RSS 1.0Brock University Student Newspaper Collection, 1964-2020
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For 60 years The Brock Press has been the eyes, ears and voice of Brock University’s community. The Brock Press is the only media organization that provides a completely independent perspective at Brock. Additionally, as of 2023 The Brock Press is one of the few worker co-operative news organizations in Canada.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 9, October 29, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 9 includes: Press Autonomy: An Introduction: After consultation with BUSU President Mike O’Bright, Press has decided to become autonomous; a referendum will be held in November to decide the future of Press; Ralph Misener, a member of the Brock University Founding Board, was installed as the new Chancellor of Brock University; William Matheson will receive the first Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching for his contributions to Brock; Brock Jam highlights the musical talent of students at Brock.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 8, October 22, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 8 includes: Brock’s Student Union wants to bring life back to the Pub, whose popularity has decreased over the last few years; The University is facing a deficit of close to $311,000 for the current fiscal year, but Terry Varcoe, vice president of the administration, predicts it will be less; Future of Brock University’s Grade 12 Program Doubtful; Bette Stephenson “proved to be an able politician” at her visit to Brock, saying that grade 13 may become a thing of the past in Ontario and seeming to be sympathetic to the problems of universities.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 7, October 15, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 7 includes: Bette Stephenson is coming to speak at Brock; specific details are still unknown, but Press laments not having cream pies on hand; Radio Brock is on its way to becoming a genuine radio station; Reports of toxic shock syndrome from new Rely Tampons are causing many people to throw out their supplies; Two printers in Calgary refused to print the University of Calgary engineering newspaper for “alleged obscene and pornographic material.”
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 6, October 8, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 6 includes: Sharon Boase supports the new “somewhat strict” smoking law in Hamilton, saying that smokers’ habits affect non-smokers regardless of what either party says; Spotlight on Father Joseph Higgins, who recently left his position of senior resident of Decew Residence; Michael Davidson speaks to Brock students about film censorship, and how the current censor board should be abolished; The Philosophy Club may soon be returning to regular activity, and students are encouraged to get involved; James Moo Young explores the riots of May 1980 in Miami, Florida.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 1, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 5 includes: Members of a construction crew working on the Brock pool witnessed two Niagara Regional Police officers arresting a Brock student with what seemed an excessive amount of force; The First Step Towards An International Outlook; Brock students voice their opinions to the mobile unit from Cherington, the CHCH-TV 11 talk show; DLJ explains what Brock students can do with a degree in English once they graduate.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 4, September 24, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 4 includes: Radio Brock is undergoing a number of changes to make it more responsive to the the needs of Brock students; Mike O’Bright outlines some of BUSU’s priorities and goals; Lewd Disney centrespread for the “walls and ceilings” of Brock students; The student editor of the Daily Texan was jailed for refusing to surrender unpublished photographs and negatives of the anti-Shah-of-Iran protest at the University of Texas in January; Cherington is a new local TV series that will combine news, public affairs and an open-line concept.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 17, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 3 includes: Parking has become a big problem at Brock, with the main lot often overcrowded and the new lot being too expensive; Pinball funds from the Poesis lounge will go toward Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope; Mike O’Bright asks for volunteers to help BUSU run smoothly; Elections will be taking place in Residence for two representatives from each house to sit on the Residence Action Committee; Residence orientation was a “phenomenal success.”
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 2, September 10, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 2 includes: BUSU finally seems to be a stable financial situation, with their total deficit down to $36,500 from $44,000; The opening of the swimming pool at Brock is four months behind schedule, but the future of the pool is hopeful; Press explains that it wants to become autonomous, i.e. separate from the Student Union, which involves a referendum in the spring.
