February 6, 1996 eS Press Ignorance is not bliss — so go learn something! Douglas College Learning Centre can help you in your eternal quest for knowledge by Corene McKay What does your English instructor mean when she complains that your modifiers are dangling? What is an essay, anyway? You remember understanding this math, but that was five years ago. Your Psych text was obviously written in a code only decipherable to Sumerian scribes, and their civilization crumbled to dust thousands of years ago. Contrary to popular belief, Douglas College actually wants you to do well in your courses. The Learning Centre is here to make your course work make sense to you, and to give you the tools to climb that mountain of assignments. The Learning Centre is staffed mainly by unintimidating peer tutors who get just as confused as you are on a fairly regular basis, but you’ll learn stuff anyway. I promise. The (es have HE The Learning Centre has drop-in help available Wednesdays from 2-4 pm in room 4211. If you want ongoing help, you need to go to the Learning Centre and get a referral form. The Centre is located on the fourth floor, on the North side of the Concourse. If you stand in the hallway outside the Centre you can sort of see the Registrar’s Office. \y The Learning Centre is room 4206, the one with the nice window and the plants. There are referral forms in the box on the door. Take one. yy Take it to the instructor for p the class you are needing help with. Ask your teacher nicely to oe please fill : <<. out the form a .* « and bring the filled out form back to the Learning Centre. The Learning Centre also has “state-of-the-art” 286 computers available for students to use. They run various educational software, a primitive form of MS-Works, and WordPerfect Ke 5.1. If you need help learning iw WordPerfect 5.1, you can sign up at the Centre for a workshop. Also available at the Centre are one dictionaries, style guides, reference books, and grammar books, These can be used for independent study or for just looking up something you need to know. Finally, the Learning Centre offers seminars throughout the semester. Still to come this semester are seminars on Writing Multiple-Choice Exams (Feb. 7), Understanding Essay Assignments (Feb. 9), Strategies for Revising and Editing Essays (Feb. 12), How to Read a Poem (Feb. 12), Speed Reading (Feb. 13), Library Research Skills (Feb. 21), Writing a Research/ Term Paper for the First Time (Feb 22), Effective Memory Strategies (Feb. 26), Expanding Your Vocabulary (Feb. 27), Writing Essay Exams (Feb. 28), and APA Documentation (Feb 29). You can sign up for any of these lectures at the Learning Centre. 1-800-661-8683 Register to Vote De you have this card? Is it correct? Omer pessory, aes 90x SROTES ARETISE RATION CARD Pine ott cently R96. LOREM, PSLAEST ORO KOMECEEOD ENR LEASHEKOLS ZAR MOF OX epeteret Moree coer v9 MEKOU LETS EKGLS AREY CEOS This card means that you are on the Provincial Voters List. if you do not have this card. or you have changed your name omaddress. visit the Registration Centre nearest to you from February 1 to 4 and February 8 to 11. Locations are listed in the information flyer recently mailed to you. If you didn't receive one, call us. You must be a registered voter to vote. How to register: if you're not sure you're registered to vote, or your name or address has changed: * Contact a Registration Centre, District Registrar of Voters, Government Agent or Elections BC office. * Have the Voters List checked for your name and address. ¢ if you are not on the list, but qualified, compiete a registration form. Qualifications: * 18 years of age or older ¢ Canadian citizen ¢ Resident of British Columbia for the past 6 months The new Election Act came into force on September 1, 1995. The new rufes affect everyone in British Columbia. For more details, check the information flyer we sent you. Any questions? Contact Elections British Columbia at this toll-free number 1800-661-8683. ELECTIONS BC " Alternatives by Veronika Zador In times when significant changes are likely to happen, everyone seems to have something to say about it, and criticize. With the upcoming Federal Budget Cuts criticisms are pouring in from all directions, with out offering alternative solutions. Two organizations have united their forces and studied the problem, looking for solutions. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and a Winnipeg based coalition for social justice, called CHOICES have put talks together and have developed a document that could be considered a solution to the problem. The name of the document is Alternative Federal Budget 1996. It summarizes their ideas with a central thought: only by investing in Canadians can the government invest in the future. The document covers all areas effected by the cuts, and the changes which should be made, from Health to Unemployment Insurance. Of course it also includes a section on Post Secondary Education, which is one of the currently most criticized areas. As it is stated in the document, the planned cuts show how the Government is ignorant of the fact that there is an increasing need for highly educated people. Canadians have to have the skills and knowledge that the country will need for technological development and a rising future economy. With the raise of tuition fees, fewer people will be able to enroll in colleges. Some colleges might even have to close down because of this. What the government is considering as a solution in reducing the deficit may in the long run be counter-productive to the future of Canada.