December 4, 1975 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Volume 2, Number 13 Who Must Involuntarily Inhale the Con Tribution of the , Smokers to the Atmosphere
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Rector's Statement On Smoking Smoking, whic_h may be a pleasure for some people, is a source of serious discomfort for their fellows. Further, medical authorities express their concern about the effect of smoking on the health not only of those who smoke but also those December 4, 1975 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY Volume 2, number 13 who must involuntarily inhale the con tribution of the , smokers to the atmosphere. addition to the Non-Print Area and wiJl As you are doubtless aware, a Library Changes accommodate 12 people when the considerable number of our students have sound-proofing work is complete. Bookings The Concordia . Library Letter noted joined together in an effort to persuade the can be arranged at the Non-Print desk. some major clfanges in library operations university to ban smoking in the class The Audio-Visual department in the this year. rooms. I believe they are entirely right in Norr~ Building has moved from the "Perhaps the most noticeable change," their aim. However, I would hope it is sub-basement to the fourth floor close to the letter said, "has been effected in the possible to achieve this by an appeal to the Non-Print Area. From here it will be Vanier Library (at Loyola) through the reason and to concern for others rather possible to borrow equipment and pur instalJation of carpeting. Aside from the than by regulation. chase audio visual supplies and materials. aesthetic improvement, it is expected that Smoking is prohibited by City by-laws in There's bad news for students in the there will be an observable decrease in the theatres and in halls used for showing films recordings department. "Recordings will noise level. as well as in laboratories where there may no longer circulate to stud~nts," the letter · "A wall has been torn down in the card be a fire hazard. Elsewhere, it is up to our said, "and will circulate to faculty for a catalogue area in order to allow more room own good serise. three-day period. As most users will for the catalogue. The reference desk is I am therefore asking you to maintain realise, this constitutes a reprieve for the located in this area, however, the offices of "No Smoking" in the auditoria, classrooms collection which has long suffered from and seminar rooms where you teach. This being played on defective equipment. The proof of your interest for their health and Audiq Visual Department has installed two Book lovers have lost a friend in James well-being is very important to a large fine stereo turn-tables in the Non-Print Ranasy who battled for a better Concordia number of our students. Area for use by individual listeners." library budget and won a whopping 50 J.W. O'Brien percent increase in the book acquisition There have been acquisitions in the Rector and Vice-Chancellor budget this year. The resigning Director of Norris library too. Libraries moves to Ottawa to take on a One is a multi-media kit on women, major assignment with the federal containing 150 items. Another Non-Print Department of Mines. FYI wishes Dr. Area acquisition is 30 recordings of Bel$"ian European Studies / · Kanasy well in his new job. music donated by the Belgian Consulate. Joseph Princz, Associate Director, Among them are recordings representing Public Lecture moves in as acting head until a permanent the music of Henry de Mont, Hubert appointment is made. Renolte, Joseph Jongen, Cesar Franck and The lnteruniversity Centre for Euro Jacques Brei. pean Studies, of which Concordia is a The Norris Library has also acquired member, is sponsoring a seminar and the reference librarians have been moved additions to its microfilm collection. public l~cture on Monday, Dec. 8, given by from this section to the third floor," the A valuable source of information on Dr. Benjamin Nelson. · letter said. North American unions is the Labour " 'Mentalities' of the Medieval and The library also announced a major Union Constitutions and Proceedings Renaissance Middle Class and the-' Spirit of change in the location of the general 1836-1974 collection, 197 microfilm reels in Capitalism" is the topic for a research collection. all. seminar at3 p.m., Room 6405 , 1199 Bleury. "All books still classified in the Dewey • There is also a collection assembled by At 6 p.m. Dr. Nelson will give the Marc Decimal system are now· located in the the University of Warwick of economic Bloch Lecture on "Intercivilizational basement and all those classified according papers from universities including papers Encounters: How to Study Them - And to the Library of Congress system are from Concordia. Why?". The lecture takes place in Room housed on the main floor. Periodicals have · The library is also attempting to build 10010, 1199 Bleury. been moved to the third