Co-op college on the way . . By Mark Gerson The first step toward the creation of your courses during the summer with Concordia's eighth college was taken fewer than 25 students?" Trudel asked. on November 30 when the Arts and He suggested that smaller departments Science Faculty Council approved the could get together to operate a joint creation of the Institute for program. Cooperative Education. The need for relying on a strict Discussed but not voted on by alternation of work and study Senate at its December 14 meeting, the semesters was questioned by both newest Division IV "unit" will likely be sei-lators and Faculty Council members approved by Senate on January 25, and Provost Bob Wall replied in Senate and could begin admitting students that "we couldn't possibly put down into a pilot Chemistry department the implications for every department" project in September 1981. in the proposal. _ Concern was expressed at both He reminded senators that the Faculty Counci.l and Senate that college proposal calls for a feasibility , cooperative programs would be limited study to be co·nducted whenever a to larger departments. Journalism head cooperative progra'm is suggested. If Lindsay Crysler and Physics professor such a study conducted for a smaller Stanley Morris questioned the department found it possible, the minimum requirement of 20 to 25 program would probably be accepted. students for the setting UJ? of such a "But everyone we spoke to said that program. 25 was the minimum," he added. "This rules out smaller departments When asked the length of an un­ whose students might be well-suited to dergraduate cooperative program, a cooperative program," said Crysler. Trudel rerlied that it could take 1as According to chemistry assistant · long as three years, ·eight months, and chairman Gerry Trudel, the work­ "the student readily accepts it". The school-work rotation involves drop-out rate in oth~r cooperative operating on a trimester system. programs is -only five per cent, he said. "How can you justify carrying all Engineering assistant dean Charles. I Giguere wondered what thought had "Standing Pictures" by M orus Hummel is - one of the exhib{ts a-t the· f:oncordia been given to "complementarity with galleries starting Jan . 15 to Feb . 5. respect to the programs at the . Universite de Sherbrooke". "T.,here have been consultations with Sherbrooke," said Wall. "The feeling at Concordia car featured Sherbrooke was· that we .deal with different linguistic groups and c!ifferent at t·nternational, • Dislocations, a Concordia regions" produced film, is a big hit on Wall also said that according to Sherbrooke, the Montreal market was Auto Salon- the international academic not saturated, particularly as the By Michael Sotiron circuit. Page 7. University of Waterloo is now finding Project Car Recycle No. II is here! streamlined car looking as if it were • Meet the new academic it difficult to place unilingual student,s Students of the. tv,1echanical Engineering from the 21st Century. vice-rector, Robert S. in Montreal. Department of Concordia University The actual building of the car was "We are also talking about a gradual wet e so inspired by the success of carried out over the last three ye.ars by Daniels. Page 6. entry into cooperative education,• Project Car Recycle No. I at the 1975 students in the Mechanical Engineering • One of the world's starting with Chemistry," he said. Montreal International Auto Salon that Design I course. For the first time, leading experts on asbestos Commerce dean Pierre Simon they were determined to build a newer many· of these students were con­ will speak on cancer and suggested that the pilot project go ••✓.:1nd improved version of the original. fronted by actual problems o.f ahead under the auspices of Chemistry Recycle II is now ready to be shown at automotive design. asbestos. Page 7. and under a Chemistry budget. The the 1980 Montreal International .Auto To solve these proble~s, ·tli.ey had to • If someone suddenly has college should only be approved once Salon, Jan. 10. perform not only theoretical a heart attack, would you the Chemistry project is suc;cessful, he Under the supervision of Mechanical calculations and analysis, but also Engineering professor Clyde Kwok, the know what to do7 story stressed. . provide practical solutions. See The structures must be in place first, students recycled (hence the name of The result of their work is a stun- page 3. even if only on paper, said Trudel, the car) a 1969 Volkswagen with over ning success. Recycle II has a host of adding that the chemistry project 100,000 miles on it into a gleaming innovative features, many of which are _ See Co-op page 2. See Recycle II page 4 . .. • '

FOR THE RECORD

Arts & Science • approved a change in council's Council meeting time from 2:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. to take effect September 1980. At its meeting on November 30, Senate 1979, Arts and Science Faculty D.B. Clark Council: At its regular meeting on December • passed graduate cu riculum changes 14, Senate December 8, in Applied Linguistics, Biological • approved graduate curriculum • Science, Chemistry, Communication 'changes in Arts and Science, Studies, Community Politics and the Engineering, Fine Arts and Commerce 1979 Law, Early Childhood Education, and Administration, subject to the History, Instructional Technology, recommendations of the Board of The university was saddened to learn He was the firs't student to finance Library Studies, Mathematics, Graduate Studies and to those at the of the passing· away of Douglass Burns his tuition at Sir Ge~rge Williams by Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, University Curriculum Coordinating Clarke on December 8. He was 72. acting as an instructor while studying Religion, Sociology and Th·eological, Committee. During a distinguished academic for his degree. Religious and Ethical Studies, • approved a revised set of Concordia career of 37 years, D.B. Clarke had an Five years later, he was in the • amended the graduate curriculum medals and prizes at the undergraduate impressive list of credits to his college's first graduating class in 1936- changes to Economics by reducing the level. achievements. Besides being an ex­ 37, one of the so-called "guinea pigs". credit value of the PhD thesis from 54 • approved a new procedure for tremely popular and effective teacher, One of the highlights of his long to 42 credits. elections to Senate Steering Committee. he was also registrar, vice-principal association with Sir George Williams • approved the creation of an In­ Senate next meets at 2 p.m. on January and acting principal of Sir George came in 1964 when as vice-principal he stitute for Cooperative Education. 25 , 1980. Williams University. was given the honour of presenting D .B. Clarke had a noteworthy list of bachelor of arts degrees to his daughter firsts to his career. He was a member Barbara and wife Dorothy. of the first class of Sir George Williams He is survived by his wife Dorothy, College and served as first president of daughter Barbara and a son Frederick Entries accepted for the Student Society. Douglass Hugh. Festival of , Creative Work in the Arts

