_ Thursday, January 17, 1985 0404 91192) Sojonod in supply and demand, these new ‘high tech’ devices we’re using will prove that Douglas College is second to none,’’ says economics instructor Rod “With current trends THE OTHER PRESS Athletic students at Doug- las College want more money to help offset recent budget cutbacks and have set their by DAN HILBORN | eyes on the $23,000 the stu- dent society will pay this year to be a member of the Cana- dian Federation of Students || (CFS). Midgely. ‘‘Assume ceteris paribus, but ignore the Key- nesian cycle, we can see how easily we've to the 1700’s and the ‘wealth of nations.’ ’’ A 100 name petition, given to the society by athletics student Rob Vail, means stu- | dents may have to vote in a “pull-out referendum’’ some- time after May. The student society origin- ally expected to conduct the referendum in late February but two representatives of the Pacific Region of CFS said such a move would be illegal under the federation’s consti- tution. Vail said his understanding was the referendum would only mean Douglas College would cease membership in the national organization, and another referendum on the Pacific Region would have to be held after May. “You can’t do that,’’ said Debbie Latimer, national cam- paign coordinator for CFS.. When an association or society withdraws from one branch of the organization, they auto- matically cease being a mem- ber of all other branches, she said. ‘‘There’s no way we can hold a referendum in Feb- ruary,’’ .said Susan Woods, the acting CFS representative at Douglas College. ‘‘This would be working on a short term solution to a long term problem.’ If the society slowly picks apart its different clubs and association to help areas of the college facing cutbacks, there may be nothing left when the problems come down to the crunch, he said. While Woods admits CFS has its problems, mostly with its budget, the organization is still the only lobby group students have to fight cut-. backs, and is too valuable to give up on, she said. Vail said he originally thought a majority of BC universities had already with- drawn from the organization, resulting in a group too weak to fight cutbacks. “It’s pretty clean and cut,’’ he said before hearing the two CFS reps at the latest student society senate meeting. ‘I’ve looked at all the CFS reports and there’s really nothing come out of it.’’ One of his biggest beefs was with the Student Saver dis- count cards the organization. offers to its members. (Coupon selling at Douglas College There’s a new way to make money for students at Douglas College. Chris Capadouca, a student society rep, presented a proposal to the student senate this Monday that can give students prizes and mon- ey for selling booklets of coupons. The booklets, which will sell for about $6.50 will contain at least $10 worth of value, he said. The proposal to sell the coupons was originally pre- sented to the student society by the college’s community re- sources coordinator Randi Duke. The booklets will be distri- buted for sale by all college clubs and associations, as well as the athletics department. REKEK By-elections for vice-pres- ident external, member at large - Maple Ridge rep, and business, health and dental, music and art, social service, social science reps will be held on January 24. Nominations for these pos- itions close on January 21, and should by signed by five students. REEEE Albert King, a social sci- ence rep, and Gordon Bryan, former student vice-president have recently resigned from the student senate. King has found a ‘‘well paying job’’ and Bryan has not been a student since last October. KEEKE A $25 donation to the Ethi- opia peace and _ resources fund, sponsored by the stu- dent federation of the Univer- sity of Ottawa, was made by the Douglas College student society at their January 14 meeting. The society also received a letter of thanks from the New Westminster and District. La- bour Council Food Bank for another $25 donation to their organization just prior to ‘Christmas. : RREKEK The Yeti Ski club needs $4343.85 for their budget, asked the student society for $2171.93 and were given NEWSFLASH: 500505 %% * STUDENTS TO MAKE MONEY. $1000, the maximum amount payable to any club on cam- pus. Ron Huml, student secre- tary noted the college will be sponsoring a Snow Party at Mount Seymour in February. The society needs at least 500 people to make money on the project and tickets will be on sale at the college, and at VTC and CBO outlets. The facilities will include a non-drinking room for minors, plus a live band, inner tube races (to have the winners ‘timed on R.C.M.P. scopes, said president Jesse Sedhu) and full use of all runs. Tickets will be $8.50, plus $7.50 for rentals. Students wanting ski lessons or rentals should advise the student society at least 72 hours in advance. KeEKE President Jesse Sedhu told the student senate that the - college board ‘‘got a little pissed off at me and basically made me shut up” at their latest meeting. The letters he and secretary Ron Huml sent to the college | board were not meant to imply the student society were sup- perting a tuition increase, Sedhu said. page 3 Athletics go for CFS money “Half of the students don’t use it,’’ Vail said. ‘‘What | see is, the money we’re putting into it is not being returned to us.”’ But Latimer said one big problem with the organization is that the Douglas College rep is not receiving the inform- ation sent out. ‘It’s also an internal prob- p lem,’’ admitted student presi- dent Jesse Sedhu, although he did add CFS could bear some of the blame for a lack of communiation. Woods said she will attempt to get that information on cross-Canada cutbacks avail- able to the students at Doug- las College, so they could see how education in the entire country is being affected. “The only chance we have is if we get involved in the whole political sphere,”’ Woods said. ‘‘If we pull out of CFS, we’ll have no vehicle to lobby effectively.’’ Vail said earlier in the week that if the organization could pull itself around, and show definite benefits to Douglas — College, he may not be so adamant about pulling out of the federation. “We're giving them anoth- er four months to salvage the provincial organization,’ he said. ‘‘If they can turn it around and show us some actual benefits--great.’’ He also said the move to pull out of CFS is ‘‘definitely going through.’’ “It took less than an hour and a half to collect those 100 signatures and only one stu- ‘dent was opposed because he used his discount card,’’ Vail said. “Right now it looks pretty bad,’’ said Woods.” At the Pacific Region annual general meeting later this month, Douglas college could move an amendment to the constitution, making it pos- sible to pull out of the national organization and still remain in the provincial wing, said Latimer. But such an amendment would still have to be ratified by the national organization, and a majority of members there may vote it down, she added. : At the University of Vic-' toria, a referendum is current- ly being held to see if students would like to join the Canadian Federation of Students. Te UBC Alma Mater Society re- cently withdrew their prospec- tive membership in the organ- ization, and a pull-out refer- endum is being conducted at Simon Fraser. Currently 15 colleges and universities in B.C. are mem- bers of the Federation.