Results are in By David Mills Student elections have once again come and gone and the offi- cial results of the Student Society elections for executive officers are out. The presidential slot was filled by Anena Johnston. Johnston edged out her incumbent oppo- nent in a close and hard fought battle. Anena Johnston has alread- y been at her first inaugural meet- ing where she was said to have done well. This meeting was John- stons’ first public appearence as unofficial President of the Student Society. The race for the vice-presid- ential position was not quite as close as that of president. Fiona Caims surfaced victorious in the Lack of battle for the VP’s slot on the exec- utive of the Student Society. Cairns is expected to carry out the external activities of the Student Society as the Society’s vice-presi- dent. Rick Shepherd was the victor in the race for secretarial position on the Student Society executive. Shepherd won a hard fought battle for this position, the race itself was close even though his competitor was absent at the all candidates meeting. Shepard will be repre- senting the Society internally. A proposed name change fell through that would change the ti- tle “Secretary” to “Vice-President Internal”. Shane Polak survived the yes/no vote for the final position on the executive, this position is of course treasurer. Shane will be handling computers for student use By Colin Turkington Students are lining up in the li- brary, and it isn’t just for books. Though there are currently four computers open for student use in the library, Ralph Stanton, systems librarian, would like an additional four machines brought in and he wants the Student Society to pay for them in part or in full. “There just isn’t enough money in the current library capitol budget to afford the cost,” said Stanton. Students agree, “a student could wait for hours just to type their es- say, only to find that the computer is broken,” said CIS student Lori Donald, “we also have whole labs of computers upstairs that sit empty a lot of the time, it’s inane to deny the use of them to students.” “We just want the Student Society to continue to support student envolvement in the library like they have in the past,” saidStanton. Student Society treasurer Chris Lirette said that the Student Society also doesn’t have enough money to foot the bill. A lucky student works at a library computer Photo by: NGT Virginia Chisholm, Library Di- rector, is hoping to approach the College to pay for the cost of the new computers. According to her the computers are high on the list of new equipment needed for the library. holds the ordinator Some new additions: We welcome a new person to the paper this issue: Nicholas Tanner, who returns as a Photog- rapher/Photo Lab Technician. Nick was the managing editor of The Other Press when it first started. Welcome back, Nick! Also note that David Mills now osition of News Co- or The Other Press. Good luck, Dave. the financial affairs of the Society, so we all hope that he does not take an extended holiday to Mexico. We hope that Shane keeps the Society on an even keel in the fu- ture. The Chief Returning Officer, John Blaauw, would like to extend his congratulations to the new ex- ecutive and to all those who parti- cipated in this latest election. Blaauw would also like to thank all those who voted and contributed to the operation of the election. The Other Press also extends its congratulations to the new execu- tive and wishes the best of luck to all those who would keep the Stu- dent Society from falling into the hands of the dark side of the Force. le esl Anena Johnston and Fiona Cairns, the president and vice-president of the Student Society for next year. The best of luck to them. NOT Volume XXIl Tar Issue XII April 9. 1987 Douglas College's Autonomous Student Newspaper Douglas to increase differential fees By Kim Wilhelmsen International students will have to pay $20.00 more per credit next semester. A motion passed at the Douglas College management meeting on April 1, raised the tuition fee for international students from $115 per credit to $135. They also raised the application fee to $50 from $15. Under the declaration of the Student’s Rights Act (October 1986 - November 1986), “The right of all students accepted in Canada re- gardless of citizenship to recieve an education in Canada without being subject to differential fees.” Differential fees are described as “a form of discrimination based on national origin.” Although the Canadian Federa- tion of Students does seem to be our direct authority when it comes to student policy, the provicial government supercedes CFS. The government requires that differ- ential fees be imposed, but we do not have to except foreign students at the college. The question is not whether to have differential fees, but how high they should be. Foreign students do not pay any taxes, but they do generate more teaching jobs within the college. Comparison between local differential fees Tuition per Credit Admission Fee UBC $230.00 $25.00 Douglas $135.00 $50.00 Cap. Coll. $131.00 none SFU $94.00 $25.00 VCC $2400/4 month term $100.00 Though the English as a Second Language department is hiring two new teachers next semester Tom Whalley, one of the current ESL teachers, does not feel that the increase in staff and tuition are in- terrelated. A major percentage of differen- tial fees go toward paying the teaching staff the remainder goes toward any additional courses re- quired to ensure that Canadian students will be denied courses because seats have been filled by international students. Asked why he chose to get his post-secondary education in Canada, Ken Nakajima, an ESL student at SFU, replied, “A stu- dent from Vancouver was at my high school in Japan, she was an inspiration to me. I wanted the thrill of studying in a foreign coun- Ken has been studying at SFU for 3% years and would like to stay here and join the British Colum- bian work force. Could this be the concensous among. the foreign students at Douglas? Coming Soon: The Return of Slug Man Dhatan hie