iPhoto Poll “Would you work at Hooters?” SNo!”’ Fifi Tai “Yes, they make great tips.” Nicole Okam and Angela Gorden “If you were female, would you work at Hooters?” “No, for personal reasons, my morals. The way I was raised.” Drew Scharf “Oh yeah. The money!” Jeff Antwi “Yes! The money, the tips. I would like knowing that I was being checked out by other peo- g ple. Admired.” 3 Ali Hansraj 2 rt ...At a glance, it appears to be a large, red brick building, made mainly of concrete... __ Thursday to announce more changes to the Teachers Ready for Strike Vote Student Loan process. He will announce his Douglas College teachers will vote some time next changes in the concourse at the New Westminster week for a strike vote. campus at 9:45am. If the teachers strike they will have a rotation of striking teachers. If that happens many classes Fastrax Stickers could be cancelled. Two dollars will buy a little sticker, the Fastrax sticker, that goes on your student card. (Yet President is Still Suspended another perk to having one.) When using public Dave Seaweed is still suspended from his transit, simply have your student card with a valid responsibilities as president of the DCSS. Th Ol’ Fastrax sticker affixed and a single zone farecard will have more information after the minutes from (which costs $54 per month), and you can travel the September 8 meeting (at which he was in all three zones. How’s that for simple? suspended) are ratified. Pick up your sticker in the student society ‘ Tee : office on level two of the Student Society Education Minister Coming to the Building. While you're at it, you can also pick up a College ah farecard. They sell those there, too. The Honourable Andrew Petter, the BC Minister of Advanced Education, will be at the college this Controversial education analyst appointed to Millenium Fund ANDREW SUNSTRUM strict policy barring private post- graduate and professional pro- secondary education. It also rec- grams. BS oad S. (CUP)—One . ommended the province make it The legislation has resulted in ae aoe EAPponene 2 easier fir colleges and universities fee hikes of up to 61 per cent at deregulation we post-secondary to raise ¢ ion as much as they the University of Toronto, for school fees will soon by 1 examp: cy acting as a consultant for the Millenium Scholarship Fund. David Smith, who in 1996 called for deregula- tion of tuition fees and an the more we have to income contingent loan worry about it. The more we find out ivby Davis, aNew about the Millenium Democratic Party MP, also says she’s alarmed by Fund, 2 think, the appointment of Smith. “The more we find out about the Millenium Fund, I think, the more we have to repayment plan, was recently appointed senior policy want via deregulation. worry about it.” advisor for the federal scholarship The provinci.:! government did But Smith has assured universi- Fee e tay | exactly that last May when it ties and colleges that he welcomes His appointment follows the deregulated tuition for all post- input from students. controversial decision to name Jean Monty—Canada’s third highest- paid chief executive officer as head of BCE Inc.—to oversee the fund. Student leaders say Smith’s appointment is inappropriate because students in Ontario are currently reeling from a new provincial policy that deregulates tuition fees. “He has spoken out on the side of privatization, i.e., downloading a considerable amount of the cost onto the individual,” said Elizabeth Carlyle, national chair for the Canadian Federation of Students. The Millenium Fund, announced last fall by Jean EAT EVE Chretien, is aimed at equipping 100,000 cash-strapped students per year with $3,000 for school, beginning in the year 2000. The money will dry up ten years later. In 1996, the Smith Panel—a 3 p.m. till closing 7 DAYS provincial body headed by Smith—recommended the Tory TC A WEEK government in Ontario loosen its College ID Dinner only The Other Press September 23 1998 Page 3