by Marion Drakos and Haroon A. Khan The dismissal .of a popular theatre instructor has students threatening to leave Douglas College to look for a school that honestly wants to give students a good education not just balance the books. Voice and Movement instructor Christine Menzies, who directed last fall’s Cat’s Paw and this_ spring’s production of the Bacchae, did not have her contract renewed when it expired at the end of June. Students had been lobbing to have a second year Voice and Movement class taught by Menzies) added to. the curriculum. Anew Voice and Movement instructor was hired to replace Menzies. Theatre student Mike Northey was outraged .at the . decision not to renew Menzies contract. “This was an_ idiotic decision. When students apply to get another class installed in their program, so they can learn DCSS by Peter Malacarne Sacha DeVoretz was ratified as the new President of the Douglas College Student Society at Representative Committee meeting on June 10. One of the first official acts by the new President of the DCSS was to put forward a motion to actively oppose the tuition fee increase plan for September 91, the motion was carried. DeVoretz is looking for volunteers to help organize a rally and to increase awareness of the issue. The date of the rally is not firm, but it is tentatively set for about the fall registration. DeVoretz is also looking for two student volunteers sit on and report about meetings of the Education Council Self Study Steering Committee. Sacha indicated that the amount of commitment is minimal, and that the meetings would probably be only once a month. One other student volunteer is needed to sit on the committee reviewing the environmental policy in the college. Those interested in these volunteer positions should contact Sacha DeVoretz at the DCSS office. In other news, the date for the Canadian Federation of Students Referendum was set as dats ther | Sete Douglas College’s Autonomous Student Newspaper since 1976 Popular Faculty Member Unemployed more from a particular teacher, she must be good.” Theatre students Todd Magowan agrees." can’t believe that they (administrators) can think so little of their students. A perfect example of this is the teacher evaluation forms. If they where taken into consideration Christine Menzies would still be teaching at the school." A letter, sent to the head of the Arts and Humanities department as well as the Dean of the Academic Division, has had little effect. “I feel that we the students aren’t being heard, and we aren’t being listened to,” said Tina Biello. “It shows a real lack of respect for students.” Arts and Humanities head Terry Farrel refused to comment on either the dismissal of Menzies or the lack of response the letter has had. Dean Gordon Gilgan to who sat on the committee that reviewed Menzies contract is currently on vacation. The other members of the selection committee where also unavailable to comment. Briefs January 7, 8 and 9, 1992. The referendum will ask students if the DCSS should remain a member of CFS or not. According to Andrew Burton, Vice-President External, the reason for the lengthily date is that a six month notice of intent to withdraw is required by the CFS. Space will be provided on campus for a UBC Law clinic. The clinic when set up will be open to students and the general public. The DCSS already has a legal aid program available to students. The proposed clinic will be a supplement to the existing legal service which is already available to the students at the college. Marleen Lehti, the DCSS Vice-President Internal and the sponsor of the motion, did not have a firm date for the opening of the clinic. Douglas College is without an Ombudsperson at the present time, but according to Marleen Lehti, a new Ombudsperson should be appointed within the next two weeks. Michael Cook, the Speaker of the Rep. Committee, is conducting a review of the DCSS constitution with a goal of presenting a list of revisions at the spring Annual General Some students are planning on leaving Douglas if Menzies is not rehired. “We have a lot of love and respect for Christine. She’s taught us so much. I may leave if she doesn’t come back.” said ... “My only regret of attending Douglas College is Volume 14, Number 16 Graduation a Cool Thang courtesy PIO With a backdrop of royal blue curtains, bagpipe music played and bright floodlights shone as a long procession of men and women marched up to a platform to receive elegant blue folders. But this ritual did not need a fancy hotel: in fact, the setting was the gym at Douglas College, and the ceremony was held June 20 to award diplomas, certifications and citations to 497 students who had completed programs at the college. that I wish the overlords of Douglas whoever they are and whoever they think they are will maybe sometime in the future take into consideration the wishes of the meaningless lives of the peasant folks they call students.” Stonewall March Successful The first gay pride was a riot! - Queer Nation sticker by Paul Dayson The Stonewall riots of 1969, sparked by a police raid on a New York City gay bar, are a milestone that marks the beginning of the modern gay liberation