F FEBRUARY 9, 1983

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THE OTHER PRESS

 

by Ernest Hawker

Recently, Vice-Presi-
dential candidates Gerry
Oikawa and StewartWoolver-
ton agreed to being interv-
‘iewed so that their stances
might be publicized in the
Other Press.

When asked of the num-
ber of campaign supporters
each had and of their sour-
ces of funding and materials,
both replied that they had,
in fact, zero.supporters and
no outside funding or mater-
ials with the exception of
Oikawa’s poster paper which
was supplied by the Stud-
ent Society.

Oikawa claimed that he
was secking election because
he ‘‘can do a good job-that
I can guarantee’. Woolver-
ton’s reply, however, was
not quite so terse. He palav-
ered for a full mangled min-
ute in retort; the best sense
of which I can extrapolate
relating to some dissatis-
faction with the present ad-
ministration and an accent-
uated desire to change
things due to his term as
student representative.

“I would invite a debate
-Jwith the other candidates,”’
“JOikawa said,,“‘I’m all for it,”’
[but this evidently didn’t stop
him from missing last Thur-
|sday’s scheduled all-candid-

   
   
   
  
  

 

contrastingly, does not fav-
our a debate between the
candidates. Said Woolverton
, ‘They wouldn’t say. much
fmore than ‘vote for me’.’’
Asked how he would make
Known his plans and opinions
fto the voting populace, in

ates meeting. Woolverton,

the event of no debate,

Woolverton asserted that he
was .talking to them on a
“fone to one basis.”’

Regarding their past
G.P.A.s, both candidates
proved elusive in elucidating
the facts. Oikawa immediat-
ely began a frenetic side-
stepping dance that would
have made Jose Greco look
like a parapalegic. Upon pre-
ssuring, though, he finally
satisfied the query with a
reply of ‘‘None of your busi-
ness.’’ Woolverton, too, was
equally uninformative but
finally acquisced, stating
that his G.P.A. was 3.0 last
semester. Both candidates
felt that their G.P.A.s would
not suffer with the added re-
sponsibilities of Vice-Presid-
ent.

Both students have atten-
ded Kwantlen College, in
addition to Douglas College,
and feel that their experience
there can only supplement
their understanding of Col-
lege affairs. Oikawa has att-
ended Douglas College for
one full semester, he said, .
while Woolverton claims to
having attended for eight
semesters.

Oikawa promises that, if
elected, he will. try to cut
back on spending. ‘‘It’s one
of my main goals,’’ he said.
He said he’d ‘“have to look
at everything they’re (the
Student Society) spending
money on,’’ however, before
deciding specifically how he
would initiate cut backs.

Woolverton does not plan -

to make a crusade of cutting
back, though. While he sees

Two lads tell their story

fiscal frugality a responsib-
ility implicitly expected of
the Student Society, he
knows of no areas of current
unjustified expense. His pri-
mary goals do not lie in a
drastic radicalization of rev-
isment of the present scen-

erio, but rather in simply
dealing with the various pro-
blems presented him in as

capable a manner as he pos--

sibly can; if he had his way,
he’d have beer in the foun-
tains and ‘‘hot and cold run-
ning blonds in the cafeteria.’

Oikawa feels that the ult-
imate decision upon more
important issues should lie in
the hands of the student,
this being accomplished by
plebiscite. Woolverton, con-
trastingly, feels that the
Annual General Meeting
provides adaquate opportun-
ity for student input.

Their stances regarding
funding of political organiz-
ations coincide. Both feel
that they shouldn’t be fun-
ded. Said Oikawa of the
N.D.P. club funding, ‘‘No
way, they’re a bunch of jok-
ers.’’ Regarding the funding
of religious organizations on
campus, such as IVCF, they.
proved to have antagonistic
outlooks, however. Oikawa’s
opinion was consistant with
that of political clubs’ fund-
ing while Woolverton thou-
ght that groups such as IVCF
should be funded, although

neither he nor Oikawa pro-
fess any standard religious

convictions.

No to NUKES

by Nancy Powell

The Douglas College Nu-
clear Awareness Group
(NAG) has begun regular
study groups on campus, be-
ginning with an examination
of Johnathen Schell’s ‘‘The
Fate of the Earth’’. -

The main function of the
group is to make an indepen-
dent evaluation of the nucle-
ar situation, and create an
awareness among the college
community while retaining
an apolitical stance.

In the first study session
held on Feb. 3rd, the first 40
pages of the book were dis-
cussed, with the focus held
on the fact that the public is
hesitant on taking into per-
spective the nuclear issue,
and that it is bascially impos-

sible to comprehend the
monstrous possibilities of a
nuclear war.

