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Writers of all letters or opinions that are not typed, doubled-spaced, and also bear the name and phone number of the author will be called silly names in front of their parents and may find their phone number printed out of spite. | We beg of you to keep your articles concise, well-written, and correctly spelled

because no one around here knows how. Also keep them to yourself because this is our last issue of the semester. We reserve the right to edit all letters and opinions beyond recognition, and even then we'll probably spell your name wrong anyhow.

THE OTHER CPRESS

The Other Press is thought to be a democratically run autonomous student newspaper published whenever we can get around to it, however, the Other Publications Society really pulls the strings. Through slinking around dark alleys late at night they have managed to finagle a direct student levy, payable during registration, to offset the costs of printing this newspaper. They could actually do other things, but we won't dwell on that here. The Other Press is a member of Canadian University Press |the oldest student organization in North America] and of the national advertising cooperative Campus Plus [not so old but they give us money.

The Other Press would like to tell any new or prospective staff members that they would have been alot more help if they came around during the beginning of the semester. There will probably not be any more staff meetings, but there should be some sort of wild party later this month. Over the summer our offices will be dropped downstairs to room 1602 where we'll spend the rest of our existence, until we get bumped around again. [At least we won't have to listen to

complaints about the photocopier anymore].

Phone:525-3542 Mailing Address: The Other Press Douglas College Box 2503 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5B5

Deadline for submissions were last week. Anything handed in before September will be lost long before we start publishing again so keep your) complaints to yourself.

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Wednesday April 11th, 1984 —

Breaking Loose

To the Other Press:

Did you ever notice how people seem to, say more than they should when they have been drinking?

Well, | for one have been drinking. And well | should, for tonight, April 6th, was the last Pub Night that was held this semester.

But what a night this was. There were more people here tonight than any other Pub night this semester, and that just reinforces the idea that the people of Douglas College are a really social kind of people.

Along with the usual cast of char- acters, such as the Other Press and the members of the Student Council, there was an extraordinary display of the latest in the dance trends, the Break Dancers. Two of the stars were Tony and Ted Walcott, mem- bers of the dance group Street Beat, the ‘‘baddest Breakers in B.C.’’ These people put on a_ fabulous display of the hottest of the dances yet to hit the market. |, for one, was entertained to the limit by these talented artists. If you missed them, you really missed a show. And considering that the show was put on free of charge, it was probably the best entertainment value of the weekend.

_ It’s very relieving to note that we even had a Pub night this weekend, considering all the trouble we had with obtaining it due to the reluc- tance of the police to relinquish the appropriate liquor license. But all’s well that ends well, and this week- end was certainly a fine way to end

the semester, especially for me, as this being my first semester here.

Congratulations, Student Society, you’ve really shown at least one student that you are worth your weight in fees.

PI. P.O.ed

To The Other Press

From. what | hear, when Douglas College got moved, the college board wanted to rebuild on the same property. The city of New West- minster wanted it moved to the present location. :

If they wanted us here why the hell don’t they let us park here? It really boils my butt! Since I’ve been going to the. college, | have seen many. areas of free parking around the college mysteriously change to two hour limit parking. This makes it conveniently impossible for, students yto use the space.

_ On the weekend of the 24th, parts of 8th St., Royal, Blackie, Moody, and Agnes St. all got new parking regulations. What really gets my gander is that since the new regula-’ tions on 10th St. went into effect, the space hasn’t been used by anyone at all....all day!

So come on Mr. Day, why don’t you and all your redneck cronies get your butts in gear and scream at city council. |, among many other stu- dents, cannot afford $40 a semester for parking.

A particularly irate studen

Simply simplicity itself

To The Other Press,

| feel the time has come for me to speak out clearly, for | believe, as many of us believe, that we will and can, and must again if we are to be — and make no mistake about it! We cannot afford not to be. X

For, and let me make this point quite bluntly, in the past we have once proved, without and beyond any doubt that we will, and will continue to do so strongly, firmly and courageously as we have in the past, and are quite capable of doing so yet again — need | say more.

But, shall we, looking forward as we do, as we all do — indeed as it is our duty to do at this time of decision — or not? That is the question you must ask yourselves today.

But, you say, ‘‘Ah,-if it were only that simple.’’ Now | know, and here | must disagree for a momient, for where would this country be without this great land of ours, and | have the facts to bear me out.

Today, in this country, 30 percent, or to put it another way, 30 in 100, or to put it in simpler terms, 6.7 in every 22.4 as compared with three percent for the entire student popu- lation for the previous four years.

Who else can make that claim.

But we can’t do it alone, for we believe, as we always believed and will always believe thatswithout the future there is no tomorrow. And it is well known that you can lead a ‘gift

horse to water but you can’t look in its mouth.

Now | know that we, and when | say we | mean us, all of us, strong in our weakness but weak in our strength; fleeing from fear. and never fearing to flee; are now more determined than ever to strive to preserve and strengthen the pillars of apathy and injustice that we have laboured so long to build and show to. the world that there are bigger, better and greater crises ahead.

Thank you , Gordon Bryan Vice Pres Ext. D.C.S.S.