Concordia- to ·host Shrine Bowl
Game, Stadium grand opening this Saturday Springate, SGW '65, Chair of the Stadium they'll block out the sun." the line features Appeal. 1988 first-team all-Canadians Paul Vajda · (6'2", 262 lbs.) and Jacques Moreau (6'3", by Trent Tilbury touches completed this summer. Concordia The Shrine Bowl will now be able to accommodate more than 265 lbs. ). Joined by veteran captain Brian he Concordia Stingers football team · 6,000 fans at home games. This year's encounter will feature two Vajda (6 '1'', 260 lbs.) it is easy to see how will make history this Saturday. The Plans are now underway to build chang of the O-QIFC's best teams as Bishop's these powerhouses give quarterback Aboud Third Annual Shrine Bowl Game ing rooms, a weight room, showers and University makes its first appearance. Con excellent pass protection. . T cordia is preparing for-its third consecutive featuring Bishop's vs. Concordia will be public washrooms under the stands. A state All riet proceeds from ticket sales will broadcast live on TSN in the cable of-the-art scoreboard and press box are al pageant. The McGill Redmen won the first go to the Montreal Shriners Hospital for newtork's first foray into free broadcasting. ready in place for the 1989 O-QIFC football two Shrine Bowls as Mike Soles, now with Crippled Children. Game day festivities in Game time is 12:00 noon; tickets, priced at season. The grandstands were obtained from the Edmonton Eskimos, was very dominant clude the annual Shriners breakfast in the $6, can be. purchased at the gate . The the City of Verdun for the nominal sum of for the Redmen. The Stingers' most valu Loyola Arena and a post-game. bash for proceeds will go to the Shriners Hospital for $1 so that condominiums could be built on able player in both games was quarterback players and fan s to be hosted by the popular Crippled Children. Shriners from Quebec the Verdun Stadium site. Besides the crip Ron Aboud, who will direct the Concordia Montreal singing group Bowser and Blue, and the New England states will also stage pled children and the Shriners, dignitaries at offence in 1989. also in the Arena. The Shrine Bowl will be the first league a colourful half-time show. the official kick-off ceremony will include Passings Saturday will mark the official opening Concordia Chancellor Alan B. Gold, Board game for both teams and should feature of Concordia's brand new football stadium. of Governors Chairman P. Andre Gervais; · tough defence by both adversaries. The Stinger basketball coach Doug Daig The270-foot-long, 16-row-highfacility was Rector and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Ken Stingers have a fine mixture of veterans and neault resigned as of May 1. He is being erected last November, with finishing niff; Verdun city officials, and George newcomers slated for starting positions on replaced by new head coach John Dore, who defence this season. Linebacker Martin was a three-time all-star guard. Dore played Fedais and cornerback Stephane Chapados, for Concordia in ·1975, and before that at both 1988 conference all-stars, will anchor Loyola. the defence. Key newcomers include defen sive lineman Paul Maines (6'3", 255 lbs.), Eric Burrows (6'2", 292 lbs.), and Roger Mayer (6'2", 280 lbs). The defensive back field will be better with the additions of Ian Playart (North Shore Broncos) and ,·.· .. _. i. 'memorial ... ___ ~i'ce will be held . Stephane Leclerc (CEGEP de Trois 4'l
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· Dean's List .page 7 Concordia's F acuity Personnel Administrator, Pat Freed, has long been involved in help Job Evaluation Update .page4 ing young people. In the aftermath of the events in Beijing's Tiananmen Squ·are on June 3 and 4, she found. herself in Montreal's Sun Yat Sen Square, sharing the anguish of the Lots of Moves Afoot .page3 Chinese students here. She didn't just grieve, however. The students urgently needed transportation to Ottawa Butt Out... Now: to demonstrate at the Chinese embassy, which she contributed to generously with her own Concordia credit card. The Concordia cgmmunity generously helped her out with her bill, so much so that there & Smoke ...... page 2 was more than $2,600 left in the kitty which she was able to pass on to Chinese Students' Association President Giruy Chen , at right. See more about our China involvement on page 5. Photo: Charles a.1anger Page 2 THE THURSDAY REPORT September 7, 1989 Coricordia legend die'i
Norma Springfordfounded SGW Theatre Department
memorial service will be held this president of the Canadian Theatre_Centre afternoon for Canadian theatre and was a co-founder of the Piggery Theatre A pioneerNormaSpringford, 73, who in North Hatley, Que., and Playwrights' died in Montreal on August 30 after a Workshop in Montreal. lengthy illness. Springford retired as Concordia's The tribute from friends, colleagues theatre manager after a stroke in 1983. The and former students will take place at 12:30 University awarded her an honorary doc p.m. in the D. B. Clarke Theatre, the facility torate the following year in recognition of that Springford left as one of her lasting con her long stage and teaching career. tributions to Concordia. She also founded Concordia's Theatre Department in the late Formidable spirit '50s and early '60s while a faculty member In a tribute to Springford in last Friday's at Sir George Williams University. Montreal Gazette, theatre critic Pat Donnel Often described as the "godmother" of ly quoted Centaur Theatre artistic director Montreal theatre, Springford combined her Maurice Podbrey as saying that Springford teaching dµties with a series of posts in the "really was the godmother of Montreal local and national theatre communities. Theatre." She was producer and artistic director "She nurtured the original generation of of the Mountain Playhouse (the birthplace talent. Her interest in theatre was unflag .'i of professional anglophone theatre in ging. She had a formidable spirit." Norma Springford Montreal; director of the Canadian Art Born in New Brunswick in 1916, Theatre; director of the McGill University Springford moved to Montreal with her hus nician with the Montreal Repertory Theatre 1962 she was also the producer and artistic Players' Club; and production manager of band, William, in 1942. the following year. She became the director of the Mountain Playhouse, a legen the Open Air Playhouse. She also served as She began working as a stage tech- company's manager in 1961. From 1951 to dary theatre that was a training