Concordia University - Montreal, Quebec

IN THIS Courses for Convicts

By Beverley. Smith ISSUE: "It takes a tremendous amount of drive fo r someone to take these courses," says Nellie Sharpe, her voice Happy Birthday Blair! tinged with admiration. Political science professor and Sharpe is a volunteer teacher involved in an Principal of the new School of unusual program co-ordinated by Concor­ dia's Centre for Mature Students, with the Community and Public Af­ help of off-campus personnel. fairs, Blair Williams, had In the spare time left over from some birthday surprise for his her regular teaching duties, soci­ fortieth. See page 7. ologist Sharpe gives ·courses in "Introductory Sociology" and "Statistics" to inmates of one Don't let smoke get in your of Quebec's maximum security eyes ... prisons, the Archambault In­ Get a smoke detector for your situte at Ste-Anne-des­ Plaines. home or apartment. That's the It's not the " average · advice of Concordia security friendly individual you're which is selling detectors at a dealing with, says John Fiset, Concordia's director discount. Details on page 3. of off-campus operations, who acts as liaison between Hold on to ·your native university and prison of­ tongue. ficials. The students are in for So counsels an Education armed robbery, assault, mur­ Dept. study on immigrant der or attempted murder, children. Read about the have nicknames like "the ter­ minator" and arf usually do­ study, which shows that ing long stretches in the pen. children who retain their . But, says a spokesman for the native language while inmates, "some of them are quite acquiring French or English do sharp. Their natural talents just " keep getting snowed under by menial· better academically, on page labour such as sweeping fl oors or working 4. in the prison shop. They just get bitter and use their talents to get back at society, to get revenge." More than just a beer bash. To change this situation, two English-speaking in­ Commerce Week '79 is ·a week mates at Archambault put pressure on pri~on officials Continued on page 7. of seminars and guest speakers. It's Reed Scowen, Bernard Finestone, Richard Jean Gascon: Lafferty and more. Page 6.

Universities have public A life in the theatre support, but ... By Mark Gerson biographer and Concordia theatre first director of the Nat:onal Theatre The public is concerned about The dream of all my /if e was to professor Philip Spensley, "one of, if School. He was artistic director of the the cost of higher education. be in a cowboy movie, to gallop not the, most significant personalities Stratford Festival from 1968 to 1974, across the plains on my faithful in the development of comtemporary an important period of growth for the The Council of Ontario horse and shoot from the saddle. Canadian theatre." Festival. And he now heads what Universities recently published But in the end, I didn't do anything Gascon's credentials are impressive. might become Canada's first national· a report on the public image like that. He founded Canada's first con­ theatre company, operating out of the of Ontario universities. For a -Jean Gascon, 1969 temporary professional theatre com­ National Arts Centre. Instead, Jean Gascon M.D .. became pany, Theatre du Nouveau Monde, 'The man has dedicated his life and look at the report, see page 2. one of Canada's most respected actors and remained its artistic director and being' to the theatre," says Spensley. and directors and, according to guiding light for 16 years. He was the Continued on page 5. PLEASE FILL THIS OUT AND RETURN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

,,, Please foll in and c,rcle i tems. or squeeze in the right word. Universities 1nust jus~ify ::, a. E J IREAD FREQUENCY RATING ( regularly. periodically, never) (good. ok. bad) costs, i1nprove P.R. letters reg per ne• u features on gra :is reg per nev g Ok b ~ (!) features on staff reg per nev g ok b There is "general basic public I_t suggests that COU, from its office w> items of interest reg per nev g Ok b support for universities and for ·higher in Toronto, set up an information ;. class notes reg per nev g ok b .. ·Homecoming· page reg per nev g Ok b education," but many people are programme, budgeting $40,000 next 0 worried about what it costs, says a year to start it. report on the public image of >- In general.C.U. Mag is . g Ok b "Each university appears to handle "'.. Compared to other alumni mags it is . g ok b universities in Ontario. media relations reasonably well at the G Compared to previous Concordia ones .· g ok b 'Their concern," says the report, "is Readability & editorial tone 1s . g ok b .. local level," the committee's report Illustration and presentation 1s . g ok b -~ Q) Q) about the cost of education as well as C notes, "but _there is a deficiency in O> C: <{ 9 the cost of other worthwhile public dealing with -issues that relate to the ;;; I would would not be prepared to pay $2 a yr (40 cents an issue) for C .U. Mag g: a. .. services such as health and welfare. ::, I'm interested in sports. science. lifestyles. social & economic ,ssues, C collectivity ... The need to explain the >< (.) ::, Q) (.) education. the arts. history. 0 Their concern is that the universities, . mission of the contemporary university Cf) 0 >- as well as other public service provides a natural focu~ for organizations, spend their tax dollars You'll find this card in the current issue of Concordia University Magazine. We want cooperative activity which can un­ to know what you think of C.U. ~ag., so please fill it out and return it to either in a responsible way and are held derpin efforts at the institutional level." Information Office. If you haven't picked up your copy of the magazine, it's available accountable." The report suggests that COU in the lobby of the Hall Building, at the main entrance of the Administration Building The report comes from a special produce "on a regular basis, timely and at both Information Offices (BC-213, AD-105). committee of the Council of Ontario information about the university Universities. That committee, chaired system for use by the individual in­ by UW's president, Dr. Burt Matthews, stitutions and for direct distribution to To1n Allan worked over the past year