‘Sluts Against Harper’ reaction prompts topless protester » A lone topless protester appeared outside McLeod's offices on Friday afternoon , Sean Brady The Omega Chompson Rivers University) lone topless protester ap- peared outside the offices of Cathy McLeod in the early The masked protester held up signs condemning the Harper government. The protester was Ashley Gribble, part of the art collec- tive group Power of the Pussy, mostly based in Vancouver. She appeared in front of both the MP and campaign offices early Friday afternoon. Gribble, the only member of the group who was in the region, said she was there to protest against Stephen Harper and his government’s treatment of women. Of local note, she was there in reaction to a spat between Kamloops and Conservative MP Candidate Cathy McLeod. Earlier this week, Cavers and McLeod traded press re- leases condemning each other. After Cavers shared a VanCity- Buzz link to a story about “Sluts Against Harper,” a campaign : that promises to send nude : photos to voters who sign up, : McLeod demanded that Cavers : apologize. Others, commenting : on the story, even called for his : resignation. afternoon on Friday, October 16. : Cavers fired back by calling : out the Conservative govern- : ment’s record on women, saying : that they have cut funding to : social programs that help wom- : en. He cited agencies like ASK, : which have to turn to fundrais- : ing rather than government sup- : : port to fulfill their mandates. : He also brought up the fact that : the Conservative government : refuses to conduct an inquiry : into missing and murdered Ab- : original women. “It’s McLeod : who owes women an apology,” : Cavers said in his press release. In response, Gribble called > McLeod’s reaction “ridiculous.” City Councillor Donovan Cavers : : Act, the removal of the long- : form census and Canada’s world ; standing in gender equity. “The Conservatives are : not for women. She needs to : be more ashamed of what her : government has done to wom- : en across Canada than of Sluts : Against Harper.” Beyond the local issue, Grib- : ble’s stance against Harper was broad. “C-51, the TPP, there are just so many reasons to vote against : Harper, to vote against the : Conservatives,” she said. “Pretty : much anything that Harper has : approved that has stripped us of our privacy and our rights.” Gribble, masked and top- : less, stood on the corner of 1oth : and Victoria for about 10 min- : utes before moving to McLeod’s : downtown campaign office. “[McLeod] was saying it was : : degrading to women. I laughed : at that, because Harper has a : very serious war on women,” she : : said, listing off things like miss- : ing and murdered Aboriginal : women, Canada’s average wage : gap, the Protection of Commu- : nities and Exploited Persons When asked why she had : chosen to cover her face, Gribble : said “We're standing in solidari- ty with the hundreds of faceless : victims of Harper’s government, : like the missing and murdered : indigenous women, trans peo- : ple, and Muslim women who : have been under attack lately.” Photo via truomega.ca Former Douglas College president received salary until recently » Scott McAlpine paid for over a year after departure Mercedes Deutscher News Editor & news@theotherpress.ca report made by the New that Scott McAlpine, the former president and CEO of Douglas College, was still being paid the president’s salary until October 16, receiving $135,128 in income from the college in the 2014/15 fiscal year. McAlpine suddenly left his position in June 2014 after five years as president, listing the desire to “pursue other opportunities” as the reason for his departure. When asked by the New Westminster Record last year if McAlpine had been fired, Davie Robert Taylor, Director of College Marketing speculation. At the time, Taylor told the New Westminster Record: “He was here for about five years, during which time the college grew and has changed quite a bit, and he has made significant : contributions to the college : over those five years, and the : board and certainly the college : community wish him well.” He : added that McAlpine’s departure Westminster Record revealed ; was surprising. After McAlpine : ended his presidency, he was : requested to return his keys and : had his remaining belongings : returned to him. Not only was Taylor unclear : about the nature of McAlpine’s : departure, but recently Douglas : College Board Chair Shelley : Williams declined to comment : to the New Westminster Record : about McAlpine after the : discovery of his salary continuing : for over a year after he stopped : working for the college. Since his departure : from the college, McAlpine : has continually received the and Communications, denied the ; 14/090 Pet month salary that : he received prior to ending his : employment with the college. : The 2014 Douglas College : Executive Compensation Report : listed that McAlpine would : continue receiving the salary * until October 16, according to : the contract he was on. McAlpine : also continued to receive all : benefits, and was offered : six months of services from : Homewood Human Solutions, : which provides mental health : and addictions counselling to : Douglas College. It is unknown : if McAlpine utilized any of these : services. Certain terms of McAlpine’s : contract required him to try : and find new work in order to : continue receiving the salary, : and that once new work was : found, the salary would be : terminated. Any shortcomings : in anew salary would have : been topped up by the Douglas i salary. McAlpine was offered up to 12 months of services that would have helped him make a career transition. According to McAlpine’s LinkedIn profile, the search for new work has been unsuccessful. McAlpine has worked in post-secondary for 30 years, most of which was spent at Grande Prairie Regional College, where he was an instructor, : chair member, and Dean of Arts, ff Scott McAlpine nD = o a = ° a o ra a ov aD a oy G oO o G oO a > ° 2 ° G a