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Dear Dr. Cannabis F

My boyfriend Tom (his real name) is
insanely jealous and doesn’t trust me
alone for a second. Ever since we
started living together he keeps tabs
on who | phone and where | go. He
always comes home yelling ‘’Where’s
that man? | know you’ve been seeing
another man!’’l’m getting tired of
hearing this over and over. What can |
say to Tom?

Not Trusted

Dear Not Trusted 5

Just tell old Tommy that ever since
you’ve moved in. with him, there’s
never been a man in your life.

 

by IAN G. LYON

The Pub Night of November 17, will
be the last social event on campus if
Mr. Bill Morphy gets his way. In the
latest communique from the heavens
Mr. Morphy has stated that there will
be no more pub nights.

The reason, too much vandalism.
Sure, some vandalism is caused on
pub nights but the question is it a
significant increase over the amount
on a weekend sans pub night.

Complaints are coming from the
company, Impark, who contro! the
parking on campus. Broken gates,
smashed bottles. Can the Student
Society be held responsible for all the
vandalism, when. the parking lot is
open to the general moronic public. It
is acommon practice for patrons of the
local watering holes to park in our
parking lot and we know that they are

not nearly as responsible citizens as

college students are, therefore how
can vadalism be eradicated?

It can’t. It is a cost factor of running
or financing any event where the
general public is involved. If the
College administration cannot see this,
it makes you wonder how you can
leave your hard earned tuition fees in
their hands. Are they as blind regard-
ing the future of this college as they
are to the inherent costs of social
events?

Pub nights are the major..fund

— raising event for a good portion of the

clubs and organizations on campus. By
closing them down it means that they

November 50th, 1984

Editoritn..

will have to go to the Student Society
for the money they would have raised
by sponsoring such an event. The only
result of this is that you, the student,
will have to pay higher fees to come to
this grand college. It can be argued
that it is the design of this building
that leads to the problem and not the
students.

Walls of glass get broken. If it was a
solid wall it wouldn’t break. If you
have a non-functional design you must
add maintenance, including replace-
ment of windows, into the operating
budget. The more glass you have in a
building, obviously, the more break-
age there will be.

There have been intimations ‘that
one of the security guards was not
acting in a responsible manner to cool
the situation down.

The D.C.S.S. is now looking for a
new security agency, but the question
is, can the Student Society be held
responsible for the negligent action of
““professionals’’? Administration
seems to think so. Where does the
blame lie? NOT with the D.C.S.S. or
the Yeti Ski Club (sponsors of that
particular social event) but with the
individual who took it upon himself to
violate the law. This incident is not
representative of pub nights at D.C., it
is an isolated case and only someone
who was waiting with grudge in hand
could use this as a reason to justify
closing down this colleges’ main
source of social interaction.

Dr. Cannabis

Dr. Cannabis will answer any ques-
tions on lust, drugs, booze or anything
under the full moon. Just drop them
off in room 1602.

Dear Dr. Cannabis

| desperately need your help before
it’s too late. I’ve never been so
terrified, and feel myself on the verge
of a nervous breakdown. Wherever |
go they follow me. Hunting me.
Hounding me. Constantly keeping me
under surveillance. No matter who |
meet, it’s always a narc’- ready to bust
me at the first chance! They can’t all
be narcs, but it’s gotten so | can’t tell
them apart anymore.

It started last year when an under-
cover cop hauled me in on suspicion of
having smoked some drugs. Since
then, | never know where they’II strike
next. Paranoia started. The worst time
was when | went to Wreck Beach and
realized everybody was an undercover
cop. Everytime | come home, | ransack
the place for any bugs my narcish
landlord may have planted. | stopped

_delivery of my newspaper because the

paperboy is working for the C.S.1.S.
The college itself has become a
nightmare. Have you ever noticed how
the college courtyard could pass for a
prison courtyard? With the students
as inmates, and the teachers as
guards. | run to the exit doors every 15

minutes to make sure they aren’t

locking us in. This can’t go on. Last
week a teacher handed back a test
paper, and | thought it was a warrant
for. my arrest. | nearly knocked him
down to escape before | realized what
it really was. Then | saw my mark and
wished it had been a warrant.

| live each day in fear, and to make it
worse, they’ve infiltrated my home.
My Chihuahua, Chico, is really a
police dog in disguise.

Watched

Dear Watched

Hey! You'll turn into a regular.
cashew if you keep thinkin’ society has
copped out. You're sufferin’ from
Spottacoppaphobia, an extreme fear of
narcs. Goin’ to a shrink’s no good.
When they whip out that: writin’ pad,
you'll think you’re makin’ a signed
confession. You’re only chance for a
lifejacket is a special seminar comin’
up. They train you to be able to tell
narcs from normal people. You find
out all the little trips they like to play
and how to avoid ‘em. The seminar’s
free, and being held at 1896 Snow
Ave., Mount Everest. Be there by
December 1st.

Tip for the day: The more laws a
government passes, the more corrupt
it becomes. wis :