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the muse May 25,1990 Memorial University of Newfoundland Volume 40, Number 21 MAY! By MIKE DAVIS Dr. Arthur W. May is the new President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University, said an announcement of the Presidential Search Committee. Born and raised in St. John's, May is a renowned Canadian fisheries biologist and is currently President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC). A graduate of Memorial University where he received a B.Sc. (honors) in biology and a M.Sc.in fisheries biology, he went on to get a PhD in marine sciences from McGill University. He became deputy minister in the federal department of fisheries from 1982-86 after years of involvement in the fisheries. Al Roberts of the Board of Regents said, "We looked nationally, internationally, and locally and May was the best candidate we could find." He said several prominent candidates were nominated for the position and were interviewed by the Presidential Search Committee. May was the most popular choice, inside and outside the university, because of his ad ministrative, academic, personal, and public relations experience. A number groups made presentations to the committee, including the Council of the Students' Union. Dr. Arthur May was a student councillor at MUN during the 1950s and is very interested in students and student issues, according to Roberts. CSU President Wade Brake said that Dr. May "...seems very qualified and I look forward to meeting him before he takes office." Spring registration Government reinstates funding Womens Centre protests pay off By DONNA WONG On May 4, 1990, the federal government announced that it would reinstate 1.2 million dollars of the 1.6 million allotted for Women's Centres that was cut in the budget. However, explained, Marion Hopkins, member of the steering committee of the Women's Centre, it will only be for one year. Additionally, various organizations like CCLOW (Canadian Congress for the Learning of Women), CRIAW, CAPS, Health Sharing Publication (a feminist magazine) and many political lobbying groups, are not included in the 1.2 million dollars. "We were very happy to receive the funding for one more year...but as a long term goal, it is not suitable.", Hopkins said. She added that there are no definite plans as yet, but an Annual General meeting of the Women's Centre will be held on May 29 at the Grad House, where the whole issue and long term plans will be discussed. "We're not going to just sit...we're doing some long-term planning.", Hopkins said. The government refunding did not occur without work. Jackie Brown, also of the Women's Centre, said that numerous calls were made and many letters were written to various politicians. Two protests were held at Bannerman Park; and there was a Weiner roast. Probably the strangest form of protest was the protest held at the Secretary of State office, which received national media attention. On Wednesday, April 25,1990, women and children protested the cutbacks by sitting in at the Secretary of State's Office. "They didn't really make any trouble for the workers, they just stayed there to remind people of the protest.", explained Cass Reimer. On Friday, May 27, the women were kicked out. Twenty-two women and two men were arrested, on the Monday the occupation ended. "The group was just waiting in }he writing WDm,"f explained j Muriel Male of the Women's Centre. Male said the twenty-four people were charged with mischief. At present, one person has already appeared in court and has already appeared in court and has been charged; the others have received their summons and are waiting to appear. Although there are no definite plans on how to counteract the government's action, Jane Burnham, the provincial representative of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women said that, "...the intention is to keep on lobbying (the government) at all levels." At present, this federal government has said that it is prepared to fund Women's Centres on a dol- lar-for-dollar basis with the provincial governments after this one-year period. Burnham explained, "Women's Centres are necessary to help women help women." Even though plans are not definite, Burnham said, "My recommendation to all women is to keep on lobbying; write letters, call, speak to them (politicians), to make them recognize that funding to women's groups is necessary." By MIKE DAVIS "This Spring 1990 telephone registration session had the smoothest run so far." according to Assistant Registrar, Mr. T. Morgan. Morgan said that unlike past semesters the number of complaints were "virtually nil". He credited changes brought into the system for the spring semester as the reason for this improvement. There was also an increase in enrollment over last year's spring semester. As of May 18, preliminary figures showed that 5010 students had enrolled compared to 4847 who had enrolled by the deadline last year. Final figures are expected to show an even higher enrollment for this semester. The changes to the telephone registration system included extending the period of registration to include the week before classes up to Sunday, May 13. Morgan said that extending the registration period ensured that "telephone lines were open al most the whole time." Morgan said that changes to the procedures for adding and dropping classes ensured "an even flow" in the system. These changes included allowing adding and dropping at the fee payment terminal. There will also be changes to the registration system for the Fall semester starting in September. The Fall semester which is heavily attended and has experienced problems as a result of the lack of telephone lines in the past, will have 16 new telephone lines as of September, double the present number. The registration handbook, which many students have found difficult to use, will also be improved. Morgan said that there will be more readable procedures with clearer directions about what parts of the book are relevant to their situation. THIS WEEK IN THE MUSE Pippy Park, ERC, Ball Hockey Editorials Letters from youse guys Even more letters Mary Dalton, Gods? Forums and Letters The official CHMR FM program guide Jimmy Somerville, Gavin Friday, Depeche Mode What's Happenin' Mouth Off The 'Toons Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Pages 8&9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15
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Title | The Muse, vol. 40, no. 21 (May 25 1990) |
