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run for it, but I wouldn’t get
paid." The student informed the
president that she "couldn’t afford
free time".

The student told the reporter
her reason for bringing this up
was that she felt upset with her-
self that she had been taken in

- and that she felt the president-

elect was likely to break the rest
of her campaign promises.

The reporter took the signed
statement to the CRO who read it
over but declared that the 72 hour
waiting period had been exceeded
and that he didn’t think there was
much he could do about it.He did
promise the reporter to look up
procedures-in the Inter-Galactic
Elections Act and make an offi-

_ Cial statement the following night.

"A lot of people felt they were
conned in this election,” said the
CRO.

In the meantime the two presi-
dents approached the reporter in
the concourse that night. "I hear
I’m going to be impeached!" said
the president-elect.The reporter
told her that she new nothing
about an impeachment and con-
firmed that a written statement
had been submitted to the CRO.
However, the reporter could not
say more due to confidentiality.

The following day the presi-
dent asked the reporter to drop by
to pick up some budget informa-
tion. The reporter found she had
been snared into an impromptu
meeting consisting of the two
presidents, a college ad-
ministrator and almost the student
involved.(She bolted as soon as
she saw what was happening.)

Comments flew back and forth
between presidents about the in-
justice and speculated as to why
this would be happening. Both of
them wanted the reporter to say
the individual was the person that
they were sure was guiltly of the
offence. The current president
asked why the president-elect was
not being given the opportunity to
defend herself. The reporter
pulled out her tape recorder and
said she was quite willing to inter-
view the president-elect as to her
side of the story. The president-

elect declined.
The college administrator

warned the reporter that should
she intend to print a story on this

 

she could be accused of creating
news. Further, he stated, if the
story effected the president-
elect’s position, she could sue the
Galactica Tribune and they were
not insured for liable. He then left
the meeting.

The president continued on
with her original tac and said that
this student had been phoning the
president-elect every day since
she was elected and was trying to
make dates with her. She went on
to say that the student apparently
has a 15 percent discount with
Sears and had offered to take the
president-elect on a shopping
spree. Both presidents felt that the
situation was created simply be-
cause of the student’s feeling
neglected due to the president-
elect’s busy schedule. The presi-
dent-elect then saw the student
she believed to be the source of
the issue and left the meeting to
talk to her.

Later that evening, the reporter
confronted the student with what
she had been told. The student
said that prior to the election she
had seen the candidate daily and
since being elected had not seen
her at all. She went on to say that
the president-elect had told her
that she was going to do whatever
it took to keep her position and
that she would sue the student, the
reporter,and the Galactica
Tribune.According to the student,
she also said that she would dis-
credit the student as being gay
and that she could get people to
testify to that. :

The CRO said that he intended
to do nothing as his job had actual-
ly been completed and that he was
doing this "for the fun of it". "She
thought that she would get some-
thing right away, who knows, she
may in the future. It’s more doubt-
ful now." said the CRO.

While the CRO does nothing
and thinks that there was never
any real power with the president
to create a paid position; the
reporter discovered that the
newsletter itself is a currently
paying position that does not

seem to be subject to election.
So, unlike famous stories that

begin with "once upon a time"; in
this ending not everyone is living
happily ever after.

My God

I\believe that God exists if I
believe in God. God is all- power-
ful when one considers Him thus.
His power is ultimately limited by
the faith put in Him.

Acts of God are fallacies. God
does not act. God does not
manifest himself on Earth except
through the actions of persons
who feel compelled by Him. One
cannot effectively refute claims
such as "I am doing as God wills,”
for ultimately, validity stems from
the claimer’s belief system.

God did not create man in his
own image. Man created God in
the most perfect image of man.

The acceptance of God is not
conditional upon the act of self-
abnegation. The ego must exist
within the perfect man.

Iam not a "god-fearing” man.
Ido not fear my God. I praise
Him and embrace Him. I want to
emulate Him.

