by Caroline Hardon

“‘Congratulations, you have a
new constitution,’ said Stu-
dent Society President Tim
Shein, after revisions of the
existing constitution were
passed at the continuation of
the D.C.S.S. AGM March 3.
The students who attended
the meeting passed the cons-
titution, 11 in favour and two
against.

The constitution changes
were necessary when the col-
ege moved to this new location
and the old Multi-Campus
Council system would no
longer work.

_ The new system is something

like..the one’ used

where the Council (Senate) is
split into ‘“‘houses’’ (depart-
ments), Each house will have
four student reps and will rec-
eive two votes on Senate.

The difference between the
new D.C.S.S. constitution and
the one at U.B.C. is that
U.B.C. makes allowances for
unequal enrollment in a pro-
gram. The houses that rep-
resent programs are: Busi-

ness, Health/Dental, Univer-
sity Transfer, Social Sciences,
‘Music and Social Services.
As well as the rep system
change, there was a new posi-
tion adopted into Senate. This
position is Secretary and
he/she will be in charge of
internal affairs of the Student
Society, leaving the Vice Pres-
ident free to deal with external
affairs. ¢
the Senate positions are now
as follows:

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a. President
b. Vice ‘President
c. Secretary
d. Treasurer
. Speaker of the House
Member at Large (Maple
Ridge Campus)
g. Members of the Student
Representative Council
The AGM, continued from
February 24 because of a shor-
tage of time and lack of stu-
dent participation, exhibited
the same problems as before.

PAO

President Shein Brings Constitution Home

Only 15 students voted on this
issue that affects all of the

3,500 students paying fees to
the:D.C:8:S.

Only one student questioned
the new constitution and his
concern was quieted by Shein,
when he claimed that if the
new constitution didn’t work it
could always be changed.
There was some concern about
finding enough people to fill
the representative positions,
from the looks of the partici-

 

pation at the AGM this could
be a problem in the future.
Shein read out each new by-
law of the constitution amid a
constant stream of chatter
from cafeteria patrons. He
asked repeatedly ‘‘isthere any
problem with this by-law?’
Apparently there was not,
though it was expected that
D.C.S.S. rep Stuart Woolver-
ton would openly oppose the
constitution, but he did noth-
ing more than vote against it.

CFS CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT PLAN

CUP....The Canadian Federa-
tion of Students is giving low
marks to a plan by the B.C.
government to index student
aid to academic standing.
And CFS intends to use the
issue to solicit public support.
‘“We plan to use the issue to
bring to the public other is-
sues,’’ said Phil Link, CFS-
Pacific staff member. ‘‘We are
going to focus on that issue,
but there are 100 others that

are just as bad.”’ .

‘The argument of the gover-
nment right now is that the
system is elitist, so let’s make
it more elitist. The argument
we are going to use is that the
system is bad right now, so
let’s stop it before it gets

””

worse.
CFS-Pacific chair Donna

‘Morgan agreed. ‘‘It’s ridicu-

lous. That money is awarded

for food, not marks.’’
“Basically (academic stand-

ing) is a way to save money,

because only first-class stu-
dents are going to receive the
maximum allowable amount.
Even the financial awards
office said it would be an ad-
ministrative nightmare.

“T don’t think that anyone
would argue that students
should be passing,’’ said Dan
Worsely, financial aid officer.
“The idea of academic pro-
gress is not such a bad one,
but if it is set unreasonably
high, one begins to wonder.’

At a Council of Ministers of

Education of Canada meeting
in Vancouver Jan. 23, Secre-
tary of State Serge Joyal pro-
posed raising the student al-
lowance to $100 from $56 per
week if provincial govern--
ments maintain their present
level of student aid.

There are now indications
that the B.C. government may
not meet the requirements.

‘‘As for the student loans,
there are grave concerns in

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