International Wimmins’ Day is approaching,
and it behooves us to publish a wimmins’ supple-
ment. Why, you ask? Unfortunately, the answer is
fairly obvious.

Wimminarestillbeing killed in Canada. Wimmin
are still being raped, battered, and sexually assaulted
in Canada. Wimmin are still being discriminated
against in Canada. And it is because of a system that
has been created by men to oppress wimmin.

The wimmin who go to this college will have a
harder time finding jobs once they have finished their
education. If they do get a job, it is likely (if not a
certainty) that they will not make as much money as
the men working with them. They most likely won't
be promoted, and won't be respected for the work
they do. | |

They will be expected to marry a man. They will
be derided if they don’t have children, because that’s
not normal, and derided if they do have children,
because they are seen as either homebodies or ineffi-
cient at work. Men will leave them with the children
and fail to pay support, and the government won't
enforce the law to make them pay.

The discrimination goes on and on, too much to
mention here.

And when wimmin try to change their situation,
they are called radicals, they are called man-haters,
they are called the new f-word of the nineties - “femi-
nist”.

The Other Press stands behind the wimmin of
Douglas College. And we stand behind the feminist
movementintheir struggle for equality. Because where
discrimination exists, where violence exists, there is
no equality.

That is why we are publishing the Wimmins’

supplement.
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Other Letters

The best thing is
the coffee

Now in my fifth and final

semester at Douglas, I find myself
reflecting upon the pleasures and
disappointments of having chosen
Douglas asa means of furthering my
education.
Educationally I have absorbed vol-
umes of information from instruc-
tors who, for the most part, I have
learned to respect, and in one or two
cases even admire.

At the risk of sounding cyni-
cal, I think it only appropriate to
address my greatestdisappointment.
Each and every time we register we
are asked to pay Press fees, building
fees and Student Society fees.

The Press provides me the
odd laughand thebuilding keeps me
dry. Not bad considering I am get-
ting something back on my invest-
ments. The Student Society however
is an entirely different matter.

After having spent hundreds
of hours and thousands of dollars on
my education] am expected to paya
group of people to represent me and
my interests. To put it as bluntly as
possible: What to (sic) hell does the
Student Society do?

I know they provide beer for
student socials that nobody ever at-
tends. I know they take pictures for

" our student cards. I know they have

an office in the concourse. And, I
know they sell cheap soft drinks and
provide photocopies at a nickel
cheaper than does the library.

These services as efficient as
they may be, provide me with little
more than a bad case of gas.

To hell with the student soci-
ety I say. Get rid of the whole damn
thing. It’s made up of nothing more
than a bunch of useless bureaucrats
whosit in office for the sole reason of
making themselves feel important.

Lastly I would like to thank
whoever it is that makes the coffee in
the cafeteria. It’s always hot, always
freshand always good. Buying acup
of coffee at the cafeteria is 65 cents
well spent.

Having now written this for
all to read, I can leave this institution
with peace of mind. Don’t be afraid
to speak your mind. Tell the folks in

. the caf what you think of their coffee

and tell the DCSS what you think of
their service.

If you neglect your responsi-
bility to inform others of their flaws
and accomplishments you will only
end up torturing your present that is
continuously slipping away, by re-
gretting your past and fearing your
future.

Jonathan Robinson
University Transfer

More class, less

fleas, okay?

A Douglas College student
should havesomeclass. Considering
our newspaper represents you, we
haven't shown much class at all.

Allstudents pay $4.50 forour
newspaper. I don’t believe certain
four-letter words in print shows
much class or professionalism. If we
are going to start to show some class
and pride, I think cleaning up the
newspaper is a good place to start.

Remember, if you hang out
with dogs, people will think you
have fleas.

No name or student number
In future please include your name
and phone number on any letter sub-
missions and indicate if you wish to
remain anonymous.

The association
wants you to be
aware

Are students at Douglas Col-
lege aware your college is a member
of The Associationof CanadianCom-
munity Colleges?

ACCC is the national organi-
zation created by Canada’s colleges
and institutes to meet their needs for
a representative, voluntary, associa-
tion and to be their voice nationally
and internationally.

It is governed by a Board of
Directors consisting of students, fac-
ulty,supportstaff, administrationand
community board appointees elected
by the membership at the Annual
General Meeting.

Besides selecting directors for
the Board, thosemembers atthe AGM
(held this year in Montreal May 22-
24) willalso chose two new advisory
priorities upon which the Associa-
tion will be directed to focusitsatten-

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tion.

Currently the advocacy pri-
orities are:

(1) aa colleges and
institutes as the skill development
base to respond to new economic
priorities, eg. global trade bers

through technological diffusion) -
concludes May 1992

(2) Transferability of Credit -
concludes May 1992

(3) The Environment - con-
cludes 1993

(4) Accreditation - concludes
1993

(5) Advocating the Role of
Colleges and Institutes in a National
Education Strategy - concludes 1994

As youcan see, advocacy pri-
orities (1) and (2), will be dropped
from the list and will be replaced by
two others.

If students, or other members
of the Douglas College community
have issues or concerns they wish to
see addressed by the ACCC Board or
that they wished to put forward as
possible advocacy priorities, they
may forward their concerns tomec/

‘0 Cariboo Student Society, P.O. Box

3010, Kamloops. BC, V2C 5N3 or fax
at 372-5055.

As the student member for
the BC/Yukon region on the ACCC
Board of Directors, I sincerely hope
that Douglas College will be able to
send a student delegate to the AGM
in Montreal.

Beth Simpson

Student Member,
BC/Yukon Region

ACCC Board of Directors

So long, and
thanks for all the
fish .

[have been going to Douglas
along, long time now, and I thinkit's
time to say what has to be said.

So why the hell do I have to
pay $4.50 for this paper? I can't even
read it half the time. I feel totally
dismembered (sic) by the paper. I'm
not a part of it.

If you're going to spend my
money tomake this paper, youshould
putsomething in it] like. How about
some funnies or something?

I dare you to print this.

Jason Fraling
UT-Arts