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     Last year when hir- 
     
     ing, we did not list 
     
    
   
   
    
     resident students would 
     
     agree that their Dons 
     
     were chosen fairly. 
     
    
   
   
    
     So why aren't there any 
     
     female Dons in Blanchard 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Margaret; 
     
     After reading your 
     
     article last week about 
     
    
   
   
    
     descrimination in Blan— 
     
     chard Hall I thought I 
     
     should at least have the 
     
     opportunity to respond 
     
     to it. 
     
    

    
     Allow mw to tell uou 
     
     how our R.A. 's are hired 
     
     for all; buildings. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1) We advertise the pos- 
     
     itions for two weeks. 
     
    

    
     2) Applications are av- 
     
     ailable in the Depart— 
     
     ment of Student Services. 
     
     (The application is sta— 
     
     pled to a very complete ,, 
     
     job description.) 
     
    

    
     3) When the deadline 
     
     (March 15) is met, a_ll 
     
     applications are consid— 
     
     ered. 
     
    

    
     4) The week following 
     
     (March 20 — 25) gig ap— 
     
     plicants are given a per- 
     
     sonal interview with a 
     
     board made up of three 
     
     people. (Last year the 
     
     Board consisted of a fe— 
     
     male graduating R.A. , 
     
    

    
     the Student Placement 
     
     Officer, (female) and 
     
     myself. 
     
    

    
     5) We base our evaluation 
     
     on the following after 
     
     each interview is oomp— 
     
     leted. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Interview 80% 
     
     Past Experience 10% 
     
     References 10% 
     
    

    
     100% 
     
    
   
   
    
     6) We then in order of 
     
     raw score, list people. 
     
    
   
   
    
     people in order of 
     
     building, (ie. Blanchard, 
     
     Bernadine, Marion) but 
     
     rather by the way they 
     
     were assessed overall. 
     
    

    
     For your information, 
     
     the overall top score 
     
     and first name on the list 
     
    
   
   
    
     . was a female. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I can honestly say that 
     
     we did not descriminate 
     
     but in fact took the top 
     
     people as we marked them. 
     
    

    
     Furthermore, had we 
     
     gone down the list just 
     
     for the sake of having a 
     
     female R.A. for Blanchard 
     
     Hall we would not have 
     
     been fair in our selection. 
     
     Hence, we would have had 
     
     a case of reverse descrim— 
     
     Eation. — — 
     
    

    
     By the way! Have you 
     
     thought about looking into 
     
     the Head Resident's pos— 
     
     itions? I really don't 
     
     think Mary Ross in (the 
     
     all male) Marian Hall is 
     
     looking very Wig 
     
     these days. Noreen Gillan 
     
     in Blanchard Hall is not 
     
     looking all that masculine. 
     
    
   
   
    
     » But of course we do have a 
     
    
   
   
    
     problem in Bernadine Hall. 
     
     Charlotte Bryand definately 
     
     appears to be a combin— 
     
     ation of masculinity and 
     
     UPEI's outstanding athlete 
     
     for 1983. She will, I 
     
    

    
     hope, recieve a healthy 
     
     trophy in May. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sincerely , 
     
     Mike Reid 
     
     Residence Manager 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     or THE FIELD ISTREAM cues 
     
    
   
   
    
     Happy Hours 
     
    
   
   
    
     ./&11 anyways? - rm that we 
     
    
   
   
    
     are informed as to how the 
     
     Resident—Assistants (Dons) 
     
     are selected. Doesn't the 
     
     fact that Blanchard Hall 
     
    

    
     is a co-ed residence war- 
     
     rant it having female Dons, 
     
     regardless of how mwny guys 
     
     were favourably evaluated 
     
    
   
   
    
     for the job? There certain— ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     ly aren't any male Dons in 
     
     Bernadine Hall, a predomin— 
     
     antly female residence, or 
     
     any female Dons in Marion 
     
     Hall. 
     
    

    
     Anyways, here lies a 
     
    
   
   
    
     possible step by step 
     
    
   
   
    
     solution to the selection 
     
     of Resident—Assistants: 
     
    

    
     1) Determine how many res— 
     
     ident—Assistants are need— 
     
     ed at U.P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     2) Determine what number 
     
     should be male and what v 
     
     mmber should be female 
     
     (i.e. if four Dons are 
     
     needed at Blanchard Hall 
     
     two of them should be male 
     
     and two of them should be 
     
     female since it is a co—ed 
     
     residence, agreed?) 
     
    

    
     3) Choose the appropriate 
     
     number of males and female 
     
     Dons from the top male 
     
     applicants and the top 
     
     female applicants. 
     
    

    
     By the way, it is es— 
     
     pecially nice to hear that 
     
     Noreen Gillan isn't look— 
     
     ing all that masculine 
     
     (after all she is female!) 
     
     The Question at hand in— 
     
     volves Residant—Assistants, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     not Head Residents. So 
     
    
   
   
    
     perhaps if this selection 
     
     policy were adopted, more 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     no strangers 
     
     only friends 
     
     you haven't 
     
     met yet. " 
     
    
   
   
    
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     MEMORANDIM L 
     
    
   
   
    
     From: M.F. Hermessey, 
     
     Registrar. 
     
     Re: Awarding of Henry 
     
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