April 1st to April 14th, 1982 - The Other Press Page 3 ViLuneee ear wee. o ‘oo (RNR/CUP) - Like, uh, take a hike Edwin Newman, William F. Buckley and all the rest of you complaining about the sloppy state of the English language. A linguistics professor at Britain’s Reading (Red-ing) - University says tight, econ- omical English isn’t natural - speakers are better understood if they throw in Month | by Daniel Roberts April is Dental Health Month and this year’s national slogan is ‘‘Smile Canada’’. The Dental Auxil- iary Program will be pre- senting table clinics relating to dental health for Douglas College administration, fac- ulty, staff and students. This information will: be presented in the cafeteria of the Coquitlam campus on Friday, April 2 from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. and in the cafeteria of the New West- minster campus on Thurs- day, April 15 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. As a reminder, preventa- tive services for yourselves, family and friends are offer- ed through the Dental Aux- | Dental Health — - Sloppy English Sol a ‘‘ya know’’, and mean’’, or a “‘like’’, here and there. For instance, says David Crystal, the phrase ‘‘John and _ his friend’ is less abrupt’ and carries a richer meaning if it’s ‘changed to ‘‘John and, you know, his friend.’’ So, like, if a linguistics . professor says it’s okay, maybe it is - you know? t ii ane y Vy BN lia \y | | re , Training Programs Cutting into Academics WINNIPEG (CUP) - The federal government’s work training program is based on the philosophy that ‘‘ec- onomic targets should drive human resource develop- ment’’, University of Man- itoba’s administration pre- sident. said at a recent conference on employment. Arnold Naimark and sev- eral other panelists at the forum on revamping federal work training programs, - said they worried that fed- eral proposals would cut ' back on the liberal arts and e Po : ey A € sciences. Ve Trevor Dandy, U of M faculty association president said even most business leaders prefer graduates who have a broadly-based education with specializa- tion learned on the job or at - graduate school. He said employers don’t want people with ‘efficient Dandy said it is increas- ingly important to have a sophisticated, educated e- lectorate with.a knowledge of Canadian history. ‘’The necessary basis of a system: of representative govern- ment’’ is an educated elec- torate, he said. . Robin Farquhar, Univer- sity of Winnipeg adminis- tration president, said he fears that the value of ’ liberal arts institutions will be downplayed in looking at employment needs. He said the liberal arts “are the source of compre- hensive wisdom, of critical judgement, and of mature taste that characterize the truly educated person.’’ Farquhar said liberal arts students do extremely well” in their careers, and that their undergraduate educa- tion ‘‘provides the strongest possible base for a life of meaningful and_ satisfying work, ’’ They acquire ‘‘intellec- tual flexibility and scope of learning,’’ to adapt to quickly-changing job mar-: kets, he said. If the govern- ment wants more skilled graduates, said Farquhar, it should increase funding to arts and sciences where many of these students take their undergraduate educa- tion. : Doug Lauchlin, Manitoba Liberal leader, said, ‘’if we try to force post-secondary education into the mold of meeting manpower needs, we'll do violence to it.’’ He said employment de- mand forecasts must not be used to slot students into programs. “We've basically had a system of free choice (of what to study)... do we want to change that2’’ A doom-adooma & Get a job Pd Shananana Shanana nanana OTTAWA (CUP) - After announcing in December that it would freeze funding for summer student job creation at $100 million, the federal government has pumped another $20 million into the program. Lloyd Axworthy, minister of employment and im- “migration, said the extra funds would hire 10,000 more students, bringing the total employed by the pro- gram to 53,000. Cyril Keeper, the NDP employment critic, said it was no coincidence that the increase was announced March 11, the day before Keeper said the increase is welcome, but still only provides a small percentage of the jobs students need to pay for their education. Keeper said student un- employment is rooted in the broader economic crisis in Canada. He said that dur- ing the five months to January Canada lost 20,000 jobs each working day, and the trend is expected to continue. “‘What we really need is to turn around the economic © policies of the govern- ment,’’ said Keeper. He said students will have a better chance of finding a Do you want to look like this? iliary Program at the Co- quitlam site. For informa- tion, please contact 939- 6611 local 24. All are welcome! ae Even if you don’t attend the free dental clinic. Statistics Canada revealed that unemployment had ri- sen to 8.9 per cent. Student unemployment is about 16 per cent. job if the government low- ers interest rates, increases spending, and invests more in the economy, especially in housing. )