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the muse
Friday , October 9, 1970
National Dope Day
Referendum will poll students on p
students will likely vote later this
month in a national referendum on the
legalization of marijuana.
The Council of the Students Union
were to decide last night whether to take
part in the referendum which its
organizers hope will "lend more support
for legalization of cannabis."
CSU president Bill Bishop said
Thursday the CSU would likely want
Memorial to participate in the
referendum but the results of last night's
meeting were not available in time for
this week's MUSE.
The referendum is being held in
conjunction with "National Dope Day,"
ect promoted by the Western
..an Students Unions at a
nee in August. The date is
October 26.
Christine M. Krawczyk of the
sity of British Columbia,
co-ordinator of the referendum, said she
hopes the results will be presented to the
federal government as support for the
legalization of pot, or at least will initiate
a moratorium on convictions under the
il Code.
iferendum, if voted on here, will
also include a secondary question on
: the CSU should post bail for
nts busted for pot and acid.
meeting two weeks ago, the
threw out a motion that would
quired the union to furnish bail
student busted for possession of
ina, hashish or LSD, if the student
le to find another bail source
18 hours.
motion was made by Bishop and
led by vice-president Merrill
and councillor Bob Pottier. It was.
J by the votes of councillors Tim
Bob Andrews, Adrian Horwood
Kennedy.
-ood at the time suggested a
• referendum on the marijuana
issue and Bishop said that if council
agrees to participate in the national poll,
the referendum on bail could be held
along with it.
The wording for the national
referendum is: "Are you in favor of the
legalization of marijuana?"
Meanwhile, a conference on drug abuse
will be held here in early November. Its
planning is jointly sponsored by the
Student's Union, the Student Affairs
Department and the MUN Medical
School.
Ed White of Student Affairs said
Thursday that the form of the conference
has not yet been decided. "We hope to
set up an ongoing process which could
include public and student education on
drugs."
He said that the conference will
probably look at what can be included ...
things like drop-in centres, a 24-hour
crisis phone service, and help in finding
specific kinds of professional help such as
doctors, lawyers, counsellors and
government agencies."
The chief resource person for the
project will be Doctor Taylor Staten,
chief of psychiatry for the student health
services, University of Toronto. There is
also a possibility of the help of some one
who has been involved with a crises
phone service in Nova Scotia.
The new season for Campus politics got off to its usual rollicking start Wednesday as students crammed into
a stuffy and smoke-filled Little Theatre at lunch hour to hear the speeches of candidates for the CSU and
the university senate. The political fervor soon reached such a peak that returning officer Bob Buckingham
decided to cancel the speeches lest rioting ensue. Details page 3.
Charges "spurious", says CSU president
uncil ot the Students' Union has issued a
tatement branding as "spurious" charges made in last
'ISE that Memorial University is offering
degrees to Don Jamieson, federal minister of
and Leslie Curtis, provincial justice minister,
: win their influence in obtaining money for
m the department of regional economic
ront page editorial last Friday, the MUSE
ie university senate of offering the degrees to
md Curtis in order to gain their influence in an
i get upwards of $50 million from DREE for
rvelopment of the North Campus.
It charged that the scheme was mainly the doings of
immistration president Lord Taylor and vice-president
•an and that the Senate honorary degrees
. was cognL nt of the motives when
icommending Jamieson and Curtis.
statement issued last weekend, CSU president
p said that after "a thorough and careful
lie council is satisfied that this charge is
•
Bishop acknowledged that an application for the
money has been made to DREE but claimed that at no
time prior to the secret ballot by which the entire senate
approved Jamieson and Curtis did the question of the
DREE grant arise.
"The Senators, with the exception of one or two,
knew nothing of the application to DREE. We are
satisfied that the Senate acted in good faith," Bishop
said.
The statement, however, expressed agreement with
the principle espoused in the MUSE editorial that
awarding of honorary degrees and the consideration of
government fund allocations to the university should
have no connection at all.
"If honorary degrees must be awarded we do not
disagree with awarding them to Dr. Olds, Jamieson and
Winter. However we cannot agree with awarding one to
L.R. Curtis," Bishop continued.
"It would be naive to suggest that the Senate was
unaware that Jamieson and Curtis might be valuable
friends of the university in some way at some future
date. However, it is quite untrue to suggest that this was
the only reason, or even the principle reason for their
selection."
All degrees, the statement said, are fast becoming
farcical nowadays and honorary degrees are a pure joke.
"We are sure that the importance which the recipients
attach to them is minimal. We would hope that it would
have no profound effect of their decisions within the
governmental process.
"This whole misunderstanding and controversy is an
argument for two changes within the university; first,
open meetings of the Senate so that erroneous
speculation based on rumor and loose talk need not
occur, and secondly, the abolition of honorary degrees
entirely, since they are a needless anachronism in any
case," the statement concluded.
MUSE co-editors Paul Harrington and Ron Crocker
say they have no intention of backing down on any of
the remarks made in the editorial and claim they are
satisfied that the university senate honorary degrees
committee had as their primary consideration the
possible monetary return from awarding the degrees to
Jamieson and Curtis.
