How about this ‘Y’ factor?

QUESTION — Is a library a learning tool?

ANSWER — In most institutions of higher learning; yes. QUESTION — What is the prime determinant in how well a library is used?

ANSWER — The hours within which it is available to readers.

QUESTION — What hours do most students in different

schools use the library?

ANSWER — =a) During the week: the evenings

b) On weekends: all day and during the evenings.

QUESTION — Why is this?

ANSWER — Because during the school day most students are in class. The only time we have to spend a few hours in the library is after classes and the weekends. Given that classes end at 4:00 pm—and dinner is usually first on the agenda before continuing schoolwork—we can see that the library as a resource is limited by time avail- ability.

QUESTION — What favourite school of higher artistic learning limits library availability to between 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. on weekdays and closes the library on weekends? ANSWER —__ Emily (Carr College of Art.)

QUESTION — Would it be fair to say that students at

ECCA are losing out on their education since the library is not being given its primacy as a resource tool?

ANSWER — Yes, yes!

QUESTION — Is library availability a question of money?

ANSWER — _ Of course!

QUESTION — How much money?

ANSWER — Let us assume that ECCA will proceed to hire the new head library, Ken Chamberlain, by January 1980 as planned. Let us call this the “‘Y”’. factor, as this will allow the library to shift the work load in different fashions. Let us further assume that 2 student monitors are needed to run the library in the evenings from 6 P.M. to 11 P.M. and on the weekend from 10 A.M. to 10 P.M.

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+ 12hrs/day. x 2 days (weekends) = 24

49 x 2 student monitors x2 = weekly hour total 98 x hourly wage (minimum $3.00/hr) = $294

ANSWER ANSWER -— Taken somewhat further; this form of reasoning could reveal the monthly and annual cost to Emily. Now whether at this:‘time Emily would care to instigate such a program, or would consider a partial pro- gramme of weekend library availability, is open to ques- tion. Now if we consider the “Y” factor, a shuffle of librarian hours could lead to the use of only one student monitor and a librarian. This question of library availa- bility and library as resource tool is important now, and will become even more important as Emily strives to sur- pass her Diploma-granting stature and gain her well- deserved status as a Degree Granting Institute.

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Oh GRAND! It’s the age of Enlightenment and every- body, that’s EVERYBODY, is doing their own thing. Feeling a little disorientated??? Take heart. Your mild- mannered roving-type reporter, whilst delving into the many resources which are available to our hot little hands in this day and age (in other words I dialed “‘O” for Oxford, as in dictionary—why go through unnecessary trouble?), found a real insight into this whole enlighten- ment fascination—enlightenment (enl i.t’nment). Shallow and pretentious intellectualism, unreasonable contempt for authority and tradition, etc. . . . Well all I can say is, “What does ol’ Oxford know!” WE know that True Enlightenment is Art in all its many faces, for artists in all of theirs.

Surrey’s not as far away as it sounds, and where Surrey is, is where you'll find The Surrey Art Gallery, 13750 88th Ave., 596-7461.

Some events in October: Oct. 21: The art of collect- ing—A free workshop on how to. Oct. 11 to Nov. 11: Exhibition of Surrey Art.

And at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre: Sept. 12 to Oct. 6: “Paper Wheat,” a play. Oct. 12 to Nov. 10: ‘“Metamorphosis”—the story of man who wakes up one morn- ing to find he has become a beetle. This one is ideal for any of you who are into the de- humanization of self.

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Western Front, Pumps and Video Inn, the three leading centers in Vancouver for the production and presentation of new art activity are joining forces with the Vancouver Art Gallery to bring us a seven day Festival of Performance Art beginning September 27 through to October 3rd. It opens at the Commodore Ballroom with a presentation of the Mondo Arte Cabaret. The event will feature ‘‘A Decade of Artwear.”’ The audience is invited “to look, act and play the part.” There will be short cabaret performance pieces and a house band provides music. Evening perfor- mances will be held on September 28, 29 and 30th at the Actors’ Workshop, 280 East Cordova Street. On Oct- ober Ist, 2nd and 3rd at Robson Square Cinema evening performances begin at 8:00 pm. Participating artists include:

Tom Graff, Evelyn Roth, Ken Lum, Bruce Barber, Kim

The Vancouver Living Art Performance Festival — The

Tomezak, John Anderson, Eric Metcalfe, Jane Ellison, Helen Clark, Hank Bull, Max Dean, Bill Gaglione, Anna

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If you don’t care, don’t bother.

Vancouver School of Art Student Society meet-

ings are open to all members of the student body. There were sixteen students at the meeting on Wednesday, September 29th. (Sixteen is what % of five hundred?) Meetings are held every Wednes- day at 4:00 pm and your business is discussed and decided there. If you want to, you can even come and speak your mind. If you don’t care, don’t bother. When you paid your fees you ‘paid $20.xx to the Student Society. $20.xx X 500 $10,000.xx. The Student Society decides how to spend it. Informal estimates indicate that last year a major proportion of this money, 90%, went towards supporting the Helen Pitt Gallery.

At the September 19th meeting the following people were elected, ALL by acclamation, to hold the office of:

LES. S0 Fae, hari ae a Bill Rennie Vice-President. .......°. . . Stanley Leak Secretary: 2°... 2452 = . . Gordon Moore Rieasurers .:.:. A Nee eee Bill Rummel BY acclamation the following were elected to represent the students on the four committees.

(Refer to your copy of the ‘ECCA Student Hand- book’ pp. 19 and pp. 20.)

Program Advisory Cmte./Ed Dean’s Committee/Marian McCooey, Bill Rennie Student Services Cmte./Paul Calder, Stanley Leak Outreach Committee/Sandra Platt.

Ivsins, Gordon Moore

There seems to be a nice mix of old and new members in the various positions. With luck this

will eventually result in a strong and consistent representation of student interests on the com- mittees.

It was decided that the Helen Pitt Gallery

would be discussed at the next general meeting, to be held at the Helen Pitt Gallery on Wednesday, September 26th, at 4:00 pm. Since Bill Rennie and Stanley Leak are very active in whatever goes on at the Pitt, I am sure the Gallery will be well represented. If you have any in-put, out-put, or just want to know what is in the wind, you will attend. If you don’t care, don’t bother.

—Michael Christopher LAWLOR

— Bill Rummel

Apparently many students

Banana, Sylvia Scott, Rodney Graham, Al Neil, Rick

The Newsletter needs someone (or a group of people) interested in covering local exhibits and perfor- mances on a regular basis.

Hambelton, Circus Minimus AND students from the ings will be featured at Vancouver Art Gallery by -out-

standing international performance artists.

If you have a show coming up or any project that you want mentioned, just let us know. Contact us through the *X’ boxes posted around the college, or at the Helen Pitt is committed to doing it students will have to refer to the

dropped off at the main office at Dunsmuir Street. desire this overview in each Newsletter, but unless someone Vancouver Sun and Vanguard.

Gallery any Thursday at 4:15 pm. Material may also be Speak to Vera Traff.

College of Art. Concurrently, a program of video screen-

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