Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 16, 1992 University profs seeking | to win over college peers TERRACE -~ Two Universily of Northern B.C. instructors say one of their first challenges will be winning over their colleagues at Northwest Community Col- lege. English professor Dr, Dee Horne and history professor Dr. Jon Swainger are UNBC's first permanent recognizable faces in Terrace. “Our goal isn’t to alienate the college, but to work together,’ Horne said last week, “IPs an ex- ciling challenge, not an ob- stacle.”’ University-transfer — instructors at the college arc apprehcusive about the new university because of the issue of job security. If UNBC was to take over all university-trausfer courses, col- lege instructors without enough qualifications ta work for UNBC could be Icft out in the cold. **Wo’re not interested in pulting them’ out of . work,’? added Swainger, The college faculty’s union rep- resentative, Jake Muller, says a clearer indication af UNBC’s in- | tentions is expected with the release of a major document on regional operations later this fall, That’s expected to indicate whether or not the university ex- pects large numbers of the col- lege’s university-transfer students to simply be absorbed into UNEC, reducing the number of college-level university-transter courses. “Tf they want all those students to be enrolled at UNBC then we have a major. problem,’’ ‘said Reform Party — looks at eight ‘TERRACE — The Skeena riding Reform Party executive will interview cight potential can- didates this Saturday. It has also doubled ils member- ship to approximately 550 people in the last year. However, says president Lorne Sexton, the parly is uot planning a nomination mecting any time § soon. Sexton said Reform’s original candidate selection timetable had been based on the assumption a federal election might be called this fail. With that now: appearing wie * likcly to happen before next spring, he said the’ party will take. : its time. Sexton said, the eight potential . candidates: are all local to the Skeena riding and include some high profile individuals from the region. He declined to telease any. names but did squelch a rumour that former Social Credit Skeena MLA Dave Parker was being considered. Confirming the riding associa- tion’s membership had now reached approximately 550,. he added, ‘It’s not. growing. as quickly as we'd like it to, but it’s a big riding to get the word out."” Although that’s double what it was a year ago, Sexton said the Skeena association is still one of the smaller ones in B.C. For example, he pointed ont parly strength in Prince George- Bulklcy Valicy was approximate- ly 1,400 while the Prince George; Peace River figure was close to 3,000. Saturday’s execuilve meeting will also see adoption of the Skeena parly’s official position on the Oct. 26 constitutional vote. “Our feeling is the west is not getting a good deal,’’ said Scx- ton, adding the local party will likely adopt the same slance as the national patty. 7 Federal leader Preston Manning . last week declared Reform op: < posed the proposed deal: TODACCO IS A DRUG. Protect your children. Dr. Dee Horne Muller, We're just wailing for the report, We want to hear what ihey’re going fo say.” He said the college faculty -doesi’t want to get involved.in a : turf war and would prefer to work together, “We're on public record as wanting to. cooperate — as long as it doesn’t mean our demise ia’ the process,’ he said, Home predicted there will be many benefits — such as shared libraries, ‘buildings and other resources — for both the college and the university if they can _ work together. ‘We don’t view it as a compe- tilion,” added Swainger. ‘‘For the whole thing to be a successful Dr, Jon Swainger we have to work together.”’ Horne is most recently from Hamilton, Ont. She has a PhD from the University of Toronto in English, specializing in Canadian literature. Swainger comes here: fran the Universily of Calgary’s history department. He has a PhD in Ca- nadian history, with a specializa- tion in-legal history. They arrived here a month ago and are now settled, “Pm really excited about it,” Home said, ‘It’s great to get in on the ground Ievel and help build a new mniversity.” She is teaching two English courses here — Shakespeare [ and Canadian Literature — and is tutoring Literature of Northern Canada by teleconference to other UNBC campuses. Swainger teaches History of B.C. and History of Northern Canada here, and-distance-tutors History of Women in Canada by teleconference. Horne said she doesn’t feel iso- lated from the rest of the univer- sity just because she’s based in Terrace, ‘Prince George is not ‘the cen- tral campus’ — we are not little islands,’’? she said. “We are just as much a part of UNBC as in- structars in Prince George or Dawson Creek.’’ She also said she favours the new universily’s interdisciplinary approach, which gives students much more flexibility to take olher courses outside their im- mediate field of study. “*Everyoue’s new,” Horne said of UNBC. ‘‘We’re all in this to- gether and that creates a sense of camaraderie. There’s not 10 years of history sitting in a depart- ment.” Swainger said joining UNEC makes him fecl creative and enthusiastic, ‘‘Whether ] have a. desk in some room isn’t important to me al this time,’” he said. ‘Just give me a chance to get in front of sone students and wave my arms around,” : They noted that the ultimate endorsement of UNBC will be when its students go elsewhere. “The education they get here will stand up: anywhere,”’ Swainger predicted. ov MOUNT LAYTON HOTSPRINGS RESORT | gSPLASHDOWN LOUNGE Would Like to Announce Their: WINTER HOURS sunday-Friday 12 noon-11 pm Saturday 11. am-12 pm "For More Information Call: 798-2214 _ New for 92/93: footrest/restraint bar devices on the Blue Chair plus two new rails Royal Canadian Legion | Branch 13 - Terrace SEPTEMBER 18 Dance to the Music of SLAPJACK 8:00 pm — 1:00 am SEPTEMBER 19 — Branch Dinner Meals served 7:00 pm Followed by a Sweethearts Dance with the music of SLAPJACK Members and Guests Welcome MUSIC EVERY WEEKEND! 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