the ther Press Volume 23 © Issue 7 * October 21 1998 Room 1020-700 Royal Avenue New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 submit@op.douglas.bc.ca Fax 525.3505 or 527.5095 David Lam Campus Room a3107 Phone 527.5805 The Other Press is Douglas College’s autonomous student newspaper. We've been pub- lishing since 1976. The Other Press is run as a non-hierar- chical collective, which means that if anything goes wrong, blame it on Trent. The OP is published weekly during the-fall.and winter semesters and monthly [as a magazine] during the sum- mer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected every semester at registra- tion, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a cooperative of student newspapers from across Canada. We adhere to CUP’s Statement of Common Principles and Code of Ethics. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what to pub- lish, and what not to publish, but usually we print every- thing, unless it is racist, sex- ist or homophobic. If you have any quibbles with what we choose, maybe you should get your lazy butt down here and help. Coordinators Athletics ~ Hamish Knox sports @op.douglas.bc.ca Athletics Assistant: Culture ~ Jochen Bierptumpel a&e@op.douglas.bc.ca Culture Assist: Coquitlam ~ Lorenzo Sia cog_coordinator@op.douglas. bc.ca Cog. Assist: Holly Keyes CUP Liaison ~ Cathy Tan cup@op.douglas.bc.ca CUP Assist: Jennifer Swanston Distribution ~ Pierre Florendo Dist. Assist provided by: Features ~ Annette Martin features@op.douglas.bc.ca Feature Assist: News ~ Homan Sanaie news@op.douglas.bc.ca News Assist: OP/Ed ~ Tom Laws opinions @op. douglas. bc.ca OP\Ed Assist: Dunnohername Photography ~ Dave Tam photo@op.douglas.bc.ca Photo Assistant: Kristina Holtz Production ~ Joanna Cole production_co@op.douglas.bc.ca Production Assistants: Webslinger ~ Mark Smeets op_web@op.douglas.bc.ca Web Assistant: Employees Advertising ~ John Morash ad@op.douglas.bc.ca Bookkeeping ~ Zahra Jamal Production Resource ~ Joyce Robinson production @op.douglas.bc.ca Editorial Resource ~ Corene McKay corene@mortimer.com Contributors New Westminster: Jason Humber, Jason Rochon, Behind the benches fellow, Tom’s Chemistry Homework, Rapid-Hippo Caldwell, Mary Vallis, Devil's Advocate. David Lam: Mars. their Christmas vacation time to make up for classes they should never have lost at all. If you don't believe this, the next CFS statement will prove my point. The CFS says: “Students must be given the opportunity to complete programs within their scheduled time frame.” What it means: Instead of hav- ing two classes a week in a single course, you will now have four class- es a week, and if you have multiple midterms, you now have one every week instead of every two or three weeks and then a final exam a few days after. It is impossible to expect people to excel in their classes under these conditions, and what it will mean is students having to take their courses over. And pay for it on their own. In other words, you will be so bogged down studying for every- thing, your brain will be fried by the Christmas break. If there is one at all. The CFS says: “In the event that courses cannot be completed, all fees must be returned and loan balances for the semester forgiven.” What it means: Students with Letters Douglas College Language Partner Program Tribute To Volunteers People who are making a difference in our community Fall 1998 13 semesters (6.5 years) Patrick Longworth II semesters (S.S years) Hiroshi Yasuoka 10 semesters (S years) Margaret Cope 9 semesters (4.5 years) Tim Arinobu Scott Dalgleish 7 semesters (3.5 years) Shiun Lee Ampy Tercias Diane Wiesner Gweny Wong 6 semesters (3 years) Scotty Harris Jennie Johns Daniel Le Van S semesters (2.5 years) Aaron Louis Buma Rob Han Alan Loo Michael Soliven 4 semesters (2 years) Jason Lau David Low Aris Tan 3 semesters (1.5 years) Cam Chau Neal Davis Mei Ho - is not an effective bargaining loans will be forgiven for the semester, but those that don't have a student loan are screwed out of this money for the semester. Why? Because the government isn't going to send out cheques to every student in the province. Those with loans will sim- ply get credit for their next semester's fees. But this in itself tool. If the government just had to pay the increased salaries, they might be willing to part with the money. However, having to pay the wages plus release students out of a few hundred thousand dollars in student loans, plus send out a few hundred thousand more to students without loans is preposterous. Any person who thinks this is a tangible idea— that governments have millions of dollars lying around that they. are willing to part with at any given time—belongs in the CFS. And even if they