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THE OTHER PRESS OCT 24, 1978
by Keith Baldrey
If all goes as planned, the
British Columbia Students
Federation’s executive will un-
dergo a major shakeup during
BCSF’s upcoming conference
this weekend at Douglas Col-
lege’s Richmond campus.
Tom Styffe, Douglas College
student society president, said
that Douglas College and Simon
Fraser University student soc-
iety representatives will be-
come the new executive of
BCSF.
“What I would like to see
happen is for Douglas College
to become the governing body
of BCSF,’’ he said. This will be
accomplished, Styffe said, by
having D.C. student society
vice-president external Bob
Tinkess elected as BCSF trea-
surer and former student soc-
iety president Dave Johnson
‘elected as a member of the
executive.
-““BCSF will be Douglas Col-
lege to a certain extent,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘The treasurer’s office
will be on this campus.”’
Johnson is currently a stu-
dent at SFU, and although their
student society would like him
to run for election as their
delegate, Johnson will instead
run as part of the Douglas
College delegation. He is also
an honorary member of the
D.C. student society.
Styffe said that this can be
accomplished by having Walt
- by Bill Burnham
Although breast milk con-
tamination is a world-wide pro-
blem the B.C. Ministry of
Health is doubtful the alarm
_,jconcerning breast milk contam-
ination should worry nursing
mothers in this province.
Dr. Anthony Larson, Director
of Epidemiology for B.C., said
people started becoming con-
cerned after seeing the pro-
gram ‘‘C.T.V. Report Inquiry’’,
last December. The television
program presented one case
--|where a woman had her breast
{milk analysed by the University
of Guelph. The results showed
ja high concentration of DDT:
and PCB’s (polychlorinated bi-
phenyls); that the baby was
‘|receiving 2% times more DDT,
and 1% times more PCB’s than
recommended by health auth-
‘| orities.
Dr. Larson said that his
_|department has recently estab-
‘|lished a program whereby they
will randomly sample the milk
from 100 women. He said the
program could not possibly test
the milk of all nursing mothers.
because of the fact that there
are more than 36,000 babies
born each year in B.C. Larson
said, ‘‘we cannot offer an
» jindividual service; what we’re
trying to find out is, is there a
+|problem in B.C.?’’
A Canadian study carried out
ten years ago, revealed the fact
that ‘insecticide residues are
'|present in the human body, and
that babies fed breast milk
would be exposed to high levels
of these chemicals. .
Chemicals like DDT and
PCB’s are stored in body fat,
-Jand are stored in the fat of
breastmilk..Other contaminates
‘Jare also present in human milk,
Van der Kamp, a Douglas
College delegate (Bob Tinkess
is the other), relinquish his
delegation to Johnson during
the election.
‘Styffe and Van der Kamp
both claim that the past BCSF
executives have-been a major
problem in getting new mem-
bers to join the organization.
Last week the University of
Victoria student body voted not
to join BCSF, and Styffe attri-
buted this decision to the past
executives. ‘‘This has been a
problem in a lot of institutions.
The reason they didn’t join was
because of the old executive.”’
Van der Kamp was in agree-
ment. ‘‘There has been per-
sonal conflict in the past be-
tween BCSF and other institut-
ions--UBC for instance--and
hopefully this will change with
the new executive.’’
Styffe is confident that if
Tinkess, Johnson and the SFU
candidates (which include for-
mer Langara student president
Gordie Bell) are elected, it will
mean more support for BCSF.
“With the new executive
from Douglas College a lot of
institutions will join,’’ he said.
‘“We tend to be more rational.’’
Styffe also said that the
finances of BCSF will be in
more capable hands. “‘We’re
more financially capable and
have the know-how,’’ he said.
‘The past executive seemed to
fritter away the money.”’
Breast milk»
contamination
but DDT and PCB’s show up in
the highest concentration and
are the easiest to detect. Both
these chemical compounds per-
sist in the environment, accu-
mulating in human animal fat.
The La Leche League, an
international organization de-
voted to the practice of breast-
feeding, feels that women
shouldn’t concern themselves
unless they’ve been exposed to
an industrial spill.
The Department of National
Health and Welfare initiated a
committee to look into the
problem of PCB’s in human
milk. The committee’s report
said that there are no cases of
infant illness in Canada or the
U.S. associated with PCB's in
breastmilk. Their recommen-
dation was that women contin-
ue breastfeeding, that it is ‘‘the
optimal manner of infant feed-
ing.”’
Some of the known benefits
of breastfeeding are: breast-
milk provides excellent nutrit-
ion, it is easy to digest, it
protects the infant from aller-
gies, infections and disease.
Breastfed babies suffer from
fewer infections, they are less
prone to anemia,: plus the fact
they benefit from the increased
physical contact with their
mothers. There is also evidence
which suggests. it may have
long-term protettive ¢ffects for
such adult disorders as obesity
and heart disease.
“Campus Life”
Surrey
4 room complex
. company,”’
Wed. 4:00 P.M. .
¥ D.C. students to take over BCSF?
Barbara Bowmar
New ABE phonics drawing displayed by Coquitlam p
Ann Kitching, Nora Boyer and
Douglas College ABE expands
by Rob Guzyk
The Douglas College Adult
Basic Education program is
being expanded to include
courses to teach adults how to
read and write. This pilot
program is being expected to
start in January on the Coquit-
lam campus.
According to the 1971 Can-
ada Census, 27 per cent of the
people in the Douglas College
region have less than a grade
nine education. 70,000 people
have less than a grade five
education.
The program will cost $74,-
000 and is being funded by the
Ministry of Education. These
funds will cover the cost of
advertising, manuals and sal- -
Money-back guarantee
by Bill Burnham
oluntary refundable student
fees could work at Douglas
College,’’ student society pre-
sident, Tom Styffe said last
week.
Styffe was given direction by
the Multi Campus Council to
investigate how other colleges
and universities implemented
voluntary refundable student
fees; whereby students can
receive a refund on their stu-
dent activity fees if they request
ie
Presently there are seven
post secondary institutions
across Canada which have re-
fundable fees. According to
Styffe, the University of Water-
loo is the only one in which it
works. Ee
‘The. student federation at
Waterloo ‘‘is not a’society it’s a
said Styffe. “‘It
works because they can runas a
corporate situation, they don’t
have to be democratic.’’ Wat-
erloo has been operating under
voluntary refundable fees for
the last two semesters during
which time their budget has
decreased by 7 per cent.
aries.
The program will rely on
volunteer tutors who will be
under the direction of a paid
co-ordinator. Tutors will work
on an individualized program of
ten students to one tutor.
“It has been found that
non-professional tutors make
better teachers,’’ said Barbara
Bowman, co-ordinator of the
Individualized Adult Reading
Commission. She added,
“training will involve about 15
hours and will probably be held
on Saturdays.’
Attempts to acquire tutors
will be made through news-
papers, libraries, radio talk-
shows and television.
