Volume VI New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond, Coquitlam, Maple Rzdge, Langley.

Nursing students ·lose money

VANCOUVER (CUP) The Doherty said the ministry of health announced Student Loan plan had prov­ last week that stipends · to isions for waiving mandatory nursing students will be phased summer contributions but Do­ out beginning next year. herty said that would only mean Student currently receiving students would be forced to the monthly allowance of $150 loan more money and go deeper will continue to recc;ive it until into debt. their training is complete. New Doherty satd the governmen entrants to the program who should be encouraging need financial assistance must to take training in the apply for a Canada Student disciplines where there is Loan. shortage of trained personnel. The reason behind the cha­ nge, according to Jack Bain­ Bainbridge said that in some bridge, assistant deputy health areas the attractiveness of the minister, was to bring health stipend had brought in many students in line with other students and created a glut in students in the province who do the market, adding to the not receive stipends. unemployment problem. ''Giving unconditional burs­ He did say that in anes was unnecessary, expen­ areas where there is a critic The Chateau les Nel's. DC's fi'nest gourmet cousin, front, is hamburger haven operator at sive and unfair to people who shortage of trained people the haven provides cul£nary del£ght for nutn'tion­ New West campus. are enrolled in other discip­ stipends may be continued as starved students every day. ]ul£a Child's 3rd lines," he said. an incentive. Andy Soles, assistant deputy And he said that for the time minister of post secondary edu­ cation, agrees with the policy being the stipends for <:n'""'"r" Surrey funding limited training to be licensed practical change. "We had some con­ nurses will be continued. The cerns that a mtmstry was The Surrey campus council ''It appears the majority of Because of unlimited repre­ Hospital Employees Union singling out a single body of was given $1000 at the multi­ student representatives here sentation, any student can at­ wants the practical nurses pro­ students," he said. campus council meeting last are now in favor of submitting tend council meetings in Surrey gram to be removed from the "We, the ministry of educa­ , although they asked a budget, so I'll go along with and vote, unlike on other colleges and set up as an tion, are responsible for all $7000. that. But I don't agree with it," campuses where only elected apprentice program. said Bennett. "I didn't even students in the province and They did not receive the total representatives hold a vote. want to accept the $1000." · In other multi-campus those that need support can get Brain bridge said the ministry amount they requested because it through financial aid." Surrey campus had previous­ council business, a committee will wait to see if the dispute is Surrey council refused to pro­ But BCSF staffperson John ly said they would separate was formed to write a report for solved soon before making any vide a budget to multi-campus Doherty said the move would from the multi-campus if they the Douglas College Institution­ changes. council. hurt nursing students and did did not receive the $7000. al Self-Study-Program. not take into account the special Doherty called on the govern­ Rick Bennett, Surrey chair­ However, at the Surrey council Under the new college's act, circumstances of nursing stu­ ment to reintroduce the stip­ person said he would not hand meeting last Tuesday, a large colleges must do a self-study dents. ends immediately. in a budget on the principal that number of students came out to every five years to justify their Nursing students enrolled in ''This is another example of the campus should be able to vote this idea down. existance. the provincial government mak­ handle the money themselves. Don McEacher, convenor of a two-year college program in Jan Termehr, Surrey counci' ing changes that will affect the program, asked council to September have the month of Student president Tom Styffe secretary, said about 50 access to colleges and univer­ analyze how they (student July off, begin classes again in said the council legally could students attended that meet­ council) operate, and to include August and continue through sities without any consultation not give that much money to ing. The usual number of with students," he said. recommendations, values and till graduation in June. Surrey without a budget be­ students attending is about 20 . cause of the by-laws and pol­ future goals. icies governing them. Termehr said there were alot The committee is to consist of of pottery and nursing students Tom Styffe, and a student Styffe urges students It is expected that Surrey will who voted against the motiot:~ representative from each c~m­ receive more money at the next because "they felt if they pus. multi-campus meeting this Fri- separated they wouldn't get The course assessment pro­ . a budget. money for their clubs.'' gram (anti-calendar) will be to attend AGM continued this semester, ac­ Coup-com p ete ·cording to Walt van der Kamp, vice-president external. The Annual General Meeting council meeting held at 11 am, o Other Press editors were times a year, in the fall, spring The anti-calendar is a cata­ of the Douglas College Student before the AGM. • ed to Canadian University and summer. A CUP national logue of students' reactions to Society will be held this Friday, Mter the AGM there will be a Press staff positions at a CUP conference is held each Christ­ Douglas College courses. The Feb. 23 in the New Westmin­ pub in the cafeteria, with free (western region) confer­ mas. information will be collected, ster cafeteria at noon. food. ence held in vancouver this The student journalists printed and distributed at re­ Quorum of 100 students is past weekend. attended seminars and heard gistration time to assist stu­ needed in order to carry out the speakers on such topics as dents is selecting their courses. necessary business of the so­ Keith Baldrey was elected nuclear energy, the Pacific The first anti-calendar done ciety. BC bureau chief and Nancy Press dispute and the need for last semester far less than was Tom Styffe, student society McRitchie was elected western unions for journalists, public expected or desired, but ac­ president, urged students to fieldworker. Their terms begin sector cutbacks, and gay rights. cording to van der Kamp, there come out and vote. "It's the in September 1979 and end in Technical sessions were also will be better planning and only chance students have to April 1980. held. These sessions provide more student participation for bring up things they don't like The other position open was for newspaper staffs across the the next one. about the operation of the Winnipeg bureau chief. country an opportunity to ex­ Multi-campus council donat­ student society," he said. Martina Freitag of the Univer­ change ideas and techniques ed $200 to the Variety Club The main issues of the AGM sity of Calgary paper, The converning skills as news­ telethon, and New Westminster will be some constitutional a­ Gauntlet, was elected to that writing, layout, local advert­ campus will be donating $300. mendments, the creation of an post. ising and photography. The Early Childhood Edu­ ombudsoffice, a new executive Over 50 delegates from 16 The next conference will be cation (ECE) was granted $1200 position •on council of chair­ university and college paper!;' held in Saskatchewan this sum­ to hold an open house May 6. person, and unlimited repre­ attended the regional confer­ mer and will be hosted' by the This amount may decrease, sentation for campus councils. ence, hosted by The Ubyssey. Carillon, the University of Re- depending on how the ECE There will be a multi-campus conferences are held three fund rais' Page 2 The Other Press February 20 , 1979 Bar wars part_one

