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during the day.Bi sth
Westminster and David Lam
buildings are compact and self-
contained in their own city blocks.
The biggest safety concern appears
to be the Sky Train station at New
Westminster, and walking to, or
through, that area, which can be
worrying even for young, strong,
well-built male students. Yet,
despite such misgivings, many stu-
dents never use Safe Walk, nor
plan to do so. ;

One yoting, petite woman can't
always find a walking buddy, but
thinks she doesn't need Safe Walk,
considering herself to be fairly
street-wise. “I try not to make eye
contact with anyone while walking
on the street” she said.

Another young woman attend-
ing evening classes just doesn't
think to contact the Safe Walk vol-
unteers, preferring to hurry away

after class. A female student, who

     

MIKE QUONG

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International Film °

 

a siFrestival kicks off on
Friday, September 25. Elite films

. from all over the world will be
featured. Founded in [982 by

Leonard Shein, Vancouver's film
festival is the third largest in

North America. Vancouver's largest

cultural event, the festival shows
the most extensive selection of
East Asian films of any film
festival in the Western
Hemisphere. It also boasts the
largest documentary section of any
North American tilm festival.
Several films by talented

Canadian directors are to be

9 he 17th annual Vancouver

“T felt ‘dorky’ when the volunteers

waited at the bus stop with me,”
she said. “Besides, the bums down
there looked at the Safe Walk jack-
ets and thought the volunteers
were street workers. Next thing,
the bums were asking for money
from them, and I felt more hassled
than if I'd been alone.”

A student with’ disabilities (who
might have been expected to prefer
safety in numbers) has not used
the Safe Walk program, although
she is aware of its existence. “At
times when I have wanted to leave,
I’ve had to wait for the volunteers,
and sometimes there wasn't always
a female escort available” she said;
“So I prefer to find my own
buddy, or avoid late evenings and
early mornings at the Sky Train
station as much as possible.”

A mature female student, who,

fiabiorial Filth

 

a own: A few featured films from

C€anadaz’such as Leda and the Swan,
are about love stories and the
nature of reality, This film is the
first feature by director Alexandra
Gill. It tells of the myth of Leda
and the Swan with stories about
actors and film-makers.

Open Season tells the tale of
Heather Frise and Velcrow Ripper
through a documentary on bear
hunting, focusing on the quarrel
between those who believe it is
their right to hunt the bear and
those who defend the bear's exis- .
tence.

Rupert's Land, directed by
Jonathan lammuz, reunites two
half-brothers for a three day drive
to Prince Rupert to attend their

like Susan Witter, may have
become more cautious over the
years, has used Safe Walk several
times, and wouldn't dream of
walking to a parking lot at night
without an escort. “Why put
yourself at risk in an area where
drug dealers hang out?” she asked.
“The volunteers are available, why
not use them?”

However, for some students,
safety is primarily a physical prob-
lem. The student with disabilities
knows that it is impossible to
change the physical space of
Douglas College, but thinks that
the New Westminster campus has
“an incredible number of stairs
with inadequate markings or rail-
ings.” Some days this student fears
for her safety in the congested
hallways when several classes end
simultaneously. Her 1 10-pound
frame has almost been bowled over

‘by the human tidal wave stamped-

Festival update

father’s funeral. One brother is a
clean-cut BC lawyer, and the other
is a hard luck BC fisherman.

This year at the festival, Visa
cardholders will be able to pur-
chase tickets five days in advance
of the general public. Alan Franey,
festival director, believes this will
enhance the stature of the festival
by associating it with an interna-
tionally recognized consumer pay-
ment brand. An estimated
140,000 film lovers will attend the
festival, up from last year's
130,000. Check out the film festi-
val’s web site at www.vifforg for

more information.

 

very Wednesday from [2
k= to 2pm the Douglas
College Student Society

will be showing free movies in the
DCSS cafeteria. Complete
schedules of the movies being
shown this semester are posted in

the DCSS building.

