Halifax (C11P)-—‘]he Dalhou— sie Student Council unani— mously accepted in princi- ple a’ constitution for the Dalhousie Gazette which

would allow the paper to

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poration. At Sunday's coun- cil meeting, allbut two members agreed to put the question of Gazette inde- pendence to the student population in a referendum, along with the. March 15

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by John Neville

Our hockey Panthers re— ceived some good news ov- er the March break when the Atlantic Universities Ath—- letic ASSOCiation announced the 1977—78 All—Conferen— ce hockey teams. ’

When the Strode had clea- red we Were happy to, see v two of our guys on the first team and another on the second team. Named to thefirst All—Confer— ence team from our Pans Busi— ‘ mess student Wilfred-Mc- Donald and sophomore Bus- ‘ iness sensation Dave Cam- eron. Freshman Louie n Lortie; the league scor- ing diampim, was’named to the second team. ’.

For Wilfred McDonald it is the second time in a ' row he has been given all— star status. Last sea-‘

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fenceman, including“ 13 goals. Out of his 13 goals, 3 were game win- ners. and one, other was the exciting game tie—- ing goal in the dying moments of, the St. F.X.

game.‘

It Was certainly happy.

'times when Dave Cameron

also gained a spot on the first team. Headed towards the league scoring title Dave got hurt with four games left and never re- turned. Still moose, as ~ he is known to his team— mates, finished second in the NJHC and received the first all—star status. Statistically, Moose sco— red 13 times and assisted on 30 others. . Perhaps the. disappoint— ment of all the select- ions was the selection / of our flashy Iouie Lore tie to the second team. After wiming the hague in goals .it appeared as if Louie would be a cer- tain first team member and a bonifide All—Can- adian contender. Unfor-

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_ Peter Greene, chairper— son of the council consti— tution committee said flat it is very important that the Gazette become auto- nomous. "As publishers we have too much power. Our financial control allows us the ability to close down the paper. It's not a good situation when the

student press is controlled r”

by their council".

Valerie Mansour, editor of the Gazette said "As a student press we have to critically assess what coun- cil is doing and this cannot be done pr’operiy if they are our publishers. Having financial control also means they have editorial control--for instance, if the Gazette, for moral 'rea— sons, wants to boycott cer— tain advertising, council might. interfere for what they consider to be solely financial reasons."

Ken Dodd, former Atlantic fieldworker who drew up the original constitution, pointed out that the Gaz— ette Publishing Board will have student participation. "With four students elected at large, a member from .

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the Gazette and councrl, as wefl‘Z-{g‘a lawyer, mem- ber of the local media and a faculty member, you can be assured the Gazette will be responsibly run". , Should the March 15 refer- endum be approved by Dal— housie students, the Gaz— ette will receive a direct levy of $5 per student rat- her than receiving its bud- get through the council's $51 student fee. Dal stu— dents presently contribute about $3.50 towards funding the paper. "The extra ex— pense, as well as inflation, are costs which incur when we become a separate soc- iety," said Mansour. "We'll be paying for a lot of things that are presently coming out of the council budget, but not directly attributed to the Gazette. We'll now be paying for things like typewriter re— pair, and auditor's fees."

'I'ne _G_a_z_e_’_c_t_e_ is presently on a poster and pamphlet campaign encouraging stu— dents to vote for indepen- dence. “The increase in money will be the problem," said Mansour. "I think most people agree with the principle."

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CI-IARIOITEI‘CMN (CUP) — . Students at the University of Prince Edward Island reaffirmed their membership in the Atlantic Federation of Students Feb. 22, Voting 251—133 to continue membership in the regional student. federation .

'Jhe recent vote. followed a one-year trial member— ship in the organization. Students had voted last year to join AFS and reconsider their member- ship this year.

Pay Shalala, PEI'caucus chairperson for AFS, said the result was "very good" despite 'its many internal problems earlier this " year. "

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tor Tony Kelly said: "It's great. It shows students are in support of the concept of a regional student organization."

'Jlne AFS vote was held at the same time as a student ‘ council general election. Although 535 students in the elections, , only 384 cast ballots in

- the AFS referendum. 'Jhere are ‘about 2,000 students at the university. »

Shalala said that while 65 per cent of students who voted in the AFS referendum favoured ' continued membership, it was obvious that a lot of students were still on the fence about the organization.

AFS has 13 member campuses in the four Atlantic provinces.