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an ga ra College has one so why don't we? The article below describes
the CSU pub night that put an end to all drunken festivities on the
campus. Yet even twenty five years before, Cap was a party animal. A
responsible, jazz listening, equal rights demanding party animal that behaved
itself. In the seventies, nights of local music were held in the Cafetheatre.
Advertisements for the mixers were colourfully and humourously laid out to
display drink prices of .... drum roll ... $1! Imagine a taco and tequila night
in association with the counselling department. Obviously the social norms
were alot different thirty years ago, as well as the pants. Dare we ask why?

Capilano Courier September 26, 2000

Was it the smaller population of students? Perhaps disco music and Peter
Frampton were helping to reduce drunken animosity.

First Pub Night Mav be Capilano's last
By Sherry Peters
There is a temporary hold on
pub nights a t Capilano CoUege. James
Cooke, Dean of Student Services and
Foundation Programmes, said that the
college will not approve any future liquor licences for pub nights until a full
review takes place. !'his announcement comes as a result of the September 14th pub night held in the Maple
Building. Concerns have been raised
both about the safety of students at the
college and members of the community at large as a result of the event.
These concerns stem from a
number of incidents that occurred during the evening of September
14 including one man who repea tedl urinated on the paved

area outside the Mapl uilding, several individuals vho
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The Septem ber 14th pub night
held in the student lounge of the Maple Building was part of an all-day, all
evening Back to School Bash organised by tht' CSU.
rhe afternoon activities, ·which began at
12:30, included a buck a
burger barbecue, live music, volleyball, badminton
and a bungee run that
was co-sponsored by the
Courier Pub night was
slated to begin at 4:00 pm
but began closer to

says a different crowd began to sh ow
up. Some according to Hansen were
very polite and willing to follow the
rules of the evening. Foremost among
those rules was that as a result of liq-

there three times."
It was at this point that several of the
confrontations occurred.
Carrasco recalls," I just walked up to
people thinking I'll just tell them that
this is what is happening and if ,vc
don't keep everyone inside that we
will be shut down."
Over the next few hours
Hansen says she and Carrasco and
at least one other woman were subjected to a host of insults and physical intimidation. "We got called bitch
and cunt. There was spitting, physica l 'in your face' stuff and one made
a lewd gesture at one of the women."
Carrasco recalls that after one

man spit at Hansen, Miles Walker,
Social Activities Co-ordinator for the
CSU came out and addres...ed him by

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review takes place 1 his announc e- tivities, which began
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12:30,
ment comes as a result of the Septt,•mthe next few hours
Over
mulive
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barbecu
burger
Maple
ber 14th pub night held in the
she and Carrasc o and
says
Jansen
1
on
Building . Concern s have been raised sic, volleyball, badmint
woman were subother
one
least
at
both about the safety of students at the and a bungee run that
insults and physiof
host
a
to
jected
college and member s of the commu - was co-spon sored by the
got called bitch
"We
cal intimida bon.
Courier . Pub night was
nity at large as a resu It of the event.
physispitting,
was
There
and cunt.
These concern s stem from a slated to begin at 4:00 pm
one made
and
stuff
face'
your
'in
cal
to
number of incident s that occurred dur- but began closer
a lewd gesture atone of the women. "
ing the evening of Septemb er
Carrasc o recalls that after one
14 includin g one man who reat Hansen , Miles Walker,
spit
man
peatedl urinated on the paved
Social Activities Co-ordi nator for the
area outsid the :\1:aple BuildCSU came out and addres.c;ed him bv
ing, several individu als who
his first name and asked him tog~
droveaw a) from thecol1ege alinside. The man showed no resistter drinking at pub night and
ance and was polite. Realizin g that
the confron tational and belligMiles knew the individu al Carrasc o
erent behavio ur of a number of
asked Miles to tell him not to spit ·
men towards several female
people. Carrasc o says, "TI1e guy JUSt
member s of the CSU staff and
went nuts. He started saying, 'She's
executive.
a fucking liar. 1l1at stupid fucking
to
Accord ing
bitch.' And then the DJ walked by
Alexand ra Hansen, a member
a horking
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of the CSU Executiv e, "It's
sound ... Imagine the DJ
like word got out that we
pretend ing to spit on his
were having a wild party and
employe r. ButI don't think
all sorts of people showed
he saw her that way. I
up, many of whom r don't
don't think he could see
think were students . They
past the fact that she was
brought their own alcohol. It
a woman standing in his
was a nightma re trying to
way of having a good time.
control the event."
And all I could keep thinkCooke explains , "The
ing was that these guys
college has to sign off on any
would never even have
liquor licence that the CSU
this opportu nity to enjoy
appliesf or. Wewon 'thesign themsel ves if it weren't for us .. .I kept
uor licensin g restricti ons, alcohol
ing off until \•ve have had a chance to
student
thinking that if I was a man he never
had to be kept insid-e the
have a full reviev,• of the situation that 5:00pm.
would have spoken to me like that."
Hansen says there was a very lounge.
occurred here and until we have some
uncan
I
"
that,
Hansen agrees that it was the
Carrasc o, said
n.
way of ensurin g it does not take place good atmosph ere in the afternoo
I
and
day
she was a woman that made
hot
a
that
fact
"'lb.e afternoon was amazing. Over five derstand that it was
again."
wann
for these men. "Towar ds
that
of
target
a
out
her
get
can see wanting to
Magdal ena Carrasco , another hundred student s attended . We sold
all
but
door they were absoair
the
at
fresh
men
the
the
into
col- room and out
member of CSU Executi veand Wom- out at the barbecu e and the CSU
beer
their
polite."
leave
lutely
they
that
of we asked was
en's Liaison represen tative, said that lected three or four sheets of names
One man in p articular became
insid e. It was not ou r rule. It is part of
inbecome
to
like
would
that
students
she wouldn 't want to do another pub
the
at
ve in his behavio ur and
security
aggressi
nd
a
quite
license
our liquor
night. "Some people say a s uccessfu l volved. It was great from my perspecwe
were called .
that
us
police
with
result
a
clear
as
very
was
college
night is when we sel1 a lot of beer but tive because we got to let them know
I
"I called 911. I was
,
time
the
By
explains
inside.
Hansen
them
keep
to
had
personally if I am going to be mistreated that the CSU does more than laminate
of us in charge
for
most
food
for
g
because
shoppin
scared
from
back
came
at a function 1 helped organis e, I am student cards and sell bus passes."
and there was
been
women
already
were
had
night
that
security
e,
But once pub night began she everyon
not going to do it."

