ERINDALE COLLEGE THURSDAY, NOV. H, 1968 VOL. 1, NO. 1
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THERE IS LITTLE FRIENDSHIP IN THE WORLD, AND LEAST OF ALL BETWEEN EQUALS
- FRANCIS BACON ON CONSERVATIVE REACTIONARY ASS-HOLEISM
The student body of Erindale College has been accused of being a bunch of "conservative reactionary assholes" by some members of the university because of a letter that I sent to the Toronto dailies which condemned student radicals and disassociated the S.A.G.E. executive from the policies of the O.U.S. and the C.U.S. Although the question of why conservatives and reactionaries are automatically classed as "assholes" has not yet been resolved in my mind, I feel that it is necessary to place our actions in some sort of perspective.
There has been a move among many students on the main campus, as on most other campuses in North America, to radically change the structure of the universities in order to democratize them. In other words, these students believe that the governing of a university should be placed in the hands of the people who are directly affected by top-level decision-making - i.e. the students. To achieve their purposes, the radicals are finding it necessary to resort to some semi -violent actions. Civil disobedience and obstructive sit-ins are becoming the order of the day on North American campuses.
This is mainly what the S.A.G.E. executive was objecting to when it agreed to write the letter to the newspapers. Last year, when the present executive was elected, we conducted our campaign on the policy of representing student opinion. We based our action in this case on two events. In a survey of second-year students taken during the summer, we found that the majority of students who answered the questionnaire were opposed to the activists' program. During orientation week this September, Steven Langdon was almost hooted out of the room when he tried to preach his program of educational reform. These two actions seemed to be in accord with the feelings of S.A.G.E. executive members.
We are opposed to giving complete control of the university to students mainly because we feel that students are neither intelligent enough nor experienced enough to maintain the high level of course curriculum, let alone improve on it. Secondly, and probably more important, we objected strongly to the methods adopted by student power advocates. It is not necessary to keep students and faculty out of a library or a placement service to make one's views known. It is not necessary to "sock it to the administration" to improve the conditions in our universities.
But it is necessary to make known the views of many students who believe that there is always room for progressive improvement in the university structure but that this improvement can be attained without "violent confrontation". It is also necessary to expose the radicals for what they are - a relatively small but vocal group who do not reflect the views of the majority of the students of this university but are obsessed with a burning desire to destroy the existing structure but are not yet ready to make a constructive proposal as to what will replace the structure.
Unfortunately the "Liberal assholes" in this university are not able to complete the expose because they feel that their degree and education are sufficiently important to occupy the time that they might otherwise use blocking the door of a library .
Paul Kochberg.
WE NEED HELP Anyone who would be interested in any facet of this paper, please
come to the S.A.G.E. office and give your name or call BOB RUDOLF 489-0251.
OPINION
Hey you, bitching your toad off there's nothing to do around here; sitting on your ass waiting for things to happen -I've got a few words for you; lazy, apathetic, conservative, self-centeredc
The more you ask me when someone's gonna drop into your world and feed your interests, the more you turn me off. The longer you complain that people aren't approaching you, shaking your paw, introducing themselves, talking with you - while you still sit at the same cafeteria table with the same clique you knew in grade 8 - the less I listen^ The more I hear "What Student Council Office?" What hockey game?" "What notice on what bulletin board?" the more I think yoL-*r* "just here for recess.
So, don't cry that there's nothing happening at Erindale. Don't suggest that you came here for an education, to grow and expand, or even to have innocent good times.
While you lay back and wait for the silver paltter, it's all crap.
Peter Armstrong
"The first year students are conservative, self-centered, lazy, apathetic bastards . " And what the hell kind of judge are you "Second Year Student" (capitalized as in God), You>* too busy feeling sorry for yourself to see past your nose .Maybe that's the trouble around here Those "olden, golden goodies" waste most of their time in little "bands of merry men" for which the only qualifications for membership are first - having a chip on your •' shoulder and second feeling yourself superoir to the "lowly newcomers" .
We, speaking as a representative of the first year students, have got all of the "umph" and "energy" that you could ever use and then some - but it's so hard to break through the walls of the little groups that by the time you do you've forgotten why you . wanted to. If you want us to ' get-up-and-go' then for God's sake open up and think about something other than yourselves.
Nanci Wake man
Iditor; Ken Luckhurst
ERINDALE ATHLETICS
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Rick Robb
This column will be featured each week to aquaint the students with some of the more prominent athletes at the college. Rick Robb is a sophmore majoring in Psychology. Rick was last year's winner of "the most valuable player award" in hockey. His main athletic endeavor is playing center on Srindale's A team, and coaching the girl's hockey team.
In mid-September Rick recruited the most "prominent" girls for the hockey team and has been in traction at South Peel Hospital ever since. Rick also handles most of the college's athletic equipment as well as being the instigator of most of the spirit on Erindale' s Athletic scene.