‘‘The Instructional Resources
Styffe said the Waterloo stu-
dent federation owns and oper-
ates such facilities as a pub;
bookstores, laundry mats, anda
pizza store and that they all
operate at a profit. ‘‘If there is a
demand for a service they
should be able to at least offer
that service at cost,’’ he said.
If students want refundable
fees at Douglas, the money to
run things will have to come
from a business, said Styffe.
“‘But we haven’t got a busi-
ness, so it’s got to come from
the students.”’
The Douglas College student
council has only a few services
which operate at a profit, such
as the pubs...The housing list,
_the free swimming, the legal
services are all directly subsi-
dized by student activity fees.
‘J. don’t. care about the
services; about the housing, the
free swimming, the pubs or:
anything else, the students can
get. along -without that,’’ said
Styffe. “What I do care about is
whether we have somebody at
the meetings to say NO!, we
don’t want our tuition fees to go
up. That is the:important thing.
‘‘Répresentation costs mon-
ey, you cannot have proper
Center on campus has helped
by producing suitable drawings
for adults’’, stated Bowman.
‘‘Present phonic books are child
-oriented and are demeaning to
adults attempting to learn liter-
acy skills.’’
Coquitlam principal Ann
Kitching expressed enthusiasm
for the project. She stated, ‘‘I
would like to see the Coquitlam
campus make an effort to get
this program started as an
example to other colleges.”’
If the literacy program at
Douglas College is successful
the Ministry of Education will
probably adopt the program to
other community colleges in
nC.
representation (to serve «on
committees) unless you can
financially support it,’’ he said.
He added that in the event the
student society budget decrea-
sed by a large sum, the student
society would probably fold.
Styffe pointed out that Laur-
entian has a student body the
same size as Douglas, and that
its student society went broke
after introducing voluntary re-
fundable fees. ‘‘The society
immediately folded up, and the
students were without services
for a year; their tuition went up,
their book prices went up, they
lost all their representation on
committees.’’
Styffe said he thinks refund-
able fees could-work at Douglas
but that he doesn’t think the | -
- society is ready for them at this
time.
- “First we must get ourselves
into the position where, if we
have a referendum on voluntary
refundable student fees and it
passes, we.can handle it,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘I’ don’t think we're
ready for it. We’re certainly
ready for it morally, and the
students are ready for it,.but I.
don’t think we (the council) are
ready for it financially.”’
THE OTHER PRESS OCT 24, 1978
by Keith Baldrey
If all goes as planned, the
British Columbia Students
Federation’s executive will un-
dergo a major shakeup during
BCSF’s upcoming conference
this weekend at Douglas Col-
lege’s Richmond campus.
Tom Styffe, Douglas College
student society president, said
that Douglas College and Simon
Fraser University student soc-
iety representatives will be-
come the new executive of
BCSF.
“What I would like to see
happen is for Douglas College
to become the governing body
of BCSF,’’ he said. This will be
accomplished, Styffe said, by
having D.C. student society
vice-president external Bob
Tinkess elected as BCSF trea-
surer and former student soc-
iety president Dave Johnson
‘elected as a member of the
executive.
-““BCSF will be Douglas Col-
lege to a certain extent,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘The treasurer’s office
will be on this campus.”’
Johnson is currently a stu-
dent at SFU, and although their
student society would like him
to run for election as their
delegate, Johnson will instead
run as part of the Douglas
College delegation. He is also
an honorary member of the
D.C. student society.
Styffe said that this can be
accomplished by having Walt
- by Bill Burnham
Although breast milk con-
tamination is a world-wide pro-
blem the B.C. Ministry of
Health is doubtful the alarm
_,jconcerning breast milk contam-
ination should worry nursing
mothers in this province.
Dr. Anthony Larson, Director
of Epidemiology for B.C., said
people started becoming con-
cerned after seeing the pro-
gram ‘‘C.T.V. Report Inquiry’’,
last December. The television
program presented one case
--|where a woman had her breast
{milk analysed by the University
of Guelph. The results showed
ja high concentration of DDT:
and PCB’s (polychlorinated bi-
phenyls); that the baby was
‘|receiving 2% times more DDT,
and 1% times more PCB’s than
recommended by health auth-
‘| orities.
Dr. Larson said that his
_|department has recently estab-
‘|lished a program whereby they
will randomly sample the milk
from 100 women. He said the
program could not possibly test
the milk of all nursing mothers.
because of the fact that there
are more than 36,000 babies
born each year in B.C. Larson
said, ‘‘we cannot offer an
» jindividual service; what we’re
trying to find out is, is there a
+|problem in B.C.?’’
A Canadian study carried out
ten years ago, revealed the fact
that ‘insecticide residues are
'|present in the human body, and
that babies fed breast milk
would be exposed to high levels
of these chemicals. .
Chemicals like DDT and
PCB’s are stored in body fat,
-Jand are stored in the fat of
breastmilk..Other contaminates
‘Jare also present in human milk,
Van der Kamp, a Douglas
College delegate (Bob Tinkess
is the other), relinquish his
delegation to Johnson during
the election.
‘Styffe and Van der Kamp
both claim that the past BCSF
executives have-been a major
problem in getting new mem-
bers to join the organization.
Last week the University of
Victoria student body voted not
to join BCSF, and Styffe attri-
buted this decision to the past
executives. ‘‘This has been a
problem in a lot of institutions.
The reason they didn’t join was
because of the old executive.”’
Van der Kamp was in agree-
ment. ‘‘There has been per-
sonal conflict in the past be-
tween BCSF and other institut-
ions--UBC for instance--and
hopefully this will change with
the new executive.’’
Styffe is confident that if
Tinkess, Johnson and the SFU
candidates (which include for-
mer Langara student president
Gordie Bell) are elected, it will
mean more support for BCSF.
“With the new executive
from Douglas College a lot of
institutions will join,’’ he said.
‘“We tend to be more rational.’’
Styffe also said that the
finances of BCSF will be in
more capable hands. “‘We’re
more financially capable and
have the know-how,’’ he said.
‘The past executive seemed to
fritter away the money.”’
Breast milk»
contamination
but DDT and PCB’s show up in
the highest concentration and
are the easiest to detect. Both
these chemical compounds per-
sist in the environment, accu-
mulating in human animal fat.
The La Leche League, an
international organization de-
voted to the practice of breast-
feeding, feels that women
shouldn’t concern themselves
unless they’ve been exposed to
an industrial spill.
The Department of National
Health and Welfare initiated a
committee to look into the
problem of PCB’s in human
milk. The committee’s report
said that there are no cases of
infant illness in Canada or the
U.S. associated with PCB's in
breastmilk. Their recommen-
dation was that women contin-
ue breastfeeding, that it is ‘‘the
optimal manner of infant feed-
ing.”’
Some of the known benefits
of breastfeeding are: breast-
milk provides excellent nutrit-
ion, it is easy to digest, it
protects the infant from aller-
gies, infections and disease.