floor," the letter holdings on Liberia and has recently· Dr. Nelson is sociology professor in the said. collected the microfilm collection of the Graduate Faculty of the New School for "The Special Collection has also been Hon. Louis Grimes, former member of the Social Research, New York, and presidtint moved from·the basement to a room on the Liberian Supreme Court. The six-reel of the International Society for the third floor. Should you wish to consult any Grimes Collection consists of rare Comparative Study of Civilizations. He is of the material in this room, please inquire pamphlets, Liberian government reports, the author of numerous publications, at the reference desk on the main floor," works of the League of Nations and including Th e Idea of Usury, Freud and the the letter said. Liberian newspapers. 19th Century, "Selflmages and Systems of There have been . changes at the Concordia has also acquired the collec Spiritual Directions in the History of downtown Norris Library at the Sir tion of 89 volumes of Biographical European Civilizations" (in The Quest for George Campus too. scrapbooks which have been microfilmed Self Control: Cl.assical Phiwsophies · and "After a number of renovations," the onto 32 reels. There is a strong emphasis on Scientific R esearch] and "Weber's Protes letter said, "the Non-Print Area has prominent Canadians from the Toronto tant Ethic" in Beyond the Cl.assics by G.W. officially reopened." arear but a number of Montrealers are Glock and P. Hammond. The Listening Viewing Room is a new included as well. For further information, phone 282-4978. scientific disciplines in undergraduate Teaching ~cellence Concordia Responds_ education, but we would caution against cutting too deeply into ·the necessary basic The Learning Development Office ToOSF education or limiting the ability of the presents Excellence in Teachin'g, a science student to become an educated workshop for faculty to design more Recommendations. man or woman m the broader sense: There effective instruction to be held· at the I is a relat~d danger in closing off to the Campus Centre from December 10 to 12 at undergraduate, who, as the report points Loyola. On Nove"mber 4, Concordi,a issued an out, may well not proceed to a higher The workshop will cover four main ' 11-page commentary on the report of degree, the kind of bidisciplinary or areas: Operation Sciences Fondamentales [OSFJ, multi-disciplinary education which will 1) Principles and practices of designing a committee formed to make recommen demonstrably prepare him for worthwhile - instruction, covering insights on learning, dations on the organization of science employment, now· and in a changeable planning for the whole course, a single 1 teaching and research in the province's future. class or several classes. will also cover universities. Transl,ated excerpts of the 1 It teacher-centred designs, learner;centred university's response to the OSF chairman designs, sequence of timing, specifying follow. Concordia University ( levels of performance and assessing course Con·cordia University is a new universi outcomes. Planning Parameters ty, even though its founding institutions 2) Designing for motivation will also be Concordia University in general appre ' were well established in the Montreal discussed. This will cover psychological ciates a position that echoes much of its community. It is at present in a period of factors, problem students apd educational own work in the sciences, namely tile need transition, seeking th~ structures which barriers. to intensify teaching of and research into will ~est facilitate the application of its 3) Teaching styles will also be discussed the practical aspects. Our concern is, resources to the service of its students and , in which teachers will discuss the however, that the pendulum should n9t · thus help it meet the socio-economic needs . awareness of their own style. swing~oo far. There is in English-language · of the province. The university has 4) Problem solving will also be discuss'ed, higher education an important tradition of inherited two sets of scientific depart which covers alternatives to include in a attention to scientific humanism, to the ments which have many similar programs, teacher's own design. melding of training in the scientific method but whose ,ethos may be quite different. The workshop will be, dealt with in a with exposure to the broader issues which Our concern is that we should have the series of mini-lectures, ~monstrations. and a scientist must be aware of, whatever his time to pursue our present study of both'-' small group and indivi al periods. particular employment. The report ends and means so· as to develop - within Enrollment is limit d to 25 faculty approaches this question in its recommen the next two years - the Concordia members. If you are interested, contact the dations for para-scientific programs, structure that we believe will be m1>st Learning Development Office, local 397.