September 10, 2003 Features ¢ the other press ©

Douglas College
— The Early Years

1969: Plans for Douglas College get
underway. “Yeah College” begins to appear
on bumper stickers.

June 1970: British Columbia’s last classes of
grade 13 students graduate. Douglas
College’s PR Slogan: “Learning is for the
lively—Lively people are learners.” Golly,
that’s clever.

1970: Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over
Troubled Water spends several weeks at the
top of the charts. Douglas College spends
several years sputtering beneath the bridge.
1970: 1,510 full-time students register for
classes despite the fact there are no official
classrooms.

1970: Opening of the College is delayed

because toilet bowls don’t conform to

 

municipal by-laws. Pretty crappy.

1971-72: The first Student Newspaper, First
Words, makes an appearance (and a disap-
pearance).

April 1976: The Other Press makes its grand
entry into the world. Terry Glavin, co-
onstruction 2003. founder of paper asserts, “The Other Press
will contribute to the identity of the stu-
dents and the College and help to remedy
student apathy.” Does anybody care?

1979: Students fight to save a 92-year-old
building from being demolished to make

 

room for the Royal Avenue campus. The
building is secretly destroyed late at night.
April 1981: Douglas College officially splits

 

into two: Kwantlen, meaning “tireless run-
ner” and Douglas.

1982: Douglas College finally has a perma-
nent home . . . and faces a 1.65 million
dollar budget cut.

1984: Extreme overcrowding at the college
leaves some students crying with frustra-
tion.

March 1985: David Zieroth becomes editor
of Event.

1986: Expo 86; Douglas records its largest
graduation to date.

(These facts obtained from Douglas College:
Twenty Years of Making a Difference, The
House that Jack Built, and Yeah College! (all
available at the Douglas College Library)

and from newspaper archives)

    

Douglas College’s “new” 8th and Royal Campus, prior |
1982 photo by Basil King, courtesy of the New Westm
Library.

 

(F Programs available )
Douglas Regional
College’s first year of
operation

Law Enforcement
Merchandising
Institutional Service Work
Fashion Design/Clothing Technology
Executive Secretary

Fire Science

Cartography

Traffic and Transportation
Construction Technology
Interior Design

Mortuary Science
Tourism

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