PAGE 4 _ Of F Hh EAR SPS EA K THE OTHER PRESS Oo.1 HB: KR: NOVEMBER 9TH 1983 OF FN. ON es © she Oca O° TA BER SS PRE mega lnee SANDRA McMILLAN EDITORIAL COORDINATOR: ENTERTAINMENT COORDINATOR: DAVE WATSON SPORTS COORDINATOR......... MARTIN HEMERIK FEATURES COORDINATOR ici vicccctgeagcssticexssresvess® REPORTER Sricesccs cscs ssscters cect ncecusny DAN HILBORN cit; pul tana tates IAN G. LYON.. ROB IN ROBERTSON PRODUCTION COORDINATOR:.. MARTIN HEMERIK BUSINESS MANAGER.,......«0:+++- ERNEST HAWKER CUP COORDINATOR......... ARNOLD HEDSIKOM SAGE [EVENTS] COORDINATOR:..CAROLINE.,,,,,, ras ch bls cog sueu as yeste oraasas eal caves Us eainva testes’ HARDON eereerereee POPC O eee eee ee ee eeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeEs ‘ DESIGN CONSULTANT 3... .00ss00ss000: FRED HUNTER OFFICE COORDINATOR:..CATHY MAKOWICHUK ADVERTISING COORDINATOR: M. MARY PALFFY OTHER PUBLICATIONS SOCIETY BOARD OF TIRES OR Coast cree dicen siawarsdees IAN G. LYON THER CONTRIBUTORS ic3, iy cgeecessee testa bccaees z BILL HARDWICKE SeeeReee | oy a” ase) s eeee roe ees Coy esescht rc pine ea ples es wages The Other Press is a democratically run, autonomous student newspaper, published several times a semester | usually twice a month| under the ausices of The Other Publications Society.'Our funding comes by way of a direct student levy at registration time and through local and national advertising. The Other Press is a member of Canadian University Press and of the national advertising cooperative Campus Plus. The Other Press welcomes new and prospective members to come to our regular staff meetings every Thursday at 12:00 noon. Story and production meetings alternate every Monday at 4:00 pm. All meetings take place in The Other Press Newsroom adjacent to the student lounge off the main concourse in the North Building in room 2305. Phone: 525-3542 Mailing Adress: The Other Press Douglas College 700 Royal Ave. Box 2503 New Westminster B.C. 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To the Other Press We have waited for the clamour to die down in connection with the restraint program and _ subsequent formatin of the solidarity movement, but feel impelled to speak up. we are just ordinary people, and some of us have suffered from being laid off when the recession hit the private sector. At that time we heard very little or no reaction from the media or the labour movement as to our plight, or to the plight of the Province, nor did any solid plans appear from that quar- ter to show how this situa- tion could be remedied. Now the wrecking ball has hit the corner of the building where the civil servants, professors and other privi- leged persons have sat with their many fringe benefits, and one would whink that the world has come to an end. Again, we heard no sug- gsestions how this situation can be put right so that any social program can be re- stored in the not too distant future. In our minds, we equate the situation with a domestic Situation where any of us might have over-spent and can only get out of our predicament by tightening our belts and enunciating our priorities. In a situation like that, one might have to do not only without beer and cigar- ettes, but without useful pastimes such as seminars, further education, etc. The overall situation that exits in the Province is much screaming will put us back like that, and no amount of : ~-- BUT WE CANT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY,\ FIND ANYTHING FUNNY WE DON'T LIKE BEING/ ASOUT LAY-OFFS, STAGNATING\, FUTURE, BOTH Se as SROW Some CONCERN FoR YOUR. — —— = NOB PROSPECTS EDCATION CUTBACKS/ AS A STUDENT AND A POTENTIAL 509 The Siient Majority speaks on our feet unless we do without the end of the war rolled up their sleeves, start- ed a huge variety of enter- prises, created employment and profits, and made it possible for those social programs to be paid for. We have to do it again, -and for many of the people laid off in the public sectors this may indeed be a chal- lenge worthy of our fore- fathers. We ordinary people are prepared to go through some difficulties to attempt to meet this challenge and we invite others in the public sector to join us. In this regard, we have formed the “Silent Majority Commit- te’. It is our intention to e TUITION DAS A MEMBER, H\KE/ OF THE LABOUR J X\ Force. HONOUR Po THE Picker distribute petitions which support, in principle, gov- ernment restraint measures. If any of your readers would like a of our petition and would like to assist us in getting thousands of names, we would be pleased to hear from them at the adress below. In our viewpoint, our place is not on the bar-’ ricades but at work for our future, and that of our child- ren. Yours truly, Gil Miller “‘The Silent Majority Com- mittee’’ P.O. Box 437 810 W. Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 4C9 Phone: 228-8844 Library Use Up Another article on the infamous budget, oh God, not again! I’m totally a- mazed at the lack of student reaction. Is it the niavity of Youth? Is it the closeted existance of our educational globe that shelters us from reality? Tell me where your lack of concern is coming from? Were you one of the hundreds of students who applied for financial aid? What is your categorical sign? You’re no doubt infor- med yourself of the new changes. According to J. Steele, financial aid dept., the rush was on, due to the Victoria Connection. ; More students are drop- ping out. Qualifying for financial aid, you must have passed 60¥%of your course load within a_ resticted amount of credits. Also, you should have saved approximately $920. from your summer job. This is to be taken into account while applying for aid. It sarcasticly indicates you desire to learn. No summer job last year? How unfor- tunate. Utilizing your campus lib- rary lately? How’s the ser- vice. An increase of deman- da are overpowering a strig- ent budget. The main cont- ention is staff shortages. Three staff positions were lost due to the Coquitlam- NWcampus merger. Limited funding for books hindered by a 5¥%inflation ceiling and increase of studen t deman- ds. The discrepencies bet- ween facts and cash are alarming. Figures obtained from V. Chisolm show a 2-3 time increase of demands. by Ress