Behind the mask, Thursday; January 29,1981. paqe 18
Coffin MarchAgai
'WINNIPEG (CUP) «With thirty
coffins carried overhead in the face of_—20 degrees celsius temperatures, 800 University of Winnipeg students marched to the _ Manitobe legislature Jan. 15th protesting low funding from the provincial government.
After marching from the university to the legislature, protesters deposited the thirty coffins, representing thirty courses to be out next year from the university curriculum, onto the legis- lature's steps.
Earlier in the week, pro— vincial Progressive Conser- vative Minister of Education Keith Cosens announced the province muld increase funding to universities by 13.8 percent next year.
John Hutton, vice-president of the University of Winnipeg Students' Association, 'said the funding comes "too late to stop the untimely demise of these thirty courses."
In a. meeting with student representatives, University of Winnipeg President Harry Duckworth said the funding increase does not rule out cutting thirty courses next Year- '
Diickworth said the univer— sity requested a" 16.4 percent increase in funding from the government that request took into account the savings from cutting thirty courses.
Speaking on the legislature steps, Manitoba Liberal leader Doug Lauchlin__told the demonstrators, " it is no coincidence the funding in— crease armomicanent came two
days before the daronstration" " it 'is all very consistent
‘ with the yo-yo approach to . university funding practiced
by the Progressive Conser— vatives," Lauchlin, said. ' "Four years ago when the PC's first got elected they
. gavegthe University of
Winnipeg a 1.2 percent increase. For two years they still gave inadequate funding. "Now this year, with an election just around the corner, they raise funding
to a decent level. It is still not enough for the universities to catch up
on the past losses."
With the crowd chanting "too late" Hutton said ' "having decent funding in " one year out of four does ' nothing to solve the prob- lems of universities. There is still no concrete planning behind provincial funding. Universities can't rely on the political whims of legislators. Funding and education have to be planned if universities are to survive. " v
"We are not here to just protest about the thirty courses that will be _ out next year," Hutton said. "We are talking about no change in student aid in four years. We are talking about no university repre— sentation of the university grants commission. ‘
"We are talking about our classrooms with tOO many - students for one professor. We are talking about the constant deterioration of universities in this
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Cosens left the province ' before the demonstration
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crowd, Ranson cut his speech short saying he muld .be "willing to speak to three I or four individual students
to attend an education ministers in my offices" conference in Edmonton, according According to the students
to his office. In his place Brian Ranson, Minister of Natural Resources, tried to calm the crowd.
Cormehting that it was the first time he had been to a funeralwhere he didn't know the name of the deceased, Ranson told the demonstrators that universities were con- sidered important by the government and this year's announced funding increase 1' dancnstrates that.
Amid catcalls from the ,
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» who attended the meeting, Ransom said he was unfamiliar with the issues since edu- cation was nOt‘Jhis ministry. He agreed that funding for universities must be planned more extensively than in the past. t .
Hutton said the demonstra- tation was a success and that . students concerns were , effectively relayed to both the public and the government by this demonstration.
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