ground, whose graduates include Christopher Plum mer, William Shatner and Norman Jewison. Toronto actor Barry Morse first worked Update on Smoking Regulations with Springford at the Mountain Playhouse in the early 1950s. "At that time she had al by Zonia Keywan shortage of space, it has not been possible to munity that smoking be restricted. ready become a pillar of the Montreal provide smoking areas in every building "And there is a genuine concern on the theatre establishment. She was an intensely his fall, 'no smoking' signs are in used by the University. The Office of the part of the University for the health and wel devoted and single-minded woman." evidence everywhere around the Vice-Rector, Services is looking into creat fare of the people who work and study here." Springford's energy was remarkable, . Tcampus. The start of this month saw ing such spaces wherever possible. MacKenzie points out that many On he said. the implementation of the second phase of However, the ban on smoking applies even tario universities have gone as far or further Concordia's smoking policy. in buildings with no designated area for with their restrictions, in some cases not A tour de force Phase II of the policy makes the Univer smokers. providing any areas at all for smoking. "She always reminded me of an ener sity an almost totally smoke-free environ In implementing this phase of its smok Smokers who would like to use the new getic moth. She was petite and frail, physi ment. Smoking is now restricted to ing policy, the University is going well regulations as an incentive to quit the weed cally, but indefatigable, spiritually. She had separately-ventilated, designated areas. The beyond the requirements of Bill 84, the are encouraged to join the smoking cessa large eyes which always seemed to be present ban includes not only public areas, provincial law which prohibits smoking in tion programs offered by the Staff Training focused on some distant target which she but also private offices and all cafeterias, ex some public places. Concordia is the first and Development Unit of Human Resour was working toward. cept for sections designated for smokers. post-secondary institution in Montreal to ces. Those who succeed in becoming non "This gave her an absent-minded look. At present, designated smoking areas take steps to provide its staff and students smokers can obtain a partial reimbursement But she was anything but absent-minded. can be found in the Henry F. Hall Building, with a smoke-free environment. of fees. · She ran a first-quality theatre on a budget the Norris Building and the Vi sual Arts Although conceding that many people that couldn; t support a hot-dog stand." Building on the downtown campus, and in will find the new restrictions tough, As Montreal actor Walter Massey, a close the Vanier Library and the Central/AD/RF sociate Vice-Rector, Services, Catherine friend of Springford, said, "The lady was a Building on the west-end campus. MacKenzie, herself a smoker, says, "We tour de force. She's gone from coast to coast, Because of Concordia's chronic think there is a great interest in the com- sharing her knowledge, expertise and ability to communicate. The students and actors who worked with her adored and respected her." Concordia ~ Among the awards Springford received UN I VERS ITY~ were the Martha Allen Trophy from the Dominion Drama Festival, the Eleanor Honorary Degree Nominations Stuart A ward for distinguished contribution to the arts in Quebec and the Canadian Honorary degree nominations are currently being accepted for the June 1990 - Drama A ward for her contribution to convocation ceremonies. Canadian theatre. All members of the Concordia community (faculty, students, staff and alumni) are eligible to nominate candidates.• Each submission MUST include a detailed Her ashes will be scattered on Mount curriculum vitae and a succinct statement explaining why the nominator thinks the Royal at a private ceremony following today's service. candidate is worthy of such an honour. The nomination deadline is November 1st, side." 1989. Any chance in ·the In lieu of fl owers, donations may be Nomination forms (as well as the criteria and procedures for selecting honorands) th.atcthe smokers are available at the Office of the Secretary-General, Room S-BC-319 (local 4814). office will try td' ineak an occasional sent to the Actors' Fund of Canada, care of puff? .. . .;:;1: ' . the Canadian Actors' Equity Association, 'NOTE: Cu rrent members of the Facu lt y, the Administration and the , "Not likecy.•t says•Gigu~e.,"We do 260 Richmond St. E., Toronto, Ont., M5A Board of Govenbrs are not eligible to receive honorary degrees. have one militant llOJk~SmQker." 1P4, or to the Canadian Society for the t~ Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. September 7, 1989 THE THURSDAY REPORT Page 3 Now, where were (are) we? Several departments have new homes, phones remain the same As part of the University's ongoing The offices of the Status of Women space rationalization program, several department have moved from Bishop Court departments have either recently movc;d or to Annex K, 2150 Bishop St. will be moving soon. Following is a list of Moves within Bishop Court (1463 affected departments, including both old Bishop St.) which have or will take place in and new locations. clude: N.B.: Telephone numbers for all The Office of the Secretariat General .. . First: here's some info that came in after 1TR closed for the summer: departments will remain the same. has moved to the 1st floor from the 3rd. . .. Education's Nina Howe organized and participated in June's Research and The Advertising-department is chang Public Policy in Day Care in Canada symposium at the meetings of the Canadian In new locations ing locations on the l st flooc. Psychological Association, Halifax. Other invited participants from Concordia The Office oflnstitutional Planning has The Public Relations department (in were: Ellen Jacobs (Education, topic: "Quality of Day Care Environment: Lon moved from Bishop Court to Annex GM, cluding 1TR) is moving to the 1st floor from gitudinal Effects," and Donna White (Psychology, topic: "Compensatory Day 1550 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., 11th floor. the 2nd. Care: The Role of Environmental Quality and Family Context" ... The Facilities Planning department has ... Also before the summer, Sociology & Anthropology's Charles-Smith's moved from Annex C to the Henry F. Hall Other pending moves paper on "Peasant Resistance to the 'Grow More Coffee Campaign' in