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“This is the first in a weekly(?) series of Joe Student question and ans- wer interviews on relevant topics on & around campus.

So far, we have encoun- tered some enthusiasm, some indifference and a 16: of puzzlement as to what the important issues are. we asked people "What does this campus'

' need most?"’ _"

Here are the reactions

as we heard them.

Urban Carmichael:

We need conscientiousness Von the part of students and faCulty. Nobody give a damn. ‘ David Deveau: More study

tableS’in the library.

Billy McCannell: F--s if I know. Well, there's not enough study area in the library.

N.F. Sophomore Student: Oh, Jesus I don't know. Students don't have enough Say in things. They should be able to hire and fire faculty for example. Gordie Coffin: F—-— you got me at a bad time. I'm v still not thinking after last night. - Shirley Clarke: New Gym.'

Its all we need to get

more people to come here. Barb Hardy and Elaine Smithies: More clocks on campus. A pedestrian board- walk and better lights

,between Blanchard Hall and ‘

the main campus. A permané ent liquor licence. Better student involvement and spirit. Some non-alcoholic events ie._meetings.‘ And a student Bill of Rights especially for residence students.

Maureen Conway: More BlaCk Panthers. , Bing Gallant: This campus needs a university.

Clayton Martin: I can't think of anything we really need.

Rita Jackson:’Underground walkways so students don't have to be out in the

cold. And pencil Sharpeners around campus.

Lorne Harpers New Gym. Wendell Muttart: Sports complex.

Bill Chapman: New Student Union. _

Mike McCabe: Sports Center. Gordie Pierce: Swimming Pool. ' K.A.:New Business Office and Registrars Office.

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0f the eighteen students we asked none told us to "get lost" in those or any other words. So far we are batting 1.000 and with your co—operation

Professors Should Also Take a competence Test

“ The January 28'issue\of The Cadre carried a letter from Don Cregier concern— 'ing the senate ruling which forces all freshmen to take the Canadian Test of English Language. While avoiding (not ignoring) the validity, or lack of, 'these tests it is, I think, possible to imagine exac— tly what the thinking of the senate is in this ma- tter. It seems obvious that the once valued high school diploma no longer indicates even anything so basic as that its hol- der is "competent" in his/her own language.

If such thinking were to be followed up any g number of improvments could begin to occur at

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this hallowed institution. ‘By disregarding the high ‘school diploma and appar— ently, by worrying about ‘the,worth of a UPEI degree, .our august senators seem .to be doubting the worth ‘of a very large portion ,of our educational system. ,Soon they must turn towa— rds questioning the worth of the graduate degrees held by our own faculty 3members. The impressive arrays of letters some have managed to amass after their names might no longer be accepted as proof of competence.

‘ Surly tests just as va— .lid as CTEL could be dev- ised to measure each fac— ulty member's competence in various areas. The

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.senate is obviously quite *ready to accept that comp—

etence can be measurably

defined, so it would seem that they should have no’ trouble in coming up with

_suitable criteria for such

tests.

As it is virtually imp— ossible, in perhaps the oldest of pedagogiCal traditions, to eliminate a professor simply for the minor reason of incompet— ence and remedial classes would definately be of questionable value in such cases, some method of improving the performance of those found wanting A would be needed. Perhaps the results of such tests could be made known by

‘publishing lists on which ‘the faculty is broken into

three groups according

‘to their respective scores.

Such groups could be known as the robins, the blue-

.birds and the starlings.

The resulting self-moti- vation on the part of the faculty could only lead

to vast improvements in

IN OUR PLANS

we'll keep our perfect record for the rest of the year.

John Underhay and Ray MacDonald

the "competency" of their students. One can easily imagine the dedication needed for a robin to retain his lofty status or the amount of truly diligent effort needed for a lowly starling to move one rung up the ladder before the next list is published. There would soon be little danger

‘.of any "incompetent"

student graduating from

.this institution.

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