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The Canadian Federation of
Students respects the right of
Douglas students to hold a
referendum on maintaining their
membership in Canada's only
national student organisation.
However, the vote held during
registration, on January 7,8,9 by the
Douglas College Student Society
(DCSS), had a large number of
irregularities which were both
frequent and illegal.

All Douglas students are members of the
Federation, which represents more than 400,000
students across Canada, and 83,000 in B.C.
During and since the vote many students have
come forward with complaints about balloting
practices they witnessed, and concerns about
the “VOTE NO” campaign orchestrated by the
DCSS.Some ofthese problems includestudents
being told to “vote no” while being handed a
ballot, large VOTE NO bannersbeside the voting
area, VOTE NO leaflets beside the ballot box,
many students who were not registering on
those days completely being denied their right
to vote, and the list goes on....

What many find particularly offensive is the
DCSS’s lack of respect for students by not
. informing WHY they were being told to vote no.

- Douglas students have the right to know what
their national student organisation is doing,
and the reason why students should or should
not maintain their membership. And at that
point make a knowledgeable vote.

Several Douglas students are suggesting that
another vote be held, following legal procedures,
so that we can determine genuine student
opinion on maintaining membership. Ifyouare
also concerned about what happened, missed
your chance to vote, or would like to see
something done about this, please take the
time to fill out the coupon below, or call the
local office of the Canadian Federation of

Students at 733-1880.

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This guy
hates us a lot

To the communist pinkos
who have nothing better to do
than whine at the Other Press:

’ Yourpapersucks! Knowone
I know reads your paper except
for a laugh. I've never seen an
empty paper box, butI'veseen full
garbage bins with your paper.
Your last paper I read, I found on
the hallway floor, and received
funny and dirty looks when people
spotted me carrying it. I don't
know if you have a suggestion
box, [havenotseen one butif you
don't I know why.

Leftwing papers are for
potsmoking, hippy like sixtieish
bums who have nothing to do.

All you tell is stupid
unfortunate storiesaboutOTHER
places, neglecting stories about
DC and New West.

Get on with your lives
because only you yourself can
make anything out of yourself. I
come to college to learn and geta
career not jsut sit on my ass and
rally and complain.

Name not given
In the future, please remember to
provide name, student number,

and program of study withletters togeth

in order to see them in print - OP

Article unfair
to professor

To the Other Press in
response to the article in the last
issue about the “sexist” books
studied in English 106.

I am surprised that you
allowed such an ill-informed
student tosubmitsucha damning
articlein your mostrecentissue. If
she has read the books (Shoeless
Joe, The Lords of Discipline and
the Millstone), she has certainly
not understood them or the social
climate within which they were
written. Even if her comments
had not been sexist and
stereotypical in themselves (“just
pregnant’”!), how canyou possibly
credit the opinion of someone
displeasure becausea novel, setin
the60’s,abouta militaryacademy,
had no strong female characters?

Ifshedid notlike thenovels,
well, everyone is entitled to their
opinion, but to attempt to brand a
good prof. as sexist use she
happens to have acquired some
dated feminist views,is whatgives
feminism a bad name. I am a
feminist, but I don’t have to do
stereotypically male things to
prove it, nor dol have to demand
that every female character in
every novel should. If she wishes
to censor books because they do
not agree with her own ideology,
why doesn’tshejsutsay so? Books
have beenburned before, perhaps
she can start a new craze for this
neglected pastime.

Katherine Montagu

UT Arts

UVic wants
DC in CFS

Anopenlettertothestidents
of Douglas College:

I am writing you on behalf
of the studentsat the University of
Victoria to urge you to continue
yourinvolvementintheCanadian
Federation of Students. Students
atboth UVicand Douglas College
have benefitted from our alliance

withstudentsthroughoutB.C.and
across Canada.