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laws
At one point I went to the washroom
and while I was in there I suddenly
thought, ' what if one ohhem comes
in here and locks the door.''
While Hansen was on the
telephone with police the man in
question got in his car and le ft.
Hansen says that ''he couldn' t
even walk straight."
As a result of seeing this
and realizing both the moral and
legal implications of being the organisers of an event in which someone drives away drunk, the police
were informed and a road block was
set up on Lilloet Road.
"Personally," says Himsen, "I
could not bear the thought of being
responsible someone leaving an event
I helped organise and killing somcone's child wh ile driving drunk."
Cooke s upports this action taken by
the CSU. "They did the right thing.
The re has always been a conce rn
from the College about this type of
thing happening but in the pa t there
has never been any problems with
CSU events."
A cording to Cooke the issue
of liability is ve ry real and points to
one case in which a c_o mpany had a
party and an employee had a couple

of drinks. This employee then left the
party and went off to a bar and continued drinking. At the end of the night
he drove and ended up in an accident.

different exper ience from the women
because he and Rafael " made it more
clear who we are ."
Allmembe.rsoftheCSU, including the wo men were w e aring
blue t-shirts identifyin g themselves as members of the CSU.
Still, Walker says that it was just
a misunderstanding. "The guys
were coming up to me and saying 'who are these gi rl that are
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screaming at us? Who the hell are
"The court found the company par- they? TI1ey don't have anything to do
tially liable even though the majority with this 7 "
of drinking did not occur attheparty ...
Several witnesses have s.tid that
It is very scary. It's very scary for the they never saw Hansen or Carras .o
CSU, for the individual who bought screaming or yelling at any of the peothe beer, and the people who served ple attending.
the liquor. All of them are potentially
Hansen feels that whether the
liable."
men were aware of her position is irWalker made an announcement releva n t. "It d oesn't matter who was
to the crowd w arning them that a road in charge. You don' t treat anyone like
block had been set up and advising that."
them that the CSU would call a taxi for
In contrast to the fear expressed
anyone who needed one.
by Hansen and Carrasco, Walker deWalker describes the event as a scribes the night as " very fun and resuccess. "It was a greatsuccess. By far laxed." At approximately 9:20pm, afthe best turn-out and best sales in my ter twice running out to buy additional
two years here.About 280 people at- beer, the CSU ran out of beer and after
tended and around 1100 drinks wer
rapping up Walker and some 75 othsold."
er · went down to The Stone Temple to
Walker fet>ls that he had a very continue partying. He is anxious to

"We got called bitch and
cunt. There was spitting,
physical 'in your face' stuff
and one made a lewd gesture at one of the women.

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have another pub night only "next time
we'll just go for a DJ. The bands are
okay and everything but I think people just want a DJ." Wa lker says he
plans to use the same DJ, known as DJ
Jial 14, a stud ent here a t the college.
Hansen a nd Carrasco are opposed to the same DJ in the future and
would like to see the atmosphere
,hanged.
"ln tht' past pub nights were a
place where people sat around and
talked. They were very low J..ey. This
time I think someone got on the phone
and called all their friends." l lansen
explains. " I thin\.. the point of pub
nights should beto build conununity."
Carrasco feels that what hap•
pened at pub night is not unusual. ''It
is the kind of sexism you see every day
that people don't ta lk about bu t because of concentration of people and
booze it just happened a ll at once."
O ne thing everyone agrees on
is that if there is another pub nig ht
boun ers will have to be hired. Hansen
says that this is a dramatic change as
past events were so subdued . Ian
Robertson, Director of Buildings and
Grounds, agrees, " In the past student
union activities have been quite good.''