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Student Life: Stress-induced Riot Leads To

By Mike Laanela VANCOU- VER (CUP) — A riot in a Univer- sity of British Columbia student residence provoked by final exam stress has led to at least one evic- tion.

The December 11 outburst in Walter Gage Towers, a three- building complex with 1400 ten- ants, began around 10 p.m. when a study-stressed . student stuck his head out the window and shouted, “I can’t take it any- more.”

Other students responded, and were soon banging pot lids and unravelling toilet paper streamers. 5

Students tossed their notes like confetti. A Christmas tree was offered by one floor and oth- ers joined in to create a fireworks display, according to one witness.

(Source: Dalhousie Gazette)

By Ellen Reynolds HALIFAX (CUP) - Premier John Buchanan says Nova Scotia has too many degree-granting institutions and thinks closing down some univer- sities and colleges may be the so- lution

But the proposal to restruc- ture, specialize and eventually phase out some schools is already meeting with opposition.

“Legally and politically it’s impossible to phase out universi- ties. I think it would be political suicide,” said Roydon Trainor, acting chair of the provincial lobby group the Students Unions of Nova Scotia.

Compared to the rest of Canada, the number of Nova Sco- tia’ post secondary schools per

The ruckus continued for over one hour. ‘

Residence life co-ordinator and student Rick Oliver said res- idents who threw dangerous ob- jects — such as bottles — out of the windows of the three 17-story residences would be fined $50 and evicted. At least one student has already been thrown out, accord- ing to Oliver, and two other evic- tions are pending.

“Three years ago the situa-

tion was really bad, with peo-

ple throwing stuff out the win- dows all the time, so we brought in the automatic eviction policy,

because it was just a matter of time before someone got badly in- jured,” said Oliver.

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Eviction

In some cases administrators were able to pin down the apart- ment, but not the individual stu- dents responsible. The six apart- ment tenants were then given an ultimatum to turn in the guilty

student or face eviction of the en-

tire apartment. :

“It’s a perversion of justice,” said one resident. “What they have done is reverse the onus, from their having to prove guilt, to the students in these situations having to prove their own inno- cence.” /

“I doubt if [Housing] would evict a [whole apartment] if it came down to it,” said the stu- dent.

In 1974 an entire apartment was evicted after guests at their party threw beer bottles out the window.

Government: Premier Says Too

capita is very high — Halifax alone has three universities, a fine arts college and a technical school. And a year ago the provincial government announced a plan to create a system of new regional colleges.

“It’s simplistic to say we have too many universities. The per- ception that universities are only consumers is wrong. It’s impor- tant to have a strong university base,” said Trainor:

Budget restrictions mean the large number of schools results in comparatively low government funding per student.

Trainor added that finances will become even tighter since federal cutbacks in transfer pay- menis will slash $55 million from

education from 1986 to 1991.

“When the cutbacks were an- nounced the premier just sat on his hands,” said Trainor; who concludes that post secondary ed- ucation is not a priority with the government.

“Access (to education) is crucial,” said Dalhousie Fac- ulty Association president David Williams. “The existence of re- gional colleges has much to do with the prosperity of a region. What we need is more cam- puses.”

According to John D‘Orsay, executive director of the Nova Scotia Confederation of Fac- ulty Associations, the percent- age of college-age youths attend- ing schools in Canada is about

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Many Universities: Close’em

half the United States percent- age. And while 10.4 per cent of Nova Scotians and 12.6 per cent of Canadians have university de- grees, 19.6 per cent of Americans have university degrees.

The U.S. government also has plans to increase that percent- age to 35 per cent by the year 2000. D’Orsay said there is no such government concern for im- provements in Canada. fs

“We aren’t educating college- age people at anywhere near the rate of Americans. We’ll be com- peting on a level playing field with the Free Trade Agreement and we will be greatly disadvan- taged,” said Williams.

Although some specialization is already taking place in univer-

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sities and colleges across Canada, the possibility of actually phas ing out institutions is unlikely

D’Orsay said we may see few?! university presidents and ad:

- ministrators but: deciding whi¢

schools will merge would be 4

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