Entries into the 1980 Festival for George. Appointment of the Creative Work in the Arts will be Visual arts entries will only be accepted beginning Monday in all accepted from February 11 at the Provost Division IV, • categories but visual arts'. Works in Loyola Dean of Students Office or dance (choreography), film, music, room 215-1 of the new Visual Arts photography, play-writing, poetry, building at Dorchester and Crescent. Faculty of Arts & Science prose, sound and television should be The deadline for entries in all The search is restricted to candidates within the University. · brought to the Dean of Students Office categories is February 15. at Loyola (AD-135) or the Hall Winners will be announced at an The app0intment, effective 1 June 1980, is for a five-year term in the first Building Informatiq_n Desk at Sir "awards night" to be held March 18 in instance. the Loyola Campus Centre. A series of follow-up events at Sir George, in Applications or nominations, with bi~graphical information, should be sent which winning entries in certain by 8 February 1980, to the Chairman of the Advisory Search Committee, " Co-op categories will be performed or Dr. Russell Breen, Vice-Rector, Ac-ademic, Faculty of Arts & Science, BC continued from page 1. exhibited, have not been finalized. 324-A . The ten juries who will judge the would be administered by the 1979-80 entries are as follows: • department as long as it was the only • Dance: Frarn;:oise Su1livan, Eddy cooperative program. Toussaint anci Norma Wagner. International student emergency Academic vice-rector Jack Bordan • Film: John Kramer, Colin McCurdie was anxio us to see a document that and Rowland Pollack. fund needs money would list the "transitional structures" • Music: Sherman Friedland, Helene - A number ot tund-raising activities feel that the difficulties faced by in­ that would be used by Chemistry. Gagne and Douglas Walter. aimed at creating an international ternational students are not generally In response to a question from a • Photography: Denis Diniacopoulos, student emergency fund will be held on understood. student ,senator, Senate chairman John David Duchow and Sam Tata. ' both C:oncordia campuses during Proceeds from an "International Folk O'Brien admitted that "there would be • Play-writing: Per Bra; k, Alex January.• Festival" (January 17, 8 p.m. F.C. definite complications" concerning Newell and Norma Springford. According to CUSA coordinator Smith Auditorium, Loyola; January 18, international students enrolling in a • Poetry: Sharon Nelson, Ivan Merlyn Hernandez and Loyola's In­ 8 p.m. H-110, Sir George) and from an cooperative program because of the Ronquist and Frank Scott. ternational Student Advisor Bill "International Dance" (January 19, 8 problem of wor}< permits. • Prose: Terry Byrns, Gary Geddes Loucks, the university has no loan or p.m. Hall Building cafeteria, Sir Senate will continue discussing the and Elizabeth Spencer. grant fund to help international George) will be applied to the fund. college proposal at its January 25 • Sound: Tom Kovats, Charles "Ted" students who are often prevented from All members of the Concordia meeting when reports from the Miller and Robert Miller. working becau_se of Employment and community are invited to attend any of University Curriculum Coordinating • Television: Denis Murphy, Ben Immigration Canada regulations. these. events. For further information, Committee and the Priority and Queenan and Leonard Weinstein. Although the Canadian Bureau for call Merlyn Hernandez at 879-4500 or Resources Allocation Committee will • Visual Arts: Frank Barry; Chantal International Education offers limited Bill Loucks at 482-0320, ext. 346. be presented. Dupont and John Fox. financial aid, Hernandez and Loucks RESUSCICAR

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.. Saving lives through CPR A man suddenly collapses, clutching his chest. It looks like a heart attack. A crowd gathers, but no one does anything. When the ambulance finally arrives, it is too late. The man is dead. It only takes six minutes of not breathing to cause irreversible brain Mic e esplan , associafe vice-rector damage. Since most emergency services of Research, has had his latest-book, can't possibly get to the scene in such a La Religion en Occident, published by short time, the weakest link in saving Fides ...._ .The late Dr. I.R: Tait, who lives is untrained people. had been a strong supporter of the Many people suffering cardiac arrest university, has left Concordia a could be saved if people knew how to bequest of $5000 ...... Loyola theatre apply Cardial Pulmonary Resuscitation alumni Edda Gburek (now Gaborek) (CPR). According to Thelma Laing, a and Ka thy Michael McGlynn are alive . consultant for Resusicar, a non-profit and well and singing-and dancing in -intensive care ambulance service, the Toronto. Edda finishes a run in the application of CPR techniques could Stephen Sondheim revue Somet~ing give enough oxygen to the heart to Fa miliar this month and is_th en off to keep the victim alive until the am­ Two instructors de mons trate CPR technique on dummy. Stratford to begin rehearsals for the bulance arrives. 