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mediateAcIion Needed to Prevent Fee Increase

It is regarded as almost

ertain that the Board of Governors will vote at its

ﬂeeting on Tuesday night to

increase tuition and resid

ence fees by as much as 25%

hr next year. The figures

which appear to be most like— 1y are an increase in tuition

of $6 \per course and about

an increase in residence fees.

to about $180 per semestre

The latter figure works out to about $380 per:month for

a two-bedroom apartment.

President Baker does not

deny the possibility of a

substantial increase in tui- tion and residence. He how—

ever says that no decision

has been taken yet and that

the figures being thrown around right now are only working estimates.

The Board of Governors,

consisting of two students,

seven assorted administra- don and faculty types and

nine members of the Island

elite. Normally the_decisif

ons that it makes differ only slightly from that of the administration as pre- sented to it by President Baker and Comptroller Den— nis Clough.

The Student Union has hired a rec ent graduate, Charles Mills to research the problem and to attEmpt

to find ways to combat the

propOsed increases. According to Treasurer

'Ray Shalala, despite the

large jump in tuition and

residence fees, the Student

Union has pledged not to increase its fees in any way. _ Mr. Mills has invited any students who want to

work with him on this ques-

tion or who just want inf- ormation to come down to the Student Union offices and rap. . »

Chinua Achebe To Give- Convocaﬁon AddreSs

Chinua AchebeJ distingu- mhed African novelist, wi- u receive a doctor of laws agree and deliver the Con— ocation Address at the Un- wersity of Prince Edward bland on May 9. Mr. Ach- me, a Nigerian, is recog- MZed as the best novelist m English—speaking Africa, md his novels deal with me coming of colonialism ‘ m his country at the beg— mning of the 20th century, “M with the cultural con- ﬂicts that have resulted.

A native of Ogidi he ﬁtended the mission sch-

001 there, where his father was a teacher.’ In 1953 he Haduated with a bachelor ﬁ arts degree from Unive- Eity college. He then mined the Nigerian Broa- kasting Service as Talks PrOducer (1954) and became Fad of the Talks Section 1n1957. Later he was @Pointed director of ex— ternal services in charge

w the Voice of Nigeria.

Amuch—travelled'man, he reCeived a Rockefeller gFant in 1961 which enabled _1m to travel extensiVely Hanst and,centra1 Africa.

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'Among'his acclaimed ‘novels are "Things Fall Ap- art"; "No Longer at Ease"; "Arrow of God" and "Chike

and the River", the.latter :~

'published by Cémbridge Un— ‘ iversity Press. The first two novels have been tran- slated into nine languages including Russian, Hebrew amd Czeck.

_ Mr. Achebe is on faculty at the University of Massa- chusetts in Amherst, Mass.

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Feeling the crunch.

Student Income {Will _ Definiter Not Increase

This is the first article I have penned for quite some time. However the reasoning behind the markings is one which the degree and'validity

‘I have never felt the prod-

ding ‘before. I have been en- gaged by the union to reasea-

«rch the rise in fees for the

76-77 school year. For a start, I am in total

'agreement with Glen Palmer

who stated in the Senate meet- ing of March 18th that this is a university community and the problem facing us (the i projected.$900,000 defecit) ' was to be born by the entire university community. It is to quote Hatfield of N.B. "Time to bite the bullet. It is, however, not the time to cut back on acadmeics-

The standards ~ are not to be reduced for just any reason. We need the highest quality; of intellectual perforance that is available in any Can— adian institutionf'

However let's examine the possibilies of any such achiL evement in the 1976-77 year. Let us consider the employ-

ment prospect for the U.P.E.I..

student. Let i’ suffice to say the following: Canada Manpower expects about 500,000 students to register for summer work but they say will only be able to find jobs for 200,000!’ The" question is where do the other 300,000 jobs come from to give students the ability to offset a $300 - $400 tuition and re—

‘sidence fees together with in-

numberable other expenses.

ut what about the 600 who ddﬁhave student loans? Where will they get the bread. Gre— ater loans you say. Perhaps... but who wants to borrow $ & c to be paid back over a ten year perioid.

Electricians do better taking the $60.00 training fee and working for 12,000 a year whereas a B.A. might expect $10,000 - and he's got a $5000 Student Loan to pay back. Let us not kid ourselves. This is whereswe are at if we go along with the Board's suggestion of -a 25% increase in residence fees and a 10% increase in

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tuition. However before we go along, let each and ever

one of us examine the value and relevance of our B.A.'s from U.PE.I.J9N$_

If it looks gloomy this year it certainly looks worw

in the future. _Charlie Mills

Count“ Decide To Wait and 5e:

Student Council at its meeting Sunday night decid— ed to take a "wait and see" attitude with regard to the proposed fee increases. The are going to ask for them

,to be held back but have no

intention of taking any firm action at this time.

This momentuous decisior taken after argument and discussion, indicates the firm leadership which our StudentCouncilis determined to pmvide. It is hoped that in consideration of this that the Board of Governors will listen most politely t their requests.

As well Council decided to give Radio CIMN $1000 f supplies for the present fiscal year. A decision on this matter was deferred last fall when Councillors, pleading ignorance as to what a supplies budget for ‘CIMN is worth, asked for h more information. Well, th. got it — a complete list oﬁ everything CIMN needs con- taining such illuminating entries as 5 DX2 E74's @75(

Since it is: now obviou. what CIMN should get, Coun cil decided to give them a thou out of the $1950 that they asked for and leave t final decision to next ye— ar's Council.

They had intended to ma.. this same decision last fa but had forgotten to pass. motion to that effect!