Kagera Bldg., 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., 14th Part of the Audio Visual department" Region, Tanzania" was accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of floor. (AVISTA and Graphics) wiH move from Development Studies. He also presented a paper entitled "The Peasantry as a Part of TESL has moved from Annex Annex K to the Henry F. Hall Bldg., 1455 Category for Sustainable Development" at the Canadian Associl!:tion of African MI to Annex Z, 2090 Mackay St. de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., 3rd floor. Studies Annual Conference at Carleton University, Ottawa. And further ... he par The office of the Vice-Rector, Services, Pending union office moves include: ticipated in a roundtable discussion on "Ethical Concerns in Refugee Research" has moved from Bishop Court to Annex The Concordia University Non at the Canadian Ethnology Society Meetings at the University of Ottawa at the GM, 1550 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., 11th Academic Staff Association (CUNASA) same time ... floor. from Annex C to Annex L-302, 2015 Moun .. . Still before the summer: at the joint annual meeting of the Geological As The Occupational Health and Safety tain St.; Concordia University Technicians sociation of Canada and the Mineralogical Association of Canada which was held Office has moved from Bishop Court to Association fro,m from Annex Z to Annex in May in conjunction with the Canadian Geophysical Union at the Palais des Annex MI, 2120 Bishop St. L-303, 2015 Mountain St.; and the National Congres, the organizing committee was made up of members of Geology depart The Office of Alumni Affairs has Union of SGW University Employees - ments of Montreal universities. Concordia's Stephen Kumarapeli and John moved from Annex K to Bishop Court, 1463 (NUSGWUE) Library, from Annex Z to Jenkins (Geology) handled registration and publicity respectiveley for the con Bishop St., 1st floor. Annex L-304, 2015 Mountain St. ference, which attracted 1,450 geologists. Some topics covered: the environment, the impact of mining, how the earth buffers the carbon dioxide content of the at mosphere, application of geology to human health, and implications of Canada's Seve_ral staff appointments lack of spending on research and development relative to other developed countries ...... Finance's Latha Shanker's research project, "Margin requirements and announced for 1989 hedging effectiveness: analysis in a risk-return framework," has been accepted for publication by the Journal ofAccounting, Auditing and Finance ... · Jean-Paul Lauly, who has been serving Program Development Officer, in the Dean ... Hats off to Journalism students who made waves in the spring: Francine as Acting Treasurer at the University since of Students Office, as Administrative Assis Dube and Heidi Modro won the Montreal Women's Press Club Scholarship (all last September, has been confirmed as tant to the Vice-Rt:,ctor, Academic, and as round Journalism student) and the Cynthia Gunn Journalism Award (outstanding Treasurer effective September 1. A Assistant to the Rector. print journalism prospect) respectively. And Michael Marshall was chosen out chartered accountant with degrees from the Replacing Boisvert is Hugh Brodie who of 11 entries to win CJAD Radio's Al Cauley Award- a $1,000 scholarship to Ecole Superieure Libre des Sciences Com has been appointed Assistant to the Rector. the journalisip student who shows the most promise for a career in broadcast jour merciales Appliquees (Paris, France) and Brodie is currently completing his MA in nalism ... the Universite du Quebec Montreal. Lauly History at Concordia. Before coming to a ... Other winners: At the 20th Canadian Student Film Festival, held in con joined Concordia in 1984 after spending 11 Concordia, he worked as Assistant to the junction with the World Film Festival, Concordia's Donna Barker topped the years in the private sector. Director of the Council for International Co documentary category for her nine-minute feature on reform school and Pierre operation and iri the private sector. Ann Vroom Sylvestre tied for first in the animation division with his seven-minute Premier Regard. More than 80 films were entered in this year's student festival. .. Ann Vroom has been appointed Direc Michele Gamache ... Welcome to Claudie Solar who has joined Concordia as Advisor to the tor, Alumni Affairs, effective September 18. Michele G~mache, formerly 'Yith the Rector on the Status of Women, She will be reviewing the existing dossiers and Centre de recherche en droit publique at the She comes to Concordia from McGill will soon call upon different consitituent groups to provide representation on the University, where she was editor of McGill Universite de Montreal and a specialists in Committee on the Status of Women. The production of the Building the Trust News, (the university's alumni magazine) as university law, joined Concordia as Legal video on sexism in the classroom is scheduled for the autumn. Also, a Guide for well as helping to administer alumni Counsel on September 5. She is the co Safety on Campus is now available and has been distributed to all new students programs and co-ordinate special fundrais author (with Andree Lajoie) of Traitre du during Orientation ... in g projects. Vroom is currently the droit de I' enseignement superieure. . .. English's David Ketterer published Edgar Allan Poe: life, Work and Canadian representative on the District I Criticism in York Press' Authoritative Studies in the World Literature series and Board of Directors of the Council for the Susan Magor was also awarded an SSHRC Research Grant and Research Time Stipend to write Advancement and Support of Education Susan Magor, who has been on a leave a book entitled Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy for Oxford University Press (CASE). of-absence for the past three years, returns Perspectives on Canadian Culture series ... Vroom replaces Carole Kleingrib, who this fall as Co-ordinator, Occupational ... What better sign off than a tasty one? The 7th floor Hall Building Facul has been Acting Director since last Spring. Health and Safety. Acting Director Mary ty and Staff Dining Rooms (previously the Faculty Club) re-opened yesterday Baldwin returns to teaching duties in the (Wednesday). Lunch is served daily from 11 :30 to 1:30 . Next Tuesday (12th) there Donald Boisvert Department of Chemistry. will be a Welcome back special which will include a complimentary glass of wine. Donald Boisvert has been