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Volume 23 © Issue 14 © January 20 1999
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Contributors

Holly Keyes, Erlina Megawati,
Gweny Wong, Jason Rochon,
Jones, Arthur Chan, Mike
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January 27 1999

Letters

Above all else, Kudos on
the facts

In regards to your nasty
article (printed on Jan. 20/
99), I think it stinks! Report-
ers of the OP should get their
facts straight before criticiz-
ing our Vice President.

I voted for Massanio
Chang because he didn’t make
any unrealistic promises
unlike his opponent Jack
Shehaded (who was the one
who promised us a bank
machine.) The only promise
that Massanio made to his
students was that he would
try his best to serve his
students.

What many people don't
know (including the unin-
formed OP reporter, Michael
Cox) is that Massanio has
been trying his best to get
the students a bank machine.
What many people also don't
realize is that there is a lot of
bureaucratic red tape to go
through before the motion of
getting an ATM can be
passed. One of the major
concerns with all the banks is
that the David Lam campus is
only open for two semesters
which means that for four
months out of the year, their
bank machines will not be
generating revenue for them.
If you were a business person,
would you offer David Lam a
bank machine under these
circumstances?

I know that we need an
ATM machine and like many
other students, wished we did
have one; however, I also
realize that Massanio only
has so much power to try and
grant our wishes. The ques-
tion of when we will get a
bank machine is out of his
control. Perhaps it is the
banks we should be attacking
or the top decision makers of
the college, but not the
person who has done so much
for us already.

the Other Press

 

As for your (Michael
Cox) concern about having to
walk to the bank, be a little
bit more prepared for classes.
You know your class schedule
ahead of time, get your
money the night before!
_ Aconcerned
pissed off student

DL VP
responds

I feel the comments made in
the Jan. 20th edition of the
Other Press were unjustified
and untrue. It is not true
that I forgot about my
students. How can I ever
forget? Everyone of them I
have listened to and everyone
of them I represent whole
heartedly, without prejudice
towards any suggestions that
they have made. I have done
everything to get an ATM
machine in this campus, but
as you know it takes two to
tango. The banking institu-
tions that I have approached
have failed to respond to any
of my questions or requests.
The one promising prospect
that we had of achieving a
bank machine at David Lam
was denied by Terry Leonard
in New Westminster. So what
can I do? I would be happy to
entertain any suggestions
that any of my students
would have. Please forward all
concerns to my office phone
(527-5948) or address letters
to myself and I promise to
answer all suggestions as
soon as I can.
Massanio Chang VP
David Lam Campus DCSS

Compliments to Zahra Jamal
on her article “Clinton, you
will pay hard.” Despite the
oddly worded headline Zahra
Jamal has clearly and con-
vincingly stated in her article
what I have not had the
words, if the sentiment, to

OPinion

“Clinton”

say. She has done an excellent
job of wading through the sea
of spin surrounding the issue
and has shed the light of
truth on a shadowy issue. I
look forward to future
articles in this vein.

William Tomkinson

Ask Reverend Tom

Dear Reverend Tom:
If God were a tree, what kind
of tree would (NPI) He be?

A. Borealis

Dear A.

God would of course be part
of the most beautiful type of
trees on earth. He would be
part of the Pinus Radiata
forest. It is important to
note that God is above all of
us, and no mortal could ever
be part of the same wonder-
ful trees as God. Both men
and women should know
that while they can aspire to
be, they can never be and
that it is a sin to suffer
Pinus envy.

tion.

This discalimer has been brought to you
be the quasi-worried, prone-to-legal-angst,

anally-retentive folk at the Other Press.
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Dear Reverend Tom:
I've seen many pictures of
God, and He seems to have
white skin the majority of
the time, but also black skin
some of the time. So which
is it?

Racially Motivated

Dear Racial:

Because God is all things to
all men, theologians early in
the century believed God
was both black and white,
male and female until it was
found in the past twenty
years that both Michael
Jackson and Prince also fit
this description. God is now
believed to be Cindy Lauper.

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