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Douglas Students’ Union building undergoes fall changes

Recent projects
include a new com-
puter lab and public
address system

By Dylan Hackett,
News Editor

he Douglas Students’
Union (DSU) has
installed 20 new com-
puters as part of an
upcoming study space
for students. The new
room is aimed to be the
next go-to study space
for students and will
ease user traffic on the
often maxed out stations
available in the New
Westminster library.
“We bought 20 new
computers for the com-
puter lab we’re going to
be opening up later this
semester for students,”
said Jill Griffin, External
Relations Coordinator.
The lab will also boast
anew printing station.
“We're also bringing

 

A weekly
geopolitical update

By Keating Smith,
Contributor

Africa: (Ethiopia)
Political leaders in Sudan
and South Sudan have
reached a tentative

deal around having

“soft borders” and
demilitarized zones in

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in additional printing
for students so if they
run out of the Douglas
College [print credits]
they will be able to get
free printing in our lab
when it comes to be,”
said Jesse Stemberg,
Internal Relations
Coordinator. “We know
that it’s very hard to
get computers in the
library, especially during
midterms, and we’re
just bringing in another
space where people

can come and study.”

The DSU also recently
passed a budget proposal
for anew public address
system connected to
the rest of the New
Westminster campus.

” At this moment, we
are not connected with
Douglas College, so in
the event of an emer-
gency, say, a person that
comes into the school is
dangerous. And today,
we had the evacuation
drill for earthquakes
and we at the student
union weren’t connected
to that in any way, so

certain geographical
areas of both countries

in order to resume
production of much
needed gas and oil
revenue. South Sudan/’s
Petroleum Minister

said “it would be three
months before oil reached
international markets,” as
translated by the BBC.

Americas: (Uruguay)
The Uruguayan Senate
has passed a bill to
legalize abortion in the
predominately Roman
Catholic country. Before,
abortion was only
allowed in the case of
rape or serious health
issues for women.
Uruguay is the second
Latin American country

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this will help to connect
us together for safety
reasons,” said Stemberg.
“Tt was recommended
from the college,” told
Griffin. “It was recom-
mended that it’s in
the best interest of the
members, our staff, and
ourselves as directors

to legalize abortion, after
Cuba.

Asia- Central & South:
(Sri Lanka) Selvarasa
Pathmanathan,
considered to be the last
leader of the Tamil Tigers,
has been freed from
military custody. He is
wanted by Indian officials
for his involvement

in the assassination

of India’s former

Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi. According to

a spokesperson for the
Sri Lankan government,
“He is running a non-
government organization
and doing work for the
benefit of the people
[where] he is free to do his
work.”

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Douglas College New Westminster computer lab

who work here to be
connected with them for
the safety system. We
agreed with the recom-
mendation. It makes
sense that we should be
communicating when
it comes to this.”

Also on the horizon
this week is the DSU pub

Asia- Pacific: (China)

A military exercise
conducted by China’s
navy last week in the
Eastern China Sea is
creating more tension
between China and Japan
over a disputed group

of islands. The waters
surrounding the disputed
islands are thought to

be full of rich fishing
grounds and potential oil
resources.

Europe: (Netherlands)
Bosnian Serb wartime
leader Radovan Karadzic
has told the United
Nations’ Yugoslav

war crimes court he
should “be rewarded for
‘reducing suffering’ and
not accused of carrying

Photo courtesy of Anne Marie Abraham

night on Thursday, which

is now only for students

of legal drinking age.
“It’s going to be

Halloween themed.

People come in and

dress up. We’re really

looking forward to

it,” said Griffin.

out war crimes,” reports
Aljazeera. Karadzic faces
10 charges of genocide
from the conflict which
took place in the Balkans
during the early 1990’s.
Middle East: (Lebanon)
Wissam al-Hassan, an
intelligence officer for
the Lebanese Internal
Security Forces, was
killed in a car bombing
in Beirut which has also
killed eight other people.
Al-Hassan was a key
figure in Lebanon who
supported the armed
opposition in Syria and
was responsible for
finding those responsible
for the murder of former
Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafig Hariri in 2005.