ea \ The Volume 18 Issue 5 Friday, March 1, 1985 Other Press Douglas College’s Autonomous Student Newspaper Temple of Doom room flip forces flop Even Indiana Jones could- n't fight his way through this one. Due to a combination of booking errors and communi- by JOHN McDONALD cation breakdown, Douglas College students lost an op- portunity to see the feature film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , as yet unreleased on video. Originally booked into the Performing Arts Theatre, transferred into the large lec- ture theatre (2201) and then to the small lecture theatre, the film was eventually can- celled when the few students who had persevered got fed up and left. An error in the date on a booking form, submitted by Film Night co-ordinators Leasa Pye and Sandra Parker, had the film originally sched- uled for Saturday, February 16th from 4:30 to 7:00 pm in the P.A.T. (Performing Arts Theatre). They had meant Friday, February 15th. When the error was dis- covered, Pat Thomasson, manager of Logistical Ser- vices, changed the venue to the small lecture theatre be- cause the P.A.T. was already booked for Friday night. ‘‘| may have given them the wrong room number,’’ said Thomasson. As a result, the film was set up in the large lecture the- atre. But T.A.S.H. was hav- ing a day long conference in the large lecture theatre and were on a break from 4:00 till 7:30 pm. Conflict arose when the representative from T.A.S.H. arrived at 5:00 to set up early for their seminar. “‘He asked us to leave and when we refused, he com- plained to Ken McCoy,”’ said Pye. McCoy, the physical plant manager at Douglas asked them to move into the small lecture theatre. At this point the disgruntled co- ordinators called the whole thing off. “| guess everybody is a bit at fault,’’ said Pye, ‘‘but Mr. McCoy ‘said he had no choice but to move them, claiming an insufficient ‘‘time cush- ion’’ between bookings. ‘‘My staff has to get in there and clean up between bookings,’’ said McCoy, who feels that the number of building staff is inadequate. ‘‘I originally asked for 8 people when the building opened. | got two,’’ he said. Thomasson feels that the college has outgrown its cur- rent ledger booking system and as a result mistakes will happen. ‘‘Hopefully we’ll be moving onto a computer sys- tem by summer,’’ she said. Double bookings do happen said McCoy, ‘‘and they cause a lot of anguish for the people involved as well as adminis- tration. | get caught in the middle.’’ The cost of the cancelled film, rented from Paramount 16 film services, was $150.00. It was discounted for Douglas from a regular price of $500. ‘Douglas College office administration student Julie Bolsover was “really surprised” when she won a Radio Shack computer through the Knowledge Network last week. Here college president Bill Day awards her with her prize. BCIT losing faculty and staff VANCOUVER [CUP] - One out of every six instructors at B.C.’s most well-known tech- nological institute will be fired if the provincial govern- ment continues its funding cutbacks. Theft is stilla problem at DC The problem of theft is still upon us at Douglas College, but some precautions have been made. by STEVE GRAY Weight room attendant Rob ‘Vale commented that stealir of cheques and cash out of the Physical Education offices has occurred a few times in the new year, but since the new face plates were put/on the doors 2 weeks ago, there have been no instances of theft. Vale agrees with the issue that the security guards are under-staffed and have too much to cope with. Vale feels that the thefts have made people leery about leaving anything unattended. He be- lieves it is definitely an inside job because the person or persons knew where to look for the materials that were stolen. Because of the thefts that occurred in the past, security has decided to close down the “volleyball office’’. According to Vale, the Security Depart- ment feels the office is a security risk. Vale says that the office is a necessity to the P. E. Dept. for meetings, paperwork, and storage. But the decision has been made and nothing can be done to change this. As a warning to all the people who use the facilities in the P. E. Dept., Vale warns them to ‘‘bring a lock and lock your things up in one of the lockers--it will be safer in there.’’ As opposed to the easy-go- ing and concerned attitude of Rob Vale, John McDonald is furious over the theft which personally affected him last week. On February 11, 1985, McDonald’s Kuwahara moun- tain bike valued at $600 was stolen on the Douglas College Campus. McDonald _ stated the bike was stolen outside the Other Press Office door between 8 pm and 10 pm. McDonald said, ‘‘I think the thief took the bike out the south-east doors.’’ McDonald reported the incident to Secu- rity immediately. When asked what Security intended to do, McDonald replied flatly, ‘“As usual, Security did nothing.’’ ‘ > The B.C. Institute of Tech- nology, which faces a 10.7 per cent cut in provincial funding next year, is grappling for ways to make the cuts. Pres- ident Gordon Thom has given faculty, staff and students one month to find alternative courses of funding. Thom announced recently that the following cuts will be made if those sources are not discovered: - eighty-nine of BCIT’s 550 instructors will be laid off _ - marketing management, broadcast engineering, health information technology and building technology programs will be eliminated - library hours will be reduced by 13.5 hours a week - central counselling services and central audio-visual ser- vices will be eliminated. Thom said other sources of revenue include tuition fee increases, additional money from the provincial govern- ment, salary deferrals and increased workload on re- maining faculty members. BCIT swallowed a 10.2 per cent funding cut last year by laying off 100 full-time staff and faculty positions and in- creasing fees by 30 per cent. BCIT students arid faculty are unhappy about the pro- posed cuts, saying the admin- istration should pare down management salaries and the institute’s growing number of computers. The administra- tion recently introduced a new computer program which re- placed several electrical and electronic studies lecturers. “| think they are spending an awful lot on computers in the hope that they can replace instructors,’” says’ Gregory Layton, BCIT staff society president. “| think they are wrong, | don’t think it will work.’’ Student council president Donald Rippon says students want to keep tuition at current levels but would agree to a hike if the administration a- grees to certain concessions, such as reducing their own salaries. He says students do not want programs or faculty positions cut. photo by Brian Bisset