·CAMPUS BOOKSTORE ROBBED Mcgeer Tightens Retgns
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-~ : The Douglas Col~ege Student newspaper servtfiP. ~ke campus_es of Richmond, Coqut'tlam,Surrey, Haney,and New Westminster. May GOD be with you ·CAMPUS BOOKSTORE ROBBED $15,000 theft 'inside job' A Douglas College student was attacked from behind by and an employee of the a young man wearing black college were arrested Thurs pants and running shoes as day and charged with the she left the bookstore with Wednesday night theft of the money, which she claim almost $15,000 from the New ed she intended to deposit in Westminster campus book a bank deposit box. store. Olsen and LaFavor were New Westminster police both charged with posses apprehended Shirley Olsen, sion of stolen goods, but a cashier in the bookstore, Olsen was also charged with and student Edward LaFa public nuisance for mislead vor, in possession of the mg police. stolen money Thursday All the money was retriev night. ed except for about $100. No Police were first notified of further information on the a theft Wednesday evening. case was available at press by Olsen, who claimed she time. Curriculum adjustments McGeer tightens favorable retgns• on Recently announced ad- net approved a teachers justments to the ministry of ~uide outlining specific sect- education's "core curricu- 1ons of textbooks which must lum" program have been be taught by teachers in the favourably received by the province's schools. student activism head of the B.C. Teacher's The new teaching policy Federation. · was to emphasize basic When Education Minister no provis10n guaranteeing dent government members BCTF President Pat ],3rady skills, such as English and Pat McGeer handed down student representation on to be full-time students. said last week that he is mathematics, on a compul- the Colleges and Provincial college boards--but there That section of the Act "pleased the ministry has sory basis. It would also Institutes Act in August, was no mandatory collectioa would prohibit part-time recognized 'atypical' stu- involve earlier school-leaving some student leaders were a of activity fees guaranteed students from rerresenting dents, although we are criti- for students heading to vo- little stymied by one particu either. students on umversity cal of the fact that no cational schools. lar section of the Act. The BCSF was anything boards and senates. solutions are offered to this The guide has now been In fact, almost everyone but pleased with the minis McGeer says the reason problem.'' He said the origi- m<;>difie~ by cabinet, Brady was in a quandry about try. for it all is because there has nal core curriculum proposal s.rud, w1th there now being it--but as rumour has it, the Now, the minister has been a tragic legacy of casual introduced in the legislature lmle a~tu~ changes taking BC Student Federation had gone a step further with students dominating the di last fall did not address itself place w1thm schools. expected a provision guar universities. The Education rection of student affairs. to the special pro~lems faced ''I see nothing . in the anteeing mandatory collect Act section of an enormous Neither the Simon Fraser by students w1th learning ,so-c~lle.d c_ore curn~ulum ion of student fees in a piece of legislation, that Student Council nor the Al disabilities or those with that 1s s1gnificantly different trade-off for .,representation lumps small pieces of,olicy ma Mater Society at the outstanding abilities. · from w~at ~~achers are al- on college boards. into larger chunks o law, University of British Colum Last week, the B.C. Cabi- ready domg. As it happened, there was suggests limiting student bia was available for com activism by requiring stu- ment at press time. LOS[D Coue<Sts Whistler cabin pos~ible ~i:) S€- c. "71 Oo-1 s 1'{1-111 (! MOOt. /'2.0- /0 Douglas College Student cabin and there is "no Simon Fraser University, 1'2.0- ~0 l~o -/o Council Tuesday received a reason why it could not pay U.B.C., and B.C.I.T. each /o for itself. ' ' /t0·S2 ir,o16()-s, /e'J' - fmal three-week deadline by have cabins located at the the B.C. Land Management ] ohnston said ·he could not base of Whistler Mountain, /10• /8 EAJ& /(?"-30 f{)<J- r.?o office to decide on an option see the Ski Club running the witbin a 10-minute walk of :. 111~1\1 110- '2.1 cabin b~cause they are not NO-S! to lease a lot at Whistler the ski lifts and other recre f$y Mountain. an elected body. He said lie MIHI.. l~o - s·o I~. '3(/ ational structures. P.los -:;zo- s--o President Dave ] ohnston, would like to see the Student SoG 12<>-2o responding to a letter dated Council having the ultimate 11\frr~ I'S"o- 11 /3-s--(,o say. on who should use the l?