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By Trudie Zavadovics Chronicle Staff ced or upset by this matter." access to the book. Kirkconnell said, "We sult to our intelligence that we should It took 47 seconds for the Oshawa Pu- That wasn't enough for one man who havent had this much excitement in ye- .have this meeting tonight. It's a fly in the blic Library board of directors to decide exercised his freedom of speech by saying, ars. I don't think the book should be under site of all our wars we fought for our con- the fate of Satanic Verses. "I think you're responsible as Chairman review. There should be an open policy. stitutional freedom. The issue is interfe- It was unanimous to make the libra- of the board and your responsibility now Censorship does not belong in literature ring with due process. I should be able to ry's eight copies of the controversial book is to resign." or art." walk in here and walk out with the book available to the public immediately. The man resigned his library mem- Marjorie Kirkconnell, a former em- of my choice." In a formal statement. Chairman bership vowing never to use the library ployee of the library writes short stories Aker concurred, "It is not the purpose John Aker took full responsibility for sug- again "as long as this board is in place" and teaches a night school Canadian Lite- of the board to review books" and assured gesting the book be held till the board He said, "As far as I'm aware, this is the rature course at the college. the public that the board will revert back meeting. only library in Canada who has purchased She aims to read' the book arid has to its normal process of having the senior / "The board certainly recognizes their the book and hasn't put it on the shelf. her name on reserve. In reference to the staff purchase the books and immediately i responsibility to have the book available The federal government okayed it. Where controversy over Salman Rushdie's book put them on the shelves. to the public," said Aker. do they get off putting themselves over she says, "Fiction, as I well know, is rooted The college library is not carrying Sa- ''When the book was published, I was the federal government? They acted irre- in reality and many times your careful tanic Verses. Susan Barclay, director of very concerned for the safety of our em- sponsibly by seeming to give into a pres- thinkers use fiction to put over a point." learning resources, says, "Our mandate ployees and security to our public buil- sure group and acting as a censor board." Bert Wilkins, armed with a copy of for funds is curriculum support and ad- ding. At this time, I would like to apolo- Jim Kirkconnell and his wife Marjo the Magna Carta was prepared to fight vancement.. We try not to duplicate what ' gize to anyone who has been inconvenien- rie were at the meeting supporting public for his right to read the book/'It's an in- the public library can do better." Basketball 3 of five team wins promoted silver are deans By Sonia Gyrmov By Angus Scott Chronicle Staff Chronicle staff Five faculty members have recently The Durham Lords basketball beem promoted to senior level manage- team brought home silver from the ment at the college. OCAA Division II championships, held Doug Tripp, formerly chairman of the at St. Lawrence College, Kingston. academic and business skills department Lords lost the gold medal game 82- in the skills development division has been 65 to Canadore College from North Bay. promoted to dean of technology; Don'Har- gest was brought back to business as dean Leading scorer for Durham in the of business and executive director of col- final was Chris t^ord, who netted 23 po- lege information services; Sheila Bell to di- ints. rector of the placement office; Bev Turner Veteran player, Paul Doucet, said, to chairman of Access Programs; and Ted "We came out flying. We were leading Seath has been appointed executive direc- 13-9 early and then everything seemed tor of marketing and quality assurance, in to go downhill from there." addition to his current post of chairman of Newcomer Terry Richards said, retail management, legal and office admin- 'They started to press us a lot more istration. which flustered our offence a bit. From Tripp has found that being dean of tech- on we to nology is much different than his previous then had play catch-up." Photo by Anne Crinnion job in the skills department, saying "my job Canadore led at the half, 39-26. before was more complex in some ways." In the second half Canadore conti- "I'm pleased with the opportunity to nued to put the screws to Durham. The Ah! Freakie Freddie come backthis is where my roots are," Lords did mount a valiant comeback Public Relations student John Doherty dons his Freddie Kruger persona said Tripp. adding that it is quite fun. attempt but came up short. Hargest is also coming back to his and converges on unsuspecting Kathy Puiras. Just doing his homework out in business Doucet said, "They had us by 17 at Doherty was practicing for his final flick for electronic media. roots, because he started one point and then we brought it back faculty as an accounting teacher. to 5." Hargest also finds his current post to be much different. "The planning horizon is a time-out to re- , Canadore called a in this post," and the method of ma- group and receive a tongue-lashing perienced group of guys. We 11 have longer who have gold but ha- nagement is different too. Irom coach Kerry Vinson. Either-the-«roup tasted the Bell, former manager,of the^career resf or tirade worked because Canadore ven't quite got it." ^ planning and placement office, is now direc- pulled away once again. As many as seven members of this tor. Richards said, "We got kind of year's team will be returning in the fall. What' s i nside Turner, currently chairman of youth/ caught up in their game. We didn't play Craig Newton, Chris Ford, Greg Smith, women's programs, has been promoted to ours. But you have to give them credit Gary Watson and Richards are definite chairman of access programs, as part of for the way they played their game." returnees while Rob Devlin and Doucet Public Relations students the skills development department. Lords' Chris Ford and Anthony are possibles. Ted Seath, who has acquired another to the tourna- Lords won their semi-final game post as well as his current position,,says he Fitzpatrick were named enjoys both jobs thoroughly. ment all-star team. against Loyalist 92-72. well, closer than the Seath said, "I want to do one thing This was Durham^s fourth silver in Doucet said, "It was Comedy pub a laugh 10 things halt-effectively,'' while indicated. We had a really strong instead of the past five years. They last won the score a minute ........... Page 6 managing both posts. But maintains, that championship in 1982-83. effort from the bench." "you have to like what you do, you can't get Richards said, "I feel let down for Doucet credited great fan support everything done at once." the guys who won't have another for Durham's strong game. "We had a Olympic coach Other members of the faculty promoted chance next year. Overall it was a sue- lot of fans there. It was a team effort interviewed ...... Page 3 and included in a story this iss.ue (page 17) cessful season. It'll give us something from the fans and the players." are Michelle Nichols, promoted to dean of Durham will host the 1989-90 Divi- continuous learning, Joan Homer, to dean more to try for next year." and Pat Andrey, "We'll have an ex- sion II championships. of academic development, Doucet agreed. to dean of health sciences. Paae 2 The Chronicle March CAMPUS NEWS13 1989 Co l l eg e sifti ng th roug h waste di sposal opti o ns i by Rebecca Mundy built this summer and phase 1 outdoor holding containers could Plant manager Ralph Aprile is April. Chronicle Staff of the recycling program will be be a class project in machine working on phase 1 at this mo- 'In our office alone, we Start-up costs for recycling operational by Sept. 89. "Dont be shop. Containers are necessary ment while Cook says there is no throw out pounds ofpaper a day," at Durham College will be as surprised if you see marked con- in order that storages stay dry recycling program established as says Donna Snowden, Producti- little as $1,000 and could start tainers in computer rooms and between scheduled pick-ups. the issue waits discussion. vity Improvement Centre. this September. offices," says plant manager , Phase 2 may include recyc- . Unfortunately, these things General studies teaching Holding containers to store Ralph Aprile. ling metal and aluminum and take time and are dealt with by masters John White and Jan Bis- fine paper and cardboard will be Desipnine and building the cafeteria waste, ^*but we are not priority. Recycling is one of hop favor the idea of establishing at that stage yet," Aprile says. many issues to be looked at by recycling prpgrams at the col- Environmental interests the senior standing committee lege. , have made recycling an issue who meet for the first time to- i worth looking at in Durham Col- day.

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