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by Dave Christan
Now that you’ ve read all of
this stuff about how your
government isn’t doing any-
thing to stop nuclear wea-

NDP MP Pauline Jewwitt,
they hate being told that. Al-
so, because of the advanced
state of Canada’s telecom-
munications system (if not

pons testing in Canada, and
youve though seriously about
the chances of actually sur-
viving a nuclear exchange

the postal system), it is rel-
atively inexpensive to phone
Trudeau or Mceachen in
their parlimentary offices.

 

(remember, with Comox Air
Force Base only just across
the Georgia Strait and the
Canadian Forces Base in
Chilliwack, the odds are
_ pretty good that Vancouver
d the Lower Mainland will phone numbers - are:
cease to exist in the event of Prime Minister

a war), the question upper-

. For the best rates, call bet-

answering machines saying,

most on your er should Trudeau:
be: ‘‘What can I do about ©
it?’’ Exactly the Question I 112(613)992-4211;

wanted to hear!

Are you aware that the
CNCP rate for sending a
short telegram to Ottawa is
only $2.65? Do it! Send one
to Trudeau or Mceachen
(even both) telling them how
they’re actions are fuelling
the Arms Race. According to

External Affairs
Minister Mceachen:

112(613)995-1851.

ween 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. and
leave a message on their

again, that their actions are
fuelling the Arms Race.The

 

Do you only want us for our money?

““Graduating students who started making loans three
or four years ago will be locked into repaying those loans
at 15 7/8 percent...a rate which does not reflect the rec-
ent drop in interest rates,’’ said David Orlikow, Winnipeg
North M.P. Students are being burned.

The Canada Student Loan Program was a well con-
ceived plan. Students were given a chance at. post-
secondary education that they might not otherwise have
had due to financial difficulties.

Loans were reasonably easy to acquire. No interest was
charged for six months after graduation, and a fresh
graduate had an excellent chance of starting loan pay-
ments within six months.

There is no question that there are scores of college
and university grads who cannot find work, and after six
months find themselves unemployed and in debt.

Students who do manage to make payments will be
feeding the swine-like hunger of the banks through in-
flated interest rates.

This situation must be put to an end. Interest rates
must be fixed below prime, and the interest-free period
of grace should extend until the student has found a job.
* The Canada Student Loan Program has. got to be re-
stored to a position where it offers a great help to stu-
dents, not a potential hinderance.

THE OTHER PRESS

  

talk-action=zero

by Pat Worthington

Recently, there has been a
lot of concern that the Aca-
demic program at Douglas
College will be drastically cut
or entirely eliminated. .

President Bill Day says,
“It is extremely unlikely that
the academic program will
be eliminated.’’ But is this
the truth?

The fact is that many
course sections disappeared
this year, and many students
weren’t able to get the
courses they wanted.

Academic programs are
affected by several factors,
two of which seem very im-

portant. One is available
funds, and the other is pro-
vincial and national prior-
ities.

In the past, budget cuts
have resulted in the cancel-
lation of summer school, the
closure of the Winslow and
Langley Campuses and the
end of Basic Adult Education
at Douglas College.

Obviously budget cuts are
a big factor in course plan-
ning at this college. Mike
MacNeill, a Canadian Feder-
ation of Students field work-
er reports that ‘‘There may
be no increase in the educa-
tion funds next year.’’ This

can only mean less academic
courses in the future.

In addition, the National
Training Act, which concen-
trates on vocational training,
may become one of the col-
lege’s priorities by Septem-
ber; 1984.

When all this information
is examined, is the elimina-
tion of the academic program
extremely unlikely as Day
states?

Or is he just handing stu-

dents some _ prefabricated
yarns that do not significant-
ly reflect his actions? Actions
speak louder than words,
Bill. :

 

The Other Press seems to
lhave a confused attitude to-
wards tobacco.

The Feb. 2 issue included
an article warning of the dan-
gers of cigarettes. 1 assume
that the paper printed it to
discourage smoking.

However, two weeks ear-
lier, the Other Press ran an
ad for cigarettes. Tobacco,
your Feb. 2 feature said,
‘‘claims the lives of approx-
imately 100,000. ee

 

annually from smoking and ~

THE OTHER PRESS IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH

smoke-related fatalities.’’
The cigarette company pla-
ced the ad in the paper be-
cause the cost will probably
be justified by an increase
in sales. In other words, the
company used the paper as
a tool to sell its’ dangerous
product. The Other Press,
therefore, is potentially con-
tributing to lung cancer and
other nasty diseases among
the college population. I find.
this an inappropriate role for
a student newspaper.

This is also a chance for
the Other Press to demon-.
strate its’ independence of
thought from other student
newspapers. (They usually
boycott ads because they
don’t like the company or
the ad, not because they
don’t like the product.)

I ask the Other Press to
explain its’ advertising pol-
icy. I also hope the paper |
seriously considers pete

ads
Chris Page

to run any further cigarette [

 

If I stood on one foot for 9 hours , it would make no difference on

the rice crops in Malaysia...

 

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