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New school under construction at Granville Island.

Money issue

Got something you would like printed in ‘X’?
Pictures, poetry, letters, comments? Questions,
or even answers, will also be accepted. You
can drop them in the ‘X’ folders or boxes posted
strategically around the campus, marked with
the big ‘X’, or bring them to the Helen Pitt
Gallery any Thursday, at 4:15 pm.

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CANADA STUDENT LOANS & WORK-STUDY
PROGRAM 1979-80

For further information and application forms,
contact:

Gail Maier

Financial Aid Officer

249 Dunsmuir St.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday afternoons and
Friday—Main office.

All day Wednesday and Thursday morning—
Room 230.

DATE: September 20, 1979
TO: All Faculty and Staff
FROM: Robin Mayor, Principal
SUBJECT:

As some students are probably aware, there has been
much discussion about the Design Research Pro-
gramme in the past few years. The potentials of the
programme have been interesting in that students
could develop connections with the business and
industrial community, and by the time of graduation
develop new approaches to the use of design systems
and resources such as wood, metal, computers,
whatever. The distinction was made between “‘applied
art” and “‘fine art.” Somehow this applied art did
not make much of a connection with interests and
developments in the interdisciplinary program. At
any rate it is worthwhile for us to understand why

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As you are probably aware the continued low enrollment in the Design
Research Programme has shown no improvement this year.
decided that since this Programme is not financially viable in its present form
at the College that a period of reevaluation and redefinition of the place and
role of 3 Dimensional Design in this context is necessary.
to approval of the Board, the Design Research Programme will not continue until
this has taken place amd until a plan has been developed as to the form and
direction that it will take in the future.

As a result of this decision Mr. Steven Harrison will no longer be
with the College after September 24th, 1979.
hard with the College to make this programme work and the decision to terminate
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It has therefore been

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Mr. Harrison has worked long and

the programme did not work, what it did mean for
those few involved with it last year. | hope that
those students, as well as Steve Harrison, will present
some summary of their activity; perhaps we will
find whether something was lost or gained; perhaps,
because of the very nature of Design Research, we
can see more clearly the connection between ‘‘art”
and “politics.” We look forward to more critical
discussion of the use and benefits of the programme,
as it is likely the new college will try to draw it
further into the scope of public interest.

—Gordon Moore

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Just call it masturbation

As we approach the end of the first month of
a new year, I wish to take this opportunity to wis
wish you all a blah blah blah . . . To save time and
space you can finish that part.

This is Volume II, Number 1, of ‘X’—a student
newsletter. A ‘student newsletter’ can be an open
forum in which all students can air their grie-
vances, or express their praises. It should reflect
the interests of the whole student body, and
inform, titilate, interest and even caress the
imagination of that body. YOU know what you
are interested in, YOU know what type of caress
you want AND YOU MUST let us know right
NOW what you want. In making love to someone,
feedback is essential, otherwise there is no com-
munication of likes and desires. Without feedback,
the act is masturbation, not love.

A meeting was called for Monday, September
10th, at the Helen Pitt Gallery to organize a staff,
or something, to run the ‘X’ for the ‘79-‘80 year.
Six people showed up. ALL from Foundation.
It was decided that, possibly, not everyone who
was interested knew about the meeting so another
meeting was called for Friday, September 14th,
again at the Helen Pitt Gallery. Nine people
showed up. ALL students in their first year at
the college. One of these people is taking second
year courses, but otherwise Foundation students
are well represented.

All you people outside the Fifth Floor! (Yes,
we are getting that contained feeling) are the
rigours of the first year so debilitating that they
exhaust the ability to care? And if so, why?
What does this indicate about the system of,
let’s call it education, education employed in
the college? An artist who is too busy to care
about the environment, be it social, intellectual,
political or physical, is not an artist. Or, if for
some reason this is just another manifestation
of the cosmic joke, let us know and we can decide
to let it all go to hell.

We need your interest and your feedback. If
you do not want to get involved on a permanent
basis at least let us know what you think. Being in
our first year here, we have not yet got the
knowledge to analyze the various areas of interest
of the student body. We do not yet know what
areas of interest of the student body. We do not
yet know what areas of contention exist in the
college. Grading systems? Materials hassles?
Spending of student funds? We do not even under-
stand the political power structure within the
college. If we want to get something done, who
do we see? As opposed to, ‘Who are we supposed
to see?” You people with background information
can save us a lot of fumbling around, and, unless
the system is perfect, may even be able to help
institute the changes you feel necessary to a
positive evolution towards a system that works
for everybody.

If this Newsletter is to work then it will con-
tain articles on a wide variety of topics, and
publish contributions submitted by a broad
spectrum of people. (To check the progress of
‘*X’ just keep a running account of the number of
interests represented in it as the year goes on.)

On the other hand, if it is not working, if
you don’t give a damn, ‘X’ will represent the
interests of a small group of people. The follow-
ing figures may not be exact, but I think they are
close. We have money, about $6,500.xx with
which to produce ‘X’ for the ‘79-‘80 year. Two
salaries are allowed for, $120.xx each per month.
If you do not submit articles and get your interests
aired, we will. Or, speaking for myself, I will.
If I have to fill space because there are no contri-
butions you will be able to follow my analysis of
‘The Diagonal Division of The Flat Contained
Plane,’ and its logical progression into ‘The Three
Plane Division of The Flat Contained Plane With
Two Lines’ (See Below).

— Michael Christopher LAWLOR