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ADMITTEDLY IT'S A NICE PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIENCE
but I'm getting a little tired of pondering the deep

events calendar.

page and its wonderous potential,
meanings of time as related to my empty

NEWS * AND * A
Everyone should know who Earl Birney is,
but just in case you're really ignorant
(or American or something) and you don't
want to put up with the agony of having to
ask someone (''You mean you don't know...'')
1'11 tell you. Earl Birney has been one of
the most prominent poets and scholars in
Canada for decades. A former Vancouverite
and UBC prof, he's won the Governor Gener-
al's Award twice and is best known for his
poem "David."' | might add the editorial
comment that even |, who hates most modern
poetry, think that he's excellent - but |
won't. At any rate, now that I've set you
up to be impressed, 1 can tell you that
he'll be reading here at the college at 8
p.m. on Thursday Sept. 25 and the National

Film Board will be along as well to film
him. Impressed? This is the first of the
College's 1980-81 Reading Series (and is

going to be awfully hard to top). The Ser-
ies is sponsored by the Canada Council and
we'll be announcing readings as they come
up--four this fall to be exact. Admission
is free, of course, and anyone is welcome
but you should come early to get a good
seat in the Cafetheatre for Birney.

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To all people considering the College's
Survival First Aid courses, there was a

in last week's paragraph,
or as Jim Dillon put It, we "left out the
most important thing.'' People are wanted
who will be on campus on weekends and hol-
idays--not just any oid time. For the rest
of the info look at your last issue or

slight omission

talk to Jim Dillon.

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* ok & & SEPTEMBER 22, 1980 * * * %
"Ahhh,'' said the student. ''l can face
college better now that there's beer.
(Besides those lizards and sheep were
getting a little bit much anyway...)"
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* VOLUME Il No.25 * *& & x

to ponder the significance of an empty

Anyone getting the hint????

LOT * OF * COURSES ------------------
For many students sitting down to a test
brings on familiar feelings. Like feeling

as if you're digesting a mixmaster. Or
having your mind go completely blank. Or
mere blind panic. If you know someone who
tenses up too much during exams and needs
to learn how to get over that, send them
to the Learning Assistance Centre's Test
Anxiety Workshops. There will be two sec-
tions of the four session course running
Monday and Wednesday, Sept. 29 and Oct. 1,
6, and 8. To accommodate different lunch
hours one section is from noon to 1:00 and

one from 1:00 to 2:00. Dave Jones will be
teaching the sessions in NB209 -- for more
information contact Learning Assistance.
ax
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On the agenda for the Student Society's
Politcal Film series at the end of the

month are: Chile =- The Most Painful Hour;
When the People Awake; Chile with Poems &
Guns (all three made just after the coup),
White Laager; End of Dialogue; Last Grave
at Dimbaza (those three about South Afri-
ca); History of a Battle (a 1961 Cuban
newsreel about Literacy); Controlling In-
terest (about U.S. multinationals and the
Third World); Bottle Babies (on the ex-
ploitation by Nestles in poor countries);
The Bloody Blundering Business (a satire
on U.S. foreign policy) and Who. Invited Us
(about CIA military operations and inter-
ference with foreign governments). All the
films will be shown several times during
the day and evening on September 29 and 30
and are, of course, free. Schedules have
been run off by the Student Society and
are posted, Come and enjoy.