Special Election Cl ES i. Volume 13 Number3_ September 30th 1982 paper serving New Westminster, Coquitlam, ‘Election for McBride site chair Election coverage by Tom Boer, Mori Hillman, and Chris Page-.and photos by Gerry Oikawa and lan Hunter. Bill Blancard or Richard Sands will be elected chair- person of Douglas College ‘Student Council October 5 and 6. The chairperson will be responsible for calling cam- pus council meetings, co-or- dinating campus. activities, and dealing with problems of the McBride and Agnes St. campuses. He will also att- - end the Student Society’s multi-campus council meet- ings. Ballotting will be at the McBride and Agnes St. sites. __. The following other stu- dent society positions have been filled by acclamation: » = Winslow Chairperson Alice Howden McBride representatives Maureen Fletcher-Berg Bill Hamar Les Pandak Alanna Whitley Stewart Woolverton Maple Ridge representatives Eve Ryan Cheryl Mcintyre Winslow Representatives Viki Inskip Kim Lamarche Denise Siemens Richard Moore has been elected by acclamation to the position of EPPCO (Gov- ernance) member-at-large. We were unable to contact those officials not inter- viewed here. There are still vacancies for representatives from the Winslow, Agnes St., and Maple Ridge sites. MCBRIDE REP MAUREEN FLETCHER BERG Maureen Fletcher-Berg is a Business Management stu- dent who ‘wants to know more’ about happenings at the college. In her first semester, she is running for the position of representative at the McBride campus. When pressed for opinions about cutbacks and student. Le politics, she was un- Sands takes on Blancard RICHARD SANDS CANDIDATE FOR MCBRIDE CHAIR BILL BLANCARD CANDIDATE FOR MCBRIDE CHAIR Bill Blanchard, a former representative to the student society, has no new ideas for dealing with the recent cut- backs issue. ‘‘I’ll play it by ear,’ he stated recently. * Still, he vows to ‘‘fight’’ against cutbacks. Blancard, who brought attention to himself last Spring by masquerading as a beggar at the ‘‘cutbacks’’ rally, praises the College Administration; whom he said are ‘‘doing all they can.’’He explains that the administration is forced to cut courses and programs; “‘they have no choice.” Blancard also thinks high- ly of the student Society executive, saying they ‘‘rep- resent the best interests of thestudents.’’ Blancard, when asked about the government sys- tem, exclaims; ‘‘It’s great!’’ It’s an opportunity, he says, for students and faculty to “work together as a team.’’ “I’m a very hard worker,’’ he says, and claims a record of ‘‘community volunteer work.’’ He promises to be “‘approachable,’” and work on more pub nights. Richard Sands says he’s running for office because “I’m fed up with political bureaucracy and | want to get things done,’ adding that he considers himself non-political. “| want to see if | can help run things better than they’re being run now,’’ he continues. He has not obser- ved any student society meetings. : On the way he would vote at council meetings, Sands says, ‘‘I don’t go with the people | like, | go with the way | feel.’’ S Referring to government cutbacks in education, Sands says, ‘’Times are tough, but they could have cutback other things than educa- tion.’ He is pessimistic a- bout fighting cutbacks, how- ever; ‘’l don’t think there’s anything we can do except keep writing letters.’’ He has no comment on the college governance system and agrees with the student society’s plan to allot up to $7,500 to spend on furniture for the student lounge and meeting room at the new campus. able to comment, but hopes to ‘find out what they (the students) want’ for school clubs. Maureen should be able to handle being a public figure, as she has had experience as an actress and stage hand at Gaslight Theatre in Vancou- ver. =—=————_ MCBRIDE REP LES PANDAK “Lester the molester’’ feels qualified for his new duties. He points to a history of leadership activity. This includes supervising a metal- work class for ‘mentally retarded kids’’ as part of a highschool ‘‘community rec- reation’’ program. “I’ve also been involved with a youth group at church -the Presbyterian Young Peoples Society.’” He was president for one year, ‘‘two years ago.’’ Organizing act- ivities, dances, etc, were his duties. What were his reasons for becoming campus represen- tative?‘‘I was at the general. meeting last-week, | found it interesting, and | wanted to get involved.’’ The student society executive ‘‘seem to have the right attitude - they have in mind the best thing for the school.’’ As he understands it, the purpose of the student soc- iety is ‘‘organizing and pub- licizing activities (such as) pub night. But I’m sure there’s a lot more than that.’” As well as attending the Campus General Meeting, Les went to one student society meeting, ‘‘to famil- iarize myself with the for- mat.’’ He feels the cutback issue is ‘‘definitely a major con- cern, but how to fight it, ws ae] that’s a hard question. don’t know,’’ he_ said’‘it seems a difficult thing to do. Raising money, yes, but that’s almost impossible to do.’’ ‘‘Idon’t really know’ too much about the Governance system. | intend to look into it.’* MCBRIDE REP ALANNA WHITLEY Alanna Whitley’s first pri- ority as McBride representa- tive to the student society is to promote ‘student aware- ness . Some people can go Continued on.... P4ge 2)