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Volume 18 Issue 8

Other

Douglas College’s Autonomous Student Newspaper

    

 

   

Monday, April 15, 1985

Press

 

 

D.C

It’s official! Three quarters
P of the Glavin / Woods / Wong
/ Ord slate were given the

   

by JOHN McDONALD

 

mandate in the April 4th
D.C.S.S. elections, the except-
ion being the defeat of treas-
urer candidate Regan Ord by
Cindy Davis.
Successful presidential can-
_ didate Michael Glavin spoke
at length on the aims of the
new government.

“We intend to maintain a
high profile with respect to
administration in order to
make them continually aware
of the student society pres-
ence,’’ said Glavin, ‘‘and we
will try to induce from them a
more sympathetic response to
issues concerning students.’’

In regards to the outgoing
government, Glavin said there

 

has been an effort of late to
become more involved in the
governance of the college
which he sees as a positive
move, but Glavin added that it
shows up the fact that there
was a notable lack of purpose,
previously.

“I'm really confident in
terms of our ability to effect
change,’ said Glavin, who
believes that the new govern-
ment will be a more cohesive
and effective group represent-
ing the students.

“The essence of what we
are trying to do is to provide
the greatest defence of edu-
cation possible in the face of
the present government’s as-
sault on the concept of edu-
cation as opposed to train-
ing,’’ he said.

Glavin has no immediate
major expenditures other than
a proposal for a concourse
clock.

Quorum queried

Most of the agenda was
approved before quorum was
questioned at the March 28th
Annual General Meeting. for
the Other Publication Society.

John McDonald, news co-
ordinator for the O.P. ques-
tioned quorum when the line
item of a proposed 25 percent
increase in the O.P. student
levy was raised.

“| don’t think that 7 or 8
people should decide on a fee
increase for the whole student
body,’’ said McDonald in ref-
erence to the poorly attended
A.G.M. which had dwindled
in size towards the end.

As a result, an new A.G.M.
has been scheduled for Tues-
day, April 16th.

McDonald added that he
would question quorum again
if the fee increase proposal
was brought up again and the

- 20 member or 20 percent of
membership minimum requir-

       

 

ed for quorum was not a-
chieved.

The proposed _ increase
would see the fee levied at
registration climb from $4.00
per semester to $5 for a
full-time student. ~

In order to vote at the
A.G.M. a student, full or part
time, must have paid his fees
in full and signed the O.P.
membership book at least 24
hours before the meeting.
Students wishing to sign the
book should inquire at room
1602 with their valid Douglas
College |.D. cards.

Business concluded before
quorum was questioned, in-
cluded acceptance of the min-
utes of last year’s A.G.M., the
appointment of Yada, Tomp-
kins, and Humphries as ac-
countants for the society’s
books, and a number of am-
endments to the proposed
constitution which was sub-
sequently approved.

He will be actively looking
into the possibility of leasing
an off-campus S.U.B., and will
be calling for immediate re-
instation of social events in-
cluding, but not limited to,
on-campus pub nights.

Incumbent Susan Woods,
re-elected by a landslide, sees
meetings by the executive
during the summer to plan for
the next year as an immediate
concern.

She wants to review all
committees that pertain to
student society dealings with

administration so that ‘‘com-
mon sense proposals’’ can be
made.

Woods believes that her
mid-term election to the exec-
utive hampered her effective-
ness.

“When | took office, | was
elected into a senate that was
already set in its ways in
terms of involvement, partici-
pation and cooperation and |
was limited in what | could
achieve,’’ said Woods, ‘‘but
now I'll be working with a
brand new executive. ’’

 

SS. election results

She also believes that the
new executive will be success-
ful, because of the unified
nature of the candidates. ‘‘All
four candidates share an es-
sential _ philosophy,’’_ said
Woods.

Treasurer Cindy Davis and
secretary David Wong were
unavailable for comment at
press time. However, each

received a clear majority over
their opponents, receiving 139
votes and 122 votes respect-
ively.

-_
photo by Brian Bisset

Poorly planned parade panned

“Education is like bread,
is meant to _be shared ‘by
everyone”’ was one of the
many signs carried by the

 

by TAIUS YOO

 

poorly supported demonstrat-
ors from Douglas and Langara
Colleges at last Thursday’s
Education parade.

Concerns raised by Student
Society President Jessie Sed-
hu were that ‘Community
colleges will not be serving the
community anymore because
community programs and div-
ision funding from the Min-
istry has been cut off.’’ Sedhu
also felt that accessibility has
been cut down by lack of
funding.

One concern raised by the
demonstrators was the 10.5
percent tuition increase and
the $10 application fee for new
students in September. ‘‘That
doesn’t guarantee the courses
you want, but (takes) $10 out
of your pocket,’’ said Sedhu.

Other students such as the
Speaker of the Student Sen-
ate, Matt Owers, felt that for a
country to be innovative and to
produce, it has to be educated.

Percy Peacock, a criminol-
ogy major felt that cutbacks
are difficult for students such
as himself who are _ living
alone, self supporting , and
going to school. By raising the
tuition fee it would just make
it harder for him to go to
school and be able to support
himself.

Many of the demonstrators
raised the question of getting
a job after graduation and the
lack of jobs available. ‘‘They’re
offering students jobs at Expo
to vend popcorn for $3.65 an
hour, but it costs $16 an hour
for four months to put them-
selves through school,’’ said
Regan Ord.

Another student, Sue Der-
rick, felt that education cut-
backs were hurting individuals
who want to go to college, but
are not able to because of the
lack of programs offered. Der-

rick also said that Student
Society Vice-President Susan
Woods felt that. money given
to the B.C. government by
Ottawa should be used for
education, but when channel-
led to other projects is not
justifiable.

A minority of students who
wish to remain anonymous,
believe that Douglas College
is no more affected than other
schools in the province. Some
believed that though they may
be paying $1000 a year for
tuition and supplies, students
in the U.S. are paying $10,000
a year, and B.C. students
should be pleased.

Some felt that the parade
was silly and the demon-
strators were not effective in
getting their point across.
Others felt that more prepara-
tion and awareness was need-
ed, and as a result, a better
turnout could have been poss-
ible. Many students felt that
since everything else was

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