February 4th to 18th 1982

 

 

 

 

 

Imagine it. A teacher in every T.V., your
schoolwork going out and your marks coming
back in the mail.Nobody to question your
beliefs, nobody to talk to at all, really: All you
have to do to fulfill your responsibilities to soci-
ety is stare at a talking head in a suit all day.

After you graduate from whatever programme
you choose to immerse yourself in, you don’t
even have to go out into the real world. Telidon
will give you all the information you need to
know, (horoscopes, stock quotations). Radio
Shack will give you all the tools you need to
make a living. You can spend your entire life at
home in the world of the future.

tmagine it. That’s what the Honorable Univer-
sities, Science and Communications Minister,
Patrick McGeer, is doing, along with Education
Minister, Brian Smith.

A recent letter to B.C.colleges from Smith’s
ministry states: ‘‘each college should continue to
assure that a basic core of university transfer
courses is available to students within its region.
In so doing, it should bear in mind the offerings
of the Open Learning Institute and adjacent
institutions.’’

What this means is that, despite being on re-
cord as saying that they will never institute
mail-order education and ‘‘boob tube’’ learning
as a replacement for core programmes, Smith is
recommending that various post secondary insti-
tutions prepare for this eventuality.

He lied and I’m scared. The reason that Smith
and the Socreds are not on record as saying that
they will use the Open Learning Institute and
the Knowledge Network for basic post secondary
programmes is because it is not a very popular
idea. The reason why it is not popular is
because it does not work.

Many of us remember the ‘age of new tech-
nology in learning,’ where millions of dollars
was spent on tape recorders, slide projectors,
and T.V.sets on the assumption that, ‘‘Well,
gee, if the kids spend all their time and atten-
tion with the T.V., maybe they would learn
something.”’

As well as being a dismal failure and wasting
mill’ ons of public tax dollars, the exercise prov-
ed that you can’t replace living, thinking,
human beings with cold, complicated bits of
metal plastic and glass.

McGeer must have a poor memory, because
the Ministry of Education are spending mega-
millions of dollars on the same sort of thing
while firing faculty, raising grade point average
requirements, increasing tuition, and cutting
courses...all for a network of cables and compu-
ter software.

 

Staph Box

Deborah Bolton Doc
Arne Hill B.A.of BS
lan Hunter Dean of Journalism

Micheal Knowles
Perry Obedinski
Cal Reyburn
Christie Rogers
Paul Sum

M.A. of Philosophy
B.A.of Kinesiology

M.A. of Brain Science
M.A. of Religious Studies
PhD of Photo Tech

Deb Wilson PhD of Cacaology
Helene Wisotzki PhD of Nihilist Studies

Our love and thanks to: Deb Wilson, Terry

 

 

Collin, and Emily.
Doris Feichtinger PhD. in Journalism )

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Na ah ao
ANARCHY

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR OPPRESSION BACK

CAUTION: COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE

Lm Cem

AUTHORITARIAN WRATH

 

 

To: All the Members of the
Douglas College Students
and the Council Council
Thank Goodness | read our
newspaper. | have been
made aware of a situation
that truly upset me.
apparently Kevin Hallgate
and Tim Shein_ got into
trouble by giving me a

cheque for $200.00. If this
be the case | will somehow
borrow the money to give it
back to the Council. Is that
the reason why my ‘‘thank
you’’ letter and card was

never acknowledged or dis-
played for all to see and
read? | want you all to be
aware that | did not present
myself at the office; | was

telephoned at my home,

telling me to go to the

 

Seen Council’s office

the following a.m. Where

upon | was given this
cheque. | told the boys |
would try and seek help
elsewhere. They insisted
that | take the money. | was

in such a state that the
boys really felt sorry for
me. | was so surprised and

Story Upsets Me

moved by this action | could
hardly speak to the two
very nice young men that

wished me a ‘‘Merry
Christmas.’’ Thank you
Kevin and Tim. | am very

sorry you were put through
this hassle for me.

Continued on page 5

Reporting Deplorable

To the Attention of lan
Hunter:

| found your reporting on
the stolen wallet incident to
be a little one-sided. | think
that the fact that Council
did approve Kevin Hall-
gate’s and Tim Shein’s
actions in this situation
should have been publically
acknowledged. After read-
ing your article, the woman

 

in question felt an obliga-
tion to reimburse Council.

Money she does not have.
So it would be appreciated

if these facts are printed
with m.j. orr’s letter to the
editor. Your co-operation in
this matter would be most
appreciated.

Yours Sincerely,

Linda D. Davis si