3 December 7th Scholarships A True Re-enactment of Pearl Harbour Volume 15 Number 8 by Angela Chiotakos Douglas College is taking a hard stand on sexual and personal harassment. The college’s new Sexual and Personal Harassment Policy, adopted in May of this year, is geared to stop harassment in the college through education. “It's a policy that stresses prevention,” stated Gillies Malnarich, Faculty of Professional Development Consultant at the college. “Another thing which is quite unique is the educational aspect. This proactive aspect is very unusual,” said Malnarich. The policy is a change from conventional harassment policies where education is not dealt with. “Very few colleges have education built into their policy,” said Mia Gordon, Acting Dean of Educational and Student Services Division at Douglas. Douglas’ harassment policy is a result of careful analysis of other college policies and learning from their mistakes. “We examined policies from other colleges and we did some consultations with those colleges to see what problems they had experienced,” said Gordon. ‘We have one of the -best policies in Canada,” said Malnarich. } “We saw what worked and what didn’t . This [Douglas College's] policy anticipated these problems.” The education aspect of the policy consists mainly of seminars where people learn through discussion and sharing experiences. This too, is a break from traditional harassment policies. “The reaction of other colleges is to hire a sexual harassment advisor on a contract basis to take care of the problem, ” stated Gordon. Under-funded “Instead of having one person who becomes an “expert” on the policy, the idea is to include as many people in the process of education. So everyone is a learner and a teacher, “ said Malnarich. Seminars spark discussion amongst the participants and the hope is that they will pass on their information to friends and colleagues. “The education is done as people training people, instead of bringing in a lecturer,” said Peter Sanderson, Director of the Personnel Department, and he teen distribution of the throughout the coll ‘On December 4th, five of seminars will be held on the policy and issues relating to sexual and personal harassment . The seminars will run from 10 am to 3pm and are open to all students, faculty and staff, in conjunction with a Red Rose and ~ White Ribbon Ceremony held in the. concourse at noon to remember the Montreal Massacre. The seminars will cover everything from understandin what is sexual and persona harassment to learning assertiveness. “Speaking up is_ really important,” stated Malnarich. “We have to learn to speak u things make us uncomfortable.” “People also need to scrutinize their conduct . All of us are learners and teachers, so there needs to be a frank exchange of perceptions,” added Malnarich.. Eliminating harassment on the basis of sexual orientation has recently been added to the policy. “It should have been included in the first place. But it was just added in keeping up with the changes of the B.C. Human Rights Act,” added Malnarich. Pamphlets on the policy can be when 11 & 12 taff Meeting very Wednesday 4:00 O'clock TOCIF ae douglas college’s autonomous student newspaper - since 1976 you dictate , we type found throughout the college. The actual policy can be picked up from the Harassment Advisors, Student Services, Security, the Student Society, switchboard, and the Personnel Department. Anyone interested in attending any of the seminars, please contact any of the Harassment Advisors at Student Services or Gillies Malnarich at the DVST Department or call 527- 5411. Women interested in helping with the Red Rose Ceremony, please November 27,1992 FREE New Harrassment Policy Praised contact Liz Wilson at the Wimmins Center or call 527-5148. Men interested in wearing a white ribbon or participating in the White Ribbon Campaign, please contact Mordicai Briemberg at EASL or call 527-5408. DCSS Treasurer Arbitrarily Signs Contract by Christopher Mac Laren Julian Smit, DCSS Treasurer violated two DCSS bylaws by a contract with an American based corporation and’ soiling inform and receive approval the _DCSS Committee. The signatures of at least 2 officers is for the execution of any legal document acco} to Bylaw VIII, section 4c) states that the Treasurer “shall be Representative responsible for keepi ing. tee the L_ “Ruhlman, Head of Sales and Representative Committee i of all issues which finances of the Society;”. Charles Parker, V.P. Internal, said the D.C.S.S. does not recognize the agreement. “The contract as far as we see it, I believe is not active.It was not recognized as a valid contract by the Rep Committee. Nobody knew about it , and there were no other ignatures to follow up that it was valid,” said Parker. According to Jerome Bouvier, DCSS President, “nobody knew about it until it was brought up by upstairs...”. PrimeWest Incorporated, the American based company involved, believes the contract is still valid. “The contract is valid as far as we're concerned,” said Nancy in to the , section 1b). » © Advertising for PrimeWest. Ruhlman also stated “All we want is to get it resolved to be able to place the board in a high traffic area of the school for the sake of the college, us, and our advertisers.” Bouvier proposed a “disciplinary committee”, which was defeated, to resolve the issues regarding Julian Smit and said Smit has not been accountable for his actions. “Julian, he votes it down and before, last week, he’s been telling me he wasn’t going to do nothing because it needed to be dealt with. He’s a big son of a bitch,” Bouvier. Janice Kurylowich, V.P. External commented, “Julian Smit was not acting in the best interest of said the students because he acted without letting the Society know of his dealings.” The contract, which was signed on May 8, 1992, is a ten year agreement to be renewed annually. PrimeWest Incorporated agreed to give the DCSS a reader board in exchange for advertising rights on it. The contract stated that PrimeWest would make a contribution to the DCSS sholarship fund. “Commencing in the second year of the term...the Corporation shall order a contribution of $25.00 per ad per year or $500.00 for a full board to the scholarship fund of the Establishment [ DCSS ]. Julian Smit was unavailable for comment. DCSS Disciplinary Vote Violates Bylaw by Christopher MacLaren A bylaw of the Douglas College Student Society, (DCSS), was apparently violated in last week’s defeated vote to form a “Disciplinary Committee” against three of its executive members. A to bylaw VIL, section 7, “Members of the Representative Committee shall not vote on matters where a personal conflict of interest exists.” Jerome Bouvier, DCSS President, proposed the “Disciplinary Committee” to “resolve the issues that are perceived to have resulted from the actions of the V.P. Internal, Treasurer, and Speaker.” Charles Parker, V.P. Internal, Julian Smit, Treasurer, and Karm Sedhu, former Speaker, voted on Bouvier’s motion which was subsequently defeated 4-3. Charles Parker admits he wasn’t aware of the bylaw at the time. “I noticed afterwards. The policies are kind of hard to follow,” said Parker. Parker also stated that it is the responsibility of the Speaker to know the bylaws and interpret them according] “It's Y tie duty of the Chairperson at the time. That person is responsible to know ...and interpret that,” said Parker. The Chairperson at the time of Street Kids by Mark S. Foster Granville Mall merchants met with police November 17th to discuss their “street kid problem.” But there was a lem, none of the “problem kids” were allowed to attend and speak for themselves, the motion, Karen Wylde, University Transfer Representative, was unavailable for comment. Janice Kurylowich, VeP. External commented, “Obviously by the outcome of the vote nobody was aware of the bylaw. Otherwise, it would have been questioned.” Jerome Bouvier refused any further interviews. Julian Smit and Karm Sedhu were unavailable for comment. Left Out in Cold...Again according to Province wriwr John Bermi ; Worried about destitute people sporting pee stains down their pants, Carol Basaraba, manager of Kelly’s said, “I’m not going to let those people come into my store,” according to the Province. Her attitude is similar to many Granville Mall merchants who fear the street kids are bad for business. The kids felt slighted by being left out of the meeting. Seventeen year old Rick said, “They are meeting about what to do with us. So we have no say in our future.”