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Originally Posted by KAI
"On March 26, 2008 we will be presenting both the President of the University of Calgary and the administration in the Political Science Department with our petition. The petition’s meaning is two fold: First, it is a representation to the administration at the University of Calgary, that we the students do not want to lose a great Professor like Dr. Dube. Second, it is a show of support for the sessional Professors at the University of Calgary and a recognition that there needs to be change regarding their employment conditions."
The petition is to raise awareness of this issue. The solution is the next step, right now the University needs to realize that this is a problem especially if they want to attract new qualified instructors |
Raising awareness and showing support should be secondary for a petition. A petition should be a request. The
dictionary definition that I assume when I see this is, "a formal written request made to an official person or organized body". Maybe they just used the wrong word. However, with a little effort, they could have reworded this to make a request.
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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Seems pretty clear to me, and I didn't need a university education to see it:
Maybe you need to take some refresher courses, before defending some dinosaurs (who probably don't even know how to use a computer) that just happen to have the power to manipulate the education and lives of 20,000 students.
As the article says (quite clearly), Dr. Henderson was an advocate of the students. A student's teacher. The kind every student wants to have. And of course they're the first to go when the cronies in charge get their panties in a bunch.
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I am not sure where you are getting that quote of the SAA resolution. I can't find it when I search the main page, the important info page, nor the petition signup page itself. I'll admit I didn't read all the pages of the website, but I shouldn't have to read an entire web site to find the actual request being made. I also didn't read all of the articles. The petition doesn't even mention Dr. Henderson.
On the flip side, I do not mean to defend the administration. I do not know enough of the situation to have a position that I can defend. I am just saying that this is really poorly done petition.
I get that Dube is a good teacher and the students don't want him to leave. Given the information provided, I agree with that position. They don't provide any suggestions for what could be done to keep him. When I see one side of an argument put together so poorly, I usually suspect that the presented position is uninformed and probably wrong.