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Bus battle continues (Continued trom page I) Kitchener transit has revealed there are half a dozen extensions to routes employing partial service. The Mainline route No, 7 and Hall- man-Lancaster No. 5 both make two special trips a day in the morning and late afternoon. Pioneer-Park- Chicopee No. 13 goes into Caryndale between 9 am and 3 p.m.. while the extension route of Queen South. No l operates the same hours as No. 13's extension, as well as between 6 pan, and 11:20 pm, 'Council sends Dearborn plan back for study The planning department recom- mended that the northern and southern designations be "traded" because Tom Slomke. director of planning. said the southern portion is not suited for residential deve- lopment due to its proximity to a sewage treatment facility that is expected to be enlarged, Alderman John Shortreed told Jones he didn't agree with every- thing contained in the report. but he said Jones' attack on the plan- ning department was "uniound- He also said noise reduction In the northern section, between homes and the parkway. would be ea.sier to control rather than In the southern portion where the land 15 lower than the road. "The topography of the land lends itself to residential develop- ment in the northern part of Dear- born because ics slightly higher than in the south," Slomke said, "Irs just not proper to have resi- dences in the southern section." Dr. Richard Jones. spokesman for the residents, called the plan- ning department's report “eva- sive, insulting. vague and full of loopholes" "We (residents and the planning department, are poles apart on this proposal." Jones said. "We have a hard time accepting the im- plementation plan." Forest Heights No. 2 has an exten- About 75 residents who are op posed to a proposed industrial de- velopment attended the meeting in council chambers. Representa- tives presented council with a peti- tion signed by 250 residents who ob. ject to the proposals contained in a planning department report. The proposed Dearborn site is bordered by University Ave., For- well Creek, King and Weber Sts. and the Conestoga Parkway. The northern portion of the site is pre- sently designated as industrial while the southern area is desig- nated residential: By Stewart Sutherland Council In committee decided Monday to send a proposed deve lopment scheme for the Dearborn area at Waterloo back to itsTlan- lung department for further study following the objections of resi- dents living in the area. The two portions are divided al- most equally by the proposed Co. lumbia St. extension. ‘I don't necessarily agree with sion running between 6 and 9 am. and 3 to 6:30 p.m., while Lincoln- Lakeshore No. 9 has two extensions operating various times during the day. . Meanwhile. Rosenberg has indirect- ly replied to comments in the press by Carroll which refer to him as “chil- dish" and "the lad from the mayor's throne in Kitchener." “If somebody wants to get into name calling," Rosenberg said, “I'm not going to respond to anything like that. I'm not going to lower myself to that level. I think it's kind of silly." Alderman Glen Wright said the Shortreed alternative was “han- dled relatively lightly" m the plan- mng department report and requested more information on the pros and cons of the plan, _ She also said the City plans to move its work yard to the Dear- born area should the planning de- partment report be approved. "We'd like to see the works yard moved there but that will also have to be studied. There may be room for a compromise between the Shortreed plan and the planning de- partment report and we'll be look- mg at that possibility," Carroll added Carroll said a buffer zone con- snsting of a band of trees was “un- acceptable because the value of the land decreases, "The interface of industry and residences never works." Carroll said. "There's always problems and complaints In a situation like Mayor Carroll said in an Inter VleW yesterday she coaldn't sup- port the Shortreed alternative and said the planning department's re- port was "reasonable". “I doit think we should be build- mg residences along the express- way because the noise would be much greater than anything that would come from industry." Shor- treed said A compromise proposal favored by residents IS the so-called “Shor- treed Alternative," suggested by Alderman John Shortreed, which would have industry located along the parkway, homes in the centre of the Dearborn land and open space next to the sewage treat- ment plant. There would also be a narrow buffer zone between the tn- dustrial and residential areas, Shortreed told council it had a "unique opportunity to provide prestige industrial sites" along the parkway while at the same time maigtaining one of the "nicest lit- tle passive creekbeds in the com- munity." everything m the report, but I'm sure the planning department took a lot of tune and studied everything carefully before making its rm mendatioets," Shortmed said. When Mayor Marjorie Carroll asked Jones if he had planning ex- perience he replied “no, but I'd be willing to give it a crack after see- mg what the planning department has done ., WLU students win plea to keep break “UW evolves a winter term that finishes ap- proximately a week earlier. We, on the other hand, try to get in 65 teaching days, not 61, We start a week later and extend a week further. Therefore. cross-registered exams must be force-scheduled into the overlapping period. if possible" Witgar said The consequences are that all other exams must be scheduled earlier or later particularly in the Faculty of Arts. And if the courses cannot be scheduled in that period, considerable inconvenience can be caused for students having to wait around until our exam comes along", Vice-President (Academic) John Weir with- drew his motion made at the last Senate meeting in November to cancel the week-long period in which classes at the university are suspended and students given a week's break. The proposal had drawn widespread criticism from students and faculty who feel Reading Week forms a valid and necessary part of the school year. Now, however. twFtturds of courses at the uni- versity are one term in duration. and some ad- ministrators feel Reading Week has lost its pur- 7 Registrar Jim Wilgar said it also causes ex- amination difficulties for students who take cour- ses at both WLU and the University of Waterloo (UW " Dr. Weir's support came mostly from some members of the administration who believed that Reading Week. while formerly valuable. is now a luxury the university will have to do without. Reading Week was originally instituted at a time when most courses at WLU took two terms to complete with a major research essay due at the end of the year. . Strong support for the retention of Reading Week at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU't ap- pears to have caused the withdrawl of a proposal for its cancellation at a Senate meeting last Wed- nesday. Others who wanted to see Reading Week taken By Carl Frieson Special to the Chronicle wArsnLoo canomcu, amuse“, DECEMBER tth, my - PAGE ' "H they (the students) want the tradeoff, that's fine" he said, meaning that in future years the "buffers" between classes and examination periods would likely have to be sacrificed in- stead. “If that's what the students want. that's OK," he said. The referendum. held Nov. M, resulted in a count of 1,821 students in favour of retaining Reading Week. and 40 against out of some 3600 eligible voters. At the Wednesday Senate meeting which final- ly decided the issue, Dr. Weir said the referen- dum had been a factor in his decision to withdraw his motion to cancel Reading Week. Funding of up to $200 was made available by the WLUSU for committees representing both prgand tnti-Reading Week options, WLUSU vice-president Randy Elliott said the referendum would "not have any binding effect on Senate. It may have very little effect but it's a means students can have for input (even! in- directly" Support for retaining Reading Week also came from the WLU Student Union IWLUSU) which organised a referendum to indicate student opin- ion on the matter to Senate. Dr, SA, Yelaja of the social work department agreed the Canadian climate is an important fac- tor He said “a break is, particularly for gradua- te students, very important, ICs a week interrup- tion in academic work ... to reflect, and is a time to catch up on assignments. readings, etcetera". “Some people use Reading Week to relax alter hectic activity at a time of low psychological and spiritual strentgh in deadwinter." she said, Dr. Arlene Guinsberg. history professor. said In an interview there is a "wall" students hit in February and some sort of time off at that part of the year is essential. out of the calendar said there are too many items to be included in the year. such as a buffer time of at least one day between the end of classes and the start of exams. and that Reading Week would have to be sacrificed. Many members of the faculty. however. fa- voyred the retention of Reading Week.