While some people feel that suspension of all student society privileges is a little harsh for rowdy behaviour at pub nights, we don’t. Who can blame Kevin Hallgate and company for wanting to implement this measure, especially after what happened at the Surrey campus pub night two weeks ago. Too often a few overzealous people have gotten out of hand and damaged the campuses during pub nights. The Situation has deteriorated so badly this year that we, the students, are now paying $110 per pub for security. As the society’s business manager Merrilyn Houlihan says, ‘‘It is the action of the students that makes us have to hire security.’’ It is also the action of the students that has forced the society to open pubs at 7:00 instead of 4:00 like they did at the beginning of the year. No one krfows who caused the damage at Surrey two weeks ago, or if someone does they’re not telling, but judging by some of the comments of people around campus it’s probably safer that way. Cost of repairing the damages has yet to be determined but the consensus seems to be that any price is too high to pay for the mindless vandalism of a few uncaring individuals. If Douglas College is supposed to be an institute of higher education and if the students expect certain privileges; such as intra-murals, dances and especially pubs then it’s about time they started acting responsible. Already there has been talk of not serving hard liquor at future pubs and even though that is not likely there will probably be more restrictions added from now on. Surrey campus now is in the situation where if any more ‘‘incidents’’ happen they will lose their pub nights. If students want to continue the practice of having pub nights then they’ll have to show some responsibility, such as trying to avoid reoccurences of what happened at Surrey. Most people think that all pub nights are profitable for the student society. Not true. Monetarily, the student society would be at no great loss if they discontinued pub nights. It is obvious that if vandalism becomes a common occurence then something is going to have to change. And no one wants to lose their pub nights. This may sound ludicrous, but a major community college like Douglas College, with over 6,000 students, does not have proper gym facilities. There is a gym at the Winslow Coquitlam Campus but it is very small and doesn’t fill the need. As it stands now most teams that need a gym to play in don’t always know where they'll be performing the next week. This week by week accomodation problem can be very irritating, especially for the players. For example, the team would be playing in Surrey’s Queen Elizabeth Senior Secondary one week and the next week at the Winslow gym in Coquitlam. That could mean an awful lot of travelling for a , player who lives in White Rock and has to drive all over New Westminster and Burnaby and Coquitlam for games and practices. At the best this could provide a lot of headaches for the athletes, and at the worst their grades could suffer. Other teams like the field hockey team, face the current problem of either having to change their practice time or moving indoors because of the recent time switch that had caused darkness to fall an hour earlier. Unless Douglas College can acquire exclusive rights to the The Other Press Friday, Oct. 31, 1980. -Moronic phallus’ Dear Editor, I would like to offer a written note of congratula- tions to the ‘‘men’’ who proved undeniably their own masculinity by destroy- ing part of Surrey Campus Lilly.Sr. Little Lilly Litterless has decided if she couldn’t beat them - join them! You'll find her at the local dump frollicking merrily in the waste and debris. Signed, her loving Mother Lilly Litterless Sr. Lilly lives Dear Editor, Re: Lily Litterless You have received a letter purporting to be from Lily’s Mother. As her creator and ‘*Mother’’ I wish to inform you that while the large Lily poster may have ended up at the Dump, ‘‘She lives’’ and will be back home soon. The letter you received was a lie - Lily is not a quitter, she is determined to clean this dump up. Thanks. M. Chase use of a locally centred gym, then the situation will not change. And this possibility seems very remote considering that there are so many other clubs and different leagues all fighting elementary, junior high and senior high schools for time. permanent campus and gym will be completed and much to the relief of everyone. The Other Press is a dempcratically-run, student newspaper published twelve times a semester during the fall and spring terms under the auspices of The Other Publications Society. The Other Press is a member of Canadian University Press and a subscriber to Youthstream Canada Limited. The Other Press-news office is located at the back of the New Westminster campus cafeteria. Business phone: 525-3542, news phone 525-3830. Business Manager: Dave S. Hayer; Ad Manager: Andrea Lloyd; Managing Editor: Dan Hilborn; News Editor: Tom Schoenewolf; New Westminster Reporter: Sandra Fox; Surrey Reporter: Greg Heakes; Richmond Reporter; Pat Burdett; Photographer: Bill Lingenfelter; Photo Tech: Bill’s friend Craig; Other Staff: Ron Loveless, Phil Staines and Jayne Akizuki; ' Typesetter: Gail Somethingorother. Unless something short of a miracle happens the situation } will not change until the fall of 1982. That’s when the new ¥ OO Papy oT alls eA Wine oo during the Oct. 17th Pub Nite. As I said, ‘I would like to offer....; however, it is doubtful that such ‘‘he- men’”’ have ever taken the time to learn how to read. iy ¢ rd ¥v » Rum flavoured. Wine dipped. Since this is most likely the case, perhaps it would be best if one of your readers were to tell these moronic. phallus’ how impressed we all are. Edward C. Yang Mere ei Caen ce FLAN M II ae LCL oe