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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.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 2, September 12, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 2 includes: More space is needed in the Brock library due to overcrowding, but expansion into the 9th floor will cost around $205,000; Bette Stephenson says the province’s universities will only turn into job training centres over her “dead body.”; Part 1 of the Feature series by Victor V. Fic titled “Deterrence and the American Experience," looking at U.S. deterrence approaches past and present; Press re-introduces the Brock Press Pink Flamingo, the bird who travels across St. Catharines and Brock to keep an eye on everything.
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The Press, Volume 21, Issue 1, September 5, 1984The Press, Volume 21, Issue 1 includes: Pat Hewitt is returning to perform at Alphie’s for orientation; The Grape and Wine Festival returns to St. Catharines for its 34th annual presentation.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 26, April 4, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 26 includes: Chris Conrad reflects on the year in her final editorial, touching on accusations of suppressing the news, misconceptions on what the Press is supposed to be, and thanking the people who make Press possible; Mike Wilking, Romance Studies representative to BUSAC, is charged for trespassing and unpermitted solicitation; the Brock Student Movement has similarly been decertified for the same reasons; Chris Conrad examines the Brock Student Movement, a “small Marxist-Leninist group,” who “may look foolish to some, just annoying to others, but… are gathering support by using the naivete of students.”; Professor Angus A. Somerville wins the Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 25, March 28, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 25 includes: The Quebec Government’s announces a differential fee for out-of-province students; the AUCC calls it “ill advised and a threat to student mobility.”; Doris Chown unveils the first name sign for the MacKenzie Chown Complex, which makes up two thirds of the recent expansion symbol.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 24, March 21, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 24 includes: Chris Conrad answers the most asked questions by Brock students, including topics on transit, the school’s chilly temperatures, and the “indoor rain” in the hallways.; The Board of Trustees votes to change the Brock logo to enhance the school’s image, but not the name of the university to “Isaac Brock University.”; Swen Shannon features the candidates for BUSAC President, the Board of Trustees, and the Senatorial candidate; Press answers everything Brock students want to know about CFBU, but are too afraid to ask; Bill Matheson is appointed as the new vice-president of Brock University.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 23, March 14, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 23 includes: Chris Conrad discusses the issue of Indigenous self-governance, saying that all cultures in Canada should integrate into every other culture; Wiliam Macadam, president of Norfolk Communications, speaks at Brock about “the ubiquitous yet elusive Canadian Culture.”; Catherine Hurford explores the problem of overcrowding at the Brock Library and some solutions students can assist with while the administration tries to make more space; American vigilante group the Guardian Angels visit St. Catharines to assess the possibility of starting a chapter in the city.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 22, March 7, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 22 includes: Nick Toth has won the Press election for the position of Editor; he will take over Editorial duties from Chris Conrad on May 1, 1984; Bill Jones addresses the university concerning the government’s plan to restructure the Ontario University system in a news release; Lucie Hodgson examines the origins and importance of International Women’s Day; As Ottawa says goodbye to Pierre Trudeau, Chris Conrad takes a look at all he did as Prime Minister, and how he “did work for Canada.”
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 21, February 15, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 21 includes: Dr. Brian Ostrow, National spokesman of the People’s Front spoke at Brock about Prime Minister Trudeau’s “Peace Initiative,” which he called a “peace demagogy of imperialism.”; Udo Lundberg explores the winter reading week, and trends of students travelling less in relation to higher rates of unemployment; Letters to the Editor are mostly responding to recent articles and debates about abortion, but many focus on Betty Blashill’s Marxist-Leninist stories.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 20, February 8, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 20 includes: The Press Issues & Outlooks section features debates regarding the university’s proposed name change to “Isaac Brock University.”; Lisa La Horey examines the debate at the University of Toronto, “Socialism or Capitalism? Which is the moral system?” Dave Mackenzie, Brock University Alumnus and Board of Trustees Member, argues against the university’s proposed name change; Player profile on Bob Yuhasz, a third-year Phys. Ed. student and Badgers basketball player who hates nicknames and never wears the same pair of pants twice.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 19, February 1, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 19 includes: Chris Conrad responds to the back page ad from the Brock Administration and doubles down that adding the “Isaac” to the name of the university will cost funds better used elsewhere in the school; Brock Administration ad on the back page remarks on editorial comments on the university’s proposed name change, “with their incomplete facts, and their quick leaps of logic.”; The former Brock student responsible for more than $100,000 of damage to the Tower’s front door and Dr. Earp’s office has been sentenced to three years of probation, must stay away from Brock, and repay $5,000 in two year’s time; The Brock Press Pink Flamingo has been Flamingo-napped from the Press office; anyone knowing the whereabouts of the flamingo are asked to come forward; Dan D’Angelo, Dawna Bacon, Kel Girce, Peter Ladage and Nick Toth are running for Editor of the Press.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 18, January 25, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 18 includes: Chris Conrad expresses her contempt at the recent plan by the Administration to change the university’s name to “Isaac Brock University,” and urges students to sign the petition opposing the name change; Several letters to the editor criticize Chris Conrad’s editorial, “Why Gay Rights.”; University professors across Ontario are expressing concern over Bette Stephenson’s move to restructure the province’s university system.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 17, January 18, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 17 includes: Lucie Hodgson and Betty Blashill examine Prime Minister Trudeau’s “peace initiative” with critical lenses; Mike Crawly has been arrested at his home in Welland in connection with the murder of Dr. Edith Wightman of McMaster University. Karen T. Willcock examines the role of the Ombudsman, concluding that if their services are used only when necessary, and used wisely, the Ombudsman will remain a part of a working system; Several letters to the editor criticize Chris Conrad’s editorial, “Why Gay Rights?”; Brock will hold a five-day Winter Carnival for the first time in recent history.
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The Press, Volume 20, Issue 16, January 11, 1984The Press, Volume 20, Issue 16 includes: Why Gay Rights?: Chris Conrad expresses her opinion on gay and lesbian rights, ultimately concluding that LGBTQ+ people should not express their sexualities to anybody but their friends and families and should not expect any “sympathy or special rights”; this article will receive much backlash in later editions via letters to the editor; Dr. Edith Wightman of the McMaster University History Department was murdered in her office; police have established offices at McMaster ad Brock, and there have been sightings of the suspect in St. Catharines; The new provincial funding plan will unfairly penalize universities that have expanded in recent years, like Brock.
