By John McDonald “It's really being unfair,” says Marg Fartaczek, Pacific region chairperson of the Canadian Fed- eration of Students, of DCSS inter- im. president Michael Booth’s comments concerning the national student lobby group. A campus- wide referendum is scheduled for March 10th, 1987 when students will vote on withdraw from CFS. “There's no old boy's network,” said Fartaezek. “It’s really unfair of him to label us a network when going from a college in the interior to a college in the Lower Mainland is a natural progression.” She also disputed his claim that the regional executive spend over 70% of their budget on salaries, “I'd rather he focused on the amount of work that goes into communica- tions —_ between Students said Fartaczck. ; The three paid posistions on the ' Pacific region executive draw a to- tal of $78,000.00 in salaries out of an annual budget of $148,000.00, according to Fartaczek. Fartaezek said that Booth was also a member of the regional ex- ecutive and very active in its affa- irs. “Its up to all the student unions (in B.C.) to get involved. The more your student union con- tributes the more you get back.” “Lack of communication — is person,” she added. “We've been doing a way better tonomous ‘CFS fais back job getting some attention for stu- dent concerns,” said Fartaczek. “The results speak for them- selves.” Stephen Scott, cxecutive officer for the Pacific region, called the creation of the provincial govern- ment’s Student Assistance Advi- sory Committee a good example. “Our big part in that was _hold- ing the Student Assistance Task Force,” said Scott. “A direct result of the preassure was the creation of the committee with a mandate to improve the student assistance program.” “Stan Hagen (Minister of Ad- vanced Education and Job Train- not | . t something you can blame on one | i he out his ae ona peri calling for the impeachment student society member Petra Bangemann, “I was going to class and a fri- end of mine said ‘sign it? so I t did,” said Inderjit Grewal. “T thought it was for something _ T’yve never heard of her,” he o Tae potiden alin and self-centered attitude to- | wards the student body” as well as her “self-centered comments and actions” as the grounds for Student Newsr yaper ing) said it was an excellent report and that - it would. be given priority,” said Scott. “We're keeping the pressure up and we expect positive changes,” Scott said, “more money, better remission, something.” Scott added that CFS will be mounting a_ post-card campaign where students from eight univer- sity and college campuses would send post-cards to Hagen urging action on student aid. He also pointed to CFS seats on the provincial Youth Advisory Council and the B.C. Student Loans Appeal Committee as ex- amples of CFS sucess. “I don’t want to see her or any- one else get impeached,” said Nelson, who added that he had no idea who organized the petition. Nelson also said that he the last SoM. Goliard gets axe? Page 2 Rhino Raid Pages Catch the Wave Page 4 Janice Keefer Page 5 ‘It’s in the Stars Page 6 Inside Box Les Autre Funnies, of course Page 7 John McDonald A male caught breaking into the Douglas College bookstore has been confirmed as an employee of Accurate Lock and Safe Co. Ltd., a contractor at the college, according to physical plant manager Ken McCoy. “It happened at 10:10 pm during the last pub night,” said McCoy, who refused to identify the sus- pect. “I'd rather not kick his name around - he’s been fired.” Although the man_ reportedly had lock-picking tools in his possession, McCoy said there was no connection to other break-in’s in the college where there was no sign of forced entry. “We have no reason to believe he was involved in any other things,” said McCoy. John Merz, head of security at the college, said that two security guards, one recently fired and the other transferred, had not been under suspicion for the other in- Levy tabled © Mike Roberts and Rob Hancock A 20-minute hearing allotted the controversial $1.00-$5.00 athletic levy at the college board meeting on February 19th offered no deci- sion or resolution. Instead, C.J. Murnane, chair- person of the college board meet- ing recognized two speakers, each offering opposing views on the athletics levy. “The approval of the levy would set a dangerous prece- dent that will affect students under financial hardship,” . Bangemann said in her presentation to the board. “The college should seek alter- native ways to raise money. It is unrealistic to expect students to carry the extra financial burden,” continued Bangemann. She went on to accuse the athletics department of circulating a petition asking for her resigna- tion as student representative; ac- cording to Bangemann, “against due process.” Should the levy go through, she added, “we can count on several others presently _in planning stages to follow.” Bangemann told the board that she could not present a 376-name petition against the athletics levy due to “unforseeable circum- stances”. “Two to three hours ago the pe- from my tition was removed cidents. “Things kept happening | said, 1 league | countability — between 4 conference possession,” Bangemann told the board, adding that the document was ‘on top of a stack of. books which she had left on a table in the student society office: -. “I -had my petition. J stepped out of the office for ten minutes,” she told the board. Bangemann_|later- said that no othet papers or books were missing and rejected - a suggestion that she had mislaid or lost the document. Dominic Brooks, member of the national championship bound DC mixed curling team presented a petition with 77 names which he said was circulated and collected that afternoon. Citing the excellence of DC’s athletic teams, Brooks expressed concern that such standards - could fall for want of adequate funding. School spirit would also be a casu- alty he added, noting that money raised by the levy will finance repairs to the weight room and in- tramural sports “areas where all students can participate.” Brooks pointed out that colleges pay athletics levies of$4.00-$16 .00 whereas the Douglas College levy will only in- volve a maximum charge of five dollars. Said Brooks,” the other half of education needs _ the (athletics) levy to go through.” Former DCSS president Scott Nelson was repeatedly denied a chance to~ speak by chairperson Murnane. It took the board a fraction of the time spent listening to the presen- tations to decide to send the proposed levy back to the man- agement committee for considera- tion. In other business the board re- served discussion on the suspen- sion of both DC basketball teams by Totem conference officials for alleged eligibility infractions. _ Calling the complexity of the issue a reason for delaying discus- sion, college president Bill Day “there is an unclear line of and administrative —ac- the Totem constituent other and its colleges.” The board also extended tha-iks to interim student society presid- peckaindh caught ent Michael Booth for the dona- tion, on behalf of the students, of - | $2,500 to the Douglas College | Foundation. came barrelling right into our arms.” on graveyard (shift); money went missing from the guard booth when they were on duty,” said Merz. “Nothing was proven - it was just suspicion on my part. Merz confirmed the suspect's status as an employee of the col- lege lock and alarm contractor. “The guy's been working for them for twelve years.” “The guys saw the alarm go off and ran downstairs,” Merz said. “He “We held him for half an hour until the cops came - he kept try- ing to get away,” said Merz, ad- ding “he admitted that he worked for the lock company.” New Westminster Police were unable to locate an arrest report on the incident. Accurate Safe and Lock Co. Ltd officials were unavailable for com- ment at press time. MUG SBYOE: :0;0.)-