-ETTITOR You may already have noticed that this weeks issue is somewhat DSU themed. After the latest blanket statement issued by Douglas admin last week, much discussion about the DSU, their accounting legacy and their electoral woes came up at the weekly OP meeting last Thursday. After much debate, we realized that maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to poke a little fun at a bad situation. As you peruse this weeks helping of Pulitzer winning content, you'll come across the odd satirical article regarding our beleaguered colleagues upstairs. I’m tempted to chime in on their plight, but instead I'll play Switzerland and ado faux neutrality on the subject. That said, if you’ve got an opinion, we’d love to hear from you. Our mailbag sits anxiously awaiting your submissions. You'll notice some particularly racy content on this very subject in the mailbag this week! And now dedicated reader, it’s time to delve into our quality content. Again, I’d like to emphasize that the DSU related articles you are about to read were written in jest. And we're not seriously suggesting a coup that would see the Other Press assume total domi- nance over your student fees. Unless of course it means that I'd get a nicer desk. Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I’ve got to go and review our timely and wholly accurate audit, while I bask in the fact that I’m now Editor in Chief of this publication thanks to winning an uncontested election. Ahh, life truly is grand down here at the OP. Now if onl we had a free arcade... Trevor Hargreaves Editor In Chief MAILBA our right Mr.Pub, the College in general is very pride-friendly. But I wasn’t referring to only e college. The “violent vandalism” happened in the Students’ Union Building not on ollege property. They are two separate properties not to be confused with one another. Just to give you some background, the incident I’m referring to is not a simple case of a few pamphlets being ripped up. Some of the things done during this incident were stickers being dug out of doors, posters being ripped off the wall and torn in half, the previous Pride Liaison’s work space being trashed and his computer being thrown-across the room. It was evident that a single group was being targeted, and in a violent manner. Since then, mem- bers of the DSU’s representative committee have made every effort to conceal their involve- iment in this incident and have continued their efforts to, for lack of a better word, oppress he queer community in the Students’ Union Building. + So on that note Mr. Pub, lebster’s defines violence as 1 a : exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse (as in varfare effecting illegal entry into a house) b : an instance of violent treatment or procedure 2 : injury by or as if by distortion, infringement, or profanation : OUTRAGE 3 a: intense, turbulent, or furious and often destructive action or force b : vehement feeling or expression : FERVOR; also : an instance of such action or feeling c : a clashing or jarring quality : DISCORDANCE 4: undue alteration Vebster’s also defines vandalism as : willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property Please explain to me how this incident and destroying of pride materials in the Students’ Union Building or on campus is not or can not be considered an act of violence/vandalism. Is the mere action of targeting a certain group on campus by continuously vandalizing posters and pamphlets showing us violent intentions. This is always the beginning of greater threats, Mr. Pub. My intentions in treating these incidents as seriously as I am is to prevent any further escalation of violence, intimidation and harassment against my queer sisters and brothers. I also find it unfortunate that you wouldn’t consider these actions to be serious until bodily harm has occurred. nd just to point out to you Mr. Pub, a baseball bat to someone’s head is NOT an act of iolent vandalism but an assault with a weapon causing bodily harm. Let’s hope it doesn’t Positive Space. Chris Sleightholme DSU Pride Liaison come to this at the Students’ Union Building, and be grateful that the College is considered a Has anyone read that email that Douglas sent to all the students last week? What the hell? Am I the only one willing to speak out about this stupidity? Is the DSU even remotely focused on the fact that their mandate isn’t to waffle around with semantics but to serve the students? Let me just review the situation here: A forensic audit was done, and they held an election to vote in new people to run the show. And now we're told that they can’t even sort out who won the election? Have these meatballs suffered collective head injuries recently? The short-end of this situation is that they need to get their house in order. And every d that things aren’t sorted out is a failure to the student population that the DSU represents. Ok, the election was screwed up and multiple people are claiming to be the victors. Then let get everybody into a room and sort the issue out. Be it a re-vote or by appointing some tem porary people into the positions for the time being, whatever, just come-up with some freak answers. When it comes to this election debate, it’s not really about these elected (or mis-elected) individuals is it? No, it’s about the student body. And the right thing for all of you DSU din- gleberries to do is to collectively affect some fast actions and sort out your mess. If you’re really worthy of your various positions, then why don’t you prove it by selflessly stepping down to your opponent so that they can get on with the job, because your stubbornness isn helping anybody. To further this mess, word on the street is that the DSU plans on taking the school to court to try to force the school to handover the student fees they have already proven them: selves incapable of responsibly using? How about just sitting down with admin and doing exactly what they ask. Here’s the deal: They are the man. You are not. And the man wins, s« stop fighting them. Call a meeting with admin right now, right away. It would be refreshing t see everyone involved dished out less talk and more action here. Everyone needs to start working together for the betterment of the student body. Because be you admin, or be you DSU, that’s what we pay you for. As George Orwell once said, “He who controls the past, controls the future”. But he wt controls your student fees and transcripts wins. So everybody just shut up and fix things. Sincerely, The Only Kid On Campus That Cares —