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The Press, Volume 17, Issue 1, September 3, 1980The Press, Volume 17, Issue 1 includes: For a university with the “best damned orientation program in the province,” Brock’s orientation for 1980 will be “better than ever.”; Press encourages students to familiarize themselves; Dr. Alan Earp, President of Brock University, says the possibility of an affiliation between Brock and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College is alive; Saga has implemented a new meal plan.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 22, April 2, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 22 includes: Brian Smylski is announced as the new Press editor for 1980/81; 3,000 students, from Brock and other universities, including BUSU president-elect Mike O’Bright, protest rising tuition fees and other imposed financial burdens from the government at the front steps of the Provincial Legislature.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 21, March, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 21 includes: Dr. Alan Earp denies a report which stated Ontario’s smaller universities asked the University of Toronto to stop expanding; Press criticizes cost increases to Brock residences, making them some of the most expensive places to live in St. Catharines despite promising to be a place for young adults to “find their new independence.”; W5 releases an apology for its controversial and racist story, “The Campus Giveaway”; Press provides the apology itself and a number of responses, including from Dr. Earp; The Ontario Federation of Students (OFS) may take legal action against the Ontario Progressive Conservative Campus Association for a potentially libelous article in a Tory publication; Bette Stephenson is greeted with a pie in the face and student criticism while speaking at the University of Waterloo; Message from Mike: A statement from Mike O’Brien on BUSU’s financial troubles and other points.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 20, March 19, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 20 includes: Cheryl McIntyre from the Brock Press is elected 1980-81 Vice-President of the Ontario Region Canadian University Press (ORCUP); Mike O’Bright receives strong mandate for BUSU president-elect; Brock professor Jack Miller receives a grant for the purhase of a computerized data system for his department mass spectrometer facility; McGill University senate upholds students’ right to respect picket lines during the recent staff service strike; Press plans to introduce a motion to implement such a mandate should future strikes occur.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 19, March 12, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 19 includes: Despite discouraging words from an Ontario Ministry of Environment official, Desso Majtenyi, Prof. Mike Dickman is continuing to pursue his lawsuit of Cyanamid of Canada Ltd; Elsa Rayner from the Single Parents’ Action Group criticizes OSAP policies which would deduct funding from single parents on Family Benefits Assistance or General Welfare Assistance; Due to a miscalculation, Niagara College must repay the Ontario ministry of colleges and universities an overpayment of $250,000; Students gather across the province to protest education cutbacks and tution fee increases.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 18, March 5, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 18 includes: The Editor criticizes Leo Cooper’s platform for BUSU president, citing “delusions of grandeur” and “flagrant disregard” for BUSU policy; A Canadian Dilemma: The Erosion of Medicare; The Case of the Missing Calculators: 10-15 missing calculators reported by the General Brock store are in fact not miss=ing; The student newspaper of King’s College has ceased publication for the year due to financial troubles; Sexism in Advertising
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 17, February 27, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 17 includes: Cooper Shows Contempt For Students: Leo Cooper, BUSU presidential candidate criticizes BUSU administration, wants to be student-focused, but offers no solutions and does not stay for the question period; Board of Trustees Candidates
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 16, February 13, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 16 includes: Press provides some of the major issues pertaining to the upcoming elections for local parliament and where candidates stand on them; Construction of Brock’s new swimming pool nears the halfway point; Former Canadian Football League Star Garney Henley joins Brock University as athletic director and basketball coach.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 15, February 6, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 15 includes: Soviet dissident speaks at Brock: Valentyz Moroz, a Ukrainian dissident and human rights activist, comes to the university; 2,000 demonstrators march on CTV’s headquarters to protest the W5 program, deemed “racist and inaccurate.”; The NUS is “optimistic but cautious” about Liberal promises to introduce student representation.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 14, January 30, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 14 includes: Winter term cheque from the University to BUSU is higher than expected and is estimated to reduce BUSU’s original debt of $41,000 to $33,000; The Association of Retired Speakers (ARS), headed by Andy McIntyre, Robert Cairns and Bruce Roberts, is ratified by BUSAC; Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) censures Memorial University of Newfoundland for discrimination on the grounds of political belief.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 13, January 23, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 13 includes: BUSU issued cheques to the executive committee for the month of December even when nobody but the president, Dave Schaffer, was working; considering BUSU has reported a severely limited budget, the Press is extremely suspicious; Press explains numerous methods of contraception because they are “concerned” about the “surprising lack of knowledge among young people about the various methods of contraception.”; Students will receive lower average wages for their work in the summer, according to the NUS; Professor Maurice Yacowar is appointed the next dean of the division of humanities.
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The Press, Volume 16, Issue 12, January 16, 1980The Press, Volume 16, Issue 12 includes: Brock will have four new programs listed next year: Fine Arts, Religious Studies, Canadian and European Community Studies and Canadian Studies; Ron McGraw, Dean of Student Services, is appointed as permanent Registrar; A site for the new Niagara Regional headquarters is selected.
