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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 22, March 27, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 22 includes: Bus drivers and maintenance workers for the St. Catharines Transit have gone on strike, leading to a number of issues for Brock students regarding transportation; Members of the President’s Committee on Sexual Harassment describes how sexual harassment and gender harassment impairs the learning process, and details what this looks like at Brock; Press calls out BUSAC for recognizing Delta Kappa Xi, a group that discriminates based on gender and academic standing, as a fraternity; Brock receives good news regarding its funding for the 1985/86 year.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 21, March 20, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 21 includes: The referendum to decide whether BUSU president Scott Patterson should remain in office is invalid because not enough students voted; Rob Keddy, Paula Langley and Kathy Pyatt are in the midst of setting up a women’s centre at Brock; Candidates for BUSU president Kent Baerg, Paul O’Rourke, Don Knight, Phil Ritchie and Tim Housser answer some questions about their platforms and beliefs; Issues arise in Brock’s Queenston residence as the General Hospital Administration and the Fire Department decree that cooking in rooms poses a fire risk, and the practice should be immediately halted; however, alternatives are not realistic, and students are complaining; Norman Webster, Editor-in-Chief of the Globe and Mail, will speak to Brock students on the media’s relationship with the public.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 20, February 20, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 20 includes: The Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) and the administration have commenced negotiations for a Special Plan Agreement between the two parties; Tatyana Mamonova, an exiled feminist from Russia, speaks of feminism and peace to Brock students; BUSAC approves the year’s major concert, bringing UB40 to Bro and other forms of entertainment at Brock; The federal government is increasing its transfer payments to the provinces for post-secondary institutions by more than seven per cent next year.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 19, February 13, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 19 includes: The legal advisor for Lucie Hodgson, the student facing a trespassing charge for selling copies of a Marxist-Leninist newspaper for 10 cents, has presented a strong argument based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; A referendum will be held to decide whether or not Scott Patterson should remain BUSU president for the remainder of the term; The Brock Men’s Fencing Epée team are O.U.A.A. Bronze Medalists.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 18, February 6, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 18 includes: BUSU President Scott Patterson apologizes for and explains some of the recent controversy regarding BUSU spending; BUSAC forms the Finance Investigation Council (FIC) to probe the finances of BUSU and report back to the council; A student is out $800 after having her banking card stolen at the Library, but not reporting the theft until a few days after it occurred; Campus Police seriously believe there is a professional thief targeting the school.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 17, January 30, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 17 includes: Nicholas Toth blames the system, not president Scott Patterson, for the recent controversy with the financial affairs of the student union; After the letter to Press from “hobo extraordinaire” described himself living on campus, Brock University Police will increase enforcement for students on campus after hours.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 16, January 23, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 16 includes: At the first BUSAC meeting of 1985, Press Editor Nick Toth and BUSU President Scott Patterson clash: Patterson claims he has been the victim of “political persecution” and misquoting by Press, Toth blasts the executive for withholding $11,000 due to Press, and more; Charges against Mike Wilking and Betty Blashill have been dropped; now, only Lucie Hodgson stands on trial; The Bovey Commission has made public its recommendations, which may actually limit the future of university students in the province; Recommendations from the Library Committee concerning circulation policies are shelved by Senate; the Committee is reviewing the recommendations for further discussions at a later date; “hobo Extraordinaire” writes a letter to Press expressing his gratitude for the lack of security at Brock, which allowed him to live and sleep on Brock’s campus for the better part of three months; Ann Miller discusses women’s sexuality and objectification at Brock; The Highway Traffic Act will soon be enforced on the premises of Brock University.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 15, January 16, 1985The Press, Volume 21, Issue 15 includes: BUSU’s recent investment into the Lincoln Theatre has failed miserably, and now the union is trying to get back the $8,500 dollars they invested in the company responsible for the theatre’s short-term resurrection; Murray McEachern, station manager of CFBU, announces his stepping down from the position for financial reasons; Ann Ivory examines where BUSU money is coming from and where it’s going; Patterson takes a loan from BUSU funds without approval from the Council; Zeke Gerrard writes the first column of a new series titled “A Different Light,” which discusses his personal experiences as a gay man; he hopes other members of the LGBTQ+ community will share their experiences in weeks to come; Professor Douglas Wahlsten from the Psychology Department of the University of Waterloo will speak at a public meeting against political persecution; Betty Blashill will also address the meeting regarding the trespassing charges laid against her and two other students.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 14, December 5, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 14 includes: Press thanks everyone for the success of the “Give A Kid a Christmas” campaign, with 450 toys donated, plus an extra 42 toys from the efforts of the Child Studies Club; Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye comes to Brock to present on The Authority of Literature; BUSU-organized Joe Rockhead’s Secret Firemen’s Ball lost the union $2,000; The Brock community has donated $1,158 to the Ethiopian Development Fund.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 13, November 28, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 13 includes: With gas caps being found on the grounds around Brock, Campus Police suspect that someone is stealing gas; this, combined with the overall increase of thefts on campus, leads them to believe that professionals could be working the area; With reports estimating that 900,000 people in Africa will die in 1984 due to starvation and diseases related to malnutrition, the Brock Chapter of World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and the International Students Association (ISA) are raising money to aid the victims of the famine; The St. Catharines Transit Commission is investigating the nighttime bus service and reinstating the Thorold bus.