The Volume 18 Issue 3 Friday, February 1,1985 Other Press Douglas College’s Autonomous Student Newspaper - Too many take business Douglas College commerce and business classes are filled to “extraordinarily high’ numbers and could result in reprinted from THE ROYAL CITY RECORD an ‘‘overproduction’’ of stu- dents, college president Bill Day said last Thursday. Day made his comments after hearing commerce and business chairperson Jim Sator describe how courses in his department were filled to 95.5 per cent capacity. With more students trying to obtain a diploma or certifi- ~ cate, Douglas College will now have to wrestle with the problem of raising costs and limiting the types of special interest students able to enter the school, Day said. Day said the college was turning away greater num- bers of students than ever before. This January more students were registered at the college than ever before. Not counting late registra- tions, 14.5 per cent more students are registered at Douglas College this January over last spring. Normally, fewer students enrol during the spring, but this year that trend was stopped. The actual number of stu- dents, up to January 16, was 4,840; an increase of about 12 students over the fall registra- tion. The spring figures do not take into account another 100 students expected to en- rol in either Guitar Construc- tion, Human Development or Entrepreneurship programs. The high figures are the first and most glaring in- Cap brings in — students for profit A Capilano College admin- istator wants to lure at least 50 students from an oil rich Middle Eastern nation in the NORTH VANCOUVER [CUP] hopes of charging them up to $6,000 per year in_ tuition fees. Doug Jardine, Capilano’s instructional services dean, says his plan to attract Kuwaiti students would help Capilano turn a profit and become a more international- oriented institution. “I'd love to see the money this program would bring in,’’ he says. ‘(The program) would offer more employment in this institution and bring in even more money because we (would) make a profit on that.”” If the college board accepts Jardine’s proposal, 25 of the students would enroll in the college’s university transfer programs for professional dis- ciplines such as medicine, dentistry, law, engineering and commerce. The other 25 would register in the college’s business management pro- gram. Jardine says he chose Kuwait because the country has a large gross national product and the government is stable. He says the provin- cial government has no re- strictions on the number of foreign students that the col- lege may bring in but he still must solve the problem of obtaining foreign student visas. The college board must change its policy disallowing Capilano from arranging stu- dent visas, he says. ‘‘(But) | don’t anticipate any problems from the board.’’ Jardine refused to say ex- actly how much the college could earn in profit from the Kuwaiti students but admit- ted the revenue could make up half of the college’s bud-. get shortfall of more than $300,000. Jardine says the students could help in the creation of an international studies dip- loma program, the idea of which has already been ap- proved in principle by the provincial government. The college may have to carve the program from other depart- ments on campus and Jardine thinks it is important enough to do so. “If we are to understand international imperatives, we need to have an international community,’’ he says. dicator of too many students in too few sections,’’ Day said. A section is any single course offered at the college. The College Board also approved revisions to its five year plan last week, which details how the college ex- pects to earn about 10 per cent more money from tuition each year until 1988. The plan does not state if this figure is the result of increased tuition fees or high- er enrolment numbers. In other college news, a tentative agreement has been reached with the B.C. Gov- ernment Employees Union and details should be avail- able later this week. The college is still negotiating with the faculty association to resolve their contract talks. Dean Terry Clement also said the college was actively pursuing a Vending Machine repair program that would train students to either set up their own business or work in a management position for someone else. All the new vocational pro- grams at Douglas College will include entrepreneurship courses, Clement said. D.CSSS. elections And the winners of the Douglas College student soc- iety by-elections are: Susan Woods, Vice-President Ex- by DAN HILBORN ternal; and Kathy Fetling, social services representative. In an amazing display of student apathy, a grand total of 141 students mustered the energy to pick up a pencil and mark an X in the little black box. Unfortunately, 21 of those students couldn’t even do that properly and ended up spoiling their votes. A recount will be held this week for the Maple Ridge member at large. Two can- didates running for this posi- tion, Theresa Tapling and Edwin George finished just one vote apart. In the vice presidential race, Woods finished up a comfortable 14 votes ahead of her nearest rival, Brad Pederson. Woods earned 57 votes, Pederson gained 43 and Matt Doull won the con- sent of 20 students. Counting only votes from the Maple Ridge campus would have given Pederson a 14 to 10 margin over Woods, with Doull again trailing with a total of three votes. Pederson actually cam- paigned at the Maple Ridge campus, while neither Woods nor Doull found the time to travel to our eastern campus. In the social services by- election, Fetling won by ac- clamation. Not a single stu- dent ran against her. Positions are still open on the student senate, but the photo by Brian Bisset Susan Woods,student society’s new vice president society has already fulfilled its obligation of opening nom- inations for by-elections, de- spite the fact no one bothered to run. Other student positions open on campus are in’ the Educational Policy and Pro- cedure Committee (EPPCO), an advisory group to the college board. Barb Bessy, administrative assistant, said there are still spots for students in the Applied Programs and Aca- demic Programs in EPPCO. The student society is also expected to fill the member at large position on this com- mittee. The open student senate positions still are: business, health and dental, music and art, and social science. Any- one interested in joining the student society should check with the business manager in Room 2780.