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Career Fair a Success

by Dena Nishizaki

Are you having trouble decid- ing what life after school has to offer?

Well, hopefully some ques- tions were answered at Douglas College’s 2nd Annual Career Fair, held Monday, March 26th in the concourse.

Students and members of the community were invited to browse, question and acquire information from 35 exhibitors in a variety of fields such as: health care, busi- ness and public services.

Cathy Daminato, a spokesper- son for the Alumni Association of Douglas College which organizes the event, remarked she was "very pleased and very excited about the turnout” this year, which was higher than last year’s.

The number of exhibitors in- creased and this year’s fair had a "bigger and better response," said Daminato.

One student remarked that she “was disappointed because the jobs that are offered are mediocre, for

Pizza Hut and

McDonald’s."

She had wanted a "better variety although the people were very helpful and professional."

"On the whole, it was adequate but there was not enough variety."

Kul Rai, a student at Douglas College who is interested in the field of teaching, said the Career

Fair "is a good idea.It get’s you on the right track for a career (but) I think major universities should be represented, such as SFU and UBC."

Norman Gludovatz, Speaker for the Student Society, remarked that it was good to see Scott Paper promoting their unbleached products, but noted that the exhibit across from them was McDonald’s, which lacks concern for the en- vironment.

"It’s certainly a mix and match."

Regarding the McDonald’s exhibit, Gludovatz said "a career is more that flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s or how many burgers you can flip per hour," and also felt a need for having representatives from the universities present which “provides incentive for students."

The exhibitors were chosen by the Alumni Association, which sent out invitations to various employment companies "who have hired Douglas College students in the past,” said Daminato.

The Association is also "look- ing into bringing in other institu- tions," said Daminato, but for this year’s fair, the focus was on the industries which would employ students.

The winners of the door prizes are Lauren Knoblauch of New West., for a free credit course and Pamela Nakamoto of New West., for a free non-credit course.

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Ombudsperson Olstrom Dismissed by Student Society

by Mathew Martin

Charges of unprofessional conduct and heterosexism led to the

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March 28. dismissal of Douglas College’s Ombudsperson, said the Douglas College Student Society’s Vice-President Internal. Jaimie McEvoy said the DCSS fired Om- budsperson Keith Olstrom because of "his insubordination and abuse of his powers." McEvoy also said there have been allegations of sexual harassment against Olstrom.

Olstrom took office in January and there have been conflicts be- tween himself and society mem- bers ever since, McEvoy said.

The report failed to give any Statistics about how many and what kind of cases the Ombudsperson had dealt with. Instead the report slammed the DCSS for unprofes- sionality and mentioned several

people in particular.

After the AGM, Olstrom ap- proached McEvoy with a com- plaint that McEvoy had used the Vice-President’s office and the resources of the Society for per- sonal gain. This was after McEvoy had harshly criticized Olstrom’s report at the AGM.

In particular McEvoy had photocopied a resume, for a politi- cal job, which mentioned his ex- perience as Vice-President of the Society, and had not paid for it.

Olstrom told McEvoy that he should resolve the matter as quick- ly as possible. McEvoy told Olstrom it would be settled within a week. Olstrom replied that that wasn’t good enough.

McEvoy was then billed the same day for the photocopies and

paid for them the next day. At the next meeting of the Representative Committee, McEvoy moved a mo- tion to fire the Ombudsperson for unprofessionality.

When Olstrom was asked his reaction to being fired he said he “invites Jaimie [McEvoy] to come forward with the proof."

"We have had nothing but problems with the Ombudsperson ever since he was hired" said Mc- Evoy.

There have been insinuations that McEvoy moved to have Olstrom fired because of Olstrom’s investigation into McEvoy’s per- sonal dealings.

"Timing is irrelevant because we had discussed it at our previous meeting" said McEvoy.

Although Jaimie had re- quested a formal committee be set up to investigate the allegations of sexual harassment, there won’t be one made at this time.

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Committee is not investigating the complaints of sexual harassment because none were made formally. Also, the women who made the complaints don’t wish the matter to go any further. " said a spokesper- son for the Committee.

Instead, the committee will be looking into stricter guidelines for hiring procedures for the Ombud- soffice and other society staff.

Please see editorial on page 5.