1980 festival. Kathy, who was seen last That is why Resusicar, through the month in the National Arts Centre university health services is organizing production of A History of the courses of instruction on life-saving American Film, opens this week in the Poetry, science fiction techniques for cardiac arrest due to revue Eight to the Bar ..... Scenes from heart attack, shock and drug overdose. · the movie Babe, starring Buddy These techniques consist of ventilation Shakespeare featured Hackett, were shot in Loyola's F.C. and heart compressions. · Smith Auditorium during the Certified instructors will teach- staff, Christmas break. Babe is directed by in literary series faculty and students techniques in­ Concordia grad Rafal Zielin- volving:· An American science fiction writer, A reading by American science­ ski ..... Concordia Political Science a Shakespeare specialist and poets fiction writer Tom Disch will take • basic life support; professor Marcel Danis was elected representing the various regions of place Friday, February 29 on the Sir • one and two person CPR; president of the Quebec wing of the Canada will be some of the guests in George Williams campus. Disch's • obstructed airways; Progressive Conservative Pa'r ty last • conscious and unconscious victims. this term's "Writers and Scholars" works have been published in the month ..... Provost Bob Wall will be ·series. Partisan Review and Harper's. The instructors will also teach the leaving Concordia for Fairleigh­ Opening the series Friday, January Canadian Prairie writer Robert Heimlich manoeuvre to aid people who Dickinson University in Rutherford, 18 is this year's writer-in-residence at Kraetsch, will appear at Loyola are choking. New Jersey in May ... .. Diane Burke, Concordia, Frank Scott. A native Monday, March 10. There is a two-day 15-hour cours~ late of the Dean of Students Ofice at Quebecer, Scott is well known by Charles Shattuck, president of the on Jan. 22-23. The successful student Loyola, is the new receptionist at the poetry aficionados as a satirical poet American Shakespeare Society, will will be certified in Basic Life Support Sir George Health Centre ..... Last . whose biting wit attacks social in­ present a lecture at Sir George, by the Canadian Heart Association and Year's successful Performing Arts justices of all kinds, and as a -Wednesday, March 12, entitled 'The the Quebec Heart As:;ociation. presentation of the musical Happy End constitutional expert and former dean Play's the Thing". . For those with less time, there will was revived by Montreal Theatre Lab of the law school at McGill University. The final event in the 1979-80 series, be a heart-saver course of four hours last month at the D .B. Clarke This is the second term in a row that to be held ; t Loyola Monday, March on Jan. 30. Theatre .... . Elizabeth Morey is the new Scott will be participating in a Con­ 24, will feature British Columbia poet For cost and applications, contact interRational student advisor in the Sir Pat Huza at the SGW Health Centre at cordia poetry reading. He will offer Phyllis Webb. BS . George Dean of Students Office ..... The 879-4010. readings from his own works: drawings and collages of Fine Arts Overture, Events and Signals, faculty member Patrick Landsley go on Trouvailles, and The Dance Is One. tour in the Atlantic provinces this The reading takes place Friday, Mordecai Breuer month. The exhibition is being January 18 at 8:30 p.m. in Room H- organized by Donald Andrus, curator 435 of the Hall Building. • to speak_ of the Sir George galleries ..... English Later in the series, there will be an professor Robert K. Mar~in's new book academic lecture at Loyola, Friday, A lecture honouring the fifteenth Building. analyzing gay America poetry was February 8, by Thomas Maresca, anniversary of the cieath of the noted Breuer is a native of Frankfurt-am­ published last month by the University professor of 18th-century literature at twentieth-century theologian, Franz Main, the same German town in which of Texas Press. The Homosexual New York University's Stony Brook Rosenzweig, will be held at Concordia Rosenzweig lived and worked, and his Tradition in· American Poetry examin~ campvs and author of Epic to Novel. on Monday, January 14, main field of scholarly interest is the the work of Walt Whitman, Hart This will be followed by a poetry Dr. Mordecai Breuer, professor of history of German Jewry. Crane, Allen Ginsberg, Thom Gunn, reading Thursday, February i4 on the Jewish History at Israel's Bar Ilan A graduate in Jewish History from James Merrill and others, and shows Sir George Williams campus, by University, will speak on "Franz the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, · how poets have used their texts as Patrick Lane, last year's winner of.the Rosenzweig and the Jewish Tradition" Breuer is currently a visiting fellow at ways of announcing and defining their Governor General's award. at 8:30 p.m. in room H-937 of the Hall Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies. homosexuality See At A Glance page 6. -

Page 4. The Thursday Report

Comm~ce Week -~so begins .Taddeo named ne·w By Louise Ratelle . Former Liberal Minis ter of Socia l Other lectures will include Richard Division I dean Affairs Claude Forget, maverick Lafferty on the The Pros and Cons of stockbroker Richard Lafferty and Short-term Investments on Ja nu~ry 17, Concordia has chosen a new dean academic. Akan Aluminum's Creighton Cross and Jeff Allen from A.E. Ames & Co. for Division I of its Arts and Science Taddeo is also well known in the will be among the guests scheduled to on January 22 , who speaks on Getting Faculty. Montreal community througr. his participate in this year's Commerce Started in the Stock Ma rket. · He's 33-year-old Donat Taddeo, who activities, as. commissioner with the Week '80 on the Loyola campus. Leaders hip in the Organization, has been acting as interim dean of Montreal Ca tholic School Commission. The annual event, subtitled this year · Developing Assertiveness in Business Division I since former dean William and his work on the executive of the Action fo r the B0's, will feature and Women and W ork are three of the E. Akin left the university last June. School Council of the Island of workshops, lectures, a blood drive and five workshops that will be offered Taddeo's affiliation with the Montreal. several social events . The week-is co­ during the 9-day period. Registration is university dates back to his public He has been an outspoken par­ sponsored by the Commerce Students' limited fo r these workshops and places school days at Loyola High Scho9l. ticipant on behalf of Montreal's Italian Society and .the Dean of Students must be reserv ed by calling 482-0320, After completing a B.A. in Classics at community through his involvement in Office at Loyola. ex t. 341. Loyola College (now part of Con­ the preparation of a brief from the Forget,. speaking on The Referendum For a complete listing of events, cordia), Taddeo earned a Ph.D . in community to the Quebec govern­ and Beyond, will kick off the drop into the Dean of Students O ff ice Classics (1972) at California's Stanfo rd ment's pa rliamentary committee on Bill proceedings in the Campus Centre on at Loyola (AD-135), of call the above Universi ty. 22 .' Taddeo was also a fo unding January 16 (time to be announced ). number. Since 1972 Taddeo has occupied a member of the Consiglio Educative number of important positions at . Italo-Ciiriadese, which helped Italian Loyola and Concordia. From 1972 to families deal with the application of ft ecy cle 11 "continued from page 1. 