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New computers available to students; Pita Pit this summer

Douglas Students’
Union fulfills two major
campaign promises

By Keating Smith, Staff Writer

he Douglas Students’ Union

(DSU) has fulfilled two if
its campaign promises with the
grand opening of their newly
installed computer lab, which
brings 20 ‘all-in-one’ computers
to students in the DSU building
at the New Westminster
campus, and a Pita Pit to be up
and running by next summer.

“The reason for the
additional computer lab had
to do with many students not
being able to find available
computers within Douglas
College,” says Jesse Stamberg,
DSU internal relations
coordinator. “Therefore we
made it our campaign promise
to help these students who were
struggling to find computers on
campus.”

Finding a computer readily
available at either campus can
be a challenge, especially with
the high enrollment levels the
school has been faced with.
During midterm and final exams
periods, this can be even more

difficult and students can be
seen regularly using the ‘quick
printing’ stations to edit and
research papers in a last-ditch-
effort when all computers are
in use or when the labs are
full or occupied with a class.
Using the quick print stations
for any purpose other than
printing from flash drives or
email goes against the rules of
using the stations. The DSU
hopes to alleviate some of these
problems, along with many
other computer occupancy
issues with the new lab.

“Not only did we work to
get an additional computer lab
but we also made it our promise

to bring 100 additional sheets
of free printing per year for
students to use,” says Stamberg.
“This will be done separately
from Douglas College, and all
you will need to do is come into
our office with your student
ID to be able to access this free
printing.”

In addition to this new
service, both photocopying
and faxing services are also
available in the DSU office and
information on prices for both
services can be found on their
website.

The DSU also commented
on the opening of a new food
vendor at the New Westminster

‘Wo-Man explores gender and discrimination

Feminists for Gender
Fquality Club launch
magazine

By Dylan Hackett, News Editor

ast week the Feminists for

Gender Equality Club (GEC)
launched the first issue of Wo-
Man, a magazine hoping to
bring awareness and attention
to gender issues and ignite
the campus in dialogue about
discrimination issues. The
premier Winter 2013 issue—
brought into fruition through
Editor-In-Chief, Arts Director,
and club Co-President Sarah
Khan’s Print Futures program
magazine assignment—is
made further accessible by
the inclusion of a glossary.

This Week at Douglas: January 28-February 3

By Dylan Hackett, News Editor
Tuesday, Jan. 29

International Day (New
Westminster), 9 a.m.—4 p.m.
The third annual
International Day, put on by
Doug Life, will use the theme
of “Around the World in 80
steps” and will feature music
and dance from Scotland,
African nations, India, Mexico
and Middle Eastern nations.
Also featured this year is a
coffee and tea house with

The glossary highlights many
intimidating academic terms
used in feminist dialogue and
explains them in common
language.

“We started out last October
with me and Iloradanon Efimoff
(co-president). We basically
want to start a dialogue and
eventually, go into advocacy.
We started a Facebook group
which got really popular,” said
Khan. “In a month we had 60
members.”

“] think the most important
thing is that we have men and
women discussing [on the
Facebook page], because it
doesn’t really help if it’s just a
whole bunch of women of the
exact same mindset discussing
the same thing,” said Lauren
Ang, GEC member.

Last November the club
focused its efforts beyond

drinks representative to their
homebrewed nations. Over 20
nations will be represented with
cultural booths run by over 100
volunteers, all of whom are
keen on guiding students in an
exploration of world cultures.

Thursday, Jan. 31

Deadline to apply for Summer
2013 graduation without late
fees.

Deadline for overseas
international students to apply
for summer semester.

tabling events and inviting
discussion to their Facebook and
took to putting together Wo-
Man.

“It started out with just an
idea in my head.” explained
Khan. “At the time I was in
an editing class and we had to
present an editorial concept,
implement it, and create a plan
for investors. It was just an
exercise but it got me thinking
because it’s a very cool idea.”

Soon, the GEC had
established a production
schedule and worked into
the winter break to finish the
magazine, all while getting
feedback from Print Futures
coordinator Maureen Nicholson.
Production spilled into the
early weeks of 2013, and Khan
is proud of the paper’s 10-
copy premier. To work around
the limited print run and still

International Day (David Lam),
9 am.—4 p.m. See Jan. 29 event
for details.

Dinner with the President
(David Lam), 4:30 p.m.—7 p.m.
Register to chat with
Douglas College president
Scott McAlpine over a plate of
warm lasagna at www.tinyurl.
com/ DinnerWithThePresident.
McApline wants to hear your
thoughts and concerns with
Douglas and receive feedback
on how the college is helping
you achieve career and learning
goals. This event is co-sponsored

receive exposure, she explained
that the GEC is trying to make
Wo-Man available for students
in the library to browse and
review.

Khan’s choice in titling
the magazine with a hyphened
bridge across the two gender
terms came from the fact that the
GEC aims not to just appeal to
women, but emphasize the role
men can play in gender equality.
The only major dispute among
members involved in production
revolved around the use of pink
in the creative design of the
magazine. Khan was adamant
that the use of forest green for
the title page background was
faithful to the goal of cross-
gender appeal.

“|Feminism] should be
more mainstream as opposed to
being more exclusive as it can be
in academia. We’re exposed to

by Douglas College and the
DSU.

Friday, Feb. 1

Deadline for scholarship, award,
and bursary applications.

Basketball vs. Vancouver Island
University, 6 p.m.

Cheer on the Royals
basketball teams in the main
gym at the New Westminster
campus as they face Vancouver
Island University. The women’s
team plays at 6 p.m. with the
men’s match following at 8 p.m.

campus, saying “Pita Pit will
help bring additional student
jobs onto our campus, which
is very important for both us
and our members,” according
to Stamberg. “We have worked
with Pita Pit to bring in an
affordable $5 daily special
with both vegetarian and meat
options [and] these specials will
include a wrap, beverage, and
side construction that will start
in February and everything
should be fully functioning by
the summer semester.”

The new computer lab is
available for use during the DSU
office hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00
p-m., Monday through Friday.

different things in our culture.
Starting with the media, there
are certain things that are
inherently sexist. We become
desensitized to it,” said Khan.
“Feminism needs to be much
more practical. There is theory
behind [feminism] but you need
to apply it to the real world as
well.”

The GEC are selling copies
of the magazine for $10, a
price that functions not as a
marketplace valuation, but a
means to fund the GEC’s future
endeavors including feminist
workshops. The money raised
from sales of Wo-Man will go
towards production of future
issues and to fund the group’s
future activities.

Saturday, Feb. 2

Basketball vs. Camosun, 1 p.m.
Cheer on the Royals
basketball teams in the main
gym at the New Westminster
campus as they face Camosun.
The women’s team plays at
1 p.m. with the men’s match
following at 3 p.m.

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