The second bus was called by Pat Worthington and having waited a long time the "dead" or "quiet" bus · A The annual Douglas College for their rooms they went where people slept or played ski club's ski trip, held this year directly to the bar. at Big White mountain in They were appalled to dis­ cards or looked out the windows cover there was only one. KelownaJan. 2 throughJan. 6, at the snow. was a considerable success as The next day the skiers hit usual. ·'The bus trip was very the slopes. Luckily there were incredible. The people never few people other than the Ken March, who is President stopped drinking, singing and Douglas crowd on the slopes so of the Ski Club and managed the skiers were free to experi­ the ski trip, reported that skiing some slept in the luggage. ment in skiing techniques. conditions were excellent, it racks,'' said Mike Wheeler, having snowed the day before Skier Extraordinare and heavy "We upheld the Douglas they got there. drinker. College spirit in our efforts. transverse the slopes," s For the official ski report we But all good things must Mike Wheeler, who is som · refer you to Randy Inoyue, who come to an end and eventually what of a philosopher. is the Ski Club's unofficial they arrived at the ski resort, ''Douglas College students weather man: slightly the worst for wear. tried drastically to find new and inventive ways to ski, while "Skiing was fantastic, the It was at this point that things drunk and stoned, and brought snow was dry and fast. The last began to go wrong. new lows to the progressive few days were sunny and clear Big White was designed as a new wave skiing that only with a 40 per cent chance of family unit resort and was not Douglas College students could rain.'' used to handling large grcmps. think of.'' The five days of fun cost Accordingly they screwed up After a hard day of skiing the $80. 15 a head and 80 bodies the rooms and everybody had skiers went to the pub. It was made the trip though only 69 of to be reassigned. here the trouble began. them were registered. Picture this -if you can: 80 The skiers, who were fond of When you're drinking tired, angry, frustrated, surly, As is the custom the skiers the drink and unused to such tequila, Sauza's the shot drunken skiers crowded into a were divided into two groups slow service, began to get that counts. That's why more tiny corridor waiting for hours which is fortunate because the­ restless. Soon one would turn to and more people are asking for their rooms. for it by name. re were two buses. The first bus another and ask in a puzzled which was called the "noisy" ''There was a mob after my voice, "Where is beer? Where TEQUILA SAUZA bus or "rowdy" bus or "the neck," said Ken March. is beer?." anything goes" bus, (and other However, the resort manage­ At this point Ken March, who Number O ne in Mexico. unmentionable names), was fil­ ment was very helpful and was nursing an alcohol induced Number One in Canada. led with happy people who showed unusual good sense in flu bout that was to plague him passed the time singing the assigning the skiers to a separ­ for the remaining four days, traditional filthy rugby songs ate building. walked in and t~ok in the and throwing beer cups at the As the skiers were extremely situation in a glance. driver. tired having ridden a long ways "Where's the beer?" askt>rl DC Sports• ·

The ·Douglas College men's volleyball team beat Vancouver Community College last Satur­ day in an intercollegiate match. Douglas won the first two games 15-9 and 15-5. However, V.C.C. came back winning the next two 15-9 and 15-10, there­ by forcing a fifth game. It was close and it was tense, but with great form and deter­ mination, Douglas won the game 15-12, thus winning the match. By doing so, Douglas avenged the defeat they had suffered at the hands of V.C.C. earlier in the season. ,. On Monday night the wo­ men's team easily defeated Capitano in 3 straight games, while the Douglas men's • beat Capilano 3 games to o The men's team now has a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, • ' while the women's team has a record of 4 wins and 1 loss. It appears undoubtable that both teams will qualify for the Totem conference provincial playoffs March 3 and 4. In basketball action last weekend the Douglas College men's and women's teams tra­ velled to Prince George to take on the College of New Caledo­ ma. At the Saturday evening games the men's team lost 89-78 while the women's team lost 49-41. On Sunday both games went right down to the wire as the women lost 40-3R ~ n ~ rh~ men lost 72-71. 20 1979 Press Loan survey delayed

