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Editorial
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Letters
to
the
Editor
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Poetry
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Volume
11
Issue
7
Thursday,
January
18,
1990
Western
Perspective
5
Financial
Aid
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Science
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The
Rouecheans
are
coming!
The
Rouecheans
are
coming!
By
John
Harris
English
Department
College
Board
has
a
problem.
The
External
Audit
team,
a
high
profile
bunch
of
Ministry
officials
and
administrators
and
faculty
from
other
colleges,
has
investigated
CNC
and
found
it
wanting.
The
teaching
here,
they
say,
is
fine.
The
students
are
relatively
happy
and
do
relatively
well
when
they
go
to
work
or
university.
But
the
management
of
the
college,
particularly
at
the
upper
levels,
is
a
mess,
a
definite
"F
Management
got
an
"F"
from
another
audit
five
years
ago,
and
from
a
Peat-Marwick
report
from
before
that,
but
this
time
for
some
reason
the
"F'
has
been
sent
home
to
the
public,
through
the
media,
with
a
note
to
the
effect
that
Board
must
learn
to
shoulder
its
responsibilities
and
not
delegate
them
all
to
management.
In
other
words,
Board
has
been
told
to
control
Charles
McCaf-fray.
No
easy
task.
McCaffray
is
passionately
committed
to
his
ideas,
which
are
charmingly
iconoclastic.
He
hates
bureaucracy.
He
sees
modem
technology
as
having
the
potential
to
liberate
people
from
the
system,
particularly
from
the
teaching
profession
which,
as
he
sees
it,
is
an
old
boy's
(and
girl's)
club
that
has
a
vested
interest
in
regimenting
students
and
force-feeding
them
with
abstract
information.
He
is
a
follower
of
Ivan
Illych,
the
Marxist
rene
Spring
semester
1990.
Again,
University
Transfer
students
have
returned
to
CNC
for
the
fifteen
week
pursuit
of
knowledge
and
grades
that
is
one
more
step
toward
career
and
personal
goals.
We
flex
our
pens
and
leap
once
more
into
the
breach,
some
of
us
still
weary
from
the
fall
semester,
some
possibly
discouraged,
and
others
somewhat
bewilderedbyitall.
Theprospectofthenext
four
months
gives
many
of
us
pause
to
reflect
on
the
pre-Christmas
hell
week
of
exams
we
recently
struggled
through.
We
can
only
hope
the
destination
will
be
worth
the
journey.
The
question
must
be
raised
concerning
whether
or
not
there
is
a
more
appropriate
process
of
examination
than
the
policy,
for
some
courses,
of
having
students
commit
to
memory
as
much
data
as
possible
in
order
to
pass
the
final
exam.
The
method
seems
to
some
of
us
to
belong
more
in
the
high
school
than
at
the
college
level.
An
examination
system
that
depends
on
the
memorization
of
facts
is
hardly
reflective
of
knowledge
assimilated
during
the
semester.
The
rote
method
of
learning
proves
only
that
some
students
have
the
advantage
of
short-term
recall,
or
possess
excellent
mnemonic
tech-
gade
priest
and
high-tech
advocate
from
the
Sixties
who
ran
full
tilt
against
the
medical
and
educational
bureaucracies
and
failed
to
put
even
a
dint
in
them.
It
turned
out
that
high
tech
is
heavily
dependent
on
bureauc-
an
iron
will.
There
is
no
such
thing,
in
his
mind,
as
surrender.
There
is
no
such
thing
as
consultation.
There
is
no
such
thing
as
loyal
opposition.
People
are
real
or
potential
friends
or
enemies.
The
college
will
be
the
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'-
Two
CNC
students
enjoy
the
librations
at
one
of
the
many
New
Years
Parties
held
over
the
holidays.
PHOTO
BY
JOHN
VAN
GELOVEN
racy
and
the
eggheads
in
the
big
corporations
and
universities
who
invent
things.
Illych
gave
up
and
is
now
a
student
of
medieval
transportation,
but
McCaffray
never
gives
up.
Along
with
his
faith
he
has
way
McCaffray
wants
it,
or
it
will
go
down.
McCaffray
is,
consequently,
an
inspiring
speaker
and
conversationalist,
with
a
sympathy
for
any
little
guy
who
agrees
with
him.
He
is
also
a
master
of
confrontation.
Quantum
Leaps
By
Gary
McKivett
staff
reporter
niques.
Hypothetically,
it
may
also
demonstrate
the
ability
to
conceal
answers
on
or
about
one's
person.
Where
there's
a
will
there's
a
way.
The
point
is
that
as
adults
we
have
made
career
choices
based
on
interest
and
knowledge
in
a
certain
field.
