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Editorial

he opinions expressed in this column do not neces- sarily reflect those of the staff of this publication, or of the Student Union.

Higher tuition...GOOD?

| This is not the typical response we hear on campuses | these days; Maybe it should be.

Thad the opportunity to hear a national journalist ‘speak to a group of student journalist a few weeks ago. He was critical of student medias blind liberal- ism. Although student media follows very liberal ‘ideals, too often they are followed without any critical hought. He used the idea of higher tuition to demon- trate this problem.

tis generally accepted that students want lower

ition and this is reflected in the university and — college newspapers. Yet is lowering tuition in the best ir terest of students?

ardly a jaw did not hit the floor when he said he was 1 favour of higher tuition. Then he explained his tatement by taking acritical look at the current ituation. Asit stands now, 75% of every students sition is paid for by the government through the

axes they collect. So it turns out that a low or middle ncome family, through the paying of their taxes, is subsidizing a student who comes froma high income amily. So the lower the tuition, the greater the sub-

nstead of fighting for lower tuition, students should be fighting for sustantial tuition raises, With the funds the government saves from paying less ofa

j udents education cost, generous bursary programs could be set up to aid students who can not afford the higher tuition fees.

Under this arrangement, the students who can afford the higher tuition will be paying it, and the students Who can not, willreceive bursaries to help pay their

tand they would not be forced to subsidize a Wealthy students tuition, This would ensure that those wh » can afford higher tuition will be paying for more of there education, while those who can not, willbe subsidized by the government.

Weather you agree with this argument or not, it does bring up a line of thought that is seldom heard in campus papers or on campuses in general. This lack of critical thinking is an error that many students and student organization make. Without the ability to thing critically, we are condemned to follow only the generally accepted ideas.

Over the past year, most of the X-Press editorials have been attacked for my critical opinion of many popular student ideas. We should be taught at univer- sity to think more for ourselves and part of that process is being able to look critically at popular ideas. More critical thought is needed on ourcampus. Without it, we will forever hold only mainstream ideals, no matter how liberal they seem.

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