_As people are reluctant to

discuss and think about the
matter, and will even deny
that it poses a threat to the
existance of the earth, those
who are in control of nuclear
proliferation can do what

_they want with it.

Other issues discussed
were the effects of a thermo-
nuclear blast and the physics
involved in a nuclear explo-
sion.

The next study group ses-
sion is scheduled for Feb.
24th in the lower cafeteria at
12:30. It is not vital that
‘“‘The Fate of the Earth’’ is
read, but it would help in
order to understand the is-
sues discussed.

Cutbacks

py Glen Nazaruk

Cutbacks in education
funding means fewer acade-
mic programs and less pay

-for the faculty of Douglas

College. rae
In the academic division,

375 classes have been elim-

inated from this years pro-
grams. In the Business dep-
artment, 144 classes and in
the Performing Arts, 45
ae have been eliminat-

Various other programs
have also been axed, includ-
ing, Fire Sciences, Pr: perty
and Building Management,
and the Alcohol and Drug

study.

Part of this is due *o the
‘Restraint Two’ progra.r.. in-

stituted by the Ministry of
Education. A reduction of

$350,000 was made to this
years budget and the college
was told that a further re-

duction in funding, amount-
ing to $235,000 could be ex-
pected in next years budet.

We can expect supsens-
ions of the January enroll-
ment of the Early Childhood
Education programs, the
Long Term Care studies and
further reductions to the Ac-
ademic, Business, and Per-
forming Arts next year.

Vice Pres Candidate tells views

 

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for the position because
e’s been interim VP since
ovember and feels qual-

pus Council.

When asked if her policies
ere like President Tim
hein’s, she said ‘‘I’m not
fout to change the world, but I
ink I’m a little more radical
than Tim.”’

Alanna’s out to defend
tudent’s rights and claims
© be very approachable for
omments and ideas. _
She approves of the frame-
ork of the new constitut-
ional changes. As far as each

reps when one program may
outnumber another, thus
_Icreating an imbalance of bias

Alanna Whitley decided to.

program having two votes or |

vote from program to pro-
gram, Alanna claims that
each representative rep-
resents all students in gen-
eral. No individual program
will be powerful.

Asked about the last Social
Function, ‘‘We were told to
use the lower cafeteria. Ad-
ministration later decided we
could use the upper caf-
eteria.”’

Alanna has five courses
@nd doesn’t think that being
interim VP has affected them
Neither does she think her
VP duties has affected her
classes. ‘‘I’ve given up two
weeks of courses for confer-
ences that I feel will affect
studenpst oars! 78 ;

When asked about the
YM/YWCA working out, she
said it was on a four month
trial basis.

“They don’t want part and
full time students getting

equal value,’’ she added.

When queried on what
plans were for the spirit and
society identity, she said
there was a struggle of iden-
tity.

‘*As for the students be-
ing aware, we have a com-
mittee trying to create stu-
dent awareness with several
ideas like Mike McNeil, the
CFS Pacific fieldworker to
establish and organize a-
wareness in the college.

“This deals with goals of
Student Society and how stu-
dents play a role in how to
deal with situations.”’

When asked about student
apathy Alanna said, ‘‘if stu-
dents have apathy at all, only
they can change themselves.

As far as elections go, they.

shouldn’t be apathetic about
who represents them.”

’ When asked why she
thought there was only 64

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The American Emergency
Management Society has com-
piled 15 articles full of helpful
hints on how to survive the big

‘Iblast.

Nuclear Times magazine
reports that the series is to be
published in newspapers aro-
und the country in the event

 

students who voted in the
last election, she said it was
due to Douglas College being
in several locations.

“It was hard to promote
the last elections. This time
it won’t be as much of a
problem.”’

When asked of the All
Candidates Meeting, she
said one candidate was late
and only four students show-
ed up. She said it was post-
poned until next Thursday.

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nuclear war, assuming we ha-.
ve a few days warning before
the missles arrive. Otherwise,
we would not get to read the
final article, entitled ‘‘Would
Survivors of Nuclear Attack -
Envy the Dead?...Experts say
“‘No”’. -
Other articles describe how to
build a ‘‘car-over-trench’ ’fall-
out shelter in case the bombs
fall while you’re on the road;
tell us to take two asprin every
three or four hours to treat
early symtoms of radiation si-
ckness; and inform us how to
prevent a house fire, with the
advice, ‘‘if a nuclear explosion
affects your home, go upstairs
immediately and...stamp out
burning drapes.’’-
The Agency does not say
how to convince the newsp-
aper carrier to deliver the pap- °
ers to your doorstep once a
nuclear warning sounds.-

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