Ried
      EA
      ane)
      oreo
     
     
      Recess
      es
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ae
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      ditorial
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
      neces-
     
     
      sarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
      publication,
      or
     
     
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Everybody
      remembers
      the
      old
      school
      bully.
      He
      was
     
     
      the
      big
      mean
      guy
      in
      school
      who
      scared
      everybody
      into
     
     
      doing
      exactly
      what
      HE
      wanted.
      Well
      that
      wasa
      long
     
     
      time
      ago.
      This
      is
      university
      and
      we
      are
      all
      too
      big
      for
     
     
      bullies
      now,
      right?
      -WRONG.
      There
      is
      a
      new
      bully
      in
     
     
      our
      school
      and
      he
      has
      everybody
      doing
      just
      what
      he
     
     
      wants,
      only
      this
      time
      he
      is
      not
      looking
      for
      just
      our
     
     
      lunch
      money.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      When
      the
      provincial
      government
      found
      itself
      witha
     
     
      supposently
      “‘unexpected’’
      $50
      million
      dollar
      short-
     
     
      age
      of
      money,
      it
      told
      everyone
      who
      has
      any
      financial
     
     
      connections
      with
      the
      provincial
      treasury
      to
      ask
      their
     
     
      employees
      to
      take
      a
      voluntary
      cut
      in
      their
      wages
      and
     
     
      ‘Salaries
      of
      9%
      or
      else
      the
      government
      might
      just
      have
     
     
      to
      force
      them
      to.
      Since
      the
      university
      gets
      a
      few
     
     
      million
      (around
      20)
      from
      the
      treasury
      each
      year,
      we
     
     
      fell
      into
      this
      great
      category.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      university
      did
      what
      every
      schoolboy
      does
      when
     
     
      confronted
      by
      a
      bully,
      it
      gave
      the
      province
      exactly
     
     
      what
      it
      wanted.
      Since
      the
      staff
      and
      faculty
      unions
      had
     
     
      contracts
      with
      the
      university,
      they
      refused
      to
      take
      the
     
     
      ¢utso
      the
      university
      had
      to
      find
      other
      ways
      of
      getting
     
     
      the
      money
      before
      the
      big
      bully
      came
      around
      and
     
     
      started
      to
      show
      his
      muscles.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      The
      final
      solution:
      In
      order
      to
      protect
      the
      university's
     
    

    
     
      |
      autonomy,
      the
      university
      decided
      to
      tell
      the
      govern-
     
    

    
     
      mi
      ntto
      cut
      this
      years
      funding
      to
      the
      university
      by
     
    

    
     
      ja
      t
      ut
      $600,000,
      the
      amount
      the
      government
      asked
      for.
     
     
      his
      amounted
      to
      no
      more
      then
      the
      university
      giving
     
    

    
     
      he
      government
      exactly
      what
      it
      wanted
      in
      an
      effort
      to
     
    

    
     
      void
      facing
      the
      fact
      the
      government
      has
      power
      over
     
    

    
     
      he
      university.
      This
      was
      viewed
      as
      a
      great
      saviour
      to
     
    

    
     
      i¢
      university's
      autonomy
      yet
      if
      we
      refused
      to
      help
     
    

    
     
      and
      called
      the
      bully’s
      bluff
      we
      probably
      would
     
    

    
     
      fe
      found
      out
      that
      the
      bully
      would
      have
      stepped
     
    

    
     
      wn
      (asall
      bully’s
      do)
      and,
      except
      forsome
      hard
     
    

    
     
      lings,
      we
      would
      have
      been
      $600,000
      better
      off,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      university
      says
      that
      the
      money
      is
      coming
     
    

    
     
      a
      surplus
      they
      have
      had
      over
      the
      past
      number
      of
     
     
      (maybe
      from
      the
      15%
      increase
      in
      tuition
      last
     
     
      year).
      This
      deal
      that
      the
      university
      made
      with
      the
     
     
      government
      is
      only
      transferring
      the
      burden
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      problem
      on
      to
      the
      backs
      of
      students.
      With
      the
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      saying
      that
      there
      will
      be
      no
      increases
      in
      grants
     
     
      to
      the
      university
      over
      the
      next
      few
      years
      the
      students
     
     
      are
      in
      an
      even
      more
      vulnerable
      position
      now
      then
     
     
      ever.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Instead
      of
      the
      university
      falling
      to
      pressure,
      it
      should
     
     
      have
      stood
      up
      to
      the
      government
      and
      taken
      the
      bluff.
     
     
      If
      the
      government
      did
      forced
      the
      pay
      decreases,
      then
     
     
      all
      the
      university
      would
      have
      lost
      was
      face
      and
      the
     
     
      cutbacks
      would
      have
      given
      the
      university
      a
      better
     
     
      financial
      foothold
      for
      the
      next
      few
      years.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      next
      time
      the
      problem
      arises
      (and
      it
      will)
      I
      think
     
     
      that
      the
      univers't:’
      should
      stand
      it
      ground
      and
      tell
      the
     
     
      provincial
      government
      they
      should
      instead
      try
      for
     
     
      some
      other
      ways
      of
      finding
      money,
      maybe
      a
      student
     
     
      loan?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Indebted
      to
      you,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Coy
      Forze
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Large
     
     
      Editor
     
    
   
   
    
     
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