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The Atlantic "Federation of Students and the ~ National Union of Students expressed anger and disappointmentwifli announcenents made recently regarding levels of funding for post-secondary— education in 1978—79.

"The Council of.Maritime Premiers has displayed‘a blatant disregard for the dbjective needs of post- secondary institutions," said ‘Iony Kelly: Secretary— Co—Ordinator of the AFS. "By approving an increase which amounts to only 6.1%, well below the rate ‘of inflation and the ” ‘ recormendations made by the

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Maritime Provinces Higher Educatim commission, they - have assured massive tuition increases, faculty and staff unrest and extensive cutbacks in the services provided." 'Jhe MPHEC had arrived at a figure of 11% as the anmun't necessary to maintain the present level of operations.

"This "refusal to

adequately support the

institutims can only result in decreased accessability. More and more students will not be able to afford an education beyond high

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Upon hearing the dis— ‘ ,1 the student police rushed to the

hassles, put an end to the fighting with the help of the Charlottetown Police

' Department. '

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, Friday, news stories reported the disturbance

' as a riot, saying fifty \' people were involved, with .nine people charged, and

one in the hospital. .1 PeOple on the scene say ' theregwere not fifty people involved, although .

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school)" said Gene Long of ‘the National Union

of Students. "We have witnessed a decline in

the quality of education over the past few years, and with this announce— ment the trend has reaChed

a crisis."

I "We're very surprised at the reaction of the MPHEC to the governnent decision," said Kelly.

"It is difficult to mderstand Why a neutral advisory body would label- "reasonable" funding levels well belomtheir recommendations. The response destroys the credibility of the commission as an objective, impartial group."

'11'1e AFS spokesperson pointed out the funding will be inadequate to maintain faculty, staff and maintenance salaries. blame will fall squarely on the govemnent," said Kelly.

The Atlantic Association of. Universities, "at a press conference, expressed frustration with the ‘ continuing cutbacks they have to face, but all conceded to "accepting difficulties in tines of econdnic restraint". Representatives from the four provinces indicated

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VANCOUVER (CUP) — An English exam which‘ about 40 per cent of first-year University of B.C. students "failed" has drawn fire from English professors.

"I haven't cone across "

I any profs who liked it,"

said one highly-placed source in the university's English department. "It was a very bad exam al- together. It was much too difficult. 'lhe exam was not written in good

‘ English and the’passage

was overblown and over-

' couplex," he said.

Elbe failure rate for

the exam, written in

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INCREASES

' of failures."

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their universities would be pressured into implementing tuition increases and cutbacks to departmental services and staff. . "It's frustrating to see that the universities are not prepared to challenge the priorities in spending set by the provincial governments," said long. "They all feel the incredible strain on the quality of education as a result of cutbad<s but back down when the government imposes its misdirected restraint." ,'Ihe Atlantic Federation

of Students and the Nation—

al Union of Students, in response to the inadequate level of government finding have begun coordination of a campaign throughout the four Atlantic provinces to organize students in oppo— sition..to_u:e intending

' cutbacks and tuition in—

creases. The caxrpaign will see students on campus participating in informa— tion and discussion work— shops on the nature of cutbacks and government funding. Petitions and rallies will be used to pressure the four provin~ cial governments to reas— sessthe further impOsition of financial restraint on post—secondary institutions.

EXAM HIGH- ‘ARATE

December, was in the 40 per cent range, although no exact figure has been released as appeals are still being considered.- Last year, the failure rate was 37 per cent.

Che English professor

rcharged that: "The purpose

of the exam is simply to produce a certain number He added that the exam should be

\ abolished, and said it is

written in a high—' pressure, panic situation and uses the most "nit— pid<ing" nemods to separate the student's writing from the thought process. '