mbpanatie

 

 

Colleges attack proposed bill

 

 

 

 

EE: Fe SES eM he

[CUP] - A proposed provinc-
ial bill giving the finace
ministry broader powers
over college funding has
been attacked by Capilano
College and the B.C. Asso-
ciation of Colleges for being
too powerful.

The proposed financial

administration act has been

criticized by college princi-
pal Paul Gallagher and

BCAC executive director
Frank Beinder for increasing
the ministry’s power over
college finances and em-
ployee relations.

‘‘There are certain things
in the act that we don’t
like,’’ Beinder said. ‘‘The
act suggests the ministry of
finance can have a major
decision in banking issues.’’

Beinder said he also wor-

ried about the implications
for employee relations under
the proposed act.

“T think our main concern
is the intrusion under Sec-
tion 66 into the matter of
employee relations. It gives
the ministry of finance the
right to form a multi-em-
ployer bargaining group.

“It also gives the depart-
ment of finance control over

staffing levels and this is a
very specialized area.’’
Robert McKee, local pres-
ident of the Association of
University and College Em-
plyees, said his union has
not formed an official re-
sponse to the proposed act,
but said he found it dis-
agreeable on first reading.
‘It puts us in the position

 

of having to negotiate with
Victoria. Decentralized bar-
gaining has always been a
hard process,’’ McKee said.

Gallagher said he feels the
important concerns are the
impact of the act on the
autonomy of the public in-
stitutions and that the intent
regarding employee relat-
ions is not clear.

30

Friday, November 14, 1980.

 

Beer now 90° Tanke ta Sama

by Tom Schoenewolf

Students attending the
November 7 pub night at
New Westminster and Rich-
mond campuses were prob-
ably surprised when the
price of beer and hard liquor

had been dropped to 90
cents from $1.
According to the terms

layed out in the Special
Occassions License (SOL)
provided by the Liquor Con:
trol Board (LCB), beer and
hard drinks can not be sold
at the college for more than
90cents.

Kevin Hallgate, student
society president, said that
someone complained about
the resulting publicity forced
his council to drop the price
to 90 cents.

“Other than legally thro-
ugh the. LCB, the student
society is not doing anything
morally wrong by charging
$1’’, he said.

Hallgate said that the
drop in price would result in
a $150-200 loss in revenue at
pub nights. To compensate
for this loss student society
passed a motion at the multi
campus council meeting on
November 8 that permits the
council to charge students 50
cents and non-students $1
for admission to pub nights.

‘This motion was passed
because we can’t break even
if we (student society) only
charge 90 cents,’’ Hallgate
said.

No admission was charged
at either the New West-
minster or Richmond pubs
on November 7. If council
decides to charge admission,
tickets will be sold no later
than four hours prior to the
pub.

“‘We don’t know if stu-
dent society is going to go
that route (charging admis-
sion) because of possible
administrative problems

 

The traditional roses and nursing uniforms were present at the Douglas College Fall
Graduation Ceremony, Thursday, November 6 in New Westminster. A total of 307 students
graduated graduated this fall from Douglas College including 208 nursing graduates.

 

 

 

 

such as obtaining a ticket
office and the possibility of
having tickets duplicated,’’
Hallgate said.

The majority of Douglas
College students surveyed
about the possible admission
charge said that student
society should continue to
charge $1 for drinks and
avoid ticket sales.

‘I would pay the admis-
sion but I think they (student
society) should just charge
$1 a beer to save the hassles
of change. What’s a dime
anyway,’’ said one student.

Another student said, ‘‘If
student council is going to
charge admission they better
have decent bands at pub
nights.”’

Society president

No point in protesting yet

by Dan Hilborn

The Douglas College stu-
dent society president, Kev-
in Hallgate, has stated that
because of a story and
editorial in last weeks ‘Other
Press’ he now has to ‘make
an official protest.....long
before it is either necessary
or desirable to do so.”’

“I’m not ‘courting the
college board on their pro-
posal,’’’ said Hallgate.The-
re’s no point in my making
any protest at this time,’’ he
later added.

Rumors have been heard
around Douglas about a
tuition increase ever since a
memo was passed at a
meeting of bursars asking
that community -colleges
consider raising their fees.

Two weeks ago, Steve
Shallhorn warned the stu-
dent society about a possible

increase and added that
students should organize
early to prevent tuition
hikes.

“It is not the proper time
to make an official present-

ation to any level of manage-
ment,’’ said Hallgate. ‘‘I
have already discussed this
possible increase, the con-
sequences, and possible be-
nifits with some college ad-

" ministrators and my feelings

are known.”’

Hallgate says that he and
his council will oppose the
increase ‘‘if it is the will of
the students.’’ He added
that there is no point in
saying anything until after
there is an official proposal
before the college board.