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by Glen Nazaruk

Eighty Douglas College
students officially joined the
ranks of the unemployed at
the 1982 Fall graduation
ceremony at New Westmin-
ster Secondary School Nov.
4.

The 80 were some of the
300 students graduating, yet
despite the turnout the event
was memorable for all who
attended. The processional
and recessional parade was
aided with a fine perfor-
mance on the Scottish Bag-
pipes by Piper Duncan Fra-
ser.

remarks were made by Bill
Emerton, Chairman of the
Douglas College Board. Re-
marks on behalf of the
Student Society were made

by Tom Boer

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31, 1983, and a recall clause,
in exchange for takin
days off without pay
the 82/83 year.

The agreement awaits ap-
proval by the College Board,
which College President Bill
Day sees as probable. The
Board will decide on Nov. 18.

Association President
Ralph Stanton said that ‘‘the
faculty’s earlier rejection of a
memorandum of an agree-
ment giving security to
March 31, 1983 demonstra-
ted the inadequacy of that
proposal. This proposal giv-
ing security until August 31,
1983 is, in my view, a fair
agreement.’’

by Glen Nazaruk

Because of the move to the
new campus this week, stu-
dent cards will no longer be
honored for free admission at
Canada Games Pool after
November 30.

The Student Society has
witnessed a doubling of rates
charged by the pool this
semester because of its in-
ability to commit the college
to a full year’s use of the
facility.

The Student Society felt
that with the opening of the
new campus closer to the
central core of downton New
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by Treasurer Rudy Van Ber-
kel. All were exceptional,
including those by College
President Bill Day.

The graduation speaker,
Dr. Paul Gallagher, Principal
of Capilano College, pro-
vided a blend of humor and
humanitarfianism
speech, which was well re-
ceived by the audience.

The entire event went very
smoothly thanks to all those
who contributed their time

and effort to help make the”

event a successful one. The
only incident. of the night was
the fall of a young woman
who, undoubtedly in © her
“nervousness, slipped on the

stairs while on her way off

‘the’stage.

-|Faculty signs new deal

Day would not comment
on Stanton’s statement, but
said. ‘‘we perceive that we
have an ability to pay’’ the
terms of the new memoran-
dum.

The College’s chief nego-
tiator, Robert Sawka, said
the new memorandum has
“stretched our budget to the
limit’’, adding that efforts to
adjust to reduce provincial
funding in 1983-84 will be
delayed until Sept. 1983.

Negotiations between the
College and the Association,
which have continued on and
off since August, are a result
of a $350,000 budget cut
from the provincial govern-
ment. The College hopes the
Association’s contribution
will make up approximately
$145,000 of their deficit.

Pool Program Ends

for the facility would not be
enough to cover the cost of
the program.

Due to the popularity of
the program, the Student
Society plans to continue it at
the local YM/YWCA located
on 6th Street approximately
four blocks from the college.

Along with a fairly long
walk uphill from the new
campus, swimming, racquet-
ball and weightlifting will be
offered.

Look for the program to be
continued in the spring se-
mester, beginning approx-
imately mid-January.

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Douglas Students Answer Questions

by Chris Page:

You may be among the 800

students here who will be
participating in a survey next
week to help educational
planning.
_. The voluntary survey asks
students to rate the college’s
library, registration pro-
cedure, counselling, publi-
cations, parking, financial
aid, quality of instruction
and other areas. Other ques-
tions ask students why they
attend the college and back-
ground information like what
programs they take.

An individual’s answers
are contidental.

The survey should take

Weird Contract In Windsor

WINDSOR (CUP) - A Uni-
versity of Windsor professor
has discovered an easy way
to discipline disruptive stu-
dents - fail them. ~

Professor Stephen Bert-
man, a classics instructor,
gave his students a behavior
contract to sign at the start of
classes intended to maintain
quiet during lectures and
slide presentations.

According to the contract,
a student’s mark will be
lowered by one whole letter
grade if Bertman asks her or
him to leave the class. A
student who is asked to leave
the class twice in a semester
will automatically fail, as will
all students who refuse to
sign the contract.

Bertman said he wants to
make students more atten-
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about 30 minutes to com-
plete, including time for
explanation says College Re-
search Assistant Doug Tal-
ling.

“The purpose of this sur-

vey is to increase our under- . —
standing of the students we

serve at Douglas College,”’
explains College President
Bill Day in a covering note.
“The information will be
valuable to the college,’
says Talling.

He suggests the college
may change aspects of its
services in response to the
survey. For example, one
question asks ‘‘How long
before your first registration
here did you decide to attend

fair method of ensuring this.

‘‘Last year I had unusually
large classes and students in
the fringes could be disrup-
tive,’ he said.

Although no students have
complained to Bertman, a
couple of his students de-
scribed the contract as a
personal infringement of
rights.

According to student legal
aid, the contract is not legal
and Bertman has acted be-
yond his authority by uni-
laterally altering the terms of
registration. All students
sign an agreement at regi-
stration binding them to
university regulations con-
tained in the student hand-
book. There are no legal
relations between professors
and individual students be-
cause professors are employ-

this college?’ If many stu-
dents say ‘less than one
month’, the college might
postpone application dead-
lines.

“Some of. (the informa-
tion) will be used for com- }
parison between colleges,”’
Talling says. (Cariboo and
Northwest Colleges will also
write the survey. )

The survey is organized by
the B.C. Forecasting Com-
mittee, which is funded by
the Ministry of Education.

A summary of survey re-
sults should be available in
January and the survey could
be revised and repeated in
the future.

ees of the university, said a
legal aid official.

Bertman’s contract may
also conflict with student
discipline guidelines, accord-
ing to Carol Saso, dean of
students.

‘‘The dean of students is
the only body who can issue’
failing grades due to disci-
plinary actions,’’ said Saso.

According to legal aid, the
only way to test the contract
is to defy it, but in the
meantime signing it means
nothing because it is illegal.

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EDUCATIONALLY
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BUT WE ARE
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SCHOOL, YOX
KNOW