sestiad chute, leading police to suspect he was shoved. ‘‘These are standard garbage chutes,’’ said Nickel, ‘‘We are amazed that someone could in fact get in there--if that is the case.’’ He refused to elaborate.

Grabowski said although no one has been arrested yet, the charges could range from death by criminal neg- ligence to murder.

Roland Muir, assistant to U of S administration president Leo Kristjanson, said he also: suspects liquor played a part in the man’s death.

ee! is strong evidence that there was uor involved in the: tragic ee he said.

Muir said no permits will be approved until the university’s current policy of granting liquor licenses is reviewed. He suggested the university may change its license requirements and stiffen security.

Nickel added: ‘‘We are considering what we can do to have better control over outside people while keeping in mind that this is home to quite a few students who have rights to have outside visitors.’’

lan Wagner, U of S student council vice-president, said the council plans to fight against the suspension of liquor permits. ‘‘They can’t do this forever. J think this is just a quick reaction.’

Reineke was neither a resident of the university residence in which he was found dead nor a U of S student.

He was not the only student to have died this year in circumstances where alcohol was involved. A first year

student at the University of Guelph, .

Wouter Van Stralen, was killed by an impaired driver who was being pur- sued by police Sept. 16,

And 17-year-old Jeff NeMarsh drowned after he fell off a ferry into Lake Ontario Sept. 5. He was taking part in a Ryerson Polytechnical In- stitute frosh picnic, and police say alcohol consumption contributed to his death.

In Canada, an alcohol-related ac- cident occurs on average every 17

_ minutes and results in 57 deaths each week.

At the University of B.C., housing officials are thinking of restricting the consumption of alcohol and number of parties on campus. They have already presented the proposals to the admin- istration, but students are circulating a petition opposing the move.

_ THE OTH Bees eS

Ombudsperson elected

Every person is entitled to fair, just and reasonable treatment from any official of Douglas College or Douglas College Student Society.

Officials entrusted with power must respect the rights and personal dignity of all students they deal with.

Ombudsperson’s motto

Students at Douglas College have entered a new era in dealing with administration and the . student society. .

by IAN LYON

Ken Gilbert was elected during the recent Student Society Senate elec- tions as Douglas College’s official Ombudsperson. /‘! personally feel after listening to complaints last semester, students need an ombuds- person to deal with these complaints,” says Gilbert.

The office of Ombudsperson (literal- ly - one who represents someone) has two main objectives:

1) To investigate and resolve com- plaints against any official of Douglas College or the Douglas College Stu- dent Society.

2) To identify the causes of complaints and to recommend general improve- ments.

The rationale for creating the office of ombudsperson is the recognition that the student is subjected to increasing bureaucracy and that the formal structure of college administra- tion is in reality designed firstly for administrative matters, and only sec- ondarily, for personal concerns.

The ombudsperson acts as a non- judgemental pilot guiding each stu- dent’sefforts through the most effec- tive channels. He is an information source and a referral agent. The ombudsperson helps.a student get all that he is entitled to from the administration. ‘‘l am here for the students,’’ says Gilbert. ‘‘If 1 can’t help them, they will be referred to someone who can.’

All complaints and inquiries made to the ombudsperson are completely

1) Phone D.C. S. S:

confidential. After the completion of the case, all records are destroyed except a record of the complaint and the recommendations.

The recommendations of the om- budsperson are not binding on any of the parties, but Gilbert feels the major power of the office is the use of reasoned persuasion.

Gilbert hopes that students will start an investigation on their own before coming to the ombudsperson, as this will speed up the _ investigation process.

The ombudsperson also acts as a

watchdog, keeping an eye on the ‘Student Society and other campus org-

anizations.

Steps involved in initiating a com- plaint: office for an appointment (522-6038). 2) Make sure you have the complaint written out before the appointment. 3) The complainants themselves must present the complaint to the ombuds- person. There are no third parties allowed. 4) Come to Room 2730A at appointed time.

OMBUDSPERSON OFFICE HOURS

DOUGLAS COLLEGE — NEW WEST CAMPUS

Monday 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. alternating weeks 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tuesday No Office Hours on 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. (if required) Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 6p.m.-8p.m. . Friday 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. DOULGAS COLLEGE - MAPLE RIDGE CAMPUS Monday 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

alternating weeks

“October 19th, 1984

VICTORIA [CUPI- One hundred and thirty B.C. high school students will benefit from a computer error, to the tune of $1,000 each.

The provincial government has blamed an outside contractor for a computer programming foul-up that resulted in the stu names being included on a scholarship list.

Education ministry spokesperson Dick Melville said 3800 students took the scholarship examination and 110 students were later notified by mail they qualified for a scholarship.

But the programming error switched the names of 130 unqualified students with qualified ones. When the mix-up was discovered, a corrected list was sent out, Melville said.

The 130 students who received scholarships by mistake will be_al- lowed to keep the money.

‘‘We’re not so hard up that we’d ask — to return the money,’’ Melville said.

He added the contractor, the Edu- cation Research Institute of B.C., will be billed for the $130,000 mistake.

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