March 14, 1986 page 3 omputer time, down time The college administration has reduced the hours that students can access the com- puter lab rooms. And the by Colin Turkington Computer Science Depart- ment is upset that they were not consulted. Both department head Alan Lawson and _ instructor J. Girard agree that ‘‘If it in- conveniences one student, it will be inconveniencing one too many.’’ They also feel that they should have been consulted on the decision to change the hours. ‘‘We were informed, not asked,’’ they say. John Blackwell of the Bus- iness Department feels ‘‘For the Data General (computer room), | feel that the pre- vious times set up were quite adequate.’’ He added that when the deadline for assign- ments comes up, there will be much more pressure on the students. The hours have been changed to : Mon-Fri 07:30 to 23:00, Sat 08:30 to 18:30, and Sun 10:00 to 16:30. Physical Plant and Planning based the change on computer logs, which keep track of who uses the computers and at what Resignations rock senate DCSS President Michael Glavin resigned on March 11, after a stormy senate session’ reversed a previous decision by KAREN HOOEY about Night. This followed by just 24 hours the resignation — of Treasurer Wayne Schmuland, who quit the day before after repeated demands he resign over his admitted misconduct in office. The Senate has agreed to have the Social ‘‘for teams and fans only’’, but after a lengthy argument decided to opens it to all students. The event was scheduled for the next night, to coincide with the B.C. Totem League championships (which Douglas College teams swept- see story, page 14). Glavin said he would not “serve on a body whose commitments could not be taken seriously. | felt | had no option but to disassociate myself.’’ “| want no part in the Student Society going back on its word to anyone, least of all those students (Athletics) who have received the least the Athletics Pub support from their Student Society in the past.’’ Glavin said a major reason for quitting was his failure to overcome student apathy. ‘’1 failed in achieving my goal, to increase the level of interest in student affairs at the college that was necessary to rejuvenate and make vibrant the student society.’’ Personalities were not the issue, Glavin continued. “Those conflicts which arose were the result of my defense of the integrity of the student society, and my sincere desire to prevent the misuse of office.’’ Schmuland, while declining to comment formally at this time, very much felt person- alities were the issue in his resignation. He added he is seriously contemplating running for the Presidency in next month’s senate elections. SSAA KT AV ZS CEB BME 2-4p.m. & after 9:00 p.m. S time. These indicate that there are not enough people on the system from 18:30 on Saturdays and 16:30 on Sun- days to justify keeping it open. Terry Leonard, director of Physical Plant and Planning, adds that he is not aware of any students that are having problems because of the changes. He says that if any Student is having trouble, they should inform their ins- tructors. Part-time students fear they will have less time to complete assignments, because they work during the week and the weekends are the only time they can come in. Also, some students say they work weekends, too, and now they won’t be able to come in on weekend nights. With system ‘‘B’’ (The CIS computer) being down, a lot of strain is being put on system ‘‘A’’, as both com- puter science and business students are now on the same system. This slows down the system, and makes it harder to get assignments done. The computer logs used by management in their decision were recent ones, so they do not account for the end-of- semester crush. This will put even more strain on an al- ready strained system, and more stress on the stressed _ students. Kevin MacDonald Photo Political handball continued from page 1 Zwarich stood by her de- cision. ‘‘To me it seemed out- rageous,’’ she said. ‘‘It’s half of the semester allocation for intramurals. It didn’t seem fair to the other intramural activities.’” She conceded, though, that this was the only request for intramural funds so far this year. Last year, the DCSS gave $1900 for intramurals. Aside from the question of whether or not the balls were destined for intramurals or athletics, a number of Senate members were very concern- ed with the tone of Zwarich’s memo. One of them was Mike Booth, who began the whole ZN eo = 6 CAD ‘Daily Appetizer sbechats fa {4 ROD SEZ GA-Bth St BL SL oe thing, and whose name ap- pears on the memo beside Zwarich’s. Booth said, ‘‘If I’d known it was going to the Senate, | would never have-done it (let Zwarich put his name on the memo), because | didn’t a- gree with that strong word- ing.’’ He was quite upset when the ‘memo’ was xerox- ed and passed out to all Senate members as part of the agenda package. ‘‘It should not have been brought forward.’’ Wilson also felt Zwarich had ‘‘overreacted’’. None of this would have happened, he said, if ‘‘someone had just talked to the athletics depart- ment.”’ ‘‘| had not seen the letter before the meeting,’ he add- ed, ‘‘and | wasn’t happy with its tone. We’re here to work together for the betterment of the students.’’ Zwarich emphasized that ‘the memo was put in the agenda by accident. And ince the senate disapproved and wanted the issue invest- igated, | withdrew the memo. ’” She added she often puts together discussion items in that formal a manner (in the form of a memo to Della Mattia). ‘‘It doesn’t matter what format you have, it can always be ripped up.’ “| try to be as cas as possible.”’ Wilson says ‘‘There is still some confusion, grey areas as to whether or not this is an intramural sport. Betty-Lou Hayes and a handball rep will be at the next meeting. Once we clear that up, it will clear up this whole mess.’’ He adds, ‘‘It would make a lot of sense to include intra- murals in the Athletic Fee Referendum (which will be brought up at the Annual General Meeting on March 27th). Then there would be no more of these grey areas.’’ ‘‘The real problem here is the pressure on the Athletics Department because of. cut- DACK