Message from the : / ° ° ~ Students Union Executive What’s going on around ECIAD by Jason Armstrong Lots of things! Movie nights are starting up — the deadline for movie requests for the night of October 18th is October 4th. If you want to see a particular movie at the Movie Night, drop off a note in the Student Union mailslot at room 122 NB. Also, the Student Union Executive is trying to find people to coordinate a Pub Night. If you’d like to organize one and/or if you have your ‘Serving It Right’ certificate, please drop us a note in the Suggestion Mailslot. The Student Union now has an Executive Assistant, Veronica Hynes! Veronica will be in the office on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 11 and 5:30. If you have any questions or ideas, please feel free to drop in and talk to Veronica. Of course, you can still talk to your department representative or any of the other Executives. The current Executives were elected last year, so if you don’t know who represents you at the Executive meet- ings, here’s your (hopefully) last reminder: Jason Armstrong (Design), Wendy Hainstock (Media), Chris Jones (Media), Mike Kruzeniski (Foundation), Andrew Luketic (Social Constituencies), Adrian Robertshaw (Studio), Prophecy Sun (Part Time/Continuing Ed), Jen Van de Pol (Foundation). Meetings of the Executive are now held at 5:00 on Thursday afternoons in the Board Room, room 325NB. Feel free to talk to your representative about any issue, or better yet, come to the meeting and tell us yourself! You can also reach the Executives by leaving a note in their mailslots, or in the Student Union mailslot in the photo- copy room by Influx, room 140, or you can phone 844-3862. Andrew Petter, Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology Visits ECIAD On Saturday, September 25th Andrew Petter was right here at ECIAD. He was here to announce a variety of education-related announcements, most notably the exten- sion of the interest-free period for post-graduates. In other words, you used to only have 6 months of interest-free time on your BC Student Loan once school was finished; now you have 54 months, just like the Canada Student Loans. At the announcement, Mark Veerkamp, the Chair of the BC CFS, called on the federal government to restore transfer payments to the provinces in order to more ade- quately fund education. The Feds have slashed billions of dollars from education in the 90’s, creating an even greater disparity between Canadians’ sense of importance towards education and its funding. The CFS is organzing a national campaign to address these funding cuts. The campaign, called ‘Access 2000’, will take a variety of forms across Canada. In BC, the CFS is trying to collect as many signatures as possible for a petition. One of the Executives will be pestering you soon to put your name on the petition, so keep a look out for eager-looking peers with clipboards. How Much Will We Pay? New system to pay tuition at Emily Carr by Cristina King & Wendy Hainstock The financial demands on students are usually more than one can afford, and as you may have noticed, prices for tuition seem to be slightly higher this year. In actuality, tuition fees have been frozen since 1994. The change on your tuition bill is because of the fee of course packs. For many this is annoying and uneconomical; they wish to share their articles so that they don’t have to pur- chase them. One of the reasons that course-packs are now included in the fees is that there is a new integrated Accounting and Registrar computer system made mandito- ry by the government. This system reduces the amount of error that occurs with students having to run pieces of information between Accounting and the Registrar, which among other things, speeds up the process of course selec- tion and the paying of tuition. This is a good thing and a permanent system. Students pay within the region of seven to thirty-five dollars per course pack, which may seem to the aspiring artist to be quite a substancial fee. The students at Emily Carr don’t seem to realize how nominal they are, for students at other Universities and Colleges can pay up to $200 for academic course readings. Those who believed they have still been cheated by the system must realize that it was not always this way. Last year a student who thought that the price of course packs was too exspensive decided to, despite copyright laws and respect to the writers, repro- duce a few course-packs and sell them at lower prices. This wasted large amounts of paper, time and energy that went into providing students with their readings that were pro- duced by the school. The school does not gain profit from the course packs provided but sells them to us at cost, with respect to current reproduction laws. If you find that you can’t afford a course-pack next semester when required, there is a way out. Go to your instructor or dean and tell them your situation before paying tuition and they will help you solve your dilemma. Education Council There are two elected stu- dent representatives that sit on the Education Council. These positions are an opportunity for students to get involved with the Institute on the level of the curriculum. Board of Governors The Board of Governors is the highest decision-making body in Emily Carr. It’s com- posed of an Executive, the Board, and sub-committees. The elections for the Board are held each Spring. WRITING CENTRE The Writing Centre is a free confidential service open to all students, faculty and staff. We are now open Thursdays and Fridays and we are available to help you with all kinds of writing: academic essays, proposals, grant applications, artist statements, reviews, creative writ- ing. Bring a draft, a final revision,a ~ marked essay, or simply your ideas. Drop by Rm 130A NB to sign up for an appointment or to ask questions. Phone: 844-3078 You can get additional info on the Writing Center on the ECIAD web site under "Resources," http:/ /www.eciad.be.ca.eciadMain/wc Life Drawing Drawing by Jermey Hatch Thursdays 5:30pm to 9:30pm starting Sept. 23 in the North Building room 270 Bring your