». God.would,not punish,me for » »

not believing in Him. He would
merely not reward me with
strength of spirit.

I cannot accept the self-
centered doctrines of some of the
world religions. Theirs is not the
only way; theirs is not the only
God. God is an interpretation.
God is anism. I have not found a
faith that represents the God that I
know. He would not condone
such claims to "unique owner-
ship."

I do not believe in Creation.
Evolution seems much more
reasonable to me.

I cannot explain the Immacu-
late Conception, but I believe that
Jesus Christ was a human
manifestation of God. There may
have been similar men or women
representing other Gods on Earth,
but I am ignorant of them.

Ideally, there exist as many

Gods as there are, and were, per-

» sons who believed in -

__ the Other Press

Cool Continued

Johnston said she was concerned
that in the Foundation’s constitu-
tion it says that money could be
used to ’enhance’ the college,
"students have no control over
how the money is used.”

At no time has the DCSS ex-
ecutive gone and expressed their
concerns directly to either Bill
Day or Randi Duke. Johnston has
repeatedly expressed concerns to
this reporter. She has questioned
the integrity of Duke and alleged
that there is a relationship be-
tween Duke and Day. She has
also said that there is no job
description for Duke and quotes
Rob Corbett as saying that her job
was created around her.

Duke says that both she and
Day are happily married. The
Foundation records are open to
anyone who wishes to view them
and she has two job descriptions;
one as executive director of the
board and the other as community
resource development officer.
When asked about allegations
that she raises more money inter-
nally than externally, Duke says
that this is not true and that
anyone can request the figures on
that.

As for other concerns that por-
tions of the fund are not desig-
nated; very little falls under

Vancouver BC - 11 March
1988, marked ten months in the
BC courts for the Gitksan and
Wet’suwet’en as well as the con-
clusion of evidence by the
Wet’suwet’en as well as the con-
clusion of evidence by the
wet’suwet’en witnesses. 5
Hereditary Chiefs, representing
76 houses of the Gitksan-
Wet’suwet’en are currently
engaged in a major legal battle
with the Provincial and Federal
Governments over ownership and
jurisdiction of 22,000 square
miles of ;land in northern BC,
land which was never ceded to
the province through treaties or
any other legal process.

In preparation for the next
phase of evidence, the first of the
Gitksan witnesses, Chief Tenim-
gyet of the Gitwangak Wolf Clan,
hosted a feast traditionally called
by a Chief to guage his support
when preparing for war. During a
Gil Ts’ek’ (feast requesting a call
to arms), the Chiefs of the other
Clans signify their willingness to
go into battle by eating the food
l;aid out by the Host. Draped in
their traditional button blankets,
Tenimgyet ( Art Matthews, Jr. )
and Axtii Hiikw ( Henry Tait )
along with their supporters, per-
formed the limx 00’y ( mourning
song ) and called upon the other

 

Him/Her/Them. Belief in God
should be the most profoundly
selfish thing a person may commit
themself to.

My God is the perfect me.

by Matt Fisher

Refutation

God inspired holy men such
as Luke, John and Matthew to
write the Scriptures. The Scrip-
tures are unerring, for they are the
word of God.

The Scriptures tell us that God
created the Earth and all its in-
habitants.

Jesus Christ was born without
sin as the Son of God, and died
for our sins.

The miracles of healing which

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general student aid. As listed in
the handbook, most donations are
designated to particular funds
which are in turn given to students
in specific fields of study. Other
donations may consist of equip-
ment for specific purposes.

Donations are invested and
managed by the Vancouver Foun-
dation and are there in perpetuity
to generate interest that is used
specifically for student aid.

The Foundation receives an
operating grant from the college
and therefore pays no administra-
tion costs. Fifty percent of Duke’s
time is donated to the Foundation
by the College.