appointed The Dining Rooms are for all employees of the University. The Lounge next door Executive Assistant to the Rector, effective Claudie Solar is opened from 11 :30 to 1:30 and from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday ('till September 1. He earned both his BA and Claudie Solar joined Concordia over 7 p.m. Friday) ... MA degrees at Concordia, and is scheduled the summer in the capacity of Advisor to the ... Speaking about entertainment: profits from the Lyric Theatre's musical to complete his PhD in Religious Studies at Rector on the Status of Women. She joins production of The Best little Whorehouse in Texas which is playing at the Cen the University of Ottawa in the fall. Except the University after spending 16. years at the taur theatre till September 23rd will go to Concordia's Services for Disabled Stu for the years I 976-78, when he worked as Faculte de !'education permanente at the dents. And for this, the opening weekend only, Concordia students can get a Communications Assistant to the federal Universite de Montreal, where her profes $19.50 or $18 ticket for only $10. The box office number is 288-3161 ... Leader of the Opposition, Boisvert has sional activities focused on women's issues ... Hope your summer break was productive. Welcome back ... focused his professional career on Concor within the university milieu as well as out dia University. He has held postings as a side it. She replaces Elizabeth Morey. Page 4 THE THURSDAY REPORT September 7, 1989
Chorney says neither Liberals nor PQ have good economic record ·Job Evaluation Project
This is the debut of ''.Off the cuff," TIR 's column where a member ofConcordia' sfacul ty or staff gets to express his or her -opinion on a current issue. With the provincial elec back on track tion just over two weeks away, ITR contributor Bronwyn Chester asked Political Science Professor Harold Chorney to comment -on Parti Quebecois leader Jacques Parizeau' s recent comments on.the Quebec government's economic pt:rformance. The Final stages now in sight former Minister of Finance said in August that the gap in unemployment between Que ec and Ontario has widened since the Liberals t ame to power in 1985. h_e revi_ew of the job evaluatio~ ques compares them with data produced last Chorney: "The gap in economic performance between Quebec and Ontario was t10nna1Te .that took place durmg the spring during the project's modelling probably less under the Parti Quebecois but that is nothing to crow about. Unemploy Tsummer is now complete, and the process, and flags answers that do not fol ment was too high then and it still is too high. next step in the 15-month-old project is low a statis,tically logical pattern. "(Premier) Bourassa talks about the economic prosperity of this province but about to begin. Answers that do not fit a pattern are not Montreal has an unemployment rate of 9% while Toronto's is 4.5%," says Chorney, Within the next few weeks all 800 or so necessarily wrong, but they will be referred adding he would like to see the rate at full employment, meaning a 4-5% rate of un Concordia staffers affected by the project to employees and their supervisors for employment. (and their supervisors) will receive letters clarification to ensure that they are, indeed,. "There may be a building boom in Montreal but what does that mean for people requesting two key pieces of information the appropriate responses. outside the construction industry? Look at our roads, bridges. highways and other that will be used to determine where each In explaining the need for the summer pu lie services. Their condition doesn't suggest that we live in a prosperous province. empl oyee's salary falls within the new job review, Project Committee Chair Dennis "In the earlier part of the decade the gap between the two provinces appeared to grades. Dicks told TTR this week that "no one, not be narrowing but then economic recovery has largely been concentrated in southern . The questionnaire that employees filled the outside consulting firm nor any of the 11 Ontario with a bit of spillover into Montreal." out earlier this year asked people to indicate people on the committee, realized in ad Chorney says he would be a "depressed" man if he only had the choice of voting the minimum level of education and ex vance that supervisors and employees for one of the two major parties. He does, however, give Parizeau some credit. perience required to do the job being would interpret those five questions so dif During the 1981-83 recession, "Parizeau didn't over-react in terms of slashing ex pen evaluated. In order to credit individuals for ferently. - ditures like finance ministers did in other provinces. He did, however, make unjus relevant experience and education beyond "I know that people are anxious and tified slashes in the public sector." the minimum levels, employees will now be concerned about how time-consuming the Chorney's advice for the election: "Look at alternative parties." asked to (i) list their complete employment review process has been. But bear in mind Submission? Opinions?? Contact TIR 4882 history at Concordia and (ii) indicate their that almost 800 positions are being current level of education. evaluated; that means we had to review The letters will also ask staffers to 4,000 individual answers. verify the results of the summer review of "We regret the delays as much as five sample questions on the original ques everybody else, but it's critical that the job tionnaire that were used to develop the be done proper! y, and not rushed through to project's "Electronic Devil's Advocate" meet a self-imposed deadline." STUDENTS computer program. In addition, the letters As it has from the start, the committee will provide a computer readout indicating asked TTR to reiterate to all affected. NEEDED FOR which of the remaining answers on the ques employees that "any 1989-1990 salary ad tionnaire should be re-examined. justments brought about by the Job Evalua As explained last, April in Update tion project will be made retroactiye to June CAMPUS APPEA-L newsletter No. 8; the "Electronic Devil's l, 1989." . Advocate" scans questionnaire responses, -KJW