Breastfed babies suffer from
fewer infections, they are less
prone to anemia,: plus the fact
they benefit from the increased
physical contact with their
mothers. There is also evidence
which suggests. it may have
long-term protettive ¢ffects for
such adult disorders as obesity
and heart disease.
“Campus Life”
Surrey
4 room complex
. company,”’
Wed. 4:00 P.M. .
¥ D.C. students to take over BCSF?
Barbara Bowmar
New ABE phonics drawing displayed by Coquitlam p
Ann Kitching, Nora Boyer and
Douglas College ABE expands
by Rob Guzyk
The Douglas College Adult
Basic Education program is
being expanded to include
courses to teach adults how to
read and write. This pilot
program is being expected to
start in January on the Coquit-
lam campus.
According to the 1971 Can-
ada Census, 27 per cent of the
people in the Douglas College
region have less than a grade
nine education. 70,000 people
have less than a grade five
education.
The program will cost $74,-
000 and is being funded by the
Ministry of Education. These
funds will cover the cost of
advertising, manuals and sal- -
Money-back guarantee
by Bill Burnham
oluntary refundable student
fees could work at Douglas
College,’’ student society pre-
sident, Tom Styffe said last
week.
Styffe was given direction by
the Multi Campus Council to
investigate how other colleges
and universities implemented
voluntary refundable student
fees; whereby students can
receive a refund on their stu-
dent activity fees if they request
ie
Presently there are seven
post secondary institutions
across Canada which have re-
fundable fees. According to
Styffe, the University of Water-
loo is the only one in which it
works. Ee
‘The. student federation at
Waterloo ‘‘is not a’society it’s a
said Styffe. “‘It
works because they can runas a
corporate situation, they don’t
have to be democratic.’’ Wat-
erloo has been operating under
voluntary refundable fees for
the last two semesters during
which time their budget has
decreased by 7 per cent.
aries.
The program will rely on
volunteer tutors who will be
under the direction of a paid
co-ordinator. Tutors will work
on an individualized program of
ten students to one tutor.
“It has been found that
non-professional tutors make
better teachers,’’ said Barbara
Bowman, co-ordinator of the
Individualized Adult Reading
Commission. She added,
“training will involve about 15
hours and will probably be held
on Saturdays.’
Attempts to acquire tutors
will be made through news-
papers, libraries, radio talk-
shows and television.
‘‘The Instructional Resources
Styffe said the Waterloo stu-
dent federation owns and oper-
ates such facilities as a pub;
bookstores, laundry mats, anda
pizza store and that they all
operate at a profit. ‘‘If there is a
demand for a service they
should be able to at least offer
that service at cost,’’ he said.
If students want refundable
fees at Douglas, the money to
run things will have to come
from a business, said Styffe.
“‘But we haven’t got a busi-
ness, so it’s got to come from
the students.”’
The Douglas College student
council has only a few services
which operate at a profit, such
as the pubs...The housing list,
_the free swimming, the legal
services are all directly subsi-
dized by student activity fees.
‘J. don’t. care about the
services; about the housing, the
free swimming, the pubs or:
anything else, the students can
get. along -without that,’’ said
Styffe. “What I do care about is
whether we have somebody at
the meetings to say NO!, we
don’t want our tuition fees to go
up. That is the:important thing.
‘‘Répresentation costs mon-
ey, you cannot have proper
Center on campus has helped
by producing suitable drawings
for adults’’, stated Bowman.
‘‘Present phonic books are child
-oriented and are demeaning to
adults attempting to learn liter-
acy skills.’’
Coquitlam principal Ann
Kitching expressed enthusiasm
for the project. She stated, ‘‘I
would like to see the Coquitlam
campus make an effort to get
this program started as an
example to other colleges.”’
If the literacy program at
Douglas College is successful
the Ministry of Education will
probably adopt the program to
other community colleges in
nC.
representation (to serve «on
committees) unless you can
financially support it,’’ he said.
He added that in the event the
student society budget decrea-
sed by a large sum, the student
society would probably fold.
Styffe pointed out that Laur-
entian has a student body the
same size as Douglas, and that
its student society went broke
after introducing voluntary re-
fundable fees. ‘‘The society
immediately folded up, and the
students were without services
for a year; their tuition went up,
their book prices went up, they
lost all their representation on
committees.’’
Styffe said he thinks refund-
able fees could-work at Douglas
but that he doesn’t think the | -
- society is ready for them at this
time.
- “First we must get ourselves
into the position where, if we
have a referendum on voluntary
refundable student fees and it
passes, we.can handle it,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘I’ don’t think we're
ready for it. We’re certainly
ready for it morally, and the
students are ready for it,.but I.
don’t think we (the council) are
ready for it financially.”’
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THE OTHER PRESS OCT 24, 1978
by Keith Baldrey
If all goes as planned, the
British Columbia Students
Federation’s executive will un-
dergo a major shakeup during
BCSF’s upcoming conference
this weekend at Douglas Col-
lege’s Richmond campus.
Tom Styffe, Douglas College
student society president, said
that Douglas College and Simon
Fraser University student soc-
iety representatives will be-
come the new executive of
BCSF.
“What I would like to see
happen is for Douglas College
to become the governing body
of BCSF,’’ he said. This will be
accomplished, Styffe said, by
having D.C. student society
vice-president external Bob
Tinkess elected as BCSF trea-
surer and former student soc-
iety president Dave Johnson
‘elected as a member of the
executive.
-““BCSF will be Douglas Col-
lege to a certain extent,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘The treasurer’s office
will be on this campus.”’
Johnson is currently a stu-
dent at SFU, and although their
student society would like him
to run for election as their
delegate, Johnson will instead
run as part of the Douglas
College delegation. He is also
an honorary member of the
D.C. student society.
Styffe said that this can be
accomplished by having Walt
- by Bill Burnham
Although breast milk con-
tamination is a world-wide pro-
blem the B.C. Ministry of
Health is doubtful the alarm
_,jconcerning breast milk contam-
ination should worry nursing
mothers in this province.
Dr. Anthony Larson, Director
of Epidemiology for B.C., said
people started becoming con-
cerned after seeing the pro-
gram ‘‘C.T.V. Report Inquiry’’,
last December. The television
program presented one case
--|where a woman had her breast
{milk analysed by the University
of Guelph. The results showed
ja high concentration of DDT:
and PCB’s (polychlorinated bi-
phenyls); that the baby was
‘|receiving 2% times more DDT,
and 1% times more PCB’s than
recommended by health auth-
‘| orities.
Dr. Larson said that his
_|department has recently estab-
‘|lished a program whereby they
will randomly sample the milk
from 100 women. He said the
program could not possibly test
the milk of all nursing mothers.
because of the fact that there
are more than 36,000 babies
born each year in B.C. Larson
said, ‘‘we cannot offer an
» jindividual service; what we’re
trying to find out is, is there a
+|problem in B.C.?’’