1975 he served as ad ministrative Bill 22. Taddeo has also been an active sure~ to be adopted for c,ars in the assistant to the chairman of Loyola 's member of the gover~ing council of the future. system which also cleans the Department of Communication Arts. Positive Action Committee and is a The body, for example, is designed headlights. (A happy by-product of From 1975-77, Taddeo was ad- · member of the Q uebec Liberal Party's to be symmetrical with a perimeter this is that it also eliminates a spot to minis trative assistant to the dean of referendum committee. bumper surrounding the car to give place parking tickets!). Loyola's Arts and Science Faculty . Taddeo's te rm of office as dean runs greater. protection to the driver. In In Recycle I, the students introduced Since 1977, he has been administrative from January 1, 1980 to May 31, order to build the car with maximum a novel design for the instrument panel assistant to Concordia's vice-rector, 1985. BS strength and tp.inimum weight, the by placing it into the middle of the - ·----~------' students. eliminated the door cut-outs. steering wheel with the instrumentation The entrance to the car is through cluster remaining stationary and in­ Duchamp, Standbilder, retractable roof panels. Entry is dependent of wheel movement. The facilitated by a step, automatically advantage of this fea ture 'is increased operated by air. safety since the driver has an unim·­ graphics featured · Recycle II's streamlined design means peded view of the dash and does not it has a low d rag coefficient, thus have to move is head. at galleries reducing wind resistance and power Now, in Recycle II , the students have gone a step further by tran­ consumption. An integrated front Works by the eccentric French artist provides a showcase for young spoiler coupled with side curtains, sferring the cluster into an all-digital Marcel Duchamp, "standing pictures" Canadian design talent. similiar to the Formula I racing car, system coupled with ten warning by German-born Morus Hummel and The exhibition will be in Concordia's • holds the· car down at high speeds and lights . In case of any malfunction, a the prize-winning graphic designs of a art galleries on the mezzanine level of improves handling. warning light will appear. The driver young Concordia student will be on the Hall Building. Galleries are open The students were able to introduce then can immediately refer to the aisplay at the Concordia galleries from weekdays from 11 a .m. to 9 p .m : and a number of unique pneumatic features secondary set of instruments located Jan. 17 to Feb. 5. , Saturdays from 11 a .m. to 5 p.m. to Recycle II because they could draw beside his sea t to get the necessary Organized by the Na tional Gallery upon the expertise of the faculty of reading on the engine vacuum, oil of Canada, the Duchamp exhibit in- Concordia University's Fluid Control pressure and temperature, cylinder . eludes 13 "readymades" (a term coined Flora Centre, one of the bast laboratories of head and transmission oil temperature by Duchamp to describe works that do its kind in Canada. as well as the electrical system; not fi t into traditional art categories) ; 6 MacDonald An air actuated front headlight panel Besides the encouragement given by rotoreliefs, part of Duchamp's ex­ is one of these innovative features .• The the Fluid Control Centre and the periments with moving optical objects; on campus cumbersome manually-operated Mechanical Engineering Department, and 18 etchings, 9 of which are based Loyola's Campus Centre will be the Volkswagon handbrake was replaced the students were aided by others. on Duchamp's famous work The bride by a pneumatic actuator, controlled by Components and materials dona ted by site of. a li ttle,early electioneering on stripped bare by her bachelors. Monday when Flora MacDonald, .a miniature air switch lever. Robert Bosch (VDO instrument, Also on display will be the unusual Recycle II also boasts an air electrical components), Webster (air Secretary of state for external affairs, Standbilder or "standing pictures" by and Gordon Barker, the Progressive suspension system on all four wheels. compressor), Garage Doyon Enr. Dresden-born artist Mori.Is Hummel. This feature allows the dr iver to raise (painting), Armstrong Beverley Conservative candidate for Notre­ These are paintings that stand freely on Dame-de-Grace, talk to Concordia or loyver the car to suit wha tever terain Engineering (air shocks) and B.F. the floor rather than hang on the wall, he is driving ori . An air.operated low Goodrich (tires) have substantially -s tudents, faculty and staff. images that ha ve evolved from a There is no announced topic for fhe · cost automatic self-compensating reduced the expenditure for the Recycle traditional into a three-dimensional system is presently being developed in II experiment. Professional help was January 14 dialogue, but you can format, with human expressions, expect the usual questions of leader­ conjunction with Webster Manufac­ provided by B. Silinis, P. Heda, A . postures and personalities. turing Ltd. This system will be in­ Morton, B. Beaujardin and F. ship, responsibility for the election, tht . The graphic work of 22-year-old Jerusalem embassy affair, energy , the corporated in Recycle II for fu ture Romanelli. , Concordia Eine Arts student, Wanda research and development studies. Final credit, though, for Recycle II Quebec question and the situations in Lewicka, will also be featured. This Iran and Afghanistan to be aired. Windshield wipers have been must go to the highly motivated group work earned a "Gold Award" in eliminated in favour of a more ef­ of engineering students wh,o saw this Yo4 can meet the PCs from 3 p.m. Letraset's 1979 "Canadian Student to 5 p.m. in the Campus Centre's main fective high pressure water injection project through. Award for Design Competition", which lounge. r

Assert Yourself! Courses-on coping with life