OITAW A (CUP) - A federal their needs as far as student aid unemployment are scarce, government survey on student is concerned," Valentyne said. don't create any new ones,' attitudes to student aid planned Earlier this month NUS had she said: . . for next month will probably be the originaly draft of the ques- Accordmg to Statlstlcs Ca~­ delayed until next year to tionnaire studied by a Carlton ada, there are ?nly approxt­ A multitude of causes,_unknown to former times are now correct poorly designed ques­ professor specializing in the mently 40,0~0. JObs for th.e acting with a combined force to blunt the discdmmating tions. desi~n of surveys. Several mis- nearly. one mtlhon ont of work powers of the mind, and unfitting if for all voluntary exertion leading. and slanted questions Canadians. to reduce it to a stage of savage torpor. The most effective of S.C. Passy, chairperson of were found. According to Val-· The gove~n~ent ~as also these causes are ... the increasing accumulation of men in the Canada Student Loan Plen­ entyne the problems -appear to gone back o~ 1~ s promtse to use cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a ary Group (CSLP) told the be corrected 00 the revam ed the $580 mtlhon cut from the craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid commun­ · Union of Students that survey p unemployment program last ication of intelligence hourly gratifies.'' ed questions discovered by · fall for job creation, Valentyne in an earlier draft had The survey will be distrib- said. I wish I had said that, but I didn't, so I'll have to tell you · been redrafted. However the uted to 10,000 students at 53 "This year's youth employ­ who did. It was ol' Willy Wordsworth himself in 1798, and I changes have to be approv~d by post-secondary institutions ac- ment program is only a fifth of can't help but wondering that when he referred to "savage the Human Rights Commission ross the country. The CLSP has what was cut," she said. torpor" and "craving for extraordinary incident", he hadn't and by the treasury board, also contracted a private survey ''The only way the govern­ just finished Friday's edition of the Vancouver Express. according to NUS researcher firm, to poll non-students about ment can seriously fight youth I have managed to forget just how many weeks the Sun and Morna Valentyne. student aid. · unemployment is· through a the Province have been out now, and how long I have been The help find jobs, of large scale· direct without my daily morning fix. Upon reflection, I must admit,· All federally sponsored ques­ pr~ram which levels of iob creation,'' she said. the Sun and the Province aren't that much better, but the tionaires must be surveyed by new lows to which the Express sinks each week serve to the commission to screen our underscore just awful things newspapers are in general. questions that may violate the human rights act. ) (~. Yes, I know. Here ·! am writing in that lowest torm ot the printed word - the student newspaper - and mouthing off Since the review will take about what horrible things they are. I guess I am part of the several months, the question­ aires will not be ready until late problem. spring or early summer, instead \ • a\ Actually, there ~rea few really great papers around; the of March as was originally Manchester Guard1an or the New York Times, for example. intended. As a result NUS But they are in the minority and dwindling rapidly, replaced ~ by rags. The would be a good example of a rag. It would prefer to see the ques­ Ex~ress (' t I - . can be best descnbed as Vancouver's own National Enquirer tionaire distributed next christ­ _,.. , ''__- "-..,.'> thrice weekly. They have yet to follow the example of some of mas. I • the 'tits and ass' British dailies, but I imagine that is ''The summer is a bad time' .J forthcoming shortly. to be surveying students and In order_to ,t,itillate the senses of those ''whose uniformity the fall is still too early for of occupation causes them to seek out any type of scandal or to accurately evaluate gossip, the Express carries the term investigative journalism ~o the. nth degree . and gives forth gossip and yellow JOUrnaltsm. They thnve on sensationalism. Witness a recent headline; 'Go To Hell' J~dge Says He's Sorry. I was looking on the same page to see 1fl could find out the inside scoop on Childcare head leaving Dolly Parton's real bust measurement, or who Liz Taylor was or wasn't divorcing today. by Christa West Project ACCESS. College in Victoria. To be fair to the Express, I think they are just following a Four years ago, the child care This program, sponsored Her first duty will be to brio general trend in news reporting; people don't want worker (CCW) program at Dou­ jointly by Douglas College and the existing career programs long-winded background stories, or analyses about current glas College underwent some Woodlands, trains mentaUy health and human · events- they want news. The more sensational it is, the more major changes. , handicapped adults in function­ under one heading and form mud it rakes up about famous people; the gorier the descriptions, the more papers you sell. There have been a The program was given rec­ al life skills. In its s~cond year new division to ognition by the National Insti­ now, it is administered by Dave these courses. few public crucifixations by the media just lately -Jack Davis tute on Mental Retardation, Driscoll. Vernon feels the pro­ Once established at Camc..m and ChiefJustice John Farris were unlucky enough to be the and university transfer credits ject is very successful and College Vernon will facilitate sacrificial lambs this time and it looks like Davie Fulton is to the University of Victoria worthwhile "as an example of nursing diploma program. next on the list. Local papers are only the tip of the iceberg, however. The were arranged'. how people who have been ing had extensive experience proliferation of slick, National Enquirer imitaters is Radical improvements occ­ ·institutionalized for many many both health and human servic astonishing. There is "Us" and "People", to name the most urred in the curriculum as well. years can learn skills, and can work, she looks forward to P?Pular ones, and even the major newsmagazines such as Instead of field work being be helped to achieve their new job as a ''very T1me, NewWeek and MacLeans are expanding their interspersed with classroom potential." opportunity - and challenging.'' coverage of "celebraties" to keep up with the demand. time, block placements came After six and a half years and Vernon feels that her What it is about our society which brings about this into being. This type of immer- many modifications and im­ ience at Douglas has fascination for the lives of the great, and the nearly great is . program proved to be far provements in the CCW pro­ excellent preparation for the valuable to everyone in- gram, Vernon is leaving Doug­ position she is moving into, and . beyond me. I,n Il_lY more cynical moments I tell myself that las College to accept the pos­ is confident that she is leaving these people s ltves must have little or no satisfaction or so they turn to these glorified movie-magazines for of the leading forces ition of ''Director of Health and the CCW program in sound m~anin~, th1s easily-obtained, vicarious pleasure. these changes was Joy Human hands. I the real answer lies in what the psychologists call n, the program supervi­ ~hin~ hab1tuat1on; we are subjected to so much raw information of the child care worker ll1e•vplonmental disabilities pro- ~nd trivia th~t our minds become overwhelmed by the task of JUSt processtng and storing the material and we soon lose the capacity or the desire to make a qualitative Vernon came to Douglas ~ither Judgement on what we are receiving. Or, as Willy said, we liege six and a half years ago are reduced to a 's2vage torpor' . equipped for her job. She training in nursing, and in I sometimes think we should go back to the 'town-crier' as well as a masters system. Until that alternative comes however, I'll have to do in social work from like everyone else - read between the lines and past those and she has worked in a wonderful headlines (Cool it, 'Khomainy entreats Iranian of jobs in the human Streetfighters) to find the real issues which the reporters ices field. have managed to bury beneath a covering of trivia and cheap well as striving for improve­ sensationalism. in the CCW program, Post scnpt. Dear Joan, n has managed to do Hey look, I didn' t say there are no feminists left. I merely hum!J.n services work in stated that, as a mass movement it has lost momentum and community. She has done popular support. You might get me to change my mind about with foster parents what caused its downfall, but you can't tell me it is a viable •u••LaLJued children and cause. Put on your satin pants and we'll go down to that nized a course for group current indicator of social trends and customs, the disco, and parentS, uS well " ,:'11 ask around. See 1t anybody has reaa any Kate Mtlln · the- first lately. Page 4 The Other Press February 20, 1979 OTHER SPEAK

