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MemorialUnivenity of Newfound1&nd

Pub lica tions MailRegistration No. 551 988

31 Number 20 A MEMORIAL UNIV ERSITY OF NEWFOUN DLAND PUBLICATION June 17. 1999

gineering accreditation results positive

On solid ground

MI gradsin demand

Pl"*> by Chris Hammood

"People are very positive including stude nts, highschool cocnseuors andhigh school teachers."

~Ierraial University will provide a rangeof intmdu;;·tory wUvers.ity coerses which alloY.' studcoo> 10 enhan:etheiracademicJX'l~" and ideally will resuh in sII..IlknL'icboosjng t\1em.rial for theiruniversity snxties.

Phylli s McCann. admissions manager, believesthese new ly approved regulations are beneficial tobot h parties, the student and the uni versity. Ms.McCann said high schoo l st uden ts will have anopportunity to get to know the university before mak­ing final decis ions about university studies and theuniversity will have the oppormnity to forge strongertie s with the high schoo ls and their students. Theadmi ssions committee at Memorial and a specialadmissions committee at Sir Wilfred Grenfell willconsider each application individually.

Students who want to apply need to submit anapplication form. an official high school transcript, arecom mendatio n leuer from his or her principal orguidance counsellor and a leiter from the applicantrequesting enrollment in a specific course In theadmi ssio ns office . Further informati on may beobtained from Phyllis McCann at 737-3705 or SharonNoftall-Bennett, Co llege Registrar at Sir Wil fredGrenfell College at 637-6298.

Fam tour

New opportunity for high school students

Concurrent studies

Moomori,ll ~idt,>m~gn.llt' Dr. Axtol~corwi~ 10 Il\iIk", h;s~t' left or'I campus bt.forto hI' IuH-till){" duf~ bt'gin

in Sep!MtI_. Rl'Cl'fllly. Dr. Mt'ist'fl W~ !>hown .Jmuod campus by SrllCit'nt~l's Jll'f'f orit'nl.Jlion ,1ssi';(,1nls . (L-R)

&,"-,,1.,. Sirrmons, 0... ML'i~'n . K.m.,.., Mmie, N.Jla.J1,J AntI.!, coordinator Camlyo Sl.Jnford. Greg Noo.{ dod Tt'fri-lyon rim...,..,t.

Mi''\inR from photo i~ Pam FI.Jocis.

BY JENI Cunm

High school siudents with superior academicrecords oow have an opportunity 10 experi­ence university studies whil e completing

high school.l1le Senate recently approved a corcurrenr studies

proposal , initialed by Sir Wilfred Grenfe ll Co llegeand Memorial Univers ity in SI. John's, that allowsstudents with an average of at least 85 percent andwho have completed their Le vel III courses to takeuniversity courses in their final year of high school.

Similar rnwdlllS at University of Brinsh Colombiaand University of Western Ontario allow talented stu­dents 10 get a tasreof'the 'co-campus' expererce.

Dr. Dan Stewart, vice-prinicipal r:l Sir WilfredGren­fell College, said these new regulalions are "'not exactcopiesof'other universities programs butare similar."

"The idea came from a casual conversation withanothe r faculty member from political science whoasked why we d idn ' t have concurrent stud ies likeother places in Canada and I thought it was a goodidea," he explained. "lt helps talented high school stu­dents and helps our mandate too. I can' t see anyonelosing out on this."

Dr. Stewart says he bas already received responseto this new program.

engineering programs posseM theacademi c qualifi cation s requiredto be accepted for registration toprac tice engi neerin g in Canada.CEA B operates under the Cana­di an Counci l o f Profess ion alEngineers (CePE).

A le ga l d ispute involvingMemorial and the provircial engi­neering association had forestalledthe results of the aocrediation pro­cedure. which was conducted inJanuary of this year.

Dean Seshadri reponed beingpleased with the results, and hascommunicated with Ihe facultyand staff. thanking them for theirhard work and cooperation.

'Their efforts were instrumen­tal in securing this very positiveou tcome, which co mpares veryfavourably to the results obtainedby other universities."

engineering officers is estimated tobeover 40.(0) by 2fl15.

According to the Career Searchstudy released by the provincialDepartment of Educat ion lastmonth, salaries for Marine Institutegraduates are high. This well-keptsecret is becoming better known inthe community. On May 16, theEvening Telegram rev iewed thefindings of the study and staled,"Doc to rs, ma sters" and marineadvanced diploma graduates, hadthe highest average monthly rateso f employment related to theireaining."

To remain a leading institutionon the marine stage, MI has rede­fined its vision for the future: to berecogn ized internationally as aknowledge centre in support of theoceans. To accomplish this vision,MI will focus on three goals forthe next three to five years: I ) Tobe innovative in human resourcedevelopment indu..mal assistanceand applied research for th eoceans sector; 2) 10 establish anintematioeally recognized suite ofeducation and training programs.field activity and public participa­tion in coastal zone management;and 3) to enhance the suite of edu­catio n and training programs inmarine transportation , ensuringhigh quality, viability and interna­tional recognition.

in the fisheries and theenvironmenthave increasedfor knowkdgeable pores­

in aquaculture and sustain­dopment. As careers at seaincreasingly in demand.

lanne Institute' s image as ato gain an education ha..

loped. The Marine InstituteNorth America' s most

bensive knowledge centre... of the oceans.its 35th year. MJ grnduated

.of new marine profes...ional\

II. 1999. There are excel­employment prospects forgraduates. Six months after

gradualion. 90 per cent ofsmoerns from the Marine"'..ere working in their cbo-

Ids. To a large extent. thisd is a result of the intema ­shortage of qualified seefar­

World shortages of deck and

BY DIANA QUINTON

01. so long ago. life at seaevoked images of dirty,hard work by seasoned

s such as Captain HIXlkf' Old Man and the 51'0 .

