Dear Other Press | am writing in response to your condemnation of ‘sexist’ ads in last week’s Other. There are a few points of inquiry | would like to bring up with you. First of all, following your eloquent statement about the content of the ad, you went ahead and printed it anyway! The reason, you claimed, was eco- nomic, therefore the reading public may conclude that money speaks louder than morals as far as the Other Press is concerned. If you are having difficulties financing your little enter-- prise, why do you not then raise funds in some less morally stressful manner, such as the fund-raising activities employed by the other clubs on the campus? One can become complacent by relying too heavily on student- funded subsidies and ‘sexist’ adver- tisers. Secondly, you openly condemn a movie advertisement for being sexist and therefore immoral, and yet your other advertisers inlude liquor and cigarette companies and night clubs that feature ‘Wet-T’ and ‘’Hot Buns’ * contest. | didn’t realize that the Moral Majority could be so conveniently selective. From which criteria are you drawing in judging others? Your hypocritical approach to this issue clearly illus- - trates that you are reaching far beyond your capabilities. If you would spend more time trying to accomplish con- structive aims in the students’ inter- ests instead of trying to draw attention to yourselves, your paper may poss- ibly salvage a bit of credibility: so far, you have been an embarrassment to the college. Hopefully, you’ll improve with time. Jeff Brovold (P.S. We did have the balls to print this. We respect your view. Why don’t you try writing for us? Meetings are held Thursdays at 12:00 noon in room 1602.) Dear Other Press The N.D.P. under their leader Bob Skelley and their Education debate leader Mark Rose have issued an official party pamphlet entitled B.C.’s Children Under Attact - The N.D.P. talk about education. In the pamphlet several arguments are raised, some legitimate, some questionable. For instance, ‘‘Reduced maintenance - schools that are run- down, dirty and less safe.’’ This one is questionable but | will leave it alone. The next is, ‘‘Less individual attention for children in classes that are signifi- cantly larger.’’ True! But the 1.08 percent increase from 1982 where B.C.’s lowest pupil/teacher ratio of 16.65 was in place to the present ratio of 17.73 is still a far cry from the whopping 22.91 ratio found in B.C. during 1973. That year as most people know is the last time this province was graced with a N.D.P. government. (source: Schools Finance Research & Analysis, B.C. Ministry of Education) As most people know the world High-Tech leaders are the Japanese. In Japan pupil/teacher ratios of 50 to 60 are common place. Do not get me wrong!!! | do not advocate these ratios in B.C., | am just pointing out that the pupil teacher ratio does not dictate the standard of education, it is merely one factor among several. Teaching qual- ity, student dedication, culture, meth- ods, etc. are equally as important. You can not learn without self-commit- ment, or in an environment with 100 students, poor teaching poor methods or a culture which does not encourage self-fulfillment through higher learn- ing. | encourage people to dispell the myth that the Pupil/Teacher Ratio dictates the quality of education, and finally attend the, ‘‘Lets Talk About Schools’’ public hearings and make your complaints, and, or suggestions known. Protest and rallies may be fun and self-motivating but actually do little to influence anyone. Converting the converted is a waste of time and that’s all protests and rallies do. P.S. For those of you who think teachers are under paid and M.LA.’s are over paid get this. According to Mark Rose, N.D.P. M.L.A., Lyle MacWilliam, new N.D.P. M.L.A. from Okanagan North took a pay cut becoming an M.L.A. From this he now has to maintain two residences, one in Victoria and one in his constituency. His past occupation was a_ school teacher. Scott Leaf Director - B.C. Young Socreds Dear Other Press It has come to my attention as Member at Large, Maple Ridge, that the student news paper does not come to Maple Ridge Campus until the forwarding information is about one and a half weeks late! | would like someone to correct it before abrasive action is taken. It has also come to my attention that very little or none of the information concerns Maple Ridge Campus. We as students of Douglas College, Maple Ridge, do not like our campus to be simply termed as our ‘Eastern Campus’. Our student apathy may not be as bad as your ‘Western Campus’ but reading stuff like that does not help. At least we have approximatly (sic) 30 percent of our student body that votes compared to approxamatly (sic) 3 percent in New Westminster Campus. Edwin George Member at Large, Maple Ridge LC Dear Other Press | am writing this letter in response to the ‘Sexism Lives’ article, in the March 15, 1985 issue of the Other Press. | feel that this article was a waste of space. It supposedly intro- duces us to the sexist world of adver- tising. Well this news is no new news. The advertising world thrives on exploiting women and men. If women feel they are being exploited in this movie ad, then maybe they should look at some of the advertisments in the women’s magazines Chateline (sic), Mademoiselle, etc. Where it shows half-dressed women with a Pa