Page 2 March 4, 1987 Orther Press AIDS threat prompts condom machines Canadian University Press VANCOUVER -- British Colum- bia student councils are support- ing condom dispensers on cam- pus, as a means of promoting safe sex and preventing the spread of AIDS. j At North Vancouver’s Capilano College, the student council exec- utive voted unanimously to sup- port the installation of condom vending machines. “AIDS is_.an epidemic,” said communications director Julie Pendray. “I think this is an appro- priate action for any socially aware organization.” The decision, subject to the ap- proval of the college’s health and .Safety committee, was made be- fore AIDS Vancouver director Bob Tivey revealed that two B.C. teen- agers are suffering from the fatal disease, while a third died from it within the past year. At the Langara campus of Van- couver Community College, coun- cil will install condom machines in the student union building and ask the administration to replace an- other unauthorized machine which was removed in February. The new machines will be in- stalled in both men’s and women’s bathrooms, and council plans to organize an informational forum on AIDS soon. At the University of British Co- lumbia, council president Rebecca Nevraumont said she supported the return of the condom dis- pensers which were in a men’s washroom of the student union H&R Block blasted By Cliff Almas Maybe you’ve seen him _ stand- ing in front of H&R Block on Co- lumbia St., he’s been there for weeks and intends to be there for at least another month. His name doesn’t matter, what does matter is that he could be you or me. I tal- ked to him and had a very short conversation with the people whose building he was standing in front of. The response on their part was “no comment”. His sign states that H&R Block mis-informed him of tax law, cost- ing him $6,800 in reassesments. “I paid H&R Block to do my income tax, I expected them to know the tax laws,” he said. “In May of 1982, my wife and I seperated and I told her I would give her $600.00 a month child support and that I would give her our home. We verbally agreed that in lieu of child support I would pay the mortgage on the house of $875.00 a month. I didn’t know in- come tax wouldn’t allow this and that child support payments had to go directly to my wife to be deductable. H&R Block didn’t tell me, and they are supposed to be tax experts.” “They told me that I could not claim for 1982 because there was no legal seperation yet, but I could claim child support for 1983 and 1984 at a rate of $600.00 per month, L5M 2C4. 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They didn’t inform me of the proper procedure so I could claim my rightful child support claim.” If you plan to talk to H&R Block about your taxes, maybe you should speak to him first. CFS report continued ment is listening to us. OP - What plans do you have for your term as chairperson? Clift - I’m going to do an internal audit and review of the organiza- tion to see where we have prob- lems because there is no denying it - we do have problems. We'll be targeting for non-members to in- crease membership - we'll be in Victoria on budget day to give a student perspective on the budget. Of course, we’re going to continue to push for transit discounts for post-secondary students. Person- ally, I’m going to make an effort to visit every local fairly soon. Exercise your right to vote! building until 1985, but were re- moved after months of vandalism. In January, Vancouver medical health officer Dr. John Blatherwick initiated a wave of controversy in B.C. by suggesting that public schools promote safe sex by dis- tributing condoms. Premier Bill Vander Zalm, a Roman Catholic opposed to birth control and abortion, the opposed the idea, advocating teenagers practice abstinence instead. The premier later said his own moral views will influence AIDS education programs currently under development, expected to be implemented in public schools this fall. Health minister Peter Dueck further heightened the controver- sy when he advocated mandatory testing for exposure to the AIDS virus. In Ontario, on the other hand, the government announced in late January it hopes to make AIDS ed- ucation compulsory _ starting at Grade 7. Also, the Canadian Broadcast- ing Corporation recently reversed an established advertising policy and agreed to run ads promoting safe sex. Budget Deficit continued of a $2,000.00 loan to the athletics department for an additional $5,000.00. Although not included in antici- pated revenues, interest on a term deposit and a _ chequing/savings account are expected to bring in over $1,000.00, according to Lirette. Other line items in the draft budget include $14,500.00 for of- fice administration which covers portions of the salaries for the society’s business manager and an office assistant. Office expenses covering phones, supplies, equipment, em- ployee benefits and insurance take up an additional $3,000.00. Societys services which include free legal advice for students, typewriters, student cards, free phones and registration services are expected to cost $4,000.00. Registration services consisting of free coffee and donuts as well as daycare amount to $800.00 alone, according to Lirette. “We spent about six hundred dollars on donuts this year.” The Ombudsperson, who acts as an impartial appeals and grievance resource for students, will cost $400.00 this semester. Activities for students, includ- ing free student access to the Canada Games Pool and the Maple Ridge Leisure Center along with entertainment and social contin- ENTo! There will be a Special General Meeting of the Douglas College Student Society at 12:00 noon on March 5th in room 3408, Royal Campus. All students are encouraged to attend. Bring your student card to room 3408 and have a say in what goes on. Agenda Student Society 1. Approval of minutes 2. Impeachments 3. Other business setsaaedeceniene gency funds will take a $21,000.00 chunk of the budget. Lirette added that the introduc- tion of a .50¢ surcharge per visit would help to bring the estimated $16,000.00 cost down. Clubs and _ associations could cost the society $2,500.00 and the intermurals will add $1,000.00 more. Honorariums for the DCSS ex- ecutive could add up to $1,250.00 with scholarships an extra $250.00. Travel by senate members to CFS conferences is set at $1,500.00. Council expenses, which covers such things as elections, milage and parking and a Maple Ridge contingency fund amongst others, will run to $3,000.00. The representative councils get $6,000.00 for house activities, divi- ded amongst the six councils. The budget winds up with a $10,000.00 carryover for operating expenses for the summer semes- ter. It will be added to $8,500.00 carried over from the fall plus ac- tivities fees from summer stu- dents. Assassin game continued ling it “simulated killing on cam- pus”. Booth says he has already heard of students complaining that there are people shooting off rubber darts in the college. “This clowning around is going to end up with someone hurt sooner or later,” said Booth. The strongest condemnation of all comes from John Merz. “Merz is worried that this first try at Assas- sination is just the beginning and that if it isn’t stopped now that in- terest in the activity may grow with more students firing toy guns around the College. Merz says he has_ confronted players of the game and told them that this activity is unsuitable for the college and that after their first warning they could lose their stu- dent cards and have to retrieve them from college administration. One confrontation with a partici- pant has already left him with a real fear of where this “game” is leading. “When I told them that it was against college policy to shoot off guns in the college, they just laughed and one of them asked me if I would give them a karate kick to make them stop.” Merz says this attitude really disturbed him, and that the idea of simulated killing for fun is apal- ling. “It’s just a matter of time be- fore an incident occurs and someone is hurt. If they want to play around they should go to day care and leave Douglas College to the students.” Peep ePNeb ad tessa ee ETT EE