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class of psychology stu-
dents at the University of
Manitoba may sue the
school for ‘‘educational
malpractice’’.

The decision follows the
victory of the class of
graduate students to have
the grades assigned by
their professor overturned.

The students went before
the university’s board of
graduate studies to protest
professor Harvey Kesel-
man’s unusual teaching
methods.

by Tom Schoenewolf
There will be no muliti-

’ campus elections at Doug-
las College this year.

All nominations for chair-
persons and representativ-
es were won by acclaima-
tion.

The student society is still
looking for nominations for
a vice-president internal
(VPI), after Glynis Shearer
announced her resignation
Tuesday morning.

She said the reason she
quit was because she had a
full-time job now and
“there just isn’t enough
time."’

Of the position she said
that it involves work and
the person involved must
be willing to work.

“It was a lot of fun as
well and I hope to be able
to return next semester,”’
she said.

Kevin Hallgate, - student
society president, will an-
nounce when the election
for a new VPIis to be held.

E Hallgate said that there is.
fair

representation from
each and every campus on
the multi-campus society.

Ken Zaifman, the stu-
dents’ lawyer, said this ‘is
the first time an_ entire
class has campaigned to-
gether to protest a pro-
fessor’s instruction and ex-
amination methods.

‘Students are again be-
ginning to assert their
rights in the classroom in a
way reminiscent of the
60’, he said.

Two students had failed
the course but the univer-
sity records of all the
students now show only
that they passed the
course.

‘“‘Although there are
campuses that don’t have a
full slate of reps, all cam-

puses receive full and
equal voting at the multi-
campus meetings,’’ he
said.

The Surrey chair is now
filled by Shawn Killam,
university transfer student
and the Coquitlam chair by
Tim Shein, second year
business management.
The representatives from
New West. campus are:
Mary Ann McGarrett, Les-
lie Brown, Dave Smith,
Saare Neil and Eleanor

Wise.

The» Surrey reps are:
Monica Gruetz, John
Crashley, Patti Billstrom

and Michael Gray.

The Coquitlam reps are:
Terry Lindsay, Eleanor
Crum and Brian Crouch.
The Richmond reps are:
Lynn Hoeber, Timmi
Brammer, Gary Bartley
and Jeff Beamish.
Respresenting Langley is
Roxanne Smysniuk.

The students say Kesel-
man gave them insufficient
time to finish tests
throughout the year and
that the final exam con-
tained typographical errors
and blurred printing. They
also said they had been
tested on subjects which
had not been taught in the
course.

Zaifman said a number
of the exams given to the
students were speed tests.

“It’s awfully hard to do
a speed test when you
can’t even read it’’, he
said.

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Keselman said he teels
the decision puts academic
‘freedom in danger.

“I’m concerned with the
prospect in the coming
years of some committee

come forth with guidelines
to the instructor concern-
ing time limits for exam-
ining students.’’

The issue of academic
freedom is not in question,
according to Zaifman. If
academic freedom means
lack of fairness in the
classroom then something
is ‘wrong with people’s

S positions filled by acclaimation

ning there was a hole! Without the usual problems of

practice

sense of academic free-
dom.

Keselman disputes the
committee's ability to
judge on non-course relat-

ed material. He says the
time needed to complete
an exam is known only to a
person with an _ expert
knowledge of the material.

The students: are now
considering suing the uni-
versity for ‘“‘breach of con-
tract and educational mal-
practice’’ to entrench stu-
dents’ right to get a satis-
factory education.

Sept. 18,1980.

   

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strikes and funding the New West mister permanent campus should
- photo by Bill Lingenfelter

be completed in 1982.

- Complete withdrawals low at Surrey campus

by Yolanda Volpatti
Complete course with-
drawals are generally low
at the Surrey Campus of
Douglas College; with the
majority of drop outs enter-
ing the employment world
after they withdraw.
Generally out of 6,000
enrolled students 350 drop
out. Ken Battersby, assis-
tant admissions director in
Surrey, said, ‘‘Figures have

been very good for com-
plete withdrawals...about
five percent of the entire
enrolment for a semester.”’
This figure varies very
little through the years.
Major reasons given by
students who completely
withdraw from the college
are ‘“‘lack of finances’’ or
‘‘preferences to work.’’
Battersby said, ‘‘Very few
students withdraw for rea-

 

sons other than those, al-
though there are a few who
experience academic dif-
ficulties, lack interests,
have family problems, or
have medical reasons
which prevent them from
attending.”’

There are more full time
students cropsing out than
part time students. Ot the.

five per cent which drop

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out about two-thirds are
full time. The reason for
this is that most students
attending the college part
time are more capable of
working and attending
their classes than most full
time students.

The receipts of complete
withdrawal forms usually
follows a significant pat-

tern. ‘‘We receive a group
of withdrawals during the
first few weeks of the
semester, then we receive
another group during the
middle of the semester,
and the final group just
before the deadline.’’

The last day to com-
pletely withdraw for this
fall semester is November
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