J egae REP Eee apemfee wr ac guar HORE -OrSgERETESD TINIEST NEE THE 1unuapy uvas fq o10gg VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY 2ND 1983 << OTHER PRESS DOUGLAS COLLEGE STUDENT NEWSPAPER , Apocalypse Never ’ by Dave Christia On January 77, 1983. the .Douglas College Nuclear Awareness Group presented the National Film Board pro- duction If You Love This Planet. The film, addressing itself to the dangers of nu- clear war, is produced and narrated by Dr. Helen Caldi- cott of the Physicians for Social Responsibility. Student reaction to the film was varied. Twenty: eight people (including NAG organizers) attended the showing. This was an im- provement over previous events at the old campus, -according to NAG secretary Barb Eby. Advertising may have played some part; pos- ters announcing the event were quite prominent, though some were defaced by the more neanderthal ele- ments in the student body. Those who attended the film felt that they profited from the experience. It pro- duced a ‘‘powerful, gut-like, response’ said Linda Hay- ward, a psychology lab tech- nician. ‘‘It reminded me of the need to be reminded.’’ An anonymous viewer said “it made me think.’’ ‘‘If | survived I’d go nuts’’ de- clared Phil, a student wear- ing an “Apocalypse Never’’ button. Asked whether she feels that the Disarmament move- ment has any effect on the population, Linda Hayward replied “The marches have a strong effect - seeing thou- sands of people marching makes people aware of an issue.’’ NAG will be conducting a study group at 12:30 on Thursday, February 3 in the lower cafe. Jonathan Schell’s CY IN DEATH THROES AT book The Fate of the Earth will be discussed, and all in- terested students and faculty are invited to attend. SS DELAYS ELECTIONS by Nancy Powell The Student Society by- election scheduled for J anu- ary 27 was abruptly cancel- led due to a graphic in the January 18 issue of the Other Press. The graphic for ‘‘Direct Action #2’’ on page two in- cluded ‘‘Vote for Gerry’ (Oikawa), which the Student. Society considered free adv- ertising. “If the words ‘vote for Stewart’ and ‘vote for Alana’ were. included’’, said S.S. Business Manager Merrilyn Houlihan, ‘’then have been acceptable. But as it is, it’s not’. The other canditates for vice-president Alana Whitly and Stewart Woolverton, both said that it. violated election rules, - although it would Woolverton thought that it would not sway any votes. Whitly said that it was unfair that Oikawa should get free advertising, and that ‘“‘Students would see Gerry’ name in the cartoon and they would recognise only that name on the ballot. It coul work on their subconcious’’ Gerry Oikawa, whose name was included in. the graphic, felt that the desc- ision to cancel the elections was unjust, saying it pro- vided the other candidates with more time to campaign. ‘| had nothing to do with the graphic. It was so small, not even half an inch’’, saic Oikawa, ‘‘it wasn’t even ir good taste, written on a bath- room wall.’” The Student Society post: poned the election until February 14, by Sean Balderstone SCENARIO: Its the Stud- ent Society Annual General Meeting. You wander in and sit down. Then someone reads an amendment to the constitution. You shake your head in disbelief. Yes. It’s Tim Shein, stu- dent society president, call- ing for the death sentence on democratic representation at Douglas College. With the closing of the other campuses when the Royal Avenue site was open- ed, the revising of the con- stitution was necessary. The major item that needed to be changed was the system for electing student represent- atives. What was proposed and passed for approval is a vari- ant on the system in use at UBC. The proposal bases student representation on ‘“‘houses’’ or departments. The houses are: Business, Health/Dental, University Transfer, Social Sciences, Music, and Social Services. While the system at UBC makes allowances for un- equal enrollment in houses, the proposal that will be sent for D.C. student approval has no such provision. : “Every house will have two votes regardless of the amount of people in it’’, said Tim Shein. The new proposal gives every house only two votes on student council even though, for example, there are more University Transfer students than Music stud- ents. Bill Blancard, student rep at large said, ‘‘I don’t see a problem here, | really don’t.’’ This amendment will be presented at the AGM on Feb.28. Expect dissent to be openly voiced by student council member Stewart Woolverton.