.By Beverley Smith Are you fed up 'with the poor service These rights include: the right to be of information and_tr ied to apply it It's not really integrated yet. It's like you've been getting lately from your "independent of the goodwill of where I could." any new behaviour. I'd benefit.a lot garage mechanic? Are the demands of others"; the right not to justify your . Over_ the course of the worksHop, more from a repeat experience." your mother-in-law who's been actions; the right to change your mind, says Sharon, her· image of herself That's why Sharon would like to see pushing you to come to dinner getting make mistakes or be illogical (these changed radically . • a ;,reunion" of the same group in the to you? · were greeted enthusiasticaly by the "I found out not only tha t I wasn't spring. She'd also welcome the op­ If so, a short course in assertiveness participants) ; the right to decide assertive," she states, '_' but that I was portunity to attend an "advanced training could be just what the doctor whether you are responsible For solving passive. The workshop gave me a assertiveness" workshop. ordered to enable you to cope more other people's problems; and the righ t completely different picture of myself. ;,We've only had 12 hours of effectively. _ to take responsibility for your own It made me determined to change." training," she points out. "Even though Such a course, lasting six weeks, is behaviour, thoui:;; hts or emotions. One of the thing; Sharon and her it's the practice that's important," says available to members of the Concordia Sharon, "six weeks in a lifetime just community. It was offered last term at ain't enough." • Sir George by two staff members of . Despite the fa ct'that a lot of people Concordia Guidance Services, Priscilla cl ose to her didn't necessarily li ke the Kredl and Mary Scott, and will be idea of her taking the workshop-"It offered again, starting next week, on scared people. They thought I'd both campuses. . become aggressive and bang everybody Most people tend initially to equate on the nose" -Sharon says it has assertiveness with aggression. given her. a great deal more respect for However, as one student who took herself and fo r others who are part in the two-hour-a-week workshop assertive. points out, assertiveness. is "middle-of- _ "It's a funny reaction," she says. · the-road behavior - neither passive nor Those same people would have turned aggressive. It's sticking up for your me off before. I was always brought own rights and feeli ngs." up to be 'Mr. Nice Guy'." Too often, say workshop leaders 'T d recommend the workshop very Kredl and Scott, by trying to live our · highly," she says. "If I have any lives so that we ·never hurt anyone r~ ervations about it, it's that there under any circumstan~es, we end up isn't any-follow-up. You could spend hurting ourselves and others. We never more time reinforcing the techniques really express our true feelings and lose we learned and acquiring other all self-respect. techniques. The workshop aims to correct this 'T d even take the same course over situation. It tries to help people again with different people." communicate honestly and directly · The assertiveness training workshop _ with one ano-ther through "appropriate will be given this term on both behavior" rather than by " ... all right, now hear THIS .. . I'm the new woman campuses. "manipulation, intimidation or guilt." I'm not your loving, spoiling mother and chore lady · The Sir George workshop runs for This, say workshop leaders Kredl ·and any more ... now let's get this kitchen cle.aned up six weeks from Wednesday, January 16 Scott, leads to "more satisfying and to Wednesday, February 20, from 2 to QUICK ... come on, MOVE . . ." enricbing interpersonal felationships, 4 p .m . in Room H-440 of the Hall improved self-confidence, greater Throughout the six weeks, par­ fellow students had trouble coping Building (879-2879). respect for oJhers and a more active ticipants are encouraged to bring any with was putdowns. She found the The Loyola workshop runs from orientation to life ." problems that come up outside the technique of "negative assertion", Thursday, January 17 to Thursday , Because the level of assertiveness or workshop to the attention of fellow demonstrated in the workshop, useful February 21, from 9:30 to 11 :30 a .m ., non-assertivenss of would-be par­ members. They then replay, in the for handling this type of situation. at 2490 West Broadway (482-0320, , ticipants varies widely, workshop supportive environment of the group, This technique enables people to · 1ocal 474) . leaders pre-screen candidates to ,situations they were unable to resolve' cope with criticism by assertively Students interested in participating in determine- their degree of readiness for satisfactorily in real life . accepting negative comments about either of the workshops may register assertiveness training and compile a list Often, students find this kind of their behaviour. without, being crushed by phone or in person with Concordia of problems common to the group. encouragement just what they need by them. Guidance Services on either campus. Once this is done, they begin zeroing when they're hesitating· about being For example, you may agree, wholly Register early . Space is limited . in on such commonplace problems as ✓ assertive. The feedback of the group or in part, with the criticism made handling criticism or putdowns, coping serves as a powerful stimulus for about you. Lf someone says: "You with guilt, anger or anxiety, avoiding change and generally speeds up the didn't do too well in ... ", you simply Pssssstl "compassion traps", reaching com­ assertion process. respond, "You're right. I wasn't too promises and accepting or giving Sharo11 (a pseudonym for one of the smart in the way I handled that, was Wanna~ be compliments. _ particpants) is typical of the type ot 17'' As might be expected, the majority student who signed up for the This immediately takes the wind out on TV? of workshop participants tend to be workshop. of the critical person's sails and helps women since, according to Kredl and "It's the first time I attended an . to defuse a potentially volatile The _CTV program Street Talk will Scott, women in our society have assertiveness training workshop," she situation. be back in the Hall Building on Jan. generally been conditioned to be n:iore says. "Careerwise, I've always been "It bothers me less," says Sharon, 17-:l8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. to conduct passive than men. · fairly assertive, but in terms of in­ "what people think, or if they further interviews of students on a host At the first session, participants are terpersonal relationships it's another disapprove of my actions." of ~ontroversial subjects including Iran. given a list of ten assertive rights, matter. However, she added: "I feel I'm at The first set of interviews taped last which they are asked to keep in mind "I went out of curiosity. I didn't the crawling stage. I'm trying to year were so successful that the as they practise assertive techniques. have a real goal. I just picked up a lot assimilate the information I learned. program decided to do it again.