. careers at sea are startingperceived very differentl y:hip, in fuc t. Young. cd u­mariner s tra vel the globe

. nd salaries that are theof man y new un iversity

BY JAMES O'BRIEN

or the majority of Mcmor­tat's undergraduate engi­neering programs. it win ber six yea rs befo re the the

visit of the Canadian Engi ­ng Accreditatio n BoardB). Dean R. Seshadri hased preliminary confumalion

g lhal Mechanical. Civi l,and Naval Architectural

Deering programs will beired to the maximum six

em. while the EkctricaJ.~will be accredited for threeextendable 10 a maximum of

, subjed to the submissionwritten report. Tbe university

to receive written contlr­

by the end of the mon th.!he accreditation process is a

ssional regu latory functio nb en su res graduates of

2 Gazette . June 17, 1999

~OBITUARIES ~ GAZETTE FLASHBACJohn Hughes Remembrances of Memorial past..,

Differences between rural and urban youth

Coping with stress

World \\ ide \\ l'h : IIII P :/1\, \\ \\,11111 tl,l'J.I / u llh rt'l /~alel"

""-lib lht' eX4'qltion of Id¥cnisanrnl> from McmoriiII Uni ' 'U''liIy, u arrild.~oo~~~~~~~~b~~a~

M f'morifJ I Univasit)' i.f commiuf'd 10 !'X('('lIf'na in tf'at 'hing , rt

and scholllrship, and Sf'" ..iu lQ thf' gellf'ffJ l public. Mf'tf'l(Jrial UIliwrl'l'Cogni:ts Q s/Wcial obligation lQ tducolf' IIII' ci l i;:f'nS of N~'fi

and LtJbrfJdor, to undf'rlakt rf' u u rcll on Ihi: cho/{f'"gf'S tllis rro/ aci:s and Iu sharf' iiI ('x/Wrt isf' 14 ,ith tlu- communi!):

Gazette

Nl;"xl Ga:rnt deadline: July I for July 8 puhlication,

The Gazm t' is published 22 limes annually by the Memorial Dnivof Newfoundland News Service in the Divivion of University Reat Memorial University.Material in the ea:.",(' may be rqxinted or broadca.'>C withoutexceptingmaterials for which the~n(' coe, flO! hold exclusive~

Address inquiries. submi..sion.. and leiters to the Ga: tlle, Di\'iUniversi ty Relations. Arts and Administrat ion Building, R(Klm AA·lMemorial University (If Newfoundland, 51. John's, NF, AIe 5$7,

Telephone: 737-2143 Fax:737-PotfF) F....mail:gazt'/t(,@1>If>ry:an.UCS.

lSS~ 0228-H8 77

Fi ve years tlJ!:O

Crosbie named fifth chancellor

June 1994 - John Crosbie i.s made Memorial University's fifthPremierClydeWells announced the appointment in the (ID\irriaIof Assembly Memorial's JXe<iidenl Dr. Arthur May is pleased ......be's appoinunem "partly because the position has been vacantfaand partly because it's John Crnshie.., he was worth waiting forr'

20 years a~n

Computers link Memorial wuh world

June 1971} - Memorial expand" its computerized access 10~the world putting it in the forcfrom of a wbole new areaof'data communication and bibliographic sean..hing. The fIC\\' fnnltance of computers i.. hrought into the limelight by Memorillattending and lect uring at internationalconferences,

10years aJ!:O

Chinese com muni ty' fearfu lJune 1989 - The Tiananmcn Square crackdown on pro-dedemonstrators raised fear for family and friends of Chinese sMemorial. Newfoundland Telephone Company donated telfor approximately 50 students to receive phone lime so theycontact with loved ones in China.

t:orroll: DavidSorensen

GR."P1IK1': Nadine Osmoed

Kt:(;U -'Il U WTlUBLTOk"i; Pamela Gill • Jean Graham

SI\aron Gray • Albert John-"lJfl • Peter Morris · Ivan MuzyclbJames O'Brien ' GinaPecore • Diana Quinton · KarenShe....

CI.As.....u:nAnvumSIN(;: Janette Ryan

P1lml X;IlAPlI 't': Chris Hammond • DonMeiwald

Sn1lE~T COll:U~\PI~n.~TS: Jeni Cutler . AmywarrenQuis Dillon

IS years aJ!:o

Go vern ment pledges million.'i fur mu...tc

June 1984 - The federal government pledged two million doI1a'lconstruction of a new music building for Memorial's dmusic.Tbc long-awaited construction was planned to begin iMemorial's president Dr. Leslie Harris described the orginal bui"totally inadequate and even unfit for habitation."

25 years aJ!:o

(; u~' colony stuck around

June JlJ74 - An archaeological dig funded hy Memorial UnoCupid s, Conception Bay, disproves theor ies hundreds of ~e

Memorial anthropology profes..or Dr, Robert Barakat ha.' UIlCO\

facts which are evidence that the colony John Guy founded in16not abandoned by the middleof that century.

frank Elgar

adolescents are more likely 10 externa lize theirreactions in such forms a.s conduct and hyperactivedisorders.

"wben I spoke to the kids I was interviewing inthe schools," said Mr. Elgar, "y ou could easily spotthe loud ones, the troublemakers. But afterwards,when I read the comments from them on the ques­tionnaires, it was the quiet ones who talked about sui­cide and depression."

Mr. Elgar poin ted out that because the quieter ado­lcscenrs are less noticeable, often their deeper prob­lems remain invisible.

After considering the results of the study Mr.Elgar concluded that it is important for adolescentsto develop posinve and effective coping methodsfor dealing with stress. instead of simply reactingby aCling oUI, becom ing violent, or commi ttingacts of vandalism.

Ill' said it is crucial for parents, educators, andhealth prufes.siunals to realize that ooolescenb' waysof coping with slres... may 001 be having any effect orin fact could beharmful.

Aduils must help adolescents recognize conflk1 or3l..1.ing OUI a... problems which could lead to a numberof OUlComes, dependi ng on how Ihe adolescent srespond to them and how they are resolved.

