March 21st is the Internatinal Day For The Elimination of Racism douglas college's autonomous student newspaper - Strike at U.B.C. Disrupts Students Lives by Sharon Lindores Students that live on campus at the University of British Columbia have been hit hard by the strike. Place Vanier and Totem Park residences are facing some changes due to the cutdownof housekeeping and food services. Students have been encouraged to keep living quarters cleanand studentadvisors havebeen offered scab jobs-cleaning and sitting at the front desks. In a confidential memo dated March 12, Carl Cooper, residence life manager for Place Vanier offered work tostudents” Also the campus is looking for some late night security people if you are interested please let me know.” As well the memo claims that students that do scab work now will have an advantage when summer jobs become available. “We had a housing and conferences managers meetings, [sic] Cheers to You In Ma Suzanne Nickles director of conferences said that any advisor [student floor advisors] who works the front desk or does garbage will have a huge advantage when applying for conference jobs.” One advisor said: “Despite insurance about advisors who work the front desk having an advantage, the residence life manager was quick towarn thatthenames of theadvisors who have done these jobs are to remain confidential.” Front desk clerks are being paid $15 an hour, $2 more than the entrance rate for the CUPE position. TheIndustrial Relations Comittee has ruled that advisors are allowed todo this work. George McLaughlin, president of local 116 said:” The labour code in its present form is totally weighted against victims. By allowing replacement workers (ie. scabs) and also restricting secondary picketing, itmakesit very difficult [for unions].” In a memo to all Place Vanier residents, dated March 13, Cooper said:”If you would liketomakesome money, the caf is looking for some dishroom people, this is a paid position.” A residence advisor is said “Ithink they arestrongly encouraging advisors to break the strike. I think theuniversity planstokeep the union away as long as possible. They are keeping the entire management infrastructure at work ‘to ensure essential and operations, I think they are trying to weaken the union.” Sheryl McNeil, a Totem resident at Kwakiutt House said “Floor advisors are doing front desk work. Julie Underwood [residence life manager at Totem Park] is hiring residents, advisors, whoever wants to do the work to take out the garbage.” Underwood said ina letter dated March 7 that :” Housekeeping services will be stopped. This means that the floors will be responsible for keeping their common areas clean. March 21stis the International Day to Eliminate Racism. We, here atthe Other Press, would like to provide you witha list of ways to wish people of all races peace and goodwill in their native language. Gaelic (Sassanach Dialect)- Slan Laiz-Good Health Slainte’-Cheers ! Hebrew- Shalom-Peace (be with you) Arabic- Salaam-Peace(be with you) Hindi- Shanti-Peace Swahili- Uhuru-Freedom/ Liberation Latin(We know it's supposedly a dead language, but it’s just sleeping-really) Pax-Peace French(Yes Canada’s “Other” but no one in the office speaks Haida,Cree, please drop us a line.)Anyhoo French- Bonjour-Hello Comment ca va- How are you? Salut-Cheers! official language- we know there are tons more founding languages et al..Jf anyone out there does know how to speak them Apath eti Cc Tu mn out For (If you’re stuck for more you did worse than us in Grade 9 French class) Polish- poko’}-peace Spanish ‘Ola! Commo est ta ?- Hi! How are you Que Pasa- What’s Hap nin’ ! Collective Note:If we missed your language please letus know. Weare interested in being able to wish goodwill upon all our sisters and brothers on this funky planet called Earth.Remember what Martin Luther King Jr. said : “ Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; Love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life ; Love illumines it. From all of us at the O.P.- Slainte’-Shalom-Salaam-Shanti-Uhuru-Pax-Salut-Pokoj-Que Pasa ! and oh yeah , Cheers! We need the assistance of the floor members to help move the garbage... if any common area is deemed to be unacceptably dirty, the floor will be assessed.” Assessment, is a floor fine. After Underwood wasinformed that a CUPE lawyer said her demand for cleaning was illegal, Underwood encouraged students to help with housekeeping in a memo dated there for a couple of days. At the bottom of thestairs from thecafeteria there were stacks of dirty dishes. They’ ve probably built up overa few days. Normally housekeeping would take care of dish collection outside of the cafeteria”; Palfy said. McNeil said “In my house and another house, about 300 people went for twodays withouthot water. I don’t know what's wrong with the March 10. Gage Residence are als@)heating but we didn’t have any last hiring student advisors and ni encourage students to clean up. Stephanie Palfy, a Totem Park resident in Nootka House said the cutbacks are noticeable, “There was no toilet paper this morning in my bathroom. The main lobby and back stairs in my building arean absolute mess. Dirtis piled upon the sides froma week of shoes trampling through and not being swept. In the cafeteria somebody dropped a muffin on thestairs, a few people squished it in and it was left Some people haven't had heat for a week on my floor.” McNeil and Palfy said that food pricesare going up and cheaper itemsarerunning outsooner because ofacutin selection. Some vegetarians are finding their diets very restricted. Palfy said residents are confused as totheirrights and duties. Palfy added “You [residents] are not obliged to do anything out of the ordinary, your rights are exactly as they were before the strike.” ny A Tongue Multicultural Week by Imtiaz Popat. Douglas College students don’treally careaboutissues of racial equality or racial justice. Turnouts at events during the recently organized Multicultural week and First Nations awareness week were dismal.” We had to around making announcements in classrooms to get people to attend some of the events,” said Klause Michealson one of the organizer of the Multicultural week. Although the turnout at some events were good, but they were due to personal contact from the organizers. Many of those who attended werecame from outside the college. “Its unfortunate, most people don’t feel the need or don’t care enough to go to one of these events,” said Haroon Khan,a theatre student. “Il saw the posters and banners, but I didn’t find the time to go toany of theevents, that’smyown excuse and my own apathy,” said Neil Art, a second year arts student.