Trainor, chair ‘of the Stu- ’ dents” Union of Nova Scotia |

(SUNS),

Although finances will

receive some attention, or-

ganizers did not plan ‘to address the

federal- -provincial cost shar- »

ing because provincial gov- ernments ae to attend un- “

til they. received assurances

oN faite mMey govern- x utils ised a national vex SE, in last peech, tont- ing it % ee He : first step in

ment forum}

until they’ ances that - fie Benes to] of federal- provinel AT Peiae tions would not be on the agenda.

Ironically, these fiscal arrangements are, for many Tepresentatives from Uni- Versities and. Colleges, the Most important issue.

“Established Programs _

Funding (EPF) must be ad-

dressed if the Forum is to

question — of

have any purpose at all.” said Tony Macerollo, Chair of the Canadian Federation of Students.’ EPF is the current system of trausfer- ring funds for PSE from the federal ‘government to the provinces,

program, EPF has left Ot-

_tawa. footing most of the

‘ailieve ioe money is

rovincial contribu-

fe. deteriorated un- *E system.

oo

avoid ‘Lae an

ene, bad SS

fall. Consultation is nice, but these issnes have to be addresed now.”

Graham. Flack a= stu- dent. from. Dalhousie Uni- versity who was chosen to be on the organising com-

‘mittee, wants to see a “full

and frank” discussion of tu- ition fees.

Originally — -intended as a cost-sharing | . preparation, meeting for all B.C. del-

and niveeadtk this

Flack wants the forum to discuss new. ideas like doubling. tuition fees for wealthier students and us- ing the extra revenue tor bursaries and loans to stu- dents from lower backgrounds.

Income

“We have to look: at new ideas and. many. of them will be trashed, but if

‘we can get just a tew good

ones out of this forum, we will have succeeded.” said

Flack.

Genevieve. Tanguay. (a McGill graduate stndent on the organising committee said grad ‘students are hop-

ing to make a case for

guaranteed annual income (through student aid) in recognition of the research

work i do.

British Columbia seers to be taking the most ini-- tiative in terms of formnn A’ pre-forum

egates was held at Simon Fraser University Septem- ber 26 and 27. The provin- cial television network will air a phone-in panel on Oc- tober 14 (8 p.in.), to gage the views of the B.C. public before the National Fort.

The 13 Ontario student delegates to the Ontario Federation of Students will meet this Saturday to “set out what we'd like to see

accomplished and what our

priorities are.” said Weir. chair of the Federation.

Weir said plans are un- derway for a lobby session of provincial MPs October 20-22 as well as some sort of

- activity on the campuses of

Ontario's colleges aud uni- versities to coincide with the forum itself.

*The best thing that could happen,” said Trainor, “is that this forum will be- come a permanent inter-

_ provincial structure for dis-

cussing post- secondary ed- ucation issues.” i.

The Choices of Clio by Malcolm Gorrill

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There once was a Freshman named Clio, Who came to UPEI,

And was at once assaulted

By every club under the sky!

First he turned down the Bios, As he was not interested in dissecting frogs, But then came the Engineers,

Who were anxious to design a few more bogs!

He listened to their arguements, But then turned them down, As he had not come to college,

To learn how to be a clown!

Business and economic students touted him,

As did many other groups and clubs,

But Clio did not feel he belonged to any of them, And so he went downtown for a sub!

But. them he heard ~ the newly- formed History Society, °

And decided to give ita try; He was hooked after one meetin, As you would he too

If you dared to be so. spry!

ALL STUDENTS THE UNION

There will be a GENERAL MEET- ING of the UPEI Student Union body —

(That includes YOU)

(The Pit, The Fishbowl)

find out what your Student Union ‘is doing for you.

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Thursday, OctohPagel9s7.

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