finding out the general public." what the universities do now "in That could range from fact sheets dealing with the public perception of. and press releases to films, it says. R.I.P. the current role of universities" and COU should also produce "in­ Prof. Tom Allan, a pioneer in Philosophy from the Universities of figuring i>ut what individual univer­ formation on Council reports and Educational Broadcasting in Scotland Cologne, Freiburg and Vienna, and a sities and COU, which represents them policy statements specifically for the and one of the first professors in the Diploma in Education from the all, could start doing. information of members of the Graduate Studies in Educational University of Edinburgh. His varied "Despite the criticism about the university community", says the Technology, died on December 14, career included English teaching in effectiveness and/ or relevance of report; and COU leaders should meet 1978. Professor Allan came to Con­ Scottish schools from 1934 to 1941, universities that is voiced from time to regularly with politicians, set up an cordia in 1970, giving up tp.e post of and serving as Squadron Leader with time in the media and by opinion advisory committee "composed of Head of Schools Broadcasting for the Royal Air force during the Second leaders in business, industry, and · senior executives from business, in­ Scotland. He served as Associate World War. After the war he joined government, there seems to be general dustry, labour and the public service", Director of the M .A. programme and the BBC as an educational radio basic public support for universities and provide "direct regular personal Director of the Diploma programme in producer. Later he produced the first and for higher education," the com­ contact with representative members of Instructional Technology. In addition, ETV series in Scotland. In 1961 he was mittee has reported. ·Toronto and the national media". he taught several courses in script­ appointed Head of Schools Broad­ "Most people continue to support Staff at the COU secretariat will writing and radio and television casting for Scotland. His professional substantial public investment in have to reshuffle their priorities, the production. qualifications were well received by the education because they want high report says, but the committee thinks Prof. Allan's academic background fledgling programme in Educational quality institutions and broad that is worth doing. included an honours M.A. in Mental Technology in 1970 and the substantial university-level educational op­ The report also has a number of Philosophy from the University of contributions he made are sincerely portunities to continue to be available suggestions for individual universities: Glasgow, graduate courses in acknowledged by both faculty and to their children and to themselves. • Carry on with secondary school students. "Although they may not understand liaison work, especially involving much about it, they are prepared to professors and students, and "em­ accept the importance of research in phasize the values of university Dollars/or the universities." education and the career opportunities So the first conclusion reached by that are available for graduates". the committee is that the universities, • Become more involved in "special Scholars "individually and collectively", have to programmes that can enrich the "inform all segments of the public education of high school students and Concordia's 1978 development fund about what universities do, why such support the work of high school campaign has received a record work is important, and how the costs teachers" -contests, science fairs, amount of $658,000. According to arise". festivals and so on. Howard Radford, Concordia's In addition, it says, they have to • Review the bureaucracy which development officer, this amount tops "respond directly to specific faces part-time students, to make sure the previous year's amount by $42,000. criticism" - by changing things if the programmes are not "unduly rigid" and The breakdown of the fund is the criticism is justified, or by providing discouraging. following: faculty and staff scholarship correct information if it isn't. • "Join with secondary schools and contributions amounted to $27,000; the And it adds that "the long-term colleges on a local or regional basis to alumni contributed $61,000; and the future of the universities depends on improve course and programme co­ rest came from corporations and performance, not on public ordination among them". foundation grants. relations" - but public relations is Of the amount, approximately needed anyway. Reprinted from The University of $400,000 is designated for specific Western Ontario Gazette, January 3, projects while the other portion is 1979. distributed by the rector. A Florentine Frolic

Six weeks in Italy? And for credit, shopping and relaxation. The final too? week of the course will also be free. It sounds too good to be true, but The cost of the May 26 to July 8 trip Continuing Education and the Art is $1,350. This includes tuition for one History section of the Fine Arts Faculty six-credit course, transportation, bed are planning "Imagination and Reality: and breakfast accommodation and any Art and Architecture in Italy", a six­ museum entrance fees. After getting off to a slow start," this week Art History course in and about Students must have 12 credits in Art year's Christmas Basket Drive exceeded Italy. History or permission of the instructor. last year's total and netted almost Students will be based in Rome, The course will be taught by Dr. $4,000. Baskets were distributed to 67 Venice, Florence and Milan and will Warren Sanderson. families and 19 senior citizens .. .. take day trips from these cities. The art Registration deadline is March 2. F~r Loyola Dean of Students Brian of the Renaissance as well as that of registration and travel information, Counihan and chaplain and prof Joe the Medieval, Baroque and Modern contact Doreen Bates at Contin.uing Macaluso were guests on the CKO talk ages }Viii be studied and there will be Education, 879-8436. Academic show and phone-in "Reaction P.M." free days for personal explorations, inquiries should be directed to Dr. last week. The subject was