page 2 January 31, 1986 Yeti party A good time was had by all on the first Yeti ski trip of the year. Sunny skies and good powder were reported on the January 24 - 26 trip to Big White. Two bus loads of students took advantage of the cheap $85.00 weekend package which included 2 nights accomoda- tion and lift tickets, plus transportation. _ On mountain accomodation featuring hot tubs, sauna’s and a night club ensured that the Yetis partied well into the night. ' The next Yeti trip is scheduled for February 9 and will be to either Mount Baker or Whistler. For more information call Paul Ehni Jr. at 939-6173. Jobs from Delphos Project Delphos, an innovative make-work project from the Philosophy Club and the Humanities Institute of Douglas College, has ambitious plans for a_ tripartite economic venture which will eventually become self- sufficent. The venture comprises three major components: 1. Thinking and Communications, which will liasise with community groups, institutions and schools, making avail- able to them select tapes from the Douglas College Humanities Institute, along with new tapes, modules and units covering a broad spectrum of exciting topics and issues. 2. An innovative Theatre Project, which will be fashioned in conjunction with the Douglas College Theatre Arts Disci- pline, and will bring a new kind of theatre to New Westminster. 3. A Community Club, which will provide a genial atmosphere in which social and educational events, encomp- assing a wide and exciting field of concern, can take place for the whole community, with a special emphasis on youth. Project Delphos will provide immediate employment for two people and eventual employment for at least two more, plus summer employment for from six to ten students. Project Delphos is looking for seed-money from the Douglas College Student Society to start the project, which would then come under the Canadian Employment and Immigration Commission for a year, after which time it is hoped it will be financially independent. Goodbye arcade The D.C.S.S. Activity Room closed on January 24, 1986 to make room for a hearing impaired class. Thus, you may be wondering where the pop machine, photocopier, change service, athletic equipment, foosball, pinball and video machines will go now. It hasn’t been determined as of yet. However, Merrilyn Houlihan, the business manager for the student society, said that alternative space is being looked into for only the change service and the photocopier, maybe in the student society office or in the ombudsman’s office. At the present time, the photocopier is temporarily located. outside the student society office. It appears that the remaining facilities previously offered in the lower : level activity room have been terminated. Paul Ehni, a former activity room employee, says ‘‘the best place tor the athletic equipment would be with the P.E. department.’’ But that decision has not been yet made. A. number of students at Douglas College suggest that some of the facilities could be relocated in the lower cafe- teria. We are open to suggestions, let your Douglas College Student Society know. Security blanket Tues Feb 4, 1986. Apartment security Rm_ 1807, 7:00-10:00PM. Fee $8. The course looks at how to discourage burglars from attempting a break-in, personal and building security, and techniques in dealing with resident security problems. The Other Press By Remy You thought the LCB was unreasonable these days? You" should have been around 60 years ago! New Star Books Working Lives describes the situation from the end of prohibition in 1925. ‘The beer parlour was not a saloon. No standup bar was permitted; patrons sat at ta- bles and purchased from a waiter. Owners could not sell ‘soft drinks, food or cigarettes, ‘or offer entertainment of any kind. Advertising was at first forbidden, but the LCB later relented, and the parlours soon posted small ‘licensed premises’ signs. The removal of the varied attractions of saloons left patrons little to do but drink. According to one former parlour worker, you were not to enjoy yourself, but to ‘sit down, shut up, and drink your beer.’ “‘Women were not allowed to serve beer. Initially they were not even allowed in parlours; by a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ the B.C. Hotels Association and the LCB ban- ned women to curb prosti- ‘tution. The agreement fell apart when some owners re- alized sales to women would. mean higher profits. As a compromise,, Vancouver par- lours opened separate areas ‘ladies and escorts’—unes- corted women were often treated as prostitutes by par- lour owners. “The liquor board’s con- cern about prostitution be- came almost paranoiac as venerial disease rates rose in World War Il. The LCB, the board of health and the hotels association established a ‘fac- ilitation committee’ to track infections acquired in beer parlours. The board of health interviews the afflicted and sent reports to the ‘Icb’; ‘(T)he alleged source of his infection invited him to ‘‘sit down and have a beer’’... They went to the patient’s room later, where the expo- sure occured. This ~ girl re- ceived a fee of $3.00 in exchange for the venerial dis- ease.’ The city’s worst offend- ers were the Castle on Gran- _vill and the Grand on Water. To minimize contact the LCB ordered parlour owners to err- ect barriers and provide sep- arate entrances for men and ladies with escorts. The bar- riers remained until the 1960's, though they had little effect on disease rates.’’ Next time you’re in a bus shelter take a look at the lovely new transit maps that have just been put up. Help- ful souls that they are, the transit folk have included ma- jor institutions like hospitals and colleges...but if you look for Douglas College, you will probably be surprised and confused to find it placed at the corner of 8th and 6th? How come? ‘‘Probably because we made a_ mistake,’’ admits Transit spokesperson, Jane Duncan. ‘‘There are still a few things we have to fix. All the new graphics are tempor- ary; they’Il all be changed for the March 7th bus _ inte- -gration.’’ We didn’t ask her how much all them temporary graphics cost... And speaking of the transit, have any of you noticed the lovely tones they play as the doors are about to close? If you listen closely, you'll re- alize that they sound vaguely familiar—the same dah, dah, dah which opens the theme from 2001, A Space Oddysey! Wonder what the government had in mind when they chose those tones? Just picture the drums going Bum, Bom, Bum, Bom, Bum, Bom as the train pulls out of the station... Former Other Press mem- ber Dave Watson, who is now the fourth highest paid rock critic in Vancouver (a position more of honour than vast financial bounty) continues to move up in the world. In addition to his brilliant writing, which now graces the pages of the Discorder and the Georgia Strait, Mr. What- not had the honour of serving as a judge for Spotlight ‘86 talent at the Town Pump last Tuesday. Way to go! DON?T TAKE ME FOR GRANITE! Jat The Canadian Navy Service Anniversary display ‘is upstairs in the library. Yes! Canada does have a Navy, and its been around for 75 years.