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These boards are part of a system set up by virtue of the Code of Conduct (Non-Academic) to hear formal complaints made by one member of the University against another. This FONDS POUR LA FORMATION DE CHERCHEURS code is published on page 90 of the 1989-1990 Undergraduate ET L' AIDE A LA RECHERCHE est un'organisme para-public quebecois ayant pour mission de subventionner la recherche Calendar. scientifique au Quebec et d'accorder des bourses d'excellence pour .des eludes avancees. . AGENT DE RECHERCHE ET DE PLANIFICATION SOCIO-ECONOMIQUE (emploi a Sainte-Foy) We need 40 students, seven of whom must be ATTRIBUTIONS Sous l'autorite du Directeur des politiques et de la planification, le titulaire realise des eludes resident-students, who would be willing to give a small portion et des analyses afin d'assurer le suivi et !'evaluation des politiques et des programmes du of their time to hear non-academic complaints against students, Fonds, agit comme secretaire de comites d'etudes formes par le Conseil d'administration, assiste et conseille le directeur dans toute autre tache de preparation et de planification des such as vandalism, fighting, etc. · politiques. CONDITIONS D' ADMISSION Diplome universitaire de premier cycle (une preference sera accordee aux detenteurs If you are interested in becoming a member, please pick d'un 2illme ou 3illme cycle) en sciences humaines et sociales. Bonne connaissance des methodes de recherche en sciences humaines et sociales. up an application form at the Office of the Code Administrator, Bonne capacite de recherche, de.synthese et d'analyse. any day between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.rn. Bonne capacite de communication ecrite et verbale. . Experience en politiques scientifiques. ECHELLE DE TRAITEMENT Selan l'echelle de traitement des agents de recherche et de planification socio-economique de la fonction publique. INSCRIPTION We have two locations: Toute personne interessee a ce paste doit faire parvenir sa candidature (accompagnee du curriculum vitae) au plus tard le 29 septembre prochain avant 16 heures 30 minutes a l'a- dresse suivante : · CONCOURS 89-04 Loyola Campus Downtown Campus FondsFCAR 2100 Mackay, PR 100 Direction de !'administration CC326 3700, rue du Campanile, bureau 102 Sainte-Foy (Quebec) G1X4G6 China Involvement September 7, 1989 THE THURSDAY REPORT Page 5
In 1988 'concordia and China's Southeast University (formerly the Nanjing Institute of Technology) signed an historic agreement. It established a joint doctoral program in Electrical Engineering, the first China had signed with a Western university. The program allows Chinese students to spend only two years, instead of the usual four Names in the news or five , to obtain a doctorate at Concordia. Course work and research are split between the two universities. Professors tell Canada what happened in China Exchange students (front row) are pictured here at a meeting with their Concordia ad visors in lune. They are (left to right)GaoKegin, Chen-Xing, Tong Wen , andZhuPeiying. Just a few days after last June's year-end issue of TTR , the Chinese army de There advisors are (back row, from left) Jerry Hayes, Omair Ahmad, Phoivos Ziagos, scended upon pro-democracy protesters in Tianannmen Square in Beijing. Three Dean M.N.S. Swamy, Adam Krzyzak, Tony Kasvand and Eugene Plotkin. Concordia professors were there and returned to refute the Chinese government's official story of only minor casualties with their own harrowing testimony. Photo : Charles Belanger Journalism Chair Lindsay Crysler was called upon by every major news source in Montreal. Safe in Japan to visit his daughter, he told them how he had manned emergency phone lines in the diplomatic compound as shots could be Concordia pulls together heard outside the windows. His story was picked up by the national Canadian Press (CP) newswire. Later the same week, Lorne Switzer, Associate Professor of Finance was for Chinese students back home in Montreal giving the news media his eyewitness account of i°he · events of June 3-4. His frantic run for shelter through the streets of Beijing at the . Tiananmen Square Fund now at more than $2,600 . height of the violence gave Switzer a first-hand look at the massacre. The account was carried in every major newspaper in the country on the Canadian Press (CP) news wire. by Bronwyn Chester her saying they, too, would like to con Upon her return from China a few days after the massacre, Gail Valaskakis, tribute. By the end of August over 300 facul Vice-Dean of Academic Planning, was Melanie King 's guest on CJAD with in Pat Freed was pleasantly surprised ty, staff and students had contributed, her sights not only on her experiences but op prospects for future academic exchan when she sent out a letter last June asking initial request of $400 had been an~wered ges. As an associate professor in Communications Studies, Valaskakis was able for contributions to cover the costs of inore than siic times over and money was to discern interesting twists on her specialty. She. says a "fascinating ... feedback Concordia's Chinese Students' "still trickling in ." loop" was created _:_ foreigners had to rely on familiar news sources such as CTV Association's trip to Ottawa. Over 200 stu.: Freed was elated. "Concordia really and CNN to supply them with information of events outside their own walls. dents and scholars from the People's pulled together for this," she said, "especial On this side of the world, Martin Singer, Associate Professor of History, an . Republic of China (PRC) attended the June ly when you consider that it was June when expert on modern Chinese history and its student movements, was consulted on · 4 protest against the Tiananmen Square many staff and faculty are away." numerous occasions by the media before, during and after the violence of June 3- massacre. Freed, who also attended the The money in the Tiananmen Square 4 .. He became a mainstay of Montreal airwaves during the turmoil and provided a protest, had helped organized the transpor Fund paid for the Ottawa trip and for the full-page article on the roots of China's crisis to The Toronto Star, which appeared tation and paid for it with a credit card. But passage of two CSA represen~tives to Win on June 12. rather than hand over the $250 bill to CSA nipeg, where they met with other PRC stu-. Just when it seemed that China would be front page news for a long time, leader Giruy Chen, she wanted to give him dents to establish a Canada-wide joint Psychology professor Zalman Amit appeared on Page One of The Gazette on a card of condolence and a "paid in full" association in support of their country's July 12 with the discovery of an enzyme linked to alcoholism. The subsequent receipt as a token of Concordia· s support for democratic movement. The fund has also flurry of ipedia activity resulted in the news being carried cross-Canada via the students. paid the phone bills of students who have ~ewswi_re as well as its appearance on virtually every television and radio program "I thought it would be a nice gesture. tried to reach their friends and families in m the city. TTR scooped them all, of course, with an article on Amit in the March Not only do these students not have much China. 