education Sanderson at 879-4413. at the university level.. .. The Campus Centre Quiet Bar has been renamed "Oasis" not 'The Oasis" as reported in this column last week. Apparently the Centre's Board of Directors spent a good deal of time discussing whether or·not 'The" should be part of the Where name .... There's a party for foreign students tonight at Loyola; 5 - 10 p.m. in confere·nce rooms 1 and 2 of the there's Campus Centre .... At A Glance has learned that provincial in­ tergovernmental affairs minister Claude smoke... Morin wants to speak at Loyola later this month .. Watch TTR for details ... . In 1977, 193 deaths and 961 injuries Anniversaries we'd sooner forget: next were caused by fires in residential areas month is the tenth anniversary of the of Ontario. Total deaths from fire for Sir George Computer Riot. While we're that year were 236 in the province. on the subjec-t, this spring University of Recognizing the danger of fires in the P.E.I. prof Reshard Gool will publish home and the importance of home fire The Anderson Affair: A Personal protection, Concordia's Security Memoir. Goo!, who is also a poet and Service has joined the Chubb Fire novelist will read from his work Security Program for employees. tomorrow night in H-420 .... Cen­ A 40 per cent discount on Chubb sorship dept: ·simone de Beauvoir smoke detectors is now being offered Institute Principal Mafr Verthuy has to Concordia employees. Detectors joined the forces fighting the banning· that retail at $38 are available at of Denise Boucher's play Les fees ant $22.68 (tax included) through the soif. Censorship: Stopping the Book university's Security Service. Banners is a new handbook published Order forms for the detectors can be by the Book and Periodical picked up at the Information Desk at Development Council of Canada .... Loyola and will soon be available at Facts that will never change your life Sir George. department: there are more computer The Chubb detector is an ionization­ programs run each day at Concordia type battery-operated ·unit. It features a than books borrowed from the test button for testing against Concordia libraries .. .. Leah Cohen and malfunctions or power loss and the Connie Backhouse, authors of The alarm is activated by invisible as well Secret Oppression: The Sexual as visible combustion products. The Harassment of Working Women, will unit is easily installed and is approved speak Wednesday, January 24 at 7:30 by the Underwriters' Laboratories of p.m. in the main lounge of the Campus Canada. Centre .... "We are confident," says Loyola Safety Office Phil Shaughnessy, "that the products we are making available are of the highest quality." Learning two languages makes you smart

. By Michael Sotiron says, since "acquiring more than one and language at every opportunity. assumption that the more immigrant Conventional wisdom has long held language gives mental and conceptual The results show that children who children speak the local language the . that one of the best ways for im­ ability." _ spoke both languages did best in all better their adjustment in the host migrant children to integrate into their "An Italian child will do well in areas evaluated: academic average, culture. new country is. to drop use of th~ Canada if he is proud of being Italian language, language achievement, oral Adjustment appears to depend upon native language and concentrate ex­ and maintains the lingual and cultural fluency, sports and recreation (both the psychological response immigrants clusively on acquiring the language of link and at the same time, realizes he is participation and achievement), in­ make to acquiring a new language and their new homeland. in Canada and reacts accordingly." teraction with schoolmates, popularity culture . . No longer, according to education The purpose of the study was to and classroom participation. It supports the concept of professor Joti Bhatnagar. apply the theories of former McGill The children who spoke exclusiv.ely multiculturalism rather than the In a study of the language of psychologist Wallace Lambert to the English did second best, and those "melting pot" of acculturation. communication between immigrant sp_ecific case of Italian immigrant children who could be classified as Bhatnagar feels that these results children and their parents, siblings, children in Montreal. "retractive" fared the worst. should be taken into account by school friends at home and elsewhere, he has Lambert has distinguished between Bhatnagar notes that the study is boards which have large numbers of found the opposite true. ''additive" bilingual and bicultural produced similar results in both the immigrants. Canadian immigrant children, for learning, where the newly-acquired French and English language groups He feels that the Department of instance, do best when they retain their language and culture becomes a which were studied separately. Education's Projet d'enseignement des, . native language while at the same time powerful addition to the cultural Bhatnagar's sample consisted of 345 langues d' origine is a step in the right using either of the two official languages background of the individual, and that English-speaking children and 204 direction. An example is a Park Ex­ here, French and English. of the "subtractive" form, where the French-speaking children drawn from tension school project where grammar The study also indicates the individual gradually gives up his six English-language and seven French­ school children are given le1,sons in relationship between the extent to original language as he acquires the language elementary schools in a their native Greek, Italian or Por­ new one. . northeast section of Montreal. tuguese in addition to the regular Bhatnagar has added a third form, About a quarter of the immigrant language of instruction. which he calls "retractive". children, in both English and French Results of Bhatnagar's were This occurs when an individual sectors, spoke only English or French presented last year at the International psychologically rejects the new with their parents; about half spoke Congress of Applied Psychology in language and culture, but cannot their native language; and the Munich. He is also editing a book on actually do so because of its dominant remaining quarter, sometimes English, the education of immigrant children position in society. Thus, the in- French, or their native language. around the world. dividual retracts into his own culture The study dismisses the popular