A Canadian study carried out
ten years ago, revealed the fact
that ‘insecticide residues are
'|present in the human body, and
that babies fed breast milk
would be exposed to high levels
of these chemicals. .
Chemicals like DDT and
PCB’s are stored in body fat,
-Jand are stored in the fat of
breastmilk..Other contaminates
‘Jare also present in human milk,
Van der Kamp, a Douglas
College delegate (Bob Tinkess
is the other), relinquish his
delegation to Johnson during
the election.
‘Styffe and Van der Kamp
both claim that the past BCSF
executives have-been a major
problem in getting new mem-
bers to join the organization.
Last week the University of
Victoria student body voted not
to join BCSF, and Styffe attri-
buted this decision to the past
executives. ‘‘This has been a
problem in a lot of institutions.
The reason they didn’t join was
because of the old executive.”’
Van der Kamp was in agree-
ment. ‘‘There has been per-
sonal conflict in the past be-
tween BCSF and other institut-
ions--UBC for instance--and
hopefully this will change with
the new executive.’’
Styffe is confident that if
Tinkess, Johnson and the SFU
candidates (which include for-
mer Langara student president
Gordie Bell) are elected, it will
mean more support for BCSF.
“With the new executive
from Douglas College a lot of
institutions will join,’’ he said.
‘“We tend to be more rational.’’
Styffe also said that the
finances of BCSF will be in
more capable hands. “‘We’re
more financially capable and
have the know-how,’’ he said.
‘The past executive seemed to
fritter away the money.”’
Breast milk»
contamination
but DDT and PCB’s show up in
the highest concentration and
are the easiest to detect. Both
these chemical compounds per-
sist in the environment, accu-
mulating in human animal fat.
The La Leche League, an
international organization de-
voted to the practice of breast-
feeding, feels that women
shouldn’t concern themselves
unless they’ve been exposed to
an industrial spill.
The Department of National
Health and Welfare initiated a
committee to look into the
problem of PCB’s in human
milk. The committee’s report
said that there are no cases of
infant illness in Canada or the
U.S. associated with PCB's in
breastmilk. Their recommen-
dation was that women contin-
ue breastfeeding, that it is ‘‘the
optimal manner of infant feed-
ing.”’
Some of the known benefits
of breastfeeding are: breast-
milk provides excellent nutrit-
ion, it is easy to digest, it
protects the infant from aller-
gies, infections and disease.
Breastfed babies suffer from
fewer infections, they are less
prone to anemia,: plus the fact
they benefit from the increased
physical contact with their
mothers. There is also evidence
which suggests. it may have
long-term protettive ¢ffects for
such adult disorders as obesity
and heart disease.
“Campus Life”
Surrey
4 room complex
. company,”’
Wed. 4:00 P.M. .
¥ D.C. students to take over BCSF?
Barbara Bowmar
New ABE phonics drawing displayed by Coquitlam p
Ann Kitching, Nora Boyer and
Douglas College ABE expands
by Rob Guzyk
The Douglas College Adult
Basic Education program is
being expanded to include
courses to teach adults how to
read and write. This pilot
program is being expected to
start in January on the Coquit-
lam campus.
According to the 1971 Can-
ada Census, 27 per cent of the
people in the Douglas College
region have less than a grade
nine education. 70,000 people
have less than a grade five
education.
The program will cost $74,-
000 and is being funded by the
Ministry of Education. These
funds will cover the cost of
advertising, manuals and sal- -
Money-back guarantee
by Bill Burnham
oluntary refundable student
fees could work at Douglas
College,’’ student society pre-
sident, Tom Styffe said last
week.
Styffe was given direction by
the Multi Campus Council to
investigate how other colleges
and universities implemented
voluntary refundable student
fees; whereby students can
receive a refund on their stu-
dent activity fees if they request
ie
Presently there are seven
post secondary institutions
across Canada which have re-
fundable fees. According to
Styffe, the University of Water-
loo is the only one in which it
works. Ee
‘The. student federation at
Waterloo ‘‘is not a’society it’s a
said Styffe. “‘It
works because they can runas a
corporate situation, they don’t
have to be democratic.’’ Wat-
erloo has been operating under
voluntary refundable fees for
the last two semesters during
which time their budget has
decreased by 7 per cent.
aries.
The program will rely on
volunteer tutors who will be
under the direction of a paid
co-ordinator. Tutors will work
on an individualized program of
ten students to one tutor.
“It has been found that
non-professional tutors make
better teachers,’’ said Barbara
Bowman, co-ordinator of the
Individualized Adult Reading
Commission. She added,
“training will involve about 15
hours and will probably be held
on Saturdays.’
Attempts to acquire tutors
will be made through news-
papers, libraries, radio talk-
shows and television.
‘‘The Instructional Resources
Styffe said the Waterloo stu-
dent federation owns and oper-
ates such facilities as a pub;
bookstores, laundry mats, anda
pizza store and that they all
operate at a profit. ‘‘If there is a
demand for a service they
should be able to at least offer
that service at cost,’’ he said.
If students want refundable
fees at Douglas, the money to
run things will have to come
from a business, said Styffe.
“‘But we haven’t got a busi-
ness, so it’s got to come from
the students.”’
The Douglas College student
council has only a few services
which operate at a profit, such
as the pubs...The housing list,
_the free swimming, the legal
services are all directly subsi-
dized by student activity fees.
‘J. don’t. care about the
services; about the housing, the
free swimming, the pubs or:
anything else, the students can
get. along -without that,’’ said
Styffe. “What I do care about is
whether we have somebody at
the meetings to say NO!, we
don’t want our tuition fees to go
up. That is the:important thing.
‘‘Répresentation costs mon-
ey, you cannot have proper
Center on campus has helped
by producing suitable drawings
for adults’’, stated Bowman.
‘‘Present phonic books are child
-oriented and are demeaning to
adults attempting to learn liter-
acy skills.’’
Coquitlam principal Ann
Kitching expressed enthusiasm
for the project. She stated, ‘‘I
would like to see the Coquitlam
campus make an effort to get
this program started as an
example to other colleges.”’
If the literacy program at
Douglas College is successful
the Ministry of Education will
probably adopt the program to
other community colleges in
nC.
representation (to serve «on
committees) unless you can
financially support it,’’ he said.
He added that in the event the
student society budget decrea-
sed by a large sum, the student
society would probably fold.
Styffe pointed out that Laur-
entian has a student body the
same size as Douglas, and that
its student society went broke
after introducing voluntary re-
fundable fees. ‘‘The society
immediately folded up, and the
students were without services
for a year; their tuition went up,
their book prices went up, they
lost all their representation on
committees.’’
Styffe said he thinks refund-
able fees could-work at Douglas
but that he doesn’t think the | -
- society is ready for them at this
time.
- “First we must get ourselves
into the position where, if we
have a referendum on voluntary
refundable student fees and it
passes, we.can handle it,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘I’ don’t think we're
ready for it. We’re certainly
ready for it morally, and the
students are ready for it,.but I.
don’t think we (the council) are
ready for it financially.”’
