Tn Oh ati ar PRESS Douglc & olle ge i Autonon Ole hs) D1 WUC Forgery alleged in petition: against senate representative By John McDonald The validity of names on a peti- tion, generated from within the athletics department and _ calling for the impeachment of DCSS so- cial sciences rep Petra Bangemann is causing confusion within the ~ student society. An attempt at verifying the names and student’ numbers of the people who signed the petition turned up nine students who ap- parently were not registered this semester, according to _ student society business manager Merrilyn Houlihan. As well two of the nine students claimed not to have sign- ed the petition, bringing up the question of forgery. However DCSS secretary Janet Blaauw said that she was “person- ally aquainted” with most of the nine students and that she knew they were registered in the school. She also said that she knew the two students who said they didn’t sign the petition and that “they’ve just forgotten that they signed it.” “T’d know their handwriting an- ywhere - I'd swear on a stack of bi- bles that those are their signa- tures,” said Blaauw, who refused to give the names of the students involved. “I’d rather talk to them first and see if they want their names revealed.” Lawyers for the society have ad- vised the society not to consider the petition because of the irregu- larities and have suggested that there is grounds for criminal charges, according to Houlihan. Originally, acting president Michael Booth said the society would heed the lawyers advice and not consider the petition but Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 CFPSCFSCFSCFPSCPSCFS Censorship “biased” Live music rocks Royals and Zeldor Les Autre Funnies, of course that the March Sth Special General Meeting where it would have been considered would still be held in order to clear up old business. But after hearing Blaauw’s version he wasn’t sure. “We were prepared to proceed but after hearing what Janet said, I don’t know,” said Booth. Some of the old business to be considered is a motion to impeach society treasurer Chris Lirette re- Janet Blaauw; denies allegations of petition forgery. Robert On March 10th Douglas College students will be asked to vote yes or no to continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Stu- dents. The national student lobby group is under fire by the DCSS senate and council for what they claim is poor representation and ineffective lobbying. Pacific Region executives claim that it is not true, that poor com- munication has resulted in mis- perceptions of the Federation. EI eee. INSIDE BOX Condoms on campus sulting from an earlier athletics- generated petition. As well a re- vote on a motion calling for verbal DCSS support for an athletics levy is scheduled. The meeting is scheduled for 12:00 noon on Thursday, March Sth in room 3408, Royal Campus. All students are encouraged to att- end and can do so by going to room 3408 with their student cards. DCSS By John McDonald Although DCSS_ treasurer Chris Lirette is projecting a $7,515.65 deficit in draft version of their Spr- ing 87 budget he’s not worried about it. Killing game ruffles feathers By Paul J. Gill Guns have arrived on the Doug- las College campus. The Assassi- nation Game popularized on cam- puses around the U.S. is being played out on campus despite the wishes of the College administra- tion. Andrew Flostrand, a former stu- dent at Kwantlen College has star- ted up Assassination at Douglas College. Proponents of the game say that that it is a harmless release for stu- dents who wish to escape from their studies. They argue that the game provides a necessary recrea- tional distraction to studying. The Dean of Education and Student Services at Douglas, Gerry Della Matia disagrees. “Tt is a distasteful activity that is not endorsed by the College,” said Della Matia. The head of college security John Merz was told to re- move the people outside the cafe- teria signing up participants for the game. Della Matia did not know that Assassination was con- tinuing despite his efforts to dis- courage it but said he would like to see the game stopped. Flostrand: claims that “the As- sassination Game _ should be viewed as an overly complicated version of tag”.- The organizers of the game originally approached the Douglas College Student Soc- iety (DCSS) in an effort to get en- dorsation of the game. Despite some support for the ac- tivity a majority of Senate mem- bers feel the game is inappropriate for the College campus. But secre- tary Janet Blaauw feels that Assas- sination is “an event for those stu- dents who cannot go to pub nights (and that) it is also.a break from socials”. Blaauw says although the DCSS does. not support the Assassina- tion Game she personally favours it and encouraged the organizers to go ahead. She admits that she welcomed them to go ahead with the game but said they might run into problems with the college ad- ministration. Mike Booth, vice-president of the DCSS, has different view, cal- See “Assassin Game” Page 2 udget deficit Lirette is projecting expend- itures of $74,400.00 on revenues of $66,884.35 for the spring semester in a draft budget to be presented for approval by the DCSS senate at their March 4th meeting. “I’m hoping some of the costs will be overstated,” said Lirette. Clift on CFS The Other Press talked to Robert Clift, currently the president of the Simon Fraser Student Society and incoming chairperson for the Pa- cific Region, about the Federation; OP - What are the the major ben- efits for students as CFS members? Clift - The major benefits are that it provides a co-ordinated voice in provincial affairs. We have people working full time on issues of pro- vincial concern, issues that many student societys cannot spend time on. We’re an umbrella group where the members can set the policy and have someone else do the work for them. It comes down to the fact that we can represent ourselves as the voice of sixteen provincial student societies on any issues of concern to the members - it’s a co-ordinated effort. OP - What effect has CFS had on federal and provincial policy re- cently? Clift - Locally, our Student Assist- ance Task Force report and our campaign during the election was the trigger for the Student Assist- ance review. I now sit on the Stu- dent Assistance Advisory Com- mittee - we’ve succeeded in put- ting a hold on proposed increases in transit fees. We’ve also succee- ded in making the secretary of state accountable for the money put into Challenge 87 - provincial- ly B.C. will get two million more Challenge money than in 86. We’ve helped to initiate a review of policy towards international stu- dents which will hopefully reduce discrimination against them. OP - To what do you attribute the recent backlash against CFS in B.C.? Clift - It’s a result of poor commu-. nication on the part of the organi- zation and the provincial executive reps. There’s also a misperception that there’s an Old Boys Network which has been propagated but has now been quashed - there was room for this inference to be made but no one wanted to bring it up and it has come to a head - we’ve had a chance to address these mis- perceptions and make them out for what they really are. We just weren’t communicating with each other and there was a lack of per- sonal contact - I hope to encourage more contact between the locals. OP -. Is the average student going to realize benefits from CFS now or is it all down the road? Clift - It’s always been perceived as “down the road” - there’s been to much of that. My answer to that is that the end of the road is here. Providing the politicians agree to their own review, we will see con- crete changes for student assist- ance - changes for the better. We’ve halted transit increases for the first time - there is a review of the ee program - govern- See “CFS report” Page 2 “The outside boundry of the deficit will be $7500.00 - thats for sure.” He added that if the full deficit materializes, it could possibly be made up from the society’s capital fund currently containing over $108,000.00. “If the problem comes up we'll look into some of those areas,” said Lirette. He added that one controversial line item in the budget could re- duce the projected deficit by $5000.00 if the senate does not agree to it. “Some of the senators I’ve talked too have problems’ with the $5,000.00 donation to the Douglas College Foundation,” said Lirette. “If that doesn’t go through the deficit will only be $2,515.00.” Revenues for the society in the spring semester include $74,982.00 in activities fees (paid by every student at registration) less $13,797.65. in Canadian Federation of Students transfer fees leaving a total of $61,184.35, a decline from last semester. Higher percentages of part-time to full-time students have contrib- uted to the decline in revenue, ac- cording to Lirette, who said there is 2338 to 3041 full-time to part- time students this semester com- pared to 2311 to 2864 in the fall. Other revenue sources include the photocopier, pop machine, locker rentals and the repayment See “Budget Deficit” Page 2 Chris Lirette; vandicte deficit i. student society spring budget. ON VENA ERED EA DOD CPHORATM eg eid girs, . ™M