Literary renaissance map at SGW Gool reads

Reshard Gool is a modern day on Canadian literature. renaissance man in literature since he is This spring, his publishing House a combination novelist, poet, publisher Square Deal Press will publish The• and teacher. He will read from his own Anderson Affair: A Personal Memoir work this Friday. which deals with the computer centre He is best known for his 1970 novel crisis at Sir George in 1969. Joti Bhatnagar Prize which is about a love affair His publishing house is fairly prolific, which they use a Canadian language or between an Indian lawyer and a turning out twelve titles a year in con­ their native language and how it is Malaysian woman who is the mistress junction with Macmillan of Canada. related to their adjustment at school. of a prominent South African In addition to reading from his own Other findings indicate that "ad­ politician. work, Rechard Gool is prepared to talk ditive" children do ~uch better and In addition to his novels, he has about the problems and rewards of exhibit more fluency in either French published volumes of poetry and a running a small publishing house in 'or English than the children who great many critical articles. Although Canada. concentrate solely on either French or he has specialized in West Indian and Goo! will be reading at 8:30, January English. African literature, he has also written 19 in Room 420 in ~he Hall Building. This is not surprising, Bhatnagar ''... he has achieved the pinnacle of success in two cultures ...~,

Continued from page 1. "He carved a career in this country. in France, but he passed that up to When everyone cried and still cries return to a Montreal starved for that you've got to leave in order to theatre. make it, he came home to make it. "He had always had a dream of 'The fact that he has achieved the building a professional company in pinnacle of artistic success in two Montreal, because there had been none cultures is phenomenal. The people when he was growing up. So he came who have accomplished what he has back in 1951 and founded Theatre du accomplished in two languages are Nouvea~ Monde." very, very few." Leaving his culture and hrs vibrant It was Gascon's remarkable career Montreal company behind to take bver that convinced Spensley to write the the reigns of the Stratford Festival was biography. another risk that nearly didn't pay off. "I wanted (to call the book) I Had to When he returned to Quebec, he be a Fool, which is a direct quote from couldn't get work in French. him. My publisher suggested that I use Many considered Gas~on a "sell-out" that title for one of the segments but I for having left Quebec for English think that it sums up his career, his Canada and Stratford. life." "Also," explains Spensley, "when he Gascon's life has been filled with came back, he was a foreigner; he was risk-taking that other, more con­ unknown. The younger generation had servative, people might consider folly. grown up without·him and the He left a promising career in younger generation was now in medicine to go into the theatre, leaving charge." Q1,1ebec to study in France under·a After two years in a sort of limbo, Jean Gascon French government scholarship. Gascon was offered the chance to form . In those post-war days of intense a national theatre company at the criticism the $2.2 million c·ompany h~s But Gascon, according to Spensley, French nationalism, Gascon had the National Arts Centr.e in Ottawa. This faced from other theatres across the - believes Canada needs a national unusual opportunity to make his career was another risk, considering the country. theatre and he has great plans for the new company. (Two productions by the new company will be at Place des Arts late next month: Hamlet and Willia.m Schwenck and Arthur Who?) "There ate a lot of difficulties writing about someone who is still Philip alive," says Spensley. "The man has created friends. The man has created ~pensley enemies. The enemies want to make sure they get their dig in and the Philip Spensley is an associate friends want to.protect. To ferret out the real truth is often difficult. professor in theatre at Concordia. He joined Loyola's English department in 'There are also things that cannot be told while he and the people around 1971 and founded the. drama program there two years later, remaining him are still living. One has to be very aware of the human factors. coordinator of theatre through the 'There's also a tremendous positive merger period until his sabbatical last value. That you can talk to the man is year. sµch a plus factor it's amazing. You He has taught at the Banff Centre can talk to his contemporaries, his School of Fine Arts, the National family. Theatre School and the University of "It's difficult to write a conclusive Guelph. biography, because he's still not dead. Spensley has appeared on the stages I can't write a definitive work because of the Saidye Bronfman Cent.re, his life, his career are still not ter­ Centaur, 'ta Poudriere and the Shaw minated." Festival. He served for two years as "Nevertheless, I still think he's worth assistant to artistic director Jean Gascon at Stratford. writing about in process. The book He has had ten of his plays produced will be important because he's im­ and two others published. portant." "His story is Canada's theatrical Jean Gascon, a Biography_w~ll be story. It parallels the development of published in December by Harvest . ~ouse of Mon.freal. . contemporary Canadian theatre." ,·

· Commerce Week '79 Something for Everyone

