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society and to question irregularities is
an enormous disgrace to the students.

Students argue that it is the responsi-
bility of their elected representatives to
competently represent the student
population, but I would urge students to
question each one of their representa-
tives to determine what has been
occurring with their funds.

It appears that the former treasurer is
being held responsible for the DCSS’s
finances. It is not sufficient to dump all
of the allegations on one executive after
the individual has left office. This type
of scapegoating is cheap and shows a
lack of honesty and integrity on the part
of the remaining executive directors of
the DCSS. Each executive is a signatory
to your funds and therefore ignorance
cannot vindicate any one of these
individuals. Furthermore, no one
executive can act on his/her freewill
without the support of at least one other
executive and if I am correct in my
calculations there are still five executive

The letter war begins...

The current sad state of the Douglas
College Students’ Society is a disgrace to
every Douglas College student. The
students pay a fee of $37.50 per semester
which adds up to $250 00-$30 000 per
semester. These funds are not excessive in
a province-wide comparison, but the
management of these funds which belong
to the students is a very delicate issue.
Every director of a society has the
responsibility to manage and monitor
carefully the operations of the society. So
it is virtually impossible to find a
scapegoat for the purpose of dumping a
pmistake or a mismanagement of the
society on any one individual. Yet, the
DCSS executive has found its own
designated scapegoat when in fact each
of the directors of the society is responsi-
ble for questioning and correcting
irregularities as soon as possible. To
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directors serving on the DCSS; thus the
scapegoating has thus far been success-
ful.

I am again urging every student to
question the actions of the executive
directors of your Students’ Society, and
send them the message that they are

Why is it that only four people are
having their reputations being attacked?
I am bewildered by this political witch
hunt that has stemmed from a demo-
cratic decision made by the committee
as a whole. I know Christa Peters,
Amanda Wheeler and Jaimie McEvoy
ACCOUNTABLE to each of you. There isa _ personally; and, although I don’t share
lot at stake for the students and as the. _ their zeal for political fervor, I can
political debate of the DCSS referendum commit my word that they care and
to join the CFS surfaces over the coming work very hard for the students and the

weeks, students must ask one question: __ society.
Can the current executive demonstrate There is much more at stake here thay
enough competence in defending your —_ what has been construed as a dirty

interests at the provincial and national
level when they are unable to manage
themselves appropriately at Douglas
College?

political game. All the allegations
against these four members of the
society are false. Once again the studen
society is plagued by rumours, and the
only purpose it serves is to hinder our
ability to represent ourselves and the
students.

Mandeep Bhuller

As an executive member of the Douglas
College Student Society, I must ask:

am I involved in this latest DCSS *
scandal?

Coley Mansfield
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The position, which will occupy 15 hours a week
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“We are looking for someone with experience in
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