cards can ohtain them at the C.S.U. Office. Students who did not have their photos taken for I.D. Cards can obtain blank I.D. Cards at the C.S.U. Office. Students obtaining these blank cards must provide their own photographs which must be placed on the cards. These cards and photographs must be returned to the C.S.U. office to be stamped before the cards become official. Students are reminded that these cards will be necessary for admittance to soc-hops, voting in C.S.U. elections, purchasing tickets to C.S.U. dances, obtaining student discounts, etc. Sandra M. Clarke, Chairman Regulations Committee. tion, Faculty, or Council of the Students' Union." The three MUSE editors were admitted to the meeting. The first objection was that no student constitution can be made binding on the Administration. 'I move that the words 'University Administration' be stricken," said Bob Pelley. During discussion that wandered around the question of whether 'Faculty' should also be deleted, Finance Chairman John Dawson quietly moved an amendment to the amendment, to the effect that the words "Autonomous . . . without censorship from the. . . . Council of the Students' Union" also be removed from the Article. Twice, the Council passed this amendment to the amendment. Twice, Council members and MUSE editors challenged the legitimacy of this motion, on the grounds that it was self-contradictory: If the words "self-governing" remain in the constitution, then that must mean the MUSE governs itself, which means it also censors itself. "No, no," said John Dawson. "I take that to mean internal self-government, they choose their own-editors, and things like that." "Please define your terms," said Bob Pelley over the ensuing uproar. "Are you or are you not in favour of censoring the MUSE?" "Yes," said John Dawson. "I think," said Editor Stoker, "that we should have a definition of censorship. Censorship of the MUSE means that someone can come in and alter, delete, or add to our news stories, our editorials, and anything else that strikes his fancy, and his decision would be binding on us. There wouldn't be anything we could do about it." "But," interjected Council President Doug Cook, "Council is responsible for the MUSE. Council, as the duly elected representa tives of the students, should be able to act when something is going in the MUSE that they feel the majority of the students wouldn't approve." "How are we going to establish a criterion for deciding that?" asked Bob Pelley. "The basic issue here is whether or not we are in favour of censoring the MUSE. I wish to place a motion of clarification, and as mover, I wish to suggest a method of carrying it through. I move that each member of Council state whether or not he is in favour of censorship of the MUSE and why, in thirty seconds or less." Roy Perry seconded this and Council passed it. In order of speaking, the roll can read: Doug Cook: Approved. Council must answer for the MUSE, Council should have some control in cases of extreme necessity. Jamie Puddester: Oppose. By ratifying the Editor-in-Chief, Council puts trust in him to act as their censor. This indirect censorship, and censorship by cutting the budget is all that Council has the right to. Harvey Taylor: Oppose: Editor's ratification is sufficient. Diane Colbourne: Oppose. By ratifying the Editors, Council has enough censorship. Barbara Kelley: Oppose. "I agree with Diane completely." Art Bull: Approve. "Doug's words are my words." Kevin Smith: Approve. Agreed with Art. Bob Pelley: Oppose. Reiterated opinion that ratification of Editor is all that falls within Council's jurisdiction. John Winter: Oppose. Ratification is enough censorship. Ida Squires: Oppose. "I am opposed to censorship in any way." Sandra Clarke: Oppose. Against censorship in principle. Don Tarrant: Oppose. Ratification is sufficient. The MUSE is the only possible opposition to Council on campus. There must be opposition of some kind. Roy Perry: Oppose, tion is sufficient. Ratifica- Fraser March: Oppose. Agreed with the others. John Dawson: Approve. "I guess my motion is defeated then. But I would like to point, out that last week you said you wouldn't give money to the Concrete Vine unless you had some control over them. Now you turn around and relinquish control over the MUSE." At this point, Mr. Dawson left the meeting. John Frecker: No vote. Expressed relief that Council finally appeared to understand the issue of censorship and had voted against it. Total count: Approving censorship — 4 Opposing censorship —11 As Mr. Dawson had left the meeting, the Chairman declared his amendment to the amendment invalid. Robert Pelley's original amendment came up again, and passed, 9-4. Doug Cook, John Winter, Art Bull, and Kevin Smith voted against it. John Dawson and Jamie Puddester had left the meeting. The clause now reads: "The MUSE shall be a self-governing autonomous body without censorship from the Council of the Students' Union." Mr. Stoker tried to continue into Article III, but was drowned out by Councillors calling for adjournment. "Council meetings are' supposed to end at nine o'clock. It's now four after," they called. But they decided that, since the MUSE has had no constitution for two years, the meet- Harvey's Heroes Rules Plans for the formation of a Discipline Corps at Memorial are progressing favourably reported Harvey Taylor, chairman of the Student Discipline Committee. The constitution of the "Student Discipline Corps" subject to modification, presently calls for a corps chief in his third, fourth, or fifth year and some 10 to 20 members of whom at least two must be female. No member of the CSU will be permitted to enter the corps. Applications for positions of chief and corps members will be accepted up to January 20. Appointments will be made, Mr. Taylor added, as soon as possible thereafter. He