R.c7ntly we have seen a frightenly large number of court dectstons handed down that could seriously endanger the freedom of the press in this country.

This may seem to some people an alarmist view but it isn't. Legal precedents have been set that could force journalists to think rwice before writing something or drawing something that might offend someone. The Bill Vander Zalm case has only been one of many. Van der Zalm successfully sued a Victoria Times cartoonist for depicting him in a way he took offense to. Cartoonists have historically enjoyed in this country a freedom of expression unmatched by few people. And rightly so. Cartoonists must -be ~llowed to express their satirical views - often jolting and biting - if we are to have any semblence of press freedom in this country. Public officials, like Van der Zalm, know the risk . that accompanies their position when they accept it. They are almost wide-open to cruel comments and even half-truths. That tradition has existed for ages. Other cases have involved letters-to-the-editor and a reporter's right to protect sources of informdtion. A Saskatchewan paper was found guilty of libel because of one letter written to them that they printed.

Here, not only is press freedom endangered, but so is the freedom of expression for every citizen. The traditional forum of public comment - the letters section - is no longer a safe place to state one's views.

Already on~ paper - f~om Halifax - has refused to print letters on adytse from thetr lawyers. Commercial papers have become concerned and even afraid about possibly offensive letters. They stand to lose large amounts .of money if they are convicted of libel or slander, and they have warned that everyday citizen's rights may be overlooked for financial reasons.

_In Powell ~ive.r , a. newspaper's editor has been charged wtth obstructmg JUSttce , because she has refused to disclose the names of her sources of a news story. The story concerned a B.C. ferry accident, one that endangered human lives. She revealed the faxct that there was no one on the bridge at the time of the accident.

