Nikalas Kryzanowski, News Editor and Matthew Steinbach, Associate News Editor

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No more soda at Douglas College

 

 

Matthew
Steinbach

assistant
news editor

   
   
 

au in 2009, students will
no longer be able to enjoy a Coke
on campus, thanks to the province’s
looming comprehensive junk food ban.
This prohibition will affect all publicly
owned buildings.

While the government is eager to
commence their healthier choices policy,
they are first allowing all existing retail

with the new provincial guidelines.

The embargo will not affect students
or others from bringing any of the foods
on the “ban list,” it merely prohibits the
sale of these items on Crown property.

The government’s reason for
bringing about this change, according to
their “healthy choices” website, is that
they believe this will lead to healthier
diets for British Columbians. However,
they are not eliminating all non-healthy
options altogether, this is merely an
attempt to offer some alternatives in
vending machines on campus.

The ban has already taken affect in
BC’s public schools, and there have been
rumblings of lost revenues because of
this. Regardless, Susan Witter, President
of Douglas College did indicate at the
last Environmental Sustainability Task

 

contracts to terminate. The contract that Force meeting that the college intended
currently exists between Coca-Cola and to comply with this new policy.

Douglas College is set to expire in 2009

at which point the college must comply

 

 

Students may get classes off for Olympics

By Matthew Steinbach, Associate News Editor

Su will most likely recieve an extended reading
break in 2010 to coincide with the Vancouver Olympics.
In a bold scheme, many post-secondary institutions are
or already have declared campus closures during the
two-week period.

While students will have two weeks off during the
Olympics, the semester will likely also be extended by
five days; some instructors may even expect students be
present at lectures on two Saturdays too.

Others may still have practicum or further aspects
of their curriculum to follow. The college will set up
a variance committee to debate the merit of certain
programs continuing to occur, and the program will
have to incorporate detailed reasoning to persuade the
college to permit any section to persist for the duration
of the interruption.

There are several causes as to why the college
intends to excuse classes. Douglas wishes to support
students whom desire volunteer prospects during the
games. Another reason is so that the school can become
a non-financial associate of VANOC (Vancouver
Olympic Committee).

VANOC has approached all academic institutions
in the lower mainland with this plan. They want to TMG

utilize the New Westminstet Cainpus. as*a Park and Vv a n C O u ve ir 2 O1 O

 

Ride because of its proximity to the Skytrain. The other
facilities would also be vacant to take advantage of as
well.

This closure may benefit Douglas College as well.
It will grant the school the ability to utilize the official
Olympics logo and market itself accordingly. This will
also enable them to purchase tickets (six tickets per
event day), at full price, for the Olympics well before
they become publicly available and the college can
subsequently raffle them off. However, this merely
permits them to have a priority in purchasing tickets,
not a guarantee that they can acquire them.

 

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