explained the purpose of the corps as a start at having the university discipline its own affairs. "Social functions particularly," said Mr. Taylor, "seem to be our most immediate and most useful purposes." If legislation is finalized by the end of the month, he said, the corps will be able to offer valuable assistance during Winter Carnival. ing would continue until nine- fifteen. At this point, John Frecker reiterated his earlier threat to resign if this matter were not settled at this meeting. This time his earlier threat had passed almost unnoticed in the confusion. Councillors maintained an iron determination to get home or to the Graduate Society cocktail party on time. However, MUSE Executive Editor Gus Lilly said: "Since this is a matter which can have an adverse effect on the MUSE, I do not feel that action as drastic as resignation is necessary at this time. On behalf of the MUSE, I would like to ask Mr. Frecker to retract his statement." "Under those circumstances, I withdraw that statement," said Mr. Frecker. After prolonged discussion, which used up most of the extra ten minutes, Council decided to put the MUSE constitution first on next Wednesday's agenda. On Mr. Bull's motion, they agreed to continue that meeting for as long as was necessary to discuss the whole constitution. Council adjourned, and Councillors and MUSErs wandered vociferously into the hall. "I'm seriously considering resigning," said Councillor Don Tarrant. "I've never seen a Council like this Eleven articles remain to be discussed next week. At least one of them promises lively controversy; already President Cook has declared he is not in favour of Article XIII which protects the Editor-in-Chief from arbitrary firing by the Council, and which is in accordance with the C.U.P. Constitution. Stop Press! COUNCIL MEMBER PETER IRISH RESIGNED HIS POSITION ON COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18
Object Description
Description
Title | Cover |
Description | The Muse, Vol. 17, No. 12 (January 20, 1967) |
Language | Eng |
PDF File | (2.44MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/muse/TheMuse_V17N12.pdf |
Transcript | How did the Graduate Society 2ttn> VOLUME 17 ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., FRIDAY, JAN. 20, 1967 IWktail Party Go? Editors, Councillors Threaten to Resign By Richard Stoker, Gus Lilly, and Margaret McCurdy Two Council members and three MUSE editors threatened to resign over the issue of freedom of the press for the MUSE at the Council meeting on Wednesday night, January 18. This freedom ;was finally, passed in principle. The MUSE constitution was an item on the agenda after being put off since the beginning of the university year. Editor-in-chief Richard Stoker, Associate Editor Margaret McCurdy, and Executive Editor Gus Lilly declared that if an amendment granting censorship powers to the Council were passed, they would resign. "Make that four resignations," said Publications Chairman Robert Pelley. Council Chairman John Frecker said, "If this constitution is not passed tonight, I will resign from Council." The constitution was not passed in its entirety, but the MUSE entered a plea that if Chairman Frecker were making this announcement on their behalf, that they, as the party most intimately involved with the passing of this constitution, urged that he remain in office. "On these grounds, I withdraw that threat," said Mr. Frecker. The controversial article read: "The MUSE shall be the undergraduate newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland and shall be a self-governing autonomous body without censorship from the University Administra- I. D. Notice As of January 27th, Student Union I.D. Cards will be compulsory for admittance to and participation in all C.S.U. sponsored events. Students who had their photos taken during Orientation Week but have not purchased their I.D. Cards can ohtain them at the C.S.U. Office. Students who did not have their photos taken for I.D. Cards can obtain blank I.D. Cards at the C.S.U. Office. Students obtaining these blank cards must provide their own photographs which must be placed on the cards. These cards and photographs must be returned to the C.S.U. office to be stamped before the cards become official. Students are reminded that these cards will be necessary for admittance to soc-hops, voting in C.S.U. elections, purchasing tickets to C.S.U. dances, obtaining student discounts, etc. Sandra M. Clarke, Chairman Regulations Committee. tion, Faculty, or Council of the Students' Union." The three MUSE editors were admitted to the meeting. The first objection was that no student constitution can be made binding on the Administration. 'I move that the words 'University Administration' be stricken," said Bob Pelley. During discussion that wandered around the question of whether 'Faculty' should also be deleted, Finance Chairman John Dawson quietly moved an amendment to the amendment, to the effect that the words "Autonomous . . . without censorship from the. . . . Council of the Students' Union" also be removed from the Article. Twice, the Council passed this amendment to the amendment. Twice, Council members and MUSE editors challenged the legitimacy of this motion, on the grounds that it was self-contradictory: If the words "self-governing" remain in the constitution, then that must mean the MUSE governs itself, which means it also censors itself. "No, no," said John Dawson. "I take that to mean internal self-government, they choose their own-editors, and things like that." "Please define your terms," said Bob Pelley over the ensuing uproar. "Are you or are you not in favour of censoring the MUSE?" "Yes," said John Dawson. "I think," said Editor Stoker, "that we should have a definition of censorship. Censorship of the MUSE means that someone can come in and