4 Planet of the Arts / May-June 1996 Scott Explains PTS Changes Non-Diploma Seats Go On The Chopping Block Letters continued... information can be a painful and frustrating process, you may as well just shut up and go through it, because you'll often find that things make a lot more sense once you've got some answers. don’t believe all that bullshit about girls being impossible to figure out. i’m not suggesting that all they do as a gender makes sense, but how much of what the rest of us do makes sense? i’m willing to venture a conservative, ‘just as much’. the fact is, it’s got nothing to do with the fact that they’re girls. it’s that they’re people. girls are just the same as anybody else and if you think otherwise, you’re wrong. girls don’t set out to break guys’ hearts. sometimes it happens, but there’s a difference between hurting someone on purpose, and hurt coming about because of a series of circumstances. what almost always happens is events occur, beyond one or both Over 1,500 spaces per year are offered to students through the Part-Time Studies Division. Many of these spaces are occupied by non-diploma students who are interviewed for each course in which they seek to enroll. Changes are being considered that will change the way part-time courses are administered. Changes are also being considered that might see a substantial reduction in the places available to non-diplo- ma students. POA interviewed Isabel Scott, Co-ordinator of the Part-Time Studies Division to learn more about these changes. What changes are being made regarding the diploma status versus the non-diploma status in PTS? We are encouraging more people to become diploma students. What has been happening is that lots of non-diploma students have been taking courses forever yet never making a commitment. So they end up in a bit of mess. If they do decide to go for a diploma they may find that they have a bunch of second year courses and don’t have the first year prerequisites. This can lead to their detriment in terms of having a well rounded education! And it is confusing for Student Services to figure out what they are doing. Everyone has a structure and protocol within learning institutions. If you've taken courses somewhere else, you can gain experience which gives you enough of the basics to get by: Its hard from the students’ day program as well as full-time students to take classes at night. Hopefully there won’t be this stigma any longer, ‘you’re only a part- time time student.’ Part-time students in general are very motivated very and committed to their courses. Will this change expand or shrink the resources allocated to PTS? | don’t think it will have any bearing on the resources. If anything, we've expanded as much as we can by offering some third and fourth year courses. We can offer more by rotating courses during the fall and spring semesters. I'm a non-diploma student. Does this poticy change mean that ECIAD will be less accommodating to people like me? | don’t think so. We would only be encouraging you to have your portfolio reviewed. We hope that by doing this we'll be able to take in more diploma students because we turn away a large number of part-time diploma students each year who are applying to become full-time. It’s not that they don’t qualify or that their work isn’t at an appropriate level. It’s that we don’t have enough money in the full- time program. We'll be able to offer more spaces to students if they want to come into the program part-time. | don’t see that taking three courses constitutes what it is to be a non-diploma student and that is representative of non-diploma stu- dents per se. | see it as a way of weeding out people in that option. There is another category called a “Special Student”. That’s someone -who has taken a degree or part of a degree somewhere else. They come here and take a particular course because it fits their needs. perspective to be expected to start:from step one.. | don’t really know what the answer is but | think the answer will evolve as we try different things. A proposal will be put into pli not for another year. Students will still b non-diploma but take a maximum of nine credi people who want A Standing Committee that has been review number of years. Mainly faculty, and the Reg their findings, their recomme How will it benefit the PTS opt The real aim for any of these changes that are taki integrate the full-time and part-time students; to bi This will eventually allow part-time students to be part peoples’ control, and/ or things change, and both parties leave feeling shitty. some more than others, perhaps, but i can assure all of you who think your dream girl is just jerking you around for the hell of it, that there is more to it than that. guys break girls’ hearts, too, but you don’t hear a bunch of women sitting around talking to a bartender about, “aahhhh, MEN! gimme a drink!!” i suppose all i’m trying to say is girls are just like you and me, and if you find that ms. right is giving you a working over, just keep in mind that there are just as many guys who are doing the same thing. -Jacob Bauming Letter to Franson | Read David Franson’s Review of the Second Year Painting Show and All | Got Was a Sense of the Frustration of Being David Franson. Sometimes | get the feeling that Emily Carr Institute is like high school. Not because of the instructors or the cafeteria or the random bake sale, but because What mo of some of the studen seems as though this is a sort of womb for peo before they commit to the chosen study on their own. And being as such, you get folks who like to be big in a little pond because they know it is a safe, warm place. So, it would seem that David Franson is one of these folks. He apparently likes to “roam the Concourse Gallery... and really slag some morons who truly deserve it without having to care about the consequences of your actions.” He tells us that these things are the “joys of fourth year.” Why is it that he doesn’t have to worry about the conse- quences of his actions? Is it because he is a ‘senior’ and he can give anyone an intimidating stare if they give him any trou- ble? | like to think that once | get to fourth year | will be able to be a somewhat positive influence on other students. Mr. Franson apparently had less positively motivated aspirations. So let’s look at a few of the things he said in his review of the second year painting show. The other thing that we’re trying to do for people who are profes- for credit. nday school. while he’s at it, ~ he can learn to fuck- ing paint.” Learn to paint? Learn to paint what? Impressionist land- scapes? Lukacs-style figures? Rothko-esque monoliths? What does Mr.Franson mean? Is he expecting paintings to be famil- iar, comfortable images and compositions that are soothing? Either Mr. Franson’s knowledge of painting is quite limited or he is not taking Mr. Gauley’s work seriously. Hitler anyone? Mr. Franson says that most of the other contributors to the show “should think about day jobs.” Wonderfully witty — an ancient cliché telling us that he thinks most of the work is mediocre. Ah, he is an entertain- er; one who enjoys trying to show off his apparently vast knowledge of art to readers with some horri- bly insightful comments (he tells us that Matt Penner “showed control over the medium, a sense of composition and colour, and rtists is try and put on workshops. These courses » you foresee any problems used by this policy change? w to avoid them. see PTS Rules, page 10 an ability to paint.”) | would like to thank Heather Anderson, John Pritchard and Don Bury for organizing the show. It was nice to see work by students who are gaining a sense of confidence. | would also like to thank everyone who left com- ments in the comment book and David Franson for noticing and taking the time to give us his feedback. | am the one who painted Elvis on velvet. | did it in 40 min- utes and | did not really consider it finished. Mr. Franson suggests that | “go to Mexico and learn how to paint a good Elvis!” If his knowledge is limited to good Elvis-on-velvet paintings why is he here? —Craig Stewart ..Read more David Franson rebuttal on page 21. j 4 Planet of the Arts / May/June 1996 Scott Explains PTS Changes Non-Diploma Seats Go On The Chopping Block Letters continued information can be a painful and frustrating process, you may as ‘well ust shut up and go through it, because you'll often find that things make a lot more sense once you've got some answers. don’t believe all that bullshit about girls being impossible to figure out. i'm not suggesting that all they do as a gender ‘makes sense, but how much of what the rest of us do makes sense? 'm willing to venture a Conservative, ‘just as much’. the facts, i's got nothing to do with the fact that they‘re girs. its that they/re peopl. Girls are just the same as anybody else and if you think otherwise, you're wrong. git don’t set out to break guys’ hears. sometimes it happens, but theresa difference between hurting someone on purpose, ‘and hurt coming about because (of a series of circumstances. what almost always happens is events ‘occur, beyond one or both (Over 1,500 spaces per year are offered to students through the Part-Time Studies Division. Many of these spaces are occupied by ‘non-dliploma students who are interviewed for each course in which they seek to enrol. Changes are being considered that will change the way part-time courses are administered. ‘Changes are also being considered that ‘might see a substantial reduction in the places available to non-