D.CS.S. is Irregular At its March 10th meeting, the Student Senate voted to elevate UT Rep Keith Wilson to the post of Acting Presi- by JEREMY BLOOM dent, in the wake of the surprise resignation of President Michael Glavin. However -after _ consul- tations with the Society’s lawyer, Wilson has concluded that the move was well intentioned, but unconsti- tutional. ‘1 was honoured to be elected,’’ said Wilson, ‘‘but | didn’t feel comfortable about the circumstances. The deci- sion wasn’t considered enough - it was definitely made in haste.’’ Under the DCSS consti- tution, the Vice President fills the duties of any executive position which becomes vacant. However, Treasurer Shelly Zwarich took the position that the senate had the power to appoint an interim president under a_ section of the constitution which empowers the senate to ‘’...promote, direct and administer the internal and external affairs of the (Student) Society in the best interests of. the students...’ “(| called the administrators of the Societies Act in Victoria,’’ said Zwarich, ‘and they ‘agreed we could do it. They said it was highly irregular, but not illegal.’’ Vice President Paul Ehni was not happy with the move, maintaining: ‘‘It violated the constitution.’” So he and Wilson arranged the meeting with the lawyer. Wilson emphasizes _ that there was nothing personal about it, saying; ‘‘we’re not adversaries. | said let’s go to the lawyer and. get this straightened out. | just didn’t feel comfortable about the circumstances.’’ “‘We were told that section 16.3 of the constitution clearly states that a_ by-election would have to be called.’’ Wilson said. ‘Only the students have the power to elect a new president. It’s not up to the Senate, it’s up to the student body.’’ ‘It’s up to the Senate to call a by-election,’’ he contin- ued, ‘‘but with just a month to go before the regular elec- tions, that would be absurd.” The Society’s lawyer em- phasized that Ehni was not Acting President, either. He merely assumes the power and responsibilities. Ehni added he can delegate some of those responsibilities, and ‘‘as far as delegation, Keith is at the top of my list.’’ But he emphasized _ that constitutionally, the final re- sponsibility has to be his. The question of an interim Secretary will be discussed at the Senate meeting on March 17th. The position was left vacant when Wayne Schmu- land resigned the day before Glavin’s resignation. (For the story on both resignations, see page 3). A new executive, along with a whole new Senate, will be elected on April 10th. Campaigning will begin on March 27th Political handbal routine payment for hencbane has turned into a political hot-potato in the stu- dent senate. And the problem by JEREMY BLOOM may have been made worse by the ‘‘overreaction’’ of — Treasurer Shelly Zwar- ich. The problem began when Athletics head, Betty Lou Hayes, applied to the Student Senate to cover the cost of ten leather European handballs. The DCSS covers the cost of intramural sports, but does not contribute to the expenses of college team sports unless the Senate votes on it spec- ifically. Student rep. Mike Booth thought the request was a bit odd, since he ‘‘didn’t think there was any_ intramural handball.’’ So, Booth went down to see Hayes, asking if he could join the intramural team. He was told that there wasn’t one. Based on this, Zwarich pen- The Inside Two down Mike and Wayne head for the showers p.3 Opinion Teumonths fora Majoreet sc = aes co cives. p.5 Beam me up Douglas College is smarter than you think.... p.6 ‘Would be Actors The best of all possible Theatre departments..:.............p.8 Return of the Native he woud. be Gallenicc oe ei ee Se p.9 Reviews An assortment of trendy bands............00..0.,-.0.cchee ye p.12 We win big Gold Alright yay team!!! o.0.00...502002...2...... y ned a memo of complaint to College Dean Gerry Della Mattia, which concluded, “‘This apparent misrepresen- tation has resulted in a great deal of mistrust of both Betty- Lou Hayes, and the Physical Education department as a whole. We will appreciate your attention in this matter by considering some diciplin- ary (sic) action.’’ The memo was not sent, but was first brought before the Senate at its regular March 10 meeting. The reaction was ‘‘concern’’ at the harsh language used; the letter was withdrawn, and acting President Keith Wilson Imagine walking through the doors of Douglas College, glancing up and seeing the by VAIL THOMAS Earth in all its milky splen- dor. Imagine going into the gymnasium and finding a celestial space bar and enter- tainment centre with rows upon rows of futuristic dis- plays. Imagine strolling down the corridors and bumping into a robot delivering messages or hearing the view of the solar system being explained to a tourist from another planet. No, you haven’t entered a scene from Tron. You _haven’t Twilight Zone. You've been exposed to the imagination of Alan Clapp and have found the Space Station at Douglas College. visited the continued page 6 Spaced in vowed to look into the matter. Wilson feels the whole mat- ter was blown way out of pro- portion. ‘’! talked to Betty- Lou,’’ he said, ‘‘and it was made quite clear to me that she felt the purchase fell under intramurals. Handball is open to all students and not subject to cuts.’’ Hayes agrees that handball is one of the most open sports available at Douglas. ‘‘Any- body can play on this team,’ she said. Phys ed instructor Chris Johnson added, ‘‘We wanted to offer intramural handball, but because so few people know how to play proper European handball, we have to teach it first.’’ As for the accusations of misrepresentation, Hayes says, ‘‘That’s silly. If | want- ed to, | could call them ‘athletics’ and go to the Stu- dent Society for funding that way.’” (The Student Society has provided several thous- and dollars to the Athletics department this year, sup- porting, for example, the bas- ketball and volleyball teams.) She adds, “I don’t know why they would think | would bother lying over $400. That’s just dumb. ’’ Continued Page 3