own supplies influx?'Magazine »Qctober 1999: 27. Message from the Students Union Executive What’s going on around ECIAD by Jason Armstrong Lots of things! Movie nights are starting up ~ the deadline for movie requests forthe night of October 18th is ‘October 4th. If you want to see a particular movie at the Movie Night, drop off a note in the Student Union mailslot at room 122 NB. Also, the Student Union Executive is trying to find people to coordinate a Pub Night. If you'd like to organize ‘one andlor if you have your ‘Serving It Right” certificate, please drop us a note in the Suggestion Mailsot The Student Union now has an Executive Assistant, Veronica Hynes! Veronica willbe in the office on ‘Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 11 and 5:30. If you have any questions or ideas, please feel free to drop in and talk to Veronica. Of course, you can still talk to your department representative or any of the other Executives, The current Executives were elected lat year, 80 if you don’t know who represents you at the Executive meet- ings, here's your (hopefully) lat reminder: Jason Armstrong (Design), Wendy Hainstock (Media), Chris Jones (Media), Mike Kruzeniski (Foundation), Andrew Luketic (Social Constituencies), Adrian Robertshaw (Studio), Prophecy Sun (Part Time/Continuing Ed), Jen Van de Pol (Foundation) ‘Meetings of the Executive are now held at 5:00 on. Thursday afternoons in the Board Room, room 325NB. Fee free to talk to your representative about any issue, or better yet, come to the meeting and tell us yourself! You ean also reach the Executives by leaving a note in their rmailslots, or in the Student Union mailslot in the photo- copy room by Influx, room 140, or you can phone BA4-3862, ‘Andrew Petter, Minister of Advanced Education, ‘raining and Technology Visits ECIAD (On Saturday; September 25th Andrew Petter was right here at ECIAD. He was here to announce a varity of ‘education-related announcements, most notably the exten= sion of the interest-free period for post-graduates. In other ‘words, you used to only have 6 months of interest-free time ‘on your BC Student Loan once school was finished; now you have 54 months, just like the Canada Student L [At the announcement, Mark Veerkamp, the of the BC CFS, called on the federal government to restore transfer payments to the provinces in order to more ade~ quately fund education. The Feds have slashed billions of in the 90's, creating an even greater ity between Canadians’ sense of importance towards education and its funding ‘The CES is organzing a national campaign to address these funding cuts. The campaign, called ‘Access 2000”, will ake a variety of forms across Canada. In BC, the CFS is trying to collect as many signatures as possible for a petition. One of the Executives will be pestering you soon to put your name on the petition, so keep a look out for eager-looking peers with clipboards How Much Will We Pay? New system to pay tuition at Emily Carr by Cristina King & Wendy Hainstock The financial demands on students are usually more than one can afford, and as you may have noticed, prices for tuition seem to be slightly higher this year. In actuality, tuition fees have been frozen since 1994. The change on your tuition bill is because of the fee of course packs, For many this is annoying and uneconomical; they Wish to share their articles so that they don’t have to pur- chase them, ‘One of the reasons that course-packs are now included in the fees is that there is a new integrated ‘Accounting and Registrar computer system made mandito- ry by the government. This system reduces the amount of error that occurs with students having to run pieces of information between Accounting and the Registrar, which among other things, speeds up the process of course selec tion and the paying of tuition, This is a good thing and a permanent system. Students pay within the region of seven to thiry-five dollars per course pack, which may seem to the aspiring artist to be quite a substancial fee.‘The student at Emily Carr don’t seem to realize how nominal they a for students at other Universities and Colleges can pay up to $200 for academic course readings. Those who believed they have still been cheated by the system must realize that it was not always this way. Last year a student who thought that the price of course packs was too exspensive decided to, despite copyright laws and respect to the writers, repro- duce a few course-packs and sel them at lower prices. This wasted large amounts of paper, time and energy that went to providing students with their readings that were pro- duced by the school. The school does not gain profit from the course packs provided but sells them to us at cost, with respect to current reproduction laws. If you find that you can’t afford a course-pack next semester when requited, there is a way out, Go to your instructor or dean and tell them your situation before paying tuition and they will help Council There are two elected stu- dent representatives that sit on the Education Council. These positions are an opportunity for students to get involved with the Institute on the level of the Board of Governo: The Board of Governors is the highest decision-making body in Emily Carr. It’s com- posed of an Executive, the Board, and sub-committees. The elections for the Board are held each Spring. WRITING The Writing Centre is a free confide service open to all students, faculty ie | CENTRE | ntial and staff. We are now open Thursdays and Fridays and we are available to help you with all kinds of writing: academic essays, proposals, grant applications, artist statements, reviews, creative writ- ing. Bring a draft, a final revision, a | marked essay, or simply your ideas. Drop by Rm 130A NB to sign up for an appointment or to ask questions. Phone: 844-3078 You can get additional info on the site | Writing Center on the ECIAD web under "Resources, http://www.eciad.be.ca.eciadMain/we> Life Drawing Drawing by Jermey Hatch Thursdays Bring your own supplies 5:30pm to 9:30pm starting Sept. 23 in the North Building room 270 influx#!Magazide »Qctobet 1999. 7