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The idea of no ex-officio members
on the college board is slowly begin-
ning to sink into the regular business
of the top ruling body at Douglas
College.

Twice this week student president
Jesse Sedhu was shot down while
trying to make presentations to the
college board. Even regular board
members, as opposed to chair Gerry
Trerise, are calling Sedhu, and faculty
vice president Len Millis out of order
when they speak.

Things do not bode well for the state

of democracy in. Douglas College. The
board allows Sedhu to speak when
he wants to congratulate them on the
occasional bauble thrown his way, but
when meatier issues, such as tuition
increases and application fees come
up, no such luck.

Slowly, the board meetings are
turning into a mockery. More evidence
of this can be seen in the delayed
negotiations with the faculty associa-
tion over their latest, and quite
possibly last contract.

It’s been two years since our

 

 

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teachers have had a contract. On top of
this, class sizes have risen; there are
subsequently more pressures on fac-
ulty, and we, the students, lose.

The big decisions continue to be
made in Victoria and the college board
has become such a joke even Socred
appointees are apparently toeing the
anti-government line. Case in point -
Sandy Tompson and Cliff Murnane’s
vote against the application fee.

Can Tompson, a wealthy New
Westminster real estate agent and
Murnane, a former Burnaby school
trustee, who work for the Socreds in
their spare time be trusted to really
understand what it’s like to be living
on less than $5,000 a year?

Not likely. The sad fact is, most
students at Douglas College don’t
understand what poverty is like.

- Tuition fees will continue to increase

until something fundamentally dif-
ferent happens in this system.

The truth is that it will probably only
appear to happen.

ckery

Maybe if our next student president
can gain enough respect from the
college board, that person will be
allowed to speak up on relevant issues.
As it is, Jesse was so unaware of the
tuition increase that he wasn’t even
able to make a presentation before the
voting.

So far, three candidates have shown
up to college administration meetings,
and Jesse has even picked up his legs
and attended a few more meetings
than in the past.

More candidates are coming out to
student society rallies and meetings,
and we’re all going to be faced with
either making our own choices, or not
voting at all. Many probably won’t
vote because they don’t know the
issues.

The one thing to remember is, if you
do vote, vote for a candidate who has
proven they know what is happening

here: there’s an awful lot to learn in
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Letters...

Dear Other Press
’ | would like to voice my protest

_ against the gross misrepresentation by

student society candidates Jennifer
Poulton and Todd Riedl of the images
on their campaign poster. | don’t know
if that’s their fantasy image of them-
selves but it sure does not-look like the
real thing.

If these two people must use a
facade to impress the voters, would
they not hesitate to present a4acade in
their campaign platform?

The blatant attempt at image assoc-
iation purveyed by these offensive
posters smacks of a Madison Avenue
type deception often used to present
mediocre products in a good light.

Although | am not exactly sure, |
believe that these posters, which are
not marked with the D.C.S.S. stamp,
are in contravention of election policy
procedures.

Bob Blank

Dear Other Press,

Am | ever glad I’m around this place
to help keep our student leaders
running on the straight and narrow.
Case in point: the scene is the student

society AGM. The players are Ken
Gilbert, ombudsperson, and Jesse
Sedhu, student president. The plot
involves money.

First act - ByLaw 28.4 is passed
giving the ombudsoffice a minimum of
ten hours work a week.

The second act - By Law 28.3 setting
the rate of pay at a minimum of $5 an
hour, and a minimum of $100 a month.

The third act - me screaming.

“Hold it there; this sounds fishy,’’ |
say. ‘‘The one by-law calls for $100 a
month and the other reads as if it’s
supposed to be $200 a month.”’

Simple arithmetic. | Somewhere,
someone had tried a fishy ploy. But it
doesn’t end there. Speaker of the
House Matt Owers says we pass all of
the by-laws at once or none at all.

“‘Come on, there’s only a problem
with one,’’ | say. ‘‘let’s just pull out
the bit about $5 an hour, and let the
ombudsperson keep the $100 a
month. ’’

At least some students could see the
sense this proposal made. | just don’t
appreciate the idea of some people in
the student society trying to railroad
us students.

The finale - all’s well that ends well.

Thank you for letting me share my
thoughts.

Dan Hilborn, campus radical.