Ei eee ViTom Bonk douglas rere i eter autonomous student newspaper —- since 1976 Volume 15 Number 8 Canadian Press RACES February 4, 1992 FREE DCSS Gets Student Building Started for the building of the student centre by Tim Crumley The first major impasse to the completion of the Douglas College Student Union Building has been breached. The Douglas College Student ee ee college administration to collect fees last week, although the College had been collecting fees for the construc- tion of the structure since the spring semester of 1989. The Student Union Building was designed as a center for stu- dents, containing the DCSS offices, as wellasmeeting rooms,a womens’ | | Other Editorials & Opinions i EDITORIAL Welcome to. Douglas College and the Fall Semester,1992. Things are a little different this year as far as registration is concerned. Grade pointaverage(GPA)isnowa factorindetermining priority (the time in which you register). GPA registration has been in the works fora long time; however, in the past strong lobbies armed with strong evidence that GPA registration is a bad idea prolonged itsarrival. This year, unfortunately, few protested and it became reality. GPA means people who don't live at home and/or can pay for their education and rent and not work may not get high enough grades to register early. GPA registration, combined witha stingy student aid program, high tuition fees, and other factors, may make t-second. education more hassle thanit's worth for potential students. Abouttheonly positivething aboutregistration that can be said is that courtesy of the NDP, there is a tuition freeze in effect. However, the price of books hasn’t been frozen. Look for the administration to recoup their losses any way they can. | is So school is hell. But console yourself with this: The Other Press has prepared this special jumbo edition to give you lots to read while standing in line and you can check us, and our wares, out atourtable.See yainhell. centre, a pub, and other areas. DCSS vice-president external Richard Marion was pleased with the signing of the agreement. “It's one of the momentus things that has happened to the DCSS,” he said. “Atleast the student fees are secure.... they [college ad- ministration] can’t hold them. “Now we've got a good agreement... it’s enforceable.” Because a legal agreement with the college was never signed, the money collected from student fees did not have to go towards the student buildi Under the new agreement, ground must be broken before Janu- ary 1, 1995, or the college has re- served the right to seize the fees and ive them to the Douglas College undation, the registered charity of Douglas College, to be earmar for scholarships and bursaries. This marks the first activity on the Student Union Building in two years, when the college first agreed to collect the fees for building construction. Marion said the major reason for thedelayinbuildingconstruction was the absence of an effective advi- sory committee. “The committee just sat there Apathetic Turnout For Multicultural Week some events were good, but they and did nothing,” Marion said. The committee stood vacant for 2 years. The next step towards com- pletion of the building is the signing of a land use agreement, which the DCSSis looking towards. According to Marion, they are examining land use agreements from other institu- tions and devising a strategy to present to administration. Marion is confident that the process should not take long. “The land use agreement won't take as long as the other con- tract,” he said. “It will be easy todo.” by Imtiaz Popat. were due to personal contact from tudents the organizers. 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