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January 21st to February 4th, 1982

  

 

The Other Press

   

page 5

 

 

Dear Editor,

.| was pleased that the
Other Press included

a story on women’s
Programmes (‘‘Womyn’s
Centre Unknown,’ Nov.
12), which described some
of our offerings, struggles,
and goals. However, there
were a number of errors
‘that | would like to correct.
.One of thé reasons for the
‘womyns centre’ being
unknown is that it does not
yet exist. From 1979 to the
summer of 1981, there was
a women’s information and
resource area in the 100
building, but with no staff,
it could not function as a
fully available centre except
when | was in the office.
However, thanks to a
special government funding
for women’s access, we
have just hired Marion
Exmann to be the Women’s
Centre Co-ordinator. She
will be surveying student
needs and beginning to

Dr. Patrick Loone Phd. (Hon)
as aprofessor of Anthropology

at the Pacific Honorary

University of. Knowledge.

Here’s To Culture

_{“Non-Traditional” Womyn |

provide services in antici-
pation of our move to the
new campus and a proper
Women’s Centre in the
Student Services area.

. The College has offered
both credit and non-credit
courses for women over
the last decade, serving
about 300 women each
semester. In 1978, the
College established a
Special Programme Unit for
Women, with a co-ordinator
and a mandate to
programme courses, raise
women’s educational
concerns within the College
and in the community, and
integrate women’s
contributions and needs
ue all aspects of college
ife,

.In recognition of the fact
that the vast majority of our
students are
“‘non-traditional,’’i.e.
female, part-time, mature,
Programmes for Women
and Community

Programmes and Services
have recently begun a
college-wide review to
examine how Douglas
College responds to its
women students (most of
whom are part-time and
mature). We have made
many institutional and
individual changes over the
last eleven years as our
student population has
evolved -- but until now,
there has been no overall
picture of our accomplish-
ments nor oversights. The
results of the review will be
a valuable guide for the
College over the next
decade, and an
encouragement to women

 

students planning to
continue their education.

Sincerely yours,
Margaretha Hoek,
Co-ordinator, Programmes
for Women

 

 

 

The topic of today’s lecture is sex.
Sorry. Today’s topic is the
questionU
Man, who is he, really? | did want to
talk about women, but perhaps
another time. Actually, Woman is
included under the general classif-
ication of Homo Sapiens, as is Man.
Any woman who doesn’t believe that
she is a Man and wants to'prove it,
please come see me in my office.

So, then, who is this Man we were
talking about? Ah, yes, Man the
animal. Man is an animal, but what
kind of animal is he? And what, if
anything, sets him apart from the
Primates? Is it his hands? Or his
faculty of rational thought? His free-
will? Or is it his Culture2?Ah,
Culture.

What would we do without Culture?
Savages. That’s what we’d be. How
could we appreciate foreign movies?
Or foreign food? How, indeed, would
we be able to order wine in a French
restaurant? Yes, Culture is one thing
that really sets us apart from the
pigs and cows and furry little
creatures (not to mention the
uncultured boors who disagree). |
have Culture therefore | am a Man.
Ecce Homo nolens volens in esse
oona fide, ceteris paribus, ipse dixit
ad hominem: In vino veritas (sine
qua non) ergo carpe diem.

Take this, as they say, cum grano
salis. Until next time, | am dis-

‘ yecta membra, non compos mentis.

De gustibus non est disputandum.

 

ae

 

OTHER CORNERQUESTION
Do You Think That
The Student Society

Fully Represent You
(as far as Rights, etc.)?

me

oof.

 

 

steve Gidoran

i'ma little out of touch with
the College and, asa
-esult, | guess it’s no
comment.

 

Jenise Kusey

i‘m not really doing any-
ching except coming here.

 

 

 

Elaine Brown

i don’t even know what the
student Society does and -

i know I pay fees to them
out that’s about it.

_loyd Malito

i’m not really familiar with
what the Student Society
does; they should have
nore profile on campus.

 

i’ve been here three times..

 

 

 

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