30, 1989 issue. ' money to begin with, many of them have "One student is trying to arrange for the Ian Irvine, Associate Professor of Economics, and his report of research had their funds cut," said the Faculty Per necessary papers from China so that a stu done on Canada's beer industry found its way onto the pages of every major and sonnel Administrator who through her dent in hiding can leave the country," said minor newspaper across the country and back via"ttie CP newswire. The report MBA studies has made a number of _PRC Freed. proved timely in view of brewery buy-outs, actual and rumoured, at the time. (See friends. "I knew people whose friends and story in this week's TTR.) relatives were at Tiananmen Square," she Freed says that the fund is now ongo The University made the news over the summer as l' Association canadienne · said, adding that many of Concordia's 160 ing and contributions are still welcome. franyaise de I 'Ontario (ACFO) made its case for the establishment of a French-lan PRC students and scholars are from the And, in October, the CSA will be raising guage university in Ontario. Concordia participated in the meetings and was cited University of Beijing. some of its own funds at a crafts sale to be as an example of a Quebec university open to the francophone community as one Initially, Freed sent the letter only to held in the downtown campus' Henry F. option for post-secondary education. - Donna Verrica people she knew well. But others phoned Hall Building. Page 6 THE THURSDAY REPORT September 7, 1989 Getting the words write
Guidance Services Learning Skills Centre helps students improve
by Diane McPea~
rnest Hemingway rewrote the last page of A F arewell to Arms 39 times Ebefore he was satisfied. When asked by an interviewer what had him stumped, he said, "Getting the words right." But what do you do when you can't get the words write? Recognizing the important link be tween writing and learning, · Concordia's Guidance Services Learning Skills Centre is offering a new Writing · Assistant's Program, which gives free one on-one assistance designed to help students improve writing skills. Leaming skills specialist Mary Mar, who heads the program, says, "Our main goal is to improve the writing and thinking of students so they can become capable of producing better quality writing on their own. Busy fac ulty members who may not always have as much time as they would like to help students improve writing difficulties can now send them to the centre." Most North American universities provide funding for writing centres where Learning skills specialist Mary Mar studying with Concordia student Bruno Mital. Improving writing skills enhances not only what stu one-on-one tutorials operate with a focus on dents can gain but what they contribute to the University. Photo:CharlesBelanger the actual process of writin~, Mar says, "Improving written communication skills capacity to learn while helping fellow stu thinking and writing." Quebec's educational system is that we enhances not only what students can gain dents develop competent writing sk!lls. Mar Student assistants are chosen from a never learn how to write. While there is from a university experience, but also what believes the most effective way to develop variety of disciplines upon recommendation some emphasis on grammar, there is no em they contribute to it. Concordia's program writing skills is ·to provide assistance while from faculty members, specially trained to phasis on putting it all together. Adams adds works because it stresses the writing a writer is ·actually writing, rather than help spot and correct writing problems rang he has seen some dramatic improvements process. While this doesn't guarantee per criticizing or correcting the errors of a com ing from writer's block to the proper pars just by correcting one practical problem. fect results, it does provide ways to improve pleted paper. ing of participles. "As basic as it sounds, a lot of students don't various problems which commonly occur in . . "I think it's important to stress that this Their function, says Mar, is not to help realize that good writing involves rewrit writing." · change in philosophy followed a ch,ange in students with the· content of their courses, ing." To sharpen writing skills an Relentless Mary Mar will go to any the direction of research, which for the first but with the process of expressing their assistant's tools include an understanding of lengths to rectify students' problems with time began analyzing good and·poor writers knowledge in writing, .and support them as the writing process, knowledge of effective the written word. When necessary, she ac as they produced texts. The strategies we . they risk committing their thoughts to paper. writing strategies, and the time and patience tually sits down and studies with a student recommend to writers during tutoring are She says the assistants are extremely to listen to students and ask them questions to fi nd out what is wrong. Her numerous based on what researchers found good dedicated, and feel they are gaining from the about their writing. workshops include s.uch subjects as how to writers tend to do," S/lYS Mar. experience of trying to help others because Students begin to internalize those improve study skills, reading, writing, and Mar' says a significant ·number of they improve their own writing skills in the questions and strive on their own to produce note-taking. program participants are 'A' students who process. clearer texts for their readers. Mar says this Her philosophy on the writing process have a fear of writing. She emphasizes, "Being a writing assistant makes you a interactive approach not only results in a is one which accents learning. Even her as however, that although "the writing service lot more aware of your own writing better-written paper, but one which more sistants are not picked merely because of aims to show students how to improve the process," says third-year Classics student accurately represents what the student real their academic ability, but also for their writing process, writers must do their own Keith Adarps. One of the problems with ly knows.