The fact that she divulged an important, hitherto unknown piece of information that will most likely benefit future ferry passengers was overlooked by the authorities in their haste to bring her to trial. Had she not been able to promise her sources that their identity would not be revealed, she probably wouldn't have gotten the story, and the general population might never have known the difference, These cases may seem trivial to many people, but they may prove to be only the start of an attack on journalists and the press by their traditional opponents: politicians. We hope, however, that the politicians do not abuse their power by taking the press to court. There are better things to "Say," said Nancy Mc­ dug in tor the long and hard party. Baldrey and McRitc.hie do than destroy one of our basic liberties. Ritchie, chewing on a granola battle. puked all over everybody wtth­ The press and journalists have their faults and mistakes bar, " Why doesn't The Other out even being drunk. A deep but these mistakes are ourweighed by the good, perceptive Press take over the Western Ridout and Worthington re- impression was ma<:le. and revealing stories which are often written (although not · n of Canadian University luctantly put " the make" on Then came a Beatles revival often enough, and this may be attributed to political s this weekend?' ' several females, panting the party. And then a fifties revival pressure.) The idea perked up Keith names " Baldrey" and " MeRit- and then a sixties one. chie" over and over again. It good impression, they know We can only hope that the courts display a solid grasp of who lay in a stupor on floor. " Gosh, that's ·a was quickly tiring the crack the words." the notion of freedom of the press in the future, and do not coup team· And then the final day. The further damage the ability and right for every citizen to swell idea! " wheezed Keith, and that's how it all began. Suddenly, without warning, final plenary. The elections. express his or her views, free from external pressure such as ~arne, the dreaded " screen- Hushed whispers. A mass sigh lawsuits. Accompanied by other staff­ ers Rob Guzyk, Pat Worthing­ mgs. Also known as the of relief passed over The Other ton, Gail Harris and Ken Ri­ Spani~h .Inquisition.' Gestapo Press delegatu. Baldrey was dout, the rwo set off on the long Intervtewmg Techmques, and the new B.C. bureau chief. NP1JJ<: F..ditor: Keith Baldrey, Copy Editor: Nancy McRitchie trek to the bastion of the region: the ] oe McCarthy Memorial McRitchie was the western Coquztlam Reporter; Rob Guzyk, Richmond Reporter: Pat the Centennial Hotel on Broad­ Roast, the screenings were an fieldworker. The coup was com­ Worthington, New Westminster Reporter: Paul Cartmill, way. obstacle that would not be easy plc~ te . Other Staff: Gail Harris, Roger Sullens, Bill Cartier, Christa Armed with false resumes to overc~me. . "Say," said Nancy, idly spit- West, Kelly Champion, Christine Hinnick, Business Man :: and a car (both of which Stuck. m front o~ 5~ merctless, ting sunflower seeds at a wall­ Dave Hayer, Advertising Man.: Ken Rzdout, Photo Tech.: impress student journalists), bloodthtrsty, sadtsttc WRS:UP poster of Ewell Gibbons and Nez/ Dowie, Special thanks to our typesetters Bev Loset and Baldrey and McRitchie struck delegates, the rwo were gnlled Susan Anthony "that sure was Elaine Del Medico. · . at noon Saturday: they applied and drill7d about eve.rything easy, eh?" ' The Other Press is a member of Canadian University Press for staff positions in the region. from thetr personal hves to "You bet " said Ke.ith and subscn"ber of Pacific News Service. This was it. There was no their revolutio':lary beliefs. . sprawled all ~ver the typewri: The Other Press is a · democratically run student "turning back. Tha~ even tog' after the ter. "Next, we'll move the newspaper. Published under the auspices of The Other Of course, there was a casu­ screemngs, phase rwo of the national office of CUP to New Publications Society every Tuesday. The news office is alty. Gail Harris fled in terror, plan began. Everyone went to Westminster." Then he puked located at the rear of the cafetena on the New Westmi'nster fearing the consequences if the the current decadent-but-oh-so- all over Nancy's earth shoes . campus. 525-3830 or 525-3542. coup failed. Grimly, the others fashionable Vancouver punk and fell in a stupor on the floor. The Other Press Unrealistic portrayal

