Te Volume 9 Issue 4 ther Press Douglas College’s Autonomous Student Newspaper aa a aoe _e ————————————_—_——— Famine relief flounders by John McDonald _ Although official figures won’t be in for a week, the much-touted Famine Re- lief Week sponsored by the Douglas College Student Society in conjunction with UNICEF had disappointing results. But D.C.S.S. executive members refused to allow the fund-raising event, which in- cluded a ‘‘celebrity’’» dunk tank, a stage concert and two dances plus a_walkathon, labelled a failure. “‘The minute one dollar or even one quarter came in, it was a success: We did not set a predetermined amount,’’ said Wayne Schmuland, D.C.S.S. secretary and a member of the planning com- mittee for the event. ‘‘In order for a project of this size to be successful it requires months and months of plan- ning, organizing, and a com- plete media blitz,’’ said Schmuland. ‘‘We were in- formed three weeks before it went on.”’ President Michael Glavin said that ‘‘Measured in relat- ion to other fundraisers, it was a failure.’’ However, he argued that ‘‘if it increased awareness to any degree - if it raised money of any amount, then it can only be seen as a success.’” He saw the prob- lem as ‘‘a very small core of very interested people at- tempting to do far more than resources allowed.’ Although initially involved in the planning committee, he withdrew because of time constraints. Susan Woods, vice-pres- ident of the D.C.S.S., pointed at advertising as a weak spot. ‘‘We could have public- ized it more,’’ said Woods, adding that ‘‘it’s been over- done to a certain extent.’’ An extension on the origin- al booking was given as the reason for the cancellation of the pub night and ‘‘insuf- ficent interest’’ caused the cancelling of the wa!k-a-thon scheduled for the last day of the fund raiser. A bright note is that every dollar raised by the fund raising event will be matched by the Canadian International Development Agency. Donations to famine relief will be accepted on an on- going basis at the Other Press office in room 1602. All donat- ions will be forwarded to UNICEF. Dangerous Farm Animals? No, not a sampling of Third World delicacies. but a musical feast which proved to be the most success- ful event of Famine Relief Week. H.I.S.A. extends an invitation ~ by John McDonald A group of students on campus, mainly of East Indian origin, are trying to get a charter from the D.C.S.S. to form an associ- ation. Tentatively entitled the E.1.S.A. (East Indian Student Association) the group has stressed the social and recre- ational nature of the organi- zation. ‘‘We have no political aims,’’ said Peter Gill, a founding member. “It’s open to anyone who wants to join,’’ he added, “regardless of race.’’ He denied that the associ- ation was being formed in response to the recent prolif- eration of racist literature on campus. ‘‘We want people to know that we’re not here to make trouble. We just want to go to school and have fun like gide re yo Sex not what it used to be .. From the Congress of Vienna to the Contadoras ...p. 7 Beethoven’s opera Fidelio is very rel- avent today. | | | | | ! Ruling Party Miss the Party ...p. 2 | p.3 p | | | | | everyone else,’’ said Gill but added, ‘‘If these guys spread- ing hate literature why don’t they confront us?’’ “They (non-East Indians) shouldn’t think that this is racist or anything. We are East Indians but that doesn’t mean we are different. We do the same things as everyone “It’s open to any one who wants to join regardless of race.” else,’’ he said, adding ‘‘I don’t see what a different skin (color) has to do with it.’’ Billy Sandhu, a presidential candidate for the E.I.S.A. executive, said ‘‘It’s for everyone but we’re especially trying to reach all the factions royal pain... and... They’re singing the blues, we suffer Les Autre Funnies ...p..15 within the East Indian com- munity.’” He named Ismaili’s, Hindu’s, Gujrati’s, Moslem’s and Sikh’s as just some of the East Indian religious groups on campus. He stressed that the group was not a response to racism on campus. ‘‘It’s to let every- one know about our culture.’’ Sandhu was involved in the E.1.S.A. on the U.B.C. cam- pus. “The E.1.S.A. principles is to create harmony between East Indians and people on campus,’’ said Marg Fartaczek, a U.T. representa- tive on the D.C.S.S. senate and one of the non-East Indians involved in E.1.S.A.. ‘1 want to be involved with it and its going to be fun.’’ Karen Dhillon, Social Sci- ence representative said an aim of E.1.S.A. is ‘‘to let 7] Publish or Perish ...p. 9 | Academic pressures turning Canada’s | Ivory Towers to missile silos... | Enough Politics ...p. 10 | Dilettants just want to dance, Arnie just | wants to party... | Broken Nose, no broken hearts ...p. 13 | | | | people know more about my culture.’’ Dhillon said she won’t get involved in the E.1.S.A. executive because she wasn’t sure of possible conflict of interest with her senate position. Student Society president Michael Glavin — called E.1.S.A. ‘‘a damn good thing. Its open to every student from what | understand.’’ He could see no reason the fledgling organization would be denied a charter except that ‘‘any- thing of a offensive, racist, or sexist nature would disallow it.” The Senate must vote to accept any charter applicat- ion. Marilyn Houlihan, business manager for the D.C.S:S. confirmed the group’s ap- plication for a charter, but said it had been temporarily refused because a constitution and list of elected executive members had not accompan- ied the application. Pervert Alert All women on campus be alert. Cathy, a Douglas College student who declined to give her last name, reported that a male entered the women’s washroom and peered into her stall. She reports that she was in the women’s washroom, near the lower cafeteria at about 9:40 a.m., when the incident occured. A person entered the wash- room and began to | walk around. Cathy then noticed the person’s shadow coming closer to her stall. ‘I kind of leaned over to see who it was and saw dark hair.”’ Cathy said that the person stood up quickly and then peered through the crack be- tween the wall and the door of the stall. ‘I said yes, do you want something?’’ but the person just stood there for about 30 seconds and then left the washroom. She _ not- iced the person was wearing glasses. ‘“‘l was freaking’’ said Cathy who got up immed- iately and left the washroom looking around the corners as she left but she saw nothing. ““My imagination was rac- ing,’’ said Cathy, ‘‘and my adrenalin started going.’’ She said she reported it to secur- ity immediately and added ‘‘if anyone else has had a similar experience they should let security know about it.”’ The security desk is located on the 2nd level concourse near the north east doors.