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.·:~: September 7, 1989 THE THURSDAY REPORT Page 7
1989 ARTS AND SCIENCE DEAN'S HONOUR LIST
The Dean's List, established in June 1986, recognizes out Amely A. Jurgenliemk Maria M. Moran Stephane P.C. Simard Lisette L. Justino Edith Morber Mary Simon standing academic per/ormance in the F acuity of Arts and Chantal Jutras Nanci L. Moretti-Montpetit Gertrud M. Simpson Dennis Kaloyannis Denise Motard Jacqueline L. Sinclair-Smith Science. Students so ho·noured have achieved a grade point Charlie Bishara Kawwas Yvonne Mu ir Cary S. Smith Ania H. Kazi Donna L. Muller Ronny Snitz average (GPA) ofat least 3.75 after completing a minimum of12 Barbara A. Kerr Debra L. Munn Maria Socci Thomas Kerr Edith M. Munro Alexander D. Soucy credits. Brad Ketterling Kim A. Munro Shirley R. Spector Below, in.alphabetical order, are our Dean's List students for Hussein I. Khalili Lina Murdaca Marc Speyer-Ofenberg Alicia Klein Stella D. Murovic Linda Spickler the academic year 1988-1989. Ellen S. Kleinman Maria Murphy Laura B: Spiegel Giselle Kolaric Aileen G. Murray Veronique Sponza Linda Kong Lorraine Nadon Gabriella Spurio Joseph Kordovi Brian James Neville Aleksandrs J. Spurmanis Barbara Abrahamowicz Kathleen A. Buddle Paul Evans Elaine F. Kramer Galen I. Newman Lorraine Staples Justin Acheson Connie Bujara Jonathan Eves Duffy Kraus Belinda Ng Alexandra Stasinopoulos Rana I. Adada Gabrielle N. Busbridge Linda L. Farmer Birgit Kruger Andrea Nucci Ronald K. Struck Stefanos Adamou Robert G. Butler Catherine R. Farrell John D. Kyte Nancy Nyisztor Maria T.K. Sweeney Keith W. Adams Sandra M.S. Butler-Young Joan Sharon Ferguson Caroline Labarre Suzanne M. O'Brien Stephanie Tabac Raynald Adams Penny M. Cadrain Nadia Ferrara Peter Labropoulos Kathleen R. O'Connell Philippe Taillefer Brian J. Agnew Gerald Callaghan Leona Fields Lynne Lacroix Johanne E. O'Hanlon Carole Talbot Kelly A.Ahern Jason E. Camlot Michael Fisher Celine Laflamme Philippe Odoom Valerie Tanguay Christine C. Alevizakis Mary T. Campbell Man Chung S. Fook Chong Alice A. Lafleche Brian Oelberg Warren A. Tarasuk Julie A. Alexander Sonia Cancian Harvey Fox Andree Lafontaine Daniel PJ. Ouellette Gordon W. Taylor Nadege Altier Susan G. Candy Pamela J. Fox Sarac. Lamb Pierre Page Russell J. Taylor Arlene Amblard Peter Carbon Diana Frank Philip R. Landon Lalig Papazian Henry Teolis Dina Amicone Chantal Doris Carignan Walter Fransen Andre Landry Jr. Suzanne Paquette Shanti K. Thakur Ana Amoretti Jennifer Cashin Chris WJ. Franz Karin Lang Lise Paquin Philip Andrew Thomas Konstantinos Anastopoulos Sonia Castellan Erika Franz Patty Marlene Langer Eustache Pararnithiotis David M. Thompson John A. Anderson Louise M. Cauchon Natalie Franz Darrah J. Languay Marise B. Parent Saundra Tobman Kim A. Anderson Marissa G. Chackal Marianne Friese Denyse Lanie! Byung Kon Park Ken Todd Mary E. Andrews Adriana Chamorro Rose Mary Gadler Sophie Lassonde Linda Parker Livia Tortella Victoria Aneliunas Philippe Chartier· TimGadosy Susan Latreille Francesco Parlati Louis-Eric Trudeau Mary Apostolatos Yadira A. Chaves Annette Gagne Margaret L. Laurin Stuart J. Pearson Joanne M. Trussler Judith P. Asher Maria Pia Chavez John R. Gammon ·Pascal Lavoie Bruno Pelletier Marie-Claire Turcotte Peter Assimakopoulos Lesley Irene Checkland Dominique Garcia Christina Lawand Jose Peralta Virginia L. Turcotte NgaiAu Eric Chen Ivan Garcia Cardenal Angele Anne L. Le Grand Randi E. Perlman KimTuson Marc A. Aubanel Robert Chen Min C~ry Garfinkle Josee Lebeau Kathleen Petrie Diane Ulusoy Debra J. Aubin Suzanne Claude Patricia Gasparoni -Esther M . Leblanc Shirley L. Pettifer John M. Underwood M. Stella Aucoin Susan M. Claus Guylaine Gaudreau Bunny Leeker Linda Pezzi Claire Valade Nathalie Audet Louise Clement Linda Gauthier Nelly