Allied with over 83, 000
studentsinB.C., wehaveforgeda
strong provincial voice through
the Canadian Federation of
Students. Through our lobbying
effortsduring the “Freeze the Fees”
campaigntwoyearsago, students
at Douglas College and UVic
suceeded in persuading the the
NDP toincludein their platforma
freeze on tuition fees and a full
review of the financial barriers to
post-secondary education.

Nationally, we have
prevented the Conservative
Government from imposing the
GST on tuition fees through our
lobbying efforts. The Canadian
Federation of Students continues
to fight the 3% tax on student
loans through local letter writing
campaigns and direct lobbying of
the Secretary of State. Macleans
Magazine has rated our national
organisation one of the top ten
lobby groups in the country.

The Canadian Federation of
Students will only continue tofight
for student rights, to run
campaigns on issuesof concern to
students, and to provide services
for students as long as our
members continue to work
er.

Students at UVic look

forward to many more years of °

working with you and other
students at Douglas College.

Jacquie Best

University of Victoria

Students’ Society

Canadian Federation of

Studnents Local 44

North Island
wants DC in CFS

On behalf of the students of
North Island College, lencourage
the studentsat Douglas College to
continue their membership in the
Canadian Federation of Students.

This past November, North
Island students voted
overwhelmingly—97.4% to join
the Canadian Federation of
Students while voting toestablish
astudent association at the North
Island College.

As Federation members we
work together on theissues facing
the community college students
across the province, including high
tuition fees, inadequate student
loans plus a horrible 3% federal
tax on them, course cancellations
and long wait lists.

Membership in the
Canadian Federation of Students
is vital to the students of British
Columbia. Please continue your
cooperation with us and with the
other members of the Federation
in working fora quality,accessible
system of post-secondary
educatiion.

Jerri Price

Provincial Representative
North Island Students’
Association

Campbell River, B.C.

CFS wants
DC in CFS

Anopenlettertothestudents
of Douglas College

In 1981, the Canadian
Federation of Students was
formed on the premise that
students need a voice at the
provincial and federal levels to

fight for our rights.

Together, through the CFS,
we have stood together across the
country toinformthe government
ontheregressive three percent tax .
on student loans. When the
Conservative governmenttired to
apply the GST to tuition, it was
through the CFS that students
were able to put enough pressure
on the government to get them to
back down.

We are the Canadian
Federation of Students. Together,
we are able to fight for what we
know is right. Together we can
fight for ourrightsbothasstudents
and as Canadian citizens. There is
no other organization which
works for students.

Say “Yes” to organizing
together for a better, more
accessible education, and vote
“yes” to YOUR national student
organization.

Marcella Munro
CFS/CFS-O
Commissioner
Local #1

York wants
DC in CFS

An open letter to Douglas
College students:

The effects of continued
underfunding by governments
have struck colleges across
Canada - but especially hard at
your school - Douglas College!
You have _ overcrowding
classrooms, increasing tuition
(17% thisyear and more than300%
increase over the past ten years!),
and long registration lines with
with course selection and
hundreds confirmed as turn-
aways from attending Douglas!

Wow! We have read about
your situation through our
campusnewspaper The Excalibur,
which reprints Other Press/
Canadian University Press
articles.

As a member of the
Canadian Frederation of Students
(CFS) I learned that you are
holding areferendum tore-affirm
your membership in CFS. I am
writing to urge you to maintain
your membership in CFS and to
continue to work with students
from across the country in the
fight toimproveconditionsatpost-
secondary institutions across the
country.

Inthe face of continued cuts,
totalling $3.2 billion over the past
five years, to the federal transfer
payments that fund post-
secondary education in both our
provinces, the implementation of
a3% tax onourstudentloans,and
the imposition of the GST on our
textbooks, students’ need for a
national student movement has
never been more pressing.

Colleges aren’t leaving the
Federation, in fact more schools
are joiningt and we are growing
stronger, after all, we must be to
work for the changes necessary. I
believe thatthereisstrengthinour
numbers, I hope students at
Douglas agree!

Rob Centa
Vice-President
Student Federation
York University