ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE
REGISTRAR’S OFFICE

The staff of the Registrar’s Office would like to
welcome the following new additions to our office.

 

 

 

Yolanda Corbett is replacing Kathy Rai in Admis-
sions. Kathy is on maternity leave and gave birth to
a 6 lb. 9 oz. boy named Matthew on August 13, 1988.

Debbie Perrin is back in Admission full time - so
much for her going away party. (It’s okay, Deb, you
can keep the present.) We're glad your back!

Wendy-Jane Bollard has joined our staff as Recep-
tionist/Records Clerk. Wendy has worked in the
Theatre as an auxiliary. Her telephone local is 4600.

For your information, Cheryl Bloudell of our
Records department is now Cheryl Dasovic. Cheryl
tied the knot on April 30, 1988.

For those who remember Susan Simbirski, who
used to work in the Registrar’s Office, she also gave
birth to a baby boy - Benjamin William James Sim-
birski - on August 22, 1988.

B.C.G.E.U. PROVINCIAL LABOUR
DISPUTE

The support staff (B.C.G.E.U.) at Douglas College
are not affected by the current labour dispute with
the Provincial Government. The College employees
are covered under a separate collective agreement
that does not expire until October 31, 1988. The
B.C.G.E.U. and the College anticipate commencing
negotiations for a new collective agreement in the
near future.

SOLID GOLD ‘89

The 1989 Solid Gold Coupon Books will be avail-
able shortly. Please contact Hilary Cheung if you
would like to purchase a book. Call the CP & S Office
or 438-2344, local 350.

 

WHEN IS AHYPOCRITE NOTA
HYPOCRITE?

When Messrs Swaggert and Bakker fill from
public favour it was because they did not uphold in
their behaviour that which they publicly proclaimed
to believe in absolutely. They were truly hypocrites.

Recently, an acquaintance had the opportunity to
keep some money which had been received under
questionable circumstances. There was no danger of
being found out. He decided to donate the money
to a fund which shall remain un-named. I sug-
gested that, since he did not believe in absolutes, he
should merely declare that it was OK to keep the
money for himself and then it would be right to do
so. A truly existential act. I believe that he donated
the money to the fund because he somehow felt that
it would be wrong to keep the money for himself.

In so doing, this person proved his lack of commit-
ment to his proclaimed belief in the absence of ab-
solutes and hence acted hypocritically. Anyone who
maintains that there are no absolutes and absolutely
refuses to lie, steal, cheat or even commit murder
when an opportune situation arises where this
would be to his advantage shows that he does not
really understand his presuppositions. And the ex-
perience of guilt at any such action would further
demonstrate his lack of commitment to his belief sys-
tem. We might judge this person’s action in giving
the money to a fund where he received no direct
benefit for himself to be virtuous, but virtuous by
what standard? Of course he could get around the
problem of being considered a hypocrite by declar-
ing hypocrisy to be a virtue.

Thus we see how the word hypocrisy can be dis-
carded along with other words like sin, virtue, evil,
good, etc. because, in a system of relative values,
they are no longer useful. They can mean whatever
you or I wish them to mean. If the standard of a
metre did not exist there would be no point in
saying that, for example, a table measured three
metres in length.

To argue this point is to profess faith in a myth or
in absolute values.

Al Harms

 

 

 

Mad Hatter 3 September 30, 1988