E emer MARCH 2, 1983 by lan Hunter The television blinks on. It is a slow news day at the CBC. It must be for the reporter is asking Education Minister Bill VanderZalm what he thinks of a cartoon from the Other Press entitled ‘‘Ways to Assassinate Your Education Minister. ‘‘ He is not amused. Reporter Larry Rose con- tacted VanderZalm Friday after seeing the cartoon in the February 2nd-edition of The Other Press. The short news item began with a brief pan of the cartoon; showing a carica- ture of VanderZalm being blown up with a shovel, elec- tricuted at a ribbon cutting ceremony, being stabbed through the heart with a wood-: en stake and about to be killed by a ticking clam shell while scuba diving in the Gulf Is- lands. Cut to Bill. VanderZalm_ssaid__ihe thought it was in poor taste and that he would be contact ing Douglas College to try and , prevent the students of Doug- ‘las college from being further exposed to free thought and expression. uglas College President Bill Day says VanderZalm has not yet contacted him about the cartoon and ‘‘haven’t thought about the matter at all’’adding ‘‘The Other Press ,” does what it decides to do...it isn’t under my jurisdiction? Faculty Association Fights The recently formed Action Committee, a standing com- mittee of the Faculty Associa- tion of Douglas and Kwantlen Colleges, is fighting back. The main target - policy: B.C. Min- istry of Education. Ralph Stanton, President of Douglas Faculty Association, says ‘‘current government policy is a threat to every roup in the college, from oards, administrations, fac- ulty, staff to students. So, all these groups have an interest in telling government why it’s policies are bad and why they don’t work.”’ The Faculty Association feels that no one else is adequately addressing the situation, ac- cording to Jim Davies, Vice President of the Douglas Association. Stanton declares, in, that ‘‘there is no feeling of fight from colleges.”’ Why not the college boards? In a recent news letter from the Douglas and Kwantlen Faculty Association, Stanton had said, ‘‘It is clear to me that College Boards, com- posed as they are of political appointees and school board members, are not always able or willing to reach a broad spectrum of the community.’ Peter Julian, Other Press board member Back It College Boards won’t or : , : can't act, it seems obvious that the Action Committee in- Dee Thomas avies states that the Com- mittee ‘‘is an attempt to in- form and communicate with organizations of the comm- unity and public with respect to educational concerns.”’ The community aspect appears to be important. Stanton says ‘‘if we can raise peoples: under- standing of what government proreest to do, then they will egin to resist.”’ The Committee has been act- ive, in its two months of oper- ation; reports Davies. ‘‘We have already responded to the B.C. Ministry of Education’s Five-Year Integrated Plan and we have links with labour movements with respect to ed- ucation. A lot of energy is go- ing into these concerns. The whole thing is quite significant for us.’’ The Action Committee is in- terested in working with stu- dents says Davies. Look for Faculty Association activities at the upcoming open house at Douglas College, March 18th, 19th, and a ‘‘few surprises’’, according to Stanton. mnomussssssS (~ QTHER NEWS) 2 Editorial Coordinator for the Other Press Nancy Powell says ‘‘Unfortunatly I missed the origional news cast but, as we're an autonumous news- paper we can say almost any- thing we want so long as it eo 2 Tim Shein and Alanna Whitley waiting for Other Press staff to finish speaking. isn’t libellous. We don’t con- sider the cartoon to be at all libellous, although some people might find it offensive. I find what he’s doing to edu- cation offensive and other newspapers have shown him Vander Zalm is not amused to be the asshole he is.’’ The Other Press has yet to be officially contacted by any- one about the cartoon but, if there is sufficiant interest, it may be re-ran or even expand- ed. More next week. ‘alentini photo by Sean Vi Student Society A.G.M. to be continued... by Glen Nazaruk The Student Societies An- nual General Meeting was ad- journed before all items on the agenda could be addressed due to lack of interest at last week’s meeting. The meeting was to have © included ammendments to the Societies constitution which students will vote on when the meeting resumes Match 3 at 12 noon. During the meeting students voted to create a bur- sary fund into which $14,000 of the Student Societie’s sur- plus will be put into four $500 scholarships withdrawn yearly. The remaining $10,000 will go into a capital fund. A motion which would have re- turned the entire amount to the students was defeated. The financial and editorial policy of The Other Press was discussed and a motion was passed requiring The. Other Press to present its financial statements to the Student So- ciety and publish them in the paper twice each semester. “This suggests we are sub- servant to the Student So- ciety,’ Other Press board member Peter Julian said. ‘‘I can see no reason why we should present our financial statements to the Student So- ciety when we can publish them in the paper.’’ ‘‘It’s no big deal,’’ said Student So- ciety president Tim Shein. “Tim Shein is on a power trip,’’ said Other Press editor- ial coordinator Nancy Powell. Shein read his president’s report, outlining Student So- ciety services and tried to pro- mote some discussion, but failed because students left for classes. Some students questioned Shein’s ability to chair a me- eting. One student said, ‘‘He generally struts around here like a peacock and now he’s barking at us.’’ A women later said that she left because Stu- dent Society members were being rude by swearing. Other Press to answer to Student Society? by Glen Nazaruk “‘The Douglas College Stu- dent Society has no ‘right to decide the editorial policy of the Other Press,’’ said Mike McNeil at the Canadian Uni- versity Press’s Western Reg- ional Conference held this weekend at Shawingan Lake. Mike McNeil, a field repres- entative for this Canadian Federation of Students, also said that the CFS does not agree with Tim Shein’s attack on the Other Press at The Stu- dent Societie’s Annual Gen- eral Meeting held last Wed. The Other Press should only have to publish their financial statements in their paper. If the Student Society wanted to see them, they could look for them there. A proposal was passed at last weeks Student Societie’s A.G.M. which. forces the Other Press to show it’s finan- cial statements to the Student Society and publish them in the paper twice per semester. “I don’t think that the Student Society can enforce this again- st the Other Press,’’ said . McNeil, who was informed of the situation by Donna Mor- gan the CFS representative who attended the meeting. “We are willing to publish our financial statements in the paper, and it is as ludicrous an idea for the Other Press to show the Student Society our financial statements as it is for the Student Society to show theirs to us,’’ said Other Press board member Peter Julian.