,, ... Page 6. The.Thursday Report

LETTERS Robert Daniels: New To the Editor: As faculty members associated with . We have chosen to remain members academic .vice-rector the Simone de Beauvoir Institute we of the Insti_tute for a number of are deeply concerned about a'ctions and reasons. Important p"rinciples related The Engineering, Commerce and public statements by the Principal of both to scholarship and fe minism were Administration and Fine Arts faculties the Institute, the Coordinator of enshrined in the original creation of the will have a new academic_ vice-rector Women's Studies and the Provost. The Women's Studies P.rogeramme and the June 1st. academic freedom and excellence we Simone de Beauvoir Institute. The new vice-rector is 37-year-old have previously enjoyed in our It is certain individuals and not these John S. Daniel , currentl y academic association with Women's Studies and principles which have been com­ vice-president of Learning Resources at the Institute appear seriously com- promised since the summer. The Edmonton's Athabasca University. promised. · fundamental importance of scholarly A native of England, where he In particular we are concerned with research and publication by and about earned a bachelor's and master's degree the method by which t_he present' women remains. in engineering at Oxford, Daniel Coordinator of Women's Studies was The benefits of an institutional focus competed a "doctorat d'etat" at the · appointed; we are dissatisfied with the for feminism in Concordia and Universite de Paris before coming to criteria and procedures employed Montreal are still potentially con­ Canada in 1969 to become assistant during the summer to redefine the siderable. To these ends the professor in metallurgy at the nature, personnel and pedagogy of the educational and political value of a Universite de Montreal's Ecole Introductory Course in Women's Women's Studies Programme and the 1 poly technique. Studies; we camwt accept the Institute in providing a forum both for After part-time studies at Sir George statements of Provost Wall and information and support is self-evident. Williams University towards a master's Principal Verthuy as to the All the more so as at present we are degree in educational technology, polarization in the Institute between witnessing the revival of conservative Daniel left engineering to work in the responsible and the irresponsible, and reactionary forces whose aim is education. between the academic and the anti­ the perpetuation of patriarchy in all its From 1973 to 1977, he coordinated Robert Daniels academic, between the scholarly and forms. and directed educational technology the non-scholarly, between the fulltime Those deeply disturbed by the programming and production at the "great affection" . faculty a~d the part-time faculty and prevailing direction of the Women's Universite du Quebec's Tele-universite. ''I'll probably be one of the first students; and we re'gret that the hard Studies Programme and the Institute Since 1978, Daniel has been Anglos to return to Quebec after the work of Greta Nemiroff and the skills must remember that abandoning the responsible for academii: programming, referendum," he comments. and ideas she brought to us as field at the present time ,has high costs. curriculum and student services at the As a former engineer, an ad­ colleagues, were not regarded as a We will not easily win again the Athabasca "open university" whi::re he ministrator and a lover of painting, challenge to clarify, to defend or ,,. financial and strategic advantage of a initiated a business education course in theatre and the arts, Daniel brings to perhaps to modify some of our more permanent funded programme and · "distance learning". his new job a particularly interesting traditional academic ways of reacting institution. Daniel looks forward to renewing hi~ combination. His term of office runs ar:id thinking but were instead treated " The ultimate goal we hold is full ties with Concordia for which he has until May 31 , 1985. BS as a. threat. equality for women and men and for ' On a number of occasions some of this reason, above all else, we intend us have attempted to express concern to remain within the Institute. for what has happened. Unfortunately We call upon those who share o~r there have been no satisfactory ex- ' oppqsition to recent policy within the planations from the Coordinator, the Women's Studies Programme and the Darnton to talk Principal or the Provost. Simone de Beauvoir Institute to join us The fall vote of confidence in the in shaping these structures to serve about Enlightenment Coordinator was supported by some of both the interests of feminism and us because in light of our information scholarship. There are further cam­ at the time it seemed fair and con­ paigns to be waged from which we all A leading North American scholar Thursday, January 10 in Room H-769 structive. In nci way was it to be a might benefit. on the Enlightenment, Robert Darnton, of the Hall Building, Sir George blanket endorsement of once and Catherine Waters history professor at Princeton Will,iams campus. future errors. We are now making this Melissa Clark University, will speak at Concordia statement because our public silence Veronica Strong-Hoag Thursday, January 10. has been interpreted as assent to what . Roberta Hamilton Iri a lecture sponsored jointly by has been done. Susan Russell Concordia's Liberal Arts College, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Interuniversity Centre for European At a Glance Studies, Darnton wil speak on continued from page 3. "Enlightenment and Suppression: The Press and the Police in 18th Century ..... Three more Paris". departments moved during the , Note OD Certificate in French Darnton is the author of more than Christmas break: the Translation At the present time the Certiticate in following courses in French and in two dozen articles on the Enlighten­ Office has moved from Bishop Court French is not recognized for purposes obtaining scholarity should be advised ment. In 1968 he published Mesmerism to the "V" annex at 2110 Mackay, and of teacher scholarity. As a result, to enroll in the B.A. major in French. , English·and Sociology and An- ' and the End of the Enlightenment in anyone presently teaching or ·con­ Questions. concerning admission or France (Harvard University Press). His thropology have given up their offices templating a career in teaching who questions from _individuals who have in the Coronation Building (1405 most recent work (1979), also wishes to upgrade his classification for been declassified may be directed to published by Harvard University Press, Bishop) for new quarters in the Norris salary purposes should not enroll in John Fiset, Coordinator of Teacher is The Business of Enlightenment: A Building. Translation's telephone this program. Training and Certification at 879-84P2 numbers remain the same; English and Publishing History of the Encylopedie. Potential students interested in or to Dr.' P. L'Herault, Chairman of The lecture will take place at 4 p.m., Sociology still await their new num­ the French Department at 879-4333. bers .... I ., 'V

