AlliternativesifTo Taire Spot/light

Atv Enyironment Meeting

'A special discussiOn on alternative energy,«she1ter and food production will hf— ghlight.next Wednesday's ge— neral meeting of H.O.P.E.

In attendance will be Islan-I

ders who are developing and operating alternatives. »Ev— eryone is-welcome to come to this meeting in Room B of the Agricultural Research J- Station across from the Ken— tucky Fried Restaurant on University Avenue on Wednes- day Feb; 18th at 7:00pm./

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- ncial Environment.

H.0.P.E. is an acronym standing for Help Our Provi- It also implies an optimism towards the future resolution of the pressing and sometimes gloo- my environmental issues of today.

Purpose: To be an independ- ent, environmentally concer- ned and active citizens gr— oup.

Objectives: I. To promote

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STUDENT COUNCIL SELECTIFO NS

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Choices

President: Derek Key vice—President: Paul Currie Treasurer: Jeannette Mac- ' Aulay

Comptroller: Howie Adams

Communications Officer: Eli- zabeth Burke.

note: the above choices are the selections of three peo- Ple who did the interviews with the candidates. The choices were made primarily On the basis of performance- during the interviews. The following selection for Arts RePresentatives, however is based on personal experience

and 'reliable sources'.

In order of preference for the position\of Arts Repres— entative: Percy Downe Mike O'Brien Gerald McKenna Mary Vessey Ted Crockett KarenIWoodhall _RobinxDrummond Dave Ginn

Procedures

If you are one of the many who don't exactly underStand the procedures of the upcom— img election, this is what is happening.

VOTER ELIGIBILITY

1. Any student who is a mem— ber of the Student Union may vote for the candidate of his/her own choice. This means that if you have paid your $40.00 S.U. fee you can vote. '

2. You may vote for those persons running in your con— stituency. This means you may vote for all Executive

‘ positions of the S.U. (Pres-

ident, Comptroller, etc.),

‘ As well, if you are an Arts

student you may vote for the people running for Arts rep— resentative. In this case, you indicate on your ballot your first six choices, not just your first one because there are six seats availab— le to these candidates.

VOTING BOOTH - There will be only one vot— ing booth which will/be in the lobby of the Robertson Library from 9:00am to 5:00 pm on wednesday February 19 th -

and encourage conservation‘ practices, esp— ecially in agr— iculture and construction. 2. To construct— ively respond to government and corporate polic— ies and practi—. ces which have environmental implications.

\ 3. To demand en—

. vironental sound

government pol- icy and action ' in areas where there is presen— tly a need. 4. To promote and be actively

involved in the field of outdoor,

education.

The above objectives may be

'changed at any point in time

to accomodate changing conc— erns of the standing or adh— oc committees.

Organizational Structure:

The group is open to the pu—‘

blic for membership. There are presently two standing Committees.

1. Environmental Prot-

ection Committee

2. Education Committee

RESULTS

The fastest way to get the results is over Radio CIMN who will be broadcasting live from the Student Union the night of the election. As well the results will be

The Executive consists of the following: ‘ I l. Coordinator 2. SecretarynTreasurer 3. Committee Chairperson There is an annual membership fee of one dollar to cover costs of postage and stati—

ionary.

H.O.P.E. was formed in March

1975, and presently has over

‘60 people on the mailing list.

The group has presented bri— efs and press releases on the following: -The Land Use Commissions public hearings. —The first report of the Land Use Commission '—Outdoor education cent— res to be established at various abandoned commu— nity school buildings. —Environmental implicat- ions of the work of the Rural Development Coun- ’ cil. -Point Lepreau Nuclear Power Station - the Isl— and's investment. —Nationa1 Week of Nuclear Responsibility -—Environmental implicat- ions of the National Park entrance fee. —Particiapted in the U.N. Habitat Symposium on Con- servation of Land, Water and Energy. Continued on page 4

recorded for posterity (a little late, perhaps) by the Cadre next week.

Don't forget———- WEDNESDAY FEBRAURY 19th

Senate”,Sciene-e1PositionS\ACe|aimed

_As is typical with student union elections, not all the positions will be contested.

' All three Senate representa—

tives and all three Science representatives were retur- ned by acclamation while the position of Education Repre— senative'was apparently so unsatisfying that no one ran

for it.

The acclaimed candidates were: for Senate: Blair Hic-

. ken, Dave MacRae and Ray

Shalala and for Science Rep: Yo Willis Bagnall, John Jen- kins and Tony Reddin. .

A by-election will be held to fill the vacant seat of the :-Educa tion Rep .