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Seeing as no one has come out with an official policy on the sharing of preliminary drafts of official policy (a committee may be forming already, however), I've uploaded the document they attached.
The breadth of what they cover as "student media" and the power they want over such media is chilling. An early paragraph in the document (FOMD = Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry):
A later paragraph in the document:
The issue of how unwieldy this policy is aside (I mean, what, are they going to sift through everyone's Facebook pages, listen to any music written or performed, scour YouTube for videos about good and bad ideas and sit down once a week to review it all?) the scope of the policy seems, frankly, authoritarian.
I wonder if the deanery hasn't taken the incident with MedShow a few years ago too far. The reactionary nature of this document would be a disturbing consequence of an unfortunate episode.
... which doesn't detract from its awesomeness...
I was just curious.
... interesting.
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December 08, 2007 -- 12:23 PM
posted by Par
Email received yesterday, from the president of the Medical Students' Association, excerpted:
Recently the faculty of medicine and dentistry came out with a student
media video policy in response to a student orientation video.
Representatives from the MSA held a focus session to gauge student
concern and opinion around the preliminary draft. In addition, we met
with an ombudsman regarding our legal rights around this issue.
Subsequently we met with the faculty to discuss our recommendations
and amendments with regards to the policy, of note that any committee
reviewing the material would have to have student representation. The
faculty modified the document and the latest draft is attached. I
encourage everyone to read and think about the policy as it applies to
most forms of student media including but not limited to facebook,
youtube, websites, student videos, presentations, orientation videos
etc.
Seeing as no one has come out with an official policy on the sharing of preliminary drafts of official policy (a committee may be forming already, however), I've uploaded the document they attached.
The breadth of what they cover as "student media" and the power they want over such media is chilling. An early paragraph in the document (FOMD = Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry):
All student-produced material for viewing by others shall be subject to this policy unless deemed otherwise by the Vice Dean who may decide the material does not represent the FOMD and is produced for personal artistic merit.
A later paragraph in the document:
All material will be previewed by the Vice Dean; Assistant Dean, Student Affairs; or the Associate Dean, Equity. Those considered of concern will then be viewed by a committee consisting of the Vice Dean (Chair); Assistant Dean, Student Affairs; Associate Dean, Equity and the two student representatives as determined by the respective student groups for appropriate content and distribution.Together this says to me that any media a student creates is subject to review (or preview) by the faculty to determine (a) whether it's for 'personal artistic merit' and (b) if not, whether it's 'appropriate'.
The issue of how unwieldy this policy is aside (I mean, what, are they going to sift through everyone's Facebook pages, listen to any music written or performed, scour YouTube for videos about good and bad ideas and sit down once a week to review it all?) the scope of the policy seems, frankly, authoritarian.
I wonder if the deanery hasn't taken the incident with MedShow a few years ago too far. The reactionary nature of this document would be a disturbing consequence of an unfortunate episode.
December 08, 2007 -- 9:38 AM
posted by alison
I wonder what they're trying to say by all the bronco and bull riding and steer chasing... there was a lot of livestock in that video
I was just curious.
December 05, 2007 -- 9:49 PM
posted by Par
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... interesting.
December 04, 2007 -- 8:56 PM
posted by anonymous
oh bother.
December 04, 2007 -- 7:19 PM
posted by Beck
Interesting... I got the opposite reaction. I thought all the calculation made him seem more human, because his motivation was more about Deb, Rita, and the kids. He's no longer an isolated psychopath with no emotions. It even seems to bother him that Dokes has to take the fall for him, but he considers it a necessary evil. I dunno, I found him more emotional and less cold.
December 04, 2007 -- 6:44 PM
posted by Par
I dunno, maybe it was the way he dealt with Doakes, maybe it was all the calculation there (rather than the usual straightforward "he's a murderer so I can murder him"), maybe it was just the visuals. But for a while there, he really felt like the bad guy, and Doakes like the hero in peril.
December 04, 2007 -- 7:45 AM
posted by Beck
I didn't get the "evil" vibe from Dexter... what did it?
Also... anyone else want to try this? http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=4262
December 03, 2007 -- 11:31 PM
posted by alison
ain't it pretty?
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