movement. In comparison the first annual Stonewall Festival was a boisterous Saturday in the West End’s Nelson Park as Vancouver's lesbian, gay and bisexual communities celebrated the riots’ 22nd anniversary. About 800 people probably attended the event listening to the music and watching the theatrical entertainment provided. The gathered crowd ranged from old to young and from leather biker jackets to gucci shoes. “What I like about today is that there is a real air of celebration,” said Squieg Conejo who carried a “dykedom” balloon. Others milled around carrying balloons reading “Queer Power” or “Fagdom” visiting the booths of various community organizations ranging from the activity oriented English Bay Swim Team to the professional newly formed Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC and from the commercial services of Little Sisters bookstore to the services of Vancouver Lesbian Connection. Gary Chan of the Pacific Foundation for the Advancement of Minorities and Equality (PFAME), sponsors of the festival with Vancouver’s Gay and Lesbian Centre, said, “This festival shows we are a community proud = and diversified.” People were evidently enjoying the ability to be themselves. “Monday to Friday, nine to five, I go to my office downtown and hide the fact that I’m a dyke. I put up with their homophobic jokes, their sexist remarks, their come ons, because I need a peacock to pay the rent. So coming here mean not being afraid to be whol am. It’s a day of celebration in an otherwise hostile world,” said Nadene Rehnby, one of the festival goers. Meeting. He is accepting input from anyone interested. Janete Fors, the Nursing rep., is planning a Safe Sex & Aids Information Days information campaign for Aug. 26 & 27. An emphasis will be placed on the prevention of venereal diseases with and emphasis on the prevention of Aids. Off campus participants in the event will be the Health Unit from New Westminster and Life Style Condoms. Specially prepared pamphlets will be given out containing two condoms along with some appropriate information. Fors is looking for volunteers to participate in a study sponsored by the Planned Parenthood Association. of B.C. Participants in the study must fulfil some preconditions because they will be asked to study the practicality of female condoms. The trial is to last one month. Those interested in volunteering for this trial should contact Janete Fors at the DCSS office. No Means No Campaign Mockers Apologize TORONTO (CUP) — Two male Waterloo university students have apologized for publicly mocking a "No Means No" campaign against date rape, as part of a university disciplinary measure. But women involved with the campaign say Waterloo’s discipline insn’t in line with existing date rape educational efforts. The students had held up a bedsheet painted with "No Means Harder" at an April Hockey game at U of T. Their signs copied slogans posted at Queen’s University two years ago. July 8, 1991 For Lynda Smyth, the class valedictorian, it was a time to remember “the long hours spent studying, the exams, the friends we’ve made, and the fun times we've had together. Douglas College will maintain a warm spot in our memories for a long time.” Other graduating students seemed to agree with Smyth. “I’m relieved that this year is over,” said Carmond Drope, who received a certificate in Early Childhood Education. She praised her program, saying that “the teacher were really helpful and always available; they gave out their home phone numbers and everything.” Drope is currently employed at a daycare, but she plans to return to Douglas College to learn about working with special needs children. “It’s nice to be finished,” said Jackie Goss, who has just completed a_ Psychiatric Nursing diploma. “Now we can do what we really want to do— go out to the community and make difference.” Goss was hired two days before graduation at Royal City Manor in New Westminster. “Y'll be working in an intermediate-care facility dealing with seniors citizens,” she said. Paul White, who received a diploma in Therapeutic Recreation, said the graduation ceremony made him feel “supported by faculty and classmates. I felt that I have accomplished something I’ve been working on for anumber of years. I reached a plateau, a peak.” White is currently running his own business, but plans to work in the field of Therapeutic Recreation. MLA Emery Barnes, the opposition spokesperson for multiculturalism and youth, acted as graduation speaker, touching on some very broad themes. He urged students to make the most of their education: “I believe we can expand our minds for beyond just making a living. There has to be some spirituality.” And Barnes reminded students that “Those of. you who are here are fortunate — there are people who can’t be here because they can’t afford it. That’s a crisis situation in my opinion.” Myrna Popove, chairperson of the college board, spoke to students about the speed of change as Canada switched from an “industrial bases economy to a knowledge-based economy.” a To underline her point, Popove predicted that “The class of 2000 will be exposed to more information in a year than their grandparents were in lifetime.”