Knowing this, il is up 10 parenL.. and adult.. 10 tty

10 help them leam how to deal with stress and identifyand solve problems, and form ada ptive ways ofexpres.\ing their emoli(ms.

'"Low-sludenl ratios in sch<Xlls, afler-sch(X11pro­gmms and community groups," says Mr. Elgar, '"arealso three major factors which JXlsitivcly affect ado­1CSl.'Cnt..' behaviour and t'oping skills. ,,;;;0

BY KAREN SHEWBRIDGE

Memorial university graduate Frank Elgarsays "psychologists do not have HI! theanswers when it comes to school vio­

lence," Mr. Elgar has jus t returned from Denver,Colorado where he presented his research on adoles­cent ,..tress and coping behaviours.

During his visit. Mr. Elgar visited Littleton andwatched the first students return to Columbine HighSchool since the recent shootings, Mr. Elgar says pe0­

ple there are still confused and in mourning and justdon'l want to talk about it anymore.

However, he is concerned that because of tbeshootings in Littleton and more recently in Taber,Alberta. people will look to psychologist'" for answersto questions they cannot answer.

"l'rn afraid withall of the media attentionandsensa­tionalism sunulukiing these illtident" thaI a whole areaof psycboogy beed on schlxl/ shooIing." will ense.'

Mr. Elgar believes rather than trying 10figure outwhy these bop did what they did, it would be morevaluable for parents and adults everywhere In paymore attention to adolesce nt behaviour,

"Parents should get to know their kids, listen tnwbar they're saying and know how they're feeling,"he said. "You should know what your kids are doingin the basement."

Mr. Elgar, a research assistant at tbe Centre forRural Health Studies, Faculty of Medicine, w hu­bourne, has just completed a study on the differ­ences in coping with stress between rural and urbanadolesce nts in Newfoundland. The res ults showthat urban male adolescents experience more stressfrom social conlliet and act out more, respondingwith violence,

"When I read the comments from

them on the questionnaires, it

was the quiet ones who ta lked about

suicide and depression : '

Rural adolescent.. experience less of that kind ofslress, showing a strong res iliency in Ihe face ofunemployment.ecooomic uncertainty and loneliness.

"'With smaller and more cuhesive net\\'ods of peers.teaehcn; and fanlily member.;. they tend to act out less..possibly because of the disrup tion to the supponllt1.worxs they would rely on during dilfK."'Ult tirrcs" hesaid."fur urtxm adolescent.. in largerschoob.. oo:omingan outca\l from one peer group k-ads one 10 seek newfriends. For rural adolescents, with fewer friends 10choosefuxn. thisis mrelyan option."

In his study, Mr. Elgar found that female adoles­cents, both rural and urban, internalize reactions toslress, becomi ng depressed and amdous. Male

John Hughes. former assoc iate professor of accountingin the Faculty of Busioe, .. Admin istration. pavsed awayJune 7 as a result of cancer. Il l' wa:.. 52.

Mr. Hughes taught accounting to Memorial's business "IU­dents for over 15 years and bccume well known throughout

the Faculty of Business for his passion for teaching and hisability 10 inspire a love of ecccenung in his suocnts. LisaSavage, secretary 10 Memorial's MBA program. remembersMr. Hughes for his amiable personality and the rapport heenjoyed with his students.

'"I don'I think that John realized what a special person hewas. People loved to St'C him coming because he had such agreat way about him. \\'e' ve missed him."

Mr. Hughes' resigned from the faculty due to illness in1997. Dr. David Stewart. who teaches marketing. agreed thaihis departure wa..a los.s for the university.

"Nothing was too much trouble for students who caredabout accounting, John' s efforts not only enhanced the stand­ing of the faculty. but also inspired many [0 enter the profes­

sion. There arc many who owe their career choice and succec.. IO John's in...piration and in my view, there is nogreater measureof succec.. in teaching than that."

Donations in ~lr, Hughes' memorycan be made 10the Canadian Cancer Society,

Gazette . June 17, 1999 3

Maline In<olilute's Auhrey Frt..-horn instructs ma rillt.' POgineefing \.ludenK

Exhibition openingAn exhibition entitled Fruits of an H is to rica l Union:Irish Design in Newfoundland Outpott Furni ture, i!<o openingat the G reat Ha ll. Queen's College. Friday. June 25. Theexhibition is ope n from 9 :30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Monday 10 Friday

until Jul y 9.There will be an illustrated lecture by Walt er Peddle dis­

cussing the content of the ex hibit ion July 6 at 7 p.m. at Queen'sCo llege. locture room QC-10I 3.

The exhibition contains.. more than 50 items of rare Ne....found­land outport furniture which show Ireland ' s powerful histori calinfluence on the woodworking traditions of Newfoundland andLabrador. The displays range from large kitchen dres.'iCn to smallwall hangings and bible boxes.

The earliest pieces da te from the early 19th ce ntury; theyoungest from the early 20thcentury. Some of the piece s of furni ­ture arc virtually identical to counterparts in Ireland, while othersare comprised of a curious combination of des ign element" fromtwo or more areas of Ireland, or from Ireland and other Britishregions.

Singing takes the stageSharing the Voice s, the Phenomenon of Singi ng InternationalSymposium 11, will take place at the M. O. Morgan Bu ilding.Se houl of Music, July 2-5. Hosted hy Me morial and Festival500, the symposium will featu re int ernationally known guest

speakers Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer. professor of music theoryand African American music at the Uni versity of Massachu­SCIlS; Dr. Johan S un d be rg, who holds th e c ha i r in mu si cacoustics at the Speech Music Hea ring Department at the RoyalInstitute of Tec hnology in Stockholm. Sweden; composer Dr. R.Murray Schafer, .....ho hol ds an honorary degree from Memorial ;and Nancy Telfer, co mposer, conductor and specialist in sight­

smguig .The guest speakers highlight the international flavour of the

symposium w-ith papers presented from researchers in England.Ireland. Sweden, Congo, South Africa. Australia. the U.S. and

Canada.The symposium is pan of a larger festival thai includes three

performance events, And inunediately following the sympos ium.tbere is a seven-day choral festival in SI. John·s.