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The men's hockey team has played two pro-season games. One was against Sheridan College in Brampton and the other against Scarborough College at Varsity Arena. Although the scores were 7-2 and 6-3 respectively for the other teams the outcomes are in no way indicative of the talent of this year's team. Become an athletic supporter. Help the cheerleaders. Future games Thursday(Tonight) Erindale versus St. Hike's and Friday v\S. Scarborough at Varsity . Arena.-
LEU'S LACROSSE; Scores in games so far
OPPOSITION
Scarborough 6
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Innis 10 Meds B 2
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Scarb, 2 games Law 1 game Forestry 2 gam^s
Ryerson beat Erindale 2 games to 1 In a tournament at Glendon Campus Erindale placed second in a field containing Ryerson, . Scar . College 5 Founders College (York) and Glendon College* (York) Congratulations Girls I
KEN'S SOCCER : Scores
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OPPOSITION Glendon 1 Ryerson 2 Scarborough 2 Law 0 Sheridan 0
EJN'_S_ RUGGER: The scores against Glendon College (York) in t^rec games were as follows; Srindale - 10 Glonddfn 8; Erindale -5 Glendon 17 and Erindale - 0 Glendon 13«
RALLY SPORT CLUB; On Sunday November 3rd the crew of Steve Jankc*wski and Bob Rudolf competed in a novice rally sponsored by the North Toronto Motorsport Club Both suffering from lack of experience in
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the art club is alive and happening
the first happeningof the r"THE NOW ART CLUB5' AT ;;Open House1' Nov. 23 and 2h
If you missed the first meeting and you GROOVE - design, oils, sketching, sculpturing, or what have tou - make it to the next one, tomorrow - Friday at k:00 236 the room
The first happening again • watch for a distortion and a turned - on PAINT - IN
Everyone is loved to come and do their thing — inany order This morning, Thursday.
When — in room 257 atlO:00 a.m.
four films
■ Libsett's "FreeFall"
- Leonard Cohen's 'ANGEL'
- 'The Great Toy Robbery1'
- and 'Begone'
Later at U:00 p.m. How- Room 10l+ First meeting of the CINECLUB Opportunity plus—
- Shorts, feature length goodies oldies Bogie and such
or your bag
FUTURE—
planning the invironment
'the invironment" and a mural contribution to you it's happening — what a groove! fall in, man, fall in.
IS ERINDALE GOING TO THE BIRDS?
( an emotion stirring expose by Brian Jones )
On Friday, Nov. 8th, The Public Lectures Committee of Erindale College presented a lecture entitled 'The Birds and Bird Songs of the Caribbean'' Ver-r-r-y interesting! There werel30 people in attendance. Hmmm! Such enthusiasm!
We've often wondered what the studedts at Erindale were REALLY interested in and now thanks to the Public Lectures Committee, the answer is clear. BIRDS of course; We wonder why this exciting thought had not occured to us sooner.
Now that our vision has been cleared we can proceed to make Erindale a really "fun" school.
let's start by having more lectures on birds. A few titles that come readily to mind are t!Pigeon Droppings and What They Mean' , "Was Chicken Little Right?", "The Sex Life ot the Bolivian Bullfinch", and " How To Train Your Condor."
After that we may be able o have visits arranged for our feathered friends. I'm certain the Riverdale Zoo would be pleased to have their crow section go on an outing and meet new friends.
But let us not forget that we already have a good head-start in this direction. We have a Bluebird bus, the stork visits us often, and of course the newspaper staff are all cuckoo.
WARRENDALE - ITS METHOD By Bob Rudolf
On Friday November 8th "Warrendale" was shown to the students of Erindale College. This controversial film lived up to its reputation as such and heated debates followed the performance. Over the weekend I gathered information on what the purposes- of Warrendale were which should shed some light on scenes in that movie.
Dr. Clive Chamberlain, a psychiatrist at the Hinke Institute in Toronto, told me that Warrendale was unique in its use of the 'holding technique' with teenagers. He explained that the purpose of this technique is twofold. First, it provides a feeling of security and intimate contact condusive to communication between staff member and patient. Secondly, it gives the child an escape route out of the central dilemma which typifies their emotional problem.
The dilemma is this, an emotionally disturbed child harbours a tremendous anger against an environment from which he or she feels rejected. The child, however, is prevented from expressing this anger by an overpowering fear of the consequences; the child is well aware of the violence they are capable of during a seizure. Naturally, the hurting of a loved one, to a child who would naturally value a human relationship above all else, would be catastrophic. So the anger is repressed to the detriment of the child.
How does the 'holding technique' provide an escape? The staff member by holding the child is in essence promising the child, while in a seizure, will not be allowed to harm anyone or anything. When the child "blows" all the repressed anger comes to the surface and is purged from the child. Thus in some cases we even saw staff members attempting to drive a child into a seizure. Any repressed feelings which can be got out of the child is for his or her own good.
As an aside I must say that in my opinion poor young Tony certainly had a case when he objected to a staffer's bad breath. I am not qualified to say but what I think we saw in that scene was a staff member's overs ens it ivity to abnormal behaviour made more acute by her own private complex - no one likes to admit they have bad breath!
I also asked Dr. Chamberlain about the purpose of baby bottles and bedtime stories in the treatment of teenagers. His answer was that Warrendale is a long term treatment centre which attempts to regress the child to mental infancy and then "bring them up right". Most other treatment centres can n ither .afford .-.the time nor the money for this process but rather try to teach the child to combat the problem. The Warrendale method has merit in its attempt to correct the problem at its source, although the expense for a five year treatment at $30 a day would be astronomical.
Finally the film showed the demands which -were made on people who work with such children. Although the mood of the film was oppressive it was heartening to witness people in action for whom the sole reward was the relief of suffering in another human being.
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
See the happy moron,
He doesn't give a damn, I wish I were a moron,
My God! perhaps I am!
- Anonymous
The purpose of The ERINDALIAN .
1. ?ne Erindalian is to be Erindale's addition to The Varsity, dealing with news and opinions which would be of interest to students of Erindale College «
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1. To report the facts as impartially and fairly as possible.
2o To represent as accurately as possible all opinions that wish to be expressed.
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THE ERINDALIAN STAFF
Nanci Wake man Brian Jones Anna-Marie Beagle Anita Bonar Ken Luckhurst Bob Rudolf
This Week's Contributing Writers
Peter Armstrong Paul Kochberg" George Raab
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