THE OTHER PRESS OCT 24, 1978
by Keith Baldrey
If all goes as planned, the
British Columbia Students
Federation’s executive will un-
dergo a major shakeup during
BCSF’s upcoming conference
this weekend at Douglas Col-
lege’s Richmond campus.
Tom Styffe, Douglas College
student society president, said
that Douglas College and Simon
Fraser University student soc-
iety representatives will be-
come the new executive of
BCSF.
“What I would like to see
happen is for Douglas College
to become the governing body
of BCSF,’’ he said. This will be
accomplished, Styffe said, by
having D.C. student society
vice-president external Bob
Tinkess elected as BCSF trea-
surer and former student soc-
iety president Dave Johnson
‘elected as a member of the
executive.
-““BCSF will be Douglas Col-
lege to a certain extent,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘The treasurer’s office
will be on this campus.”’
Johnson is currently a stu-
dent at SFU, and although their
student society would like him
to run for election as their
delegate, Johnson will instead
run as part of the Douglas
College delegation. He is also
an honorary member of the
D.C. student society.
Styffe said that this can be
accomplished by having Walt
- by Bill Burnham
Although breast milk con-
tamination is a world-wide pro-
blem the B.C. Ministry of
Health is doubtful the alarm
_,jconcerning breast milk contam-
ination should worry nursing
mothers in this province.
Dr. Anthony Larson, Director
of Epidemiology for B.C., said
people started becoming con-
cerned after seeing the pro-
gram ‘‘C.T.V. Report Inquiry’’,
last December. The television
program presented one case
--|where a woman had her breast
{milk analysed by the University
of Guelph. The results showed
ja high concentration of DDT:
and PCB’s (polychlorinated bi-
phenyls); that the baby was
‘|receiving 2% times more DDT,
and 1% times more PCB’s than
recommended by health auth-
‘| orities.
Dr. Larson said that his
_|department has recently estab-
‘|lished a program whereby they
will randomly sample the milk
from 100 women. He said the
program could not possibly test
the milk of all nursing mothers.
because of the fact that there
are more than 36,000 babies
born each year in B.C. Larson
said, ‘‘we cannot offer an
» jindividual service; what we’re
trying to find out is, is there a
+|problem in B.C.?’’
A Canadian study carried out
ten years ago, revealed the fact
that ‘insecticide residues are
'|present in the human body, and
that babies fed breast milk
would be exposed to high levels
of these chemicals. .
Chemicals like DDT and
PCB’s are stored in body fat,
-Jand are stored in the fat of
breastmilk..Other contaminates
‘Jare also present in human milk,
Van der Kamp, a Douglas
College delegate (Bob Tinkess
is the other), relinquish his
delegation to Johnson during
the election.
‘Styffe and Van der Kamp
both claim that the past BCSF
executives have-been a major
problem in getting new mem-
bers to join the organization.
Last week the University of
Victoria student body voted not
to join BCSF, and Styffe attri-
buted this decision to the past
executives. ‘‘This has been a
problem in a lot of institutions.
The reason they didn’t join was
because of the old executive.”’
Van der Kamp was in agree-
ment. ‘‘There has been per-
sonal conflict in the past be-
tween BCSF and other institut-
ions--UBC for instance--and
hopefully this will change with
the new executive.’’
Styffe is confident that if
Tinkess, Johnson and the SFU
candidates (which include for-
mer Langara student president
Gordie Bell) are elected, it will
mean more support for BCSF.
“With the new executive
from Douglas College a lot of
institutions will join,’’ he said.
‘“We tend to be more rational.’’
Styffe also said that the
finances of BCSF will be in
more capable hands. “‘We’re
more financially capable and
have the know-how,’’ he said.
‘The past executive seemed to
fritter away the money.”’
Breast milk»
contamination
but DDT and PCB’s show up in
the highest concentration and
are the easiest to detect. Both
these chemical compounds per-
sist in the environment, accu-
mulating in human animal fat.
The La Leche League, an
international organization de-
voted to the practice of breast-
feeding, feels that women
shouldn’t concern themselves
unless they’ve been exposed to
an industrial spill.
The Department of National
Health and Welfare initiated a
committee to look into the
problem of PCB’s in human
milk. The committee’s report
said that there are no cases of
infant illness in Canada or the
U.S. associated with PCB's in
breastmilk. Their recommen-
dation was that women contin-
ue breastfeeding, that it is ‘‘the
optimal manner of infant feed-
ing.”’
Some of the known benefits
of breastfeeding are: breast-
milk provides excellent nutrit-
ion, it is easy to digest, it
protects the infant from aller-
gies, infections and disease.
Breastfed babies suffer from
fewer infections, they are less
prone to anemia,: plus the fact
they benefit from the increased
physical contact with their
mothers. There is also evidence
which suggests. it may have
long-term protettive ¢ffects for
such adult disorders as obesity
and heart disease.
“Campus Life”
Surrey
4 room complex
. company,”’
Wed. 4:00 P.M. .
¥ D.C. students to take over BCSF?
Barbara Bowmar
New ABE phonics drawing displayed by Coquitlam p
Ann Kitching, Nora Boyer and
Douglas College ABE expands
by Rob Guzyk
The Douglas College Adult
Basic Education program is
being expanded to include
courses to teach adults how to
read and write. This pilot
program is being expected to
start in January on the Coquit-
lam campus.
According to the 1971 Can-
ada Census, 27 per cent of the
people in the Douglas College
region have less than a grade
nine education. 70,000 people
have less than a grade five
education.
The program will cost $74,-
000 and is being funded by the
Ministry of Education. These
funds will cover the cost of
advertising, manuals and sal- -
Money-back guarantee
by Bill Burnham
oluntary refundable student
fees could work at Douglas
College,’’ student society pre-
sident, Tom Styffe said last
week.
Styffe was given direction by
the Multi Campus Council to
investigate how other colleges
and universities implemented
voluntary refundable student
fees; whereby students can
receive a refund on their stu-
dent activity fees if they request
ie
Presently there are seven
post secondary institutions
across Canada which have re-
fundable fees. According to
Styffe, the University of Water-
loo is the only one in which it
works. Ee
‘The. student federation at
Waterloo ‘‘is not a’society it’s a
said Styffe. “‘It
works because they can runas a
corporate situation, they don’t
have to be democratic.’’ Wat-
erloo has been operating under
voluntary refundable fees for
the last two semesters during
which time their budget has
decreased by 7 per cent.
aries.
The program will rely on
volunteer tutors who will be
under the direction of a paid
co-ordinator. Tutors will work
on an individualized program of
ten students to one tutor.
“It has been found that
non-professional tutors make
better teachers,’’ said Barbara
Bowman, co-ordinator of the
Individualized Adult Reading
Commission. She added,
“training will involve about 15
hours and will probably be held
on Saturdays.’
Attempts to acquire tutors
will be made through news-
papers, libraries, radio talk-
shows and television.