Foe more information. phone 737 -34 15. 753- 96 34 or e-ma [email protected] or WOSt'@mof8dIL lIcs.mun.co

Counselling Centre accreditedThe Univers ity Cou n-elhng Ce ntre has been re-accredited by theIntematiooal A"SOl-;ation of Cocnselmg Scrv i...'C-.<' Iec .. an Alexan­dria. VA. based organiJ'.ation of United Stale!<o. Canadian and Aus­Ind ian cou nselling agencies. The Counscuing Ce ntre wa.' evaluatedby lACS against high standards of l,.:ounselling practice anJ wasfound to offer competent and reliable profe ssional services to it"clientele. Approv al by lACS i" also dependent upon evidence ofconti nuing professional development ,l" well as demonstration ofexceueoce of cou nselli ng perfor mance.

The Counse lling Centre i.. d irCl: too by Dr. Geor ge Hurley andotters personal. career and academic counselling. It is a universit ycounselling centre serving currentl y registered students of Menor­cd Univcrsiry.

lACS was founded in 1972 to encourage and aid cou nsellingagencie.... to meet high professi onal standards through peer evalua­tion and to inform the public about counselling services that acecompetent and reliable.

Choir connectionsA choir of Anglican choristers from across Canada will gatherin St. John's June 24-271u help ...'e lcbrare the 300th anniversaryof th e Calhedral Pari sh of SI. Joh n the Baptist. Nearl) 100<, inge rs ....-ill take part in IWO puhlic services and a concert . Thechoir will sing a "crvk-e of choral evensong at 7 p.m. Junc 25 ina "e rvice that will feature the premiert' of a new anthe m b~

Donald F. Cook, founding director of ?l.femorial' .. School ofMu !<ok. which utili J'.es poetry hy E. 1. Ptan. Fo r more informa­tion contaet lhe Cathedral parish offi ce at 726-5677.

Library joins borrowing programAre yo u a facu lty member plan ning to travel . and would likeaccess and borrowing privileges at othe r research libraries inNorth America? Memorial University bas joined a reciprocalborrowing program thai provides faculty of part icipating in..titu­tions with an easy way to arrange for privileges at some of the

most important research libraries in North America.All Memorial University faculty are eligible for a Reciprocal

Borrowing Program card. Card.. and more information about theprogramcan be oblained from the Circulation Desk of any Memor·ial University library. For a Ii ..t of participating in\tilution<, and

more infunnation about the progrMll. visit the Memorial LibrariesWebsite at: h"p:/ft..w~:m'Ul.cal1ihrurylnwin/rt'(·.htm

~IN BRIEF

de livered w ith th e ne xt scheduled mail de livery.Departme nts who need to have items delivered oncampus, outside of regular scheduled delivery, shouldmake alte rnate arrange ments. The re wi ll he nochanges to the del ivery of Hand Carry mail to off­cam pus addresses. 11 will he each depart ment'sre"portsibility to notify perso nnel of all mai l delivery

changes.Any questions can be directed 10 Rick Predham.

737-8231, e-mail 'PrrdJwm@nwrgtllLUl:s.mJULca,orM ike Callaha n. 737-8242, e-mai l calJahan@

morgan.UCs.mWLCQ .;c

learn to adopt to co nfined area" within ships: a situa­tion that can lead 10 much conflict."

Female student" enrolled in Mr s marine engineer­ing progmm agree with Mr. Freeborn abo ut the break­down of stereotypes.

"Many people don't realize that marineengineeringis not just for guys," said Alaina Chapman, one of thestudents. ' 'There are hOals out there that still won't takefemales. Some are now trying to change there ways: '

Another student. TIna T izzard, commented on howindividuals entering the marine transportation industryMlould be perceived.

"1 think the problem is that people IIXlk at us asfemales and IlOl as individuals. If you can do the jobas a person, it doesn' t matter what gender you are,"said Ms. Tizzard, "Today people should IIXlkat if you

can do the job and it shouldn't matterif yoo do it in askirt or a pair of jeans."

Jim Perry, a chief engineer with the lllOfor tankerKomtJIek. feels that a successful career at sea is up to

"'" """'-"Cadets must have the personahtes at sea needed

to perform successfully alongside others," said Mr.Perry "They must want to be at sea and to partic ipatein the duties of the ship to gain the respect of their co­

workers."All the students view their career choice real isti­

cally and real ize the hardships a<, well as the benefits

facing them."Ibe lifesty le ..Ifill be rough at fU"St with a lot of at­

sea time," said Ms. Chapman. "But once you get usedto it things will IlOl be so bad."

Another student, Nadine leBlanc, summarized thefemale students feelings reganJing their future lifestyle.

"Part of the reason I choose marine eng ineering isthe time-on lime-off lifesty le," sa id Ms. leBlanc." You get the time and gel paid the salary to do whatyou want when you're nul at sea."

The female students are proud to be in the marineengineering program and look forward to successfulcareers. When a..ked where they would he in 10 yearsthere were a variety of answers but all agreed on onething: they will be working on the sea. .;c

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nan effort to red uce costs. university Mail Scr­vces will he implement ing a summer schedulefor mail delivery, effective June 22. The main

of thi~ change i ~ to red uce the exi~ting mai lservice from two per day to one, with all

sdeliveries being made by I p.m.lit afternoon period will he used for off-campus

carries. sorting and processing outgoing mail forPmt. and sorting imcrnal mai l for next-daydeliVery.

,\\part of this initiative. all interna l mail lTIaIi;.edCarry, Urgent or with similar notices, will be

Iltcause of improvement.. in technology and theuse of computer ..ystems, the role of marine

- at sea ha.s changed. Today job qualificatioosbcused on educational levels rather than the indi­

's physical condition. Increased job shadowingtraining ha.. prov ided students with more accurate

-OIlS of the realities of careers at sea.\coofding to Auhrey Freeborn, an instructor at the

Institute, the stereotypes regard ing careen; atire breaking down.Both male a nd fema le ma rine engi neers

ter the same stresses as they adjust to their newenvironments," said Mr. Freeborn. "Cadets must

Changes to mail delivery

ay people should look at if

can da the job and it shouldn't

tter if you do it in a skirt or a

"r of jea ns."

