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continued
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The
time
for
the
annual
student
revolt
r
against
the
Student
Union
executive
has
,
come
again
and
this
time
it
has
left
the
five
member
executive
bereft
of
both
vice-
i
presidents.
I
It
seems
that
every
year
about
this
time
the
directorship
of
the
Student
Union
asks
for
the
resignations
of
one
or
more
of
the
executive.
Last
year
both
the
President
and
the
Secretary
quit,
the
President,
Larry
Underhill,
was
forced
out
and
the
Secretary,
Elaine
barker,
quit
out
of
sympathy
for
Mr.
Underhill,
or
so
the
story
goes.
Part
of
the
reason
for
unrest
among
the
Student
Union
directorship
stems
from
the
fact
that
the
Student
Union,
although
registered
as
a
society
under
the
Societies
Act,
is
not
in
good
standing
with
the
registrar
of
Companies
due
to
a
failure
to
file
the
requisite
documents
every
year
when
required
to
do
so.
This
combined
with
a
succession
of
people
elected
to
the
executive
who
have
little
or
no
fiscal
training
or
understanding
has
resulted
in
a
situation
whereby
the
books
cannot
be
audited
for
the
simple
reason
that
there
is
no
way
to
tell
what
has
happened
in
past
years
from
the
financial
records.
I
am
not
deriding
the
present
executive
(what's
left
of
it)
but
I
dc
have
some
suggestions
that
they
might
possibly
lend
some
thought
to.
One
thing
I
am
happy
about
I
feel
that
I
should
make
it
clear
why
I
resigned
from
my
Student
Union
position
of
1st
Vice
President.
For
the
most
part
I
resigned
because
it
was
becoming
increasingly
difficult
for
me
to
properly
balance
my
class
and
study
time
against
how
much
time
the
Student
Union
was
demanding.
Something
had
to
give
and
I
refused
to
put
my
classes
and
marks
in
any
more
jeopardy.
I
am
attending
this
college
for
an
education
and
that
will
come
first
over
anything
else.
I
also
resigned
for
personal
reasons.
Some
of
the
decisions
made
by
the
council
put
my
friends
and
I
on
opposite
sides
of
the
fence
so
to
speak,
and
I
don't
feel
that
any
organization
has
the
right
to
come
between
friendships.
As
well
there
are
funny
little
deals
and
backstabbings
going
on
all
of
the
time
which
I
finally
got
too
disgusted
with,
and
didn't
feel
I
should
have
to
put
up
with
any
more.
Finally,
the
"parasite"
attitude
of
some
people
was
the
straw
that
broke
the
camel's
back.
To
emphasize
this
last
point
I
would
like
to
refer
to
the
"Info
CNC"
paper
of
feb-ruary
10.
It
reads
"We've
been
abandoned!...the
1st
and
2nd
Vice
Presidents...threw
off
their
committment
to
the
students
of
CNC
and
resigned...'"
All
I
can
say
is
that
I
feel
sorry
for
you
people
who
think
of
me
as
a
traitor
for
deciding
to
think
of
my
own
grade
committments
first.
I
know
that
99
of
the
people
in
the
L
college
would
fully
agree
with
me
for
resigning
for
the
reasons
I
have
mentioned,
and
as
for
the
remaining
1,
you
can
go
to
Hell
for
all
I
care.
I
Sincerely
i
Dan
Vatamaniuck
P.S.
I
have
asked
to
have
this
article
"Duty"
reprinted
because
it
says
a
lot
about
the
way
ii
feel
right
now.
is
that
there
is
now
a
Student
Activities
Coordinator
who
has
come
into
what
could
be
a
very
difficult
situation
and
has
already
straightened
out
some
of
the
mess.
What
I
would
really
like
to
see
is
the
Student
Union
appoint
(elect)
a
business
manager
to
work
alongside
the
Treasurer
and
co-ordinate
all
profit
motivated
student
activities.
At
the
moment
the
student
activities
co-ordinator
is
doing
one
thing,
President
Stewart
St.
Dennis
is
doing
something
else,
and
Noel
Warkman
is
handling
the
B.C.
Winter
Games
Souvenir
sales.
Most
other
post-secondary
institutions
have
a
person
to
fulfil
the
position
of
business
manager
and
frequently
that
person
is
a
full-time
employee
of
the
student
association.
In
defence
of
the
present
executive
it
has
been
said
by
many
students
that
the
Student
Union
has
been
far
more
effective
this
year
than
in
the
past.
I
say
that
it
is
a
good
thing
to
since
CNC
is
bursting
at
the
seams
and
will
continue
to
be
for
the
immediately
forseeable
future.
However
the
Student
Union
must
be
prepared
to
get
tough
with
both
students
and
the
administration
if
it
is
to
continue
to
function
with
any
coherance
whatsoever.
There
appears
to
be
an
attitude
of
mistrust
on
the
part
of
many
students
towards
their
fellow
students
and
towards
the
administration.