‘‘The Instructional Resources
Styffe said the Waterloo stu-
dent federation owns and oper-
ates such facilities as a pub;
bookstores, laundry mats, anda
pizza store and that they all
operate at a profit. ‘‘If there is a
demand for a service they
should be able to at least offer
that service at cost,’’ he said.
If students want refundable
fees at Douglas, the money to
run things will have to come
from a business, said Styffe.
“‘But we haven’t got a busi-
ness, so it’s got to come from
the students.”’
The Douglas College student
council has only a few services
which operate at a profit, such
as the pubs...The housing list,
_the free swimming, the legal
services are all directly subsi-
dized by student activity fees.
‘J. don’t. care about the
services; about the housing, the
free swimming, the pubs or:
anything else, the students can
get. along -without that,’’ said
Styffe. “What I do care about is
whether we have somebody at
the meetings to say NO!, we
don’t want our tuition fees to go
up. That is the:important thing.
‘‘Répresentation costs mon-
ey, you cannot have proper
Center on campus has helped
by producing suitable drawings
for adults’’, stated Bowman.
‘‘Present phonic books are child
-oriented and are demeaning to
adults attempting to learn liter-
acy skills.’’
Coquitlam principal Ann
Kitching expressed enthusiasm
for the project. She stated, ‘‘I
would like to see the Coquitlam
campus make an effort to get
this program started as an
example to other colleges.”’
If the literacy program at
Douglas College is successful
the Ministry of Education will
probably adopt the program to
other community colleges in
nC.
representation (to serve «on
committees) unless you can
financially support it,’’ he said.
He added that in the event the
student society budget decrea-
sed by a large sum, the student
society would probably fold.
Styffe pointed out that Laur-
entian has a student body the
same size as Douglas, and that
its student society went broke
after introducing voluntary re-
fundable fees. ‘‘The society
immediately folded up, and the
students were without services
for a year; their tuition went up,
their book prices went up, they
lost all their representation on
committees.’’
Styffe said he thinks refund-
able fees could-work at Douglas
but that he doesn’t think the | -
- society is ready for them at this
time.
- “First we must get ourselves
into the position where, if we
have a referendum on voluntary
refundable student fees and it
passes, we.can handle it,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘I’ don’t think we're
ready for it. We’re certainly
ready for it morally, and the
students are ready for it,.but I.
don’t think we (the council) are
ready for it financially.”’
THE OTHER PRESS OCT 24, 1978
by Keith Baldrey
If all goes as planned, the
British Columbia Students
Federation’s executive will un-
dergo a major shakeup during
BCSF’s upcoming conference
this weekend at Douglas Col-
lege’s Richmond campus.
Tom Styffe, Douglas College
student society president, said
that Douglas College and Simon
Fraser University student soc-
iety representatives will be-
come the new executive of
BCSF.
“What I would like to see
happen is for Douglas College
to become the governing body
of BCSF,’’ he said. This will be
accomplished, Styffe said, by
having D.C. student society
vice-president external Bob
Tinkess elected as BCSF trea-
surer and former student soc-
iety president Dave Johnson
‘elected as a member of the
executive.
-““BCSF will be Douglas Col-
lege to a certain extent,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘The treasurer’s office
will be on this campus.”’
Johnson is currently a stu-
dent at SFU, and although their
student society would like him
to run for election as their
delegate, Johnson will instead
run as part of the Douglas
College delegation. He is also
an honorary member of the
D.C. student society.
Styffe said that this can be
accomplished by having Walt
- by Bill Burnham
Although breast milk con-
tamination is a world-wide pro-
blem the B.C. Ministry of
Health is doubtful the alarm
_,jconcerning breast milk contam-
ination should worry nursing
mothers in this province.
Dr. Anthony Larson, Director
of Epidemiology for B.C., said
people started becoming con-
cerned after seeing the pro-
gram ‘‘C.T.V. Report Inquiry’’,
last December. The television
program presented one case
--|where a woman had her breast
{milk analysed by the University
of Guelph. The results showed
ja high concentration of DDT:
and PCB’s (polychlorinated bi-
phenyls); that the baby was
‘|receiving 2% times more DDT,
and 1% times more PCB’s than
recommended by health auth-
‘| orities.
Dr. Larson said that his
_|department has recently estab-
‘|lished a program whereby they
will randomly sample the milk
from 100 women. He said the
program could not possibly test
the milk of all nursing mothers.
because of the fact that there
are more than 36,000 babies
born each year in B.C. Larson
said, ‘‘we cannot offer an
» jindividual service; what we’re
trying to find out is, is there a
+|problem in B.C.?’’
A Canadian study carried out
ten years ago, revealed the fact
that ‘insecticide residues are
'|present in the human body, and
that babies fed breast milk
would be exposed to high levels
of these chemicals. .
Chemicals like DDT and
PCB’s are stored in body fat,
-Jand are stored in the fat of
breastmilk..Other contaminates
‘Jare also present in human milk,
Van der Kamp, a Douglas
College delegate (Bob Tinkess
is the other), relinquish his
delegation to Johnson during
the election.
‘Styffe and Van der Kamp
both claim that the past BCSF
executives have-been a major
problem in getting new mem-
bers to join the organization.
Last week the University of
Victoria student body voted not
to join BCSF, and Styffe attri-
buted this decision to the past
executives. ‘‘This has been a
problem in a lot of institutions.
The reason they didn’t join was
because of the old executive.”’
Van der Kamp was in agree-
ment. ‘‘There has been per-
sonal conflict in the past be-
tween BCSF and other institut-
ions--UBC for instance--and
hopefully this will change with
the new executive.’’
Styffe is confident that if
Tinkess, Johnson and the SFU
candidates (which include for-
mer Langara student president
Gordie Bell) are elected, it will
mean more support for BCSF.
“With the new executive
from Douglas College a lot of
institutions will join,’’ he said.
‘“We tend to be more rational.’’
Styffe also said that the
finances of BCSF will be in
more capable hands. “‘We’re
more financially capable and
have the know-how,’’ he said.
‘The past executive seemed to
fritter away the money.”’
Breast milk»
contamination
but DDT and PCB’s show up in
the highest concentration and
are the easiest to detect. Both
these chemical compounds per-
sist in the environment, accu-
mulating in human animal fat.
The La Leche League, an
international organization de-
voted to the practice of breast-
feeding, feels that women
shouldn’t concern themselves
unless they’ve been exposed to
an industrial spill.
The Department of National
Health and Welfare initiated a
committee to look into the
problem of PCB’s in human
milk. The committee’s report
said that there are no cases of
infant illness in Canada or the
U.S. associated with PCB's in
breastmilk. Their recommen-
dation was that women contin-
ue breastfeeding, that it is ‘‘the
optimal manner of infant feed-
ing.”’
Some of the known benefits
of breastfeeding are: breast-
milk provides excellent nutrit-
ion, it is easy to digest, it
protects the infant from aller-
gies, infections and disease.