Once
on
the
job,
having
to
take
the
time
to
look
up
a
point
or
issue
will
not
disqualify
us
as
professionals.
No
one
has
unlimited
facts
on
the
tip
of
their
tongue.
Some
of
our
exams
already
reflect
this
common-sense
attitude,
and
a
great
deal
of
stress
would
be
eliminated
if
the
rest
could
follow
suit.
We
should
be
examined
on
the
content
knowledge
of
our
subject,
and
our
ability
to
interpret
and
apply
that
knowledge
on
a
practical
sense
that
relates
to
career
realities.
The
method
is
familiar
in
those
courses
where
final
exams
are
essays
that
permit
the
use
of
text
or
notes
as
reference.
Students
who
simply
transcribe
their
notes
to
submit
as
essays
justly
pay
the
price
for
their
laziness.
The
instructors
here
are
all
competent
enough
to
recognize
the
difference.
More
multiple
choice
exams
is
a
possible
course
of
action.
Another
suggestion
is
that
term
papers
and
classroom
participation
be
granted
a
more
substantial
percentage
of
the
final
grade.
To
those
instructors
who
zealously
grade
first
year
students
according
to
third
year
standards,
give
us
a
break!
Take
the
time
to
learn
what
programs
your
students
are
in;
in
many
cases,
they
need
only
a
few
credits
in
your
arena
and
should
be
marked
with
that
in
mind.
No
one
is
entitled
to
a
free
ride,
but
a
half
mark
here
and
there
as
credit
for
content
knowledge
or
comprehension
of
a
question
may
make
the
difference
in
a
letter
grade
and
a
career.
Exercise
your
fondness
for
divine
right
and
temper
your
judgement
with
mercy.
As
students
there
are
certain
responsi
He
has
many
loyal
followers
still
in
Prince
George,
and
is
capable
of
making
many
more.
His
upper
management
is
loyal
to
him,
not
to
Board.
He
is
also
the
Mayor's
boss
and
a
founder
of
the
Interior
University
society.
If
it
comes
to
a
fight
with
Board
and
the
politicians
who
appoint
them,
he
is
ready.
His
weaknesses
are
that
he
cannot
manage
a
bureaucracy,
only
destroy
it.
This
is
what
he
has
almost
succeeded
in
doing
to
the
college,
which
has
stubbornly
refused
to
transform
itself
into
the
high
tech
educational
network
of
McCaffray's
dreams.
Also,
he
has
no
actual
knowledge
of
the
technologies
in
which
he
has
so
much
faith.
McCaffray
does
not
use
or
fix
computers;
he
genuflects
in
front
of
them.
This
is
why
his
most
ambitious
project,
the
six-million
dollar
CADCAM
centre,
CART,
was
a
total
failure.
If
McCaffray
has
strengths
and
weaknesses,
Board
has
almost
nothing
going
for
it.
As
the
Audit
report
says,
Board
has
ignored,
for
almost
a
decade,
its
responsibility
to
provide
leadership.
For
ten
years,
it
has
bought
every
crazy
idea
and
kooky
scheme
that
McCaffray
came
up
with.
It
backed
his
experiments
in
satellite
instruction,
in
self-paced
learning,
in
trimester.
It
chopped
UT,
the
biggest
and
most
lucrative
program
at
CNC.
It
backed
a
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bilities
we
have
to
each
other.
The
Latin
phrase
"quantum
in
me
f
uit"
may
be
roughly
translated
as,
"I
did
my
best"
But
the
concept
of
doing
our
best
should
include
recognizing
our
own
fears
and
stress
in
others
and
lending
a
supporting
arm
to
those
who
need
it.
Despite
the
competitive
nature
of
study,
we
must
not
get
caught
up
in
a
relentless
steeplechase
where
we
ignore
those
who
may
lose
momentum
or
stumble
over
the
occasional
hurdle.
In
this
marathon
every
effort
should
be
made
to
ensure
that
we
all
reach
the
finish
line;
if
not
at
the
same
speed,
then
at
least
that
we
all
cross.
Canany
GPA
be
honesdy
said
to
represent
our
best
effort
if
we
stand
idly
by
while
fellow
students
slip
through
the
safety
net,
a
net
that
too
often
is
not
there?
John
Donne
would
remind
us
that
the
preventable
failure
of
one
student
diminishes
us
all.
Take
the
time
to
offer
help.
Say
the
words
that
encourage
and
support.
Be
there
for
those
that
need
you.
The
rewards
are
worth
it.
Remember
that
we're
all
in
this
together.
When
the
collective
sigh
of
relief
is
heard
on
April
27,
it
can
be
underscored
with
this
personal
satisfaction:
Quantum
in
nos
fuit
we
did
the
best
we
could.