Manufacturing
Consent—By Noam
Chomsky

This ts a [50 minute
documentary on the influence and
political aspects of mass media.
Noam Chomsky proposes that
the media manufactures public
consent by what it chooses to
show and not to show. It focuses
on democratic societies subjected
to subtle forms of ideological

 

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control.

Manufacturing Consent is broken
down into six segments.

I. A propaganda model of the
media: Exploring alternative
media (43min)

2. A case study: Cambodia and
East Timor (29min)

3. Concision: No time for new
ideas (I Smin)

4. Holocaust denial vs Freedom
of speech (12min)

5. Noam Chomsky: Personal
influences (28min)

6. Toward a vision of a future

society (23min)
Stolen Moments—By
The National Film Board
of Canada
This video looks at three

las College
Student Society
proudly presents

centuries of lesbian life, weaving
together the lost threads of
history. From the unique lesbian
cultures of Amsterdam, Paris and
Berlin, the film moves to the
North American meccas of New
York, San Francisco, Vancouver
and Montreal. It combines old
footage, dramatic re-creation and
an evocative score with personal
commentary from Olympic
athlete Nicole Brossard, Joan
Nestle, Leslie Feinberg, Judy
Grahn and Audre Lorde.

Showing Wednesday September 23,
1998 in the DCSS Cafeteria

 

 

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ing to the cafeteria or deli. She
would like to “raise people’s aware-
ness” and educate students and
faculty members that not all bod-
les negotiating the crowded corri-
dors are built to withstand WWF
slam checks.

Staggered class times, while cre-
ating more havoc in the registrar's
office, might decrease such hazards
as hallway wrestling matches.

Most students who were inter-
viewed seem to agree with
President Susan Witter that
Douglas holds no on-campus ter-
rors during the day. However,
proximity to the New Westminster
SkyTrain station, and the human
scum who congregate in the area,
does cause concern. Safe Walk is
available four evenings a week, but
doesn’t appear to be as well used as
it could be, and it isn’t available
Fridays or weekends. The Other Press

is interested in hearing from any

WWF-WCW &
where they’re at

MIKE QUONG

 

s everyone has probably
noticed lately, Vince
McMahon is really

running low on WWF title
contenders. Every pay-per-view
main event in 1998 has featured
at least one of Steve Austin, The
Undertaker, Kane
or alter-ego Mick
Foley.

The main event
for Breakdown is
no different, as
Austin,
Undertaker, and
Kane will clash in
a triple threat
match. If
McMahon was
able to sign Ric

Flair for at least a
two year deal, and yeaa
Shawn Michaels
returned from his
injury, those two
added into the
McMahon/ Austin
feud would give
guys like Hunter
Hearst Helmsley,
Billy Gunn, Rocky
Maivia and Owen Hart time to
prepare to become the flag bearer
for the World Wrestling
Federation.

Also if Vince pulled Vader of
that ridiculous feud with
Blackjack Bradshaw and got him
feuding with Kane, things would
look more promising for the
future.

As for WCW, the talent roster
is much larger. The main event
match-ups for pay-per-views in
1998 have had more variety to
them than the WWE. Mind you,
Eric Bischoff really needs to get

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Safe Walkers pictured: Dave Cété (va
unteer),Rod Haymond (coordinato
Sharon Canton (assistant coordinator).
Annette Martin Pho’
students or employees who have
further opinions on this subject.

If you have any comments or concerns
about safety on campus, please drop off a
letter to Annette at the Other Press,

room 1020, or leave a message at 525-
3542,

the title away from Bill Goldberg
It really disturbed me when Scot
Putski recently received a world
title shot on Nitro. Now Putski
isn't the first career mid-carder
who jobbed to wrestle Goldberg,
but this is the reason why it was
such a bad idea to give Goldberg

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have kept the US title for a little
longer. Goldberg's winning streak
will ultimately be his downfall.
The winning streak is what hi
whole gimmick is based on. Sure
he’s 143-0, but what will 143-I
sound like? Ridiculous, in my
opinion. I do know that if
Bischoff is intending to have
Goldberg retire undefeated, he's
going to lose his entire fan base
within the next year. This is mai
ly because after 1000 wins
Goldberg will get as boring as th
New World Order got a year ago