Breastfed babies suffer from
fewer infections, they are less
prone to anemia,: plus the fact
they benefit from the increased
physical contact with their
mothers. There is also evidence
which suggests. it may have
long-term protettive ¢ffects for
such adult disorders as obesity
and heart disease.
“Campus Life”
Surrey
4 room complex
. company,”’
Wed. 4:00 P.M. .
¥ D.C. students to take over BCSF?
Barbara Bowmar
New ABE phonics drawing displayed by Coquitlam p
Ann Kitching, Nora Boyer and
Douglas College ABE expands
by Rob Guzyk
The Douglas College Adult
Basic Education program is
being expanded to include
courses to teach adults how to
read and write. This pilot
program is being expected to
start in January on the Coquit-
lam campus.
According to the 1971 Can-
ada Census, 27 per cent of the
people in the Douglas College
region have less than a grade
nine education. 70,000 people
have less than a grade five
education.
The program will cost $74,-
000 and is being funded by the
Ministry of Education. These
funds will cover the cost of
advertising, manuals and sal- -
Money-back guarantee
by Bill Burnham
oluntary refundable student
fees could work at Douglas
College,’’ student society pre-
sident, Tom Styffe said last
week.
Styffe was given direction by
the Multi Campus Council to
investigate how other colleges
and universities implemented
voluntary refundable student
fees; whereby students can
receive a refund on their stu-
dent activity fees if they request
ie
Presently there are seven
post secondary institutions
across Canada which have re-
fundable fees. According to
Styffe, the University of Water-
loo is the only one in which it
works. Ee
‘The. student federation at
Waterloo ‘‘is not a’society it’s a
said Styffe. “‘It
works because they can runas a
corporate situation, they don’t
have to be democratic.’’ Wat-
erloo has been operating under
voluntary refundable fees for
the last two semesters during
which time their budget has
decreased by 7 per cent.
aries.
The program will rely on
volunteer tutors who will be
under the direction of a paid
co-ordinator. Tutors will work
on an individualized program of
ten students to one tutor.
“It has been found that
non-professional tutors make
better teachers,’’ said Barbara
Bowman, co-ordinator of the
Individualized Adult Reading
Commission. She added,
“training will involve about 15
hours and will probably be held
on Saturdays.’
Attempts to acquire tutors
will be made through news-
papers, libraries, radio talk-
shows and television.
‘‘The Instructional Resources
Styffe said the Waterloo stu-
dent federation owns and oper-
ates such facilities as a pub;
bookstores, laundry mats, anda
pizza store and that they all
operate at a profit. ‘‘If there is a
demand for a service they
should be able to at least offer
that service at cost,’’ he said.
If students want refundable
fees at Douglas, the money to
run things will have to come
from a business, said Styffe.
“‘But we haven’t got a busi-
ness, so it’s got to come from
the students.”’
The Douglas College student
council has only a few services
which operate at a profit, such
as the pubs...The housing list,
_the free swimming, the legal
services are all directly subsi-
dized by student activity fees.
‘J. don’t. care about the
services; about the housing, the
free swimming, the pubs or:
anything else, the students can
get. along -without that,’’ said
Styffe. “What I do care about is
whether we have somebody at
the meetings to say NO!, we
don’t want our tuition fees to go
up. That is the:important thing.
‘‘Répresentation costs mon-
ey, you cannot have proper
Center on campus has helped
by producing suitable drawings
for adults’’, stated Bowman.
‘‘Present phonic books are child
-oriented and are demeaning to
adults attempting to learn liter-
acy skills.’’
Coquitlam principal Ann
Kitching expressed enthusiasm
for the project. She stated, ‘‘I
would like to see the Coquitlam
campus make an effort to get
this program started as an
example to other colleges.”’
If the literacy program at
Douglas College is successful
the Ministry of Education will
probably adopt the program to
other community colleges in
nC.
representation (to serve «on
committees) unless you can
financially support it,’’ he said.
He added that in the event the
student society budget decrea-
sed by a large sum, the student
society would probably fold.
Styffe pointed out that Laur-
entian has a student body the
same size as Douglas, and that
its student society went broke
after introducing voluntary re-
fundable fees. ‘‘The society
immediately folded up, and the
students were without services
for a year; their tuition went up,
their book prices went up, they
lost all their representation on
committees.’’
Styffe said he thinks refund-
able fees could-work at Douglas
but that he doesn’t think the | -
- society is ready for them at this
time.
- “First we must get ourselves
into the position where, if we
have a referendum on voluntary
refundable student fees and it
passes, we.can handle it,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘I’ don’t think we're
ready for it. We’re certainly
ready for it morally, and the
students are ready for it,.but I.
don’t think we (the council) are
ready for it financially.”’
THE OTHER PRESS OCT 24, 1978
by Keith Baldrey
If all goes as planned, the
British Columbia Students
Federation’s executive will un-
dergo a major shakeup during
BCSF’s upcoming conference
this weekend at Douglas Col-
lege’s Richmond campus.
Tom Styffe, Douglas College
student society president, said
that Douglas College and Simon
Fraser University student soc-
iety representatives will be-
come the new executive of
BCSF.
“What I would like to see
happen is for Douglas College
to become the governing body
of BCSF,’’ he said. This will be
accomplished, Styffe said, by
having D.C. student society
vice-president external Bob
Tinkess elected as BCSF trea-
surer and former student soc-
iety president Dave Johnson
‘elected as a member of the
executive.
-““BCSF will be Douglas Col-
lege to a certain extent,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘The treasurer’s office
will be on this campus.”’
Johnson is currently a stu-
dent at SFU, and although their
student society would like him
to run for election as their
delegate, Johnson will instead
run as part of the Douglas
College delegation. He is also
an honorary member of the
D.C. student society.
Styffe said that this can be
accomplished by having Walt
- by Bill Burnham
Although breast milk con-
tamination is a world-wide pro-
blem the B.C. Ministry of
Health is doubtful the alarm
_,jconcerning breast milk contam-
ination should worry nursing
mothers in this province.
Dr. Anthony Larson, Director
of Epidemiology for B.C., said
people started becoming con-
cerned after seeing the pro-
gram ‘‘C.T.V. Report Inquiry’’,
last December. The television
program presented one case
--|where a woman had her breast
{milk analysed by the University
of Guelph. The results showed
ja high concentration of DDT:
and PCB’s (polychlorinated bi-
phenyls); that the baby was
‘|receiving 2% times more DDT,
and 1% times more PCB’s than
recommended by health auth-
‘| orities.
Dr. Larson said that his
_|department has recently estab-
‘|lished a program whereby they
will randomly sample the milk
from 100 women. He said the
program could not possibly test
the milk of all nursing mothers.
because of the fact that there
are more than 36,000 babies
born each year in B.C. Larson
said, ‘‘we cannot offer an
» jindividual service; what we’re
trying to find out is, is there a
+|problem in B.C.?’’
