MAINLY MALASPINA Vol. 1, No. 24 January 26, 1982

CONTACT COORDINATOR OF RECRUITING BOB LANE, CHAIRMAN, PROMOTION and Recruitment Committee,

sends the following message to all College personnel. "College personnel who receive requests to visit senior

secondary schools to discuss College programs or to participate in "job fairs", "career days", or who receive requests for campus tours, are reminded to contact John Kuchenthal, Coordinator of Recruiting, so that off-campus visits can be planned and coordinated with as little duplication and as much organization as is possible. John is not an approving authority for such visits, but a contact person who is responsible for the coordination of our College-wide recruiting function. Your cooperation will help things to run more smoothly and efficiently."

MCFA SENIORITY LIST THE MALASPINA COLLEGE Faculty Association seniority list

has been published and is available through: Area Chairmen, Glenn Johnston, Mitch Levine, Doug Bridges, Bob de Buysscher, Ron Apland, Elizabeth Forrester, Gary Bauslaugh, John Rostron, Bob Young and the Personnel Office.

Seniority dqtes may be an important factor during the term of your employment at the College, therefore, it is important each member check their seniority date for accuracy. Any discrepancies must be appealed within 90 days to the Personnel Committee of the M.C.F.A. (by April 26, 1982) consistent with M.6 of the current contract.

w.o. VALGARDSON READS FROM HIS WORK w.o. VALGARDSON, WRITER OF fiction about small-town prairie

life, will present a free public reading of his works Wednesday, January 27, at 8:00 p.m. in L.R.C. 219. . ..

Valgardson, who is a professor of creatlve wrltlng at the University of Victoria, is author of Bloodflowers, Red Dus~ and God Is Not a Fish Inspector, as well as the novel Gentle Slnne~s.

The presentation is jointly sponsored by the Canada Councll and the English Department.

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DAVID GODFREY ON IMPACT OF COMPUTERS WHAT WI LL HAPPE N AS NEW electronics allow us to come clos e

to ach i eving the ideal of hav i ng all information avai lable in all places at al l times? How revolutionary wi ll the impact be, and how will it affect the media? These are some of the ques tions to be tackled by a prominent Canadian writer at a free publi c le cture, Thursday , January 28.

David Godfrey, Chairman of the Creative Writing Departm ent at the University of Victoria, co-edit or of two books on the new electronics, will give a talk on "The New Electroni cs and Social C han g e ," at 3: 30 p . m. i nth e C h 0 r a 1 Roo m . The tal k i s be i n g sponsored by t he Faculty Association .

Mo rr~s Donald son said that Godfrey is "a percepti ve and creative assessor of the impact computers and the new electroni cs will have on our society."

Godfrey edited the books Guttenberg Two (1979) and Th e Tel idon Book (1981) in conj unctio n with Ernie Chang, who spoke at the college in December .

PSYCHIC PHENOMEMA TOPIC OF DEBA TE THE ONGOING LO CAL CONTROV ERSY over psychic phenomena will

continue in a publ ic debate in the Theatre, Friday , January 29, at 8:00 p.m .

"Be it resolved that suffic ient evidence exist s to concl ude that psychic phenome na exist" will be the topic of the debate.

Stanley Burke, publisher of the Na na imo Times, will argue for the a ffirmative , while James Alcock, associate professor of psychol ogy, York Un iversity, will argue the negative. Alcock is author of the book Parapsyc hology: Science of Magic.

An ongoing local debate over psychic phenomena sta rte d four years ago, in an e xchang e of written vi ews pro and con between Burke and Gary Bau slaugh, that were published in the Times.

The de bate erupted into a heated co ntro versy in Dec~mb er of 1979, when well -known British medium Irene Griffey came to Nan aimo at Burke's invitation .

Burke invited Bauslaugh to Griffey' s pre sentation, and ask ed him to present his views after the psychic wa s finished with her presentation .

Bauslaugh's continued skep ticism pr ovo ked a sha r p re spons e fr om part of the audience which tried to shout him down. Fina lly, part of the audien ce walked ou t. This in ci dent sparked a new r ound of written exchanges between Burke and Bauslaugh.

