INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 6, 1990

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College workshop provides reasons to live

Are you fed up with your life? Is getting out of bed in the morning an almost impossible task? Are you lost in a fog of depression?

If the answer is yes, you are not alone.

We all feel like we are in a rut once in a while, says psychologist

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ORIENTATION FOR STAFF

If you are a support staff employee and you are interested in learning more about Performance Evaluation for Support Staff at Douglas College, plan to attend one of the following information sessions:

Tuesday, March 13 — 0900 to 1200 Boardroom (Royal Avenue), or Thursday, March 15 — 0900 to 1200 Boardroom (Royal Avenue) No pre-registration is required for the above sessions; however, if you

require further information, contact Marian Exmann in Personnel and Labour Relations (local 5338).

CHALLENGE ‘90

Interested in hiring a student for the summer?

Challenge ‘90 applications are now available in the Student Placement Office. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 9, 1990.

Contact Patty Lewis (5105) or Connie Hamre (5101) for additional in- formation.

LAST CHANCE FOR ARPILLERAS

This is your last chance to see the Arpilleras: Tapestris from Chile exhibit in the Theatre Foyer and Library Foyer Gallery. The exhibit is open Mon- day - Thursday 9-9 and Friday and Saturday 9-5 until March 9.

BOOKSTORE SALE COMING Starts March 12!

BOOKSTORE CLOSURE

Please be advised that the bookstore will be closed for inventory on March 29 and 30.

THANKS TO FACULTY/STAFF

The Bookstore staff would like to thank the faculty and staff for not signing out merchandise during the fall rush. Your help was appreciated. @

Gwen Gilliland. For some people, a feeling of hopelessness dominates their lives, and they begin to think their lives are worthless. "They are at the end of their rope, and may want to end it all."

But there is a way out. In a one- day workshop called Feeling Fed Up on March 31st, Gilliland explores what causes feelings of hopeless- ness and despair. Participants are shown the path back toward feel- ing that life is worth living. The workshop explores available op- tions and looks at specific life pat- terns people might want to change.

The course defines the illness and its symptoms, then looks at methods of eliminating our self- defeating "blues."

‘Women with pre-schoolers quite often feel fed up, says Gil- liland. "They are just getting worn out, and don’t see any way out of their dilemma."

Gilliland says many people be- come depressed for reasons beyond their control, such as bio-chemical makeup, or heredity. For the severely depressed, drug therapy may be effective in reducing or eliminating a feeling of hopeless- ness initially, so the victim can bet- ter cope with the outside causes of depression.

The goal of the workshop is to give people hope, and convince them that there are ways to diminish depression or feelings of worthlessness, says Gilliland.

The workshop, Feeling Fed Up, runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Satur- day, March 31st at the College. Call 527-5472 to register. @

Correction

In the February 27, 1990 issue of Inside Douglas College, p-2, Joan Wenman was identified as Chief Librarian. She is Collec-

tions Librarian.