A Canadian study carried out
ten years ago, revealed the fact
that ‘insecticide residues are
'|present in the human body, and
that babies fed breast milk
would be exposed to high levels
of these chemicals. .
Chemicals like DDT and
PCB’s are stored in body fat,
-Jand are stored in the fat of
breastmilk..Other contaminates
‘Jare also present in human milk,
Van der Kamp, a Douglas
College delegate (Bob Tinkess
is the other), relinquish his
delegation to Johnson during
the election.
‘Styffe and Van der Kamp
both claim that the past BCSF
executives have-been a major
problem in getting new mem-
bers to join the organization.
Last week the University of
Victoria student body voted not
to join BCSF, and Styffe attri-
buted this decision to the past
executives. ‘‘This has been a
problem in a lot of institutions.
The reason they didn’t join was
because of the old executive.”’
Van der Kamp was in agree-
ment. ‘‘There has been per-
sonal conflict in the past be-
tween BCSF and other institut-
ions--UBC for instance--and
hopefully this will change with
the new executive.’’
Styffe is confident that if
Tinkess, Johnson and the SFU
candidates (which include for-
mer Langara student president
Gordie Bell) are elected, it will
mean more support for BCSF.
“With the new executive
from Douglas College a lot of
institutions will join,’’ he said.
‘“We tend to be more rational.’’
Styffe also said that the
finances of BCSF will be in
more capable hands. “‘We’re
more financially capable and
have the know-how,’’ he said.
‘The past executive seemed to
fritter away the money.”’
Breast milk»
contamination
but DDT and PCB’s show up in
the highest concentration and
are the easiest to detect. Both
these chemical compounds per-
sist in the environment, accu-
mulating in human animal fat.
The La Leche League, an
international organization de-
voted to the practice of breast-
feeding, feels that women
shouldn’t concern themselves
unless they’ve been exposed to
an industrial spill.
The Department of National
Health and Welfare initiated a
committee to look into the
problem of PCB’s in human
milk. The committee’s report
said that there are no cases of
infant illness in Canada or the
U.S. associated with PCB's in
breastmilk. Their recommen-
dation was that women contin-
ue breastfeeding, that it is ‘‘the
optimal manner of infant feed-
ing.”’
Some of the known benefits
of breastfeeding are: breast-
milk provides excellent nutrit-
ion, it is easy to digest, it
protects the infant from aller-
gies, infections and disease.
Breastfed babies suffer from
fewer infections, they are less
prone to anemia,: plus the fact
they benefit from the increased
physical contact with their
mothers. There is also evidence
which suggests. it may have
long-term protettive ¢ffects for
such adult disorders as obesity
and heart disease.
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Barbara Bowmar
New ABE phonics drawing displayed by Coquitlam p
Ann Kitching, Nora Boyer and
Douglas College ABE expands
by Rob Guzyk
The Douglas College Adult
Basic Education program is
being expanded to include
courses to teach adults how to
read and write. This pilot
program is being expected to
start in January on the Coquit-
lam campus.
According to the 1971 Can-
ada Census, 27 per cent of the
people in the Douglas College
region have less than a grade
nine education. 70,000 people
have less than a grade five
education.
The program will cost $74,-
000 and is being funded by the
Ministry of Education. These
funds will cover the cost of
advertising, manuals and sal- -
Money-back guarantee
by Bill Burnham
oluntary refundable student
fees could work at Douglas
College,’’ student society pre-
sident, Tom Styffe said last
week.
Styffe was given direction by
the Multi Campus Council to
investigate how other colleges
and universities implemented
voluntary refundable student
fees; whereby students can
receive a refund on their stu-
dent activity fees if they request
ie
Presently there are seven
post secondary institutions
across Canada which have re-
fundable fees. According to
Styffe, the University of Water-
loo is the only one in which it
works. Ee
‘The. student federation at
Waterloo ‘‘is not a’society it’s a
said Styffe. “‘It
works because they can runas a
corporate situation, they don’t
have to be democratic.’’ Wat-
erloo has been operating under
voluntary refundable fees for
the last two semesters during
which time their budget has
decreased by 7 per cent.
aries.
The program will rely on
volunteer tutors who will be
under the direction of a paid
co-ordinator. Tutors will work
on an individualized program of
ten students to one tutor.
“It has been found that
non-professional tutors make
better teachers,’’ said Barbara
Bowman, co-ordinator of the
Individualized Adult Reading
Commission. She added,
“training will involve about 15
hours and will probably be held
on Saturdays.’
Attempts to acquire tutors
will be made through news-
papers, libraries, radio talk-
shows and television.
‘‘The Instructional Resources
Styffe said the Waterloo stu-
dent federation owns and oper-
ates such facilities as a pub;
bookstores, laundry mats, anda
pizza store and that they all
operate at a profit. ‘‘If there is a
demand for a service they
should be able to at least offer
that service at cost,’’ he said.
If students want refundable
fees at Douglas, the money to
run things will have to come
from a business, said Styffe.
“‘But we haven’t got a busi-
ness, so it’s got to come from
the students.”’
The Douglas College student
council has only a few services
which operate at a profit, such
as the pubs...The housing list,
_the free swimming, the legal
services are all directly subsi-
dized by student activity fees.
‘J. don’t. care about the
services; about the housing, the
free swimming, the pubs or:
anything else, the students can
get. along -without that,’’ said
Styffe. “What I do care about is
whether we have somebody at
the meetings to say NO!, we
don’t want our tuition fees to go
up. That is the:important thing.
‘‘Répresentation costs mon-
ey, you cannot have proper
Center on campus has helped
by producing suitable drawings
for adults’’, stated Bowman.
‘‘Present phonic books are child
-oriented and are demeaning to
adults attempting to learn liter-
acy skills.’’
Coquitlam principal Ann
Kitching expressed enthusiasm
for the project. She stated, ‘‘I
would like to see the Coquitlam
campus make an effort to get
this program started as an
example to other colleges.”’
If the literacy program at
Douglas College is successful
the Ministry of Education will
probably adopt the program to
other community colleges in
nC.
representation (to serve «on
committees) unless you can
financially support it,’’ he said.
He added that in the event the
student society budget decrea-
sed by a large sum, the student
society would probably fold.
Styffe pointed out that Laur-
entian has a student body the
same size as Douglas, and that
its student society went broke
after introducing voluntary re-
fundable fees. ‘‘The society
immediately folded up, and the
students were without services
for a year; their tuition went up,
their book prices went up, they
lost all their representation on
committees.’’
Styffe said he thinks refund-
able fees could-work at Douglas
but that he doesn’t think the | -
- society is ready for them at this
time.
- “First we must get ourselves
into the position where, if we
have a referendum on voluntary
refundable student fees and it
passes, we.can handle it,’’ said
Styffe. ‘‘I’ don’t think we're
ready for it. We’re certainly
ready for it morally, and the
students are ready for it,.but I.
don’t think we (the council) are
ready for it financially.”’