OCTOBER 19TH 1983 THE OTHER PRESS _ PAGE 3 photo by Doug Lewis Os FRE AR NE Have You Been Towed Today? To: All personnel From: Campus Manager Security Re: Parking/Towing Cars must not park in restric- d driveways reserved for AANDICAPPED PARKING * IMS/TECHNICAL SERV- ICES; the LIBRARY ~ A.V. SERVICE DRIVE* the main RECEIVING AREA and the FOOD SERVICES AREA DRI- VE. The College will not be held liable for any damage to vehicles on campus parking lots and/or subsequently tow- ed away. Owners of miss- ing cars should contact the New Westminster Police De- partment to determine if their car has been towed or stolen. Persons whose car has suff- ered mechanical breakdown should advise IMPARK, the Security Desk or the Manager Security and arrange to re- move the vehicle in a reason- able period of time. We do not wish to tow cars please help us to avoid it. Thank you Ken McCoy Campus Manager and Building Services P.S. Unfortunately in the the Security Restraint!? _ The}. “pretend: restraint’® budget of the Socreds’ has shifted priorities away from the people it’s suppose to serve, especially students. by Sandra McMillian accidents may occur because of faulty equipment and lack of supervision. Meanwhile the Education Ministry wants productivity to increase by 5 percent each year. That sounds very im- Students are having so much pressive but what does it difficulty coping with the changes in the Education mean? “We're working on that’’, Ministry’s policies that many was the answer Jack Finnbog- gre unable to carry on with ason, president of the eir studies. C.I.E.A. of B.C. got. Money is the main issue. He was told that it had it Tuition fees are up yet stu- nothing to do with teaching dent loan funding was cut 40 More students but understood percent this year and the that it meant teaching courses criteria for undertaking a stu- dent loan was changed radic- ally making it difficult for anyone to get loans. For the increase in tuition fees, students are not getting more for their money. In many institutions equip- ment is outdated and there is no money to replace it. Labs are crowded and there is not enough funding for sufficient lab assistants. Instructors fear ee ESS ETS that the ministry deemed use- ful, not those that the students wanted. The ministry is also consider- ing specializing the five lower mainland colleges. They would be made into technilog- ical institutes ie. D.C. of Nursing of Cap. Business ollege. Neat idea? Somebody must think so but I sure don’t. Do you? last week a number of vehicles have violated the Royal Ave. handicappéd parking areas and have been towed away. Consequently such inconven- ience and costs $40.00 re- claimation are incurred. W S PREPARING FOR A VICTORIA (CUP)--B.C. stu- dents, faculty and campus workers are starting battle preparations for a_ possible province-wide general strike that appears more likely every day. The province is already beset by sporadic strikes aimed at the Social Credit govern- ment’s controversial restraint package, and union leaders are threatening further action. If a strike comes as expected | in mid November, pickets will likely go up around B.C.’s campuses. The Defend Education Serv- ices Coalition, composed of B.C. students, teachers, cam- pus workers and faculty, has already discussed a possible one-day closure of B.C.’s pub- lic schools and post secondary institutions, the University of Victoria student society was told in October. And Hendrick Zimmerman, a member of the student society. board of directors, urged UVic students to consider a warning strike of their own. POSSIBLE STRIKE Zimmerman said students must show the government they are prepared to fight the restraint legislation, which in- cludes cutbacks in university funding and student aid. Leaders of the UVic faculty association and the campus local of the Canadian Union of Public Employees say their members will likely support a general strike if one is called. Operation Solidarity mem- bers at the University of B.C. held an Oct. 13 rally to show their opposition, and 1,000 students at Simon Fraser Un- iversity recently attended a general meeting to build a strategy against the Socred package. Public opposition to the Social Credit government has steadily increased since the budget was brought down July Le Along with cutbacks to ed- ucation, the restraint package includes bills that would lead to massive layoffs of govern- ment workers and drastic re- ductions in social services. Maple Ridge Report “Oh, by the way, today is voting day! “Yeah? For what?’’ Vice-Presidency of Douglas College Student Society.”’ “Who's running?” ‘‘T_don‘t know.”’ by Doug Lewis On Oct. 13, voting day for the election of a new Vice-Presi- dent in the Douglas College Student Society Council, stud- ents at Douglas College, Ma- ple Ridge Campus, asked these questions over and over again. The only answer they got was, ‘‘The names are on the ballots!”’ ‘Where is Maple Ridge?’’ you ask. Well, Maple Ridge is approximately 23 miles east of New Westminster, on the same side of the river, and is hard to miss if you follow the Lougheed Highway which runs directly through it. In the election for the presid- ency of the D.C.S.S. approxi- mately 35 percent of the Maple Ridge student body ‘went to the polls, while a blistering 3-5 percent of the New Westminster student body cast their votes. Maple Ridge voters cinched the presidency for Sean Bal- derstone, because Martin Hemerik, his campaign man- ager, came out to address students about Sean and his proposals. Gerry Oikawa also went to Maple Ridge and slapped posters all over the campus, but addressed no- one, a politically suicidal move in his bid for the presidency. The Maple Ridge students have started a petition to ask for a clause in the nomination form, which would state that all candidates running for the positions of President and Vice President be required to present themselves to Maple Ridge student body, or to send a representative, to express that candidates’ views and proposals, if elected. It‘s a short drive to Maple Ridge and the cows are fen- ced, so we of this campus invite not only the nominees for office, but all New West students to come out for a breath of fresh air! GORDON BRYAN-Elected-42 votes STEWART WOOLVERTON- defeated-37 votes GERRY OIKAWA-Defeated- 14 votes Spoiled at Royal site 19 Note: Maple Ridge ballots were all marked in pen, thus, according to Provincial ballot- ing regulations (count-up sys- tem used by election commit- tee) it was necessary to con- sider them all as_ spoiled ballots. For information pur- poses Maple Ridge count-up would have been as follows: GERRY OIKAWA-10 votes STEWART WOOLVERTON-4 votes GORDON BRYAN-1 vote Due to delays in the Student Finance Office this sememster the deadline to -apply for scholarships and bursaries ad- ministered by Douglas Coll- ege, has been extended to October 21. Applications are available in the Student Finance Office. Award Descriptions are con- tained in the Douglas College Calendar. PLEASE NOTE The Student Society does not supply change. There is a change machine located in the lower Cafeteria (right next to the vending machines) that dispenses qua- rters for $1.00 $2.00 and $5.00 bills Thank you for your co-operation in not requesting change from the Student Soc- iety in future.