PLANET OF THE ARTS 3 Student Council Impressions by CV. Pantages 660 people are enrolled at this school. Only 30 of that number showed up for the first meeting of the 1986-87 stu- dent council meeting. That means one unelected representative for every twenty-two students. I suppose that’s pretty good, but only if those present report to the other 630. First order of business — introduction of the newly elected. Pamela Tagle seems to be an articulate spokesper- son. Confident and aware, she seems to have a basic sense of control. I predict that she will do well given student sup- port. As vice president, Andrew Wilson was given the tre- mendously difficult task of running copies ofa student statement for the Friday parking protest. Seems he didn’t quite print enough* which resulted in hundreds of outraged motorists ready to run over all the “art punks”. The state- ment was crucial. It explained our position and would have at least informed the hostile public. Oh well. As they say about Ronnie Raygun, “he’s such a nice guy”. Shon Franks, (who beneath that shy, quiet preppy ex- terior is really a doorman at the Drake posing as Renais- sance Man) is forthright and very demanding of his consti- tuency. His slogan is “We can’t do it without you”. Shon re- ally knows how to get to the point, of his little black shoes. A rebel with a cause. Seriously, he really seems _ sincerely interested in his future as a secretary. Kathryn Thom is our new money manager. Katherine is very quiet and keeps to herself. These seem excellent traits for a treasurer. Some issues discussed included the cafeteria, parking and a student-run gallery. The parking situation is not re- solved. If students wish further action they must rally. Otherwise, accept the administrations insensitive ap- proach of Pay Parking. It’s up to you out there to support civil disobedience if that’s what it takes. The parking is not fair to any tenants of the Island. NOT just to the students here. Pub nights were absolutely not allowed. What changed? Did the council put the pressure on or is the administration throwing us crumbs? The council should address these questions. ; The idea of a student gallery is an essential one. The re- sponse to the annual sales of pottery, painting and prints is a good indication that the public is interested and will support us. Send in your input, or see your representative. The cafeteria seems to bother a lot of people. The council is negotiating. We will see. Your student council can only succeed if the student body is aware and supportive. Yes, there is a lack of com- ‘munication, but if you look for signs and meeting schedules, you will see they are trying to tell you some- thing. GET INVOLVED! All are welcome. Look for posted information by the cafeteria or on the bulletin boards. * a Mr. Wilson reported printing 200 copies of a handbill. Eds. NOTE PARKING ARTICLE Kelly Wood | Well, we got the Pub Night and it went very well! Great in fact! Our next step is to meet with the Administration and discuss the possibilities of having pub nights on a regular basis. We would like to see other groups in the school host pubs to raise funds for their departments. We are trying to re-instate Coffee Nights so as to offer more social events in the school. To make all these events a little more pleasant we are also going to re-do the interior of the Cafeteria. This would in- clude new furniture, tables, and art on the walls. We are going to clear one wall and establish a Foundation and second year gallery space that would be run by the Student Society and changed on a weekly basis. We have met with Tim Buckley who runs the cafeteria service and voiced our concerns about that service. It went very well and we’re going to be seeing more health foods. If there are no objections there will be a dinner special of- fered. A fresh hot dinner would be brought in on days the cafeteria is opened until 9 pm. They will also look into having special food days such as a B.B.Q. outside or ethnic specials. And they will try and lower some of their prices where possible. Please see us if you have any further suggestions. Gary Hiscox, manager of Granville Island, has made us a very generous offer. In some way he would like to give us students something back from the Island. We are supposed to make some kind of proposal tohim_ very soon. This pro- posal could very well come in the form of Granville Island subsidizing a student-run gallery on the island. If anyone has some ideas about this proposal for a gallery please contact the student society or Jeremy Bee. We have been keeping busy since the election days and feel that we will accomplish great things this year, but we need your help and your support. The contentious parking issue came to a head on Friday, Oct. 14th at the entrance to Granville Island. A student demonstration was organized to protest the towing of stu- dent vehicles. Although slow to start, once at the en- trance to the island some 40 or 50 students complete with signs marched back and forth across the crosswalk to block the traffic flow- ing on and off the island. The results were immediate: horns honked almost from the first moment the protesters stepped off the curb. Lunch hour traffic being particularly heavy, a long stream of cars formed within minutes. With a chorus of “Hell no, we won't be towed!” and “No more towing!” the event took on definite 60’s proportions. The crowd swelled to about 60 or 70 with about 20 more sort of hanging on, caught up in the fervor but unsure as to whether to join in. Although generally irritated, many of the stalled motorists interviewed seemed sym- pathetic to the cause. Asked to comment, or even if they were aware of the reason for the protest, most were understanding and indeed quite “up” on the issue. One woman, among the first to be stopped, waited patiently in her car, “I understand your cause but people are getting stuck here.” Her nervousness regard- ing the rather boisterous protesters however, was noticeable as she went on to say