Volume 18 Number 9 sleeplessly providing an alternative to boredom March 12, 1994 DCSS to TakeTum for the Better Gundrum is quite -concerned have with the DCSS. "I don't want at both campuses." He's not alone. New VPI a Real Workhorse with the lack of publicity garnered the DCSS to be this group of people During the 1994 Winter semester, By Jason Kurylo looking to have staff salaries, ben­ by the DCSS. Most students receive sitting up on some pedestal some­ over 260 students split their efits established, and insurance poli­ a handbook yearly, but a paltry two where, that people don't know who courseload between the campuses. The Douglas College Student So­ cies within the DCSS settled. It is pages deal with the DCSS. Gundrum they are and what they do. I'd like Soon, Pine Tree Way will make ciety executive has undergone some expected that these problems will be aims to change that. to have a little more public input." Douglas a trio of campuses. True to reconstructive HI 'm Already, Gundrum has commis­ his multi-locale form, Gundrum is surgery. Vice Photo Credit: Marion Drakos going to try already involved there. One of his President In­ sioned a committee to redefine the to institute a mandates is heading the committee ternal David DCSS executive positions. Even he policy admits, then, that his present du­ to ensure students get adequate rep­ Frey linger, resentation at Pine Tree Way. co-founder ties as VPI are somewhat sketchy. of the Safe ------Looking at his shcedule, you defi- Walk Pro­ nitely don't get the impression that 11 ~ - aHif ~ aloett gram, re­ D C S She has no well-defined duties. Con­ ~vess~. vess signed for I n t i r i m st~tly on the move .. he ~eems to be personal • a p1cture of orgamzauon. (Don't fta{ida, M fttretltf m«d ~ (4. V I C e • Iough, the panicked exterior 1s just reasons. e~a wid tJe 116r.. Elections are preSident a front. He most assuredly knows vess. 5tn Intern a I what he's doing.. .) scheduled ~- (4. drr¥ ~ tt:e R • Gundrum is convinced that poor 6«1- #tee for the first 1 k week in C organization is one of the reasons ~S«ii4 tJ(#e (a~ett:e {j.t- April. Gundrum: the DCSS is so detached from the 11 (4(Ne ?&m. 'tV/tt ~ tt:e ~ Taking 1'd like to student body it serves. the position have more A sign of the apathy students ~. M ~ tkm f4. tt:e t)tkt in the in­ • presently have, is the poor candi­ terim is Rick p U b I I C date turnout for the last election. ~- iH ~ 1020, and ette'ft input. 11 Only six students ran for seven Uni­ Gundrum. fta44 rr a~e. ~ ~ ~ ~- &It k He brings versityTransfer representative posi- withhim 18 ------tions. ~ ~ ta.lteatr. ~ eaek alfi 4lt!!fll years of ex­ where the One of the ways Gundrum hopes perience as a handbook to i.mproye the student-DCSS .cela­ OHe ol ff'"· job coordi­ will have a tionship is by maintaining a high · nator and list of the ex­ profile at both campuses. Gundrum Lecture Theatre project manager in construction. solved shortly. ecutive committee, who they are, is the first DCSS executive member Ripped Off! Thus, as he puts it, he has "no prob­ Next on his agenda is the aging what they are, and what they do; also, to maintain courses at both the New lem jumping into the middle of a constitution and bylaw of the DCSS, with regards to the rep committee, Westminster and Maple Ridge cam­ By Jason Kurylo problem, and keeping my head." times of term in office, specific du­ puses. and the policies and procedures On the evening of Tuesday, January One of Gundrum's mandates in­ ties, and responsibilities." "We have to put across the fact therein. "They haven't really been 25, a theft occurred on our very cam­ cludes his duties as the Staff Liason settled for quite some time. Most of In this way, Gundrum hopes to ad­ that they're not two different Officer. Among other things, he is schools. Last semester, I had classes pus.The place was Lecture Theatre 1614, these are so outdated, it's pathetic." dress the lack of students on the first floor. According to the Douglas College Manager of Site Services, Pat Thomasson, We•re Mad, Vou•re Mad, Whatta Shot! the last class let out at approximately Hey, take a look at these great pies! The OC Royals had yet another thriller 9:40p.m. NewWesttninster Police were notified at approximately two a.m., we•re All Mad on March 4th, and here's proof. And, during half-time, a lucky few de­ when the damage to the cabinet was By Denise Walker and Daniela Zanatta lighted in the always-entertaining Spaghetti Eating Contest Our crack noticed. Radically and sadistically edited by Bert C. Ennah photography crew were on the scene, and got these gems. Possibly ON "It had been locked up, ·and I guess crack at the time, they also managed to forget to acquire a few facts: like, [security] hadn't checked it when they locked it up. They did a check about two Yes, it is pretty crazy ·at world of Lewis Carroll. the names of the players, the score of the game, and, oh, I don't know, the hours later, and they noticed the stuff Douglas College these days, as the "It is not a pleasant thing she goes name of the guys with spaghetti all over themselves. And so, a salute, if has been taken," saidThomasson, "There through. She is seven and a half was fordble entry, not into the room, Theatre and Stagecraft programs you will, to... Photos by Jim Irving madly prepare for this semester's years old and confronted with but into the equipment. It was a locked production ofAlice inW onderland. jabberwock monsters, cats that come Some box." A talk with director Michael Fera and go, and Duchesses that beat their At press time, the police had not noti­ made apparent the energy associated children," says Fera. It does have a fied Douglas College of any suspects, and with the preparation of the show. darker side but plays well for young- were not available for comment. He was truly animated (I suppose, sters. Taken were a projector, and ampli­ with the play's subject matter, that Fera's favourite directorial credits fier, a CD player, and a cassette deck. Total was to be expected ... It was quite include Macbeth, Life After Hockey, losses were estimated by Thomasson to an experience speaking with a car­ and The Insect Play. Yes, that should be near toon, by the way. .. ), and spoke of sound familiar. The latter of those, a $15,000. the challenging aspects of the show. great Czech play, was a huge hit at The last Alice is one of the most ambi­ the Fringe Festival two years ago. time Doug­ tious projects ever undertaken by the Adapted for stage by Eva las Collage DC theatre department. 33 charac­ Legallienne and Florida Friebus from equipment ters, all with full costumes and head­ Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland was stolen gear, over 100 sound cues built in, and Through the Looking Glass, the was two and over twenty set changes, make DC production of Alice premieres years ago, Alice quite the technical challenge. March 18th and plays March 19th, and only The cast, as well, is worked well and 22nd through to the 26th at involved one piece of machinery. The in this production, with plenty of 7:30p.m. with 1:30 matinees March lectures theatres are routinely locked what Fera calls, "fast acting." 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th. with the rest of the rooms, supposedly between ten and ten-fifteen. However, "It is going to be a huge show," some students have said that the secu­ Tickets: he gushes, "The show works on rity guards sometimes don't manage to many different levels, with lots of General $10 finish their rounds until much later, colours, and fun, interesting to the Students and Seniors $7 sometimes as late as 11 : 15. kids, while on another level, we're For reservations call 527-5488 Thomasson, who among other really pushing the nightmare qual­ things is responsible for security, said ity of Alice. " that Site Services is currently looking at Yes, that's right, folks, he said "Don't be late!. Don't be late! Or off with your head!" the possibility of keeping the lecture nightmare. 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