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Of course the benefits of subsidized education
are manyfold and it would be a social disaster to
limit education to only those that could afford it,
but that is exactly what the Liberal government
seems to be aiming for.

Here at Douglas it appears that-all the
academic courses during the summer semester
will be dropped, there will probably be a 16 per
cent tuition hike for the fall semester and the
board is looking into staff layoffs.

In all it’s a pretty grim tale, increased tuition
and decreased services. Yet we have to realize
that we at Douglas College are not alone in our
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have to crowd together into fewer classes with
more. students. Standards of education will go
down as a result.

The ‘‘onion scenario’’ presented by the college
board last-October didn’t exactly comt true.
Summer school was not dropped, Winslow
campus wasn’t closed and Adult Basic Education
didn’t end but we have to ask ourselves when
and how is this terrible swing in education going
to end? Ottawa is the only place where our
answers will be found and unfortunately PET
doesn’t seem to be too concerned with the
problem. The worry of being able to afford an
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Theater Back
at D.C.

by Ian Hunter

The Douglas College
Theatre Program is back in
business after a year of
absense, and will be pre-
senting Neil Simon’s de-
lightful comedy, The Good
Doctor.

The play, based on the
short stories and sketches
by Anton Chekhov will run
for two day, April 2 and 3,
at the’ James Cowan The-
atre, 6450 Gilpen Street,
Burnaby.

The theatre program did
not produce a production
last year as the director,
Dorothy Jones, was on a
year sabatical.

But now that Jones is
back, and with increased
enthusiasm due to the sche-
duled opening of the Dou-
glas College permanent
campus in New Westmin-
ster, with its theatre facil-
ities next fall--the program
felt it was a good time to
put on the play.

The Douglas College
Theatre Program is co-
producing this play with
students from Burnaby
South. High School. Jones
says there are only 11
students in the Douglas
program and they are doing
a complicated play involv-
ing lots of-actors.

At the new campus there
is a 350 seat theatre and a
huge production and prop
management area. It is
department will be expand-
ed when it moves to the
new campus.

For ticket reservations,
call 939-6611 or 291-6864.
Tickets are $4 for adults
and $3 for students.