eesva verte oT 2 2 ee ee ee ee 8 Ee ese EE Di a ee ee e 4 January 31, 1986 The Other Press xXit stage right Due to current Policy students have to follow Provincial voting rules. We can only use X’s that are in pencil, not check marks in pen. Merrilyn Houlihan, of the Student Society office feels that she has no right to change the policy but the Senate could do so. Question: Does the Student Society want to change the policy? The policy should be changed—it doesn’t really serve democracy. After all, when only 200 or so students voted out of a possible 5000, something seems wrong. The 20 or so votes that couldn’t be counted due to ‘‘policy’’ would have changed the outcome of the election. This issue was supposed to be considered in the S.S. meeting on Monday, but due to the shuffling of discussion was lost. We urge the Senate to change the policy. Only a few students usually vote in elections, so every vote counts. Why be so picky when you know what the intentions of the students are. by KAREN HOOEY To the editor, . _ The other day | glanced at The Pro- vince newspaper and was surprised to see it sporting racing stripes. ‘Hmmm’, | said to myself, ‘’this bears closer inspection.’’ Reading the fine print, | saw the announcement “Your SKYTRAIN Paper’’. This struck a chord in my memory and | searched around until | found a copy of The Sun. ‘118 days to Expo’’ it proclaimed. My first thought was ‘‘more government hype’’ and after mulling it over the phrase ‘‘integrity in journalism’’ popped up. It appears as though the local media are receiving gratuities from our provincial government. Why else 5 year olds and ad men wouldn’t blush saying, such as ‘‘Greet the d manager... would they support phrases that only Business manager...............+6 ‘ Classifieds coordinator............. Gopy editor. oii. eeecgesesetsis vee Editorial coordinator................ Entertainment coordinator........ 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Even assuming that Expo is basically good for our province, it is wrong for a newspaper to support our government in justifying a multi-° -million dollar Social Credit billboard as a carnival ride. Okay, it might be said that they’re in the business of selling newspapers and that they should tell the people what they want to hear. But isn’t a newspaper supposed to report news? Maybe in this age of neato computer graphics and the hard sell a news- paper has just become a tabloid and real journalistic values are out the window. Maybe it’s a good thing The Sun doesn’t associate itself with Vancouver anymore. Gordon Day Glen Emery Pilon, Dave Watson, Karen ohn McDonald ___ To the Editor, One of my students left the examin- ation room just before Christmas with only the following note on his answer paper:’’Having ignored this subject for the past few weeks, | sit here in the harsh glare of reality being unable to and indeed, not having the heart to write this examination.’’ z This particular student has some rather noble ambitions as to what he wants to do once he has completed his education, but is being held back by his inability’to pass the preparatory courses in mathematics. Other stu- dents have approached me in the past week and_ have seriously suggested that | give them a passing grade because they are being held back from studying the really interesting higher level courses in other dis- ciplines. It occurred to me that, in requiring them to pass certain standards in mathematics, | was exercising a form of censorship on the possible career choices the student could make. In light of the public outcry against any form of censorship in areas such as the media in particular and moral choices in general, why should we, as instructors in this college (or any other college for that matter), be allowed to continue our own form of discrimination against students on the basis of their academic qualifications? Is there not some inconsistency in teaching a student in philosophy that there are no absolute standards, and then grade that student’s. perform- ance in that same course and ab- solutely deny credit to the student if he has not met the standards set by the instructor? We have freed ourselves up to the point where we can commit adultery without public censure, but we still get hung up on dangling participles and misspelled words in an English essay. Individuals who take their chosen lifestyle for granted for some strange reason become incensed when they detect a grammatical error in the Mad Hatter. If we are pro-choice in one area of our society why should we continue to stand in the way of persons and their chosen professions through the application of arbitrary standards? Consistency would require us to drop all forms of examinations. The students who approached me to arbitrarily up-grade their marks have begun to see through the facade, even if we haven't. The lessons of relative values learned from moral philosophy can and should be applied in all areas of our society. : Al Harms Douglas College Math Instructor Other Press room (under the door)