>o -;o Aug. 30 from the manage Discussion on the matter HI'> ment office, stated he felt the cabm. was deferred to the next <)oc 12>- 2o /hs fro- '2o society was in the position to "If the Ski Club wants to council meeting on W ednes lease the lot. use it, then let them come to day at 4 p.m .. on the New ... • He said the construction us.'' He said the cabin Westminster campus (room shou..,. be for everybody's . 000-ha What a sight! management class had of 705). fered to build a "pre-fab" use. page2 the other ress September 12, 1977 other ·. ·. · edito.rial NUS ISUS BCSFtoo · BCSF and NUS - Being a member of the Douglas Colleg Student Society entitles you to a membership in these acronyms. Full-time students contribute 50 cents per head to each of these organizations; 25 cents for part-time students. The British Columbia Students Federation is a provincial student organization that represents post-secondary students. The National Union of Students is a coast-to-coast organization that brings together issues as they affect post-secondary students across the country. "Students at Dalhousie University Protest Fee Increase by· Boycottin~ Classes.'' Hmmm I wonder if students out here would do 1t? Last year BCSF organized a student protest rally against tuition fee increases. How many showed up? .Who says it ain't worth it? The approximate figures have escaped my head but it was not many. Who cares? Tuition fees did not go up at Douglas College, but it did go Viva la otra prensa up 20 per cent at the universities and if you are one of the 70 per cent taking university transfer courses you might ... To the Editor: editor was the only one mentton the household uses, BCSF needs your support if it is going to be effective in It was a soggy Monday producing ''The Other like swatting flies; fanning mildew· wipinD' your rbar confrontinf} student issues. The latest remark from our morning when I expired t9 Press?" If it does, 'Good Oh h :t',H l1 ;, NQ • • 4J j ,.d Education Minister states that he plans (in changes to the the lavatory; on the throne I Job!' w }) en t ere 1s no tol1 et pa er Universities Act) to limit universlty student government sat, soaking in my fumes, (when doing this, beware of activities to full-time students. when a peculiar scratching "The Other Press", if you cancer of the rectum) and sound caught my ear. ''A dido' t know, has ·a lot of hundreds of other uses. Kind of limits student representation. What about theJ mouse!" thought I, (imme uses. Of course there is the So if you see a copy of the part-time student who is working and does not have mom ancfi diately interrupted by a informative, advertising, Other Press lying around, dad supporting them? splashing noise as a few pictoral, cartoonal side, but don't hesitate to pick one up, A main concern of the BCSF is organizing students at awakening drops of cold 1t can be used for another you might need it sometime. vocational schools such as BCIT or VVJI (more acronyms fer water hit my 'glutious maxi- side. For instance, it can be I hope ''The Other Press'' ya). mus'). used for Other Press air continues in the future and if planes; catching droppings you ever have too many Students taking these vocational courses usually attend Looking intently for a grey haired rodent, I noticed the when rolling cannibis; cov papers on hand, just call the school full-time which means an eight hour day. After that erin& your face. Not to S.P.C.A. They need them. who feels like hanging around and working on a newspaper, or feet in the stall to my left, trying to organize , so you can have a say to what course humorously pointing at the Perry DeKezil material you will be studying. far John Wall. It was then · BCSF has one fulltime paid fieldworker who covers the that I identifed the scratch province trying to make students wake up to the problems they ing noise to be a pen on a lSost?????????????? face, such as the new coffege act tnat is in the legislature o wall, (I may be dumb but I'm not stupid.) organizing student counclls at new tnsutuuons such as DEARDAS'S Caribou College. Quickly finishing off my Editor: job I peered over the separ Hey, what about us? Sorry for the slip, but the NUS, which is comprised of eight full-time members is more ating wall and saw that my We here on the other side first issue was intended to be concerned with events as they affect students across the theory was correct.