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That’s it. there has been too
much shit going down at Mult-Campus Council
meetings to ignore it anymore.

Last Thursday’s MCCM was a farce. Kevin
Hallgate, our Musto president (known to
some as ‘dad’ because of his fatherly attitude
towards the ‘kids’ on council, or ‘the big
orange,’ to others) railroaded the impotent
student council through a barrage of vague final
figures and fumbles.

Under the premise of maintaining order,
Hallgate uses ‘Robert’s Rules’ like a weapon,
‘discussion-question-for-against-abstain’ coming
out of his mouth with the rapid fire of a machine
“~~. gun and going into the minutes before anybody
is quite sure of what is going on. ‘

This is the kind of iron-fisted democracy we
have here at Douglas College, where one or two
people make all of the decisions and a bunch of
uninformed wimps watch it all happen.

The level of apathy in the council, however,
seems to be reflective of the apathy of this
campus. There’s student representation for you.

There is a lot to be aware of, and be wary of,
this term at D.C.and one way to find out about
them (besides reading the OP), is to gotoa
MCCM and see what’s happening. We all need
people who care about what is happening and
who do not get intimidated by ‘Dad.’

For the date of the next meeting, go into the
Student Society and find out.

Staph Box

TONIGHT STARRING:
Deborah Bolton perfection
Debbie Chappell waxer
Jody Gilbert - ‘Have you ever tried this?2’’
lan Hunter Dah what?
Denise Kask style and politics

Lina Meagher “Yeah, right...’’

Perry Obedinski minus the sling

Christopher Page our conscience _
Cal Reyburn ‘Is pessimistic...’’
David Sandercock resident psychologist
Paul Sum

P.J. Stallard

not really ‘‘in the dark’’
did he materialise?
Helene wisotzki non-unionised Polish amazon

Fritz Woezel headline hunter

 

 

The Other Press is a democratically-run,
autonomus student newspaper published eight
times a semester during the fall and spring
terms under the auspices of The Other
Publications Society. The Other Press is a
member of Canadian University Press.
rhe Other Press news office is located at the
sack of the New Westminster campus cafete-
ia . Phone: 525-3542. Our mailing address is
Box 2503, Douglas College New Westminster
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In the recent issue of the
History of the Other Press,
it was a real ‘shocker’ to
see two headlines using
jargon which emerges from
the Christian vocabulary. _
The first article began with
‘in the beginning,’ a verse
from the first book in the
Bible, ‘In the beginning,
God created the heavens

. and the earth’’ (Genesis
1:1). The second headline
read, ‘‘Other Born Again.’’
Here’s another verse taken
from the words of Jesus to

_ one of the religious leaders
of his day,’‘You must be
oorn again,’’ (John 3:6). It
was very exciting fora
Christian, like myself, to
see this popular usage of
Christian terminology.
There was a time whena
secular publication like
the Other Press, would be
scorned out for using words
and verses which had their
origin in the Bible. But
times are changing and
Christianity is becoming
front page news. So why
not use Christian verbiage
from time to time to help
illustrate a point.

Of course, there are
many more biblical words
which are not so well
xnown. In fact, in the
popular mind there is a
great deal of
misunderstanding about
what Christians are trying
to say. Admittedly, our
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nificance for modern man.
But new attempts are being
made in that direction, and
The Christian description of
life is becoming more and

- more relevant.

Take the word “‘sin,’’ for
example. Most people think
of bank robberies, rape,
violent crimes, war, when-
ever this word pops up.
President Calvin Coolidge,
aman of few words, came
home from church one
Sunday and was asked by
his wife,’‘’What did the
minister preach on2’’
‘’Sin,’’ he replied briefly.
‘‘What did he have to say
about it,’’ she quizzed.
‘‘He’s against it,’’ came his
terse response.

Most people think of

petty blue laws and moral

prohibitions whenever the
word comes up in conver-
sation. We need to read
Karl Menniger’s book,
produced out of his long
experience in the Mayo
Clinic in psychiatric
counselling, Whatever
Happened to Sin? It would
help us to see that the word
is a description of anything.
which separates a person
from God or his fellow man,
and needs honest to good-
ness forgiveness. Another
word (greatly used in the
first century in a secular
way) is ‘’Salvation.’” Most
people have an image of
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perish!’’ whenever this
word is.used. Actually, it
has to do with anything
which promises liberation
and inner freedom. Salva-
tion is something which
Christianity promises to
anyone who recognises a
need for being set free from
anything which robs life of
meaning. It comes about as
a person becomes rightly
related to God.

There are a lot more
“Christian words’’ which
have to do with life and
how it is meant to be lived,
which | won’t define at this
point. It was just great to
see the Other Press being
free to express itself in this
‘‘religious’’ way. Maybe it
will open a new door for
more rational dialogue
oetween Christians and
others who have often
turned christianity off
oecause of lack of under-
standing about what we
were talking about. We all
need to listen to each other,
‘and to be open to what the
other person has to say.
Headlines like ‘‘In the
Beginning, ‘’ and ’‘Other
Born Again,’’ help to break
down barriers and create a
relaxed mood in which to
discuss the basic issues of
life, faith, and religion.

Cal Chambers,

Sponsor of the Varsity
Christian Fellowship of
Douglas College

 

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