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By Karia Wheeler For many partâ€"time uniâ€" versity students, the road to an arts degree is a long, arâ€" duous one with little recogâ€" nition along the way. system for recognizing acaâ€" demic levels of achievement at. Wilfrid Laurier Univerâ€" sity (WLU). : Little said it will provide *‘*tangible evidence of acadeâ€" mic achievement and be of value to students seeking work or advacement in their careers." Some students may work for a Certificate in Arts as an end in itself, but, Little added, ‘"many who earn the first certificate will be enâ€" couraged to continue to the second plateau and receive the second certificate, and But some students in Waâ€" terloo can take heart with the introduction of a new Beginning this fall, the unâ€" iversity will offer certificaâ€" tes at two levels for partâ€" time students enrolled in an The first, called Arts 1, will be awarded upon sucâ€" cessful completion of five full credit courses at the unâ€" Arts II, the second level certificate, will be given when 10 full credit courses are completed. To receive the Bachelor of Arts degree, a student must complete 15 full credit courâ€" Dr. Fred Little, director of continuing education, has pursued the arts certificate concept since his appointâ€" ment to the university posiâ€" tion last year. The primary purpose of the certificates, he said, is to encourage partâ€"time stuâ€" dents who may otherwise get discouraged and drop out of a university program. 454. e "a _ O 3" (~p ‘i s n i o N v;«. &t R § (.A,‘v""-; Josef Maikowski, a reâ€" sident in Lakeshore Vilâ€" lage, said the present restriction on gas sale should be changed, ‘"beâ€" cause if you‘re short of gas, where‘re you going Service stations should be allowed to sell gas in the evenings and on Sunday in Waâ€" terloo. That‘s the unanimous verdict of halfâ€"aâ€" dozen people polied in a Chronicle manâ€"onâ€" theâ€"street survey yesterday. The six people, who either live or work in Waterloo, said they would like to see the city‘s present byâ€"law changed to allow more flexible hours for gas sales. 9 Laurier will recognize partâ€"time achievers arts proâ€" Let gas stations stay open However, said Taylor, this is the first time a uniâ€" versity in Ontario has ofâ€" fered a program in the arts faculty other than a full deâ€" Jack Adams, director of information services at the University of Waterloo (U of W), said their arts faculty committee is considering ofâ€" fering certificate programs to partâ€"time students: then on to a mfl.oflm The ‘s = tion dmn Tayâ€" lor, is enthusiastic about the program, admitting ‘it‘s a long, long road toward that degree when you‘re studyâ€" ing partâ€"time." In addition to encouraging current partâ€"time students, Taylor said the university believes the arts certificaâ€" tes will provide incentive to those who have never startâ€" ed university or took one or two‘courses but got disâ€" couraged and:dropped out. The new program will not be retroactive. . For example, a student with six credits cannot apply for Arts I, but must take four more courses to complete the requirements for Arts IL. f Arts certificates will not be automatically awarded, Taylor said. Students must specifically request cerâ€" tificate status, otherwise, the university will assume they are only interested in achieving a full degree. WLU currently offers a number of diploma and cerâ€" tificate programs in buâ€" siness, and the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, affiliatâ€" ed with the university, offers a dipliama program. However, he said, U of W‘s arts certificates would differ from WLU‘s since they would be offered for Brian Jackson, a resiâ€" dent of Columbia St. in Waterloo, said he often wants to tank up after 7 p.m. and it‘s "an inconâ€" venience to drive all the way out to Bridgeport Rd." even if there is one station open evenings, he said ‘"you have to hunt MANâ€"ONâ€"THEâ€"STREETâ€" SURVEY rather than general /rts. Renison College, affiliatâ€" ed with U of W, began cerâ€" For instance, he said a student may wish to obtain a certificate for specialized studies in French or psychoâ€" SLEeLy: i warae.: Everyon'e, that is, except the local operaâ€" The city‘s service station advisory comâ€" tor Gregorios Asimis, our staff columnist mittee recently met to discuss the byâ€"law Stewart Sutherland, (see page 7), some of following a complaint from a local operator our readers, (see page 6) and the area resiâ€" who wanted to sell gas during the restricted dents surveyed by the Chronicle. This is hours. % what they had to say. « ®% e A â€"A »‘" y * l’ <$ ;l" * T # smm Â¥ ; b6..= m : ';* é 2 t ies z,, R j t . * ‘ 1 2AE 2 L Jf * * . 4 C * Td yfi @ fre * *Just last night I had to drive around looking for gas,‘"‘ said Anne Oberâ€" meyer, a Kitchener resiâ€" dent who works in Waâ€" terloo. She couldn‘t find an open station so drove home, where her {father took the car Ao Bridâ€" geport Rd. to get her gas. Currently, gas can only be sold between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and not at all Sundays. Only once a month, The city‘s service station advisory comâ€" mittee recently met to discuss the byâ€"law following a complaint from a local operator who wanted to sell gas during the restricted hours. ' on a rotating basis, can a station sell gas during the restricted hours. tificate programs in social work studies a year ago, Adams said. In addition, the university recently started a diplema program in nursâ€" ing, offered through the ocâ€" cupational health departâ€" Catherine Kan, who works in Waterloo, said she hasn‘t encountered difficulties in buying gas in the city. However, she suggested, ‘"a few, but not all stations, should be open Sundays and evenâ€" But Wilfrid Laurier is breaking the ground in the province for partâ€"time arts students, many of whom take only one or two credits a year. A change in the bylaw would benefit people who work until 5 p.m., said Richard Beaver, who lives on Hickory St. in Waterloo. "It would be nice to be able to gas up after supper,"" he said. But Alderman Robert Henry said the committee will recommend to council Monâ€" day that there be no change in the status quo, adding ‘‘everyone seems to be happy with the byâ€"law."‘ s l is Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, July 16, 1980 â€" courage students who now will be able to see their progress recorded on acadeâ€" mic records, instead of just working for many years until a degree is finally A longâ€"time Waterloo resident, Mary Ellen Sommerfeld, said her husband, a real estate saâ€" lesman, would certainly want stations open longer hours. Last Sunday, she said, they had to "drive around looking for gas," and eventually also had to go to Bridgeport Rd.