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Di,slocations film JDcirks interniltional success - The university has just signed an animation sequences illustrate the ag'reement with the prestigious Institut process as it happens, and these in­ fur den Wissenschaftlichen Film of sights and concepts are most important Gottingen, in West Germany for the 'for a student to get' a gra,sp on the production and distribution of a theory of dislocations. German-Language version of the McQueen believes that the fact that Concordia Unifilm animated film on the Canadian version is going well dislocations in crystals . with French and German editions and Released in 1975, the 38-minute perhaps other British adaptations treatment of the motion of crystalline forthc;o ming, "is a justification for the imperfections in metals and ceramics w hole project." was designed and produced by a team According to Bernard Queenan, of headed by Prof. Hugh J. McQueen of the Audio-Visual Department, which the Mechanical Engineering Depart­ operates its fi lm production activities ment, with technical assistance and under the trade-name of Concordia advice from specialists in the Audio­ Unifilm, "Educational fil ms are usually Visual Department. put through on a shoestring budget. In In its original version Dislocations this case, there was not even a Asbestos expert to speak has circulated all over the world at shoestring to start with, but rather a A leading researcher in the Held ot studied !he carcinogenic effects of vinyl festivals, lectares and congresses of series of broken pieces of string asbestos disease will be featured in a chloride, styrene, mtrosamines and engineers and scientists and has met knotted together to stretch the required lecture at the Science College, Thur­ other chemical agents in the en~ with a favourable reception. Over 60 lengfh." sday, January 17. vironment and work place. prints of the film are in use in research Queenan broke down the finances of Dr. W.J. Nicholson, a biophysicist Currently associate professor of and teaching centres between Hong the film as follows: The American on the staff of New York's Mount community medicine at the Mount Kong and Mexico, and from Helsinki Society for Metals, and the Dean of Sinai Medical Center, will address the Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. to Cape Town. Engineering each made available about topic "Asbestos Cancers in the Year Nicholson received his B.Sc. at the Library copies are also in constant equal sums, the largest part of which 2000". ' Massachusetts Institute of Technology use on issue from the Concordia went to student salaries. The total A specialist in environmental cancer, and his Ph.D . at the University of Audio-Visual Film Library, the came to about one-twelfth of what the Dr. Nicholson has carried out extensive Washington, Seattle. American Society for Metals in the budget would be for a commercial research on the health effects of Dr. Nicholson's address is scheduled USA and the Institution of undertaking on this scale. asbestos on workers and others in the for 8:30 p .m., Thursday January 17, in Metallurgists in London, England. What made the film feasible was the general population. As part of his Room H-110 of the Hall Building, Sir A French-language version was ingenuity and dedication of the work at Mount Sinai's Environmental George campus. completed in 1978 in association with students from Engineering a d Fine Sciences Laboratories, he has also Professor Jean-Paul Baillon, Genie Arts courses who performed miracles Metalhirgique, Ecole Polytechnique. of improvisation in cutting corners and The first batch of 12 prints has been creating ad 1 hoc techniques. Queenan ear-marked for sales in Quebec and says hat they richly deserve the credit~ Metropolitan France. given them individually in the A set of 30 slides accompanied by acknowle9,gements in the fi nal the script for an explanatory com­ sequence. mentary has also been prepared for "It has to be admitted that there is a circulation. This teaching aid is also in certain roughness of finish about high demand, as it allows instructors 'Dislocations' as a film, " says Queenan. and classes to prepare for a viewing of "Nevertheless, as in most educational the film and to recap the teaching or instructional film subjects, it can be points afterwards. "We made the assumed that viewer-motivation is 'Dislocations' film as a contribution to strong enough to give the content and the pool of resources available for the message priority in attention over instructional work in higher centres of any shortomings in the medium. This training in Engineering," says is no cop-out from professional McQueen. standards. It's just part of the 'The success of the production g nol pragmatics of this kind of operation." really surprising, as it has been evident The success of the production on the J tQ me for some time that there was a world market is heartening for the ' lack of a teaching instrument to' get Audio-Visual Department and for Qa across the theory which explains how Unifilm. For Queenan, it shows that ~ permanent deformation takes place i:i they have the' know-how and the Suicide? "' the crystals of metals and ceramics." technical resources required. ------'!Nothing seems to have changed in Canada as'is evident from this 1916 cartoon of The film communicates more vividly 'The upper limit of our potential is Laurier. The cartoon 1s contained in The Hecklers by Terry Mosher and Peter and effettivly than a dozen articles or set only by the the scale of the subject Desbarats '· text-books how dislocations can be proposed and the funding :::nade understood and examined. The available for its completion," he says. .,

The Thursday Report is published weekly during Editor: Michae Sotiron. Contributing to this the fall / winter session by the Public Relations issue were Mark Gerson , Maryse Perraud, Louise Office, Concordia Un iversity, 1455 de Ratelle, Beverley SmitL and David Allnutt. Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8. Circulation for this issue: 9,000 ~ [ypesetting by" SST Typesetting; printed 'at copies. Ric: helieu Roto-Litho, St. Jean , Quebec. ,