(See editorial page 4).
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| Title | Cover |
| Description | The Muse, Vol. 21, No. 04 (October 09, 1970) |
| Language | Eng |
| PDF File | (3.86MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/muse/TheMuse_V21N04.pdf |
| Transcript | the muse Friday , October 9, 1970 National Dope Day Referendum will poll students on p students will likely vote later this month in a national referendum on the legalization of marijuana. The Council of the Students Union were to decide last night whether to take part in the referendum which its organizers hope will "lend more support for legalization of cannabis." CSU president Bill Bishop said Thursday the CSU would likely want Memorial to participate in the referendum but the results of last night's meeting were not available in time for this week's MUSE. The referendum is being held in conjunction with "National Dope Day," ect promoted by the Western ..an Students Unions at a nee in August. The date is October 26. Christine M. Krawczyk of the sity of British Columbia, co-ordinator of the referendum, said she hopes the results will be presented to the federal government as support for the legalization of pot, or at least will initiate a moratorium on convictions under the il Code. iferendum, if voted on here, will also include a secondary question on : the CSU should post bail for nts busted for pot and acid. meeting two weeks ago, the threw out a motion that would quired the union to furnish bail student busted for possession of ina, hashish or LSD, if the student le to find another bail source 18 hours. motion was made by Bishop and led by vice-president Merrill and councillor Bob Pottier. It was. J by the votes of councillors Tim Bob Andrews, Adrian Horwood Kennedy. -ood at the time suggested a • referendum on the marijuana issue and Bishop said that if council agrees to participate in the national poll, the referendum on bail could be held along with it. The wording for the national referendum is: "Are you in favor of the legalization of marijuana?" Meanwhile, a conference on drug abuse will be held here in early November. Its planning is jointly sponsored by the Student's Union, the Student Affairs Department and the MUN Medical School. Ed White of Student Affairs said Thursday that the form of the conference has not yet been decided. "We hope to set up an ongoing process which could include public and student education on drugs." He said that the conference will probably look at what can be included ... things like drop-in centres, a 24-hour crisis phone service, and help in finding specific kinds of professional help such as doctors, lawyers, counsellors and government agencies." The chief resource person for the project will be Doctor Taylor Staten, chief of psychiatry for the student health services, University of Toronto. There is also a possibility of the help of some one who has been involved with a crises phone service in Nova Scotia. The new season for Campus politics got off to its usual rollicking start Wednesday as students crammed into a stuffy and smoke-filled Little Theatre at lunch hour to hear the speeches of candidates for the CSU and the university senate. The political fervor soon reached such a peak that returning officer Bob Buckingham decided to cancel the speeches lest rioting ensue. Details page 3. Charges "spurious", says CSU president uncil ot the Students' Union has issued a tatement branding as "spurious" charges made in last 'ISE that Memorial University is offering degrees to Don Jamieson, federal minister of and Leslie Curtis, provincial justice minister, : win their influence in obtaining money for m the department of regional economic ront page editorial last Friday, the MUSE ie university senate of offering the degrees to md Curtis in order to gain their influence in an i get upwards of $50 million from DREE for rvelopment of the North Campus. It charged that the scheme was mainly the doings of immistration president Lord Taylor and vice-president •an and that the Senate honorary degrees . was cognL nt of the motives when icommending Jamieson and Curtis. statement issued last weekend, CSU president p said that after "a thorough and careful lie council is satisfied that this charge is • Bishop acknowledged that an application for the money has been made to DREE but claimed that at no time prior to the secret ballot by which the entire senate approved Jamieson and Curtis did the question of the DREE grant arise. "The Senators, with the exception of one or two, knew nothing of the application to DREE. We are satisfied that the Senate acted in good faith," Bishop said. The statement, however, expressed agreement with the principle espoused in the MUSE editorial that awarding of honorary degrees and the consideration of government fund allocations to the university should have no connection at all. "If honorary degrees must be awarded we do not disagree with awarding them to Dr. Olds, Jamieson and Winter. However we cannot agree with awarding one to L.R. Curtis," Bishop continued. "It would be naive to suggest that the Senate was unaware that Jamieson and Curtis might be valuable friends of the university in some way at some future date. However, it is quite untrue to suggest that this was the only reason, or even the principle reason for their selection." All degrees, the statement said, are fast becoming farcical nowadays and honorary degrees are a pure joke. "We are sure that the importance which the recipients attach to them is minimal. We would hope that it would have no profound effect of their decisions within the governmental process. "This whole misunderstanding and controversy is an argument for two changes within the university; first, open meetings of the Senate so that erroneous speculation based on rumor and loose talk need not occur, and secondly, the abolition of honorary degrees entirely, since they are a needless anachronism in any case," the statement concluded. MUSE co-editors Paul Harrington and Ron Crocker say they have no intention of backing down on any of the remarks made in the editorial and claim they are satisfied that the university senate honorary degrees committee had as their primary consideration the possible monetary return from awarding the degrees to Jamieson and Curtis. (See editorial page 4). |
| Date created | 2012-01-10 |