Bu r ke suggested furthe r meetings be held on the topic an d Baus laugh has arran ged this latest debate.

Moderator for Friday's debate will be Dale Lovick. will include Rev. Derrick Dick, st. Andrews Pre sby teri an Peter Croft, teacher, Woodlands Junior Secondary School, Lya 11 .

There will be a $2 admissi on charge at the door.

Judges Church; a nd Ken

In add ition, Alcock will give a fr ee lecture on the topic of "Psychology of Experience - The Fallibility of Human Judgement," at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Janu ary 29, in the Choral Room .

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ANNUAL CERAMICS SEMINAR THE ANNUAL MALASPINA COLLEGE Ceramic Seminar will take place

on Saturday, February 27. Guest lecturers include: Larry Aguilar, Meg Buckley, Neil

Dalrymple, Jean Hamilton, Gordon Hutchens, Tam Irving, Jeanne Sarich, Akiro Tomita, Pat Webber and Andrew Wong.

Fee for the sem i nar is $32 and includes lunch. Registration closes on February 17 . Please call Ardith Conlin, local 396 or the Madrona Centre, 754 - 1511. for further information.

REQUEST FROM MAIL ROOM THE MAIL ROOM HAS REQUESTED that the following message be

printed in Mainly Malaspina. "All mail must be sorted into the following categories:

(a) In-town - all mail with Nanaimo as the city in the address (this does not include areas such as Lantzville, Ceda~ etc.) . (b) Out-of-town - all mail going to destinations within Canada other than Nanaimo. (c) Foreign - all mail being sent to destinations outside of Canada. This now includes mail goi"ng to the U.S. which was previously included with the out-of-town mail. (d) Special services - this category includes mail which is to be sent registered, insured, special delivery, etc. All mail in this catego r y should be separated and a note to the courier should be attached so that it is easily spotted.

Standard envelopes being sent off-campus may be left unsealed. Bundles of unsealed standard envelopes must have all the flaps of the envelopes turned out, and then secured together with an elastic band.

All oversized envelopes must be sealed before they are accepted by the courier . The posta ge machine cannot seal most of the oversized envelopes.

When material that is stapled or clipped with a paper clip is sent through the mail, please ensure that the stapled corner or clip is not located in the stamp corner of the envelope. The staple can break or damage the metal stamp on the postage machine which is very costly to replace.

Would all areas please write or type the name of their department in the upper left-hand corner of the envelope so that when mail is returned, address unknown, etc., it can be forwarded to the appropriate department.

Please ensure that inter-campus mail is not mixed in with out-going mail as this mail is run through the postage machine and postage wasted .

Please mark any oversized envelopes that contain printed material with "Printed Matter" on the outside of the envelope (printed material includes such items as College calendars, brochures, course outlines, Mainly Malaspina, etc.). The College receives a reduced rate for such mail which results in substantial savings."

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WOMEN'S CENTRE WORKSHOPS THE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE is plan ning a full slat e of

Sp ring Workshops, all taking place at t he Wo men's Res ource Cent re on 285 Prideau x Street (o ld He al th Unit)

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Returning To Learning - Dorthi Winner. Thursday, Fe bru ary 18; 1 :00 p.m . - 4:00 p.m. One session with individual follow-up . Free .

Anger Workshop - Jeannette Matson. Saturday, February 27; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. One s e ssi on . Fee: $20.

Decision-Making Workshop - Kate Parso ns. Thursday, March 4, 11,18; 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Fee : $20.

Workshop On Wills - Ruth Taylor. Wednesda y, March 10, 17; 7:00 p.m . - 9:00 p.m. Fee: $5.

Assertiveness Training - Kate Parsons & Dorthi Winner. Friday, March 19, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.; Saturday, March 20, 9:30 a . m. -4:30 p.m.; Friday, March 26, 7:00 p.m . - 10:00 p.m. Fee: $35.

Second Look - For Women Approaching Mid- Lif e - Doris Maran da. Friday, April 2, 7:00 p .m. - 10:00 p.m .; Saturday , April 3, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun day, April 4, 10 :00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fee: $45.