BY CHRIS DILlON

his term. 26 per cent of the students enrolledin the first year of the marine engineeringdiploma of technology program are fema le.

en that there have onl y been two femal e grudu­from the program over the last five years, thismage is significa nt. Traditi onally there havelow numbers of females opt ing for careers at

This is beginning 10 change.Prescmly. there is a world demand for ships' offi­

In a 1995 study of world shipping, the Interne­Shipping Federation and lhc Baltic and Interne­Maritime Council (BIMCO) concluded that the

for officers world wide wa.. 427.(0) and theall of officers was 18,000. In 2005. with the

increased to 465.(0) officers. there will he aan of 42.(0) officers. These opportunities in the

transportation field have attracted both male

female candidates.

More females opt for careers at sea

All aboard

I

4 Gazette . June 17, 1999

Scholarly gatheringBY TANYA BOLDUC

SPEOAl. TO THE GAZEffi

W hat happens when several thou sandscholars belonging to over 90 differentorga nizatio ns co ngreg at e in the same

place and at the same time to talk sbop?Anyone who was our and abou t the Memorial

ca mpus during the summer of 1997 knows: TheLearneds or, as it is now referred to, the Congressof Soc ial Sc iences and Humanities. Organized bythe Federation of Soc ial Sciences and Human ities .a blank et group represent ing up to 110 sma llerorgarnzauons across the country. the Congre ss pro­vides a unique place for univers ity and college pro­fessors a nd gradua te st ude nts to sha re t hei rre search nOI only with fe llow me mbers of the irrespective organizations. but also through variouspublic lectures. co lloquia. sympos iums, and event s.

How importan t is the Congress? As Batia BoeStolar, a graduate student of Memori al' s Engli shdepartment. so aptly put it, 'The Congress is a big

deal. Ir s the most important confere nce in Canada(and) it' s important to see the kinds of interd iscipli­nary work going on."

The Congress is big, so b ig in fact that th isyear' s event was jointly hosted by the Universite deSherbrooke - nOI unlike Memorial' s SI. John 'sc a mp us in s iz e and architectural s ty le- and Bishop ' s Univers ity, a more modest campusboasting its O xford -like buildings and liberal arts

mandate in the adjoining town of Lennox ville.Both o f these unive rsities are situated in the pic­

ture sq ue landscape of Que bec' s Eastern Town shipsand de spite the brea dt h o f space and place theyprov ided to the ove r 7.000 people attending theCongress betwee n June 2- 12. ma inly from Cana­d ia n unt versmes but a lso from ins titutio ns asremot e as Edinburgh and Tan zania, it was neitherdifficult to locate Memori al' s part icipant s nor toascertain Memorial's unique role in this largest ofCanadian schola rly ga therings. Q;O

Among Memori,ll"~ contingent ,II the lE',1rlll.'lk ....ut' Dr. S.lIldril TOfT1\OOS,College-s phi lo '>Ophy de partme nt. and Dr. Daryl Pullman, iI philedching biomediCilll."l.hin lor the Faculty 01 Ml'dkifl(' in St. John·~.

Memorial at the Learneds

Folklore makes it mark

Grenfell to host international maritime history conference

Merchants and Mariners

at the Congress, spoke favof his time as a marine biologydent at Memorial . And whileBuss, au thor of Memoirs!Awuy: A Newfoundund Ginever attended Memorial, halmoved from Newfoundlandher family whe n she wteenage r, she neverthelimpressed UJXlIl her audiencereading from her work theplace of Newfoundland forwho lived and studied theft. c

Tanya Patricia Bolduc is aof phifo.wphy in humani .didate and tht' vice-pfinance wjrh the GradWllldents ' Union .

Dr. Barlham is best knovo'luncovering in the Spanishdocumentation related to

whaling operations in RedThe archaeological work tillbeen carried OI.It in Red Ba!"direct result of her work.

Followi ng the first dayd.sions, Monday, Aug. 9,participanls wi ll undertelethree-day excursion that ...inthem in Red Bay 10 examineBao;que whaling site andt 'MeMeaOOv.'s to view the Nmc:lion site. Sessions will resuneFriday, with the confcreoceto a closeon Satunlay.

"T he atte ntion given b}'co nfe rence to a mi llenniumEuropean contact with Newfland foreshadows the officialbrations of that event, whichbe obse rve d in the year 200J,says Dr. Janzen. "Several aMiseries of local historical sicance are also being observed1999, such as the 50th anniof Newfound la nd's entryConfederation and theanniversary of the host ir...."\1Memorial University of ~e

foundland."We 're therefore COI'lfidm

the convergence of soanniversaries will ensure tbalconference will be bOOt exctqappealing 10 pc.ticiparn.ft ...

biomedical ethics for the Faculty ofMedicine in St. John' s. mee t andpresen t at the same session at theCo ngress, bri nging together thecoasts of Newfoundland.

Mem orial also made its mar kelsewhere at the conference.

Dr. Andy den Otter, History,was awarded the pre st ig io usHarold Adams Innis Prize for hispublication The Philomphy ofRailways at a special and well ­attended HSSFC Scholarly BookPrizeceremony.

Also, in an article adjoining alocal newspaper' s coverage of the

Congress, comedian/musician andnational CBC broadcaster, LomeEJhot. who provided entertainment

Theopening plenary session. tobe held Sunday, Aug. 8. 5-6 p.m,will see Dr. Sel ma H uxl eyBarkh am present a paper tilledMaps, Rutters and Mariners in theGulf of S I. Lawre nce, ca1570-1680.

while the Labrador coast was thelocation of intense activity by16th<en1UryBasque whalers. Andof course, for nearly 500 years. thewaters aroond Nev.foundJand haveattracted European fisbermen bythe thousands."

