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Tuesday, October 24, 1995

Students hold annual meeting

The organization that embraces all of UW's full-time undergraduates, the Federation of Students, holds its annual general meeting tonight. All its 16,000-odd members can vote on the issues raised. Says Trish Mumby of the Fed staff: "The major issue on the agenda is the restructuring of the executive board. It is being motioned that there be 4 elected officials and one hired, replacing the existing structure of 3 elected and 3 hired. to include reorganizing the Feds' administration to add a third vice-president."

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Student Life Centre, just off the great hall. Any questions can go to Mumby at ext. 6331, e-mail fedintrn@watserv1.

Talking about the Quebec vote

Three UW faculty members and two from elsewhere will make up a panel about next week's Quebec referendum tonight. It's sponsored by the student organization in the Village residences, and starts at 7:30 in the "red" cafeteria of Village I.

The three speakers from UW:

Sandra Burt of the political science department, an expert on Quebec politics, who says that even if the "No" federalist side wins in the October 30 vote, it does not mean a continuation of the status quo in federal/provincial relations in Canada. "We have to look at new alternatives."
John Wilson, political science, who Canadian politics at both the national and provincial levels. He says there are not just two political cultures in Canada -- French Canada and English Canada -- but that each province has a distinct political culture.
Donald Horton, history, an expert on the history of French Canada. He says that since the failure of the Meech Lake constitutional accord in 1990, the growing nationalist/sovereignist trend in Quebec will eventually force major changes on Canada.

They'll be joined by WLU professors Brian Tanguay of political science at Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy and Francois Pare of French studies at the University of Guelph.

The UN marks its 50th

There's been much talk in the media about it: 50 years ago today, the United Nations was founded. A day-long teach-in at Federation Hall this Friday will mark the milestone.

Also on this rainy day: well, we've missed the total solar eclipse, which took place in the small hours and on the other side of the world. But there's still time to catch "a fashion show gone mad", dubbed Voila Wildlife, in Federation Hall from 7:00 tonight.

Chris Redmond
Information and Public Affairs, University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 ext. 3004
credmond@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca

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