that she “didn’t want to start any trouble with you people of course.” Perhaps some of the “un- derstanding” comments were in part due to a fear of being mobbed. Almost all of the ag- gression however, was on the part of the motorists not the students. Some cars man- aged to bully their way through the line with the help of sympathetic pedestrians or simply brute force. Overall, the protesters were reasonable, understanding, even obliging, and the pro- test itself quite civil and well organized. The blockade was lifted every ten minutes or so to let a few motorists on and off the island, and to dispell any serious animosity. The point of * the whole thing was not to cut-off traffic to the island anyway. Students also have to drive to school here. It was intended, rather, as a symbolic gesture aimed at getting some attention to the parking issue and student problems in general. Merchants in the Granville Island public market were also sympathetic to our cause, at least when they were aware of it. While most think students should get reduced rates, all agreed that we should pay something. “Twenty dollars is quite reasonable actu- ally”, was one comment from the owner of a bakery, “when you think that it would probr- ably cost you thirty or forty dollars a month for a bus”. There is also a fairly prevalent opinion on the part of Island business that Emily Carr is already heavily subsidized in the form of cheap rent. The merchants them- selves pay for reserved parking spaces rented at $50.00 a month. After the protest a small discussion group formed outside the school around Brad Kelly Wood Campbell, the author of the Emily Carr park- ing proposal, and Tom Kowall. It centered mostly on the inevitable comparisons to parking at U.B.C. and Simon Fraser. Realis- tically, however, we are in a very different situation from either of those schools. Perhaps the mistake was made when we de- cided to move to Granville Island in the first place. It is simply not an area condusive to easy access for over 600 students every day. We are really only in a position to demand that the Granville Island Trust deal with us fairly and reasonably within their given man- date. The protest has had a positive effect in this regard. The Trust seems now much more willing to listen to students, and perhaps even work with us in solving some of the spe- cial problems associated with having an Art School on the Island. This then is the crux of the whole issue, because concern for student problems in general and our unique situation is exactly what they haven’t had in the past. The general feeling has been that up to now the towing companies had been picking on the students and singling out their cars from others. In any event, a moratorium has been de- clared on towing until the pass system created by the school comes into effect. In addition, the passes will now be transferra- ble, though the number will remain the same. What we can really hope to gain out of all of this, is a better general rapport with the mem- bers of the Granville Island Trust. The school also has to expand in the future, and in order to keep it mostly on the island, we will have to deal with them again, as they must with us. Jeremy Bee ANAAAAAAANAAAANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARAARAARARAAARAAAARAAAAARARAARAAAARARARARAAARE ‘Student Couneil Impressions by CV. Pantages £660 people are enrolled at this school. Only 30 of that ‘number showed up forthe first meeting of the 1986-87 stu dent council meeting. That means one unelected representative for every ‘wenty.two students. I suppose that's pretty good, but only if those present report to the other 630. First order of business — introduction of the newly lected. Pamela Tagle seems to be an articulate spokesper: Son, Confident and aware, she seems to have a basie sense ‘of control. I predict that she will do well given student sup port {AS vice president, mendously difficult Andrew Wilson was given the tre task of running copies of a student Statement for the Friday parking protest. Seems he didn’t (eprint enough which resulted in hundreds of outraged jrists ready to run over all the “art punks", The state: ‘ment was crucial. It explained our position and would have at least informed the hostile public. Oh well about Ronnie Raygun, “he's such a nice Shon Franks, (who beneath that shy, quiet preppy © terior is really a doorman atthe Drake posing as Re saance Man) is forthright and very demanding of his cor tency. His slogans" We can’t do it without you”. Shor ally knows how to get to the point, of his lite black shoes, neerely As they say interested in his future asa secretary Kathryn Thom is our new money manager. Katherine is very quiet and keeps to herself. ‘These s tras fora treasurer. ‘Some issues discussed included the cafeteria, parki and a student-run gallery. The parking situation is not solved. If students wish further action they must rally Otherwise, accept the administrations insensitive ap- proach of Pay Parking. Its up to you out there to support Civil disobedience if that's what it takes. The parking is not fair to any tenants of the Island, NOT just to the students, here. ub nights were absolutely not allowed. What changed? Did the council put the pressure on or is the administration throwing us crumbs? The council should address the ‘questions. ‘The idea of a student gallery is an essential one. T sponse tothe annual sales of pottery. painting and prints isa ‘200d indieation that the public is interested and will support Us, Send in your input, or see your repre ‘The cafeteria seems o bother alot of people. The council is negotiating. We will see il can only succeed if the stude body is aware and supportive. Yes, there is lack of com: ‘munication, but if you look for signs and meeting schedules, you will see they are trying to tell you some: thing. GET INVOLVED! All are welcome. Look for posted boards iormation by the cafeteria or on the b Mr. Wilson reported printing 200 copies of a handbill. ‘hs nore PARKING ARTICLE