https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/8f35e45e54283006871bcdc3f9a974e5.pdf?Expires=1787788800&Signature=T1udRPbkgK7zntRdsK2kixHC0oi2Y%7ESUU6HBXcxVK3JINVVt64V%7ELsHLk2TvoMcDrOVUN14CZqjpDdL5V9m67COycT53f%7EIYUDGb64%7EqghzA7NjV%7EdRW-iL6HvEvqPP8dWcZjGy1Qx--4iftrLHieASS-RWu9DjWD6F74mH7RxLthoJCMbTgK-lmlovW8PEycg88ajQj5qU-JI1Y4ISya5xsC5PZz37clhXHPyLyybUfxWvfmJXN%7EgMA7u-mQGy5MiekXGL0FemrA5jmbnKtTmVUMppwMyNnC44R3UCw6zgFALWDNsk6V65C1WorExvyAPVAQVYOleKr2AawTKtgAw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8a53ee52eed49cbf1f9470e728c59355 PDF Text Text Eleventh hour efforts to save lawyer Mumia Abu-Jamal c VOLUME 84 • NUMBER 73 page & L waiting for the new dean since 1911 MONDAY, MARCH 27, 199S Principles before people Student seeks to overturn Sexual Assault Centre referendum victory BY MATIHEW ROSENBERG Not all students agree with the outcome of a recent Students' Society referendum which granted a student levy to the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill's Students' Society (SACOMSS). Management student Howard Markowin is challenging the referendum results on the grounds that the wording of the question was "misleading", and thus in violation of the Students' Society (SSMU) constitution. He has taken his appeal to the Students' Society's Judicial Board, despite the fact that the question passed with over 80 per cent of the vote. Markowin objected to the first part of the question which stated, "In order to maintain the Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Student's Society ... •. He claimed the wording implied that the SACOMSS will cease to exist without the increased funding ensured by the passage of the referendum question. Markowincontended that this is the farthest thing from the truth and that the SACOMSS will survive with or without direct student funding. Until now, SACOMSS has received all of its funding from the Students' Society. The organisation has countered Markowin's assertions by stating that over the past year the SACOMSS has expanded its services, making the present level of funding insufficient. The SACOMSS also that they provide a crucial serVIce. Cara Cameron, the Outreach Coordinator for SACOMSS, said she felt Markowin's challenge was inappropriate given the organisation's important role on campus. At the judicial board hearing last Friday she said, "We're not a club, we don't have pizza nights and movie time, we talk about rape and incest. • During the hearing, Markowin explained that he appealed to the Judicial Board as an attempt to maintain the integrity of the Students' Society. He noted that he was actually in favor of the work the SACOMSS does, but could not support that question due to its misleading nature. "If people can't believe what's on a ballot I can't see any future for the SSMU or the Sexual Assault Cen- tre," said Markowin. He added that he considers the question to be a "violation" of the students' trust in the Students' Society. Markowin's 'principles' may result in the SACOMSS's loss of desperately needed funding. Without the nc:wstudentlevy, the SACOMSS might not be able to maintain key services like the crisis intervention program and the evening crisis hotline. Cameron said after the hearing that, "we do not receive any benefit from the money that is given to us; that money is used to help others." If the referendum outcome is up- held by the Judicial Board, students will pay an additional 50 cents per semester to support SACOMSS' numerous services. Given the results of the referendum, it seems that most students consider this a small price to pay to ensure the continued existence of this organization. According to Markowin, whether SACOMSS can continue to provide expanded services is not the main point. What he is concerned with, he said, is the means through which they will achieve their ends. "I think there is a not so hidden agenda in Markowin's action," countered Cameron. Senate takes the money and runs DAILY GRAPHIC BY MAX FRANCISCO Dean changes his mind, student proposal ignored BY JACQUELINE REIS In a classic student-administration split, Senate blatantly disregarded a student initiated Student Services budget and adopted its own. "I'm really sort ofirked," said Students' Society President Sevag Yeghoyan. "Students are being basically coerced into spending their money the way the Dean [of Students lrwin Gopnik] sees fit. I don't think it's very fair for [the fee increase] to be decided at Senate by Senate because students don't have a majority in Senate." Jen Small, vp university affairs, added that students' voices were silenced when the non-student majority successfully moved to end discussion and vote on the schedule. "I can't blame the people who voted against it, because they didn't hear the other side," said Small. Even voting unanimously against the fee schedule, the approximately 15 student seats on Senate were clearly not enough to out-vote the over 40 non-student senators. Senate accepted the fee schedule presented by Dean Gopnik despite the fact that Yc:ghoyan demonstrated at the previous Senate meeting that the Services budget contained an extra $110 000. The $110 000 was originally allocated for maintenance of the uni- cess fully moved to table the proposed fee rates for cwo·weeks so that students could formulate a proposal for the money. At the March 8 meeting, Dean Gopnik stated "whatever way the stu- "[Dean of Students lrwin Gopnik1 has been lobbying in an us-against-them mannet When the Dean of Students makes abudget that compromises my money, that makes me upset" - Jen Small, Students' Society vp university affairs versity's new athletics facilities. However, Yeghoyan discovered a 1982 referendum in which students agreed to pay for both construction and maintenance of the new facilities through an "exceptional assessment" spread over 15 years, making the money in the Services budget redundant. When this fact was brought to Senate on March 8, Yeghoyan sue- dent leaders decide to deal with this ... I will agree." The student proposal, which Yeghoyan claimed had the support of both the Post-Graduate Students Society (PGSS) and Students' Society Council, would have divided the money three ways: $40 000 to reduce the Student Services fee increase of $9 to $8, $20 000 to replenish the Student Services reserve fund, and $50 000 to help complete construction of the new athletics facilities. Gopnik refused to support the plan, especially the proposal to reduce the fee hike, saying that even with a $9 increase the reserve fund would be in jeopardy. "That's one of the frustrations, to hear 'You can do whatever you want with the money, but you can't do that,'" said Small. Gopnik said the reserve fund now is approximately $230 000. He would like to sec it at five per cent of the Services' $8 million budget, or $400 000. When asked why he reneged on his earlier commitment to follow students' ideas for the S110 000, Gopnik said he had been misunderstood as a result of students'" adversarial" seance. "If you assume that you have not a collegial role to play but an adversarial one, that's what happens," said Gopnik after the meeting. Student leaders took issue with Gopnik's actions. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matthew Rosenberg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995/03/27 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students' Society (SACOMSS) SSMU student fees and funding