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LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR

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CSIS, CBC and
UNBC?????

Dear Editor,

This morning I heard on
CBC radio a disturbing
interview with a scholar
who has made a study of
RCMP and CSIS spying on
university campuses in

. Canada. He has published
his findings in 4 journal in
Saskatchewan in an article
he has entitled “Spying
101”. He has found
evidence that the RCMP
has had a presence on the
campus of the University of
Saskatchewan since 1920
when there was a
dangerous radical there
known as J.S.
Woodsworth. The campus
newspaper was monitored
and sometimes undercover
officers were enrolled in
suspicious classes.

According to the author,
virtually every university
in Canada has been subject
to RCMP/CSIS spying.
Therefore, if we are to
achieve true status as an
established, recognized
university we will need to
petition for a CSIS
presence on campus.

We deserve a CSIS
presence since our campus
harbours dangerous
radicals! I have heard,
professors _and_ students:
advocating far-left’
proposals like
nationalizing the Canadian

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National Railway and Air
Canada. If we have no
spies amongst us, who will
preserve the old Canadian
ideals like globalization,
privatization, downsizing
and offloading! Write to
your Member of
Parliament and demand
that CSIS recognize us!

Yours for a Grander
University,
James Loughery

Poison Pen
Sparks
Argument of
Intellectual

Nature
Dear Editor,

I must respond to Jennifer
Londata’s letter to the
editor, regarding lan
Lorenzo’s editorial.
Although I did not read
Ian’s editorial, I can’t
imagine that it could be any
worse than Jennifer’s.

The attitudes expressed in
your letter are the very
ones I came to this
University to get away
from, they are the epitome
of the ignorance which has
plagued our society.
Really, what interest could
you possibly have in this
university or any
institution of higher

learning when it is obvious | 5 4x, ey team, it must be the

that you are here, not for
an education, but to
reinforce your obviously
biased opinions.

Have you bothered, on
your way to the gym, to
stop by the First Nations
Centre? God forbid you
may learn something!

I am not sure how your
professors’ geographical
traversings have any
relevance to _ lesbian
feminists or the like. Are
you saying there are no
lesbians, feminists, or
aboriginal people north of
PG. — Possibly, these
professors aren’t as
enlightened about the real
world as you are, since it is
obvious that you have such
well-rounded, thought out
opinions.

I am not a member of the
First Nations student
society, or the Women’s
Centre (if they have
members), and if I wasn’t
already a feminist before
reading your letter, you
have definitely shown me
that I would rather be part
of the “lesbian feminist
propaganda” then
anything as narrow
minded and uninterested
as your beliefs seem to be.

Since you don’t like the
Prof.’s, the Women’s
Centre, the First Nations
Centre, the feminists, the
lesbians (or just the
combo), the flag football or

‘architecture and the gym
that interest you. Maybe
you would be happier at

any other university, one
that holds your interests to
be truth. Perhaps one of
our “Southern” Canadian
universities would suit you
better, (although, I doubt
those Prof.’s have been
north of PG either). Or
maybe, you could join Ian
in some head butting.

All I can say is that I hope
you come out of UNBC a
more educated, and
tolerant person, not only

for your sake, but for the
sake of those around you.

Shannon Pickering

Vigil Attracts
Attention Of All

Dear Editor:

On December 05, 1995, I
attended the vigil in the
Winter Garden dedicated
to the 14 women who
were killed at the
Polytechnique University
in Montreal. Those who
attended can recall how
hard it was to hear the
speakers above the noise
and distractions, this was
symbolic of what had
occurred on that day.
Rather than being hidden
away in some darkened
lecture hall, only later to
be whispered in passing.
The loeation was
significant, as life swept
by a students and facility
plodded on, in their own
trance of thought. Some

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stopped to observe, to
acknowledge, they
recognized this day. The
world tried to silence the
vigil just as it had done so
to those 14 women. Yet
everyone who
acknowledged that day
their actions speak louder
than words. May we
never forget, where we
are and who we are in
silence.

Derek Andriatz

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