The contentious parking issue came 10 a hhead on Friday, Oct. 14th at the entrance to Granville Island, A student demonstration was organized to protest the towing of st dent vehicles Although slow to start, once at the en: trance to the island some 40 oF SO students ‘complete with signs marched back and forth ‘across the crosswalk to block the traffic flow ing on and off the island. The results were immediate: horns honked almost from the first moment the protesters stepped off the ccurb. Lunch hour traffic being particularly hheavy, a long stream of cars formed within minutes. With a chorus of “Hell no, we ‘won’ tbe towed!” and "No more towing!” the event took on definite 60's proportions. The crowd swelled to about 60 oF 70 with about 20 more sort of hanging on, caught up in the fervor but unsure as to whether to join in, Although generally irritated, many of the stalled motorists interviewed Seemed sym- pathetic to the cause. Asked to comment, or protest quite “up” on ing the rather was notice “didn’t want people of cour fear of being motorists not brute force Aanu Lica Mile even if they were aware ofthe reason for the nost we the first to be stopped, waited patiently in her ‘Tunderstand your cause but people are ng stuck here ble as she went on to say that she derstanding” comments wer ‘gression however, was on the part of the aged to bully their way through the line with the help of sympathetic pedestrians or simply Overall, the protesters were reasonable, understanding, even obliging, and the pro- test itself quite civil and well organized. The blockade was lifted every ten minutes or soto leta few motorists on and off the island, and todispell any serious animosity. The point of Student Socisty Well, we got the Pub Night and it went very well! Great infact! Our next step is to meet with the Administration and discuss the possibilities of having pub nights on a regular basis. We would like to see other groups in the school host pubs to raise funds for their departments We are trying o re-instate Coffee Nights so as to offer more social events. ‘To make all these events little more pleasant we ae also going to re-do the interior ofthe Cafeteria, This would clude new furniture, tables, and art on the walls. We are going to clear one wall and establish a Foundation and second ‘year gallery space that would be run by t We ‘ery well and we're going to be seeing more health foods. If there are no objections there wil be a dinner special of fered. A fresh hot dinner would be brought in on days the eafeterais opened untl9 pm. They willalso ook into having fod days suchas @B.B.Q. outside or ethnic specials. And they will try and lower some oftheir prices where possible. Please see us if you have any further suggestions. ry Hiscox, manager of Granville Island, has made us avery generous offer In some way he would like to give us ents something back fom the Island. We ae supposed to make some kindof proposal tohim_ ery soon. This pro posal could very well come in the form of Granville Island subsidizing a studentrun gallery on the island. IFanyone has las about this proposal fora galley please contact the student society or Jeremy Bee We have been keeping busy since the election days and feel that we will accomplish great things this year, but we need yout help and your support the whole thing was not to cut-off traffic to the island anyway. Students also have to drive to school here. It was intended, rather, understandin the issue. One woman, proposal, and Tom Kowall. Itc mostly on the inevitable comparisons 10 1.U.B.C. and Simon Fraser. Realis- however, we are in a very different situation from ‘either of those schools, Perhaps the mistake was made when we de cided to move to Granville Island in the fist place. It is simply not an area condusive to easy access for over 600 students every day ‘We are really only in position to demand that the Granville Island Trust deal with us fairly and reasonably within their given man- date. The protest has had a positive effect in this regard. The Trust seems now much more willing to listen to students, and perhaps ‘even work with usin solving some ofthe spe- cial problems associated with having an Art ‘School on the Island. This them isthe erux of the whole issue, because concer for student problems in general and our unique situation is exactly what they haven't had in the past. ‘The general feeling has been that up to now. the towing companies had been picking on the students and singling out their cars from, others, In any event, a moratorium has been de clared on towing until the pass. system, created by the school comes into effect. In addition, the passes will now be transferr- ble, though the number will remain the same What we can really hope to gain out ofall of this, isa better general rapport with the mem: bers of the Granville Island Trust. The school iso has to expand in the future, and in order +g to keep it mostly on the island, we will have 3 todeal with them again, as they must with us, attention to the parking issue and student problems in general Merchants in the Granville Island public market were also sympathetic toourcause, at least when they were awate of it. While most think students should get reduced rates, all agreed that we should pay someting ty dollars is quite reasonable actu- rege eereeere er bakery, “when you think that it would probe- ably cost you thirty or forty dollars a month for a bus". There is also a fairly prevalent ‘opinion on the part of Island business that Emily Carr is already heavily subsidized in the form of cheap rent. The merchants them- selves pay for reserved parking spaces rented at $50.00 a month After the protest a small discussion group formed outside the school around Brad * Her nervo boisterous protesters howevey, to start any trouble with you Perhaps some of the “un- in part due toa obbed. Almost all of the ag- the Students. Some cars man- Jeremy Bee RNAYNRRAANRANANAAAAAAAAAAAAAANAAAAANAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA AAA AAA ARR