Volume 15 Number 9

 

 

by Philip Dobrikin

The Douglas College Student
Society has scheduled their Annual
General Meeting for Thursday, March
16. Itwillbeheldinthe uppercafeteria
at noon.

The meeting is open toall voting
members of the society. To be a
voting member you must be a
registered student this spring.

Many important items will be
on the agenda for the meeting.

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Leading these issues is the decision
on what to do with the substantial
surplus gained in the 1991 fiscal year.

The Society pro to set up
two funds. A $30,000 Legal

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Douglas College students to cover
I expenses. This fund will be
under the direction of the
ombudsperson and used subject to
approval of the Representative
Committee.

The $25,000 Long Term
Contingency Fund is to be used on
capital expenditures for items like
office equipment. The Society is
considering using part of the money
to equip their office in Coquitlam
when the new campus opens,

Another item dealing with
money is the Motion for Allocation
of Fees.This motion will split the $21
student fee into two parts.

The smaller portion, $3.75, is set
aside for Activity fees which cover

 

Contingency Fund is to be used by

 

  
 
  
 
   
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
  

socials, intramurals and support of
athletic teams. Student Society
support for these athletic teams—to
help send A teams to playoffs, and
other support for B teams—is new.

The remainder will be used to
cover the Society's operating budget
including employee salaries,
Representative Committee stipends,
photocopiers, and other services.

The stipends for elected
members of the Representative
Committee are up for an increase.
Theexecutive will geta$100increase
for the semester. To counter this
increase there is a proposal tocut the
expenses provided forsuch things as
transportation to and from Rep
Committee meetings.

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The most interesting agenda
item has nothing to.do with money.
Thesociety hasa toorganize
the formation of a B.C. Association
of Student Councils.

The Society wants to form an
organization of the student councils
in B.C. who are notin the Canadian
Federation of Students (CFS). The

roposal is to have an organization
that the memberscan.use to network
information and share resources.

Another stated goal is to give
the government and others a means
to get information to and from the
students. While there is planned
communication with the
government, no political action or
positionsare proposed. Onlyservices

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for students and skills work shops
are discussed.

A proposed requirement for
membership would be that any
association or society applying must
not be in the CFS, or have passed a
vote to pull out of the CFS at least 2
months prior.

Afeasibility meetingis proposed
for the second week of May, but by
press time only Kwantlen College
Student Society and the Student
Association of the University College
of the Fraser Valley have expressed
formal interest.

Despite the lack of adequate
promotion, a fair turnout is expected
due to the location and scheduled
time of the meeting.

 

Student Expelled After

Threateni

 

by Marianne Berkey

A male student was expelled
recently for threatening a woman
with a knife during a class in early

 

It began when the male student
started shooting spitballs during the
first half of a end history class
March 7.

The woman, who wished to
remain anonymous, was annoyed.
She said:

“Ithoughtit was grossso] turned
to him and said ‘Do you mind? This
is just a little bit ridiculous.’ He said,
T’ll show you ridiculous.”

According to the woman, the
man then left the classroom. The rest
of the students split into discussion
groups, some going toa room across
the hall.

“Themale studentcame into the
room and held the knife up tome. He
said, ‘You better watch it bitch,’ and
then he left,” she said.

“At that time no-one did
anything - everyone was shocked. I
thought I would go and see the
instructor after class.”

But the man had not left.

“I could see him walking back
and forthin the hallway,” shesaid. “1
thought he was waiting for me.”

When she was speaking with
theinstructor after class, “Hecamein
and said he was on medication
because his testosterone levels were
too high. Hedidn’tapologize butjust
tried to defend what he did.”

The instructor of the class, who
also wished to remain anonymous,
felt the man “had a disorder.”

“ He did tell me that he had
behaved aggressively to a female in
the library the day before.”

The male student could not be
reached for comment. His name is
being withheld because the matter is
under investigation pending an

   

ng Woman
appeal

The female student described
her attacker as an aggressive person.
“[He is] the type of person you
noticein theclassroom -he had some
v ssionate opinions.”
oy don't thinkhe would havethe
guts to stand up to someone who
could handle him. He’s definitely
the of person that’s waiting to
blow.” she said.

The instructor agreed.

“He liked to have attention
drawn to himself,” she said. ” He
sees himself as an agressive male....I
tend to think it was a male/female

She felt the College handled the
situation properly.

Criminology Group
Gets New Shot at Life

Student

“Theschool faculty and security
were right on top of the situation.”

“(The male student] threatened
me. Hesaid,'It’s notas if I’m going to
come back and blow your head off.”

The instructor hopes that
incidents like this will be reported
quickly.

“As an instructor, you are
vulnerable....If this ever happens
again, deal with it immediately don’t
just sit there.”

Arts & Humanities department
chair Terry Farrell did not comment
because the case is still in the
adjudication process.

Thestudent’sexpulsionis subject
to appeal.

 

by Joe Spear
In early February of 1992, after

Criminology Association was successfully re-established.

Afteranexecutive board waselected they setabout the task of organizing
and initiating activities which would be beneficial to the members.

To date, the Criminology Association has had successful presentation
such as a Vancouver Police Information Seminar, a Canada Customs
Seminar, a Crown Counsel presentation, and a defence lawyer presentation.
A presentation on Crown Counsel-based, New Westminster-based, and
Surrey RCMP-based Victim Services is scheduled to be held on April 13,

1992.

The executive board is looking forward to the fall with hopes of
initiating such events as a Criminology Exchange Program, and even more
informational seminars for the students.

The executive encourages any

future events and meetings. Information on the Criminol
may be obtained from their faculty representativein the Social Sciences Field
base (room 3400) or Douglas College Student Society (room 2780).

Joe Spear is a member of the executive board of the Douglas College

Criminology Association.

a two year lapse, the Douglas College

and all interested students to attend
Association