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MY PET eee STUDENT LOAN
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March 19, 1996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Emmett

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's no secret that Douglas
College students are finalists in
the Most Apathetic Bunch In The
World Contest. In fact, most of
them are a bunch of uninvolved,
uninterested, unmotivated losers.
This is a true fact and not subject
to debate. Ask anybody who has
any function at the college—
whether they’re part of a club,
work in administration, teach,
work in the student society, and
they will agree. And they know
better than you do. So just
accept it. If you attend Douglas
College, chances are you're way
too fucking apathetic.

Of course, the preceding
statement is a little unfair,
although true. Some people do
get involved, such as we Other
Press people (we're allowed to
pat ourselves on the back
occasionally). And some of those
who don’t participate do have
excuses, such as being working
single mothers who attend five
courses. However, most people
have no such excuse. What's
your excuse? Have you
rationalized it yet?

Did you know that the student

society are holding elections this
week? Or rather, did you know it
before you picked this paper. You
don't get any “I’m not apathetic’
points for noticing that there’s a
DCSS election because it’s our
cover story. Can you name the
DCSS president?

Do you think this is relevant? It
is. The DCSS are your
representatives to the
administration and the
government. A good student
society can make a difference in
your day-to-day life at DC. A
lousy student society make you
look bad. They deal with other
schools. If the other schools think
that the DCSS are a bunch of
morons, they will think that the
students who elected them are
also a bunch of morons. Maybe
they would be right.

Not that the current DCSS is a
bunch of morons or anything, but
every election we run that risk.
For every person that doesn’t
vote, the more probable that
possibility becomes. So get off
your overworked ass, find out
what the issues are, make up
your mind and VOTE.

 

 

The Other Press is Douglas College's
autonomous student newspaper. We have been
publishing since 1976.
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