2 Editorial The Panther Prints _ February 13, 1996

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by Marko Peric Last week, UPEI students marched to Province House. Al-

tacular, one hundred and sixty _ students is high by PEI daatnttss . Even the national media took notice _ -- the CTV Evening News hada on of the protest in Charlottetown _ sandwiched between ene from Toronto and Montreal,

All across the nation students marched to their provincial legisla- tures to voice their concerns as part _ of a National Day of Action. Al- though there was some violence i nt Toronto, the protests were generally peaceful. Even so, the message was slashing dent unin pa ges. very clear -- students are fed up with Canada’s big banks are sere wit government cutbacks, particularly to. over = students. If we the Canada Health and Social Trans- fer (CHST).

Governments are not the only object of student ire. Big business, — especially banks, were also under _ enti scrutiny. Since many large corpora- _ Nati tions are paying aninordinately —_—C small amount of taxes, they are This was the most su ; partially responsible for the deficits march held m UPEI students i in that have provoked cutbacks. OF [

Later “ the Editor

On the morning of Feb. 8, I was both amazed and appalled by what met me at the Belvedere Avenue enterance to the university -- an angry bunch of Marriot employee protesters using physical force to keep any vehicle from entering or exiting the campus. Might I ask why? I cannot see that we students are to blame for the pitiful low wages paid to Marriot employees. When students are paying upwards of $3000 per year to attend this institution PLUS another $50 in parking fees, we SHOULD NOT be barred from entering the parking lot for any reason. I’m sorry, but after that ridiculous display, the respect and sup- port I had for the protestors in the beginning is now gone.

Yvonne i

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