Emeritus Professor Ely joins LASALLE-SIA following a 30-year career that spanned both education and the arts. In 1988 he founded the Arden School of Theatre in the United Kingdom and was the Principal and Chief Executive of London’s Rose Bruford College from 1993 to 2000. Prior to joining LASALLE-SIA, he was the Director of the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University of Perth.
and this is a quote from the The Arden Website
In 1991 South Manchester College (now City College Manchester) and Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre founded The Arden School of Theatre...
Draw your own conclusions.
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hi,
while i think it's a good idea to blog out your frustration, anger and disappointment, i think you (you, you and you) will possibly gain more if you actually do speak up in person.
i'm definitely not disputing the fact that the college and its management has not exactly improve the quality of student/work life over the past few years despite the facades the team had put up, but, bearing in mind that it's always easier to wipe out the efforts totally just to reinforce a statement. and in this case, the statement being, the college and it's president/crew sucks. (however juvenile it may sound)
if you feel by airing dirty laundry via this blog can make a difference, i hope you (you, you and you) will achieve that eventually one day.
but activism behind a/many computer screen/s can hardly bring a point across. it may even come across as underhanded and utterly 12-year-old.
then again, that's just my 2cents worth.
a quote from audre lourde
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”
-m.
it may sound easy as what u have said, but so far this works better than what we have brought up and 'endless' meetings (we have requested for, but u know, they are always 'busy') with the president/vice-president/etc.
Easy? I never said it was easy.
Being an alumni myself, I can totally understand where you're coming from but what did they say about trying, trying and trying?
Lamenting on the cyberspace without being objective and a proper cause to a limited audience will not bring about a revolution.
Then again, it might not be a revolution you're looking for.
So with that, good luck.
-m
limited audience? maybe at the current moment, but we never underestimate the potential the web has in reaching the masses. after all, you yourself ( m ) did find this website, and was sufficiently disturbed to write a response, which is great!
what we're looking for.... a revolution? that's quite V for Vendetta don't cha think? we don't want to drag the schools name into mud or totally destroy the school, but we're providing an alternative viewpoint. we do try to be objective in the sense we're not publishing anything that can't be backed by hard facts. everything that happened in the posts, happened to someone, and the person(s) were aggrieved enough to want their stories told.
why should we not let their stories be told?
while we understand what you say about 'trying ad nauseum' , that's something that is directed towards the school. what we're doing here is to allow people to have an avenue to grumble, laugh, and state problems with the school, but it is to spread awareness, awareness amongst us students, alumni, and staff.
if you can think of a better avenue or a better way we can conduct this, we're always open to suggestions.
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