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January 24, 1984

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Soup kitche‘

publicizes job cuts

By John Pendergast ‘ and Carolyn Ryah

A makeshift soup kitchen’

was assembled in the Robert- son Library Lounge last Friday, and despite some stu- dents who said, “Hey, I’ve got a job” while eating their free soup on CBC television, organizers feel it was a success.

Its main purpose was to attract attention to the

federal government’s deletion of 600 student jobs under the Canada Summer Works pro- gram. The organizers of the included

soup kitchen

members of the Student Union, Canadian Federation [of-Studentschair Beth Olley, and local CFS representatives.

Cathy Campbell, provin- cial representative for CPS and a UPEI student, con- siders the soup kitchen to have been more of an in- formation session designed for student awareness than a publicity stunt.

Publicity was in the air, though, with reporters from CBC’s Compass, local radio stations, and newspapers cir- culating through the Friday noon crowd in the Lounge.

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As students entered the lounge, members of the com—

‘mittee organizing the SU

campaign against job pro- gram cuts handed out yellow

pamphlets, some with large'

red X’s on the back, which described the SU’s intentions for the rest of the campaign.

After most had been served with bowls of chicken noodle soup purchased from the campus food service, Saga Foods, at a total cost of $60, Campbell called for order and explained that all stu- dents who had received marked pamphlets repre- sented the proportion of student jobs lost through the recent Summer Works cuts — about 25%.

Fishbowl food last Friday. (Photo: MacLeod)

Furthermore, she’said, this would mean an incresed de» mand for student loans and bursaries next year, and a greater strain on the existing post~secondary funding sources.

In a random survey con- ducted by Netted Gem re- porters, it was found that a majority of the students pre- sent were opposed to the job cuts.

One student remarked that one friend would be unable to attend university next fall because of a lack of funds.

Another predicted that some individuals would not bother to repay their student loans next year, not having been employed during the summer.

Student Union president Michelle Dorsey, one of the organizing committee, fi- gured that it did raise the level of awareness on cam- pus. Dorsey feels the loss of 600 student jobs will mean cutthroat competition for

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those student jobs left on P.E.l.

The soup kitchen itself is a beginning step in UPEl’s fight against job cutbacks. In week, postcards signed by students will be sent to Flora MacDonald, federal Minister of Employment and Immigration, asking for the replacement or reinstatement of Summer Works.

The organizers hope to express concern about the

Some of the approxnmately 125 students who enjoyed an unexpected break from cold

cutbacks and ask both pro- vincial and federal govern- ments to remember students in future job creation plans.

Also they plan, by holding a fund-raising Main Event on Valentine’s Day, to raise money to recreate one stu- dent job that has been lost.

This move especially will symbolize the importance of the job to the student and to the community at large.

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