alter, delete, or add to our news stories, our editorials, and anything else that strikes his fancy, and his decision would be binding on us. There wouldn't be anything we could do about it." "But," interjected Council President Doug Cook, "Council is responsible for the MUSE. Council, as the duly elected representa tives of the students, should be able to act when something is going in the MUSE that they feel the majority of the students wouldn't approve." "How are we going to establish a criterion for deciding that?" asked Bob Pelley. "The basic issue here is whether or not we are in favour of censoring the MUSE. I wish to place a motion of clarification, and as mover, I wish to suggest a method of carrying it through. I move that each member of Council state whether or not he is in favour of censorship of the MUSE and why, in thirty seconds or less." Roy Perry seconded this and Council passed it. In order of speaking, the roll can read: Doug Cook: Approved. Council must answer for the MUSE, Council should have some control in cases of extreme necessity. Jamie Puddester: Oppose. By ratifying the Editor-in-Chief, Council puts trust in him to act as their censor. This indirect censorship, and censorship by cutting the budget is all that Council has the right to. Harvey Taylor: Oppose: Editor's ratification is sufficient. Diane Colbourne: Oppose. By ratifying the Editors, Council has enough censorship. Barbara Kelley: Oppose. "I agree with Diane completely." Art Bull: Approve. "Doug's words are my words." Kevin Smith: Approve. Agreed with Art. Bob Pelley: Oppose. Reiterated opinion that ratification of Editor is all that falls within Council's jurisdiction. John Winter: Oppose. Ratification is enough censorship. Ida Squires: Oppose. "I am opposed to censorship in any way." Sandra Clarke: Oppose. Against censorship in principle. Don Tarrant: Oppose. Ratification is sufficient. The MUSE is the only possible opposition to Council on campus. There must be opposition of some kind. Roy Perry: Oppose, tion is sufficient. Ratifica- Fraser March: Oppose. Agreed with the others. John Dawson: Approve. "I guess my motion is defeated then. But I would like to point, out that last week you said you wouldn't give money to the Concrete Vine unless you had some control over them. Now you turn around and relinquish control over the MUSE." At this point, Mr. Dawson left the meeting. John Frecker: No vote. Expressed relief that Council finally appeared to understand the issue of censorship and had voted against it. Total count: Approving censorship — 4 Opposing censorship —11 As Mr. Dawson had left the meeting, the Chairman declared his amendment to the amendment invalid. Robert Pelley's original amendment came up again, and passed, 9-4. Doug Cook, John Winter, Art Bull, and Kevin Smith voted against it. John Dawson and Jamie Puddester had left the meeting. The clause now reads: "The MUSE shall be a self-governing autonomous body without censorship from the Council of the Students' Union." Mr. Stoker tried to continue into Article III, but was drowned out by Councillors calling for adjournment. "Council meetings are' supposed to end at nine o'clock. It's now four after," they called. But they decided that, since the MUSE has had no constitution for two years, the meet- Harvey's Heroes Rules Plans for the formation of a Discipline Corps at Memorial are progressing favourably reported Harvey Taylor, chairman of the Student Discipline Committee. The constitution of the "Student Discipline Corps" subject to modification, presently calls for a corps chief in his third, fourth, or fifth year and some 10 to 20 members of whom at least two must be female. No member of the CSU will be permitted to enter the corps. Applications for positions of chief and corps members will be accepted up to January 20. Appointments will be made, Mr. Taylor added, as soon as possible thereafter. He explained the purpose of the corps as a start at having the university discipline its own affairs. "Social functions particularly," said Mr. Taylor, "seem to be our most immediate and most useful purposes." If legislation is finalized by the end of the month, he said, the corps will be able to offer valuable assistance during Winter Carnival. ing would continue until nine- fifteen. At this point, John Frecker reiterated his earlier threat to resign if this matter were not settled at this meeting. This time his earlier threat had passed almost unnoticed in the confusion. Councillors maintained an iron determination to get home or to the Graduate Society cocktail party on time. However, MUSE Executive Editor Gus Lilly said: "Since this is a matter which can have an adverse effect on the MUSE, I do not feel that action as drastic as resignation is necessary at this time. On behalf of the MUSE, I would like to ask Mr. Frecker to retract his statement." "Under those circumstances, I withdraw that statement," said Mr. Frecker. After prolonged discussion, which used up most of the extra ten minutes, Council decided to put the MUSE constitution first on next Wednesday's agenda. On Mr. Bull's motion, they agreed to continue that meeting for as long as was necessary to discuss the whole constitution. Council adjourned, and Councillors and MUSErs wandered vociferously into the hall. "I'm seriously considering resigning," said Councillor Don Tarrant. "I've never seen a Council like this Eleven articles remain to be discussed next week. At least one of them promises lively controversy; already President Cook has declared he is not in favour of Article XIII which protects the Editor-in-Chief from arbitrary firing by the Council, and which is in accordance with the C.U.P. Constitution. Stop Press! COUNCIL MEMBER PETER IRISH RESIGNED HIS POSITION ON COUNCIL WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18 |
Date created | 2012-01-10 |