Dear Other Press, The Julius Schmid ad "What I was very disappointed in Hi, I'm Graham Gauntlett kind of woman buys prophyl­ Julius Schmid. I've always en­ and I've been living 'with C.J. actics" is equally misleading. joyed his informative, educa­ Bright for the last couple of While it appears to be progress­ tional ads, which I am sure weeks. I don't smoke Colts and ive in its views it has taken the received results. He now ap­ do not appreciate having my old stereotyped women's image pears to have stooped to the affair with C.J. published na· and created a new, just as false level of other misleading adver­ tionally by student newspapers. one. The 'new woman' is tisers. I really don't look like I do in aggressive, stares you straight The Seagram's "There'll ne­ the ad, and I'm not sure I've in the t•ye , and most important­ ver be another vice president ever seen students who really ly looks well put together and like Richard" ad is also offen­ look like that. Quao, economics instruc­ very sexy. sive. The last line, "You can Basically I think the ad is : As far as the college council This can make the reader feel bet the Man eyeing his job ... " sexist. It portrays a totally is concerned, students should inadequate if they don ' t live up implies that only men can unrealistic image of students. I have alot of representation. I to that falsified image, and not become vice-presidents. It's too all the Colts ads are don't know to what extent they that many women look like the bad Seagrams forgot half the disillusionary and mislead the are. As the college grows, the four in the ad! world 's population is female. student inquiries shouldn't be people who bother to take the The idea of the ad, that I find these ads objection­ overlooked. time to read them . . woman buy prophylactics, is able, regressive and false. Pe­ They pretend that people enlightened, but it implies now ople must realize the danger who smoke Colts will magically that woman have become liber­ these advertisements create. turn into the image of the ated, men can forget about If they are not stopped, models in the ad. This stereo­ birth control. The ad would society will continue to be typed image is misleading and better have said ''What kind of ;;exist, misleading and a threat dangerous. If people are lead to people buy prophylactics?'' A to people. believe they have to live up to mass crowd of ordinary people plastic images instead of being would make a better picture for yours in the revolution, Mark Beckert, student: I'm just real people they can run into the ad. Maureen Semchuk a part-time student. I wou1dn't serious prob.lems. think it would be too rpuch, you The media constantly threat­ know the way bureaucracy ens people by telling people Cartier plastic? works. Also, from what I've that if they can't live up to false heard of trying to get student images there is something Dear Editor, ople would say that rock-n-roll loans, there can't be too much wrong with them. The Colts ads In regards to Bill Cartier'~ punk rock and new wave of a student voice. this dangerous practice "Lapsus Calami (Feb. 13), l just as plastic as discos. It in order to sell a product. I have a few points to make. depends on the interpreter. understand their desire to sell One, I would like to knov. Thirdly, I do not go to · their little cigars, and realize how on earth anyone can start to be picked up! I go there they are trying to reach a male off talking about the feminist have a good time and dance. audience. movement and somehow man­ Besides, discos are not the on They have not evolved to the age to cut . down discos at the " meat markets" around. Go point where they will try to sell same time.? any pub playing rock-n-roll their product in an honest, He amazes me! No matter punk rock or acid rock or Hank Naylor, college planning realistic way without relying on what Bill writes about, he new wave and you will find th officer: Bugger all. Nobody is misinformating images. Be­ somehow manages to add more they are just as much ' ' here long enough to find out cause of this it is up to the to it than is really there. markets" as discos. what's going on. It takes time to readers to discredit the ad and Secondly, and adjoining to Another point, and my pick up things like who to talk to the advertisers. By informing the above, as far as discos for this time, plastic people are if you want something done. the people who put out these playing "plastic music" that's everywhere. Bill should open Statistically, their (students') ads that their content is un­ his opinion. But, he must his eyes a little wider and effect is small. The capability is acc~ptable, we will be doing our realize that there are people out maybe he would see that. there but the input is small. part in changing the sexist here who disagree with him. It thank you, stereotyping techniques adver­ all depends on what his view of Sharon Linfoot tisers use to sell their products. "plastic music" is. Some pe- Student, New West. Campus

of the multi-campus council. Punk needed QTheir constant bickering and carrying on with tauntological arguments that produced little Dear Editor, more than an extension of the Sharon I.infoot, student: No­ In the hope that a D.C. pub meeting was extremely boring. night might be the highlight of thing. I don't think we have any an evening, rather than just the I'm quite pleased with the say. I've found that to be quite start, I suggest we get a Boogie executive members leadership true. If your class is cancelled band to play in the caf. We toward the "Surrey Brats" and you don't have any say in that., clear away the tables and thought that they handled the or if your teachers are switched. everybody off their asses. Surrey situation with finese. You should also have a voice in There's a handful of great what campus your course is on. local new-wave bands that ,Tom Styffe did well in main­ could play for-us, The Pointed taining order, which was hard Sticks and DOA to name a at times, when Surrey had the couple. floor. Also, the Surrey council There are few places to see seems to like the pastime good bands around and what making "illegal motions" and better place than our cafeteria, playing games with the multi­ campus council. This page of the Other Press is reserved solely for the here in New West. It'd be purpose of correspondence and opinion. The views excellent. Personally, I think I, for one, would have fired expressed on this page do not necessarily reflect those of this the best place to see a band is a them out on their "ass", assu­ newspaper. . good rowdy bar. ming I were chairperson. All letters and opinions must be typed at a 60-stroke hoe, The Disco Lovers can pass on Their precocious, trivial, and double-spaced and must bear the name of the writer for the pub night and go to Sugar Council tripe-like attitude in asking reasons of validity. Submissions which are not signed will Daddy's and shake their $7,000 without a detailed bud­ not be published. Letters should be no more than 200 words booties, the lovers of rock'n'roll wars get was lunacy. in length, and opinion pieces should either be 450 or. 900 will stay an...d go nuts. words in length due to space and layout requirements. The student society has done Dear Editor, I feel that Surrey Council We reserve the right to edit all letters and opinions for some good things this year Anyone at the last multi-cam­ should pay more respect to clarity and libel. Letters and opinions longer than specified (three cheers for new ping-pong pus meeting, held at Surrey, multi-campus CQuncil and get will be editeL ·me. paddles) but a band in the caf might agree that the attitude of on with more pertinent matters. Deadline for "'llissions is 4 pm Fridays. would be the ultimate. the Surrey council was disre­ Multi-campus council m~mber Nick Stock~ spectful "toward the chairperson Kirk Ritchie Page 6 The Other Press February 20, 1979 The Bronx: A survival of the fittest

