February 14, 1977

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A constitutional forum re- commended Friday that four “officers at large’’ replace the present executive of six elected reps: chair and vice-chair (elec -ted at large), and the chairper- son of each Campus Council.

_ The proposed constitution is subject to the ratification of a general meeting of students, | scheduled to take place Feb. 25 in the 300 building on New Westminster campus.

The important changes in the state of the constitution concern the expansion of the college--re- -cognizing the addition of more campuses; and gives each cam- pus two votes on council replac- ing the present system provid- ing a single vote ner campus.

-VANCOUVER (CUP)--Wide- spread use of contraceptive devices such as the pill and the intrauterine device is unhealthy and dehumanizing to women, feminist Germaine Greer said last Wednesday.

She advocated Coitus Inter-

| ruptus and ‘‘relative abstinen-

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ce’’ as alternative means of

roan ‘birth control. (Coitus Interup- [| ruptus is withdrawal of the

penis from the vagina prior to ejaculation.) :

“We still believe that Coitus -Interruptus is a bad thing,”’ Greer told the 900 persons-- most of them women--gathered in the Student Union Building

‘CALGARY (CUP)--There’s no teason why Canadian students can't be a real source for change

ing to consumer advocate Ralph Nader.

But the reason they should strive for change now is because “once you get out (of school) your ability to reflect and pion- eer goes,’’ he told an audience of 400 at the University of Calgary Jan. 23.

Nader said the current trend in education is to run it ‘‘into a trade school practice rather than an intellectually broadening ex- perience.

SAN FRANCISCO (ENS CUP)-- Legalized abortion in the U.S. has greatly reduced the number of deaths resulting from the operation.

According to a survey con-

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while they’re studying, accord- —

Student Council chairman Ray Harris proposed that positions on Campus Councils--bodies that determine the vote of their campus on student council mat- ters--be determined by populat- ion.

But the students attending the forum, most of whom were from Coquitlam Campus, re- commended only that the max- imum number of reps elected to Campus not exceed six.

Satellite campuses, like the Maple Ridge campus that will begin operation in the Fall, would be represented by the closest campus.

A major question raised at the -

forum was the definition of a “‘subsidiary organization of stu-

ballroom. ‘‘All the things we used to say about masturbation we now say about Coitus Inter- ruptus.””

Entitled ‘‘Feminism and Fer- tility,’’ Greer’s witty and anecdotal speech was greeted warmly by the partisan audien- Ce;

In addition to pointing out the

_ physical and social dangers of .

contraceptive devices Greer at- tacked the ‘‘inverse puritan- ism’’ of Western Society’s ad- herence to intromission as the acceptable form of sexual inter- course. Intromission is penetra- tion of the vagina by the penis.

‘*Why are we saying that

Students source

‘‘All schools teach students is to become good corporate law- yers.””

Nader emphasized the need for consumer awareness of ban- king, taxation, business, and industry, through education. Students may know a great deal about English poetry or physics he said, ‘*but how many of you can write a 1,000 word essay about the tax system?”’

The long-time consumer cru- sader said because of the lack of a civic backbone in Canada, the public has trouble getting con- sumer information. Americans “‘can lord it over’’ Canadians for

Disease Control, before abort- ions were made legal, they accounted for 20 per cent of all

. deaths among pregnant women.

In contrast only 3.9 per 100,000 women died from having a legalized abortion between 1972

Constitutional forum recommends changes

dent government.” The provis- ion arbitrarily named the Stu- dent Council president as an ‘‘ex-officio member”’ of all sub- committees, clubs, and the stu- dent press. ©

The Other press objected to the newspaper being defined as a ‘‘subsidiary’’ of the Student Council, and a separate clause was added outlining the relat- ionship between the Council and the newspaper.

100 members of the Douglas College Student Society are required to attend the Feb. 25 meeting in order for the assem- bly to make decisions affecting the constitution.

Greer urges pullout.

imitating impregnation is the only correct way to convey erotic affection?’’ she said. ‘‘Especi- ally when we don’t do that with groups who are gay?”’

The conventional sex act--in- tromission--has sado-masochis- tic overtones, she said.

Greer said the pill has de- tracted from the quality of sexual intercourse instead of enhancing it.

“It very often seems to me that in our society, intromission has become a substitute for conversation,’’ she said. ‘‘How many times have you really wanted this? How many times have you exchanged it for a good night’s sleep?”’

-Nader

having a Freedom of Informat- ion Act which allows them to readily obtain a wide variety of government and industrial in- formation.

Nader also discussed pollut- ion, calling it ‘‘a form of violence.”’

He said industry has perpet- rated the myths that pollution is not harmful, that there is no technology capable of dealing with it and that it is far too expensive to clean it up.

Companies are murdering the public with pollution he said and suggested that corporate profits should be channeled into clean- ing up the mess.

Legalized abortion reduces death

and 1974.

The survey also found that having an abortion is safer

surgically than having a tonsil- lectomy, having an appendix removed, or having a baby.

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Former Student Council Chairman Grant Dahling was presented with a letter of grati- tude and a commemorative pla- que for his contribution to the college after last Wednesday’s Student Council meeting.

Dahling was also presented with a life-time membership in the Douglas College Student Society. ‘‘I am honoured,’’ he snivelled. ‘‘But here I thought I was getting away...now I’ve devoted my entire life to the organization.”’ ;

Dahling served as chairman from April 1975 until his resign- ation in September last year, and claimed he was, until recently, the longest-standing student government leader in Canada.

In an interview last Thursday, Dahling, who describes himself as a ‘‘part-time socialist com- merce student (somebody’s got to look after things)’’, said his greatest contribution to the Student Society was ‘‘a more centralized approach to the

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management of student gov- ernment.”’

When asked to comment on the present direction of the Student Council, Dahling pro- ceeded to expound on the reactionary leadership in the post-revolutionary Soviet Union under Stalin.

‘*But seriously folks...there is

ment to work out an organizat- ional plan on how staff relates to council and how council should relate to the executive.”’

When asked whether stu- dents have changed much over the years, Grant said the real change has been minimal. “Youth,..they’re still process- ed, registered, punched, cut, chopped, and end up coming out in nicely uniform packages.’’ —

Dahling is also the founding chairperson of the Douglas Col- lege Association for Public Out- rage and Moral Indignation,

some members of which are still rumoured to still be on campus.

some members of which are

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