3y Jason Kurylo Let's not pussy foot around it. Our cafeteria is a fucking rip-off I don’t have the time, nor the stom- ach, to examine the entire menu, so I'll simply concentrate on a few key products, Call me crazy, but I've always thought that services provided in a given environment should both sat- isfy the needs of the consumers in that environment, and do so ata Price those consumers can afford. I don't know, maybe it’s the Mother Theresa in me. What we have on the Douglas College campus “fs something en- tirely different. ICL Services, a Di- vision of White Spot Limited, has exclusive rights to all foodstuffs Spare Some oo TT wee cept anes Change For an Iced Tea, Man? NOT The Horse's Mouth also avoid the tedious debate about the Campus Deli. The sandwiches they make are actually digestable, and quite often taste pretty darned good. More specifically, let’s focus on what may be the most important consumer product invented in the last fifty years: Snapple. “Made from the best stuff on earth,” Snapple has be- come one of the largest selling pack- aged drinks in the world. You can’t es- Cape it, it’s all over the place. Our hal-- lowed campus is no exception. If you chance to chat with that cute bru- nette from my acting class. Yes, | admit I've shelled out the two bucks for a bottle. Hell, I've even bought roughly $1.20 per bottle, for you "math majors...) If you want to go € way, I have a Costco. card. That gets me 24 bottles of Snapple for $18.56. Do the math. Logic } > (what's that, _ Tight?) dictates that a company the size of White Spot doesn’t buy their product at Costco. Volume, volume, volume, and all that... So, if they're paying less than 80¢ a bottle, why the hell are we paying two bucks?And, if a robbery: fifteen cents for hot water. Okay, I’m not too worried about a dime and a nickel, but when I buy One of their ancient Egyptian tea bags, I don’t expect to have to di through my change pocket before I try to wring out that second cup. You'd think ICL could absorb that fifteen cents. Or at least put it to good use, and purchase new oil for the deep-fryers. When was the last time they charged you for water at the White Spot? I realize that a company has to make money on any given venture. However, when White Spot enters a college campus full of loan-ridden, Overtaxed, overtired, overworked “students, you'd hope they would take priced morsel. half-baked fish pre-formed burger platters. Let’s sold here. All three Major outlets on campus are outright owned by em. This, of course, explains that mysteriousTriple-O déja vu feeling you get — free — with every over- We live in a deep-fried, frozen food society, so let's not get into the sticks and the greasy Apathy? Who cares? To the Other Press: ae, This has been my first year at Douglas College, and I'd like to say that I'm pretty disgusted and dismayed with the overall student attitude around here. Apathy seems to be the password, with very few people really giving enough of a fuck about things to actually get involved. We have the facilities to put together a decent Student Society, with plenty of publicity in a half-decent student Paper, and thus a good relationship with an enthusiastic student body. Unfortunately, we don’t have any of these things, and that really sucks. Our sports teams are some of the best in the nation. For God's sakes, our women’s volleyball team went nearly forty straight games without a loss this year, and who knows about it?The team, their family and their friends. The men’s baskeball team carried home the BC banner, and won the silver at the nationals... Lord knows if we'll hear anything about it in your paper. I hear a young lady actually won the women’s national badminton title three weeks ago, and do we hear about it? NO!! Why? I suppose it’s not my place to say. I mean, if] want sports coverage so badly, I should do it myself, right? But with a campus population of over 5000 students, Douglas should have at least a handful of eager, hungry beavers jumping at the chance to get practical journalism experience. (Or political experience. Or volunteering, club, or tutoring experience.) On the other hand, if the two games I attended this year are any indication, I'd hazard a guess that no one on campus cares what our sports teams do anyways. No one goes to the friggin’ games!!! Somewhere, someone is going to have to figure out why the Douglas student body couldn’t give a shit about anything. And then, they should do something about it. Myself, I'm going to do the typical, yet respectable, Douglas College shuffle, and go back to my homework. Besides, Seinfeld’s on... A Very Disappointed Art Van de Lay get your fa- ear closing, you been guilty ness, giving Ocation and the don’t get here before the noon rush chances are you won't vourite flavour Ni might not get an Mint is gone, so despite the fact that an outrageous $1.99 a bottle! I must confess, I've of crumbling in weak in to the convenient | etimes. All this, our café charges one for a friend. Can we think about this for a second, though? If you walk down to the local y at all. Even the Chevron, they'll gladly hand over the Snap for $1.25. 