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The Other Press, December 9th, /982

 

by Chris Page

- One of every three Douglas.
‘| College university transfer/
general studies students was
unable to enrol in at least one
class wanted this Fall becau-

and greater student demand
for education.

This is one finding of a sur-
-lvey made at Fall registra-
tion.

577 of the 1702 students
who answered the survery
couldn’t take 1015 courses
they hoped to.

81%of university transfer
and general studies students

 

 

by Glen Nazaruk
The Douglas College Jazz
Band performs at the. Vin-
| cent Massey Auditorium, at
8 p.m., on Dec. 9. The Jazz
band contains musicians
from the general Vancouver
area, including some from
Douglas College.
Performing the works of
such artists as Woody Her-
man and Count Basie, their
goals are to release a record
jin the Spring, financed thro-
ugh the aid of paid perform-
ances, and through being the
best 18 piece band in B.C.
The aid of any individuals
who would like to commit

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se of government cutbacks

were represented in the sur-
vey, a response rate which
pleased research assistant

Doug Talling. -

‘I’m really pleased with the
co-operation and response
we got during the Fall regis-
tration,’’ Talling said. ‘‘I
hope students participate at
the same level in the Spring.’

About 500 potential stud-
ents-were unable to register
in any courses this Fall, bey-
ond the survey results.

A similar questionnaire will
be used at Spring registra-
tion.,

DC Jazz Band neat

a meager. amount of ‘time
would be appreciated; it will
be a very interesting way of
getting involved with the
music industry.

This operation requires a
great deal of help to get
moving properly, and it
would be a great way for a
student to get some experie-
nce related to other jobs.

A great deal of fun can be
expected by all who parti-
cipate in the programme,
and the college will benefit
as well.

All those who would be
interested can contact Terry
Kavfenburg at 524-9097.

Use Your Head

Are your lecture notes virtually useless?

.Do you forget what you have read and
studied as soon as you put down your
study material? Do you have difficulty
‘organizing essays and assignments?

Use your head can help you with practical guides for;

® comprehensive
note taking.
® organizing
essays
e studying for
exams
*improving long-term
memory ‘
*and releasing
creative energy

Three hour workshops:Kwantlen College,

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Surrey.

Campus, room 409, Thursday November 18th from 7-10
pm, Tuesay Nvember 23rd from 7-10 pm, Thursday
December 2nd from 7-10 pm and Thursday December’

9th from 7-10 pm.

For more intensive all day workshops: Kwantlen
College Richmond Campus on Saturday November 20th
from 9-4:30 pm or at the Granville Island barge 1295
Johnston St. on Granville Island on Saturday December

4th.

‘ College Can’t Meet Student Demand

... More results

©21%of returning students

and 46% of new students did
not get all the courses they
wanted.

*about 30%of students got
fewer courses than they wan
ted.

*of the 577 registrants who
didn’t get courses they want-
ed, 64. percent said they
needed the full courses to
graduate. Only half of the
students found substitute
courses, some of which did-
n’t fill graduation require-
ments.

°69 would-be Psychology 100
students and 60 would-be
English 100 students were
unable to register in those
classes.

*assuming a minimum of 15
students per class, at least 16
courses could have accomo-
dated another section.

. ©‘ it (the survey) determines

‘that most people wanted pre-

registration,’ said Talling.
90% wanted advance regist-
ration, and, of those, 70%
said they would’pay a fee to.
On the recent student profile
test, Talling says voluntary
‘‘comments about registra-
tion outnumbered any other
given subject,’’ based on a
quick look at the surveys.

FIRST
CAPITAL CITY

 

There is new life in downtown New West.

Drop into the FCC ANSWER CENTRE, 648 '
Carnarvon. Find out about the exciting downtown
and waterfront redevelopment program - of
which Douglas College is an important part.

Open: Monday to Friday 9 - 4:30

Phone:525-0144

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You should be mad as hell
at the Ministry of Education,
if intent bears out in fact.
You should defend your right
to study the meaning and
purpose of human existence
in your education; in the
arts, humanities and social
sciences.

“TI think if students want a
university education, they're
going to have to fight for it,
and that includes the right to

university transfer program-
mes at colleges, in other
words, university transfer
courses they can afford’’,
says Stanton.

 

Is this the future of education?

_ Students Training in ICL ‘Lab’

by Chris Page

Seven Douglas College stu-
dents are currently getting
‘work training in the ICL
cafeteria. ,

The slightly mentally han-
dicapped students “are in a
Basic Occupational Educat-
ion program ‘‘designed to
prepare the students with
special needs for competitive
employment.”’ ‘‘They’re like
any other college students,”’
says Betty Emery, program
coordinator. 5;

They get job-training in
dishwashing, pot-scrubbing,
and bussing..

The course, a continuous
entry program, is based on a
similar one at the University
of Washington. It began in
Fall 1981.

Students begin with an
“interview to determine suit-

\

ability.’’ “If they don’t have
some social skills, they get
fired,’’ says Emery. ‘‘We
don’t want people not inter-
ested in these three non-
glamorous jobs.”’

~ If admitted, students join a
waiting list. now about 10
people.

The program can admit up
to 20 students at once, but
about 12 are enrolled now.

In the program, students
spend one hour daily in the
classroom and five hours
daily in practicum in the
cafeteria. Because of the
practicum Emery says, ‘‘We-
are saying it’s unique to
Canada because nobody’s
told us otherwise.’’ She says
the program ‘‘gives students
the extra foot in the door in
the job market.”’

When.faculty, program te-
chnicians, and ICL staff ag-
ree that a student is ready,
he/she is sent to job inter-
views. The first student got
an interview Dec.3.

Emery stresses the impor-
tance of three support
groups to the program.

The trade advisory board
is made of representatives
from restaurants, including
ICL.

Parents and students reg-
ularly meet as ‘‘an inform- |
ation group to keep expect-
ations real.”’

The third group is agen-
cies- referral agencies, the
Ministry of Human Resour-
ces, and funding agencies.
‘‘Most students couldn’t pay
to come to this course.”’

The students seem pleas-
ed with the program. ‘‘We
get along good with the ICL
staff’, said one. ‘‘I like the
whole thing,’’ said another.

Originally the program
used the Winslow cafeteria
for the practicum, and there
was some doubt as to wether
the practicum could continue
at Royal Ave.

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The First Capital City Development Company
Limited is a cooperative venture between the City
of New Westminster and the British Columbia
Development Corporation.

they agreed to the work
experience,’ said Emery.
‘Students just begun train-
ing in sandwich preparation
(Nov. 29).”

Three hour workshops will cost $12. The all day
workshops are $50.

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