SSOP SS flomtA Ssa6S March 28, 1986 Page 3 Candidates have hangover The D.C.S.S. Disciplin- ary Committee has acted against three students; Mike Bouchard, — Scott Nelson, and Paul Ehni, for a disturbance on the senate sponsored ‘‘Booze Cruise’ last week. Bouchard had his stud- ent card and _ privileges suspended for two weeks, and Nelson for one week. Bouchard and Nelson, who are both running for executive pesitions in this month’s elections, made light of the incident, saying ““it was all due to a misun- derstanding.’’ That was not the way Keith Wilson, executive in charge, saw it. According to Wilson, Bouchard was drunk when he arrived. “He was staggering all over and yelling’’, states Wilson. ‘‘He was causing a disturbance in the line up (to board), he was obstruc- ting security from doing their job.’’ When Wilson and secur- ity warned him to ‘‘smart- en up’’, Nelson calmed his friend down, and_ they boarded the boat. But a few minutes later, Wilson says, ‘‘another executive member came to me and said there was a person causing a disturbance. It was Bouchard again. At this point | asked him to come with me...to discuss some complaints.’’ When they got to the bottom level, Wilson told Bouchard he would have to leave, and told the four security guards with them to escort him from the boat. Thinking the problem was solved, he went back upstairs to take care of another complaint. Bouchard resisted secur- ity; at this point another executive member turned up and said he could stay, in spite of the fact that Wilson had final authority and had given security explicit instructions. This led to a_ twenty minute shouting match among Bouchard, Nelson, security, various executive members, and assorted members of the crew. The captain refused to. leave untill the ‘‘bum’’ was off the ship. Bouchard implies that he left voluntarily, and in fact was on and off the ship several times, but Wilson disagrees. ‘‘He was only off the boat once. It took four security guards and a burly crew member to get him out the door. Once he was out, the door was closed behind him, and he couldn’t get back in. Nelson and Bouchard claim they were justified in resisting because of the confusion about who was authorized to give orders, and they say the Discipline Committee backs them up in that (the committee rep- ort won't be released untill the senate meeting mond- ay). ‘‘First they said go, then stay, then go, then stay,’’ says Bouchard, ‘‘l wasn’t going anywhere untill it was straitened up’’ Nelson adds, ‘‘Now that the Committee has slapped a few hands, let’s see if they get to the real prob- lem, which is lack of organ- ization.’ But Wilson feels that the confusion doesn’t excuse Nelson and Bouchard’s be- havior. ‘‘The guy was staggering drunk.’’ “If the way these indivi- duals handled themselves is any indication of. their character, I’d hate to see them in positions of autho- rity.”’ Minister of Ignorance Douglas College students who met with the new Provin- cial Minister of Education by ANGELA DUNBAR were ‘‘astonished’’ at how little he knew of his own department's student aid pro- gram. The Douglas College Stu- dent Society met with our new Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Russ Fraser, and his two Deputies, John Duey and Grant Fisher. Keith Wil- son, Acting President of the D.C.S.S., Alan Russel, Tom Ewasiuk (C.F.S.) and Sandra Balla attended the meeting, to which Fraser was 15 min- utes late, thus shortening the meeting to only 25 minutes. Wilson had many questions for the Minister, concerning the funding and quality of education, but the Méinister Inside box Excellence Fee hikes Not a country stroll. . Books Romeo Full colour Autres....... Sugar and signatures . p.11 knew little or nothing of post- secondary education problems or policies. Wilson inquired why there are no grants in B.C. and why B.C. is the only province without a grant program? The Minister responded, according to Wilson, ‘‘Don’t we have a grant program?... Are we the only ones in Canada without a grant pro- gram?’’; one deputy respond- ed ‘‘Probably.’’ This response astonished Wilson. “‘It was as if he (Fraser) didn’t care.’’ Wilson left the meeting feeling like he had wasted his time talking to the Minister. ‘‘He (Fraser) was meeting with us because he was told to, not because he wanted tor There was one positive in- teraction; the Minister said, according to Wilson, he will Maple Ridge, Campus On March 19 members of the senate and an Other Press reporter went to an informal by KAREN HOOEY senate meeting at the Maple Ridge campus. The senate went to discuss items such as the Canadian Federation of Students and the delegate of the campus and the senate getting together for more meetings. However, these weren't discussed; what was dicussed was the Maple Ridge campus and the prob- lems of the Maple Ridge students. time have been an old laund- That’s the way it romat. Acting President Keith Wilson ON! look into the lack of loan re- mission for University Trans- fer students. Fraser wants the students to improve the quality of edu- cation. ‘‘Just because (pro- grammes) don’t get funding doesn’t mean they shouldn't looks. The building has two small classrooms upstairs for those students who want to get their grade 12 education and the one large classroom downstairs is for those stud- ents who are in the U.T. program. The parttime administrator is trying to find a new location for the campus but there isn’t anywhere else to go. The local high school, Maple Ridge Sr.Sec. told the campus that they would consider allowing the campus that they would consider allowing the campus to move to one of their wings, but this might not happen until September of 1987, if it does. There are many students on the campus who are on a \: \ a” be good.- Part of excellence should be the students’ re- sponsibility,’’ he said. Wilson questions many of the Socred government edu- cation policies as being more destructive than constructive for B.C. Casualty program with the Ministry of Human Resources and most of them cannot afford to go all the way to New West to get their education. Not only are some of the also handicapped. There isn’t much to phacil- itate them. There isn’t much on the campus, that isn’t really clas- sified as a campus, to accom- odate the 500 plus students who attend classes there. If a new student wants to go to the Maple Ridge campus of Douglas College they had better be prepared to wait awhile, there’s a limited en- rollment for classees. Not enough room to allow those who want to learn to get in and learn.