down. Fifteen minutes ot bre­ static. This is just how we live. going to see him. Maybe he by Ianthe Thomas his mother lives. Two small Pacific News Service athing ends the tape. Nato School don't mean nothing. some money for me. I didn' children, barefoot, play in two They don't teach your head for find him so I just walked He stands amid a moonscape burned out cars that sit in the leans back on the bed, his boots of decay. Beyond where eyes resting on the paisley coverlet. jobs and living. Eating too. in those big parks over there. middle of the street. The child­ can see, building after building He closes his eyes and puts the Schools don't teach your head "That's when I joined ren stop playing , as we pass, burnt, empty, filled with rub­ mike on his chest. He clears his ~o eat. Savage Nomads. Big Man calling out, ''What are you , crushed brick, warped tin, throat and sings "Do re mi ... "They say gangs will die. me in . He speaks like a doing? You t.v. mens? fiuh, They say gangs come and go. thinker does cause he be one intact wall scratched lady, you t.v. ?" testing, testing." graffiti that speaks of Outside a dog barks and a But the Savage Nomads is . heavy time. He don't want Nato laughs at them, shaking woman screams at a child in forever. Even people, like ad- gang~ to fight and he don't his head, ''I'm t.v. and I'm rain softened cardboard ults, tip their hats to us. Cause no .cltques fight. He says making her a star.'' Spanish. Nato speaks. moves over the rubble as if "My name is Nato. I am we are like the polices. _ whtte people want us t? by a steady wind. We walk into the doorless fifteen years old. I am a .' 'Do you remember when we each other then they don t lifts a sharpened broom hallway of his mother's build­ went downtown to to deal with us. above his head. He ing. The first floo.t: is empty. All ''You talk with Big Man apartments stripped of doors, scares you li.ke s and sends the spear windows, floorboards, fixtures . bad. That's the prison eyes ing through the air. The box A little girl, maybe three or has. He's a cool nigger still. He motions to me with four, sits in a discarded tire at dead eyes like the devil. hand as he kicks the box the top of the stairs . respect him cause they s .Jts heart still faintly took off three guys at once Inside his mother's apart­ ''What else can I say? ----.----..,, the cat-sized rat jerks ment it's hot, dark, airless. ~ one last time. Nato's t I'd like to be if I get to tin pail full of human excrement important. I starts in his belly, spilling sits in a bathtub in the kitchen. of his throat, ending in a mother a house an ''That's why 1 stay at the a real clubhouse w· clubhouse," he tells me, as he rmnF"I"lr". Sometimes you We walk over to Chisholm straightens the covers on the turn your heart , a street with no build- one bed that fills the front it's too much here. ' no people. ·Against the room. "My mother don't have it cause we owh it. It's lhn<>rrl ... n, blue, empty Lirico water here and her sister leaves t it ain't much. It ain' Hijos de "Quisequeya her kids off. Mama can't run . If I did what you ,_, ...... ,, ..6 I load another cassette them outside everytime they write things down my tape recorder. got to shit.'' s;;;;;;::.:=:==::::;::::::;:~~--:----:------" reading then I would e are cold-u•>-•vu.\..u in the winter? There I liked the some real things that ''If you write what is true, 1 ask him if he wants to do the don' t take no shit from looks. You know, the pretti- would get all shook up don't things change?" He taping there. nobody. Today I'm talking to ness. But I don't feel like me. I "Sometimes I think this me. "Why do people want "Where can we go? Down­ the world. I am just talking feel people don't like me. Like wrong. That's it. It's what I want to talk. they're smelling me and they wrong. Not for me cause I' know about us? Why do you town? Where you live? I don't "I been raised in the gangs. don't like how I smell. Up here man. But for little to know about us? Can you like it too much down there, so I Like my brothers were, only we are all in this together. growing up here. They ? Not only money, but stay up here. Right?" in iail now and got "Some people could leave nothing anJ then they buildings again. Mak­ they'r~ ~;me He flips the tape machine on, on junk so my mother says he's but they don't cause people is nothing. I know that nice trees for people and rewinding the tape and playing dead. Gangs are like families. real and they stick together. I people have money and obs for men. Why do people back my words. I hear myself Like brothers and sisters all know there's another world like and food. Then you think ' to know if it don't mean together. We rumble cause you the one on t.v. But this is a real can't I have that.' But telling him to say anything he have to show blood. Blood is world too. good does thinking do. wants. We qear the background strength. In the Bronx there's "If you write gang things "I been raised here from Nato takes the tape recorder ' my shoulder bag holds the noises of children shouting, lots of blood. people will think we just party time when buildings were to my mouth. We walk firetrucks, screaming police si­ ''People say gangs is bad. and rumble. But mostly we pretty and parks had trees. to Jefferson place where rens, the stillness of the empty, Not to me. Gangs help each make families with real wed- we don't have anything. deserted blocks we walked other, but we if there's dings. Some girls will get down you get with your clique with every dude, but really we you talk and party and get' believe in families . You can feel good. Like s "My mother don't want me body. in no gang. But here you have "This here, what you bee to be. Everybody beat on you if hearing is me. The life you not a member. Gangs is times of Nato. N1A1T10 in protection. When I wear my year of our Lord, 1978. ·colors I get respect. Since I End.' ' been eleven I been in gangs. Nato's clubhouse, First just one small one named basement of an the Masked Marauders. Just building, is like a four of us. We control Tiffany other gang clubhouses Street. We do crib jobs to make South East Bronx, the some change. Taking off old East Side, Chicago, Rox ladies and kids . ;But that's jive St. Louis, along the routes time anc other gangs would urban Armageddon, place take us off if we step out of our where people who have territory. cannot see. "Up here everybody packs. I They give themsel~es don't carry heavy hardware like that speak of isolation, power a .4). Too much kick with that anarchy. Young Nomads, sucker. Too much like a rifle. I ahawks, Mortar Girls, just carry a .32 automatic. I got Nomads, Roman Kings, Blac my first piece when I was Stone Nations. The mem twelve. I stole it off a junkie. ship transcends age and That's when my friend, Frankie Young babies sit on m got hit over on Melrose Av- next to automatic pistols, enue. Too dudes just took him crying for food because off. They said he stole their inner timing dictates that stick­ dog. It weren't true but they ups occur in the late pumped him in the face . and that's when the food " I walked across the George comes. Washington Bridge that day. In the Southeast Bronx This white toll man said get off the Lower Eastside, areas the bridge. I shot at him twice. know , the gangs are the They never wrote down one of the streets. Police in word in the papers but I shot at jackets, emblazoned with him twice . colors of the gang. They live ·' 'l wanted to get away that the rejects of society, in a day. My mother told me my and time that people don't father lives in J I was to see. February 20, 1979 The Other Press Page 7

