INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / June 25, 1991

 

 

The INSIDE Loses Out

The INSIDE newsletter is not entertaining the Douglas College troops. And no wonder: for romance, intrigue
and danger, our stories just cannot compare with the headlines found on reading material in the fourth floor
coffee room. Here’s a sample of what we are up against:

e John Lennon is Alive! He is Brain Damaged and Living in an Italian Monastery - (Sun)
e What Nancy and Sinatra Really Did in the White House - (Star)
e Couple Want to Adopt Their Corvette - (Sun)

e Pregnant Man Gives Birth - Baby Lives! It was His Twin Brother - (Sun)

e Space Aliens Stole Our Baby! - (Weekly World News)
¢ Soap Stars Porn Secrets Exposed - (National Enquirer)

¢ Barbara Walters has Facelift, loses 201bs. and Wins Back Husband - (Star)

e Charles Manson Promises Saddam: I Will Help You Destroy America - (National Enquirer)

We can’t provide this kind of coverage, but check out The Inside Zone by Carillon.

 

The Inside Zone
by Carillon

Was folks, here it is, the
reporting that the majority of
people at Douglas College wanted.
Gossip! At least that is what the
people said in the two readership
surveys completed earlier this
spring.

So what’s new and exciting in
the lives of the employees at
Douglas College? First the good
news; personnel manager Rob
Corbett is on holiday until July 8th
and that has Wendy in Personnel
telling us that "We can all party
until then."

Well, Wendy may be able to
party, but for the majority of staff,
it could mean typing tests will
have to wait until Rob returns
from England.

Speaking of Europe, Bruce
Livingstone returned from a short
visit to the continent with just the
clothes on his back after being
squeezed in Valencia, Spain.
Seems some people in the orange
capital of the world thought more
of Bruce’s wardrobe than those of
his colleagues in the PIO.

And while we’re on the subject
of stealing, those people at Van-

 

couver Community College have
managed to steal institutional
researcher Katherine Albrechtson
from us ...at least until September.
Katherine does hope to return to
Douglas College, right after
research finds out where those
missing FTE’s have gone.

Talking about missing links,
anyone who has ventured into
that waste land on the fourth floor
called the Deanery will see a major
shake-up in office realignment.
Long debates have taken place
over who would get what office,
with Dean John McKendry com-
ing out on top with the office with
the most carpet squares.

Bursar Peter Greenwood’s only
comment: "I haven't counted my
carpet squares yet." I understand
his calculator is down in comput-
ing being fixed.

The big winner in the office
sweeps, of course, is Dean Gerry
Della Mattia, who finally gets his
own office in the Deanery. Did I
say Gerry was the big winner?
Actually, according to Registrar
Trish Angus, with Gerry moving
out of her area, she is the big
winner.

They left their hearts in San
Francisco. Assistant comptroller
Anne McLean and institutional
researcher Mark Walsh recently
returned from an Association of

Institutional Research conference.
Talk about luck during these
times of economic restraint...they
had to stay at the St Frances,
Westin Hotel. Both reported they
learned a great deal, although
they are not making any promises
about being able to find those
missing FTE's.

And in other news, Anne
McLean will be having a baby in
late September...Stagecraft Instruc-
tor Drew Young and his wife
Laurel will have their second
child in November. Good luck to
all.

Janet Knowles, formerly of
CBC, has just been hired as a new
programmer in Community
Programs & Services, while
business programmer Jennifer
Edwards announced she will be
leaving Douglas College. Anyone
who has had the pleasure of work-
ing with Jennifer will miss her.

While we are on the topic of
working with people, Ted James,
the new acting Director of
Student Services, is a welcome
addition to the mid managers.

And lest we forget, some
people have their fingers crossed,
hoping and wishing that a certain
long time employee is hired for
the new excluded secretary
position in the Deanery.

 

 

 

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