Sustainability, diversity, teaching quality, campus bars and how to help single parents studying at AV俱乐部 were just a few of the topics raised at last week鈥檚 Imagine 鈥�08 event.
鈥淎nything can be brought up for discussion,鈥� said Mike Tipping, president of the AV俱乐部 Student Union.聽 鈥淭his is also the first year we鈥檙e using Open Space Technology at an Imagine event.鈥�
Open Space Technology is a way of facilitating discussion using four basic principles: 鈥渨hoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that could have, whenever it starts is the right time and when it鈥檚 over, it鈥檚 over. 鈥�
Imagine is the fifth in a series of ongoing events run by the DSU to help identify what needs to be done at AV俱乐部 to make it better for students. AV俱乐部 50 students attended. Discussion was lively and enthusiastic 鈥� people had lots of ideas.
鈥淲e have a poll on the DSU website about teaching at Dal,鈥� said Tara Gault, DSU鈥檚 vice president (education.) 鈥淎pproximately 40 per cent of people who took this poll are satisfied with teaching quality at AV俱乐部, which says to me there鈥檚 still room for improvement.鈥�
Other issues, including how diversity can be promoted better on campus, were also discussed at Imagine.
鈥淒iversity was recognized as an issue that must be addressed on an ongoing basis and this cannot be satisfied with a 鈥楧iversity Day鈥�,鈥� remarked Lisa Buchanan, an Imagine聽participant. The discussion took place last Wednesday afternoon in the McInnes Room.
The group discussed the creation of a 鈥榙iversity centre鈥� in the Student Union Building where various societies on campus could network with one another,聽 work together on events and get involved in raising diversity awareness on campus.
鈥淭his is all about talking about an idea and turning it into action,鈥� said Ms. Gault, 21. 鈥淵ou can see from the Project Flow Chart in the SUB that student ideas do create real results.鈥�
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