STUDENT ASSISTANT - K persollTs - neeaed on Coquitlam Campus to· do and general office IHous: Monday thru 3:30 to 7 pm; Wages: $3/hr .. Gi.ant·Spring 20%.0FF CUSTOM FRAMING SALESPERSON Frame Sale MANAGERIAL TRAINEE 30%0FF Several people are Drastic red.uction on all READY MADE FRAMES by a Lower Mainland Boutiq Picture Framing chain to train as managers. 50o/o ·OFF SELECTED Career-ori~nted people Feb. 24 - March 3 inclusive CLEARANCE FRAMES only apply. Some knowledge fashion clothing retail would helpful, but not essential. ation: different shopping tres in the Lower Wages: depend on I"'Yr,,..r,,..nr·,. Mon.-Sat.10-5 $3.50• tO Start;Hours: r><>>ct.t1P - Fridays ti,l 9'p.m. and full-time able.

Surrey Commission is receiving cations for the following tion: Gym instructor for Qualifications: wide ~cnr• ...,,,.rt of indoor sports, gym <>rrou•r,,..,, and minor games; . ability plan, . implement and gym programs, ability to vate participants. Previous perience in working with an asset; Salary: $5/hr. line for applications: F 28, 1979. CANADIAN FORESTRY AS SOCIA The Canadian ciation is seeking staff operation of the John •vn.. JLuuJ'"" Environmental Centre the 1979 season. The operates as a resident camp school classes taking part outdoor studies and also a conserv!ltion and summer camp program. cants for all positi<;>ns possess a current B.C. license. First Aid qu.._ ...... ,""' are desirable, but not required. Positions available: Manager - April 15 to 15; Coek - April 15 to A 15; Cooks Helper .. April August 15; Maintenance son - April 15 to August Recreational Director .. July 1 August 15 ; Forestry Persof!. - April 15 to August 15 Survival Instructor .. approx month of July'. You.!' application should be · as sqpn as possible. PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR Lower Mainland graph· firm requires a production ordinator to perform involving co-ordination of duction flow . Willing to train Location: Vancouver; Wages TBA; Hours: Days, full-time-. , On May 3, Graham Watt lit up Tutor required to assist stu dent in composition and a Colts. Paused. Reflected. Then ature. Location: Burnaby; Wa­ paused again. And reflected again. ges: $5/hr.; Hours: TBA. Then paused. Then reflected. Paused VOLUNTEER WORK AUTISTIC CHILDREN once more and looked on the marks .. )'he Pacific Association for listing and found his name there Autistic Children's Family Aid Program is looking for volun­ with a big "passed" beside it. teers to work with autistic children in their homes. Exper­ ience is helpful but not neces­ Colts. A great break. sary as an orientation session will be given to those who .Enjoy them anytime. apply. Location: Lower Main­ land; Hours: 3 per week .. • •

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