“OTHER - THE OTHER PRESS NEWS STRIKE MAY CLOSE COLLEGE At least three organiza- tions at Douglas College are prepared to support a Gen- eral Strike that could lock by Dan Hilborn students out of their classes as early as November 1. The Douglas College Stu- dent Society passed a resol- ution to support a General Strike that could affect the entire province. The Doug- las Kwantlen Faculty Asso- ciation and the College’s local of the B.C. Govern- ment Employees Union are also known to support such an action. According to Marian Ex- mann of the BCGEU, her union’s biggest beef against the provincial governments ‘‘restraint’’ program is the proposed axing of 1,700 jobs . from. the provincial civil’ service. Exmann said that under existing contracts Victoria can layoff casual workers with less than three years seniority, but with the pass- ing of the new legislation Natives Disillusioned VICTORIA (CUP) Native students are disillusionec with the education system. because the whites who con- trol it offer no reinforcement of Native culture, says the United Native Nations pres- ident. Vic Wells said 80 to 95 per cent of Natives drop out of high school before compli- tion and those who do finish face further barriers to post econdary education. B.C.loans for Native stu- dents are only offered to status Indians who must re- main on the reserves to main- maintain status, he said. But high unemployment on the reserves means most Natives don’t earn enough to supplement the insuffi- cient student aid. And funding cuts to Nat- ive controlled programs also discourage further educa- tion since students can no longer take programs in Nat- ive culture, language and history, he said. Meanwhile a commitee at the University of B.C. continues to study ways to better serve the Native com- munity. Administration president George Pedersen formed an advisory commitee in July to investigate ways to improve access to UBC, improve course offerings, and tabu- late what current research relates to Natives. Committee co-chair Verna Kirkness said very few courses pertain to Natives with the exception of a few in law, education and anth- ropology. But Pedersen cautioned the committee not to ex- pect funds, Kirkness said. ‘“We have no promises of being able to do things that require a lot of expenditure in the near future,’’ Kirk- ness said. Co-chair of the 13 member committee with Kirkness is Thomas Berger, a former supreme court justice. some people with up to 32 years seniority have al-, have already had their jobs terminated, including two vice-presidents of the union. Sean Balderstone, pres- ident of the Student Society, said that the multi-campus council at Douglas passed a resolution to ‘‘support the aims and objectives of the General Strike’’ at a closed meeting October 19. The College Administra- tion Board held an in camera session after their regular meeting on Oct. 20 to decide what to do in the event of pickets springing up around the college’s two campuses. Members of the Solidarity Coalition around the college expect the board to attempt to get a court injunction to remove pickets from the campuses. Exmann said that her local is not in a legal position to initiate picketing at Doug- las College, however, other locals which are able to strike because of bargaining disputes are allowed to set up secondary pickets around the college. ‘‘Any picketing will not be precipitated by us,’’ Ex- mann said, although she added, ‘‘I am in favor of a General Strike because it’s the only way a union has of putting the pressure on.”’ Paul Julien, one of the student society members who voted in favor of the strike said, ‘‘I agree with restraint but not the way they’re(the Socreds) doing its “T believe in the aims of the General Strike but I don’t think it should inter- rupt my _ education,’’ he added. Wake up and smell real- ity, Labor. The labor unions of this by Ian G. Lyon province have done nothing but create economic chaos plus financial and emotional hardship for thousands of hard-working, god-fearing Capitalist entreprenuers. Collective bargaining is the most ludicrous of all the dispute settling techniques. How are you supposed to negotiate a fair and equit- able contract with someone who can’t understand that he won’t die if he actually works for more than one A SOCRED REALITY hour in his eight-hour shift. What ever happened to! real wages for real work? All Mr. Bennett is trying to do with this legislation is create a more stable envi- ronment for investment, cut out the deadwood in the civil service and have watch dogs over where institutions spend your hard earned tax dollars. You say he has thrown Human Rights out the win- dow. Nothing could be furth- er from the truth. Human rights are still intact. The only real changes that have been that you will now have you case reviewed by a Socred lackey to make sure that none of our tax dollars are being wasted. The Rentalsman! cares?! You should own your own house anyway. It’s the Can- adian Dream, imported from the United States, of course. Much of the anti-Bennett campaign is just so much Communist rhetoric. How can you take their campaign seriously when a _ paltry 55,000 turn out for a rally when this legislation appar- ently affects everyone. It goes to show how a few well placed agitators can create a monster in ‘the minds of innocent people. Mr. Bennett is not a Hitleresque dictator, but a man with a dream. Who