Leclerc Yvan Piche Sven G. Van De Wetering Antonella Badia Sophie Cloutier Frances L.P. Gilsenan Shirley Ledrew Julianne Pidduck Adam Vance Allain Baldo Leonard E. Cohen Rory P. Gilsenan Johnny Lee Heather F. Platt Ibolya Varkonyi Stephane Banfi Susann Collin Pierre Girard Kum Ho Mark·Lee Victoria S.E. Poe DavidW. Vas Suzanne Barclay Wendy L. Coneybeare Signy Lois Glendinning Patricia Lee M . Lee Andre Poirier Vassos Vasiliou Gregory P. Barkovich Kathleen A. Connolly Linda C. Gold Orlan L. Leggett Robin Pollock Sandra E. Verenieks Nancy A. Barrett Denyse A. Conway Eric C. Goldszmidt Caroline Lehoux Marco Polverari Alan Vickers Shelagh A. Barry-Rivest Patricia W. Corbin Marcel Goulet Bradley J. Lenet Lorraine T. Poole Peter Viney Donna L. Barton Anne C. Corrie Serge Goulet Peng Kuong Lim Mohammad Poraria Kalyanee Viraswami Marc C. Bastien Sabine Cossette Elizabeth A. Graham Tara E. Limongelli Maarten David Postema Kos ta 1/ itoratos Richard Leigh Bateman Danny Cote Alyson Grant David W. Linder Haig A. Poutchigian Madli Vogan Kimberl y Beaufils Michel Couillard Glenn M. Grant Elspeth M. Lindsay Sylvia Pozezanac Debbie Ann Vokey Ronald Beauvais Ian A. Crooks Christine Gravel Sylvain Lortie Jean Pradier Yau Wai Vong Elettra Bedon Peter Crosby Kathryn Greenaway Beverley Lough Steven Prentice Steven Wagschal Claudia Belair Tina E. Crossfi eld-Ku nze Jacqueline Grekin Phei-Foon Low Kathryn Presner Margaret F.M.K. Wai Therese Belisle Patricia A.R. Csank Bernadette Griffin Gwendolen D. Lowe-Wylde Sandra G. Pritchard Valerie Wallace Stephanie Beneteau Carmen Csillag Gary J. Grill Nancy Lucassian Raynald Provost Brian C. Warner Mari a Carmen Benito Carolyn A. Curiale Caroline M . Grondin Victoria Lucia Carmen Racy Ilana Weigensberg Julia F. Berardinucci Daniel J. Currell Jean Grundy Brian P. Lynch Robert Ranaldi Maria M. Weiss Robert F. Berendsen Michael C. D'Arcy Manon Guertin Christopher M. Lyons Catherine M. Raybould Annemiek Wendrich-Kempen Michele Bergeron Debora M . Da Costa Valerie Guilbeaul t Karin Y. Maag Ann R. Raymond · Shannon Whatman Suzanne Bergeron Thi Giao Quynh Dang Joanna A. Haber-Lazar . Iain Macdonald Rosemary C. Reilly Karen H. Wiedman Alain B. Berinstain James David Jo-Anne Hadley Carolyn Isabel Macdougall Michele Richman Cheryl K. Wi ll iams Miriam Berkovic Sandra Davis George Haim Linda Macdougall Andrea S. Riddle Christopher I. Williams M.C. Martine Bernard Andrew Day Harvey M. Haldorson Patricia Anne Macinnis-Howard Julie -Robert Ishbel V. Wilton Judith A. Berry Joelle Dayan Susan M. Hamblin A. Robert Macleod Bruce A. Robertson Daniel Winer Joel A. Besner Adriana De Luca Athanasia Hardy Janet Madsen David R. Robertson Rivka Wiseberg Zeynep Bilgin Lina De Melo Steven C. Hardy Edith Malec Erica J. Robertson Richard Wojas Derek R. Bingham Laura A. Dear Alan R.E. Hare Phyllis Markoff Sabrina Rosen Connie Wong Jennifer L. Boire Lisa Dempster Paul D. Harms Maureen R. Marovitch Jean Fran~ois Roy Denise K. Wong Anne-Marie Boisvert Dwayne Desaulniers Scott D. Hartnell Bernard Martin Natasha R. Roy Mei Wan Wong Helene Boivin Celine Desjardins Siobhan Harty Lara Mastropasqua Vera J, Roy Po-Ming Wong HelenBokos David Desjardins Maria F. Harvey Patricia A. Mazepa Josee M.M. Sabourin Tony Paul Wong Si u Hing Carmela E. Bonia Denys Desjardins Sebastian Hassinger Maureen P. McAfee Doreen Saibil David L.B. Woodbury Huguette Bonin Isabelle Deslandes Neha Hathi • Michael McAllister Sylv ie Saint-Laurent Malcolm J. Worth Cynthia M. Bonnell Pierre Deslandes Elizabeth A. Haworth Stephen Michael McKee Yves Sai nt-Loup Li sa Michelle Wray Beverly J. Bonner Elena Di Stefano Scherl y Herman Margaret M . Meagher Lynn D. Sala James K. Wright Antonella Borsellino Anne Marie Dicenso Jean-Pierre Hetu Amy V. Meckelborg Patrick J. 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