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 12, November 21, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 12 includes: The court case regarding the trespassing charges of Ms. Hodgson, Ms. Blashill and Mr. Wilking has been adjourned until January; Students at Brock want “to do something” to aid those affected by the drought affecting Africa; some are gathering donations and WUSC is hosting a meeting to organize the gathering of funds; Judy McGill, Recreation Consultant and guest lecturer at Brock, writes to Press to express her outrage at the logo on the sexist women’s bathroom in the physical education complex; Dawn Nevills of CFBU Radio Brock provides a retrospect on the Brock Jam, featuring local and student musicians; The Campus Ministry provides their viewpoint on capital punishment, ultimately not accepting its discussed return.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 11, November 14, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 11 includes: At least 89 faculty members at Brock have signed a petition calling for the administration to drop the trespassing charges against Betty Blashill and Lucie Hodgson, members of the former club, the Brock Student Movement (Marxist-Leninist); Dr. Earp feels the petition calling for the drop of trespassing charges is “loaded,” but despite his request for the charges to be dropped for other reasons, the crown is proceeding with their prosecution; Foreign students can now apply for and receive an American visa at Brock, forgoing the expense of travelling to Toronto; Bette Stephenson uses emergency bill to force community college teachers to return to work, and people aren’t happy.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 10, November 7, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 10 includes: Press partners with 97.7 QR-RM for the campaign “Give a Kid a Christmas,” and urges students and faculty to make donations; The Alumni Greenhouse, perhaps one of the “most innovative greenhouses at any university in Canada,” is officially opened; Last year’s Vette for Science draw did not raise any money for the Science Development Fund, instead costing about $5,000; The Science Development Fund still needs $1.5 million to be donated to cover the cost of the new science complex; The Brock NDP Club presents local MPP Mel Stewart of Thorold, who explained the philosophy of the NDP in comparison to the Liberal and Conservative parties.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 9, October 31, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 9 includes: Brock hosts another exchange program, this time with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Acatlan); A BUSU Constitutional Committee is looking into the division of the Vice-President’s duties so that instead of two people doing one person’s job, two people will do two people’s jobs; BUSAC meeting sparks internal controversy over increasing the number of executives to six.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 8, October 24, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 8 includes: The Highway 406 extension, linking the 406 to the QEW and making it so people don’t need to drive through St. Catharines to get to Brock, is officially opened; The West Lincoln Task Force Against Toxic Waste has forwarded its interim brief to the Ontario Waste Management Corporation, outlining their position regarding the choice of two West Lincoln sites as candidates; Alphie’s Trough gets a satellite dish to provide more broadcasting selections for Brock students; Quebec’s three English-language universities will not get the $4 million dollars promised to them by the provincial government, forcing them to run deficits.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 7, October 17, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 7 includes: Nicholas Toth explores BUSAC’s projected budget and topics from their first meeting since the beginning of term; Campus Police are offering a $200 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for a recent string of spray paint vandalism which has caused an estimated $2,673 in damage, which could be spent on better things at Brock; Flora MacDonald, Minister of Employment and Immigration, has announced the introduction of a $250 million round of constituency-based Canada Works programming to meet the continuing unemployment crisis; Cathryne Hurford examines the issue of bulimia, which female university students are prime candidates for, and says a fourth year student is attempting to create a support group for bulimics at Brock.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 6, October 10, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 6 includes: Canadians continue to protest the testing of a cruise missile in Canada; Peter Ladage explores why the cruise missile is a point of contention over other nuclear weapons and what the movement has done in the last two years; The St. Catharines Transit Commission cancels the Thorold bus route because not enough riders were using the service; Centrefold features BUSU’s released financial statements for the year ending on April 30, 1984; A 72-unit condominium cluster has been proposed for the land that used to be the Brock University Glenridge Campus.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 5, October 3, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 5 includes: Brock’s outdoor amphitheatre would be great, but no shows can be put on because of issues including temperature, the excessive use of concrete, the position of the seats in relation to the glare of the sun and more; While the Brock women’s soccer team is undefeated in their season, the Brock men’s soccer team has not won a single game; Authors of the “highly opinionated, unsubstantiated” book “The Great Brain Robbery” blame students and faculty for most of the problems in the university system; Brian Mulroney and his Progressive Conservatives have promised a new Canada, but they have little to offer students; Part 1 of the Feature series by Victor V. Fic titled “Deterrence and the American Experience.”
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 4, September 26, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 4 includes: A necessary and experimental bus route from Thorold to Brock is not being used enough to warrant its continuation, but students were not told of its existence; Around $25,000 has been spent to try and repair the leaky roofs across Brock: near Doug Geddies office, over the Brock Bookstore, over the Printshop and more; Some students have found a place to live on the top floor of the Leonard Motel due to limited availability on Brock residences; The Concordia Lutheran Seminary has been officially opened and dedicated; Part 3 of the Feature series by Victor V. Fic titled “Deterrence and the American Experience.”
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 3, September 19, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 3 includes: The Bovey Commission’s modifications to university funding are “unfair,” and Brock wants its share of government funding; Pope John Paul II visits Toronto, filling thousands with hope as he urged people to use technology for the betterment of everyone; young vendors trying to sell knock-off ‘Pope-orabilia’ made the experience somewhat frustrating for Alicia Daniels; New CFBU manager Murray McEachern wants to make a more efficient station to improve its services; Part 2 of the Feature series by Victor V. Fic titled “Deterrence and the American Experience.”; Homelocators, a business designed to help its clients find homes, has faced numerous complaints for its fees and unsuitable vacancies; alternatively, Brock’s Housing Office is free and specifically designed for Brock students.