September 16, 1982

 

 

Many Douglas College
students faced chaos while
registering for fall classes at
(bite my tongue) the ‘‘old
campus’’. September Ist at
McBride and 8th was like
$1.49 Day at Woodwards,
only with little organization.

It started in the parking
lot. Lots~of cars and no
parking. Then, I had to wade
through numerous line-ups
and bodies filling out forms
strewn all over the floor, only
to find out that my line-up
was the longest. I‘m usually
very conscientious, so of
course I was there on time to
face a half hour wait just to
pick up my registration form.
I knew exactly what courses
I wanted to take and pro-
ceeded to the designated
room to sort out blue cards
from yellow papers and,
without much assistance,
write down names and num-
bers that would be accept-
able in the fee assessment
area. There was another
catch, however. Both of the
courses I wanted to take
were already filled. Luckily,
Thad planned my courses for
the next few semesters.
After only three tries and two
hours later, I was able to get
two courses that fit my
requirements.

Registration day was frus-

 

eranng and for some fruit-

Line-up blues

less. Why were we met with
such a mess? Was it poor
planning on the part of the
Douglas College
administration, or can the
real blame go to the B.C.
Government and its
cutbacks?

If l was an administrator at
a B.C. post-secondary instit-
ution, trying to hold all the
tattered shreds together for
the incoming fall students,

I'm afraid I‘d have to fight
the_urge to give up. Even
the esteemed, or should I
just say ‘‘steamed’’, Mini-
ster of Education, who ap-
peared on the Webster talk
show on television recently,
seemed to have no clear plan
or even slightly acceptable
solution to the cutbacks pro-
blem. He gave the impres-
sion of someone lurking in
the background watching the
School Boards squirm under
his mighty power, while
constantly reminding
students that he was pre-
pared to pounce if they
didn‘t make the ‘‘right”’

decisions regarding the. cut-.

backs. He displays a lot of
clout without much sign of a

workable solution to this:

crippling diliemma. Yes!
Wild Billy is out there shoot-
ing blanks!

Judy Macpherson ;

 

 

 

 

 

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