1be conference theme !hereforerecog nizes the degree to whichEuropeans projected their mar­itime activities over the past mil­lennium as far ou tward a.. New­foundland, says Dr. Janzen .

"The attention given

by the conference

to a millennium of

European contact

with Newfoundlond

foreshadows the official

celebrations of that

event: '

Indeed. CUA not only boastedstrong Memorial rep resentation,particular ly with respect to gradu­ate student research. such as withMi che lle Mc B ride ' s a nd RickRenn ie ' s wor k o n the history ofindustria l dev elopme nt in New­foundland, hut also in the form ofmany fo rmer g rad uate st ude ntswho went on to successful posi ­tions elsewhere upo n graduatingfrom Me morial, "which demon­strates the strength of our historydepartment," remarked Dr. LindaKealey.

It was also refreshing 10 see twoMemorial professors, Dr. Tomsoesof Grenfell College and Dr. DarylPullman. a phi losopher teaching

BY PAMElA GIU

Sir Wilfred Grenfell Collegewill play host to a Mar­itime History Conference

that will bring historian s from allover Canada and Europe to New­found�and' s west coast. as well asthe south coast of Labrador.

Tilled Merchanl<; and Marinersin Northern Seas. the confer­ence will take place Aug. 8-14 andis sponsored jointly by the Associ ­ation for the History of the North­em Sea.s (AHNS) , and the Cana­dian Nautical Research Socie ty.This will be the ninth conferenceof AHNS, and will mark the firsttime this organization has met out­side Europe. The Canad ian Nauti­cal Research Society meets annu­ally at venues throughou t Canada.

Dr. Olaf Janzen, chief organizerof the conference and president ofAHNS, says presenters are comingfro m all over Cana da a nd theUnited Slates, and fro m as faraway as England. Spain. Finland,De nmark, Norway, Icel and andGermany.

'This venue is an appropriateone for both organizations," saysDr. Janze n, associate professor ofhisto ry at Sir Wilfr ed G renfellCollege. "Ne wfoundland is the siteof the only confirmed medievalNorse habitat ion in North Amer­ica. al L'A nse a Ull Me ad ows,

commented: "Researchers in New­foundland, at Memorial, who aresometimes perceived to be some ­what invisible in the communitywith respect to Newfo un d landissues, counter the notion that forNewfound la nd so lution s mu stcome from elsew here , from out­side. We work on these issues athome but they so have applicationselsewhere."

Wh ile Memorial professors andgraduate students participated innumerous society gatherings, theyseemed es pec ially prominent inEnglish. history, and folklore.

The Association of CanadianCollege and University Teachersof English (ACC UlE) saw manyMemorial professors , suc h a sNoreen Golfman, and many ofMUN' s graduate slUdents activelychairing sessions as well as pre­senting their research.

" M UN is very involved inthe o rga nizatio ns them selves.involved in the Leameds. It sendsa strong signal: ' said Dr. GregoryKealey, the dean of GraduateStudies who is an active memberof the Canadian Historical Asso­ciation (C HA). "Memoria l hashistorically had a strong presenceat the Learneds . I imagine it has alot to do with its isolation. In away the Learneds are moreimportant to us than many main­land universities."

se lf- ide nti ty in tree plantingcamps , it was clear Ihat Memo r­ial's folklore department distin­guished itself from mere ethnicstudies, dis closing certain ele­ments of culture Ihat themse lvesdisclo se who we are. which isthe very heart of folklore.

Ind eed , fo lklore boastedsome of the most interdiscipli ­nary work at the Congress. oftenin collabo ra tion with theWomen ' s Stud ies program atWinnipeg University.

" T he Co ng re ss is a g rea to pportu nity to present 10 awider audience co ming frome th e r di scipline s," said Mr .Bodner. "Ic meet other peopl eis refreshing." Q:).

Perhaps the mo st promi­nent of all of Memorial 'sparticipants were tho se

harkening from Folklore, one ofonly two such programs offeredin the country. Rut it wes evidentthat Memorial 's folklore researchwas itself unique in this respect.As John Bodner a first year PhDcandidate made clear. "Ibere' s adifferent attitude. At Lav al it' scalled ethnogrnphie, a somewhatdifferent perspective."

From Dr . Dian e Ty e ' sresearch on the place of WeightWatche r' s in women ' s li ve s,Ja ne Burn ' s a na lys is o f thematerial culture of Newfound­land lu nch ba skets. a nd Jo hnBodner ' s own WOI1c. on women'5

BY TANYA BOLDUC

SPECIAL TO THE GAZEnE

Donning a Congress badgewit h Memoria l Univer­sity und e r your nam e

was to invite conversation .Participant s who had al so

attended the 1997 Learneds atMemorial were quick to commentabo ut the expe riences they hadhad there and the unique researchthat Memorial had to offer to therest of the country, wha t one per­son called th e " Ne wfo und landnarrati ve."

While not all of rhe researchpresented at th e Congre ss byMemorial participants re flectedissues Of topics specific to New­foundland. Newfoundland-centredscholarship has a special place intheCanadian academic landscape.

"MU N is a lesser known uni­vers ity and it' s important to pro­mote demographic research andscholarship: ' remarked Batia BoeStolar. a gra d uate stude nt ofMemorial ' s English department.who presented a paper on the placeof the Portuguese in St . John' sthrough an analysis of local theatreto the Association of CanadianTheatre Research (ACffi).

The se ntime nt seems wide­spread. As Dr. Sandra Tomsons ofGrenfell College's ph ilosophyde pa rtme nt , who presented apaper on e nvi ronmen ta l ethics,

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;§RESEARCHNo unpaid leave will backfire

Studying sick days

days at a time. She sa ys these employeesmay not be aware of the a mo un t of tim e

they are awa y fro m work and thaI it is cost­ing the com pany Of the hospital , money.