By Mark Gerson If you have become accustomed to Week, Commerce Week, Orientation 23 in the Campus Centre and studen t; organized "weeks" (Engineering Week) that are nothing but excuses for workshops on time management and parties and beer bashes, the Commerce Commerce Blood Drive January 22 and Students' Society at Loyola has a treat assertive communication should appeal in store for you. to all. Using the resources of the Dean of Political pundits can hear Reed Students Office's program development Scowen, the newly elected MNA for sector, the Society has organized Notre-Dame-de-Grace (Loyola's COMMERCE WEEK 1979 Commerce Week '79. This week of riding), speak on "English Business in seminars and guest speakers will bring the New Quebec" or Bernard such luminaries as MNA Reed Scowen, Finestone, the recently defeated PC empires, a talk by the dean of discount defeated PC candidate Bernard candidate in the Westmount byelection drugstores, Cumberland Drugs' Morrie Finestone, maverick stockbroker on "Small Business in Montreal". Neiss, shouldn't be missed. Richard Lafferty and prescription A talk on "Future Trends in the Of particular interest to women are prince Morrie Neiss to the Loyola Canadian Dollar" by a man who two workshops: "Women in Com­ campus next week with enough time predicted the decline of the Canadian petition" and "Inclusion, Cooperation: left over for a blood drive and a "semi­ dollar by 25 per cent when it was Males, Females in Business". formal Commerce spectacular" billed worth $1.05 U.S. should interest (or Other programs include "Dilemmas simply as 'The Bash". frighten) everybody. of Leadership" a talk by Sun Life "We are trying to develop a business (The man, Richard Lafferty, was executive J. Poirier, "Myths and like attitude," says CSS President recently described by Saturday Night Opportunities in International David Rostoker. magazine as one of the few "flam­ Business" by Akan V.P. S. McEvoy "Our objectives are twofold. Firstly boyant. .. genuinely original characters" and "New Techniques in Auditing" by t

Rese arch Techniques in Fine Arts Getting the Whole Picture

The upcoming Fine Arts Conference, "It also allows master's and doctoral Ontario Institute of Secondary There will be three workshops on Perception, Cognition and students to come into contact with Education will discuss "Developing research process featuring the six Representation, is the first of two to experienced, in-the-field researchers." Representations for Space: Cultural respondents. aid students develop research The January conference will f~ature and Cognitive Factors". Pierre Labelle The papers, responses and sum­ capabilities in art education and related John Willats of the Faculty of Art and of UQAM and David Pariser of maries of the workshops will be subjects, such as psychology and Design at North East London Concordia are the respondents. published as the third monograph in education. Polytechnic, who will speak on Jon M. Kennedy, a professor of the series Presentation on Art According to James Victoria, "Implicit Rules: Some of the Truth psychology at the University of Education Research. assistant director of the graduate about Children's Drawing." The Toronto, will comment on "Pictures The conference will be held on program in Fine Arts: "Most disciplines respondents are William Ives of Considered as Representational January 25-26 in Room 763 of the Hall get trapped into one way of looking at Wheelock College and Ron McGregor Evidence from the Blind". Pierre Building, downtown. Registration fees things. of the University of Alberta. Gregoire of the Allen Institute and (payable to Prof. Victoria) are $7, 'This conference/ workshop ap­ Ellen Bialystok, senior lecturer at the Nancy R: Smith of Boston University except for Concordia students for proach allows the student to get a Modern Languages Centre of the ar~ the respondents. whom.it is free. broader, overall approach. ( ·- ·-- .- ==-~ Happy 40th BLAIR ,Ill J Blair. WILLIAMS •c ' 0 TheThu.-.dayRepoU rpriscs. The only courses available to O ften, prisoners study until 2:00 and Earlier this year, when Will iams was in the French islands of St. Pie­ anglophone inmates until recently were 3:00 a.m., after the routine prison day rre and Michclon for a month on businc~. those same crazy friends in French conversation. · has ended. )>Cnl his wife Pal to the islands for her 34th bi rthday. Prison officials were suspicious. 'There's a lot less noise then/ says Most of the group includes people who work on Parliament Hill in mi­ Since anglophones form only a small one of them. 'The other inmates' doors nisters· offices or as public affairs are shut and you can't hear their radios consultants. Some of them, he says. part of Quebec's prison population, arc from Alhena where he was born they didn't want to be accused of blaring." 40 yea ri, ago. " I guess 40 1s a landmark. But favoritism. it's no1 that bad: · 8 They also thought the convicts were mi~.i s 1~J~~~~~a~~1~:~~ :~da ~~~ •kliiillllliilliilli.-.. protci,t picket before the billboard · • • i.J trying to get out of assigned prison Wednc...day. ;~ · - · Williami, will become principal of ~-4';=-~ · chores or "con" the parole board into Concordia\ new school of communi- ~r✓.:°~ '\_,.! "'f , ty and public affairs to start teach- r.--r~ .~ . .•: .4; 4 an early release for good behaviour. ing undergraduate courses next fall . Bu·t, eventually, first with the help of .. But his binhday isn't ~ere yet. -4 Whal else can they do? I m slart- ,-; Dawson College, then through a mg to wonder." -!""t Concordia psychology student who ' ), - "', .., -~. / ,. ~ . . became interested in them, the convicts .,... • • -.. :¥r.:: - ·. managed to get courses in literature, ~ -. psychology, anthropology, political Reproduced from The Citizen, Ottaw a, December 21, 1978. science, accounting and a variety of subjects, co-ordinated by Concordia's Continuing Education Department. The biggest problem was and still is finding teachers. Nellie Sharpe's Mr. 