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Volume, 12 ISSUQ Q March 11, 1985 ru l es u nde r considerat i on By Marc Vincent at the college, and a subsequent report directors have received complaints from dent Administration Council, reported Chronicle Staff studying Security and recommending students. that-he had been approached by stu- The regulations governing student that access be limited. In the technology department, third dents about the limited accessibility of access to the college has been resci- The committee was scheduled to year students have technical reports the college. nded temporarily. begin deliberations on Friday, March 8. due and complained that the limited Wotten responded by requesting that The regulations limiting student ac- Although not yet clear, the commit- hours inhibited their ability to complete the situation be studied and alterna- cess to the college from 8 a.m. to 11:30 tee will be made up of staff, manage- the reports, ' ^ tives reviewed. p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ment and students. In the graphic arts department sec- The administration's decision to im- on weekends were withdrawn while a Apparently there has been a strong ond year students also complained that plement the plan before approaching committee studies other alternatives. response from students protesting the they could not complete assignments the students annoyed. Wotten. "They The regulations originally were im- limited access. because of the new regulations. just went ahead and did it without ask- posed in response to a series of thefts A number of department heads and Dave Wotten, president of the Stu- ing the students," said Wotten. Sheri dan wi ns go ld i n vol leybal l
by Nigel Best ChronicleStaff The Durham Lords men's volleyball team won the bronze medal at the
OCAA , volleyball champion- ships held in Oakville, March 8 and 9. The Lady Lords, however, failed to get by.the round robin tournament of the women's finals. \ The Durham men took the bronze medal by beating Mohawk College of Hamilton, 15-8, 0-15. 15-2, 13-1&, and 15-3. The men played some fine vol- leyball in the first game of the match but the team from Mohawk College re- taliated with a clean sweep in the sec- ond. After going four games Durham came up with their most important plays of the tournament in the deciding fifth game. Durham took an early lead before crushing Mohawk, 15-3. Dan Gimori, Captain of the Lords. said, "It was a strange game. We played rather well. I'm nqjb happy that we only won the bronze medal, I'd have liked to have made it to the final." See page 18 photo by Mike -iohnston Roses are red. . . Jo-anne Bleasdale (r), Susan Campbell (c), and Joanne Innes (1), arranges flowers during a class given ^ AlAl by Durham at it*s one day seminars. Over 200 members of the public attended the day long seminars held Saturday, March 2. Courses ranging
to were from taught. ' astronomy ' computer graphics ' "
' < ' i . '> ' -., . '. . ^III^^ ;,(i^i^t@ai|' ,.^ Consu ltants check out Du rham tni^ll^^''^ By Marc Vincent Garland also says that a review has not occurring here." Chronicle Staff not been conducted since the CAPRI re- Another facet of the review is the ex- ^’^^^. ’^^ A team of consultants is conducting port because of the continuing study ac- pansion of the College over the last Five an operational review of Durham Col- complished every year by the multi- years and its accompaning stress on the Canadians lege. year plan. management system, a The management analysis, requested The multi-year plan reviews the col- "The cdllege runs pretty thin on man- hy theDurham College Board of Gover- lege's attainment of objectives within agement and doesn't have the extra in Chi na nors, is being .completed by Dunwoody the context of the long range five-year staff and people," he said. and Associates, an Oshawa-based con- plan. As part; of the funding process Asked whether there were any dif- Durham teacher sulting firm. with the Ministry of Education, the col- ficulties with management (darland " < According to the Ministry of Educa- lege maintains a long range five-year said that any organization has areas going for 4 months tion and the Council of Regents, col^ plan ' and determines its yearly prog- of disagreement; the way we operate leges are to conduct a similar review ress with the multi-year plan, by com- you have different people,and different See page 15 every three to five years. However, the paring what it hoped to achieve to what ideas and courses of action." last study, the CAPRI report, was done it actually achieved. The review which began on Fob i^O, over ten years ago. An element of the Board of Gover- according to Merrill Cook, adminis- The CAPRI report (College And Prog- nors' request are the recent events at trator and secretary treasurer, is esti- ram Review Instruments) was under Algonquin College in Ottawa. Ac- mated to take between 2 and 6 months th(i direction'ofthe committee of presi- rording to Garland, Algonquin College to comple.te,. " dents. Representatives from each coK had a series of problems relating to con- The consulting firm will conclude the * * lege in the central region participated trol of finances which led to an investi- analysis1 with- 1 a report^ i to. thei 1 BoardT"^ 1 of*"* in the study with the assistance of a gation and review by provincial au- Governors, including recommendations team of consultants. ditors. which will be discussed with hoard The purpose of the present study, ac- Garland stipulated that the Algon- members. cording to Mel Garland, president of the quin affair was only a part of the re- Until the report is completed its find- college, is an organizational and pro- quest by'tht? Board of Governors, " but ings, and the interviews with directors cedural review of the college's manage- they were concerned and wanted some and department heads, will remain con- ment. assurances that the same problem was fidential. Page 2 The Chronicle March 11. 1985 Ca m pus B r i efs
A 1985 art competition has been or- ganized by the Sauza organization in A creative writing contest is being Tequila, Mexico. Award winners will offered to celebrate the 1985 Interna- receive a one month trip to Mexico. tional Youth Year. Winning entries To qualify entrants must be Ontario will be published and authors will be residents who are either in the final paid $500 for publication rights. year of any recognized post-secondary The contest is open to all Canadians fine arts program or who ,have between the ages of 15-24. Submissions graduated in the past two years from a will be divided into two age similar program. , categories: 15-18 years and 19-24 years. Entries have been divided into the This is the first writing contest of this following categories: painting, type. You are invited to graphics, small sculpture and share your fibre. The thoughts and feelings about living in a artwork may be done using any bilingual country through medium. Paintings should be a fiction limited to piece, a short story, a poem, a play, a a maximum size of 40 inches by 50 in- ches aand comic strip, a television, radio, film, or tapestries should be limited video script in English or to 5 feet by 10 feet. French. The Competitors are entries will be judged by an indepen- advised to include their Sketch books dent jury. with material. related The office of the Commissioner of Of- ficial Four judges will select three Languages will pay $500 publica- The new SAA executive are from left pho»" by Mike johnston winners tion rights for /from the entries. Award winners will each of five best entries to right, Jonathan Weaver (vice- president). Absent from the picture
bejnvited to in each category in each language. Pub- president of Sue Smith spend a month at the Au- finance, _ is Pat Hayden the intramural co-or- tonoma University in Guadalajara, lication rights to more submissions may (president), and Ken Babcock (vice- dinator. Mexico. Air travel, be purchased at the same price if qual- food, accommoda- ity merits. tion and $400 for expenses will be co- ,
vered by the award. « Manuscripts should be