October 14th to 28th 1982 The Other Press by Chris Page November Ist is still the most probable date classes will start at Douglas Col- lege’s new Royal Avenue Campus says West Graydon, Director of Physical Plant and Site Services. But the College may be held up waiting for approval of safety systems such as fire alarms. The move will take place over a few weeks, with a few classes or programs moving at a time. ‘The McBride site will remain open until the move is complete. by Chris Page Students. elected Bill Blancard McBride chairper- son of Douglas College Stu- ent Society October 6. He beat rival Richard while 18 ballots were de- clared invalid because voters used v’s rather than x’s. As approximately 2,500 students attend the McBride and Agnes St. campuses, the turnout was about 4%. by Chris Page Douglas College Student Society is promoting a Can- adian Federation of Students petition demanding the re- admittance of nine students expelled from the Universite de Moncton. To protest gigantic tuition fee hikes, students occupied the University’s Admini- stration Building for a week last April. ’ The administration then expelled 17, and _— sub- Sands -by.55, votes to 40, . :proachable — Classes will start at the new campus’ south building before workers finish the north building. “During the move you will be attending classes some of the time here and some of the time in the new facility’’ says Graydon. He admits students may be faced with one class at the new campus immediately followed by one at McBride. He says classes may start 15. minutes late to allow for this prblem. Nursing and _ Physical Science will be among the first classes to relocate. Blancard- New Chair Blancard thanked students for their support, adding ‘‘I thought there would be more people voting’. . He promises to be ap- “I'm. always there to help”. © a He prefers the term ‘chairperson’ to ‘chairman’, warning ‘‘I don’t want to get into Women’s Lib - I’m not into that scene’’. Students Expelled sequently re-admitted only 8 Copies of the petition are posted around the College campuses. Commenting on _ the petition, mildly radical Bus- iness Student’ Brian Pharez says, ‘‘If we say nothing about what happened to those students, the bur- eaucrats will realize they got away with their power trip, and we are next in line in BG.5 Continued from.... However, it is important to note some of the programs ’ mentioned have alreadybeen weakened by underfunding. The teacher’s five day pay- cut was to make-up $1145,000 of the College’s $349,700 cut-back this year. Concerning the future of education in B.C., Ralph Stanton feels the ’provincial Government ‘‘should be making a reassessment of the whole educational sys- \ tem’’, and calls for the ‘formation of a Royal Com- mission’ into education. While, Bill Day predicts ‘one more bad year’’ for colleges and universities, but sees a ‘‘slight ease’’ in the following years in which there ‘‘could be a little growth’’. However, he alsc sees more ‘‘conflict in change’ as colleges will be forced to cut one program tc promote another. College On the Business, P.E., Music and Theatre will be among the last. The College will post esti- mated moving dates for spe- cific programs later this month. ‘Tt’s too bad we had to have a lockout’, said College | Board member Sandy Tomp- son about the construction workers’ dispute, which kept students at portable trailers and a converted junior high school for at least two more months. Governance Positions Open by Glen Nazaruk Five student positions are available to students who wish to participate on the Governance Committee this iiyene. 5rd Students can obtain fur-— thur information regarding nominations by contacting the Administration Office in the 700 Building at Douglas College. Deadline for nom- inations is October 20th. Four of these positions will represent an area of the college, such as Academic Services, Community Programs, Educational Stu dent Services and Applied Programs. One position will be elected by the student body. Richard Moore has been elected to this position via acclamation. The re- maining positions will be selected by a committee Sean Valentini photo comprised of the Dean, a member of the College Fac- ulty and a member of the Student Society. “The Governance Committee system is designed to give advice and take recommen- dations to the College Board. The *various committees which make up the Gover- nance system will work with College Educational Planing and Policy Committee to maintain and revise the Col- lege curriculum. This should aid the College Board in giving better service to the College. Some of the committees are: Dept. of the Curriculum and Planning Committee Divisional Curriculum and Planning Committee College Planning and Policy Committee College Management Committee College Curriculum Cor ordinating Committee Divisional Management | - Committee Dept. Coordinating Committee Major tasks in the near future for the committee include a review of commun- ications. conent in various College Diploma Programs and a review of the College *hilosophy Statement. The Governance system will be open to formal review next summer.