do forgive the tuition part of the loan, the majority of the money used by students is for living expenses. And those living expenses aren't going to be forgiven. Adrian Leong Rosemary Li Matthew Savage Jason Wong Vivian Wong Anita Yee Daisy Yiu Second semester Ajay Anand Elaine Au Olly Holmes Rumi Ishikawa Paul Lee Li Yen Lim Emily On Roger Sehra Frances Yao First Semester Terry Alexander Ken Ang Jennifer Baxter Billy Chan Elaine Chan Lana Chang Sean Chou Fred Gimenez Alice Hsiao Obediya Jones-Darrell Tracy Kong Chanda Kuang Lenka Kudrna Priscilla Lam Erica Lee Miyeun Claire Lee Josephine Leung Omar Tapia Liebowitz Jason Lu Mary Lou Morris Fawn Ngo Hung Ngo Chad Oh Ronan Ortega Cindy Randall So out of, say, a $1400 loan, you will be forgiv- en for less than half of that. All this is going to do is make the whole process go more slowly and painfully, because that’s one more demand the government has to deal with that isn't part of the contract for teachers. These CFS people work for the union (or federation in this case) and need to get paid. And they get paid by an addition they take from stu- dents’ tuition fees. And if students dont get forgiven for their loans, and don’t have the money to pay tuition, the CFS cronies don’t get paid. The Lorenzo Sia Anita Siu Shaylen Smith Ruby Sotelo Charlotte Tang Anne Thai Winson Tam Paul Tsai Jason Wong Jennifer Wong Patty Yi Susanna Young Andy Yuen Thank you for your dedication to the language partner program! Dear Sir or Madam, I wish to strongly complain about your erroneous horoscopes in your October 7 issue. I am a Gemini, and I quote from your predictions for that sign: “The 12th and 14th look great.” I would like to point out that not only did those dates not look great, neither did I, as I spent them feeling terribly unwell. In future, I would appreciate a guarantee of accuracy with your horoscopes, or, failing that, a little honesty in predictions. Yours truly, A. Nal Cosmoso Dear A. Nal Cosmos, You are correct that there was an error made in the Gemini sign for those dates. Your star was misinterpreted. In fact, it was not a star at all, but a piece of floating junk from Mir. Your star has been temporarily lost, and thus you do not actually exist. Keep watching the Other Press horrorscopes. Thank you for your patronage and valuable time. It’s astute readers such as CFS is not exactly for the students —they're more for their own pocketbooks. But the worst hit will be taken by the closed program students. If th CFS demands are not met, program students will not graduate on time. Many of these stu dents already have a job lined up for when they graduate. And with the stri they won't graduate on time— not to mention the fiscal hardship of having to take out another loan t finish the program. All students should pick up a copy of the CFS “Debunking Myths” sheet from the Student Society Office, and sit down and take a long, hard, objective look at the issues. Think about how a union of workers and a bunch of CFS politician wannabes could ruin a semester of school you paid for. Speak up and makeiyourself heard. Dont take the easy road and blame the government for everythin Just think about it. yourself with nothing better to do, and the willingness to complain about the most insignificant things that make our publication of the highest calibre. Dear Other Press, I cant believe I am siding with the Devils Advocate, October 7 issue. This topic, pertaining to hunting whales, reminds m of the deforestation in Oregon and the sainted spotted owl. The loggers should have either shot the owls or sent them to zoo. After the owls were extricated from the forest in question, the clear cuts coul commence. The answer to the whaling conun is simple. Let the Natives hunt the grey whale to extinction. If there are no there will be no hunting and no cause the environmentalist whackos to rally behind. Both sides win. Every day “Mother Nature” selects several species of animal or organism for extinction. Considering the scientific, lar nature of mankind, why is it that we are not able to remove species that we wi to remove from the face of the earth? If cheetah militia was organized, I'm pretty damn sure they would like to see 1 erased from the face of the earth. Could you imagine a pissed off cheetah, with Uzi, bearing down on you at over 60 km/h? Maybe it was the Africans steali cheetah pelts that has something to do with the cheetah’s rage towards mankin Three cheers to the Native hunters. you are going to hunt, make sure you fin! ish the job. Dont use .5O caliber rifles when rocket launchers are moreeffective: Once the whales are dead, then maybe hunters can take out a few radical enviro mentalists. Page 2. October 21 1998 The Other Press