This
results
in
situations
where
backstabbing
and
suspicion
runs
rampant
resulting
in
hatreds
developing
and
a
dichotomy
between
Student
Union
executive
members,
between
the
Student
Union
and
the
students,
and
between
the
student
body
DUTY
Do
not
confuse
"duty"
with
what
other
people
expect
of
you;
they
are
utterly
different.
Duty
is
a
debt
you
owe
to
yourself
to
fulfill
obligations
you
have
assumed
voluntarily.
Paying
that
debt
can
entail
anything
from
years
of
patient
work
to
instant
willingness
to
die.
Difficult
it
may
be,
but
the
reward
is
self-respect.
But
there
is
no
reward
at
all
for
doing
what
other
people
expect
of
you,
and
to
do
so
is
not
merely
difficult,
but
impossible.
It
is
easier
to
deal
with
a-footpad
than
it
is
with
the
leech
who
wants
"just
a
few
minutes
of
your
time,
please
-
this
won't
take
long."
Time
is
your
total
capital,
and
the
minutes
of
your
life
are
painfully
few.
If
you
allow
yourself
to
fall
into
the
vice
of
agreeing
to
such
requests,
they
quickly
snowball
to
the
point
where
these
parasites
will
use
up
100
percent
of
your
time
--
and
squawk
for
more!
So
learn
to
say
No
-
and
be
rude
about
it
when
necessary.
Otherwise
you
will
not
have
time
to
carry
out
your
duty,
or
to
do
your
own
work,
and
certainly
no
time
for
love
and
happiness.
The
termites
will
nibble
away
you
life
and
leave
none
of
it
for
you.
(This
rule
does
not
mean
that
you
must
not
do
a
favor
for
a
friend,
or
even
a
stranger.
But
let
the
choice
be
yours.
Don't
do
it
because
it
is
"expected"
of
you.)
From:
Time
enough
for
love
p
353
By
Robert
A.
Heinlein
Dear
Editor:
The
Vending
machines
in
CNC
are
turning
pirate!
Did
you
know
they
charge
35c
for
a
box
of
Cracker
Jacks
that
says
30c
right
on
the
box!
Isn't
that
illegal?
At
the
very
least
it's
shitty.
3
and
the
administration.
In
many
cases
the
Student
Union
looks
at
any
action
by
the
administration
as
a
possible
threat
to
the
students
when
frequently
the
administration
is
doing
its
best
to
do
the
students
a
favour
and
to
help
them.
A
case
in
point
occured
when
CNC
Principal
Charles
McCaffery
suggested
to
the
Student
Union
that
there
might
be
a
possibility
of
getting
funding
for
a
student
union
building;
many
of
those
who
heard
the
proposal
immediately
asked
what
the
catch
was
(looking
a
gift
horse
in
the
mouth).
As
far
as
I
was
ever
able
to
tell
the
catch
was
that
Mr.
McCaffery
found
he
had
a
very
large
sum
of
money
that
he
had
to
do
something
with
before
the
provincial
government
got
their
fingers
on
it
and
that
he
saw
an
opportunity
to
help
the
students
and
get
a
feather
for
his
own
cap
at
the
same
time
by
having
CNC
become
the
first
community
college
in
B.C.
to
have
a
student
union
building.
As
you
can
see
there
will
be
an
election
held
in
the
very
near
future
to
fill
the
positin
of
1st
and
2nd
vice-president
on
the
Student
Union
executive,
there
may
also
be
an
election
held
in
March
to
elect
one
or
two
members
for
next
years
executive
to
provide
for
some
continuity
for
the
many
programs
and
activities
with
which
the
Student
Union
is
involved.
Here's
hoping
that
future
Student
Union
executives
will
be
forward
thinking
and
will
provide
an
environment
of
peace
and
prosperity
for
the
Student
Union
and
will
operate
as
a
smoothly
operating
machine
that
has
the
student's
best
interests
at
heart.
What
are
we
doing
with
these
stupid
machines
anyways
besides
contributing
to
the
Dental
Association,
the
Medical
Association,
and
vending
machine
businesses?!
Wait
-1
guess
we're
being
good
consumers
and
contributing
to
the
corporate
dollar.
Oh;
don't
forget,
we're
helping
to
balance
the
cafeteria
budget
by
putting
up
with
this
shit.
Love
Suzi
Creamcheese
Thyra's
Yoga
Few
words
suggest
the
mystic
wisdom
of
the
east
more
strongly
than
Yoga.
The
aim
of
my
newly
started
Yoga
classes
for
the
CNC
Student
Association
is
to
present
quite
simply
some
basic
principles
of
living
and
to
show
you
how
they
can
be
put
to
practice
through
specific
exercises.
Hatha
Yoga
or
control
of
the
body,
teaches
the
naturalness
of
a
long
and
healthy
life
and
provides
a
healing
system
towards
all
disorders,
even
infectious
diseases
which
are
sometimes
the
results
of
mental
causes.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
being
instructed
by
Selvarayan
Yesudian
who
has
a
Yoga
studio
log
in
Switzerland
with
Elizabeth
Hutch.
It
was
a
fantastic
experience.
Do
come
and
share
it
with
me
between
11:15
and
12:15
every
Monday,
Wednesday
and
Friday.
See
You
Thyra
y