Self Esteem Wor ksho p - Jeannette Matson . Tuesday, April 6 , 13, 20, 27; 9:00 am - 12:00 noon. Fee: $35.

Self Hypnosis Work shop - Jeannette Matson . Satu rday , April 10; 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p. m. Fee: $20.

Jou rnal Work shop - Working With The Book Of Your Life - Be ver ley Brown. Thursday, Ap r~l 15, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.; Saturday, April 17 , 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m . Fee : $20.

Pre-registration is necessary for these workshops . For further information, plea se call the Women's Cent r e at 753 - 5921 or local ' 453 .

NOON-HOUR FILM ON MARGARET LAURENCE REGULAR NOON-HOUR EVENTS are continuing at the Women's Resour ce

Centre, with the first one taking place on Wednesday, January 27. Featured will be a film entitle d "Margaret Laurence: First

Lady of Manawaka ." In the film , Laurence talks about her pas t, her writing, and the difficulties of balancing writing with other activit ies, as well as her novels.

A review called the film "a sympathetic and valuable look at one of Canada's leading writers."

All interested women are invited to drop-in with their lunc h to participate in the film and discussion.

MONEY ORDERS SUBMI SSIONS FOR PAYMENT of Money Orders under the amount of

$25 should be received by Mike West in the Facilities Office no later than Friday of each week.

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NIGERIAN FILM FEATURED KONGI'S HARVEST, A NIGERIAN film t ha has been desc ri bed as

"uni qu el y African" wi l l be shown Wedne sday, ,January 27, in the Thea tre as part of a B r. education al presen ta ti on be ing ma de prior to No rth American video release.

As pa rt of the presen ation, the film's art direc tor De xter Lyndersa y, will introduce the film, provid ing informati on and a n s we r qu e s t ion s f r' 0 m the a inc e .

Kongi' s Ha rvest is b~ ~d JPon the play of the same name writt en by Wol e Soyinka (prnnounced Wollay Sho-ye en -kay ), Nigeria's fore most play wright. Soyinka also stars as Kongi in the movie.

Kongi 's Harvest was first performed on sta ge in Aug ust 1965 in La gos, Nigeria . The fillil was made in 1970 , with loc ations in Ibada n, Oyo and Abe okuta in Nigeria. The director was Ossie Davi s, American actor -playwright.

Th e plo t of the film ce nters around Ko ngi, dict ator of the fict itiou s Af rican country of Isma.

A cri ti cal revi ew of the fi 1m described it as "a dramatic indi ctmen t of t hose new African leaders who, aft er indepen dence had been won from Colonial r ule, tended to riv al their former oppre ssors ."

"T his is a uniquely Afl ican fi-Im utiliz ing aut hent ic costumes, dan ce ritual and ceremony," continu es the re view. "Kon gi 's modern impo sitions of uniforms, marches, arc hitecture and po litical meth ods stand out in sharp contrast."

Th e film will be screened at 7:00 p.m. with admission , ch arged at the door, $3 general and $2 for students and seniors.

FOR YOUR DIARY

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conti nuing until Fe brua r y 21

Nigerian film - Kongi's Har vest. Th eatre, 7:00 p.m. Admission $3/$2 at the door. Free public re ading by W.O. Valgardson. L.R.C. 219, 8:00 p.m. Free public lecture - Davi d Godfrey on "Th e New Electronics and Socia l Change". Chor al Room, 3:30 p.m. Free public lecture - Prof . James Alc oc k on "Psychology of Experience - The Falli bi lity of Human Judgement." Chora 1 Roo m, 12 : 30 p. m. Public debate: "Be It Resol ved That Suffic ient Evidence Exists To Conclude That Ps yc hic Phenomena Exist." Stanley Burke for the affirmative and Prof. James Alcock for the negative Theatre Admission $2 at the door. Film Series presents Ikiru (to live), Jap an, 1952, d Akira Kurosawa. Theatre, 7: 00 p . m. Admission $2.50 at the door. A Vanished World - exhib ition of mu rals and fossils of the vanished world of di nosaurs and Origins - exhibition of family trea sur es brought by immigrants to Nanaimo Madr ona Centre.