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Volume XiIlIf; Number 9

DCSS Locked in
Closet

 

by Marion Drakos

President of the Douglas Col-
lege Student Society, Aias Perez,
says the lack of adequate student
society office space in the new
Thomas Haney site is creating a
"“geograghical barrier" for Maple
Ridge students who want to be in-
volved in student government.

"I see the student society not as
a luxury but a necessity," Perez
said. "This is a sympton of the lack
of legitmate representation in the
college system."

According to Maple Ridge
Member at Large, Angus Adaire,
the size of the society office in the
25 million dollar complex is "the
same size as some of the wash-
rooms."

Perez says he understands the
financial limitations of the complex
and realises that the college must
prioritize but that the college has
it’s priorties "all wrong."

"Why is it that the largest
group on campus has the least
amount of power - from voting on
the college board to having a say in
how much space they have in a
building."

Matthew Martin, the Other
Press Board member, was disap-
pointed at the lack of space allo-

Freeze the Fees
Campaign Gears

 

by Matthew Martin

The Provincial Executive of
the Canadian Federation of Stu-
dents met last week to try and ex-
pand the "Freeze the Fees"
campaign into the smaller colleges
in BC said Christina Steinmann,
the Vice-President, Internal of the
DCSS.

"So far the campaign has been
university centred" said Stein-
mann. The beefed up campaign
will involve bigger rallies and big-
ger events on a few of the college
campuses. "Douglas College is
good because we are so centred”
said Steinmann adding that most of
the representative committee are
involved in some way.

The Douglas College Faculty
Association has also given their
formal support to the "Freeze the
Fees" campaign in a letter ad-
dressed to the DCSS.

Activities so far have included
the stamping of cheques at registra-
tion for tuition and the stamping of
registration forms with "Freeze the

   

 

“COMING UP!

Due to a Canadian University
Press Conference being held
in two weeks, our next issue
will be one week later. It will
be distributed February 26th.
Also coming up is our Women’s
Issue. It will be distributed
March 5th.

After that we will be publishing again
every two weeks.

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cated to the student paper.

"It’s a flagrant disregard to the
students in Maple Ridge. The fact
that we aren’t allocated any space |e
only shows how little thought has
been put into the whole project."

Adaire questions the wisdom
of the combining of a high school
with a college. "Some contiuing
education students that I’ve talked }On
to are afraid to go to (Thomas)
Haney," he said, "because there is |
no place for the college students to
go so they can get away from the
high school students."

photo by Marion Drakos

 

Alas Perez- President of the DCSS

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There will be a committee
struck to plan the campaign here on
campus. If you would like to get
involved and maybe help out, you
can contact the DCSS at 527-5111
or 527-5109. Talk to either Jennifer
or Christina.

photo by Marion Drakos

Students wait in long line-ups at registration.
day most classes had already been filled.

   

By afternoon on the second -

   

Chris Steinmann-VP External