'X': situation is typical of most: "I never wanted to get involved," she said. "It just happened. It fell into Nellie Sharp Profile of a Prisoner my lap and I didn't refuse it." But, she says there's never enough Although some of the prisoners who Mr. "X", now in his thirties, began a "discussion purposes". ' time to devote the energy that's start courses become discouraged life of petty crime at the age of 13. Together with a fellow inmate and required. She points to a stack of studying under such conditions, most He was always in trouble with the an understanding arts and crafts letters from her students she has yet to are enthusiastic about the change in law, in_and out of various provincial teacher, he put pressure on prison answer. They write her not only about routine studying provides. institutions for minor offences during authorities to allow English-speaking their problems with work load or "Most of the inmates," says one of his early adolescence. inmates to have a course in creative comments about the final exam. They their spokesmen, "look foward to the It didn't become serious, though, writing, then one in psychology from also beseech her to get them trans­ courses. It is a chance for them to until he was caught stealing a car at Dawson College. This was "the foot in ferred to another institution or pour express themselves, on topics such as the age of 15. He was subsequently the door." our their personal problems to what political science, which they would sentenced to two years in a peniten­ Studying every day, four days a they hope is a sympathetic listener. never think of discussing with one tiary. week, he took humanities and an­ • "I try not to get involved," says another. Therapeutically it is a good "I lost out on my growing stages," thropology courses. Nellie. "I tell them gently but firmly ' thing. They don't talk so much about he says today. "I didn't have a normal Through a Dawson graduate, who that I'm their teacher and they're my the holdups or other things they'd got adolescence. I had my priorities was doing a Ph.D. in psychology at students, but I try to steer them to the away with." confused and felt I had to become an Concordia he arranged for inmates to right people to get their other problems For others, the courses help them to adult. So what did I do? I married the follow correspondence courses from solved." maintain a link with reality. One first girl I fell in love with, had a child, Concordia, he arranged for inmates to It's the only way, she says one can student-prisoner, with the guard's and broke under the pressure." follow correspondence courses from cope with the situation. "You can't let approval, even takes his statistics Instead of seeking help, because his Concordia and obtained permission yourself become_emotionally in­ textbook with him when he's sent to pride was involved, Mr. "X" com­ He has now completed courses in volved." "the hole". mitted more crimes as a reaction to his literature, poetry, accounting, political Teachers are limited in their ap­ "He hangs onto it for life," says a situation. science, anthropology and sociology. proach to the courses because of fellow inmate. 'This is his sanity." He soon f_ound himself back in He is also a self-taught commercial · restrictions on the type of study Still others value the chance to prison, this time maximum security, artist. material that can be brought into the upgrade themselves. It's their only with a ten-year sentence for attempted Mr. "X" is now out on day parole. prisons. Textbooks are the favoured hope, when they get out, of not falling murder. He hopes to be out on full parole in a method since study aids such as back into a life of crime. Released after three and a half years, few months. He spends ·his afternoons calculators could be taken apart and At the present time, one of Nellie's he went back to armed robbery, was at Concordia taking sociology courses their components used to make bombs students, who started taking courses in arrested and spent another eight years with regular day students who don't or othu weapons. prison, is now out on day parole. He in prison. That's when he started suspect his real identity. Although prison officials have been goes back to the minimum security trying to change his life. He'll be on probation for eight years. increasingly co-operative about prison he's been transferred to at night He began doing creative writing for He has a job offer in commercial art providing study space for the and will soon be eligible for full a prison newspaper and became in­ but may not take it because it would prisoners, the study conditions still parole. volved in social animation groups in leave no time .for his studies. leave a lot to be desired. Another plans to become a lawyer prison with the help of a sympathetic . As for his future prospects, he's Prison libraries are often hopelessly or criminologist, He has received Protestant prison chaplain who aware of society's prejudices. He inadequate. They may be well stocked assurances of being able to continue his allowed him and some fellow inmates doesn't know whether or not he'll with the latest novels but when it studies at a university outside Mon­ to use the chapel one day a week f~ manage to "go straight." comes to reference texts that's another treal. Pue 8. The Thursday Report · ni:'Thu~y Report is published weekly during Editor: Michael Sotiron. Contributing to tl1is the fall/ winter HSSion by the ·lnfonruition Office, issue were Mark Gerson, Maryse Perraud. Louise Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Ratelle, Beverley Smith, Ian Westbury and Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, HJG 1MB. It Dt,vid Allnutt. · tippeen monthly during the summer. Circulation Typesetting by SST Typesetting. PrintM at for this issue: 8.000 copies Richelieu Roto-Litho, St-Jean, Quebec. EVENTS/NOTICES/JOBS/CLASSIFIEDS ·

1959) (English subt.) with Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji of Leadership, a talk by J. Poirier of Sun Life of (1974) at 7 p.m.; La Bataille du Rail (Rene Events Okada, Stella Dassas and Pierre Barbaud at 7 Canada. At 2 p .m. in Vanier Auditorium. Time Clement, 1946) (French) with Clarieux, Daurand, p.m.; Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) Management, a workshop headed by Marilyn Desagneaux, Tony Laurent and Leray at 9 p.m. Thursday 18 with Peter O'Toole, Ale,;: Guinness, Anthony Callan of the Lacolle Centre. From 2:30 p.m. in in H-110; $1 each. SGyV campus. MUSIC REVIVAL SPECIAL: In the Campus · Quinn and Omar Sharif at 9 p.m. in H-110, $1 the Campus Centre. All events are free, but there SCIENCE WEEK: See Monday. Centre Pub from 8 p .m. Admission: Concordia each. SGW campus. is limited registration for the workshop. Call FINE ARTS FACULTY: See Thursday. students, 60¢ ; guests, $1.50. ENGINEERING WEEK: See Thursday. 482-0320, ext. 343 for more information. WOMEN'S VARSITY HOCKEY: McGill at COMMERCE WEEK ' 79: "The Bash", a semi­ Concordia, 8 p.m. Sunday 21 fo rmal Commerce spectacular. 