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Douglas College’s Autonomous Student Newspaper

C.F.S.What’s the future

by John McDonald

The Douglas College Stu-
dent Society (D.C.S.S.) must
hold a referendum to decide
on continued student partici-
pation in the-Canadian Feder-
ation ot Students (C.F.S.).

However the referendum,
caused by a hundred-name
petition generated from with-
in the athletics department,
has apparently lost support.

“‘l simply supported it be-
cause it was going to get us a
few extra bucks,’’ said
Athletic Director Betty Lou
Hayes, ‘‘but it’s more import-
ant to me to be on good terms
with the student society.’’

Hayes said that the student
behind the petition was no
longer at Douglas. A random
sampling of students in the
athletics area couldn’t find
one person who had signed
the petition or had heard of it.

A petition originally calling
for withdrawl from CFS and
diversion of fees to the athlet-
ics department was rejected
on a technicality. A scaled-
down version calling for im-
mediate withdrawl from CFS
to be decided at a special
general meeting was present-
ed instead.

CFS, a political lobbying
group formed in 1981 has a
current membership of 64
student associations across
Canada and claims to repre-
sent 450,000 students. CFS
provides a number of services
to member students including
Travel Cuts and the Student
Saver card.

The student society pays
$3.75 per student to CFS
which totals up to between
$12,000 and $13,000 per sem-
ester.

Elections coming

by Jeremy Bloom
Municipal elections are
coming up on Nov. 16. They
don’t inspire as much hoopla
as Federal and Provincial con-
tests, and are even thought of
as dull by some, but this vote
could seriously affect the
course of the cities in which
we live for the next few years.
One of the -better kept
secrets of the election is the
fact that several Douglas Col-
lege faces, past and present,
are taking a stab at Alder-
man’s seats. Bill Bell, head of
D.C.’s Public Information
Office, is running in North
Vancouver; Kevin Halgate, a
former student senate presi-

dent, is running in Delta; and.

Shayne Kennedy, who served
as treasurer last year, is
running in Burnaby.

Although we were unable
to reach Kennedy at press
time, both Halgate and Bell
were happy to share some of
their views on the upcoming
election.

Although they come from
different areas of the political
spectrum, (Bell is NDP,
Halgate ‘‘Leans toward the
Conservatives’’), they both
have similar reasons for run-
ning. Bell sees lack of civic
leadership as one of his big-
gest reasons for running.
Halgate agrees, saying he is
“very unhappy with the lack
of direction council has

shown. They’re very indecis-
ive. They love committee re-
ports and staff reports, tend
to put off decisions as long as
possible. When they do make
a decision, its usually a knee-
jerk reaction rather than a
solution.’’

Both have quite a bit of
leadership experience, on the
student level, and the civic
level. Bell was one of the
founders of the Capilano
Courier, president of the
Capilano College Student
Society, and editor of the
Delta Optimist, and has writ-
ten extensively for the North
Shore News. He’s done a lot
of work for the NDP - has
been a local campaign man-
ager, served as media liason
for Bob Skelly’s leadership
bid, and sits on several NDP
committees, as well as civic
groups.

Continued on p. 2.

The D.C.S.S. executive
were divided on a firm com-
mitment to CFS.

“If more immediate results
were shown, perhaps it would
be a good thing to continue
with,’’ said secretary Wayne
Schmuland. ‘‘Right now they
(CFS) are pushing past victor-
ies - to me past victories are
useless. | want to know
what’s happening now.”

However, president
Michael Glavin remains firm-
ly committed to CFS. ‘‘When
you’ve got a political climate
in B.C. and federally, with

the somewhat distorted ap-
proach of the prevailing gov-.
ernment towards education,
it’s vital that students have an
organized defense against the
assault on education. Besides
providing defense, CFS ser-
ves to educate the public as to
the depth of the problem and
the desperate need for a more
liberal education policy.’

Glavin agreed that athletics
was underfunded, but sug-
gested that fundraising so-
cials and increased assistance
from the D.C.S.S. could allev-
iate the problem.

Treasurer Shelly Zwarich
noted the economic benefits
of the student services, but
wasn’t sure of the political
effectiveness of CFS. ‘‘Politic-
ally, we have a lobby group
that is rated 40 out of 43 -
we’re at the bottom. We need
more money to be effective in
lobbying our interests.’’

Zwarich said that athletics
are important but added
“other facultys need that
money as well.’’

The campus-wide referen-
dum is scheduled for January
1986.

Odds and Sods

The most controversial item
on the agenda at the Nov. 4
senate meeting turned out to
be the last.

Moved by vice-president
Susan Woods, the motion
asked that a $10 per day
‘stipend’ be given to all
D.C.S.S. conference dele-

gates.
The motion was immediatl-
ey opposed by Marge

Fartaczek, a U.T. Rep and
member of the F.A.S.T slate
on the senate. She pointed
out that food, shelter, trans-
portation and delegate fees
were completely provided and
cited her experience at many
CFS conferences and_ that
‘“‘you can easily survive.’’

Speaking for the motion,
Woods said that ‘‘the food is
just terrible.’’ She pointed out
that ‘‘we miss classes to go to
these conferences,’’ and that
“after working around the
clock till 3:00 in the morning
its nice to go get a pizza or
some real food.’’

Although Woods, and
senate members Krista Muri
and Al Russell were due to
leave for a week long confer-
ence, they will be unable to

 

Marg Fartaczeck

take advantage of the newly-
passed motion due to the
requirement of carried mot-
ions to be ratified at the next
senate meeting before coming
into effect.

In other senate news, a
motion calling for the setting
aside of $3,500 dollars for a
professional survey on public
awareness of community col-

 

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Susan Woods

leges had to be revised when
UT rep. Fartazcek pointed out
that any expenditure over
$3,000 had to be approved at
an Annual General Meeting.
President Glavin immediately
withdrew the original motion
and changed it to read $3,000.
The motion was then carried.

continued on p. 2.

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