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- 1979
Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Arthur Hailey talks about writing his novel "Overload", based on the electricity production industry in California. Environmentalism and technology are also discussed. Dr. Robert Jordan, head of UBC’s English department, and Dr. Andrew Parkin, chairman of UBC First Year English, state that the reading and writing skills of first year students are not meeting university standards. A competent level of English comprehension is discussed as a requirement for entering UBC.