Le journal bilingue de Glendon | Glendon’s Bilingual Newspaper
Vol. 60 Issue 10 : le 30 mars 2022
In This Issue Page 2 ● LETTER FROM THE EDITOR VIE ÉTUDIANTE Page 3 ● Meilleurs cours facultatifs à York/à Glendon Page 3 ● Alumni Feature: A Collective, A Community: Weaving Magic into the Pages of Pro Tem EXPRESSIONS Page 4 ● Can’t Relate Page 4 ● Home in Your Arms Page 4 ● Next Stop: Acceptance Station! Page 5 ● Le pêcheur et le poisson Page 5 ● The Cliff Page 5 ● Le pigeon et le colibri CENTER SPREAD
Alumni Feature: A Toast to Pro Tem
Page 8 & 9 ● Glendon Formal 2022 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Page 8 ● The Name of the Game: Understanding, Adapting, and Translating by the Rules MÉTROPOLE Page 9 ● Coffee Shop Reflections: Bidding Farewell to the 2021-22 School Year Page 9 ● Les meilleures vacances d’été au Canada Page 10 ● Exclusive: Pro Tem Formally Rebranding as Part of University Deal HEALTH AND WELLNESS Page 10 ● Three Health Benefits of Walking Barefoot in Snow Page 11 ● A New Food Initiative at Glendon: The Glendon Cooking Club ISSUES AND IDEAS Page 12 ● The War in Ukraine Through the Eyes of a Cat
Harold Levy Founder of Pro Tem Happy 60th Anniversary Pro Tem. You’ve come a long way since your birth back in 1962 - and I will have a bottle of good wine handy on April 1st when we toast this celebrated publication which I had the pleasure of co-founding with John Corvese way back then. Since so much time has gone by - 12 more years than half a century - I think it’s time for me to share one of my favourite adventures as a co-editor of The Pro Team - an adventure which landed me in the office of a not too happy Dr. Murray Ross, the University’s founding president, and author of a book called “The New University.” The adventure began when I was approached by a faculty member whom I cannot name, for reasons which will become clear. This Prof. explained
that a number of faculty members who felt that the university had already abandoned its noble aims, would like to publish a special satirical issue of the Pro Tem, in which the contributors, bearing pseudonyms, would use this age-old literary tool of political and social change to communicate their disappointment with the direction the university was taken - a direction away from the small, intimate, liberal university it was supposed to be, and toward the mass, impersonal type of University which was proliferating throughout North America. I readily agreed, imposing but one condition: that I would have a final say over the content before the publication was distributed. This “faculty issue” of the Pro Tem did not go unnoticed on campus. Au contraire, it raised many, many eyebrows, stimulated thoughtful discussions (which was the idea behind the publication in the first place), and
landed me in Dr. Ross’s office (it was a very nice office indeed). To get to the point (a rather sharp point at that), Dr. Ross abruptly ordered me to name the faculty members to whom I had turned over the Pro Tem. In my naivety, I had not anticipated that I would be put on the spot like this during my encounter with the President of York University. Trying to keep my composure, I quickly mentally reviewed all of the movies I had seen over the years featuring intrepid reporters, looked right into his eyes, and said to him: “I’m sorry Dr. Ross, but I cannot reveal my sources.” Whew! It worked. The meeting ground to a halt, and I left that lovely office, thinking how much I had enjoyed my short stay at York University. However, I ended up remaining at the university, in my position as co-editor, in spite of several additional Continued on PAGE 2