To add to the upset, apparently
a senate member made promises
to the Foundation that he was not
in a position to keep. Warren
Nyack, the Speaker, said,"a mem-
ber of the senate may have vio-
lated the spirit of student politics
which abhors the practice of
patronage. The Speaker of the
house would be interested in
seeing facts clearly presented be-
cause it is in the interest of
democracy and maintaining a high
level of integrity in student
politics.We are always on the
administration’s case for being un-
fair and dirty and it would be
hoped by the Speaker that stu-
dents would be above that."

  

_ Monday, April 18, 19

dent society had begun their own
endowment fund of $2500. which
was to be matched by the govern-
ment and administered through
financial aid. Another of the
society’s concerns was that stu-
dents should know that the money
was coming from them. Apparent-
ly they were unaware that pre-
vious DCSS executive had re- ©
quested not to be acknowledged.

The documentation on the new
endowment fund could not be
found as the DCSS original copy
was given to financial aid who ap-
parently lost it. This makes it dif-
ficult to compare the actual finan-
cial returns on these investments.

Both Julian Smit and Warren
Nyack said that there was probab-
ly as much as $7500. which was
raised through fundraising and
could have been made available
to the Foundation.

The Foundation has requested
that the treasurer and the presi-
dent be voting members on the
board. The president says that she’
won’t tolerate the Foundation
"dictating who we can have on
the board" and has countered the ©
proposal with "president or desig-
nate”. oi

The final straw to all this is
that it appears all this political ~:~
maneuvering consists of three | ~~
things: personalities, leverage to ° ”

open a pub, and preparation to.

Johnston confirmed that the stu- raise student society fees.

Show of Strength and Support

Chiefs to join forces with them as
they went into battle against the
provincial and federal lawyers.

In a strong show of force, each
of the attending Chiefs at the Gil
Ts’ek’ threw their support behind
Teningyet and Axtii Hiikw. The
departing Wet’suwet’en chiefs. ac-
knowledged Teningyet’s strength
and declared their continuing sup-
port.
Although a legal decision will
not be made for several years, the
province of BC continues to issue
permits for logging and mining
operations within the disputed ter-
ritory. The land is in danger of
being destroyed through clear-cut-
ting and the consequent silting of
fish-spawning habitats , air and
water pollution from saw-mills,
spraying of herbicides which
poisons the soil and the plants on
which wild animals depend.
Recently, Gitksan Chiefs
protested this abuse by temporari-
ly blockading a logging road and
by seizing equipment.

As well, they have re-activated
traditional fishing sites without
permits and built smokehouses at
these sites in contravention of
Department of Fish and Wildlife
regulations. Obtaining a license to
fish on their own land is not only
redundant and unnecessary, it
prejudices their argument ment

lawyers contend[argue/dispute]
that to obtain a fishing license is
evidence of assimilation into
white society, or "proof" that the
Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en no longer

" exist as distinct peoples and there-

fore they have no special claim to
the land. However, to fish without
one is "breaking the law". - ©
The tribal Council is attempt-
ing to bring these historic events
to national attention, despite lack
of interest from the non-Native
media. Helping[serving] that
cause is the coast to coast tour of
the play NO’XYA’ (Our
Footprints). Written by David
Diamond of Headlines Theatre :
with the Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en
Tribal Council, the play challen-
ges the typical historical view that
Europeon settlers were "the first"
to populate what we now know as:

North America. It also points out |
that Native self-government has: © -

for centuries implied a profound °

responsibility to the land as op-

posed to destroying it for profit.
NO’ XYA’[Our Footsteps] will
be performed in 31 [true God's’
number] communities over a
three-month period beginning 30°
March in Kispiox BC and wind-
ing up in Vancouver at the end of
June.

For further information: Ar-
dythe Wilson, GWTC (604) 682-
1990 Penny Sidor, Headlines
Theatre (604) 738-2283

 

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recommendation made was that Douglas
in its entirety. ;
st, non-smoking areas will be ex-
tended to include all private offices and the free
phone area outside the library.

The whole college will become non-smoking
beginning January Ist, 1989.

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