8:30 p.m. at Club Notices COMMERCE WEEK COMMITTEE (LOYOLA): CONSERVATORY Of CINEMATOGRAPHIC FM on Dorchester Blvd. Tickets: S2 .50 (advance Meeting at noon in the Campus Centre Board ART: Children's serie.; - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Guadagni !..ounge) , S3 (at the door) CANADA EMPLOYMENT CENTRE (LOYOLA): New employers-Dominion Textiles; Room. (Ken Hughes, 1966) with Dick Van Dyke, Sally CONS ERV A TORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC FOREIGN STUDENT SOCIAL: From 5 to 10 Ann Howes and Lionel Jeffries at 3 p.m. in H- · ART: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon John Ford, Prudential Assurance Co. Summer em­ p.m. in Conference Rooms 1 and 2 of the 110; $1. SGW campus. 1949) with John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar ployment- Public Service Canada (career­ Campus Centre. Wear your national dress, bring CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC and Ben Johnson at 8:30 p.m. in H-110; $1. oriented); Atomic Energy Canada; Young a sample of your national food, and a Canadian ART: Un taxi pour Tobrouk (Denys de la SGW campus. · Canada Works; Victor Gold & Co. Visit the friend. Refreshments. Patelliere, 1960) (English subt.) with Lino CONCORDIA CUSO CLUB: Information CEC office at 6935 Sherbrooke West for details. WOMEN'S SELF-DEFENCE DEMON­ Ventura, Charles Aznavour and Hardy Kruger at meeting with returned volunteers will be held on LEISURE / RECREATION : Registration is open STRATION: Today at noon in the main lounge 7 p.m.; The Men (Fred Zinneman, 1950) with Health Care in the Third World at 8 p.m.,4824 for most recreational activities at the Sports of the Campus Centre. All are welcome. Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane Cote-des-Neiges . For further information call Ms. Complex. They range from archery to karate to CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC and Jack Webb at 9 p.m. in H-110, $1 each. Justine, 482-0320 loc. 760 . yoga, and all are free. Call 482-0320, ext. 739 for ART: Exodus (Otto Preminger, 1960) with Paul SGW campus. · SCIENCE WEEK : See Monday. more info. Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, SKI TRIP: To Owl's Head, on January 19. The Peter Lawford and Sal Mineo at 7 p.m. in H- Monday 22 Thursday 25 bus leaves the main building at Loyola at 7 a .m . 110; $1. SGW campus. WOMEN'S VARSITY HOCKEY: John Abbott at COMMERCE WEEK '79: Getting Started in the Cost is $10. Call Tim at 481 -7476 to register. CENTRE FOR BUILDING STUDIES: Special Concordia, 7 p.m. Stock Market, a talk by Peter Powell of Burns LA COLLE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: The _ Lacolle Centre has a limited amount of money course (part 2) offered today - "Energy Con­ COMMERCE ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE: From Fry Ltd. At 10 a .m. in Vanier Auditorium, servation and Building Enclosure Design" on the 10 a .m. to 8 p.m. in the Campus Centre. Loyola campus. Small Business in Montreal. a available to assist members of the Loyola community to attend workshops-or conferences 2nd floor, 1249 Guy St., 9:30 - 5:30 p.m.; SGW COMMERCE WEEK '79: _Management film talk by Bernard Finestone of Abbey Finestone & which will improve the individual's skills in campus. series, from 11 a .m. to 2 p.m. in Vanier Associates. At noon in the Campus Centre. DEBATING SOCIETY: Meeting at 1 p.m. in H- Auditorium. (Limited registration.) Strategy for Growth and leadership, group methods, human relations, and 644; SGW campus. Topic: "Cursed are the CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC Merchandising Techniques, a talk with Morrie other such areas. Applications should be sub­ Peacemakers". ART: Le joueur (Claude Autant-Lara, 1959) Neiss of Cumberland Drugs. At 2 p.m. in Vanier mitted in writing to the Lacolle Centre, 2492 West Broadway. For complete info, contact ENGINEERING WEEK: Until Saturday 20. (English subt.) with Gerard Philipe, Liselotte Auditorium. Inclusion , Cooperation: Males, Contact Peter Rohr in room H-1180-1 or call Pulver, Bernard Blier, Nadine Alari, Fran~oise Females in Business, a workshop headed by Marilyn Callan, 1.inda Allan or Noreen Linton at 879-4538 . Rosay, Carette and Sacha Pitoeff at 8:30 p.m. in Sylvia Carter and Lanie Melamed (Applied 482-0320, ext._494 or 344. H-110; $1. SGW campus. Social Science Dept.). At 2:30 p .m. in the HISTORY STUDENTS' JOURNAL: Submissions Friday 19 SCIENCE WEEK: Until January 27. Contact Miss Campus Centre. (Limited registration.) English to the journal may be made to the History office MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL : McGill at Gail Norkis, room H-1280-4 or call 879-4526. Business in the New Quebec, a talk by Reed :m the SGW campus and at the LHSA office Concordia, 9 p.m. Scowen, MNA for N.D.G. At 7 p.m. in the 16935 Sherbrooke West), or by contacting Peter WOMEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL: McGill at Tuesday 23 Campus Centre. For information and registrati_on (486-8659) or Lo uise (484-5420). Deadline is Concordia, 7 p .m. WORLD OF MATHEMATICS: Music of the where noted, call 482-0320, ext. 343. January 19. MEN'S VARSITY HOCKEY: Bishop's at Con­ Spheres, a film on the evolution of mathematics CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC TO All CERTIFICATE STUDENTS: If you are cordia, 7 p.m. and its relationship to music, astronomy and ART: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sam Wood, a student who is completing the requirements for DISCO PUB: With "Friendly Giant" in the painting. From noon to 1:30 p.m. in Vanier 1943) with Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim a certificate by the end of the Winter '79 session Campus Centre Pub, from 8 p.m. Admission: Auditorium. For information, contact Irene Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou at -7 p.m.; Les you must fill in a Certificate Application Form in Concordia students, 60¢; guests, $1.50. Devine at 482-0320, ext. 343 or Armin Rahn at Carabiniers (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) (English order to be considered for the Certificate. Tfie MARKETING SEMINAR: Deans Eugene Kelley ext. 396. subt.) with