Institution of higher what?
Read this, but be sure to pop a Gravol or two first, lest the nausea overcome you (ht:sda):
Ignorance and arrogance, a dangerous mix on display here.
A few of the comments over at Army.ca are worth noting: that nobody seems to be banning private firms that support the CF, that another Student Union director who wasn't at the first meeting is introducing a motion to rescind this idiocy, and finally, that maybe the best course of action is to simply not hold the career fair at the Student Union Building.
This whole episode reminds me of a line I once heard, although I can't seem to recall where or when: "Why are school politics so heated and vicious? Because there's so little on the line."
Update: More silliness on evidence at Quebec schools:
Once again, the CF is accused of lying to potential recruits, and this monstrous proposition is used to justify banning CF recruiters from speaking with students on campus. I like the way Maj Guy Paquin refutes the charge, though:
For those whose french isn't up to the task, roughly translated, Paquin says "It costs a lot of money and time to recruit people to the CF. We have no desire to waste that time and money on misinformation." And as he also notes, if you feel you've been misled in your initial training, you can bail out (voluntary release).
Recasting CF recruiters as the "Child Catcher" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and adult students as the helpless waifs walking unknowingly into a cage, is such a grotesque twisting of reality, it should need no rebuttal.
Unfortunately, it does.
The Canadian Armed Forces are banned from recruiting in the Student Union Building (SUB).
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The ban voted in on Sept. 10 means that the Canadian Armed Forces will be unable to attend the annual recruiting fair put on by UVic’s Career Services in the SUB every January. The Armed Forces attended last year’s recruiting fair.
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Director-at-large Christine Comrie said it was important to ban the military from recruiting because some students are ignorant about the issues.
“A lot of students don’t know about the issues and don’t know about the facts,” she said. “We have to make this decision for students.”
Ignorance and arrogance, a dangerous mix on display here.
A few of the comments over at Army.ca are worth noting: that nobody seems to be banning private firms that support the CF, that another Student Union director who wasn't at the first meeting is introducing a motion to rescind this idiocy, and finally, that maybe the best course of action is to simply not hold the career fair at the Student Union Building.
This whole episode reminds me of a line I once heard, although I can't seem to recall where or when: "Why are school politics so heated and vicious? Because there's so little on the line."
Update: More silliness on evidence at Quebec schools:
Depuis l’hiver 2006, le cégep du Vieux-Montréal ainsi que le cégep Saint-Laurent ne reçoivent plus la visite des Forces canadiennes (F.C.) depuis que des étudiants ont manifesté leur opposition, directement en face des kiosques de l'armée. Au cégep Marie-Victorin, un recours au Conseil d'administration de l’établissement a permis aux étudiants contestataires de faire plier boutique aux recruteurs.
Ces faits se retrouvent en page de présentation d’une opération de démilitarisation qui a vu le jour fin août. Menée par une association anti-guerre – le Centre des ressources sur la non-violence (CRNV) ¸– l' « opération objection » vise l'opposition au recrutement militaire dans les établissements scolaires.
Alexandre Vidal, du CRNV, est le meneur du volet québécois de cette opération qui se veut pancanadienne. Selon l’ancien étudiant du cégep Lévis-Lauzon, la démarche de l’armée constitue une propagande inappropriée qui doit cesser.« Nous n'avons peut-être pas autant de moyens financiers que l'armée, mais nous sommes tout de même en mesure de dénoncer leurs mensonges et d'entreprendre des moyens pour faire de nos écoles des zones démilitarisées », soutient M. Vidal. Le pacifiste perçoit ces kiosques comme une forme de publicité « malsaine et subjective » exercée auprès des étudiants; une façon de les charmer en proposant le remboursement de leurs études et la subvention de leur baccalauréat.
Once again, the CF is accused of lying to potential recruits, and this monstrous proposition is used to justify banning CF recruiters from speaking with students on campus. I like the way Maj Guy Paquin refutes the charge, though:
De telles allégations sont clairement réfutées par le major Guy Paquin. Commandant du centre de recrutement des forces canadiennes à Montréal, il assure que ces kiosques n’ont rien de vicieux, mais qu’au contraire, ils existent à titre informatif, pour les curieux. Selon le major Paquin, informer faussement les étudiants lors de leur passage à l'un des kiosques ne procurerait que des désavantages. « Les coûts d'un processus de recrutement sont élevés et très longs. L'armée ne désire perdre ni temps ni argent auprès d'intéressés mal informés », expose-t-il. D'ailleurs, explique le commandant, quiconque désire abandonner le processus d'embauche à n'importe quel moment lors de son adhésion aux Forces est invité à le faire.
For those whose french isn't up to the task, roughly translated, Paquin says "It costs a lot of money and time to recruit people to the CF. We have no desire to waste that time and money on misinformation." And as he also notes, if you feel you've been misled in your initial training, you can bail out (voluntary release).
Recasting CF recruiters as the "Child Catcher" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and adult students as the helpless waifs walking unknowingly into a cage, is such a grotesque twisting of reality, it should need no rebuttal.
Unfortunately, it does.
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