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The Admissions and Appeals
Committee in a report to Princi-
pals Council recommended that
the committee continue to exist.

The committee consists of the
Dean of Instruction, a faculty
representative, and a student
society representative as vcting
members: a counselor in a
non-voting capacity, and the
director of admissions as chair-
person.

This committee is vested with

| the authority to make decisions,

in all matters involving:

a) waivers of admission re-
quirements both academic and
residential.

b) waivers or substitution of
program requirements.

c) change of grades

d) other matters involving
policies and procedures as they

affect students or disputes be-
tween students and members of
the college community.

Ever wondered about the
daycare centre located on the

Surrey campus, where the slide
landsandboxare?’

Being a wee bit curious
myself, I approached the ‘‘cen-
tre’’ where small children were
playing run-around while bigger
people looked on in a supervi-
sory air.

Conversing with the person in
charge, this reporter was told

that a recent interview (in the
Douglas College bi-weekly

newpaper) had resulted in the
printed matter being libellous
and hurting the centre. The
person had lost trust in the
press and I was refused and
referred to the person in charge
of daycare at Douglas College.

Slyvie NicFadyen, director of
the daycare program, explained
that the centre was independ-
ently owned and separate from
the college.

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It will be the final authority
within the college on these
matters with only college coun-
cil as the ultimate external
authority.

The committee also recom-
mend that students be informed
of the desirable process involv-
ing appeals, but that because
these procedures may pose real
or imagined complications, no
student be denied direct access
to the committee if the interme-
diate steps are not followed.

This is to encourage resolut-
ion of problems at the Faculty of
Department level, however the
committge has responded to
appeals submitted even though
students have not gone through
all the steps in tne recommend-
ed procedures.

The Admission and Appeals
Committee was formed in 1971
to review applications of stu-

Daycare program
on Surrey campus

“It was first set-up to just
serve the students attending
Douglas with children,’’ she
said, ‘‘but it is now open for
anyone with children.’’

Douglas College has no con-
trol over the centre, which is
operated by a non-profit organi-
zation under the Societies Act.
(They receive a government
grant only available to non-pro-
fit organizations.)

“It was originally for the
students of the college, but the
centre only takes children on a
full-time basis which in a sense
is not for the student,’’ McFad-
yen said.

“‘A drop-in centre is needed
but because it is not officially
recognized the government will
not provide funds,”’ she said.

She added: ‘‘If you want
funds you have to submit to
certain regulations.’’ McFadyen
felt that all pre-schools should

  
 

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Staff Box
Editor: Terry Glavin. Production Editor: Gord Isfeld. News Editor:

Rory Munro. Photo Editor: Pat Johnson. Writers: Grant Dehling,
Neil Dowie, Dennis Lemieux, Eileen Galuska, Gwen Odland

(events). Photographer: Dave Car. Typesetter: Patrick Dyck.
; Promotions Manager: Eric Gilstead.

The Other Press is a democratically run student newspaper.
Published under the auspices of the Douglas College Student Society
every Monday. The news office is located at the rear of the cafeteria
jon New Westminster campus.

Member of Canadian University Press, and subscriber of Pacific
News Service.

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Admissions and Appeals
Committee

dents who did not meet stated
admission requirements, but
who had a strong desire to
attend Douglas College because
of special and personal circum-
stances.

Dean of Instruction Dr. Porter
said, ‘‘Most of the cases before
the committee involve age. The
person has dropped out of high
school and has not been out for a
year, which is an admission
requirement.”’

In matters involving people
directly from high school Porter

said, ‘‘We contact the school, to “

get their side and to keep a
liaison between us.”’

Porter said that people com-
ing before the committee appear
in cycles. ‘‘You can usually
expect people a month after
registration. There has only
been a sprinkling this year,
maybe a half dozen people, not
many,’ he added.

 

 

be under license to make sure
‘*no one is being exploited.”’

“It has to be an open operat-
ion, not private.’’ She called for
supervisor training of personnel
for this.

Douglas is currently offering
a Certified Daycare Program
that lasts one year. There are
day courses starting in January
and September and also night
classes which take three years
for completion.

McFadyen said, ‘‘Students
spend three days in the class
and two in the field, which
breaks down to 40 per cent
practice and 60 per cent
theory.”’

Employment for people grad-
uating from the course is guar-
anteed with about 90 per cent
getting jobs. ‘‘The other 10 per
cent get pregnant, married or go
on a trip,’’ she added.

 

 

 

According to the National
Wildlife Federation and Popu-
lation Canada, radar ranges--
the new trend in cooking--are
causing severe social and envi-
ronmental problems.

In a joint report issued last
week, the two bodies declared
“‘radar ranges should not be
allowed to be sold in Canada,
and those that have, should be
confiscated with the owners
being fairly reimbursed. People
found using or abusing the
ranges, after a date to be set
later, should be met with a stiff
penalty.”

Population Canada’s concern
is of the nation falling below the
zero birth rate. For a yet-un-
known reason, only males have
been affected by the range. The
rays that so quickly cook one’s
food, from inter-molecular frict-
ion, do not lose potency in
passing through the glass front;
but the male does, and no
amount of rubbing, inter-mo-

lecular or otherwise, will help

 

Stay out of radar range

his problem.

Population Canada’s plea is to
“‘stop using the ranges and
think of your friend, brother, or
sons’ future.”’

Take an example from one’s:
dentist, when he x-rays teeth he
stands behind a lead screen.

To make the problem more
complex men are ruining their
sex life and the environment by
hunting with radar ranges. By
placing a concave mirror in the
rear of the range one simply
points the range at the prey,
opens the door and switchs on.
A 15 Ib. duck can be roasted and
dressed, before it hits the
ground, from 50 to 60 yards.

People with poor aim have
been know to start forest fires.
In one instance a man who
couldn’t reach a fly to swat it,
burnt down the hotel he was
staying in by aiming his range at
the fly. The range was set on
roast, and not defrost the proper
setting for hunting wild flies.

 

Dear Editor:

I am writting in response to
the article La Femme Fatale
which appeared in the Nov. 15
issue of your paper. I enjoyed
reading the article and I agree
with Eileen Galuska that there
should be much more written
about women’s issues than
there is now.

Eileen also wrote that wom-
en’s studies need to be installed
in the high schools for both boys
and girls. Well, in the Nov. 24

issue of the Province there is
an article saying that copies of
a resource guide. on women’s
studies for use in the develop-
ment of local high schools has
been distributed to all school
districts in B.C. The article went
on to say that material in the
booklet may be integrated into
existing courses such as Eng-
lish, Social Studies, and Gui-
dance. Before a course could be
developed in any district per-

mission of the individual school
board must be obtained.

Pat McGeer must have read
Eileen’s article because he said
that the women’s studies mater-
ial is to provide an opportunity
for students, both boys and
girls, to acquire knowledge and
understanding of the role of
women in society, both past and
present.

yours,
Lesley Taylor