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pipeline: by: chris bradshaw

"A=-TACK'' CAMPAIGN:

Last Wednesday's 'a-tack' on the walls of Emily Carr came off
as planned, with a few ruffled feathers all around; not the least
being the resignation of Pieter Kos from the executive of the
Student Society.

There has been a criticism of the campaign, in that it is viewed
by some to be a ''destructive'' and ''adolescent'' act. We disagree;
the action taken by the students of this college was a creative
and political statement born out of frustration with administrat-
ive policy, whose first priority has become one of economics, as
opposed to education and the consideration of student need.

The holes and markings on the walls of the college are seen by
some as being an act of destruction, necessitating budgetary ex-
penditure. What these people fail to realize is, that it is the
students of this college who ultimately clean and paint the ent-
ire building for the administration at year-end, at a considerable
saving in cost-of-labor (none of the students are paid). Our pos-
ition is such, that if we are responsible for cleaning the college,
then we should have the right to utilize the facilities in any
way we see fit.

Those of us in the student society who have had to deal with the
administrators on their own terms, have been stopped at every turn
by bureaucratic red tape and the irrepressible rhetoric of Tom
Hudson and associates. We are constantly looked on as token rep-
resentatives and almost never given credence in any decision-making
process; in fact, what is more often the norm, is unilateral action
being taken by the Dean, without consultation with either faculty
or students. This 'a-tack', as it was headlined, was the only feas-
ible solution to a situation which we have tried to remedy by every
means possible to us; if this is deemed as an ‘adolescent' act,
then so be it.

On the more positive, 'creative' side of the coin, this campaign
provided the opportinity for students throughout the college to
participate in a community effort; to express their feelings about
their environment in a creative manner. We even had one individual
who proclaimed her devotion to the college in 6 inch red letters
(on a piece of canvas, of course).