MARCH 30, 1983

by Glen Nazaruk

‘““We have moved into Douglas College too soon.” says manager ot site services Ken McCoy. ‘‘Various prob- lems are to he expected with a

' building of this size.’’

The new Douglas College has had some problems in its oper- ation since it opened in Oct- ober. The most serious prob- lem has been with the: eleva- tors which have been breaking down regularly since the col- lege opened. There have been numerous incidents where the elevators have ceased opera- ting while between floors. A tew of these incidents have happened during the day, and

IN one case some. students

were trapped for over an hour.

‘‘There have been some inci- dents with the elevators,”’ admitted West Graydon, Di- rector of the Physical Plant. “Some dust and other debris got caught in the elevator tracks and caused the interr- uptions. Due to the heavy amount of construction that has been continuing at the col- lege, we have had to spend extra time keeping the college clean. We just haven’t been keeping the elevators as clean as we should, ‘‘these inci- dents should diminish in freq- uency when the college is free of construction.’’ says Gray- don.

‘There is not an acceptable level of cleanliness at the coll- ege.’’ said Ken McCoy. ‘‘To

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‘Students Trapped in Elevators

clean a building of this size perry requires more custo-

s than we presently have.”’

In retrospect West Graydon said: ‘‘We are trying to get the maximum service for a min- imum amount of cost. We are keeping the building as clean as we can afford to Lees it. It is entirely a budget decision.’’

““We have decided to allocate as much of our budget as poss- ible to programs for students in the college,’’ said College President Bull Day in an inter- view two weeks ago. ‘‘We will have to put up with a*lower standard of cleanliness so that we can have more programs for students.’’

Students Need Broader Training

Toronto (CUP)-Computer science students at universit- ies ee not receiving Beg enough training to meet needs of industry, according to the president of a Toronto consulting firm.

Ian Sharp of I.P. Sharp and

_ Associates told government,

industry and university repre- sentatives at a conference at the University of Toronto about the impact of high tech- nology on universities.

Sharp said computer science departments should teach stu- dents more than simply how to operate a computer. ‘‘Stu- LISTEN} THEN CAN

Montreal (CUP)- .

Today’s hu- man rights movement is too anti-American to succeed,

according to Ilya Gerol, a syn-

dicated columnist and Soviet emigre.

Gerol, now a professor at the University of B.C., told a McGill University audience Feb. 16 that human rights groups focus on imperialism

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dents should be trained so they can go out into the bus- iness world and solve pro- blems they knew nothing about.

“Everyone should be taught to use a computer. It’s not something for specialists,’’ said Sharp. . ,

‘The university is under a great deal of pressure to miss its mark: to train skilled work- ers instead of to educate people...When I went to school, we didn’t have a de- partment of slide rule sci- ence.”’

Other speakers at the day- long conference said univer-

sity research is not having enough impact on Canadian Society.

David Strangway, a Univer-

sity of Toronto vice-president, _

said universities have not built ‘an understanding with society -so that it can respond to uni- versities’ research. s The U of T established the Innovations Foundation in the mid-1970’s to carry out the commercial application and development of the univer- sity’s research results. A foundation representative said it will take the body five years to turn a profit for the U of T.

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and therby give the Soviets an advantage that will further neither human rights nor peace.

The quest for human rights in the countries of the ‘‘island of democracy’’--the Western World-- is essentially for soc- ial rights, said Gerol, while the human rights problems in the Soviet Union and South Africa involve political rights. He said the real issue is the dichotomy between totalitar-

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ianism and democracy.

The Soviet Union has never had human rights and so should be of the utmost impor- tance for human rights groups, Gerol said.

He said the Soviet Union has had a history of various forms of Stalinism similar to Hitler’s Third Reich.

And he does not expect the new Soviet leader, Yuri And- ropov, to initiate a more liber- al regime. Andropoy wants

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‘No Hazard’”’ Graydon Says

by Glen Nazaruk

“The safety committee is basically ineffectual,’’ says li- brary staff member Warren Johnson who has recently res- igned from the safety com- mittee.

“Some of the committee’s gravest concerns are not given enough consideration b oe administration of the col- epee

e ventilation for the film cleaning equipment in the lib- -fary is a major concern of the committee. ‘‘The solvent which is used to clean the films is highly toxic.’’ Johnson says ‘‘when plans for the building were drawn up, pro- per ventilation for the cle- aner was not included. The safety committee is concerned that this could pose a health hazard.”’

“There is no danger: to life and health,’’ claims Physical Plant Director West Graydon. “Proper ventilation for the film cleaning process was in- cluded in the plans for the college. The fumes from the film cleaner are directed into

“‘to bring the Soviet society back to pure Stalinism, to re- gain the ideological loyalty of the people,’’ he said.

But human rights groups can and should pressure the Soviet government, Gerol said, be- cause it is sensitive to inter- national opinion.

The movement for democ- racy in the Soviet Union is dying and repression against Jews is increasing, he-said. _

Meanwhile, Gerol said, the

the heating system of the coll- ege and are later mixed with fresh air. The dilution is so massive that there is absol- utely no health hazard.’’ Another concern of the saf committee has been the instal- Iment of stairs on the main concourse steps. ‘“These steps are not - penta with ex- isting Workmens Compensa- tion Board regulations eo the committee believes thus that they pose a health hazard.We received a notice from the WCB over a month ago which stated that the steps must be equipped with staifs,’’ stated © ohnson. *'So tar nothing has een done regarding the stiua- tion.”’ “‘We are not going to cha-_ nging the concourse” states est Graydon. ‘‘These stairs were not meant as a regular means of exit. They are an architectural entity. We will be convincing the WCB to allow a variance to their regul- ations and we feel that the ae do not pose a safety haz- ard in their present state.”

oblems in Soviet Union

human rights movement in the West is receiving Soviet fund- ing, and has an overly liberal view of the USSR.

Western journalists are con- tributing to this liberalism, ac- cording to Gerol, by over- playing American imperialism and underplaying Soviet rep- ression. He thinks that West- erm newspapers are too pre- occupied with the presence of “50 military advisors in El Sal- vador.”’