The Other Press. The Douglas College student newspaper serving New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Agnes St. campuses. by Nancy Powell Last -April, the Nuclear Awareness’~Group (NAG) was formed at Douglas Col- lege. This being United Nations Disarmament Week, they have set up in the cafeteria a table with information re- garding their objectives: - to promote, within the community, a rational debate over the arms race, - to make available informa- tion pertinent to that tonic. -to emphasize Canada’s role in nuclear proliferation. - to support the recommen- dations, issued by the Cana- dian government at the First United Nations Special Ses- sion on disarmament in 1978, being: Douglas College’s Faculty Association has made a new proposal to the college about job security, following an October 20th meeting. The association is asking for job guarantees for its full-time members until Aug. 31, 1983 if members will take five days off without pay this year. It is also asking for accep- tance of a ‘recall clause’ stipulating that within two years of the termination date, teachers laid-off will be rehired should their ee grams be partially or fully reinstated. The proposal was devel- oped after teachers rejected taking five days holiday with- out pay, in exchange for job guarantees until March 31, Ity ratifies Listen or die! NAG secretary-treasurer Barbara Eby and a concerned person try to attract student interest in alife threatening issue. new aie 1983 (guarantees excluded one, full time member and about eight part-time con- tract members). The association's presi- dent, Ralph Stanton, says teachers voted ‘‘overwhelm- ingly in favour of the (new) memorandum.’’ He admit- ted not all teachers were ‘happy with their previous decision, which will result in lay-offs of nine full time members after March 31 next year. Douglas College president Bill Day, who received the proposal on -October 21, promised a response ‘‘within a week’’ which would re- quire ‘‘special approval by the (college) board’’. Stanton has not ruled out further negotiations by cal- ling the. proposal a final photo Gerry O1kawa. proposals ‘offer, but will not accept March 31 as the final date for job security. Gordon Gilgan, Dean of Academic Studies, says six of the- nine teachers slated for lay-off after March 31 next year will not teach in their particular discipline after December. They. are guaranteed a job with the college and a wage until their lay-off notice, but the nature of their work is now unclear as their programs will end after December. Gilgan was unable to comment about their future activities. Three teachers in the Dental Assis- tance Program, and one each in the Physical Education, Theatre, and C.P.R. pro- grams will be affected. by Nancy Powell The Provincial Govern- ment announced last week that an additional $8.7 mil- lion would be added to the Federal-Provincial Student Aid Program, bringing the total amount to $24.2 million. The grant portion had been delayed pending a de- cision causing apprehension among students and at the student financial aid offices. 3 Of the $8.7 million allotted Grants are comin for financial aid, $5 million will go to university students and $3.7 million to college students. This does not mean stu- dents will be getting an increase in their grants, but that there wilf be no cuts in grants. “For all intents and pur- poses, the additional alloca- tion is simply the difference between the amount the g but... government budgeted for the program, and the total they owe the student assistance recipients’, said Donna Morgan, CFS Pacific Chair- person. ‘here has been no com- pensation for inflation in this year’s grant program, but the loan portion of the finan- cial aid program has been mene Fox $800 to $1200. |) a comprehensive test ban treaty; 2) a halt to flight testing of mew strategic delivery ve- hicles; 3) prohibition of all fission- _able materials for weapons yurposes; 4) agreement to limit and progressively reduce military spending on new nuclear weapons systems. Presently the group is small, but it hopes to grow as it becomes more well known. It consists of faculty, former faculty, students and former students of Douglas College. They are also attempting to organize a similar group at Kwantlen College. But the concern shown by the students has been disap- pointing. Only about 50 stu- dents have shown any inter- e Secretary-treasurer, ‘‘When cafeteria, those who are in- terested make up a patheti- cally small percentage over such an important issue that affects us all.’’ the Cruise Missile and Neu- tron Bombs anti-nuclear films on campus and hope to the future, as well as speak- ers from other groups. about NAG, contact: Michael Lacusta (President) 536-1285 or st. ; Barbara Eby - 936-2425 or . Says Barbara Eby, NAG’s. 591-1111 between 15:30 and | 19:30 hours. ae you look at the masses of students passing through the lhe group meets every second Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in Jim Davies’ office, (N315 ) and plans to form study groups starting in mid-No- vember. These discussions will include such topics as They have shown some ‘ing more in For more — information Unidentified jacket sleeve sneaks alone side of concrete ledge in attempt to break in to still-unopened new campus. College will be moved by year end by Chris Page Classes will not be held at the new campus before No- vember 8 at the earliest, says West Graydon, Director of Physical Plant and Site Ser- vices. Previous estimates since the lockout ended have been mid-October and November Ist. Programs should gradu- ally move to the new site over the next two months. One delay: An occupancy permit is needed before the College can move. Inspectors - photo Gerry Oikawa. must check emergency light- ing, exits and fire alarms. “Until we get the permit, we can’t move’’, says Graydon. He says ‘‘there are still areas under construction, probably until the end of December’’. ‘By the end of the year we expect to have everybody moved into the new facility’. He hopes Douglas College will be completely moved out of the old Winslow, McBride and Agnes St. buildings by the new year. Ey,