Marino Mase, Albert Juross and J. forms may be obtained from either the Loyola or and Pierre Simon will meet with Creighton Cross SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Performance at noon Brasset at 9:30 p.m. in H-110; $1 each. SGW Sir George Williams campus. Consult the office of Akan Ltd: and John Dinsmore of Marine in Loyola Chapel. Free. campus. on your home campus: Industries Ltee at 1 p.m. in Room 937 of the COMMERCE ANNUAL BLOOD DR, v C:: See SEMINAR: Jeffrey Crelinstein, a Ph.D. student Loyola campus students: CC-214. Hall Building, SGW campus. Free. Information Monday 22. at the Universite de Montreal, will be presenting 7141 Sherbrooke Street West may be obtained from the Marketing Depart­ COMMERCE WEEK '79: Management film a paper on Relativity: Einstein, Physicists and Sir George Williams campus students: N-107 ment in CL-301, Loyola campus, or from Room series. See Monday 22 . the Public, as part of Science Week, in Room 1437 Drummond Street Y-213-1 on the SGW campus. COMMERCE WEEK '79: Women in Competition 420, Hall Building, at 3:00 p.m. The presentation Deadline for application is January 30. 1979. ENGINEERING WEEK: See Thursday. workshop, with Jane Magnan of the Learning will be accompanied by a film . The public is TO SPRING '79 POTENTIAL GRADUATES: If WRITERS READING : Reshard Gool, West Development Office. At 7 p.m. in AD-128, invited to attend. you are an undergraduate student and will have Indian novelist, poet and publisher will read Loyola campus. Limited registration. Please call SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR INSTITUTE: General completed the requirements fo r your degree by from his work at 8:30 p.m. in H-420, SGW 482--0320, ext. 343 to reserve. assembly at 7 p.m. in H-762, Hall Bldg., to be the end of the Winter '79 _session, you will have campus. CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC followed by wine and cheese at 9 p.m. in the to submit a Spring ·79 Degree Application in CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART: Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread) (Luis Simone de Beauvoir Institute, 2170 Bishop St. order to be considered for graduation at that ART: Roma, Citta Aperta (Rome, Open Bunuel, 1932-37) and The Spanish Earth (Joris SCIENCE WEEK: See Monday. time. These forms are available at and must be City)(Roberto Rossellini, 1945)(Italian with Ivens, 1937) at 8:30 p.m. in H-110; $1. SGW FINE ARTS FA CUL TY: First of two conterences returned to the following offices: Loyola campus English subt.) with Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani campus. addressing topics of importance related to art - CC-214 (7141 Sherbrooke Street West); Sir and Marcello Pagliero at 7 p.m.; Oh What a CONCORDIA CUSO CLUB: Information Booth · education research. For more information call George Williams campus - N-107 (1435 Lovely War (Richard Attenborough, 1969) with on Health Care in the Third World from 6:30 to Prof. J. Victoria at 879-4519. Drummond Street). Please consult the office on Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, John 9 p.m. in the Guadagni Lounge, Central Bldg., your home campus. Deadline for application is _.., Gielgud, Joe Melia, Jack Hawkins, Ralph Loyola campus. For further information call Ms. January 30. 1979. Richardson and Dirk Bogarde at 9 p.m. in H- Friday 26 Justine, 482-0320 Joe. 760. WOMEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL: UQTR at 110; $1 each. SGW campus. SCIENCE WEEK : See Monday. ENGINEERING FACULTY COUNCIL: Meeting Concordia, 7 p.m. Classified at 2:30 p.m. in H-769. SGW campus. MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL: UQTR at Wednesday 24 Concordia, 9 p.m. MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF MEN'S VARSITY HOCKEY: Concordia at SALESPEOPLE WANTED: For part-time work CONCORDIA (SGW CAMPUS): Friday prayers SENATE: Open meeting at 2 p.m. in the selling advertising for Radio CIRL (formerly McGill, 7:30 p.m. Conference Room of the P.S.B.G.M. (corner at 1:15 p.m. in H-333-5. WEIGHT LOSS & NUTRITION GROUP: Today Radio Loyola). Call Brian, at 488-4622. GRADUATE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION: 60 Fielding and Cote St. Luc Rd.). FOR SALE: New AMI FM/ 8 track stereo Brother and every Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Loyola's COMMERCE WEEK '79: New Techniques in min. documentary on Krishnamurti school in Health Services, 6935 Sherbrooke West. radio. List price S170; will sell for 5100. Call Auditing, a talk by Raymond Dubois, Assistant Laura at 333-4096, days. England (Brockwood Park Educational Centre) at LOYOLA FILM SERIES: At 7 p.m., Les 8 p.m. in H-520; SGW campus. Auditor General. At noon in the Campus FOR SALE: New Brother electronic calculator, Carabiniers (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963). At 8:30 Centre, Loyola campus. Assertive Com­ p.m., La Peau Douce (Fran~ois Truffaut, 1964). model 712SR . List price 570; will sell for 530. munication. a workshop headed by Mary Scott Cali .Laura at 333-4096, days. Each film is $1 , in F.C. Smith Auditoriµm . and Priscilla Kredl of Guidance -Services.' At 1 Saturday 20 COMMERCE WEEK '79: My'ths and Op­ p.m. in the Campus Centre. (Limited ANIMAL HOUSE BASH: Presented by the portunities in International Business. a talk by registration.) For info ;rnd registration, call 482- Events, notices and classifieds should be sent ' Theta Sigma fraternity from 8 p.m. in Guadagni Akan V.P. S. McEvoy. At 10 a .m. in Vanier 0320, ext. 343. to Maryse Perraud (879-8498-99) ·at BC-213, Sir Lounge. Admission is $1, ·beer is 50¢ , liquor, $1. Auditorium, Loyola campus. Future, Trends i11 CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC George Williams campus or to Louise Ratelle Music by Starlight. the Canadian Dollar, a talk by Richard Lafferty ART: Rock a Bye Baby (N.F.B., 1977), Jamie : (482--0320, ext. 689) at AD-105, Loyola campus CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC of Lafferty, Hardwood &c Partners. At noon in The Story of a ~ibling (N.F.B., 1964), Abusive no later than Monday noon for Thursday · ART: Hiroshima, Mon Amour (Alain Resnais, the Campus Centre, Loyola campus. Dilemmas Parents (N.F.B. 1977), and Children at Bet Alpha publication. r_