ene January 2nd,1985 Another Christmas come and gone, ‘and my first reaction is relief. | won’t have to listen to those songs for eleven months. | doubt if there are more than by DAVE WATSON 15 carols, but all have been recorded hundreds of times, in dozens of styles. Andy Warhol once said that everyone will be famour for 15 minutes. Maybe not, but it looks like everyone will record his or her own version of White Christmas. Most people are probable tired of the old carols, -but-are too polite to say anything. The recent proliferation of rock Christmas songs like 2000 Miles by The Pretenders and Springsteen’s Santa Claus is Coming to Town kept me sane, although the Christmas message in Madonna’s Like a Virgin continues to escape me. My first premonition of impeding JAYNE’S SPORTS NEWS If you’re new to Douglas College, or coming back after the fall semester, you might like to know what's avail- able for students in the way of Athletic by JAYNE MUSKENS clubs. For fitness, the college offers aero- - bics and slow stretch classes every day of the week, except Fridays, from 12 to 1 p.m. in Room 1315. - Room 1323 is the college’s weight room, which students can use free of charge. PLEASE DO NOT TAMPER WITH BUILDING SAFETY EQUIPMENT. To comply with regulations, fire extinguishers have been installed in conspicuous locations throughout the public safety and are to be used only for that purpose. Recently two of these have been ripped from the wall, bracket and all and one extinguisher appears to be missing. ~ It is a criminal offence to tamper with public safety equipment and anyone found misusing these installa- tions should realize there are penalties building. They are there to help ensure: which can be invoked. 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Despite this touch, some of the spirit (and all of the reckless consumerism) of Christmas was lost. The VCR is wonderful, though. With- out it, like would be possibe, but certainly not desirable. I’ve noticed one bad side effect of video machine ownership; a certain reduction of reality. Whenever | miss a word while in a theatre, my thumb The college also offers a variety of clubs, which students can join for a nominal fee. These clubs meet in Room 1313. Judo Mon. & Wed. 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Wrestling Mon. & Wed. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Boxing Every day of the week 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. To register for these clubs, just drop in during the above-mentioned times. Douglas College also has a ski club, looks for the rewind button on the remote control. | fear this may spread to real life, especially lectures, where a pause and a mute button would be useful. Our family no longer buys a real tree. Decorating a five foot high mass .of polystyrene just isn’t the same, and | miss the smell of pine needles. Another Christmas tradition we did not participate in this year was the exchange of fruitcakes. You all know the Christmas fruitcake, that block as dense as lead, but not nearly as tasty. Actually, only 37 fruitcakes exist, but they are passed around from family to family for decades, which helps. ex- plain what those mysterious green pieces are. A word about Christmas stories: it should be an offence, punishable by no less than five years in prison, to remake Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; probably the most overused plot line of the last 100 vears. | think its which offers students an opportunity to go skiing at a reasonable cost. Intramural floor hockey will start up this coming January. Games will be played every Thursday from 12 to 2 p.m. Check for posters in the college for information on intramurals and the ski club. 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