. \ . I ' ' \ I I ' ', • ' \ \ I l I ' ) I ' ' ' I' I I ' ) \ • ', l- l \_ / '- ' - . . . , . - ~ I ~ I sew campus . . COMMERCE WEEK '80: See Wednesday 16 for EVENTS OF SKILLS AND THINGS: Jo-Anne Clark , details. Today: At 10 a.m., Developing Thursday 10 speaks on Voice and Musical Theatre in Con­ A ssertiveness in Business, a workshop headed by _ CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC ference Rooms 1 and 2 of the Campus Centre, Mary Scott and Priscilla Kredl (Guidance'Ser- ART: Wedding in White (William Fruet, 1972) from noon to 2 p .m . vices Dept.), in the tampus Centre. Limited with Donald Pleasance, Carol Kane and Doris registratio..;,. Rector's Holiday Petrie at 7 p .m. ; Quadrille (Sacha Guitry, Wednesday 16 DISCO: From 8 p .m. in the Campus Centre Pub. 1938)(French) with Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC Concordia students·, 75 cents; guests, $1.50. Feb.8,1979 and Jacqueiine Del_ubac,at.9 p.m. in H-110; $1 .25 ART: Memory of Justice (Marcel Ophuls, 1976) each. 'SGW campus. (English) (280mn) at 8:30 p.m. in H-110; $1.25. Classes and offices will be closed. 'LIBERAL ARTS COLLEC-E: Guest-speaker sew campus. CLASSIFIED Robert Darnton, history professor at Princeton _ COMMERCE WEEK '80: A wee~-long series of - FOUND: An e~pensive ring has been fou nd in University, speaks on Enlightenment and Sup­ lectures, workshops and social events co­ the Faculty Club. The owner can claim it by ARABIC LANGUAGE PROGRAM: This pression, The Press and the Police in 18th sponsored by the Commerce Students' Society contacting M. Flynn at 879-5980 or in room H- program is designed for beginners to learn some Century Paris at 4 p.m. in H-769, Hall Bldg.; and the Loyola campus Dean of Students Office. 405. sew campus. basic Arabic in an informal learning en­ sew campus. T oday through January 24 . For workshop vironment. The program begins the week of • , GALLERIES: Drawings by Jack Humphrey; registrations, or for more information, call 482- NOTICES January 21 and will take p-Jace twice a week for exhibit organized by New Brunswick's 0320, ext. 341, or ~rop into AD-135 and pick up 7 weeks. Please register in AD-135 on the Loyola Beaverbrook Art Gallery, until Jan. 15. SGW · a schedule. Today: At 1 p.m., Leadership in the ATTENTION- SPRING 1980 POTENTIAL campus or by calling 482-0320, ext. 346. campus. Organization, a workshop headed by Don CERTIFICATE GRADUATES: If yot.t are a MANDARIN LANGUAGE PROGRAM: This DISCO: From 8 p.m. in the Campus Centre Pub. Boisvert and Bill Loucks (Dean of Students Certificate student who will be completing the program is designed to develop the participant's SOMEBODY HAS TO DO- IT: A look at Office), in AD-128. Limited registration. At requirements for Spring '80 i.e., by the end of level of Mandarin from beginners to in­ housework by columnist/author Penney Kome at 10:30 a.m., Sales: Like It Is , a talk by Ron the January sesssion you must submit a Cer­ termediate. It begins the week of January 21 and noon in Vanier Auditorium.· Sawatzki of Horner Drugs, in the Campus tificate application form in order to be eligible will continue for 7 weeks, meeting twice a week Centre. Also, Claude Forget, former Liberal for the University Certificate. for 1 1/2 hours. Please register in AD-135, Friday 11 Minister of Social Affairs, will speak on The Application forms are available immediately at Loyola campus, or by callfng 482-0320, ext. 346. CONSERVATORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC Referendum and Beyond in the Campus Centre, the Registrar's Services Departments on either OMICRON: Thinking of joining a fraternity? ART i One Man (Robin Spry, 1977) with Micheal time to be announced. the Loyola Campus Central Building, Room CC- Watch The Thursday Report for further details. Scot•, James B. Domville and Tom Daly at 7 ROCK 'N ROLL PUB NIGHT: From 9 p.m. in 214 or Sir George Campus Norris Building, SELF-ESTEEM GROUP: Are you having p.m.; Le Tresor de Cantenac (Sacha Guitry, the Campus Centre Pub. Free. Room N-107. The fonns must be returned there problems related to a lack of self-confidenc~ or 1950)(French) with Sacha Guitry, Lana Marconi and the deadline date is January 15, 1980. self-esteem? The Simone de Beauvoir Institute and Pauline Carton at 9 p.m. in H-110; $1.25 Thursday 17 TO SPRING '80 POTENTIAL GRADUATES: If will run a therapy group dealing with these and each. SGW campus. SCIENCE COLLEGE: Dr. W.J. Nicholson, a you are an undergraduate student and will have similar problems starting this month. If you are COMMERCE & ADMINISTRATION FACULTY biophysicist on the staff of New York's Mount completed the requirements for your degree by interested, please call 879-8521 for an assessment ' COUNCIL: Meeting at 9:30 a.m. in H-769, Hall Sinai Medical Center, speaks on Asbestos the end of the Winter '80 session, it is mandatory interview. Bldg. ; SGW campus. Cancers in the Year 2000 at 8:30 p.m. in H-110, that you submit a Spring- '80 Degree Application CANADA EMPLOYMENT CENTRE: Summer FACULTY OF ARTS & SOENCE: Council Hall Bldg.; SGW campus. in order to be considered for graduation at that recruit11Jent is now underway for summer jobs. meeting at 2:15 p.m. in AD-128, Loyola campus. CUSA: International Folk Festival at 8 p.m. in time. (Please note that students who finish in Permanent employment: Ford Motor Co. DISCO: From 8 p.m. in the Campus Centre Pub. the F.C. Smith Auditorium; Loyola campus. December are also candicfates for'the Spring '80 (deadline is January 21 ). Inquire at the CEC HOCKEY TOURNAMENT: At 5 p.m., the GALLERIES: Works by French artist Marcel convocation, rather than the Fall '79. ) Office, 6935 Sherbrooke West, 3rd floor. Toronto Blues vs. Dalhousie Tigers. At 8 p .m ., Duchamp, German-born Morus Hummel and the The forms are available at and must be sub­ RECORD LIBRARY: Anyone with Concordia the Plattsburgh State Cardinals vs. the Con­ prize-winning graphic designs of a young mitted to the following offices immediately: University ID may borrow up-to 3 records for 14 cordia Stingers. Both at the Arena. Concordia student on display until Feb. 5. SGW Loyola •Campus: Sir George Williams Campus: days at no cost from the Music Department's · WELCOME BACK BEER BASH: From 8 p.m. in campus. Registrar's Services, Registrar's Services, - record library. The library is located in RF-211- Guadangi Lounge, Loyola campus. Music by DISCO: From 8 p.m. in the Campus Centre Pub. Central Building, Norris Building, 04 on the Loyola campus, and is open weekdays "Friendly Gial)t". Concordia students, 75 cents; guests $1.50. Room CC-214. Room N-107. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. COMMERCE WEEK '80: See Wednesday 16 for The deadline for application is January 15, 1980. RIDER /DRIVER BOARD: This notice board is Saturday 12 details. Today: At 12.30 p.m., Pros and Cons of CULTURAL WEEK 1980: All interested parties for the use of any Concordia member wishing a CONS ERV A TORY OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC Short-term Investments, a talk by Richard are welcome to join the planning committee that ride or having one to offer, local or long­ (Sacha Guitry, ART: Les Per/es de la Couronne Lafferty of Lafferty, Harwood & Partners. In the is currently meeting. For informatioh, contact distance. It is located beside the front desk in the 1938) (French) with Sacha Guitry, Raimu ·and Campus Centre. Bill Loucks, 1.5.A., in AD-135 (Loyola campus) Campus Centre. Jacqueline D;lubac at 7 p .m.; Pasteur (Sacha or call 482-0320, ext. 346. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN: Any member Guitry, 1935) (with English subt.) with Sacha lFriaay 18 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM: This of the University community is free to seek the Guitry, Jean Perrier and Jose Squinquel ,at 9 p.m. CUSA: International Folk Festival at 8 P.m . in program is designed to develop the participant's services of the Ombudsman. Call 482-0320, ext. in H-110; $1.25 each. SGW campus. H-110; sew C