" Yo u mi ght only reduce eve ry body's

abse ntee ism by one day , but if you ha ve a

thousand e m ployees an d you' re costing

them at about 200dollars a day then that is a

sign ifican t am ount of mon ey ... that the hos­

pital is saving."

Dr. Gaudine, along with Doreen Dawe

and Dr. Alan Sales , York University, has been

awarded an e xte rna l Social Sci en ces a nd

Humanitie s Research Council o f Ca nada

(SSHRC) gran t, to pursue her research. It is

only the second external SSHRC grantawarded to a resea rc her in the Sc hool of

Nursing in the past 10years . ....

Dr. Gaudine says e ven with

positi ve interventions, it is still

diffi cult to change the behav io ur

of a lifetime." If yo u look al abse nteeism in

kindergarte n child re n and then

look at it again in elementary

school a nd high sc hoo l, th e

chances are that it's a vel)' co n­

stant be haviour from that time

until the ti me that you retire

when you're 65 . 'The peo ple thaI

would have died before missing

a day of kindergarten and had to

be there on time and didn 't even

wan t to be laiC, arc the same peo­

ple who never call in late whenthey 're 64."

Dr. Gaud ine s tressed that

absenteeism is both an economic

and a safely issue, particu larly in Dr. Alice GaodieeNewfound land, which has on e

of the high est em plo yee absentee rat es in

Canada. She said safety can be a serious con­cern, especially since it is not always easy 10

replace abse nt staff with someo ne who has

the expertise (0 do the job.

She rec alls an incident in Central Canada

whic h cou ld have bee n a cri tica l safety risk.

It happened in a specia lized ne wborn areawhich normallyhad a staff of four registered

nurses and four nurse 's assistants.

"O n that parti cular Thanksgiving wee k­

end al l four RN ' s phoned in sic k and that's a

specialty a rea. You ca n ' t just put a nurse

who was going to go work on a medi cal

floor, up in the obscmcal newborn area."

Themethods Dr. Gaudine is exploring in

her research, apply to employees who mis s atotal of about 12 days a year, on e or two

well - you can not expect that these thingsdo n't some how influence abse nteeism rates."

Dr. Gaud ine is currently doing researchinto how manager s reac t to h igh rat es of

absenteeism, an d how their acti on s affect

employees.

She sa id the causes of absent eeism in the

wo rkplace are well-documented. but how to

decrease it is still a mystery Dr. Gaudine

ho pes to change that by look ing at positive

ways to reduce abse nteeism rates throu gh a

variety of me thod s she has developed, based

on recent theories of abse ntee ism.

An examp le wo uld be to lei e mp loyees

know how many da ys they and their fello w

employees ha ve m issed, and to provide

them wi th in formation , education , a nd

em ployee assistance to e m power the m 10

fee l belief ab out th emsel ves. ra ther than

worse. A no ther approach would be 10 ask an

employee who isn 't feelin g well eno ugh 10

cope with a regular shift , to co me in to do a

reduced work load or to work fewer hours.

Dr. Gaudinc said often managers read to

an employee's high absent ce rate by de velop­

ing negative po licies , where all employees

get a lener on their personal file if they miss a

certain number of days whether or not theyhave been genuinely sick. She said one of the

first question s prospective em ployers ask inthi s province, eve n when hirin g stude nts, is

wbcthc...they ha ve missed a lot of time.

According to Dr. Gaudine, the worst

case of absentee mismanagement she has

e ve r heard of in volved a n employee on

stress/de pressio n lea ve who was calle d in

to wo rk, told he was faking , and that hi s

pay wo uld be cut off if he did not re turn to

work the fo llo wing week. That night he

killed himse lf.

BY KAREN SHEWBRIDGE

Memorial researchc... says nol allow­ing Newfo und land nurses unpaid

leave will backfire on em ployers.

Alice Gaudino. Nurs ing, is a leading

in absenteeism in Canada.y saying you can't take an unpaid lea ve

nee," said Dr. Gaudino, "you' re fore­ployees into absenteeism , you 're fore ­

them into resigning and movin g to the

and and taking jobs wh ere the union

. have clauses in them that nurses can

laves of abse nce for no reaso n at all."

researcher was respo nding to repo rts

comm e nt s she has heard that some

in the provin ce are be ing told they

oot take lea ve during the summer.. Gau dine said nurses become over­burnt o ut, and go into lo ng terms of

teeism du e to the heavy work load and

hours. Man y nu rses have told her they

e nursin g has become a yo ung per­s profession. She sa id typicall y young,

nurses want to wo rk t z-hour sh ifts

ihey get married and have a family.

they, like the older more experienced

prefer eight-hour shifts.

. Caudine believes because of the

of the work in healthcare and other

stress jobs, managers s ho uld make-anccs for a certa in le vel of absen­

She sai d shift work, working night"

second weekend are very hard on

legitimately causing more colds and

and a ce rtain amount of absenteeism

bee xpec ted .

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New NSERC programNSERC is offering co llaborativeresearch opportunities (CRU) grant" tofacilitate the participation of learns ofCanadian researchers in major nationaland international research project" thatpresent a special oppommiry for collab­oration. CRO grants are project grantsthat will support a limited number ofspecial research initiatives that are notappnlpriate for consideration under anyother NSERC program because ofobjectives or size. CROs will nonna1lyrequire in exce....s of $ I00,00) annuallyfrom NSERC. Application is initiallythrough submission of a letter of intentby deadline Sept. 1. There willbea sec­ond dcadline for submission of lettersof intent on March I , 2OCX.l.

NSER C in the most recent federalbudget, NSERC will hold annual corn­petitions for major facilit ies access(MFA) grants. The deadline for sub­mission of applications is Oct. I andall researchers intending to apply foran MFA grant must submit a notifi ca­lion of intent to app ly for a Majo rFacilities Access Grant (Forni 181) toNSERC by Aug. 16.

University fac ulty awardsThe dead line for applications underNSERC' s University Faculty Awardsprogram has been changed to Nov. Ifor the upcoming competition. ThC5eaward s offer a $40,000 contributiontowards the cost of salary and fringebenefit." for eligible women candidateswho have been offe red a first -tim etenure-track or tenured position in aCanadian university. It should benotedthat applications for thi s programrequire submission of notification ofinlenl lo apply (Form 180) by Aug. 16.