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Transcript | the muse May 25,1990 Memorial University of Newfoundland Volume 40, Number 21 MAY! By MIKE DAVIS Dr. Arthur W. May is the new President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University, said an announcement of the Presidential Search Committee. Born and raised in St. John's, May is a renowned Canadian fisheries biologist and is currently President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC). A graduate of Memorial University where he received a B.Sc. (honors) in biology and a M.Sc.in fisheries biology, he went on to get a PhD in marine sciences from McGill University. He became deputy minister in the federal department of fisheries from 1982-86 after years of involvement in the fisheries. Al Roberts of the Board of Regents said, "We looked nationally, internationally, and locally and May was the best candidate we could find." He said several prominent candidates were nominated for the position and were interviewed by the Presidential Search Committee. May was the most popular choice, inside and outside the university, because of his ad ministrative, academic, personal, and public relations experience. A number groups made presentations to the committee, including the Council of the Students' Union. Dr. Arthur May was a student councillor at MUN during the 1950s and is very interested in students and student issues, according to Roberts. CSU President Wade Brake said that Dr. May "...seems very qualified and I look forward to meeting him before he takes office." Spring registration Government reinstates funding Womens Centre protests pay off By DONNA WONG On May 4, 1990, the federal government announced that it would reinstate 1.2 million dollars of the 1.6 million allotted for Women's Centres that was cut in the budget. However, explained, Marion Hopkins, member of the steering committee of the Women's Centre, it will only be for one year. Additionally, various organizations like CCLOW (Canadian Congress for the Learning of Women), CRIAW, CAPS, Health Sharing Publication (a feminist magazine) and many political lobbying groups, are not included in the 1.2 million dollars. "We were very happy to receive the funding for one more year...but as a long term goal, it is not suitable.", Hopkins said. She added that there are no definite plans as yet, but an Annual General meeting of the Women's Centre will be held on May 29 at the Grad House, where the whole issue and long term plans will be discussed. "We're not going to just sit...we're doing some long-term planning.", Hopkins said. The government refunding did not occur without work. Jackie Brown, also of the Women's Centre, said that numerous calls were made and many letters were written to various politicians. Two protests were held at Bannerman Park; and there was a Weiner roast. Probably the strangest form of protest was the protest held at the Secretary of State office, which received national media attention. On Wednesday, April 25,1990, women and children protested the cutbacks by sitting in at the Secretary of State's Office. "They didn't really make any trouble for the workers, they just stayed there to remind people of the protest.", explained Cass Reimer. On Friday, May 27, the women were kicked out. Twenty-two women and two men were arrested, on the Monday the occupation ended. "The group was just waiting in }he writing WDm,"f explained j Muriel Male of the Women's Centre. Male said the twenty-four people were charged with mischief. At present, one person has already appeared in court and has already appeared in court and has been charged; the others have received their summons and are waiting to appear. Although there are no definite plans on how to counteract the government's action, Jane Burnham, the provincial representative of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women said that, "...the intention is to keep on lobbying (the government) at all levels." At present, this federal government has said that it is prepared to fund Women's Centres on a dol- lar-for-dollar basis with the provincial governments after this one-year period. Burnham explained, "Women's Centres are necessary to help women help women." Even though plans are not definite, Burnham said, "My recommendation to all women is to keep on lobbying; write letters, call, speak to them (politicians), to make them recognize that funding to women's groups is necessary." By MIKE DAVIS "This Spring 1990 telephone registration session had the smoothest run so far." according to Assistant Registrar, Mr. T. Morgan. Morgan said that unlike past semesters the number of complaints were "virtually nil". He credited changes brought into the system for the spring semester as the reason for this improvement. There was also an increase in enrollment over last year's spring semester. As of May 18, preliminary figures showed that 5010 students had enrolled compared to 4847 who had enrolled by the deadline last year. Final figures are expected to show an even higher enrollment for this semester. The changes to the telephone registration system included extending the period of registration to include the week before classes up to Sunday, May 13. Morgan said that extending the registration period ensured that "telephone lines were open al most the whole time." Morgan said that changes to the procedures for adding and dropping classes ensured "an even flow" in the system. These changes included allowing adding and dropping at the fee payment terminal. There will also be changes to the registration system for the Fall semester starting in September. The Fall semester which is heavily attended and has experienced problems as a result of the lack of telephone lines in the past, will have 16 new telephone lines as of September, double the present number. The registration handbook, which many students have found difficult to use, will also be improved. Morgan said that there will be more readable procedures with clearer directions about what parts of the book are relevant to their situation. THIS WEEK IN THE MUSE Pippy Park, ERC, Ball Hockey Editorials Letters from youse guys Even more letters Mary Dalton, Gods? Forums and Letters The official CHMR FM program guide Jimmy Somerville, Gavin Friday, Depeche Mode What's Happenin' Mouth Off The 'Toons Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Pages 8&9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 |
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