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Halloween pub night thrives under new 19+ restrictions

Students Union
October pub night
scares up a crowd

By Dylan Hackett,
News Editor

ast Thursday, Douglas

College students
got an early start to the
Halloween weekend with
the Douglas Students’
Union building at the
New Westminster
campus being packed
with hordes of costumed
partyers. The first
pub night that was
designated 19+ proved
to be a success with a
great turnout that came
close to reaching the
250-person capacity limit.

“The biggest dif-
ference between the
Halloween pub night and
our Super Hero pub night
would have to be the fact
that the Halloween pub
night was 19+. This was
a change we had to make
because of our liquor

licence. As a worker, |
noticed making it 19+
changed the atmosphere
and I personally had
more fun working it. We
have had a lot of positive
feedback from people
who attended saying that
our Halloween pub night
was the best one yet, and
as an organiser there is
nothing better to hear,”
said Jill Griffin, External
Relations Coordinator.
Most students in
attendance chose to dress
up for the occasion, with
D.r Seuss characters,
Han Solo, and a rubber
overall-wearing fisher-
man. as a few stand out
costumes of the evening.
“T don’t know who
had the best costume;
there were so many
good ones. I remember
seeing pickles, Adam
and Eve, Thor, I think
the Reno 911 cops graced
us with their presence,
but my favourite was the
Bender costume,” said
Griffin. “The amount of
effort that some people

 

put into their costumes
is just So awesome.”
The night ran
smoothly, with only
one fight being quickly
broken up by security
and a friendly drop-in
by the cops to make
sure the liquor licence
was being respected.
“There is actually a
lot of work that goes into

Saganash booted off flight

NPD MP apologizes
after being kicked off
a regional flight for
public intoxication

By Keating Smith,
Contributor

ew Democrat MP

Romeo Saganash has
publicly apologized for
being kicked off of an Air
Canada Jazz flight last
week after showing signs
of public intoxication.

Saganash, the MP for

the Abitibi-Baie-James-
Nunavik-Eeyou con-
stituency in Quebec was

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NDP MP Romeo Saganash | Photo courtesy of Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press

boarding the plane in

Montreal bound for Val-

d’Or when crewmembers

on the flight deemed him

too intoxicated to fly.
“Neither fatigue

nor stress can justify

what I did. I need help

to overcome a medical

problem, a dependence
on alcohol, like far too
many other Canadians,”
Saganash said ina
public statement.

Both a residential
school survivor and for-
mer deputy grand chief
of the Grand Council of

Students wait in line for their night to begin at a Halloween themed DSU pub night

organizing a pub night—
from coming up with a
theme people will get
excited about and getting
the word out, to applying
for a liquor licence, book-
ing security, and making
sure our lounge is all
cleaned up and ready for
use again Friday morn-
ing,” explained Griffin.
For students that

Cree’s, Saganash became
the first person of Cree
decent in Quebec to
receive a degree in law
which he completed at
the Université du Québec
a Montréal in 1989.
Saganash has asked
for a leave of absence
in order to deal with
his problematic issues
surrounding alcohol and
suggests in his statement
that his problems with
alcohol are related to
the 10 years he spent
in residential school.
“Life on Parliament
Hill can be hectic and
exciting, but it is also
full of obstacles and
pitfalls. Many of my

missed the party, the
next one is only a month
away, as Griffin confirms.
“We will definitely
be holding one in
November. It’s not
finalized yet but we will
be sure to let everyone
know as soon as it is!”

colleagues can attest to
this,” Saganash said. “I
have asked my leader
[Thomas Mulcair] to give
me leave so that I can
take the necessary time
to treat this illness.”

Last year, Saganash
was the second behind
Brian Topp to make a
bid for NDP leadership.
He dropped out of the
race in February, citing
a lack of financial sup-
port, illness in his family,
and time constraints as
to why he ceased cam-
paigning. He later sup-
ported fellow Quebecer
Mulcair in the race.