Artentjon MRC a pplica nt..A reminder to those planning 10 applyunder the next deadline (Sept. 15) forMRC operating grants that applicantsare required to register notification oftheir intent to apply. The deadline forproviding this notification is Monday,Aug. 16. Information on the registra­tion process is available on the MRCWeb site at www.mrc.gc.ca

Increase to va lue of Imper ial OilGrantsThe Imperial Oil Charitable Foundationhas advised thattheamount for individ­ual grants available under its UniversityResearch Grants Pro gram bas beenincreased from $10,00) to $15,00) forthe next grants competition. Grantsunder this prognun are made availableto full·time faculty members to support

change action fu ndt Canadahas announced a

pcoosals under the sciencesub­nent of the Climate ChangeFund (CCAF). This call is forthat will lead to improvements

lDierritanding of thebiogax:hemi­sesinvolved in key eco1ogicaI

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You~ Codroy. W;lS ilw,uded theGa.enlor Q.'!lCfill's Medal duringthe Marine IllSlitUle's recent griK!u,ltion. The graduatet:i~rrurineffiginL'l-'fing diplom.J ofltXhnology programwa~ p....·S."'I...:l the,lWard byprovincial fi.Jll.'fi<.~ mini,It'!' JohnElford.

Sunday, June 27- lhe Sound Symposium and

An Gallery of Newfoundland and

Thu rs day, j une 17inar - K. Alagarsamy, Computer

will present a seminar titled FairEtficient Mutual Exclusion Alga­s.<II 9:30 a.m. in room EN~1052.

Sound Symposiumand the ArtGalleryof Newfoundland and labrador present The Dogberies jazz quartet. featuring Charlie(L) and Jack DdW. This fn.'<o! concert will take place at the AGNL, located in the Artsand Cultufe Ceouc, Allandale Road.

atmosphere is informaland children are welcome. for more information,contact Caroline at 737-2427.

Friday, j u nt' 25lion - 'The Art Gallery of New­and and Labrador invites every.

to a public reception celebrating itsexhibitions from 5-7 p-m- lhe

exhibitions are Thresholds, whichts 12 artists at or near the begin­

of their careers. and Wood: l hc. of Ohjccls, a cultural exchange

een Ireland and Newfoundland and. Wood is also on display at the

Council Gallery, Devon House, 59orthStreet, SI. John's,

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DR. DEREK BURTON, Biology and Ocean Sci­Centre,presented a paper titledPeripheml Physic­Difference Associated with Cryptic Patterning in

'Iller Rounder, Pteuronectes americunus, during the

annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoolo­held at the University of Ottawa in May. Dennis

, andJoanne Vokey were co-authors.

---' IDNY FANG, an MA candidate in economics, pre­a paper at the Canadian Centre for Foreign Pol­

. Development tirst annual graduate student policyheld at the Department of Foreign Affairs and

ional Trade in Ottawa May 3-9. His paper wasCanada's Development Assistance Program and's Private Sector Developmenl

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before. On the 21st, he expects to see fnIabout 10to 24 Wiccans show up totlr~

door festival. There, the Wiccan circlehave a bonfire, burning of herbs such 3.\(1­

namon and sandalwood, prayers, singq,chanting and after the worship a poddsupper made up of mostly vegetarian di!hl.

Mr. Tucker says on summer solstiaworship s the Egyptian sun goddess, BItHe believes this day represents the cydc

the sun and is significant to the oncoming smonths; he also feels with such an eclectic~males and females with such diverse backgrooOO!,is a day of unity and breaking down barriers. Hefca;

summe r solstice is still significant for non-Wical

and encourages people to get outside and enjoy '- \L""""and the sunshine on that day.

Now I may not partake in full-fledged acti\1bIlsuch as these, but any time I hear I can simplify IIpurify my life, I'm all ears. Maybe I'll exchangdr:bonfi re wood for old study notes and the herbs ..incense or maybe I'll just go see the newestve~Shakespeare's Midsummer 's Nighl Dream. Thisshows that 400 years ago, one of the world'sfa mous playwrights was intrigued by one ofyear 's most magical and spiritual days . Q;;>

Student ViewChange of seasons

Midsummer' s Day is June 21 ­signific ant to most of us forbeing the longest day of the

year. However, for some student" at MUN ,June 21 means a day ot celebrauon.

Now my interest is piqued whenever Ihear there is a reason to celebrate - anyreason is a great one when you are a studentduring the summer months. Midsummer'sDay is Summer Solstice - one of the majorevents for the Wiccan religion. It is a day of celebrationof the sun; a c1a...sic day for magical events and espe­cially for love, health and purification.

In the last year or so I have noticed a major growthof awareness in Wiccan spirituality. No longer arewit ches po rtrayed as nocturnal , broom-bearing,slightly wacked females, but people with age-oldphilosophies about the power and beauty of nature .Telev ision shows, spellbooks and whole stores arenow dedicated to this pagan style of worship. There iseven a pagan society here at Memo rial.

Russell Tucker, vice president of the MUN PaganSociety, has been Wiccan for the past 20 years; he willbeparticipating in two celebrations for the summer sol­stice. Mr. Tucker prepares for the day's celebration bymeditation, grounding, a ritual bath, and fasting the day

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deliver your answers in person byvisiting the archives in the base­ment of the Q ueen Elizabeth IILibrary? There are man y otherphotographic images there that youmay help us to identify.

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The Centre forNe wfo u nd la ndStudies Archives

in the Queen ElizabethIILibrary has a number ofphotographs which arcnot identified. Includ edhere are several imagesof Newfound land peo­ple, buildings and com­munit ie s, most of whic h we retaken around the tum of the cen­mry. It is hoped that readers of theGazelle will be able to iden tifysome of these images . If you can,please let me know by (e-mail :