7-11, not known for its’ fair Pricing strategy (Hey, it’s 3 am, where else are you gonna go, mister?), lets them go for $1.39 each. Safeway, the crown prince of overpricing, generously offers 4 bottles for $4.86. (That's they aren’t payin less than that, what bolielvekd is making the decisions at their of- fice? And how do I apply? Another example of highway Project High a good opportunity for teens by Objective Journalist The Other Press has started scratch- ing backs and hopes that its collective back will be scratched for a long time to come. The student paper has started an in- ternship program for high school stu- dents code-named Project High. Students from 10 Lower Mainland secondary schools were approached in late April to participate in the program, which brings the students together to produce a paper aimed at other second- ary school students. Eight members are currently involved with the project. "It's a great way to get to know how secondary students perceive their world,” said project coordinator Jason Kurylo. "I've been out of high school awhile and it's interesting to know how stu- dents' lives have changed, even in the 6 years I've been out of high school." The students will be left mostly to their own devices, with the OP staff: helping’and providing support where needed. "Youth in our society are treated abysmally," said Office CoordinatorTim Crumley. "They're treated as non-persons, like they know nothing. We know that these students are more than capable of mak- si ing their own paper, by themselves. We just want to foster that relationship.” Project High memebers would re- ceive what normal Douglas College stu- dents working at the Other Press would receive: writing experience, desktop publishing training, computer skills training, photography training, and more. The students would be asked at the completion of the project to volunteer with the Other Press. "It's been a fun and interesting ex- perience so far," said Project High mem- ‘ber Kristi Kenyon. "I've met some nice people and done some cool things. I hope I will be able to use the experience I get to further my working experience." The Project is the first attempt by the Other Press to reach out to high school students, but they are planning more internship ventures in the future. . | + . Tim Crumley and Kristi Kenyon smile and look damn nice PHOTO: Public Information Office € Opportunity to help out the op- Pressed masses. As it is, considerin the prices and the quality of the food at our esteemed eatery, one thing our students aren't is overfed. Doctor becomes next Douglas College head by Drew Anapul said. The Douglas College presidential search is over. Hunter-Harvey is currently con- cluding her duties as vice-president of Dr. Susan Hunter-Harvey from academic research at Brandon Univer- Brandon University will now step sity in Manitoba, and also as an associ- into the ultimate administrative position ate professor in the department of here at DC. sociology at Ryerson Polytechnic. Hunter-Harvey’s no-nonsense The new President of Douglas also approach to college restructuring, along has an impressive list of credentials, with her view of presidential including an M.A. anda Ph.D. from the involvement at every level of adminis- department of political science acquired tration, suited the unique atmosphere at from the University of Hawaii. the three Douglas College branches. The most impressive aspect of In her presentation to the audience Hunter-Harvey’s presentation was the at the Presidential Colloquium in April, fact she was not afraid to do battle with Dr. Hunter-Harvey impressed the politicians in Victoria who are creating Presidential Selection committee with educational policies for the college her ability to communicate her ideas by community in BC. listing aggressive tactics she employed “I would confront the ministry in the past while working for Brandon _ responsible in Victoria first, rather than University. being passive, and simply accepting “The centrality of the learner [budget] cuts by dealing with them at comes first,” Hunter-Harvey said. “I the local level,” Hunter.explained. would like to create more flexibility for Karin Henderson, chairperson for students...by providing more options,” the Douglas College Board, says one she continued. of the reasons Hunter was hired for the Hunter-Harvey also expressed her presidential post is because the Board concerns regarding laborers who were saw her as a “dynamic an articulate laid-off and wanted to go back to school __ person who is passionate about students to up-grade individual education’s to and their needs.” ‘oa compete for high technology jobs. 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