OPS wants
levy increase

_ The. Other — Publications
- Society, publishing parent
of the Other Press, will
ask the student body for a

levy adjustment at their
November 13th Annual
General Meeting, society
officials said.

If approved, the adjust-
ment would see the scaled
levy rate currently in ef-
fect, changed to an
across-the-board rate of
$4.00 per student, regard-

less of the amount of
credits.
OPS Board member

Cynthia Kilt says that the
rate adjustment is neces-
sary for the society to con-
tinue operating. “We’re
anticipating a $7,000.00
deficit in our budget for

this year,” said Kilt. She
cited the society’s
purchase of _ typesetting

equipment, as the cause of
the deficit.
Because of a drop in the

amount of full-time
students, the society
received approximatley

35% less than anticipated

in their fall levy, said Kilt.

Based on projected en-
rolments, the levy adjust-
ment would make up the

society’s budget deficit,
said Kilt.

She defended the
adjustment that would
see people with less than
nine credits paying the
current full-time student
fee of $4.00.

“Part-time students

have just as much access
to the newspaper as full-
time,” Kilt said. “And
they also have the right to
come to the meeting and

vote against the levy
adjustment,” she said.

The November = 13th
meeting will be held in

room 1602 in the Royal
ave. campus. Students
wishing to vote at the
meeting, must register
with the society by 12:00
noon Wednesday,
November 12th. To regis-
ter, go to room 1602 with
your student card and
sign the society’s
membership book.

The Other Press

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Referendum postponed

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A referendum — deciding
whether or not Douglas
College remains in_ the
Canadian Federation of
Students (CFS) may now
be postponed to March 10,
says Douglas _ College
Student Society President
Scott Nelson.

The referendum, which
was to be held December
10th, has been held off
pending the results of the
CFS national conference,
held this week in Ottawa.

Nelson declined to

‘ comment in specific about

DCSS strategy in regards

to the referendum, ex-
plaining that he and the
rest. of . the © executive

would first have to confer
with Vice-President
Michael Booth when_ he
returns on Thursday from
Ottawa, where he is
attending the conference.

He did express concerns
however, that the CFS
might attempt to sway the
referendum with a
campaign budget that the
DCSS would not have the
resources to compete
with.

Reiterating the DCSS’s

compaints with the CFS,
Nelson argued that B.C. is

being under-represented
by the CFS’s national
office and said that the

situation with CFS is “just |
like federal politics in
miniature” _ where the
west is ignored.

He went on to say that
B.C. is not. receiving the
10-14% of the national
CFS budget that it con- |
tributes.

Douglas
students pay $3.75 per
student per semester, a
sum that comes out of the
DCSS activity fees every
student pays at registra-
tion, for a total of $25,000.
Of that sum, $1.75 goes to |~
the provincial office, $1.50
goes to the federal office
and $.50 goes to pay for
services and programs.

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The Other Press

once
again ventures out into
the lush jungle forestland
that is the concourse to
ask, “What do you think
about the student aid
system?”

Out of the people we in-
terviewed, the vast
majority don’t, use student
aid, but those who. did
weren't pleased.

Stan Pavlov: It’s a big
hassel. You basically have
to prove you’re poor. Who
remembers what their in-
come was last year? As

 

well, it takes too long.

Gordon MacKay : It’s
tough if you change at all.
I mean, if you get married
or anything you have to
re-do all the forms and it’s
a pain in the ass.

George Scotton : It really

stinks! I like the old
system better. »:

One person. who is
recieving federal aid but

wishes to remain anony-
mous says the system is a
litle run ‘down, but
there’s no sense in in-

creasing the deficit.

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